WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13205 Wednesday SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 Shahrivar 21, 1397 Muharram 2, 1440 Iran says seeks Tehran seeks Solhipour wins gold Iranian troupe to tour to avert disaster ‘best relations’ with at Asia-Oceania Open Europe with drama in Syria’s Idlib 2 the world 2 Powerlifting C’ships 15 on migration 16 Water, power projects worth $5.7b offered to private sector ECONOMY TEHRAN — Some Power Plant (in the southeastern province Missile attack desk46 power and water of Sistan-Baluchestan) with the capacity projects at the value of 243 trillion rials of 484 MW, and Isin Power Plant (in the (about $5.7 billion) were offered to the southern province of Hormozgan) with private sector during a ceremony attended the capacity of 968 MW, IRNA reported. by Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri As reported, Iranian Energy Minister on terrorists shows on Tuesday. Reza Ardakanian also took part the event, The offered projects to the private sector where he announced that 27 power plant include Ofoq Power Plant (in the south- projects, worth 70 trillion rials (about $1.6 western province of Khuzestan) with the billion) will be inaugurated by summer accuracy and strategy capacity of 968 megawatts (MW), Bampur 2019. See page 2 Salehi: Iran nuclear program to be more powerful if deal falls POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s He added, “That deal could have paved desknuclear chief told The the way for building the trust and the con- Associated Press on Tuesday that he hopes fidence that we had lost.” the atomic deal between Tehran and world Salehi’s comments come after Trump powers survives, but warned the program decided to pull the U.S. from the deal in will be in a stronger position than ever if not. May. The 2015 accord, struck under Pres- Ali Akbar Salehi said that President ident Barack Obama’s administration, Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw saw Iran agree to limit its enrichment America from the 2015 accord “puts him of uranium in exchange for the lifting of on the loser’s side” of history. economic sanctions. 2 Xi, Putin meet as Russia kicks off biggest ever war games Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met his thousands of Russian troops taking part Asghsr Khamseh Asghsr Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the along with Chinese soldiers. sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum Putin said Moscow has a “trusting rela- in Vladivostok on Tuesday. tionship” with Beijing “in politics, security The meeting, in which the leaders dis- and defense”, while Xi said both countries cussed the “development of Russia-Chi- would continue to “make joint efforts to nese relations”, came as Russia began its … push the China-Russia relationship up Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ largest military drills with hundreds of to a new height”. 13 EDITORIAL Close co-op with Afghanistan necessary to fight terror: Araqchi REPORT Mohammad Ghaderi POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Dep- He also downplayed efforts by other countries Ramin Hossein Abadian Tehran Times editor-in-chief deskuty Foreign Minister Abbas to undermine Iran-Afghanistan ties, saying, “In Mehr News Agency @ghaderi62 Araqchi on Tuesday underlined the necessity of its foreign policy, Afghanistan decides based on Journalist close cooperation with Afghanistan in the war on the principle of its national sovereignty and na- terrorism, saying Tehran attaches great impor- tional security.” Europe’s Hollow tance to the stability and security of its neighbors. The top Afghan official voiced gratitude to Investigation into Araqchi made the remarks in a meeting with Iran for contributing extensive amounts of help Threats Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to the Afghan people and government, saying, attacks on Iranian in Kabul, Fars reported. “Terrorism is the main threat endangering Af- lthough there has recently been lots of “There’s no such thing as good and bad ter- ghanistan’s national security.” consulate in Basra controversies on issues such as devel- rorism,” Araqchi said. Issues related to Afghan refugees, water sharing Aoping an “independent payment sys- The top diplomat also called for more coop- has progressed to 90 percent and the finalization at border areas were also featured in the talks raq is going through some tough days. tem” Europe and a “pseudo-swift structure” eration between Tehran and Kabul in the fight of the document will lead to the expansion and between Araqchi and Abdullah. The Iraqis have not yet succeeded in to maintain the nuclear deal with Iran, many against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group. flourishing of bilateral relations,” he stated. Araqchi also insisted on the need to main- Ielecting a speaker of parliament and analysts and experts in economic affairs be- Araqchi said work on crafting a comprehensive Abdullah, for his part, said Iran and Afghan- tain banking and economic cooperation between his deputies as well as a new president lieve that there’s no