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SPORTS Iran volleyball achieved a historic feat as they earned desktheir first-ever qualification, beating Po- revolutionary spirit land 3-1 (25-20, 25-18, 20-25, 34-32) at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday. TEHRAN — Addressing a massive and glorious the founder of the Islamic Republic, as a “revolu- the only way of progress and realization of the ob- Shahram Mahmoudi once again delivered a superb scoring performance. crowd of people from different walks of life at the tionary, devout and faithful” personality. jectives of people and the Islamic establishment, Mahmoudi had 24 points, including 20 attacks, two blocks and two aces. mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on Friday, Ayatollah Laying emphasis on the continuation of the the Supreme Leader elucidated important indica- opposite , who started in the match, topped all Seyyed described Imam Khomeini, path of the “revolutionary Imam of the nation” as tors of “revolutionary spirit. scorers with 29 points, while team-mate logged 21 markers. Although Poland had more attacks in the match, but Iran limited their See page 2 errors to a minimum of 18. Poland coach Stephane Antiga opted to use his reserves in the opening set, which allowed Iran to have a spirited run. Poland led briefly in the first set at 6-4 then Iran levelled the score at 10-all, fivb.com reported. The Iranian players Shahram Mahmoudi and Seyed Mohammed Mousavi had an upsurge and stole the show from the European side as they led at 16-12 at the second technical timeout. Iran safeguarded their lleadead ththenen reachedreached sesett popoint,int, untiluntil Konarski’sKonarski’s serve wentwent llongong ththatat concconclud-lud- ed ththee sesett 225-20.5-20. See papagege 1 1 khamenei.ir

Book on Imam Aref says prioritizes capital’s challenges, not unmindful of the bigger picture Any future U.S. Khomeini’s administration POLITICAL TEHRAN — The head of the among different areas of Tehran province, cre- lifestyle published deskparliamentary Hope faction ating problems for people.” will respect Iran in Bulgarian has said he and his team will prioritize address- Another problem with the metropolitan is nuclear deal: ing challenges the metropolis of Tehran is deal- air pollution. “Other industrial cities are expe- CULTURE TEHRAN — Irani- ing with, including unprivileged outlying areas, riencing a similar situation when it comes to air Alan Eyre deskan author Ali-Akbar air pollution, and retrofitting of old city fabrics, pollution.” Sabzian’s book “Ruhollah’s Lifestyle” while not being unmindful of the country’s big- Apart from the above-cited concerns, Despite Republican presidential con- that turns the spotlight on the per- ger issues. retrofitting old buildings which are on frag- tender Donald Trump’s statement sonal life of the founder of the Islamic led the race for par- ile foundations was emphasized by the fig- about the necessity of renegotiating Republic, Imam Khomeini, has recently liamentary seats in Tehran in the February elec- ure. the 5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, the U.S. been published in tions, where reformist swept all other remaining It is not yet clear how Aref is going to deal Department of State’s Persian-lan- Bulgarian. 29 seats. with these three domains practically as this is guage spokesman Alan Eyre says in an An expert of “Tehran and its satellite cities grapple with not the first time officials are turning the spot- interview with Trend news agency any Islamic philosophy, numerous challenges which need considera- On the issue of slum-dwellers, the MP said, light on such issues with no tangible outcomes future U.S. administration will respect Bogdana Todoro- tion,” he said. “Services have been unequally distributed at macro levels. the Iran nuclear deal. va has translated Trump had earlier denounced the the book from its deal, officially called the Joint Com- English version SK Engineering tapped to renovate oil refining facility in Iran prehensive Plan of Action, saying he would seek to renegotiate it if elected into Bulgarian. She South Korea’s SK Engineering & The work includes upgrades to The facilities of TZORC built in Iran. The 150-hectare compound has also included president. Construction Co. has signed a desulfurization equipment worth 1976 are in dire need of moderni- refines 100,000 barrels of oil per Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad her comments in contract to launch a feasibility $20 million and other gasoline zation. Morteza Azizi, president of day to produce liquefied petrole- the margins. Javad Zarif announced on June 1 that study for a $20 million moderni- manufacturing facilities, said an POGD, came to Korea to strike the um gas (LPG), gasoline and diesel. the nuclear deal, reached last year with The book has zation project for Iran’s Parsian Oil official of the company. The study deal personally. POGD owns a 50.6 percent stake been published the 5+1 group, can’t be renegotiated & Gas Development Group Co. will take about six months. The industry observers esti- in TZORC. As the largest private despite Trump’s pledge to do so if under the auspices (POGD). The company is hopeful that the mate expansion and renovation energy company in Iran, POGD of the Iranian cul- elected. Under the non-binding agree- renovation project could expand to projects of 12 public and private accounts for 10 percent market The JCPOA’s implementation began tural office in Sofia ment, SK will first explore business work worth $200 million and $300 oil fields in Iran value around $5 share in the Iranian oil refining to mark the 27th anniversary of the in mid-January 2016. prospects on the project of refur- million in the Middle East country billion. The opportunities are big- market. The company has seven “We believe that all sides will re- death of Imam Khomeini, which was bishing facilities of Tabriz Oil Re- that has turned eager in upgrading ger when counting in gas fields. listed companies and eight unlist- observed on Friday. main committed to the JCPOA,” said fining Co., an affiliate of POGD, in its infrastructure following the lifting Tabriz is located 700 kilometers ed companies. Eyre. “And as we have seen from press Tabriz, a northwestern city of Iran. of sanctions early this year. northwest of Tehran, the capital of (Source: pulsenews.co.kr) reports about the IAEA’s most recent report on Iran’s nuclear program, Iran Economy minister: continues to meet its commitments Kerry: Editing of State Department under the JCPOA.” Iran, Austria must “We are doing the same with re- counter terrorism spect to the lifting of nuclear-related Iran video ‘stupid,’ ‘inappropriate’ sanctions,” he added. financing (Source: Trend news agency) WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secretary of State information with the goal of furthering U.S. Iranian Minister of Finance and John Kerry on Friday slammed the selective foreign policy,’” Royce wrote. “This is all the TEHRAN TIMES Economic Affairs Ali Tayyeb-Nia editing of a video of a State Department press more troubling given that the video in ques- Iran’s Leading International Daily has said Iran and Austria need to briefing on the Iran deal, calling it “stupid and tion dealt with hugely consequential nuclear enhance cooperation in the bank- clumsy and inappropriate.” negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.” ing sector and work toward stop- He said he intends to find out who at the House Oversight Committee Chairman Advertising Dept ping the flow of financial aid to department was responsible for the action and Jason Chaffetz, meanwhile, sent a letter 021 - 430 51 450 terrorists. added he didn’t want someone who would do to Kerry late Thursday night requesting a Te l : In a meeting with Austrian Finance that working there, telling reporters in Paris, “I number of items related to the incident, Minister Hans-Joerg Schelling in Vien- would like to find out exactly what happened including documents identifying “by name na on Saturday, Tayyeb-Nia outlined and why.” and job title” those involved in making the Iran’s steps to achieve economic de- Kerry’s call for an investigation comes as fall- request to delete the video and those who velopment. out from the incident continues to grow, with carried it out. He also discussed measures tak- Congressional Republicans demanding an in- Chaffetz also demanded documents that en by Iran through legal channels quiry into the clipped video. show the dates when the video was deleted to obstruct money laundering as The State Department has acknowledged State Department’s Inspector General, Ste- and restored, and any memos or commu- well as the delivery of financial aid removing a portion of the video posted on its ve Linick, calling on him to investigate the nications with the Office of the Legal Ad- to terrorists, and called for the ex- website but has so far not identified the official matter. visor or others about the move to remove pansion of bilateral cooperation in who requested the cut. “In tampering with this video, the Bureau the video footage. The committee gave the such areas. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair- State Department until Wednesday to pro- of Public Affairs has undermined its mis- [email protected] (Source: Press TV) man Ed Royce sent a letter on Friday to the sion to ‘communicate timely and accurate duce the materials. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 JJUNEUNE 5,5, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

conditions, we will meet an appalling fate and the Iranian nation and Islam will be slapped in the face.” MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Referring to the Islamic Revolution as Leader: Uphold the unique and prominent asset of the Parliamentarians nation and the country, he said, “A heavy price has been paid for the revolution to to meet Supreme pay off. However, alongside these costs, Leader on Sunday revolutionary there have been abundant benefits.” The Supreme Leader highlighted the strength of the Islamic Revolution after 37 TEHRAN — New MPs are scheduled to meet with years, saying, “Today, the circumstances Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sun- for the Iranian nation are brighter and day, Dana website reported on Saturday. spirit smoother than in the past and costs have

DANA The meeting is a conventional issue held in become more avoidable.” the beginning of every parliamentary term after The Leader stated, “The revolution the MPs’ credentials are approved and they are was created with people’s determination, sworn in. resolve and faith and thanks to the same popular force it has survived and taken root Kremlin: Preparations and resisted military threats and sanctions, underway for has not been paralyzed and has been rac- ing ahead courageously and proudly. From Azerbaijan-Iran- now on, this drive must also continue.” Russia talks Noting that revolutionary spirit is not limited to the period of struggles or the TEHRAN — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov period of Imam Khomeini, the Leader has confirmed that preparations are underway for said, “Revolution and revolutionary spirit a meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran belong to all periods and revolution is a and Russia. running river and all those who act based TASS Peskov did not specify the date and location of on revolutionary criteria, even youths the meeting, Tass reported on Friday. who did not experience the Imam’s life- Media earlier reported, citing Iranian sources, 1 are extremely intimidated when they hear physical, moral and spiritual health, the time, are revolutionary.” that a meeting between the presidents of Russia, “By benefiting from the experience of about the Iranian nation’s 1979 Islamic scientific progress of the country, guaran- ‘Resistance economy is key to in- Iran and Azerbaijan is planned to take place in Baku [Iran’s] nuclear talks [with six world pow- Revolution and revolutionary spirit. teeing national dignity and identity and dependence’ in July-August. ers], i.e. the proof of necessity of distrust- “The main reason for the exertion of international might and activation of the The Leader also warned that Iran ing the U.S., the country’s drive and pro- pressure on the nation over these years country’s potentialities.” would suffer if it were “absorbed in the ‘MPs should be gress must go on,” Ayatollah Khamenei under different pretexts including the nu- Reiterating that Imam Khomeini global economy,” saying an “economy of said, according to the leader.ir. clear issue and human rights is the revo- pushed the country towards these ob- resistance” is the key to the country’s in- vigilant against U.S. In his speech marking the 27th an- lutionary spirit of the Iranian nation and jectives thanks to the Islamic Revolu- dependence. infiltration’ niversary of the departure of Imam the Islamic establishment.” tion, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “Although “If we believe that the ‘economy of re- Khomeini, Ayatollah Khamenei highlight- Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran spiraled reaching these objectives takes time and sistance’ is just paving the way for foreign ed “revolutionary, devout and faithful” out of world powers’ control following requires efforts they are realizable and investment, we are mistaken,” the Leader TEHRAN — Tehran’s Friday prayer leader has description as a comprehensive portrayal the 1979 revolution and turned into an the only requirement for their realization added, according to Press TV. called on Iranian parliamentarians to keep vigi- for the late Imam Khomeini. “The vener- Islamic establishment which has set an is to move on the path of the revolution The Leader also dismissed a BBC re- lance against the plots hatched by U.S. officials able Imam was faithful to God, faithful to inspiring precedent for nations. and revolutionary spirit.” port claiming secret contact between to influence and penetrate into the country’s people, faithful to objective and faithful “The main issue is that the revolu- Ayatollah Khamenei went on to say, Imam Khomeini and U.S. presidents be- decision-making bodies through the recent to the path that led him to this goal.” tionary Imam saved the country from “Since the demise of the venerable Imam, FNA fore the Islamic revolution. nuclear agreement between Tehran and world Regarding the “devout” character of many quagmires including ‘quagmire of whenever we have acted [based on] rev- “Britain has always been hostile to us” powers. Imam Khomeini, the Leader said, “He was dependence, political corruption, mor- olutionary [ideals], we have made pro- and the report was “fake”, the Leader as- Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Seddiqi said, “New mem- a faithful man serving Lord, he was hum- al corruption, international humiliation, gress and whenever we have neglected serted. bers of the parliament should spare no efforts to ble and a man of prayer.” scientific, economic and technological revolutionary spirit and jihadi drive we The Leader also dismissed any coop- safeguard the significant achievements of the Is- Ayatollah Khamenei also said, “The backwardness and the U.S. and Britain’s have lagged behind and we have failed.” eration with the U.S. against ISIL. lamic Revolution.” Imam was a ‘revolutionary imam’ and this master-slave attitude’ and brought about The Leader also noted, “We can move Trusting the U.S. would be “a big mis- He said the Supreme Leader expects the par- attribute is the main cause of materialist a tremendous change in the drive of the with a revolutionary drive on this path. take,” said the Supreme Leader, insist- liament to confront any attempt for infiltration and powers’ anger with him.” country and the nation.” In that case, progress is definite. [But] we ing that cooperation with America goes handle the economy efficiently in the post-sanc- The Leader stressed that world powers The Leader reiterated that Imam can also move differently, that under such “against the independence” of Iran. Khomeini changed the country’s path to- tions era. “Today, the “A heavy price has Iran has “many small and big enemies, wards big objectives, i.e. the “governance but foremost among them are America,” Way to Hajj will circumstances for the of the religion of God”. been paid for the Britain and Israel, the Leader added. surely open: Iran Iranian nation are He added, “The governance of the re- revolution to pay off. The Leader touched on the history of brighter and smoother ligion of God consists of the realization of However, alongside U.S. hostility with Iran, including its support genuine social justice, eradication of pov- for Saddam Hussein in the war on the Is- than in the past and erty and ignorance, eradication of op- these costs, there lamic Republic, downing of an Iranian pas- costs have become pression and social vices, establishment have been abundant senger plane, its attack on Iranian oil plat- TEHRAN — The director of Hajj and Pilgrimage more avoidable.” of Islamic values system, guaranteeing benefits.” forms and a CIA coup in Iran in 1953. Organization has said the way to Hajj will surely open, ISNA reported. “We will make up for this year in next year ISNA quota,” Said Owhadi told a press conference on Tehran says will do whatever necessary to hash out regional issues Thursday. “We will muster all our efforts so that the with S.. ArabiaArabia and TTurkey Sharia-based right of Iranian pilgrims is not vi- POLITICAL TEHRAN — The newly backed opposition forces inn the However,Howe Larijani added, themselves and we cannot defend their olated.” deskelected Iranian parlia- country. Iran’s reconciliatoryre initiatives wrongdoings,” Larijani said on if Iran will He added Saudi Arabia should pay a heavy ment speaker has said Tehran will take “We do our utmost to resolvesolve areare on ttheh drawing board only if support regional countries. price for discrimination against Iranian pil- whatever measures necessary to thrash regional differences with coun-oun- other reregionalg rivals are into the Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic ties grims. out regional issues with Riyadh and An- tries such as Turkey and Saudi rightright path.p with Iran. It is concerned about Tehran’s kara, noting the Islamic Republic seeks Arabia via dialogue and evenn tatakeke “Iran will carry on its growing clout in Lebanon, Syria and Yem- Iran, UN seek “brotherly relations” with regional and steps to remedy the situation,”n,” brotherly ties with re- en. international countries. Ali Larijani said in an hour-- gional countries, but The veteran politician also rapped continuation of Tehran and the Riyadh-Ankara bloc length interview with the some countries such Saudis for displaying immaturity in their Yemen ceasefire in have been on opposite sides of Syr- Lebanese al-Mayadeen as Turkey and Saudi diplomatic agenda, calling for a more ia’s civil war, which has left more than television. Arabia are damaging “tolerant” Saudi Arabia. Ramadan 250,000 of Syrian citizens killed and mil- “Saudis need to be patient in their af- TEHRAN — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister lions displaced. Larijani says Iran’s reconciliatory initiatives are fairs, otherwise it will work against them for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Ab- While Iran has stood by Syrian President on the drawing board only if other regional in the long-term,” he stressed, blaming dollahian and Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Bashar al-Assad as of 2011 when the crisis Saudi kingdom for elongating the suffer- UN special envoy to Yemen, have called for a broke out, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have rivals are into the right path. ings of Syrians. ceasefire, in place in Yemen since April, to con-

