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.13912 Wednesday APRIL 7, 2021 Farvardin 18, 1400 Sha’aban 24, 1442 Defense minister says Taftian not satisfied Electricity projects Islamic Revolution Artist Iran has no limit to with holding camp worth over $690m put of the Year announces export arms Page 2 in France Page 3 into operation Page 4 2021 finalists Page 8 Iran begins mechanical test of new Iran and P4+1 resume advanced centrifuge TEHRAN – Iran announced on Tuesday be unveiled in the Saadabad complex.” that it will unveil a new, advanced kind of One of the advances in the field of nu- centrifuge on April 10 in the latest move to clear enrichment is the beginning of the rachet up nuclear activities as diplomats from mechanical test of IR-9 centrifuge, which nuclear talks: what to expect? Iran and 5+1 nations gather in Vienna to has the capacity of 50 SWUs (separative discuss ways to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. work units), he continued. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for He pointed out that this machine is the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran one of the most important completely See page 3 (AEOI), said, “This year, on the anniver- indigenous centrifuges in Iran, which sary of Iran achieving peaceful nuclear manufactures and operates with new energy on April 10, 133 achievements and standard methods. breakthroughs in the nuclear industry will Continued on page 2 1,500 idle industrial units revived in Iran in a year TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Industry, Mining, plans for the realization of the motto of the and Trade Minister Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki current year which is named the year of announced that 1,500 idle industrial units “Production: support and the elimination have been revived in the country during of obstacles” by the Leader of the Islamic the previous Iranian calendar year (ended Revolution, the official said: “In the year on March 20). that has been dedicated to the production According to Niaraki, over 6,500 new sector by the Leader of the revolution, the industrial units were also established across orientation of all government organizations the country during the mentioned year and executive bodies should be towards which created jobs for over 121,000 people, supporting the country’s industrial and IRNA reported. mining units.” Touching upon the Industry Ministry’s Continued on page 4 “The Zeinabi Division” documentary to be broadcasted soon TEHRAN - The documentary “The Zeinabi is to meet and talk with the families Division”, the first part of the documentary of the martyrs. So far, the Leader of series “These Stars”, including the meeting the Islamic Revolution has personally of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution visited the families of hundreds of mar- with the families of the martyrs, will soon tyrs from different parts of the country be broadcast on IRIB Channel 1. in their homes and talked closely with According to the Mehr news agency, these families. one of Ayatollah Khamenei’s regular plans Continued on page 8 Iran football Iran cancels outbound tours to Turkey due Israeli forces have detained 230 Palestinian totally shocked by to new coronavirus variant minors since January appointment of TEHRAN – All outbound tours to Turkey have to and from Turkey for a week, Namaki stressed. Israeli military forces continue to target young Pal- Marking Palestine Children’s Day, the Pales- been canceled due to the spread of a new coro- “Iranian citizens who are in Turkey and intend to estinians and violently arrest them across the oc- tine Prisoners’ Club revealed that there are 140 National Team director navirus variant, the secretary of the Association turn back to the country, as well as Turkish citizens cupied territories, having detained 230 minors Palestinian children languishing in Israel jails, of Iranian Airlines has announced. who are in Iran, can leave the country observing since the beginning of the current year. including two under administrative detention. BY FARROKH HESABI According to the Interior Ministry, and the the relevant protocols and doing PCR test to make The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said Separately, the Defense for Children Inter- fter months of talking about National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, sure no infection spreads,” he highlighted in the in a report that the arrests were mostly in the national - Palestine (DCIP) said in a statement it, the Football Federation tourist tours to Turkey have been canceled until letter. For Iranians entering the country from land occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds. that 85 percent of Palestinian children arrested of the Islamic Republic of further notice, IRNA quoted Maqsoud Asadi and air borders, quarantine is also required for The rights group further noted that the last year were “subjected to physical violence.” A Samani as saying on Tuesday. suspicious or positive cases, he