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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 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13612 Monday FEBRUARY 24, 2020 Esfand 5, 1398 Jumada Al thani 29, 1441 Nation emerges Rouhani likens Iran freestyle wrestling Satyrykon-Legnica honors victorious in the great U.S. sanctions to crowned Asian Iranian cartoonist Alireza test of elections 2 coronavirus 3 champions 11 Pakdel’s “Family” 12 Over $7b of loans paid to SMEs, See page 9 semi-finished projects in 10 months TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of In- Over 19,911 projects and production dustry, Mining and Trade announced units registered requests for bank loans in that in the first 10 months of the the mentioned time span, IRNA reported current Iranian calendar year (March on Sunday. 21, 2019-January 20, 2020), some In late January, Central Bank of Iran 299.9 trillion rials (over $7.1 billion) (CBI) Governor Abdolnaser Hemma- COVID-19 worth of bank loans have been paid ti announced that the banking system to small and medium-sized enter- paid 6.26 quadrillion rials (about $149 prises (SMEs) and semi-finished billion) in loans to domestic economic industrial projects with an over 60 sectors during the first ten months of the defeat percent physical progress. present Iranian year. 4 Over 42% participated in ‘before long’: parliamentary polls TEHRAN — Interior Minister Abdol- were male, he said. reza Rahmani Fazli announced on Sunday “This was while we had the problem that turnout in the Friday parliamentary of coronavirus as well as political circum- minister elections was about 42.57. stances and issues such as the downing Rahmani Fazli said that more than of the plane, Aban (November) and Dey 24 million people out of 58 million eli- (January) incidents,” the minister said. gible voters participated in the election, “Given such conditions, this level of Some neighboring countries Mehr reported. turnout and people’s participation is bury their head in the sand 48% of voters were female and 52% completely acceptable,” he added. 3 Syria: U.S. dismayed over Aleppo liberation Syria says the U.S. is “dismayed” to see spreading chaos and terrorism. the return of normal life to the northern “It isn’t surprising that the U.S. ad- Aleppo province because of the “humil- ministration is expressing dismay over iating defeats” suffered by Washing- the return of normal life in Aleppo and the ton-sponsored terrorists at the hands opening of roads and resuming flights at of pro-Damascus forces. Aleppo International Airports, as these In a statement carried by the official achievements came following the humil- Ali Jafari SANA news agency on Saturday, a source iating defeats of their terrorist pawns at the Syrian Foreign Ministry said the at the hands of the Syrian Arab Army ISNA/ U.S. is “frustrated” with the failure of its which secured Aleppo city completely,” Public transport vehicles in Tehran are being disinfected to combat COVID-19. project in the Arab country which involved he added. 10 PERSPECTIVE Israeli Army bulldozer dragging Gazan’s body after border incident ARTICLE Roohullah Ghasemian Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians and swung the body back and forth in the air. begin to “hoard” Palestinian bodies to use as Alireza Farahmand Journalist along a fence separating the besieged Gaza A group of Palestinians then began pelting “bargaining chips” in a bid to pressure the Gaza- Deputy CEO of ejob Strip from the occupied territories and in- the bulldozer with stones as it approached, before based Hamas resistance movement to release jured several others who rushed to confront an a gunshot was heard. two Israeli men and the remains of two soldiers. armored bulldozer. As the Palestinians dispersed, the Israeli bull- Violence has surged in the occupied lands Fragile security and The Israeli military claimed that the two Pal- dozer — guarded by a Merkava tank — lifted up following the release of U.S. President Donald Gig economy, a estinians were planting an improvised explosive one of the mangled bodies and carried it toward Trump’s self-proclaimed “deal of the centu- domestic distrust device along the fence east of the city of Khan the occupied territories. ry,” which all Palestinian groups have unani- real assist for small Yunis on Sunday morning. