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.13781 Saturday OCTOBER 10, 2020 Mehr 19, 1399 Safar 22, 1442 IAEA likely spying Uzbekistan a good FBI busts militia ‘plot’ Center for paleography on Iran’s nuclear test for us: to abduct Michigan Gov. established in program: MP 3 Dragan Skocic 3 Gretchen Whitmer 5 Persepolis 6 Zarif: U.S. after blowing up Iran’s Master of Persian traditional food, medicine payment channels TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Moham- who block our money—WILL face justice.” mad Javad Zarif says the United States The remarks came after the Trump See page 8 is seeking to blow up Iran’s remaining administration announced it had imposed channels to pay for food and medicine. new sanctions on Iran’s financial sector music passes away “Amid Covid19 pandemic, U.S. regime wants in defiance of Washington’s European to blow up our remaining channels to pay for allies who warned of the humanitarian food & medicine,” Zarif tweeted on Thursday. consequences of the sanctions on Iran’s “Iranians WILL survive this latest of cruelties.” fight against the coronavirus. Armed forces support health sector in battling COVID-19 He described conspiring to starve the The new sanctions target the few re- Iranian population as a “crime against maining Iranian banks which were not humanity”, adding, “Culprits & enablers— subject to secondary sanctions. 2 Tire output rises 26% in six months on year TEHRAN— Production of tire in Iran have been produced, showing a 25-percent has risen 26 percent during the first six growth year on year. months of the current Iranian calendar Of the mentioned figure, 76,740 tons year (March 20-September 21), compared were the passenger car tires, which shows to the same period of time in the past year. a 29-percent rise. As reported by IRNA, 129,660 tons Some 11,691 tons of van tires were man- of tires have been produced during the ufactured, indicating a 17-percent growth. six-month period of this year. Also, 26,537 tons of bus tires were man- It terms of number, 12.143 million tires ufactured, showing a 17-percent rise. 4 TEHRAN – As the COVID-19 pandemic hospitals of the Armed Forces had been is ravaging the whole country, fifty-six hos- allocated to COVID-19 patients, but pitals belonging to the armed forces have we are ready to boost the capacities,” been equipped to exclusively admit patients he said. infected with the coronavirus. Iran registered unprecedented 4,142 new Hassan Araqizadeh, the head of the cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours. healthcare department of the General Head- During the past 24 hours, 210 patients quarters of the Armed Forces, told IRIB have lost their lives, bringing the total num- on Thursday that the department is ready ber of deaths to 28,098, Health Ministry to establish field hospitals at every place, spokesperson Sima-Sadat Lari said on Friday, even at border points. adding that the total number of infections “Some 70 percent of the beds of the rose to 492,378. 7 By M.A.Saki Tehran eyes strategic partnership with Beijing U.S. protests: Video of police kneeling on back of Deputy editor-in-chief as Zarif visits China pregnant woman sparks protests Mad sanctions TEHRAN — As Iran’s chief diplomat arrives of Iran Saeed Khatibzadeh said Zarif’s two-day Protesters upset by social media videos of U.S. po- of the incident shows as many as a dozen people n Thursday, the Trump ad- in China, Tehran and Beijing are expected to visit is “in line with close consultations between lice arresting a pregnant Black woman have gathered at the business some points, some ministration introduced hold talks on a strategic partnership plan that its the Islamic Republic of Iran and China.” now occupied the lawn in front of Kansas City pushing each other. sweeping new sanctions tar- draft has already been approved by the Iranian The spokesman said Zarif will hold talks with Hall for more than five days. According to the statement, a man physically O government but is still under consideration in his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, adding that The footage shows an officer kneeling on the interfered with the officers’ investigation and geting Iran’s remaining financial sector. China. the two diplomats will exchange views on the back of pregnant woman Deja Stallings during refused to leave. Sanctions target eighteen Iranian banks. “Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, regional and international developments and an arrest after a gathering at a gas station. How- Officers attempted to arrest him but the These are the latest move in Washington’s who has traveled to China at the invitation the expansion of bilateral relations between ever, her lawyer disputes the police account of crowd physically prevented the officer from “maximum pressure” campaign against of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, ar- Tehran and Beijing. the events leading to her arrest. arresting the man, who then took off running, Iran. rived in the southern province of Yunnan at He pointed out, “The two countries share The Kansas City Police Department said in a the statement said. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin the head of a high-ranking delegation,” the views on important spheres such as the fight statement that police were called to the location He tripped, and officers attempted to get said in a statement that the sanctions show Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement against the U.S. unilateralism and interference on September 30 at 10.49pm by a security officer him in custody. “our commitment to stop” what he called on Friday. in the internal affairs of countries.” at the gas station and convenience store who “At that time, a woman (seen in the video) Iran’s “illicit access to U.S. dollars.” The statement also said, “Upon arrival on The statement did not give further details said there were “15-20 individuals fighting on and man tried to pull the suspect away from Mnuchin claimed that “sanctions will Friday, Foreign Minister Zarif was welcomed about Zarif’s discussions in China but he is likely the business’s property”. officers,” the statement said. continue to allow for humanitarian trans- by Chinese officials. He will meet and hold talks to hold talks on the strategic partnership plan When officers arrived minutes later, the A pregnant woman is arrested actions to support the Iranian people”. with his Chinese counterpart on Saturday, Oc- that has been under negotiation since last year. owner told officers that “he wanted everyone Chanel Le’Yoshe, who saw the arrests and Secretary of State Pompeo also claimed tober 10, 2020.” If finalized, the 25-year plan will raise the co- off the property who wasn’t buying anything,” shot some of the videos posted online, told the sanctions “do not affect existing autho- Earlier on Thursday, spokesman for the Min- operation between Tehran and Beijing to un- according to the statement. CNN there was no fighting or issues before rizations and exceptions for humanitarian istry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic precedented levels. 3 Security camera video released by the police police arrived. exports to Iran.” Iranian central banker Abdolnaser Hemmati said a number of these 18 banks Persepolis beat Al Nassr for second time in a week Arbaeen: To become “had the duty for transfer of resources for buying medicine and food.” By Farrokh Hesabi blatant violations of FIFA rules by using “several pecially in social media against Persepolis. more than the objects Even before such sweeping sanctions, TEHRAN — Persepolis defeated Al Nassr of Saudi illegal players” in their squad during the AFC’s This information, most of which were false foreign banks and companies were re- Arabia for the second time in a week, this time in Champions League (ACL) semi-final. and fake, was published in the social media in of tyrants’ desire However, the Asian Football Confederation Iran and then sent to the Saudi club through luctant to do permitted humanitarian a legal case in the Asian Football Confederation. By Catherine Shakdam transactions with Iran, fearing secondary The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on (AFC) Disciplinary and Ethics Committee dis- comments on the Instagram page or twitter of I did in fact partake in the Arbaeen Pilgrimage sanctions. Friday rejected the complaint filed by Saudi Ara- missed the protest lodged by Al Nassr, according Al Nassr club and the AFC’s. several years ago and I can still recall the impact Such comprehensive sanctions come bia’s Al Nassr Football Club after the semi-final to Article 59 of the AFC Champions League 2020 Ultimately, Persepolis won the lodge because they it had on me - both spiritually and intellectually. as Iran is one of the hardest-hit countries match of the AFC Champions League. Competition Regulations. had signed their players in legal time and before the It is not often that one is confronted with History by the coronavirus pandemic. With just 80 Al Nassr, who lost to Persepolis in the 2020 AFC What prompted Al Nassr to lodge a complaint club being banned from signing new players for the in such a vivid and powerful way. I wonder still million population, the number of Covid-19 Champions League semi-final match on Saturday, with AFC over Persepolis’ players was the news next transfer window because of failing to pay the how so very few people outside the immediate fatalities has reached more than 200 per day.