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Iran ditches dollar in transactions with several countries Major water, power ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran has financial transactions with several countries deskmade mutual monetary without any reliance of U.S. dollar. agreements with some countries on the way In late April, Iranian cabinet ordered all to abolish U.S. dollar in its financial trans- state-run organizations and companies to actions and the issue will be incrementally replace U.S. dollar with euro in reporting projects come on stream generalized to other countries in future,” their financial statements. the governor of the Central Bank of Iran The country’s financial system has in- (CBI) announced in a meeting with Iranian tensified its efforts to establish ties with a economists on Monday, IRNA reported. number of countries based on the national See page 4 Briefing the attendees about CBI’s meas- currencies, as the U.S. sanctions against ures during the four past months, Abdolnaser the country have complicated transactions Hemmati added that Iran has activated its in dollars.

Govt. focusing on economic stability: Rouhani POLITICS TEHRAN — Presi- Iranian economy after November 4, but deskdent Hassan Rouhani the people and businessmen acted in a said on Tuesday that the government way to prevent it. is making efforts to stabilize economy On November 4, the U.S. officially en- and reduce economic pressure on the forced banking and oil boycott against Iran. people. Rouhani said after November 4 the After a meeting of the heads of the people, central bank and other econom- three branches, Rouhani said that the ic bodies acted in a way that the market U.S. worked hard to cause chaos in the became more stable. 2

‘Black Tuesday’: French students hit the streets in protest again Even as it grapples with violent demon- been terrified by the prospect of facing strations over living costs, the French a united front of workers and student government was hunkering down for protests. While French universities are

Rahbar Emamdadi a “Black Tuesday” of protests by high- largely quiet nowadays, the prospect of school students who have jumped onto a two-pronged offensive edged nearer the Yellow Vest bandwagon. to reality last week when high-school Ever since the May 1968 protests pupils seized on the momentum from that paralyzed France and precipitat- the so-called Yellow Vest movement to

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ ed the demise of its war hero Charles vent their anger at President Emmanuel de Gaulle, French governments have Macron’s educational reforms. 13 EDITORIAL IRGC confirms ballistic missile test POLITICS REPORT Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN — Amir Ali Hajiza- U.S. react to some of these tests is that it has nothing has been approved or ratified about its deskdeh, commander of the Islamic made them feel uneasy. prohibition for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Ramin Hossein Abadian Tehran Times editor-in-chief Mehr News Agency @ghaderi62 Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, He did not mention the name of the missile Zarif told Tasnim on Tuesday. has confirmed that Iran has recently test-fired that Iran test-fired recently. “Our defense doctrine is basically founded journalist a missile, saying that the country tests tens of Earlier this month, Pompeo had said Iran upon deterrence and is defensive, not offensive,” Le Pen’s under- missiles annually. tested a medium-range ballistic missile, claiming the top diplomat underlined, saying the Islamic “We test our missiles and the recent test was that it was violation of the UN Security Council Republic of Iran has proved its commitment to Yemen peace talks plot for the French important too,” Hajizadeh told Fars in an inter- resolution 2231. such a doctrine throughout its history. view published on Tuesday. Zarif: Iran’s missile program not Resolution 2231 calls upon Iran “not to undertake in Stockholm; the president Asked about U.S. Secretary of State Mike prohibited by UN resolution any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to tale of negotiators Pompeo’s reaction to the missile test, the gen- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif be capable of delivering nuclear weapons.” he President of the French National eral said, “Americans’ reaction show that this underscored that the resolution 2231 has not Iranian officials have time and again under- with no authority Rally political party, Marin Le Pen, test has been very important and caused them prohibited Iran’s missile activities. scored that none of the country’s missiles have Tis trying to take little stances on to make a hue and cry.” “I can make it clear as the foreign minister been designed to be capable of carrying nuclear he Peace talks between Yemeni the new protests in her country. Some General Hajizadeh said that Iran tests over that the issue of missiles has never been sub- warheads, because nuclear weapons have basically government delegation and Houthi French politicians have accused her 40 to 50 missiles every year but the fact that the ject to negotiations and that in resolution 2231 no place in Iran’s defense doctrine. Trepresentatives has begun since of interfering in the recent protests Thursday in Sweden. This is the third in favor of the French National Rally. round of peace negotiations between the Meanwhile, many analysts believe that, Sanctions on Iran or trade warfare? What is the pretext for punishing Huawei in America? two sides, undergoing talks that had not ultimately, the outcome of Macron’s By Maryam Khormaie detained person”. A spokesman for the Chinese during the 1990s. In 2001, it developed its first been resolved in the past because of the removal from power will be the presence TEHRAN — Canada has arrested a senior Hua- embassy in Canada, in a statement, said: “Can- presence in the United States, then in 2008 in abusive Saudi rulers. of far-right nationalists (led by Le Pen) wei technology company official suspected of ada has arrested a citizen of China who has not Canada. According to a Bloomberg report in 2011, However, this round of negotiations at the Elysees Palace. violating sanctions against Iran at the request violated any of the laws of the United States or 45 of the 50 largest telecom companies in the after months of deliberations by Martin In any case, Marin Le Pen and the of U.S. officials. Canada at the request of the United States.” world used some Huawei equipment. Griffiths, the UN special envoy for Yem- French National Rally continue to make Meng Wanzhou, who is one of the vice-chairs In a short statement, China’s Foreign Ministry Accordingly, Huawei’s Chinese company has en, began on Thursday between the two lots of propaganda in their country’s on the Chinese technology company’s board and said that Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng had become a highly competitive rival to Western and sides, aimed at ending nearly four years political and social atmosphere. It should is the daughter of the company’s founder, Ren issued the warning to release Meng to Canada’s American companies, which over the past few of brutal war in the country. be acknowledged that the recent protests Zhengfei, was arrested at the request of U.S. ambassador in Beijing, summoning him to lodge years has been able to develop a solid footprint The Yemeni peace talks in Stockholm, in France have doubled their chance to officials in Vancouver. a “strong protest”. But is his arrest linked to U.S. in the United States and Canada. Sweden, have provided conditions for win the public vote, and he has greatly A spokesman for the Canadian Ministry of sanctions against Iran? To answer this question, Reasons of punishing Huawei, Yemeni groups, in the form of a state of encouraged Le Pen and her entourage to Justice said in a statement to the Globe and Mail take a look at the history of Huawei’s work. Iran sanctions or trade warfare? national salvation, to revive and restore win the European parliamentary election website: “Wangzhou is wanted for extradition Huawei, in the 1980s, started its business in At the British Columbia Provincial Tribunal during the ignored rights of the Yemeni people. which is to be held in June. to the United States.” China as a telecommunications technology com- its first detention hearing on Tuesday, Huawei’s chief The strategic port of Al-Hudaydah was In 2014, the French National Rally A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said pany, but from the outset it focused on developing executive announced that Meng Wangzhou, with the the most important issue in the talks hold- was able to shine exceptionally well in on Thursday that Beijing had separately called indigenous technology rather than importing it establishment of Sky Comex, has been pursuing Huawei ing in Sweden’s capital. Saudi-led coalition the European parliamentary elections on the U.S. and Canada to “clarify the reasons from the West. Huawei targeted the global mar- subsidiaries throughout 2009-2014 to circumvent has blocked Al-Hudaydah city, and after and overcome other French political for the detention” and “immediately release the kets as a company with its own native technology U.S. sanctions against Iran. 7 several months of aggressive attack by parties. In the 2017 general election, Le ground, air and sea, they failed to dominate Pen was able to reach the final round of the city of Al-Hudaydah, but the coalition the presidential competitions for the has completely besieged the city. first time since the establishment of the The main demand of the Yemeni groups French National Rally. However, at that in the Stockholm negotiations is to deter- time, Le Pen couldn’t act against the mine the fate of Al-Hudaydah province broad opposition of the Socialist and Rohingya and to remove the complete blockade. Conservative parties. But the equation However, it seems that the Saudi Arabia’s seems to have changed now! survivors: mercenaries squabbling excesses in the Polls conducted in France suggested repressive Yemeni government continues. a decline in the popularity of Emmanuel And they do not want a logical solution Macron as the country’s president. This ‘Why do to the issue of Al-Hudaydah. is while only 18 months has passed since The Yemeni government of former Macaron’s presence at Elysee Palace. Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Under such circumstances, Le Pen and they want to Hadi, demanded that the Houthis fully her companions will naturally try to withdraw from Al-Hudaydah. Yemen’s change the French citizen’s mind to the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, benefit of the French National Rally. destroy us? Mohammed Abdul-Salam announced This is a very good time indeed, as that the city of Al-Hudaydah should be In Cox’s Bazar, photographer Renaud many of the French citizens no longer neutral zone and there will be no need for a Philippe met Rohingya Muslims who trust Macron and his promises for military presence there if the battles stop. managed to flee the Myanmar military’s making economic, social reforms in Despite the fact that the Yemeni groups brutal crackdown. France. Le Pen and the senior members have gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, to This photo shows girls and boys reciting of the French National Rally, argue that end the crises in the country, the other Quran at Balukhali camp. Here, children the Socialist and Conservative Parties side, representatives of Saud-back Hadi are being given the opportunity to study won’t be able to redefine themselves government, has always been trying to their faith – and learn to read. Rohingya in the near future, given the crisis that defeat the negotiations by seeking unrea-

