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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 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13576 Thursday JANUARY 9, 2020 Dey 19, 1398 Jumada Al Awwal 13, 1441 Rouhani to U.S.: Iran takes self-defense Iran ready for Iran launches campaign against ‘Your foot will be cut measure under Uzbekistan match: Instagram censorship of posts from the region’ 2 UN Charter 2 Hamid Estili 15 on Soleimani’s assassination 16 147 Iranians, 32 foreigners killed as Ukrainian plane crashes near Tehran TEHRAN — All 170 passengers and 9 jtaba Khaledi, head of Emergency Medical crew members of a Ukrainian plane were Services Organization spokesman said. killed as it crashed shortly after taking off Morteza Salimi, head of Rescue and Revenge started from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport. Relief Organization, also announced that The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine 60 operational teams and two helicopters 2 IRGC fires missiles at U.S. airbase to avenge Soleimani assassination International Airlines which was headed had been dispatched to the area. to Ukrainian capital city Kyiv crashed at Mohammad Taghizadeh, deputy 6:18 a.m. local time near the airport. governor of Tehran said that 70 men, 81 Pir-Hossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s women, 15 children and one infant were Emergency Medical Services Organization, killed in the incident. U.S. corruptive told ISNA that among 179 aboard, 147 were Ali Al-ghasi Mehr, Tehran’s prose- Iranians and 32 were foreign nationals. cutor, announced that the bodies have “22 ambulances and two bus ambulanc- been collected and transferred to forensics presence in region es have been dispatched to the site,” Mo- organization for identification. ‘Iran ensures safety of commercial must come to an end vessels passing through its waters’ See page 2 TEHRAN — Head of Iran’s Ports and the Persian Gulf waters, IRIB reported Maritime Organization (PMO) said the on Wednesday. “There is no need for an foreign commercial vessels can pass escort and we have always emphasized through Iran’s waters on their normal that Iranian waters are among the safest basis and Iranian ports do not apply in the world,” Rastad said. any limitation on their passage. “Fortunately, so far we haven’t encoun- Mohammad Rastad made the remarks tered any unusual situation in the country’s in response to the British Royal Navy’s use commercial ports and all activities are of escorts for vessels commuting through continuing as usual,” he added. 4 Putin-Assad meeting part of response to Soleimani assassination: Shaaban Syrian Presidential Political and Media Gen. Soleimani, saying that the late com- Adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said that the mander’s support for Syria will always be Russian president’s meeting with Bashar remembered by the Syrian nation. al-Assad was part of a response to Gen. In a message to Leader of the Islamic Soleimani’s killing. Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khame- Putin arrived in Damascus on Tuesday nei, the Syrian president expressed his Jan. 8 on a visit to Syria. On January 3, and “the Arab people of Syria’s warmest khamenei.ir Syrian President Bashar al-Assad con- condolences” to the Leader and the Iranian doled Iran over the assassination of Lt. nation. 13 ARTICLE Cyprus says to host U.S. rapid response unit for any Mideast evacuations Abu Mahdi Martin Love Cyprus on Wednesday accepted a request “It has been a long-standing practice for The Pentagon said: “Iran launched more al-Muhandis buried Political analyst from from Washington to station a rapid response the Republic of Cyprus to provide facilities than a dozen ballistic missiles against U.S. North Carolina unit on the island in case U.S. diplomatic for humanitarian operations on the basis of military and coalition forces in Iraq. in Iraq’s Najaf missions or civilians need to be evacuated requests from third countries,” said Koushos. “It is clear that these missiles were Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a leader of Pop- in the region following Iran’s missile strike. “We will continue to do so as a factor of launched from Iran and targeted at least ular Mobilisation Forces (PMF, or Hashd It must be always Cypriot government spokesman Kyria- stability and security in the region…thus two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. military al-Shaabi), has been buried at the Salam cos Koushos told reporters that the request taking advantage of our geographical loca- and coalition personnel.” Cemetery in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. emphasized: was accepted “for exclusively humanitarian tion as well as our excellent relations with Nicosia-U.S. ties have blossomed of late Al-Muhandis was killed alongside