Top Nuclear Negotiator Briefs Lawmakers on Vienna Talks
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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 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 43rd year No.13951 Tuesday MAY 25, 2021 Khordad 4, 1400 Shawwal 13, 1442 Election headquarters Iranian women look to First COVID-19 vaccine Leader congratulates announces health make history at FIBA 3x3 produced by private sector Shahrestane Adab on protocols Page 2 Olympic Qualifying Page 3 starts clinical trial Page 7 10th anniversary Page 8 Ayatollah Khamenei replies to messages Top nuclear negotiator briefs from Palestinian resistance leaders TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolu- recent Palestinian jihad. Your struggle tion of Iran Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khame- is resistance against oppression, heresy nei has replied to the letters sent by two and arrogance. Such a struggle pleases Palestinian resistance leaders. the Almighty, Revered God and is the The first reply was sent to Hamas proof of ‘O you who have faith! If you lawmakers on Vienna talks political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh help Allah, He will help you and make See page 3 while the second one was sent to Is- your feet steady,’” the Leader wrote to lamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziad Haniyeh, citing verse 7 of the 47th chapter al-Nakhala. The two political leaders of the Holy Qur’an. have sent letters to Ayatollah Khamenei The Leader added, “You will be victo- in the wake of the 12-day war on the rious by the power of God and cleanse the Gaza Strip. holy land from the filth of the usurpers, “I received your letter in which you God willing.” wrote with detail and analysis about the Continued on page 3 Railway fleet to receive 1,500 renovated wagons, locomotives TEHRAN - Iranian Transport and Urban tivity Day on Saturday, Eslami said: “The Development Ministry plans to renovate renovation of the mentioned fleet will be 1,500 wagons and locomotives to be added accelerated if the necessary funds for the to the country’s railway fleet by the end of program are provided on schedule.” the current Iranian calendar year (March The official noted that over 1,800 freight 20, 2022), Transport Minister Mohammad and passenger wagons and locomotives Eslami announced. were produced or renovated in the country Speaking on the sidelines of an event over the past two years, adding: on the occasion of the National Produc- Continued on page 4 BY AFSHIN MAJLESI ramshahr is highly honored as a symbol In the past, war tourism destinations were of resistance during the war against Iraqi mainly the object of interest of photo- invaders. Moreover, the port city is high journalists appearing solely on pages of on the ‘will go’ index of adventure trav- crime, but now they can be traced in top elers interested in such niche tourism. travel books and websites. At this time of the year, Iranians hold Whatever you call it, from war tourism, special ceremonies to honor the fallen dark tourism, disaster tourism, or danger soldiers and to cherish the strength and Khorramshahr: a prime tourism, Iran has more to offer after being resistance of the people during “the Sacred involved in the second-longest war of the Defense Week”, starting on Shahrivar 20th-century after the Vietnam War. 31 (September 21 this year) when Iraqi destination for war tourism Amongst many border cities directly armed forces invaded western Iran. involved in the 1980–1988 war, Khor- Continued on page 6 visitiran.ir FFIRI lifts ban on Sometimes it takes a volcano to For the first time, French foreign minister uses signing foreign start the healing ‘apartheid’ to refer to Israel players and coaches BY MUNIR A. SAEED presidency, not just to redeem his own partic- France’s foreign minister has expressed rare logic,” and also if it tries to maintain the status Let me start by saying something some may ipation in those past decisions, but to change concern over the recent Israeli violence against quo. BY FARROKH HESABI consider outrageous. America’s image of itself and the destructive Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds and elsewhere, “Even the status quo produces that,” he added TEHRAN - The Football Federation of One day, not long from now, many may look global consequences of that self-image. warning of the risk of “long-lasting apartheid”. in an interview with RTL radio and Le Figaro the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has back on the four years of Donald Trump’s pres- In a previous article, I wrote, “Trump was “It’s the first time and it clearly shows that newspaper on Sunday. nullified the rule that banned Iranian foot- idency and consider it to be not just the worst not the problem. Trump was the result of the if in the future we had a solution other than the Last month, Human Rights Watch