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.13913 Thursday APRIL 8, 2021 Farvardin 19, 1400 Sha’aban 25, 1442 Iran calls on U.S. Iran football federation Biden administration may Hassan Ruholamin to lift sanctions all files complaint resume some construction named Islamic Revolution at once Page 3 against AFC Page 3 on Trump’s border wall Page 5 Artist of 2020 Page 8 See page 3 Salehi says Iran has produced 57 kilograms of 20% enriched uranium TEHRAN - The capacity of the Atomic told reporters after a cabinet meeting. Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for “Nuclear industry will not stop uranium enrichment has reached 16,500 with JCPOA” Israel SWUs, AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi an- The AEOI head went on to say that he nounced on Wednesday. was sure that the nuclear industry would SWU stands for separative work unit. not be stopped or slowed down by the Salehi, a nuclear physicist, also said JCPOA, the common name for the 2015 Iran’s reserves of nuclear fuel enriched nuclear deal. to 20 percent has reached 57 kilograms. “Compare for yourself what we had “Today the capacity of Iran’s enrichment in 1392 in different fields and what we throws a has reached 16,500 SWUs and we have 57 have now.” kilograms of 20-percent uranium,” Salehi Continued on page 2 Iran’s annual gas reproduction rises 15% wrench TEHRAN- Gas reproduction has risen 15 the first eight months of the past year, percent in the country during the past showing a 24-percent rise year on year. Iranian calendar year (ended on March The country’s gas reproduction projects 20), as compared to its preceding year, have registered some high records in the according to the production director of Ira- past decade, the official further highlighted. nian Central Oilfields Company (ICOFC). In early January, the managing di- Ahmad Rajabi announced that about rector of Iranian Gas Engineering and into Iran three billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas Development Company announced that has been reproduced from the country’s the country’s gas storage capacity will reach gas storage facilities (Sarajeh and Shou- 6.5 billion cubic meters by the Iranian rijeh) in the past year. He also said that calendar year 1402 (starts in March 2023). nuclear 2.87 bcm of gas had been stored during Continued on page 4 “Definitive Talk” documentary to be broadcast TEHRAN-Produced by Khamenei.ir which Mohammad Javad Zarif, and the Leader’s is the official website of Leader of the Is- advisor Ali Akbar Velayati. lamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, The documentary also features other talks the “Definitive Talk” documentary is a top figures involved in the Iran nuclear first of its kind featuring uncompromising deal negotiations including Ali Larijani, interviews with several notable political Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Salehi, and Kamal figures, namely Parliament Speaker Mo- Kharrazi. hammad Baqer Qalibaf, Foreign Minister Continued on page 8 Six destinations to World Health Day: Together we can reach Russia, Lebanon’s Hezbollah mull opening visit in Hamedan fairer, healthier world representative office in Moscow when travel opens up TEHRAN – The World Health Day was commem- offered at public diagnostic and medical centers. The Russian government and Lebanon’s Hezbol- is mired in its worst economic crisis in decades as orated jointly by the World Health Organization Services delivered at Primary Healthcare Centers lah resistance movement are reportedly consid- well as a political stalemate over the formation of BY AFSHIN MAJLESI (WHO) in Iran and the Ministry of Health and and pre-hospital care are free of charge. ering the possibility of opening a representative a new government, Press TV reported. t is more than a year since many Medical Education on Wednesday in Tehran, WHO is working with the Government of Iran office for the Lebanese popular organization “The two sides stressed the need to strengthen countries around the world according to the WHO report. to ensure health equity for all and is supporting in the capital, Moscow, following high-level means of communication between them and have imposed sweeping trav- This year, with the theme of ‘Building a Fairer, the county’s national measures while helping the meetings between the two sides last month. to adopt direct channels of communication be- I Healthier World’, the day is drawing attention to the healthcare system to access and use all available Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tween the party and Moscow, while studying el bans and advisories to stem the spread of novel coronavirus within numerous barriers that stand between people and domestic and international resources and make received on March 15 a delegation of senior the possibility of establishing a representative their borders and