real intention to actualize document for joint cooperation between Iran istan have had cooperation in the past to fight Iran and Afghanistan, saying the value of current and prime minister. In the midst of it all, this idea among the EU authorities. In the and Afghanistan is reaching its end. terrorism but “confronting common threats needs trade between Iran and Afghanistan is about 3 what has drawn the world’s attention to meantime, there are deterrent factors that “The work tasked with two other committees more cooperation”. billion dollars. Iraq is Basra’s incident and the unrest have hampered European independence that claimed the life of seven people and from the United States, and it seems that left 50 people injured, according to the these factors are now highlighted under the Why Iran prefers the Eastern bloc over the West Iraqi Ministry of Health. presidency of Donald Trump. By Seyed Hossein Mousavian of Turkey, which initially opposed Assad’s gov- and U.K.–led coup removed Iran’s democratically Protesters were demanding improve- The fact is that European politicians, As the military phase of the Syrian conflict reaches ernment, has further made it clear that President elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. ment in their livelihoods, but given the and especially the current generation of its final stages, the leaders of Russia, Iran, and Assad has won the six-year war and will remain After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the United fact that, generally, there are opportun- European rulers act as the main barrier Turkey met in Tehran on September 9 and reiter- in power. If successful, the trilateral cooperation States supported Saddam Hussein’s invasion of ists in every demonstration and peaceful in this way. While some left-wing and ated in a joint statement that a political solution can play a more substantive role in managing Iran and his use of chemical weapons against protest, seeking to take advantage of sit- Social-Democrats are about to put the to the Syrian conflict requires inclusive, free, and other crises in the region. Iranian troops. uation, unfortunate incidents took place idea into practice, some politicians such fair elections with the participation of all eligible Russo-Iranian relations were not always close. Ever since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the in Basra too. as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Syrians under appropriate UN supervision. They In fact, some of the bitterest eras of contempo- foundation of Iran’s foreign policy has been “nei- The offices and centers of many political French President Emmanuel Macron and further reaffirmed their determination to coop- rary Iranian history were shaped by Russo-Ira- ther East nor West.” This implied that Iran would parties and branches of Hashad al-shaabi the British Prime Minister Theresa May erate to eliminate the Islamic State, the Nusra nians wars, after which Iran was forced to sign pursue an independent foreign policy. However, (the Popular Mobilization Forces) were are opposed to this idea. Front, al-Qaeda, and associated groups in Syria. the humiliating treaties of Turkamanchay and hostile U.S. policies have created deep mistrust burned down, and the rioters rechanneled They were committed to maintaining When the civil war in Syria began in 2011, the Gulistan. After the end of World War II as well, and pushed Iran further to the East. Recently, the wave of Iraqi people’s rightful protest Europe’s economic and security dependence U.S.-led bloc and its regional allies, including Soviet forces refused to leave Iran’s territory and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei announced and pushed it to their desire. on Washington. However, the key question Saudi Arabia, devoted their resources to remov- began supporting separatist groups in Azerbaijan. that he made a mistake by allowing the nuclear ISIS terrorists and the Ba’athists, at the is whether the European countries will suc- ing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, Unlike Russia however, Iran’s relations with negotiations with the United States to take place. command of the foreign masters, stormed ceed on this path or not? Is there really a as the result of Iranian-Russian cooperation to the United States began friendly, and Americans His foreign policy advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, also and burnt the locations of Hashad al-shaabi will to develop an independent payment buttress the Assad’s government, they failed to were perceived as a benevolent power. Relations went on to call Trump “unreliable” but described and the Iranian consulate in Basra. When system from the United States in Europe? achieve their goals. The addition to this alliance began to decline over six decades ago when a U.S. Putin as “logical and brave.” 7 the Iranian consulate in Basra was attacked The answer to this question is negative! and the perpetrators seized it and set it on One of the most important prerequisites fire, Al Arabiya and Sky News networks for the formation of an “independent pay- covered it extensively with details.