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.13271 Thursday DECEMBER 6, 2018 Azar 15, 1397 Rabi’ Al awwal 28, 1440 Prayer can lift up 2231 resolution Iranian trio Blind artist to hold society’s virtue doesn’t limit missile appointed for workshop to erase doubts 2 program 2 2019 AFC Asian Cup 15 over her ability to paint 16 Anti-Iran consensus Macron confounding France fails at UN POLITICS TEHRAN – Attempts France seized the moment to wring deskto bring the United Na- an agreement against Iran’s missile As France faces worst riots, Paris sends rockets to terrorists tions Security Council into a consensus tests out of the session. against Iran’s missile tests failed to achieve The two European countries’ attempt to do chemical attacks in Syria the desired conclusion sought by the U.S., followed U.S. claim that Iran’s missile test France and Britain. was a violation of UN Security Council On Tuesday, the UN Security Resolution 2231 which endorsed the nu- See page 13 Council held a closed session whose clear agreement, officially known as the primary focus was the use of chem- JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan ical weapons in Syria. Britain and of Action). 2 Iran to carry out cloud seeding project by drones in weeks SOCIETY TEHRAN — A cloud Cloud seeding, a form of weather deskseeding project will modification, is a method to change the be carried out within the next few weeks amount or even type of precipitation. Rain- in some provinces of the country us- fall occurs when super cooled droplets of ing planes and drones in cooperation water – those that are still liquid but are with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard at a temperature below the usual freezing Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC AF), point of zero centigrade – form ice crystals. Farid Golkar, head of Iran’s National Now too heavy to remain suspend in the Cloud Seeding Research Center has air, these then fall, often melting on their announced. way down to form rain. 12 U.S. senators: ‘Zero chance’ MBS not involved in Khashoggi killing After a closed-door briefing by CIA Direc- at the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city tor Gina Haspel, some top U.S. senators of Istanbul in October. have said there is “zero chance” Saudi “I think Prince Mohammed gave the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman order, or at least he knew about it, to butcher (MBS) wasn’t involved in the murder of Khashoggi. Prince Mohammed ... he really journalist Jamal Khashoggi. was the original El Chapo, literally,” said Top Republicans in the United States Louisiana Senator John Kennedy on Tuesday are attacking Saudi Crown Prince Moham- as the U.S. President Donald Trump was AP med bin Salman for ordering the murder under pressure for maintaining support of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi for the murderous prince. 13 ARTICLE Hypocrisy of U.S. and its Mid-East allies ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari In return, Trump eased the diplomatic pres- Turki bin Bandar have disappeared. By Mahmood Khaghani Political analyst By Mudasir Sheikh There is no denying the fact that the U.S. is using sure on the Saudi regime and the young crown According to a BBC documentary, all three Oil expert Saudi oil card to damage the oil-based econo- prince got away with the brutal murder of Saudi of them were abducted by the Saudi regime on mies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela as they are journalist Jamal Khashoggi. foreign land to crush dissent. unfailingly challenging Washington’s hegemony. Corrupting free market operations by artifi- Not only have the dissidents been eliminated West returns to But, it’s pertinent to note that the International cially lowering the oil prices and other prominent but any form of protest from the country’s Shia Iran at the Monetary Fund has warned that most Middle-East- fronts like crushing dissent explain the hypocrisy minority has been crushed brutally. 2007: Europe’s ern nations, including Saudi Arabia, would run of the U.S. and its allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Arab spring sent shockwaves in the crossroad of 1398 out of cash within five years if oil prices stands Saudi monarchy has always been intolerant Saudi fiefdom as protestors demanded an end anger over at $50 a barrel. to any form of dissent. The recent example is to decades of discrimination against country’s budget Amid the draconian U.S. sanctions against the murder of journalist “Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Shia minority. So Saudi regime resorted to incompetent Iran, Trump ordered the de-facto leader of OPEC Al-Jasser” just days after the killing of Khashoggi violent crackdown on protesters and detained journalist