WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13499 Thursday OCTOBER 3, 2019 Mehr 11, 1398 Safar 4, 1441 Interference is reason Iranian rial regains Iran and Persepolis Finnish Film Foundation behind regional value by 40% in football great keen on collaboration with insecurity 2 a year: CBI 4 Kashani dies 15 Iran’s private sector 16 EAEU gives Iran 3 years to become a permanent member TEHRAN — The Eurasian Economic the union will officially come into force Union (EAEU), of which Iran became a on October 27. Maximum temporary member in 2018, has given The deal was finalized by Iran’s Ambas- the Islamic Republic a three-year time sador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee and chief to become a permanent member of the of the Eurasian Economic Commission union, Iranian Energy Minister Reza (EEC) Tigran Sarkisyan in a meeting in Ardakanian said. Moscow in late August. Speaking to the press on the sidelines “Based on this agreement, about 840 of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, commodity items will be subject to pref- pressure the official noted that Iran attended the erential tariffs, which means tariffs on recent EAEU summit in Armenia and some goods will be reduced and some the trade agreement between Iran and will become zero tariffs,” he said. 4 has failed Iran 2nd among world’s fastest See page 2 growing tourist destinations TEHRAN — Iran has been introduced most, and where it has fallen the furthest. by United Nations World Tourism Or- “Here’s one that gladdens the heart. Iran’s ganization as the world’s second fastest numbers might still be small – 7.3 million growing tourist destination in 2018, with visitors in 2018, compared with, say, France’s 49.9 percent growth in arrivals year on year. 89 million – but they’re increasing sharply. Surpassing rivals such as Egypt, Nepal, More and more people are being drawn Georgia and South Korea, Iran was ranked to one of the world’s most misunderstood the second after Ecuador, according to the countries, which can only be a good thing. UNWTO annual report which details the Get there now before everyone else does,” countries where tourism has grown the the Traveller reported. 10 3 Saudi bases, over 150 square kilometers taken in 2nd phase of Najran offensive TEHRAN — The spokesman for Yemeni Speaking at a press conference in Armed Forces says three Saudi military the capital Sana’a on Tuesday evening, bases and more than 150 square kilom- Brigadier General Yahya Saree said video eters of land have been taken during the footage recorded by Yemeni forces on second phase of a recent large-scale mili- the second phase of Victory from God tary offensive carried out by Yemeni Army Almighty Operation attests to their full troops and allied fighters from Popular control over the Saudi military sites and Committees in the kingdom’s southern seizure of considerable amounts of mu- khamenei.ir border region of Najran. nitions. 13 PERSPECTIVE No need for translation when art speaks: Iranian artist Mehdi Qadyanlu REPORT Ramin Hossein Abadian M.A.Saki By Samaneh Aboutalebi around the world including the U.S., Russia, the “The balloon is a symbolic icon for me. It is Mehr News Agency Deputy editor-in-chief TEHRAN — Iranian artist Mehdi Qadyanlu, who UK, Austria and Norway, has painted over 100 neither positive nor negative. I look for a sarcastic has collaborated in several major international murals across Tehran from 2004 to 2011. concept in it. It gives people joy and hope as it is journalist art projects, has said that the language of art “Although I was occupied with some exhibi- always used as birthday party decorations but doesn’t need translation and people across the tions abroad, I thought the project could provide yet it is so evanescent and unstable, the calm MBS must swallow world can apprehend it directly. a good opportunity for me to work in Tehran before the storm,” he said. Baghdad’s official In a recent project, he went into partnership after seven years of hiatus from working in my “However, balloons bring colors to the city and his pride with Italian artist Paolo Bordino in “The Urban homeland, and I dedicated the artwork to my most people enjoy them. Also, they will never be reaction to Israeli Art Unites”, an art project that was carried out own people,” he told the Tehran Times. boring and every time you look at them you can t is essential that Saudi Arabia put an attacks on Popular on the exterior wall of Italian ambassador’s res- “It has been some years now since I have been get a different impression,” he added. immediate end to its futile and senseless idence in Tehran last week. presenting my art overseas because it appears In 2016, Qadyanlu completed a massive mural war on the fellow Arab nation of Yemen. Mobilization Forces I Two paintings by the artists