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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 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13152 Sunday JULY 8, 2018 Tir 17, 1397 Shawwal 24, 1439 Tehran criticizes Iran to continue oil exports We deserve more credit for Bahaeddin Khorramshahi’s French FM’s anti-Iran despite U.S. disruptive our performance at World “Hafez” translated remarks 2 measures 4 Cup: Carlos Queiroz 15 into English 16 S. Korea rejects halt in loading Iran’s oil ECONOMY TEHRAN— South Ko- imports of Iranian oil from November. Senior-level meeting deskrean embassy in Tehran The embassy also announced that load- rejected that its country has stopped loading ing Iranian oil is continuing by South Korea. Iranian oil and gas condensate by its tankers South Korea as the third biggest Asian in July, IRNA reported on Saturday. customer of Iran’s oil is holding talks with On Friday, Reuters reported that the U.S. to receive waiver from limitation South Korea will not lift any Iranian in buying Iranian oil. on economy crude and condensate in July, halting South Korea has bought nearly 296,000 all shipments for the first time in six barrels of oil from Iran in the first five years amid U.S. pressure to cut all months of this year. See page 2 Eight Daesh members executed over 2017 attacks in Tehran POLITICS TEHRAN — On Sat- tral Tehran and the mausoleum in southern deskurday, Iran executed Tehran on June 7, 2017, killing 18 and eight members of Daesh (ISIL) over at- wounding dozens. All the five attackers tacks on the Iranian parliament and the were killed. mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in 2017. Iranian security forces killed the mas- The eight convicts sentenced to death termind of the attacks outside Iran just were among a total of 26 people who were three days after the attacks. arrested in the aftermath of the attacks The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps mainly in operations along the borders also fired missiles at Daesh targets in Syria with Iraq and Turkey. on June 19, 2017 in retaliation for the Daesh attacked the parliament in cen- group’s deadly attacks in Tehran. Zarif dismisses ‘green card’ claims in nuclear talks POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign (the nuclear) talks or on their sidelines or in deskMinister Mohammad any other way, not even a legitimate request Javad Zarif has dismissed as baseless like the abolition of restrictions on Iranian claims that the Obama administration diplomats working at the United Nations,” granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians Zarif said on Saturday, Tasnim reported. during the nuclear negotiations that led The response came days after U.S. Pres- to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan ident Donald Trump tweeted, “Just out president.ir of Action (JCPOA. that the Obama Administration granted “Such issues have never been raised in citizenship, 2 ARTICLE “Deal of the Century”, the dream that will not be interpreted ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari Syed Zafar Mehdi By Farzad Farhadi - Jordan orients but can’t do anything con- and settlements, Palestinian resistance Political analyst Journalist TEHRAN — The plan that allegedly brings an structive Disabilities: followed by Palestinian Intifa- end to the 70-year-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict -Egypt seems to be moving under pressure, da which led it in the opposite direction. The from New Delhi has been dubbed the “deal of the century”. It is parallel to this plan or for any other particular popular opposition to the Arab countries and no such thing. reason the consequences for the cooperative regimes Decoding the White The “deal” has emerged as U.S. support for - The Palestinian Authority (PA), seems to in this agreement. Global response Israel has reached an all-time peak. This is hap- serve the occupiers and coordinate with them Jordan should play its proper and effective role House’s recent pening after the Arab Spring moves and while for a false security, has few options. while Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to Rohingya crisis the Palestinian Authority remains ineffective and - Trump and Kushner, who pursue both their who has the warm ties with U.S. and Israel, has offer to Macron resistance is countered at every turn, and the electoral and economic interests and Israel’s advanced Egypt’s conditions so that it can safely astonishingly slow Arab and Islamic countries are suffering from - The Arab Persian Gulf rich countries and go along without fear of popular reaction. he Washington Post, in one of its countless problems. The United States and Israel posing no opposition to the deal, especially Saudi Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud n the crammed and dingy refu- most recent articles, unveiled the are breaking international laws right and left. Arabia Abbas (Abu Mazen) or Fatah leader Moham- gee camps of Cox’s Bazar, where TU.S. President’s suggestion to the The parties involved in this “deal of the cen- - The United States is calling for a billion dollar mad Dahlan have ties to the Zionist regime, Ialmost a million Rohingya ref- French government: Donald Trump is try- tury”: outlay to be paid for the deal preventing them from resisting effectively and ugees are currently languishing in ing to Persuade Paris to leave the European - The Zionist regime, where all its demands . The most significant issues: Jerusalem, dis- opposing U.S.