WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13511 Thursday OCTOBER 17, 2019 Mehr 25, 1398 Safar 18, 1441 U.S. trying to give Intelligence minister Payman Maadi to The Tehran Times new life to Daesh felicitates IRGC on receive Stockholm commemorates 2 capturing Zam 3 Achievement Award 16 Arbaeen Monthly steel products exports rise 60% yr/yr TEHRAN — Iran exported 584,000 indicate that the country exported 3.4 Zarif: EU unable tons of steel products during the sixth million tons of steel products during the Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar first half of this year (March 21-September (August 23-September 22), which was 22), with three percent growth compared 60 percent more than the figure of the to the first half of the previous year. same month in the past year, IRIB re- In a press conference on June 8, ported on Wednesday citing the data Iranian deputy industry, mining and released by Iranian Mines and Mining trade minister said the ministry has to fulfill JCPOA Industries Development and Renovation taken necessary measures to maintain Organization (IMIDRO). the country’s metal exports despite the The data provided by IMIDRO also U.S. sanctions. 4 See page 2 commitments Iran ready to mediate in Yemen issue if Saudis accept political solution TEHRAN — Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali has not come yet,” Larijani said during Larijani said on Tuesday that Iran will be a meeting with Bundestag Vice Presi- ready to act as mediator in the issue of dent Claudia Roth on the sidelines of Yemen if Saudi Arabia accepts a political 41th summit of the Inter-Parliamentary solution. Union in Belgrade. “If Saudis accept political solution, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Aya- Iran will mediate on the Yemen issue. tollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that However, the United States imagines that ending war in Yemen will have positive the time to stop milking Saudi Arabia effects on the Middle East region. 2 Barham Salih emphasizes opposition to ISIL transfer to Iraq TEHRAN — Iraqi president’s adviser Syria and the U.S. desire for the offensive said Barham Salih had said in a telephone to end immediately, according to a State interview with the U.S. secretary of state Department summary of the phone call that Baghdad would not allow the transfer released on Tuesday. The summary said of ISIL terrorists from Syria into Iraqi Pompeo “also condemned the recent violence territory under any pretext. in Iraq and noted that those who violate U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo human rights and commit acts of violence called Iraqi President Barham Salih to and intimidation against the media should president.ir discuss the Turkish military incursion into be held accountable.” 13 EDITORIAL Trump impeachment: Nancy Pelosi decides not to call vote authorising probe PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN — Nancy Pelosi has decided to tutional requirement for her to do, and said on est evidence and most likely place it before M.A.Saki Tehran Times editor-in-chief put off holding a vote in the House to back Thursday she did currently intend to hold one. the House judiciary committee for a vote on Deputy editor-in-chief @ghaderi62 the impeachment probe of Donald Trump being “There is no requirement that we have a whether to impeach the president. carried out by Democrats. vote. So at this time we will not be having a If the committee did do, the matter would Trump and the White House have claimed, vote,” she said on Capitol Hill, shortly before move to the floor of the House, which is made up Turkey and the time contrary to what many independent legal ex- the party’s fifth debate to help select a chal- of 435 voting members and who would be asked Unwise and huge perts had said, that Democrats were required lenger to Mr Trump got underway in Ohio. to vote on whether to impeach the president. bomb in Syria to hold a so-called floor vote to approve the The decision by Ms Pelosi saves her having Only a simple majority it required. subsidy for an Covert groups seeking impeachment investigation her party announced to force her members to hold an unnecessary According to Independent, Trump recently last month. vote on a sensitive and potentially issue. acknowledged his opponents had sufficient unnecessary thing ISIS resurge It suggested the absence of a vote was one The plan she outlined last month when she numbers to impeach him in the House, though of the reasons the administration had decid- declared the party was moving forward formally he hoped Republicans in the Senate, where a ontinuing to greatly subsidize he Turkish attack on northern ed not to cooperate with the probe, and had with its impeachment probe, was that six com- two-thirds majority is required, would protect gasoline