WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 43rd year No.13995 Sunday JULY 18, 2021 Tir 27, 1400 Dhul Hijjah 7, 1442 MP says Iran’s assets Feyenoord complete Farms secure approval The Tehran Times not released but handed signing of Alireza to lift agritourism in offers condolences on the martyrdom to other countries Page 2 Jahanbakhsh Page 3 northern Iran Page 4 anniversary of Imam Mohammad Baqer (AS) Raisi calls for speedy vaccination drive TEHRAN – President-elect Ebrahim ters for Executing the Order of Imam Raeisi held a meeting on Saturday with Khomeini Mohammad Mokhber, a number authorities and experts engaged in pro- of lawmakers, the CEOs of producers of ducing and distributing vaccines for the vaccine, managers of the institutions and Covid-19 pandemic, urging an immediate companies working on the distribution action to vaccinate the citizens against of vaccine, and the vaccination program the highly contagious virus. experts, Tasnim reported. The meeting took place a few weeks Campaign against controlling the deadly before he is officially sworn in as president. virus should continue unstoppably, he The meeting was attended by Health said, adding his future government will Minister Saeed Namaki, Head of the prioritize allocating the necessary fund Iranian Red Crescent Society Karim for vaccinating the citizens. Hemmati, Chairman of the Headquar- Continued on page 2 Steel exports rise 128% in 3 months yr/yr TEHRAN- Iran’s major steel producers than the figure of the third month of the exported over 2.78 million tons of steel previous year, IRNA reported. during the first three months of the cur- Meanwhile, the highest amount of rent Iranian calendar year (March 21-June steel exports was made by Khuzestan 21), which was 128 percent more than Steel Company with 523,321 tons, fol- the figure of the same period of time in lowed by Esfahan Steel Company with the past year. 315,844 tons and Mobarakeh Steel Com- The mentioned producers exported over pany with 267,861 tons in the second and 916,236 tons of steel in the third month of third places. this year, which was 104 percent higher Continued on page 4 Winners of 2021 Iran Press Photo Awards announced TEHRAN – Iran’s top photojournalists “A House with Double Ceilings” depicting Hariri puts Lebanon of the year were honored at the Fifth Iran a 67-year-old couple who live a boring life Press Photo Awards on Friday. separately in a house after their retirement. They received their awards during They each spend all days with their own favorite a special ceremony held at the IIDCYA hobbies without any dialogue or relationship. Open-Air Cinema in Tehran. “Lack of any plan for retirement years Majid Khahi received the Best Single has caused damage to their marriage and See page 3 Photo Award in the Contemporary Issues mental health, and they are absolutely category, while Fatemeh Abedi won the indifferent to each other,” Abedi told the Reuters on the edge Best Photo Series Award in this section. Persian service of IRNA. Abedi received the award for his story Continued on page 8 ‘Armenian market a A father with 42 daughters Europe suffers devastating floods special opportunity in Tehran as death toll rises for Iranian SMEs’ TEHRAN – Akbar Karimi is a married man He spends 6 hours a day in two branches of the Devastating floods have torn through entire villages be because of damaged telephone networks. living in Tehran. He wanted to have a child for care centers with the girls who miss him and write and killed at least 150 people in Europe, most of German chancellor, Angela Merkel, says she BY MAHNAZ ABDI 14 years, but his wife could not conceive. The him letters. them in western Germany. Hundreds of others are fears ‘the full extent of this tragedy will only he Armenian market is a spe- man vowed that God would give him a child so But the life story of these girls is bitter, one of missing, while officials say thousands have been be seen in the coming days.’ cial opportunity for Iranian that he could take care of the orphaned girls. them is a girl who hates the rain and when it rains, she left homeless. The unprecedented flooding has Meanwhile, in neighboring Belgium, the small and medium-sized en- Days passed and finally, the wait was over and sits in the corner of her room and pulls the curtains. stunned emergency services who are still combing government confirmed the death toll had risen T his vow was fulfilled. The bitter story of her homelessness began on the wreckage. Unsuspecting locals have been caught to at least 20, with more than 21,000 people left terprises (SMEs), especially in the field of foodstuff and home applianc- Now, he is the