Iran-India Ties Are Ancient, Unbreakable
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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 16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13561 Monday DECEMBER 23, 2019 Dey 2, 1398 Rabi’ Al thani 26, 1441 Army, IRGC Iran seeks to keep Iranian rower Malaei wins Croatian Ambassador Drago commanders confer on all channels open second gold medal at 2019 Stambuk’s poem collection closer coordination 2 with Japan 2 Asian Rowing Cup 15 published in Persian 16 Palermo, CFT bills still on evaluation table: Expediency Council TEHRAN — The two FATF-related bills prove the two remaining FATF-related Iran-India ties are of Palermo and CFT have not yet received bills, namely the Palermo and CFT,” green light, the Expediency Council an- it added. nounced in a statement on Saturday, saying In mid-October, the Paris-based the bills are under accurate assessment. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said “These bills are still being evaluated at that it had given Iran a final deadline the joint commission of the Expediency of February 2020 to tighten its laws Council,” the statement said. against money laundering in com- ancient, unbreakable “The commission has not yet reached pliance with the global watchdog’s a conclusion on whether to reject or ap- financial standards. 2 See page 2 Anti-Iran human rights resolution politically-tainted: minority MPs TEHRAN — The lawmakers, who rep- statement and serves as a tool to exert resent religious minorities in the Majlis, more pressure on Iran. censured on Sunday an anti-Iran reso- On December 18, the UN General As- lution by the United Nations General sembly passed the resolution calling on Iran Assembly, calling the move a “political- to stop committing human rights abuses. ly-motivated” stance. The measure proposed by Canada passed In their statement, the representatives on a vote of 81-30, with 70 abstentions. said the Canada-drafted UN resolution Part of the resolution called on Iran against Iran, although seemingly about to release prisoners detained during the human rights, is inherently a political November protests. 3 Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results Afghanistan’s incumbent President Ashraf Abdullah Abdullah, who currently shares Ghani won a slim majority of votes in a power with Ghani in a unity government. Sept. 28 election, delayed preliminary re- However, the head of IEC, Hawa Alam sults showed on Sunday, after a poll that Nuristani, told a press conference in Kabul Maryam Kamyab plunged the country into political crisis that the outcome could change after final and was marred by allegations of fraud. results and was still subject to a review by The Independent Election Commission the election complaints’ commission. (IEC) said the total turnout in the presidential If a review showed Ghani’s vote falling election was over 1.8 million with Ghani below 50% and no other candidate with a securing 50.64%, enough to win the first majority, a second round of voting would Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ round of voting, beating his main challenger be held, she said. 13 ARTICLE Western-Saudi media warfare against Diab PERSPECTIVE Hana Saada By Morteza Helali Saad Hariri, who resigned as prime minster is not popular among the Lebanese but that Faranak Bakhtiari Journalist from Algeria Since the very first moment that Hassan Diab in October after weeks of protests, has said he his leadership will exacerbate the situation Tehran Times journalist was designated as the new prime minister to will not join the Diab government. However, in the country. form a new cabinet, a media warfare has been protests in front of the new prime minister’s The Saudi-owned TV channels, including launched against him by the Western countries house by his supporters indicate that a plan Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath, have also taken Western Sahara, and Saudi Arabia, accusing him as a Hezbollah is being secretly carried out. the same approach and claimed that the next EB patients, the element. Saudi media outlets have given wide cov- government under Diab will be against the clear-cut conflict On Thursday, after several hours of con- erage to the protests by Hariri’s supporters in majority of the Lebanese people. most oppressed sultation, Diab won 69 votes in parliament different areas of Beirut and reported that the Following his selection as prime minister, of decolonization as prime minister and then was tasked by the supporters of the former prime minister and a senior U.S. State Department official, David victims of U.S. in Africa president to form a government. the Future Movement blocked some streets Hale, visited Lebanon on Friday. Many Leba- sanctions Diab is a university professor. He served in the capital. nese political groups have stated that the U.S. arge delegations are taking part in as education minister from 2011-2014 in the Many American and European media