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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13205 Wednesday SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 Shahrivar 21, 1397 Muharram 2, 1440 Iran says seeks Tehran seeks Solhipour wins gold Iranian troupe to tour to avert disaster ‘best relations’ with at Asia-Oceania Open Europe with drama in Syria’s Idlib 2 the world 2 Powerlifting C’ships 15 on migration 16

Water, power projects worth $5.7b offered to private sector ECONOMY TEHRAN — Some Power Plant (in the southeastern province Missile attack desk46 power and water of Sistan-Baluchestan) with the capacity projects at the value of 243 trillion rials of 484 MW, and Isin Power Plant (in the (about $5.7 billion) were offered to the southern province of Hormozgan) with private sector during a ceremony attended the capacity of 968 MW, IRNA reported. by Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri As reported, Iranian Energy Minister on terrorists shows on Tuesday. Reza Ardakanian also took part the event, The offered projects to the private sector where he announced that 27 power plant include Ofoq Power Plant (in the south- projects, worth 70 trillion rials (about $1.6 western province of Khuzestan) with the billion) will be inaugurated by summer accuracy and strategy capacity of 968 megawatts (MW), Bampur 2019. See page 2 Salehi: Iran nuclear program to be more powerful if deal falls POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s He added, “That deal could have paved desknuclear chief told The the way for building the trust and the con- Associated Press on Tuesday that he hopes fidence that we had lost.” the atomic deal between Tehran and world Salehi’s comments come after Trump powers survives, but warned the program decided to pull the U.S. from the deal in will be in a stronger position than ever if not. May. The 2015 accord, struck under Pres- Ali Akbar Salehi said that President ident Barack Obama’s administration, Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw saw Iran agree to limit its enrichment America from the 2015 accord “puts him of uranium in exchange for the lifting of on the loser’s side” of history. economic sanctions. 2

Xi, Putin meet as Russia kicks off biggest ever war games Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met his thousands of Russian troops taking part

Asghsr Khamseh Asghsr Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the along with Chinese soldiers. sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum Putin said Moscow has a “trusting rela- in Vladivostok on Tuesday. tionship” with Beijing “in politics, security The meeting, in which the leaders dis- and defense”, while Xi said both countries cussed the “development of Russia-Chi- would continue to “make joint efforts to nese relations”, came as Russia began its … push the China-Russia relationship up Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ largest military drills with hundreds of to a new height”. 13 EDITORIAL Close co-op with Afghanistan necessary to fight terror: Araqchi REPORT Mohammad Ghaderi POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Dep- He also downplayed efforts by other countries Ramin Hossein Abadian Tehran Times editor-in-chief deskuty Foreign Minister Abbas to undermine Iran-Afghanistan ties, saying, “In Mehr News Agency @ghaderi62 Araqchi on Tuesday underlined the necessity of its foreign policy, Afghanistan decides based on Journalist close cooperation with Afghanistan in the war on the principle of its national sovereignty and na- terrorism, saying Tehran attaches great impor- tional security.” Europe’s Hollow tance to the stability and security of its neighbors. The top Afghan official voiced gratitude to Investigation into Araqchi made the remarks in a meeting with Iran for contributing extensive amounts of help Threats Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to the Afghan people and government, saying, attacks on Iranian in Kabul, Fars reported. “Terrorism is the main threat endangering Af- lthough there has recently been lots of “There’s no such thing as good and bad ter- ghanistan’s national security.” consulate in Basra controversies on issues such as devel- rorism,” Araqchi said. Issues related to Afghan refugees, water sharing Aoping an “independent payment sys- The top diplomat also called for more coop- has progressed to 90 percent and the finalization at border areas were also featured in the talks raq is going through some tough days. tem” Europe and a “pseudo-swift structure” eration between Tehran and Kabul in the fight of the document will lead to the expansion and between Araqchi and Abdullah. The Iraqis have not yet succeeded in to maintain the nuclear deal with Iran, many against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group. flourishing of bilateral relations,” he stated. Araqchi also insisted on the need to main- Ielecting a speaker of parliament and analysts and experts in economic affairs be- Araqchi said work on crafting a comprehensive Abdullah, for his part, said Iran and Afghan- tain banking and economic cooperation between his deputies as well as a new president lieve that there’s no real intention to actualize document for joint cooperation between Iran istan have had cooperation in the past to fight Iran and Afghanistan, saying the value of current and prime minister. In the midst of it all, this idea among the EU authorities. In the and Afghanistan is reaching its end. terrorism but “confronting common threats needs trade between Iran and Afghanistan is about 3 what has drawn the world’s attention to meantime, there are deterrent factors that “The work tasked with two other committees more cooperation”. billion dollars. Iraq is Basra’s incident and the unrest have hampered European independence that claimed the life of seven people and from the United States, and it seems that left 50 people injured, according to the these factors are now highlighted under the Why Iran prefers the Eastern bloc over the West Iraqi Ministry of Health. presidency of Donald Trump. By Seyed Hossein Mousavian of Turkey, which initially opposed Assad’s gov- and U.K.–led coup removed Iran’s democratically Protesters were demanding improve- The fact is that European politicians, As the military phase of the Syrian conflict reaches ernment, has further made it clear that President elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. ment in their livelihoods, but given the and especially the current generation of its final stages, the leaders of Russia, Iran, and Assad has won the six-year war and will remain After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the United fact that, generally, there are opportun- European rulers act as the main barrier Turkey met in Tehran on September 9 and reiter- in power. If successful, the trilateral cooperation States supported Saddam Hussein’s invasion of ists in every demonstration and peaceful in this way. While some left-wing and ated in a joint statement that a political solution can play a more substantive role in managing Iran and his use of chemical weapons against protest, seeking to take advantage of sit- Social-Democrats are about to put the to the Syrian conflict requires inclusive, free, and other crises in the region. Iranian troops. uation, unfortunate incidents took place idea into practice, some politicians such fair elections with the participation of all eligible Russo-Iranian relations were not always close. Ever since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the in Basra too. as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Syrians under appropriate UN supervision. They In fact, some of the bitterest eras of contempo- foundation of Iran’s foreign policy has been “nei- The offices and centers of many political French President Emmanuel Macron and further reaffirmed their determination to coop- rary Iranian history were shaped by Russo-Ira- ther East nor West.” This implied that Iran would parties and branches of Hashad al-shaabi the British Prime Minister Theresa May erate to eliminate the Islamic State, the Nusra nians wars, after which Iran was forced to sign pursue an independent foreign policy. However, (the Popular Mobilization Forces) were are opposed to this idea. Front, al-Qaeda, and associated groups in Syria. the humiliating treaties of Turkamanchay and hostile U.S. policies have created deep mistrust burned down, and the rioters rechanneled They were committed to maintaining When the civil war in Syria began in 2011, the Gulistan. After the end of World War II as well, and pushed Iran further to the East. Recently, the wave of Iraqi people’s rightful protest Europe’s economic and security dependence U.S.-led bloc and its regional allies, including Soviet forces refused to leave Iran’s territory and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei announced and pushed it to their desire. on Washington. However, the key question Saudi Arabia, devoted their resources to remov- began supporting separatist groups in Azerbaijan. that he made a mistake by allowing the nuclear ISIS terrorists and the Ba’athists, at the is whether the European countries will suc- ing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, Unlike Russia however, Iran’s relations with negotiations with the United States to take place. command of the foreign masters, stormed ceed on this path or not? Is there really a as the result of Iranian-Russian cooperation to the United States began friendly, and Americans His foreign policy advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, also and burnt the locations of Hashad al-shaabi will to develop an independent payment buttress the Assad’s government, they failed to were perceived as a benevolent power. Relations went on to call Trump “unreliable” but described and the Iranian consulate in Basra. When system from the United States in Europe? achieve their goals. The addition to this alliance began to decline over six decades ago when a U.S. Putin as “logical and brave.” 7 the Iranian consulate in Basra was attacked The answer to this question is negative! and the perpetrators seized it and set it on One of the most important prerequisites fire, Al Arabiya and Sky News networks for the formation of an “independent pay- covered it extensively with details. ment system in Europe” is the consensus The joy in their eyes was all too obvi- of the right-wing and left-wing parties on Caravanserai ous, as the UAE’s Sky News in an analysis this issue. However, the European offi- attempted to link the incident to Iran’s cials don’t seem to have such intention. evokes the end of influence in Iraq. On the contrary, they have become major When Washington exerts all its power obstacles to realizing this goal themselves. past for to form a large parliamentary coalition It’s interesting that such a fact has in Iraq to his taste, it is clear that they been taken into consideration by many are taking advantage of every develop- Western sources. For example, Foreign today’s ment in Iraq to fulfill their own desires Policy writes in this regard: and interests. “What’s different today is that the U.S. is trekkers Ever since the occupation of Iraq, the imposing sanctions contrary to the foreign Americans brought nothing but chaos, policies not just of Russia and China, which Now abandoned and alone in Iran’s Ham- destruction and instability to the Iraqis. have long chafed against the sanctions adan province, the 17th-century Farasfaj After Americans, came Saudis who failed tool, but against the fundamental foreign Caravanserai is of its many counterparts to build a positive relationship with the policy of our closest allies in Europe and that are scattered across the country. Iraqis and when they showed a broad elsewhere,” Smith said. “That is what has Such roadside inns can still evoke a by- smile, they had plans and plots for Iraq. brought us to this situation.” gone era to modern visitors when brought Division and dissent in Iraq only help It continues; “with their access to the comfort to explorers, merchants and their enemy who wants no good for the Iraqis. U.S. financial system hanging in the bal- livestock. The argument between the Prime Minis- ance, European banks know that, in the The mud-brick structure is named after ter Haydar al-Abbadi’s and spokesman end, the EU must satisfy Trump’s demands the Safavid monarch, Shah Abbas the Great Asade al-Udani governor of Basra in a to fix the deal or be prepared to fully com- ISNA/ Pouria Pakizeh (r. 1588 – 1629), who ordered construction special session is a clear instance of lack ply when U.S. sanctions return.” 13 of new caravanserais in Iran. of coordination in Iraq. 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Iran favors Tehran seeks ‘best relations’ dialogue, but not under sanctions: Jahangiri with the world: Kharrazi POLITICS TEHRAN — Kamal Iran-Russia relations and cooperation in POLITICS TEHRAN — Although Iran is in favor of deskKharrazi, head of Iran’s settling the regional crises are being ex- deskdialogue, it will never agree to enter talks Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, panded increasingly,” he noted. with the U.S. after the imposition of cruel sanctions, Vice said on Monday that Tehran seeks best The chief of the strategic council also President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday. relations with the world and prioritizes said that Iran has good relations with Speaking at a meeting of the Energy Ministry officials, neighbors in this respect. countries in the Far East, especially China. Jahangiri lashed out at the U.S. administration for with- “Iran seeks to have best relations with Elsewhere in his speech, Kharrazi urged drawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in a clear breach countries in the world and prioritizes its Europeans to take immediate actions in of international law, Tasnim reported. neighboring countries in its foreign policy.” preserving the 2015 nuclear deal after the Iran is determined to overcome the challenges and remind Kharrazi, who was former foreign U.S. withdrawal. the U.S. that hostile policies are of no avail and the only minister from 1997 to 2005 under the On May 8, U.S. President Donald fruitful approach is to engage with the Iranian people with Khatami administration, regretted the Trump officially withdrew his country “dialogue and the language of logic”, he added. “hostile policies” that Saudi Arabia and from the international nuclear deal, the UAEA have taken toward Iran. officially known as the Joint Compre- “Unfortunately, certain Persian Gulf hensive Plan of Action, and reinstituted Zarif slams littoral states follow the U.S. and adopt sanctions against Iran. hostile policies against Iran which spread To keep the nuclear alive, the European ‘rogue U.S. instability in the region.” Union trio – Germany, France and Britain Saudi Arabia and the UAE have support- which are signatory to the nuclear deal - regime’ for ed the Trump administration’s exit from are expected to present their package of threatening ICC the 2015 nuclear agreement and backed proposals before the second round of U.S. restoration of sanctions against Iran. Turkey” in its western flank and tis with with (the countries in) the Caucasus and sanctions takes effect in early November. POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Moham- Speaking at Beijing International Stud- The package is expected to facilitate desk Afghanistan and Pakistan in the eastern Central Asia without any tension and is mad Javad Zarif on Tuesday slammed the ies University, the veteran politician said flank are also “on the rise”. making efforts to expand the ties. Russia banking transactions and oil trade with “rogue U.S. regime” for threatening to impose sanctions Tehran has “best relations with Iraq and “In the north, Iran has stable relations has great importance in this respect and Iran. on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and prose- cuting its judges. “The U.S. threatens to impose sanctions on the ICC & even prosecute its judges in American courts. Where is the Military chief: Missile attack on terrorists shows accuracy and strategy outrage?” Zarif tweeted. Iran will not sit silent if enemies continue hatching plots, General Baqeri warns He added, “The boorishness of this rogue U.S. regime seems to know no bounds. When will the international community POLITICS TEHRAN — Armed Forces Chief of sponse” to the terrorists. The IRGC added that its forces had targeted bases of the say enough is enough & force U.S. to act like a normal state?” deskStaff Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said The top general called on official in Baghdad and Erbil to “filthy and criminal group” in retaliation for their evil acts. It came after John Bolton, the hawkish U.S. national on Tuesday that Iran’s armed forces will not sit silent if either hand over terrorists to Iran or expel them. “Officials Qassemi calls missile attack ‘retaliatory’ security adviser, threatened the ICC with sanctions over enemies continue hatching plots. of the Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government should Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said an ICC investigation into alleged American war crimes in His comments came as the Islamic Revolution Guards hand over terrorists to Iran and if they cannot do so, they on Tuesday that the missile attack on positions of terrorists Afghanistan. Corps on Saturday launched seven short-range surface-to-sur- should expel the terrorists.” in the Iraqi Kurdistan was “deterrent” and “retaliatory”. face missiles on positions of a terrorist group in the Iraqi In a statement on Sunday, the IRGC said it had targeted “Terrorists’ moves made the armed forces of the Islamic Kurdistan in retaliation for their attack on Iranian border positions of a terrorist group in the Iraqi Kurdistan, warning Republic of Iran to take retaliatory and deterrent act,” he said. Iran consulate in guards in late July in which 11 IRGC forces lost their lives. the terrorists that their repeated evil acts will be faced with He added, “We hope that common borders in this Basra resumes “What happened recently powerfully was not something a more severe response. volatile region will be the safest and most stable borders small. Missile capability [of Iran] was just part of it. The “The sons of the Iranian nation in Sepah (IRGC) and in the region.” work in new major part was the show of power in design, coordination other armed forces as well as intelligence and security bodies However, he said Tehran will show no tolerance for vicious and strategy,” Baqeri said. are determined to protect the borders of the Islamic Iran,” acts. “Undoubtedly, the Islamic Republic of Iran will have building He described the missile attack as Iran’s “crushing re- the IRGC stated. no leniency when it comes to its security.” POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman deskBahram Qassemi said on Tuesday that the Iranian consulate in Basra has resumed its work in a Iran says seeks to avert disaster in Kerry: Trump seeking regime change new building after the old building was set ablaze in a raid. Syria’s Idlib strategy in Iran “After a bitter attack on the Iranian consulate in Basra, which was condemned by many Iraqi political and non-political POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran POLITICS TEHRAN — Former figures, the Iranian diplomats immediately settled in a new, deskshares the United deskU.S. secretary of state suitable building and started their activities,” Qassemi said. Nations’ concern about a potential hu- John Kerry says President Donald Trump In the Friday attack, a mob of Iraqi protestors stormed manitarian catastrophe in Syria’s Idlib has virtually ruined grounds for any talks the Iranian consulate in Basra, destroyed the diplomatic province and will seek to avert it, Hos- between leaders of the two countries by mission’s properties, took down the flag of Iran and torched sein Jaberi Ansari, top aide to Foreign pulling out of the 2015 Iran deal. the building. Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, told Kerry made these remarks in an inter- reporters on Tuesday. view with PBS News broadcast on Monday. “We are also worried. We are going to He started by analyzing the Trump Iran, Belarus work toward that not happening,” Jaberi administration’s policy towards Iran, hold consular Ansari said as he arrived in Geneva for UN The presidents of the three countries saying: “I think that, fundamentally, ment and trying to keep the agreement.” talks about creating a committee to revise held a trilateral summit in Tehran on they have — they’re reaching for a re- “Now, President Trump, by pulling out, meetings in the war-battered country’s constitution. Friday, marking the third time the lead- gime change strategy. But I think that has abandoned our allies, actually infuri- The talks are hosted by UN envoy Staf- ers have come together to negotiate the they have, in fact, made a decision which ated them. He has also broken apart the Tehran fan de Mistura and also include senior Syrian conflict. is extraordinarily dangerous and coun- capacity of a moderate president of Iran, POLITICS TEHRAN — Top officials from Iran and Russian and Turkish officials. During the summit, President Hassan terproductive for our country.” moderate, by their standard — I’m not — deskBelarus on Monday held the fifth round They come amid concerns about a Rouhani said the United States should “And so let me ask you a question. I don’t qualify here — but to try to begin to of meetings on consular affairs in a bid to boost relations looming battle for northern Idlib prov- leave Syria as soon as possible because mean, what countries are with us? I mean, move his country away from where they between the two sides in different fields. ince — the last remaining stronghold its presence there has been detrimental a couple of countries in the Middle East were heading and embrace change and During the meeting, the Iranian and Belarusian delega- of terrorists in Syria after seven years to the a peace process in the country. who have always hated Iran, their focus is an opening to the world.” tions hailed progress in visa facilitation, judicial cooperation, of war, which is home to three million “It is absolutely clear that America Iran. But the countries that were involved “Now the hard-liners in Iran have been transfer and extradition of convicts, fight against illicit drugs civilians. is present in Syria illegally and is only in the negotiation, China, Russia, Ger- empowered by what has happened, and and organized crimes, Tasnim reported. Jaberi Ansari said a “good result” fueling aggression and supporting the many, France, Britain, are all supportive the president has made it harder for any They also stressed the need to completely implement could emerge from the talks. Apartheid Zionist regime [there]. Hardly of the agreement today, trying to keep Iranian leader to sit down and negotiate previous agreements reached between Tehran and Minsk. Iran, Russia and Turkey have been any positive role can be expected (from the agreement.” with an American, because the hard-liners The two sides also discussed cooperation in establishing working together as “guarantors” for a the U.S.) in the Syrian (peace) process,” He went on to underline that “what’s said, don’t negotiate with the Americans more facilities for legal, easy and safe travel for citizens of series of talks around ending Syria’s war. Rouhani stated. interesting is, Iran is supportive of the agree- because you can’t trust them.” the two countries. Iranian flag Salehi: Iran nuclear program to be more powerful if deal falls 1 In the wake of Trump’s decision, Western com- more advanced centrifuges. Those devices enrich uranium snatched, burned panies from airplane manufacturers to oil firms have by rapidly spinning uranium hexafluoride gas. near embassy in pulled out of Iran. For now, the nuclear accord limits Iran to using a limited “I think (Trump) is on the loser’s side because he is number of an older model, called IR-1s. The new facility Helsinki pursuing the logic of power,” Salehi said. “He thinks that will allow it to build advanced versions called the IR-2M, he can, you know, continue for some time but certain- IR-4 and IR-6, which can enrich uranium much faster. POLITICS TEHRAN — A group of protestors on “If we have to go back and withdraw from the nucle- desk ly I do not think he will benefit from this withdrawal, Monday afternoon snatched an Iranian certainly not.” ar deal, we certainly do not go back to where we were flag from the Iranian embassy in Helsinki and set it on fire, Salehi spoke about Iran’s efforts to build a new facility before,” Salehi said. “We will be standing on a much, Daily Finland reported. at Natanz’s uranium enrichment center that will produce much higher position.” According to the local media and the police, the protestors also pelted stones at police on duty at the spot and at a police helicopter that was being used to film the scene. Police arrested four of the protestors at the spot, although Collective efforts needed to counter Iran to unveil water jet they did not divulge the identities of the arrested. dust storms: diplomat engines According to a report, three of the arrested were taken into custody on suspicion of aggravated disturbance of the POLITICS TEHRAN — Ghola- POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran peace and the fourth one was detained for suspected violent deskmali Khoshroo, Iran’s deskis developing home- resistance against an official. ambassador to the UN, has said that Iran made water jet engines, first prototype could encourage collective efforts at the of which to be unveiled by the end of international level to counter dust and current Iranian year (March 2019), the Ambassador sand storms. managing director of the Marine Indus- “Today, the issue of dust storm is an tries Organization said on Tuesday. submits international problem and all agree that Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari said such credentials to cooperation and collective actions are re- engines will be utilized in high speed boats, quired to counter it,” he said in an interview a sector that has been put on the sanctions Japanese emperor with IRNA published on Tuesday. list, the admiral said. He said that international planning is The organization is also completing POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Ambassador to Japan, desk required to counter dust and sand storm other types of domestic engines which Morteza Rahmani-Movahed, on Tuesday and their negative consequences. can be used for train ferries with capacity submitted his credentials to Japanese Emperor Akihito. The diplomat also said that the inter- of 1300 horsepower. Rahmani-Movahed also conveyed greetings of Iranian national bodies have always insisted the province originate from inside and the rest “Implementing such project will The admiral went on to say that the President Hassan Rouhani to Emperor Akihito, IRNA reported. importance of Iran’s role in countering from outside the country. prevent us from spending hundreds of Marine Organization is scheduled to Commenting on Iran-Japan historical and cordial re- dust storms. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres millions of dollars of foreign currency, uncover a vessel measuring 94 meters lations, he underlined the necessity of strengthening ties Iran’s southwest and west are hit hard released a report on September 6, saying caters to sustainable employment, and long and 11 meters wide by the yearend, in different fields. once in a while by dusts mostly arising that 151 countries are directly affected by reduces threats posed by the withdraw- adding, “With the capability of our marine Rahmani-Movahed presented a copy of his credentials from Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria. the phenomenon, with 45 the mostly-hit, al of foreign chartered vessels when the engineers, we can, within the next two to Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan Takeo Akiba on June Estimates have shown that a third of including 38 Asian and African countries, country is suffering from sanctions,” he to three years, manufacture all vessels 24, 2018. dust and sand storms hitting Khuzestan Khoshroo said. explained. we need.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 INTERNATIONAL U.S. in talks with Britain, France for International court says it ‘much stronger’ attack on Syria: Bolton is undeterred after Bolton threatens U.S. sanctions Netherlands provides logistic support for terrorist organization in Syria The United States National Security Adviser ceasefire in Idlib, but Russian President John Bolton says his country has been in Vladimir Putin said that it would be pointless talks with Britain and France to orchestrate as it would not involve the militant groups a military strike on Syria that will be “much that Moscow regards as terrorists. stronger” than the joint operation the three Netherlands provides logistic allies carried out earlier this year. support for terrorist organization in Fielding questions after a policy speech Syria in Washington on Monday, Bolton said the The developments follow as The Dutch Western alliance was ready to pound Syria government has come under fire after a report in case the government of President Bashar revealed it has been providing logistic support al-Assad resorted to what he claimed was a for a Syrian “opposition” group labeled as a “third use” of chemical weapons. terrorist organization by Dutch prosecutors. “We’ve tried to convey the message in re- The news report, aired by the national The International Criminal Court said on Tuesday it would cent days that if there’s a third use of chemical public broadcaster, said Amsterdam had “continue to do its work undeterred” a day after U.S. National weapons, the response will be much stronger,” given “non-lethal assistance” (NLA) to 22 Security Adviser John Bolton threatened sanctions if the tri- Bolton said. armed opposition groups, including the bunal investigated U.S. activities in Afghanistan. “I can say we’ve been in consultation with Jabhat al-Shamiya terrorist organization, The Hague-based court said in a statement it was an in- the British and the French, who joined us in fighting against the Syrian army. dependent and impartial institution with the backing of 123 the second strike, and they also agree that The Dutch government has reportedly countries. another use of chemical weapons will result provided pick-up trucks, uniforms and other “The ICC, as a court of law, will continue to do its work in a much stronger response,” Bolton warned equipment for the terrorist group last year, undeterred, in accordance with those principles and the over- on Monday. the report added. arching idea of the rule of law,” it said. The U.S. has so far conducted two sepa- This caused a storm of protest from Dutch ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said last year there was a “reasonable basis to believe” war crimes and crimes against rate attacks against Syrian Army positions Moscow has also warned that terrorists Idlib hosts several militant groups backed parliamentarians, who strongly protested humanity were committed in Afghanistan and that all sides under the pretext that Damascus was using are getting prepared to stage another chem- by Turkey and other foreign parties – especially against the country’s government on Monday in the conflict would be examined, including members of the chemical weapons against civilians. ical attack in Idlib to give the U.S. enough Western states, Israel and their regional allies. and asked for its explanation. U.S. armed forces and Central Intelligence Agency. The first attack came in April 2017, when evidence to attack. Erdogan warned that the planned coun- The cabinet is bound to a deadline on Tues- Bolton said on Monday that if such an investigation was the U.S. President Donald Trump ordered Syria, Russia present witnesses ter-terrorism campaign in Idlib “would also day, in which it has to answer the questions, launched, the Trump administration would consider banning the U.S. Navy warships in the Mediterranean of ‘staged’ gas attack create serious humanitarian and security risks including whether any aid to Syria may have ICC judges and prosecutors from entering the United States, to fire a total of 59 Tomahawk cruise mis- In 2014, Syria finished dismantling its for Turkey, the rest of Europe and beyond,” ended up with extremist groups, Christian sanctioning funds they have there and prosecuting them in siles at a Syrian airbase that the Pentagon stockpiles of chemical weapons under a joint apparently referring to a fresh influx of Syr- Democrat party MP (Member of Parliament) U.S. courts. had claimed was used to carry put a deadly mission led by the United Nations and the ian refugees in the wake of the Idlib battle. Pieter Omtzigt told AFP. The United States did not ratify the Rome treaty that es- chemical attack against the people of Khan Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical “If the international community, including Dutch lawmaker Sjoerd Sjoerdsma also tablished the ICC during the presidency of Republican George Shaykhun, in the country’s northwestern Weapons (OPCW). Europe and the U.S., fail to take action now, described the news report as “shocking”, and W. Bush. Instead, it adopted the American Services-Members’ province of Idlib. Bolton’s remarks follow controversial not only innocent Syrians but the entire world asked, “How did this happen, despite all the Protection Act, nicknamed the Hague Invasion Act because Roughly a year after that attack, Trump revelations by an incendiary book on mach- stands to pay the price,” he added. warnings by lawmakers?” it authorized the use of any means necessary to free U.S. along with his French counterpart, Emmanuel inations of the Trump White House. Erdogan further stressed that not only The revelations on Monday come days after personnel held by the court. Macron, and British Prime Minister Theresa Dubbed Fear, the book by Washington Post the West, but also Turkey’s partners Iran Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok announced “The United States will use any means necessary to protect May authorized a joint missile attack against journalist Bob Woodward claims that Trump and Russia are responsible for stopping a the government was cutting all support to our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by alleged chemical weapons manufacturing had once told his Defense Secretary James humanitarian disaster in Idlib. what it called “moderate” opposition groups this illegitimate court,” national security adviser John Bolton sites inside Syria. Mattis that he wanted to assassinate Assad. Turkey on the one side and Iran and Russia in Syria. told the Federalist Society, a conservative group, in his first The attack, which came in response to what Erdogan: Idlib liberation battle on the other support opposite sides of the Western governments have in recent major address since joining President Donald Trump’s White the U.S. and its allies insisted was another could pose risks to Turkey, Europe Syria conflict, but they have been mediating years tried to justify their support for ter- House in April. chemical attack in Douma, on the outskirts Meantime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip a diplomatic process between the warring rorists operating in Syria by labeling them The U.S. response could include sanctions against ICC of Damascus, saw 105 cruise missiles being Erdogan has warned against what he called parties since January 2017 aimed at finding as moderate opposition working to topple judges should such prosecutions proceed, Bolton warned. fired from sea and air at Syrian government “the security and humanitarian risks” of an a peaceful solution to the conflict. the government of Bashar al-Assad. He added that the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office targets. Now, as Syria gears up for an at- upcoming Syrian army operation to liber- Erdogan’s comments came as his country According to Assad, the U.S. tried to pro- in Washington was being ordered closed out of concern about tack to retake Idlib, the last major bastion ate Idlib Province, which holds the largest has been deploying heavy artillery tanks, how- mote the notion of the so-called moderate Palestinian attempts to prompt an ICC investigation of Israel. of terrorists in the country, Washington is concentration of militant groups, including itzers and commandos to the Syrian border. opposition in Syria. However, “they haven’t Bolton said he did not believe the closure of the PLO office threatening a third strike. those backed by Ankara. Last week, Iran’s President Hassan been able to market this lie because the facts in Washington would shut the door on a long-delayed Arab-Is- Syria has firmly denied claims that it’s In an article published in The Wall Street Rouhani hosted his Russian and Turkish on the ground proved the opposite, that all raeli peace plan that Trump senior adviser and son-in-law behind the attacks and instead blamed them Journal on Monday, Erdogan called on the counterparts for a trilateral summit on Syria. those they support are extremists,” who Jared Kushner has been developing for months. on militant groups and foreign agents who international community to intervene as In a joint statement, the participants at belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and the He said the plan continued to be refined with an eye toward are in Syria as aid workers. Syrian forces are gearing up for the Idlib the Tehran summit said the Syria crisis could Levant (ISIL/Daesh), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham eventually proposing it. The aim, Damascus argues, is to get liberation battle. only be resolved through a negotiated polit- (al-Nusra Front/Jabhat al-Nusra), with the The Palestinians said they were undeterred from going the West involved in a fight that the Syrian “All members of the international commu- ical process, and has no military solution. same extremist and terrorist ideology. to the ICC. They deemed the planned PLO mission closure government of President Bashar Assad has nity must understand their responsibilities as The trio also “emphasized strong and Last year, even the U.S. administration a new pressure tactic by a Trump administration that has already won. the assault on Idlib looms. The consequences continued commitment to the sovereignty, ended a clandestine American program to slashed funding to a U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees Russia, which has been assisting Assad of inaction are immense,” he said. independence, unity and territorial integrity provide arms and supplies to those “moderate” and to hospitals in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want in purging the terrorists since 2015, has Syria has the backing of Russia, Iran and of Syria, as well as to the purposes and prin- opposition groups after it was revealed they as capital of a future state. echoed the same point, specifically naming Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in ciples of the UN Charter and highlighted that were indeed terrorists aiming to establish “We reiterate that the rights of the Palestinian people are the White Helmets activist group as the real its bid to rid the strategic province bordering they should be respected by all.” their “caliphate” in Syria. not for sale, that we will not succumb to U.S. threats and perpetrators of the Douma attack. Turkey of terrorists. During the event, Erdogan called for a (Source: agencies) bullying,” Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said in a statement. “Accordingly, we continue to call upon the International Criminal Court to open its immediate investigation into Is- Afghanistan suicide attack causes dozens of raeli crimes.” Israel welcomed the Trump administration’s move and accused the Palestinians of seeing the court as a way of side- stepping U.S.-sponsored bilateral talks. Those contacts stalled casualties as violence flares in 2014. A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed at least 25 people at The blast dispersed the crowd, but more people gathered “The Palestinians’ resort to the ICC and refusal to negotiate a gathering on Tuesday on the highway between the eastern after the explosion to continue the protest. with Israel and the United States is not the way to advance city of Jalalabad and the main border crossing into neigh- Qaderi said rescue efforts were being hampered by reports peace, and it is good that the United States is taking a clear boring Pakistan, officials said. of another suicide bomber in the area, making police and stand on this matter,” said an Israeli official who requested The blast, less than a week after a suicide attack killed emergency services cautious about approaching the scene. anonymity. more than 20 people in the capital, Kabul, came as violence The explosion followed a series of smaller blasts on Tuesday ‘Will not cooperate with ICC’ has flared across the nation, with heavy fighting in northern that targeted schools in Jalalabad and surrounding districts, Bolton said the Trump administration “will fight back” if the provinces. killing at least one person and wounding three. ICC proceeds with opening an investigation into alleged war Officials have warned violence is likely to intensify ahead In the northern province of Sar-e Pul, hundreds of armed crimes committed by U.S. service members and intelligence of parliamentary elections next month and a presidential men assembled to boost the city’s defences as security forces professionals during the war in Afghanistan. election in April. There was no immediate claim of respon- fought to push the Taliban back from the city centre, said “The ICC prosecutor has requested to investigate these sibility for Tuesday’s attack, although the Taliban issued a Zabihullah Amani, the provincial governor’s spokesman. Americans for alleged detainee abuse, and perhaps more - statement denying involvement. There were no reports of U.S. strikes in Sar-e Pul on Tues- an utterly unfounded, unjustifiable investigation,” he said. At least 25 bodies were taken to hospitals but the final day but there were three strikes on Monday, a spokesman If such an inquiry goes ahead, the Trump administration total was unclear and could rise, said Inamullah Miakhel, a meeting with U.S. officials following one in July. for U.S. forces in Afghanistan said in an emailed statement. will consider banning judges and prosecutors from entering spokesman for the provincial health department. Nangarhar, one of the main strongholds of Daesh (ISIL) Two air strikes in Baghlan province on Tuesday followed the United States, put sanctions on any funds they have in Sohrab Qaderi, a member of the Nangarhar provincial militant fighters since early 2015, has been one of the most six the day before and American advisers were on the ground the U.S. financial system and prosecute them in American council, said at least 56 bodies were taken to hospital, with volatile regions this year, with a string of suicide bombings supporting Afghan troops, the spokesman added. courts, Bolton said. 43 more wounded. and attacks on its capital, Jalalabad. Ghulam Mohammad Balkhi, deputy spokesman for the “We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no The violence has dampened hopes of peace talks to end Officials and elders said Tuesday’s attack targeted a gath- Afghan army’s 209 Corps, said at least 30 Taliban fighters assistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the Afghanistan’s 17-year conflict but two Taliban officials on ering to protest against a police commander, adding that were killed in the joint operation. ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the Tuesday told Reuters the movement was preparing for another hundreds of people were present when the blast happened. (Source: Reuters) ICC is already dead to us,” he said. In addition, the United States may negotiate more binding, bilateral agreements to prohibit nations from surrendering Erdogan: Idlib liberation battle could pose risks to Turkey, Europe Americans to The Hague-based court, Bolton said. The court’s aim is to bring to justice the perpetrators of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in Erdogan further stressed that not only In a joint statement, the participants at war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. warned against what he called “the security and its bid to rid the strategic province bordering the West, but also Turkey’s partners Iran the Tehran summit said the Syria crisis could The United States did not ratify the Rome treaty that es- humanitarian risks” of an upcoming Syrian Turkey of terrorists. and Russia are responsible for stopping a only be resolved through a negotiated polit- tablished the ICC in 2002, with Republican President George army operation to liberate Idlib Province, Idlib hosts several militant groups backed humanitarian disaster in Idlib. ical process, and has no military solution. W. Bush opposed to the court. Bush’s Democratic successor, which holds the largest concentration of by Turkey and other foreign parties – especially Turkey on the one side and Iran and Russia The trio also “emphasized strong and Barack Obama, took some steps to cooperate with it. militant groups, including those backed by Western states, Israel and their regional allies. on the other support opposite sides of the continued commitment to the sovereignty, Palestinians have reacted with dismay to the U.S. funding Ankara. In an article published in The Wall Erdogan warned that the planned coun- Syria conflict, but they have been mediating independence, unity and territorial integrity cuts, warning that they could lead to more poverty and anger Street Journal on Monday, Erdogan called ter-terrorism campaign in Idlib “would also a diplomatic process between the warring of Syria, as well as to the purposes and prin- - among factors stoking their decades of conflict with Israel. on the international community to intervene create serious humanitarian and security risks parties since January 2017 aimed at finding ciples of the UN Charter and highlighted that Trump ordered last week that $25 million earmarked for the as Syrian forces are gearing up for the Idlib for Turkey, the rest of Europe and beyond,” a peaceful solution to the conflict. they should be respected by all.” care of Palestinians in East Jerusalem be directed elsewhere. liberation battle. apparently referring to a fresh influx of Syr- Erdogan’s comments came as his country During the event, Erdogan called for a “This decision will create serious cash-flow problems at the “All members of the international commu- ian refugees in the wake of the Idlib battle. has been deploying heavy artillery tanks, how- ceasefire in Idlib, but Russian President hospitals and will necessarily create delays in life-saving and nity must understand their responsibilities as “If the international community, including itzers and commandos to the Syrian border. Vladimir Putin said that it would be pointless other urgent treatments,” Walid Nammour, head of the network the assault on Idlib looms. The consequences Europe and the U.S., fail to take action now, Last week, Iran’s President Hassan as it would not involve the militant groups of six hospitals affected, told reporters on Monday. “Overall, of inaction are immense,” he said. not only innocent Syrians but the entire world Rouhani hosted his Russian and Turkish that Moscow regards as terrorists. the decision puts the health of 5 million Palestinians at risk.” Syria has the backing of Russia, Iran and stands to pay the price,” he added. counterparts for a trilateral summit on Syria. (Source: TRT) (Source: Reuters) II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 44 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 12,21, 20182018

