Spokesman of the Iranian Armed Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, Reacting Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl to the U.S. Decision, Said on Shekarchi Said That Islamic Republic Saturday That Iran Will Continue of Iran Has Achieved 90 Percent Heavy Water Production and Self-Sufficiency in the Military Field Uranium Enrichment Under JCPOA

VOL. XXV, No. 6667 TEHRAN Price 20,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com SUNDAY, MAY 5, - ORDIBEHESHT 15, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS U.S. Trying to Get North Korea Fires Zverev Shocked Its Hands on Iran Tourism Short-Range Venezuela’s Oil Revenues Hit $11.8b Projectiles Into Sea By Garin in Munich > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Bahrain Must Know Its Place U.S. After Devaluating Iran-U.S. War Not Imminent, Before Threatening Iran Iranian Currency But “Accidents” Possible TEHRAN (IFP) - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas TEHRAN (IFP) - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Mousavi has downplayed the Bahraini foreign minister’s Zarif dismisses the likelihood of a war between Iran seemingly threatening remarks that Iran will not be allowed and the United States but says certain “accidents” to close the Strait of Hormuz even for a single day. might ignite a military confrontation. “The Islamic Republic of Iran underlines [the In a recent interview with the British online newspaper significance of] the security of the Strait of Hormuz as Independent at Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United a lifeline for the supply and transit of global energy Nations in New York, Zarif said although he did not think [demands], as long as the Iranian nation’s interests are a war between Iran and the US was imminent, “accidents secured through this important and vital strait,” can happen” that then spiral into a “military conflict.” Mousavi said. In response to a question about the nature of such “However, out of benevolence and neighbourliness, accidents, Zarif gave the example of a recent move by Iran advises the officials of this tiny dependent country U.S. President Donald Trump to put Iran’s Islamic [Bahrain] to know their place when threatening those Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on its blacklist of bigger than themselves,” he added. foreign “terrorist” organizations. According to a centuries-old Persian saying, Mousavi A lack of “vital communication” between the IRGC noted, a fly can never hunt down an eagle. forces and ships going through the Persian Gulf and Besides the sarcastic response, Mousavi said that “the the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway where Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes the security of the most of the world’s oil exporters pass through, can Strait of Hormuz as a strategic waterway as long as easily lead to conflict. Iran’s interests are secured.” The United States in April officially registered the He added: “We suggest that this micro-state and IRGC as a “foreign terrorist organization,” according dependent country should mind its small size and not to a notice published on the website of the U.S. threaten a bigger country.” See Page 7 Federal Register. See Page 7 IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani says the United States wants to have the Iranian currency devalued in Envoy Urges Int’l Community order to achieve its illegitimate objectives. S. Korea Halts Imports of President Rouhani said the devaluation happens only when demand for the currency drops because its value rises otherwise. “The Americans also seek to disrupt our forex-based transactions,” he said in a Saturday meeting in Tehran. Iranian Condensate on May 2 To Oppose U.S. Unilateralism “We need to increase our forex revenues and reduce forex expenses,” the president noted. ANKARA (Dispatches) - Washington is not only He underlined Iran is no longer importing wheat, which means its forex expenses have dropped. SEOUL (Dispatches) - Imports of Iranian condensate punishing Iran but every country that has commercial ties “We have been self-sufficient in wheat for four years now while we used to import 6 million tons of wheat at a certain by South Korean refining companies were halted as of with it by violating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of point a time,” he said. President Rouhani said Iran used to import 12 million litres of diesel and 6 million litres of gasoline. midnight on May 2 (EST) amid intensified U.S. Action (JCPOA), Iranian Ambassador to Turkey “We have now joined countries which export diesel, and we have reached self-sufficiency in gasoline sanctions against Iran. Mohammed Farazmand said, adding that the international production, and if people economize [on gasoline], we will become an exporter of the product as well, which will While South Korea, China, and Japan were among eight community should stand against this unilateral move. save the country’s foreign currency,” said the president. As for increasing the nation’s forex income, President countries granted a six-month grace period on Iranian “The U.S. made some unfair arrangements and Rouani recalled that non-oil revenues hovered around some $43 million last year. crude oil import ban measures initiated by the US last reintroduced sanctions, which are unlawful according “Almost the same amount of forex income was earned from oil exports,” he added. November, South Korea was forced to halt its Iranian to international law and U.N. resolutions. These actions “They seek to decrease these two rates (Iran’s oil and non-oil earnings), and we should continue to sell petroleum and condensate imports when the U.S. refused to brook any are not only against Iran, but also against Europe, increase our production and exports in a bid to stand up to U.S. conspiracies to prevent our oil sales,” President Rouhani exceptions in its heavy push for “zero Iranian oil exports.” neighboring countries and the international community,” said. Elsewhere in his remarks, the president noted that the United States seeks to bring the Islamic Republic of Iran Since the U.S.’ move to scrap its nuclear agreement with Farazmand said in an exclusive interview with Daily down by sowing discord in the country and pitting different groups against one another. “Now, the situation in the Iran and restore sanctions, South Korea had been Sabah. Last May, the U.S. withdrew from the landmark country has rather improved with regards to this issue, but we have yet to go to reach the desired point,” he said. importing only condensate as a material for petrochemical nuclear deal, which was signed in 2015 between Iran “Unfortunately, some people don’t believe that we are engaged in political, economic and psychological wars products, without any imports of Iranian crude oil. In the and the P5+1 group of nations – the five permanent with the U.S.,” he said, adding everyone should come to realize that. late stages, the South Korean government attempted to members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany. He went on to say that teachers are guardians of the culture and ethical boundaries. Nothing can be considered as a negotiate an arrangement with the US in which it would The Donald Trump administration also said last week reward for the teachers’ valuable work, President Rouhani said during the ceremony held in Tehran to commemorate the continue imports through the same kind of “special that it will no longer exempt eight countries from U.S. hundredth anniversary of training teachers in Iran and the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on May 6. license” used by the US with Iraq, but was reportedly sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil, stepping At the ceremony, the president urged the youth to acquire the professional skills which the society needs. notified by the US on the morning of May 2 that this up pressure on Iran in a move that primarily affects the He further stressed the importance of adopting reform in ‘methodology of teaching.’ would not be possible. See Page 7 five remaining major importers: China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey. See Page 7 U.S. to Extend Key Waivers Linked Iran Continues Talks With Pergas To Iran’s Nuclear Program International Consortium WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - The Trump administration will renew several key waivers that TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran continues its negotiations allow Iran to keep operating a limited civilian nuclear with the UK’s Pergas International Consortium on the Invitation to Tender program, a move that heads off a clash with European Karanj oil field, located in Iran’s southwestern allies and Tehran over the fate of a 2015 deal that Khuzestan Province, said Ahmad Mohammadi, CEO of Trump abandoned last year. National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). Persian Gulf Star Oil Company (PGSOC) is going to sell part of its products ( Heavy The U.S. is extending five waivers the administration According to Mohammadi, hopefully, these End ) through running a public tender in two different terms of delivery Ex-work(80,000 had previously granted allowing nations that remain in discussions will result in an agreement. the deal to engage in nonproliferation activities and Mohammadi added that production is, of course, currently Mt ton) and FOB Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas(120,000 Mt ton). Therefore all nuclear research at three sites -- Fordow, Bushehr and underway in this field, and it is even provided with gas for interested individuals and legal entities are invited to referred PGSOC’s legal and Arak -- without facing sanctions, Assistant Secretary of oil extraction. “With the participation of the Pergas contracts department ( address: PGSOR - 13th kilometer of Bandar Abbas highway To State Christopher Ford said Friday. Instead of granting consortium, the development will accelerate,” he said. the waivers for 180 days, the administration will Noting that the annual natural gas production in the Bandar Khamir- Bandar abbas , Iran and the Site Address www.pgsoc.ir for receiving shorten their term to 90 days. southern oil fields of Iran have declined by 10 percent, he more details) during office hours from 5 May 2019 until 20 May 2019 to collect the Two other waivers, allowing Iran to ship surplus heavy said that various steps, including repairs and sidetrack water to Oman and to ship out any enriched