Top Security Official Shamkhani in Moscow
TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Secretary of Irans Supreme Nation-
al Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani will visit Moscow
on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the two countries senior
security officials and hold talks with Russian officials.
During his address to the meeting, Shamkhani plans to out-
line the latest security, political and economic situation in the
Middle East and declare Irans approaches to fight against
terrorism. The SNSC secretary would also exchange views
with officials participating in the meeting about joint politi-
cal, military and security initiatives to counter terrorism.
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Iran: U.S. Selling Arms to
Main Terror Sponsors
TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran on
Monday hit out at the U.S. for selling
arms to main sponsors of terrorism
in the Middle East - a day after Presi-
dent Donald Trump signed a massive
arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Bahram Qassemi said the U.S. is
spreading Iranophobia to sell
arms to Saudi Arabia and its allies
after Trump branded Tehran as a
key source of funding and support
for militants.
Qassemi called on to abandon its
policy of warmongering, med-
dling, Iranophobia and sales of
dangerous and useless weapons to
the main sponsors of terrorism.
Unfortunately, under the hostile
and aggressive policies of the Amer-
ican statesmen, we are witnessing a
renewed strengthening of terrorist
groups in the region and miscalcula-
tion of the dictatorships which sup-
port these groups, he said.
Qassemi hit out at Trumps ac-
cusations that Iran was funding,
arming and training terrorists,
militias and other extremist groups
that spread destruction and chaos
across the region.
Once again, by his meddling,
repetitive and baseless claims
about Iran, the American president
tried to encourage the countries of
the region to purchase more arms
by spreading Iranophobia, the
spokesman said.
It is surprising that Iran is being
accused of destabilizing the region
by a country which has been an ac-
complice to the Zionist regimes
crackdown on the oppressed Pales-
tinian nation through all-out arms,
financial and intelligence support
for decades, Qassemi said.
In recent years, the U.S. has
been complicit in the massacre
of the defenseless Yemeni people
through arming certain Arab re-
gimes in the Persian Gulf, he
added.
The official touched on U.S.
role in creating and cultivating
Takfiri-terrorist currents, includ-
ing Daesh and strongly criticized
deceitful stances, meddlesome
statements, and destructive mea-
sures of the new U.S. administra-
tion.
Such measures, he said, are
aimed at confronting peoples
rule on their destiny in the regional
countries and consolidating the po-
sition and superiority of the Zion-
ist regime.
U.S. support and that of its re-
gional allies for terrorists is so ob-
vious that their escape forward and
accusations of terrorism support
against others have no buyers,
Qassemi said.
If financial, arms and intelli-
gence resources of Daesh, Nusra
Front and other terrorist groups are
cut, they will be finished easily.
They resist because these coun-
tries support for the terrorists con-
Iran Must Stop Aid to Anti-Terror Fight: Germany
BERLIN (Dispatches) -- Iran must stop supporting armed groups
in Syria and Iraq that are fighting Takfiri terrorists if it wants good
relations with the West, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel
said on Monday. In many conflicts in the region Iran plays a diffi-
cult role, especially in Iraq and Syria, Gabriel told a news confer-
ence with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. The mes-
sage must be that we are ready to work with the new government
but we expect Iran to behave responsibly in the region, to support
not terror but the politics of peace, Gabriel said, referring to the
re-election of reformist President Hassan Rouhani.
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President Rouhani:
tinues, he added.
His remarks came a day after
Mideast Not to See Stability Without Iran trade ties between Saudi Arabia and
Iran were severed last year, after
Trump ended his visit to Saudi Saudi Arabia executed a Shia cleric
Arabia where arms deals worth and as a result protesters attacked
$110 billion were signed. the Saudi embassy in Iran.
Qassemi said, Regional coun- Buying arms or building weap-
tries, instead of spending billions ons wont make a country power-
of dollars from their peoples as- ful. Military power is only a part of
sets on an illusory American sup- strength and we are fully aware of
port, had better think about the real that. But the foundation of power is
stability, welfare, tranquility and national strength and this only hap-
peace of their people and spend pens through elections, Rouhani
these exorbitant sums on develop- said.
ment and constructive regional co- Maybe it will help if Saudi lead-
operation. ers let their people to decide over
Qassemi deplored that certain their countrys fate by casting their
regional countries, instead of de- vote ... It will make them (rulers)
pending on the power of their stronger.
people and regional cooperation He said Iran welcomed better re-
capacities, have set heart on the lations with its regional neighbors
support of big powers. and pledged to fulfill his campaign
Those countries, he said, are promises of opening Iran to the
paving the way for vital infra- world and delivering freedoms to
structures of the regional countries the Iranian people.
to weaken and collapse, a case in The Iranian people voted for
point being the deplorable situa- President Hassan Rouhani talks to reporters during a news conference in Tehran, May 22, 2017. moderation as they know a pros-
tion of Yemen and destruction of perous economy and jobs can only
Syrian infrastructures by Takfiri TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Ira- emonial (event) that had no political The problem is that the Ameri- happen through investment, and
terrorists. nian President Hassan Rouhani said value and will bear no results. cans do not know our region and investment through freedom and in-
Trumps accusations against on Monday stability could not be Who can say regional stability those who advise U.S. officials are teraction with the world, he said.
Tehran came shortly after Hassan achieved in the Middle East without can be restored without Iran? Who misleading them. Irans economy has slowly recov-
Rouhani was re-elected president. Tehrans help, responding to criti- can say the region will experience Rouhani said Iran was the vital ered since the lifting of sanctions
Qassemi said the U.S. and its al- cism of the Islamic Republic from total stability without Iran? he said force behind the fight against Daesh last year but deals with Western in-
lies should know that Iran, as a U.S. President Donald Trump who is at a news conference. in Iraq and Syria and repeated Irans vestors are few and far between as
democratic, stable and powerful visiting the region. Rouhani, who fronted Tehrans official stance that the United States foreign investors are cautious about
country enjoying popular support, Trump called for a U.S. alliance deal with six major powers in 2015, and Saudi Arabia are funding ter- trading with or investing in Iran,
is a harbinger of peace, tranquil- with Muslim countries on Sunday said the U.S. administration lacked rorism in the Middle East. fearing penalties from remaining
ity and good neighborliness in aimed at fighting terrorism, singling knowledge about the Middle East. Who fought against the terror- unilateral U.S. sanctions.
the region and a front-runner in out Iran as a major source of fund- Americans resorted to many dif- ists? It was Iran, Syria, Hezbollah Washington last week imposed
the global fight against violence ing and support for militants in the ferent methods against Iran but and Russia. But who funded the new sanctions on Iran, over its bal-
and extremism, and that Tehran Arab world. failed in all ... We are waiting for terrorists? Those who fund terror- listic missile program.
would not go off this course with Rouhani, who won last weeks the new U.S. administration to find ists cannot claim they are fighting The Iranian nation has decided to
the hostile rhetoric of those coun- presidential election, hit back hard stability and continuity in its poli- against them, he said. be powerful. Our missiles are for
tries. by dismissing the summit as a cer- cies, Rouhani said. Already fragile diplomatic and (Continued on Page 7)
Zionists in Hysteria Mode Amid In Challenge to Boeing, Airbus
Trump Visit China, Russia Launch Long-Haul
TEL AVIV (Dispatches) -- Israeli news Times wrote.
outlets have described a visit by U.S. Presi-
dent Donald Trump to Occupied Palestine
The paper said squabbling within Netan-
yahus governing coalition has marred much
Jet Project
as hysterical after several ministers ex- of the festivity surrounding Trumps visit.
pressed concerns over a huge arms deal The row over the reception ceremony is SHANGHAI (AFP) -- China and Rus- unite as one, and strive to make the .... project
signed between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. the latest in a series of controversies to hit sia Monday launched an ambitious project a model of Sino-Russian cooperation.
Several Zionist ministers reportedly de- Trumps visit. to jointly develop a long-haul jet to challenge China had already logged a key milestone in
cided not to attend the airport reception of The U.S. president is reportedly due to vis- Boeing and Airbus, just two weeks after the the countrys ambitious journey to compete
President Trump who arrived in Tel Aviv on it the so-called Western Wall in the Old City successful test flight of the first made-in-China with the worlds leading aircraft makers in
Monday, prompting a furious PM Benjamin of the occupied East Jerusalem Al-Quds, be- large passenger plane. early May with the test flight in Shanghai of
Netanyahu to issue a warning. coming the first American president to make State-run Chinese manufacturer Commer- COMACs narrow-body C919 jet.
According to the daily Haaretz, Netanyahu such a trip. cial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) The 168-seat C919, built for shorter region-
flew into a rage after he learned that most of The decision is highly controversial be- and Russias United Aircraft Corporation al routes, represents nearly a decade of effort
the ministers were planning not to attend the cause the site is a lightning rod in ongoing (UAC) said they formally established the pre- in a government-mandated drive to reduce
welcome ceremony at Ben-Gurion airport. confrontations between Palestinian wor- viously announced joint venture in Shanghai dependence on European consortium Airbus
Trump is visiting Israel on the second leg shipers and Jewish extremists and Trumps Monday. and U.S. aerospace giant Boeing.
of his first foreign trip as president, after visit is likely to be seen as taking sides in Plans for the wide-body jet were first un- Airbus and Boeing dominate Chinas mar-
travelling to Saudi Arabia. the row. veiled last June when visiting Russian Presi- ket for passenger jets, which is growing in
I will discuss with President Trump ways Last week, Jonathan Schanzer of the dent Vladimir Putin met Chinas Xi Jinping leaps and bounds as travel demand by Chi-
to strengthen our primary and steadfast ties right-wing U.S. Foundation for Defense of in Beijing, and Chinese state media have nese consumers skyrockets.
with the United States, Netanyahu said at Democracies said, I think that if Trump previously quoted officials saying the project Aviation analysts, while acknowledging the
the start of his cabinet meeting. himself goes to the Western Wall ... theres could be worth between $13 billion and $20 C919 as a technical milestone for China, have
We will improve our security ties, which going to be very little argument over who billion. warned that it faces a tough task challenging
we are strengthening on a daily basis. We controls it. The establishment of the joint-venture against Boeing and Airbus, with their deep
will also discuss ways to advance the U.S. officials have said Netanyahu would company symbolizes the important progress market penetration and long history of per-
peace, he added. not accompany Trump and his family to the made in the China-Russia long-range wide- formance.
However, some in the Israeli news media wall, but the U.S. president has not ruled out body passenger aircraft project, COMAC But with the China-Russia jet, which Chi-
have already described the visit as hysteri- the Israeli premier tagging along. chairman Jin Zhuanglong said in a statement. nese media reports say will be called the 929,
cal, rather than historical, the New York (Continued on Page 7) We will cooperate sincerely with UAC, (Continued on Page 7)
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By: Kayhan Intl Staff Writer President Rouhani and his sup-
porters in city councils now face
U.S. President Donald Trump has just finalized an unconscionable $350 bil- the gargantuan task of living up
lion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, which Amnesty International USA says has Iranian women line up to vote in presidential and city and village council elections, May 19, 2017. to their promises which they gave
President Trump throwing gasoline on a house fire and locking the door on his during their election campaigns.
way out. TEHRAN (Dispatches) Irans astonished analysts and politicians described voter turnout in the elec- Although Rouhani brought infla-
He even gave a speech in Riyadh on Sunday to leaders of a dozen Arab leaders Experts Assembly, a high-ranking around the world and forced the tions as a massive and epic. tion down from around 40% when
a vast congress of dictators and cut-throat autocrats - in which he called on them body charged with electing Leader friends and foes to admire them, the The winner of yesterdays elec- he took office in 2013, prices are
of the Islamic Revolution, on Mon- statement said. tions, is you, the Iranian people, still rising at nine percent a year.
to drive out the terrorists and extremists and isolate Iran.
day hailed massive turnout in Friday The high turnout in the two elec- and the Islamic establishment, Oil sales have rebounded since
Of the weapons sale, the largest single arms deal in American history, Trump
elections, calling them a crushing re- tions was a crushing response to which has managed to win the in- the nuclear deal took effect in Janu-
took the world community for fools and said, It will help the Saudi military to ary last year, but growth in the rest
sponse to the hostile enemies of the hostile and ornery enemies of the creasing trust of this big nation de-
take a greater role in security operations. of the economy has been limited,
Islamic Republic. country, it added. spite the enemies plot and effort,
This isnt itself a surprise: leaving unemployment at 12.5%
In a statement, the body expressed Elsewhere in the statement, the the Leader said on Saturday.
-The hypocrisy of Americas support for unelected despots is by design. America Rouhani garnered 23.5 million overall, and at almost 30% among
its gratitude to the people of the assembly congratulated President
is in love with autocrats. They help war-party Washington to promote the Irano- country and those who contributed Hassan Rouhani on his re-election, votes out of 41.2 million ballots young people.
phobia project, control the worlds greatest concentration of oil, destabilize Iraq to the successful holding of the 12th but also urged him to refrain from cast. Iran has 56.4 million eligible
and Syria, aid and abet Wahhabi-Takfiri terrorist proxies, escalate Saudi-led, presidential election and the 5th being influenced by certain political
U.S.-backed war on Yemen, keep anti-U.S. countries as weak and impoverished City and Village Councils elections. groups.
as possible; and ultimately pave way for a stronger U.S. military presence in the By their massive participation in Leader of the Islamic Revolution
Persian Gulf in the direction of hostility towards Iran. the elections, the Iranian people Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has
-Trumps disgusting spectacle in Riyadh was expected. His trip was designed to
overshadow Irans May 19 elections. He made no mention of the high turnout or
of the Rouhani administration, whose diplomatic engagement with the West over Ministry Unveils New
Irans nuclear program helped to highlight this important fact that Tehran is a de- Time to Act
mocracy that favors diplomacy not war. This was deliberate. He could only justify
his unconscionable $350 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia by bashing Iran and
Strategic Defense Projects KAYHAN: Some 16 million people voted for Ebrahim Raisi in the
ignoring its democracy the one and only in the Persian Gulf. presidential race. The government cannot ignore such a huge number of
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans de- lites, he added. voters. It cannot insult their intelligence or ignore their lawful demands.
-During his speech, Trump focused on the purchase of lots of beautiful military
fense minister on Monday unveiled As regards the local positioning If the administration of Rouhani was successful it would have never
equipment by a regime that is the main sponsor of terrorism and extremism in three strategic projects developed by network, Dehqan said it can be uti-
the world. Even the U.S. State Department and Trump himself agree. Prior to his had such a large number of opposition in the first place. Rouhani knows
the local experts at the military geog- lized for a range of fields, such as full well what is going on. His new administration should distance itself
election, Trump had accused Saudi Arabia of paying ISIL, talked about the 28 raphy institutes. military navigation and position- from fake news and take the necessary steps to deliver the jobs and
pages of the 9/11 report, implicated Saudi Arabia in supporting Al-Qaeda in the During an event here, Brigadier ing, border control, dynamics of the growth. People are waiting to see how Rouhani will act.
lead-up to the attack, expressed discomfort with all things Islam, and gave an General Hussein Dehqan unveiled Earth, crisis management, predic-
executive order to ban all Muslims from travelling to the United States. Somehow
all this was brushed under the carpet in Riyadh!
the new projects, including Irans
first domestic geoportal, a system
tion of earthquakes and landslides,
meteorology, atmospheric water va- A Season for Unity
-As maintained by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Trump for calibration of satellite altimetry, por estimation, transportation and
and the first phase of a local net- traffic control, and agriculture. JAVAN: Poverty and economic hardship refuse to go away. The coun-
went to Riyadh to milk Saudi Arabia of $350 billion. The man who has repeat- try continues to sell crude oil. The situation is so bad that a tiny state like
edly denounced the nuclear agreement concluded by the U.S. and other world work of permanent border posts. He also noted that the first phase
According to the minister, the of the local positioning network Djibouti also dares to threaten Iran. Our officials should be more than
powers with Iran as a bad deal didnt go there to find partners for peace and a ever ready to respond accordingly. It is time for all political currents to
homegrown geoportal provides on- has been launched along the coasts
real war on terror. Quite the contrary, he was in Riyadh to single out Iran, fuel stand together and work together. This is not the time for revenge or
line and updated services to users of Makran in the countrys south-
sectarianism across the Muslim world, and exacerbate multiple conflicts that are
for finding geographic information easternmost corner by establishing poking baseless allegations against each other. No one supports vio-
destabilizing the entire planet. Tackling Saudi Arabia on a fundamental issue that and positioning data for various eight permanent stations equipped lence on freedom of speech. It was the Islamic Republic that brought
drives volatility, sectarianism and Wahhabi-Takfiri violence in the Muslim world purposes. with advanced technological gear. free speech to this country, not a certain political current. The season of
was never on his agenda. The satellite altimetry calibration Dehqan finally emphasized that work and service has just begun.
There is little to suggest that Trump of Arabia recognized this opportunity. He system would also allow for the one of the Defense Ministrys top
failed to exploit the opportunity wholesale. Instead, he foolishly targeted Iran measurement of water depth in the priorities is to boost the armed forc- Need for Political Currents
which is likely to backfire, embolden Saudi policies that create problems rather oceans, seas and gulfs with high ac- es intelligence capabilities and up-
than offer solutions, and fuel sectarian and other cycle of violence. curacy, which is a necessary task date the countrys positioning data RESALAT: The presidential debates made clear that the country
in controlling coastlines with satel- in the military sphere. needs new figures and creative political currents which are in continu-
ous interaction with the general public in order to raise new issues and
FM Zarif: ideas. These are the figures that wont just come up with ideas during
the election campaigns. They will be there within the heart of the society
Trump Rant Was Aimed at Milking Saudis and people, investigating and identifying social, economic, and political
issues over the next four years. This way they can keep the communica-
tion channels open with voters and at the same time be accountable to
TEHRAN (Dispatches) Ira- president called on all nations to Earlier, Zarif advised Trump in The minister said the policy line
the public.
nian Foreign Minister Muhammad work towards isolating Iran. He an editorial for the website of the currently being pursued by Saudi

