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British envoy at Foreign Ministry for third time over tanker seizure TEHRAN – British Ambassador to Teh- in four days. He was first summoned to ran Robert Macaire was in Iran’s Foreign the ministry on Thursday, the day the Ministry on Monday for the third time tanker was seized. Enrichment since last week over the seizure of an On early Thursday morning, British Iranian oil tanker. Royal Marines in Gibraltar stormed the Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Iran-operated supertanker Grace 1 off the Mousavi said Macaire was not summoned coast of Gibraltar, seizing the 300,000-tonne but he was at the Foreign Ministry for vessel based on the accusation that it was pursing the issue of the oil tanker. carrying oil to Syria in possible violation reaches 4.5 % Ambassador Macaire had already of the European Union’s sanctions on the been summoned to the ministry twice war-torn Arab country. 2 Kamalvandi says next option is 20 percent uranium enrichment Zanganeh to Falih: Iran no threat to See page 3 global energy security TEHRAN — Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Minister Khalid Al-Falih, who claimed Namdar Zanganeh said on Sunday Iran is posing “threats to global energy that Iran is not only no threat to the security.” world’s energy security but also the Speaking in a televised interview, biggest guarantor of stability and Zanganeh said “Falih is a technocrat energy security in the region, Shana and a respectable person and does not reported. often speak politically; he must have The minster made the remarks in probably been asked to make such po- reaction to an earlier claim by Saudi Oil litical remarks.” 5

Raisi demands immediate release of Iranian oil tanker TEHRAN — Iran’s Judiciary Chief should await the ramifications of their Ebrahim Raisi has demanded an im- action,” Raisi said on Monday. mediate release of an Iranian oil tanker He also censured the West for turning a seized by the British government, Fars blind eye to Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group’s reported. capturing and smuggling of the Syrian Heidar Rezaei “It seems that the British and Europeans and Iraqi oil using the same waterways. are well aware of the Islamic Republic’s “But today, Britain seizes the Islamic reach and potential, and accordingly, it is Republic’s oil tanker as it travels in Gi- to their own benefit that they immediate- braltar while adhering to all international Jamejam/ Jamejam/ ly release this oil tanker, otherwise they laws,” he added. 3

PERSPECTIVE Nigerian envoy to Tehran summoned over Sheikh Zakzaky’s conditions ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry has sum- Iran has spared no efforts through diplo- tained serious wounds too and more than Mahnaz Abdi Head of the Tehran Times Head of the TehranTimes Politics Desk moned Nigeria’s envoy to Tehran to voice the matic and political ways to resolve the issue, 300 of his followers and three of his sons Islamic Republic’s concerns over the conditions he stressed. were killed. Zakzaky, his wife, and a large Economy Desk of top Shiite cleric and leader of the Islamic According to the Tasnim news agency, number of the cleric’s followers have since Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Zakzaky has been held in detention been in custody. Unraveling al-Zakzaky. since December 2015 and was charged just in On Friday, the UK-based Islamic Human Sanctions, an “Recently, the Nigerian charge d’affaires was April 2018 with murder, culpable homicide, Rights Commission (IHRC) announced that the secret deal summoned to the Foreign Ministry and was unlawful assembly, disruption of public peace it had received reports about Zakzaky’s health opportunity to between Britain informed about Iran’s concerns over Sheikh and other accusations. He has pleaded not guilty. condition that it had further worsened. benefit from tax Zakzaky’s conditions in the African country,” In 2016, Nigeria’s federal high court ordered The IHRC — which had sent a medical team and Bolton Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi his unconditional release from jail following to Nigeria in April to examine the health con- potential said at his bi-weekly press conference in Tehran a trial, but the government has so far refused dition of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife — has nformed sources have recently on Monday. to set him free. already said the specialist treatment they re- onald Trump withdrew the U.S. announced that John Bolton, “The Nigerian charge d’affaires offered some The top cleric, who is in his mid-sixties, quire can only be fully accessed outside the unilaterally from the 2015 nuclear the American national security explanations and he is supposed to convey our lost his left eyesight in a raid which was African country. deal between Iran and the world’s I concerns to the Nigerian government,” he added. carried out by the Nigerian army on his Separately, members of the IMN had also D advisor has promised the top lead- major powers (known as Joint Compre- ers in London to help them in Brexit The spokesman expressed the hope that the residence in the northern town of Zaria said last week that the cleric had been poi- hensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) in last by putting Brussels under pressure. Foreign Ministry’s efforts would yield results and in December 2015. soned in prison and required urgent medical May and re-imposed sanctions against Apparently, Bolton has made the of- that the prominent cleric would recover soon. During the raid, Zakzaky’s wife sus- care abroad. the Islamic Republic. fer in exchange for London’s recent The first round of sanctions went into activities such as seizing the Iranian force on August 6 and the second round, oil tanker Grace 1. Sister of Saudi crown prince faces Paris trial over attack on workman which targets Iran’s oil exports and banks, Recently, Bolton has taken an were snapped back on November 4. TEHRAN— Princess Hassa bint Salman, 43, the alleged September 2016 incident, insisting “devastated” at being “thrown to the dogs extremely hostile approach toward The U.S. administration has threatened sister of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, he only took pictures to be able to replace objects by the press”. the Islamic Republic of Iran. Bolton to sanction any country that do business is due to stand trial in absentia in the French where he removed them. Police detained the princess after the legal praised Britain’s “illegal” seizure of with Iran and Trump has also vowed to capital on July 9 on charges of theft of a mobile The decorator reportedly said her assistant complaint was filed but she was released the Iranian supertanker in the Strait of drive Iran’s oil exports down to zero. phone and complicity to violence with a weapon then punched him on the side of the head, bound without being questioned two and a half Gibraltar and called for putting more To minimize the effects of sanctions on and complicity to sequestration. his hands together, told him to “kiss the feet” of hours later. pressures on Iran. Furthermore, he the country’s economy, Iran is adopting According to French reports, Ashraf Eid, the princess and place a gun at the back of his She departed France that day and has not openly interfered with the Internation- some new economic approaches and the a French plumber of Egyptian origin, told head when he refused during a four-hour ordeal, left Saudi Arabia since an international warrant al Atomic Energy Agency and said the main important one is to reduce reliance police he was forced to “kiss the princess’ The Telegraph reported. for her arrest was issued against her three years agency should reduce Iran’s nuclear on the oil revenues. feet” after she told her “bodyguard” to “kill” His lawyer has declined to speak to the ago - effectively placing her under “house arrest”, exemptions. To materialize this objective, the him because he had filmed the royal in her press. However, speaking about the case for said her aides. But, what is the secret behind country has put strengthening domes- father’s flat at 80 avenue Foch, one of Paris’ the first time, the princess’s French lawyer, Her entourage depicted her as the victim of the hyperactivity of U.S. National tic production, boosting non-oil exports plushest streets in the 16ème arrondissement. Emmanuel Moyne, said she “vigorously con- a judge and police out to boost their reputation Security Advisor? Obviously, Bolton specially to the neighbor countries, and “You must kill him, this dog. He doesn’t de- tests the accusations against her and nev- by bringing the London-educated royal to court who is tackling internal pressures collecting taxes more systematically on serve to live,” he reportedly told police during er made such comments” and said she was at all costs. that want him to resign from power, top of its economic policies. has decided to have a more active Earlier this month, Iranian Minister presence in U.S. local media so that of Finance and Economic Affairs Far- his possible forced resignation comes had Dejpasand said that reducing the about with a greater cost. Another ‘Iran current year’s budget dependency on oil important thing here is why London exports is the most important economic is supporting Bolton? determined objective in the country; and his min- Over the last couple of weeks, istry is seriously following up defined the British top officials have been to continue tax policies to this end. aware that Trump and the tradition- The proposed 17.03 quadrillion rials al republicans are lobbying about offering oil at ($405 billion) budget bill for this Iranian removing Bolton or even Mike Pom- year (started on March 21) has envisaged peo, U.S. secretary of state, from the 1.53 quadrillion rials (about $36.5 billion) office, but with seizing the Iranian IRENEX’ of tax income. oil tanker, that was planned at least Dejpasand has also stressed that an TEHRAN — National Iranian Oil Compa- two weeks ago, Britain seems to be efficient tax system should be a priority ny (NIOC)’s representative in Iran Energy giving artificial respiration to Bol- in the government’s policy making. Exchange (IRENEX) said NIOC will con- ton and other hardliners in Donald A non-oil budget requires other stable tinue offering oil at IRENEX, Mehr news Trump’s cabinet. income sources. agency reported. Obviously, London’s new move In a message on the occasion of the

Mohammadreza Abbasi “Offering oil and gas condensate in the against Iran was preplanned and National Day of Tax (July 7), finance min- international ring of IRENEX has become organized in cooperation with the ister stressed the necessity of planning a legal obligation, and it will definitely be New Conservatives in order to for using stable non-oil income. a lasting move,” Amir-Hossein Tebyanian revive Bolton’s lost power in the He wrote the sanctions should be con- said in a press conference hosted by Mehr White House. Yet, the question is sidered an opportunity to reform the budget news agency at the place of the agency on what Britain receives in return for Tehran Times/ structure and to take the advantage of tax Monday. 4 supporting Bolton. 13 potential. 4 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JULY 9, 2019

There is limit to patience, Iran says will not breach JCPOA Jahangiri tells Europeans

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran has remained in the 2015 desknuclear deal even one year after the U.S. with- unless ‘bizarre actions’ are taken drawal, however, there is a “limit to patience”, Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday. Mousavi says if the remaining parties to the nuclear deal, especially Europeans, fail to fulfil their The remarks by the vice president came one day after Iran announced that it has started enriching uranium to a higher pu- obligations, Iran will take a “stronger third step” after 60 days rity than the 3.67%, as the Europeans missed a 60-day deadline by Tehran to devise a concrete POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iran will not the U.S. decided to withdraw from the deal or mechanism to protect the coun- desktake any measure against when they failed to honor their obligations. try from the U.S. sanctions. the 2015 nuclear agreement unless the other Asked about an upcoming visit to Tehran parties to the deal take peculiar, unexpected by the French president’s top diplomatic ad- On May 8, exactly one year actions, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas visor, Mousavi said, “We do not attach any after the United States left the Mousavi said on Monday. hope and trust to any country, but the door nuclear deal and reimposed “Iran’s next step is also under the legal to diplomacy is open. We are still listening.” sanction on Iran, Tehran an- framework and under the paragraphs 26 and The French president’s advisor, Emma- nounced that its “strategic pa- 36 of the JCPOA, unless certain countries nuel Bonne, had traveled to Iran on June 19 tience” is over and announced in the meantime take peculiar, unexpected to hold high-level talks with the objective of a partial withdrawal from some measures, after which the third step would contributing to a de-escalation of tensions aspects of the nuclear pact. The not be taken and we’ll take a fundamental between the U.S. and Iran in the Persian Gulf. announcement, which was de- step instead,” Mousavi said during a press President Hassan Rouhani and his French clared by the Supreme National conference in Tehran. counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a phone Security Council, stated that the Iran officially announced on Sunday, conversation on Saturday, during which Rou- country would no longer adhere July 7, that it is starting to enrich uranium hani told the French leader that if all U.S. to some of the limits on its nuclear activities as long as sanctions to a higher purity than the 3.67%, as the sanctions are lifted, it could open the way are in place. It also threatened to step up uranium enrichment Europeans missed a two-month deadline for negotiations. if an agreement is not made within 60 days to protect it from to devise a concrete economic and financial “Halting all sanctions can be the start of the sanctions’ effects. mechanism to protect Iran from the harsh new movement between Iran and 5+1”, Rou- “In recent weeks, they asked the president [Hassan Rouhani] U.S. sanctions. hani said, referring to the signatories of the to wait more before reducing commitments. One year has passed. On Monday, Behrouz Kamalvandi, the Mousavi said if the other remaining par- second step was consistent with paragraph nuclear agreement. We have waited and fulfilled our commitments and discussed spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organi- ties to the nuclear deal, especially Europeans, 26 and 36 of the JCPOA, the official name for A statement from French presidency also it with Europeans, Chinese and Russians. There is limit to pa- zation of Iran (AEOI), told ISNA that Iran’s fail to fulfil their obligations, Iran will take a the 2015 nuclear agreement. said Macron had expressed his deep concern tience,” Jahangiri said during a meeting at Alzahra University. degree of enrichment has reached 4.5 percent “stronger third step” after 60 days. “Iran is entitled to react to Europe’s in- to Rouhani over any further weakening of the He said that the remaining parties to the deal have not done which is enough to power nuclear plants. Kamalvandi also said on Sunday that Iran’s action and such reaction has been rational, 2015 nuclear deal. the least to save the nuclear deal after the U.S. withdrawal. The step taken by Iran on Sunday was the third step includes installing more centrifuge legal and under the paragraphs 26 and 36 of The statement said the two presidents had “So, it was natural that Iran respond,” he said. second of its kind. In the first step on May 8, machines, reinstalling IR-2 and IR-3m cen- the JCPOA,” he reiterated. agreed “to explore by July 15 the conditions On Sunday, Iran gave the Europeans another 60 day to honor Iran announced that it will not sell its stockpile trifuges and enriching uranium to 20 percent. If now they are concerned, the spokesman for the resumption of dialogue between all their commitment under the deal otherwise Iran will take the of uranium enriched to 3.67 percent. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said Iran’s continued, they should have been more so when parties.” next steps. Jahangiri advised the Europeans to use the 60-day time to protect Iran from sanctions so that Iran will not be forced to take retaliatory measures. Iran won’t tolerate British piracy: Hatami Under the JCPOA, Iran had agreed to put limits on parts POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian dor for three times in protest. Tehran has up to 14 more days. of its nuclear activities in exchange for the termination of all deskDefense Minister Amir vowed to employ all its political and legal “The Supreme Court has issued today’s economic and financial sanctions. Hatami said on Monday that Britain’ act in capacities to secure the release of the vessel order on the basis that there are reasonable The special mechanism introduced by Europeans, known as seizing Iranian oil tanker was an act of piracy and uphold its rights. grounds to consider that the detention of INSTEX, only allows sale of food and medicine to Iran, items which will not be tolerated. On Sunday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Min- the Grace 1 is required for the purposes of which are not subject to sanctions. “On these days, we have witnessed a ister Abbas Araqchi denied reports that the compliance with the European Union (EU) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on provocative act by the British government supertanker was carrying oil to Syria. Regulation 36/2012 on sanctions on Syria,” Sunday that Iran’s steps in reducing its nuclear commitments against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s oil “Contrary to Britain’s announcement, the Gibraltar’s government said in a statement. are “reversible” only if the three European countries of Britain, tanker in Gibraltar. This action is against tanker was not bound for Syria, and the port Earlier on Friday, the Associated Press France, and Germany (E3) honor their commitments under the international regulation and the Europeans mentioned is not capable of receiving such reported that the vessel’s 28 crew members Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the official name for the commitments under the JCPOA and is also a tanker,” Araqchi told reporters at a news were being held on the ship for questioning 2015 nuclear agreement. a kind of piracy,” Hatami said. conference in Tehran. and had not been detained under criminal U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from rell said on Friday that Madrid was planning On early Thursday morning, British Royal The seized tanker is a 2 million barrel procedures, citing an unnamed spokesperson the nuclear deal in May 2018 and ordered sanctions on Tehran. to lodge a formal complaint against the UK Marines in Gibraltar stormed the 300,000- capacity very large crude carrier (VLCC), for the Gibraltar government. Trump has even introduced full ban on Iran’s oil export, a move and was studying the circumstances and ton Grace 1 and detained it, accusing it of Araqchi said, adding it could not pass through Spain, which challenges the British own- which has been described as an economic war against Tehran. looking at how the incident is affecting its carrying oil to Syria in possible violation of the Suez Canal and that was why it had to go ership of Gibraltar, has said the seizure was sovereignty. the European Union’s sanctions on the war- the extra mile through Gibraltar. prompted by a U.S. request to Britain and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton torn Arab country. A top court in the British overseas terri- appeared to have taken place in Spanish — an ardent hawk behind the White House’s U.S. holds Iranian scientist Iran has condemned the move as “maritime tory of Gibraltar ruled late Friday that the waters. highly hostile Iran policy — has praised the over transporting medical piracy” and summoned Britain’s ambassa- Iranian supertanker could be detained for Spain’s acting Foreign Minister Josep Bor- measure. materials

(Press TV) - An Iranian scientist will go on trial in the United Zarif: ‘There is a way out’ of Iran-U.S. dispute but not with B-Team States after he was charged with violating trade sanctions by trying POLITICAL TEHRAN – In a post on “There’s a way out, but not with B-Team Zarif said the B-Team pressured Don- But now that after the passage of a year to transport to Iran medical material he uses in his research. deskhis Twitter page late on in charge,” Zarif tweeted. ald Trump to kill the nuclear deal under the the B-Team have realized that they cannot Professor Masoud Soleimani was arrested upon his arrival to Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- The B-Team includes White House na- illusion that they can secure a better deal get a better deal and Iran is scaling back the state of Chicago in October last year on charges that he had mad Javad Zarif said “there is a way out” for tional security advisor John Bolton, Israeli through “economic terrorism” against Iran. its nuclear commitments in response to the violated trade sanctions against Iran. He has been held in detention the nuclear dispute between Iran and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi “B-Team sold Donald Trump on the folly revocation of the deal and reimposition of south of Atlanta since then. United States by it is not possible with the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and that killing JCPOA through Economic Terror- sanctions, “they are bizarrely urging Iran’s The scientist was planning “B-Team in charge”. UAE Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed. ism can get him a better deal,” Zarif remarked. full compliance” with the JCPOA. to complete the final stage of his research on treating stroke patients as a visiting scholar at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Defense Ministry delivers indigenous vessel to police Minnesota. Soleimani and two of his stu- POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Defense breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained States,” he said in an interview with the Sobhe desk dents, who are free on bond, are Ministry has started deliv- self-sufficiency in producing military equip- No newspaper. accused of conspiring and trying ering domestically-made Haidar-class patrol ment and hardware despite facing sanctions The lawmaker said the bill has yet to be to export biological materials boats to police forces operating in the Persian and Western economic pressure. approved for an official debate in the parlia- from the U.S. to Iran without a Gulf waters. The Islamic Republic says its military power ment, saying it had raised objections from license from the Treasury De- The frigates, mainly tasked with search and is solely for defensive purposes and does not political forces who seek “normalization for partment’s Office of Foreign rescue missions, joined the marine police fleet pose any threat to other countries. Iran” and believe Tehran should maintain Assets Control. during a ceremony in southern port city of The delivering of the boats came a day after the status quo in the Parisian Gulf. Soleimani’s attorneys say he Bandar Abbas on Monday, after successfully Iran announced it was considering tolls on Ghazizadeh said that Iran could introduce seized on the plans of a former passing sea and shore-based trials, according vessels that pass the strategic Strait of Hormuz its own preferential charging mechanism for student to travel from the U.S. to Press TV. in the Persian Gulf, where the country’s forces ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. to Iran in September 2016 as a chance to get recombinant The Haidar-class vessels are made of watch over their safety. “Since the bill is based on our country’s proteins used in his research at a lower price than what he’d marine grade aluminum alloy hulls, which istry’s Marine Industries Organization Rear MP Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi internal laws, (the toll) could be levied on pay at home. gives them high hydro-dynamic capabilities Admiral Amir Rastegari and Police Chief Brig- on Sunday highlighted that the parliament unfriendly countries, meaning those who have Lawyers for the scientists say the trio did nothing wrong, stressing and lets them withstand powerful sea storms. adier General Hossein Ashtari were present bill to charge foreign ships passing through no trade relations with us and have recognized that no specific license was required as the proteins are medical They are also built around the latest Search at the ceremony. the narrow waterway which accommodates America’s sanctions (against Iran),” he said. materials and that transporting them to Iran for noncommercial and Rescue (SAR) concepts. The self-righting Addressing the event, the defense chief said around a third of global seaborne oil traffic Iran controls much of the northern part of purposes doesn’t amount to exporting goods. features of the vessels mean they can stay Haidar-class vessels were highly maneuverable is meant to reciprocate hostile actions by the the Strait of Hormuz as it is situated within The indictment said that Soleimani had communicated with afloat even at high rolling angles of up to in all weather conditions and could be used United States and its allies in the region. the country’s territorial waters. Mahboobe Ghaedi, a permanent U.S. resident from Iran who has 180 degrees. as the basis for other projects such as marine “If Iran is the real guarantor (of security) The waterway and the wider Persian Gulf worked in stem cell research and regenerative medicine at several Beside search and rescue missions, the ambulances and fireboats. in the region and in international waters, then region has been the scene of some unprece- universities in the U.S., about getting some recombinant proteins. frigates will patrol Iran’s territorial waters They can also be used for military purposes the Majlis believes that commercial hubs and dented tensions between Iran and the U.S. According to court filings, Ghaedi bought the proteins from to ensure their safety. as well as coast guard and anti-smuggling all ships in the region should pay the cost in over the past months. The tensions escalated U.S. firms and gave them to Maryam Jazayeri, an Iranian-born Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir missions. the form of tolls based on the international on June 21 when Iran shot down an intruding U.S. citizen who agreed to bring them to Soleimani when she Hatami, Managing Director of Defense Min- Over the past years, Iran has made major norms and (due to conducts of) the United U.S. spy drone. traveled to Iran. Jazayeri was stopped at the Atlanta airport in September 2016, and the vials of recombinant proteins were seized by the custom Zarif calls British seizure of oil tanker piracy done on behalf of B-Team officials back then. Soleimani’s lawyer Leonard Franco said in a court filing that the Chief diplomat says seizure of Iranian oil tanker “must end now” recombinant proteins are used to help speed up stem cell research. The prosecutors allege the violations of sanctions that bar POLITICAL TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad The B-Team includes White House national security advi- Britain has claimed it seized the supertanker because it desk trading with Iran, saying an exception for medicine and medical Javad Zarif said on Monday that British sor John Bolton, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Saudi Crown was carrying oil for Syria in violation of the European Union devices depends on the way those items are defined under federal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar constitutes a concrete Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and UAE Crown Prince Mo- sanctions. law, prosecutors say. example of “piracy” which has been done on behalf of the B-Team. hammed Bin Zayed. In response Zarif said, “Iran is neither a member of the EU “Notably, items for medical research, including the proteins “UK’s unlawful seizure of a tanker with Iranian oil on behalf Zarif said such act “sets a dangerous precedent and must nor subject to any European oil embargo. Last I checked, EU at issue, are not listed in the definition,” they wrote. of #B_Team is piracy, pure and simple,” Zarif tweeted. end now.” was against extraterritoriality.” Defense attorneys noted that the sanctions are vague, adding that the shifting relationship between the countries causes confusion. Even though the material was seized from Jazayeri at the tail British envoy at Foreign Ministry for third time over tanker seizure end of the Obama administration, which saw a thaw between the two states, the secret indictment against Soleimani was issued a 1 Iran said the act amounts to piracy. “Contrary to Britain’s announcement, the conference in Tehran. Earlier Mohsen Rezaei, a former IRGC month after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. in May Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas tanker was not bound for Syria, and the port Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami chief and current secretary of the Expediency 2018 from a multilateral nuclear accord with Iran and reimposed Araqchi on Sunday denied reports that the mentioned is not capable of receiving such warned on Thursday that Iran cannot tolerate Council, has suggested a retaliatory measure unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic. supertanker was carrying oil to Syria. a tanker,” Araqchi told reporters at a news piracy by Britain. by Iran. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 9, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS

Iran not after war with any Enrichment level reaches 4.5 percent

POLITICAL TEHRAN — On Monday, Behrouz Kamalvandi, deskthe spokesman for the Atomic Energy country: Army chief Organization of Iran (AEOI), told ISNA that Iran’s degree of uranium enrichment has reached 4.5 percent which he said is POLITICAL TEHRAN – Chief of on people and officials’ determination enough to power nuclear plants. deskthe Iranian Army says and calculations, said the commander, Increasing the level of enrichment to above 3.67 percent was Tehran is not seeking war against any adding that the enemy wants to disrupt taken on Sunday after Europe missed a 60-day deadline by Tehran country but it has learned how to defend the calculations made by Iran’s decision to devise a concrete mechanism to guard Iran against U.S. sanctions. itself. makers. On Sunday, Iran also gave Europeans another 60-day time “As repeatedly announced before, the Tensions between Tehran and to protect the country from sanctions otherwise it will take the Islamic Republic of Iran doesn’t seek war Washington entered a new stage since next step. against any country,” Major General April when the U.S. designated the IRGC Kamalvandi said Iran’s next step includes installing more cen- Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Monday, (part of the Iranian military) as a terrorist trifuge machines, reinstalling IR-2 and IR-3m centrifuges and Mehr reported. organization, announced that it does no enriching uranium to 20 percent. In recent years Iran has faced with renew waivers for the remaining buyers of “Twenty percent is not needed now, but if we want we will pro- complicated threats by the enemy, he the Iranian oil, and started beefing up its duce it,” Kamalvandi stated. said, emphasizing that in countering the military presence in the region, particularly Iran needs uranium enriched to purity of 20 percent to power enemy’s plots, military power is not enough. in the Persian Gulf. its research nuclear reactor which produces isotope for cancer “In the current situation, what is The tension further escalated on June patients. strategically important is countering 20, when the Iranian military shot down Kamalvandi added, “When we’ve put aside 3.67% enrichment the enemy’s psychological war, which has an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone we have no obstacle or problem with this action (20 percent en- cultural and intellectual aspects,” the top after it breached Iran’s airspace. The U.S. richment).” general remarked. drone entered the Iranian airspace from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Boosting the people’s resistance and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sunday that Iran’s steps in reducing its nuclear commitments tolerance in the face of pressures carries Commander of the IRGC Aerospace are “reversible” only if the three European countries of Britain, strategic importance and should be Today, the enemy is focusing on a hybrid Force Amir Ali Hajizadeh rejected the France, and Germany (E3) honor their commitments under the addressed by cultural authorities, he added. strategy which includes sanctions, threats U.S. claim that the doomed drone had Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the official name for the Today, the enemy is focusing on a hybrid and psychological operations, Major General not entered the Iranian airspace, saying, 2015 nuclear agreement. strategy which includes sanctions, threats “Other countries have refuted the U.S. Britain, France, and Germany are party to the JCPOA. and psychological operations, especially Abdolrahim Mousavi notes. claim of not violating the Iranian border.” Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri on Monday called on Europe to seize the 60-day time to normalize economic ties with Iran. Jahangiri said reduction of JCPOA undertakings by Iran are reversible if countries party to the JCPOA use the “60-day oppor- Russia says will pursue diplomatic efforts to save nuclear deal tunity” to honor their commitments. By staff and agency agreement and gave a 60-day deadline to the remaining Iran’s chief demand is that the country be permitted to export Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that JCPOA signatories to protect Iran’s interests against U.S. crude oil at the same levels before the U.S. reimposed sanctions. Russia will pursue diplomatic efforts to save the 2015 nuclear sanctions, or it will restart high-level uranium enrichment. deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative “Russia aims to continue dialogue and efforts on the to international organizations in Vienna, said on Sunday Britain must pay diplomatic front. We are still supporters of the JCPOA,” that Moscow understands the reason behind Iran’s steps AFP quoted Peskov as saying. in reducing commitments under the JCPOA. compensations for oil tanker Pointing to Iran’s action in reducing its nuclear com- “We understand the steps taken [by Iran], the reasons mitments, he said the announcement by Iran is one of the that pushed the Iranians to take them. We call on Iran to seizure: ex-Rouhani aide “consequences” of the United States abandoning the land- refrain from further actions that could complicate the sit- POLITICAL TEHRAN – The British government must pay mark deal. uation with the nuclear deal even more,” he told Sputnik. deskcompensations to Iran and others for seizing “Russia and President (Vladimir) Putin warned of the con- It will be possible to determine by how much Iran had an Iranian oil tanker, says a former advisor to President Hassan sequences that would be imminent after one of the countries increased its uranium enrichment limit in a few days, he Rouhani on citizenship rights. decided to end its obligations and exit the deal,” Peskov said. added, stressing that a report by the International Atomic Britain must pay compensations to Iran and relevant countries, Iran officially announced on Sunday it has started en- Energy Agency on Iran’s uranium enrichment levels may including pick-up and destination countries, for the damage riching uranium to a higher purity than the current 3.67%, of US #EconomicTerrorism. All such steps are reversible be presented at a special session of the agency’s governing inflicted on them by delaying the oil tanker for several days, El- as the Europeans missed a 60-day deadline by Tehran to only through E3 compliance.” board on July 10. ham Aminzadeh said in an interview with the Mehr news agency devise a concrete mechanism to protect the country from Paragraph 36 provided a mechanism to resolve disputes “In any case, there is space to continue diplomatic efforts, published on Monday. the U.S. sanctions. and allows one side, under certain circumstances, to stop they will be continued,” Ulyanov noted. “Nearly 2 million oil barrels or 300,000 tons of Iranian oil In a post on his Twitter page on Sunday, Iranian Foreign complying with the deal if the other side is out of compliance. Behrouz Kamalvandi, a top official at Iran’s Atomic Energy has been seized in Gibraltar,” she said. Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, “Today, Iran is taking E3 includes the three European countries of Britain, Organization, announced on Monday that level of uranium “Iran can file a complaint through international bodies, including its second round of remedial steps under Para 36 of the France and Germany which are party to the JCPOA. enrichment has reached 4.5 percent. He said this degree of the United Nations, against the act,” Aminzadeh suggested. JCPOA. We reserve the right to continue to exercise legal On May 8, Iran’s Supreme National Council (SNSC) declared enrichment is enough to power nuclear plants producing She also argued that under international law, the British remedies within JCPOA to protect our interests in the face Tehran’s exit from “certain” obligations under the landmark electricity. government must officially apologize to Iran. Gibraltar police and customs agencies, aided by a detachment of British Royal Marines, boarded and impounded Iranian supertanker Grace 1 in the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday, upon a request from the United States. Ex-diplomat says Trump needs to make swift strategic turnaround Later that day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Brit- ain’s ambassador to the country, Rob Macaire, to express its strong protest at the move. He was told that the British Royal to get rid of self-imposed crisis with Iran Marines’ move was tantamount to “maritime piracy.” Spain, which challenges the British ownership of Gibraltar, POLITICAL TEHRAN — A former Iranian diplomat source of authority according to its constitution, namely the has said the seizure was prompted by a U.S. request to Britain desksays if U.S. President Donald Trump wants supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Just as in the U.S. and appeared to have taken place in Spanish waters. to resolve the unnecessary crisis that he himself has created the president has the authority to determine the general However, the British-claimed overseas territory rejected the with Iran it is necessary that he make a “swift strategic trajectory of foreign policy, the supreme leader in Iran is claim on Friday, saying that Gibraltar had acted independently. turnaround”. the one who sets the foreign policy of that country. Let’s Gibraltar’s position comes as a British Foreign Office spokes- “If Trump genuinely wants to resolve this unnecessary, not forget it was the supreme leader who allowed direct man had welcomed the move on Thursday, describing it as a self-imposed crisis, he needs to make a swift strategic negotiation with the U.S. over the nuclear issue in the first “firm action by the Gibraltarian authorities, acting to enforce turnaround, one that would allow both countries to save place. By sanctioning Ali Khamenei, Trump has effectively the EU Syria Sanctions regime.” face,” Hossein Mousavian wrote in a commentary in the killed off any chance of diplomatic rapprochement so long The seizure of the Iranian tanker comes as the U.S. has Guardian on Sunday. as he is in office. And it is not only the political leadership pledged to reduce Iran’s oil exports to “zero” as part of the Mousavian, who served as a member of Iran’s nuclear of Ali Khamenei that is relevant here; he is also a religious sanctions that it has reinstated after leaving a multilateral negotiating team from 2003-2005, such an approach that scholar with millions of Shia Muslim followers – not just 2015 nuclear deal with Iran last year. would allow both the U.S. and Iran to “save face” and it that in Iran, but Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bahrain Tensions have further escalated between the two coun- case “credible diplomacy” would “become possible once more”. and elsewhere. tries when the U.S. began to send military reinforcements Following is the text of the article: In addition, last week, the Treasury Secretary Steven and troops to the Middle East in early May, citing alleged In May 2018, the Trump administration Mnuchin said the Trump administration was looking to levy “threats” from Iran. unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan penalties against Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, who Several oil tankers have also been targeted near the Persian of Action (JCPOA), which was designed to prevent Iran trained in the U.S. and is one of the most distinguished career Gulf region, with Washington and its ally Saudi Arabia quickly from acquiring a nuclear weapon and had been agreed on diplomats in Iran’s recent history. Zarif has been compared blaming Iran for the attacks. after 12 years of exhaustive negotiations. to the popular Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, who Tehran has rejected any involvement, saying the incidents The U.S. began to impose new economic and political nationalized Iran’s oil industry and was deposed in 1953 appear to be false flags meant to frame the Islamic Republic. sanctions, targeting not just various sectors of the Iranian in a coup organized by Britain and the U.S. Sanctioning economy, but the state’s most influential entities and actors. Zarif is a mistake if the U.S. ever wants to reengage with The imposition of these sanctions has virtually killed off the Iran, because he is in charge of the diplomatic channels “Deploying phony, rhetorical possibility of diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis and will that would be necessary to resolve this crisis. As Wendy offers of talks at the same Raisi demands immediate have political consequences for not just Iran and the U.S., but Sherman, who led the U.S. negotiating team in the talks that time as imposing devastating the whole region. The current situation is extremely fraught, led to the 2015 accord, put it: “I can’t think of anything that release of Iranian oil tanker with Iran responding to aggressive actions by increasing makes less sense than sanctioning a key person who might sanctions will not make Iran 1 Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi also its level of uranium enrichment. actually be helpful if there is ever a dialogue with the U.S.” yield.” slammed the seizure as an “act of piracy”, saying Tehran strongly The reemergence of hostility between Iran and the U.S. The Iran nuclear deal is the most comprehensive agreement rejects such actions which lead to increasing tensions in the region. – after a period of detente under Barack Obama – is one in the history of non-proliferation. As part of it, Iran accepted above the 3.67% limit specified by the deal. In addition, the “We demand that the British government immediately end of the most urgent challenges to peace and security in the the most intrusive transparency measures and stringent limits Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has told his cabinet that this illegal seizure,” Mousavi said at a press conference in Tehran Middle East. And yet Trump’s belligerent policies have all on a nuclear program ever demanded of a non-proliferation the Arak reactor will be restored to its original design which, on Monday. but blocked conventional channels of diplomacy. treaty member. What is more, the International Atomic it was claimed, would be able to produce plutonium. It is “We reject this act of piracy that escalates tensions and we For one thing, cooperation requires dialogue between the Energy Agency (IAEA) recently judged that Iran was in full crucial to note that this is the first time Iran has contravened have given them the necessary warnings,” he added. countries’ respective military establishments in the region. compliance with the terms and conditions of the JCPOA. the JCPOA. Ever since the Trump administration withdrew He also pointed out that the oil tanker did not enter territorial U.S. Central Command (Centcom) and Iran’s revolutionary But where Iran has kept its end of the bargain, it has last year, Iran has been patiently waiting for the other parties waters of any state. guard corps’ Quds force are both responsible for their been rewarded with sanctions and additional pressure, involved in the nuclear agreement to honor their commitments, Mousavi stressed that Iran was continuing to take actions countries’ extraterritorial operations. The IRGC’s designation and the benefits Iran was supposed to receive have been but the only outcome was the intensifying of pressures and aimed at the release of the ship and was in constant contact with as a terrorist organization – and Iran’s reciprocation against suddenly snatched away. The Trump administration made sanctions. Iran cannot be expected to fully comply with the European diplomats. Centcom – has ended the possibility of negotiation between a decision to undermine the diplomatic legacy of Obama, deal when others are failing to meet their obligations. The British Royal Marines seized an Iranian oil tanker in these two extremely influential state entities. but it may not have fully understood that in doing so it Trump single-handedly undid 12 years of intensive Gibraltar on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria allegedly Next, in an unprecedentedly aggressive action, the Trump would also be obliterating any possibility of brokering its negotiations between Iran and world powers by withdrawing in violation of EU sanctions. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister administration has imposed sanctions on Iran’s ultimate own diplomatic solution. from the nuclear deal. He chose the dangerous path of Abbas Araqchi on Sunday dismissed reports that the supertanker Trump has consistently offered to talk to Iranian officials, hostile policies and actions and has increased the likelihood was carrying oil to Syria. Araqchi said the port mentioned is not but his actions have been by far the most belligerent since of yet another disastrous conflict in the Middle East. He capable of receiving such a tanker. “Ramping up uranium the 1979 revolution. Deploying these phony, rhetorical offers does appear to recognize that a military confrontation with The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Britain’s am- enrichment was an of talks at the same time as imposing devastating sanctions Iran would be catastrophic in every possible way. But bassador to Tehran for the seizure three times since Thursday. inevitable response to is not a strategy that will make Iran yield. he should also realize the fact that Iran will never give Meanwhile, Secretary of the Expediency Council (EC) has Iran warned world powers in advance that if the other in to bullying. said Iran should seize a British oil tanker if London doesn’t re- U.S. moves. A resolution parties failed to meet their commitments, it would begin to If Trump genuinely wants to resolve this unnecessary, self- lease the Iranian tanker which was illegally seized by its forces. is possible if the president reduce its obligations under the JCPOA. As a first step, over imposed crisis, he needs to make a swift strategic turnaround, “The Islamic Revolution has never been an initiator of tension the past few days, it exceeded the 300kg limit on its uranium one that would allow both countries to save face. Only then during its 40-year-old history, however, it has not hesitated to changes course.” stockpiles. It has now also announced it will enrich uranium would credible diplomacy become possible once more. respond to bullies and thugs,” Mohsen Rezaee tweeted on Friday. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JULY 9, 2019

STOCK MARKET Ground prepared for co-op between TEDPIX 249252.9 IFX 3218.95 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir Italian, Iranian companies: envoy ECONOMY TEHRAN — Italian kind of cooperation in this due. deskAmbassador to Iran “We are in a special condition created CURRENCIES Giuseppe Perrone said the ground is as the result of sanctions pressure on both prepared for cooperation between Italian sides and under the current condition Ira- USD 42,000 rials and Iranian companies, the news portal nian and Italian governments and private EUR 47,163 rials of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Indus- sectors have a double responsibility to tries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) remove the barriers”, he stressed. GBP 52,601 rials published on Monday. Addressing the same meeting, Gholam- Making the remarks during a meeting Hossein Shafeie, the head of ICCIMA, AED 11,437 rials of Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce, evaluated Iran-Italy political and eco- Source: cbi.ir the ambassador said that the activities of nomic relations as good and said that the joint chamber in fact show that there expanded economic ties between the two is high interest for cooperation between sides will strengthen political relations the two countries and based on the avail- between them. COMMODITIES able data, Italy is one of the major trade Ahmad Pour-Fallah, the chairman of partners of Iran. Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce, Brent $64.37/b Expressing his satisfaction over the for his part, expounded upon the activities WTI $57.53/b eagerness of Iranian and Italian private of the chamber over the past year and said sectors for cooperation, the envoy said ICCIMA Head Gholam-Hossein Shafeie (R), Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce that the number of chamber members has OPEC Basket $63.43/b Italian embassy is ready for offering any Chairman Ahmad Pour-Fallah (C), Italian Ambassador to Iran Giuseppe Perrone (L) increased in the past year. Gold $1,404.70/oz Silver $15.09/oz Daily gasoline output to surpass Iran’s foreign debt drops 17% Platinium $816.75/oz 110m liters soon in a year: CBI Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com ENERGY TEHRAN — The daily ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s The country’s external debt shrank deskproduction of gasoline deskforeign debt fell to $695 million in the Q4 compared to the in Iran will exceed 110 million liters in $9.339 billion at the end of the last Iranian Q3, the data showed. Sanctions, an opportunity to the upcoming week to mark a new record calendar year (March 20, 2019), registering In its previous report, CBI put the in the country’s gasoline production his- a nearly 17 percent drop compared to country’s foreign debt by the end of benefit from tax potential tory, Tasnim reported, quoting Iranian the figure for the preceding year, IRNA first nine months of the last fiscal year 1 Also, in a separate message on the same occasion, oil minister as saying on Sunday night. reported on Monday, citing central bank on December 21, 2018 at $10.03 billion. Omid-Ali Parsa, the head of Iran’s National Tax Administration The raise in the country’s gasoline data. The Central Bank of Iran website (INTA), wrote; “Establishment of an efficient tax system and productions comes at time that the U.S. The latest data published by the reported that long and medium-term reducing the budget reliance on oil income requires renewing is putting all its efforts in crippling Iran’s The increased in the gasoline output has Central Bank of Iran (CBI) shows that debt accounted for over two-third of the the country’s tax system in all aspects.” oil industry. been mostly due to the inauguration of the of the country’s total external debt, $7.187 foreign debt at $6.8 billion by the end of The daily gasoline production has wit- third phase of Persian Gulf Star Refinery. billion was long and medium-term debt Q3. Short-term debt amounted to $3.1 nessed a 5 million barrels increase in the President Rouhani inaugurated the while short-term debt accounted for $2.151 billion during the period or 31 percent past six months. third phase of the refinery in a ceremony billion. of the total foreign debt. In January, Nasser Ashouri, the sec- on February 18 participated by Oil Minister The CBI data indicates that in the Q3 of This is while the total external debt by retary general of Iran’s Oil Refining In- Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. the past Iranian calendar year (September the end of the first month of the past fiscal dustry Contractors Association (ORICA), The refinery in Bandar Abbas, the capital 22-December 21, 2018), Iran’s total foreign year (April 20, 2018) was $11.3 billion, had announced that the country’s daily city of southern province of Hormozgan, debt stood at $10.34 billion of which $3.174 meaning that Iran’s debt registered over gasoline production stood at 105 million is the first of its kind designed based on was short-term debt and $6.86 billion 12 percent reduction compared to the liters in January. gas condensate feedstock. was medium- and long-term. end of the Q3.

‘Iran determined to continue offering oil at IRENEX’ The official further underlined that lunching smart tax collec- tion projects based on the comprehensive tax plan is a promising 1 Briefing the press about the 280,000 barrels of crude oil at $74.85 compared to the Asian ones are set as the Asked about the allowed currencies measure that INTA is taking to fulfill the pivot role of tax in the procedures and processes of NIOC’s oil per barrel. base price in IRENEX oil deals.” for the purchases, the official noted that national economy during this year. and gas condensate offerings at IRENEX, “After two unsuccessful offerings of Delivery and transportation NIOC has determined a currency basket All such measures, while promoting the role of tax as an instru- the official noted that physical sales of oil light crude oil in the current Iranian of oil cargoes which includes Iranian rials, Yuan, Euro ment for stability, transparency and economic justice, will lead at IRENEX is just the first step and the calendar year (started on March 21), Regarding the delivery and transporta- and Dirham; while U.S. dollar is not among to reduce the effects and pressures of sanctions on the country, main goal is to activate other financial NIOC codified new guidelines for the tion of the purchased cargoes Tebyanian the accepted currencies. the official underlined. instruments, and offer Iranian crude oil offering which were mainly pertain explained that “three methods are provi- Tebyanian further explained that in the regional stock markets. to pricing and lowering risks for buyers sioned for delivery and transportation of Central Securities Depository of Iran “We will continue offering oil at the and facilitating purchases.” Tebyanian crude oil shipments: loading from Kharg (CSDI) has provided necessary facili- IRENEX in order to institutionalize the explained. export terminal, ship to ship transporta- ties for the buyers to be able to pay for Nearly $133m of non-oil necessary procedures which are a pre- Facilitated oil trades in IRENEX tion and land transportation through the their purchase with foreign currencies products exported from requisite for improving IRENEX to the According to the NIOC representative, refinery of Tabriz.” inside the country and it is also taking level of world class stock exchanges.” based on the new guidelines, buyers are “Of course, land transportation will necessary measures to make it possible Yazd Province in Q1 he said. offered several incentives and facilita- be for small cargoes,” he added. for making payments from abroad. According to the official, IRENEX tive features including lower prices, the “The purchased cargos can be trans- Asked about the impact of U.S. sanction ECONOMY TEHRAN — More than 695,533 tons of non-oil was initially founded in an attempt to right to stay anonymous, flexible shipping ported and exported freely to all countries on the oil sales in IRENEX, the official deskcommodities worth $132.7 million were exported permit the Iranian private sector export destinations and terminals, no need for across the globe expect the occupied Pal- said offering oil and gas condensates in from Yazd province, central Iran, during the first three months crude oil since Washington aims to cut authentication and etc. estinian territories by the Zionist regime IRENEX is a fairly new step, and it takes of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), a senior Iran’s oil sales. Tebyanian emphasized that all the of Israel.” he noted. time for the buyers and applicants to official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration However now, foreign buyers have information regarding the domestic Payment procedures adapt their conditions to these offerings. (IRICA) announced. also expressed willingness to engage in and foreign buyers will be completely Regarding the payment procedure, Therefore, the sanctions have not had a “The figures show an 11 percent and 17 percent growth in terms IRENEX oil offerings and welcoming the confidential in IRENEX, adding “the Tebyanian stated applicants have to ini- particular impact on IRENEX’s accept- of value and volume, respectively, in comparison with the corre- idea, NIOC is preparing necessary bases buyer’s information will be taken out tially pay six percent of the total value ance by the foreign customers. sponding period of last year,” Mohammad Hossein Salmani, the for them to be able to do so. of stock information systems and will of the contract. So far 15 rounds of oil (including director general of Yazd Province’s Customs Department, stated, NIOC offered crude oil at IRENEX be saved in the physical form.” “This prepayment can be in cash or in heavy and light crude) offerings have Mehr news agency reported on Monday. first on October 28, 2018 just few days The official further mentioned the the form of credit, and in case of credit been held at IRENEX through which 1.1 The main products exported over the period were construction before new U.S. sanctions on Iran’s pe- attractive base prices in oil offerings, payments, bidders must provide bank- million barrels of oil was sold, while the materials, such as tiles and ceramics, steel and glass products, iron troleum sector took effect (November 4). saying “Mediterranean oil prices which ing guarantees approved by the National six offerings of gas condensate have been bars and pistachio. In the first round, NIOC could sell some are most of the time the lowest prices Iranian Oil Company.” he explained. concluded with no sales. Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Thailand, Turkey and Syria were Yazd’s top customers in the first quarter, he added. Salmani noted that some 13,555 tons of goods worth $38.178 million were imported through the province’s customs during the America trade war as a weapon and China’s strength to endure it! same span, up 40 percent in terms of tonnage and 27 percent in terms of value year-on-year. By Ghania Nisar due to a trade war. Yazd’s top exporters in the past three months were Turkey, China, The aftermath of this trade can be observed explicitly. Italy, UAE, Spain and Germany. Globalization plays a pivotal role in shaping the global The loss or gain in this war can be observed after a period. Iran exported $11.5 billion of non-oil commodities during spring, economy. Trade is one of the most effective tools to bring But, one thing is clear, the consumers are the sufferer at which corresponds to the first quarter of the Iranian calendar year revolutionary changes in deteriorating financial systems. the end of the day because increase in tariffs will prolifer- (March 21-June 21), head of Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) But in today’s world, it is used as a weapon for the de- ate the inflation which in return affects the purchasing announced on Sunday. struction of emerging economies. power of people. Secondly, it has substantially affected Mohammadreza Modoudi said that the non-oil exports during Trade has a past, a great past which either makes a the economy of China. spring of this year has not changed compared to the spring of previ- nation great or divide. On turning the pages of history, For new production sites ous year, IRIB reported. we will encounter with examples that prove how impe- Factories have started to shift from China to Bangla- The official put the value of non-oil imports at $10.2 billion dur- rialistic nations use it as a weapon? The significance of desh, Vietnam, Korea, etc. Vietnam and India emerged ing the first quarter of this year, falling 8.7 percent from that of the a robust economy cannot be overlooked. as the “two most favored destinations for new production same period of time in the previous year. The economy of a country helps to determine its sta- sites” among companies in the tech supply chain across As previously announced by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs tus in the global village. This is the reason, G20 came China and Taiwan. Administration, the value of Iran’s non-oil exports stood at $44.3 into existence.G20 summit held at Osaka where leaders According to General statistic office Vietnam’s newly billion in the previous year while $42.6 billion worth of commodi- discussed the pertinent issues of the global economy. This ignited Britain and they initiated a war named registered foreign direct investment (FDI) capital from ties were shipped into the country. This year the salient topic which attracts the attention Opium war in the name of free trade with China. America China increased by 4.6 times this year … India’s FDI Iran shares border with fifteen countries, namely the United of the leader was the U.S. and China trade war. Japan wants to follow the same footsteps of Britain to shaken from China increase to 137 percent in 2018 from the Arab Emirates, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Oman, and Germany are in dire straits due to the escalation of China? It is 21 Century, where China is among the most previous year. Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Armenia, tariffs between the U.S. and China. Therefore, the trade technologically advanced country, the largest army, and George Santayana said, “Those who do not remember Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. war is not disrupting U.S. and China economies, but also with good diplomacy policies. It wouldn’t be easy for the past are doomed to repeat it”. The Chinese nation un- Based on the data published by TPO, the value of trade with the influencing the global economy in a negative manner and America to halt the progress of China. derstands and knows it better. This is the reason they are neighboring countries stood at over $36.5 billion in the past Iranian gave a serious hit to globalization. Trump’s slogan “Make America Great” bring him utilizing the power of nationalism and history to survive calendar year, that is about 41 percent of the country’s total non-oil East India Company, a big giant that changes the at a verge to impose high tariffs on China imports and this arduous time. But one thing should be remembered trade in the mentioned time span. dynamics of Asia in terms of politics and geography. It Chinese retailed back with high tariff rates. In this tug this is a technology era. Those who utilized and get expert Iran plans to launch 15 mega export projects to identify more divided the subcontinent and created tensions in China of war, only two countries are not suffering, but in this in technology will win every war in every field. China target markets, according to TPO head. in the name of trade. globalized world, where every country is connected in learned from history how the British have exploited its Mohammadreza Modoudi said with the implementation of these British imported tea and Chinese silk a chain. This trade war is not only disrupting a whole terrorism and rule Hong Kong? It is the biggest economy projects, which mainly focus on the markets of neighboring coun- Between 1839 to 1842, British imported tea and Chinese chain but affecting the global economy. For instance, with Road and Belt visionary project. tries, identifying professional trade and promoting export of non-oil silk to fulfill their luxurious needs. Therefore, it created a Japan is one of those countries whose economic growth To conclude, trade may use a weapon for economic commodities will be put on agenda, Mehr news agency reported. trade deficit for the British. Then, in order to save silver slumming due to the U.S. China trade war. It is famous destruction, but a nation with technology and spirit of The official further referred to the $1.7 billion positive trade for themselves; they began to give opium instead of silver for its automobile parts, which are exported to China patriotism is difficult to defeat. The society which is la- balance in the country’s non-oil trade in the past Iranian calendar which resulted in massive Chinese addiction to opium. where they assembled and exported to America. But with beled as authoritarian is better in playing and silently year (ended on March 20, 2019), and said this positive balance was Therefore, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty decided to close surging export taxes, the orders from China to Japan working to strengthen itself. achieved through cooperation with the private sector. the door of trade with the outside world. delineated. Germany’s economy shrinks significantly (Source: blogs.dunyanews.tv) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 9, 2019 JULY 9, 2019 ANALYSISENERGY & INTERVIEW 5