The Guardian children were banned from accessing state has stuck the two traditional French sonable conditions, and to block bilateral education in Myanmar. parties. 7 agreements. 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS DECEMBER 12, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Zarif on Yemen: Iran will turn to alternate options High time aggressors end crimes if nuclear deal not saved: MP against humanity POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian MP that the special vehicle purpose (SPV) would desk POLITICS TEHRAN — It is well past time for foreign Kazem Jalali said on Mon- be implemented by end of 2018. deskaggressors to end their airstrikes and day that Iran will turn to alternate options She added that Europe seeks to preserve crimes against humanity, Foreign Minister Mohammad if Europe fails to start actions to save the the nuclear deal. Javad Zarif said on Tuesday, referring to the Saudi-led 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint France and Germany have agreed to military campaign against Yemen. Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). SPV which is a special payment channel “Iran welcomes initial agreements between Yemeni parties “European countries have adopted po- created by Europe as part of its efforts to in Stockholm under supervision of UNSG envoy, and strongly litical position to keep the JCPOA, however, keep trade flowing with Iran in defiance supports continuation of talks to achieve final accords on all we expect serious actions and practical will of U.S. sanctions. issues. It is well past time for foreign aggressors to end their of Europe,” he said during a meeting with The German magazine Wirtschaftswoche airstrikes & crimes against humanity,” Zarif said in a tweet. Tarja Cronberg, a member of the Executive has reported it has been agreed that the re- The UN-brokered peace talks between the warring parties Board of the European Leadership Network. lated company be located in France and its in Yemen’s conflict began on Thursday in Sweden. He noted that the European countries director to be chosen from Germany. should make efforts to save the JCPOA for The Wall Street Journal reported in their own reputation. November that British officials were also Chabahar attack “Europe should adopt practical policies mulling over joining France and Germany to save the JCPOA and stand against the in order to rescue the European attempt to aimed to undermine U.S. unilateralism at the international arena circumvent the U.S. sanctions and salvage economy: and also defend its political reputation in the 2015 nuclear deal. the international equations,” the veteran Iran and the European side have been intelligence chief lawmaker remarked. MP Kazem Jalali (L) talking to Tarja Cronberg, a member of the Executive Board discussing ways to conduct non-dollar trade For his part, Cronberg expressed hope of the European Leadership Network in order to offset the U.S. sanctions. POLITICS TEHRAN — Intelligence Minister deskMahmoud Alavi said on Tuesday the recent terrorist attack in the southeastern port city of Chabahar Iranian human rights organization worried over situation in France was aimed to undermine Iran’s economy, Tasnim reported. POLITICS TEHRAN — In a statement on Monday, taxes and ease their economic difficulties. Chabahar is intended to turn into regional trade hub, deskIran’s Human Rights Headquarters ex- According to a recent survey, 84 percent of the French rivaling port Gwadar, China’s main trade route to Pakistan, pressed concern over the violence exercised by the French people, mostly from the middle-income group, support Afghanistan and Central Asia. police against protestors. the protests. On December 6, a vehicle laden with explosives went “The recent events in Paris and other cities of France Fuel prices in France have risen more than 20 per- off close to a police headquarters in the city. Two sol- are regrettable, dangerous and worrisome given the violent cent this year. This movement spread to Belgium and diers were killed and at least 43 individuals were injured confrontation of the French police and security forces against Netherlands in a short time. during the attack. the people who have risen against unbearable injustices and French riot police fired tear gas and water cannon in Paris Alavi also said Iranian security forces have foiled many discrimination,” the statement said. on Saturday, trying to stop tens of thousands of people from terrorist attacks in recent years, adding, “No country It underlined the necessity for the French government to converging on the presidential palace to express their anger in the world has such a successful intelligence service prosecute those who have killed or wounded the protestors, at high taxes and President Emmanuel Macron. Protesters as the Islamic Iran.” stop extensive arrests and account for the establishment of smashed store windows and set fires around Paris and clashed a secular dictatorship based on liberal capitalism. with police, who fired tear gas and deployed water canon Jaberi Ansari, The statement also called on the UN Human Rights Council Policeman on duty during clash with protestors in throughout the day in the French capital. to pave the ground for appointing a special rapporteur to France. AFP photo At least 135 people were injured in the protests on Satur- Schmid discuss scrutinize the recent events in France. controversial fuel tax hikes and the deteriorating eco- day, including 17 police officers, while, throughout France, Since November 17 thousands of protesters, wearing nomic situation. over 4,532 demonstrators were detained. Syrian, Yemeni yellow vests, have been gathering in major French cities The demonstrators, who generally live in rural areas due A total of 136,000 people demonstrated across France, issues including Paris to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s to high rents in the cities, have called on Macron to cut fuel including more than 10,000 in Paris. POLITICS TEHRAN — Hossein Jaberi Ansari, deska senior advisor to the Iranian foreign Leader warns of enemies’ attack on spirituality minister for political affairs, met on Monday with Secretary POLITICS TEHRAN — Leader of During a meeting with members of will help defeat the enemies’ attack on Army in the 1980s. General of European External Action Service Helga Schmid deskthe Islamic Revolution a committee tasked with holding a con- spirituality. “Today, it is the best and most noble thing in Brussels to discuss the Syrian and Yemeni issues and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned of the gress to commemorate martyrs of South He also praised contribution of South to commemorate the martyrs,” he said. the prospects for the future of the two countries. enemies’ attack on spirituality and insisted Khorasan province, which was held on Khorasanis to the Islamic Revolution and Ayatollah Khamenei also said that the During the meeting, the two sides focused on regional on the need to boost the achievements of November 5, the Leader said that pro- their presence at the war fronts to defend sacred defense is an endless phenomenon developments, especially the situation in Yemen and Syria the Islamic Revolution. moting achievements of the revolution the country against the invading Saddam and a “progressing fact”. and ways to help advance the Yemeni-Yemeni dialogue in Stockholm as well as the ways to facilitate the work on the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee, Mehr reported. IRGC: U.S. military threats only part of psychological warfare POLITICS TEHRAN — The spokesman for the Sharif said on Monday, speaking to Fars. “The Islamic Republic of Iran does not intend to start a deskIslamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Sharif stressed that Iran’s regional and global en- war against anyone but you (Armed Forces) should increase SPV to be has dismissed the U.S. military threats against Iran as emies know that they can’t confront Iran militarily. your capabilities to the extent that not only does the enemy bluffs and part of the psychological warfare against the “Thanks God, we have all the necessary possibilities to fear attacking Iran but also the shadow of war against the established Islamic Republic. give a strong and crushing response to any aggressive Iranian nation will fade away with the help of the Armed by year end: “We have not observed any move by America at our sea force against Iran.” Forces’ solidarity, might and effective deployment,” Ayatollah or land borders. People are familiar with the Americans’ Iran has made major progresses in manufacturing weapons. Khamenei told Navy commanders and other top military Mogherini statements which are mostly for psychological warfare use Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed officials in late November. POLITICS TEHRAN — European Union foreign and aimed at boosting the morale of their supporters, in- Ali Khamenei has urged the Armed Forces to reinvigorate He added that the Armed Forces’ preparedness has played deskpolicy chief Federica Mogherini has said cluding the Zionist regime and al-Saud,” General Ramezan their capabilities and deterrence power with full speed. as a deterrent power against military threats. the special purpose vehicle (SPV) meant to help companies do business with Iran will be completed by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Pressure on Iran has backfired, Guards chief says “I would expect this instrument to be established in the POLITICS TEHRAN — Chief of the progresses made by Iran. province, the IRGC commander noted that Iran this wish to grave,” he said. coming weeks, so before the end of the year, as a way to pro- deskIslamic Revolution Guard “Great achievements of the Islamic Rev- has never given in to the U.S. economic pressure. President Donald Trump withdrew the tect and promote legitimate business with Iran,” Mogherini Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari said olution are not just mentioned by the Islamic Iran’s resistance can be a great lesson for U.S. unilaterally from the JCPOA in May told reporters in Brussels after a meeting of foreign affairs on Tuesday that Iran has disappointed the Republic’s officials,” he said, adding, “The the oppressed countries in the world, he added. and ordered sanctions against Iran. The first ministers. “Work is advancing well.” enemies who have been working relentlessly enemies have also admitted them and have “The U.S. has sought to undermine the round of sanctions went into force on August The EU has been trying to save the Joint Comprehensive to exert pressure on the Islamic Republic. become disappointed with exerting pressure security and cause harm to the system, how- 6 and the second round, which targets Iran’s Plan of Action (JCPOA) despite U.S. pressure. The senior commander said the oppo- and making threats against Iran.” ever, they do not dare to bring up the issue oil exports and banks, were snapped back nents have been forced to acknowledge the Speaking in a ceremony in South Khorassan of overthrowing the system, and will take on November 4. Iran lodges complaint to Tbilisi General warns Israel, U.S. might create Embassy: Iran has no links to weapons over mistreatment new chaos in Mideast seized in central Afghan city POLITICS TEHRAN — A top Iran has roundly dismissed claims of of citizens deskmilitary aide to the its links to a weapons cache discovered POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minis- Leader of the Islamic Revolution warns in Afghanistan’s central province of desktry on Monday voiced its complaint to the U.S. and the Zionist regime might Ghazni, warning against attempts to Tbilisi regarding the mistreatment from Georgian border create a new chaos in the Middle East harm growing relations between the officials toward Iranian nationals seeking to enter the region, calling on regional countries two neighbors. South Caucasian country. to beware of such threats. The Iranian embassy in Kabul was The complaint was lodged during a meeting between “We, military people, must realis- reacting to claims on Sunday by local Foreign Ministry Director-General for Eurasian Affairs Gho- tically monitor our national, regional officials in Ghazni Province that they lamreza Baqeri-Moqaddam and Georgian Ambassador to and international environment as well had found “Iran-made” weaponry from Tehran Ioseb Chakhvashvili, Mehr reported. as our national security threats,” Major a Taliban hideout in Ghazni City, the Chakhvashvili also provided explanations on the latest General Yahya Rahim Safavi stated, not considered as a factor for superi- provincial capital. Afghan people face insecurity 16 years status of the Georgian border guards’ misbehavior toward Mehr reported on Tuesday. ority and victory in war,” the general They claimed the arms included nine after the United States and its allies in- some Iranian nationals seeking to enter the country. “When the geopolitics, geo-eco- remarked. Kalashnikovs, five pistols, a hand grenade vaded the country as part of Washington’s He added that he will personally visit Tbilisi to follow up nomics and geo-strategy of a region If that was the case, he continued, and a large number of bullets. so-called war on terror. on the issue and announce the results to the Iranian side. match, that region becomes strategi- Saudi Arabia would have won the war in “Currently, the Islamic Republic of Iran Although the Taliban militant group cally [important] and when a region Yemen, but “during the last 45 months and Afghanistan enjoy great economic and was removed from power as a result of the becomes strategically and geopolitically they have had the minimum political cultural relations and [no party] should invasion, the country remains occupied Envoy felicitates important, all world powers will keep and military achievements and it can be allowed to hamper the growing ties and many areas are still threatened by an eye on that region,” Safavi explained. be said that they have faced problems between the two friendly governments,” insecurity. Iraq on The former IRGC chief also said in reaching their main goals.” Iran’s mission in Afghanistan said in a Iran has repeatedly rejected allegations Deash defeat Saudi Arabia and some other Persian Safavi also described the Islamic statement on Tuesday. that it aids the Taliban, saying such claims Gulf Arab countries have purchased Republic of Iran as a stable and pow- The embassy has conveyed Iran’s dis- are instigated by the U.S. in an attempt to anniversary weapons ten times more than Iran over erful country which should expand its satisfaction with the matter to Afghan divert public opinion from the real cause the past ten years. relations with China, India and Russia authorities, and seeks “clear documen- of violence in Afghanistan. POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Ambassador to Bagh- “But weapons and equipment are based on its national interests. tation” on the claims. (Source: Press TV) deskdad, Iraj Masjedi, has congratulated the Iraqi government and people on the first anniversary of their victory against Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group. Govt. focusing on economic stability: Rouhani In his message, Masjedi also congratulated the Iraqi 1 Yemenis surrender, have no choice other than making In April 2015, Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- armed forces, including the army and police, the Popular He added, “The U.S. objective was to prevent peace with the country. mad Javad Zarif submitted a letter to then UN Sec- Mobilization Forces, and the nomads on liberating the “holy exportation of Iran’s oil, but I tell the people clearly He also noted that Iran supports inter-Yemeni talks. retary-General Ban Ki-moon outlining a four-point land of Iraq” from Daesh, ISNA reported on Tuesday. that oil exportation has become better after Aban 13 UN-brokered peace talks between the warring par- peace plan for Yemen. The plan called for an immediate “A free, stable and strong Iraq is what the authorities and [November 4].” ties in Yemen’s conflict began on Thursday in Sweden. ceasefire and end of all foreign military attacks, hu- people of the Islamic Republic want,” he said. ‘No way but making peace with Yemenis’ The Saudi-led war in Yemen started in March 2015 as manitarian assistance, a resumption of broad national The ambassador also voiced Iran’s readiness to help the Rouhani also said the situation in Yemen has devel- an attempt to crush the Houthi movement in the country dialogue, and “establishment of an inclusive national Iraqi government and nation in reconstructing Iraq. oped in a way that Saudi Arabia and its allies, who made strenuous efforts to occupy the country and make the and restore former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. unity government.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 12, 2018 INTERNATIONAL Yemen warring sides not there yet on 44 ex-senators warn U.S. is key issues: UN envoy ‘entering a dangerous period’ The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Additionally, reports say Yemen’s opposite Martin Griffiths says the country’s warring parties are still widely divided in reaching an parties have not yet reached any agreement implementation plan for the reopening the on the major sticking points on the agenda of airport, which has been closed to commercial the ongoing peace negotiations in Sweden, flights since August 2016. including a truce in the strategic port city The negotiators from the former Saudi of Hudaydah. regime-backed regime insisted that all Griffiths made the remarks at a press flights to and from the Sana’a airport conference in Sweden, where the UN-bro- must be inspected at airports in Aden kered peace talks continue between dele- or Say’un. gations from Yemen’s Ansarullah (Houthi) However, Mohammed Abdulsalam, the movement and the country’s former Saudi head of the Ansarullah delegation at the regime-backed regime. Sweden discussions, rejected the proposal. Speaking on Monday -- the fifth day of The Ansarullah had earlier proposed to the discussions -- the UN envoy described place the Sana’a airport under direct UN Hudaydah and Ta’izz as “two major population supervision. zones in Yemen caught in war.” “The Sana’a International Airport is a “I’m hopeful that we can reach agreements major airport in Yemen, serving about 70 on de-escalation to reduce the fighting in percent of the country’s population. It is the both places. I’m hoping that we can, but we most important transportation hub in the are not there yet,” he said. country. No obstacles or conditions should A bipartisan group of nearly four dozen former senators of the Griffiths also hoped for agreements on be set for the reopening of the Sana’a air- United States warned current and future members of the Senate a range of issues between Yemen’s warring port,” said Mazen Ghanem, spokesman of the on Monday that the United States is “entering a dangerous peri- sides during the current round of talks “in the Yemeni General Authority for Civil Aviation od,” and urged them to defend America’s democracy by serving next couple of days” and more consultations and Meteorology. national interests rather than political ideologies. early next year to address the political and Mass prisoner swap expected “We are on the eve of the conclusion of special counsel Robert security issues. Ahead of the talks, a UN-chartered plane S. Mueller III’s investigation and the House’s commencement “We are trying to close the distance so carrying 50 wounded Ansarullah movement of investigations of the president and his administration,” the that we can ideally bring these negotiations forces and three Yemeni doctors left Sana’a 44 ex-lawmakers wrote in an op-ed published by The Washing- forward to a public conclusion within the daydah and Ta’izz as well as the reopening of that the Ansarullah are using the port city for Oman’s capital, Muscat, for treatment. ton Post. “The likely convergence of these two events will occur next few days,” he added. the Sana’a airport and a prisoner swap deal. for weapons delivery, an allegation rejected A mass prisoner exchange has also been at a time when simmering regional conflicts and global power The UN envoy further noted that the par- Hudaydah truce rejected by the Yemeni fighters. raised in the negotiations, but an announce- confrontations continue to threaten our security, economy and ticipants at the peace talks had exchanged Meantime, reports say both parties have No agreement on Ta’izz ceasefire ment is yet to be issued. geopolitical stability.” views on the reopening of Sana’a airport, and dismissed an initial proposal for ending the Elsewhere, reports said that the UN has The brutal Saudi regime-led war was The senators continued: “It is a time, like other critical that they would make an announcement about fighting in Hudaydah, a lifeline for millions called for an unconditional truce in the south- launched in March 2015 in an attempt to junctures in our history, when our nation must engage at the release of prisoners in a couple of days. of Yemenis. The proposal urges the Saudi re- western city Ta’izz, which is occupied by Saudi reinstall Yemen’s former Riyadh-allied re- every level with strategic precision and the hand of both the “All I can say about the optimism, that gime-led coalition forces to lay down their arms regime-backed militants but besieged by the gime and crush the Ansarullah, who have president and the Senate. We are at an inflection point in you have referred to, is that bringing people and the Ansarullah to retreat from the port Ansarullah fighters. been running state affairs in the absence of which the foundational principles of our democracy and our together for the first time in two years since city and hand it over to a UN administration. It has also proposed a joint working group an effective government. national security interests are at stake, and the rule of law they sat down together, already having made The House of Saud regime and the UAE that includes the UN to monitor the Ta’izz In their latest joint statement, UNICEF and the ability of our institutions to function freely and in- an agreement on humanitarian issue, the launched an offensive against Hudaydah in ceasefire, and the reopening of all roads and (United Nations International Children’s dependently must be upheld.” release of prisoners, I think Yemen should be June but they have hit a stiff brick wall in the the city’s airport for humanitarian operations. Emergency Fund) and the World Food Pro- The senators — 32 Democrats, 10 Republicans and two inde- proud of these people sitting around that table face of a strong resistance put up by Yemeni However, there has been no agreement gram said that up to 20 million Yemenis — pendents — also stressed the importance of casting aside party today, rather than deriding them,” he said. armed forces – led by the Ansarullah -- and over the issue. two-thirds of the country’s population — are differences in confronting impending challenges, noting that Top on the agenda of the talks have been the city’s residents. Divisions remain on Sana’a food insecure. during their time in Congress, “we were allies and at other times four topics, including the situations in Hu- The Saudi regime-led coalition claims airport (Source: agencies) opponents, but never enemies.” “At other critical moments in our history, when constitutional crises have threatened our foundations, it has been the Senate that has stood in defense of our democracy,” the senators wrote. Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian in “Today is once again such a time.” Though the op-ed did not refer to President Donald Trump by name, its ominous tone and solemn appeals were reminiscent of southern West Bank another opinion piece that recently riled up Washington — the anonymous letter published by The New York Times in Septem- Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man, alleging that replace the U.S. in the so-called peace process. ber alleging that a “quiet resistance” within Trump’s executive he attempted to ram his car into the regime’s policemen in Brazil’s decision to move embassy to al-Quds branch had banded together to “frustrate parts of his agenda the southern West Bank. could harm ties: AL and his worst inclinations.” The incident took place in the Palestinian town of Idhna Elsewhere, the Arab League has slammed a plan by Bra- (Source: Politico) near al-Khalil (Hebron) on Tuesday morning. zil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to transfer his The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the victim as country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Israeli-occupied al-Quds Omar Hassan al-Awawdeh, 27. (Jerusalem), warning that the possible move could harm Witnesses told the Wafa news agency that Awawdeh had bilateral relations. Kremlin brushes off U.S. been shot by several bullets in the back and left on the ground In a letter to Brazil’s Foreign Ministry seen by Reuters bleeding until a Palestinian ambulance transported him to on Monday, Arab League’s (AL) Secretary General Ahmed criticism of bombers hospital, where he was proclaimed dead. Aboul Gheit said Bolsonaro, who is set to be sworn in on The Israeli army claimed the Palestinian was shot when January 1, should reconsider his campaign promise or risk dispatch to Venezuela he did not stop his vehicle for search upon orders by soldiers. downgrade in ties. Aboul Gheit said the decision on where Israeli police also said the Palestinian man was shot after to locate an embassy was the sovereign decision of any coun- his car allegedly “drove towards border police” at a checkpoint. try, but “the situation of Israel is not normal” as it has been The Israeli military regularly opens fatal fire on Pales- “occupying Palestinian territories by force - among them tinians, accusing them of seeking to attack its personnel. media freedoms have been carried out by the Israeli regime East Jerusalem [al-Quds].” Human rights groups have repeatedly slammed Tel Aviv since the start of the year. Relocating the embassy to al-Quds (Jerusalem) would be for its shoot-to-kill policy as a large number of the Palestin- Last month witnessed an escalation in the number and considered a violation of international law and the United ians killed at the scene of attacks did not pose any serious gravity of the attacks targeting media freedoms in Palestine National Security Council resolutions, Aboul Gheit wrote. threat to Israelis. in comparison with the preceding month. In November 2018, An unnamed diplomat told Reuters that ambassadors Israeli troops have on numerous occasions been caught the number of attacks monitored by the MADA totaled 57 from the Arab League’s 22 member states are expected to on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going attacks, 49 of which were committed by the Israeli occupation. meet in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, on Tuesday to discuss viral online and sparking condemnations of the regime’s In addition, the United Nations says violence and van- the embassy move. military. dalism committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians Shortly after he was elected in late October, Bolsonaro Israeli soldiers raid official Palestinian news and their property have been on the rise since the beginning announced he intended to uphold his campaign promise and agency in Ramallah of the year 2018. move the Latin American country’s embassy to al-Quds (Je- Meantime, heavily-armed Israeli forces have entered the The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian rusalem) to follow in the footsteps of the U.S. and Guatemala. Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and Affairs (OCHA) on Sunday made the news in a report pub- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly raided the offices of the official Palestinian news agency. lished in its biweekly Protection of Civilians, comparing a welcomed the plan and issued a statement in praise of the Wafa news agency reported on Monday that Israeli forc- weekly average of five attacks resulting in injuries with an decision. The decision has drawn strong condemnation from es had broken into its offices and searched the premises, average of three in 2017 and two in 2016. the Palestinians. including checking the IDs of the workers present on site. Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians escalated in Hamas calls on Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected the United States criticism of They also searched the photography and editing offices. the occupied Palestinian territories after the United States to revoke his decision to relocate his country’s embassy to Russian military flights to Venezuela, saying it had been inap- According to employees, Israeli forces also inspected President Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds (Jerusa- occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem). propriate and wrong for the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo computer servers and the building’s security cameras. The lem) as Israel’s “capital” and relocation of the U.S. embassy Meanwhile, Kan 11 television channel reported that during to condemn the flight of two nuclear-capable strategic bombers troops seized the security camera footage of a nearby building. to the city. a meeting two weeks ago with the U.S. National Security to Caracas. This came after a series of fierce clashes erupted a few On December 21 last year, the United Nations General Adviser John Bolton, Bolsonaro said that no final decision Two Russian TU-160 strategic bombers capable of carrying hundred meters from the house of Palestinian President Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that had yet been made on the relocation of Brazil’s embassy to nuclear weapons landed in Venezuela on Monday in a symbolic Mahmoud Abbas after Israeli soldiers entered Ramallah calls on the US to withdraw its controversial policy shift. al-Quds (Jerusalem) and that there were various issues on show of support for the government there. on Monday morning. Despite the vote, the U.S. went ahead with the embassy the agenda before a final decision is reached. Pompeo condemned the deployment on Twitter. Several were wounded as Israeli forces used live ammu- transfer on May 14, triggering demonstrations in the occu- According to the report, Bolsonaro’s main concern is “The Russian and Venezuelan people should see this for nition to disperse Palestinian protesters in the area. The pied Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, possible damage to Brazil’s trade relations with Muslim what it is: two corrupt governments squandering public funds, Palestinian Red Crescent said at least two were wounded by Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries. countries if a decision is made to move the embassy. and squelching liberty and freedom while their people suffer,” live Israeli fire, four injured by rubber bullets and another Angered by Trump’s move, Abbas boycotted his adminis- Israel occupied al-Quds in 1967 in a move never recognized Pompeo wrote. 20 as a result of gas inhalation. tration, saying Washington was no longer qualified to serve by the international community. The Palestinians want the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a confer- The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Free- as the sole mediator in the decades-long conflict with Israel, city as the capital of their future state. ence call that Pompeo’s comments were undiplomatic and wrong. doms, also known as MADA, says hundreds of violations of and that an international mechanism should be devised to (Source: Press TV) “We consider it completely inappropriate,” said Peskov. Earlier on Tuesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry-run Zvezda television channel published a video of the planes’ landing. China warns against ‘bullying’ of its citizens “Two Tu-160 strategic bombers, an An-124 heavy military transport plane and an Il-62 long-haul plane… have landed China’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday idly by and ignore any bullying that violates Meng, who faces a possible extradition spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily briefing. at the Maiqueta ‘Simon Bolivar’ International Airport of the against the “bullying” of any Chinese citizen, the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese to the United States, is seeking her release In his speech, Wang also touched on ten- Venezuelan capital city,” Zvezda reported, citing the Defense amid a diplomatic fracas over the arrest of a citizens,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a on bail from a court in Vancouver. sions with the U.S., calling on Washington Ministry. Huawei executive on a United States warrant speech in Beijing, without directly referring China has accused Canada of treating Meng to stop seeing trade between the countries The Russian aircraft were escorted by F-16 fighters of the Nor- in Canada. to the Huawei case. in an “inhumane” manner, citing reports in as a “zero-sum game”. wegian Air Force at certain stages of the route, Russia’s Defense Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer “We will fully safeguard the legitimate Chinese state-run media alleging she was “Take a more positive look at China’s Ministry was cited as saying by the RBC news website. of telecommunications behemoth Huawei, rights of Chinese citizens and return fair- not given adequate medical care. development, and constantly expand the Last week, Moscow and Caracas reportedly signed invest- was on December 1 arrested in Vancouver ness and justice to the world,” he said at the Beijing has also claimed that the Chinese space and prospects for mutual benefit,” ment contracts worth billions of dollars during Venezuelan on the U.S. fraud charges related to sanc- opening of a diplomatic symposium. embassy was not immediately notified of her he said. President Nicolas Maduro’s three-day visit to Russia. The tions-breaking dealings with Iran, infuri- The detention has raised tensions follow- arrest. “There is no need to artificially create new leader called Russia a “brother country” with which Vene- ating China. ing a truce in the U.S.-China trade war, with “The Canadian government did not do opponents, and an even greater need to avoid zuela had “raised the flag for the creation of a multipolar and “The safety and security of Chinese com- Beijing summoning both the Canadian and this and the Chinese government learned this self-fulfilling prophecies.” multicentric world.” patriots are our priority, China will never sit the U.S. ambassadors over the weekend. through other channels,” foreign ministry (Source: AFP) (Source: The Moscow Times) II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 4 POLITICSECONOMY DECEMBERDECEMBER 12, 12, 2018 2018 ELECTION COUNTDOWN STOCK MARKET Major water, TEDPIX 166235.0 IFX 1855.64 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir power projects CURRENCIES USD 42,000 rials come on stream EUR 47,994 rials First VP Jahangiri inaugurated water desalinization, GBP 53,528rials power plants in Hormozgan province AED 11,380 rials ENERGY TEHRAN — Iranian First Rajaie port development project during his deskVice-President Es’haq trip to Bandar Abbas, the provincial capital Source: iribnews.ir Jahangiri inaugurated the first phase of of Hormozgan. the country’s biggest water desalinization “The first phase of the water salinization “The whole project has the capacity of awats-power plan, which has been built within project and a 160-megawatt power plant project, with the capacity of 20,000 cubic 100,000 cubic meters and would employ two years by €35 million to €40 million of in the southern province of Hormozgan on meter per day, was kicked off using 2.6 tril- 80,000 workers after becoming operational,” investments made by the private sector, can COMMODITIES Tuesday, IRNA reported. lion rials (about $61.9 million) of private Amin Ghasi said, “Being accomplished, the be improved up to 480 MW in future by the WTI $52.16/b Accompanied by a delegation comprised sector’s investments,” the managing director project will supply 40 percent of Bandar Ab- help of Iranian Mapna Group Company, as of senior and provincial officials, Jahangiri of Water and Wastewater Department of bas potable water.” an official from Thermal Power Plants Hold- Brent $50.85/b also paid a visit to the third phase of Shahid Hormozgan Province announced. “The capacity of the inaugurated 160-meg- ing Company Mehdi Khabbaz announced. OPEC Basket $59.20/b Gold $1,245.75/oz Iranian MPO, industry ministry ink MOU to create 270,000 jobs ECONOMY TEHRAN — Management and Planning more than 130,000 job opportunities are some of the Silver $14.73/oz deskOrganization of Iran (MPO) and plans underlined in this MOU. Platinium $789.55/oz the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade signed a Overhauling and rehabilitation of 2,165 industrial, memorandum of understanding (MOU) based on which mining, and factory units is also another item covered Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com the two sides will allocate 210 trillion rials (about $5 in this memorandum. billion) to create 270,000 job opportunities across the Earlier in September, Nobakht announced that the country. government has prepared a protective plan worth one According to Shata, the MOU was signed by the Industry billion dollars aiming to create jobs, support the domestic Minister Reza Rahmani and Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, production and preserve the existing jobs. U.S., Saudi plans for the head of MPO, on Tuesday. Industry Minister Reza Rahmani (L) and Mohammad Baqer Nobakht had earlier said that the government prepared replacing Iranian gas Completing 2,066 industrial and mining projects Nobakht, the head of MPO, exchanging the documents of five new packages and 12 programs to tackle the current in Iraq doomed to failure with above 60 percent physical progress and creating an MOU they signed on job creation co-op on Tuesday economic problems.

ENERGY TEHRAN – Considering Iraq’s geopolitical Minerals export rises 7% NDF to pay nearly $1b deskimprovements in the past few years, the to support exports Iraqi government has been seeking to improve the country’s in 8 months yr/yr infrastructure and one of the main areas of focus has ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value steel products and $514 million was from ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s percent, industry sector at 16 percent and desk been Iraq’s electricity network and power infrastructures. deskof Iran’s minerals export the chain of copper products. National Development tourism sector at 14 percent of working capital Consequently, the country has been in constant need during the first eight months of the current The worth of Iran’s minerals and min- Fund will pay 40 trillion rials (about $952.3 provided by the NDF. to import gas to supply its power plants most of which Iranian calendar year (March 21-November ing exports stood at $9 billion in the past million) for supporting exports from the NDF’s reserve is provided through 32 are gas powered. 21) rose seven percent compared to that of Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20, country, Morteza Shahidzadeh, the chairman percent of Iran’s oil revenues and if the reserve Being neighbor to a country which is the home to the the same period of time in the past year, 2018), according to Mehdi Karbasian, the of NDF board of trustees, announced on is to be doubled it should be through external world’s second largest gas resources is a good-enough IRIB reported citing the data released by head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Monday. resources; therefore, setting up a financial reason for Iraq to look to Iran as one of its main suppliers the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade. Development and Renovation Organization Speaking at the 45th meeting of the board channel and a private bank through sup- of natural gas to meet its energy needs. Therefore, Iran Iran exported 39.882 million tons of (IMIDRO). of representatives of Tehran Chamber of port of the NDF is on the agenda, he added. for long has been one of Iraq’s main gas suppliers. minerals worth $6.874 billion during the Iran is one of the top 10 mineral-rich Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agricul- “Such plan has been discussed with the The neighbors signed a deal in 2013 for Iran to supply gas eight-month period, showing 10 percent countries where 68 types of minerals have ture (TCCIMA), Shahidzadeh said a big part enterprises and it is hoped that we can use to Iraqi power stations, but poor security in Iraq hampered fall in terms of weight. been identified so far, including the world’s of NDF’s reserve has been paid to provide external financial sources to boost NDF’s the implementation of the deal. Of the mentioned figure of exports, largest deposits of copper, zinc and iron ore, working capitals for different sectors, and reserve through contribution of the private Later on in 2017, once again Iran signed two contracts $3.298 billion was related to the chain of which are tempting international investors. put the shares of agriculture sector at 14 sector”, Shahidzadeh noted. with Iraq to export gas, one for the capital Baghdad and the other for southern city of Basra. Automakers rise on report of China moving to cut U.S. car tariffs Automakers’ shares rose on Tuesday following IN THE NAME OF GOD a report that China could move to cut tariffs on Second Announcement American-made cars, a step which was forecast ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING by U.S. President Donald Trump after a meeting with China’s president in Argentina. China is moving to cut import tariffs on Amer- ican-made cars to 15 percent from the current EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-07/171 Based on these deals Iran was to supply 35 million 40 percent, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday cubic meters of gas on a daily basis to the capital Bagdad citing people familiar with the matter. Tender Holder: [gradually in three phases] while up to 25 million cubic The step hasn’t been finalized and could still ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) meters of gas per day was supposed to be exported to Basra. change, according to the report. However, due to various issues some from the Iraqi side Shares of U.S. automakers including General and some from Iran, the country is currently exporting Motors Co (GM.N) and Ford Motor Co (F.N) Subject of Two-Stage Tender: only 25 million cubic meters of gas per day to Bagdad and rose about 2 percent in premarket trading on Equipment procurement for HEAD END Mpeg-4 according to the tender documents only 5 mcm to Basra. That means Iran is only using about hopes that the move could revitalize sales that 80 percent of its full potential in exporting gas to Iraq. took a hit when China ramped up levies on U.S.- U.S. and Saudis efforts to replace Iran made cars. Deadline of Receiving Documents: After Trump withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal in As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on November, the U.S. government and its allies have been putting all their efforts together to isolate Iran and make Monday December 17, 2018. the Islamic country bend under economic pressure. Taking Iran’s energy market in the region has been Place of Receiving Documents: Trump’s top agenda in order to succeed in his plans. Consequently, the U.S. has been recently offering the Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and customers of Iranian gas attractive offers in order to lure Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran them away from Iran. To this end, the United States has even announced Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: that it will provide facilities for the establishment of LNG complexes in Iraq to supply the country’s power plants. The amount of USD 11,000 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee On the other hand, recently Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has announced his country’s readiness European auto stocks .SXAP also rallied 2.8 Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: to meet Iraq’s electricity and energy needs. pct on the news, as several of the carmakers build The Saudi minister even visited Iraq in order to further SUVs in the United States and sell in China. The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked discuss the matter. BMW (BMWG.DE), Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p. with tender number no later than 15 p.m. on Wednesday January 16, 2019 and submitted to the According to Energy Expert Ahmad Mohebi, the U.S. DE) and Daimler AG (BMWG.DE) rose between Secretariat of Commission of Tenders. and Saudi Arabia are aiming to achieve two major goals 2.3 percent and 4 percent. by cutting off Iran’s gas exports to Iraq over the next A proposal to reduce tariffs on cars made few years. in the U.S. to 15 percent has been submitted to Time and Place of Opening Envelopes The first is to reduce Iran’s political, economic and China’s Cabinet to be reviewed in the coming strategic influence in Iraq, and secondly, to create new days, according to the report. The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday January 20, 2019 in the office of markets for themselves. Beijing had raised tariffs on U.S. auto imports Vice President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after By facilitating private sector’s entry into Iraq’s market for to 40 percent in July, forcing many carmakers technical evaluation. constructing new power plants or renovating the country’s to hike prices. old power plants, the Iranian government will be able to The news would also be beneficial for Tesla It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. cement its strategic position in Iraq and secure its gas Inc (TSLA.O) that has been hit hard by increased exports to the neighbor country. tariffs on the electric cars it exports to China. Iran and Iraq have such good diplomatic ties that the The U.S. firm, led by billionaire Elon Musk, For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 U.S. plots won’t be able to break it up. The great efficiency of has said it will cut prices to make its cars “more It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. importing Iranian gas should not also be taken for granted. affordable” and absorb more of the hit from the As Hayan Abdul Ghani, head of Iraqi state-run South tariffs. Tesla is also building a local plant in Public Relations Dept. of IRIB Gas Co. (SGC), said last week “Iraq’s current production Shanghai to help it avoid steep tariffs. of gas is not enough to meet our power stations’ demand “China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs and therefore we are still importing gas from Iran. We on cars coming into China from the U.S. Currently need at least 24 months to operate new gas projects and the tariff is 40%,” Trump had tweeted last week. start production.” (Source: Reuters) 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 DECEMBER 12, 2018 ENERGYDECEMBER 21 , 2018 5ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 5 Oil prices under pressure amid global market OPEC and non-OPEC unease, but Libyan disruption supports cooperation deal to be signed in three months: UAE Oil prices were under pressure on Tuesday In a show of no confidence, money man- amid worries over global stock markets and agers cut their bullish wagers on crude to the A general cooperation agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC doubts that planned output cuts led by pro- lowest in more than two years in the week countries will be signed in three months’ time in Saudi Arabia, ducer club OPEC will be enough to rein in ending Dec. 4, the U.S. Commodity Futures the UAE’s energy minister said on Monday. oversupply. Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Monday. “By (the) end of March the document will be ready for signa- But traders said crude prices received some The financial speculator group cut its ture,” Suhail al-Mazrouei said at an event in Abu Dhabi of the support after Libya’s National Oil Company combined futures and options position in cooperation agreement, which will be a forum with frequent (NOC) declared force majeure on exports New York and London by 25,619 contracts to meetings to work together to achieve market balance. from the El Sharara oilfield, the country’s 144,775 during the period. That is the lowest In a separate deal on Friday, the Organization of the Petroleum biggest, which was seized last weekend by level since Sept. 20, 2016. Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some non-OPEC producers a militia group. In physical markets, Kuwait and Iran this including heavyweight Russia said they would cut oil supply by NOC said the shutdown would result in week both reduced their January crude oil 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd). a production loss of 315,000 barrels per day supply prices to Asia. OPEC agreed to cut production by 800,000 barrels bpd, led (bpd), and an additional loss of 73,000 bpd “There remains a lot of uncertainty if the mainly by Saudi Arabia, while non-members will cut by 400,000 at the El Feel oilfield. production cut is thick enough to make a bpd, with most of that shouldered by Russia. International Brent crude oil futures were significant dent in global supply,” said Ste- They will decide on whether to extend that agreement after at $60 per barrel at 0746 GMT, up 3 cents phen Innes, head of trading for Asia-Pacific six months, al-Mazrouei, OPEC’s current president, said. from their last close. at futures brokerage Oanda in Singapore. Qatar’s exit from OPEC “is not going to affect us or the pro- U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) “The general risk-off tone in global markets duction moving forward,” he said. crude futures were at $50.98 per barrel, and the stronger dollar ... are contributing “OPEC is attracting non-OPEC members like South Africa down 2 cents. ing Countries (OPEC) and some non-OPEC producers will follow through with their to the selling pressure.” and others,” he added. (Source: Reuters) The rise in prices came after crude dropped producers including Russia. announced cuts. The OPEC-led group of oil producers last by 3 percent the session before amid ongoing Crude futures have lost around a third Russia plans to cut its oil output by 50,000 Friday announced a supply cut of 1.2 million weakness in global stock markets and con- of their value since early October amid the to 60,000 bpd in January, its energy minister barrels per day (bpd) in crude oil supply from Libya’s NOC demands cerns that slowing oil demand-growth could financial market slump and an emerging oil said on Tuesday, much less than its target January, measured against October 2018 erode supply cuts announced last week by supply overhang. under a global production deal reached last output levels. immediate withdrawal of PFG the Organization of the Petroleum Export- There are also some doubts that all week. (Source: Reuters) forces at Sharara oil field