TASNIM tinue as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is approaching. Rouhani: Enemies will take illusion of division between Leader and officials to grave In a telephone conversation on Friday, the POLITICAL TEHRAN – President Hassan Rou- tionary spirit of the Iranian nation and we will spare no two exchanged views on the latest devel- desk opments in the impoverished Arab country, hani has said that the Islamic Republic effort in defending the evolutionary path of this revolu- Tasnim reported. system is “united” and there is no division between the tion,” he told the people who had congregated at the Emphasizing that a political solution is the only Supreme Leader and heads of the three branches of shrine of Imam Khomeini. way to settle the crisis in Yemen, the Iranian and government. Imam Khomeini was the architect of the Islamic Re- UN officials also highlighted the importance of the “The system is united and the enemies will take the public system which can be a model for other countries, UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait. wish of division among the (executive, legislative and ju- he noted. dicial) powers and Leadership to grave,” Rouhani said in Elsewhere, Rouhani said that the Islamic Revolution a speech at the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini late on bears the messages of “freedom”, “independence” and Iran’s stance on Thursday. “belief in religion”. Nagorno-Karabakh He also called “Islamic Revolution”, “Islamic Republic” He also said all are duty bound to boost the efficiency unchanged: envoy and “rule of supreme jurisprudence” legacies of the late of the system. Imam Khomeini. Pointing to the volatile situation in the Middle East On Wednesday, Rouhani said that the goals set by He highlighted the importance of guarding the Islam- region, he said the peace and stability in Iran is a result Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, are TEHRAN — The Iranian ambassador to Baku has ic Revolution as a “legacy” of Imam Khomeini. of the Leader’s effective role in maintaining and boosting strongly and perfectly followed by his successor Ayatol- said Tehran continues to hope that the conflict “We are proud of the Islamic Revolution and revolu- national integrity and unity. lah Ali Khamenei. between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Na- ILNA gorno-Karabakh region will be resolved through ‘No ruler can prevent Muslims from performing Hajj’ dialogue and based on international regulations, ILNA reported. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Leader of September 2015 in which hundreds of hash out discrepancies over the hajj is- “Our stances on the mountainous Karabakh deska Pakistani religious pilgrims lost their lives must not occur sue, Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization of have not changed and we hope that the conflict scholars association has said that no ruler again. Iran (HPOI) announced on May 29 that would be resolved peacefully, within the framework can prevent the Muslims from participat- A disproportionate number of Ira- it won’t dispatch pilgrims this year to of territorial integrity of regional countries and in ing in Hajj rituals. nian pilgrims were crushed to death in Mecca because of inconsistency at deci- compliance with international regulations,” Mohsen Hajj is one of the main principles in Is- the tragic incident. Iran said at the time sion-making level by Saudis. Pakayeen told reporters. lam and the Muslims, be it Shia or Sunni, that Riyadh was incapable of managing Iran and Saudi Arabia severed diplo- “We support the continuation of the ceasefire cannot be deprived of their right to per- the annual event and held Saudi Arabia matic ties as Riyadh’s diplomatic posts and negotiations between the two countries and form it, Shahzadeh Pirjan said in an inter- responsible for the disaster. in Tehran and were attacked hope that peace talks would yield good results,” he view with Mehr news agency published Pirjan said the incident disgraced the Sau- in public mobs, following the Saudi ex- added. on Saturday. di Arabian rulers and demonstrated that the After several rounds of negotiation ecution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Pirjan also said the Mina incident in Saudis are incompetent to hold Hajj. between Iranian and Saudis officials to January. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Iraq forces retake control of strategic NEWS Russia preparing blistering city north of Fallujah military response against Iraqi armed forces have fully liberated a ground. No report of casualties among NATO key city in the embattled Anbar Province Iraqi forces is available. as they continue to gain more ground in In another development, Iraqi forces Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized an aggres- their military operations to retake the Is- foiled an attack by ISIL terrorists on the sive military response to an intensification of NATO (North lamic State in and the Levant (ISIL/ Ajil oil facility in the city of Tikrit, located Atlantic Treaty Organization) activity in the Baltic Sea, prepar- Daesh) terrorist group-held city of Fallu- 140 kilometers northwest of Baghdad. ing Russia for a potential war with NATO and its allies. jah. An Iraqi soldier reportedly lost his life Russian ambassador to NATO, Alexander Grushko, said The Baghdad Operations Command and eight others sustained injuries in the that the country is preparing a full-on military and political said on Saturday that the city of Saqlawi- ensuing fighting. response to NATO’s hostile behavior in the area. yah, located north of Fallujah, is now un- Taking heavy blows from Iraqi forces “A decision to deploy (NATO’s) extra battalions changes der full control of Iraqi soldiers. on the battlefield, ISIL terrorists have re- the regional situation in the sphere of security qualitatively,” Saqlawiyah, located some 50 kilome- cently stepped up their terror activities he told Kommrersant FM business news radio on Friday, “to- ters west of the capital Baghdad, fell to against civilians inside Fallujah and other day this situation is acquiring new parameters and it’ll surely ISIL in September 2014 after the terrorist areas under their control. require not only a political response but also the appropriate group laid a siege to the city. Humanitarian aid groups and resi- military precautions.” Over the past two weeks, the Iraqi dents say ISIL has trapped around 50,000 The Russian military “will watch with much attention what army has been engaged in large-scale civilians, including 20,000 children, in Fal- means might be necessary to neutralize the risks” associated military operations to wrest back control lujah, threatening those who try to es- with NATO’s growing activity. of Fallujah. Iraqi forces have freed most cape with death. “It’s all too obvious that measures will be taken and our areas around the city, but are facing Reports coming out of the area also terrorist group has been killed in an air- feet) away from the center of the city. partners at the Russia-NATO Council shouldn’t get surprised heavy resistance during their advances. say the terrorists are using the residents strike northwest of the embattled city of Gruesome violence has plagued the over it,” Grushko said. “All the realistically thinking politicians Elsewhere, on the battlefield south of Fallujah as human shields to slow Fallujah. northern and western parts of Iraq ever and military realize that any action will trigger an equal coun- of Fallujah, heavy clashes broke out be- down the advance of Iraqi armed forces. The Friday aerial attack was conduct- since ISIL launched an offensive in the teraction sooner or later.” tween Iraqi troops and ISIL terrorists, who Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ed against a ISIL hideout in Saqlawiyah country in June 2014, and took control of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said earlier four launched an attack targeting units of se- says safe corridors have been estab- city, about five kilometers (three miles) portions of the Iraqi territory. combat battalions will be deployed in Poland and three for- curity forces deployed in the area. lished to allow some civilians to flee. northwest of Fallujah, in the western An- The militants have been committing mer Soviet Baltic republic of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Reports say 27 ISIL terrorists were The northern and western parts of bar province, Arabic-language al-Suma- heinous crimes against all ethnic and From June 3 to June 19 NATO holds BALTOPS 16 exer- killed and several others injured in the Iraq have been plagued by violence ever ria news website reported. religious communities in Iraq, includ- cise involving fifteen member-states of the pact, as well as clashes. The Takfiri militants were forced since ISIL terrorists began an offensive Lieutenant General Abdul Amir ing Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and Finland and Sweden. The war games will the manpower of to retreat into Fallujah after suffering through Iraqi territory in June 2014. al-Shammari, a commander for the others. 6,100 men. heavy losses at the hands of Iraqi forc- Iraqi airstrike kills senior ISIL Baghdad Operations Command, said in The Iraqi army and volunteer forces Almost simultaneously, the Saber Strike 16 war games began es. Some 14 ISIL terrorists also died in commander in Saqlawiyah a statement that the airstrike killed Abu are involved in operations to win back in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on May 27. They involve thirteen the airstrikes targeting militant hideouts The development follows as Iraq’s mil- Bashir al-Sudani, adding that the Iraqi militant-held areas. countries all in all and will continue through to June 22. in support of army operations on the itary says a top commander of the ISIL forces were only some 600 meters (1970 (Source: agencies) (Source: agencies) U.S. vows ‘action’ if China builds new S. China Sea structures 20 escape Bahraini prison, Chinese construction on a South China Sea islet claimed The Post cited a source closed to the Chinese military observance of “core principles” such as the peaceful res- by the Philippines would prompt “actions being taken” as saying construction at the outpost would allow Bei- olution of disputes through legal means and the devel- manhunt underway by the United States and other nations, U.S. Defense jing to “further perfect” its air coverage across the South opment of a “principled security network.” Secretary Ashton Carter warned on Saturday. China Sea, suggesting it plans to build an airstrip. He also suggested the United States and China Bahraini regime forces have launched a manhunt for 20 inmates Speaking at a security summit in Singapore, Carter The construction plans were likely to be accelerat- would benefit from better military ties -- both to build following a jail break at a prison on the island of Muharraq, said Beijing risks building a “Great Wall of self-isolation” ed in light of the upcoming ruling from the Permanent understanding and to avoid the risk of mishaps. where the Persian Gulf nation’s main airport is located. with its military expansion in the contested waters, but Court of Arbitration at The Hague on a case brought by According to the Pentagon, two Chinese fighters last Local authorities offered no details on whether the pris- he also proposed stronger bilateral security cooperation the Philippines against China, which has shunned the month conducted an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. spy plane oners who escaped on Friday were common criminals or to reduce the risks of a mishap. proceedings and says it will not recognize any ruling. in international air space over the South China Sea, further political activists imprisoned for taking part in anti-regime “I hope that this development doesn’t occur because In a prepared speech, Carter said the United States heightening tensions in the strategically vital waters. demonstrations. it will result in actions being taken both by the United views the upcoming ruling “as an opportunity for China “America wants to expand military-to-military agree- Reporting on the incident, state newspaper Akhbar Al- States, and actions being taken by others in the region and the rest of the region to recommit to a principled ments with China to focus not only on risk reduction, but Khaleej said “around 20 prisoners” had escaped from the that will have the effect of not only increasing tensions future, to renewed diplomacy, and to lowering tensions, also on practical cooperation,” Carter said. al-Hadd detention center near the Muharraq dry dock on but isolating China,” Carter said when asked about Scar- rather than raising them.” His attendance at the summit is part of a broader U.S. Saturday evening. borough Shoal in a forum also attended by senior Chi- The Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam have diplomatic push, known as the Asia “rebalance”, to build “They managed to seize a bus and get away after as- nese military officials. competing claims in the sea, which encompass vital and maintain alliances in the Asia-Pacific region, which saulting warders and police and wounding several of them,” Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post has reported global shipping routes and is believed to have significant America sees as key to its own long-term economic and added the official daily. that China plans to establish an outpost on the shoal, oil and gas deposits. security interests. It further reported that police forces set up roadblocks 230 kilometers (140 miles) off the Philippine coast, which Beijing’s claim to nearly the entire sea, based on con- In a report last month, the Pentagon said China put on the causeways linking Muharraq to Bahrain’s main island, Manila says lies in its exclusive economic zone. troversial historical records, has also pitted it against the its land reclamation efforts on hold in the Spratly Islands where the capital Manama is located. Beijing claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea United States, which has conducted patrols near Chi- chain at the end of 2015. Instead, it focused on adding This is while the Bahraini Interior Ministry later stated that and has developed contested reefs into artificial islands, nese-held islands to press for freedom of navigation. military infrastructure to its reclaimed features. police officers had recaptured some of the escapees without some topped with airstrips. “Unfortunately, if these actions continue, China could In all, China has added more than 3,200 acres (1,295 elaborating on how many of them remained at large. Manila says China took effective control of Scarbor- end up erecting a Great Wall of self-isolation,” Carter hectares) of land to the seven features it occupies in the Since February 14, 2011, thousands of anti-regime pro- ough Shoal in 2012, stationing patrol vessels and shoo- said in his speech. Spratlys, the report found, and it has added lengthy run- testers have held numerous protest rallies on an almost daily ing away Filipino fishermen, after a two-month stand-off The key to regional security, Carter said, was en- ways to three of these. basis in the tiny oil-rich nation, calling for the House of Khal- with the Philippine Navy. hanced military cooperation across the region and the (Source: AFP) ifa to relinquish power. In March of that year, troops from the House of Saud re- gime and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were deployed to the country to assist the Bahraini government in its brutal Hamas censures Mideast talks in Paris crackdown on the peaceful protests. Scores of people have been killed and hundreds of others Palestinian resistance movement Hamas for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and mainly from the United Nations, the Euro- activities and its refusal to release senior injured or arrested during the crackdown. has censured the Paris talks aimed at re- the Democratic Front for the Liberation of pean Union and the Arab League attend- Palestinian prisoners were among major Amnesty International and many other international rights solving the issue of Palestine and reviving Palestine (DFLP). ed the meeting to plan for the international reasons behind the failure of the talks. organizations have frequently censured the Bahraini regime the so-called peace negotiations with Is- The Friday statement further rejected summit expected to be held by the end of Tel Aviv formally suspended the talks over the “rampant” human rights abuses against opposition rael, calling them a dangerous violation all other actions aimed at returning the the year. Palestinians and Israel did not at- with the Palestinian Authority in April 2014 activists and anti-regime protesters. of national rights. Palestinian side to “fruitless” negotiations tend the meeting. after Palestinian President Mahmoud Ab- (Source: Press TV) “The ideas presented by France in the that have been a reason for Israel’s “in- The meeting’s final statement voiced bas forged a unity pact with the Hamas form of an initiative represent a serious creasing settlement building” in the oc- alarm at the situation on the ground resistance movement, which is based in infringement on the shared national prin- cupied Palestinian territories. due to Israel’s acts of violence against the blockaded Gaza Strip. ciples of Palestinians, especially the right The international conference held in Palestinians and illegal settlement Israel responded to the unity pact by of return” of Palestinian refugees to their Paris on Friday set the framework for the building. announcing tenders for the building of Philippine troops capture motherland, read a Hamas statement, upcoming French-led initiative to revive The last round of the so-called peace 4,800 illegal settler units in the occupied ISIL-linked training camp which was also signed by the Islamic Jihad negotiations between Palestinians and talks between Israelis and Palestinians col- Palestinian territories. Movement in Palestine, the Popular Front the Israeli regime. Over 20 representatives lapsed in 2014. Tel Aviv’s illegal settlement (Source: Press TV) The Philippine army has captured a militant training camp linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group following a 10-day battle as part of an offen- Trump’s personal attacks on judge spark GOP concerns sive to flush out terrorists from a remote jungle region. The operation against the Maute militant group, which The federal judge who’s hearing a Trump University law- budgets of liberal-leaning courts. The school emerged as an issue in a February Re- has pledged allegiance to the notorious ISIL terrorist net- suit is “a hater of Donald Trump” and ought to be re- Those ideas, though, did not single out judges or fo- publican presidential debate, after which Trump made work, left four Philippine soldiers dead and 15 others injured moved from the case. So says Donald Trump, in just one cus on race, ethnicity or religion. his first comments about Curiel. in the town of Butig in Lanao del Sur Province, said a Philip- of the recent comments by the presumptive Republican Trump made his first reported comments about U.S. The judge seemingly raised Trump’s ire anew last pine military commander on Saturday. presidential nominee that have legal experts worrying District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in February, linking Curi- week when he ordered the release of documents that According to reports, the army further said they killed about his commitment to an independent judiciary and el’s Mexican heritage with what Trump described as the had been sealed. Trump’s campaign and private lawyers dozens of militants during the process; however, no dead his views on presidential powers. judge’s “tremendous hostility” over Trump’s plan to build handling the lawsuits did not respond to requests for bodies were seen when the Philippine military allowed jour- In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, Trump a wall along the Mexican border. Trump has variously comment on Friday. nalists into the area on Friday. has expressed unusually personal criticism — focusing referred to Curiel as Spanish, Mexican