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.13514 Tuesday OCTOBER 22, 2019 Mehr 30, 1398 Safar 23, 1441 Judiciary chief says Jalali rejects U.S. Wushu practitioners Attar’s Elahi-nameh transparency is claims of cyber-attacks take two golds at World published in anti-dote to corruption 2 on Iran 3 Championships 15 Japanese 16 ‘Budget bill to include development, employment, subsidy plans’ Multilateralism has TEHRAN— Head of Iran’s Planning be prepared for the next year in a way and Budget Organization (PBO) said that the incomes and expenditures will that three biennial plans on develop- be envisaged for both years of 1399 and ment, subsidies and employment will 1400, IRIB reported on Monday. be attached to the national budget bill In this bill oil revenues will not be used for the next Iranian calendar year of for any expenditure, and as they are gen- 1399 (begins on March 20, 2020) to be erated from selling the country’s capital become a necessity submitted to the parliament. assets they will be spent on augmenting The official also announced that a capital assets through development pro- See page 2 biennial budget bill has been decided to jects, he noted. 4 Iran says to take next nuclear step if remaining parties fail to honor obligations TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman nuclear program in exchange for termina- Abbas Mousavi on Monday reiterated Iran’s tion of economic and financial sanctions. position that Tehran is ready to take the The agreement, endorsed by the UN next step to reduce commitments to the Security Council Resolution 2231, was 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the signed between Iran, the United States, JCPOA, if the remaining parties to the Britain, Germany, France, the European agreement fail to take action to shield the Union, Russia and China. However, the Islamic Republic from sanctions effects. U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned Under the nuclear agreement struck in the deal in May 2018 and returned sanc- July 2015, Iran agreed to put limits on its tions and imposed new ones. 2 Iraq needs international support in fight against terrorism: Abdul Mahdi TEHRAN — Iraqi PM Adel Abdul Mah- as well as regional issues, said a statement di on Monday in the meeting with his Nor- by Iraqi prime minister media office. wegian counterpart emphasis on the need “This visit (of Solberg) is of special for international support for Iraq in the importance and gave a strong impetus to fight against terrorism. the relations between the two countries Abdul Mahdi received Prime Minister and the two friendly peoples towards the of Norway Erna Solberg in his office and establishment of strategic relations in the Amin Jalali the two discussed means of enhancing bi- cultural and social aspects and the fight lateral ties in various fields and continuing against corruption,” the statement quoted IRNA/ cooperation in fighting against terrorism, Abdul Mahdi as saying. 13 EDITORIAL Iran is a hugely ‘friendly’ country despite propagandas, New Zealander professor says ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN — David Robie, a New Zealander fair or deserved?” the senior journalist wrote knocking out almost 50 percent of Saudi Ara- Mahnaz Abdi Tehran Times editor-in-chief author, journalist, media educator and retired in an article released by Asia Pacific Report bia’s oil production, blaming the attack on the Head of the TehranTimes @ghaderi62 university professor believes that Iran is a hugely on Friday. Islamic Republic without convincing evidence,” Economy Desk friendly country despite propagandas by West- “Given the rising geopolitical tensions, as I he explained. ern media. was about to visit the country for several weeks “The next day the Herald belatedly ran The secret behind Robie has spent several weeks traveling as a visitor on sabbatical, I was keen to see the the other side of the story, quoting Iranian Outlook plan in the country on sabbatical and finds that realities on the ground in Iran behind the sa- President Hassan Rouhani’s response denying continued protests the media negativity far from the reality bre-rattling.” the allegations and warning that Iran would required for of the “most friendly” country he has ever “The headlines were chilling as we flew into defend itself in the case of a U.S.