WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13278 Saturday DECEMBER 15, 2018 Azar 23, 1397 Rabi’ Al thani 6, 1440 We should make Iranian scientist Persepolis beat Pars “Dark Room” sanctions ineffective: Baharvand among winners Jonoubi, Tractor Sazi named best at general 2 of 2019 TWAS Prize 9 beaten by Foolad: IPL 15 Kerala film festival 16 Iran to deal with CNPC according Truce agreement victory for to contract rights: Zanganeh ECONOMY TEHRAN — Irani- contract, when Total left they were to take deskan Oil Minister Bijan over based on the terms of the contract Namdar Zanganeh said CNPC’s leaving otherwise it would be a breach of contract South Pars deal would be a violation of and we will deal with it according to our Yemeni nation: Abdulsalam the contract and Iran will act accordingly, contractual rights. IRNA reported. Earlier in November, Zanganeh had Iran welcomes preliminary deals between Yemeni warring sides 2 In an interview with the national said that China’s state-owned CNPC television on Wednesday, the official had officially replaced France’s Total noted that since the Chinese company in Iran’s multibillion-dollar South Pars is the second biggest shareholder in the gas project. 4 See page 13 Zarif says Iran gets its security from people POLITICS TEHRAN – Foreign he said in speech at annual gathering deskMinister Mohammad of pro-reform Neda-ye Iranian Party Javad Zarif said on Friday that it is (Voice of Iranians). people who back national security in The chief diplomat said respecting the Iran. human rights is not a legal and moral ob- “Respecting the human rights is ligation for Iran, rather it is a “necessity not just a moral obligation for Iran, for survival”. rather it is a necessity for its national He noted that it is the people who have security. We need the people as sup- empowered Iran. porters of our own national security “It is the people of Iran who are the and we are nothing without the people,” basis of our power,” he added. 2 Researcher lists reasons why Iran must focus on its missile power Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Ira- pect that Iran will dismantle the backbone nian nuclear negotiator and a current of its defense doctrine,” Mousavian wrote Princeton University researcher, believes in Al-Monitor published on Thursday. at a time that Iran is being militarily Following is the text of the article head- threatened from all sides, it is a “simple lined “Six factors shaping Iran’s missile folly” to expect Tehran to “dismantle” decision-making calculus”: its missile program. The UN Security Council convened “Under current circumstances, where Dec. 12 to address the implementation Reuters the countries of the region are aggressively of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action arming themselves, it is simply folly to ex- (JCPOA). 13 ARTICLE Russian White Swans in the U.S. backyard; Washington terrified ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari By Farzad Farhadi ble-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said Ebrahim Fallahi Political analyst TEHRAN — On December 10, the Ministry of Defense in the Soviet Union. It is the largest and heaviest two the bomber planes were accompanied by Tehran Times journalist of the Russian Federation announced two Russian combat aircraft, the fastest bomber now in use two fighter planes, but did not indicate whether Tu-160 planes landed at an airport in close proximity and the largest and heaviest variable-sweep wing the planes were armed or not. to Caracas, Venezuelan capital, after traveling some airplane ever flown. Its flight range reaches 12,000 This Russian action in Latin America is not The sad fate of 10,000 km. The two Russian nuclear-capable strategic km without refueling and is therefore considered a routine military measure. For example, the bombers arrived a couple of days after Venezuelan a part of Russia’s strategic weaponry. Associated Press reported that the last time the Chabahar port, Iran’s Europe’s leading President Nicholas Maduro’s meeting with Vladimir The Tupolev Tu-160 is a strategic ultrasonic Tupolev 160 planes were sent to Venezuela was Putin in Moscow, which ended with Russia’s agree- bomber capable of carrying nuclear warfare. In five years ago. Before that, in 2008, after the mil- wining card in trade figure ment to invest in Venezuela. addition to the Tu-160 bombers, an An-124 and itary crisis between Russia and Georgia, Russia The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic, varia- an Ilyushin IL-62 airliner landed in Venezuela. was sending a military fleet to Venezuela. 