STOCK MARKET New trading codes TEDPIX 148577.6 IFX 1692.13 issuance up 45% Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir since March CURRENCIES ECONOMY TEHRAN — The num- today which gained 44,700 points to stand at deskber of trading codes is- 147,000 points with a 3.4-percent increase USD 42,000 rials sued in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has from yesterday”, Rouhbakhsh underlined. EUR 48,711rials increased 45 percent since the beginning Presence of new shareholders in TSE of current Iranian calendar year (March rose 40 percent in the past Iranian cal- GBP 54,742 rials 21) compared to the same period of time endar year 1396 (ended on March 20), AED 11,437 rials in the previous year, TSE spokesman Ha- compared to its preceding year, as TSE mid Rouhbakhsh told IRIB on Monday. CEO Hassan Qalibaf-Als has previously Source: mehrnews.com Some 72,000 trading codes have been announced, putting the number of issued issued in the TSE since the year start, trading codes at 174,719 in the past year. he announced. The rising trend of TEDPIX began “Capital market has been lucky receiv- on June 13, which was named ‘Golden COMMODITIES ing high attention from the investors over Wednesday of Stock Market’, when Then on June 17, players in Iran’s capi- points to hit 102,452 points, something TEDPIX gained 2,767 points to stand WTI $67.66/b the past months as we witnessed a new tal market witnessed a historical record unprecedented in the 50-year history of record in the TEDPIX (TSE main index) at 99.146 points. in growth of TEDPIX which gained 3,306 the country’s stock market. Brent $77.85/b OPEC Basket $74.17/b Gold $1,193.40/oz Iran’s 4-month oil revenue up over 60% yr/yr ENERGY TEHRAN – Iran’s rev- 348.9 trillion rials (about $8.3 billion) in last year. of crude oil and gas condensate on average Silver $14.14/oz deskenues from crude oil and the mentioned time span while the figure As reported, the recent increases in oil on a daily basis. Platinium $787.85/oz oil products exports reached 419 trillion stood at 189 trillion rials (about $4.5 bil- prices was one of the main drivers of this China, India, Japan and South Korea rials (about $9.98 billion) in the first four lion) in the preceding year, IRNA reported jump in the country’s oil revenues added are among the country’s main crude im- Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com months of the current Iranian calendar year on Tuesday. up by incomes from tax and duties. porters shipping in 60 percent of Iran’s (March 21-July 22, 2018) up 60.7 percent The crude oil exports increased by a re- According to Shana, during the first four total oil exports. The other 40 percent of compared to its preceding year’s same period. cord high of 84.2 percent in the mentioned months of the current Iranian calendar year the country’s crude exports heads to the NEWS IN BRIEF The country’s crude oil sales reached four months compared to the same period the country has exported 2.3 million barrels European buyers. Development projects worth Russia and China are looking at launching joint projects worth more than $100b $16.6m launched A group composed of Russian and Chinese businesses is “While strong economic growth in both countries considering 73 joint investment projects cumulatively worth will certainly produce many domestic opportunities for at Mehrabad Intl. more than $100 billion, according to a Tuesday statement. profitable investments, we believe particularly promising Airport Cooperation between China and Russia is an issue of transactions will be found in bilateral deals that capitalize global importance as both nations try to achieve economic on the Russia-China relationship,” Kirill Dmitriev, CEO ECONOMY TEHRAN — Seven development projects desk stability despite the pain of U.S. penalties — sanctions of the Russian sovereign wealth fund, said in a statement worth 700 billion rials (about $16.6 million) against Russia, and an escalating tariff war against China. accompanying the announcement. were launched at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, Beijing and Moscow have had a rocky relationship, but Separate tech agreement according to the director general of the airport. the two governments have publicly sought closer ties in In a separate Tuesday announcement, the Russia-China Mir-Saeed Safinia said the projects have been handed over recent years. Investment Fund and Chinese science and tech investment to the contractors and are scheduled to be completed within The group overseeing the potential billions in investment group Tus-Holdings announced joint investment plans. 18 months, IRIB reported on Tuesday. is the Russian-Chinese Business Advisory Committee, That cooperation will focus on technology, seeing $1.28 He mentioned conducting some improvements in Terminal which held an annual meeting this week during the Eastern billion invested in the Russian Tushino Project Technology 1 and Terminal 2 of the airport as one of these projects. Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. Park in the northwest of Moscow, RCIF said in a statement. The committee includes more than 150 representatives The two groups are considering building a Sino-Russian tech Iran sets Oct. from “leading Russian and Chinese companies,” according fund the Russian Direct Investment Fund. innovation park with more than $100 million investment to a statement from the Russia-China Investment Fund. The announcement said seven projects worth a total and have launched a Russia-China venture fund with capital light crude The RCIF was established in 2012 by China’s state-owned of $4.6 billion had already been implemented as a result of $100 million, the news release added. price $1.1 above China Investment Corporation and Russian sovereign wealth of work by the China-Russia group. (Source: CNBC) Oman/Dubai quotes China asks WTO ENERGY TEHRAN — The National Iranian Oil Com- deskpany (NIOC) has set the official selling price for sanctions in U.S. (OSP) of its light crude for Asian buyers at $1.1 a barrel above the average of Oman and Dubai quotes, 10 cents higher than trade dispute the previous month, Reuters reported quoting a source with China will ask the World Trade Organization next knowledge of the matter. week for permission to impose sanctions on the September OSP for Iranian Heavy crude was set at 90 cents United States, for Washington’s non-compliance a barrel below Oman-Dubai quotes, while Forozan’s OSP is at with a ruling in a dispute over U.S. dumping du- 75 cents a barrel below Oman-Dubai quotes. Soroush Septem- ties that China initiated in 2013, a meeting agenda ber OSP was set at $5.55 a barrel below Oman-Dubai quotes. showed on Tuesday. IN THE NAME OF GOD The request is likely to lead to years of legal wran- Second Announcement Iran issues gling over the case for sanctions and the amount. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING Last year China won a WTO ruling in the dispute, tender to buy which related to several industries including ma- 30,000 tons rice chinery and electronics, light industry, metals and minerals, with an annual export value of up to $8.4 INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-06/169 from India billion. (Source: Reuters) Tender Holder: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) Iran’s state grains buyer Governmental Trading Corporation (GTC) has issued an international tender to buy 30,000 tons of Carney extends rice to be sourced from India, European traders said on Monday. Subject of Two-Stage Tender: The tender closes on October 9. HD MCR Equipment for Project of SD to HD TV Channels 1,2,3 (Tehran IRIB Center) according The sella grade rice of type 1121 is sought in two 15,000 ton BOE term again consignments for shipment in containers between October 15 to the tender documents to November 15. (Source: Reuters) to steer economy Deadline of Receiving Documents: through Brexit As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on Monday UK pay growth beats September 17, 2018. Mark Carney agreed to stay on at the helm of the forecasts as hiring levels off Bank of England for an additional seven months, extending his stay for a second time to help steer Place of Receiving Documents: British workers’ underlying pay growth picked up faster than Britain’s economy through Brexit. Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and expected to a rate that has not been exceeded in three years, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond as businesses found it harder to recruit staff, official figures ended days of speculation on the governor’s future, Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran showed on Tuesday. telling lawmakers on Tuesday that the Canadian Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses rose by 2.9 per- won’t step down as planned in June 2019. Carney will Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: cent on the year in the three months to July, the fastest since now remain in office until roughly halfway through March and gathering speed from the previous three month a prospective transition period intended for the The amount of USD 55,429 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee period when they grew by 2.7 percent, the Office for National U.K. to smooth its withdrawal from the European Statistics said. Union. The pound was little changed after the news. Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: Including bonuses, total pay growth picked up to 2.6 percent “I have been discussing with the governor his The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked with from 2.4 percent. ability to be able to serve a little longer in post in Economists polled by Reuters forecast wage growth of 2.8 order to ensure continuity through what could be tender number no later than 15 p.m. on Saturday October 20, 2018 and submitted to the Secretariat of percent excluding bonuses and 2.4 percent including them. Pay quite a turbulent period for our economy in the early Commission of Tenders. growth excluding bonuses was last higher than 2.9 percent in summer of 2019,” Hammond said. “The governor the three months to July 2015. has agreed, despite various personal pressures to “Earnings have grown faster than prices for several months, conclude his term in June, that he will continue Time and Place of Opening Envelopes especially looking at pay excluding bonuses,” ONS statistician until the end of January 2020.” The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Monday October 22, 2018 in the office of Vice David Freeman said. The decision is likely to prove controversial as The Bank of England keeps a close eye on wage growth for Carney’s tenure at the BOE has long drawn both President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after technical signs of inflation pressure, and last week Governor Mark Carney criticism and praise. He was seen as a key source evaluation. told legislators that nominal pay growth - excluding volatile of financial stability in the political power vacuum bonuses - had slowly risen since 2015 without much accom- that followed the Brexit vote, but also drew the ire It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. panying improvement in productivity growth. of pro-Brexit lawmakers who believe he waded too This raised employers’ labour costs, which were now grow- far into the political debate. He has been accused For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 ing at a rate that pointed to inflation at around 2 percent and of botching messages on policy for much of his required the BoE to raise interest rates at a “limited and gradual” time at the bank. It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. pace, he said. Carney himself has said many times his plan Public Relations Dept. of IRIB The BoE has raised interest rates twice in the past year, and was to return to Canada following his tenure at after the most recent rate rise last month, Carney said market the BOE. His new exit date effectively wipes out expectations of a further 25 basis point rate rise at least once speculation he planned to run in the nation’s next a year for the next few years was a reasonable rule of thumb. federal election in October 2019. (Source: Reuters) (Source: Bloomberg) II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 12, 11, 2018 2018 ANALYSISENERGY & INTERVIEW 5

