WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13463 Saturday AUGUST 17, 2019 Mordad 26, 1398 Dhul Hijjah 15, 1440 Judiciary chief: Aoun : Victory will be Iran claim CAFA Show of Hands Festival puts Violating people’s repeated If war U19 Championship focus on solo woodwind rights is forbidden 3 is repeated 13 2019 title 15 instruments improvisation 16 Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan to set up INSTC working group TEHRAN — In a meeting on Thursday, of Azerbaijan Ramin Gholizadeh. transport ministries of Iran, Russia and During the trilateral meeting, the Azerbaijan agreed to form a working group ministers discussed issues related to the in order to activate the International North– corridor as well as the roadmap to make Legal victory South Transport Corridor (INSTC). the corridor operational. The meeting was held in Russia’s Sochi INSTC is a 7,200-km-long multi-mode port, attended by Iranian Transport and network of ship, rail, and road route for See page 2 Urban Development Minister Mohammad transporting freight between India, Iran, Eslami, Russia’s Minister of Transport Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Yevgeny Dietrich, and Transport Minister Central Asia and Europe. 4 Iranian center uses NGS to prevent genetic disorders, disabilities TEHRAN — For the first time in Iran, expert Maryam Raf’ati said. the next-generation sequencing (NGS) Fortunately, healthy babies are in pre-implantation genetic diagnosis born using this method at the center, (PGD) testing is being used at the Avi- she continued. cenna Specialized Center for Infertility, The center uses advanced genetic Mehr reported on Thursday. techniques, by which the biopsy can The method prevents genetic disorders be applied on a fetus single cell to di- and can be used in families suffering from agnose monogenic and chromosome genetic diseases and disabilities, genetic disorders, she explained. 11 Sheikh Zakzaky returns to Nigeria TEHRAN (MNA) — Nigeria’s senior the Indian government about my health Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky condition, so I prefer to move to another returned to his hometown after sabotaging country for undergoing medical treatment,” attempts of the Nigerian government on Sheikh Zakzaky said on Thursday. the process of his treatment in India, Al- Unlike a predetermined plan, Nigerian Alam news network reported.Meanwhile, authorities first intended to transfer him leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria had to another hospital.“Nigerian officials later earlier informed of his return to Nigeria provided Indian government with false in a video message. and incorrect information about my health “Nigerian government has created prob- condition and this issue has disrupted AFP lems over giving accurate information to the treatment process,” he added. 13 EDITORIAL Poll shows Trump losing to Biden, Warren, Sanders, Harris PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN— A Fox News poll released on Thursday Democratic primary voters.Sanders dropped to Independents sided with Democrats on the M.A.Saki Tehran Times editor-in-chief showed President Donald Trump losing head-to- third, now at 10 percent in the poll and the only issue at 57 percent. Deputy editor-in-chief @ghaderi62 head matchups against four of the top Democratic other candidate aside from Warren and Biden The poll comes comes amid rising fears of a presidential primary contenders. scoring double digit support among voters. recession, which could threaten Trump’s chances The poll found Trump with 39 percent support Biden dropped slightly in the poll from a of reelection.US stock markets on Wednesday The message behind among registered voters in head-to-head matchups previous Fox News poll in July, from 33 percent suffered their biggest drop of the year, with the Release of Grace 1 against Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kamala Harris to 31 percent, but remains the clear front-runner Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 800 the release of Iranian (D-Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). in the race according to the survey. points before bouncing back slightly on Thursday. marks a suicide for The poll found Sanders beating Trump Also, according to a new poll released on Wednesday’s plunge follows turmoil in the oil tanker with 48 percent, Warren winning over Trump Thursday, more than half of voters would not US bond market and weak economic data from Bolton with 45 percent and Harris winning with 46 consider reelecting Trump in 2020.The Hill- Germany and China. It also comes after the yield he Gibraltar court ordered the Iranian percent support. HarrisX poll found that 53 percent of respondents on 10-year US Treasury bonds dipped below the hen Britain impounded the Ira- oil tanker Grace 1 to be released. The Former Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, said