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.13471 Tuesday AUGUST 27, 2019 Shahrivar 5, 1398 Dhul Hijjah 25, 1440 National interests Israel putting up its Iran aims to develop Association of Islamic should be safeguarded ‘last struggle’, says high resolution Revolution Publishers launches by power, diplomacy 2 Gen. Soleimani 3 satellite by 2025 11 Andarzgu Literary Awards 16 Steel products output up 11.6% Zarif discusses Tehran-Beijing in 4 months on year TEHRAN — Production of steel products products have been produced in the four- in Iran has risen 11.6 percent during the month period of this year, rising from first four months of the current Iranian 6.453 million tons in the same time span ties with Chinese counterpart calendar year (March 21-July 22), from of the previous year. that of the same period of time in the past Also as previously announced, the year, IRNA reported citing the data re- country’s crude steel production in the leased by the Industry Ministry. mentioned time span rose by 7.1 percent As reported, 7.204 million tons of the to exceed 8 million tons. 4 See page 2 MPs hail Raisi’s anti-corruption moves TEHRAN — Iranian lawmakers have for civil rights Shahindokht Molaverdi praised released a statement to thank the Judiciary the Judiciary and said the recent measures Chief Ebrahimi Raisi for taking measures have given people a glimmer of hope. to root out corruption, MP Abolfazl Abou- “It seems that the quick, precise torabi said on Monday. and decisive fight against corruption, Aboutorabi said the statement, which which has been done without leniency, has been so far signed by more than 100 discrimination and double-standards…, lawmakers, voices support for the meas- has given people a lot of hope about the ures adopted by the Judiciary in order to existence of a serious determination to fight corruption, Fars reported. fight [corruption],” ISNA on Sunday It came a day after former presidential aide quoted Molaverdi as saying. 3 Yemen drones target Saudi Arabia’s capital TEHRAN — Yemeni army and its allied precision, reiterating that the strikes were fighters from Popular Committees have in response to the continued Saudi-led for the first time used a squadron of do- alliance’s crimes and aggression against mestically-manufactured Sammad-3 (In- Yemen, and its blockade of the conflict-rid- How Hwee Young vincible-3) combat drones to strike an den Arab country. “important military target” in Saudi The development came only a day af- Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh. ter Yemeni army forces and their allies The spokesman for Yemeni Armed launched a barrage of Badr-1 short-range REUTERS/ Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, ballistic missiles at strategic sites inside said on Monday afternoon that the drones Jizan Regional Airport, also known as King Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China August 26, 2019. struck the designated target with great Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport. EDITORIAL Despite differences PG states able to preserve regional dynamics: Turkish expert PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW destruction and massacre in the region. UN, Trump put special emphasis on China and M.A.Saki Tehran Times editor-in-chief By Payman Yazdani We reached out to Dr. Bilgehan Alagoz, Lecturer Iran. Thus, Trump’s China and Iran policies are Deputy editor-in-chief @ghaderi62 at Marmara University Institute for Middle East interconnected. Trump’s main goal is to contain TEHRAN — Emphasizing significance of the Studies, Istanbul to shed more light on the issue. China, which he regards as the greatest rival for role of regional countries in ensuring the the Following is the text of our interview with her: the world economy. In this context, China’s de- ‘Deal of Century’: Persian Gulf security, Dr. Bilgehan Alagoz says Recently we have seen tensions in the pendence on the Persian Gulf oil is noteworthy. It’s shameful that Despite all the problems between Iran and the Persian Gulf such as attacks on Japanese ships China meets most of its oil needs from both Iran Removing Palestine Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, this region and etc. Some experts make a relation between and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf. There- Pompeo talks about has always been able to preserve its own unique the tensions and the U.S. efforts to contain its fore, the United States has increased its influence from world’s map dynamics. global economic rivals especially China, Japan in the Persian Gulf through pressuring Iran in JCPOA provisions Tensions between Iran and the U.S. in the and EU. What do you think of this? order to implement a policy of containment of he “Deal of Century” was orchestrated