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.13312 Wednesday JANUARY 23, 2019 Bahman 3, 1397 Jumada Al Awwal 16, 1440 Iran summons Swiss Ambassador honors Qatar’s Al Jassim to Iran cancels Polish theatrical envoy over U.S. detention Swiss professor’s officiate Iran vs China performances over Warsaw of TV anchor 2 studies on Iran 2 match 15 anti-Iran summit 16 No one can ignore Iran’s regional importance: Larijani Industrial, energy projects POLITICS TEHRAN — Majlis The scholar-turned politician described deskSpeaker Ali Larijani the Islamic Revolution as the “greatest said on Tuesday that no country can ignore achievement of the century” which the the importance of Iran in the Middle East. enemies seek to undermine because of “The enemies talk against Iran and its importance. The Islamic Revolution worth $700m inaugurated interfere in our missile capabilities, overthrew a corrupt regime and estab- however, they are aware that Iran has lished a people-based government which 2 Iranians will defeat sanctions through reliance on domestic capacities: Jahangiri an importance in the region that cannot is a great achievement, he noted. be ignored,” he said in a meeting with Pointing to Iran’s advances in missile members of a committee tasked to organize technology, Larijani said this has been ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary achieved through reliance on domestic of the Islamic Revolution. capacities which is a great achievement. 75 early cancer detection centers to be inaugurated HEALTH TEHRAN — 75 ear- 2015, and we hope that the remaining 60 deskly cancer detection centers will start operation in the next centers will start operation on January [Iranian calendar] year (starting March 27 nationwide on the occasion of the 21),” ISNA quoted Motlaq as saying on national cancer week, said Ali Motlaq, Tuesday. the head of cancer department at the He expressed hope that the early Ministry of Health. cancer detection centers would give “The plan for building 137 early can- services to at least 50% of the popula- cer detection centers was first devised in tion by 2025. 9 Germany, France sign treaty building on 1963 Elysee accord German Chancellor Angela Merkel years after the 1963 Elysee Treaty, which warned Tuesday against rising nation- set the tone for the two countries’ close alism in Europe and called for a revival relationship following centuries of conflict of cross-border cooperation as she and that ended with World War II. her French counterpart signed a pact “Populism and nationalism are renewing their countries’ decades-long strengthening in all of our countries,” Ahmad Moeinijam See page 4 friendship. Merkel told French, German and Eu- The new accord was inked in the ancient ropean officials gathered in Aachen’s IRNA/ western German city of Aachen exactly 56 town hall. 13 EDITORIAL Who is winning in USA? Trump or Pelosi? Was a coup averted? What is next? ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi Ebrahim Fallahi Integrity movement in America. A prolific author for the Los Angeles Times, has just published Tehran Times editor-in-chief EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Tehran Times journalist @ghaderi62 By Javad Heirannia he is also the top reviewer of non-fiction books an article “Nancy Pelosi is winning in her battle in the English language, with over 2,500 reviews with Trump.” Do you agree with his assessment? TEHRAN — Robert David Steele, a former Ma- posted across 98 categories of literature. A. Absolutely not. McManus is typical of rine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy who was Today he answers questions about the U.S. the Deep State fake news apparatchiks who Exploring recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, Government shut-down, the rumored coup attempt write what their audience wants to hear. I have Will Iran’s oil Saudi-Emirati regularly answers questions for Tehran Times. against President Donald Trump by Speaker of published an open letter disputing his account, revenues satisfy Steele recently recommended to replace James the House Nancy Pelosi, and his forecast of near SPECIAL: LA Times is Wrong — Nancy Pelosi disagreements Mattis as Secretary of Defense, is a former can- term political, legal, and economic changes in is Not Winning — An Open Letter from Robert next year’s budget didate for President in the USA (Reform Party, the USA. Steele to Doyle McManus that I am happy to on Yemen 2012) and the founder of #UNRIG, the Election Doyle McManus, an established reporter summarize here. 7 expectations? he Saudi-Emirati offensive in espite enjoying a great variety of Yemen and bombing of innocent SPV does not have requisite mechanism to overcome U.S. opposition: Entessar income sources besides oil, Iran is people in the country is some of the undeniably dependent on oil rev- T U.S. organized meeting in Poland? U.S. line