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.13219 Monday OCTOBER 1, 2018 Mehr 9, 1397 Muharram 21, 1440 Syrian FM defends Three corrupt Persepolis full of Resistance film festival Iran’s advisory role individuals handed belief ahead of receives submissions 2 death penalty 2 Al Sadd match 15 from 73 countries 16 Aluminum production up 10% in 5 months yr/yr ECONOMY TEHRAN— Iran’s producers at 137,473 tons during the Trump succeeded deskmajor aluminum pro- five-month period of the past year, IRIB ducers produced 151,691 tons of aluminum reported. during the five-month period from March Last month, the head of IMIDRO an- 21 to August 22, which shows 10 percent nounced that a large aluminum production growth from the figure of the same period plant will be put into operation in the of time in the past year, according to the south of country by the end of current data released by the Iranian Mines and Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019). Mining Industries Development and Ren- Mehdi Karbasian said that the 300,000- to isolate U.S. ovation Organization (IMIDRO). ton capacity plant will be the largest and most IMIDRO data put the output of these modern aluminum production plant in Iran. See page 2 30 orbital slots in Iran’s name: ISA TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – Iran pos- time-bound and in case that Iran cannot desksesses 30 geostationary fill the slots seven years after application, it orbital slots, head of the Iranian Space would be given to other countries, he added. Agency (ISA), Morteza Barari, announced He stressed the important role of the on Sunday, Mehr reported. private sector in paving the way for filling The country plans to provide infra- the orbital slots. structure for filling the slots in the near There are over 140 technologies in the future, he added. field of space, which have the capacity to According to International Telecom- be commercialized in the form of spin-off munications Union (ITU), the slots are in other industries, he said. 10 Idlib pullout begins but U.S.-backed militants not leaving The first militant group has begun with- first to abide by the terms of the Mos- drawing its members and heavy arms cow-Ankara agreement on the Idlib from a recently-declared buffer zone in demilitarized zone. Syria’s Idlib Province, a Britain-based “The group is withdrawing its forces monitoring group says. and heavy arms in small batches from The so-called Syrian Observatory for southern Aleppo countryside, adjacent Human Rights (SOHR) said on Sunday to Idlib Province, which is part of the de- that the Turkey-backed Failaq al-Sham militarized zone towards the west,” SOHR File photo (Sham Legion) militant outfit was the head Rami Abdulrahman said. 13 ARTICLE U.S. running a real risk to international trading system: Lord Lamont How did Netanyahu Hamid Bayati By Marjohn Sheikhi setback caused by President Trump’s anti-Iran bring fame to Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN (MNA) — UK PM Trade Envoy to policies, saying that “it is Iran’s destiny to be Iran Lord Norman Lamont said in an exclusive integrated with the world economy.” Turquzabad? interview with Mehr News that U.S. President Below is the full text of the interview: TEHRAN(MNA) – After the Israeli Trump’s extensive use of the sanctions regime What is the current standing of economic Prime minister accused Iran of hiding Putin’s S-300 is running a real risk to the international trading relations between Iran and UK? nuclear material at a secret warehouse system. A: Well, Britain, historically, has had a in Turquzabad, a village in the south of winging to Mehr News’s Marjohn Sheikhi sat down lower level of trade with Iran compared to the capital Tehran, Iranians have taken for an exclusive interview with the former UK Germany, France or Italy. Nonetheless, from a to social media ridiculing Netanyahu’s Syria: Tel Aviv’s Chancellor and UK PM Trade Envoy to Iran Lord low level, trade has been increasing in recent false accusations. Norman Lamont at the British embassy in Tehran years, by over 20 percent per annum. So, be- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- nightmare on Wednesday. fore President Trump, trade was increasing at tanyahu’s ridiculous accusations at the Lamont criticized the extensive use of the quite a fast rate from a low level. And that was United Nations General Assembly once Russian Ilyushin-20 military air- “weapon of sanctions” by U.S. President Donald the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the about all one could have expected, anyway. again this year have sparked much debate craft with 15 servicemen on board Trump, whether against Iran, Russia, Turkey, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) But before President Trump, many firms in among Iranian netizens on social media. A was brought down on September 17 even the