WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13420 Tuesday JUNE 25, 2019 Tir 4, 1398 Shawwal 24, 1440 Iran to take Zanganeh denies Iran come 3rd at Iranian writer says wars second nuclear step reports of decline Asian Beach Handball happen because of West’s ‘more strongly’ 2 in Iran’s oil exports 5 Championship 2019 15 fake definition of peace 16 See page 2 Iran can repeat ‘crushing response’ any time: Navy chief TEHRAN – Chief of the Iranian Navy was shot by Iran’s homegrown air defense Rights violators claim Hossein Khanzadi warned on Monday missile system called “Khordad-3rd”. that Iran’s crushing response to violation “I say with confidence that this crushing of its territory can be repeated. response can always be repeated and the Khanzadi was making a reference to the enemy is aware of this,” The rear admiral IRGC’s shooting down of a U.S. unmanned said, pointing out that all the world saw aerial vehicle (UAV) that intruded into the downing of the U.S. unmanned aerial to be rights advocates the airspace of Iran. The intruding drone vehicle. 3 Jahromi: U.S. cyberattacks on missile systems failed Staff and agencies claimed that the United States had targeted Tehran says that recent U.S. cyber-attacks computer systems that control Iranian against Iranian missile control systems rocket and missile launchers. have failed to cause any disruptions. The attacks came shortly after the Is- “The media ask whether the alleged cy- lamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) ber-attacks against Iran did take place. They try shot down a U.S. Navy RQ-4A global Hawk hard, but they have yet to carry out a successful drone that had entered Iranian airspace attack,” IT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari in the Persian Gulf region to gather in- Jahromi said in a tweet on Monday. telligence, using the indigenous Khordad On Thursday, American sources 3 surface-to-air missile system. 2 Iraqi parliament votes in defense, interior, justice ministers TEHRAN— The education portfolio is the to be put forward so far for a ministerial only one yet to be filled in Iraq’s govern- post, was rejected. ment after lawmakers on Monday voted “Most lawmakers were not satisfied that in Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s (she)... is fit for the job,” said legislator Shahab Ghayoumi nominees as defense, interior and justice Abbas al-Zamili of the Iranian-backed ministers. Badr Organization. Najah al-Shammari, Yaseen al-Yasiri Months of deadlock over forming a and Faruq Ameen were respectively con- cabinet have raised the prospect of further firmed in those posts, lawmakers said. unrest as the country struggles to rebuild Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ But Safana al-Hamdani, the nominee for and recover after three years of conflict minister of education and the only women with Islamic State. ARTICLE ARTICLE Hamid Bayati Trump’s new deal: Exchanging Bolton and Pompeo with Esper Mahnaz Abdi Tehran Times journalist By Hanif Ghaffari he was also classmates with Mike Pompeo in U.S. Movement and Neoliberals. Head of the TehranTimes TEHRAN — It seems that the power game in Military Academy at West Point. Now with selecting Esper as the new head of Economy Desk White House has become more complicated Despite their long history together, John Bolton Pentagon, Trump is trying to compensate for the than ever. The United States President Donald and Mike Pompeo still don’t have good feelings future absence of Pompe and Bolton in his cabi- Cyber-attack Trump has nominated Mark Esper as his next about having Esper on board. Of course, Bolton net and send a message to Tea Party supporters Offering basic goods Defense Secretary. and Pompeo don’t have any problem with Esper and Neoliberals. against Iran: A failed In a recent report, Foreign Policy news agency himself, but they are extremely worried about In this message, Trump is trying to tell these at IME for regulated has pointed out that Mark Esper has a close re- Trump’s intentions in appointing Esper as his parties that even in the absence of Pompeo and strategy of U.S. lationship with hardliners of White House. The Defense Secretary. Bolton, Pentagon will still be ruled by republi- market, flourished report goes on to say that Mark Esper has close According to reliable sources, as of March, cans and firing these two top hardline republic presidents from relations with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pom- Donald Trump has started clandestine meetings officials doesn’t mean that Trump is any less a production peo and National Security Advisor John Bolton with some traditional republicans about removing supporter of hardline republic parties. Bush to Trump and these relations will help Trump to keep his Bolton and Pompeo from his cabinet. Under this scenario, Trump