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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.13161 Thursday JULY 19, 2018 Tir 28, 1397 Dhi Al Qaeda 5, 1439 IRGC soft war Tehran councilor Esteghlal General Venezia Classici to screen unit deputy chief proposes to set up Manager Eftekhari Ebrahim Golestan’s named 2 ‘water entity’ 12 resigns 15 “Brick and Mirror” 16 Iran finalizes centrifuge rotor factory Trump made 8 requests POLITICS TEHRAN – Nuclear ly make preparations for the en- deskchief Ali Akbar Salehi richment of uranium up to a level has announced that a factory manu- of 190,000 SWUs, Salehi told the facturing rotors used for producing national television in an interview advanced centrifuge machines has broadcast on Wednesday. been completed. SWU is the standard measure of the to meet Rouhani The rotor factory was completed effort required to separate isotopes of See page 2 in compliance with the order by uranium during an enrichment pro- Leader of the Islamic Revolution cess. 1 SWU is equivalent to 1 kilogram Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to swift- of separative work. 2 Europe underestimating its power, Zarif says Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Europe is selling itself short. Javad Zarif has said that the Europe- “What we need from the Europeans an Union can do more to bring about is both the political commitment, which peace and stability to the Middle East, they have made, now we need to see the and needs to back-up its commitments measures in place on the ground, not simply with actions. in writing, not simply in words — in the In an exclusive interview with Euronews banking sector, in the investment sector, reporter Saeid Jafari published on Tuesday, in the energy sector, in the transportation the 58-year-old chief diplomat he believes sector, in the SME sector,” he said. 2 IRICA, IRU discuss easing transit between Iran, Europe ECONOMY TEHRAN— In a meet- Convention on International Transport desking between head of the of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets in Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Admin- seven major customs centers in Iran, As- istration (IRICA) Foroud Asgari and sec- gari announced Iran’s readiness to share Majid Asgaripour retary general at World Road Transport its experiences in this sector with other Organization (IRU) Umberto de Pretto, countries. the two sides discussed easing transit of Pretto, for his part, hailed Iran’s de- goods between Iran and Europe, IRIB veloping activities in customs sector say- reported on Wednesday. ing that Europe has always been satisfied Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ Referring to modernization of customs with the results obtained in cooperation procedures in Iran and coverage of the with Iran. ARTICLE The reason for Iran’s power outages: exports or infrastructure? ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari Syed Zafar Mehdi By Ebrahim Fallahi Are the country’s power plants not gen- thermal power plants. Political analyst Journalist Since starting of the summer, an intense heat- erating enough energy? or maybe people are Iran increased its electricity generation capacity from New Delhi wave has been blanketing over most of the cities of over-consuming electricity and they are the to 76,302 MW, in the Iranian calendar year of Iran, leading to an over-usage of airconditioning reason for this dilemma. Some may say the 1395 which ended on March 20, 2017 and then appliances and a significant jump in electricity main reason for this power outages is that added another 1,724 MW from mostly thermal Trump’s campaign consumption among the household consumers. Iran is exporting electricity to the neighboring power plants, by January 2018. Afghan-owned The situation has led to a series of daily power countries despite its domestic needs and this That means gas is the significant player in against Europe outages across the country which has affected has led to the current situation. To find out the country’s power generation and drought, peace process only many businesses and people adversely. the main reason for the current electricity although important, could not be the reason There are various factors and reasons which situation in Iran let’s take a look at the coun- for Iran’s recent power outages. solution to war in any analysts of the international could contribute to electricity shortage in a coun- try’s statistics regarding power generation, According to Hamidreza Azimi, the deputy affairs have recently had a special try’s power network. Lack of enough power plants, consumption and exports. managing director for planning affairs in Ther- Afghanistan focus on US-EU relations! Some M lack of feedstock for thermal or gas power plants, Power generation mal Power Plants Holding Company, natural gas signals and speeches by the President of merica’s top military commander in drought and etc., could be mentioned as