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.13548 Sunday DECEMBER 8, 2019 Azar 17, 1398 Rabi’ Al thani 11, 1441 Iran says to unveil UNHCR welcomes Mardani takes silver Italian directors Eugenio new generations of Iran’s efforts to extend at World Taekwondo Barba, Romeo Castellucci to centrifuges 2 education for refugees 12 Grand Prix Final 15 attend Fajr theater festival 16 Oman trying to expand Student Day is symbol of fight economic ties with Iran TEHRAN — Omani minister of commerce 18th meeting of Iran-Oman Joint Economic and industry said his country is trying to Committee in Tehran on Saturday, Mehr boost its trade and economic ties with Iran, news agency reported. stressing that this goal can be achieved The minister further said, “Over 30 Om- against arrogant powers through more cooperation between the ani traders and businessmen are present two sides’ private sectors. in our delegation; being active in different Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy, who has economic sectors they are trying to lay See page 2 traveled to Iran on top of an Omani trade the ground for all-out cooperation with delegation, made the remarks during the the Iranian partners.” 4 Iran’s Hajj organization chief in Saudi Arabia for talks TEHRAN — Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pil- Saudi officials to ensure the security of grimage Organization Alireza Rashidian Iranian pilgrims performing the Umrah left Tehran for Saudi Arabia on Saturday Hajj rituals. to hold talks with Saudi officials over the He also hoped that the Iranian pil- next year’s Umrah Hajj rituals. grims will perform Hajj given that all According to IRNA, the visit comes conditions are met. after an invitation by the Saudi Hajj Tensions ran high between Tehran and Umrah minister. and Riyadh after Saudi Arabia’s execu- Rashidian said prior to his departure tion of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh that he will review arrangements with Nimr al-Nimr in January 2016, 3 Berri says his bloc to vote for Khatib Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabih Ber- Khatib, my bloc and I will name Khatib,” at ri asserted the need for an “emergency” the binding parliamentary consultations with government to help Lebanon out of the the President, Berri told the daily. crisis, noting that his Liberation and De- “The real rescue for Lebanon takes velopment Parliamentary Bloc will vote for place through the civil state,” added the the leading candidate for the post of Prime Speaker. Minister, Samir Khatib, al-Joumhouria He also affirmed determination of the Hadi Ataei daily reported on Saturday. Parliament to approve the 2020 state budget “I was initially set to name PM Saad Hariri before Christmas, “the Finance and Budget or any figure he supports to lead the new gov- committee is set to finish the budget draft Mizan/ ernment. But since he backs engineer Samir no later than next week,” he said. 13 ARTICLE Qatar foreign minister: crisis has ‘moved from stalemate’ PERSPECTIVE Hamed Khani Qatar’s foreign minister has said he hopes for military base and reducing ties with Iran. minister attended an Arab summit in Mecca. Azadeh Abbaszadeh Senior attorney-at-law “progress” in the efforts to resolve the Persian “We have moved from a stalemate to some Saudi King Salman also recently sent a Director of “Down Syndrome” Gulf diplomatic crisis following talks with Saudi progress where ... some talks took place between “written message” inviting Qatar’s emir to an cellular-molecular research Arabia, adding that the parties have “moved from us and specifically Saudi,” the Qatari foreign min- annual meeting of the Persian Gulf regional bloc, center of Iran a stalemate” in the two-year dispute. ister said at the MED 2019 conference. which will be held in Riyadh next week. The Effects of U.S. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al “We hope that these talks will lead to our 40th session of the six-nation Persian Gulf Post-modern Thani made the comments on Friday while progress where we can see an end for the crisis.” Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit is sched- sanctions on speaking at a foreign policy conference in Rome He added that several meetings had taken uled to take place on December 10. The GCC slavery: fetal amid signs of thawing tensions between Qatar place between officials of both countries in is composed of Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iranian citizens’ and its neighbors. different places, refusing to confirm reports Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. chromosomal slavery Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and that he has recently visited the Saudi capital, A Qatari delegation headed by Minister of health security Bahrain, along with Egypt, imposed a land, air Riyadh, for talks. State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Mu- ust think about it. Several years and sea blockade on Qatar and cut off diplomatic The Wall Street Journal had previously re- raikhi represented the country at last year’s GCC . Problem statement ago, right here on Earth, people ties with it in June 2017, accusing Doha of sup- ported that the foreign minister had made the summit, which was also held in Riyadh. Sanctions are one of the punitive were sold at auctions and forcibly porting “terrorism”. Qatar has repeatedly denied unannounced visit in October. There, he met In another sign of possible de-escalation, Saudi 1measures in international relations employedJ in fields and mines. Many were the accusations. senior Saudi officials and made an offer to end the Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, in a last-minute that have a lot of meanings. Sanction can chained to prevent fleeing, and whipping At the time, the quartet set 13 demands for regional rift, an Arab official told the newspaper. about-face in November, reversed their decision be defined as cutting or restricting business was the most common punishment for lifting the blockade, including the closing down of It was the highest-level visit by a Qatari official to boycott the 24th Cup in Doha. and political ties as punitive action by one their smallest mistakes. All of these were Al Jazeera Media Network, shuttering a Turkish to the kingdom since May when Qatar’s prime (Source: al Jazeera) or more governments against a country only because of the color of their skin, that has violated international law. just because they were black. In international law, sanctions are a Certainly, at this point, it is quite dif- series of compulsory actions aimed at Iran missile program not in violation of JCPOA: prof. Entessar ficult for you to imagine such a situation forcing governments, international actors By Javad Heirannia gram, they want to fulfill this aim via the United fulfilling bare minimum of their own JCPOA and it even seems funny to you. However, or noncompliant individuals to observe TEHRAN (MNA) — Nader Entessar, Professor Nations,” he said. obligations,” FM Zarif wrote in a tweet on I have to ask you to stop laughing since international law or to comply with the Emeritus of Political Science from the University “If the issue is referred to the UN Security Thursday in reaction to E3’s letter. those slaves are here again and you might policy of the organization that imposes of South Alabama, highlights that Iran’s missile Council, three permanent members of the council European signatories of the deal have so far not believe me when I tell you that a novel sanctions. Technically, the term is used for program doesn’t violate the terms of JCPOA and will vote against Iran, so Russian and China will failed to fulfill their obligations under the nuclear and new slavery system has come to ex- both military and civilian actions, but it is that European countries seek other aims by their have an important role in approval or rejection deal and safeguard Iran’s economy from damag- istence and started working right under mostly common in civilian cases. Sanctions letters and threats. of an anti-Iranian resolution.” es of US unilateral sanctions after Washington our very noses. may be imposed as a response to violation “The letter of the E3 to the UN Secretary-Gen- The remarks came as France, Germany withdrew from the deal in 2018. Meanwhile, Iran During the slavery era, it was very diffi- of a norm or preventing the violation, but eral was not only provocative but also full of lies; and the United Kingdom penned a letter to has announced that it is reducing commitments cult for people to perceive that the variation it also may be an act to achieve a foreign Iran’s missile program does not violate UNSC the United Nations Secretary-General Anto- to the deal in a transparent and reversible manner in the color of human skin fundamentally policy goal or certain concessions from Resolution 2231,” Entessar told Mehr News nio Guterres, making allegations that Iran’s to create a balance. Tehran says it has the right relates to genetic issues, and the amount the sanctioned country. Agency on Friday. ballistic missile activity is “inconsistent” with to do so according to Paragraphs 26 and 36 of of melanin in the skin is a very decisive According to the power of the organi- “The three European countries aim to un- the call in a council resolution endorsing the the deal. E3 has called on Iran to return to full factor. On those days, people who had zation that imposes sanctions, they can be dermine Iran’s deterrence and defense power 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.