Oil rises as U.S. sanctions on U.S. oil exports to Japan, South Korea soar as refiners Iran squeeze supply reap steep discounts Oil prices rose on Tuesday as U.S. sanctions Russian Energy Minister Alexander No- U.S. oil exports to Japan and South Korea will rise to record highs squeezed Iranian crude exports, tightening vak said on Tuesday that Russia and a group this month as Asian refiners take advantage of the steep discounts global supply despite efforts by Washington to of producers around the Middle East which American sellers are offering after losing Chinese customers amid get other producers to increase output. dominate the Organization of the Petroleum the trade dispute between Washington and Beijing. Benchmark Brent crude oil was up 40 cents Exporting Countries may sign a new long-term Ship tracking data in Thomson Reuters Eikon showed that oil at $77.77 a barrel by 0950 GMT. U.S. light crude cooperation deal at the beginning of December, exports from the United States to South Korea in September will was up 5 cents at $67.59. the TASS news agency reported. Novak did not rise to a record average of at least 230,000 barrels per day (bpd). “The path of least resistance for oil prices, provide details. U.S. shipments to Japan will also rise to a record average of at least given the supply fundamentals, remains up,” A group of OPEC and non-OPEC producers 134,000 bpd, the data showed. Harry Tchilinguirian, oil strategist at BNP Paribas, have been voluntarily withholding supplies since Two traders and a brokerage told Reuters Global Oil Forum. January 2017 to tighten markets, but with crude source said South Korean and Jap- Washington has told its allies to reduce im- prices up by more than 40 percent since then anese refiners have been taking ports of Iranian oil and several Asian buyers, and markets significantly tighter, there has been advantage of steep discounts of including South Korea, Japan and India appear pressure on producers to raise output. up to $10 per barrel between the to be falling in line. With Middle East crude markets also tighten- U.S. crude benchmark West Texas But the U.S. government does not want to ing, many Asian refiners are seeking alternative Intermediate (WTI) that American push up oil prices, which could depress eco- supplies, with South Korean and Japanese im- producers base their crude sales nomic activity or even trigger a slowdown in ports of U.S. crude hitting a record in September. on and the international Brent global growth. U.S. oil producers are seeking new buyers crude benchmark. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry met Sau- for crude they used to sell to China before orders A spokesman for Japan’s big- di Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih on Monday slowed because of the trade disputes between gest refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & in Washington, as the Trump administration Washington and Beijing. Energy Corp said his firm had not encourages big oil-producing countries to keep Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia consumption. This is one reason that the discount for U.S. received government orders to halt output high. Perry will meet with Russian En- are the world’s three biggest oil producers by Their combined output has risen by 3.8 million crude versus Brent has widened to around $10 Iranian oil imports. ergy Minister Alexander Novak on Thursday far, meeting around a third of the world’s almost bpd since September 2014, more than the peak per barrel, the biggest since June, traders said. He would not comment on in Moscow. 100 million barrels per day (bpd) of daily crude output Iran has managed over the last three years. (Source: Reuters) commercial operations beyond saying “we will determine optimum crude in our own procurement plan.” Japan and South Korea were among the first major Iranian clients Iraq replaces Saudi as top oil supplier UK North Sea drilling at four-decade to bow to U.S. pressure and cut orders from Iran, the third-largest producer among the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Coun- to India in August: data low, risking growth goals tries, with South Korea importing its last cargoes in July, the trade data showed. Iraq replaced Saudi Arabia in August as the The oil business has mostly recovered from India, typically the second-biggest buyer of Iranian oil after China, top oil supplier to India, data from industry a worst-in-a-generation crude price slump, has also dialed back Iranian orders while importing more from the and shipping sources showed, as refiners but not everyone is celebrating. United States, the data showed. turned to Iraqi barrels to compensate for The UK North Sea is on track this year to Diverging trends a lower intake of Iranian oil ahead of U.S. have the fewest exploration, appraisal and With Middle East crude markets tightening because of the start of sanctions in November. development wells since 1973, according to U.S. sanctions against Iran in November, many Asian refiners have The United States is reimposing sanc- a report from Oil & Gas UK, a trade group. been seeking to make up the shortfall with American supply. tions on Iran following Washington’s de- Drilling dropped to four-decade lows both last Greg McKenna, chief market strategist at futures brokerage Ax- cision in May to withdraw from a 2015 year and in 2016 as companies cut spending iTrader said there has been “a divergence between Brent and WTI.” international deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s to be identified. to cope with falling oil prices. 2014. That’s limiting their ability to expand U.S. prices, including benchmark WTI, are under pressure amid nuclear program. While some sanctions India refiners shipped in 1.02 million The more than 40-year old North Sea has drilling in a region that’s comparatively more rising production and a decline in Chinese buying interest because were implemented from Aug. 6, those af- barrels per day (bpd) of Iraqi Basra oil in got a new lease of life in the last few years as expensive. of the trade dispute which is forcing U.S. sellers to find new buyers fecting Iran’s petroleum sector take effect August, an increase of about 46 percent more efficient wells and new projects boosted But for now, there’s also some good for their crude. only from Nov. 4. from the previous month, while imports production. But the slowdown in new wells is news. It’s about 30 percent cheaper to get Meanwhile, the Brent benchmark is supported by several supply Imports of Iranian oil by India, Tehran’s from Saudi Arabia declined 5 percent to a “serious concern,” and could end up putting a barrel of oil out of the North Sea than it disruptions including the Iranian sanctions, tumbling exports from top oil client after China, fell by about a third about 747,000 bpd during the period, the the region in danger of missing its “Vision was before the 2014 price crash. And though Venezuela, and lingering concerns about Libyan production amid to about 523,000 bpd in August from July data showed. 2035” goals, which include extending the there are fewer new wells, they are operat- clashes between internal groups. as state-refiners slowed purchases due to India imported less Nigerian oil in Au- productive life of the aging basin for another ing more efficiently. Production has been “There are still plenty of battles and other influences to disrupt Brent a delay in securing government approval gust as the west African nation’s output was generation, said the trade group. rising steadily since 2015 and output this supply which has kept traders interested,” McKenna said, referring to use Iranian ships. hit by outages in a couple of major streams In 2018, the UK North Sea is expected year is expected to reach up to 1.75 million to concerns about supplies that tend to be priced off Brent, including Despite the lower purchases, Iran re- such as Bonny Light and Tornados. Also, to have no more than 12 exploration wells, barrels of oil equivalent a day, 7 percent from Libya, West Africa and the Middle East. mained the third biggest oil supplier to Asian buyers opted to take light sweet U.S. fewer than last year, and as many as 80 higher than last year. Whether this price divergence will last is not clear. India in August, the data showed. oil rather than Nigerian. development wells, in line with 2017. Total Changes resulting from Britain’s immi- There are signs that Saudi Arabia and Russia will increase output Washington will consider waivers for India’s imports of U.S. oil in August rose investment is estimated to be about 6 billion nent exit from the European Union also risks to take up Iranian market share, which should ease Brent prices. Iranian oil buyers such as India but they to a record 275,000 bpd, accounting for pounds ($7.8 billion), less than half of the changing the economics of the North Sea. Meanwhile, U.S. prices could rise because the surge in demand must eventually halt imports as sanctions about 6 percent of its overall purchases, level five years ago. If Brexit opens up the UK to negotiate new may exacerbate logistical bottlenecks since the current domestic pipe- are imposed on Tehran, U.S. Secretary of the data showed. With oil’s crash still fresh in their mem- deals, oil and gas industry “trading costs” line, port and storage infrastructure is not geared to handle exports State Mike Pompeo said last Thursday. India refiners had booked U.S. oil cargoes ories, company bosses are keeping a tight could fall by 100 million pounds a year, on this scale. Iraq and Saudi Arabia continued to be in June when discounts between U.S. crude rein on spending. Large North Sea operators according to the report. Alternatively, in a This congestion is already causing offers to rise for U.S. supply the two biggest oil suppliers to India last future and Brent was wide enough to make Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc are trying to “hard Brexit” scenario, costs could rise by for loading towards the end of the year, although no fixed deals have month, the tanker arrival data obtained arbitrage economics feasible for India. keep breakeven costs at about $40 a barrel, 500 million pounds annually. been reported, said a third trader in Singapore. from sources showed. The sources declined (Source: Reuters) half the level of projects sanctioned prior to (Source: Bloomberg) (Source: Reuters)

OPEC outages are driving up oil prices INVITATION TO A ONE STEP INTERNATIONAL TENDER Geopolitics is once again driving oil prices, SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and after a pause this summer, tension and unrest could be back at the top of the 55/97/13040 agenda. Agricultural Support Services Company 12/09/2018 Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture Last week, rioters burned down several buildings in Basra, a major city in Southern AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES COMPANY Iraq and home to most of the country’s oil The Agricultural Support Services Company, hereinafter will be referred as ASSC, a subsidiary production. Despite its oil riches, southern Iraq remains deeply unequal, which has of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad of I.R. of Iran, is considering the purchase of 30000±5% fueled resentment and anger among the neglected populace even as international MTS of Granular Di Ammonium Phosphte (GDAP) through one step international tender. companies continue to ramp up production from Basra’s vast oil fields. Unemployment, poor public services, electricity outages All of the qualified and interested companies are invited to receive tender documents from Wednesday (at the height of summer heat) and even contaminated water has stoked outrage. September 12, 2018 until Sunday September 23, 2018 (seven working days) from our purchasing The protests in Basra have been going committee ( located at the 9th floor, no. 1, fourth alley, Gandhi st., Tehran, Iran). on in one form or another for months, cul- minating last week in the burning of the headquarters of Iraqi political parties and even the Iranian consulate. The central gov- The bidders are requested to submit their letters of introduction, along with remittance ernment dispatched troops to the city and happening in Basra was a passing cloud These events add to the ongoing losses bill of I.Rials 1,200,000 to ASSC’s account no. 4001039704005791with SHEBA no. a curfew was put in place, restoring calm. that passed peacefully.” expected from Iran and Venezuela, two But the violence adds Iraq to the growing That remains to be seen. “It’s only other OPEC countries that have contributed IR250100004001039704005791 list of unstable OPEC countries that has a matter of time before Iraq becomes a to market tightening. “A higher oil price at the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran through payment order of SATNA or rattled the oil market. “This is a dangerous problem” Helima Croft, the chief commod- scenario is built on lower exports from Iran escalation in a critical time period in an ities strategist at RBC, told the Wall Street due to U.S. sanctions, capped U.S. shale PAYA with the 30 character identification code of 358039782263500650000000000006 unstable region,” said Sunni lawmaker Journal. If the situation between Iraq and output growth, instability in production in Salah al-Jubbouri, according to the Wall Iran escalates, “we are off to the races and countries like Libya and Venezuela and no will be possible. Street Journal. prices could add $10 a barrel,” she said. material negative impact from a U.S./China Oil production has not been affected, In another troubling development, gun- trade war on oil demand in the next 6-9 and the powerful players that wield influ- men stormed the headquarters of Libya’s months,” Harry Tchilinguirian, oil strategist The bid participants are required to submit their sealed and stamped envelopes containing offers ence in Iraq – namely, Iran and the United National Oil Company on Monday, shooting BNP Paribas, said at the Reuters Global States – both have an interest in not seeing and detonating explosives, killing at least two Oil Forum. “We see Brent trading above latest on Wednesday dated October 24, 2018 (during official working hours) to our security the situation deteriorate. Yet, Basra sud- people and injuring nearly a dozen others. $80 under (that) scenario.” office, located on the 8th floor. Meanwhile the meeting for the opening of the envelops will be denly looks unstable. And that is all the The NOC’s chairman, Mustafa Sanallah was Global oil inventories have declined to more notable because Iraq’s southern oil evacuated. The attack demonstrates “the “critical levels,” energy expert Robert Ray- on Saturday, dated October 27, 2018 at 3:00 PM with the presence of bidders’ representatives regions had avoided the ravages of war that need for additional measures to ensure mond said on CNBC last week. He argues plagued Iraq’s north after the advance of NOC is able to withstand those that seek that there is also serious supply trouble in our purchasing committee (9th floor, no.1, fourth alley, Gandhi St., Tehran, Iran). ISIS beginning in 2014. to halt Libya’s recovery,” he said. in the medium-term. “The industry, for The unrest has occurred against a back- Libya’s oil production has been volatile the last three years, has been chronically We would like to emphasize that the bid bond value should be at € 293000 or in equal value of drop of rising production and exports from and unstable, with a major outage at several underinvesting and continues to do so at Iraq. Iraq’s oil production stood at around ports in June that helped push prices up. a rate of only 60 percent of cash flow being any other foreign currencies, except US dollars, based on exchange rate of CBI on September 4.55 million barrels per day (mb/d) in July, Output fell from around 1 million barrels reinvested in the form of capex,” Raymond and exports recently hit a record of 3.59 per day earlier this year to as low as 664,000 argued. “The last time that happened [was] 02, 2018 for 30000 MT ± 5% in bank guarantee. mb/d. Iraq’s oil minister tried to frame the bpd in July, according to OPEC’s second- in 2004 and ‘05 which precipitated a spike situation as one under control. “Security ary sources. Production is thought to have to $147 a barrel.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU MAY REFER TO OUR WEBSITE www.assc.ir forces in Basra took measures to protect oil ramped up further in August, perhaps as That may be a problem for another day. AND http://iets.mporg.ir OR CONTACT US BY PHONE NO. 00982188776325. fields and foreign employees,” oil minister high as 970,000 bpd. But the latest attack In the near-term, the outages at more than Jabbar al-Luaibi told reporters in Bagh- is a glaring reminder that Libya is far from a few OPEC countries is helping put upward Public & International Relations Department dad. “Our message was clear and strong secure and battle between rival factions pressure on prices. Agricultural Support Services Company (ASSC) to oil majors that Iraq is safe and what is shows no signs of letting up. (Source: oilprice.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 INTERNATIONALANALYSIS & INTERVIEWSEPTEMBER 12, 2018 6

