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PARIS (Dispatches) -- Iran Air has received the delivery of its TEHRAN (Dispatches) Suspects behind the deadly
first four ATR 72-600s planes, ATR said on Tuesday. attack on security forces in the southern city of Ahvaz
Earlier this year, ATR and Iran Air had signed a firm contract have been arrested, the Tasnim news agency reported
for 20 ATR 72-600s and options for a further 20 planes. on Tuesday.
Deliveries of the 20 firm aircraft are to be completed by the end It cited the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps
of 2018. As Irans traveling public gains access to increased commander for Khuzestan province, Gen. Hassan
supply of air transportation, it will benefit from the highest Shahvarpour, as saying the gunmen who martyred
standards of comfort, efficiency and reliability with the ATRs two policemen on Monday have been arrested. The
we are delivering today and over the coming months, ATR assailants attacked a police station in Ahvaz, setting
Chief Executive Christian Scherer said in a statement. off a shootout that also wounded four policemen.
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Expansion of Asgari Syria Talks
Trump Goes to Riyadh Iran, Russia Takes Held in
P. 2 Cultural Ties P. 3 Silver P. 6 Geneva P. 8
Wall Street Journal Reveals:
Riyadh Sunrise Tomorrow 05:56
Religious Democracy
and all parties concerned are On May 4, Russia, Iran and
-Despite the nuclear deal, the permanent standoff between working on implementing the Turkey agreed to set up four de-
Washington and Tehran is real. As maintained by Supreme Leader memorandum on setting up the escalation zones in Syria. Under SIASAT ROOZ: On Friday, Iranians will go to the polls to elect their next
so-called de-escalation zones. The a memorandum signed at the president. This Iranian democracy is a role model for many other nations in
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran will continue its support for the
recent working meetings between talks in Kazakhstans Astana, West Asia and North Africa. It is a successful model that others can follow.
Syrian government despite abundant practical and propaganda threats. Kazakhstans President Nursultan these four zones include the One of the things that has fascinated the elites and the scientists elsewhere
Nazarbayev in Beijing with the Idlib province and some parts of in the region is the victory of Islamic revolution in Iran. It is also one of the
Also, Tehran will never show any submission to new Western demands
senior leadership of Russia and neighboring provinces (Aleppo, reasons why America is angry. The U.S. and its allies are angry because in Iran
about its missile defense program and other technologies that ultimately the Turkish Republic showed that Latakia and Hama), an area north it is people who determine their own fate and not outside powers. Religious
the sides are actively working on of Homs, Damascuss suburb democracy is what excites people in other parts of the region.
seek to empower national defense capabilities.
various aspects of fulfilling this Eastern Ghouta, and a number of
-The nuclear accord is a bag of unsubstantiated promises and all memorandum, Abdrakhmanov provinces in southern Syria - Daraa
Iranian presidential candidates are clear on that. The U.S. government said on the sidelines of a and Al-Quneitra. In those areas, Lord of Promises
KAYHAN: Some presidential candidates are using all the tricks in the book
and the European Union refuse to lift their primary sanctions. Chief
of Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif says the U.S. and the EU refuse
New Systems Enter Service as well as support and propaganda to stay in the game. Voters are unable to see
the surface in these murky media waters. They are being constantly bombarded
to honor the nuclear agreement by keeping Iran locked out of the in Iran Air Defense Force by media propaganda and find it increasingly difficult to hear the truth. Some
candidates are telling voters to expect a perfect storm. Even they themselves
international financial system. He is also complaining that almost TEHRAN (Tasnim) Commander firing, he went on to say. know that this is pure fantasy. The storm will soon end the reign of those who
of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base In comments a couple of months keep giving us empty promises.
nothing has been done to reintegrate Iran into the global economy.
Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili ago, the commander had announced
-All U.S. presidential visits to Riyadh are always met with arms wide
open, always. Trump is not going there to raise issues with the Saudi
on Tuesday hailed the countrys
recent achievements in the area of air
that Irans Air Defense has such
advanced gear that can detect and Day of Reckoning
RESALAT: Rouhani suffers from political Alzheimers disease in light of his
defense as eye-catching and said act against threats well before
human rights record not least its indiscriminate Yemeni bombing new advanced systems have joined they could approach the countrys empty promises. People are set to elect a president that promotes international
campaign, let alone take a stand. As things sit, he will give an uncritical the Islamic Republics air defense airspace. relations based on Islamic beliefs and values. Friday is the day of reckoning.
network. He also made it clear that his People will soon get the chance to determine their fate for the next four years.
backing to the Saudi regime.The U.S. government has been complicit Those who talk about building a wall between men and women are desperate
The air defense has made eye- forces rely on homegrown systems
in the repression the Saudi regime uses against its own citizens, as well catching achievements in the area and devise strategies with an eye to to undermine their main challenger and at the same time distract attention from
of detection and surveillance radars contemporary threats. their poor performances in these four years. They should never be allowed to
as the humanitariancatastrophesit has unleashed onYemen and the get away with their political Alzheimers disease.
as well as electronic eavesdropping Iranian military experts and
rest of the region. equipment and Identification Friend technicians have in recent years made
Revolutionary Voters
or Foe (IFF) systems, Brigadier great headways in manufacturing
True, the Saudi free riders have been pretty public about their
General Esmaili said. a broad range of indigenous
displeasure about Irans nuclear deal with the U.S. But behind The deployment of numerous equipment, making the armed forces VATAN EMROOZ: Being a revolutionary is not like having a political
closed doors, it is business as usual. For all the fakestream media air defense systems have made it self-sufficient in the arms sphere. approach to things. Revolutionary management is not a tool to win votes on
possible for the country to constantly Tehran has always assured other election night. It is the description of a successful and people-oriented method
speculations, the two partners in crime are inseparable, in particular, and strictly monitor its airspace, the nations that its military might poses designed to resolve all the existing issues in the country independently. All
when it comes to human rights violations and crimes committed against commander added. no threat to regional countries revolutionary forces have reduced themselves to unity nationwide in order
New missile systems have also and others, saying that the Islamic to restore the lofty principles of the Islamic revolution. They have sacrificed
humanity in Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain. entered service in the countrys air Republics defense doctrine is everything and they are now waiting for people to come out and cast their
defense after successful test- entirely based on deterrence. ballots on Friday.
Art & Culture May 17, 2017 3
Para Athletes Claim Silver, Bronze TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran has won 2018 IHF World Beach Handball
Para athletes Javid Ehsani Shakib the bronze medal of the 2017 Asian Championships in Sochi, Russia.
and Javad Dalakeh won two medals Beach Handball Championship. In the final match, Qatar defeated
The Iranian team defeated Oman 2-0 (15-14, 17-10) and won
at event on Tuesday.
Vietnam 2-1 (15-10, 16-20, 8-6) the title.
Ehsani Shakib came second in and claimed the bronze medal in The tournament brought a total of
Mens Shot Put F57 after throwing Pattaya, Thailand. nine teams together.
13.74 meters. Iran had already lost to Vietnam in The top three teams qualified
TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian the womens 50m rifle 3 positions of Dalakeh seized the bronze medal Group stage. for the Beach Handball World
weightlifter Majid Asgari has claimed Women Shooters Win Medal the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in with a throw of 13.06 meters. Iran also booked a place at the Championship.
a silver medal at the 4th Islamic Shooter Golnoush Sebghatollahi Baku on Monday. Samir Nabiyev from Azerbaijan
claimed a gold medal at the Islamic Narjes Andevari Emamgholinejad in won the gold medal with a throw of
Vietnam Beat Irans Women
Solidarity Games in Baku.
The 69kg participant lifted 139kg in Solidarity Games on Tuesday. the 10-metre air rifle, karate fighters 13.95m.
the snatch and 177kg in clean and jerk She claimed Irans sixth gold medal Nasrin Dousti and Sajjad Ganjzadeh, More than 3,000 athletes from 54
for a total of 316kg.
The gold medal went to Daniyar
at the Womens 10m Air Pistol at the
Baku Shooting Centre.
judoka Saeid Mollaei have previously
won five gold medals for Iran.
countries of the Islamic Solidarity
Sports Federation are competing in
Volleyballers in Asian Championship
21 sports at the Games. TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran suffered Volleyball Championship is a
Ismayilov from Turkey for a total And also, Iranian trio shooters Afaf Elhodhod from Egypt ranked
The Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity a 3-0 defeat to Vietnam at the 2017 biennial international volleyball
of 323kg and Uzbekistans Doston Najmeh Khedmati, Elaheh Ahmadi second in the event and Azerbaijans Asian Womens U-23 Volleyball tournament organized by the
Yokubov claimed bronze medal with and Mahlagha Jambozorg had won shooter Nigar Nasirova won a bronze Games started May 8 and will last
Championship on Tuesday. Asian Volleyball Confederation
314kg. the gold, silver and bronze medal at medal respectively. until May 22 in Azerbaijans capital.
