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Khamenei Vows 24 Established 1961 News Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Khamenei vows ‘no war, no negotiations with the US’ Iran unveils next generation missile TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader said yesterday there must stay in office and powerfully carry out its duties to would be neither war nor negotiations with the United resolve the problems,” he said. States, and that the country’s problems were the result of government mismanagement more than renewed sanc- Crackdown tions. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments add to the Part of the strategy has been an effort to show action pressure on President Hassan Rouhani following a col- against Iran’s deeply entrenched corruption, which lapse in the currency and widespread protests over high Khamenei once described as “a seven-headed dragon”. prices and corruption. They also appeared to rule out any The judiciary said Sunday it had arrested 67 people hope of fresh talks with Washington, which US President under a sweeping corruption crackdown and prevented Donald Trump had proposed after walking out of the 100 government employees from leaving the country. landmark 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions. Khamenei approved a written request from the head of “Beside sanctions, they are talking about war and the judiciary, Sadegh Larijani, to set up special revolu- negotiations... let me say a few words to the people: tionary courts to try people quickly for economic crimes. THERE WILL BE NO WAR, NOR WILL WE NEGOTI- Some lawmakers have criticized the move, with high- ATE WITH THE US,” Khamenei said via his official profile MP Ali Motahari saying yesterday that parliament Twitter account in English. There was also a show of mili- must not be “by-passed” when writing new rules. tary resolve as Defence Minister Amir Hatami unveiled a With the nuclear deal crumbling, Rouhani finds him- next generation short-range ballistic missile and vowed to self with little to show for his five years in power and further boost the country’s missile capabilities. State increasingly under fire from all sides. Although the other broadcaster IRIB said the new Fateh Mobin missile had parties to the agreement - Britain, France, Germany, “successfully passed its tests” and could strike targets on China and Russia - have vowed to resist US sanctions, land and sea. many foreign companies have already abandoned proj- ects in Iran for fear of US penalties. A significant cut in ‘Problems are internal’ oil sales is also expected when the US reimposes a sec- Despite renewed sanctions, many Iranians - including ond phase of sanctions in November - with some ana- many at the highest levels of the establishment - see US lysts estimating a drop of 700,000 barrels per day from hostility as only a contributing factor to long-standing its current level of 2.3 million. problems inside the country. “Today’s livelihood prob- State news agency IRNA reported yesterday that TEHRAN: Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami stands by the next generation short-range ballistic lems do not emerge from outside, they are internal,” Iran is offering oil and gas at a discount to Asian cus- missile “Fateh Mobin” during an unveiling ceremony in the capital yesterday. — AFP Khamenei said in another tweet. “Not that sanctions tomers in a bid to retain sales. Khamenei’s tweets fol- don’t have an impact, but the main factor is how we han- lowed a speech in Tehran, in which he described dle them,” he added. Trump’s offer of talks as “a dangerous game” and his promised to our dear people, we will not spare any shut down the vital, oil-shipping waterway in retaliation Khamenei mirrored recent criticism of Rouhani’s eco- administration as a “bullying, fraudulent regime”. effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country for renewed sanctions. nomic management from senior members of the clergy “Even if we ever - impossible as it is - negotiated with and we will certainly increase our missile power every “Nothing can stop this missile because of its high and the Revolutionary Guards - particularly over the col- the US, it would never ever be with the current US day,” Defense Minister Amir Hatami said, quoted by degree of flexibility,” said Hatami, adding that the new lapse of the rial, which has lost around half its value since administration,” he added. conservative news agency Tasnim. version of the Fateh Mobin was “100-percent domesti- April. A fortnight ago, Guards commander Mohammad The new missile’s range was not given, but previous cally made... agile, stealth, tactical (and) precision-guid- Ali Jafari told Rouhani to take “revolutionary actions to New missile unveiled versions had a range of around 200 to 300 km, accord- ed”. “Be sure that the greater the pressures and psycho- control prices and prevent the enormous increase in the Meanwhile, Iran unveiled