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Schools Reopened Under Strict Health Protocols 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.13753 Sunday SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 Shahrivar 16, 1399 Muharram 17, 1442 Iran welcomes Iranian swimmer Iran Oil Show 2020 to Iranian director criticizes meeting of Asghari sets new open on Oct. 12 only producers for using Turkish Palestinian groups 3 Guinness record 3 for specialists 4 actors in native productions 8 Industry Ministry approves $850m of foreign investment in 5 months TEHRAN — The Ministry of Industry, valued at $1.2 billion were approved in Mining and Trade has approved 49 foreign the country, of which 26 percent were Iran, Russia welcome investment cases valued at about $850 mil- attracted by the industry, mining, and lion in the first five months of the current trade sectors. Iranian calendar year (March 20-August Based on the data, 83.6 percent of the 21), Donya-e-Eqtesad daily reported. ministry’s foreign investment was attracted According to the latest data released by by the industry sector, followed by trade the Industry Ministry, in the mentioned and mining with 10.2 percent and 6.2 per- IAEA report five months 60 foreign investment cases cent, respectively. 4 See page 2 Iran improves in nanotechnology articles citation TEHRAN – Iran’s ranking in nano- As a determining indicator for eval- technology articles citation in 2019 has uating the quality of articles, the 5-year significantly improved compared to 2018, average citation per article generally as it moved 26 levels higher, according to shows the share of highly-cited and the StatNano’s statistics collected from lowly-cited articles by a researcher, the WoS database. institution, or country. For example, a Based on a report Nanotechnology Pub- high value of this indicator means that lications report, Iran ranked 38 worldwide the proportion of lowly-cited articles is for the average times the nano-articles smaller in the distribution of the arti- have been cited in the Journal Citation cles of a given country; in other words, Reports in 2019, while in 2018, it was most of the articles are highly-cited or placed 64. medium-cited articles. 7 Iran counters Charlie Hebdo’s insult to Prophet Muhammad (S) with Holocaust cartoon exhibit By Manijeh Rezapoor in the service of the Zionist regime and TEHRAN – Iran’s Art Bureau plans to actually intends to meet the goals of the organize an international cartoon exhibi- Zionists, which is the main reason behind tion on the Holocaust in response to the republishing the same cartoons about the French satirical magazine Charlie Heb- Prophet of kindness Muhammad (S).” do’s republication of cartoons insulting Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday republished Prophet Muhammad (S). the cartoons to mark the start of the terrorism Speaking to the Tehran Times on Sat- trial of the people accused as accomplices in urday, Masud Shojaei-Tabatabai, the di- the attack. The magazine posted the cartoons rector of the bureau’s Visual Arts Office, online on Tuesday and they appeared in AFP said, “I believe Charlie Hebdo is totally print on Wednesday. 8 By Samaneh Aboutalebi Oil, petchem downstream industries should Protests hit U.S. cities as Portland marks Tehran Times journalist target domestic market 100th day of rallies Why studying By Ebrahim Fallahi taking serious measures to pull up the neglect- By staff & agencies Demonstrations against racism and police in Iran TEHRAN – As one the world’s top hydrocar- ed downstream industries to catch up with the Portland Police made multiple arrests over- brutality have swept the United States since the bon-rich countries, Iran has managed to develop upstream sector. night Friday as the Oregon city nears 100 days death in May of George Floyd, a 46-year-old lthough the coronavirus its oil, gas, and petrochemical industries to a The country has been implementing several of demonstrations against racism and police Black man who died after a Minneapolis police pandemic has brought the significantly high level so that despite all the macro-scale programs in this regard, and espe- brutality, which have at times turned violent. officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. world into a standstill for pressures and limitations created by the external cially in the past few years after the re-imposition “Yes, we have made multiple arrests tonight”, Portland, in particular, has seen over three A of the U.S. sanctions, drastic measures have a Portland Police spokesman told Reuters in months of daily demonstrations calling for po- more than six months now, the ac- factors like sanctions, the country now stands ademic year has begun in several among West Asia’s top producers. been taken to boost the domestic production and an emailed statement after police had declared licing and social justice reforms. These have at countries including Iran. Despite the exceptional advances in