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Zanganeh Year, More Than Half of the Total of Renewables That Are Added Every Year to the Productive Park 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.13503 Tuesday OCTOBER 8, 2019 Mehr 16, 1398 Safar 9, 1441 Leader told Assad in 2011 Iran to launch second Iran U23 Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel that Syrian people were phase of Arak reactor in football team publishes travelog of Iran’s redline 2 one or two weeks 3 announced 15 Arbaeen pilgrimage 16 Turkey seeking ways to boost Iran wants peace, trade with Iran: envoy TEHRAN — Turkish Ambassador to Teh- tries and emphasized the need to continue ran Derya Ors said his country is looking and develop bilateral cooperation despite for ways to improve its trade ties with Iran the pressure imposed by the U.S. sanctions. despite the U.S. sanctions, the portal of The Turkish ambassador also an- Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Indus- nounced that his country is seeking ways prosperity for neighbors tries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) to continue purchasing oil from Iran. reported. Referring to the determination of the The official made the remarks in a two countries’ presidents for developing See page 3 meeting with TCCIMA Head Masoud economic relations, Ors voiced the read- Khansari in Tehran on Monday. iness of the Turkish private sector for co- In the meeting, the officials discussed operation with Iranian firms despite the the trade relations between the two coun- American sanctions. 4 Iran to legally seek reparations caused by JCPOA violation TEHRAN — Laya Joneidi, the presidential efforts to document the damages and aide for legal affairs, has said that Iran provide the situation for the violators to will legally seek reparations caused by the make up for damages,” she told ICANA U.S. violation of the JCPOA, the official in an interview published on Monday. name for the 2015 nuclear deal. She added, “We have asked the “The legal body of the government seeks country’s major economic sectors to for compensation of damages caused by assess the damages and pursue the violation of the JCPOA. We are making issue precisely.” 2 Zionist, Arab regimes agree to advance ‘alliance’ TEHRAN — Persian Gulf Arab states two weeks ago, the report said. and the Zionist regime have agreed to As a follow-up to the meeting, teams advance an alliance no matter what hap- would be formed to discuss the plan, pens to the Zionist-Palestinian conflict, which would forge relations between the Tel Aviv-based Channel 12 television sides “irrespective of what occurs with the network reports. Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the Jerusalem The agreement was reached between Post reported. the regime’s foreign minister Israel Katz The newspaper said Katz’s spokesper- and his Arab counterparts who met on son confirmed to the Jerusalem Post that padafand.aja.ir the sidelines of the UN General Assembly the report was accurate. 13 PERSPECTIVE Iraqi protests, spontaneous or conspiracy? PERSPECTIVE Hanif Ghaffari By Hossein Amiri this the Iraqi people’s welcoming to Ayatollah occupied territories to form a cabinet. Fatemeh Salehi Head of the Tehran Times TEHRAN — Iraq witnessed protests in recent Sistani’s 2014 fatwa to mobilize people to fight Iraq is one of those countries that has an Mehr News Agency Politics Desk days about the inadequate public service situa- against ISIL terrorism. On the other hand, the independent foreign policy and opposes the journalist tion, lack of job opportunities and corruption, government in Iraq has won the elections and Saudi war against Yemen and it is also against but these protests have turned violent and have its people have voted for Shia groups to form a the normalization of the ties between some Arab Trump concerns killed and injured dozens. government. countries with the Zionist regime. Tel Aviv’s proposal There are shreds of evidence indicates that Second, the demonstrations in Iraq coincid- On the other hand, the Popular Mobilization Texas and Ohio polls what is happening in Iraq is a “goal-oriented-con- ed with the Arba’een Trek. It seems that these Forces (PMF) “al-Hashd ash-Sha?abi” has close for non-aggression spiracy”. There are several reasons for this. demonstrations have targeted Arb’aeen’s Trek. relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Due .S. President Donald Trump is in First, there are pictures on social networks from The goal is to prevent the Grand March being held to these ties, Iraq has been targeting by the Ar- pact with Arabs a political deadlock. Recent state Iraqi protesters that are both fake and completely in Iraq, on the one hand, and to prevent people ab-Israeli-Western axis. Uand state polls show that Trump suspicious. Some images of the protesters have from other countries, especially Iran, to go to