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared force ma- Lopez Obrador says Mexico to build an $8 billion refinery jeure on crude oil loadings from the country’s biggest oil field due to a forced shutdown caused by the presence of militia, it Mexico plans to start awarding the construction barrels a day, making it Mexico’s biggest refin- Lopez Obrador said Pemex will overhaul its said Monday. of its seventh refinery as soon as March 2019, ery. It will include 17 processing plants, and 93 six refineries and bring gasoline production up NOC demanded that the armed militia claiming attachment to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said storage tanks or facilities, and link up to the Dos to 600,000 barrels a day by mid-2020, accord- the local Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) immediately withdraw Sunday at an event at the Dos Bocas port in Bocas maritime terminal. A pipeline will be built ing to an emailed statement from the energy from the Sharara field without “pre-condition.” Tabasco, even as the nation´s refining system connecting the refinery to the port. ministry. In October, Pemex produced 171,700 “The shutdown of Sharara will result in a daily site production is operating at its lowest levels in three decades. Mexico’s president, known as AMLO, isn’t barrels a day of gasoline. loss of 315,000 b/d, with an additional loss of 73,000 b/d at El Unveiling a plan for the nation’s refining done. On Monday, he said he’ll reveal Saturday The Salamanca refinery will undergo work Feel due to its dependence on Sharara for electricity supply,” system, Lopez Obrador said Mexico will invest plans to increase oil production, during a trip to bring capacity to 75 percent by the end of NOC said in a statement. $8 billion in the new processing facility at Dos to the southeastern state of Campeche. AMLO next year. Pemex will replace an FCC unit and Operations at the Zawiya refinery are also at risk due to their Bocas. “We are going to start the bidding process last week called for a hiatus on oil auctions until rehabilitate the Mina 1 unit at the Minatitlan dependence on Sharara and the refinery “will cease producing for the refinery by March at latest,” he said to foreign companies show results from the pre- refinery to increase capacity by mid-2019. The essential fuels for local consumption unless alternative supply a cheering crowd in the sun-drenched town in viously awarded contracts. oline that we consume in the country, so that Madero plant, which has undergone an intensive is identified,” it said. the Gulf of Mexico, reiterating his intentions to Companies such as Ica Fluor, a joint ven- now we can lower the prices of the fuel,” he said. maintenance cycle this year, will start operating The “unnecessary shutdown” at Sharara will cost the Libyan boost fuel self-sufficiency and end long-term ture between Mexico’s Empresas ICA SAB and Lopez Obrador also said the government will again in January. economy $32.5 million/day, NOC said. declines in oil output. Mexico’s oil production, Fluor Corp. in the U.S., and U.S.-based Bechtel increase Pemex’s budget by 75 billion pesos for Cadereyta and Salina Cruz will require ex- The PFG occupied the field on Saturday with the help of locals. on track for its 14th consecutive yearly decline, Group Inc., have previously expressed interest 2019 so the company will be able to invest in a tensive maintenance, with the latter expected to The country’s southern region is suffering from severe economic will rise “realistically” to 2.4 million barrels a in participating in the public tender for the re- series of new projects to improve its operations. reach 70 percent of capacity in December next conditions and frequent power outages. day by 2024, he said. finery project. Lopez Obrador didn´t say if the He reiterated his government will submit the year. At Tula, where a joint-venture for a coker Earlier this week, NOC also warned that the forced closure Lopez Obrador said a lot of 566 hectares of state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, 2019 budget to the Congress on December 15 unit has yet to be finalized, the government will would have “devastating” effects on the country’s economy, other federal land is ready for the new plant, which will operate the new facility. and said the nation won’t use the oil contingency restart the H-Oil unit. nearby upstream and downstream projects and would exacerbate will have crude processing capacity of 340,000 “In three years we will be producing the gas- fund to finance the new oil policy. (Source: Bloomberg) a local fuel supply crisis. (Source: Platts)

Australia overtakes Qatar as top global LNG exporter 3117 Australia has become the largest exporter Japan, China and South Korea,” he said. Notification for All Suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world, Rising LNG exports from US will add overtaking Qatar for the first time, according to the global market competition, he said. Obligation to use special sales Invoice for travelers of foreign countries to data published on Monday. “Going forward, the LG space is likely Australia shipped 6.79 million tons of to undergo a major transformation driven In order to implementation VAT refunds, according to note Article 13 of the Value Added Tax Act, all LNG in November while Qatar exported 6.2 by new supplies coming from the US, with suppliers are required to use special invoices for foreign travelers (at the time of supply of goods), effective million tons, according to Refinitiv Eikon, our expectation of a three-way tug of war the financial data arm of Thomson Reuters. between the US, Australia and Qatar to from August 23, 2018. While LNG exports from Australia in- intensify in the medium term for global Iranian National Tax Administration creased by more than 15 percent from the leadership among LNG exporters, notably previous month, Qatar’s exports dropped for a larger share of the key market in Asia.” Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance by 3 percent. in recent years by bringing online a slew The data follows Qatar’s announcement The Iranian National Tax Administration Australia has invested heavily in a num- of LNG export projects. This is in stark last week that it would leave the Organi- فرم شماره 3 وزارت امـور اقـتصـادي و دارايي ber of LNG export projects over the last contrast with the situation in Qatar where zation of Petroleum Exporting Countries few years. Just last month, the first LNG the export capacity has remained around (OPEC) in early 2019 to focus on gas pro- فرم شماره 3 سـازمان امـور ماليـاتي كشـور shipment left the country’s new offshore 77 million tons per annum,” he said. duction. Ichthys project on the northwestern coast Ehsan Khoman, head of regional re- Kumar said he expects Qatar to ramp of Australia. search and strategy at MUFG, in Dubai, said up efforts to maintain its market position Sales invoice for foreign passenger travelling to Iran شماره سريال : ...... Serial Number Analysts expect Australia will look to Australia has an advantage over Qatar due as competition grows from other exporters. صورتحساب فروش كاال ويژه مسافران تبعه كشورهاي خارجي تاريخ : ...... maintain its lead ahead of the Qataris. to it being geographically closer to major “Qatar has plans to vigorously defend Date “Competition between Qatar and Aus- gas importers. its market share in the coming years as tralia for the share of global LNG market “The lower transportation freight costs it is moving ahead with expanding the مشخصات فروشنده is set to intensify further,” said Abhishek will remain the backbone of Australia com- capacity of its Ras Laffan plant to around Details of the seller Kumar, senior energy analyst at Interfax parative advantage as an exporter vis-à-vis 110 million tons per annum by the end of نام شخص حقيقي/حقوقي: ...... شماره اقتصادي: شماره ثبت/شماره ملي: Energy’s global gas analytics in London. Qatar, given the country’s closer proximity to 2025 or early 2026,” he said.  “Australia has boosted its market share the largest LNG importers in Asia, namely, (Source: arabnews.com) نشاني : استان: ...... هرستان:ش ...... شهر : ...... كد پستي 10 رقمي : 

شماره آدرس : ...... شماره تلفن/نمابر: ...... گواهي ثبت نام : تاريخ Output cuts to balance oil markets in 2019: Analysts مشخصات مسافران تبعه كشورهاي خارجي )خريدار( (With a few days to digest the specifics of anced global oil market and will likely push and Saudi Arabia in particular will likely Details of the foreign passenger (buyer the OPEC+ deal, most analysts deem the Brent and WTI prices back to our respective adjust output levels in response to market Name and surname: ...... ) نام و نام خانوادگي( result a success. But that does not mean that expected averages of $70/bbl and $59/bbl conditions. If the losses from Iran, Libya ...... ) شماره گذرنامه ( :there are no pitfalls left for the oil market. in 2019,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch or Nigeria are larger than expected, for Passport No ...... ) شماره رواديد ( :.On its face, the numbers are impressive. wrote in a note. The investment bank said instance, Riyadh could put supply back Visa No ...... ) نشاني محل اقامت( :. The group will cut a combined 1.2 million that the Brent futures market should flip onto the market. As such, supply probably Residence Address barrels per day (mb/d) beginning in Jan- back into a state of backwardation, in which won’t fall by 2 mb/d. uary. “This agreement provided relief to front-month oil futures trade at a premium Moreover, the lack of country-specific Detail of the goods bought مشخصات كاال ي مورد معامله oil markets, with Brent prices up $3/bbl to longer-dated futures. That implies a bit production quotas leaves another aspect of 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 initially, and the accompanying decline in of bullishness in the market. uncertainty. Hard data on reductions may After Unit price Unit of Number / Details Code of Total price + VAT Total VAT discount discount Total price (I.R.I. NO fundamental uncertainty should further There are also the mandatory cuts from be necessary before oil prices can really measurement quantity of the goods the good price Rials) help reduce price and implied volatility Canada to consider – roughly 325,000 bpd climb higher. “[W]e reiterate our view that تعداد/ واحد مبلغ واحد مبلغ كل مبلغ مبلغ كل پس از جمع ماليات و جمع مبلغ كل بعالوه جمع ماليات و كد كاال شرح كاال levels from their recent highs,” Goldman will go offline in January for a period of this additional price upside will need to رديف مقدار اندازهگيري )ريال( )ريال( تخفيف تخفيف )ريال( عوارض )ريال( عوارض )ريال( Sachs wrote on Friday after the agreement time until surplus inventories are drained. be driven in coming months by evidence نحوه محاسبه براساس شماره ستون )4 × 6( )8 – 7( مجموع نرخ ماليات و عوارض × was announced. “Combined with the production cuts in of (1) the implementation of the cuts in )9 + 10( 9 OPEC will cut by 0.8 mb/d and non- Canada, approx. 1.5 million fewer barrels loadings data, as well as (2) a normaliza- OPEC will reduce by 0.4 mb/d. Crucially, per day will thus be available to the oil tion of excess inventory levels, the stated because the baseline for the cuts is October market in early 2019. goals of the agreement,” Goldman Sachs and not November, the cuts will be signifi- This should be more or less sufficient wrote. “The need for this physical evidence cant. “By our calculations, this means that to rebalance the oil market next year,” emanates from both the surprisingly large OPEC’s January output will be 31.7mb/d, Commerzbank wrote. surplus of the global oil market in 2H18… about 1.2mb/d less than November; a sig- But that’s not all. Although several as well the absence of a clear picture on nificantly larger fall from current output troubled countries received exemptions, the implementation of the cuts.” جــمع كـل than the 0.8mb/d headline OPEC cut might including Libya, Iran and Nigeria, the odds Nevertheless, the supply picture is set to Total value suggest,” Standard Chartered wrote in a of further losses from them are relatively tighten significantly as we head into 2019. Conditions and method of sale شرايط و نحوه فروش : note. “We have previously suggested that high. Goldman Sachs forecasts 0.5 mb/d Many oil watchers see a somewhat balanced   نقدي any reduction that takes OPEC output be- of declines from those countries. market in the first half of the year. Supplies cash غيرنقدي low 32mb/d should be considered bullish.” So, we have 1.2 mb/d of reductions from could even tighten further if the Trump non-cash   Saudi Arabia will cut output to 10.2 mb/d OPEC+, 0.5 mb/d of declining production administration takes a hard line on Iran, Details توضيحات : .in January, down about 0.9 mb/d from from the exempted countries, and 325,000 with sanctions waivers set to expire in May November levels. of cuts from Canada. There are still a lot of The flip side is that the global economy ...... “We think the projected level of output uncertainties in terms of compliance and is starting to show wider cracks. Oil fell مهر و امضاء فروشنده Stamp and signature of the seller امضاء خريدار will balance the global market in 2019,” unexpected events, but on its face, those quite a bit on Monday, dragged down by signature of the buyer Standard Chartered concluded. reductions together total somewhere close the broader gloom spreading over finan-

Other analysts agreed. “The announced to 2 mb/d. cial markets. reduction should lead to a relatively bal- Of course, things aren’t that simple, (Source: oilprice.com) ساعت: 17:00 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 6 INTERNATIONAL DECEMBER 12, 2018 Why is Qatar leaving OPEC? Trump’s gamble on MBS looks worse by the day The decision to leave the oil cartel is aimed at reinforcing the

By Ishaan Tharoor country’s autonomy from its neighbors

By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen for about a quarter of the Emirates’ daily More than two months after the murder of journalist Jamal gas demand. Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the Trump ad- The surprising declaration by Qatar about In November — a month before announce- ministration is desperate to sweep the whole episode under the leaving OPEC on Jan.1 is a strategic response ment of Qatar’s OPEC exit — a government rug. It won’t be easy. by the country to a changing energy landscape reshuffle in Qatar saw Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, On Wednesday, Michelle Bachelet, the former Chilean and the 18-month old ongoing boycott of the former chief executive of Qatar Petroleum, president and current UN high commissioner for human Qatar by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emir- appointed as Minister of State for Energy rights, became the latest voice to call for an international ates, Bahrain and Egypt. Affairs, a new portfolio that replaced the investigation into his killing. “I do believe it is really needed Qatar’s decision to move away from a Minister of Energy and Industry. in terms of ensuring what really happened and who are the region wide consensus among the Persian During his term at Qatar Petroleum, Mr. [people] responsible for that awful killing,” she said at a news Gulf’s OPEC members is a reminder of the Kaabi had lifted the moratorium on increasing conference in Geneva. regional tensions arising from the assertive- gas production in the North Field. In his new The possibility of an outside inquiry into the affair has also ness of Saudi Arabia, led by Crown Prince ministerial position, Kaabi has been entrusted been floated by Turkish authorities, who are still pursuing their Mohammed bin Salman. by Emir Tamim to oversee the next phase own investigation. As my colleague Kareem Fahim reported on This display of autonomy spilled over in Qatar’s gas development. Plans include Wednesday, a Turkish court issued arrest warrants for two offi- into the six-nation Persion Gulf Coopera- a range of new upstream developments and cials close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: Maj. tion Council to which Qatar and three of its international partnerships intended to ce- Gen. Ahmed al-Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani. The new Turkish detractors belong and which held its annual ment the country’s position as the world’s arrest warrants, noted Fahim, appeared to be part of an effort to summit on Sunday. Tamim bin Hamad al- leading supplier of LNG. “pressure Saudi Arabia to reveal more details about Khashoggi’s Thani, the emir of Qatar, did not attend the Having displayed their resilience in the killing, as well as to isolate the crown prince.” council and sent a lower ranking delegation face of the Saudi-led blockade, Qataris seem The Saudis owned up to Khashoggi dying under their watch instead. Kuwait and Oman also hold reserva- to signal their determination to move on from only after weeks of obfuscation. Both the aides targeted by the tions about the hawkish axis between Saudi OPEC and carve their own approach to global Turkish court were relieved of their posts, while 18 others alleg- Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and gas markets. edly involved in the killing were reported to have been arrested. will follow Qatar’s decision closely. A new deal to supply LNG to Britain, which Qahtani numbered among the 17 Saudi officials sanctioned by The Persian Gulf Cooperation summit receives nearly a third of its gas supply from the U.S. Treasury for their roles in the abduction and murder of did not discuss the blockade of Qatar and the By becoming the first of the energy-rich Qatar, was announced just as the blockade Khashoggi — a contributor to The Washington Post’s Opinions rift in the Persian Gulf remains unresolved Persian Gulf Arab states to withdraw from came into effect last June. In September Qatar section and a critic of the leadership in Riyadh. and, perhaps, unresolvable, as positions OPEC, Qatar has signaled its disapproval gas signed a 22-year agreement to supply But there’s a growing sense that the killing of Khashoggi reflects, have hardened and neither Qatar nor the PetroChina with 3.4 million tons of LNG a rather than an aberration, a wider pattern of Saudi behavior that Saudi Arabia-led quartet wants to be seen with an organization perceived to be year through 2040. has become all the more apparent with rise of the young Mo- to blink first. subject to increasing Saudi interference. Those deals, along with Qatar honoring hammed. It emerged on Thursday that Qahtani, widely seen as By becoming the first of the energy-rich its natural gas commitment to the Emirates Mohammed’s enforcer, was also allegedly involved in the torture Persian Gulf States to withdraw from OPEC, April 2017, it decided to significantly expand serves at current production rates of 77 mil- despite the rift, have reinforced the post- of at least one Saudi female activist detained this year during a Qatar has signaled its disapproval with an its production of natural gas to increase its lion tons a year. blockade effort to portray Qatar as a reliable wider crackdown on civil society. organization perceived to be subject to in- natural gas capacity by 43 percent to 110 Since the early 1990s, Qatar has invested energy partner and a responsible member The Saudis are still hoping to ride out the storm. Last week, creasing Saudi interference. million tons annually. The Qatari leader- heavily in creating the infrastructure to export of the international community. Mohammed carried out something of a comeback tour through Saudi interference was starkly illustrated ship also responded to the attempt to isolate gas both through pipelines and as liquefied Thus, Qatar’s decision to withdraw from a number of Arab countries; he then endured a mixed reception during an April 2016 meeting in Doha, the Qatar by forging a slew of new longer-term natural gas. By 2007, Qatar was the largest OPEC is consistent with the strategic evolu- at the Group of 20 Summit in Buenos Aires, where a prosecu- capital of Qatar, when Prince Mohammed, natural gas agreements with partners world- exporter of LNG in the world, with produc- tion of its energy interests that plays to their tor even weighed pursuing the Saudi heir to the throne for his then the deputy crown prince, intervened wide, including China, Japan and Britain, tion plateauing in 2010 at 77 million tons a strength as a gas superpower and fits into government’s alleged war crimes in Yemen. to thwart an output agreement between to demonstrate that Qatar remained open year. In contrast, its average oil production of existing plans to upscale significantly LNG “The global debate around Saudi Arabia’s abuses and MBS’s OPEC and non-OPEC states. Emir Tamim for business. 607,000 barrels per day in 2017 is less than infrastructure and production capacity. role in Khashoggi’s killing is not likely to disappear soon,” Sarah had worked hard to secure the agreement Qatar made a strategic decision to direct 2 percent of OPEC’s total output. It makes strategic sense to focus on a sector Yerkes, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s both within OPEC and with Russia, a fellow national resources toward gas rather than oil In April 2017, Qatar Petroleum lifted a in which Qatar holds more than 30 percent of Middle East program, OPEC member, and sink the deal midway as the backbone of its energy policy. While 12-year moratorium on the further develop- the global market share than on its far smaller wrote, referring to the “The global debate through the meeting. the country discovered oil in 1939, a year ment of its natural gas resources that it had and declining oil output. By also reinforcing prince by his initials. Although designed to address the sustained after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and joined imposed in 2005 to allow time to study the Qatar’s autonomy from its Persian Gulf neigh- “But this tour . . . made around Saudi post-2014 slump in oil prices, the Cold War OPEC in 1961, it never became a major player impact of such a rapid rise in production on bors, the move exemplifies the failure of the clear that MBS is back to Arabia’s abuses between Saudi Arabia and Iran trumped, in global oil markets because its oil exports the condition and sustainable management 2017 blockade to force Qatar to clip its wings business as usual.” and MBS’s role in Prince Mohammed’s view, the need to remained small by Persian Gulf standards. of the North Field. and return to a Saudi-led regional fold. This week, Khalid secure an agreement that could stabilize oil In the 1970s, Qatar discovered vast quan- The decision to increase LNG production With neither Saudi Arabia nor the Emirates bin Salman — Moham- in Khashoggi’s prices and assist producers’ economies hit tities of natural gas in the offshore North capacity to 110 million from 77 tons a year willing to back down or concede defeat, the med’s brother and the killing is not likely by shortfalls in revenue. Field, which straddles the maritime border came two months before the Saudi-led at- Persian Gulf rift is reshaping regional and Saudi ambassador to Qatar’s decision to withdraw from OPEC between Qatar and Iran, with the largest part tempt to isolate Qatar last June. Throughout institutional partnerships and increasing the the United States — re- to disappear builds on two decisions taken before and of the field in Qatari waters. The North Field the ongoing, 18-month-long blockade, Qatar degrees of separation among the parties to turned to Washington soon,” Sarah after Saudi Arabia and its allies cut ties with remains the largest non-associated gas field has continued to supply natural gas to the the dispute. for the first time since Qatar and imposed a blockade last June. In ever found, with more than 130 years of re- Emirates through a pipeline that accounts (Source: The NYT) news of the journalist’s Yerkes, of murder convulsed the the Carnegie capital. “The return of Endowment for Prince Khalid suggests International Where are the Gilets Jaunes in the Arab world? that Riyadh thinks the crisis is over,” Simon Peace’s Middle By Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh President Macron, it is my job. However, I am also affected Henderson, a Saudi Ara- by the taxes that the people have protests against, and I bia expert at the Wash- East program, The Paris demonstrations by the Gilets Jaunes — yellow am ashamed when I oppress people who are protesting ington Institute for Near wrote. vests — movement have grabbed public attention around the in defense of my right.” East Policy, said to my world, and have spread to several other European capitals. This was the people’s police speaking and their loyalty colleague John Hudson. “Congress probably has a different view.” It has even been said that “Arab Spring fever” has reached is to the people, not solely to the government as they are in Indeed, Trump has failed to stave off a growing insurrec- Europe to sweep away governments. the Arab states. Moreover, the French leader’s loyalty is to tion among even Republican lawmakers in Congress. Senators The two, though, are not the same. The Arab people rose the people who put him in power, and so he accepted their emerged from a closed-door hearing with CIA Director Gina up against the corrupt dictatorships in power for more than demands and backed down on his decision to raise taxes Haspel on Tuesday seething with rage at a White House that 30 years and which ruled with an iron first. In Europe, the and prices. seems bent on helping Riyadh cover up its tracks. “There’s not protests are against rising fuel prices and increased taxes. A president’s decisions do not have to be imposed by a smoking gun — there’s a smoking saw,” Sen. Lindsey O. Gra- There are no demands for regime change. There is a huge force and accepted without any protest, as they are in our ham (R-S.C.) said, referring to the grisly tool possibly used to difference between revolutions and demonstrations. Never- countries. Such is the advantage of democracy and the grace dismember Khashoggi’s body. theless, the people of countries such as Egypt, Syria, Yemen of freedom, which the West in general experiences. This The following day, a bipartisan group of senators filed a resolu- and Libya have relived their Arab Spring days while watching illustrates the presence of a free media in which the peo- tion condemning the crown prince for complicity in Khashoggi’s the Paris protests. ple can express themselves; a media which is not simply a death. In a statement accompanying the release, Graham called Revolutions are based on ideology and ideas; they do mouthpiece and promoter of the regime, as is the case in Mohammed a “wrecking ball to the region jeopardizing our na- not die, because ideas do not die. Demonstrations, though, all Arab countries without exception. tional security interests on multiple fronts.” He added: “It will tend to be more spontaneous and in response to specific Furthermore, the French army did not intervene or take be up to Saudi Arabia as to how to deal with this matter. But it contentious issues; they come to an end when demands When President Macron to the streets. Western armies are rarely deployed against is up to the United States to firmly stand for who we are and are met. The Arab peoples’ revolutions were truly a spring thanked the police and shook their fellow citizens, whereas thousands of Arab citizens what we believe.” and there was hope that change would bloom in the Arab have been killed and wounded by their own soldiers over Trump, however, has taken a very different stance. He shrugged world; in France, the protests revolve around the need for their hands, one officer the years simply for trying to stand up for their human and at the CIA’s own conclusion that the crown prince presided di- warmth in the harsh winter. said: “There is no need to civil rights. rectly over Khashoggi’s killing. In a statement last month, he In response to Gilets Jaunes, French President Emmanuel The Arab Spring countries were on the verge of achieving chalked up Khashoggi’s death to the “dangerous” times we live Macron has cancelled his decision to increase taxes and fuel thank me for doing my duty, their objective of overthrowing their despotic regimes; on in, engaged in casual slander of the slain journalist by linking prices. He has even donned a yellow vest himself. President Macron, it is my the threshold of democracy, a dignified life and freedom, him to an outlawed Islamist faction, and insisted that the U.S.- Far from donning protesters’ garb — literally or metaphori- job. However, I am also like that enjoyed by civilized nations. There was a free Saudi relationship was far too important to be compromised by cally — the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the UAE conspired and fair election held in Egypt for the first time in 7,000 one “tragic event.” against the revolutions to thwart them, by paying for the affected by the taxes that the years, won by President Mohamed Morsi. However, the Trump’s defense of Saudi Arabia is puzzling. There’s little counterrevolutions. The funds expended ended up with the people have protests against, forces of evil within and outside the country conspired electoral logic in pandering to Riyadh: Before November 2016, enemies of the Muslim Ummah and have been spent on and I am ashamed when against him so that the country could to go back to the Trump was a vehement, if ill-informed, critic of the Saudi king- fighting Muslims all over the world. way it was, with the head of state living like a lord and dom. His administration has artificially inflated the economic We need to observe the difference between how the I oppress people who are the people as his slaves. value of Saudi Arabian arms sales in a bid to justify turning a French police dealt with the Gilets Jaunes and how the protesting in defense of my The Gilets Jaunes remind us of our painful recent past, blind eye to Khashoggi’s killing. police and armies in the Arab countries treated their peo- but we will always have hope as long as our dream does not Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been even more outspo- ple. No French citizens were killed and relatively few were right.” die. It will be passed down through the generations and ken, mocking the “caterwauling” of Mohammed’s detractors in arrested. Instead, the police in Paris used internationally- the will of the people will not fade with time. Where are the Washington and pointing to the supposed greater threat of Iran recognized crowd dispersal methods with a high degree thanked the police and shook their hands, one officer Gilets Jaunes in the Arab world? as a reason to look beyond the assassination of a Post writer. of professionalism and skill. When President Macron said: “There is no need to thank me for doing my duty, (Source: Middle East Monitor) The president’s loyalty to the crown prince looked even more conspicuous after reports, including from my colleagues, pointed to the Saudis pouring vast sums of money into Trump Organi- zation properties since Trump came to power. These pecuni- The Brexit vote: The prime minister is on the run ary concerns underscore the extent to which Trump is indeed a Theresa May continues to treat parliament what she had agreed with European leaders. march in a different direction. from the hard Brexiters, she lives on only “transactional” president, willing to sacrifice principle for what with contempt, as her authority drains away Mrs May is not saving her leadership, she is The prime minister is trying to buy herself as a political zombie. Ensnared by her own is, in this case, personal gain. on the most important issue facing Britain. devaluing it to the point of worthlessness. time by getting Brussels to accept some tweaks convictions, she has resorted to dilatory But it has helped make Trump’s relationship with Saudi Ara- Theresa May decided to pull the par- The prime minister has no one to blame but in her Brexit deal over the Northern Ireland tactics because she has belatedly realised bia an easy target for his critics — and it helps create distance liamentary vote on her Brexit withdrawal herself for this mess. In the last two years the backstop as a means of persuading some doubt- the full weight of their burden. When, at last, between the American president and many of his political al- agreement because she knew she would government has devoted itself to leaving the ers to vote for it. These will be cosmetic, as EU she has been forced to recognise this, she lies. “Washington has grown to detest the Saudi crown prince,” lose. She has been humiliated by her own European Union in a manner consistent with leaders say there can be no further renegotiation found herself alone and politically friendless Middle East expert Steven Cook wrote in an op-ed for Foreign MPs. It is staggering that this defeat only Mrs May’s obsessions – primarily controlling of the terms of the UK’s departure.The threats in a party that prefers accommodation of Policy, “because he represents a world that seems to be spinning became obvious to her after it had been clear immigration. Her resulting withdrawal agree- to Mrs May are multiplying. Mrs May might its prejudices to political calculation – let out of control.” to everyone else for weeks. In the end, she ment has been rubbished by her own unruly claim that she lives to fight another day. alone what is best for this country. (Source: The Washington Post) chose to run rather than stand and fight for troops. They will not be easily instructed to But given that the leadership is on the run (Source: The Guardian) I IN N T T E E R R N N A A T T I I OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY DECEMBERDECEMBER 12, 201812, 2018 ANALYSISANALYSIS && INTERVIEWINTERVIEW 7ِ

