An Official in the Ministry of Industry, An Official in the Health Ministry Says Mine and Trade Says the Ministry Is Smoking Hookah Has Drastically Working on Paving the Ground for Increased Among Girls, Aged Between Joining of Some 100 Production 15 to 18, and It Inflicts a Serious Companies to the Stock Market Damage on the Health of the Country VOL. XXVI, No. 6959 TEHRAN Price 40,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com MONDAY JUNE 1, 2020 - KHORDAD 12, 1399 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Talks With U.S. Iran Foreign Curfews and Tennis Fans Freak Trade Touches $9.3b Clashes as U.S. Race Out Over Nadal “Shameful, Fruitless” In 2 Months Protests Spread Retirement Scare > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Foreign Humanitarian Aids to Iran Red Russian $5b Loan to Fund viewPoint By: Hamid Reza Naghashian..... Crescent Total 7m World Economy to Become IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Iran’s Major Railway Project TEHRAN The total humanitarian aid to Iran’s Red More Challenging Crescent Society was $7m mainly from China and out 2020 has been the hotbed of events which has made of the mentioned 112 shipments, 70 shipments were political and economic predictions more complicated in sent from China, Chief of the Iranian’s Red Crescent some countries. World’s tackling and reacting to the Society Karim Hemmati said. poverty, resulted from economic incapability and On the sideline of a panel on Coronavirus controlling providing livelihood for majority of people on the earth opportunities assessment which was held at the Interior because of the Coronavirus pandemic and social Ministry, Hemmati in an exclusive interview with Iran distancing, has essentially been hidden and unimaginable. Press about the role of this organization to control and The capitalist countries which are run based on the contain the virus during the epidemic said: “Iran’s Red liberalism school either politically or economically Crescent Society has trained online many volunteers by have shown more misery comparing to other countries giving them a license on how to act and behave during in terms of tackling with poverty and unemployment. the epidemic. The U.S. which is proud to lead the world in having He also added the organization has screened capitalist system has stuck in a disastrous condition 21 million out of which 14,000 were diagnosed that the lines of its hungry people are miles-long, and with COVID-19 sent to caring centers. according to a saying, it is just the beginning. The factories have increased sanitizers, masks, A poll conducted by Reuters from 250 economists and protective shields during the outbreak under worldwide indicates that Coronavirus-related economic the supervision of the Red Crescent Society recession is deeper than previously predicted. One of the reiterated Hemmati. See Page 7 respondent was Ethan Harris, head of global economics research at BofA, who said, “In many ways the outlook IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK for the global economy resembles an obstacle course. In Australia After Ways the first step, the economy falls into a big hole, starting in TEHRAN - Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian says a loan of $5 billion that Russia has agreed to give Tehran China in Q1, most of the rest of the world in Q2 and To Develop Trade Ties will be used to fund a major railway project in eastern Iran. extending into Q3 in some emerging markets.” He Speaking to reporters during a visit to the eastern province of South Khorasan on Saturday, Ardakanian said a continues, “The second step is trying to reopen the With Iran major railroad project linking the cities of Zahedan and Birjand will be funded by a $5 billion loan provided by economy without re-igniting the disease. The third step is IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK the Russian Federation. dealing with the lagged impact of confidence on durable He said Iran has ratified plans to set up the railroad project, has notified Russia of its decision, and is making goods spending, the risks of a premature maxing out of TEHRAN The Australian Ambassador to Tehran paid arrangements with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia to carry out the project. fiscal and monetary stimulus, and a trade and tech war an official visit to Iran’s Stock Exchange in Tehran Citing a Friday telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart about the plan, Ardakanian expressed hope waiting in the wings.” saying that her country of origin is very interested in that the railroad project would reach acceptable stages in the coming months and within the remaining year of Almost three-quarters of economists, participating in developing trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran. the current Iranian administration’s term. the poll taken by Reuters, said the recovery would be Iran Press/Iran news: At the ceremony which was held The minister also