Nahavandian sees JCPOA as Imports of U.S. Weightlifter Sadi Foundation to 21112an international document, 4 from Iran stands Salimi hopes to host Persian literature NATION beyond a mere commitment ECONOMY at $36.9m in H1 SPORTS defend his title in Rio ART& CULTURE aficionados from Turkeyy WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Russian special envoy for Middle East to visit Iran on Monday 2 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12622 Saturday AUGUST 13, 2016 Mordad 23, 1395 Dhi Al Qaeda 10, 1437 Richard Nephew: ‘I do not Iran’s oil believe the United States Zarif: Iran, Russia, Turkey should output rises will violate the JCPOA’ 12,000 bpd ‘Allies will seek reasons if U.S. in July: OPEC violates nuclear deal’ dialogue on regional challenges EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW POLITICAL TEHRAN — As the an Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad with regional challenges. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s By Javad Heirannia deskSyrian army is tight- Zarif said on Friday that Iran, Russia, Zarif made the remarks during a joint deskoil production stood ening the noose around militants in and Turkey, as three key powerbrokers, press conference with his Turkish coun- TEHRAN — Richard Nephew, who served as the lead at 3.629 million barrels per day (bpd) in the northern province of Aleppo, Irani- should engage in dialogue to contend terpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara. sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran, July, registering a 12,000-barrel increase is of the opinion that Washington would not violate the compared to its preceding month, Or- nuclear deal with Iran. See page 2 ganization of the Petroleum Exporting “I do not believe the United States will violate the Countries (OPEC) announced in its JCPOA,” Nephew, now a fellow at the Center on Glob- monthly report released in August 10. al Energy Policy at Columbia University, tells the Tehran Iran produced 3.617 million bpd of Times in an exclusive interview. oil in June, the report said. Nephew says even if the United States violates its com- According to the report, Iran’s heavy mitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action crude average price in July was $41.59 then its allies will be asking “why and for what reason”. per barrel, showing $3.9 decrease com- Following is the text of the interview with Nephew: pared to its previous month. What is your prediction about the future of the As Mohsen Qamsari, National Ira- JCPOA? nian Oil Company (NIOC)’s director of A: I believe that the United States and Iran will continue international affairs, said on July 12, to implement their obligations under the JCPOA, as both Iran has regained about 80 percent have a national interest in the benefits they each receive of the market share it held before the from the deal. Of course, that dodoes not mean there will U.S. and European Union tightened not be issues of imimplementationp along the sanctions on its oil industry in 2012. waway.y. That is simsimplyp to be expected from The country exports about 2 million such a complex,comple long-term deal be- barrels of its daily output of 3.8 million, tween countcountriesr that have been ad- the official added. vversariesersaries for so long. “Our exports peak is above 4 mil- IranIran hhasa fulfilled all its ob- lion barrels a day and we have plans liligationsgations underun the JCPOA but for that and are waiting for the right the other sside, particularly the condition,” Qamsari said in an inter- United StateStates,s has not honored its view in Tehran, without elaborating on ccommitmentsommitments to terminate all sanc- the timing for such an increase. tions. WhWhy?y? Iran targets 5.8 million bpd in com- A:A: I disagreedis that the United bined production of crude and con- States oorr its partners have not densate by 2021. It defied skeptics fulfilled ttheir duties in removing with a 25 percent surge in production sasanctions.nction so far in 2016 and aims to reach an See page 9 eight-year high for daily output of 4 million barrels by the end of the year. Turkey warns it Bust of Omar Khayyam embellishes University of Baghdad could leave NATO PERSPECTIVE ARTTEH- The bust is scheduled to tician, astronomer and By Mehdi Sepahvand deskRAN — A be unveiled during a cer- poet Omar Khayyam is Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned that the Tehran Times journalist bust of Persian poet Omar emony to be attended by chiefly known to Eng- country would consider leaving NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Khayyam (1048-1131) has Iranian and Iraqi cultural of- lish-speaking readers Organization) if the organization did not come to its defense, been