New Issues for Government

Javad Zarif says U.S. President
Donald Trumps recent anti-Tehran
remarks were aimed at milking
Saudi Arabia.
Iran -- fresh from real elections
-- attacked by @POTUS in that
bastion of democracy & mod-
eration. Foreign Policy or simply
milking KSA of $480B? Zarif
tweeted on Sunday.
Zarif was responding to remarks
made by Trump during his visit to
Saudi Arabia, in which the U.S.
further accused Tehran of stoking
the fires of sectarian conflict and
terror.
The Iranian foreign minister was
referring to a recent arms deal be-
tween the U.S. and Saudi Arabia
worth almost $110 billion immedi-
ately, and set to reach to $350 bil-
lion over 10 years, plus a series of
other deals. Saudi Arabia is U.S.
arms dealers most important cli-
ent and Washingtons number one
ally in the Middle East.
London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed
news network to discuss how to
avoid another September 11 ter-
rorist attack with the Saudi hosts
in his first official visit abroad.
(Trump) must enter into dia-
logue with them about ways to
prevent terrorists and Takfiris
from continuing to fuel the fire in
the region and repeating the likes
of the September 11 incident by
their sponsors in Western coun-
tries, Zarif wrote.
rulers is helping the Iranophobia
project, which has been initiated
and promoted by the Zionist re-
gime for years.
Today, the stable Iran is seek-
ing stability in the entire region
because it knows that achieving
security at home at the expense of
insecurity among neighbors is ba-
sically impossible, he added.
Critics of Saudi Arabia say
its strict view of religion fuels
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VATAN EMROOZ: The new administration of Rouhani has to deal
with two issues: Its critics and the opposition figures that have a vast
number of supporters, plus the numerous campaign promises it made
during the elections including delivering the jobs and growth. To this
end, the government has to open up dialog with the opposition in order
to build and promote mutual understating and inclusiveness on national
interests. The government has to abandon the idea of bashing its critics
and sending them to hell. This is what Rouhani was counselled to do
initially. Apparently he has had a change of heart. He now refers to his
re-election as victory over radicals.
 Art & Culture May 23, 2017 3

