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Europe 'Not Doing Enough' to Save JCPOA WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13423 Sunday JUNE 30, 2019 Tir 9, 1398 Shawwal 26, 1440 Iran ready to pull Iran elected as IMO Persepolis confirm Top Iranian trigger against any technical committee’s negotiations with photojournalists aggression 2 vice-chair 4 Gabriel Calderon 15 honored 16 UAE says downed U.S. drone had Europe ‘not doing enough’ taken off from its territory TEHRAN — A U.S. spy drone, which was Corps (IRGC) shot down on June 20 recently shot down by Iran, had taken off an intruding Global Hawk surveillance from a military base in the United Arab drone, which had violated Iranian air- Emirates, according to Minister of State space on a spying mission despite re- for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash. peated warnings. Gargash made the remarks in a recent Iran has released the GPS coordinates to save JCPOA interview with Italian newspaper la Re- of the doomed drone, showing that the pubblica during his visit to Rome, Press drone was flying over Iranian territori- TV reported. al waters off the coast of the country’s See page 2 Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards southern Hormozgan Province. 3 Iran takes U.S. breach of its airspace to UN TEHRAN — Iran has filed a complaint Article 51 of the UN Charter. to the UN Security Council against the The complaint has noted that Iran re- United States over violation of its airspace serves the right to defend its maritime by a U.S. drone which was shot down by borders and confront any violation in case the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on such acts are repeated, he said. June 20. The IRGC shot down an unmanned Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal U.S. surveillance drone on June 20 af- and International Affairs Gholam-Hossein ter it breached Iran’s airspace. The IRGC Dehqani said on Friday that the Foreign brought the drone down by firing a sur- Ministry has filed the complaint based on face-to-air missile at it. 2 Heavy defeat for U.S., S. Arabia in G20 meeting TEHRAN (MNA) – U.S. President’s The failure of the crown prince of Saudi meeting with the Saudi crown prince on Arabia in achieving his anti-Iranian goals the sidelines of the G20 meeting illustrated comes when Bin Salman relied on the other their heavy defeat in pushing their hostile G20 members for siding with Saudi Arabia agenda against Iran. and Washington against Tehran. During this meeting in Osaka, Japan, According to informed sources, Mohammed bin Salman tried his best to issues discussed during Bin Salman’s rally East Asian countries (for instance, meeting with other countries’ officials Indonesia and South Korea) against Iran. at the meeting, 13 ARTICLE ARTICLE Mohammad Homaeifar Sheikh Zakzaky in dire health condition: report Martin Love Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN (MNA) — Top Muslim cleric Sheikh mium are in his blood since lead shrapnells have release, saying he is suffering from health issues Political analyst from Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been held for four years been in his body from the time he was in prison that require urgent medical care abroad but the North Carolina on trumped-up allegations by the Nigerian gov- and the Nigerian government did not allow any state high court in Kaduna has denied the request. ernment, has been reported to be in poor health. medical treatments for their removal. A group of medical experts and consultants, Riyadh and The leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Zakzaky, who is in his mid-sixties, who conducted health assessments on Zakzaky Cry not for hapless (IMN), who has been held in detention since lost his left eyesight in the said raid. His wife and his wife earlier this month, suggested that Washington’s December 2015 following a deadly raid by the also sustained serious wounds while more than the two need to be taken abroad without further Trump: He created Nigerian army troops on his residence in the 300 of his followers and three of his sons were delay for treatments. The cleric and his wife were abject failure at G20 country’s northern Kaduna State is unwell, ac- killed in the violence. unable to attend a court hearing back in March the current mess cording to the announcement of his medical team. The cleric has been kept in custody along his this year, due to dire health conditions, according summit “Lead and cadmium levels are high in his blood wife and a large number of his followers ever since. to their lawyer Femi Falana SAN. o one can legitimately feel sorry which is fatal,” the doctors