WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13627 Sunday MARCH 15, 2020 Esfand 25, 1398 Rajab 20, 1441 Xi sends sympathies to Nasrallah urges PG nations Nazemasharieh nominated Comedy film “Motreb” S. Korea, Iran, to help Iran in COVID-19 for Best National Team leads Iran’s box office hits Italy over outbreak 2 fight amid U.S. sanctions 10 Coach in the World 11 of the year 12 Iran unveils its first 6-speed Screening shows %97 have manual gearbox TEHRAN — Iran’s top automaker, Managing Director Farshad Moqimi Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), has in attendance. unveiled the country’s first domes- According to Moqimi, the technolo- tically designed six-speed manual gy for building the mentioned gearbox no coronavirus symptoms gearbox, IRIB reported. has been fully indigenized and the The gearbox was unveiled during gearbox will be mass-produced within a ceremony on Saturday with Iran’s the second half of the next Iranian deputy industry, mining, and trade calendar year (March 20-September See page 3 minister for industry affairs and IKCO 21, 2020). 4 WHO says Iran’s strategies to control COVID-19 ‘in right direction’ A team of experts from the World Health hensive coordinated approach is being Organization (WHO), GOARN partners, applied, and solid work is being done es- Robert Koch Institute in Berlin and the pecially in the areas of case management, Chinese Center for Disease Control con- laboratories, and risk communications. cluded a technical support mission on We are also impressed by the engagement COVID-19 to Iran on March 10, 2020. from other sectors of the community. “After five days of extensive meetings Health officials and health workers and field visits, we see that Iran’s strategies are clearly working very hard, and are and priorities to control COVID-19 are committed to controlling this outbreak evolving in the right direction, a compre- and saving lives. 9 Swiss ambassador summoned over Trump’s claim TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry has Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday. summoned the ambassador of Switzerland, He added that the Swiss ambassador whose country represents the United States’ was summoned on Friday, when he was interests in Iran, to protest Donald Trump’s notified of Iran’s strong protest to the U.S. unfounded claim that Iran was behind a president’s claims. recent attack on U.S. forces in Iraq. Mousavi said the Swiss ambassador was “Following the U.S. president’s un- informed that the U.S. president, instead of founded claim that Iran was responsible accusing others, should accept that the U.S. for the attack against a base of coalition wrong policies, its illegal presence in Iraq and forces in Iraq, the Swiss ambassador to its killing of Iraqi commanders and soldiers president.ir Tehran was summoned to the Foreign are the real reasons behind the Iraqi people’s Ministry,” Foreign Ministry spokesman hatred toward the United States. 2 PERSPECTIVE ‘Russia, Iran, Venezuela can team up to confront U.S., SA triggered oil price war’ ARTICLE Azadeh Abbaszadeh By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan To know more about the Coronavirus impact begun. New wars are no longer fought on the Bahman Vakhshour Director of “Down Syndrome” TEHRAN (MNA) – Mehmet Ogutcu, Chairman on the global economy and Saudi Arabia’s decision battlefield, with cannon, missile and fighter Tehran Times journalist cellular-molecular research of London Energy Club believes that while the on the world economy and even on the political planes. Conventional wars have been replaced center of Iran USA, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf coun- fate of the Saudi crown prince Bin Salman, we by asymmetrical, hybrid and proxy wars. We are tries can work together in the coming period reached out to Mehmet Ogutcu, Chairman of experiencing artificial intelligence and technol- How many to influence the markets, Russia can team up London Energy Club. ogy wars. The trade wars, launched by Trump “Khorasianiyat”, with important OPEC producers such as Iran Following is the text of our interview with him: against the EU and China by his “America first” chromosomes should and Venezuela and assume the leadership of How do you see the effect of the coronavirus strategy, are still with us. Will the dollar con- new year gift from human beings have non-OPEC producers. outbreak on the global economy? tinue to be an international reserve currency? While the spread of Coronavirus outbreak A: In this oil price and market share battle, Or will the ruble, renminbi, and euro be equally two legends worldwide has already had a profound effect on the trigger has been pulled - it will most likely