Le Pen’s under-plot for the Yemen peace talks in Stockholm; the tale of French President negotiators with no authority 1 The removal of Socialist and Conservative candi- Le Pen also emphasized that the political solution to the dates in the 2017 general election, was well indicating the recent crisis depended on the French officials, while utter- political and social isolation of these two traditional parties ing that French President Emmanuel Macron “is deprived in French society. As a result, French citizens should once of sympathy for the people, constrained by arrogance and again choose between Macron and Le Pen. Le Pen believes indifference of the elites.” that indicating a new face in France political scene as an It is not clear, however, that Le Pen’s calculations would independent politician is not possible under the current all come true. The French National Rally President opened situation, and that’s because the bitter experience of Ma- a special account on Macron’s former supporters to change cron’s presence at the Elysée Palace prevents the formation their minds, and as a result, their votes to her benefit! This of such a phenomenon. is while some of these votes may turn into silent votes or Le Pen is now trying to remove Macron from power white votes. through holding an early elections; “It is necessary to Also, it’s quite possible that France political atmosphere implement proportional representation and dissolve the in 2017, would once again repeat in 2022, or during the National Assembly in order to hold new proportional country’s possible early elections. In this case, to right-wing elections”. extremists of French National Rally are going to lose the Simultaneously, she attempts to attract the attention of elections again. Therefore, Le Pen is really cautious about French citizens to herself as France’s next president. her positions right now, though she believes that Macron’s “We believe that the way out of the crisis is essentially adds chaos to adversity,” Le Pen said in a letter published incapability provided the ground for her political and social political. This decision excludes any use of violence that only on the party’s website. success in Paris.

Sanctions on Iran or trade warfare? What is the 1 Another key issue of the peace talks is the reopening the airport at the capital, Sanaa, which has been bombed several times. The airport is in Houthi’s territory but access to it is restricted by pretext for punishing Huawei in America? the Saudi-led coalition, which controls the air space. The Sanaa International Airport, controlled by the Yemeni forces, is now 1 In fact, the company, via a branch regis- On the other hand, by looking at the ex- 90-day cease-fire during their trade war. In moted over the last few months on its allies, technically prepared to resume flights, but the Saudi-led military tered in Dubai in the UAE, is accused of violating treme nationalist approaches of the Trump the course of these 90 days, the parties will not including in Europe and even East Asia, which coalition won’t allow flights. Iran’s sanctions law. As a result, Washington’s government in commercial markets, it is clear impose any increase in tariffs on each other’s called for cooperation to refuse business with In the Swedish negotiations, the Yemeni government raised crackdown is due to the alleged violation of that the White House, with “American First” export markets. However, although there is Huawei. The pressure, which seems to have the precondition for issuance of a permit to reopen the Sanaa sanctions against Iran. This charge could have slogan, is seeking to impede the activities of currently no news of the imposition of new been marginally effective, has so far prevented International Airport. The condition was that all flights from been brought under normal circumstances with non-U.S. companies. tariffs on Chinese goods in the United States, Japanese and British officials from following and to Sana’a airport be inspected and audited, however, the restrictions on its activities on the U.S. soil or So, in the current context, the violation of the arrest of a director of a Chinese company the practice of the Chinese company in their condition was opposed by the Sana’a Board. by its outright dismissal, but the arrest of its sanctions against Iran is an excuse for the U.S. suggests that Washington is still interested in countries. As a result, the arrest of a director of The Houthi delegation head at the peace talks, Mohammed director and the release of some news stories Treasury Department to remove one of the maintaining tension with Beijing. Indeed, if a Chinese company at the behest of the U.S. is Abdusalam, rejected the proposal. “The airport should be opened that long-term imprisonment was probable most powerful rivals to American companies. we are to unmask the detention with the issue bigger than merely a ploy to ensure the sanc- in accordance with international standards, and we do not accept shows that the issue of Chinese Huawei is much Pressure on Huawei occurred when re- of the boycott of Iran, we should just mention tions remain in place. It is also a way to try to inspections.” more than a violation of sanctions against Iran. cently Beijing and Washington agreed on a the pressure that the United States has pro- augment Washington’s trade war with China. Sana’a’s government has agreed to work on the role of the United Nations at Sana’a Airport in order to advance negotiations and show its goodwill in this regard. Nigerian army has committed war crimes One of strategic suggestion in Stockholm talks was calling for a transitional government representing all political parties. Despite the proposal made, the delegation has not shown against humanity, says ICC any response on behalf of the Yemeni government. This means that this delegation has not stepped in to help realize peace The International Criminal Court (ICC) says Nigerian security members of the army were submitted to the Office (of the and end crisis in Yemen, but it has come to Sweden to dictate forces (NSF) have committed war crimes against humanity. prosecutor). These files relate to a limited extent to the two demands. In a report sent to TheCable, the ICC said it has received “a potential cases identified by the Office”. As the peace talks continue, the persecution of the Saudi-led total of 169 communications” from Nigeria and its assessment “Of the 27 files provided to the Office, 24 either lacked in- coalition against Yemen has once again shown that the Saudis has shown that security forces in Nigeria have committed war formation to determine their relevance for the admissibility prefer their military and criminal strategy to a political solution crimes varying from murder, torture, and intentionally attacking assessment or did not appear relevant. to the Yemen crisis. Within several days of the Stockholm talks, the civilian population. The ICC complained that “other information specifically several areas in Yemen have been targeted by Saudi attacks, “Specifically, the Office found a reasonable basis to believe requested by the Office which was assessed to be potentially followed by dozens of civilians’ martyrdom. that the NSF committed the war crimes of murder pursuant to relevant to the admissibility assessment has yet to be provided The spokesman of Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General article 8(2)(c)(i); torture, cruel treatment pursuant to article by the Nigerian authorities”. Yahya Sare’e has sharply condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s 8(2)(c)(i); outrages upon personal dignity pursuant to article The criminal court added since 2017, the Nigerian authori- attacks against Yemen. He added: “the fact that the coalition 8(2)(c)(ii); and intentionally directing attacks against the ci- ties appear to have “taken concrete steps toward fulfilling their forces and their mercenaries have continued their aggression vilian population,” the ICC said. primary responsibility to investigate and prosecute ICC crimes”. against Yemen on the first day of peace talks in Sweden indicates Fatou Bensouda, the ICC prosecutor, in her annual report “While there seems to be a tangible prospect of further pro- that the aggressors have no interest in the establishment of peace on preliminary examination activities (2018), also said the ceedings against members of Boko Haram, including high-level and preparing the grounds for a second round of talks.” ICC found reasonable basis to believe that Boko Haram also attacks against buildings dedicated to education and to places commanders, at this stage the same cannot be said of the NSF, The biggest challenge facing the current talks between the committed war crimes against humanity. of worship and similar institutions pursuant to article 8(2)(e) in particular since the Nigerian authorities tend to deny any Sana’a delegation and the Yemeni government delegation is that “Furthermore, the Office found a reasonable basis to believe (iv); pillaging a town or place pursuant to article 8(2)(e)(v); allegation against the latter. the government has no discretionary power to make strategic that Boko Haram committed the war crimes of murder pursuant rape, sexual slavery and sexual violence pursuant to article “While acknowledging the cooperation of the Nigerian au- decisions, and it is fully passive in order to reduce the public to article 8(2)(c)(i); cruel treatment pursuant to article 8(2) 8(2)(e)(vi)”. thorities in the course of the preliminary examination, the Office pressure. (c)(i) and outrages upon personal dignity pursuant to article The office of the prosecutor added that the ICC met with will require, for the purpose of expediting its complementarity Perhaps if representatives from Saudi Arabia and the United 8(2)(c)(ii)”. Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s minister of justice and attorney assessment, further information and evidence Arab Emirates were present at the negotiating table with the The ICC added that Boko Haram was “intentionally directing general of the federation (AGF), to further investigate eight demonstrating that relevant national proceedings are being Sana’a delegation, the talks further saw progress as the “reliant attacks against the civilian population or against individual potential cases of war crimes against humanity. or intended to be conducted without delay”. government” delegation virtually lack authority. civilians pursuant to article 8(2)(e)(i); intentionally directing ICC says several “files pertaining to alleged violations by (Source: Thecable)

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Cancer is the leading cause of death across the globe. For years fall in 3 years: WHO now, researchers have led meticulous studies focused on how to stop this deadly disease in its tracks. How close are we to HEALTH TEHRAN— Iran’s Christoph Hamelmann Representative finding more effective treatments? desk road traffic deaths of World Health Organization (WHO) in How far has cancer research come? fell from 32.1 per 100,000 population Iran, said that proportion of traffic injuries The World Health Organization (WHO) note that, world- in 2015 to 20.5 in 2018, according to in Iran is higher than in most other parts wide, nearly 1 in 6 deaths are down to cancer. the World Health Organization (WHO) of the eastern Mediterranean region and In the United States alone, the National Cancer Institute 2018 global status report on road safety elsewhere in the world, and is one of the (NCI) estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases and 600,920 published in December. country’s most serious problems. cancer-related deaths in 2017. In 2015, Iran ranked 8 among all the He referred to the national Road Safe- countries surveyed in terms of their ty Strategic Plan (2011-2020) of Iran roads’ mortality rates, but in 2018 the that has 14 strategic objectives mainly country’s rank among others dropped on speed management, motorists’ and to 53 as over this period its road traffic pedestrians’ safety, development of a death rates fell from 17,994 to 15,932, comprehensive crash data bank, road the WHO report indicated. infrastructure safety, vehicle safety, and 09 SJ-1-B post-crash management, adding that The report revealed that the majority of the plan would need a revision within people died on Iranian roads were either 2 years and WHO is ready to support the passengers (28%) or drivers (20%) of this process. 4-wheeled cars and light vehicles. Rid- The WHO report on road safety 2018 Currently, the most common types of cancer treat- ers of motorized 2- and 3-wheelers (24%) presented information on road safety from ment are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, tumor surgery, and pedestrians (22%) were the two other 175 countries, accounting for almost 98.1% and — in the case prostate cancer and breast cancer — major groups killed on the road; while a of the world’s population. hormonal therapy. very small number of victims were driv- The report highlighted that the number However, other types of treatment are beginning to pick ers and passengers of buses (1%), drivers of annual road traffic deaths has reached up steam: therapies that — on their own or in combination and passengers of heavy trucks (2%) and 1.35 million. with other treatments — are meant to help defeat cancer more cyclists (<1%). On November 22, Iran’s Traffic Police the Iranian current calendar year (March Road traffic injuries are now the leading efficiently and, ideally, have fewer side effects. 09 SJ-1-C chief Taqi Mehri announced that Road 21- September 22) compared to the same killer of people aged 5-29 years. The burden Innovations in cancer treatment aim to address a set WHO estimated Iran’s road traffic fa- fatalities caused by traffic accidents oc- period last year. is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, of issues that will typically face healthcare providers and talities dropped from 24,896 in 2015 to curred in urban areas have dropped by At the 4th National Traffic and Safe- cyclists and motorcyclists, in particular patients, including aggressive treatment accompanied by 16,426 in 2016. 6 percent during the first six months of ty Conference held on November 21, Dr. those living in developing countries. unwanted side effects, tumor recurrence after treatment, surgery, or both, and aggressive cancers that are resilient to widely utilized treatments. Iranian researches develop biosensor to Rapid test for cancer developed Below, we review some of the most recent cancer research breakthroughs that give us renewed hope that better therapies detect food spoilage by researchers and prevention strategies will soon follow suit. Boosting the immune system’s ‘arsenal’ One type of therapy that has attracted a lot of attention recently is immunotherapy, which aims to reinforce our own bodies’ existing arsenal against foreign bodies and harmful cells: our immune system’s response to the spread of cancer tumors. But many types of cancer cell are so dangerous because they have ways of “duping” the immune system — either into ignor- ing them altogether or else into giving them a “helping hand.” Therefore, some types of aggressive cancer are able to spread more easily and become resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. However, thanks to in vitro and in vivo experiments, re- searchers are now learning how they might be able to “deac- tivate” the cancer cells’ protective systems. A study published last year in Nature Immunology found that macrophages, or white blood cells, that are normally tasked with “eating up” cellular debris and other harmful foreign “objects” failed to HEALTH TEHRAN — Iranian bacteria in food. A 10-minute test that can detect can- help detect cancer far sooner than current obliterate the super-aggressive cancer cells. deskResearchers in Univer- The nanobiosensor can spot harmful cer cells anywhere in the body has been methods, according to the authors of That was because, in their interaction with the cancer cells, the sity of Mohaqeq Ardeabili have designed a bacteria in food both quickly and precisely, developed by researchers. the study in the Dec. 4 issue of Nature macrophages read not one but two signals meant to repel their biosensor using nanoparticles for detecting while it would have a low price as a fast, The team at the University of Queens- Communications. “cleansing” action.This knowledge, however, also showed the food spoilage, ISNA reported on Monday. cost-effective method was used for its de- land in Australia created the test after They used the test on more than 200 scientists the way forward: by blocking the two relevant signaling According to Dr. Mandana Amiri, a velopment, she explained. discovering that cancer forms a unique tissue and blood samples and found that pathways, they re-enabled the white blood cells to do their work. member of the research team, the sen- In this method, uropathogenic E. coli DNA structure when placed in wa- it was 90 percent accurate in detecting Therapeutic viruses and innovative ‘vaccines’ sitive superoxide biosensor is based on cells were entrapped into ultra-thin sol-gel ter, CNN reported. cancerous cells, CNN reported. A surprising weapon in the fight against cancer could be ther- silicon carbide nanoparticles and can detect matrices on gold thin films, she added. The portable, inexpensive test could (source: WebMD) apeutic viruses, as revealed by a team from the United Kingdom earlier this year. In their experiments, they managed to use a reo- virus to attack brain cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. Study finds probiotics after antibiotics Excess belly fat common in those with “This is the first time it has been shown that a therapeutic virus is able to pass through the brain-blood barrier,” explained may not help your health high heart risk the study authors, which “opens up the possibility [that] this Experts are divided over the benefits of probiotics during and after the antibiot- Excess waist fat is common in many people tory of coronary artery disease or other type of immunotherapy could be used to treat more people probiotics. ic course. There really hasn’t been any with a high risk of heart disease and stroke, conditions arising from atherosclerosis. with aggressive brain cancers.” Share on PinterestThere’s new evidence strong scientific evidence that this would according to a recent European study. However, assessments had shown that Another area for improvement in immunotherapy is “den- about the benefits and drawbacks of taking be beneficial,” said Dr. Emeran A. Mayer, New research finds that two-thirds of they were at high risk of developing car- dritic vaccines,” a strategy wherein dendritic cells (which play probiotics. Getty Images director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for people at high risk of developing cardi- diovascular disease due to one or more of a key role in the body’s immune response) are collected from a If you’re feeling sick from a bacterial Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and ovascular disease have excess belly fat. the following: high blood pressure, high person’s body, “armed” with tumor-specific antigens — which infection, it’s likely your doctor will pre- co-director of CURE: Digestive Diseases The study, called EUROASPIRE V, is a cholesterol, or diabetes. will teach them to “hunt” and destroy relevant cancer cells — scribe antibiotics. Research Core Center at the David Gef- survey of cardiovascular disease prevention The researchers used medical records and injected back into the body to boost the immune system. While antibiotics kill off bad bacteria, fen School of Medicine at University of and diabetes. It forms part of a European to identify those eligible for the study In a new study, researchers in Switzerland identified a way they can also disrupt your gut’s complex California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Society of Cardiology research program. and invited them for an interview and to improve the action of these dendritic vaccines by creating microbiome, the microscopic community Mayer, who is the author of the book The findings featured recently at clinical exam. artificial receptors able to recognize and “abduct” tiny vesicles of bacteria that work together to make “The Mind Gut Connection,” told Healthline the World Congress of Cardiology & The interviewers asked questions about that have been linked to cancer tumors’ spread in the body. everything run smoothly. that the traditional rationale for this kind Cardiovascular Health in Dubai in the diet, exercise, smoking, and other life- By attaching these artificial receptors to the dendritic cells To counteract this, your doctor might of probiotic treatment frame of mind “has United Arab Emirates. style factors. in the “vaccines,” the therapeutic cells are enabled to recognize suggest you take probiotics supplements been kind of weak.” He said that antibiotics They revealed that nearly two-thirds of The analysis included a total of 2,759 harmful cancer cells with more accuracy. either during or following a regimen of anti- can have a negative impact on many differ- individuals at high risk of cardiovascular people. Of these: Importantly, recent studies have shown that immunother- biotics. Probiotic treatments contain helpful ent taxa and it is “hard to see” how taking disease had excess abdominal fat. 64 percent had central obesity, which apy may work best if delivered in tandemwith chemotherapy live bacteria — think the probiotics that are probiotics like Bifidobacteria and Lacto- The results also showed that: is a measure of excess abdominal fat. — specifically, if the chemotherapy drugs are delivered first, found in yogurt — to restore order to your gut. bacilli would help bring the microbiome Only 47 percent of those taking drugs to 37 percent were in the overweight cat- and they are followed up with immunotherapy. But is this the most effective way to back to its original state. reduce high blood pressure were achieving egory for body mass index (25.0–29.9 But this approach does have some pitfalls; it is difficult to get back to health? New research reveals That being said, he emphasized that a target of under 140/90 millimeters of kilograms per square meter). control the effects of this combined method, so sometimes, that this might not be the case. this is “only one study using a particular mercury, or under 140/85 for those who 18 percent were current smokers. healthy tissue may be attacked alongside cancer tumors. What a new study found cocktail of probiotics, after a particular reported having diabetes. 36 percent were achieving the typical However, scientists from two institutions in North Carolina A recent study published in the journal course of antibiotics.” Among individuals using lipid-low- guideline physical activity level of at least have developed a substance that, once injected into the body, Cell, suggests that probiotics might not “In other words, a different probiotic ering medication, only 43 percent had 30 minutes on 5 days of the week. becomes gel-like: a “bioresponsive scaffold system.” The scaf- always be the most helpful course of meas- may be helpful in a patient taking a different reached the low-density lipoprotein The researchers defined central fold can hold both chemotherapy and immunotherapy drugs ure to restore your gut to health. antibiotic,” he added. “The findings are (LDL) cholesterol target of under 2.5 obesity as having a waist size of at at once, releasing them systematically into primary tumors. The researchers from Weizmann surprising and certainly have raised a lot millimoles per liter. least 88 centimeters (34.7 inches) for This method allows for a better control of both therapies, Institute of Science in Israel and other of criticisms from probiotic companies. Many who were not in receipt of treat- women and at least 102 centimeters ensuring that the drugs act on the targeted tumor alone. institutions found that taking probiotics Given the caveats above, the implications ment for high blood pressure and high (40.2 inches) for men. The nanoparticle revolution might actually delay your gut microbiome’s of the study are that taking probiotics af- LDL cholesterol had those conditions. ’GPs need to be more proactive’ Speaking of specially developed tools for delivering drugs straight return to normalcy, longer in fact than just ter a course of antibiotics will delay the Only 65 percent of individuals receiving Prof. Kotseva urges primary care prac- to the tumor and hunting down micro tumors with accuracy and allowing everything to return to normal return of the gut microbial architecture treatment for type 2 diabetes had attained titioners to be proactive about looking efficiency, the past couple of years have seen a “boom” in nano- following just antibiotic treatments. to its pre-antibiotic state. If this study is the target blood sugar of under 7.0 percent for cardiovascular risk factors. technology and nanoparticle developments for cancer treatments. The research team divided study par- confirmed by other researchers it means glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). They need to probe beyond the risk factors Nanoparticles are microscopic particles that have garnered ticipants in two groups — one was given an that the traditional practice of taking a “The survey,” says Kornelia Kotseva, that they are already aware of and “always so much attention in clinical research, among other fields, be- 11-strain probiotic treatment for a four-week probiotic after antibiotic is wrong, and chair of the EUROASPIRE Steering Com- investigate smoking, obesity, unhealthy diet, cause they bring us the chance to develop precise, less invasive period, and the other just given a placebo. should no longer be recommended by mittee and a professor at Imperial College physical inactivity, blood pressure, choles- methods of tackling disease. While the probiotics given to the first group physicians and advertisers.” London in the United Kingdom, “shows terol, and diabetes,” she argues. Vitally, they can target cancer cells or cancer tumors with- did effectively colonize the gut with new, Other options to strengthen the that large proportions of individuals at Individuals often don’t realize that they out harming healthy cells in the surrounding environment. helpful bacteria, this surprisingly delayed gut microbiome high risk of cardiovascular disease have should be receiving treatment. They may Some nanoparticles have now been created to provide very the microbiome to return to normal over Mayer added that this doesn’t rule unhealthy lifestyle habits and uncontrolled visit their doctor for diabetes care and not focused hyperthermic treatment, which is a type of therapy the full six-month study period. Meanwhile, out that “other life microbes occurring blood pressure, lipids, and diabetes.” know that they also have high blood pressure. that uses hot temperatures to make cancer tumors shrink. the gut microbiota of those in the second in fermented food products” like sauer- Individuals with high heart risk “In our study, many participants with Last year, scientists from China and the U.K. managed to come group actually returned to health in three kraut and kimchi, for instance, “may be The recent study focuses on “apparently high blood pressure and cholesterol were up with a type of “self-regulating” nanoparticle that was able to weeks after going off the antibiotics. beneficial for patients following a course healthy individuals in primary care at not being treated,” notes Prof. Kotseva. expose tumors to heat while avoiding contact with healthy tissue. This study was performed in both of antibiotics.” high risk of developing cardiovascular She suggests that the findings highlight “This could potentially be a game-changer in the way we humans and mice. Traditionally, antibiotics are “one of disease, including those with diabetes.” a need for more investment and policy treat people who have cancer,” said one of the researchers in It suggests there’s a lot more we need the most prescribed medications” out Altogether, 78 primary care practices that focuses on prevention. charge of this project. to learn about how our gut microbiome there, according to Megan Meyer, PhD, from 16, mainly European, countries took The recent news follows that of earlier These tiny vehicles can also be used to target cancer stem- works. director of science communications at the part in the research, which took place research that featured at the European like cells, which are undifferentiated cells that have been “The traditional view has been that the International Food Information Council during 2017–2018. Society of Cardiology Congress in April linked to the resilience of certain types of cancer in the face negative effects of antibiotics on the gut (IFIC) Foundation. They recruited individuals who were 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. of traditional treatments such as chemotherapy. microbiome are being attenuated by taking (Source: Healthline) under 80 years of age and had no his- (Source: Medical News Today) (Source: Medical News Today) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 12, 2018

