WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13225 Monday OCTOBER 8, 2018 Mehr 16, 1397 Muharram 28, 1440 IRGC-govt. mutual Science minister Swimmer Izadyar Iran to celebrate 380 trust has brought many highlights academic books Iran’s first gold years of publishing at achievements 2 exchange at STS forum 10 at Asian Para Games 15 Frankfurt Book Fair 16 Majlis approves CFT bill POLITICS TEHRAN — The for compliance with the Constitution. deskIranian parliament Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Murder on Sunday voted in favor of CFT, a leg- Zarif attended the parliament to defend islation to combat financing of terrorism. the ratification of the CFT bill. The debate on the CFT kicked off on Sun- “We cannot give guarantees that by day morning with 268 lawmakers present joining the CFT the (banking) prob- in the parliament. A total of 143 lawmakers lems will be resolved but we can give voted in favor of the bill while 120 voted guarantees that by not joining the bill against it. Five MPs also abstained. the United States will invent pretexts of critic To become a law, however, Iran’s over- to create more problems for us,” Zarif sight Guardian Council should vet the bill said before the vote. 2 Police summons 942 market journalist disruptors POLITICS TEHRAN — Tehran and gold coin. However, over the last few deskpolice chief Hossein days the national currency, rial, has been Rahimi announced on Sunday that 942 gaining considerable strength against gold disruptors in coin and foreign currency coin and foreign currencies. markets have been summoned. Unhappy with the plummeting val- in Saudi The central bank and Judiciary ue of foreign currencies, some economic asked for summoning the disruptors, opportunists, who had manipulated the he said during a meeting of the Tehran market, are provoking people to buy foreign city council. currencies, arguing that the prices will In recent months, there has been a rise again when the second batch of U.S. sharp rise in value of foreign currencies sanctions start on November 4. consulate See page 13 U.S. copters evacuate ISIL terrorists from Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr The United States helicopters have re- the Iraqi border to an unknown location portedly airlifted foreign and wounded on Saturday night. members of the Islamic State in Iraq and This is not the first airlifting of terrorists the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) Takfiri terrorist by the U.S. in Syria as there have already group from Syria’s oil-rich eastern Dayr been numerous reports of such transfers. al-Zawr Province. The evacuation comes amid fresh Syrian media quoted local sources as sweeping advances by Syrian army soldiers File photo saying that the militants had been relo- and allied fighters against the Takfiris on cated from the town of al-Shaafah near the battlefield. 3 EDITORIAL Bin Salman knows his grip on power is dependent on U.S.: Askari ARTICLE M.H. Goudarzi Mohammad Ghaderi simple point that he is boss. So Saudi Arabia bet- Tehran Times editor-in-chief By Javad Heirannia Reporter TEHRAN — Professor Hossein Askari, an expert ter understand that and do what Trump wants. @ghaderi62 on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international Whatever that may be: buy more U.S. arms, business at the George Washington University, pump more oil to reduce oil prices, do whatev- believes that “Mohammed bin Salman knows that er is needed in Yemen and Syria, cooperate as The relation his grip on power and his family’s rule has been needed with Israel, and above all encourage the The hot November and is totally dependent on the United States.” Al-Saud tribe and other wealthy Saudis to enrich between Ahvaz Hossein Askari, who teaches at George Wash- the Trump family businesses. These are things for Trump is ington University, tells the Tehran Times that that he wants but why did he say this especially terrorist attack and “He wants only one thing—to rule Saudi Arabia at this time may be connected to the mid-term arriving U.S. elections. Saudi Arabia could very easily and he will do anything to guarantee this. Let me olitical turmoil in the United States the White House funnel money to the election effort through U.S. repeat, ANYTHING. MBS will do as he is told by has become extremely unpredictable. corporations that are heavily involved in Saudi he martyrdom of some of our com- Trump and Kushner.” The turn of events became worse Following is the text of the interview: its stability and security to the United States. In Arabia. Saudis cannot by law fund U.S. election P patriots in the Ahwaz terrorist at- with an op-ed at the New York Times fact, Trump has made such a statement in the campaigns but they can easily pad a contract tack hurt the hearts of all Iranians. In his latest statement on Saudi Arabia, on September 5. Former White House T Trump humiliated Saudi Arabia again, and said: direction of selling security to Saudi Arabia. Why to a U.S. company with the understanding that The crimes committed by the United strategist Steve Bannon described it as this statement has been repeated at this time? what has been padded goes to the Republican States, its western allies, and its Arab If America does not exist, Saudi Arabia will dis- a coup against Donald Trump. A: First of all, Trump likes to drive home the election effort. 