and Hispanic and Trump’s contention that Curiel is biased against him “The Maute group is believed to be on the run and in on the judge’s Mexican heritage — though his lawyers has called the judge “a hater of Donald Trump.” He told because of Trump’s border plan is “ridiculous,” said Josh hiding, (but) the military will fully enforce the law if they ini- have never actually sought to have the judge removed. The Wall Street Journal that Curiel has “an absolute con- Blackman, a young conservative law professor at the tiate other terrorist activities in the area,” said army Colonel His comments are bringing overwhelming disap- flict of interest” because of his heritage as well as “an in- South Texas College of Law in Houston. Roseller Murillo as quoted in the report. proval from politicians and lawyers in his own Repub- herent conflict of interest” because Trump wants to build American Bar Association President Paulette Brown The camp’s structures were riddled with large bullet holes lican Party. On Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said of the border wall. said personal criticism of a judge undermines judicial that, according to soldiers, were caused by machine gun fire the statements about the judge: “It’s reasoning I don’t Curiel is a native of Indiana whose parents emigrated independence. used to flush out the militants. relate to, I completely disagree with the thinking behind from Mexico. He received undergraduate and law de- The prospect of a choice between Trump and Demo- Unexploded improvised explosive devices, a grenade that.” grees from Indiana University and served as a federal cratic front-runner Hillary Clinton leaves some conserv- launcher, a militant uniform and a black ISIL flag were left And conservative legal scholars say Trump’s state- prosecutor and a judge in the California state judicial ative scholars cold. behind in the wooden huts and concrete-reinforced trenches ments reinforce their worries that he seems to think he system before being nominated to the federal bench by Former federal appeals court judge Michael McCon- used by the armed militants, Murillo added. can do whatever he wants and disregard rules and con- President Barack Obama in 2011. nell, an appointee of President George W. Bush, said he The officials said the latest offensive began on May 24 and ventions that constrain other political candidates. Trump University is the target of two lawsuits in San is not encouraged by the behavior of the leading can- displaced nearly 2,000 residents in the area. Criticism of the Supreme Court and the rest of the Diego and one in New York that accuse the business of didate of either party, citing Clinton’s troubles over the The southern Philippines has been plagued by a separa- federal judiciary has been a regular feature of recent fleecing students with unfulfilled promises to teach se- private email server she used when she was secretary tist insurgency for more than four decades, resulting in skir- Republican presidential campaigns, including proposals crets of success in real estate. Trump has maintained that of state. mishes that has so far left over 120,000 dead. to strip federal judges of lifetime tenure and reduce the customers were overwhelmingly satisfied. (Source: AP) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JJUNEUNE 55,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Iran wants to return its Foodstuff exports from Iran stands at $2.2b in a year pre-sanctions share of 14.5% in OPEC ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s exports of foodstuffs deskduring the last Iranian calendar year (end- Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zan- the market and sought to mend fences ed March 19, 2016) stood at over $2.2 billion, a senior of- ganeh announced that the Islamic Re- within the organization. ficial in the country’s Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry public plans to increase oil production to Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf al- announced, Tasnim news agency reported. 4.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 5 years lies had tried to propose OPEC set a Mehdi Sadeqi Anaraki, the director general for food, and return its pre-sanctions share of 14.5 new collective ceiling in an attempt to pharmaceutical and health industries in the mentioned percent in Organization of the Petroleum repair the group's waning importance. ministry, said that around 11,000 firms are presently active Exporting Countries (OPEC). But Thursday's meeting ended with no in Iran’s food, pharmaceutical and health sectors, products "Iran had 14.5 percent in the OPEC be- new policy or ceiling amid resistance of which constitute 15 percent of the country’s total produc- fore sanctions," he said in the 169th (ordi- from Iran. tion. nary) OPEC meeting in Vienna on Thurs- Also, on April 17, representatives of He noted that majority of these firms, which belong to day, adding that Iran plans to increase oil 18 oil-producing nations met in Doha, the private sector, are categorized as small or medium- production to 4.8 million barrels per day Qatar to discuss freezing oil produc- sized industries. in 5 years and $70 billion of investment tion cap, but failed to reach agree- Anaraki hailed the productivity and management of is needed." ment. OPEC’s new secretary general these firms that has led into an acceptable volume of ex- "We have enough buyers of oil. Our appointed ports. exports more than doubled. In May, it totaled 2.023 million bpd. We plan to After years of friction over the is- increase it at least to the pre-sanctions sue, a former Group Managing Direc- level," he said. tor of the Nigerian National Petroleum Iran, Latvia discuss Stressing that Iran is ready to discuss quotas for the entire OPEC. output strategy on Thursday as Iran Corporation Mohammed Barkindo was general OPEC quota for oil production, No agreement on OPEC’s oil- insisted on steeply raising its own appointed as the new Secretary-Gen- expansion of economic ties Zanganeh said that Iran advocates re- output strategy production, though Tehran's arch-rival eral of OPEC in Thursday meeting. turn of country oil production quotas, not OPEC failed to agree a clear oil- Saudi Arabia promised not to flood (Source: agencies) ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian economic delegation deskmet representatives from 100 Latvian compa- nies in the Latvia-Iran Business Forum, which was held in Radis- son Blue Daugava Hotel in Latvia’s capital city of Riga on Thurs- Prospect of a major order with Iran moving closer: Boeing CEO day, IRNA reported. “Prospect of a major order with Iran is Iran agreed on January 28 to buy 118 proval. vise certain Iranian carriers of the tech- The forum was held with participation of more than 60 Ira- moving closer”, Boeing Chief Execu- Airbus jets worth $27 billion, after in- Boeing has spoken with Iranian air- nical capabilities of its aircraft, discuss nian businessmen active in timber processing, metalworking, oil tive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said on ternational sanctions were lifted against lines about all of its models currently the airline’s fleeting requirements and refining, mechanical engineering, transport and logistics, plastics Thursday. Tehran on January 16. in production, Marty Bentrott, Boeing’s finalize general terms and conditions industry, mining, finance and banking, health care, food, agricul- After talking with Iranian airlines, he Iran could buy Boeing aircraft vice-president for Middle East sales, told necessary to complete a transaction in- ture, ICT and other areas. said, "we can see the market demand in euros reporters in Dublin on Thursday at the cluding on pricing. But the plane maker “Latvia is interested in direct flights between both countries,” said is real," and covers narrow-body and Iranian airlines could purchase Boe- International Air Transport Association will have to apply to the U.S. Treasury Latvian parliament speaker Inara Murniece during the meeting with wide-body planes. Airbus' announce- ing passenger jets in euros rather than (IATA) annual meeting. for a second license if it wants to com- visiting Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Baltic-course ment of 118 sales is a good indicator of the industry-preferred dollar if the “There is some very positive interest,” plete any sale in what is seen as one cited LETA, the main Latvian information agency. the potential, Muilenburg added. United States’ financial system does not he said. of the last major untapped markets for Latvia is interested to continue talks about air traffic agreement "We see market space that's meas- open up to Iran, a Boeing executive sug- “There is plenty of opportunity still for new jets. and launch direct flights between both countries in the future, said ured in that category," he said. "You can gested on Thursday. Boeing,” Bentrott said, who himself has Bentrott declined to say when Boeing Murniece. Latvia’s national airline airBaltic is considering new destina- anticipate that that's potentially a 50- Boeing has been talking with “more visited Tehran since the plane maker was could apply for the sale license. “We just tions, and Iran could be one of them, considering the growing inter- 50 kind of marketplace for Boeing and than” two Iranian carriers, including flag granted permission to engage in com- have to make sure we follow all the ap- est of Iran’s tourists in Latvia, said Murniece. Airbus and we're going to battle it out airline Iran Air, since February after the mercial discussions. propriate guidelines,” he said. She said that the broad Iranian delegation, accompanying the competitively." U.S. government granted limited ap- The approval allows Boeing to ad- (Source: agencies) foreign minister on a visit to Latvia is a clear signal that a new page is opened in the economic relations between both countries. The Iranian delegation, headed by Zarif, kicked off its official visit to four North European countries including Poland, Finland, Sweden, Annual steel output up 5.4% in Iran and Latvia on May 29 to hold talks with senior officials of the four ECONOMY TEHRAN — countries, and participate in meetings with their businesspeople and The Islamic Republic “Domestic Iranian steel industry is currently operating desk industrialists. managed to produce 16 million tons by 70 percent of its total capacity,” he added. According to Head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, of crude steel in the past Iranian calendar year of 1394 Iran’s crude steel production reached 5.57 million Mines and Agriculture Mohsen Jalalpour, $1.2 billion worth of eco- (which ended on March 19, 2016), registering a 5.4-per- tons in the first four months of 2016, a 1.5 percent rise nomic cooperation documents were signed during Zarif’s visit to Po- cent growth compared to its preceding year, IRIB news compared to the same period last year, World Steel As- land and Finland. reported. sociation (WSA) reported in May. “Some of the documents are in the form of memorandum of un- According to the Secretary of Iran Steel Organization The country produced 5.488 million tons of crude derstanding, and some in the form of contract,” IRNA quoted Jalal- Seyed Soltan Khalifeh Soltan, 4.3 million tons of the pro- steel in the first four months of 2015. pour as saying on Wednesday. duced amount were exported in the said time and the According to WSA, Iran was the biggest producer of country plans to increase its steel exports up to 6 million crude steel in the Middle East in 2013. The country’s rank tons per annum. was 14th in the world in 2014. India discussing price issue with Iran on ONGC's Russian hopes for Iran trade boom run aground at Caspian port When sanctions on Iran were lifted in Jan- to them before because of sanctions. "We and another thousand people puted nuclear program effectively barred gas field: Indian oil min. uary, Russia might have expected to be On a visit late last month, a Reuters from Iran got tickets and visas, but they Iran from international financial systems, near the front of the queue for business correspondent found that cranes in sev- called off the forum two days before it so settling bills was complicated. Iran has promised to give India the license to develop opportunities. eral sections of the port were standing starts," said Taban Tizgush, president of Russian firms found ways around that, ONGC-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf but On the evidence of the commerce still because there was no cargo to move. the chamber of trade and industry in the by using intermediary banks in third pricing of gas is stalling the award. passing through the Caspian Sea port of "Before, we had to search for ships" to Iranian province of Gilan, on the Caspian countries. Grain exports from Russia to While Iran previously wanted to have marketing rights Astrakhan, the main jumping-off point for carry cargo to Iran because the volume of Sea. Iran grew while sanctions were in force. of the gas for internal consumption and so was desiring to Russian sea-borne trade with Iran, it's not the trade was so high, said the owner of "That causes us a lot of damage." But with sanctions gone, business peo- price it at low rates, it now wants the developers to market playing out like that. a grain-exporting company that supplies In an interview with Reuters, Alexan- ple in Astrakhan predict that big global it and so is seeking a higher rate. The value of goods shipped from the Iran, speaking of trade before the inter- der Zhilkin, the Astrakhan region gover- grain traders will now move into the Iran "Iran has in-principle agreed to give the field to India on Astrakhan region to Iran in the first four national sanctions were lifted. nor, said grain exports this year would market, squeezing out Russian players. nomination basis. Right now price is being discussed," Oil months of this year was down 16 percent Now, said the businessman, who asked be lower than in 2015 because Iran was The big global traders will have lower Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told reporters in New Delhi. on the same period last year, according to not to be identified so he could speak enforcing temporary grain import restric- costs because they can deliver grain on The price has to be right to give Indian firms investing the regional government. candidly, ship operators came knocking tions. vessels of up to 70,000 tons via Iran's Per- in the development of the field, a healthy rate of return on "There's a pause with grain, timber on his door looking for business. But he said he expected trade to dou- sian Gulf ports, while the maximum size of the money spent. It also has to be right for the owner of the products are being loaded, metal gets Last month, Russia's ministry for eco- ble within 18 months of all the interna- vessels in the Caspian is 6,000 tons, said natural resources, that is, Iran, he said. shipped very rarely and then only in very nomic development organized a Russian- tional sanctions being lifted on Iran. Hossein Lotfi, owner of a trading firm. "We have an October deadline to finalize a contract and small consignments," said Artyom Uly- Iranian business forum meant to take "Petrochemicals, paper, glass, wood, "If Russia does not take steps to hold are hopeful to do so within the deadline," he said. anov, commercial director of Astrakhan's place in Astrakhan. Russian Energy Min- wood products; there is demand for all onto its trade with Iran, it could lose 20 (Source: Economic Times) central cargo port. "Overall, we're loading ister Alexander Novak was scheduled to of that," he said. "This year, unexpectedly, to 30 percent of grain exports," said Lotfi, less that we did in previous periods." attend. we've had requests from Iran for potatoes who is also a consultant to Astrakhan's That, according to traders and ship- It was called off, with the local gov- and onions." chamber of commerce with Iran. ping industry sources, is partly because ernment citing "circumstances that have The main exports via Astrakhan - "Once payments are simplified new Turkey's Unit International Russian red tape is choking trade at a time arisen". Some participants only found out wheat, timber and scrap metal - were not players could come into the south of Iran, says agrees $4.2 billion deal when Iranians can do deals with Western the event was off when they were already banned by sanctions. But the internation- and they can offer lower prices." to build Iran power plants countries that were effectively closed off on the way there. al restrictions imposed over Tehran's dis- (Source: Reuters) ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish energy company Unit Inter- Facebook's Jaguar Land Rover CEO of Alphabet Inc's national has reached a $4.2 billion deal with Iran's Energy Minis- try to build seven natural gas power plants there, in what it said Zuckerberg may sues Chinese Nest unit steps down was the biggest investment in Iran since the lifting of sanctions. lose majority voting automaker over The power stations, to be built in seven separate regions of control if he exits Evoque copycat Iran, Turkey's eastern neighbor, would have a combined installed capacity of 6,020 megawatts, the company said in a statement. Facebook Inc’s board has proposed removing Mark Jaguar Land Rover is suing Chinese automaker Jian- Tony Fadell, a well-known Silicon Valley executive who The United States, European Union and United Nations lifted Zuckerberg’s majority voting control in the event of the gling Motor for allegedly copying the British firm’s Range was once expected to play a central role in Alphabet Inc’s most sanctions on Iran in January under a deal with world pow- social media giant’s chief executive and founder decid- Rover Evoque, a person with direct knowledge of the hardware efforts, has stepped down as chief executive of ers whereby Tehran agreed to curbs on its nuclear program. ing to exit management at some point in future. matter said - a rare move by a foreign automaker to fight the search giant’s Nest unit, the company said. Turkish companies have seen the move as a major trade and In a proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange copycats in the world’s biggest autos market. Fadell will remain an adviser to Alphabet and Google investment opportunity, with the car, clothing, textiles, machin- Commission, Facebook’s board said it would ask share- A spokesman for JLR, owned by India’s Tata Motors, co-founder Larry Page. He will be replaced at Nest, which ery and chemicals sectors also seen offering potential. holders to vote on a proposal that would convert Zuck- said in brief emailed comments to Reuters that a court in makes smart thermostats and smoke detectors, by Mar- "Unit International has reached a deal with the Iranian Energy erberg’s Class B shares into Class A shares if he is no Beijing’s eastern Chaoyang district “served Jiangling with wan Fawaz, who had prior stints at Motorola Mobility and Ministry worth some $4.2 billion to build natural gas combined longer in a leadership position. The move was first pro- newly filed actions surrounding copyright and unfair com- Charter Communications Inc. cycle power plants," Unit said, adding the agreement was signed posed in late April in a regulatory filing. petition.” He declined to elaborate. Google bought Nest in 2014 for $3.2 billion, one of at a ceremony in Tehran on June 1. As of June 2, Zuckerberg beneficially owned about The suit relates to Jiangling’s Landwind X7 sport utility the company’s largest acquisitions ever. Unit International is owned by Unal Aysal, the former chair- 4 million Class A shares and about 419 million Class B vehicle copying the design of the Evoque, JLR’s first China- In a blog post announcing his departure, Fadell said man of major Istanbul soccer club Galatasaray. shares, collectively representing about 53.8 percent of made model that went on sale last year, said the person Nest’s revenue is growing 50 percent a year and boasted Aysal said that when completed the power plants would total outstanding voting power and 14.8 percent of total with knowledge of the legal proceedings, who is not au- that “the connected home went mainstream because of NEWS IN BRIEF

