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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 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13314 Saturday JANUARY 26, 2019 Bahman 6, 1397 Jumada Al Awwal 19, 1440 FATF would be Hashemi vows to speak out We just focus Iran seeks UNESCO just like JCPOA: against U.S. injustice until on Japan match: status for dotar cleric 2 her last breath 2 Sardar Azmoun 15 instrument 16 ‘114 foreign SMEs ready to cooperate in Iran’s oil projects’ ECONOMY TEHRAN — A them acquainted with our projects and our deskmember of the en- capacities and to prepare the ground for Army stages See page 2 ergy committee of Iran Chamber of joint development plans.” he was quoted Commerce, Industries, Mines and as saying on the sidelines of the 15th Kish Agriculture (ICCIMA), Reza Padidar, International Energy Exhibition (known said 114 foreign small and medium as Kish ENEX 2019). enterprises (SMEs) have expressed He further noted that ICCIMA has willingness to cooperate in Iran’s oil received information from European projects, Tasnim reported. SME representatives that visited Iran and “We are planning to invite these com- identified those which were interested war games panies to Iran in [Iranian month] Ordibe- in participation and investment in the hesht (April 21 – May 21, 2019) to make country’s energy projects. 4 Mass clemency awaiting inmates on revolution anniversary POLITICS TEHRAN – Iran’s “based on broader criteria” than the past. desktop judge says Lead- However, the top judge said, the excep- er of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah tions included in the previous amnesties Seyyed Ali Khamenei is going to grant will be again taken into account in the amnesty to a large number of prisoners upcoming clemency. on the occasion of the 40th anniversary Article 110 of the Constitution grants of the Islamic revolution. the Leader the right to pardon or re- In a meeting with senior judicial officials duce the sentences of convicts upon a on Thursday, Judiciary chief Ayatollah recommendation from the head of the Sadeq Amoli Larijani said the clemency is Judiciary. 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On Wednesday, Juan Guaido, the the U.S. diplomats 72 hours to get out of IRNA/ leader of the opposition-controlled National his country. 13 ARTICLE ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari U.S. magazine names Qassem Soleimani top defense thinker of year Martin Love Political analyst POLITICS TEHRAN — The Washing- In a fiery speech, the senior general responded, Political analyst from deskton-based magazine Foreign “Trump! You must not threaten our nation and North Carolina Policy has put Commander of the Islamic Rev- must not insult our president… You must know olution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Ma- what you are talking about; ask your predecessors Brexit deadlock in jor General Qassem Soleimani at the top of its and take advantage of their experiences,” Tasnim In U.S. one new 2019 list of Global Thinkers in the defense and news agency reported. London security field. “We are near you, where you can’t even im- NYT columnist just The magazine recently published its 10th agine…Come; we are ready. We are the man of he negative vote by the Parliament annual special edition of Global Thinkers with this arena. You know that this war would mean made a serious in England to the Theresa May 10 categories of 10 people each, placing General annihilation of all your means. You may begin Tplan to leave the European Union Soleimani on top of the list of the most influen- the war, but it is us who will end it,” he added. impact has created a difficult and complicated tial people in the defense and security sector, Trump threatened Iran again in a tweet in situation in London. followed by German Defense Minister Ursula when he delivered a blistering response to an November inspired by popular American drama he Power of the Press, provided People like Boris Johnson and von der Leyen. all-caps tweet addressed to President Hassan series “Game of Thrones.” It featured a picture of it’s the right particular medium, conservative figures demand a “hard A short write-up on the senior Iranian com- Rouhani, in which Trump had issued a military himself with the caption “sanctions are coming Tpacks at least an incipient punch. Brexit” and a clean break from the EU, mander described him as the “public face of threat against the Islamic Republic. November 5.” Take for example the so-called “news- and there are those like Labor Party Iran’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s The U.S. president had threatened Iran with General Soleimani fired back at Trump by paper of record” in the United States, Leader Jeremy Corbyn who call for threats”. actions “the likes of which few throughout history posting an Instagram photo with the caption, the New York Times, which despite early elections and the withdrawal of General Soleimani made headlines last July, have ever suffered before.” “I will stand against you.” 2 decades of obfuscations and bias in May from power. certain arenas such as the Middle East British PM May is trying to present remains the one newspaper which, if Plan B to the Parliament, although the mainstream media were to be ab- the plan does not seem to meet the Turkey expects creation of Syria security zone in few months: Erdogan solutely shunned, would probably be demands of the opposition. Beyond the By staff &agencies buffer zone ourselves. Our only expectation from fruition so far. the last to meet that fate. turmoil and controversy over Brexit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says our allies is that they provide logistical support Erdogan and his United States counterpart Too many smart readers who more Former British Prime Minister Tony the Ankara government expects a “security zone” to Turkey’s effort,” he added. Donald Trump held a telephone conversation or less try to keep up with politics and Blair is calling for a second Brexit to be created in neighboring Syria within a few “Our patience has a limit,” Erdogan said. “We last week, where the Turkish leader expressed international affairs and have some grasp Referendum and considers Brexit “the months as the United States withdraws its troops will not wait forever for the fulfillment of the Ankara’s determination to establish a safe zone of things at least have continued to “trust” single biggest threat to the United from the war-torn country. promises given to us.” in northern Syria. the NYT, and when it is clearly pointed Kingdom” and wants people to “rise “The zone should be aimed at protecting Since 2012, Turkey has been calling for the Trump has suggested creation of a 30-kilometer out or revealed that the paper has erred up” against it. our country from terrorists not protecting ter- establishment of a safe zone of 30-40 kilometers safe zone along Turkey’s border with Syria, but time after time and misled readers in the London has of late become the focus rorists right beside our border, and should be between the northern Syrian towns of Jarablus has not specified who would create, enforce or past, it’s like dropping a stink bomb on of opposition to the ideas, policies and established within a few months,” Erdogan and al-Rai in a bid to drive out Kurdish Peo- pay for it, or where it would be located. the morning commute train into the Big tactics of British politicians on Brexit said in a speech in Turkey’s eastern province ple’s Protection Units (People’s Defense Units/ Ankara has been threatening for months to Apple with potential reverberations all as British citizens are faced with an of Erzurum on Friday. Yekîneyên Parastina Gel/YPG) and to protect launch an offensive in northern Syria against across the country and particularly in uncertain future. The UK is due to leave “Otherwise, we will definitely form this safe or civilians. However, the plan has not come to the U.S.-backed YPG militants. 13 Washington. the European Union on March 29. They One column last Sunday in the paper by know all too well that a hard exit or a one Michelle Alexander, a recently hired no-deal Brexit will have a dire outcome writer, has heartened seekers of truth like for the UK. few others in years. Alexander, a respected No wonder that those like Corbyn professor now at Union Theological Sem- stress the need for a clear agreement with Fifth Art inary in Manhattan and a longstanding Europe. British citizens are aware that and respected civil rights advocate, wrote a “soft Brexit” agreement with Europe, such a lucid piece about Palestine that it in the style of PM May, will only lead to Festival of has flummoxed the entrenched “Israel the loss of many privileges for London. can do no wrong” masses and left them At the same time, holding a referendum Resistance in the dust, gasping unsuccessfully to again in Britain will also lead to a new counter her arguments (especially on crisis in the country, and will outrage opens in Martin Luther King Day) that it is high the supporters of Brexit deal.