PEDEC to develop 3 oilfields Zanganeh to Falih: Iran no threat to global under IPC-based deals energy security 1 Zanganeh blamed the U.S. for destabilizing the energy market in the world, saying: “U.S. is the biggest de-stabilizing ENERGY TEHRAN – Head of Zarubezhneft Company and Iran’s Dana force in the world’s energy sector.” desk Iran’s Petroleum En- Energy Company for developing Aban and U.S. destabilizing actions gineering and Development Company Paydar-e Gharb oilfields in west of Iran. He further mentioned some of U.S. actions in the oil market (PEDEC) said the company will start However, after U.S. withdrawal from saying that the U.S. is the world’s largest producer of crude oil developing two Iranian oil fields under the nuclear deal and reimpostion of sanc- which had added roughly 3.6 million barrels per day (bpd) to its the country’s new model of oil contracts tions on Iran’s oil industry most of the output over the past two years. Washington is putting pressure (known as IPC) soon and another field is foreign companies were forced to leave on Iran and Venezuela to make room for its own oil in the market. also expected to be awarded to PEDEC in Iran or face harsh sanctions. The market was shocked by the U.S. crude output which was near future, IRNA reported on Monday. In March 2019, NIOC announced that completely unexpected, he added. “Currently, developing Sepehr and Ju- the project for development of Yaran Oil- fair as well as Aban and Paydar-e Gharb field was studied by the National Iranian oilfields under the IPC contracts are on Oil Company. the company’s agenda. It is also expected Yaran is one of the five oilfields known that the implementation of the integrated as West Karoun oilfields which Iran shares development project for Yaran field will with Iraq at the western part of Iran’s also be awarded to PEDEC in the near southwestern region of Karoun. The field, future,” Mohammad Reza Asadi said. which is divided into two parts namely According to the official, technical North Yaran and South Yaran, lies 120 discussions related to the integrated kilometers west of Ahwaz, the capital city development of South- and North-Yaran of southwestern province of Khuzestan, oilfields have been conducted with an on the border line with Iraq. Iranian company, and it is expected that Since the reimposition of sanctions, its IPC contract will be signed soon. Iran has been encouraging private sec- “We have always said that oil is not a weapon but where energy National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) January 2016, Iranian government put icies for attracting foreign investors to tor’s presence in its oil and gas projects, security is at stake, we will be affected.” signed a contract with Pasargad Energy it on the short term agenda to hastily develop the country’s fields, in 2016 Iran both in exploration and in development. The official, elsewhere, noted that Iran is not primarily concerned Development Company (PEDC) for the increase its oil production to reclaim its introduced the Iran Petroleum Contract In development sector, as there are with the price of oil and was rather focused on its oil exports. integrated development project of Sepehr oil market share lost to the fellow OPEC (IPC), which replaced the old buyback many exploration blocks waiting for imple- “Right now, the price of oil is not the number one issue for and Jufair fields in March 2018, assigning members due to the restrictions imposed model. mentation of projects, NIOC is seriously Iran, rather the number of exported oil barrels is what that mat- PEDEC as the project supervisor. by the West. In March 2016, NIOC signed a deal following up the plans to lay the ground ters.” he said. After the implementation of JCPOA in In this regard and following new pol- with a consortium comprising Russia’ for the private sector’s contribution. The Iranian oil minister further said too high prices could reduce demand for oil which would harm the producers by los- ing market share which was almost the case for the time being. He stated that shale oil production breakeven is reportedly below 40 dollars per barrel. 10MW solar farm goes operational in southeastern Iran Petronas to be assigned SP phase 11 development ENERGY TEHRAN — A 10-megawatt solar power of Iran’s renewable power plants stands at 724 megawatts demand and expand its presence in the regional electricity project deskplant was inaugurated in Kerman province (MW), and 416 MW capacity of new power plants are under market. Elsewhere in his remarks, Zanganeh mentioned South Pars southeastern Iran last week, Mehr news agency reported. construction. According to Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy phase 11 development project noting that Iran lacked technical Based in Baft County, the $4.6-million plant was fully As reported, of the country’s total renewable capacity, Efficiency Organization (known as SATBA), the number savvy to complete South Pars Phase 11 whose development was designed and constructed by Iranian experts. 44 percent is the share of solar power plants while the of small scale solar power plants across the country which planned in a contract signed between by the National Iranian Oil According to Energy Ministry, the new solar farm will share of wind farms stands at 40 percent and small-scalded are used by households or small industries is being increased By Doug Bandow Company (NIOC) and a consortium of Total, Petropars and CNPCI. help reduce greenhouse gases by up to 10,000 tons annually hydropower plants generate 13 percent of the total renewable noticeably as Iranian households and small industries have Total pulled out of the deal and China has not stepped forward. and save the consumption of 4 million cubic meters of capacity. embraced the new technology with open arms and investors “CNPCI has so far failed to start developing Phase 11 project natural gas and over 3,000 cubic meters of water. Accounting for only six percent of the country’s total also seem eager for more contribution in this area. in Iran. Petropars, as a member of the project’s consortium, is Currently, nine solar plants with a total capacity of 59 power generation capacity, renewable power plants have In early May, Seyed Mohammad Sadeqzadeh, the head to be assigned development of the project,” he said. MW are operational in the central Iranian province, which created 43,450 job opportunities across the country and the of SATBA, announced that Iran plans to add electricity “China is a friend of Iran and the latter would not opt for has a dry climate and has sufficient solar radiation. volume of private investment in this sector has exceeded generated from renewable sources to its export backset. severing ties with China for foot-dragging in projects. We are Meanwhile, 926 rooftop systems are also functioning 124 trillion rials (over $2.95 billion). According to the official, the capacity of power generation seeking alternative solutions.” in the province, with a total capacity of 8,228 kilowatts. Overall, in the next five years, Iran is aiming for a 5,000 from the renewable sources will exceed 1000MW by the He also said that Iran eyed 300,000 bpd oil recovery from According to the energy ministry, currently the capacity MW increase in renewable capacity to meet growing domestic end of the current Iranian year (March, 19 2020). West Karoun Oilfields.

Way of Appropriate Workbook in Producing and Delivering Auto SAIPA Becomes Leading Car Manufacturing Co. in Nationwide At the end of Iranian month of Khordad in the past Iranian calendar year in 1397 (June led to the success of this industrial and production unit in materializing macro 21, 2018), SAIPA Car Making Company managed to produce more than 100,000 vehicles policies of the country. Offering financial facilities to car and parts manufac- as of the first working day of the current Iranian calendar year (April 6, 2019). turing companies on the one hand and also following up the policy of booming Despite US sanctions imposed on Iran and many ups and downs, attaining high production lines of these industries by SAIPA Car Making Company caused na- production volume is undoubtedly considered as a giant achievement in the current year tional strategy of “production boom” to be taken into serious consideration in named after “boosting domestic production” by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. car industry particularly. In spite of international restrictions and other economic challenges facing the country, Undoubtedly, in the very difficult economic situation and existence of many obstacles SAIPA Auto Making Company managed to increase its production volume in the country. in the field of production [including restrictions caused by the US sanctions imposed With due observance to the said issue, SAIPA Auto Making Company was turned against the country, devaluation of national currency, skyrocketing price of exchange into the leading and first car manufacturing company in the current year (started March rate, shortage of required liquidity and many other factors, SAIPA Car Making Company 21, 2019). managed to materialize most of its objectives using an accurate and principled policy. In this period, SAIPA Car Making Company managed to manufacture 60,000 var- Generally speaking, SAIPA Car Making Company managed to protect itself against ious types of passenger cars in the same period for delivery to its customers. This car risks caused by the mentioned difficulties. manufacturing company intends to accelerate supply of advanced parts for its products. Indigenization of Parts, SAIPA’s Strategic Objective Undoubtedly, attaining this status under the auspices of supports of government and Special emphasis of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution with regard to the necessity the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade has been realized in the current year named of optimal use of domestic capabilities and potentials in the field of booming production after as “boosting domestic production”. and also unflinching effort of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade in the field of Success of industries of the country at the threshold of National Day of Industry and parts from foreign markets, the company did not wait to supply these parts, rather, materialization of this strategic objective caused the company to focus on making huge Mine is regarded as a giant achievement for the subsidiaries of the Ministry of Industry, the company managed to provide these required parts from domestic leading parts investment for domestic manufacturing of parts in line with reducing dependency to Mine and Trade in the year that the company faced serious challenges and restrictions manufacturing companies. foreign resources. in various production fields. According to the reports, some restrictions caused by sanctions imposed against For this reason, the company first identified leading industrialists, producers and Implementation of Accurate Production Policies the country impeded provision of these products timely. According to its mission, the knowledge-based companies as well as pioneer startups. In general SAIPA Car Making Accurate and precise implementation of production policies and programs is the first company did not halt its production and made its utmost efforts to supply required Company established very close relationship with leading parts manufacturing companies, factor behind recent successes of SAIPA Car Making Company. Improvement of level parts using high capabilities and capacities of domestic parts manufacturing companies. knowledge-based firms and also domestic startups for designing and manufacturing of cooperation and parts manufacturers and suppliers through fast payment of claims, With due observance to the said issue, most objectives of this industrial and produc- advanced and sophisticated parts. reduction of current costs, guidance of liquidity and revolving capital to the production tion unit were realized. In this regard, SAIPA Car Making Company intends to identify leading parts manu- lines were of the salient programs followed up by this car manufacturing company. Consecutive Supply of Car to Market facturing companies which enjoy high capabilities and capacities in line with supporting This policy caused growth of productivity in this industrial and production unit which The third factor that caused SAIPA Car Manufacturing Company to be leader these units. lay the ground for the daily production capacity from 700 vehicles to more than 2,000. at the market is related to the consecutive implementation of policy in the field This leading car manufacturing company has taken giant strides in line with mate- Upon the successful implementation of this policy, production trend in this company of supply of car to the consumer market. In sales scheme of products, SAIPA Car rializing most of its objectives such as organizing permanent exhibition for supply of its experienced an ascending trend since the beginning of Feb. 2019. Making Company, moreover meeting demands to its previous commitments, man- required parts, participating in International Innovation and Technology Exhibition Parliament Backs SAIPA Car Making Co. aged to implement various sales schemes in a short three-month period, the issue (INOTEX 2019), holding an international symposium for manufacturing body parts, Salient achievements of SAIPA Car Making Company which were gained in difficult of which provided the liquidity required by this industrial and production unit. In etc. in cooperation with Sharif University of Technology, etc. economic period should not be ignored by the executive and supervisory organizations. implementation of this policy, SAIPA never ignored supply of high-quality car to the Given the current restrictions overshadowing the country in the course of supply of In this regard, a Parliament representative said, “with the implementation of an domestic market. In the current year (started March 21, 2019), company’s policies required raw materials, taking advantage of high capacities and capabilities of the coun- accurate and principled program, suitable ways were provided for this industrial and of consecutive supply and delivery of cars to its customers continued seriously and try can lay the ground for the growth and excellence of domestic companies especially production unit to take maximum advantages of growth and productivity. this industrial and production group managed to manufacture and supply more in the current year named after “Boosting Domestic Production” as emphasized by the Seyed Ahsan Alavi made the remarks and asserted, “this car manufacturing company than 60,000 high-quality cars to the market by the end of first three months of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. managed to promote its level in the field of manufacturing quality car.” current Iranian calendar year in 1398 (March 21 – June 21). Concluding Remarks According to the available statistics, SAIPA managed to produce more than 2,200 The available statistics show that in the first days of the Iranian month of Tir (June With due observance to the said issues, SAIPA Car Making Company managed to get units, showing that this company took giant strides to increase production volume of car. 21), car production volume of this company exceeded 1,500 units. Given the successful the lion’s car production share in domestic market. Nonstop Car Production implementation of production policy, it seems that car production volume of the company The management of the company focuses on booming production through supporting The second factor can greatly have contributed to materialize most objectives of the will increase in coming weeks. domestic parts manufacturers, development and growth of portfolios with the adoption company is related to the implementation of programs entitled “nonstop production”. Unsparing Support of the Ministry of Industry for Produc- of policies for promoting current platforms, designing and manufacturing new platforms In this comprehensive program, car production using maximum capacity of produc- tion Boom using high capacities and capabilities of domestic companies, etc. tion line consecutively, has been put atop agenda. Boosting domestic production and unsparing support of the Ministry of In- However, SAIPA Car Making Company will implement world’s latest car production Despite outbreak of problems in the field of supplying some specific and advanced dustry, Mine and Trade from the company have been cited as the other factor that technologies in line with booming production. By: A.Saeedi I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL JULY 9, 2019 A review of the latest American electoral challenges Why Britain cannot interfere in China’s internal affairs TEHRAN (FNA) — It is said history has a habit of repeating itself. After the recent violent incidents at the Legislative Council building in Hong Is Biden hoping? Kong, some politicians in the United Kingdom have cited the Sino-British Joint Declaration as the reason for their support of protesters in Hong Kong, and claim that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) By Saeed Sobhani “They’re in the same lane right now, and Government must not use the violence as an excuse for a crackdown. it’s getting pretty crowded,” Patty Judge, This blatant support for the illegal acts in the Hong Kong SAR and TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump Iowa’s former agriculture secretary, said. the gross interference in China’s internal affairs will undoubtedly harm monitors public and state polls accurately! The two women also still face competi- the China-UK relations. Tramp knows well that he does not have tion for their core supporters from other The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by China and the Unit- much opportunity to change the polls. One dogged candidates reaching for the man- ed Kingdom in 1984. It lays out the arrangements for the resumption of the main reasons for the early start of tle of change, like Mayor Pete Buttigieg of China’s sovereignty over Hong Kong and provides details about the the US presidential campaign is the same. of South Bend, Ind., and Senators Cory transition period. An overview of the latest news on the US Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar After Hong Kong’s return to China on July 1, 1997, the rights and presidential election can give us a clear of Minnesota.Former Senator Harry Reid obligations stipulated in the statement related to the British side were picture of this competition: of Nevada, the longtime Democratic leader fulfilled and the statement became a historical document. To argue oth- Poll: Biden only Democratic candidate in that chamber, said Mr. Biden still had erwise, if not because of ignorance of history and politics, it is an attempt with wide lead over Trump in hypothetical an “early advantage.” Though he is neutral to interfere in China’s internal affairs. matchup in Nevada’s early caucus, Mr. Reid, who It has also been claimed by some people in the United Kingdom that Businessinsider reported that Former worked closely with Mr. Biden for 30 years, the freedom of the people of Hong Kong was won by the British. British Vice President Joe Biden is the only Demo- said the former vice president should not scholar Martin Jacques says this is an example of British hypocrisy. Under cratic contender for the 2020 Election who be underestimated. colonial rule, Hong Kong “never enjoyed even a semblance of democracy. holds a comfortable lead over President “Joe Biden has a great deal of good will It was ruled from 6,000 miles away in London,” he said. Donald Trump, according to a new poll.A that’s been created over the years that he’s During the colonial period, Hong Kong governors were appointed Washington Post/ABC News poll found been in politics,” Mr. Reid said, pointing to by Britain, the Hong Kong people never had a right to vote, and the local Biden would lead Trump by 53% to 43% poll. Fifty-one percent of respondents said Sanders retain considerable advantages, Mr. Biden’s tragedy-inflected biography and judiciary was not independent. among registered voters who responded they approved of the way he has handled most notably the backing they enjoy among expansive network of political friendships After the handover of Hong Kong, China’s government implemented as if the election was held today. economic issues since entering the White working-class voters and their significant as foundations for his candidacy. “Here’s the policies of “One Country, Two Systems” and “Hong Kong people California Sen. Kamala Harris and Ver- House. Forty-two percent said they dis- financial reserves. Mr. Biden, 76, is still a man whose life story is something you governing Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy” in accordance mont Sen. Bernie Sanders held narrow leads approve of his handling of the economy. the clear front-runner, and both he and can’t ignore.” with China’s Constitution and Hong Kong’s Basic Law. Under this over Trump, pulling two points and one Meanwhile, a majority of respondents said Mr. Sanders, 77, are not likely to see their But Mr. Reid also praised the two women arrangement, the people of Hong Kong have enjoyed unprecedented point, respectively above the president. Mas- they disapprove of how Trump has handled support simply melt away. who are surging in the race, calling Ms. democratic rights and freedoms. sachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren tied with immigration, health care, issues of spe- But recent polls, and interviews with Harris a candidate “you have to be impressed According to data released by the World Bank, Hong Kong’s global Trump.The poll’s timing is worth noting, cial concern to women, abortion, climate voters in the early primary and caucus with” and describing Ms. Warren’s indig- rule of law ranking jumped from 60th place in 1996 to 11th in 2015. Hong as it was taken between June 28 and July change, gun violence and foreign policy. states over the last week, found that Ms. nant economic message as a good match Kong is arguably more free and democratic now than it ever has been. 1, while Trump was at the G20 Summit and Forty-nine percent said they disapprove Harris and Ms. Warren had plainly broken for his own state, which was ravaged by As for the handling of the recent protests, the government in Hong days before Biden said he was blindsided of the way he’s handled taxes, while 42 through, drawing on a deep hunger within the Great Recession. “Here in Nevada,” Kong has addressed the incidents of violence in accordance with the law. by a confrontation from Harris on his past percent said they approve. the Democratic electorate for big ideas and he said, “it resonates quite well.” The Basic Law does give Hong Kong residents the freedoms of speech, vote that opposed desegregation busing. In addition, 65 percent of respondents groundbreaking female leadership.Togeth- Ms. Harris and Ms. Warren have been assembly, and demonstration. These freedoms do not, however, negate NBC News reported last month that said Trump has acted in an “unpresiden- er, the two senators have functioned as eyeing each other warily for months, antic- the need for protesters to respect the rights of others and to ensure that Trump’s re-election campaign let go of in- tial” way since taking office. Twenty-eight something of a political pincer, squeezing ipating a tug of war for Democratic voters public safety and order are upheld. Nor do these freedoms give pro- ternal pollsters after leaked results showed percent said he has acted in a “fitting and Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders from the left who are eager for a fresher-faced champi- testers the right to break the law, commit acts of violence, or trample the president trailing former Biden in critical proper” way.The Washington-Post ABC and the relative center, and endangering on than Mr. Biden or Mr. Sanders. A new on the rule of law. states for the election. News poll was conducted between June 28 any hope of an easy march to victory for poll in Iowa showed that voters who list Twenty-two years have passed since British colonialism in Hong Kong That was the latest discouraging develop- and July 1 among a national population of either man. either woman as their top choice list the ended. China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over the region, and ment for Trump, including results reported 1,008 adults. The margin of error for the After Ms. Harris’s searing clash with Mr. other as their most common second-choice Hong Kong affairs became an internal matter for China. by the New York Times earlier this month and full sample is 3.5 percentage points. The Biden over his record on race in the first preference. Ms. Harris already appears to If the relationship between China and the United Kingdom is to remain data obtained by ABC News showing Trump margin of error is 4 percentage points for primary debate, she claimed for herself a have cut into Ms. Warren’s support from healthy, it must be fostered in an atmosphere of mutual respect and the trailing Biden in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, the sample of 875 registered voters. chunk of Mr. Biden’s formidable support liberals, and she is also improving with understanding that neither side has the right to interfere in the other’s and Florida.The two have traded public barbs Warren and Harris Rise in Democratic among African-Americans and white lib- moderates and African-Americans — a internal affairs. London should let go of its colonialist mentality in these as the race heats up, with Biden calling Trump Primary, Challenging Male Front-Runners erals. And Ms. Warren, with her relentless combination of constituencies that prove modern times. This is no longer the 19th century. a “bully” and the president lashing out at As New York Times reported, When Beth focus on economic inequality and political pivotal in Democratic primaries. Biden as a “reclamation project.” Krerowicz began reviewing the platoon of corruption, and her full portfolio of progres- Some in Ms. Warren’s camp have long “Some things are just not salvageable,” Democratic presidential candidates, her sive policy proposals, has cut deeply into seen Ms. Harris as a serious threat, but Tanvir Chowdhury: Most Rohingya Trump wrote in part of a tweet that knocked first instinct was to back Joseph R. Biden the coalition Mr. Sanders built during his have also questioned whether Ms. Harris Biden’s bid for president. Jr., whom she saw as the strongest oppo- 2016 campaign. can sustain the energy she has generated giving up hope of repatriation Poll: Trump’s approval rating hits highest nent to President Trump. Their performances in the first debate with set-piece moments like her takedown point of presidency But recently, Ms. Krerowicz, 58, began lifted both women, with Ms. Harris making of Mr. Biden. Ms. Harris has repeatedly TEHRAN (FNA) — Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury, journalist, says My- As The Hill reported, Trump’s approval to have second thoughts. So this week she an especially sharp ascent after confronting bobbled policy issues, most recently after anmar’s government still neglects Rohingya Muslims’ demand to be rating has surged to the highest level of his trekked to a community center not far Mr. Biden — a showdown that convinced her debate confrontation last week with the recognized as an ethnic group, leaving no room for them to return to presidency, according to a new Washington from the Las Vegas Strip to watch Senator some voters she had the toughness necessary former vice president over school busing, their homelands. Post-ABC News poll. The survey, which was Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts detail for the general election. when she was quizzed on her own views on In an exclusive interview with FNA, Tanvir Chowdhury said Ro- released Sunday, found that 47 percent of her plans for reshaping the economy. Ms. “I just think she has the moxie to bring busing and struggled to differentiate her hingya demand official recognition by Myanmar authorities, as well as registered voters approve of the job Trump Krerowicz, an executive assistant who is it to the Donald,” said Claire Haws, a stay- position from that of Mr. Biden. compensation and justice for the crime committed against them by the is doing in the White House, a figure that between jobs, said that she was now lean- at-home mother from Des Moines, who Ms. Harris’s advisers, in turn, are Myanmar forces. represents a 5-point increase from April. ing heavily toward Ms. Warren, and that contributed to Ms. Harris’s campaign after convinced that Ms. Warren will ultimately “Most Rohingya do not see much future in Bangladesh. Their life is Fifty percent of registered voters disapprove Senator Kamala Harris of California was watching her in the debate. suffer for her fixation on her policy agenda very restricted… Many are now keen to escape the situation in camps of Trump’s performance as president, how- her second choice.“I want someone who I Yet both women still face a complex path and relative lack of interest in going after of Bangladesh and eager to find better economic opportunity in much ever Meanwhile, 44 percent of voting-age know will stand up, that has a backbone,” forward, one complicated by the enduring Mr. Trump directly. For all of the enthu- richer nations across South East Asia”, he added. Americans said they approve of Trump’s Ms. Krerowicz said, suggesting that Ms. strengths of Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders, siasm over Ms. Warren’s churn of ideas, Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury is a journalist based in the Bangladeshi job performance, while 53 percent said Warren and Ms. Harris could perhaps form and perhaps most of all by each other. While many Democrats remain deeply concerned capital, Dhaka. He taught journalism at the American University in they disapprove of it. Just 39 percent of a ticket. “They’re both very, very strong they have distinct political bases, Ms. War- about her readiness to face Mr. Trump in Bangladesh. He was of the first journalists who attended Cox’s Bazar voting-age Americans said they approved women. I would love to see them together, ren and Ms. Harris are both relying on the the general election. to report Rohingya’s conditions in 2017. of Trump’s job performance in April. but I think Elizabeth has the experience.” support of women and educated liberals The two women’s contrasting approaches Below is the full text of the interview: The survey’s release comes as the 2020 In the span of just a few weeks, voters to propel their candidacies. That strategy to the race were on vivid display over the The world›s largest refugee camp is the home to over one million Democratic primary race begins to heat up, like Ms. Krerowicz have pushed the race also means they are dividing up powerful last week, as Ms. Harris carried her momen- Rohingya for nearly two years now. How do you see the Rohingya situation as candidates such as Sen. Kamala Har- into a new, highly uncertain phase, pro- constituencies that could in theory make tum into Iowa and Ms. Warren pressed her in the Cox›s Bazar camps? ris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren pelling a pair of women toward the top one of them a dominant figure.Joseph R. advantage in Nevada. Ms. Harris, tapping A: Things are much better for them now in the Refugees camps (D-Mass.) gain ground on former Vice of the Democratic pack at the expense of Biden Jr. still holds a pronounced lead in into the excitement surrounding her debate in Cox›s Bazar. Majority of the refugees are sheltered in Kutupalong President Joe Biden in the polls. the onetime front-runners, Mr. Biden and some polls and is unlikely to lose all support performance, debuted a new line of attack camp. They feel somewhat secured now, they get weekly food rations The economy served as the only issue Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. from working class voters, a constituency against Mr. Trump, encouraging Demo- and other basic provisions from local and International AID agencies. where a majority said they approve of Neither woman is yet in a position to with whom Ms. Warren and Ms. Harris crats to see her as a prizefighter pursuing Although the living conditions are very rudimentary and congested Trump’s performance, according to the take control of the race. Mr. Biden and Mr. are lagging. a president they loathe. – tents are made with Bamboo poles and plastic sheets, exposed to seasonal harsh weather conditions, only basic services like sanitation and clean water are available, although not quite adequate for the sheer number of people there. However, the biggest challenge for the refugees is now access to basic education and to find a source of Trump’s rant against Japan treaty may be a ripple, but will prompt security rethink income. Nearly 55 percent of the refugees are children and they do not have access to any kinds of formal education. There are around By Chen Yang militarism. The treaty, to some extent, has been used to 2000 learning centers, which are set up by the AID agencies pro- keep Japan under check. viding non-formal educations. The refugee camps also have other GLOBALTIMES — US President Donald Trump gave vent As US power waned, Washington started asking Japan unusual immediate concerns, like smuggling of drugs, human and to his dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation to wield more responsibility in maintaining regional and sex trafficking and to an extent even gang violence. and Security between the US and Japan at a press conference global peace. For instance, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe For Rohingya, Bangladesh came to be seen as a refuge from a harsh after the G20 summit on June 29 - “Look, if somebody started his second term in 2012, Japan decided to exercise home country. Do you think if Rohingya will be repatriated any time soon? attacks Japan, we go after them and we are in a battle - its right to collective self-defense, relax the Arms Export A: The UN panel says it still receives reports of human rights abuses full force in effect… If somebody should attack the United Ban, and purchase a large quantity of US military weapons. in Rakhine and Chin states. In Recent months, there have been clashes States, they don’t have to do that. That’s unfair.” But the East Asian country is still unable to freely develop between Myanmar›s military and the insurgent Buddhist Arakan Army But he added he was not thinking of withdrawing from armaments due to restrictions posed by the treaty. Therefore, rebels, which mainly recruits from the Rakhine Buddhist ethnic group. the pact, which may bring solace to Japanese minds.The Trump’s tirade against the treaty may not make Abe worry, Thousands of people have been displaced internally within Rakhine state defense pact has been the cornerstone of the postwar instead raising hopes that US withdrawal from the pact due to frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and ethnic Japan-US alliance. Once Washington withdraws from would unshackle Japan from the restraints of Washington’s Rakhine Buddhists rebels, who want autonomy for Rakhine state. This the treaty, it will not only affect Japan’s diplomacy and oversight and grant it more military autonomy. new situation has also made repatriation more complex. Almost all Tokyo-Washington ties, but also the geopolitics of the It is also noteworthy that Trump scoffed at the treaty Rohingya feel that the ground is not conducive for them to return back entire Asia-Pacific region. in the wake of Abe’s attempts to amend the Japanese to their home. Their key demands are: that they first are recognized as The treaty was originally aimed at bringing stability the treaty since the war ended, the country never fully constitution. Amending Japan’s constitution has been ethnic Rohingya, and get some sort of citizenship card. They also de- to Japan more than looking after its security. In 1951, accepted it. Abe’s long-cherished political dream. Since his second mand to be compensated for what they have lost and also get justice for Japan’s then prime minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the Japan emerged rapidly from defeat, rising as the world’s term, he has hyped up the so-called North Korea threat the crime committed against them. Under the prevailing circumstance, treaty under which the US would still have rights to keep second-largest economy in 1968 and kept the position for theory and China threat theory in a bid to gain support repatriation appears to be out of the table for now. troops in Japan even after the Asian country regained its 42 years. It was due to US military protection that Japan for the move. Nonetheless, with easing tensions on the Torture, intimidation and loss of life await many Rohingya women sovereignty.The greatest significance of this treaty was to was able to concentrate on economic development, reduce Korean Peninsula and the warming of China-Japan relations, and girls trying to flee Bangladesh to Malaysia. Why do they still risk their change the status of US military from an occupying force conflicts with other countries, and build an image of a opinion in favor of Abe’s wish has been found lacking. After lives at the hands of traffickers? to a legitimate one. However, no US obligations to protect peaceful power.The treaty has emboldened Japan in its all, what is the necessity of a constitutional amendment A: Most Rohingya do not see much future in Bangladesh. Their Japan were stipulated, which paved the way for subsequent approach to foreign affairs. In 2012, Washington sent a when the surrounding environment is not volatile?Hence, life is very restricted. They are not allowed to work, go to Bangladeshi revision of the treaty. clear message that the treaty should apply to the Diaoyu Trump’s complaints about the treaty have likely provided schools and confined with a limited area of Cox›s Bazar. Most have In 1960, in spite of much opposition at home, the Nobusuke Islands. It was the treaty that gave Japan the courage to the Abe administration a new card. That is, Japan’s security given up the hope of repatriation, at least in the near future. Many are Kishi administration pushed forward the revised security challenge China on the islands and the South China Sea depends on the Japanese rather than the US. But it remains now keen to escape the situation in camps of Bangladesh and eager to treaty, which clearly mentioned the US responsibility to issue in recent years. to be seen how the card will affect Japanese public opinion. find better economic opportunity in much richer nations across South protect Japan. The old treaty laid the initial foundation for However, the security treaty has also shackled Japan’s Trump’s claim is only a ripple that can hardly shake the East Asia despite the danger involved. There is a sense of hopelessness Japan-US relations, and the revised one has served as the military development, drawing concern within the country. foundation of the Japan-US alliance. But this ripple will among the Rohingya as they do not see any solution for the predicament cornerstone of ties since the postwar period and has set the According to the US Congressional Research Service, about certainly prompt Japan to seriously consider measures anytime soon. They have experienced enough turmoil and torture. tone of postwar Japanese diplomacy - US dominance of 54,000 US military personnel are stationed at 85 Japanese it deems necessary to safeguard its security. Japan-US They are not afraid to take chance to look for a better future even at Japan. What Trump is now complaining about is precisely facilities. The deployment is aimed at providing security relations will last for a long time, but the security treaty the hands of traffickers. the revised treaty.Although Japan has benefited a lot from protection to Japan while preventing the revival of Japan’s may still be tweaked. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 9, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

