Mr. Bonne, Iran's Demands Are Clear!
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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.13432 Wednesday JULY 10, 2019 Tir 19, 1398 Dhi Al Qada 7, 1440 Shamkhani meets Leader condoles FIVB President IRIB docudrama Putin’s envoy demise of prominent Ary Graça apologizes delves into Jason 2 Shia cleric 3 to Iran volleyball 15 Rezaian spy case 16 Iran appointed vice chairman of See page 2 UIC regional assembly TEHRAN — Managing Director of the During the meeting which was attended Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known by senior officials from UIC, a number of as RAI) Saeed Rasouli was appointed as the issues such as approval of the results of first vice chairman of International Union 22nd meeting of RAME in Isfahan, report of Railways (UIC) Regional Assembly for on the activities of International Union of the Middle-East (RAME), IRIB reported Railways’ RAME Regional Office in Tehran, on Tuesday. new activities for 2019, training needs of As reported, the decision was made RAME members, determination of date during the 23rd Meeting of RAME which and venue of the next RAME meeting, and was held in Aqaba, Jordan on July 6. financial issues were discussed. 4 Military chief: British seizure of Iranian oil tanker ‘will not go unanswered’ TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad on Thursday and seized it over accusa- Baqeri, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, tions it was breaking sanctions by taking threatened on Tuesday that the British oil to Syria. seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar Baqeri said the British navy has cap- “will not go unanswered”. tured the supertanker in retaliation for Baqeri said Iran will respond to this the “direct, transparent and courageous” move at a “proper time and place”. move of the Iranian military in shooting British Royal Marines boarded the down an intruding U.S. spy drone last ship, Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar month. 3 Yemen’s Houthis urge full withdrawal of Saudi-led coalition TEHRAN — Yemen’s Houthis have called of the Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Mr. Bonne, Iran’s for the full withdrawal of a military coali- Committee, tweeted. tion led by Saudi Arabia and the United “Withdrawing from Yemen is the ideal Arab Emirates after the latter said it had decision that must be taken at this time,” begun reducing its deployment in the war- he added. torn country. Yemen’s latest conflict broke out in “We call on the aggressors to withdraw late 2014 when the Houthis, allied with from Yemen, as the Republic of Yemen forces loyal to former President Ali Ab- rejects aggression, siege and air embar- dullah Saleh, seized much of the country, File photo demands are clear! go,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head including the capital, Sanaa. 13 ARTICLE Major leap in Iran’s trade with Turkey PERSPECTIVE Afshin Majlesi By Mahnaz Abdi trade during spring, which corresponds to the ed just $1.26 billion of non-oil commodities from Hamid R. Gholamzadeh Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — While the U.S. unilateral sanctions first quarter of Iranian calendar year, indicate its neighbor, Turkey, in the mentioned time span. PhD candidate in North against Iran have created some limitations for that the country’s value of non-oil exports to For the expansion of trade with the neighboring American Studies, trade with the Western partners which led the Turkey has risen five folds compared to the same countries, Iran has also put boosting trade via Tehran University Islamic Republic to expand economic and trade period of time in the previous year. border areas on agenda. Is Iran safe for ties with its neighbors and boost non-oil exports Iran exported $2.235 billion of non-oil products In this due, a memorandum of understand- Trump’s way out to them, trade with the northwestern neighbor, to Turkey in spring of this year, rising 430 percent ing (MOU) has been recently made between Americans to visit? Turkey, is growing significantly. from $421 million in spring of the previous year. Iran and Turkey for the expansion of bilateral of Iran lies out of The statistics recently released about Iran’s And it is while the Islamic Republic has import- border trade. 