say, “His liver is also Back in 2016, Nigeria’s federal high court ordered “My clients are yet to access any form of medical for Donald Trump. For 14 months he meeting between the president damaged.” Some say that the elements found in his unconditional release from jail following a trial attention even after the court had ordered so,” he Nhe’s been in way over his head in of the United States of America and his blood may be due to the poisoned food he has but the government has so far refused to set him free. said, referring to a court order on January 22 to geopolitics, and that primarily about Iran, TSaudi Arabia’s crown prince on the consumed while some believe that lead and cad- Zakzaky’s legal team has long called for his avail the cleric and his wife access to medical care. but with the various sanctions and threats sidelines of the G20 summit demonstrat- cast upon every continent like confetti at ed Riyadh and Washington’s failure to a wedding everyone knows eventually is provoke hostility toward Iran. going fail and wind up in divorce court, During the summit in Osaka, Japan, Trump looks the clown to most all the Mohammad bin Salman expended a lot world. GEOPOLITICSMost ALERT Saudis — A university wish survey Bin Mohammad Salman Bin Salman’snot to development take the plans power:• Most Saudis survey think that shows Mohammad Bin Sal- of effort into lobbying with East Asian And he also looks awfully ignorant: was conducted in Saudi Arabia about who people inside the framework of the 2030 Agenda turned man has done a poor job over the last few years and countries, such as Indonesia and South since when does the head of state of want to have as their country’s next ruler. About out as a failure. Now, 53% of Saudi citizens be- only 14% of people think he is a good candidate Korea, against Iran. He even tried to allegedly the most “powerful” country one million people took part in the survey and lieve if Ahmed bin Abdulaziz comes to power, he for becoming the next king. The wrong policies of demonstrate Iran as a real and dangerous the world has ever known sanction the the results were the following: might be able to repair Saudi’s destroyed image. Mohammad Bin Salman has exasperated some threat but eventually failed to achieve former leader of the revolution that cre- • 91% of people want the Al Saud family to • 30% of Saudi citizens think Muhammad bin of the issues such as poverty, unemployment and his goals. ated the Islamic Republic who has been keep ruling the kingdom and 9% want a regime Nayef is a good replacement for Mohammad Bin inflation and has led to widespread corruption The Saudi crown prince’s failure dead for 30 years? I mean, admittedly, change. Salman because they believe Nayef did a good job and immorality in society; many social, political to achieve his anti-Iran goals comes the names Khomeini and Khamenei are • Saudi citizens think that Ahmed bin Ab- as the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister and religious activists were executed over his while bin Salman counted greatly on rather similar, but NO Administration dulaziz, Muhammad bin Nayef, Mohammad Bin of Interior of Saudi Arabia. term. His polices has also made Saudi Arabia the support of the other members of or POTUS in its right mind would be so Salman and Mutaib bin Abdullah are the most • Saudi citizens think that Muhammad bin fail in many of its key confrontations in Middle the G20 for Washington and Riyadh careless to commit such a faux pas. This popular politicians based on their personality, Nayef is also a good candidate for becoming East, such as Yemen war. against Tehran. is equivalent to a bride’s groom farting former positions and their status in the tribe. Saudi’s next king because he can restore some • Finally, 3% of Saudis want Mutaib bin Ab- As has been reported by informed very loudly and redolently at the exact • Saudi Arabia’s international image has been of the powers of the Al ash-Sheikh and revive dullah to gain the power. He is the third son of sources, issues such as the murder of moment he slips a ring on the finger of badly tarnished over the last year, especially after some of the long-lost religious and cultural king Abdullah and served as Saudi’s Minister of Jamal Khashoggi, which was raised in his beloved at the wedding ceremony. the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Moreover, traditions. the National Guard. bin Salman’s meetings with heads of the You can’t forget such mindless errors. G20 and others, human rights criticisms They are just too glaring or grotesque levelled at the House of Saud due to the and occasionally very funny.
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