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.13187 Sunday AUGUST 19, 2018 Mordad 28, 1397 Dhul Hijjah 7, 1439 China says to Iran able to Crude steel production Moradi Kermani wins continue to advance ties export military rises 17% in 4 months IIDCYA nomination for with Iran 2 products 2 on year 4 Astrid Lindgren Award 16 New wave of Afghans headed to Europe from Iran INTERNATIONAL In recent weeks, we A large proportion of Afghans have deskhave witnessed an used Iranian currency and spent it on exodus of Afghan citizens living in Iran their families across the Iranian border and their efforts to find a new place for and this trend has intensified in recent business. months. Also, given the continuation of The devaluation of Iran’s national the security crises in Afghanistan and the currency, partly driven by cruel U.S. lack of proper employment opportunities sanctions and the silence of European in Afghanistan, many Afghans, rather than countries with regard to Trump’s actions, returning to their homeland, prefer to has sorely damaged the Afghans’ finances. go to Europe after leaving Iran. 7 CBI makes promises to improve domestic economy ECONOMY TEHRAN — Writing expressed their views about CBI’s recent 1953 coup desk on Twitter, governor of policies or those who have suggested the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) clarified different solutions to egress the current some of the bank’s recent taken measures economic situations and to dominate and adopted policies and also made some stability in the market, Abdolnaser Hem- promises to keep for improving domestic mati vowed the Iranian nation to have economy, IRIB reported on Saturday. increasing transparency and combating Showing gratitude to all the financial, rent seeking among his top priorities plotters monetary and banking experts who have till the end of his tenure. 4 Moscow ready to send second still fear nuclear fuel batch to Iran The Russian Foreign Ministry in a state- projects designed to ensure compliance Bahman Vakhshour ment on Friday announced that the second with the terms of the JCPOA,” it said. nuclear fuel consignment is ready to be The ministry announced a high- sent back to Iran. tech Russian-Iranian project on re- Russia consistently continues to im- configuring two centrifuge cascades plement its commitments under the Joint is successfully being implemented at Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a former uranium enrichment plant at Iran the statement said, according to IRNA. Fordo with the aim of producing stable See page 2 Photo Illustration by Photo Illustration “The Rosatom State Nuclear Energy isotopes which will be used for industrial Corporation is carrying out a series of and medical purposes. 2 ARTICLE Turkish economy will not collapse: Logoglu PERSPECTIVE Martin Love a crisis for Turkey’s currency, the lira, which What are the reasons behind recent tensions Mudasir Sheikh Political analyst from EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Researcher and writer By Payman Yazdani has lost about a third of its value against the in Turkey and U.S. relation? Are they mainly eco- North Carolina dollar since January. The crisis has prompted nomic or political? Is there any relation between from Kashmir TEHRAN — Referring to strong economy of widespread selling in other emerging markets, the U.S. unfriendly approach toward Turkey and Turkey, Senior member of Turkey’s CHP mem- sparking fears of a global crisis. Ankara’s regional policies? Can U.S. ber says the evangelical circles in the USA, have After a little recovery of Turkish lira, U.S. A: The reasons for the recent escalation of ten- U.S. faces turned the Pastor Brunson issue into a show President Trump on Friday again threatened sions are both political and economic, each step government do case to win the millions of evangelical votes in Turkey with more economic punishment. in one domain triggering reactions in the other, isolation in global the upcoming mid-term elections in November. Many believe detention of Andrew Brunson resulting in a negative downward spiral. That is without friends in The U.S. has threatened to impose more eco- is just an excuse for U.S. to punish Turkey and to say, political issues lead to economic sanctions community by nomic sanctions on Turkey if it does not free a the real crimes of Ankara are buying the Russian which in turn exacerbate the political differences. long run? No detained American pastor, Andrew Brunson who S-400 missile system for Turkey, refusing to ac- While Turkey’s policies on Syria and Iran, sanctioning Iran has been held in Turkey for nearly two years over cept U.S. support for America’s Kurdish YPG. its relations with Russia and its approach to the ran’s neighbor, Turkey, with a popula- he recent statement of the Ira- links to PKK terrorist group. In an interview we discussed the issue Dr. Arab-Israeli conflict do play a stage-setting role tion almost as large as Iran’s is suffering nian president Hassan Rouhani The dispute over his release has seen the two Osman Faruk Logoglu, a senior member of Tur- in shaping the Washington’s attitude toward An- some of the same economic problems regarding isolation of the U.S. due I NATO allies impose tariffs on one another’s goods. key’s Republican People’s Party (CHP). kara, the immediate reason has more to do with T that Iran is suffering: a currency that has to its unilateral withdrawal from the The row between Turkey and U.S. worsened Here is the full text of interview with him: American domestic politics. 