Iran plans to expand market Taking smart decisions important for knowledge-based companies in S. Africa for having smart cities: minister TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN —A 46-member trade delegation TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Taking making Tehran a smart city. For example, desk headed by the vice president for science desksmart decisions is as define the number of smart buildings we and technology Sourena Sattari travelled to South Africa on important as collecting and processing should have in Tehran in coming year,” he Monday to expand international market for knowledge-based smart data for having smart cities, the in- explained. companies, Mehr reported. formation and communication technology He said that the municipality can encour- The delegation includes owners of finance funds and knowl- minister said, IRNA reported. age citizens for construction of smart build- edge-based companies active in the field of information and Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi made ings with offering discounts on property tax. communications, health, biotechnology, mining industries the remarks during the opening ceremony of The infrastructures for making Tehran a and industrial equipment. the 2nd Smart Congress at Tehran’s Milad smart city is being done by the ICT ministry During the four-day trip to Johannesburg and Pretoria, the Tower on Monday. and some agreements have already signed Iranian companies hold B2B meetings with their counterparts He pointed out to meteorological data between the ministry and Tehran Munici- at the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry. and air pollution indices as smart factors, pality, he said. They will also attend the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA), which are monitored in Tehran. He referred to smart applications, which which will be held from December 12 to 14 in Pretoria. “Unfortunately, we sometimes do not take can be made available by the liberation of At the forum, the Iranian companies have the chance to get smart decisions proportional to collecting data as an opportunity which can be taken introduce to technology in Africa. data,” he lamented. advantage of by application developers. During their trip, Sattari paid visit to South Africa’s Minister of Encouragement of citizens to use public So, citizens can benefit from services Science and Technology Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi and they transformation instead of personal vehicles provided in a smart city, he said. discussed development of scientific and technological cooperation. is one of the solutions for solving air pollution Tehran Municipality held Tehran Smart In October, Sattari headed a delegation of officials and problems, he explained. Week from December 5 to 11, which included knowledge-based companies’ directors to Kenya and Ugan- The e-government is considered as an aid Smart Tehran Congress on December 10 and da in order to boost the market of Iranian knowledge-based for making Tehran smart, he said. issue for making Tehran a smart city, he market in the city, he said. 11 as well as several workshops and meetings companies in eastern Africa. Tehran Municipality has already collect- emphasized. Big data is a term used to refer to data during the week. According to weforum.org, as Africa transitions from the ed and processed data in a smart method, Several knowledge-based companies are sets that are too large or complex for tradi- Smart city road map, innovation ecosystem margins to the mainstream of the global economy, technology however, what is needed is better decision now manufacture Engine Oil Temperature tional data-processing application software in smart cities, smart governance and digital is playing an increasingly significant role. making, he said. (EOT) Sensor for vehicles or provide big data to adequately deal with. transformation were amongst the themes Bolstering regional trends in business, investment and mod- The smart economy is an important knowledge in Tehran, which can lead to smart “We should choose a definite target for of the congress. ernization is the emergence of an IT ecosystem – a growing patch- work of entrepreneurs, tech ventures and innovation centers coalescing from country to country. Application to introduce Iranian-made products TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Iran’s Academic Center for can provide a way to connect these two. deskEducation, Culture and Research plans “Promoting homegrown products can solve many to launch an application through which all the homegrown economic problems we have already deal with,” he said. Nearly 47 percent of global products are registered and available for the users. In many cases people are unaware of products, which Named “Iransakht”, which literally means “made in are available with Iranian brands in the market, he said. population now online: Iran”, users in different cities can search for products and The application will provide separate panels for each check for their availability. Iranian city in which, products available at the place are UN report The application, which will be available for iOs and introduced to the users, he said. android systems, introduces local products of each He said that the prices will be also available at the ap- Even though China and India are now the largest Internet markets region of Iran. plication and the users can benefit from discount provided on the planet, they are also among the six countries that together One of the main problems in the domestic market is by the producers. account for 55 per cent of the global ‘offline’ population, according the disconnection of universities from the industry sector, The application will be unveiled in Khorasan Razavi to a new report of a United Nations commission. the developer Ali Abdi said, adding that the application province in February 2019, he concluded. Furthermore, 20 countries including United States, China and India make up almost three-fourths of the world population not using the Internet. Artificial intelligence is creeping up on us—literally “These findings suggest that targeted efforts in just a few key Walmart will soon deploy 360 robot jan- automated car.) markets could help enormously in redressing the gaping ‘digital itors across a few hundred of its stores. Of course, industrial accidents and drunk divide’ between those who are online and those still offline,” said Using maps plotted by human employ- drivers existed well before AI. Tools with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a specialized ees, the AI-powered cleaners will placidly the power to alleviate the burden of phys- UN agency, in a news release today. traverse the aisles, sweeping and buffing ical labor—horses, threshing machines, Released just ahead of the 14th meeting of the UN Broad- as they go—just as blue-aproned human self-driving cars—also come with the power band Commission for Sustainable Development, to be held on employees used to do (and still will, in to injure. And the presence of AI-powered 18 September, in New York, the report The State of Broadband Walmart stores without an Auto-C, as machines just steps away from us is, for 2016 also highlighted the potential of mobile broadband, with the robots are called). now, still a rarity for most people. 165 countries now having deployed the 4th generation or ‘4G’ Perhaps the most striking thing about But the incremental nature of robots’ high-speed mobile networks. these robot workers is how not-striking creep into our daily lives will make it hard- they are. Sci-fi movies suggest a future er to recognize—or object to—the bigger full of humanoid robots who unnerve changes they bring later. Walmart insists us with their “uncanny valley” qualities. that the robot janitors will give employees Now the future is coming into view, and more time for customer service and other it looks like a giant Roomba. It’s easy to tasks. Critics point out that they could imagine walking absentmindedly past just as easily become an excuse to reduce an Auto-C on a shopping trip without hospitalized after a robot at an Amazon drove an allegedly drunk, sleeping “driver” staff and wages. And if customers get used even registering its presence. fulfillment center accidentally punctured a down a highway, right alongside more alert to ignoring robot workers, they may be AI has already started to become a can of bear repellent and enveloped work- travelers no doubt alarmed by the scene even less cognizant of the needs of the part of our everyday landscape. In New ers in eye- and lung-searing fumes. Days in the next lane. (Highway patrol officers human ones. Jersey this week, dozens of workers were earlier in California, an auto-piloted Tesla figured out on the spot how to stop the (Source: msn.com)

“As smartphone penetration reaches near-saturation in the Electronic health records often have mistakes — and they can be hard to fix US, Europe and mature markets in Asia like Japan and [Demo- Mistakes can be harmful or even fatal if they lead to a mis- But mistakes can be harmful or even fatal if they lead to cratic Republic of] Korea, India and Indonesia in particular are diagnosis, a failure to recognize an allergy or a a misdiagnosis, a failure to recognize an allergy or a wrong expected to drive future growth,” ITU added. Morgan Gleason has had a lot more experience with the dose of a medication. A Johns Hopkins study found that Findings from the report also revealed that that India, which health-care system than most college students. Nine years more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from overtook the US to become the world’s second largest Internet ago, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease medical mistakes, making it the third-leading cause of death market (333 million users), also overtook that country to become called Juvenile Dermatomyositis, which causes symptoms after heart disease and cancer. Other studies have found the the world’s second-largest smartphone market, with an estimated like weak muscles and skin rashes. numbers to be higher than 400,000. 260 million mobile broadband subscriptions. Like many patients with a chronic illness, Gleason sees After she discovered the mistake, Gleason called the According to Houlin Zhao, the Secretary-General of ITU, and a lot of doctors. So she and her mother, Amy, who works doctor’s office and informed them that she did not have Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific at a health IT company called CareSync, always make it a any children. and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), who both co-Vice Chair point to request her medical records after a visit so they can But instead of fixing it, the assistant on the other end the Commission, broadband connectivity and technology can store a copy of all her records in one place. of the line insisted that Gleason was wrong. “If you hadn’t play very important role as enablers of development. Two years ago, Gleason requested her records after vis- told us this, there’s no way this could have been in your States, unlike in other developed nations, such as the United Recalling that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) iting a women’s health clinic in Florida. To her surprise, she chart,” Gleason was told. She ended up having to file a formal Kingdom and many of the Nordic countries, there’s no unique for education, gender equality and infrastructure include bold found a note in the record saying she’d had two children. document requesting a correction of her record, before any patient identifier number linked to a single centralized record. targets for information and communication technology, Zhao One was apparently still living and the other had died shortly changes were made. That makes it a challenge for doctors to ensure that they’ve said: “The SDGs are achievable, but require urgent efforts and after she gave birth. I’ve experienced how errors happen first hand. tldr; ER pulled up the record of the right patient if they happen to progress in the speed, degree and equality of development. The According to the chart, which she provided to CNBC, by policy turns your current medication list into secondary have a common name. Commission believes this can be realized through broadband.” Gleason would had to have given birth to the first child at diagnosis codes. Doesn’t matter that you didn’t go to ER To rectify that, Koppel always encourages nurses and Similarly, Bokova noted: “Broadband technologies can be age 13 for the dates to line up. for that, or that they could pick the wrong diagnosis (i.e., doctors to take photos of their patients and clip them to powerful development multipliers but this requires combined In fact, Gleason had never been pregnant. drug treats multiple things). the record so they can at least ensure that they’re talking investments in access and in skills and in education.” It wasn’t the first mistake. In a different record, Gleason Koppel, a sociologist and bio-informaticist at the Uni- to the right person. “This is about opening new paths to create and share knowl- had spotted a diagnosis of diabetes shouldn’t have been there. versity of Pennsylvania and Penn Medical School, was not Gleason is extremely concerned that these errors will edge. It is about enhancing freedom of expression and about She had looked into it after a doctor had gone off script by surprised that Gleason had such a hard time getting the continue to follow her, given the broad array of medical widening learning opportunities, especially for girls and wom- peppering her with questions about her blood sugar. correction. Doctors don’t like to admit wrongdoing for fear record vendors. It’s already been hours of work for her to en. This is about developing content that is relevant, local and Gleason’s case might seem extreme, but it is far from of being sued, he explained, but there’s also an institutional- try to fix them across multiple systems. multilingual,” she added. unusual. ized distrust of patients. Some patients do lie or hide certain For that reason, she has a few words of caution for new Highlighting some of the findings from the present report, Ross Koppel, a leading academic in the world of health embarrassing facts. technology players like Amazon and Apple as they get deeper today’s news release mentioned: IT, estimates that about 70 percent of records have wrong That needs to change, suggests Koppel, because doctors into health care with a particular focus on medical records. **By end 2016, 3.5 billion people will be using the Internet, information. are human. It’s easy to imagine how mistakes might happen “I hope that companies in tech don’t start looking at the up from 3.2 billion last year and equating to 47 per cent of the “There are millions of records out there and screw-ups if a busy resident has multiple records open on a laptop, and text in physician notes and making determinations without global population happen,” he said. they’re using copy and paste. In other instances, they might a human or someone who knows my medical history very **There are now 91 economies where over 50 per cent of the Most errors are irrelevant to health outcomes — for in- simply mistype or mishear something: A common example well,” she said. “I’m worried about more errors.” population is online, up from 79 in 2015 stance, a record might state that a patient hurt her finger of that is “hypo” versus “hyper.” (Source: nbcnews.com) **The top 10 developing countries for household Internet on Thursday, when it was in fact, Friday. There are also cases of mistaken identity. In the United penetration are all located in Asia or the Middle East **Republic of Korea has the world’s highest household Internet penetration (98.8 per cent), followed by Qatar (96 per cent), and Nearly 40 percent of tech workers believe they’re depressed United Arab Emirates (95 per cent) Some 38.78 percent of the 10,081 tech workers tech employees to answer “true” or “false” The survey results follows recent research ity to carry out daily activities for at least two Iceland has the highest percentage of individuals using the recently surveyed by the anonymous business to the following statement: “I believe I am from job site Glassdoor indicating that em- weeks.” If you believe you are depressed, the Internet (98.2 per cent), followed by Luxembourg (97.3 per cent), social network Blind said they believe they depressed.” Nearly 40 percent of tech workers ployee satisfaction at Facebook has taken a big organization recommends talking to someone and Andorra (97 per cent); and believe they are depressed. Amazon had the answered in the affirmative. hit in the last year. Ranked number one last you trust about your feelings and seeking The lowest levels of Internet usage are in sub-Saharan Africa, highest rate of employee depression, followed “Users on Blind talk anonymously about year, the social network is now the seventh the help of a local health-care professional with less than three per cent of the population using the Internet by Microsoft and Intel. burnout, high stress levels, insomnia, over- best place to work, according to Glassdoor. or doctor. If you feel suicidal, immediate- in a number of countries including Chad (2.7 per cent), Sierra Do you work in tech and battle depression? working, and irregular work hours,” Blind According to the World Health Organiza- ly contact someone for help. The National Leone (2.5 per cent), Niger (2.2 per cent), Somalia (1.8 per cent) You’re far from alone. wrote. “These are all characteristics that have tion, depression is “characterized by persistent Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 and Eritrea (1.1 per cent). A new survey from anonymous business [been] shown to increase a person’s chance sadness and loss of interest in activities that hours a day at 1-800-273-8255. (Source: news.un.org) social network Blind asked its community of of developing depression.” you normally enjoy, accompanied by an inabil- (Source: pcmag.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 12, 2018 SCIENCE 11

