WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Condolences on 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13249 Tuesday NOVEMBER 6, 2018 Aban 15, 1397 Safar 27, 1440 demise anniversary of Prophet Muhammad Zarif says ‘JCPOA Iran insists Kashima would Hamid Sabzevari poems (PBUH) and martyrdom anniversaries of Imam is still strong’ face FIFA fine after pitch published in “Call of Hassan and Imam Reza (AS). 2 invader ran onto the field 15 Freedom” 16 See page 2 Russia briefs Iran on quadrilateral Syria talks POLITICS TEHRAN — Alex- “constructive role” in Syria’s peace process. deskander Lavrentiev, the On October 27, Russian President Vladimir We will Russian president’s special envoy for Syria, Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Er- said on Monday that had come to Iran to dogan, French President Emmanuel Macron brief Tehran on the quadrilateral Syria and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a talks in Istanbul and also to announce quadrilateral summit on Syria in the Turkish support for Iran against the U.S. sanctions. city of Istanbul. While Iran was not present During a meeting with Ali Shamkhani, in the summit, both the Russian and Turkish secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security presidents underlined the role of Tehran in ‘break Council, Lavrentiev said that Iran plays a the Syria peace process. 2 Pompeo: Sanctions intended to sanctions change Iran’s behavior POLITICS TEHRAN — U.S. banking, energy and shipping industries. desksanctions on Iran are Eight countries - China, India, Greece, meant to make Tehran “change their Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey and South ways”, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Korea – get temporary exemption from the said on Monday, according to Washington oil sanctions, he added, Reuters reported. Examiner. Pompeo said more than 20 countries proudly’ The sanctions will mount the highest have already cut their oil imports from pressure ever on Iran, he said, as Wash- Iran, reducing purchases by more than ington reimposed sanctions on Iran’s 1 million barrels per day. 2nd round of oil sales at IRNEX on Nov. 11 ECONOMY TEHRAN — National new U.S. sanctions on Iran’s petroleum deskIranian Oil Company sector took effect (November 4), NIOC (NIOC) will offer 700,000 barrels of light could sell some 280,000 barrels of crude crude oil at Iran Energy Exchange (IREN- oil at $74.85 per barrel on the first day EX) for the second time on November 11, of offering crude oil for export at the IRNA reported on Monday. international ring of IRENEX. With the The set price for this round of daily supply amount of one million bar- oil sale is $76.29 per barrel, the rels per day, the market wrapped up by report added. selling eight 35,000-barel-cargos of oil president.ir On October 28, just few days before on the day. 4 ARTICLE U.S. won’t be able to impose its will 100% on Iran: ex-White House official REPORT Syed Zafar Mehdi Fatemeh Salehi A: It was a terrible mistake for the Trump Journalist EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Mehr News Agency Administration to take the United States out from New Delhi By Javad Heirannia of the JCPOA. The U.S. has lost credibility Journalist TEHRAN — Professor Frank N. von Hippel, with the other permanent members of the UN former assistant director for national security Security Council, Germany and the EU and, Trump’s ‘Iran in the White House Office of Science and Tech- if Iran reacts by ending its own compliance Arab NATO against nology says that it was a terrible mistake for the with the JCPOA, we might be on a path to sanctions’ bluster Trump Administration to take the United States war. The United States does not need another Iran, an unfulfilled out of the JCPOA. unnecessary and costly war. boomerangs “The U.S. has lost credibility with the oth- U.S. exempt 8 countries temporary from dream er permanent members of the UN Security .S. President Donald Trump’s lame importing of Iran’s oil. Do you think these coun- he largest military drill- land, naval, Council, Germany and the EU,” Frank N. von tries can replace another recourses instead of attempts at projecting himself as Hippel tells the Tehran Times in an exclusive air and special forces kicked off in a formidable world leader contin- Following is the full text of the interview: oil of Iran? Egypt on Sunday with participation U interview. As announced before, U.S. returned all A: I suppose that these other countries could T ue to boomerang. This week, he released He adds that I don’t think that the U.S. will of the U.S., Saudi Arabia, the United Arab a meme on his official Twitter handle, nuclear sanctions against Iran. Do you think find other sources of oil but it is also