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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13181 Sunday AUGUST 12, 2018 Mordad 21, 1397 Dhi Al Qada 29, 1439 Iran says Infrastructure provided Carlos Queiroz a nominee Hafez Awards to against arms race for trading cryptocurrency to replace Jose Pekerman honor Ali Rafiei in space 2 in stock exchange 4 in Colombia: report 15 16 Iran-China trade up 10% Guardian Council backs in 6 months on year ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value Referring to the new round of U.S. sanc- deskof trade between Iran tions against Iran, Gao Feng said: “Eco- and China rose 10.1 percent during the first nomic ties between the two countries will anti-money laundering move half of 2018 and stood at $17 billion, Gao develop not considering the internal rules of Feng, the spokesman for China’s Ministry the third countries. China will continue its of Commerce, told IRNA on Saturday. economic and trade relations with Iran as He also put the worth of trade between before and the U.S. withdrawal from Iran’s the two countries at $37.18 billion in 2017, nuclear deal has no effect on the economic See page 2 rising 19 percent from the figure of 2016. ties between the two countries.” 4 Kopet Dag added to UNESCO biosphere reserves SOCIETY TEHRAN — Kopet The biosphere reserve covers part of deskDag in Shirvan county, the Kopet Dag mountain range, along northeastern North Khorasan province, has Iran’s border with Turkmenistan. The eco- received UNESCO recognition for biosphere logical region of Kopet Dag is an important reserves, North Khorasan provincial chief part of the Irano-Anatolian biodiversity of department of environment has said. hotspot, whose primary function is the Kopet Dag is a protected area stretching conservation of many of the endangered over 18,000 hectares of land area and species in this area. The main economic is filled with thick forests and variety of activities are agriculture and livestock, plant and animal species. according to UNESCO website. 12 Zarif: Trump’s jubilation over Turkish economic hardship ‘shameful’ POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian official Twitter account. deskForeign Minister The Turkish lira has long been Mohammad Javad Zarif on Satur- falling on worries about President day described U.S. President Donald Erdogan’s influence over monetary Trump’s jubilation over economic policy and worsening relations with hardship in Turkey as “shameful”. the United States. Faraj Samadi “Trump’s jubilation in inflicting On Friday, the currency dropped economic hardship on its NATO ally as much as 18 percent at one point, IRNA/ Turkey is shameful,” Mohammad Javad the biggest one-day fall since a 2001 Zarif said in a message posted on his financial crisis in Turkey. 2 REPORT ‘Takfiri groups can’t establish strategic presence in Kashmir’ ARTICLE Ramin Hossein Abadian INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN —The shadowy reduced to a toothless tiger. Islamic interests. And this disease is more chronic Syed Zafar Mehdi Mehr News Agency deskforces of takfirism pose the With the scourge of sectarianism and in places where various sects live in close proximity. Journalist Journalist biggest danger to Islam and Muslims today. neo-Salafism spreading like wild fire across In Kashmir, for example, many desperate from New Delhi They are hell-bent on destroying the fabric of the world, what needs to be done to defeat the attempts are being made by vested interests Islam and sow seeds of discord among Muslims. forces that seek to sow discord among Muslims? to sow seeds of discord and hatred between When dollar means Groups like ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaeda are products A. For me, they are neo-Kharjites who too could Shias and Sunnis. How can such sinister de- An open letter to of this very ideology that breeds on hatred for easily muster sufficient support base during their signs be defeated? more than the lives ‘others’. This wave of neo-Salafism and takfirism time. More so, these groups are the offshoots of A. Islam in Kashmir was, in my view, a the brave people of has reached Kashmir as well, and is increasing- Takfiri thought propounded by well-organised truly Muhammadan Islam till some time of Yemeni children ly threatening to tarnish the rich syncretic Sufi and powerful institutions patronised by certain ago. It was a unique model for the rest of Iran from Kashmir culture of Kashmir. countries who are out to obfuscate the reality of the Muslim world to emulate. For example, he Saudi regime has committed yet Sajjad Haider is a senior journalist and po- Muhammadan Islam as that remains a threat Islam in Kashmir, unlike other places, was his letter is addressed to the brave another war crime in Yemen and litical commentator