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.12914 Wednesday AUGUST 30, 2017 Shahrivar 8, 1396 Dhul Hijjah 8, 1438 Iran remembers Rajaei The Global Liveability Iran volleyball team win Tehran green film and Bahonar Report 2017: Tehran tops title at 2017 Summer festival announces intl. 2 biggest improvers 12 Universiade in Taipei 15 lineups 16 Credit lines worth $30b open next month ECONOMY TEHRAN — Irani- discussions have been made for a long deskan Deputy Finance time in this regard and the Central Nobel Peace Minister Mohammad Khazaei said Bank of Iran has studied the deals in that Iran will ink deals for opening $30 detail, Tasnim news agency reported. billion in credit lines with some Asian Referring to the contract Iran countries within the next month. signed last week with South Korea’s Making the remarks in the 28th Eximbank to secure an €8-billion cred- Annual Islamic Banking Conference in it line, the biggest loan deal since its Prize’s shame Tehran on Tuesday, the official said that 2015 nuclear accord, 4 See page 13 ISIL terrorists had no choice except submission: Nasrallah Leader of Lebanese Hezbollah move- uation of Daesh terrorists from Qalamoun ment, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, says ISIL region near the border with Syria. (Daesh) terrorists who left the border re- Nasrallah pointed out that the battle gion between Lebanon and Syria had no against Daesh terrorists in Qalamoun choice, but to submit to resistance fighters. has achieved all its objectives, describ- “Daesh had no choice, but to submit to ing the evacuation of the Takfiris from us, because they had collapsed from with- the rugged mountainous region as in and had to accept our conditions,” the “the second victory” as Lebanon-Syr- leader of Hezbollah said in a televised ad- ia border region has been completed dress on Monday explaining about evac- purged of their presence. 3 EU reiterates support for Iran nuclear deal POLITICS TEHRAN — In their ence in Brussels on Monday, Federica deskfirst meeting after the Mogherini spoke in favor of the deal summer recess, the European Union de- and said it represents “the European fended the Iran nuclear agreement, aka way to foreign policy.” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, “This was not an agreement be- a response to a new wave of pressure tween two countries, I have repeated it from the White House to undercut the time and again and I have the impres- international pact. sion that we will need to repeat it time Addressing the opening session and again in the months to come,” of the 2017 EU Ambassadors Confer- Mogherini added, 2 ARTICLE Italian expert says U.S. won’t leave nuclear agreement Iraq’s Kirkuk By Setareh Behroozi By Payman Yazdani pact, officially called the Joint Compre- something which is fully in contrast to the let- votes to take Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — An Italian university professor hensive Plan of Action, went into force in ter of the JCPOA. believes the U.S. will not leave the Iran nucle- January 2016. To shed light on the recent speculations, part in Kurdish ar deal because it meets Washington’s inter- President Donald Trump has certified Tehran Times sought Gianluca’s views. independence ests in the region. Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA twice un- Will this new policy lead the Trump Whiteflies all “I do not think that the U.S. will ever leave der a law that requires his administration to administration to leave the nuclear deal? referendum the deal… I believe that sticking to the JCPOA notify Congress of Iran’s compliance every 90 A: I do not think that the U.S. will ever around: Who is is the best way for the U.S. to pursue its re- days. leave the deal. Breaking the agreement will The council in Kirkuk, an ethnically gional interests,” Pastori Gianluca, professor However, according to released reports, put them in a difficult position. The Europe- mixed region of northern Iraq under displaced? of political science from Milan Catholic Uni- Trump has assigned a team of his close confi- an countries are increasingly active in Iran, Baghdad’s control, voted Tuesday to versity of the Sacred Heart, tells the Tehran dants to find pretexts to decertify Iran’s com- while Iran and Russia share many common take part in next month’s Kurdish in- alking on Tehran’s streets, Times. pliance with the international nuclear agree- interests. China is keeping a lower profile, but dependence referendum, councilors you are getting surrounded Under the nuclear agreement signed ment. its relations with Iran are traditionally good. said. Wby white mobile dots. At first, between Iran, the five permanent mem- For example, the U.S. ambassador to the Moreover, a U.S.-Iranian crisis could nega- The central government in Bagh- you may think that it is an illusion. But bers of the UN Security Council, Germa- United Nations, Nikki Haley, who visited Vien- tively affect U.S.