A dangerous chemical change is happening MIT’s ‘sun in a box’ could in our freshwater supply: new study solve our energy storage woes The push toward renewable energy is essential to fight climate change, but it’s also a vital part of planning for future power needs. As the Human activity has shifted the chemical bicarbonate and magnesium chloride, make world needs more energy, we can’t let all this free solar power just composition of our waterways. Now, it’s their way into our waterways, it can cause a bounce off the planet. Even if we develop more efficient solar panels, beginning to corrode our freshwater supply. domino effect, releasing toxic metals from how do we store that power? Battery technology has lagged for years, A new study has confirmed that in the the river soil into the stream itself. but a team from MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology may last 25 years, at least a third of the rivers and It also makes the water less acidic and have the answer. They call it a “sun in a box.” streams in the United States have gotten more basic. These slight changes may not The most efficient and widely used batteries we currently have saltier. If nothing is done to curb this trend, seem like much, but they can be extremely use lithium-ion technology to store energy. Even the best batteries the results suggest that more than half of disruptive to delicate freshwater ecosystems, degrade over time, lose power to heat, and lack the kind of energy these waterways could contain at least 50 potentially causing several species to die density we would need for powering the grid. The device detailed in percent more salt than they used to by 2100. off, including insects. the new study serves the same purpose as a battery, but it’s not one. The findings are a major reality check. Plus, it is also expensive for public health. The sun box is an insulated graphite silo containing a slug of This extreme level of salt pollution would In Flint, Michigan, the excessively salty river white-hot molten silicon. likely pose a serious threat to freshwater water even started a public health crisis that According to the researchers, this sun in a box could store excess resources, urban infrastructure, and natural was reported the world over. electricity for long periods as heat. So, you would use solar panels to ecosystems across the nation. Chemical treatments power the grid, but the panels stop generating power when the sun Not only that, but it would also impact the When this city began taking water from goes down. However, you just need to make sure there are enough agricultural industry, doubling the number the Flint River, the water’s high salt content panels to produce excess power during the day. That power gets of streams that are too salty for irrigation, along with chemical treatments corroded funneled into the sun box to heat up the silicon core. from three to six percent. the city’s plumbing system, releasing toxic When the grid needs power at night, a multijunction photovoltaic Unsurprisingly, the study found several lead into the pipes. system inside the silo captures light from the glowing silicone to human activities to blame, including the use The consequences of salt pollution stretch convert it back into electricity. The system would work the same of fertilizers and de-icing salts, as well as certain areas of the country, where pollution of California, Monterey Bay, told PBS. right around the world, including Australia with wind power — you’re just heating up the silicon with power land clearing, fossil fuel extraction, irrigation is especially bad, some freshwater streams “Salinity is naturally high, and mining and Europe, where bodies of freshwater are from a different source. and even climate change. were found to be nearly half as salty as the and oil and gas extraction are releasing more becoming increasingly salty, causing severe Based on initial small-scale testing, the team estimates a single Climate changes ocean itself. salt by exposing new rock and pumping out economic and public health problems. TEGS-MPV storage tank could store enough power to supply 100,000 “Most of the change is related to increases “Today, the saltiest streams are in the saline groundwater.” The new study goes a long way towards homes overnight in combination with solar panels or wind farms. in human land use, with climate change northern Great Plains,” lead author John The effects of salinity are widespread understanding the effect that human activity That’s a lot of homes that can run on clean, renewable energy 24 accounting for only 12 percent of the Olson, a freshwater scientist at the University and damaging. When salts, such as sodium can have on our freshwater supplies - a hours a day. (Source: extremetech.com) increase,” the authors conclude. problem that has only recently been identified A study published earlier this year also and is still poorly understood. found that acid rain, caused by human air A study published earlier this year also The “predictions of increasing salinization pollution, can dissolve materials that hold found that acid rain, caused by human air of streams and rivers highlight the need for Study reveals misleading salt, thus contributing to the problem as well. effective management and regulation to ensure Whether direct or indirect, in the U.S., pollution, can dissolve materials that hold we protect water resources and freshwater claims on eco-friendly practices salt pollution is not federally regulated, ecosystems,” the authors conclude in the study. salt, thus contributing to the problem as well. Deforestation rates have increased in the past decade amid the and state controls can be inconsistent. In (Source: sciencealert.com) sustainability classification of major palm oil forests. Researchers urged the stakeholders to consider other alternatives to mitigate its negative effects on environment and people. Scientists brew lava and blow it up to better Lifespan extension at low temperatures is Palm oil production is far from being sustainable, experts say, understand volcanoes genetically controlled, study suggests even in forests where harvest practices are classified as destruc- tion-free. A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment found that forest loss in major oil palm-producing countries have been greater in the past decade even in areas labeled as sustainable. Researchers from Purdue University and Tomsk State Univer- sity in Russia reported that Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea have lost approximately 31 million hectares of forest from 2001 to 2016. Interestingly, the rate of deforestation is higher in sustainable forest than in those with no eco-friendly conditions at 38 percent and 34 percent respectively. “Our research shows quite unequivocally that, unfortunately, there is no way to produce sustainable palm oil that did not come from deforestation, and that the claims by corporations, certification schemes and non-government organizations are simply ‘greenwash- ing,’” the lead author and research associate at the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources in Purdue Roberto Cazzolla Gatti said in an exclusive interview. What happens when lava and water meet? Why do we age? Despite more than a cen- increase. Powerful forces Global demand for palm oil has dramatically increased from Explosive experiments with manmade lava tury of research (and a vast industry of However, the median lifespan increase “If you think about a volcanic eruption, 37 million metric tons in 2006 to 64.2 million in 2016. Palm oil is are helping to answer this important question. youth-promising products), what causes ranged from 6 percent to 100 percent across there are powerful forces at work, and it’s used in a variety of commercial and household purposes, including By cooking up 10-gallon batches of molten our cells and organs to deteriorate with the strains, they found. They also observed not a gentle thing,” says lead investigator detergents, cooking, cosmetics, and food products. rock and injecting them with water, scientists age is still unknown. differences in mortality rate. Ingo Sonder, Ph.D., research scientist in the Conservation is one of the chief complaints received by the RSPO, are shedding light on the basic physics of One known factor is temperature: Many Gribble’s study clarifies the role of Center for Geohazards Studies at UB. “Our as well as issues on free, prior, and informed consent from the in- lava-water interactions, which are common animal species live longer at lower temper- temperature in the free-radical theory experiments are looking at the basic physics digenous people. The same report noted that palm oil production in nature but poorly understood. ature than they do at higher temperatures. of aging, which has dominated the field of what happens when water gets trapped is beneficial for West African countries especially that about 60 to The research shows that lava-water As a result, “there are people out there since the 1950s. This theory proposes that inside molten rock.” 70 percent of the industry are represented by small-scale farmers. encounters can sometimes generate who believe, strongly, that if you take a animals age due to the accumulation of Sonder discussed the findings in a press (Source: Tech Times) spontaneous explosions when there is at conference at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting on cold shower every day it will extend your cellular damage from reactive oxidative least about a foot of molten rock above December 10. Eastern Time in room Shaw/ lifespan,” says Kristin Gribble, a scientist at species (ROS), a form of oxygen that is the mixing point. In prior, smaller-scale LeDroit Park on level M3 of the Marriott the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). generated by normal metabolic processes. studies that used about a coffee cup’s worth Marquis hotel, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, But a new study from Gribble’s lab in- “Generally, it was thought that if an Water found on asteroid, of lava, scientists in Germany found that they Washington, DC 20001. dicates that it’s not just a matter of turning organism is exposed to lower temperature, needed to apply an independent stimulus This press conference will also be streamed down the thermostat. Rather, the extent to it passively lowers their metabolic rate and confirming Bennu as -- in essence pricking the water within the live on the AGU press events webpage and which temperature affects lifespan depends that slows the release of ROS, which slows excellent mission target, lava -- to trigger a blast. a recording of the press conference will be on an individual’s genes. down cellular damage. That, in turn, delays The results reported in JGR: Solid Earth archived on AGU’s YouTube channel. Gribble’s study, published in Experi- aging and extends lifespan,” Gribble says. team says also point to some preliminary trends, show- Reporters interested in streaming the mental Gerentology, was conducted in the Her results, however, indicate that the ing that in a series of tests, larger, more bril- press conference and participating remotely rotifer, a tiny animal that has been used in change in lifespan under low temperature is Spectral observations made by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft identified liant reactions tended to occur when water should go to the Webstreaming page on the aging research for more than 100 years. likely actively controlled by specific genes. hydrated minerals across the asteroid, confirming that Bennu, rushed in more quickly and when lava was 2018 Fall Meeting Media Center website. Strains of rotifers “This means we really need to pay more a remnant from early in the formation of the Solar System, is held in taller containers. In nature, the presence of water can make Gribble’s team exposed 11 genetically attention to genetic variability in thinking an excellent specimen for the OSIRIS-REx mission to study the The team ran a total of 12 experiments in volcanic activity more dangerous, such as distinct strains of rotifers (Brachionus) about responses to aging therapies,” she composition of primitive volatiles and organics. which water injection speeds ranged from during past eruptions of Hawaii’s Kilauea to low temperature, with the hypothesis says. “That is going to be really important From August through early December, the OSIRIS-REx space- about 6 to 30 feet per second, and in which and Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull. But in other that if the mechanism of lifespan exten- when we try to move some of these ther- craft aimed three of its science instruments toward Bennu and lava was held in insulated steel boxes that cases, the reaction between the two materials sion is purely a thermodynamic response, apies into humans.” began making the mission’s first observations of the asteroid. ranged in height from about 8 to 18 inches. is subdued. (Source: eurekalert.org) all strains should have a similar lifespan (Source: phys.org) During this period, the spacecraft traveled the last 1.4 million miles (2.2 million km) of its outbound journey to arrive at a spot 12 Effects of antidepressants span three generations in fish, researchers suggest miles (19 km) from Bennu on Dec. 3. The science obtained The effects of antidepressant exposure during early develop- disruptions in subsequent generations of offspring, spurred from these initial observations ment can pass down through three generations of offspring Vance Trudeau, a neuroendocrinologist at the University of confirmed many of the mission — at least in zebrafish. Ottawa, and his colleagues to address the question of wheth- team’s ground-based observa- A new study, published on December 10 in PNAS, reveals er an antidepressant may affect an animal’s descendants. tions of Bennu and revealed that fluoxetine, a commonly used antidepressant that goes by The researchers exposed embryos of zebrafish (Danio rerio) several new surprises. the brand name Prozac, can alter hormone levels and blunt to fluoxetine for six days, then investigated the physiology Team members of the mis- stress responses in an exposed embryo and its descendants. and behavior of those fish and three subsequent generations sion, which is led by the Uni- The “paper is very intriguing,” says Tim Oberlander, a of their offspring. versity of Arizona, presented developmental pediatrician at the British Columbia Children’s A stressful event the results at the Annual Fall Hospital who was not involved in this work. In zebrafish, levels of the hormone cortisol normally in- Meeting of the American Ge- The question of whether these medications have a trans- crease in response to a stressful event, such as when they’re ophysical Union, or AGU, in generational effect is a “really important one that requires handled in a net. But the researchers observed that fish exposed Washington, D.C. on Dec. 10. further study in other animal models, and ultimately, when to fluoxetine — at concentrations within the range found In a key finding for the mission’s science investigation, data we have the data, we need to figure out whether it’s also in umbilical cord blood — as embryos had blunted levels of obtained from the spacecraft’s two spectrometers, the OSIRIS-REx true in humans.” cortisol, both during rest and in the presence of a stressor. Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) and the OSIRIS-REx Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor The animals also didn’t explore their environments as Thermal Emissions Spectrometer (OTES), reveal the presence (SSRI), a class of drugs widely used to treat depression as much their unexposed peers. These kinds of “exploratory of molecules that contain oxygen and hydrogen atoms bonded well as other conditions such as obsessive-compulsive dis- behaviors,” Trudeau says, are important for survival strat- together, known as “hydroxyls.” The team suspects that these order and anxiety disorders. egies such as escaping from predators and finding food. hydroxyl groups exist globally across the asteroid in water-bearing Increasing antidepressant use Examining several generations of the fish, the scientists clay minerals, meaning that at some point, the rocky material Recent data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition revealed that the cortisol effects persisted through the ex- interacted with water. While Bennu itself is too small to have Survey show increasing antidepressant use, from approxi- Oberlander, whose research is focused on the influence posed animals’ offspring, grand-offspring, and great-grand- ever hosted liquid water, the finding does indicate that liquid mately 7.7 percent of the population in 1999–2002 to 12.7 of prenatal exposure to these medications, notes that it has offspring—but the behavioral disruptions only continued water was present at some time on Bennu’s parent body, a much percent from 2011–2014. been unclear whether those correlations represent a direct across two. “What we think is happening is that by genera- larger asteroid. SSRIs are often prescribed as the first-line treatment result of the drugs or if other factors, such as a genetic pro- tion three, the fish are already adapting to new low cortisol “This finding may provide an important link between what we for pregnant women with depression, and prior studies pensity for those outcomes or growing up with a parent with levels,” says coauthor Marilyn Vera-Chang, a biologist who think happened in space with asteroids like Bennu and what we in humans suggest infants exposed to SSRIs while in the a mood disorder, may also play a part. completed her doctoral studies under the co-supervision of see in the meteorites that scientists study in the lab,” said Ellen womb may experience developmental disturbances such as The hints that SSRIs taken by pregnant mothers may affect Trudeau and Thomas Moon, a retired professor of compar- Howell, senior research scientist at the UA’s Lunar and Plane- delayed motor development and increased levels of anxiety their children, as well as evidence from animal studies that ative physiology at the University of Ottawa. tary Laboratory (LPL) and a member of the mission’s spectral later in childhood. chemicals such as certain fungicides could cause behavioral (Source: the-scientist.com) analysis group. (Source: sciencedaily.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY DECEMBER 12, 2018

Yalda night celebration held International Mountain Day: for child laborers

SOCIETY TEHRAN — A symbolic ceremony for the desk Mountains are vital for our lives working children in District 19 of Tehran was ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Almost thermal springs are Ask and Larijan. The flora held on Tuesday to celebrate Yalda night, the longest night of desk the year which takes place on December 21. one billion people live in and fauna is very rich and include about 2000 Yalda Night is annually celebrated on the last day of Azar (the mountain areas, and over half the human plant species. There are numerous endemic last month of autumn in the Iranian calendar year) and before population depends on mountains for water, species which are important to flora of world. the first day of Dey (the first month of winter) nationwide. food and clean energy. However, according International Mountain Day 2018 Nationally called “Shab-e Yalda” or “Shab-e-Chelleh”, it lit- to the United Nations, mountains are under theme: “#MountainsMatter” erally means the night of the forty, which refers to the first forty threat from climate change, land degradation, Even though they are mentioned in the days of winter that are often the coldest and toughest to bear. over exploitation and natural disasters, with 2030 Agenda, mountains are still often forgot- While on the most memorable night of the year, the entire potentially far-reaching and devastating con- ten. Considering the crucial role they play in families gather together to bear the winter chill with love, cele- sequences, both for mountain communities providing key ecosystem goods and services bration and masses of red pomegranates, watermelon, and dried and the rest of the world. to the planet and their vulnerability in the nuts overflowing on a big round korsi-low table, many children Mountains are early indicators of climate face of climate change, we need to step up are working tough times with their minds obsessed with the change and as global climate continues to and raise attention to mountains. question how to overcome the coldest days of the year. warm, mountain people — some of the world’s Water as mountains are the world’s ‘water The event aiming at making financially struggling children hungriest and poorest — face even greater towers’, providing between 60 and 80 percent delightful was held by the help of philanthropists who tried to struggles to survive. The rising tempera- of all freshwater resources for our planet. warm the hearts of many child laborers, Mehr quoted Saeed tures also mean that mountain glaciers are Disaster Risk Reduction as climatic var- Ranjbarian, head of Mehr cultural center affiliated to the melting at unprecedented rates, affecting iations are triggering disasters. Municipality of Tehran, as saying. freshwater supplies downstream for millions Tourism as mountain destinations attract “Some special ancient Persian programs have been performed of people. Mountain communities, however, around 15-20 percent of global tourism and during the event, such as, Shahnameh reading, happy musical have a wealth of knowledge and strategies are areas of important cultural diversity, shows, storytelling and traditional and local games for children accumulated over generations, on how to knowledge and heritage. and their families,” he further explained. adapt to climate variability. Food as they are important centers of ag- On the sidelines of the event, the symbolic ceremony of the Climate change, climate variability ricultural biodiversity and are home to many Yalda night was held with the children’s families around korsi and climate-induced disasters, combined Mount Damavand, an inactive volcano and of the foods that come to our table, such as (a traditional item with a heater underneath it, and blankets with political, economic and social mar- the highest peak in the Middle East, is now rice, potatoes, quinoa, tomatoes and barley. thrown over it), and after recite Hafiz poetries, gifts have been ginalization, increase the vulnerability of Youth as despite the beautiful landscapes, granted to the children as memorials, he concluded. mountain peoples to food shortages and being threatened by land use change and life in the mountains can be tough, particu- extreme poverty. Currently, 1 in 3 people mining activities as well as waste. larly for rural youth. in developing countries is estimated to be Indigenous Peoples as many mountain vulnerable to food insecurity. Iran’s Mount Damavand a victim and mining activities as well as waste. areas host ancient indigenous communities Govt. allots $240m to As the vulnerability of mountain pop- of waste The mountain’s environment is pretty that possess and maintain precious knowl- ulations grows, migration increases both According to a report by Fars news agen- vulnerable up to an elevation of 4,000 me- edge, traditions and languages. mitigate water shortage abroad and to urban centers. Those who cy published on Tuesday on average every ters while the protected areas stretch from Biodiversity as half of the world’s biodi- remain are often women, left to manage week some 1 ton of waste is collected from the elevation of 4,200 meters to the peak versity hotspots are concentrated in moun- ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Iran’s government has allocated the farms but with little access to credit, the southern part of the area as mountain and unfortunately most human activities tains and mountains support approximately desksome 10.02 trillion rials (nearly $240 million) training and land tenure rights. Out-mi- climbers dump their waste in the region. that endanger the environment, such as one-quarter of terrestrial biological diversity to reduce water shortage nationwide, Ismail Najjar, head of the gration from mountain areas will also Abbas Mohammadi a member of Alpine overgrazing, land use change, and mining International Mountain Day 2018 celebrat- National Disaster Management Organization has said. result in an inestimable loss in terms of Club of Iran told Fars news agency that climb- activities normally occur at lower elevation. ed on December 11 is an occasion to create a The amount is allocated to the Energy Ministry for taking provision of ecosystem services and pres- ing mount Damavand should be regulated. Mount Damavand is the highest elevation large social movement that can bring mountain necessary measures to tackle the issue, YJC quoted Najjar as ervation of cultural and agro-biodiversity. The waste strew around in the area will about 5,628 meters. It is an inactive volcanic issues on the tables of politicians. Through a saying on Monday. Investments and policies can alleviate result in soil erosion, Mohammadi regretted. mountain which was activated in Quaternary global campaign, a social media strategy and Climate change is actually happening in Iran, and with climate the harsh living conditions of mountain Mount Damavand, an inactive volcano Period. It has numerous thermal springs. The events around the world, FAO plans to tell the change, depletion of water resources, drought spells, low precipi- communities and reverse out-migration and the highest peak in the Middle East, is peak of Damavand covers permanently snow world that the current neglect of mountains tations, changes in precipitation, temperature rise, desertification, trends from mountain areas. now being threatened by land use change during the entire year. The most important and mountain peoples must stop. and land subsidence also occur, he concluded. Care center inaugurated for orphaned, Amirkabir university, NODET to Studies on launching Iran’s abandoned girls expand scientific co-op first tram started

