Defense chief denies IMF delegation Iran comes third Muslim cleric makes 21112Iran tested missile 4 due in Tehran soon in Russia’s women doc on sexual revolution NATION with 2000-km range ECONOMY SPORTS futsal tourney ART& CULTURE in Western world WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y IIDO director hails new venue for Tehran book fair 12 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12548 Tuesday MAY 10, 2016 Ordibehesht 21, 1395 Sha’aban 3, 1437 Akie Abe: Mindset Europeans see huge potential, change needed on opportunities for role of women Hajj still post-sanctions EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW By Parvin Telli Iran TEHRAN — Akie Abe, wife of the Japanese prime min- By Mahnaz Abdi ister, believes that a change of mindset is needed so that women can play their role in society. uropean companies partic- “From a mindset perspective, men and women should unclear for Eipating in the 21st Interna- share the same view so that women-engaging society can tional Oil, Gas, Refining and be built,” Akie Abe tells the Tehran Times in an exclusive Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran (Iran interview. Oil Show 2016) believe that the Ira- This is the text of the interview: nian market enjoys huge potentials As a high profile woman, how do you see fe- and offers many opportunities in the males’ role in the current Japanese society as well as post-sanctions time. Iranians The event, which was the country’s in their household relations? A: It is a matter of course that women performing as first oil show in post-sanctions era, was the labor force in Japan since we are facing less birth rate, By Marjan Golpira attended by more than 900 Iranian with increased ageing population. I expect that the new TEHRAN - Iranians won’t be able to make the hajj pilgrimage exhibitors and above 800 renowned viewpoint can be brought to the society if women be- this year as Saudi Arabia continues to sabotage the ritual, the international companies from 38 come more actively involved. Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Monday. countries across the globe. It was held The society in Japan is structured in a way that men Making the remark at his weekly press briefing, Hossein from May 5 to 8 at Tehran Permanent perform the central role in a vertical pyramid organiza- Jaberi-Ansari said the Supreme Council on Hajj held a meet- International Fairground. tion, thus the structurere prioritized the profit making that ing on Sunday to discuss the latest relevant developments ‘Sanctions removal, a big op- often led to conflict wwithinithin ththee socsoci-i- concerning the hajj ritual, hoping that Saudi Arabia change portunity for Iran to grow faster’ ety which did not leadd to buildinbuildingg a policy and fulfill its commitments as the host of the holy cer- “Sanctions removal is a big oppor- peaceful society. emony. tunity for Iran to grow faster with a lot The nature of womenmen iiss ttoo Iran and Saudi Arabia has been at loggerheads over a of resources it has inside the country give birth to new life soso theythey number of issues, including the Hajj stampede, inter alia, on one hand, and on the other hand are good in helpingg each in September 2015 in which more than four hundred Ira- it is a big opportunity for us, because other than seeking foror ver- nians lost their lives. there is a lot of needs in goods and tical society building. I wish Iran won’t hold missile talks with U.S. equipments in Iran, so we can do now that women could eexpandxpand On U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s call for what we could do before we had all their role in a horizontalizontal missile negotiations with Tehran, the spokesman these restrictions,” Rudolf Opitzer, the manner than vertical,al, said Iran’s position on missile talks is “very clear” managing director of Germany’s UIC thus less conflict inn and “consistent”. GmbH, a leading global supplier of the society. “We won’t accept it (talks on missile program).” systems and components for the gen- tle distillation of liquid mixtures, told See page 100 See page 2 the Tehran Times. 4 PERSPECTIVE Moscow book fair CEO admires Iran PERSPECTIVE By Assadallah Athari By Parvin Telli political expert cultural attitude toward publications Tehran Times journalist INTERVIEW fair to promote latest offerings from 50 Post-modern coup II By Manijeh Rezapoor Russian publishers during the cultural Chinese smarter event. TEHRAN — The general director of the Mos- “In Moscow, there is no fair that lasts as long than Westerners urkish Prime Minister Ahmet cow International Book Fair, Sergey V. Kaykin, as the Tehran fair. However, it is a good point Davutoglu has announced that T has admired Iran’s cultural attitude toward pub- that the book fair has this much respect among have been to Iran’s oil and gas he would not seek to take the