were affixed to that Tehran’s municipal authorities don’t want for the Rose Kennedy Greenway project in Boston, Saudi Arabia launched war on Yemen the wall in the project that was implemented to work with me anymore,” he lamented. while the U.S. and Iranian governments were seeking in March 2015 to immediately restore the he Iraqi Prime Minister’s official based on an initiative by Italian Ambassador Known for his surrealistic paintings, Qadyanlu to normalize relations between the countries. He toppled government of President Abd-Rab- reaction to the Zionist regime’s at- Giuseppe Perrone to enhance cultural relations tries to depict fears, hopes and losses through found it an opportunity to play a role in building a bu Mansour Hadi. tacks on Popular Mobilization Forces between Rome and Tehran. his art by using symbolic elements such as stairs, bridge between the countries by his painting entitled T However, since that date Saudi Arabia indicates that Baghdad has entered a new Qadyanlu, who has held several exhibitions balloons and airplanes. “Spaces of Hope”. has become unbelievable vulnerable in 16 phase to respond to the attacks. the face of counterattacks by the Hou- Air strikes against PMF, which this and a segment of the Yemeni Army has intensified recently, aroused who are fiercely opposed to the military Cuban foreign minister: Optimistic on future of U.S. - Cuba relations despite the Blockade dissatisfaction and disagreement intervention of Saudis in their country. among Iraqi officials. Iraqi Prime Saudi Arabia has not been alone in its By Ian Phillips & Michael Weissenstein would never return to the way they were before the blockade, and the younger they are, the more Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi explicitly war against the Yemenis. The UAE army has Cuba’s foreign minister said Tuesday that he December 2014, when Obama and then-Cuban they support it,” Rodríguez said. “In any event, mentioned the role of the Zionist also been directly involved in the war. The believes improvements in relations with the President Raul Castro declared that they would political moments are ephemeral. We have the regime in the attacks for the first United States has also provided logistical United States are irreversible despite the Trump reestablish diplomatic relations. political will to advance without delay.” time. support for the Saudi-led war coalition. administration’s hardening of the embargo on “There have been levels of communication and He also says Cuba is finding ways to buy oil “Investigations on the recent attacks Saudis have even recruited mercenaries the island. mutual familiarity between the peoples of both despite U.S. attempts to stop it by imposing sanc- on the bases of PMF revealed that they from certain Arab countries to force the Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla countries that are irreversible,” Rodríguez said. tions on shipping firms and threatening third were carried out by Israel. The shadow Yemenis into submission. told The Associated Press that while the U.S. He said Cuba was prepared for a worsening countries, insurance firms and others as a way of the war should be removed from the However, the war has proven dis- administration has cut off most communication of tensions during the presidential campaign of retaliation for helping Cuba obtain petroleum. region, everyone is talking about accepting graceful for the Saudi-led coalition both with Cuba and is trying to pressure the com- season because the Trump administration be- The Trump administration says it is trying to negotiation to solve the region’s crisis. in terms of military failures and human- munist government by restricting the flow of lieves that Cuban Americans in South Florida force Cuba to stop supporting President Nicolas There are many signs that no one agree itarian disasters. oil, progress made under former U.S. President support a hard line on the island. Maduro, whom the U.S. says receives military with the war in the region except Israel,” Despite using highly modern weapons Barack Obama has not been undone. He called that an “erroneous political cal- and intelligence help from Cuba. said Iraqi Prime Minister in an interview and fighter jets - mostly bought from the “I would describe myself as very optimistic,” culation.” Oil shortages led to cutbacks in government with Al Jazeera. U.S. – in the war, the Yemenis have grown Rodríguez said. “There’s a historical trend that’s “I believe it has been proven that the majority fuel consumption and distribution last month, According to some Iraqi politicians, more powerful and more threatening to irreversible.” of Cubans in Florida support the progress achieved resulting in long lines at gas stations and reduc- the attacks are a declaration of war the interests of the Saudi Kingdom.