possible that Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, be able to impose its will 100% on Iran and some that this sanctions is according to U.S. national some of them will circumvent U.S. sanctions and intended to replicate the uber-popular countries will circumvent the sanctions. and the observers Morocco and Lebanon. book series/TV show Games of Thrones interest in long term? continue to buy Iranian oil. 13 The drill is held at the Mohamed Naguib (GOT) message, warning Iranians that Military Base in Egypt’s north-western the sanctions were coming. “There is no justification for Nigerian Army to shoot at and kill unarmed Shiite protestors” governorate of Marsa Matrouh until The image that read ‘Sanctions Are November 16. Coming’ – a reference to GOT saying ‘Win- By Syed Zafar Mehdi Oluyemi Fasipe is a Nigerian political analyst, run away. The Nigerian Shiites are known The exercise, dubbed Arab Shield ter Is Coming’ with imagery and typeface TEHRAN — Last week, on the day of Arbae- social activist and communication strategist. In for peaceful protests. 1, claims to come in the framework of similar to the popular show was widely en, thousands of Islamic Movement in Nigeria an interview with Tehran Times, he talks about Nigerian army cited a video of U.S. Pres- strengthening joint military cooperation shared over social media with messages (IMN) supporters took part in a series of peaceful the latest army crackdown on the supporters of ident Donald Trump, in which he said soldiers between Egypt and Arab countries, to build mocking the megalomaniac president protests in the Nigerian capital Abuja to demand IMN and the horrendous atrocities unleashed should respond with force to migrants throwing the combat capabilities of the armed forces, and the wisdom behind posting such a the release of their incarcerated leader Sheikh on Nigerian Shias by the Buhari government, stones, to justify opening fire on the supporters and achieve common objectives. ridiculous meme. Ibraheem Zakzaky. Nigerian security forces used backed by Western and Arab powers. of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. How would This is a military campaign that After the tweet, HBO issued a statement, live ammunition to crush the protest, leading to Following are the excerpts: you react to that? has long been the subject of talks and catching Trump off guard. “We are not the death of at least 50 people. Nigerian police at the behest of Buhari A. I have never been more embarrassed as a statements from the rise of the Arab aware of this messaging and would prefer Human rights groups quoting eyewitness tes- government carried out another gory massacre Nigerian. In the purported video of Trump, he was NATO. Interestingly, Qatar and Oman our trademark not be misappropriated for timonies said the Nigerian military dispersed against Shiites on the day of Arbaeen this year. talking about Mexican immigrants trying to cross did not participate in this exercise, political purposes,” the statement read. peaceful gatherings by firing indiscriminately Can you tell us exactly what happened? into the U.S. illegally and he later backtracked and the location of the drill, shows Trump knew he had miscalculated again without warning, in blatant violation of inter- A. The army claimed that the Shiites on it. The Nigerian Army has no justification that Egypt, with the largest Arab army but there was no way for damage control. national and Nigerian law. Muhammadu Buhari attacked their convoy that was escorting whatsoever to shoot at and kill unarmed pro- is likely to be the headquarters of the It was followed by heaps of scorn and sar- government, despite the global outcry and court ammunitions and attempted to overpower testors simply because they belong to a Muslim Arab NATO. casm directed at the U.S. president, who orders, continues to keep IMN leader Sheikh them, but the video circulated online only sect different from that of the President. There The objective of this NATO surely is seems to have redefined buffoonery and Zakzaky behind bars. shows the army shooting at them while they can be no justification to it whatsoever. 6 not to confront the Zionist regime, since foolhardiness. the Arab states are moving towards nor- Pertinently, the author of Game of malization of their relations with Tel Aviv, Thrones series – George R. R. Martin which has intensified recently. In fact, the – had once used his own creation to U.S. government seeks to end the step-by- mock at the U.S. President, comparing step implementation of the century deal him with King Joffrey, an iniquitous and unveil it in the latest plan to form a child who killed for fun and adopted Military holds new security and military order in the extremely nasty ways.