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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13713 Sunday JULY 19, 2020 Tir 29, 1399 Dhi Al Qada 27, 1441 Envoy calls Iran-China Iran considering rail Iran volleyball to “Coca Cola” to criticize long term cooperation transport for boosting cargo meet Poland in Tokyo culture of consumerism a wise decision 2 exchange with Syria 4 2020 opener 11 in modern world 12 A pragmatic partnership: Why China See page 9 and Iran try to collaborate (Excerpt from ECFR.eu) — China issued a broad statement of intent to pursue and Iran are in the spotlight for their re- a more formalized partnership. Accord- Iran hosting ported talks on a long-term partnership ing to Iranian officials, the partnership agreement even before any details of it road map was approved by the Rouhani have formally emerged. The green light government a few weeks ago and further for these negotiations came shortly after negotiations with China will follow. This the finalization of the Iran nuclear deal in reported 25-year deal – which has polit- 2016, when Chinese President Xi Jinping ical, economic, and security dimensions made a historic visit to the country and – and the negotiations around it have largest, most met with Supreme Leader [Ayatollah] Ali important economic and geopolitical Khamenei. Back then, the two countries implications. 3 Iran’s value of exports to UAE rises protracted 8% in a quarter on year TEHRAN— The value of Iran’s exports to UAE during the first three months of this year. the United Arab Emirates (UAE) increased The official also said that Iran’s quar- eight percent during the first quarter of terly export of products to the UAE has the current Iranian calendar year (March experienced a 40-percent growth in terms refugee 20-June 20) compared to the first quarter of weight to stand at 3.4 million tons. of the past year, director-general of TPO’s Iran and United Arab Emirates (UAE) office of Arabian and African countries resumed bilateral trade exchange via announced. sea, Fars news agency reported on June As published on the TPO official website, 5, quoting the ports affairs director of Farzad Piltan said that Iran has exported Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization situations commodities worth about $1 billion to the (PMO). 4 Iranian publisher thanks health workers with book presents TEHRAN – Elmi-Farhangi, a major pub- presented to the medical staff at Masih lishing house in Tehran, has handed out Danehsvari Hospital, the publisher an- packages of its books as presents to the nounced on Saturday. medical workers at the Milad and Masih The publisher has asked all the recipi- Daneshvari hospitals to thank them in ents of the books to write their memories Sebastian Rich battling COVID-19. about the disease, the process of their UNHCR says Iran has been enhancing access to 300 packages of books were sent to be treatments, and how they battled COV- distributed among health workers at Milad ID-19 so that they could be collected and UNHCR/ education, health, and livelihoods services to refugees Hospital and 200 packages of books were published in a book. 12 Borrell says EU If not for the Arab collusion, the annexation plan ‘Abuse of federal law’: Remove troops, opposes U.S. would not have been presented: Palestinian expert Portland mayor tells Trump policy of sanctions By Mohammad Mazhari is supported by the left-wing parties that talk Ted Wheeler, mayor of the U.S. city of Portland, for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection about a peaceful solution for Palestinian-Israeli has demanded that President Donald Trump (CBP) told Reuters news agency that fed- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said TEHRAN – A Palestinian analysts believes that conflict. Labor Party adopts this approach, but remove federal agents he had deployed to the city eral agents had been deployed to Portland on Friday that the European Union oppos- he Arab collusion provided an opportunity for they are in the minority. after some of the officers detained anti-racism to support a newly launched Department es the United States’ policy of sanctions. Israel to take advantage of some influential Arab The other critic of the annexation plan is protesters on streets far from the monuments of Homeland Security (DHS) unit, tasked According to Malay Mail daily, he countries to take steps toward the annexation the religious Zionists, especially the leaders of and buildings they were sent to protect. with enforcing last month’s executive order pointed to sanctions on Iran, Cuba and of the occupied West Bank. settlements. They believe that the West Bank “Keep your troops in your own buildings, from Trump to protect federal monuments the International Criminal Court, saying “The Arab reality is catastrophic, and