Persian Gulf region has resulted in recent logical A: I agree with the opinion that there is a direct China. Iran’s threat of closing down the Strait of peaking at a United Nations Secu- by the United States and Israel in moves and measures of the Persian Gulf littoral connection between the tension in the Persian Hormuz and the rise in oil prices are unfavorable rity Council Session on Middle East Torder to remove the Palestine from states which are based on their national interests Gulf and the U.S. efforts to contain its global developments for China when Beijing enters into SPeace and Security on August 20, the geography of the world. and logic of costs and benefits. If the counties’ rivals. In a speech to the UN General Assem- the negotiation process with the United States. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Several resolutions and agreements tendency toward getting closer to Iran is not bly on 25 September 2018, Trump gave the key For this reason, it is necessary to evaluate Trump’s Washington is concerned about the ap- have been signed between Israel and Pal- just a short term tactic, this will pave the way to points of his foreign policy approach, which he successive decisions on Iran and Persian Gulf proaching end of some of the UN arms estine since 1967 in the process of Peace end disastrous war in Yemen and avoid more called “Principled Realism”. In his address to the within framework of this background. 7 embargo and other sanctions against Iran Talks, so that solution of two states, one based on the JCPOA. government and even confederation have “We are already tracking very closely been included in these agreements. In this the JCPOA provisions expiring in October regard, each of former presidents of the Lebanon’s Aoun met with UN official over ‘Israeli assault’ of 2020, namely the UN arms embargo,” United States presented a peace plan to Pompeo said in part of his speech. TEHRAN — Lebanese President Michel Aoun and with the army chief on Monday to discuss truding Israeli drones solve the problem and this time, it was It is extremely ridiculous that Pompeo is discussed on Monday the “Israeli assault on the security issues, his office said, though it gave no The secretary general of the Lebanese Hez- Trump’s turn. talking about the provisions of the JCPOA, southern suburbs of Beirut” with the country’s further details, Reuters reported. bollah resistance movement says fighters from The family of Donald Trump and Jared the same landmark international nuclear United Nations Special Coordinator, Aoun’s Hariri, who has said the drones aimed to the movement will counter any further violation Kushner formulated and compiled the ‘Deal agreement endorsed by the UN Security office said. stir up regional tensions, is also due to meet the of the Lebanese airspace by Israeli unmanned of Century’ Plan according to the family Council Resolution 2231, but revoked by Two Israeli drones crashed early on Sunday ambassadors of the UN Security Council’s five aerial vehicles, warning the Tel Aviv regime to agreement since Palestinian and Israeli sides his master Donald Trump. in the southern suburbs, which are dominated by permanent members, his office said. immediately cease such breaches. have different imaginations of the Deal. In the Pompeo, Trump and other hawks have Hezbollah, prompting the leader of movement Israeli drone strikes hit a military position “Hezbollah will endeavor to down all Israeli process of formation of the ‘Deal of Century’, harshly denounced the JCPOA but the fact to warn the Israeli army that his group was pre- belonging to a Palestinian faction in Lebanon’s drones, which may violate Lebanon’s airspace,” they [Trump and Kushner] considered the of the matter is that they seem to be worried paring an immiment response. Bekaa valley early on Monday, the group said. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stated in a televised Palestinian issue as a personal and family that some of its provisions are coming to Aoun met UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Although Israel has not claimed the Beirut speech broadcast live from the southern Leba- issue. By calculating that Jared Kushner is an end. Since Trump has blown up the Jan Kubis on Monday to discuss “the latest devel- attack, Nasrallah said it was the first Israeli at- nese capital city of Beirut on Sunday evening. Jewish and his wife is also Jewish and U.S. JCPOA, his secretary of state is not in a opments”, the president’s office said on Twitter. tack inside Lebanon since the two sides fought Nasrallah made the comments a day after two President Donald Trump is also interested position to talk about the JCPOA and its Separately, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri a deadly month-long war in 2006.