Leader Urges Nation Not to Back Down from Revolutionary Ideals
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XXIV, No. 6616 TEHRAN Price 10,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 - BAHMAN 25, 1397 2 6 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS “Yes” to Dialogue, Iran, Turkey Clinch Deal Russia Warns U.S. Nishikori Rallies to Against Meddling Overcome Tough “No” to Pressures To Boost Tourism Ties In Venezuela Rotterdam Opener > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 6 > SEE PAGE 8 FATF May Extend Leader Urges Nation Not to Back American Coup Aim at Deadline for Iran Controlling Venezuelan Oil IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK TEHRAN (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Permanent Down From Revolutionary Ideals Representative to the United Nations, Eshagh TEHRAN - Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Al Habib, said that the aim of the American coup in Joneydi said Iran’s joining the Financial Action Task Venezuela is to dominate the country’s oil resources. Force is not off the table yet, adding that the FATF may He made the remarks Tuesday while addressing the extend its Feb. deadline for Iran to join the body. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states’ “There is a possibility that the deadline would be meeting on Venezuela, in the Trusteeship Council. extended,” Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Iranian envoy highlighted that U.S. hostile, illegal Laya Joneydi told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet and provocative policies should be stopped. meeting on Wednesday. He went on to say that current development in She said some remarkable steps have been taken by Venezuela is a domestic issue that does not threaten the government to amend anti-money laundering laws, regional or international peace and security. adding that “in this current situation where we need to Al Habib emphasized that no foreign action can be maintain our banking transactions,” joining the FATF is taken without the explicit consent of the government not yet out of the question. and no one can instruct Venezuelans what to do or not Meanwhile, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, do, which system to choose or what policies to adopt. Abdolnaser Hemmati, said Wednesday that joining the “Most importantly, no country or organization has the FATF would be beneficial to Iran. right to determine which of the national institutions of “Joining the FATF will benefit us. All other countries another country is democratic or legal. According to have already joined, and we do not wish to be on the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the body’s blacklist,” he added. See Page 7 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, only the ‘will of the people’ will be the basis of legitimacy of the state.” Iran Gains Knowhow to See Page 7 Produce 10 New Biotech Drugs Maduro Calls on Venezuelans TEHRAN (IFP) - Iran has managed to gain the To Join Chorus for Peace knowhow to produce 10 new biotech drugs, said TEHRAN (PressTV) – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has issued a detailed statement dubbed Mostafa Qanei, the head of Iran’s Biotechnology “The Second Phase of Islamic Revolution” on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the 1979 uprising that CARACAS (Dispatches) - Venezuela’s President Development Department. toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime. Nicolas Maduro has called on all Venezuelans to get He said the drugs will be mass produced and enter the In the statement, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Revolution guaranteed Iran’s security, stability, and united against any foreign intervention in their country. market within the next two and three years. territorial integrity, and stressed that Iran must not back down from its national and revolutionary values. Maduro made the remark while addressing thousands “Today, there is no potential rival for Iran in the biotech “Among all the nations suffering from oppression, few make an effort to launch a revolution; and among those of his supporters who had gathered in the capital, area,” Qanei was quoted as saying in a report by Mehr nations that have risen and launched a revolution, few have been witnessed to have pursued it to the end, or Caracas, on Tuesday to express support for their news agency. On the developments in the biotech moved beyond merely changing the government and safeguarded their revolutionary values,” read the statement. elected president amid calls 8by the opposition and the area in Iran, Qanei said before the Islamic “However, the auspicious Revolution of the Iranian nation—which is the greatest and most popular revolution of United States to overthrow his government by force. Revolution in 1979, no biotech drug was produced the contemporary era—is the sole revolution that has persisted forty years of pride, saved from betrayal to its values, “Let the drums of war go away! Let the threats of domestically but in 2006, Iranian scientists managed and it has preserved its dignity and original slogans against all the temptations which seemed irresistible; hence, military intervention go away! And Venezuela! Say in to produce the first domestic biotech drug. entering the second phase of self-development, society-processing and civilization-building,” the Leader added. one chorus, with a single voice: we want peace!” “We have produced 22 biotech drugs, and that came “The day when the world was divided into the materialistic West and East, and no one presumed a major Maduro said. “We all want peace for Venezuela.” despite the international sanctions which deprive us of the religious movement would emerge, the Islamic Revolution of Iran stepped into the scene gloriously and mightily; As Maduro’s supporters were chanting against war and main technological equipment. Despite the obstacles it broke the frameworks; it flaunted to the world the outdatedness of the clichés; it put the religion and the intervention, his opponents were gathering to show support created for us, we have managed to turn into a biotech hub material world together, and declared the coming of a new era,” Ayatollah Khamenei continued. for opposition figure Juan Guaido, who has declared himself in the region with no serious rival in this area,” he said. “Today, after 40 annual celebrations of the victory of the Revolution..., one of the two centers of animosity has “interim president” of Venezuela and welcomed U.S. threats For a brief review of Iran’s achievements in various already perished, and the second one is struggling with predicaments that signal its death in the near future. of potential military intervention in the Latin American fields of science and technology, check the book Whereas, the Islamic Revolution is advancing while preserving and adhering to its mottos.” country. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump “Science and Technology in Iran: A Brief Review” The Leader noted that the Revolution’s mottos of freedom, ethics, spirituality, justice, independence, dignity, was first to recognize Guaido’s self-declaration when it was According to the Iranian official, based on Iran’s rationality and brotherhood had no expiry date and “are not limited to a single generation or society so that they made last month. See Page 7 20-Year Vision Plan, the Islamic Republic will turn into would rise in a period and decline in the next.” See Page 7 the first country in the region in biotech area within the next six years. See Page 7 U.S. Wants Poland to Loosen Ties With Turkey Not to Attend U.S.-Led Global Oil Supply to Swamp Demand in 2019 China, Iran in Exchange for Bases LONDON (Reuters) - The global oil market will struggle this year to absorb fast-growing crude supply from WASHINGTON (Dispatches) – U.S. Secretary of State Anti-Iran Summit outside OPEC, even with the group’s production cuts and U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, the International Mike Pompeo arrived in Budapest, kicking off a multi- Energy Agency said in a report on Wednesday. leg tour of Central Europe in a bid to cement U.S. ANKARA (Dispatches) - Two important international The IEA left its demand growth forecast for 2019 unchanged from its last report in January at 1.4 million partnerships in the region against other major powers, summits will take place today, with the first being about barrels per day. “It is supported by lower prices and the start-up of petrochemical projects in China and the U.S. including Russia and China. Syria and will bring Turkey, Russia and Iran together in Slowing economic growth will, however, limit any upside,” the agency said. Washington is preparing to offer Warsaw an increased Sochi for the fourth time under the Astana Process. The IEA raised its estimate of growth in crude supply from outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting U.S. military presence in Poland in exchange for a Polish The first is about Syria and will bring Turkey, Russia and Countries to 1.8 million bpd in 2019, from 1.6 million bpd previously. The agency also lowered its forecast for refusal to engage in closer cooperation with China and Iran together in Sochi for the fourth time under the Astana demand for OPEC crude, production of which the group has pledged to cut by 800,000 bpd this year as part of an Iran, Rzeczpospolita reported, citing diplomatic sources. Process. The second one is about Iran and co-organized by agreement with Russia and other non-OPEC producers such as Oman and Kazakhstan. The “call” on OPEC crude “The situation is very dynamic.