Zarif to attend Tehran wants all India’s COM-DEALL Marene van Holk to 21012SCO summit 4 oil payments to to help launch autism stage play on migration NATION ECONOMY be in euro: Zanganeh SOCIETY rehabilitation center in Iran ART& CULTURE ttoo EEuropeurope iinn TTehraneh WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Former Eni’s CEO sees Iran’s oil output at 5m bpd in 3 years 4 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12579 Sunday JUNE 19, 2016 Khordad 30, 1395 Ramadan 13, 1437 More cooperation between Annual Tehran and Moscow FDI in Iran in the offing: Velayati Iranian officials felicitate expected to EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW hit $8 billion By Negar Assadi and Marjan Golpira Iraq on Fallujah recapture ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran TEHRAN — For many, bilateral relations between Tehran deskexpects to attract and Moscow have been more like “take the rough with POLITICAL TEHRAN — Rank- hailing it a “manifestation of ... divine west of the capital Baghdad, was the $8 billion of foreign direct investment the smooth.” desking Iranian officials victory for those who fight for God.” first Iraqi city ISIL took control of in in the current Iranian calendar year, Over the past decades, there have been challenges in have felicitated the Iraqi nation and Iraqi forces on Friday entered the early 2014. which ends on March 20, 2017, said a between, including Russia’s delayed operationalization of government on recapturing the center of Fallujah, the city held the Zarif further expressed hope that member of Iran International Chamber Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, their performance during strategic city of Fallujah. longest by ISIL, nearly four weeks further conquests against terrorist of Commerce. Iran’s nuclear row with the West, as well as the S-300 mis- On the occasion, Iranian Foreign after the start of the offensive. groups are awaiting the Iraqi nation. Attracting foreign investment re- sile system contract. Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Fallujah, nearly 50 kilometers Also, Iranian Parliament Speaker quires disputes, which are still in place Whatever the nature, at no times the diplomatic cord offered congratulations to the Iraqi Ali Larijani on Saturday offered con- with the world even after the lifting has broken off and perhaps, for this reason the two have people and its government for lib- gratulations to the Iraqi nation over of sanctions, to be resolved, howev- deemed it strategic. Ever since the Syrian conflict broke off erating the city from terrorist hands, the victory. er, some $2.5 billion worth of foreign in 2011, Tehran and Moscow have seen closer-than-ever Cont. below investment permits were issued just in relations, both unanimously backing the Syrian govern- the third calendar month of Khordad ment and President Bashar al-Assad. (May 21-June 20), Mehr news agency In what follows, Ali Akbar Velayati, top aid to the Su- quoted Hossein Salimi as saying on preme Leader, has shared his thoughts with the Tehran Saturday. Times on defensive cooperation between Iran and Russia That was while annual foreign di- as well as the stance of the two on the future of Syria. rect investment has recently been to Velayati believes that there is no difference between the tune of $2 billion, he noted. the two states in terms of the future of President al-Assad, “Iran has been inundated with a sayingying regional collaboration rush of foreign investors as of the betweentween TTehranehran aandnd MoscowMoscow removal of sanctions, who eagerly hass just startedstarted.. wait to enter the lucrative Iranian OOnn dedefensivefensive iissuesssues bebe-- market,” he said, “regarding the long tweeneen Iran and Russia, the queue of overseas investors applying Iraniannian officialofficial seseeses nnoo for investment in Iran, the volume of seriousious obsobstaclestacles oonn attracted foreign investments is ex- the way as Moscow pected to hit eight billion dollars by hass relativerelativelyly manman-- the end of the current year.” ageded to fulfill its As he said, the country also ex- commitments.mmitments. pects to attract foreign investment Seeee pagepage 2 through indirect financing meth- ods, such as buy-back and build– AFP operate–transfer (BOT) as well, which will add to the volume of for- eign investments. In their recent speeches, President Iran’s Paralympics Hassan Rouhani and his administra- Abridgement of human rights in quest of national tion’s spokesman Mohammad-Baqer delegation departure date Nobakht have reportedly put the vol- security is American apple pie: Analyst ume of attracted FDI, at more than announced $3.41 billion in the four-month period the western hemisphere struggling for after the implementation of nucle- SPORTS Iran’s delegation to the 2016 Rio Paralympic INTERVIEW desk By Javad Heirannia their own independence. Pursuing