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Rouhani: Iran to Reap Benefits of Staying in JCPOA Kayhan Group of Newspapers and Among Them There Is He Who Says: Allow Me and Do Not Try Me 2 November 12, 2019 DOMESTIC NEWS Rouhani: Iran to Reap Benefits of Staying in JCPOA Kayhan Group of Newspapers And among them there is he who says: Allow me and do not try me. Surely into trial have Editorial Dept. Tel.: 33911561, 33110251-9 they already tumbled Ext.: 2334, 2336, 2337 down, and most surely Advertising Dept.: 33110251-9 Ext. 2336 hell encompasses the Subscription Ext.: 2322 unbelievers. Facsimile: 33114228 & 33111120 The Holy Qur’an (9.49) Website: www.kayhan.ir/en E-mail: [email protected] PRAYER TIMINGS P.O. Box: 11365/9631 Noon (Zohr) 11:48 Address: Martyr Shah Cheraghi Street, Ferdowsi Avenue, Evening(Maghreb) 17:19 Tehran – Islamic Republic of Iran Dawn(Fajr)“ Tomorrow” 05:10 Sunrise “Tomorrow” 06:37 In the Name of the Most High Viewpoint IAEA Confirms President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a public gathering in the city of Rafsanjan in Iran’s southwest Kerman province, Nov. 11, 2019. Fordow Enriching US Torpedoes Democracy TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iranian other signatories to fully implement Rouhani said Iran could respond Uranium President Hassan Rouhani said on terms of the landmark 2015 deal, to America’s exit from the Joint in Bolivia Monday staying in a 2015 nuclear while critics at home, angry over Comprehensive Plan of Action VIENNA/TEHRAN (Dispatches) deal with world powers will allow the U.S. sanctions and Europe’s (JCPOA) in different manners, in- By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer -- Iran has begun enriching uranium Tehran to restart weapons sales and failure to do meaningful business cluding leaving the deal altogether at its underground Fordow site, the purchases. with Iran, have increasingly sought or keeping it at any price, but it Always the enemy of independent nations, the US has for the UN nuclear agency confirmed on In an address to people in Ker- to move away from it. decided to take the middle-ground Monday, adding that Tehran’s en- moment succeeded in unseating the democratically elected man Monday, Rohani noted that One of the terms of the deal is that option. president of Bolivia, as part of its devilish designs to dominate “by continuing the nuclear deal, we a United Nations-imposed arms “By continuing the JCPOA, we riched uranium stock has continued the whole of Latin America. will reach a huge political, defen- embargo on Iran will be lifted in will fulfill a major objective in to grow. President Evo Morales, who won the re-election on Octo- sive and security goal.” October 2020, which Rouhani said terms of politics, security and de- In a quarterly report, the In- ber 20, took the noble step of resigning on November 10 in a “If we save the nuclear deal, was one of the deal’s “significant fense,” he said. ternational Atomic Energy peaceful manner, following street violence in La Paz and ac- Iran’s arms embargo will be lifted impacts.” Rouhani said the arms embargo Agency policing the deal said and we can buy weapons or sell our Under its agreement with world will end next year according to the cusations by the so-called opposition of voting fraud. Iran’s reserve of enriched ura- weapons to the world,” he said. powers, Iran is also allowed to deal and the UN Security Council nium and the purity to which it He took this step as the best of bad choices after consultation U.S. President Donald Trump operate limited quantities of first- Resolution 2231, which endorses it. refines uranium remain above with the Bolivian Workers Confederation (COB) and other last year abandoned the nuclear generation centrifuges. “This is one of the important ef- supporters of his government, including troops loyal to him. deal that gave Iran access to world The country is also allowed to fects of this deal. Otherwise, we the deal’s limits. Tehran is also enriching with more advanced With bribe money flowing freely from the US, last Friday trade, including the sale of oil, in continue research and development could leave the deal today but the centrifuges and enriching at night some police units broke from the government and exchange for curbs on its nuclear in a manner that does not accu- kind of benefit we stand to reap program. mulate enriched uranium, includ- next year will no longer exist,” he Fordow. joined the protesters. On Sunday, the foreign-funded rebel- Washington has since reimposed ing work with certain types of ad- said. The head of the Atomic Ener- lion spread to the military, with the commander of Bolivia’s sanctions on Iran’s economy, while vanced centrifuges. “We can leave now but then the gy Organization of Iran (AEOI) armed forces, Gen. Williams Kaliman, calling for Morales to Tehran has already scaled down Tehran recently resumed low- UNSC resolutions will return,” the also said Tehran has increased step down. some of its