Security body Iran, Cyprus sign Urologic robotic surgery Kering, Cannes 21012OKs taking assets 4 MOU on aviation, tested on animal in Iran honor Iran’s NATION seizure case to ICJ ECONOMY maritime co-op SOCIETY appears to be promising ART& CULTURE Ida Panahandeh WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y No military solution to Syria crisis: Zarif 9 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12555 Wednesday MAY 18, 2016 Ordibehesht 29, 1395 Sha’aban 11, 1437 Opportunity for Rouhani greets new ambassadors, Iran to deepen integration into calls for stronger ties with Paris global economy is coming: IMF POLITICAL TEHRAN — President Has- Tehran of France, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, and In- The newly appointed figures will certainly ran is emerging from the shadows of interna- desksan Rouhani received on donesia with calls for expansion of ties with the have more demanding missions compared to tional trade sanctions. David Lipton, the first deputy Tuesday credentials of new ambassadors to countries. their outgoing comrades considering that Teh- 2 managing director of the Inter- national Monetary Fund says the opportunity for Iran to deepen integration into global economy is coming. New director The IMF published the full text of Lipton’s planned speech in Tehran on of IRIB says its website on Tuesday. Parts of the speech cover issues relating to the sit- change in news uation of the Iranian economy before and after the lifting of sanctions, op- programs high portunities and challenges ahead for its reintegration into the global econ- on agenda omy. Excerpts of the IMF official’s quota- ARTTEHRAN — The tions are as follow: desknew director of Is- With important sanctions lifted, lamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Iran has a new opportunity to deep- (IRIB), Abdol-Ali Ali-Asgari, has said en its integration into the global that making a couple of major chang- economy. That process has the po- es to new programs is high on the tential over time to support faster agenda. growth and rising living standards Speaking to the reporter after for Iranians. his inauguration on Tuesday, he But positive results depend on also said that IRIB will turn its main overcoming two major obstacles as focus on producing educative pro- well. The first is navigating a difficult grams. global economic situation. And the “Paying attention to the national second is building a competitive and economy and production is also high flexible domestic economy that will on the agenda; you will see it on TV,” Mojtaba Mohammadlou serve as a suitably strong platform for he noted. growth. 12 IRNA/ 4 S. Korea, Iran PERSPECTIVE sign MOU for Tehran greets Croatian president By Harun Yahya political expert cooperation on POLITICAL TEHRAN — tural activities have been ar- environment deskCroatian Pres- ranged for the female pres- ident Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic ident. She leaves Tehran on SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and who arrived in Tehran on Tues- the same day. Iraq in the midst Iran signed an agreement Tuesday to day afternoon for a three-day Grabar-Kitarovic, who become jointly tackle their environmental is- visit was welcomed at Imam the first female president of Croa- of crisis sues, further expanding their bilateral Khomeini International Air- tia in January 2015, visited Tehran cooperation to social issues in the lat- port by Industries and Trade upon an invitation by President n May 11, Iraqis woke up to est sign of their improving relations. Minister Mohammad Reza Rouhani. another series of blasts around Nematzadeh. Grabar-Kitarovic’s trip O A memorandum of understanding Baghdad in Shia populated ar- (MOU) for cooperation on environ- On Wednesday, Grabar-Ki- follows a series of visits to eas including the city of Sadr, named ment was signed here by South Korea’s tarovic will be officially wel- Iran by world leaders after after Ayatollah Mohammed al-Sadr, Environment Minister Yoon Seong-kyu comed by President Hassan the Islamic Republic and the leaving almost 100 people dead and and his Iranian counterpart Masou- Rouhani at Saadabad presi- great powers signed a land- more injured. Such explosions have meh Ebtakar, who is double-hatted as dential palace. mark nuclear deal in July somehow become ordinary and don’t vice president of Iran. A number of agreements and 2015. The nuclear agree- even get any headline anymore in lo- Under the signed agreement, the memorandums of understand- ment, called the Joint Com- cal or even international news reports. countries will exchange information ing will be signed between Iran prehensive Plan of Action This kind of violence among Muslims, on waste management and preserva- and Croatia at the presence of (JCPOA), went into effect on that is Sunnis attacking Shias