highlighted the abundant opportunities for energy projects in South Khorasan Province, either U-shaped, with a prolonged trough, or like a tick at stock exchange building on Sunday, the symbolic saying the country’s only and largest coal-fired power plant, located in the city of Tabas, is moving rapidly to mark where the speed of the recovery is not as quick bell of the stock exchange transactions was rung by the come into operation. as the drop-off. Australian Ambassador to Tehran “Lindal Sachs”, in The major coal-fired power station is going to play a significant role in exploiting the potential of the province’s Only 15 respondents predicted a strong, V-shaped the presence of the CEO of the Stock Exchange of Iran mines and in creating employment, he noted. recovery. The others said it would be W-shaped, where a “Ali Sahraei”, and a group of reporters. Ardakanian also unveiled plans to generate some 30,000 megawatts of wind power as a reliable source of vigorous rebound results in another sharp slump, or The Australian Ambassador to Tehran answering to Iran renewable energy in collaboration with neighboring Afghanistan. L-shaped where the economy flatlines after the downturn. Press question about the level of cooperation between Iran “Good preliminary negotiations have been held (with Afghanistan), and I hope we could immediately put the The world economy is now forecast to shrink 3.2% and Australia said: “Australia is very keen on developing plans for cooperation into practice given the situation after formation of a new government in Afghanistan,” this year, compared to a 2.0% contraction predicted relationships with many countries around the world and we the energy minister added. in the April 23 Reuters poll and -1.2% forecast look at ways to continue trade relationships with Iran.” Iran has a great capacity for solar and wind energies, he noted, saying the construction of renewable energy in an April 3 poll. See Page 7 The top diplomat added that we have cooperation in power plants will dramatically reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and water and reduce emissions. pharmaceutical, healthcare, mining, and agriculture as well. There are three power plants with generating capacity of 18 megawatts (MW) in South Khorasan, the minister added, Australian Trade Develop Organization is looking at hoping that the coming into operation of a new wind farm in Sarbisheh would allow the province to export electricity. Coronavirus Diagnosis ways that we can develop cooperation between Implementation of Sarbisheh 50 MW wind power plant project with an investment of more than 70 million Euros Australian and Iranian businesses, Sachs concluded. began with the presence of the minister. Tests Closing to The capacity of Siahoo reserve dam is 17 million cubic meters, for which 800 billion Rials have been spent. 1m in Iran IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Sokhan Gostar Institute TEHRAN Iranian Health Ministry spokesman said so Iran’s 5th Tanker Enter Venezuelan Waters far, 935,894 COVID-19 diagnosis tests have been conducted in the country. Head of Public Relations and Information Center of the TEHRAN (Dispatches) - The fifth Iranian oil tanker, ‘Clavel’, approached the Caribbean Sea and would enter Health Ministry announced that so far, 151,466 people in Venezuelan waters in a few hours. the country have been infected with the coronavirus, and Iran has sent five tankers loaded with 1.53 million barrels of gasoline and alkylate to Venezuela to help 118,848 of total infected people have recovered. jump-start the oil refineries in the Latin American state amid a fuel crisis. PRIVATE ENGLISH Kianoush Jahanpour yesterday and during his daily news Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a message termed the shipment of Iranian fuel to Venezuela as a sign NEWSPAPER IN IRAN conference said, “From yesterday to May 31 in the country, of Tehran-Caracas solidarity. 2,516 new patients with COVID-19 were diagnosed and Iranian fuel reaches Venezuelan stations as prices are set to rise. the number of patients with this disease reached 151,466.” Of 1,800 stations in Venezuela, about 240 have remained working since Maduro announced “Among the new patients, 511 were hospitalized and coronavirus-related lockdown measures in March, which included restrictions on fuel sales due to 2,005 were in contact with patients who were very low inventories. diagnosed,” the spokesman added. More than 1,500 stations nationwide are expected to work in the coming days under the new system, which Fortunately, 118,848 patients have recovered and includes monthly quotas for vehicles and motorcycles, automated sales, and monitoring equipment. Despite the have been discharged so far, Jahanpour stated. price increases, it will cost about $1 to fill a whole tank of a vehicle under the subsidy. After reaching the quotas, The Spokesman said, “Unfortunately, in the past 24 hours, drivers will have to pay internationally indexed prices.