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US Sanctions Iran Despite Nuclear Deal Compliance SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 SHAWWAL 25, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Heatwave Rohingya Syrian man Sri Lanka make strikes cornered by displaced by IS record run Kuwait, poverty, trailed fight paints chase to beat Middle 3East by violence8 his32 heartache Zimbabwe16 US sanctions Iran despite Min 32º Max 46º nuclear deal compliance High Tide 06:52 & 20:46 Low Tide Tehran has received ‘contradictory signals’ from Trump 00:48 & 02:10 32 PAGES NO: 17283 150 FILS WASHINGTON: The US slapped fresh sanctions on Iran yesterday over its ballistic missile program, just hours MP Hayef demands after Washington admitted the Islamic Republic was complying with a landmark nuclear deal signed two official statement years ago. Iran’s parliament retaliated by voting for extra funding for the missile program, a move that speaker Ali over ‘Abdaly cell’ Larijani said would show the Americans that Iran “will By B Izzak resist them with all its power”. The heightened tensions came after President Donald KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Mohammad Hayef Trump was forced to back off from a key campaign yesterday called on the interior minister to issue a promise to withdraw from a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran, which eased sanctions in return for limiting its statement as soon as possible about the reported ability to produce material for atomic weapons. Trump escape of 14 members of the so-called pro-Iran had described it as “the worst deal ever” and accused “Abdaly cell”. News reports on Sunday said 14 of the Iran of continuing to back terrorism in the Middle East. 26 members of the cell fled Kuwait hours after the But on Monday, the White House admitted that the court of cassation overturned their acquittals and Islamic Republic was sticking to the nukes agreement. It sentenced them to various jail terms. The men noted, however, that while Iran might be meeting its reportedly fled to Iran by sea and are believed to be requirements on paper, it was “unquestionably in default living in the Islamic republic. The government has of the spirit” of the accord. In announcing the new sanc- remained silent over the reports. tions against 18 individuals and entities in Iran, the State Hayef said that it is unacceptable that the Kuwaiti Department said it “remains deeply concerned about people do not know the whereabouts of 14 convicts Iran’s malign activities across the Middle East which of the cell, which was convicted of plotting attacks in undermine regional stability, security, and prosperity.” the country. “The ministry of interior must clarify It cited Iran’s support for Hezbollah, Hamas, the whether the men are in Kuwait serving their jail regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and Houthi terms or are outside the country,” he demanded. rebels in Yemen fighting a US-backed coalition led by Hayef called for quickly apprehending the 14 con- Saudi Arabia. In addition to earmarking an additional victs and those who are hiding them or who helped WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump swings a Marucci baseball bat in the Blue Room during a “Made in $260 million for its ballistic missile program, Iran’s Continued on Page 11 America” product showcase event at the White House on Monday. — AFP Continued on Page 11 Erdogan to visit Kuwait, Gulf Egypt ends visas on arrival for Qataris ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will vate news agency Dogan. Turkey is a key ally of Qatar, this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are which has been diplomatically and economically isolat- locked in a deep diplomatic crisis, his office announced ed by its Gulf neighbors over allegations it supports ter- yesterday. Erdogan will also visit Kuwait, the main medi- rorism. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt ator in the Qatar crisis, during his July 23-24 tour. and Bahrain last month cut diplomatic ties with Qatar Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Ankara would and issued 13 wide-ranging demands to lift the block- continue to play a “constructive and active” role to help ade, including the closure of a Turkish military base in solve what he described as a “pointless” crisis. Yildirim the emirate. The crisis has put Turkey in a delicate posi- added Erdogan’s visit would be part of this effort. tion as Qatar is its main ally in the Gulf but Ankara does Erdogan is expected to visit Saudi Arabia then Kuwait not want to antagonize key regional power Saudi Arabia. on July 23 followed by Qatar on July 24, according to pri- Continued on Page 11 ANKARA: This photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waving to an F-16 fighter jet while travelling from Ankara to Istanbul. — AFP US healthcare reform collapses WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump blasted con- gressional Democrats and “a few Republicans” yesterday Saudi woman in over the failure of the GOP effort to rewrite the