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.13509 Tuesday OCTOBER 15, 2019 Mehr 23, 1398 Safar 16, 1441 Even U.S. allies admit Two terror groups Bahrain a Musavi Garmarudi, region would be more disbanded in tough team to beat: Qaribian join “Forty Days secure without U.S. 3 southeastern Iran 3 Marc Wilmots 15 of Love” honorees 16 Ruhollah Zam, head of anti-Iranian See page 2 Telegram channel, arrested by IRGC TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution of the IRGC’s intelligence organization, Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on ISNA reported. Separating Monday that Ruhollah Zam, the opera- Zam launched Amad News in 2015. tor of the anti-Islamic Republic Telegram The channel frequently posted fake news channel Seday-e Mardom (formerly known stories and called for violence with the as Amad News), has been arrested during aim of overthrowing the Islamic Republic a complex intelligence operation. of Iran. In a statement, the IRGC said Zam’s During the protest rallies in December arrest shows that the enemies’ intelligence 2018, he urged the people to take arms budget from services have been defeated by the power against the government. 3 Expediency Council sets aside oil requires Palermo bill TEHRAN — Iran’s Expediency Council has He added, “We are managing the coun- set aside studies to approve the Palermo bill, try through circumventing the sanctions. Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam has said. Approval of these two bills is not wise.” “Palermo and CFT will help the United He also said, “The Guardian Council States to identify the ways we circumvent has found faults with this bill and from the sanctions. We will not tighten sanctions this council’s point of view, these two bills ‘precise by our own hands,” Mesbahi-Moghadam, have not become legal. The Expediency a council member, told ISNA in an inter- Council has not studied them. So, they view published on Monday. are not approved.” 2 surgery’ Kais Saied elected Tunisia president with slogan of support for Palestine TEHRAN — In a contest that reflected people “for turning a new page” and Tunisia’s shifting post-revolution polit- vowed to try to build “a new Tunisia”. ical landscape, Kais Saied scooped more About 90% of 18- to 25-year-olds voted than 70% of the vote, according to two for Saied, according to estimates by the exit polls, more than 40 points ahead of Sigma polling institute, compared with Nabil Karoui. 49.2% of voters over 60. Karoui conceded defeat, issuing a state- Thousands of people took to the streets ment of congratulations to his opponent. of the capital, Tunis, to celebrate Saied’s “I would like to congratulate you on your victory, honking horns and singing the president.ir election to the presidency,” he said. national anthem. “Kais Saied, voice of the Saied thanked the country’s young people,” a crowd chanted. 13 PERSPECTIVE Syrian troops enter three towns after deal with Kurds ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari TEHRAN — Syrian army troops have entered Syrian Kurds on Sunday struck a deal with Ankara says the operation is meant to purge Abdouallah Shahbazi Head of the Tehran Times the towns of Tabqah, Ain Issa and Tel Tamer in the government in Damascus on the deployment YPG militants, the backbone of the U.S.-backed Political analyst Politics Desk northeastern Syria after Damascus reached an of Syrian army forces near the northern border SDF militant group, which Turkey views as ter- agreement with Kurds in the region to deploy after U.S. troops pulled out of the region ahead rorists linked to local militants of the Kurdistan troops in the area, state media report. of a Turkish incursion. Workers’ Party (PKK). Iran is taking the The deployment to Tabqah near Raqqah on The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Residents of the northern city of Qamishli Iran has foiled Monday restores the state’s foothold in an area Rights said U.S. warplanes had targeted a col- on Sunday celebrated the announcement that next nuclear step that is home to a major hydroelectric dam. umn of Syrian troops in the city of Raqqah in an the Syrian troop deployment. hostile plan in the The state television, in broadcasts from Ain apparent attempt to hinder their deployment People were seen on motorcycles and standing he three countries, Britain, Issa, showed residents welcoming the entry of to the north. on vehicles, dancing and waving Syrian flags in the region Germany and France, on the the army troops. The U.S. military also tried to hinder the dis- streets of Qamishli, AFP news agency reported. Tone hand, stress the need to Tel Tamer is 35 km southeast of Ras