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.13328 Thursday FEBRUARY 14, 2019 Bahman 25, 1397 Jumada Al thani 8, 1440 Iranian people Iran, Russia, Olympic gold medalist “African Violets” interested in ties Kazakhstan sign deal Sohrab Moradi to blooms at French with Japan 2 key to free trade 4 undergo spinal surgery 15 festival 16 Zarif says Warsaw meeting See page 2 ‘dead on arrival’ POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Tehran, according to Outlet India. #SecondPhaseOfTheRevolution deskForeign Minister Mo- Zarif said not even Washington had any hammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday interest in the conference as a forum for an that a two-day conference being co-hosted exchange of views among the 60 participating by U.S. and Poland in Warsaw on Iran and countries.“I think the fact that they are not the larger Middle East was “dead on arrival”. aiming to issue any agreed text but rather are “It is another attempt by the United just attempting to use their own statement U.S. in need States to pursue an obsession with Iran on behalf of everybody else shows they don’t that is not well-founded,” Zarif told the have any respect for it themselves,” the chief representatives of foreign news outlets in diplomat remarked. 2 ICJ: Iran bid to recover funds frozen of help to in U.S. can proceed The International Court of Justice (ICJ) of Justice relates to a complaint filed by ruled on Wednesday that Iran can proceed Iran in June 2016 “for the confiscation and with a bid to recover billions of dollars in theft of two billion dollars of the property frozen assets the United States says must of the central bank,” President Hassan go to victims of attacks blamed on Tehran. Rouhani said at the time. confront Iran Judges of the UN’s top court rejected Iran lodged the complaint after the U.S. claims that the case should be thrown U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the assets out because Iran had “unclean hands” must be turned over to American families due to alleged links to terrorism, and that of those killed in the 1983 bombing of a the tribunal in The Hague did not have U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and jurisdiction in the lawsuit, AFP reported. other attacks which Washington blames The ruling by the International Court on Tehran without evidence. PM Abdul-Mahdi: No foreign bases will be accepted on Iraqi soil Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi agreements” existing between the two sides, had told the visiting the United States which merely deal with fighting terrorism defense chief that his country will accept and training Iraqi forces, and “nothing no foreign military bases on its soil, just else,” the Iraqi News reported. as it will not take dictates from outsiders. Iraq makes “independent” decisions and In a meeting with Acting U.S. Defense will not be influenced by foreign pressure Secretary Patrick Shanahan in Baghdad or dictates, he noted, reiterating Bagh- on Tuesday, Abdul-Mahdi said that Iraq- dad’s objection to the presence of foreign leader.ir U.S. relations must be based on the “basic military bases on Iraqi territory. 13 PERSPECTIVE Endless crises in the capitalist system ARTICLE M.A.Saki Syed Zafar Mehdi Deputy editor-in-chief By Hanif Ghaffari nomic crisis in the international system has beginning of economic crisis in the United States Journalist TEHRAN — The economic crisis in the United not been presented. The G20 members have and Europe, and European officials continue to call from New Delhi States and the European Union continues. The fact been meeting several times during the Obama for the adoption of austerity policies as the only is that the capitalist system is unable to solve the presidency and after the economic crisis in the way to keep the status quo. This is in spite of the Warsaw meeting: economic crisis. The presence of Donald Trump West. Even at that time (during which there fact that many of the economists and politicians Marching with at the head of the political and economic equation was no barrier called “Trump” at the White in the West are pessimistic about the transition Roots of the crises of the United States has accelerated the process. House), the top 20 world leaders could not from this economic crisis which is ruling over proud and resilient Holding sessions such as Group 20 and Group 7 come to a collective and credible solution to the international system. in Middle East have practically no benefit in this regard. solve the existing economic crises. The crises in the capitalist system are very Iranians In these meetings, a solution to the eco- More than ten years have passed since the deep at the current time! 7 he U.S. is co-hosting a conference onday morning I had the honor on the Middle East with Poland in and privilege of joining millions TWarsaw. It has claimed the aim of Mof brave and resilient Iranians the conference is to address crises in the Europe facing radical change as they marched through the streets of region. By Giovanni Sorbello the United States in the international system” variable” in today’s world. Europe is dependent Tehran to mark the 40th anniversary of It is not difficult to really understand SICILY — Europe is in transition, a phrase as a goal to revitalize United Europe, the EU’s mainly on the United States for its insufficient the Islamic Revolution. the chief causes of conflicts and instability we’ve heard repeatedly in recent years. The tactics and tools have not been defined in pursuit knowledge and the weakness of domestic anal- Exactly forty years ago, the people in this volatile part of the world. decline of the power of the traditional parties of this objective. The political instability of the ysis of current developments, especially in the of Iran overthrew an arrogant regime First and foremost, Israel and Washing- (conservative and social democrats) in United main European actors (especially the European security spheres. backed by the U.S. and embraced a new ton’s blind support for Tel Aviv have been Europe and the increase of the votes of the parties Troika) has contributed to the formation of this The UK is stuck in a quagmire. An issue that, form of governance and a new way of and will remain to be the main culprits and the nationalist and anti-Euro groups, and equation. even if it does not eventually come to fruition, will life. It was the culmination of a long behind the conflicts in the Middle East. beyond that, confusion over European Union The EU, which at the beginning of its estab- leave London for years to focus on the fateful role and no-holds-barred struggle against The continuous stealing of the Pal- (EU) in confronting the current political and lishment, described itself as a “strong set” with of the European Union. The total developments the Pahlavi regime’s westernization estinian lands is not only a violation of social phenomena, are all considered signs of “steady stability” in the international system, in Europe, especially since 2007 (the time of project and social injustice. international law and the basic rights of the transition. today, does not have the desired strategic and European Financial Crisis), show that the green The revolution transformed Iran from an entire nation, it has also radicalized the Although some political parties and groups even tactical stability. Obviously, in such a situa- continent is on the verge of a kind of political an absolute monarchy under Raza Shah youth in the regional countries, especially in Europe raise the issue of “independence from tion, the EU has fallen apart as an “independent and social transformation. 7 Pahlavi to an Islamic republic under Imam those in the Arab world. Khomeini. Indeed a giant leap. Add to this the transfer of the U.S. em- I have always admired Iranians for bassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds their indomitable spirit, unwavering re- in violation of international law. This has Nuclear deal exemplifies success of diplomacy: diplomat silience and tremendous patriotic fervor. just added salt to the wound. POLITICS TEHRAN — Tehran’s Ambas- The ambassador made the remarks during the Islamic Republic of Iran in order to end an On Monday, I witnessed the awe-inspiring Now Israel may boast that it is grad- desksador to The Hague, Alireza a ceremony held in the Iranian embassy in The unnecessary crisis in the issue of peaceful nuclear spectacle on the streets of Tehran. ually normalizing ties with certain Arab Jahangiri, said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear Hague to mark the 40th anniversary of the Is- activity, which led to the JCPOA, is a good example Iran is indeed a proud nation. The peo- countries but its continued policy will not deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan lamic Revolution. of the triumph of diplomacy, multilateralism and ple of Iran take immense pride in their help change the minds of the Arabs and of Action, is a good example of the “triumph of “The intensive and long-term negotiations Iran’s dedication to its commitments,” the embassy rich civilization and long history. They other Muslims about the Tel Aviv regime. diplomacy”. between the European and American sides with website quoted Jahangiri as saying. 13 are the inheritors of a great legacy that The other main reasons behind the has survived more than the lifespan of problems in the region is Washington’s many Western powers.