WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 43rd year No.13973 Tuesday JUNE 22, 2021 Tir 1, 1400 Dhi Al Qada 11, 1442 JCPOA talks I just concentrated Tehran hosting intl. Congratulations would be concluded on my job: paper, related machinery on birthday of in Rouhani admin Page 2 Dragan Skocic Page 3 exhibition Page 4 Imam Reza (AS) No! President-elect gives decisive response to prospect of meeting Biden after possible sanctions removal TEHRAN – Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi who He said it sent an “important message” overwhelmingly won the presidential to the entire world. election on June 18 held a press confer- He said people high turnout in the elec- Bennetanyahu ence on Monday to elaborate on his major tion took place despite the coronavirus See page 3 domestic and foreign policy priorities. pandemic, propaganda by the enemies New Israel 380 reporters from 210 media out- and economic hardship. lets from around the world attended the Raisi also rejected the probability of leadership rehashes briefing. a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden In his preliminary remarks, the presi- after a possible removal of sanctions. He Netanyahu’s obsolete dent-elect praised people’s participation in just said “no”. rhetoric against Iran the June 18 elections, calling it an “epic”. Continued on page 2 Development projects worth $14.7b inaugurated in free trade, special economic zones TEHRAN – Some 52 development pro- ferencing in various provinces including East jects worth 620 trillion rials (over $14.7 Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Khuzestan, billion) were put into operation or com- Hormozgan, Gilan, and Sistan-Baluchestan, menced in Iran’s free trade and special Mehr News Agency reported. economic zones on Monday, in the 74th Put into operation in Kish, Qeshm, series of inauguration ceremonies since Arvand, Aras, and Anzali free trade and the previous Iranian calendar year (ended special economic zones, the said projects on March 20). are going to provide direct employment President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated for about 2,090 people. the mentioned projects through video con- Continued on page 4 Iran honors Japanese scholar Ryuichi Sugiyama for studies on Imam Reza (AS) TEHRAN – Iran has honored Japanese nounced on Monday. scholar Ryuichi Sugiyama for his com- Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic prehensive studies on the holy shrine Guidance gives the honor to an interna- of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Imam tional scholar with outstanding research of the Shia. about Imam Reza (AS) during the Imam He received the Razavi Scholar Award Reza (AS) International Festival, whose from the Iranian cultural attache in Tokyo, 19th edition is currently underway in the FLASH90 Hossein Divsalar, Iran’s Islamic Culture country. and Relations Organization (ICRO) an- Continued on page 8 The election of Raisi Iranian vaccine 6 times more effective than Yemen, Palestine slam UN chief for excluding is a sign of vitality AstraZeneca against mutated virus Saudis, Israelis from children’s blacklist for Iran: Albanian TEHRAN – The Pastu Covac vaccine has shown cine is a conjugate vaccine with two injectable Yemen has strongly denounced the United Na- eas. He added this will give the green light for a 62 percent efficiency on new variants of coro- doses. It consists of the receptor-binding domain tions Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, for Riyadh to continue committing grave violations historian navirus first emerged in South Africa and Brazil, of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein conjugated removing Saudi Arabia for the second year in against the children of Yemen, and make UN 6 times more effective than the AstraZeneca chemically to tetanus toxoid. a row from a blacklist of countries and groups officials accomplices in those crimes. Yemeni BY ALI A.JENABZADEH vaccine, Health Minister Saeed Namaki an- The two first phases of the human trial have responsible for harming children during conflicts. officials also expressed regret that the Sec- lsi Jazexhi, an Albanian his- nounced on Monday. been conducted in Cuba, while the third phase Foreign Minister of Yemen’s National Salva- retary-General succumbed, for the second torian, believes that election The British AstraZeneca vaccine is 11 percent is underway with 24,000 volunteers in Iran and tion government, Hisham Sharaf, noted that the year, to pressure from Saudi Arabia to cut of Ebrahim Raisi is a “pivot- effective against new mutants of coronavirus 44,000 volunteers in Cuba. UN is condemning the victim and condoning the funding to the world body if the Kingdom is O identified in South Africa and Brazil, he added. In Iran, it was performed on a population executioner. In a statement he said: “Although put back on the blacklist. Yemenis say that al moment” for Iran and the Islam- ic world. The Iranian Sputnik vaccine will be unveiled of 18 to 80 years in seven provinces and