meet 10 percent of Iran's energy needs. Construction of the NEWS IN BRIEF outstanding economic interests. thorized to talk to the media and didn’t want to be named. Nest.” seven plants was planned to begin in the first quarter of 2017. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com JJUNEUNE 5,5, 20162016 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

The top things to do and see in Kish NEWS Kish is a 35-square-mile island about 12 miles off the coast of Iran. Once a private re- Vietnam, a potential sort of the former Shah and his elite guests, Kish is the more luxurious and developed of attraction for Iranian the two main Iranian islands. Like Qeshm, it tourists is also a free-trade zone, and foreign tour- ists require no visa for up to 14 days, mean- ing that even if you cannot make it to the mainland, you can still hop over to Kish to get a taste of Persian hospitality. Water sports From parasailing to scuba diving, wake-boarding to jet skiing, Kish has it all. These activities are led by young, perfectly bronzed Iranian men and women who re- mind you that no matter what corner of the world you are in, surf culture is the same. While the mandatory hijab is still required on these islands, it is a bit more lax. For par- ticipation in these water activities, a swim cap suffices as hijab for women. If you do not want to actually get in the water, you can try the glass-bottom Tourists enjoy biking on the shore of Marjan Beach, Kish Island boats to catch a glimpse of the colorful al that can be found there. The coast is the island, Harireh offers a glimpse of an- digging out holes to nest their eggs (from sea life of the Persian Gulf’s aquarium. lined with pergolas, which, along with the cient architecture, and though not much a safe distance, of course). Biking palm trees and landscaping, provide an of it remains intact today, the ruins sug- Green tree complex Hue Monument, Vietnam The 47-mile-long bike path snakes all especially panoramic view. gest a once thriving region. The north of the island, a particularly around the island and is independent of This beach is a particularly popular site Excavation of this site estimates it hav- green area known as the Portuguese Val- Vietnam has the potential to attract large numbers of visitors car roads, making for a scenic and espe- to watch an unforgettable sunrise. Many ing been established around 1000 and ley, is the location of the Green Tree Com- from Iran to travel, shop, and indulge themselves in the cul- cially easy way to find secluded beaches of the sea sports clubs are also located abandoned 600 years later. plex, which was build around one of the ture of the Southeast Asian country, according to an Iranian and stop at your leisure to take pictures here, making it easy to make reservations The Twin Water Reservoir oldest lur (banyan) trees. tourism executive. against the picturesque backdrop of the for any of the activities. The Twin Water Reservoir was built in Said to be around 600 years old, many “Vietnam suits our demands for tourism,” Akbar Persian Gulf’s azure water. Kariz underground city 1993 upon remnants of an existing water believe this tree is auspicious and come Ghamkhar, president of Rastin Tours Travel Agency in Rental stations are located throughout Water being a scarce resource in many reservoir, and the architecture is highly here to make a wish and tie a thread Tehran City, told representatives of Vietravel Tourism the island, and bicycles, tricycles, tandem parts of Iran, ancient Iranians came up reminiscent of the water reservoirs of around the thick twisted branches to Company after concluding a familiarization trip with bikes, and scooters are all available to with the qanat system — gently slop- . In places with a scarcity of water, make it come true, a necessary act for eight Iranian travel agencies across the country on rent on an hourly or daily basis ing vertical wells that lead water into such structures were build to store water. finding your soulmate! The rest of the Tuesday. Greek Ship arid areas. Kariz is one such 2,500-year- The badgir (windcatchers), an ancient complex provides a wonderful green The Southeast Asian country possesses magnificent scen- Khoula F. has been anchored on the old qanat, and visitors can take a walk Persian architectural structure used to space in which to relax with a glass of hot ery, savory cuisine, high-ranking hotels and halal eateries for southwest coast of the island since 1966. through its tunnels and get an up-close create natural ventilation, help to keep Persian tea or perhaps a cold ice cream. Islamic followers, which piques Iranian people’s interest, he The ship was built in Britain and changed view of this kind of system. the water at near freezing temperatures. Kish Dolphin Park added. owners several time before reaching the The tunnels extend more than five Kish sea turtles The Dolphin Park is a 170-acre park Ghamkhar also said that Iranian tourists love shop- last owner, who was Greek. The ship final- miles, making Kariz look more like an un- On the southern and western coasts of that not only has marine life but also a ping and tend to spend upwards of US$2,000 on shop- ly went offshore off of Kish, and though an derground city. This ancient structure has this coral island between the months of variety of gardens, including butterfly, ping in a seven-day trip, as well as enjoying luxury ser- attempt was made to save her, it proved been preserved but modernized with the March and August, hawksbill turtles come orchid, and cactus, as well as the largest vices. futile, and she has remained in place addition of handicraft stalls and a tradi- out onto preserved lands to lay their eggs. pool on the island which houses dolphins, At least 750,000 tourists from Iran visit Thailand since. The Greek Ship is especially pictur- tional teahouse. These beaches give tourists the opportu- sea lions, and whales. The park’s Bird Gar- annually and are still seeking new tourism destina- esque at sunset, when tourists come to Harireh ancient city nity to view these giant turtles swimming den includes over 47 species of birds and tions, the Iranian travel agency president said, add- take pictures of her. It is said that this 8th century city is the against the waves back into the sea. Grab other animals. A full visit to the park takes ing that Vietnam tourism could be advertised more in Marjan Beach same one that renowned Persian poet your camera and set out to these tucked- a few hours, but it could be an exciting Iran to attract more tourists from the Middle Eastern Located on the east side of the island, Sa’adi mentioned in his work, Golestan. away beaches to spot heads popping out stop especially for visitors with children. country. this beach is named for the beautiful cor- Located in the central, northern part of of the water and photograph the turtles (Source: The Culture Trip) (Source: tuoitrenews.vn)

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6 INTERNATIONAL JJUNEUNE 55,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com Europe’s best hope to curb migrants from Africa As more Africans take to the sea to reach Europe, the EU ramps up aid to improve governance and prosperity in key African nations. The EU is simply trying to speed up the progress Africa is already making. When a citizen in Ghana gives a thumbs healthy democracy, Ghanaians use their An estimated half-million Africans sending the most migrants. 4,500 Ghanaians made it by sea to up to a politician, it doesn’t mean “OK” thumbs year-round to hold their leaders are waiting in Libya to make the dan- National migration policy . Some are refugees fleeing forced or “good job.” It means “I’m watching accountable. gerous crossing. The European Union In April, for example, the EU helped labor. The Global Slavery Index esti- how you govern.” The gesture derives This bit of political trivia is important is scrambling to solve this crisis, and Ghana launch a “national migration mates about 100,000 people in Ghana from the ink put on voters’ thumbs af- in light of the wave of Africans fleeing the one solution with the most staying policy.” One aim is to improve job are in some form of modern slavery. ter they cast a ballot in an election. As to Europe, many of them perishing in power is to improve governance and prospects for youth who might be Others just seek work. one of the few countries in Africa with a boats on the Mediterranean Sea. prosperity in those African countries tempted to migrate. Last year, about 9

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Brexit could lead to serious NEWS IN BRIEF Weak U.S. employment report dims prospect economic consequences for UK of Fed rate hike