-Russia relations: a centre- dad is strongly opposed to Iraqi Kurd- it is real; whiteflies, new inhabitants of ny and the European Union in July 2015, na last week, said Washington wants to know piece in Trump’s political agenda. This is why I istan’s planned September 25 referen- the capital! Tehran agreed to put limits on its nuclear if the International Atomic Energy Agency believe that sticking to the JCPOA is the best dum, which is non-binding but could Media call them ‘uninvited guests’. activities in exchange for termination of (IAEA) plans to inspect Iranian military sites way – for the U.S. – to pursue their regional lead to independence. Tehran, once famous for its fine weath- financial and economic sanctions. The to verify Tehran’s compliance with the deal, interests. 2 Kirkuk, an oil-rich province made er and vast gardens, has turned into up of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, is un- a sprawling city with grey sky and citi- der Baghdad’s control but is claimed zens with a passion for healthy life and IEA says no need to release emergency oil supplies due to Harvey by the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan better future. The International Energy Agency said on storm and would be ready to respond to ma- barrels of crude, the IEA says. That excludes region. This is the fourth year that trees Monday that there was no need for now to jor oil supply disruptions through its emer- strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). In Tuesday’s vote, 22 of the 24 along passersby in the capital host release fuel from emergency stockpiles to gency response system. The Paris-based The United States consumes about 20 mil- present councilors in the 41-member whiteflies. These little sucking insects compensate for disruption caused by Hurri- intergovernmental agency coordinates lion barrels of oil per day, nearly half of which Kirkuk council voted in favor of hold- turn up during summer when temper- cane Harvey because global oil markets were emergency fuel releases when natural disas- is for gasoline. ing the referendum, said councilor ature increases. well supplied. ters or war interrupt global energy supplies. Refineries in the Gulf Coast area, which is Hala Nur Eddine. The flies come from southern Several refineries in the U.S. state of Tex- “If there is a continued shortfall of fuels we also a major export hub to other U.S regions Speaking to journalists afterwards, Iran, where they have long been as have shut because of the storm, halting will act,” the IEA’s Neil Atkinson told Reuters as well as Latin America and Europe, took Kirkuk governor Najm Eddine Karim a problem but they have moved fuel production and causing gasoline prices on Tuesday. months to recover from previous hurricanes. described the vote as a “historic event”. north as the climate warmed, Ali to rise. The shutdowns affect international as Record inventories, however, are expected It took 18 weeks to repair refineries and re- But a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Naderi, entomologist who has been well as domestic fuel supplies because the to buffer any supply shortfalls. store production fully after Katrina struck Minister Haider al-Abadi denounced studying the fly problem said in an United States ships exports from the region. Current U.S. commercial stocks stand at New Orleans in August 2005, Atkinson said. the vote as “illegal and unconstitution- interview with the New York Times The IEA said it was closely monitoring the about 1.3 billion barrels, including 450 million (Source: Reuters) al”. last year. “Provinces that don’t belong to In his interview, he pointed to natu- the autonomous region (of Kurdistan) ral airflow blocked by rows of high-ris- can’t impose decisions without the es buildings in the city, as one of the federal government’s approval, and factors which is great for existence Kirkuk is one of these regions,” said whiteflies. Alendan Saad al-Hadithi. Whiteflies lay eggs in Tehran so The plans to hold the referendum each year emerge in warm season of Lake have been criticized by neighboring the city and according to experts, a Turkey and Iran, which have large long cold winter can eradicate white- Kurdish minority populations. flies in Tehran. drying up The Turkish foreign ministry said in “The whiteflies find the environ- Located on the outskirts of Sari, a statement that the Kirkuk’s council ment pretty appealing now as their northern Iran, Alendan Lake is on decision was “another link in a chain natural enemies which used to be the verge of drying up and shrink- of mistakes” and “once more a serious highly effective as biological controls ing in the face of warming temper- violation of the Iraqi constitution.” disappeared due to the use of pesti- atures.