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.13268 Monday DECEMBER 3, 2018 Azar 12, 1397 Rabi’ Al awwal 25, 1440 Iran’s defense Majlis, administration Hanachi sworn Orientalist Henry Corbin power bears have consensus over in as Tehran mayor subject of “The Eastern” message of peace 2 national security issues 2 12 director’s new film 16 Tehran set to host anti-terror conference POLITICS TEHRAN — Tehran is es of participants, adopt new and effective deskset to host a conference regional approaches, promote regional co- of six regional countries on ways to combat operation, and push for the establishment Iran missile the threat of terrorism and coordinate of broad-based and sustainable peace and counterterrorism efforts. development, Tasnim reported. The conference will be held from The previous meeting was held in Is- December 7 to 9. Parliament speakers lamabad, Pakistan, in December 2017. from Russia, Turkey, China, Pakistan, The proposal to hold such meetings and Afghanistan will participate at the was put forward by Pakistan’s Parliament conference. speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq during the sec- test not a The conference is aimed at weighing plans ond meeting of parliament speakers from to combat terrorism, share the experienc- Eurasian states in Seoul in June 2017. Iranian teams scoop up awards at ‘violation’ of Intl. Conference on Social Robotics TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – Iranian competed in two categories; Inno- deskresearchers won prizes vation in software, applications and at the 10th International Conference on interaction modalities and innovation Social Robotics (ICSR 2018), which was in hardware, design and interfaces at held from November 28 to 30 in Qing- the conference. dao, China. In the section dedicated to the innova- UNSCR 2231 Robotics teams from 15 countries tion in software, applications and interac- including Spain, Qatar, Italy, Japan, tion modalities, the Iranian scholars won Tehran responds to Pompeo: Australia, France and South Korea the first and second prize. 10 UN has not banned Iran’s missile U.S.-led coalition strikes kill 206 in program or tests Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr See page 2 A so-called monitoring group says more for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that than two hundred civilians lost their lives as many as 206 civilians were killed in the as the United States-led coalition purport- air raids last month. There were 77 people edly fighting the Islamic State in Iraq andf under the age of 18 among the fatalities the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) Takfiri terrorist in addition to 57 female victims. group carried out airstrikes on Syria’s trou- The U.S.-led air raids also resulted in the bled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr in injury of hundreds of civilians, some of whom File photo November. suffered permanent disabilities and had to The Britain-based Syrian Observatory have their limbs amputated. 13 ARTICLE Syria’s important message to the Zionists: The end of hit and run era ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari By Ramin Hossein Abadian signal to the Syrian authorities that their access nese Hezbollah, is very real for Tel Aviv. The Abdouallah Shahbazi Political analyst TEHRAN — The Israeli military once again to Russian S-300 air defense missile systems Zionist authorities themselves are well aware Political analyst attacked the Syrian territory on 30 November, won’t prevent their illegal act in Syria. that if such a front is formed, they will have 2018. Syria’s official news agency SANA quot- This issue even led Netanyahu to personally a fate similar to what happened to them in ed a military source as saying that “Air defense visit Russia to persuade Moscow authorities not southern Lebanon in 2000. Bernie Sanders’s intercepted hostile targets over al-Kiswah and to deliver the S-300 missiles system to Damascus. The Zionist regime, quickly decided to strike Trenches in the downed them,” and that “the Israeli attack did Israeli strikes in Syria continued despite S-300 a deadly blow to the heart of the Syrian army hammer on the not achieve its goals.” missiles system delivery. to weaken the forces and prevent their future Champs Elysées, Russia’s Sputnik news agency cited a Syrian Worries about the reopening of moves in the Golan Heights. Trump’s head security source as saying that the “Syrian air the Golan Height Signs of solution in the Syrian crisis from the “Paris defense forces shot down an Israeli war plane Another issue that is worrying the Zionists is Another Israel’s concern, as well the U.S., ernie Sanders, the old American and four missiles.” Israeli military has refuted the reopening of the Golan Heights, where the Saudi Arabia, is signs of political solution to the