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XXV, No. 6647 TEHRAN Price 10,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019 - FARVARDIN 20, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Larijani Urges Against Iran, Iraq Keen to Pakistan Warns Over Increase Bilateral Heat’s Playoff Hopes Financing of Terrorism Trade to $20b New Indian Attack Fade With Loss > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Blacklisting IRGC Khuzestan Province Battling Majlis Mulls 14 Proves U.S. Stupidity Anti-U.S. Motions IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has decided TEHRAN - Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said that With Devastating Flood to draft 14 motions to ward off the US’ hostile policies, designating the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps a senior MP said. (IRGC) as a terrorist entity will have dire consequences Chairman of the commission, Heshmatollah Falahat for Washington, adding that he thinks that the White Pishe, said his colleagues have decided to table 14 motions House is not that much senseless to risk the move. as part of a strategy to counter the hostile measures. “I do not think that the Americans will be that much According to the motions, the administration, the out of their mind to designate the IRGC as a terrorist ministries, and the executive organizations will have to organization,” Larijani said in an interview with carry out policies to deal with, foil, and publicize the Al-Jazeera on Sunday. US’ belligerent measures, he added. The top legislator said that if the U.S. takes this The chairman of the commission said all organizations step, “Then the U.S. military and the Pentagon will have their respective duties under the planned will be definitely deemed as terrorist bodies by motions, for instance, the Ministry of Information and Iran. The U.S. must further consider the results of Communications Technology would deal with US such a move.” cyber-terrorism plots or the Ministry of Medicine will In a related context, Larijani said that Iran does not cope with bioterrorism threats. rely heavily on oil, and that it has many other He also pointed to a motion that will designate the US possibilities, adding, “It is not rational to think that a army as a terrorist group if Washington takes a similar country can be overcome in this way.” measure against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps On the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Larijani (IRGC), saying that American troops will be treated stressed that Iran does not want to harm the like Daesh (ISIL) terrorists under the new motion. countries of the region. See Page 7 It came after the Wall Street Journal quoted unnamed officials as saying that the United States is expected to designate the IRGC a terrorist organization. Pakistan Gov’t Urged to Place Anti-Dumping Duty on Iranian Cement Iran Agrees to Baghdad’s IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK ISLAMABAD (Dispatches) - The Pakistani cement is Mediation Between Tehran, Riyadh facing difficulties in finding market access to TEHRAN - Authorities on Monday evacuated patients from a hospital threatened by floodwaters in the Afghanistan, because total exports share of Afghan southwestern city of Ahvaz. TEHRAN (IFP) - Amid reports that the Iraqi prime market has dropped to 24 percent in 8MFY19 from over Iran has been hit by several weeks of unprecedented flooding across most of the usually arid country that has minister’s recent visit to Tehran was aimed at mediating 54 percent in FY2007. The reason is that Afghanistan killed 70 people, according to the emergency services. between arch-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia, an Iraqi has opened doors to other countries including Iran On Monday, authorities were battling to prevent floods reaching Ahvaz, which is the capital of Khuzestan official says Tehran has agreed to such mediation. which has a huge overcapacity of cement production. province and home to about 1.3 million people. While Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was on The cement manufacturers have urged the government The advancing waters sparked fears that a hospital on the city’s northern outskirts would be submerged after the a trip to Iran, an informed Iraqi source claimed Tehran to take measures of cutting production cost, besides nearby Karkheh River burst its banks. had asked the premier to help improve relations placing anti-dumping duty on the Iranian cement which “Salamat hospital has been evacuated and all patients transferred to Golestan hospital on the orders of the crisis between Iran and Saudi Arabia. has not only affected the local consumption but also management authorities due to the risk of the hospital being flooded,” the head of Golestan hospital, Meysam Abdul Mahdi arrived in Tehran on his first trip to Iran snatched the Afghan market from Pakistan mainly due Moazi, told ISNA. as Prime Minister on April 6, 2019 and sat down with to its lower cost. The huge floods have forced authorities to release water from one of the largest dams in the area, which has left senior Iranian authorities, reported fararu webstie. According to industry experts, the cement industry in some of the cities downstream under threat. High on the agenda of the talks was the promotion of mutual Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been affected the A “significant amount” of floodwater from Karkheh started moving toward Ahvaz on Sunday, according to city economic cooperation. Still, certain Iraqi sources said there most from this huge decline of cement exports to mayor Mansour Katanbaf. were discussions on Baghdad acting as an intermediary “We’ve been trying to manage the water ... most of it has been diverted toward other channels and what’s left Afghanistan. They said that the export of cement from between Iran and Saudi Arabia. See Page 7 Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has registered a is being handled,” Katanbaf told ISNA. decline of 16 percent in the first eight months (July-Feb) Gholamreza Shariati, the provincial governor, told the official IRNA news agency on April 6 that six towns “must of fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19). be evacuated as soon as possible” as the government releases water from major dams that are near overflowing. They said that Afghanistan was the only market of Shariati said rescue teams were taking residents to nearby shelters, including three army barracks. IRGC to Remain Unscathed Pakistani cement till 2007. Then came other markets, Iranian media reports said over 2,000 residents of the town of Hamidieh, near the provincial capital, Ahvaz, had but the share of Afghanistan in Pakistan’s total been moved to army barracks. cement exports remained high, hovering at around Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli warned that up to 400,000 people in Khuzestan, where a state of By U.S. Blacklisting 54 percent of all cement exports in 2013. This share emergency has been declared, could be exposed to the floods, IRNA reported. Fazli said that everything is under control and urged the people to cooperate with the officials. TEHRAN (MNA) – An Iranian lawmaker said that started increasing as other African and Asian markets labeling the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) also opened up. See Page 7 According to reports, Karkheh Dam has reached its full capacity and water is now overflowing and it is a threat to the villages and towns. Soosangerd is one of major towns which is now affected seriously with the flood. as a terrorist organization by U.S. will not undermine its Authorities ordered the evacuation of six new cities along the Karkheh river on Saturday as the situation neared power, as the elite force does not rely on foreign resources. “critical” status. Mojtaba Zonnour, a member of National Security and EU Extends Sanctions According to ISNA, a total of 210 villages along the river have been evacuated, 61 of which are now flooded. Foreign Policy Committee of Iranian Parliament, rebuked the Flooding swamped northeast Iran in mid-March before spreading to the west and southwest of the country later in the month. US’ decision on designating IRGC as a terrorist group, assuring that the possible move will not inflict any harm on the Against Iran Iranian force. Washington cannot undermine IRGC’s power with such moves, since the force gets its power and revenues BRUSSELS (Dispatches) - The European Union has from domestic resources, and does not rely on foreign extended for a year, until 13 April 2020, sanctions against resources, he told Mehr News correspondent on Monday. Iran in connection with alleged human rights violations in S. Korea Tests U.S. Oil, as Iran Waiver Uncertainty Grows The administration of US President Donald Trump is the country, the EU Council said on Monday. SEOUL (Dispatches) - South Korea has begun testing super-light U.S. oil sold by Anadarko Petroleum as a expected to designate the IRGC as a foreign terrorist “The Council today extended until 13 April 2020 its substitute for Iranian crude while it awaits word from Washington on whether it can keep buying oil from the organization as early as next week, according to a U.S. official. restrictive measures responding to serious human rights Middle Eastern nation, sources told Reuters. The U.S. has already blacklisted dozens of entities and violations in Iran. These measures consist of a travel ban South Korea is one of Iran’s biggest Asian customers and was one of eight importers that received waivers to individuals affiliated with the IRGC, but not the entire force.