This Day in History

(May 23)
Researchers Use Stem Cells
in Hair Loss Treatment
Today is Tuesday; 2nd of the Iranian month of Khordad 1396 solar hijri;
corresponding to 26th of the Islamic month of Shaban 1438 lunar hijri; and
May 23, 2017, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar.
1315 solar years ago, on this day in 702 AD, Kinich Kan Bahlam II, also
known as Chan Bahlum II, ruler of the Maya city-state of Palenque in what is
now southern Mexico, was born to Kinich Janaab Pakal I. stem cells and their effect on hair dermal papilla, the second group
1173 solar years ago, on this day in 844 AD is the spurious date of the growth. simultaneously received dermal
fictional Battle of Clavijo in northern Spain between Muslims and Christian Dermal papilla are small ridges at the papilla and epithelial stem cells, and
that never took place. Stories invented centuries later claimed it saw the victory surface of the skin, and in the scalp,
of Ramiro I of Asturias over the Emir of Cordoba. In this myth, Saint James
the third group (control group) did
Matamoros, suddenly appeared and helped a vastly outnumbered Christian they provide oxygen and nutrients to not receive any cells.
army to gain victory. Aspects of the historical Battle of Monte Laturce (in 859) the hair follicle so that healthy new Results published in Cell Journal
were incorporated into this fiction. The myth, as it survives, was first fabricated hairs may grow. Epithelial stem cells showed that hair growth occurred in
about 300 years after the supposed battle on a spurious charter. A forged (EpSCs) in the hair follicle bulge are both groups receiving cells, but in the
grant to the Church of Santiago de Compostela by which Ramiro reportedly required for hair follicle growth and group receiving both kinds of cells
surrendered a part of the annual tribute owed him by all the Christians of cycling. Any damage to these cells is the hair growth was more tangible
Spain also dates from the mid-twelfth century. The history of the cult of Saint
the main cause of hair loss. and visible to unaided eye.
James is rich in such frauds. Such myths were coined to instill a false sense of
religiosity amongst the Spanish Christians to make them rise against Spanish Iranian researchers at Royan It was also revealed that
Muslims. Modern Spanish scholarship has noted the heavy borrowings from Institute Irans leading center for transplantation of stem cells
the historical Battle of Monte Laturce that led to the defeat of Musa Ibn Musa, Stem Cell research conducted effective on hair growth can cause
of the Islamicized Bani Qasi (descendents of the Hispano-Visigoth nobleman a study in which they cultivated hair growth in hairless rats. There is
Cassius). After Monte Laturce, which was the result of family feud between dermal papilla and epithelial stem hope that with further research and
Spanish Christians and Spanish Muslims, Musa was forced to fully submit to cells extracted from human scalp better understanding of hair growth
the Emir of Cordoba, who taking advantage of his weakness, removed him as
Wali or Governor of the Upper March, initiating a decade-long eclipse of the
in laboratorial conditions. 15 mechanism in humans, researchers
Banu Qasi. TEHRAN (MNA) Iranian taken a decisive step toward treatment laboratory rats were then divided may find effective ways to treat hair
683 lunar years ago, on this day in 755 AH, the Hanafi jurist and Arabic poet, researchers at Royan Institute have of hair loss by conducting studies on into three groups: one group received loss.
Abu Taleb Fakhr od-Din Ahmad bin Ali Hamdani, popular as Ibn Fasih, passed