based in Indian controlled to their very existence. not introduced by invaders or merchants, people of Iran and comes from Tthis one is particularly horrendous. Kashmir. He is the editor of Kashmir Observer Holy Quran strongly and clearly emphasis- but by preachers and most of them Sayeds. TKashmir – a place known as ‘Iran An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition and Trans Asia News Service and has contributed es the importance of preserving and promoting The founders of Islam in Kashmir were Syed e Sagheer’ (little Iran). Your country is hit a school bus in the Dahyan market in to many international media organizations. In Islamic unity, solidarity and brotherhood? Have Sharafudin Musawi alias Bulbul Sahab, a again going through a difficult phase be- Saada province on Thursday, killing at this interview, he talks about the scourge of we understood the message in letter and spirit? descendant of seventh Shia Imam Musa cause of the draconian economic sanctions least 44 Yemeni students and wounding 77. sectarianism and neo-Salafism, attempts being A. Unfortunately, a large majority of people, Kazim, who came from Ardabil Iran and imposed by the ‘Big Satan’. You have been This Saudi war crime has been de- made in Kashmir to sow seeds of discord be- whether Sunni or Shia, disregard this key Qura’nic Mir Syed Ali Hussaini alias Shah e Ham- here before and you not only managed to nounced. Hezbollah Thursday issued a survive but emerged stronger. As your tween Shias and Sunni, and why OIC has been injunction. Sectarian prejudices supersede vital dan who came from Hamadan Iran. 6 statement saying that the “continuous outspoken Foreign Minister recently tweet- U.S.-Saudi brutal massacres committed ed, you have been around for millennia against the civilians in Yemen” marks the and seen fall of empires, including your failure of the Saudi coalition. It is Members of Arab NATO have conflicting interests: Adib-Moghaddam own, which lasted more than the life of “the worst form of violence and terror EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, which is scheduled some countries. and hides the failure of the war on Yemen.” By Javad Heirannia to be introduced in the United States soon. Will You are a great people and a proud Meanwhile, Syria also issued a scath- this coalition be considered as a real coalition nation. Your civilisation has a long ing condemnation of the massacre where TEHRAN — Professor Arshin Adib-Moghadd- or a military organization? history with glorious contribution almost all of the victims were children. am, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies A: The Trump administration comes up with towards the development of human Yemen’s Defense Ministry responded at the London Middle East Institute believes hyperbolic ideas almost on a daily basis. If such race. Today, you have lot of enemies. As to the latest Saudi offense in attacking the that the countries that are said to become a an alliance materializes it will be as ineffectual as they say, if you don’t have enemies, it Yemeni school bus, condemning the attack. part of this new “Arab NATO” have conflict- other such efforts, for instance the CENTO before means you haven’t stood your ground. The Defense Ministry has also announced ing interests. the Iranian revolution which was said to become an And, sometimes you are identified by that its forces will respond to this crime at Professor in Global Thought and Comparative extension of NATO, but never really functioned as the enemies you have. the time and place of its choosing. Philosophies and Chair of the Centre for Iranian such despite of the Cold War context. The countries You are up against two unholy regimes Adding insult to injury, Col. Turki Studies at the London Middle East Institute, also Here is the full text of the interview: that are said to become a part of this new “Arab that share a unique characteristic. Both of al-Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led adds that “They won’t act under the dictate of Washington has announced the formation NATO” have conflicting interests. They won’t act them owe their existence to land grab and coalition, stressed that Thursday’s attack the United States, and they are very unlikely to of a military alliance in the Middle East against under the dictate of the United States, and they are genocide. Both of them were created by carried out in Saada is a “legitimate military agree on core strategic issues.” Iran, with the participation of Saudi Arabia, UAE, very unlikely to agree on core strategic issues. 7 forcibly seizing land from peaceful pop- action” and is “in accordance with inter- ulation who had never harmed them and national humanitarian law and customs.” who in the process were either physically Nothing could be further from the truth.