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Iran 'Becoming Immune to Pressure' Official: Iran to Retaliate Any Cyber Attack Japan Seeks Extradition of Two Americans TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran will retaliate TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo prosecutors said Friday they against any country that carries out cyber at- have filed a request for the extradition of two Americans arrested in the U.S. for allegedly helping Carlos Ghosn, tacks on its nuclear sites, the head of civilian the former chairman of Nissan, flee Japan while he was defense has said. out on bail. “Responding to cyber attacks is part of the “We express our deepest gratitude for the cooperation country’s defense might. If it is proven that our the U.S. authorities have shown to our request,” the To- kyo District Prosecutors Office said in a statement. “We country has been targeted by a cyber attack, we plan to cooperate in all ways possible so the extradition will respond,” civil defense chief Gholamreza procedures for the two can be carried out quickly,” it Jalali late on Thursday. said. VOL NO: LV 11193 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Saturday, July 4, 2020, Tir 14, 1399, Zil-Qa’dah 12, 1441, Price 40,000 Rials Viewpoint Jury Picks Mahdavikia’s Goal Hamas Calls for Iranian Feature Against USA Nominated Armed Struggle to Reflections on US State at Athens for Asia’s Greatest Liberate 2 Terrorism Marathon Festival World Cup Goals West Bank 3 Leading6 U.S. Magazine Foreign Policy:8 32 Years After Downing Iranian Airliner: Criminal Americans Not Embarrassed Yet Iran ‘Becoming Immune to Pressure’ for such a meeting again, but Irani- TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Iran count, Iran’s Foreign Ministry an officials now accuse it of sabo- has commemorated the 32nd an- said Washington neither “apolo- taging diplomatic efforts. niversary of the downing of its gized” nor felt “embarrassed” Rouhani explicitly declared in passenger aircraft by a U.S. Navy over the crime. the lead-up to the swap that Tehran guided-missile cruiser over the “What is U.S. human rights? had not ruled out talks, but the po- Persian Gulf, which killed 290 Answer: Unparalleled commit- litical climate in Iran has decisively people. ment to killing people! Persian turned hostile to any talk of negoti- A memorial ceremony was Gulf has long witnessed U.S. ating with the United States. held on Thursday, a day before crimes in the region. 32yrs ago, Any hope that the positive diplo- the tragedy’s anniversary, with U.S. deliberately shot down matic momentum built in late 2019 the participants, including the an Iranian airplane. 290 were would lead to diplomatic progress families of the victims and local killed. U.S. has not yet apolo- between the United States and Iran officials, tossing flowers into gized nor embarrassed,” it said. was crushed in early January, with the waters of Hormozgan Prov- Speaking during Thursday’s the U.S. assassination of Iranian ince near Hengam Island. commemoration ceremony in military commander General Qa- They also chanted slogans the port city of Bandar Abbas, ssem Soleimani. Many millions such as “Down with the U.S.” Abbas Gholamshahi, a senior thronged Iran’s cities calling for and “Down with Israel.” commander of the Islamic Rev- revenge after the terrorist act. Rou- On July 3, 1988, the USS Vin- olution Guards Corp (IRGC), hani defiantly exclaimed in Febru- cennes fired missiles at an Iran said, “The criminal America ary: “They thought that with maxi- Air Airbus A300B2 which was took the most inhumane action mum pressure they can take us to flying over the Strait of Hormuz and committed the crime of the the table of negotiation in a posi- from the port city of Bandar Ab- century in 1988 by downing a tion of weakness … this will never bas to Dubai, carrying 274 pas- passenger plane.” happen.” sengers and 16 crew members. The U.S. then “gave a medal A billboard of Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani overlooks Valiasr Square in The political climate in Iran has Following the attack, the plane of honor to the captain of the Tehran, February 20, 2020. since decisively turned hostile to disintegrated and crashed into cruiser for his inhumane act,” WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- employment increasing, the publi- sion-making bodies in Iran, said any talk of negotiating with the the Persian Gulf waters, killing he added. U.S. President Donald Trump said cation added. According to Iran’s in response to Trump’s offer for a United States, reestablishing a ta- all 290 on board, among them “However, they no longer dare on June 5 that Iran should not wait Central Bank chief Abdolnaser deal, “The exchange of prisoners boo that existed for years before 66 children. do so and we witnessed how until after the presidential elec- Hemmati, Iran’s