Hakim Mediates Between Sadr, Maliki to Make Big Alliance
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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 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13184 Wednesday AUGUST 15, 2018 Mordad 24, 1397 Dhul Hijjah 3, 1439 Shamkhani highlights Iraqi PM walks back Kimia Alizadeh could “Subdued” named role of private sector in on commitment to U.S. retire from taekwondo, best film at Hafez ‘economic war’ 2 sanctions on Iran 2 coach says 15 Awards 16 Annual non-oil exports set to Hakim mediates between Sadr, reach $50b by March 2019 ECONOMY TEHRAN— Iran’s val- goods and services exports, also said deskue of non-oil exports is that development of non-oil exports planned to reach $50 billion in the cur- requires expansion of investment and rent Iranian calendar year, which ends on banking ties; but despite the limitations Maliki to make big alliance March 20, 2019, according to an official in these fields, the country’s trade bal- at Trade Promotion Organization (TPO). ance was positive during the first four In a press conference on Tuesday, months of current Iranian calendar Mohammadreza Modoudi, the dep- year (March 21-July 22), Fars news See page 13 uty head of TPO for development of agency reported. 4 Pakistan’s Imran Khan to visit Iran after swearing-in ceremony POLITICS TEHRAN — Paki- e-Insaf (PTI) political party, accepted Iranian deskstan’s prime minis- President Hasan Rouhani’s invitation to visit ter-in-waiting Imran Khan will visit Iran Tehran. However, the visit will be finalized and Saudi Arabia following his swearing-in by the foreign ministries of the two countries ceremony later this month. after the PTI forms his government. Imran Khan was offered a state visit On August 4, Khan told Iranian Am- of Iran, Saudi Arabia by the respective bassador to Islamabad Mehdi Honardoost heads of state to which he had agreed, the that Pakistan was “ready to play a con- Times of Islamabad reported on Monday. structive and positive role between Iran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek- and Saudi Arabia”. Corbyn and Netanyahu clash on Twitter By staff & agencies Tunisia in 2014, had laid a wreath at the A furor over alleged anti-semitism in graves of members of a Palestinian group Britain’s main opposition party widened that killed 11 Israeli athletes and a German when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin policeman at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Netanyahu and Labor Party leader Jeremy It said the cemetery houses a memorial Corbyn exchanged accusations on Twitter to the dozens killed in the 1985 Israe- over Israeli bloodshed. li bombing of the Palestine Liberation Labor has been wrestling accusations Organization headquarters in exile in of anti-semitism for months. Tunis, as well as the graves of members File photo Britain’s right-leaning Daily Mail on of Black September, a PLO splinter group Friday reported that Corbyn, on a visit to that carried out the Munich attack. 13 EDITORIAL Iran’s 50% share of Caspian Sea cannot be legally verified: expert Mohamad bin Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN (MNA) — The director of the Inter- cannot elicit such a thing from them.” as pipeline construction, fishing, oil extraction Zayed, Zionist Tehran Times editor-in-chief national Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) “These conventions explicitly stated that Iran and the and environmental concerns. The document, in @ghaderi62 told Mehr News Agency that Iran’s 50% share of Soviet Union had equal rights to the Caspian Sea, and particular, bans the presence of any non-littoral culprit in Mid-East Caspian Sea does not have a legal basis. this was only related to the shipping regime not to the states’ armed forces in the water. In an interview with Mehr News Agency Dr. sea bed or defining the boundaries and territories. They In response to a question what the biggest By Yosra Bakhakh Why we don’t Maysam Araee Daronkola, the director of the did not refer to territorial waters, or international waters achievements of the Aktau’s summit were, the TEHRAN — The Arab media announced International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies based on modern international maritime law,” Araee said. director of IIKSS said “the fight against terrorism, a meeting of a United Arab Emirates top negotiate with U.S. (IIKSS) said on Monday that Iran’s 50% share He said that if Iran will benefit more if it refers the fight against organized crime, addressing security delegation with Tel Aviv offi- of Caspian Sea cannot be legally verified. to international laws as they will provide a solid environmental concerns, banning the presence of cials late last week. The UAE delegation he Supreme Leader of the Islamic In response to a question whether Iran’s 50% ground in favor of Iran’s interests. any non-littoral states’ armed forces in the water was led by Mahmoud al-Shamsi, head Revolution, in his high-profile re- share of Caspian Sea can be verified according He also said