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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.13277 Thursday DECEMBER 13, 2018 Azar 22, 1397 Rabi’ Al thani 5, 1440 Iran among top five Israeli border tunnel Iran’s first goalscorer Iranian novel “Moon producers of operation won’t at World Cup Brow” on PEN America destroyers, vessels 2 disturb calm 13 Danaeifard dies 15 Literary Awards long list 16 ‘EU plans to finalize SPV as soon as possible’ ECONOMY TEHRAN — In a way with Gholam-Hossein Shafe’i, the head of Saudis getting desk to counter the U.S. Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, sanctions on Iran, European Union Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), at the plans to finalize the special purpose place of ICCIMA on Tuesday, ICCIMA vehicle (SPV) as soon as possible to website reported. facilitate export and import processes Also as Bloomberg reported on Mon- between EU members and Iran, Tarja day, European Union foreign policy chief more bogged Cronberg, the head of the European Federica Mogherini has said that SPV Parliament delegation for relations meant to help companies do business with Iran, stated. with Iran will be completed by the end She made the remarks during a meeting of the year. 4 down in Yemen Rouhani urges unity in face of See page 2 psychological and economic war POLITICS TEHRAN — President Rouhani said in this situation the people deskHassan Rouhani said should not face difficulty in buying basic on Wednesday that the United States and commodities and that prices of commod- his regional allies have started a psycholog- ities should be fair. ical and economic warfare against Iran and President Donald Trump withdrew the it is necessary to keep unity to counter it. U.S. unilaterally from the 2015 nuclear deal “There is a kind of economic and psy- in May and ordered sanctions against Iran. chological warfare, and we cannot say that The first round of sanctions went into force the situation is normal. In this situation, on August 6 and the second round, which we should help each other through unity,” targets Iran’s oil exports and banks, were he told a cabinet session. snapped back on November 4. 2 Yemen’s warring parties agree to reopen Sana’a airport for domestic flights Yemen’s warring parties agreed Wednes- international flights would stop at a gov- day to reopen the airport in the Houthi- ernment-held airport for inspections before held capital of Sana’a for domestic flights, flying into or out of Sana’a. They have one of the confidence-building steps yet to agree whether those inspections under discussion at UN-led peace talks would take place in the airport of Aden in Sweden, sources familiar with the or that of Sayun. talks said. Sana’a airport is in Houthi territory, but The Houthi movement and the Sau- access is restricted by an Arab-led military khamenei.ir di-backed government have agreed that coalition, which controls the air space. 13 ARTICLE Sacrificing ethics for money REPORT Martin Love By Mohammad Homaeefar Trump, his secretary of state Mike Pompeo after a classified briefing on December 5 about Syed Zafar Mehdi Political analyst from President Donald Trump and his die-hard loyalists and defense secretary James Mattis argue the murder of Khashoggi called the prince a Journalist North Carolina have been tarnishing the image of the United that there is no proof that MBS had advance “wrecking ball”, “crazy” and “dangerous”, in from New Delhi States badly during the last 23 months since knowledge of the murder. an open reference to Trump and his soldiers Trump entered the White House. The CIA is believed to have evidence that (Pompeo and Mattis), said, “You have to be What dooms Now, while the CIA and key senators from bin Salman communicated repeatedly with an willfully blind not to come to the conclusion Person of the Year: both Republican and Democratic parties are aide who commanded the team that assassinated that this was orchestrated and organized by nations can be saying that evidence shows that Saudi Crown Khashoggi, around the time of Khashoggi’s death people under the command of MBS and that Murdered journalist Prince Mohammad bin Salman, known as MBS, on October 2. he was intrinsically involved in the demise of surprising, and it had ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham who Mr. Khashoggi.” 