WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13483 Sunday SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 Shahrivar 24, 1398 Muharram 15, 1441 ‘Netanyahu, aka little U.S. intended to bring Iran too strong Nine foreign movies Hitler, is sinking Israel about collapse of for Qatar at Asian to screen at Iran’s to survive’ 2 Islamic Republic 3 Volleyball C’ship 15 Farda festival 16 Defense projects to be assigned to science-based companies: VP POGC, Petropars ink TEHRAN — Iran’s vice president for sci- and Technology and Ministry of Defense, ence and technology has said that defense ISNA reported. projects will be assigned to science-based “Through cooperation with the Ministry companies for completion. of Defense, projects that the ministry does Sorena Sattari made the announce- not classify as confidential will be assigned ment during a ceremony where he and to science-based companies. The reason $440m gas deal Defense Minister Amir Hatami signed is that innovation occurs at science-based an agreement for cooperation between companies, not in government systems,” the Presidential Department for Science Sattari said during the ceremony. 2 See page 4 Iran ranks 1st globally as a pocket-friendly destination: WEF TEHRAN — The World Economic Forum ness Report 2019, which was released (WEF) has ranked Iran first in the world earlier this month. as a pocket-friendly destination. The Forum also categorized the Islamic “Iran ranks 1st globally [in the Republic in “The Middle East and North category of Price Competitiveness], Africa (MENA)” region, saying “In fact, thanks to low ticket taxes and airport no MENA country scores above the global charges (7th), fuel prices (5th) and high average for natural resources and only purchasing power (5th),” according to Egypt and Iran score above for cultural WEF’s Travel & Tourism Competitive- resources.” 10 Yemeni drones hit Aramco, world’s largest refinery in Saudi Arabia TEHRAN — Yemeni drones have hit two an announcement on Al Masirah TV. oil facilities of Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant The movement’s military spokesman Aramco in the country’s east, causing huge General Yahya Sare’e said 10 drones were fires before dawn on Saturday. deployed against the sites in Abqaiq and A spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s in- Khurais, and pledged to widen the range of terior ministry said in a statement that attacks on Saudi Arabia. “This was one of the the attacks targeted two Aramco factories largest operations which our forces have carried Ahmad Moeini Jam in Abqaiq and Khurais. out deep inside Saudi Arabia. It came after The statement did not identify the careful intelligence and cooperation with hon- source of the attacks, but Yemen’s Houthi orable and free people inside Saudi Arabia,” IRNA/ movement later claimed responsibility in he said without elaboration. 13 PERSPECTIVE Sunset of America’s global leadership with part-time strategists ARTICLE Masoud Hossein M.A.Saki By Mohammad Ghaderi In the economic sector, Trump considered This new American leadership spearheaded Deputy editor-in-chief Head of the Sport Desk of TEHRAN — Trump’s doctrine “America first” establishing ties towards more profit for the U.S. by Trump, with more media presentation than the TehranTimes was created to form a new one-polar system in bilateral relations, trying to build America’s executive reality, when faced with the interna- with the leadership of the U.S. and it was based foreign policy on bilateral ties and trade. tional structure, challenged China’s economy. on nullifying the interests of multilateralism in Trump was seeking profitable and guaranteed When facing Russia, it discarded the INF pact. Bolton was a wrong regular world relations. deals in foreign relations, to make which come It also encouraged European countries to leave Iran U23 football choice by the Based on this doctrine, a U.S. defeated in domestic true he resorted to the policy of fear and hope the EU, left the Paris agreement, and quit Iran’s team in danger of not and foreign policies over the past presidential terms, to gauge extraterritorial relations. He defined nuclear deal with had four UN Security Council impulsive president should reconsider and rebuild relations with more mid-term U.S. policies by presenting as incon- members and Germany as partner. Trump went qualifying for Olympics profitability in order to revive the old hegemon and siderable the international pacts, conventions, so far as to call the UN costly and unproductive, onald Trump trumped his national regain its lost title as world leader. and approaches. calling for its removal from the U.S. 13 he war of words between Iran U23 security advisor John Bolton on football coach Farhad Majidi and DTuesday via a Twitter, saying he TAkbar