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Box: 11365/9631 The Holy Qur’an (12.38) Address: Martyr Shah Cheraghi Street, Ferdowsi Avenue, – Islamic Republic of Iran PRAYER TIMINGS Noon (Zohr) 13:01 In the Name of the Most High Evening(Maghreb) 20:20 Viewpoint Dawn(Fajr)“ Tomorrow” 04:25 Sunrise “Tomorrow” 06:02 Eventless ‘Victory Day’ Demands the first countries to be hit hard by (second from left), is greeted by Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Tehran in December the spreading coronavirus. 2019. (right) next to , hawkish U.S. special representative on Iran. Foreign Minister Muhammad Revision of World War 2 Javad Zarif said in December that By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran Rabiei did not elaborate but Ira- being exonerated in a sanctions Iran was ready for a full prisoner said on Sunday it is ready for uncon- nian media in recent months said trial. exchange with the United States, The 75th anniversary of ‘Victory Day’, as the end of World War 2 is ditional prisoner swap talks with the there are several Iranians in U.S. He recently contracted COVID-19 tweeting: “The ball is in the US’ marked every year with great fanfare with military parades and eulogizing of the Allied Powers, passed eventless in European capitals on May 8, in- United States because of fears that custody, including , a due to unsanitary detention condi- court”. cluding Moscow – which celebrates it on May 9 – with only a few hundred the coronavirus could put the lives of 60-year-old university professor. tions and overcrowding at an Immi- Asked whether a third party has elderly people celebrating it on the streets of Minsk, the capital of Belarus the prisoners at risk. Last week, U.S. officials said they gration and Customs Enforcement been assigned to mediate Iran-US on Saturday. Government spokesman Ali Ra- were making progress in efforts to (ICE) jail in Louisiana. talks on prisoners swap, Rabiei said The reason, as officially cited, were fears of further spread of the Corona- biei said there is a “readiness for all secure the release of a detained Navy Earlier this week, an Iranian law- Sunday, “The U.S. government has virus pandemic which over the past two months has killed almost a hundred- prisoners” to be discussed without veteran in Iran. But they were also maker said there were no more been informed of our readiness and and-a-fifty thousand Europeans, in addition to afflicting 1.5 million others. condition. pushing back on Iranian suggestions obstacles in the way of securing we think that there is no need for a In Russia, there was only an aerial show. President Vladimir Putin, while “But the U.S. has refused to an- that a swap was in the works for the Asgari’s release and that he would mediator.” laying a wreath of flowers at the tomb of the ‘unknown soldier’, said pa- rades have been postponed until the end of Covid-19. swer, so far,” said Rabiei. “We hope imprisoned Iranians have been try- definitely return home as soon as Last December, Iran freed U.S. Certainly, people will not jeopardize their health or risk their lives by com- that as the outbreak of the Covid-19 ing to deport since last year. he recovered from the coronavirus citizen Xiyue Wang, who had ing out on the streets in large numbers to fall victims to the pandemic. disease threatens the lives of Iranian Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy infection. been held for three years on spy- Moreover, what is the significance of “Victory Day” in a world where the citizens in the U.S. prisons, the U.S. Homeland Security secretary, said White, of Imperial Beach, Cali- ing charges, and the United States chief Allied Power, the US has worsened the plight of humanity on a global government eventually will prefer Wednesday that the cases of Ameri- fornia, was detained in July 2018 released Iranian stem cell scientist scale which neither Adolf Hitler nor his Nazis could ever have imagined! lives to politics.” can detainee Michael White in Iran while visiting Iran. Massoud Soleimani. Europe, whether it admits or not, continues to be held hostage by Washing- Rabiei said Iran considers the and Asgari, the Iranian imprisoned He was released from prison in Soleimani was on a sabbatical ton, three decades after end of the ‘Cold War’ with what used to be the Soviet Union and the fears of the takeover by the communists. U.S. government responsible for in the United States, have never March on a medical furlough that when he was arrested by U.S. au- Even the Coronavirus is believed to be the evil work of the US administra- the health of the Iranian prisoners, been connected. required him to remain in the coun- thorities upon arrival in Chicago a tion in collaboration with the despicable Zionists, who by magnifying the adding that “it seems that the U.S. Asgari, a professor of material sci- try. White is among tens of thou- year ago and transferred to a prison killing of a few thousand Jews by the Germans, have comfortably carved has more readiness to bring the situ- ences at Sharif University of Tech- sands of prisoners granted medical in Atlanta, Georgia on charges of out for themselves an illegal state in far off Palestine, and hold Europe in ation to an end.” nology, is held by the U.S. despite furloughs by Iran, which was one of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. ransom through the myth of the holocaust. Sadly, there seems to be no tears for the 50 million Christians killed in Europe during World War 2. Today, the signing in Berlin on the night of 8 May 1945 by representatives IRGC Plans Satellite Launch Into 36,000 km GEO Orbit of the three armed services of a defeated Germany and the Allied Expedi- tionary Force together with the Supreme High Command of the Soviet Red TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Com- said the GEO is very significant The IRGC successfully put standing example of smart plan- Army, along with a few more French and US representatives, appears irrel- mander