EU to open S.Korea’s Oil imports Agriculture ministry bans “The Sea Suspended” to 21216office in Tehran 5 from Iran more than exploitation of endangered display Iranian, Arab modern in months double through Sept. northern forests art at Tehran museum WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y ‘Tehran,‘T BakuBa friends, ststill have didifferences’: ex-ambassadorex 2 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12691 Monday NOVEMBER 7, 2016 Aban 17, 1395 Safar 7, 1438 Economic, political Lebanese experts review Bombing in Samarra kills president impacts of JCPOA vows to build at Press Exhibition several Iranians a strong nation POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Expressing condolences to the families “The Islamic Republic of Iran will stand desk Lebanese President Michel Aoun said INTERVIEW Ministry on Sunday strongly of victims of the deadly attacks, the ministry beside the Iraqi government and nation until on Sunday that it had never been his By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh condemned terrorist attacks in the Iraqi cities reminded the international community of its the complete defeat… of terrorism,” ministry intention to be Lebanon’s president. of Tikrit and Samarra that killed several people, “responsibility” to battle terrorism and fight off spokesman Bahram Qassemi said. His intention was to build a strong na- 2 n Saturday - the second day of the including some Iranian pilgrims in Samarra. Takfiri groups. tion of united citizens. O22nd Press Exhibition – the Tehran Aoun made his remarks from the Times sat with three national and steps of Baabda Palace, his first ad- international experts reviewing impacts of dress to the country from the presi- the implementation of the nuclear deal - dent’s official residence. known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of FFarmersarmers sstarttart ggettingetting iinn SSaffronaffron “A strong nation needs a strong Action (JCPOA) - on both the Iranian and state to run it and a strong state is With more than 8,000 hectares of farming lands, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Khorasan Razavi province, is one of the biggest producers of the global economy. built according to a Constitution that ‘JCPOA beneficial to all Islamic, saffron worldwide. The fields yield some 44 tons of saffron annually and create some 70,000 job opportunities. The saffron produced is respected equally by all politicians,” Arab countries’ in Torbat-e Heydarieh is being exported to 45 countries. Aoun said to a crowd of thousands. The Tunisian academic and journalist, Lebanon “would no longer be regional reporter and analyst, and the linked to any other foreign country,” editor-in-chief of “Assabah” daily, Kamal he continued. “We will manage our Ben Younes, admitted that all the Arab and own affairs and deal with others in a Islamic countries can benefit from JCPOA as friendly manner. Our independence the Islamic Republic of Iran did. and sovereignty don’t mean to target Iran’s nuclear deal proved these countries anyone.” that they can also open gateways to reach Aoun’s supporters began their rally economic development, he said. early on Sunday morning. Men, wom- Arab and Islamic countries en and children of all ages took to the have now the chance streets en route to the Palace. A large to revirevivev their eco- banner reading “People’s Palace” had nomic relations with been erected on the palace grounds. Iran, tthoseh that had The ecstatic crowd interrupted bbeeneen sstoppedt due to Aoun several times while he spoke. the wewestern-leds inter- Aoun vowed to root out state cor- nanationaltio financial Saeid Goli ruption “whatever the cost.” eembargom on the He would seek to improve the live- IIslamicsla Republic, lihoods of the people, and ensure that hhe added. law enforcement and security agencies 4 are just and impartial. Tehran Times\ Tehran 13 Iran to showcase ARTICLE works of By Yuram Abdullah Weiler young Iranian Analyst and journalist composers at I doubt if Trump has thought about Iran for more than 10 minutes: Vienna book fair Columbia University professor The October INTERVIEW Trump’s hawkish remarks about However later his aides and he a renegotiation, not completely 1983 bombing of By Jalal Heirannia Iran is not worthy of attention. himself tried to soften his stance. abandoning the agreement. “I doubt if Trump has thought For example, Walid Phares, senior Following is the full text of the the U.S. Marine TEHRAN — Robert Jervis, the about Iran for more than 10 minutes,” Trump adviser, said in an interview interview: barracks revisited Adlai E. Stevenson professor of Jervis tells the Tehran Times. with the conservative website The Q: What is your prediction of international politics at Columbia Trump had said if he was elected Daily Caller in July that that the result of the U.S. presidential On October 23, 1983, resistance University, believes Republican president he would immediately despite past promises to “rip up” election in view of his lewd remarks fighters in south Lebanon carried out presidential candidate Donald renege on the nuclear deal with Iran. the deal Trump is interested in is about women? 