is detrimental to econ- Syria has provided conditions declined to provide either documents or else mittees currently looking into the president him, just as Democratic senators did for Bill Comy at the cost of national re- Tfor ISIS militants held in camps permit witnesses testify. would do do under an impeachment umbrella. Clinton in 1998 after he was censured by the sources and clean air. in the region to escape and revitalize Yet, Pelosi had insisted there was no consti- The party would then consider the strong- lower chamber. Though return of illegal sanctions themselves. and a sudden change in prices have Turkey launched “Operation Peace made any decision to at least partially Spring” on Wednesday October 9, claiming free up gasoline prices more difficult, to end the presence of terrorists near its the current situation is not tenable. borders in northern Syria. Some countries Lavrov says Russia will push for agreements between Syria, Kurds The rising consumption of gasoline, condemned this illegal action of violation TEHRAN — Russia will encourage Syria’s drawal of American troops and the subsequent Russia has made no secret of its outright which has hit 100 million liters per of the Syrian sovereignty. government and Kurdish forces to reach agree- launch of a Turkish offensive against Kurdish opposition to Turkey’s military incursion into day, is alarming. Simply speaking, The military attack has exacerbated ments and implement them following a Turkish militants in the area. Syria, calling it “unacceptable.” subsidy for gasoline is neither wise the Syrian people’s living condition who operation in Syria’s northeast, the RIA news In a statement released on Tuesday, Rus- Talking to reporters in Abu Dhabi on nor expedient. live in these areas. On the other hand, it agency cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei sia’s Defense Ministry said the patrols were Tuesday, Russian envoy for Syria, Alexander The chief reason behind the has also allowed ISIS forces to escape Lavrov as saying on Wednesday. taking place around Manbij, where Syrian Lavrentiev, urged Ankara to stick to the terms current situation surrounding and prepare themselves to resume their Speaking in Russia’s Black Sea city of Sochi, government forces have now been deployed of the Adana Agreement signed by Ankara and gasoline price is a mix of advices actions in Syria. Before Turkish incursion Lavrov said the Turkish operation had allowed under a deal with authority-seeking Kurdish Damascus in 1998, which authorizes Turkey by the so-called economic experts into northern Syria, There were many captured Islamic State fighters to escape. He militants who controlled the area. to temporarily push up to a maximum of 10 and populist policies by the succes- warnings that the incursion would pre- added that Moscow would support security “The Syrian government army has full kilometers into Syria to conduct counter-ter- sive parliaments and governments pare the ground for ISIS resurgence. But cooperation between Turkish and Syrian forces control over the city of Manbij and nearby rorism operations. in varying degrees. ignoring the warning, Turkey launched along their border. settlements,” read the statement. He insisted that Turkish troops do not Opponents have always been ar- its military attacks. Russia says its military police units are “Russian military police continue to patrol have the right to remain on Syrian territory guing that freeing gasoline prices, Currently, about 11,000 ISIS prisoners patrolling along contact line areas between the northwestern border area of Manbij district permanently. even gradually, will hurt low-income are held in Syria. ISIS has claimed the Turkish and Syrian armies near Syria’s flash- along the line of contact between the Syrian Arab The AFP cited an unnamed US official as and poor classes. However, the main responsibility for two attacks on Qamish- point northern city of Manbij to help avert Republic and Turkish armed forces,” it added. saying that Moscow and Washington were motive by some parliamentarians li and Hasakah since the beginning of a possible confrontation following the with- “Cooperation is organized with the Turkish side.” using established channels to avoid conflict. and presidents in opposing a rise Turkish attacks. in gasoline prices has been to get Meanwhile, Donald Trump said that reelected. Turkey and the Kurds must stop ISIS pris- In fact, it is the rich classes which oners from fleeing. He urged European have been profiting more from subsi- countries to take back their citizens who dized fuel, especially gasoline. Some have joined ISIS. Arbaeen poor classes even do not have a car It should be noted that the U.S. is to benefit from this subsidy. trying to prove that ISIS has become In a story on its website on October stronger since the U.S.