WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13419 Monday JUNE 24, 2019 Tir 3, 1398 Shawwal 20, 1440 Iran in talks with several Iranian general to U.S.: Act Persepolis close to Fitilei Uncles member warns countries for monetary responsibly to save your appointing Ante Cacic of IRIB neglect as BBC Persian agreements 2 forces’ lives in the region 3 as head coach 15 launches children’s TV program 16 No more passport stamps for Britain’s repeated words foreign nationals visiting Iran TEHRAN — Iranian President Has- to mark passports of foreign nationals san Rouhani has issued an order for the visiting the country, IRNA reported. Kharrazi says Iran serious about nuclear deal decisions waiver of physical stamping on travelers’ The decision is deemed to facilitate passports upon entering or leaving the travels to the country without fear of possi- country. ble U.S. penalties as last year Washington On Sunday, Rouhani ordered Interi- announced those travelers who would visit See page 2 or Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli to certain countries including Iran would arrange to waive visa-stamping and not face restrictions to enter the U.S. 10 Tehran says will take legal action against U.S. violation of airspace TEHRAN — Laya Joneidi, the vice its aerial, land or maritime borders. president for legal affairs, has de- She also highlighted the necessity nounced the U.S. move to deploy a of constant vigilance and efforts to spy drone into Iranian airspace as a avert a war, the Tasnim news agency “violation of international law”, saying reported. the Islamic Republic will take legal In the early hours of June 20, the Is- action against Washington for violating lamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Iran’s airspace. Aerospace Force shot down a U.S. un- Joneidi told reporters on Sunday that manned aerial vehicle (UAV) that intruded Iran will not allow any violation against into the airspace of Iran. 3 The nations of the region cope with the deal of century: al- Wefaq TEHRAN — Assistant Secretary-General is to take place just one day before a U.S.- of Bahrain’s prominent opposition group, led summit will be held in the Bahraini Al-Wefaq, called for cope with the deal capital, Manama. of century. The Manama summit is considered Meanwhile, Al-Wefaq, is to hold a con- as the economic phase of Trump’s ‘Deal ference in Beirut to voice rejection to US of the Century’. Akbar Tavakoli President Donald Trump’s so-called Deal Arab and Palestinian politicians, jour- of the Century. nalists and activists are to attend the Mon- The conference which holds the slogan day conference in Beirut, organizers of IRNA/ “Sovereignty for Peace and Prosperity”, the event announced on Saturday. 13 ARTICLE ARTICLE Ebrahim Fallahi With Iran, Trump wants to be arsonist and firefighter Martin Love Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Providing his excellence once golf cart at the last moment to head off the of changing his mind. Citing a source close Political analyst from again at serving as an arsonist and the leader approaching calamity. to the president, the New York Times re- North Carolina of the fire brigade at the same time, President Trump’s usual shtick is to paper over the ported Friday that Trump “was pleased with Donald Trump, who has been publicly spoiling problem of his creation and then declare Thursday night’s events because he liked the Oil market shrugs for a military scrap with Iran, took credit this victory, but this week he added a biblical ‘command’ of approving the strike, but also Trump has a morning for both ordering a military strike on dimension to the drama-making. First, he the decisiveness of calling it off.” off as tensions rise three of the country’s military installations and assumed the persona of the vengeful god, Anyone who doesn’t want to see war with moment of sanity then canceling the mission 10 minutes before commanding an attack on Iran in retalia- Iran would shout “halleluiah” to Trump’s in Persian Gulf go time. Crisis averted! tion for its shoot-down of a $200 million last-minute stand-down—except, like many that begs for This is far from the first time Trump has Navy surveillance drone. Then he ducked of his hasty rationalizations, the Iranian one region run this play. As David A. Graham of the At- into the wardrobe for a costume change to seems crafted from pick-up sticks and collaps- continuance lantic and others have noted, he delights in emerge in the cloak of the Prince of Peace es at first touch. It’s impossible to believe he espite what was expected, the conjuring and intensifying crises—a lawless and called off the strike. Why the 180-degree didn’t know beforehand that taking out Ira- Cocked and loaded” Donald Trump oil market doesn’t seem to be border, a national crime wave, threats of a mood change? Because as he told Chuck Todd nian military targets would result in the loss claimed the U.S. military was, just Dmoved drastically by the recent government shutdown, threats of new tariffs, of NBC News, he learned it would kill 150 of life. Did he think—until his generals gave “before, as he alleges, he decided not turbulences in the Persian Gulf region as threats to oust the special counsel, the North Iranians and he didn’t think the death toll him the bloody news—that the installations to attack Iran last week because the lives Iran shot down a high-technology U.S. Korea situation in which he promised “fire was “proportionate” to the Iranian action. were drone-operated, too, and that no Irani- of an estimated “150 Iranians” were too surveillance drone when it trespassed and fury,” et al.—and then riding in on a white Or perhaps Trump just enjoys the sensation ans would die when the bombs landed? 2 heavy a cost for the downing of an un- its borders in the politically sensitive manned drone that was brought down Strait of Hormuz. in Iran’s territorial waters while on a spy Many analysts believe that the reason mission. What is one supposed to think? for this not-too-strong reaction is that the That Trump suddenly has a heart? That market’s nature has changed profoundly Yemeni forces shoot down 3rd Saudi-led spy drone he has a brain? Well, maybe a bit of the in the last few years and now other driving TEHRAN — Yemeni army forces, supported by defense forces and their allies downed a drone as that Yemeni army forces, backed by allied fighters latter for a moment. It is, in any case, not factors seem to play a more significant allied fighters from Popular Committees, have it was on a reconnaissance mission over al-Maz- from Popular Committees, had launched a string hard to speculate about what happened: role in supporting the prices. intercepted and targeted another unmanned raq area in the Harad district of Yemen’s north- of airstrikes against unmanned aerial vehicles and The two tankers incident off Oman was It seems that over time the market is aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military western province of Hajjah, located approximately military targets at Jizan Airport in Saudi Arabia, probably an Israeli false flag, and when more focused on long-term impacts and coalition in the skies over Saudi Arabia’s south- 130 kilometers northwest of the capital Sana’a. using a squadron of domestically-manufactured that did not “work” then the drone in- events, and going through several shorty western border region of Najran in retaliation On Friday, Yemeni army forces and Popu- Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) combat drones. cident was staged. It is likely the drone lived events in the past few years, oil trad- for the alliance’s atrocious military aggression lar Committees fighters shot down a spy drone Saree further noted that the attacks led to the was just over Iranian territorial waters, ers have learned not to bet too much on against their impoverished country. of the Saudi-led military coalition in the skies suspension of flights at the airport. or else the Iranian navy would not have such incidents. Yemeni air defense forces and their allies shot over Yemen’s strategic western coastal province “We have sophisticated military hardware that retrieved parts of the drone in its own For the time being, two major factors down the drone as it was flying in the skies over of Hudaydah. The unmanned aerial vehicle was US-built and other air defense systems deployed waters. The drone pilots could not have which are being closely monitored by the al-Sadis area of the region, located 844 kilo- struck with a surface-to-air missile over al-Fazah in Saudi Arabia cannot intercept. Our ballistic been sure what Iran would do, but Iran market are the U.S. production and the meters (524 miles) south of the Saudi capital area in the al-Tuhayta district. missiles, rockets and drone can hit any target did switch on its radars and brought it global oil demand. Riyadh, on Sunday. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, all across Saudi Arabia. Our strikes will not be down, in effect telling the pilots something In recent years, the U.S. production has The development came a day after Yemeni air Brigadier General Yahya Saree said, said on June 19 limited to Asir, Najran and Jizan.