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Govt. more resolute to meet public demands: Rouhani POLITICS TEHRAN — Pres- along with believing in God and religion.” deskident Hassan Rou- He added Imam Khomeini taught us Pakistan hani said on Sunday that his new that there is no contrast between “na- administration is ready to meet the tional sovereignty” and “democracy”. people’s demands more determinedly. “The Imam always paid attention to During a ceremony held to renew the people’s concerns, demands and allegiance to founder of the Islamic Re- needs and considered underprivileged Senate public Imam Khomeini, Rouhani said, people’s role as being more important “Imam taught us to believe in people than the wealthy people.” 2 chairman: Iran launches study into S-300 missile POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran rently in service in Iran, fully integrated deskhas started studies into Iran’s air defense network. U.S. has into the Russian-made S-300 missile The air defense missile system has system in order to know its workings, been stationed in temporary locations according to the deputy commander across the country, the commander of the Khatam al-Anbia air defense added, saying it is ready for any prac- unit. tical operation. General Abolfazl Sepehri-Rad on Iran took delivery of missiles of the fostered Sunday said the S-300 system is cur- S-300 system in July 2016. 2 terror Iraqi forces retake most of Tal See page 13 Afar from ISIL: military Iraqi forces have retaken almost all on Sunday. of Tal Afar, the Islamic State in Iraq However, fighting was ongoing in and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist al-Ayadiya, a small area 11 kilometers group’s stronghold in the country’s northwest of the city, where militants northwest, the Iraqi military said on who fled the district’s city center were Sunday. hiding out, Iraqi military spokesman After just eight days of fighting, all Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said. 29 neighborhoods in Tal Afar city had Iraqi forces were waiting to retake the been taken back from the terrorist area before declaring complete victory File photo group, the military said in a statement in the offensive, he said. 3

PERSPECTIVE Envoy: Iran supports Kuwait’s efforts to resolve regional problems ARTICLE Mahmood Monshipouri TEHRAN (FNA) — Iranian Ambassador to are difficult and complicated and we should neighbors,” Jaberi Ansari said. By Mahnaz Abdi University of California Kuwait Alireza Enayati described the crisis make our utmost efforts to resolve them.” Stressing that Iran itself doesn’t pursue he- Head of the Economy Desk professor among the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council In relevant remarks earlier this month, Irani- gemonic policies either, he said, “Therefore, of the TehranTimes (PGCC) as “harmful and destructive”, stressing an Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi An- the Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the that his country supports Kuwait’s efforts to sari underlined the necessity for the settlement two sides should move to decrease tension solve problems. of differences between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and conflicts through direct negotiations.” Transport projects The post- “Kuwait has always played a balanced policy but meantime, said that Tehran doesn’t accept Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emir- hegemonic era: to settle different regional issues, including in Riyadh’s hegemonic policies against Doha. ates and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar take center stage Yemen, Iraq and Syria,” Enayati said on Sunday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran doesn’t sup- early June, and suspended air and sea commu- Greater uncertainty Noting that Kuwait’s mediation could port exacerbation of the crisis between Doha nication one week after the Arab Islamic Amer- in ‘Government somehow deescalate the PGCC crisis, he said, and Riyadh, and it clearly states that it doesn’t ican Summit in Riyadh, accusing Doha of sup- or sustainable “We have welcomed Kuwaiti Emir’s efforts accept any policy that is based on the he- porting terrorist organizations and destabilizing Week’ in this regard because the regional issues gemony of an actor in relations with other the situation in the Middle East. security? overnment Week (August 24-30) marks the martyrdom wo contrasting scenarios paint 10-day anti-White Supremacy march to demand Donald Trump’s removal Ganniversary of President Mo- radically different visions in a Anti-White Supremacy protestors will march for A number of activist groups such as the vision charged Daniel Borden, 18, of Ohio hammad-Ali Rajaei and Prime Minister world after hegemony. Richard N. 10-days from Charlottesville, Virginia to Wash- Women’s March, Working Families Party, the with malicious wounding. Mohammad-Javad Bahonar on August T 30, 1981, just two years after the victory Haass (“World Order 2.0”) notes that at ington, DC on Monday to demand the United Action Group Network, United We Dream, He was arrested on Friday and is currently the global level, the international com- States President Donald Trump’s removal. Color of Change, and others will be participat- in the custody of the Hamilton County Crimi- of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. munity is no longer heavily influenced The March is set to start on August 28 ing in the March to Confront White Supremacy. nal Justice Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Every year a number of develop- by a sole superpower and/or hegem- from Charlottesville, Virginia and end in Violence erupted in Charlottesville earlier Police also charged Alex Michael Ramos, ment projects in different sectors are onic power. There is overall less con- Washington, DC on Wednesday, Sept 6. this month at a protest when a man with al- 33, with malicious wounding and is currently launched or inaugurated during this sensus among the major world powers Organizers say the march will be followed leged ties to white nationalists killed one per- wanted by the police department. week across the country. concerning governance and the new by an occupation of Washington, DC with daily son and injured dozens more by ramming Both of these charges are in relation to This year, transportation sector is order. The fall of trade agreements, or nonviolent demonstrations, reported The Hill. his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. an assault that happened in the 500 block of apparently gaining the lion’s share as some would like to say the demise of “This is the time to confront white su- Tensions were further inflamed when Trump East Market Street in Charlottesville. of development projects which have the Transpacific Partnership (TTP), points premacy in our government and throughout responded to the violence by blaming “many Police charged Richard Wilson Preston, 52, been or are to come on stream. to several convergent trends with po- our history. We demand that President Trump sides” for the violence. of Maryland, with discharging a firearm with- As reported, the Ministry of Trans- tentially uncertain consequences. The to be removed from office for allying himself The Charlottesville Police Department has in 1,000 feet of a school. Police said this is in port and Urban Development plans decentralization of decision-making with this ideology of hate and we demand an charged three people in relation to the vio- relation to a shots fired incident on August to inaugurate 711 kilometers of new- at the global level since the post-Cold agenda that repairs the damage it’s done to lence that followed the “Unite the Right” rally 12 in the 100 block of West Market Street in ly-built roads nationwide within the War period has created a different bal- our country and its people,” the website for there on August 12. Charlottesville. framework of 75 projects. ance of economic and political powers. the march reads. Police said the Criminal Investigations Di- (Source: agencies) The projects include constructing The U.S. invasion of Iraq has thrown the 44 highways and 26 main roads, and Middle East into a region festering sec- conducting maintenance operations tarian tensions. Subsequently, the Arab and removing five accident-prone Spring uprisings, which led to a signifi- spots along the roads. cant authority void in Libya and civil war Darreh In addition, the Islamic Republic of Iran in Syria, indicated that an emerging new Railways (known as RAI) in cooperation regional disarray that often spills over into Khazineh a with the Iranian Construction and Devel- other countries. The rise of populism and opment of Transportation Infrastructures the resiliency of authoritarian in the Middle tourist hub in Company will inaugurate 14 rail projects East are likely to shape its political climate valued at 8.447 trillion rials (about $220 in the coming years. The spread of oligar- million) during the Government Week. chic rule and/or power throughout differ- western Iran Railway development is of very ent regions will produce an alarming order People cross an elevated suspen- high importance for Iran, as Supreme for those interested in the persistence of sion bridge that spans Darreh Khaz- Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei human rights and liberal governance. ineh, a steep canyon in western Ira- has emphasized the issue when outlin- While Asia has come to dominate nian Lorestan province, August 26, ing the Sixth Five-Year National Devel- the global scene in terms of population 2017. The 112-meter-long bridge opment Plan (2016-2021). Moreover, and trade size, the European Union has is said to be the most elevated one President Hassan Rouhani has prom- encountered new challenges, some of in the Middle East, with an altitude ised big achievements in the railway which undermine its promise of unity, of more than 85 meters over Sey- sector and Transport Minister Abbas prosperity, and security. The old glue mareh River. Akhoundi has a special focus on rail- that held Europe together has weakened The bridge is named after way development as well. if not totally faded away. What is striking The minister has said that the na- Behzad Selahvarzi Khazeh village, itself a tourist hub at this stage of world history is the ab- located somewhere in the middle of tional railway network is projected to sence of a hegemonic power capable of a road that connects Andimeshk to be expanded by 838 kilometers by the IRNA/ sustaining an order upon which world se- Pol-e Dokhtar. end of the current Iranian calendar curity can steadily balance. 13 year (March 20, 2018). I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS AUGUST 28, 2017 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Rouhani to attend Iran pushing for 5+1 meeting to live TV interview late on Tuesday address U.S. harassment POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran pressure, saying on Friday that any move POLITICS TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani deskis trying to call a of the U.S. to exert pressure on the Inter- deskwill be attending a live TV program on meeting of the foreign ministers of national Atomic Energy Agency is “viola- Tuesday at 21:30 to speak about his new administration’s the 5+1 group – the five permanent tion of the 2015 nuclear deal and inde- plans and the country’s important issues, IRNA reported. members of the UN Security Council pendence of the IAEA”. Parviz Esmaeili, the presidential office director for plus Germany - to address the Trump “We are sure that the IAEA is aware communications and information, said on Sunday that administration’s policy toward the of regulations on its behavior as an in- Rouhani will speak about the new administration’s nuclear deal on the sidelines of the UN ternational body and will not let its inde- principles, strategies, and plans regarding the economy, General Assembly summit in New York, pendence and status be undermined by society, politics and culture. to be held September 12 to 25. the U.S. ambassador’s visit given terms of He will also elaborate on Tehran’s stance on the “Our foreign minister is likely to take the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan newest regional and international issues, Esmaeili said. action over convening a meeting of the of Action] and mechanisms of monitor- foreign ministers of Iran and 5+1,” Ali ing Iran’s compliance to the deal,” he Zarif Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy explained. Organization of Iran, told reporters on ‘Iran will not cross its red lines in Iran felicitates Sunday. co-op with IAEA’ Moldova on “What I say is based upon the foreign The most recent statements on Haley’s minister’s recent letters to the director demand of the IAEA came Sunday when national day general of the International Atomic En- the Foreign Ministry spokesman said ergy Agency and the European Union Iran’s cooperation with the agency will foreign policy chief, which indicate the not take the country across its previously POLITICS TEHRAN — Vice President Es’haq Foreign Ministry” is taking actions against Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) still in office to protect his and established “red lines”. deskJahangiri sent a message to Moldovan “the harassing acts of Americans,” Salehi former counterpart John Kerry’s (L) legacy, now harshly tested by a new “We will pursue our course of coop- Prime Minister Pavel Filip on Sunday, congratulating him explained. administration in Washington. (Photo: AFP, April 2015) eration with the International Atomic En- and all Moldovans on national day. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to On Wednesday, the Washington Post The U.S. Treasury Department im- ergy Agency within the framework of our Jahangiri expressed hope to witness expansion of the UN, met with International Atom- said Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad posed new sanctions on six Iran-based past obligations and we will surely not relations between Iran and Moldova based on the two ic Energy Agency officials in Vienna on Javad Zarif, complained to IAEA Director satellite companies on July 28 after Iran surpass the Islamic Republic of Iran’s red countries’ interests. Wednesday for what she described as a General Yukiya Amano that Haley’s vis- launched the Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite lines,” Bahram Qassemi said. The Iranian vice president also wished success and fact-finding mission, which is part of Pres- it was intended to sow doubt about the carrier rocket into space a day earlier. “We will not surrender to the excessive prosperity for the Eastern European nation. ident Donald Trump’s review of the deal nuclear agreement. On August 15, President Hassan demands of certain governments,” the On 27 August 1991, as part of the dissolution of the Iran made with world powers to curb its Reports by the IAEA have shown Iran Rouhani in reference to the sanctions spokesman asserted. Soviet Union, the Moldavian SSR declared independence nuclear program in return for the lifting to be in compliance with its landmark said that Iran will quit the nuclear “The agency, considering its level of and took the name Moldova. of sanctions. agreement with six major powers. The agreement “in hours” and return to the independence and (role to have in) safe- After returning from Vienna, Haley deal and a corresponding UN resolution previous stage if sanctions are re-im- guarding its international stature, is un- said she had pressed the IAEA to seek ac- are only related to Iran’s nuclear program. posed on the country. likely to give in to the illogical and unre- Cleric urges cess to Iranian military bases. There is the However, the U.S. is trying to wedge in A few days later, Salehi said that Iran alistic demands that others may (try to) belief that the U.S. is pushing for access Iran’s missile program as well. can resume uranium enrichment to the force on them.” new mayor to to information that Iran does not want it In April, Trump ordered a review of purity of 20 percent in five days in the “We will not permit any entry into the avoid vilifying to have. whether a suspension of sanctions on Fordow plant if necessary. The state- zones forbidden under the JCPOA. The “We are encouraging the IAEA to use Iran related to the nuclear deal - nego- ment made it to the headlines around agency’s inspections will for sure be con- predecessor all the authorities they have and to pur- tiated under President Barack Obama - the globe. ducted within the frame of our internal sue every angle possible” Haley said. was in the U.S. national security interest. Zarif also responded to the rising U.S. policies,” the spokesman stated. POLITICS TEHRAN — Mohammad Mousavi deskKhoeiniha, a prominent reformist cleric, has congratulated Mohammad Ali Najafi as new mayor Moniz: Abrogating nuclear deal will be a ‘very bad decision” of Tehran, urging him to avoid doing a hatchet job on the POLITICS Ernest Moniz, the former U.S. secretary permanent members of the UN Security Council - an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions former mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf. deskof energy, has said that withdrawing the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia against Iran was in Washington’s national security In a message, Khoeiniha called Najafi to do away with from the 2015 nuclear deal is a “very bad decision” - finalized the text of the nuclear agreement on interests. passing the buck to the previous mayor, and instead, which will isolate the United States. July 14, 2015. The deal went into effect on January Reports indicate that President Donald Trump may promise to do a good job as Tehran’s new mayor. “It [withdrawing from the nuclear deal] would ironically 16, 2016. refuse to certify Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA in He also congratulated Mohsen Hashemi for being isolate the U.S. Because as long as Iran complies, the According to the nuclear deal, referred to as the October. elected the new chairman of Tehran City Council in a Europeans and others will continue to deal with Iran,” JCPOA, financial and economic sanctions against Iran Last month, the president — after a long, drawn-out separate message. he said in an interview with Bloomberg published on must be terminated in exchange for limits on Tehran’s battle with his top national security officials — reluctantly Saturday. nuclear activities. agreed to certify the deal for the next three months. He said that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action The IAEA, as the UN watchdog body tasked to But according to a recent report in Foreign Policy, the UN special envoy in has turned out as he had hoped “in the sense that monitor Iran’s compliance with the terms of the JCPOA, president has assembled a special team of White House the International Atomic Energy Agency continues to has confirmed six times that Tehran has fully honored its aides whose sole task is to figure out a way to claim that Iran to discuss Syrian provide the data that indicate full compliance [of Iran]”. commitments. Iran is violating the deal. That way he can say it was Iran’s crisis Iran, the European Union, Germany and the five The U.S. administration said in April it was launching fault the deal fell apart, not his. Govt. more resolute to meet public Iran to experiment photon POLITICS TEHRAN — United Nations Special deskEnvoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was demands: Rouhani entanglement set to visit Tehran to discuss the Syrian crisis with top Iranian officials, Press TV reported. De Mistura plans to hold talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari to exchange views on the latest developments in Syria. The visit will come ahead of the next round of Syrian peace talks in Astana which is scheduled to be held in mid-September.

