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Zarif Said on April 24 That Against Iran As “Illegal” and “Contrary to Without Emotional Reactions.” Iran Would Do Whatever It Could to International Law” WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13380 Sunday MAY 5, 2019 Ordibehesht 15, 1398 Sha’aban 29, 1440 Rouhani says U.S. Iran advises Navab named Leader’s Hadadi wins bronze has launched Bahrain not to representative for at IAAF Diamond ‘war on hope’ 2 talk big 2 Hajj affairs 3 League 15 Iran Oil Show 2019: ‘Iran not Red alert sirens as 90 rockets alone in oil market’ Ebrahim Fallahi oil, gas and petrochemical sectors. TEHRAN — European exhibitors partic- The exhibition, which was held at the Teh- ipating in the 24th International Oil, Gas, ran Permanent International Fairgrounds Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition of from May 1 to 4, hosted some 1150 domestic hit occupied lands Iran (Iran Oil Show 2019) believe that the and foreign companies from 21 countries recent U.S. pressures for isolating Iran’s including Azerbaijan, Spain, Germany, economy wouldn’t stop them from trying Britain, Italy, Turkey, China, Russia, the to find a way for collaborating with Iran’s Netherlands, Ukraine, and etc. 5 See page 13 U.S. has sent message to Iran saying it’s not seeking war: source TEHRAN —U.S. officials have told The expert underlined that there is no Tehran that the United States is not sign that the U.S. is seeking war with Iran. seeking to engage in any military face- “To the contrary, there are a lot of indicators off with Iran, the Tasnim news agency suggesting that America is avoiding military reported on Saturday. conflict with Iran and instead focusing on Quoting international affairs ana- economic, political, and media wars.” lyst Sa’adollah Zarei, the news outlet He also said the fact that Iranian military said the official message was sent to officials constantly state their readiness to face top Iranian officials recently. threats is part of the nature of their job. 2 Larijani says Saudi Arabia, UAE unable to boost oil output TEHRAN — Ali Larijani, the speaker of the Washington’s withdrawal from JCPOA Iranian parliament (Majlis), believes that (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emir- U.S. officials announced that they will not ates cannot increase their oil production issue any further waivers for countries who in absence of Iran despite what they claim. want to import Iranian oil, meaning that “Saudi Arabia and the United Arab every state which buys Iranian oil is going Emirates don’t have the capacity to sell to be punished by the U.S. Meanwhile, U.S. Mohammed Salem more oil. If they had had the capacity, allies in the region, namely Saudi Arabia they would have used it before,” he said and the UAE have expressed readiness during a conference in Tehran on Saturday. to increase their oil export to cover up REUTERS/ In its most recent measure, following the slump in the global supply. 2 PERSPECTIVE WFP Iran, S. Korea join hands to build refugees’ self-reliance ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari Imrana Sheme Umar Head of the TehranTimes By Maryam Qarehgozlou $9.6 million to WFP operations since 2014. In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Journalist from Nigeria Politics Desk TEHRAN — On Wednesday the Republic The funds is planned to be used to create Times Ambassador of the Republic of Korea of Korea made a generous contribution of $2 income-generating opportunities for vulnerable to Iran, Ryu Jeong-Hyun explained that the million to the United Nations World Food Pro- Afghans living inside and outside of settlements. Korean government has assisted the Afghan Europe’s wrong gramme (WFP) to build refugees’ self-reliance WFP will provide refugee men and women refugees here in Iran since 2014 through World United States through vocational training in Iran. with the technical and vocational training they Food Program and UNHCR as well. calculation of the The money is aimed to support over the need to start small businesses. They will receive “Since 2014 we made $25.4 million through of africa for the coming two years 30,000 of the most vulner- start-up capital after completing their training. the UNHCR and WFP. Basically the funds White House able Afghan refugees living in settlements in Moreover, those who already have the neces- were provided to Afghan refugees in Iran greater good the Islamic Republic of Iran. sary skills will receive either WFP cash transfers and so far together with the UN agencies we he European Union remains con- According to WFP Representative in Iran, or equipment to help them start up a small focused on helping refugees to settle down he first come in mind is border, re- fused by Donald Trump. European Negar Gerami, the Republic of Korea remains business such as carpet and kilim weaving, here and also provide them with food and ligious sects, tribalism, language Tcountries did not respond decisively WFP’s top donor in Iran having contributed embroidery, tailoring and other handicrafts. livelihood,” he said. 12 Tdiversity, political