The U.S. economy created the fewest number of jobs in more By Trevir Nath than 5-1/2-years in May as manufacturing and construction em- pril 15 marked the official launch of campaigns on ployment fell sharply, which could make it harder for the Federal whether the United Kingdom should stay or leave Reserve to raise interest rates. A Nonfarm payrolls increased by only 38,000 jobs last month, the European Union. Since then economists and politicians have argued the potential impacts a Brexit would the smallest gain since September 2010, the Labor Department have on the global economy. A number of recent opin- said on Friday. Employment gains were also restrained by a ion polls have reignited concerns that voters are leaning month-long strike by Verizon (VZ.N) workers, which depressed towards leaving the EU. With less than 20 days left until information sector payrolls by 34,000 jobs. the referendum, voters must weigh what leaving or staying Underscoring the report's weakness, employers hired 59,000 actually means for them and the economy. While staying fewer workers in March and April than previously reported. While won’t solve many of its short term problems, leaving has the unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point to the potential to spark a new international crisis. 4.7 percent in May, the lowest level since November 2007, that Trade was because 458,000 Americans gave up the search for work. One of the primary reasons of forming the European "This is not a good report, and it may well give Fed officials Union in 1993 was to lift the trade barriers across conti- second thoughts about increasing interest rates again this month nental Europe. This created new opportunities to transfer or next, as some have suggested lately," said Peter Ireland, an goods and services relatively inexpensively and thereby economics professor at Boston College. stimulated economic growth. For the United Kingdom to The Fed has signaled its intention to raise rates soon if job leave, that would have a clear impact on trade. gains continue and economic data remain consistent with a pick- (Source: Reuters) They would be forced to renegotiate its access to Eu- up in growth in the second quarter. ropean markets currently covered by 36 trade agreements and thousands of tariff lines. Currently, trade accounts for 40% of Britain’s GDP with over half of its exports going to mainland Europe. Torn up trade agreements would not just Eurozone economic impact the UK, but also the Eurozone. Ireland relies heavily on trade with the United Kingdom and would be one of expansion subdued in May as the countries hit hardest from the move. In the short term new business growth slides both sides will see growth stagnate until a new trade deal is reached. Eurozone economic growth remained subdued in May with the Impact on currency rate of expansion achieved so far during the second quarter a Hedge funds have started commissioning private polls that would see earnings suffer from sterling weakness. A region. Given the clear economic risks (less trade, currency touch below that seen in quarter one, according to the latest to gain an edge in the currency market before Britain’s offi- soft pound would also depress the dollar value of British headwinds, volatile financial markets and slower foreign in- survey data published by financial research provider Markit. The cial vote. Foreign exchange will be one of the first markets assets in industries such as consumer discretionary, home- vestment), it is plausible to see negative growth and higher final Markit Eurozone Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) Com- to reflect the outcome of the referendum. In the event of a building and commodities. unemployment. Treasury officials recently issued guidance posite Output Index posted a reading of 53.1 in May, only mar- Brexit, the sterling will slide against other major currencies. Of greater concern is the possibility of large and sudden on two possible outcomes a year following a Brexit vote. ginally higher than the 53.0 registered in the previous month Analysts at Goldman Sachs predict the sterling could de- capital outflows, which would make the country’s current The first, more moderate scenario, would see GDP fall and slightly above the earlier flash estimate of 52.9. Readings preciate by 20% while other studies are more bearish. To account deficit of 5 percent of GDP difficult to finance. by 3.6%, unemployment increase by 520,000, the sterling above 50 indicate economic expansion while those below in- put this in perspective, the pound is currently trading at 1.44 Investors would likely demand a considerably higher risk depreciate by 12% and inflation rise by 2.3%. The second, dicate contraction. Growth was underpinned by gains in the USD/GBP with a possibility of trading evenly by the end of premium on capital inflows required to finance debt. This is and more concerning scenario, has GDP falling by 6%, un- service sector, while manufacturing production continued to the year. The United Kingdom’s reluctance to change in- done in the bond market through monetary policies such employment rising by 820,000, the pound plunging by 15% rise, albeit at a slightly slower pace than in April. New business terest rates would also play a role in pushing the currency as quantitative easing. The spread of 10 year yields on Brit- and inflation increasing by 2.7%. growth slipped to a 16-month low, which could suggest a strong lower. ish Gilts and German bunds have already increased, likely Concluding remarks likelihood that output expansion will remain subdued in coming Financial markets pricing in Brexit uncertainty. With the current sentiment now favoring a vote to leave, months, Markit’s report indicated. The instability and turmoil created from a Brexit would Productivity citizens and investors should prepare themselves for weak- Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said: “The final PMI num- send the market tumbling in the short term. Major market The global economy is growing at a sluggish pace and er economic prospects. Whether these are temporary or bers for May have come in slightly ahead of the earlier flash read- indexes like the FTSE 250 would see a large drop off. The a vote to leave could postpone a recovery even further. At transitional problems, they could take years to resolve. ings, but still point [to] a eurozone economy which seems unable index comprises of many small companies and exporters the very least it has the power to stagnate growth in the (Source: nasdaq.com) to move out of low gear.” (Source: sonoranweeklyreview.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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NEWS IN BRIEF WHO experts say Zika may cause Indian physicist Tom Kibble of Higgs boson theory dead birth defects in thousands of babies Tom Kibble, the Chennai-born physicist who made a big con- World Health Organization (WHO) officials Neurological disabilities tribution to the elucidation of the Higgs boson concept died on Friday cautioned that “many thousands” “With such spread, it is possible that on Thursday, 9 June 2016 in London. Sir Tom Kibble was the of infants infected with Zika virus could suf- many thousands of infants will incur mod- Emeritus Professor at Imperial College died at the age of 83. fer neurological abnormalities and said erate to severe neurological disabilities,” He was among the highly respected members of Impe- nations dealing with an outbreak need to the editorial said. “Existing evidence and rial’s academic community and made immeasurable contri- watch for problems beyond the widely re- unpublished data shared with WHO butions to the field of theoretical physics in a lengthy and ported cases of microcephaly. highlight the wider range of congenital illustrious career. These include spasticity, seizures, ir- abnormalities probably associated with Thomas Bannerman was ritability, feeding difficulties, eyesight the acquisition of Zika virus infection in born in the former state of problems and evidence of severe brain utero,” the editorial said. Madras, India in 1932. After abnormalities. Health officials had pre- The organization called for routine sur- completing his schooling viously concluded that Zika infection in veillance systems and research efforts to be from Edinburgh, he enrolled pregnant women was a cause of micro- expanded to include a larger population than in the University of Edin- cephaly in babies, a rare birth defect simply children with microcephaly. U.S. offi- burgh where he completed characterized by unusually small heads cials are girding for local outbreaks, especially his graduation and Ph.D. in and potentially severe developmental in southern states such as Florida and Texas, 1958. problems. They now believe the range as summer mosquito season gets under He subsequently joined of potential neurological problems in in- way. Local transmission is already present on the Physics Department at fants could be much wider. the island territory of Puerto Rico, where of- Imperial College in 1959.He In an editorial published in a WHO ficials have predicted there will be hundreds became a Professor in the bulletin, experts said 37 countries and of thousands of cases. Other reported U.S. Theoretical Physics Depart- territories in the Americas are now deal- cases have involved people who had trave- ment at Imperial, a post he ing with Zika, which is mainly spread by led to Zika-hit areas. held from 1983 to 1991. mosquitoes, as well as unprotected sex WHO has also said there is strong His most outstanding contribution to Physics came in with an infected man. In Brazil, the coun- scientific consensus that Zika can also 1964 when he authored a paper along with Gerald Guralnik try hardest hit so far, authorities have Health officials had previously concluded that cause Guillain-Barre, a rare neurological and Richard Hagen from Rochester University, New York. confirmed more than 1,400 cases of mi- Zika infection in pregnant women was a cause syndrome that can cause temporary pa- This work along with another article he authored alone in crocephaly believed to be linked to Zika. ralysis in adults. (Source: Reuters) 1967 led to the birth of the concept of mass-giving particle of microcephaly in babies, a rare birth defect. which now known as Higgs boson. It proved a key feature of the standard model of particle physics. The existence of Higgs-boson particle was confirmed experimentally in 2012 by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Can planting more milkweed save monarch butterflies? He was jointly awarded the 2010 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Populations of these distinctive black and orange migra- Since the late 1990s, scientists have been try- Theoretical Particle Physics. It is one of the most prestigious tory insects have been in precipitous decline for the past ing to find the pinch point for monarchs: the spot international prizes in physics. 20 years, but scientists aren’t exactly sure what’s causing along their migration where they run into trouble. (Source: The News Recorder) them to vanish. “Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on milk- So far, potential culprits include disease, climate weed plants, so people always thought that the de- change, drought and deforestation. Everyone from cline in milkweed is causing the decline in monarch loggers to suburban developers has been implicated. butterflies,” says Hidetoshi Inamine at Cornell Uni- Promising treatment prospects But much of the blame has been placed on farmers versity, a doctoral student in evolutionary biology for invasive breast cancer and the pesticides they rely on — pesticides that have and ecology. reduced the milkweed that monarch caterpillars feast Milkweed is actually a class of more than 100 va- In Switzerland alone, more than 5,700 women are diagnosed on. Now, however, scientists say that may not be the rieties of leafy green plants, so named for the milky with breast cancer each year, and almost 1,400 of those affected full story. sap that oozes from its stem when snapped. It’s lit- die of the disease. In many very invasive forms of breast cancer, Every spring, hundreds of thousands of monarchs eral lifeblood for the monarch caterpillars, serving as the cells have too much of the receptor HER2 on their surface. sweep across the Great Plains from Mexico to Canada, the insect’s sole food source early in its life cycle. But This leads to uncontrolled growth of the cells. and then back again in the fall. It’s an amazing jour- since the plant serves no utility for Midwest farmers, Various antibodies such as trastuzumab and pertuzumab, ney, one that takes place over multiple generations for it is often plowed under, pulled out or blasted with which recognize the HER2 receptor, have been used in breast the butterflies. The insects breed while traveling north, herbicides. cancer therapy for many years now. However, these antibodies expending four generations to make it to Canada. The However, so far, according to a recent National do not kill off the cancer cells. Instead, they render them dor- final generation then flies all the way back to Mexico to Academy of Sciences report on genetically engi- mant, and the cancer cells can become active again at any time. spend the winter there. neered crops, scientists haven’t been able to prove Monarch populations dense populations of monarchs at an average of that disappearing milkweed is causing the caterpil- The team led by Andreas Plückthun, Director of the De- more than nine hectares during the winters from partment of Biochemistry at the University of Zurich, in- Monarch populations are measured in hectares lars to starve. (roughly 2 1/2 acres). Surveys of their wintering 1995 to 2002. In 2014, monarchs took up less than (Source: npr.org) volving postdoc Rastik Tamaskovic and PhD student Martin one hectare. Schwill, has now found out why these antibodies merely slow habitats in the central mountains of Mexico show tumor growth rather than killing off the cancer cells. The receptor HER2 uses several signaling pathways at the same time to inform the cell that it should grow and divide. But More efficient CRISPR gene editing How an artificial leaf the antibodies available thus far only block one of those signal- ing pathways, while the others remain active. The most impor- may potentially help cure diseases could one day power your car tant of these open paths leads through the central hub called RAS. “It is this protein that is responsible for reactivating the growth signal emitted by the HER2 receptor. The antibodies lose effect and the cancer cells continue to proliferate”. This is how Andreas Plückthun explains the mechanism, which has been understood in detail for the first time. (Source: EurekAlert)

Elon Musk wants to send humans to Mars in 2024

It’s the stuff of science fiction dreams – and nightmares. Who in the world would take Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, up on his offer of a one-way trip to Mars, launching eight years from now? CRISPR gene editing has been the sub- Berkeley. Harvard University researchers say catalyst, cobalt phosphate, used to When Musk announced ject of many researchers around the Today, gene editing studies use they’ve created a half-chemical, half- perform a neat trick: When placed in on Wednesday at the Code world because of its great potential in in vitro fertilization to create trans- biological system to generate liquid water and hit by sunlight, it splits wa- Conference in in Rancho the study human genetic disease. But genic mice. Hormones are injected fuel using air, water, and sunlight. And ter into its component elements-one Palos Verdes, Calif., that his more than that, scientists have high re- to female mice to prepare them for as if that weren’t enough, it takes cli- part oxygen and two parts hydrogen. company “should be able to gard for this tool because it can help mating. The fertilized eggs would mate-changing carbon dioxide out of That’s what plants, trees, and some launch people in 2024, with cure complex and debilitating diseases then be injected with RNA mole- the atmosphere in the process. bacteria, do for a living. It’s the first arrival in 2025,” experts lined like dementia and cancer. cules to code for the guide RNA and A study published Thursday in the step in photosynthesis, the process up to say he could do it. As more fine-editing is done in the Cas9 protein prior to its division. journal Science advances research led by which plants take CO2 out of the Musk plans to send an the use of clustered regularly inter- The embryos are then implanted by Daniel Nocera, a professor of ener- air, add hydrogen taken from water, initial mission to Mars in spaced short palindromic repeats into the mouse. gy at Harvard who has spent years try- and emit oxygen. 2018 on the Flying Dragon 2 (CRISPR) gene editing, more diseas- This method is expensive, time-con- ing to best nature’s original workhorse What the plants make is carbohy- rocket, then launch a rocket es can be effectively cured. CRISPR- suming and has a low success rate. Lin technology-photosynthesis. Nocera drate: the basic natural purpose of to Mars every 26 months. Cas9 has been used to accurately He said that the percentage of success- has been developing what he calls an photosynthesis that gives plants the The rocket “is intended replace or change genes but it is ful births from these mice is only 10 to “artificial leaf.” energy to grow. It’s biology’s premiere to carry astronauts to the mostly done in early embryos, and 15 percent, which necessitates collec- Trees and other vegetation act as chemical storage system for solar en- International Space Station,” there is a need to increase its ac- tion of more than 100 embryos to cre- atmospheric filters, sucking in carbon ergy, and, under one of its more com- Musk said at the conference. “But we are going to send one curacy and ease of use. ate a mouse that can be used for gene dioxide and locking it in their trunks mon names, the bane of well-fed hu- to Mars in 2018.” With this in mind, researchers from editing. and branches (a process that’s sudden- mans. If coal is “buried sunshine,” sugar “I would not recommend traveling to Mars in that,” he said the University of California (UC) Berke- To test their tool, the researchers ly reversed by wildfires). The new sys- is “sweet sunshine.” of the Flying Dragon 2, which is about the size of an SUV. The ley have developed a new method used CRISPR-EZ in an experiment. The tem announced Thursday is 10 times Nocera’s team builds on the origi- journey is estimated to take 18 months. called CRISPR-EZ (CRISPR ribonucleo- electroporation formed embryonic more energy efficient than natural or- nal leaf concept, first published in “It would be a long time to spend in an SUV,” he said. “It protein electroporation of zygotes) that holes through jolts of electricity. These ganisms, according to the paper. 2008, which was limited to just split- also does not have the capability to get back to Earth. We put would make gene editing easier. holes will served as the entry point of Artificial leaf ting up the oxygen and hydrogen at- that in the fine print.” technical barrier gene-editing molecules. Through this The artificial leaf looks nothing like oms of water. In their new work, the Still, the prospect of a one-way ticket to the Red Planet “I think this technology could greatly method, the researchers were able to a leaf, though. Pamela Silver, a Har- team mirrors the making of carbohy- appeals to many. More than 200,000 people have contacted reduce the technical barrier for this successfully alter the target gene with vard biochemistry professor who co- drates. They take the hydrogen split the Dutch non-profit Mars One, a reality-television project type of effort and will allow people to 88 percent accuracy and successfully authored the paper with Nocera, said off by the artificial leaf and use it to that has been widely dismissed as impracticable. focus more on the science rather than produce live births in about 30 to 50 visitors to her lab seem disappointed grow an artificial microbe. Ralstonia Instead of Mars One’s approach, which would send just be consumed by the process of ge- percent of the fertilized eggs, primarily when they realize this. “It’s just a jar eutropha breathes in the hydrogen two landers and six cargo ships prior to launch, many scien- netically engineering mice,” said Lin He, because of the enhanced viability of the with wires coming out of it,” she said. “It and eats CO2 out of the air, growing tists and engineers recommend taking smaller steps. lead researcher and associate profes- embryos. looks like science.” and reproducing. (Source: The CSM) sor of molecular and cell biology at UC (Source: Tech Times) The core technology is really a (Source: The Chicago Tribune) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international JUNE 5, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 9

