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.13364 Sunday APRIL 14, 2019 Farvardin 25, 1398 Sha’aban 8, 1440 Leader calls forces killed Abbas Mousavi named Rouhani expects Iranian cineastes rush in Gomishan floods new Foreign Ministry Iranian athletes to to collect relief aid for ‘martyrs of service’ 2 spokesman 2 shine at Tokyo 2020 15 flood victims 16 Iran, Iraq to build 5 joint industrial estates Resistance groups help TEHRAN — Iran and Iraq have agreed the estates will be established in Kordestan to construct five joint industrial estates, Province (in west of Iran). Mehr news agency reported on Saturday He made the remarks during his visit quoting Mahmoud Vaezi, the chief of staff to the province. See page 12 of Iranian president. The Islamic Republic of Iran is Iraq’s Based on a memorandum of under- first trade partner, Vaezi said, adding, f lood-hit people standing (MOU) signed between the two “Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government neighbors, five industrial estates will be (KRG) provide the best opportunity for constructed through Iran-Iraq joint ven- Iran for increasing the volume of exports ture, the official said and added that one of and bypassing the U.S. sanctions.” 4 MPs move to ‘punish’ U.S. allies TEHRAN – A number of Majlis mem- It particularly emphasizes restrict- bers on Saturday filed a proposal aimed ing the trade of “oil and any other at punishing the countries which follow goods” from Iran by countries which suit the United States in sanctioning Iran. accompany the U.S. in their anti-Iran Signed by 52 MPs, the proposal says sanctions, as well as the nationals of Iran should “use its amenities which hos- such countries. tile countries lack” as a lever to pressure It goes on to extend the boycott the enemies of the Islamic Republic in period to 10 years from the day a coun- retaliation for unilateral U.S. sanctions try is noticed in supporting anti-Iran against Tehran. sanctions. 2 Syria’s air defenses intercept Israeli missiles fired at Hama military base Damascus says its air defenses have inter- countryside around the provincial capital. cepted some of the Israeli missiles fired at a Syria’s official state news agency SANA Syrian military base near the city of Hama, said the Israeli attack, which was carried out while the remaining missiles hitting the from Lebanese air space, destroyed several target have destroyed several buildings buildings and wounded three people. and injured three Syrian soldiers. The Israeli regime launches airstrikes Syrian state media reported that Israeli on the Syrian territory from time to time. Amin Rahmani aircraft carried out the strike near the town Such aggressive moves are usually viewed of Masyaf in the central Hama province as attempts to prop up terrorist groups early on Saturday morning. suffering defeats at the hands of Syrian IRNA/ Explosions were heard throughout the government forces. 13 ARTICLE ‘IRGC has always been target of American and regional states animosity’ REPORT Syed Zafar Mehdi Roohullah Ghasemian By Javad Heirannia the IRGC a terrorist organization are trying to it to negotiate, and in the process agree to change Journalist Journalist TEHRAN — Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a profes- create a situation wherein war becomes inevi- some aspects of its foreign policy, notably those from New Delhi sor of political science at Georgetown University, table,” Hunter says. vis a vis the Arab-Israeli conflict. Washington tells the Tehran Times that “The designation of She adds that “IRGC has always been the tar- hopes that these pressure would convince Iran IRGC as a terrorist organization by the Trump get of American and regional states animosity.” to stop its financial and military help to groups Odds stacked administration is another step in Washington’s Following is the text of the interview: such as the Hizbollah and the Houthis in Yemen Pakistani Hazara policy of incrementally increasing pressure on What was the goal of the designation of and, in general, end its hostile policies toward against Modi in Iran in the hope of forcing it to negotiate, and IRGC as a foreign terrorist group? America. Because the IRGC has been active in community India elections in the process agree to change some aspects of A: The designation of IRGC as a terrorist or- places such as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria and its demands security its foreign policy, notably those vis a vis the Ar- ganization by the Trump administration is anoth- Quds branch is committed to liberating Palestine, fter the political razzmatazz of ab-Israeli conflict.” er step in Washington’s policy of incrementally it has always been the target of American and he persecution of minority ethnic many weeks, general election is “I suppose who persuaded Trump to declare increasing pressure on Iran in the hope of forcing regional states animosity. 