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.13218 Sunday SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 Mehr 8, 1397 Muharram 20, 1440 ‘Guards of revolution’ Moscow will not allow Louis van Gaal to “Alphabet” picked as will come hard on sending terrorists from replace Carlos Queiroz best animation at enemies like thunder 2 Syria to Afghanistan 3 as Iran coach? 15 New York festival 16 Integrated Trade System unveiled ECONOMY TEHRAN— Iran’s In- The system seeks to facilitate trade desktegrated Trade System procedures for Iranian businessmen and was unveiled on Saturday in the presence combat trafficking of strategic goods be- Airborne firefighting of Iran’s ministers of Industry, Mining sides systematic corruption, the report and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari and quoted an official from the industry that of Information and Communications ministry, Behnam Amiri, as announc- Technology (ICT) Mohammad-Javad Azari ing addressing the unveiling ceremony See page 12 Jahromi, IRNA reported. of the system at the Tehran Permanent The system includes the comprehensive trade International Fairgrounds. system unveiled system, goods identification system, integrated As Amiri hoped, the integrated system system of warehouses, validation system and will bring acceleration, ease, and trans- credit rating system of the merchants. parency into domestic trade transactions. Zarif meets counterparts in New York POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Stef Blok, the Austrian and Dutch foreign deskForeign Minister Mo- ministers, Zarif discussed the need to pre- hammad Javad Zarif met separately with serve the 2015 nuclear deal after the U.S. his counterparts from various countries withdrawal from the agreement in May. in New York on Friday on the sidelines The Iranian foreign minister discussed the of the UN General Assembly conference. Syrian crisis with Walid Muallem, the Syrian He met with foreign ministers of Syria, the foreign minister. Zarif said Tehran attaches great Netherlands, Austria, Algeria, Germany, Par- importance to settling the Syrian crisis politically. aguay, Slovenia, Norway, Venezuela, Oman, The annual UN General Assembly start- India, Sweden, South Korea and Qatar. ed on September 18 and is scheduled to In his meeting with Karin Kneissl and end on October 1. Russia says already started delivering S-300 missile system to Syria Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says percent safety and security of our men in his country has already started delivering Syria,” said Lavrov at a press conference the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense sys- following his speech at the United Nations tem to Syria as part of its efforts to ensure General Assembly on Friday in New York. the safety of Russian forces in the country. By “incident,” Lavrov meant the recent “The delivery has been started already. downing of a Russian aircraft by the Syr- And as President [Vladimir] Putin said, ian air defenses, which both Moscow and after that incident […] the measures which Damascus blame on the Israeli regime’s Ministry of Defence Ministry we will take will be devoted to ensure 100 fighter jets. 13 ARTICLE IRGC forces kill Jaish-ul-Adl’s second-in-command REPORT Hanif Ghaffari POLITICS TEHRAN — The Islamic Rev- a number of other terrorists escaped to a neigh- Syed Zafar Mehdi Political analyst deskolution Guards Corps (IRGC) boring country. Journalist Ground Force commander said on Friday that During the operation, not only no casualties from New Delhi his forces have killed the second-in-command were inflicted on the Iranian forces but also the of the so-called “Jaish-ul-Adl” terrorist group terrorists’ ammunition and equipment were Washington’s in southeast Iran. seized, according to the statement. India, Russia seek In an operation in Saravan in Sistan-Balouch- Back in March, the Quds unit said its Isolation and Dual estan Province on Friday, the IRGC Ground forces had killed two suicide attackers in to evade U.S. Force’s Quds Unit managed to kill four mem- Sistan and Balouchestan before the terrorists Game of Paris bers of Jaish-ul-Adl and injured two others, could storm a border post with their explo- sanctions and Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said, sive-laden vehicle. he United Nations General As- Tasnim reported. Since a couple of years ago, the IRGC has bolster defense sembly’s meeting in New York After identifying the terrorists’ dead bodies, it been tasked with ensuring the security of south- cooperation Tuncovered Washington’s isolation was determined that the group’s second-in-com- commander remarked. eastern border areas in cooperation with local in the international system even more mand, Mulla Hashem Nokri, is among them, In a statement earlier on Friday, the force’s residents. here is a palpable