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.13879 Monday FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Bahman 20, 1399 Jumada Al thani 25, 1442 Iran’s Judiciary chief Iran matches against Khwarizmi Madrid university to host to visit Iraq Hong Kong, Cambodia Intl. Award announces virtual conference of on Monday Page 3 may be postponed Page 3 winners Page 7 Khayyam millennium Page 8 Railway projects worth over $344m Ayatollah Khamenei crafts inaugurated across Iran TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban fleet, services, as well as smartening and Development Minister Mohammad Eslami data analyzing. inaugurated 105 railway projects worth Held at the place of the Islamic Republic 14.45 trillion rials (over $344 million) in of Iran Railways (known as RAI) in Teh- various provinces through videoconfer- ran, the inauguration ceremony was also Iran’s JCPOA strategy ence on Sunday. attended by the RAI Head Saeed Rasouli. See page 3 Inaugurated on the occasion of the Fajr As reported, 10 of the mentioned Ten-Day celebrations (this year from Jan- projects with a total investment of 3.179 uary 31 until February 10), the mentioned billion rials (about $75.6 million) went projects were put into operation in a variety operational in Tehran Province. of areas including infrastructure, railway Continued on page 4 UN envoy on Yemen visits Iran to discuss political solution TEHRAN - The United Nations special by the Office of the Special Envoy of the envoy on Yemen, Martin Griffiths, began a Secretary-General for Yemen. two-day visit to Iran on Sunday to discuss “The Special Envoy for Yemen Martin issues related to the Yemen crisis. Griffiths has begun today a two-day visit During his first visit, the UN official is to Iran where he is scheduled to meet with expected to meet with senior Iranian officials, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and other including Foreign Minister Mohammad Ja- Iranian officials,” the statement said. vad Zarif, according to a statement issued Continued on page 3 IIDO releases books on “Second Phase of the Revolution” TEHRAN – The Islamic Ideology Dis- director Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Qomi. semination Organization (IIDO) has “Topics such as lifestyle, science and published a collection of books on the research, spirituality and morals, economy, “Second Phase of the Revolution”, a justice, struggle against corruption, inde- statement published by Leader of the pendence and freedom, national dignity, Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali foreign relations, and awareness of the Khamenei in February 2019. enemies, which have been outlined earli- The collection, which is composed of er by the Leader, have been discussed in khamenei.ir seven books, was unveiled on Sunday dur- these books,” Qomi said at the ceremony. ing a special ceremony attended by IIDO Continued on page 8 “Domestic Analyst says S. Arabia playing destructive role As more and more black people are Production” in Lebanon jailed in Britain materialized in BY MOHAMMAD ALI SAKI which resulted in more economic pressures.” New figures have revealed that a disproportionate dishonest and dangerous miscreants while TEHRAN - In an attempt to undermine Hezbol- “Saudi Arabia, along with the United States number of BAME (used to refer to members of denying said culprits of a basic human need: mining sector lah, Saudi Arabia has been playing a vicious role of America and many countries, help putting non-white communities in the UK) people are freedom. in Lebanon, a Lebanese military analyst says. pressure on the Lebanese economy in a close being detained in UK prisons. Basic punishment aside, having spoken to BY MAHNAZ ABDI “There is no doubt that recently Saudi Arabia collaboration with a team in Lebanon, a team ‘Racist’ policing is often blamed, but a court countless staff inside British jails – from sea- his month last year, the previ- played an overt destructive role in relation to that has been controlling for a long time the system weighted heavily against ethnic minori- soned governors to fresh-faced newbie prison ous head of Iranian Mines and Lebanon, especially after it considered Hezbollah basic financial and economic centers, especially ties has become a major problem, RT reported. officers – all seem in favor of rehabilitative pro- Mining Industries Develop- a terrorist organization,” Omar Maarabouni tells the banking sector,” the Lebanese expert notes. