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.13636 Saturday APRIL 11, 2020 Farvardin 23, 1399 Sha’aban 17, 1441 Iran welcomes Coronavirus: National FFIRI: ACL must Iran’s “Little Black Fish” among new Iraq Museum of Iran hailed continue on Istanbul mayor’s favorite books PM-designate 2 by online visitors 8 two-legged basis 11 for home quarantine 12 TEDPIX climbs 8.5% in a week See page 2 TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main index tributed to the growth of TEDPIX in the of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) gained past week. 8.5 percent to 597,094 points in the past TSE Head Ali Sahraei has an- Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday), nounced that the value of trades at Leader IRNA reported. Tehran Stock Exchange, the main As reported, the indices of banks, chem- stock exchange of Iran, jumped 2.6 ical and oil products companies, insurance folds in the past Iranian calendar companies and retirement funds, foodstuff year (ended on March 19). industries, non-metals, metals, and base The official has also put Return on metals industries, computer companies Investment (ROI) at 180 percent at TSE hails health and cement production units mostly con- in the previous year. Iran worried about health of Palestinian professionals prisoners: Judiciary chief TEHRAN — Judiciary Chief Ebrahim a telephone conversation with Ismail Raisi has described the Gaza Strip as the Haniyeh, the chief of the Hamas polit- biggest prison in the world and expressed ical bureau. concern over the health of the Palestin- “No Muslim or liberal-minded person for sacrifices ians in Israeli jails amid the COVID-19 can tolerate that Palestine be surrounded pandemic. by occupiers,” said Raisi. “The Zionists have established the “The siege of Gaza shows that the po- Iranians demonstrate greatest prion in the world… (and) the litical interest of the oppressive system oppressed Muslim people of Gaza are has priority over human right.” in living in a bad condition, and what The top judge added, “Today, some brilliant performance in make us more worried than ever is the 5,800 Palestinians, including more than threat of their lives by the outbreak of 200 women and children are imprisoned coronavirus battle the wicked coronavirus,” Raisi said in by the Zionists.” 3 Coronavirus in Iran: more than 50% recovered TEHRAN — The total number of people died during the same period of time, ISNA diagnosed with the coronavirus in Iran reported. Iran has announced social dis- has reached 68,192, of whom 4,232 have tancing measures in a bid to minimize the died and 35,465 recovered. spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, 1,972 new patients have The government has allocated 1,000 been identified over the past 24 hours, trillion rails (about $24 billion at the of- Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush ficial rate of 42,000 rials) to help lessen Jahanpour said on Friday. the impact of the coronavirus outbreak khamenei.ir He added that 122 more people have on the national economy. ARTICLE Iranian filmmakers cover selfless devotion of coronavirus frontline workers Saudi Army Mahdi Azizi By Samaneh Aboutalebi various persons in the hospital, including doctors, being recorded in films,” he added. gains nothing Journalist TEHRAN — Iranian documentarians Javad Yaq- nurses and other medical staff and volunteers Amini also mentioned that the documenta- muri and Mehdi Amini have teamed up to make and even three patients, have been made and ries show the relationship between patients and but failure in a feature-length documentary and a number of broadcast from several IRIB channels over the medical staff, and some rare emotional moments shorts on coronavirus in the Kamkar Hospital in past few weeks. that occurred at the hospital rather than provid- Yemen war Political the city of Qom, where the first cases of the new Amini also said that when people around the ing just scientific information about the disease. After five years of aggression, the Saudi-led virus infection in two Iranian men were reported. world are facing a serious crisis, filmmakers have “There is no place for showing off or any- coalition forces have realized that they have independence, “When the cases of the new virus were detected an obligation to record events, sacrifices and thing like that. It is a matter of life and death. lost the battle against the Yemeni Army and in Iran, people were terrified and rumors were emotional moments for the future. We have followed them right into the heart of the popular forces of Ansarullah, an expert opportunities, going around, so we decided to show the people “Documentarians need to be prepared for any danger,” he said. in the international security field opined. what is really going on,” Yaqmuri told the Tehran situation. They sometimes