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.13472 Wednesday AUGUST 28, 2019 Shahrivar 6, 1398 Dhul Hijjah 26, 1440 Iran needs not Iranian youth will hit Iran make history at Multimedia exhibit to permission from other back at Trump’s bullying, West Asia Championship explore feelings of mourners countries 3 Macron’s deceit 3 Women Basketball 15 in Muharram rituals 16 See page 2 Over 2,600 agricultural projects No change in Iran-U.S. relations to be inaugurated this week TEHRAN — Iran’s Agriculture Minis- to create more than 94,000 job op- try announced that 2,616 development portunities across the country, IRIB and production projects worth 29.11 reported. without removal of sanctions trillion rials (about $693 million) will As reported, Khorasan Razavi with be inaugurated across the country on 280 projects, Isfahan with 260 projects the occasion of the Government Week and West Azarbaijan with 220 projects Govt. launches project to build 110,000 affordable housing units 4 (August 24-30). were the top three provinces in terms of Inaugurating these projects is set the number of allocated projects. 4 Iran, Qatar launch new shipping route TEHRAN — Iran and Qatar have launched Passengers can go on four- to five-day a new direct shipping route, connecting tours paying $200 to $500, he said, add- the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr ing the tours take 12 hours to 20 hours to Qatar’s Doha. depending on weather conditions and the The shipping line is scheduled to op- speed of the ships. erate once a week carrying both passen- Iran has recently established or reactivated gers and cargoes, Siavash Arjmandzadeh, a number of sea travel routes, which is expect- the managing director of Bushehr’s Ports ed to lend a hand to the tourism sector that and Maritime Department announced on has fallen victim to a foreign currency crisis Sunday, Mehr reported. caused by sanctions, the report said. 10 Iraqi bloc calls for U.S. troop withdrawal after Israeli air raids TEHRAN — A powerful bloc in Iraq’s The coalition is a parliament bloc repre- parliament has called for the withdrawal senting Iran-backed paramilitary militias of U.S. troops from the country, following known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. a series of air raids targeting Shia mili- The coalition’s statement came a tias in the country that have been blamed day after a drone attack in the western on Israel. Iraqi town of Qaim killed a commander The Fatah Coalition said on Monday with the Forces - the latest in attacks that it holds the United States fully re- apparently conducted by Israel against sponsible for the alleged Israeli aggression, the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. It president.ir “which we consider to be a declaration of added that U.S. troops are no longer war on Iraq and its people”. needed in Iraq. 13 ARTICLE Economic benefits foreseen in INSTEX will not meet requirements of Iran: Heinonen ARTICLE Ebrahim Fallahi EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IAEA tells to the Tehran Times. yet been done to the reactor core. Therefore, Sondoss Al Asaad Tehran Times journalist By Javad Heirannia Following is the text of the interview with one can use the existing design drawings Political analyst from Beirut Heinonen: to manufacture necessary components in TEHRAN — Olli Heinonen, the former deputy Iran has announced that it will implement domestic workshops. director general for safeguards at the Interna- a third step to reduce its obligations under the European partners will certainly do their best Washington’s plots tional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), tells the JCPOA. Will Europe takes effective and convincing to maintain the JCPOA, but any reduction of Twins of Tehran Times that “It appears at this stage that action to prevent this? obligations by Iran will raise questions about the and threats not to the economic benefits foreseen in INSTEX are at A: First, we need to recognize that Iran is value and credibility of the JCPOA in its current Resistance: Twins best limited and will not meet the requirements technically in good position to ramp-up in a form. It appears at this stage that the economic scare away Iranian of Iran.” short period of time its uranium enrichment benefits foreseen in INSTEX are at best limited of Martyrdom Heinonen, now a senior advisor on science capacity. There are over ten thousand gas and will not meet the requirements of Iran. oil buyers and non-proliferation at Foundation for Defense centrifuges of various types, cascade piping What would be the possible reaction of wo of Hezbollah resistance’s fighters of Democracies, also believes that “European and necessary feed and withdrawal systems, Russia and China to reducing Iran’s commit- Hassan Yousef Zabeeb, 23, and Yas- early 10 days after the release of partners will certainly do