the distance the economy from too much reliance a gathering as “unlawful”. The statement did times turned into clashes between demonstra- It’s a new beginning of another creative upstream sector, the downstream industries, on oil exports. not give a specific number. tors and officers, as well as between right- and year of the school life for the students who however, have been neglected to some extent, The Secretary of the Iranian Oil, Gas, and “Officers will continue to make targeted ar- left-wing groups. are to resume their most unforgettable so that considering the capacities in various Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union (OPEX) rests of those who fail to adhere to this order. The administration of U.S. President Donald journey of life. areas and the amount of feed available, most Seyed Hamid Hosseini believes that in exploring The gathering at N Lombard St and N Campbell Trump deployed federal forces to Portland Aside from a large number of Iranian of the mentioned industries’ output has been the current situation of the country’s downstream Ave has been declared an unlawful assembly”, in July to crack down on the protests. Trump students in different educational levels, exported in the form of raw materials. sectors we should differentiate between the oil police said. signed a memo Wednesday that threatens Iran also hosts hundreds of foreign students However, over the past decade and following and gas downstream sector and the petrochemical Police shot and killed a self-declared anti-fas- to cut federal funding to “lawless” cities, in- who have a passion for Iranian language several rounds of sanctions and the considerable industry’s downstream sector. cist activist in Washington state Thursday night cluding Portland. and culture in their hearts, as studying at decline in Iran’s exports of oil and oil products, In an interview with the Tehran Times on as they moved in to arrest him on suspicion he His Democratic challenger in the Nov. 3 Iran’s universities is a dream for Persian the government has shifted its focus from the Saturday, Hosseini said” “regarding the oil and fatally shot a right-wing counter protester last presidential election, Joe Biden, has accused lovers and the main source for those who sole developing of the upstream sector and is gas sector, 4 weekend in Portland, Reuters reported. Trump of stoking violence with his rhetoric. are interested in learning this poetic lan- guage academically. Besides being a cradle of the Per- sian language, Iran also enjoys other UAE deal raises questions about manipulation of Jared Kushner by Israel Lebanese analyst advantages as well, which makes it a TEHRAN – Jared Kushner, the U.S. presi- in intense shuttle diplomacy between Israel and that it wasn’t the first flight. According to the expects Hezbollah to good choice for a student who is looking dent’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who was the Arab states. His ultimate goal is to find Arab Israeli news website, Ynet News, Israeli Prime for a place to quench their thirst for a target of manipulation for many countries, is partners for Israel and thus break its historic Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, secretly visited play a constructive Iranian culture. a “plaything” serving Israeli interests in a way isolation in the region. the UAE in 2018, where he met with Abu Dhabi Although mainstream media is not in that would destabilize the region, according to On August 31, the president’s son-in-law led, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed. role in government favor of Iran, introducing Iran as a not- a former Iranian diplomat. with great fanfare, an American-Israeli delegation U.S. President Donald Trump announced on formation process a-safe place to travel to or to choose as Over the past few years, Kushner has been traveling to the UAE from Israel on the first direct August 13 that he had brokered a deal between an academic destination, real experience busy brokering normalization deals between flight operated by the Israeli airline El Al. The the UAE and Israel that would lead to full nor- By Mohammad Mazhari of students studying in Iran proves the Israel and a number of Arab countries includ- flight, touted as a “peace” initiative, was hailed as malization of relations between Abu Dhabi and TEHRAN – Ghassan Javad, a Lebanese analyst, opposite. ing the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. the first commercial flight between Israel and the Tel Aviv, a move that was hailed by Kushner as expects Hezbollah to contribute constructively in Iran is one of the world’s most dynam- After years of private talks, he is now engaged UAE, although reports in Israeli media suggested a “giant step forward.” 3 formation of a new government in Lebanon based ic and prolific centers when it comes to on “the resistance’s understanding of the Lebanese arts, architecture, and literature.
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