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Tehran dismisses suspension Rouhani says U.S. policies important, of partnership talks with China over U.S. polls not who runs White House POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman deskSaeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed reports that POLITICAL TEHRAN — President He made the remarks when pushed to Tehran and Beijing have halted talks over a 25-year partnership deskHassan Rouhani says it pick one of the two U.S. presidential can- pending the U.S. presidential polls. doesn’t matter who becomes the president didates. Zarif initially insisted that Tehran of the United States, noting what matters is has no preference between Trump or Biden. that the U.S. returns to all its international He emphasized that it’s not what the new and multilateral commitments. administration says during the campaign “Our economic decisions in the last that counts, but what it does in office. few weeks were made without regarding “What is important for us is how the who will be elected in the U.S.,” Rouhani White House behaves after the election, said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday not what promises are there, what slo- morning. gans are made. The behavior of the U.S. “We don’t care what would happen in the is important. If the U.S. decides to stop U.S. and who would be elected. However, its malign behavior against Iran, then it their election was a lesson-teaching mo- will be a different story no matter who ment from several perspectives,” he said. sits in the White House,” the chief Iranian The president said Iran wants the U.S. diplomat said. to return to international law and respect The Biden campaign has signaled that the Iranian nation. “We want respect to if he becomes president his administration replace sanctions,” he said. would try to renegotiate the nuclear deal, He said if the U.S. chooses the path to officially known as the Joint Comprehen- Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday that Iran and China are still respect Iran instead of imposing sanctions, sive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was engaged in talks on the details of the partnership, adding that the the situation will change. struck when he was vice president. results of the talks would be made public soon, Tasnim reported. Tensions soared between Tehran and Zarif, on the other hand, insisted that Such untrue claims are raised by the hostile media outlets, Washington since Trump unilaterally “under no circumstances” would Tehran he said of the rumors. withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear deal In a televised speech, the Leader said said the Leader, warning that the U.S. consider renegotiating the terms of the “The talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and China on May 8, 2018. The U.S. president not Iran’s policies will not change with a change hostilities toward the Islamic Republic deal which was adopted as a UN Security about the 25-year deal are going on seriously, and have nothing only exited the deal but has since target- in U.S. leadership, thus rebuffing any spec- of Iran will continue regardless of who Council Resolution. to do with the elections of any country, especially the United ed Iran with a series of harsh economic ulation that Tehran and Washington could will win the U.S. presidential election. “If we wanted to do that [renegotiate], we States of America,” he added. bans. Trump has called the sanctions his repair the damage the Trump presidency Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad would have done it with President Trump Iran and China are negotiating over the 25-year partnership “maximum pressure” campaign aimed at has done to Iran-U.S. relations over the Javad Zarif has said the statements by Joe four years ago,” Zarif told CBS News. that, if finalized, would raise the cooperation between Tehran forcing Iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal. past four years. Biden with regard to Iran have been more He was categorical that Iran would, and Beijing to an unprecedented level, especially in the oil and As the American people were preparing “Some imagine that if a government promising than those of the incumbent instead, like to see the U.S. re-join the gas sector. According to the plan’s details that have been leaked to cast their votes on Tuesday, Leader of succumbs to U.S. demands and policies, Donald Trump. JCPOA. to the press so far, China will invest a whopping $400 billion in the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed it will benefit from that. This is while gov- “The statements by the Biden camp “We can find a way to re-engage, obvi- various Iranian sectors including oil and gas. In exchange, Iran Ali Khamenei outlined Iran’s strategy to ernments that have surrendered to the have been more promising, but we will ously. But reengagement does not mean will ensure steady energy supplies to China for a period of 25 make the country impervious to any change U.S. bullying, have borne the brunt the have to wait and see,” Zarif said in a recent renegotiation,” he said. “It means the U.S. years at a discounted rate. in the U.S. leadership. most and their troubles have increased,” interview with CBS News. coming back to the negotiating table.” A draft of the plan was approved by the government of Has- san Rouhani in June. Since then, Zarif intensified talks with the Chinese side to finalize the partnership as soon as possible. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited the southern U.S. should await harsh vengeance for Soleimani, Muhandis assassinations: general Chinese province of Yunnan last month. He traveled to China at the invitation of Wang. Zarif held talks with his Chinese counterpart. The Armed Forces chief of staff says “the arrogant should await a vengeance at the level of the great name of Soleimani” Following the talks, the chief Iranian diplomat said he held POLITICAL TEHRAN — Chief of Staff of Iran’s the top of the list, saying his pursuit will continue even “fruitful” talks with Wang Yi. deskArmed Forces Major General Mo- after his tenure as U.S. president. “Fruitful talks in beautiful Tengchong with my friend Wang hammad Bagheri has warned the global arrogance (the Bagheri described General Soleimani as a courageous, Yi on Iran-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” Zarif U.S.) to await the assassination of top Iranian General wise and kind person who was against sectarianism. said in a tweet, adding that Iran and China “rejected U.S. unilat- Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the “The arrogant should await a vengeance at the level eralism and U.S. attempts to create unipolar world.” second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization of the great name of Soleimani,” he stressed. Zarif also said that they agreed on strengthening the bilat- Units (PMU). Bagheri also said that the peak of the U.S.’s savagery eral ties including the partnership, preserving a 2015 nuclear In remarks on Tuesday, Bagheri said the barbaric is manifested in its sanctions on Iran amid the spread of deal between Iran and world powers, and moving forward with assassination of Soleimani and Muhandis in the dark- the coronavirus, which has hit Iran very hard. collaboration on the Covid-19 vaccine and regional cooperation. ness of the night by the criminal U.S. regime is a clear Last month, the Trump administration announced it Wang and Zarif also reiterated their commitment to the 2015 example of state terrorism. had imposed new sanctions on Iran’s financial sector in Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan “Martyr Soleimani and his comrades proved that the of Action (JCPOA), according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. defiance of Washington’s European allies who warned power of the U.S. and the Zionist regime is empty and U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the of the humanitarian consequences of the sanctions on they are not able to fight the warriors of the Resistance JCPOA on May 8, 2018, reimposing sweeping economic sanctions Iran’s fight against the coronavirus. Front,” Bagheri said, according to Mehr. on Iran. All remaining parties to the JCPOA, including China, The sanctions targeted the few remaining Iranian On January 3, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered In June, Tehran said 36 individuals have been iden- have strongly opposed the U.S. sanction while underlining the banks which were not subject to secondary sanctions. strikes that martyred General Soleimani, chief of the tified in connection with the Soleimani assassination. need to preserve the nuclear deal. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said IRGC Quds Force, and al-Muhandis. “36 individuals who cooperated, collaborated, and the United States is seeking to blow up Iran’s remaining In the early hours of January 8, the IRGC attacked Ain participated in the assassination of Hajj Qassem, in- channels to pay for food and medicine. Those behind Soleimani al-Assad airbase in Anbar province in western Iraq as cluding political and military authorities of the U.S. and “Amid Covid19 pandemic, U.S. regime wants to blow part of its promised “tough revenge” for the U.S. terror other countries, have been identified,” Tehran Prosecutor up our remaining channels to pay for food & medicine,” assassination to blame for new attack. Iran notified the Iraqi government beforehand General Ali Alqasi-Mehr said. Zarif wrote in a tweet. “Iranians WILL survive this latest Daesh terror attacks: envoy so as to avoid casualties. Alqasi-Mehr named Trump as the key individual at of cruelties.” Bagheri describes General Soleimani as a courageous, He described conspiring to starve the Iranian popu- TEHRAN (Press TV) — Iran’s ambassador to Baku says lation as a “crime against humanity”, adding, “Culprits those involved in the “cowardly” assassination of top Iranian wise and kind person who was against sectarianism. & enablers—who block our money—WILL face justice.” anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani are liable for the recent Daesh terrorist attacks in the Afghan and Austrian capital cities. “Daesh terrorism rages from Kabul to Vienna,” Abbas Mousavi Velayati condemns Kabul University attack as a cowardly act said in a tweet on Tuesday, which featured pictures of the victims POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ali Akbar the people and government of Afghanistan institution in the city in over a week. of a terrorist assault on Kabul University by Daesh gunmen. deskVelayati, a top foreign on the martyrdom of a group of professors Tens of people, including students, were policy adviser to the Leader of the Islam- and students in the unfortunate incident. killed before Afghan security forces shot ic Revolution, has strongly denounced a Velayati also wished those injured in the gunmen dead, authorities said. deadly terror attack on Kabul University. the terrorist attack a speedy recovery, and “They were shooting at every student “Targeting a university and murder- hoped that through unity and empathy “we they saw ... they even shot at the students ing people who move along the path of would witness the uprooting of terrorism who were running away,” witness Fathullah knowledge and science shows the cow- and establishment of peace and stability Moradi told Reuters. ardliness of the criminals who have tar- in the region and the world.” The Taliban said their fighters were geted Afghanistan’s peace and security,” Gunmen stormed Kabul University on not involved in the assault. Velayati said in a message on Tuesday, Monday, killing students in their class- Last week, an SUV rigged with explo- Mehr reported. rooms and firing on others as they fled, sives blew up in a different part of the He offered his deepest condolences to in the second attack on an educational city, injuring three civilians.

