Iran’s intelligence Iran expects Ban Ki-moon Imam Reza(AS) Intl. 21112chief meets Kyrgyz 4 1st Airbus delivery to carry Olympic Festival opens NATION security officials ECONOMY in late autumn SPORTS torch ART& CULTURE today in Qom WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Future trust in U.S. if it had shown goodwill in JCPOA deal 2 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12615 Thursday AUGUST 4, 2016 Mordad 14, 1395 Dhi Al Qaeda 1, 1437 All need to work Iran’s cabinet to bridge regional gaps: Can Iran, West talk on human rights? approves new Turkish ambassador Only if it’s bilateral: Judiciary chief amended EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW oil and gas By Ali Kushki and Parvin Telli POLITICAL TEHRAN — While man rights concerns only if they answer Iran is put to questions,” Judiciary desk TEHRAN — Two weeks after the July 15 coup, the Tehran blaming the West Iran’s questions, too. Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani told a fo- contracts Times sat face-to-face with Turkish ambassador to Tehran for “manipulative use of human rights”, “The negotiations should be pre- rum on Wednesday to commemorate Riza Hakan Tekin to hear his remarks about a number of Tehran has announced it is ready to en- conditioned upon a bilateral frame- the Islamic Human Rights and Human DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran’s cabinet domestic and international issues. ter talks with European countries on hu- work, not a unilateral one where only Dignity Day. approved on Wednesday an amend- The Turkish ambassador said his country’s differenc- ed draft for the country’s new oil and es with Iran and Russia over regional issues are more of See page 2 gas contracts, Iranian official media “methodological” nature. He said all parties should join reported. hands to end the regional mayhem. “The draft of the general condi- The first part of the interview was published in the Teh- tions, structure and patterns of the up- ran Times July 23 issue. Following is the second part of stream petroleum and gas contracts the interview: which included more than 150 minor How do you think the incoming visit to Moscow and major changes ... was given final of President Erdogan will influence Turkey’s foreign approval in today’s cabinet meeting,” policy, particularly with regard to regional issues? the Iranian oil ministry’s news agency, A: We have a saying in Turkey and you may have a similar SHANA, said on Wednesday. one in Persian. From a very bad thing a good thing comes The launch of the Iran Petroleum up. This applies to our domestic affairs as well as interna- Contract (IPC) has been postponed tional relations following the coup. One can only be hopeful several times. and nobody knows what will happen. Before the coup, we Iran’s top authority, Supreme Lead- had already decided to rectify our relations with Russia and er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said last to re-establish our close relations. Our prime minister sent month that no new oil and gas con- a letter to President Putin and he replied back and so on tracts for international companies so fforth.orth. HHence,ence, ththee ggroundround was aal-l- would be awarded without necessary readyady laid fforor a re-establishment reforms. of ccloselose rrelationselations with RRussia.ussia. FForor The Islamic Republic is ramping up us, the Russians’ clear position oil production and reclaiming market on the coup was ververyy important. share after the lifting of Western sanc- Wee appreciate it because thetheyy tions in January. wereere ververyy clear and hehelpfullpful However, oil majors have said they forr our democraticalldemocraticallyy Mohammad Reza Abbasi would go back to Iran only if it made electedected ggovernment.overnment. major changes to the buy-back con- tracts of the 1990s, which companies Seeee pagepage 2 such as France’s Total said made them no money or even incurred losses. Tehran Times/ Tehran 4 Russian ambassador: Iran’s Iranian musicians, World Youth Orchestra rehearse in Tehran Intelligence missile tests did not violate Ministry executes ARTTEHRAN — The The orchestras are scheduled to give day to brief the media about the con- UN resolution deskWorld Youth Or- joint performances at Tehran’s Vahdat certs. members of chestra, which arrived in Tehran on Hall from August 10 to 12. Safipur said that the World Youth Or- terrorist group POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Russian Ambassador to Monday, performed its first joint re- Ali-Akbar Safipur, the director of chestra, which is based in Italy, consists of deskTehran has rejected the claim that Iran’s hearsal with the Tehran Symphony Or- Iran’s Rudaki Foundation, which is one young musicians from 10 different coun- POLITICAL TEHRAN — The missile tests were not consistent with the spirit of the United chestra