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.13379 Saturday MAY 4, 2019 Ordibehesht 14, 1398 Sha’aban 28, 1440 U.S. misdemeanors Salehi says Iran Iran will respond Lack of copyright, big obstacle won’t go will overcome the to any threat from for Iranian publishers of ‘unanswered’ 3 difficult time 3 fellow OPEC members 5 translated books 16 Excluding Iran from oil market impossible: Barkindo Iraqi, Iranian military TEHRAN— The secretary-general of Oil Show 2019) at Tehran. the Organization of Petroleum Exporting He said, “There is no need to repeat Countries (OPEC) said it is “impossible” it. It is impossible to eliminate Iranian to eliminate Iranian crude from the global oil from the market.” market, Shana reported. Last month, the Trump administration Mohammed Barkindo made the re- announced it will end waivers on crude officials meet in Tehran marks Thursday on the sidelines of the purchase granted to Iran’s primary oil 24th International Oil, Gas, Refining and buyers in a bid to push Tehran oil sales Baqeri calls Iran, Iraq two key powers of Islamic world Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran (Iran to zero. 5 See page 2 Zarif does not think Iran-U.S. military war is imminent By staff and agency oil exporters pass through, when he was Iranian Foreign Ministry Mohammad has asked about these “accidents”. said that he does not think war between Zarif also mentioned the January 2016 Iran and the United States is imminent. incident in the Persian Gulf when two However, he told Independent in an U.S. Navy boats entered Iranian waters interview published on Thursday, that and were captured by the Islamic Revo- “accidents can happen” that then spiral lutionary Guard Corps. Back then, Javad into a military conflict. Zarif and his American counterpart John He gave the example of the Persian Kerry had a direct line of communica- Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a strate- tion following their two years of nuclear gic waterway where most of the world’s negotiations. 2 Israeli forces will be annihilated if they dare attack Lebanon: Nasrallah TEHRAN — The secretary general of Hassan Nasrallah dismissed the possibility the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance move- of a new Israeli war on Lebanon this sum- ment has cautioned the Tel Aviv regime mer, describing such speculation and related against launching a new military aggression media reports as “psychological warfare.” against his country, stressing that “Israeli “All in Israel know that any war on forces will be destroyed” in such a case. Lebanon needs to be decisive and swift. Addressing his supporters via a televised Hezbollah remains fairly capable and ut- speech broadcast live from the Lebanese terly determined irrespective of sanctions Ministry of Defence Ministry capital of Beirut on Thursday evening, Sayyed imposed on it. 13 PERSPECTIVE Trump’s decision on IRGC has nothing to do with international law: prof. Zonis ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari new sanctions are meant to diminish the business Martin Love Head of the TehranTimes EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW success that the IRGC has enjoyed.” Political analyst from Politics Desk By Payman Yazdani He went on to add, “The decision is also a North Carolina TEHRAN — Professor of international political communication to his evangelical supporters economy in the University of Chicago believes who seek a powerful Israel to prepare for the The endless Trump’s move against the IRGC is based on the return of the Christ. It is also a communication U.S. undermines advice of his evangelical supporters and hardline to Israel and Saudi Arabia that the US remains concerns of advisers. an enemy of their enemy. It has nothing to do itself clinging to The White House’s increasingly aggressive with international law.” Trump approaches towards Iran came to a head as the Zonis also emphasized that the reflection hegemonic notions administration of US President Donald Trump of Trump in 2020 US presidential election he popularity of Trump has nyone looking at Iran from afar designated the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is another reason behind his decision on the dropped in recent polls in could presume conditions have (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization through IRGC. the United States. Donald ident Trump’s decision to designate the IRGC not been worse in the past 30 plus T an official statement. as a terrorist group and the reasons behind his Touching upon the consequences of the White A Trump’s calculations have been years, or since the end of the Iraq-Iran In light of this development, we reached out unprecedented move, he said, “The US Pres- House’s move and its effects on the security and incorrect in many cases! This has war, a war which never would have oc- to Marvin Zonis, Professor of international po- ident’s decision is based on the advice he has stability of the region he noted, “Iran is left with exacerbated Republican concerns curred if the U.S. had not urged Sadd- litical economy and leadership in the University been receiving from his hardline advisers — most bitter choices. It may take steps that would pro- over next year’s presidential elec- am Hussain on and given him chemical of Chicago. especially from John Bolton. Bolton seeks the voke Trump to retaliate with the real possibility tions. An overview of the results of weapons. Little did Saddam know that Commenting on the legitimacy of the Pres- overthrow of the clerical establishment and the of an escalation to a shooting war.” recent polls in the United States in a few more years he would be hung shows that Trump has a difficult by the Americans after the U.S. military path to re-election. had killed hundreds of thousands of his As The Hill reported, More than 50 countrymen and destroyed much of Iraq’s percent of respondents in a new survey Pentagon warns on risk of Chinese submarines in Arctic infrastructure. say they will not vote for President TEHRAN- Deepening Chinese activities in the China, despite being a non-Arctic state, is to establish a research station and a satellite Any good student of history knows Trump when he seeks reelection in Arctic region could pave the way for a strengthened increasingly active in the polar region and be- ground station, renovate airports and expand that the U.S. has been the most de- 2020. The ABC News–Washington military presence, including the deployment of came an observer member of the Arctic Council mining. structive, murderous country in world Post poll released Monday found that submarines to act as deterrents against nuclear in 2013. That has prompted concerns from “Civilian research could support a strengthened history. The numbers simply bear it 55 percent of respondents said they attack, the Pentagon said in a report. Arctic states over Beijing’s long-term stra- Chinese military presence in the Arctic Ocean, out, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki are According to Reuters, the assessment is in- tegic objectives, including possible military which could include deploying submarines to the will not vote for Trump next year, with examples. It’s indisputable. One might cluded in the U.S. military’s annual report to deployments. region as a deterrent against nuclear attacks,” only 39 percent approving of his work have said the same about the Mongols in Congress on China’s armed forces and follows U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will attend the report said. since taking office . the mid 13th century CE. The Mongols Beijing’s publication of its first official Arctic the meeting of the eight-nation Arctic Council in The Pentagon report noted that China’s Of respondents who were asked wrecked much of Baghdad (and other policy white paper in June. Rovaniemi, Finland, starting on Monday, which military has made modernizing its submarine if they would vote from Trump in Muslim cities east and west) and ended In that paper, China outlined plans to comes amid concerns over China’s increased fleet a high priority. China’s navy operates four the Abbasid Caliphate, but it was not 2020, 14 percent said they would develop shipping lanes opened up by global commercial interests in the Arctic. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, much later that the Mongols assimi- consider it and 28 percent said they warming to form a “Polar Silk Road” - building The Pentagon report noted that Denmark six nuclear-powered attack submarines and 50 lated and were spiritually seduced by definitely would vote for him to have on President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and has expressed concern about China’s interest conventionally powered attack submarines, the Islam and the glories of Islamic culture a second term in the White House. Road Initiative. in Greenland, which has included proposals report said. 13 and civilization. Americans, if truth be Of those respondents who said they known, are neither sophisticated nor wouldn’t vote for Trump, only 29 knowledgeable enough to realize their percent said they would for sure culture is primarily shallow and crude vote for his eventual Democratic and without particular merit, at least in counterpart. Horse beauty recent decades, compared to the Mus- The fact is that the President of lim world in its best iterations over the the United States is having a hard centuries. Rampant materialism does time! Undoubtedly, Tramp will now contest wraps not a sublime culture make. take steps to win White’s votes and One is reminded of Mahatma Gandhi, gray votes for the 2020 presiden- who once was asked by an American tial election.