“Earlier, I said in an interview that the world will be no safer without General Soleimani, and that the responsibility Iraqi parliament set to probe Soleimani assassination case for this insecurity lies with those who ordered and committed POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Iraqi parliament is set portant issues including the assassination and the presence the cowardly assassination of the person who bravely fought deskto investigate next week, the case of the of U.S. forces in Iraq. Daesh and brought security to the region and even to Europe assassination of the “Commanders of Victory”, namely top On January 3, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered and the United States.” Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhan- strikes that martyred General Soleimani, chief of the IRGC At least 22 people were killed and 27 others wounded in dis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Quds Force, and al-Muhandis. the attack on Kabul University on Monday, according to the Units (PMU), according to an Iraqi lawmaker. In the early hours of January 8, the IRGC attacked Ain Afghan Interior Ministry, but two government sources told “The case of the government investigation into the as- al-Assad airbase in Anbar province in western Iraq as part Reuters that the death toll had risen to at least 35. sassination of the ‘Commanders of Victory’ near Baghdad of its promised “tough revenge” for the U.S. terror attack. On the same day, a shooting spree near Vienna’s main airport will be presented to the Iraqi parliament next week,” Iran notified the Iraqi government beforehand so as to avoid synagogue left at least five dead, including a gunman, and ISNA on Wednesday quoted Badr al-Ziyadi, a member of the casualties. injured 24 others. Daesh claimed responsibility for the at- Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, as saying, In September, Iran called on Iraq to pursue the case of tack in a statement from the group’s Amaq propaganda outlet citing Iraqi media. the cowardly assassination. posted on Telegram. Al-Ziyadi added that the Iraqi parliament has asked the “Serious pursuit of the cowardly assassination of martyrs U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the fatal drone strike lawmakers to set a time for the attendance of Iraqi Prime Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis through interna- is expected to do,” said Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s on General Soleimani’s vehicle upon his arrival in Baghdad Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in parliament to discuss im- tional bodies is the least measure that the Iraqi government Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). International Airport on January 3 at the invitation of the Iraqi government. The attack also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the sec- ond-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), as well as eight other Iranian and Iraqi people. IRGC chief: Missile power guarantees enemy’s retreat The two commanders were highly popular because of the 1 Iranian military experts and Ali Khamenei called for efforts to if the whole world is opposed to it,” key role they played in eliminating the U.S.-sponsored Daesh technicians have in recent years made maintain and boost Iran’s defense Ayatollah Khamenei said at the time. terror outfit in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria. great headways in manufacturing a capabilities, hitting back at the enemies In his Wednesday remarks, Salami The United Nations slammed General Soleimani’s assas- broad range of indigenous equipment, for disputing the country’s missile said Iran’s enemies are facing the sination as “unlawful” and an “arbitrary killing” that violated making the armed forces self-sufficient program. decline of their power and such decline the UN charter. in the arms sphere. “Without a moment of hesitation, is accelerating each day. Trump and a number of officials were sued by Iran for their In February 2018, Leader of the the country must move to acquire “However, the enemy’s threats are involvement in the crime. Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed whatever is necessary for defense, even still ongoing,” he added. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2020 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 SPORTS Iran’s peace initiative on In commemoration of legend Mansour Pourheydari

SPORTSTEHRAN — Iranian football fans remember Nagorno-Karabakh gains steam desklegendary coach Mansour Pourheydari on his fourth death anniversary. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Following But Armenia and Azerbaijan continued to desk Pourheyadri died on Nov. 4, 2016 after a one-year battle with a speech delivered by the fight against each other. As the war raged on, lung disease in Tehran’s Iranmehr Hospital. Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Azer- Iran carefully devised a plan to bring peace to baijan welcomed an Iranian peace initiative the conflict zone. Before Araghchi embarked that was presented earlier with the purpose on his regional tour, Zarif spoke by phone with of ending the Azerbaijan-Armenia war. his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has wel- on the same day the war began, urging them comed remarks by Leader of the Islamic Rev- to peacefully resolve their differences and olution of Iran Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khame- exercise restraint. nei, who voiced support for the liberation of Iran had prepared a peace plan in early Azerbaijan’s occupied territories. October, days after the war began. “We highly appreciate the statement made “Iran has prepared a detailed plan, which by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic will be pursued through making consultations of Iran Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on the with the two sides [of the conflict]. We hope Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and the support that the two sides end the war, avoid targeting given to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” civilians, and know that Iran cannot tolerate the Press Service Department of the Ministry clashes on its borders. We have carefully told of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan our friends in both countries that they need said in a statement on Wednesday. to take the necessary care,” said Saeed Khat- The statement added, “’All the territories ibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign He began his football career at the age of 17 in Daraei but of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia must be Ministry in early October. joined Taj (now Esteghlal) in 1965 and played as a right de- liberated and all these territories must be re- In late October, the Iranian peace initia- fender for 10 years and won the Asian Championship in 1970 turned to Azerbaijan’, - the Supreme Leader sis in Nagorno-Karabakh, saying it highly to H. E. Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, tive was ready to be presented to the warring with the Blues. said, reiterating the strong support of the Is- values these efforts. in a positive and constructive long meeting,” neighbors. To this end, Araghchi began his Pourheydari also played for Iran national football team lamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan›s just “We highly value the efforts of the friendly the deputy foreign minister said in a tweet, trip to Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, and Tur- and made three caps for Team Melli. He announced his re- position based on international law.” Iranian state to resolve the Armenia-Azerbai- following his talks in Baku. key, the four countries that, along with Iran, tirement in 1977. In a televised speech on Tuesday, the Leader jan conflict, including the visit of the Special The Iranian peace initiative is still under can play a major role in establishing peace in He began his managerial career in 1980 as assistant coach to expressed support for Azerbaijan, saying all Envoy of the President of the Islamic Republic consideration in the four mentioned countries. Nagorno-Karabakh. Abbas Razavi and Asghar Sharafi in Esteghla and took charge of Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia of Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Russia has said that it is carefully studying the Despite Araghchi’s fruitful talks with the the team in 1983 as Shahrafi’s replacement. should be freed. Araghchi to the region and the initiative on initiative. Azerbaijan was the first country to officials of these countries, Iran did not receive Pourheydari led Esteghlal to their second Asian trophy in “This war is a bitter incident and it threat- the settlement of the conflict as soon as pos- welcome Iran’s diplomatic efforts to put an an immediate response from the four countries 1991. Under guidance of the gentleman, Esteghlal football team ens the security of the region. Of course, all sible,” said the statement. “We believe that end to the deadly war in the volatile region but the speech delivered by the Leader of the were crowned Iran league titles in 1990 and 2001 as well as two Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia the relations between our countries, built of Nagorno-Karabakh which broke out on Islamic Revolution gave new momentum to Hazfi Cups in 1996 and 2000. should be freed. All these lands should be given on historical roots, will continue to develop September 27. the Iranian initiative. Azerbaijan welcomed He has also coached Fajr Sepasi and Sanat Naft in Iranian back to Azerbaijan. One of the main condi- successfully and will serve to ensure peace, Azerbaijan says it is fighting a war of liber- the position of the Leader, hours after the football league. tions is that these lands should be returned stability and prosperity in the region.” ation aimed at retaking territories that were speech was delivered. Pourheydari became head coach of Iran national football to Azerbaijan. The Republic of Azerbaijan is Araghchi recently embarked on a tour of four “occupied” by Armenian local forces in the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan team in 1998 and inspired the team to win the Asian Games entitled to be in control of these lands, and countries involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh 1990s while the Armenian forces say they are Khalaf Khalafov spoke by phone with the in Bangkok. therefore, all of them should be freed,” Aya- conflict to present an Iranian peace initiative. defending their self-declared republic, which Iranian ambassador in Baku, Seyed Abbas Pourheydari will be remembered forever as a true gen- tollah Khamenei said. He set off his tour by visit neighboring Azer- they call “Artsakh”. Mousavi, to thank Iran for the Leader’s “impor- tleman. He added, “Of course, the safety of all Arme- baijan. In Baku, he met with several Azer- Iran was among the first regional countries tant and just remarks,” according to a statement nians living in those lands should be ensured. baijani officials including President Ilham that called on both warring countries to stop published by the Iranian embassy. During the International borders should be respected and Aliyev, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, fighting and resolve their differences through phone conversation, Khalafov described the the two sides should not transgress against and Hikmet Hajiyev, an assistant to the Azer- dialogue. Iran even expressed readiness to Iranian initiative as “important” that was pre- Esteghlal defender Zakipour the borders of other countries. The integrity baijani president. After holding talks with the facilitate such a dialogue using its equal access sented with goodwill. The Azerbaijani official of international borders should be protected Azerbaijani leadership, Araghchi left Baku to both warring countries. also expressed support for the initiative. One signs for Gol Gohar and terrorists should not be allowed to deploy for Moscow. He then visited Yerevan, where “Iran is closely monitoring the alarming day later, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry their forces near the borders. According to he met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol violence in Nagorno-Karabakh. We call for issued a statement and once again welcomed SPORTSTEHRAN — Esteghlal left winger Milad desk the reports that we have received, although Pashinyan. The deputy foreign minister of an immediate end to hostilities and urge di- the initiative. Zakipour joined Gol Gohar on Wednesday. some people deny them while there are re- Iran also paid a visit to Ankara to present the alogue to resolve differences. Our neighbors The Azerbaijani support for Iran’s diplo- The 25-year-old player left Esteghlal by mutual consent and liable reports confirming this, a number of Iranian peace initiative, which is intended to are our priority and we are ready to provide matic efforts came immediately after Aya- joined the Sirjan-based club. terrorists from here and there have become establish peace and stability in the disputed good offices to enable talks. Our region needs tollah Khamenei strongly supported the Esteghlal have recently signed Persepolis left winger Moham- involved in this war.” region of Nagorno-Karabakh. peace now,” tweeted Foreign Minister Mo- efforts to diplomatically resolve the crisis in mad Naderi and Zakipour opted to leave the Blues due to lack The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry also “Introduced Iran›s Regional Initiative to hammad Javad Zarif shortly after Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh by liberating the occupied of playing time. welcomed Iran’s efforts to resolve the cri- Help in Ending the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and Azerbaijan began the war. territories of Azerbaijan. Croatian defender Hrvoje Milic also plays in the position. The new edition of the Iran Professional League will kick off on Nov.6. Iran censures terrorist attack on Kabul University Gol Gohar will host Sepahan on Nov. 7. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Saeed Khatibzadeh, the The attack came at a time when intra-Afghan peace talks the financiers of Daesh in the region and their supporters, are deskspokesman for the Iranian Foreign Min- are still ongoing in Doha. The Taliban were quick to disavow directly responsible for all crimes of Daesh. Any step toward Alex Samizadeh linked istry, has condemned a terrorist attack on Kabul University and denounce the attack. empowering these criminals amounts to being enemy of that killed at least 35 people, most of them students. “Certainly, such attacks are carried out by evil elements peace, prosperity, and stability in the region,” Mohammad with Tractor “The dark ideology and the bloodstained hands of that were defeated in Nangarhar and Jowzjan provinces,” the Bagher Ghalibaf said in a tweet. SPORTSTEHRAN — Iranian football club Trac- terrorists and their supporters targeted the future of Af- Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a statement He added, “The crimes of Daesh against the treasured desk ghanistan and the pure souls of its children. Iran stands that alluded to their rival force Daesh. sons of Afghanistan have touched the hearts of all of us, but tor want to sign Iranian-English forward by the people and government of Afghanistan in the Afghanistan’s first Vice President Amrullah Saleh ac- we are happy that the zealous and brave youth of Afghan- Alex Samizadeh. comprehensive fight against terrorism and extremism,” cused the Taliban on Tuesday of orchestrating the attack, istan will finally eradicate the founders, perpetrators, and Samizadeh started his career with Bolton Wanderers at Khatibzadeh said in a tweet on Tuesday evening. an accusation that the Taliban has rejected as an attempt supporters of terrorism and occupation in Afghanistan.” the age of 17, progressing through their youth teams. He Several gunmen attacked Kabul University on Monday, by Saleh to defame the armed group, which has signed a Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the deputy foreign minister of made his first team debut on 5 April 2016, coming on as a shooting at the students in their classroom and clash- peace deal with the United States and is in the midst of peace Iran, also expressed sympathy with the victims of the attack substitute for Kaiyne Woolery at Brentford in the Football ing with security forces for hours. The Daesh terrorist negotiations with the Afghan government. on Kabul University. League Championship. group claimed responsibility for the attack. In a message In addition to Khatibzadeh, the Iranian Parliament’s “Today I recorded my sympathy and condolences in the Samizadeh, 21, has also played for English clubs Bolton on the Telegram messaging app, an account claiming speaker also expressed sympathy with Afghanistan over Afghanistan Embassy following the barbaric attack on Kabul Chorley and Kilmarnock. to belong to ISIL said they had “killed and injured 80 the terrorist attack. The speaker said the United States was University which claimed lives of 20+ innocent students. Tractor have previously wanted to sign Iranian-Norwegian Afghan judges, investigators, and security personnel” directly responsible for the attack because it has founded Takfiri terrorism has only produced bloodshed and insecurity forward David Tavakoli but he opted not to join Tractor. who had been gathered for an event at the Faculty of the Daesh terrorist group. everywhere in the region and beyond,” the deputy foreign Now, the local media reports suggest that Tractor wants Law, according to an Aljazeera report. “The American and Zionist killers who created Daesh, and minister said in a tweet on Wednesday. to sign Samizadeh. The new edition of the Iran Professional League will kick off on Nov. 6. Tractor will start the league with a match against Naft Masjed No difference between Trump and Biden: aide Soleyman in the opening day. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Hossein candidates, one can see the chaotic internal Amir-Abdollahian added, “As diplomats adding a Biden victory will not also mean that deskAmir-Abdollahian, the spe- situation in the United States of America, and and those who follow political and interna- the Iran-U.S. relations will get better. cial aide to the speaker of the Iranian Parliament the economic situation of this country had tional developments, we must see how this General Qassem Soleimani, the command- Mehdi Tartar appointed on international affairs, said on Wednesday that serious challenges even before Coronavirus,” election will affect our national interests and er of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ the election of Donald Trump or his Democratic Amir-Abdollahian asserted. at the regional and international level. Euro- Quds Force was assassinated by an American Paykan coach rival Joe Biden is not very important to Iran. According to Amir-Abdollahian, the U.S. No- pean policies are now moving towards the drone strike in early January near Baghdad’s Amir-Abdollahian also said the panacea for vember election is very sensitive this time around. Democrats, but the final forecast cannot be international airport. The strike was ordered SPORTSTEHRAN — Mehdi Tartar was appoint- desk the economic problems lies at home. “Part of this sensitivity has to do with made until the 90th minute.” by President Trump. Following the assassi- ed as new head coach of Paykan football “The election of Trump or Biden is not Trump›s behavior and treatment of his rivals. The special aide said Trump is the assassin nation of General Soleimani, Iran showered a team on Wednesday. very important to us, and that the solution to About 36 percent of American Republicans of General Qassem Soleimani and that Iran U.S. military base in western Iraq with several The 48-year-old coach replaced Abdollah Veisi who parted economic problems must be sought within will traditionally vote for Trump. But the level cannot negotiate with him. ballistic missiles, causing brain injury among ways with the Tehran based football club last week. the country,” the special aide was quoted by of participation determines [the outcome] so “From Iran›s point of view, Trump is the tens of American servicemen. Tartar stepped down as Naft Majed Soleyman coach at the the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that we can make realistic judgments about assassin of General Qassem Soleimani, and this Amir-Abdollahian said, “Biden›s coming end of the last Iran Professional League (IPL) season. (IRIB) news agency as saying. Democrats. But in the end, the issue of Re- issue is of special importance to the Iranian people. to power does not mean that the situation Ex-Iran U23 coach Hamid Estili was among the candidates Amir-Abdollahian said American society is publicans or Democrats coming to power is Some diplomats have suggested that some level will improve and all sanctions will be lifted. to take charge of the team. embellished by the media in such a way that it looks an internal issue and should not matter too of talks be held between Iran and the United Despite the many services rendered to the The new edition of the Iran Professional League will kick off attractive, but, in reality, it faces a lot of problems much to us,” pointed out the special aide, States, but Trump›s stupidity in ordering the United States by the Pahlavi government on Nov. 6. such as poverty and lack of efficient healthcare. noting that Iran should see how this election assassination of Qassem Soleimani has erod- in the past, American policies have never Paykan will meet Sanat Naft on Nov.7. “From the promises of the presidential affects its national interests. ed all trust in him,” noted Amir-Abdollahian, been friendly with Iran.” Ex-Persepolis midfielder Zarif visits Venezuela linked with Esteghlal POLITICAL TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mo- stay in Venezuela. technical and engineering services, and the Iranian deskhammad Javad Zarif, who embarked On Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for private sector has implemented or is implementing Persianfootball.com — Former Persepolis midfielder Mohsen on a tour of three Latin American Countries, arrived Iran’s Foreign Ministry, announced that Zarif will be various projects in this country.” Mosalman has been linked with a move to Esteghlal. in Venezuela late on Wednesday. traveling to a few Latin American countries such as Cuba, Iran and Bolivia relations are on course to get improved Persepolis’ archrivals Esteghlal have already signed The chief Iranian diplomat was welcomed by his Venezuelan Bolivia, and Venezuela. The spokesman also said Zarif will after Luis Arce, an ally of former Bolivian President Evo Persepolis winger Mohammad Naderi and want to sign counterpart Jorge Arreaza upon his arrival in the country. travel to Bolivia to attend the inauguration of Bolivia›s Morales, who secured a landslide victory. Arce said he will Mosalman as well. The Venezuelan foreign minister said in a tweet that new president Luis Arce. resume bilateral relations and cooperation with Iran. He Mosalman played in Sepahan last season but has recently the meetings between the officials of Iran and Venezuela “Cuba and Venezuela are among the political part- made the remarks at a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador left the team. are a step toward deepening the strategic alliance and ners of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Latin Amer- to Bolivia, Morteza Tafreshi. Esteghlal coach Mahmoud Fakri have confirmed that Mosal- brotherhood between the two countries. ican region, which have long had extensive political On October 24, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani sent a man is their target for the new season. He further noted that Iran and Venezuela have shown cooperation in bilateral, regional and international congratulatory message to Arce, expressing the readiness The new edition of the Iran Professional League will kick off on Nov. 6. their solidarity and courage in the face of threats, add- sectors,” said Khatibzadeh, adding, “Venezuela is one of the Islamic Republic of Iran to revive bilateral relations Esteghlal, who became runners-up last season, will host new- ing that Zarif will have an intensive agenda during his of our country’s main destinations for the export of and expand cooperation with the country. ly-promoted Mes Rafsanjan in Tehran on Nov.7. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY NOVEMBER 5, 2020

TEDPIX gains 26,000 points Car manufacturing on Wednesday

ECONOMY TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran deskStock Exchange (TSE), rose 26,029 points to 1.29 million on Wednesday. planned to rise in H2 Over 5.867 billion securities worth 54.328 trillion rials (about $1.293 billion) were traded at the TSE on Wednesday. By Mahnaz Abdi Car manufacturing had also increased in The first market’s index gained 21,471 points and the second the past Iranian calendar year. market’s index climbed 43,132 points. TEHRAN — Boosting production is seriously Iranian carmakers manufactured 927,197 The index had fallen 124,000 points, or 9.5 percent, in the planned and pursued in all industrial sectors vehicles during the past year. past Iranian calendar week (ended on October 30). of Iran in the current Iranian calendar year Of the total output, 863,263 cars were man- (began on March 20), which is named the ufactured by three major carmakers, namely year of surge in production. Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), SAIPA Group, Maritime, port projects Carmaking, as one of the major industries and Pars Khodro. launched, inaugurated in of the country, has already achieved the men- Iran has been also following a program tioned goal, as based on the data released by for supporting domestic manufacturing of southeastern Iran the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry, auto parts since due to the U.S. sanctions 468,699 vehicles have been manufactured in the country’s automakers have been facing ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Iran during the first half of the current year some problems in supplying their needed deskDevelopment Minister Mohammad Eslami (March 20-September 21), which has been parts and equipment. inaugurated 13 maritime and port projects worth 4.133 trillion 23.4 percent higher than the figure of the same In late January, Iranian Auto Parts Makers rials (about $98.4 million) in Chabahar Port in the southeastern period of time in the past year. Association Maziar Beyglou announced that province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Wednesday. During this period, 425,925 passenger cars the country has achieved 80 percent self-suf- The ground was also broken for 11 port-development projects were manufactured in the country, registering ficiency in manufacturing of the auto parts. worth 15.964 trillion rials (about $380 million), IRNA reported. a growth of 21.9 percent compared to the first The official expressed hope that self-reliance These projects included the container terminal of Shahid six months of the previous year. in this sector reaches 90 percent through do- Beheshti port with 1.727 trillion rials (about $411.1 million) of The production of trucks reached 39,519 mestic production of required raw materials. investment, electricity and water supply to this port with 1.425 units in the said time span, which has increased On Sunday, Mohsen Salehinia, the new Earlier this year, Deputy Industry, Mining Considering the released data and also trillion rials (about $339.2 million), as well as the collection by 40.4 percent compared to the last year’s head of Industrial Development and Renova- and Trade Minister Saeed Zarandi had said the Industry Ministry’s serious programs for of wharves and the access bridge of the port. same period. tion Organization of Iran (IDRO), mentioned that 1.2 million vehicles were planned to be the realization of this year’s motto of surge Some office and service buildings, a multi-purpose ware- While the growth in output has been re- planning for increasing car manufacturing manufactured in the present year, which seems in production, car manufacturing growth house, a refrigerated container terminal, the new building of alized in the first half, car manufacturing is in the second half, and said, “We are investi- a realistic figure given the surge in production can be expected for the second half of the strategic equipment repair shop, and six weighbridges and also planned to be risen in the second half. gating and finalizing the issues in this due”. policies of this year. year as well. entry and exit gates of Shahid Beheshti port were also among the inaugurated projects. Lying on the coast of the Gulf of Oman, Chabahar is the country’s only oceanic port, and given its strategic location in Track-laying of Chabahar-Zahedan railway begins the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) development of the port is of high significance for Iran. Shahid 1 To further accelerate the project, the track-lay- coasts through rail transportation, connecting Central Khatam-ul Anbiya Construction Headquarters is the Kalantari Port and Shahid Beheshti Port are the two main ing operations are being conducted from both ends of Asia and Afghanistan to open ocean waters, creating a contractor of this project which is being constructed ports of Iran’s port city of Chabahar. the line that is from both Chabahar port and Zahedan. suitable platform for development and economic growth, using national rail tracks. The track-laying operations of the 628-kilometer rail- saving fuel consumption and reducing road accidents, The project for the manufacturing of Iran’s “nation- way had been started from the Zahedan end in early July. creating sustainable development and security in the al rail” was launched in November 2016 following an 8th non-oil cargo exported to The Chabahar-Zahedan railway is under construction region and establishing permanent cooperation with agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways in two parts, north and south, of which the southern countries in the region and other countries with trade (known as RAI) and Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) on Oman via Sirik Port part is 312 km and the northern part is 316 km long. and transit exchanges are reported to be some of the the production of rail tracks. The project will be completed in the form of eight op- goals of Chabahar-Zahedan railway project. Chabahar Port in southeast Iran is the most prioritized ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran exported the eight non- Meanwhile, transporting 927,000 passengers and one for railway connection as the port’s exemption from desk erational sections. oil cargo