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 43rd year No.13952 Wednesday MAY 26, 2021 Khordad 5, 1400 Shawwal 14, 1442 EU welcomes extension Skocic names Iran 29 mining projects Iranian, Russian universities of surveillance deal squad for World Cup ready to go operational launch Iranistica between Iran, IAEA Page 3 qualifiers Page 3 across Iran Page 4 Encyclopedia project Page 8 Zarif holds high- level talks in Azerbaijan TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Iran presidential lineup Mohammad Javad Zarif has embarked See page 3 on a tour of the South Caucasus region amid soaring border tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The chief Iranian diplomat began his tour with a visit to Baku where he met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday. Continued on page 3 Water projects worth over $185m inaugurated TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on Tuesday inaugurated seven major water industry projects valued at 7.81 trillion rials (about $185.9 million) through video conference in three prov- inces, IRIB reported. Put into operation in the eighth week of the ministry’s A-B-Iran program in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), the said projects were inaugurated in Hormozgan, Fars, and Kurdestan provinces. Continued on page 4 “Ambushing a Rose” published in eight languages TEHRAN – Eight translations of “Ambushing a Rose”, a biography of Lieutenant-General Ali Sayyad Shirazi who served as commander of Ground Forces during the Iran–Iraq war, have recently been published. Continued on page 8 Eagle of Asia turns 55 Israel losing the war of Israel threatens to kill senior BY MASOUD HOSSEIN moral awakening Hamas leader in Gaza ranians will never forget a spe- cial day in the 90s, when they BY MAHMOOD MONSHIPOURI Jewish state was founded in 1948. Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz launched a Mengistu and Hisham a-Sayed, who are held emerged victorious over pow- The recent war between Israel and the Pal- One nagging question persists: Has the threat to Hamas leadership on Monday and said by Hamas. However, Israel allows the entry of I estinians in Gaza has raised many questions. rhetoric of a two-state solution provided a that even the slightest breach of the ceasefire urgent supplies into the Palestinian enclave. erhouses Australia thanks to Ah- madreza Abedzadeh’s performance Foremost among them is the question of why cover for Israelis to prolong their subjuga- between Israel and Hamas will prompt Israel to The finance minister rejected criticism from between the sticks. after 73 years of occupation, Israel cannot live tion of the Palestinians? Palestinians living act forcefully, even targeting its leader Yahyah other members of the Cabinet who were not In any discussion about the Iran’s with its Palestinians citizens and residents under occupation lack an army of their own. Sinwar. pleased with the results of the operation in Gaza. best goalkeepers, the name Abedzadeh inside Israel proper and in the occupied Neither do they own an airport to keep reg- Speaking to the Ynet studio in an interview, Katz also praised the police for cracking down invariably comes up. territories. Israel, which is technologically, ular commercial transactions with the rest Katz — a senior Cabinet member and close ally on Arab riots that erupted across the country On Nov. 29, 1997, Iran staged an as- economically, and militarily stronger than of the world. Meanwhile, Israeli right-wing of Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, Ben- and called to continue the efforts to eradicate tonishing late rally to grab the last berth its neighbors, today faces an unprecedented forces have kept the forced eviction of many jamin Netanyahu — said that Israel will come protests in Arab society. in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals on inter-communal strife that threatens their Palestinian families from East Jerusalem. for “Yahyah Sinwar’s head.” The fighting between Israel and Palestinian the away-goals rule after a 2-2 draw with nation’s social fabric and political cohesion. The Palestinian Israelis, nearly one-fifth Although Sinwar was seen in public since resistance in Gaza began on 10 May after weeks Australia in Melbourne Cricket Ground. That along with some attacks on Israel em- of Israel’s population, feel less secure from a ceasefire whose terms remain undisclosed of rising Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Je- Abedzadeh, beyond a shadow of a doubt, anating from Lebanon and other Palestin- crimes or attacks by Israeli extremists who took hold, Katz claimed that he was not given rusalem that culminated in clashes at al-Aqsa, played a significant role in the match and ians in the West Bank have added a new have been encouraged by the country’s bur- immunity from Israeli assassination as part of a holy site revered by Muslims. Hamas began sent the Iranian team to the World Cup layer of complexity to this conflict. Israel, geoning right-wing government and Western the agreement. firing rockets after Israeli