Fire-Hit Petchem Plant to Resume Operation Within Weeks Co-Op with Iran: Envoy
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Tehran, Hanoi pen Anonymous benefactor Chess is very popular Iranian choral 41516co-op agreements on 14 frees inmates by among the Iranians, ensembles competing ECONOMY facilitating trade SOCIETY donating $1.11 million SPORTS Anatoly Karpov says ART& CULTURE at Russian festival WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Merkel’s remarks are ‘politically motivated’ 2 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12594 Sunday JULY 10, 2016 Tir 20, 1395 Shawwal 5, 1437 Remarks by Thousands Merkel, Ban take to U.S. show a ‘new Fire-hit petchem plant to streets to plot’ being protest police hatched against resume operation within weeks violence Technical issues behind the blaze to be announced once ascertained Iran: Salehi Thousands took to the streets of the United States cities to denounce the Iran calls Merkel’s remarks ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran expects Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced on Sat- tor Adel Nejad-Salim and Khuzestan Province fatal shooting by police of two black deskmost units at its Bou Ali urday. Governor General Gholamreza Shariati an- ‘counter-constructive’ men this week, marching the day af- Sina Petrochemical Complex (BSPC) to restart Zanganeh and some other officials, namely nounced the technical causes behind the blaze ter a gunman killed five police officers operation within three weeks after a blaze National Petrochemical Company Managing will be announced once full investigations are POLITICAL TEHRAN — The watching over a similar demonstration which had been broken out at the complex Director Marzieh Shahdaei, Persian Gulf Petro- carried out. deskIranian Foreign Min- in Dallas. on Wednesday was extinguished, Oil Minister chemical Industries Company Managing Direc- See page 4 istry said on Saturday that German Protesters clogged roadways in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s claims on New York City, Atlanta and Philadel- the Iranian missile program are “coun- phia, and events in San Francisco and ter-constructive” and nuclear chief Ali Phoenix also drew large crowds. Akbar Salehi said he thinks that the re- Six people were injured and marks by the German leader and the three were arrested in Phoenix UN chief in short intervals show that where police in riot gear used pep- a “new plot” is being hatched against per spray on protesters, some of the Islamic Republic. whom threw rocks at officers, the “The Islamic Republic of Iran has Phoenix Police Department said in announced many times that the coun- a statement. try’s missile program is totally for de- Videos posted online showed pro- fensive purposes and not designed to testers also gathering in Baton Rouge, carry nuclear warhead; so, it does not Louisiana, where 37-year-old Alton violate the 2231 resolution of the Se- Sterling was fatally shot by police early curity Council and has nothing to do on Tuesday. with the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehen- The largest demonstration ap- sive Plan of Action],” Foreign Ministry peared to be in Atlanta, where thou- spokesman Bahram Qasemi explained. sands marched, chanting and waving Merkel told the German parlia- signs demanding justice, video post- ment on Thursday that Iran’s missile ed to social media showed. Footage program runs contrary to the rele- from broadcasters showed a large vant provisions of the Resolution 2231 crowd facing off with dozens of po- which endorsed the nuclear deal be- lice vehicles blocking a local inter- tween Iran and great powers. state highway. 2 Shana 13 Brexit does Mashhad, Lalejin named world crafts cities PERSPECTIVE By Ali Kushki not change TOURISM TEHRAN — The Iranian weaving. Tehran Times journalist deskcities of Mashhad and Lale- The designation of two more cities as the policy toward jin have been listed among the craft cities of world crafts cities would have a great impact the World Crafts Council - Asia Pacific Region on the market of Iranian handicraft worldwide, Iran: Mehran (WCC-APR), the deputy director of Iran’s Cul- he said. President Rouhani tural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organ- “The handicrafts would be great representa- Kamrava ization, Bahman Namvar-Motlaq, announced tive of traditional culture of the region in inter- in the making on Saturday. national stage,” he added. INTERVIEW early two years after Hassan “According to a letter from the president of Precious gemstones like agates and tur- By Javad Heirannia Rouhani took office as presi- the World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region, quoise are found in the northeastern city of N dent in 2013, he delivered one Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi, the city of Mashhad is Mashhad. The city is also well-known for intri- TEHRAN — Mehran Kamrava, a pro- key presidential campaign promise designated as the world’s city of gemstone and cately designed silver jeweler studded with ru- fessor of the Middle East Studies in when Tehran struck a deal with the