to Oman via Sirik Port in southern Establishing an all-rail corridor in the east of the coun- 2.8 million tons of cargoes by the Iranian calendar year the new round of the U.S. sanctions on the country is Hormozgan province, the governor of Sirik County announced try, connecting Chabahar as the country’s only oceanic 1401 (begins in March 2022) is set to be the short-term an opportunity for the development of export, transit, on Wednesday. port to the national railway network, developing Makran economic goal of this project. and also transshipment. Ahmad Jamaleddini put the weight of the eight cargo at 610 tons, including fresh fruits and vegetables, dried nuts and con- structional materials, with a total value of 150 billion rials (about $3.57 million). Payment of bank loans up 18.8% Mining companies’ sales through stock The first non-oil cargo with a capacity of 120 tons, including mineral water and nuts, was dispatched to Oman on June 2, in a month market up 37% in 7 months according to Jamaleddini. ECONOMY TEHRAN – Loans by 21.8 percent compared to the figure ECONOMY TEHRAN – The total of shares in the stock exchange in the In early January, Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) deskoffered by the Iranian for the preceding year 1397. desksales of Iran’s large seventh month of the current Iranian held the first meeting of its Commodity-Country Desk on trade banking system has increased by 18.8 per- During the said period, the country’s mining companies through the stock calendar year (September 22-October with Oman presided by Farzad Piltan, the director-general of cent in the sixth Iranian calendar month mining and industry sectors received market has reached 1.494 quadrillion rials 21), 76 percent more than the figure for TPO’s Office of Arabian and African Countries. of Shahrivar (August 22-September 21), 2.167 quadrillion rials (about $51.59 (about $35.5 billion) in the first seven the preceding month. The meeting was aimed at investigating the ways for in- data released by the Central Bank of Iran billion) in the form of working capital months of the current Iranian calendar The companies in the mining and creasing exports of constructional materials to Oman and re- (CBI) showed. loans, accounting for 41.2 percent of the year (March 20-October 21), registering a mineral industries sector accounted for moving the barriers related to transporting these materials to As reported, interest-free facilities con- total such facilities. 37-percent rise year on year, according to 20 percent of the country’s total non-oil the Arab country, and was participated by the related state-run stituted 8.6 percent of the total facilities The country’s banking system offered the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries exports in the previous Iranian calendar and private sector officials including representatives of some granted by banks and credit institutions in 7.737 quadrillion rials (about $184.2 bil- Development and Renovation Organiza- year (ended on March 19). exporting and marine transport companies. the said month, while loans for installment lion) facilities to domestic economic sec- tion (IMIDRO). While Iran’s stock market has been Despite the U.S. reimposition of sanctions against the Is- purchases with 27.7 percent and civil part- tors in the Iranian calendar year of 1397 As reported by IRNA, Mobarakeh Steel developed noticeably in recent years, espe- lamic Republic, Oman is getting closer to Iran both politically nership loans with 18.8 percent accounted (ended on March 20, 2019), 26-percent Company with 340 trillion rials (about $8.09 cially since the previous Iranian calendar and economically. There is also the same approach adopted by for the biggest share of the payments. more than the figure for its previous year, billion), National Iranian Copper Industry year, the performance of the minerals and Iran, as Iranian companies now prefer to conduct trade with The Iranian banking system paid 9.749 according to CBI. Company (NICIC) with 194 trillion rials mining industry sectors in this market Oman rather than the United Arab Emirates (UAE), given that quadrillion rials (over $232 billion) of Working capital loans paid to differ- (about $4.61 billion), Khuzestan Steel has been very outstanding. the UAE is highly complying with the sanctions. facilities to domestic economic sectors in ent economic sectors was above 4.319 Company with 151 trillion rials (about $3.66 This sector’s performance has been so Iran is somehow replacing some of its previous strategic the past Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended quadrillion rials (about $102.8 billion) billion) and Gol Gohar Company with 122 good that IMIDRO, which is the major trade partners such as UAE with Oman, considering the Sul- on March 19), registering a 26-percent accounting for 55.8 percent of the total trillion rials (about $2.9 billion) were the top state-owned holding company active in tanate as an economic-trade hub. rise from its preceding year. provided facilities in the said year, reg- four companies in this regard, respectively. the mining sector in Iran, has predicted The total working capital loans pro- istering a 14-percent increase from its The mentioned companies sold 304 a promising future for the mining com- Issuance of industrial unit vided in the mentioned period increased previous year. trillion rials (about $7.2 billion) worth panies in the stock market. establishment rises 41% in Khuzestan Province SMEs play significant role in realizing surge in production: ICCIMA head ECONOMY TEHRAN — The head of Industry, Mining ECONOMY TEHRAN – Head of Iran Chamber pay more attention to domestic production and capaci- the country’s SMEs, he said. desk and Trade Department of Iran’s southwest- deskof Commerce, Industries, Mines and ty building to materialize the “surge in production”, it According to Mosaheb, implementation of cluster devel- ern Khuzestan Province announced that 694 permits for the Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholam-Hossein Shafeie has said is more important to address the problems of the small opment programs and subcontracting exchange systems, establishment of industrial units have been issued in the prov- that the government should put more importance on the and medium industries as a large chain in the country’s as well as promoting new ways of financing for small and ince during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for production and employment,” he stressed. medium enterprises are among the programs that can solve (March 20-September 21). realizing the year’s motto which is “surge in production”. Further in the meeting, Mosaheb for his part empha- some of the problems of the SMEs through cooperation Amir-Hossein Nazari said the figure shows a 41-percent growth As reported by the ICCIMA portal, in a meeting with sized the use of private sector capacities in formulating with the government. compared to that of the same period of time in the past year. Asghar Mosaheb, the acting head of Iran Small Indus- government’s operational and development plans, saying He also underlined the use of the potentials of the The official put the estimated investment making for the es- tries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), Shafeie that promoting joint cooperation between the government country’s joint chambers of commerce to develop trade tablishment of the mentioned units at 168.697 billion rials (about stressed the need to strengthen the interaction between and the private sector will increase the productivity of relations between Iranian SMEs and the private sectors $4 million) and said these units are expected to create jobs for the government and the private sector, saying: “Increasing small and medium enterprises and the two sides can work of other countries and expressed hope that increasing the 123,077 persons. government’s attention to supporting SMEs is one of the to make it happen. level of interaction and improving the production stand- The number of issued licenses in the first half shows 41 percent requirements for materializing the surge in production.” ISIPO believes in developing joint cooperation with ards of the SMEs would lead to economic development growth year on year, while the figures for estimated investment “In the current situation in which the government must ICCIMA in implementing strategic plans to help develop for these enterprises. making and job creation indicate 18 percent and 21 percent rise, respectively, he added. Yazd Province exports Tire production increases 25% in 7 months yr/yr ECONOMY TEHRAN — Production that increasing the amount of investment production units are active in the country commodities worth $162m in H1 deskof tire in Iran has risen making for the production of the tire in the creating jobs for 14,500 people. 25 percent during the first seven months country is a necessity. He said 426,000 tons is the nominal ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value of commodities of the current Iranian calendar year (March Kamran Kargar, the acting head of plan- capacity, while the real output is less than deskexported from Iran’s central Yazd Province 20-October 21), compared to the same period ning, supplying, and market regulating office this figure as some units are working with stood at $162 million during the first half of the current Ira- of time in the past year. of the ministry, said the consumption of tire 60-70 percent of their capacity. nian calendar year (March 20-September 21), according to a Some 169,741 tons of tires have been is noticeable in Iran due to the country’s big “Iranian tire industry is dependent on provincial official. produced during the seven-month period transportation fleet. foreign raw materials by 40 percent, so we Mohammadreza Alamdar Yazdi, the head of the province’s of this year. “Now the ground is properly prepared are self-reliant by 60 percent in this field”, Industry, Mining and Trade Department, put the weight of In terms of number, 28.278 million tires for the production of light and heavy ve- the official announced. exported goods at 392,000 tons. have been produced, showing a 29-percent the heavy ones rose 23 percent to stand at hicles tires in the country, and investment In a bid to nullify the U.S. sanctions, Iran He mentioned tile and ceramic, steel products, wire and growth year on year. 10,569 tons. making will play a significant role both for is determined to strengthen its domestic pro- cable, pipeline, and pistachio as the major exported items, Of the mentioned figure, 90,538 tons Meanwhile, 3,500 tons of road building the establishment of new production units duction to achieve self-reliance. and Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, were the passenger car tires, which shows and industrial vehicle tires were produced, and for launching development projects”, Selecting the motto of “Pickup in Produc- Azerbaijan, Oman, Armenia, Turkey, and Belgium as the main a 29-percent rise. with a 15-percent growth compared to the the official noted. tion” for the previous Iranian calendar year export destinations. Some 14,153 tons of van tires were pro- first seven months of the past year. Having an annual production capacity (March 2019-March 2020), and the slogan The official also said that 23,000 tons of commodities val- duced, indicating a 15-percent growth. The bicycle tire output stood at 1,157 of 426,000 tons of tire, Iran accounts for of “Surge in Production” for the current year ued at $69 million have been imported to the province during Also, 31,659 tons of truck and bus tires tons, indicating 102 percent growth, and 41 percent of tire output in the West Asian indicates the Islamic Republic’s determina- the first half. were produced, showing a 16-percent rise. the motorcycle tires output reached 7,749 region, according to the deputy director of tion to achieve this goal. He mentioned machinery required by the production units, Production of the tires of light agricul- tons, showing a 16 percent rise. the non-metal industries office of the Iranian To this end, the Iranian ministries besides electronic parts, and chemical products as the main imported tural vehicles experienced a growth of 80 In early August, an official with Iran’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry. the private sector have been outlining their items. percent to stand at 2,826 tons, and that of Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry said Mohsen Safdari has said that 11 tire programs for the surge in production. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2020 ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW 5 Macron provoking Muslims to distract from his German minister fears a many domestic challenges, says American analyst constitutional crisis in the U.S. With Donald Trump falsely claiming victory in the 2020 election, TEHRAN — Andrew Korybko, an Ameri- if it’s unlikely to change their policy. That warning of legal action despite millions of votes still uncounted, can geopolitical analyst based in Moscow, said, all those who oppose this offensive a top German official has warned of an “explosive situation” and tells the Tehran Times that the Emma- act must obey the laws of the land in a potential constitutional crisis in the U.S. nuel Macron government’s Islamophobic which they live and must take care not “This is a very explosive situation. This is a situation that can policies, which hypocritically masquer- to resort to hate speech of their own by lead to a constitutional crisis in the U.S., as experts are rightly ade as defending freedom of expression, getting carried away and doing the same saying. And it is something that must cause us great concern,” provoke discord and intend to distract thing that they’re protesting. Any highly German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told minds from his domestic problems. publicized mistakes could be exploited German television channel ZDF early on Wednesday, according “Holocaust denial is banned in France to “justify” the French government’s to a Reuters translation, CNBC reported. so that country does indeed impose limits anti-Islamic policies. The comments by Kramp-Karrenbauer, who at one stage was upon freedom of expression contrary to Why is Islamophobia increasing largely seen as a successor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, came its support of Islamophobic hate speech in Western countries? after Trump had taken to Twitter to accuse the opposition of trying to which raises questions about how sin- A: Without intending to blame the “steal” the election. Twitter attached a label over the tweet, warning cerely the government abides by the victims, it must be universally recognized that some or all of the content is disputed and might be misleading. principle of free speech. This makes that some Muslims refuse to assimilate one wonder whether liberalism and its and integrate into the Western societies expression through freedom of speech are where they’re either born or moved to, just excuses for justifying Islamophobia which fuels a nationalist (over) reaction Biden bats away Trump in French society,” Korybko, a member from some of the locals. Just like Islamic of the expert council for the Institute of civilization has its own social standards, victory claim Strategic Studies and Predictions at the so too does Western civilization, and it’s People’s Friendship