War on Gaza Reveals Saudi- Emirati Bromance with Israel
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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 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 43rd year No.13943 Sunday MAY 16, 2021 Ordibehesht 26, 1400 Shawwal 4, 1442 Israeli regime Iran announce squad Subsidy reform plan Iran to organize completely surrounded for FIBA Asia Cup allocates $7.6b to support webinar on Persian poet by resistance front Page 2 Qualifiers Page 3 domestic production Page 4 Ferdowsi in Lahore Page 8 Iran calls on Armenia, Azerbaijan to resolve See page 3 dispute peacefully amid border tensions TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran “The Islamic Republic of Iran is closely has reacted to the issues that have arisen and sensitively following the developments along the borders between Armenia and of the past few days along the borders of the Azerbaijan Republic, urging the two the two neighboring countries, Armenia neighboring countries to resolve their and the Republic of Azerbaijan,” Khati- border dispute through peaceful ways. bzadeh said on Friday. Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for “Iran hopes that the dispute would be Iran’s Foreign Ministry, issued a state- settled as soon as possible with the two ment on Friday saying that Iran was sides’ prudence and through peaceful closely following developments at the ways,” the spokesman noted. Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Continued on page 3 Major strategies to boost trade between Iran, Armenia BY MAHNAZ ABDI Iran’s signing a free trade agreement TEHRAN- Expansion of trade with the (FTA) with Eurasian Economic Union neighboring countries, especially boosting (EAEU) has noticeably affected its trade exports to the neighbors is one of the major relation with Armenia. policies that Iran is seriously pursuing to Based on the agreement, which was nullify the effects of the U.S. sanctions on finally reached in 2018 after several years its economy. of negotiations, about 862 commodity In this regard, given its good political items are subject to preferential tariffs. and cultural relation with Iran, the neigh- The interim agreement enabling forma- boring country Armenia is one of the major tion of a free trade area between Iran and trade partners of Iran and the Islamic the EAEU was signed on May 17, 2018 and Republic is taking different measures officially came into force on October 27, 2019. to expand trade ties with this neighbor. Continued on page 4 War on Gaza reveals Saudi- Painter Hassan Ruholamin unveils new artwork on Hadith of Golden Chain TEHRAN – Hassan Ruholamin, an Iranian was made public during a special ceremony Emirati bromance with Israel painter who is most famous for illustrat- at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic ing stories from the history of Islam, has Culture in Tehran last Wednesday. recently unveiled his latest artwork on the The artwork depicts the story of the Hadith of Silsilah al-Dhahab (The Hadith Hadith of the Golden Chain narrated by of the Golden Chain). Imam Reza (AS) upon his arrival at the The 2 X 3.6-meter oil painting entitled northeastern Iranian town of Neyshabur. “Condition of Tawheed (Monotheism)” Continued on page 8 Iran taking big steps Palestinian blood on Israeli troops kill Jordanian after attacking for development of Germans hands anti-occupation rally on Jordan border free trade, special On October 28, 1964, the foreign minister in newspapers and ask them to keep the matter Israeli troops have reportedly shot and killed a rally near the border to voice their dissent against Jerusalem received a report of a meeting that quiet.” It then added, “The deputy defense Jordanian after opening fire on Jordanian border the Israeli regime, which has been pounding the economic zones was co-chaired by the deputy defense minister minister has done this.” troops and anti-occupation protesters, amid fierce besieged Gaza Strip with repeated airstrikes for and senior Foreign Ministry officials. The topic What were the foreign and defense ministries clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the past several days. BY EBRAHIM FALLAHI was “scientific and military cooperation between trying to hide? On Wednesday, the Israel State the occupied West Bank and the Tel Aviv regime’s The brutal attacks have so far killed at least ver the past two decades, Israel and Germany.” Archives published on its website hundreds of bloody onslaught against the blockaded Gaza Strip. 