or vice tion of wetlands, as well as hold joint Rouhani and Grabar-Kitarovic on January 16. ticipate at the meetings arranged She will also hold talks with versa is something beyond compre- seminars that will further promote Wednesday. Later the two presi- The Croatian president’s visit between economic officials and some senior Iranian officials on hension and I receive it with distur- exchange of information and cooper- dents will hold a joint press con- comes two weeks after the fe- private sectors of the two coun- Wednesday. bance and regret. ation, according to South Korea’s envi- ference. male Korean President Park Ge- tries. For Thursday, some cul- Despite that Syria has been in an ronment ministry. Grabar-Kitarovic will also par- un-hye’s trip to Tehran. intense civil war for five years and is “I hope the signing of the MOU for considered to be in a severe crisis, Iraq cooperation will be our first step toward is in at least the same condition if not improving the countries’ environment Russia may counter NATO by deploying worse. Iraq has not seen a break in vio- and boosting their cooperation and ex- lence since the moment it was invaded change of information on their environ- by the U.S. in 2003. Consequently, hun- ment-related technologies and policies,” ballistic missiles near Romania: analyst dreds of thousands of Iraqis lost their Yoon was quoted as saying. INTERVIEW um-range ballistic missiles, particularly from politically. It may be worth noting that anoth- lives and 1.5 million left homeless. The The agreement will resume the By Javad Heirannia the Middle East. However, Russia has said it er such NATO installation will be operating in casus belli of this invasion was the false countries’ joint efforts to tackle their is aimed at containing Russia and President Poland early next year, as plans currently stand. presumption that Iraq had supplies of national and global environment is- TEHRAN — A senior fellow at the Center for Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will “neutralize The full system includes NATO’s command WMD and was an imminent global sues six years after their 2010 agree- American Progress in Washington DC tells the emerging threats”. and control center in Germany as well as U.S. threat, which later proved to be false ment expired. The MOU also follows Tehran Times that Russia may deploy short Following is the full text of the interview: warships in the region which are equipped to and fabricated. Surprisingly some of a series of business deals signed ear- range ballistic missiles near the Romanian bor- What is the purpose of the U.S. in de- launch interceptor missiles. The U.S. Deputy the leaders apologized for the wrong lier in the month during South Korean der as the U.S. activated a land-based missile ploying missile defense shield in Romania? Defense Secretary, Robert Work, has said this intelligence. Tony Blair expressed it President Park Geun-hye’s visit to the defense station in Romania on May 12. Isn’t it an expansion of NATO to the East? strengthening of NATO’s missile defense sys- in an interview he gave to CNN with Middle Eastern country, said to be “Russia, of course, may take this opportunity A: The U.S. has officially said making the tem is not about Russia and that the U.S. would these statements: “I apologise for the worth billions of dollars. as an excuse to boost ‘counter-measures’, may- missile defense system operational in Romania openly say so if it were meant to deter Russia. fact that the intelligence we received In a summit with Park, Iranian Pres- be by placing short range ballistic missiles near is to protect Europe from aggressive activity of What it has said this time about the installation was wrong... I also apologise for some ident Hassan Rouhani also expressed the Romanian border,” Gautam Adhikari says. “rogue states”, such as Iran. Russia sees it differ- in Romania is that it is meant to defend against of the mistakes in planning and, cer- hope to more than quadruple the coun- NATO claims the interceptor station will help ently. It has called the system destabilizing and attacks from other players in the region. tainly, our mistake in our understand- tries’ bilateral trade from $6.1 billion in defend against the threat of short and medi- part of a plan to contain Russia militarily and 9 ing of what would happen once you 2015 to over $30 billion in five years. removed the regime.” Yet, the damage was done and it was once more an- TEHRAN TIMES Iran’s railway sector exciting with huge potential for foreigners other Muslim country with a Muslim population who suffered extensively. Iran’s Leading International Daily By Mahnaz Abdi The following is what some of the removal of sanctions will fa- Iranian market on which we could them told the Tehran Times in the cilitates everything for business in trust.