nonoil gross do- is not the result of negotiations & the nuclear negotiations during the U.S. officials claimed that the their most advanced drone was tion “to make the Big deal,” but mestic product grew by 1.1 percent no talks will happen in the future.” presidency of Barack Obama, the USS Vincennes had mistaken shot down for violating Iran’s can get a “better deal” with him last year. Prominent Iranian econo- Shamkhani’s remarks reflect a con- U.S. publication said. Iran Air Flight 655 for a war- airspace after receiving a warn- now. Trump’s remarks came af- mist Saeed Laylaz also contends sistent line in Tehran: Negotiations With Trump’s re-election pros- plane. This is while the war- ing,” he added. ter a recent prisoner swap, which that Iran’s economy can weather with the United States are off the pects up in the air, a heated UN ship was equipped with highly The commander was referring saw detained U.S. Navy veteran the coronavirus pandemic and may table. Even President Hassan Rou- meeting on Iran shows world pow- sophisticated radar systems and to the downing by the IRGC of Michael White released from Iran experience growth this year despite hani’s foreign minister, Muham- ers’ fading fear of confronting the electronic battle gear at the time an advanced U.S.-made RQ-4 in exchange for Iranian doctor Ma- the virus. mad Javad Zarif, and spokesper- United States. Washington is seek- of the attack. Global Hawk over the territorial jid Taheri. However, while Trump “Trump’s bellicose rhetoric and son Ali Rabiee now maintain that ing to extend a UN arms embargo In 1990, the captain of the waters off Hormozgan on June may want to negotiate with Iran actions have not made Iran more prisoner swaps can occur without that would eliminate any hope of cruiser, William C. Rogers, was 20, 2019. and reinforce his self-avowed inclined to do a deal, but they have negotiations. revival. cleared of any wrongdoing, and The unmanned U.S. aircraft reputation as a deal-maker before undermined any Iranian officials According to FP, the situation “Negotiations and compromise was even awarded America’s had been taken down by Iran’s the U.S. election, his “maximum who supported negotiations with was different just a few months with America, the focal point of Legion of Merit medal by then indigenous Khordad 3 air de- pressure” policy has all but elimi- the United States. Whether wit- ago. The only other time the United global arrogance, are useless and U.S. president George Bush for fense system after it breached nated the chance for U.S.-Iranian tingly or not, Trump’s policy deci- States and Iran exchanged prison- harmful,” said Muhammad Baqer his “outstanding service” during the country’s airspace on a spy- diplomacy in the months to come, sions have closed the potential for ers under the Trump administration Qalibaf, Iran’s new parliamentary operations in the Persian Gulf. ing mission despite the IRGC’s leading magazine Foreign Policy diplomacy,” FP said. was in December 2019, when Iran speaker, in his first speech to the In a post on its Twitter ac- numerous warnings. says. “Iran has proven resilient in “The political cost one faces in released Xiyue Wang for Iranian body, “Our strategy toward the the face of U.S. pressure,” it wrote Tehran for arguing in favor of ne- scientist Masoud Soleimani. Un- terroristic America is to complete U.S. Trying to Seize Iran Oil on Friday. gotiations is now simply too high. like the recent White-Taheri ex- our vengeance for the blood of the While many ordinary Iranians are This is evident in how Iranian of- change, the December swap also martyr Soleimani.” suffering, the economy is not in to- ficials have reacted to the recent saw high-level meetings between Qalibaf, a former commander Tankers Thru Piracy tal free fall, as many in Washington prisoner exchange.” U.S. and Iranian officials, a rare in the Islamic Revolution Guards MIAMI (Dispatches) — U.S. national peace and security and hoped for. Instead, the country has Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of instance of bilateral U.S.-Iranian Corps and an old friend of Solei- federal prosecutors are seeking in contravention of international shown signs of economic recov- Iran’s Supreme National Security talks under the Trump administra- mani, unsuccessfully ran against to seize four tankers sailing to- law including the UN Charter,” ery, with domestic production and Council, one of the highest deci- tion. The United States has called (Continued on Page 7) ward Venezuela with gasoline he said in a statement. supplied by Iran, the latest at- The Trump administration has tempt to disrupt ever-closer been stepping up pressure on trade ties between the two heav- ship owners to abide by sanc- Top Body Determines Cause of Fire at Natanz ily sanctioned anti-American tions against U.S.
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