From Sweden to Brexit, Saudi Arabia’s ambitious immigration is the issue dividing Europe Vision 2030 plan in trouble By Bruce Riedel executions are a mainstay of Saudi life. But the repression is getting worse. The Saudi Vision 2030, the brainchild of Crown shakedown last year was unprecedented in Prince Mohammed bin Salman to reduce Saudi history. Some of those detained are the kingdom’s dependence on oil income, still under arrest. Public executions are is coming undone. The king has stripped more frequent. Prominent clerical critics away the central pillar of the project. The have been rounded up. Behind the scenes, country is becoming more autocratic and the war in Yemen adds to the pressure on the repressive. The slide toward greater repres- royal palace. The war is the crown prince’s sion is prompting capital flight. signature foreign policy initiative and it’s The centerpiece of the ambitious plan was become an expensive quagmire with no end to open up Aramco, the national oil com- in sight. Criticism of the war is widespread in pany, to outside investors. Five percent of the the Muslim world and the West. It is likely that company would be opened initially, creating there is mounting criticism in the kingdom, By Simon Jenkins an initial public offering, or IPO. The crown too. The Houthis are confident enough to stall prince estimated that the company would the United Nations’ call for talks in Geneva. be valued at $2 trillion, creating the world’s As always, the minority Shiite commu- The message is glaring from Sweden’s election result. There is largest IPO of $100 billion. nity is the first to be targeted. Repression one dominant issue in Europe’s politics at present, and it is im- From the beginning the plan had serious in the Eastern Province has been fierce and migration. It rules in Italy and Germany. It rules in Hungary and problems. The company was overvalued con- One authoritative estimate is that almost violent. A Saudi Shiite woman may face the Austria. It rules from Serbia to Scandinavia. It dominates every siderably. There were difficulties in finding $150 billion in capital has left the kingdom death sentence this fall, which is unprec- meeting of the leaders of the EU. It obsesses the United Kingdom, a stock exchange market. President Donald in the last two years. edented for a Saudi woman. except there it cloaks itself in the euphemism of “reaching trade Trump pressed the Saudis to select New York, Criticism from abroad is also prompting agreements with the rest of the world”. but there was a chance that a New York listing — added further difficulties. The shakedown administration’s decision to move the U.S. an erratic response. The withdrawal of Saudi Europe’s swing to the far right – or rather a surge in emotional would place the IPO at risk of being seized in underscored the absence of due process and Embassy to Jerusalem and to “take Jerusalem students from Canada is the best example. Ot- xenophobia – was inevitable from the moment the European the trial underway by claimants asserting that the rule of law in the kingdom and discouraged off the agenda” for a future peace agreement. tawa called for the freedom of some Saudi Union raced towards a single market in the 1980s, including an Saudi Arabia was a party to the Sept. 11 at- foreign investment. It also sparked major With the economic component of Vision women critics and Riyadh responded with open market in people across the continent. Of the four freedoms tacks. London has been compromised by the capital flight as the wealthy sought to pro- 2030 gone, the social reform process be- a temper tantrum that only further discour- of movement – in goods, services, capital and people – the first Brexit campaign, which is raising questions tect their assets abroad. One authoritative came more important. Letting women drive aged confidence in Saudi decision-making. to fail was always going to be people. about the future of the British banking sector. estimate is that almost $150 billion in capital has been the signature accomplishment for Several European countries have sus- An open border and the Schengen agreement on passport- At home, critics of the plan asserted it would has left the kingdom in the last two years. the social reform plan, but it has been badly pended arms sales to Saudi Arabia as long free travel came in before the mass movement of low-cost labour place the nation’s largest asset in the hands of The king decided to scrap his son’s plan in discredited by the government’s arrests of as the Yemeni war continues. Spain has just from eastern Europe, and before the youth migration from Asia foreigners, effectively reversing the Saudization June, according to well-sourced reports from numerous female advocates of gender re- joined Germany, Norway and Belgium in and Africa. Since geography renders Europe’s southern border of the oil industry. Other critics said the deal Riyadh. King Salman heard from numerous form. The arrests demonstrate the regime’s halting arms transfers. Congress is increas- porous, there is no way Europe’s governments, democratic or would force the government to open up the elements in the royal family who were opposed acute sensitivity to any kind of dissent at ingly hostile to further arms deliveries to the autocratic, will any longer tolerate unrestricted borders within government account and expose the role of to the plan and decided to shelve it and dis- home or criticism from abroad. Saudi-led coalition. Vision 2030 is still the the EU. the royal family in the profits of the business. solve the planning process for creating an IPO. The arbitrary detentions last fall and now government’s game plan. Its social reforms, The one thing that will be catastrophic will be to pretend The crown prince’s so-called anti-corrup- This is the second time this year that the of women are part of a broader trend of greater including women’s driving, opening cinemas otherwise. An organized and racist nationalism has risen in Swe- tion campaign last November — in which king has overruled his son on a major is- authoritarianism and repression in Saudi and entertainment facilities, are popular. But den to defy half a century of liberalism. The old liberal fallacy hundreds of prominent Saudis, including sue. Earlier this year the king took a much Arabia. Saudi Arabia has always been an ab- this will not reduce the country’s economic – that noble ideals will ultimately trump mere majorities – is members of the family, were detained and harder line on Jerusalem than the crown solute monarchy that stifles dissent. There dependence on oil. That vision is a mirage. crumbling at every election. We can cheer the sea captain who forced to hand over assets to the government prince. The king forcefully rejected the Trump is no freedom of assembly or speech. Public (Source: Al Monitor) pleads to land his refugees “out of common humanity”, but we cannot enforce his passengers on Europe’s citizens. There must be a pan-European regime, both to help frontier states police Europe’s southern border – on both sides of it – and to regulate Trump’s reputation precedes him. So does Woodward’s. and distribute migrants who do get across. But such a regime will Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” does not paint a different things could cool down. These revelations highlight the the president to questioning about the Russia probe in a never be accepted if individual European states cannot regain a picture of the early Trump White House than the one that dilemma facing public-spirited people working in Trump’s practice session in preparation for an interview with Muel- degree of sovereignty over their populations. Indeed any regime has already emerged from credible news organizations in executive branch. The United States would probably be worse ler. After a session filled with false statements, Trump went will depend on it. daily reporting on President Trump. Rather, the book fills off without the service of Cohn, Mattis and other adults. on an angry 30-minute rant. Dowd resigned two months It is tragic that the outcome of this debate – greater European in details of a presidency led by an ignorant, impulsive and But in the long term, does normalizing a man they know is later, apparently insistent that Trump is “not a good wit- migration control – would almost certainly have negated Brexit. dishonest narcissist — and the people around him who en- unfit do more damage? Can that service come at the cost of ness.” Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani has since built In the minds of most British voters, migration has nothing to able or restrain his worst instincts. implementing orders only somewhat less absurd than the a legal strategy on publicly trashing Mueller. Is attacking a do with economics or tariffs or trade regulation, except at the Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, Woodward, a ones these patriots hope to stop? lifelong public servant in defense of a man who cannot tell margin. This argument is not over trade, but over people being Post associate editor, describes the desperate measures that The calculation is simpler for senior members of Congress, the truth really what Giuliani wants to be remembered for? able to control their community’s character and pace of change. staff took to prevent the government from descending into such as House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Trump and other administration officials have attacked We can dismiss such control as licensed bigotry, intolerance and chaos. Former National Economic Council director Gary Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose role is to the Woodward book. They will have trouble impugning his nasty identity politics. That will not stop people voting. To them, Cohn reportedly swiped documents off Trump’s desk, which check the executive: They have let the president do and say credibility. Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary such rights are a cry for self-respect and values they hold dear. may have kept the United States in the North American Free too many outrageous things without serious pushback — and for President George W. Bush and no ally of the mainstream Either way, the debate cannot be ignored. Yet Britain’s gov- Trade Agreement and a South Korean trade pact. Perhaps watched as other congressional Republicans abused their media, tweeted, “I’ve been on the receiving end of a Bob ernment has still not set out its Brexit migration policy, beyond not coincidentally, Trump has ramped up trade wars against oversight authorities to cover for Trump. Woodward book. There were quotes in it I didn’t like. But a palpably “hostile welcome” to all incomers. Instead, West- allies and adversaries alike since Cohn left. The moral implications of their work should also weigh never once — never — did I think Woodward made it up. .?.?. minster warbles on about tariffs, trade and Boris Johnson. The Then there is Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who appar- heavily on the lawyers guiding the president through the in- Woodward always plays it straight.” Woodward’s reputation place has gone mad. ently complained about the president’s ignorance on foreign vestigation of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Woodward precedes him. So does Trump’s. (Source: The Guardian) affairs and slow-walked unhinged presidential orders until recounts how former Trump lawyer John Dowd subjected (Source: The Washington Post)

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Investigation on attacks on Iranian How can defend Human Rights while selling arms to consulate general in Basra Saudi Arabia? 1 The security forces are to blame for that destroyed Iraq and looted its assets and the chaos, torching the Iranian consulate and did not contribute to the Iraqi people in the settlements of the Hashad al-shaabi tribal war against ISIS. parties as Asad Al-Udani, the governor of Basra and Iraq should be protected from Basra had previously warned. He noted, “I conspiracies and the sinister triangle. The repeatedly said that the Basra’s chief police people of Basra must step up against the officer was taking bribes but no one listened.” American-Saudi plan and cut off relations Let’s just get one thing clear. The rioters with their enemies. who attacked Iranian consulate were not of Undoubtedly, the rioters’ efforts won’t go ordinary people but were from Ba’ath-takfiri far with the burning of the Iranian consulate group and Iraqi Jihadi officials had repeatedly in Basra and the movements of sworn ene- warned the central government against them mies of the Iranian and Iraqi peoples. The but to no avail. In every country, discontent two nations of Iran and Iraq have proven individuals of the various strata of the people can their solidarity throughout history, whether push the protests to the direction they wish for. in the great ceremony of Arbaeen Hosseini, As part of the deadly demonstration in the hospitality of the Iraqi people or the an- southern Iraq’s city of Basra, the Iranian ti-ISIS war in Iraq. consulate wasn’t the only building to be The two nations will be together and will set on fire, the headquarters of the Noja- stay together. The unity of the people of Iran By Noha Aboueldahab ba’ Movement, the Hashad al-shaabi, the and Iraq is unbreakable. It is natural for the Badr Organization, the building attributed enemies to be unhappy with the ties between YEMEN — Arms deals are not merely a financial transaction. to the Al-Da’wa party and many of the Iraqi condemned their crimes. The enemy knows all too well about the deep Iran and Iraq and the Iraqi Shiite travelers’ They are a powerful expression of political support and partner- political-military sites were also destroyed. The ravage in Basra is the conspiracy relationships and ties between the two neigh- who come for the pilgrimage of Imam Reza ship between two governments. When Stephen Harper signed Even a number of people in these buildings of the Saudis, the Zionist regime and the bors. The sinister triangle of Israel-U.S.-Saudi (PBUH) and Hazrat Masoumeh (SA) and other the $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia in 2014 – the largest were killed and wounded. According to Iraqi United States with the goal to create tension Arabia made attempts many times to target holy sites in Iran, as well as the presence of contract in Canada’s history – he attempted to justify the con- security officials, diplomats and staff of the between Iran and Iraq. The enemies of Iraq Basra, but they failed each time. However, the Iranian people in Iraq in Arbaeen. The troversial deal by pointing to Saudi Arabia as a partner in the consulate general of the Islamic Republic want to design Shiite-Shiite conflicts and this time, they took advantage of the wave of enemy is horrified of the unity among the fight against Islamic State. He also argued that cancelling the of Iran in Basra left the building before the seek to exploit individuals and groups who demonstrations and sent their mercenaries nations of the region. contract would unjustly punish the 3,000 Canadian workers onset of aggression. are more likely to oppose Iran. among demonstrators to burn Basra. The turbulence movements in Basra were who manufacture the weapons in London, Ont. The Iraqi resistance warriors are now at After the Zionist regime and its regional They burned state-owned centers and pub- thunderous by the Zionist-Wahhabi-Amer- Chrystia Freeland’s tweet last month, which called for the scene, trying to prevent more casualties. allies failed to fulfill their goal in the Iraqi lic funds, the offices of the Hashad al-shaabi ican triangular stumbling block. The Iraqi the release of detained human-rights activists in Saudi Ara- Iraqi security forces have also been deployed election, and to the contrary, they witnessed ‘s headquarters in Basra, out of a grudge they people and the People from Basra were well bia, triggered a Canadian-Saudi spat in which Saudi Arabia to Basra. The Iraqi people, political, military, the victory of resistance groups, they sought hold against Iran, because Tehran supported aware that their peaceful protests had been abruptly cut diplomatic and new-trade ties with Canada. It and jihadi institutions each condemned the to push Iraq towards instability and unrest. the Iraqis in the war against ISIS and Takfiris. thwarted by the rioters and they realized that also pulled thousands of Saudi scholarship students from insurgent acts by issuing separate statements. The plan was to create divisions between Iraq The role of the sinister triangle in Basra the order to attack the Iranian Consulate Canadian universities. Ordinary protesters in Iraq have also sepa- and Iran, especially on the verge of Muhar- becomes clear when the U.S. Consulate Gen- General and the Hashad al-shaabi’s centers Ms. Freeland’s tweet and previous calls by the Canadian rated route from the insurgents and strongly ram, Tasua, Ashura and Arbaeen Hosseini. eral was not touched in the chaos; a country was issued from outside Iraq. government for the release of arbitrarily detained activists and dissidents in Saudi Arabia are in line with Canada’s professed human-rights-conscious foreign policy. The continuation of its multibillion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia is most defi- Everything will return to normal after Trump’s gone: professor nitely not. By Fatemeh Mohammadipour are so different. With that said, I don’t think the old liberal climate. The UN Security Council has always been political. After Saudi Arabia’s punitive response to Ms. Freeland’s tweet, economic order is going away, but it does indicate that other, Some theoretician including John Mearsheim- she stated that Canada would continue to stand up for human TEHRAN — President Donald Trump has done a lot of non-western led, institutions will have an impact. Those er believe that one of the most important elements of rights at home and around the world. But Canada’s so-called questionable action since he was in office, including issues non-western institutions though are modeled on many of president Trump’s foreign policy is to move toward off- feminist and human-rights-oriented foreign policy rings hollow within the United States - changing members of the cabi- the old institutions and are not designed to replace them. shore balancing and reduction of troops and increasing in the ever-expanding gravesites of Yemen. net, advisers and dismissal of director - and issues outside As for the U.S. not paying, it’s because Trump is not a of animosity with Iran. Do you agree with this? Will the The war in Yemen, fought between the Yemeni Houthis and the United States, including the systematic withdrawal of normal president. I feel that once he is gone, things will go U.S. decrease the number of its troops in Middle East? the Saudi-led coalition, has caused one of the world’s worst hu- international treaties and economic and political tensions back to normal If we accept that the mentioned elements be the base for manitarian crises in which innocent Yemenis, especially children, with its former allies. While the U.S. president Donald Trump attended the Trump’s foreign policy, how will Washington confront continue to suffer death by air strikes, starvation and preventable A reporter at Tehran Times newspaper recently interviewed NATO and G7 summits with an aggressive approach toward with Iran’s regional influence? disease. Tom Phuong Le, Professor of Political Science, university Washington’s allies, he is trying to improve relation with A: John Mearsheimer is awful. I think his policy proposals Canada has actively and rightly supported the establishment of Pomona, USA. North Korea and Russia with a reconciling approach. Why? are always ad hoc, and it’s unclear when a country should of United Nations inquiries into the extensive war crimes being Following is the complete text of the interview with Pro- A: President Trump likes strong man tactics, so the au- offshore balance and when it should not according to his committed against innocent Yemenis. The most recent report fessor Tom Phuong Le: thoritarian leaders seem to appeal to him more. He also theory. With Trump, it seems like he is slowly increasing emphasizes that all parties to the conflict may be responsible Nowadays we are witnessing great gaps and differ- likes to do things that upset establishment politicians. It’s the U.S. footprint in the Middle East, so I don’t think he is for war crimes, but that the Saudi-led coalition’s actions have ences among G7 member states while SCO member states a very strange way to do foreign policy. listening to Mearsheimer. Trump doesn’t read. He just does been the “leading direct cause of civilian deaths and destruction” are moving forward more convergence. Some believe that International community is experiencing a new area things according to his guy feelings. in Yemen. the orders and the regimes created after World War II are in which while the U.S. is retreating from the old orders Reacting to President Trump’s remarks calling EU Notably, the report calls for the halting of the provision of declining and because of this reason the U.S. is not going and regimes, China is trying to impose its own orders and as the U.S. foe, Donald Tusk, president of the European arms that may be used in the conflict in Yemen, highlighting the to pay the costs of regimes like NATO, WTO and different regimes by reviewing ancient Silk Road project. To what Council asked Trump and Putin not to disturb world order. significance attached to the detrimental impact of such arms free trade treaties like NAFTA… What do you think of this? extent the developments in the Middle East especially in Do you think that Trump and Putin are going to create a sales on the perpetration of crimes in Yemen. Why the U.S. is not ready to pay the costs of the regimes Syria are affected by international systems structure which new world order? If your answer is yes, how will the new That Canada continues to supply Saudi Arabia with arms, and orders as before? is changing? polarization be in the new order? despite the horrific atrocities being committed in Yemen on a A: I think the GAPs are more between President Trump A: I think Syria is the great tragedy if IR because states A: Russia is weaker than people thing, especially eco- daily basis by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, is puzzling and the G7 members, not among the G7 members them- have not been able to work together to solve that crises. The nomically. I don’t think Putin and Trump can remake the – if not absurd. selves. If anything, Trump has made them closer. As for one belt one road initiative is more of an economic thing that world order. They don’t have any idea of a replacement Canada’s arms-control regulations prevent the export of arms SCO, it has always been the superpowers calling the shots has little to do with Syria. The way I see it, the UN Security system. However, they can weaken it and lead states to be in cases where there is a substantial risk that they will be used to with the smaller countries riding along. So I don’t think Council needs to work together to address the Syrian cri- less collective in addressing world issues, like climate change, commit human-rights violations. This stipulation was reiterated they are a good comparison because their size and scope ses, but its problems are not unique to the current political free trade, and humanitarian crises. by Ms. Freeland herself earlier this year. Why Iran prefers the Eastern bloc

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Heart attack, or unstable angina improvement in their nutrition,” are two well-known heart conditions which are both IRNA quoted Zahra Abdollahi as acute coronary syndromes. saying on Tuesday. According to heart.org smoking, high blood pressure, She further regretted that the high blood cholesterol, diabetes, physical inactivity, be- main problem kids are currently ing overweight or obese, and a family history of chest facing is overweight or obesity, pain, heart disease or stroke are the risk factors which which are rising sharply and could make it more likely for people to suffer acute coronary endanger children’s health. syndromes. “Obesity has affected 20 percent Avoiding and controlling these risk factors would of the students in the country, as consumption of fast food and simply save many from the disease, she said. carbonated beverages have risen which are the major causes of Thankfully, the Ministry of Health, has succeeded in obesity and overweight,” she explained. She also said that obesity controlling the disease by designing and implementing and overweight are more dangerous in children and teenagers, since plans, Fars quoted her as saying on Tuesday. overweight kids are more prone to becoming overweight adults. 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But they can make the most of their potential times, the pain can be unpredictable or get worse even are dying, and an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) which mesh tube, may be permanently placed in the artery to by developing healthy eating habits and being physically active. with rest, both hallmark symptoms of unstable angina. can diagnose an acute coronary syndrome by measuring keep it open. For hospitals not equipped to do angioplasty The top foods that increase height in children are milk, fresh People who experience chronic chest pain resulting from the heart’s electrical activity. quickly, drugs may be used to dissolve blood clots, but fruits and vegetables, grains, oatmeal, eggs, chicken, soybeans, years of cholesterol buildup in their arteries can develop If tests confirm blood flow to the heart has been blocked, more hospitals are making the procedure available in dairy Based Food, beef and fish. 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Sohe’d tuckhis lost use of his hands and arms first, which meant he couldn’t including Knoke, tosurviveformorethan20years. until hediedearlierthisyear–oneofjust5percentpatients, physicist StephenHawkinglivedwiththediseasefor55years within five years, according to the ALS Association, although death in results it usually cure,and cause or There’sknown no lar functionsuntilapersonisunabletowalk, talkorbreathe. says hiswifePamelaKnoke. that helpshimcommunicate,back” thankstonewtechnology has abigsmileonhisface, becausehe’s gothisindependence mation, hesaid. transfor digital of result the as organization in state-run increase efficiency and decrease waiting in queue for public Ministry planstodevelope-government,jobopportunities, efficiency in different fields of energy. mation TechnologyOrganization(ITO)saidonMonday. problems, andthelackoftransparency, theheadofInfor challenges likewatershortage,oildependency, environmental TECHNOLOGY desk (Source: startups.co.uk) “He’s notretired–hedoesn’tknowthemeaningofthat But he didn’t stop working; he simply moved his office player,Knoke tennis and cyclist,weightlifter Once anavid Information andCommunicationTechnology(ICT) The Rasoul SaraeianaddedthattheITindustryalsoincreases The coupleremodeledtheirtwo-storytownhousenear ALS, alsoknownasLou Gehrig’s disease, erodesmuscu dustry isasolutiontodifferentnational TEHRAN — ThedevelopmentofITin- that simple! its search results.It’s in thoritativepages Google wantstoshow interestingandau This leadstosearch enginesuccessbecause authoritative.and interesting are pages link toyourpagesandshowsGoogle your so longasotherwebpageslinkto them. pages havethepotentialtorankin Google pages.Insimpletermsyour web other web lyzing the number and quality of links from considers relevant andauthoritative. it pages to links displays Google results rankings.engine Insearch search improve name giventoactivitythatattempts SEO orSearchEngineOptimizationisthe What isSEOinsimplewords Great Content encourages people to people encourages Content Great ana by measured mostly is Authority MakeYourSite Appearin Google SEPTEMBER 12,2018 - - - - leading tolastyear’s releaseofEyeControlforWindows10. of eye-trackingtechnologytohelppeoplewithdisabilities, crosoft Researchteamwasformedtoexplorethepotential athon, in2014.TheprojectwassopopularthatanewMi Hack first company’s the during eyes his with drive him ALS, outfitted a wheelchair with electronic gadgets to help player Steve Gleason, whohadlosttheuseofhislimbsto day. And fittingly, Eye Control itself began with a wheelchair. Knoke’s conditionuntilhesuddenlysawhiminawheelchairone the ATMsystemKnokehadimplemented,hadn’t knownabout Trackerhardwaretousewiththesoftware. Eye his versionofashoutandimmediatelyorderedtheTobii newEyeControlfeatureinWindows10,the heletloosewith about Alvarado’spost friend Juan his researching,saw and when Knoke,But whospendstwohoursadayreadingblogs speechandincreasinghisisolation.taking awayhislimited and PowerBI dashboards. spreadsheets Excel navigated he as another to screens inch nearby tomovethecursorfromonecornerofhistwo32- Pamela needed he and cumbersome, was it But keyboard. a trackballmousewithhisfoottotypeanon-screen floor and didn’t have to navigate stairs. Otto learned to use Guatemala City so he had everything he needed on the first resources. government expensesandoptimizetheusageofenergy country, hesaid. istheonlywaydealwithenergychallengesin agement the field of energy. ment of digital marketing are the benefit of IT approach in improve and economy digital of share biggest the energy, of digitaltransformationinthecountry. Alvarado, who met Knoke as a database consultant working on Alvarado, whometKnokeasadatabaseconsultantworkingon A tracheotomywasputinhisthroattohelphimbreathe, The synergy in the field of technology and resource man The development of smart infrastructures in the field of results the governmentas smart and city smart named He Microsoft employees, inspired by former pro football pro former by inspired employees, Microsoft He calledthesmartindustryasagreatwaytodecrease - - the top ofitsrankingssoit’sthe yourjobto that waslittleunderstood byoutsidersit’s SEO. Having saidthat, iftherewasever anindustry respects it’s simply quality control for websites. relevant towhatthesiteisoffering. In many found insearchenginesforwordsand phrases simple activityofensuringawebsite canbe and sustainableGooglerankings. nals. Thisvirtuouscirclecreates strong Google picksupontheseauthority sig in blogs,twitterfeedsetc., andovertime useful becausecontentisshared This involves writing content people find thatbecomeauthoritypages. create pages Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the Search EngineOptimizationorSEO is the Google promotesauthoritypagesto HowDoesGoogleRankPages? (Source: news.microsoft.com) (Source: redevolution.com) - - - - - I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 SCIENCE 11