uranium that drilling, are used to compensate for the decrease. documents against letter to be signed by managing director of the entity containing the exceeds a 300 kilogram limit in exchange for natural, or Commenting on the volume of oil production in the southern intention to participate in the tender. “yellowcake” uranium, will be revoked. The second of oil fields, Mohammadi said that 3.5 million barrels of oil are those revocations may be especially important because it produced daily without the implementation of development Tel: 009876-31310000 Postal Code: 7931181183 Email: [email protected] would mean Iran will have a much harder time disposing programs. “Currently, Iran’s oil production and exports are under of any uranium it enriches -- thus forcing it to choose sanctions. The problems faced by this process are undeniable. Public relations and international affairs of Persian gulf star oil company between violating its nuclear obligations or stopping all Iran has proved that it will overcome these problems,” he said. enrichment, as the U.S. wants. See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Mohsen Salehinia said that his country enjoys huge economic potentials, highlighting that currently Iran has the potential to attract $1 trillion of foreign investment. The world today is suffering from chaos, social unrest and international confrontations, Iran Open to $1tln Foreign Investment and such conferences on cooperation encouraging humanitarian values and interactions and respecting international laws lead to stronger convergence among Asian countries, Salehinia said at the trade forum of the 16th Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). U.S. Trying to Get Its Hands on Websites Review Rouhani’s Brother Sentenced Venezuela’s Oil To Imprisonment ISNA* - Hossein Fereydoun, aide to, and brother of, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, has been sentenced to imprisonment, head of the department on issues related to TEHRAN (IFP) – Majlis Speaker says the United States seeks to public employees’ services Hamidreza Hosseini said at an get its hands on Venezuela’s oil riches by creating instability event dedicated to the announcement of the new public prosecutor of Tehran. in the country. Since the ruling is not final, its details cannot yet be declared, according to Hosseini. He added that another Ali Larijani said Washington is in control of oil resources in countries such as Saudi case on Fereydoun is in court, and no ruling has yet been Arabia, and now wants to take possession of petroleum in other countries like made on it either. “Rulings have also been made on other Venezuela by triggering chaos there. defendants,” he said. “The war they launched in Libya is aimed at [seizing] land and oil. That is why they Hossein Fereydoun, brother of the Iranian president, is triggered chaos in Libya’s political landscape. The same goes for Venezuela. Saudi charged with a series of corruption cases. His name was Arabia’s oil is in the United States’ hands, but a few oil-rich regions, including mentioned in connection with a scandal revolving around Venezuela, are not under the United States’ control, that is why the US has created [behind the sanctions] is something else,” he said. the exaggerated salaries of Iran’s state insurance company. problems for them and has created unrest in that country,” said he top parliamentarian Larinani said the U.S. also had made plans to seize Iraqi oil, but failed to because in a Saturday ceremony in Tehran. of Iraqi people, and Washington “managed to get just a little of that.” “Many of the British American conflicts with Iran were over oil,” he said. Larijani’s “At the moment, they have waged psychological warfare because they know when remarks come as Iran has condemned the recent attempts by the United States to stage Iran’s oil is not sold, the country will face some problems, and that is why they have Nuclear Industry Improving a coup against the legitimate government of President Nicolas Maduro, who has been launched a war of nerves,” the speaker said. MEHR* - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of under pressure from U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido to step down. “Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates do not have the potential to increase Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi announced that domestic nuclear Elsewhere in his remarks, Larijani touched upon Washington’s sanctions on Iran. their oil sales. If they had, they would,” he said. industry is improving mightily despite the U.S. sanctions. “By imposing sanctions, the U.S. puts pressure on Iran and puts forward issues such “This psychological operation works for a few days, but later, oil shortage will “Nuclear negotiations are conducted in a way that as human rights as well as missile and atomic issues, but the main reason begin, and they will face problems in the coming days and weeks,”Larijani said. whatever they do all will end in favor of Iran,” he said. Referring to the U.S. Friday’s announcements against Envoy Vows Suitable Reaction Iranian nuclear industry, the official said that “their measures will not bear fruit and all will end in favor of Iran.” Zarif Receives To U.S. Wrongful Acts vs Iran New Tajik NEW YORK (IRNA) - Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations said on Saturday that Iran reserves the right to counter U.S. wrongful acts against Iran including US measures to inflict heavy damages on Iranian economy. Over 3m to Take Part Commenting on U.S. recent acts such as ending waivers on Iran oil imports, Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said the Ambassador issue is being under scrutiny by Iranian officials to take reciprocal actions. In Arbaeen Pilgrimage Elaborating on Europe’s approach with regard to preserving Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive ILNA* - The number of Iranians in this year’s Arbaeen Plan of Action (JCPOA), he said that merely political support will not be sufficient. pilgrimage is expected to exceed 3 million, an official said. He urged European countries to take action to remove the obstacles in the way of Iranian trade ties with the Shahriar Heidari, secretary of Iran’s Central Arbaeen outside world. Launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) is good in itself, he said adding Headquarters, said that this will mean a 1.5 times increase that it should show practically that it would be able to sideline US sanctions. in the number of pilgrims from Iran. INSTEX was adopted by foreign ministers of the European trio on the sidelines of a European Union summit in He added that all the necessary planning has been made the Romanian capital Bucharest on January 1. to facilitate the pilgrimage. Last year, some 2 million Referring to the United Nations’ capacities, Takht-e Ravanchi said Tehran will take advantage of capacities of the Iranians took part in the pilgrimage. international organizations to advance its national agenda. Elsewhere in his remarks, Iranian envoy pointed to Arbaeen, which is one of the largest religious gatherings following up multilateralism and diplomacy for peace on agenda of his mission, saying that unilateralism is in in the world, comes 40 days after Ashura, the martyrdom contrast with Iran’s national interests. He said that Iran would hold consultations with members of the UN Security anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (AS). Council on US illegal withdrawal from the JCPOA. Each year, a huge crowd of Shias flock to the Iraqi city In reaction to Iranian Foreign Minister’s position toward Team-B [including US National Security Advisor John of Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) R. Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman and Bin Zayed], Takht-e is located, to perform mourning rites. Ravanchi said some in the U.S. and some others in the region are trying to promote Iranophobia. He added that they try to wage war in the region to achieve their short-term interests. No to UNESCO TEHRAN (MNA) – Tajikistan’s new Call for Holding Fresh Talks With JCPOA Parties Education Agenda ambassador to Iran submitted a copy of his TEHRAN (MNA) – Chairman of National Security and production of 20-percent modern nuclear fuel,” the credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister. Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Parliament member said. As he described, the U.S. intends ISNA* - Iran’s education minister pledged May 3 to Tajikistan’s new ambassador to Iran, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said that Iran needs to commence to halt the development of Iran’s nuclear industry via “make sure” not to implement UNESCO’s 2030 education Nizamuddin Zahedi, submitted a copy of his a new round of negotiations with JCPOA members about imposing new sanctions; however, Iran has remained agenda, after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei attacked the credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister production of 20-percent modern nuclear fuel. committed to the JCPOA, expecting removal of sanctions. international accord on May 1. Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday. He made the remark in reaction to the U.S.’ Friday “According to JCPOA, Iran could export its nuclear Education Minister Mohammad Bathayi echoed Zahedi has previously been the Deputy announcement about banning exports of heavy water productions to Russia and Oman and continue importing Khamenei’s words, saying he will not implement an Foreign Minister of Tajikistan and last March and any further uranium enrichment from Iran. raw materials under the supervision of IAEA, but U.S.’ agenda which aims to alter “national and religious was introduced to Tehran as ambassador. “Iran must start fresh talks with JCPOA members and recent decision is to pull Iran’s nuclear industry into identity” and bring foreign influences. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for recession,” he said. “Iran has the ability and the permission The document adopted in May 2015 at the World to produce 20-percent modern nuclear fuel,” he underlined. 