lications at the Tehran International Book Fair. you. We are also planning to talk with govern- helm of the ruling Justice and Devel- show every year over the past 10 In an interview with the Tehran Times on ment officials to hold a longer fair in our coun- I opment Party (AKP) at the extraordi- years. I love the event as it draws Sunday, Kaykin said that after he returns to his try. The government needs to consider the fair nary meeting of party leaders, slated thousands of large and small com- country, he plans to convince Russian cultural as a cultural event and not a business. Perhaps for May 22. panies from all around the world to officials to follow the same policy. after several years we will manage to expand The announcement means Davuto- Tehran to seek investment and trade “The Tehran book fair has a good policy to our fair,” he added. glu, currently the president of AK Par- opportunities. Besides, the exhibition attract more visitors, it gives more service, free The general director of the Moscow International He continued, “The fair has a good policy to ty, will also step down from his prime reflects Iran’s political relations with entry, and good discount to students, with bet- Book Fair, Sergey V. Kaykin, poses at the pavilion of attract more visitors. This is because your fair minister post. In other words the news other countries as well. ter service to the visitors,” Kaykin stated. lasts longer, that is, yours is about two weeks actually means he has resigned after Russia during the 29th Tehran International Book Oil giants, like Total, Statoil, Shell Russia is the guest of honor at the 29th Teh- but ours [Moscow fair] lasts only five days. The all his power and authority was re- Fair on May 8, 2016. and others all in a body turned their ran International Book Fair, which is currently expense to Moscow would be more if it lasted voked after a gathering of the party’s back on the oil show in the past few underway at Shahre Aftab, a newly-construct- Kaykin presides over a Russian cultural longer, so we just have more condensed pro- central executive committee. years as Iran was constantly bombard- ed fairground in southern Tehran. delegation, which is at the Tehran book grams.” 12 The question is why Davutoglu ed with sanctions led by the U.S and will not nominate as the AKP leader? its European allies. They left the mar- In many issues Davutoglu has prov- Tehran hosts 1st Symposium of Iran-Japan ket to the Chinese who took full ad- en he does not share the opinion of vantage of the sanctions. The Chinese Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo- on Women, Peace and Sustainable Development have had the strongest appearance on gan. Among many differences we can the oil shows since 2011 when top oil refer to Erdogan’s push to replace the WOMEN TEHRAN — The first Sym- dation for Encouragement of Social Contribu- companies have been absent. current parliamentary system of gov- deskposium of Iran-Japan on tion (FESCO) Akie Abe, and the chairperson of With tireless efforts, finally the Rou- ernment with a presidential one, and Women, Peace and Sustainable Development the Nippon Foundation Yohei Sasakawa, at- hani administration succeeded to bro- thus, change his ceremonial role into was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in tended the event, Mehr reported. ker a landmark nuclear deal with the an executive chief. Erdogan has long Tehran on Monday. Other participants included Kuji Haneda, the 5+1 countries in July 2015 to end sanc- been seeking to increase presidential The Iranian deputy foreign minister Abbas Japanese ambassador to Tehran, and Maryam tions on Iran. Since ever, world leaders authority leading to tensions with his Araqchi, who had also served as Iran’s ambas- Imanieh, the wife of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mo- have taken turn in visiting Iran one after Prime Minister Davutoglu. It seems sador to Japan, the vice president for women hammad-Javad Zarif. the other, at the head of big delega- that Davutoglu does not support the and family affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi, the The next edition of the symposium will be tions, to show their interest in resum- presidential system envisaged by Er- head of Iran’s Department of Environment hosted by Tokyo’s Sasakawa Peace Foundation ing cooperation with the energy-rich dogan, fearing he is pushing Turkey to Ma’soumeh Ebtekar, the chairperson of Foun- next year. country. the verge of authoritarianism. Impatient to see the impact of the The development follows as AKP’s nuclear deal on oil industry, I hurried to executive committee has recently re- Car parts maker Bosch to open business, hire staff in Iran the 21st Iran International Oil, Gas and Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition voked its Leader, Davutoglu’s regional German auto parts supplier Rob- Iran.