effective? How will cryptocurrencies progress? to be considered horasaniyat is a recently released the world economy and has led to a recession result in the further erosion in world energy of This is the currency war on the move. It is not work by two Iranian music legends, in many countries, Saudi Arabia has increased the fossil fuels’ share, including oil. This process prophetic to say that biological wars, water and humans by UN!? singer Mohammadreza Shajarian its oil production in an unprecedented way, already started with the rise of renewables and food wars, and inter-civilization conflicts, as K and the late composer Parviz Meshkatian. following a dispute with Russia which has led electric cars but now it will quicken the pace. predicted by Huntington, will also intensify in et’s just think about the difference The work with Khorasan’s folklore and to a sharp drop in oil prices. In my view, the Third World War has already the coming decades. 7 between 47 and 46. Is your answer maqami atmosphere has been created with L1? You’re wrong, because the answer lyrics by Baba Taher Oryan and Malek may sometimes be something other than osh-Shoara Bahar. It was recorded in 1987 1. If you consider the difference between Reducing oil price would benefit Russia to influence U.S. oil export: energy expert and has presented to Iranian music lovers a 47-chromosome fetus with Down syn- after about 33 years. By Payman Yazdani How do you see the effect of the Coronavirus In addition to being a major consumer of drome and a 46-chromosome fetus, the The album was performed by Aref En- outbreak on the global economy? energy, China is also one of the largest export- answer will not be 1; the correct answer TEHRAN (MNA) – Omid Shokri believes that semble featuring Meshkatian on santur, A: The spread of the coronavirus since early ers of industrial products. Any interruption will be an extra chromosome + an end. Russia’s disagreement with cuts in OPEC Plus Mansour Sinki on tar and bamtar), Jam- January has been one of China’s biggest socio-eco- in the production of industrial plants in the During prenatal screening tests, if a production could be a good opportunity for Mos- shid Andalibi on ney, Mohammad Firuzi nomic and security challenges. Most countries in country will make exporting a major challenge. fetus is diagnosed with Down syndrome, cow to influence US oil exports. on oud, Ardeshir Kamkar on kamancheh the world have taken special measures to combat Any crisis in the country, if not managed and his/her chance of living on planet Earth While the spread of Coronavirus outbreak and qaychak, Bijan Kamkar on rubab and the spread of the virus and have evacuated their controlled effectively by the government, will is pretty slim. Fetuses with Down syn- worldwide has already had a profound effect on Arjang Kamkar on tombak. citizens from China. Some major companies in have a negative impact on the country’s eco- drome are usually aborted. In other the world economy and has led to a recession in “Khorasianiyat” may be regarded as the world, including Apple, have closed their nomic growth in the short and medium-term. words, they are killed. many countries, Saudi Arabia has increased its oil one the most special and distinct collec- factories in China. Economic experts report that Economic experts report that one reason for Prenatal screening tests can determine production in an unprecedented way, following tion by Aref Ensemble, as Shajarian and one reason for the decline in demand is the re- the decline in demand is the reduction of air the likelihood of having a fetus with Down a dispute with Russia which has led to a sharp Meshkatian both are from the Khorasan duction of air transit. Based on the assumption transit. Based on the assumption that domestic syndrome and, based on their results and drop in oil prices. region. On the other hand, the poems, that domestic and international air transport in and international air transport in China has data, only those fetuses who are considered To know more about the Coronavirus impact which are selected among the works of China has always had a serious impact on Chi- always had a serious impact on China’s economy, healthy are permitted to live and other on the global economy and Saudi Arabia’s decision two great Khorasani poets, were sung with na’s economy, there can be a direct correlation there can be a direct correlation between the fetuses who are considered as defective on the world economy and even on the political Khorasani dialect to create a different between the decline in air travel and transfers decline in air travel and transfers and China’s ones are usually aborted. fate of the Saudi crown prince Bin Salman, we and unique feeling.