WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13610 Saturday FEBRUARY 22, 2020 Esfand 3, 1398 Jumada Al thani 27, 1441 Russia, Turkey, Iran Tehran slams Iraq’s anti-terror PMU Naqqali icon working to agree on Washington’s ‘insane’ appoints Abu Fadak as Mostafa Saeidi date for Syria summit 2 sanctions 3 al-Muhandis successor 10 dies at 83 12 Another manifestation of democracy See page 2 Hamid Vakili Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ EDITORIAL Celebration of parliamentary elections in Iran PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi By Nasser Kandil Washington, if Europe withdraws, Iran will leave commemoration of the victory of the Islamic Hanif Ghaffari Political analyst Tehran Times editor-in-chief BEIRUT — Iran after the assassination of the UN treaty. Revolution and is preparing for the parliamen- @ghaderi62 Soleimani celebrates the commemoration of The linkage between the ousting of the Ameri- tary elections at the end of this month. My visit the revolution and the preparation for the par- cans and the fall of the Deal of the Century needs an to Tehran has allowed me to meet a number of liamentary elections. Iranian country that can build a resilient economy. senior officials, to discuss many issues, ideas, Another victory by the The consensus around the choice of resistance The political diversity is present strongly and hypotheses with a number of elites, intellec- Continuous presence that Soleimani was asking for has been achieved the vitality of discussions presents Iran as an tuals, and journalists, and to listen to some Iranian nation: Political by his martyrdom and has frustrated the external example of a 41-year-old vivid revolution. examples deprived from analyzing the trends under the banner of bet on the interior Introduction of the public opinion and the points of view of authority and spirit The reformist movement faces the dangers of This Friday’s Talk will be devoted for one its classes regarding many titles. So this pushed NATO: A new American the loss of the parliamentary elections in which file: Iran which is still living the repercussions me to share these impressions, conclusions, he massive turnout of the people in trick for survival it dreamt of a majority. of the assassination of the Commander Qas- and readings with the widest number of readers the polls to elect the representatives The nuclear file is not for the negotiation with sem Soleimani and celebrates the forty-first and followers. 7 Tfor the 11th parliament holds many ince the passage of the resolution on the messages for those who find the power and expulsion of foreign troops by the Iraqi progress of Islamic Iran distasteful. Sparliament, the U.S. has strongly reacted For the past three years, the Iranian people Afghan banks to open branches in Iran’s Chabahar port in political, social and security aspects and have faced the most intense and widespread TEHRAN — Iran has approved two Afghan banks two countries in terms of cultural, linguistic and to start operations in the near future.” is trying to avoid any form of enforcement. hostility by the Western-Arab-Zionist axis to open branches in its southeastern strategic historical commonalities, and many of Afghan The neighbor Afghanistan is a major export des- In this regard, the Americans initially and have experienced a totally hybrid warfare. port of Chabahar, ILNA reported quoting the traders are familiar with the patterns of trade tination of Iranian products, and as Iran is seriously claimed that the resolution was not legal and This full-scale warfare is aimed at exerting Secretary General of Iran-Afghanistan Joint and consumption in Iran, he said. “Iran currently pursuing the objective of boosting non-oil exports was only voted by Shiite groups to bring it maximum pressure on the Iranian people Chamber of Commerce Mozafar Alikhani. supplies about 35 percent of Afghanistan’s total to its neighbors, making the exporters acquainted into question, a plot that was foiled. and includes various aspects, such as crip- “Due to the strategic nature of the Chabahar imports, apart from the technical-engineering, with this country’s markets is an agenda. The Americans continued by provoking pling economic sanctions, military-security port and being exempted from the U.S. sanctions, and educational services,” Alikhani added. As reported by IRNA, the 8th Iran Trade Fair, Iraqi Sunni and Kurdish leaders to state that threats, widespread cognitive warfare in the Iran has allowed two Afghan banks to establish Mentioning the banking relations between which was held in Kabul from Tuesday until Friday, the security of Iraqi Kurd and Sunni civilians context of media and social media, creation branches in the port so that the two countries’ the two countries, the official said: “The Central was