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.13080 Saturday APRIL 7, 2018 Farvardin 18, 1397 Rajab 20, 1439 NAM should resolutely Saddam, Bush fell into Team USA on lack of “Beyond the Clouds” pursue disarmament ‘illusion of power’ trap, Iran in World Cup: by Majid Majidi to open priorities 2 hope ‘MbS’ will escape 2 ‘It’s disappointing’ 15 Fajr festival 16 Iran will cause a surprise if U.S. scraps nuclear deal: Salehi POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Ak- the nuclear deal otherwise he will withdraw deskbar Salehi, director of the U.S. from it. #BigReturn the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, The nuclear accord, officially called warned on Thursday that Iran will give a the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action surprise if the U.S. scraps the 2015 nuclear and endorsed by the UN Security Coun- deal and the European countries and other cil, was signed between Iran, the five major powers do not resist it. permanent members of the UN Security In his new policy declared on January Council - the U.S., UK, France, Russia, 12, U.S. President Donald Trump gave and China - Germany and the European Tel Aviv nightmare Congress and European allies four months Union on July 14, 2015. It went into to fix what he claims “disastrous flaws” in effect in January 2016. 2 New Delhi set to present $3-4b development plan for Iranian gas filed ECONOMY TEHRAN — India a revised proposal, said the two sources, Clashes erupt as Gazans deskis going to present a who did not wish to be identified due to $3-4 billion plan for developing Farzad the sensitivity of the matter. gather for new mass protest B gas field to Iran next week after Tehran India and Iran will discuss the revised reduced the scope of the project, Reuters development plan for the field next week, See page 13 reported on Friday quoting two sources during Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar familiar with the matter. Zanganeh’s visit to New Delhi. Iran reduced the scope of the develop- According to the sources, the new bid ment plan for its Farzad B gas field in the would be between $3 billion and $4 billion Persian Gulf at a meeting in New Delhi and would not include gas processing and in February, and asked India to submit development of downstream projects. 4 Bin Salman’s ambition becoming ‘incurable disease’: Iran POLITICS TEHRAN — The in an interview with the Time magazine, deskIranian Foreign Min- in which he said Saudi Arabia and Israel istry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said have “a common enemy”, in an apparent on Friday that the ambition of Saudi Crown reference to Iran. Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has no Criticizing Saudi Arabia’s stance limitations and is becoming a “chronic, on Israel, the spokesman said the incurable disease”. pro-Israel policies adopted by Sau- AFP Qassemi made the remarks in re- di Arabia are a “sad tragedy”, IRNA sponse to Bin Salman’s anti-Iran remarks reported. 2 EDITORIAL Very likely KSA will have to sign the additional protocol: Adib-Moghaddam ARTICLE By Mohammad Ghaderi tried to describe his approach as “transactional” By Setareh Behroozi Tehran Times editor-in-chief EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Tehran Times journalist By Javad Heirannia and “tactical”. The Trump administration follows @ghaderi62 capital flows and it does not have a strategic TEHRAN — Professor Arshin Adib-Moghadd- vision in world politics. The reinforcement of am, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at ties with Saudi Arabia including the nuclear the London Middle East Institute believes “it agreement must be seen from this prism. There Big mistake of EU is very likely that Saudi Arabia will have to is no strategic agenda behind it; it is a business Telegram, time sign the additional protocol and forego nuclear deal. For the United States, Saudi Arabia has against Washington enrichment on its own territory.” been a reliable business partner for decades to ‘left’? Professor in Global Thought and Compar- now. Even if Saudi Arabia under the leadership he EU is still confused! The U.S. elegram, the familiar blue icon on ative Philosophies and Chair of the Centre of Mohammad Bin Salman has acted largely government’s actions in the field cellphones of most Iranians, is be- for Iranian Studies at the London Middle independently from U.S. dictates, it still serves of foreign affairs and economics ing turned into a challenge on the T East Institute, also adds that “Saudi Arabia After few years, U.S. administration an- what the Trump administration considers to T have not been accompanied by strong national level. and the United States must be aware that nounced will nuclear agreement with Riyadh. be America’s national interests. The nuclear and strong reaction from the European Last week, President Hassan Rouhani any concession in terms of enrichment and Why U.S. convinced to restart negotiation for agreement is a natural outgrowth of this re- Union. This has led the U.S. President announced the development of domestic reprocessing plutonium will strengthen Iran’s nuclear agreement? lationship which is cultivated around money, Donald Trump to continue his efforts to messaging applications, saying it is in- hand in the future.” A: When I was first interviewed by Tehran above anything else. Someone like Trump ap- isolate Europe in the international system tended to end monopoly in social media. Here is the full text of the interview: Times about the Presidency of Donald Trump I preciates this capital-driven rationale. 