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 39th year No.13167 Thursday JULY 26, 2018 Mordad 4, 1397 Dhi Al Qaeda 12, 1439 ‘Hollow threats’ by U.S. Trump’s threats West Brom eye Iran’s Concept designs from rulers not deserving suggest he is ignorant Milad Mohammadi: Iran shortlisted for response 2 of IRGC capabilities 2 Report 15 Architizer A+Awards 16 Tehran says U.S. must abandon idea of talks ‘under shadow of threats’ POLITICS TEHRAN — On make a “real deal” with Iran. Trump’s remarks Hemmati appointed deskWednesday, Iran’s came just two days after he threatened Iran Foreign Ministry said the U.S. govern- will military attacks that “the likes of which ment must abandon “forever” the idea of few throughout history have ever suffered.” “one-way negotiations” with Iran “under Speaking during the National Conven- the shadow of threats”. tion in Kansas City, Missouri, Trump said, The statement by the Iranian Foreign “And we’ll see what happens, but we’re Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi was ready to make a real deal, not the deal that a response to President Donald Trump who said was done by the previous administration new central banker on Tuesday that the United States is ready to which was a disaster.” 2 See page 4 IRGC fighter jets to carry 1,500-km range cruise missiles POLITICS TEHRAN — In a cer- bombers in the near future. deskemony on Wednesday, “After this overhaul, the bomber the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps un- fighters will be able to carry and use veiled 10 overhauled Sukhoi 22 fighter smart and pin-pointing cluster bombs, jets which will be equipped with cruise air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles missiles with a range of 1500 kilometers. and transmit data and information Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander from drones from a several-kilometer of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said the distance,” Hajizadeh stated in the cere- pin-pointing air-to-ground cruise mis- mony in which IRGC chief Mohammad sile systems will be mounted on these Ali Jafari was also present. Ansarullah targets Saudi warship off Yemen’s western coast Fighters from Yemen’s Ansarullah (Houthi) So far, there has been no comment from movement have targeted a Saudi regime the Saudi regime-led coalition. There have warship off the country’s western coast in been no immediate reports of damage or retaliation for Riyadh’s deadly military casualties either. campaign on the impoverished nation. The House of Saud regime and Ahmad Moeinijam Arabic-language al-Masirah television its allies launched the war in March network tweeted on Wednesday that Yem- 2015 in support of Yemen’s former Ri- en’s naval force had targeted the Saudi yadh-friendly government and against IRNA/ regime military’s Dammam battleship. the Ansarullah. 13 ARTICLE Erdogan: Iran is both our neighbor and our strategic partner Carnage in Syed Zafar Mehdi SOFIA — Severing ties with global strategic partners nuclear deal agreed by Iran and six world powers. Journalist goes against Turkey’s understanding of sovereignty, Erdogan will attend the summit to be held Syria from New Delhi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on between Wednesday and Friday. His attendance Wednesday as he prepared to embark on a trip to at the summit will serve as the first high-level Series of deadly ISIL South Africa, Yeni Safak reported. contact between Turkey and the BRICS bloc. On attacks kill 150 in Syria Let’s talk about “Severing ties with our strategic global part- the sidelines of the summit, the Turkish president is ners, who are just like the U.S. to us, goes against expected to hold bilateral meetings with the leaders Terrorists from Islamic State of Iraq and terrorism our understanding of sovereignty. Iran is both our of all BRICS members and other invited leaders. the Levant (ISIL) said on Wednesday that neighbor and our strategic partner. There are so A meeting between Russian President Vladimir it was behind a series of deadly blasts in perpetuated by many developments based on mutual benefit,” Er- Putin and Erdogan is scheduled on Thursday on Syria which killed more than 150 people. dogan said to members of the press in Ankara before of Iranian oil by November, a senior State De- the sidelines of the summit, according to Russian The militant group said “soldiers of the America boarding the presidential plane to South Africa. partment official said. Trump in May said that his presidential aide Yury Ushakov. caliphate” carried out surprise attacks on Washington has told its allies to cut imports administration was withdrawing from the 2015 (Source: Focus News) government and security centers in the “There are two ways to