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.13242 Sunday OCTOBER 28, 2018 Aban 6, 1397 Safar 18, 1440 Larijani congratulates Zionist regime seeks Esteghlal set to sack Director Ghaffarzadeh new Iraqi PM division among Muslim Winfried Schaefer: working on co-production 2 countries 2 report 15 between Iran and Turkey 16 Iran-EU financial channel to be See page 2 opened soon: CBI governor ECONOMY TEHRAN – Governor of bilateral monetary treaty between the deskof the Central Bank of two sides. The treaty aims to help Iranian Iran (CBI) announced on Saturday that a and European companies and entrepre- new financial channel is soon to be opened neurs to establish and maintain business between Iran and the EU nations, Tasnim relations with each other. news agency reported. EU powers, namely France, Germany Abdolnaser Hemmati made the announce- and Britain, and Iran have been in talks ment on social media, “The details of the Euro- over launching this payments channel pean Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for trade for months, which would enable Euro- between Iran and the EU were discussed at pean companies to trade with Iran as a meeting in Brussels last week.” part of efforts to defy U.S. sanctions The official emphasized that the dis- and keep alive a landmark nuclear deal cussed financial channel is in fact some sort with Tehran. WTTC ranks Iran’s tourism 20th Recent developments among 185 in 2011-17 TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran’s investment that is based on absolute growth deskbudding travel sector has seen between 2011 and 2017. a ‘unique’ victory for come 20th in the latest World Travel & Tour- According to the report, which was ism Council (WTTC) report that has ranked released late in September, visitor exports performance of 185 countries over 2011-17. in Iran grew at an average rate of 19.9% pa The WTTC Travel & Tourism Countries during 2011-17 with the strongest growth Power Ranking accounts for foreign vis- witnessed during 2013 and 2014, when Iranians: Rouhani itor spending (visitor exports), domestic a newly elected government adopted a All four proposed ministers spending and Travel & Tourism capital looser visa policy. 10 get votes of confidence Four-nation Syria summit held in Istanbul By staff & agencies month to create a demilitarized zone in The leaders of Russia, Germany, France the northwest Idlib region. and Turkey gathered in Istanbul on Sat- Idlib and adjacent areas are the last urday for a summit on Syria. stronghold of the rebels, who rose up Ankara, which has long backed rebels against Assad in 2011. The area is home to seeking to overthrow President Bashar an estimated 3 million people, more than president.ir al-Assad, and Moscow, Assad’s princi- half of whom have already fled other areas pal foreign ally, brokered the deal last as government forces advanced. 13 EDITORIAL Unity against global arrogance message of Arbaeen: IRGC commander Syria says won’t Mohammad Ghaderi Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards people is unity among Muslims and their har- let Idlib turn into Tehran Times editor-in-chief Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari mony in the fight against oppression,” the com- @ghaderi62 hailed the massive marches of Muslims during mander said. terrorist haven the Arbaeen season and said the event conveys Arbaeen, which is one of the largest religious Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations a message of unity among Muslims against the gatherings in the world, comes 40 days after Bashar al-Ja’afari says the incumbent Da- global arrogance. Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of the third Warning to Oman: mascus government will not allow for- Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Shiite Imam, Imam Hussein (AS). eign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to turn don’t ruin your future his visit to the southwestern border crossing of Each year, a huge crowd of Shiites flock the embattled northwestern province of Shalamcheh in Khuzestan province on Saturday, to Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Idlib into a new haven for themselves. by forgetting history Major General Jafari said this year, the Iranian Hussein (AS) is located, to perform mourn- “Idlib is part of Syria, and it is nat- people have had more enthusiasm for the Ar- ing rites. ural for the Syrian government to fight fter Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to abeen pilgrimage despite all of the difficulties Iranian pilgrims travelling to Iraq by land can terrorism in order to rid its nation from Muscat which was aimed at causing and economic problems and had a more massive choose from three border crossings, Shalamcheh, the weather conditions and wind and rain the scourge and establish full sovereignty conflict between Islamic countries presence compared to past years. Chazzabeh and Mehran. A in recent days have not diminished this en- over its soil,” Ja’afari said at the United and white-washing Palestinians’ genocide “The presence of the Iranian people in This year’s Arbaeen falls on October 30. thusiasm,” he added. Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting in Gaza Strip, Omani Foreign Minister this epic is more evident than before, and “The message of this march to the world’s (Source: Tasnim) Yusuf bin Alawi attended Manama Di- in New York City. alogue security summit in Bahrain and Under a deal reached following a meet- made a speech. Russia, U.S. face off at UN over INF treaty ing between Turkish President Recep Tayy- Bin Alawi’s speech, made under obvious Russian and American officials have faced off Cold War arms race between the two superpow- Belousov wondered whether the U.S. was ip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart pressure from U.S. to change the atmos- at the UN General Assembly, with Moscow ers, banned ground-launch nuclear missiles with preparing for a war, asking, “Why is it then ... Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort city phere in favor of Zionist regime, contained warning that it would raise the issue of the U.S. ranges from 500 kilometers to 5,500 kilometers do they want to leave the treaty? Why do they of Sochi on September 17, all militants in a some remarks that Sultanate of Oman withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear and led to the elimination of nearly 2,700 short- want to build up their nuclear capability?” demilitarized zone, which surrounds Idlib is certainly aware of its consequences. Forces treaty (INF) at the UN Security Council if and medium-range missiles. He warned that if Washington quit, Russia and also parts of the adjacent provinces of These are the points that Sultanate of Washington makes good on its threat. The U.S. said it is withdrawing from the pact could raise the issue at the 15-member Security Aleppo and Hama, were supposed to pull Oman need to take into consideration: “In a year, if the U.S. withdraws from the because of Russia’s alleged violation, an accusation Council. out heavy arms by October 17, and Takfiri 1. Zionist regime and Benjamin treaty and begins an uncontrolled build-up of Moscow denies. Russia said it was Washington U.S. Disarmament Ambassador Robert Wood groups had to withdraw by October 15. Netanyahu who falsely call themselves the weapons, nuclear-capable weapons, we will be that violated the agreement. told the committee Washington had spent some The National Front for the Liberation of representative of Jews and are currently confronting a completely different reality,” Andrei Moscow proposed a draft resolution at the UN five years trying to engage Moscow on the issue of Syria is the main Turkish-backed militant tackling a variety of local and regional Belousov, deputy director of Russia’s Department General Assembly’s disarmament committee on compliance and that Russia had “denied having alliance in the Idlib region, but the Takfi- problems, seek rescue from their certain for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, told the Thursday aimed at preserving and strengthening produced or tested a ground-launch cruise missile.” ri Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist annihilation with fueling “Iran phobia” 193-member General Assembly’s disarmament the INF treaty after Trump’s decision to quit it. “It’s only recently that they admitted to having group, which is a coalition of different fac- and covering up their crimes against hu- committee on Friday. Russia, which presented the draft after the produced a ground-launch cruise missile but tions of terror outfits, largely composed of manity over the last 70 years. Trump’s U.S. President Donald Trump said on October October 18 deadline for submitting the resolu- then maintained that it did not violate the range the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist support of the usurper Zionist regime 20 that Washington would quit the INF treaty, tions, called for a vote on whether the commit- limits of the treaty,” he added. group, holds a large part of the province is definitely not aimed at resolving the which was signed towards the end of the Cold tee should be allowed to consider the draft, but “The U.S. has been extremely patient with and the zone. regional problems in west and west south War in 1987 by then President Ronald Reagan gained only 31 favorable votes at the General Russia and our hope is that Russia will do the The HTS, which is said to be in control Asian, but it is aimed to set the ground and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Assembly’s disarmament committee, while 55 right thing and destroy that ground-launch cruise of some 60 percent of Idlib province, to orchestrate the century’s unfair deal The treaty, seen as a milestone in ending the voted against and 54 abstained.