British delegation to visit Iran for consular talks

POLITICS TEHRAN — Alireza Rahimi, a member May 19 presidential elections a POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Ak- scientists would be sent to Europe to desk 1 It is essential to respect the of the National Security and Foreign people’s dignity, he noted. “great political epic”. deskbar Salehi, director get training in the area of quantum Policy Committee of Iran’s Parliament, said on Saturday Rouhani also said that the “con- “Today, the government is ready of the Atomic Energy Organization of technology. that a delegation from British Foreign Office is to visit Iran stitution, election, people’s votes, to take actions with the support of Iran, announced on Sunday that Iran According to Wikipedia, Euratom is to hold negotiations on consular affairs, IRNA reported. liberal parliament, powerful gov- Majlis (parliament) and its vote of will be the first country in West Asia an international organization founded Rahimi expressed hope to increase the number of ernment and independent judici- confidence to the 12th cabinet min- which will experiment photon entan- in 1957 with the purpose of creating visas the British embassy issues for Iranian nationals. ary” are all the Imam’s legacy. isters,” he said. glement in future months. a specialist market for nuclear power Pointing to a meeting of Iran-UK parliamentary Elsewhere, he said, “The impor- Parliament approved picks for “The experiment of photon and ion in Europe, developing nuclear energy friendship group, he said during the meeting, the British tant point is that the people should ministerial posts on August 20. entanglement is the first test that we and distributing it to its member states ambassador explained about executive obstacles in the remain hopeful about the future During a meeting of cabinet should carry out in line with the issue while selling the surplus to non-mem- way of issuing visa for Iranians. and also their trust on the system with Leader of the Islamic Revolu- of quantum technology,” he said during ber states. and government should last.” tion Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khame- a conference on quantum technology. Science Daily describes the quan- “We will definitely pass the prob- nei, Rouhani said on Saturday that “We have held talks with Europe- tum entanglement as a quantum me- Pilgrims need visa lems with guidance of the Leader his government prioritizes cutting ans in this respect. We are a member chanical phenomenon in which the to attend Arba’een and the people’s support,” the pres- unemployment and creating over to Euratom which works on advanced quantum states of two or more ob- ident remarked. 900,000 job opportunities per technologies,” Salehi explained. jects have to be described with refer- ritual in Iraq He said that the time to practice year. He noted that Iran become a mem- ence to each other, even though the trial and error has gone and “fun- Rouhani said that “unemploy- ber to the Euratom after concluding a individual objects may be spatially damental actions” should be taken ment” and “economic problems” deal in July 2015 with the 5+1 group on separated. This leads to correlations are the most serious challenges to its nuclear program. between observable physical proper- POLITICS TEHRAN — Pilgrims need to obtain more determinedly. the government. He expressed hope that Iranian ties of the systems. deskentry visa in order to attend this year’s Elsewhere, Rouhani called the Arba’een ritual in Iraq, an official said on Sunday. Hossein Zolfaqari, who is in charge of Arba’een ritual, said due to the importance of this day, proper pre- Iran launches study into S-300 missile planning is needed. 1 In March 2017, during a war game dubbed Iran’s then army chief Major General Ataollah recent years made great headways in manufacturing Millions of Iranian nationals travel to Iraq annually to Damavand, Iran conducted a successful test of the Salehi said the Islamic Republic has manufactured a broad range of indigenous equipment, making attend the pilgrimage, known as Arbaeen, which marks the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. a missile defense system superior to S-300. the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere. end of a 40-day mourning period that commemorates the The system can detect 20 targets simultaneously “While the Islamic Republic has purchased S-300, Tehran has insisted that its military might poses seventh-century death of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson and directly engage with 12 separate hostile it has also manufactured and will manufacture no threat to regional countries, saying that the of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). flying objects, including missiles, fighter jets or models superior to it,” he stated. Islamic Republic’s defense doctrine is entirely based helicopters. Iranian military experts and technicians have in on deterrence. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 28, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Assad is here to stay, West Lebanon Army declares ceasefire in fight on ISIL Lebanon’s Army has announced a ceasefire in its operation tells Syrian opposition against the terrorist group of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) near the country’s border with Syria to In a significant policy shift on the foreign help start negotiations over the fate of captive soldiers. instigated war in Syria, Britain and its The ceasefire takes effect at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) on western allies have finally dropped their Sunday, a week into the offensive, a statement issued by the long-standing demand that President military said. A security source said the Lebanese Army be- Assad must step down — and may even gan mediated talks with the ISIL terrorist outfit at the north- accept elections in which he is allowed to east border. stand again, a report said. Lebanon’s Al-Manar television said Hezbollah and the Ministers confirmed a turnaround in Syrian Army had also announced a ceasefire in their offen- policy towards Syria, The Times report- sive against ISIL on the Syrian side, namely the west Qa- ed. The British daily said the Syrian op- lamoun mountainous region. position leaders were told this week in Under the ceasefire, Hezbollah members have entered Riyadh that they now had little choice an area of west Qalamoun to confirm that Lebanese soldiers but to accept that Assad was in Damas- held by ISIL are buried there, the source said. cus to stay. The operation began after the Lebanese resistance “There was no longer any point in movement of Hezbollah forced militant concentrations, and holding up talks over Syria’s future by ISIL’s al-Qaeda-linked fellow Takfiri outfit of the Jabhat Fateh sticking to the position that he (Assad) al-Sham out of the border area last month. had to step down before negotiations The triumph was followed by departure from the area of could begin.” another terrorist outfit named Saraya Ahl al-Sham, a devel- Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, opment which left ISIL in a more vulnerable position. hinted at the change in an interview on Hezbollah and the Syrian Army then took on the group’s Radio 4’s Today program, according to gatherings inside Syria. the daily. ISIL and the other terrorist outfits broke into Lebanon in “It is overwhelmingly in the interests 2014, taking over the border town of Arsal. They were oust- of the Syrian people that Assad should ed from the town, but started taking positions close to Ras go,” the Times quoted Johnson as saying. Baalbeck, another border town, which has been the focus of “We used to say he has to go as pre- the recent counter-terrorism operations. condition. Now we are saying that he The Takfiri group currently holds nine Lebanese soldiers. should go but as part of a transition. It A ceasefire brokered by the national police and securi- is always open to him to stand in a dem- Assad still there, given how much dam- sition groups and militants with regard “Everyone, including the U.S., has ty force of Lebanon -- Internal Security Forces Directorate, ocratic election,” the British foreign sec- age he has caused. But whether or not to the developments in Syria. recognized that Assad is staying,” said helped release three Hezbollah fighters from the clutches of retary added. he is staying is no longer a precursor to “Western and regional rebel patrons, Ford, who is currently a fellow at the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which, in return, was offered to take its In the same context, the daily quot- discussions.” currently more focused on advancing Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. operatives and their families to Syria in buses. ed diplomats as saying that Johnson was The United States and the House of their own interests rather than accom- According to an interlocutor, who (Source: Daily Star) confirming a gradual shift forced on the Saud regime diplomats have reported- plishing regime change in Damascus, are mediates between the opposition and opposition and the West by events on ly been urging the armed Syrian oppo- shifting their alliances and have ceased state capitals and requested anonymi- the ground. sition to come to terms with President calls on Assad to step down,” the report ty, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir Iraqi forces retake most of The new position was shared by Brit- Bashar al-Assad’s role in Syria’s future, a said. told the opposition it was time to formu- ain’s allies and the opposition’s regional report said, indicating to the major poli- Former U.S. ambassador to Syria, late “a new vision.” Tal Afar from ISIL: military backers, the daily reported. cy U-turn in the western stance from the Robert Ford, who is widely considered “He did not explicitly say Bashar [As- 1 Tal Afar was the latest objective in the war on It said that Yahya al-Aridi, an oppo- Syrian crisis. as Washington’s civil war engineer in sad] is going to stay, but if you read be- the terrorist group following the recapture in July of Mosul, sition spokesman was disappointed with In an article published on Thursday, different parts of the world and a key tween the lines, if you say there needs to where it declared its self-proclaimed caliphate over parts of western countries. the Associated Press said the Syrian army instigator of the Syrian conflict in 2011, be a new vision, what is the most con- Iraq and Syria in 2014. The Times also quoted another source holds the upper hand on the battlefield has ruled out the likelihood of Assad’s tentious issue out there? It is whether Car bombs hit Baghdad as saying: “Our policy is based around against militant groups, pointing to the removal, saying, “There is no conceiva- Bashar stays,” said the interlocutor, ac- Meanwhile, explosives loaded onto vehicles go off in two pragmatism and realism. It’s hard to see major shift in the strategies of Western ble military alignment that is going to be cording to the article. different locations across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing any future stable and peaceful Syria with and regional supporters of Syrian oppo- able to remove him.” (Source: agencies) five people and injuring eight others. A car bomb went off in the al-Shorteh Raabe’ah neigh- borhood in the city’s south, killing three women and inflicting French ministers on Iraq visit as terrorists hit Europe injuries on five other people, Iraq’s al-Sumaria television net- A French delegation has paid a visit to Iraqi army soldiers and allied fighters work reported on Sunday. Iraq at a time that the Iraqi forces’ oper- have been leading a major campaign to Another such device blew up in Abu Disher, also a south- ation against the Islamic State in Iraq and rid the country of the Takfiri elements. ern Baghdad neighborhood, killing two people and wound- the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group The Iraqi forces fully liberated Mosul ing three more, the source added. enters its final stages. last month and launched an offensive to Iraq sources said the number of the casualties could go France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves retake the nearby city of Tal Afar. up due to severe injuries among the wounded. Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence The Iraqi troops are now on the verge No party has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far, Parly met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider of fully recapturing Tal Afar after driving but they bore the hallmarks of the sporadic assaults carried al-Abadi, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaa- terrorists out of the city center. out by the Takfiri terrorist group of the ISIL. fari and Kurdistan Regional Government France supports ‘unified Iraq’ The ISIL launched its campaign of terror against Iraq in (KRG)’s President Massoud Barzani on Additionally on Saturday, the French 2014, seizing large swathes of it during lightning attacks. The Saturday. ministers sat down with Barzani in the Army enlisted the assistance of Shia-majority militiamen in Before the meetings, Le Drian said Iraq Kurdish city of Erbil. the following years, flushing the group out of its major turfs. faced the dual challenge of “a war that is Le Drian urged continued dialogue Now, the country is on course to oust the outfit from the coming to an end and the beginning of between the KRG and the central gov- entirety of its territory. the stabilization and reconstruction of the ernment in Baghdad to reach a mutually The Army and its allies fully liberated the northern city of country,” stressing that Paris would con- satisfactory solution over the planned ref- Mosul, which ISIL had dubbed its so-called headquarters in tinue to take part in the United States-led erendum on the independence of Iraq’s Iraq, last month. fight purportedly against ISIL. semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, ac- On August 20, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s President Massoud Barzani (C) receives The U.S. and some of its allies have cording to the Kurdish presidency’s state- the commencement of a major offensive to retake the city of French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) and Defense Minister Florence Parly been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq ment. Tal Afar, near Mosul, as the latest of counter-terrorism oper- in Erbil, Iraq, August 26, 2017. (Photo by AP) since June 2014 allegedly targeting Baghdad is opposed to the vote and ations targeting ISIL. ISIL. The raids, which have done little peace.” The French minister’s announcement regional players like Iran and Turkey have The combined forces have reportedly cleansed 90 per- to dislodge the terror outfit, have on A French diplomatic source also said of support for the fight on Takfiri terror- also voiced alarm about the planned cent of the city. (Source: agencies) numerous occasions claimed many that said Paris would grant a $513 million ists comes as Europe is facing its worst referendum by Iraqi Kurdish authorities, civilian lives and inflicted damage on loan to Iraq before the end of 2017. security problem in decades following a arguing that it could create further insta- Iraq’ infrastructure. For years, the European states, in- spate of deadly attacks in a number of bility in the region. U.S. airlifts terrorists in Syria Speaking at a joint news conference cluding France, turned a blind eye to the countries in the continent. During the meeting with Abadi, the with the French defense minister and his inflow of militants to ISIL-held territory ISIL unleashed a campaign of death French delegation also “expressed its for 2nd time in a week: SOHR Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, the top despite warnings that the Takfiri elements’ and destruction in Iraq in 2014, seizing commitment to a unified Iraq,” according For the second time this week, a helicopter operating un- French diplomat said, “We are present home countries would face risks upon Mosul and declaring it as its so-called to the Iraqi premier’s statement. der the United States-led coalition has transferred members in the war and we will be present in the their return. “capital” in the country. (Source: Press TV) of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) ter- rorist group in Syria’s eastern Dayr al-Zawr Province, a Brit- ain-based monitoring group says. Report: Saudi, UAE weapons end up with armed groups The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights An investigative report by a Bulgarian journalist says the Weapons in diplomatic flights Gaytandzhiev said on Thursday in a tweet that she (SOHR) said the airlift was conducted in the town of al-Taba- House of Saud regime and the United Arab Emirates Gaytandzhiev says in the report: “The Kingdom [of was fired from her job at Trud after she was interrogated ni, on the western outskirts of Dayr al-Zawr. (UAE) have supplied Eastern-European-made weapons Saudi Arabia] does not buy those weapons for itself, as by the Bulgarian national security which tried to find out Syrian sources said that the operation was accompanied to armed groups in Syria and Iraq using different inter- the Saudi army uses only Western weapons and those her sources. by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces’ artillery fire. mediaries and diplomatic cover to mask their points of weapons are not compatible with its military standard.” She said she first got suspicious of the weapons trans- The sources speculated that the airlift was possibly meant origin and final destinations. “Therefore, the weapons transported on diplomatic ferred to Syria when she found Bulgarian-made weap- to transfer U.S. mercenaries fighting alongside ISIL or the ter- The report, authored by Dilyana Gaytandzhiev, claims flights end up in the hands of terrorist militants in Syria ons at the hands “terrorists” in Aleppo while reporting on rorist outfit’s ringleaders who sought to defect. Saudi Arabia, UAE, the United States military and sever- and Yemen that Saudi Arabia officially admits support- the Syrian war there. On Thursday, the SOHR reported a similar operation, al countries have used Azerbaijani state-owned airlines ing.” She said that she then traced those weapons to during which U.S. helicopters took four ISIL terrorists and a Silk Way Airlines to transport large quantities of weap- Citing leaked documents that detail flight paths and its Bulgarian manufacturer only to find out that those civilian from a house used as an arms depot in Beqres, a ons that ended up in the hands of the Islamic State in weapons cargo of the diplomatic flights, the report weapons were legally exported to Saudi Arabia, which in suburban area east of Dayr al-Zawr. Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group, Kurdish shows one aircraft loaded with mortars and anti-tank turn supplied it to “terrorists” in Syria. The five people transferred during the operation included fighters in the Middle East and armed groups in Africa. grenades including SPG-9 and GP-25 which were lat- Hands of terrorists a foreign bomb expert, three Egyptian ISIL terrorists and a “At least 350 diplomatic Silk Way Airlines flights trans- er discovered by the Iraqi army a month ago in an ISIL Speaking to Al Jazeera by phone on Sunday from civilian, the report added. ported weapons for war conflicts across the world over warehouse in Mosul. Bulgaria, Gaytandzhiev said: “Saudi Arabia, UAE and the The developments come at a time when ISIL has retreated the last 3 years,” says the report, published in Trud, Bul- The U.S. news outlet Buzzfeed published an investi- U.S. must stop using the cover of Silk Way Airlines diplo- from much of the territory under its control amid sweeping garia’s largest circulated newspaper. gation in 2016 detailing how obscure and small Ameri- matic flights to supply Eastern European weapons which advances by Syrian army soldiers and allied fighters on the “The state aircrafts of Azerbaijan carried on-board can defense contractors were awarded big contacts by end up in the hands of terrorists around the world. Dip- battlefield. tens of tons of heavy weapons and ammunition headed the U.S. military to arm and equip Syrian opposition lomatic flights are exempt from checks and inspection.” The U.S. has long been accused of colluding with ISIL to to terrorists under the cover of diplomatic flights.” fighters using eastern European weapons. A joint investigation of Al Jazeera and the New York provide safe passage and logistic support to members of the According to the report, “Saudi Arabia has purchased The House of Saud regime has publicly expressed its Times revealed a joint Central Intelligence Agency Takfiri group in conflict zones. huge quantities of Eastern European weapons and ex- support for Syrian fighters trying to topple the Syrian (CIA)-Saudi operation that supplied weapons to Syrian The U.S. and its allies have been bombarding what they ported them using Silk Way Airline’s diplomatic flights.” government of President Bashar al-Assad. fighters by shipping through Jordan. call ISIL positions inside Syria since September 2014 without “In 2016, 2017 there were 23 diplomatic flights car- Multiple attempts by Al Jazeera by phone and email Many of the weapons, the investigation revealed, any authorization from the Damascus government or a Unit- rying weapons from Bulgaria, Serbia and Azerbaijan to to reach Silk Way Airlines in Baku for a reaction to the were stolen by Jordanian officers of the General Intelli- ed Nations mandate. Jeddah and Riyadh”. Trud story proved unsuccessful. gence Department. (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AUGUST 28, 2017 NEWS IN BRIEF Iran to start gas Gas condensate export from exports to Basra in near future PSEEZ up 28% in a year

ENERGY TEHRAN — The value of gas conden- ENERGY TEHRAN – National Iranian Gas Compa- desksate export from Pars Special Economic deskny (NIGC) plans to start exporting natural Energy Zone (PSEEZ) during the 12-month period ended gas to the Iraqi city of Basra in near future, ISNA reported on this Iranian calendar year’s Government Week (August on Sunday quoting an NIGC official as saying. 24-30), rose 28 percent compared to the same time span According to Mohammadreza Qodsizadeh, the plan- in the past year, according to a regional official. ning director of NIGC, the country’s annual gas exports will Iran exported 17.812 million tons of gas condensate also reach 68 billion cubic meters soon. worth $6.979 billion from the zone during the 12-month Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia period, showing also 31 percent growth in weight com- are among the neighboring countries with which Iran has pared to the same period of time in the preceding year, signed agreements regarding gas exports, imports, swap Ahmad Pour-Heydar, director general of PSEEZ’s customs and exchanging gas with electricity. administration, told IRNA on Sunday. He mentioned China, Japan, South Korea, India, Hong Annual pistachio Kong, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, the UAE and Kuwait the exports to hit 150,000 main targets of the exported products. tons by Mar. 2018 PSEEZ is an energy hub in Iran’s southwestern Bushehr Province with 105 kilometers distance from South Pars gas field, a huge field Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf. ECONOMY TEHRAN — “Iran is expected to export The field is estimated to contain a significant amount desk150,000 tons of pistachio, worth $1.5 of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the billion, by the current Iranian yearend (March 20, 2018), world’s reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of Mohsen Jalalpour, the chairman of Iran Pistachio Associa- condensate. tion, told IRNA on Sunday. “Producing 253,000 tons of pistachio, Iran will improve Increasing productivity top priority Inflation rate stands at its production this year and register a record of six years,” he said. for Agriculture Ministry 10% in Iran: CBI As Jalalpour described, the country could produce ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian ECONOMY TEHRAN — 170,000 tons of the product last year, 135,000 tons of The deskAgriculture Minister desk which, at the value of $1.2 billion, were exported. Central Bank of Iran Mahmoud Hojjati named increasing (CBI) has announced that the inflation productivity as the main target of his rate for the 12-month period ended ministry in the new government during in the last day of the fifth Iranian cal- France plans $513m the next four years, IRNA quoted him as endar month Mordad (August 22) saying on Sunday. compared to the same period in the Iraq loan Highlighting the 8-percent economic previous year hit 10 percent, IRNA re- growth predicted for the country ac- ported on Sunday. France will give Iraq a 430 million-euro ($513 million) loan cording to the Sixth Five-Year National 2014) to 118 million tons in 1395 (ended The Statistical Center of Iran has this year after the nation’s budget was crimped by the fight Development Plan (2016-2021), the on March 20, 2017), Iran’s food trade previously put the country’s inflation against Islamic State and the drop in oil prices, according to minister put the achieved growth in ag- balance grew up $5 billion from -$8.1 rate at 7.7 percent for the 12-month Agence France-Presse reported, citing the French govern- riculture sector at 5.3 percent during the billion to -$3.09 billion,” Hojjati said. period ended in Mordad. It is while the CBI has put the ment. past four years. He elsewhere called for the govern- The center has put the country’s country’s inflation rate at nine- per Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, visiting Baghdad, “With an increase of 21 million tons in ment to provide domestic agricultural inflation rate at 9.8 percent in the past cent during the past calendar year. told Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at a meeting Sat- production of agricultural products from sector with enough facilities as well as Iranian calendar year 1395 (ended on Iran, accordingly, could manage urday that the money will be delivered before the end of the its previous 97 million tons in Iranian cal- making investments in water and soil in- March 20), showing 4.5 percent drop to experience a single-digit inflation year, AFP said. endar year of 1392 (ended on March 20, frastructure and insurance. from its preceding year. rate after 26 years in 1395. The loan, like those of the World Bank, requires an im- provement in Iraq’s management of its public finances and the governance of state-owned enterprises, as well as greater energy efficiency, the news agency said. (Source: Bloomberg) Ceylon tea: A journey to the land of green magic part 2 By Ebrahim Fallahi ers are obliged to present samples of the issue of climate change as one of the their products for assessment and ap- main challenges of Sri Lanka tea industry Travelogue proval. In this stage the quality of the in the future. When earlier this month I got an invita- China industrial profits samples is controlled and the presented The tea convention went on for three tion to attend the 150th anniversary of samples are evaluated and categorized days during which so many technical keep pace as factory Ceylon tea industry in Sri Lanka, I didn’t for bidding. and theoretical issues were addressed by know much about the country. inflation holds Colombo International Tea numerous scholars and experts who at- Despite the fact that “Ceylon” has al- Convention tended the event. ways been a very popular brand of tea Chinese industrial firms maintained a profit surge, underscoring The next day we were guests to the Tea production processes among Iranians and the idea of Ceylon the economy’s resilience even amid slowing factory output and Colombo International Tea Convention’s tea was very familiar to me, I was really investment. opening ceremony as the biggest social surprised by how little I knew about “Cey- Industrial profits increased 16.5 percent in July from a year event of Sri Lanka’s tea industry. lon” itself. chance to attend. Sri Lankan Govern- earlier, versus the 19.1 percent pace a month earlier, the nation’s Organized by Sri Lanka Tea Board at During my weeklong journey I learned ment has recently embarked on an am- statistics bureau said Sunday. the Bandaranaike Memorial Internation- so much about the country and its tea bitious economic growth program and in The robust earnings are giving policy makers room to com- al Conference Hall (BMICH) the conven- industry. I think I was really blessed to get this regard the CRT was conducted for bat excessive industrial capacity and curb speculative borrowing tion was attended by hundreds of the in- such an invitation to the land of green the promotion of the country’s coconut, ahead of the key Party Congress this fall. That picture may not dustry’s scholars, experts, entrepreneurs magic. rubber and tea industries. Organized by be sustainable though, as slowing producer inflation and rising and prominent figures from all around What comes below is a brief account the Ministry of Plantation Industries (MPI), real interest rates may squeeze factories and mills in the coming the world as a realization of the fact of my short but definitely fruitful visit. the trade fair was held at the Bandara- months. (Source: Bloomberg) that Sri Lanka tea industry has achieved Colombo Tea Auction naike Memorial International Conference a very significant position among the Hall (BMICH). world’s tea producing countries. There are several active tea factories India’s new tax system hit During the opening ceremony the all around Sri Lanka. In the past each es- attendees were addressed by the Prime tate owner would build its own factory to by severe teething pains Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesin- process the tea plucked in the state plan- ghe and also Navin Dissanayake, minis- tations to minimize the costs and time Millions of Indian businesses have not paid their tax for July as ter of plantation industries. between plucking and processing. So the country’s new system struggles to cope with the weight Delivering his speech, the minister of nowadays most of the tea factories are of demand from companies trying to use it for the first time. plantation talked about the transforma- located in the middle of vast tea planta- Taxpayers have reported a range of problems with the on- tion of Sri Lankan tea industry over the tions and still process their own state- line platform for the country’s national goods and services tax, last five decades. specific teas. including poor connectivity, insufficient space to file invoices He also mentioned the importance of For one of our next destinations dur- and payments not being registered. re-emerging markets like Iran and China ing the trip to the island, we visited Pedro The complaints are the latest set of teething problems with There were also other programs held and urged the industry to unite in order Tea factory which is located on top of a the system, which was rolled out in July after a decade of politi- on the sidelines of the CRT fair, like Sri to regain the market share they have hill and it was established in 1885 during cal debate but just three months of detailed planning. For the first two days of my visit to Lanka Tea Festival, workshops, tea test- lost over the past few years. the British era. It has replaced a local levies and taxes, turning India into a Colombo along with other invited jour- ing programs and speeches which we Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe In the factory we were given a thor- single market for the first time. nalists I visited some of Sri Lanka Tea couldn’t make them all. on the other hand skipped the past all ough tour to learn how tea is processed GST is a key part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s prom- Board’s facilities in Colombo including Sri Lanka Tea Museum together and went to the future asking to become what we use in our house- ise to modernise India’s economy, but critics say the rush to the Board’s shop and laboratories in Located in an old tea factory site the crowd to imagine Sri Lankan tea in- holds. After being plucked from the implement it has led to unnecessary complexity in the rules which tea goes through different kinds of among the teagardens of Kandy, Sri Lan- dustry in 2050. “With another two bil- nearby plantations, within a two hour pe- and weaknesses in the IT platform underpinning it. They warn tests and analysis. ka Tea Museum provides an informative lion people added to world population riod, the tea is taken to the muster sheds that the early problems with the new system risk undermining The third day of my journey (August insight into development of the tea indus- how Sri Lanka will address their need?” for weighting and appearance monitor- confidence in Mr Modi’s entire economic platform. 8), coincided with one of Colombo’s try which has made the country famous he said. ing after which it will be delivered to the By Wednesday, the GST Network, which runs the online weekly tea auctions. today. Wickremesinghe further emphasized factory. platform, said 2m people had made their payments. Reports The Colombo Tea Auction is con- As visitors walk through the place in The factory was a three-storied build- in local media suggested that by the end of the deadline, sidered the largest tea auction in the different floors, they can appreciate the ing in which the tea leaves were taken to that had gone up by a further 1m. Accountants reported that world. Auctions are held every Tuesday educational tea history the place has to the upper floors to be spread in troughs, fewer than half of their clients had been able to complete their and Wednesday, except for the national add to their knowledge. in a process called withering during which payments. holidays like New Year and at Christmas. It was wonderful to see historic pho- the excess moisture is removed from the bhishek Jain, a tax partner at EY, said: “Most of our clients Around 6.5 million kilograms are traded tos, machines and handicrafts used by tea leaf. After withering, the tea leaves go have had problems. The main complaint is that when people on a weekly basis. planters and how the equipment used to through various other processes includ- make their payments, they are not being updated on the sys- The first recorded tea auction in Co- process tea changed through time. ing, rolling, heating and fermentation as tem.” lombo goes back to 1883, since then this What came here was just a glance of well as grading and drying, during fer- K E Raghunathan, the president of the All India Manufactur- Auction has become the main channel my experiences in amazing Sri Lanka, al- mentation the enzymes in the leaves re- ers Organisation, said he had encountered problems making through which tea journeys from pro- though in this short travelogue I haven’t act with the oxygen in the air to release payments for his own company, which makes solar power sys- ducer to consumer. been able to cover all the aspects, but I aroma and flavor. tems. Sri Lanka tea industry is made up of will leave that for the readers to discover Coconut Rubber and Tea Trade “I made my tax payment last Saturday, but it did not show up three main sectors, namely buyers, sell- on their own visit to this magical coun- Fair on the system until Tuesday, and no one replied to my queries ers and brokers. As the main players of try. However there is one other piece to Sri Lanka’s Coconut, Rubber and Tea about it,” he said. “Over the weekend I had thousands of calls the tea auction, brokers act as an inter- come in which I will cover the tea trade Trade Fair (CRT 2017) which was held from members making similar complaints.” mediate between the sellers and buyers. between Iran and Sri Lanka. from 11th to 13th August in Colombo (Source: The Financial Times) Before the auction all the tea produc- To be continued…. was another big event which I had the I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 28, 2017 ENERGY 5