Europe: from integration Libya massacre sparks outcry over Fortress Europe

ASIATIMES — The deaths of over 50 people trapped in a migrant detention center prompt scrutiny over EU policies. to identity crisis alls are growing for an end to an EU-backed policy of trapping migrants in Libya, after 53 people were killed and more than 130 wounded in an air strike on their detention center. By Alexander Casella ASIATIMES — conoclastic historian John Lukacs once commented that when Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich collapsed, some 10,000 Germans, not all of whom were Nazis, commit- ted suicide. Conversely, when the Soviet Union imploded and Communism crumpled, there is no record of even one Communist committing suicide. The reason for this discrepancy was underlined by no one less than Josef Stalin. One week after Germany invaded the Soviet Union and as the Soviet army was retreating in total disarray, Stalin went on the radio to exhort the nation to resist the Nazis with one caveat; his call to arms did not refer to the defense of Communism or of the Soviet Union. Fighting the Nazis would come under the heading of “The It was the second time the Tajoura facility, east of the capital Tripoli, Great Patriotic War.” had been hit by an air strike, according to Doctors Without Borders Nationalism had trumped ideology, and for a good reason, (MSF). In the aftermath of Wednesday’s strike, some 250 migrants, too: Russia, like Germany, was a country. Communism was many of them women and children, remained at the detention center, an ideology. Giving one’s life to defend Mother Russia was in according to the International Organization for Migration. the order of things. Getting killed in the name of Dialectical While the strike itself has been blamed on forces loyal to warlord Materialism was not. Khalifa Haftar – backed by France, the United Arab Emirates Though the context is different, Stalin had instinctively and Egypt in his bid to take Tripoli – the fact that so many people understood what a whole generation of Western European were left trapped and exposed in the midst of a civil war has been politicians had failed to grasp, namely that it takes more blamed squarely on the Europe Union. than a few treaties to change a people’s psyche and that The EU, namely Italy and France, funds the Libyan Coast when all is said and done, nationalism is the bedrock on Guard, which is charged with turning back refugees and migrants which nations are anchored. who attempt to make crossings to Europe via the Mediterranean The Cold War created, for all practical purposes, two Sea. Human Rights Watch in March called on France to suspend Europes. Eastern Europe, enduring under the fetters of a goods that are offered fit a set of common norms. In order The reactions of the European grassroots were not predi- a delivery of six ships to the force and instead allow rescue oper- Soviet-imposed system, went into social hibernation. Issues to define what became known the European Norms (EN), cated on numbers. For Western Europe, receiving foreigners ations and disembarkation at safe ports. like nationalism, anti-Semitism and multiculturalism, which the European Commission went into overdrive. Over the is an ongoing process. In Germany, some 6% of the popu- “Over the course of the conflict, which has now been raging for had dominated the political landscape until the closing days decades, practically everything that could be standardized, lation, equivalent to some 16 million, is foreign. In the UK three months of fighting in the city of Tripoli, we have seen thou- of World War ll, were swept under the rug by the countries’ from garage doors to protective gloves to fuel for stoves the number reaches 14%. And as for Switzerland, a country sands of people who have been intercepted at sea and returned to respective Communist parties on instructions from Moscow. to helmets for cyclists to cork floor tiles, was. Most of the where anti-foreigner feelings are practically non-existent, detention centers even whilst there is conflicts raging around the Man is a social animal who lives in tribes and, given standardization, such as the one pertaining to cloth sizes 24% of the total population is foreign. city,” Sam Turner, the head of MSF’s Libya operations, told PRI. the chance, will preferably share his territory with those or car safety features, made sense. Others, such as those Ultimately, however, it is not so much the number of Turner said that when he visited the Tajoura detention center like him, those with whom he shares a common language, pertaining to how curved a banana should be, less so. Others immigrants but their origin that proved an issue. Thus in after the previous air strike in May, he saw a piece of shrapnel common values and customs and, if not a common at least showed the disconnect between the faceless bureaucracy of Switzerland, some 95% of the foreign residents are German, that went through the roof of the women’s section and landed a a dominant religion. To a large extent it is the tribe that the Commission and the social reality of its member states. Italian or French and basically come from the same cultural meter away from where a baby had been sleeping. binds individuals together and which provides them with Flooring in Southern European countries such as Italy, and ethnic origin as the local population. Both visually and He blames EU politicians for “complicity.” a common denominator they can all refer to. Spain and Greece is mostly of tile. In England, the mate- culturally they blend in with the local population, and while “They believe that it acts to dissuade other refugees and mi- Tribes are in essence territorial, and while they might rial of choice is carpeting. Attempts by the Commission to differences endure, they are not perceived as antagonistic grants from attempting to make the crossing,” he said. harbor members of other tribes, they have a keen sense of the standardize the suction power of vacuum cleaners at a lower by the indigenous population. Such reasoning is similar to that of US President Donald Trump, space they occupy and in which they are the dominant group. setting to save power were met with howls of protests by Conversely, the arrival of massive numbers of Africans who tweeted last week amid outcry over family separations and The tribalization of Europe reached its pinnacle with the those countries of Central Europe where carpeting was the or Arabs of Muslim faith can have a destabilizing effect on overcrowding, harassment and unsanitary practices in detention end of World War II in 1945. All the German minorities that rule. The same happened when the Commission sought to societies, which are in essence Caucasian and are imbued facilities, that if migrants do not wish to experience such con- had drifted east over the centuries had been driven back to standardize toasters and tea kettles. And while the outcry with Judeo-Christian traditions. The fact that the arrivals ditions, they should not attempt to enter the United States.“All Germany, and overall the borders of Europe’s nation-states in England was disproportionate to the deed, it did reflect are irregular, are uncontrolled by governments and consist problems solved!” the US leader said. matched the borders of the dominant tribes: Poles in Poland, an undefined but growing feeling throughout Europe that of people with no skills who harbor different social values EU digs in Magyars in Hungary, Germans in Germany, Romanians in an anonymous entity based in Brussels was in the process of and who often insist in retaining these values even if they In the wake of the migrant massacre, the International Orga- Romania, Italians in Italy and the like. depriving the people of Europe of their national identities. are incompatible with those prevalent in the countries of nization for Migration and the UN Human Rights Council called While Eastern Europe was frozen in time, Western Europe In its urge to standardize, and motivated only by com- destination, only compounds the problem. for “an immediate end to detention of migrants and refugees” slowly embarked on an integration process that started with mercial considerations the Commission, over the decades, Granted, the total number of irregular arrivals as compared in Libya.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle the treaty establishing a Coal and Steel Community in 1952. developed into an a body which operated by its own rules and with the number of inhabitants of the European Community Bachelet echoed that call. While the community was purely an industrial endeavor, proved increasingly disconnected from the psychological as a whole was relatively small and theoretically manage- “I have repeatedly called for the closure of all migrant detention the six member states – France, West Germany, the Neth- makeup of the grassroots components of the member states. able. However, this did not take into account the fact that centers in Libya, where UN human-rights staff have documented erlands, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg – represented a This disconnect would probably have endured as a minor the arrivals were not evenly spread among the EU member severe overcrowding, torture, ill-treatment, forced labor, rape, and Western European core of nations that shared a common nuisance, albeit one that gave rise to considerable mirth, states but were concentrated in the likes of Italy, France, acute malnutrition, among other serious human-rights violations. vision of human rights and democratic institutions. It was had it not dovetailed with two major crises. The first was Germany and Sweden, while such countries as Bulgaria or “I also repeat my call for the release of detained migrants and this communality that induced the same six states five years the Greek debt crisis, which came close to bringing down the Baltic states were spared from the influx. refugees as a matter of urgency, and for their access to humanitarian later to adopt the Treaty of Rome that saw the creation of the euro and which was ultimately contained as a result of Faced with an influx it did not have the political will to protection, collective shelters or other safe places, well away from the European Union and its Commission, based in Brussels. German intervention. That the European Commission did address head-on, the European Commission in 2015 drew areas that are likely to be affected by the hostilities,” she said. Western Europe, with Germany in the lead, embarked not see the crisis coming and proved ineffective in bringing up a plan that would provide for the relocation of the arrivals The head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, said there on a process of re-evaluation of the social and ethical ar- it under control mostly escaped the attention of Europe’s among the 28 EU member states according to a quota system. were three key lessons to take from the deaths of the migrants. chetypes that had led the continent into fighting two world public opinion. What did not was the migration crisis. The plan, which was rejected wholesale, proved a seminal “They must NOT be detained; civilians must NOT be a target; wars. While the re-evaluation was extensive, albeit not fully The conflict in Syria resulted in some 11 million Syrians moment in Europe’s struggle with irregular migration. Libya is NOT a safe place of return,” he tweeted. comprehensive and gaps were left unfilled, what emerged being displaced. Of this number, 6 million were displaced Confronted with the incapacity both of the Commission The European Union denounced the attack on the Tajoura was the semblance of a common understanding: The future internally while 5 million sought refuge abroad, initially mostly and of their own governments to deal with the crisis, large center, but appeared to reject calls to end migrant returns to Libya. was not to be held hostage to the ghosts of the past, and in Lebanon and Turkey. In a subsequent movement, close segments of public opinion in some of the countries most Brussels emphasized that more than 45,000 migrants have the likes of democracy, tolerance and the respect of others to a million Syrians moved from Turkey to Greece and from exposed to the influx such as Germany, Italy, France and Austria been allowed to return to their countries of origin while others should not be smothered under the dictates of nationalism there to Germany, where in 2015 Chancellor Angela Merkel started to cast their votes for right-wing anti-immigration have been granted emergency evacuations to a center in Niger, and dictatorship. chose to grant them asylum. For the German chancellor the parties that until then had been in essence marginalized. In with the prospect of further resettlement. Over the subsequent decades the EU proceeded to grow decision proved a watershed for in essence two reasons. parallel, some governments started to act unilaterally. Thus Fueling the war by including new members such as Spain, Portugal, Greece, On the European level, the unilateral decision by Ger- Germany prevailed on Turkey to close its border with Greece Koert Debeuf, who tracks European policies toward Libya Austria, Finland and the United Kingdom. While these coun- many illustrated the glaring absence of a comprehensive EC through which more than a million Syrians had transited on at the online newspaper EU Observer, says the bloc is to blame tries had all very much their own make-up, they were also asylum policy. Thus Germany was left to act alone. On the their way to Central Europe. As for Italy, it sought to enlist not only for sending migrants back to their deaths, but also for part of a common family of shared values such as democracy, national level, Merkel’s decision, hailed in some quarters the assistance of several Libyan factions to prevent African fueling the war. social tolerance and free speech that had largely overcome as “humanitarian,” provoked a massive negative backlash migrants from proceeding onward by boat to Europe. While Brussels, like most of the international community, the divides that had led to World War II. This obviously did among a large segment of the population, which substan- But the greatest divide within the EU followed a line that stresses its support for the UN-backed government in Tripoli, not come about overnight but gradually developed during tially increased the votes of the anti-immigration far right. could have been foreseen had the bureaucracy in Brussels in practice European capitals are divided. the 45-year period that went from the end of the war to the Merkel’s decision, irrespective of its potential human- not been so focused on monetarist issues. “They always say they support the UN. But at same time Italy fall off the Berlin Wall. itarian dimension, underscored another failure of the EU With the countries of entry struggling to keep the inflow and France are fighting for power – not only power but oil and gas. The implosion of the Soviet Union released its Eastern system. Freedom of movement is one of the foundations of from reaching their borders, the countries of destination, France is supporting militarily and politically Haftar, while Italy is European vassal states from the dictatorships imposed on the EU. With countries like Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy incapable of agreeing on a common migration policy and the supporting [Prime Minister] Sarraj. It’s a complete mess,” Debeuf said. them by their respective Communist parties and their Soviet having massive unemployment rates and countries like Ger- Commission disconnected from the social reality prevailing Haftar and his Libyan National Army – an umbrella of militias overseers. This newfound “freedom,” as well as the urge many having labor shortages, one would expect unemployed in the member states, it was ultimately the new members – in April launched a bid to capture Tripoli, where Prime Min- to distance themselves from a potential Russian zone of Italians to fill the German labor gap. In practice, however, that took a coordinated stand on the issue of migration. ister Fayez al-Sarraj heads the interim Government of National influence, fueled the longing of Europe’s new independent this expectation was not fulfilled. And while a considera- After the failed 2015 attempt by the Commission to re- Accord. Thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds Eastern states to join both the North Atlantic Treaty Organ- ble number of Poles in the construction industry moved to distribute illegal migrants among all EU member states, killed, with the attack on the Tajoura migrant center accounting ization and the European Community. This process, and Britain, where their skills were in short supply, the average the Visograd group, which includes Poland, Hungary, the for the biggest single loss of civilian life. especially its speed, was viewed with some concern by some unemployed youngster from southern Italy preferred to stay Czech Republic and Slovakia, announced that they would “The big problem with stopping these people and sending of the founding states but, egged on by the United States, home with his mother doing nothing rather than moving to not agree to resettle either migrants or refugees. The para- them back to Libya is it’s not a safe place. There’s a war going 11 new members had joined the EC by 2007. Germany to learn a new language and acquire a new skill. dox was that while none of these nations were countries of on, chaos, anarchy, and a massive problem of human trafficking. What the EC’s new members shared was not only a deep But not so the Syrians. Thus, ultimately, and irrespective destination, they saw the potentially disruptive effects of What the EU is doing is sending people back to hell,” he said. antipathy to Russia but also a deficit of 45 years of kinesis of the humanitarian dimension of her decision, by opening the inflow on other member states and sought to insulate Debeuf says Europe must end its end its fight for power in Libya as regards the practice of democracy and the development her doors to the Syrians, Merkel was fulfilling a need pro- themselves from the influx. and craft a sustainable migration policy. of social norms consonant with those practiced by the other voked by a pressing labor shortage. Germany’s industries This concern fueled the fear, real or imagined, of a pop- “I do understand that after 2015, and a million and half people members of the European Community. The end result was applauded the move. The grassroots did not. Politically it ulation overflow from Africa and the Muslim world direct- entering Europe […] it did complicate politics. But right now that by the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the was a cost from which her popularity never recovered. ed toward Europe that threatened the values on which its they’re just creating a big wall instead of having a migration European Community, which until then had been an amal- In parallel to the Syrian crisis, another massive irregular societies were created. policy – there’s no policy,” he told Asia Times. gam of individual nation-states sharing a common vision, population movement developed through the Mediterrane- With the European institutions unable to address the Just last week, the chaos reached European shores when an had morphed into an alliance comprising two very different an.During Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, between 1 million and inflow, and the traditional political parties also failing to activist German ship captain defied an Italian naval blockade constituents with at times mutually exclusive aspirations. 2 million sub-Saharan Africans would come every year to do so, the electorate increasingly turned to right-wing an- and entered the port of Lampedusa with 42 migrants aboard. This divide, which proved the price that the core EU had Libya to work. Among this group the majority would return ti-immigration parties. She had rescued them off the coast of Libya, after which they to pay for its accelerated and often thoughtless expansion, home, while an estimated 30,000 would try to move illegally Thus, ultimately, the failure of the European institutions were stranded at sea without a port of entry. could not have happened at a worse time for the alliance. to Italy. The Italian government had an informal agreement to control immigration will have resulted not only in strength- “For two weeks, we had been informing the authorities that The European Community was the brainchild of the center- with Gaddafi by which all the African migrants intercepted ening the extreme right in countries like Germany, Italy, the situation of the people on board was becoming more and right neoliberal vision that prevailed in Western Europe after by the Italian navy on the high seas would be returned to Poland, Austria and Hungary – not to speak of Brexit – but more critical and that the medical conditions of migrants were the end of World War II. It was predicated on the wearing Libya, thus keeping the movement under control. also in creating a major divide within the Union between getting worse, day after day,” the captain, Carola Rackete, told away of national borders among the member states and the The overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011 not only deprived some the Western member states and its more recent Eastern The Guardian newspaper. “But it was like talking to a brick wall.” creation of one single market, one single currency and one 2 million Africans of a source of revenue but also turned Libya European partners. The action incensed Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, customs union. This single market, which would entail the into a major avenue for irregular movement from sub-Sa- That events took this turn could probably have been Matteo Salvini, who has vowed to prevent activist rescue ships free movement of goods, capital and people, would have a haran Africa to Europe. With people smugglers capitalizing avoided, but this would have required that the EU’s founding from docking in Italy, which is only now emerging from its third leveling effect that would slowly erode national and cultur- on Libya’s state of anarchy, literally millions of sub-Saharan fathers, and the bureaucracy they spewed, to be willing recession in a decade. al identities, which would be amalgamated into an as yet Africans took to the sea on mostly unworthy boats or rubber to come to terms with the fact that economic integration Had those migrants been intercepted by the Libyan Coast undefined “European” personality. rafts in the hope of reaching Italy, and from there the likes is not an end in itself and that ignoring national identity Guard, the EU would not have had to deal with the controversy The basic requirement of a single market is that the of Germany, Switzerland or the UK. carries a price. of their asylum claims – which is the point. 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Researchers molecule that is associated with many forms with the carbon atoms present in the methyl at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National of life here on Earth (i.e. a «biosignature») group derived from the methane. Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that an algorithm with was detected in Mars› atmosphere. Based on these results, the team concluded no training in materials science can scan the text of millions of Since that time, attempts to study Mars› that this mechanism is much more effective than papers and uncover new scientific knowledge. atmospheric methane have produced varying the photochemical process and could explain results. In some cases, methane has been how methane is removed from the Martian found that was several times its normal atmosphere and deposited within its soil in the concentrations; in others, it was absent. observed timeframes. But what is perhaps most Seeking to answer this mystery, an interesting is the implications these findings interdisciplinary team from Aarhus University have on the possible existence of Martian life. recently conducted a study where they In addition to its effects on methane, investigated a possible mechanism for the the study also showed that these minerals removal of methane from Mars› atmosphere. research can lead to the formation of reactive On Mars, methane production appears to oxygen chemicals like peroxides, superoxides be seasonal in nature, fluctuating from about and other chemicals that are very toxic to 0.24 parts per billion (ppb) in the northern organisms – including bacteria. The presence hemisphere during winter to about 0.65 ppb of these compounds essentially means that A team led by Anubhav Jain, a scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Energy during the summer. as serpentinization (interactions between For the sake of their study, which recently there is little chance that life could exist on Storage & Distributed Resources Division, collected 3.3 million At the same time, extended plumes have water, carbon dioxide, and olivine rock) to appeared in the scientific journal Icarus, the or near the Martian surface. abstracts of published materials science papers and fed them been detected which shows that it is also biological production by microbes. research team from Aarhus University›s Mars The results of these investigations will into an algorithm called Word2vec. By analyzing relationships periodically released from discrete regions. On As for how it is removed, that has remained Simulation Labproposed that «saltation» hopefully shed additional light on a key question between words the algorithm was able to predict discoveries of two occasions, the Curiosity rover happened a mystery as well, but even more so. could be responsible. Essentially, they argue related to the search for life on Mars – i.e. new thermoelectric materials years in advance and suggest as-yet to be in the vicinity of plumes; in December The most obvious mechanism is photochemical that wind-driven erosion could be responsible how organic materials are preserved in the unknown materials as candidates for thermoelectric materials. of 2014 and again back in June. degradation, where UV radiation from the Sun for the ionization of methane into compounds Martian environment. They will also inform “Without telling it anything about materials science, it learned Various mechanisms have been causes the methane to break down into carbon like methyl (CH3), methylene (CH2), and future missions to Mars that will be looking concepts like the periodic table and the crystal structure of metals,” proposed for both the production and dioxide, formaldehyde, and methanol. However, carbyne (CH). for indications of life, like the ESA›s ExoMars said Jain. “That hinted at the potential of the technique. But disappearance of this methane over the this process cannot explain how atmospheric Using Mars-analog minerals like basalt 2020 rover and NASA›s Mars 2020 rover (both probably the most interesting thing we figured out is, you can years. In terms of production, these have methane disappears so rapidly, which is the and plagioclase, the team found that these of which are scheduled to arrive in 2021). use this algorithm to address gaps in materials research, things ranged from non-biological processes such most important part of the process. solids could be oxidized and gases ionized (Source: Science Alert) that people should study but haven’t studied so far.” The findings were published July 3 in the journal Nature. The lead author of the study, “Unsupervised Word Embeddings Capture Latent Knowledge from Materials Science Literature,” is Citizen scientists discover cyclical pattern of complexity in solar storms Vahe Tshitoyan, a Berkeley Lab postdoctoral fellow now working Citizen scientists have discovered that solar storms become in Manchester, on 20th July. “The most damaging storms have a magnetic field that at Google. Along with Jain, Berkeley Lab scientists Kristin Persson more complex as the Sun’s 11-year activity cycle reaches its “The STEREO spacecraft capture images of solar storms is offset by 180 degrees to Earth’s. Because complex storms and Gerbrand Ceder helped lead the study. maximum -- a finding which could help forecasters predict as they erupt from the Sun. Some CMEs look very simple, like have a magnetic field that keep changing direction, they are “The paper establishes that text mining of scientific literature which space weather events could have potentially devastating bubbles, while others are far more complex, like shattered more likely to move into this alignment at least for a short can uncover hidden knowledge, and that pure text-based extraction consequences for modern technologies at Earth. light bulbs. Surprisingly, we found that the annual average period of time. The link between complexity and the solar can establish basic scientific knowledge,” said Ceder, who also ‘Protect our Planet from Solar Storms’, a research project complexity values actually follow the solar activity cycle,” cycle is important because not only are there more storms has an appointment at UC Berkeley’s Department of Materials launched by the University of Reading, the Science Museum said Shannon Jones of the University of Reading. during solar maximum, their variability makes them more Science and Engineering. Group and Zooniverse in May 2018, asked volunteers to CMEs are a key driver of hazardous space weather likely to contain an orientation of magnetic field that may Tshitoyan said the project was motivated by the difficulty making evaluate pairs of images of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) that, if directed at Earth, can cause serious damage to affect our modern technologies,” said Chris Scott of the sense of the overwhelming amount of published studies. “In every and decide which seemed the most visually complex. electricity grids, satellite navigation and communication University of Reading, who devised the study. research field there’s 100 years of past research literature, and Overall, the project ranked the complexity of 1100 infrastructure. Current prediction methods, based on The Reading team has now launched a new phase of every week dozens more studies come out,” he said. “A researcher observations of CMEs taken by the wide-angle Heliospheric the direction of the magnetic field within solar storms, experiments on Zooniverse, where volunteers will assess can access only fraction of that. We thought, can machine learning Imagers on-board NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft. The are only really effective around an hour before the the impact of brightness on complexity, weigh up how to do something to make use of all this collective knowledge in an results was presented at the RAS National Astronomy storm hits our planet. The complexity of an eruption quantify complexity, and study differences in the STEREO unsupervised manner -- without needing guidance from human Meeting in Lancaster and will feature in the exhibition The could provide advanced warning about its likelihood A and B cameras. researchers?” Sun, which opens at the Science and Industry Museum, of causing disruption. (Source: Science Daily) The team collected the 3.3 million abstracts from papers published in more than 1,000 journals between 1922 and 2018. Word2vec took each of the approximately 500,000 distinct words Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool Some animal hearts can adapt to survive in those abstracts and turned each into a 200-dimensional vector, or an array of 200 numbers. helping astronomers explore deep space without oxygen, and scientists are intrigued “What’s important is not each number, but using the numbers to see how words are related to one another,” said Jain, who leads a group working on discovery and design of new materials for energy applications using a mix of theory, computation, and data mining. “For example you can subtract vectors using standard vector math. Other researchers have shown that if you train the algorithm on nonscientific text sources and take the vector that results from ‘king minus queen,’ you get the same result as ‘man minus woman.’ It figures out the relationship without you telling it anything.” Similarly, when trained on materials science text, the algorithm was able to learn the meaning of scientific terms and concepts such as the crystal structure of metals based simply on the positions of the words in the abstracts and their co-occurrence with other words. For example, just as it could solve the equation “king -- queen + man,” it could figure out that for the equation “ferromagnetic -- NiFe + IrMn” the answer would be “antiferromagnetic.” Word2vec was even able to learn the relationships between elements on the periodic table when the vector for each chemical element was projected onto two dimensions. So if Word2vec is so smart, could it predict novel thermoelectric materials? A good thermoelectric material can efficiently convert heat to electricity and is made of materials that are safe, abundant Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive the-art model based on neural networks, During winter time, some snapping turtles Isolating muscle cells from the heart, the and easy to produce. structures in the cosmos, but despite which are designed to mimic the way a like to hibernate in ponds and lakes. Safely cells were then subjected to lower levels of The Berkeley Lab team took the top thermoelectric candidates being millions of lightyears across, they human brain learns to recognize objects by tucked away underneath a thin layer of ice, oxygen, allowing the team to measure changes suggested by the algorithm, which ranked each compound by the can still be hard to spot. Researchers at activating specific neurons when visualizing these freshwater reptiles can survive up to in pH, intracellular calcium (which helps similarity of its word vector to that of the word “thermoelectric.” Lancaster University have turned to artificial distinctive patterns and colors. six months without any oxygen to speak of. contract the heart muscles), and chemicals Then they ran calculations to verify the algorithm’s predictions. intelligence for assistance, developing Chan trained the AI by repeatedly How their bodies can cope with this depends called reactive oxygen species (ROS). Of the top 10 predictions, they found all had computed power “Deep-CEE” (Deep Learning for Galaxy showing it examples of known, labelled, on the way they were raised, it turns out. Even when oxygen was reintroduced, factors slightly higher than the average of known thermoelectrics; Cluster Extraction and Evaluation), a novel objects in images until the algorithm is New research has revealed that when turtle something that causes extensive tissue the top three candidates had power factors at above the 95th deep learning technique to speed up the able to learn to associate objects on its embryos are exposed to low levels of oxygen, damage in mammals, the heart cells showed percentile of known thermoelectrics. process of finding them. Matthew Chan, own. Then ran a pilot study to test the it programs their hearts to be more resilient little apparent injury. Next they tested if the algorithm could perform experiments a PhD student at Lancaster University, algorithm’s ability to identify and classify to such conditions for the rest of their lives. The findings suggest that developmental “in the past” by giving it abstracts only up to, say, the year 2000. is presenting this work at the Royal galaxy clusters in images that contain many From the very start of their existence, it oxygen is an important environmental cue Again, of the top predictions, a significant number turned Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy other astronomical objects. appears these incredible creatures are primed for turning on and off certain genes, which up in later studies -- four times more than if materials had meeting on 4 July at 3:45pm in the Machine “We have successfully applied Deep- for a life of aquatic hypoxia. Developing in allow the turtle’s heart to tolerate zero oxygen. just been chosen at random. For example, three of the top Learning in Astrophysics session. CEE to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey” says nests deep beneath the water, their embryos The early exposure not only reduces the Most galaxies in the universe live in Chan, “ultimately, we will run our model can sometimes be subject to as little as 11 amount of ROS, a molecule that can become five predictions trained using data up to the year 2008 have low-density environments known as “the on revolutionary surveys such as the Large percent oxygen, and this can permanently toxic when tissue reoxygenates too quickly, since been discovered and the remaining two contain rare or field,” or in small groups, like the one that Synoptic Survey telescope (LSST) that will alter their cardiac structure and function. but it can also protect their heart muscles from toxic elements. contains our Milky Way and Andromeda. probe wider and deeper into regions of the “We’re excited to be the first to show damage, allowing them to contract normally The results were surprising. “I honestly didn’t expect the Galaxy clusters are rarer, but they represent Universe never before explored. that it is possible to change the degree of even in the complete absence of oxygen. algorithm to be so predictive of future results,” Jain said. “I had the most extreme environments that galaxies New state-of-the-art telescopes have tolerance that turtles have for low oxygen “Collectively, these results suggest thought maybe the algorithm could be descriptive of what people can live in and studying them can help us enabled astronomers to observe wider and environments by early exposure to hypoxia developmental hypoxia alters pathways had done before but not come up with these different connections. better understand dark matter and dark deeper than ever before, such as studying during development,” says cardiac biologist involved in ROS management that might I was pretty surprised when I saw not only the predictions but energy. the large-scale structure of the universe Ilan Ruhr from the University of Manchester. protect the heart against oxidative stress,” also the reasoning behind the predictions, things like the half- During 1950s the pioneer of galaxy and mapping its vast undiscovered content. Survival in hypoxic conditions depends the authors conclude. Heusler structure, which is a really hot crystal structure for cluster-finding, astronomer George Abell, By automating the discovery process, on the ability of the heart to continue One day, the researchers hope this thermoelectrics these days.” spent many years searching for galaxy scientists can quickly scan sets of images, delivering nutrients and removing waste. knowledge can be used to keep the He added: “This study shows that if this algorithm were in place clusters by eye, using a magnifying lens and return precise predictions with minimal When humans suffer from heart attacks, human heart alive and well under hypoxic earlier, some materials could have conceivably been discovered and photographic plates to locate them. human interaction. This will be essential their hearts are usually damaged by the conditions. For instance, in the future a years in advance.” Along with the study the researchers are releasing Abell manually analyzed around 2,000 for analyzing data in future. The upcoming resulting hypoxia, and the same thing can drug may be able to switch on the same the top 50 thermoelectric materials predicted by the algorithm. photographic plates, looking for visual LSST sky survey (due to come online in 2021) happen during heart transplants. mechanisms and protect the human heart They’ll also be releasing the word embeddings needed for people signatures the of galaxy clusters, and will image the skies of the entire southern Yet reptiles like turtles and alligators can from oxygen deprivation. to make their own applications if they want to search on, say, a detailing the astronomical coordinates hemisphere, generating an estimated 15 withstand these extreme environments and “Heart cells in turtles and humans better topological insulator material. of the dense regions of galaxies. His work TB of data every night. still maintain their metabolism and muscle are anatomically quite similar,” explains Up next, Jain said the team is working on a smarter, more resulted in the ‘Abell catalogue’ of galaxy “Data mining techniques such as deep function. To figure out what was happening comparative physiologist Gina Galli from powerful search engine, allowing researchers to search abstracts clusters found in the northern hemisphere. learning will help us to analyze the enormous on a cellular level, the researchers studied a The University of Manchester, “so if we in a more useful way. Deep-CEE builds on Abell’s approach outputs of modern telescopes” says Dr John group of juvenile Common Snapping Turtles can learn to understand what factors The study was funded by Toyota Research Institute. Other for identifying galaxy clusters but replaces Stott (Chan’s PhD supervisor). “We expect (Chelydra serpentina), half of which developed allow them to survive in an oxygen-free study co-authors are Berkeley Lab researchers John Dagdelen, the astronomer with an AI model that has our method to find thousands of clusters under normal oxygen conditions of 21 percent, environment, we’d hope to be able to apply Leigh Weston, Alexander Dunn, and Ziqin Rong, and UC Berkeley been trained to “look” at color images and never seen before by science.” and half of which developed under oxygen that to a medical scenario.” researcher Olga Kononova. identify galaxy clusters. It is a state-of- (Source: Science Daily) levels of just 10 percent. (Source: sciencealert.com) (Source: Science Daily) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM JULY 9, 2019