Sharif, Shanghai Universities Sign MoU

away in Damascus at the age of 75. Born in Kufa, he studied and taught in
Baghdad, before moving to Syria. He versified several works of jurisprudents,
which is indicative of his mastery over the Arabic language.
493 solar years ago, on this day in 1524 AD, Shah Ismail I, the founder of
the Safavid Dynasty of Iran, passed away at the age of 37 after a reign of 24 BEIJING (IRNA) Irans Sharif were also present, the Chinese party
years, and was succeeded by his young son, Shah Tahmasp I. To Ismail and the University of Technology and said that given Iranian students
Safavids goes the credit of giving Iran its present political, cultural, religious, Chinas Shanghai University signed a success in scientific circles of
and national identity, although in terms of geography many of the areas of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) China, the university will grant more
Safavid Empire were lost to the aggressors and colonialists by the subsequent on Monday. scholarships.
dynasties. Ismail I was devoted to the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet
The MoU was signed on the The articles in the memorandum
Mohammad (SAWA). Born in Ardabil to the head of the Safaviyya Sufi order,
Shah Haidar, and his wife Martha, the daughter of the Aq Qoyounlu ruler, Uzun sidelines of One Belt, One Road signed include holding scientific
Hassan, by his Greek wife Theodora, better known as Despina Khatun, he was Forum in Shanghai with presidents conferences, exchanging students,
the direct descendant of the famous mystic, Safi od-Din Ardabeli, and hence and deputies from 35 counties in doing joint research, engaging in joint
traced lineage to the Prophets 7th Infallible Heir, Imam Musa Kazem (AS). At eastern China. activities in scientific publications,
the age of 13, Ismail launched his campaign in Erzinjan (presently in Turkey), Mahmoud Fotouhi Firouzabad, and holding scientific workshops.
and with the help of a 7,000 force of Qizl-Bash (literally Red-Heads from the the president of Sharif University of The One Belt, One Road Initiative
colour of their caps) Turkic tribes of Rumlu, Shamlu, Ustajlu, Qajar, Afshar,
Zul-Qadr, Tekulu, and Varsak, he defeated the Shirvan-Shah, took control of
Technology attended the forum and was introduced by President Xi
Baku (presently in the Republic of Azerbaijan) and crowned himself as King had meetings with some authorities Jinping in 2013 as a land-and-sea
of Azarbaijan in Tabriz. By 1509, he unified all of Iran, Iraq, the Caucasus, of Shanghai University about version of the fabled Silk Road
parts of Central Asia, and western Afghanistan, and took the title of Shah of exchanging professors, students, and trading route of the 16th to 18th
Persia. He was an adventurous personality and the dynasty founded by him scientific articles. centuries.
lasted 235 years, reviving Irans Islamic glories in science, art, architecture, In the meeting with the Shanghai China says the project is open to
philosophy, culture, and literature. Hence he wielded spiritual influence outside University authorities, which the everyone, but it has also identified in the initiative (whether theyve worlds population and 30% of its
Iran as well amongst the followers of the Ahl al-Bayt in Iraq, Syria, Anatolia
(modern Turkey), the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Deccan Plateau of India. Iranian scientific attach in China 65 countries along the Belt and Road confirmed it themselves or not). GDP, according to the Hong Kong
The Timurid prince, Babar, who later founded the Mughal Empire in northern Yousef Hojat and the Consul General that, since the early stages of the Together, the 64 nations plus based think tank Fung Business
India, regarded Shah Ismail as his suzerain, and so did the Deccan Sultanates of Iran in Shanghai Ali-Reza Irvash proposal, its insisted will participate China account for 60% of the Intelligence.
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 4 May 23, 2017
Iran to Up Oil Production by 17%
Iran-EU Trade Turnover Jumps by 265% in 3 Months
TEHRAN (Tasnim) The total
value of trade exchange between
Iran and the 28-nation European
Union (EU) over the first three
months of 2017 has increased by
265 percent, a report released by the
statistical office of the EU, Eurostat,
showed.
The total trade between Iran and
the EU in the first three months of
the current year amounted to 5.3
billion, showing a 265 percent
increase compared to the same
period in 2016, according to the
report.
The value of Iran-EU bilateral
trade in the corresponding period
last year stood at 2 billion, the
Tehran, Ankara Stress
Deepening of All-Out Relations
EHRAN (FNA) - Iranian Deputy
Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour and
his Turkish counterpart Sedat Onal in a
meeting in Tehran on Monday underlined
the need for expanding bilateral ties in
different fields.
During the meeting in the Iranian
capital today, Rahimpour and Onal
explored avenues for bolstering and
reinvigorating mutual cooperation in
political, economic and cultural fields.
The Iranian deputy foreign minister
said that both Iran and Turkey are
considered as important countries in
the region, underlying that expansion
of mutual ties would pave the way for
resolving the regional crises.
Onal, for his part, congratulated Hassan
German, French Ministers Agree to Forge Deeper Euro Zone
BERLIN (Reuters) - The finance
ministers of Germany and France agreed
on Monday to strengthen the euro zone,
giving a new impulse to stalled reforms of
the currency union and warning that if they
fail political extremists will take power.
Wolfgang Schaeuble and Bruno Le
Maire agreed at their first meeting
since the May 7 election of Emmanuel
Macron as French president to set up a
joint working group that would present
ideas by July on deepening euro zone
integration.
Le Maire said the group would look
at fiscal convergence, coordinating
economic policy and joint investment
projects, and warned that the euro zones
two largest economies must deliver
successful reform during Macrons five-
year term.
We have a responsibility to deliver
results, the Frenchman said in a joint
news conference with Schaeuble, noting
the strong performance of far-left and far-
right candidates in Frances presidential
election.
Rouhanis re-election as Irans president,
and underlined that what happened in
Iran was a manifestation of democracy.
The Turkish official said that the high
voter turnout indicated that the Iranian
nation is determined to decide their own
fate.
Iran, Syria Discuss Energy Ties
And also, Iranian Ambassador to
Syria Javad Torkabadi and Syrian
Petroleum Minister Ali Ghanem in a
meeting have called for the expansion of
energy cooperation between Tehran and
Damascus.
During the meeting in the Syrian
capital, Torkabadi and Ghanem discussed
ways for deepening of relations in oil and
This obliges us all to deliver concrete
results. Because if we dont succeed the
extremes will succeed us, he added,
before flying together with Schaeuble
to Brussels for a euro zone finance
ministers meeting.
Schaeuble added: We both know that a
central challenge for both of us as finance
ministers is to make our contribution
to the promotion of Europe at a time of
chances but also of challenges.
We know strengthening the monetary
union is of great importance, he said,
adding that Germany and France had a
special leadership role in the 19-member
euro zone.
With Germanys economy - Europes Brexit presents the euro zone, France and
largest - outperforming that of France,
the traditional Franco-German engine at
the heart of the EU that has often misfired
in recent years.
Mondays meeting - one week after
Macron met German Chancellor Angela
Merkel in Berlin - was an effort to inject
fresh dynamism into the partnership.
Merkel said at a separate event on
ECONOMIC NEWS
TEHRAN (Dispatches) - National
Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
is slated to increase its crude oil
and gas production by 17 percent,
respectively by the end of the current
Iranian year (ends (March 20, 2018),
informed sources said on Monday.
NIOC board of directors has
approved this years production
and distribution program under
which production of oil, rich gas,
gas condensate and naphtha will
increase, the domestic media
quoted an informed source as
saying.
As per program, the NIOC in
cooperation with its subsidiaries
will lift output levels of crude oil by
17 percent, rich gas by 17 percent
gas sectors.
The Iranian ambassador said that
the Iranian companies have unique
capabilities in the field of implementing
oil and gas projects.
Ghanem, for his part, described
mutual cooperation between the two
countries and participation of the Iranian
companies in the Syrian exploration
and extraction projects as significant,
and said that the existing collaboration
is in line with the two countries mutual
interests.
Since 2011, Syria has been the scene of
a deadly war which has left hundreds of
thousands of Syrians dead and half of the
countrys population of about 23 million
displaced within or beyond its borders.
Monday that Germany must help Macron
to succeed to fight unemployment and
added that the best way to counter
euroskeptic populists was to solve
problems.
Le Maire, sensitive to German
concerns about Frances fiscal largesse,
said Paris would meet European
commitments to reduce its public
debt. France will respect its European
commitment to reduce deficits and we
are not doing it to please the European
Commission. We are doing it because
it is good for France.
Turning to Britains decision to leave
the European Union, Le Maire said
Germany with opportunities in financial
markets.
We see in Brexit the possibility for
our financial sectors to be more attractive
than they were in the past. This means
jobs, work, and wealth for our countries,
he said.
Brexit gives us this opportunity and
we intend on seizing this opportunity.
as well as liquids and condensate
and naphtha by 29 percent in the
coming months.
The program has been
developed in compliance with the
principle of protecting reservoirs,
increasing ultimate recovery,
preventing burning of associate
gas and avoiding pollution of
the environment. Naturally,
implementation is subject to
requirements such as providing
adequate and timely credit, timely
supply of goods, machinery and
equipment, supply of natural gas
required for injection as well as
having necessary permits from the
National Iranian oil Companys
board of directors.
Eurostat data revealed.
The Iranian exports to the EU
nations have also hit a record
high from January to March
2017, increasing by seven times,
compared to a year earlier.
The exports amounted to 2.77
billion, while in 2016, the figure
had stood at 396 million, the
report said.
The Iranian imports from the
EU during the mentioned time
have also increased by 57 percent
compared to the same period last
year, reaching 2.53 billion.
According to the report, the
figure had stood at 1.604 billion
in the first three months of 2016.
Pound Falls
as Brexit
Tensions Rise
LONDON (Bloomberg) - The
pound fell below $1.30 after the U.K.
hardened its Brexit rhetoric and
polls predicted a narrower-than-
expected win for Prime Minister
Theresa May in June elections.
Sterling weakened against all its
major peers as the latest Opinium
Research survey showed the
opposition Labour Party cutting
Mays Conservative Party lead
to 13 points from 15 points a
week earlier. A YouGov survey
in the Sunday Times put Jeremy
Corbyns party nine points behind,
the first time it has had a single-
digit gap since September. The
British currency also declined
after Brexit Secretary David Davis
said the U.K. will quit talks with
the European Union if the bill
for exiting the bloc exceeds 100
billion euros ($112 billion).
Opinion polls show a sharp
narrowing in the Conservative lead,
from a huge 19 percent to sizeable
9 percent, while warnings that the
U.K. could walk away from an exit
deal if the final exit bill is too big
dont encourage optimism about
negotiations that start in earnest
after the U.K. election on June
8, said Kit Juckes, London-based
strategist at Societe Generale SA in
a client note. He added that shorts
in GBP/CAD and GBP/NOK are a
better bet for now.
The pound fell 0.5 percent to
$1.2974 as of 8:39 a.m. in London.
The pair broke above the crucial
$1.30 mark last week, reaching
the highest since September, and
closed above that level on Friday.
Sterling weakened 0.2 percent
versus the euro.
The Silk Road:
Glorious Past and
Even Brighter Future
By: Pang Sen, Chinese ambassador to Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Over 2,000 years ago, an official delegation sent by the
Chinese Emperor arrived in this piece of land after an arduous long journey.
The road he traveled was the original ancient Silk Road and ever since then,
the two civilizations of China and Persia had been interlinked with each other.
Later on, Persian artists and craftsmen together with Iranian products
reached China by horses and camels through this road and merchant ships
loaded with Chinese goods started to dock at the Port of Hormuz of Iran.
This was a historic picture of mutual learning and friendly exchanges, and
numerous touching stories of bilateral interactions had been passed on from
generations to generations.
Nowadays, great changes are taking place along the ancient Silk Road.
Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 put forward the initiative of the Silk
Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (the B&R
Initiative), calling upon countries along the B&R to build a community of
shared interests and common destiny together, thus injecting new vitality to
the B&R.
Since the launching of the initiative over three years ago, tangible progress
has been made. Many countries, including Iran, have voiced support to
this initiative. By focusing on policy coordination, facilities connectivity,
unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people bond, the
participating countries have deepened their cooperation in all these aspects
and a series of early harvest have been achieved. The financing mechanism
is functioning, the infrastructure connectivity is taking shape, the industrial
capacity cooperation is accelerating, the construction of economic corridors is
moving forward, the volume of trade and investment is growing rapidly, and
people-to-people exchanges are further deepening. These achievements have
laid a solid basis for the further progress of the initiative.
For centuries, Iran has been one of the most important traffic hubs and
trading centers along the B&R. Located at the conjunction of the B&R, Iran
enjoys an outstanding geo-strategic position. Since the implementation of
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between P5+1 and Iran in 2016, the
internal and external environment of Iran has improved a lot, which provides
a better condition for the cooperation between China and Iran.
As a Chinese saying goes, real friends feel close even when they are far apart.
For a long time, China and Iran have maintained a friendly relationship. In
January 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a historic visit to Iran and
leaders of the two countries reached a series of important consensuses on
strengthening bilateral ties. Chinese Vice Premier Madam LIU Yandong and
Defense Minister General CHANG Wanquan visited Iran subsequently, and
Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayebnia and the Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif visited China, aiming to implement the outcomes of President Xis
visit and deepening bilateral cooperation in all areas.
For eight consecutive years, China remained as the biggest trading partner
of Iran. Chinese and Iranians companies are now cooperating in many
fields such as energy, transportation, machinery, metallurgy, hydro-power,
electricity, telecommunication, construction materials, and automobile. The
construction of the Tehran-Qom-Isfahan high-speed railway is underway, the
Tehran-Mashhad railway modernization project is about to commence, the
new line of Tehran metro goes smoothly, and the Yiwu-Tehran direct cargo
train has made its initial voyage. Two important oil projects, namely the North
Azadegan Project of the CNPC and the Yadavaran Project of the SINOPEC,
had been completed late last year and their opening ceremony was launched
at the presence of President Hassan Rouhani. Moreover, the CNPC and
the NIOC had signed a new head agreement for the development of South
Pars gas field. Nowadays, more and more Chinese companies are opening a
business in Iran and the Chinese-funded R&D parks and automobile industry
zones are in operation. The exchanges between various circles of Chinese and
Iranian society are also on the rise.
There is a road communing different hearts, says an ancient Iranian
proverb. The people-to-people exchange between China and Iran is gathering
pace. In late April this year, LIU Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier, paid a
successful visit to Iran and exchanged views on technological, educational
and cultural cooperation with her Iranian counterpart. Sorena Sattari, vice
president of Iran. The Confucius Institute at the Tehran University attracts
a lot of Iranian college students to learn Chinese language and its no longer
surprising to hear a flawless pronounced Ni Hao (hello in Chinese)
when strolling along the streets of Tehran today. The celebrations of Happy
Chinese New Year & Happy Iranian Nowruz had been organized for five
consecutive years by the Chinese embassy together with Iran-China Friendship
Association and received huge attendance from the local community. Last
August, China for the first time held in Tehran a series of cultural events
focusing on Xinjiang, China.
The B&R cooperation between China and Iran enjoys a bright future. We
will work together to create a green, healthy, intelligent and peaceful Silk
Road with Iranian counterparts. Several days ago, the Belt and Road Forum
for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. Distinguished guests from
various countries, including Iran, drew up the blueprint for future cooperation.
I strongly believe that cooperation between China and Iran will be inspired
and promoted by this magnificent event.