122 Palestinians, including 31 children, in the free and special economic Germany is 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) documents relating to Israeli-German relations. According to a report by Maraya International blockaded enclave. zones have played a signif- away from Israel. But, these days, distance Some of them have to do with the details of a news portal, the Jordanian national was killed in The report added that hundreds of Jordanian O is relative. The escalation in the conflict has secret arms deal that collapsed in the mid-1960s the early hours of Saturday when Israeli soldiers demonstrators broke away from the scheduled icant role in Iran’s economy, and the Iranian government has been shaken many in Germany. Now the conflict is and caused a serious crisis in bilateral relations, attacked Jordanian demonstrators gathering on route and marched toward the King Hussein seriously pursuing a program for spilling over onto German streets. Israeli flags even before these relations had been formally the border with the occupied West Bank to pro- Bridge, known in Israel as the Allenby Bridge, the development of the existing are burning; insecurity and fear are growing established. test Israeli brutality against Palestinians. Users which is situated in the Jordan Valley, opposite zones and establishing new ones. among Israelis in Germany and German Jews, The documents are part of a series the ar- on Twitter identified the victim as Ali al-Safadi. the Palestinian city of Ariha (Jericho) in the Is- According to Morteza Bank, the for- DW reported. chive has been publishing on the history of the An unspecified number of protesters were raeli-occupied West Bank. mer secretary of Iranian Free Zones High According to Haaretz, classified as “top Foreign Ministry that offer interesting lessons also injured as a result of the Israeli assault, the They wanted to cross the bridge, but Jordanian Council, over 40 percent of Iran’s exports secret,” the cable reported that a decision had in diplomacy, politics, foreign relations and his- report said. Jordan’s border troops also engaged soldiers dispersed them after firing tear gas and are done through the country’s free trade been made to prevent the matter from being tory. The documents also reveal how dependent in an exchange of fire with the Israeli soldiers, shooting into the air. zones and special economic zones and reported in the Israeli media. More specifical- both Israel’s security and its economy were on according to reports. In the Jordanian capital Amman, several $169 billion worth of commodities have ly, in the spirit of the times, the participants Germany. The development came after about 2,000 thousand demonstrators also took to the streets been exported from these areas in the decided “to convene the editors of the Israeli Continued on page 5 Jordanians on Friday afternoon held a protest after Friday prayers chanting anti-Israel slogans. past seven years. Development of the mentioned zones became more significant since the re-im- position of U.S. sanctions on the Iranian Intl. travels fall by 80% in Iran due to coronavirus U.S. policies consist economy in November 2018, as the Islamic TEHRAN – The average of international travels to “From the beginning of 1399 to the end of it, we data from the UNWTO showing a 70% fall in inter- of double standards: Republic started reducing dependence on and from Iran fell by 80 percent during the past saw a significant reduction in passenger traffic to the national arrivals for the first eight months of 2020. oil incomes while elevating its domestic Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20, country or vice versa in land, sea, rail and air borders, Iran, however, has experienced different rates Azeri expert 2021) from a year earlier. which were caused by various coronavirus restrictions.” of downfall for inbound passengers over the past production and non-oil exports. BY REZA MOSHFEGH Although the sanctions have disrupted “During this period, 4,343,163 passengers en- International tourist arrivals to Iran plunged months. In the first three months of 2020 (Janu- tered the country, which included 3,030,464 Iranian 72% during the first eight months of the year when ary, February, March), the tourism industry of the TEHRAN - Head of the Azerbaijan Institute for De- Iran’s economic activities, they could not mocracy and Human Rights says that the United States impede the development of Iranian free passengers and 512,699 international travelers,” compared to 2019, according to data compiled by the country recorded negative rates of 90, 92, and 94 Mehr quoted Arezou Ghaniun, an official with the World Tourism Organization. Restrictions on travel percent, respectively, compared to the same period exercises double standards in the world extensively. trade and special economic zones; in fact, “U.S. policy consists of double standards. Not the development of these zones has been Islamic Republic of Iran’s Customs Administration, introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, according to the organization. as saying on Saturday. continue to hit global tourism hard, with the latest Continued on page 6 only on the Karabakh issue but also on other con- even accelerated. flicts in the world, Washington’s position is aimed Earlier on Thursday, President Hassan at ensuring its own interests,” Ahmad Shahidov tells Rouhani inaugurated 94 development pro- the Tehran Times.