Blockchain tech as a hedge About 25% of U.S. Gulf oil output offline due to against low oil prices Harvey About 25 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production is offline due to Tropical Storm Harvey, the U.S. Department of The “paradox of plenty,” natural resources move to streamline its government and the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforce- are both a gift and a curse to emerging banking sector by using blockchain tech- ment said on Saturday. economies. Rather than providing a flour- nology with the goal to shift to a diversi- That equates to roughly 428,568 barrels of oil per day out ishing economy, often the result of discov- fied and “knowledge-based” economy. of the roughly 1.75 million bpd pumped from the Gulf. The ering an abundance of new resources is In UAE’s Vision 2021, the country looks amount of oil production offline increased from Friday, when quite the opposite. to blockchain technology to completely roughly 22 percent of output was affected. The story is repeated over and over revamp the way the government tracks About 26 percent of Gulf natural gas production is offline, again throughout the world. Countries rich and processes data. Through the process or about 835 million cubic feet per day, BSEE said. in natural resources have fallen victim to of eliminating unnecessary complications Roughly 112 platforms have been evacuated in the Gulf poverty, unrest, and tyranny. in its bureaucratic process, the country so far as a result of Harvey, about 15 percent of those in the In the 1997 study of Jeffrey D. Sachs aims to streamline its education system, region. Half of the drilling rigs in the Gulf have also been and Andrew M. Warner, the writers sug- healthcare, and banking sectors. evacuated, BSEE said. (Source: Reuters) gest that rather than bolstering economic Russia may be one of the most interest- growth, countries with substantial resourc- ing examples of diversification away from es often experience slower economic natural resources. Instead of completely growth with little to no evidence to sug- abandoning its reliance on oil, the country Sinopec half-year profit gest geographical location or climate has is embarking on a path to create its own rises 41% to 27.1b yuan any impact on this phenomenon. $100-billion Bitcoin mine. There seems to be a direct relationship The Russian government has devel- BEIJING, (Reuters) — China Petroleum and Chemical Corp between reliance upon energy resources Over half of Iraq’s GDP comes from oil, glory. Former Governor, Central Bank of oped a plan to create an initial coin of- , known as Sinopec, reported its best six-month profit since and authoritarianism. Larry Diamond of in fact, the country’s reserves represent 10 Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo noted: fering (ICO) to fund a large-scale Bitcoin the second half of 2014 on Sunday, the latest Chinese state Stanford University said: “There are twen- percent of the entire world’s total proven “For too long, we have lived with borrowed mining operation in which miners will use oil major to report a surge in results due to a big recovery in ty-three countries in the world that derive oil reserves. robes, and I think for the next generation, the country’s 20GW excess power capacity crude prices from last year. at least 60 percent of their exports from In Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, the coun- for the 400 million Nigerians expected in to mine Bitcoin in order to compete with The country’s largest refiner reported a first-half net profit oil and gas and not a single one is a real try suffered similar effects to Venezuela. this country by the year 2050, oil cannot China. “RMC plans to use semiconductor attributable to equity shareholders of 27.1 billion yuan ($4.08 democracy.” Hussein’s regime used revenue generated be the way forward for the future.” chips designed in Russia for use in satellites billion), up 40.7 percent on a year prior, based on Chinese Venezuela may be the most striking from the country’s abundant resources to It is true, diversification of a country’s to minimize power consumption in com- accounting standards. Revenue for the period rose 32.6 per- example of this occurrence right now. The oppress citizens, boost the military, and economy is essential to combat this curse. puters for crypto-mining,” Putin’s internet cent to 1.166 trillion yuan. country has the largest oil reserves on the funded fruitless wars with neighboring Iran There are several countries which ombudsman, Dmitry Marinichev, said at a Profit rose 40.1 percent to 27.92 billion yuan during the planet, but is now experiencing one of the and Kuwait. Additionally, the regime built have identified their own overreliance news conference in Moscow. Marinichev period based on international accounting standards. worst economic crisis in its history. Once large palaces and siphoned cash into their on non-renewable natural resource and added that the country has the potential The company attributed the strong performance to high- the richest economy in South America, the personal bank accounts. have begun to diversify their economies to reach up to a 30 percent share in the er prices and sales of downstream products compared to the country at present resembles one in the These actions derailed the country’s through new technological developments. global cryptocurrency market. year-earlier period. midst of a civil war. In 2014, the country economic promise and led to one of the Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United In this ambitious effort, the mining The data comes after China’s largest oil producer Pet- saw its murder rate skyrocket. deadliest wars in recent times. Arab Emirates are notable examples. Each hardware is given to individuals, each of roChina and offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd each Venezuela’s overdependence on oil In Africa, Nigeria was once set to has embarked on a path involving tech- whom receive a share of the Bitcoin mined, released on Thursday their best results in years. has led the country into a difficult posi- breach the world’s top 20 economies. The nology to ease their dependence on oil providing not only incentive to participate, Sinopec said it expects second half crude oil production to tion. Oil accounts for 96 percent of the country was experiencing a promising and gas. but a drastic economic shift, the outcome total 148 million barrels. country’s exports, leaving the country surge in growth. Beginning in 1956, when The United Arab Emirates has recently of which is yet to be seen. Sinopec also said it expects global oil prices to continue to especially vulnerable to changes in the oil was first discovered in the Niger Delta, invested $163-billion in renewable energy While there may not be one simple fluctuate at low levels the rest of this year, while structural ad- price of oil. Not only that, the country’s the country began down the dangerous projects. Additionally, the UAE has unveiled solution in shifting away from natural re- justments in China’s energy sector mean natural gas demand reliance on the resource has created a path of oil reliance. its Energy Strategy 2050. Sheikh Moham- sources, following these nations in their in- will continue to grow quickly. toxic relationship between the oil indus- Nigeria was hit especially hard the fluc- med, Vice President of UAE and the ruler dividual paths may provide solid examples Sinopec has a larger downstream business than PetroChi- try and the government, with corruption tuation of oil prices which took projects of the emirate of Dubai explained: “The moving forward. Through technology, na, which focuses on upstream oil and gas production. But rampant and leaders unwilling to part offline and crushed the nation’s GDP. Now, plan aims to increase usage efficiency by there is now more opportunity than ever the refiner is facing headwinds from a glut in the domestic with their cash cow. the country faces a negative growth rate 40 percent and increase clean-energy to diversify away for non-renewable nat- fuel market. On the other side of the world, Iraq has and unrest. It must look toward other in- contributions to 50 percent.” ural resources. Total domestic fuel sales inched up 0.82 percent to 87.22 suffered a similar dilemma. dustries if it hopes to return to its former The UAE is also at the forefront of a (Source: Bloomberg) million tonnes in the first half. ADVERTISEMENTS

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The challenging road Germany must abandon its ahead for the new Saudi ambassador military reluctance and lead Ever since the U.S.-Saudi relationship began 84 years ago, 10 Saudi ambassadors to the U.S. have represented Saudi in- By Anne Applebaum others, seek to shape German policy and terests to Capitol Hill. The latest one was appointed recently, opinion through money and corruption. and has already taken the post of highest ranking Saudi dip- We wanted to leave as soon as we heard You are rightly proud that rule of law is so lomat in Washington, DC. the news. But back in that now impossi- strong in Germany -- but of course it can As we’ve witnessed with President Donald Trump’s recent bly distant era of fuel shortages, pointless be undermined here, just like anywhere visit to the kingdom, it is clear that Riyadh allots great im- regulations and bad roads, it was not so else, if you are not vigilant in defending it. portance to its relationship with the United States, and by easy to drive a car from Warsaw to Berlin. But vigilance requires knowledge: Before extension, its embassy in Washington. The Saudi embassy is By the time we arrived, it was the night you can defend against a challenge, you arguably one of the most important in the world, especially of Nov. 10, 1989 -- or rather, very early need to realize that it is under attack, and considering the historic, strategic, security and military rela- on the morning of the 11th. East Ber- I am not sure that Germans do. tionship between the two countries. lin was dark, lit only by eerie, orangey I can understand the historical reasons Two major challenges streetlights, and mostly silent. Without a for Germany’s reluctance to think about To that effect, the ambassador has recently expressed that map, we drove straight to the city center, confrontation. And I respect them: As I’ve there is a “huge improvement in the Saudi-U.S. relationship” under through Checkpoint Charlie -- the guard said, the postwar Federal Republic’s be- Trump’s administration. Despite its time-tested resilience, this rela- let us through, against the rules, after we lief in the non-violent resolution of con- tionship is facing myriad challenges and difficulties, much like any shouted at him: “The Wall’s open, who flicts, its conviction that problems can be other. These challenges will undoubtedly find their way to the desk cares about the rules?” -- and arrived at resolved through institutions is the most of the new Saudi ambassador. They all revolve around two major the Brandenburg Gate. admirable thing about it. But that is no challenges: one caused by Washington, and another by Riyadh. We were late to the party. The cham- excuse for naivete. If Germany does not The challenge created by Washington is the infamous pagne corks had stopped popping; in- want a powerful army, it should still, as a Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) bill, which stead of cheering, the crowd was taunt- matter of urgency, work with the institu- was signed into law in September of last year. The law is con- ing the East German guards, still dressed than they used to be. the worth of the trans-Atlantic alliance. tions it has built, most notably the Europe- sidered by Riyadh and by most of the world’s capitals as a in riot gear, who were still standing along But some things have not changed. Germans should have a plan to deal with an Union, and especially with France and violation of international sovereignty and immunity. This view the border. One man suddenly stood and The country I saw that night -- the Ger- threats in America’s absence. Right now, even Britain (this might be a way to give is shared by many members of the American political fabric jumped off the Wall, from the west to the many that avoided violence; the Germany you don’t. Britain a future European role) to create a itself, as this law sets a precedent that will have enormous east. Immediately, the guards rushed over, that immediately embraced reunification; At the very least Germany, by itself, multinational European force that can be implications for the United States. picked him up and threw him back over. the Germany that remains skeptical of all lacks the military power and therefore deployed in defense of Europe’s borders, The U.S. has maintained an expanded global influence, and The crowd hissed. This wasn’t a cheerful forms of extremism, the Germany that the foreign policy clout to keep Europe and in Europe’s name, at any time. It could its strategic global military presence may introduce the pos- game: The established order had broken is firmly anchored in the trans-Atlantic safe from future Russian aggression; to be part of NATO, and should work with sibility of prosecuting and undermining its service members down, men with guns -- and without clear democratic community -- that Germany help bring peace -- and thus an end to NATO. But the era of total dependence on and security personnel around the world. As such, the law may orders -- were facing a hostile crowd. is still there. You can still hear it in Ger- the refugee crisis -- to the Middle East; to the U.S. military is over. irrevocably cause a breach of U.S. relations with its allies. This was the moment when something man political debate; you can still see it in do anything about the reconstruction of The same is true in the sphere of cy- The problem for Saudi Arabia is not only with this law but violent could have happened -- and it al- the German press. The question, now, is Libya except talk about it. Germans once berdefense and information warfare. Ger- with its consequences on the basis and roots of the relationship most did. Years later, a German historian whether that Germany can survive. confronted the problem of unification, mans worry a great deal about American between Riyadh and Washington. In my view, Riyadh believes told me what he had read in Party docu- I realize that might sound like an odd and they spent time and resources on cyberspying, even though there is no evi- that this law serves only the parties hostile to both countries, es- ments: The men of the East German Po- thing to say right now. If anything, Ger- solving it. But when it comes to problems dence that the United States, even under pecially since Washington relies heavily on Riyadh with regards litburo had debated whether to shoot at many’s claim to be an integrated member in the wider region, Germany has been President Trump, seeks to undermine to sharing sensitive intelligence, as well as working on high-level the crowd along the Wall. of the Western alliance has never been absent. the German political system. By contrast, security projects to counterterrorism in all its forms, such as the They did not shoot. Nor did they shoot stronger. Some even speak of Germany as Instead, Germans sometimes seem there was very little outcry when Russian recently inaugurated Global Center for Combating Extremist in Leipzig, although the hospitals were the West’s new leader. As Donald Trump’s determined to pretend they don’t ex- hackers stole thousands of documents Ideologies. Most importantly, there is no conclusive evidence to told to prepare for casualties. There was America turns inward, possibly abandoning ist. President Trump has been rightly from Germany’s parliament, the Bunde- prove Saudi involvement in the horrific events of Sept. 11. no violence at all in Germany in 1989. In- its free trade agenda and its longstand- criticized for his verbal attacks on NATO, stag. The purpose of that theft could only The challenge that Riyadh has created for itself is its institu- stead, the East German state just gave up. ing commitment to democracy, Germany but German politicians have also helped have been political: The Russian govern- tional neglect for many years to a crucially important aspect: It did so in part because the regime had seems like a possible replacement. A poll undermine the West’s defenses. In 2013, ment wanted information on the German reaching out to American society and public opinion. Quite lost confidence, and was no longer will- taken in 2013 showed Germany to be the Russian jets simulated an attack on Stock- political system precisely in order to try simply, American citizens are no longer as indifferent to foreign ing to use violence to stay in power. But most admired country in the world; Chan- holm; in 2016, Russia transferred nuclear- to help shape it. We know about Russian affairs as they were in the past. From the abundance of online it also gave up because it was inexorably cellor Merkel is one of the most trusted capable missiles to Kaliningrad, in range efforts to corrupt and manipulate politi- information, to the social media revolution, the average U.S. citi- drawn to West Germany. The attractions public figures in Europe. Germany’s public of Germany. Yet when NATO announced cal life in Poland, in the Czech Republic zen is now inundated with U.S. foreign policy issues. were clear: West Germany was peaceful commitment to environmentalism, mul- a series of military exercises in Europe and Ukraine -- and now, of course, the Every civil, cultural, human rights and media organization and rich, open and generous, an inte- tilateralism and human rights give Ger- in that same year -- designed to deter United States. has used every facet of technology and social media to com- gral part of a great Western, democratic many moral standing; Germany’s industrial Russian intervention -- Foreign Minis- Here too, Germany does not have to municate their mission to the American citizen, which has not alliance. Even from the very first days, strength and export clout have given Ger- ter Frank-Walter Steinmeier denounced tackle these issues alone: in Scandinavia, only made the average American more politically aware but unification seemed obvious: Why would many economic power as well. them as “warmongering.” More recently, in central Europe and, particularly since more politically influential than ever before, especially with anyone want anything else? And with But in a world where American power Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has the recent election, in France, Germany regards to their country’s foreign policies. In other words, amazing speed, it happened. is weakening and authoritarian powers made Germany’s defense budget into will find partners, both in online counter- the American citizen has become the most powerful political That midnight trip was the begin- are rising, how long can this last? From an electoral issue. Given the poor con- terrorism and in counterdisinformation. card in the deck of American politics. ning of my relationship with Berlin, a city 1945 to 1989, the American army gave dition of Germany’s armed forces, the But while it’s true that the best respons- Many members of Congress are well aware of the strategic whose archives I’ve since worked in and West Germany the safety and security to Bundeswehr, this seems extraordinarily es will be European responses, it’s also importance of the relationship between Riyadh and Washing- whose politicians I’ve since interviewed, develop its unique political culture. But irresponsible. true that they require Germany, Europe’s ton, but they simply cannot pass any law that favors the rela- a city where my son chose to spend this now there are many, many countries, in- Nor is the problem merely one of mili- richest country -- and its most admired tionship for fear of alienating their political base. It is as if con- past summer, studying German. A lot has cluding some right on Europe’s borders, tary defense. Today’s authoritarian pow- country -- to lead them. Or at least to co- gressmen are saying: “Saudis, please serve yourselves in our changed over the past three decades. that don’t share reunified Germany’s na- ers, whether in Islamic State (IS) or the lead them. And this, I know, will require an communities so that we are better able to serve you.” Riyadh The city I saw in November 1989, with tional commitment to pacifism and non- Kremlin, are more sophisticated than the effort of imagination on the part of many has long been keen on reaching out to political elites, whether that surreal empty space at its center, violence. And there are many, many rea- Soviet state that once occupied the east- Germans. But this is not the moment to they’re from the executive or legislative branches, yet the in- looks nothing like the city that I know to- sons to doubt that America will confront ern half of Germany and that built the Ber- become complacent: As in 1989, if you creasingly important high-level cultural communication strate- day. Bureaucrats and politicians now jos- them. Trump may be an aberration, but lin Wall. They seek to recruit supporters want to keep what you have achieved, gies with the American people have long been neglected. tle with the hipsters -- and even the hip- he does reflect a very real American ex- or impact politics through social media. you will have to change. That said, none of this absolves Saudi Arabia of its re- sters seem a lot busier and better dressed haustion, and real American doubt about Wealthy foreigners, Russians as well as (Source: Spiegel) sponsibility to reform many social and legal issues internally. However, it is clear that in the last two years there have been fundamental and increasingly rapid reforms in both legal and economic affairs, none of which have been communicated Why Trump’s Afghanistan strategy risks the worst of both worlds properly to the American or global society. This is entirely agreed measure of what constitutes victory. Now Britain due to an unholy combination of incompetence and em- By Simon Tisdall The U.S. strategy and other NATO allies will be under pressure to perform barrassing lack of effort, which is only exacerbated by not The U.S. strategy of training and equipping the Af- Donald Trump has probably never heard of the Grand a similar volte-face, and increase their combined troop empowering highly talented yet underutilized Saudi cadres ghan army and police to bear the brunt of the fight- Old Duke of York and his 10,000 men. But in spelling deployments above the current level of roughly 6,500. that can foster cultural understanding and artistic exchange ing, which Trump indicated will continue, has also been out his new Afghan strategy, the U.S. president gave a Trump’s repeated assertion that the U.S. would “fight between the Saudi and the American public. costly. U.S. officials say an average of 20 Afghan national good impersonation of that symbol of military muddle- to win” is misleading at best and reckless at worst. Oba- The subject has nothing to do with elaborate, exorbitantly army soldiers are dying each month. The Afghan Min- headedness, incompetence and futility immortalized in ma almost trebled U.S. combat troop levels to around expensive public relations campaigns. Rather, it has everything istry of Interior Affairs says 1,302 police officers were the English nursery rhyme. 100,000 after taking office in 2009, in an all-out attempt to do with introducing Saudi killed between March and August, about nine a day. By marching U.S. troops back up the Afghan hill, to finish the war. It did not work, although Obama Arabia to the American pub- Despite Trump’s bald threat to cut financial support Many members having previously solemnly vowed to march them claimed it did, and he slashed troop levels accordingly. lic by drawing their attention for Pakistan, which is accused by Washington of fail- down and out of the country, Trump risks the worst of The history of warfare in Afghanistan suggests nobody to the Kingdom’s positions of Congress are ing to suppress Taliban bases in the north-west of the both worlds: leaving the U.S. and its allies neither up ever “wins”. at every level in a civilized well aware of country, he offered no reason as to why his warnings nor down, without a clearly defined mission, and stuck The U.S. has hardly any combat regulars in theatre and objective way through would be heeded when those of Obama and Bush were the strategic in the middle of a worsening conflict. now, and Trump’s proposed reinforcement of about Saudi’s own citizens. ignored. His tough words are likely to be seen in Islama- importance of His speech on Afghanistan on Monday night was 4,000 is a drop in the ocean. The security situation in Shortly after attending bad as typical Trump bluster. long delayed, and it is easy to see why. White House Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply. The Afghan gov- a conference in Washing- the relationship A parallel statement by Rex Tillerson, the U.S. secre- advisers had been arguing for months over what to ernment faces a resurgent Taliban, a continued al-Qai- ton, one U.S. political scien- tary of state, that Washington is ready to conduct un- between Riyadh do about the 16-year-old war, America’s longest. da menace and a rising Islamic State [ISIS] presence. tist told me in rather blunt conditional peace talks with the Taliban, similarly offered and Washington, When the speech came, there were no new ideas or Kabul, once relatively safe, has been targeted by re- terms, “Where exactly are nothing new. initiatives. Instead Trump retained the main planks peated suicide bombings. you Saudis? The only peo- but they simply The Taliban dismissed the president’s speech as of Barack Obama’s policy and tried to dress it up as According to U.S. estimates, government forces ple that speak for you are cannot pass any vague and unhelpful, and have threatened to cause something fresh. control less than 60% of Afghanistan, with the remain- non-Saudi employees of more American pain if the war is intensified. law that favors the Two things have changed der of the country either contested or under the control companies that don’t em- Trump’s political U-turn in recommitting to a war One is that Trump has agreed with his gener- of the insurgents. ploy a single Saudi. It’s as if relationship for he has previously dismissed as a waste of time and re- als that troop levels must be increased, reversing In an indication of how increasing troop numbers you’re ghosts.” fear of alienating sources marks a victory for the “realists” in the White the drawdown during the Obama years. There are can make matters worse, the annual total number of In any case, the new House, notably HR McMaster, his national security ad- their political base. nearly 10,000 U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan, civilian deaths and injuries has broken previous records ambassador, Prince Khalid viser, and James Mattis, his defense secretary, both of mostly Special Forces, advisers and trainers. That fig- each year since Obama’s “surge” in 2009. According to bin Salman, must deal with these challenges in an innova- whom are former generals. ure looks likely to rise by about 4,000, though Trump the UN’s mid-year report for 2017, there were 1,662 tive and unconventional way, especially since he has tremen- They were opposed by Steve Bannon and other cham- gave no number. civilian deaths and 3,581 casualties. Armed conflict has dous support behind him. Being the King’s son, he is also pions of Trump’s nationalist, “America first” platform, which The other change is more dangerous. After the claimed the lives of 26,512 civilians and injured 48,931 the brother of the spearhead of change and reform in Saudi pledged to end foreign entanglements. Bannon was dis- searing U.S. experience in Iraq, policymakers broadly since 2009. Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. missed from his post as chief strategist last week. agreed that future overseas missions should have at- Despite his efforts to justify his about-turn in his The new ambassador is a young man with administrative, con- tainable objectives, a fixed duration, and a clear exit sulting and military experience, and has cultivated a deep interest Open-ended commitment prime time TV speech, Trump will find it difficult to strategy. Not setting such parameters in advance was convince his domestic supporters, and his foreign al- in American society by virtue of his previous residency in Mis- George W Bush’s big mistake in Iraq. Obama was care- to send in more troops sissippi, Nevada and Washington, DC. As a 29-year-old, Prince lies, that he has a workable policy. And his bad relations ful not to repeat it. leaves U.S. and allies without with NATO mean he may struggle to get the European Khalid is also a prime candidate for the Saudi leadership to repre- Trump has ignored that hard-won knowledge. He sent Saudi youth, the largest demographic in the Kingdom, with clear mission in middle of troops he wants as the U.S. once again marches up the has committed the U.S. to waging an open-ended con- Afghan hill. more than 70 percent of the Saudi people under the age of 30. flict with no limit on its scope or duration, and with no worsening conflict. (Source: The Hill) (Source: The Guardian) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 28, 2017 ANALYSIS 7