By staff & agencies large number of the militants were killed and wounded in the process, and scores The Syrian army has advanced past the Syrian army ‘crosses of armored vehicles destroyed. provincial borders of Raqqa which is the Moreover, a high-ranking command- JUMP self-declared capital for the Islamic State er of al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) ter- into Raqqa province’ (Jabhat al-Nusra) terrorist group, identi- Europe’s best hope to rorist group’s caliphate, a London-based fied by the nom de guerre Omar Dagest- curb migrants from Africa monitor says. ani, has been killed during clashes with Troops on Saturday entered the Syrian forces. There were, however, no Democracy, in other words, does not necessarily Raqqa province for the first time 6 immediate reports when and where the guarantee that an African country can keep its people at since 2014, when ISIL unleashed its exchanges of gunfire took place. home. Nigeria had its first peaceful transfer of power to a ferocious campaign of terror in the Heavy clashes also broke out between different party in 2015. But it is also the largest source of country. al-Nusra Front terrorists and ISIL-affiliated migrants to Italy so far this year. A potential recapture of Raqqa in Syr- Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade on the outskirts The other big sources are Gambia, Somalia, Ivory Coast, ia and Mosul in northern Iraq is seen as of Saham al-Jawlan village in Syria’s south- and Eritrea. In many cases, people are fleeing repression or the ultimate blow to ISIL. In Iraq, armed western province of Dara’a, with no casu- violence. But also, as Africa’s overall economy has outpaced fighters have edged as close as 30 kilom- alties reported. Meantime, on the south- the rest of the world’s in recent decades, a rising middle class eters (18 miles) of the capital of Nineveh ern outskirts of Mount Abdulaziz, located simply has more money to spend on smugglers – about province. some 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) west of the $2,000 a trip – to get to Europe. According to the so-called Syrian northeastern city of Hasakah, fierce skir- Last year, the EU set up an “Emergency Trust Fund” to help Observatory for Human Rights, gov- mishes erupted between ISIL terrorists and African nations prevent this mass migration. The EU and its ernment troops were advancing on militiamen from Syrian Democratic Forces. member states are spending about $20 billion a year on the the Tabqa dam on the Euphrates Riv- No reports of casualties were available. continent. As the Legatum Institute in London points out in a er, some 40 km (25 miles) from Raqqa, Syria has been gripped by for- new report on Africa, the best indicator of a country’s pros- on Saturday. “Regime troops backed by eign-backed militancy it blames on some perity is good governance, such as the promotion of civil lib- Russian airstrikes and Russian-trained mi- regional and western governments. Ac- erties, a strong rule of law, effective institutions, and a diver- litia entered Raqqa province on Saturday cording to a February report by the Syrian sified economy. Africa needs more models along those lines. morning for the first time since August Center for Policy Research, the conflict in Prosperity index 2014,” said the observatory’s director Syria has claimed the lives of over 470,000 Ghana ranks high on the institute’s “prosperity index,” with Rami Abdel Rahman. people in total since March 2011. a gross domestic product per capita of $4,143. It has had six The advancements followed heavy Syrian army forces capture strategic against foreign-backed terrorists east of United Nations Special Envoy for Syr- elections since 1992. Two of those saw the peaceful transfer aerial attacks carried out on Friday in the hilltop in Hama the town of Athreya on Friday evening, ia Staffan de Mistura says: over 400,000 of power to the party out of power. eastern areas of Hama province which Elsewhere, Syrian army forces, backed and managed to wrest control over Abu people have been killed in the conflict. Fewer than half of African nations can claim that kind borders Raqqa. by fighters from pro-government popu- Zain Hill, Arabic-language Syria Now A ceasefire brokered by the United of democratic progress. Because of its better governance, Tal Abyad was cleared of ISIL last lar defense groups, have engaged Takfiri news website reported. States and Russia went into effect on Feb- Ghana is at least willing to work with the EU to deal with its year. The town served as a launchpad militants in the western central province Separately, Syrian army units and ruary 27 in Syria, but it does not apply to many migration issues. for ISIL attacks given its proximity to of Hama, liberating a strategic hilltop popular defense groups cut off the major ISIL and al-Nusra Front terrorist groups. Over the past quarter century, Africa has made gains in Raqqa. from the extremists. supply routes of ISIL terrorists after es- The Syrian army has vowed to press both its economy and democracy. The EU is now trying to Earlier in 2016, Syrian forces liberated Military sources, speaking on con- tablishing control over al-Zakiya and Deir ahead with its counter-terror operations speed up that good news – despite setbacks in many coun- the ancient city of Palmyra in the sprawl- dition of anonymity, said Syrian soldiers Hafir districts in Hama Province. and drive terrorists out of their major po- tries, such as when elected leaders extend their stay in of- ing central Homs province. and their allies launched an operation An unnamed military source said a sitions. fice by coercive means. If more Africans could freely give a thumbs up to their leaders, they might not dream of board- Syria: Security Council politicizing humanitarian situation ing a smuggler’s boat to Europe. (Source: The CSM) The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations says the would have liked to airdrop weapons, not food or hu- sole goal of some Security Council members to raise the manitarian aid,” Ja’afari added. Argentines protest issue of humanitarian situation in Syria is to put pressure His comments came after the council agreed in a violence against women on Damascus and weaken its position before the next closed-door session to formally request the Damascus round of peace talks. government to allow airdropping food to terrorist-held Thousands of people in Argentina have held a protest rally “Some members of the Security Council want to vi- areas. to denounce violence against women after three young girls olate Syrian sovereignty and deny the role the Syrian “Airdrops are costly, complex and risky, but we all were killed in the South American country. government plays” in the fight against the Islamic State agree now that they are the last resort,” British Ambas- The demonstrators flocked into the streets of the capital, in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group and in sador to the UN Matthew Rycroft said after the Friday Buenos Aires, on Friday to call for an end to gender-based delivering aid to civilians trapped in militant-held areas, session. violence. Bashar al-Ja’afari said in a statement following a Security Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination Council session on Friday, the official SANA news agency of Humanitarian Affairs says Syria has agreed to al- reported. low access for ground convoys to deliver aid to 12 Those Security Council member states want to “polit- besieged areas during the holy month of Ramadan icize the humanitarian situation in Syria, instead of stop- later this month. ping the terrorist tide,” he added. Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy The Syrian envoy further rejected claims by some He went on to say that dealing with the humanitarian since March 2011. According to a February report by members that Damascus is hindering the delivery of situation in Syria must be carried out through the Syrian the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has aid to besieged areas under terrorists’ control, adding government, and expressed his regret that some influ- claimed the lives of some 470,000 people, injured 1.9 that the Syrian government has pledged full coopera- ential members of the council are playing a pivotal role million others, and displaced nearly half of the country’s tion with the UN and the Red Cross to deliver aid to all in worsening the humanitarian situation in the Middle pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond civilians “without any discrimination,” including those Eastern country. its borders. in hard-to-reach areas. “If it were up to some Security Council members, they (Source: Press TV)

Russian jets target 4 ISIL-held France declares flood Those attending the event, which was organized on social oil plants in Syria’s Raqqah emergency as death toll rises media by women’s groups, wore T-shirts emblazoned with photos of victims of domestic violence. Russian fighter jets have targeted four militants. Torrential rain and flooding have killed French environment officials said the “We’re here because we want justice. Not just for us but oil facilities held by the Islamic State in Moscow has repeatedly said it has at least 14 people in parts of Europe, Seine will reach its maximum level late everyone who has suffered,” said protester Angelica Itati Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terror- evidence showing Turkey was involved with France declaring a natural disaster on Friday as rainfall across the country Nunez, who held a T-shirt displaying photos of her 15-year- ist group near the Syrian city of Raqqah in the smuggling of oil from areas held after the River Seine in Paris burst its begins to taper off. old daughter, 6-year-old granddaughter, and her mother-in- amid reports of fresh army offensives by ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Ankara has banks in some places displacing thou- The flooding has also forced many law, who were killed by the same man back in 2012. aimed at liberating the northern city. strongly rejected the allegation. sands of people. museums in the French capital, includ- Another demonstrator, Hayde Gutierrez, also said, “There In a Friday statement, the Russian De- The development comes amid re- French President Francois Hollande ing the Louvre, to shut down, as a pro- can’t be so many deaths of so many women. They’re killing fense Ministry said Moscow’s “air force ports that the Syrian armed forces have made the announcement on Friday, tective measure. us. It’s terrible.” jets destroyed four targets of illegal oil launched a new major offensive to re- saying compensation would be paid to Fatalities in three countries According to the latest figures released by Casa del extraction, located to the northwest of gain control of Raqqah. those affected by the worst flooding to As the flooding continues, French Encuentro, a women’s rights group, there were 275 gen- Raqqah and controlled by Daesh (ISIL) According to a Friday report by hit the French capital in 35 years. authorities said on Friday that a second der-based killings of Argentinian women in the past year, militants.” the Beirut-based al-Akhbar newspa- “When there are climate phenomena person had died in the flooding. The with attacks by men in 40 of those cases. According to the report, Russian Su- per, the Syrian operation, backed by of such seriousness, we must all be con- 74-year-old man fell into a river in the The march came after the recent killings of three 12-year-old 34 strike fighters have conducted a se- Russian airstrikes, is not expected to scious that it’s on a world scale and that Seine-et-Marne region east of Paris. He girls in Argentina, with one of them being tricked by a man into ries of aerial raids against oil operations reach Raqqah “in the coming weeks.” we must act,” Hollande said. was riding a horse at the time of the ac- meeting him by pretending to be a girl of her same age using a of the foreign-backed terrorist group It is rather intended to reach the town Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has or- cident on Thursday evening. fake profile on Facebook. Similar rallies were also held on Friday in Syria within the past week, taking of Tabqa, nearly 50 kilometers west of dered some parks to close, and gymna- Earlier in the week, an 86-year-old in the Latin American states of Uruguay and Brazil. out one ISIL-held oil facility in Hasakah the city and home to ISIL’s major arms siums to open to homeless people amid woman died in her flooded home in The protesters were outraged by the gang-rape case of Province. depot. the flooding, which city authorities said Souppes-sur-Loing, southeast of Paris. a 16-year-old girl Brazil, the video of which was posted on- The statement further added that Suffering heavy losses on the bat- could take weeks to recede. In Germany, 10 people have been line, showing the bloodied victim apparently unconscious on similar air strikes on Tuesday, also tar- tlegrounds in Syria and Iraq, ISIL has The French interior ministry said the killed, including four in Baden-Wuert- a bed, with one of the rapists saying she had been abused by geted oil installations near Raqqah, recently stepped up its terror activities, homes of some 20,000 people have temberg, to Bavaria’s west, in flooding more than 30 men and boys. which serves as the main ISIL stronghold killing mostly unarmed civilians for their been evacuated. that hit Sunday and Monday. (Source: agencies) in Syria near the Turkish border. ethnic and religious identities or due to Another 20,000 homes in the south The German Insurance Association It has been widely reported that the their refusal to follow their orders. of Paris have lost power. estimated that this week’s flooding has terrorist group partially finances its ter- This is while the United States and “Authorities are bracing themselves caused some $500m in damage in the rorist operations in Syria and neighbor- its regional allies are widely accused of for a couple of more weeks of possible state of Baden-Wuerttemberg alone. Obama condemns violence ing Iraq by illegal production and ship- supporting many militant groups across flooding. There’s a lot a panic in Paris,” Al Two other people were reported to at Trump rally ment of oil mainly to Turkey, known as Syria and Iraq. Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reported from have been killed in eastern Romania. a staunch supporter of anti-Damascus (Source: agencies) the city. (Source: agencies) United States President Barack Obama condemned the vi- olence at Donald Trump’s Thursday rally in San Jose, Calif., and said there’s no room for politics that ignores opposing U.S. judge delays deposition, directs Clinton aide to detail immunity deal in email opinions. A federal judge on Friday postponed a deposition of Sullivan did not rule on that request to bar recording Connor Mullin did not immediately respond to emailed “It is very important for us to remind ourselves of who we a former State Department staffer who helped set up Pagliano’s deposition session. Instead, Sullivan directed requests for comment. are and what is best about American democracy and not slip Hillary Clinton’s private email server, seeking more in- both sides to address by June 13 the legal authority for Pagliano last summer declined to appear before a into some of the bad habits that currently manifest them- formation about the aide’s immunity agreement with Pagliano’s constitutional claim against self-incrimination. House panel investigating the 2012 attack on U.S. dip- selves in the other party,” Obama said at a DNC fundraiser in federal prosecutors and his claim to a Fifth Amend- Sullivan also told Pagliano’s lawyers to include “req- lomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, citing the FBI inves- Florida on Friday, according to pool reports. ment right against self-incrimination in a civil lawsuit. uisite details pertaining to the scope” of an immunity tigation and quoting a Supreme Court ruling that de- Anti-Trump protests in San Jose turned violent against his Attorneys for technology specialist Bryan Pagliano agreement reported by The Washington Post in March, scribed the Fifth Amendment as protecting “innocent supporters, with protesters throwing punches and harassing had also asked the United States District Judge Emmet reached between him and the Justice Department in an men .?.?. ‘who otherwise might be ensnared by ambig- Trump fans. G. Sullivan of the District to bar audio or video recording FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) criminal investiga- uous circumstances.’?” “We saw in San Jose these protesters starting to pelt of the deposition, originally planned for Monday before tion of the handling of classified information in Clinton’s Pagliano is one of half a dozen former State De- stuff [at] Trump supporters. That’s not what our democracy lawyers with the conservative legal advocacy group email setup. partment and Clinton aides ordered by Sullivan to give is about,” Obama said. “That’s not what you do. There’s no Judicial Watch. The group is seeking to have Pagliano In a statement on Friday, Judicial Watch President sworn testimony in a lawsuit concerning Judicial Watch’s room for violence. There’s no place for shouting. There’s no answer questions under oath as part of its lawsuit - Tom Fitton said, “The court’s order is an important step 2013 public-records request for information concerning room for a politics that fails to at least listen to the other side ing whether Clinton’s email arrangement when she was to getting more answers from Mr. Pagliano about Hillary Clinton aide Huma C. Abedin’s employment arrange- - even if you vehemently disagree. Because I believe if you’ve secretary of state thwarted the Freedom of Information Clinton’s email system.” ment. got the better argument, then you don’t need to do that. Just Act and the release of public records. Pagliano’s attorneys, Mark Joseph MacDougall and (Source: The Washington Post) go out there and organize and persuade.” (Source: The Hill) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT How fracking can contribute to climate change