their best to maintain and required electronic control systems ready ments under JCPOA? Tser Ahmad Daher, 22, martyred late Iranian super tanker Grace 1 by the the JCPOA.” for installation. These can be configured to A: As parties to the JCPOA and permanent Saturday night, during a hostile Zionist NGibraltar court, despite all the U.S. “Iran is technically in good position to ramp-up enrich uranium to various levels. Though the members of the UN Security Council, they have strike, in Aqraba area, in Damascus coun- warnings that anyone dealing with the in a short period of time its uranium enrichment important calandria has been destroyed as a say, but they are not likely to be able to provide tryside. The story of Hassan and Yasser Iranian oil tanker would face sanctions, capacity,” director general for safeguards at the required by the JCPOA, no major changes have the economic benefits Iran is seeking. 13 reflects how Martyrdom, to our youth, has Iran announced that the supertanker’s become an honourable purist chased by 2 million-barrel cargo has been sold and those who perceive the true meaning of the vessel is heading to a destination de- dignity and freedom. termined by the buyer. Hariri delivers warning to Israel through Russia The twins of courage’s friendship is According to Ali Rabiee, a government truly exceptional, as their colleagues TEHRAN — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad as well as to “send clear messages to Israel that United Nations Security Council Resolution spokesman, the cargo aboard the Grace and friends recount. They had become al-Hariri has strongly condemned Israel’s recent it must stop violating Lebanon’s sovereignty.” 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of 1 which has now changed its name to friends since they were students at the “dangerous” drone incursion into the Arab coun- “Hariri stressed that Israel’s attack against aggression Israel launched against Lebanon in Adrian Darya, has been sold and Iran Mahdi Shahed High Schools in Borj try, delivering a warning to the regime through a civilian populated area strikes a blow to the the summer of 2006. doesn’t know where the tanker is head- el-Brajneh, in the southern suburb of Russia against further violations of Lebanon’s stable situation that prevailed on the border since On Monday, Hariri called upon the United ed now. Beirut. They engineered their life early sovereignty. the issuance of Resolution 1701, and threatens Nations Security Council to pressure Israel “The owner of the purchased oil would enough, a praiseworthy life which lasts Speaking in a telephone conversation with to seriously escalate the situation in the region, not to initiate any action of aggression against determine at which coast it (Adrian Dar- long, and through which both recorded, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on with unpredictable results,” a statement from Lebanon. ya) will berth. I don’t know its destina- for the upcoming generations, unfor- Tuesday, Hariri described the recent Israeli at- Hariri’s office read. “If Israel’s aggressions escalate, this will have tion,” Rabiee told Tasnim news agency gettable lessons of piety, determination, tack on Lebanon as a “dangerous act, an attack Moscow, in return, “reaffirmed its commitment dangerous repercussions on Lebanon and the on Monday. commitment and awareness. against Lebanon’s sovereignty and a violation to the sovereignty, independence, territorial in- whole region,” a statement by Hariri’s office said. Selling the oil cargo came as a great After they graduated from the high of Resolution 1701, which established calm and tegrity and stability of Lebanon,” in a statement According to Press TV, Hariri said that the shock to the U.S. officials like U.S. Na- school, Hassan and Yasser applied to stability over the past years.” carried by the Russian Foreign Ministry. government wants to prevent any escalations, tional Security Advisor John Bolton and Hezbollah’s Educational Mobilization He added that Lebanon is counting on Russia’s The statement added the Russia emphasized which requires the support of the international Mike Pompeo who had done their best to Institution for a scholarship in Iran, role to help prevent further escalation and tension, the need for respecting international law and community. prevent this from happening. 13 to study Aerospace Engineering.They Soon after the release of the Iranian had already chosen that major, with supertanker, the U.S. government had the sincere intention to join the re- even issued a warrant for its seizure on the sistance and advance its capabilities, pretext that it had links to Iran’s Islamic Latvia’s “Bille” earnest to their covenant with God and Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). eagerly awaiting to join the convoy of Earlier on Sunday, Bolton had tweet- named best at the holy martyrs.