eight the United Nations must defend human rights, former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, “The election of Raisi is a pivotal mo- on Saturday in the presence of the Iranian am- cities across the country. including children, as stated in its charter, it at least had the courage to admit to those ment not only for the history of the Islamic bassador to Russia, he noted, ISNA reported. Mass vaccination turns a blind eye to the [Saudi] targeting of pressures from Riyadh during his tenure. In Republic but even for the history of political The Razi Cov Pars vaccine has passed the first Mass vaccination against COVID-19 start- residential centers, killing and wounding over a surprise move, the UN Chief added Yemen’s Islam,” Jazexhi tells the Tehran Times. phase of human trial and its second phase is close ed on Iranian citizens with the Russian-made 8000 children and targeting schools and hospitals popular Ansarullah movement to the list for “Raisi today presents to the West a to completion, Namaki said, adding, Cinnagen Sputnik V vaccine on February 9. by the countries of the US-Saudi aggression”. allegedly using child soldiers. similar challenge that Sultan Abdul Hamid vaccine has completed the second phase of clin- While Iran continues efforts to mass-produce He pointed out that Guterres did not take into In a statement, Ansarullah’s political council II’s reign in the Ottoman Empire presented ical trial; however, we are supporting several local candidates, several foreign vaccines have account the reports made by dozens of regional said that “Guterres has provided tangible proof to European imperialist powers of the late platforms at the same time. already been imported and others are expected and international human rights organizations, that the UN organization is just a platform that 19th century,” he comments. Developed by Cuba’s Finlay Vaccine Institute soon. ignoring all video evidence and documented powerful countries exploit.” “His reign as the president of Iran and Pasteur Institute of Iran, Pastu Covac vac- Continued on page 7 data of Saudi Arabia targeting residential ar- Continued on page 5 means that for the coming four years Iran will see political stability and con- tinuation of the pathway that the Islamic Revolution of Iran brought to the Middle Indigenous stories, lullabies to be assessed as national heritage Raisi’s victory East (West Asia) and Islamic world since TEHRAN - The indigenous stories and local lull- on Monday. of these stories from generation to generation represents challenge 1979,” according to the Albanian historian. abies of the northeastern province of North Kho- “The texts of several stories have been collected maintains social order. Following is the text of the interview: rasan are one step closer to possibly be inscribed and documented, and a databank of storytellers Whether a lullaby, a grandmother’s bedtime for U.S.: analyst What are the implications of Rai- on the national intangible cultural heritage list, and researchers in the fields of literature and story or a tale from the “Thousand and One Nights” si’s victory for the Western powers the provincial tourism chief has said. indigenous culture is being developed,” the of- told by the heroine Shahrzad, the oral tradition BY MOHAMAMD MAZHARI and the world at large? The stories and lullabies of the people of the ficial added. of storytelling has been prominent in the culture TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst says that Ebrahim The victory of Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi as province are planned to be added to the list of Indigenous stories can teach valuable lessons and traditions of Persian speakers for hundreds Raisi’s victory in the Iranian election will strengthen the 13th president of the Islamic Republic the cultural heritage of the country so that indig- about a society’s culture, its land, and the way that of years, aiming at not only entertaining but also Tehran’s position through challenging U.S. hegem- of Iran has sent huge shockwaves in many enous culture can be promoted and passed down its members are expected to interact with each educating and promoting cultural values. ony in the region. Western governments and circles which to future generations, Ali Mostofian announced other and their environment. The transmission Continued on page 6 “Raisi’s victory represents a challenge since Iran since 1979 have tried in many ways to will likely prioritize regaining its respect that was topple the Islamic government of Iran gradually eroded under Rouhani,” Andrew Korybko and replace it with a secular and pro-Is- tells the Tehran Times. raeli regime. After Raeisi won the June 18 presidential elec- Based on his resume and public record tion with a landslide victory, defeating his three Sayyed Ebrahim Raisi is a staunch believ- other rivals with a wide margin, many observers er of the system of the Velayat-e Faqih talk about Iran’s new approaches under the future and a loyal follower of the path of Imam Raisi government.