WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13743 Sunday AUGUST 23, 2020 Shahrivar 2, 1399 Muharram 3, 1442 Hatami visits Russia, Iran to resume Brazil show Coronavirus moves to attend ARMY-2020 flights to Iraq after green light to play Cinema Vérité festival exhibition 3 COVID-19 halt 8 Iran futsal 11 online 12 SATBA inks 15-year power purchase deal See page 9 with Iran’s only biogas power plant TEHRAN – Iran’s Renewable Energy and based on the deal SATBA is going to pur- Hamoun wetlands Energy Efficiency Organization (known chase about 500 billion kilowatt-hours as SATBA) has signed a deal with the (Kwh) of electricity over a 15-year period Water and Wastewater Department of at a base price of 10,500 rials ($2.5), the Tehran Province to purchase the elec- portal of the Energy Ministry, PAVEN tricity generated by the country’s only reported. biogas power plant which is run by the As reported, the mentioned deal has restoration project mentioned department. been signed following a government di- According to the Deputy Head of rective that obliges the Energy Ministry to Water and Wastewater Department of buy the electricity produced by renewable Tehran Province, Abbasali Mesrzadeh, power plants. 4 started 13 Security Council members oppose U.S. bid to return UN bans on Iran TEHRAN — Thirteen countries out of triggered a 30-day countdown to a return the 15-member UN Security Council have of the UN sanctions on Iran, including an expressed their opposition to the U.S. bid arms embargo. to reimpose the UN sanctions on Iran, According to Reuters, long-time arguing that Washington’s move is void U.S. allies Britain, France, Germany given it is using a process under a nuclear and Belgium as well as China, Russia, deal that it quit more than two years ago. Vietnam, Niger, Saint Vincent and the It came after U.S. Secretary of State Grenadines, South Africa, Indonesia, Mike Pompeo’s Thursday announcement, Estonia and Tunisia have written letters which notified the world that the U.S. has in opposition. 3 Leader praises Afshin Ala poem denouncing Israel, UAE deal TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic The poem composed in 34 verses is full Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khame- of praise for Iran and Hezbollah’s Secre- nei, praised Iranian poet Afshin Ala for tary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah poetry that criticizes the United Arab for their resistance against the Zionist Emirates’ deal to forge ties with Israel. regime and denouncement of the UAE Ala published a long poem last week for the deal. in response to the deal between Israel “The poem you composed against the Hamed Gholami and the United Arab Emirates intended Arab leaders was really opportune and to fully normalize relations, which follows timely; thank you very much,” Ayatol- IRNA/ a history of peace efforts between Israel lah Khamenei wrote in a message to Ala and the Palestinians and their Arab allies. published on Saturday. 12 ARTICLE With snapback gambit, U.S. puts its U.S. protests: Police shooting death of African ZHANG Yuan veto power in danger American sparks protests in California SISU professor TEHRAN — The U.S. move to trigger a return of all Council members strongly questioned the legal- By staff & agencies he was turning back to shoot at them, and so UN sanctions on Iran strategically puts the U.S. veto ity of the U.S. measure. They said with one voice The fatal shooting of an African American has the officer closest to McClain shot at him twice. power in danger given the widespread opposition that the U.S. had no legal authority to initiate the sparked demonstrations against police violence He was taken to a nearby hospital, where The relationship to its measure, an analyst tells the Tehran Times. snapback process, a mechanism built into the Joint in the U.S. city of Pasadena, California, with he died from his injuries. With 13 countries on the UN Security Council Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to allow protesters calling on the city’s officials to hold Caree Harper, the McClain family’s attorney, between great powers expressing their outright opposition to the U.S. the parties to the deal to restore the international law enforcement to account for the man’s death. rejected the officers’ claims and said what police bid to restore the international sanctions on sanctions on Iran in case it didn’t uphold its obli- Anthony McClain, the 32-year-old father of saw on the video was a large metal belt buckle in the epidemic control Iran, the U.S. finds itself more isolated than gations under the nuclear deal. three, was shot and killed during a traffic stop not a weapon< Press TV reported. ever. As