of the Islamic Revolution and strategic, since it is home to Noor into orbit on April 22. ning with reliable scientific and evant to the modern world, especially since Europeans and the Americans are forbidden from probing in an academic and scientific method the course Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace hundreds of large, high-capacity The homegrown satellite was technical backings, he added. of World War 2, including the supposed holocaust, since no traces of the Force said Sunday Iran plans to communications, remote sens- launched on a three-stage satel- It shows that while Iran’s armed alleged gas chambers have ever been found – not even in the much mooted launch satellites into a geosynchro- ing, and meteorological satellites lite carrier dubbed Qassed from forces are playing a role in fight- ‘concentration camp’ in Auschwitz in Poland. nous equatorial orbit (GEO) some used for a variety of purposes. a launch pad in Dasht-e Kavir in ing the new coronravirus out- When facts become taboo, and the realities are not researched, then it means there is deliberately hiding of truth and propagation of falsehood in 36,000 kilometers above the Earth. Launching a satellite into the central Iran. break, they have not neglected order to benefit certain terroristic regimes, such as the US, which is more Brigadier General Ali Jafaraba- GEO has economic benefits for The satellite was placed into an the strategy of boosting the coun- tyrannical than Nazi Germany, and the Zionist entity, which is more racist di made the announcement after Iran and would also protect Iran’s orbit 425 kilometers above the try’s power, the general added. than Adolf Hitler. the IRGC’s successful launch of space assets, he said. Earth. The satellite launch, Gen. What if the Axis Powers had won the Second World War and imposed hu- miliating conditions on Britain, the US, and Russia! the homegrown Noor satellite When a communication satellite Chief of Staff of the Iranian Baqeri said, is a prelude to a shift The history of the world would have been quite different, although not into space in April. is placed in a geostationary orbit, Armed Forces Major General in the balance of power in favor ideal, with people today 75 years later denouncing the Americans and the Jafarabadi said plans are under- the Earth-based antennas do not Muhammad Hossein Baqeri said of the Iranian nation. British as enemies of humanity. way to reach higher orbits. He have to rotate to track it. on Saturday Iran’s enemies, es- “The great and historical pecially the U.S., suffered a big achievement of Iran marked a big intelligence defeat following the intelligence defeat and disgrace Health Ministry: Too Soon to Return to Normal Life successful launch. for the enemies of Iran, particu- TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran has allowed a phased Khuzestan has quashed hopes Cinemas, stadiums and uni- The launch the multipurpose larly for the terrorist regime of Iran warned on Sunday of a return to work since April 11 that the virus would die in versities remain closed across satellite into the orbit is an out- the United States.” resurgence of the novel coro- and has since also reopened warmer climates. Iran. navirus as it reported 51 new mosques in parts of the coun- Khuzestan’s governor Ali Jahanpour also said that Ramadhan deaths, almost a month after try deemed to be at low risk. Shariati said that state bodies, 1,383 new Covid-19 cases it started to relax a nationwide But Jahanpour said Iran was banks and non-essential busi- were confirmed in the past 24 Day-to-Day Supplications lockdown. “witnessing a critical situation nesses in nine counties would hours, raising total infections Authorities reimposed more in Khuzestan province and to be shut down again and inter- to 107,603. Out of those hospi- stringent measures in the an extent in Tehran”. Both the city movements limited. talized, 86,143 had recovered 17th day southwestern Khuzestan prov- capital Tehran and Khuzestan This aimed to “prevent the and were discharged, but 2,675 ince, reversing a phased return remained at “red”, the top lev- coronavirus’ spread from get- were in critical condition. ُ to work meant to revitalize the el of its color-coded risk scale. ting out of hand” and would Meanwhile, Iran’s police َّ لص ِ َ ضِ َ َ ” َال ّلهم ِادهين ِيفه ِ ِالح ْاألع ِال، و قا� �يل ِيفه ِاحلوائج و -economy. In the capital, a member of remain in force until further chief announced that his forc َ ُ َ The situation should in no the virus taskforce warned that notice, state news agency es have arrested at least 320“ اآلمال ، يا مال يحتاج إىل اتلفس�ر و ا ُّلسؤال، يا اعلا اب يف ِ َ ْ َّ ي ِ ِ ِ ً ِ way be considered normal,” current health protocols could IRNA quoted him as saying. people for spreading “false ُ ِ َ َ Health Ministry spokesman not contain the spread of the Meanwhile, Iranian Presi- and provocative” information صدور العال�ن، صل ع م َّمد و آهل الطاهرين “. ُ ي َ َ َ ُ َ ٍ ّ -Kianoush Jahanpour said. illness in Tehran. dent Hassan Rouhani said in a on the novel coronavirus pan ِّ .This virus will be present” “With businesses reopening, televised meeting that schools demic via social media“ for the time being, he added. people have forgotten about would partially reopen next “320 people who were shar- The new fatalities raised the the protocols,” Ali Maher told Saturday. This applied only ing false and provocative “O Allah, guide me towards good deeds. Grant overall confirmed death toll ISNA news agency. “Maybe it “for students seeking to meet posts about the COVID-19 my needs and wants. O One Who needs no re- to 6,640 since the country re- was too soon” for a return to and talk to their teachers” and pandemic on social media minders. O One Who is aware of what passes in ported its first cases in Febru- normal life, Maher said. attendance would not be man- were arrested,” said Hussein ary 19. Meanwhile, the situation in datory, he said. Ashtari. the hearts of the beings.”