Temer Will Not Quit
Even If Indicted
Demonstrators hold a sign reading Out Temer during a protest against
Brazils President Michel Temer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 21, 2017.
BRASILIA (Dispatches) -- Brazilian
President Michel Temer, facing growing
calls for his resignation amid a corruption
scandal, will not step down even if he is
formally indicted by the Supreme Court,
he said in an interview in the Folha de S.
Paulo newspaper Monday.
Brazilians who have become inured to the
massive, three-year corruption investigation
were shocked last week by the disclosure
of a recording that appeared to show Temer
condoning the payment of hush money to a
lawmaker jailed in a corruption probe.
The Supreme Court has opened an
investigation into the revelations that
North Korea Confirms Testing Warhead Guidance
A view of the test-fire of Pukguksong-2 guided by North Korean
leader Kim Jong-un on the spot, in this undated photo released by
North Koreas Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang
February 13, 2017.
SEOUL (Dispatches) -- North Korea
said Monday it had successfully
tested an intermediate-range ballistic
missile, confirming reliable late-stage
guidance of the warhead, indicating
further advances in its ambition to be
able to reach the United States.
The North fired the missile into waters
off its east coast Sunday, its second
missile test in a week. Pyongyang says
the weapons are needed for defense
against U.S. aggression.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
supervised the test of the Pukguksong-2,
which also verified the functioning of
a solid-fuel engine, and ordered it for
deployment in field action, the KCNA
state news agency said.
MANILA, Philippines (Dispatches) --
The Philippines top diplomat on Monday
played down reports that Chinese
President Xi Jinping told President
Rodrigo Duterte China would go to war
with Manila if it insists on drilling for oil
in the disputed South China Sea, saying
they were not threatening each other but
talking about preventing conflict.
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter
Cayetano told reporters there was no
bullying and the context of frank talks
last week in China was on how to
avoid conflict and how to increase
trust and mutual respect.
were part of plea bargain testimony by the
billionaire owners of meatpacking giant JBS
SA.
A decision by the court is expected
Wednesday.
I will not resign. Oust me if you want, but
if I stepped down, I would be admitting guilt,
said Temer, who has said the recording of his
meeting with JBS chairman Joesley Batista
was doctored and has asked the Supreme
Court to suspend its investigation.
The scandal has threatened to tear apart
Temers coalition in Congress and leave
Latin Americas largest economy adrift as
the president fights for his political survival,
The UN Security Council is due to
meet Tuesday behind closed doors to
discuss the latest test at the request
of the United States, Japan and South
Korea, diplomats said Sunday.
The test also comes in the face of
a controversial deployment of the
THAAD U.S. missile system in the
South that is angrily opposed by China,
which sees its powerful radar as a threat
to its security.
Saying with pride that the missiles
rate of hits is very accurate and
Pukguksong-2 is a successful strategic
weapon, he approved the deployment
of this weapon system for action,
KCNA said, quoting Kim.
The launch verified the reliability
Philippines Plays Down Reports of Xi Threat
There was no language or even tone
that would lead any of the two presidents
to believe that there was disrespect for
them or their country, he said.
Cayetano said Duterte apparently
talked about his meeting with Xi just
to respond to a barrage of criticisms
that he has been soft on China and has
refused to raise the Philippines arbitral
victory last year that invalidates most of
Chinas claims in the South China Sea.
He said that after his return next week
from a trip to Russia with Duterte he
will explain the context of the two
leaders exchange to lawmakers and a
WORLD NEWS
just a year after the impeachment of his
predecessor.
Temer told the newspaper he is absolutely
sure that he is capable of finishing his term
through the end of 2018 without giving up
on his legislative agenda, which includes an
ambitious overhaul of the countrys labor and
social security regulations.
His coalition had already been struggling
to muster the votes for the unpopular social
security reform. Financial markets, which had
largely anticipated approval of the reforms,
slumped last week when the scandal broke.
I will demonstrate political strength in
coming weeks precisely by putting important
bills to vote (in Congress), Temer told Folha.
I am not doomed.
The president, who took office a year
ago after the ouster of former running mate
Dilma Rousseff, has come under unrelenting
pressure to step down and let Congress elect
a new president for the remainder of his term.
Rede Globo, the countrys largest media
conglomerate, urged Temer to resign in a
newspaper editorial Friday.
Late Saturday, the Brazilian Bar Association
said it would file an impeachment motion
against Temer in Congress, arguing that the
recording, if proven to be accurate, showed
a dereliction of presidential duties to uphold
the law.
Hundreds of demonstrators marched
Sunday in cities including Sao Paulo and
Rio de Janeiro, chanting and waving banners
reading Temer Out!
and accuracy of the solid-fuel engines
operation and stage separation and
the late-stage guidance of the nuclear
warhead which was recorded by a
device mounted on the warhead,
KCNA said.
Viewing the images of the Earth
being sent real-time from the camera
mounted on the ballistic missile,
Supreme leader Kim Jong-un said it
feels grand to look at the Earth from
the rocket we launched and the entire
world looks so beautiful, KCNA said.
The use of solid fuel presents
advantages for weapons because
the fuel is more stable and can be
transported easily in the missiles tank
allowing for a launch at very short
notice.
The Pukguksong-2 flew about 500 km
(310 miles), reaching an altitude of 560
km, South Koreas military said.
The Souths military said the test
provided more meaningful data
for the Norths missile program but
whether the North mastered the re-
entry technology for the warhead needs
additional analysis.
Pyongyang has been working to
develop a nuclear-tipped missile
capable of striking the U.S. mainland
and Saturday said it had developed the
capability, although Western missile
experts say the claim is exaggerated.
KCNA said last weeks missile test put
Hawaii and Alaska within range.
North Korea accuses the U.S. of
preparing for invasion. South Korea
hosts 28,500 U.S. troops.
Experts say solid fuel engines and
mobile launchers make it more difficult
to detect signs of launch preparations.
Supreme Court justice, who have urged
the Philippines to file a diplomatic
protest over the alleged war threats and
to ask the United Nations to demand that
China comply with the arbitral ruling.
My interpretation in the meeting is
that there was no bullying or pushing
around or it wasnt a threat, Cayetano
said.
He said Duterte is committed to
protect every single inch of our
territory and Filipinos should trust him
on how he will do it.
Duterte said in a speech late Friday at
a coast guard event in southern Davao
Ivory Coast
Soldiers Stage
Fresh Mutiny
A mutinying soldier gestures as he stands in guard at the checkpoint of
the entrance of Bouake, Ivory Coast May 15, 2017.
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (AFP) --
Hundreds of demobilized rebels took to
the streets of this central Ivory Coast city
Monday to demand government funds
after disrupting a funeral attended by a
cabinet minister.
The minister had offered assistance
to help the countrys around 6,000
demobilized former rebels to set up
businesses or launch other projects.
But the offer angered the onetime rebels
who shouted We dont want projects,
we want cash, and then surrounded
Solidarity Minister Mariatou Kones
vehicle, preventing her from getting away.
They subsequently took to the streets
to press home their demands as dozens
Bomb Blast Leaves Over 20
Thais Injured
Thai Army investigators take a close look at the site of where a bomb
was detonated in the southern city of Pattani, in southern Thailand on
April 10, 2017.
BANGKOK (AFP) -- A small bomb struck
a Bangkok military hospital Monday
wounding more than 20 people, police said,
three years to the day since the army seized
power of the politically unstable kingdom.
Thailand remains starkly divided since the
May 22, 2014 coup, but dissent has broadly
been silenced by a military with sweeping
security powers.
It was not immediately clear who was
behind the blast but the country has a long
history of small bombs being used by various
political and militant groups, especially during
significant anniversaries.
Police investigations rarely get to the bottom
of who is culpable for the attacks.
Mondays blast struck a pharmacy inside a
military hospital in Bangkok, stirring panic
among patients and sending smoke into the
corridors but causing only minor injuries.
From the initial report it was a bomb...
there are more than 20 people injured,
city that he raised the Philippines
arbitral victory against Chinese
territorial claims in the South China Sea
and told Xi Manila intends to drill for
oil there.
I said when we were face-to-face,
That is ours and we intend to drill oil
there. No beating around the bush,
Duterte said. He said the reply was:
Well, we are friends. We do not want
to quarrel with you. We would want to
maintain the present warm relationship.
But if you force the issue, we will go
to war.
Please do not do that because that
May 23, 2017
of others also staged a protest in the
economic capital Abidjan.
The protests come days after a crippling
four-day army mutiny, the latest in a series
of armed protests which began in January
in the West African country.
That uprising ended when the
government agreed to pay the soldiers
bonuses of 12 million CFA francs (18,000
euros) each.
The demobilized soldiers are demanding
the same bonus.
Kone was in town for the funeral of
one of the demobilized rebels, who was
killed last week in a clash with a group
of onetime rebels who unlike them joined
the army after turning in their weapons.
Deputy National Police Chief General Srivara
Rangsibrahmanakul told reporters.
It was likely to be in a package, Srivara
said, adding that battery and wires were
found at the scene.
The clinic in central Bangkok -- King
Mongkut Hospital -- is often used by serving
and retired members of Thailands armed
forces.
Police said the hospital was not evacuated
while bomb disposal officers scoured the
scene.
Medical emergency staff at the Erawan
Rescue Center said 24 people were injured.
Police are already hunting suspects behind
two other small blasts in recent weeks, but
have given conflicting and contradictory
information over the devices and likely
suspects.
Last Monday a small pipe bomb detonated
outside Bangkoks National Theater, close to
the Grand Palace.
is ours, Duterte further quoted Xi as
saying. He said he replied, But I have
the arbitral (award). Xi then reportedly
said: Yes, but ours is historical and
yours is legal of recent memory. We had
that since the Ming dynasty.
Duterte said he replied that thats too
far away and it is almost alien to us emergency services in the state of
to hear those words because we were
