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.13524 Sunday NOVEMBER 10, 2019 Aban 19, 1398 Rabi’ Al awwal 12, 1441 Tehran ready Unidentified drone Iran squad named for Iran grabs to scrap JCPOA was downed by Mersad Iraq match in World Berlinale Spotlight if need be 2 missile system 3 Cup qualifier 15 16 See page 15 Iran’s intl. auto parts exhibition hosting 80 foreign companies TEHRAN — Tehran Permanent Inter- The event also provides a platform for Iran crowned national Fairgrounds is hosting 700 Ira- auto part makers to showcase their latest nian and 80 foreign companies from nine achievements and products. countries in the 14th Iran International Automotive parts and assemblies, ma- Auto Parts Exhibition during November chinery parts and equipment, engineering 9-12, IRIB reported. research and design, raw materials and Intercontinental Beach According to the organizers, the ex- accessories, trading and after sales servic- hibition is aiming for presenting the ca- es, car decorating, car maintenance, car pabilities and capacities of Iranian auto cleaning products, as well as specialized part manufacturers and to direct their publications for the automotive industry Soccer Cup champions products toward foreign markets. are some of this year’s major categories. Araqchi: Lifting oil, banking sanctions to please Iran to fulfill JCPOA undertakings TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister under the JCPOA (the Joint Compre- Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that his hensive Plan of Action) if sanctions country is ready to return to pre-modifi- imposed on Tehran during this period cation of the nuclear deal’s obligations if are lifted.” the oil and banking sanctions on Tehran “Our priorities are removal of oil and are lifted. banking sanctions on Iran,” Araqchi said Talking to reporters in Moscow, on the sidelines of the International Araqchi said, “Iran is ready to return Non-proliferation Treaty Conference to pre-modification of undertakings in Moscow. 2 Iraqi PM says electoral reforms to be announced in a ‘few days’ Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi di said. “However continuing protests must has said that ongoing protests are impor- allow for a return to normal life, which will tant in bringing about reform, but must lead to legitimate demands being met.” allow for a return to normal life. Since October 1, Iraqis have been pouring In a statement on Saturday, the 77 year onto the streets to protest against corruption old also said that new electoral reforms and the government’s failure to deliver basic would be announced in the “coming few services and economic opportunities. The days”, but fell short of giving further details. protesters’ demands have since widened to “The protests have helped and will help include the resignation of the government Beach Soccer Worldwide pressure political groups, the government ... and a complete overhaul of the country’s to reform and accept change,” Abdul Mah- political system, 13 ARTICLE Everybody has a role to combat global poverty: Abhijit Banerjee ARTICLE Mahnaz Abdi By Javad Heirannia What do you think is the operational solution all classes of society to tackle poverty? Yuram Abdullah Weiler Head of the TehranTimes TEHRAN (MNA) — Prof. Abhijit Vinayak to reduce global poverty? A: I think the poor need direct attention. Analyst and journalist Economy Desk Banerjee, the winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize A: Global poverty has been going down. You cannot just rely on helping the rich and in economics, says “everybody has a role for Not as fast as it could, given how cheap it then trickle-down. combating global poverty.” is to relieve extreme poverty, but still it has In development studies, the focus was Establishment of Banerjee, who teaches economics at the been going down. The current attempt by primarily on economic development and polit- Hitting brick Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the U.S. to undermine global trade might ical development. Nowadays in development trade offices abroad tells the Mehr News Agency that “the govern- slow that down. discussions we are talking about participatory walls: Iran brooks ment, multi-laterals, NGOs, INGOs, private What is the task of combating global development. That is, all people in society on agenda firms and donor organizations” should help poverty in the first place? Sub-state in- should be involved in the development of another year of U.S. stitutions, governments or international society. What do you think of this? t has been proven that the U.S. alleviate poverty. institutions? A: Absolutely. Participation is important economic terrorism cannot achieve its target of driving To alleviate poverty, he says, the govern- A: Everybody has a role. The government, both for economic and political development. Iran’s oil exports to zero, but there ment is