The Iranian team, who defeated (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball
Malaysia (3-0) and New Zealand Association (TVA).
(3-0), lost to Vietnam in straight The tournament will serve as the
Veteran Iranian Wrestler Passes Away at 86 sets (25-19, 25-17, 25-19) at the
Mall Nakhon Ratchasimas MCC
Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB
Volleyball Womens U-23 World
Hall. Championship held in Ljubljana
TEHRAN (Press TV) - Veteran Iranian on Monday, and died at his home in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Iranian sportsman ranked Sima Sedighis girls will play and Maribor, Slovenia with the top
wrestler, head coach of the Irans national Iranian capital city of Tehran. He also competed at the 1956 Summer fifth at the 1954 World Wrestling Japan on Wednesday. two ranked teams qualifying for the
Greco-Roman wrestling teams and The late Iranian freestyle wrestler, Olympics, which was held in Australias Championships in Tokyo. The 2017 Asian Womens U-23 world championship.
international wrestling referee Nasser who was born on November 12, second-most populous city. Givehchi He won the bronze medal of the
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Trump and Salman will be meeting for the first time in Saudi Arabia
Syria Rejects U.S. Crematorium Allegation shortages in future, echoing a view often expressed by Saudi Arabia.
Low oil prices may bring satisfaction for some consuming countries in
the short run, but in the long term as a result of reduced investment in new
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) The ministrys response came a International about mass hanging at for Human Rights, U.S.-led airstrikes
oil production, they could end up paying a much higher price for a barrel
Syria has categorically rejected day after the U.S. Department of the prison. in Syrias eastern province of Dayr
of oil, he said.
Washingtons accusation that State, citing the U.S. intelligence The Syrian Foreign Ministry, while al-Zawr near the border with Iraq
The second source also saw a modest price recovery as likely in the
Damascus has constructed a prison- community and some credible strongly condemning the accusation, killed at least 23 displaced civilians.
summer months when U.S. gasoline demand seasonally rises, citing factors
based crematorium to burn the bodies humanitarian agencies, accused the further said that such allegations On Saturday, another aerial
such as a likely drawdown in inventories.
of thousands of alleged executed Syrian government of cremating were totally unfounded. aggression carried out by the U.S.-
detainees, saying the unfounded the bodies of inmates killed in They are nothing but the led military coalition in Raqqah
claim is in fact a new Hollywood extrajudicial executions in the product of the imagination of this Province claimed the lives of 12 Life ...
story made to further interfere in the Saydnaya military prison, located administration and its agents, it women. (Continued From Page 2)
internal affairs of the Arab country. some 30 kilometers north of the added. Earlier on May 9, nearly a dozen The hospital I work in is a Jewish hospital, for example, but more than 95
As it is habitual of successive capital Damascus, in order to cover The ministry also said that the new people, including four children percent of both our personnel and patients are Muslim, he added.
U.S. administrations to fabricate up the extent of mass murders taking accusation was in line with previous and six women, lost their lives and Elsewhere in his comments, the lawmaker pointed out that Jewish children,
lies and allegations to justify their place in the detention facility. baseless allegations that Washington several others sustained injuries who go to Iranian public schools, are allowed to stay at home on Saturday if
aggressive and interventionist It also distributed a satellite photo, leveled against the Syrian when U.S.-led warplanes bombarded they want to observe the Sabbath, the holy Jewish day.
policies in other sovereign dated April 2017, which allegedly government, including Damascus al-Salihiya village in northern Syria. Moreover, Moreh Sedgh drew a difference between being a Jew and a Zionist,
countries, what came out from shows the Saydnaya complex, alleged use of explosive barrels The U.S.-led coalition has been saying some Jews were critical of the behavior of the Israeli regime and army.
the current U.S. administration is naming some parts of it, including a and chemical weapons against the conducting airstrikes against Invading other countries and killing innocent people are not Moses
just a new Hollywood screenplay probable crematorium. opposition in the Arab country. what are said to be positions of teachings, he said.