approach largely government-held southern city of the study of terrorism,” notes Noam Sweida on Wednesday. Chomsky in ‘Western State Terrorism’. ‘India’s foreign policy should not be dictated by Western or Eastern superpowers’ They were among the worst attacks “One may adopt a literal approach Syed Zafar Mehdi mulling to cut oil imports from Iran under the U.S. and enthusiastic on Chabahar so far anyway. in recent months. or a propagandistic approach, con- Ajai Shukla is a senior Indian journalist and an- pressure, even though two other largest buyers of The relations between India and China, two Reports said three suicide attackers struing the concept of terrorism as a alyst on strategic affairs, defence and diplomacy. crude oil from Iran - China and Turkey - refused of the fastest growing economies and regional set off booby-trapped belts in Sweida city, weapon to be exploited in the service In this interview with Tehran Times, he spoke to pay heed to the U.S. diktat. Do you think India, giants, have never been on the solid ground. What as other blasts hit villages to the north of some system of power. It comes as about India’s domestic and foreign policy issues. being a major power in the world, should not let ails their relationship? and east. no surprise that the propagandistic Following are the excerpts: Western superpowers dictate its foreign policy? A. This requires a book, not a short answer! A fourth suicide explosion hit the city approach is adopted by governments Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi re- A. No. India’s foreign policy should not be But if you have to have one, it is: Strategic com- later. generally, and by their instruments cently spoke of targeting double-digit GDP growth dictated by Western superpowers... nor by East- petition in Asia and China’s apparent belief that The attacks included a suicide bomb- in totalitarian states.” rate for breaking into the $5 trillion economy. ern superpowers. Its foreign policy should be it must be the sole regional power. ing at a busy vegetable market, Sky News The ominous threat of ‘interna- But there are numerous hurdles to reach there, dictated by its own national interests. India has used its soft power quite effec- reported. tional terrorism’ does not come from especially the growing disparity between rich If India goes ahead and cuts oil imports tively to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan. The carnage sparked clashes later in some teeny-weeny, ruthless jihadist and poor. Can India claim to be an economic from Iran, will it have any bearing on the agree- But there is a general perception that both India the day between Syrian troops and allied cluster, but from the Western nuclear superpower when almost 73 million people live ments the two countries have signed especially and Pakistan use Afghanistan as the battleground militias and ISIL militants. powers that form the core of the NATO below the poverty line? on Chabahar Project? for proxy war. Why is Afghanistan important “IS fighters stormed villages in the alliance, and keep issuing vile threats A. No. Nor has any Indian leader, to the best of A. India is negotiating the necessary waivers for India? province’s northeast and killed residents against countries that don’t subscribe my knowledge, claimed that India is an “economic needed for continuing oil imports from Iran, A. As a traditional friend (just like Iran is!). in their homes,” said Rami Abdel Rah- to their warped worldview. superpower”. Targeting double-digit GDP growth is without the need to get involved in sanctions As a counter to Pakistan-supported jihadism in man, the head of Syrian Observatory for Just a few days ago, the madman regarded as essential for creating the broad-based eco- violations. It is up to Iran to decide how to take South-Central Asia. As a gateway to Central Asia Human Rights. in the White House, in an incoher- nomic growth that will lift more people out of poverty. forward the Chabahar Port project. In my under- (with the cooperation of Iran, if that is forth- Rahman said it was the bloodiest death ent bluster, threatened the Islamic There were reports recently that India is standing, Tehran has not been very forthcoming coming). 6 toll in Sweida province since the start of Republic of Iran, while responding the war in 2011 - and one of the deadliest to a tweet of Iranian President Has- ever in Syria. san Rouhani. “Never, ever threat- Some 62 civilians were killed - the re- en the U.S. again or you will suffer maining 94 dead were government forces, consequences the likes of which most of whom where residents who had few throughout history have ever picked up weapons to defend their villages, suffered before,” Trump tweeted to the observatory said.