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12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13585 Monday JANUARY 20, 2020 Dey 30, 1398 Jumada Al Awwal 24, 1441 warns to reconsider Response to Soleimani Iranian fans launch Overseas musicians cooperation with IAEA if assassination a ‘turning furious Instagram performing at E3 acts unfairly 2 point’ in power balance 3 rant at AFC 11 Southern Nights festival 12

Domestic production saves Iran All-Iranian environmental over €1.2b since Mar. 2019 TEHRAN — Iran’s deputy industry, tion expert desks have resulted in a reduc- mining and trade minister for industry tion of foreign currency expenditure by 1.2 affairs says domestic production has saved billion euros,” Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki said. the country over €1.2 billion since the Speaking in a gathering of the heads of beginning of the current Iranian calendar the country’s industry, mines and trade satellite unveiled year (March 21, 2019), IRIB reported. organizations, Niaraki said: “The main “So far, the contracts and agreements focus of the [industry] ministry’s programs See page 9 signed [with domestic producers] with the for the current year is on the domestic support of the domestic production promo- production boom.” 4

200 MPs call for a decision on British ambassador TEHRAN — 200 parliamentarians out with Britain to the level of charge d’affairs. of the 290-seat parliament issued a state- On January 12, Iran’s Foreign Ministry ment on Sunday calling for a decision summoned Macaire for his “unconven- about British Ambassador Rob Macaire, tional behavior and presence” in the illegal who was arrested briefly by police during gatherings. an authorized demonstration in central The British diplomat was reminded Tehran on January 11. that his presence in illegal gatherings has Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee, an MP who no conformity with his responsibility as represents Hamedan, said in a public ses- his country’s political representative in sion of the parliament that the Foreign Iran and that his behavior is in contrast to Ministry is duty bound to defend the the 1961 Vienna convention on diplomatic people’s rights and reduce political ties relationship, the ministry said. 2

Top Persian Gulf airlines continue using Iranian airspace TEHRAN — Qatar Airways, Emirates and Iran’s air defense accidentally shot down several other Persian Gulf airlines have a Ukrainian airliner. been continuing to use Iranian airspace However, Dubai-based Emirates and

Shahab Ghayoumi Shahab despite propaganda over security issues sister carrier flydubai have announced in the region. they will continue to use Iranian airspace, On January 3, a U.S. drone strike as- Reuters reported on Sunday. sassinated top Iranian general Qassem Airways and Abu Dhabi-based Soleimani and in an act of retaliation Etihad Airways are amongst other regional

Tehran Times/ Iran fired missiles at U.S. targets in Iraq carriers that have continued using the on January 8. In the tense aftermath, airspace. 8 ARTICLE Thousands of women protest against Trump across the U.S. ARTICLE Masoud Hossein Thousands gathered in cities across the country “Today, we will be the change that is needed discrimination, and taking back the Democratic Mahnaz Abdi Head of the Sport Desk of Saturday as part of the nationwide Women’s March in this world! Today, we rise into our power!” majority in the House of Representatives. Head of the TehranTimes the TehranTimes rallies focused on issues such as climate change, activist Donna Hylton told a cheering crowd in “In 2020, I have no doubt that it will be women Economy Desk pay equity, reproductive rights and immigration. Foley Square. who will lead again, rise up and move this coun- Hundreds showed up in New York City and Snow began falling by the afternoon in Man- try forward on a path toward justice,” she said. Iran mu