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Iran, Armenia Should Have Solid, Amicable Ties Despite U.S. Opposition WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13340 Thursday FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Esfand 9, 1397 Jumada Al thani 22, 1440 Leader-Assad Zarif is in charge Team Melli ready to War, love, loneliness in meeting was a of Iran’s foreign policy defend title at AFC Beach Middle East inspire new ‘blissful’ event 2 2 Soccer: captain 15 Persian poem collection 16 Iranian banking delegation to Iran, Armenia embark for Japan soon TEHRAN — An Iranian banking dele- Underlining that Japanese companies gation will soon leave Tehran for Tokyo preserved their businesses with Iran over as accorded in a meeting between the the past months despite the U.S. sanctions should have solid, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran against Tehran, the Japanese ambassa- (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati and Japan’s dor said that his country will continue Ambassador to Tehran Mitsugu Saito, the economic relations with Iran according portal of CBI reported on Wednesday. to its own interests. The visit seeks to accelerate finalization Cementing economic ties between the amicable ties despite of clearing Japan’s oil payments to Iran two countries is Japan’s first priority re- and trade of goods between the two sides, garding its relations with Iran, Mitsugu the report said. Saito said two weeks ago. See page 2 U.S. opposition Iran’s first hemodiafiltration center for kidney diseases inaugurated TEHRAN — The first specialized center toxins from the blood in people whose using hemodiafiltration as a dialysis meth- kidneys can no longer perform these od for kidney diseases was inaugurated in functions naturally. This is referred to Dr Lavasani Hospital in Tehran. as renal replacement therapy. According to the hospital’s president Hemodiafiltration is a type of dial- Seyyed Ali Jamalian, hemodiafiltration ysis that combines two other methods therapy will substantially improve the of dialysis; namely, hemodialysis and life of patients who need dialysis, IRIB hemofiltration. It is thus used to purify reported on Tuesday. the blood from toxins when the kidney In medicine, dialysis is the process is not working normally and also used to of removing excess water, solutes, and treat acute kidney injury (AKI). 9 Imran Khan calls for talks, urges India to avoid ‘miscalculation’ Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan its military said, in a dramatic ratcheting has called for talks with India after both up of tensions between the two nucle- sides said they shot down each other’s ar-armed neighbors. warplanes, something that has not hap- The Indian air force jets were shot down pened since the nuclear-armed rivals went over Pakistani airspace in Pakistan-admin- to war in 1971. istered Kashmir on Wednesday, a day after Pakistan shot down two Indian air force Indian aircraft launched air raids on Pakistani khamenei.ir fighter jets and launched air strikes at six territory, Pakistani military spokesperson Ma- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (L) meets Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. targets in Indian-administered Kashmir, jor General Asif Ghafoor said. 13 PERSPECTIVE ‘Events unfolding between India and Pakistan very frightening’ ARTICLE Mostafa Mousavi Sabet Syed Zafar Mehdi By Syed Zafar Mehdi Following are the excerpts: with certain crimes in the name of ideology or Head of the Tehran Times Journalist TEHRAN — The heightened tensions between The recent attack in Indian controlled religion. Such impunity and exceptionalism Art & Culture Desk from New Delhi India and Pakistan – the two warring neighbors Kashmir, the deadliest in three decades of in- doesn’t work in the long run. – in the wake of recent terror attack in Indi- surgency, has again brought India and Pakistan Following the attack, Indian PM Naren- an-controlled Kashmir have brought them on at loggerheads. Do you think the damage done dra Modi vowed ‘befitting reply’ and one of his Joy key ingredient the warpath again. this time is irreversible? ministers said India will ‘diplomatically isolate It’s official: After two weeks of shrill war rhetoric, the two A. Nothing is irreversible but each such bout Pakistan’. Pakistan, however, called it ‘a dream’. missing from nuclear powers have started flexing the military of violence sets us back immensely. Do you think India will be able to ‘isolate’ Pakistan? India, Pakistan are Iranian festivals muscle, conducting ‘surgical strikes’ in each oth- India accuses Pakistan of providing sanctu- A. Difficult in this increasingly inter-connected at war, again er’s territories. ary to Jaish e Mohammad, a group that claimed world where there are so many financial and power interests. They will have to learn to get njoyment is a vital part missing Beena Sarwar is a Pakistan-based journal- responsibility