7 with South Asia, CIS ccording to a new poll conducted by IFOP, French President Emmanuel n southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of AMacron and Prime Minister Edouard Turkey fails to comply with all its obligations in Idlib Oman, there is a port city called Chaba- Philippe’s popularity ratings hit new lows By Poya Mirzaee President Vladimir Putin agreed to create a buffer zone be 15 to 25 kilometers wide and come into force Ihar which is the home for Iran’s only as the “yellow vest” protests are getting TEHRAN — Idlib is the only province of Syria to between Syria’s rebels and pro-government forces. by October 15. In line with the agreement, Putin oceanic port. Due to its strategic geograph- more and more serious. The poll’s results remain completely outside government control and At the meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin convinced the Syrian president to accept the So- ical positioning, Chabahar port holds a which were published on Tuesday, indi- has been dominated by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the considered his Turkish counterpart’s comments about chi agreement, concluded between Russia and great significance for Iran both politically cated that Macron’s approval rating fell modern successor to Nusra Front. The domination preventing humanitarian disasters and human rights Turkey. Iran and Russia are major allies of Syrian and economically. to 23 percent, down six percentage points of the Syrian army in Syria now means the end of violation given the ever-increasing number of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. After years of negotiation, Iran has on the previous month, while Philippe’s the war ultimately and this will lead to opportunities refugees. Putin took charge of a plan to discourage Surprisingly, the Sochi agreement was ac- awarded the development project of this fell to 26 percent. for political changes in the country. Syrian leaders from using the military operations to tively adopted by Western countries, which had port to India, and the South Asian country It’s to be noted that the “yellow vest” On September 17, 2018, in the Russian city of Sochi, clear Idlib of terrorists. previously expressed grave concerns about the committed $500 million to build two new demonstrations were initially held on Nov. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Putin said that a buffer zone would human rights situation in Idlib. 7 berths in this port. 17 in protest to fuel-tax rises. But then it However, after the U.S. reimposed took an anti-Macron color and became sanctions on Iran in November, the fu- a broad movement. Erdogan slams Israel, says it wants to destroy al-Quds’s Islamic heritage ture of many Iranian projects including The poll also shows that France 40-year- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ad- in al-Quds (Jerusalem) over the last 50 years. “I am calling out to my Palestinian brothers, Chabahar port were shadowed by the old president’s score now matches the dressed on Friday an Istanbul meeting of lawmak- “You lie to yourself if think you can destroy you must end bickering and fighting amongst consequences of the sanctions. low charted by his socialist predecessor ers from several countries on al-Quds (Jerusalem). Jerusalem’s spiritual identity by moving a few yourselves and come together.” But following several rounds of nego- François Hollande in late 2013. Hollande Erdogan thanked ‘heroes’ who uphold the embassies, consulates there,” said Erdogan. Elsewhere, in his address Erdogan reiterated tiations and discussions with New Delhi, was then widely considered to be the least honor of al-Quds (Jerusalem) and humanity, “Bombing children playing ball along the coast call on Saudis for the extradition of dissident Saudi the U.S. administration finally exempted popular head of state in modern French protect the dignity of the Muslim Ummah com- of Gaza is a crime against humanity as bad as journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder suspects to the Chabahar project from the sanctions. history. munity against occupiers. the Holocaust,” he said. stand trial in Turkey as the crime occurred in The new improvements around this Protesters condemn Macron of closing He said al-Quds (Jerusalem) is not a cause Showing a reaction against the Israeli miscon- Istanbul. important port intrigued the Tehran Times his eyes on the rising cost of living in France. for only a handful of Muslims in Palestine, but ducts never means anti-Semitism, Erdogan said. “Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was mar- to pay a visit to Chabahar and conduct an During the recent rallies, four people have also “our common cause”. Palestinians must put an end to discord among tyred in heinous operation at Saudi Consulate interview with Behrouz Aghaie, the director died and dozens were wounded. The Turkish president accused Israel of trying themselves in order to see an outcome of their in Istanbul,” he said. general of Ports and Maritime Department The protests raised at a time when some to deliberately wipe out traces of Islamic heritage friends’ efforts, Erdogan added.