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Images Show Major Damage to Saudi Oil Sites 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.13394 Tuesday MAY 21, 2019 Ordibehesht 31, 1398 Ramadan 15, 1440 Increasing stockpile of Zarif warns Trump Iran win Karate IRCICA honors Iranian uranium enriched to ‘never threaten 1-Series A winners of Intl. Calligraphy 3.67 percent by 4 times 2 an Iranian’ 2 Istanbul 15 Competition in Tehran 16 CBI issues directive on re-injection of export income Images show major TEHRAN — Central Bank of Iran (CBI) the petrochemical sector, the exporters has issued a directive which provides should present at least 60 percent of exporters with guidelines about how their foreign currency incomes into the they should re-inject their foreign domestic Forex Management Integrated currency incomes into the country’s System (locally known as NIMA), and a economy, Tasnim news agency reported maximum 10 percent could be injected damage to Saudi oil sites on Monday. into the financial system in the form of See page 13 According to the CBI office of public hard currency and the rest could be used relations, based on the new directive, for for importing necessary goods. 4 Iran makes bids for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage registration TEHRAN — Iran has submitted five its associated rituals, a senior cultural separate dossiers to the UNESCO for heritage official said on Monday, Mehr possible inscription on the Intangible reported. Cultural Heritage list. We are waiting to correct the dossiers The proposals present celebration if there is a problem. And Four out of five of Yalda night; the oud, which is a proposals would jointly be inscribed by short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped other nations, Mohammad-Hassan Tale- stringed instrument; Mehregan cel- bian, a deputy for the Cultural Heritage, ebration; miniature painting; and an- Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, nual pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus and addressing a press conference. 10 Russia: Syrian army declares unilateral truce in Idlib TEHRAN— Russia says Syrian gov- said in a statement on Sunday. ernment forces have suspended their The demilitarized zone surrounds Idlib operations against foreign-backed Takfiri and also includes parts of the adjacent militants in the northwestern province provinces of Aleppo and Hama. of Idlib as part of a “unilateral” ceasefire. The statement said despite the “From 00:00 on May 18, Syrian armed ceasefire, “firing targeting govern- forces unilaterally ceased fire in the Idlib ment forces’ positions and civilians de-escalation zone,” Russian Defense Min- in the provinces of Hama, Latakia and WSJ istry’s Center for Syrian Reconciliation Aleppo continues.” 13 PERSPECTIVE ‘U.S. decision to drive Iran’s oil export to zero biggest supply risk to markets’ REPORT Hanif Ghaffari Ammar Muhammad Rajab Head of the Politics Desk of EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW still importing oil from Iran will be subject to pose secondary sanctions on Iran by denying Journalist from Nigeria the TehranTimes By Payman Yazdani U.S. sanctions beginning on May 2. waiver extensions to eight countries that had “Saudi Arabia and others in OPEC will more been buying Iranian crude makes the future Part 1 TEHRAN — Commenting on Saudi than make up the Oil Flow difference in our now of Iran’s oil exports (which amounted to up Who is to blame in Arabia and UAE capabilities to make up for Full Sanctions on Iranian Oil,” Trump said in a to 2.4m bpd before sanctions were imposed) How Sheikh any shortfalls in energy supply, Dr. Albert tweet on 22nd of April after he ordered a tight- the biggest supply risk to the global energy Europe? Bininachvili says the U.S. decision to drive ening of sanctions on Iran’s oil exports. markets, especially against the backdrop of Zakzaky distributes Iran’s oil export to zero is the biggest risk To shed more light on the issue we reached political turbulence and output losses in Libya hat has been happening today in to global energy markets. out to Dr. Albert Bininachvili, a professor of and Venezuela. The ability of other oil produc- foodstuffs to the Austria has led to concerns among The Trump administration sharply acceler- political science at the Columbia University for ers to bridge this impending supply shortfall WEU leaders. Vice Chancellor of Aus- ated its goal of driving Iran’s oil exports to zero, an interview. is about to be tested. needy for fasting tria, Heinz-Christian Strache, head of the ending sanctions exemptions that it previously Here is the first part of the interview: Most energy experts believe the Trump ad- far-right, anti-immigrant Freedom Party granted to some of the Islamic Republic’s biggest Answering our question on the possibility ministration’s decision can only work with the for the past 20 years which is in Kurz’s ruling coalition, had re- customers. of the driving of Iran’s oil export to zero and backing and cooperation of Saudi Arabia, the signed earlier Saturday, a day after the video The market widely expected Washington to the Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s capabilities United Arab Emirates and other Persian Gulf he leader of the Islamic Movement was published. The video hit a nerve amid extend the waivers for five of the countries. How- to make up for any shortfalls in oil supply, producers to avoid an undersupplied oil market in Nigeria has distributed foodstuffs broader concerns about ties between Russia ever, the administration says that any country he said,“The US decision to strictly re-im- and spiking crude prices. 