called me the other politicians Saudi Arabia to increase its oil production, be- for operating the Twitter account “Kashkool” scores of them. day and requested my opinion cause of which production from Saudi regime that highlighted the human rights violations by The world’s so-called ‘superpower’ has turned A with regard to the next Iranian Saudi regime. blind eye to the brutalities of Saudi regime against year 1398 budget that it seems the he anger and discontent of Eu- touched 11.3 million barrels per day in November 2018 despite the devastating effects of lower oil Since 2015, three Saudi princes Sultan bin religious minorities and backed the rulers in their government considers oil prices will ropean citizens over European be higher than 50 dollars per barrel. prices on every oil economy. Turki bin Abdul-Aziz, Saud bin Saif al-Nasr, and wrongdoings. 6 Tpoliticians is increasing day by I, in turn, asked a Senior Research day. While more than ten years have Fellow at University College London passed since the economic crisis in ‘Afghan women’s engagement in decision-making processes remains symbolic’ about his prediction with respect to Europe, we are still witnessing auster- oil market during 2019. He said: peace negotiations with the Taliban, and why it’s available on how the menace of corruption is ity plans in this block. France’ recent By Syed Zafar Mehdi “As a wise man said, “It is difficult important to meaningfully engage women in key being combated. round of demonstrations isn’t limited Last week, the world community gathered to make forecasts, especially about decision-making processes, including peace talks. The government has in the last year high- to this country anymore, and we’re now in Geneva to review the progress made by the future.” Following are the excerpts: lighted that some officials involved in corruption witnessing demonstrations in countries the Afghan government and the challenges I think he is right. Forecasting oil were caught up and prosecuted, however there is such as Belgium and the Netherlands. remaining in front of it. Many issues came Last week’s conference on Afghanistan in prices is notoriously difficult. However, no proper monitoring and reporting to find out Many European citizens spent the up for discussion including governance, rule Geneva sought to measure progress made by the some market trends are visible and what happens to those arrested and how they are years between 2007 and 2012 with the of law, fight against corruption, and ongoing Afghan government in using billions of dollars providing us with signals which we prosecuted. In most cases senior government hope that the austerity policies would peace talks with Taliban. in foreign aid since the last donors conference in need to notice. officials, parliamentarians and senators intervene affect the devastated economy of the Samira Hamidi is an Afghan women’s rights 2016. How do you see the ‘progress’ in terms of Firstly, the long term trend, where and support those who are found guilty. United Europe and the Eurozone. activist focusing on women, peace and security reconstruction efforts and fight against corruption? forecasters such as the International Economically, the situation has worsened for That’s why they tried to cooperate with as well as human rights and civil society. She A. Since Brussels conference 2016, the govern- Energy Agency and oil companies normal citizens in the country. The exchange rate their own governments (which were has been the former director for Afghan Wom- ment’s efforts in addressing the reconstruction have for years assumed continually was 1 US$ to 47 Afghanis in 2016, and now it is 1 mainly the far-right and social-dem- en’s Network as well as has chaired the board gaps and fighting corruption were highlighted rising demand, prices and produc- US$ to 75. With the jump in exchange, the prices ocratic administrations). However, of network. as big achievements in the Geneva conference. tion. But as Sheikh Zaki Yamani have skyrocketed where the ordinary citizens are after 2012, we witnessed the end of In an interview to Tehran Times, Ms. Hamidi While there have been a number of devel- said, the Stone Age did not end for deprived of basic needs. European citizens’ patience towards spoke about the Geneva conference on Afghanistan, opment initiatives, there is little information 6 lack of stones, and the Oil Age will politicians like Merkel. not end for lack of oil, by which he Part of this dissatisfaction revealed meant that where one barrel of oil itself in cases such as the European once fuelled extraction of maybe 50 Parliamentary Elections in 2014, where Swimmer barrels, now the ratio may be one to more than 100 right extremist man- ten or even less in the Canadian tar aged to enter the European Parliament.