can gain the votes upplying basic goods is one of the unstable administration moving. Obviously, Trump is mad at Bolton and Pom- of all three different parties of Neoliberals, Tea major issues on the Iranian govern- t was first in July 2010 when the United It seems that the nomination of Mark Esper peo because their plans and suggestions have not Party Movement supporters and traditional re- Sment’s agenda in the current Iranian States launched a serious cyber-attack has convinced American media that the position solved any of U.S. foreign policy problems and publicans in upcoming presidential elections. calendar year (started on March 21) and Iagainst Iran. At the time, it was said of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo on Trump’s have only reduced Trump’s popularity in key It seems that in near future, more details of it is one of the focal pillars in the national that a virus named Stuxnet was used for team has been stabilized. states. However, Trump might still have doubts this complicated game that Trump is playing budget bill for this year. damaging the computer systems that con- Mark Esper has had close relationships with about removing them, because by doing so he behind the scenes will be revealed. A game in In this due, the government is taking trolled Iranian nuclear industry. John Bolton since George W. Bush was in office; will almost certainly lose the support of Tea Party which Pentagon is used as a winning point. numerous strategies for the supply of these After that, on January 16 2011, New York goods. One of them is allocating foreign cur- Times and many other media published news rency for the imports of basic goods through about how Stuxnet malicious computer domestic Forex Management Integrated worm was jointly built by U.S., the Zionist System (locally known as NIMA) which regime, United Kingdom and Germany. allows importers to supply their required New York Times revealed that George TEHRAN — SaudiSaudi Arabia’s expanding Arabia’s nuclear nuclearprograms from ambitions inspections. raise alarmPolicy atin Arms Mideast Control Association, told Middle foreign currency without specific problems. W. Bush, U.S. former president, initially and missile programs have raised fears that it Riyadh, which is constructing a nuclear re- East Eye. Also, following a directive by Presi- issued the permit for production of Stuxnet aims to acquire nuclear weapons, with analysts actor, has so far resisted calls by the IAEA to Referring to Saudi Arabia’s threats to pur- dent Hassan Rouhani, Islamic Republic and then they started building the virus warning that a nuclear Riyadh under its “reckless” implement proportionate safeguards and an sue nuclear weapons, its exemption from of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) in cooperation with the Zionist regime. leadership would pose a threat to the countries inspection regime that would prohibit possible inspections and its developing ballistic missile is providing new facilities for importers According to the official documents, Stuxnet in the region. deviation towards weaponization. program, Davenport said: “There are legitimate of basic goods which makes them able to was built jointly by U.S., Germany, U.K. and Saudi Arabia, a signatory of the nuclear “The small quantities protocol was designed reasons to be concerned that Saudi Arabia is clear their commodities in less than an the Zionist regime, but Germany and U.K. Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed in 2005 to simplify safeguards for states with minimal or seeking to develop the technical capabilities hour, as last month announced by IRICA may not have been aware what function the a so-called small quantities protocol with the no nuclear material, but it is no longer adequate that would allow Riyadh to quickly pursue Deputy Director Mehrdad Jamal Orounaqi. virus will have in future. What we know for International Atomic Energy Agency, which for Saudi Arabia’s expanding nuclear program,” nuclear weapons if the political decision were The official said that for basic goods sure is that George W. Bush issued the permit exempts countries with no or minimal nuclear Kelsey Davenport, director of Nonproliferation made to do so.” 13 such as meat, system formalities and for building Stuxnet and Barack Obama gave clearance procedures will be carried out the permit for using the virus in 2009. in less than an hour and importers can Where did Stuxnet come from? transport their goods soon after. According to western and Zionist news All such measures are taking for the agencies, in 2009, Stuxnet mostly infil- U.S. sanctions supply of basic goods, while some actions trated the computers via software such are also required for a regulated market as USB flash drives and internet and then disrupting anti- for these goods.