Research shows coastal erosion in Japan’s new supercomputer is the fastest ever for the Arctic intensifies global warming astronomy research: study The loss of Arctic permafrost deposits by coastal mainly plant remains. When the permafrost Scientists have incredibly powerful telescopes at their disposal erosion could amplify climate warming via thaws, bacteria start degrading the ancient today like Hubble and the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Even the greenhouse effect. A study using sediment biomass, and their metabolism releases the more powerful instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope samples from the Sea of Okhotsk on the eastern greenhouses gases carbon dioxide and methane. and Extremely Large Telescope are coming down the pike. How- coast of Russia led by AWI researchers revealed Carbon dioxide level ever, observations will only get you so far. To understand how the that the loss of Arctic permafrost at the end of We now know that about 11,500, 14,600 universe works, scientists often need to turn to computer simu- the last glacial period led to repeated sudden and 16,500 years ago, significant and sudden lations. Those simulations are getting more powerful thanks to a increases in carbon dioxide concentration in rises in the carbon dioxide level in the atmos- new Japanese supercomputer called ATERUI II. It’s the fastest the atmosphere. phere occurred, but the reasons for these three system in the world dedicated entirely to astronomy research. Today, the exact magnitude of the future rapid fluctuations remain poorly understood. ATERUI II lives at the National Astronomical Observatory increase in greenhouse gas concentrations In order to investigate the causes, a group of of Japan (NAOJ) and currently ranks as number 83 on the top remains unknown. This is partly due to the researchers led by AWI geologists Dr. Maria 500 list of most powerful supercomputers. Most of these devices fact that carbon dioxide is not only produced Winterfeld and Prof Dr. Gesine Mollenhauer are shared among multiple fields or exist only for government by humans burning gas, coal and oil; it can set off for the Sea of Okhotsk. use, but ATERUI II is all about making astronomical research also find its way into the atmosphere as a “Originally, we assumed that at the time, faster and better. result of natural environmental processes. the vast Amur River carried tremendous quan- The new ATERUI II is a Cray XC50 system that is three times The positive feedback between warming tities of plant material from the hinterland, more powerful than its predecessor. Researchers brought it online in June with more than 40,000 total processing cores support- and the release of ever-increasing amounts Russia, they were able to show that several to depths of up to several hundred meters. which microorganisms in the water then broke of carbon dioxide from natural sources is a down into carbon dioxide. So we collected ing up to three quadrillion operations per second (that’s more thousand years ago, large quantities of carbon Some areas have been frozen since the than three-thousand teraflops). It uses Intel Xeon Gold 6148 particular threat. In order to enable a better dioxide were released from Arctic permafrost last glacial period 20,000 years ago or even sediment samples from the sea floor, which assessment of whether, and how, such de- we then analyzed.” processors. Each one costs around $3,000 and comes equipped due to a rapid rise of sea level. Permafrost is longer. Like a giant freezer, permafrost soils with 20 cores (40 threads) with a maximum frequency of 3.7GHz velopments are possible, climate researchers ground that remains frozen year-round down preserve huge quantities of dead biomass, The findings were surprising: Deep in the study records from the past to find evidence sediment, the researchers found evidence of and 27.5MB of cache. ATERUI II also packs a whopping 385 of these events. plant remains that had been deposited on the terabytes of RAM. Arctic permafrost Like a giant freezer, permafrost soils sea floor. These were several thousand years All this hardware makes ATERUI II ideal for parallel computing. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener preserve huge quantities of dead older than the surrounding deposits, which The team believes it will be one of the most capable multitasking Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and made it clear that they must have originated supercomputers in the world. That should allow ATERUI II to break Marine Research (AWI) together with col- biomass, mainly plant remains. When in extremely old permafrost that for some a simulation into multiple pieces and work away at it from multiple leagues from Copenhagen and Zurich have the permafrost thaws, bacteria start reason had suddenly thawed. Particularly large angles. More than 150 teams are already on the roster to use ATERUI now found evidence of this phenomenon for amounts of these plant remains were washed II before the end of the year, and they’re reportedly excited about the Arctic permafrost regions. degrading the ancient biomass, and their into the sea 11,500, 14,600 and 16,500 years what the computer can do. (Source: extremetech.com) As the authors report in the journal Nature metabolism releases the greenhouses ago. But the Amur’s discharge rate was not Communications, through their investigations gases carbon dioxide and methane. significantly higher at those times. along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern (Source: phys.org) How supermassive black holes emerged from X-rays Scientists detect many more fast radio Scientists find stable sea levels in the early universe

bursts from a galaxy far, far away during last interglacial Black holes generally form when a star collapses in on itself Researchers with the University of Cali- The last interglacial period about 127,000 and explodes as a supernova. The largest of these, known as fornia, Berkeley’s SETI Research Center to 116,000 years ago was the last time sea supermassive black holes, have a mass equivalent to more than Breakthrough Listen team have deployed level was as high as or even higher than one million suns. Astronomers do not know exactly how these new neural net technology to help analyze present-day sea-level. monster black holes come to be — one theory is they swallow the reams of data they’ve collection — and Understanding sea level change dur- huge quantities of matter over billions of years, while another is they quickly discovered a set of mysterious, ing the last interglacial period, a time that they are formed from a cluster of black holes that eventually as-of-yet unexplained fast radio bursts from when the earth was slightly warmer the merge into one. a distant galaxy, per TechCrunch. present, is an important research area Both of these, however, require time. And this is something Fast radio bursts are fast, enormously for understanding future sea level rise supermassive black holes from the early universe did not have. energetic pulses originating from galaxies far due to global warming. There is evidence to suggest supermassive black holes were present away that are currently poorly understood by The magnitude and trajectory of just 800 million years after the Big Bang, which is just a blink of scientists. Theories explaining their origin sea-level change during the Last Inter- the eye cosmologically speaking. include that they are caused by polarized of the observations. But Gerry Zhang, a glacial, more specifically Marine Isotope 116,000 years ago,” said Victor Polyak the A third way that has been proposed is a “direct collapse” black waves traveling through strong magnetic graduate student at UC Berkeley and part Stage (MIS) 5e, is uncertain. To date the first author and co-principal investiga- hole, which mitigates the need for a star. This says that if a gas fields in dense plasma (such as from a neu- of the Breakthrough Listen project, created consensus view has been that sea-level tor and senior research scientist in the cloud is massive enough it can collapse under its own gravity to tron star in the cosmic neighborhood of a a convolutional neural network system that may have been six to nine meters above UNM Department of Earth and Planetary form a black hole. galactic core’s supermassive black hole or would theoretically scour the data set more present sea level, values that require addi- Sciences. In a study Kirk Barrow, from Stanford University, and col- within dense, magnetized nebulas). effectively. tional melting of Greenland and the West “While this is a well-studied period, we leagues from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Los Alamos Most fast radio bursts are one-off events. Sure enough, the machine learning model Antarctic ice sheet and that there was still do not know the exact behavior of sea National Laboratory, New Mexico, have now found that direct According to a University of California, Berke- picked out 72 more FRBs in the same period. one or more oscillations of up to several level during MIS-5e. What we know for collapse black holes can account for supermassive black holes ley press release, the researchers “trained an Suggesting an artificial origin meters superimposed. certain is that sea level was higher when — and what’s more, they should be able to test their theory in algorithm known as a convolutional neural According to the press release, though, the However, scientists at The University climate was 1 to 2 °C warmer 120,000 the very near future. network” to replicate traditional methods of researchers did not find anything to suggest of New Mexico (UNM) and the University years ago. For this reason, the history of “There is a limit to how fast something a black hole can grow,” detecting the bursts. They set that algorithm an artificial origin — they detected no pattern of South Florida (USF) and their inter- MIS-5e sea level is important as an analog Barrow told Newsweek. “Some fraction of matter falling into a to work analyzing five hours’ worth of data to the bursts, “at least if the period of that national team of collaborators aren’t so for what will happen to current sea level black hole is converted into light that radiates out and pushes from FRB 121102, a source of fast radio bursts pattern is longer than about 10 milliseconds.” sure that those sea level fluctuations are with warming climate into the future.” back against the in-falling gas. One theory is that, under the billions of light years away, and the only one However, the method detailed in the re- accurate. Until now, the best sea level mark- right conditions, a massive black hole can form directly from a known to emit them repeatedly. search could be used to gather much more Last interglacial period ers were corals, because some species large, collapsing well of primordial gas and thus reach a higher Many more bursts data about fast radio bursts than before, which According to new research published grow very close to sea level, and corals mass more quickly.” (Source: Newsweek) In a study that has been accepted for could ultimately help scientists conclude their on September 10, in the journal Nature can be dated with the uranium-thorium publication in The Astrophysical Journal, origin. It’s probably not aliens (and if it was, Geoscience titled, “A highly resolved re- method. Important reconstructions of the researchers found that FRB 121102 had they’d almost certainly be very long dead), cord of relative sea-level in the western MIS-5e sea level have been made from Peatlands will store more emitted many more bursts than previously but that doesn’t make the mystery any less Mediterranean Sea during the Last In- such coral studies. detected. fascinating. terglacial period,” these scientists pres- The “best studies of MIS-5e sea level carbon initially, but that The data comes from the Green Bank “This work is only the beginning of us- ent a well-dated relative sea level record have suggested that sea level during this will change Telescope in West Virginia (above), which ing these powerful methods to find radio from the island of Mallorca in the western period was 6 to 9 meters above present was pointed toward this source of fast and transients,” UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Mediterranean Sea for MIS-5e based on sea level, and that there were likely signif- Peatlands are extremely effective at storing carbon, but an interna- bright (hence the name) bursts for five Gerry Zhang, who led the research, said in the occurrence of phreatic overgrowths icant drops during the MIS-5e sea level tional study featuring a University of Queensland researcher has hours in August of 2017. Believe it or not, a Breakthrough Listen press release. “We on speleothems forming near sea level. highstand,” said Polyak. “This is alarming, found climate change could stop that. that five-hour session yielded 400 terabytes hope our success may inspire other serious “Globally, the climate was warmer by 1 because it suggests that if we warm our The group investigated how peatlands -- swamps and bogs with of transmission data. endeavors in applying machine learning to to 2 °C during the part of the Last Intergla- climate by 1 to 2 °C, we might cause sea organic rich soils -- have responded to climate variability between Initial “standard” algorithms identified radio astronomy.” cial Period referred to as Marine Isotope level to rise 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 feet). 850 BCE and 1850 CE. 21 FRBs, all happening in one hour’s worth (Source: gizmodo.com) Stage 5e (MIS-5e) between 127,000 and (Source: eurekalert.org) Associate Professor Patrick Moss, from UQ’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, believes the research is critical in under- standing how climate affects the absorption properties of peatlands. Engineers accurately predict how electromagnetic waves and magnetic materials interact “So as our world warms, it’s important to know how their carbon UCLA Samueli engineers have developed a radio wave passes through such materials, limits in the design of consumer electronics. equations, which describe how electricity uptake might change, with possibly big repercussions for the future. a new tool to model how magnetic mate- a magnetic material acts like a gatekeeper, “Our new computational tool address- and magnetism work and the Landau-Lif- “Carbon is absorbed as peatland plants grow, and eventually rials, which are used in smartphones and letting in the signals that are desired, but es these problems by giving electronics shitz-Gilbert equation, which describes how turns into peat itself, but at the same time decomposing plants and other communications devices, interact with keeping out others. They can also amplify designers a clear path toward figuring out magnetization moves inside a solid object. microbes release it, so it’s a fine balance.” incoming radio signals that carry data. It the signal, or dampen the speed and strength how potential materials would be best used The study’s lead author Zhi Yao is a post- accurately predicts these interactions down of the signal. in communications devices,” said Yuanxun doctoral scholar in Wang’s laboratory. Co-au- to the nanometer scales required to build Engineers have used these gatekeeper-like “Ethan” Wang, a professor of electrical and thors are Rustu Umut Tok, a postdoctoral state-of-the-art communications technologies. effects, called “wave-material interactions,” computer engineering who led the research. scholar in Wang’s laboratory, and Tatsuo The tool allows engineers to design new to make devices used in communications “Plug in the characteristics of the wave and Itoh, a distinguished professor of electrical classes of radio frequency-based components technologies for decades. For example, these the magnetic material, and users can easily and computer engineering at UCLA and the that are able to transport large amounts of include circulators that send signals in specific model nanoscale effects quickly and accu- Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical En- data more rapidly, and with less noise inter- directions or frequency-selective limiters that rately. To our knowledge, this set of models is gineering. Itoh is also Yao’s co-advisor. ference. Future use cases include smartphones reduce noise by suppressing the strength of the first to incorporate all the critical physics The team is working to improve the tool to implantable health monitoring devices. unwanted signals. necessary to predict dynamic behavior.” to account for multiple types of magnetic and Magnetic materials can attract or repel Picture of magnetism The study was published in the June 2018 non-magnetic materials. These improvements each other based on their polar orientation Current design tools are not comprehensive print issue of IEEE Transactions on Micro- could lead it to become a “universal solver,” The research revealed that the capacity for carbon to build up in -- positive and negative ends attract each and precise enough to capture the complete wave Theory and Techniques. able to account for any type of electromagnetic peatlands was much higher in temperate regions during warmer other, while two positives or two negatives picture of magnetism in dynamic systems, such The computational tool is based on a meth- wave interacting with any type of material. periods, but was much less during the same warm periods in the repel. When an electromagnetic signal like as implantable devices. The tools also have od that jointly solves well-known Maxwell’s (Source: eurekalert.org) tropics. “This suggests that carbon accumulation is lower under warmer climate regimes,” Associate Professor Moss said. “This has important ramifications as it suggests that peatland BMI Celebrates 90th Establishment Anniversary carbon sinks will initially store more carbon -- counteracting warm- Bank Melli Iran (BMI) celebrated its 90th foundation an- to spend all their assets for setting up an Iranian bank before and after its establishment, it can be concluded ing to some extent -- before switching to releasing more carbon and niversary, the Public Relations Dept. of the bank reported. named ‘Bank Melli Iran’. that activities of the bank are incomparable with previous reinforcing global warming. For many years, noble people of the country tried their Now, 90 years have passed since the establishment of the years. today, most customers of the bank do not need to “Applying this information to future climate change scenarios utmost effort to get rid of domineering policies of strangers. bank in Iran. the bank that had few number of branches has refer to the branches personally for running their banking suggests that the present day peatland carbon sink will increase In this regard, arrogance powers targeted Iranian banking presently established various branches in other countries. activities, rather, they can receive services without any slightly until 2100 CE, but then decline.” industry and left no stone unturned for weakening and Undoubtedly, thw bank has contributed financially in presence directly to the bank branches. Associate Professor Moss’s observations were made at Moon undermining Iran’s banking industry. The issue was so all development projects across the nation in a way that Presently, Bank Melli Iran is considered as the larg- Point on Fraser Island -the only site in Australia and New Zealand serious that British bankers even printed the banknotes Bank Melli Iran has financed many development projects in est and most important bank in the Islamic world. It is and one of the few in the Southern Hemisphere included in the study. of the country. the country including construction of schools, rural roads, hoped that this bank will be turned into one of the largest UQ and the University of Exeter have collaborated on the research This situation was intolerable for Iranians. The issue health houses, etc. banks in the world, the Public Relations Dept. of the bank and are considering further studies into peatlands and carbon dy- was so important that most Iranians showed their interest Drawing a comparison between activities of the bank concluded. namics in Australia, Indonesia and South America. (Source: Science Daily) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Tehran Municipality requires 14% of total waste in Iran produced $600m to renew public transport fleet in northern coastal cities: report SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The TEHRAN — In a letter to the minister of desk deskinterior, Tehran mayor put in a request for amount of waste gen- a total budget of 25 trillion rials (nearly $600 million) for erated in the northern provinces of the renovation of public transportation fleet in the capital, YJC country, neighboring the Caspian Sea, is reported on Monday. snowballing at a rate of over 7,000 tons a One of the main Municipality’s plans is to raise funds through day, holding accountable for 14 percent of projects, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Afshani said. the total daily 50,000 tons of waste pro- “We have demanded the Ministry of Interior to earmark a duction in the country. budget of 20 trillion rials (nearly $475 million) for the public In the past few years, the amount of transport fleet and some 5 trillion rials (about $125 million) for waste produced in the three northern subway development,” he added. provinces of Mazandaran, Golestan and Moreover, Mohsen Pourseyyed Aqaei, deputy mayor of Gilan has risen sharply to alarming rates, Tehran for traffic and transport affairs, said on Sunday that Khabaronline reported. in order to implement a 4-year plan to address Tehran per- Sirous Vatankhah, secretary of energy sistent air pollution, government should allocate some $2 technologies development headquarters at billion, which seems unlikely considering the current economic Science and Technology Vice-presidency told hardships the country is facing. ISNA that there is a significant relationship Tehran’s governor general Mohammad Hossein Moqimi between the prevalence of various diseases also said on Sunday that some 5,000 new buses should be and the amount of waste generation, which added to Tehran transport fleet, otherwise air pollution will must be considered a “danger sign” that not be tackled effectively. needs urgent measures to contain the issue. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Tehran Diseases such as tetanus, typhoid, intesti- is one of the most air polluted cities in the world, which is ranked nal parasites, bloody diarrhea, poliomyelitis 12th among 26 megacities in terms of ambient PM10 levels. In or infantile paralysis and skin lesions are 2016, the annual ambient level of PM10 was estimated at 77 mi- among the diseases caused by solid waste crograms per cubic meter, which is almost four times the WHO’s pollution in water, air and soil. recommended threshold of 20 micrograms per cubic meter. On the other hand, a large part of these living in the northern parts of the country, waste generation in northern Iran, a special expensive than the electricity distributed Tehran’s air pollutants are not limited to particulate matter thousand tons of waste is ending up in the are also endangered. working group has been set up, and the by the ministry. Therefore, the Ministry of less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM 10), but O3 and PM Caspian Sea and the forests, which can lead Deputy environment chief Masoud Tajri- Ministry of Interior has presented some Energy believes that electricity generated 2.5, which are mainly emitted by cars and have made the cap- to many changes in the environmental cycles. shi has referred to the poor waste disposal plans in this manner. from waste incineration is not economi- ital’s residents breathe foul air even during hot summer days. Moreover, Hossein Niaz Azari, member in the coastal cities of the country, saying He went on to say that unfortunately, the cally justified. Although, cars are the most plentiful vehicles in Tehran, of the parliament, said that some 104 aquat- that “Unfortunately, we face not only the biggest problem is that these wastes cannot But the more these debates continue heavy-duty vehicles including buses and trucks are the ic species have been living in the Caspian problem of identifying a proper place for be dumped, and must be burned, so, the on how to get energy from the waste most polluting ones accounting for 85 percent of the air Sea in the past years, while most of them waste disposal, but sewers being discharged investor must be sure that the electricity burning machines, the more the northern pollution in the city. have gone extinct due to the high amount into all rivers and lakes. generated by the waste burning machines part of the country drowns in waste, he of waste entering the sea. In such case, mostly tourists who are is economically viable. regretted. On top of that, although Mazandaran littering the northern coast are blamed, Referring to the challenges ahead of For this reason, Issa Kalantari, head of forests have a long history of rare species, however, the other main reason behind waste management, he noted that “Our the Department of Environment, proposed Hour al-Azim still on fire, in recent years, due to improper dumping is the lack of proper equipment for waste big challenge is in waste burning in the a new way to cope with the issue, and said of waste in these forests, some precious management and recycling, he added. northern parts of the country is a debate that “northern part of the country is a vic- belching acrid smoke into species are extinct and can only be found Tajrishi further explained that accord- between the Ministry of Interior and the tim of poor waste management, so, wastes in the history books, he regretted. ing to an order issued by the president Ministry of Energy, because the electricity must be burned and we demand that forget Khuzestan sky He added that various wild animal species [Hassan Rouhani] to follow the issue of used by the waste incinerators is much more about generating energy”.

ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — It’s been over 65 days since deskHour al-Azim wetland, a transboundary 4 human errors caused 80% of road crashes in month body of water shared between Iran and Iraq, has erupted in SOCIETY TEHRAN — Just four traffic violations 2017-March 2018), while the highest number of fatalities raging fire and now large amounts of acrid smoke is being desk spread in the cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr in southern have contributed to 80 percent of road happened in the sixth Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar parts of Khuzestan province. accidents occurred in the country during the fifth Iranian (August 23-September 22), amounting to 1,764 deaths. According to ISNA news agency over the past two and three calendar month of Mordad (July 23-August 22), Nader Meanwhile, on average 3.3 people dies of car crashes per days the smoke rising from the fire in the Iraqi part of the Rahmani, a senior traffic police official has said. hour in the country, so, every 18 minutes an individual is wetland has been billowing in Abadan and Khorramshahr. Reckless driving by 32 percent, driving an unsafe speed killed due to such incidents, Tasnim reported on Tuesday. Ali Fat’hi-Nia, chief of Abadan department of environment by 21 percent, running in the wrong lane by 14 percent and Additionally, as per the data published last year, by Iran’s said on Monday that with the onset of autumn the climatic failure to yield to another vehicle with the right-of-way by forensics organization, some 45.5 percent of the casualties conditions of the area is changing and northerly winds are 13 percent were the most important causes of road acci- were died by the collision of two vehicles, 20.8 percent also pushing the fire smoke into the western cities in the province. dents happened in the country during the second month were died being hit by cars and 24.7 percent of the deaths Earlier the wildfire was belching out choking smoke in of summer, he explained. happened due to car rollovers. cities including Ahvaz, Howeyzeh, Mahshahr, Susangerd, He further added that some 59 percent of the cars, 21 As some 5,497 lost their lives in traffic-related accidents Hamidiyeh and Bostan located in western parts of Khuz- percent of the motorcycles and 11 percent of the heavy ve- over the first 4 months of the current Iranian calendar year estan province. hicles have contributed to car crashes in the past month. (March 21-July 22), which indicates a 2.5-percent increase Deputy environment chief Masoud Tajrishi also said on According to the statistics compiled by the forensics compared to the same period last year, more attention of Monday that it is almost impossible to put out the fire on organization, some 16,201 individuals were killed in road the officials, and especially drivers are essential to prevent land and using aircrafts to contain the fire has so far worked crashes during the [Iranian calendar year of] 1396 (March the increase of these disastrous incidents. to some extent, Fars news agency reported. Tajrishi also said that over a phone conversation he had two weeks ago on his trip to Khuzestan with Iraqi environ- UN chief warns of a dangerous tipping point on climate change ment minister he invited him to Iran to negotiate the issue. Warning of the risks of “runaway” global start Dec. 3 in Katowice, will be wheth- forum in an apparent effort to increase to the insurance company Allianz, which He also highlighted that the wetland is completely dry warming, the United Nations secretary er countries, especially industrialized pressure on national governments. has promised to stop insuring coal fired in Iraq and as soon as the fire is extinguished it will break general, António Guterres, on Monday countries that produce a large share of The Paris Agreement aims to keep power plants — though he said such ac- out again, but the wetland doesn’t catch fire in Iran as it is called on global leaders to rein in climate global emissions, will set higher targets temperatures from rising more than 2 tions are plainly insufficient. covered in shallow water. change faster. for reducing their emissions. degrees Celsius from preindustrial lev- “These are all important strides,” Mr. On Saturday, head of Khuzestan province’s department of “If we do not change course by 2020, “The time has come for our leaders to els in order to avoid what scientists call Guterres said. “But they are not enough. environment Ahmadreza Lahijanzadeh explained that if the we risk missing the point where we can show they care about the people whose fate the most catastrophic impacts of climate The transition to a cleaner, greener future fire continues in the region the number of birds migrating avoid runaway climate change,” Mr. they hold in their hands,” Mr. Guterres change. needs to speed up.” to the wetland since mid-autumn will certainly decrease. Guterres said at United Nations head- said, without taking questions from re- But few countries are even close to He warned that governments were not quarters in New York. porters. “We need to rapidly shift away meeting the targets they set under the meeting their Paris Agreement commit- “Climate change is the defining issue from our dependence on fossil fuels.” Paris pact. And an assessment by the ments and goaded world leaders to step up. LEARN ENGLISH of our time, and we are at a defining mo- Mr. Guterres’s speech came days before United Nations found that country targets “What we still lack, even after the Paris ment,” he said. “Scientists have been telling a high-level climate meeting in San Fran- so far would achieve only one-third of Agreement, is leadership and the ambition Applying CPR us for decades. Over and over again. Far cisco, spearheaded by Gov. Jerry Brown the global target. to do what is needed,” he said. too many leaders have refused to listen.” of California, meant to demonstrate what Mr. Guterres sought to make the case Mr. Guterres did not mention any coun- A: Hello everyone and welcome to our CPR for beginners course. His remarks came with countries around businesses and local leaders have done that a shift away from fossil fuels like oil tries or any heads of state by name. But First of all, does anyone know what CPR stands for? the world far short of meeting the goals they to tackle climate change. and coal would create jobs and bolster looming large over his remarks was the B: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation! set for themselves under the 2015 Paris The United Nations chief seems to be economies. Rebutting critics who argue leader of world’s most powerful country: A: That’s right! We apply CPR in the case of cardiac arrest accord to reduce the emissions that have taking a page from Mr. Brown’s playbook. that such a shift would be costly, he called President Trump, who has dismissed cli- or pulmonary arrest. warmed the planet over the last century. He, too, is looking beyond national leaders that idea “hogwash.” mate science, rolled back environmental B: What does that mean? The next round of climate negotiations is to make a difference. He has invited heads He cited the steps private companies regulations and vowed to pull the United A: Well, basically if your heart stops pumping blood, or your scheduled for this year in Poland. of industry and city government leaders are taking to wean themselves away from States out of the Paris climate accord. lungs stop pumping air, then we need to get them going again! One of the big tests at those talks, which to his September 2019 climate change polluting fossil fuels — including a hat tip (Source: New York Times) That’s when we have to apply this procedure. Let’s begin! I need a volunteer. B: Me! Me! ENGLISH IN USE A: Alright, come here and lay flat on your back. Let’s suppose this young woman has stopped breathing. We must lift the person’s LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION chin so that we clear a pathway for air to get into the lungs. Then we place our mouth over the other person’s mouth and blow air two or three times, like this. $2.7b allocated to job creation in هزار میلیارد ریال تسهیالت اشتغال به روستائیان .B: Well, ok A: As I was saying, we blow air through the mouth in this manner. rural areas پرداخت شد Once this is done, we must try to get the heart going again. To A total fund of 120 trillion rials (nearly $2.7 billion) has been earmarked سرپرســت وزارت تعــاون، کار و رفــاه اجتماعــی گفــت:120 هــزار میلیــارد ریــال ,do this, we place our hands over the person’s chest, and press for granting job creation loans to the people in rural areas nationwide down firmly two or three times. تســهیالت اشــتغالزایی امســال در اختیــار متقاضیــان روســتایی قــرار گرفــت . .Key vocabulary labor ministry’s caretaker has said انوشــیروان محســنی بندپــی در گفــت و گــو بــا خبرنــگار ایرنــا افــزود: ایجــاد stand for: represent “Measures taken to boost job creation in rural areas, including providing اشــتغال روســتایی مهمتریــن و اصلــی تریــن برنامــه ای اســت کــه خوشــبختانه ,cardiopulmonary resuscitation: emergency procedure for facilities and generating sustainable jobs have been efficient to some extent خروجــی خوبــی داشــته و تــا حــدودی تعــداد روســتاییان را افزایــش داده اســت و reviving heart and lung function in the case of: in the matter of someone or something as rural population in some provinces of the country is on the rise,” IRNA بــه نوعــی باعــث کاهــش مهاجــرت بــه شــهرها شــده اســت. .cardiac arrest: failure of the pumping action of the heart quoted Anooshirvan Mohseni Bandpei as saying on Friday pulmonary arrest: the cessation of breathing procedure: a manner of proceeding lay flat: lie down with all parts of the body touching floor PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM on your back: face-up lying on the floor Supplementary vocabulary “dermato-, dermat-” Knock somebody/ Champ at the bit Heimlich maneuver: a series of abdominal thrusts used to expel an object a person is choking on Meaning: skin something over Explanation: to be ready and eager to start an activity, concussion: a brain injury that is caused by a sudden blow to For example: Do you need to see a dermatologist? and showing impatience at being delayed the head or to the body Meaning: to hit someone with a vehicle while you For example: The press conference was stroke: the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to are driving, so that they are hurt or killed delayed for such a long time that the journalists disturbance in the blood supply to the brain For example: Poor woman was knocked over by were champing at the bit. hemorrhage: a discharge or escape of blood a bus last year. ساعت: 19:40 امضاء صفحه آرا: ساعت: امضاء مسئول صفحه: ساعت: امضاء ادیتور: ساعت: امضاء سردبیر:

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Bolton: U.S. ‘still waiting’ for action Xi, Putin meet as by N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un Russia kicks off biggest U.S. President Donald Trump has a door during the U.N. General Assembly meeting ever war games open for talks with North Korean leader Kim in New York later this month, South Korean Jong Un, but is still waiting for action on officials said. 1 The three-day meeting in Vladivostok brings together denuclearization, his top security advisor Trump asked Moon to act as “chief nego- the leaders of Russia, China, Japan and South Korea, as well five said Monday. tiator” between Washington and Pyongyang thousand delegates from 60 countries. “We’re still waiting for them. The possi- during their phone call last week, Moon’s bility of another meeting between the two spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom told reporters. presidents obviously exists,” said White “In order for us to move toward the next House National Security Advisor John Bolton. level of dismantling North Korea’s existing “But President Trump can’t make the nuclear weapons, the leaders of North Korea North Koreans walk through the door he’s and the United States once again must have holding open. They are the ones that have big ideas and take bold decisions,” Moon to take the steps to denuclearize. And that’s told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. what we are waiting for.” “North Korea should abolish its nuclear Bolton said in a speech to the Federalist programs, and the Society that in their Singapore meeting in United States foster such conditions with June, Kim committed to getting rid of his corresponding action.” nuclear weapons, and later agreed with South Window of opportunity Korean President Moon Jae-in that it could The nuclear envoys of South Korea and be done in one year. the United States also held a meeting on “If they would denuclearize, as they Tuesday as part of efforts to jumpstart committed to do in Singapore, they could stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang have a very different kind of life in North and Washington. Korea,” Bolton said. Lee Do-hoon, South Korea’s nuclear On Friday Trump said e was expecting a meeting was unclear. Sanders said at Monday’s briefing. negotiator, told reporters that he and his “positive” new letter from Kim, indicating South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in is “The primary purpose of the letter was U.S. counterpart Stephen Biegun discussed that negotiations remain alive after weeks scheduled to have his third summit with Kim to request and look to schedule another how to bring progress on the North’s denu- It is the two leaders’ third meeting and comes amid an escalat- of apparent deadlock. next week in Pyongyang, and his government meeting with the president which we are clearization and establishing peace on the ing U.S.-China trade war and U.S.-led sanctions against Russia “I know that a letter is being delivered to had pushed for a three-way summit involv- open to and are already in the process of Korean peninsula. over the conflict in Ukraine. me, a personal letter from Kim Jong Un to ing Trump, with the aim of agreeing a joint coordinating that,” she said. “We take this very seriously, the respon- Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands, reporting from Vladivostok, me, that was handed at the border,” Trump declaration to end the 1950-53 Korean War. Sanders told reporters the letter exhib- sibility that is on both of us,” Biegun told said there was “good strategic sense in Russia seeking closer told reporters traveling with him to North The conflict ended with an armistice, not ited “a continued commitment to focus on Lee at the start of the talks. ties with China”. Dakota. a peace treaty, leaving the U.S.-led United denuclearization of the peninsula.” “But we also have a tremendous opportu- “They are both Eurasian neighbors who share a border. China “I think it’s going to be a positive letter.” Nations forces including South Korea tech- She said a military parade in Pyongyang nity created by President Trump, by President has a vast economy that it needs to keep fed with resources and “Very warm, very positive” letter nically still at war with North Korea. on Sunday was “a sign of good faith” because Moon and by Chairman Kim. We need to Russia has lots of natural resources,” he said. U.S. President Donald Trump received While South Korea had hoped an accord it did not feature any long-range missiles. do everything we can to make the most of a “very warm, very positive” letter from formally ending the conflict could have been In South Korea, officials nurtured hope this moment of opportunity.” ’A message to the West’ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asking unveiled on the sidelines of the U.N. General that next week’s inter-Korean summit could Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies The Vostok 2018 military drills, which kicked off in far eastern for a second meeting and the White House Assembly later this month, Moon’s security provide renewed momentum to nuclear ne- from the Centre for the National Interest, a Russia and on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, also “gives Russia is looking at scheduling one, White House chief Chung Eui-yong said last week, without gotiations, after last month’s setback when think tank in Washington reckoned Trump and China valuable experience at working together,” he said. spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Monday. elaborating, that the necessary conditions Trump canceled a visit to Pyongyang by was right to pursue a second meeting with “Now, the Chinese commitment isn’t huge - about 3,200 The two countries have been discussing for a three-way meeting were missing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo due to a the North Korean leader . troops and 30 aircraft, but it does perhaps show them they can North Korea’s nuclear programs since their Trump’s National Security Adviser John lack of progress. “When you combine Kim’s pledge to work together and at some point integrate weapons systems and leaders met in Singapore in June, although Bolton has also said he did not believe Kim South Korea’s President Moon is expected denuclearize by the end of Trump’s first command structures.” that summit’s outcome was criticized for would attend such a gathering. to present some proposal to Kim suggest- term, as well as not displaying any long- China’s participating in the drills sent a message to the West being short on concrete details about how and Hopes of progress were revived however ing phased steps toward denuclearization range ballistic missiles during the north’s as well, said our correspondent. whether Kim is willing to give up weapons after Trump told reporters on Friday that a and U.S. security guarantees including an recent 70th anniversary celebrations, there “If there was a future conflict with the U.S., it shows that per- that threaten the United States. personal letter from Kim was on the way. official end to the Korean War. Moon could are reasons for optimism,” he said. haps Russia and China might fight alongside each other,” he said. The likely timing of a second Trump-Kim “It was a very warm, very positive letter,” then discuss the idea when he meets Trump (Source: agencies) The war games involve more than 300,000 troops, 1,000 aircraft, up to 36,000 tanks and other vehicles, and 80 warships and support vessels, according to Russia’s defense ministry. It also released video footage of military vehicles, planes, Pompeo said U.S. won’t block Pakistan if it seeks IMF bailout: Pakistani minister helicopters and ships getting into position for the initial stage U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Pakistan crisis caused by a shortage of dollars in an economy hit by of the drills. last week Washington would not try to block any request a ballooning current account deficit and dwindling foreign Wednesday will see games featuring anti-aircraft technology, for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), currency reserves. while the main event will be on Thursday. Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Pakistani officials say they are discussing taking drastic The Russian army has compared the show of force to the Tuesday. measures to avert seeking a bailout from the IMF, which has USSR’s 1981 war games that saw between 100,000 and 150,000 The remarks, which Chaudhry said Pompeo made during come to Pakistan’s rescue 14 times since 1980, including Warsaw Pact soldiers take part in “Zapad-81” (West-81) - the his visit to Pakistan on Wednesday, come in stark contrast most recently in 2013. largest military exercises of the Soviet era. to Pompeo’s warnings in July that the United States had Pakistan’s relations with the United States have soured But Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said these exercises are serious reservations about the IMF giving money to Paki- in recent years over the war in Afghanistan and Islamabad’s even larger, with 300,000 soldiers at sea and on the ground, stan due to concerns Islamabad would use the cash to pay alleged support for Islamist militants. Ties dropped to a 36,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships taking off Chinese loans. new low when President Donald Trump in January accused part in the drills. Those comments rattled Islamabad, which is facing a Pakistan of lies and deceit by playing a double game on “Imagine 36,000 military vehicles moving at the same time: currency crisis and may have no option but to turn again fighting terrorism. tanks, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles - and to the IMF for a rescue if staunch allies China and Saudi Islamabad denies aiding insurgents in Afghanistan and all of this, of course, in conditions as close to a combat situation Arabia do not offer more loans to prop up its foreign cur- lashed out against Trump’s remarks, which were followed as possible,” Shoigu said. rency reserves. up by Washington suspending U.S. military aid. The drills have been condemned by NATO as a rehearsal for Chaudhry told Reuters that relations between United At the United States’ urging, a group of Western coun- “large-scale conflict”. States and Pakistan were “broken” before Pompeo’s trip tries in February convinced a global body to put Pakistan (Source: Al Jazeera) to Islamabad but the visit had “set many things straight” on a terrorism financing watch list, a move that triggered “There’s no rationale for IMF tax dollars, and associ- and re-invigorated ties. concerns the United States may also seek to block Islam- ated with that American dollars that are part of the IMF “He assured Pakistan that...if Pakistan opted to go to abad in other forums. funding, for those to go to bail out Chinese bondholders or IMF for any financial help, the U.S. will not oppose it,” In July, Pompeo said there was “no rationale” for the China itself,” Pompeo said in July, referring to a possible Europe’s Hollow Threats Chaudhry said in the capital, Islamabad. IMF to bail out Pakistan. Pompeo’s worries that Islamabad Pakistan bailout. The U.S. embassy in Islamabad did not have any im- would use the IMF money to pay off Chinese loans echoes But during last week’s visit Pompeo said he was hope- 1 Recently, the Chancellor of Germany has an- mediate comment. concerns by other U.S. officials that China is saddling many ful of “a reset of relations” long strained over the war in nounced her opposition to the creation of an independent The new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, emerging market countries with too much debt. Beijing Afghanistan. payment system in Europe (to save the Joint Compre- who took office in August, is trying to avert a currency staunchly denies such claims. (Source: Daily Star) hensive Plan of Action). Angela Merkel believes that the U.S.-EU security relationship is a priority and this should be considered in all the EU calculations! In other Ethiopia, Eritrea reopen border points for first time in 20 years: minister words, the German Chancellor has actually preferred The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened of a package of reforms that have reshaped Fitsum Arega, Abiy’s Chief of Staff, said on The two countries have resumed flights. “to play on the U.S. ground”, and this she considers crossing points on their shared border on the political landscape in the Horn of Africa Twitter. Eritrea has agreed to open up its ports to its above all other options including “Europe’s financial Tuesday for the first time in 20 years, Asmara and beyond. Pictures on Fitsum’s Twitter account landlocked neighbor and last week announced independence from the United States.” said, clearing the way for trade between the Isaias and Abiy “officially opened the showed the leaders talking and walking plans to upgrade a connecting road. former foes after a stunning reconciliation. Debay Sima - Burre border point between side by side, Abiy in camouflaged military Residents on another part of the border Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed z two countries for road transport connectiv- fatigues and Isaias wearing sandals and a said Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers started and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki opened ity,” Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane safari suit. clearing landmines on Monday. the frontier at Bure, a region that saw some Meskel said in a tweet. Since signing an agreement in Asmara Ethiopia follows a calendar similar to of the fiercest fighting during their 1998- The two leaders then opened the Ser- on July 9 to restore ties, the Eritrean and the ancient Julian calendar - which start- 2000 war. ha-Zalambesa connection in a second cere- Ethiopian leaders have moved swiftly to end ed disappearing from the West in the 16th Tensions over the border burned on after mony, footage on Ethiopia’s state TV showed. two decades of hostility. century - meaning the country entered its that fighting ended - until Abiy offered to The leaders also celebrated Ethiopian new Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia year 2011 on Tuesday. end the military standoff this year as part year together at border with their troops, in July, and Ethiopia reciprocated last week. (Source: Reuters) Spain to hold talks with Saudi Arabia on differences over bomb deal: Defense chief Spain says it will discuss with Saudi Arabia ways to resolve a contract and it will be resolved amicably,” Robles said vaders launched a deadly air raid on a bus carrying Yemeni Theresa May, the British prime minister, has ex- their differences over the sale of laser-guided bombs to the in the Spanish Senate. students, killing 51 people, including 40 children. actly the same opinion. She believes that, instead of kingdom just days after blocking the shipment, in a move She said the contract was under revision, and that Madrid On Monday, Amnesty International urged Madrid to confronting Trump’s financial and economic policies, observers say is aimed at appeasing the Riyadh regime and would respect the Charter of the United Nations regarding stop supplying weapons to Riyadh, warning that bombs, and even its illegal measures such as the White House’s maintaining other lucrative contracts with it. human rights. such as the ones Spain plans to sell to Saudi Arabia, have withdrawal from then nuclear deal, Europe should Last week, Spain’s Defense Ministry said it was halting a Robles further said that the warship deal, which was been used in “dozens of war crimes in Yemen.” think about holding negotiations and interactions 2015 deal to sell 400 laser-guided precision bombs to Saudi signed in April, was in no danger as it was “not linked to Spain is the fourth country on the list of major arms ex- with Washington! Arabia due to Riyadh’s role in the Yemen war. any other contract.” porters to the Riyadh regime, according to the rights group. As for the French President Emmanuel Macron, his The decision enraged Saudi Arabia, which is already Analysts, however, said Madrid decided to leave the Citing the Amnesty, media reports say between 2015 policies suggest that he has a strong desire to interact under international pressure over rising civilian deaths door open to the bomb deal just to avert a row with Riyadh and 2017, Spain reportedly exported 1.2 billion euros worth with United States under any conditions! In 2017 and amid its brutal military campaign on Yemen. similar to the one unfolding between the kingdom and of military equipment to the Saudi-led military coalition. during the joint-American-European Project on chang- Then reports emerged that the kingdom was, in response Canada over human rights issues. The European Parliament has urged its member states to ing the JCPOA, he played an extremely important and to Mardid’s move, planning to scrap a $2.2-billion contract Eduard Soler, an analyst at the CIDOB international affairs halt these sales on numerous occasions, admitting that the highlighted role, though Trump had eventually pulled to purchase five Corvette warships from Spanish state- think-tank, said any break in Madrid-Riyadh relationship alliance led by Saudi Arabia violates international human- out of the nuclear deal. owned military shipbuilder Navantia, a deal that involves could endanger a series of lucrative contracts for Spain. itarian law by using this weaponry in attacking the civilian Finally, it should be noted that the main obstacle 6,000 jobs in a country with one of Europe’s highest un- “It’s a textbook case in which we find that internal politics population and bombing hospitals, markets and schools. to “Europe’s independence from the United States” employment rates. affect foreign politics and defense,” says Soler. Saudi Arabia and its allies launched the war on Yemen are the European authorities. As long as the current On Monday, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles The bomb deal had been negotiated and finalized by in March 2015 to reinstall its former Riyadh-allied gov- generation of European politicians are in office, such told a parliamentary commission that the issue would be former Spanish defense ministers Pedro Morenés Eulate ernment. The military aggression has so far killed over independence (in terms of security and finance) won’t resolved “amicably” based on a bilateral framework. and Maria Dolores de Cospedal. 14,000 Yemenis and put millions on the verge of famine. be actualized. When it comes to Iran sanctions, the EU “Decisions will be made according to a bilateral framework Robles announced the decision to halt the sale of bombs It has also caused a deadly outbreak of cholera. seeks to satisfy Trump’s demands, and this a rule which between two countries that are partners and have signed to Saudi Arabia shortly after the Riyadh-led coalition of in- (Source: Press TV) is not going to change. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Spurs fans to see stadium in Why Naomi Osaka could have video game Tottenham fans will be able to see inside their new stadium be- the last laugh fore they can physically step foot in it - thanks to a video game. The US Open should have been one of the showpiece events FIFA19 will feature a virtual version of the ground when it of the sporting summer. launches on September 28. The wealthiest of tennis’ four grand slam events, the New “Safety issues” delayed the opening of the stadium by several York tournament has a rich history and boasted a record purse. months, causing disruption to Spurs’ fixtures. And yet, after the events that unfolded in Saturday’s The 62,062-seat stadium was due to open on 15 September women’s final at Flushing Meadow, no one -- not the play- for Tottenham’s game against Liverpool. ers, the officials, administrators, the fans or the sport itself However, fans will not be able to attend a game until at least -- emerged as a winner. November. Craven Cottage, Cardiff City Stadium and Molineux Perhaps the biggest loser in it all was the eventual cham- will also be included in the video game this year by developers pion, Naomi Osaka, whose moment of glory was taken away EA Sports. They join the other 17 Premier League venues after in the aftermath of a tirade by Williams. Fulham, Cardiff and Wolves were promoted to the top flight. It started when chair umpire Carlos Ramos gave Williams Portsmouth’s Fratton Park, Sunderland’s Stadium of Light a code violation for coaching, and eventually ended up with and Aston Villa’s Villa Park are among the stadiums chosen from accusations of sexism in the aftermath. the English Football league. You are only a first-time major singles champion once, (Source: Eurosport) of course. In the 10 minutes that followed her stunning 6-2 6-4 victory against the most dominant female player of the past two decades, as Arthur Ashe Stadium was being prepared for La Liga, Barcelona & Girona what would be a deeply awkward trophy ceremony, Osaka sat all alone in her chair as parts of the 23,000-strong crowd ask Spanish FA for US game booed loudly. Osaka, a shy, quirky personality who idolized Williams permission growing up, put her cap down over her eyes and started to cry during the trophy ceremony. It was only after Williams mBarcelona, Girona and La Liga have asked the Spanish Football took the mic, and pleaded with spectators to stop booing side of the net. second game of the second set by Ramos, a fuming Williams Federation for permission for the two Catalan clubs to relocate and give credit to the new champion, that it ended. Speaking to WTA Insider two days after becoming the told the umpire that she “never cheated” and “would rather a match to the US. “Ultimately, you never know what you’re made out of first Japanese player to win a grand slam singles title, Osaka lose” than do that. A racket smash by Williams led to a sec- The game, Girona’s ‘home’ match, would be held at Miami’s until you’re tested,” Osaka’s coach, Sascha Bajin, told the said: “I hope Serena isn’t mad at me.” ond code violation, and this time she was docked a point. Hard Rock Stadium on 26 January at 19:45 GMT. New York Times. “Naomi was thrown in there into deep But Osaka has no need to apologize. She simply did A visit to the court from tournament referee Brian Earley A compensation package for Girona season ticket holders has water today,” said Baijin, who spent several years as the everything better than Williams; she served better, moved and grand slam supervisor Donna Kelso failed to diffuse been agreed. RFEF, the US Soccer Federation, Uefa and Concacaf hitting partner of Williams. better and returned better. the situation and, having led 3-1 in the second set, a rattled need to give permission for the game to go ahead. “Got everything thrown at her: big bombs by Serena, the Osaka struck six aces, twice as many as Williams. The Williams lost it completely as she went down 4-3. Luis Rubiales, the president of the RFEF, has previously spoken crowd, the drama. She remained with her composure. There 20-year-old won 73% of the points on her first serve, while During the changeover, she called Ramos a “thief” and outagainst the US game. are certain things you can train yourself to do; other things Williams took 63%. Osaka was also able to neutralize the a “liar” because he “stole a point,” from her, which led to The Spanish players’ union (AFE) have also been opposed to you just have, and I believe it’s a gift, what Naomi has.” Williams serve, widely regarded as one of the best in all of Ramos handing out a third code violation for verbal abuse, the match and following a meeting with La Liga on Monday, it A lot has been said in the aftermath of a bizarre final, tennis, as she won 45% of return points. Williams took 36% and a game penalty. Now down 5-3, Williams did manage said the players will have the “final say”. but not much attention has been paid to Osaka’s brilliant of her return points. to hold serve. La Liga, Spain’s top flight, has agreed to play one game a season performance in the face of the storm raging on the other After she was given a code violation for coaching in the (Source: CNN) in the US as part of a 15-year deal with media company Relevent. Girona is in Catalonia, about 60 miles north east of Barcelona. The club say the match represents a chance for expansion and South African soccer boss shot dead Diego Maradona’s ‘rebirth’ at coaching growth, both for the club and the region. La Liga is planning to subsidise travel and accommodation for fans affected by the outside club job at Mexican side Dorados relocated match. For Girona season ticket holders, there will be 1,500 free flights to Miami, with a choice of staying overnight for the weekend, or coming straight back after the match. For those who do not want to travel, there will be 5,000 free tickets to the away game against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on 23 September and 20% off their season ticket, or fans who cannot do either would get a 40% discount on their season ticket. (Source: BBC)

Czech Republic coach Jarolim leaves by mutual consent following defeats

Nicholas ‘Mkhize’ Gumede, the chairman Tuesday, but will gather at the club’s base. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona backwards, it was a step back, and what of South African National First Division “Today we’ll meet with the players and says his new job as manager of a Mexican football players have to do is go forward.” side Uthongathi FC, was killed in a shooting there will be no training, just to come and second-division club is a “rebirth” after The former Barcelona and Napoli outside the club on Monday night. pray with the players and see how we go years of battling drug addiction, alcoholism forward previously managed UAE teams Gumede was shot in his car as he pre- from there,” Chili said. and obesity. Al-Fujairah and Al-Wasl, along with the pared to leave a meeting with the club’s “In this situation we’ll be guided by The choice though of Dorados in Sin- Argentina national team from 2008 to 2010. technical team on Monday evening, club the family if he’s laid to rest this weekend aloa state, home to one of Mexico’s most “I am here to work. I am here to give director Nkosinathi Chili confirmed on or another day. But we’ll write a letter to powerful drug cartels, surprised some. my heart like I did in Fujairah, where I Tuesday morning. the PSL to ask for the postponement of He said the task ahead of him at Dorados drove 300 kilometres a day to work,” “When he entered his car, he closed the our game. will be “like carrying an elephant on our Maradona said. door and was about to start the car, but he “Even our players, as they know that I’m shoulders.” Although local media reported that didn’t start it. Then there was a lot of gun the communications manager of the team, The club are currently 13th in Mexico’s residents of the wealthy neighbourhood shots,” Chili told Kickoff.com. others were bold enough to phone me and second division, the Liga Ascenso. where Maradona hopes to live have “They [the shooter(s)] were just mon- I told them to remain at the club house. The team are without a win in the open- blocked his move, Dorados fans were The manager of the Czech Republic national team Karel Jarolim itoring us and they used the chance. He “We feel they’ll need counselling and ing six games of the league. largely supportive. has left his position by mutual consent, the country’s Football was shot dead.” we also informed our KZN MEC for Sport Despite this, Maradona said he would “We trust you, Diego. Here we don’t Association said on Twitter on Tuesday. Gumede was a businessman who oper- [Bongi Sithole-Moloi] that we are faced coach in an attacking manner, similar to criticise, we only admire,” one fan’s sign The decision follows a disappointing 2-1 defeat at home by ated a number of taxis in the area, and also with the tragic passing of our chairman.” how he played. said. Ukraine in their UEFA Nations League opener last Thursday a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial The shooting is reminiscent of the slaying “We are going to look to win games, as Mexico was the scene of Maradona’s and a 5-1 thrashing by Russia in a friendly match on Monday. Legislature, representing the ruling Afri- of Mbabane Swallows soccer boss Victor I do not like to play defensive football,” finest moment as a player, when he led The association said it would meet with new coaching can- can National Congress. He was formerly Gamedze in Swaziland earlier this year as Maradona told his first press conference. his country to the 1986 World Cup title. didates in the coming days. a member of South Africa’s parliament he was gunned down at a petrol station. He also acknowledged some of his But he said had not come to the club to Jarolim was appointed in July 2016 but failed to qualify the between 2009 and 2010. Sipho Shongwe, the director of fellow past struggles. “I had a lot of missteps reminisce. “We are not here for a stroll, we side for this year’s World Cup in Russia. Uthongathi will ask the Premier Soccer Swaziland Premier League side Matsapha in my life. I assume this responsibility didn’t come on vacation, we came to work... (Source: Reuters) League to postpone their next fixture, a United was arrested and charged for the like someone who holds a child in their It will be great to win together, it will be KwaZulu-Natal derby against Real Kings on killing, with the case yet to come to trial. arms,” he said. great to win together,” he said. Saturday, and the players will not train on (Source: ESPN) “When I took [drugs] ... It made me go (Source: BBC) UEFA ‘planning third European club competition Former world champion Raikkonen to leave Ferrari Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will leave Fer- a two-year break from the sport to compete in the World from 2021’ rari at the end of the season after a five-year stint with the Rally Championship before returning to F1 with Lotus in Formula One team, the Italian outfit announced Tuesday. 2012 and rejoining Ferrari in 2014. A third European club competition could be introduced alongside Sauber driver Charles Leclerc, 20 -- widely considered In his two stints with Ferrari, Raikkonen has earned nine the Champions League and Europa League from 2021, according one of the brightest young talents in F1 -- will replace Rai- race wins and started from pole on seven occasions. His last to the head of the association of Europe’s biggest teams. kkonen as the pair swap places, with the 38-year-old Finn victory for the team came in Belgium in 2009. European Club Association (ECA) chairman Andrea Agnelli, signing a two-year deal with the Swiss team for whom he On confirming his move to Sauber next year, Raikkonen who is also on UEFA’s executive committee, said the “the green made his F1 debut in 2001. posted on Instagram: “Guess who’s back?! Next two years light has been given”. Leclerc has earned five top 10 finishes in his debut sea- with Sauber team ahead! Feels extremely good to go back He did not give any more details on how the tournament son, including a career-best sixth at the Azerbaijan Grand where it all began!” would be organized. Prix. In total, the Monégasque has racked up 13 points in Dreams do come true’ “The current model needs modernizing,” said Agnelli, 42. 14 races in 2018 to record one of the best seasons of any Monaco-born Leclerc paid tribute to his late father and Agnelli, who is also chairman of Italian champions Juventus, Sauber driver in recent years. his friend Jules Bianchi, who died three years ago after a said: “A detailed assessment of the existing international match ’Guess who’s back?’ crash at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014. calendar is required prior to presenting a new model post-2024.” Raikkonen, who has been behind Sebastian Vettel in the “Dreams do come true. I will be eternally grateful to Speaking at the annual general assembly of the ECA in Croatia, Ferrari pecking order in recent seasons, is the last person Ferrari for the opportunity given,” he said on Twitter. he said the third competition would increase the number of clubs to win the world title for Ferrari, back in 2007. “To a person that is not part of this world anymore but to involved in European football from 80 to 96. He is currently third in the drivers’ championship on whom I owe everything of what is happening to me, Papa. The Champions League features 32 teams in the group stage 164 points, most recently finishing second at the Italian To Jules, thank you for all the things you learnt me, we will and the second-tier Europa League has 48. Grand Prix after securing his first pole position since Mo- and was, at the same time, always a great team player. never forget you, and to all the persons that supported me The Cup Winners’ Cup - for domestic cup champions - was naco last year. “As a world champion for Scuderia Ferrari, he will and believed in me. scrapped in 1999. In a statement on its official website, Ferrari said: “Dur- always be part of the team’s history and family. We thank “I will work harder than ever to not disappoint you. But In a statement, UEFA said it is “constantly reviewing the ing these years, Kimi’s contribution to the team, both as Kimi for all of this and wish him and his family a pros- first, there is a season to finish with an amazing team that format of its competitions and is looking at a variety of options”. a driver and on account of his human qualities, has been perous future.” gave me the opportunity to fight and show my potential.” (Source: BBC) fundamental. He played a decisive role in the team’s growth After his world title triumph in 2007, Raikkonen took (Source: CNN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 SPORTS 15

Striker Karim Ansarifard Zahra Nemati ‘has agreed a deal with Nottingham Forest’

