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.13891 Wednesday FEBRUARY 24, 2021 Esfand 6, 1399 Rajab 12, 1442 Quds Force chief: U.S. Friendly: Iran to Tehran tourism fair opens; Congratulations only understands meet Syria on activists hope for boom when on birthday of Imam Ali (AS) language of force Page 2 March 30 Page 3 corona vaccine is ever-present Page 6 and father’s Day Iran halts implementation of Iran, South Korea close to Additional Protocol TEHRAN — Iran has stopped the vol- as of Tuesday, the Agency is no longer untary implementation of the Additional allowed to continue conducting inspections Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty as per the Additional Protocol. (NPT) as the United States failed to lift Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s permanent unlocking frozen assets See page 3 the sanctions it imposed on Iran during representative to Vienna-based international the Trump administration. organizations, announced late on Monday Under the Additional Protocol, the In- that the IAEA will no longer be allowed to ternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) carry out inspections in accordance with the was allowed to carry out short-notice in- Additional Protocol as of midnight. spections of Iran’s nuclear facilities. But Continued on page 3 Green puppet show warns about global garbage crisis TEHRAN — Iranian playwright and di- people in the not too distant future,” Khanjari rector Nasrin Khanjari plans to stage a told the Persian service of MNA on Tuesday. puppet show warning about the garbage “In this puppet show, Mrs. Crumpled crisis around the world. Film Poster and Mr. Crushed Junk Can as The play entitled “No Place for Garbage” representatives of the rubbish embark on a is scheduled to be performed by her troupe journey to visit people to tell them to stop during the 18th Mobarak Puppet Theater generating trash because the Earth has been Festival, which will take place virtually buried under garbage and there is no place for in Tehran during March. garbage anymore. They cross the seas, forests “This puppet show is similar to a predic- and deserts to reach the city of men,” she said. tion portraying the situation of the globe and Continued on page 8 TEHRAN — Some 6,700 mobile, last [Iranian calendar] year (March semi-mobile and fixed nomadic 2019-March 2020), IRNA quoted schools are providing education in Mohammad Reza Seifi as saying on 27 provinces of the country, the direc- Tuesday. tor of the office for the development There are over 1.5 million nomads in of educational justice and nomadic Iran today. Many of these tribes such as Over 6,700 nomadic schools education, has stated. the Kurds, Bakhtiyaris (Bactrians), Lurs, There are currently 210,000 nomadic Guilaks, and the Baluchs are descendants students studying in 14,000 classrooms of people who came from Central Asia to Farzaneh Chakhmagh Saz operating across Iran across the country, the number of whom settle in the Iranian Plateau. increased by 10 percent compared to Continued on page 7 YJC/ Iran allocates Virus causes $5.2 billion damage to Iran’s Ma’rib battle: Yemeni army close to retaking €200m for tourism, minister says city from Saudi-led forces promoting TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism industry has suf- such as agritourism, ecotourism, and nature Victory appears to be on the horizon in the heated last remaining pockets of al-Qaeda elements and exports to Africa fered a loss of some 220 trillion rials (about tourism,” the minister said. battle for Yemen’s strategic central province of mercenaries of the aggressors (Saudi-led coali- $5.2 billion at the official exchange rate of “Over 1.5 million jobs have been lost in the Ma’rib as army troops, backed by allied fight- tion) are only a matter of time,” he pointed out. TEHRAN – Iran’s National Development Fund 42,000 rials per dollar) since the outbreak tourism sector of Iran due to the COVID-19 ers from Popular Committees, have reportedly ‘Qaeda-affiliated Salafist Islah Party (NDF) has opened a €200 million credit line of the coronavirus pandemic, Cultural Her- disease…. Many of the tourism-insiders are taken control of most areas there and dislodged transferring militants to Ma’rib’ for the country’s Trade Promotion Organiza- itage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister now unemployed or they are staying at home,” Saudi-led coalition forces and Riyadh-backed Meanwhile, the governor of Yemen’s tion (TPO) to use for developing exports of said on Tuesday. Mounesan announced last December. militants from those regions. southern province of Aden has warned that commodities and services to African countries. “Iran’s tourism has suffered some 220 tril- The government had previously allocated A Yemeni military source, speaking on con- the al-Qaeda-affiliated Salafist Islah Party is The mentioned fund has been allocated lion