buzz in the pol- than before. The unilateralism of the he added. Quds Base had said that in the heavy clash with Located in the southeast of Iran, Sistan and icy circles of India ahead of Rus- United States and its illegal approach Nokri had been in charge of some terrorist the terror group, the IRGC troops killed four Balouchestan borders Pakistan and Afghanistan sian President Vladmir Putin’s towards international agreements (e.g. operations of the group over the past years, the terrorists and injured two others.It added that and has a long coastline by the Sea of Oman. T its withdrawal from the Joint Compre- much-anticipated visit to India next week hensive Plan of Action) were criticized (October 4-5). He will be attending the by our president at the UN. 19th India-Russia summit with focus on Trump, along with Nikki Haley, Mike ‘Trump is accelerating the decline of American empire’ advancing bilateral ties between the two Pompeo and John Bolton, started a psycho- By Syed Zafar Mehdi Tehran Times, he dissects Trump’s UN speech ministration’s policies, is that these institutions time-tested allies. logical and propaganda campaign on the TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald Trump’s and says he is actually accelerating the decline of have been molded over the years into tools of During the high-profile summit, the Iranian government’s request for holding bombastic speech at the United Nations Gen- American empire and his greatest accomplish- American global influence. So with his “America two sides are expected to follow up on negotiations with the White House. But eral Assembly session last week has reignit- ments has been surpassing George W. Bush as First” posturing, Trump is actually accelerating acquiring five S-400 ‘Triumph’ missile this approach failed to depict Iran’s need ed the debate over the U.S. government’s the most internationally ridiculed and despised the decline of American empire. systems, four Project 11356 frigates, 48 for the United States as a proposition in flawed foreign policy ambitions and Trump American president. Trump said his government has accom- Mi-17V-5 helicopters and 200 Ka-226T the minds of the addressees. It has reached administration’s desire to expand American Following are the excerpts: plished more in two years than governments before helicopters from Russia, which might the point where even so many American hegemony. Many seasoned political observers U.S. President Donald Trump in his bom- him did, which drew scornful laughter. Do you also ruffle feathers in the power corridors of media were skeptical about Trump’s claim have denounced Trump’s myopic vision and bastic speech at the UNGA summit said he op- think he has become a laughing stock with his Washington. over Iran’s request for holding talks with policy of bullying, especially in the context poses globalism and multilateralism and favors bluster? New Delhi is hoping to build on the the United States. of Iran. patriotism. Isn’t it ironical that he said this on A. Among Trump’s greatest accomplishments momentum of the successful summit held Undoubtedly, the president of the Max Blumenthal is the founder and editor of the podium of the UN? has been surpassing George W. Bush as the most in Sochi in May this year between Pres- United States is the main loser of the UN GrayzoneProject.com. A journalist and author A. Trump’s speech was a deliberate show of internationally ridiculed and despised American ident Putin and Indian Prime Minister General Assembly in New York. Donald of several books about U.S. and Middle East contempt for multilateral institutions like the president. This is quite a feat considering Trump Narendra Modi. Trump’s remarks at a UN General As- politics, he is also the producer of the recent UN and the International Criminal Court. What has not yet initiated a catastrophic war as Bush Earlier this month (September 13-14), sembly meeting raised the laughter of the documentary, Killing Gaza. In an interview to was ironic about his speech, and about his ad- did. 6 India’s External Affairs Minister Sush- audience, and this was followed by the ma Swaraj also made a whirlwind visit regret of many American analysts. They to Russia to prepare the ground for the noted that Trump’s presence at the White upcoming summit. House means the “international isolation Following the visit, which was her third of the United States.” visit to Moscow in less than a year, Swa- The fact is that Trump’s speech at A walk raj asserted that India attaches “highest the United Nations General Assembly importance” to its relations with Russia. had kind of domestic function. Re- “This partnership has strengthened over garding the decreasing popularity of into Iran’s time and covers a vast agenda involving Trump and the Republicans in some of almost all sphere of human activity. In- the major U.S.