The Second Slap: Go out TEHRAN — Foreign Investment in of the Sanctions, IRIB Reported
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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 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13589 Saturday JANUARY 25, 2020 Bahman 5, 1398 Jumada Al Awwal 29, 1441 IRGC destroyed Shamkhani hails Iraqi Handball captain Culture minister praises U.S. grandeur people’s historic Esteki retires from Fajr music festival for 3 anti-U.S. rally 3 Iran duty 11 good discipline 12 Foreign investment in Iran up 23% in 9 months The second slap: Go out TEHRAN — Foreign investment in of the sanctions, IRIB reported. Iran has risen 23 percent during the The official also noted that the coun- See page 10 first nine months of the current Iranian try’s non-oil exports during the first 10 Iraqis march in ‘millions’ to call for expulsion of U.S. troops calendar year (March 21-December 21, months of the current Iranian calendar 2019) from the same period of time year (March 21, 2019-January 20, 2020) in the past year, Iranian Finance and has experienced a 20-percent rise in terms Economic Affairs Minister Farhad of weight. Dejpasand announced. The value of the country’s foreign trade The minister said the country has hasn’t changed in the mentioned period witnessed this rise in the investment compared to the figure for last year’s nine- while there has been the tough condition months, according to Dejpasand. 4 U.S. unveils state terrorism by threatening to kill Ghaani TEHRAN — The United States officially Asharq al-Awsat that Esmail Ghaani, unveils “targeted and state terrorism” by who is successor of Lieutenant General threatening to assassinate the new com- Soleimani, could be assassinated, Reuters mander of the IRGC Quds Force, Irani- reported on Thursday. an Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said, “Now, after the Zionist Mousavi said on Thursday. regime, the United States is the second regime Mousavi’s remarks came as Brian which has officially announced using its Hook, the U.S. special representative government possibilities and armed forces for Iran, told the Arabic-language daily to take terrorist action.” 2 ‘Normal’ countries don’t attack neighbors, Zarif tells S. Arabia TEHRAN — In an open reference to Saudi kingdom was “open to the idea of holding Arabia which has been striking neigh- a dialogue” with the Islamic Republic. boring Yemen since March 2015, Iranian Speaking at the sidelines of the Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif World Economic Forum in Davos, wrote on his Twitter account on Friday Switzerland, the royal said “that di- that “normal countries don’t attack their alogue would have to start with the neighbors, cause a humanitarian crisis, acceptance by Iran that they have to and refuse to talk.” change their behavior.” The tweet by Zarif came after Saudi Specifically, he said, Tehran would Foreign Minister Prince Prince Faisal bin have to agree that it “cannot further its AP Farhan told Reuters on Wednesday that his regional agenda through violence.” 2 EDITORIAL Palestinians warn Israel, U.S. as Trump discusses new ‘peace plan’ PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi The Palestinian Authority (PA) has warned Israel diately rejected the U.S.-hosted talks, as they formulas, the leadership will announce a series M.A.Saki Tehran Times editor-in-chief and the United States against “crossing red lines” reject the peace plan itself, which has been in the of measures in which we safeguard our legitimate Deputy editor-in-chief @ghaderi62 promising not to recognize any Middle East peace works since 2017. Its release has been delayed rights, and we will demand Israel assume its full plan it had previously rejected as U.S. President repeatedly. responsibilities as an occupying power,” Abu Donald Trump prepares to present the plan in The economic part of the plan was shared Rudeineh said. Assassination the coming days. in June and calls for $50bn in international He appeared to be referring to oft-repeated Netanyahu threat against Trump said on Thursday he will likely release investment in the Palestinian territories and threats to dissolve the PA, which has limited the long-awaited plan before Israeli Prime Min- neighboring Arab countries over 10 years. autonomy in parts of the Israeli-occupied West cunningly confuses Ghaani originates ister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington, The Palestinians rejected Trump’s peace efforts Bank. That would force Israel to resume respon- DC next week. after he recognized disputed Jerusalem as the sibility for providing basic services to millions opposition to from fear “Probably we’ll release it a little bit prior to capital of Israel and moved the U.S. embassy of Palestinians. occupation with that,” the U.S. leader told reporters travelling there in May 2018. “We warn Israel and the U.S. administration .S. Special Representative for with him to Florida on board Air Force One, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman of the from crossing the red lines,” Abu Rudeineh said. anti-Semitism Iran Brian Hook on Thursday referring to the White House meeting on Tuesday. Palestinian presidency, said in a statement the He reiterated the call for ending the Israeli Uthreatened assassination against “It’s a great plan. It’s a plan that really would Palestinian leadership will reject any steps by occupation of Palestinian territories and said an uring a Holocaust memorial speech Esmail Ghaani, the new commander of work,” he added. the U.S. that would breach international law, the independent Palestinian state should be estab- on Thursday in Jerusalem (Be- the IRGC Quds Force, and impudently The Palestinians, who were not invited to the official Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. lished with occupied East Jerusalem recognized it-ul-Moqaddas), Israeli Prime White House meeting with Netanyahu, imme- “If this deal is announced with these rejected as its capital. D said, “This isn’t a new threat”. 10 Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed In an interview with the Arabic-lan- that Iran is “the most anti-Semitic regime guage daily Asharq al-Awsat in Davos, on the planet”, al Jazeera reported. Switzerland, Hook repeated baseless Iraq will be turned into new Vietnam for U.S. troops if they don’t withdraw: senior journalist He made such a remark in a speech claims about the assassination of By Mohammad Jafari Al Hezbollah, Saraya Al Islam, Al Fatah Coalition, otherwise we will make Iraq into a new Vietnam in front of certain state leaders gathered Major General Qassem Soleimani TEHRAN — Millions of Iraqi people, who gath- Sadr Movement, Bebelion Christian Movement, Al for them,” Al Hakim underscored. at the Yad Vashem memorial institute to and threatened that if Commander ered in Baghdad on Friday, urged the U.S. troops Nojaba Movement, the Parliamentary Al Saeroun “Since 1920 popular demonstration against mark 75 years since the liberation of the Ghaani kills U.S. troops he will be to leave their homeland otherwise they will face Coalition and so many other political factions along the British occupiers, Iraq has not witnessed such Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops. assassinated too. another Vietnam war, the managing director of with Grand Religious Leaders (Marjaeiyat) have a great gathering,” al-Hakim said, advising the The reasons why Netanyahu intentionally It is clear that this threat is logically Al Nakhil News Agency says. participated in the demonstration against the U.S. U.S. to take the demonstration serious. and deceitfully has been seeking to confuse driven by fear, as the U.S. has received “Over 2 and a half millions of Iraqis from all presence in Iraq.” Assassination of General Soleim- opposition to more than 70 years of occu- Iran’s message to “strongly continue walks of the life, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Al Hakim went on to say, “The gathering is a ani awakens Iraq pation and crimes against the Palestinians the path of resistance” especially as Christians, who have gathered in Al Tahrir square real referendum which has nothing to demand The Al Nakhil manager added U.S. President to ant-Semitism is not a secret to anybody. Brigadier General Ghaani was named in Baghdad, have unitedly urged the U.S. troops but expulsion of U.S. troops and closure of the Donald Trump made a “childish mistake” by or- If Iran is really anti-Semitic but why it the new chief of the Quds Force on the to leave their land,” Mohammad Ali al-Hakim U.S. bases in Iraq.” dering assassination of General Soleimani, the is host to the largest population of Jews in same day that General Soleimani was told Tehran Times on Friday afternoon. “The Iraqi parliament drafted a resolution commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards the West Asia region. Even Jews in Iran assassinated. He further said, “This is not an ordinary gathering. on expulsion of U.S. troops from the country a Corps Quds Force, and Mahdi Al Muhandes, the are fiercely opposed to Israel’s continuous The White House, which sees itself as The entire popular forces, within the framework of the couple of weeks ago. People here are shouting deputy commander of Hashd al-Shaabi, in an air stealing of Palestinian lands. the loser of Trump’s gambling over the Contrary to claims by Netanyahu and Resistance Front, including Hashd al-Shaabi, Kataeb their expulsion, so, they must leave our country raid in Baghdad on January 3. 3 assassination of the resistance move- some other fanatics like U.S. Vice Presi- ment’s commander, is terrified by the dent Mike Pence, who was present at the Islamic Revolution Leader’s empha- institute, anti-Semitism exists in Europe sis on expanding the influence of “the Tehran Symphony and the U.S.