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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.13169 Sunday JULY 29, 2018 Mordad 7, 1397 Dhi Al Qaeda 15, 1439 Zarif to visit Singapore Persian Gulf Star Karim Ansarifard Iranian photographers to sign friendship treaty Refinery’s daily output agrees to join win gold medals at with ASEAN 2 hits 26m liters 4 Besiktas: Report 15 Danube Digital Circuit 16 Non-oil exports up 14.6% in 4 months on year ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran densate valued at $1.864 billion, liq- deskexported $15.45 bil- uefied propane worth $691 million, ELECOMP 2018 lion of non-oil products during the four- low-density oils and their byproducts month period from March 21 to July 22, except for gasoline valued at $555 mil- with 14.69 percent rise from $13.471 lion, polyethylene film grade valued billion in the same time span of the past at $411 million, and methanol worth year, according to Islamic Republic of $470 million were the main exported Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). products during the mentioned period kicks off IRICA data showed that gas con- of time, IRIB reported. 4 See page 12 Majlis security committee to hold meetings with foreign diplomats POLITICS TEHRAN – National Sweden, Spain, China, Japan, Russia, deskSecurity and Foreign South Africa, the Netherlands, Austria, Policy Committee of Iran’s parliament Germany and the UK will be present in (Majlis) is scheduled to hold meetings the meeting. And on Tuesday, the Iraqi, with ambassadors from 20 countries in Pakistani and Afghan ambassadors will three consecutive days which will start meet with lawmakers sitting on the par- from Sunday. liamentary committee. The first meeting on Sunday includes According to the parliamentary com- ambassadors from Turkey, Azerbaijan, mittee, the meetings are in line with ex- Turkmenistan, Syria, Venezuela and Cuba. pansion of relations between Tehran and On Monday, ambassadors of Norway, the mentioned countries. Kurds reach deal with Damascus to end Syria conflict An alliance of Kurdish and Arab militants officials earlier this week. The SDF, itself, is in Syria says it has come to an agreement a United States-backed coalition of mainly with the Syrian government to develop Kurdish militants. Majid Haghdoust negotiations to end violence in Syria. The SDC said in a statement on Saturday The announcement was made after that it had agreed with the government the so-called Syrian Democratic Council of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (SDC), the political wing of the Syrian to form committees that would “chart a Democratic Forces (SDF), sent a dele- roadmap to a democratic, decentralized Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ gation to Damascus for talks with Syrian Syria.” 13 EDITORIAL Saudi is playing with sectarian card in Iraq: Turkish politician ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi Martin Love Tehran Times editor-in-chief EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Saudi consul general to the Kurdistan Region, The need to establish direct flights between the Political analyst from @ghaderi62 By Payman Yazdani and other officials from the kingdom. region’s airports and Saudi Arabia was stressed, North Carolina The Saudi delegation held a meeting with as was a plan to open a Saudi bank in Iraq, Kurd- TEHRAN — A Turkish politician says Saudi KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil istan 24 said. Arabia’s move toward Erbil aims to reduce Iran on Tuesday. According to Kurdistan 24, the Saudis and Saudi Arabia’s and Turkey influence in Iraq to break up the According to a statement from Barzani’s office, Iraqi Kurdistan officials supported the convening The U.S. has country in coordination with the U.S. and Israel. the two sides had decided to “set the Kurdistan of a conference in either the Kurdistan Region or defeat in Yemen Recently a delegation from Riyadh agreed Region, as a first step, as the center to begin Saudi Arabia, with the participation of investors, become a threat to audi Arabia and the United Arab with KRG officials in Erbil to expand economic commercial, economic, and investment activities businessmen from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the Kurd- itself, too... Emirates, as the two countries ties with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. throughout Iraq.” istan Region, and the concerned governmental that invaded the Yemeni people, The Saudi delegation was headed by Sami Bin The statement added the two sides discussed bodies on both sides. can’t help but imagine what a glorious S Abdullah al-Obeidi, head of the Saudi Arabia’s “employment and investment opportunities and Barzani also expressed the readiness of his govern- have a bad time! Riyadh and Abu Dhabi world we might have were there to have both failed in the Yemeni war and Commerce Chambers and he was accompanied the strengthening of economic and trade ties in ment to provide facilities for investment and operation be accord between the U.S. and Iran, by Saudi ambassador to Iraq, Faysal al-Oteibi, all areas of the Kurdistan Region.” of Saudi capital in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. 