WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13188 Monday AUGUST 20, 2018 Mordad 29, 1397 Dhul Hijjah 8, 1439 Defense Ministry New chief of Islamic Hassan Yazdani Farhad Hassanzadeh prioritizes missile Dissemination wins Iran’s first gold nominated for Astrid power 2 Organization named 2 at Asiad 15 Lindgren Award 16 U.S. Action Group dreaming of re-enacting 1953 coup: Zarif POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign the dictatorship & subjugating Iranians for deskMinister Mohammad the next 25 years. Now an ‘Action Group’ Javad Zarif on Sunday censured the U.S. dreams of doing the same through pressure, government for setting up a team to ramp misinformation & demagoguery. Never up pressure against Iran, saying it is yet again,” Zarif tweeted. another plot, similar to the 1953 coup, U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo an- to overthrow the Iranian government. nounced on Thursday that the U.S. State Who is “65 years ago today, the U.S. over- Department has formed an “Iran Action threw the popularly elected democratic Group” to coordinate and run an aggressive government of Dr. Mossadegh, restoring U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic. Iran says no OPEC member can take other member’s share of oil exports ECONOMY TEHRAN— No OPEC share of other members for production Brian deskmember country can and exports of oil under any circumstance, take over another member’s share of oil and the OPEC Ministerial Conference has exports, Iran’s permanent envoy to Vien- not issued any license for such actions,” na-based international organizations said the envoy said. in a meeting with OPEC Secretary-General In May, U.S. president pulled out of Mohammad Barkindo on Sunday. an international nuclear deal with Iran Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks and announced sanctions against the referring to Saudi Arabia’s offer to pump country. Washington is pushing allies more oil in the face of U.S. sanctions on to cut imports of Iranian oil to zero and Iranian oil sales, Shana reported. will impose a new round of sanctions on Hook? See page 2 “No country is allowed to take over the Iranian oil sales in November. Nasrallah, Houthi delegation discuss Yemen situation Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed headed by spokesperson Mohammad Hasan Nasrallah discussed the situation Abdel-Salam. in Yemen with a Houthi delegation, a On Saturday, the media office of An- statement from Hezbollah’s media of- sarullah - another name for the Houthis fice reported. - tweeted video coverage of the Nasrallah The statement, released Sunday, said meeting from the group’s Al Masirah TV Sputnik that Nasrallah met with the delegation, channel. 13 ARTICLE Taliban talks with U.S. strictly aimed at ending occupation: Mujahid ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari TEHRAN (MNA) — An official spokesman for Mujahid maintained that the U.S. occupation Hamid Bayati Political analyst the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, told Mehr News of Afghanistan has caused irrevocable damage Tehran Times journalist that the war in Afghanistan is under the control to the country, and that is why Taliban intends of Americans, saying Taliban’s talks with US aims to put an end to the occupation in order to stop at ending the occupation. the continuation of Afghanistan’s destruction. Trump’s Terrible Reports indicate that the Taliban militant group He warned the U.S. that if negotiations failed Trump knows in Afghanistan is in talks with the United States, to achieve results, they would push American Mistake which, according to Taliban members, are being troops out of Afghanistan by force. Europe as an conducted with consultations with Afghanistan’s He added that the U.S. must determine a specif- he strategic and unjustifiable mistake government. ic time for the exit of its troops from Afghanistan enemy! of the United States President, Don- In an exclusive interview with Mehr News during its talks with Taliban. Tald Trump, in his withdrawal from Agency, an official spokesman for the Taliban, Mujahid further noted that talks with Af- resident Donald Trump of the United States has kept the White the nuclear deal and imposing secondary Zabiullah Mujahid, did not confirm the news talks with U.S., as the main side to Afghanistan’s ghanistan’s government would not be fruitful, House pressures on the European sanctions against Iran, is now discussed in about U.S. negotiations with Taliban in Doha, occupation, on the withdrawal of foreign troops because the national unity government is under P Union. This has led to dissatisfaction of different circles. Many western media and but stressed that Taliban seeks to hold direct from the war-torn country. occupation of foreign powers. news sources speak of Trump’s terrible US European partners from Washing- mistake in this