make documentaries Some of the medical staff members haven’t Omar Ahmed, a master of Internation- threats of COVID-19 Times on Wednesday. about happy and harmless events and sometimes, seen their families, their children or their parents al Security and Global Governance from “We first intended to make only a feature-length they have to cover hazardous, difficult and tragic since the coronavirus outbreak in the country. University of London, wrote in his analytic documentary, but when we got to the hospital, situations,” he noted. “The sacrifices they make and hard work they orld is witnessing independent article over recent developments in Yemen we found out there are lots of individuals and “When medical staff members are working do are priceless,” he concluded. human stances by international that after five years, in fact, it is fair to say subjects in the hospital that can be dealt with in every day without even a single day off, facing Photo: Javad Yaqmuri (L) and Mehdi Amini figures and bodies amid corona- that the Saudis and their mercenaries are W short documentaries,” he added. danger and are engaging in hard work, it isn’t record short documentaries on coronavirus at virus outbreak defying the US Trump’s on the verge of defeat in Yemen. Dozens of short documentaries focusing on fair that their efforts are not acknowledged by the Kamkar Hospital in Qom. unilateral and unjust sanction policy. “Exactly five years ago, the US-backed, The current coronavirus pandemic Saudi-led Arab coalition carried out its ravaging every corner of the world and first air strikes on Yemen in an effort to many states are desperate in the face Bill would remove U.S. troops from Saudi Arabia in 30 days reinstate the disgraced, exiled President of the coronavirus pandemic. Nations A Republican U.S. senator introduced legislation The spread of the coronavirus has crushed if it does not stick to the plan to cut oil output. Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. He is a states- and governments are panicking and the to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia, crude demand at the same time that Saudi Arabia The bill would also place tariffs on imports man in name only who I have argued economy has already collapsed. This cri- adding pressure on the kingdom to tighten its and Russia have pumped oil flat- out in a race for of oil from Saudi Arabia within 10 days of en- previously has neither power, authority sis is expected to deepen more and more oil taps to reverse the crude price drop that has market share, pushing prices to 18-year lows. actment. The tariff would ensure that the price nor legitimacy. The strikes targeted the without a serious global willingness and hurt domestic energy companies. The extra oil from Saudi Arabia, the world’s of oil imports from Saudi Arabia would not be Houthi movement, which is supported cooperation. The legislation from Senator Bill Cassidy, largest oil exporter, has made it impossible for less than $40 a barrel, the bill said. by the Yemeni armed forces. The war, Besides all the bitter developments of oil-producing Louisiana, would remove U.S. energy companies in the United States, the world’s Trump has threatened tariffs on oil imports claimed the Saudis, was supposed to be going on in the world nowadays, the out- troops 30 days after enactment, a full month faster top oil and gas producer, to compete, Cassidy said. from Saudi Arabia and Russia but has not im- over in a matter of weeks,” Omar added. break of the coronavirus has revealed a than similar legislation introduced by two other “Withdrawing troops placed to protect others posed them amid opposition from powerful en- He further said that the war’s devas- very significant reality about the exist- Republican senators in March, Reuters reported. recognizes that friendship and support is a two- ergy interests, including the American Petroleum tating effects have claimed over 112,000 ing world order and management. The Cassidy introduced the bill as OPEC+, a produc- way street,” he said. Institute lobbying group. lives and created the world’s worst human- outbreak showed the weaknesses and tion group including Saudi Arabia and others in the Cassidy’s bill faces an uphill battle and would The bill would not remove U.S. Patriot mis- itarian crisis, adding, “The steadfast and deficiencies of the existing world order. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have to pass the Senate, the House of Repre- siles or THAAD defense systems, as the previous resilient Yemeni people have prevented Since the end of the Second World and allies including Russia, closed in on a deal sentatives and be signed by President Donald legislation would. the coalition from toppling the Houthi- War, most of the countries have spent to slash oil output by a record amount of about Trump to become law.