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 38th year No.12892 Thursday AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Mordad 12, 1396 Dhi Al Qaeda 10, 1438 Iranian trade Iran’s 50th nature IPC lauds Iranian Rastak, Aylan to delegation to visit Spain school inaugurated Paralympians Siamand celebrate Iran’s National in late Sept. 4 12 Rahman, Zahra Nemati 15 Day at Astana Expo 16 Rouhani receives Leader’s Zarif, al-Jubeir authorization for second term POLITICS TEHRAN — In a cer- eign dignitaries taking part in Rouhani’s deskemony today, Hassan inauguration would be “unprecedented”. Rouhani is to be authorized as pres- Facing a strong challenge from ident for a second term by Ayatollah principlist Ebrahim Raisi at the May Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic 19 presidential election, Rouhani ulti- in rare handshake Revolution.The ceremony, which will be mately managed to secure more than held at the Imam Khomeini Hussainia in 23 million (57%) of the votes, winning Tehran, will be attended by the Parliament the election in a landslide. See page 2 speaker, Judiciary chief and other senior In the 2013 presidential election, military and governmental dignitaries. when he ran for office for the first time, Rouhani’s swearing-in ceremony Rouhani promised to revive the econo- will also be held on Saturday in Parlia- my and remove the nuclear sanctions. ment, where high-profile delegations According to the Rouhani admin- from around the world would attend istration, all nuclear-related sanctions the event. The oath of office will be ad- have been lifted after his foreign policy ministered by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah team, headed by Mohammad Javad Sadeq Amoli Larijani. Zarif, secured a historic nuclear agree- According to reports, the level of for- ment with six world powers. Qatar’s defense minister: Future of PGCC in doubt Qatar’s defense minister has said that Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sa- the future of the Persian Gulf Cooper- bah] will not let it go this far”. ation Council (PGCC) could be in doubt Sheikh Sabah has been trying to me- if the House of Saud regime-led group diate a resolution in a major fallout in the continues its partial blockade on Qatar. region, since the House of Saud regime, Speaking to Al Jazeera, Khalid bin Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emir- Mohammed al-Attiyah said an ongo- ates (UAE) cut diplomatic, commercial and ing political stalemate is not helping transport links with Qatar on June 5. anyone involved in the crisis. The four Persian Gulf states accuse “The more we wait, the longer [the Doha of supporting “terrorism”, an al- crisis] is prolonged, I think it will aggravate legation Qatar has repeatedly rejected the relation more and more,” he said. as “baseless”. Al-Attiyah also said that if Persian Gulf Qatar calls for dialogue countries “stay in the stalemate situation, Al-Attiyah also said that he believes [the PGCC] will be jeopardized”, adding there are some signs of movement to File photo that he believes “the wisdom of [Kuwaiti resolve the crisis. 13 ARTICLE Tillerson admits ‘differences’ with Trump on nuclear deal ARTICLE By Chris Cook By Seyed Hossein Mousavian U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowl- termination of financial and economic sanc- called the deal “the worst” ever, certified—for political analyst edged on Tuesday he and President Trump tions. the second time—last month that Iran was Princeton University “have differences” on the nuclear deal with The International Atomic energy Agency, in compliance. He later told The Wall Street Researcher Iran, but claimed the Islamic republic was as the UN watchdog body tasked to mon- Journal: “If it was up to me, I would have had violating the spirit of the agreement with its itor Iran’s compliance with the terms of the them noncompliant 180 days ago.” Trump Energy as a service? activities. JCPOA, has confirmed six times that Tehran added he “would be surprised if they [Iran] Trump’s options According to the Atlantic, Tillerson, at a has fully honored its commitments under the were in compliance” in September, the next .S. presidents have promoted news conference at the State Department, deal. time he is scheduled to decide on the issue. on the nuclear deal Uthe idea of American ‘energy described his relationship with Trump as The deal signed in July 2015 went into But Tillerson, speaking at the State De- independence’ for decades as “good” and said he felt “comfortable telling force in January 2016. partment, said the U.S. was working with “the with Iran a solution to the geopolitical issues that him my views.” At issue is the deal Iran signed in 2015 with other parties to that agreement, our Europe- led to volatile energy prices — meaning “He and I have differences of views on the United