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.13989 Sunday JULY 11, 2021 Tir 20, 1400 Dhi Al Qada 30, 1442 Oman: Iran supports Iran goalkeeper Stability in forex market COVID-19 impact on peace efforts in Beiranvand officially to bring growth to stock fertility should take the region Page 2 joins Boavista Page 3 market: expert Page 4 center stage Page 7 No insecurity along Iran’s border with Afghanistan, Tehran says See page 3 TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Ministry and there is no insecurity along our coun- Iran facilitates spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has of- try’s borders with Afghanistan,” Khatib- fered assurances about the security of zadeh said in response to a question about the Iran-Afghanistan border amid on- the situation of Iran’s borders and border going clashes between the Taliban and crossings with Afghanistan following the the Afghan government along the border. recent developments along the borders. In a statement on Saturday, Khatib- “Considering the clashes that erupt- Afghan peace talks zadeh said there is no insecurity along ed at Islam-Qala and Abu Nasr Farahi Iran’s borders with Afghanistan thanks customs facilities inside the Afghan ter- to the efforts of Iranian border guards. ritory, a number of Afghan staff mem- “Thanks to the efforts of our zealous bers entered into the Iranian soil,” the border guards, the borders of the Islamic spokesman said. Republic of Iran are secure and peaceful, Continued on page 3 Israeli settlements amount to ‘war crime’: UN expert A top UN rights expert has called for Israeli rights situation in the occupied Pal- settlements to be classified as war crimes, estinian territories, said the settle- urging the international community to ments constitute a “violation of the demand accountability for a practice it absolute prohibition against settler has long deemed illegal. implantation”. Presenting his latest report to “In my report, I conclude that the Israeli the UN Human Rights Council in settlements do amount to a war crime,” Geneva, Michael Lynk, the United the UN expert said. Nations special rapporteur on the Continued on page 5 Tehran-Havana strategic cooperation on coronavirus vaccine production TEHRAN – The long history of cooperation technology for the production of Soberana between Iran and Cuba in biotechnology 02, in Iran, following a phase III clinical has led to a strategic relationship to develop trial in the country. a COVID-19 vaccine to fight against the 92% effectiveness global pandemic. Through the third phase of the clinical The recent collaboration between the trial on 24,000 Iranian volunteers and Finlay Vaccine Institute of Cuba and the 44,000 Cubans, it was found that the Pasteur Institute of Iran is on the research vaccine is 92 percent effective, Alireza AP and development of vaccine technologies. Biglari, head of the Pasteur Institute, said. Both institutions agreed to transfer Continued on page 7 Iran’s memories in Iran, Oman determined to U.S. State Dept. official urges Iraqi resistance Afghanistan: two boost trade ties groups to ‘leave us alone’ after new wave of attacks sisters apart BY MAHNAZ ABDI determination to enhance relations with Iran. A senior US State Department official has Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), TEHRAN- Iran shares borders with fifteen The Sultan of Oman said his country is re- pleaded with Iraqi resistance groups to “just better known by their Arabic name Hashd al- BY SAMANEH ABOUTALEBI countries, namely the United Arab Emirates solved to promote and strengthen relations with leave us alone” following a surge in attacks Sha’abi, have been leading a double fight against or years, many people includ- (UAE), Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Islamic Republic. against American bases and forces in the both Daesh and the occupation forces. ing Iranians, have dreamed Russia, Oman, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, As stated several times by the officials of the Arab country. Hood claimed that the United States was of visiting Afghanistan and Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bahrain, two countries, the ground is completely prepared “I understand that some of these militias not directly engaged in an “open war” with the F and Saudi Arabia. for the expansion of trade relations between completely disagree with what the United resistance groups, and said the recurring attacks viewing its colorful sights, a beauti- ful country that has been unrested Expansion of trade with these neighbors, Iran and Oman. States is trying to do in Iraq in fighting ISIS “serve no one’s interest.” for many years and engulfed in a specially increasing non-oil exports to them, Emphasizing that the basic infrastructure is (Daesh), but we’re asking them, we’re de- Late last month, the Pentagon