WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13210 Tuesday SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 Shahrivar 27, 1397 Muharram 8, 1440 Tehran Times “Not even thinking of Ghabib Abadi named Iranian scholar working offers condolences on talks with ‘naïve’ Trump IAEA conference vice on Persian-Ottoman martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) administration” 2 2 president Turkish dictionary 16 and his loyal companions Iran-Iraq trade grew 30% in 5 months ECONOMY TEHRAN — The trade exports besides exports of technical deskbetween Iran and its and engineering services, Iran exports EU gradualism western neighbor Iraq has grown 30 per- above $12 billion of goods per annum to cent during the first five months of the Iraq and the figure can be improved up Iranian calendar year (March 21- August to $20 billion,” Al-e Es’haq, the former 22, 2018), director of Iran-Iraq Chamber trade minister, said. of Commerce Yahya Al-e Es’haq told Mehr According to Al-e Es’haq, there is a not proper way news agency in an interview published long way for Tehran and Baghdad to go on Monday. and there are several barriers including “Considering oil, gas, and energy some bureaucratic difficulties. 4 to save JCPOA Zeinodin caravanserai, a destination for See page 2 avid time travelers! TOURISM TEHRAN — For an roadside inns which has lost its original deskavid visitor to a cen- usage and popularity. turies-old caravanserai, it’s not tough to Through efforts made by Iran tourism imagine (or even hear!) the hustle and bustle body and the private sector, many of Iran’s of merchants bargaining on prices, describ- caravanserais -- including Zeinodin -- have ing their long lived journey to one another been charmingly renovated and tastefully as their camels chew on hay in the corner. decorated to be turned into boutique ho- Located in Yazd province, the 16th-cen- tels and tourist lodgings and of course to tury Zeinodin caravanserai is one of such receive better maintenance. 10 Israel, U.S. working against peace: Abbas Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agency WAFA reported. says Israel is working against peace and “This (Israeli) government’s policies security by killing and displacing Pal- and the biased U.S. decisions contradict the estinians and building settlements on international resolutions and are harming occupied land with the support of the the chances of making just peace based on “biased” United States. the two-state solution along 1967 borders,” “Killing, expanding settlement[s], de- the president said. struction, and the uprooting of the Pal- Palestinian officials have long sought estinian population will not bring peace to establish an independent Palestinian or security,” President Abbas said in a state within the borders that existed before meeting with former Israeli left-wing the 1967 war between Israel and three iaea.org lawmakers on Sunday, Palestinian news other Arab states. 13 ARTICLE Trump’s political fate is ambiguous ARTICLE Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh By Hanif Ghaffari greater than the Senate. be a referendum on Trump’s impeachment Billed Syed Zafar Mehdi Tehran Times Journalist TEHRAN — As much as we approach Congres- Currently, Trump’s Republican Party con- as the first big referendum on Donald Trump’s Journalist sional elections in the United States, Donald trols both the House of Representatives and first two years in office, the midterms have the from New Delhi Trump’s concerns are increasing. These concerns the Senate. potential to change the country’s political land- are aggravated by the fact that U.S.-based polls do But Democrats have opened a six-point scape. Democrats have consistently led in the Capital market not benefit Democrats. Tramp recently warned lead over Republicans ahead of the midterm polls since the election of Trump, though the gap Karbala to Kashmir: of Democrats’ victory in the mid-term elections elections, according to a new poll. As the U.S. appears to have swung wildly in recent months. unfazed by in the U.S. Congress. gears up for November’s ballot, which will see In January, Democrats led Republicans in a Brief history of However, people like former U.S. President the two parties battle for control of congress, generic ballot by a huge 12 per cent. By April the economic problems Barack Obama and former Secretary of State John a fresh YouGov survey suggests 44 per cent of lead was down to just 4 per cent, according to an ‘Azadari’ Kerry seem to have been struggling to defeat voters would opt for a Democrat if the election ABC News and Washington Post poll. Currently, ehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s main Republicans in the House of Representatives was held today. men favour the Republican Party over the Dem- t’s that