this is part of Israel, and therefore merely annexing or have them leave our city,” Wheeler said at and buildings. the EU opposed the U.S. policy of enforc- provided a window and opportunity for Isra- parts of this area is not enough, and here lies the a news conference on Friday, describing the The order came amid daily protests in Port- ing its measures against companies and el to take advantage of some influential Arab dispute over the scope of annexation. arrests and the crackdown on protesters as an land, with demonstrators gathering around the individuals around the world. countries to pass the annexation plan,” Zakarya The third group comprises of moderate par- “absolute abuse of federal law enforcement city’s federal courthouse to rally against racism “I am deeply concerned at the growing Al-Ahmad tells the Tehran Times. ties, such as Blue and White and its allies. This officials”. and police brutality following the killing of George use of sanctions, or the threat of sanctions, He argues that if it was not for the Arab party opposes annexation based on its leftist The demand came after multiple videos Floyd, an unarmed Black man, during a May by the United States against European collusion, Israel would not have embarked on background and believes that it can lead to posted online showed camouflage-clad officers 25 arrest in Minneapolis. companies and interests,” Borrell said annexing the West Bank. strategic problems in their relations with the without clear identification badges using force In a statement on Friday, the CBP said its in a statement. Following is the text of the interview: Palestinian Authority and the U.S. and unmarked vehicles to transport arrested agents were behind the arrest carried out in the He said Washington’s secondary sanc- What are the reasons that some Israe- They call for harmony with the U.S. and the protesters. video as the officers “had information indicating tions on those doing business with its foes li parties oppose annexation of the occupied international community, emphasizing that the “It’s kidnapping people!” one person said the person in the video was suspected of assaults was hitting European companies carrying West Bank? annexation without American approval, may off-camera, as officers marched a protester away. against federal agents or destruction of federal out “legitimate business.” Here are three types of opposition to the result in problems at international level. According to al Jazeera, a spokeswoman property”. “Where common foreign and security annexation plan inside Israel. The first one 7 10 policy goals are shared, there is great value in the coordination of targeted sanctions with partners. Where policy differences Tourism projects worth $3.8b underway in Khorasan Razavi exist, the European Union is always open Over 2,500 prisoners to dialogue. But this cannot take place TEHRAN – A total of 248 tourism-relat- Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi good place to buy top handwoven rugs and of unintentional against the threat of sanctions,” he said. ed projects worth 162 trillion rials (around province, is Iran’s holiest and second-largest carpets, and it’s a staging post for travel to U.S. President Donald Trump quit the $3.8 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) city. Its raison d’être and main sight is the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and little-tour- crimes released nuclear deal in May 2018 and introduced are currently underway in Khorasan Razavi striking massive shrine complex of Imam Reza istic Khorasan regions. the harshest ever sanctions in history on province, which is a top destination both for (AS), the eight Shia Imam Elsewhere in his remarks, Dinari high- TEHRAN – Mostazafan Foundation helped to Iran as part of his administration’s “max- pilgrims and holidaymakers. Dozens of five-star hotels and hostels are lighted the flow of overseas investments free 2,574 inmates of unintentional crimes from imum pressure” campaign against Iran. “Some 2,300 authorized tourism units are dotted across Mashhad. The city has also over the past couple of years, noting “$82 prison, Parviz Fattah, the Foundation’s director Under the JCPOA, Iran promised to active in Khorasan Razavi province, ranking the highest concentration of water parks million of foreign investment has been made has announced. put limits on its nuclear activities in ex- it the first nationwide,” IRNA quoted Ahmad in the country, and it also embraces a vari- in the tourism sector of the province since “We help the prisoners of involuntary crimes change for termination of economic and Dinari, deputy tourism chief of the province, ety of cultural and historical sites that are President Hassan Rouhani took office in in three ways; the first way is granting prisoners financial sanctions.