affiliation and to the White House in some cases, such other potential conflicts. Just by so as the US customs tariff, the withdrawal mentioning “United states of Africa”. of the Trump government from a nuclear Will recently returned Persian lion survive threats once pushed it toward extinction? Let take look of current situation deal with Iran and the withdrawal of the of our country individually in more Paris Pact. While US National Security By Faranak Bakhtiari the Middle East to India, while Conflicts with humans, wildfires, management program aiming at details; Advisor John Bolton and Trump have TEHRAN — Long-lost Persian lion currently only a fraction of these poaching, habitat loss, canine dis- endangered species reproduction In African continent there’s 55 states repeatedly expressed their opposition is back to the country to conserve magnificent animals survive in the temper virus, decreases in popula- by the European Association of Zoos which claim independence in one way to the existence of the European Union the rare species by reproduction, wild, which range is restricted to tion sizes of native ungulates were and Aquaria (EAZA). or another at least decades ago ranging and the Eurozone, Europe has not taken the species which once gone ex- the Gir National Park and environs among the threats pushed the lions Under the program, Euro- from 4 to 7, through this time we experi- any steps towards independence from tinct due to excessive hunting and in the Indian state of Gujarat. toward extinction in Iran, while lack pean Endangered Species Pro- enced a lot and learned from the history the United States. habitat loss, so the question arises, On the International Union for of protection measures and plans gramme recommended that a but unfortunately the achievements are Many analysts of the international will the endangered species survive Conservation of Nature Red List, it is is not deniable either. lion couple to be brought to Iran way back beyond what we were capable affairs have recently had a special focus the threats which once pushed it listed under its former scientific name A male Persian lion, born 6 years in order to conserve and recover of achieving. on US-EU relations! Some signals and through eradication? Panthera leo persica as Endangered ago, was sent to Tehran Zoological the species once again in their In this article I’ll like to look at speeches by the President of the United Disappeared for 80 years, because of its small population size Garden from Britain’s Bristol Zoo original habitat employing dis- broad-spectrum of the whole African States which are addressed to the European Persian lion once prowled from and area of occupancy. a week ago, under a population ease control measures. 12 continent, I’ll use individual state to authorities indicate the full opposition of have good picture of what we’ll be the White House to the European Union. discussing “unity”. Over the past few months, there has been To provide good and adequate news about the specific talks between the Russia warns of U.S. plan to set up a quasi-state in Syria solution to any problem we must President of the United States and some TEHRAN — Russia has denounced a recent to set up a quasi-state on the eastern bank of the Euphrates opposed the meeting, but the U.S. first have to understand the problem of the European Union’s member states. meeting of tribes in Syria, organized by U.S.- Euphrates River with the U.S. assistance.” used tactics such as force, blackmail and bribery crystal clear, in achieving unity always Trump called on French President “Em- backed Kurdish militants, saying Washington The statement came one day after the town to gather the participants. there’s must be some obstacles. Here manuel Macron” to leave the European is using the Kurds to split the Arab country of Ayn Issa, situated in Syria’s northern Raqqah The event’s organizers had even recruited we are today discussing the problem Union and thus build wider bilateral re- and continue its illegal military presence there. Province, hosted the so-called Syrian clans participants from refugee camps, including the discussed long time ago instant im- lations with the United States! On the “The United States and its allies have been conference. The event was organized by the al-Hawl camp in Hasakah Province, it added. plementing the solution, this is due other hand, Trump has officially asked consistently carrying out a course towards settling so-called Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the “This event, which is obviously aimed at split- the failure to understand it clearly, the British Prime Minister “Theresa May” the Syrian crisis only with the goal of ensuring its political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces ting the country, blatantly violates the declared by this I mean the consequences of to sue the European Union rather than long-term presence in Syria,” Russia’s Foreign (SDF) - a U.S.-backed anti-Damascus alliance UN principles of preserving territorial integrity failing to address it sooner.
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