WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13489 Sunday SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 Shahrivar 31, 1398 Muharram 22, 1441 ‘Even Saudis don’t believe the Military batteries Revenues from fuel price “The Salesman” star fiction of Iranian involvement’ production line rise should be given to Shahab Hosseini leads in Aramco attack 2 launched 2 low-income people 3 “Oasis of Now” cast 16 Value of trades at IME rises Iran volleyball crowned 6% in a week TEHRAN — During weekdays end- Department, last week, on the domestic ing up to September 19, while 503,221 and export metal and mineral trading tons of commodities worth over $595 floor of IME, 186,082 tons of various See page 15 million were traded at Iran Mercantile products worth close to $240 million Exchange (IME), the market experi- were traded. Asian champions enced a growth of 17 percent and six On this trading floor, 187,807 tons of percent in its trading volume and value, steel, 4,335 tons of copper, 2,820 tons respectively. of aluminum, 120 tons of molybdenum According to the report from IME concentrates, as well as 11 kg of gold bullion International Affairs and Public Relations were traded by customers. 4 Iranian professors voice concerns over destruction of democracy in Britain TEHRAN — 500 Iranian university pro- Fars reported on Saturday. fessors have criticized the suspension of The letter was addressing professors the British Parliament and the destruction and universities in the United Kingdom, of democracy in the country. and has been translated into eight differ- “Very few people in the modern world ent languages including English, Arabic, could believe that one of the most import- Urdu, French and Italian. ant claimants of democracy would destroy In the letter, they strongly criticized the house of democracy,” the university the suspension of Parliament in Britain, professors said in an open letter published, and the silencing of British MPs. 3 U.S. bases in Iraq will not be safe if Iran attacked: Iraqi MP TEHRAN — Karim Alivi, a member of U.S. war drums against Iran have become the Iraqi Parliament’s National Security louder since the Yemeni drone attacks on and Defense Committee and a commander Saudi oil installations on September 14, of the Iraqi Badr Organization, has said which Washington blames on Iran. Iran that the United States’ bases in Iraq will has called the claim a “maximum deception”. not be safe if Washington launches a war U.S. President Donald Trump has against Iran. called on Pentagon officials to plan po- In an interview with the Baghdad al- tential attacks. He tweeted that the U.S. Ahmad Moeinijam Youm (Baghdad Today), he said that the was “locked and loaded” but was waiting Iraqi people will stand beside Iran if a war for Saudi Arabia’s rulers to decide on a IRNA/ breaks out, ISNA reported on Saturday. path forward. EDITORIAL International Persian, non-Persian speech competition held in Tehran ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi Hana Saada By Abdul Wahid Haidari “Once while delivering a speech in my univer- and other social problems in their eloquent and Journalist from Algeria Tehran Times editor-in-chief sity, I felt I lacked something. Most of my Iranian powerful speeches. One of the segments of the @ghaderi62 KABUL — The finale of the Hamdel International Speech Competition was held at Tehran University and Afghan students had the same feeling,” said competition was on Dari dialect. on Wednesday afternoon with participation of Hamid Anwari, chief organizer of the competi- In the next segment, students from other 11 coun- A game that foreign students from more than 12 countries. tion. “Thereafter I decided to attend a speech and tries took part and spoke about myriad challenges Is a new crisis Organised by Hamdel Student Association, communication skills course and finally I decided and opportunities for students in their respective just has become an association of Afghan students in Iran, it was to launch this international speech competition countries. The epic tragedy of Karbala and its after- looming in Egypt the third edition of the competition. The previous to help students overcome problems that I had math was also one of the themes in their speeches. attractive two editions were held in 2018 and 2017. faced during my university days.” Three students were chosen in each segment for amid protests Many dignitaries graced the occasion, including About 376 participants from 12 countries, the awards. In Persian speakers section, Khadija ohn Bolton’s dismissal from the Afghanistan’s envoy to Tehran Abdul Ghafoor Liwal who are currently enrolled in different Iranian Sadat Hussaini grabbed the first position, followed calling for El-Sisi White House, Netanyahu’s defeat and the Head of the Academy of Persian Language universities, took part in the competition. Almost