Abe's High-Profile Visit to Tehran
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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 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13410 Thursday JUNE 13, 2019 Khordad 23, 1398 Shawwal 9, 1440 Security in Persian Gulf Leader offers condolences Gucci hits back at England seeks to revive its is an ‘integrated and over Ayatollah Mohaqiq Carlos Queiroz’s tactics colonial culture in Iran: indivisible concept’ 2 Kabuli’s death 3 at 2018 World Cup 15 Art Bureau official 16 ‘Iran to initiate new economic See page 2 transactions’ TEHRAN — Iran is to kick off new eco- cooperation with Eurasia region and nomic transactions with other countries also customs cooperation agreement despite the willing of the U.S. that wants with Vietnam recently approved by to cut Iran’s economic ties with the world, Majlis and said all these agreements the chairman of Economic Committee of show that the country is initiating some Majlis stated. new economic ties. In an interview conducted by IRNA, He said that the U.S. has witnessed the Mohammadreza Pour-Ebrahimi re- inefficiency of its economic war against ferred to the agreements on trade Iran. 4 Zarif: Iranians facing economic war and hate propaganda by U.S. TEHRAN — In a meeting with Japa- against our people and we are also facing a nese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on daily hate propaganda by Americans,” Zarif Wednesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif told Kono before the arrival of Japanese said the United States not only has Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Tehran on started an “economic war” against Friday afternoon. Iran it has also launched a “daily hate The Trump administration has inten- propaganda” against the Islamic Re- sified its sanctions campaign against Iran public. within its declared “maximum pressure” “They have started economic war policy toward Tehran. 3 EU, U.S. split roles in standoff with Iran: Almayadeen TEHRAN — The European Union and under U.S. sanctions. United States have split their roles in In particular it noted German Foreign Abe’s high-profile their standoff with Iran, Almayadeen Minister Heiko Maas’s Monday remarks in news channel wrote on its website on Tehran where he said the EU is steadfast Wednesday. to preserve the deal, but Tehran cannot The report cited empty talks by expect it to do a miracle. European officials regarding their “These words maybe indicative of the commitment to the 2015 Iran nuclear less conceited nature of Germany compared president.ir deal as a sign that they are cooperat- to other European countries in an effort visit to Tehran ing with the U.S. in pressuring Iran to try and avoid a war. 3 PERSPECTIVE Iranian cinema straightforward in story, deep in concept: Marios Piperides ARTICLE Martin Love Hanif Ghaffari By Manijeh Rezapoor to make these kinds of films,” he said. “This is drama “Smuggling Hendrix” during the European Political analyst from Political analyst what makes Iranian cinema unique.” Film Week underway in seven Iranian cities. The TEHRAN — Cypriot director and producer Marios North Carolina Piperides says Iranian films are very simple in “I think that is why the Iranian films can at- film was screened at the Iranian Artists Forum their stories and deep in concepts. tend major international festivals and win main in Tehran on Tuesday. “Iranian films are very good and deep. awards,” he speculated. The film tells the story of Yiannis, a fad- Nothing is so The equation is They have straightforward stories and plain The filmmaker said that he mostly knows major ing musician, who is planning to leave cri- production, but are deep in concept,” the Iranian film directors such as Abbas Kiarostami, sis-ridden Cyprus for a better life abroad. dangerous as a clear, mediation has filmmaker told the Tehran Times in an in- Jafar Panahi and Asghar Farhadi through their His plans are put on hold when his dog Jimi no meaning! terview held at the Embassy of Cyprus in films screened at international festivals such as runs away and crosses the UN buffer zone wounded beast Tehran on Wednesday. Cannes. that divides the “Greek” from the “Turkish” apan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “You may think it is easy, but it is very hard Piperides is in Iran to promote his 2018 comedy side of the island. 16 backed into a visit to Tehran can be viewed from corner by itself... Ja variety of dimensions. The trip comes at a time when the United States has formally withdrawn from the nuclear Road from oil-reliant economy to oil free one rump’s foreign policy slant in deal with Iran, and the three European By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh The Islamic Parliament Research Cen- However, the report admits that reducing re- the past year has gone so far countries, Germany, Britain and France, The U.S.