Fighting Terrorism Is Our Common Cause, Rouhani Says After Sochi Talks Favor of Iran’S Membership in the Commission
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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.13329 Thursday Saturday 16, 2019 Bahman 27, 1397 Jumada Al thani 10, 1440 Officials should pave Warsaw final statement Sepahan edge Paykan, Danish Athelas takes the way for young testifies to summit’s Tractor Sazi beat Carl Nielsen’s “Beautiful mangers 2 failure 2 Esteghlal 15 Square” to Fajr 16 Iranian trade-industry delegation to visit Syria on Feb. 16-19 ECONOMY TEHRAN— An Irani- machinery, logistics, banking and in- Fighting terrorism desk an trade and industry surance, IT, SMEs, etc. delegation will visit Syria from February Participating in a meeting to get in- 16 to 19, the portal of Tehran Chamber of formed of the investment making oppor- Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agri- tunities in Syria and also the business culture (TCCIMA) published. environment in that country, having B2B is our common cause The delegation comprises private sector meetings with the members of Damas- directors active in the fields of construc- cus Chamber of Commerce, and visiting tion, technical and engineering services, Iranian ambassador to Syria are some of See page 2 petrochemicals and polymer products, the programs arranged for the Iranian steel and iron, foodstuffs, agricultural delegates during their stay in Syria. Japan lauds Tokyo-Tehran ‘friendly’ ties POLITICS TEHRAN — Japanese diplomatic relations this year, adding that deskPrime Minister Shinzo Tokyo is keen to further boost its coop- Abe has hailed his country’s ties with Iran eration with Tehran. as “traditionally friendly. The Japanese On the second day of his visit to Japan, prime minister made the comment as he Larijani conferred with Abe on the expan- met with visiting Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali sion of commercial and economic coop- Larijani in the capital city of Tokyo. eration between the two countries. Both Abe underlined that Tokyo and Teh- officials agreed on a policy to strengthen ran are marking the 90th anniversary of traditionally friendly relations. Bahrainis stage nationwide rallies to mark eighth uprising anniversary Bahrainis have held rallies across the tiny gime to relinquish power and allow the Persian Gulf state to mark their eighth establishment of a just system representing anniversary of the popular uprising against all Bahrainis. the ruling monarchy. Several prominent Shia clerics in- Pro-democracy protesters in several cluding Sheikh Ali Salman and Sheikh cities, including the capital Manama, called Isa Qassim issued statements highlight- for an end to human rights violations and ing the commitment of the Bahrainis the release of rights activists. to peacefully pursue their demands for president.ir They urged the House of Khalifah re- democracy. 13 ARTICLE REPORT Hanif Ghaffari Foreign spy agencies behind terror attack on IRGC forces: Leader Ramin Hossein Abadian day, killing 27 border guards and injuring Political analyst POLITICS TEHRAN — Leader of the In a message on Thursday, Ayatollah Khamenei Mehr News Agency offered his condolences to the bereaved families 13 others. journalist deskIslamic Revolution Ayatol- lah Ali Khamenei has de- of the IRGC forces who lost their lives in Wednes- According to the Islamic Republic News Agen- nounced a bloody terrorist attack on members day’s terrorist attack, which took place in Iran’s cy, quoting the Quds Base of the IRGC Ground Three main of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Force, the suicide attack against the IRGC took Warsaw circus: in (IRGC), saying the spy agencies of certain Press TV reported. place on a highway near the city of Zahedan, messages of the regional and trans-regional countries cer- A car laden with explosives hit a bus which is located close to the borders of Pakistan the name of peace Warsaw Summit tainly had a hand in the crime. carrying members of the IRGC on Wednes- and Afghanistan. 2 but in interest of he Warsaw Summit had come to an terrorists end without mentioning Iran’s name We have legitimate government voted into power by Venezuelan people: Adib-Moghaddam Tin the final statement of the summit, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW of Justin Trudeau in Canada and the European which has no real conception of world politics, n his speech at the beginning of and that was despite the attempts made by the Warsaw Summit, Polish For- By Javad Heirannia Union call for “re-elections” and/or for Maduro understands that there is no military option in American officials and anti-Iran groups to step down.” Venezuela or anywhere else for that matter.” Ieign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz to introduce Iran as the destabilizer of TEHRAN — Professor Arshin