by Masoma Mohammadi with second position in the general elections in the oc- and Literature Gholam Ali Haddad Adel. 300 of them were Afghan students while the rest and Ali Reza Mohammadi third. ousting? J were from other countries. In non-Persian speakers section, Wang Xu cupied territories, and Saudi Arabia’s The competition saw participation of students confusion after destruction of a part from many countries, both Persian and non-Per- The competition had two segments – Persian Ley from China finished with top honors, while Hey [Donald Trump], your favorite of Aramco oil facilities have created a sian speakers, including those from Afghanistan, and non-Persian speeches. In the first segment, Ibrahim Diahabi from Senegal was the first run- dictator is on his way to NYC, keep him critical and hard situation for the Iran’s China, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Nigeria, Senegal, only Afghan students competed and underlined ner-up and Ibad Amin from Lebanon was the “there, Egyptians don’t want him back,” regional and trans-regional enemies. Palestine, Yemen, Hungary, Lebanon and India. the challenges of war, insecurity, immigration second runner-up. 16 pro-democracy activist Iyad el-Baghdadi In the meanwhile, European Troika wrote on Twitter. (England, Germany and France) are A series of demonstrations videos have observing a scene that its dimensions, Why is Aramco’s operation a sign of transformation in strategic power equations? been widely circulating online with many social media users changing their pro- permanence, transparency, extent, By Amirhossein Rajabi strikes. There were significant military features in its allies in the international arena has faded. file photos to plain red in solidarity with and depth are not known. TEHRAN — The drones of Yemen’s army and Yemeni’s drones attack on Aramco on Saturday. Today (Friday, September 9th), the National Egypt’s protesters who piled into Cairo’s What really happened in the in- popular committees, in building which highly so- Challenging super-advanced military systems by Security Council meeting in the White House is Tahrir Square calling for the departure ternational arena? European actors phisticated technology was not used, hit Aramco seemingly simpler and cheaper weapons has given set to examine the reaction to Aramco’s oper- of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, amid practically remained silent in the face facility by passing through multibillion-dollar defense rise to a new component in future representa- ation. Trump has said that he is not interested security forces quickly rushing to the scene of applying maximum pressure on equipment of Saudi Arabia. This attack disrupted tion of different countries’ defense capabilities to take military action and asked the generals dispersing them. Iran by the U.S., and even accom- %50 of production and expert of Saudi Arabian oil. against each other. to provide better options. It is unlikely that the Similar demonstrations broke out in panied it in some cases. Now, they Six special battalions of the U.S.-made Pa- The U.S. has so far been a powerful influence U.S. will be able to find a way out of continuous different cities in the country in a rare consider the resolution of the crisis in triot anti-missile system, with the value of tens on the political, military, and economic processes failures and restore its credit by using economic move unseen since years. Early in its reign, U.S.-Iranian relations as a “strategic of billion dollars, are protecting oil facilities of and equations in the world by possessing military and military powers. the Egyptian government imposed strict requirement”. Is this change in pol- Saudi Arabia. and economic powers. But the excessive use of Understanding the transformation of power procedures and harsh crackdown on dissent icy due to “intrinsic transformation Some reports indicate that Saudi Arabia has sanctions, formation of confronting mechanisms in equations in international field requires U.S. of- in the wake of the military coup that ousted of Europeans?” or “facing with the recently added a Patriot anti-missile system to the world, and significant decline in U.S. military ficials’ readiness to recognize real power blocks, former President Mohammed Morsi in reality of powerful Iran”? the protective net of Abqaiq oil facilities. But influence, which is largely based on hardware, and to accept their role and function. But, there 2013, showing no mercy and tolerance The phenomena that have been tak- reinforcing of defense systems in this huge oil have disrupted the functioning of the mentioned is no indication of such approach in the current with anti-coup protesters in Cairo. ing place in recent weeks, are in favor complex could not resist against Yemeni’s drone tools. As a result, the credit of this country and U.S.