Over 4 million visit First groups of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in a year TOURISM TEHRAN — Over four million people, mostly Hajj pilgrims deskdomestic travelers, toured Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), MP Qolam-Mohammad Zarei, who represents the southwestern province, said on Monday. He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of a vast eth- leave for no-cultural exhibition, which turns the spotlight on nomadic life, traditions, arts, handicrafts and souvenirs in the capital city of Yasuj, IRNA reported. Saudi Arabia TOURISM TEHRAN — On Iranian Hajj pilgrims that was attended deskMonday, first batches by the Leader’s representative in of Iranian Hajj pilgrims departed from charge of hajj affairs, Hojjatoleslam nine airports for Saudi Arabia. Abolhasan Navab, head of Hajj and The Imam Khomeini Airport City Pilgrimage Organization, Alireza (IKAC), for its part, has started a 24- Rashidian, CEO of Imam Khomeini day handling project of Hajj flights to Intl. Airport, Ali Rostami, and head dispatch 30,000 pilgrims, who are from of the Civil Aviation Organization, Ali provinces of Tehran, Qom, Alborz, Abedzadeh, the report said. A formal ceremony was held at the Imam Khomeini International Airport to Qazvin, Lorestan, and Kordestan, as This year, some 86,550 Iranians bid farewell to the first batches of Iranian Hajj pilgrims, July 8, 2019. well as cities of Arak and Kashan. The will travel to Mecca to perform the gathering of human beings on earth, of the Muslim calendar. process will be continued until August religious pilgrimage. with approximately three million The pilgrimage has been occurring The substantial role of nomads in serving the county is high- 5, according to the IKAC. Performing Hajj is compulsory on people gathering each year for three annually since 630 CE when the prophet lighted through their way of life in tribal black tents, their seasonal A ceremony was held at the airport every Muslim at least once in their to five days between the eighth and Muhammad (PBUH) led his followers migration to different parts of the country in order to achieve to bid farewell to the first batches of life. It is one of the largest annual 12th of Dhul-Hijjah, the last month from Medina to Mecca. better pastures for livestock breeding and production of dairy products and handicrafts, he explained. A total of 100 stalls and 24 black tents have been set up for the exhibit in which tribespeople from 25 provinces are promoting skills through July 11. Rare dovetail-joints found in UNESCO-tagged Pasargadae Sightseers in Iran may live with a nomadic or rural family HERITAGE TEHRAN — Personnel of Pasar- the official said. for a while or enjoy an independent stay and assist them with deskgadae have recently found two rare The discovery was made during a preservation day-to-day life. Diverse natural setting of the country has long dovetail-joints, which used to attach massive stone project already began to unite the scattered pieces made it a destination for nature lovers. slabs, pillars and columns in the UNESCO World with the aim of helping to read out the architecture Heritage site that was once the capital of the Achae- of the complex. menid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC), Situated in about 50km north of Persepolis, Pasar- Ancient water system in Peru who ordered its construction. gadae embraces outstanding examples of the first The dovetail joint technique probably pre-dates phase of royal Achaemenid art and architecture and could fix water shortages written history. Some of the earliest known examples exceptional testimonies of Persian civilization. of the dovetail joint are in ancient Egyptian furniture Cyrus was the founder of Achaemenid Empire Sometimes modern problems require ancient solutions. entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty, which at its greatest extent stretched from the Bal- A 1,400-year-old Peruvian method of diverting water could as well as the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dove- kans to the Indus Valley, spanning 5.5 million square supply up to 40,000 Olympic-size swimming pools’ worth of tail design is an important method of distinguishing kilometers. The Persian king declared world’s first water to Lima each year. That information comes from a new various periods of furniture. charter of human rights, also known as the Cyrus study published in Nature Sustainability. Over the past couple of centuries, some people Cylinder. It’s one example of how ancient methods could support existing pulled the dovetail-joints out of their place in order Despite the minimal nature of the ruins they make modern ones in countries without enough water. to use its lead for making slugs for shotguns as the a good introduction to the wonders of Persepolis, More than a billion people across the world face water shortages. abuse have caused a lot of damage to the stone blocks some 60km to the south. Best visited en route from Man-made reservoirs store rainwater and water overflow for use and the architecture of the buildings, ILNA quoted It’s the first time that such well flawless dove- Yazd or Isfahan to Shiraz, most people fit them into an during drier times. But reservoirs are costly, require years to plan Afshin Ebrahimi, director of the World Heritage site, tail-joints are found in Pasargadae, perhaps they extended tour from Persepolis with stops at Naqsh-e and can still fail to meet water needs. Recently, for example, the as saying on Friday. have remained hidden from the eyes of the abductors, Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab. reservoirs in Chennai, India, went almost dry. The city’s four million people had to then depend on water transports from the government. Peru’s capital, Lima, depends on water from rivers high in the Andes Mountains. It takes only a few days for water to flow down to the city. So when the dry season begins in the mountains, the water supply quickly disappears. The city suffers shortages of 43 2,000 pieces of pottery on show at Tehran exhibit million cubic meters during the dry season. It resolves this with HERITAGE TEHRAN — A modern structures such as man-made reservoirs. deskvast collection of These reservoirs are not the only solution, however. Over a ceramics and potteries, comprising thousand years ago, indigenous people developed another way 2,000 pieces by Iranian crafter to solve water problems. Zahra Kavian, is currently on show Boris Ochoa-Tocachi is a researcher at Imperial College London at the headquarters of the Cultural and lead writer of the study. He explored one of the last remaining Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism water-harvesting systems in the small mountain community of Organization in Tehran. Huamantanga, Peru. The system was developed even before the In an interview with CHTN, ancient Inca civilization. Kavian, who works as a potter for (Source: Voice of America) over ten years, said that the exhibit titled “Golineh” aims to introduce ROUND THE GLOBE ceramics and earthen products in both practical and decorating techniques. Gelati Monastery Golineh is capable to have a word with art lovers of every society, she A World Heritage, Gelati Monastery reflects the ‘golden said, adding that she tries to realize age’ of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength the previously put forwarded idea of and economic growth between the reigns of King David IV “Iranian Home”, an approach that ‘the Builder’ (1089-1125) and Queen Tamar (1184-1213). embeds traditional handicrafts in The property is situated on the lower southern slopes modern homes. of the mountains of the Northern Caucasus. “Iranian Home” made its debut at the 28th National Crafts Exhibition in 2017 to promote Iranian crafts through presentation of their usefulness in practice.

Five professions for millennials who want to travel for free Exiting and entering the country, exploring popular Of course the number of followers and Instagram attractions and traveling to remote destinations are a content factor in to whether or not publishers endorse dream for many people. But often the biggest obstacle you. Therefore, if you really intend to become a ce- to traveling is the cost. lebrity, start organizing Instagram feeds and looking For this reason, many people long to travel for free, for tips to optimize it. and there are more ways to travel for free than many 4. Volunteer people think. One way is to make traveling part of your Volunteers can travel if they have expertise as a job, such as the following professions that are especially health worker, education personnel, technical per- It was David who, in 1106 began building the monastery suitable for millennials as compiled by kompas.com. sonnel, etc. near his capital Kutaisi on a wooded hill above the river 1. YouTuber Take an education volunteer for example. Try to Tskaltsitela. The main church was completed in 1130 in This profession is certainly familiar to millenni- find a volunteer position in the field of education the reign of his son and successor Demetre. als, and becoming a YouTuber can indeed be quite that will put you in various regions in Indonesia. Further churches were added to the monastery through- promising. Forbes Magazine even released a list of By volunteering in a certain area, you can explore out the 13th and early 14th centuries. The monastery is the richest YouTubers in the world, in which the top the place as well. richly decorated with mural paintings from the 12th to spot was occupied by Ryan Toys Review, a 7-year-old But keep in mind that when you become a volun- 17th centuries, as well as a 12th century mosaic in the boy whose income reached $2 million a year. teer, you must prioritize the goal of your voluntary apse of the main church, depicting the Virgin with Child But of course, creating a YouTube account and more about writing content with personal blog media. mission. Do not let your goal of free travel make you flanked by archangels. creating channels doesn’t necessarily make you fa- There are quite a lot of famous travel bloggers in the think you can take it easy with work. Even though you Its high architectural quality, outstanding decoration, mous or let you travel for free. Creativity in creating country that you can make reference to, such as Trin- volunteer, acting responsible is absolutely necessary. size, and clear spatial quality combine to offer a vivid content is needed so that your channel can attract ity, Fahmi Anhar, the late Mas Toro Cumi Lebay, etc. 5. Travel agent expression of the artistic idiom of the architecture of the public attention. Once you have a lot of viewers and To become a blogger who gets hits, you can’t just Opening a travel agency would improve your Georgian “Golden Age” and its almost completely intact subscribers, some publishers may invite you to work write content. You also need technical skills, such as chance of being able to travel for free. By opening surroundings allow an understanding of the intended together. They may start to offer products, money or in SEO techniques, HTML and website management. a travel agency you can be both a travel guide and fusion between architecture and landscape. even free travel. 3. Celebgram travel consultant for your customers. This is so that Gelati was not simply a monastery: it was also a center Even without waiting for an offer, you can ask for Celebgram can also be a way to get to travel for free. you can participate in the experience of traveling just of science and education, and the Academy established offers if you have many viewers and subscribers. But It is undeniable that social media like Instagram like your clients when you travel with them. there was one of the most important centers of culture of course, if you really aim to travel for free, then your often contribute to making a place famous. This is Good communication skills, capital, marketing in ancient Georgia. content should also be related to travel. what publishers are looking for. They need celebrity knowledge and extensive networking are needed to (Source: UNESCO) 2. Blogger Instagrammers to become influencers who popularize make it in this field. The difference from YouTubers is that bloggers are their products or review certain places. (Source: The Jakarta Post) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 9, 2019 TECHNOLOGY 11