United Europe after french Contemporary global arrangements depend on continuity of capitalism: presidential election Professor Onuf By Hanif Ghaffari By Javad Heirannia Over time, there are many interpretations of the French presidential election(2017).The fact of the matter is the European Union has not won the French election. From now on, we will be witnessing dialogues between Eu- ropean leaders and French President-elect Emmanuel Macron which, at times, may take on the form of dis- putes. Macron is not an inactive and weak politician like Francois Hollande is. Macron knows well that, in order to maintain power at the Élysée Palace, he will sometimes need to be ready for standoffs with European countries. Five Key Points Regarding French Presidential Vote - The French presidential election shed light on the decline of traditional and moderate political parties in the country’s political arena. At the moment, both So- cialist and Conservative parties have a tough road TEHRAN – Professor Nicholas Onuf, a primary figure among ahead in order to redefine themselves in France’s polit- constructivists in international relations, tells the Tehran Times ical landscape. The failure of the candidates of Socialist that … and Republican parties to make it to the second round Onuf says “….” shows French citizens do not trust the two parties. This Following is the text of the interview: came as both traditional parties in France believed po- Some believe after possible decline of the US he- litical and executive power in the country would always gemonic power, there would be no other hegemonic change hands between these two very parties. power in the world because the other states would not - Vote count results show Le Pen managed to secure be going to accept hegemonic power any more. What do some 34% of the vote in the runoff. Around 4.2 million Europe has but to pay a heavy price to contain far-right that it is the winner of the French presidential election. you think of this? people also preferred to cast blank ballots. The tally currents. In the recent vote, the whole Europe had to Most European media outlets have tried to equate Le A: This is a difficult question to answer because hegemo- has given Le Pen hope to plan for the 2022 presidential enter the scene in order to keep Le Pen from winning. Pen’s defeat with the European Union’s triumph. This ny is not a simple power relation. The Greek term basically election. Moreover, the National Front of France have - In the French presidential election, the European comes as Macron, while remaining committed to ba- means leadership. If someone or some institution possesses Europe’s parliamentary and France’s municipal elections Union openly trampled its commitments underfoot. sic tenets of the European Union, and is critical of the overwhelming power, then leadership is effectively automatic, ahead. Anyway, Le Pen’s securing 34% of the ballot has European officials’ overt support for Macron’s presi- current situation in a united Europe. He has promised and nobody has any choice but to accept the consequences made her determined to continue her path. dency amounts to Europe’s interference in the polit- to trigger the process of reforms in the Eurozone and of such a power relation. - Indubitably, from now on we will be witnessing far- ical equations of a country. In the election, senior EU European Union in the coming months. Incontrovert- It is surely the case that US power has become less right groups in Europe consolidate their stances and na- officials, including European Commission head Jean- ibly, some European politicians like German Chancel- overwhelming in recent years. While Trump’s election sug- tionalist groups in the European Union forge closer ties Claude Juncker, officially expressed their backing for lor Angela Merkel will not have a positive view toward gests a wish to escape the burdens of leadership, the priv- with one another. During France’s presidential election, Macron. Naturally, even many of Macron’s supporters this issue. Basically, the fact that French citizens have ileges and prestige that go with leadership are not so easy nationalist groups across Europe supported Le Pen. One did not approve of the EU’s backing for Macron and generally turned their back on Socialist and Republi- to give up, as Trump’s recent behavior reveals. Officials in way or another, she will, from now on, be seeking to considered it a kind of meddling in France’s internal can parties means the EU has been defeated in the other states realize that US power, however measured, is maintain the unity which has emerged among far-right affairs. That is why rifts have been growing between election. Needless to say, EU leaders cannot equate still far greater than that of any other state, that US am- groups. In this equation, she will play the role of a pivot. the EU and the public opinion in France in the wake of Le Pen’s defeat with their victory in the election. The bivalence results in unpredictable behavior, and that the Nationalist groups and far-right currents in such coun- the recent election. Creating the impression that the defeat of a united Europe came about in the very first already considerable costs challenging US leadership are tries as the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Austria, etc, EU has been the victor in France’s presidential vote round of the presidential vote when traditional parties all the greater for this reason. have managed to make recruitments in their countries will further widen the chasm. supporting the status quo in Europe failed to make it If we face a multi-polar world in the future, what in recent years. The election in France showed a united - A united Europe seeks to create the impression to the runoff. will be its effect on world order? Can we witness a more stable world under the shadow of a multipolar world? A: It is no longer clear what it means to talk about a ‘multi-polar world.’ What I do see is a pronounced turn A review of an open case to regionally-bound power relations. There is a hier- archical, implicitly coercive character to major regional The secret dimensions of the US-Israeli spy on nuclear negotiations blocs (and always has been), since they are formed to By Karim soltani properly seem as victims of a security negotiation venues without a US green There is a division of work between two fend off the rest of the world. Yet today it is striking About 2 years ago,Russian cyber secu- action hitting them. The natural reaction light. parties benefiting from spying. The first the degree to which regional arrangements becoming rity giant Kaspersky Lab has found that of a victim of security attack includes the Overlapping in targets party would work in policy targeting and hegemonial in their intra-bloc relations. While a world a virus, mainly developed by the Zionist following: The US and its intelligence bodies the second party would operationalize of regional hegemonies might be more stable than a regime, had been traced in spy case in - Harshly condemning the spying party; had been aware of the spying case; they the policy. The red, yellow and green world of regional hierarchies, the current-day mix of he- five hotels where Iran and the 5+1 held - Disclosing everything about differ- themselves had been an accomplice in lines are totally explained and mutually gemonial and hierarchical elements in regional power nuclear negotiations; these hotels were ent aspects of the spying party to the the spy operation and setting targets. agreed. The Zionist regime is responsible relations is not, in my opinion, likely to be stable. located in Vienna, Montero, Geneva, and media and official outlets; Tamir Pardo, the former Mossad Chief, for operations to avoid unnecessary ex- Some believe that a multi-polar world will result in Lausanne, cities where nuclear negoti- - Bringing the case to court and other was the major player in intelligence ar- penses. However, it has on its side US tac- more obscure alignment of states. What do you think of ations had been regularly held. Those official legal authorities; rangement and policy targeting closely tical support in place in policy targeting. this? used for talks include the Beau-Rivage - If possible, embarking on a retalia- worked with US intelligence organiza- The nature of US reaction, Washing- A: In today’s media-saturated world, no state can hide Palace in Lausanne, Switzerland, the In- tion attempt. tions. Benjamin Netanyahu nominated ton’s records in spying on nuclear nego- where it stands in relation to other states. tercontinental in Geneva, the Palais Co- But the question is whether the US him for the position in 2010 after he tiations, the EU Troika meaningful silence, If we believe in multi-polar world for future, which burg in Vienna, the Hotel President Wil- ever displayed one of such reactions as agreed to supervise the policies on Iran’s and ultimately, US soft handling the issue power components will affect world polarization? Basi- son in Geneva, the Hotel Bayerischer Hof a possible victim of spying. In any case, nuclear dossier. Within a nuclear nego- through simply ignoring the event raises cally which countries or organizations will form those in Munich and Royal Plaza Montreux in the US is seen as one of the victims of spy tiations in their high frequency, Pardo’s the possibility that they were an accom- poles? Montreux, Switzerland. case. A review of official remarks by the secret operations had been also intense. plice in the spy case. Obviously, there will A: I, for one, do not think that power exercised by states Kaspersky Lab announced that three US officials about spying by Israel from Overlapping in operations be future reports and leaks about the spy (including ‘soft power’) suffices to characterize the world hotels had been hit by a virus, dubbed nuclear negotiations venues promising of In operations, it should be noted that case; this would be very disturbing pros- of the future. The rise of professional, largely technical Duqu and originally developed by Israeli interesting findings and clue to the na- the US had operated in its own spying pect for the US, Israel and the EU Troika. expertise within and above states has resulted a world in spies to collect information about nucle- ture of reactions; “We take steps, certain- arrangements from nuclear negotiation Brennan met with Tamir to find which functional considerations distort and even replace ar negotiations; the virus hit the systems ly, to ensure that confidential, classified venues. In November 2013 ( just ahead a way out of crisis political-territorial dynamics. It is a mistake to ignore the two or three weeks before talks. Large negotiating details stay behind closed of Geneva Joint Plan of Action) in Hotel Brennan( the former CIA chief) met effects of globalization on planetary politics. Furthermore, bulk of commentary has been address- doors in these negotiations,” former State Intercontinental in Geneva, the US spy his counterpart Tamir Pardo and other in- contemporary global arrangements depend on the con- ing the case in the international and local Department Spokesman Jeff Rathke said case leaked to the media. Michael Mann, telligence officials, as well as Prime Min- tinued capacity of capitalism as a mode of production media; however, what matters here and . “We are always mindful of the need… to Spokesman to Catherine Ashton, former ister Benjamin Netanyahu, Haaretz re- and distribution to finance a world of bourgeois prosper- relating to the discussion, is the liaison take steps to keep our discussions confi- EU Foreign Policy Chief responded the ported, citing ‘senior Israeli officials.’ The ity and large-scale political arrangements (the so-called between the US and Israeli intelligence dential,” he added. press when posed the question whether meeting reportedly aimed to end the spy multipolar world). In the face of global warming, popu- systems in carrying out this spying oper- The US reaction about spying case the nuclear negotiations venue was se- case through cooperation with Zionists. lation growth etc., I have grave doubts about capitalism’s ation. A review of the US officials’ behav- would clearly show the following infer- cure enough (given the US spying on the However, many mainstream media in the capacity to solve its internal contradictions yet again; the ior and psychology about the spy case ences possible to make: negotiations): “to find the answer, ask US US base coverage of the issue on joint center cannot hold indefinitely. and Israel’s role would be quite revealing. - They would not deny the case in its officials; I am not their spokesman, but Washington and Tel Aviv circumlocution The principle of ‘observe victim’s re- entirety; EU spokesman and not in a position to of the spying case, they will report com- action’ - They would not address the details; answer this and I do not like to answer.” mentary on Brennan’s visit to Israel and During the eavesdropping of Iran - They would not bring the case to a His answer was not very unlike reac- meeting with Pardo and Netanyahu as a Missile deterrent power and the 5+1 nuclear negotiations by the court or judicial body; tion the US Department of State spokes- legitimate visit to coordinate Washing- INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Former Zionist Premier Zionist regime, not only the host coun- - They would only superficially and person made about Israel’s spying on ton’s policies with Tel Aviv; the reality still deskEhud Olmert has admitted that there tries, but also all six states engaged in mildly condemn the act of espionage. nuclear negotiations venues. exists on the ground: The visit seeked to are scores of nuclear weapons in the Israeli arsenal. That nuclear negotiations with Iran shall be The next important question is wheth- In any case, in tactical and operational prevent any possible further leaks to the means the occupying regime of Israel is at the center of considered as victims of the espionage; er the Zionist officials would be able to issues, there is an overlapping between media of the spy case and Washington’s Iran’s legitimate defense concerns. Under such circum- yet(after 2 years) their behavior does not carry out spying operations in nuclear US and Israel intelligence organizations. complicity to that. stances, Iran’s support for Islamic resistance groups in Lebanon and Palestine and our efforts to shore up re- sistance are both religiously and realistically justifiable. If international theorists took a realistic and unbiased look Tramp against united europe at the Middle East and the record of the Zionist regime, they INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — As predict- the United States in the international sys- would understand that Iran’s defense concerns are legitimate desked, Donald Trump’s pres- tem is to confront the European Union and our concentration on defensive weapons and long- ence at the head of the political and executive and promote nationalism again. In the range missiles are part of efforts to promote our deterrence equations of the United States has created a run-up to the 2016 presidential race, the in the face of a serious threat. series of crises in the bilateral relationship be- overwhelming majority of extremist right- The fact of the matter is that White House officials are not tween Washington and united Europe. wing extremists in Europe announced in a legal position to label Iran’s defense measures as legiti- Over the past seven months, Euro- their support for Tramp’s positions. mate or otherwise. Neither do they have the authority to set pean leaders have repeatedly made communications between White limits for Iran. Legally speaking, the US is not even entitled to tentative positions on Tropics on glo- House and radical and nationalist parties recognize such legitimacy. balization, the environment, US com- in Europe have reached their peak after The decisions our country makes about its defense mitments and, most importantly, on the the recent presidential election in the capabilities are on the one hand based on religious European Union, and calls for a modi- United States. Tramp’s support of Brexit instructions and, on the other, on regional equations. fication of the White House’s approach and encouragement of other European Besides, Trump should not forget the fact that his re- and behavior countries to separate from the European spective country is not only not in a position to pass The truth is that Tramp sees himself as Union is another sign of Donald Trump’s judgment on the legitimacy of Iran’s defense measures, an outsider Europe! In other words, one anti united euro policy. Therefore, Trump but the US itself is an integral part of Iran’s legitimate of the main intentions of the President of is a real “Anti-European”. defense concerns. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 28, 2017 How Germany deals with neo-Nazis By Anna Sauerbrey of the Nazi era — swastikas, the Hitler salute, ture that effectively bans expression that might descendants to outlaw the denial of the Nazi to confront Nazi thought. For decades, Hitler’s along with many symbols that neo-Nazis have pass legal muster but still flirts with racist ide- atrocities, the American way of dealing with infamous book “Mein Kampf” was banned in To many Germans, the violence in Charlottes- developed as proxies to get around the initial ologies. The German right-wing-populist Alter- Nazism and its symbols always seemed to me Germany. But in 2016, when the copyrights ville, Va., this month and the American presi- law. Holocaust denial is also illegal. native for Germany is a good example. Though the more mature way of handling threats to lib- owned by the Bavarian government ran out, it dent’s reaction to it came as a shock. Even The law goes further. There is the legal con- its program and members do not openly em- eral democracy. appeared in a critical edition for the first time, those who have come to expect little of Don- cept of “Volksverhetzung,” the incitement to brace or reference Nazism, the party’s pro- When in 1994, the Constitutional Court and it is now sold freely in bookstores. ald Trump — he’s a uniquely unpopular figure hatred: Anybody who denigrates an individual gram dabbles in ideas that might be construed decided that denying the Holocaust was not Anti-hate laws among Germans — were aghast. “It’s racist, far- or a group based on their ethnicity or religion, as racist, and as a result the party is considered covered by the constitutional right of free- In the wake of Charlottesville and Mr. right violence, and that requires determined or anybody who tries to rouse hatred or pro- untouchable by mainstream voters and politi- dom of expression, historians like Eberhard Trump’s comments, I’ve heard some Americans and forceful resistance no matter where in the motes violence against such a group or an cians. Jäckel argued that a truly liberal democracy bemoan the lack of strict anti-hate laws akin world it appears,” Chancellor Angela Merkel individual, could face a sentence of up to five Germans have long argued over whether should be able to allow for “stupidity” in its to Germany’s. And indeed, the episode is a re- said. years in prison. this legalistic strategy has worked. On the one public debates. Germany’s ban on the swas- minder that an open and educated discourse What a strange moment, when the German These laws apply to individuals, but they hand, Germany’s democratic system is remark- tika seems like a permanent declaration of cannot be taken for granted, anywhere. But it chancellor lectures the American president on and others are also defenses against extremist ably stable; on the other, it has a severe prob- distrust in itself, and more important, to ar- has also demonstrated the resilience of Ameri- how to deal with neo-Nazis. But it’s also an in- political parties. lem with right-wing extremist violence that gument and to education. It feels like a hasty ca’s civil society — for now. structive one, in that it highlights how the two Destroying political order again has been rising steeply since the refugee surrender. Steffen Kailitz, an associate professor at countries deal with extremism. The Constitutional Court, Germany’s high- crisis of 2015. And our laws and cultural taboos In a way, it is pointless to compare politi- the Technical University of Dresden’s Hannah In Germany, the very presence of neo-Nazis est court, can ban parties it deems intent on have not prevented the Alternative party from cal cultures. Each is unique and deeply rooted Arendt Institute who studies extremism, au- openly marching through a city bearing swas- impairing or destroying the political order. This gaining a small but steady 8 percent of voters in each country’s history. We won’t be able thoritarianism and failing democracies, said he tika-emblazoned flags, as in Charlottesville, is year the court came close to banning the ex- ahead of the national election in September. to copy America’s unique liberalism, and the found the reaction to Mr. Trump’s statement unthinkable. Unlike the United States, Germany tremist right-wing National Democratic Party Furthermore, Germany’s legal ban comes at United States probably won’t adopt our legal- about Charlottesville encouraging, because places strict limits on speech and expression but determined the organization was too weak a cost. Limits on speech are a blunt instrument. istic approach. However, there may be some the broad backlash showed that in the United when it comes to right-wing extremism. It is il- to outlaw. Though it seems a legitimate and necessary act convergence. States, the taboos against racism and extrem- legal to produce, distribute or display symbols This legal regime is backed by a political cul- of respect toward Holocaust victims and their Very cautiously, Germany is allowing itself ism remain intact. 13