Obama healthcare law, and warned, “we will return”. Trump’s early online miniskirt morning tweet unleashed a barrage of criticism at Congress over the collapse of the GOP’s flagship legisla- tive priority. For seven years, the party has pledged to video arrested repeal President Barack Obama’s law. “Most Republicans RIYADH: Saudi police said yesterday they were ques- were loyal, terrific & worked really hard,” Trump tweeted tioning a woman who appeared in an online video in yesterday morning, but said, “We were let down by all of a miniskirt and crop top walking through a historic the Democrats and a few Republicans.” He added, “As I site in the ultraconservative kingdom. A series of have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come videos, initially posted over the weekend to the together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!” Snapchat account of “Model Khulood”, show a young Two GOP senators - Utah’s Mike Lee and Jerry Moran of woman in a high-waisted miniskirt walking through Kansas - sealed the measure’s doom late Monday when a fort in Ushaiqer, outside the capital Riyadh, playing they announced they would vote “no” in an initial, critical with sand in the dunes and turning towards the vote that had been expected as soon as next week. That camera for a close-up, her long hair uncovered. The meant that at least four of the 52 GOP senators were videos have since been uploaded to YouTube and ready to block the measure - two more than Majority tweeted by different users. Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had to spare in the face of Saudi media, including the main dailies Sabq and unanimous Democratic opposition. Okaz, yesterday quoted a spokesman for police in “Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal Riyadh as saying the woman was being questioned and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not Continued on Page 11 be successful,” McConnell said in a late evening statement Continued on Page 11 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 LOCAL KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. — KUNA KUWAIT: Ambassadors of Guyana (top) Dr Shamir Ally and the Netherlands Frans Potuyt (above) visited Kuwait Times yesterday and met separately with Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Mogherini in Kuwait Sunday to underline mediation efforts support CAIRO: Kuwait’s Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Egypt’s President BRUSSELS: European Union foreign poli- July 15 and 16. Abdelfatah Al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday. —KUNA cy chief Federica Mogherini will visit Mogherini said she had discussed Kuwait on Sunday to express with Le Drian during her visit EU support of mediation to Paris last week the mes- Sisi appreciates Amir’s efforts efforts assumed by His sages he would have brought Highness the Amir Sheikh before his travel to the Gulf Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- region. “We agreed on mes- Sabah to find solution to the sages to be passed before- to solve Gulf row: Spokesman Gulf crisis. hand and he told me today “I will be visiting Kuwait, about his contacts he has had,” the mediator that we support said Mogherini. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets UN Yemen envoy in Cairo and accompany and with “We discussed in particular whom we are constantly in the need to avoid tensions in CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi touch. So I will visit Kuwait European Union for- the Gulf,” she said noting that has expressed his appreciation of Kuwait’s next Sunday,” she told a press eign policy chief it has negative repercussions good efforts led by His Highness the Amir conference after a meeting of Federica Mogherini on the crisis in Libya which is Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, EU foreign ministers Monday a top priority for the EU. “This reflecting keenness on boosting the Arab soli- evening. Meanwhile, French is a consistent message that darity and consensus. Sisi made his remarks Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian all EU ministers who had contacts in on Monday during a meeting with the visiting briefed his EU counterparts on the out- the Gulf region but also the heads of Kuwaiti Acting Prime Minister and Foreign come of his visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, states in the Gulf are passing,” she Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates on added. — KUNA Al-Sabah, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Yousef said in a statement. The meeting was attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, and Kuwait’s Public Authority of Industry Assistant Foreign Minister for the Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign wins int’l award for GIS app Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- Mohammad Al-Sabah, and the Kuwaiti KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Public Authority Of Ambassador to Egypt Mohammad Al- Industry (PAI) announced yesterday that it Thuwaikh.
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