Homegrown android operating Coworking is flourishing in Iran: expert system developed By Setareh Behroozi TEHRAN – Coworking, as the self-directed, collaborative, flexible TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – A group of Rahkar Sarzamin Hooshmand (Smart Land and voluntary work style for shared workplaces, are supported deskstudents at the Sharif Strategy) using Telegram’s open source code by the Innovation Acceleration Center at the Pardis Science and University of Technology have developed and servers. With 25 million users in Iran, Technology Park, an expert at the center Davoud Ebrahimi said a homegrown android operating system the applications were warmly welcomed since in an interview with the Tehran Times. (OS) in order to confront Google sanctions the Telegram was banned in the country on Today there is an entrepreneurship funnel in the world, which against the country, the information and April 30, 2018. includes coworking spaces, accelerators, incubators, technology communication technology minister wrote Following the action, Azari Jahromi parks and so on, he explained. on his Instagram account on Sunday, IRNA reacted to the removal, saying that the U.S. The center recently supports and issues license for coworking reported. economic terrorism is also moving toward spaces, as a place, which makes a network for entrepreneurs, “When I was a child, there was a grocery digital economy. he said. in our neighborhood, who sometimes added The move came a few months after Apple certain neighbors on his blacklist without banned Iranian apps from App Store. any reason. After a while, another grocery The homegrown operating system is not was opened in the neighborhood, so the only developed by Iran. In March 2019, the blacklist was not functional anymore! Poor CNBC published a news on Huawei that built thing! After that he disputed with his son,” software for smartphones and laptops in Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said in case it’s blocked from using U.S. software a video clip published with a metaphoric from Microsoft and Google. caption. no limitations for installing foreign apps. Iranian applications including two messaging It was reported that Google — which “Google cannot remove the Iranian Moreover, this is an opportunity for the apps called ‘Hotgram’ and ‘Talagram’. makes the Android operating system that operating system. A smartphone produced by Iranian application market to be developed. Hotgram and Talagram are two messaging Huawei uses in its handsets — has suspended the GLX Company supported the homemade In April, the Google Play removed some apps produced by the Iranian company the transfer of hardware, software or technical operating system,” the video says. services to Huawei except what’s available “The Iranian developers can release Google cannot remove the Iranian via open source. The coworking spaces can hold educational courses and through their apps without any concern from U.S. Huawei has faced intense political acceptance of different types of entrepreneurs and freelancers they sanctions on the platform.” operating system. A smartphone produced pressure from the U.S. which says its provide a dynamic place, which improves innovation, he added. Meanwhile, the managing director of by the GLX Company supported the networking equipment could be used by No one can deny the role of freelancers and entrepreneurs in Telecommunication Infrastructure Company, homemade operating system the Chinese government for espionage. The the national economy, he stressed. Hamid Fattahi, told IRNA that there are company has repeatedly denied the claims. He also explained about innovation accelerators and their great role in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. Innovation accelerator, as the private sector, aims to boost entrepreneurship and innovation by supporting ideas and startup teams, he explained. Iranian experts manufacture gas-powered generator Training as well as financial support, which is in form of seed TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – Iranian experts have managed gas-powered generator. money, are provided by the accelerators in order to grow and deskto manufacture a gas-powered electricity According to kovaicorp.com, technological advancements have their own market share in future, he added. generator, which can be used non-stop by industries and have resulted in the increased popularity of gas gen-sets. The accelerator become shareholders at the startups and they generate power at a reasonable price, Mehr reported on Examples of significant technology advancements include benefit from the growth of the startups, he added. Monday. the optimization of engine speed, integrated approaches to The Pardis Science and Technology Park supports the initi- The head of Power Energy Industry Research and Tech- generator paralleling, and bi-fuel—or combined diesel and ation of the accelerators in financial aspects and help them to nology Fund, Mansour Fat’hali, said that the experts plan gas fuel—operations. obtain necessary licenses, he said. to establish a firm for mass production of the generator for Power densities and transient performance can be im- The accelerator are mostly eager to invest on the online plat- the purpose of distributed generation, an approach that proved by increasing the operating speed of gasified engines. forms but today we have specialized accelerators in different employs small-scale technologies to produce electricity close Using these speed-optimized, spark-ignited gas engines, fields including medicine, health, oil and gas, he said. to the end users of power. original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are connecting Different types of accelerators including business accelerator, The conversion of natural gas energy into useful elec- smaller gas gen-sets and consolidating their output in an corporate accelerator for big holdings, HR accelerators are being tric power, which is done by the gas-powered generator, is integrated approach to set up larger plants with generator established in Iran, he explained. very efficient and is more eco-friendly in comparison with paralleling. The center is also active in the field of holding events in dif- fuel-powered generators, he explained. Another growing interest within the gas gen-sets segment ferent fields of training and development, he added. Distributed generation and regional power plants, sector, also commercial and office spaces, deprived areas, is the popularity of mobile gen-sets. These units are essen- The Innovation Acceleration Center aims to raise hope amongst different industries and firms as well as the agricultural medical centers including hospitals can benefit from the tially used for backup and standby demand during power. the entrepreneurs and innovation ecosystem through providing facilitation and financial support, he concluded. According to their website, a total of 38 accelerators received their licenses from the center and the documents of 70 acceler- ators are being assessed. Sharif university, Aras free zone team up for S3 The accelerators provide facilities for 988 startup teams, creating 1025 job opportunities. TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – Sharif by developing and matching research and Industrial Zone, Mohsen Nariman, deskUniversity of innovation own strengths to business signed the agreement during a meeting Technology and Aras Free Trade- needs in order to address emerging in Tehran. Industrial Zone signed an agreement opportunities and market developments During the meeting, Maleki explained Data can now be stored to boost cooperation in the field of in a coherent manner, while avoiding about details of the strategy and depicted Smart Specialization Strategies (S3), duplication and fragmentation of efforts. its perspective for the future. inside the molecules that ISNA reported on Sunday. The deputy director of policymaking Nariman also expressed hope over the power our metabolism S3 means the national or regional research center of Sharif University economic prosperity and development of innovation strategies which set priorities of Technology, Ali Maleki, and the the zone following the implementation DNA isn’t the only molecule we could use for digital storage. It turns in order to build competitive advantage managing director of Aras Free Trade- of S3. out that solutions containing sugars, amino acids and other small molecules could replace hard drives too. Jacob Rosenstein and his colleagues at Brown University, Rhode Island, stored and retrieved pictures of an Egyptian cat, an ibex and an Blockchain for the food, how industry makes use of the technology anchor using an array of these small molecules. They say the approach could make storage that is less vulnerable to hacking and that could As blockchain continues to push for mass adop- “A key benefit not discussed is the fact that April, Nestlé and French retail giant Carrefour function in more extreme environmental conditions. tion, the food and beverage industry is shaping data needs to be cleansed, structured and ver- reportedly started using the technology to track Inspired by recent research showing that it is possible to store data up to be one of the most inclusive destinations for ified before it goes onto a Blockchain. This is the supply chain of Mousline, a well-known brand on DNA, Rosenstein’s team wanted to see if smaller and simpler mol- the technology: Just over the past few months, one of the key benefits and in the use cases I of instant mashed potatoes. As per the initiative, ecules could also encode abstract information. a variety of players — including juggernauts have examined closely, 75% of the effort was customers are able to scan a QR-code with their Digital sugar like Nestlé, Carrefour and Starbucks — have in fixing the data.” smartphones to know exactly where the potatoes To test this out, they created mixtures of common metabolites – reported on their latest blockchain-powered IBM’s blockchain solution continues in a specific packet came from, as well as their solutions containing sugars, amino acids and other small molecules initiatives within the field. to dominate the field journey to the exact Carrefour store. that humans and other living organisms use to digest food and to carry Indeed, in 2019, blockchain has been pierc- The most mainstream and adopted blockchain New blockchain-based food trace- out other important chemical functions. Their idea was to use the ing the food industry at an accelerated pace. tracking solution within the field is IBM’s Food ability tools continue to emerge presence or absence of particular metabolites in the mixtures as the According to recent research, 20% of the top-10 Traceability is not just the customer’s whim, Trust, which is based on the Hyperledger Fabric Additionally, in March, Carrefour introduced binary 1s and 0s that can encode digital information. global grocers will use blockchain by 2025. So, however, but a crucial component for the industry blockchain protocol. With the first product trials its own blockchain-powered solution for tracking For instance, to generate the picture of the ibex, the team used mix- what makes the technology so appealing for at large, in which investigations into foodborne spearheaded by Walmart in China in Decem- milk, called Carrefour Quality Line (CQL). CQL tures of six different metabolites dotted onto a plate by liquid-handling the food industry participants, and are there illnesses require extra swiftness to prevent human ber 2016, Big Blue’s food-tracking ecosystem is reported to guarantee consumers complete robots. They produced 1024 dots in total, and within each dot the six any obstacles that can be a hurdle to potential loss. Rachel Gabato, the chief operating officer has since amassed numerous industry giants, product traceability across the entire supply metabolites were either absent or present, providing enough binary adoption? at Ripe.io, a San Francisco-based blockchain including Carrefour, Nestle, Dole Food, Kroger chain — from farmers’ fields to the store shelves. information to encode the 6142-pixel image. Empowering customers with more startup working with the food supply chain, told and Unilever. The platform officially went live As per the press release, consumers will get Rosenstein and his colleagues were then able to retrieve the data data and tracking food illness Cointelegraph: in October 2018. According to IBM, during the access to meticulous information, including with around 99 per cent accuracy. They did this by using a mass spec- There are at least two essential problems “One of the primary drivers for food providers testing period, “millions of individual food prod- GPS coordinates of the farmers producing trometer to analyse the chemical mix within each dot. They also made in the food industry that blockchain has been to consider blockchain technology is the ability ucts” were tracked by retailers and suppliers the milk, details on when it was collected and an even higher resolution image of a cat from an Egyptian tomb using presumed to solve. First, the trust issue: Ac- of the technology to collect data from various using the Food Trust blockchain. packaged, as well as the list of stakeholders mixtures of 12 metabolites. cording to a 2018 study released by the United sources and create a single view of the transaction. In 2019, the tech behemoth will continue to involved in the product line. Other notable Dense data States-based Food Marketing Institute (FMI), This plays an important role in the ability to recruit participants for its blockchain traceability blockchain initiatives happening within the They used standardized plates, the size of the palm of your hand, the public demand for transparency is growing track the food product back to its origin driving program, as revealed by Nestle S.A. So far this food industry this year include the U.S. National to encode the roughly thumbnail-sized images. But Rosenstein says within the market. Essentially, customers are more efficiency when a food safety issue arises.” year, Big Blue has already signed Albertsons Pork Board partnering with Ripe.io to test out the physical size of metabolite storage devices could be much smaller. becoming more health-conscious and want to For instance, in 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Companies, a leading food and drug retailer in a blockchain platform for pork supply chains. Metabolite molecules are much smaller than DNA and proteins, know as much as possible about the food they get. Administration (FDA) investigated a fatal Sal- the U.S. At first, the retailer will use the Food The company’s representative told Cointele- and there is a wide variety of them. This means they can represent small Specifically, the report found that as much monella outbreak linked to papayas imported Trust initiative to track the supply chain for graph of the initiative: amounts of data more densely than DNA, he says. as 75% of consumers are more likely to switch from a Mexican farm. In order to allocate the romaine lettuce, but it aims to branch out into “The ripe.io platform will enable the NPB “They do not require any energy once written, and depending on to a brand that provides more in-depth prod- disease’s original source, the agency conducted other products in the future. ecosystem of pork producers to monitor, evaluate the molecules and the environmental conditions, the data can last for uct information — beyond what’s provided on over a hundred interviews and studied various Additionally, it has been reported that the and continuously improve their sustainability months or years,” says Rosenstein. In fact, molecular memory could the physical label. When shoppers were asked mango samples in lab conditions. Blockchain U.S. seafood trade association National Fisheries practices based on six defined ethical principles be more stable than electronic memory in conditions such as extreme the same question in 2016 in a similar study can reduce the process of finding the responsible Institute (NFI) is now working with IBM’s Food guiding the U.S. pork industry. These principles temperature, pressure and mechanical forces, depending on the char- conducted by Label Insight, just 39% declared supplier to seconds: By using the technology, Trust to trace seafood. Purportedly, this is the provide industry standards in food safety and acteristics of the molecules. they would switch brands. Blockchain, being an stakeholders can track the corrupt harvest of first effort to track multiple seafood species, an public health, animal well-being, protecting the Molecular storage could also make it possible to store large amounts of easily accessible, immutable distributed ledger mangoes from a particular farm and then sur- initiative jointly pursued by multiple companies. environment, and improving the quality of life data offline, rather than in the cloud, providing protection from hacking. by design, seems to be the go-to solution for that gically remove it from the supply chain. Just a couple of months prior to that, North for the industry’s people and communities.” Read more: Lee Cronin: Can we make computers with chemicals? case, as it can provide consumers with concrete, Indeed, as the food industry entails numer- America’s largest branded shelf-stable seafood Further, in the beginning of 2019, World So far, the technology Rosenstein and his colleagues created is slow immutable data about their food. Matron Ven, ous participants — farmers, vendors, retailers, firm, Bumble Bee Foods, launched a blockchain Wildlife Fund-Australia (WWF-Australia) and compared with electronic computers. However, it does have some ad- the chief marketing officer at blockchain-powered customers, etc. — within the supply chain, the platform for seafood traceability in collabora- global corporate venture BCG Digital Ventures vantages over DNA memory. farm-to-table food traceability solution company process of tracking goods from farm-to-table is tion with German tech company SAP. Based (BCGDV) jointly launched a blockchain-pow- “Compared to DNA, our metabolite data has low latency, in that Te-Food, told Cointelegraph: notably complex. Consequently, the very idea of on the SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain service, ered supply chain tool dubbed OpenSC. The we can write and read data sets quickly from start to finish,” says “Food companies implement traceability having a blockchain encourages suppliers and the new platform can purportedly monitor the system reportedly allows both businesses to Rosenstein, adding that DNA is still currently superior for encoding because they see that the consumers require retailers to get their data straight, says John G. supply chain of yellowfin tuna from Indonesia track products they produce, as well as con- large data sets. transparency and credibility. Blockchain’s immu- Keogh, a research associate at Henley Business to end customers. sumers to view the origins of said products “These ideas are ready to be used in research labs, but we would tability helps them to prove that the information School and University of Reading, who co-au- Meanwhile, earlier Food Trust members via a “unique blockchain code at the product’s need to speed things up and shrink the size of the analysis hardware the different supply chain companies provide thored an academic article on the topic. He told have been expanding the scale of IBM block- point of origin.” before it would be practical outside the lab,” says Rosenstein. is uncorrupted.” Cointelegraph: chain’s application this year. For instance, in (Source: cointelegraph.com) (Source: newscientist.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY JULY 9, 2019

Magnitude 5.7 quake hits ‘3,000 tons of plastic waste is southwestern Iran

SOCIETY TEHRAN — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake deskjolted southwestern Khuzestan province on produced daily in Iran’ Monday, Tasnim reported. According to the data published on Iranian Seismological ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The use of disposable plastic with severe environmental Center (IRSC), affiliated to Tehran University, the first quake deskplastic is on the rise among consequences. Around the world, 1 million struck Masjed Soleiman at about 11:30 a.m. at the depth of 17 Iranians, as over 3,000 tons of plastic waste is plastic drinking bottles are purchased every kilometers beneath the earth’s surface. generated per day in the country, the director minute. Every year we use up to 5 trillion of environment and sustainable development disposable plastic bags. In total, 50 percent department of Tehran Municipality has said. of the plastic we use is single use, according “The amount reaches 1 million tons in a to World Environment website. year,” Fars news agency quoted Sadr-o-din Nearly one third of the plastic packaging Alipour as saying on Monday. we use escapes collection systems, which The consumption of plastics and its envi- means that it finally ends up clogging our ronmental consequences has become a global city streets and polluting our natural envi- issue, hence the European Union, considering ronment. Annually, up to 13 million tons of growing plastic pollution, has proposed a ban plastic leak into our oceans, where it smothers on the use of disposable plastics by 2025, coral reefs and threatens vulnerable, precious he explained. marine wildlife. The plastic that ends up in Alipour went on to explain that leaching of the oceans can circle the Earth four times in a chemicals into environmental matrices, and single year, and it can persist for up to 1,000 entry into the food chain, risks of chronic expo- years before it fully disintegrates. It is also Four other quakes measuring 3-4.7 on the Richter scale shook sure to plastics and their additives, increase of harmful to wildlife where nearly 100,000 the area within 40 minutes. insects and pests, visual and air pollution caused marine animals killed by plastics each year. Fairly powerful quakes shook the capital city of Ahvaz and by burning waste are among the environmental Over 380 million tons of plastic is pro- other cities across the province, while it even affected the western and health problems caused by plastic bags. duced in the world each year; and half of province of Lorestan. So, since the Iranian calendar year 1391 all plastic manufactured becomes trash in Some 64 persons have so far been injured. (March 2012- March 2013), Iran observes biodegradable plastic are held, he said, adding being practiced. less than a year. July 12 as plastic-bag-free day annually, on that providing solutions for cutting down on Meanwhile, Parvaneh Tishehzan, assis- Solution to plastic pollution which several schemes and programs are plastic consumption and holding workshops tant professor at Shahid Chamran University Bring your own shopping bags to the su- carried out across the capital, aiming to raise are other plans of this day. of Ahvaz, has explained that plastic waste permarket, pressure food suppliers to use Summer heats foster air awareness about plastic pollution which is In April, Kiyomars Kalantari, director constitutes 28 percent of the total waste non-plastic packaging, refuse plastic cutlery, pollution spikes in Tehran negatively impacting daily lives. general of Tehran province department of produced in Iran. pick up any plastic you see the next time you Through which, NGOs and environmen- environment, said that everyday 8,000 tons How plastic pollution affects the go for a walk on the beach or forest, bring your of waste is being transferred to landfills in world TEHRAN — Tehraners breathed foul air not talists distribute biodegradable bags at dif- own coffee mug to work, and most importantly ENVIRONMENT Tehran but not even 1 kilogram of it is re- While plastic has many valuable uses, we deskexperiencing a single day of clean air since the ferent locations, innovative educational and pressure local authorities to improve how cycled as waste segregation at source is not have become over reliant on single-use or beginning of summer (June 22), Tasnim news agency reported cultural programs on the benefits of using they manage the city’s waste. on Monday. The report highlights that for 1 day the capital’s air quality reached a level which was unhealthy for all the people. Air pollution in Birmingham ‘shortens lives of children by half a year’ While in the same period last year no polluted air quality was reported. City one of five required by government to set up a clean air “It’s awful that children living in the UK are breathing An air quality index (AQI) is used to communicate to the zone to tackle nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5s. air that may shorten their lives. As a parent, you want to do public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is Primary school children who grow up in Birmingham everything you can for your children, but when it comes forecast to become. could lose half a year of their lives due to illegal levels of air to air pollution you can feel helpless – that’s why those in The index categorizes conditions according to a measure of pollution in the city, a new report warns. power must step up. polluting matters into excellent (0-50), good (51-100), lightly The study examines levels of nitrogen dioxide and par- “We need the government and Birmingham city council polluted or unhealthy for sensitive groups (101-150), moderate- ticulate pollution (PM2.5) in the city and calculates that to take ambitious action to tackle the toxic air in this city, ly polluted (151-200), heavily polluted (201-300) and severely an eight-year-old child could die up to seven months early and we need them to do it now.” polluted (301-500). if exposed over their lifetimes to toxic air. The loss of life Air pollution has been identified by Public Health England According to the Air Quality Control Company, Tehran’s air expectancy is worse in Birmingham than some other major as the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK. was good for 8 days during this month, while good air quality cities in the UK including Manchester, researchers found. Evidence shows that it can cause or worsen a range of lung reported for 8 days, and a day of polluted air. Birmingham is one of five cities required by the govern- and heart conditions including asthma, chronic bronchi- During the same period last year, 10 days of good air quality ment to set up a clean air zone to reduce toxic air, as part of tis, chronic heart disease and stroke. Research suggests air was reported in Tehran, while, the residents experienced lightly plans to tackle the illegal levels of pollution in 38 out of 43 pollution caused by NO2 and PM2.5 could cause 36,000 polluted air 7 days. areas of the country. More than half of children in Birmingham live in the top deaths per year. It was mostly due to the raise of ozone pollutant and particulate But in Birmingham and Leeds the start date of January 10% of the most deprived areas of the country, and about Polly Billington, director of UK100, said the report should matter; as the statistics show concentration of ozone increases next year has been postponed because of government delays 8,000 children in the city are growing up in the most disad- be a wake-up call to policy makers. in the capital during summer heats. in providing vehicle-checking software. vantaged neighbourhoods in the UK, according to a report “We need to tackle this invisible killer which is cutting It is anticipated that ground level ozone concentration will On Monday research commissioned by UK100 – a net- by the Children’s Society. the lives of children and causing health misery for thousands even exacerbate during the next weeks. work of local leaders across the country – for the first time Waseem Zaffar, cabinet member for transport and envi- of adults. By working together, local councils and central Ozone in the lower atmosphere is formed by the reaction examines the burden air pollution places on mortality in ronment on the city council, said the results were shocking. government can put in place ambitious and inclusive clean of sunlight on air containing hydrocarbons and nitrogen ox- major cities. “They demonstrate the sheer scale of the major public air zones to tackle the most polluting sources of dirty air and ides (NOX) that react to form ozone directly at the source of the The report, carried out by Kings College London, said health crisis we are dealing with in Birmingham today,” he said. let us breathe freely.” pollution namely, cars, industry, gas vapors, chemical solvents, the health cost of the city’s toxic air was £470m every year. “One life cut short by poor air quality is one too many, The government has been forced by the courts to improve fuel combustion. The study examined NO2 and PM2.5, two of the leading so this is exactly why the city is taking forward measures its plans to clean up the air, after losing legal action taken Although, the concentration of other pollutants in Tehran has causes of poor health from air pollution, in the city’s 10 such as the clean air zone and why we continue to work by environmental lawyers Client Earth. decreased since the beginning of spring (March 21) compared constituencies. It found that air pollution had the greatest with other cities across the country to tackle this problem A government spokesperson said: “We are aware of con- to the same period last year, however, during this month, ozone impact in the most deprived areas, and that men are more together, but we also need strong leadership on this issue cerns over delays and are carrying out work to develop key reached up to a level which is unprecedented in the past 17 years. likely to be affected than women. In Erdington, up to 91 at a national government level.” components of the system to support the Charging Clean deaths are attributable annually to air pollution, compared Sue Huyton, coordinator of the Clean Air Parent’s net- Air Zones for January 2020.” WORDS IN THE NEWS with up to 59 in Edgbaston and 57 in Hall Green. work, said action was needed now. (Source: The Guardian) Pink flamingos arrive Toxic caterpillars spark health scare across Germany in Kenya Marauding caterpillars with toxic hairs have Cities and towns in Brandenburg, Saxo- Dortmund’s Fredenbaumpark, where parts of the A1 motorway were closed for brought parts of Germany to a standstill, ny-Anhalt, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and nearly 500 trees were found to be infest- three nights in May so firefighters could tackle (December 28, 2000) leading to closures of swimming pools, res- the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia ed, was closed for three weeks, broadcaster infected trees. Authorities were concerned BBC east Africa correspondent Cathy Jenkins reports on the taurants, public parks and sections of the have been particularly badly affected. Deutschlandfunk reported. that the caterpillar’s hairs, which are almost return after 64 years of pink flamingos to Lake Nakuru in Kenya. motorway. In the city of Münster, six people had to “The oak processionary infestation this invisible, could affect the health of drivers From afar the flamingos which line the edge of Lake Nakuru are Oak processionary moth caterpillars, have eye operations to remove caterpillar hair year is very intensive – much more than last and local residents. named after the nose-to-tail processions that got stuck in their corneas. In Mülheim, year,” said the park’s manager, Frank Dartsch. In Louvain, Belgium, firefighters had to a shimmering carpet of pink. Close up they›re a cacophony of they form to travel between the oak trees nine children were taken to a hospital last In Nuremberg, organizers of a rock festival destroy nests of the invasive species before flapping wings, about eight hundred thousand pairs of wings, they devour, have fine, long hairs with an month after suffering rashes and breathing had to hire a private company to remove a rock concert. according to researchers and there are soon to be more. For the irritating toxin that can cause blistering rash- problems during a sports day. processionary nests that had infested about Oak processionary moth caterpillars begin first time since 1936 the pink flamingos have chosen to breed at es, feverish dizzy spells and asthma attacks. “It’s terrible everywhere,” Thomas 50 trees where the concert was due to be held. to pupate in early July, but the threat posed Nakuru and people like Daniel Koros, of the Worldwide Fund For years, the caterpillar used to be a rel- Schwolow, an administrator in the munic- In Frankfurt, authorities have used heli- by their nests remains. Each caterpillar can for Nature are very happy about it. atively rare sight in Germany, found only in ipality of Issum, where numerous trees have copters in the battle against the caterpillar, have up to 700,000 hook-ended hairs, and «I think we are quite excited that they are doing this now. We›ve isolated areas of woodland. But following this been affected, told Rheinische Post. “It would spraying 220 hectares of forest with biocides the toxins they contain can remain active already observed several birds sitting on eggs in the north of year’s mild spring and warm, dry summer, the be great if it would rain so that at least all that stop the larvae from eating oak leaves several years after the caterpillar has pupated the lake and also a few to the south.» oak processionary’s nests have been found the hair on the leaves and in the air could and makes them die off. into an adult moth. But the breeding is one bright note in an otherwise worrying in large numbers all over the country. be washed away,” he added. Near Hamburg in northern Germany, (Source: The Guardian) picture. Lake Nakuru is under pressure both from natural factors like changes in the weather and from the pollution which comes from the factories on the edge of Nakuru national park. The scientists are worried about a buildup of heavy metals in the ENGLISH IN USE water including lead, zinc and mercury. These are absorbed LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION by the algae which are eaten by the pink flamingos. Doctor Gideon Motelin, lecturer at nearby Egerton university, says that overall the population of pink flamingos is on the decline. To try to reverse the trend environmentalists have approached 140 swarms of desert locusts 140 گله ملخها در جنوب ایران نابود شدند the local factories asking them to cut down on the harmful waste they produce. But out of a hundred and sixty factories only eradicated in southeastern Iran رئیــس ســازمان مدیریــت بحــران کشــور گفــت: تاکنــون در 400 هــزار هکتــار مبــارزه sixteen have taken the environmental issue onboard and Desert locust breakout contained in 400,000 hectares of lands and some بــا ملخهــا انجــام شــده و 140 گلــه آ نهــا نابــود شــده اســت. even these, according to a report, mostly lack the technical expertise 140 swarms have been eradicated, Esmaeel Najjar, head of Iran’s Crisis to introduce effective changes. اســماعیل نجــار در گف توگــو بــا خبرنــگار دربــاره آخریــن اقدامــات بــرای مبــارزه بــا .Words Management Organization has said flamingos: birds with pink feathers, long thin legs and a curved beak The responsible bodies to fight the swarms hitting agricultural lands are مل خهــا در کشــ ور،گفت: متولــی امــر مبــارزه بــا ملــخ وزارت کشــاورزی و ســازمان shimmering: shining with a faint light Iran Plant Protection Organization as well as Agriculture Ministry, while حفــظ نباتــات کشــور اســت و اگــر تعــداد مل خهــا زیــاد شــود هــر دســتگاه متولــی ,cacophony: a loud unpleasant mixture of sounds the situation is exacerbated all the related organizations must cooperate chosen to breed: the flamingos have ‹decided› to mate and بحــران بایــد کم کهــای الزم را انجــام دهــد. .produce new offspring at this particular location. he further highlighted, Fars news agency reported on Saturday observed: watched pollution: unpleasant and harmful substances in the air, the water and the environment PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM a buildup of: a gradual increase in absorbed by the algae: taken in by the small plants that the “deka-, deca-, dec-” Own up As the crow flies flamingos eat Meaning: ten Meaning: to admit that you have done something Explanation: distance measured in a straight line on the decline: becoming fewer For example: In a large bowl put the 40 dekagrams wrong, especially something that is not serious For example: It’s two miles from here to the to cut down on: to reduce of flour. For example: No one owned up to breaking the station as the crow flies, but of course it’s much have taken the environmental issue on board: have window. further by road. considered and accepted there is an environmental problem I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 9, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Yemeni armed forces display new Unraveling the secret deal between Britain and Bolton domestically-built missiles, drones 1 Some experts believe that John Bolton has promised British top leaders to help them in Brexit and TEHRAN — Yemeni Armed Forces have pabilities of the new armament will turn a put pressure on Brussels in favor of London. This plan of unveiled new domestically-built military new page in the history of the Yemeni mil- Britain was completely obvious in the recent statement hardware, including ballistic and winged itary, especially as the advanced weapons of Boris Johnson, British former Secretary of State who missiles in addition to unmanned aerial ve- have undergone successful experimental is among the top candidates for becoming the next Prime hicles, which Sana’a says could act as game stages and proved their effectiveness,” Sa- Minister. In his statements, Johnson announced that if changers in the face of the Saudi-led military ree had pointed out in a statement released he becomes the Prime Minister he will immediately leave aggression against the Arab country. on June 26. the European Union without any conditions. The media bureau of Yemen’s Opera- “Yemeni armed forces are working stren- Finally, we should wait a little to hear more news about tions Command Center announced that uously to develop their defense capabilities the deal between Britain and Bolton, which surely will not the defense achievements were showcased to stop the (Saudi-led) aggression and lift be free of challenges. during an exhibition dubbed Martyr Saleh the blockade of Yemen. This falls within the al-Samad — the late president of Yemen’s framework of our legitimate rights to defend Supreme Political Council, who was killed ourselves, our country, our people, our re- in a Saudi airstrike in the western province ligion and our dignity,” the senior Yemeni of Hudaydah in April 2018 — in the Yemeni official said at the time. Maduro ratifies Padrino as capital city of Sana’a on Sunday afternoon. According to Press TV, Saudi Ara- Among the participants in the ceremony bia and a number of its regional allies Venezuela’s defense minister were Chairman of the Supreme Revolution- launched a devastating campaign against ary Committee of Yemen Mohammed Ali Yemen in March 2015, with the goal TEHRAN — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reinstat- al-Houthi, President of the Supreme Political of bringing the government of former ed Vladimir Padrino as defense minister who oversaw a U.S.-led Council Mahdi al-Mashat, Speaker of the president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back attempt to engineer a military coup against the country fall flat. House of Representatives Yahya al-Ra’i, Prime to power and crushing the Houthi An- Maduro broke the news during a military ceremony, which was Minister Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour, Deputy sarullah movement. broadcast on television on Sunday. Prime Minister for Defense and Security made use of Sammad-3 and Qasef-2k drones, stage in the field of military industries, high- The U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location “I’ve decided to ratify ... Vladimir Padrino as minister so that he Affairs Major General Jalal Al-Ruwaishan, but they had not been put them on display lighting that the newly-unveiled weapons and Event Data Project (ACLED), a non- can continue to shine with his disposition, his intelligence, with his Defense Minister Major General Mohammad until today. have been successfully tested in several profit conflict-research organization, esti- military leadership,” he said. Nasser al-Emati and Chief of General Staff ‘New hardware to change operations and proved their efficacy and mates that the Saudi-led war has claimed The military under Padrino’s rule has remained loyal to the elected Brigadier General Yahia Saree. balance of power’ accuracy to hit designated targets. the lives of over 60,000 Yemenis since government of Maduro during months of street demonstrations and a The new pieces of military hardware Mashat said the next phase of engage- The Yemeni defense minister further not- January 2016. botched coup attempts by the opposition. are as follows: Quds-1 winged missile, the ment with the Saudi-led military alliance ed that the next stage of retaliatory attacks The war has also taken a heavy toll on The country plunged into a political crisis after opposition figure high-altitude Sammad-1 (Invincible-1) recon- against Yemen will be full of surprises, against the Saudi-led forces of aggression the country’s infrastructure, destroying Juan Guaido unilaterally declared himself “interim president” of Ven- naissance drone, long-endurance Sammad-3 emphasizing that the new weapons will will be the greatest and most painful, unless hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN ezuela in January. (Invincible-3) unmanned aerial vehicle as make a profound difference in the balance the aggressors broker peace and put an end says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire He orchestrated a coup against the government on April 30 during well as Qasef-2k (Striker-2k) combat drone. of power. to their military campaign and siege against need of humanitarian aid, including 10 which a small group of armed troops accompanying him clashed with Yemeni air defense units and allied fight- Emati, for his part, stated that Yemeni the Yemeni people. million suffering from extreme levels of soldiers in the capital, Caracas, Press TV reported. ers from Popular Committees had earlier Armed Forces have reached an advanced “The detection, tracking and targeting ca- hunger. Turkey ‘neutralizes’ Former Erdogan ally resigns from AK Conservative leader Mitsotakis becomes high-ranking PKK militant Party, hints at rival party Greek PM after comfortable election win in northern Iraq