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement mously rejected. overshadow the After the killings, an Israeli armored bulldozer condemned the “brutal crime” and pledged to Trump’s Middle East scheme largely meets businesses was seen crossing the Gaza fence “in a sadist “not let the occupation deal with us as it does Israel’s demands in the decades-old conflict while Zionist regime manner,” according to Palestine’s Wafa news with some Arab states”. creating a Palestinian state with limited control “gig” economy, otherwise called agency. “We are placing our hands on the trigger and over its own security and borders. a freelance economy that has an he 13th international conference of The International Middle East Media we will avenge the blood of the martyrs by firing It also enshrines Jerusalem al-Quds as “Is- A independent workforce, helps small the Zionist Institute for National Center (IMEMC) said the bulldozer repeatedly on Tel Aviv,” it said. rael’s undivided capital” and allows the regime businesses and independent contractors Security Studies was attended by a T crushed the bodies with its blade, then grabbed Last week, Israeli minister of military af- to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank succeed. Obviously, it is difficult for small number of Israeli and world political and businesses to compete against large cor- the corpse of one of the Palestinians with its blade fairs Naftali Bennett said the regime would and the Jordan Valley. 10 military experts and decision makers. The porations which have economies of scale, attendees believed that in the light of the but a gig economy can be a tremendous fragile Middle East situation, there were aid for small businesses and individuals several major threats to Israel: Yemen unveils four indigenous missile defense systems and sharpen their competitive postures. Difficulties in assessing the conse- Yemeni armed forces have unveiled four do- Mohamed al-Atefy, Chairman of the General defense units had managed to thwart a Sau- The gig economy also opens up a global quences of regional developments on mestically-built long-range, surface-to-air Staff Major General Mohamed al-Ghammari and di-led airstrike against a strategic district east marketplace for independent contractors the security of the Zionist regime. missile defense systems, which could act as Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman of the capital Sana’a. to expand their customer base nationally Israeli adversaries’ access to advanced game changers and alter the course of battle for the armed forces, were also in attendance On Tuesday, the spokesman for Yemen’s and internationally. Online outsourcing experiences and sciences through advanced in the face of the deadly campaign led by Saudi during the event. air force, Major General Abdullah al-Jafri, has proven to be a transformative medium and, of course, inexpensive technologies. Arabia against Yemen. Mashat praised the efforts by the Yemeni praised the recent interception and target- in the global economy. Difficulty in trusting the contradictory The president of Yemen’s Supreme Po- Ministry of Defense as regards the devel- ing of a Tornado multi-role combat aircraft In gig economies individuals market realities of the world that undermine the litical Council and commander-in-chief of opment and modernization of the military of the Royal Saudi Air Force in the country’s their skills, whether in unskilled labor quality of decision-making by Israeli the armed forces, Mahdi al-Mashat, who systems in order to deter or, if need be, con- northern province of Jawf. markets, such as Uber drivers, or as skilled officials. was speaking at a ceremony in the capital front the enemy. He told Arabic-language Mirat al-Ja- professionals, such as coders who bid out Powers capable of changing regional Sana’a on Sunday, identified the systems as “The new defense systems will change the zeera news website in an exclusive interview their services on sites such as Upwork. calculations. Fater-1 (Innovator-1), Thaqib-1 (Piercer-1), course of the battle against the coalition of that the downing of the Tornado jet confirms Thus, companies promoting the gig econ- According to the report, IDF Intelligence Thaqib-2 and Thaqib-3. aggression, and pave the ground for the in- beyond any doubt that 2020 will be the year omy allow freelancers to generate a live- Directorate head Major General Tamir Hey- The systems have entered service following troduction of more sophisticated systems in of modern and advanced air defense systems lihood from a host of potential activities. man believes that nuclear capabilities is successful tests, the official announced. order to engage enemy targets,” Mashat stated. that can track, damage or shoot down enemy Gig economy companies can also provide focused in Iran. He stated that there is no Yemeni Minister of Defense Major General On Saturday, Saree said the country’s air aircraft. 10 jobs such as food delivery, passenger substitute for Qassem Soleimani, the chief transport, and professional and domestic factor in the region’s resistance against the services (such as cleaning) through their US, who turned Israel to a military entity platforms. In the gig world outsourcing from an organizational system. work is common when consumers and The so called Deal of the Century companies find new ways of providing was proposed by U.S. President Donald Zarif discusses services and when idle capacity can be Trump under the pretext of resolving employed.

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