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For the first time, a meeting was held between Iraqi senior oil officials and their Iranian counterparts on the ITEMS MATERIAL DESCRIPTION QUANTITY “Due to the severance of diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, there are public concerns about the sidelines of the 24th International Oil, Gas, Refining and 18 P/F “CHLORIDE” UPS SYSTEM 90 security of the Hajj,” Seyed Ali Qazi-Askar said in a Petrochemical Exhibition underway in Tehran. PEF . CHLORIDE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM speech in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad on Friday. At the meeting, NIOC’s Director for Production Support & “However, (in talks) with the Saudis, we have raised Procurement, Ramin Qalambor Dezfouli and Iraq’s Deputy Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their “Intention To Participate ” letter via fax to the the issue that they should separate the Hajj from Oil Minister Mahmoud Abdul Amir Hashim discussed the following number along with their resume according to qualitative assessment Form no. 1, available at www.nisoc.ir not later than 14 political issues, and they have accepted this in process of opening a representative office of NIOC in Iraq. days after the second announcement, otherwise, their requests for Participation in the tender will be disregarded. practice,” he added. “There is no (security) problem Qalambor Dezfouli said that the meeting reviewed the The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide and submit a bid bond facing our pilgrims with the grace of God and, of ways to interconnect Iranian manufacturer with the oil of 11,135 EURO or 545,900,000 RIAl in favor of NISOC. course, in this regard, the experience of the last two industry of Iraq. Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Forms can be accessed vie: years has proved this,” the official went on to say. He said that the plan for opening an office was a step www.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab During a visit to Saudi Arabia in December 2018, Head forward to develop partnership with the Iraqi private sector NO ADVANCE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Alireza and that it was on the agenda over the past three years. FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Rashidian held meetings with officials from the kingdom’s The Iranian official said that companies will need to be approved by both NIOC and Iraq’s Oil Ministry Bldg, No. 104, Material Procurement Management Complex kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site) , Ahwaz, Iran Ministry of Hajj and Umrah about the 2019 Hajj season. The Iraqi official said on the sidelines of the meeting Tel / NO.: +98-61-34125010 Fax No.: +98-61-34457437 The two sides signed an agreement at the conclusion of the meetings, aimed at making better arrangements for Iranian that because of the shared oil and gas fields, the two Public Relations: WWW.NISOC.IR WWW.SHANA.IR http://IETS.MPORG.IR pilgrims and preventing the problems they faced in previous years. countries should broaden their cooperation in the industry. SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

Noon (Zohr) 13:01 39. And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions (to traverse) Evening (Maghreb) 20:13 till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk. PRAYER TIME 40. It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Tomorrow’s Dawn (Fajr) 04:32 Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law). Surah 36. Ya-sin ( 39 - 40 ) Tomorrow’s Sunrise 06:07

Iran Tourism Iranian Banks-Algerian Embassy Joint Exhibition Extended IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Revenues Hit $11.8b TEHRAN – Due to massive turnout of enthusiasts to the joint IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK exhibition of Bank Melli Iran, Iran’s Central Bank and Algerian Embassy in TEHRAN – Vice President and Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tehran, it was extended till the end of holy Handicrafts and Tourism says the country’s revenues in the month of Ramadan. tourism were around $11.5b last year. According to the reports, the exhibition has started since April 29 under banner of “Algeria, Recount of Thousands On the sidelines of opening ceremony of a garden festival in Alborz Province, Mounesan said the inbound tourists brought some $11.8 billion of revenue to the of Years” at the venue of Bank Melli Iran’s Museum. Ali Asghar Mounesan said that today, tourism has become the third source of income country last year. In the exhibition, Algeria’s banknote as well as some in world economy and Iran should pay special attention to it. The big jump comes in spite of the fact that the reimposition of U.S. sanctions poses contemporary artworks like paintings, miniatures, He added that tourism is an industry which suffers the least impact of sanctions and a serious threat to the emerging sector, the ICHHTO chief said. handicrafts and apparels have been put on display. it can help Iran’s economy a great deal, adding that this sector has inpacts both “Despite all the externals restrictions, mostly from the U.S., we have managed to According to the reports, the joint Iranian Banks-Algerian on economy and social vitality. attract more foreign travelers to the country,” Mounesan added. Embassy Exhibition will continue by the end of Ramadan Mounesan reiterated that the government should pay more attention to tourism According to Mounesan, the lower costs of Iran travel packages were a key factor at Bank Melli Iran’s Museum and it will be open to the industry, adding that fortunately the President has good approach to the issue. in making the country more attractive to foreigners. public from 13 to 17 p.m from Saturday to Wednesday. Figures disclosed by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization He also said that during recent floods, historical sites and monuments did not hit show that more than 7.8 million foreigners traveled to Iran during the last Iranian year with major damages and so far 700b rials have been earmarked for repairing the (ended on March 20), indicating a year-on-year jump of 52%% or 2.1 million visitors. damaged sites. IDRO, Germany’s IMAG Sign MoU 15 Mega Export KSC, SARV Co. Sign MoU on Cooperation IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Projects to Become TEHRAN – Industrial IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK a national approach, strong Development and Renovation determination as well as strong Organization of Iran (IDRO) Operational TEHRAN – Khuzestan Steel support of Khuzestan Steel Company and IMAG GmbH of Germany Company and SARVOil and Gas and its managers’ prudence in the signed a memorandum of Company signed a memorandum of past two decades. understanding on cooperation understanding to cooperate in the He pointed to the beginning of the in the trade fair sector. TEHRAN (MNA) - Head of Trade Promotion field of expanding new generation of second chapter of bilateral cooperation, According to the reports, Organization of Iran (TPOI) Mohammadreza catalyst in direct reduced iron (DRI). adding that the KSC and SARV Co. deputy head of IDRO According the reports, the MoU was both underline joint cooperation for Mr. Behzad Etemadi and Modoudi said on Saturday that a number of 15 th mega export projects will be put into operation signed on the sidelines of the 5 developing the technical knowhow for head of international affairs of IDRO Mr. Seyed Ali in the country to identify target markets. International Steelprice Conference at direct reduced iron. Araqchi signed the MoU with the CEO of IMAG With the implementation of 15 mega export Esteghlal Hotel of Tehran on April 30. He reiterated both companies will Mr. Peter Bergleiter as well as representative of projects, focusing on lucrative market of The CEO of Khuzestan Steel Company continue all-out cooperation to boost the current level Germany’s engineering society Klaus Fredrich neighboring countries, identifying professional Mr. Muhammad Keshani said that national steel of the technology. with some Iranian officials and German embassy’s trade and promoting export of non-oil industry is witnessing indigenization of the direct Keshani noted that both companies try to test and staff in attendance. commodities will be put a top agenda, reduced iron catalyst by the talented experts of SARV screen the results of catalysts through mutual and Dispatching trade delegation during exhibitions, Modoudi reiterated. Co., adding that the achievement is the result of having constant cooperation. holding joint forums and seminars in different industrial Speaking on the sidelines of Working Group of sectors and holding specialized forums in fields like export promotion of non-oil commodities in rail industries, automobiles, innovation, renewable Qazvin province, he pointed to the export energies and introducing the latest developments in situation of the country in last year (ended PGSOC Top Entrepreneur in Occupational Health Services technology as well as training the managers were the March 20, 2019) and export priorities in the major topics included in the MoU. current year (started March 21, 2019) and IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK During the meeting, Mr. Etemadi expressed hope that added, “despite restrictions and pressures the MoU would pave the ground for more cooperation created in oil products and gas condensates, we TEHRAN – Persian Gulf Star Oil Company (PGSOC) was honored as the between IDRO and German companies. could export more than $44 billion worth of top entrepreneur for offering occupational health services. IMAG GmbH is one of the largest exhibition non-oil goods, the rate of which showed a According to reports, on April 28 which has been named as World Day for company which is located in Munich of Germany 5.7 percent decline as compared to the last year’s Safety and Health at Work by the International Labor Organization, a and it is one of the pioneers in the trade fair corresponding period.” conference was held in Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Province, to mark the day. industry which holds 14 advanced specialized With the cooperation and coordination made The conference was aimed at honoring the efforts of those who international as well as 40 specialized exhibitions with the private sector, exports situation turned have been active in the occupational health services and at the end of the annually with more than 250 guests. positive in the country, he stated. conference, the top enterprises were awarded with prizes. It also holds more than 40 specialized Persian Gulf Star Oil Company was named as the top entrepreneur for offering and observing occupational health exhibitions abroad as the company has offices in services at work due to its vast and wise measures. over 90 countries.