regard. ton.Many analysts of the international They believe that by this decision, EU “Blocking Statute” is not guarantee for business with Iran: Jenkins affairs have recently had a special focus Trump was isolated in the international does not have an effect to protect Iran against the from entering it. on US-EU relations! Some signals and system, and failed to have other players’ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW speeches by the President of the Unit- By Javad Heirannia impact of U.S. sanctions. In other words, the law An alternative would be to withdraw from agreement in cooperating with him to is a new version of the “Blocking Statute” that the U.S. market, but for most of those firms the ed States which are addressed to the put sanctions on Iran, and thus failed to TEHRAN — Peter Jenkins, former UK Am- the European Union approved in 1996 to protect U.S. market offers larger financial returns or po- European authorities indicate the full achieve his economic goals against the bassador to the IAEA and UN says that “This is Cuba against U.S. sanctions. In your opinion, tential returns than does the Iranian market; opposition of the White House to the Islamic Republic. In other words, Western that most European firms which have business how much this law is effectiveness to protect so withdrawing from the U.S. market would be European Union. media and analysts believe that, despite interests in the United States do not consider Iran against U.S. sanctions? irrational. However, there are some European Over the past few weeks, there had the fact that Trump’s economic pressures that the EU’s latest “Blocking Statute” gives them A: This is that most European firms which firms that do not have a commercial presence been news about the specific talks between on Iran are more severe than in the time adequate protection.” have business interests in the United States do not in the United States or indeed any U.S. business the President of the United States and of Obama, he will be less successful than Former associate fellow of the Geneva Centre consider that the EU’s latest “Blocking Statute” interest. My impression is that these firms do not some of the European Union’s member his predecessor in pursuing his economic for Security Policy also adds that “They fear that gives them adequate protection. They fear that see U.S. sanctions as a threat to their profitability states. Trump called on French President goals in confrontation with Tehran. if they continue to do business with or in Iran, if they continue to do business with or in Iran, or survival. Some of them are therefore likely to “Emmanuel Macron” to leave the Europe- Recently, the Financial Times em- the U.S. government will impose on them very the U.S. government will impose on them very retain an interest in doing business with or in Iran. an Union and thus build wider bilateral relations with the United States! phasized in a statement that “this news- heavy fines, and that they will have no option heavy fines, and that they will have no option Previously, in 1996, without the Europe Undoubtedly, there will soon be paper supported the Iran nuclear deal but to pay those fines if they wish to continue to but to pay those fines if they wish to continue support, America put sanction on Cuba, and more economic disputes between and continues to believe that the Trump trade with or in the United States.” to trade with or in the United States. This risk Europe did not accept these sanctions. Nowa- America and Europe. In other words, administration was wrong to abandon an Following is the full text of the interview: of heavy U.S. fines is likely to induce them to days Is Europe still able to resist U.S. sanctions the Trade war between these two will agreement that halted Iran’s progress to- Some argue that the European Union laws withdraw from the Iranian market or refrain against Iran? 7 wards nuclear weapons.” become more intense in near future. Trump’s mistake in pulling out of the Furthermore, countries like China nuclear deal and opposing Iran can be and Canada will also enter this con- analyzed both politically and economically. Thousands frontation with the United States. At Trump’s European allies believe that by their most recent meeting, European walking out of the nuclear deal, the U.S. bid farewell to officials argued that they have the right president, has actually put the principle to respond to Trump’s actions. of multilateralism in the international legendary actor However, some European authori- system under question. ties, including Theresa May, believed Financial Times writes accordingly; Ezzatollah that amid the existing disagreements “President Donald Trump’s offer to Tehran raised between Brussels and Wash- of unconditional talks suggests that the ington, EU leaders should attempt to diplomatic path has not been totally cut off.