13 Jamal Khashoggi resides internally 1398 budget bill, (non)-oil revenues? s 2018 approaches its end, it is By Haniyeh Sadat Jafaryieh Budget bill in review: • controlling unemployment rate and pre- time to look back at the important ne can believe without fear of re- events and happenings that shaped alistic opposition that people in The budget bill for the next Iranian calendar The prepared budget bill, which will be offi- serving job creation, A the year. The year would go down in his- general are much the same every- year 1398 (starting on March 21, 2019) was pre- cially submitted to the parliament by the Iranian • providing social justice and improvement O sented to the parliament on December 6 while President Hassan Rouhani on December 16, is of fair distribution of income, tory for many reasons – tragic incidents, where. Sure, cultures vary, religions and hyperbolic remarks, political dramas, social systems vary, but the fundamental Iran’s economy, previously expected to boom, said to be contractionary. • managing the operating deficit, improving is experiencing the toughest conditions under According to official information, major pol- the balance of capital assets, and trade wars, downfall of dictators, rise aspects and challenges and even joys of of democrats. human life remain constant. This is no the draconian U.S. sanctions. The upcoming icies applied by the Rouhani administration in • developing regional-provincial balance. year is supposedly an economic predicament preparing the annual budget bill include: To improve general livelihood of Iranians, spur Some of the important events that great epiphany, just simply the result of shaped the world and grabbed our attention exposure. That said, feel-good narratives for Iranians to endure and for the government • reaching stable economic conditions and job creation, support production, and reinforce to program and handle. improvement of business environment, budget discipline the budget bill is aimed at: 4 this year include U.S. President Donald are all over the U.S. media, but most all Trump unilaterally and quite dramatically of it is propaganda to give the largely un- pulling out of an international nuclear deal exposed public the impression that all is PGCC might survive in name only: Chicago professor with Iran, a massive earthquake jolting well. It isn’t. By Javad Heirannia by forming a separate defense agreement that power, both globally and in their immedi- Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and killing Of late one feel-good narrative has fo- TEHRAN — Robert R. Bianchi, a professor at excludes the other members.” ate neighborhood. Doha and Muscat see the thousands, Democrats regaining control cused on George H.W. Bush, who died. the University of Chicago, believes that “Now- He adds that “The PGCC might survive in Trump administration trying to downgrade of the U.S. house of representatives, crick- You would think this former one-term adays, China and Russia are acquiring greater name only.” America’s responsibilities in the Middle East eter-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party President was some kind of Christian influence in Iran and the Persian Gulf nations so Following is the complete text of the interview: while inviting Saudi Arabia to escalate proxy sweeping Pakistan’s general elections, U.S. saint, or maybe a man of al-Ghazzali’s it is natural that Doha and Muscat are inviting The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council’s wars with Iran all across the region. This has and China getting embroiled in a bitter wisdom and stature in the Muslim world. them to balance the destabilizing consequences (PGCC) annual summit was held in Riyadh led to greater bloodshed in Yemen, Somalia, trade war, and the brutal murder of Saudi No way. Bush was in fact the epitome of of American and Saudi policies.” while the Qatari emir and the Sultan of Oman Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Such a polarized journalist Jamal Khashoggi ordered by a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant butcher Professor Bianchi, who also teaches at the refrained from joining. What are the reasons environment severely threatens the longstand- the Saudi crown prince. masquerading as some sort of “man of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), behind this refusal? ing practice in Qatar and Oman of preserving Khashoggi’s murder on October 02 peace” when he was President, and before adds that “It’s possible to say that Saudi Arabia A: Qatar and Oman are responding intel- good relations with Iran and Washington at grabbed headlines across the world and in other governmental positions. and the UAE have virtually broken with the PGCC ligently to profound shifts in the balance of the same time. 7 generated a wave of anger and outrage He actually was responsible for the against the Saudi regime. The manner in butchering of hundreds of thousands of which the diabolical crime was carried out human beings. One notable incident oc- and the secrecy surrounding it generated curred when he butchered many thousands tremendous amount of interest among of Iraqi soldiers who were in hasty retreat people around the world. from Kuwait during the first Gulf War. Of course, it was not an ordinary crime This was unnecessary carnage. The war committed against a lesser-known per- had already been won, and anyway it had son at an undisclosed location for a petty originally gathered steam because of a false Breathtaking reason.