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve grammes that can help keep the majority of their T the Tehran Times. The following is the text of the interview: been to jail – as a visitor, that is. Whether inter- 84,000 ‘clients’ from becoming recidivists. As ment and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), which is the country’s Over the last week, hundreds of the Lebanese Which regions in Lebanon witnessed viewing terrorists languishing at ‘her majesty’s over 60 percent of prisoners serving a sentence major state-owned holding active people poured into the streets to denounce lack protests and what were the causes? pleasure,’ interrogating war criminals in Sierra of less than 12 months reoffend within a year in the mining sector, announced the of economic aid despite a nationwide coronavirus In fact, almost most regions of the country Leone or hopping on a gurney inside Mississippi of release, it’s obvious that Britain’s jails aren’t organization’s top 10 targets to be lockdown, which has forced almost all businesses have been witnessing protests since October State Penitentiary’s lethal injection chamber, exactly overpopulated with master criminals. followed up through some programs to close and almost everyone to remain at home. 17, 2019. I’ve seen enough of the global penal system to But expecting a short-staffed and under-re- for domestic production of parts and While people’s demands have been mostly econom- Of course, these protests were motivated for know that, despite what the average Sun reader sourced prison service to turn every petty lag equipment used in the mining sec- ic, some Lebanese figures, backed by Saudi Arabia, purely socio-economic reasons, and therefore at thinks, prison is no ‘holiday camp.’ into a Jonathan Aitken and rehabilitate them tor as well as indigenizing required are trying to politicize any movement or protest. the beginning of the protests, we saw a real flow of Even in sleepy Britain, where cynics view into the promised land isn’t just naive – it’s a technology of this sector. According to Maarabouni, the Saudi moves people who came to the streets and raised slogans ‘doing bird’ as akin to a city break or a spell at case of slamming the cell door after the prisoner Elaborating on the mentioned in Lebanon “led to an escalation of the situation and demanding a better economic situation. boarding school, people forget that the primary has bolted. objectives in a meeting of the IM- in the Lebanese political scene and internal rift Continued on page 5 purpose of prison is to protect the public from Continued on page 5 IDRO’s Indigenizing Committee in early February 2020, Khodadad Ghar- ibpour said achieving the technology Iran warns against Israeli provocative statements required in designing and establish- American governance ing the production lines with the aim TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s am- Israeli regime has recently not only doubled down plans, in addition to those already in place, to model has gone into of boosting productivity, reducing bassador and permanent representative to on its provocative, warmongering statements develop them for the next year, because these foreign currency expenditures, and the United Nations, has warned against the against the Islamic Republic of Iran, but has also plans ‘need to be on the table’,” the ambassa- decline: researcher promoting employment are the ma- provocative and warmongering statements by been planning to carry out its belligerent threats dor added. jor aims pursued by the “domestic the Zionist regime, saying Iran will definitely against Iran.” “These threats are in grave breach of Chapter BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI production” strategy. respond to “any threat or wrong action” by the “The most recent example of such threats 2 the UN Charter and necessitates proportionate TEHRAN - A Lebanese political researcher believes The official stressed that befitting occupying regime, according to ISNA news is the remarks made by the Israeli military answer from the world community, given the that the U.S. as a model of capitalist democracy has from domestic capabilities and potential agency. chief of staff on January 26, 2021, in which, in dark history of the Israeli regime’s strikes against failed to present itself as a republic that relies on values. in manufacturing of parts, equipment, In a letter to United Nations Secretary-Gen- addition to frivolous claims on Iran’s peaceful the countries in the region,” the Iranian envoy “The United States tried, through its political and machinery, as well as production eral Antonio Guterres and the Security Council nuclear program, he also said that Israeli armed went on to say. rhetoric, to present itself as a republic that relies on of raw materials is a necessity for the president on Saturday, Takht-Ravanchi said, “The forces are preparing a number of operational Continued on page 2 values and principles, but it drifted towards power country in the current condition. and interests,” Tariq Aboud, a university professor, Increasing the profit making status tells the Tehran Times. of the enterprises through reducing According to Aboud, liberal capitalism opposes the production costs is another major medical support for people who cannot afford to objective of the domestic production Iran Plast pay for insurance, leaving them to die. approach, he added, and said that In this political system “the wealth is concentrated benefitting from domestic technical in the hands of a minority, while there are millions knowledge and creating a platform expo running who cannot afford to pay for their daily food,” the on which the enterprises active in Lebanese academic notes.