on Wednesday under the lead- of the main organizers of the concerts, tries, including Armenia, Portugal, Ger- desk Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. Iranian Foreign Min- ership of its Italian conductor Damiano Giuranna and several Iranian musicians many and Canada. istry issued a statement on Wednes- In an interview posted on the English service of IRNA on Tues- Giuranna at Rudaki Hall. attended a press conference on Tues- 12 day, Levan Jagarian said Iran’s day, announcing that it has executed missile tests were not against members of a terrorist cell which called the JCPOA as the missiles which India’s July Iranian crude imports surge 21% to five-month high themselves “Tawhid and Jihad group”. were tested were not designed According to the statement, some 10 members of the group had been killed to carry nuclear warheads. India’s July oil imports from Iran rose period a year ago, the data showed. in clashes with security forces and some Jagarian also said Resolu- by over a fifth from June, surging to In April to July, the first four months 102 identified, tried, and sentenced. tion 2231 has never banned its highest level in five months as two of the current fiscal year, India’s Iran oil The group had committed a number of such missile tests. state-run refiners resumed shipments purchases rose about 43 percent to terrorist attacks in western Iran, killing ‘See how American police killing black people’ from Tehran after a gap of years, pre- 404,000 bpd from about 283,000 bpd 20 people and injuring 40 others over The ambassador also criticized Washington’s claims of hu- liminary tanker arrival data obtained by in the same period a year ago, the data the past seven years. man rights, saying the United States itself faces the harshest Reuters show. showed. Particularly, the group was active in criticism by other countries for its human rights record. Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Indian Oil Corp, the country’s big- Kurdistan province, predominantly in- Jagarian pointed to the issues surrounding the Guantana- Bharat, India’s second- and third-big- gest refiner, was the top buyer of Irani- habited by the Kurdish people, it said. mo Bay detention center, the human rights breaches in Iraqi gest state-owned refiners respectively, an oil in July, shipping in about 158,000 The statement enlists crimes such prisons while under the U.S. occupation, and killing of de- halted Iranian oil imports after western bpd oil, while Essar Oil slipped to the as violence, adventurism, ideological fenseless people in Afghanistan as instances of human rights sanctions against Tehran’s nuclear pro- No. 2 position with 126,300 bpd, the extremism, armed burglary, etc. violations by the U.S. He added, “Let’s look what is happening gram barred insurance cover for plants data showed. surge to a seven-year high, with the na- In June, Iran’s Intelligence Minis- in the U.S. and see how the American police are killing black processing Iranian oil. Since a landmark nuclear deal was tion’s state-owned and private refiners try issued a statement announcing it people, which is a vivid case of human rights violation.” India shipped in 461,000 barrels per reached with major powers in 2015 lead- together buying at least 400,000 bpd. had foiled one of the “biggest terror- ‘Iran-Russia ties growing’ day (bpd) of Iranian oil in July, nearly a ing to the lifting of sanctions, Iran has While BPCL previously took an oil ist plots of Takfiri-Wahhabi groups” in Jagarian also said Iran-Russia relations are growing and 21 percent increase from June and more been planning to boost crude production cargo from Iran in November 2011, Tehran and some other cities. leaders of the two countries have been successfully seeking than double than the about 215,000 and exports to the pre-sanction levels. HPCL last imported oil from the country Western and eastern borders of Iran to advance cooperation in areas of politics, economics, cul- bpd imported a year ago, tanker arrival Imports of Iranian oil by four ma- in May 2013, according to data availa- have been witnessed cases of terrorist ture, commerce and tourism. data and ship-tracking services on the jor buyers in Asia in June jumped 47.1 ble to Reuters. activities, mainly influenced by weak According to the ambassador, Iran and Russia have al- Thomson Reuters terminal show. percent from a year ago to the highest For the first seven months of 2016, border monitoring of neighboring ready signed a document on facilitating visa services for busi- India’s oil imports from Iran for the level in more than four years. India imported about 359,000 bpd of countries, including Pakistan, Afghan- nessmen and students. fiscal year that began in April are set to Iranian oil, up 67 percent from the same (Source: Economic Times) ‘Iranian media should make distinction between istan, and Iraq.