Tehran Links Terrorist Cells to Riyadh, Cites Clues from Arrestees
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Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the By Ebrahim Fallahi dismantled a terrorist cell in Kerman- “The terrorist groups arrested re- parliament’s National Security and For- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TEHRAN — The first tender for Iran’s By Maryam Qarehgozlou shah province, Tehran has pointed the cently have given to Iranian security eign Policy Committee, told the Leba- finger of suspicion at Riyadh, citing authorities valuable information about nese Al-Ahed news website on Tuesday. new oil and gas contract model, TEHRAN — Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) ac- known as IPC, will be held by the mid count for 38 million deaths per annum worldwide, the October, Ali Kardor, the managing di- World Health Organization (WHO) said in its January 2015 rector of National Iranian Oil Company report. This has become worrying for many countries and (NIOC), announced in a press confer- urged international health agencies and bodies to take ence on Tuesday. immediate measures to tackle this growing problem. According to Kardor, South Azade- In that respect the Tehran Times has conducted an inter- gan oilfield will be the priority for the view with Farshad Farzadfar, the director for Non-Communica- first tender and the tender for mid and ble Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism small oil fields may be held for domes- research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Sadr family sues tic companies earlier than the men- Below is the text of the interview: tioned date. Would you please tell us a little about NCDs, South Azadegan is one of the five their prevalence in the world and in Iran? son of former oilfields, dubbed the West Karoun oil- A: NCDs are emerging as a health problem and they fields, Iran shares with Iraq at the west- are responsible for major part of the burden of the disease Libyan dictator ern part of Iran’s southwestern region across the countries in the world. 70 percent of the diseas- of Karoun. es are attributed to the NCDs globally. The official also mentioned that Regarding Iran the number is pretty much higher; 76 POLITICS TEHRAN - The family of Imam the general framework of the IPC has percent of the burden of the diseases comes from NCDs. deskMoussa Sadr has sued Hannibal been approved by the cabinet on In 2011, the heads of states gathered in New York and de- Muammar Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan Monday and some amendments have cided to combat NCDs. Following the gathering WHO came been applied. uupp wwithith a prprogramog that covers four dictator, for playing a role in kidnaping their He noted that based on the lat- specific catecategoriesg of NCDs com- father in 1978. est amendments, oilfields with a re- prisinprisingg ischemicische heart diseases, The family has filed a suit before Lebanese covery factor less than 20 percent ddiabetes,iabetes, AAsthma and Chronic are top priority and a copy of the Obstructive Pulmonary Disease judiciary authorities, Al-Manar reported on finalized IPC will also be sent to the (COPD), anda cancer and four Tuesday. National Security Council for ap- ririsksk ffactorsacto which are common proval. across tthese categories in- “The duration has not been ccludingluding unhealthy diet, phys- changed and it is still 20 years,” he ical iinactivity,na smoking, and added. alcoalcohol consumption. 7 See page 12 Iran’s security is No big change of tack in Turkish foreign policy after coup: expert ARTICLE exemplary: commander has answered a couple of questions on ships with other countries or NATO as a By Mehdi Firouzan INTERVIEW the latest regional developments in the whole. We are more likely to see internal Managing board member POLITICS TEHRAN — Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense By Fateme Mohammadipour of Imam Musa Sadr Institute desk Middle East. changes in Turkey rather than changes in Base Commander Farzad Esmayeeli said Mike Hollingsworth, instructor at the Do you believe that Turkey’s the way they deal with other countries. on Tuesday that security of Iran is “exemplary.” University of South Alabama, believes foreign policy will change now that Turkish Prime Minister Binali Myriad of evidence “The (Iranian) people want us to stand against the enemy Fethullah Gülen’s issue “is unlikely the country is emerging from coup Yildirim said, Russia could, if neces- firmly and we will stand,” he said during a ceremony in Tehran. to have a significant effect on Turk- moments? sary, use the Incirlik base. Will these of Imam Moussa He said that Iran’s capability in the area of air defense is ish-American relations since the coun- A: I believe that after the coup, there statements damage Turkey’s rela- “unique” although the country was under sanctions for years. tries are strong allies and the United will be some adjustments to Turkish for- tions with NATO? Sadr’s well being Esmayeeli announced on Monday that the country’s States and NATO fully support Turkey.” eign policy. We’ve already seen them of- A: Yildirim’s offer for the Russians armed forces had put into operation the home-made “Nazir” He adds, “I believe the changes to fer use of airfields to Russian forces, and to use Incirlik is interesting and I’m not s the source of the belief that Imam radar system with the capability of detecting radar-evading Turkish foreign policy will be slight how- we have also seen a purge of many ju- sure many people were expecting this. IMoussa Sadr is still alive an instinct targets and fighting electronic warfare. ever, and will not drastically affect rela- dicial, educational, military, and religious Russia currently has not taken Turkey up and emotional hunch or is it based “Nazir radar system was put into operation and from now tionships with other countries or NATO personnel. I believe the changes to Turk- on this offer, but there some need since on logic and logical thinking? on, no radar-evading flying object can enter the Islamic Iran’s as a whole.” ish foreign policy will be slight however, Russian medium bombers will no longer Should we find substantiated ev- skies without permission,” Fars news agency quoted General In what follows, the academic figure and will not drastically affect relation- be operating out of Iran. 13 idence for this question via brain- Esmayeeli as saying. storming and logical discussion, then we would have shed enough light on Imam Moussa Sadr’s case. This paper Tehran condemns Golden Cells campaign aims to promote stem cell donation will attempt to present substantiated terrorist blast in Iraq news clips on the one hand and elimi- SOCIETY TEHRAN — started to promote this hu- cer or a blood disorder needs times; sometimes it takes us nate any guessing on the other. First of desk “Golden manitarian act among our a lifesaving stem cell trans- less than a day to find a per- all, this paper will present non-nego- POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry Cells” is another public-led family members and ac- plant the center will search fect match for patient while tiable and undoubtable facts: deskspokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned campaign in Iran with the quaintances,” Razavi said, the register and look for a ge- some patients who are not 1- There is no doubt that Imam on Monday the terrorist blast in the Iraqi city of Karbala which aim of promoting stem cell adding, “with the support of netic match for that patient. aware of our campaign look Moussa Sadr and his two compan- left at least 23 people killed and many wounded. donation. some charities we started to The stem cells will be col- for a donor by pasting flyers ions left for Libya on 25 August, 1978 “Takfiri terrorists commit crimes and kill the innocent peo- The campaign was initi- advertise for the campaign lected from the blood in a on the walls of the hospitals aboard a Lebanese airliner and en- ple while they are aware that they are living out their last days ated by those who have one widely and started our ac- quick and easy process sim- which is time consuming tered Tripoli and were received as VIP in Iraq,” he said. He expressed hope that peace would be re- way or another dealt with tivities in the framework of a ilar to giving blood and will while time is of an essence for guests in good health and well-being. stored to Iraq and all Iraqi ethnic and religious groups would cancer and diseases that can campaign.” be transplanted into the pa- such patients,” Razavi noted. 2- Undoubtable fact: Imam Moussa eradicate terrorism. Qassemi offered condolences to the Iraqi be cured by stem cells and Those who are 18 to 55 tient, she added, stating, the Those interested in join- Sadr left for Libya based on official invita- government and families of victims.