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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13927 Sunday APRIL 25, 2021 Ordibehesht 5, 1400 Ramadan 12, 1442 Zarif to travel to Iran’s Motamedi wins Iran-Oman trade Iran organizes webinar Qatar and Iraq gold at Asian Weightlifting could be boosted for Japanese devotees of Page 2 Championships Page 3 to $5b Page 4 Sadi poetry Page 8 Terrorist team demolished in Sistan TEHRAN — The Quds headquarters of the group by conducting “accurate surveillance Islamic Revolution Guards Corp ground and intelligence operations.” forces demolished a terrorist team in the The statement said that the IRGC fight- southeastern Sistan-Balouchestan prov- ers trapped the terrorist team during a Al-Quds uprising ince on Saturday. successful operation and smashed them The Public Relations office of the Quds in one of the border areas of the province. headquarters of the IRGC ground forces According to the statement, three terrorists released a statement announcing that the were killed in the attack, which also resulted brave fighters identified a terrorist team in the confiscation of ammunition and arms. affiliated with the global imperialism who The IRGC is given the mission to ensure had recently entered the region to carry security at Iran’s southeastern borders out subversive and terrorist acts. that once in a while Takfiri militant groups The Quds base said it demolished the seek to commit terrorist attacks there. puts Israel in a bindSee page 3 Annual rail transit up 29% despite pandemic TEHRAN - Transit of goods through Iran’s virtually during April 19-23, Saeid Rasouli railway network rose 29 percent during the said: “In the past year, the Railways of the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on Islamic Republic of Iran took significant March 20) despite the limitations created positive steps to develop cooperation with by the coronavirus pandemic, the head the railways of the neighboring counties of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and regional railways, and to continue (known as RAI), announced. cooperating with international railway Speaking at the 36th Conference of the organizations, despite the pandemic and Managers of Organization for Coopera- the intensification of sanctions.” tion of Railways (OSJD) which was held Continued on page 4 Qom center planning for biopic about wife of Prophet Muhammad (S) TEHRAN – The Religion of Spirituality Art models and their lifestyles should be in- and Culture Institute, an Islamic center in troduced through films and TV series to Qom, plans to make a biopic about Hazrat the Muslim world in order to promote Khadijah (SA), the wife the Prophet Mu- unity among Muslims. hammad (S). Speaking at a press conference Maleki pointed to the materialistic and last Wednesday, Hojjatoleslam Hojjat Mal- spiritual support Hazrat Khadijah (SA) eki, the director of the institute, said that provided for the Prophet of Islam, and an experienced professional crew will be said that the screenplay is being written Xinhua employed for the project. for an international audience. He also added that great Islamic role Continued on page 8 Tire production COVID-19 vaccination system Bahrainis continue nationwide rallies in industry to be launched solidarity with political prisoners materializes TEHRAN – A comprehensive system will be ly with three countries of Cuba, Russia, and People in Bahrain have staged nationwide demon- tions in Sitra Island and Bilad al-Qadeem suburb launched in the country for coronavirus vacci- Australia, he noted, expressing hope that these strations in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom to ex- of the capital Manama, chanting anti-regime slogan of ‘Surge in nation of the whole population, Alireza Raeisi, vaccines can also be released by September. press solidarity with pro-democracy campaigners slogans and holding the Al Khalifah regime fully spokesman for the National Headquarters for Raeisi announced on Thursday that the sixth and opposition figures being held behind bars, and responsible for the lives of the political inmates. Production’ Coronavirus Control, announced on Saturday. batch of the “Sputnik V” vaccine, including over demanded the ruling Al Khalifah regime release According to Press TV, on April 19, Bahrain’s People can express their occupation and illness 100,000 doses, has been sent to the country. them amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic. most prominent cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim BY MAHNAZ ABDI on this website and be informed about the time Of the total vaccines imported so far, we have The rallies were held under the banner of “Friday said drawing up a new constitution was the only n a bid to nullify the U.S. sanc- of their vaccination, he explained. received about 420,000 doses of Sputnik V, some of Prisoners’ Rage,” with protesters voicing con- way out of the political crisis in the protest-hit