Iran's Zarif Sees No Military Way out of Syrian Crisis
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Zarif arrived in Norway on Monday to meet senior quoted as saying. 2 Unlike Tehran’s commitment to the neighboring country, other regional states, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar have shown open hostility, leaving no stone unturned to topple the Assad administration. Tehran Quran exhibit promotes understanding of the Holy Book Much have been said on underlying reasons for the situation but Ali Akbar Velayati, top aid to the Supreme See page 12 Leader, points the finger at Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qa- tar for what squeezed the trigger. According to Velayati, President Assad is paying the price for not giving up to the anti-Iranian push by the three regional countries which were trying to drive a wedge between Iran and Syria in 2011. In what follows, Ali Akbar Velayati has answered a cou- ple of Tehran Times questions on the Syrian crisis. Sections related to Iran’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Russia will be appear in next issues. Why does Iran support Syria? A: Becauseause wewe havehave hadhad very strongng and intimate relations with Syria since the beginningning of the Revo-Revo- lution (1979).79). Particularly, bilateral ttiesies werewere strongest when Iran was involvedinvolved in the warar with Iraq. See pagege 2 Mahmoud Rahimi Mehr/ Iran-Azerbaijan PERSPECTIVE joint bank to Iran, Bangladesh agree to boost religious tourism ties By Matin Moslem international TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran and Bang- opportunity for boosting religious tourism,” operate next year: relations expert deskladesh agreed to boost co- Soltanifar said. CBI governor operation in the field of religious tourism, IRNA He also pointed to cooperation in holding reported. exhibition as a means to boost bilateral tourism Iran-Azerbaijan joint bank will be- The director of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tour- ties. Ban Ki-moon’s big gin to operate next year, Central ism, and Handicraft Organization, Masoud “We are ready to share experience in the sin against Arabs Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Valiol- Soltanifar, met the Bangladeshi ambassador to field of handicraft with Bangladeshi artists as lah Seif told APA. Tehran, Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan, on Sunday. well,” he said. he United Nations Secretary “Iranian President Hassan Rouhani “There are several religious commonalities Soltanifar called Iran an “attractive destina- and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev Masoud Soltanifar (L) and Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan TGeneral Ban Ki-moon in an ex- between the two nations, which provide an tion” for Bangladeshi tourists. shake hand after their meeting in Tehran on Sunday. reached agreement on cooperation in traordinary speech that truly banking sector. Moreover, constructive surprised the public and could be re- negotiations were conducted during ferred to as “revolutionary remarks of the visit of chairman of Azerbaija- Rouhani to finalize rail deal in Baku visit a traditional conservative”, left no re- spect and credit for the House of Saud ni Central Bank Elman Rustamov to Iran and Azerbaijan are expected Rasht with Azerbaijan’s Astara - that the cost of building the from Azerbaijan’s ministries of Fi- Tehran. I appreciate cooperation per- regime in the United Nations. to finalize a deal to create a crucial will be signed when Rouhani visits Rasht-Astara railway is projected nance, Economics and Emergency The UN secretary general publicly spectives of both countries in banking rail link during the upcoming visit Baku in early August. at $900 million, Itar-Tass has quot- Situations,” Gurbanov said. sector”, Seif said. acknowledged on Thursday that he to Baku by the Iranian President “President Hassan Rouhani is ed him as telling Azerbaijan’s ANS The official further added that removed Saudi Arabia and the an- He also added that cooperation in Hassan Rouhani. expected to visit Azerbaijan tenta- television. if the Azeri president approves fi- banking sector is so important for de- ti-Yemen Saudi-led coalition currently Javid Gurbanov, the head of tively on August 8-10. A document “We have not conducted our nancial assistance to Iran with the bombing Yemen from a blacklist of velopment of economic ties between Azerbaijan Railways, has been on the financing of the project to own evaluation yet and we have construction of the Rasht-Astara the two