stated. detainees are often released on bail or placed According to Press TV, the Geneva-based Iran (FFIRI) has finally done it. A new director of football is finally in However, flights between Iran and Turkey On February 22, the spokesman of Iran’s under house arrest, without announcing the movement noted that it has documented 27 cases place at Iran national team. are operated on schedule, the official added. Customs Administration Rouhollah Latifi said number of those who were freed. in which Israeli forces held children in solitary Mojtaba Khorshidi has been named Earlier this week the official announced that Iran has closed five crossing points with Iraq to “The imprisoned children are subjected to confinement citing investigation purposes for as the new director of the Iran national there is no plan at present to suspend flights to prevent the spread of the UK variant of coro- various forms of abuse, including being denied two or more days. football team. His appointment was the and from Turkey. He added that airlines flying navirus, ISNA reported. food or drink for long hours, verbal abuse and The organization said the practice amounts matter of debates in the Iranian sports to Turkey will immediately halt the service if the Flights between the two neighbors have being detained under harsh conditions,” it said. to “torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading media and among the Iranian football National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control repeatedly been suspended in recent months The report came just a day before Palestinian treatment.” experts and fans. The choice seems a lit- votes to its suspension. for the sake of coronavirus concerns though Children’s Day, which is marked annually on It said it has registered the issuance of admin- tle wired since Khorshidi has not enough Considering the widespread of the mutated passengers are required to observe strict health April 5 with cultural, educational and media istrative detention orders against 36 Palestinian experience for the position. coronavirus in Turkey, it is necessary to halt, by the protocols and hold a well-being certificate with activities aimed at raising awareness on the children since October 2015, two of whom are This FFIRI’s decision was met by crit- next 48 hours, traveling via land and air borders a negative coronavirus PCR test result. plight of Palestinian children. still in detention. icism, and it was not the first decision of the new FFIRI president facing criticism. Most football veterans and experts be- lieve that the national team’s position is an 6 Iranian universities in QS Rankings 2021 Arab monarchies worried important position that should be seated BY FARANAK BAKHTIARI The QS World University Rankings portfolio, As per the data published on QS World Univer- about U.S. exit from the by an experienced and well-known figure. TEHRAN – Six Iranian universities have been inaugurated in 2004, has grown to become the sity Rankings official website, Sharif University Among the critics of the FFIRI’s deci- placed among the world’s top universities an- world’s most popular source of comparative data of Technology, ranked 409, Amirkabir University region: Iraqi expert sion is Behnam Abolghasempour, former nounced by the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds about university performance. of Technology, ranked 477, University of Tehran, Persepolis and Iran national team player. (QS) World University Rankings 2021. Some 1,000 of the world’s top universities are ranked between 591 to 600, Iran University of BY REZA MOSHFEGH In an exclusive interview with Tehran QS is the world’s leading provider of services, ranked using six different indicators to compile QS Science and Technology, ranked between 601 to TEHRAN - An Iraqi analyst says that Arab mon- Times, Abolghasempour expressed his view analytics, and insight to the global higher education World University Rankings 2021. Universities are 650, Shiraz University, ranked between 801 to archies in the Persian Gulf are worried about the about the issue. “It was shocking. Mr. Khor- sector, whose mission is to enable motivated people evaluated according to the following six metrics: 1000, and Shahid Beheshti University are the U.S. move to gradually pull out its troops from West shidi has worked for many years in some anywhere in the world to fulfill their potential academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/ top 6 Iranian universities among world-class Asia while China is establishing a comprehensive Iranian teams, and I respect him as a person. through educational achievement, international student ratio, citations per faculty, international universities. strategic partnership with Iran. However, you cannot deny that there were mobility, and career development. faculty ratio, and international student ratio. Continued on page 7 “They see that their strategic ally (the U.S.) is much better choices for the national team’s gradually withdrawing and that Biden has even frozen director position than Khorshidi.