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Natural ways to lower A sigh’s not just a sigh - it’s a fundamental life-sustaining reflex blood pressure Research reveals that sighing is more than a sign of depression or despair: it’s a reflex that happens several times an hour and So, what are some natural ways to lower blood pressure? helps preserve lung function There are foods that reduce blood pressure, as well as Californian scientists have identified the source of the sigh. supplements to lower blood pressure and lifestyle changes It is not just a response to sadness, depression or despair: it is, you can make. These high blood pressure home remedies also, they report, a life-sustaining reflex that helps preserve lung are pretty easy to incorporate into your life. By slowly making function. these changes to your daily habits, you can create new, And a control system in the brain keeps humans sighing about healthier routines and a much healthier you. a dozen times an hour, even when they aren’t thinking about 1. Eat a Mediterranean-style diet the future of the NHS, the European referendum or the latest Thanks to foods such as olives and flax seeds, pronouncements of Donald Trump. Mediterranean diets are very high in fruits, vegetables, sea Researchers report in Nature that two tiny clusters of nerve foods and healthy omega-3 rich fat oils. A grain-free or a cells in the brain’s stem – the region that, unbidden, automatically low-grain Mediterranean diet, naturally abundant with takes charge of breathing, sleeping and heart rate – orchestrate omega-3 foods, is ideal. the sigh. They do this in a response to an unconscious command Some of the top foods you want in your Mediterranean to reinflate as necessary the myriad tiny sacs in the lungs called diet are olive oil, flax seeds, wild-caught fish (especially alveoli, which control the body’s traffic in oxygen and carbon salmon) and a lot of fruits and vegetables, all of which will dioxide, and which sometimes collapse. help lower your blood pressure naturally. “Unlike a pacemaker that regulates only how fast we breathe, 2. Start taking a fish oil supplement (1,000-2,000 mg daily) the brain’s breathing centre also controls the type of breath we One of the main causes of high blood pressure is take,” said Mark Krasnow, a biochemist at the Stanford University inflammation in the arteries over time. Study after study has School of Medicine, and one of the authors. shown consuming fish oil, which is high in EPA and DHA “It’s made up of small numbers of different kinds of neurons. forms of omega-3 fatty acids, reduces inflammation in the Each functions like a button that turns on a different type of body. So, taking a high quality, 1,000 milligram fish oil dose breath. One button programmes regular breaths, another sighs, every single day with your meals is one of the best natural and the others could be for yawns, sniffs, coughs and maybe even ways to lower blood pressure. laughs and cries.” 3. Use magnesium to loosen things up (500 mg before The research illuminates a puzzle about ventilation for patients bed) with injuries or chronic lung disease: unless clinicians get the The mineral magnesium is great because it helps relax mechanical breathing rates exactly right, the patient is at risk of your blood vessels and can have an immediate impact on further injury. The new study delivers a better understanding naturally lowering blood pressure (and many people have of why a sigh – in effect an extra breath for an already inflated a magnesium deficiency). So should you take magnesium lung – is an important survival mechanism. The surprise lies in its supplements? Yes, and 500 milligrams daily is a great dose to simplicity. start with to address your blood pressure issues. 4. Pump up your potassium An essential element, potassium — and high-potassium pressure. Bananas contain loads of potassium and fiber. foods such as avocado and melon — helps counteract the 2. Garlic: 6. Tomatoes: effects of sodium and guard against hypertension. Some of Garlic and garlic supplements can help lower blood Tomatoes are loaded with calcium, potassium, vitamins the best potassium-rich foods include coconut water and pressure and relax smooth muscles. Research on the health A, C, and E and lycopene. Compounds in tomatoes can bananas. benefits of garlic is finding more and more miraculous effects. lower cholesterol buildup in blood vessels and combat the Coconut water is a great choice if you want something Among them, garlic seems to help thin the blood, prevent development of hypertension in a variety of ways. Lycopene, a little bit sweet to drink throughout the day. Another the blockage in blood vessels, and therefore lower blood one of the tomato’s most useful compounds, is activated by delicious way to overcome potentially low potassium levels pressure. heat, so add tomatoes to your next chili or stew. and naturally lower your blood pressure is to use coconut 3. Spinach: 7. Broccoli: water as the liquid base for your superfood smoothie in the Spinach is rich in magnesium and folate, which can help Broccoli has been found to have a whole host of beneficial morning. prevent high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. health effects including high amounts of potassium and Interestingly, potassium supplements are usually not as 4. Sunflower Seeds: chromium that help regulate blood sugar levels and weight, effective as simply eating foods high in potassium. It’s best “Sighing appears to be regulated by the fewest numbers of Rich in potassium, magnesium and healthy plant fats, both related to high blood pressure. not to take a potassium supplement in high doses unless neurons we have seen linked to fundamental human behaviour,” sunflower seeds can help reduce cholesterol levels, open up 8. Melon: otherwise directed by a doctor. said Prof Jack Feldman, a neurobiologist at University College blood vessels and promote healthy blood pressure. Melon is rich in potassium. Cantaloupe and watermelon 5. Maintain balance with CoQ10 Los Angeles and another author. “One of the holy grails in 5. Bananas: are especially rich sources. (Source: draxe.com) Coenzyme Q10, more commonly known as CoQ10, is neuroscience is figuring out how the brain controls behavior. Our an antioxidant critical for supporting heart health. It’s crucial My takeaway finding gives us insights into mechanisms that may underlie much if you’ve ever been on blood pressure or, in particular, Hypertension or high blood pressure is a health condition that requires proper medical care and attention. Should you more complex behaviours.” cholesterol-lowering medication. Two-to-three hundred ignore the disorder for too long, you will have to expect its severe consequences. Although the root cause of the disease The research team worked with laboratory mice, which sigh milligrams of Coenzyme Q10 per day is a great, natural varies, needless to say, stress can greatly affect it. Changes in diet and lifestyle can certainly impact one’s condition. For as often as 40 times an hour: they screened 19,000 patterns in remedy for high blood pressure. instance, kicking smoking, alcohol and the poisonous white powder, salt, should be on the agenda. the mice brain cells that could be linked with genetic activity, 8 foods that reduce blood pressure: To combat the disease take advantage of natural food. If you haven’t considered putting back the lovely, strong garlic and zeroed in on 200 neurons in the brain stem that make 1. Dark chocolate: cloves in your dishes, do so now. It’s best to have the garlic raw, peeled right before the meal, and take bites of it with your and release one of two peptides, protein fragments important Look for a dark chocolate that contains at least 200 food. Yummy! ENJOY! in brain signalling. The same family of peptides is at work in milligrams of cocoa phenols, which can reduce blood human brains, and known to be important in breathing and sighing: what the mouse research exposed was the genes and the nerve cells that controlled them. Dementia care a huge financial hit for families The two laboratories co-operated to discover that the peptides triggered another set of nerve cells to activate the Annual costs may top $320,000, study estimates mice muscles and heave a sigh. If the scientists blocked one set of peptides, the animals sighed at half the rate. If they silenced By Alan Mozes Health. both, the sighs stopped altogether. Since the function of the “That’s not the case. Private long-term care insurance sigh was to reinflate collapsed alveoli with twice the normal Caring for a family member with a neurological disorder may help, but benefits can be exhausted and few families intake of air, sighing becomes part of the survival machinery. such as dementia is vastly more expensive than caring for a have policies. For a disease like dementia, the burden and “If you don’t sigh every five minutes or so, the alveoli will slowly senior who is dementia-free, a new study finds. cost falls on the individual and the family,” he explained in a collapse causing lung failure. That’s why patients in early iron The average yearly cost of caring for a dementia-free school news release. lungs had such problems, because they never sighed,” said senior is roughly $137,000. But the price tag rises to $321,000 About 5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer’s Feldman. for care of those struggling with dementia. or another form of dementia, the researchers said. That A sigh is not just a sigh. However the Californian study And about 70 percent of that yearly cost ultimately falls on number is expected to grow considerably because more offers no answers as to why people might sigh when anxious, the shoulders of the family members rather than insurance, than 61 million baby boomers will be 65 or older by 2029. melancholy, or exasperated. the researchers said. The rest of the cost typically splits evenly The current finding stems from a computer analysis “There is certainly a component of sighing that relates to between Medicare and Medicaid. that modeled expenses incurred caring for about 16,000 an emotional state. When you are stressed, for example, you “A lot of people, I think, believe that Medicare will pay hypothetical seniors. Data was drawn from Medicare records sigh more,” said Feldman. “It may be that neurons in the brain for their long-term care,” said lead author Eric Jutkowitz, an as well as national studies. The average age of dementia areas that process emotion are triggering the release of the sigh assistant professor at Brown University’s School of Public used in the model was 83. (Source: webmd.com) neuropeptides – but we don’t know that.” (Source: The Guardian) Microwaving food in plastic: Dangerous or not? Let’s cover the original misinformation microwaved, BPA and phthalates may leak kinds of foods. The maximum allowable If you’re concerned about plastic first: The earliest missives warned that into the food. Any migration is likely to be amount is 100–1,000 times less per pound wraps or containers in the microwave, microwaved plastic releases cancer-causing greater with fatty foods such as meats and of body weight than the amount shown to transfer food to glass or ceramic containers chemicals called dioxins into food. The cheeses than with other foods. harm laboratory animals over a lifetime of labeled for use in microwave ovens. Servcorp Workspace Solutions problem with that warning is that plastics The FDA long ago recognized the use. Only containers that pass this test can Don’t let plastic wrap touch food don’t contain dioxins. They are created potential for small amounts of plasticizers display a microwave-safe icon, the words during microwaving because it may melt. +98 21 7598 1700 when garbage, plastics, metals, wood, and to migrate into food. So it closely regulates “microwave safe,” or words to the effect Wax paper, kitchen parchment paper, Fully furnished office Trilingual support team other materials are burned. As long as you plastic containers and materials that come that they’re approved for use in microwave white paper towels, or a domed container suites Receptionist to manage don’t burn your food in a microwave, you into contact with food. 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They aren’t and mustard are not microwave-safe. often added to plastic to help shape or migration of chemicals at temperatures necessarily unsafe; the FDA simply hasn’t Microwavable takeout dinner trays First Month stabilize it. Two of these plasticizers are that the container or wrap is likely to determined whether it is or not. are formulated for one-time use only and Virtual Office Is Styrofoam microwave safe? bisphenol-A (BPA), added to make encounter during ordinary use. For will say so on the package. FREE! clear, hard plastic microwave approval, the agency estimates Contrary to popular belief, some Old, scratched, or cracked containers, No further phthalates, added to make plastic the ratio of plastic surface area to food, Styrofoam and other polystyrene or those that have been microwaved many obligations soft and flexible how long the container is likely to be in containers can safely be used in the times, may leach out more plasticizers. BPA and phthalates are believed to the microwave, how often a person is likely microwave. Just follow the same rule you Don’t microwave plastic storage be “endocrine disrupters.” These are to eat from the container, and how hot follow for using other plastic containers in bags or plastic bags from the grocery store. substances that mimic human hormones, the food can be expected to get during the microwave: Check the label. .. Before microwaving food, be sure to Levels 7, 8 & 9 Park Building, Kaj Abadi ValiAsr Street, Tehran and not for the good. microwaving. The scientists also measure The bottom line vent the container: leave the lid ajar, or lift Australia Dubai Doha London Tokyo Hong Kong Singapore Paris When food is wrapped in plastic the chemicals that leach into food and the Here are some things to keep in mind the edge of the cover. 30 locations across the MiddleEast, 155+ locations worldwide or placed in a plastic container and extent to which they migrate in different when using the microwave: (Source: health.harvard.edu) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 TECHNOLOGY AUGUST 28, 2017

10 hot titles of IT world Report shows that AI is more By Alireza Khorasani Here are high rated IT titles in the world that reviewed by important to IoT than big data insights savvy tech users: By Eileen Brown Microsoft is rolling out big changes to its Premier 1 Support plans and structure, which are meant to The problem with big data and business better support businesses adding cloud services to their mix. intelligence software is that it is reac- Up until recently, Microsoft Premier Support has been relying tionary and static. It is great for analys- on 8,000 “world class support specialists” to provide these ing things after the event -- but how do kinds of services for more than 11,000 enterprises worldwide, enterprises manage when they need re- according to Microsoft’s Premier Support datasheet. al-time insight? A recent survey from data analysis expensive new ransomware targets organisations provider GlobalData showed that IoT 2 with specially crafted phishing lures. professionals still have a heavy reliance The Defray ransomware demands $5,000 from victims and on traditional business intelligence (BI) has targeted hospitals, manufacturing companies, and software. Around 40 percent of its 1,000 even an aquarium with small-scale but highly-customised respondents ranked BI platforms well campaigns. above all other means of analysing data. Unfortunately, do-it-all BI software Drones will watch Australian beaches for sharks platforms have been usurped by small- 3 with AI help. er, more discrete ways of deriving value They’ll spot sharks with greater accuracy than humans alone. from enterprise data. It could be a direct SQL query, a predictive data modeller, an MIT researchers use drone fleets to track warehouse auto-generated data discovery visual- 4 inventory. isation, or an interactive dashboard that That’s the new system developed by MIT researchers, delivers insights in real-time. which could prevent mismatches and help employees find The reasons for this are that users rely particular items faster on top of looking really cool with a on basic reporting mechanisms that use bunch of worker drones zipping around. complex queries and reports. BI software are abandoned prior to deployment are lems at once. local optimization through AI. tends to be reactionary and static. This deployment and maintenance costs. The survey shows that enterprise buy- This approach will not solve all prob- Microsoft has stopped selling new Xbox One brings costs into the enterprise to build Encouragingly, however, nearly 70 ers are eager to improve operational ef- lems, but it is affordable and it will have 5 consoles in the US and UK. Technically, it’s listed as and maintain systems. percent of enterprises who had already ficiencies. Forty three percent of survey a direct impact on businesses. It will help “sold out” on the Microsoft Store and doesn’t even show up For the Internet of Things (IoT), enter- implemented an IoT solution indicate respondents indicated that the best role to prove the value of IoT by not building in searches for Xbox systems. It seems the original version of prises need to focus their efforts on the that the project had already met their for AI is to centrally automate and opti- an expensive monolithic analytics system the console that launched in November 2013 has finally been basics of business optimization rather return-on-investment (ROI) expectations, mise business processes. centrally. retired; All hail the slimmer S and souped-up X versions. than innovate from insights. But business- regardless of the initial goals. Although centralization is part and Brad Shimmin, service director for es are reluctant. AI could be the answer to the IoT parcel to traditional BI analysis, reporting, global IT technology and software at The new version of Samsung Internet Browser This reluctance to follow the broader problem. It could prove the value of IoT and predictive modeling, where AI tends GlobalData, said: “It becomes clear, 6 has been improved with all the new features market away from BI platforms within IoT as a means of optimizing existing busi- to be most useful is at the edge of de- therefore, that IoT practitioners should introduced in the beta app. Among the most important new is concerning. The survey noted a subtle ness processes. ployments. IoT deployments should use emphasize tactical benefits over strategic improvements included is the night mode, which seems to shift over time with IoT deployment fails. Even with a simple AI Machine Learn- tools like ML, close to the device itself. analytical insights at least at the outset have more and more fans among smartphone users. In 2016, no failures were noted ing (ML) framework and model, IoT prac- Any analytics endeavors should be of a project as a means of proving ROI post-deployment. In 2017, however, that titioners would be able to detect anom- brief and focused on solving specific and securing future investment from the The development team behind Google Chrome for number had increased to 12 percent. alies and predict desired outcomes. This challenges. IoT buyers want centralized, business.” 7 computers is working on a neat new feature. In the The top reason IoT deployments fail or would enable them to solve two prob- global visibility of the business but also (Source: zdnet) future, the browser will let you permanently mute any specific website. The switch making this possible is currently being experimented with in Chrome’s Canary branch, which is the Qualcomm president Aberle leaving amid Apple legal battle most cutting edge of them all. Qualcomm’s president, Derek Aberle, will step down at business of charging royalties on mobile devices. But the all the best in the future,” Mollenkopf said. the end of the year. company has been hinting that an out-of-court settle- Neither Mollenkopf nor Aberle, who said he was “very Uber has abandoned plans to move into The departure marks the second high-level surprise ment with the iPhone maker may be near. proud” of his work at Qualcomm, offered an explanation 8 massive California headquarters because it change in the semiconductor industry after Intel an- Qualcomm said another longtime veteran, executive for the timing of the change. needs to cut losses nounced on Tuesday evening that group president and vice president Alex Rogers, will begin reporting to CEO Bernstein Research analyst Stacy Rasgon said the The company had planned to turn Uptown Station, a former chief financial officer Stacy Smith would retire. Steve Mollenkopf, likely setting him up to become the departure surprised him and could indicate deepening 380,000-square foot building which formerly housed a Aberle, who worked at Qualcomm for 17 years, de- company’s number two executive. problems at Qualcomm. Sears department store, into an extension of its global cided to leave as the company is the midst of huge legal Mollenkopf issued a statement praising Aberle. “I Shares of Qualcomm, which have lost 19% so far this headquarters. Uber’s more modest current headquarters are battles with antitrust regulators around the world plus want to thank Derek for the vision, creativity, dedication, year, were up almost 1% in premarket trading. located on San Francisco’s Market Street. one of its largest customers, Apple that challenge its core and judgment he brought to the company and wish him (Source:Fortune )

Ex-CEO Nilekani appointed chairman in desperate 9 attempt to stabilize Infosys AccuWeather still shares precise Google search uses a medical quiz to His ability to recruit a suitable CEO candidate may depend on how much of an arms-length agreement with the board location data with ad firms help diagnose depression and management the co-founders of the company agree to.

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Philippines says will lift Uber suspension if hefty fine paid The Philippine transport regulator said it would lift a one- month suspension on Uber Technologies Inc if it paid a pen- alty of 190 million pesos ($3.7 million), a fine nearly 20 times greater than Uber had offered to pay. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, or LTFRB, said Uber also needed to collectively pay its drivers nearly 20 million pesos daily as financial assistance AccuWeather is still sending precise AccuWeather responded with a forced Only half of Americans who face de- formation to people with mental health during the suspension period. geolocation data to a third-party ad- apology, which one leading Apple critic pression get help for it, and Google is issues. Facebook is testing AI that can vertiser, ZDNet can confirm, despite John Gruber called a “bulls**t response.” determined to increase that percent- detect suicidal comments and make it updating its app earlier this week to However, tests conducted by Stra- age. As of today, it’s offering a medically easier to get help, while its Instagram remove a feature that collected user’s fach show that the updated app, re- validated, anonymous screening ques- service recently started offering sup- location data without their permission. leased Thursday, still shares precise tionnaire for clinical depression if you port to users when their friends report In case you missed it, AccuWeath- geolocation data with a data moneti- search for information on the condi- concerning posts. er was until this week sending the zation and advertising firm. tion. This won’t definitively indicate that In many cases, they’re concerned near-precise location of its iPhone app ZDNet independently verified the you’re clinically depressed, to be clear, both about offering a helping hand as users to Reveal Mobile, a data moneti- findings. We found that AccuWeather but it will give you useful information well as making sure that you get ac- zation firm -- even when location shar- was still, with location sharing enabled, you can take to a doctor. And impor- curate information. Google and others ing was switched off. Security research- sending precise GPS coordinates and tantly, the very presence of the ques- are determined to fight fake news, and er Will Strafach, who first reported the altitude albeit to a different advertiser, tionnaire promises to raise awareness they know that the consequences of issue, also accused the company of without the user’s explicit consent. and promote treatment beyond what a false or incomplete medical informa- sharing a user’s precise GPS coordi- A spokesperson for AccuWeather basic information card would offer. tion could be serious. If you need help, nates under the guise of providing lo- did not respond to a request for com- The questionnaire is part of a larger they want to be sure you get the ap- cal weather alerts. ment. effort from internet giants to provide propriate support. The news sparked outrage and anger. (Source: zdnet) helpful and potentially life-saving in- (Source: FinancialTimes) “We’re working hard to meet the conditions for the lifting of the suspension and hope to resume operations as soon as possible,” Uber said in a statement. Trump’s cybersecurity advisors resign en masse The Uber freeze has attracted public attention because Another Trump panel has taken a hit after eight out of and violence of hate groups” when asked about the and Technology Policy Chief of Staff Cristin Dorgelo and many Philippine commuters regard the ride hailing app 28 of its members resigned en masse. Members of the “horrific violences in Charlottesville” as one of the rea- White House Council on Environmental Quality Manag- as more reliable and competitive than mainstream trans- National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), which sons why they left. Instead, they said, the president ing Director Christy Goldfuss. port services. advises Homeland Security on matters of cybersecurity, chose to offer false equivalencies and question CEOs’ The president recently lost two other panels before Uber recently said it had nearly 67,000 Philippine drivers. have dropped out of the panel due to several reasons. In motives when they decided to leave their respective the NIAC members resigned. His administration dis- The LTFRB said the penalty was calculated by “taking into the resignation letter obtained by NextGov, they said the advisory panels following the incident. In addition, they solved the Manufacturing Council and the Strategic and consideration the number of days that (Uber) should be sus- president doesn’t give enough attention to the coun- didn’t appreciate his move to withdraw from the Paris Policy Forum, but not before a good number of their pended in relation to the daily average income.” try’s cyber vulnerabilities. “You have given insufficient Agreement. members already left. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigned Citing data submitted by Uber, the LTFRB said it had daily attention to the growing threats to the cybersecurity of The members, who were appointed under the pre- a few days after Charlottesville, along with a bunch of income of up to 10 million pesos from at least 150,000 trips. the critical systems upon which all Americans depend, vious administration, resigned just before the panel was executives from other industries. Tesla and SpaceX chief The fine took into account the remaining suspension period including those impacting the systems supporting our supposed to hold its quarterly business meeting. They Elon Musk left way back in June, however, right after the of 19 days, said LTFRB board member Aileen Lizada. democratic election process,” the letter reads. include these Obama-era officials: the first ever White US dropped out of the Paris Accord. (Source:Reuters) They also cited his failure “to denounce intolerance House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil, Office of Science (Source: Defenceone) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 28, 2017 SCIENCE 11 Iranian, American nanosensor Researchers develop highly detects canned food toxics in 20s flexible, wearable display How do you feel when technology you saw in a movie is A research team from Sahand University Highlighting the cost-effectiveness of made into reality? Collaboration between the electrical en- of Technology, Iran, in close collaboration this sensor, he added the “fabrication ex- gineering and the textile industries has made video screens with Tennessee University, USA, designed penditure of this sensor, even in laborato- and displays on clothing a reality. and manufactured a biological nanosen- ry scale, is about three thousand tomans, A research team led by Professor Kyung Cheol Choi at sor capable of detecting the hazardous being decreased if the mass production the School of Electrical Engineering presented wearable dis- substances in canned foods with en- is reached. One of the significant factors plays for applications including fashion, IT and healthcare. hanced precision in just twenty seconds. is the equipment needed to develop this Integrating organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) into fab- According to Iran Nanotechnology sensor. rics, the team developed the most highly flexible and reliable Initiative Council (INIC), the laborato- Well-established process technology for wearable displays in the world. ry-scale production of this nanosensor Since the proposed manufacturing As world trends are focusing on the Internet of Things costs only $1, and its finished cost includ- process is well-established, it is possi- (IoT) and wearable technology, the team drew a lot of at- ing electrical circuits will reach around ble to supply all equipment necessary tention by developing and commercializing clothing-inte- $16. for producing the sensor with a total grated wearable displays. The research for realizing displays The studies confirm that the use of amount of twenty million tomans. The on clothing gained considerable attention from academia as canned foods in a prolonged period of application of this manufacturing meth- well as industry when research on luminescence in fabrics time results in many acute illnesses. It od also leads to an exceedingly high was introduced in 2011; however, there was no technology arises from the presence of hazardous sensitivity and short detection time of for commercializing it due to its surface roughness and flex- substances in the production of canned twenty seconds.” ibility. cans. “Aptamer is used as a probe molecule Because of this technical limitation, clothing-integrated Concentration of Bisphenol A in this sensor. These molecules are na- wearable displays were thought to be unreachable technol- “This research effort aimed at moni- nometric structures one of whose ends ogy. However, the KAIST team recently succeeded in devel- toring the concentration of hazardous are attached to the sensor electrode and oping the world’s most highly efficient, light-emitting clothes Bisphenol A in canned foods and bever- other one floats in an analyte-containing that can be commercialized. ages maintained in plastic containers. Hadi Mirzajani, referring to the hazard- the most commonly used substance in solution. The research team used two different approaches, fabric The previous methods are costly and ous substance of Bisphenol A as one of the production of canned cans. To use a specific sensor for a certain type and fiber type, in order to realize clothing-integrated require highly specialized laboratories. In application, Aptamers should be selected wearable displays. In 2015, the team successfully laminat- addition, they suffer from weak diagnos- “Aptamer is used as a probe molecule in such that they benefit from high connec- ed a thin planarization sheet thermally onto fabric to form tics and insufficient precision. tivity and selectivity over a particular mol- a surface that is compatible with OLEDs approximately 200 Therefore, in our research, we have this sensor. These molecules are nanometric ecule,” added Mirzajani, noting that the nanometers thick. Also, the team reported their research out- tried to overcome the mentioned limi- structures one of whose ends are attached to application of nanotechnology as one of comes on enhancing the reliability of operating fiber-based tations in detecting this hazardous sub- the sensor electrode and other one floats in an the main reasons for the high accuracy of OLEDs. In 2016, the team introduced a dip-coating method stance by designing and manufacturing this sensor. capable of uniformly depositing layers of polymer light-emit- a cheap and fast bio-nanosensor,” said Dr. analyte-containing solution. (Source: mehrnews.com) ting diodes, which show high luminance even on thin fabric. (Source: farsnews.com) Exoplanet has a ‘glowing water vapor’ atmosphere By Ashley Strickland exoplanets since at least the early 2000s,” Ringing in ears keeps brain said Tom Evans, research fellow at Univer- When astronomers looked toward the sity of Exeter. Evans is also the author of a more at attention, less at planet WASP-121b, they were searching new study on WASP-121b, published in the rest, study finds for evidence of an atmosphere. What they journal Nature this week. didn’t expect to see was a stratosphere Astronomers studied WASP-121b with Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded made up of water so hot, it was glowing. both the Hubble and Spitzer space tel- medical treatment and scientific understanding. A new study The stratosphere is a layer of atmos- escopes to learn more about the planet by University of Illinois researchers found that chronic tinnitus phere where temperature increases at and analyze how the planet’s brightness is associated with changes in certain networks in the brain, higher altitudes. On Earth, ozone in our changed at different wavelengths of light. and furthermore, those changes cause the brain to stay more stratosphere captures UV radiation from The researchers compare the water at attention and less at rest. the sun, warming that layer. Elsewhere in molecules to fireworks, whose colors come The finding provides patients with validation of their expe- our solar system, methane warms the strat- from chemicals emitting light. These water riences and hope for future treatment options. ospheres of Jupiter and Saturn’s largest molecules were giving off radiation in the “Tinnitus is invisible. It cannot be measured by any device moon, Titan. form of infrared light, which humans can’t a solid. oxide gases, which could survive the high we have, the way we can measure diabetes or hyperten- But detecting these layers around exo- see. But Hubble could. Exactly how the stratosphere can remain temperatures of WASP-121b’s atmosphere. sion,” said study leader Fatima Husain, a professor of speech planets has been tricky. Hubble detected the glowing water intact at such a high temperature is some- They could also absorb starlight, raising the and hearing science at the University of Illinois. “So you can WASP-121b, which is 880 light-years molecules in the atmosphere, implying that thing the researchers want to investigate. temperature of the stratosphere. But they have this constant sound in your head, but nobody else can away from us, is considered a hot Jupi- the upper layers were hotter than the lower “We think there must be something haven’t been detected, so further observa- hear it and they may not believe you. They may think it’s all ter-like planet. It has a greater mass and layers, to indicate a stratosphere. heating the upper atmosphere of WASP- tion is needed, Evans said. in your imagination. Medically, we can only manage some radius than Jupiter, making it “puffier.” Why are the water molecules 121b to cause the stratosphere, but we Needless to say, just because this ex- symptoms, not cure it, because we don’t understand what’s Astronomers now have the strongest glowing? currently don’t know what it is,” Evans said. oplanet has an identifiable stratosphere causing it.” evidence yet that hot Jupiter-like exoplan- If WASP-121b were any closer to its host “On WASP-121b, the temperature is too doesn’t mean it can support life. But being One factor that has complicated tinnitus research is the ets have stratospheres. star, it would be ripped apart by the star’s high for ozone, but perhaps there’s some able to study hot Jupiters and search for at- variability in the patient population. There are a lot of var- “The question of whether or not strat- gravity. The top of the planet’s atmosphere other type of gas performing a similar role.” mospheres and stratospheres with the cur- iables -- for example, duration, cause, severity, concurrent ospheres form in hot Jupiters has been is heated to 2,500 degrees Celsius -- so hot Two possibilities that have been sug- rent technology could lead to something hearing loss, age, type of sound, which ear and more -- one of the major outstanding questions in that iron can exist only as a gas, instead of gested are titanium oxide and vanadium even more exciting. (Source: CNN) which have led to inconsistent study results. “We have been so swamped by variability that finding an- ything that is consistent, that gives us one objective metric Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Co., after Constructing Three Large Iron Ore and Steel Projects for tinnitus, is very exciting,” said Husain, who also is affiliated with the neuroscience program and the Beckman Institute for A number of three iron ore and steel tion of concentrate in the long term, of Environment. Once final license is Advanced Science and Technology at Illinois. projects will be put into operation by the initial license to use anomaly iron received, preliminary steps will start for Using functional MRI to look for patterns across brain Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Com- ore reserve (D19) with the approximate the operation of this iron ore mine.” function and structure, the new study found that tinnitus is, pany. reserve of 70-100 million tons was is- Elsewhere in his remarks, the senior in fact, in the hearers’ heads -- in a region of the brain called Managing Director of Chadorma- sued for Chadormalu Mining & Indus- official of the company enumerated the precuneus, to be precise. (Source: eurekalert.org) lu Mining & Industrial Company Eng. trial Company and Central Iron Ore some growing activities of the com- Mahmoud Nourian announced the Company, he maintained. pany and added: “Like previous years, above statement and pointed to the In this regard, Dasht Youz Mining research projects were put atop agenda growing trend of this company and and Exploration Company has been es- with the aim of reducing expenses and Kepler satellite discovers said: “With the coordination made in tablished in 2016, he opined. costs, optimizing and conserving ener- variability in the Seven this regard, three large iron ore and Using the mentioned reserve has gy resources, using latest technologies, steel projects will become operational.” caused sustainability of concentrate etc.” Sisters Considering the remaining reserve production in the long term, he said, In the end, Managing Director of of current iron ore of the company and adding: “Necessary follows up and Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Com- Production Factory with the production The Seven Sisters, as they were known to the ancient Greeks, the necessity of sustainable provision of different meetings were made in the pany Eng. Mahmoud Nourian said: “Pi- capacity of one million tons started in are now known to modern astronomers as the Pleiades star iron ore and also continuous produc- presence of exports of the Department lot operation of Chadormalu Steel Ingot Feb. 2017 cluster - a set of stars which are visible to the naked eye and have been studied for thousands of years by cultures all over the world. Now Dr Tim White of the Stellar Astrophysics Centre at Aarhus University and his team of Danish and international Mechanism of Settlement of Currency Transactions of Crude Oil Provided at the Capital Market astronomers have demonstrated a powerful new technique Mechanism for settling currency trans- first time, the mechanism of settling cur- oil in Energy Stock Market, he said, add- maintained. for observing stars such as these, which are ordinarily far too actions of crude oil was provided at the rency transactions of crude oil was pro- ing: “Fortunately, suitable ways have It should be noted that the idea for bright to look at with high performance telescopes. Their work capital market, Public Relations Dept. of vided in the capital market, so that giant been provided for the transactions of launching Oil Stock Market was first is published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) strides were taken for the international this strategic products.” raised in the late 1990s within the frame- Society. reported. transactions of this strategic product.” Under such circumstances, EDBI will work of the general policies of the 3rd Using a new algorithm to enhance observations from the CEO of Central Deposit Company Widespread measures commenced be the first bank that will carry out the Five-Year Socioeconomic and Cultural Kepler Space Telescope in its K2 Mission, the team has per- Mohammad-Reza Mohseni announced to layout necessary infrastructures for settlement of currency transactions of Development Plan, he ended. formed the most detailed study yet of the variability of these the above statement and said: “For the the international transactions of crude crude oil in the energy stock market, he stars. Satellites such as Kepler are engineered to search for planets orbiting distant stars by looking for the dip in bright- ness as the planets pass in front, and also to do asteroseismol- ogy, studying the structure and evolution of stars as revealed Official Reveals the Flourishing Period in Supply of Petrochemicals at IME by changes in their brightness. Supplying the required raw materials of IME, Downstream Bureau of National ket and said: “To me, IME is currently Because the Kepler mission was designed to look at thou- downstream economic enterprises in Petrochemical Company (NPC) and pet- booming in the field of supplying petro- sands of faint stars at a time, some of the brightest stars are the petrochemical industry is one of the rochemical complexes. chemicals as compared to the previous actually too bright to observe. Aiming a beam of light from major concerns of this industry. Given the above issue, upstream eco- years, because, governance institutions a bright star at a point on a camera detector will cause the In recent months, Competition Coun- nomic enterprises supply their products such as Market Regulating Headquar- central pixels of the star’s image to be saturated, which caus- cil as a governance system of regulator, at IME while NPC’s Downstream Bureau ters, Organization to Support Rights es a very significant loss of precision in the measurement of has taken giant stride in order to solve is responsible for pricing petrochemical of Consumers and also Competition the total brightness of the star. This is the same process which the existing problem to some extent, products. Council rolled up their sleeves in order causes a loss of dynamic range on ordinary digital cameras, Public Relations Dept. of Iran Mercantile Moreover, widespread distribution of to solve problems facing this market.” which cannot see faint and bright detail in the same exposure. Exchange (IME) announced the above petrochemical products is of the other In the end, he said: “We managed to The “solution to observing bright stars with Kepler turned out statements. issues facing this industry and neces- create a more stable conditions in the to be rather simple,” said lead author Dr. Tim White. “We’re chiefly Pricing and supplying petrochemical sary strategies and measures should be Managing Director of Iran Mercantile field of supplying petrochemicals in co- concerned about relative, rather than absolute, changes in bright- products are made possible in a calm adopted in order to operating it. Exchange (IME) pointed to the situation operation with the petrochemical pro- ness. We can just measure these changes from nearby unsaturat- environment in cooperation with the For his part, Dr. Hamed Soltaninejad of supplying petrochemicals at tis mar- duction complexes.” ed pixels, and ignore the saturated areas altogether.” (Source: EurekAlert) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 LIFE&SOCIETY AUGUST 28, 2017

