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XXIV, No. 6609 TEHRAN Price 10,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 - BAHMAN 14, 1397 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS First Pakistani Woman Iran Reducing Russia Suspends Germany, Russia Close Dependence on Nuclear Missile Becomes Envoy to Iran Oil Revenues Treaty After U.S. Move In on Davis Cup Finals > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Iran Top Electricity New Long-Range Cruise Missile Unveiled Tehran Ready to Build Light-Water Producer in Region Reactors for Neighbors IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK On Islamic Revolution Anniversary IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK TEHRAN - Iran is now the first electricity producer in TEHRAN – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization the region and has maintained relations and energy of Iran (AEOI) said that Iran is ready to design and exchanges with all neighboring countries, Iranian construct light-water research reactors for the energy minister said. neighboring countries. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of Sabzevar 546-MW “We can now design research reactors,” Ali Akbar combined cycle inauguration ceremony, Reza Ardakanian Salehi told reporters Saturday on the sideline of the said Iranian experts’ knowledge is exemplary. Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense achievements Power industry is one of the advantages of Iran and more Exhibition in Tehran. “If neighboring countries are important are human resources and skillful forces since Iranian interested in having light water research reactors, we can experts’ activities have gone beyond the regional level. design and provide them with that and also train them so Ardakanian said that Islamic Republic of Iran moved up 24 that they can produce their required radiopharmaceuticals.” ranks in terms of generation of electricity in the past forty years. The greatest achievement of Iran’s nuclear industry is that According to statistics, Iran’s rank of power generation in Iranian experts have been equipped with nuclear science the world promoted from 38 to 14 and presently, the Ministry and are taking massive steps in both exploration and of Energy is exchanging electricity with its neighbors. exploitation of uranium, he highlighted. He made the remarks in a press briefing held at the venue Elsewhere, Salehi described the registration of INSTEX of the venue of the Ministry of Energy and compared by European signatories of Joint Comprehensive Plan of performance of his ministry to the past forty years and added, Action (JCPOA) as a positive step, highlighting that “of “with the coordination made in this regard, a contract will be course this is not the final step.” Hoping that European inked between Iran and Iraq for dispatching electricity from countries would increase their speed in this route, he the Islamic Republic of Iran to this neighboring country added, “we expect them to take final steps.” in a three-year plan.” This level of cooperation will Iran nuclear chief also maintained that good nuclear include: construction of power plant, modernization of cooperation are underway between Iran and EU, power plant and reduction of power grid losses in Iraq adding that European countries have promised to as well, he maintained. See Page 7 provide €20m to build in here ‘the best nuclear safety center in West Asia’. IRGC Forces Martyred, IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK TEHRAN - Iran on Saturday unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,350 kilometres, developed by Europe to Continue experts at the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Industries Organization. Wounded by Terrorists “Hoveizeh has a range of over 1,350 kilometres and is used against fixed ground targets,” Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said during the unveiling ceremony. Cooperation With Iran IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK General Hatami said the surface-to-surface missile could be quickly prepared for launch, can fly at low altitudes, and is highly accurate and explosive. TEHRAN IRNA) - Austrian Foreign Minister Karin TEHRAN - A terrorist attack on a military base The general also noted that Iran has successfully test-fired the missile. Kneissl assured on Saturday that London, Paris and belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps “The Hoveizeh cruise missile was test-fired and managed to accurately hit targets at a distance of Berlin will continue cooperation with Tehran as Europe’s (IRGC) in south-eastern Iran has martyred one and 1,200 kilometers,” he said. channel for trade with Iran has become operational. wounded five others so far. The achievement proves that no barrier can block the Iranian nation’s determination in the defense sector, the In an interview with Austrian daily newspaper, The attack, carried out by the Jaish al-Adl terrorist minister added. Der Standard, Ms. Kneissl described Europeans’ group on Saturday, targeted the morning parade of Elsewhere in his remarks, Brigadier General Hatami pointed to another domestically made cruise missile measure to open a special financial mechanism to IRGC forces in the city of Nikshahr, Sistan and dubbed “Soumar” that had been unveiled earlier and said it has a range of 700 kilometers. facilitate trade with Iran as positive. Baluchestan province. According to local prosecutor The missile was unveiled in an exhibition of Iran’s defensive achievements, which is being held ahead of the On January 31, that Germany, France and the UK set Mohammadi, Morteza Ali-Ahmadi has been 40th anniversary of the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. up a payment channel with Iran called INSTEX, to martyred in the attack, and five others have been Iran’s missile program has made great progress in recent years, with the Iranian military developing dozens of help continue trade with Tehran and circumvent the wounded, two of whom are in severe conditions. home-grown ballistic and non-ballistic missiles. US sanctions. The Paris-based transactions channel, The wounded have been transferred to a local Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a named INSTEX - Instrument In Support Of Trade hospital in Nikshahr, and efforts are underway to broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere. Exchanges, is run by a German national, and the three arrest the terrorists. The terrorist attack was carried Back in February 2018, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for countries are shareholders in it. out while the unit was performing morning efforts to maintain and boost Iran’s defense capabilities, hitting back at the enemies for disputing the Despite London’s political dispute with Berlin ceremonies at their base. See Page 7 country’s missile program. and Paris, the UK is on the side of the INSTEX, Austrian foreign minister said, adding that Britain is geopolitically located in Europe, and the fact Dubai Becomes Money cannot be changed. See Page 7 Laundering Paradise Europe Eyes Iranian Crude 70% in U.S. Say Country DUBAI (Dispatches) - Transparency International says the Emirati city of Dubai has turned into “a money LONDON (Dispatches) - United Kingdom, Germany and France are seeking an opportunity to laundering paradise,” where criminals can easily channel a non-dollar trade with Iran, while averting the U.S. sanctions, though, multiple diplomats Headed the Wrong Way purchase luxurious property with their dirty cash. had concluded that the deal & transactions would unlikely to be large enough to keep Tehran’s NEW YORK (Dispatches) - A large majority of people In its Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 released Nuclear efforts afloat. in the United States say America is headed the wrong recently, the leading anti-graft NGO said Dubai “has Last year’s U.S. sanction on Iran, introduced by Trump administration, was opposed by its major European way and are pessimistic about the state of the country, become an active global hub for money laundering.” allies including Britain, Germany and France, under which international sanctions on Iran could be bypassed, if according to a new survey. Citing investigations by the Organized Crime and Tehran would agree on curbing its nuclear programs. Just 28 percent of Americans think the US is headed in Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Center Over the past couple of months, Iran had been threatening to shut down the deal, the right direction, while 70 percent say America is on the for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), the group unless the European superpowers allowed them to grant economic benefits, as on December, wrong track, according to the poll by The Associated complained that real estate worth millions of pounds 2018, the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, had threatened the global superpowers, saying Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. can be bought in Dubai in exchange for cash with few that, no country would receive Persian Gulf’s oil, if Iran’s crude business was interfered. The percentage of those saying the country is on the questions ever asked. However, followed by recent leg of tempestuous talks over Iranian oil, the European Nations had wrong track now is at its highest point in about a year. “As a result, Dubai has become a money promised oil refining companies to help doing business with Iran, as long as Iran followed the The figure was 59 percent in December. laundering paradise, where the corrupt and other legislations through. A majority of Americans, 52 percent, are also are criminals can go to buy luxurious property with no Addressing a plausible oil deal with Iran, as a political and financial measure aiming to protect the pessimistic about the state of the US and believe things restrictions,” it added.