7 I in the future they will also become big and if not actual accord, at least a Middle detainees. Analysts at international East where the U.S. treats each country affairs acknowledge that the Al Saud in the region individually and equally, family and its entourage have no chance ‘Political transition may be smooth but Imran Khan won’t be able to run country smoothly’ determining policies and initiatives and even criticism in a two-way give and take, of winning Yemen, and they must for- By Syed Zafar Mehdi irregularities. PML-N, the main rival of PTI in result, do you think the transition of power will be the critique based solely on whether any mally declare their defeat in this war TEHRAN — Aamir Mughal is a Pakistan-based this election, has rejected the result claiming smooth and the new government will be stable? actor is pursuing their own foreign policies soon and officially. political commentator and social media activist. rigging. What options do they have now? A: Transition may or may not be smooth but with an aim to rid the region of violence The failure of Saudi Arabia and the He was formerly a senior intelligence officer. In A: PML-N is in strong position because Nawaz Imran Khan won’t be able to run the country and focus on beneficial, mutual trade and United Arab Emirates in Yemen is when this interview with Tehran Times, he spoke about Sharif and Maryam are back in the country and smoothly. He doesn’t have committed ‘original better relations. the United States supported the war for the general elections in Pakistan and allegations they have proved everyone wrong, Nawaz Sharif’s PTI’ with him. He now has the turncoats of every Islamic history did erect one polity Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. On the other of vote rigging and manipulation. narrative is intact and trending as anyone can party in the shape of electable and electable are hand, some European countries, such in a corner of its vast medieval realms Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) chief Im- see in print and electronic media as well as so- basically carpetbaggers. Imran Khan has lost as Britain, Germany and France, were like no other before or since – in a small ran Khan claimed victory in general election cial media. Imran Khan’s very victory is tainted. the moral high ground. silenced by Saudi Arabia and the United corner of the Islamic world where the con- on Thursday amid accusations of rigging and As alleged by PML-N, PPP and other smaller While Khan is considered a non-corrupt Arab Emirates for killing the Yemeni cepts of Oneness and Fraternity among manipulation by rivals. Are other parties being parties prior to the election, all the parties were and honest politician, he is seen close to army people, and even supported Saudi Arabia citizens prevailed for several centuries ungraceful in defeat or do they have legitimate not given a level playing field and PTI was favored and to the Taliban. Is Pakistan ready for a leader by sending weapons. with a sublime kicker. I am referring to grievances? over others. Do you think Imran Khan’s turn- like him? The United Nations, too, with its al-Andalus in Muslim Spain around 1000 A: Yes, and it is premature to say anything around in fortunes is largely because of military A: Question is how do you define ‘corruption’? silence against the brutal killings of the years ago. The kicker was simply that it else because situation is very fluid. The very ex- establishment’s blessings? In my opinion intellectual dishonesty is more Yemeni people, once again revealed was extremely inclusive and tolerant of ercise of elections stands highly doubtful and A: Yes, writing is on the wall and widely re- harmful than financial corruption and Pakistan its lack of credibility to the world’s citizens who happened to be Jewish and irregularities are not only reported by national ported and even a child can tell that polls were has suffered due to this intellectual corruption public opinion. It has been three years Christian, too. but international media as well. highly mismanaged, rather engineered. in the last 60 years, particularly judiciary’s in- now that the defenseless people of I had the pleasure of corresponding As you mentioned, there are reports about Since most of the parties have rejected the tellectual dishonesty. 6 Yemen are living under the aggres- briefly with the expert on al-Andalus, Maria sion of al Saud and its allies. These Rosa Menocal, a Cuban born Yale Uni- three years of Saudi aggression led to versity professor, before she died in 2012.