al-Ain patch of Syrian and Russian forces near Manbij, Crowds of people also gathered in the streets hirteen years ago, the situation in maintain a nuclear deal with Iran which is currently under the control of Turkish the London-based war monitoring group said. of Hasakeh to celebrate the planned deployment the region was highly disappoint- and, on the other hand, continue to troops. It is on a strategically important highway, Kurdish authorities said the deal “paves the way of government troops. They waved national Ting. There were predictions about do little to safeguard Iran’s interests! the M4, that runs east to west. Turkish forces to liberate the rest of the Syrian cities occupied flags and blared horns to celebrate the army fragmentation in the region by enormous developments, from which Iran would This paradoxical attitude and behavior said they had seized the highway on Sunday. by the Turkish army such as Afrin” in northwest. build-up. 13 of European officials means that they not survive. Iran was definitely supposed are being led by the White House. to be at the heart of the disturbance. The Undoubtedly, in such circumstances chaos started with the Syrian civil war in the Islamic Republic of Iran is taking March 2011. its fourth and next nuclear step. U.S. reportedly leaves 5 ‘high value’ Daesh prisoners behind in Syria Everyone knows that it was only Iran Undoubtedly, the Islamic Republic TEHRAN — The United States forces have and the House ... a joint resolution that urges the troops in the area, state media report. that resisted and prevented the fall of of Iran will never forget the betray- reportedly left five “high value” prisoners be- president to undo his decision to do everything The deployment to Tabqah near Raqqah on Bashar al-Assad. Therefore, Iran stopped als of the three European countries hind in Syria amid Turkey’s offensive against he can to protect the Kurds, to do everything Monday restores the state’s foothold in an area Syria’s breakup. If Syria had collapsed, (Britain, Germany and France) during the war-ravaged country. that we must do to prevent ISIS terrorists from that is home to a major hydroelectric dam. the same event would have happened to the Trump presidency! The New York Times report on Sunday came escaping, and make sure that Turkey respects The state television, in broadcasts from Ain Iraq and then Iran. No one could stop the Donald Trump stepped at the after hundreds of ISIL allies escaped from a low-se- existing agreements related to Syria and with Issa, showed residents welcoming the entry of major collapse in the region. White House in 2017. Theresa May, curity detention camp amid Turkey’s invasion the United States,” Schumer said. “I’m going to the army troops. When Iranian resistance succeeded, the British Prime Minister, was the into northern Syria. work so hard to pass this resolution, this joint Tel Tamer is 35 km southeast of Ras al-Ain after the foiling of a Western powers’ first European official to travel to There are reportedly about 11,000 prisoners in resolution, this bipartisan resolution to try and which is currently under the control of Turkish joint plot to attack Syria in Septem- Washington to meet with the new Syria, 2,000 of whom are from 50 other nations get the president to undo what he has done.” troops. It is on a strategically important highway, ber 2013, Russia joined the resistance president of the United States. During that have not taken them back. Trump has been under pressure from his allies the M4, that runs east to west. Turkish forces movement as an active member in Sep- this visit, Trump informed Theresa U.S. Congressional Democrats have been urging and opponents over his decision to allow Turkish said they had seized the highway on Sunday. tember 2015. Actually, it was Iran that May mind of his decision on “changing President Donald Trump to reverse his decision forces attack U.S.-backed Kurds in northern Syria. Syrian Kurds on Sunday struck a deal with maintained and led the resistance and the nuclear deal”. He emphasized that to pull back troops from northern Syria, Senate Meanwhile, Syrian army troops have entered the government in Damascus on the deployment then Russia backed it. Preserving Syr- if the nuclear deal is not reviewed and Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the towns of Tabqah, Ain Issa and Tel Tamer in of Syrian army forces near the northern border ia’s territorial integrity and the Assad redefined, the United States will no on Sunday. northeastern Syria after Damascus reached an after U.S. troops pulled out of the region ahead administration were not a job carried more remain as a part of it.