father of 42 daughters. a rainy night when her mother hugged her after a completely off guard by the disaster. without electricity in one region. The army has es, according to Iran’s deputy indus- Akbar and his wife had been living together phone call and ran into the street in a panic until they Entire streets and houses have been sub- been sent to four of the country’s 10 provinces try, mining, and trade minister. for 14 years and there was no child in their quiet were hit by a vehicle and killed her mother, and now merged by water in some regions, while cars have to help with rescue and evacuations. Belgian Ali Rasoulian, who is also the head home. The man wanted to adopt a child, but his the girl lives in this institution. been left overturned on soaked streets after the Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, described of Iran Small Industries and Industrial wife disagreed. There were also girls who were adopted and left floodwaters passed. Some districts have been the floods as ‘possibly the most catastrophic Parks Organization (ISIPO), made the When he heard that his wife is pregnant, eager to the center, one of them is Zahra, a 9-year-old girl who completely cut off. Officials in the southwest our country has ever seen. remarks on Friday while referring to a become a father, he tried hard and sought to obtain a was adopted by a man and a woman in a charity event. German state of Rhineland-Palatinate (one of He also declared Tuesday a day of national memorandum of understanding (MOU) license for establishing his own care center, which he Akbar says that since 2010, 30 girls have been living the worst-hit regions) say the death toll is likely mourning. Luxembourg and the Netherlands that his organization signed on Thursday finally got in 2010 when his daughter was one year here but have left this institution, two of whom got to climb as emergency services need several have also been hammered by heavy rains. Accord- with Armenia’s Investor Support Center old and started by taking care of 15 orphaned girls. married and now he has a grandson named “Matin”. days to search the affected areas. ing to the World Meteorological Organization, for cooperation in various areas, including It has been 11 years now and he has two children Two more girls are about to get married, and their In the district of Ahrweiler, northern Rhine- some parts of Western Europe received up to the establishment of joint industrial parks named “Reyhaneh and Shokraneh” and 40 orphaned dowries have been provided by charities. land-Palatinate, some 1,300 people are unac- two months’ worth of rainfall in just two days. in border areas. girls who call him “dad”. Continued on page 7 counted for, but local authorities say this could Continued on page 5 Iran-Armenia economic relations have been growing noticeably over the past three decades. It has always been said that the two Jiroft: the story of how Iran became a cradle of civilization Turkish-Israeli ties neighbors’ trade relations have many TEHRAN – Until the very early 21st century, no the cradle of civilization. found their ways to antique markets for sale. are strategic and deep: capacities and facilities, which is an in- one had ever dreamed that a refined forgotten According to a National Geographic article, These extraordinary pieces featured a disputable fact. culture could re-emerge from the sands of a re- a flood of archaeological objects began appear- complex symbology of animals, both wild Syrian politician The economic and trade ties between the mote and arid region in southeast Iran. ing in the antiquities market seemingly out of and domesticated, depicted fighting among two sides have been even more cemented The story started when rounds of heavy flood nowhere in 2001. themselves or with human figures, the humans BY ALI A. JENABZADEH after Iran signed a free trade agreement swept the topsoil off thousands of previously Here are edited excerpts from the article: always triumphant. There were beautifully re- TEHRAN - A member of the National Reconciliation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) unknown tombs in Bronze Age cemetery in Jiroft. In a short time, distinctive pieces of jewelry, alized bucolic scenes of animals grazing in vast Committee in Syria stresses that Turkey-Israel in October 2018 based on which about Arrays of remarkable findings at Jiroft demand- weapons, finely crafted ceramics, drinking vessels, palm groves and architectural reproductions ties are profound and on the rise. 862 commodity items were subjected to ed a reassessment of a previous interpretation, and game boards—featuring unusual artistry and of temples or palaces.