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.13381 Monday MAY 6, 2019 Ordibehesht 16, 1398 Ramadan 1, 1440 Enemies Riyadh failed to fulfil Zlatko Kranjcar Mikail Shahrestani fatigued, to promise regarding sacked as Iran U23 tops at stage actors crumble soon 2 Mina incident 3 football coach 15 celebration 16 Larijani: Sanctions intended to sow ‘international confusion’ Iran self-sufficient in TEHRAN — Iranian Parliament Speaker days after the U.S. State Department an- Ali Larijani said on Sunday that the U.S. nounced that Washington will not renew is seeking to sow “international confu- two of sanction waivers which allowed sion” by taking harsh sanctions measures Russia and the European nations to do against Iran. business with Tehran. One of the two Larijani also said the U.S. ad- waivers allowed Iran to store excess heavy constructing power plants ministration’s actions against Iran water produced in the uranium enrichment shows that Washington is in a state process in Oman. The other one allowed See page 4 of “confusion”. Iran to swap enriched uranium for raw The comments by Larijani came two yellowcake with Russia. 2 Zarif: Sanctions are ‘economic terrorism’ Iran’s foreign minister discusses U.S. and multilateral sanctions were lifted. sanctions and foreign intervention in But not everyone was happy with the the region. deal, including Israeli Prime Minister Ben- In July 2015, after more than a decade jamin Netanyahu, who said the deal was of on-and-off negotiations, world powers a “stunning historic mistake”, as well as reached a nuclear deal with Iran. U.S. Republican presidential candidates Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of at the time. Action, Iran agreed to eliminate its stock- The campaign against the Iran nuclear pile of enriched uranium and reduce cen- deal succeeded when Donald Trump moved trifuges. In return, all UN Security Council into the White House. 2 Israel escalates violence with continued bombardment of Gaza TEHRAN — A fresh flare-up of violence during the regime’s live fire at anti-occu- in the Gaza Strip caused by deadly Israe- pation protesters near a fence separating li airstrikes and retaliatory Palestinian the blockaded coastal enclave from the rocket attacks has entered its third day, occupied territories. prompting the United Nations to raise The Israeli military claimed that alarm at the “dangerous escalation.” its initial aerial assault had come in Tensions erupted on Friday following response to the wounding of two of its the killing of four Palestinians, two in an soldiers by Palestinian gunfire near File photo File Israeli air raid on southern Gaza and two the Gaza fence. 13 PERSPECTIVE Intl. community, Arab world’s silence towards Gaza, more deadly than the Israeli attacks REPORT Roohullah Ghasemian Ramin Hossein Abadian By Fatemeh Salehi stop these attacks by expressing a concern about eign Ministry criticized the Palestinian resistance Journalist Mehr News Agency TEHRAN (MNA) — The silence of the interna- Zionist’s attacks. The UN special coordinator for missile against the Zionist airstrikes! U.S. For- journalist tional community and the Arab states towards the Middle East Peace Process, in a statement, eign Ministry asked the cessation of hostilities the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip is called for restraint and asked all parties to avoid by issuing a statement without any reference Countdown to a more deadly than the Zionist attacks. dangerous aggravation of the situation in Gaza to the sustained attacks of the Zionist regime’s While Zionist brutal attacks against the Gaza and loss of Palestinian’s life. fighters against the Gaza Strip. Saudi coalition full-scale battle Strip have left at least 9 martyrs and dozens injured, In this regards, UN special coordinator for the In the meantime, the silence of the Arab violating Stockholm Zionist regime continues its brutality against Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov world is, in turn, a significant issue. Although in Idlib the Palestinians without any concern about the said that we call on all parties to reduce tensions the Arab countries have not been able to take a Agreement about international negative reactions. immediately and return to an understanding that serious position against the Palestinian issue and amascus is now ready to take ?Despite the attacks of the Zionist regime has existed for several months. the Zionist regime, but the coincidence of this Yemen back the Syrian city of Idlib and against the various regions of the Gaza Strip, there Those who seek to ignore these understandings silence with whispers about the announcement start moving toward the east of is not any protest by international community are responsible for the conflict which will have of the American plan of “Deal of the Century” onths after the Stockholm Agree- D serious consequences for all parties, he added. after Ramadan shows the readiness of these Euphrates River to regain the control of against Tel Aviv’s brutal attacks, except some ment about Yemen, Saudi Arabia that region as well. countries or institutions which reacted. Meanwhile, as usual, the U.S. supported the countries to accompany the occupiers and the and its allies including United Arab Zionist regime’s brutality again, as the U.S. For- White House. 