WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13490 Monday SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Mehr 1, 1398 Muharram 23, 1441 Washington’s policy Iran acting patiently Persepolis emerge Parsa Piruzfar of maximum pressure toward U.S. hostile moves victorious over to play Rumi in has not worked 2 for sake of Islam 2 Esteghlal 15 “Drunk on Love” 16 Iran’s currency value stable despite new U.S. sanctions TEHRAN — Iran’s national currency rial Military holds parades has been holding firm over the past few days despite the new U.S. sanctions which Iran ready to forgive neighbors’ past mistakes and extend hand of friendship to them, says Rouhani have targeted the country’s central bank and National Development Fund, Press See page 2 TV reported. Rial was traded at year-long highs of about 114,000 per U.S. dollar on Sunday, according to currency rate web- sites and reports from Tehran’s unofficial exchange market. 4 Larijani says Iran is friend of regional states TEHRAN — The armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not let the Persian Gulf to become a playground to create insecurity in the region, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday. He was making a reference to the U.S. plan to create a so-called security coali- tion in the Persian Gulf. “This is a new plot to plunder the region,” Larijani said, according to Tasnim. 2 UN urges Saudi to seize opportunity as Yemen offers ceasefire Majid Asgaripour TEHRAN— The United Nations has welcomed a proposal by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia in return for an end Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ to the Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen. 13 ARTICLE 13 million Venezuelans ink petition against U.S. imperialism REPORT Mahnaz Abdi Faranak Bakhtiari TEHRAN— The government of Venezuelan across Venezuela to sign the petition calling on paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.” Head of the TehranTimes Tehran Times journalist President Nicolas Maduro has launched a world- the United States to lift the unilateral blockade. The order was also designed to prevent Economy Desk wide campaign in denunciation of U.S. economic “In every corner of the planet, we have seen the third-party countries doing business with Ma- sanctions against the Latin American country #NoMoreTrump campaign because it is a feeling duro’s government. and garnered more than 13 million signatures that has expanded to the peoples of the world. “The petition is the expression of the will of a Chabahar- as part of an official petition set to be delivered This campaign symbolizes anti-imperialism,” people who want peace, progress, tranquility and World Car-Free Zahedan railway to the United Nations. said Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, above all want to guarantee a free and sovereign Day: costly cars, Maduro initiated the campaign last month who signed the petition herself during one of the homeland,” Rodriguez added. project requires after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an closing acts in Caracas. According to Press TV, in his executive order on cheap fuel to blame executive order that officially seized Vene- “The petition is the expression of the will of a August 5, Trump said “all property and interests private sector’s zuelan state assets in the U.S. and imposed a people who want peace, progress, tranquility and in property of the government of Venezuela that for air pollution complete economic and diplomatic blockade above all want to guarantee a free and sovereign are in the United States... are blocked and may contribution on the country. homeland,” Rodriguez added. not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, ir pollution incurs financial loss The government in Caracas wrapped up In his executive order on August 5, Trump or otherwise dealt in.” of about 140 million rials (nearly onnecting the ports to the railway the “No more Trump” campaign with a total of said “all property and interests in property of the The order was also designed to prevent A$3,300) for each family in Iran an- network is an issue seriously em- 13,287,742 signatures on Sunday as thousands government of Venezuela that are in the United third-party countries doing business with Ma- nually, however both high-priced vehicles Cphasized and followed up by Iran gathered in the capital as well as other major cities States... are blocked and may not be transferred, duro’s government. and low-cost fuel are to blame for the air over the recent years, as the country pollution severely haunting big cities of the is strongly pursuing the objective of country, said Behzad Ashjaei, secretary boosting exports and transit via its ports. Will General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi return to Egypt? of the technical inspection committee of Chabahar Port in southeast Iran is the Department of Environment. By Mokhtae Haddadi The protests were formed at the request of and making certain companies to carry out the the most prioritized one for railway con- According to the World Health Organ- TEHRAN — For the first time since Abdel Fattah a campaign on social media launched by Mu- projects. Senior officers have also been paid by nection as the port’s exemption from ization, seven million people die from el-Sisi came to power in Egypt, there have been hammad Ali, exiled businessman. Muhammad these projects, in addition to their salaries. the new round of the U.S. sanctions on air pollution every year, making it the wide protests against him in Cairo and other Ali who is exiled in Barcelona, Spain asked to The supervisors believe that base on the the country is an opportunity for de- greatest environmental threat to health cities. The protesters have called for his dismissal overthrow el-Sisi. The Egyptian contractor, Constitution, the Egyptian army goes beyond velopment of export, transit, and also today. Urban air pollution in particular is due to growing corruption. who exposed el-Sisi’s corruption cases, urged the observation of the parliament. It makes the transshipment. increasing by 8 percent every five years, There were wide protests against el-Sisi in Egyptians to come to the streets and launch a army a closed and non-transparent organization Lying on the coast of the Gulf of Oman and 95 percent of cities worldwide do Alexandria, Suez, Damietta, Dakahlia and Ghar- revolution against him.The people’s anger was that is not audited. No one knows how much in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan not meet World Health Organization’s bia. Images have been spread on social media aroused when Muhammad Ali posted files about funding and foreign financial assistance does it Province, Chabahar is the country’s only guidelines. showing that protesters have taken down and the corruption of the President and the Egyptian receive, how much domestic investment projects oceanic port and given its strategic loca- An international movement ripped large pictures of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. army on social media. These files revealed that does it have, or how much it costs. The question tion in the International North-South to curb air pollution Transport Corridor (INSTC) development Dozens of people were arrested in Tahrir they wasted public treasury on the projects that is that, after the protests by the Egyptians against Square, where the Egyptian revolution flared have no benefits for Egyptian people, such as Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will he keep his promise and World Car-Free Day is an interna- of the port is of high significance for Iran. tional event celebrated every September The project for building a railroad con- against Husni Mubarak in 2011. Police used tear building Egyptian presidential palaces. step down? He has stated repeatedly that if Egyptian gas extensively, and security forces rush in the From the analysts’ view, the Egyptian army people want him to leave, he would not hesitate for 22 in which people are encouraged to necting Chabahar to Zahedan (capital city use public or non-motorized transport streets to react to smallest movement. is accused of entering in all economic projects, a moment. 13 of Sistan-Baluchestan Province) is planned to get around. to be completed by the end of the Iranian It has come a long way since its begin- calendar year of 1400 (March 2022). nings in 1956, when Dutch and Belgians Last week, Iranian First Vice Presi- abandoned their cars every Sunday to curb dent Es’haq Jahangiri announced that the effects of the Suez Crisis. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali This Sunday, skyrocketing oil prices Khamenei has agreed with withdrawing aren’t the reason why 2,500 cities world- $300 million from the National Develop- wide are participating in the “car-free day” ment Fund (NDF) for Chabahar-Zahedan initiative – it’s the alarmingly high levels railway project. Naval of NO2 and CO2 in the atmosphere. The official said that the government Vehicles are a significant source of pol- attaches high importance to the develop- lution, and transport is the fastest-growing ment of Makran (a semi-desert coastal parades source of fossil-fuel CO2 emissions, the strip along the coast of the Gulf of Oman). largest contributor to climate change. He stressed that the government The results of going car free for one day is making every effort to implement in the are clear: the first “journée sans voiture” and complete the projects in Makran (day without a car), which took place in and in this due Transport Ministry is Paris in 2015, reduced exhaust emissions working hard on Chabahar-Zahedan Persian Gulf by 40 percent.