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.13677 Monday JUNE 1, 2020 Khordad 12, 1399 Shawwal 9, 1441 Last Iranian fuel Khorasan Razavi Davoud Azizi Persian sci-fi “Monster Hunt” tanker reaches exports $11.1m elected as Iran on capture of U.S. RQ-170 spy Venezuelan waters 2 of handicrafts 8 tennis chief 11 drone by Iran published 12 Parliament believes talks with U.S. See pages 6- 10 are ‘harmful’, says speaker TEHRAN — Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, address to the parliament after he was the newly-elected parliament speaker says elected as a speaker on Thursday. talks and compromise with the United “Our strategy in dealing with terrorist States are harmful to the country. America is to complete the chain of revenge “The 11th Parliament considers anti-ar- for the blood of martyr Soleimani,” he said, rogance as both an ideological doctrine adding, “The work, which began with the and as a strategic interest. Negotiations unprecedented attack on Ain al-Asad base and compromise with the United States, and continued with the defeat of the U.S.’s as the axis of global arrogance, are con- empty grandeur in its inability to respond sidered fruitless and harmful,” he said to the Islamic Republic’s measure, will be See page 4 while addressing an open session of the completed with the expulsion of the U.S. parliament on Sunday. This was his first terrorist forces from the region.” 3 Photographer Mohammad Rezai snaps pics of volunteers helping fight coronavirus TEHRAN — Photographer Mohammad went through difficult days, to record the Rezai has made his best efforts to record initial experiences and show reactions of the the COVID-19 pandemic at the very be- people during the pandemic,” Rezai said. ginning by covering the volunteer groups At first I tried to find those who were in that stepped in to bury the dead bodies charge of burying the dead bodies in the and help medical workers on the front line hospitals to photograph their trying mo- of the campaign against the novel virus. ments, but I was not given permission. So “I simply took my camera in my hands I located the volunteer groups who did the and went out into the streets in the Iranian actual burials and took photos of them while northern province of Mazandaran, which they were at work,” he added. 12 Iran’s 2-month non-oil trade exceeds $9b TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s non-oil tons were related to exports and about 6.5 trade during the first two months of the million tons were imported goods. current Iranian calendar year (March 20- Iran’s top five non-oil export desti- May 20) stood at $9.341 billion, IRNA nations during this period were China Photo Illustration by Bahman Vakhshour reported on Sunday. with $1.19 billion worth of exports, Iraq Based on the data released by the Cus- with $1.107 billion, the UAE with $682 toms Administration, in the mentioned million, and Afghanistan with $341 million period Iran imported $5.041 billion worth as well as Turkey with $144 million, so of goods, while exporting $4.3 billion. the country’s top five export destinations Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ The volume of traded goods was estimat- remained the same in comparison to pre- ed at 21 million tons, of which 14.5 million vious months. 4 ARTICLE No restrictions for organizing package Charity foundation to implement 218 water Hamid Bayati tours: deputy minister supply projects in deprived areas Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister should follow. It’s as if accommodation units TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation will Last year, the foundation also implemented Vali Teymouri has said that the ministry sees need to focus more on renting one-bedroom implement 218 water supply projects with a 75 water supply projects in 477 villages, based no restrictions for organizing package tours by than two-bedroom. Or if the hotel has been budget of 1.1 trillion rials (nearly $261 million on the policies for providing more services to Iran gets admission travel agencies as far as health protocols to curb closed until now, with what considerations at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in deprived deprived areas and preventing the migration the coronavirus are observed. will it start working and under what conditions and rural areas of the country. of villagers, he noted. into Uncrewed “There are no restrictions on planning, or- will it accept passengers. These cases are de- Affiliated to the Headquarters for Executing He went on to say that in addition to prevent- ganizing, and conducting [package] tours by tailed in the present protocol we should revise the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e ing rural migration and various social, cultural, Underwater Vehicle the private sector,” Teymouri said on Sunday. its articles using the opinion of the relevant Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, the foun- economic and livelihood problems, the supply of Earlier this month, the