Mohammadi, head of youth had “strongly disagreed” with many of committee of Iran Football Federation, has Bolton’s positions. ‘With or without Bolton’ that is not the question put Iran U23 football team in real danger of Naming Bolton as national security By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh later Trump announced that he fired Bolton after who is dipping to 39 percent approval in a new not qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. advisor was in sharp contrast to Trump’s TEHRAN (MNA) – The US National Security a string of disagreements over how the US should CNN/SSRS poll (only 36 percent of those asked Last week, Iran fell to Uzbekistan twice campaign promises including his criti- Adviser, John Bolton, was forced out from the handle North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran. said he deserved reelection), is turning his face in two friendly matches and it sounded the cism of “unending wars” that Republican White House last Tuesday due to, as believed, His downfall has been translated in many towards new managerial strategies to feel more alarm that U23 football are at risk of not President George W. Bush and his close his different stances from those of Trump on different ways, so far, regarding its influence on confident about his second tenure in office. qualifying for the Olympics after 44 years. team, Bolton included, had started in issues such as the US foreign policies towards US internal issues and America’s worldwide ties. Bolton is not the first cabinet member leaving Majidi has hit out at football federa- Afghanistan and Iraq. specific countries including Iran. Some believe, he had been elected by Trump under Trump. He, for sure, was a big voice in tion’s policy over inviting players to U23 After firing him, Trump admitted Bolton himself said in a tweet that he had to make his Presidential campaign promises and Trump’s ear but his opposing voice made the team, blaming it as one of the reasons for Bolton made a number of “big mistakes”, offered to resign Monday night while a few hours approaching the second round of elections, Trump, US President angry. 13 the team’s failings. including pushing for the U.S. invasion The ex-Esteghlal forward says he is resentful of Iraq in 2003. of anybody’s attempts to interfere in his work. Trump has turned his adminis- BUT some experts believe that Majidi is tration into a trial and error system. When Tel Aviv crosses the red lines responsible for his team’s losses since the Analysts say Trump’s decisions are By Fatemeh Salehi onist regime recently bombarded a military base was attacked by the Zionist regime. We teach U23 team suffer from lack of a defensive based on his impulses and that he TEHRAN — A review of Zionist regime’s recent in Al Bukamal in eastern Syria through the Jordan aggressors a lesson that they will never forget.” midfielder as they are becoming more and has no strategy. actions and its military aggression against the airspace and with the assistance of Americans Previously, some sources had reported about more critical for modern football. It was quite clear that Bolton was a Axis of Resistance in the region shows that these and their military base in Al-Tanf. The source the Israeli air raids on the Popular Mobilization Majidi’s side lost to Uzbekistan 1-0 in wrong choice for the important post of attacks and aggressions have been intensified over added that the U.S. and the Zionist regime are Units (PMU) forces near the Iraq borders. These their first match and suffered a heavy 4-1 national security advisor. Even moderate the recent days against Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and responsible for these adversarial actions. sources declared that the bombings were carried loss three days later. Republican politicians did not approve of Palestine, indicating that the Zionist regime and The source said, “They have crossed the red out inside the Al Bukamal, pointing out that these He replaced Zlatko Kranjcar in mid-June Bolton’s ultra-hawkish tendencies. its allies such as U.S. have crossed the red lines. lines. This military base belonged to the Syri- attacks were carried out five times at the intervals but the Iran’s Ministry of Sports and Youth He is a hard-hearted person. He has According to a Syrian security source, the Zi- an army and was under construction when it less than one minute. 13 and National Olympic Committee (NOC) shown no remorse for the disastrous expressed its dissatisfaction with the way Iraq war. of football federation for choosing him as a Not being affected by the tragedy coach and called it disappointing at that time. of the Iraq war, he advocated for war Armenian After a few days, the consensus was against North Korea, Iran, Syria and reached on him and Majidi announced Venezuela.