University of Russia, expected that all minorities make a sincere The U.S. presidential election hung in the balance on Wednesday, tells the Tehran Times. effort to assimilate and integrate into the with a handful of states set to decide the outcome in the coming He notes, “French policy of double Western societies where they live. Again, hours or days, even as Donald Trump falsely claimed victory and standards gives credence to claims that the this is not to justify Islamophobia nor made unfounded allegations of electoral fraud. government is Islamophobic and might any expression of hate speech against President Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden both still even be deliberately provoking Muslims Holocaust denial is banned in France so Muslims but simply to explain the mindset have possible paths to reach the needed 270 Electoral College for ulterior reasons such as distracting that country does indeed impose limits of those in Western societies who might votes to win the White House, as states keep counting mail-in from its many domestic challenges.” at the very least feel suspicious of their ballots that surged amid the coronavirus pandemic. The text of the interview with Korybko upon freedom of expression contrary Muslim neighbors. Not every Muslim Shortly after Biden said he was confident of winning the contest is as follows: to its support of Islamophobic hate refuses to assimilate and integrate into once the votes are counted, Trump appeared at the White House Why does Emmanuel Macron speech which raises questions about how Western society but enough of them do in the early hours to declare victory and said his lawyers would support the reprinting of blasphemous and that in turn fuels Islamophobia. be taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, without specifying cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad? sincerely the government abides by the Those in Western society who feel -- what they would claim, Reuters reported. A: Macron is either misled by his ad- principle of free speech. whether rightly or wrongly -- that their visors or purposely seeking to provoke civilization is under threat by civiliza- Muslims in his country and abroad, but phemous cartoons as legal expressions one wonder whether liberalism and its tional dissimilar people such as Mus- either way, he’s full responsible for what of free speech whereas most Muslims are expression through freedom of speech are lims refusing to assimilate and integrate Qatar’s stance on he’s done. The first theory is that he and disgusted by this abuse of liberal ideol- just excuses for justifying Islamophobia into their society might feel tempted to independent Palestinian those around him don’t have enough ogy for Islamophobic ends. There’s no in French society. express themselves in an Islamophobic information about Islam and therefore middle ground and a compromise on the How do you assess the West’s double way to signal to other Westerners that state unchanged: Al Thani didn’t realize what they were doing. That issue is impossible since one or the other standards when it comes to freedom of people are “resisting” what they regard would explain why they’d encourage him side would have to concede on an issue expression? as an “invasion” as well as to intimidate Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has reiterated to make very ignorant comments without that’s integral to their identity, which A: It’s every country’s sovereign right Muslims with the expectation that they’ll support for the establishment of an independent and sovereign fully understanding the consequences. isn’t likely. to make their own laws and implement either leave or comply with their stand- Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. The second theory, which is much more The larger dynamic taking place which them as they desire (even selectively ards. The French government tacitly Our position on the justice of the Palestinian issue and the right likely, is that they knew very well what has escaped a lot of discussion is that the through the use of double standards) supports this trend by defending the of the Palestinians to an independent state within the 1967 borders the consequences would be but purposely concept of liberalism is being reconsid- but it’s also every person’s right to call extreme manifestation of liberalism as remains unchanged, Al Thani said on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported. wanted to provoke them. This theory ered all across the world. Muslims might out hypocrisy wherever they see it. The embodied by Islamophobic hate speech Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem al-Quds, implies that his War on Islam is meant have previously had some respect for French government shouldn’t have dif- despite holding double standards when during the Six-Day War in 1967. It later annexed East Jerusalem to distract from domestic challenges, this idea but few supports it nowadays ferent standards when it comes to im- it comes to people expressing themselves al-Quds in a move not recognized by the international community. which is very possible, but it might also after the French took it to its extreme by posing consequences upon those who in ways that offend Jewish people such Palestinian officials say they want the resolution of the conflict have another motivation as well. using liberalism as their justification for offend Jewish and Muslim sensitivities. It as denying the Holocaust. with Tel Aviv based on the two-state solution along the pre-1967 As I wrote in my recent analysis for Islamophobic hate speech. Other societies should either practice the extreme liberal Do you see any trace of Zionists in boundaries. However, Israel has been building settlements deep the OneWorld Global Think Tank asking than just the Islamic one are questioning manifestation of freedom of speech by this policy? within territory that the Palestinians want for their future state. “Is A “Great Social/Civilizational Reset” this concept as can be seen by Poland allowing all sorts of hate speech to flourish A: It’s difficult to ascertain such a Tel Aviv regime officials also say they consider Jerusalem Upon Us?”, there’s an observable trend -- also a European civilization just like in society or crack down whenever the role even though speculation might al-Quds as the “capital” of their own “state. taking place which misleadingly appears France -- recently banning practically all feelings of religious believers are offended abound about the interests that that to confirm the so-called “Clash of Civ- abortions in late October. This proves that by various expressions of free speech. ideology’s adherents have in current ilizations” scenario. The argument put the global reconsideration of liberalism As it stands, the French policy of double events. Cynics might suggest that an forth is that Western civilization (which isn’t exclusive to Islamic civilization but standards gives credence to claims that the increase in Christian-Muslim tensions No offense meant to Islam, is characterized by its extreme secular- is even present within civilizations such government is Islamophobic and might could be beneficial for Zionists since Muslims: Macron tells ism as embodied by France) and Islamic as the European one itself as the Polish even be deliberately provoking Muslims it distracts from their occupation of civilization among others are reasserting precedent proves. for ulterior reasons such as distracting Palestine and the many crimes that they Palestine’s Abbas their unique attributes which are con- Could the adoption of such an of- from its many domestic challenges. regularly commit there while supports tradictory in many respects such as the fensive policy be justified as freedom of In your view, what would be the might allege that they don’t have any French President Emmanuel Macron has said he did not discussed one when it comes to the topic expression? appropriate responses to this offensive ulterior motives but instead wish that intend to insult Islam and its followers in what could be of free speech for instance. This gives off A: Technically speaking, yes, it is the approach? people of different religious beliefs could interpreted as a retreat from his recent inflammatory Islam- the optics that different civilizations are extreme embodiment of liberal ideology A: Every Muslim should protest the peacefully coexist. There’s no way of ophobic remarks and support for a publication’s incendiary “clashing” even though pragmatic coop- in the form of freedom of expression. French government’s Islamophobic pol- knowing which interpretation is the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). eration between them is still possible in That concept in its purest form enables icies which hypocritically masquerade as most accurate, but it should nevertheless Speaking in a telephone conversation with Palestinian areas of shared interest such as trade. anyone to express themselves however defending the extreme manifestation of be said that what’s happening in France President Mahmoud Abbas, Macron said he respected Islam This is not at all to defend the French they’d like regardless of how offensive liberal ideology’s concept of free speech is the result of preexisting tensions in- and the Muslim world, and did not mean to offend them, government’s public support of blasphe- it may be to others. Curiously, however, (despite holding different standards evitably boiling over as was bound to Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. mous depictions of the Prophet Muham- Holocaust denial is banned in France so whenever it comes to offending the sen- happen with time and that no outside He added that he differentiated between terrorism and extrem- mad, but simply to explain one of the that country does indeed impose limits sitivities of Jewish people), as should force played a role in the events that ism on the one side, and Islam and the Muslim world on the other. reasons why Macron is doubling down on upon freedom of expression contrary to those who stand against hate speech of triggered the latest unrest (the French The remarks came two days after Macron told Qatar-based this provocative policy. Both civilizations its support of Islamophobic hate speech any sort regardless of their religion or schoolteacher terrorist attack and the al-Jazeera television news network that he wanted to eliminate in this example regard the other as an which raises questions about how sin- lack thereof. Boycotting French products French government’s support of the the misunderstandings, after his remarks triggered an outburst of existential threat to their identity. For cerely the government abides by the is also a powerful way to send a strong victim for sharing Islamophobic car- anger against France among Muslim nations and leaders worldwide. this reason, many French defend blas- principle of free speech. This makes statement to the French government even toons with his pupils). Resistance News Candidates for federal office are asked to put interests of Israel ahead: philosopher Israeli police banish Sheikh “The U.S. Congress has been well-described as, like the Golan Heights, an occupied territory by Israel” Bukairat from Aqsa for six months 1 How do you assess the influence of Israeli lobbies Center to Larry Silverstein just six weeks prior, where INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN—The Israeli occupation police on on decision- and policy-making in Washington? he and Bibi have regular conversations every Sunday. deskWednesday issued an order banning Sheikh Najeh A: The U.S. Congress has been well-described as, like It’s a small world, but a nasty one. Bukairat, deputy head of the Islamic Awqaf Administration in Jeru- the Golan Heights, an occupied territory by Israel. As Do you think that the U.S. and Israel promoting salem, from entering the Aqsa Mosque and its vicinity for six months. Cynthia McKinney explained on Press TV in 2011, can- terrorism and creating terrorist groups, especially ISIS, According to the renewed order, Sheikh Bukairat is also pro- didates for federal office are asked to sign a pledge to put after the 9/11 attacks? hibited from entering the Old City of Jerusalem and the paths the interests of Israel ahead of those (even) of the United A: ISIS was created by John Brennan, Director of leading to the Aqsa Mosque. States, where those who refuse to sign (which are few) the CIA, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, and Barack Last Wednesday, the Israeli police raided Sheikh Bukairat’s find their funding dries up and they lack the resources Obama, President, in 2012 as a terrorist army to put workplace, detained him and handed him a decision banning to campaign or, once in office, discover that, when they pressure on the Syrian government and eventually to his entry to the Aqsa Mosque for one week and ordering him to run for reelection, they are opposed by a well-financed confront the Persian nation of Iran. Michael Flynn, come today for another interview by the Shin Bet. alternative or that their district has been redrawn and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, opposed they no longer have a set. Cynthia was able to overcome the move, leading to Brennan’s recommendation that those obstacles, but Dennis Kicinsh was not. Obama fire him, which Obama obligingly did. They Do you believe American policies are in consistency had to get him away from the incoming President Israeli forces kill Palestinian with rationalism? because he knew too much about the machinations A: The actions and policies of the United States in of these evil parties and could have kept him from over alleged shooting attack relation to foreign policy are rational if the objective or being amenable to their influence, so they set him in West Bank goal is to promote the interests of Israel, even if it comes up to remove him. at the cost of compromising the interests of Americans. The U.S., not Iran, has been How does Israel exploit Holocaust to commit crimes Donald Trump has committed himself to putting America against Palestinians? Don’t you think that a new Holo- INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN— Israeli forces have shot and killed a young first, which means that his nationalism conflicts with the greatest destabilizing force caust is now underway in the region? deskPalestinian man, whom they alleged to have carried agenda of the globalist forces arrayed against him. Even in the Middle East (West A: The crimes of Israel against the Palestinian people out a shooting attack in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. though he had made many magnanimous gestures to Asia) since its intervention are legion and enormously well-documented. This has The Israeli military, in a statement released on Wednesday, Israel regarding Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and more, been the world’s most obvious case of human rights vio- alleged that the Palestinian was armed with a pistol, arrived Zionists are not pacified and want more from him than in Afghanistan in the wake lations--apart from those committed in South Africa--for from the direction of Nablus, situated north of Jerusalem he appears to be willing to provide, including bombing of 9/11, the past 50 years, where the U.S. has repeatedly--again al-Quds, and shot at soldiers who were at a military post near Iran, and for that reason they are opposing him. and again--vetoed resolutions that would otherwise have the southern exit of the city. The U.S. accuses Iran of destabilizing the region? to provide a pseudo-justification for America entering passed the UN Security Council on Israel’s behalf and has The statement added that the man was “neutralized” in the What are the U.S. troops doing in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, the region to take out the modern Arab states that served provided Israel with foreign aid in violation of its own purported assault, and there were no casualties on the Israeli side. and Afghanistan? as a counter-balance to Israel’s domination of the entire legal restrictions. As a former Israeli cabinet minister Palestinian news outlets identified the man as 29-year-old A: The U.S., not Iran, has been greatest destabilizing region. Ehud Olmert and Bibi Netanyahu appear to be told Amy Goodman years ago, when Israel is criticized in Bilal Adnan Rawajbeh. force in the Middle East (West Asia) since its intervention among the key players along with Zionists in the New Europe, they raise the Holocaust; in America, allegations They said the young Palestinian was killed when Israeli forces in Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11, which was orchestrated York Port Authority who transferred the World Trade of anti-Semitism. “It’s a trick!”, fired shots at his white Hyundai vehicle near the Hawara checkpoint. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 HERITAGE & TOURISM NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Turkey ready for joint tourism programs with Tribe tourism gaining Iranian province HERITAGE TEHRAN – The Turkish consul general in the momentum in Iran deskcity of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province, has said that his country is ready to hold joint programs such as 1 Inhabitants decline Migration for millennia cultural weeks and exhibitions with Khorasan Razavi’s cultural According to data compiled by the No- Apart from modern roads, highways, and heritage department. mads Affairs Organization of Iran, the no- bridges that are ubiquitous in modern Iran, Fatih Topçu made the remarks during a meeting with Kho- madic inhabitants of the country have been there are still arduous paths, flattened by rasan Razavi province’s tourism chief Abolfazl Mokarramifar decreased from 38.6 percent of the whole the feet of nomads and the hooves of their on Wednesday, CHTN reported. Iranian population in the Iranian year 1245 livestock in the ever-repeating movement (1866) to 9.6 percent in the year 1345 (1966) of migration for millennia. and around one percent currently. And no- Migration is a way of life for nomads mads and tribes are be found in all Iranian because herding cattle is their main source provinces except Kordestan. of income. In spring they with their all their The data suggests that Iran’s nomads are belongings head for the cooler pastures usu- fading away in the course of time. But why? ally in mountain hillsides where the grass A brief answer might be that modern life is abundant for their flocks of sheep and lures the newest generations to big cities goats. And in autumn they return to previ- for a more relaxed lifestyle and even higher ous tropic plains as their well-fed livestock education. Many younger people have left getting stronger to bear the winter. behind struggles with backbreaking works of Accompanying nomads during their the nomadic life which is sometimes mingled migration, even for a day or two, maybe a with drought and dust storms. lifetime experience. As a traveler, one has However, some Iranian nomads had long the chance to visit, live, eat, and sleep in a resisted modernity through isolation, which nomadic camp with a real nomad family. Mokarramifar, for his part, welcomed the idea, saying that was the result of their lifestyle, deep traditions, Colorful dresses, vast black tents, color- holding such events could boost tourism between Turkey and and patriarchy. However, nowadays traces ed-eyed children with rosy cheeks, modest the Iranian northeastern province. of modern life is undeniable in the lives of on the highlands and vice versa. addition to the Lurs, Baloch, Bakhtiari, and lifestyle, scenic landscape, and local dishes Referring to the documentary on the tourist attractions and the remaining ones across the ancient land. Diverse society other smaller minorities such as Armenians, are probably among the delights of such visits. cultural heritage of Khorasan Razavi, which was broadcast on The majority of the Iranian nomads use Iran has a culturally-diverse society domi- Assyrians, and Jews. Language, music, indigenous cuisine, Turkey’s Channel 7, he also noted that the province’s cultural mobile internet, cell phones, etc as they still nated by wide ranges of interethnic relations. Persians, Kurds, and speakers of other clothing, songs, anecdotes, crafts, live per- heritage department is eager to cooperate on producing more set up their tents on the flanks of the snow- Native speakers of Persian (Farsi language) Indo-European languages in Iran are de- formances, and local rituals such as cel- documentaries for Turkish TV channels. capped mountains. And these days cars and are considered as the predominant ethnic scendants of the Aryan tribes who began ebrations and wedding ceremonies have Before the coronavirus puts everything on lockdown, the rented trucks, rather than domestic animals, generally of mixed ancestry, and the country migrating from Central Asia into what is now always spurred many to experience life province’s capital city, Mashhad, played host to thousands of bring them, their flocks to pastures high up has important Turkic, Kurd, Arab elements in Iran in the second millennium BC. among the tribes. travelers and pilgrims who come from various Iranian cities, neighboring countries, and even across the globe to visit the imposing, massive holy shrine complex of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Imam of the Shia Muslims. Support package for corona-affected tourism businesses takes effect Almost 40 million Iranian pilgrims and travelers visited the HERITAGE TEHRAN – A package of plans, approved as traditional accommodation centers, tourism complexes, city during the last Iranian calendar year (ended March 19). deskby the National Headquarters for Coro- and recreational centers, the official explained. Dozens of five-star hotels and hostels are dotted around navirus Control in late October, has taken effect to support In September, Teymouri pointed to the 1.3 million tourism the holy shrine. The city has also the highest concentration businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic across the workers in the country, who are facing several issues due to of water parks in the country, and it also embraces a variety country. the coronavirus crisis and said “This number, in addition to of cultural and historical sites that are generally crowded. The tourism sector has been facing several problems their households, includes a significant population that makes since the outbreak of the coronavirus and when it failed to a living through tourism, who are needed to be considered overcome the problems, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, in ministry’s decisions.” More natural properties added Tourism, and Handicrafts asked the government for more Back in August, Teymouri announced that the tourism to National Heritage list support for the tourism sector, deputy tourism chief Vali ministry has approved a total budget of 4,920 billion rials Teymouri said on Tuesday. (over $117 million) to support corona-affected tourism busi- TOURISM TEHRAN – Eight old plane, juniper, walnut, The new support package has been declared to all 31 prov- nesses, covering as much as 36,000 people working in the deskolive, and honeyberry trees in the northwestern inces as well as the banking system and related organizations, tourism sector. province of Qazvin have recently been inscribed on the National the official added. Last week, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Heritage list. In late October, the official announced that depending Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan warned that Iran’s cultural Vali Teymouri on the type and activity of the businesses, they could benefit heritage and tourism will be in a critical situation if the crises navirus concerns. from at least 160 million rials ($3,800 at the official rate of caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus continue. Optimistic forecasts, however, expect Iran to achieve a 42,000 rials) to nine billion rials ($214,000) of bank loans In August, Mounesan said that Iran’s tourism has suffered tourism boom after coronavirus contained, believing its im- with a 12-percent interest rate. a loss of 12 trillion rials (some $2.85 billion) since the outbreak pact would be temporary and short-lived for a country that The loans will be allocated to tourist guides, travel agen- of the coronavirus pandemic. ranked the third fastest-growing tourism destination in 2019. cies, tourism transport companies, tourism educational The government has allocated a 750-trillion-rial (about The latest available data show eight million tourists visited institutions, eco-lodges and traditional accommodations, $18 billion) package to help low-income households and the Islamic Republic during the first ten months of the past hotels, apartment hotels, motels, and guesthouses as well small- and medium-sized enterprises suffered by the coro- Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019). Qanats of Sa’dabad historical complex revived TOURISM TEHRAN – Four old Iran, tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads Sprawled on about 110 hectares of a moun- deskqanats in the Sa’dabad of valleys and conducting the water along tainside parkland in northern Tehran, the Cultural-Historical Complex in northern underground tunnels by gravity, often over Sadabad Cultural-Historical Complex is used Tehran that had dried up over time, have many kilometers. to be a royal summer residence during the recently been revived. According to UNESCO, The qanats provide Qajar and Pahlavi eras. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism The project, which was completed over a exceptional testimony to cultural traditions The complex was initially established announced the inscription on Tuesday in a letter to the gover- period of more than three months, involved and civilizations in desert areas with an arid and inhabited by some Qajar monarchs in nor-general of the province, CHTN reported. cleaning, dredging, removing blocked parts, climate. the 19th century. It has undergone further Plane trees have always been symbols of fertility and greenery strengthening the body and flow path, re- The qanat system relies on snow-fed expansions from the 1920s until the 1979 of nature in Iranian culture. It was believed that the tree could pairing damaged parts, and securing qanats, streams, which flow down the foothills of Islamic Revolution. prevent the spread of fever and infectious diseases. Kia Parsa, the director of the Sa’dabad Cul- surrounding mountains channeling through The site embraces a variety of buildings, They have been mostly planted in sacred areas such as churches tural-Historical Complex announced on sloping aqueducts, often over far distances some of which turned to be house museums and holy shrines. Wednesday. of the complex, he added. to discharge into the city’s underground res- showcasing a wide range of royal families’ Juniper is a very valuable and long-lasting species that The qanats were built in the late Qajar For thousands of years, qanat systems ervoirs or ab-anbars. Such constructions are memorabilia including lavishly-made fur- grows in mountainous and high areas and has a special place era (1789–1925) and early Pahlavi period have supplied water to agricultural and still in practice, many of which were made niture, dishware, automobiles, carpets, and in the legends and myths of Iranian people. (1925-1979) to irrigate the garden and yard permanent settlements in arid regions of from the 13th century onwards. miniature paintings. It has long been a symbol of immortality in Iranian culture and it can be seen in historical Iranian miniatures. Having an opulent tourist circuit with 24 UNESCO World Heritage sites, of which the vast Hyrcanian Forest and Lut Desert are among the natural properties, Iran seeks to acquire Neyshabour labyrinthine, historical bazaar to be restored a greater share of the global tourism industry by 2025. HERITAGE TEHRAN – The labyrinthine and his- bazaar, sniffing the heaps of layered spices and dishes desktorical bazaar of the city of Neyshabour, of dried dates, watching shoppers finger colored lengths northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, is to be restored of material, and pausing to admire the rows of red and Antique coins, swords, to regain its former glory. white teapots in the many crockery shops. Four billion rials (some $95,000) have been allocated From another point of view, bazaars are also synonyms dagger and pistol confiscated for the project, Neyshabour tourism chief announced on of foods, with their unmissable colorful stalls of vegetables, Sunday, CHTN reported. herbs, and spices. Yet, most of these ingredients might from smuggler “This historical bazaar stretches about one kilometer be mysterious to a foreign eye. Teahouses help punctuate and it’s the sole vaulted historical bazaar in Khorasan, the walk and a traditional restaurant is a perfect place for HERITAGE TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized 12 deskantique objects, including coins, two swords, which its antiquity dates back to the time of Safavids lunch. People watching and even mingling with them in a dagger, and a pistol, from a smuggler in Quchan, northeastern (1501–1736),” the official stated. the bazaars is one of the best ways to take the pulse of the Khorasan Razavi province. The most important elements of the bazaar are a country. Bazaars have traditionally been major economic number of Hojrehs (shops), Timches (domed halls or and social centers in any Iranian city. arcaded centers of a single trade, such as carpet vendors Situated some 70 km west of Mashhad, the capital or coppersmiths), marketplaces, a caravanserai, Hammam of Khorasan Razavi province, Neyshabour was founded (public bathhouse), mosque, Tekkiyeh (a staying place around the third century CE. Experts say, that “Nishapur” for pilgrims and mourners) and an Ab-anbar (cistern), Cool in summer and warm in winter, it’s easy to lose derived its name from its alleged founder, the Sasanian he explained. half a day wandering the bustling lanes of an Iranian king Shapur I (d. 272). Persian handicrafts: Sofreh of North Khorasan TOURISM TEHRAN — The Kurd that there are two weft yarns weaved into was entering her tent as a symbol of union The villagers and Kurd nomads of North deskpeople who inhabit north- it. One weft is the basic and unicolor, and and blessing. The motifs that are used in these Khorasan, weaved these products in fifteen ern regions of North Khorasan makes versatile the second weft is colorful that creates the Kilims represent the traditions and respect days. The patterns and designs of this Kilim products such as carpets, kilims and jajims patterns. The most important motif of sofreh that Iranians showed to the divine blessings are inspired by their surroundings and natural with elegant and original designs which have are “angosht” or finger, “angosht e arus” or such as bread, and caused these products to habitat. The motif of peacock next to the tree of roots in their traditions and religious beliefs. finger of the bride and “bijak”, and this is be regarded as holy objects. life is the most notable one. Tree of life is one of A pistol, two swords, a small dagger, two medals, and Amongst the weaves of North Khoras- the reason these weaves are also known as The sofreh was also used as a cover for the oldest motifs of decorative arts of Iran and six coins have been recovered and surrendered to the pro- an, “sofreh” or blankets are regarded high- angoshti or pishandaz kilims. the time of baking and making the paste. A Mesopotamia. Most of the sofrehes are rectan- vincial cultural heritage department for further investi- ly. These products are Kilims with unique In the past, the sofreh were usually used nomadic family should have had three pieces gular and have the width of ninety centimeters gation, police official Mohammad-Ali Modir announced unmatched decorations. It can be said that in ceremonies, festivals and were laid in front of sofreh, one for making and kneading of the and the height of one hundred and eighty to on Wednesday. based on their design, these kilims are one of the guests at the lunch or dinner time when paste, one for baked breads, and one for serving three hundred and sixty-five centimeters. The Quchan is home to 147 natural, historical sites and of the most different types of this handicraft. they were welcomed with kinds of local dishes. the meals. Today due to dramatic changes of background is mostly brown. There are motifs monuments of notable values, 50 of which being inscribed Sofreh of Kurd is a kind of needle Kilim that The weavers also tell that these weaves were their lifestyle, the nomads use them only as and paisleys in the center of the blankets that on the national heritage list. is weaved by Picheshi technique. This means laid on the ground before the bride when she floor coverings. indicate where the dishes should be. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 5, 2020 SOCIETY 7