installed in the Col- ficials, literati and students through the translation of following the perceived lack of support following the failed coup. lege of Languages of the from the university at the a collection of his quat- In an interview with the state-run Anadolu agency, Mevlut University of Baghdad in beginning of the new aca- rains in the Rubaiyat of Middle East to Cavusoglu claimed the European Union was fuelled by an- collaboration with the Teh- demic year that will start in Omar Khayyam (1859) by ti-Turkish sentiment and hostility to Turkish Recep President ran-based Sadi Founda- September. the English writer Edward become more Tayyip Erdogan. tion. The Persian mathema- FitzGerald. He accused the EU of making grave mistakes in its re- legitimate as Turkey sponse to Turkey’s failed coup and said the union could only blame itself if the West ‘loses’ Turkey. Poland’s Lotos expects Iran’s oil to arrive in Gdansk on Aug. 14 moves closer to Iran Turkey is NATO’s second largest military power after the n a drastic turnabout, Ankara has United States and is a crucial ally as the West faces unprece- WARSAW (Reuters) — Poland’s sec- before it enters the Baltic Sea. towards Gdansk. recently grown more friendly to- dented conflict and upheaval across the Middle East. ond biggest refiner Lotos said on Friday The supplies are a result of an agree- Lotos, which now refines mostly Rus- I ward Iran and its superpower bud- However NATO responded today by saying that Turkey’s that it expects oil supplies from Iran to ment signed earlier this year between sian oil, also said that it is prepared to dy Russia, a move which seems likely membership was not in question and that Ankara could count arrive in Gdansk port at the Baltic Sea Lotos and National Iranian Oil Compa- take oil from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and to help make the Middle East a more on its solidarity and support after the coup bid, which has trig- on August 14. ny. The cargo is the first Iranian crude other directions. legitimate entity on the global stage of gered deep purges in the alliance’s second-largest armed forces. The state-run Lotos said that the sold into this part of the Baltic Sea mar- “Ultimately we want to select a few power. A statement released by NATO earlier said: ‘Turkey is a valued tanker Atlantas with 2 million oil barrels ket since January’s lifting of sanctions. types (of oil) and form a stable mix, By “legitimate” here I mean for ally, making substantial contributions to NATO’s joint efforts. has reached the Danish straits and due In June trade sources said and which would give us most advantages,” the Middle East to be able to exert “Turkey takes full part in the Alliance’s consensus-based de- to draft limits it has to transfer around ship-tracking data showed that the su- Lotos chief executive officer Robert Pie- more of a unified will over at least cisions as we confront the biggest security challenges in a gen- 700.000 of barrels on a smaller vessel pertanker with Iranian crude is heading tryszyn was quoted in a statement. its own issues when a multiplicity of eration.” far and scattered powers play roles “NATO counts on the continued contributions of Turkey in crises ranging from Syria to Yemen and Turkey can count on the solidarity and support of NATO.” Iran likely to take Mina case to international court and Iraq. On the issue of support for the Turkish government after Ankara started its new approach a the failed coup, the statement added: “The NATO Secretary POLITICAL TEHRAN — An Ira- after ten months families of the Irani- few months ago, which was hastened General spoke to the Turkish Foreign Minister on the night desknian parliamentarian an victims of the Mina stampede have following a failed coup d’état on July of the attempted coup and later with President Erdogan, has said that if Saudi Arabia is not held not yet seen a tangible decision, Mehr 15-16. Shortly before the coup, Pres- strongly condemning the attempted coup and reiterating full accountable for the Mina tragedy, Iran reported. ident Recep Tayyip Erdogan apolo- support for Turkey’s democratic institutions.” must take the case to an international “This tragedy is a legal issue and gized for the November 24 downing “He expressed support for the elected government of Tur- court. must be followed up accordingly,” he of a Russian jet, which already raised key and respect for the courage of the Turkish people.” Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh said added. expectations that normalization with Foreign Minister Cavusoglu also said in his interview that Tur- Moscow could facilitate Turkey’s U-turn key is building a ‘strong mechanism’ with Russia to try to find from its failed Syria policy.