authorities stormed after 20 years. as Thomas L. Friedman has noted https:// leniency (Michael Jansen, “United in Rejec- The Likud lawmaker also conditioned ex- the site, triggering retaliatory air strikes. Plucky Abedzadeh were jumping over the www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/opinion/is- tion,” Panorama: Gulf Today, May 21-27, tensive rebuilding of the Gaza Strip and civilian At least 243 people, including more than Australian stars and showed great fighting rael-hamas-biden.html), has rarely faced 2021:38-39). assistance on the return of the bodies of soldiers 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, spirit in front of the 85,000 fans at MGC. that kind of multi-pronged threat since the Continued on page 5 Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul and captives Avera according to its health ministry Led by young strikers Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell, the Socceroos spent the entire first half laying siege to the Iran seeks UNESCO status for ancient nomadic routes Two-state solution: Iranian goal. With Stan Lazaridis and TEHRAN – Iran is preparing a dossier for ancient Bakhtiari nomads live a life defined by the nated by a wide range of interethnic relations. Robbie Slater making inroads on the routes and paths used by its Bakhtiari nomads to tradition of migration and the ability to adapt to It is home to about 20 ethnic groups who live in Settlement or flanks, and Aurelio Vidmar pushing be submitted to the United Nations Education- climatic conditions and the natural environment, different regions of the country. prolongation of suffering forward from midfield, it seemed an al, Scientific and Cultural Organization in near the official explained. Apart from modern roads, highways, and Aussie avalanche was inevitable. future, ILNA reported on Tuesday. This tribal lifestyle is one of the most prom- bridges that are ubiquitous in modern Iran, BY AHMAD ABAYAT The nation will never forget Abedza- “A comprehensive archeological, ethnographic inent characteristics and symbols of Bakhtiari there are still arduous paths, flattened by the deh’s smile during the game while the After a grinding war launched by the Israelis on the and ecological survey on the nomads’ roads, scat- culture, and it could be added to the UNESCO’s feet of nomads and the hooves of their livestock Gaza Strip and desecration of Muslim’s first qibla, match could be chaotic for Iran. But the tered across Andika county in southern Khuzestan prestigious list as one of the oldest living cultures, in the ever-repeating movement of migration Captain kept the score level with some the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, many international province, has been started,” Andika’s tourism he added. for millennia. organizations, humanitarian institutions and ob- inspired goalkeeping. chief Seyyed Ali Musavi said. Iran has a culturally diverse society domi- Continued on page 6 The Iran and Persepolis legend turns servers are raising questions about the settlement 55 today. based on a two-state solution: Palestine and Israel. His son, Amir Abedzadeh, who currently The question that presents itself is: Does the plays for Portuguese club Marítimo, is one two-state solution really lead to a viable settlement of Iran’s goalkeepers in the 2022 World to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict? The Cup qualifiers. conflict that has always concerned those in charge Amir always says that his father is his Children of proposing this initiative. role model and it’s completely true. Before the recent escalation which was sparked Ahmadreza Abedzadeh was a member of in Tehran after Israeli forces and the extremist Jewish settlers Iran national football team in the “Mother stormed the core sanctities of Islam and Christian- of All Games”, where the Persians defeated show ity in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, no one in Israel could their old foes USA 2-1 at the elegant Stade imagine dimensions of the crisis. de Gerland in Lyon. Now Israel is facing a global condemnation. The As a Persepolis goalkeeper, Abedzadeh sympathy voices of the free people are placing the Israeli regime won four titles with the Reds in Iran foot- in an isolated position. ball league but he had already claimed a with Israel did not take into account the repercus- domestic title with Persepolis archrivals sions of storming Al-Aqsa, arresting worshipers, Esteghlal as well as 1991 Asian Club Cham- Palestinians putting them into prison, and humiliating them in pionship title with the Blues. front of the eyes and ears of the world. Most radios Abedzadeh had previously stolen the and televisions across the world covered the event. Children in Tehran gathered at Felestin It was not in the calculations of the authorities of show in the 1990 Asian Games, helping (Palestine) Square on Monday evening to Iran win the gold medal in Beijing after the Israeli regime that the fire of their weapons, their show sympathy with Palestinian children militarism and their arsenal would not scare the Pales- 16 years.