-led sanctions, imposed to squeeze ter (IPRC), in its recent report, has discussed liance on oil income cannot be translated into Toff the rails touting the de- have not taken any steps in maintaining Iran’s oil-reliant economy by restricting oil rev- ways to reach a non-oil economy, the one which decreasing oil exports to zero but as it discusses, mands of right-wing Zionists and the Babe over the past year. enues, has made the need for moving toward a is not dependent on oil revenues. Among the in case oil exports drop to zero, the conditions their supporters both in Israel and The main question is whether the Jap- non-oil economy for Iran ever-increasing. discussed methods by the Research Center, it would be manageable via managing balance of the U.S. that the U.S. is rarely seen anese prime minister can play the role of In better words, the issue comes of the highest can be referred to levying taxes on capital gains, payments and controlling the forex market. as anything but a dangerous, rogue a “mediator” in this equation? In other importance than before, due to Trump’s decision on costly real estate and imports management. Urging the government to take a sustainable element across the world stirring words, is the use of the term “mediation” on cutting all waivers of Iranian oil which will “No economist supports continuation of sanc- anti-sanctions attitude, the report calls for taking up enmity and harm. correct at this time point? The answer to dramatically decrease oil-reliant country’s oil tions. Economic sanctions weaken the country’s required measure to amend the foreign exchange I am not alone in suggesting that this question is not positive! revenues i.e. sanctions are designed to hit the production power and reduces people’s welfare rates, market and in general the structure of forex this perverse obsession to warp The fact is that the only reason for the economy in its Achilles heel, i.e. oil revenues. in the long and short run,” the report says. sector. 5 U.S. policy around the demands crisis has been the departure of the United of a single country could, in time, States from an international agreement. wreck what remaining influence – On the other hand, Donald Trump’s gov- Nominees for Mustafa Prize 2019 being assessed by final jury aside from the threats of military ernment has imposed sanctions against violence – that the U.S. has in world By Setareh Behroozi is a science and technology award, granted Prominent scientific institutions and scien- Iran, which has shown little commitment affairs. (Trump, for example, just TEHRAN — The nominees for the 3rd Mustafa to top researchers and scientists of the Is- tists are eligible to introduce nominees to the to international treaties. In such a situa- successfully shoe-horned in yet (PBUH) Prize 2019 are being assessed by the lamic world. event, he added. tion, the White House must return to the another dual loyalty Zionist to a seven-member final jury, the head of the event’s The Mustafa (PBUH) Prize invited nominees Nominees should have an outstanding work or nuclear deal in the direction of the exit high-level position, this time one executive working group Seyyed Ali Omrani told from institutions and 512 eminent scientists service which is important in the field of health, from the swamp, and the United States David Schenker to the long vacant the Tehran Times at the 8th International In- were received by the secretariat of the event, safety and welfare of the society, he said. must also lift its sanctions against Iran post in the State Department as the novation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX he added. The work should be up to date and commer- and offset the damage that has occurred assistant secretary for Near Eastern 2019) on Wednesday. Actually self-nomination is not be considered cialized or be in commercialization procedure, in the last year. The Trump government affairs.) Held biennially, the Mustafa (PBUH) Prize by the secretariat of the event, he explained. he added. 11 should also apologize to the international And just this past week, Mike community on leaving the BBC. Pompeo has been threatening to in- By announcing that Iran will begin terfere in upcoming British elections keeping its excess uranium and heavy to ensure that Jeremy Corbyn, who water, the Islamic Republic now sends a INOTEX, festivity has been wrongfully slandered as an firm and clear message to the west, exactly “anti-Semite” time and again, does one year after US president, Donald Trump of bright ideas not ever inhabit No. 10 Downing unilaterally withdrew from its nuclear deal Street. Why? Because Corbyn has with Iran.