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 43rd year No.13936 Thursday MAY 6, 2021 Ordibehesht 16, 1400 Ramadan 23, 1442 Tehran strongly protests Hadadi likely to miss Monthly transit of goods Fakhra vaccine Belgian court verdict against Olympics due to via Shahid Rajaee port completes first phase Iranian diplomat Page 2 back injury Page 3 up 160% yr/yr Page 4 of human trial Page 7 U.S. refusing to lift all sanctions on Iran: report TEHRAN – The United States still refusing on the U.S. to lift all the sanctions it has to lift all the sanctions it has imposed on imposed on Iran after signing the JCPOA. Iran and this refusal may bring Vienna’s However, Press TV said that the U.S. is not nuclear talks to a halt, according to Iran’s considering removing all the sanctions. state TV. Citing an informed source on Tues- The news came amid ongoing nuclear day, Press TV even said that the United talks between Iran and the P4+1 group States’ continued refusal to terminate of countries in the Austrian capital of all the sanctions it has imposed on Iran Vienna over how to revive the 2015 Iran will definitely bring the Vienna negoti- nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint ations on the revival of the 2015 nuclear Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). deal to a halt. During the Vienna talks, Iran has called Continued on page 3 Over 140m Kwh of electricity generated from renewable sources in a month Saudi Arabia TEHRAN – Iranian renewable power plants House Gases (GHG). generated over 140 million kilowatt-hours Iranian households and small busi- (Kwh) of electricity in the first month of nesses have been welcoming renewable the current Iranian calendar year (March energies over the past few years, so that 21- April 20), IRNA reported. according to the Energy Ministry data, sets the stage Electricity generation from renewa- by the end of the mentioned month over bles in the said month led to economizing 5,012 wind and solar units with a total on the consumption of natural gas by capacity of 69,320 kilowatts have been put 40 million cubic meters while saving 31 into operation by consumers all around million liters of water and also prevented the country. for tactical the emission of 91,000 tons of Green Continued on page 4 Docudrama “Qassem” on General Soleimani’s life story produced outreach TEHRAN – Iranian director Mehdi Farsi “Qassem” chronicles the life story of has recently completed a docudrama enti- General Soleimani from childhood un- tled “Qassem” that provides a deep insight til his assassination in a U.S. airstrike in into the life story of Lieutenant-General Baghdad in January 2020. Qassem Soleimani, the former chief of A great part of the production under- Iran’s Quds Force. lines the key role General Soleimani played to Iran See page 3 The film was broadcast on Tuesday from in the leadership of the resistance axis in AFP the Mostanad Channel, an IRIB channel Iraq against the ISIS terrorists. dedicated to screening documentary films. Continued on page 8 Inspiring midwives Why Oshnavieh is heaven for ‘Over 300 Yemeni journalists killed in on COVID-19 archaeologists? 6 years of Saudi-led war’ frontline TEHRAN - Having numerous gardens, Oshna- and its surrounding areas have witnessed se- The Yemeni Media Union says more than 300 Reporters without Borders (RSF), stressing that vieh county, which is surrounded by towering ries of unauthorized, unprecedented drillings journalists and correspondents have lost their lives the kingdom is one of the most dangerous regimes BY FARANAK BAKHTIARI mountains in northwest Iran, lies on a thick and excavations committed by unauthorized as a result of the devastating military campaign in the world that represent a serious threat to the idwives along with the nurs- layer cake of civilizations that emerged and diggers and antique dealers, and smugglers. Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies have been freedom of the press and media. es have been on the front disappeared during millennia. Moreover, the The Urartu kingdom rose to power in the waging against the Arab country since 2015. Moreover, 23 media centers have been de- line fighting COVID-19, county is known as the cherry capital of the mid-9th century BC, but it went into a gradual The union, in a statement released on the occasion stroyed, 30 broadcast towers targeted, eight tel- M country as well. decline and was eventually conquered by the of World Press Freedom Day, announced that 337 evision channels suspended, broadcast signals of offering essential health services while being at high risk of infection. Situated in West Azarbaijan province, Oshna- Iranian Medes in the early 6th century BC. The Yemeni members of the press, including 47 citizen seven television stations jammed and three news International Day of the Midwife is vieh boasts some 100 sites registered