they would not consider supporting Trump’s yield on two-year bond, a phenomenon that is nian oil tanker Grace 1 on July Ttanker was seized by the British Royal beat Trump in the theoretical matchup with 50 bid for reelection, compared to 39 percent of considered a leading indicator of a possible W4, John Bolton, Donald Trump’s Marines about a month ago. percent support among those surveyed, compared those who said they would support it. Just 8 economic downturn. ultra-hawkish national security advis- This verdict was the ending of an elabo- to Trump’s 38 percent. percent said they were unsure. Trump has adamantly denied any role in the er, tweeted: “Excellent news”. rate game designed by John Bolton National Among Democratic primary contenders, Support for Trump’s reelection broke down global economic downturn, maintaining that his On the same day, acting Spanish Foreign Security Advisor of the United States and Warren saw the largest gain in support in the along party lines. ongoing trade war with China is working. Minister Joseph Borrell said the seizure Mike Pompeo, carried out by the Britain poll — an 8 percent jump from last month’s survey. Eighty-seven percent of Democrats said they “We are winning, big time, against China,” had followed “a demand from the United government. Warren, according to the poll, took second place would not consider reelecting Trump, while 11 Trump tweeted shortly before the stock market States to the UK.” On July 19, Reuters reported, “Several diplomatic sources With seizing the tanker, Bolton was trying behind Biden with the support of 20 percent of percent of Republicans said same the same. closed Wednesday. 13 to put psychological and political pressures said the United States asked the UK to on Iran and force other countries to form a seize the vessel.” consensus against Iran, but he couldn’t fulfill North Korea rejects further peace talks with South However, on Thursday, August 15, any of these goals. when the Supreme Court in Gibraltar Iran’s firm, logical and wise answer to the in protest over joint war drills with U.S. decided to release the ship the United seizure of Grace 1 (like making solid legal TEHRAN (FNA) — Pyongyang signaled its Pyongyang also expressed its displeasure On Friday, Pyongyang reportedly launched States unsuccessfully tried to prevent the arguments) and the seriousness of our country’s unwillingness to continue negotiations with with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, two projectiles into the sea off its Eastern coast. release. In fact, the U.S. was unhappy that armed forces in giving a proper response to its Southern neighbor, blaming the diplomatic who said in a speech on Thursday that he The launches mark the country’s sixth missile authorities in London took steps to defuse Britain’s contemptuous act, made the White deadlock on South Korea’s decision to participate envisioned a united Korean Peninsula by test in the last four weeks. tensions with Tehran. House lose the lead on reaching its ends. in joint military exercises with the United States. 2045. The statement described Moon as North Korea announced earlier that the The Gibraltar government revealed on Washington imagined that the seizure In a statement, North Korea announced a “shameless man” who “mentions ‘talks’ launches “send an adequate warning” to the Thursday morning that the United States of Grace 1 will become Trump’s winning that Seoul’s military posturing made dialogue between North and South while playing out United States and South Korea, after the two had applied to seize the vessel, the New card against Iran, but the release of the impossible, RT reported. war scenarios that plan to destroy most of nations resumed joint military drills.US President York Times reported. tanker (despite disagreement of the U.S.) “Even at this moment, South Korea continues our armies in 90 days”. Donald Trump has dismissed concerns over the Filled with the anger that its illegal became another failure for the White House its joint military exercise and to speak of a While criticizing Seoul’s military drills, North tests, noting that they involve short-range missiles demands had gone unanswered by the in dealing with Iran. peaceful economy or a peaceful regime, it has Korea has been participating in some military and that Pyongyang has halted development of Supreme Court, the United States child- Obviously, London was also a total no right to do so,” the statement read. flexing of its own. its nuclear weapons program. ishly threatened a visa ban on the crew loser in this game. It is worth noting that of the supertanker. U.S. was so persistent about keeping the oil All these things suggest that Bolton tanker in custody that John Bolton traveled Tehran exhibit lighted the fuse of tanker standoff be- to London and insisted on British officials tween Iran and Britain.