One in four Iranians Opponents of GMOs have no suffering from prediabetes scientific proof: environment chief SOCIETY TEHRAN — While 10 percent of Iranians deskare diagnosed with diabetes, 25 percent of ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Those the effect of genetically modified crops the population are suffering from prediabetes. deskvoicing their opposi- on health and the environment, the ef- “That means if they don’t get treatment, it will lead to type tion to genetically modified organisms fect on pesticide resistance, the impact of 2 diabetes,” ISNA quoted the deputy health minister Reza (GMOs) have no scientific or convincing such crops for farmers, and the role of the Malekzadeh as saying. proof, Iran’s chief of the Department of crops in feeding the world population. In this case, about one third of Iranians would suffer from Environment said on Saturday. Some scientists argue that in humans, the disease in the next 15 “Some 16 million hectares of land are the number one most common side ef- years, he added. planted with genetically modified crops fect of consuming GM foods is allergic He named urbanization worldwide,” Isa Kalantari said, adding, seven reaction. A GM food may also increase and industrialization as the years ago a comprehensive research was its production of toxins at levels already main risk factors for type 2 conducted in association with 70 univer- harmful to humans. diabetes. sities worldwide by allocating $500 million Some genetically modified foods have Having a body mass in- examining the possible disadvantages of been reported to be void of nutritional val- dex (BMI) of higher than 25, GM crops on human health. ue. Because genetic engineering tends to a lack of regular exercise, “The extensive research did not sup- focus more on increasing their production, and an unhealthy diet could port any assumptions about the adverse prolonging their lifespan and ability to de- also increase the risk of dia- effects of the genetically modified crops,” ter pest, the nutritional value of some crops betes, he noted. Kalantari stated. is sometimes being compromised. More than 80 percent A great deal of cooking oil, corn, and In terms of its environmental effects, tox- of disabilities are caused by soybeans imported to the country are icity is a huge issue concerning GM crops. non-communicable diseases genetically modified, “I personally do not In addition to that, the long term effects of (NCDs), he said, referring to oppose genetically modified crop do- GMOs are not certain. Scientists fear that IraPEN, as a national health reform plan, which was launched mestic production and believe that those excessive production of genetically modi- in 2014 by the health ministry to provide general health cov- opposing it are all talk.” fied foods that have toxin producing prop- erage, including access to NCD prevention and care, and There is no rational reasoning behind Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the modified crops instead of conventional erty will be rendered ineffective over time. mental health services. such claims, those who are against the Convention on Biological Diversity (an crops, and other uses of genetic engi- This is because the pests that these toxins GM crop are merely relying on political international agreement which aims to neering in food production. used to deter might eventually develop re- reasons, he suggested. ensure the safe handling, transport and The dispute involves consumers, sistance towards them. In Iran, the biosafety working group use of living modified organisms (LMOs)). farmers, biotechnology companies, gov- The production of GM foods impos- Teen hiker lost in Tennessee (affiliated with the Department of Envi- Further the ministries of health and ernmental regulators, non-governmental es high risks to the disruption of biodi- forest for 11 days turns up ronment) is tasked with imposing regu- agriculture are also in charge of providing organizations, and scientists. versity. This is because the “better” traits lations and investigating the negative im- consents for production of GMOs in the The key areas of controversy related produced from engineering genes can ‘looking fine’ pacts of GMOs both on environment and country. to genetically modified food are wheth- result to the favoring of one organism. human health. Genetically modified food controver- er such food should be labeled, the role Furthermore, the introduction of genet- The working group is established in sies are disputes over the use of foods of government regulators, the objectivi- ically modified organisms can eventually A teenager who went missing in a dense Tennessee forest for and other goods derived from genetically ty of scientific research and publication, 11 days has been found in “good condition”. 2010 following Iran becoming a party to disrupt the natural process of gene flow. Austin Bohanan got lost after being separated from his stepfather during a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains Na- tional Park. New study finds that climate change costs will hit Trump country hardest The 18-year-old, who managed to survive for nearly two By John Abraham our fortunes in the future. weeks without any food, said he was not “scared” and fol- Something should be said about how this study was lowed his instincts. Humans are causing Earth’s climate to change. We know completed. A team with expertise in climate change, eco- “The main thing was just keep my calm, keep my cool, and that. We’ve known it for decades. Okay so what? The fol- nomics, big data, and risk modeling was assembled. Large just keep moving. It’s just instinct, I guess, that came out,” the low-up questions should be directed to what the effects scale climate models were used to predict the future cli- avid camper told ABC News. of warming will be. What will the costs be to society, to mate that were coupled with historical observations. The “I prayed literally every night and day and it helped me the natural biosystem, and to human lives? Let’s be hon- probabilities of various given climate outcomes were cal- drive forward.” est, if the consequences of warming are not large, then culated from models. Then, empirically based economic The teenager told how he got lost while looking for his who cares? But, if the consequences are severe, then impacts were quantified with input taken from the most stepfather’s glasses that he had dropped along the way. we should take action now to reduce the warming. This recent and highest quality scientific literature. “[I] was trying to search a little bit,” he said. “I guess he really comes down to costs and benefits. Are the bene- Among the outcomes considered were changes to went on a little bit, trying to find his lenses and I didn’t see fits of reducing emissions greater or less than the costs? crop yields (large decreases in the southeast, sizable in- him again after that.” But there is a nuance to the answer. The costs are not study. It helps us plan. By identifying and quantifying creases in the northern states; labor reduction because He said he tried shouting for his stepfather but found no uniformly distributed. Some regions will suffer more and the impacts, we can begin to create a social system and of heat (basically reductions everywhere); increases to signs of where he might have gone. other regions will suffer less. In fact, some regions will actu- even biosystems that are more resilient. Thinking about crime rates (increases almost everywhere); increased en- He also told how he stopped feeling hunger after the first ally benefit in a warming climate. We understand that the creation of infrastructure that can withstand flooding ergy costs (enormous increases in the south and south- two days, once his body realized there was no food available. world is interconnected and costs will inevitably be shared along rivers and coasts, developing agricultural meth- east with very small decreases in the northwest); and “I felt hungry the first couple of days and after that the to some extent. But it is clear we won’t all suffer the same. ods that are more resilient to heat and droughts, in- coastal damage (increases everywhere). hunger just kind of went away because I guess my brain fig- It is also clear that the natural biosystems won’t suf- vesting in technologies that reduce thermal stresses on It really is a comprehensive study, one where I say ured it didn’t need to send that signal,” he said. fer the same. Some areas are more susceptible to cli- humans and animals, reforesting both urban and rural “great work” to the authors. I can’t wait to see if this type More than 100 people scoured the nearly 7,000 acre park mate change, others less so. Coastal areas and tropical regions to lower local temperatures, etc. The list goes of analysis is going to be applied elsewhere in the world. looking for Austin, with helicopters, dogs and boats joining areas are great examples. We know that sea level rise on and on. There are things we can do right now to help (Source: The Guardian) the search. and ocean acidification will impact coastal regions Austin said he followed a creek at the base of the moun- much more than where I live (Minnesota, USA). But tain where he eventually spotted kayaks and a boat that tropical zones that experience a very small climate came to his aid and alerted authorities. variation throughout the year (there is no winter, for (Source: Independent) instance, in the tropics) have biosystems that have evolved to survive in very tight climate ranges. The plants and animals just are not used to systematic N.I.O.C National Iranian LEARN ENGLISH changes to the climate. Second Announcement 1396.2359 Drilling Company Malfunction In my opinion, the most interesting research deals with answering just these questions. A: Hey Carl, can you make a copy of this contract for me Fortunately, a really important paper just came please? When you have it ready, send it out ASAP to our out in Science titled Estimating Economic Damage sub-branch. from Climate Change in the United States. Granted, B: Sure! Um... I think I broke this thing. Maxine, can you help this paper focused on the United States, but the anal- me out here? I’m not really a tech guy. ysis method and lessons can be applied elsewhere. C: Yeah, sure. I think it’s just out of toner. You can go use the So what did they find? First, even in a single coun- other one upstairs. On your way up, can you fax this while try like the United States, the losses will be very un- I try and fix this thing? even. In general, the more southern states will suffer B: Sure! Dammit! Everything in this office seems to be most. In the figure, counties are colored by economic Brief discription of subject: breaking down! Never mind. 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Robert Kopp, one of publication in person at the following address: Hall No.:113, 1thfloor, Foreign break down: suddenly stop working Procurement Dept., National Iranian Drilling Company, Airport square, Ahwaz, IRAN never mind: forget the last thing I said; don’t worry about it the authors of the study stated in a press release: In the absence of major efforts to reduce emissions Notice: Only the real or legal persons who apply to purchase and recieve tender ducments from foreign procurment department in due practical joke: a joke where something is done, rather than date and participates in tenderwill be known as tenderer from tender committee. and strengthen resilience, the Gulf Coast will take a said C) Delivery of envelopes of bids and call quality evaluating: ridiculous: very unreasonable or silly massive hit. 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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 28, 2017 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Pakistan Senate chairman: Floods kill over 1,200 U.S. has fostered terror in India, Nepal and By Marjan Golpira have a resolution of the United Nations Bangladesh TEHRAN — Mian Raza Rabbani, chair- that justifies troops moving in to other man of the Senate of Pakistan, sat with countries. So this duality in the appli- The death toll from monsoon floods in India, Bangladesh and the Tehran Times in a one-on-one inter- cation of UN resolutions is something Nepal has climbed above 1,200, as rescue workers scramble view to discuss some of the latest issues which I think is becoming far too stuck to provide aid to millions of people stranded by the worst in the region as well as ties between Iran now and the world needs to realize that. such disaster in years. and Pakistan. The world also needs to realize that Paki- All three countries suffer frequent flooding during the Below is the complete text of the in- stan has always talked about a dialogue June-September monsoon season, but international aid agen- terview. for the settlement of the issue of Jammu cies say things are worse this year with thousands of villages cut Could you please give us an up- and Kashmir. We have been talking about off and people deprived of food and clean water for days. date on the latest development of confidence building measures with India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline commonly And we have taken a number of confi- survey of flood-hit Bihar state on Saturday and has pledged called the ‘peace pipeline’ as Iran has dence building measures with India. But it a relief fund of $78m. completed its end of the deal and Pa- appears that the Modi government since Government officials in India’s eastern state of Bihar told kistan is yet to hold its end of the bar- it has taken over in India has a totally dif- Reuters news agency on Friday that at least 379 people had gain up. ferent agenda and perhaps for domes- been killed over the past few days, with thousands sheltered A: Pakistan has been working around tic consumption a secular India has now in relief camps away from their inundated homes. gas pipeline for quite some time. But un- been converted into a theocratic India (Source: Al Jazeera) fortunately, because of the sanctions that and the admiration that the West had were in place against Iran in the initial that here you have a democracy that is stages, it ran into certain teething prob- secular is now gone under the waters. The post-hegemonic era: lems. And subsequent to that up to lifting from the Russian occupation of Afghan- stan. But I am hopeful in particular after So I think the policies there are driven Greater uncertainty or the sanctions there were issues with the istan to the present state of affairs. And having had these meetings here in Teh- more by the theoretical and theological banking sector and so on and so forth. Pakistan even at that time came in de- ran and after listening to the officials that bases of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan, sustainable security? But now we have an agreement which spite the fact that its national security we would be able to move forward. They but nonetheless we believe that we are has been signed between the State Bank interest did not demand for Pakistan to are very keen that some of the MOUs, a responsible nuclear power, we will con- Absent a hegemonic power, multilateralism has be- of Pakistan and the Central Bank of Iran. play the role it did. But it came forward the agreements that have been inked in 1 tinue to give our unstinted political and come axiomatic or even inevitable. Information and Communi- That agreement has almost seen the at the time the Russians were there. Then by the two governments in electricity, gas moral support to the struggle of the cation Technologies (ICTs) and cybersecurity have revealed the light of day in as much as Pakistan has after that the Americans left us high and pipeline,… be implemented quickly. Kashmiri people but at the same time we dark side of globalization, producing both political tension and issued the notification that was required dry. Jihadis are today’s terrorists and the So I am hopeful that the economic would like to have a better relationship economic stagnation. The United States has lost its economic after the signing of the agreement. Iran price that Pakistan has had to pay in side will pick up between the two coun- with India, but India must realize that it hegemonic status to China, yet still remains active in advanc- had given it the understanding [too]. In terms of its economy, in terms of its cul- tries. And that I believe would go a long can be an Indian and American dream ing its naval dominance and power across the globe. Absent a our meetings with Iranian officials it is in ture, in terms of its civil society, in terms way in fostering or strengthening the ties that India has hegemony over the region. global consensus on rules, norms, laws, and sovereign obliga- the process of having the relevant noti- of the country being torn apart is abso- between the two countries even further. But we believe that we are ready to en- tions, the dangers of regional wars and the spread of weapons fication done. So, once that is in place, lutely horrendous. And I think the Amer- And the banking agreement between the ter into a new relationship with India on of mass destruction and terrorism would necessitate the active I think the last impediment should be icans perhaps have failed to appreciate State Bank of Pakistan and the Central the basis of sovereign equality and if and participation of U.S. leadership, only this time in a totally new out of way. We on our side have already that. The introduction of gun culture or Bank of Iran has taken place. We’ve done when the Indian government is ready for context and with massive costs and unpredictable consequenc- worked out a strategy and a plan to com- the kalashnikov culture, the introduction our part of the notification and hopeful- CBMs we would be ready to initiate those es. The United States may or may not be ready to fully take that plete the pipeline in Pakistan and we are of the drug culture has all been because ly Iran will be doing its own in the near and to start talks with India. mantle of leadership in large part because it can no longer af- estimating about a two-year period. Go- of the war in Afghanistan. We have not future so that would further facilitate the As far as the talk of terrorism is con- ford to be in the business of nation-building and regime change, ing over 2018. forgotten that the CIA had put up disutili- economic ties on both sides. cerned, India so far has been labeling if for no other reason than the fact that those tasks have proven Lives of Iranian border security ty along the Afghan-Pakistan border, and Will the political ties between the vague allegations against Pakistan, no to be daunting, costly, and untenable over time. forces have been cut short over in- we had to pay for that. We have also not two states stay the same with the new tangible proof of such has come forth, Given these realities, several questions are raised: Who secure Pakistan’s borders with Iran. forgotten the fact that after the Ameri- interim Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan whereas Pakistan has arrested [Kulbhu- will then punish international criminal and terrorists? Who will Smugglers find way into Iran through cans pulled out, the jihadis settled into Abbasi? shan] Jadhav who has confessed to the intervene in the case of genocide or ethnic cleansing? Who Pakistan loose border control. Af- Pakistan and sort of webbed themselves A: Well, although I belong to a differ- fact that he is a serving commander in will prevent the rise of another terrorist group such as ISIS? ghanistan also complains of the same into Pakistani society. ent party, I think there will be a continuity the Indian navy and he was stationed in The alternative to the previous order or the status quo may thing. What can Pakistan offer to se- So I think to maintain that Pakistan of policy of Mr. Sharif. And I think as far as Chabahar, he had to other accomplices be worse or better; however it is difficult to predict future cure its borders with Afghanistan and is running with the head and hunting Iran is concerned like in connection with with him, he was carrying on activities trends at this juncture. Iran? with the hound is totally incorrect. Paki- China, there is certain countries whose from here for a period of time, he would A different view of the rapidly changing international sys- A: Pakistan has done more than its stan has paid perhaps the highest price policy regardless of which party is in cross over into Pakistan in all probabil- tem is provided by Michael J. Mazarr (“The One and Future share and more than its bet as far as the that any country in the world has paid government is followed by all successive ity for an operation when he was ar- Order”) who argues that the post-hegemonic order requires war on terror is concerned. But I do agree in terms of terrorism. Our armed forc- governments and I think Iran is one of rested. He confessed to a number of taking a more pluralistic approach to international relations with you most certainly on the issue of es have carried out massive operations, those countries, because our relationship terrorism acts that he had undertaken and its institution, rules, and norms. In this new, multipolar the border with regard to Afghanistan both internally and externally [against with Iran is time tested, it goes back into or was planning to undertake in Paki- order, U.S. leadership will still be critical to global stability. and Iran. Obviously, it is a long border. terrorists]. And have been successful in history, it goes back into culture, it goes stan… So here you have clear cut proof Some of the proponents of this view regard the post-he- It is a border which for historical reasons stemming the tide, I would not say finish- back into religion. So I think it is a strong and these are not here allegations that gemonic world as one in which countries coalesced around and way back in time has been unattend- ing it because I don’t think it is possible relationship and I think that with each Pakistan has leveled, take the city that key regional actors and blocs, namely China, Russia, India, the ed. But given the new situation which has to say that it can be eliminated so quickly, successive government it will be stronger. these allegations have been worn out EU, Brazil, Japan, and the United States. China’s “One Belt, One emerged up to the war on terror that but we have stemmed the tide, and I take How is Pakistan going to resolve by India itself when it is taken the mat- Road,” project, which promises more than $1 trillion in infra- was fostered on this region by the Unit- a strong exception on behalf of the par- issues with neighboring countries, ter into international court of justice. So structure, in over 60 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa, ed States, new concerns have started to liament of Pakistan to these remarks of for instance disputes with India over I think the shoe is on the other foot. It is and which connects Iran to Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, is emerge. Donald Trump when we are on the front Kashmir and with Afghanistan over for India to clarify its position not only the prime example. Still others such as Joseph Nye, Jr. (“Will the As far as Afghanistan is concerned, line and we are paying the price. the Taliban? to Pakistan but to the entire world that Liberal Order Survive?”) argue that China is unlikely to exclude Pakistan has started to fence in the bor- Where does Pakistan stand on A: As far as Afghanistan is concerned, how it has been carrying out activities the United States from the western Pacific, much less exercise ders at various places in particular where Trump’s approach to the JCPOA? we have always believed that there is to destabilize Pakistan and in particular global military supremacy. U.S. security guarantees in Asia and crossings used to take place, so we are A: I believe that Obama has made only a negotiated settlement to the Af- the province of Baluchistan by sending Europe continue to provide critical reassurance for the stability now in the process of fencing that in. We substantive headway, and I think every- ghan dispute. We have always adhered infiltrators into Pakistan. essential to upholding the liberal order. have wanted to do this for a very long one throughout the world welcomed the to the policy that the Afghan dispute has Interjection: So you are hopeful The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and NATO will time. But obviously the Afghan govern- agreement, and that we found that Iran to be an Afghan internal settlement and that the matters can get resolved with prove to be crucial to the maintenance of the regional or- ment was not looking at it very kindly. till today has maintained and fulfilled all it has to be an Afghan led settlement and India? der. Global issues of climate change, poverty, pandemics, That having been said, I still would be a its commitments under the agreement. that no country can impose its settlement I am an optimist. I believe that the refugee crises, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, little skeptic, because as I said it is a long And I think that this policy of Donald on it. We also believe that a multilateral people of Pakistan want to live in peace. and the campaign against terrorism render global cooper- border; the terrain there is difficult, at Trump like all his other policies perhaps approach of the region is required in that The people of Pakistan want to chan- ation between/among different regions all the more inevita- places it is mountainous. And therefore has no roots as such, because these were respect, and we have welcomed each nelize their energies for their own de- ble. Regional cooperation is imperative to prevent economic to have a claim that it is totally sealed is pronouncements which he made during and every initiative in that has come in velopment and for building economic stagnation and the unraveling of the international system. not possible. But to say that yes it is bet- his election campaign that he would re- that regard. These certain amount of chill bridges with countries; so I am optimistic, Multilateralism becomes integral to sustainable security, eco- ter managed than before is possible. view Obama’s policy vis-à-vis Iran, and that came in to the relationship between elections are around the corner in India. nomic development, and the rule of law. Cooperation is pos- As far as Iran is concerned, we’ve had that he would try to scrap the agreement Kabul and Islamabad, we have tried to Hopefully, Modi would change his frame sible even when there is no hegemonic power. Under such a number of commissions with Iran on that was in place. And I think he is now break that or we have tried to defrost the of mind or after that when a new govern- circumstances, Robert O. Keohane (After Hegemony, 2005) the issue of border management. I know trying to give deeds to his ill-founded chill. We sent across a very high parlia- ment comes in. It is always easier to do claims that international “regimes” can work to foster coop- it’s been a sticky point as far as the Irani- policies that he announced at that time. mentary delegation to Kabul which was business with a non-BJP government. So eration between nations, even though there is no dominant ans have been concerned. But then the I think if he is able to succeed and I led by the speaker of the National As- let’s look forward to that. power to enforce any agreements. Increased cooperation, feeling, let me put it, has been mutual on put that within the inverted commas it sembly; it was a multiparty delegation. So As the chairman of the Senate of Keohane goes on to argue, does not necessarily cultivate both sides. would create a tremendous amount of the chief of the army staff has gone, the Pakistan, how do you assess the par- democratic or liberal values in contemporary world affairs. Iran wanted us to put in place another destabilization not only in the region, but chief of ISI has gone; so we are moving in liamentary relationship between Iran Different regional actors and blocs, therefore, will have to high border commission which we did, its vibrations would be felt throughout that direction. And we would like to allay and Pakistan? work together to maximize prosperity and minimize conflict. and that border commission had its first be it Europe or be it America itself. So I the fears that Afghanistan has. But then A: Well, we have a fairly good rela- No major shift in international relations is conceivable be- meeting in the month of July and sub- think he needs to be cautioned, he needs there is certain fears that we also have. tionship even at the present moment yond the general diffusion of power away from governments stantive progress has been made in that to tread carefully and he needs to now We believe that Afghanistan needs to ad- with Iran, both the houses have friend- toward non-state actors. I tend to concur with such a vision, regard. In fact when the president of Iran realize the fact that he is the president dress those issues as well. However, I am ship groups in place. He [Iran’s Majlis in part because the alternative would be far worse. visited Islamabad for the ECO summit, he of the United States of America and that optimistic but I do feel that perhaps there speaker] and myself are fairly frequent- Mahmood Monshipouri, PhD, teaches Middle Eastern Pol- expressed satisfaction with regard to the he cannot afford to make off-the-cuff is no quick solution to it. But if persis- ly in touch over the telephone. We itics at San Francisco State University and the University of progress that has been made. As a con- policies and remarks as he did during his tently with an open mind both countries have good cooperation at various oth- California, Berkeley. sequence of that, inside the country, Pa- campaign. approach the problem, I do not see too er international parliamentary forums, kistan has created a sudden command of Will new avenues of cooperation much of a difficulty. like the IPU. We are bound together in rangers which would be patrolling in the open up between Iran and Pakistan As far as India is concerned, I think the APA that is the Asian Parliamenta- How Germany deals with area and again I would say that it would now that President Rouhani has begun Pakistan’s position is a principled one. ry Association whose headquarters are not be clean but it would be a total seal- his second term as president? Pakistan’s position is a position which is here in Tehran. For in the last two years neo-Nazis ing of the border but of course it would A: I sure hope so. On the economic substantiated by international law and by not this year but the last two years Paki- be in a much better position. side, earlier on, when President Rouhani the UN resolution. It is unfortunate that stan has been the president of that. So 8 But, he added, frequent breaches of that taboo may Donald Trump has recently said had a meeting with former Prime Min- on one side the UN resolutions with ref- our relationships are good. When I met slowly shift the boundaries between politically legitimate and that Pakistan needs to change its “par- ister Nawaz Sharif, they both had come erence to Kashmir and Palestine continue Iran’s Majlis speaker I offered to him a illegitimate public expressions. Consider the number of Mr. adoxical policies” in supporting the to an agreement that the trade should to be the two oldest unresolved resolu- memorandum of understating between Trump’s supporters who approve of his position; many may not militants who are causing great losses touch the $5 billion mark. But then it has tions of the United Nations, and we have the two parliaments which would not agree with white supremacy, but they are now less willing to to the country. Your response to that been a sort of a seesaw, because of the Western capitals sort of turning a deaf only cover the parliamentarians but condemn it because they are following the president’s lead. please. tariff restrictions essentially in place by ear on it. would cover our standing committees In recent days, people in my Twitter feed have passed A: Well, I think the least said about Iran on some of the imports from Paki- On the other side we find that you as well, would cover the secretarial as around a passage from the Austrian philosopher Karl Pop- Donald Trump the better. I think he needs well so that we could learn from ex- per’s 1945 book, “The Open Society and Its Enemies,” that in to have a clearer perspective on the re- we are ready to enter a new relationship with changes and from the experiences of essence says that tolerance toward the intolerant cannot be gion that he is talking about, and in par- India on the basis of sovereign equality and if one another. He in principle agreed. I infinite, or the tolerant risk eradication. ticular about Pakistan. Had it not been and when the Indian government is ready for will go back and send a draft, they will That’s Germany’s militant democracy in a nutshell. And there for Pakistan the United States would have probably send us a draft. So we are may come a day when the United States must embrace it as well. been high and dry as far as the region CBMs we would be ready to initiate those and looking forward to a much richer peri- But for now, I have faith in a democratic public’s ability to police itself. is concerned, be it the period beginning to start talks with India. od of parliamentary cooperation. I wish Germany did. (Source: The New York Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 28, 2017