for the Kashmir attack, and other fter days of shrill war rhetoric and along. The sooner the better. from Iranian cultural events, ist, artist, documentary filmmaker and peace terrorist groups. Pakistan rejects the allegations. saber-rattling, India claimed to the most important of them activist. She has been working as Editor Aman Do you think the leadership in Pakistan has got War drums are beating loudly in India with have conducted a surgical strike in E ki Asha, a peace initiative between two biggest control over these groups? radical Hindu groups calling for ‘revenge’. Ten- A are the Fajr festivals, which are Balakot, a small hamlet in Pakistan-con- organized every year to celebrate media groups of India and Pakistan. A. They may not have control over these groups sions have heightened in Kashmir where fighter trolled Kashmir, early Tuesday morning. the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic In an interview with Tehran Times, she talks but enforcing rule of law would help to obtain jets are creating panic and anxiety among people. Indian government termed it a revolution. about the latest escalation between India and it. Treat criminal acts as criminal acts – charge, Both countries are claiming to have conducted “non-military, pre-emptive action” Those who intend to participate Pakistan, the implications of war, and why the prosecute and punish according to law. Instead, surgical strikes. Do you see the likelihood of against a major terror sanctuary of Jaish in the festivals get into disputes to unfolding events are ‘frightening’. Pakistan has allowed certain groups to get away small-case war? 6 e Mohammad (JeM), a terror group that convince the selection boards to pick claimed responsibility for an attack in their works and widespread criticism Indian controlled Kashmir two weeks begins if their works fail to be entered Trump and Kim predict success in high-stakes nuclear summit ago, which killed 44 members of India’s in the events. paramilitary police force. The artists whose works do gain North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. At their historic first summit in Singapore last Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Kim’s top envoy, More than 200 militants were killed in entry to the festivals then start bar- President Donald Trump met in Vietnam on June, Trump and Kim pledged to work toward Kim Yong Chol, and North Korean Foreign Min- the precision strike, Indian officials and gaining for a better time slot for their Wednesday for a second summit that the United denuclearization and permanent peace on the ister Ri Yong Ho. military analysts claimed from run-of- works on the festival’s schedules. States hopes will persuade North Korea to give Korean peninsula but little progress has been On Thursday, the two leaders will hold a series the-million television studios. After the selection boards announce up its nuclear weapons in exchange for promises made. of meetings, the White House said. The venue Pakistan debunked the claim and said their decision, there will be more hard of peace and development. Kim said they had overcome obstacles to hold has not been announced. Indian military planes had violated the Line bargaining among the owners of the Kim and Trump shook hands and smiled their second summit and praised Trump for his “We’re going to have a very busy day tomorrow,” of Control (LoC), intruding from Pakistan entries for an even better place on the briefly in front of a row of their national “courageous decision” to begin a dialogue. said a smiling, relaxed-looking Trump, seated controlled Kashmir, after which “Pakistan festival’s schedules. flags at the Metropole hotel in the Viet- “Now that we’re meeting here again like this, beside Kim at a round table with the other four Air Force immediately scrambled” and Afterward, they spend all the days of namese capital, Hanoi, before heading to I’m confident that there will be an excellent out- officials and two interpreters. Indian military planes headed back. the festivals suffering anxiety attacks dinner together. come that everyone welcomes, and I’ll do my “Our relationship is a very special relationship.” Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, spokesper- over whether their works will enjoy Trump told reporters he thought the talks best to make it happen,” Kim said. Experts said the pair were at pains to show son of Pakistan military, said it was time critical and public acclaim. would be very successful, and asked if he Trump and Kim held a 20-minute, one-on- their relationship had improved since their first for India to wait for Pakistan’s “befitting Festival organizers’ calls to attend a was “walking back” on denuclearization, one chat before sitting down to dinner with U.S. meeting, with their body language closely mir- response”, which he said will come “at a press conference come as summonses said “no”.
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