time of year again when the cam- index (TEDPIX) gained 3,058.12 and the Senate. It should be noted that according That compares to 38 per cent who would vote ocrats by one percentage point, whereas women paigners of truth and justice, cutting Tpoints or 1.97% on Saturday to end to polls in the United States, the probability of Republican, and 14 per cent of respondents who prefer the Democratic Party by a margin of 11 Iacross ethno-sectarian and ideological trading at 158,119.2. About 4.16 billion Democrats in the House of Representatives is remain undecided. The November midterms will per cent. 7 lines, rally to pay homage to the ‘master of shares valued at $120.88 million changed the martyrs’, a 7th century revolutionary hands at TSE for the day. The index added historical figure who redefined the ideas 3,000 points to reach 158,000. Ban on Muharram procession in Kashmir mockery of religious freedom of resistance and resilience on the desert On the same day, IFX, the main index plains of Karbala (Iraq) 1400 years ago. of Iran’s over-the-counter (OTC) market, By Syed Zafar Mehdi on, these annual commemorations have not lost Srinagar city is in place since 1990, when the The uprising and martyrdom of Imam known also as Iran Fara Bourse (IFB), gained TEHRAN — Muharram is the month of bereave- their significance. armed rebellion against Indian rule gained mo- Hussain (as), the beloved grandson of 34.32 points or 1.94% to close Saturday trade ment and remembrance. Every year, around this In many countries, the annual Muharram mentum. Despite the clampdown and curfew-like Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), in 61 hijri at 1,805.58. About 1.52 billion securities time, massive processions are taken out across commemorations have been effectively used as restrictions imposed by authorities, thousands of (680 AD) arguably has no parallel in the valued at $72.39 million were traded at the world to pay glowing tribute to the martyrs a psychological weapon and mechanism to mobi- mourners carry out peaceful processions every annals of history. To invoke poet Sir Mo- the over-the-counter exchange for the day. of Karbala. Reciting soul-stirring elegies and lize masses against evil, injustice and repression. year and are subjected to brutal police action. hammad Iqbal (ra), “he watered the dry Share trading on Wednesday started hymns, mourners wear black dresses and beat Karbala strengthens our ability and resolve Religious processions are being taken out in garden of freedom with the surging wave with a bang, as TSE made a 6,000-point their chests in a spirit of devotion. They carry to rise up against autocracy, despotism and Kashmir since 1527 when Sultan Muhammad of his blood, uprooted the despotism and jump in the first hour of the trading day replicas of Imam Husain’s mausoleum in Karbala treachery. Hussain’s (as) uprising teaches us Shah was the ruler. Shia Muslims, a religious awakened the slumbering Muslim nation”. alone, exceeding 155,000 points by the end and parade the streets. that notwithstanding the inadequacy of power, minority, with the support and cooperation of In the battle of Karbala, blood tri- of the day to register a historic high. By the In some countries, though, its appeal cuts if your cause is just, victory will be yours. Sunni Muslims, used to take out two major pro- umphed over the sword. Hussain (as) end of the trading day, TEDPIX had gained across religious and ideological lines, because However, not everything is hunky-dory. Mu- cessions in Srinagar city. and 71 companions were up against Yazid 6,483.46 points or 4.36% to end trading Imam Hussain belongs to everyone. His resistance harram processions continue to be attacked in In 1977, on the request of the then Chief and his 30,000 strong army. He (as) had at 155,061.1. IFX ended up 75.28 points against the forces of evil is something everyone countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan by those Minister Shiekh Muhammad Abdullah, it was made it clear that a person like him cannot or 4.44% to close at 1,771.25 on that day. can relate to. who sympathize with Yazid and his modern-day decided to take out a joint procession. However, pledge allegiance to a person like Yazid. The rising trend of TEDPIX began Muslims of the world commonly observe avatars. In some places like Kashmir, there is a ban in 1989, the then governor of J&K imposed ban Through these annual Muharram com- on June 13, which was named ‘Golden and commemorate Husain’s sacrifice each year, on Muharram processions imposed by authorities. on the procession as part of sweeping measures memorations, the people of conscience Wednesday of Stock Market’, when TED- remembering his redemptive suffering for the In Kashmir, the government’s ban on Mu- to deal with the political unrest that time.