Adib-Moghadd- Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Here is the full text of the interview: put forward a statement against the peace and security in the region. am, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at Philosophies and Chair of the Centre for Iranian On January 30, Guido, the opposition leader Islamic Republic of Iran and claimed In the meanwhile, many of the Western the London Middle East Institute believes that Studies at the London Middle East Institute, also and head of the Venezuelan congressional party, that they want “stabilization of the sources had to confess that the former “We have a legitimate government voted into adds that “This is a rather ludicrous and insulting with U.S. support, questioned Maduro’s legitimacy region” and expressed concerns over remarks made by the U.S. officials didn’t power by the Venezuelan people and the sup- demand to everyone who believes in democratic and introduced himself as the president of this Iran’s activities. really match the result of this meeting. posed champions of democracy such as the United legitimacy and the sovereignty of Venezuelans.” Latin American state. What are the roots of this On the other hand, U.S. Secre- tary of State Mike Pompeo called on Mike Pompeo, the U.S. secretary of State States, but also the so called liberal government He says that “Even the Trump administration, crisis and what is the role of the U.S. in it? 7 had announced before that the Warsaw Thursday for a new era of cooperation summit will focus on the destructive role on the Middle and said no country of Iran! In the West Asia region. could afford to stay on the sidelines In other words, the American au- in tackling regional challenges such thorities intended to turn the Warsaw JCPOA Procurement Channel’s experience overshadowing INSTEX as Syria, Yemen, and Israeli-Pales- ECONOMY TEHRAN— The experience of (PWG), which is coordinated by the European of the JCPOA) and provide its recommendation summit into a specific “Anti-Iran move” desk tinian conflict. in the international system. As the Iranian JCPOA Procurement Channel, External Action Service (EEAS) and has seven to the UN Security Council for its final review Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram which was supposed to ensure that Iran is able participating states: United Kingdom; the United and decision. Netanyahu also called the conference a Qassemi said; “Despite Washington’s to benefit from regular trade in the field of single States of America; France; Germany; Russia; The group has 20 working days (extendable “historical turning point” and said that extensive attempts to hold an all-inclu- and dual-use items of nuclear relevance, proves China; and Iran, JCPOA Procurement Channel to 30 days) to consider the proposals on any one they talked about “unity against the sive summit and forge a new alliance that the Europe’s newly created Instrument for is set up under Annex IV of the JCPOA. export good. The PWG operates by consensus common threat of the Iranian regime.” against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Supporting Trade Exchanges, INSTEX, would PWG as the operational tool of the Procurement and once their decision has been made it is sent Giving the wrong address to the number of participants and their not be able to meet Iranian nation’s demand for Channel was to review proposals by states seeking to the Security Council for its final decision. The the public food and medicine either, according to Mehr to engage in the supply, sale or transfer of nuclear Security Council has five days to make its decision, low levels of participation, coupled with The Warsaw Summit, under news agency’s Friday report. and dual-use items, materials, equipment, goods, which is then communicated to the proposing their reluctance to support any anti-Iran the false pretense of “peace and Run by Procurement Channel Working Group and technology (paras. 6.1.1-6.1.3 of Annex IV state in the form of a written letter. decision… turned the final statement of 4 security in the Middle East”, has the summit into a useless document.” gathered the world leaders who early Friday. support terrorism. Accordingly, it’s important to take the The U.S. attempted to mislead the main messages of the Warsaw Summit Pouran public by announcing that the objec- into consideration: tive of the Warsaw Summit wasn’t to …. First message: The U.S. interna- confront Iran, yet the participants’ tional isolation Shariat- position shows that their aim is to The contradiction between the initial find a new way to counter Iran. targets and the final product of the War- For example, the Secretary of State saw Summit, once again demonstrated Razavi dies of the U.S. and UK as well as the Sau- the isolation of the United States in the di and Emirati foreign ministers ad- international system. Though Trump had dressed the need for “peace” in Yemen, spoken about restoring U.S.