Lessons on Humanity from Persian Literature
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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.13644 Monday APRIL 20, 2020 Ordibehesht 1, 1399 Sha’aban 26, 1441 IRGC Navy advises U.S. Authorities planning big Wrestler Alireza Karimi Posters represent to avoid adventurism to make Ardebil winter undergoes knee Gulistan’s appeal for in Persian Gulf 2 tourism hub 8 surgery 11 Imam Khomeini 12 Iran among five leading countries in See page 12 manufacturing drones TEHRAN — Brigadier General Aziz Nasirza- Iran’s Army took delivery of a “massive deh, the commander of the Islamic Republic number” of reconnaissance and combat of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), announced on drones on Saturday. Sunday that Iran is among the five leading Defense Minister Amir Hatami an- countries in manufacturing drones. nounced that a “massive number” of “We are among the top regional coun- multirole, reconnaissance and combat tries in manufacturing drones and using UAVs, as well as Karrarr and Ababil-3 unmanned aircrafts,” Nasirzadeh told a drones produced by the Aircraft Man- press conference. ufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) He added, “We are moving on this path, has been delivered to the Army’s Air Force conforming to updated standards in the world.” and Air Defense. 2 Annual steel products export by major producers rises 27% TEHRAN — Iran’s export of steel products tons of steel ingots were produced by the in the past Iranian calendar year (ended country’s 10 major companies to register on March 19) rose 27 percent compared to a five-percent rise year on year. its preceding year, IRNA reported. The mentioned companies also pro- As reported, the country’s major steel duced nearly 13.38 million tons of other producers managed to export about 7.33 steel products last year, six percent more million tons of the products in the pre- than the preceding year. vious year. The export of steel ingot during the last According to the data released by the year’s 11-month period ended on February Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry, in 19, increased by 42 percent to stand at 6.3 Lessons on the mentioned period over 20.226 million million tons. 4 Expert predicts long-term effects of coronavirus on Iran’s football By Farrokh Hesabi clubs, after the suspension of the events due humanity from TEHRAN — Bijan Zolfagharnasab, head of to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. Amin Berenjkar Iran Football Coaches Association (IFCA), “Obviously, the professional football believes that the pandemic coronavirus clubs will face a lot of financial problems. crisis could bring long term consequences There is no support for our clubs in critical for the Iranian football. situations like this. The revenues of our The ex-Iran defender, who has coached clubs are limited because of the lack of Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ Persian literature different teams in Iran, in an exclusive inter- broadcasting rights and the events like view with Tehran Times, discussed the current this are expected to worsen the financial Mausoleum of Persian poet Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi, Shiraz. situation of Iranian football, in particular the burden on the clubs. 11 REPORT How Iran could curb COVID-19 despite sanctions, restrictions? Post-corona era Mohammad Jafari By Faranak Bakhtiari spread of the disease in Iran despite sanctions Many of these volunteers were house wives beginning of U.S. Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Since the first case of coronavirus and trade restrictions? who sewed face masks and gowns to distribute hegemony decline, was identified in Iran, the country has taken ex- Volunteers play a significant role among the public and health workers; in addi- tensive measures to curb the spread of the disease, Although, at the beginning, Iranians like tion, teams made up of Iranian youth started accelerating East so that daily death toll has been declining over other people around the world, felt a binge fear producing disinfectants in universities or re- rise: Prof. Suzuki Anti-war the past few days, unlike some other countries rushing to pharmacies to lay their hands on face ligious places. around the world which are still grappling with masks, medical gloves, and detergents to protect Many self-protective products have been dis- By Payman Yazdani tributed in deprived areas of the country where activist criticizes high casualties and infection. themselves, which caused the country to run out TEHRAN — The current coronavirus financially struggling families are residing and Until April 11, the virus mortality in the of anti-corona products, they later came to a pandemic ravaging every corner of the U.S. political cannot afford these items. country was rising daily, however, reports indi- conclusion that helping each other is a better world and many