WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13820 Sunday NOVEMBER 29, 2020 Azar 9, 1399 Rabi’ Al thani 13, 1442 MPs react angrily Iran football’s newly COVID-19 lockdown Cinéma Vérité to Fakhrizadeh amended statutes moves most cities out announces lineup of assassination Page 2 approved Page 3 of “red” zone Page 7 COVID-19 docs Page 8 Ayatollah Khamenei: Martyr Fakhrizadeh’s scientific efforts should seriously continue TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Rev- “This leading and prominent nu- Masterminds of olution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei clear and defense scientist of the issued a statement on Saturday on the country, Mr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, assassination of prominent scientist Mo- was assassinated by the criminal and hsen Fakhrizadeh, saying the “scientific brutal mercenaries. This unique and technical efforts of this martyr” should scientific personality lost his dear be seriously put on the agenda. and precious life for his great and terrorism against Iran Fakhrizadeh, a physics professor, was enduring scientific efforts in way of assassinated in a terrorist attack on Fri- God and lofty position of martyrdom day afternoon in Absard town in Tehran was his divine reward,” the Leader province. Israel is the prime suspect for said in part of his statement. the assassination. Continued on page 2 Iranian steel industry outshining world with 12.6% growth TEHRAN – Iranian steel industry has out- negative two percent. shined the world producers in this sector The country also produced 2.66 million during the first 10 months of 2020, as based tons of crude steel in October, registering on the World Steel Association (WSA) Iran an increase of 28 percent compared to produced 23.8 million tons of the mentioned the same month in 2019. commodity during the January-October The world’s 64 top steel producers period, 12.6 percent more than the figure managed to produce 1.511 billion tons of in the same 10 months of 2019. crude steel in the first 10 months of this According to the WSA data, the average year which is two percent less than the growth of crude steel production in the production of the same period last year. world during the mentioned period was Continued on page 4 “When the Moon Was Full” named best at Resistance International Film Festival BY MANIJEH REZAPOOR semi, the film tells the story of a woman TEHRAN – Iranian director Narges Abyar’s from Tehran who marries a man from acclaimed drama “When the Moon Was an Iranian province near the border of Full” received the award for best feature Pakistan. Soon afterwards, she discovers at the closing ceremony of the 16th edi- that her new brother-in-law is a religious See page 3 tion of the Resistance International Film extremist trying to recruit her husband Festival on Friday. for his bloody cause. Produced by Mohammad-Hossein Qa- Continued on page 8 Sharif University Israel cannot afford a total war on Iran: France gears for more security law protests among top 500 military analyst amid police violence universities BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI terrorist attack about 40 kilometers northeast Dozens of rallies are planned against a new week – although it is awaiting Senate approval TEHRAN – A senior Lebanese political and of the capital Tehran. Israeli and U.S. spy ser- French law that would restrict sharing images – provoking rallies and protests across France. worldwide military analyst, retired General Amine Mo- vices are considered the main culprit behind of police, only days after the country was shaken Rally organizers are calling for the article to hammad Hoteit, says the U.S. wants to warn the assassination. by footage showing officers beating and racially be withdrawn, claiming that it contradicts “the BY FARANAK BAKHTIARI the resistance movement that there will be a Mohammad Hoteit, also a university instructor abusing a Black man. fundamental public freedoms of our Republic”. TEHRAN – Sharif University of Technol- war in the region but Israel is not prepared for and researcher, says, “We cannot imagine that The case shocked France with celebrities “This bill aims to undermine the freedom of ogy, one of the largest engineering schools a full-fledged war against Iran. Israel will continue to live without carrying out and politicians alike condemning the officers’ the press, the freedom to inform and be informed, in Iran, was listed among the top 500 uni- Noting that Israel cannot afford the cost of terrorist operations or assassinations.” actions, and has brought the debate over Presi- the freedom of expression,” one of Saturday’s versities in the world, according to the a total war, Mohammad Hoteit tells the Teh- Following is the text of the interview: dent Emmanuel Macron’s law to boiling point, protest organizers said. 2021 ranking of