commitments and has grade uranium enrichment at its president said, adding “We need to its daily production of low- The 60-year old Morales, the first indigenous Amerindian to threatened to go further if the West- underground Fordow nuclear plant. think where do the country’s inter- ern European signatories to the deal The country says its reciprocal ests lie.” enriched uranium (LEU) after become head of state, has been popular amongst the masses it resumed enrichment at the for the past 14 years, since he was first elected as president in -- France, Germany, and Britain -- measures do not violate the JCPOA Iran, he said, did not want to stay do not offer economic relief. Russia and are based on Articles 26 and 36 fully committed to the deal while Fordow facility. 2005. and China are the two other signa- of the agreement itself, which de- the others “sit on their hands” and Speaking in an interview His nationalist policies for the betterment of the life-stan- tories to the agreement. tail mechanisms to deal with non- do nothing. with the Associated Press on dards of the Bolivian people, were viewed with alarm by the Rouhani has been pushing the compliance. (Continued on Page 7) Monday, Ali Akbar Salehi said US and the multinationals exploiting the economy of the Iran is now producing at least landlocked South American country. Ministry Opens Elections HQ for 5.5 kilograms of low-enriched Morales, who strove to protect the rights and culture of the uranium per day, compared to Andean people, maintains that he is the victim of a military Parliamentary Vote previous production of about coup, engineered by certain segments of the army on the pay- 450 grams per day. roll of Washington. TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Iran’s Interior Ministry on from December 7. The vote will be held on February He added that the total daily As a matter of fact, the US is conducting a nefarious cam- Monday officially opened the elections headquarters to 21. enrichment capacity will grad- paign against the legitimate and democratically elected gov- carry out preparations for the upcoming parliamentary Speaking to reporters, Rahmani Fazli said that more ually increase and could reach ernments of Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, while elections in February. than 20 government institutions were in charge of or- six kilograms at both Natanz Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli cut the ganizing the elections and ensuring their security. and Fordow nuclear sites. supporting the dictatorship in Chile against the Chilean peo- ribbons on the office during a ceremony at the minis- He said the elections served as a litmus test for the ple. try’s headquarters here. Iranian nation at a time of extreme economic and po- The AEOI said on Wednes- Unfortunately, the Organization of American States (OAS), The office comprises such departments as public litical pressure by the enemies. day that it had officially started under pressure from the US, upheld the accusations of fraud relations and elections audit. It also runs committees Rahmani Fazli asserted that the Election Office was injecting gas into hundreds of in elections. such as legal affairs and technology and statistics. planning “to organize the elections in a way that the centrifuges at Fordow in the Morales, however, seems determined to fight back, and from Potential candidates for the 2020 Iranian parliamen- vote would serve as a maneuver of strength, resistance fourth step away from the 2015 tary elections will be allowed to submit their entry and democracy.” an unknown location vowed never to abandon the Bolivian nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive people, advising them to avoid violence with the so-called op- Araqchi Tells Sputnik: position. Plan of Action (JCPOA), He tweeted on Monday: “They (the coup leaders) should signed between Iran and major stand up to their responsibility to pacify the country, and Europeans’ Mechanism for Iran Trade ‘Weak’ world powers. MOSCOW (Dispatches) – “This financial system has up with an initiative to create The step came as part of the guarantee political stability and peaceful coexistence for our A senior Iranian diplomat has been suggested too late and it a mechanism that will allow fourth rollback of Iran’s com- people.” criticized Europe for failing to operates at a low level. It has circumventing these absolutely mitments under the nuclear He called on former election opponent Carlos Mesa and op- implement a non-dollar direct not been yet fully implement- illegal and unlawful U.S. sanc- deal in reciprocation for the position leader Luis Fernando Camacho to “pacify” Bolivia. payment channel aimed at fa- ed,” Iranian Deputy Foreign tions. They have been long co- United States’ pullout from the For the moment, it is all chaos in the country of 11.6 mil- cilitating trade with Iran, saying Minister Abbas Araqchi said ordinating the matter.
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