-Saudi attack in Lebanon visited. Turkey and then Iran. ‘All out war’, trumpeted while offering the ‘hand of friendship and copper industry “Iran attracts an onslaught of negative media The New Zealand Herald, as being an imminent brotherhood’ for overseeing security in the he poor economic and living con- in New Zealand and Western media. But is it response to last month’s surprise drone attack Persian Gulf.” 10 development ditions in Lebanon have prompted Tthousands to stream into the streets olding 34 million tons of cop- to express their anger over the current per reserves, Iran accounts for situation. The five-day pause in Turkish offensive: Did Turkey achieve goals Hfour present of the world’s to- Protests started in Lebanon a few days By Hanif Ghaffari The ceasefire started at 10 p.m. local time and understands Turkey’s legitimate security concerns tal reserves of this metal which is 830 ago. The demonstrations have been held TEHRAN — The military attack, which Turkish will continue for five days. on Turkey’s southern border. million tons. in protest to tax raise and poor living con- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan had The 120-hour (five-day) halt in military oper- 2. Turkey and the U.S. agree that the condi- But the country’s production of cop- ditions. The protests erupted when the launched on northern Syria on Oct. 9, was tem- ations in northern Syria was made during negoti- tions on the ground, northeast Syria in particular, per is just 1.5 percent of the global figure Lebanese government approved a plan porarily halted for five days due to an agreement ations between Erdogan and U.S. Vice President necessitate closer coordination on the basis of and it is why preparing an outlook plan to impose tax on calls in Whatsapp and brokered between Turkey and the United States. Mike Pence who visited Ankara on Thursday. common interests. for development of copper industry in other messaging apps, describing it as a Now, we should wait and see if this situation Joint U.S.-Turkish Statement on northeast 3. Turkey and the U.S. remain committed to Iran seems necessary. plan to increase the government’s revenue will last. Syria is as follow: protecting NATO territories and NATO populations Preparation of such plan, at the in the 2020 budget. The agreement was made after a 300-minute 1. The U.S. and Turkey reaffirm their rela- against all threats with the solid understanding first step, requires removing various Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister negotiations between Turkish and U.S. officials. tionship as fellow members of NATO. The U.S. of “one for all and all for one”. 7 barriers this industry is facing. Some Saad Hariri asked the minister of infor- of these hindrances are mentioned mation to halt the plan, as the protests as follows. intensified in Beirut and other cities. Lack of liquidity, low technology, Meanwhile, a few days ago, fire engulfed As we mark 40 days from Ashura fluctuations in commodity market, forests in Lebanon and displaced many By Muhammad Bin Ibrahim for days. A child of his, Aliyu al-Asghar, an infant shot an arrow at the infant as a response to his investment challenges, inflation, fluc- families. Hariri’s administration could not NIGERIA / KADUNA — On the 10th of Octo- of about six month old was crying profusely be- request. The infant died immediately. tuations in foreign currency exchange contain the fire due to the breakdown of ber, year 680 AD (which coincides with 10th of cause the breast of its mother could not produce Robert Durey Osborn, the Major of the Bengal rate, and also limitations created by helicopters and the government’s negli- Muharram, year 61 AH), in the field of Karbala the milk due to hunger and thirst. Husain took Staff Corps, writes, “Husain had a child named the sanctions have been mentioned as gence to maintain and repair them. These (today’s Iraq), around the banks of Euphrates, the the child, moved closer to the side of the killers, Abdallah, only a year old. He had accompanied some of the major obstacles in the way events infuriated Lebanese people more. Grandson of Islam’s Prophet, Husain, was killed raised him up saying: “O People! If you show no his father in this terrible march. Touched by its of developing copper industry in Iran. Without God’s blessing and raining, together with his sons, brothers and companions. mercy to me; have mercy on this thirsty child!” cries, he took the infant in his arms and wept. For implementation of copper proj- Lebanon would suffer a major disaster. Before the killing they were denied even water At that moment, someone from the Kufan army At that instant, 7 ects a number of barriers have been To counter budget deficit, the govern- mentioned including not-realistic ment imposed new taxes by introducing schedule and illogical deadline for austerity measures, a move which made implementation, weakness in man- the Lebanese angry. The Lebanese lira agement, lack of expert engineers in has lost its value and caused protests. The some fields, objectives being unclear protests have also led to fuel crisis. The for the team, changes in the project, Bread Baker Guild has also threatened weakness in risk management, and to go on strike.