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President Gives Europe Two More Months to Save JCPOA Iranian Authorities Released on The European Union Reportedly Humanitarian Grounds Seven of the Urged Iran on Wednesday 23 Crew Members – Five Indians, To Refrain From Steps That One Latvian and One Russian - on Could Undermine the Nuclear A Detained British-Flagged Oil Deal as Iran Is to Reduce Its Tanker, Stena Impero Commitments to the JCPOA VOL. XXV, No. 6764 TEHRAN Price 20,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, - SHAHRIVAR 14, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Resistance Sapping Yazd Ready to Host U.S., France, Britain Dimitrov Stuns Federer U.S., Israeli ECO Traders at May Be Complicit in Power in Region ECOFAR Exhibition Yemen War Crimes To Reach U.S. Open Semis > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Zarif Dismisses U.S. Space-Agency President Gives Europe Two Iran Rejects European Sanctions as “Totally Ineffective” Union’s $15b Offer as Loan TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran’s foreign minister has More Months to Save JCPOA TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran has rejected the European accused the United States of an overreliance on Union’s offer to provide it a $15 billion loan and will sanctions and said the latest punitive measures out of only stop scrapping its obligations under the nuclear Washington targeting his country’s space and research deal if it sells as much oil as it used to before sectors are “totally ineffective.” Washington’s sanctions, Press TV reported on “Americans are addicted to sanctions. These sanctions Wednesday, as Iran is expected to announce its third are totally ineffective,” Foreign Minister Mohammad retaliatory step on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Javad Zarif was quoted by the semiofficial Tasnim news Action (JCPOA) agency as saying on September 4 in the first public Meanwhile, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas reaction to the U.S. move. Araghchi said earlier in the day that the country would The day before, the U.S. Treasury announced resume compliance with the JCPOA if it received the sanctions against the Iran Space Agency, the Iran $15 billion tranche before the end of the year. Space Research Center, and the Astronautics Research He said that the country’s implementation of its Institute, citing their alleged contributions to secretly commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal is possible developing ballistic missiles rather than an effort to put only if Iran’s oil sales and its access to the revenues are civilian satellites into orbit. guaranteed by the European parties. He referred to his Tehran denies the accusations. recent negotiations in Paris, saying the talks focused on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed that how to secure revenues from Iran’s oil sales. Washington “will not allow Iran to use its space launch He said as Iran has announced time and again, it will program as cover to advance its ballistic missile programs.” snap back to full implementation of its obligations under He said a failed Iranian test of a space-launch the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) only if vehicle last week underscored “the urgency of the country is able to sell its petroleum and use its income the threat.” See Page 7 completely and without any limitations. “France’s initiative is exactly in line with this,” IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK said Araqchi. See Page 7 China Updates Deal to TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that a deal with the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal is not in sight by Thursday (today), and thus the country will soon announce the third phase of reducing its commitments. Tehran Reaffirms Support Invest $400b in Iran “It is unlikely that we reach a conclusion with Europe by tomorrow,” Rouhani told a cabinet session on Wednesday, referring to the Thursday deadline set by Iran for Europe to implement its commitments under the JCPOA. BEIJING (Dispatches) - Iran and China have updated a “We will declare the country’s third step [to cut commitments under the JCPOA, which has an extremely important For Kashmir Cause 25-year deal signed first in 2016 that foresees $400 nature and will give a special boost to the activities of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran,” he noted. ISLAMABAD (Dispatches) - Iranian Foreign Minister billion of Chinese investment in the resource-rich The president further noted that a major part of differences with Europe have been resolved, but a final Middle Eastern nation, well-regarded energy industry Javad Zarif on Tuesday reiterated Tehran’s concern agreement has yet to be reached. over the deteriorating human rights situation in publication the Petroleum Economist reports. “For example, if we had differences over 20 issues, they are now only on 3 issues, and a major part of them The update came during a visit at the end of August by occupied Kashmir and reaffirmed support for the have been resolved,” Rouhani