Iran international striker Karim Ansarifard has reportedly said he has agreed a deal with Nottingham Forest. to face China’s Reds boss Aitor Karanka last week confirmed the Iran international, who is a free agent after being released from his contract at Olympiacos, is a target for the club. Wu Chunyan in And, according to reports in his homeland, the 28-year-old is on the verge of moving to the City Ground. It is claimed Ansarifard has greatest rivalry finalized a deal with Forest and will head to the UK to complete formalities after match against Uzbekistan in Tashkent. Karanka previously said of his interest in the forward: “He in Jakarta is another player with a lot of experience. He has played in the Champions League, he is a good player and another good character. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran’s Zahra from Iran. She competed at both the Rio “We had another Iranian player last season, in Ashkan De- deskNemati will face China’s Olympics and Paralympics and had the jagah, and he impressed me – he was very good. Wu Chunyan as the greatest rivalry in the honor of carrying the flag for her delegation “Let us see what is happening with him (Ansarifard).” women’s individual recurve open in the at Rio 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony. The Reds have made 16 signings so far this summer, with Asian Para Games. Nemati beat Chunyan to the Gold medal midfielders Claudio Yacob and Panagiotis Tachtsidis the most The Games will be held in Jakarta, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and then recent additions as the duo put pen to paper on deals last week. Indonesia from October 6 to 13. again took the gold at the Beijing 2017 World (Source: Nottinghampost.com) Six Paralympic and three world champions Championships in Beijing with Chunyan headline the archery competition, which this time in third. will begin on 7 October at the Gelora Bung At London 2012, Nemati set a Paralympic Karno sports complex, Paralympic.org record on her way to gold in the women’s South Korea keen on wrote. individual recurve W1/W2, and she also expanding ties with Iran Perhaps the greatest rivalry will be in the picked up a bronze medal in the women’s women’s individual recurve open where team recurve open. IRNA — Iran and Korea are two of the most powerful soccer Nemati will face Chunyan. She became the first Iranian woman to teams in Asia, and together with the increasing progress of both Nemati is arguably the most popular and win gold at either a Paralympic or Olympic countries over the past, we are ready to cooperate with the Ira- successful female Paralympian to come Games. nian Football Federation, said South Korean Ambassador to Iran, Yo Jang Hyan. Yo Jang Hyan on Monday in a meeting with Iran’s Football Federation head Mehdi Taj added, ‘I had been following Iran’s football before and I knew players like Ali Daei and Javad Nek- ounam and I have a lot of interest in Iranian football.’ He said, ‘I believe that the football and futsal of Iran have Iran’s Solhipour wins gold at Asia-Oceania had many progress in the last few years and their performance is very favorable. We also want to extend this relationship and Iranian teams in different age groups, futsal, and women travel Open Powerlifting C’ships to South Korea.’ SPORTS TEHRAN — Hamed Solhipour claimed bronze medal with 216kg. South Korea’s ambassador to Iran added that Football in deskIran’s first gold medal at the Asia-Oceania Three Iranian powerlifter Nader Moradi (+80kg), Europe and South America had already been the first sport to Open Powerlifting Championships on Tuesday. Rouhollah Rostami (+72kg) and Yousef Yousefi (-59kg) play, but the good displays of Iran, South Korea and Japan in The Iranian athlete lifter 233kg to win the gold medal have already won three silver medals in the competition. the 2018 World Cup showed that Asian teams also reached an in the men’s up to 97kg in Kitakyushu, Japan. The competition features 200 powerlifters from 29 acceptable level of football in Europe. Mohammed Khamis Khalaf from the UAE took the countries in all, with lifters from outside the Asia-Oceania Taj also referred to the past game of Iran and South Korea, silver, lifting 230kg and Panpan Yan from Chine won the region welcome. which was held in the final round of the 2018 World Cup in the night of Tasooa saying, ‘We thank and appreciate Korean fans for respecting Iranian mourners two years ago and for our Iran to meet Puerto Rico at Volleyball World Championship opener culture and religion.’ Taj noted that undoubtedly, cooperation with South Korea SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran and Puerto Rico This is Iran’s sixth appearance at a World Champi- will help Iran’s development. deskwill meet for the second consecutive onship. In their first four participations they finished editions of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cham- 21st (1970), 19th (1998), 21st (2006) and 19th (2010), pionship in Bulgaria on Wednesday after meeting in before a sixth-place finish in 2014. Poland in 2014. Iran have won 12 matches at the World Championship Iranian Farhad Moshiri The only previous match between Iran and Puer- (W12-L22), with seven of those victories coming in the to Rico at the World Championship was in Kraków at 2014 tournament. They were beaten 3-0 by Russia in increases his stake in Everton the 2014 tournament (first round). Team Melli won in the fifth-place play-off. straight sets. Iran made their World Championship debut in 1970, Everton’s major shareholder Farhad Moshiri has increased his Iran beat Puerto Rico 3-1 in Tokyo on 6 June 2012 in when Bulgaria hosted the tournament. They lost all five stake in the Premier League club. a qualification tournament for the 2012 Olympic Games matches in the group stage, before winning four of their The Iranian businessman acquired 49.9 per cent of Everton in London. Neither team qualified for the Games. six fixtures in the consolation stage (for places 17-24). after selling his stake in Arsenal in February 2016 and it was Team Melli won both of their matches versus NORCECA Iran won their opening match in only one of their five announced on Tuesday he had increased his share in the Mer- opposition at the 2014 World Championship, after they appearances at the World Championship, a 3-1 victory seyside club by 18.7 per cent through Blue Heaven Holdings Ltd. lost each of their first three fixtures at the tournament against Italy in Kraków at the 2014 tournament. Moshiri, whose personal wealth is estimated at 1.7billion US dollars according to Forbes, has therefore taken his total holding against NORCECA teams (1970, 1998, 2006). Championships matches against AVC opposition, 3-1 Igor Kolakovic’s men finished 10th in the 2018 Nations to 68.6 per cent. He is expected to elevate that further to 77.2 Puerto Rico have won only one of their five World versus China in Saitama in 2006, fivb.org wrote. League, the highest-placed AVC team. per cent by July next year. A statement on the club’s official website read: “Everton Football Club today announces that major shareholder Farhad Moshiri has Al Duhail on verge of greatness further committed to and increased his shareholding in the club. Following nine consecutive victories in of the campaign. “Farhad Moshiri previously owned 49.9 per cent of the club the AFC Champions League, Al Duhail Boudiaf netted twice in the 3-1 win and in line with the agreement made at the time of his original are on par with Ulsan Hyundai and one over Zobahan and scored the second of investment, he has purchased 18.7 per cent through Blue Heaven step away from writing history, join the- Al Duhail’s three goals in a narrow 3-2 Holdings Ltd, giving him a total holding of 68.6 per cent, which AFC.com as we summon up the winning win against Al Wahda on Matchday Two. is expected to increase to 77.2 per cent no later than July 2019.” streaks of the two giants. Al Duhail demonstrated their killer (Source: Press Association) Ulsan Hyundai recorded a historic run scoring instinct, scoring thrice for a third of nine successive wins in the AFC Cham- game running, with El Arabi registering pions League six years ago and ended up his second brace to help the team to a 3-2 taking the title home. home win against PCF Lokomotiv. Ternate welcomes Asian Now Al Duhail have matched the high El Arabi made it six goals for the Para Games flame of the Korean side, yet the teams took campaign and four wins on the trot in different paths in setting their records, the reverse fixture, while Matchday Five and the Qatari club could well go on and was the first time Al Duhail failed to score Ternate, an island city in the eastern part of Indonesia, welcomed extend their run. multiple goals. the Torch for the 2018 Asian Para Games to coincide with the The team based in Ulsan kicked-off Ismael Mohammed’s goal was enough nation’s 53rd National Sports Day. their 2012 campaign with a hard-fought to secure a 1-0 win against Zobahan. Brazilian striker Rafinha scored three Arabi fired three over the two legs, taking The Games in Jakarta are set to get underway next month. home victory against Beijing Guoan, as Another 1-0 win rounded off the results, goals over the two games, while Kim and his tally to nine. The flame was lit in Mrapen, Central Java on September 5 to Kim Shin-wook and Go Seul-ki bagged ensuring Djamel Belmadi’s men became Lee were both on target again, sending Coach Belmadi left the club over the mark the 30 day countdown to the event. the goals that sealed the 2-1 win. just the third team in AFC Champions Ulsan into the semi-finals. summer and former Tunisia coach Nabil Ternate is the first city outside of Java to receive the flame The following two fixtures saw Ulsan League history to end the group stage The Korean side faced Bunyodkor in the Maaloul was appointed as his replacement. and it was greeted with a carnival like atmosphere, according to stumble with draws against FC Tokyo and with 18 points. semi-finals and despite an early goal for the The Tunisian coach made his AFC the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC). Brisbane Roar. In their first knockout tie, Ulsan Hyun- Uzbek side in the first leg, the deadly trio Champions League debut for the club in A ceremony was held at the Kedaton Sultanate of Ternate, In Tokyo, they came from behind twice dai emerged victorious in a five-goal thriller of Rafinha, Kim and Lee scored another the dugout at home against Persepolis in North Maluku. The flame was handed over to the Minister of to rescue a 2-2 draw and down in Australia, against Kashiwa Reysol with Kim and Lee five goals over the two legs as Ulsan made the first leg of the quarter-finals. Youth and Sports, Imam Nahrawi. Lee Jae-Seong’s second-half goal cancelled Keun-ho getting on the scoresheet. it eight wins in a row. Al Duhail walked victorious out of the He spoke of the Torch as “a symbol of unity and caring for out Nick Fitzgerald’s opener for Roar. Kim broke the deadlock for the home Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli had beaten city first leg thanks to a header from Almoez disability” but stressed a high level of competition at the third Kim Ho-kon’s troops kicked the dust side, later on Leandro Domingues equal- rivals Al Ittihad in the other semi-final, Ali to take a 1-0 lead into the second leg edition of the Asian Para Games. off and managed to walk triumphal out of ised for the team from Japan. and Ulsan were on a date with history as at Azadi Stadium, in the process, they re- “Fight hard,” he said. their remaining three games in the group to However an own goal from Naoya they hosted the final. corded their ninth win in a row, equaling “This is not only a matter of medals, but it concerns the dignity finish on top and unbeaten with 14 points. Kondo and a winner from Lee decided Captain Kwak Tae-hwi opened the Ulsan’s six-year-old record. of the nation in international forums.” On the other hand, Al Duhail have the tie, as the added-time goal from Junya scoring with a header, before Rafinha Maaloul has previously won the CAF Nahrawi passed the Torch to Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games brought an entertaining brand of football Tanaka was merely consolation for the doubled the lead in the second half and Champions League with Tunisia’s Espe- Organising Committee chair, Raja Sapta Oktohari. to this season’s campaign with Youssef Japanese side. Kim Seung-yong blasted the third to grant rance Sportive de Tunis, winning all his Oktohari accepted the flame, which will visit other cities before El Arabi scoring for fun while Youssef Ulsan reached their first quarter-final Ulsan Hyundai their first AFC Champions ties after the group stage. the Opening Ceremony on October 6. Msakni and Nam Tae-hee have excelled since 2006 and against Saudi Arabia’s League title and a record of nine consec- Persepolis have not lost any game on “Let us make Indonesia a caring and friendly country for as the supporting cast. Al Hilal, they never looked in danger as utive wins. their home ground this season, yet a win for people with disabilities,” he said. However, it was the attacking exploits they cruised to a 4-0 win in Riyadh off In this version, Al Duhail battered Al Al Duhail next Monday would mark a new The Torch will travel to Makassar, South Sulawesi tomorrow of holding midfielder Karim Boudiaf that the back of a 1-0 advantage from the first Ain in the Round of 16, netting eight goals, record in AFC Champions League history. and then to Denpasar, Bali on September 16. earned the Qatari side their first six points leg at home. evenly split between the two legs as El (Source: the-afc) (Source: Insidethegames.biz) Prayer Times Noon:13:01 Evening: 19:35 Dawn: 5:20 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:45 (tomorrow) SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Iranian Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 photographers Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. 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ARTTEHRAN – Iranian photographers Mohammad-Javad Sadri deskand Siavash Ejlali have won gold medals at the 7th International Photographic Art Salon, which is organized every year by the FotoClubPro Arad (FCPA) in Romania. Sadri won the FCPA Gold Medal for his photo “Azadi Square” in the monochrome category, and Ejlali received the same honor for his “A Girl in Purple” in the color section, the organizers announced last Friday. Kari Kumpulainen from Finland won the FIAP Gold Medal for the photo “Mask North Korea subject of Reza 1” in the color section, and in the monochrome section, the FIAP Gold Medal was Amirkhani’s next book given to Liviu Pascalau from Romania for the “Keyhole”. Le Cong Bunh from Vietnam who has had the most acceptances in the festival CULTURE TEHRAN – The bestselling writer Reza was named Best Author. deskAmirkhani who is famous for novels such Several other Iranian photographers attending the competition also received as “The Good Smell of Oil” and “Re He Sheen” is writing a honorable mentions. travelogue of North Korea. All the award-winning photos will be displayed in an exhibition opening at the “A Girl in Purple” by Siavash Ejlali won the FCPA Gold Medal at the 7th International “I was in North Korean for Museum of Arad on November 28. Photographic Art Salon in Romania. nine days when the meeting between Jong-un and Trump was held,” he said in an Iranian troupe to tour Europe with Apricot Tree festival interview published by the Persian daily Farhikhtegan drama on migration picks films from Iran on Monday. “I traveled to the country as a documentarian along with a political delegation, and the travelogue will likely be my next book, if they [critics] do not bemoan that, once again, I will be concentrating on a bitter story,” he added. Amirkhani’s latest novel Iranian writer Reza Amirkhani in “Re He Sheen” about an an undated photo (Mehr/Asghar architect couple who are in Khamseh) conflict over the unbalanced development of urban life in a metropolis was published by Ofoq last year. “The key point is that freedom will never be restricted in our country as much as it is in North Korea. In addition, even if our country is conquered by America we will never be like South Korea because we are not as disciplined as the South Iranian director Ali Shams in an undated photo (Tasnim/Reza Amirhassabi) A scene from “Meta Marathon” by Saeid Keshavarz. Korean people.” ARTTEHRAN – An East and Africa, refugees coming from ARTTEHRAN – Three life of an elderly rural woman, full of hard deskIranian troupe is the regions have turned into a major deskIranian movies will be work, and the traditions of her village on the scheduled to tour Europe during October concern for Europeans,” Shams said. competing in the Apricot Tree International threshold of the holy month of Ramadan. NEWS IN BRIEF with a play on migration titled “The The tour has been organized Documentary Film Festival in Armenia, “The Rock” is about a woman in southern Mediterranean”. in response to the ruthless fascist the organizers have announced. Iran who goes to the mountain near her Goethe plays The tour will begin in Italy on October environment created against the refugees “Meta Marathon” by Saeid Keshavarz, village every day, breaks up rocks, puts the published in 15, and the troupe will perform in Pescara in Europe, he added. “Meeting” by Reza Majlesi and “The Rock” stones on a truck and makes a living from and Rome, director Ali Shams told the “The play’s focus is on the people, by Hamid Jafari will be screened in two it for her family. Persian Persian service of Honaronline announced who are drowned in the Mediterranean different sections of the festival, which will About 20 documentaries from Germany, on Tuesday. on their way to flee to Europe,” Shams take place in Yerevan and the beautiful village France, Norway, Ukraine and several other The troupe composed of Bahar Katuzi, stated. of Ujan from September 15 to 21. countries will be competing in the festival. Maral Farjad and Parisa Nazari will stage “This sea has turned into an immense “Meta Marathon” will be competing in the Iranian filmmaker Shahram CULTURE TEHRAN – Five works by German writer a performance of the play at Teatro di slaughterhouse as one-eighteenth of those feature section. The film narrates the story Badakhshanmehr is a member of the festival deskJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Documenti, a major theater in the Italian people who have had to flee to Europe of Qodratolloh Bayat, a young working man jury this year. have recently been published in Persian in a collection by capital of Rome. are drowned in the Mediterranean Sea,” living in his modest village, boasting that he can His docudrama “Slowly” won the Cheshmeh Publications in Tehran. The play will be performed in English he lamented. break the world and Olympic marathon record. festival’s grand prix in the feature-length Translated by Saeid Pirmoradi, the collection includes the and the tour will continue in Hungary, Shams directed a cast of Italian and He joins a marathon competition held in the competition in 2017. two plays “Clavigo” and “Stella”, and the stories “The Good Sweden and Germany. Iranian actors performing “Humans town and prepares a team to film his victory. He will be judging the films along with Women”, “The New Paris” and “The New Melusine”. “As right-wing governments have come Farm”, his play about violence in the “Meeting” and “The Rock” will be German film director Wieland Speck and to power in Europe and due to a rise history, at Tehran Sayeh Theater during competing in the short film category. Armenian historian-anthropologist Hranush in migration numbers from the Middle September 2015. “Meeting” depicts the difficult everyday Kharatyan. ‘Stolen’ Matisse can stay in Robert Redford bids farewell to acting Eros elbows way into China through London’s National Gallery: with throwback crime caper content licensing deal with iQiyi U.S. appeals court TORONTO (Reuters) — Robert Redford MUMBAI (Reuters) — Movie production bowed out on Monday from a 50-year acting house Eros International PLC on Monday NEW YORK (Reuters) — The National Gallery in London career, calling what he has said will be his said it partnered with China streaming persuaded a U.S. appeals court that three grandchildren of a final movie “a wonderful film to go out on.” service iQiyi Inc to provide Indian movies muse for French artist Henri Matisse should not reclaim a 1908 The Toronto Film Festival audience such as Bollywood blockbusters “Dabangg” painting they said was stolen. erupted with applause after the screening and “Devdas” in the country. In a 3-0 decision on Monday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of of comedy caper “The Old Man & the Gun” Netflix Inc signed a similar deal last Appeals in New York said sovereign immunity shielded the museum in which Redford, 81, plays a charming, year with iQiyi, which is backed by China’s and Britain from having to return “Portrait of Greta Moll” to real-life bank robber who was caught 17 internet search company Baidu Inc. the grandchildren, Oliver Williams and Margarete Green from times during the course of a 60 year crime Eros did not disclose financial terms Britain and Iris Filmer from Germany. career but who managed to escape from Actor Robert Redford arrives for the of the deal, but said its streaming service The logo for Chinese streaming platform The case is one of many seeking to recover art stolen or jail every time. international premiere of “The Old Man Eros Now will license its catalog of Indian iQiyi Inc., is displayed on a screen dur- misappropriated in connection with World War Two. “I’ve always been attracted with the idea & the Gun” at the Toronto International movies, which Chinese viewers will be able ing the company’s initial public offering Margarete Moll, known as Greta, became the painting’s owner of outlaws since I was a kid and I played that Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, to watch by October. (IPO) at the Nasdaq Market Site in New after her husband Oskar died in 1947. out in my work a lot, so this just followed September 10, 2018. (Reuters/Mark Blinch) Eros Now, which has rights to over 5,000 York City, U.S., March 29, 2018. (Reuters/ She then entrusted it with one of her husband’s former art suit,” the “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Director David Lowery said “The Old movies in various Indian languages, has 10.1 Brendan McDermid) students for safekeeping from looters in Switzerland. Kid” star said. Man & the Gun” was “a spiritual successor” million paid subscribers in India. country. But Moll’s heirs said the student stole the painting, which then “It’s just an upbeat film. It’s a true story. to the movies that made Redford a star and Chinese viewers will be able to watch Foreign companies usually partner with changed hands several times, including through a Manhattan It’s a wonderful film to go out on,” he said. that he shot the movie in the style of 1970s about 100 movies within the next month a Chinese company to gain a foothold in the gallery, before the National Gallery bought it in 1979. Redford said last month that he would crime films. and increase to about 1,000 in the next year. world’s second biggest economy. They sued after the Spoliation Advisory Panel, a British retire from acting after the release of “The Asked to sum up Redford’s appeal, Low- “We are targeting about $10 million in “Until the whole regulatory environment government body reviewing Holocaust-era claims, said it lacked Old Man & the Gun”. He has said he wants ery said that the actor’s voice and face on revenue in the first year through this deal,” changes in China, I want the Eros Now brand jurisdiction because the Nazi era ended in 1945, two years before to spend more time on art - his first love - camera had a quality that “can captivate Eros International’s Chief Executive Officer penetration within the Chinese audiences the alleged theft. and plans to continue directing. you like nothing else.” Kishore Lulla said in an interview. through this deal,” Lulla said in a interview. But the U.S. appeals court said the heirs also failed to allege Movies like “All the President’s Men”, “He has it and very few people do,” Streaming services in China are subject “Within the next 2-3 years, when the that the painting was “taken,” and therefore could not reclaim “The Sting” and “Out of Africa” turned Red- Lowery said. to strict data storage regulations and foreign regulatory environment will allow Eros it under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. ford into one of the biggest stars of the 1970s “The Old Man & the Gun”, which also films and television are routinely censored, Now to be launched directly to the Chinese “The alleged taking of the painting was committed by a private and 1980s but despite winning a directing stars Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover and Casey hindering companies such as Netflix and audiences, we will do that in a partnership actor,” the court said. “The National Gallery’s refusal to compensate Oscar for “Ordinary People” in 1980, he has Affleck, opens in U.S. movie theaters on Amazon.com Inc’s Prime from taking full with any of the online platforms in China,” [plaintiffs] for that taking after the fact does not provide a basis never won an Academy Award for acting. Sept. 28. advantage of the world’s most populated he said. for jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality.” David Rowland, a lawyer at Rowland & Petroff representing Greta Moll’s heirs, said his clients have been “denied their day Documentary explores Scottish workers’ boycott over Chile 1973 coup in court,” despite remaining the painting’s “rightful owners.” LONDON (Reuters) — When Chilean air force jet engines led an act of international solidarity against the coup and ensuing “I suppose as I got older that story stuck with me because Sarah André, a lawyer for the National Gallery, was pleased arrived for repair at a Rolls-Royce factory in Scotland in dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. it connects directly with the most iconic image of the coup in with the decision, according to a statement from her law firm 1974, inspector Bob Fulton swiftly decided he would not Documentary “Nae Pasaran”, meaning they shall not pass, Chile which is the Hawker Hunters flying low over Santiago, Nixon Peabody. touch them. takes a look at the boycott of Chilean air force engines by the and firing ... into the palace,” he said. Monday’s decision upheld a September 2017 dismissal of The World War Two veteran had been shaken by images engineers in East Kilbride and the impact it had. “The idea that Scottish workers on the other side of the world the case by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan. thousands of miles away in Santiago of Hawker Hunter jets “It’s very rare ... for anyone ... to find out decades later that had managed to, I suppose, dent that image in some ways was Greta Moll had sat for 10 three-hour sessions for her painting, bombing La Moneda presidential palace in the Sept. 11, 1973, something you’ve done ... actually pays off and affects positively quite incredible.” which Matisse reworked after seeing a work in Paris by the Italian military coup that toppled democratically elected socialist pres- the lives of others,” film director Felipe Bustos Sierra told Reuters. The workers labeled the engine parts “black”, meaning they Renaissance artist Paolo Veronese. ident Salvador Allende. The son of an exiled Chilean journalist living in Belgium, would not be touched on the factory assembly line for months. The case is Williams et al v. National Gallery, London et al, Despite risking his job, Fulton refused to let the engines Bustos Sierra said he first heard of the Scottish workers’ actions They were then put and left outside, until they disappeared in 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 17-3253. through maintenance and, with fellow trade union workers, as a child. 1978. The workers were told they had gone back to the Chile.