7 Hazara community continues in Pa- Afinally underway in India, bally- Tkistan with another heinous attack hooed as the ‘largest democratic exercise claiming many precious lives, including in the world’. Afghan women have been victims of war and should be part of peace process: expert women and children. The voting began on Thursday in the As a mark of protest, the members of women’s rights activist in Afghanistan. She is Excerpts from the interview: first phase across 20 states and federal By Abdul Wahid Haidari the community continued their sit-in for also a member of High Peace Council (HPC), a territories, in which 142 million voters KABUL — In past several weeks, hectic nego- There have been hectic parleys in recent a second day on Saturday in Quetta city, government body constituted to facilitate peace were to decide the fate of 91 candidates. tiations have taken place between the Taliban months to end the ‘imposed war’ in Afghanistan. demanding better security and adequate talks between the Afghan government and the There are total 543 seats up for grabs and U.S. to find a solution to Afghan war that What is the present status of peace negotiations? measures to protect them from attacks. Taliban. and six more phases to be held in coming has now stretched into its 18th year. But the Af- A: The peace talks are heading in the right direc- More than 20 people were killed and In an interview with Tehran Times, she talks weeks before the results are declared on ghan government has been sidelined. Women in tion, and things have seen a marked improvement scores of others injured in a massive blast about the ongoing peace negotiations, signifi- May 23. Afghanistan have also complained about lack of recently after more than 17 years of protracted war. that ripped through a crowded market in cance of women’s representation in these talks India’s national election commission representation in the ongoing talks. Today, the discourse of peace has gone beyond Quetta’s Hazarganji on Friday morning. and why she is hopeful about the final outcome. said the voter turnout in the first phase Laila Jafari is a prominent civil society and Afghanistan’s political geography. 7 According to locals, the attack was was more than 60 percent. Almost 900 targeted against the Hazara commu- million of India’s humungous 1.3 billion nity as the area is heavily populat- people are qualified to cast their votes. International Relations is becoming aware of its own parochialism: Abrahamsen ed by the members of the minority More than 11 million election officials, community. including security forces, have been re- By Rooholamin Saeidi (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Dis- Asre-Andisheh Magazine: Protestors staging the sit-in include portedly deployed across one million TEHRAN — Dr. Rita Abrahamsen is Pro- ciplining Democracy: Development Discourse In the year 2007 you wrote in your article women and children who demand that the polling stations to ensure free, fair and fessor in the Graduate School of Public and and the Good Governance Agenda in Africa “Postcolonialism” that “The ‘global voices’ in Imran Khan government implements an peaceful polls. International Affairs and the Director of the (Zed Books, 2000). Her articles have appeared the dialogue of IR are, it seems, not so global effective security plan and ensures pro- However, despite that, many incidents Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS). in leading journals including African Affairs, after all.” Now after about a decade do you tection of the community. of violence and irregularities were reported Her research interests are in African politics, Alternatives, International Political Sociology, see any changes due to the recent evolutions Hazara rights activist Jalila Haider took on the voting day. security and development, security privatiza- Journal of Modern African Studies, Political in the discipline or do you still believe that to Twitter to announce that they would A supporter of a local political party in tion and postcolonial theory. She is the author Studies, Third World Quarterly and Review the voices of the repressed or subaltern are protest outside Quetta Press Club against southern state of Andhra Pradesh died in a (with M.C. Williams) of Security beyond the of African Political Economy. barely audible in IR theory or more generally the persecution and would march towards clash outside a polling booth on Thursday, State: Private Security in International Politics Following is the text of her interview with in social sciences? 7 Islamabad if needed. said reports. In Kashmir, two youth were No group immediately claimed re- killed by security forces, which sparked sponsibility for the attack but according tensions across the valley.