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.13442 Monday JULY 22, 2019 Tir 31, 1398 Dhi Al Qada 19, 1440 IRGC responds Eight new homegrown Iran defend title “Axing” star Bahrami to British piracy pharma raw materials at Indoor Hockey named best at Malaysia 2 unveiled 11 Asia Cup 15 Golden Global Awards 16 Iranian MPs support seizure of U.S. extreme adventurism British tanker TEHRAN — A number of Iranian MPs with an Iranian fishing boat, after the issued a statement on Sunday expressing tanker ignored distress calls. support for seizure of a British oil tanker Allah-Morad Afifipour, head of Ports in the Strait of Hormuz by the Islamic and Maritime Organization in southern Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). Hormozgan Province, said on Saturday biggest global challenge The statement was signed by 160 that the 30,000-ton Stena Impero tank- lawmakers. er had collided with a fishing boat on its Zarif says U.S. intervention in Venezuela through instigating coup attempt is Iranian forces late on Friday impounded route, adding that according to law, after a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of an accident it is necessary that the causes another example of U.S. malign behavior Hormuz for involvement in an accident are investigated. 3 See page 2 Iran-Hamas relations growing: Kharrazi TEHRAN — Kamal Kharrazi, chairman position in supporting the Palestinian issue. of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Re- Talking to reporters after the meeting, lations, said on Sunday that liberation of Kharrazi said relations between Iran and Palestine, especially the noble Quds, is Hamas are growing. among the greatest causes of Iran. “Policies of the enemies of Islam and During a meeting with Saleh al-Arouri, Palestine in supporting occupant Israel are the deputy leader of Hamas, Kharrazi said obvious. The Palestinians are aware of these that Iran has supported Palestine since the policies and have come to the conclusion victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. that they should stand against the foreign- For his part, Arouri, who was accompa- ers’ plots,” stated Kharrazi, who was Iran’s nied by a delegation to Tehran, praised Iran’s foreign minister from 1997-2005. 3 Britain dances to Bolton’s war drums against Iran: Guardian TEHRAN — In a commentary published Following is the text of the article on its website on Saturday, the Guardian headlined “How Trump’s arch-hawk said John Bolton, a notorious Iran hawk, lured Britain into a dangerous trap to has succeeded to lure Britain into a dan- punish Iran”: gerous trap to punish Iran by deceiving John Bolton, White House national London to capture a tanker carrying the security adviser and notorious Iraq-era Iranian oil in Gibraltar, which Iran re- hawk, is a man on a mission. Given broad sponded in kind. The British newspaper latitude over policy by Donald Trump, said “Britain blindly dances to the beat of he is widely held to be driving the U.S. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (R) held talks with Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif in Caracas on Saturday. Maduro thanked Iran for supporting his country against coup plotters. Bolton’s war drums” against Iran. confrontation with Iran. 2 ARTICLE National Festival of Youth Music to open next week ARTICLE Hamid Bayati By Samaneh Aboutalebi The organizers also plan to add a section for Ebrahim Fallahi Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Participants from all Iranian prov- those musicians under 14 years old this year. Tehran Times journalist inces have been selected to perform during the “The future of these young musicians, especially 13th National Festival of Youth Music. the teenagers, is one of our biggest concerns,” Over 2000 musicians aged between 15 and said Hossein Alizadeh, the celebrated tar virtu- Britain confused 29 will stage classical and folk performances oso who is collaborating with the organizers as A review on Govt. at the festival, which will commence on Sat- a jury member. on policies toward urday, Ali Sabetnia, the director of the Iran “We intend to turn the festival into an organ- plan to barter oil Music Association, the main organizer of the ization to help these young musicians develop Tehran: easing festival, said at a press conference in Tehran their talents,” he added. for dues to private on Sunday. He also criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran the tensions or A jury composed of 110 master musicians will Jury member Hossein Alizadeh attends a press Broadcasting for its disregard of music. sector judge the performances during the event, and conference in Tehran on July 21, 2019 to brief The 13th National Festival of Youth Music he regulatory body of the government increasing them review