never under Chinese jurisdiction.
Xi reportedly responded: Well, if you
force the issue, well be forced to tell
you the truth. And when Duterte asked
what that was, Xi reportedly said: We
will go to war. We will fight you.
5
ISTANBUL (AFP) -- Russia
agreed Monday to lift remaining
trade sanctions against Turkey
imposed in the wake of the
shooting down by Turkish air
forces of a Russian warplane over
the Syrian border in 2015.
The state-run Anadolu news
agency said a corresponding
accord was signed on the
sidelines of a summit of Black Sea
regional leaders in Istanbul by
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister
Mehmet Simsek and his Russian
counterpart Arkady Dvorkovich.
The Russian government in a
statement confirmed that the
document on the lifting of
bilateral trade restrictions was
signed in the presence of Turkish
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim
and Russian premier Dmitry
Medvedev
****
PARIS (AFP) -- French
President Emmanuel Macron
will host Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin next week as the
countries look to reset strained
relations, notably over Syria and
Ukraine.
The meeting at the Versailles
palace outside Paris will coincide
with an exhibition celebrating
300 years of Franco-Russian
ties since the visit of Russian
tsar Peter the Great to France in
1717. The visit comes three weeks
after Macrons election and seven
months after Putin, 64, cancelled
a trip to Paris for the opening
of a Russian cathedral complex
near the Eiffel Tower in a spat
with then president Francois
Hollande.
****
MADRID (Reuters) -- Spanish
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
said Monday he did not expect
early general elections in Spain
as a result of the election of new
Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez
Sunday.
Rajoy said he would continue
to seek consensus over policy
with other parties, but noted his
minority-led administration had
already passed legislation without
the support of the Socialists since
taking office late last year.
***
GENEVA (Reuters) -- Russia
has launched a wide-ranging
trade complaint against Ukraine,
saying it is facing a universe
of restrictions, prohibitions,
requirements and procedures,
a World Trade Organization
statement said Monday.
The alleged breaches of the
trade rules affect trade in goods
and services from Russia, as well
as transit, the statement added.
Under WTO rules, Ukraine will
have 60 days to settle the dispute,
after which Russia could ask the
WTO to adjudicate.
****
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- At
least 17 people were killed and 31
were injured when a bus plunged
some 90 meters (300 feet) off a
roadside in a mountainous region
of southern Mexico near the
Guatemalan border, authorities
said Sunday.
The accident occurred near
the town of Motozintla when
the bus ferrying people home
from a spiritual retreat on the
Pacific coast came off the road
and fell down a steep slope,
Chiapas said in a statement. The
passengers came from the nearby
municipality of La Trinitaria and
at least 17 died and another 31
were injured, said a spokesman
for emergency services, Daniel
Cuate.
 6 May 23, 2017
Iran Volleyball Team
Wins Gold Medal
TEHRAN (Dispatches) Iran
U-20 volleyball team came out
victorious in the mens gold-medal
match against host Azerbaijan at
Islamic Solidarity Games.
The final debut was competed at
Crystal Hall on Sunday evening in
Baku where the hosts mens team
was eager to win the title similar
to their female counterpart.
However, the Persians put an
Real Madrid Crowned
as Liga Santander
Champions in Spain
MADRID (Dispatches) - Real
Madrid were crowned as the
champions of the Spanish Liga
Santander title on Sunday night.
Zinedines side won 2-0 in Malaga
thanks to goals from Cristiano
Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the
2nd and 55th minutes of the game
which they only needed to avoid
defeat to claim their first league title
Zverev Downplays French Open
Chances Despite Rome Victory
Zverev holds the trophy after his victory.
ROME (Reuters) - German
Alexander Zverev says he cannot
rest on his laurels after beating
Novak Djokovic to win the Italian
Open on Sunday and has set his
sights on bigger titles in order to
retain his place in the worlds top
10.
The 20-year-old stunned world
number two Djokovic 6-4 6-3 to
Islamic Solidarity Games:
end to Azerbaijans dreams of a
volleyball double by showing up
as formidable opponents. Early in
the first set, Azeri rivals took a 6-4
lead while Iran made up for the
lag superbly by racing into a 17-
11 lead. The Iranian side finally
managed to take the opening set
25-16 thanks to its tremendous
solidarity in defense.
The second set saw a neck on
since 2012.
Meanwhile FC Barcelona, who
needed to win at home to Eibar
and hope that Madrid lost in the La
Rosaleda Stadium, fulfilled their part
of the bargain with a 4-2 victory in
which Leo Messi scored two goals.
Real Madrid end the season with
93 points while Barca end with 90
after the 38 game season.
become the youngest winner of a
Masters 1000 tournament since
the Serb himself in Miami in 2007.
The win also helped Zverev
surge up to number 10 in the
world rankings for the first time in
his career.
I could not imagine top 10
by the age of 20, Zverev told
reporters. Its something truly
neck competition until the two
sides tied up at 22-22. Both sides
kept earning set points until Iran
won 29-27 moving one more step
towards the gold medal.
Young volleyball players of Iran,
who had reached the final stage by
subduing Turkey, had an easy task
retaining the upper hand in the
third set which concluded 20-18
in favor of Iran.
Real Madrid celebrate after winning La Liga.
amazing. Getting there is one
thing, but staying there is going to
be very, very difficult.
Even though I won this title, I
will be back on the practice courts
very soon trying to improve my
game.
Despite an impressive clay court
season, Zverev downplayed his
chances of winning the French
Open, which starts on Sunday,
saying nine-time winner Rafa
Nadal would start as the man to
beat.
Nadal had won all 17 matches
on clay this year before losing to
Austrias Dominic Thiem in the
Rome quarter-finals.
The strong favorite is still
definitely Nadal. Novak is playing
great again. Thiem has been
showing hes been playing very
well, he added.
I just won here, so Ive got
to put myself on that list, even
though I dont want to say that
Im the favorite myself. But the
guys who have been playing the
best over the past few weeks are
definitely the favorites.
Iran owes its comprehensive
3-0 victory to captain Rasoul
Aghchehli who earned 22 points
and smashed 19 spikes as well as
Aliasghar Mojarad who won four
blocks.
The 25-16, 29-27, 25-18 victory
over Azeri opponents brought
home gold of mens volleyball at
Islamic Solidarity Games while
the hosts received silver.
The bronze medal went to
Algerians who surprisingly
manages to down Turkey 3-1 in a
five-setter battle for third place.
At the time of writing, Iranian
sportsmen and women had a total
of 90 medals including 33 golds,
26 silvers and 31 bronzes for the
country to retain its third position
in the medals table on penultimate
day of the prestigious multination
and multisport event.
The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games
started in Baku, Azerbaijan,
on May 12 under the motto
Solidarity is Our Strength. The
tournament will wrap up on May
22, 2017.
Jungels Takes Giro Stage 15, Quintana
Closes on Dumoulin
ROME (Dispatches)
Luxembourgs Bob Jungels
outsprinted Nairo Quintana to win
stage 15 of the Giro dItalia after the
peloton rode 199km from Valdengo
to Bergamo.
Quick-Step Floors rider Jungels
crossed the line in 4:16:51, beating
Quintana after the Colombian had
crashed earlier in the stage, which
was the 11th fastest in the Giros
history.
At the moment its not so easy
to realize (what Ive achieved) but
Im super happy with this victory
of course, 24-year-old Jungels
told reporters. I knew that I had
good legs today. I was good in the
climbs.
In the final climb I tried but it
was a bit longer than I expected but
then in the downhill I was in a good
position. The sprint was perfect.
Frances Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)
finished third, while British rider
Adam Yates of Orica-Scott came
fourth.
Many of the Giros top
U-20 Futsal Thrash
Lebanon 6-2
TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran
sealed a 6-2 victory over Lebanon
at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium
on Monday to secure its semi-
final place at the AFC U-20 Futsal
Championship 2017.
Hussein Albaba gave Lebanon the
lead in the fourth minute, prompting
an immediate response from Iran
through Omid Khani. Further goals
from Hamzeh Kadkhoda, captain
Touhid Lotfi and a Lebanon own-
goal just before the break gave Iran
a comfortable 4-1 lead heading into
half-time.
Celtics Rally From 21 Down
to Stun Cavs 111-108
WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -
Avery Bradley made a 3-pointer with
less than a second left as the Boston
Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers
111-108 on Sunday night in the
Eastern Conference finals Game 3,
going 2-1 on the series.
The Celtics trailed by 21 points
in the third quarter before staging
a strong comeback, although they
did it without star Isaiah Thomas,
who was sidelined for the rest of the
postseason due to a hip injury.
Everybody had to step up their
game tonight especially with one of
our brothers down, Marcus Smart
said. Our love and support goes
out to Isaiah. We wish he could be
here but we understand. We just
kept fighting. Everybody did their
-
Luxembourgs Bob Jungels
contenders were still recovering
from Saturdays exploits during a
challenging stage 14 summit finish,
with race leader Tom Dumoulin
finishing eighth on Sunday.
It was a very fast day, a high
average (speed), said pink jersey said. In that moment it was not
wearer Dumoulin. We had a
breakaway in the front but a lot of
teams were not happy with it and
they kept on attacking.
Team Sunwebs Dutchman had
slowed the peloton down in an finish on Sunday.
Mohammad Taheri eventually
added to Irans tally in the second-
half, but Lebanon continued to
press hard to try to find a way back
into the game and was rewarded
when Steve Koukezian received a
neat back-heel to slot past the Iran
keeper.
The Iranian team responded
immediately with a headed goal
from Lotfi, his second of the game,
making it 6-2 with five minutes
remaining.
Ali Saneis team will play Thailand
on Wednesday.
part.
Smart made seven 3-pointers
and scored 27 points. Bradley
had 20 points for the Celtics and
forward Jae Crowder finished with
14 points and 11 rebounds. Kyrie
Irving scored 29 points, and Kevin
Love had 28 for Cleveland. LeBron
James finished with 11 points and
six turnovers.
I had a tough game. Period. Not
just in the second half, James said.
Me personally, I didnt have it.
My teammates did a great job of
keeping us in the game and building
that lead, but me personally, I didnt
have it. Thats what Ive got to say
about my performance.
Game 4 is Tuesday in Cleveland
with the Cavs up 2-1 in the series.
act of sportsmanship to allow his
race rival Quintana to regain his
position following his earlier crash.
I dont want to take time on
competitors when they crash or
have a flat tire or whatever, he
really a moment to go full gas.
Dumoulin remains top of the
overall standings, 2:41 ahead of
Quintana, who gained six seconds
on his rival after a strong sprint