countries. child killers — 72 hours after it was quoted by the country\s media build the Rasht-Astara railway may requested relevant documents railway, a relevant intergovern- published — due to a financial threat On February 23, Iran and Azerbai- as saying that a key document be signed during this visit,” Gur- from Iran. We will inform the coun- mental document may be signed jan signed 11 agreements and mem- to defund United Nations programs. over the project – which envisages banov said. try’s president after a joint evalua- during Rouhani’s visit to Baku, Itar- He accused Saudi Arabia and its mil- oranda of understanding to improve connecting Iran’s northern city of He said, citing Iranian experts, tion of the documents by experts Tass added. (Source: Press TV) and speed up cooperation in different itary allies of placing “undue pressure” fields. on the international organization. The deals were signed by senior In a press conference, Ban called officials of Iran and Azerbaijan in the Cooperation with Vatican important in Iran’s foreign policy: official his decision to remove the House of presence of the Iranian and Azeri pres- Saud regime from the blacklist as “one POLITICAL TEHRAN — Shahindokht she added. idents in Tehran. of the most painful and difficult deci- deskMolaverdi, Iranian vice pres- Paglia invited Molaverdi to participate in a Under the agreements, Tehran and sions I have had to make.” Ban went ident for women and family affairs, said on meeting in Geneva on June 26. Baku will strengthen cooperation in on to say that he had his arm twisted Monday that cooperation with Vatican is highly He arrived in Tehran on Sunday. various sectors, including customs, to change tack in the wake of anger regarded in Iran’s foreign policy. In January, President Rouhani held a meet- animal husbandry, railway transpor- from Riyadh. During a meeting with Archbishop Vincen- ing with Pope Francis at Vatican as part of his tation, electricity, health and medical From my point of view, with such a zo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for three-leg European tour. sciences, as well as oil and gas. stinging tone, the UN secretary gen- Families, in Tehran, Molaverdi said that Iranian The two sides discussed common spiritual (Source: agencies) eral’s gesture was a right decision and President Hassan Rouhani’s meeting with Pope values and highlighted the good state of rela- action! Not because the Saudi regime Francis provided the grounds for expanding tions between the Holy See and Iran. deserves such a forgiveness and tol- TEHRAN TIMES cooperation between the sided. olution (1979) opened a new chapter in the Moreover, the two highlighted the im- erance, but mainly due to adding an Iran’s Leading International Daily Iran and Vatican can increase collaboration relations. portance of interreligious dialogue and individual, a government or a country on international issues, she added. The current government put boosting ties responsibility of religious communities in to the blacklist of groups or countries Advertising Dept She further stated official and non-official with Vatican on agenda within the framework of promoting reconciliation, tolerance, and violating human rights and commit- visits to Vatican of Iran after the Islamic Rev- “strategic policy” of interacting with the world, peace. ting war crimes despite all the hue and Te l : 021 - 430 51 450 cry over neglecting the issue of human rights, crimes against humanity and war crimes in most countries. Well! Tehran exhibit displaying Austrian What will happen to similar cases that had happened before? Is the House of Saud regime really worried over its ac- photographer’s works on Ramadan tions and atrocities in Yemen!!? Let me draw your attention to ARTTEHRAN – exhibition, which opened last The showcase runs until June 23 desk some cases: Axkhaneh Saturday. at the museum located on Bahar Case one: After almost seven years, Shahr, Iran’s photo museum in The exhibition entitled “Rama- Shiraz St. near Haft-e Tir Square. what happened to the fact finding Tehran, is showcasing a collec- dan, Another Glance” displays 25 Polleross’s exhibitions and pub- Chilcot Inquiry report into Britain’s role tion of Austrian photographer photographs that Polleross took lications have won widespread A poster for Austrian photographer in the meaningless Persian Gulf war Josef Polleross’s works on the during his tour of Iran during Ram- acclaim in Austria and in other [email protected] Josef Polleross’s exhibition “Ramadan, against Iraq in 2003? Nothing! holy month of Ramadan in an adan in 2015.