a next generation short- ing to the US-based Center for Strategic and logical warfare against the great nation of Iran, our will price of foreign currency and gold,” in an open letter range ballistic missile yesterday and vowed to further International Studies. US officials told Fox News last to enhance our defense power in all fields will increase,” published by the conservative Tasnim news agency. boost its capabilities, Iranian media said, at a time of ris- week that a “Fateh-110 missile” was test-fired by Iran he added. Iran’s missile program is a major bone of con- But Khamenei criticized conservatives who called for ing tensions with the US. State broadcaster IRIB said during naval exercises in the Strait of Hormoz last week. tention, particularly with the United States and its allies, Rouhani’s resignation, saying they were inadvertently the new Fateh Mobin missile had “successfully passed A US general described the exercises as designed to but is seen as vital by Iran to its defensive posture in a “playing into the hands of the enemy”. “The government its tests” and could strike targets on land and sea. “As send a message, following threats from Iran that it could troubled region.— AFP sures from Wall Street but Saudis in talks also reduce its access to capital markets. “They’ve had significant Middle East ally of Western powers against Islamist to take Tesla benefits from having access militancy who has also safeguarded Jordan’s peace to capital markets, and the Jordan: Militants treaty with Israel, warned on Saturday the perpetra- private: Musk media attention has provid- tors of the attack would pay dearly. ed priceless free advertis- who attacked ing,” Levy said. “If you go WASHINGTON: Tesla chief executive Elon Musk dis- private and people aren’t Secret investigations closed yesterday he was in talks with Saudi Arabia’s paying attention it could be police support IS The monarch has been among the most vocal sovereign wealth fund and other investors to take the a negative.” Tesla shares Elon Musk leaders in the region in warning of threats posed by electric automaker private. The revelation comes days reversed gains at the open- AMMAN: Militants behind an attack on Jordanian radical groups. The group were all Jordanian and after Musk’s claim in an August 7 Twitter post that ing and fell 1.1 percent at 1510 GMT to $351.31. police supported Islamic State and investigations there were no signs so far they had foreign links, financing for a deal to take Tesla private had been had revealed plans for more attacks on security and Mubaideen said, refusing to give names of suspects. “secured”. Musk said in a blog post yesterday he had civilian targets, Jordan’s interior minister said yester- “The investigations are secret and ongoing,” he told “no question” that the Saudis would finance such a Less than $70 billion day. Jordanian police said on Saturday a homemade a news conference Alongside automatic weapons in transaction following a July 31 meeting. In his blog yesterday, Musk said that reports that more explosive device planted near a police van killed a the suspect’s possession, the authorities found a The transaction would be structured with equity so than $70 billion would be needed to take Tesla private policeman and injured six others the day before. The location where chemical ingredients for manufactur- as not to burden Tesla with crushing debt, Musk added. “dramatically overstate the actual capital raise needed” police vehicle had been maintaining security near a ing explosives were buried, Mubaideen added. “I continue to have discussions with the Saudi fund, and because he expected some shareholders to remain invest- music festival in the majority Christian town of General Hussein Hawatmeh, head of Jordan’ I also am having discussions with a number of other ed in the firm. His comment that he wanted to launch a Fuhais, near the capital Amman and 15 km from the Gendarmerie, said the militant cell was recently set investors, which is something that I always planned to buyout at $420 a share “would only be used for Tesla hillside city of Salt. up and there were indications its members had do since I would like for Tesla to continue to have a shareholders who do not remain with our company if it is In a huge security operation, Jordanian forces embraced radical ideology. “What is dangerous is broad investor base,” Musk wrote. “It is appropriate to private,” Musk said in the blog. “My best estimate right laid siege to a building in a residential part of Salt on that these new recruits are more impulsive than complete those discussions before presenting a now is that approximately two-thirds of shares owned by Saturday night in search of those responsible for the those with experience in executing operations that detailed proposal to an independent board committee.” all current investors would roll over into a private Tesla.” bomb attack.
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