Majlis draws up plan Cities made of wood could store huge amounts of carbon and cut construction to encourage childbearing emissions, study suggests 1 Childbearing, which should be a public in the Iranian calendar year 1396 (March The construction material of choice to build a cleaner, greener future issue, became an inefficient policy due to 2017-March 2018), a difference of roughly may be nothing more technical than wood, scientists have said. lack of follow-up, she said. over 120,000 per year. Shifting away from conventional construction materi- Zero population growth within Iran: the world’s oldest als and using more wood could be an effective means of next century Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari, a senior making much more environmentally-friendly buildings Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt advisor to the minister of health, has said and reducing the emissions associated with large-scale Chair in Political Economy at the Ameri- that the world has grown about 5 years older construction projects, new research suggests. can Enterprise Institute (AEI) wrote in an over the past 70 years, but the population of article earlier in July that the fertility rate Iran has unfortunately grown 10 years older in Iran has dropped by 70 percent over the in the past 60 years. past 30 years, which has been the highest “Currently, the elderly constitute less decline in human history. than 10 percent of the population and we Melinda Gates, an American philanthropist are considered a young country, but we are and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates getting older every year so that in the next 20 Foundation, also wrote on her Twitter ac- years, we will be one of the oldest countries count that “The fastest decrease in the rate in the world and the oldest by the next 30 of childbearing per woman in the history of years,” he explained. the world has happened in Iran!” Statistics show that during the past 20 Seyed Hamed Barakati, deputy health years, the population ratio of children and minister for family and school population, adolescents has decreased, and, in contrast, said in May that Iran’s population growth the share of the elderly has increased. rate has decreased to less than one percent In addition, the average age of the Irani- for the first time over the past four decades. an population has been increasing over the The combined impact of construction accounts for around one- At the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in the 1980s, he highlighted. 1,196,134 infants were born in the country past 40 years, and the population on average third of global greenhouse emissions, according to researchers (in 1979), the country’s population grew by According to the data released by the Na- whose births were registered last year, while is 8.7 years older. Statistics show that this at Aalto University in Finland, and the Finnish Environment 2.5 percent annually, however, suddenly, tional Organization for Civil Registration, 1,366,509 births occurred a year before it, upward trend has had a similar growth rate Institute, the Independent reported. population growth reached about 1.5 percent comparing past three years shows some and 1,487,913 births have been recorded for men and women. Their research reveals that in Europe, around 190 million square metres of housing space are constructed each year, mostly in cities, and the amount being built is also going up fast - at a rate of nearly one per cent a year. Golestan wetlands hosting first flocks National congress on university, But they show that if 80 per cent of new residential buildings of migratory birds COVID-19 to be held were made from wood - with wood used for the structure, cladding, surfaces and furnishings - altogether the new homes could store ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The SOCIETY TEHRAN — The first up to 55 million tons of carbon a year. deskinternational wet- desknational congress with They said this figure is equivalent to nearly half (47 per cent) lands in northern Golestan province the theme of university and COVID-19 will of the annual emissions from Europe’s cement industry. are playing host to the first batch of be held on January 6-7, 2021. “This is the first time that the carbon storage potential of migratory birds which traveled thou- The event will be held with the aim of wooden building construction has been evaluated on the European sands of kilometers through the cold discussing the psychological, social, and level, in different scenarios,” said Ali Amiri, who is completing regions of Russian Siberia to winter health effects of this disease on the health his PhD at Aalto University. in the country. of individuals, especially the university “We hope that our model could be used as a roadmap to in- Migratory birds are now observed in community, IRNA reported. crease wooden construction in Europe.” groups of 10 and 20 by rangers and local Lifestyle, psychological, educa- The research is based on 50 case studies, and the researchers people in the wetlands and ponds of tional, social, family consequences, divided buildings into three groups according to how much wood Gonbad-e Kavous city; other flocks will tory birds in the city’s wetlands and post-coronavirus university, preven- number of infections to 646,164. She they use and, as a consequence, how much carbon dioxide they also wing their way to the area during reservoirs is suitable. tion, and health behaviors, safe and added that 500,400 patients have so were capable of storing. the next few days. Alagol, Ulmagol, and Ajigol Lakes healthy environment, and COVID-19 far recovered, but 5,426 still remain in The group with the least amount of wood stored 100kg of Various species of migratory birds, in- are located in northern Mazandaran are major topics of this congress. critical conditions of the disease. carbon dioxide per square metre, the middle group stored 200kg, cluding different species of ducks, pelicans, province with an area of 1,400 hectares; COVID-19 is surging globally with During the past 24 hours, 419 patients and the group with the greatest amount of wood stored 300kg swans, greylag goose, vultures, flamingos, added to the Montreux Record, in 1993. 47.9 million infections and over 1.2 mil- have lost their lives, bringing the total per square metre (CO2 kg m2). coots, and cormorants, landed in the three Ulmagol and Ajigol are seasonally-filled lion mortalities, haunting countries that number of deaths to 36,579, she added. The potential carbon storage capacity was largely unrelated to the international lagoons of Almagol, Alagol, freshwater lakes, fed by autumn and had apparent success in suppressing Lari noted that so far 5,073,034 COV- building or wood type, or even the size of the construction project. and Ajigol every year from mid-autumn winter rains, which become desiccated initial outbreaks. ID-19 tests have been conducted across They found carbon capacity is based on the volume of wood used as for wintering, IRNA quoted Mohammad in drought periods. Alagol is slightly With over 238,000 fatalities, the the country. building components, from beams and columns to walls and finishings. Dardi, the head of the Gonbad-e Kavous saline and fringed by extensive reed U.S. has recorded the world’s highest She said the high-risk “red” zones The researchers also looked at how Europe could achieve the department of environment, as saying and grass marshes. official death toll. It is also fast reaching include provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, enormous savings in emissions by modelling a path for reaching on Wednesday. Ulmagol is sparsely vegetated. There ten million confirmed cases. Qom, East Azarbaijan, South Khorasan, the level of 55 million tons of carbon stored per year by 2040. On average, 30,000 to 40,000 mi- are several human settlements. The The second-highest official death toll in Semnan, Qazvin, Lorestan, Ardebil, Khuz- They said the scenario demands a shift to wooden buildings gratory birds of different species come site supports Anatidae (ducks, geese, the world is related to India with over eight estan, Kermanshah, Kohgiluyeh-Boyer- that store increasing amounts of carbon dioxide. to these wetlands and reservoirs every swans, etc.), flamingos, and nesting million confirmed cases and 123,000 deaths. ahmad, Gilan, Bushehr, Zanjan, Ilam, Energy efficiency is the most frequently used instrument for year, and if the cold weather intensifies White-tailed Plover. Placed on the In Brazil, the cases have been rising stead- Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran, Chahar- measuring the environmental impact of buildings. However, in Siberia, their population in the region Montreux Record in 1993 due to high ily, with the country has recorded more than mahal-Bakhtiari, Alborz, West Azarbai- energy efficiency requires more insulation, efficient recovery of will increase, he noted. levels of disturbance from wildfowl 5.5 million cases with 160,000 deaths. jan, Markazi, Kerman, North Khorasan, heat, and better windows. He went on to say that due to the hunters and the extraction of water In a press briefing on Wednesday, Hamedan, Yazd, and Kordestan. The scientists said about half of the carbon footprint of ze- amount of precipitation the city received for irrigation purposes, which has Health Ministry spokesperson Sima-Sa- The provinces of Hormozgan, Fars, ro-energy houses occurs before anyone has even lived in them. over the last year and this year, the lowered lake levels considerably, es- dat Lari confirmed 8,452 new cases of and Golestan and Sistan-Baluchestan When the energy used in housing comes increasingly from condition for the breeding of migra- pecially during summer. COVID-19 infection, raising the total are also on alert. renewable sources, the significance of the construction phase of the building’s total environmental impact grows even more. “Certificates for green buildings used around the world ... could better take the climate benefits of wood construction into Researchers pioneer more effective way to block malaria transmission in mosquitoes account. So far, they are strongly focused on how energy is con- Employing a strategy known as “population modification,” systems, which is the accumulation of drive-resistant mos- arboviral diseases.” sumed during use,” Mr Amiri says. which involves using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system quitoes that could still transmit malaria parasites,” said UCI They describe a highly efficient second-generation version In terms of wood products, a wooden building provides to introduce genes preventing parasite transmission vector biologist Anthony James, the Donald Bren Professor of the team’s original gene drive, developed for the Indo-Pa- longer-term storage for carbon than pulp or paper. According into mosquito chromosomes, University of California of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology kistani malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi. The to the study findings, a wooden building of 100 m2 has the researchers have made a major advance in the use of & Biochemistry, who was a co-primary investigator on the 2015 work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy potential to store 10 to 30 tons of carbon dioxide. The upper genetic technologies to control the transmission of study, according to Science Daily. of Sciences, was the first demonstration of a CRISPR-based storage range corresponds to an average motorist’s carbon malaria parasites. “The second-generation gene drive system described in gene drive in mosquitoes. dioxide emissions over ten years. University of California, Irvine postdoctoral researcher this paper can be applied to any of the several thousand genes In that first study, the gene drive was transmitted to “Wood construction is sustainable only if the wood comes Adriana Adolfi, in collaboration with colleagues at UCI, that are essential for insects to survive or reproduce,” said UC about 99 percent of progeny when the parent in which from forests that are grown in a sustainable manner,” said UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, followed up on the group’s San Diego Distinguished Professor Ethan Bier, a co-author the gene drive was inserted was a male but only 60 postdoctoral researcher Juudit Ottelin. pioneering effort to develop CRISPR-based gene drive sys- of the study and science director at the Tata Institute for to 70 percent of offspring when the parent in which tems for making mosquito vectors resistant to transmitting Genetics and Society. “While it was developed in fruit flies, the gene drive was inserted was a female. A significant malaria parasites by increasing gene drive effectiveness this system is readily transportable to a broad selection of number of drive-resistant chromosomes are generated LET’S LEARN PERSIAN in female mosquito progeny. insect species that serve as vectors for devastating disorders in females; this, in principle, could allow those females (Part 50) (Source: saadifoundation.ir) “This work mitigates a big issue with the first gene drive such as Chagas disease, sleeping disease, leishmaniasis and to continue to transmit parasites.