7 pieces in Ahwaz can be analyzed from appear within a few days, and Saudi Arabia owes The reality is that the president faces different dimensions. What’s important domestic problems in his second year in in this regard is “finding the origin of office. This has rarely happened in the this attack,” and putting together the Kharrazi says Iran to prevent misuses by setting red lines on CFT U.S. political history. The issue is of great puzzle pieces that are set by the United prevent misuses from the convention, said the highlighting, “we should rely on ourselves and importance with regard to the approach- States of America. head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Strategic Council resources.” ing mid-term congressional elections in Although the U.S. government is try- Kamal Kharrazi. Elsewhere touching upon proposed Europe’s November. Republicans has the majority ing to convince others that the Ameri- If Convention on Combating the Financing mechanisms, Kharrazi said that EU mechanism in the House of Representatives and the can authorities are basically innocent of Terrorism (CFT) is approved, the conditions can solve part of the economic issues and maintain Senate, but they feel the risk of losing the in Ahwaz terrorist attack, the role of and red lines put forward by Iran will prevent trade with the EU, however, he continued, “we majority in both houses due to Trump’s Trump’s government in the incident misuses of the convention, besides, it can help to should see to what extent the mechanism can record. is so highlighted that even his closest normalize Iran’s economic ties with the world, be satisfactory for us and how many problems Indeed, a feeling has emerged among companions like John Bolton and Mike he told reporters on the sideline of his Saturday’s it can solve in practice,” he said. some American politicians that their coun- Pompeo aren’t able to justify it. There is no meeting with Werner Fasslabend, President of Asked about Iran’s cooperation with Russia try is heading in the wrong direction be- distinction between producing terrorism the Austrian Institute for European Policy and and China and especially economic aspects of cause of Trump’s policies. Even former (the U.S. and its allies), and field terror- Security. that, he stressed Iran is not pursuing the policy President Barack Obama has joined the ism (operational groups affiliated with the Former Iranian FM went on to say that Iran of dependence on these countries, adding that election campaigns by breaking his prom- West and the Zionist regime). The United TEHRAN (MNA) – In case CFT is approved, is not so hopeful about the dramatic change that there are mutual interests in the field of politics ise not to get involved in political affairs. States seeks to encourage individuals to Iran will set conditions and red lines so as to these mechanisms can produce in the country, for which countries can cooperate with each other. The situation is not also good for Trump distinguish between supporters and the internationally. Disagreement with the elements which are involved in the emer- European Union - a traditional ally of the gence of terrorism. United States - over trade and political However, a comprehensive look at ter- issues, trade war with China, increasing rorist attacks will prevent this distinction. tension with Russia, exit from interna- In finding the relationship between the tional treaties such as the Paris climate field terrorism and producing terrorism, agreement and the 2015 multilateral we should note that the origin and the “Young police nuclear agreement Iran, have all made function of the two are the same. In other Trump to look dangerous in the eyes of words, we are faced with a single network helpers” cycle the world. All these issues have made the headed by the United States, and the body situation unfavorable for Trump and his consists of those terrorist groups. to promote government at home and abroad. Another point that should be taken But what is the answer of the president into consideration here is the specific ef- of the United States to these criticisms? forts of the Trump government to sup- safety culture The answer to this question is one word: port anti-Iranian terrorist groups (over economy.