Leakage of natural gas from drilling and ethane and methane together, shale gas pipework means more methane is enter- and oil extraction were found to be easily ing the atmosphere. the dominant source giving leak rates of One of the justifications for fracking is 0.18-2.8% even before the gas was dis- the use of natural gas as a bridging fuel tributed to users. Some active drilling ar- between coal and a low-carbon future. eas were notable super-emitters. However natural gas is mostly methane, Ethane from shale gas and oil extraction which has strong global warming im- is bringing its own problems. Ozone, synon- pacts in its own right. Natural gas there- ymous with Los Angeles smog, is a normally fore only provides climate benefits over a summer pollutant, but in Utah, high levels coal if the leakage is no more than 2-3%. have been measured in winter for the first We cannot measure leaks from every time. Here leaked ethane built up in cold, still pipe joint. One alternative is to measure air and interacted with low-angle sunlight. the sum of lots of leaks from a distance. Ethane can remain in the air for around two Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in Flights over US shale gas fields reveal large months, making it a global pollutant. Ethane your life. Confucius methane sources, but these areas also measured from the top of the Swiss Alps has have cattle farms that produce methane been rising since the start of large scale US shale and the two sources need to be separated. gas extraction in 2009, indicating an increase in Shale gas also contains ethane, which the global methane leakage from natural gas. Levels of pollutant gas measured from the top of the Swiss Alps have been rising since the start LEARN ENGLISH does not come from farming. Looking at (Source: The Climate Condition) of large scale US shale gas extraction. Photograph: Eddy Risch/EPA Playing a Practical Joke Gravediggers compete in race judged on speed _ and style Patricia: What are you doing? Luis: I’m setting up a practical joke for Bobby. I can’t “These men see death every day. Sometimes people joke about them while they work, wait to see the look on his face when he walks outside but gravediggers are human, too” and finds his bike in pieces. It’ll be the best prank ever! DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — Digging their way to popularity of cremations. then the dirt was shoveled back into the graves, each Patricia: You’re not really going to take apart his bike, are you? the top, 18 two-man teams of Hungarian gravediggers “These men see death every day. Sometimes people topped with a burial mound about the size of a large Luis: I’ll let you in on the joke. He’ll just be looking displayed their skills Friday for a place in a regional joke about them while they work, but gravediggers are casket. at spare parts. I’ve hidden his bike in the garage. championship to be held in Slovakia later this year. human, too,” said Kari, who is advocating for gravedig- “We take special pride in the burial mounds, on which Patricia: He’s really going to freak out when he thinks Participants in the contest held in plot 37A of the gers to get access to psychological support to better we place the flowers and wreaths at the end of the fu- that you’ve run over his bike with the car, though. I think this public cemetery of the eastern Hungarian city of Debre- handle the strains of the job. “We are having difficulties neral,” Jonas said, relating how while drinking on the job is more cruel than mischievous. cen were being judged on their speed but also getting finding replacements for our retiring employees. Young was strictly forbidden, relatives often gave gravediggers Luis: Lighten up! When he realizes he’s the butt of the points for style — the look of the finished grave mounds. people today don’t like to dig and work.” a bottle of palinka, a traditional Hungarian fruit brandy, joke, he’ll think it’s hilarious, trust me. Janos Jonas, 63, who teamed with his son, Csaba, All contestants had shovels, rakes, axes and pickaxes to as a gratuity. Patricia: Couldn’t you just play some other kind of practical saw the competition run by the Hungarian Association dig graves 0.8 meters (2 feet 7 inches) wide, 2 meters (6 Some teams wore white shirts, ties and elegant vests, joke, maybe with a whoopee cushion? of Cemetery Maintainers and Operators as a sort of last feet 6 inches) long and 1.6 meters (5 feet 3 inches) deep, while others were in t-shirts or overalls. One pair wore Luis: A whoopee cushion? That’s child’s play. This practi- hurrah as he was just a few weeks from retirement. but no two teams seemed to use the same technique. plastic coveralls, but everyone was sweating by the end cal joke is worthy of a master prankster! “We didn’t have to prepare in any special way be- Some preferred to dig simultaneously, while others of the race on a warm spring day. (Source: eslpod.com) cause we do this every day,” said Jonas, from the nearby had one man digging while the other formed the dirt “The hardest part of the job is to deal with the Words & phrases village of Hosszupalyi. “This is good earth, quite soft and into neat piles around the gravesite. For safety reasons, mourners,” said Debrecen gravedigger Laszlo Toth. “But practical joke: a trick that is intended to give someone a humid, just right for the event.” like the collapse of a grave wall, only one member of it’s a good job, with good colleagues and a good envi- surprise or shock, or to make them look stupid Organizer Iren Kari said they hoped the race would each team was allowed to work in the grave after reach- ronment.” somebody can’t wait to do something: used to help increase respect and recognition for the grave- ing a depth of 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches). Toth, who won the event with teammate Janos Racz, emphasize that someone is very excited about something and diggers’ profession and attract more people to the job, After every team finished digging — the fastest time will compete in a regional race planned to be held in is eager for it to happen which is under threat, for example by the increasing was just over 34 minutes — there was a short rest and November in Trencin, Slovakia. see the look on someone’s face: to see their expres- sion; to see how they would react to something or what they are feeling or thinking at the time in pieces: to be shattered or broken Human remains found in Queensland crocodile after attack on Cindy Waldron prank: a trick, especially one which is played on someone Staff at Environment Department facility Department facility in Cairns for exam- The 46-year-old was dragged under He said his daughter would often do to make them look silly in Cairns have all but confirmed it is the ination, where staff all but confirmed the surface during a late-night beach ad- “crazy things” and would have known let somebody in on something: to tell something that is reptile responsible for taking the NSW it was the reptile responsible for taking venture with friend Leeann Mitchell, who about the risks. secret or only known by a few people and here the secret is the joke photographer. Waldron on Sunday night. had tried desperately to save her. The fatal attack has prompted the spare part: a new part for a vehicle or machine, that is A crocodile caught and killed in far “At this stage police believe the re- Waldron’s father Pat and sister An- state government to allocate an extra used to replace a part that is damaged or broken north Queensland where New South mains are those of a woman who was na-Lee Annett flew to Cairns from New $5.8m over three years for comprehen- freak out: to become very anxious, upset or afraid, or Wales photographer Cindy Waldron was reported missing on May 29,” police said. Zealand this week to be closer to where sive population surveys and crocodile make someone very anxious, upset or afraid attacked contained what police believe “Police will be preparing a report for she spent her final days. management. cruel: making someone suffer or feel unhappy are human remains. the coroner.” They made an emotional visit to Thorn- The environment minister, Dr. Steven mischievous: someone who is mischievous likes to have The 4.3-metres estuarine croc was It was the second croc to be caught in ton Beach to say goodbye after expressing Miles, admitted the government did not fun, especially by playing tricks on people or doing things to trapped at Cooper Creek, near Thornton the area after authorities set three traps gratitude for the massive search effort. know with scientific certainty whether annoy or embarrass them Beach in the Daintree National Park, and as they continued to search for any trace “We need to be here and cry on the croc numbers were rising or falling in lighten up: used to tell someone not to be so serious killed on Friday. of New Zealand-born Waldron, a long- beach,” said Pat Waldron, who did not some parts of the state. about something It was taken to a secure Environment time NSW resident. want the crocodile harmed. (Source: The Guardian) butt of the joke: something to be the person or thing that other people often make jokes about IN FOCUS Tasnim/ Mohsen Zare hilarious: extremely funny South Korea whoopee cushion: a rubber bag filled with air that makes a noise like a fart when you sit on it child’s play: something easily done, a trivial matter suicide jumper worthy of: to be as good as something that a particular person would do kills man walking master: someone who is very skilled at something prankster: someone who plays tricks on people to make with family them look silly SEOUL (AFP) — A South Korean stu- dent who committed suicide by jump- ing from his 20th floor apartment hit and killed another man walking home QUIZ OF THE DAY with his pregnant wife and son, a news 163) What does the idiom mean? report said on Wednesday (June 1). The 38-year-old local government He paid lip service. employee was returning from work a) he made empty promises in the southern city of Gwangju on b) he has full lips Tuesday when he was struck by the c) he gets his lips cared for (Quiz No. 162 answer: c) 25-year-old student, the Yonhap news agency said. The man had been walking with his wife, who was eight months pregnant, and their five-year-old son. PHRASAL VERB Both men were taken to a nearby hospital but neither survived, Yonhap Take after said. Meaning: resemble in appearance or character For example: The agency said the police planned Jamie really takes after his dad. to charge the dead student with man- Ardabil province, northwest Iran, attracts many tourists for its cool climate during the hot summer months. The winters are slaughter in order to ease any in- bitterly cold, with temperatures plummeting to minus 25 °C. surance claim brought by the other man›s family. ENGLISH PROVERB LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION ﺍﺳﺘﺎﻧﺪﺍﺭﺍﻥ ﺍﻳﻼﻡ ﻭ ﻭﺍﺳﻂ ﻋﺮﺍﻕ ﺗﻔﺎﻫﻢ ﻧﺎﻣﻪ ﻫﻤﻜﺎﺭﻯ ﺯﻳﺴﺖ ﻣﺤﻴﻄﻰ ﺍﻣﻀﺎ ﻛﺮﺩﻧﺪ Actions speak louder than words Iranian, Iraqi border provinces sign environmental MOU Explanation: people show what they are really like by what ﺗﻔﺎﻫــﻢ ﻧﺎﻣــﻪ ﻫﻤــﻜﺎﺭﻯ ﺩﻭ ﺟﺎﻧﺒــﻪ ﺩﺭ ﺯﻣﻴﻨــﻪ ﺣﻔﺎﻇــﺖ ﺍﺯ ﻣﺤﻴــﻂ ﺯﻳﺴــﺖ ﺑــﻪ ﺍﻣﻀــﺎﻯ ﺍﺳــﺘﺎﻧﺪﺍﺭﺍﻥ ﺍﻳــﻼﻡ ﻭ ,they do, rather than by what they say Governor Generals of Ilam Province, western Iran, and Wasit Governorate, eastern Iraq ﻭﺍﺳــﻂ ﻋــﺮﺍﻕ ﺭﺳــﻴﺪ. inked a memorandum of understanding to provide environment protection for the two ﺑــﻪ ﮔــﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺍﻳﺮﻧــﺎ ﺍﻳــﻦ ﺗﻔﺎﻫــﻢ ﻧﺎﻣــﻪ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺩﻭﺷــﻨﺒﻪ ﺑﻴــﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺭﺿــﺎ ﻣﺮﻭﺍﺭﻳﺪ ﺍﺳــﺘﺎﻧﺪﺍﺭ ﺍﻳــﻼﻡ ﻭ ﻫﻤﺘــﺎﻯ ﻋﺮﺍﻗﻰ .regions ﺍﺵ ﻣﺎﻟــﻚ ﺧﻠــﻒ ﻭﺍﺩﻯ ﺩﺭ ﺣﺎﺷــﻴﻪ ﻯ ﻧﺨﺴــﺘﻴﻦ ﺟﺸــﻨﻮﺍﺭﻩ ﻓﺮﺍﻣــﺮﺯﻯ ﻣﻄﺒﻮﻋــﺎﺕ ﺍﺳــﺘﺎﻥ ﻫــﺎﻯ ﺟــﺪﺍﺭ ﻣﺮﺯﻯ Ilam’s Governor General Mohammadreza Morvarid and his Iraqi counterpart Malik ﺍﻳــﺮﺍﻥ ﻭ ﻋــﺮﺍﻕ ﻣﻨﻌﻘﺪ ﺷــﺪ. -Without Khalaf Wadi signed the MOU on Monday on the sidelines of a border press festival be ﺑــﺎ ﺍﻣﻀــﺎﻯ ﺍﻳــﻦ ﺗﻔﺎﻫــﻢ ﻧﺎﻣــﻪ ﻃﺮﻓﻴــﻦ ﺑــﻪ ﺍﺭﺗﻘــﺎء ﺳــﻄﺢ ﺣﻔﺎﻇﺘــﻰ ﺯﻳﺴــﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻫــﺎﻯ ﺑــﺎ ﺍﺭﺯﺵ ﻣﻨﻄﻘــﻪ ﻭ .earth no tween Iran and Iraq, IRNA news agency reported ﺗﺪﻭﻳــﻦ ﻃــﺮﺡ ﻫﺎﻳــﻰ ﺑــﻪ ﻣﻨﻈــﻮﺭ ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣــﻪ ﺭﻳــﺰﻯ ﻣﻨﺎﺳــﺐ ﺑــﺮﺍﻯ ﺑﻬــﺮﻩ ﺑــﺮﺩﺍﺭﻯ ﭘﺎﻳــﺪﺍﺭ ﺍﺯ ﻣﻨﺎﺑــﻊ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳــﻦ By signing the agreement the two sides commit to boosting and ensuring valuable ﻣﻨﻄﻘــﻪ ﻣﺘﻌﻬﺪ ﺷــﺪﻧﺪ. -habitats in the region and making arrangements for sustainable exploitation of the re birth! sources in the area. 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IIranran vvolleyballolleyball aachieveschieves ffirst-everirst-ever BOXING Boxing legend Muhammad OOlympiclympic qualificationqualification Ali dies at 74 Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona, after being admitted on Thursday. He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease. The funeral will take place in Ali's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his family said in a statement. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Ali shot to fame by winning light-heavyweight gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Nicknamed "The Greatest", the American beat Sonny Lis- ton in 1964 to win his first world title and became the first boxer to capture a world heavyweight title on three separate occasions. He eventually retired in 1981, having won 56 of his 61 fights. Crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC, Ali was noted for his pre- and post-fight talk and bold fight predic- tions just as much as his boxing skills inside the ring. But he was also a civil rights campaigner and poet who transcended the bounds of sport, race and nationality. Asked how he would like to be remembered, he once said: "As a man who never sold out his people. But if that's too much, then just a good boxer. I won't even mind if you don't mention how pretty I was." Ali turned professional immediately after the Rome Olym- 1 offensive patterns for Konarski and strength to comeback. Iran struggled to for this chance to go to the Olympics for pics and rose through the heavyweight ranks, delighting Iran continued to have excellent Szalpuk. Poland gained a three-point close set and match, as Poland pushed a long time. I don’t want to talk about crowds with his showboating, shuffling feet and lightning re- rhythm, while Poland blundered on their cushion that made it easier for them to to play extra points. Finally, Iran got a statistics. I'm happy with the result. We flexes. serves and attack. Farhad Ghaemi served make a run and take the set 25-20. Iran break as Michal Kubiak’s spike went out of will have a party tonight to celebrate,” British champion Henry Cooper came close to stopping two aces that stretched the Iranian lead recovered from their third set loss and led bounds and his faulty reception enabled Iran coach Raul Lozano said. Clay, as he was still known, when they met in a non-title bout to 22-15. Then the next few plays were 8-3 and 16-13 at the technical timeouts. a free ball for Iran to counter with strong Iran has been scheduled to meet rock- in London in 1963. a point-by-point exchange that favoured Poland gave them a strong challenge hit down the line at 34-32. bottom Venezuela on Sunday. Cooper floored the American with a left hook, but Clay Iran as they closed the set 25-18. after and tied the score at 19-all. “I feel immensely happy. It is special Iran has beaten Australia, Canada, picked himself up off the canvas and won the fight in the next Iran played a very fast-paced game was sent in to help out because it is a historic moment for Iran. Japan, China and Poland and lost to round when a severe cut around Cooper's left eye forced the in the third but Poland had set-up better Poland and his presence gave Poland the The people of Iran have been waiting France. Englishman to retire. Ali's boxing career * Won Olympic light-heavyweight gold in 1960 Esteghlal signs Bakhtiar Rahmani * Turned professional that year and was world heavyweight Iran wins WABA Championships champion from 1964 to 1967, 1974 to 1978 and 1978 to 1979 * Had 61 professional bouts, winning 56 (37 knockouts, 19 decisions), and losing five (4 decisions, 1 retirement) In February the following year, Clay stunned the boxing world by winning his first world heavyweight title at the age of 22. He predicted he would beat Liston, who had never lost, but few believed he could do it. Yet, after six stunning rounds, Liston quit on his stool, una- ble to cope with his brash, young opponent. At the time of his first fight with Liston, Clay was already in- volved with the Nation of Islam, a religious movement whose stated goals were to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African Americans in the United States. But in contrast to the inclusive approach favoured by civil rights leaders like Dr Martin Luther King, the Nation of Islam called for separate black development and was treated by suspicion by the American public. SPORTS Esteghlal football club happy to work with Mansourian. I hope Iran defeated Jordan 85-75 and won long way ahead of us,” Iran coach Dirk Ali eventually converted to Islam, ditching what he per- deskhas signed 26-year- I can make Blues’ fans happy with my the 16th WABA (West Asia Bauermann said. ceived was his "slave name" and becoming Cassius X and then old midfielder Bakhtiar Rahmani from performance,” Rahmani said. Association) Championship on Thurs- The WABA Championship served as Muhammad Ali. Tractor Sazi on a two-year deal. Rahmani has previously worked day. a qualifier for the 2016 FIBA Asia Chal- Tributes to Ali Rahmani, who scored six goals in 29 under Alireza Mansourian in the U-23 Dirk Bauermann’s men had already lenge. The top three teams advanced "It's a sad day for life, man. I loved Muhammad Ali, he was appearances, is one of major signings of national team. He was also named in defeated Lebanon 81-75, Syria 93-63 to the event which will be held in Iran my friend. Ali will never die. Like Martin Luther King his spirit new coach Alireza Mansourian. Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by and Iraq 79-50 respectively. from September 9–18, 2016. will live on, he stood for the world.'' - Don King, who promot- “I’m so happy to join Esteghlal as I . However, he did not “I am so happy because we earned Iran is preparing for the Olympic ed many of Ali's fights, including the Rumble in the Jungle even reject Qatari club offer to join the play for Team Melli in the tournament, four victories in the tournament. We Qualifying Tournament (OQT), slated "Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest human beings I Blues. I was waiting for the new coach to which he was unused substitute in three played in a high level in the competi- for July 4-9. have ever met. No doubt he was one of the best people to be appointed by the club and now I’m matches. tion; however I believe that we have a (Source: Tasnim) have lived in this day and age." - George Foreman, Ali's friend and rival in the Rumble in the Jungle "There will never be another Muhammad Ali. The black community all around the world, black people all around the world, needed him. He was the voice for us. He's the voice Scoring a hat trick for Team Melli has a special for me to be where I'm at today." - Floyd Mayweather, world champion boxer across five divisions feeling, says Azmoun How world remembers Ali In 1967, Ali took the momentous decision of opposing the SPORTS FC Rostov striker Sardar Azmoun, “I’m extremely happy to score my first hat trick for US war in Vietnam, a move that was widely criticised by his deskwho scored three goals for Iran in the Team Melli and I hope this would continue. It is such fellow Americans. recent 3-1 win over Macedonia in a friendly match on an honor to score three goals for Iran in a single match He refused to be drafted into the US military and was sub- Thursday, believes that scoring a hat trick in an interna- and I feel so special. I would like to thank my teammates sequently stripped of his world title and boxing license. He tional match has a magnificent feeling. who provided assists and helped me to score goals,” the would not fight again for nearly four years. “Macedonia is a strong side who has players play- 21-year-old striker added. After his conviction for refusing the draft was overturned in ing in notable European football leagues including Serie Carlos Queiroz team is preparing for the 2018 World 1971, Ali returned to the ring and fought in three of the most A and LA Liga. I’m happy we beat them while we got Cup qualification. The team will take on Kyrgyzstan in iconic contests in boxing history, helping restore his reputa- good lessons playing against them,” Azmoun said. Tehran on Tuesday. tion with the public. He was handed his first professional defeat by Joe Frazier in the "Fight of the Century" in New York on 8 March 1971, only to regain his title with an eighth-round knockout of George Iran moves up three places to 39th in FIFA rankings Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire (now SPORTS Iran moved up three spots to reach while the island nation located off Africa’s southeast Democratic Republic of Congo) on 30 October 1974. deskNo. 39 in the latest FIFA rankings an- coast climbed 29 positions into 108. Ali fought Frazier for a third and final time in the Philip- nounced on Thursday. The regional composition of the Top 50 this month pines on 1 October 1975, coming out on top in the "Thrilla in Iran remains the best Asian football team, followed is: UEFA (29), CONMEBOL (8), CAF (7), CONCACAF (4) Manila" when Frazier failed to emerge for the 15th and final by South Korea (50), Japan (53rd) and Australia (59th). AFC (2), OFC (0). round. Iran has been pooled in Group A in the final Asian FIFA rankings are based on the average number of Six defences of his title followed before Ali lost on points to qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, along points that a team accumulates over a four-year period. Leon Spinks in February 1978, although he regained the world with South Korea (No. 50), Uzbekistan (No. 66), China The ranking points in each match are determined by its title by the end of the year, avenging his defeat at the hands of (No. 81), Qatar (No. 84) and Syria (No. 101). result, its value and the relative strength of the opponent the 1976 Olympic light-heavyweight champion. Meanwhile, Argentina maintained its No. 1 position, and their confederation. The system also has a yearly Ali's career ended with one-sided defeats by Larry Holmes followed by Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile. basis depreciation for the value of the matches. in 1980 and Trevor Berbick in 1981, many thinking he should The top movers were Slovakia and Madagascar. The The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on 14 have retired long before. Europeans climbed eight positions to take 24th place, July 2016. He fought a total of 61 times as a professional, losing five times and winning 37 bouts by knockout. Soon after retiring, rumours began to circulate about the state of Ali's health. His speech had become slurred, he shuf- Iran beach soccer loses to Italy twice fled and he was often drowsy. Iran beach soccer team suffered its usual Gabriele Gori. copy of the first match between Italy period, with Iran once more in the lead, Parkinson's Syndrome was eventually diagnosed but Ali successive defeat against Italy on He previously scored a hat-trick and Iran, with the visitors going ahead Italy first scored the equalizer with 20 continued to make public appearances, receiving warm wel- Thursday. to decide the first friendly which was and Italy chasing from behind. seconds to go of normal time before comes wherever he travelled. The Italian team defeated Iran 5-4 played on Tuesday and ended 4-3 to After going 2-0 down in the first half then converting the winner from the He lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Games in Atlanta after extra time at the Domusbet Are- the Azzurri. and 3-1 in the second period of play, penalty spot in extra time to make it 5-4. and carried the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony for the na in Catania thanks to a goal from the The match was an almost identical Italy was able to come back. In the third (Source: Tasnim) 2012 Games in London. (Source: BBC) b