SOCIETY TEHRAN — An appraisal study on the country’s deskfirst tram, to be established in the northern city of Rasht, has been started, an official with the municipalities and village administrations has announced. “The research project has been started since past few months, which, according to preliminary information, will cost about 250 million euros,” ISNA quoted Hossein Rajab-Salahi as saying on Tuesday. The lines operated by tramcars (tramways), which are under studies in Rasht county stretches to 16 kilometers, will highly reduce the traffic congestion, he added. Under the law of support for the rail transport system, the government provides the cities with 50 percent of metro costs, he stated, adding, accordingly, it was suggested to the munici- pality of Rasht to pursue the provision of tramcars through legal and governmental funding, in order to be able to implement the project as soon as possible. SOCIETY TEHRAN — A center and villages, he regretted. SOCIETY TEHRAN — Amirkabir improving the scientific capability of the deskoffering fulltime care As provision of services to children deskUniversity of Technol- organization’s experts and researchers, and services to orphaned or abandoned without caretakers and those who are ogy and the National Organization for and carrying out feasibility studies on LEARN ENGLISH girls has been inaugurated in Damghan, kept at these centers is among the Development of Exceptional Talents the Organization’s needs were among north-central Semnan province. Welfare Organization’s objectives, (NODET) has signed a memorandum of the subjects of the MOU, according to Job Interview The establishment of the center pro- such centers receive subsidy from the understanding (MOU) to enhance scien- Mohajerani. vide orphaned or abandoned girls with Organization, he added. tific and research cooperation for the next “Assessing the need for advanced A: Okay, so let’s go over everything one more time. I really want [good] living conditions, Mehr quoted Referring to the Organization’s plan to three years, IRNA reported. technologies by the experts, sharing ed- you to get this job! Habibollah Masoudi-Farid, deputy di- develop such centers across the country, Fatemeh Mohajerani, head of NODET, ucational facilities such as laboratories, B: I know! It’s an amazing growth opportunity! They’re true rector of the Welfare Organization as he noted that since the past few years, and Ahmad Motamedi, the university’s workshops and classes, holding visits and industry leaders, and it would be so interesting to be part of an saying on Monday. with the participation of the philanthro- chancellor, inked the MOU during a meet- camps for students, organizing seminars organization that is the undisputed leader in business process Constructed by a philanthropist, the pists, steps have been taken towards the ing held on Tuesday. and specialized courses, along with skill platform development. center is a 2-storey building, measuring development of centers providing care Conducting applied research projects, development courses are also among A: So, let’s see, you did your research on the company, right? 1,200 square meters. It hosts some 40 girls. services to the underprivileged. establishing and equipping of required subjects of the MOU”. B: Well, I visited their website and read up on what they do. While a significant number of bread- The Welfare Organization had always laboratories and workshops, support- Also, joint scientific journals and com- They’re an IT service company that offers comprehensive business winner women and their children are cooperated well in this regard, issuing ing postgraduate theses in line with the pilations will be published, and the results solutions for large corporations. They provide services such covered by the Organization, their pop- the necessary permits and licenses, he needs of the two parties, holding short- of research projects will be bilaterally as CRM development, and they also offer custom designed ulation is larger in deprived rural areas concluded. term and long-term training courses on monitored and reviewed, she concluded. applications. A: So what would your role in the company? B: Well, the position is for an account manager. That basically means that I would be the link between our customers and our ENGLISH IN USE development team. A: Sounds good, and so, why do you want to work with them? LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION B: Well, as I said they’re the industry leaders, they have a really great growth strategy, amazing development opportunities for employees, and it seems like they have National document on disabled- strong corporate governance. They’re all about helping سند ملی مناسب سازی محیط برای معلوالن تصویب شد companies grow and unleashing potential. I guess their accessible cities approved core values and mission really resonated with me. Oh, and رئیس دبیرخانه ســتاد هماهنگی و پیگیری مناســب ســازی ســازمان بهزیســتی they offer six weeks’ vacation, stock options and bonuses... A national document which assigns all responsible organizations I’m totally going to cash in on that. related tasks on improving accessibility in cities for persons کشــور اظهــار داشــت: ســند ملــی راهبــردی ســتاد مناســب ســازی کشــور برای ?A: You, idiot! Don’t say that! Do you want this job, or not تصویــب شــد، در ایــن ســند وظایــف تمــام دســتگاه هــا در رابطــه بــا مناســب Key vocabulary with disabilities, has been approved, an official with the Welfare ســازی مشــخص و شــفاف شــده اســت. .undisputed: definitely true, not doubted Organization has said read up: read to gain the most recent information on a subject ابراهیــم کاظمــی مومــن ســرائی روز ســه شــنبه در گفــت و گــو بــا خبرنــگار CRM: processes, services, technology, and people used to attract The national strategic document will be unveiled next month ایرنــا افــزود: ســند ملــی راهبــردی مناســب ســازی تــا یــک مــاه آینــده بــا ,and keep customers (September 23-October 22) by the head of the Welfare Organization custom: specially made to fit the needs of a person or organization حضــور رئیــس ســازمان بهزیســتی کشــور رونمایــی خواهــد شــد. .industry leader: being the best in that particular field or industry IRNA quoted Ebrahim Kazemi Momen Saraei as saying on Tuesday growth strategy: chance to gain new skills unleash: release; allow something to happen core values: most important beliefs PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM resonate: have a special meaning or importance for someone Supplementary vocabulary “-gen, -gene, -genic, -geny” Live something down Cloud on the horizon integrated solutions: combine things to find a plan or a way to deal with a problem (esp. in business) Meaning: produces or is produced Meaning: to never forget about something and Explanation: a problem or difficulty that is predictable, competitive advantage: something that places a company For example: Healthy soldiers were taken down never stop laughing at them for it or seems likely to arise in the future above the competition with phosgene gas poisoning up to 48 hours after For example: Wilbur will never be able to live For example: They are happily married and for the optimize: make something as effective as possible inhalation. down what happened at the party last night. moment there appear to be no clouds on the horizon. align: join a group in supporting something platform: a program that tells a computer how to work 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 DECEMBER 12, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 ‘Black Tuesday’: French students hit the Afghanistan: Suicide streets in protest again bomber targets security 1 Up to 300 French high schools, erratic and volatile nature of student pro- known as lycées, were barricaded every day tests – a potentially incendiary element at convoy in Kabul last week, amid scenes of vandalism, bins set a time when Yellow Vest demonstrations At least four people have been killed and another six injured on fire and violent clashes between police have already erupted into violence in the after a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of security forces in and students. The tense standoff made inter- streets of Paris and other cities. On top the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the latest attack claimed by the national headlines on Thursday when video of their own demands, pupils in schools Taliban terrorist outfit. footage posted on social media showed riot up and down the country have expressed police in a Paris suburb forcing dozens of solidarity with the Yellow Vest movement, students to kneel down in rows, their hands which began as a protest against a tax-fuel on their heads. hike but has mushroomed into a general On Monday, France’s education minis- revolt against stagnant wages and the high try said the number of affected schools had cost of living. fallen to 120, only a third of which were fully “If the student movement has taken hold blocked. But with student unions calling for it is in part thanks to the Yellow Vests,” a “Black Tuesday” in lycées across the coun- said Robi Morder, head of the GERME try on December 11, the relative calm could centre for the study of student movements prove to be merely a lull before the storm. at Sciences-Po Paris, in an interview with Hands off ‘le bac’ FRANCE 24. High-school students have been an- In both cases, Morder noted, the pro- gered by President Macron’s plans to testers come largely from peripheral areas change the end-of-school exam, known and small towns that are starved of public as the baccalaureate or ‘bac’, and replace “We will continue protesting until our are angry at the government’s plans to hike services and jobs, and feel abandoned by the broad subject areas pupils currently demands are met,” Jules Spector, head of fees for non-EU nationals in a bid to make Parisian elites. Behind the students’ specific choose from – science, literature or social the FIDL union, told FRANCE 24. “The gov- French universities “more competitive”. The demands, “their discontent expresses a more sciences – with more specific courses. They ernment has made no gestures towards us,” Sorbonne shut its main campus in central deep-seated anxiety, about jobs in particular, demand the repeal of a reform, passed last he added. “On the contrary, it is obvious Paris in anticipation of possible protests, and a fear of the future,” he added. “In this The blast took place in Paghman district in western Kabul year, which introduces stricter selection they are waiting for the end of term to slow while students in Nanterre and Rennes-2 respect, [Education Minister] Jean-Michel early on Tuesday as the convoy was returning from an overnight criteria for university. down our movement.” – traditionally two of France’s most politi- Blanquer is wrong to claim there is no link operation, Interior Ministry Spokesman Najib Danish told AFP Critics say the government’s moves breed French student protests intensify cised universities – voted to blockade their between the students and the Yellow Vests. news agency. inequality between rich schools and poorer, against education overhauls facilities. He does not understand that the students “It is still not clear whether the attacker was on foot or driving peripheral ones. They also oppose plans for Worryingly for the Macron administration, ‘Children of the Yellow Vests’ in the street are the children of the Yellow a vehicle,” the spokesman said. a national civic service for French youths, there are tentative signs the unrest may also A major source of concern for France’s Vests.” Another security official, who wished to remain anonymous, due to be rolled out in 2026. be spreading to universities, where students embattled government is the traditionally (Source: FRANCE 24) said the attacker had used a car bomb to target the convoy. Attacks on Afghan forces by the Taliban have been inflicting record-high casualties on security personnel this year. The early morning attack in Kabul came hours after an over- Australia subjected refugees to crimes against humanity, class actions allege night assault by Taliban terrorists on a checkpoint in Arghistan, The Australian government subjected asylum seekers for such acts under the commonwealth criminal code a district in southern Kandahar province. At least eight police and refugees to torture, crimes against humanity requires the approval of the attorney general,” it said. officers were killed, according to the provincial media office. and the intentional infliction of harm in operating There are more than 1,000 people still on Manus An estimated 2,798 civilians have been killed and 5,252 others its offshore processing system, two class actions and Nauru, most of them found to have a legitimate injured in attacks across the country from January to September launched on Monday will allege. claim for asylum and be granted refugee status. this year, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in The parallel cases, led by Julian Burnside QC and Australia has held people in detention or alterna- Afghanistan (UNAMA). comprising human rights lawyers from the National tive accommodation on Nauru and Manus Island for Last month, President Ashraf Ghani said 28,529 Afghan security Justice Project, have been filed in the high court of more than five years. Twelve people have died during forces had been killed since the start of 2015, a figure far higher Australia, representing all the remaining refugees that time, including from suicide, untreated medical than anything previously acknowledged. That is an average of and asylum seekers on Manus Island in Papua New conditions and murder. around 20 soldiers killed every day. Guinea, and on Nauru. While Australia often claims the respective host The surge in violence comes as the United States is pushing for Both groups, divided by place of detention, are countries are in control of arrangements, memorandums a peaceful resolution of the 17-year-old conflict, while the Taliban seeking injunctions to stop the government’s alleged of understanding note that Australia is in charge of has increasingly asserted control over vast tracts of the country. breaches of duty of care, and to seek damages. contracting and operations, and all associated costs. The United States President Donald Trump’s administration Their legal team will claim they have been subject to: Crossbench MPs were unable to push through compensation to current and former Manus Island is holding direct talks with the Taliban, which was toppled follow- Arbitrary imprisonment and other severe depri- legislation before parliament ended on Thursday asylum seekers and refugees – almost 2,000 indi- ing a U.S.-led invasion in 2001. Taliban officials have held three vation of physical liberty. which would have allowed critically ill refugees and viduals – over their illegal detention in dangerous days of talks with the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Denial of proper medical assessment and treatment. asylum seekers in the two offshore sites to be brought conditions. It was Australia’s largest human rights Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar, aimed at renewing the peace process. Inadequate security and protection. to Australia for medical care if two doctors agreed to it. class action settlement. Last month, President Ghani formed a 12-member team to Inadequate food and water. For several years both Manus and Nauru have In that case the Australian government settled in hold peace talks with the Taliban as his government tries to bring Inadequate accommodation and an unhygienic been dogged by complaints and revelations of poor June rather than go through the expected six-month peace ahead of next year’s presidential elections. environment. healthcare, and serious allegations and incidents of trial. (Source: agencies) It is claimed this treatment inflicted severe mental officials denying, delaying or blocking the transfers of At the time the former Prime Minister Tony Ab- and physical pain upon the asylum seekers and refugees. people who doctors said required urgent medical care. bott called the compensation decision “a windfall for The National Justice Project, led by the lawyer Dozens of cases have been brought to the Austral- people who unfairly took advantage of our nation’s George Newhouse, said the Australian government ian federal court by lawyers, seeking legal orders for generosity”. ‘Appalling’ video shows NY was continuing to treat its clients in this manner “in urgent medical transfer. The Australian government A separate case before PNG’s Supreme Court, also order to deter other people from trying to get to Aus- agreed out of court to transfer some, but fought oth- seeking compensation as well as travel documents for police pulling baby from tralia by boat in order to seek asylum”. ers, unsuccessfully, at a cost of $480,000 in the first more than 730 refugees living in PNG, was dismissed mother’s arms “Our clients are seeking to enforce their civil rights quarter of 2018-19 alone. on a technicality in October. rather than criminal prosecution because a prosecution In September last year a judge approved $70m in (Source: The Guardian) A video showing the United States police officers violently yank- ing a toddler from his mother’s arms at a Brooklyn food stamp office last week prompted outrage, with public officials expressing horror and clients of the facility complaining it is indicative of Indian ruling party facing biggest election loss how the city treats social-services recipients. India’s ruling party could lose power in that he did not deliver on promises of jobs over the past few weeks, Congress was ahead, after an early fall as the central bank gover- A witness said a security officer confronted the woman, Jaz- three key states, four TV networks said on for young people and better conditions for with 112 of 230 seats. The Hindu nationalist nor’s unexpected resignation the previous mine Headley, who had sat on the floor of the crowded office for Tuesday, citing vote count leads, poten- farmers. BJP was at 103, the network said. day shocked investors. two hours because of a lack of chairs. Police were called when tially handing Prime Minister Narendra The elections are also a test for Rahul Three other TV channels also said Con- Gandhi, the fourth generation scion of she refused to leave. Modi his biggest defeat since he took Gandhi, president of the left-of-center Con- gress was leading in the three states, with the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, has sought to The woman ended up lying face-up on the floor during a tug office in 2014, and months ahead of a gress, who is trying to forge a broad alliance regional parties leading in two smaller states build a coalition of regional groups, some of war over the child. general election. with regional groups and face Modi with his that also voted, Telangana in the south and headed by experienced firebrand, ambitious “The baby was screaming for his life,” Nyashia Ferguson, who The main opposition Congress party could most serious challenge yet, in the election Mizoram in the northeast. politicians. posted a video on Facebook on Friday under the name Monae form governments in the central states of that must be held by May. Poll analysts cautioned that with the Congress has already said it would Sinclair, told The New York Times. “The lady was begging for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and in the In Rajasthan, the Congress was leading counting in preliminary stages, it was still not name Gandhi, who is seen as lack- them to get off of her. I was scared.” western state of Rajasthan, all big heartland in 114 of the 199 seats contested, against 81 too early to predict the outcome of state ing experience, as a prime ministerial Other customers in the city office shouted at the officers. At states that powered Modi to a landslide win for the BJP, in the initial round of voting, races involving millions of voters. candidate. one point, an officer can be seen on the video pulling her stun in the 2014 general election. India Today TV said. Local issues usually dominate state “When one and one become eleven, even gun and pointing it at people in the angry crowd. Analysts say a big loss for Modi’s Bharatiya In Chhattisgarh, the Congress was ahead polls, but politicians are seeing the elec- the mighty can be dethroned,” opposition Headley was charged with obstructing governmental admin- Janata Party would signify rural dismay and in 59 of the 90 seats at stake, with the BJP at tions as a pointer to the national vote just leader Akhilesh Yadav said of the prospect istration, resisting arrest, endangering the welfare of a child and help unite the opposition, despite his high 24. In Madhya Pradesh, the most important months away. of growing opposition unity. trespassing. As of Monday morning, she was still in jail because personal popularity in the face of criticism of the five states that held assembly elections Indian markets recovered some ground (Source: Reuters) there was a warrant for her arrest in New Jersey, prosecutors said. “We did not request any bail and Ms. Headley’s hold is in connection with a warrant from New Jersey,” the Brooklyn pros- ecutor’s office said on Twitter. “We are reaching out to authorities Decision to assassinate Arafat approved by Saudis: former senior advisor in that state to expedite her release.” A former senior adviser to Yasser Arafat, the late near Paris in 2004. He had been moved to the hospital The New York Police Department is investigating. The Brook- leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization the previous month for diarrhea and vomiting. lyn public defender’s office called on prosecutors to dismiss the (PLO), has said that Arafat’s death was not nat- According to French doctors, he died of a mas- charges, asking “why police were ever involved”. ural and he was actually assassinated, with the sive stroke, although the origin of his illness was “In our experience, people are often treated abysmally House of Saud regime approving the decision to unknown. when seeking support from many of the city bureaucracies assassinate him. Arafat’s tomb in Ramallah was opened the same that are supposed to be helping them,” Lisa Schreibersdorf, Speaking in an exclusive interview with Palestine’s year, so that three teams of French, Swiss, and Russian executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, said in a Arabic-language Shehab news agency, Bassam Abu investigators could collect samples for investigation. statement that echoed the complaints of public assistance Sharif said former United States President, George A subsequent French investigation found no proof clients. W. Bush, had contacted Saudi regime officials after of poisoning. However, separate probes from Swiss Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a Democrat, lik- a meeting with former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel and Russian experts found that Arafat had been poi- ened the officers involved in Headley’s arrest to “Border Patrol Sharon, during which Arafat’s liquidation was dis- soned to death with polonium. police snatching away” a baby. He called the arrest “a blemish cussed, and Saudi authorities consented. Many Palestinians believe that Israel poisoned on our entire city”. Abu Sharif went on to say that Riyadh approved Arafat. However, Palestinian President Mahmoud The Brooklyn district attorney’s office said it was independently of Arafat’s assassination, because it viewed him as an The late Palestinian leader’s adviser noted that his Abbas and his longtime rival, Mohammed Dahlan, investigating and “reviewing all available videos and interviewing obstacle to the Arab Peace Initiative, which envisioned new book, titled Salty Fish, contains many secrets about have both accused each other of complicity in Arafat’s witnesses with the intention of reaching a swift decision.” a so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestin- the assassination of Arafat; Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the death in the past. The NYPD (New York Police Department), which called Friday’s ian conflict. former leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Certain Arab countries are reportedly pressuring confrontation “troubling”, said security guards had “brought the “Sharon met with Bush at the White House and Hamas, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in 2004; the PLO chairman to allow Dahlan, who has been in woman to the floor” before officers arrested her as she resisted. told him that he could no longer keep his promise of as well as senior Hamas figure, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, exile in the United Arab Emirates, to return to the Ferguson disputed that, saying a police officer had forced the not physically attacking Yasser Arafat, because he who was found dead in his hotel room in Dubai, the West Bank amid talk of who will succeed Abbas. woman to the floor. was a leading terror figure and collaborating with United Arab Emirates (UAE), back in 2010. In May, the online news portal, Middle East Eye, A court document said the toddler was just under 18 months Hamas, and that Hamas operations were carried out Arafat, who led an armed struggle against Israel said that Israel as well as the UAE, Egypt, Jordan and old. A family member was taking care of the child, authorities with the approval and blessing of Arafat,” the senior in the late 1960s, died of unknown causes at a hos- Saudi Arabia were planning to overthrow Abbas and said. member of the PLO pointed out. pital near the French capital, Paris, on November 11, replace him with Dahlan. Democrat Letitia James, the city’s public advocate and the Abu Sharif highlighted that Bush contacted Saudi 2004. He was 75. It quoted unidentified Palestinian and Jordanian state’s attorney general-elect, said “being poor is not a crime,” in officials the following day and informed them of the In 2012, Arafat’s widow, Suha, filed a legal complaint sources as saying that the UAE had discussed the a statement. “No mother should have to experience the trauma matter, and the House of Saud regime agreed to the in France, claiming that her husband had been assas- initiative with Israel. and humiliation we all witnessed in this video.” decision to assassinate Arafat. sinated while staying at the Mercy military hospital (Source: Press TV) (Source: Al Jazeera) ساعت: 19:00 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 14 WORLD SPORTS DECEMBER 12, 2018 Chelsea ban fans over alleged racial FC Zurich condemn fans over banana-throwing incident abuse of Sterling Chelsea said on Monday they had banned Anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out Swiss club FC Zurich have condemned fans who threw a banana four supporters from matches pending an said last month that reports of discrimina- at rival player Aldo Kalulu when he went to take a corner during investigation into alleged racial abuse of tory abuse within football were up 11 percent their league match at FC Basel on Sunday. Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling. from last season. Zurich admitted the banana came from the part of the St The incident involving the 24-year-old “While it may be true that no racial slurs Jakob Park stadium occupied by their supporters. England international occurred during City’s have been used in the press coverage received “In the early stages of (the match) against Basel, a banana was 2-0 Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge by Raheem and others, we are in no doubt thrown out of FCZ’s fan zone towards FCB player Aldo Kalulu on Saturday. that the negative narrative influences public when he went to take a corner,” the club said in a statement. Chelsea said they were “fully supporting” opinion and emboldens racist rhetoric,” the “The club strongly condemns this racist behaviour and does not a police investigation launched after a video PFA added. tolerate it in any way. There is no room for xenophobia and posted online showed Sterling being shouted Former international John Barnes, who discrimination in football. at by a fan as he went to collect the ball from like Sterling played for England and Liver- “FCZ has always been committed to diversity and welcomes behind the goal. pool and faced racist abuse during his career, all people, regardless of their background or religion.” Asked about the remarks the fan made, said the issue of discrimination went beyond Kalulu, a Frenchman of Rwandan descent, was also pelted with Sterling told journalists on Sunday he “had to the pitch. cigarette lighters when he went to take the corner in the ninth laugh” because he expected no better, adding “More often than not the media influences minute of Basel’s 2-0 win, media reports said. The 22-year-old that newspapers were “unacceptable” in their society... The only way we can change racism joined Basel in June from Olympique Lyonnais. portrayal of young black players. is if we change the perception of the average The Swiss Football League has yet to comment on the incident. The Professional Footballers’ Associa- black person in the street and then you will (Source: Reuters) tion (PFA) said harsh treatment that Sterling have many more average black people being was receiving from the media was fuelling given what they deserve,” the 55-year-old racism on the terraces, reports of which had “We stand with him in calling for the press it is evident that he is often singled out and told the BBC. increased from last season. to consider the coverage of all footballers treated more harshly than his colleagues.” “It’s a very long-term process, we’re talking River coach Gallardo vows to “We commend Raheem for his profes- carefully, and to end their imbalanced cov- No arrests were made after Saturday’s about hundreds of years of indoctrination sionalism during the incident,” the PFA - the erage aimed at young, black players. match but the Metropolitan Police said they ensuring that there are certain groups of stay through 2021 trade union for players in England - said in “We have been aware for a few months would review footage to determine whether people who are more worthy than others.” a statement. of the targeting Raheem faces in the press, any racist abuse took place. (Source: Eurosport) River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo has quashed speculation he may head to Europe next year by pledging to remain at Copa Larry Nassar abuse report: USOC La Liga remains hopeful of overseas Libertadores winners River Plate at least until 2021. After leading his side to their second Libertadores triumph in apologizes for failing to protect athletes games despite Barca setback four seasons on Sunday, Gallardo said he was happy in Buenos Aires and had no plans to leave the Argentine club. “We have a contract until 2021,” Gallardo told a local radio station after River’s 3-1 win over arch-rivals Boca Juniors in Madrid that gave them a 5-3 aggregate victory. The final, played in Spain because of violence caused by River fans in Buenos Aires, was one of the most unforgettable moments in the club’s history and Gallardo said his solid relationship with the club where he also spent many years as a player was another reason to stay put. “That to me is priceless,” he said. “I wake up every morning and I enjoy going to work.” “This win was one of the happiest moments because of all it represented and because of what it means to the fans. It’s something that can never be erased.” River now head to the United Arab Emirates to take part in the Club World Cup, which kicks off on Dec. 12. (Source: Mirror)

The United States Olympics Committee has The report added: “Nassar found an en- La Liga has pledged to persevere with a a Spanish court against the federation, apologised after a report found that it failed to vironment in elite gymnastics and Olympic long-term strategy of taking games out- which turned down its application to have protect athletes from being sexually abused sports that proved to be conducive to his side of Spain after immediate plans to the game moved and whose president Cristiano Ronaldo wrong by Larry Nassar. criminal designs.” play Barcelona’s January match against Luis Rubiales has loudly protested the Former USA Gymnastics team doctor According to the report, former USOC Girona in Miami were derailed by the league’s plans. to say Real Madrid are not Nassar was jailed for more than 300 years chief executive Scott Blackmun and USOC champions’ decision to back out of the La Liga president Javier Tebas told re- after abusing at least 265 women. chief of sport performance Alan Ashley were fixture. porters on Tuesday that he understood humble - Solari The report found: “While Nassar bears informed of sexual abuse allegations against Following a board meeting on Mon- Barca’s decision, while adding the league ultimate responsibility for his decades-long Nassar in July 2015 but did not share the day, Barcelona withdrew from the game would not relent on its future plans. Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari has disputed Cristiano Ron- abuse of girls and young women, he did not information with others in the organisation. “after seeing the lack of consensus “I don’t see Barca’s decision as a betrayal. aldo’s claim that the club lacks humility. operate in a vacuum. “The USOC took no action between July 2015 surrounding the proposal”, ending a Of course I’d have liked to have played on Ronaldo told Gazzetta dello Sport this week that Juventus, “Instead, he acted within an ecosystem and the date the Indianapolis Star published protracted saga since La Liga applied Jan. 26 but I have to congratulate the clubs the club he joined for €100 million in July from Real Madrid, is that facilitated his criminal acts.” its account of Nassar’s child sexual abuse in to move the game from Catalonia to for allowing us to get to this point as it will “more humble and more of a family than Madrid.” USA Gymnastics filed for bankruptcy September 2016,” added the report. Florida in September. help us in the future,” he said. Asked about Ronaldo’s comments, Solari said in Tuesday’s earlier this month so it can “expeditiously “USAG’s and the USOC’s inaction and The league’s organising body accepted “This is not a victory for Rubiales, news conference ahead of Madrid’s Champions League home resolve” claims by athletes sexually abused concealment had consequences: dozens of that the game, set to take place on Jan. 26, because all that has happened is this encounter against CSKA Moscow: “Humility is a virtue of the greats. by Nassar. The 233-page independent report girls and young women were abused during could not be played abroad but pledged to request has been withdrawn, but the “That is why, and more so for its values, this club has won so into the scandal was commissioned by the the year-long period between the summer continue its legal battle with the Spanish demand to play a game outside of Spain much. Cristiano will be ours forever, he is a living history of Real USOC and involved more than 100 people of 2015 and September 2016.” football federation (RFEF), the most vocal is still there.” Madrid. His feelings belong to him and no one can judge them.” being interviewed and a review of more than Blackmun resigned, citing health reasons, opponent of the plan. Girona, meanwhile, said it accepted Bar- The Portugal captain, who is ranked No. 2 among the world’s 1.3 million documents. from the USOC in February 2018. “We regret to disappoint our fans in ca’s withdrawal but continued to support forwards in the ESPN FC 100, was the one who decided to leave “Numerous institutions and individuals “The US Olympic community failed the the U.S. and will work to, in the shortest the idea of playing games overseas. Los Blancos this summer after scoring 450 goals and winning enabled his abuse and failed to stop him, victims, survivors and their families, and possible time, stage an official La Liga game Barca’s withdrawal came a day after 16 trophies, including three straight Champions League titles, including coaches at the club and elite level, we apologise again to everyone who has in the U.S., just like the major American the second leg of the Copa Libertadores in nine seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. trainers and medical professionals, admin- been harmed,” said Susanne Lyons, USOC leagues stage games outside their borders,” final between River Plate and Boca Juniors “I have a lot of respect for Cristiano,” Real Madrid right-back istrators and coaches at Michigan State Uni- independent board member and incoming a La Liga statement said. was moved from Buenos Aires to Madrid’s Alvaro Odriozola added. “He has given a lot for this club but that versity (MSU), and officials at both United board chair. “The USOC board commissioned “La Liga will continue the planned action, Santiago Bernabeu stadium after fan vi- is in the past. This is a family and what has most surprised me is States of America Gymnastics (USAG) and this independent investigation because we so an official league game can be played olence in Argentina saw the initial game the humility of all my teammates and the hunger and work done the USOC,” it said in the report. knew we had an obligation to find out how outside of Spain. La Liga is convinced that postponed. by everyone on a daily basis.” “These institutions and individuals ig- this happened and to take important steps the RFEF is not acting in accordance with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, how- Madrid have taken 12 points of a possible 15 in La Liga to nored red flags, failed to recognise textbook to prevent and detect abuse.” the law.” ever, who has opposed La Liga’s plans, has bounce back after their bad start to the season. grooming behaviours, or in some egregious The USOC says it has already implemented The league also said Barca’s with- stated that the South American champi- The Spanish giants have already qualified for the round of instances, dismissed clear calls for help from a number of reforms and initiatives to protect drawal did not affect its 15-year agree- onship tie was moved due to exceptional 16 of the Champions League as Group G leaders heading into girls and young women who were being abused athletes and “will share information about ment with entertainment firm Relevent circumstances and that it would not usher Wednesday’s game, and moved into the top four of La Liga at by Nassar. “Multiple law enforcement agen- additional actions it is taking as a result of to promote Spanish football in North in other finals being played in different the weekend with a 1-0 win at Huesca. cies, in turn, failed effectively to intervene these findings”. America. territories. (Source: ESPN) when presented with opportunities to do so.” (Source: BBC) Last month, La Liga filed a lawsuit in (Source: Reuters) James wins final duel with Wade as Lakers roll on ‘racism is everywhere’ says LeBron James won the final instalment of his long rivalry win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. with Dwyane Wade on Monday, scoring 28 points as the Triple for Westbrook Man City boss Guardiola Los Angeles Lakers held on for a 108-105 victory over the The Oklahoma City Thunder are in first place in the Miami Heat at the Staples Center. Western Conference, however, following their 122-113 win Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says “racism is every- James and Wade, who arrived in the NBA together as over the Utah Jazz. where” following the alleged racial abuse of his forward Raheem part of a star-studded draft in 2003, have formed one of Paul George scored 31 points and Russell Westbrook Sterling in a game at Chelsea. basketball’s most famous rivalries and closest friendships recorded his sixth triple double of the season as the Thunder A police investigation is under way into an incident involv- over the course of their careers. bounced back from their upset loss against the Chicago ing Sterling during City’s 2-0 Premier League loss at Stamford Former team-mates at the Miami Heat, where the duo Bulls on Friday to improve to 17-8. Bridge on Saturday. won back-to-back NBA championships in 2012 and 2013, Former NBA MVP Westbrook’s triple included 12 points, “Racism is everywhere, it’s not just in football,” said Guar- the two faced each other for the last time on Monday with 11 rebounds and 10 assists. diola on Tuesday. Wade retiring after the 2018 season. In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid set aside his recent indifferent “We have to fight to make a better future for everyone, not The 31st meeting of the two men finished with a victory form to score 24 points as the 76ers kept up the pressure just in England but everywhere.” for James, who seized control of the contest in the fourth on Eastern Conference leaders Toronto with a 116-102 win Chelsea say they are “fully supporting” an ongoing police quarter to finish with 28 points, nine rebounds and 12 assists. over the Detroit Pistons. investigation. Wade scored 15 points off the bench for Miami, whose “Whether we were team-mates or whether we were op- Cameroon big man Embiid has reportedly grown in- The Premier League club have suspended four people from top scorer was Justise Winslow with 28 points. ponents, we brought the best out of each other. I’m just so creasingly frustrated with his form since the acquisition attending matches while the investigation takes place. The Lakers win means James finished with 16 wins to grateful to have been drafted at the same time as this guy. of Jimmy Butler. Last week he voiced unhappiness at his A Chelsea statement said evidence of racist behaviour will Wade’s 15 in head-to-head meetings between the two players. “The friendship we have is beyond basketball. But I’m new positional role in the team following Butler’s arrival. result in “severe sanctions, including bans”. The two NBA icons embraced at the buzzer before swap- going to miss the shit out of this.” Against Detroit on Monday, Butler left the court with “Chelsea Football Club finds all forms of discriminatory be- ping jerseys in a mutual show of respect. The win saw the Lakers improve to 17-10 in the Western a groin strain towards the end of the first quarter to allow haviour abhorrent,” the statement continued, adding that the “It’s bitter sweet man,” said James. “A lot of emotions Conference and was another sign that James’s arrival is Embiid to carry the offensive load for the Sixers. club “will also fully support any criminal prosecutions”. for me right now, just knowing that I’m losing a brother starting to bear fruit. Wade said he is confident James will be The 24-year-old had no difficulty imposing himself, Guardiola added: “I appreciate what Chelsea did and if it in this game that I’ve had so many wars against, so many able to transform the Lakers into championship contenders. adding eight rebounds and three assists in addition to his happened in my club we would do the same.” wars together. “He can do anything he wants. He’s shown that, he’s double-digit points tally. Social media users posted a video of an incident during Emotional tribute proven that,” he said. “I have no doubt this team will be in Ben Simmons had 18 points along with Furkan Korkmaz, which Sterling was shouted at as he collected the ball from Wade paid an emotional tribute to James. “It’s tough,” the finals at some point.” who had 18 points from the bench for Philadelphia. Sim- behind the goal. he said. “This is what you play for, playing against one of Elsewhere Monday, Stephen Curry scored 38 points as mons also had 10 rebounds to complete a double-double. (Source: BBC) the greatest players ever. the Golden State Warriors improved to 19-9 with a 116-108 (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 12, 2018 SPORTS 15