disconnected from reality, said Syria has in the past strongly denied The new allegation by the United the Daesh terrorists inside Syria About 9,000 Jews are said to be living in Iran.
the Syrian Foreign Ministry in a any abuse at Saydnaya. Earlier States against the Syrian government since September 2014 without any
statement carried by the official this year, Damascus dismissed came on the same day that, according authorization from the Damascus
SANA news agency on Tuesday. as baseless a report by Amnesty to the so-called Syrian Observatory government or a UN mandate. UAE Deploys Military Forces
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 85 Ministry Staff in Post-Coup Probe to Yemeni Island for Training
details. the army, police and the judiciary. ABU DHABI (Dispatches) four Indian Ocean islands, lies
The news comes a day after a Turkey has also outlawed the The United Arab Emirates says it about 240 kilometers east of the
court jailed the online editor of the Gulen movement, branding has deployed military recruits to Horn of Africa and 380 kilometers
opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet it as Fethullah Terrorist Yemens strategic Socotra Island for south of the Arabian Peninsula.
pending trial on a charge of Organization. training purposes. The island was part of Yemens
spreading terrorist propaganda, Ankara has so far arrested 50,000 The UAEs official WAM Hadhramaut Province but was
the daily said. people and sacked or suspended news agency reported that the introduced as an independent
Editor Oguz Guven joined a some 150,000 others, including intensive training program governorate in a 2013 decree by
score of Cumhuriyet journalists military personnel, judges and included exercises to enhance Hadi.
already in jail facing sentences teachers, over suspected links to battle skills, weapons use, and Saudi Arabia has been leading a
of up to 43 years in prison over Gulen, as part of the post-coup first aid. brutal military campaign against
alleged ties to Gulen. crackdown. Emirati forces and aid Yemen for more than two years to
Turkish officials say over 240 Many rights groups have organizations have been stationed reinstall the Riyadh-friendly Hadi.
people were killed and more than denounced Ankaras heavy on Socotra Island since November The Saudi military campaign has,
2,100 others injured in the failed clampdown. 2015. however, failed to achieve its
coup, which was swiftly put down Gulen has also censured the Last February, reports suggested goals.
as tens of thousands of people coup attempt and strongly denied that Yemens former president, Saudi Arabia receives backing
This image obtained from Dogan News Agency (DHA) shows Turkish police
flooded the streets across Turkey any involvement in the violence. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, had in the war from a number of its
officers escorting people after their arrest for alleged links with US-based cleric
to support the government. Turkey remains in a state of rented out Socotra to the UAE for client states, including the UAE.
Fethullah Gulen on April 26, 2017 in the central city of Kayseri.
Ankara has accused Gulen emergency since the coup. 99 years in an attempt to get Abu There have, however, been some
ANKARA Prosecutors in Ankara accuses of masterminding of orchestrating the abortive Turkish President Tayyip Dhabis support amid the conflict indications that Saudi Arabia and
Turkey have issued arrest warrants the July 2016 failed coup. putsch. The opposition figure is Erdogan, who is meeting his gripping the impoverished country. the UAE disagree on a number of
for 85 staff at two ministries as part The detainees are staff at the also accused of being behind a U.S. counterpart Donald Trump Last month, an Emirati airline issues over the war on Yemen.
of a probe targeting the alleged energy and education ministries, long-running campaign to topple in Washington on Tuesday, has reportedly launched flights The protracted war has already
network of U.S.-based opposition broadcaster CNN Turk reported the government via infiltrating repeatedly called for Gulens between Abu Dhabi and Socotra. killed over 12,000 Yemenis,
cleric Fethullah Gulen whom on Tuesday without giving further countrys institutions, particularly extradition. Socotra, a small archipelago of according to recent tallies.
Hamas Discloses Identity of Key
Commanders Murderer
Thought for Today
WEST BANK (Dispatches) The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has If you cannot get things as much as you desire then
revealed the identity of the man responsible for the assassination of one of its
high-ranking military commanders in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. be contented with what you have.
Assistant Military Attorney General Fadl al-Jadili told Arabic-language Safa
news agency that the first hearings for the three men accused of killing Mazen
Fuqahaa were held in Gaza City today.
Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)
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Saudi War, Blockade Blamed for Cholera Afghan security personnel keep watch during fighting between Taliban
Outbreak in Yemen militants and Afghan forces in Kunduz on May 10, 2017.
