WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13454 Monday AUGUST 5, 2019 Mordad 14, 1398 Dhul Hijjah 3, 1440 Military conflict U.S. deprived itself I taught American Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Persian Gulf of dialogue by wrestler sportsmanship: to perform with guest highly unlikely 3 banning Zarif 3 Amouzad Khalili 15 conductor Nicolas Krauze 16 Syria seeking Iran’s investment in Iran’s robust, effective its reconstruction projects TEHRAN — Syrian Deputy Minister Syrian official said, “Our government has of Economy and Foreign Trade Rania prepared a post-war reconstruction plan al-Ahmad said that attraction of Iran’s in which all organizations, universities diplomacy cannot be sanctioned investment and also importing Iranian and experts play some parts”. products is a priority for Syria in the process She invited Iranian traders and busi- of reconstructing the country. nessmen to make investment in Syria Making the remarks in a conference and said, “We are going for attracting See page 2 on investment and trade opportunities Iran’s investment for reconstruction and in Syria held at Tehran Permanent In- we will provide the condition to make ternational Fairgrounds on Sunday, the it possible.” 4 IRGC seizes foreign tanker smuggling fuel TEHRAN — Forces of Iran’s Islamic Rev- smuggling very tempting. olution Guards Corps (IRGC) have seized In the meantime, Al Jazeera’s Assed a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Baig, reporting from Iran’s capital, Tehran, that was smuggling fuel to Arab countries. said the tanker was seized on Wednesday Ramezan Zirahi, a commander of the near Farsi Island. local IRGC forces, was quoted by Fars news “The Revolutionary Guards say that agency as saying on Sunday that the vessel they carried out this operation once they was carrying 700,000 liters of fuel from had acquired the appropriate permits from Iran. Seven crew members, all foreigners, the judiciary.” were arrested and taken to the southern Iran is still holding a British-flagged port city of Bushehr, the official said. tanker it captured in the Strait of Hormuz Iran’s huge subsidy to fuel has made for marine violations. E3 Expo leaks the personal information of over 2,000 journalists TEHRAN— A spreadsheet containing the organization that runs E3, has since the contact information and personal removed the link to the file, as well as the addresses of over 2,000 games journalists, file itself, but the information has continued editors, and other content creators was to be disseminated online in various gam- Hadi Zand recently found to have been published ing forums. While many of the individuals and publicly accessible on the website listed in the documents provided their work of the E3 Expo. addresses and phone numbers when they ISNA/ The Entertainment Software Association, registered for E3, many others, 13 ARTICLE Israel arrested 420 Palestinians including 62 children in July ARTICLE Ebrahim Fallahi TEHRAN— Israeli occupation forces ar- The report revealed that Israel targeted called Fathiyyeh Barghouthi was held while By Mahmood Khaghani Tehran Times journalist rested last July 420 Palestinians, including children, arresting 62 of them including on her way back from Jordan and interro- Oil expert 62 children, 10 women, and one member in children as young as 7 years old. gated for 6 hours. the Palestinian legislative council, according Other younger children were summoned Other ladies and female minors were also to a report issued by Palestine Prisoners for interrogation; like Muhammad Elayyan arrested for being relatives to imprisoned Have Iranian oil Centre for Studies. (4 years old) and Qais Obeid (6 years old), or killed Palestinians. Boris and the The report documented 14 arrests from accusing them of throwing stones at Israeli The total of Palestinian martyrs, who were exports really fallen Gaza, 4 of which were against fishermen, military vehicles. killed in Israeli jails increased to 220 after English Job who were on Gaza seashores. 10 others were ‘Israel’ also continued to arrest Palestinian the death of Nassar Taqatqa (31 years old), to 100,000 bpd? arrested on the separation barrier, including women. 