Iran Not to Negotiate from Position of Weakness
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Attack on Yemen IRGC, Undoer IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK Position of Weakness TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Of Seditions Mousavi has strongly condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s Neil Joseph Smelser, renowned and contemporary criminal attack on the city of al-Maslub in the Yemeni American sociologist, is one of the intellectuals who province of Jawf, which left tens of civilians, including has conducted several researches on the Theory of women and children, dead or wounded. Collective Behavior and he has published some In a statement on Sunday, Mousavi also expressed articles on this topic. sympathy with the wronged people of Yemen and the Smelser believes some measures should take place families of the victims. with certain methods that they could encourage people “Over the past few years we have repeatedly towards a collective movement, for example, for a riot, witnessed that whenever the Saudi-led coalition forces a strike or creating a new phenomenon. or their allies suffer disgraceful defeats, they dastardly He believes six elements are necessary for a particular slaughter women and children and [other] civilians, and kind of collective behavior to emerge. He explains these create disasters using American-made weapons,” six elements, saying at first, it is necessary for structural Mousavi said. “The yesterday’s crime was just one conduciveness, things that make or allow certain example among dozens of their war crimes.” behaviors possible. Secondly, structural strain is Stressing the necessity of putting an end to the war in Yemen, necessary, something (inequality, injustice) must strain the Iranian spokesman said “the silence of the international society. The third element is the generalized belief - community towards the war crimes has emboldened the explanation; it means those who are in charge of exerting perpetrators and caused trampling on every international law pressure should do their jobs via the media in order that and human right to continue.” See Page 7 participants have to come to an understanding of what the problem is. The fourth element is the precipitating factors IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK - spark to ignite the flame. The next element is the No Easy Return for mobilization for action - people need to become Companies Leaving Iran TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani says the country will never give in to negotiations from a position of organized. And the final element is operation of social weakness, emphasizing that the US policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran has failed to achieve its goals. control - how the authorities react (or don’t). Due to Sanctions Rouhani made the remarks in a press conference with domestic and international media in Tehran on Sunday, Smelser in this theory of behavior believes accelerating saying, “All [economic] indexes show that we have weathered [the worst phase of] the US maximum pressure the economic issues is more important than other issues. IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK [policy]. Americans have reached the conclusion that the path they have chosen [for dealing with Iran] has been He believes people should accept that such an issue exists based on a wrong strategy.” and they should draw this conclusion that the establishment TEHRAN - International companies leaving the Iranian He added, “What they thought that they could use maximum pressure to make us sit at the negotiating table and rulers are unable to address their problems and they do market due to U.S. pressure are losing a market which from a position of weakness is not possible [to take place] and we have talked to the world with power and not want their problems to be resolved. If hope still they would difficult to regain, Deputy Foreign Minister dignity, but we will never negotiate from a position of weakness.” remains alive among people that the situation would for Political Affairs said on Sunday. U.S. officials and those in the Oval Office should change their minds to the benefit of people in America as well improve and the problem would be resolved, then, nothing Abbas Araqchi made the remarks in reaction to South as people in the region, he said. will happen. But if people lose their hopes, they can be Korea’s LG Electronics and Samsung ending their The U.S. should forget about unilateralism and even the fact that once they assumed to be the world’s leader encouraged and taken into the next stage. presence in Iranian market over the past few months and instead respect world nations and their legal governments which will lead to resolving all problems, he said. When people step into the next step, protests should following the U.S. sanctions against Tehran. The main objective of the U.S. is to press the government with the utmost pressure; he said, adding that Iran begin and at this point, the organizers need some Underlining that Iran puts the domestic producers and has announced its stances powerfully and with dignity. factors for acceleration like death of a protester so that entrepreneurs first, the deputy foreign minister however See Page 7 it arouses sentiments, collective wrath and public noted that if the country needs relations with foreign incitement. This trend continues till the time when the companies, it will definitely prioritize those companies sixth stage happens where the ground for social which remained in Iran despite sanctions. confrontation gets ready. This American sociologist Araqchi said that the Iranian people will not forget those believes this process should continue very naturally in who have helped the US in its maximum pressure against order that the targeted social movement happens. Iran, leaving the Iranians alone in this tough situation. Considering such a theory, we have witnessed that He went on to say that against the foreign pressure, there is enemies have been doing their best for years to impose no way for us except becoming stronger in every field, Smelser’s formula artificially and forcefully including economic and military ones. See Page 7 on Iranian people. See Page 7 INTERNATIONAL TENDER Late Mirzakhani Among 7 Women Scientists Sokhan Gostar Institute NOTICE NO. 98007 Who Shaped World Hereby Sirjan Jahan Steel Complex (SJSCO) invites reputable firms and companies to the international tender No. 98007, in respect of selling and exporting 30.000 Mt of 5SP Steel Billets (Size; 150 × 150 mm) TEHRAN (PressTV) - The United Nations (UN) has on the basis of FOB shipping point, therefore interested bidders are invited to obtain the tender documents named the late Iranian mathematician Maryam by sending a formal letter of interest to the E-mail addresses below: Mirzakhani as one of seven women scientists “who have shaped our world.” [email protected] [email protected] The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment PRIVATE ENGLISH of Women (UN Women) anointed Mirzakhani, who passed NEWSPAPER IN IRAN S No. Description End Date away of cancer at age 40 in 2017, on Friday, the International Day of Women and Girls in STEM — 7 (seven) days from the science, technology, engineering, and math. 1 Submission of Financial Bid publication of this notice. “Although Mirzakhani passed away [of cancer] in 2017, her invaluable contributions to the field of mathematics endure, and her trailblazing career has Terms & Conditions: paved the way forward for many women mathematicians The tender documents will be sent to the bidders via E-mail. to come,” UN Women said in a statement. 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See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020 TEHRAN - Iran’s Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei has responded to U.S. Representative for Iran Brian Hook’s mocking of the Islamic Republic’s parliamentary elections, reminding him of Donald Trump’s recent “disgraceful” request for “foreigners’” help with his presidential election campaign. “Barely had Trump gotten rid of the disgrace of begging for foreigners’ aid for triumph over his political rivals, Iranians Don’t Need U.S. Prescriptions for Democracy when Brian Hook filled prescriptions for Iran’s parliamentary elections,” the Iranian official tweeted on Monday. Kadkhodaei pointed out “the biggest turnout throughout the history of the congressional elections in the U.S.