WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13395 Wednesday MAY 22, 2019 Khordad 1, 1398 Ramadan 16, 1440 U.S. is playing a Trump knows Xavi handed Photos to bring Iran’s very ‘dangerous game’ nothing about Persepolis recent flood into in region 2 Iranian history 2 No. 6 jersey 15 spotlight at Cannes 16 Development projects worth Leader warns of $1b inaugurated TEHRAN — Iranian President Hassan the one-day trip of the president to the Rouhani launched and inaugurated some northwestern province, IRNA reported. development, service, and infrastructure These development projects open a Persian language decay projects worth 44.65 trillion rials (about new chapter for the border province while $1.063 billion) in West Azarbaijan Prov- creating direct jobs for 117,000 people ince. and indirect jobs for 40,000 persons, as See page 16 Eight water projects worth 36 trillion announced by Iranian Energy Minister rials (about $857 million) were the major Reza Ardakanian who accompanied the projects launched or inaugurated during president during his trip. 4 Iran writes to UN on alarming security situation in Persian Gulf TEHRAN — Majid Takht Ravanchi, well as dispatching naval forces to the Iran’s permanent representative to the region--are pursuing their illegitimate United Nations, has warned about the interests by sowing further division and recent “alarming security situation” in creating more mistrust between regional the Persian Gulf region. countries in the Persian Gulf, as well as “There are indications that certain cir- fomenting insecurity and escalating the cles from outside of this region--through already high tension in this volatile re- fabrications, disinformation, fake intelli- gion,” Takht Ravanchi wrote in a letter in gence and fake news, relying on the sup- a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio port of their allies in the Middle East as Guterres. 2 Yemeni drone targets arms depot at Najran airport TEHRAN — Yemeni armed forces, channel has reported that the attack led by the Houthi Ansarullah move- was carried out by a Qasef-2K combat ment, have launched a drone strike drone on Tuesday, causing a fire at the on an arms depot at an airport in airport. Saudi Arabia’s southern Najran re- Also on Monday, the air defenses of the gion in retaliation for the kingdom’s Yemeni army and the popular committees bloody military aggression against the shot down a hostile Saudi spy drone in impoverished country. the Hais district of the western Hudaydah leader.ir The Houthi-run al-Masirah TV Province. 13 ARTICLE A war with Iran would be the mother of all quagmires: Washington Post ARTICLE Masoud Hossein Ebrahim Fallahi Head of the Sport Desk of In an article in the Washington Post on Tuesday, redux. President Trump temporarily ratcheted This tough-guy bluster is disconnected from Tehran Times journalist the TehranTimes Max Boot, a historian and columnist, says if the down tensions before raising them again with reality. I’ve spent the past week studying Iranian United States wages a war against Iran, it “will a Sunday tweet: “If Iran wants to fight, that capabilities, and I don’t see any military option be the mother of all quagmires”. will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten that would qualify as decisive or low-cost. In- Consistency is the Boot, who is now Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior the United States again!” stead, what I see is the mother of all quagmires: Iran electricity Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council Trump’s supporters sound just as pugna- a conflict that would make the Iraq War — which key to success on Foreign Relations, says a conflict with Iran cious. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) warned that I now deeply regret supporting — seem like a issue: should we “would make the Iraq War — which I now deeply “Attack= decisive response,” and Sen. Tom “cakewalk” by comparison. t’s not hard to believe that Persepolis regret supporting — seem like a ‘cakewalk’ by Cotton (R-Ark.) said that “if Iran struck out The United States could, of course, bomb Iran expect blackouts won Iran Professional League for the comparison.” militarily against the United States or against — though it wouldn’t be as low-risk as bomb- Ithird successive season. But what’s Following is an excerpt of the article: our allies in the region, then I would certainly ing Iraq in 2003. Iran has the most advanced again? the secret behind a successful project: During last week’s war scare with Iran — as expect a devastating response against Iran.” air-defense network that U.S. aircraft have ever consistency. the administration leaked discussions to de- John Bolton, the national security adviser, didn’t faced — the Russian-made