Velayati defends NFC to launch Azadi a difficult Iranian theaters renew 21112post-deal negotiations 4 Iran services stadium to play: schedules to improve NATION between Iran and 5+1 ECONOMY on July 28 SPORTS Julio Velsaco ART& CULTURE boxox oofficeffice recreceipts WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Jaberi Ansari meets Hezbollah chief in Beirut 2 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12587 Wednesday JUNE 29, 2016 Tir 9, 1395 Ramadan 23, 1437 New Cold War would Rouhani praises Judiciary Iran’s not be productive for quarterly anyone: Robert Hunter for maintaining security exports of gas EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW condensate up By Javad Heirannia POLITICAL TEHRAN — Presi- “Security will not be maintained in week. deskdent Hassan Rouhani any country unless the people are un- He also called on the judicial and ex- 57% yr/yr TEHRAN — Robert E. Hunter, the former U.S. ambassa- said on Tuesday that the efforts being der the shelter of an impartial and ef- ecutive bodies to expand cooperation dor to NATO, says a new Cold War between the West and made by the Judiciary to maintain secu- ficient judiciary,” Rouhani told a gather- in line with boosting the economy. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s desk Russia would not benefit any side. rity in the country is praiseworthy. ing held to commemorate the Judiciary 2 Pars Especial Eco- “A new Cold War would not be productive for anyone,” nomic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) exported Hunter tells the Tehran Times as NATO staged its largest $1.687 billion of gas condensate in the war game in Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold first quarter of the current Iranian cal- War earlier this month. endar year (March 20-June 20, 2016), The 10-day military exercise involved 31,000 troops Leader names new chief of staff showing a 57 percent growth compared and thousands of vehicles from 24 countries including to the same time last year,” the CEO of Germany. the PSEEZ organization Mehdi Yousefi German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has told Shana news agency on Tuesday. broken ranks with NATO allies, accusing the alliance of According to him, PSEEZ exported “warmongering” against Russia. In his interview with Bild 4.178 million tons of gas condensate am Sonntag newspaper, Steinmeier said, “The one thing in the said time, which registers 107 we shouldn’t do now is inflame the situation with loud sa- percent rise, compared to the same bre-rattling and warmongering.” period in the previous year. The statement by the chief German diplomat shows The official expressed hope that the serious differences with the alliance. country will witness a hike in its exports Hunter says, “Given that there are some differences of gas condensate after getting new of view within the Alliance underscores the importance development phases of South Pars gas of NATO’s striking a balance in regard to policies toward field as well as those of different petro- Russia and also seeingeeing if a revivalrevival ofof diplomacydiplomacy isis possiblepossible chemical complexes operational. anytime soon.” PSEEZ is located in the port city Following is thehe full text of Assaluyeh, southwestern Bushehr of the exclusive iinterviewnterview Province. The petrochemical complex- with Hunter: es in the zone receive gas and gas Recently NATONATO condensate feedstock from South Pars staged large scalee militarmilitaryy gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar exercises in Polandland near in the Persian Gulf. the borders with RRussia.ussia. DDoo The giant gas field is estimated to the war games indicatendicate the contain a significant amount of natural emergence of a nnewew gas, accounting for about eight per- Cold War? cent of the world’s reserves, and ap- proximately 18 billion barrels of con- See page 9 densate. Leader.ir Academic lauds Imam POLITICAL TEHRAN — Su- will be serving as advisor to the Leader. to the fledging 1979 Islamic Revolution. deskpreme Leader of the According to the Iranian constitu- Initially accepted into an engineer- PERSPECTIVE Khomeini’s Quds Day initiative Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali tion, the post is deiced upon by the ing program at the University of Tehran, By Heydar Soheyli Esfahani Khamenei on Tuesday officially named Leader, commander-in-chief of the Ira- soon Baqeri joined Iranian armed forc- political analyst POLITICAL TEHRAN — A Lebanese academic has Major General Mohammad Hossein nian Armed Forces. es resisting the invading Saddam Army. deskhailed the late founder of the Islamic Re- Baqeri as the new Armed Forces chief The younger brother of Martyr Has- His brother had already formed the first public Imam Khomeini for declaring the last Friday of the of staff. san Baqeri, Hossein Baqeri joined the ever operation intelligence unit in the holy month of Ramadan as