that the shares of littoral coun- were some of positive points of the yesterday’s of the UAE’s intelligence agency. He Tmarks on Monday, emphasized that to 1921, 1940 agreements between Iran and the tries were not defined in the convention of the convention,” while stressing that the negative was accompanied by four other Emirati the Islamic Republic of Iran will not enter former USSR, Dr. Araee Daronkola said “politically legal status of the Caspian Sea signed on Sunday aspects of the convention should not be neglected. security personnel. into negotiations with the United States. speaking one can say that Iran and the Soviet by the five littoral states in the fifth summit in Dr. Araee, at the end, emphasized that the This is not the first time such reports There are some points in Ayatollah Union’s shares of this sea were 50%, and this is Kazakhstan’s northwestern city of Aktau. boundaries need to define in the future negoti- have appeared. Last year, the Middle Ali Khamenei’s statements that should in line with our national interests, but if we look The convention regulates access to sea bed, ations in order for the Parliament to be able to East Eye website reported on the UAE’s be taken note of. at these conventions from a legal perspective one surface water and also solves other issues such ratify the convention. security cooperation with Israel, accord- The first point is that the United States, ing to which Abu Dhabi inked a contract especially Donald Trump’s government, with an Israeli company to secure the is to blame for the current situation by U.S.-North Korea talks to yield no result: ex-Iranian envoy safety of important Emirati oil facilities. withdrawing the U.S. from the 2015 nu- TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The former Iranian some of its commitments operational,” he added. talks and because the U.S. continues to restrict The agreement called for installation clear agreement and restoring primary ambassador to China highlighted the US gov- On Thursday, North Korea’s foreign ministry North Korea’s interactions with the world. of a comprehensive regulatory network and secondary sanctions against Iran. ernment’s non-commitment to its international issued a scathing statement accusing some (un- That’s upsetting to Pyongyang, the ministry says, throughout the UAE, which allowed the Although President Trump has said obligations and expressed pessimism about the named) members of the Trump administration of because it has already made some concessions — like authorities to monitor the activities of he is ready to negotiate with Iran without future of Washington-Pyongyang talks, saying “going against the intention of president Trump” to stopping missile tests and returning the purported Emirati citizens and others in public preconditions and backed down from his the negotiations will likely produce no outcome. improve relations between the U.S. and North Korea. remains of 55 American troops who served in the places -- from the moment they would previous positions, his withdrawal from “The evidence shows that there is no way for “Some high-level officials within the U.S. Korean War — and hoped Washington would do leave home until they returned. the international nuclear agreement has these negotiations to yield results,” Javad Man- administration are making baseless allegations the same by offering concessions of its own. In spite of the reports revealing a left no room for dialogue. souri told the Tasnim News Agency. against us and making desperate attempts at “Expecting any result, while insulting the new secret agreement and cooperation Moreover, Trump is regarded unreliable “Because basically, the U.S. does not follow intensifying the international sanctions and dialogue partner and throwing cold water over between Israel and the UAE, once upon even among the United States’ allies in logic, law, and justice due to its reliance on power pressure,” the statement says. our sincere efforts for building confidence,” the a time in the Emirate, Arab honor and the world. Now, European countries are and wealth,” the former diplomat noted. The “high-level officials” they’re referring to are statement adds, is “a foolish act that amounts to ideal were upheld with resistance to very worried that a person such as Trump “Given the fact that North Korea has sever- almost certainly Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, waiting to see a boiled egg hatch out.” Israel. Why has the UAE turned into has taken the helm at the White House. al times experienced the U.S.’s reneging on its who is leading the negotiations on the U.S. side, The statement — boiled eggs and all — is the one of the leading countries seeking Secondly, the only way forward is that promises, it should not be expected that some- and National Security Adviser John Bolton, who latest sign that both sides have made little pro- relations with the Zionists in the past Trump acknowledge this fact that all the thing important occurs in the region through also coordinates efforts related to North Korea.