13 self-martyrdom operations against ARTTEHRAN — Works desk the U.S. Marine barracks and the of a number of French military headquarters at young Iranian composers will be Thousands of artists appeal to president for tackling air pollution Beirut International Airport killing showcased in an exhibition during the SOCIETY TEHRAN — More than figures released by the World Bank air pollution a total of 299. Prior to the October Vienna International Book Fair – Buch desk5,700 Iranian artists issued has incurred loss of $23 billion to the Iranians 1983 bombing, the U.S. embassy Wien. an appeal to President Hassan Rouhani urging such as 21,000 deaths per annum caused by in Beirut, which was the operations The exhibition will be held at Iran’s him to take serious measures to address air the air pollution,” they added. center for the CIA Middle East stand, which will be set up at the book pollution in the country. At the end of the letter the artists have contingent, had been the target of fair, which will be organized in the The supreme council of the Iranian Artists urged the president and his cabinet to take another self-martyrdom operation in Austrian capital from November 10 Forum, comprising photographers, graphic practical and effective measures to address air which 63 were killed including 17 CIA to 13, Vahid Zardi, the coordinator of designers, painters, sculptors, calligraphers, pollution properly. operatives. The U.S. and its western the exhibition, said in a press release potters, and actors signed a letter to the The issue of air pollution has turned into a allies have repeatedly blamed these on Sunday. president asking for immediate measures daily issue for the metropolises’ dwellers in Iran bombings on the Lebanese resistance The works were selected by a group to minimize air pollution, Hamshahri online and various measures such as imposing traffic movement Hezbollah, or a shadowy of musicians, singers and owners of reported. that succeeded in overcoming air pollution restrictions and shutting down sand mines has faction known as Islamic Jihad with some record labels. The text of the letter reads “due to the and guarantee citizens’ health owing to the not proved to be much effective. ties to Hezbollah, and always have Zardi gave no further details about concentration of the facilities in metropolises, governments’ effort.” So far indices indicate that air quality was the involvement of Iran lurking in the the albums chosen for the exhibition, the big cities are being affected by the “According to the chief of department of unhealthy for sensitive groups over one third of background. which has been organized in persistent air pollution for years now; however, environment some 35 million Iranians are the past 15 days of the Iranian calendar month These events are usually portrayed there are developed megacities worldwide of Aban (October 22 to November 20). in the western media as suicide bomb- collaboration with the Iranian Culture affected by the air pollution and based on the ings within the context of a nebulous House in Vienna. Iran, Nigeria sign MOU on trade Iran’s Andranik Teymourian ruled Lebanese civil war, but in reality, they “Over the past few years, there has were directly linked to the Israeli inva- been a serious attempt made by the cooperation out of World Cup qualifier sions of Lebanon in 1978 and 1982, countries in the East to enter the world ECONOMY TEHRAN — SPORTS Iran captain during which Zionist forces killed at music market, but our country’s name desk desk least 15,000 Lebanese civilians and is not seen among the nations,” he The Trade Andranik Tey- Promotion Organization (TPO) mourian is ruled out of crucial created over 600,000 refugees. lamented. 13 of Iran and the Nigerian Ex- World Cup qualifier against Syria. port Promotion Council (NEPC) Iran has been scheduled to signed a memorandum of un- face Syria on November 15 in derstanding to boost bilateral Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. trade, the portal of TPO report- Team Melli, who has moved up ed on Saturday. to 27th in recently FIFA rankings, The MOU was signed by sits top of Group A with 10 points. Olusegun Awolowo, the head of exchanging trade delegations The top two in each group Hossein Mahini, Pejman Montazeri, NEPC, and Mojtaba Khosrotaj, were among the subjects of the reach the 2018 finals with the Morteza Pouraliganji,Jalal Hosseini, the head of TPO, on the side- MOU. two third-placed sides meeting Ezatollah Pourghaz, Mohammad lines of Awolowo’s visit to Tehran Exchanging information and over two legs for the chance to Ansari, Milad Mohammadi heading a trade delegation.