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U.S. for Market Tensions IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Counterbalancing Missile Attack TEHRAN - Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Phases of South Pars Gas Field With Missile Attack Saturday that frequent U.S. comments about oil prices Nowadays and among senior commanders of Iran’s had created market tensions, the ministry’s news armed forces some remarks are made or echoed which website SHANA reported. are unprecedented in the history of Iran and they are U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made the U.S. source of pride. economy one of his top issues, has repeatedly tweeted Recently advisor and the assistant commander of Iran’s about oil prices and the Organization of the Petroleum Army Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili has said that the Producing Countries. He has expressed concern about success of counter-air defense during the Sacred Defense higher prices, including last month and ahead of has been unprecedented in the past 100 years in the world. OPEC’s meeting in December. Esmaili joined the counter-air defense team of “Americans talk a lot and I advise them to talk less. Abdanan and has experienced different jobs and They [have] caused tensions in the oil market for over responsibilities in the team like being the head of the a year now, and they are responsible for it, and if this radar site and deputy head of operation team and trend continues, the market will be more tense,” deputy head of the team. He then transferred to the SHANA quoted Zanganeh as saying. operation department of Iran’s Air Force and was U.S. crude futures briefly hit a 2019 high on Friday appointed as the head of radar section of the air force. but later retreated along with benchmark Brent oil as Esmaili, due to its experience and performance, was worries about the global economy and robust U.S. appointed by the Supreme Leader as the head of Khatam production put a brake on prices. See Page 7 ol-Anbia Counter-Air Defense Headquarters. He is a young army man who says the only difference between an IRGC and Army personnel is the color of their clothes. All Occupied Territories Within He has always believed in young generation and has paid attention to employing young staff in his unit or division. He claims the current counter-air defense of Range of Hezbollah’s Missiles Iran is an indigenized system which is run by the youths whose ages are between 27 to 28 years. TEHRAN (IFP) - The top commander of Iran’s Islamic When a reporter asks him what is his advice to the Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says all parts of the Palestinian IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK youths, Esmaili replies, “Today youths do not need any territories occupied by the Zionist regime of Israel are within the advice but they want chances to show their potentials.” range of the missiles of Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah. TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday officially launched four new phases of South Pars, the world’s On the enemies’ claims that they have disrupted In an interview with the Persian-language Soroush largest gas field located in the Persian Gulf in southern Iran. Iran’s missile system, he says, “If they are right, so Magazine, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said over the With the launch of these four new phases, Iran for the first time will overtake Qatar in extracting gas from the why they are after talks with Iran on missile issue, and past 50 years, the Zionists always dreamt of expanding their joint oil and gas field. it means they are liars.” Brigadier General Amir Ali rule over the Nile-to-Euphrates region but the dream never President Rouhani, who has travelled to Bushehr province, attended the opening ceremony of Phases 13 22, 23, Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary came true. “Today, the fake regime of Israel is besieged and 24 of South Pars in the port city of Kangan. Guard Corps’ (IRGC) airspace division, also said that completely, losing main parts of its occupied lands,” he said. In his speech, Rouhani praised Iranian engineers for completing the construction of the new phases in the giant sanctions would not be lifted and Iran should focus on He then referred to the resistance of the Palestinians gas field despite the US sanctions, and once again slammed Washington for its “very unfair” bans. making ineffective those sanctions. He said some particularly the residents of the Gaza Strip against Israeli “This is a crime against humanity. It has affected the quality of our public services, making it difficult to protect managers of banks in Iran act in line with the U.S. aggression and said the current situation in the region is a our environment and public health. However, God is with us. Together, we can and we will defeat U.S. sanctions.” Treasury demands rather than to act in line with Iran’s result of resistance by the Islamic Revolution Front. During the ceremony, the Minister of Oil and the managers and experts of these phases, explained the process Central Bank policies. See Page 7 The top commander then referred to the mobilization of of building this huge complex. 100,000 voluntary forces in Iraq and added some Iranian forces Earlier, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said the $10-billion projects can produce 112 million cubic meters are stationed in Iraq to share experiences with the Iraqis and of gas per day, overtaking Qatar, with which Iran shares the offshore field. contribute to the organization of the Iraqi forces. He also noted Iran has divided the development of South Pars to 24 onshore phases, all of which are now operational except Iran Sends Naval Group that unlike the U.S. which has spent hefty amount of money in for phases 11 and 14. Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran has managed to make huge Meanwhile earlier yesterday, Rouhani said Iran is ready to establish good relations with all its neighboring achievements without spending any money in the Arab country. countries with an objective of advancing the region’s interests. To Bab el-Mandeb Strait “We are keen to have a good relationship with all our neighbors,” President Rouhani said in an address to a large TEHRAN (PressTV)- Iran’s Navy has dispatched its crowd of people in the southwestern city of Bushehr. 61st naval group, comprising a destroyer and a He said that even if there were strains in the ties between the Islamic Republic and some of its neighbors, they logistical vessel, on a mission to the Bab el-Mandeb New Nuclear Achievements had been initiated by the opposite side. Strait to ensure the security of the shipping routes used “We have a good relationship with our neighbors, including Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, by Iranian vessels. and Pakistan, and we want such a relationship to exist between us and all of our neighbors,” he added. See Page 7 Rear Admiral Afshin Tashak, the commander of the To Be Unveiled Next Month Navy’s Southern Fleet, told IRNA on Sunday that the TEHRAN (IFP) - Spokesman for the Atomic Energy fleet was comprised of the Navy’s Sabalan destroyer Organization of Iran (AEOI) said the country is going to and the Bandar Abbas logistical vessel and had set sail unveil 112 achievements of Iranian nuclear scientists in April. from the country’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Behrouz Labour to Force Confidence Motion If May’s Deal Fails Again on Saturday. Kamalvandi said the major achievements to go on LONDON (Dispatches) - Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warns that his party would force a confidence vote in “The naval group is on a mission to provide security display on April 9 will demonstrate the country’s the government of Prime Minister Theresa May if she loses another vote on her Brexit deal. for the routes used by the Islamic Republic of Iran breakthroughs in nuclear material exploration and On Tuesday, lawmakers in the House of Commons rejected May’s Brexit withdrawal deal, sending the country Shipping Lines (IRISL) in the area of the Gulf of Aden extraction, nuclear fuel cycle, technical systems, laser into chaos just 17 days before the planned departure date. and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,” he said. technology, and power plant construction. He said The prime minister also suffered a similar defeat in Parliament in January where her deal was rejected with a margin The strait, which lies at the mouth of the Red Sea, unveiling of the new products would remind the enemy of 230 votes. However, her government won a vote of no confidence with 325 votes versus 306 later that month. connects it to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.