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13851 Monday JANUARY 4, 2021 Dey 15, 1399 Jumada Al Awwal 20, 1442 Iran Won’T Rest Until It Next Group of Volunteers Iranian Children Win 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.13851 Monday JANUARY 4, 2021 Dey 15, 1399 Jumada Al Awwal 20, 1442 Iran won’t rest until it Next group of volunteers Iranian children win brings Gen. Soleimani to receive Iranian awards at Japan’s Kao General Soleimani assassins to justice Page 2 COVID-19 vaccine Page 7 painting contest Page 8 INTERNATIONAL HERO Iran decision to enrich uranium up to 20% was predictable: Russian diplomat TEHRAN – A senior Russian diplomat has it withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal said that Iran’s decision to increase uranium –officially known as the Joint Comprehen- 100% sure enrichment level up to 20% was predictable. sive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - in May 2018. The diplomat, Mikhail Ulyanov, who is “In a confrontation, you should always Russia’s permanent representative to in- think of what could be the reaction of the ternational organizations in Vienna, was other side if you make a move. Foreign commenting on a tweet by Gerard Araud, policy is a chess game. When leaving the the former French ambassador to the U.S. nuclear deal, the US could have forecast Following Iran’s move to inform the UN this one. I am only surprised the Iranians nuclear watchdog of its intention to increase waited for so long,” the former French about 20% uranium enrichment purity, Araud said the diplomat said in a tweet on Saturday. U.S. could have forecast this decision when Continued on page 3 Foreign investment in industrial, trade sectors up 128% in 9 months TEHRAN - The Ministry of Industry, the country, of which 33 percent, in terms enrichment Mining and Trade has approved 104 for- of value, was the share of the industry, See page 3 eign investment projects valued at about mining, and trade sectors. $1.477 billion in the first nine months of Foreign investment approved by the the current Iranian calendar year (March Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry 20-December 20, 2020), up 128 percent in the first nine months of this year in- compared to the last year’s same period. creased 48 percent and 128 percent in According to the latest data released terms of number and value, respectively, by the ministry, in the mentioned nine- compared to the same period of time month period, 129 foreign investment cases in the past year. valued at $4.384 billion were approved in Continued on page 4 Commander Soleimani’s autobiography “I Feared Nothing” released TEHRAN – Lieutenant-General Qassem Managing Director Abdolali Ali-Asgari Soleimani’s autobiography “I Feared Noth- and a number of cultural figures. ing” was released on Sunday. Zeinab said that her father wrote the book The book was introduced on Sunday with his injured hand adding, “The book is at IRIB International Conference Center an account of the life of a man from the heart during a special meeting attended by Mar- of a remote village of Kerman [Province] tyr Soleimani’s daughter Zeinab, Acade- who had recounted some parts of his simple File photo my of Persian Language and Literature and compelling life story for you before. director Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, IRIB Continued on page 4 Consistency is Gen. Soleimani led Russia-Syria-Iran-Iraq-Hezbollah Mass New Year party breaks up in France amid key to Persepolis’ coalition against terrorism: Venezuelan ambassador coronavirus fears success: Ivankovic TEHRAN – The Venezuelan ambassador to Teh- and its allies have launched a “hybrid war” against Revelers began leaving an illegal New Year rave the prefecture said, quoting an association that ran describes the coalition created by Russia, Iran which includes both economic sanctions party in northwestern France that drew about oversees the security risks of such events. BY FARROKH HESSABI Syria, Iran and Iraq, which also includes the and acts of terrorism. 2,500 people, led to clashes with police and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on TEHRAN – Ex-Persepolis coach Branko Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, as “We should mention the hybrid war waged sparked concerns it could spread the coronavirus. Twitter that the large police presence at the site had Ivankovic says that the consistency has one of the most capable alliances in the war by the United States and its allies through eco- Police had failed to stop the underground led to the breakup of the rave “without violence”. been a key to the team’s success over the against terrorists groups in Syria and Iraq. nomic sanctions and terrorist attacks against event, set up in two warehouses in Lieuron, About half of the car park at the site was empty past years. Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones says this coalition Iran,” the top Venezuelan diplomat to Iran notes. south of Rennes in Brittany on Thursday. Saturday morning, according to AFP news agency. At the beginning of 2021, Branko was led by Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, In the newest act of state terrorism against Such mass gatherings are strictly prohibited Local gendarmes tried to “prevent this event but Ivankovic, the former coach of the Iran who was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike near the Islamic Republic, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top across France to prevent the spread of COVID-19, faced fierce hostility from many partygoers” who national football team and Persepolis Baghdad’s international airport on January 3, 2020. Iranian nuclear expert, was assassinated in a road and a nationwide 8:00pm (19:00 GMT) curfew, set one of their cars on fire and threw bottles and and the Oman national team’s current “One of the most important coalitions, led outside Tehran on November 27. Iran has said which was not lifted for New Year, applies across stones, the prefecture said in a statement. coach, talked in an exclusive interview with by Martyr Qassem Soleimani, was the Russia- Israel is directly responsible for the terrorist act. the country, al Jazeera reported. Those present had come from across France Tehran Times. Among other things, the Syria-Iran-Iraq (RSII) coalition, which was later Analysts believe the assassination was a joint The local prefecture said on Saturday the and even abroad, it said. Croatian coach discussed the 2020 year, renamed as 4+1 due to the joining of the Lebanese project by Israel and the United States. Profes- music had been switched off after two nights Prosecutors have opened an investigation revealed his goals for the Oman national Hezbollah resistance group. The military coalition sor Hossein Askari, who teaches international and the first revelers began leaving the site into the illegal organization of a musical gath- team, the situation of Persepolis, and his was formed to deal with the conflicts in Syria business at George Washington University, says before dawn. ering and premeditated violence against people dreams for 2021. and Iraq,” Ambassador Antonio Alcala Cordones he is “almost sure” that the assassination of “There has been no intervention by security in authority. Tehran Times: Happy New Year, Mr. tells the Tehran Times as Iran is marking the Fakhrizadeh was a joint project carried out by forces,” it said in a statement, but added that Participants interviewed by AFP said the rev- Branko Ivankovic. What is difference be- martyrdom anniversary of General Soleimani. the Israeli prime minister the U.S. president. police were checking all those leaving the site. elers had included partygoers from foreign coun- tween this New Year’s holiday with the The ambassador also says the United States Continued on page 5 Only “a few hundred” revelers remained, tries, including Spain and the United Kingdom. former years? I’m with my family in my hometown Varazdin in Croatia for the New Year. Finally, after a few months away from Isfahan reopens tourist sites after 45-day coronavirus shutdown General Soleimani: home, due to international restrictions TEHRAN- Museums and other cultural heritage are relaxed gradually in the country, the sites could Due to a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus A superhero who caused by the coronavirus pandemic, I’m sites in Isfahan have been allowed to reopen doors start their activities according to the announcement infections and deaths, all historical sites as well as with my family for the Christmas holiday to the public after 45 days of closure resulting and decision of the Coronavirus Control Operations all art and cultural centers, universities, schools, stood up to reveal the with the permission of Oman Football from soaring numbers of confirmed coronavirus Headquarters, Fereydun Allahyari said on Sunday. seminaries, English schools, libraries, movie theat- Federation. The main difference with the infections in the central Iranian province. Strict sanitary and social distancing requirements ers, mosques, beauty salons, and several other ugly face of Western previous years is that public places are Simultaneously with the third wave of COVID-19 are being observed carefully in these tourist des- entities have been shut down once again. interferences closed in my country and as far as I know in late November, over 500 historical sites, tourist tinations, the official added. The cultural heritage museums and historical in Europe. People used to gather in the attractions, and museums under the supervision of In mid-November, the Iranian authorities im- sites have so far been closed and reopened for BY SONJA VAN DEN ENDE streets to celebrate in previous years, but the tourism ministry went on lockdown to prevent the posed lockdown once again in the capital and some times from the pandemic’s early days onward in On 3 January 2020 General Qassem Soleimani was now we can’t see such gatherings.
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