Intelligence chief says EU’s imports of Foreign ministry Books by Hushang 21012Iran’s foreign policy not 4 goods from Iran triple tasked to follow up Moradi Kermani NATION dependent on individuals ECONOMY in April yr/yr SOCIETY on dust storms ART& CULTURE translated into AArabic WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Iran achieves single-digit inflation rate 4 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12582 Wednesday JUNE 22, 2016 Tir 2, 1395 Ramadan 16, 1437 Iran raises Boeing says eyebrow as Leader asks literati to it signs sales Bahrain revokes agreement citizenship of care about current issues with Iran Air top cleric DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) CULTURE TEHRAN — Supreme Leader of the country. He made the remarks during his “Today, another war of a soft type as well as a po- — Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed deskof the Islamic Revolution Aya- annual meeting with Iranian poets and a number litical and cultural struggle is currently underway, and POLITICAL TEHRAN — The an agreement with Iran Air “expressing tollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has asked literati to of Persian-speaking literati from Afghanistan, In- poetry as an effective instrument should fulfill its re- deskIranian parliament the airline’s intent” to buy its aircraft, take a stance on current issues and the essentials dia and Pakistan on evening Monday. sponsibilities in this fight,” the Leader stated. 12 speaker has said the Bahraini regime marking the first major deal with an is in grave miscalculation if it sees the American company in the Islamic Re- revocation of the citizenship of Sheikh public following its landmark nuclear Isa Qassim, a top Shiite cleric, as a way Iran marks International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking deal last year with world powers. to end the political turmoil in the king- The Chicago-based manufacturer is- dom. sued a statement to The Associated Press The monarchy in Bahrain an- See page 10 saying that it signed the agreement “under nounced on Monday that it had re- authorizations from the U.S. government voked the citizenship of the major following a determination that Iran had figure due to what they have called met its obligations under the nuclear ac- serving “foreign interest.” cord reached last summer.” Condemning the act, Larijani said, “Boeing will continue to follow the “The Islamic Consultative Council par- lead of the U.S. government with re- liament) warns the Bahraini regime of gards to working with Iran’s airlines, the rude adventurism, believing it will and any and all contracts with Iran’s dash hopes for achieving a peaceful airlines will be contingent upon U.S. solution.” government approval,” it said. According to a statement by the Boeing offered no further details on country’s interior minister, Sheikh Isa the sale. Qassim “exploited the religious pulpit Iran Air, the country’s national carrier, for political purposes to serve foreign said this week it wants to buy new gen- interests … encouraged sectarianism erations of the Boeing 737, as well as the and violence.” 300ER and 900 version of the Boeing 777. The statement also claimed Isa Qa- Earlier Tuesday, Iran’s Transporta- ssim established organizations that tion Minister Abbas Akhoundi said a follow an external religious political possible deal between the Islamic Re- authority, played a major role in cre- public and Boeing could be worth as ating an extremist sectarian environ- much as $25 billion, on par with the ment and worked on dividing the soci- country’s earlier deal with its European ety alongside sects and in accordance rival, Airbus. 4 with subordination to his orders. 2 VIEWPOINT By Seyed Hossein Mousavian PERSPECTIVE and Reza Nasri By Mahmood Khaghani Hossein Esmaeili There are no Oil expert Mehr/ social posts yet Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli caresses a little girl who holds a photo of her father martyred in the fight against drug traffickers. he United States, along with Caspian energy TFrance, Germany, Britain, China and Russia, reached a historic grid: The energy deal with Iran last July that lifts most sanctions in return for curbs on Iran’s Silk Road MPs congratulate liberation of Fallujah nuclear program. The deal, codified in POLITICAL TEHRAN — A group of Ira- po. The Iraqi forces recaptured Fallujah from ISIL the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action potentially important event desk and endorsed by the United Nations took place at the Research In- nian MPs issued a statement The Iraqi people stood against the Wahha- on Friday. The city was occupied by the terror- A on Tuesday congratulating the Iraqi people and bis who were supported by the U.S. and Saudis, ists in January 2014. Security Council Resolution 2231, spe- stitute for Energy Management government on the liberation of Fallujah. the