sessions will be held after performances the media about the 13th National Festival of will be held at several halls in Tehran until has been recently preparing the draft every day. Youth Music. (Honaronline/Gata Ziatabari) August 27. ritain has had a rough week after Tfor a bartering system which is set Iran seized British oil tanker in the to settle the government dues to the pri- Bstrait of Hormoz. It seems that the Bosnia buries 86 victims of 1992 massacre vate power plant owners and electricity British are confused what policy to adopt; contractors. first, British Secretary of State for Defense TEHRAN — Thousands of people gathered in Reuters news agency. than that satisfaction.” Based on this draft, nearly 400 tril- described the capture “hostile” and then, the Bosnian village of Hambarine for the mass The victims were being held at a detention Brutal killings lion rials (about $9.52 billion) worth the British Foreign Secretary announced funeral of 86 Bosniak Muslims who were executed camp near Prijedor when they were loaded onto The massacre was one of the worst atrocities of oil is going to be given to the private that they want to ease the tensions with by Bosnian Serbs at the start of the country’s buses and told they would be released as part of of the inter-ethnic conflict, which claimed around companies in return for the electricity Iran. 1992-95 war. a prisoner exchange. 100,000 lives by the time it was over. that they have provided for the national British government second emergency The service was held inside a football stadium, They were driven to the Koricanske Stijene. During the war, more than 3,000 non- network, or for the services that the meeting where mourners stood behind rows of coffins But instead of being freed, they were lined up Serbs were killed in Prijedor alone. Tens of contractors provided for the energy The British officials made the remarks draped in green cloth. on the edge of a cliff and executed. Their bodies, thousands of people were driven from their ministry. after their second emergency meeting The remains of the victims were found in 2017 dumped in a steep 100-meter-deep (328-foot- homes. Some 650 individuals are still un- According to the energy ministry, on Saturday. After the meeting, British at the bottom of a ravine in the Koricanske Stijene deep) gorge, were covered by rocks to prevent accounted for. big companies and well-established Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt wrote mountain range in central Bosnia. them from being found. Read more: ‘Defender of Srebrenica’ Naser contractors have given green light to on Twitter that they want to reduce the They were among some 200 Bosnian Mus- Read more: How Ramo survived the Bosnian Oric acquitted of war crimes such a mechanism in order to settle tensions; however, he claimed that the lims and Croats from the northwestern town of war The United Nations war crimes tribunal their dues. capture of Stena Impero ship in Oman Prijedor who were shot dead by Bosnian Serb Nasima Mrkalj, 71, who now lives in Den- for the former Yugoslavia has sentenced Although this mechanism has been waters was in breach of international forces on August 21, 1992. mark, says a bone and two teeth belonging to several ex-Bosnian Serb policemen for mentioned and foreseen in the budget law, laws. Jasna Elezovic, who came to bury the remains her husband were unearthed during the first their role in the massacre. The suspect- and the government’s efforts for paying According to Hunt, the British of her father, brother, two cousins and uncle, said exhumations in 2017. ed mastermind of the killings, Prijedor its dues to the private sector, in itself, is government emergency meeting their bodies were found only last year. “Now, we found more remains and we police chief Simo Drljaca, was killed in a positive act which must be appreciated, has discussed the safety of shipping “It feels like it all happened yesterday have decided to bury him,” she said. “On a shootout with NATO-led peacekeeping but there is still uncertainty about the in the Strait of Hormoz and it will ... the anguish remains the same,” she told one hand, I am satisfied, but pain is stronger forces in 1997. practicality of this approach. submit the results to the Parliament Is this method really suitable for on Monday. solving the financial problems that the On the other hand, Penny Mordaunt, government is facing regarding the pri- the British Secretary of State has de- Iranian National vate sector and the electricity industry? scribed the seizure a “hostile action.” And if yes, what would the scale of such Mordaunt has also claimed that while bartering system be? Would it cover small the British ship was being captured, Commission for amounts as well? another British ship which was sent to Govt.