Iran's Crude Output to Reach Pre-Sanctions Level by June
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Iran staunching Banking barriers to be Iranian footballer Tehran Symphony 21112flow of narcotics 4 removed soon between Iran, Mehrdad Oladi dies of Orchestra to take “Neynava” NATION into U.S., Europe ECONOMY Russia: TCCIMA chairman SPORTS cardiac arrest ART& CULTURE to Shanghai festival WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Congratulations on birth anniversary of Imam Ali(PBUH) and Father Day in Iran 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 37th year No.12533 Wednesday APRIL 20, 2016 Ordibehesht 1, 1395 Rajab 12, 1437 “Breath” tells of Iran’s crude output to reach Fajr festival children’s hopes, showcasing dreams shattered in war pre-sanctions level by June bright lineup EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Iran’s crude oil production will reach State news agency IRNA quoted was slightly below 4 million barrels a day of world By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet pre-sanctions levels within two months, Rokneddin Javadi as saying that the before sanctions were imposed on the oil a deputy oil minister was quoted as pre-sanctions level would be attained by industry in 2011 and 2012. Last week Ja- cinema TEHRAN — Iranian director/writer Narges Abyar’s latest saying on Tuesday, reaffirming Tehran’s the end of the Iranian month of Khordad, vadi said output had already surpassed 3.5 By Afshin Majlesi movie “Breath” shows how hopes and dreams of many commitment to boosting production. which falls on June 20. Iran’s oil production million barrels a day. (Source: Reuters) Iranian children were shattered by the flames of the war TEHRAN — A vibrant lineup of mov- that Iraq lit in 1980. ies, documentaries and shorts by di- The story of the film begins in the late 1970s rectors from around the globe will be in Valadabad, a poor suburb of Karaj, where Ba- U.S. unipolar system has ended in failure, Iran says screened during the 34th Fajr Interna- har, Nader, Kamal and Maryam, live with numerous tional Film Festival, which opens today colorful dreams of their childhood along with their See page 2 at Tehran’s Charsu Cineplex. father and granny, but their mother has died a few Fifteen movies, including “1944” di- years before. rected by Elmo Nuganen from Estonia, Their father, who suffers from asthma, works for a “El Clásico” by Halkawt Mustafa from shoemaking company. In her dreams, Bahar, who narrates Iraq, “Norfolk” by Martin Radich from the story of the film, wishes to treat him when she be- the UK and “Guaraní” by Luis Zorraquín comes a doctor. from Argentine, will compete in the of- Iraq attacks Iran in September 1980, and the father de- ficial section -- Cinema Salvation. cides to join the Iranian volunteers on the warfront. Thus, Also among the highlights is Roma- granny and the children have to leave their home to live nian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu’s with their relatives in YaYazd. z d . “The Treasure”, the winner of the Prix Bahar tellste of her dreams, all of Un Certain Talent prize at the Cannes which aarer suddenly buried with Film Festival in 2015. hherer ununder rubble when their The adventure drama starring Toma home is hit by Iraqi rockets. Cuzin and Adrian Purcarescu tells the “I“I wantedw to show the sto- story of two young men who are in ry in an atmosphere, which search of a lost treasure. wawas very close to the real A jury composed of Oscar-nomi- lilife,”f Abyar told the Teh- nated director Majid Majidi and several rran Times. other cineastes will judge the movies. “I wanted to illustrate Director Nasser Taqvai from Iran, hhow many dreams and Chinese filmmaker and producer Tian cchildhood innocence Zhuangzhuang, Spanish director José Luis aare destroyed because Zarandoosh Mohammadreza Guerín, producers Ivo Felt from Estonia and oof wars and certain ag- Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan from Turkey, and ggressors,” she added. Canadian writer Emmanuel Prevost are See page 1 2 ICANA/ other members of the jury. 12 Employing ‘U-Turn’ secures NATO and Russia want to PERSPECTIVE JCPOA implementation By M.A. Saki Deputy chief editor Three months after the implementation of the Joint Com- repair damage to relations: expert prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - the nuclear agreement INTERVIEW invasion of Ukraine and annexation of signed between Iran and P5+1 in mid-January, President By Javad Heirannia Crimea brought that cooperation to a Hassan Rouhani’s administration could eventually persuade virtual halt for a while. Threats can’t its dubious critics that Iran is reconnected to the Society for TEHRAN — Gautam Adhikari, a senior In a statement issued in Brus- Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). fellow at the Center for American Pro- sels on April 8, NATO