6 M Terrorists who were located on the The United Nations has only asked the sides to Emirates (UAE) are still continuing their eastern and western outer limits of Da- brutal attacks on defenseless Yemeni civil- mascus, never thought that Syrian army ians. Meanwhile, human rights organizations can regain the control of those parts out have warned against the sharp deterioration of their hands, but the Syrian army drove Israeli delegation to visit Saudi Arabia next year of Yemen security situation. them out and the same thing will happen in TEHRAN- An Israeli delegation is going to pay an controversial proposal for peace between the would not provide any written proposals, but Over the several months after reaching Idlib and eastern parts of Euphrates River. official visit to Saudi Arabia next year, amid the Israelis and Palestinians, dubbed “the deal of would adopt a tactic similar to the 1917 Balfour an agreement about ceasefire in Yemeni city From some time now, the Syrian army oil-rich kingdom’s warming ties with the Tel Aviv the century.” Declaration that led to the Israeli occupation of of Al Hudaydah, Saudi regimes and its allies has started dispatching men, weapons and regime following years of clandestine contacts. according to Press TV, Akhbar noted that Abbas Palestinian territories. have numerously violated the ceasefire. equipment to areas including the city of “For the first time, a Jewish delegation will had turned down the offer, saying supporting Trump’s so-called “peace plan” has been dis- However, due to the passivity of United Idlib, the northern limits of Hama, the visit Saudi Arabia in response to the Muslim the deal would be “the end of his political life.” missed by Palestinian authorities ahead of its Nations against the ongoing crisis in Yem- west of Aleppo and the north of Latakia, World League invitation, said the Saudi secretary Citing leaked diplomatic reports based on unveiling at the end of the holy fasting month of en, the Saudis have continued committing so that it can get back Idlib and other re- general of the League, Sheikh Muhammad Bin conversations between the two Arab politicians, Ramadan and the formation of the new Israeli crimes in the country. gions in northern Syria. Abdul Karim Issa, who declared the visit will the paper noted that the reports -- written by the cabinet, most likely in June. Saudi Arabia’s coalition started its bru- Meanwhile, the Syrian army has an- take place in January 2020,” Israel’s Ministry Jordanian envoy to Ramallah, Khaled al-Sha- Speaking in the occupied West Bank city of tal attack against the defenseless Yemeni nounced that after liberating Idlib, the of Foreign Affairs said in a post published on its wabkeh -- were based on briefings with a number Ramallah on April 16, Palestinian Prime Minis- citizens in March 2015; over this period, east of Euphrates River will be their next Arabic-language Twitter page. of Palestinian officials. ter Mohammad Shtayyeh lashed out at Trump’s however, UN has not fulfilled any of its goal, the area where militants backed by The report came only a few days after Lebanese The Palestinian Authority chief said political initiative, asserting that it was “born dead.” organizational, legal and humanitarian U.S. are currently staying. daily Arabic-language newspaper al-Akhbar said realities prevented him from accepting the so- Shtayyeh noted that negotiations with the duties to defend Yemeni people and have The difficulty of Idlib Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had called peace plan, emphasizing that he could not U.S. were useless in the wake of the country’s passively observed the Saudi crimes against battle, U.S. and allies’ military reportedly offered Palestinian Authority chief make concessions regarding Israeli settlements, relocation of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jeru- innocent civilians. movements Mahmoud Abbas 10 billion dollars in return the “two-state solution” and Jerusalem al-Quds. salem al-Quds, which Palestinians consider the It seems that UN has decided not to use It must be noted that Idlib offensive for accepting U.S. President Donald Trump’s Abbas also underscored that the Americans capital city of their future state. its authority and jurisdiction to stop the is not going to be an easy battle and it Saudi’s mass murders because the coun- requires precise and well-organized mil- try has powerful allies out of the region.