states are desperate in Also, many students and volunteers, have been cated that death toll faced a sharp decline over way to survive. the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Na- system’s blatant working in hospitals and helping the medical the past 8 days. The same also happened for So, almost all of the people reached out to tions and governments are panicking and staff. They collect waste from the coronavirus the new cases of the virus, which are reducing volunteer in doing whatever could ever combat the economy has already collapsed. This discrimination patients’ ward, or help feeding them, and some- from over 3,000 newly diagnosed cases daily the disease, volunteer groups started offering crisis is expected to deepen more and more times encourage the patients and medical staff to 1,300 day by day. services to the patients and medical staff, as well as without a serious global willingness and against Blacks producing face masks, scrubs, and disinfectants. by reciting poems and songs. 9 But what is the reason behind handling the cooperation. he United States’ capitalist system The outbreak of the coronavirus and is fundamentally antithetical to the Houthi spokesman: Short-term solutions cannot bring peace to Yemen how governments are able to confront it Trealization of human rights, espe- have, on one hand, raised the question cially on the subject of Blacks, a senior The UN Security Council on Friday endorsed Saudi Arabia’s air and sea blockade, which been complied with the agreements despite of the effectiveness of political systems member of the Executive Committee of the the secretary-general’s call for warring parties fuels the country’s humanitarian crisis. He efforts by Ansarullah to save the peace accord. and, on the other, the transition from the U.S. Peace Council and leadership body of in Yemen to immediately stop fighting and focus also refused short-term solutions, saying According to Press TV, many rounds of current order to the post-coronavirus order. the United National Anti-War Coalition on reaching a peace agreement and countering the blockade must be removed before any talks have failed to bring peace to the war- Due to the great impact of the corona- (UNAC) said, noting that such racist pol- the outbreak of the new coronavirus. serious talks. torn country. The Sweden peace talks had virus on the world from different aspects, icies have turned the African-Americans The council statement followed a briefing However, political experts believe the party been described as the first breakthrough many believe that changes to existing world into the most vulnerable communities Thursday by UN special envoy for Yemen Mar- which must end the war is Yemen because their by the UN, yet such diplomatic efforts have order and international relations are in- amid COVID-19 outbreak. tin Griffiths who said the threat of COVID-19, country is destroyed by the enemies. failed to bring an end to Saudi aggression evitable in the post-corona era. Ajamu Baraka, who is an editor and the illness caused by the new coronavirus, has This comes as Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen that has killed and injured To shed light on the issue we reached out contributing columnist for the Black Agen- galvanized peace efforts. are accused of violating the ceasefire despite thousands of civilians. to Kazuto Suzuki vice dean and professor da Report and contributing columnist for Griffith said talks with the warring sides Riyadh’s unilateral declaration of truce of The outbreak of the coronavirus in Yemen, of international politics at Public Policy Counterpunch, wrote in his analytic article “are making very good progress” and that he two weeks. which reported its first case earlier this month, School of Hokkaido University, Japan. published by BAR that pushing workers expects them to adopt proposals for a nationwide Yemen’s armed forces spokesman Yahya threatens deeper and more widespread suf- Here is the full text of his interview with: back to work and attempting to “normalize” ceasefire and peace talks “in the immediate Sare’e says Riyadh has carried out scores of air fering in the Arab world’s poorest country. How will the coronavirus outbreak the economy was the growing consensus future.” raids since it announced ceasefire. He warned Many stress the vital importance of access to affect the existing world order? among the capitalist class, not just Trump. But Mohammed Abdulsalam, a spokesman that more painful attacks would be carried out humanitarian and economic aid for Yemenis First of all, this pandemic has revealed “Everyone has the right to a standard of for Ansarullah, said Thursday the current in response to such escalation. in need, which is especially important in light that the Western states (Europe and living adequate for the health and well-being UN proposal neglects a key demand — to lift Analysts say the Saudi-led coalition has never of the COVID-19 pandemic.