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ISSUE NO: 17674 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net

Khamenei rages at Trump as renewed US sanctions loom Washington to give 8 countries waivers • Iran starts producing local fighter jet

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali not be so religious but they are sensitive towards domi- Khamenei said yesterday that President Donald Trump nation by foreigners.” has “disgraced” US prestige and would be the ultimate On Friday, the US said it would add 700 individuals loser from renewing sanctions on the Islamic republic. and entities to its Iran blacklist and push the SWIFT “This new US president... has disgraced the remnant of global banking network to cut off Tehran as Washington America’s prestige and that of liberal democracy. applies “maximum pressure” to cripple the country’s America’s hard power, that is to say their economic and economy. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said eight military power, is declining too,” he said on his Persian countries - believed to include India, Japan and possibly Twitter account, quoting a speech in Tehran. China - would be given waivers to continue importing A defiant Khamenei dismissed the renewed US sanc- Iranian oil in order to avoid upsetting the global crude tions - including an oil embargo - that take effect market, but only on condition they slow their purchases. tomorrow. “The challenge between the US and Iran has Iran is the world’s No. 3 oil exporter. China, India, lasted for 40 years so far and the US has made various South Korea, Turkey, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and efforts against us: Military, economic and media war- Japan have been top importers of Iran’s oil, while Taiwan fare,” he said. “There’s a key fact here: In this 40-year occasionally buys cargoes of Iranian crude but is not a challenge, the defeated is the US and the victorious is major buyer. Turkey has been told it will temporarily be the Islamic republic.” allowed to keep buying Iranian oil, its energy minister Trump announced in May he was withdrawing from told reporters, as has Iraq, as long as it does not pay the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions, spark- Iran in US dollars, three Iraqi officials said. India and ing outrage among world powers who say Iran has been South Korea were also on the list, said a source familiar complying with commitments to restrict its atomic pro- with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. gram. Washington says it wants a new deal with Iran, Under US law, exceptions can be granted for up to curtailing its regional interventions and missile program 180 days. India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan yes- - demands which have been flatly rejected by Tehran. terday said India and other leading oil buyers would The renewed sanctions are designed “to paralyze benefit from the US waiver they have been granted. “In (Iran’s) economy and keep it backward. However, it has the current geopolitically challenging scenario, India has resulted in encouraging a movement towards self-suffi- managed to convince international leaders,” Pradhan TEHRAN: A handout picture released yesterday shows the production line of the “Kowsar” domestic fighter jet, a ciency in the country,” Khamenei added. “Our youth, told reporters in New Delhi. fourth-generation fighter with “advanced avionics” and multipurpose radar. — AFP across the country, support independence. Some may Continued on Page 24

tral Egyptian city of Minya. Angry Copts Under heavy guard by masked secu- Husband jumps rity personnel yesterday, hundreds of angry Copts gathered in and around to death after mourn bus Minya’s Prince Tadros church from dawn for the funeral of six victims. The seventh attack victims victim, an Anglican, was buried Friday stabbing wife evening in a village outside Minya. After MINYA, Egypt: Angry Coptic yesterday’s prayers, the bodies were car- By Meshaal Al-Enezi Christians yesterday bu