-Israel diktat. They will accept impoverished conditions, women Union. The suggestion was apparently are met placed people, refugee’s right to return, borders the deal. 7 who were gang-raped by Burmese made during the recent visit of President security forces nearly 10 months Emmanuel Macron to Washington. During ago are now giving birth to babies. this visit, Trump has suggested that, if Disgraceful behavior will isolate U.S. and enhance Iran’s status: Chomsky These newborns are reminders of the France leaves the European Union, the inconceivable horror the Rohingya United States could have better bilateral EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW A. Unfortunately, Europe is unlikely to be pay heed but India has reportedly agreed to cut Muslim women have faced, and to trade relations with France. By Syed Zafar Mehdi willing to confront the U.S. on this matter in oil imports from Iran. Do you think the U.S. is conceive them is unquestionably an The Washington Post then continued: any significant way. I hope that others will be behaving like a bully? act of bravado, notwithstanding the “Other reports note that Trump recently TEHRAN— Noam Chomsky is the leading Amer- less intimidated. A. Of course, the U.S. is behaving like a bul- stigma and sacrilege attached to it. told Group of Seven leaders that “NATO ican philosopher, linguist, political commentator The fervent hope of Trump, Bolton, and Ne- ly. And unfortunately, it is not the first time. As per conservative estimates, is as bad as NAFTA,” suggested to the and activist. He has authored more than 100 tanyahu is that Iran will react by violating the U.S. has decided to re-impose sanctions there are around 905,000 Rohingya Swedish prime minister that America books and has spent most of his career at the JCPOA, for the first time. That would be a pretext against Iran, which as the signatory of NPT claims refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Ba- should leave the NATO alliance , and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to actions that I need not outline, which would right to pursue peaceful nuclear program for zar presently, although some human launched gratuitous public attacks on where he is the Professor Emeritus currently. be disastrous. A statesman-like approach in re- energy purpose. While countries like Israel, rights bodies have put the figure high- German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Celebrated as ‘world’s top public intellectual’, sponse to this disgraceful behavior is not easy, India and Pakistan, which haven’t signed the er. The exodus of persecuted Rohingya her weakest moment. It’s a deepening Chomsky is the leading critic of the U.S. foreign but it is the right way, and might serve as a step NPT and have clandestinely produced nuclear Muslims from Myanmar’s Rakhine trend that leads to an unavoidable con- policy, state capitalism and mainstream media. towards isolating the U.S. in the international weapons, are considered ‘responsible’ nations. state started in October 2016, follow- clusion: Trump doesn’t believe in the In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, arena, as is already happening for many reasons, Are not these double standards? ing the crackdown by trigger-hap- continued sanctity of the European Union he talks about U.S.-Iran standoff over JCPOA, and enhancing Iran’s international status. A. These are worse than double standards. In each py Burmese security forces. Almost and NATO, as well as the United States’ Iran’s nuclear program and U.S. foreign policy. President Trump has asked all countries to case (India, Pakistan, Israel), the U.S. has supported 200,000 of them fled to neighboring commitment to both.” U.S. pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal despite stop importing oil from Iran in a bid to strangle their nuclear weapons programs in one way or another. Bangladesh and settled in Cox’s Bazar, It should be noted that during the U.S. Iran fulfilling all commitments made under the the Iranian economy. Among three largest buyers At the same time, it has stopped Iran from pursuing which has now become famous as presidential competitions in 2016, Trump historic accord. What are its possible repercussions? of Iranian oil, China and Turkey have refused to its peaceful nuclear program. 6 home of Rohingya refugees.