10 women were reportedly arrested, who was tortured to death. new book, “The English Job”, by children. while a 6-year-old girl from Hebron called The Israeli authorities continued to is- former British Foreign Secretary ecently some reports have been Member of the Palestinian legislative Malak Sider was interrogated after an Israeli sue administrative detention orders against A Jack Straw documented Iran’s published by ship tracking compa- council Azzam Salhab (63 years old) was also raid into her family’s house, accusing her Palestinians, issuing 100 administrative or- long (and merited) history of distrust of Rnies and industry sources regarding arrested in the same month after breaking of “harassing settlers”. der which included 28 new and 72 renewed the British motives and actions. I note Iranian oil exports in July which have put into his house and vandalizing properties. According to Qudsnen, a 63-year-old lady orders. that the new British Prime Minister, the county’s shipments at near 100,000 Boris Johnson, comes from the heart of barrels per day (bpd) in the mentioned the British or (as better known in Iran) month. English ‘Establishment’ which was largely Although the reported figure is just responsible for the decisions and actions one among numerous speculations on We are working to defeat the hostile West blockade against Syria: PM which generated this mistrust. the Islamic Republic’s oil exports in the TEHRAN— Prime Minister Imad Khamis Since 2011 at the onset of the foreign-backed terrorists as conflict is winding down. President Rouhani’s congratulatory note months following the re-imposition of U.S. said we are working to defeat the hostile West terrorism in Syria, the European Union and some The AP report, however, reveals that the sanc- to the new British prime minister expressed sanctions amid the country’s silence policy blockade against Syria. Arab states have imposed sanctions on the country, tions have greatly exacerbated suffering among hope that he may play a major role in easing regarding the amount of its crude ship- He described the West’s blockade against the restricting Syria’s oil imports, certain forms of in- the traumatized Syrian populace following the current tensions in the Persian Gulf region. ments, however it raises the question that Syrian government and nation as aggressive and vestment and a number of institutions and officials. war that has killed nearly half a million people This encouraged me to investigate whether how much really the country’s oil exports aggressive. Washington has also been imposing sanctions and displaced half the population. Boris Johnson has taken on the English Job have been in recent months. Western sanctions targeting war-torn Syria on hundreds of companies and individuals that it Damascus says Syria’s losses from sanctions which Iranians always see lurking behind Many experts and analysts believe that have further deepened the suffering of the Syrian accuses of involvement in developing “chemical” are billions of dollars. Washington’s policies. So, I asked a Senior estimating the exact level of Iranian ex- civilian population as the country struggles to munitions in Syria. Syria, once an oil exporter, currently relies Research Fellow at an Institute of University ports is not possible for the time being press ahead with post-war reconstruction, ac- This is while Damascus surrendered its stock- heavily on oil imports to sustain its economy. College London, Mr. Chris Cook whether he since the country has stopped reporting cording to a report. pile of chemical weapons in a process monitored Higher fuel costs caused by the sanctions have considered the new Prime Minister would its production figures to OPEC and it is During the past year, with the Trump ad- by the United Nations and the Organization for led to increased prices in nearly every sector. improve on his dismal predecessor. exporting some of its oil under the radar. ministration tightening sanctions against Syria, the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) The currency has so far lost a third of its value He said: “I believe Boris Johnson’s appoint- In this article, we will take a look at “living conditions have become steadily worse, in 2013. in 2019, standing at 600 Syrian pounds to the ment by his party members is immensely prom- what the news agencies, industry sources compounding the daily struggles of a worn-out Withstanding more than eight years of for- dollar. According to the United Nations, eighty ising for British-Iranian relations for several and tracking data companies have been population that has lived through eight years of eign-backed militancy, Syria, aided by its allies percent of Syrians now subsist beneath the pov- reasons. Firstly, he is an optimist and is inherently claiming about Iran’s oil exports and in conflict,” the Associated Press reported. Russia and Iran, has managed to greatly contain erty line, making less than $100 a month. 13 positive and constructive in outlook. Secondly, the end I will once again raise the question he is both self-centred and expedient to a fault: of “how real these claims could be?” and as Groucho Marx used to joke, if you didn’t hopefully you will be able to answer that like his principles, he had others. Third, he is question. in fact extremely intelligent, and takes an in- Numbers and speculations Domestic terest in the strategic big picture and sweep of As I mentioned earlier, since the re-im- history.