WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12939 Monday OCTOBER 2, 2017 Mehr 10, 1396 Muharram 11, 1439 Western civilizatio Barezani cannot separate Older persons Khoy to host Third Intl. will decline: Kurdistan without civil in Iran grow 1.5-fold Conference on Rumi analyst 7 conflict: American expert 11 in a decade 12 and Shams-i Tabrizi 16 Zarif: Nuclear renegotiation is a ‘myth’ POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- “We need to check our facts before deskan Foreign Minister we make statements,” Zarif said in an Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday interview with The Associated Press. “It essentially ruled out renegotiating or worries me that people play with facts launching follow-up talks to a landmark and produce alternative facts.” Iran mourns nuclear accord that President Donald He also criticized a recent referen- Trump is threatening to dismantle, saying dum on independence by Iraq’s Kurdish rewriting the multilateral pact is a “myth”. minority as “dangerous” to stability in a The top diplomat also scolded Middle East already beset by efforts to Trump for a tweet about a nonexistent defeat the Islamic State extremist group Iranian missile launch. and civil wars in Syria and Yemen. See page 2 2 Ashura Iran, Iraq to hold joint border war games POLITICS TEHRAN — The posed by Iraq and its powerful neigh- deskIranian and Iraqi bors Iran and Turkey. forces will hold joint war games at “A joint military exercise between several crossings on Iran’s border with Iran’s armed forces and units from the the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region, Iraqi army will be held in the coming according to officials. days along the shared border,” Ma- The announcement on Saturday came soud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s in the wake of a controversial secession Joint Armed Forces Staff, said on Sat- referendum in Iraq’s Kurdish region. urday after a high-level meeting of Ira- Monday’s poll was strongly op- nian military commanders. 2 Israeli regime pushing region into new war: Nasrallah The secretary general of the Lebanese martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hus- Hezbollah resistance movement has sein, the third Shia Imam. warned that the Israeli regime under The Israelis do not have “a correct “idiotic” Prime Minister Benjamin Net- assessment of where this war will lead Mohsen Rahimi Anbaran anyahu is pushing the region into war. if they ignite it,” he said, adding they Netanyahu “is only planning for “do not have a correct picture about war,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in what is awaiting them if they go to the aqr.ir/ aqr.ir/ a Sunday speech marking Ashura, the idiocy of this war.” 13 ARTICLE Iran’s oil output up 20,000 bpd in September Iraq’s top Shia By Mahnaz Abdi ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian crude The country has increased its oil output by ed to be 86 percent in the mentioned month, cleric opposes Head of the Economy Desk deskoil production increased by 103,000 bpd from the baseline determined at the with the members achieving a 998,000 bpd of the TehranTimes 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September time of OPEC, non-OPEC agreement in 2016. cut out of the pledged 1,164,000 bpd. Kurdistan’s from its previous month. The output from the 13 OPEC members orig- In an effort to prop up prices, the Organiza- secession According to the latest data released by inally part of the deal increased by 60,000 bpd tion of the Petroleum Exporting Countries start- Renewables Reuters, exempted from the OPEC, non- in September from its preceding month. Supply ed reducing output by about 1.2 million bpd on Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah OPEC curbs, Iran has increased its crude out- from the 11 members with production targets un- January 1 in its first supply cut since 2008. Ali al-Sistani has voiced opposition to spurring foreign put to 3.81 million bpd in September from der the original accord rose by 40,000 bpd. Nigeria and Libya were also exempted the secession of the northern Kurdis- 3.79 million bpd in August. The compliance with the pact was report- from the curbs. tan region from the mainland, warning investment of the negative repercussions of such lean energy is under the spot- “unilateral steps.” light in Iran as the oil and gas No justification to shun international demands, Iran tells Myanmar Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s represent- rich country also enjoys some POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian For- The Iranian Foreign Ministry official said Tens of thousands of new arrivals have no- ative Ahmed al-Safi said in a Friday C deskeign Ministry spokesman Myanmar should not prevent sending of hu- where to shelter from monsoon rains. sermon on his behalf in the holy city advantageous geographical and cli- mate condition to benefit from renew- Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday that it is manitarian aid to the Rohingyan people. Those flocking into Bangladesh have giv- of Karbala that the senior cleric wants able sources of energy. “unacceptable” that the Myanmar govern- Elsewhere, Qassemi called on the inter- en harrowing accounts of killings, rape and the Kurdistan Regional Government Iran’s power generation capacity ment ignore demands by the international national community to stand beside Bangla- arson by Myanmar’s army. Myanmar author- (KRG) “to return to the constitutional is currently 77,000 megawatts (MW), community on the sufferings of the Rohingya. desh to stop displacement of the Rohingya ities deny any wrongdoing. path” pursuing self-determination for of which renewables account for just The warning by Iran comes as the brutal and send aid to them. The UN said on Thursday that about 60 the Kurds. 420 MW and according to the former purge of the Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim popu- An official with the Iranian Red Crescent people are believed to have died when a The senior leader also warned Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian the lation that has been suppressed in Myanmar for Society (IRCS) has announced that Myan- boat carrying the Rohingya fleeing violence against the unfavorable repercussions figure is planned to reach 600 MW by decades, has intensified in recent days. mar’s government has blocked Iran’s aid in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh. of separation and division in the Iraqi the end of the current Iranian calendar “Such a complicated situation can turn shipment for Rohingya Muslims. International Organisation for Migration nation, stressing that this would pave year (March 20, 2018). into one of the worst human crises. We are The Rohingya Muslims have long been spokesman Joel Millman said the boat cap- the way for foreign interference in the Also, Deputy Energy Minister witnessing continuation of ignoring the inter- subjected to discrimination in Buddhist-ma- sized was carrying about 80 people, accord- affairs of the country. Houshang Falahatian has announced national community’s demands by the My- jority Myanmar, which denies them citizen- ing to survivors. The Kurdish vote “is an attempt to in late September that the country anmar government which is unacceptable,” ship. “Survivors described being at sea all night, divide Iraq and take its northern part by plans to add 1,000 MW of new renew- Qassemi said. Myanmar’s government regards them as having no food,” he said. setting up an independent state,” said his able power capacity every year over Thousands of people continue to trudge illegal migrants from Bangladesh, even if they Several children were among the dead. message, adding that all parties should the next five years. over the border to Bangladesh to escape the have lived in the country for generations. One survivor told Reuters news agency that respect the Iraqi constitution. Based on the country’s Sixth Five- horrors in their own country. According to Refugee camps near Bangladesh’s border his wife, two daughters and a grandson had The “unilateral steps” toward di- Year National Development Plan foreign media outlets, the total number of with Myanmar already had about 300,000 died. He said they had decided to leave Ra- viding Iraq will lead to internal and (2016-2021), Iran is aiming to increase refugees leaving Myanmar has now been es- Rohingya before the upsurge in violence last khine after armed Buddhists took their live- external reactions that will have con- its capacity of power generation from timated at over 501,000. month and are now overwhelmed. stock and food. sequences on our “dear Kurdish citi- renewable sources by 5,000 MW per zens and could have more dangerous annum to meet growing domestic de- repercussions,” said Grand Ayatollah mand and also increase its electricity Sistani. exports. Muslims mark The cleric also called on the Iraqi To meet the set target, the Energy government and parliament to pre- Ministry has taken a new approach to- Ashura with serve the rights of Kurds. ward development of renewable sec- In defiance of Baghdad’s stiff op- tor and has been offering incentives mourning position, the KRG held a non-binding to both Iranian and foreign investors referendum on secession from the for cooperation in renewable projects ceremonies mainland. Kurdish officials said over 90 inside the country. percent of the voters said ‘Yes’ to sep- It has led to more contribution of In their millions, Muslims have aration from Iraq. private sector to this industry, and also staged passionate mourning ceremonies With the exception of Israel, all ma- attraction of foreign investors appre- in commemoration of the day in history jor regional and international parties ciating Iran’s noticeable resources of that witnessed the martyrdom of the icon have voiced serious concerns over solar energy and wind power in addi- of sacrifice to the faithful.