Hajj Is Great Opportunity to Combat 'Deal of the Century'
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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 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13459 Sunday AUGUST 11, 2019 Mordad 20, 1398 Dhul Hijjah 9, 1440 Solving problems Iran female team win Pediatric patients’ must be main objective World Cadet Taekwondo painting festival to turn Felicitations on in policy making 2 Championships title 15 top works into toys 16 Eid Qurban Appeals court overturns U.S. verdict Hajj is great opportunity to allowing seizure of Iran-linked skyscraper A federal appeals court on Friday threw sell the 36-story building at 650 Fifth out a jury verdict allowing the U.S. gov- Avenue, perhaps for close to $1 billion. ernment to seize a midtown Manhattan Jurors had found in June 2017 that the office tower linked with Iran, citing several nonprofit Alavi Foundation, which had a 60% combat ‘deal of the century’ errors by the trial judge. stake in the partnership that owned the build- According to Reuters, the 3-0 decision ing, violated U.S. sanctions imposed against by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Iran in 1995 because it knew that the 40% Manhattan is a defeat for the Department owner, Assa Corp, was a front for an Iranian of Justice, which went to trial hoping to state-owned lender, Bank Melli. 3 See page 2 1,100 Iranian SMEs exporting products to global markets TEHRAN – More than 33,000 small over 800 industrial parks across the and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) country, of which nearly 78 percent or are currently active in Iran of which 33,800 are active. 1,100 are exporting their products and Salehinia made the remarks in a press services to foreign destinations, head of conference held on the occasion of National Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks SMEs Day at Iran’s Industry, Mining and Organization (ISIPO) announced. Trade Ministry on Saturday. According to Mohsen Salehinia, What follows is a summary of the currently 43,650 SMEs are based in official’s remarks in this event. 4 Failure of Saudi war in Yemen bad news for Israel TEHRAN— The failure of the Saudi war in Yemen, the Saudi effort has failed,” on Yemen will have grave consequences wrote Haaretz on Friday. for Israel as Tel Aviv fears that Washing- “Without military support from the Emir- ton’s bid to isolate Tehran is unwinding, ates, it seems that the Saudi ambition to according to a report published by Israel’s defeat Houthi rebels will fail conclusively,” leading daily Haaretz. it said, adding that amid a Washington and “Oil sites in Saudi Arabia and the Tel Aviv-led bid to isolate Tehran and its Emirates have been attacked by drones allies in the region, “this is not good news”. and Saudi airports have been targeted by Saudi Arabia and a number of its Scud missiles… The apparent outcome is regional allies, namely the United Arab leader.ir that the Emirates has abandoned the war Emirates, launched a devastating 13 EDITORIAL ‘Free Kashmir’ slogans reverberate in Tehran PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi By Syed Zafar Mehdi in front of the Indian embassy in central Tehran part in the protest. Majid Rafee political analyst Tehran Times editor-in-chief TEHRAN — In solidarity with the people of and denounced India’s Kashmir policy and what “What India is trying to do in Kashmir is @ghaderi62 Indian-controlled Kashmir, hundreds of people, they termed ‘atrocities committed against the not only against the country’s own consti- mostly university students, staged a demonstra- people of Kashmir’. tution but also against international legal tion in front of the Indian Embassy in Tehran Slogans like ‘Until death no humiliation’, ‘Kash- and humanitarian norms. The world needs Will Democrats’ Israelis playing on Thursday morning. mir is a disputed territory’, ‘Kashmir belongs to to stand up and speak in once voice for op- Organised by student groups at Tehran Uni- Kashmiris’, and ‘We want freedom’ reverberated pressed Kashmiris,” said Mazhar Hussain, return revive JCPOA? with fire if join versity and Elm o Sanat University, the protest in the humid morning air. a university student in Tehran. There were emotional scenes also as students Speaking at the demonstration, one of the U.S. coalition in saw participation of people from different walks e Iranians have a proverb, ‘the of life, who expressed grave concern over recent spoke about not being able to contact their fam- organisers said it is the duty of every person with ilies and concerns about safety and well-being conscience to speak truth to power because ‘today yellow dog is the brother of the Persian Gulf developments in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Jackal’, that implies “none of Raising pro-Kashmir slogans, the protestors of their loved ones. it is them, tomorrow it could be us’. W “I