WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12902 Wednesday AUGUST 16, 2017 Mordad 25, 1396 Dhi Al Qaeda 23, 1438 S.Korea’s July Iranian Iran exporting Iran prodigy Sharifi Abbas Kiarostami’s crude oil imports nano products hotly anticipating house embellished jump 27% 5 to 20 countries 12 Goa return 15 with Eternal Tile 16 China to fund $250m construction Rouhani defends minsters, hypermarket project in Iran ECONOMY TEHRAN — Beijing Managing Director of Iranian Omran deskConstruction Engi- Holding Group Amir Hossein Karimi, vows structural reforms neering Group (BCEG) is to finance and a director from BCEG. $250 million in a project for building a As accorded, 15 percent of the See page 2 hypermarket of construction materials required financial resources for in Iran. implementation of the project will The group signed a memoran- be supplied by C.S.P.O and the dum of understanding (MOU) in rest will be provided by the Chi- this regard with the Iranian Om- nese BCEG. ran Holding Group- a subsidiary to “The intended hypermarket will the country’s Civil Servants Pension be constructed in an area of 90,000 Organization (C.S.P.O), in Tehran square meters in east of Tehran,” Ka- on Tuesday, the official website of rimi said during the signing ceremony, C.S.P.O reported. “construction of this hypermarket is an The MOU was signed by the CEO introduction to construction of other of C.S.P.O Mahmoud Eslamian, the specialized markets in Iran.” IRGC dismisses claim of ‘unsafe approach’ to U.S. aircraft carrier POLITICS TEHRAN — The statement said. deskIslamic Revolution It further said the IRGC’s drones are Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a statement equipped with standard navigation on Tuesday rejecting claims that an Ira- systems and that the drone flights are nian drone had made an “unsafe ap- operated precisely and professionally. proach” to an American aircraft carrier. The statement was released hours af- The IRGC stressed all aerial opera- ter U.S. Navy spokesman Lieutenant Ian tions by Iran’s Air Defense Identifica- McConnaughey said an Iranian QOM- tion Zone are carried out under the 1 drone flew within 300 meters (1,000 standard safety regulations. feet) of aircraft based on the USS Nimitz “The Guards’ drone patrols in aircraft carrier in international waters on Iran’s Air Defense Identification Zone Sunday night, calling it an “unsafe and Mohammad Momeimany will continue with precision and in a unprofessional” incident. continuous manner to safeguard the “Despite repeated radio calls to es- borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran tablish communications and remain without taking heed of the psycho- clear, the QOM-1’s controlling station logical warfare operations of foreign was unresponsive and the (drone) did Tehran Times/ Tehran forces present in the Persian Gulf,” the not use any aircraft 2 Russia could New environment chief warns of ‘disastrous’ water scarcity Iraq launches hold meeting SOCIETY TEHRAN — Water scar- for two days may help to mitigate air pollu- number has grown to 120 million, Kalantari operation to deskcity is Iran’s major concern tion but water-related issues are catastrophic. pointed out. “Once we supported ranchers on Iran nuclear and the situation is ‘disastrous’, the newly-ap- “In order to become self-sufficient in wheat to produce up to 120,000 tons of meat which liberate Tal Afar pointed environment chief Isa Kalantari said we’ve lost sustainable water and soil resourc- contributed to severe erosion; in fact we ex- deal: senator on Monday. es through sentimental decision making,” the changed 120,000 tons of meat with 1 billion from ISIL control POLITICS TEHRAN — A Rus- Kalantari made the remarks at his inau- former agriculture minister lamented. tons of soil per annum.” Iraq has begun an operation to liber- desksian senator says his guration ceremony with First Vice-President Kalantari went on to say that “the difficulties “Currently we withdraw more than 110 ate the northern city of Tal Afar from country could convene a meeting with Es’haq Jahangiri and former chief of the De- we are going through now are the outcomes of percent of our renewable resources while the ISIL (Daesh) terrorists weeks after the U.S., China, France, Britain and partment Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar in our decisions during 80s and 90s; we were so number should be restricted to 40 percent,” driving the terror group out of its last Germany to protect the Iran nuclear attendance. excited to become self-sufficient that we over- he added. urban stronghold in the country, the deal as the moves by the U.S. is threat- Today’s environmental issues cannot be looked the long-term implications.” Even if the government seeks environ- Defense Ministry says. ening the international agreement. attributed to the Pahlavi era as they all have Once Iran’s total livestock population mental reforms only some of the damages Mohammed al-Khudari, a spokes- “Russia may demand the ‘six’ — occurred after the Islamic Revolution, Kalan- amounted to 70 million which believed to can be reversed and some are irreparable, he man for Iraq’s Defense Ministry, an- thanks to whose efforts this agreement tari noted, adding, closing schools and offices exceed meadows carrying capacity, now the highlighted. 