7 fallen precipitously against the “almighty” Iran nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA, U.S. dollar, much higher inflation, and seems to become more relevant with in Turkey’s case debt rating downgrades Has Al-Qaeda withered fully from Indian sub-continent? No, says a UN report every passing day as obvious from the by the likes of the debt rating agencies actions of BRICS, EU and other countries INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — There has been A military report released the same month The 22nd report of the Analytical Support (those with the most clout based in the like Turkey. deskintense speculation over concluded that the few senior Al Qaeda figures and Sanctions Monitoring Team, submitted U.S.), calls for the Turkish authorities to The crux of 2018 BRICS Summit whether the Al-Qaeda is still active in Afghan- remaining in Afghanistan “are focused on their to the UN Security Council Al-Qaeda Sanc- bend over to Western financial authorities was to counter the U.S. unilateralism istan and the region or has it been consigned own survival,” while members of a local Al Qaeda tions Committee a few days ago, noted that and institutions, to borrow money from by switching to an open world econ- to oblivion with the emergence of other terror subgroup are mainly helping the Afghan Taliban the group still maintained a presence in South the IMF and well, you know, lose gobs of omy and a multilateral trade system groups like ISIS. on the battlefield. Asia, adapting to the local environment and their sovereignty. that is currently facing unprecedented The group that was accused of September 11 However, according to a new United Nations trying to embed itself into local struggles and Indeed, it’s quite obvious the U.S. threats. According to Chinese president attacks on the U.S., which led to the American report, Al-Qaeda might not have withered fully. communities. expects Turkey to do only what the U.S. Xi Jinping, the U.S. administration has invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, is believed to Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), set up The strength of AQIS in Afghanistan is esti- wants, and that includes no further abused international law and the norms have withered away slowly, replaced by newer by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 mated at several hundred people, mainly locat- mending of relations with Russia, not governing international relations with groups, most importantly the ISIS. How much is to expand the group’s influence in the Indian ed in Laghman, Paktika, Kandahar, Ghazni and building a gas pipeline from Russia across its unilateral withdrawal from JCPOA, the group’s remaining presence in Afghanistan sub-continent, continues to seek security gaps Zabul provinces, the report mentions, adding that Turkey, killing plans Turkey has to buy thus there is a need for developing new is a matter of debate. for opportunistic attacks in the region. some members of the core leadership council of Russia’s S400 missile defense systems types of international relations so that the “We have decimated Al Qaeda” in Afghanistan, The AQIS, the Al-Qaeda’s regional affiliate, the group, including Zawahiri and son of slain (far superior to anything the U.S. can hegemony of the so-called ‘superpower’ Lt. Gen. Scott Miller, who has been chosen as the is led by Asim Umar – who is believed to be an Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin cough up, and far less expensive). In can be contained. Further Xi Jinping next commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan Indian national and former commander of terror Laden, are reported to be in the Afghanistan-Pa- addition, Turkey was supposed to get stressed on the fact that it is intolerable told the U.S. Congress in June. outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami. kistan border region. a bunch of U.S.-made F-35 warplanes. 6 to recognize energy blockades, sanctions, Frankly, one must hope they have not and economic warfare through USA’s been paid for yet, and if they have been unilateral decisions.