It´s not football; it´s Mayweather silences McGregor water polo - Juventus great Buffon slams VAR with 10th round stoppage Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is not a fan of using video assistant referees (VAR) in football and believes the technology A ruthless Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th round is making Serie A matches akin to water polo. technical knockout over mixed martial arts champion The reigning champions finally benefited from the initiative, Conor McGregor on Saturday, the American cement- new to Italy’s top flight this season, as Paulo Dybala netted the ing his legacy as an all-time boxing great with his 50th second goal of his hat-trick from the penalty spot in Saturday’s win in as many fights. 4-2 comeback win at Genoa. Mayweather, who had guaranteed an early finish to The hosts went 2-0 up after Andrej Galabinov converted a the 12 round contest, made good on his promise when VAR-awarded penalty, while last weekend Buffon was forced he pinned a brave-but-limited McGregor on the ropes and to keep out a spot kick from Cagliari captain Diego Farias mercilessly hammered the Irishman before referee Robert that was awarded on review before Massimiliano Allegri’s men Byrd stepped in to halt the bout. closed out a 3-0 win. The fight, which Mayweather insisted would be his last, Buffon’s main criticism of VAR centres around the regularity of sends the 40-year-old into his second retirement with a its use and fears the flow of matches is being unduly interrupted. unblemished 50-0 record to surpass heavyweight legend “You told us that VAR would be used in clear-cut incidents Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 mark for most wins without a loss where there were mistakes, but now you are even checking the or draw. replays for a trodden toe or a finger in an ear,” the veteran Italy ”This was my last fight tonight. For sure,“ Mayweather international told reporters. declared in the ring. ”Tonight was my last fight. Tonight I “It’s no longer football… it’s turning into water polo. chose the right dance partner to dance with. “It takes too long. I didn’t celebrate when we were awarded a ”Conor you are a hell of a champion. penalty because six minutes had passed. “A win is a win, no matter how you get it. Rocky Mar- “I am speaking as someone who represents a side that at- ciano is a legend and I look forward to going into the Hall tacks a great deal and is often in the opposition penalty area. of Fame one day.” “Last season we had three penalties in our favour, but if it Whether the fight will be the richest of all-time as pro- carries on like this, we’ll have 50. moters had predicted will be decided later when pay-per- “I’m happy with that as a Juventus player but it ruins the en- view numbers come in, but it certainly will not be included tertainment factor.” on any list of the great bouts in boxing. (Source: Four Four Two) On paper it would be hard to find a bigger mismatch, octagon. The American’s domination was complete by the 10th but it did not prevent millions around the globe from reach- However, McGregor’s lack of ring savvy quickly exposed round as he moved in for the kill to record his first early ing for their wallets to purchase a pay-per-view package or him as Mayweather clinically dissected the 29-year-old, finish since he stopped Victor Ortiz in controversial fashion the 14,623 spectators at T-Mobile Arena to part with big who was soon reverting to his mixed martial arts roots — almost six years ago. Di Maria agrees to €50M money for tickets. clutching, grabbing and hitting his opponent repeatedly on “I thought it was close,” a defiant McGregor argued. “I Barcelona move but on In the end, the fight proved to be the one-sided contest the back of the head. thought I had him in the early rounds. I thought he was one condition many had predicted as Mayweather shook off the rust of McGregor did come out full of fury and menace but getting me in the middle toward the end. two years of inactivity against an outclassed double UFC Mayweather, long regarded as one of the finest defensive “But where was the final two rounds? Let me wobble champion making his professional boxing debut. fighters in history, left few openings as he used the first back to me corner. Let me try and recompose myself. Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria is ready to make a move from FEW OPENINGS three rounds to feel out his opponent. You’ve got to put me out. Paris Saint-Germain to Barcelona but on one condition; and that is For months, the charismatic McGregor had boasted he Once he had studied McGregor’s technique, Mayweath- “I thought it was a little early of a stoppage. I get like that he is a guaranteed starter in Ernesto Valverede’s new-look side. would knock out Mayweather and his legions of loyal fans er took complete control of the contest by the fourth round that when I am tired. I get a little wobbly and flowy. But you Aware that he was not the Blaugrana’s first-choice target this believed every word of a man capable of backing his su- and started to land blow after blow on his easy target as the got to give it to him, that’s what 50 pro fights will give you.” summer, the 29-year-old Di Maria wants regular first-team action preme self-confidence with devastating power inside the Irishman bravely battled on. (Source: Reuters) as we build up to next summer’s World Cup in Russia and wants this confirmed before he makes the reported €50M switch from the French capital. Bournemouth withdraw complaint Schumacher’s son drives old F1 car Di Maria has an important ally at the Camp Nou in interna- tional team-mate Lionel Messi who has been championing his that Sergio Aguero assaulted steward to mark 25th anniversary cause with the new coach. Bournemouth have withdrawn a com- and no assault took place,” a Bourne- Marking the 25th anniversary of Michael F1 managing director of motorsports, The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star is ef- plaint alleging Sergio Aguero assaulted a mouth statement said. Schumacher’s first Formula One win, his who was technical director on the Benet- fectively Valverde’s third-choice option after losing out on Liv- steward in Manchester City’s win on Sat- “AFC Bournemouth recognises that teenage son Mick drove demonstration ton team when Schumacher won in ‘92. erpool’s Philippe Coutinho and Borussia Dortmund’s Ousmane urday, after the striker insisted he “did not stewards and police were carrying out laps in an old F1 car ahead of the Belgian “It was his circuit.” Dembele and Spanish portal Don Balon writes that the player hit anyone.” their duties in preventing encroachment Grand Prix on Sunday. Mick, meanwhile, is driving in the F3 does not intend to head to Catalonis to spend his time sitting on Aguero and his teammates were cele- onto the pitch, with the safety of players Schumacher, who is 18, drove 1994 championship, and is touted for a bright the substitute’s bench. brating Raheem Sterling’s 97th-minute win- and supporters in mind. F1 model of the Benetton B194 that his future. (Source: Calciomercato) ner in the 2-1 victory at the Vitality Stadium. Dorset Police earlier said in a state- father drove that year to the first of his It was while skiing with his teenage The City players went to celebrate in front ment that two men had been arrested. record seven world championships. The son on a family holiday that Michael sus- of the away end, with stewards and police “Today, Saturday 26 August 2017, German driver’s 91 wins and 68 pole tained severe head injuries in France on Federer unconcerned by intervening as fans spilled onto the pitch, Manchester City scored a winning goal positions are also records, although Dec. 29, 2013. He has been cared for at when the alleged incident took place. during the last minute of the AFC Bourne- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton equaled his home in Switzerland since September mounting injury toll Dorset Police took a statement from a mouth Premiership fixture. the qualifying mark on Saturday. 2014. steward who alleged he was struck by Ague- “The goal was followed by excited cel- “It was awesome,” Mick said after His accident happened at the Meribel Nineteen-times grand slam champion Roger Federer does not ro after the late winner in the game against ebrations where a number of Manchester applause from the crowd in Spa. “To be ski resort in the French Alps. The avid ski- believe the gruelling professional tennis schedule should be short- Bournemouth, a source has told ESPN FC. City supporters encroached on to the pitch. able to drive the F1 car is amazing and er hit the right side of his head on a rock, ened, despite a rash of injuries, including to some marquee names. Aguero wrote on social media that the Two male spectators from Manchester were I’m really honored.” cracking his helmet. Doctors operated to “The guys who are hurt lately, it’s mostly because they are allegations against him were false. arrested as a result. No other arrests have Michael won his first career race on remove blood clots from his brain, but 30-plus,” 36-year-old Federer said during a press conference on A source said City had looked at the been made in relation to this incident the vast Spa-Francorchamps track nes- some were left because they were too Saturday ahead of the U.S. Open, which kicks off on Monday. footage and are confident that the matter “Officers are reviewing CCTV of the tled in the Ardennes forest in 1992. He deeply embedded. “I don’t think there needs to be that much addressing be- will not be taken any further, and a few pitch encroachment as part of an on-going also made his debut there the year be- His condition stabilized after he was cause the players, they have the option not to play as much as hours later, Bournemouth said the com- investigation to establish whether any other fore and has a special affinity with the placed in a drug-induced coma, from sometimes they have to or want to.” plaint had been withdrawn, calling it “a offences may have been committed. track. He has a record six wins — one which he later emerged. The current “I don’t think the tour is doing much wrong, to be quite hon- misunderstanding.” “This investigation is in the very early more than another F1 great, the late Ay- condition of the 48-year-old Schumach- est,” he said of the ATP schedule, which runs from January to “The club have been advised that due stages and if any further actions need to rton Senna. er’s health remains closely guarded November. to a misunderstanding, an earlier state- be taken, this will happen in due course.” “You can’t come to Spa without think- among family and close associates. Federer made his comments a few hours before world num- ment alleging assault has been withdrawn (Source: ESPN) ing about Michael,” said Ross Brawn, the (Source: AP) ber two Andy Murray announced he was pulling out of the tournament due to the hip injury that hampered him during his unsuccessful defence of his Wimbledon title in July. Djokovic, also 30, is suffering from a bad elbow and 32-year- old Wawrinka is dealing with a long-term knee problem. Federer said the absence of some of the sport’s top players created an opening for lesser-known talent to emerge. “It’s a huge opportunity for guys ranked outside of the top 10 because there are less guys to beat, getting to quarters or semis, potentially, depending on your section,” he said. The world number three, who has won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2017, said he had recovered from the back complaint that forced him to withdraw from the Cincinnati Masters earlier this month. “I have been playing sets the last few days and I’m really happy how I’m feeling ... few days out of the first round here now,” he said. (Source: Reuters)

Zlatan back for Man United Murray pulls out of U.S. Open, may miss rest of season in January - Jose Mourinho Britain’s world number two Andy Murray pulled out of the “I’ll definitely make a decision on that in the next few U.S. Open on Saturday, citing a hip injury. days,” Murray said. The Scot, who had not played since Wimbledon, said he “That’s something that I’ll sit down and decide with my Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to action for Manchester United had tried everything to be fit for the final grand slam of the team. But I’ll decide on that in the next couple of days, for sure.” in January and bring “extra quality” to the team, manager Jose year, which starts on Monday. Murray held the number-one world ranking for 41 Mourinho has said. “I tried obviously resting, rehabbing to try and get my- weeks before being overtaken by Rafa Nadal last week. Last week, United confirmed that Ibrahimovic was returning self ready here,” an emotional Murray told a news confer- “I want to be back on court as soon as I can,” he said. to Old Trafford on a one-year contract. ence at Flushing Meadows. “If it means that ... I can play before the end of the year, The 35-year-old former Sweden captain had been released “I was actually practicing OK the last few days but it’s too then that’s what I would love to do. I miss competing, and after his prolific first season at United was brought to an end by sore for me to win the tournament, and ultimately that’s I’ll try to get myself back on court as soon as I can. a knee ligament injury. what I was here to try and do.” “But obviously I’ll need to make the correct decision and But he is set to return to action in the New Year and, af- The three-times grand slam winner, who won the U.S. really think it through these next couple of days with my ter watching his side secure a third straight Premier League win Open in 2012, has been struggling with the injury for much team, and then make that decision.” against Leicester on Saturday, Mourinho told BT Sport: “He will of the summer. Murray began the year as the world number one, hav- be back in January. He was suffering during his French Open semi-final de- ing hit top spot for the first time after a stunning end to last “When the market is open and people are spending money, Murray withdrew from the Rogers Cup in Montreal and feat by Stan Wawrinka in June and had to pull out of two year, when he won five straight tournaments, including the we don’t. then the Western and Southern Open this month in the exhibition matches in the run-up to Wimbledon. ATP World Tour Finals. “But we get a player who was fundamental for us last season. hope of giving his injury more time ahead of the U.S. Open. It was clearly a big problem during his home grand slam Should Murray decide not to play for the rest of the He comes to give us extra quality in the second half of the season.” The 30-year-old hinted that he may have to follow the tournament, when he bowed out, clearly in pain, in the year, his ranking is likely to slide to around 16th. (Source: Soccernet) example of Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka in taking off quarter-finals, to Sam Querrey. the rest of the year to allow the injury to heal fully. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 28, 2017 SPORTS 15