operations” as was official policy. all the states of the Eastern Mediterranean –last month Washington lifted a 1987 arms Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Allah’s mercy and “The Republic…gave its consent for the and the Middle East,” he added. embargo on Cyprus as a sign of warmer re- several others in a U.S. air raid outside temporary stationing in Cyprus of a rapid The request came after Iran fired a vol- lations. compassion Baghdad airport on Friday. response unit whose task will be to evacuate ley of missiles on Wednesday at Iraqi bases U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo His body was taken to Iran for the U.S. diplomatic missions in the region, as well housing U.S. and other foreign troops, the was also due to visit Cyprus on January 7 mid the madness, one thing is in- DNA test and was returned on Tuesday. as U.S. citizens, if necessary,” said Koushos. Islamic republic’s first act in its promised but postponed it due to tensions with Iran. disputable. Trump and Netanyahu “The DNA testing was completed He said the request was made by the U.S. revenge for the U.S. killing of a top Iranian A former UK colony, Cyprus hosts two are joined at the hip in part because successfully and he was flown to Basra, A Authorities through the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia. general. sovereign British military bases. 13 both face the prospect, however remote, his hometown, for mourners to pay of eventually winding up in jail. Trump their respects,” said PMF media rep- has been impeached but getting him out resentative Mohannad Hussein. of the White House before November is a Over 180 rallies planned across U.S. to protest Trump’s ‘march to war’ with Iran “We were meant to bury him tonight stretch, Natanyahu has been indicted on A coalition of progressive advocacy groups in that Congress intervene to stop Trump from taking leaders, knowing that Iran would retaliate,” [Tuesday], but because of the huge crowd multiple corruption charges. Both think the U.S. have called for massive rallies across the advice of war-hungry right-wing pundits and Indivisible, one of the protest organizers, said that gathered at the funeral procession in they avoid jail as long as they are in office. the country to protest President Donald Trump’s launching a devastating war with Iran.” on its website. Basra, things took longer than expected,” They planned and executed the demise of “military brinksmanship” against Iran and de- “America, this is an emergency,” said activist Angel Padilla, the national policy director said Hussein. Al-Muhandis, whose real Soleimani through their respective appoin- mand immediate de-escalation of tensions with Kai Newkirk. “If we spiral into war with Iran, of Indivisible, said in a statement on Tuesday name was Jamal Jaafar Ibrahimi, was tees alongside the Mossad and the CIA. Tehran following the U.S. assassination of a top millions could die. We have a short window that the missile attack by Iran was an “entirely the top Iraqi adviser to Soleimani and Worse, if conditions deteriorate even Iranian general. of time to stop it. We need a massive protest. predictable” and “avoidable” consequence of the founder of the Kataib Hezbollah armed further between the U.S. and Iran, like “We will not be forced into another war,” said Everyone, if at all possible, must come out this White House’s hawkish policies toward Iran and group. He was also the de facto leader of into open warfare as prompted by the the coalition, led by MoveOn, Indivisible, Win Thursday, nationwide.” urged Congress “act decisively and fast to stop the PMF, an umbrella group of mostly assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Without War, and other groups. “We need everyone in the streets,” tweeted Trump’s warmongering.” Iranian-backed Shia armed groups. others, they may be even less likely to “On Thursday, January 9, at 5 p.m local time, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat Early on Wednesday, Iran responded to the Hundreds of people gathered on the be fired … until the publics of both the the anti-war majority in this country will get from the state of Washington and co-chair of the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General streets of Najaf on Tuesday night to pay U.S. and Israel realize neither country visible to oppose Trump’s war and say #NoWar- Congressional Progressive Caucus. Qassem Soleimani, the Middle East’s most their final respects. Earlier, thousands can prevail over Iran and certainly not WithIran,” the coalition said. “This is a critical time for the American people prominent anti-terror commander, striking of mourners had gathered in his home- prevail over a Muslim world that may- As of Wednesday, over 180 protests have been to be heard,” she added. the American airbase of Ain al-Assad in An- town of Basra.