Iran provisional 35-man squad Majid Jalali parts company with Paykan

SPORTS TEHRAN — Majid Jalal left the Iranian for Asian Cup named desktop-flight football team Paykan by mutual consent on Tuesday. SPORTS TEHRAN — Carlos hammadreza Khanzadeh (Qatar’s Al Ahli), desk The experienced coach was forced to step down following the Queiroz has named a Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Majid Hosseini poor results in Iran Professional League (IPL) in the recent weeks. provisional 35-man Team Melli squad (Esteghlal), Milad Mohammadi (Sepahan), Under leadership of Jalali, Paykan suffered six successive for the AFC Asian Cup 2019. Sadegh Moharrami (Dinamo Zagreb), Vouria defeat in IPL. Most recently, the Tehran based football team Queiroz will announce his main team Ghafouri (Esteghlal), Mohammadhossein suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Nassaji. on Dec. 15 ahead of the training camp in Kananizadegan (Machine Sazi), Ehsan Hai On the official Paykan site, Jalali was praised for his work Doha, Qatar. Safi (Tractor Sazi), Saeid Aghaei (Sepahan), in the club. Team Melli will also play a friendly Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Morteza Pour- “We would like to thank Majid jalali for his effort and ded- match with Qatar as part of preparation aliganji (KAS Eupen) ication over the past two years, and wish him the very best of for the Asian Cup. Midfielders: luck with his future endeavors,” read the statement by the club. Iran national football team have been Omid Ebrahimi (Qatar’s Al Ahli), Ashkan Paykan sit eighth in the IPL 16-team with 16 points, 14 point drawn along with Iraq, Yemen and Viet- Dejagah (Tractor Sazi), Saman Ghoddos (Am- adrift of IPL leaders Sepahan. nam in Group D. iens), Masoud Shojaei (Tractor Sazi), Vahid The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be held in Amiri (Trabzonspor), Ahmad Nourollahi (Perse- the United Arab Emirates from January polis), Saeid Ezatolahi (Reading), Ali Karimi 5 to February 1. (Esteghlal), Ahmad Abdollahzadeh (Nassaji) Zahra Nemati’s defeat biggest Squad: Strikers: Goalkeepers: Ali Gholizadeh (Charleroi), Mehdi Taremi shock at Asian Para Games Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Amir (Al Gharafa), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Ka- Abedzadeh (Maritimo), Hossein Hosseini zan), Karim Ansarifard (Nottingham For- The biggest shock at the 2018 Asian Para Games was Iranian (Esteghlal), Payam Niazmand (Sepahan), est), Kaveh Rezaei (Brugge), Mehdi Torabi para archer Zahra Nemati’s defeat. Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan) (Saipa), Ali Alipour (Persepolis), Alireza The biggest shock of in the Para archery world happened Defenders: Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), Farshad Ah- during October’s Asian Para Games, where Paralympic and world Ramin Rezaeian (Al-Shahania SC), Mo- madzadeh (Slask Wroclaw) champion Zahra Nemati was stunned. She lost to her Chinese rival Wu Chunyan in the W2-ST wom- en’s individual recurve open event. AFC reveals Iran’s Slogan at 2019 AFC Asian Cup The biggest rivalry was between two-time Paralympic cham- pion Nemati and Wu Chunyan, a 2015 world championship, who SPORTS With the biggest and best AFC Asian Cup desk was unbeaten in international competition until losing to Nemati less than one month away, passionate fans at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. But Wu finally got the better of from across the Continent and beyond have confirmed the Nemati, taking the final, 6-4, to claim gold in Jakarta, Indonesia. Team Bus slogans for the 24 participating teams. (Source: Paralympic.org) After shortlisting the thousands of entries in phase one, each nation was then given a selection of three catchphrases to choose from in the second phase, which ended on November 1, 2018. The month-long contest, which was launched to give Time to climb for Team football fans the opportunity to showcase their passion and be a part of the continental showpiece, was a major hit on Melli: Carlos Queiroz social media with the second phase receiving over 105,000 votes across the AFC’s digital platforms. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football team coach Islamic Republic of Iran led the Continent in engagement deskCarlos Queiroz says it is time to climb for Team numbers, garnering over 25,000 votes, with the winning Melli in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. slogan – Eighty Million People, One Nation, One Heartbeat Iran have been drawn with Iraq, Yemen and Vietnam in Group – securing over 11,000 votes. D of the AFC Asian Cup. The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be held in “The AFC Asian Cup is the pinnacle of Asian football the United Arab Emirates from January 5 to February 1, 2019. and we are focused on giving our fans a once-in-a-lifetime Bahrain: Lions always prevail “This is not time to make things easy or comfortable. This is experience. The glowing support from our fans across the Never say never Vietnam: time to deliver, with full focus, commitment and determination. Continent further underlines the increasing sense of ex- Group B Golden Star Warriors To reach excellence we need to enjoy the adversities and sacri- citement and passion as the tournament draws closer,” Australia: Yemen: fices of our journey,” Queiroz posted on his Instagram account. said Dato’ Windsor John, General Secretary of the Asian Heroes will rise Never give up. “You climb and you go up to raise to the top and shine or Football Confederation. Syria: Group E you don’t climb and you rock and roll down to the bottom of “We strive in every competition to improve on the legacy One team. One nation. One Syria Saudi Arabia: darkness,” he added. from the last edition and with stronger fan engagement and Palestine: From the desert to the throne of the Continent the world-class football on display, I have no doubts that the We will triumph. We are Palestine Qatar: AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 will exceed all our expectations.” Jordan: We & the Nation of Pride are Fine The ultimate winners will now receive an autographed Make Jordan Proud. Lebanon: Ashtiani takes charge of national team jersey and will see their slogans painted on the Group C The Cedars are coming respective official team buses, which will ferry some of the Korea Republic: DPR Korea: Afghanistan beach soccer team world’s biggest footballing names between the eight stadiums We are the Reds! In the spirit of Chollima across the four cities, from January 5 to February 1, 2019. China PR: Group F TASNIM — Meysam Ashtiani has been named the new head The final results of the 24 winning team bus slogans Fighting for the same dream Japan: coach of Afghanistan beach soccer team. are as follows: Philippines: Respect all, fear none Ashtiani will head Afghanistan in the AFC Beach Soccer Cham- Group A To dream the impossible Uzbekistan: pionship Thailand 2019, which will be held in Pattaya, Thailand United Arab Emirates: Kyrgyz Republic: Here we are Uzbekistan from March 9-17, 2019. Our time is now The White Falcons! Oman: Afghanistan have been drawn along with host nation Thailand, Thailand: Group D 4 million hearts, one dream Malaysia and Palestine in Group A. Changsuek together as one Iran: Turkmenistan: Karim Moghaddam is another Iranian coach who has been India: Eighty Million People, One Nation, One Heartbeat Green ground, Green team, Green Turkmenistan recently named the Iraq beach soccer coach. Blue Tigers: The hope of a nation Iraq: (Source: the-afc) Iraq will meet Iran and Oman in Group D. Seven on the starting line at Galatasaray have loan bid for UAE 2018 Liverpool’s Divock Origi turned down Iran to host first diplomatic sports Olympiad

IRNA — The first diplomatic Olympiad, entitled ‘Peace and Friendship,’ will be held at the same time with the 40th anni- versary of the Islamic Revolution victory in Iran. “The festival wants to convey the message of peace and friend- ship to the world through sports while Iran is under unilateral sanctions of the United States,” said Reza Abdi, director of As- sociation of Public Sport of Iranian foreign ministry. The Olympiad will be hosted as January 18 will kick off with participation of Iranian diplomats and foreign diplomats in Tehran in chess, table tennis and futsal hosted by the relevant federations, Abdi said, noting that the Association of Public Sport is working to maintain Iran’s political dignity.

The 15th FIFA Club World Cup kicks off to have their say though, especially Copa Galatasaray have had an offer to sign Liv- next month. The source said they approached Hamedan to host on Wednesday 12 December in United Libertadores champions River Plate, who erpool striker Divock Origi on loan turned Liverpool through intermediaries but saw Arab Emirates, where six continental will be hoping to bring the trophy back to down because the Premier League club their bid turned down. representatives of 14 champions and host club Al Ain will vie South America for the first time since 2012. want him to stay nearer England, a source The Turkish Super Lig champions, being for global glory. ---The teams has told ESPN FC. closely monitored by UEFA over financial countries in O-sport Can anyone stop Real Madrid? They Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) - Belgium international Origi, who fair play, could make another bid at the travel to the Middle East aiming for a CD Guadalajara (Mexico) - Esperance scored a late winner in the Merseyside end of the window if Origi has not found IRNA — Representatives of 14 countries are supposed to attend record third successive Club World Cup de Tunis (Tunisia) - Kashima Antlers derbyagainst Everton earlier this month, a new club by then. the WOF World Championships which is slated to get underway title, presenting manager Santiago Solari (Japan) - Real Madrid (Spain) - River is likely to leave on loan after struggling They have made a new striker a priority on Wednesday. with the chance to win his first trophy as Plate (Argentina) - Team Wellington for first-team opportunities. after failing to replace Bafetimbi Gomis, who Speaking with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Los Blancos boss. (New Zealand) Galatasaray were linked with the 23-year- scored 32 goals last season, over the summer. Head of O-Sport association Behrouz Karkhanei said that 1,300 The rest of the chasing pack will want (Source: FIFA) old last summer and had hoped to bring him in (Source: Soccernet) athletes will participate in the event. The competitions is aimed at promoting O-Sport, tourism and developing Iran’s economy, he added. Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery set for summer exit amid ‘year of changes’ O-Sport stands for Original Persian Sports and this nickname has been founded and presented to the world of Sport by the Franck Ribery will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the petitive appearances for Bayern, scoring 119 goals, and has in order in my life because I was aiming for the World Cup. family of Manouchehri. season, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic indicated featured in 19 games this season. “I hope I don’t have to go through that again. I don’t think The multi-skilled technical structure of O-Sport is formed of on Tuesday. “I am pleased that Franck is still playing that well,” Sa- I’d have a third operation. Even if I protect myself and I try Persian arts and games, such as Dooz, slingshot, Ley ley, Alak Dolak, It comes after Arjen Robben said earlier this month that lihamidzic said. “He’s one of our key players.” to be careful, if I get injured again it would be too much. swimming and struggling of Persian tribes. During a process of deep he would leave when his contract expires in the summer For large parts of the first half of this season, Ribery “Enough is enough. Perhaps my foot isn’t up to it, and studies and modernization, these Games have become the industry after a decade of success with the German champions. has replaced his fellow Frenchman Kingsley Coman, who I’ll go and get on with my life.” of sport. These sports include Aqua O-Sport (the combination of Robben, 34, joined in 2009 and formed a formidable suffered an ankle injury in August. Salihamidzic, however, said he believed Coman may struggling, swimming and passing through the barriers), Artistic attacking partnership with 35-year-old Ribery, whose deal Speaking to Telefoot, 22-year-old Coman said a dis- have allowed his emotions to get the better of him. “Rehab O-Sport (The combination of shooting skills, passing through the also runs out at the end of the campaign. appointing year in which he missed the World Cup with a is no fun,” he said. barriers with acrobatic skills), Mind O-Sport (the combination “The president [Uli Hoeness] talked about it [the possi- similar injury had made him think about his future despite “I’ll talk to him. I tore my ACL twice in one year and of Dooz and others), and Combat O-Sport (the combination of bility of Ribery leaving], and I think it will be like that. It’s a return to the Bayern squad this month. had similar thoughts. I think the world of Kingsley. He’s self defense, shooting and martial arts skills ). These competitive a year of changes,” Salihamidzic told reporters. “Perhaps my foot isn’t up to it,” he told Telefoot. “When I got got a great future.” techniques and disciplines have been named with the benefit of Former France international Ribery has made 406 com- injured, it was really the end of the world. I had put everything (Source: ESPN) Persian words and ancient names of Iranian cities. Prayer Times Noon:11:58 Evening: 17:12 Dawn: 5:35 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 7:05 (tomorrow) DECEMBER 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 Istanbul theater reviews Turkish-language Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 films from Iranian cinema Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ARTTEHRAN – A program Tel: 88911433 desktitled “Days of Turkish- Webmaster: [email protected] Language Films from Iranian Cinema” Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 was held at Beyoglu Yesilcam Cinema in No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Istanbul, Turkey from December 7 to 11. P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Twenty-one short, documentary and Zip Code: 1599814713 feature films, including “Animal” and “Coldness”, both directed by Bahram and Bahman Ark, “Ardak” by Esmaeil Monsef, “I Am Esmat” by Leila Noruzi, “The Home” director Asghar Yusefinejad and “Snowy Roofs” by Hayedeh Moradi, were screened during the event. Organized by the cultural section of the Istanbul Municipality, the GUIDE TO screenings were followed by review SPIRITUAL AWAKENING sessions attended by Iranian and Turkish cineastes. “Turkish-Language films from Iran Patience is a fitting cover, and wisdom is a should be reviewed under the umbrella sharp sword. So cover your ugly conduct with of Iranian cinema, because we can trace patience, and kill carnal desires with wisdom. the celebrated Iranian filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami and Asghar Farhadi in Imam Ali (AS) all these movies,” Turkish film scholar Riza Oylum said in a review session on A poster the program “Days of Turkish-Language Films from Iranian Cinema”. Saturday. “These films can connect the aesthetic culture,” he added. attractions of the Iranian cities of Tabriz, an exhibition on the sidelines of the Iranian artist Mahmud symbols of Iranian cinema with Turkish In addition, photos of the cultural Ardebil and Urmia were showcased in festival. Nazari tops at Turkish “Arms and the Man” “Fault Line” to compete in cartoonist contest on Quds on stage at Tehran theater Clermont-Ferrand film festival ARTTEHRAN – Iranian cartoonist Mahmud deskNazari won first prize at the 2nd Our Heritage Jerusalem Cartoon Contest in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday, the Anadolu Agency announced.

A poster for “Arms and the Man” on stage at Tehran’s Neauphle-le-Château Theater. A scene from “Fault Line” by Soheil Amirsharifi. ARTTEHRAN – George garian woman, who tries to save a Swiss ARTTEHRAN – Iranian who breaks her arm at school, but a man Iranian cartoonist Mahmud Nazari (R) poses with his award deskBernard Shaw’s 1894 mercenary soldier in the Serbian army, deskdirector Soheil claims that she broke her arm while riding and an organizer during the closing ceremony of the 2nd play “Arms and the Man” went on stage during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. Amirsharifi’s “Fault Line” will be screened a motorcycle. Our Heritage Jerusalem Cartoon Contest in Istanbul, Turkey at the Neauphle-le-Château Theater in Hamidreza Rokni, Majid Vaziri, Tina at the Clermont-Ferrand International Over 70 films from across the world on December 9, 2018. (Anadolu Agency/ Emrah Yorulmaz) Tehran with an Iranian troupe performing. Aqelnejad and Negin Ghaffari are the main Short Film Festival, which will be held will compete in the festival, which is the Second prize was awarded to Onder Onerbay from Turkey, Rasul Qaderi is the director of the play, members of the cast for the play, which in the French city from February 1 to 9. biggest international film festival dedicated and Shipo Shiryabadath from India took third place. which is about Raina Petkoff, a young Bul- will be on stage until December 29. The film is about Nahal, a young girl to short films. Over 230 artists from 40 countries participated in the competition with over 600 works on the themes of Quds, human rights, freedom, love, justice, culture and different aspects of social life. Iranian doc centers on clerics’ love of cinema The Association for Protecting and Maintaining Ottoman ARTTEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Sadeq The actors complained that they are not given a freer desk Heritage in Adjacency of Quds in Istanbul is the organizer of Davari, who is famous for his documentary hand in acting in the role of a cleric, Davari said and added the competition that aims to help create greater awareness of films on Shia clerics such as “The Funny Sheikh of Kashan” that making a film about clerics is a matter of great political Jerusalem through cartoons. and “Fihi Ma Fih”, has made his new film “The Principles sensitivity that puts restrictions on filmmakers’ efforts to of Acting” on the clerics’ love of acting in films. do their best. The film had its premiere on Sunday at the 12th Cinéma Davari has previously made “Fihi Ma Fih” that centers “Bohemian Rhapsody” Vérité festival currently underway at Tehran’s Charsu on the obstacles directors have in their path to making a Cineplex. film on a famous cleric. now most-streamed 20th In his efforts to make the previous documentary films One of his film projects on Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati on Shia clerics, Davari ascertained the desire to act in a remained unfinished after Ayatollah Jannati refused to century song number of clerics. “Accordingly, I began to hold talks with continue collaborating with him. them and the outcome was ‘The Principles of Acting’,” he Among his credits is also “The Funny Sheikh of Kashan” LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — They said it would never sell, told the Persian service of MNA on Tuesday. about Hojjatoleslam Mohsen Qaraati, who held a series with its six-minute playing time, operatic passages and lyrics “To delve deeply into the issue, I also asked a number of of Quranic sessions titled “Lessons from Quran”, which about Galileo and Scaramouche, but the Queen song “Bohemian professional actors to comment about starring as a cleric was aired by Iranian television for over 30 years after the Rhapsody” on Monday became the most streamed song from in a film,” he added. A poster for “The Principles of Acting” by Sadeq Davari. 1979 Islamic Revolution. the 20th century. Boosted by the new movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the 1975 single and music video surpassed 1.6 billion streams globally, U.S. auctioneer withdraws ‘Star Wars’ record company Universal Music Group said in a statement. Easter Island mayor concedes Moai statue might be better left in British Museum lightsaber on authenticity issue SANTIAGO (Reuters) — The mayor of LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A the Chile’s Easter Island territory conced- California auction house on Monday ed on Monday that the British Museum withdrew from sale a lightsaber described might be a better home for a massive native as having been used by Luke Skywalker Polynesian statue taken by British seamen in the first “Star Wars” movie after fans 150 years ago. raised concerns about its authenticity. Pedro Edmunds Paoa said Easter Is- The lightsaber was due to be sold land had a “thousand” of its iconic statues, by Profiles in History at a Los Angeles known as the Moai, “both buried, ignored auction on Thursday with an estimated and discarded” and lacked the means to sale price of up to $200,000. maintain them. It was described as having been one “Those thousand are falling apart be- of five designed by Oscar-winning “Star cause they are made of a volcanic stone, Wars” set decorator Roger Christian A view of “Moai” statues in Rano Raraku because of the wind and the rain are. We and used by actor Mark Hamill’s young The original Luke Skywalker Lightsaber Actor Rami Malek and members of Queen Roger Taylor volcano, on Easter Island, 4,000 km (2486 need global technology for their conser- Skywalker character in the 1977 film from the “Star Wars: A New Hope” and Brian May attend the world premiere of ‘Bohemian miles) west of Santiago, in this photo taken vation,” he said. “Star Wars: A New Hope.” Christian movie, is among items on the auction Rhapsody’ movie in London, Britain October 23, 2018. Oct. 31, 2003. (Reuters/Carlos Barria// He said one statue returned to the island had supplied a letter of authenticity to block by Profiles in History in Calabasas, (Reuters/Eddie Keogh) File Photo) from the Argentine capital Buenos Aires accompany the sale. California, U.S., is shown in this photo The song overtook the likes of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen “four or five years ago” was now housed in “Moai,” meaning “ancestors,” carved by “In light of conflicting information provided November 29, 2018.( Courtesy Spirit,” and Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’Mine,” and is now also a square where stray dogs urinated on it. islanders between 1100 and 1600 A.D. regarding the origin of Roger Christian’s Profiles in History Auctions/Handout the most streamed classic rock song of all time, Universal added. His comments will add weight to the It was taken from the island, located Lightsaber, Profiles in History has via Reuters) The “Bohemian Rhapsody” film, starring Rami Malek as argument of the British Museum to keep 2,480 miles (3,990 km) west of the Chil- decided to withdraw the piece from this late Queen front man Freddie Mercury, has brought the music artifacts that originate from other nations ean capital Santiago, in 1868 by Richard auction until Mr. Christian can clear California-based Jason DeBord, the of the British rock band to a new generation. Five weeks after in London where they are carefully curated Powell, the captain of HMS Topaze, and up the inconsistencies that have been editor-in-chief of the originalprop.com its release, it has also become the highest grossing musical and popular exhibits with visitors from presented to Queen Victoria who later gave brought to our attention,” Profiles in blog, examined postings by Christian biography movie ever, with a global box office take of $600 around the world. it to the British Museum. History chief executive Joe Maddalena on social media websites in 2015 and million. Last month, a delegation of Chilean Pedro Edmunds Paoa said there had said in a statement. 2016 in which the artist wrote about Malek was nominated for a Golden Globe last week for his officials and Easter Island dignitaries been intense debate on the island about Christian did not immediately making recent exact prototypes of the performance and is widely expected to get an Oscar nomination including Paoa’s brother, the Rapa Nui whether the Hoa Hakananai’a should be respond to a request for comment, and 1977 Skywalker lightsaber. in January. Council of Elders President Carlos Ed- returned or not. Profiles in History declined to comment “Star Wars” movies have made billions Universal said it had been promoting the single across stream- munds Paoa, traveled to London to appeal “Are we going to bring the ancestors further. of dollars at the box office worldwide, ing platforms in recent weeks. It used all registered streams on for the return of the seven-foot (2.13-meter) back? Fantastic,” he said. “We are going Some Hollywood memorabilia and and props and costumes from the sci-fi global on-demand services including Spotify, Apple Music and tall basalt figure, known as “Hoa Haka- to bring them back and we are going to “Star Wars” fans had raised questions saga can fetch sky-high prices at auction. Deezer as well as streams from official song/video streams on nanai’a,” meaning “lost or stolen friend” place them where? about whether the lightsaber was used A different lightsaber used by YouTube to determine that “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the most in the local language. “That Moai is in a museum where six by Hamill in the film, or might be a Skywalker fetched $450,000 at auction streamed song from the 20th century. The statue was among 900 statues or million people come each year to visit it.” replica or prototype. last year.