some According to the data released by Iran’s Power power plants account for almost 75.5 percent of the United States which are addressed Afghanistan, John Nicholson sent of such factors. But what is the reason for Iran’s Generation and Distribution Company (known the country’s generation capacity and considering to the European authorities indicate the regional observers into a tizzy with power shortage or better to say power outage! as TAVANIR), the country’s current installed Iran’s abundant gas resources so lack of feedstock A full opposition of the White House to the his comments on Monday that the United Which one of the above mentioned reasons is power capacity stands at around 77,000 meg- for the power plants couldn’t be also accounted European Union. Over the past few days, States was ready to join direct negotiations the case for Iran? awatts (MW), most of which is accounted for for as a reason. 4 there has been news about the specific with the Taliban. He later retracted his talks between the President of the United statement, apparently under pressure, States and some of the European Union’s TENDER INVITATION NO.97/1007 saying his words were“mischaracterized.” So what does the U.S. actually want in member states. Trump called on French IRAN ALUMINIUM COMPANY (IRALCO) , Would like to invite eligible suppliers for the supply of 200 MT. Magnesium Pure on tender basis. President “Emmanuel Macron” to leave Afghanistan? Is it in favor of direct talks Interested companies are allowed to send their competitive offer till the European Union and thus build wider with the Taliban or does it want the process bilateral relations with the United States! 29-JULY-2018 based on our required instruction to following address: to be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned? Is On the other hand, Trump has officially NO.49, Mollasadra Ave. , Vanak Square , Postal code: 1991614581 Tehran , Iran . Attention :Mr. Rahimi , Ms. Emadi Trump franticallylooking for an escape asked the British Prime Minister “Theresa Tel : +98 21 88049046-7 Fax : +98 21 88049045 route from the 17-year-old war that has May” to sue the European Union rather For obtaining tender’s documents and more information, please check: www.iralco.ir been a complete disaster or he wants to than interacting with it. These are indi- inflict more misery on the poor, hapless, cations of the wide and extensive oppo- Public Relations Department of Iran Aluminum Company and war-weary Afghans? sition of the United States to the United Just a few days ago, on an unannounced Europe. This confrontation can become a trip to Kabul, the U.S. Secretary of State full-fledged dispute in the future. However, TENDER INVITATION NO.97/1006 Mike Pompeo said the Trump administra- the European Union has not yet made a IRAN ALUMINIUM COMPANY (IRALCO) , Would like to invite eligible suppliers for the supply of 48 MT. Al-Mn 80% on tender basis. tion was prepared to “support, facilitate firm response to the United States, and Interested companies are allowed to send their competitive offer till and participate” in peace talks between it has adopted a policy of “ having inter- the Afghan government and the Talib- 29-JULY-2018 based on our required instruction to following address: actions with Tramp,” but this policy can’t an.However, he hastened to add that the be adopted for a long time! NO.49, Mollasadra Ave. , Vanak Square , Postal code: 1991614581 Tehran , Iran . Attention :Mr. Rahimi , Ms. Emadi process will be Afghan-led. Regarding this newly raised dispute, Tel : +98 21 88049046-7 Fax : +98 21 88049045 Did the position of U.S. on Afghan peace there are some points that can’t be easily For obtaining tender’s documents and more information, please check: www.iralco.ir process change so dramatically in less than a week or was Nicholson simply not aware ignored. Firstly, the European officials Public Relations Department of Iran Aluminum Company haven’t yet understood the extent of of it when his tongue apparently slipped? Trump’s hostility to the existence of the “Our secretary of state, Mr. Pompeo, has United European! This is while the trade said that we, the United States, are ready war between Trump and the European TENDER INVITATION NO.97/1005 to talk to the Taliban and discuss the role Union has entered a new phase since the IRAN ALUMINIUM COMPANY (IRALCO) , Would like to invite eligible suppliers for the supply of 10 MT. Aluminum Nickel 80% on tender basis. of international forces,” he said during a beginning of 2018. Some American eco- Interested companies are allowed to send their competitive offer till visit to southern province of Kandahar. nomic analysts believe that based on his 29-JULY-2018 based on our required instruction to following address: Taliban, who refuse to recognize the protectionist policies, Trump will impose legitimacy of government in Kabul, have NO.49, Mollasadra Ave.

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