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16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13408 Tuesday JUNE 11, 2019 Khordad 21, 1398 Shawwal 7, 1440 Tehran says placed Culture of Iran determined to English translation of “The no order for resistance poses beat South Korea: Stories of Majid” to come Russian S400 2 challenge to U.S. 3 Marc Wilmots 15 out in London next month 16

160 foreign companies to attend Zarif: Initiator of war won’t Iran Agrofood 2019 TEHRAN — The 26th International Ex- going to participate in this year’s edition hibition of Food, Food Technology and of the exhibition. Agriculture of Iran (Agrofood 2019), due Foreign exhibitors come from 20 coun- be able to end it to be held on June 18-21 at the Tehran tries including Spain, Slovakia, Austria, the Permanent International Fairgrounds, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Italy, Maas acknowledges JCPOA benefits are now ‘more difficult to obtain’ will be hosting 160 foreign companies, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Turkey, China, IRIB reported. Denmark, Russia, Switzerland, Georgia, the See page 2 Some 760 domestic exhibitors are also Netherlands, India, and Greece. 4

Iran to highlight tourist attractions at Erbil fair TEHRAN — A number of Iranian the past Iranian calendar year (started March travel-associated businesses and 21, 2018), constituting Iran’s largest source of tour operators will promote travel tourists. In return, hundreds of thousands of destinations, medical tourism, Persian Iranian pilgrims head for the holy Iraqi cities handicrafts and indigenous traditions of Najaf and Karbala each year. at Erbil Expo 2019. According to Iran’s tourism body, The expo, which is exclusive for Iran, people of Iran’s neighboring countries runs from June 11 to 15 at the Erbil In- were used to visit Iran for pilgrimage, ternational Fairground. trade and work but nowadays Iraqi and Some two million Iraqi nationals visited Azerbaijani nationals are mostly pursue the country during the first seven months of medical services.

Qatar says will back any peace plan approved by Palestinians TEHRAN — Qatar will accept any Middle to support any plan that the Palestinians East peace plan that is acceptable to the are willing to accept.” Palestinians, Foreign Minister Sheikh White House senior adviser Jared

Majid Asgaripour Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani Kushner, who has been trying to put to- said, warning that any U.S.-led solution gether a peace plan, said in an interview cannot be imposed on Palestinians. broadcast last week that the Palestinians “As far as we see, right now there is a deserve “self-determination”, but stopped disconnect between the Palestinians and short of backing Palestinian statehood and