concluded ball clubs from signing foreign players choice Americans made, but, ironically, the best problem.” It took the shock of a volcanic four two-state solution, we would have the ingredi- that Israel is committing crimes against hu- and coaches. thing that happened to America and the world. years for Americans and the world, hopefully, ents of long-lasting apartheid,” Jean-Yves Le manity of “apartheid and persecution” against In August 2020, the Iran Football Why? The U.S. needed Donald Trump to save to finally realize that. It took the unprecedented Drian said, referring to raids on a Palestinian Palestinians, and that the group plans to forward League Organization announced that it from itself. magnitude of a destructive world war for the neighborhood in the holy city and worshipers its findings to the International Criminal Court THE football teams playing in the Iran Biden’s inaugural speech introduced a new Germans to realize and get rid of the cumula- at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (ICC) for due action. Professional League (IPL) could not sign narrative and his first presidential directives – so tive growth of a mindset that brought Hitler to Jerusalem al-Quds remains at the heart of B’Tselem, an Israeli advocacy group, also new foreign coaches and players. far - suggest that he means what he said. At least power. Fortunately, neither Americans nor the the decades-long West Asian conflict, with Pal- said Israel is an “apartheid regime” that system- The ban came due to the clubs’ failure when it comes to immediately undoing some of world have had to pay that kind of heavy price estinians insisting that East al-Quds – illegally atically oppresses the Palestinians via military to fulfill their financial commitments to his predecessor’s foolish yet harmful publicity again - not yet, anyway. Hopefully, all is not occupied by Israel since 1967 – should serve as occupation and racist laws. foreign staff in previous years. The number stunts. But, it’s only the beginning and the road lost. We can avoid that outcome. But the dangers the capital of a Palestinian state. Referring to the latest Israeli aggression on of unsettled financial disputes between is long and challenging. Undoing other decades have not been completely overcome. Taming Le Drian is one of the first top French officials the besieged Gaza Strip, the French minister Iranian clubs and their foreign employees old wrong policies will take much more that the mindset is not an event, it’s a process, and to use the term “apartheid” in reference to Israel. stressed the need to revive the so-called peace were especially increased after the impo- the stroke of a new presidential pen. And that one that must start immediately. He said the “risk of apartheid is high” if Tel process in West Asia. sition of tough and unilateral sanctions is where Biden’s past may become useful in his Continued on page 5 Aviv keeps on acting “according to a single-state Continued on page 5 by the United States former government against Iran that created problems for the country. UN appreciates Iran for vaccinating foreign nationals However, after the changes that took Power outages place in the top ranks of the football federa- TEHRAN – Iran has generously considered ref- the foreign nationals, Ratwatte stated. of health in Iran, he further highlighted, IRNA in Iran, reasons & tion after the FFIRI’s presidential election, ugees over the age of 75 for vaccination against Pointing out that over the last 20 years, a reported on Monday. it was predictable that the mentioned law coronavirus, said Indrika Ratwatte, Director large number of foreign nationals have returned He expressed appreciation for generously solutions would be repealed. of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific to their homeland voluntarily, he said that how- vaccinating the foreign national aging 75 or The FFIRI’s General Secretary, Man- at the United Nations High Commissioner for ever, in recent years, there has been a significant above, adding, the UNHCR has also sup- BY EBRAHIM FALLAHI sour Ghanbarzadeh, has recently confirmed Refugees (UNHCR), appreciating Iran for over decline in the voluntary return of citizens to their ported Iran’s activities, especially in the TEHRAN – With the early arrival of the hot season that this law will be lifted with some con- four decades of hosting refugees. country, and despite efforts in Afghanistan to field of personal protective equipment and across Iran, once again the issue of electricity shortage ditions for the next season of the IPL. Iran cooperates with the United Nations on restore stability to security. disinfectants, and is working closely with and systematic power outages has come under the “Under the new regulations that will be hosting refugees, and the main focus of the UN- Our focus is on supporting the services pro- the Ministry of Health.