statement said. The MPs added the U.S., “There is no place in Iraq for you [ter- cifically includes allowing non-Ameri- & Planning (RIEMP) of Tehran Univer- can banks to operate in Iran. sity on June 20 by the launch of the The statement was read at the end of the Israel and some Arab governments spared no rorists] and you will be punished for all the open session of parliament. efforts in providing the Takfiri terrorists with fi- crimes you have committed. The Iraqi peo- But European banks are still reluc- Caspian Energy Grid initiative. tant to enter Iran because they have Chris Cook, a director of Petro Scot- The statement said that “victory” in liberat- nancial and arms supports, however their plots ple are all united against you. Get out of our ing Fallujah opens new prospect for defeating were foiled thanks to the advisory role given by country, for Iraq is for Iraqis,” the Press TV no solid legal assurance from Wash- land, said the aim of the initiative is to ington that its enforcement agencies create a new generation of efficient the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in other IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General quoted Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Iraqi cities such as Mosul, Al-Raqqah and Alep- Qassem Soleimani. as saying on Friday. would not later sue them for violat- and sustainable energy infrastructure ing residual American sanction laws for Iran, regional neighboring coun- that predate the nuclear negotiations. 18 June 2016 as a joint ceremony Land Degradation Neutrality in Iran. sures on such resources progres- tries and others. The key to achiev- These laws are complex and ambig- ARTICLE organized by the FAO Representa- Land preservation is central sively intensify. ing this is the ability, in post-sanctions uous even to sophisticated legal de- tion in Iran and the Forest, Range- to our ongoing efforts to em- At the global level, continued time, to finance development and By Serge R. Nakouzi partments in European banks. So the land and Watershed Management bed sustainable development. land degradation over the next fund operations. The FAO Representative banks, understandably, have been Organization (FRWO) of the Min- Effective land management is a 25 years could reduce global food With the aim of creating a 21st to Iran and to ECO unwilling to do business with Iran and istry of Jihad-e Agriculture, the fundamental component of the production by up to 12% and po- century physical Caspian Energy Grid, risk fines in the billions of dollars if they urgency of the issue of land deg- food, water, energy and envi- tentially result in an increase of and a parallel “Smart Market’ energy unwittingly violated the rules. 2 finance network, an interim agreement Achieving land radation and its effects on ecosys- ronmental health “nexus”, which up to 30% in world food prices. was signed by Professor H.M. Sadeghi, tems and the livelihoods of rural is critical in embedding an inte- Global trends such as population “Voice of president of Education & Research In- degradation populations was brought to the grated approach to secure both dynamics and the increasing de- stitute of Iran Chamber of Commerce, forefront of public discourse. a viable and sustainable devel- mand for energy, food, and wa- Science” named Industries, Mines & Agriculture, H. Ir- neutrality in Iran This year’s slogan of “Protect opment paradigm in the light of ter are expected to dramatically best at Phoenix anmanesh of RIEMP, and Chris Cook of the Earth, Restore Land, Engage the vast challenges being faced increase pressure on the land. By Petro Scotland. his week, following the People” highlights the significance by nations in safeguarding their 2030, the demand for food, en- Film Festival In essence the agreement brings Tcommemoration of the of comprehensive strategic frame- natural resources. These chal- ergy, and water is expected to in- together Iran’s private sector and World Day to Combat De- works as well as all-inclusive partici- lenges are envisaged to become crease by at least 50%, 45% and Melbourne public/academic sectors with leading sertification 2016 held on Saturday pation and cooperation in achieving increasingly acute as the pres- 30% respectively. 3 international market and develop- ARTTEHRAN — Iranian desk ment expertise in relation to the legal FDI in Iran soars with PSA finalizes €400m joint director Moham- structures and financial instruments mad-Hadi Naiji’s social drama “Voice of necessary to finance and fund new sanctions relief venture with Iran Khodro Science” won the award for best film at infrastructure at a time when conven- the Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, the tional structures and instruments are The withdrawal of many economic behind regional powerhouses the The PSA Group and Iran Kho- standards in this long-standing organizers announced on Tuesday.