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Seoul Book Fair to Rouhani upbeat over determined experience new to boost atmosphere this Majlis election results trade with year: official POLITICAL TEHRAN — President Has- him more leeway in advancing his economic an event celebrated worldwide on May 1 as Tehran to desksan Rouhani on Sunday policies. well as Teacher Day, an annual event named CULTURE TEHRAN — Deputy expressed happiness over the results of par- Rouhani said this in a gathering of laborers after Martyr Morteza Motahari. $30 billion deskCulture Minister for liamentary election which is expected to give on the occasion of International Workers’ Day, 2 Cultural Affairs Seyyed Abbas Salehi ECONOMY TEHRAN — South who is also the director of the Tehran desk International Book Fair has said that the Leader receives Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan Abdullah Korea is determined event will experience a new atmosphere to enhance the worth of trade with this year at Shahre Aftab, a newly-con- Iran to $30 billion, the Korean minis- structed fairground in southern Tehran. ter of land, infrastructure, and trans- He made the remarks on Sunday port Kang Ho-in told reporters after during a press conference held after a meeting with Iranian Energy Minister a visit by journalists to the fairground, Hamid Chitchian in Tehran on Satur- which will host to the 29th edition of day. the cultural exhibition from May 5 to South Korea is fond of expanding 15. its energy and water ties with Iran and He regarded Shahre Aftab, cover- the country’s state-run as well as pri- ing an area over 300,000 hectares, as a vate companies desire to find a route good and suitable location for the fair. to the Iranian domestic market, the “It is a good place for a big cultural Energy Ministry’s website quoted the event and fortunately the fairground South Korean minister as saying. will be launched with the opening of Also in a Sunday meeting with Ira- the book fair,” he added. nian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zan- “From now on, Tehran’s citizens will ganeh, the Korean official announced possess a city of culture and books,” he that his country is slated to sign a said, adding that the officials are well $20-billion-agreement with Iran dur- aware of the deficiencies of the fair- ing the South Korean President Park ground and that they will do their best Geun-hye’s visit to Tehran, the Shana to remove the obstacles in the coming news agency reported. days. Highlighting the pivotal role that He further noted that after all these Iran can play as a bridge between Asia years the Tehran Book Fair is proud and Europe, the Korean senior official to be a landlord now and has finally khamenei.ir underlined that South Korea tries to found its own permanent location. seize Iran’s geographical location to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, received the Islamic Jihad movement chief Ramadan Abdullah improve bilateral relations. 12 late on Sunday. (See the full story on the Tehran Times website) 4 PERSPECTIVE Park on landmark visit to Tehran, economy high on agenda ARTICEL By Matin Moslem By: Haniyeh Sadat By Ali Kushki due to the sanctions imposed on international Jafariyeh Iran internationally and unilater- relations expert TEHRAN — South Korea Pres- ally by Seoul, lifting of sanctions Tehran Times journalist ident Park Geun-hye arrived at against Tehran after the nuclear Tehran on Sunday evening, com- deal, and finally, the slowing global Mr. Blair, please ing under the spotlight in domes- economy which has influenced the Aviation industry’s do not beat the tic and international media outlets. South Korean economy. renewal riddled with President Park’s three-day visit The sanctions regime shrank drums of war assumes both political and eco- trade to as low as $6.1 billion politico-economic nomic significance, considering much lower than $10 billion in n spite of being sinful, President that Iran is emerging from years of 2011. The trade is meager, ac- challenges INixon was on the belief that “a sanctions. cording to people familiar with good politician is the one who lis- Politically, Park is the first South the matter, given the two coun- s of the initial annulment of ten more than talk, do not take action Korean president visiting Iran, tries’ great capacities in different Adraconian anti-Iranian sanc- hastily and learn lesson from the past!” showing political maturity, without From an economic angle, there so tempting to ignore and South technological and industrial sec- tions on January 1, which was However, the 37th U.S. president had which the trip might have been are quite strong signs, indicating Koreans know this well. They have tors, to name only few. assumed to open gateways to the in- not observed this moral principle dur- delayed to a much later time. that Seoul and Tehran are bent on been present in the Iranian market In a meeting with Iranian En- ternational markets, Iran awaits seismic ing his professional work, but many Also, back in November 2015, opening a new chapter in already long before. ergy Minister Hamid Chitchian in changes in various domestic econom- politicians like him make claims con- South Korean Foreign Minister Yun robust bonds. Now with removal of sanctions Tehran on Saturday, the Korean ic sectors most eminently in its cast- trary to the reality. We can conclude Byung-se met in Tehran with his A strong sign is the 236-strogn against Iran, South Korean compa- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, ed-out, time-worn aviation industry. that Mr. Nixon’s advice has no use in Iranian counterpart Mohammad delegation accompanying Presi- nies are even thriftier to win ven- and Transport Kang Ho-in said his With the financial embargo rolled the world of politics. An example is Mr. Javad Zarif, where the two sides dent Park, the largest team ever tures in the country. country is determined to enhance back, thanks to the implementation of Blair. 9 highlighted stronger ties between dispatched to a foreign country. There are at least three reasons trade with Iran to $30 billion. the nuclear agreement - known as the Seoul and Tehran. The lucrative market of Iran is for this: A drop in bilateral trade 2 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – by Iran and world powers, the Iranian aviation authorities have Swiss author Peter ‘Less dependence on imported oil has sought to revamp the country’s aviation Stamm to meet with fleet through upgrading the existing air- reduced Saudi importance to U.S.’ crafts or purchasing new ones as well fans in Tehran as improving technical infrastructure on INTERVIEW Following is the text of the interview: di Arabia. This part of the report may not a massive scale. In this regard, some ARTTEHRAN — The White House has threatened to Prolific By Javad Heirannia actually contain any new information that is prominent international aviation manu- deskSwiss author Peter veto a bipartisan bill to let families victim- particularly important, but the speculation facturers and carriers have voiced will- Stamm is scheduled to meet with Ira- TEHRAN — Saudi Arabia is losing its im- ized by the 9/11 terrorist attacks sue Saudi about what it may contain has sustained ingness on hammering out deals with nian readers of his works on Thursday portance to Washington as the United Arabia. Why? public interest in a possible Saudi role. Pres- Iran. However, Iran and foreign aviation at Ofoq Publications, the Persian pub- States’ dependence on “imported oil” is de- A: The bill has had substantial support ident Obama has said he would veto the companies have met some challenges lisher of his books in Tehran. creasing due to “the development of frack- from both Republicans and Democrats. This legislation partly because he realizes that on the way to finalize new contracts. ing technology”, says Paul Pillar, a former support reflects a broad sentiment among the legislation would needlessly complicate On January 16, i.e., on the JCPOA senior CIA analyst and now a professor in the American people that anyone who had relations with Saudi Arabia while serving no implementation day, the Treasury De- security studies at Georgetown University. anything to do with 9/11 ought to be called useful purpose in either finding out anything partment’s Office of Foreign Assets “However,” Pillar tells the Tehran Times, “the to account. There has been much pub- more about 9/11 or undoing the damage Control (OFAC) issued a Statement of U.S. economy still can be affected significant- lic attention lately to possible connections from that attack. The president probably Licensing Policy (SLP) establishing a fa- ly by anything that happens to the global oil between Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 attacks also believes that individual lawsuits against vorable licensing policy towards the sale market, in which Saudi Arabia continues to be because of a still-secret passage in a Con- foreign countries are not a very effective of commercial passenger aircrafts and a very important player.” gressional report on 9/11 that refers to Sau- way to run foreign policy.