the title of the world’s city of pottery and ce- bies and emeralds. Georgetown University of Doha, says West, under which Iran agreed to roll ramic went to Lalejin,” Namvar-Motlaq added. Meanwhile, the western city of Lalejin is one the withdrawal of Britain from the Eu- back its nuclear program in exchange The cities will celebrate their registration as Last year, WCC declared Isfahan and Tabriz of Iran’s important centers for the production of ropean Union will not necessarily af- for the removal of economic sanctions. the world crafts cities in August, he announced. as the world cities of handicraft and carpet pottery and ceramics. fect London’s policy toward “the Mid- The political feat, so to speak, was dle East, the Persian Gulf, and Iran”. a yardstick of how much Iranians were “I don’t think Britain’s exit from the true in pinning hopes on their votes to EU will necessarily result in changes Iranian movies on screen at Australian festival make a huge difference internationally. to its policies with the Middle East, Pursuant to the pact, the country is the Persian Gulf, and Iran,” Kamrava ARTTEHRAN — A lanche” directed by Morteza Far- Saqafi and “I Am Diego Maradona” now emerging from years of limping tells the Tehran Times. Following is desklineup of Iranian shbaf, “Risk of Acid Rain” by Be- by Bahram Tavakoli. along under the weight of crushing the text of the interview: movies are currently on screen at htash Sanaeiha and “Time to Love” Around 150 movies by in- sanctions, albeit there are still obsta- What will be the effect of the 19th Revelation Perth Film Fes- by Alireza Raisian”. ternational directors are in cles on the way to overcome. Brexit on British relations with the tival, which opened in the Austral- The lineup also includes “Nahid” competition in various sec- While the majority of Iranians unan- Middle East, especially the Persian ian city on July 7. by Ida Panahandeh, “The Man Who tions of the festival that runs imously have come to hail Rouhani’s Gulf region? Among the films are “Ava- Became a Horse” by Amir-Hossein until July 17. foreign policy record, there is discord A: I don’t think Britain’s exit from the on the administration’s domestic agen- EU will necessarily result in changes to da chiefly because of the economic its policies with the Middle East, the stagnation although Rouhani tries to Persian Gulf, and Iran. There are two Global market re-engagement fuelling Iran’s cards, payments industry press ahead with economic reforms. issues to keep in mind. First, although The pocket money complaints, as I Banks in Iran may once again conduct lion. “The re-engagement with international payment companies lining up to explore op- Britain may be exiting from the EU, its wish to call them so, are understandable, cross-border transactions with international banks and card scheme providers along with portunities in Iran,” said Challa. For example, foreign policy objectives and interests explicable by a number of factors, inter counterparts, thanks to the withdrawal of in- the government’s push for electronic payments global payment giants such as MasterCard, are still likely to be similar to those of alia, fluctuations in oil prices and regional ternational sanctions in February 2016. The is expected to further boost the country’s pay- Visa, Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) and China the EU and also the U.S., and therefore conflicts, not to mention the tremendous latest report from Timetric’s Cards and Pay- ment cards market growth,” said Kartik Challa, UnionPay (CUP) are in negotiations with the there is unlikely to be any noticeable backlog from previous administrations. ments Intelligence Center (CPIC) sets out how analyst at Timetric. central bank of Iran to start operations in the changes to British foreign policy in gen- Moreover, for the nuclear deal to Iran’s re-engagement with international finan- Banks across the world are now keen to country. eral and toward our region in particu- ultimately translate into public benefit, cial messaging system, SWIFT, the reopen- work with their Iranian peers and expand their Despite international sanctions, the coun- lar. Secondly, most of Britain’s policies one has to be more patient as many ing of payment flows from global players and involvement in the country’s banking system. try’s payment cards market continues to in regards to the Persian Gulf is driven prospective partners are currently the country’s cashless initiative are all driving Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, for in- thrive, supported by government initiatives by economic interests, and these eco- scoping out the Iranian market. healthy growth for Iran’s payments market. stance, was the first bank to announce its plan to promote electronic payments. Consum- nomic interests in terms of investments This is unfortunate that the public Iran may now regain access to its overseas to set up a branch in Iran after the sanctions ers are being charged supplementary fees by British companies in the Middle East, obsession with the pocket money has financial assets worth billions of dollars as well were lifted.