Secretary Gen- whitewash Saudi However, the gate to international trade is not opened to gress in Washington DC, tells the Tehran eral Jens Stoltenberg announced Iranians yet due to some reasons, the fact that has becloud- Times that both NATO and the Kremlin that “following consultations with support for terrorism ed the business perspective of Iranian tradesmen for some seek to repair the relations which have Russia, we have agreed to hold a major reasons. been damaged since Russia annexed meeting of the NATO-Russia Coun- he New York Times said in First of all, Iranian businessmen cannot make SWIFT trans- Crimea in March 2014. cil at the ambassadorial level.” a report on April 15 that actions by themselves yet. As the Central Bank of Iran’s direc- “NATO and Russia both, it seems, Why does NATO seek to resume di- T Saudi Arabia has warned tor general for international affairs Hossein Yaqoubi says, “The want to repair at least some of the dam- ers had assumed, a bit prematurely in alogue with Moscow? the U.S. Congress that it will sell applicant businessmen should register their orders in bank age to mutual relations,” says Adhikari, my opinion, that Russia would advance A: NATO and Russia both, it seems, off hundreds of billions of dollars’ branches that offer foreign exchange services and ask for who also served as a senior consultant on the democratic path and develop its want to repair at least some of the dam- worth of American assets held by opening credit lines.” According to him, the story of making to the World Bank. Following is the full economy away from the earlier milita- age to mutual relations. The Russian for- the kingdom if it passes a bill that brokerage relations and opening credit lines is totally different text of the interview: ristic and centralized planning pattern eign minister has said his country does would allow the Saudi government from that of getting relinked to SWIFT and the issues should When and for what reasons did to a market oriented success. For a not want “a senseless confrontation” to be held responsible in American not be got mistaken for one another. 4 NATO decide to expand a political di- while, it seemed that might be possible with the West and called for all-Euro- courts for any role in the Sept. 11, alogue with Russia in the format of despite the complexity of the problem pean security cooperation. It’s possible 2001, attacks. the NATO-Russia Council? of liberalizing a society and economy of that the recent instances of terrorism in If Riyadh claims that 9/11 Commis- Pakistani flotilla A: The NATO-Russia Council was that magnitude after seven decades of Europe have led to a concern for over- sion found “no evidence that the Saudi leaves Bandar Abbas established in 2002, during the NATO communist rule. But Putin’s rise to su- all security coordination and a need for government as an institution or senior Summit in Rome, to facilitate exchang- preme power quickly brought a series expanded cooperation on counter-ter- Saudi officials individually funded” hi- es on security issues as well as con- of disappointments to the West’s vision rorism among all powers. Also, some The Pakistani flotilla headed home on April 19 by leaving jackers there was no reasons to make tinue dialogue, cooperation as well as for Russia. Nevertheless, dialogue con- European economies depend to a sig- such a threat. Bandar Abbas, a port city located in southern Iran, the Pa- joint action on a range of other areas, tinued, even positive cooperation for a nificant extent on Russian supply of oil kistan embassy said in a press release a copy which was re- In February, Zacarias Moussaoui, including joint military exercises. With while -- on fighting terrorism, Afghan- and would like to continue trade with the so-called “20th hijacker” who ceived by the Tehran Times. the end of the Cold War, western pow- istan and other areas -- but Russia’s Russia. 9 In keeping with the highest naval traditions the Iranian pleaded guilty to participating in an Navy ships accompanied Pakistani ships to a distance and al Qaeda conspiracy in connection to relayed messages of good wishes for the Pakistani Navy and Aiming at Iran, Saudi Arabia mixes oil policy with politics the 9/11 attacks, alleged members of the people of Pakistan. the Saudi royal family supported al The Pakistani Navy ships also reciprocated the age old tradi- By Javier Blas and Wael Mahdi worst diplomatic crises since the Islam- from outside the royal family -- span- Qaeda. tion, what has become to be known as PASSEX or Passage Exer- ic revolution in Iran in 1979, and both ning from Sheikh Yamani in the 1980s to It is not a coincidence that 15 of 19 cise in the modern days. A group of IRIN cadets were afforded After taking over defense and economic countries taking opposite sides in civil Al-Naimi for the last two decades -- en- hijackers were Saudi nationals.