central though, since it has “typically We have now, for a full year, tried I the most resources, the most influence on multi-laterals, NGOs, INGOs, private firms Is your project on eliminating global is no doubt about the Trump adminis- to find banks that are able and and donor organizations. The government poverty focused on political development tration’s maximum pressure strategy critical inputs for development and the most willing to transfer money from boots on the ground.” is central though, since it has typically the or economic development? “ toward Iranian economy. donors to support our work for Af- most resources, the most influence on critical A: Both. They have the potential to feed To minimize the sanctions pressure Following is the full text of the interview: ghan refugees and disaster victims inputs for development and the most boots into each other--good politics can help good on the national economy, the Islamic Your project has been to tackle global in Iran, but we are hitting brick walls on the ground. economics and vice versa, as we argue in our Republic has adopted a policy of the poverty. The importance of the issue seems to on every side.” Do you focus just on the poor class or book Poor Economics. least reliance on the oil revenues and to have become increasingly clear to the world. —Secretary-General of the materialize this objective the country Norwegian Refugee Council Jan is focusing more and more on boosting Egeland non-oil exports. UAE running secret prison at Total gas facility in Yemen A year has passed since the despotic Trump regime re-imposed punitive eco- In fact, Iranian economists and also The United Arab Emirates is running a secret confirmed that the prison inside the Yemeni gas Citing victims and witnesses, the AP reported nomic sanctions on Iran, forcing ordi- those active in different economic sec- prison in a gas facility operated by the French complex had held detainees until the middle of that the detainees, who are held without charge, nary Iranians to endure unconscionable tors of the country believe that promo- group Total in southern Yemen, according to this year. have been sodomized, raped, probed and stripped personal hardships, including watching tion of non-oil exports is the only way information confirmed by France’s Le Monde The French newspaper says it has drawn in- down in at least five prisons. loved ones die due to shortages of crucial to tackle the sanctions. daily. formation from testimonies collected by Amnesty Amnesty International said it had also docu- drugs. While the U.S. claims to have made More non-oil exports not only will The detainees of the prison -- which is International, as well as a group of UN experts mented “systematic grave violations” in UAE-run exceptions for humanitarian goods such provide required foreign currency for located in the industrial port town of Balhaf on Yemen. jails in Yemen. The group called the AP report as food and medicines, in practice, banks the country, but it also will promote -- have suffered inhumane treatment and Various non-governmental organizations “shocking,” saying U.S. officials “continue to refuse to risk provoking Washington’s domestic production and employment; endured acts of torture with the knowledge and Yemeni activists have also confirmed the dismiss these credible allegations.” wrath and being fined on account of and it is why Iran has paid special at- of the UAE forces, the French newspaper existence of the prison inside a military base set Militants backed by the UAE have reportedly secondary sanctions. tention to this issue both in its Sixth reported Friday. up by the UAE in the same place. kidnapped and tortured hundreds of people in The coercive unilateral economic Five-Year National Development Plan Total owns 39.6% of the gas liquefaction Last year, a report by the Associated Press southern Yemen. sanctions imposed by the United States (2016-2021) and outlook plan for the complex in the southern Balhaf region. revealed that hundreds of detainees have suffered The kidnapping spree took place under the on the Islamic Republic of Iran were Iranian calendar year of 1404 (March Le Monde obtained testimonies from a former torture and sexual abuse by Emirati officers at pretext of clearing out suspected al-Qaeda-linked 2025-March 2026), and also in its pol- relaxed to some degree under the JCPOA, prisoner and a relative of another detainee, who the jails which the UAE runs in war-torn Yemen. elements. 13 icies of Resistance Economy. the so-called Iran nuclear deal, but U.S. In the way of promoting non-oil exports, president Trump rashly pulled out of Iran has adopted various approaches and is the agreement on May 8, 2018. The taking different steps, among them target- former reality TV host then gleefully ing the markets of neighboring countries Military unveils announced that these harsh measures, is the most important one.