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.13723 Wednesday JULY 29, 2020 Mordad 8, 1399 Dhul Hijjah 8, 1441 11 individuals convicted Six U.S. mayors urge Hadi Saei chosen as Venice Film Festival for disrupting Iran’s Congress to block Trump head of Iran’s Athletes’ picks three movies currency market 3 federal deployment 10 Commission 11 from Iran 12 Iran’s foreign debt falls 4.1%: CBI TEHRAN – The latest report published External debt is the portion of a coun- IRGC stages massive by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) puts the try’s debt that is borrowed from foreign country’s foreign debt at $8.655 billion at lenders including commercial banks, the end of the first quarter of the current governments or international financial Iranian calendar year (June 20), down institutions. These loans, including inter- 4.16 percent from $9.031 billion at the est, must usually be paid in the currency See page 3 end of the previous year, IRNA reported. in which the loan was made. From the total foreign debt, $7.163 Foreign debt as a percentage of Gross billion was mid-term and long-term debts Domestic Product (GDP) is the ratio be- military exercise while $1.492 billion was short-term debts, tween the debt a country owes to non-res- the report confirmed ident creditors and its nominal GDP. Post-coronavirus world order ‘not entirely Western’, Zarif predicts TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister sation with English-speaking audience Mohammad Javad Zarif has predicted from Tehran on Monday, Zarif said the that the post-coronavirus world order past 30 years have constituted one of the would not be totally Western anymore, most turbulent junctures in the world’s saying that Western countries have failed history, which has been marked with var- to develop a proper understanding of the ious wars as well as cataclysmic changes realities on the ground. and catastrophes for the international Speaking in a live Instagram conver- community. 3 Arab publishers acquire rights to children’s book from Iran TEHRAN — Several Arab publishing to implement a new way of selling the rights houses have purchased rights to ten of Persian books to overseas publishers. Military exercise held in books published by Iran’s Institute for “One Jungle and Some Animals?” by Intellectual Development of Children and Nora Haqparast is one of the books. It is western parts of Hormuz Young Adults (IIDCYA). about a lion that arrives in a jungle and The publishers are from Syria and decides to seize there. Strait and Persian Gulf Lebanon, the Tamass Literary Agency “Dinner Got Cold Kooti Kooti”, “Don’t announced on Tuesday in a press release, Catch Cold Kooti Kooti” and “Shake the which did not refer to the names of the World Kooti Kooti” from Farhad Has- publishing houses. sanzadeh’s Kooti Kootis story series are ANA The agency was found in 2014 in Tehran also among the books. 12 ARTICLE U.S. fears Iran’s influence on American Protests resurge across U.S. as clashes Salman Parviz public opinion continue in Portland Journalist TEHRAN — A senior U.S. intelligence offi- trying to gain access to U.S. state and federal By staff & agencies law enforcement. cial has warned that Iran, along with China and networks, including those responsible for man- Protests resurged across the United States, with “Largely absent from these scenes of Russia, is trying to interfere in the 2020 U.S. aging elections,” the statement said. clashes between activists and authorities erupt- destruction are even superficial attempts INSTEX: Europe’s presidential election, but a U.S. expert tells the Evanina added, “In addition, foreign nations ing in major cities amid continuing unrest in by the rioters to connect their actions to Tehran Times that American officials fear Iran’s continue to use influence measures in social Portland, Ore. George Floyd’s death or any legitimate call fragile muscle influence on the U.S. public opinion rather than and traditional media in an effort to sway U.S. Meanwhile, the U.S. attorney general, Wil- for reform,” Barr will say of the Portland pro- flexing its intelligence or cyber interference. voters’ preferences and perspectives, to shift liam Barr, will defend the aggressive federal law tests, according to a copy of his prepared In a statement on Friday, William Evanina, U.S. policies, to increase discord and to under- enforcement response to civil unrest in America remarks released by the justice department fter months of delay the E3 the director of the National Counterintelli- mine confidence in our democratic process. The in a highly anticipated hearing, arguing that on Monday. group of Germany, France gence and Security Center (NCSC), warned coronavirus pandemic and recent protests, for “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked Barr will also touch on other contro- and UK finally set up a com- the American public about “foreign threats” instance, continue to serve as fodder for foreign legitimate protests” sparked by George Floyd’s versies that have shadowed his tenure, A to the U.S. election, accusing China, Russia influence and disinformation efforts in America.” death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the including his handling of the investiga- pany called Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) in and Iran of pursuing efforts to sway the 2020 The intelligence official also warned that “at Guardian reported. tion into Trump campaign ties to Russia, January 2019. With headquarters elections. this time, we’re primarily concerned with China, Barr will tell members of the House ju- which he derisively refers to as “the bogus in Paris, the company was sup- “Today, we see our adversaries seeking to Russia and Iran — although other nation states diciary committee that the violence taking ‘Russiagate’ scandal”. posed to enable non-U.S. dollar compromise the private communications of and non-state actors could also do harm to our place in Portland, Oregon, and other cities According to his prepared remarks, Barr will and non-SWIFT barter trade be- U.S. political campaigns, candidates and other electoral process.” is disconnected from the death of Floyd, try to differentiate recent protests in cities like tween the European Union and political targets. Our adversaries also seek to He generally addressed efforts allegedly which he described as a “horrible“ event that Portland and Seattle and the demonstrations Iran in defiance of U.S. sanctions. compromise our election infrastructure, and done by the three countries to influence the prompted a necessary national reckoning that erupted following the death of George By late November 2019, Belgium, we continue to monitor malicious cyber actors U.S. election. 2 on the relationship between Black men and Floyd in May. 10 Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden issued a joint state- ment announcing becoming shareholders American academic believes Trump’s ‘law and order’ campaign won’t work Iranian virtual school of INSTEX. More than one year after the mech- By Mohammad Mazhari loss as a conspiracy orchestrated against him. police brutality and racism.” to be launched for anism was founded, amid Covid-19 TEHRAN — Americans are concerned about In such a scenario, he is supposed to confront While polls suggest that Joe Biden now pandemic in Iran taking its toll, IN- the upcoming presidential elections in their own the conspiracy, reveal those behind it, and fight leads in three key states that Trump won in students abroad STEX conducted its first transaction in country. The reason for the worry is that Donald to the last breath, even if he pushed America 2016, Pahnke says “there is still the chance March which entailed trade of $539,667 Trump may try to push the U.S. into abyss if he into chaos. that Trump could win in November”. He adds, TEHRAN – The Ministry of Education plans to (500,000 Euros) of medicine by a pri- becomes certain that his defeat in the November In this regard, Anthony Pahnke the assistant “Yet, it is not apparent that Trump’s message hold online classes for Iranians abroad through a vate Germany company to its Iranian election is definite. professor of international relations at San Fran- is working.” cell phone application, said Gholamreza Karimi, counterpart. The names of the parties The Americans’ fear is due to their knowledge cisco State University tells the Tehran Times On Biden’s uncharismatic personality and its the head of the ministry’s international affairs were not revealed nor how the financial of his narcissistic personality. “right now, it seems that Trump is trying to impact on his chance of election, Pahnke argues department. transaction was completed, i.e. barter It seems that Trump is preparing to refuse the mobilize people around a ‘law and order’ mes- it is hard to say that charisma alone makes Biden There are not so many students in Iranian schools or euros or other means. results if he doesn’t win, describing his possible sage in response to the ongoing protests against look weak. 7 abroad, so it is planned to present some of the courses The special purpose vehicle (SPV) online and offline, he noted. was established to be a prime example The second plan is to provide conditions for all of EU’s strategic autonomy from U.S. Iranians abroad to be connected to the Iranian ed- After the U.S. exited the Iran nuclear Dreamy ucational system virtually anywhere in the world, deal (also called JCPOA), EU declared its he highlighted.