warmly welcomed by the Afghan consumers. would be endangered if U.S. troops were to of chaos and domestic unrest, diplomatic businessmen could be able to use their facilities Bank of Afghanistan had earlier canceled Aryan According to Iran’s Commercial Attaché to withdraw. Unfortunately, some political figures movements, assassination, and so on. and services,” Alikhani said. Bank’s license for activity in that country, but Afghanistan Javanmard Qassab, the two countries’ accompanied the U.S. in carrying out this plan. This year’s events, which could happen There are strong economic ties between the the bank has been re-licensed and is preparing trade exchanges currently stands at $3 billion. On the other hand, the Americans have in any country, can also serve as a factor to been suggesting the possibility of Iraq’s par- discourage people from continuing their tition and ISIS’s resurgence as a result of the path of resistance and progress and reduce Yemeni forces hit Aramco oil facilities in western Saudi Arabia: Saree withdrawal of U.S. troops in social media to the social capital of the Islamic Republic in PRESS TV — Yemeni armed forces have pound- together with air defense units launched an oper- ballistic missiles to strike the important targets. prevent people from backing the resolution. order to the enemies of the Iranian nation ed facilities belonging to the state-run oil giant ation, dubbed ‘The Third Balance of Deterrence He went on to say that Yemeni armed forces It is a psychological operation which is widely obstruct the launch of the second step of Saudi Aramco as well as strategic targets inside Operation’, on Friday and struck energy facilities reserve the right to respond to crimes being per- being carried out by Etidal’s management. the Islamic Revolution. the kingdom’s western province of Madinah, a in addition to sensitive sites in the Saudi port city petrated by the Saudi-led military alliance against The Americans have also twisted and But, all these intentions practically failed high-ranking Yemeni military official says. of Yanbu, situated about 165 kilometers west of the Yemeni nation – the last of which took place misinterpreted the remarks by the Iraqi by the massive turnout of the people on the The spokesman for Yemeni armed forces, Briga- Medina. Saree further noted that Yemeni forces used on February 15 when more than 30 civilians were religious authority regarding the need to 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution dier General Yahya Saree, said in a press conference a squadron of 12 Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat killed and many more sustained injuries in airstrikes address key issues after the early election last Tuesday and in processions to honor in the capital Sana’a that Yemeni missile operators drones as well as a volley of winged and long-range on Yemen’s northern province of Jawf. 10 and the formation of a new government. the martyrs of the resistance movement, They also tried to portray that the religious in particular Lieutenant General Qassem authority is not agree with U.S. troops’ with- Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, as Fajr Music drawal from Iraq. well as yesterday’s parliamentary elections. The important point about U.S. efforts This burdensome defeat of the enemies Festival ends with for staying in Iraq can be seen in the recent of Islamic Iran is even worse as they have NATO meeting on February 12 and 13. During always made mistake in their calculations the meeting, it was seriously discussed that about the Iranian nation and have no accu- “Under Siege” the U.S. presence should be placed under the rate estimation of the extent of the people’s banner of NATO, that is the U.S. will be prac- attachment to this revolution and the system. in memory of tically keep its troops and equipment in Iraq The Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of under the pretext of training the Iraq army the most democratic political systems in the Martyr Soleimani and combating terrorism on behalf of NATO. world, has the most popular support and The Americans are now fully consulting is therefore not comparable to anywhere TEHRAN — The 35th edition of the Fajr with Iraqi officials and groups to state the in the world. One notable example of this Music Festival wrapped up on Thursday night presence of NATO instead of the United support is how the people attend the 41th at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall with a performance States’. Thwarting this plot naturally requires anniversary of the victory of the Islamic of “Under Siege” by the Tehran Symphon- the vigilance of Iraqi officials and nation. Revolution and the maximum participation ic Orchestra in commemoration of Martyr In this connection, Iraq’s National Wis- at the ballot box.