Commune” to senator, and one of Democratic the news. Zionists have occupied for many years. Syrian crisis. Bnominees for the 2016 presidential Sending a message to Damascus Meanwhile, after removing the Israe- Earlier, the Syrian Foreign Ministry an- “Gilet jaune” election, continues to oppose U.S. President The Zionist regime has pursued several goals by li-backed terrorists’ position in the south- nounced that a number of Western and Arab Donald Trump. This confrontation started its recent attacks on Syria. Tel Aviv was trying to ern area of Syria, the threat of formation of countries had sent separate messages calling rance is the leader of the contempo- at the time Trump entered the White House send a message to Damascus government officials. the Golan Heights liberation front by Syrian for the resumption of diplomatic relations with rary revolutions, so long as the term (by early 2017). In fact, the Zionist authorities have attempted to resistance groups, with the presence of Leba- Damascus. 7 F“revolution”, in its new meaning, Sanders, in one of his most recent came to political culture largely through positions against the White House, called the successive French revolutions of the for an end to Washington’s support for Macron mulls state of emergency after worst unrest in decades late eighteenth and the first half of the Riyadh in the Yemeni war. Sanders also French President Emmanuel Macron rushed later on Sunday to consider declaring an Unknown Soldier, and avenues nearby nineteenth century. condemned Trump’s stance on the murder to the Arc de Triomphe on Sunday after one emergency to prevent a recurrence of the ri- where cars had been torched and luxury Gilet jaune , translated as the Yellow of Jamal Khashoggi. At any rate, Sanders’s of France’s most revered monuments was ots. The government is open to dialogue but shops pillaged. vests movement, refers to the high-visi- recent position against Trump has led to vandalized by rioters, with the government will not change course, spokesman Benjamin TV footage showed the interior of the Arc bility jackets that protesters have adopted the U.S. President’s concerns. considering a state of emergency after the Griveaux said. ransacked, a statue of Marianne, symbol of as a symbol of their complaint. French Sen. Bernie Sanders says it would be worst bout of unrest for years. A popular revolt over fuel tax hikes and the French republic, smashed, and graffiti law requires all motorists to carry these an “impeachable offense” if President Masked, black-clad groups ran amok high living costs erupted suddenly on Nov. scrawled on the exterior ranging from an- jackets in cars. Trump were to fire Robert Mueller the across central Paris on Saturday, torching 17 and has spread quickly via social media. ti-capitalist slogans to social demands and The movement began earlier this special counsel leading the federal probe dozens of cars and buildings, looting shops, Protesters have blocked roads across France calls for Macron’s resignation. month as a protest against the rising into ties between Trump campaign asso- smashing windows and fighting police in and impeded access to shopping malls, fac- Under heavy security, the French leader price of fuel, but later took on a wider ciates and Russia. the worst unrest the capital has seen since tories and some fuel depots. spoke with police and firefighters on one of the role, and the Gilets jaunes are now “I’ve been very reluctant to talk about im- 1968, posing the most formidable challenge On his return from the G-20 summit in avenues near the Champs Elysees boulevard, seen as symbols of the growing pop- peachment until we have all the information Emmanuel Macron has faced in his 18-month- Argentina, Macron paid an immediate visit with some bystanders cheering but more jeer- ular discontent with French President coming in from the investigation. But that old presidency. to the Arc de Triomphe, the 19th-century ing him, including yellow-jacketed protesters Macron. would be a major, major, major obstruction Macron and key ministers were to meet arch that towers over the Tomb of the chanting, “Macron, resign!” 13 In the second demonstration, on No- of justice. That would be an impeachable of- vember 24, the Champs Elysées, one of fense in my view,” Sanders said in an interview the most beautiful and famous avenues for The Intercept’s newly launched podcast in the world, turned into a trench scene “Deconstructed” released Friday. and clash with the police. The cost of In his tweet, Sanders was referring Jeff Satirist Abolfazl Zarui, rebuilding the Champs Elysées Avenue Sessions, Trump’s Justice Minister, and his after the street battle is very high. Only forced resignation. Trump fired Attorney known as modern the Dior luxury store has estimated its General Jeff Sessions, replacing him with loss one million euros.