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Zarif Calls for Making Culture of Nowruz Global Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Syria Ambassador to Tehran Ali Khamenei Says Enemies’ Says Syrian President Bashar Soft War Is After Disappointing Al-Assad Has Invited Iranian And Discomforting the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Nation So as to Prevent Them From Entering the Field Javad Zarif to Visit Damascus VOL. XXIV, No. 6629 TEHRAN Price 10,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019 - ESFAND 11, 1397 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Leader’s Meeting With Iran-Armenia-Qatar Trump Walks as Harden Rallies President Assad Agreement to Transit North Korea Talks End Celebration of Victory South-North Data Abruptly Without Deal Rockets Past Heat > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Rouhani to Visit Iraq Zarif Calls for Making viewPoint On March 11 By: Hamid Reza Naghashian..... Islamic Revolution’s Leap TEHRAN (Dispatches) - President Hassan Rouhani of Culture of Nowruz Global the Islamic Republic of Iran will visit Baghdad on March 11 accompanied by a trade delegation as U.S. Towards Year 2060 sanctions have taken a toll on the Iranian economy. That the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution This is the first visit for Rouhani to Iraq as president and it with a smart and delicate approach has looked at the comes after several high profile visits by Iranian officials achievements of the Islamic Revolution in his including the Foreign Minister Javad Zarif who mainly “Second Phase of the Revolution” statement is very discussed trade. Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday important and applicable as he honestly and fairly that the trip to Baghdad, which was announced during enumerated achievements from different angels and Zarif’s visit in January, has been confirmed for March 11. has presented guidelines and outlook for the next Rouhani’s trip comes after President Barham Salih’s 40-years of the revolution. visit late last year when the Iraqi president called “for Although the Supreme Leader, in the beginning of the strong and friendly relations between the two countries.” statement, considers Islamic Revolution a revolution Since the withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear which does not only belong to Iran but it is a revolutionary deal last year and the reimposition of crippling sanctions on strategy with global slogan relying on the human nature, vital Iranian sectors such as oil and gas, Iran has lost a great on the threshold of entering the fifth decade of the deal of trade and is increasingly looking to its immediate revolution he intentionally underlines the expansion of neighbors such as Iraq and its semi-autonomous northern Iran’s regional power and influence. He, even without region to bypass the sanctions. naming Iran, outspokenly asserts Iran as the most Iran has had cordial relations with Baghdad since the powerful country in the West Asia in terms of justice. 2003 and the current trade between the two countries Even in terms of economy and ignored capacities in stand at around $12 billion. President Rouhani said in the past years and mismanagements, he points to the November during President Salih’s visit, that he hoped total population of 15 neighbor countries of Iran which to raise the number to $20 billion. “Bilateral cooperation constitute of 600m and he reiterates that Iran’s is in the interet of both nations and should be continued economic boom depends highly on relation with the without foreign interference,” Rouhani said at a joint markets in the West Asia. Despite pro-Western current press conference. Salih also described relations between who ties improvement of Iran’s economy with talks the the two nations as strategic and “rooted in history.” West and Europe, the Supreme Leader says,” In the case of talks with the U.S., no problem with them is IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK seen to be resolved, and any negotiation with the U.S. will have no outcome but material and spiritual harms.” Iran Eager to Import Meat, TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on New Delhi and Islamabad to learn from the Announcement of such an important strategy by the peaceful nature of Nowruz, which is celebrated in India and Pakistan, and set aside their differences, as there is Supreme Leader is actually an indication of fruitlessness Livestock From Pakistan no room for violence in the culture of Persian New Year celebrations. and failure of pro-West current who trusted the U.S. He made the remarks on Thursday in an address to an international conference on Nowruz in Tehran, which was and Europe during the JCPOA deal. ISLAMABAD (Dispatches) - Pakistan and Iran on attended by delegates from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Full severance of ties and negotiations with Thursday discussed matters relating to enhance relations