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.13433 Thursday JULY 11, 2019 Tir 20, 1398 Dhi Al Qada 8, 1440 U.S. call for UN nuclear Iran says U.S. has Greco-Roman wrestlers Books on Khorramshahr watchdog meeting close cooperation claim Junior Asian Wrestling women’s resistance in is ‘farcical’ 2 with MKO 2 Championships title 15 Iran-Iraq war published 16 IDRO, domestic companies ink See page 2 MOU on 10m-ton steel project TEHRAN— Iran’s Industrial Develop- Head Khodadad Gharibpour, Hormozgan ment and Renovation Organization (IDRO) Province Governor General Fereydoun signed a memorandum of understanding Hemmati, and the representatives of the with a consortium of seven domestic com- companies in the mentioned consortium, panies on production of 10 million tons of IRNA reported. steel in Persian Gulf Mining and Metal In- “In addition to boosting the country’s dustries Special Economic Zone (PGSEZ) annual steel output by 10 million tons, this in the southern province of Hormozgan. project creates jobs for 10,000 people”, The MOU was signed at the place of Gharibpour told IRIB on the sidelines of IDRO on Tuesday in the presence of IDRO the signing ceremony. 4 Iranian biopharmaceutical medicines treat patients in Russia, Turkey: VP TEHRAN — Now patients in Russia, Tur- underway in Yekaterinburg, Russia. key and other countries in the region are Iranian medicines can cure four types treated with biopharmaceutical medicines of life-threatening illnesses using stem produced by Iranian companies, the vice cells, which is unique in western Asia, president for science and technology said, he added. Mehr reported on Wednesday. On June 22, the first Iranian pharma- Sourena Sattari made the remarks during ceutical factory in Turkey that produces a meeting held at the International Industrial recombinant protein drugs and biologic Trade Fair (INNOPROM), which is currently medicines was inaugurated. 11 Reducing nuclear U.S. says remains open to talks with Iran TEHRAN — The United States said on emergency International Atomic Energy Wednesday Iran’s breaches of its nuclear Agency board meeting said. commitments deal are an attempt at extortion, while at “We call on Iran to reverse its recent the same time repeating that Washington nuclear steps and cease any plans for Mohammadreza Abbasi Mohammadreza is open to talks. further advancements in the future. The “There is no credible reason for Iran to United States has made clear that we expand its nuclear programme, and there are open to negotiation without precon- is no way to read this as anything other ditions, and that we are offering Iran ‘unchangeable strategy’ than a crude and transparent attempt to the possibility of a full normalization of Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ extort payments from the international relations,” statement added, Reuters community,” the U.S. statement to an reported. ARTICLE U.S. bans on Hezbollah MPs assault on all of Lebanon: Berri ARTICLE Masoud Hossein TEHRAN — Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih “undermining Lebanese financial institutions and the ensuing occupation of its southern parts Morteza Khansari Head of the Sport Desk of Berri has denounced American sanctions on law- to assist Hezbollah and to evade U.S. sanctions in 1980s, and currently constitutes Lebanon’s political analyst the TehranTimes makers from the Hezbollah resistance movement against” the resistance group. de facto military power. as an “assault” against not only the parliament It was the first time that the U.S. Treasury Since then, the movement has helped the national but the entire Lebanese nation. Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control put army retake the occupied regions from Tel Aviv and Do-nothing “It is an assault on the parliament and as a Lebanese parliamentarians on its sanctions list. thwart two Israeli acts of aggression in 2000 and A new world order result an assault on all of Lebanon,” Berri said Separately, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 2006. It has also been playing a significant role strategy, the FIVB’s in a statement on Wednesday. said that the designations were meant to counter in the Syrian army’s fight against Takfiri terror with changes in The remarks came one day after the U.S. Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanon. groups, including Daesh and Nusra Front, thus best strategy Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two In response, Lebanese Finance Minister Ali preventing the spillover of the war into Lebanon. power balance: Hezbollah members of Lebanon’s parliament Hassan Khalil warned that the “unwarranted” Some 50 Hezbollah individuals and entities he U.S. authorities violated the and a security official responsible for coordi- U.S. bans “do not serve financial stability.” have been blacklisted by the Treasury since 2017. Dividing the world rules after they detained Iranian nating between the resistance movement and “Lebanon and its banks are committed to all In May 2018, the United States and its part- Tvolleyball team at Chicago’s O’Hare the country’s security agencies. the legislation and there is no justification at all ners in the Terrorist Financing and Targeting into opponents and International Airport, however the In- It placed MPs Amin Sherri and Muhammad for escalating these sanctions,” he added. Center (TFTC), which includes Saudi Arabia, ternational Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Hasan Ra’d as well as Wafiq Safa, a top Hezbollah Moreover, Lebanese lawmaker Ali Fayyad Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab friends chose to do nothing but saying sorry to security official, on its blacklist, claiming that the slammed the U.S. move as “a humiliation for Emirates, imposed sanctions on Hezbollah lead- the Iranians. trio had “assisted” Iran in its alleged efforts “to the Lebanese people.” ership, targeting its Secretary General Sayyed y withdrawing from the Interme- After the team was detained by the U.S. undermine Lebanese sovereignty.” According to Press TV, Hezbollah was formed Hassan Nasrallah and Deputy Secretary General diate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty authorities, some of the players had to an- Washington also accused the individuals of following the Israeli regime’s invasion of Lebanon Sheikh Naim Qassem. B(INF), the United States and Russia swer “nonsensical questions” one by one finally pulled away the iron curtain of the brought upon by border control - while the cold war. Seemingly, the two countries Polish team was able to leave the airport Nigeria police kill two Zakzaky supporters: Islamic group want to change the common defensive immediately, with a smile on their faces TEHRAN — Police in Nigeria have killed two live bullets sporadically. I saw more than three of his followers and three of his sons dead. His methods and are now unveiling their high- and no formalities. supporters of jailed Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibra- people collapsing.” wife also sustained serious wounds. tech nuclear weapons and missiles and “This is politics. I don’t know why they him al-Zakzaky, who were demanding his release Police also arrested 40 people during the rally. The Islamic Human Rights Commission have started threatening each other with did it. Do our athletes have anything else in the capital, Abuja, according to the Islamic In a statement, police claimed two officers (IHRC), based in London, saidearlier this week nuclear weapons. to do but play sports? Their approach is Movement in Nigeria (IMN), an organization had been shot and wounded in the legs, and six that the cleric’s health condition has further de- With suspension of INF by U.S. and not logical,” said the president of Iran’s that he heads. other officers had been injured. They said they teriorated, since he was reportedly poisoned in Russia, the world will be officially divided Volleyball Federation. The two, who were members of the IMN, were had “used minimum force to disperse the unruly prison. into two opposing military poles. With Iran and the U.S. have a positive and shot and killed outside the National Assembly protesters.” The cleric’s son, Mohammad, told Press TV increasing tensions and development of strong relationship built on years of com- on Tuesday. According to human rights groups, Nigerian on Saturday that his father was in dire need of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization petition. The U.S. athletes have traveled to Clashes erupted there as protesters gathered forces have killed at least 400 members of the medical treatment, as “large and dangerous quan- (NATO) on one hand and renovation of Iran for many times without any problem outside the parliament and then sought to enter IMN over the past four years. tities of lead and cadmium have been found in Russian missile defense system on the but there have always been problems for to register a demand for the cleric’s release. The group regularly organizes protests out- his blood.” He said that the authorities intended other hand, the world will face bigger se- the Iranians. “The security... took our report to go and give side the assembly to demand the release of its to murder his father since they refuse to take curity threats than before and will have Last year, Federal Bureau of Investigation the legislators but perhaps they refused to in- leader, whose life is reportedly in danger due any measures. to yield in to a new order that is based (FBI) interrogated the Iranian players for hours form the legislators, or the legislators refused to to health issues. In 2016, Nigeria’s federal high court ordered on arms race. at a Chicago airport but FIVB did nothing. respond. So, we decided to enter and submit it According to Press TV, Sheikh Zakzaky, who Zakzaky’s unconditional release from jail follow- In this new bipolar world, however, The mistreatment has been repeated but FIVB ourselves,” said one protester.