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.13948 Saturday MAY 22, 2021 Khordad 1, 1400 Shawwal 10, 1442 VICTORYSee page 2 U.S. blind support for Israel fails to rescue Netanyahu from facing a humiliating defeat in beleaguered Gaza Petrochemical Israel shares projects worth many of over $1.3b go characteristics of operational European white TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on settler colonies: Thursday inaugurated three major petro- chemical projects worth $1.304 billion in rights activist southwestern Iran through a video con- ference. Inaugurated in Khuzestan and BY REZA MOSHFEGH Bushehr provinces, the mentioned projects TEHRAN - An American human rights are going to create job opportunities for activist says that Israel is a regime that has over 2,454 people, IRNA reported. inherited many traits of past and present As reported, the new petrochemical European white settler colonies. units, namely Masjed Soleiman Urea “Israel shares many of the charac- and Ammonia unit, Assaluyeh Exir Ha- teristics of past and present European lale Petrochemical Plant, and Sabalan white settler colonies established since Methanol unit, will add a total of 3.5 the 1500s,” Randy Short tells the Tehran million tons to the country’s annual Times. petrochemical production capacity. He adds, “Israel is the latest Euro- The said projects have been put into pean creation of a ‘Herrenvolk society’ operation following a series of inaugu- that enshrines a bifurcated society that rations in the country’s petrochemical makes laws and policies that use caste industry as the government is taking and biological racialism to establish a IRGC unveils large ‘Gaza’ drone serious measures for realizing the sec- hierarchical society that divides people ond leap of the industry. Some 17 pet- into those who are full citizens and oth- rochemical projects worth about $12 ers who are hated and oppressed pariah TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corp on hours. The drone can carry 500 kilograms of equipment purposes. They have also insisted that Iran’s defense billion were planned to be inaugurated outcast inferior beings.” Friday unveiled three new and advanced strategic weap- as well as gathering signals and data collection. capabilities will never be negotiated. across the country in the previous Iranian In its most comprehensive report to ons, including the wide-body “Gaza” drone, a ground At the ceremony, the ground-to-air “Dey 9” missile Salami says strategy is to develop defense calendar year (ended on March 20) to date on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, to air missile called “Dey 9”, and an advanced radar was also unveiled, which is capable of engaging and territory at great depths and high altitudes realize the second leap of the industry, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on April system called “Quds”. countering cruise missiles, drones, and bombs. “We need to acquire the capability of remote warfare, 12 of which were put into operation and 27, accused Israel of committing “crimes The Gaza drone is a heavy UAV (unmanned armed Iranian leaders have frequently stated that the country which we have achieved by the grace of God,” the IRGC the rest were postponed into the current against humanity” and said the U.S. and vehicle) capable of carrying 13 bombs to a 2000-kilo- will not hesitate to develop its military capabilities, par- chief Hossein Salami said at the ceremony. year due to the coronavirus pandemic. the international community have “turned meter radius. It also has a flight endurance of over 35 ticularly its missile power, which is solely for defensive Continued on page 2 Continued on page 4 a blind eye.” The group’s 213-page report, titled “A Threshold Crossed,” accuses Israel f of “apartheid and persecution,” as defined Organ donation, a generous by international conventions and the Assad: Israel’s existence based on terrorizing people, assaulting rights Rome Statute of the International Crim- life-saving ‘gift’ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the opments surrounding Israel’s acts of aggression people, saying the Israeli regime’s occupation inal Court. It emphasizes that the Israeli existence of the regime in Tel Aviv in the region is against the Palestinian people. of Palestine and its massacre of Palestinians regime perpetuates structural oppression BY FARANAK BAKHTIARI based on terrorizing the Palestinian people and According to Syria’s SANA news agency, Assad prove that resistance is key to restoration of the to “maintain the domination of Jewish TEHRAN – Organ donation is the donation of life to thou- assaulting their rights, noting that Israel does not renewed his country’s firm stance toward the violated rights of Palestinians and liberation Israelis over Palestinians” in both Isra- sands of patients whose future is hanging in the balance, a understand the language of