on the Urartians were succeeded in the area in the 6th journalists and 290 war correspondents, have been sites hacked as a result of the Saudi-led onslaught. celebrated on May 5 under the theme of national cultural heritage list. It is also home to century BC by the Armenians. killed in the course of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on The union added that two official newspapers “Follow the Data: Invest in Midwives” to archaeological sites and hills, tomb chambers, Urartu, an ancient country of southwest Asia their homes and workplaces within the past six years. have also stopped publishing, while 143 Arab and advocate for investment in quality mid- and bas-relief carvings belonging to the Kingdom centered in the mountainous region southeast It noted that the Saudi-led coalition has com- foreign journalists have been banned from reporting. wifery care around the world, improving of Urartu (860 BC – 590 BC). of the Black Sea and southwest of the Caspian mitted 584 violations against Yemeni journalists Saudi-backed militants have also looted press reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, The main reason why Oshnavieh is called Sea. Today the region is divided among Arme- during the same period, adding that it has delib- institutions such as the main offices of al-Jum- and adolescent health in the process. an archaeologist’s paradise is that it was once a nia, eastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran. As erately targeted correspondents and media staff huriya newspaper in Ta’izz city as well as Akhbar Midwives are able to provide inte- prosperous settlement for the Urartu kingdom, mentioned in Assyrian sources from the early over exposing the atrocities, violations and horrific al-Youm daily in the southern port city of Aden. grated services for all age groups due to whose entombed relics still draw the attention 13th century BC, Urartu enjoyed considerable crimes of the Riyadh regime and its allies. Additionally, hundreds of Facebook, Twitter the abilities and skills they acquire while of archaeologists and even illegal excavators political power in the Middle East in the 9th The statement highlighted that Saudi Arabia and YouTube accounts belonging to media organ- studying, and therefore, according to the to the region. and 8th centuries BC. ranks 170th out of 180 countries on the World Press izations, media professionals, and human rights World Health Organization, they play a Over the past couple of years, Oshnavieh Continued on page 6 Freedom Index of the press freedom organization activists have been suspended. very important role in 52 vital indicators in reducing mortality and improving ma- ternal, infants and children health. Football federation headquarters handed over to an Iranian company 18 midwives lost their lives fight- Al-Quds sparks the flames ing the pandemic BY FARROKH HESABI his position just after six matches in charge due wage at that time. of resistance again There are 17,567 midwives working in TEHRAN - Football Federation of the Islamic to what he called ‘serious contractual violations In December 2020, the SSIC asked for the Republic of Iran (FFIRI) and Persepolis football by the Iranian Football Federation.’ money to be taken back. Since the FFIRI was the country’s hospitals, 30 percent of whom BY KHALID AL-QADDUMI club have lost their main buildings in Tehran In November 2019, the Iran football federation, unable to pay the debt, the SSIC took necessary work in coronavirus hospitals, Qasem Jan- In this piece, I want to address the messages and due to the FFIR’s failure to clear debts related led by former president Mehdi Taj, decided to steps to seize the federation’s assets, including babaei, deputy minister of health, has said. implications of the Bab al-Amoud uprising and some to former national team head coach Marc Wil- borrow €2 million from Iran’s Social Security the building of the federation and the build- Since the beginning of the outbreak, of the developments in Palestine. mots contract. Investment Company (SSIC, also known by its ing of the Persepolis club, whose documents 3,100 midwives have so far been diagnosed Al-Quds (Jerusalem) once again showed that it The Belgian coach was appointed in May 2019 Persian acronym Shasta), Iran’s major state- are legally in the name of the Iranian football with the disease, and 18 have lost their is the center of conflict which sparks the flames of with a three-year contract to lead Iran in their quest owned investment company. The federation federation. lives, he regretted. resistance to occupation. for a sixth FIFA World Cup appearance but left borrowed the money to pay part of Wilmot’s Continued on page 3 Services provided by midwives include This conflict per se reveals resistance identity pregnancy screening, common cancer and ideology as well as its humanistic features.