on Iran. D issues that have always been discussed EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW enues for managing its financial affairs. A: The success of the Warsaw meeting will between Saudi Arabia and the United By Payman Yazdani Why is Poland chosen by the U.S. to host According to economists, near 70 percent depend on a number of factors. The full agenda Arab Emirates (UAE) on the develop- the meeting? of the Iranian government’s total income TEHRAN — Nader Entessar, professor emeri- of the meeting is not yet available. We don’t ments in Yemen. A: Several countries in the former Soviet bloc comes from selling oil and oil products. tus of political science from university of South know at what level the participating countries There was an unwritten agreement be- in Eastern Europe are now firmly in the U.S. So, considering the significance of Alabama, still insists that the SPV is a hollow will be represented. What we do know is that tween the two countries on the spheres of camp, and Poland today almost always follows oil in Iran’s macro-economic planning, shell and does not have the requisite mechanism the U.S. intends to turn the meeting into an an- influence: Saudi Arabia played a role in Washington’s leads in world affairs. The meeting’s every year in preparing the country’s to overcome U.S. opposition. ti-Iran forum, and the U.S. Secretary of State northern Yemen and the UAE supported venue could have easily been another Eastern budget bill the government administra- Following is the full text of his interview: Mike Pompeo will do his utmost to browbeat southern groups. However, in the past European country like Hungary or the Czech tion meticulously analyzes the market How successful do you see the anti-Iran the participating countries into following the three years, there has been a great deal Republic. 7 dynamics to estimate an average oil price of discord between the two countries over and also an amount for the country’s the division of influence in Yemen, and oil exports. the field defeats. The launch of Yemeni U.S. pressures cannot stop Iraq, KRG relations with Iran: Nazim Dabbagh In the $405-billion national budget bill ballistic missiles towards the UAE and By Somayyeh Khomar Baghi region, U.S. anti-Iran sanctions and possible visit was important, both for Baghdad and for the for the next Iranian calendar year 1398 Saudi Arabia, have also brought dispute TEHRAN (MNA) — Nazim Dabbagh, the of Iraqi President Barham Saleh to the United KRG. The issues that were discussed during the (starts on March 21, 2019), which was between the two states. representative of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional States as well as the presence of U.S. troops in trip were security issues, as well as cooperation presented to the Majlis by President Hassan When Saudi-backed exiled President Government (KRG) to Iran says that KRG-Iran Iraq and Kurdistan region were among the issues and consultation in the current conditions of the Rouhani in December 2018, the estimated Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi of Yemen, economic relations are continuing despite the discussed in an interview with the representative region,” Dabbagh said. oil incomes stood at 1.425 quadrillion rials told the Saudi leadership of his desire U.S. anti-Iran sanctions. of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) “Another issue discussed was the U.S. sanctions (about $34 billion), with the country’s oil to return to Aden, Riyadh replied that The recent visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister to Iran Nazim Dabbagh by MNA correspondent against Iran. The two sides stressed that Tehran’s exports expected to be 1.5 million barrels the Emirates were unable to comply Mohammad Javad Zarif along with an economic Somayyeh Khomar Baghi. relations with Baghdad and the Kurdistan region per day (bpd) and the oil prices estimated with his request because it was not the and political delegation to Iraq and the Kurdistan “The visit of Iran’s foreign minister to Iraq should continue. 7 at $54 per barrels. right timing. Saudi Arabia strongly sup- Clearly, even in case of oil prices staying ports President Mansour Hadi, while at the channel of $54 throughout 2019, the United Arab Emirates supports the with 1.5 million bpd of oil exports still the Southern Transitional Council (STC), expected $34 billion for the oil incomes which seeks for an independent South The Super in Iran’s next year budget will not be re- Yemeni state. alized, this begs the question that “how Following the UAE objection, the well Iran’s oil revenues could satisfy next pro-Mansour Hadi media and Yemeni Blood Wolf year’s budget expectations?” Congregation for Reform (al-Islah) once Clearly oil prices and oil exports are again accused the Emirates of sabotaging the main variables in Iran’s oil income the legal Yemeni government.