peace or dialogue. Palestinian cause as a central issue and supported of their lands. el and the Palestinian territories, where humane and benevolent act that can prevent the death of He made the remarks during a meeting with a the Palestinian people’s resistance against the They also underlined that Syria’s resilience today both groups of people are about 3,000 people annually in Iran. number of leaders and representatives of Pales- occupying regime to restore their rights. in the war against Western and Israeli-backed equal in size. The country celebrates “National Organ Donation Day” tinian factions in Damascus on Thursday, during The Palestinian figures, for their part, ap- terrorists has helped boost the steadfastness of Linking Israeli discrimination against annually on May 21. The day commemorates the issuance which the two sides discussed the latest devel- preciated Syria for supporting the Palestinian the Palestinian people. Palestinians to white racism and suprema- of a decree by the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, cist approach in the U.S. and Europe, Shorts Imam Khomeini, on May 21, 1989, authorizing organ argues that “all of the worst characteristics donation. of white settler colonies—inclusive of theo- The history of organ and tissue transplantation in Iran Iran football’s punishments not in accordance with law: lawyer logical doctrine justifying the conquest, dates back to 1935 when a patient’s cornea was transplanted BY FARROKH HESABI suspended them for one match each. Esteghlal and Persepolis clubs have both filed exploitation, marginalization, and slow in one of Tehran’s hospitals. Kidney transplantation first TEHRAN - The Disciplinary Committee of the The committee also suspended Persepolis complaint to the federation’s Appeals Commit- elimination and or population reduction of took place in 1968 and transplantation of other organs Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of player Farshad Faraji and Esteghlal coach Be- tee for the sanctions issued by the Disciplinary the indigenous population—can be found and tissues gradually took place in the 1970s and 1980s. Iran (FFIRI) announced punishments for three hzad Gholampour for two matches for their Committee. in Israel, and this oppression is inclusive According to the Iranian Society of Organ Donation, players and one coach for infractions during two participation in controversy at the end of the Alireza Ghadir, an Iranian Lawyer and an of Palestinians, Druze, Bedouin, Falasha, there are two types of death in the medical world; Heart weeks of the Iran Professional League (IPL). match between Esteghlal and Persepolis at expert in sports law, believes that the DC’s and Mizrahi.” death (common death), which accounts for 99 percent of The FFIRI’s Disciplinary Committee found Matchday 23. decision about playing in a neutral venue However, American media tries not deaths worldwide, and brain death, which accounts for one Persepolis’ captain Jalal Hoseini and Sepahan Also, Persepolis and Sepahan matches in the for the Persepolis-Sepahan match is not cor- to echo what is going on in Palestine in percent of deaths. defender Ezatollah Pourghaz guilty for violent next season of IPL must be played at a neutral rect based on the articles of the disciplinary an effort to keep the public unaware of Organ donation is an altruistic decision that can be made conduct at the end of the game between Sepa- venue, considering the incident in the matches regulations. Israeli crimes. by the family members after brain death. han and Persepolis in Matchday 22 of IPL and between the two teams during recent years. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 7 Continued on page 5 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS MAY 22, 2021 ELECTION WIRE U.S. blind support for Israel fails to rescue Netanyahu Recent polls show Raeisi lead by 30% from facing a humiliating defeat in beleaguered Gaza POLITICAL TEHRAN — Recent polls conducted by POLITICAL TEHRAN — Joe Biden million American precision-guided weapons, deskvarious institutes, including ISPA (Ira- desksells Israel $735 million it seems that the 78-year-old AIPAC lobbyist nian Students Polling Agency), show that Judiciary Chief worth of precision guided missiles, yet he puts is in a dilemma. Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi is leading the presidential on the face a broker who mediated a ceasefire. Biden and Netanyahu both knew that the polls by a vast margin. Will there be another forged Nobel Peace Prize Israeli target bank had run out of targets. Israel The research conducted by ISPA had two parts. In the first on the way? was targeting civilians, cars, media offices, and part, the institute published the response to the question: Biden named his foreign policy plan “reset.” infrastructure in Gaza. “Who are you voting for?” And in the second part, it put Though he didn’t specify a reset to what.