4 he matter of security in Iran is es- bilateral issues sentially considered as a complex Tquestion for any U.S. citizen willing Why force Iran to go Nuclear when there’s a peaceful option? ays after Iranian forces downed to visit the Islamic Republic. an intruding American drone over In this regard, Skift Inc., a New By Hossein Askari the entire Middle East and much that is beyond. The The United States and its allies (France, the UK, Dthe Iranian airspace, the stories of York City headquartered media com- MEDIUM — Let’s start by stating the obvious. The countries, beyond the original five, that have joined Israel and some Arab countries) insist that Iran latest developments and stances of the pany that provides news, research, world does not need more nuclear powers beyond the nuclear club have done so for largely defensive will not be allowed to have a nuclear warhead. two sides are still making the headlines and marketing services for the trav- the far too many it already has — China, France, reasons — when a country feels threatened, the America’s bellicose rhetoric essentially threatens across the world. Third parties are invit- el industry, has tried to answer the India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the surest and cheapest measure of self-defense and a war with Iran and its ‘annihilation’ on top of ing both Iran and the United States to question from two different points of United States and the United Kingdom. The Middle deterrent to aggression is a nuclear arsenal. This its economic war currently in place. America show restraint and deescalate the ten- view; one from the U.S. government East does not need other countries — Iran, Egypt, feeling of insecurity for some countries may have argues that Iran is bad actor; Iran is a sponsor of sion. Whereas the first news released on and the other by U.S. travel agents Turkey or Saudi Arabia — acquiring such destructive been heightened because of less than strict compli- terror; Iran is hell bent on invading other coun- the earliest hours on Thursday wreaked and tour operators. weapons; if one of these countries goes nuclear, it ance to the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation tries; and Iran interferes in the domestic affairs sort of havoc, increasing concerns over On a Monday article, the media outlet is likely that the others will follow, increasing the of Nuclear Weapons) by others. of other countries and threatens regional and eruption of any war in an already volatile noticed a hint of a “perception problem” likelihood of a nuclear disaster that could destroy Today the spotlight is on Iran going nuclear. global stability. 7 region, further details coming out cast a deemed to be fueled by the Trump admin- light on the events proving showing how istration’s rhetoric toward Iran. the shooting has apparently prevented a Official answers to the query comes from disastrous war. the U.S. State Department, which has had Assassination of my father Sheikh Zakzaky is almost done Commander of Aerospace Force of the a travel advisory against Iran since 1979, By Mohammed Ibraheem Zakzaky consulted recommended immediate hospitali- a monthly basis has now turned into a daily rou- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Amir citing “the risk of kidnapping, arrest and NIGERIA/ ZARIA — “... An assassination in zation in a properly equipped facility and other tine. And to date none of the underlying medical Ali Hajizadeh, clarified that Iran had also detention of U.S. citizens.” On the other progress and it is almost done. And the assassins medical procedures in order to try to save his issues causing these attacks has been addressed. detected another manned p8 flight and hand, tour operators who spoke with Skift are clearly determined to see it through.” life. This was over a month ago, yet nothing has When we met aside from what could be could have targeted it if it wanted. Moreo- strongly disagree, maintaining that Iran This Saturday the 6th of July 2019, I met with been done to date. visibly seen of their deteriorating condition ver, contrary to American claims that the has proven to be a safe and remarkably my father and my mother. As has already been My mother on the other hand, whose numerous such as my fathers teeth which in the space Global Hawk drone was over international hospitable place for travelers, including stated to the public before, my father was found medical issues were well known since before, of a month has turned from dark brown to waters and out of the Iranian airspace, Americans. to have unusually excessive and life threaten- has similarly received none of the care that was virtually jet black, my father also informed more and more details are being released The dilemma arises when an antag- ing concentrations of lead and cadmium in his recommended. The frequent attack of chronic me of how his condition has been worsening by Iran giving accurate coordinates of the onism intensifies between the Trump blood. As a result of this various experts we have pain which she had been suffering on average on since the last time we met. 7 route the drone went and proving Iran’s administration and Iran that makes right to react to the violation of its ter- some American tourists rethinking ritorial integrity.