WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13297 Sunday JANUARY 6, 2019 Dey 16, 1397 Rabi’ Al thani 29, 1440 Iran calls British Air Force to Team Melli partake at “Sea Closed” documents foreign secretary’s receive 15 Kowsar Asian Cup with boosted Chinese plunder of remarks ‘hasty’ 2 fighter jets 2 confidence 15 Persian Gulf marine life 16 ‘More potential buyers for Iran’s oil despite sanctions’ Araqchi briefs Ghani on ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian pursuit of more profit.” Zamaninia said. deskDeputy Oil Minister The official noted that all countries for International Affairs and Trading that were granted waivers from the Unit- Amir-Hossein Zamaninia said despite ed States to continue buying a certain the U.S. sanctions more oil buyers have amount of Iranian oil imports are com- Iran’s talks with Taliban approached the country for negotia- plying with the waivers’ ceiling. tions, Shana reported. “China, India, Japan, South Korea and “Despite U.S. pressures on Iranian oil other countries that were granted waivers See page 2 market, the number of potential buyers from America to import Iranian oil are not of Iranian oil has significantly increased willing to buy even one barrel more than due to a competitive market, greed and what is allowed by the U.S.,” he said. 4 Anti-money laundering bill of amendment past Expediency Council POLITICS TEHRAN — The Ex- Dejpasand, Chairman of Majlis Judi- deskpediency Council on cial and Legal Commission Allahyar Saturday endorsed a bill of amendment Malekshahi and Laya Joneidi, the vice to the anti-money laundering law, a president for legal affairs, attended council member announced. the council’s meeting, Mesbahi-Mogh- Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam adam said. said the bill will be sent to Majlis speaker However, President Hassan Rou- Ali Larijani for declaration. hani were among the absentees of the Larijani, Economy Minister Farhad council’s Saturday session. 2 France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ protestors back on the streets France’s “Yellow Vest” (Yellow Vest’s on the Champs Elysees in central Paris, movement/yellow jackets movement/ where around 15 police wagons were Mouvement des gilets jaunes/Gilets also deployed, an AFP journalist said. Jaunes) protestors were back on Marches were underway in several other the streets again on Saturday as a cities across France. government spokesman denounced This is the eighth Saturday of pro- those still protesting as hard-liners tests called by the grass-roots move- who wanted only to bring down the ment. The numbers turning out have File photo government. fallen steadily since the start of the Several hundred protestors gathered demonstrations in November. 13 REPORT I do not think SPV covering wide areas of trade: Nephew ARTICLE Fatemeh Salehi EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW areas of trade.” consider seriously withdrawing from or at least Mudasir Sheikh Mehr News Agency By Javad Heirannia The fellow at the Center on Global Energy reducing their compliance with the JCPOA.” Researcher and writer journalist Policy at Columbia University, believes “Iran will Following is the text of the interview: from Kashmir TEHRAN — Richard Nephew, who served as find it very difficult, if not impossible, to continue Due to US is opposed to the financial the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team nego- implementing its provisions of the JCPOA while mechanism between Europe and Iran and UK arms exports to tiating with Iran, says “I do think that there will not receiving any economic relief.” pushes European countries to prevent the Eurasian strategic be something called the SPV eventually created He adds that “I think that the sanctions pressure implementation of the financial channel as Saudi Arabia that facilitates trade between Europe and Iran, that will build on Iran in 2019 -- likely combined called SPV, do you think this financial mech- triangle and global but I do not think it will be the same sort of SPV with the failure of the SPV to do much beyond anism(SPV) will be implemented between ritain is the second-largest exporter that was announced in September, covering wide humanitarian trade -- will make Iran’s leaders Iran and Europe? 