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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 42nd year No.13899 Sunday MARCH 7, 2021 Esfand 17, 1399 Rajab 23, 1442 Tehran dismisses Arab IPL: Sepahan thrash Exclusive exhibition of 17 Iranian books picked for League’s allegations Aluminum, Persepolis Iranian products to be held in Biennial of Illustrations regarding Iranian islands Page 2 held by Sanat Naft Page 3 Sulaymaniyah in late MayPage 4 Bratislava 2021 Page 8 Iran masters technology to produce titanium metal TEHRAN - Iran joins the group of nations all quality stages. able to produce titanium metal as for the first Th AEOI said this is another golden time a contract was inked for production page in a series of successes by Iranian of titanium iron bars with a large company scientists majoring in nuclear industry. Futile rhetoricSee page 3 that produces orthopedic implants. Because of its strength, light weight The contract was signed through the and corrosion resistance, the metal is efforts of experts from the Atomic Energy highly prized in aircraft manufacturing, Organization of Iran (AEOI). with further applications in military, aero- The first samples of titanium ingots space, marine industries, medial industry, produced with high standard had passed including dental implants. Charity foundation opens 100 Iraq settles part of Iran energy dues eco-schools, 350 mosques TEHRAN – The Deputy Head of Iran- mentioned resources will be used to import Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce said basic goods into the country. on Friday that the Arab country has In this regard, a corn cargo was re- started repaying its energy debts to Iran cently imported into the country through and part of the dues has been settled. Iraq which was paid for by the mentioned “This achievement is the result of di- funds, Hosseini said. Iraq owes Iran over plomacy and pursuit of the governor of $6 billion for electricity and gas imports the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the energy from the Islamic Republic, of which $3 minister and the head of the Judiciary,” billion is claimed to be blocked and inac- Hamid Hosseini told IRNA. cessible in the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI). According to Hosseini, a part of the Continued on page 4 TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affil- adapt these criteria into their own partic- iated to Headquarters for Executing the Order ular circumstances. The materials used of the Imam, inaugurated 100 nature-friendly in these schools are nature-friendly, and schools, 350 mosques, and cultural centers each is built in four days and costs about across the country on Saturday. 40 percent lower than the regular schools. Eco-schools, also known as green Safety against earthquakes of up to schools, bring a range of benefits, including magnitude 8, insulation against cold, waste management, waste reduction, bio- heat, and humidity, compatible with diversity, energy, water, transport, health, environmental conditions, minimum global sustainability, healthy nutrition, construction time, portability, and high Maryam Kamyab citizenship, and climate change. Countries quality are among the features of these considering their own socioeconomic and schools, according to IRNA. Mehr/ cultural characteristics must be able to Continued on page 7 Unique trees of Lion and rhino fossils discovered in U.S. protests: Trump supporters clash with Iran: important Neanderthal cave western Iran ANTIFA in Manhattan plant genetic TEHRAN – Fossils of a rhino and a lion as well addition to the remains of predators such Supporters of former U.S. President Donald won the 2020 election adding, ‘Who knows? as remnants of Neanderthal tools have been as bears, spotted hyenas, wolves, foxes, as Trump marched down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan I may even decide to beat them a third time.’ resources discovered in Wezmeh cave, western Iran. well as herbivores such as aurochs, wild on Friday as they carried enormous banners Trump is said to be telling allies that he is Fereidoun Biglari, a senior Iranian archae- horses, and red deer, the remains of two that read ‘Trump 2024’. strongly considering another run in 2024. BY FARANAK BAKHTIARI ologist who doubles as the cultural deputy of extinct species, the lion and the rhino, have The event was billed as a ‘Trump Save America He said to be discussing alternative running mates rees are one of the most im- the National Museum of Iran, explained the been found. Flag Unfurling’ and featured all sort of Trump to former Vice President Mike Pence as he takes portant plant genetic re- discoveries during the 18th Annual Symposi- These two species lived in the nearby Islam- signage including one banner that depicted stock of who he believes stood with him at the end sources, in addition to the um on the Iranian Archaeology, according to abad plain