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500 هزار پلیس نوروز 98 جاده های کشور policemen ready to 500,000 را کنترل می کنند ensure road safety during Noruz محمــد حســین حمیــدی رئیــس پلیــس راه راهــور نیــروی انتظامــی کشــور گفــت: Traffic police teams comprising 500,000 policemen will stand بــا هــدف ارتقــا هرچــه بیشــتر امنیــت مســافران، 500 هــزار نیــروی پلیــس در ایــام guard to ensure safety by monitoring road regulations during نــوروز 1398 جــاده هــای ســطح کشــور را کنتــرل مــی کننــد. the new year holidays (Noruz, starting March 21), road traffic ســردار محمــد حســین حمیــدی روز دوشــنبه در گفــت وگــو بــا خبرنــگار انتظامــی .police chief Mohammad Hossein Hamidi has announced ایرنــا افــزود: در ایــن ارتبــاط هماهنگــی هــای الزم بــا دســتگاههای مربوطــه نیــز In this regard, coordination has been made with the related bodies بــه انجــام رســیده اســت و آمادگــی بــرای کنتــرل هــر چــه بیشــتر ســطح جــاده to fully control the country’s roads and prevent the probable هــای کشــور بــرای جلوگیــری از تصادفــات وجــود دارد. .accidents, he added وی خاطرنشــان کــرد: پیــش بینــی امســال مــا بــا توجــه بــه میــزان تعطیــات Given that this year’s holiday is longer, trips certainly increases نــوروز افزایــش ســفرها در مقایســه بــا ســال گذشــته اســت کــه همیــن امــر موجــب compared to past years, so we decided to constantly monitor شــده از همــه ظرفیــت هــا بــه صــورت 24 ســاعته بهــره منــد شــویم. .the highways, he stated Prayer Times Noon:11:48 Evening: 17:24 Dawn: 5:06 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:31 (tomorrow) NOVEMBER 5, 2020 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Mohammad Shojaeian Editor-in-Chief: Ali A.Jenabzadeh Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 Tehran hosts National Biennial of Editorial Dept.: [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051430 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Contemporary Iranian Ceramic Art Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 ARTTEHRAN — The 11th and rich country, especially in the field of Webmaster: [email protected] deskNational Biennial of art with young artists. Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 Contemporary Iranian Ceramic Art was “If we put the old heritage beside the inaugurated at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural ability of today we would see how useful Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Center on Saturday after a nine-year hiatus. this art of ceramics could be. Therefore The exhibition opened online for the valuable works will also be produced,” he No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran viewers, however, the Visual Arts Office remarked. P.o. Box: 14155-4843 director, Hadi Mozaffari, the Culture For his part, Mozzafari also noted that he Zip Code: 1599814713 Minister for Artistic Affairs, Seyyed Mojtaba is happy to see the biennial resumed after Hosseini, and the director of the event, many years. He also hoped that they can Hirbod Hemmat-Azad, made the official provide more facilities for the artists and opening statements and visited the exhibit people to be able to visit the works while on the opening day. still observing health protocols. Hosseini said that poetry and ceramics “We all try to form more art and visual with their long background in Iranian culture biennials in the country and help revive and history show that they have kept people old ones,” he added. and the artisans busy in the past. Hemmat-Azad also said that the “The varied works made in the past organizers believed the event would inject GUIDE TO and the colorful ceramics including those hope and happiness among the artists and SPIRITUAL AWAKENING used in the houses for both everyday use the people despite the hard days, and hoped and for decorations indicate the usage of that the biennial would be held under better There are five activities that I won’t leave off till this art in the lives of Iranians,” he noted. A ceramic installation is on view in the courtyard of Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural conditions next year and would have better I’m alive so that they would become part of my This biennial, which has resumed after Center during the 11th National Biennial of Contemporary Iranian Ceramic Art achievements. 9 years, also indicated that Iran is a great on October 31, 2020. (Honaronline) The exhibit will be running for one month. tradition. [One of them] is greeting children. Prophet Muhammad (S) Iranian artists organize events celebrating Protest movie “Exodus” enters competition at birthday of Prophet Muhammad (S) Resistance film festival 1 Mosteza Afshar, Kazem Chalipa, Nasser Seifi and miniature and calligraphy works on the theme of the Prophet Morteza Asadi are among the artists whose paintings of Islam (S) in different galleries of the forum. ARTTEHRAN — “Exodus”, a protest film by are on view. Works by Masud Salehi, Hamid Ajami, Saedi Naqqashian, deskthe icon of Iranian war and resistance Among the illustrators are Hoda Haddai, Sahar Khorasani, Hossein Emsati and Jamshid Sarhaddi are on view at the cinema – Ebrahim Hatamikia, will be screened during the Pejman Rahimzadeh and Hamidreza Rashidian. exhibit named “Image of the Sun”. 16th Resistance International Film Festival. Photos by Rasul Oliazadeh, Saeid Janbozorgi, Ahmad Also in honor of the Prophet Muhammad (S), the Music Jalilian, Jasem Ghazbanpur and several other photographers Center of the Art Bureau has organized a national music have been selected for the showcase. festival under the title “Melodies on Muhammad (S)”. Artworks by masters of miniature and calligraphic paintings The festival has been organized to honor the including Mohammad-Baqer Aqamiri, Ziaeddin Emami, musicians and producers of valuable works on Prophet Nasrollah Afjei, Rafat Negarandeh and Mohammad Ehsai Muhammad (S). An illustration by Pejman Rahimizadeh on display in are also included. Interested applicants are asked to submit their works to the exhibition “The Name of Ahmad”. In addition, the Art Bureau is displaying a collection of the organizers of the festival before January 4.

Book City to review Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem” CULTURE TEHRAN — look at one of the most unsettling and academic community. The first, “The Origins desk“Eichmann in unsettled issues of the twentieth century of Totalitarianism”, published in 1951, was Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of that remains hotly debated to this day. a study of the Nazi and Stalinist regimes Faramarz Gharibian acts in a scene from director Ebrahim Evil”, a 1963 book by German political Another Persian translation of that generated a wide-ranging debate on Hatamikia’s “Exodus”. theorist Hannah Arendt, will be reviewed “Eichmann in Jerusalem” by Aziz Hakimi the nature and historical antecedents of during an online session at the Book City has been published earlier by Nebesht Press the totalitarian phenomenon. The film had its Iranian premiere during the 38th edition of Institute in Tehran next week. in Tehran. The second, “The Human Condition”, the Fajr Film Festival in February in Tehran. A Persian translation of the book by Arendt was one of the most influential published in 1958, was an original The story of “Exodus” is set in a nowhere-land where peasants Zahra Shams has recently been published political philosophers of the twentieth philosophical study that investigated the lodge a protest against the local authority that symbolically resembles by the Borj Publishing House in Tehran. century. Born into a German-Jewish family, fundamental categories of the vita activa President Hassan Rouhani’s government. Critics and journalists Critics Naeimeh Purmohammadi she was forced to leave Germany in 1933 (labor, work, action). judged the film as falling below expectations. and Mahmud Moqaddasi and translator and lived in Paris for the next eight years, In addition to these two important The critical comments made during a press conference at the Shams will attend the session, which is working for a number of Jewish refugee works, Arendt published a number of festival provoked the anger of Hatamikia, whose film failed to scheduled to start at 11 pm on November A poster for the Persian translation organizations. influential essays on topics such as the garner any prize at Fajr, which is Iran’s most significant film event. 10 on Instagram/bookcitycc. of German political theorist Hannah In 1941, she immigrated to the United nature of revolution, freedom, authority, “Exodus” tells the story of a group of cotton farmers who leave Originally appearing as a series of articles Arendt’s book “Eichmann in Jerusalem”. States and soon became part of a lively tradition and the modern age. their farms to protest the local official’s unfulfilled promises at in The New Yorker, Arendt’s authoritative Arendt’s postscript directly addressing intellectual circle in New York. She held a At the time of her death in 1975, she the president’s office in the capital. and stunning report on the trial of Nazi the controversy that arose over her account. number of academic positions at various had completed the first two volumes of Due to the shutdown of the movie theaters during the COVID-19 leader Adolf Eichmann sparked a flurry A major journalistic triumph by American universities until her death in her last major philosophical work, “The pandemic in April, the Owj Arts and Media Organization was of debate upon its publication. an intellectual of singular influence, 1975. Life of the Mind”, which examined the the first Iranian company that agreed to screen its production This book includes material that “Eichmann in Jerusalem” is as shocking She is best known for two works that had three fundamental faculties of the vita “Exodus” online. came to light after the trial, as well as as it is informative — an unflinching a major impact both within and outside the contemplativa (thinking, willing, judging). However, it was soon illegally uploaded on some websites and Telegram channels just hours after its first streaming. In addition, Iran tried its first drive-in movie theater after the victory of the Islamic revolution by “Exodus” in the parking lot Official asks Culture Minister, IRIB CEO to halt film projects as coronavirus outbreak grows of Milad Tower in Tehran during April. ARTTEHRAN — The head of the Coronavirus “Unfortunately we lost one of our veteran actors Karim The Resistance festival is organized every year to observe the deskControl Operations HQ in Tehran has Akbari Mobarakeh who was infected with COVID-19 when anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is called the asked Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed he was working on a TV series project. There are several Sacred Defense in Iran. Abbas Salehi and IRIB Managing Director Ali Aliasgari cinema and televisions projects currently under production This year, the festival has been organized in two stages, the to stop film projects due to a significant increase in the and according to the producers all health protocols are first of which took place during the Sacred Defense Week from number of people infected with COVID-19. being observed at the filming locations. But we should September 21 to 28, and the second part will be held from November Addressing the two officials in a letter published on be aware that actors and stunt personnel cannot wear 21 to 27 to celebrate the anniversary of Basij Day, which falls on Wednesday, Alireza Zali asked the organizations to halt masks while they are in front of the cameras and also they November 25. the projects for two weeks after a number of actors tested cannot observe social distancing while acting,” she added. positive for COVID-19. Akbari Mobarakeh’s son, Navid, had said that his father Zali noted that since the actors cannot wear masks was infected with COVID-19 when he was working on the Japan decorates Iranian while at work, putting them at higher risk, the projects TV series project “Beheading Festival”. must be stopped. Cast member Laleh Eskadari and a crew member of the translator Shohreh He also asked for more serious observance of health project had earlier tested positive for coronavirus. protocols and proper supervision at such time when the “Considering the current crisis, the association sees the Golparian with Order projects resume. situation as a grave threat and expects the headquarters Actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya as the director of the Tehran Coronavirus Control Operations HQ director to take serious action and halt the projects,” Motamed- of the Rising Sun Iranian Screen Actors Guild earlier had written a letter to Alireza Zali in an undated photo. Arya said. Zali expressing her worries over the increasing number of because of their presence on film projects, and have been After the death of Akbari Mobarakeh, Motamed-Arya ARTTEHRAN — The Japanese government desk actors who have tested positive with COVID-19. under treatment either at home or at the hospitals,” wrote had wished serious action would have been taken to remove has decorated Iranian translator and film “Over the past few days, several actors have tested positive Motamed-Arya. the deadly shadow of coronavirus from the actors. producer Shohreh Golparian with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Ray. Over ten figures from West Asia were also honored with imperial orders, decorations and medals of various degrees for “Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too” comes to Iranian bookstores their contributions to strengthening relations between their countries and Japan in various fields. CULTURE TEHRAN — A Persian running away in fear, an egg struggling to and comedy writer. Golparian is the president of Small Talk Inc., a cultural company desktranslation of Canadian decide what to hatch into, an owl working His work across multiple disciplines in Yokohama, a city and port on Tokyo Bay, Japan. author Jomny Sun’s book “Everyone’s a its way to being wise, a tree feeling stuck in is concerned with narratives of human Golparian worked as an interpreter in “Like Someone in Love” Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too” has recently one place, a tadpole coming to terms with experience. As a playwright, Jonathan’s work that was directed by the world-renowned Iranian filmmaker been published by Afarinegan Publications turning into a frog, a dying ghost, a puppy has been performed at the Yale School of Abbas Kiarostami in Tokyo in 2012 about a young sex worker in Tehran. unable to express itself and many more. Drama, Factory Theater in Toronto, Hart who develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a The book has been translated into Persian Through this story of a lost, lonely House Theater, Theater Lab in Toronto and period of two days. by Nushin Soleimani. and confused alien finding friendship, the University of Toronto Drama Festival Earlier in 2018, she received the Foreign Minister’s “Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn acceptance and love among the creatures (where he received the President’s Award Commendations for FY from the Japanese government. Too” is the illustrated story of a lonely alien of Earth, the readers will all learn how to for Best Production). Golparian has also worked at the Islamic Republic of Iran sent to observe the Earth, only to meet all sorts be a little more human. As an artist and illustrator, his work Broadcasting and the NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation of creatures with all sorts of perspectives on “And for all of us earth-bound creatures has been commissioned by the New as an interpreter. life, love and happiness, all while learning here on this planet, we can all be reminded Haven ArtSpace, and exhibited at MIT, He has held various positions such as the project assistant to feel a little better about being an alien. that sometimes, it takes an outsider to help the Yale School of Architecture and the professor at the Global Support Center of the Tokyo University Here is the unforgettable story of Jomny, us see ourselves for who we truly are,” the University of Toronto. His comedic work of the Arts. a lonely alien who, for the first time ever, book adds. has appeared in NPR, BuzzFeed, Playboy, “The Wind Carpet”, a co-production between Iran and Japan, was finds a home on the planet after learning that Jonathan Sun is the author behind @ Front cover of the Persian translation of GQ and McSweeney’s. He is currently a made by Iranian director Kamal Tabrizi in 2003 with contributions earthlings can feel lonely too. Jomny finds jonnysun. When he isn’t tweeting, he is an Jomny Sun’s book “Everyone’s a Aliebn doctoral student at MIT and a Berkman from Golparian at Small Talk Inc., which she founded in 1999. friendship in a bear tired of other creatures architect, designer, engineer, artist, playwright When Ur a Aliebn Too”. Klein Fellow at Harvard.