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ the U.S.,” he told reporters in London. “Our expressed uncertainty over their ability position remains very firm: We are going to govern themselves. 13 PERSPECTIVE Kharazmi University centennial celebration ARTICLE Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi Masoud Hossein Guided by this vision let us look at a university abolished in hundred years to come. By Hossein Alsanid Head of the Sport Desk of President of the Islamic that is one hundred years old, not empty years that As a new student, entering the vicinity of this Universities all over the world are surely a re- the TehranTimes Azad University flection of the scientific and cultural progress, pass without being noticed or without constituting university for the first time, in a new country, that they are regarded as indicators of the peaceful any achievements. The years are abundant with I had never visited before, I felt great concern, civil life that consider teaching and learning as scientific and social giving. A university where though, it was natural for anyone coming to a Marc Wilmots’s Post-JCPOA talks a sacred human message. presidents, poets, scientists, and leaders were new world and a new society to have some fear. The university for any society resembles its graduated from who left prominent marks in Yet all these fears, which formed a black cloud Iran to face acid test and the Deal of own spirit, the secret of its youth and it is a road their communities. in my head, disappeared completely once I par- Century: Two sides map of progress and freedom as well. The more It is Kharazmi University, which still exudes ticipated in my first class, and replaced by sun of against S. Korea crowded the universities are, the longer their life youth and tenderness, on its centenary birthday. tenderness and attention instead. It was Kharazmi of the same coin and the wider their scope would be, the stronger a Unlike other institutions that erode, get old and sun with its professors and students. You imme- ran national football team will face generation will emerge and a better and brighter eventually die, Kharazmi institution that is built diately feel at home and the people around you a major test of their credentials with ne year ago, U.S. abandoned its future will be expected. on the basis of humanity and giving cannot be are family, they get close soon. 12 Ithe visit of South Korea in a friendly nuclear deal with Iran and im- match on Tuesday. Oposed a wide range of sanctions Team Melli defeated Syria 5-0 in Teh- on Iran. Furthermore, over the last year, ran’s Azadi Stadium on Thursday in Marc U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Abe not to be able to achieve any real breakthrough: Italian expert Wilmots’s first match in charge. Economic War Room, created by Donald By Payman Yazdani Iran and several world powers, and re-imposed foreign policy on the U.S. Now the Persians will lock horns with Trump’s administration, adopted a series TEHRAN — Dr. Pastori Gianluca says that Shinzo sanctions on Tehran. To shed more light on the issue we reached Asian powerhouse South Korea at the Seoul of strategies to impede Iran from exporting Abe will not be able to achieve any real break- In this regard, some experts believe that Japan out to political science associated professor of World Cup Stadium on Tuesday. oil and transferring foreign exchange to through in tensions between Iran and the U.S. did not play much role in the diplomatic arena Milan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, The Taegeuk Warriors defeated Aus- other countries. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to travel to after World War II, and their political relations Dr. Pastori Gianluca. tralia 1-0 in Busan on Friday and now are Amid all these pressures from U.S., Iran on June 12, the first visit by a Japanese prime with other countries were just limited to bilateral Here is the full text of our interview with him: motivated to take on Iran on Tuesday. Europe could not, or did not want to, minister in the past four decades as Tokyo hopes relations. Iran should not take Shinzo Abe’s visit While President Trump repeatedly asks for Iran, the Asian first-ranked football find a way to deal with U.S. who had to mediate between Washington and Tehran. to Tehran so seriously on the tensions between talks with Iran, on Friday again in a hostile and trust team, have started the new era under chosen to violate its nuclear deal with Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have worsened Iran and the U.S. because there are doubts about killing act his administration slapped new sanctions coaching of the Belgium. Iran and Iran was left alone with a since Washington withdrew last year from Joint Japan’s capability to be able to act independently against Iran’s petrochemical section. How do you Wilmots has previously showed he is interested in working with the young useless deal. Comprehensive plan of Action (JCPOA) between as a mediator after 74 years of having dependent interpret his contradictory measures? 7 Following our country’s strategies that players. were based on waiting and not taking any He had fielded Adnan Januzaj, Divock immediate action, on the anniversary of Origi, Kevin De Bruyne, Thomas Meunier, America’s withdrawal from the deal, U.S. Germany must respond to its approach Yannick Ferreira Carrasco and Thibaut revealed the second part of its scenario: Courtois at the UEFA Euro 2016, where offering Iran to negotiate for signing a By Hanif Ghaffari United States and even accepting the unacceptable Germany, along with Britain and France, held the Red Devils were stunned by Wales in new agreement and suggesting the Deal TEHRAN — The German foreign minister’s demands of the government of Donald Trump talks with the Tramp government in 2017 on quarterfinals. of the Century that would guarantee the visit to Iran can be analyzed from a variety of in Washington. a nuclear ambitions deal with Iran. Berlin has As has always tended to be the case, the safety of the Zionist regime. dimensions. Undoubtedly, Berlin as one of the Undoubtedly, under such circumstances, Ger- agreed to change nuclear deal with Iran! The point new coaches are going to make changes We still remember that Condoleezza three European countries signing the 2015 nuclear many can not play the role of an independent is that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, like in their new teams and Wilmots is going Rice, U.S. Secretary of State during the deal with Iran is accused of being passive to the actor in the world of diplomacy! Unfortunately, Donald Trump, is an unreliable politician. 13 to change the generation in Iran. administration of George W. Bush, called The ex-Belgium coach, who replaced for redrawing the Middle East map by Carlos Queiroz in Team Melli in late May, “the Greater Middle East Project”. The needs more time to know his players. idea of removing borders in Middle East HEADLINE: In the 2022 FIFA World Cup qual- was put forward again during Obama’s ifications which begins in September, presidency; this time by offering a Islamic Handicrafts Wilmots will definitely find the best State for Iraq and Sham (ISIS). This lineup and friendly matches with Syria project, eventually, led to the creation exports up 3%, and South Korea will be helpful for the of ISIS, in a bid to protect the Zionist coaching staff. Regime. Iran will play South Korea without Ma- It seems that both democrat and re- hit $289 million jid Hosseini, who suffered a hand injury publican governments have been adopting in the match against Syria on Thursday. TEHRAN — Iran’s handicrafts exports reached the same foreign policy and it proves that Paulo Bento’s team will be a good test $289 million in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 the main policy of these both American for Iran because they haven’t beaten the (ended March 20), showing three percent growth parties are the same. Middle East powerhouse since January year on year, Pouya Mahmoudian, the deputy After ISIS gained the control of more 2011 and are hungry to get revenge on director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts than 80% of Syria and many parts in Iraq, Team Melli. and Tourism Organization, said on Monday, it seemed that U.S. project was going to be South Korea, ranked 37th, have nine CHTN reported. successful, but the resistance army rose wins, eight draws and 13 losses against the Mahdi Almasi The World Crafts Council - Asia Pacific Re- just in time to thwart their plans. 21st-ranked Iran. They suffered four con- gion (WCC-APR) has designated seven Iranian The next part of this scenario was secutive 1-0 losses before taking a scoreless cities and villages as world crafts hubs, which to destroy the ideology of resistance in draw in a World Cup qualifying match in are planned to be new destinations for sight- the region, and that could not happen August 2017. seeing tours, the official said, addressing a press unless they could weaken the Islamic Iran will play South Korea at Seoul

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ conference held on the occasion of the World Iran, so that the Deal of the Century World Cup Stadium in the nation’s capital Handicrafts Day. 10 would be born. 7 at 8 p.m. local time Tuesday.