tions, Iran is determined to He went on to add that by the end of July, 650,000 doses from China, and 125,000 from India. cerns over the alarming situation of the country’s tiny kingdom, urging the regime in Manama to Istrengthen its domestic produc- mass vaccination will begin and all the people We also received 700,000 doses of Astrazeneca prisons and condemning Bahraini authorities’ pursue an agreement with the Bahraini opposition tion to achieve self-reliance. will be informed of when to receive the vaccine, vaccine from South Korea, so that a total of 1.895 mistreatment of imprisoned activists. instead of increasingly suppressing the dissidents. Selecting the motto of “Pickup in Pro- IRNA reported on Saturday. million doses of vaccine have been provided to the The participants carried Bahrain’s national “Since the people do not find anything to duction” for the Iranian calendar year 1398 Iran started mass vaccination against COV- Ministry of Health, he explained. flags, held up pictures of imprisoned political persuade themselves to stop their protest (March 2019-March 2020), and the slo- ID-19 with Sputnik V vaccine on February 9; which Homegrown vaccines opponents and called for their immediate and movement and are witnessing a surge in the gan of “Surge in Production” for the year is also being co-produced by the two countries COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus unconditional release as they staged rallies in [regime’s] policy of repression, dictatorship 1399 (March 2020-March 2021) indicates and will be released by the end of spring (June vaccine made by researchers at the Headquarters several villages, namely Hamala, Abu Saiba, and marginalization, they are pressing ahead the Islamic Republic’s determination to 21). So far, 718,510 doses of coronavirus vaccine, for Executing the Order of the Imam which was Shakhura, South Sehla, Nuwaidrat, Bu Quwah, with their uprising, whatever the cost may be,” achieve this goal. including the first and second doses, have been unveiled on December 29, 2020, started to be Samaheej, Diraz, Karzakan, Bani Jamra, al- Sheikh Qassim said in a statement carried by To this end, the Iranian ministries injected in the country. mass-produced on March 29. Markh, Dar Kulaib and al-Maqsha. the Bahrain Mirror news website. besides the private sector outlined their Iran is currently producing vaccines joint- Continued on page 7 People also took part in similar demonstra- Continued on page 5 programs for the surge in production in the past year, and pursued the set objectives seriously in this due. It is clear that among different minis- Land of ghosts: a journey to the ‘Bermuda triangle’ of Iran MEK is front tries, the Ministry of Industry, Mining and TEHRAN - Imagine traveling through a bi- that it was haunted by spirits and the devil. The Narratives say that even caravans used to organization of Israeli Trade was one with a somehow heavier zarre-shaded desert full of golden dunes that bizarre desert can be reached after hours first on skip passing through Rig-e Jenn, believing it responsibility to materialize the motto locals believe to be once home to evil spirits and asphalt roads, and then for some hours through to be a place where evil spirits and “jinn” dwell. imperialism against of the year. demons, and for this reason, whoever steps on it uninhabited terrain. A “jinn” is a spirit in Islamic culture and Rig-e The ministry managed to fulfill its duty will be swallowed up and never returns! That’s Rig-Jenn is situated in a border area between Jenn was once (and in some places still) believed Muslims: Albanian as the production of some major industrial why the area is known as the “Bermuda trian- Semnan and Isfahan provinces. In another world, to accommodate evil spirits! historian products was noticeably increased in the gle” of Iran! it is part of Dasht-e Kavir (the central desert of Even today, amongst the neighboring towns Eastern Iran is dominated by vast deserts Iran). The bizarre desert can be reached after and villages some still hold this belief. Sources previous year. BY REZA MOSHFEGH One of the sectors, which achieved known worldwide for adrenaline chasers. Rig-e hours first on asphalt roads, and then for some say that Sven Hedin, Jenn assumed its name from whom believed hours through uninhabited terrain. Continued on page 6 TEHRAN - Olsi Jazexhi, an Albanian historian, be- outstanding output growth, was the tire lieves that terrorist groups like Jabhat al-Nusra, production industry. Daesh and MEK are mercenaries of Israel and the The country’s tire industry, despite the U.S. to undermined the Muslim world. continuation of sanctions and the corona- “Jahbat al-Nusra, Daesh and MEK are front virus pandemic conditions, as well as some organizations of Israeli and American imperialism domestic restrictions, has had a thriving Kish Island against the Muslim world,” Jazexhi tells the Tehran and successful year overall; a year that Times.