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Soleimani By Ebrahim Fallahi sized mines across the country that are TEHRAN – Being among the world’s being operated by the government or top mineral-rich countries, Iran has set a the private sector. new target for further development of its Recently, however, due to the obsta- mining sector as the country’s economy is cles created by the U.S sanctions, many assassination a ‘violation moving away from oil toward becoming of the small and medium-sized mines oil-independent. which are mainly owned by the private Iran is one of the top 10 mineral-rich sector have been facing serious problems See page 3 countries in the world in which 68 types regarding the overhaul of their machinery of minerals have been identified so far, and equipment and even exports of their of UN Charter’ including the world’s largest deposits products, so that several small mines have of copper, zinc, and iron; so there are been forced to reduce their production or numerous large, medium and small- even completely shut down. 4 COVID-19 rings alarm bells in Iran as daily deaths surge to 200 TEHRAN – The number of daily COVID-19 “Unfortunately, many people did not pay mortalities in the country hit a new record attention to the instructions so that a new high of 200 on Tuesday and the total number wave of illness affected us. of deaths reached 11,931, as officials warn However, through the first wave, we of an alarming situation in the days ahead. were able to reach a great achievement Health Minister Saeed Namaki ex- by decreasing the mortalities to about 30, pressed his deep concern about the and we had planned to decline the deaths surge in new cases and deaths and said to less than 10.” 9 Centuries-old Yazd Jameh Mosque back to former glory TEHRAN – The 12th-century Jameh The restoration project aims at reviving, Mosque of Yazd (Masjid-e Jameh) has preserving, protecting, and strengthening undergone a new round of restoration, the historical structure, he added. a local tourism official has said. The terms “Jameh Mosque” or “Mas- The tiling of the dome of the mosque, jed-e Jameh” or “Friday Mosque” is used which has been more exposed to the in Iran for a grand communal mosque erosive factors such as wind, rain, and where mandatory Friday prayers are sun, needs some rehabilitation works, performed: the phrase is used in other dailysabah.com UN human rights investigator Agnes Callamard ISNA quoted Majid Olumi as saying on Muslim countries but only in Iran does Tuesday. it designate this purpose. 8 ARTICLE “Glory of the Shia” on Musa al-Sadr Georgia governor calls up National Guard, Salman Parviz published in Tehran declares state of emergency due to violence Journalist TEHRAN – “Glory of the Shia”, a book discussed with the personalities in the book. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of enforcement officers to patrol our streets. containing interviews with a number of close The revival of the Islamic movement emergency following an uptick in shootings over Enough with the tough talk,” he added. “We followers of the Lebanese-Iranian philoso- and Lebanese resistance has also been the July Fourth weekend that injured 31 people must protect the lives and livelihoods of all India-China standoff pher and Shia religious leader Musa al-Sadr scrutinized. and killed five after weeks of violent crime and Georgians.” has been published in Tehran. The book also studies Al-Sadr’s stances property destruction in Atlanta. The Guardsmen will be assigned to protect enters 9th week Iranian scholars Mohsen Kamalian and on various issues in West Asia, the Lebanese The move authorizes the activation of state buildings, including the Capitol, the gov- Ali-Akbar Ranjbar Kermani have compiled civil war and the crisis in southern Lebanon. 1,000 National Guard troops to “protect state ernor’s mansion, and the headquarters for the s the dispute over the shared the interviews for the book published by Al-Sadr’s relations with the 1979 Islamic property and patrol our streets”. Department of Public Safety. Their presence border between India and the Raazani publishing house. Revolution have been reviewed. “Peaceful protests were hijacked by crim- will free police officers to increase patrols on China, two nuclear-armed Among the personalities are Husayn Musa al-Sadr, also known as Imam Musa inals with a dangerous, destructive agenda. roadways and in communities, especially in At- A Al-Musawi, a Lebanese who founded the Sadr, disappeared with two aides in August Now, innocent Georgians are being targeted, lanta, Kemp said. nations, enters its ninth week, the region remains tense. The high-alti- now-dissolved Islamic Amal in 1982, and 1978 on his way to attend ceremonies com- shot, and left for dead,” Kemp, a Republican, Among those killed over the holiday week- tude, rugged Ladakh region is now Naim Qassem, a Shia Lebanese cleric and memorating Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi’s said in a statement. “This lawlessness must end was an 8-year-old girl. Secoriea Turner was the epicenter of the border standoff. politician, who was the second-in-command ascent to power. be stopped and order restored in our capital riding in a car Saturday night in Atlanta when It is far removed from the lives and of Hezbollah. When he was not seen in Tripoli, it city. I have declared a State of Emergency at least two people opened fire on the vehicle. imagination of most Indians and Zakaria Hamza, Abulfazl Al-Musawi was said he had left for Italy. While his and called up the Georgia Guard because the The shooting happened near the Wendy’s fast- Chinese residents; the region has and Yusuf Husayn are also among the in- fate is not known, it was widely suspected safety of our citizens comes first, Fox News food restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was now become the talk of their daily terviewees. that he was kidnapped at the behest of reported. killed by a police officer last month, prompting conversations and worries. The key role Al-Sadr played in awakening Gaddafi, who may have viewed him as a “This measure will allow troops to pro- weeks of protests and clashes between demon- According to Reuters, China has begun the Shias in the region is the main topic religious rival. tect state property and dispatch state law strators and police. 10 pulling back troops from along its contested border with India, Indian government sources have said. The Chinese military was seen dismantling tents and structures Hamas, Hezbollah declare united front against Israeli land grab bid U.S. has admitted on Monday at a location in the Galway The Palestinian and Lebanese resistance move- a statement by the Lebanese resistance group. The two sides reiterated their unified stance Valley near the site of the latest clash, said ments, Hamas and Hezbollah, have censured “The Palestinian people are capable of confronting against the Israeli plot. military and political India government sources, who declined Israel’s plan to annex large parts of the occupied this plan,” the statement said, calling on Arab and Hoballah reiterated Hezbollah’s support for failures in Syria: to be identified as they are not authorized West Bank as an act of “aggression against the Muslim nations and “free people of the world to the Palestinian struggles against Israel’s occupa- to speak to the media. Palestinian people,” calling for a united front quickly move to stop the occupation’s continuous tion, stressing that all the conspiracies against Russian academic against the U.S.-backed land grab bid. aggression against the Palestinian people.” the Palestinian cause would be thwarted. In response to whether China has moved By Mohammad Mazhari equipment back to the Galway Valley, In a letter to Secretary General of Hezbollah According to Lebanon’s al-Manar news website, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday, Ismail the letter was handed by Hamas’ representative in had set July 1 as the date for starting the annex- TEHRAN — An associate professor in the Depart- Zhao Lijian said both sides were “taking Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Lebanon Ahmad Abdul Hadi and an accompanying ation plan’s implementation, but the move faced ment of Comparative Politics at RUDN University effective measures to disengage and ease Hamas, highlighted the “grave dangers” posed delegation to Head of Hezbollah’s Palestinian delays amid internal rifts and as Tel Aviv awaits believes that the United States has admitted its the situation on the border.” by Israel to the Palestinian cause, according to File Hassan Hoballah. a green light from Washington. 10 military and political failure in Syria. “We hope India will meet China halfway “The United States recognizes its military and and take concrete measures to carry out political failure in Syria,” Vladimir Ivanov tells the what both sides agreed to, continue to Tehran Times. closely communicate through diplomatic Through Ivanov says Washington’s main goal of overthrow- and military channels, and work together ing the Assad government has not been realized.