said it war that is getting fiercer every day. is one of the major plans that the Iranian gov- prepared for the development of trade relations manding, that they just leave us alone and had conducted airstrikes against three With roots dating back thousands of ernment is now pursuing. between Iran and Oman, Mohsen Zarrabi, the we’ll leave them alone, so that we can fight targets belonging to Iraqi resistance years and many similarities in dialects Among the mentioned countries, Oman head of Iran-Oman Joint Chamber of Commerce, this common enemy, which is ISIS,” Acting groups along the country’s common and history, Iran and Afghanistan share is one that the Islamic Republic has attached has said that with the beginning of sanctions and Assistant Secretary of State Joey Hood said border with Syria. strong cultural ties. priority in this due, as the two neighbors enjoy the severance of some countries’ relations with in an interview with Al Arabiya. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said at Even though these two countries are an old history of good political and economic Iran, the government of Oman not only did not The emergence of Daesh in Iraq in 2014 was the time that President Joe Biden had ordered separate now, they used to be one united relations as well as many religious and cultural cut its trade relations with Iran, but also they are facilitated by the chaos resulting from the U.S.- the “precision strikes” because the positions empire once, which means that a lot of commonalities. trying to increase economic relations with the led military intervention, but the United States were allegedly being used by groups “that are historical places and monuments have In a meeting with Iran’s new ambassador Islamic Republic in the framework of interna- has used the fight against the terror organization engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) been left in Afghanistan belonging to to Muscat in last November, Sultan of Oman tional relations and with a win-win approach. as an excuse to extend its military presence in attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities ancient Iran. Haitham bin Tariq Al Said expressed his country’s Continued on page 4 the oil-rich country. in Iraq.” There is hope among Iranians that walk under the blue sky of Herat, Kandahar, Kabul, and Balkh with their neighbors one day. In the absence of a possibility of visiting FFIRI to introduce U23 football coach by next week People angry with these places and attractions, we can explore BY FARROKH HESABI along with Tajikistan (hosts), Nepal, and Lebanon. competitions will be held in October, so we have no Palestinian Authority’s a list of Persian historical monuments and TEHRAN - The Football Federation of the Is- Yet, the Iranian U23 team are without a head time to waste in preparation for the tournament,” sites preserved in Afghanistan. lamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) will introduce the coach since January 2020, where Iran, with Hamid Majedi said. security coordination Herat new head coach of Iran’s national U23 football Estili as head coach, were knocked out of the 2020 The head of FFIRI’s Youth Committee be- Afghanistan’s third-largest city, Herat, team by the next week, FFIRI’s Head of Youth AFC U23 Championship and failed to bring an lieves that it’s not going to be easy for Iran in with Israel: lawyer Committee, Mirshad Majedi, said in an interview end to a 44-year Olympic qualification drought. the qualifiers: “After the draw was held, some situated just 80 miles from the Iranian bor- BY ALI A. JENABZADEH der, was the capital of the Persian Empire. with Tehran Times. “Now that the draw is held and we have learned people have said that the group is so easy for Iran. Iran learned their AFC U23 Asian Cup Uz- the rivals awaiting us in the qualifiers, the FFIRI But we should not forget that only one team will TEHRAN – The public is unhappy with the Pales- Dating back to ancient times, the city tinian Authority’s security coordination with Israel, was known as Haraiva during the Achae- bekistan 2022 Qualifiers group stage on Friday. should appoint and introduce the coaching staff qualify from each group. The Iranian team have been drawn in Group B of the U23 national team by the next week. The Continued on page 3 a Palestinian lawyer says. menid Empire (ca. 550-330 BC). “There is real awareness among the Palestinian Herat became a provincial capital public of the need to change the behavior of the during the Safavid era (1501-1736). The Palestinian Authority,” Saleh Abou-Izzah tells the Persian king Abbas was born in Herat, Maryam Tehran Times. and in Safavid texts, Herat is known as “Palestinians through their parties, institutions, a’zam-i bilad-i Iran, meaning “the great- Mirzakhani associations, gatherings and popular movements have est of Iranian cities”.