13 more quickly. Since the beginning of the “Domestic messaging applications Tramp presence in the White House, the and software should not be developed movements of nationalist and extremist No trade war likely: Prof. Larry Backer to restrict access (to cyberspace), but groups and opposition to the European should be developed to end monopoly Union have intensified. That same issue EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW boost tariffs impact U.S. domestic steel and aluminum production by making the import of in messaging apps,” Rouhani said during has put the EU in jeopardy. It is widely By Payman Yazdani aluminum producers? like products more expensive—and thus U.S. a meeting with his ministers, provincial believed that the President of the United A: My apologies, the answer to this question producers will substitute domestic production governors and heads of executive bodies. TEHRAN — Commenting on recent the U.S. States supports the collapse of the Euro- will be the longest of this interview precisely over foreign. That may well work for domestic It is a source of honor to develop “Ira- and China tit-for-tat tariff disputes, Prof.Larry pean Union and the euro- zone. However, because the simplest questions may pose the production and consumption but may not work nian messaging apps” which are “safe and Backer says that the deep structures of econom- it seems that some European officials still subtlest problems. In contrast to many experts, for domestic production for export—especially cheap” and meet the people’s needs. ic integration cannot be undone by a series of do not understand the deterioration of and others, who might be eager to provide a where other states match the tariff to equalize New Year, new application shocks with offers of renegotiation. the situation in this region! simple and direct answer to this simple and pricing (and reduce the foreign subsidy) that the The cyberspace in Iran will be man- As the U.S. and China ratchet up a tit-for-tat The fact is that if the European Union direct question, I can only offer complexity tariff represents. And yet domestic production aged according to principles of National tariff dispute, it has been said often in the last does not take a decisive decision against and contingency. At the greatest level of gen- and consumption is an important element of Information Network during the current few weeks that no one wins a trade war. the United States and its policies in the eralization, it is not clear, even to experts and U.S. macro-economic policy and may produce Iranian calendar year, which started on The issue was discussed with Larry Backer, international system, it will have to see policymakers, whether the tariff boost will have positive short-term effects in terms of domestic March 21, Abolhassan Firouzabadi, the Professor of Law and International Affairs in its fall in the international system and a positive or negative effect. Steel and aluminum investment and employment. secretary of the Supreme Council of Cy- Penn State University. the return to the twentieth century in the production are now part of integrated production Yet the tariff discussion must also be under- berspace announced in an interview with Following is the full text of the interview near future. chains only a portion of which concerns steel and stood within a more complex context produced the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting with him: During the World Economic Summit in aluminum production. The idea appears to be by the deep embedding within global production (IRIB) on Tuesday. How will President Trump’s decision to Davos, the Chancellor of Germany and the that the tariffs will protect U.S. based steel and and ownership chains. 7 The Supreme Council of Cyberspace President of France both gave a significant defines the National Information Network warning about the return of nationalism as “a Network based on the Internet Pro- and populism to Europe. This warning tocol with switches and routers and data has been sent in a time when Far-Right centers which allows for data requests to movements in Europe have been able to avoid being routed outside of the country gain unbelievable power and even seek and provides secure and private intranet to conquer a majority of parliaments and networks.” form governments.