Hamas Rejects U.S. Presidents
Description of Terror Group
GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) Hamas has
roundly dismissed U.S. President Donald
Trumps allegations against the Palestinian re-
sistance movement, stating his description of
the anti-Zionist group exhibits his complete
bias in favor of the occupying regime.
The statements describing Hamas as a ter-
ror group are rejected. They are a distortion
of the image of our popular resistance and
cause, and show full bias towards the Is-
raeli Occupation, Hamas spokesman Fawzi
Barhoum said in a statement posted on his
Facebook page, Arabic-language Safa news
agency reported.
He added, Hamas is a national liberation
movement that is legitimately defending the This file photo shows members of the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas,
rights of the Palestinian nation and fighting
against terrorism. scribed Hamas as a terror organization.
It is the Zionist entity that is practicing The Zionist regimes military frequently tar-
mass murder against our people and commit- gets the Gaza Strip, which Hamas controls,
ting crimes against humanity, particularly the with civilians being the main victims of such
siege of the Gaza Strip, through the support attacks.
of U.S. officials, Barhoum pointed out. The regime has also launched several wars
The statement came hours after Trump ad- on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which be-
dressed the leaders of 55 Muslim countries gan in early July 2014. The 50-day military
in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh, and de- aggression, which ended on August 26, 2014,
Bombing Kills Over a Dozen Terrorists in Syria
Members of the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units monitor the positions
of the Daesh terrorist group in the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn, close to
the Turkish border, on March 13, 2015.
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) group says.
More than a dozen members of The Syrian Observatory for
the foreign-sponsored Ahrar al- Human Rights (SOHR) reported
Sham terrorist group have been that two simultaneous blasts hit
killed when a bomb attack target- the base in Tal al-Toqan area,
ed their headquarters in Syrias which lies about 11 kilometers
embattled northwestern province east of Saraqib city, killing at
of Idlib, a so-called monitoring least 14 terrorists and wounding
Massive U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal Upsets Zionists
WEST BANK (Dispatches) The Zionist regime has voiced con-
cern about ability to retain its qualitative military edge in the Middle
East following the $110 billion arms package signed between the U.S.
and Saudi Arabia over the weekend.
Saudi Arabia is a hostile country and we must ensure that Isra-
els qualitative military edge is preserved, Energy Minister Yuval
Steinitz was quoted as saying by the Israeli media on Monday.
Under the deal, Riyadh will receive $110 billion in arms effec-
tive immediately, plus at least another $350 billion over the next 10
years, which Steinitz called a matter that really should trouble us.
The minister indicated that the US had not consulted with the re-
gime before inking the massive arms deal.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons deals is something we
should receive explanations about, he said.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Twitter that the
agreement was the largest single arms deal in US history.
A senior White House official, however, said the arms deal would
not erode the regimes qualitative military edge in the Middle East.
The State Department said the wide-ranging deal would cover five
specific areas, including offers of extensive training and support to
strengthen our partnership and the Saudi armed forces.
The package includes tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers,
and helicopters as well as warships, helicopters, patrol boats, and
associated weapons systems.
MIDDLE EAST May 23, 2017 7
Mideast...
(Continued From Page One)
peace and for defense ... American officials should know that
whenever we need to technically test a missile, we will do so and
will not wait for their permission, Rouhani said, repeating Irans
commonly expressed stance on the program.
Americas dream on ending Irans missile program will never
come true.
He reiterated that Irans missile program was aimed at promoting
peace not aggression.
U.S. officials must know that we will test missiles whenever we
need a missile test from a technical point of view and will not wait
for their permission, Rouhani said.
Zionists...
(Continued From Page One)
Palestinians say Israel is trying to change the demographic make-
up of Jerusalem Al-Quds as part of its project to Judaize the city
which they want as the capital of their future independent state.
Those hopes, however, have been dealt a serious blow amid Is-
raels expansion of settlements on Palestinian territories. Heart-
during a military parade in Gaza City. ened by Trumps election, the occupying regime of Israel unveiled
killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including plans in April to build 25,000 settler units in Jerusalem Al-Quds.
577 children. Over 11,100 others - including The settlement expansion has long been cited as the key hurdle to
3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly any settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
people - were also wounded in the war. Trumps visit, meanwhile, is not expected to make any major
The Gaza Strip has been under a Zion- breakthrough in the long-stalled talks between the two sides. The
ist siege since June 2007. The blockade has last round of the talks collapsed in April 2014, with Israeli settle-
caused a decline in living standards as well as ments cited among major reasons behind the failure.
unprecedented unemployment and poverty in Trump plans to meet Palestinian chief Authority Mahmoud Ab-
the coastal enclave. bas on Tuesday in the West Bank before flying on to Europe later
in the day.
A Palestinian official said Saturday that Abbas would propose
exchanging 6.5% of the Palestinian territory with the Zionist re-
gime, more than triple the amount put forward in a previous land-
dozens of others. allied groups of Jabhat Fateh
The Britain-based Observatory al-Sham, formerly known as al- swap initiative.
said a local terrorist commander Nusra Front, there this year. Nevertheless, Israeli hardliners are disappointed.
was among the slain terrorists, In February, the two previously Right-wing politicians are disappointed that the Trump admin-
noting that two dismembered allied terror groups of Jabhat istration appears to be adhering to longstanding American policy
bodies were at the site. They are Fateh al-Sham and Jund al-Aq- regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and they are agitating for
believed to belong to the two sa, which is said to be affiliated Mr. Netanyahu to take a tougher stance, the New York Times
people who blew themselves up with Daesh, engaged in a deadly wrote.
in the headquarters. infighting that killed nearly 70
Ahrar al-Sham, however, said
in a statement that a single at-
militants from both sides in Idlib
Province.
China...
(Continued From Page One)
tacker had driven a motorbike Dozens of terrorists had been
up to the building, detonating killed a month earlier after Fateh
Beijing will have the benefit of working with UAC, parent of
explosives attached to himself al-Sham terrorists engaged in a
and a bomb on the bike at the 10-day-long fighting with other passenger-jet manufacturer Sukhoi and other established Russian
same time. militant factions in the same aviation brands.
Even though there was no im- Syrian province. COMACs statement said the aircraft will be able to seat 280 pas-
mediate claim of responsibil- Syria has been fighting differ- sengers and have a range of 12,000 kilometers (7,450 miles).
ity, the Salafist terrorist group ent foreign-sponsored terror- That would put it in direct competition with Boeings 787 and the
blamed Daesh terrorists for the ist groups since March 2011. Airbus A350.
attack. United Nations Special Envoy Chinas state-run Global Times newspaper late last year quoted
Idlib is a terrorist stronghold, for Syria Staffan de Mistura esti- UAC president Yury Slyusar as saying the project would be worth
but some terror groups aligned mated last August that more than between $13 billion and $20 billion, with each side contributing
with Ahrar al-Sham have en- 400,000 people had been killed
half.
gaged in bloody clashes with in the crisis until then.
In Mondays joint statement, Slyusar said the project is testimony
to China and Russias determination to engage in long-term coop-
eration.
COMAC said last year the planned jet could take its first flight in
It would also include Patriot and the Terminal High Altitude Area seven years, with deliveries beginning three years after that.
Defense anti-missile system (THAAD), which was recently de-
Previous Chinese aerospace projects have suffered lengthy delays.
ployed by the U.S. in South Korea.
China is expected to become the worlds largest aviation market
The Zionist regimes intelligence minister Yisrael Katz said the
within several years, and President Xi has stressed the importance
U.S.-Saudi arms deals should be in line with a regional coalition
under American leadership to block and push back Iran. of Chinese-made jets handling much of that growing traffic.
At the same time Israels qualitative military edge should be Airbus has estimated China will need nearly 6,000 new planes
maintained, he said. worth $945 billion in the next two decades, with Boeings forecast
However, Minister Ayoob Kara, the regimes point-man for en- even more optimistic at more than $1 trillion.
gagement with the Arab world, warned that Riyadh might become a
world power with military superiority over Israel.
A top U.S. official and a member of Trumps entourage said Wash- Trump...
ington understood what he described as the regimes completely (Continued From Page 2)
legitimate concerns and vowed to help Tel Aviv maintain its mili-
tary advantage.
extremism, called takfir, and accuse the kingdom of responsibil-
Were taking a whole bunch of measures, some apparent some
ity for the September 11 attacks.
not so apparent, to ensure Israels qualitative military edge. That
will in no way be compromised, the official said. Of the 19 hijackers in the 9/11 attack, most were Saudi citizens -
A February report by Stockholm International Peace Research In- who killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001.
stitute said arms imports jumped by 86% between 2012 and 2016 At a campaign event last February, Trump himself suggested to
in the Middle East, mostly bought by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and supporters that the kingdom may be behind the attacks.
Qatar. But since his election, Trump has put an end to his sharp com-
The Middle East accounted for 29% of global arms purchases, an mentary in public and on his twitter account about the key U.S.
increase of almost double from the previous five-year period, it said. ally and the worlds top oil exporter.
 Qassems Jail a State Crime by Bahrain Regime Thought for Today
BEIRUT (Dispatches) Lebanese resistance movement He-
zbollah has lambasted a suspended jail term given by a Bah-
raini regime court on Sunday to the countrys Shia majority
To lose or to waste an opportunity will result
leader Sheikh Isa Qassem. The court convicted the spiritual
leader of illegal collection of funds and money laundering
in grief and sorrow.
and sentenced him to one year in jail suspended for three
years. It also ordered him to pay $265,266 in fines. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)