TEHRAN— Turkish military forces have killed a high-ranking member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a counter-terrorism operation in Iraq’s northern semi-au- tonomous Kurdistan region. Turkish sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Sunday that Diyar Garip Muhammed, better known by the nom de guerre Halmat Diyar, was “neutralized” during an offensive on June 27 in the Qandil Mountains. The sources added that Muhammed was a member of the so-called executive council of the PKK, and its umbrella group, the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK). The Turkish military generally uses the term “neutralize” to signify that the militants were killed, captured or they surren- dered, Press TV reported.

Afghans, Taliban talk in Qatar about a peaceful future TEHRAN — Former Turkish deputy bacan said it had become impossible TEHRAN — Conservative politician Kyr- he was sworn in at a ceremony officiated by as war rages at home prime minister Ali Babacan said on to remain a member of the AK Party iakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece’s Greek Orthodox clergy at the presidential Monday he was resigning from Pres- (AKP). new prime minister on Monday after storm- palace in Athens. TEHRAN — Wary representatives of Afghan society met Tali- ident Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party over “Under the current conditions, Turkey ing to victory on a pledge to create jobs According to Reuters, he was later ban officials in Qatar on Monday for a second day of talks, with “deep differences” with the party’s di- needs a brand new vision for its future. and lure investment to the economically welcomed by outgoing premier Alexis bloody insurgent attacks back home casting a pall over efforts rection and said that Turkey needed There is a need for correct analyses in stricken nation. Tsipras, a leftist who steered Greece out to end Afghanistan’s years of war. a new vision. every area, newly developed strategies, Mitsotakis’s New Democracy par- of bailouts, but was blamed for botching The Taliban on Sunday detonated a car bomb outside a Babacan, along with former pres- plans and programs for our country,” ty won an outright majority with 158 negotiations with international lenders government security compound in central Afghanistan killing ident Abdullah Gul, plans to launch Babacan said. seats in the 300-seat legislature. His and saddling the nation with more debt 14 people and wounding 180, including scores of children. a rival political party this year, ac- According to Reuters, Babacan served pledges for more investments, well-paid after he took over in 2015. The attack came at the onset of a two-day meeting between Afghan cording to people familiar with the as economy and foreign minister in the jobs and fewer taxes won over Greeks “Strong mandate for big changes,” con- citizens and the militants, meant to open the way to an Afghan peace matter, in a move that could further first years of AKP government before worn out by years of EU-prescribed servative Kathimerini newspaper said on process that should build on a hoped-for deal between the United erode support for Erdogan following becoming deputy prime minister, a role austerity and the euro zone’s highest its front page. States and the Taliban to end the longest ever U.S. war. a stinging electoral defeat in Istanbul he held from 2009 to 2015. Gul was unemployment. Another conservative-leaning paper, “It is very hard to sit across from those men who are wag- last month. president from 2007 until 2014, when “Today we get started on the hard work. Ta Nea, said Mitsotakis now had “absolute ing a war against innocent Afghans, but it is also a test of our In a statement that appeared to hint then-prime minister Erdogan moved to I have absolute confidence in our abilities to domination”, making him an “all-powerful commitment to peace,” said a senior Afghan government official at the formation of the rival party, Ba- the presidency. rise to the occasion,” Mitsotakis said after prime minister” for the next four years. involved in the talks. The Taliban and U.S. officials are trying to strike a deal on a Taliban demand for the withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign forces and a U.S. demand that the Taliban not let Afghanistan be used as a base for terrorism. African states establish $3.4 trillion economic bloc But the Taliban have refused to negotiate with the U.S.-backed TEHRAN — African leaders launched a continental free- “The success of the AfCFTA will be the real test to achieve Afghan government, denouncing it as a U.S puppet. trade zone that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, the economic growth that will turn our people’s dream of So while the 60-member delegation of Afghan representatives create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era welfare and quality of life into a reality,” he said. in Qatar includes government officials, they are not there in their of development. Africa has much catching up to do: its intra-regional official capacity, Reuters reported. After four years of talks, an agreement to form a 55-na- trade accounted for just 17% of exports in 2017 versus 59% tion trade bloc was reached in March, paving the way for in Asia and 69% in Europe, and Africa has missed out on the Sunday’s African Union summit in Niger where Ghana economic booms that other trade blocs have experienced was announced as the host of the trade zone’s future head- in recent decades. Australia says Chinese quarters and discussions were held on how exactly the bloc Economists say significant challenges remain, including will operate. poor road and rail links, large areas of unrest, excessive warship ‘collect information’ It is hoped that the African Continental Free Trade border bureaucracy and petty corruption that have held Area (AfCFTA) - the largest since the creation of the back growth and integration. on U.S.-Australia drills World Trade Organization in 1994 - will help unlock Members have committed to eliminate tariffs on most TEHRAN— Australia says China has sent a high-tech surveil- Africa’s long-stymied economic potential by boosting goods, which will increase trade in the region by 15-25% in lance ship toward its waters in an effort to “collect information” intra-regional trade, strengthening supply chains and the medium term, but this would more than double if these on an underway U.S.-Australia war game, from outside the ter- game changer” of the kind that has boosted growth spreading expertise. other issues were dealt with, according to International ritorial waters. in Europe and North America, but it added a note of “The eyes of the world are turned towards Africa,” Egyp- Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates. Chief of joint operations at the Australian Defense Force, Greg caution. tian President and African Union Chairman Abdel Fattah According to Press TV, the IMF in a May report Bilton, said on Monday that the Auxiliary General Intelligence “Reducing tariffs alone is not sufficient,” it said. el-Sisi said at the summit’s opening ceremony. described the free-trade zone as a potential “economic (AGI) vessel was probably headed to Australia’s northeast coast to get a first-hand look at the war game. “We’re tracking it,” Bilton said. “We don’t know yet its des- tination but we are assuming that it will come down to the east UK regrets leak of memos calling Trump administration ‘inept’ coast of Queensland and we will take appropriate measures in regards to that.” TEHRAN — Britain said on Monday it had Trump administration, setting out our either our civil service or elements of our The revelations come at a time when “It’s a vessel that collects information, so it’s not a great contacted Washington to express regret for view that we believe the leak is un- political class have not lived up to the Britain is hoping to strike a major trade threat but we’ll take appropriate action,” he said, adding that the leak of confidential memos in which its acceptable,” Prime Minister Theresa expectations that either we have or the deal with its closest ally after it leaves the “it is international waters; they have the right to sail there.” ambassador described U.S. President Donald May’s spokesman told reporters. “It United States has about their behavior, European Union, an exit currently sched- According to Press TV, at least 25,000 Australian and U.S. Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional” is, of course, a matter of regret that which in this particular case has lapsed uled for Oct. 31. military forces on board warships equipped with strike jets will and “inept”. this has happened.” in a most extraordinary and unacceptable According to Press TV, Trump told be taking part in bi-annual Talisman Sabre war games over the The memos from Kim Darroch, ambas- Trade minister Liam Fox, who is visiting way,” he said. reporters, of Darroch: “We are not big next month. sador to Washington, were divulged to a Washington, told BBC radio he would apol- “Malicious leaks of this nature ... can fans of that man and he has not served The vessel appeared in the region just weeks after three Chi- Sunday newspaper, annoying Trump and ogize to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, whom actually lead to a damage to that relation- the UK well, so I can understand and nese warships docked in Sydney harbor to the surprise of many, embarrassing London. he is due to meet. ship, which can therefore affect our wider I can say things about him but I won’t including NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. “Contact has been made with the “I will be apologizing for the fact that security interest.” bother.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JULY 9, 2019

VAR won’t take a tough stance Rapinoe shines brightest at on handballs in Premier League

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will not be used to police a hard line on handballs when the technology is used in the Premier League for the first time next season, referees’ chief story-packed women’s World Cup Mike Riley has said. The United States cemented their position as ting minimal infractions from goalkeepers on VAR made a controversy-filled debut in the women’s game at World the dominant force in women’s football on penalties, as Florencia Bonsegundo’s retaken Cup level, baffling players and coaches as well as frustrating fans. Sunday by winning their fourth World Cup kick following her missed first effort sealed Riley said several penalties awarded for handball at the tour- in eight editions, beating the Netherlands a comeback from three goals down for Ar- nament, as well as in last season’s Champions League, would not 2-0 in the final. gentina to draw 3-3 and dump the Scots out. be given in the Premier League. AFP Sport looks at the biggest stars and Goalkeepers improve their “There are still areas of interpretation around the way the new stories from France as a landmark tourna- standing handball has been written — effectively what you consider to be an ment comes to a close: Criticism of women’s football before this unnatural position of hands and arms,” he told The Times on Monday. Rapinoe steals show World Cup often centred on the quality of “In this country we have always said — and this is the players If there is one person to come out of the the goalkeeping, but France has seen a num- and managers saying it to us — that arms are part of the game tournament with their profile raised to that ber of world-class displays from stoppers, and as long as you are not trying to extend your body to block a of a global star it’s Megan Rapinoe, winner the Netherlands’ Sari van Veenendaal chief shot then there is more scope so that we don’t penalise. of the Golden Ball and Golden Boot as she among them. “What we don’t want to create is a culture when defenders have to conquered her second World Cup on the Incredibly the 29-year-old is without a defend with their hands behind their back or where it is acceptable pitch and won hearts off it. club after leaving Arsenal but will surely have for attackers to try to drill the ball at their hand to win a penalty.” The 34-year-old, who broke the deadlock suitors queueing up after star turns in the The new law states that players “taking a risk” by having hands from the penalty spot on Sunday, became extra-time semi-final win over Sweden and or arms above shoulder height or in an “unnatural position” and the face of the tournament for her decisive in the final. making the body “unnaturally bigger” should be penalised, even performances and the way she handled being Van Veenendaal’s vanquished last-four if the handball is not deliberate. attacked online by Donald Trump. opponent, Hedvig Lindahl, also shone. The (Source: Reuters) Rapinoe scored braces in the USA’s wins Swede’s spectacular save from Vivianne against Spain and France before being ruled Miedema’s powerful header in that game out of their triumph over England in the was a highlight before she was eventually Griezmann defies Atletico semi-finals with a hamstring injury. her opinion of the president. for law changes. beaten in extra time. Her double against France came in the VAR causes anger, heartache VAR punished several goalkeepers for Chile’s Christiane Endler was described as Madrid by missing middle of a media storm after her comments It was fitting that the penalty from stepping off the line at spot-kicks, while “world-class” by USA coach Jill Ellis after a about not going to the White House elicited which Rapinoe scored in the final came razor-thin offside and penalty decisions stunning display in a 3-0 defeat to the holders. pre-season gathering a furious reaction from Trump, who accused from a VAR-assisted decision following a proved decisive in matches as big as the England coach Phil Neville also noted the her of disrespecting the country. tournament in which the video technolo- USA’s semi-final win over England. improvements in goalkeeping after Argenti- Rapinoe did not back down and became na’s Vanina Correa kept the Lionesses down Atletico Madrid and France striker Antoine Griezmann delivered gy and the application of new laws have First Ellen White’s leveller was chalked off an icon with her commitment to social to one goal with a display that included a on his threat and failed to show up for the club’s pre-season attracted criticism. for offside by what looked like millimetres, justice, goals and what she described as a penalty stop from Nikita Parris, highlighting gathering on Sunday, a club spokesman told AFP. After a relatively smooth use of VAR before VAR gave her a penalty for a foul that “shit-eating grin”. what can be achieved with increased access “Griezmann had an official summons to be at the club at 20.30 at the men’s World Cup last year, there slipped by the referee -- a spot-kick missed Trump’s congratulatory message for the to specialised coaching. this Sunday and when he did not present himself, we opened a were accusations that FIFA were using the by Steph Houghton. USA team on Sunday is unlikely to change (Source: AFP) file and will study the case,” said the spokesman. women’s tournament as a testing ground Scotland were hit hardest with VAR spot- Griezmann, a Barcelona target, had already said he would not turn up, Madrid sports daily Marca reported on Saturday, with Copa America: Jair Bolsonaro takes Dos Santos powers Mexico to eighth Atletico then telling AFP that “it changes nothing”. “He us under contract with our club until 2023 and must center stage as Brazil seals title Gold Cup title resume training tomorrow like all the other players,” they added. On Sunday evening, the club tweeted pictures of players ar- riving at Los Angeles de San Rafael where Atletico traditionally hold their pre-season training, including recent record signing Joao Felix, a teenage Portuguese striker. Griezmann announced in May that he would be leaving At- letico but could not reveal his destination until his release clause dropped from 200 million euros ($225 million) to 120 million euros on July 1. On Friday, Atletico accused Barcelona and Griezmann of a “lack of respect” after the Catalan giants’ president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed that the two clubs had held talks about the France international. Atletico confirmed that they had held a meeting on Thurs- day, at Barca’s behest, to discuss a deal for World Cup winner Griezmann at the lower price. (Source: Goal)

Top seed Barty knocked out Some Presidents extend an invitation, ton Soares and Jesus, Brazil added a third Mexico’s Jonathan dos Santos scored second half wasn’t what it needed to others just crash the party. right at the death through Richarlison’s in the 73rd minute to give his side a be,” said American midfielder Michael of Wimnledon While debate surrounds whether the penalty to seal the win. 1-0 win over the United States in the Bradley. victorious US Women’s National Team will Peru, which defeated defending cham- CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Sunday. “They were able to get some momentum Australia’s world number one Ashleigh Barty has been knocked attend the White House to meet President pion Chile in the last four, had threatened The victory over the defending cham- and got their goal. Tough way to lose.” out of Wimbledon, losing her fourth round match against Amer- Donald Trump, Brazil’s leader left no such to spoil the party earlier in the tie when pions at Chicago’s Soldier Field earned The game got off to a frenetic start ican Alison Riske. ambiguity as his country won the Copa Paolo Guerrero leveled at 1-1 from the Mexico a record-extending eighth ti- and it was the United States who had the World number 55 Riske fought back from a set down to win America on home soil. penalty spot. tle at the biennial tournament, which better chances early on while Mexico, 3-6 6-2 3-6 in one hour 36 minutes on court two to reach a first Jair Bolsonaro was front and center But La Blanquirroja, who had not crowns the continental champions of who entered the tournament as favour- Grand Slam quarter-final. alongside those in the famous yellow shirt reached the final since 1975, was unable North America, Central America and ites, looked shaky at the back as they French Open champion Barty, 23, had not dropped a set at of Brazil after a 3-1 victory over Peru in to cope with Brazil’s group of superstars, the Caribbean. weathered the early storm. the tournament. Rio de Janeiro sparked celebrations across including its captain Dani Alves. “This was what we came here for” Christian Pulisic nearly opened the Riske will face the winner of seven-time champion Serena the country. For Alves, this was a particularly sweet said Mexico’s Andres Guardado. “We scoring in the fifth minute when he used Williams’ match with Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro. Bolsonaro had watched Brazil win its triumph. did it and in an unforgettable setting. his speed to break in alone after a smart “I couldn’t begin to say what it means to me. To have overcome ninth Copa America title, its first since At the age of 36, he has now won a stag- We’re very happy. The whole team was through ball from Jozy Altidore but was the matches the way I have is what I’m most excited about,” said 2007, which was secured despite being gering 40 major titles. Voted the tourna- spectacular.” denied by a brilliant save from Mexico Riske, 29. “Getting to the quarter-finals is amazing but what’s forced to play the final 20 minutes of the ment’s best player and a key part of the Mexico took control midway through goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. most exciting for me is the way I’ve been fighting. contest with 10 men after Gabriel Jesus Brazil defense that conceded just once in six the second half and got their goal when Moments later Tim Ream found Al- “The grass definitely brings out the best in me. Hopefully it was sent off. game, Alves’ performances belied his years. Dos Santos received a back-heel pass tidore with a ball over the top and the will rub off and happen in other places too. I think my game is Jesus, rarely out of the action, endured But while some spectators may have been from Raul Jimenez and fired home off striker, with only Ochoa to beat, put his just well-suited to it.” a mixed evening with the Manchester City surprised by Alves’ levels of performance, the underside of the bar. left-footed effort wide. Barty set the early tone as she took the opening game with star assisting his side’s first goal and scor- the man himself was rather less shocked. The United States had a series of cor- Mexico’s best chance of the half came four successive aces, before a delightful sliced back-hand set up ing its second before being dismissed after “If you have respect for your profession ners late in the game and in the 87th in the 16th minute when Guardado looked break-points as the Australian raced into a 4-1 lead. receiving a second yellow card in the 70th and look after yourself it’s easy to main- minute one delivery caused havoc in the ready to tap home a cross from the left Unshaken, Riske - who won the pair’s only previous meeting in minute. tain your level,” he told reporters ahead Mexico box but Hector Moreno made only for Paul Arriola to arrive out of no- 2016 - brought the set back on serve, only for the world number one Clearly unhappy with the decision, Jesus of the final. a big block with his face to preserve where and put him off at the last second. to take the final two games and pocket the opener in 32 minutes. walked off the field of play before taking out “Some people are surprised about my their lead. Tempers flared after the break when The American rallied in the second set, breaking Barty’s fal- his frustration on the video assistant referee performances here, I am not.” The hosts threw everyone forward in Moreno pushed Altidore over and then tering serve twice more as the momentum was swiftly stolen (VAR) monitor which fell to the ground. Peru coach Ricardo Gareca had said the two minutes of stoppage time but dropped onto his back. American West- away from the Australian. “I want to apologize,” Jesus told reporters on Saturday they needed to prevent Brazil Mexico held firm to reclaim the title they on McKennie quickly jumped in and (Source: BBC) after the game. “I could have avoided it from dominating possession, but that was last won in 2015. several players converged but no cards and I also need to grow up a lot.” easier said than done. “I thought we had a good start to the were issued. Leading 2-1 courtesy of goals from Ever- (Source: CNN) game. If anything the beginning of the (Source: Reuters) UEFA denies inviting Argentina to Nations League Does Messi have a future with Argentina ? Swap Jorge Burruchaga for Gonzalo Higuain and perhaps and charged into the melee brandishing his red card after one of the doubts about Lionel Messi’s place in the pantheon a flare-up between Messi and Gary Medel. UEFA has denied reports it would entertain inviting Argentina would have been put to bed years ago. The Argentine had set the ball rolling with a little push, but into its European competitions following the 2019 Copa América. The eternal complaint: that Messi has not won a senior was innocent thereafter when Medel turned around to confront Argentina finished third at the Copa but captain and star man title with Argentina. The eternal comparison: with Diego him. Nevertheless, the card was out and Messi had to go. Lionel Messi voiced complaints following the semi-final and the Maradona in 1986. Has he gone forever? Might those two red cards - the third-place play-off, during which he was controversially sent off. In that year’s World Cup final in Mexico, West Germany only ones of his career - bookend his time in the blue and Messi described the officiating during the loss to Brazil as had fought back from two goals down to draw level. white stripes of Argentina? “bull****” and suggested his side were victims of “corruption” after Had they gone on to beat Argentina, Maradona’s repu- Messi, of course, announced his retirement from the beating Chile, which led to a strong rebuttal from CONMEBOL tation would have suffered. national team immediately after that 2016 Copa defeat, when who described his comments as “unacceptable” and “unfounded”. Instead, he slipped a pass through for Burruchaga, who he seemed to arrive at the conclusion that things would It was subsequently reported UEFA could invite Argentina kept his head to score, win the World Cup and seal Mara- never work out for him with Argentina. to enter its Nations League. dona’s legendary status. He was soon coaxed back. However, the 32-year-old could However, European football’s governing body has denied this Messi, meanwhile, did much to carry Argentina to three now be dwelling on the view that he should have stuck to is the case, insisting such an offer would never be forthcoming. finals in consecutive years. his original decision. A statement read: “There is no truth whatsoever in the sug- Every time they went down to narrow defeats - 1-0 by to his left foot, swerving and changing direction as he went. Since then, Argentina have fielded some dismal teams, gestion that Argentina has been asked to participate in UEFA Germany in the 2014 World Cup, and on penalties against He flew past a Hungarian defender, who held on to him in while expecting the Barcelona great to provide all the solutions. competitions, nor to become a member of UEFA. Chile after goalless draws in the Copa America finals of an illegal attempt to impede his progress. Messi fought to free And he found plenty to moan about during this Copa “UEFA has never entered into any discussions on this matter 2015 and 2016. Every time the big chance of the match fell himself - and was shown a red card for throwing an elbow. America, including the standard of the pitches - “the ball and would never do so. to Higuain - and every time it was wasted. It was a decision almost as bizarre as the red card he re- is jumping around like a rabbit” - and the refereeing deci- “However, in the spirit of friendship and camaraderie and as Perhaps Messi’s international career was cursed from the ceived against Chile in Saturday’s Copa America third-place sion that provoked his outburst after the Chile game - “the an inclusive organisation, UEFA will, of course, invite Argentina start. He made his Argentina debut off the bench in a friendly play-off. Paraguayan referee Mauro Diaz de Vivar appeared Copa is fixed for Brazil” and “we don’t have to be part of as special guests to watch any UEFA competition at any time.” against Hungary in 2005. He had only just come on when to be playing the old game of sending off one from each side this corruption”. (Source: AS) he launched into one of those trademark dribbles, ball tied in a vain bid to establish his authority in a difficult match, (Source: BBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 9, 2019 SPORTS 15

