cycling markets THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 16 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 10 THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021 / ZUL-HIJJAH 5, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17740 16 PAGES 150 FILS PAM nods renewal of 60s visa for KD 2,000 a year — Details Page 2 — Weapons-grade enrichment possible Opinion Iran says prisoner swap talks ongoing TEHRAN, July 14, (AP): Iran’s outgoing president on Wednesday warned his Long-live the blessings of salmon and country could enrich uranium at weapons-grade levels of 90% if it chose, though it still wanted to save its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. President Hassan Rouhani’s comments, carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, came as he also shrimp to keep the mindset in the belly criticized Iran’s wider theocracy for not allowing his government to reach a deal soon to restore the 2015 atomic accord. Rouhani’s powers have waned as the public soured on his government amid an economy suffer- ing under U.S. sanctions. But his remarks signal Iran could take a By Ahmed Al-Jarallah more belligerent approach with Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times the West as hard-line President- elect Ebrahim Raisi is due to take ONCE again, Kuwait outperforms its GCC office next month. counterparts in major strategic projects ... by Speaking in a Cabinet meet- adding tea, salmon fi llets and breaded shrimp ing, Rouhani made the 90% re- to the ration card. It thus surpasses the Unit- mark, a rare moment for him to ed Arab Emirates where the Vice President suggest Tehran could take that and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin approach. Rashid Al Maktoum decreed 100,000 golden “Even if one day there is a residency visas for entrepreneurs, project need for 90% enrichment for a start-ups and those specialized in program- reactor, we do not have any prob- ming. lem and we are able,” Rouhani The National Program for Coders an- said, according to IRNA. “We can do anything in the peaceful nounced the start of receiving golden residen- path.” cy applications from programmers residing in The 2015 nuclear deal, which the country and around the world. saw Iran gain relief from those Kuwait has also surpassed Saudi Arabia crushing sanctions, limited Teh- where Apple Inc. chose Riyadh to be its fi rst ran’s program to enriching only headquarters for its academy branch in the up to 3.67% - enough to power Middle East and North Africa. a civilian nuclear reactor. It now Of course, such huge initiatives are not part enriches a small amount of urani- of the calculations of the Kuwaiti offi cials. um up to 60%, a short step from Kuwait has made great strides in development weapons-grade levels. too, as it was the fi rst to think of establishing Moderate free trade zones in the region. Rouhani also complained I remember the meeting held by the late that hard-liners outside of his Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah with businessmen relatively moderate government during which he said, “The entire Kuwait blocked its efforts to reach a deal is a free trade zone area”. However, years in Vienna. For months, nego- later, the orphaned free trade zone turned tiators have been trying to find into an area for the headquarters of local a way for Iran to return to the companies. limits of the deal and for the U.S. I also remember the plan of former British A tent camp for pilgrims is set up in Mina, near the Muslim holy city of Makkah, ahead of the upcoming annual Hajj pilgrimage, July 14. The to rejoin the accord from which pilgrimage to Makkah required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it, used to draw more than then-President Donald Trump Prime Minister Tony Blair to develop Kuwait 2 million people. But for a second straight year it has been curtailed due to the coronavirus with only vaccinated people in Saudi Arabia able economically, for which the state spent tens of to participate. (AP) earlier unilaterally withdrew. A new round of Vienna nego- millions of dinars. But in the end, other GCC tiations has yet to be scheduled. countries implemented the projects mentioned Rouhani said he hoped Raisi’s in Blair’s plan. This is a real time interpreta- administration “will be able to tion of the saying - “Kuwait thinks and other Zain Q2 net profit grows 17% to $138mn Newswatch finish the job.” Gulf states implement”. “There is no difference if the With regard to the North Economic Zone — Details Page 9 — current or next administration project, the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ah- KUWAIT CITY: His Highness will be successful, but we are mad had traveled to Iraq to conclude agree- the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- very sorry that nearly six month ments in this regard. Then there is the Silk Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on of opportunity has been lost,” he City project, and the project for the develop- Sisi receives Kuwait Speaker Wednesday sent a congratulatory said. ment of the islands in order to make them Other Voices cable to French President Em- An Iranian intelligence officer regional tourist destinations … All of these By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh manuel Macron, on his coun- and three alleged members of an Arab Times Staff try’s national day. Iranian intelligence network have have boiled down to subsidization of tea and His Highness the Deputy been charged in Manhattan with breaded shrimp. What an amazing develop- KUWAIT CITY, July 14: Egyp- Day by Day Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh plotting to kidnap a prominent ment! The game of tian President Abdel Fattah El- Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Iranian opposition activist and All successive governments and the current Sisi on Wednesday received Al-Sabah and His Highness the writer in exile and take her back Sheikh Sabah government have mastered the art of creating Kuwait’s National Assembly I REMEMBER His Highness, Prime Minister to Tehran, authorities said Tues- slogans and drawing up bright plans, but the Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim in the late Amir Sheikh Saad Al- Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sa- day. implementation is almost a form of imagina- cat & mouse Ittihadia Palace. Abdullah, when he was the bah sent similar cables. (KUNA) An indictment in Manhat- Al-Ghanim is currently on a Crown Prince and Prime Min- ❑ ❑ ❑ tan federal court alleges that the tion. Even individual initiatives do not get any three-day visit to the Arab Re- support from them. By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli ister. Whenever the troubles KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s daily plot was part of a wider plan to Former Minister of Oil public of Egypt. He conveyed a intensified, he turned right and coronavirus cases jumped by lure three individuals in Canada For instance, the recently-launched Kuwaiti message from His Highness the left and said to those around satellite by Eng. Bassam Al-Faili was spon- 1,623 to 380,699 as deaths rose and a fifth person in the United WHAT is happening in our National As- Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad him: “Where, where, where by 11 to 2,158, the health minis- Kingdom to Iran. Victims were sored by the United Arab Emirates after Ku- sembly between the men of the executive Al-Jaber Al-Sabah about bilater- are we going to … What is try said on Wednesday. also targeted in the United Arab wait shut its doors for supporting and spon- authority (ministers) and the legislative al relations and ways to strength- needed to be done?” Today, Another 1,721 people were Emirates, authorities said. soring him. authority (the members of our National en cooperation between the two that same noises reverber- cured of the virus, raising the The identities of the alleged It is unfortunate that the government’s Assembly) reminds us of the games we sisterly countries in all fields. ate, but the question remains, total of those to have overcome “Where are we going to? victims were not released but mindset is limited to supporting and searching used to play in our childhood such as the He also conveyed regards of the disease to 360,746, ministry Brooklyn-based Masih Alinejad game of cat and mouse. His Highness the Crown Prince Since that time until today, spokesperson Dr. Abdallah Al- for goods and commodities to benefi t traders. we do not know in which direc- confirmed that authorities had This has led to an annual waste of about seven The National Assembly with its two Sheikh Mesha’al Al-Ahmad Al- Sanad said in a statement. told her she was among the tar- powers has not held a single proper ses- Jaber Al-Sabah to El-Sisi. tion we are going. All that we The number of people hospi- billion dinars in support of food items starting hear are government speech- geted victims. sion since the On the other hand, El-Sisi talised with the virus currently “I knew that this is the nature from Abu Kass cheese to rice and pasta, and time we elected asked the speaker to send his es to justify its mistakes with- stands at 1,193, with 336 of them many others, as if Kuwaitis live in poverty out attempting to address in intensive care units, he added, of the Islamic Republic, you its members and regards and appreciation to the them but point a finger of ac- know, kidnapping people, arrest- and need food aid. after His Highness political leadership of Kuwait; revealing that another 17,795 cusations at others.