S-300. The U.S. Air n the past decade, constant tempera- Branko Ivankovic took charge of the ploy 120,000 troops to fight Iran, and leaked comment in public — he prefers to spin his Force and Navy could no doubt prevail, but it ture rising and significant decrease of Iranian popular football team in April intelligence claiming that Iran was placing plots in secret — but he hasn’t disavowed his would not be easy and could result in greater Irainfalls across Iran has put the country 2015 and dominated the Iranian league missiles on small boats to attack U.S. war- 2015 New York Times op-ed: “To Stop Iran’s loss of pilots and aircraft than we have become in a hard situation regarding electricity for four years. ships — it sounded to a lot of people like Iraq Bomb, Bomb Iran.” accustomed to. 2 supply during peak consumption periods, The Reds became runners-up on goal so in the past few years power outages difference in Branko’s first season and won have been imposed in big cities to balance the title for three years in a row. the power generation and consumption Persepolis arch-rivals Esteghlal, Sepa- Russia says new Ukraine president’s rhetoric not helpful in such timespans. han, Tractor Sazi and Zob Ahan changed Last year, the volume of water behind their coaches for many times in the last TEHRAN — Russia says the rhetoric of Ukraine’s The war has so far claimed some 13,000 lives. the country’s dams went so down that elec- three years. It takes time adopting new new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to call for Kiev and its Western allies accuse Moscow of tricity output from hydropower plants fell team for a newly-appointed coach, while more American sanctions on Moscow will not having a hand in the crisis. Moscow, however, to a decade low. The situation was worsen Ivankovic and Persepolis have become help Kiev end a persisting war in Ukraine’s in- denies the allegations. by a jump in electricity consumption due too familiar over the past years. dustrial east. Furthermore, relations between Moscow and to a heat-wave that blanketed the country “When clubs sack their manager they As Press TV reported, Zelensky, a 41-year-old the West have deteriorated since 2014, when during summer and consequently led to a have no evidence it works. When a man- former comedian, was inaugurated on Monday Crimea, a peninsula on the northern coast of the huge gap between actual power generation ager is consistent in his position the club as Ukraine’s 41st president, launching a fresh era Black Sea, joined Russia following a referendum, and consumption. does better and I strongly believe in that,” for a country that has been wracked by economic in which more than 90 percent of participants The energy ministry, being unable former Manchester United coach Sir Alex difficulties and a four-year-old deadly war in two voted in favor of unification. Crimea’s population to control the situation through con- Ferguson has written in his autobiography. mainly Russian-speaking regions in its east. is also largely ethnically Russian.The West brands sumption management programs, was Consistency is the key to success, es- The armed confrontation began when a wave the reunification as the annexation of Ukrainian left with no choice but to once again pecially for the European coaches who of protests in Ukraine overthrew a democratical- refused to endorse the new administration that land by Russia.The US and the European Union order periodic blackouts in major cities face ‘cultural difference’ in Iran. Ivankovic ly-elected pro-Russia government and replaced took over at the time, and turned the two regions (EU) have since imposed several rounds of harsh in order to reduce the skyrocketing was familiar with local issues, since the it with a pro-West administration. The majority of Donetsk and Lugansk — collectively known as sanctions on Russia over the conflict in the east consumption. But, these frequent pow- Croat had worked as Iran national football of the people in the east, mainly ethnic Russians, the Donbass — into self-proclaimed republics. and the Crimean issue. er outages caused a lot of damage to team head coach in the first decade of the households, producers and manufac- present century. turers and people become querulous Branko Ivankovic improved mentality to the last degree. of Persepolis players and it’s the secret of This year, however, the situation has his success in the Iranian popular football changed drastically and heavy precipita- team. To change the lifestyle and men- tions in spring almost completely filled tality of a player with a different culture the country’s dams and it is expected takes time and it’s one of the secretes of Iran’s sports that hydropower plants will go on full Branko’s success in Persepolis.