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SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea launched unidentified projectiles into the sea Saturday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang’s first short- range missile launch for more than a year as it seeks to up pressure on Washington with nuclear talks deadlocked. The United States and North Korea have been at loggerheads since the collapse of a summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in February, where the two sides clashed over sanctions and the extent of Pyongyang’s concessions on its atomic arsenal. North Korea “fired a number of short-range projectiles from its Hodo peninsula near the east coast town of Wonsan to the northeastern direction from 9:06 am (0006 GMT) to 09:27 am today”, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio The projectiles travelled from 70 to 200 kilometres Costa threatened to resign on Friday after his leftist allies (45 to 125 miles) towards the East Sea, also known as abandoned the government in a preliminary parliamentary the Sea of Japan, the JCS added. vote that could undermine efforts to balance the budget In an earlier statement, it had said Pyongyang had by raising teachers’ salaries retroactively. launched an unidentified short-range missile. The last Late on Thursday, a broad alliance of lawmakers sitting North Korean missile launch was in November 2017. on a parliamentary committee voted to grant teachers The latest firing comes just a day after South Korean salary increases held back over several years since 2005. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Pyongyang North Korea did not carry out any missile or The White House said it was “aware of North Korea’s A key concern by the government is that paying such should show “visible, concrete and substantial” nuclear tests last year, as Kim held his first actions tonight”. retroactive salary hikes to teachers could lead to other denuclearisation action if it wants sanctions relief. historic summits with the leaders of the United “We will continue to monitor as necessary,” Press civil servants asking for the same thing, leading to That issue was also at the centre of the February talks States and South Korea. Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. growing pressure on the budget. in Hanoi, where North Korea demanded immediate Saturday’s launch “does not violate Kim Jong Un’s Japan’s defence ministry, meanwhile, said there was “no Costa called an emergency government meeting on Friday, sanctions relief, but the two sides disagreed on what self-imposed missile-testing moratorium”, which “only confirmation of ballistic missiles” entering its territory. after which he met President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for an Pyongyang should give up in return. applied to intercontinental-range ballistic missiles”, Hodo Peninsula, where Saturday’s firing took place, hour and informed him that he would resign if parliament Earlier this week, North Korean Vice Foreign said North Korea analyst Ankit Panda. has been used as a training area for “live-fire testing, gives its full approval to the measure. “Under these Minister Choe Son Hui warned Washington of an “North Korea historically did not generally test training exercises for artillery and coastal defence conditions, I thought it was my duty to inform the president “unwanted outcome” if it did not adjust its stance on anything while talks were on with the US. Talks cruise missiles” since the 1960s, according to the and the head of parliament that the final approval of this economic sanctions. are not on.” respected 38 North website. initiative will force the government to submit its resignation,” Costa said in a televised address to the nation. “We cannot be accomplices to spoiling everything that cost Portuguese so much hard work,” Costa said, arguing Austria’s Kurz Says Axe European Trump Hails Very Positive that the measure would compromise the path of budget consolidation that helped Portugal win back investor Parliament’s Strasbourg Site confidence and leave its 2011-14 debt crisis behind. Venezuela Talks With Putin Parliament is due to hold a full vote on the measure in a WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - President Donald session on May 15. The measure, estimated by the Finance Trump said he held “very positive” talks Friday with his Ministry to cost 800 million euros (£680.28 million) a year, Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the crisis in oil- would not impact this year’s budget. rich Venezuela, where Washington is pushing to oust the Moscow-backed president. The U.S. leader adopted a strikingly conciliatory tone following a more than hour-long conversation with Trump-Putin call differed substantially from that coming Turkey Not Distancing Itself From NATO Putin, coming days after an abortive military uprising in from the White House. “Interference in internal affairs, support of Juan Guaido, the opposition leader seeking to attempts to change the leadership in Caracas through drive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. force, undermine the prospects for a peaceful settlement of VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian “It was a very positive conversation,” Trump said. “He is the conflict,” said a Russian statement. Kurz has called for the European Parliament to stop not looking at all to get involved in Venezuela other than “Vladimir Putin stated that only the Venezuelan people travelling to Strasbourg for a week each month, as he’d like to see something positive happen for Venezuela.” have the right to decide the future of their country,” it added. part of a wider proposal to overhaul the treaty “And I feel the same way. We want to get some The United States has imposed tough sanctions and Trump underpinning the European Union. humanitarian aid. Right now people are starving.” has refused to take the threat of military action off the table, In an interview with Austria’s Kleine Zeitung and Trump’s tone came in stark contrast to that of his top in an intensifying campaign to drive Maduro from power. other newspapers posted online on Friday, Kurz said the advisors, in particular Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who Washington is insisting Maduro’s days are numbered -- but Lisbon treaty was outdated and a new one was needed charged this week that the socialist Maduro had been poised experts say U.S. options for breaking the stalemate are limited, to change how the bloc and its institutions work. to flee to Cuba, but was talked out of it by the Russians. and that Washington may have overestimated the opposition He said French President Emmanuel Macron, who Recognized as interim leader by more than 50 countries leader’s strength. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan opposes changing the Strasbourg arrangement, should including the United States, Guaido has vowed to keep hosted Pompeo at the Pentagon Friday along with National get on board. “Macron emerged as a reformer. Whoever the pressure up on Maduro, urging his supporters to stage Security Advisor John Bolton and Admiral Craig Faller, calls for reforms should also be prepared to carry them peaceful demonstrations at military bases Saturday in a commander of the U.S. Southern Command. ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is not distancing itself from out where it hurts,” Kurz said, calling for the European fresh bid to rally the armed forces behind him. Reiterating Trump’s position -- that “all options” are the NATO alliance by buying Russian S-400 missile Parliament to be based in Brussels full time. U.S.-Russian tensions have spiked over the months-long on the table -- Shanahan declined to provide any details defence systems, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar “We have to end the travelling circus of the EU standoff in Venezuela, and the Kremlin’s assessment of the on a possible military intervention. said on Friday, adding that Ankara should not be Parliament.” Members of the European Parliament excluded from the F-35 jet project over the purchases. convene in the French city of Strasbourg for one week Turkey and the United States, NATO allies, have been at every month and in Brussels for the remainder of the odds over Ankara’s move to buy the Russian S-400s, which time. The monthly upheaval costs the bloc 114 million Afghanistan Loya Jirga Demands Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire Washington says are not compatible with NATO systems and euros ($127.54 million) a year, EU auditors say. KABUL (Dispatches) - A historic “loya jirga” peace summit in Kabul ended Friday with delegates from across may threaten the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, of which Critics have long called for the arrangement to be Afghanistan demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire -- and President Ashraf Ghani saying he was Turkey is a prospective buyer and partner in production. scrapped, but France would veto any attempt to make conditionally prepared to implement one. In an interview with broadcaster NTV, Akar said that the required amendment to the EU treaty. Macron’s This week’s loya jirga, or grand assembly, saw about 3,200 religious and tribal leaders, politicians and excluding Turkey from the F-35 project would put “very government said in 2017 it would oppose a move. representatives try to find a breakthrough in Afghanistan’s gruelling conflict, which is now in its 18th year. serious” burdens on the other partners in the project. Kurz has frequently called for the bloc to focus on The rare summit, the first of its kind since 2013, saw emotions riding high as attendees shared tears, recriminations “There is no clause saying ‘you will be excluded if you fewer, more central tasks such as securing its borders and at least one fist fight as they revisited the horrors of Afghanistan’s recent past, and contemplated peace with buy S-400s’ in this partnership. Excluding us just because and hand back other responsibilities to member states. their longtime foe. any one country wants so would not be in line with justice, He also wants a smaller Commission. European “The government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban movement should declare and laws or rights. This should not happen,” Akar said. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, however, implement an immediate and permanent ceasefire,” He said Turkey was trying to explain to the United has said Austria, the Netherlands and “all too often delegates said in a declaration at the end of the jirga. States and other partners in the F-35 project that the Germany” are preventing deeper euro zone integration. The ceasefire should start at the beginning of the holy S-400s would not pose a threat to the jets, and added Macron has pushed for sweeping euro zone reforms month of Ramadan, which gets underway in the coming that Ankara had taken measures to prevent that. but has met resistance from northern European days, they added. In his strongest challenge yet to warnings that Turkey countries loathe to bind themselves more closely to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told delegates he was may be removed from the F-35 project, President Tayyip weaker economies in the south. “We need a new “prepared to implement the fair and legitimate demand” Erdogan said on Tuesday that the project would collapse if treaty with clear sanctions against member states that for a ceasefire but stressed it “cannot be one-sided”. Turkey did not participate. In a sign of how Washington increase debt, penalties for countries that do not “If the Taliban are fully ready for a ceasefire, then we was preparing for contingencies if Turkey was dropped register illegal migrants and wave them through, as can talk about the technical details,” Ghani said in a from the F-35 program, acting Defense Secretary Patrick well as tough consequences for violations of the rule speech. The president also promised to release 175 Shanahan said on Friday he met with Lockheed Martin and of law and liberal democracy,” Kurz said. Taliban prisoners as a gesture of “goodwill”. United Technologies Corp. last week to go over plans. SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation surged beyond expectations last month, mild relief for the European Central Bank, even if much of the jump was likely related to seasonal effects due to the timing of Easter. Inflation in the 19 countries sharing the euro accelerated to 1.7 percent in April from 1.4 percent a month ago, beating expectations for 1.6 percent, Eurostat data showed on Friday. Euro Zone Inflation Jumps Beyond Expectations More crucially, underlying prices excluding food and energy, a figure closely watched by the ECB, picked up to 1.3 percent from 1 percent, erasing a worrisome dip a month earlier and hitting its highest rate since October on a jump in services costs. Missile Contracts Surge as U.S. Exits Arms Treaty Economic Growth May Have LONDON (Dispatches) - Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile Slowed in 2018-19 contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms treaty, campaigners said Thursday. “The withdrawal from the INF Treaty has fired the starting pistol on a new Cold War,” warned Beatrice Fihn, who heads the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). U.S. President Donald Trump announced last October that his country would leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement concluded between the US and the former Soviet Union in 1987. Washington, which accused Russia of violating the treaty through a new missile system, began the official process of withdrawing from the pact in February. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by saying Moscow would also leave the INF treaty, which is considered the cornerstone of global arms control. In the three months following the October announcement, the US government “proceeded to arrange no less than $1 billion in new missile contracts”, according to a report by ICAN and another anti-nuclear campaign group, PAX. NEW DELHI (Dispatches) - The Indian economy The report detailed over $1.1 billion in new contracts with six mainly U.S. companies. appears to have slowed down in 2018-19 due to lower U.S. defence contractor Raytheon saw the biggest windfall, tallying 44 new private consumption, tepid growth in fixed investment contracts worth some $537 million. At the same time, it stressed that the private sector involvement in the and muted exports, a finance ministry report has said. Lockheed Martin meanwhile scooped up 36 new contracts, worth $268 million, arsenals of China, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and Russia remain largely The Central Statistics Office (CSO), which released while Boeing grabbed four new contracts totalling $245 million, the report found. hidden, with little insight into how much is being contracted and which the national account data for the third quarter, had in “Congress should investigate the lobbying roles of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and companies are getting the deals. February revised downwards the growth estimate for Raytheon who took the lion’s share of these contracts,” Fihn said in a statement. Many of the outstanding contracts identified in the report were granted around 2015 2018-19 fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent. The report authors acknowledged that it was unclear if all of the new contracts and are set to expire in 2020, but some of the contracts have far longer time frames. The 7 per cent growth is the lowest in 5 years. awarded between October 22, 2018 and January 21, 2019 were for new nuclear For example, one contract for a key component necessary to launch U.S. In its monthly economic report for March, the weapon production. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles runs until at least 2075, the report showed. Finance Ministry said monetary policy has attempted to “What is clear is that there is a new rush towards building more missiles that benefit “President Trump is heralding the need for global denuclearisation, but U.S. deeds, provide a fillip to the growth impulse through cuts in a handful of US companies and intend to flood the market with missiles regardless of and those of nuclear-armed allies do not match those words,” said Susi Snyder, PAX repo rate and easing of bank liquidity. “India’s economy their range,” they said. nuclear disarmament program manager and the lead author of the report. appears to have slowed down slightly in 2018-19. The At a global level, the report found that governments are currently contracting at least $116 “We see the U.S. and other states planning for a nuclear-armed century, with proximate factors responsible for this slowdown billion (102 billion euros) to private companies in France, India, Italy, the Netherlands, contracts to maintain weapons through at least 2075, despite growing domestic and include declining growth of private consumption, tepid Britain and the U.S. for the production, development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons. global calls to reverse course,” she lamented. increase in fixed investment, and muted exports, it said. The Ministry, however, said that India continues to remain the fastest growing major economy and is projected to grow faster in the coming years. Economic Risks Pose Biggest Threat to Italian Banks Talking of challenges, the Ministry highlighted that growth in agriculture sector needs to be reversed. “The MILAN (Reuters) - A worsening economic outlook high-quality loans and, if protracted, the reduction of real effective exchange rate has appreciated in Q4 poses the biggest risk to Italian banks because it non-performing loans,” the Bank of Italy said. (January-March) of 2018-19 and could pose challenges dampens earnings expectations and makes it more Italian banks held 189 billion euros (£162.1 billion) in to the revival of exports in the near future,” it said. difficult for them to access the capital market, the gross soured loans at the end of last year, after sales On the external front, current account deficit as ratio central bank said on Friday. worth 55 billion euros in the course of 2018. to GDP is set to fall in Q4 (January-March) of 2018-19, In its twice-yearly Financial Stability Report, the Lower loan losses have improved Italian banks’ which will limit the leakage of growth impulse from the Bank of Italy flagged a weakening of the credit cycle capital reserves but the gap between expected economy. The fiscal deficit of the central government with bank lending to families rising only slightly and profitability and the cost of capital has worsened by 80 has been gliding down to the Fiscal Responsibility and the recovery in corporate lending coming to a halt. basis points and is negative overall by 4.5 percentage Budget Management (FRBM) target. Risks stemming from the real economy and the Italian points, the Bank of Italy said. The 2018-19 GDP growth of 7 per cent is the government bond market translated into asset risks for By contrast, the average spread between the return on lowest in 5 years. In 2013-14 the growth was 6.4 pr Italian banks, it said. capital and its cost for larger banks within the European cent, in 2014-15 it was 7.4 per cent, 8.2 per cent in “The slowdown in production halts the growth in Union is positive by 0.8 percentage points, it said. 2015-16 and 2016-17 and 7.2 per cent in 2017-18. The Ministry said the room for monetary easing by the RBI has been created by low inflation in 2018-19, although EU Fleshes Out WTO E-Commerce Proposal U.S. Unemployment Hits 49-Year Low it has started to inch up in last few months of the year. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union began a push for improved protection WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - The United States had another giant month of job for traders and consumers involved in online transactions, as it published proposals creation in April, confirming the strength of the world’s largest economy as President Tanker Owners Say IMO 2020 on Friday launching what are likely to be long and hard WTO negotiations on Donald Trump prepares to fend off challengers in next year’s election. regulating e-commerce. Government data showed continued vigor in the vast services sector, with The World Trade Organization rulebook was largely written in the 1980s and 1990s before unemployment falling to a level not seen since 1969, helping allay fears of a To Boost Freight Markets the internet revolution, and major trading powers have conflicting red lines over e-commerce. slowdown -- although the labor force shrank. LONDON (Dispatches) - The upcoming Of the WTO’s 164 members, 77 have agreed to try to bring the rules up to date. As the second quarter began, employers scooped up workers in construction, health International Martime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 The nine-page EU proposal would aim to strengthen consumer confidence in online care, computer systems design, administrative support and other service industries, sulphur cap on shipping emissions is likely to transactions, keep internet access open, and shield traders from attempts to restrict adding a total of 263,000 net new positions for the month, the data showed. increase tanker demand, according to tanker owners data flows or seize their data and source code. Businesses and consumers had to rely That was well above the result economists expected, and worker pay continued to Ardmore Shipping and Euronav. on a patchwork of bilateral or regional rules and a global framework was needed, the climb, although at a slower pace, according to the closely-watched report from the Under the new IMO regulation, vessels must limit European Commission said. The United States is pushing for rapid reform of the Labor Department. The unemployment rate fell two tenths to 3.6 percent but the sulphur emissions in exhaust fumes to 0.5pc, down WTO. President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw from it, blocked the decline was in part because the pool of workers shrank and fewer people were from a current maximum of 3.5pc. Shipowners will appointment of trade judges and adopted tough tactics in trade disputes. looking for jobs, pulling them out of the labor force. either have to burn new 0.5pc sulphur fuel oil blends, A European Commission source said there was a very strong incentive to try to The jobless rate for Hispanics, and that for a broad measure of the labor force use marine gasoil (MGO) or run LNG to comply with agree new WTO rules. “We’re trying our best to save the multilateral trading system including discouraged workers, both fell to their lowest levels on record. the cap. They can also fit ships with exhaust scrubbers in a situation where one member, the U.S., is doing everything it can - it seems “This economy is roaring,” Vice President Mike Pence told CNBC shortly after the to continue to burn high-sulphur fuel oil. sometimes - to bring it down,” the source said. Almost all past attempts at writing numbers’ release, attributing the performance squarely to Trump’s economic agenda Ardmore and Euronav expect global refinery runs for new global trade rules have failed due to a lack of consensus at the organization, and of tax cuts and slashed regulation. middle distillate products — including MGO — to rise reformers have increasingly aimed for critical mass of a subset of members instead. Average hourly pay also rose by 3.2 percent over April of last year, its ninth consecutive from the second half of this year, on increased demand India has declined to take part in the e-commerce talks, while China has joined with month with annual growth above three percent, again outstripping inflation. Compared to because of the IMO sulphur limit. This could in turn boost a caveat: rules on data flows must be “subject to the precondition of security”. March, however, the increase in pay was only 0.2 percent, shy of forecasts, but economists crude and oil products tanker demand, according to the The EU Commission source said change would not be easy or quick. “Those that said this may have been due to distortions from the Easter holiday. firms. Ardmore shipping said it already benefited from express the hope that this (e-commerce reform) could all be concluded by the next Government hiring also was the strongest in eight months, with 27,000 jobs created. higher freight rates in the first quarter of 2019 because of WTO ministerial meeting (in June 2020)... that is just not realistic.” Financial services also continued to add employees. strengthening supply-demand fundamentals in the tanker market. “This is in spite of heavy refinery maintenance and upgrade downtime as the global refinery complex prepares for the IMO 2020 marine fuel transition, partially masking the extent of the underlying strength,” Ardmore chief executive Anthony Gurnee said. “As refineries return to full operation and anticipated heightened levels of throughput in the second half, we expect that product tankers will experience a meaningful increase in demand. The firm expects demand to increase further from July,” he said. Meanwhile, tanker supply could tighten as some owners aim to retrofit their tankers with scrubbers before the IMO sulphur cap comes into force, Euronav and Ardmore said. Euronav estimated that the retrofitting of very large crude carriers (VLCC) and Suezmax tankers could impact up to 2pc of the global fleet in the run up to IMO 2020. The two firms also suggested that the end of the US waivers from its unilateral sanctions on Iran could take more Iranian tankers out of the market. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN (IRNA) - Iran has made many achievements in defense industry despite the U.S. sanctions with the least facilities available, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami said on Saturday. Referring to the U.S. anti-Iran sanctions, Brigadier General Hatami gave assurances that the ‘plot against the Iranian people’ will fail. Washington has imposed harsh economic sanctions against Iran since the US President Donald Iran Makes Progress in Defense Trump unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal. The sanctions, described as ‘economic terrorism’ by Iranian officials, have mainly targeted the oil industry which is regarded as the backbone of the country’s revenues.

Trump, Democrats Cross Swords Bahrain... FROM PAGE 1 Over Powers as 2020 Election Looms His comments came after Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa claimed Iran will not be allowed to shut the strategic Strait of WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump Hormuz even for one day, warning that if it closes the are locked in a constitutional showdown over their powers to investigate him, corridor, it means it is “walking towards the abyss”. exchanging threats that present risks for both sides as they head into the 2020 election. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Paris, Sheikh In a clash over the balance of power between the government’s legislative and Khalid noted that “the Islamic Republic made big executive branches, the Trump administration is stonewalling congressional mistakes when it interfered in the internal affairs of the investigators and asserting that it is within its rights to do so. regional countries and sent money, arms and militias. On Capitol Hill, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, one of “The nuclear deal the U.S. withdrew from was the several senior Democrats leading probes of Trump, his presidency and his main cause of current situation. The JCPOA dealt with businesses, issued a dire warning: Iran’s nuclear program and did not consider the “The challenge we face is that the president of the United States wants desperately to country’s ballistic program which was threatening us. prevent Congress, a co-equal branch of government, from providing any check The deal also left aside the policy of Iranian hegemony,” whatsoever on even his most reckless decisions,” Nadler said in a hearing on Thursday. he added. He said as these issues have not been resolved, “The very system of government in the United States, the system of limited power, Tehran felt free to keep on its practices, to such an extent the system of not having a president as a dictator is very much at stake.” that it is now threatening to shut the Strait of Hormuz, but His remarks came after Attorney General William Barr, a Trump appointee, refused it knows that the shutting means self-defeating. to attend the same hearing before Nadler’s committee, which is examining Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s efforts to stifle the probe. Envoy Urges... In an unprecedented approach, Trump in recent days has filed lawsuits meant to FROM PAGE 1 block congressional subpoenas that were sent to two banks and an accounting firm that have worked with his businesses, which he did not divest when he took office. Any further erosion will likely be muted by the economy, which is churning along Stressing that it is no secret that some regional countries, The subpoenas seek access to past financial records for Trump. in its 10th year of expansion. But if economic growth were to falter, the stand-off in including Saudi Arabia, have tried to replace Tehran’s A businessman-turned-politician, Trump also still refuses to disclose any of his Washington could become