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Top Tech Experts, Researchers Lauded WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13280 Monday DECEMBER 17, 2018 Azar 26, 1397 Rabi’ Al thani 9, 1440 Main culprits behind Turkey would consider Iran, Croatia New Persian Chabahar attack working with Assad if boost cooperation exegesis of Quran arrested 2 he won election 13 15 published 16 Forex market to stabilize: Top tech experts, fin. min. ECONOMY TEHRAN— Iranian culture (ICCIMA) at the place of the same deskFinance Minister Far- organization, Dejpasand added that in had Dejpasand announced that domes- case forex market experiences stability, tic foreign currency exchange market is economy will also become steady. moving toward balance, real rates and “Some €60 million were offered at Iran’s stability, IRIB news reported on Sunday. domestic Forex Management Integrated researchers lauded Making the remarks in a meeting System (locally known as NIMA), which is See page 10 with the members of Iran Chamber of an acceptable figure showing that the mar- Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agri- ket is moving toward steadiness,” 4 Iran lauds global awareness to Yemen disaster POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- for the Yemeni people,” Qassemi told deskan Foreign Ministry the Mehr news agency in an interview spokesman Bahram Qassemi has praised published on Sunday. global awareness about the calamities of the He suggested that a ceasefire should be Saudi-led war on Yemen, expressing hope announced in under the supervision of the that it would help end the war in the country. UN and efforts to deliver humanitarian aid “We hope that by actions that have been be facilitated to the war-stricken country. taken, we would enter a new phase to get According to the UN World Food Pro- close to achievement of all the ideals and gramme, about 12 million Yemenis are wishes of the international community facing devastating famine. 2 Hudaydah cease-fire starts Tuesday Clashes shook Yemen’s flashpoint city of Residents were hoping that the cease- Hudaydah Sunday after airstrikes and fire reached in Sweden Thursday would deadly fighting on the outskirts over- provide them a respite after months of night, residents said, despite a UN-bro- clashes which have seen a push by Saudi Maryam Kamyab kered ceasefire between pro-government Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to forces and rebels. seize Hudaydah thwarted. Saudi airstrikes and fierce clashes have But heavy clashes broke out on the shaken the outskirts of Yemen’s Huday- outskirts of Hudaydah overnight follow- dah despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that ing fresh attempts by Saudi and Emirati Yemenis already feared could collapse at troops and their mercenaries to advance Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ any moment. into the city amid aerial bombings. 13 ARTICLE Theorizing religion in international relations not only feasible but essential: Prof. REPORT Hanif Ghaffari feasible but essential.” cannot treat it as such. Taking this as a point EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Roohullah Ghasemian Political analyst By Javad Heirannia Following is the full text of the interview: of departure forces us into a different field When did the religious issues has been a of play, epistemologically and politically. It Journalist TEHRAN — Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, professor matter of great in Theorizing of International becomes clear that any attempt to single out of politics and religious studies at Northwestern Relations? religion as a platform from which to develop The U.S. Senate’s University, says “religion was never excluded A: My first work was among the first to open law and public policy ends up privileging from international affairs, but has assumed dif- up new conceptual and political spaces in which some religions over others. Looking ahead, U.S. trying to role in the killing of ferent forms and occupied difference spaces in to think and talk about religion in the study of we need to embed the study of religion deeply different regimes of governance, some of which International Relations. Religion was never ex- in a series of social, institutional, and inter- avenge defeat at the Yemeni children are described as secular.” cluded from international affairs, but has assumed pretive fields. This requires disaggregating She adds that “religion has never been absent different forms and occupied difference spaces in and complicating the category. It requires United Nations he U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to from the practice of international relations, different regimes of governance, some of which considering what the world looks life after we end American military assistance for although it is the case that IR theory ignored are described as secular. This was the subject of move beyond the ideology of separation and he U.S. House of Representatives TSaudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. This or refused to deal with the subject for several my first book on “The Politics of Secularism