VOL NO: LV 10328 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Khordad 2, 1396, Shaban 26, 1438

Iraqi Popular Forces Take Netanyahu Greets Trump on First

Trip to Occupied Territories
Back More Villages in Mosul lage of Hatamiya north of Qai-
rawan.
The Popular Mobilization Units
also managed to liberate Tal Qasab
village north of Qairawan, killing
10 Daesh members and destroying
two vehicles rigged with explosives.

Deadly Attack in Diyala

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Baghdads Al-Wahda neighborhood on May 14, 2017.
BAGHDAD (Dispatches) Iraqi
fighters from Popular Mobilization
Units have liberated seven villages
on the western outskirts of Mosul
as pro-government forces and army
soldiers cooperate to expel Daesh
terrorists out of their last urban
stronghold in the country.
The media bureau of the volun-
teer forces, commonly known by
the Arabic name Hashd al-Shaabi,
announced in a statement that the
fighters had established full control
over al-Mesabas, al-Niliya, Sadet
Zawbaa and Thara al-Owaiset vil-
lages south of Qairawan region, Ar-
abic-language Shafaaq news agency
reported.
Hashd al-Shaabi forces later won
back the village of Northern Ayn
Fathi west of Mosul following bit-
ter clashes with Daesh terrorists.
The fighters also shot down a Daesh
drone as it was flying over the vil-
In another development, at least
four Iraqi soldiers have been killed
in a bomb attack on a military train-
ing center in the eastern Diyala
Province.
Two Iraqi officers, who asked
not to be named, said six assailants
struck the base north of Baghdad,
on Monday morning.
Five of them detonated their ex-
plosive vests once inside the train-
ing center.
The attack also left four others,
including two officers, injured. The
situation is now under control.
The Daesh terrorist group has
claimed responsibility for the at-
tack.
There has been a hike in terror
attacks as Daesh terrorists are un-
der intense pressure in the city of
Mosul, their last stronghold in the
country.
Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer
fighters from the Popular Mobili-
zation Units have made sweeping
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump disembark
Air Force One on arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday,
in Tel Aviv, May 22, 2017.
WEST BANK (Dispatches) Zi-
onist Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- Palestinians Stage Hunger Strike
tanyahu has personally greeted U.S.
President Donald Trump on his first Palestinians have begun a general strike
visit to the occupied territories. in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to observe
Trump and his wife, Melania, ar- a Day of Rage in support of hunger-
rived in Tel Avivs Ben Gurion In- striking prisoners in the Zionist regimes
ternational Airport on Monday and jails ahead U.S. President Donald Trumps
were welcomed by Netanyahu and visit to the occupies territories.
his wife on the red carpet during a The Palestinian Maan news agency said
grand welcoming ceremony, attend- public places will be shut down, except
ed by all Zionist ministers. schools and medical centers.
During the 28-hour long stay, The industrial action had initially been
Trump is expected to set the tone called by a Palestinian national commit-
for his administrations efforts to tee set up to support a mass hunger strike
resolve the Zionist-Palestinian con- in the regimes prisons that is now on its
flict. 36th day.
Speaking upon arrival, Trump de- Palestinian factions also released a state-
scribed the trip as a rare opportu- ment, calling for unity and assimilation
nity to bring peace back to the re- with our brave prisoners, as they threw
gion and asserted that he was there their weight behind Mondays general
to reaffirm the unbreakable bond strike.
between the two allies. They slammed Washingtons support for
Netanyahu said Sunday that his the Israeli occupation and called on the
talks with Trump would revolve Palestinian public to join the action in a
around strengthening the first and bid to reject a possible resumption of talks

Rally Held in Yemen in gains against the terrorists since

launching the Mosul operation.
strongest alliance with the U.S.
We will strengthen security ties,
with the occupying regime under the U.S.
sponsorship.

Support of Secession The Iraqi forces took control of

SANAA (Dispatches) Yemenis
have rallied in the port city of Aden
in support of a so-called autono-
mous body set up to rule the south
by officials of ex-president Abd Rab-
buh Mansur Hadi.
Protesters, who had reached the
southwestern city from several
southern provinces, chanted, In-
dependence is our objective, the
Middle East Eye news portal re-
ported.
The autonomous body to manage
the war-wracked countrys south
was launched by Hadis governor
for Yemens port city of Aden after
he was fired by the Saudi-backed
former president.
Hadi sacked Maj. Gen. Aidarous
al-Zubaidi over his perceived close
ties with the United Arab Emirates
after accusing the UAE of acting
like an occupation power in Ye-
men rather than a force of libera-
tion.
The autonomous body gathers
26 members, including the gov-
ernors of five southern provinces
and another Hadi minister. It has
proclaimed that it aims to run the
southern provinces and repre-
sent them inside and outside the
country.
Hadis loyalists have accused the
men of setting up secret liaison
Yemeni supporters of southern separatists wave the movements flag
during a rally calling for independence of the south, in the countrys
second city of Aden, on May 21, 2017.
with the Emirates, buying arms
from it and forming military units.
Yemens Houthi movement has
also rejected the new council, call-
ing it a threat to the territorial
unity of the Yemeni republic, and
a part of a colonial plot.
Aden has been racked by armed
clashes, explosions and assassina-
tions since Houthi fighters were
pushed out of the city in July 2015
by Saudi-backed militants. Al-Qa-
eda and Daesh terrorists are now
audaciously driving their armed
vehicles around the city, passing
checkpoints set up by Hadi loyal-
ists.
The United Arab Emirates has
a strong military presence in the
area as part of a Saudi-led coalition
which has been pummeling Yemen
for more than two years now in
order to return Hadi to power and
dislodge Houthis and their allies
from their areas of control.
Aden has been grappling with a
spread of arms, where arms pos-
session is unprecedented, especial-
ly among young people.
Residents in the city have com-
plained that armed groups usu-
ally clash with one another in the
streets and go unpunished when
they kill civilians.
eastern Mosul in January after 100
which are strengthening daily, and
we will also discuss ways to ad-
vance peace, he added.
Informed sources say the heath condi-
tions of the Palestinian inmates refusing
food has deteriorated, with some of them
days of fighting, and launched the
Before holding the talks, Trump being taken to hospital.
battle in the west on February 19.
would tour East al-Quds. He would Meanwhile, Israeli authorities continue
The Iraqi Ministry of Migration also become the first sitting U.S. to prevent access to the hunger strikers and
and Displacement says hundreds president to visit the Western Wall, keep them isolated from other prisoners.
of thousands of people have been a remnant of the retaining wall of Since April 17, more than 1,600 Palestin-
displaced amid the military opera- the compound known to Muslims ian prisoners have gone on hunger strike
tion to drive Daesh terrorists out of as al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanc- to demand appropriate medical care and
western Mosul. tuary) and to Jews as the Temple treatment in Israeli jails as well as the right
Mount. to pursue higher education.
Police Raid Anti-Erdogan
Rally in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Dispatches) Police in Istanbul have last week involving Turkish security personnel and an-
fired tear gas at protesters angry with the results of a ti-Ankara protesters, calling it simply unacceptable.
recent referendum which gives President Recep Tayyip Tillerson said in an interview with Fox News on Sun-
Erdogan sweeping new powers. day that the State Department had summoned the am-
Participants at the rally denounced the results of the bassador of Turkey and told him that this is simply
April 16 referendum that will replace the Turkish re- unacceptable.
publics parliamentary form of government with a There is an ongoing investigation, he said. Well
strong presidency. wait and see what the outcome of that investigation is.
The powers include the head of states ability to hire But we have expressed our dismay at what occurred at
and fire at will, prompting Amnesty International on the Turkish Embassy.
Monday to accuse Ankara of implementing arbitrary The crackdown on protesters erupted on Wednes-
dismissals. day, when some demonstrators gathered outside the
In a report, the UK-based rights body criticized the Turkish ambassadors residence, where Erdogan was
expulsions, which it said were carried out arbitrarily staying after meeting with his U.S. President Donald
on the basis of vague and generalized grounds of con- Trump at the White House.
nection to terrorist organizations. The peaceful protest turned into violent clashes when
It was referring to what critics denounce as an over- a group of Erdogans supporters taunted the first group
used tactic by the government to accuse suspects of and attacked them.
links to Kurdish separatists and U.S.-based cleric Fet- The situation escalated after President Recep Tayyip
ullah Gulen, whom Ankara says was behind a coup last Erdogans bodyguards and other Turkish security per-
July. sonnel interfered and violently attacked the protesters.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has And after this some US police officers also beat up
denounced a violent confrontation in Washington, DC, Turkish security personnel.