a bigger issue ahead of the November 2020 election. role in the energy market, Farazmand said the U.S. is annual tax returns, rejecting decades of practice by recent presidents. Mueller’s 448-page report, almost two years in the making, unearthed numerous links marketing these exporters’ oil to the customers of Iran. Standing by their president, Republicans in Congress dismissed as hollow Nadler’s between Russians and Trump’s campaign, but concluded there was not enough evidence One of the customers expected to switch over to oil suppliers rhetoric about Trump’s defiance and played down Barr’s refusal to attend the House hearing. to establish that the campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Moscow. in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) was Turkey. The Republicans complained that Nadler wanted committee staff lawyers to be It described attempts by Trump to obstruct Mueller’s probe, but stopped short of declaring However, Ankara reacted strongly to Washington’s attempts. able to question Barr, a departure from the standard hearing format where lawmakers that Trump had committed a crime.House Democrats are treating the report as a guide Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu stressed in late April that do the questioning. They stressed Barr’s readiness to defend his handling of the book for more investigations. Shortly after its release in redacted form on April 18, Nadler forcing Turkey to resort to alternatives is an “encroaching” Mueller report before a Republican-controlled Senate panel on the day before he subpoenaed an unredacted version, as well as the underlying evidence that informed it. attitude, and also politically and ethically wrong. “Now, the skipped the House hearing. On Nadler’s comments, Republican Representative Tom Barr’s Justice Department has refused to comply and Nadler is weighing a U.S. has taken unilateral action and is asking other countries to Cole said, “It’s over the top. The attorney general showed up before the Senate contempt citation against Barr over the matter. pay for this decision,” he said. Some pundits have drawn committee and took every question.” In response to Nadler’s and other inquiries, Trump has dug in. In a letter obtained attention to technical aspects of Turkish refineries that make it The partisan shouting match in Washington is intensifying as a platoon of Democratic by Reuters, the White House argued that Trump is within his rights to order his unable to change its suppliers. presidential hopefuls hit the campaign trail, with Trump lobbing Twitter insults at the advisers not to testify before Congress, even though he allowed them to cooperate Touching on the unilateral actions of Washington in front-runners. Both sides run risks in ramping up their confrontation. The Democrats with the Mueller investigation. recent years, Farazmand said there will be no end to could turn off voters if they push too hard to investigate, and perhaps ultimately try to Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, accused Barr of lying to the arbitrary moves of the U.S. and necessary steps impeach Trump, allowing him to play the victim, a role he excels in. lawmakers about his interactions with Mueller. “That’s a crime,” she said. should be taken by regional countries to defend their Former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democrat in opinion polls, said this A Justice Department spokeswoman called Pelosi’s allegation “reckless, national interests. “Trump doesn’t like whatever the week that Trump’s stonewalling left no alternative but impeachment, which other irresponsible and false.” Representative Doug Collins, the top Republican on Obama administration did. The JCPOA is one of the Democrats have urged. A Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed the public split evenly Nadler’s panel, said Democrats are resorting to hyperbole because the Mueller report deals Trump canceled. He also made unilateral over impeachment, with 40 percent in favor and 42 percent against it. did not land a knock-out legal blow on Trump. decisions on Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the IRGC On the other hand, Trump’s behavior may already be worrying Americans. A recent “If you don’t have the facts and you don’t have the law, the old joke is that you [Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps], et cetera. If we Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Trump with a 37 percent approval rating after the Mueller stand on the table and yell. Well, he’s just standing on the table and yelling now,” don’t stop this unilateralism, the future of the region report’s release, his lowest of the year. Collins said, referring to Nadler. will be dark,” the Iranian envoy said. Reiterating the target of $30 billion in bilateral trade set by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian Iran-U.S. War... U.S. to Extend Key... President Hassan Rouhani, Farazmand said there has been increasing activity in border gates signaling that the FROM PAGE 1 FROM PAGE 1 two countries are a step closer to the commerce goal. In February, Turkey completed the modernization of On Apr. 22, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Kapiköy Customs Gate located in the Saray district of announced that no further exceptions would be “We are tightening restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program as part of our pressure campaign,” Brian Hook, the State Department’s special representative for Iran, said in an interview. “Iran cannot have eastern Van province with a near TL 100 million investment recognized for South Korea or the other seven to further contribute to trade with Iran and regional tourism. countries. Two hours earlier, U.S. State Department any path to a nuclear weapon.” The Friday decision likely will be welcomed by European allies including France, Germany and the U.K., Currently, the bilateral trade volume stands at nearly $10 Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook had billion. According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) called his dialogue counterpart, the Foreign Ministry’s which had lobbied the White House to keep the waivers first allowed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the 2015 accord that President Donald Trump withdrew from a year ago. data in 2017, Turkey’s exports totaled around $3.26 billion, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Yoon Gang- while imports reached $7.49 billion. While Ankara mainly hyeon, to apologize for the decision not to grant an They and other proponents had argued that the exemptions were instrumental in reducing the risk of nuclear proliferation from Iran and gave the International Atomic Energy Agency daily access to the sites. imports energy, including gas and oil, from Tehran, the exception and ask for Seoul’s understanding. In most-sold products to Iran are textiles, white appliances, response, the South Korean negotiation team returned One waiver that was extended applies to the facility in Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf, where Russia provides enriched uranium to power the reactor and removes spent fuel rods. Revoking that would have allowed Iran to food, health care products and cosmetics. to the US with a new idea for applying the same Farazmand said the level of touristic exchange special license approach used by the U.S. with Iraq. say it deserved the right to enrich uranium. The move would have also made it impossible for China to work with Iran to redesign its reactor at Arak. between the two countries is around 2 million, with Facing a shortage of electricity, Iraq relies on Iran to more Iranians coming to Turkey. He also underlined supply four gigawatts of its total power generation of “Our leadership is not comfortable with any mechanism that allows uranium enrichment,” Ford said. “We don’t want to give Iran a supposed excuse to continue to enrich.” that there are also some intergovernmental efforts 18 GW. Some of the amount is supplied directly, being made to extend the railway between the two while a significant portion of the remainder is used capitals to further boost tourism. for power generation through imports of Iranian natural gas. The country continued to import Iranian gas through ongoing renewals of its special license by U.S. to Extend Key... FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT PERMIT NO : 1398.724 the US. The South Korean proposal involved using FROM PAGE 1 the same approach to allow for continued supplies of Iranian condensate for an 18-month period as it seeks NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN “We are tightening restrictions on Iran’s nuclear as alternative supplier. program as part of our pressure campaign,” Brian In making the proposal, Yoon reportedly stressed TENDER NO.: 01-31-9046064 Hook, the State Department’s special representative that the condensate imported from Iran by South for Iran, said in an interview. “Iran cannot have any Korean companies was not technically subject to U.S. NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY ( NISOC) path to a nuclear weapon.” sanctions, with Hook responding that Washington The Friday decision likely will be welcomed by INTENDS TO PURCHASE THE FOLLOWING GOODS: would “consider” the point. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019 Everton Keep Euro Dream Zverev Shocked Mbappe Slapped With Three Match Ban Alive With Burnley Win ARIS (Dispatches) - By Garin in Munich PFrench World Cup ONDON (Dispatches) - Everton kept their winner Kylian Mbappe Lslim hopes of a top-seven finish in the was banned for three Premier League alive as they recorded a fourth matches Friday following consecutive victory at Goodison Park by his sending-off for a defeating Burnley on Friday. reckless tackle during The Toffees have seen off Chelsea, Arsenal Paris Saint-Germain’s and Manchester United on their patch recently French Cup final debacle -- by an aggregate score of 7-0 -- and two goals against Rennes. in three first-half minutes proved decisive The French football against the Clarets. Federation (FFF) said they had Burnley defender Ben Mee got a telling final also opened disciplinary touch to Richarlison’s strike while Seamus proceedings against Mbappe’s teammate Neymar for Coleman headed in on the rebound as Everton striking a Rennes fan following the shock defeat on penalties ran out 2-0 winners in both sides’ penultimate after extra time. Mbappe, PSG’s gifted 20-year-old striker, fixture of the campaign. lunged with his studs into the knee of Rennes defender The win moved Everton up to eighth and Damien Da Silva near the close of extra time on Sunday. to within a single point of Wolves in Having already missed one game, Mbappe will miss seventh -- a position that will seal a Europa Saturday’s match against Nice and the trip to Angers the League berth next season if Manchester following week but will be available for the last two games City beat Watford in the FA Cup final later of the season. The threat of further sanctions hangs over this month. Neymar, banned for three Champions League games after Wolves could extinguish coach Marco Silva’s insulting the referee following PSG’s exit from the last 16 stated aim of European football with a win over at the hands of Manchester United. already relegated Fulham on Saturday but this was an impressive way to sign off at home UNICH (AFP) - World number three Alexander Meanwhile, Zverev had come into Munich feeling from Everton. MZverev complained that everything was against optimistic. “Obviously I didn’t play my best the past Teichmann, Muchova Advance Just as it seemed the visitors had weathered him after a shock defeat in the quarter-finals of the few weeks, but I feel good on the court. I’m happy on the early onslaught, they fell behind in the 17th Munich Open on Friday, the court, and this is the most important thing,” he told minute as their backtracking defence Zverev lost 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 to Chile’s Cristian Garin, who ATPTour.com. “I feel like my game is pretty much To Maiden WTA Final gave Richarlison an invitation to rifle beyond sits 44 places below him in the ATP rankings, to end his back on the practice courts in the way I hit the ball, RAGUE (Reuters) - Tom Heaton. hopes of a record third successive title in Munich. but I just have to show it in the matches. I think I’ll PSwiss qualifier Jil The Brazilian’s left-foot strike from the edge of “Everything is going against me at the moment, nothing have a few very tough matches and if I win them, I Teichmann and Czech the area took a slight deflection off the unfortunate is going in my favor,” said Zverev after the defeat. think I’m in good shape. We’ll see how it goes.” wildcard Karolina Mee, and Burnley’s luck worsened as Everton “Last year, I won matches like this, but this year I am The next two weeks could be critical for Zverev. The tour Muchova both reached increased their lead moments later. often losing them.” The reigning ATP Finals champion heads to Madrid and Rome, where he did phenomenally their first WTA final at the Lucas Digne’s rasping effort from a similar survived three match points in the second set before well last year, winning the title in Madrid and reaching the Prague Open on Friday. distance was parried back into the danger zone by wasting two himself in the third and ultimately suffering final in Rome—falling to Rafael Nadal in a tough three- Teichmann’s breakthrough Heaton, allowing Coleman, just onside, to stoop to his first defeat in ten games on the Munich clay. setter. He’ll be defending almost a third of his ranking week on the Tour continued head into an empty net. Zverev disputed a line call on his first match point, points over the next two weeks—1,600 out of 5,565, which as she stunned world Everton’s second seemed to rouse Burnley, who before coming within inches of hitting a winner down will be his total ranking points on Monday. number 39 Barbora Strycova thought they had pulled one back when Ashley the line on his second. “I thought the ball was out on Zverev, who is already projected to drop from No. 3 to No. 6-3 6-0 in their semi-final. Barnes expertly steered Robbie Brady’s ball into the the first one, and then it was out only by a few inches 4, will have to fight to hang onto that No. 4 ranking over the The 21-year-old fired 22 area across Jordan Pickford, only for the assistant on the second one,” he said. The German star said he next two weeks. Dominic Thiem, who’s currently ranked No. winners in the contest, doubling Strycova’s tally of referee to flag for offside. was already looking forward to trying to regain his 5, will be 480 points behind the 22-year-old on Monday but 11, and finished with just 14 unforced errors to seal Burnley showed more purpose in the early stages crown in Munich next year. only has 610 points to defend in Madrid and Rome—last year the victory in just over an hour. of the second half than they did in the whole of the Garin is now through to his third ATP semifinal of he made the Madrid final, falling to Zverev, but lost his World number 146 Teichmann will face home opening 45 minutes. the year, having reached the final of Sao Paulo in opening match in Rome to Fabio Fognini. favourite Muchova, who eased past American Chris Wood’s low first-time strike was saved March—falling to Guido Pella—and winning the first Garin will face third seed Marco Cecchinato in the Bernarda Pera 6-2 7-5 in the other semi-final. by Pickford while Brady’s teasing ball into the ATP title of his career in Houston in April. semi-finals, after the Italian battled to a 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 win Making just her seventh WTA main draw area caught Johann Berg Gudmundsson The 22-year-old Chilean’s win over the 22-year-old over Hungary’s Marton Fucscovics. There was further appearance, Muchova was clinical in the opening unawares, leading to the ball spooning over Zverev was the first Top 10 win of his career. disappointment for the home crowd when Philipp set, executing four spectacular dropshot winners. the bar. Awaiting Garin in the semifinals will be 2018 French Kohlschreiber lost 6-4, 5-7, 4-6 to Italy’s Matteo Pera fought back with ferocious groundstrokes to Burnley could not find a way back into the match, Open semifinalist Marco Cecchinato, who also saved Berrettini later on Friday. Berrettini meets fourth seed take a 2-0 lead in the second set but Muchova’s with Everton claiming an eighth clean sheet in their a match point in his 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 quarterfinal win over Roberto Bautista Agut in the last four, after the Spaniard touch from the baseline proved decisive as she came past 10 top-flight fixtures. Marton Fucsovics earlier in the day. overcame Argentina’s Guido Pella 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. back to draw level at 3-3. Man City Overtake Man Ronaldo Scores Utd as Most Valuable Again to Premier League Club Save Juventus ONDON (Dispatches) - Manchester City have URIN (Dispatches) - Cristiano Ronaldo headed in Lovertaken Manchester United as the Premier Ta late equaliser to spoil Torino’s dream of a first League’s most valuable club, with higher wages and win at city rivals Juventus in nearly a quarter of a lower profits hurting the Old Trafford powerhouse, century on Friday and frustrate their bid to move into according to a football finance survey published Friday. the Champions League places. Premier League champions City are valued at £2.364 Sasa Lukic had fired Torino ahead after 17 minutes billion ($3.07 billion) in 2017/18, up £385 million, in a match brought forward a day to avoid clashing according to the study by the University of Liverpool’s with Saturday’s 70th anniversary of the air disaster Centre for Sports Business, while United are valued at that wiped out the all-conquering ‘Grande Torino’ £2.087 billion, down £376 million. team of the 1940s. The report said United still had the highest revenue of any club in the Premier League but increased costs meant But Ronaldo headed in for 1-1 after 84 minutes to they relinquished top spot in the valuation table. leave Torino in sixth place, two points off the Champions League berths with three games left to play. The pair are the only two Premier League clubs valued at more than £2 billion. Juventus have already sealed the Serie A title for the eighth season in a row, but Torino still have all to play for “Manchester City’s value increased in 2018 due to a combination of higher revenue and lower wages,” the as they target a first-ever qualification for elite European competition. “This draw burns, we could have scored a Liverpool University report said. second goal and brought the win home,” said Torino coach Walter Mazzarri. “The ownership model of Sheikh Mansour which effectively means that the club is debt-free means that there are “The only time we let down our guard the phenomenon that is Ronaldo punished us.” no loan interest costs and no dividends are paid to shareholders either. Torino have not won at Juventus since 1995 while their only win since then against their city rivals was at home “Critics of Manchester City will point out that it is part of a multi-club ownership model and that there are in April 2015. Ronaldo -- who had scored the only goal with a penalty in the reverse fixture in December -- was commercial deals with related parties which might not apply should the club be sold and therefore a prospective partnered up front by teenage striker Moise Kean. owner might not be willing to pay this value.” Kean threatened early along with Torino captain Andrea Belotti.