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.13679 Saturday JUNE 6, 2020 Khordad 17, 1399 Shawwal 14, 1441 Russia defends Iran Tehran’s historical towers FFIRI removes Global music streaming satellite launch against turn off lights in honor Sport Minister from providers offeringAlizadeh’s U.S. opposition 3 of Imam Khomeini 8 its statutes 11 “Radif Navazi” 12 Iran inks 2-year agreement for exporting electricity to Iraq TEHRAN – Iran has signed an agreement held talks with Iraqi President Barham with Iraq for exporting electricity to the Salih, the country’s Energy Minister Majid country for two years, Iranian Energy Mahdi Hantoush, as well as Prime Min- Kneeling Minister Reza Ardakanian, who visited ister Mustafa al-Kazemi, Ali Abdul Amir the Arab neighbor on Wednesday, said. Alavi, Iraq’s minister of finance, and heads Heading a delegation of electricity ex- of central bank and Trade Bank of Iraq. perts, Ardakanian arrived in Baghdad, According to the minister, the elec- capital of Iraq, on Wednesday, and met tricity export contract that used to be with his Iraqi counterpart and some other a one-year agreement was extended senior officials of this neighboring country. during the current year to cover 2020 on neck is During his daylong visit, the minister and 2021. 4 Coronavirus: Iran preparing to reopen doors to foreign travelers TEHRAN — Iran’s tourism ministry has littoral states, and the European Union, an U.S. natureSee page 2 forecast that the country will start hosting initial forecast suggests that Iran will open foreign travelers as of mid-summer with land borders to neighbors as of 15th of Tir the priority given to travelers from the (July 5) and some of its air borders as of 1st neighboring countries. of Mordad (July 22),” ISNA quoted Mo- “Based on our tourism marketing pro- hammad-Ebrahim Larijani, the director of gram monitoring and data analysis from the ministry’s advertising and marketing the neighboring countries, the Persian Gulf office, as saying on Friday. 8 World Environment Day: Iran outlines plan to protect its rich biodiversity By Faranak Bakhtiari Colombia this 2020, is the most renowned TEHRAN — Because the most important day for environmental action. Since 1974, part of wildlife conservation is habitat it has been celebrated every year on 5 preservation, the Department of Envi- June, engaging governments, business- ronment (DOE) have developed several es, celebrities and citizens to focus their national programs, 10 of which are under- efforts on a pressing environmental issue. way, and 10 others will soon be finalized This year, the theme is biodiversity – a to implement, Shahaboddin Montazemi, concern that is both urgent and existential. director of wildlife’s conservation office Recent events, from bushfires in Brazil, the khamenei.ir at the DOE told the Tehran Times. United States, and Australia to locust infes- World Environment Day, hosted by tations across East Africa – and now, 9 PERSPECTIVE Iranian students rally in solidarity with Over 10,000 arrested, protests against Mahmood Monshipouri African Americans Floyd killing continue Francisco State University and the University of TEHRAN — Iranian students and rights activists is systemic and is yet to take a break. By staff & agencies Some police departments in major cities, California, Berkeley gathered outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran U.S. police has a long track record of unpun- More than 10,000 people have been arrested in such as Houston, say while hundreds have been on Wednesday to express solidarity with African ished violence against black people. According protests that have rocked the United States since arrested, “this is an extremely low number … The implications Americans over the shocking killing of George to a study conducted in 2019 and published on the police killing of George Arbery, an unarmed considering the thousands of people in our Floyd at the hands of a white police. LA-times website, about 1 in 1,000 black men Black man, according to an Associated Press tally. community demonstrated peacefully”. of declining U.S. Demonstrators held placards that read and boys in the U.S. can expect to die at the Arbery, the black jogger who fatally shot by Several major cities scaled back or lifted “No to racism” and “I can’t breathe”. They hands of police. That makes them 2.5 times more two white men on Feb. 23 in Georgia curfews imposed for the past few days. As pro- leadership also held candle-lit vigil for the victims of likely than white men and boys to die during an According to the tally, Los Angeles has record- tests continue, police in riot gear charged into a U.S. police brutality, Press TV reported on encounter with cops. ed 2,700 arrests since the protests, followed by crowd of about 1,000 protesters defying a local Wednesday. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strong- New York City with some 1,500 arrests. Police curfew in New York City’s Brooklyn borough, he Trump administration’s ongoing They also chanted anti-racism slogans while ly denounced rampant bloodshed of Afri- in Dallas and Houston, Texas, and Philadelphia, albeit peacefully, near an outdoor plaza, and policy of withdrawal from inter- holding pictures depicting the U.S. police bru- can-Americans in the United States and the Pennsylvania, have also arrested several hundred clubbed demonstrators and journalists as they Tnational institutions—including tality against demonstrators. country’s suppression of the protests that people. The toll is likely much higher. scurried for cover in heavy rain. the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the 2016 In the crowd, there were also non-Iranian have engulfed the U.S. in the aftermath of The arrests come amid a crackdown on pro- The tally comes as protests continue to erupt Paris Climate Change Accord, the Open students who used the chance to condemn racism. Floyd’s death. tests against the killing of Floyd and broader nationwide over the killing of Floyd, who died after Skies Treaty, and now the World Health Demonstrations in Tehran came against the “Iran regrets the tragic murder of black acts of police brutality. a white officer knelt on the 46-year-old’s neck for Organization (WHO) in the middle of backdrop of days of angry protests across the Americans, denounces deadly racial profiling Many have been arrested for curfew viola- nearly nine minutes. Video of the incident shows the greatest global health crisis—demon- U.S., with people setting police cars ablaze and in the United States & urges authorities to do tions, which major cities have imposed to quell Floyd repeatedly pleading with the officer, saying: strates the declining U.S. leadership clashing with police. justice for every case,” the ministry said in a demonstrations that have at times turned violent, “I can’t breathe.” Floyd eventually appears motion- ever since the post-World War II order In Tehran, students believe racism in America tweet on Friday. 3 with looting, vandalism and fires. less, with the officer’s knee still on his neck. 10 was created. This latest move is made at a time when the world relies heavily on the WHO’s leadership to steer the COVID-19 pandemic response. Annual minerals export of $10.5b projected N.Korea expresses While as recently as two months ago praising China in the hope of sal- TEHRAN — Iranian acting minister of indus- Production”, IRNA reported. According to Deputy Industry, Mining, support for China’s vaging bilateral trade ties between try, mining and trade announced that reaching The official said that the ministry’s policy and Trade Minister Saeed Zarandi, the said the two countries, Trump has now the minerals export of $10.5 billion is planned is moving toward production of products with projects are going to be implemented under measures in Hong Kong turned against China and the WHO. for the current Iranian calendar year (ends on higher value-added and strengthening exports a new program called “Persistent Produc- The latter has been instrumental in March 20, 2021). for the whole steel chain. tion-Effective Employment-Sustainable North Korea’s foreign minister met with the Chinese managing and treating the worldwide Making the remarks during a meeting He said the minerals and mining projects Exports”. ambassador to express support for China’s meas- spread of malaria, tuberculosis, SARS, with the board members of Iran Mine House, constitute the main part of the 200 major in- As reported, some 1.69 quadrillion rials ures in Hong Kong, North Korea’s KCNA state news HIV-AIDS, and other infectious and Hossein Modarres Khiabani also elaborated dustrial, mining, and trade projects, which are (about $40.23 billion) has been invested agency said on Friday. non-communicable diseases. Trump’s on the industry, mining, and trade ministry’s planned to be inaugurated across the country in the mentioned projects that are going “The Hong Kong issue is China’s internal affairs recent announcement (May 29, programs for the mining sector in the current by the Iranian calendar year of 1400 (begins to create job opportunities for 41,000 and external interference violates China’s sover- 2020) to permanently end the U.S. year, which is named the year of “Surge in on March 20, 2021). people. 4 eignty, and North Korea will actively support the contribution to the WHO, and even Chinese party and government to defend national to withdraw U.S. membership, is yet sovereignty, safety and territorial integrity,” KCNA another attempt to distract the public cited foreign minister Ri Son Gwon as saying.