International Baqeri replaced Major General Has- Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) battleground. The one who always Quds Day, saying the initiative stymied san Firouzabadi who had held the posi- in 1981, when riots in Kurdistan, western Previously, Baqeri served as deputy plans by some countries for normaliza- tion since 1989. Hereafter Firouzabadi Iran, broke out, posing a major threat chief of staff. said ‘No’... is gone! tion of relations with Israel. In an interview with the Tasnim pub- ast week, one of British networks lished on Tuesday, Mohammad Tai, a Lhad a discussion with three Brit- professor at the University of Beirut, said Audio version of Parvin Etesami’s Iran condemns suicide ons regarding ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote Imam Khomeini’s historical move made to stay in the European Union, better it difficult for certain parties that sought to establish normal divan released in Armenian attacks in Lebanon known as Brexit. ties with the Zionist regime of Israel. CULTURE TEHRAN — An POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ira- The comments of one of the partic- deskaudio version of desknian Foreign Min- ipants revolved on the outcomes that the divan of Iranian poet Parvin Ete- istry spokesman Bahram Qasemi the EU had for Britain as an EU mem- Natiq Nouri asks sami (1907-1940) has recently been on Tuesday strongly condemned ber state and not the quality of the Rouhani to appear tough released in Armenia. suicide attacks by the Takfiri terror- membership. But the other two mainly Recited in the Armenian lan- ist groups in Lebanon. focused on the quality and the advan- on inflated salaries guage by famous reciter Aida Asa- “Once again, the Islamic Repub- tages of EU membership for London turian, the audiobook contains a se- lic of Iran highlights the necessity of and were keen to stay in the European POLITICAL TEHRAN — Head of the Supreme Lead- lection of Etesami’s poetry published awareness and unity by the regional Union. desk er’s Special Inspection Office has asked by Iran’s Cultural Office in Armenia in collaboration with governments and people to fight terrorism,” Qasemi said Subconsciously, I realized that the President Hassan Rouhani to appear tough on the case of the Mehr, an Iranian-Armenian Cultural Club. in the statement. emotional aspect of the pro-EU mem- inflated salaries. The producers believe that the audiobook helps Ar- He added, “Iran is on the belief that the international bership discussion was forced on the Speaking on Sunday evening, Ali Ak- menian scholars to become more familiar with Persian community must be more serious in fighting terrorism and logic of it. bar Natiq Nouri said however that such culture and civilization and get to know the deep culture its supporters.” However, now that 52 percent of cases of corruption are not something of Iran. Parvin Etesami was one of the most prominent The official also said Iran supports the Lebanese gov- Britons voted to leave the EU, Europe new, citing examples in previous gov- Persian poets of the 20th century. Her first anthology of ernment and people in fighting terrorism. According to is shocked that suddenly the balance ernments too, the Javan daily newspa- poems was published in 1935. Her poetry is themed upon the Guardian, eight suicide bombers attacked a Christian went in favor of the emotional aspect per reported. social, humanitarian and mystical concepts, and contains village in Lebanon on the border with Syria on Monday versus logic. On another front, some decisive action no allusions to romantic love or feminine sentiments. She which left five people killed and almost 30 people in- The opposition insists that in the is being taken to tackle the corruption. died from Typhoid fever in 1940 in Tehran and was buried jured. There has been no claim of responsibility, but suspi- new situation, new opportunities will The Majlis Research Center, General Inspection Organization, near her father in Qom. cion has fallen on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. arise for Britain and the way will be Supreme Audit Court, and Majlis Article 90 Committee held a paved for its development. They be- meeting on Monday to address the case. First Vice President lieve that the freedom of British people Es’haq Jahangiri the same day said salaries should be first India’s Essar May oil imports from Iran jump 50% y/y to vote and decide for more effective confirmed by the Council on Wages and Salaries. policies as well as a decrease of Brit- India’s Essar Oil, the top Indian buyer rels per day (bpd) of oil from Iran last der pressure from western sanctions ain’s commitments and responsibilities of Iranian crude, imported 49.7 percent month, an increase of about 4.6 percent against Iran’s nuclear program, the data regarding the crises plaguing coun- Tycoon’s death would mean more Iranian oil in May compared with from April, the data showed.