7 peace of arms to Saudi Arabia after the BU.S., regardless of human rights raham Allison’s 2017 book ‘Des- violations of Saudi Arabia. After the Stung by ‘library’ remark, India lists Afghan projects to “educate” Trump tined for War: Can America and murder of Jamal Khashoggi, UK military By Syed Zafar Mehdi Modi for funding “a library” in Afghanistan, saying there? We are 6,000 miles away,” Trump said, GChina Escape Thucydides’s sales to Riyadh has not only declined, TEHRAN — Donald Trump has become fa- it wouldn’t be used in the war-ravaged country. while answering a reporter’s question. Trap’ has become the topic of hot debate but surprisingly increased. mously infamous for his eccentricity, grandil- “I get along well with India and Prime Minister Referring to the library, Trump said Modi is among Western think tanks as historical A British online newspaper the In- oquence, and off-the-cuff statements devoid of Modi. But he is constantly telling me he built a “very smart”. “We are supposed to say, ‘Oh, thank evidence indicates that Thucydides trap dependent has released a report, read- logic and lucidity. On the receiving end have library in Afghanistan. Library! That’s, like, five you for the library’. Don’t know who’s using it in magnifies the chances of military con- ing: “Britain continued seeking arms been both friends and foes. hours of what we spend (in Afghanistan),” he said. Afghanistan. But it’s one of those things I don’t frontation between a ruling power and deals with Saudi Arabia in weeks after During his first cabinet meeting of the year, The remarks were made in the context of the like being taken advantage of.” a rising power for dictating the terms Khashoggi was murdered.” the megalomaniac reality show star turned growing cost of America’s engagement in the Although there was no official reaction from of societal order. As the UK government called for an- president fired a salvo at an important regional war-torn country, saying that India, Russia and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government To some other political scientists like swers over the dissident’s death, British ally – India. And the salvo backfired, putting Pakistan should be the ones fighting the Taliban. in India, Indian media quoted many top gov- Samuel Huntington, it is the cultural and trade officials responsible for arms sales him in a tight spot. “Why is not Russia there? Why isn’t India ernment and opposition leaders denouncing religious identities that can become the continued to hold high-level meetings with Trump mocked Indian Prime Minister Narendra there? Why isn’t Pakistan there? Why are we remarks of Trump. 6 source of war as explained in his 1996 their Saudi counterparts. book ‘The Clash of Civilizations and the A delegation from the Defense and Remaking of World Order.’ Security Organization – an office within Hacker group releases ‘9/11 Papers’, says future leaks will ‘burn down’ U.S. deep state Thucydides trap and clash of civili- the Department for International Trade zations beautifully explains the pros- that promotes arms exports for UK com- The Dark Overlord hacker group has released The document dump is just a fraction of ransom. However, on Wednesday, the group pects of military confrontation but the panies – travelled to Riyadh on 14 and decryption keys for 650 documents it says are the 18,000 secret documents related to the announced a “tiered compensation plan” in established 21st century international 22 October, according to a Freedom of related to 9/11 (September 11 attacks/A series September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks believed which the public could make bit-coin payments order that originated at the time of World Information request obtained by the of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the to have been stolen from insurers, law firms, to unlock the troves of documents. War I, evolved through the World War Mirror newspaper. al-Qaeda terrorist group against the United and government agencies. A day later, the Dark Overlord said II and reached its climax in 1974 with The latter of those meetings came on States on the morning of Tuesday, September The Dark Overlord initially threatened to that it had received more than $12,000 the establishment of petrodollar scam the same day as the foreign secretary, 11, 2001). Unless a ransom is paid, it threatened release the 10GB of data unless the hacked firms in bit-coin – enough to unlock “layer 1” has become incredibly complex to com- Jeremy Hunt, condemned Khashoggi’s with more leaks that will have devastating con- paid an unspecified bit-coin (a crypto curren- and several “checkpoints,” comprised of prehend with respect to any upcoming killing “in the strongest possible terms” sequences for the United States ‘deep state’. cy/form of electronic cash/digital currency) 650 documents in total. 13 military confrontation. in a speech to parliament. The overthrow of Iranian Prime “Whilst we will be thoughtful and Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in a considered in our response, I have also CIA-backed coup in 1953 is a fine ex- been clear that if the appalling stories ample of understanding the influence we are reading turn out to be true, they of corporations like British Petroleum are fundamentally incompatible with to use the U.S. and British governments our values and we will act accordingly,” for securing its interests.