Kazakhstan, Iraq, India, and Afghanistan. the U.S. threw cold water on those naïve people in the field of agriculture between the two countries. “We are happy to be hosting delegates from the land of Nowruz,” Zarif said. who are still waiting the U.S. to solve Iran’s The matter came under discussion when Mehdi “In today’s world, we face the problem of lack of understanding and knowledge. As Iranian poet Hafez says, economic problem. See Page 7 Honardoost, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran we should accept that ‘the wind of Nowruz blows from the house of the beloved one’. This means, we should set called on Minister for National Food Security and Research aside violence, hostility, suffering and domination.” Sahibzada Mehboob Sultan in Islamabad Thursday. “We should make the culture of Nowruz global. This is a duty upon all of us as the heirs to the Nowruz Both Pakistan and Iran share a geographical border that heritage,” he noted. Asia’s Iran Crude Oil provides an opportunity to facilitate trade in agricultural Iran’s top diplomat said “we have to turn the mindset of power, domination and use of destructive weapons into products. There are certain issues in export/import of the mindset of dialogue, inclusion, sympathy and coexistence in our homes, societies, region and the world.” agricultural commodities between the two sides. Both Zarif directly addressed the participating delegates and said “we should accept that we are aboard the same ship.” Imports Dips countries signed an Agreement in 2005 for issuance of SPS “Violence brings no security for anyone. As heirs to the Nowruz culture, we should avoid any war among us. Certificate for export of Pakistani mango and citrus to Iran. There should be no conflict between India and Pakistan.” SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia’s crude oil imports from The scope of the Agreement was enhanced with the “You have turned Nowruz into a global event. It is a good fortune,” he said. Iran dipped in January to the lowest in two months after visit of the Iranian Quarantine Experts in 2015 as the “Let’s take an oath today to give the color of Nowruz to our lands and the world.” top buyers China and India slowed down purchases and number of Hot Water Treatment (HWT) facilities were Zarif pointed out that Nowruz is not a natural phenomenon, but a humane transformation that has been put on as Japan recorded zero imports for a third month, increased from three to sixteen. top of the UNESCO’s agenda. government and trade data showed. Federal Minister said that both countries share a long The Iranian foreign minister then underlined that the delegates should understand that achieving security at Asia’s top four buyers of Iranian crude - China, India, Japan border and we should exploit the potentials of this long the expense of others’ insecurity and making progress at the expense of others’ regression is not only and South Korea - imported a total 710,699 barrels per day of border and should not miss opportunities which this undesirable but also impossible. See Page 7 crude from Iran in January, 49 percent lower than the same border offers. month in 2018, the data collated by Thomson Reuters See Page 7 showed. Buyers had to overcome shipping and payment issues which delayed the resumption of Iranian oil imports in Japan and South Korea. Iran is the fourth-largest oil producer UN Rejects U.S. Move to Recognize in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Steel Import From Iran Worries Indian Companies In January, Japan lifted its first Iranian oil cargo since NEW DELHI (Dispatches) - Amid the rising concern over cheap steel imports from China and countries that the sanctions and the shipment is expected to arrive in Golan Annexation by Israel have signed a free trade agreement, some traders in India are worried about heavily discounted steel imports February. South Korea resumed imports of Iranian oil from Iran, which is facing U.S. economic sanctions. in January after a four-month hiatus, but its shipments NEW YORK (PressTV) - UN Special Envoy for were down 75 percent from the same month last year, Syria Geir O. Pedersen has underlined Syria’s The first consignment is expected in two tranches of 32,000 tons and 50,000 tons from Bandar Imam Khomeini port and would be discharged at Nhava Sheva and Kandla ports in next few days, sources said. In order to data from the Korea National Oil Corp showed. sovereignty over the Golan Heights, rejecting a US The third-largest buyer of Iranian oil in Asia has restricted congressional motion to recognize Israel’s circumvent import restriction due to sanctions, the paper work is being routed through Dubai and line of credit is opened in euro or United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED). Iranian mills are pricing steel lower than Chinese its purchases to only condensate, an ultra light oil used in annexation of the occupied territory.
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