Secretary-general of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, Qais n the shadow of current changes in has lost the chance to win again not only slogans against the Shia clerics and Ayatollahs. At Iraq to attend the indelible event. This is one of al-Khazali an Iraqi Shi’a paramilitary group, said the region, Netanyahu revealed a new in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and the same time, there are mottos in which people the reasons behind the anti-Iranian slogans in last August that some political opponents in Iraq IZionist regime’s plan for striking an Michigan, but also in states like Florida demanding the overthrow of the Iraqi government. demonstrations in some Iraqi cities. are preparing to hold demonstrations with the agreement with the Arabs against Iran, and Ohio. Many international affairs an- This is while the Iraqi people deeply believe in Third, the demonstrations in Iraq coincided support of foreign powers because they are un- which sends important messages. alysts believe that if the US presidential Shia’s religious authority and its constructive with the Yemeni hegemony against Saudi Ara- happy with Iraqi foreign policy. The problem is It seems that while all media outlets and public opinion are focused on recent election were held today, Trump would role in the country, and the best example for bia as well as with the political stalemate in the “Deal of the Century”. 13 certainly be defeated by Joe Biden, Eliz- protests in Iraq, Israeli officials are trying abeth Warren or Bernie Sanders. This is to contact Arab states of the Persian Gulf the worst possible situation for Trump. that are too reactionary. The Tel Aviv re- A review of recent polls in key, sensitive, Iran’s coup de grace gime also is seeking to reinforce its hidden and decisive Ohio states clearly shows that By M.D as is and ultimately departure of foreign forces from lead while continuing to brutally discriminate against relations with the Arabs in the wake of the US president is in the most dangerous SANA’A — In a Washington round table in May the oil rich Persian Gulf. Can the Saudi or any Arab its own Shia minority. Except for its oil wealth, Saudi regional developments. situation possible. 2012 I was asked what I thought about Iran’s role regime offer any of these and make it stick? Arabia, in every other endeavor, has failed to set itself Over the last few days, Iraq witnessed As Newsweek reported ,The survey, con- in our region. I said, when the U.S. and Iran reach a Despite an 8 year destructive war, 4 decades of as a world player deserving attention. disturbances that initially started with civil ducted by Emerson Polling from September coexistence arrangement, we will all sleep peacefully. embargo and political, media and cyberwarfare launched There is a reason that efforts to resolve the current and anti-corruption protests, but soon 29 to October 2, found that former Vice Although an indigenous exclusive regional se- against it, Iran has emerged as the regional superpower crisis in our region are centered on bringing only after turned into anti-Iran slogans. The President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie curity arrangement must be our aim, the reality is whose adversaries have been forced to reckon with. the Iranian and U.S. presidents together without any protests are being led by social media and Sanders had the biggest leads (6 points) that these arrangements can only be accomplished In that same period, and despite our wealth, vast real mention of Saudis just across the waters. foreign elements. over Trump in the swing state. Fifty-three between nations that have ownership of their sovereign estate rich in resources, a population of more than 400 Saudi Arabia is not able to fight Iran nor does it By a review of the world news, we will notice percent of voters said they would support decisions. Unfortunately, on the Arab side, we have million and hundreds of billions spent on U.S., British have the required sovereign independent decision that that the protests have become their headline. Biden or Sanders over the president in a mortgaged our sovereign decisions to the U.S. for and French weapons, we on the Arab side have failed enables it to negotiate with Iran and deliver. Yemen is a Contradictory analyses and news regarding head-to-head matchup. Elizabeth Warren protection that is increasingly proving elusive and to come anywhere close to Iran’s military superiority case in hand where the coalition it summoned under its these events are spreading across Iraq. also beat Trump in a hypothetical matchup for expensive defensive weapons that have failed the or free our sovereign decisions from U.S. hegemony. leadership has not only failed to achieve any of its stated In the meanwhile, on the anniversary by 4 percentage points — above the survey’s test.
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