WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13267 Sunday DECEMBER 2, 2018 Azar 11, 1397 Rabi’ Al awwal 24, 1440 Politicizing OPCW Iran only expresses You will regret invading Jalal Hosseini could lead to spiritual support Lebanon, Hezbollah bids farewell to its collapse 2 to Yemenis 2 warns Israel 3 international football 15 See page 16 10 new stem cell products unveiled SOCIETY TEHRAN — Ten new Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri and deskstem cell products were Vice-President for Science and Tech- unveiled during the closing ceremony of the nology Sourena Sattari, ISNA reported 3rd National Festival and the International on Saturday. Congress on Stem cells and Regenerative Laser scanning microscope, confocal Medicine (November 28 to December 1) microscope, 3D printer, skin cell therapy in Tehran. devices for skin regeneration and wound The ceremony took place with First healing are some of the products. Iran urges UN to condemn Pompeo’s ‘irresponsible’ remarks Iran’s mission to the United Nations has the UN Eshaq Al-e-Habib on Tuesday, urged the UN Security Council to condemn the Iranian mission said, “Such remarks the recent “irresponsible” and “provoca- are part of the U.S. policies of exerting tive” remarks by U.S. Secretary of State pressure and issuing real threats in order Mike Pompeo, who openly threatened to wage an economic war against the to “starve” the Iranian people, Tasnim people of Iran.” reported on Saturday. The letter also slammed Pompeo’s “Lost Strait”, In a letter to the Security Council move as “a collective punishment for a president and the UN secretary general, nation” and a “clear violation of the basic signed by Iran’s deputy ambassador to principles of international law”. 2 “Midday Event” BRICS slam protectionism as China- U.S. spat overshadows G20 talks best films at Chinese President Xi Jinping and the leaders for two-thirds of the world population - faces of major developing economies condemned questions over its ability to deal with trade protectionism at a G20 summit in overshad- tensions, which have roiled global markets. owed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Hanging over the summit in Buenos Maryam Kamyab Resistance threat to escalate tariffs on China. Aires is the trade dispute between the This year’s two-day gathering is a major United States and China, the world’s two test for the Group of 20 industrialized largest economies, which have imposed nations, whose leaders first met in 2008 tariffs on hundreds of billions of dol- to help rescue the global economy from lars worth of each other’s imports after Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ festival the worst financial crisis in seven decades. Trump launched an effort to correct what With a rise in nationalist sentiment in he views as China’s unfair commercial A Hashd al-Shaabi member Seyyed Abbas Musavi accepts the award for the Resistance Figure of the Year on behalf of his commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. many countries, the G20 - which accounts practices. 13 REPORT ‘Khashoggi murder has hardened resistance in Congress to nuclear deal with KSA’ ARTICLE Ramin Hossein Abadian EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW activities. Some believe that this is a message ment with the United States under the terms Syed Zafar Mehdi Mehr News Agency Journalist By Javad Heirannia from SA to the U.S. that it will advance its of the U.S. Atomic Energy Act, which Congress journalist nuclear activities even without U.S. What do can block if it is not satisfied with the terms of from New Delhi TEHRAN — Daryl Kimball, executive director you think of this? the agreement. of the Arms Control Association in Washington, A: Saudi Arabia has already concluded nuclear Saudi Arabia insists on having Uranium The Golan Heights says “I do not believe the Congress will approve a cooperation agreements with France, Argentina, enrichment and its reprocessing while the U.S. Kartarpur project: civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi South Korea, and Kazakhstan. Some of these wants “Gold Standard” in it agreement with front to reopen; Arabia if it does not meet the ‘Gold Standard’.” states need but do not have authorizations from Riyadh which doesn’t include enrichment and Imran Khan’s He adds that “murder of the journalist Jamal the United States for the transfer of nuclear ser- reprocessing. Based on 123 treaty, will U.S. finally the Zionists fear of Khashoggi has hardened resistance in Congress to vices, technology or assistance to Saudi Arabia. give up to Riyadh demand? diplomatic any nuclear agreement, especially one that would Saudi Arabia currently has a Comprehensive Safe- A: The U.S.-Saudi negotiations are not go- attrition warfare allow for the transfer of sensitive enrichment or guards Agreement with the IAEA, they have not ing well. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has masterstroke reprocessing technology to Saudi Arabia.” concluded an Additional Protocol arrangement been pressured by many members of Congress he advancement of the Syrian army in Kimball tells the Tehran Times in an exclusive with the Agency. to ensure that Saudi Arabia agrees not to pursue t a time when sabre-rattling be- the south of the country in the battle interview that Saudi Arabia probably will not The Nov. 6 groundbreaking recently announced uranium enrichment technology or plutonium tween the two South Asian es- Tagainst the U.S., Zionists-backed accept a nuclear agreement with the U.S. like the by the Saudis does not necessarily mean that separation technology, also known as the “gold Atranged neighbors has escalated Takfiri terrorists has been a matter of grave one the U.S. has signed with the UAE. this is ground being broken for the two nuclear standard.” The Saudis are, according to our sourc- to alarming proportions, Pakistan has concern for Tel Aviv officials. Following is the full text of the interview: power reactors which the Kingdom is getting bids es, are steadfastly opposed to any restrictions quite remarkably managed to score a The liberation of southern part of Syria Saudi Arabia started its research nucle- on from the U.S. and other countries. To do so, along these lines and they do not want to give big diplomatic victory over India with from the Takfiri group by the Syrian army ar reactor in Abdullaziz city while it has not Saudi Arabia needs to conclude its negotiation the IAEA inspection authority under the terms the Kartarpur Corridor project. is frightening to the Zionists as the area is reached an agreement with the U.S. on nuclear on a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agree- of the Additional Protocol. 7 Prime Minister Imran Khan once in close proximity to the Golan Heights, again extended an olive branch to New where the Syrian officials have said time Delhi. But the Narendra Modi led right- and again to rid the area of the Zionists. At Geneva summit, Afghan government presents ‘roadmap for peace and prosperity’ wing government in India did not re- This is while the Zionists have made every spond too warmly. In cricketing parlance, POLITICS TEHRAN — The much-await- eral, Tadamichi Yamamoto. Reaffirming its commitment to rebuilding effort to expand buffer zones in the area by desk captain Khan bowled a vicious yorker keeping the Takfiri terrorists in the region. ed two-day Geneva conference The conference, which came at a crucial time, and reconstruction efforts in the war-ravaged that clean bowled Modi’s diplomacy. The occupied Golan Heights, a rocky on Afghanistan, co-hosted by the Afghan govern- after the parliamentary polls and before the presi- country, on day one of the conference, the Euro- On Wednesday, the much-anticipated plateau in south-western Syria, have special ment and United Nations, was held this week, dential election, sought to measure progress made pean Union signed a financing agreement worth groundbreaking ceremony of Kartar- importance for the Zionist regime and attended by delegations from 61 countries and by the Afghan government in using billions of millions of euros, mainly focused on development pur corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar they will never be willing to return the 35 international organizations. dollars in foreign aid for education, health care, and economy. Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur, the final area to its rightful owner, Syria. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who delivered infrastructure, and fighting corruption since the The 474 million euros ($535m) aid agreement resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Golan Heights is considered one of the a keynote address, made passionate appeal to last donors conference in 2016. is to support state building and public sector re- Nanak, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in most strategic areas for Syria, Lebanon, the world community to see the war-torn coun- According to a source, the participants noted forms, health, justice as well as tackling the issue India’s Gurdaspur district, was done and the Zionist regime. It is one of the try from the perspective of “investment” rather with grave concern the deteriorating security of migration and displacement in the country. by PM Khan in the presence of political main passages overlooking the occupied than “charity”. situation with spate of terror attacks across the “The EU stands side by side with Afghanistan dignitaries from both the countries. Palestinian territory. The area allows the The conference was co-chaired by Afghan For- country in recent months. The delay in announcing and its people to build a stronger future for the Pakistan has decided to open the Zionist regime to spy on Syrian military, eign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and Finance the results of parliamentary polls and the possible country,” Neven Mimica, commissioner for In- corridor for Sikh pilgrims, allowing electronic and telecommunication facil- Minister Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, and delay in holding presidential election next year, ternational Cooperation and Development, said them to visit the holy site without a visa.