Rouhani: Sanctions and Dialogue Not in Conformity
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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 39th year No.13177 Tuesday AUGUST 7, 2018 Mordad 16, 1397 Dhi Al Qaeda 24, 1439 Response to Marivan Details of Kimia Alizadeh Filming begins terror attack will be currency rules misses 2018 on Iranian-Algerian tough: commander 2 unveiled 4 Asian Games 15 movie 16 Zarif: Trump, MBS, Netanyahu ‘are symbols of mistrust, violence’ Rouhani: Sanctions and POLITICS TEHRAN – Foreign withdrew from the international 2015 deskMinister Mohammad nuclear agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Javad Zarif said on Monday that those who Benjamin Netanyahu who is continuing violate international agreements, easily to steal the Palestinian lands and Saudi infringe on the rights of the Palestinian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman dialogue not in conformity people, and take the prime minister of (MBS) whose country took Lebanese Prime another country hostage are the symbols Minister Saad Hariri as hostage in order of “mistrust, violence and suppression” to create insecurity in Lebanon. See page 2 in the world. The chief diplomat also said Trump and Zarif made the remarks in reference his Middle East allies have become isolated to U.S. President Donald Trump who in their hostility toward Tehran. 2 EU regrets U.S. sanctions on Iran, vows to protect European businesses The European Union said Monday it isters of the United Kingdom, France and deeply regretted the U.S.’ reimposition Germany said it would also work to keep of sanctions on Iran after President Donald “effective financial channels” open with Iran. Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear pact, “We deeply regret the re-imposition of and vowed immediate steps to protect sanctions by the U.S., due to the latter’s European companies. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive The statement by EU diplomatic chief Plan of Action (JCPOA),” the statement Federica Mogherini and the foreign min- issued in Brussels said. 2 Women in Iran enjoy good freedom: female diplomat By Naghmeh Mizanian of our university students in Iran are TEHRAN – “The world should under- women,” she told the Tehran Times stand that women in Iran are very different in an exclusive interview conducted from women of other Muslim countries,” in English. Parvin Farshchi, the recently appointed Next to Marzieh Afkham who was ap- ambassador of Iran to Finland, said here pointed as the first Iranian female am- on Monday. bassador to Malaysia in 2015, Farshchi “Women in Iran enjoy good free- is the second female ambassador to a dom; they are good planners. They foreign country since the 1979 victory of president.ir are the decision-makers and majority the Islamic Revolution. 12 ARTICLE Trump has done everything to discourage negotiation with Iran: Costello ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW caught commentators off guard, as he had been Earlier, Iranian president’s chief of staff Mah- Syed Zafar Mehdi Political analyst Journalist By Payman Yazdani increasingly hostile to the Islamic Republic; on moud Vaezi revealed that during Rouhani’s last July 22, Trump threatened Iranian President visit to New York for the UN General Assembly from New Delhi TEHRAN — Ryan Costello says a great deal of Hassan Rouhani with an all-caps tweet. session, Trump asked the Iranian delegation trust was broken when Trump decided to fully Hours after Trump’s remarks contrary to his eight times to have a meeting with the president. A Contemplation on withdraw from the JCPOA and snap back sanctions. remarks, Secretary of State Pompeo outlined a An adviser to President Rouhani Hamid Will Pakistan, Iran Turing a press conference with Italian Prime series of preconditions. Aboutalebi also said “respecting the Iranian na- Obama’s Campaign Minister Giuseppe Conte, U.S. President Trump In his latest move repeating the idea of negoti- tion’s rights, reducing hostilities and returning open new chapter in said he would meet with Iranian President Has- ating with the Iranian authorities, U.S. President to the nuclear deal are steps that can be taken against Trump san Rouhani without preconditions. His new Donald Trump on Saturday said any meeting to pave the bumpy road of talks between Iran their relationship? strategy regarding meeting with Iranian officials with the Iranian leaders is “up to them.” and America.” 