said. Kashmiri people in a telephonic conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to “Therefore, Iran will start the third phase of reducing its JCPOA commitments, and the details will be Beijing where his Chinese counterpart State Councilor Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. announced today or tomorrow,” he added. Rouhani said Europe will be given another two-month deadline to According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, Wang Yi called the two countries as “comprehensive return to commitments, negotiate, and reach an agreement. strategic partners”. FM Qureshi expressed his gratitude to the Iranian people Referring to his telephone conversations with French President Macron, Rouhani said “In our earlier conversations, for extending support to the Kashmir cause. According to the Petroleum Economist, the deal represents there was a huge gap in our communications, but now we understand each other very well. They know what we want “a potentially material shift to the global balance of the oil “He briefed Zarif on the illegal and unilateral actions and we know what they want, and everything’s clear. In many instances, we have closed the gap between our views, of India to alter the disputed status of Jammu and and gas sector” and could mark a “seismic shift in the global but in some other cases, we still have our differences and we have not reached the final conclusion.” hydrocarbons sector” where no US dollars will be involved Kashmir,” said the statement. Rouhani said Iran has set up a five-month framework for its talks with the French side that would last until the Qureshi also underscored that regional security had in commodity transaction payments. year end, adding “France says they will talk to other European countries, as well as China, and the U.S., and they “The central pillar of the new deal is that China will invest been undermined by India’s unilateral move to strip the will make the necessary coordination. Our talks with France is in this regard, as the country represents the EU occupied state of its autonomous status. $280 billion, developing Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals and the three signatories to the nuclear deal.” sectors,” said the monthly magazine which spoke to “a “The gravity of the situation in IOK demands a Elsewhere, the president described U.S. hawks, the racist regime of Israel, and some reactionary states in the Middle complete lifting of the curfew, removal of restrictions senior source closely connected to Iran’s Petroleum East region as three groups which do not want the relations between Iran and the US to be “fair” and “right”. Ministry” during Zarif’s visit. on movement, peaceful assembly, provision of food See Page 7 He said the day when relations between Iran and the U.S. became fair and just, it would mean a “permanent and medical supplies and release of political prisoners,” death” for the Israeli regime, “Because they are like foams on water and will fade away.” the communique read. “Every time we wanted to do something, these three groups, which have unfortunately taken over the White See Page 7 House, would not allow it,” Rouhani said, noting that the reason the US pulled out of the JCPOA was because of the influence of these three groups over the White House. Sokhan Gostar Institute Iran Currency Plan Unaffected by Russia Favored For Half-Trillion Dollar Iranian Oil Project Europe’s Proposed Credit Line LONDON (Oil Price) - Last week’s announcement from the director of integrated planning at the National TEHRAN (PressTV) - Iran’s chief banker says the Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Karim Zobeidi that the South Pars Oil Layer (SPOL) project will be assigned to country would stick to its current plans for currency PRIVATE ENGLISH Iranian companies is just part of a holding position allowing for some development of the field whilst Iran can regulation regardless of a European proposal for setting negotiate a deal with an international oil company (IOC) partner. “Right now we have reached a point where NEWSPAPER IN IRAN up a credit facility that could help revive a nuclear deal either the U.S. will be persuaded to come back to the negotiating table to discuss re-engaging with the JCPOA between Tehran and world powers. [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] or it will be sidelined in this and Russia and China, and to a lesser extent The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Europe, will just go about their business with Iran regardless,” a senior oil and gas industry source who works Abdolnasser Hemmati said on Wednesday that the closely with Iran’s Petroleum Ministry told OilPrice.com last week. government would continue to regulate the currency Up until the moment the U.S. decided to withdraw from the JCPOA last year and then to re-impose sanctions, market through what it has within its own resources Iran had a number of potential IOCs vying to sign the Integrated Petroleum Contract (IPC) for the SPOL and regardless of the credit line that has been development.
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