12 nounced that the Iraqi Air Force was reached — to convene, and to launched Tal Afar liberation operation demand the U.S. not to disrupt efforts ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan has made hate acceptable in American vocabulary: professor by carrying out aerial attacks on Daesh positions on Tuesday. to stabilize the situation,” Senator Igor quite wide, will become even more skewed in er Islamic world. Also, U.S. relations with its By Ilia Moghanloo He stressed that the ground of- Morozov told Sputnik on Tuesday. favor of a tiny slice of the American society. traditional allies in Europe will become more TEHRAN — Professor Nader Entessar fensive to retake Tal Afar, located 70 Morozov, who is member of the Healthcare will become costlier than it has fractious under Trump’s erratic and volatile from South Alabama University says Don- kilometers west of Mosul, will start fol- Federation Council’s foreign affairs been in recent years, and the rule of law will behavior in foreign affairs. ald Trump’s slogan of “Make America Great lowing the completion of those strikes. committee, said the representatives of be further eroded. But we have to be careful Trump’s ascendance to the White Again” has made “bigotry, hate, and the fear Following the start of the offen- the International Atomic Energy Agen- not to blame everything on Trump. The U.S. House was mainly owed to his slogan of of ‘others’ acceptable in American political sive, a local source said that six large cy (IAEA) should also be invited to Congress is equally responsible for the un- “Making America Great Again”. What vocabulary”. explosions rocked several areas in Tal the meeting in order to reaffirm Iran’s folding mayhem. steps has he taken in this regard? In an interview with the Tehran Times, En- Afar. One of the blasts reportedly hit a compliance with the accord. What about foreign policy? What A: This was an utterly meaningless slo- tessar also says the “rule of law will be further workshop used to manufacture explo- “The European investment has be- will be his foreign policy legacy? gan but a catchy phrase that appealed to a eroded” under Trump’s presidency. sives in the west of the city. gun to flow into Iran, Europe is not A: We have been witnessing a frontal at- spectrum of disgruntled people in the Unit- Following is the text of the interview: There were no immediate reports interested in destabilization of the sit- tack on international norms under Trump. ed States. In practical terms, this slogan has What will be Donald Trump’s herit- of casualties and the extent of damage uation in the region,” he added, noting This trend will worsen in the months and made bigotry, hate, and the fear of “others” age for domestic politics? inflicted on the terrorists. that the EU is likely to support the Rus- years ahead. Trump’s foreign policy, aided acceptable in American political vocabu- A: I think once Trump’s demolition derby Tal Afar, which has a population sian position. and abetted by extremists in U.S. Congress, lary and as part of the everyday discourse. runs its course, we will see the significant un- of around 200,000, was captured by The Russian senator also said Iran’s will augur more instability and bloodshed, Once reviled terms are now routinely used by dermining of America’s socioeconomic fabric. Daesh in 2014. reaction to the expansion of U.S. sanc- The wealth and income gap, which is already especially in the Middle East and the broad- American politicians, 13 tions against Tehran was reasonable A high-ranking official of the Ira- and comprehensible. qi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Earlier in the day, President Rouh- commonly known by the Arabic name ni said Iran could leave the nuclear Hashd al-Sha’abi, said on Monday agreement “in hours” and return to that the pro-government fighters will pre-deal situation if new sanctions are actively participate alongside other imposed on the country. Women’s security forces in the operation to lib- On July 27, the U.S. Senate im- erate the Tal Afar. posed new non-nuclear sanctions on cycling Speaking at a youth meeting on July Tehran over its missile program and 29, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also alleged role in destabilizing the re- said Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters would take gion.