Iran volleyball team face huge Chilean karate athlete Rodrigo Rojas enjoys Iranian hospitality

TASNIM — Rodrigo Rojas, a karate athlete from Chile, says delays at Chicago airport Iranian people are so kind and hospitable. Rojas is training with the Iranian karate fighters to prepare SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian not organized in a proper manner. How for the 2019 Pan American Games which will be held from July desknational volleyball can a team like Iran change continents 26 to August 11 in Lima, capital of Peru. team competing at the 2019 Volleyball once a week while teams from France, “I am here in Iran to train with Iranian karate athletes since Nations League Final Round, faced huge Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, US, and Poland I’m preparing for the Pan American Games which serve as 2020 delays at Chicago airport on Monday. only travel to one or two continents? Olympic Games qualification,” Rojas said in an interview with The Iranian team arrived in Chicago Why were our young team members Tasnim news agency. after a 30-hour flight but was delayed not able to obtain a US or even an EU for more four hours. visa? This is not sports». Director of the Iranian Foreign The VNL final round will be held in the Ministry’s Department of the Americas, Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, United Mohsen Baharvand, protestedthe U.S. States from July 10 to 14. over mistreatment of Iranian players Iran have been drawn with Brazil and in the airport. Poland in Pool B and hosts the U.S. are Iran volleyball federation has also pitted against Russia and France in Pool A. lodged a complaint to the International The Iranian team, who are looking Volleyball Federation (FIVB) over the for the VNL first medal, will start the incident. competition with a match against The same behavior was shown towards powerhouse Poland on July 11. the young Iranian volleyball players last Team Melli will meet Brazil on July 12. year too. This will be the first edition of the Igor Kolakovic, coach of the Iranian World League or the Nations League to National Volleyball Team, said at the have the Final Round hosted in North time that «the FIVB Nations League is America. “Iranian karate athletes are well-known in the world. I am here for the second time and I want to thank the Iran karate federation and Iranian athletes for taking me into consideration. The Iranian athletes are very friendly,” the +84kg karat athlete stated. Iranian athletes win nine medals at Kosanov “Sajjad Ganjzadeh is undoubtedly one of the best karate fighters in the world. He could win a medal in each tournament. Memorial Athletic Meet In my opinion, Sajjad is able to get a medal in the 2020 Olympic Games. I will win a medal at Olympics if I earn a quota place,” SPORTS TEHRAN — Nine Iranian athletes Amir Zamanpour also won a silver medal in the the Chilean added. deskclaimed medals at the G. Kosanov Ko- men’s 1,500 meters with 3 minutes, 46. 36 seconds. “I’ve traveled to 30 countries and I have to say I am sanov Memorial Athletic Meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Aylin Babaki clinched a bronze at the women’s high interested in Iranian culture. We have different rules in Chile Reza Moghaddam won a gold medal in the men’s jump by clearing a height of 1.75 meters. and Iran and I was honestly afraid of being in your country hammer throw with 72.37 meters. Iran won a bronze medal in the women’s 4 × 100 but I traveled to Iran after consulting with some of world’s Mehdi Pirjahan seized Iran’s second gold in the meter relay with a time of 50. 63 seconds. karate athletes and they told me Iran is a safe and secure event in the men’s 400 meters hurdles, clocking 49.95 Hamideh Esmaeilnejad also took a bronze in the country,” Rojas said. seconds. women’s 100 meters, clocking 12.11 seconds. “Iran is a beautiful country and the Iranian people are so kind Hamideh Esmaeilnejad claimed a silver at the Gusman Sittykovich Kosanov was a Kazakh sprinter. and hospitable. I enjoy to be here to practice with the Iranian women’s 200 meters with a time of 24.86 seconds. He completed for the Soviet Union at the 1960 and karate athletes,” he concluded. In the women’s long jump, Reyhaneh Mobini took 1964 Olympics, in the individual 100 m and 4×100 a silver with a 5.82 meters jump. m relay. He failed to reach the individual finals, but Shahin Jafari snatched a silver medal in the men’s won a silver medal in the relay in 1960, becoming the shot put with a throw of 17.50 meters. first ethnic Kazakh athlete to win an Olympic medal. Brazilian Luciano Pereira extends contract with Foolad

Durant officially joins Nets, to wear No. 7 IRNA — Brazilian striker Luciano Pereira Mendes has penned The Brooklyn Nets officially added forward “35 took my family and me from Seat the floor. One time Brooklyn.” a one-year contract extension with Foolad on Monday. Kevin Durant on Sunday, announcing his Pleasant, MD and showed us the world. Durant has worn No. 35 since he was Pereira along with his compatriot Kiros Stanlley won the arrival as part of a sign-and-trade deal 35 allowed me to meet people that I never 16, first donning it to represent the age of Iran Professional League (IPL) Golden Boot last year. with the Golden State Warriors a week would’ve had the chance to meet, expe- one of his youth coaches who was shot and The 35-year-old forward had reportedly reached an after the 10-time All-Star announced his rience things I would never have had the killed in Maryland, according to a New agreement with Padideh but he extends his deal with Ahvaz- intentions to join Brooklyn. chance to experience, and achieve things York Times feature published in 2017. based football team. “Kevin is a champion, perennial All- that I never would have been able to achieve. The Warriors last week announced they Foolad finished in eighth place. Star and one of the great players of this, or 35 allowed me to go to the University of will retire Durant’s No. 35. The Thunder The team is headed by ex-Iran captain Javad Nekounam any, generation,” general manager Sean Texas to play basketball, 35 allowed me to have given out the No. 35 since Durant left, in the new season. Marks said in a statement. “Adding a play- achieve my dream of playing in the NBA in but the expectation is they will retire it in er of Kevin’s caliber to our organization Seattle. 35 allowed me to play basketball the future. elevates our ability to compete with the in Oklahoma City and form bonds and Durant, who turns 31 in September, elite teams in this league. His tremendous friendships that will last a lifetime. Lastly, is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 Arnautovic signs for Shanghai abilities and dedication to his craft have 35 allowed me to go to the Bay Area and win season because of the ruptured Achilles SIPG made him as talented an offensive player number for the first time since entering two championships and form brotherhoods he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals our game has ever seen and we, as well as the NBA: No. 7. that no time or distance will ever break. against the Toronto Raptors. all of Brooklyn, are thrilled to welcome Durant tweeted a photo Sunday “35 was chosen in honor of someone The former MVP averaged 26 points, Marko Arnautovic has completed his move from West Ham Kevin and his family to the Nets.” evening on social media of a Nets No. 7 very near and dear to me. I will always 6.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 78 games to Shanghai SIPG for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League Changing teams won’t be new for jersey hanging in a locker. He added a honor him and honor the number 35. But for the Warriors last season. He has career club announced on Monday. Durant, after he left the Oklahoma City statement from his business, Thirty Five as I start this new chapter in my basketball averages of 27 points, 7.1 rebounds and The Austrian scored 22 goals in 65 appearances in two Thunder for the Warriors three sum- Ventures, explaining the decision to change life, the number I’ll be wearing on my back 4.1 assists in 849 games. seasons at the Hammers, but has been linked with a move to mers ago, but he will be wearing a new numbers, reading: is the number 7 next time you see me on (Source: Reuters) China since January. “West Ham United can confirm that Marko Arnautovic has joined Chinese Super League champions Shanghai SIPG for an undisclosed fee,” West Ham said in a statement. Britain’s richest man to purchase Nice Arnautovic will join forces with former Brazilian internationals The takeover of Ligue 1 side Nice by Britain’s wealthi- Ratcliffe is worth around €21 billion after founding Oscar and Hulk at the Chinese champions. est man Sir Jim Ratcliffe will be confirmed on Tuesday, Ineos and lives in Monaco. Nice manager Patrick Vieira, Shanghai SIPG are through to the 2019 AFC Champions sources have told ESPN FC. who took the team to seventh place in Ligue 1 in his first League and will face Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds on August The outgoing owners Chien Lee, Alex Zheng, Paul year at the club last season, has been informed his job 27 and September 17. Conway and Elliot Hayes, who bought Nice in 2016 for is safe and he will remain in charge, sources have told (Source: AFP) €23 million, agreed to sell it to the boss of the chemical ESPN FC. giant Ineos for €100m nine days ago. The new owner has also promised to invest heavily in Three years after their takeover, the Chinese and the club. He wants Nice to be in the Champions League Italy’s El Shaarawy and American businessmen, who also own part of Barnsley in the next three years and hopes to compete with Paris in England’s second tier, will make a huge profit. There Saint-Germain for the Ligue 1 title. Kim Shin-wook join are now three final steps for the sale to be effective. In November 2017, Ratcliffe bought Lausanne Sport, First, all the paperwork will be signed and become the Swiss football club and also owns Ineos, the cycling Shanghai Shenhua official on Tuesday morning during the club’s central team which compete in the Tour de France. management meeting at the stadium. Then Ratcliffe and He is partnering with Ben Ainslie to form Ineos Team Stephan El Shaarawy and Kim Shin-wook have signed for China his team will face the DNCG, the French financial fair UK, which will compete for the America’s Cup in 2021. PR’s Shanghai Shenhua, the club announced on Monday. play, to present their project, their business model and Ratcliffe is reportedly investing over £110m in the project. El Shaarawy - nicknamed The Pharoah because of his Egyptian declare how much money they will invest in the club. Reports in England also linked him with the takeover ancestry - had only a year left on his contract with the Serie A Finally, they will face an interview with the Competition four-to-six weeks and only after that will Ratcliffe, 66, of Chelsea a few weeks ago. club, having joined Roma in 2016 from AC Milan after a loan Authority council. The whole process will take between officially be the Nice owner. (Source: ESPN) spell in Monaco. Capped 23 times for Italy, he scored 11 goals in Serie A last season as Roma finished sixth and qualified for the Europa League. Haifa Alnaqbi suspended for anti-doping violation Shenhua are bolstering their squad during the summer The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) suspended the Asia-Oceania Championships. transfer window after slipping to 14th in the 16-team Chinese United Arab Emirates powerlifter Haifa Alnaqbi for six Her medal from Kitakyushu in the open category will Super League, one point above the relegation places, at the months for committing an anti-doping violation. now go to Ireland’s Britney Arendse, while the regional season’s midway point. The athlete who competes in the women’s up to 73kg bronze medal will go to South Korea’s Eun Mi Yang. The club said last week that Spanish manager Enrique “Quique” class returned an adverse analytical finding for Clomifene The IPC would like to remind all athletes the prin- Sanchez Flores had resigned for “personal reasons” after just and its metabolite hydroxyclomifene as well as tamoxifen ciple of strict liability applies to anti-doping matters half a season in charge. metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen in a urine and that any athletes who need to take a prohibited Former Watford boss Sanchez Flores has been replaced by sample provided on 11 September 2018 following compe- substance for medical reasons should seek a Thera- Korea Republic’s Choi Kang-hee, who coached K League giants tition at the 2018 World Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania peutic Use Exemption. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for five years until 2018 when he moved Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. Each athlete is strictly liable for the substances found to China’s Tianjin Quanjian before moving to Dalian Yifang. This substance is included on the World Anti-Doping in his or her sample, and that an anti-doping rule vio- Choi will reunite with his former Jeonbuk frontman Kim Agency (WADA) 2018 Prohibited List under the category lation occurs whenever a prohibited substance (or its Shin-wook after Shenhua also said that they have signed the S4. Hormone and Metabolic Modulators. metabolites or markers) is found in his or her bodily Korea Republic international striker. As a result of her violation, Alnaqbi was ineligible for specimen, whether or not the athlete intentionally or Kim, who spent his first six years as a professional footballer competition for six months from 11 September 2018, unintentionally used a prohibited substance or was with Ulsan Hyundai, clinched his first AFC Champions League the date of the test, to 10 March 2019. All her results negligent or otherwise at fault. title in 2012, and his move to Jeonbuk in 2016 immediately paid obtained from 11 September 2018 and onwards will be As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC), dividends with the 31-year-old playing a crucial role in assisting disqualified including forfeiture of any medals, points, the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting to prevent doping in sport for Paralympic athletes, in the club to lift their second Continental trophy. records and prizes. This includes the bronze medal she environment at all levels. The IPC, together with the the spirit of fair play. The IPC Anti-Doping Code is in He then helped power Jeonbuk to back-to-back K League 1 won at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, International Federations and the National Paralym- conformity with the general principles of the WADC. honours in 2017 and 2018. and the bronze medals (open and regional) she won at pic Committees, established the IPC Anti-Doping Code (Source: Paralympic) (Source: AFP) Prayer Times Noon:13:10 Evening: 20:44 Dawn: 4:12 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:56 (tomorrow) JULY 9, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Book on leadership in Iran published Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] ARTTEHRAN — A book that Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 deskchronicles the history of selecting Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Iran’s leadership after the victory of the Islamic Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 revolution has recently been published. 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Hafez Awards Puppet show on water shortage on Croatian pianist Janja Knapic to join ARTTEHRAN — Ten films will be competing at the desk19th edition of the Hafez Awards, the organizers stage in Tehran Tonal Choir for Tehran concert of Iran’s first and only private awards in the film industry and TV productions, announced on Monday. ARTTEHRAN — The ARTTEHRAN — Croatian “Lovely Trash”, a film on Iran’s 2009 post-election unrest by deskpuppet show “Water deskpianist Janja Knapic producer and director Mohsen Amiryusefi, is one the highlights. and Others”, centering on the universal will soon be in Tehran to accompany the “Bomb, a Love Story”, whose story is set in 1988 at the problem of water shortage, is currently on Tonal Choir during two performances height of the Iran-Iraq war as Tehran is bombed relentlessly, stage at Tehran’s City Theater Complex. at Rudaki Hall on July 18 and 19, the by producers Peyman Maadi and Ehsan Rasulof, will also Alireza Nasehi is the director of the organizers announced on Monday. compete for the award for best film. play, which was acclaimed at the 22nd Works by Croatian composers and International Theater Festival for Children pieces from folk music and contemporary and Young Adults in Hamedan. choral and pop compositions of the The story of the play is about Mr. Foot country are scheduled to be performed who is seeking water for his flower vase, during the concerts that will be organized but the recent years of drought makes him in collaboration with the Iran Music begin a journey. Association. The puppeteers are Homa Khodajuy, Led by Milad Omranlu, Tonal Choir Marjan Namvar-Azad, Farshad Farhadpur, has been awarded in several Iranian and Amir Nadali, Morteza Faraji, Alireza Nasehi international events. and Morteza Hosseini. It won two gold medals at the 4th Nasehi’s troupe performed the puppet Asia Pacific Choir Games in 2017 and show during the Ishara International three silver medals at the 9th World Puppet Festival in India in 2016. Choir Games in 2016. The play will be on stage at the complex In 2009, the ensemble received a gold Saber Abar acts in a scene from “Lovely Trash” by until July 19 and will go on stage at the medal in the 11th International Folksong Mohsen Amiryusefi. Institute for Intellectual Development of Choir Festival in Barcelona as well as gold “The Lost Strait” by producer Saeid Malekan about the true Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) the A poster for director Alireza Nasehi’s and silver medals at the 2nd Asian Choir Croatian pianist Janja Knapic in an story of an epic battle by Iran’s Ammar Battalion during the last next month. puppet show “Water and Others”. Games in South Korea. undated photo. days of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, are among the nominees. Also included are “Cold Sweat” by producer Mehdi Davari, “I Am Not Angry” by Reza Dormishian, “Murphy’s Law” by Mohammad Shahr film festival announces international lineup Shayesteh, “Columbus” by Hatef Alimardani, “6.5 for One Meter” ARTTEHRAN — A lineup of 31 movies will by Ghulam Yahya Jafari from Afghanistan, “The Tables” by Jamal Sadatian, “Flaming” by Mohammadreza Shafiei and deskgo on screen in various sections of the by Jon Bunning from the U.S. and “Samvel” by Evgeniy “Sheeple” by Saeid Sadi. international competition of the 7th edition of the Shahr Bakirov from Russia. Six filmmakers will also compete for the award for best director. (Urban) International Film Festival, the organizers announced In the animation section, “Fire in Cardboard City” by Phil Among the nominees are Bahram Tavakkoli for “The Lost on Monday. Brough from New Zealand, “Hybrids” by Florian Brauch Strait”, Reza Dormishian for “I Am Not Angry” and Saeid Among the feature films are “Breaking the Limits” from Canada, “Negative Space” by Ru Kuwahata and Max Rustai for “6.5 for One Meter”. by Lukasz Palkowski from Poland, “Loveless” by Andrey Porter, “Scrambled” by Bastiaan Schravendeel and “Sound” Hooman Seyyedi for “Sheeple”, Hamid Nematollah for “Flaming” Zvyagintsev from Russia, “You Were Never Really Here” by by Laureline Paul-Constant, all from France, will be screened. and Majidreza Mostafavi for “Astigmatism” are other nominees. Lynne Ramsay from Scotland and “Shoplifters” by Hirokazu Earlier this week, the festival organizers announced the Earlier last week the organizers announced nominations for Kore-eda from Japan. national lineup consist of 18 Iranian movies. the TV series category. “The Human Shelter” by Boris Bertram from Denmark, An exhibition of photos and paintings by 50 artists will also “The Lady of the Mansion”, directed by Azizollah Hamidnejad “New Town Utopia” by Christopher Ian Smith from England be held on the sidelines of the festival, which will take place about a Qajar prince who marries a young girl and brings her to and “The Experimental City” by Chad Freidrichs from the in Tehran from July 17 to 22 with the motto of “Responsible his mansion full of dark secrets, is one of the nominees. U.S. will go on screen at the documentary section. Citizen, Healthy City”. “Father”, by Behrang Tofiqi about two young university students A scene from Scottish director Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were The movies for the short competition are “Being More The festival is organized every year under the auspices of who fall in love despite their different families and backgrounds, Never Really Here” that will be screened in the official Like Bagsy” by Mikkel Storm Glomstein from Norway, “My Tasvire Shahr Institute at the Art and Cultural Organization has also received a nomination. competition of the Shahr International Film Festival. New Year” by Arusyak Simonyan from Armenia, “Drop” of the Tehran Municipality. “The Lovers” by Manuchehr Hadi about a middle-aged woman who lost her husband and son in an incident, and “Around Autumn” by Hossein Namazi about the Mina tragedy in which thousands “Spider-Man: Far From Home” debuts Martin Charnin, Tony-winning “Annie” of pilgrims lost their lives in Saudi Arabia in September 2015 have also been shortlisted for the award. with heroic $185 million lyricist, dies at 84 The Hafez Awards will announce winners in Tehran on July 12. LOS ANGELES, (Variety) — Superheroes Far From Home” also benefited as the NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Charnin, “Annie” nearly didn’t make it past the were once again around to save the day as must-see followup to the epic finale that who made his Broadway debut playing a Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in “Spider-Man: Far From Home” ignited a was “Avengers: Endgame.” Younger males Jet in the original “West Side Story” and 1976. But Charnin brought in noted stage Troupe from Iran to perform Alfred much-needed boost in the domestic box accounted for most of opening weekend went on to become a Broadway director and film director Mike Nichols, who signed office. The web-slinging adventure easily audiences. Boys and men comprising 60% and a lyricist who won a Tony Award for on as a producer, and helped him revise Jarry’s “Ubu Roi” in Yerevan dominated in North America, delivering of crowds, while 58% of ticket buyers were the score of the eternal hit “Annie,” has the show. a $185 million debut from 4,636 venues under the age of 25. died. He was 84. With Andrea McArdle replacing Kristen ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Alireza Daryabeigi during its first six days in theaters. “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” which He died Saturday at a White Plains, New Vigard as the red-haired moppet Annie and deskwill stage French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry’s But even your friendly neighborhood carries a $160 million price tag, picks up York, hospital, days after suffering a minor Dorothy Loudon added as Miss Hannigan, play “Ubu Roi” at the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Spider-Man isn’t immune to a little sequel after the events of “Avengers: Endgame” and heart attack, his daughter, Sasha Charnin the production went on to open in New Cinematography in Armenia. slump. “Spider-Man: Far From Home” got a sees Peter Parker (Holland) on a class trip Morrison, told The Associated Press. York in April 1977 with a bang. “I previously staged the play at Tehran’s Hafez Hall last head start by opening on the Tuesday ahead of to Europe. While overseas, he is reluctantly “He’s in a painless place, now. Probably The musical contained gems like December. Now my troupe is scheduled to perform the play in Independence Day, but it collected $93 million enlisted by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) looking for Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin,” “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard Knock Life.” Yerevan on July 26 and 27 at the invitation of the acting rector over the traditional three-day weekend. That’s and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) to help take Morrison wrote Sunday on Instagram. Charnin’s lyrics, which earned him and of the institute, Lilit Arzumanyan,” Daryabeigi told the Persian a stellar start to be sure, but a drop from the down threats from an alternate dimension. Charnin was a keeper of the “Annie” Strouse a Tony for best score in 1977, are service of MNA on Monday. $117 million debut of its predecessor, 2017’s Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau and flame, protective of what he created with playful and moving: “You’re never fully “Ubu Roi”, which means Ubu the King, is about Ubu who leads “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” However, the Marisa Tomei all returned for the sequel. songwriter Charles Strouse and book writer dressed/without a smile” and “No one a revolution and kills the king of Poland and most of the royal July 4th weekend isn’t a traditionally busy Also opening this weekend was A24’s Thomas Meehan. The 1977 original won cares for you a smidge/when you’re in family. The play is a parody of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with bits time for moviegoing. “Midsommar,” director Ari Aster’s the Tony as best musical and ran for 2,300 an orphanage.” of Hamlet and King Lear tossed in. “Spider-Man: Far From Home” set a sophomore feature. The R-rated folk horror performances, inspiring tours and revivals The 1982 film version, which featured Shahrad Qadiri, Sara Moqadam, Shima Bakhtiari, Arameh number of records this week, including film nabbed sixth place on box office charts, that never went out of style. Carol Burnett in Loudon’s role, was not Soltanieh and Amir-Hossein Rezai are the main members of biggest Tuesday ticket sales of all time generating $6 million over the weekend Charnin attributed the success of nearly as popular or well-received. A stage the cast for the play. ($38 million), best Wednesday grosses and $10.9 million during its first five days “Annie” in part to its sweet optimism sequel called “Annie Warbucks” ran off- Daryabeigi also said that he plans to stage “Chamber Music” for a Marvel movie ($27 million) and the of release. “Midsommar” received mostly and its message that things were going Broadway in 1993. by American absurdist playwright Arthur Kopit in Tehran in second-largest Fourth of July holiday ($25 positive reviews, though audiences seemed to get better. After all, it was written The original show was revived on January 2020. million). It also marks Sony Pictures’ biggest more divided. The movie, about a group of during a period of instability, he told Broadway in 2012 and made into a film Written in 1962, the one-act play is set in 1938 and concerns six-day opening weekend ever. friends who travel to Sweden for a festival, The Associated Press in 2015. starring Quvenzhané Wallis in 2014. eight famous women from different historical periods who all Overseas, the 23rd movie in Marvel’s has a mediocre C+ CinemaScore. “We were living in a really tough time. Charnin, who won a Grammy Award for are interned in the same insane asylum. Cinematic Universe earned $395 million, While in line with studio projections, Right in the middle of Nixon. Right in the the “Annie” cast album, found shards of The women believe they are author Gertrude Stein, martyr Joan boosting its global tally to a mighty $580 “Midsommar’s” debut is roughly half of middle of Vietnam. There was an almost- his work also included in Jay-Z’s 1998 of Arc, activist Susan B. Anthony, politician Queen Isabella I of million after 10 days. The superhero what Aster’s first film “Hereditary” made recession. There was a lot of unrest in the Grammy-winning album “Vol. 2... Hard Spain, pilot Amelia Earhart, silent-film actress Pearl White, explorer tentpole is performing ahead of fellow in its inaugural weekend. “Hereditary” country and you can always feel it and a Knock Life.” His song “Tomorrow” has Osa Johnson and Constanze Mozart, wife of the famous composer. comic-book universe titles “Captain Marvel” launched with $13 million last June and lot of depression — emotional depression, been heard on soundtracks from “Shrek They have come together to represent the women of the asylum and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” at the is still A24’s highest-grossing movie to financial depression. We wanted to be the 2? to “Dave” to “You’ve Got Mail.” In 2016, in planning for an attack they believe is soon to come from the same point in their release cycles. date with $44 million in North America tap on the shoulder that said to everyone, Lukas Graham used parts of the chorus men’s ward. Boosted by solid reviews, “Spider-Man: and $79 million globally. ‘It’ll be better.’” from “Annie” for his “Mama Said” hit.