the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “France, Germany, and the United Kingdom last week, with police claiming that the man had The Police Department has so far refused stage: Not a zero-sum submitted a letter of complaint to the Security (“the E3”) note that the US ceased to be a participant pulled a handgun while running from officers. to release the names of the law enforcement Council, the reactions began to pour in. to the JCPOA following their withdrawal from On Thursday, California police released the officers involved in the fatal encounter. game According to a Reuters report, 13 countries the deal on May 8, 2018. Our position regarding video of the shooting that left the black man Since the deadly shooting on Saturday, out of 15 on the Council rejected the U.S. move the effectiveness of the US notification pursuant dead in Pasadena at the weekend, prompting protesters have gathered outside Pasadena’s he number of people diagnosed in letters they sent to the president of the Se- to resolution 2231 has consequently been very protests and community outrage. municipality as well as the home of Pasadena with coronavirus disease (COV- curity Council. clearly expressed to the Presidency and all UNSC In the footage, McClain can be seen fleeing on Councilman Victor Gordo to demand the officers TID-19) has been rising, and the On Thursday, Pompeo traveled to New York Members. We cannot, therefore, support this action foot with what appears to be something shiny around in McClain’s death be charged. second wave of coronavirus might wors- to “notify” the Security Council of a “significant which is incompatible with our current efforts his waistband which police claimed was a pistol. On one occasion, a crowd gathered at the en the situation. The pandemic has trig- non-performance” by Iran of its obligations under to support the JCPOA,” the E3 foreign ministers After running a short distance with officers scene of the incident and broke through police gered a global recession; unemployment the 2015 nuclear deal as defined in the UN Security said in a joint statement, moments after the U.S. chasing him, McClain turned and looked at them tape surrounding the site, with a man shouting rate reached an all-time high, and the Council Resolution 2231. However, most Security submitted its letter to the UN. 2 over his right shoulder. Police said they feared and cursing at officers. 10 public’s anxiety surges. People are anxious about economic de- cline. In the meantime, with the purpose of shifting domestic focus, the United States, Hezbollah will not give Israel opportunity to attack Lebanon: Naim Qassem A peek into cemetery a superpower, continuously created an By staff & agencies We want to protect Lebanon, its sovereignty and the resistance movement’s prowess. tourism in Iran artificially offensive external environment. Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh independence, whereas they [those who recognize “All allegations that Hezbollah used to store In the context of fighting the pandemic, Naim Qassem says the Lebanese resistance Israel] do not care if Israel is still occupying our weapons at the port, warehoused massive amounts By Afshin Majlesi the communication relationship between movement will neither allow Israel nor its spon- lands,” Sheikh Qassem said during a ceremony of ammonium nitrate there, and knew about their TEHRAN — Tourism is one of the fastest-grow- great powers countries is stumbling. No sors the chance to launch an aggression against in the Lebanese capital Beirut late on Friday. presence before the vast explosion have been ing phenomena in our modern world. It always matter what relation pattern for great power Lebanon, warning the Tel Aviv regime and its Sheikh Qassem dismissed allegations that this vehemently rejected,” he pointed out. makes new changes to have unforgettable ex- would be in the future, at least it should not allies of a heavy price. month’s vast explosion in Beirut that killed 178 On August 18, Lebanon’s President Michel periences, to create new travel motivators, and be a zero-sum game. A benign cooperative “We will neither give Israel nor anyone who people, injured more than 6,000 others and de- Aoun dismissed as “impossible” suggestions that to reach new markets. Such a trend results in relationship between countries would be recognizes it the opportunity to launch an attack stroyed swathes of the city was caused by a blast the August 4 catastrophic explosion was caused new tourist spots which were unthinkable only better to avoid misunderstandings and mis- without paying the price. We will not capitulate to from a deposit of Hezbollah arms, emphasizing by a blast from a deposit of Hezbollah arms, but a few years ago! judgments.