have not spoken to my family in four days, On Monday, Indian government abrogated these two people is better than the other, he Zionist regime’s recent inter- denounced latest move of the Indian government both of them are bad and vicious”. to revoke special provisions given to J&K and there is complete communication blackout and Article 370 and 35A, thus ending special status est in joining the United States the whole valley has been turned into a cage for given to J&K state under the Indian constitution. Its etymology is as follows: self-proclaimed maritime coalition change its disputed character. Once there was a mischievous jackal liv- T Wearing black shirts and holding placards its inhabitants,” said Abid Hussain, a Kashmiri The government also moved a bill to bifurcate is expected to stir up tensions in the ing in a village, he annoyed people so much student who came from Qom province to take the state into two union territories (UN). 6 Persian Gulf region. with evocative messages, the protestors stood that they expelled him from there. But he Following Washington’s proposal to returned again in disguise and as a yellow create a military coalition in the Persian dog. Since people had a good opinion about Gulf under the pretext of safeguarding Kyrgyz ex-president charged with corruption dogs, they accepted him and called him “the the strategic waters, and after the refusal TEHRAN— Kyrgyz former President Almazbek tion although previously he was just summoned sociation between the two men. Jackal’s brother” (because he looked like by its allies except for the UK, now the Atambayev has been charged with corruption for questioning as a witness,” his lawyer Sergei The Central Asian country is a former Soviet the jackal). This time the jackal continued Israeli regime has announced readiness over his alleged role in the release of a convicted Slesarev said by telephone. republic and one of Russia’s closest political allies. his vicious actions in secret so the people to join the coalition. criminal, Atambayev’s lawyer said Friday after Slesarev said the charge was linked to the Atambayev, who served one six-year term couldn’t find out the truth; but in a rainy day, Shortly after the announcement, Iran police had to battle protesters to secure his arrest. case of Aziz Batukayev, who was serving a 16- as president, met Russian President Vladimir the yellow color was washed off the jackal’s warned the Israeli regime over the con- Atambayev surrendered to police late Thursday year prison term on charges of owning illegal Putin in Moscow last month. But after their body and the people found out the truth, sequences of such decision. during the second raid on his country home out- weapons and drugs and taking part in mass riots. meeting, Putin publicly expressed support for so they said “Oh, look! The yellow dog or Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman side the capital Bishkek. Kyrgyz authorities caused a public outcry Jeenbekov. ‘the jackal’s brother’ is the jackal himself!” Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said the Islamic His supporters had repulsed the first raid when they set Batukayev free in 2013, roughly According to Reuters, Russian Prime Minister In this proverb, “the yellow dog” is the Republic considers possible Israeli pres- in clashes with state security special forces a halfway into his term, citing terminal cancer. Dmitry Medvedev, who was in Kyrgyzstan Friday symbol for a bad person, and “the jackal” ence in a U.S.-led coalition in the Persian day earlier. He immediately left for Russia and six years for a meeting with counterparts from several other is the symbol for a worse one. Although Gulf as a clear threat to its national security The conflict between Atambayev and his for- later, there have been no reports of his death ex-Soviet republics, said Moscow regarded the one of them seems better than the other, and reserves the right to counter it within mer protege, current President Sooronbai Jeen- from any illness. Atambayev case as Kyrgyzstan’s domestic affair. in fact both of them are horrible and act the framework of the country’s deterrence bekov, has raised fears for political stability in Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry said Friday it But Medvedev said he would discuss the vicious. So to the people, there is no dif- and defensive policy. Kyrgyzstan, which hosts a Russian military air believed Atambayev, who was president at the time, matter in his meetings with the Kyrgyz lead- ference between them in practice. “The U.S. regime and the illegitimate base and a giant Canadian-operated gold mine. had personally ordered Batukayev to be freed. It ership, Russia’s TASS news agency quoted him The difference between the ,? Demo- Zionist regime are responsible for all the “[Atambayev has been] charged with corrup- did not say whether there was any particular as- as saying Thursday.