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NEWS IN BRIEF “Lanturi” wins best film award at 2nd Website for online concert streaming Zurich Iranian Film Festival makes debut in Iran ARTTEHRAN — “Lanturi”, a social dra- deskma by Reza Dormishian, has won ARTTEHRAN – Haam, Iran’s first the Best Film Award at the 2nd Zurich Iranian Film deskwebsite dedicated to online Festival. concert streaming, was unveiled at Tehran’s Starring Baran Kowsari and Milad Mohammadza- Art Bureau on Wednesday during a ceremony deh, the film is about a lower class young man who attended by a number of cultural officials and falls in love with a beautiful, upper class young wom- musicians. an. But after the woman refuses to marry the man, he Speaking to participants, Hamed Anqa, the pours acid over her in a vicious act of revenge. director of the website, said the service offers Shahram Shah-Hosseini’s social drama “The Girl’s wider choices to Iranian families who want to en- House” also won the Audience Award, while the joy the music at lower costs. jury honored “The Man Who Became a Horse” by Renowned vocalist Alireza Qorbani accompa- Amir-Hossein Saqafi, the organizers have announced nied by his ensemble performed pieces from Ira- on the festival website. nian traditional music for both participants and “The Girl’s House” tells the bitter story of Samira, the people watching the concert online. a girl who is found dead on the eve of her wedding ceremony, and the investigation into the cause of her New cultural center suspicious death. opens in shrine of “The Man Who Became a Horse” is about a mid- dle-aged man who conveys his wife to the hospital Imam Khomeini as a narrative comes to explore the extremely de- Director ranged state of the inner world of the man who is Reza overwhelmed by self-pity. Dormishian CULTURE TEHRAN – A new cultural center Bernadette “Bernie” Meier, archivist at various TV holds his deskhas been established in the shrine and press archives for the Swiss Film Archive in Zu- award of Imam Khomeini in southern Tehran under the title which rich, Robert M. Richter, Managing Director of Cinéli- is in the of the Imam Ruhollah Cultural Center. bre (Swiss Association of Film Societies and Non Profit shape of The center was opened on Thursday with differ- Cinemas), Olivia Heussler, a freelance photographer, the Cyrus ent programs commemorating the 27th anniversary Martin Girod, active in film programming and man- Cylinder. of the death of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the aging arthouse cinemas, along with Annette Schar- Islamic Republic of Iran. nberg, working for «Kulturplatz» – Schweizer Radio film category. of immigration, integration and women’s issues ran in The programs included a book fair, a photo exhi- und Fernsehen were the jury members of the feature The festival dedicated to covering striking aspects the Swiss city from May 26 to June 1. bition, theater performances, and painting and callig- raphy workshops. Iran’s “Fury and Furor” to compete for Golden Goblet Award in Shanghai Tehran center to ARTTEHRAN — Iran’s The film will be competing with 13 Dogs” by Andreas Gruber (Germany/ event ensues obliging the lovers to review doc on Iranian desk“Fury and Furor” by other films for the award. They in- Austria). each recount their side of the story in songwriter Abbas Hooman Seyyedi will be competing clude “Cock and Bull” by Cao Baop- In the film, Khosrow, a pop sing- pursuit of the truth. Yamini-Sharif for the Golden Goblet Award at the ing (China), “De Lan” by Liu Jie (Chi- er, lives a hectic life with his wife Tina Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica is 19th Shanghai International Film Fes- na), “Flowers of Evil” by Antti Jokinen and their son Moez. His life is further the president of the jury for the Gold- ARTTEHRAN – A documentary on desk tival running from June 11 to 14, 2016, (Finland), “Forest, 4 AM” by Jan Jakub complicated when he begins a rela- en Goblet Award’s main competition the life of Persian poet Abbas Yam- organizers have announced. Kolski (Poland) and “Hanna’s Sleeping tionship with a female fan. A terrible section. ini-Sharif(1919-1989)entitled “Children’s Songwriter” will go on screen at the Documentary and Experi- PICTURE OF THE DAY Mehr/Farhad Safari mental Film Center (DEFC) this evening. Whitney Houston’s Directed by Hooman Zarif, the 75-minute docu- mentary also gives a brief history of children’s litera- awards, costumes, ture in modern Iran. memorabilia to be sold Critics Nasser Saffarian and Omid Ruhani will re- view the film after the screening at the DEFC, which is at auction located at 15 Shahid Qandi Sq., North Sohrevardi Ave. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Awards, costumes and memorabilia from the estate of the late Grammy-winning singer and ac- tress Whitney Houston will be sold during WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES a two-day auction in California later this month. Painting Heritage Auctions said highlights of June An exhibition of paintings by 24-25 sale in Beverly Hills will include Hou- Puneh Oshidi is currently underway ston’s 1986 Emmy for her performance at at Homa Gallery. the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, which is The exhibit named “Painless” expected to fetch $10,000, and her personal runs until June 7 at the gallery locat- script for the 1995 film “Waiting to Exhale”, ed at No. 8, 4th Gharbi Alley, Sanaii which could sell for $1,000. St., and Karim Khan Blvd. More than 100 pieces of memorabilia will be included in the sale, which is part of Mohsen Gallery is showcasing the company’s Entertainment & Music Sig- paintings by Amir Khojasteh at an nature Auction. exhibition, which runs until June 7. “We felt that it was time to give some- The gallery can be found at 42 thing of Whitney to the people who loved East Mina Blvd., Naji St., off Zafar St. her and her music and, conversely, who Whitney loved back with all of her heart Prints and soul,” Pat Houston, the singer’s former A collection of prints by Mehdi manager and president of the Whitney Darvishi is currently on display at O Houston Estate, said in a statement. Gallery. Houston, who battled substance abuse, The exhibition runs through June Thespians perform “Daryadelan” by director Amir-Hossein Shafiei at Tehran’s Daneshju Park on June 3, 2016, to pay tribute to the 175 Iranian drowned in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel 6 at the gallery, which is located at divers who were buried alive in scattered mass graves in Iraq during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. in 2012 at the age of 48. 44 Khosro Alley, off Ostad Nejatol- lahi St. National Library of China to showcase beautiful scenery of Iran Photo ARTTEHRAN — The National Library of stay. Silk Road gallery is playing deskChina will be hosting the exhibition The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) host to a photo exhibit by Romin “Beautiful Iran”, showcasing the natural beauty, historical hosted “Beautiful China”, an exhibition showcasing the Mohtasham. sites, and wonderful scenery of Iran opening Monday. natural beauty and magnificent scenery of China, in The collection will be on display The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) Di- January 2016. until June 6 at the gallery located rector Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri at the head of a del- Over seventy photos featuring the rich history, tour- Iran’s at 103 Lavasani St. in Kamranieh egation will be traveling to China to open the 10-day ism sites, natural resources and compatibility between highest neighborhood. peak, exhibit, NLAI Public Relations Office announced in a man and nature were put on display in the exhibit for Mount press release published on Saturday. one week. Damavand, Salehi-Amiri is also due to meet and hold talks with The Minister of the State Council Information Office in the Chinese culture minister, the director of National Li- of China, Jiang Jianguo, heading a Chinese media dele- northern Iran Snapchat horror film brary of China and several cultural officials during his gation attended the opening ceremony in Tehran. “Sickhouse” released for sale Eisenberg makes ‘nerve-racking’ UK stage debut with “The Spoils” NEW YORK (Reuters) — An unconventional horror movie LONDON (Reuters) — Oscar-nomi- year and the production has transferred Staying with him is his friend Kalyan, ing as his friend sets off on a path of made from hundreds of 10-second clips shot for and published nated actor Jesse Eisenberg brings his to the West End for a limited season. a hard-working, earnest Nepalese im- self-destruction. on Snapchat has been released for sale after drawing millions self-penned play “The Spoils” to London The 32-year old actor, known for migrant studying business at New York “What the play does discuss is kind of views on the popular social media site. audiences, making “a nerve-racking” “The Social Network” and more re- University, who is played by “The Big of generational strife. My character is Entitled “Sickhouse”, the made-for-mobile film follows social stage debut in Britain which he regards cently “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Bang Theory” actor Kunal Nayyar. third generation American and I think media celebrity Andrea Russett and her friends as they head as a theater mecca. Justice”, plays Ben, a callous wannabe When Ben’s former school crush Sa- he feels the kind of laziness of assim- into the woods to explore an abandoned cabin. It was shot on The tragicomedy, in which Eisenberg filmmaker, living in a comfortable rah comes over for dinner w, tensions ilation,” Eisenberg told Reuters in an iPhones over five days and released via her Snapchat account. also stars, showed off-Broadway last apartment bought by his father. soon arise in the flat with Kalyan watch- interview.