an ar agreement with world powers in Games will depart Tehran on August 31. expansionist ideology based on liber- mid-January. Iran is expected to send a team of approximately 90 ath- Yuram Abdullah Weiler, a political com- alism and Protestantism derived from letes, participating in 12 sports. mentator, says “From the beginning of the European Enlightenment, the U.S. its history, the United States of America has used a combination of diploma- PERSPECTIVE has been viewed as a warlike and ag- cy, duplicity, and deception to achieve By Ali Kushki gressive nation not only by other colo- its geopolitical goals, which are based Tehran Times journalist nial powers but also the nations within on notions of the ultimate superiority the western hemisphere struggling for of its people, political economy, and their own independence.” culture. He also adds that “The abridge- By 1793, the fledgling United States The Big Bang ment of human rights in the quest of of America was already waging a terror national security is as American as ap- campaign against the aboriginal peo- Theory and Iran’s ple pie.” ples of the North American continent Following is the full text of the inter- for the purpose of ensuring a supply of banking row view: land for the insatiable appetites of the From this we can see nough is enough! That’s what The U.S. claims to be one of the white settlers. To that end, the early that the United States Iran and six global powers countries respecting human rights. leaders of the country gave the native E reached at after being at a dec- What do you think? has no respect for inhabitants a cultural ultimatum: either The Iranian athletes are going to repeat their previous re- ade-long standstill over Tehran’s nucle- A: From the beginning of its histo- human rights unless it is abandon your culture and adopt the sults in the upcoming Paralympics. ar agenda, thrashing out a deal which ry, the United States of America has political economy of the Euro-American The Persian Paralympians wrapped up the London 2012 to its advantage to do so exchanged limits on the country’s nu- been viewed as a warlike and aggres- colonizers with its concept of property Paralympic Games with 24 medals, standing in the 11th place clear program for sanctions reliefs. sive nation not only by other colonial in pursuit of its imperial rights and emphasis on commerce, or of the tournament. The Paralympic Games will run from Sept. While expecting to reap the har- powers but also by the nations within geopolitical goals. be exterminated. 9 7-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. vest, Tehran seems to have grown more unsatisfactory, citing that remov- al of sanctions has been more “word IIDCYA dusts off film archive Iranian officials felicitate Iraq on Fallujah recapture on paper” than economic growth. In a message to his Iraqi coun- has its roots in the national solidari- turned to the homeland. Our troops Particularly, Tehran has complained ARTTEHRAN — The Institute for Intellectual terpart Salim al-Jabouri, Larijani de- ty and unity in the Arab country and are in control of the city and have that international banks are reluctant deskDevelopment of Children and Young Adults scribed the recapture of Fallujah as a trust in God against extremist groups, tightened their grip on its center,” to resume or establish correspondent (IIDCYA) has selected a lineup of 44 short films from its ar- great achievement, saying the honor according to Tasnim. “Fallujah has re- Abadi said in a televised address. banking relationships with it, linking it chive, which keeps movies from giants of Iranian cinema, to to fearing foul of fines by the U.S. over screen at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. deals with Iranian partners. The selection includes films by Abbas Kiarostami, Nured- Iran finds Spain a willing crude buyer Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- din Zarrinkelk, Dariush Mehrjui, Masud Kimiai, Nasser Taqvai mad Javad Zarif, for example, was and Sohrab Shahid Saless. Spain was the largest European im- has a 110,000 b/d plant, suggesting April, landing 1.04mn bl (34,600 b/d), quoted as having said there is a “psy- The screening program has been arranged as part of the porter of Iranian crude in April, as car- San Roque may have landed more with refiner Hellenic Petroleum re- chological barrier” in trade with Teh- Karnameh Exhibition of Visual Culture of Iranian Children, goes ramped up following the ending volumes. ceiving the cargo in the middle of the ran, urging Washington to reassure in- which is currently underway at the museum. of EU and US nuclear sanctions on France was the second biggest month. Fellow Greek refiner Motor Oil ternational bank that they can engage The program will begin with a screening of Morteza Mo- Tehran. European importer of Iranian crude Hellas appears not to have received in business with Iran.