7 ecently, the name of former U.S. President, Barack Obama, is re- s Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) peatedly heard in American polit- ‘Imran Khan’s desire to improve relations with Iran is good for regional stability’ chief Imran Khan gets ready to take R oath as the new prime minister of ical circles. While guiding and managing INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Pakistan has just Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, challenges before his government? A the Democrat’s electoral campaign in desk Pakistan, pundits are keen to see what his given mandate to Imran Khan Washington and is the author of the book ‘Purifying A. The biggest challenge facing Pakistan to- foreign policy will be. A populist leader, the upcoming congress election, Oba- led Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) to form the new the Land of the Pure: The History of Pakistan’s day is the economy. We need both immediate ma intends to prepare the ground for his election campaign focused majorly government, albeit with the help of other smaller par- Religious Minorities’. and long term relief. Saudi Arabia and China on domestic issues and the fight against Trump’s defeat in the presidential elec- ties. Despite controversies surrounding the election In an interview with Tehran Times, she spoke are reported to have offered monetary help to tions of 2020. institutional corruption. outcome, Imran Khan is all set to take oath as the about the political transition in Pakistan, the the tune of $8 billion and $2 billion respectively But, in his televised victory speech, the Many American analysts believe that new Prime Minister of Pakistan later this week. The challenges for the new government, Imran Khan’s and a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) the defeat of Republicans in the congres- cricketer-turned-politician outlined his new government faces many challenges in terms of foreign policy matters, Pakistan’s relations with program is also being considered. Even if the vision for ‘Naya Pakistan’ (new Pakistan) sional elections and the serious divisions domestic issues and foreign policy. Iran and the U.S. and why parties like PML-N IMF program is obtained it will involve oner- between the traditional Republicans and and spoke in detail about his desire to Farahnaz Ispahani is a Pakistani politician and PPP will bounce back. ous conditions. Pakistan needs to break out of improve Pakistan’s relations with neigh- Trump (which will subsequently intensify) and former Member of the Parliament (MP). Following are the excerpts: its cycles of boom and bust but for that serious will provide the basis for Trump’s defeat boring countries, including Iran. She served as Media Advisor to the President Imran Khan is all set to become the new reform, not gimmicks and temporary solutions, Pakistan, which has traditionally been in the upcoming elections. This is while of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. She is currently prime minister of Pakistan. What are the biggest are needed. 6 some analysts close to the Republicans an ally of Riyadh, is expected to open a argue that this process will have little effect new chapter in its relations with Iran on the presidential election results, and under the new government in Islam- Trump admits son met with Russian to get information on opponent abad. Khan, whose party had backed it’s likely that Trump will once again win U.S. President Donald Trump admitted Sunday rival for the presidency. tics - and it went nowhere. I did not know about it!” the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, has been the next election. that his son met with a Russian lawyer in Trump As he has in the past, Trump insisted in a The meeting has come under intense scru- outspoken in his support for Tehran. Anyhow, and apart from analyzing the Tower in 2016 “to get information on an oppo- tweet that he did not know at the time about the tiny from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, More importantly, he has been scathing incidents taking place in the U.S. political nent” but defended it as “totally legal.” meeting between his son Donald Jr. and Natalia who is investigating whether members of in his criticism of the U.S. government’s and electoral atmosphere, the Democrats It was Trump’s most direct acknowledgement Veselnitskaya, a lawyer with links to the Kremlin. the Trump campaign coordinated with a regional policy and travel ban on the are planning to conquer the White House that the motive for the June 2016 meeting was “This was a meeting to get information on an Russian effort to sway the 2016 election in citizens of some Muslim-majority coun- in 2020, and that would be after their to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, totally legal and done all the time in poli- the Republican’s favor. 13 possible victory in the mid-term elections tries, including Iran. in November. Referring to Obama’s in- It will be interesting to see how Khan, creasing political and electoral activities, who has been a staunch votary of stronger the Express daily has pointed to his visits Iran-Pakistan ties, balances the equation to Democratic potential candidates for between Riyadh and Tehran, two formi- the 2020 elections. Olasbelangah, dable regional rivals. Also, how he will Accordingly, the former president of resist the pressure from Washington, the United States has in recent months a piece of heaven considering Islamabad’s growing ties met with at least nine prospective 2020 with Beijing.