during the Late Pleistocene, from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a demon. of his term and who didn’t, according to Bloomberg. T the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage & 70.000 years ago until when they were extinct Towards the end of the event, the Trump Trump and Pence appeared to fall out toward indescribable beauty they give to natural landscapes. Iran is also rich Tourism (RICHT). in the late Ice Age. She added these finds have marchers clashed with some angry New Yorkers the end of their term after the vice president with different species of trees, but Biglari also shed a new light on the history provided new information about the biodiversity and which the Right Side Broadcasting Network refused to get behind the president’s plan to the oldest of which are cypress and of excavations in the cave, which was carried of the central-western Zagros Mountains in the claimed was a group of ‘Antifa’ and Black Lives overturn the 2020 election result. sycamore. out under the supervision of Kamyar Abdi in late Ice Age. Matter activists, leading to the arrest of six people. Trump lashed out at Pence on social media The oldest and most famous trees 2001, and discussed the importance of animal Biglari further referred to the objectives of field Trump publicly teased at the Conservative for not trying to block the certification of the in Iran are aging a thousand or over. and human remains found in this cave, which research conducted in the cave and its vicinity Political Action Conference last Sunday the idea election results in Congress on January 6, an act Of course, there are no reliable sources had been studied by Marjan Mashkour and her in the fall of 2019, which included excavation that he is thinking of making another bid for that Pence had no constitutional authority to do. about the ancient trees of Iran. About colleagues as well. in the rear of the cave, and archaeological sur- the presidency in 2024. The pro-Trump mob that then stormed the 2,000 old trees have so far been identified According to Mashkour, an archaeozoolo- vey around the cave within a radius of several The former president reeled off a list of his Capitol chanted that they wanted to execute in Iran, 1,000 of which are 300-3,000 gist with Paris’ National Museum of Natural kilometers. accomplishments during his term in the White Pence and came within seconds of him and his years old. History and co-director of this research, in Continued on page 6 House while repeating his false claim that he family. A total of five people died in the riot. Older trees can contribute to historiog- raphy and ecology studies of the region because as you know the number of tree rings indicate its age; the width of each Persian tradition played central role in Islamic mysticism: Duke professor There is rising circle indicates what its correspondent year BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI Philosophically speaking, mysticism (erfan from within. Religion or philosophy probably had been concerning prolonged shortages TEHRAN - A professor of Asian and Middle - gnosis) belongs to the category of cognition, used this intuitive method of cognition more tendency to view in the water supply, [whether atmospheric, Eastern Studies at Duke University says that the but not cognition in the ordinary sense. Not a than common sense. immigrants as threat, surface water or ground water]. Persian tradition played a pivotal role in develop- common, day-to-day consciousness of the exter- The professor from Duke University also says, Thick and thin circles respectively ment of mysticism (Erfan) in the Muslim world. nal world, but knowledge of a world beyond the “One can mention how the Mughal Empire was scholar says imply a wet or a drought year. As a result, “The Persian tradition as being a central one superficial appearances. Not knowledge based Persian speaking in its court, how Persian was so the periods of drought and abundance for understanding Mysticism in the “Mashreq” on belief or reason, but one founded on direct, common in the Ottoman court, how Samarqa- BY M.A. SAKI can be studied from a historical point (the Eastern half of the Muslim majority world, intuitive, instinctive perceptions. nd and Bukhara and Herat were major Persian TEHRAN – A reader in international relations and of view. more or less from Balkans to Bengal),” Omid Safi In other words, an inspired form of insight metropoles.” human rights at Regent’s University London says 4000-year-old cypress in tells the Tehran Times. or an esoteric and personal knowledge flowing Continued on page 5 there is an escalating tendency in Europe to deny Abarkouh rights of immigrants. A 4000-year-old cypress is situated next “There is a rising tendency to deny this right to to a wall in southern parts of Abarkouh, members of minority groups,” Neven Andjelic tells some 140 kilometers west of the ancient the Tehran Times.