tourism ministry in organizations.” dation is implementing the projects in more drinking water to rural villages, especially in areas elite club close collaboration with the ministry of health Regarding foreign arrivals, the official not- than 711 villages of the country, of which 186 suffering from drought, has led to the preservation developed comprehensive guidelines and ed: “According to the consultations with the projects have been put into operation, IRNA and survival of the population in the border areas. n Thursday, May 28, over 100 new instructions to improve health standards in national headquarters to fight the spread of the quoted Mohammad Mahjouri, deputy head of Besides, the increase in health and well-being boats were delivered to the Islamic hotels, guest houses, eco-lodge units, tourist coronavirus, and other relevant cross-sectoral the foundation, as saying on Sunday. of the villagers and the expansion of social justice, Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) O destinations, transport facilities, recreational agencies, the specific time and mechanism for South Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, Khuz- increasing income and helping the livelihood naval base in Bandar Abbas during a centers, and restaurants. the entry of international tourists will be an- estan, Zanjan, Fars, Mazandaran, Kohgiluyeh and of the villagers by providing the water needed ceremony attended by top Iranian mili- “All processes in the field of tourism are based nounced soon.” Boyer-Ahmad, Kerman, Kermanshah, Lorestan, for the livestock and poultry, he added. tary officials, including Defense Minister on a ‘smart’ travel protocol and are in compli- He believes that international tourism could Qom, Markazi, Hormozgan, Kordestan, Ilam, Creating sustainable employment for the Brigadier General Amir Hatami, IRGC ance with health regulations,” the official stated. be recovered soon “because it is mostly relying Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Tehran, are villagers and providing infrastructure services Chief Major General Hossein Salami, and “The smart travel protocol states what on potential travelers and pilgrims from the the 17 provinces covered by the foundation’s such as water supply is done in this regard, will IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral considerations a hotel, agency, or tour guide neighboring countries.” water supply services, he explained. help rural population, he noted. Alireza Tangsiri. 8 9 The newly-joined vessels came in var- ious classes such as ‘Ashura’, ‘Tarogh’, and ‘Zolfaghar’, all manufactured and optimized by Iranian experts working at Syria receives advanced MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia ICCIMA criticizes knowledge-based companies of the Min- Syria has received a second batch of advanced side handed over the second batch of advanced and airspace,” the source said. govt. performance in istry of Defense Marine Industries Group MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia as Damascus and modernized MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, during Syrian government forces, backed by allied and specialized technical centers of the its allies are fighting a remaining Daesh pocket a ceremony at Hmeimim base,” the source said. fighters from popular defense groups, continue implementing Covid-19 IRGC Navy. in the Arab country. “The warplanes flew from the Hmeimim Air- to score territorial gains in their battle against These vessels, which enjoy high hy- Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing a base to their deployment areas in Syrian airbases,” foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in the north- support packages dro-dynamic capabilities, high speed, military source, said the new fighter jets were the source said. western province of Idlib. suitable maneuverability, very low radar handed over to the Syrian Army during a ceremony According to the source, the newly-received Idlib is the only large territory in the hands TEHRAN — Members of the industry commit- cross-section (RCS), and high offensive at Hmeimim airbase in Syria’s western coastal fighter jets are “more effective” than their pre- of terrorists after the Syrian Army managed to tee of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, power, have a great impact on improving province of Latakia on Saturday. vious generation. undo militant gains across the Arab country. Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), in a meeting, the combat capability of the IRGC Navy in “In the framework of military and technical co- “As of June 1, 2020, Syrian pilots will begin Russian troops were formally invited to the criticized the inefficiency of the government’s the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. operation between Russia and Syria, the Russian to carry out missions on those planes in Syrian country by the Syrian government in 2015. support packages against the impacts of the Among these various classes of ves- coronavirus outbreak.