outlets official’s visit to Beirut is highly suspicious. lthough food and medicine are the 15th Congress of the Western cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Mikati and have officially called Diab a Hezbollah nom- Diab has said that he is not affiliated with claimed to be exempted from U.S. Sahara’s Polisario Front, being had a good relationship with Hezbollah. inee, whose premiership will cause political any group or party, so the media warfare by sanctions, financial and banking L The Americans wanted Nawaf Salam as the tensions in the country. Through various re- certain countries against him in fact reveals that A held from 19 to 23 December in the sanctions have limited the life-saving liberated territories, Tfariti. Different prime minister and view nomination of Diab as ports and analyses, these media outlets are a Western-Saudi plan is underway to weaken medicine trade which harshly targeted issues are on the agenda of the confer- prime minister as a coup against themselves. trying to portray this image that Diab not only the new Lebanese prime minister. the patients suffering from Epidermolysis ence comprising: speeches, documents Bullosa (EB), a rare genetic disease that presented by sub-committees, as well causes painful blistering of the skin. as deliberations. The Sahrawi Presi- Israel fears ICC could hunt its top leaders for war crimes Across the country, 700 people have dent of the Republic, Secretary-General A recent decision by the International Criminal However, an official in the Israeli prime min- alel Smotrich called on Netanyahu to give the been diagnosed with EB, but considering of the Polisario Front, Brahim Gha- Court (ICC) to launch a full investigation into war ister’s office said, “A decision will be reached after Palestinian Authority a 48-hour ultimatum to that EB is estimated to occur in 1 newborn li, delivered his speech, stressing his crimes in Palestinian territories has raised alarm the legal teams make their recommendations.” pull its ICC petition or see the Ramallah-based per 50,000 live births, it is suggested that country’s categorical refusal of new among current and former Israeli officials and On Friday, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensou- authority “torn down.” in Iran 1,200 people are suffering EB. procrastinations or the prolongation military personnel, who may face global arrest da said a preliminary examination into war crimes, The ICC decision has been widely welcomed In Iran, these patients are known as of Moroccan occupation. warrants as a result of the probe. opened in 2015, had provided enough information by Palestinian officials, with President Mahmoud “butterflies” because their skin is as fragile The Algerian delegation, represent- Israel’s Channel 12 TV reported that Israeli to meet all criteria for opening an inquiry. Abbas calling it a “great” and “historic” day. as butterflies, EB patients are in desperate ing Algeria, an important actor in the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along There was a “a reasonable basis” to investi- “We have achieved what we want, and from this need of special bandages as even minor conflict given its constant principles with ministers of military affairs, army chiefs, gate the situation in Palestine, she said. “I am day on, the ICC machine will start accepting the frictions cause severe painful blisters. with regard to the right of the Sah- low-ranking soldiers and the heads of the Shin satisfied that ... war crimes have been or are cases that we have previously presented,” he said. Without the bandages, they face dif- rawi people to self-determination, a Bet security service in the past five years could being committed in the West Bank, including Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad ficulties even in their daily routine, in- principle advocated by the UN for all be vulnerable to international prosecution. East Jerusalem [al-Quds], and the Gaza Strip.” Shtayyeh stressed that the ICC announcement cluding walking, eating or even breathing, the settlement of this issue within Israel is not expected to cooperate with the The probe will apparently cover Israel’s set- “constitutes a stand for justice and truth.” and unfortunately there is no alternative the framework of its Charters and ICC’s pre-trial chamber in the coming 120 days. tlement policy in the occupied West Bank, crimes “We will make every possible legal effort to treatment for such pain. decisions as well as the African Un- “There will be no cooperation with the court… during the 2014 Gaza war, and crackdown on the try Israel for the war crimes it committed against Exemptions for humanitarian trade ion (AU), lauded the Polisario Front’s certainly not if it will eventually be decided to open Great March of Return protests in the besieged our people in the Gaza Strip, al-Quds and the (such as food, medicine and medical equip- commitment to all the UN decisions an official probe,” Channel 12 cited diplomatic Gaza Strip.