rials due to corona pandemic so far…. and a total of 500 trillion rials (about $12 billion) dition of anonymity, told the Arabic service of transferring Takfiri militants from southern as part of a $2-billion support package we hope that with the production of domestic to the corona-affected sectors, of which 200 Russia’s Sputnik news agency that Yemeni sol- areas to Ma’rib to join the ranks of Saudi-led which has been allocated by NDF for devel- vaccines, tourism will flourish in 1400 [the trillion rials ($4.7 billion) will be given to the diers and their allies had encircled Ma’rib city, coalition forces and Hadi loyalists in battles oping the country’s non-oil exports, Farzad new Iranian calendar year which begins on health ministry and the rest will be spent on following weeks of fierce clashes with Saudi-led against Yemeni soldiers and their allies, Press Piltan, the director-general of TPO’s Office March 21],” Ali-Asghar Mounesan said. other sectors, he explained. coalition forces and their mercenaries. TV reported. of Arabian and African Countries said. He made the remarks during the opening Last month, the minister announced that The source added that Yemeni forces had “The Islah Party, which is on the verge of “The board of directors of the National ceremony of Tehran’s international tourism the national budget bill for the next calendar cut off the main supply route into the eastern collapse in Ma’rib, is brining Takfiri militants Development Fund has approved this and handicrafts fair, which is currently un- year (starting on March 20) has proposed 70 flank of Ma’rib, which leads to the Arab country’s from several regions, mostly from southern fund and it has scheduled to notify the derway at Tehran Permanent International trillion rials (about $1.7 billion) to support largest province of Hadhramaut. provinces under the occupation of Saudi Arabia relevant agencies for its implementa- Fairgrounds. tourism businesses affected by the corona- After gaining complete control over all the and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), into tion after the plan is reviewed and final- “We hope that the widespread vaccine would virus pandemic. heights overlooking the city of Ma’rib from all Ma’rib,” Tariq Salem told Yemen’s official ized in the next meeting of the African bring prosperity to all branches of tourism Continued on page 6 directions, ? mopping up operations to clear the Saba news agency. headquarters headed by the First Vice President,” Piltan stated. According to the official, despite all the Negotiation with Iran and Turkey is essential: Mohamed ElBaradei opportunities and capacities for mutual Joint wind farm to be cooperation, the development of economic TEHRAN — Former Egyptian Vice-President protect us and our interests, and this system must clear strategy on how to deal with Israel’s blatant inaugurated on and trade ties with Africa has been facing Mohamed ElBaradei demands Arab countries be able to take the initiative in dealing with com- denial of Palestinian rights”, adding that it should some problems such as lack of planning, to forge a regional security system capable of plex relationships with our neighbors,” stressed start with putting an end to “unnecessary wars and Iran-Afghanistan border lack of recognition and interest by the urgently addressing complex relations with ElBaradei, who also served as the director general horrifying bloodshed that crushes our people” and private sector organizations such as cham- Turkey and Iran, according to Anadolu Agency. of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy instead pursue dialogue to solve “our differences”. TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Renewable Energy bers of commerce and trade unions, lack In an article titled “Is It Time for a Change in Agency from 1997–2009. He acknowledged that the task will be a daunt- and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) has of appropriate infrastructure and lack of the Arab World?” published on Sunday by Arabi Highlighting the importance of negotiations with ing one and expressed hope in the “the courage announced the inauguration of a huge wind farm government resources and facilities. 21, ElBaradei noted he considered dialogue with Iran and Turkey, the former senior Egyptian diplomat and wisdom” among Arabs to take the first steps. project on the border of Iran and Afghanistan in “These problems are expected to be Turkey and Iran “an issue that cannot be postponed.” said, “In this context, dialogue with Iran and Turkey, ElBaradei briefly served as vice-president near future, IRNA reported. resolved gradually with the opening of “There is a significant need for an independ- with whom we agree on many issues and disagree on a following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, which According to Mohammad Satakin, 25-megawatt the mentioned credit line,” he said.