in secularization, and also beyond the ideology and Senate approved a new draft was reported by the media as the strongest decades.” International Relations” (Princeton University of restoring or accommodating religion to Tlaw against leaders of Hamas and show of bipartisan defiance against Trump’s Professor Hurd also says that theorizing Press, 2008). public life. Neither is sufficient. They mirror Hezbollah. Approval of the draft law follows support for the Saudi family over the killing religion in international relations “is not only Religion is not an isolatable entity and we each other, in fact. 7 the recent failure of the United States to of Jamal Khashoggi, the Sausi journalist who condemn Hamas. was against bin Salman policies. Zionist broadcasts have claimed that Accordingly, the New York Times wrote; Hamas marks anniversary with parade of new missiles Hamas and Hezbollah leaders have been “The 56-to-41 vote was a rare move by the Tens of thousands of Palestinians have attended by the movement. the anniversary of the first Palestinian Intifa- using civilians as human shields, among Senate to limit presidential war powers a huge rally in the besieged Gaza Strip to mark The movement’s special units staged a march- da, which broke out in 1987 after four young other charges. The U.S. sources also and sent a potent message of disapproval the 31st anniversary of the establishment of the past during which truck-mounted missile defense Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers at emphasized that the draft law would for a nearly four-year conflict that has Hamas resistance movement. systems were driven through the streets. a checkpoint in Gaza as well as the shooting be presented for final signature by U.S. killed thousands of civilians and brought Hamas was established in 1987 soon after the The movement also honored its fighters who death of a 17-year-old boy during an unarmed President Donald Trump. The law was famine to Yemen. Moments later, senators first Palestinian Intifada or uprising broke out outed and neutralized an Israeli infiltration near protest. introduced and approved following ef- unanimously approved a separate reso- against the Israeli occupation. The movement Khan Yunis last month. An Arabic word that literally translates to forts of the Zionist lobby in the United lution to hold Crown Prince Mohammed has been administering Gaza since 2007 when Undercover Israeli special forces infiltrated into “shaking off,” Intifada has been used to refer States. bin Salman of Saudi Arabia personally it scored a surprise parliamentary victory. the territory in a civilian car near Khan Yunis, to legitimate means of resistance against op- Donald Trump, since taking office responsible for the death of the journalist, On Saturday, Hamas marked the anniversary opening fire and killing local commander Noor pression across the Middle East for decades. In almost two years ago, has taken a con- Jamal Khashoggi.” of its foundation with a military parade featur- Baraka when they were discovered. the Arab-Israeli conflict, it means a concerted siderable action against the Palestinians, It countinues; “Together, the votes were ing the Palestinian resistance movement’s new The unit was chased by Hamas fighters Palestinian effort to shake off Israeli occupation among which the most important is rec- an extraordinary break with Mr. Trump, defensive hardware. who killed a ranking Israeli officer. Israel then and gain independence. ognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the who has refused to condemn the prince Members of the group’s military movement, launched dozens of airstrikes on Gaza, drawing Palestinian teenage boy killed by Zionist regime and, worse, the transfer of and dismissed United States intelligence the Izzddin al-Qassam Brigades, showcased var- Hamas retaliation. During a two-day flare-up, more Israeli forces laid to rest the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. agencies’ conclusions that the heir to the ious military vehicles and weapons. than 500 rockets were fired at Israel, forcing Tel Palestinians have held a funeral procession Now, the new aggressions against Hamas Saudi throne directed the grisly killing.” The ceremony was held in the southern city Aviv to accept a hasty declaration of a ceasefire. for a teenager shot dead by Israeli forces during is in line with the same basic policy of the Although the U.S. Senate has initially of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip which is ruled The Saturday ceremony also coincided with clashes in the occupied West Bank. 13 U.S. government and Trump particularly. approved the draft resolution, it seems The recent move by the United States that the American representatives are to set up a new draft law against the lead- currently unwilling to put it into effect! ers of the Hamas resistance movement On the other hand, Republican represen- can be seen as a kind of retaliation by tatives in the House have announced that Washington because of its recent fiasco they would prevent the realization of this in the United Nations General Assembly.
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