6 Tworth millions of naira to the needy and right-wing populist parties critical of on the occasion of this year’s fasting season the European Union. to help mitigate the suffering of the poor Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has and the needy in Zaria as it have been called for an early election after his vice chan- Palestinian cabinet not consulted on U.S.-led Bahrain summit, PM says his tradition. The distribution started on cellor resigned over a covertly shot video Saturday the 29 Sha’aban 1440, which that showed him apparently promising gov- TEHRAN— Palestinian Prime Minister Moham- Relations between the Palestinian Authori- win political concessions,” Shtayyeh said. is equivalent to 4/5/2019 and ended on ernment contracts to a prospective Russian mad Shtayyeh says his government has not been ty and the U.S. took an unprecedented dip in late “We do not submit to blackmail and we don’t 1st Ramadan. investor. Kurz said he would ask President consulted about an economic conference that the 2017, when Washington recognized Jerusalem trade our political rights for money,” he added. The food items, which included Sugar, Alexander Van der Bellen to set a date for a United Stated will hold in Bahrain next month. al-Quds as Israel’s “capital.” Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a Rice, Wheat, Sorghum and so on, were new election “as soon as possible.” The White House announced on Sunday that The Trump administration has said that its future independent Palestinian state with East distributed as has been the practice all The holding of an early election in Austria the first part of President Donald Trump’s so- secret plan, which has been dismissed by Pal- Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital. However, Israel these years, including the years he has and the collapse of the coalition government called “peace plan,” which is spearheaded by his estinian authorities even before being unveiled, insist on maintaining the occupation of Pales- been in illegal detention, as instructed by show that nationalist currents in Europe son-in-law Jared Kushner, will be unveiled in would require compromise by both sides. tinian territories. him last week when a section of his family have a tremendous political destruction! In Bahrain’s capital, Manama. ‘We don’t trade our political rights’ ‘High treason’ members were allowed a rare visit to him. recent days, European leaders have blamed The U.S. will host the economic conference on The Palestinian Authority is facing steep aid Also reacting to news of the upcoming con- Many people have benefited from the the Austrian Grand Duke for a coalition with June 25 and 26 to purportedly encourage in- cuts. Since being shunned by Palestinians, Trump’s ference, Bahrain’s main opposition group, the humanitarian gesture, including victims a radical right wing. But the main question vestment in the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. administration has slashed hundreds of millions al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has described of the Zaria massacre perpetrated by the here is who is to blame?! “The cabinet wasn’t consulted about the re- of dollars to humanitarian organizations. the U.S. “deal of the century” as a plan to sell Nigerian president Buhari using the chief Undoubtedly, people like the German ported workshop, neither over the content, nor the “The financial crisis the Palestinian Authority Jerusalem al-Quds and Palestine, slamming it of the army Tukur Burutai. Chancellor Angela Merkel and other Euro- outcome, nor timing,” Shtayyed told Palestinian is living through today is a result of the financial as “high treason,” the Arabic-language Lualua In 2017, the same gesture was ren- pean officials have played a prominent role ministers in the presence of reporters on Monday. war that is being launched against us in order to television network reported. 13 dered by Sheikh Zakzaky despite being in the presence and activity of nationalist in illegal detention. At that time, a broth- and extremist groups throughout Europe. er to Sheikh Zakzaky, Sayyid Badama- The main question here is which of the pol- si Yakub Zakzaky led the distribution.
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