beyond. calls for urgent action to eliminate health inequities sure no one is left behind. Hezbollah figures led by Mohammad Raad, the office for the party in the Russian capital,” Leb- Experts say that whenever the disease is and mobilize action to attain better health for all. One of such efforts was launching of the Iran head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc — anon’s al-Akhbar newspaper said in a report contained, the tourism industry begins to Iran strides towards health equity COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (ICERP) the political wing of Hezbollah — and media on Tuesday. flourish once again. The Islamic Republic Over the past decade, Iran has made noteworthy on June 16, 2020. The project is a close collabo- reports indicated that the two sides had held The Lebanese paper also said the two sides of Iran, which is home to countless travel strides towards health equity in the country and ration between WHO and Health Ministry and “open and friendly” talks. had discussed the situation in Yemen, Iraq, destinations, is among those highly suf- put efforts towards achieving Universal Health financed by the World Bank at $50 million. To The meeting, held at Russia’s request, was Syria, and Palestine. fered from the pandemic when it comes Coverage by enhancement of financial risk pro- help tighten the gap in availability of diagnostic described by analysts as different from Moscow’s Pointing to the Syrian crisis, the al-Akhbar to tourism. The average of international tection with more access to quality of care. and medical equipment by procuring and de- previous ones with Hezbollah and it showed newspaper said the Russians stressed that the travels to and from the country fell by Therefore, more than 90 percent of the country’s livering a total of 316 medical devices and 135 Russia’s inclination to see the Lebanese resist- presence of Hezbollah in the war-inflicted Arab 84 percent during the first nine months population, including in rural areas, now benefits laboratory machines and their consumables to ance movement as an “independent” power. country was “necessary,” and added that Mos- of the past Iranian calendar year (ended from health insurance that covers 70 percent of 45 laboratories across 31 provinces. The visit by the four-member Hezbollah dele- cow counted on future cooperation with the on March 20, 2021) from a year earlier. outpatient and 90 percent of inpatient services Continued on page 7 gation to Russia took place at a time when Lebanon resistance movement. Before the COVID-era, the ancient city of Hamedan was one of the hot travel des- tinations of the country. Scenic natural landscapes, traditional restaurants, public Saudi Arabia behind coup attempt in Jordan: Palestinian analyst The strategic gardens, colorful outdoor markets, and BY M.A. SAKI Jordanian authorities on Saturday arrested as many The Saudi connections of two detained male partnership with China more importantly, its hospitable people TEHRAN – A Palestinian author believes that as 20 people and sought to restrain the movement associates of Prince Hamzah have sparked ques- make for an unexpected slice of the cen- Saudi Arabia and the UAE had a key role in the of a former crown prince amid what officials called tions about Riyadh’s relationship with Amman. will improve Iran’s tral-west city, which never falls short of coup attempt in Jordan. a threat to the “security and stability” of the country. Here is the text of the interview with Shaker offering cultural heritage sites to its visitors. “In the official statement of the Jordanian Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the eldest son Zalloum about Saudi’s role in Joran developments: regional status: Texas Known in classical times as Ecbatana, government, there is a reference to the interven- of the late King Hussein and his American-born How do you read the recent developments University professor Hamedan was once one of the world’s tion of foreign intelligence without specifying fourth wife, Queen Noor, was told to remain at in Jordan? Was there really a coup attempt? greatest cities of ancient times. Pitifully them,” Shaker Zalloum tells the Tehran Times. his Amman palace amid an investigation into A: There is no smoke without fire, so I think it BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI little remains from antiquity, but significant “I think it is most likely to be a coup attempt an alleged plot to unseat his older half-brother, is most likely to be a coup attempt behind which TEHRAN - An American professor from the Univer- parts of the city center are given over to behind which Saudi Arabia and the UAE play a King Abdullah II, according to a senior Middle Saudi Arabia and the UAE play a key role. sity of Texas says the strategic partnership between excavations, and there’s a scattering of key role,” he comments.