RIYADH (Dispatches) The of goods and medicine into the KABUL (Dispatches) Afghan Kunduz city. Some have also fled to
forces have recaptured a key district other nearby districts, Assadullah
Saudi-led war on and embargo country.
in the northern province of Kunduz Sadat, a member of the Kunduz
against Yemen are behind a cholera Stillhart also said the Saudi from the Taliban militant group, provincial council, told AFP.
epidemic that has claimed the war had led to the collapse of the which has stepped up its deadly The Taliban briefly seized Kunduz
lives of more than 180 people economy in Yemen and had made attacks against government and City in September 2015, in their
in the impoverished country so it very costly to move merchandise civilian targets in recent weeks. biggest victory since they were
far, international organizations, across the country through different On Tuesday, the National Security toppled from national power by a
including the United Nations and front-lines. Forces (ANSF) regained control of U.S.-led invasion in 2001. They
the Red Cross, say. The ICRCs second-in-command the Qala-e-Zal district, which had were able to briefly re-enter the city
fallen to Taliban militants 10 days center in October 2016 before once
The International Committee of stressed that the Red Cross had
ago, Army Special Forces Battalion again being pushed back.
the Red Cross (ICRC) said 11,000 repeatedly called on the conflict commander, Satar Andarabi was Elsewhere in the eastern province
confirmed cases of cholera had been participants to allow full access to cited as saying in local media. of Kunar, Taliban militants launched
reported in the country, describing all areas for humanitarian aid. The recapture came after Afghan a rocket attack that hit a market in
the situation as catastrophic. He also estimated that more than 17 forces launched a major operation the provincial capital, Asad Abad,
Dominik Stillhart, the ICRCs million Yemenis, two-thirds of the A Yemeni woman, suspected of being infected with cholera, receives against Taliban positions early in the killing two employees of the
director of operations, said the population, required humanitarian treatment at a hospital in Sanaa, May 15, 2017. morning and engaged the militants department of communications.
in fierce battles. Intense skirmishes have erupted
hospitals he had personally visited aid, and 10 million were in acute
Andarabi added that Afghan between Taliban militants and
in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, were need of food supplies. have the health systems and the around quickly. And time is of the troops are currently clearing the government forces in different
really struggling to cope with the Meanwhile, Sara Tesorieri, with response in place, you can control essence, because cholera does not area of mines and leftover Taliban areas from the northern province
increasing number of patients. the Norwegian Refugee Council, its spread, but the systems here wait for anybody. militants, who announced the start of Badakhshan to Helmand and
Stillhart said 160 hospitals and said the collapse of the economy in have just been decimated. And the Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia of it so-called spring offensive in Kandahar in the south since the
other medical facilities had been Yemen had led to civil servants not authorities dont have the capacity has been leading a number of its late April. militant group announced the start
demolished, mostly in Saudi military being paid for eight months, which that they had even four months vassal states in a brutal campaign There are no reports of casualty of its annual offensive.
attacks, seriously weakening the subsequently affected basic services figures so far. The Taliban have not Over 1,000 members of Afghan
ago to deal with this, Tesorieri against Yemen in an attempt to
commented on the report yet. security forces as well as over 700
health system. such as sanitation. said from Sanaa, where a state of reinstall Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Afghanistans Interior Ministry civilians have so far been killed
He also said the Saudi aerial and She said that garbage-laden water emergency has been declared. a former president of Yemen who also confirmed the recapture of during the violence this year,
naval blockade on Yemen was one has been running through the streets People are not able to buy water was Riyadh-friendly. Qala-e-Zal in an offensive that according to Afghan authorities
of the main causes of the famine of Sanaa when it rains, providing thats pure, Jamie McGoldrick, the According to the latest tallies, the began at 6:00 a.m. local time from and figures cited by the U.S.-based
and poverty, which in turn provided the perfect conditions for the spread UN humanitarian coordinator in Saudi-led war on Yemen has so far the nearby Aqtapa village. Congressional watchdog Special
a breeding ground for the cholera of cholera. Yemen, said, adding We are just killed over 12,000 Yemenis and Around 2,000 families have been Inspector General for Afghanistan
epidemic as it hindered the transport Cholera is preventable. If you not able to see how we can turn this wounded thousands more. displaced, with most relocating in Reconstruction (SIGAR).