Quacquarelli Symonds ran Times that “Washington, through its re- How do you evaluate the assassination al Jazeera reported. Trade unions are expected to join the demon- (QS) World University. cent moves, wants to imply that there was an of the Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Macron on Friday called the incident an strations, with members of the “yellow vests” QS is the world’s leading provider of upcoming war.” Fakhrizadeh? What is Israel’s record in “unacceptable attack” and asked the govern- – whose sometimes violent protests in 2018 services, analytics, and insight to the global Last Sunday the U.S. military sent nucle- assassinating scientific and political figures? ment to come up with proposals to “fight against and 2019 shook the country – also expected. higher education sector, whose mission is ar-capable B-52H “Stratofortress” bombers to A: We were not surprised by the assassi- discrimination”. In Paris, the authorities had demanded or- to enable motivated people anywhere in West Asia at short notice to deter what it calls nation operation on Friday. We expected, in One of the most controversial elements of ganizers limit the rally to a single location, but the world to fulfill their potential through aggression. this sensitive and delicate circumstance, and the new law is Article 24, which would crim- on Friday evening officials authorized a march. educational achievement, international Just a few days after the announcement in recent days, that the Trump administration inalize the publication of images of on-duty And in a sign that the government could be mobility, and career development. of the deployment of bombers in the region, or Israel, or in coordination with each other, as police officers with the intent of harming their preparing to backtrack, Prime Minister Jean The QS World University Rankings prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhriza- a criminal bloc, would do a military adventure. “physical or psychological integrity”. Castex announced on Friday he would appoint portfolio, inaugurated in 2004, has grown deh was assassinated on Friday afternoon in a Continued on page 5 It was passed by the National Assembly last a commission to redraft Article 24. to become the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university per- formance. Some 1,000 of the world’s top uni- Saudis will pay high price for genocidal war on Yemen, expert says Holding Australia at versities are ranked using six different BY M.A. SAKI “Saudis cannot impose the blockade on Yemen the newer and more accurate Quds-2 missile and has MCG was miracle: indicators to compile QS World University TEHRAN – A political analyst says Saudi Arabia without the support of U.S. and British naval vowed that “operations will continue”. The rationale Rankings 2021. Universities are evaluated is well aware that it is paying a high price for its power,” he explains. behind these missile strikes is very simple to force Khodadad Azizi according to the following six metrics: genocide in Yemen. The following is the text of the interview: Saudi Arabia to pay a price for the ongoing war and academic reputation, employer reputa- “Saudis should worry that they will continue How do you see the recent missile attack blockade that the Saudi-led coalition continues to BY FARROKH HESABI tion, faculty/student ratio, citations per to pay a high price for their genocidal war on on the Saudi Aramco in Jeddah? What does wage against the people. TEHRAN – Nov. 29, 1997 is an unforgettable day faculty, international faculty ratio, and Yemen,” Jay Tharappel, a representative in the it mean for Saudi Arabia and its allies? What does this mean for Saudi Arabia and in the history of Iranian football and is etched in international student ratio. Yemen Solidarity Council, tells the Tehran Times. A: On Monday we learned that the Yemeni national its allies? In September 2019 there was a spec- every Iranian football fan’s memory. As per the data published on QS World According to Tharappel, the Saudis could not resistance fired a missile that hit a Saudi Aramco oil tacular sophisticated drone strike on Saudi oil On that day, millions of Iranian fans poured University Rankings official website, Sha- impose blockade on Yemen without support by facility in Jeddah, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed facilities in Abqaiq, onto the streets of Tehran to celebrate securing rif University of Technology ranked 409 the American and British navies. forces Yahya Sarei claimed the strike was delivered by Continued on page 5 a place at their first FIFA World Cup Finals in and University of Tehran ranked between 20 years. 591 and 600. At the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Massachusetts Institute of Technol- Australia’s national team were held to a 2-2 draw ogy (MIT) tops the list for a record ninth by Iran.