threat of sanctions against European in the wake of the U.S.’ withdrawal, can be felt in Britain were very excited for the opportunities For Iranian Persian-language speakers, by Syrian anti-aircraft S-200 air defense allies, saying that the “United States is running the European country’s very different position that existed in Iran, which are many; a very Turquzabad refers to a remote area in the system systems in northwestern Syria. a real risk of danger to the international trading on the deal from the American administration big market, sometimes described as the last middle of nowhere, but actually it is a vil- Moscow blamed Tel Aviv for the incident, system.” despite Britain’s close ties with the U.S. great emerging market in the world, young lage in the south of Tehran, which became and the Zionist authorities fought to cast The UK’s trade envoy to Iran maintained He also voiced optimism about the future of and well-educated population, tremendous world-famous after Netanyahu’s UN address. blame elsewhere. that the strength of his country’s support for Iran-UK economic relations despite the current opportunities. 7 Turquzabad is a village in Kahrizak Ru- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ral District, Kahrizak District, Rey County, last week sent a delegation, led by Air Force Tehran Province, Iran. According to the commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, Al-Saud are valuable for Trump when they pay money: Adib-Moghaddam 2006 census, it has a population of 2,803, to Moscow to present its findings about in 669 families. As the residents recall, the the incident, but the meeting was brief EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW the fold are rather more directed at creating a joint the international system, especially Russia and village is named after its history of cotton and the delegation was fast sent back to By Javad Heirannia front to balance against Iran’s regional power.” China, but also Iran. He is mercurial, feeble and producing business. As they say Turquz Tel Aviv after the Russians rejected the Here is the full text of the interview: impulsive. This is why the political class in the stands for a part of cotton flower which TEHRAN — Professor Arshin Adib-Moghadd- Israeli explanations. Camp David meeting is scheduled to be U.S. is so nervous. They know that this President used to be separated to produce cotton. am, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at According to information leaked to held this autumn in the United States to resolve has weakened the position of the country almost Soon after Netanyahu’s UN address, the London Middle East Institute, believes that media outlets, the meeting of the Rus- the crisis in Qatar. Can this American initiative beyond repair. The fall-out of the crisis over Qatar Iranian netizens started looking for the for the Trump administration, as for most other sian Air Force commander with his Israeli lead to solving this crisis? which Trump initially fuelled by likening Qatar’s exact location of Turquzabad on Google map. countries, the al-Saud are only of value when counterpart, who had presented details A: None of the initiatives that the Trump behavior to terrorism, has been too severe to patch The social media users produced sa- they pay. about the incident and claimed innocence, administration has pursued to resolve this cri- it up with a few meetings. The erratic changes in tirical photos and remarks, laughing at Professor in Global Thought and Comparative was a complete failure. The Russian general sis have been successful. As I have repeatedly the U.S. attitudes which turned from indicting Netanyahu for possibly being fooled by Philosophies and Chair of the Centre for Iranian left the meeting and threatened to drop any indicated since Trump assumed office in Jan- Qatar for funding terrorism to hailing the country Iranian intelligence authorities who have Studies at the London Middle East Institute, also Israeli fighter close to the Syrian coast and uary 2017: This President couldn’t be a bigger as an ally in combating terror movements does handed him fabricated documents. says that “the current efforts to bring Qatar back to the official spokesman for the ministry, blessing to the challengers of the United States in not bode well for any serious diplomacy. 7 An Iranian filmmaker Esmaeil Manavi, Gen Igor Konashenkov, said that Israel for example, wrote on his twitter account is “fully to blame”. that “I’m amazed at how that person who “After the first attack, the Israeli jets gave Netanyahu false information about pulled back, moving to an area 70 kilome- Turquzabad could have managed to stop ters west of the Syrian coast, turning their himself from bursting into laughter.” radar jamming devices on and apparently “I seriously believe that some people have making preparations for another attack.