States, Britain, China, France, Ger- an allies in particular, to ensure we are fully hile President Donald the U.S. would produce enough energy things like JCPOA and how we should use it,” many, Russia, and the European Union, under enforcing all aspects of that agreement.” He WTrump’s State Department to supply itself without having to rely on he said, referring to the Joint Comprehensive which it agreed to freeze its nuclear program said the JCPOA “dealt with a very small slice” has twice now certified Ira- foreign exports. President Trump’s major Plan of Action. “But, I think, if we’re not hav- in return for the lifting of economic and fi- of Iran’s actions, and “ignored all of their oth- nian compliance with the July 2015 ‘Energy Week’ speech on 29 June 2017 ing those differences, I’m not sure I’m serving nancial sanctions. Under U.S. law, the admin- er (what he called) detrimental activities in nuclear deal, there are indications scrapped that line in favor of what he him.” istration must inform Congress every 90 days the region,” citing the Islamic republic’s bal- that Trump is intent on scuttling his called it “energy dominance.” This is an According to the JCPOA, Iran is obliged whether Iran is still complying with the agree- listic-missile program, and its actions in Iraq, predecessor’s signature foreign policy historic change in U.S. foreign policy to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for ment. Trump, who as presidential candidate Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere. achievement. doctrine and language. However, the conundrum for the Historically the U.S. policy aim has Ex-Swedish PM: Trump causes Europe meltdown if he blows up Iran deal White House and its allies is that with- been for Energy Independence where- drawing from the deal — known officially by the U.S. becomes independent of Writing in the Washington Post, Carl Bildt, the that Iran is indeed honoring its part of the deal. nuclear deal. His latest tactic seems to be as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- foreign energy producers. However, former Swedish prime minister, has warned if But he has sent his advisers back to the draw- to claim that places all over Iran need sudden tion, or JCPOA — when Iran is fully com- we heard from President Trump for the U.S. President Donald Trump revokes the July ing board and asked them to produce a plan to and intrusive inspections. Of course, the inter- plying with its obligations according to all first time a new U.S. rhetoric of Energy 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran he “will blow up the deal within a couple of months. national community and Iran balk at this, being objective observers cannot be done with- Dominance. What exactly this consists also trigger a meltdown with Europe”. Unraveling the Iran deal would indeed be aware of the game being played. Trump, in re- out isolating the United States. “You want of was not made clear by the President Following is an excerpt of the article pub- dangerous. It would produce significantly more action, could then be inclined to say that the the breakup of this deal to be about Iran. but it appears that the U.S. now aims to lished on August 1: than just “a bit of a meltdown” in the Oval Office. deal is over and war is on the horizon. You don’t want it to be about the United dominate global energy market pricing According to reports, President Trump was No one doubts that Iran is honoring its At some point, we might even see Secre- States, because we want our allies with through the export of shale oil and gas. having “a bit of a meltdown” when his ad- part of the agreement. It has accepted the tary of State Rex Tillerson stumbling through us,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the Senate’s I find it useful to view President visers could not present him with a plan for most intrusive set of inspections we have some dramatic presentation to the UN Secu- Foreign Relations Committee chairman Trump’s actions as though he is the scuttling the nuclear deal with Iran. seen in any international agreement. rity Council. It’s cut-and-paste from the road and a prominent JCPOA critic, said. Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Incor- Trump (with extreme reluctance) had to note However, now Trump wants out of the to the Iraq War. 13 Notably, Trump has already tasked porated, and through that lens Trump’s a team in the White House with pre- Chief Operating Officer (and one of senting him with an option to not re- the authors of Trump’s speech) is Gary Bodies of certify Iranian compliance at the next Cohn, Trump’s chief economic adviser, review in September, and he has said who is formerly President and COO of that he “personally” believes Iran will Goldman Sachs, with decades of trad- fallen soldiers be found “noncompliant.” ing experience at the highest level.