Saman Ghoddos invited to Iran Mehdi Taremi one to watch in national football team World Cup Asian Qualifiers TEHRAN — The-AFC.com takes a look at the key play- SPORTS Iranian-Swedish midfielder Saman ers from each of the 12 teams who will be in action as deskGhoddos has been invited to Iran na- the Road to Russia nears its thrilling climax. tional football team. The site has chosen Persepolis striker Mehdi Taremi as Ghoddos is one of the 24 players called up by one of the players to watch. head coach Carlos Queiroz for Iran’s last two match- Striker Mehdi Taremi follows a long line of top class es in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2018 attacking players who have passed through the ranks of FIFA World Cup. Persepolis while also showcasing their talents for Iran’s Team Melli will play South Korea in Seoul next Thurs- national team on the Asian stage. day and take on Syria five days later in Tehran. Taremi can play as an out-and-out striker or on the “We have a 37 Elite Player Group that is our prepa- left side of the attack, as he often does for the nation- ration basis for the World Cup and this call-up list, al team in support of Sardar Azmoun, and his eye for bringing some younger players, reflects our strategy of goal has seen him excel in this year’s AFC Champions working on all this Elite Group,” Queiroz wrote on his League. Facebook page. (Source: AFC) “This doesn’t mean we are in condition to (leave) be- hind experienced players that we are used to have with us, like Pejman (Montazeri), Masoud (Shojaei), (Andranik) Teymourian or (Khosro) Heydary, who continue in this 37 Masoud Soltanifar hopes Elite Player Group as important options for Team Melli.” Iran lead Group A with 20 points from eight games, for World Cup good draw followed by South Korea and Uzbekistan with 13 and 12 points respectively. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar Iran squad: hopes that the Iranian football team book a place in the Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand, Hamed Lak, Al- 2018 World Cup next stage. ireza Haghighi Team Melli is the first Asian team who has qualified Defenders: Vouria Ghafouri, Ramin Rezaeian, Jalal for the prestigious event. Hosseini, Morteza Pouraliganji, Milad Mohammadi, “First, I hope we have a good draw in the 2018 World Mohammad Ansari, Saeid Aghaei, Rouzbeh Cheshmi Cup. Then we will have to qualify for the next stage for Midfielders: Ehsan Haji Safi, Omid Nourafkan, Ali Ka- the first time,” Soltanifar said in an interview with Iran’s rimi Saeid Ezzatollahi, Saman Ghoddos, Ashkan Dejagah state-run TV. Strikers: Vahid Amiri, Mehdi Taremi, Alireza Jahan- “We are going to arrange about seven warm-up bakhsh, Mehdi Torabi, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Karim matches for Team Melli as part of preparation for the Ansarifard, Sardar Azmoun World Cup. We want to show a good performance in the competition in accordance with our dignity,” he added. Tokyo 2020: Rest is training for Javanmardidodmani “After the World Cup, we will focus on the 2018 Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani was the Now, she does so with confidence defeats that made me into the athlete Asian games since we want to make history in the undisputed pistol shooting star the last and peace of mind, which was a long- that was able to triumph at the 2014 competition. Paralympic cycle. But before she began term effect of the Rio golds, she stated. World Champs in Germany, even at Rio “In the Olympics, we have claimed medals just in four her campaign for another cycle toward “In terms of what I had wanted to 2016.” sports so far. Iran has won medals in weightlifting, wres- Tokyo 2020 which are three years from achieve in my sport, the medals certainly This season, Javanmardidodmani will tling, taekwondo and athletic and we hope to win med- today, Javanmardidodmani knew she have made me relax and feel a calmness continue to take it slow; only the World als in more sports,” Soltanifar said. needed a break. I had not experienced before. Whatever Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Cro- “We’ve been focusing on the area of women’s sports “Before Rio, I felt so much pressure on competition I will participate in in the fu- atia from 19-27 September is a current development over the past nine months and I think my shoulders, particularly due to my past ture, even in the next Paralympic Games, focus. we have so many talented sportswomen in our coun- results,” the 32-year-old said. “It was as I will benefit from my experiences in Rio,” Her eyes are already set on the try. Kimia Alizadeh won a medal in the 2016 Olympic if everyone was counting on me to win she said. 2018 World Championships in May. Games and I think our women are capable of winning gold.” the pressure did not subside entirely. Tokyo 2020 is unquestionably on Ja- Then come qualification events for the three medals in the upcoming Olympics,” the minister For those counting on her, she cer- “Frankly, during the six months follow- vanmardidodmani’s agenda, as are the Paralympics, the Para Asian Games, and concluded. tainly did not let them down. ing Rio, I did not train on a regular basis. World Championships in Cheongju, eventually Tokyo 2020. (Source: Tasnim) Javanmardidodmani bagged two I needed time to process, to rest, to re- South Korea, next year. In both events, “They are not finalised yet but I am Paralympic gold medals at Rio 2016. charge. I also wanted to take my time to defending her titles are her goals. currently developing my daily training That topped off the world and Asian ti- think about my future plans in the sport For her, a key prerequisite to do so, programmes for Tokyo 2020. At least at tles, plus the multiple world records she as well as about ways to continue being she said, is to be positive, to embrace this point in my shooting career I feel like Iran rock climber ranks recorded in that Paralympic cycle. successful at what I do.” every competition as a new experience nothing can really disappoint me.” 2nd in Italy World Cup Yet, even after her historic Rio victo- About two months ago, Javanmardi- – and also a new chance. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ries in the P2 (women’s 10m air pistol dodmani started with light training and “If I look back on my almost 10 years will take place between 25 August-6 Sep- SH1) and P4 (mixed 50m pistol SH1), almost daily workouts again, saying: “I in the sport, defeats and the approach tember. More information is available on Iranian rock climber Reza Alipour grabbed the second which made her become Iran’s first -fe am trying to regain my former shape as that you learn from them, have been ab- Tokyo 2020’s website. title in Arco Climbing World Cup which was held in Italy, male Paralympic champion in the sport, quickly as possible.” solutely central for me. It were previous (Source: Paralympic.org) a sport official said. In speed section, Alipour received silver medal, Head of Qazvin Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Commit- tee Gholam Hassan Nekounam told the Islamic Republic Road To Russia 2018: Hopefuls all set for Asian Qualifiers News Agency (IRNA). Kuala Lumpur: With the Islamic Republic of Iran securing first-placed Japan face third-placed Australia with just a Due to sliding in final match he stood after Russian the first of Asia’s 2018 FIFA World Cup spots in June, point’s difference between the sides on Thursday at Saitama. rival, Nekounam said. things are heating up for the remaining three automat- The Samurai Blue have a poor record against the Alipour with a record of 5.96 seconds advanced final ic places at the finals in Russia next summer when the Socceroos but a win on home soil would ensure they match, according to the Iranian sport official. 12 teams return to action this week for the penultimate become Asia’s second team to qualify for Russia 2018. The Iranian rock climber is also the winner of two round of fixtures. Meanwhile, in the week’s early game on Tuesday, rounds of China’s Nanjing and Villars, Switzerland. Group A second-placed Saudi Arabia will be looking for a victo- Alipour also snatched the gold medal in Poland Iran may have confirmed their place at Russia 2018 ry away at the United Arab Emirates – who themselves games. after beating Uzbekistan in Tehran on Matchday Eight, could still mathematically qualify for the World Cup – IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L,S) - Arco (ITA) 2017 was but Carlos Queiroz’s unbeaten side will be anything but that could put them in a strong position for a return to held on August 25-26 in Italy. easy opponents for second placed Korea Republic in the World Cup for the first time since 2006. (Source: Irna) Seoul on Thursday. And finally, the two bottom placed sides of Iraq and Thai- However, should the Koreans go on to win, and Uz- land will face off in Bangkok with only pride on the line. Both bekistan fail to get at least a point from their match sides chalked up encouraging results under their respective with China in Wuhan, Shin Tae-yong’s side will quali- Fixtures new coaches on Matchday Eight – Iraq drew with Japan and Muller not ‘in demand’ at fy from Group A as the second placed side and thus Korea Republic v IR Iran Thailand shared a 1-1 scoreline with the UAE – and they will Bayern Munich under avoid a winners-take-all showdown in Tashkent on Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul be looking to build towards the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Matchday 10. Kick-off: August 31, 21:00 UTC+9:00 Fixtures Carlo Ancelotti Fourth-placed Syria are four points behind Korea, Syria v Qatar United Arab Emirates v Saudi Arabia and three off Uzbekistan, but they have not yet lost Venue: Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Thomas Muller said he does not feel valued by Carlo a game at their designated home venue in Malay- Kick-off: August 31, 20:00 UTC+8 Kick-off: August 29, 20:30 UTC+4:00 Ancelotti after the Bayern Munich coach left the forward sia and recently recalled powerhouse forward Omar China v Uzbekistan Thailand v Iraq out of the starting XI on Saturday. Al Soma to the side for the upcoming match against Venue: Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan City Venue: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Muller has spent his entire career with Bayern, but he Qatar. Kick-off: August 31, 20:00 UTC+7 Kick-off: August 31, 19:00 UTC+7:00 spoke out after Ancelotti started Thiago Alcantara in his While Qatar and China are no longer in the equation Group B Japan v Australia place for the 2-0 win over Werder Bremen. for automatic places in the World Cup, they still have a The intriguing three-way battle for the two automatic Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Kick-off: Au- “I don’t know exactly which qualities the coach wants slim chance at third place and a route through the play- qualification places from Group B endures into Matchday gust 31, 19:35 UTC+9:00 to see,” Muller told ARD. “But mine seem not to be 100 offs, but they must record victories on Thursday. Nine and brings with it arguably the tie of the round when (Source: AFC) percent in demand.” The 27-year-old did eventually come on for Franck Ribery in the 73rd minute, with Bayern already 1-0 up. Dominant Chelsea cruise to home victory over Everton Ancelotti said tactics were the only reason Thomas Chelsea secured their second Premier er chance when Willian curled an effort when Fabregas fired them ahead, side- proceedings. Muller did not start the game. League win in a row as they cruised to a wide of Jordan Pickford’s post. footing past Pickford after Alvaro Morata They again came close to finding a “We tried to plan the game using the wide areas comfortable 2-0 triumph over Everton at David Luiz strode forward from de- had created the chance. third goal on the hour mark when Azpili- more and to have more possession in the middle,” he Stamford Bridge. fence but saw a low strike held by Pick- Everton midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson cueta’s cross caused havoc but no home said. “For this reason Thomas didn’t start the game. Antonio Conte’s champions were ford, who repeated the trick when Pedro tried his luck but saw a sliced strike sail player was able to get the final touch, “He went in during the second part of the game and shocked at home by Burnley on the fired in a strike after Fabregas and Willian off target -- but with five minutes - re and soon afterwards Moses strode for- did well. It was only a technical decision.” opening Saturday of the season but de- had set him up. maining until the break, the visitors were ward again but sent his low shot straight Bayern’s new sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said feated Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley With 21 minutes gone, Rooney need- two down as Morata headed Cesar Az- at Pickford. that the club still considered Muller a talent, though he the following week to get their season ed treatment after a strong challenge pilicueta’s perfect cross beyond Pickford. Rooney scuffed a shot as Everton scored just five goals after Ancelotti took charge last season. up and running. from Marcos Alonso but was struggling Chelsea began the second half bright- launched a rare attack, with the frustrated “We have many games this season and know what we And after a scrappy opening spell at to get into the action as Everton failed to ly, Pedro firing in another effort, before former England captain then picking up a have in Thomas,” Salihamidzic told Sky Germany. Stamford Bridge, during which Wayne muster much threat to the Chelsea goal. Everton made and missed a chance to yellow card after a clash with Fabregas. Bayern maintained their 100 percent start to the sea- Rooney was sent crashing by an N’Golo The Merseysiders were on the back get back into the match when Rooney And although defender Ashley Wil- son, and Ancelotti told their website: “I’m very happy Kante challenge, Chelsea began to settle foot again moments later as Pedro played in Sandro only for the forward to liams shot over as Everton mustered with the result. It was an important victory in a very dif- into their stride. seized on a loose pass and led a Chelsea scuff his shot. some late pressure, with Thibaut Cour- ficult match. They threatened when Pedro sent an break but got his final pass to Willian, in Willian’s backheel set up another tois also tipping a Gueye effort over, but “We struggled to find space for an hour. You always acrobatic bicycle kick off target and, af- space down the right, all wrong. opening for Victor Moses, who raced Ronald Koeman’s side were unable to see room for improvement as a coach, but at the end of ter Idrissa Gueye was booked for a late But after 27 minutes, Chelsea got into the box before being crowded out shake Chelsea out of their comfort zone. the day it’s only the three points that count.” challenge on Cesc Fabregas, had anoth- the breakthrough their pressure merited as the home side continued to dominate (Source: ESPN) (Source: Soccernet) Prayer Times Noon:13:06 Evening: 19:56 Dawn: 5:06 tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:34 (tomorrow) AUGUST 28, 2017 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 Winners honored at first Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 annual Davud Rashidi Awards www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 ARTTEHRAN — The winners of the first Webmaster: [email protected] deskannual Davud Rashidi Awards, which Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 was launched by late actor Davud Rashidi’s family to No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran honor cultural figures with outstanding achievements, P.o. Box: 14155-4843 were announced during a ceremony at the main hall Zip Code: 1599814713 of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on Saturday evening. In its design, the award is composed of a rectangular cube, the upper part of which is stair-shaped and deco- rated with a crystal plate bearing an inscription reading, “The Play Goes on.” Four awards were presented including one to actor and director Hassan Majuni in recognition of his contri- bution to theater. “This award is very significant for me,” Majuni said after accepting the award from actress Fatemeh Mot- amed-Arya. Iranian films scoop awards Rashid’s widow, Ehteram Borumand, addressed Ma- juni onstage and said, “The idea of giving this award at Indian festival to you first came to my mind, because you, like Davud Rashidi, spend all your time thinking about theater and ARTTEHRAN — Four Iranian films were hon- also observing theaters in other towns.” deskored during the closing ceremony of the 64-year-old director Alireza Davudnejad was another 2nd Kargil International Film Festival in the Indian city on Au- honoree who received the award from director Marzieh gust 23. Borumand, who said, “Davudnejad displays all the good Yusef Jafari received the characteristics that Davud Rashidi considered important award for best director for for an artist to have.” his documentary “Choc- In his acceptance speech, Davudnejad recounted olate Story”, while Milad memories of his first meeting with Rashidi and expressed Jarmuz was picked as best Director Alireza Davudnejad (R) receives his award from his fellow filmmaker Marzieh Borumand during the his happiness over receiving the award from his family. director for his short film Davud Rashidi Awards at Tehran’s City Theater Complex on August 26, 2017. (Mehr/Behnam Tofiqi) The other two awards were presented to two veteran “Numbness”. journalists Amid Naeini and Mohsen Mirzai. movies like Kiumars Purahamd’s “Bibi Chelcheleh”, Ali “Light Sight” directed by “Hezardastan” and “Mokhtarnameh”, died on August 26, Veteran actor Davud Rashidi, star of memorable Hatami’s “Kamalolmolk”, and the acclaimed TV series Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai 2016 at the age of 83. was selected as best anima- tion and Marzieh Kheirkhah Pallet performance opens art Sweden Iranian Film Festival received the award for best exhibition in Tehran announces lineup director for her animation, “In the Crosshairs”. ARTTEHRAN — The Movies from other coun- deskIranian Film Festival tries also received awards at in the Swedish cities of Uppsala and the event. Stockholm has announced its line- The award for best documentary went to “Moonlight up. Princess” by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss from Israel, while Among the highlights of the line- “17 Years Together” by Javier Fesser from Spain was crowned up are “Being Born” by Mohsen Ab- best short film. Akbar Nemati poses beside one of his artworks on display in an exhibition at Teh- dolvahab, “Inadaptable” by Ebrahim ran’s E1 Gallery on August 25, 2017. Ebrahimian and “Yellow” by Mostafa ARTTEHRAN — The Teh- tion of these paintings,” he added. Taqizadeh. Movies from Iran deskran-based Iranian-rock Nemati is also showcasing a collection “Blind Spot” by Mehdi Goles- line up for Italian event fusion band Pallet performed pieces on of his sculptures created with recycled taneh, “My Brother Khosrow” by Friday during the opening ceremony of materials. Ehsan Biglari and “The Season of Narges” by Negar Azarbaijani will ARTTEHRAN — Nine Iranian films will be an art exhibition by Akbar Nemati, the In addition, the exhibition displays a also be screened at the festival, deskscreened in the various sections of the 14th father of the band’s singer, Omid Nemati. collection that features huge nails fixed in which is scheduled to be held on Salento International Film Festival, which will open in Tricase, Nemati is displaying his three collec- various positions. September 23 and 24. Italy on Friday. tions built up over the past 45 years in an “I have been thinking about art over In addition, the short movies “Cold Breath” by Ab- exhibition at E1 Gallery. the past 50 years,” Nemati, 70, said and “Whooping Cough” by Reza Tofiqju, bas Raziji and “Apricot One of the series features paintings added that these collections are the out- “Save Me” by Mohsen Nabavi, “Has- Groves”, an Iranian-Arme- of desert houses created through wood come of his thinking over the years. ti” by Kamal Parnak, “Pale Mirrors” nian production by direc- burning art. All the money raised by the exhibition by Salem Salavati, “Peroxide” by year by Yari, an Uppsala-based tor Purya Heidari-Ureh, “This collection is born of a friend- will be donated to charity. Abbas Nezamdust and “Limbo” by charity organization that helps street will compete in the main ship between fire and wood,” Nemati The exhibition will run until September Qasideh Golmakani have also been children in Iran to go to school and section of the festival. said at the opening ceremony of the 1 at the gallery located at 1 Hamid Dead selected for the event. also raises funds for the construction The main section also showcase. End, off Lesani Alley, Jebheh St., off Mah- The festival is organized every of schools and libraries for children. features “Dowry’s Sugar “No paint has been used in the crea- dieh St. in the Elahieh neighborhood. Bowl” by Ali Mollaqoli- pur, “The Descendants” French singer Charles Aznavour gets Hollywood star at age 93 by Yaser Talebi, “No Way out” by Negar Zoka and LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — French singer the Hollywood ceremony. “Women of the Silk Road” Charles Aznavour finally got a star on the Aznavour began his career peddling his words by Yasmin Maleknasr. Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, capping a and music to the Paris boulevardiers of the 40s The organizers have more than 70-year career as one of his country’s and 50s - Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier and also selected short films “Alan” by Mostafa Gandomkar, most popular entertainers. Charles Trenet. “White House” by Arastu Mafakheri and “Parrot” by Mojtaba Aznavour, 93, who was born Shahnour Varinag He soon became adept himself at interpreting Qasemi. Aznavourian in Paris to Armenian parents, emotional love songs, recording hits like “She,” The festival will come to an end on September 9. has sold more than 100 million records in 80 “Hier Encore” (Yesterday When I Was Young), countries. He has been described as France’s “Apres l’Amour” (After Love) and “La Boheme.” equivalent to Frank Sinatra. Aznavour is also known for his humanitarian NEWS IN BRIEF The singer on Thursday described himself as work in Armenia, especially after the 1988 happy at the honor - with reservations. earthquake that killed tens of thousands of Arizona “The word I can say is happy, and with a part people. He was granted Armenian citizenship Underground Film of emotion, of course, because we are far away Armenian-French singer Charles Aznavour poses after unveil- in 2008 and was appointed in 2009 to be that from my country, from my way of living, from my ing his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, country’s ambassador to Switzerland, a position Festival to screen way of being received by the people,” he said at California, U.S., August 24, 2017. (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) he still holds. “Kupal” NYT pulls book from best-seller list Disney taps augmented reality for ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Kazem Mol- “Star Wars” toy event desklai’s drama “Kupal” will be screened at the over suspicious sales Arizona Underground Film Festival. NEW YORK (AP) — A novel called tember 3, 2017, which does not in- LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Walt ters is scheduled to last three days Starring Levon Haftvan, the film tells the story of a hunt- “Handbook for Mortals” had a very clude that title.” Disney Co will send “Star Wars” char- and will coincide with “Force Friday er and a taxidermist, called “Dr. Ahmad Kupal”. On the last brief reign at the top of a New York Published Aug. 15, “Handbook acters into the realm of augmented II,” when retailers start selling toys day of the year, moments before the arrival of the new year, Times best-seller list. for Mortals” is billed as the first of a reality next week to draw fans into and other products tied to “The Last he faces an unexpected challenge. The paper confirmed Friday that it fantasy series about a young wom- stores as they release new merchan- Jedi.” The festival will be held in Tucson, Arizona in the United had pulled Lani Sarem’s book from its an with supernatural powers. It’s also dise tied to upcoming movie the Retailers include Wal-Mart Stores States from September 15 to 23. young adult hardcover list for Sept. 3 billed as the first release through “The Last Jedi,” the company said in Inc, Target Inc, and Best Buy Co Inc because of “inconsistencies” in the re- the publishing arm of a Los Ange- a statement on Thursday. stores. “Last Jedi” merchandise will porting of sales. The announcement les-based web site, geeknation.com, Starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT (0701 also be sold online, and the AR char- came after online complaints that which calls itself “an online entertain- GMT) on Sept. 1, more than 20,000 acters will be accessible via some Baldwin revives Trump “Handbook for Mortals” had benefit- ment destination serving up a fresh, retail locations in 30 countries will websites. ted from so-called “bulk sales,” when daily dose of news, opinion, lifestyle feature displays that fans can scan Apple Inc stores will sell new impression for summer hundreds or thousands of copies are and community.” Requests for com- with their smartphones to reveal app-enabled “Star Wars” toys made spinoff of ‘SNL’ ordered by a single buyer. On Twitter, ment from Sarem and from her pub- characters such as Rey or Chewbac- by third parties but will not take part young adult author Phil Stamper and lisher were not immediately returned ca. in the augmented reality hunt. Ap- NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin has donned his blond wig others had questioned how a book Friday. Using augmented reality tech- ple stores will hold other “Star Wars” to reprise his impression of President Donald Trump for NBC’s they knew little about could reach Placement on a Times best-seller nology, users will see the characters events during the “Force Friday II” summer spinoff of “Saturday Night Live.” No. 1 on the Times list. list is highly valued by authors and overlaid on their surroundings by weekend. Baldwin opened Thursday’s episode of “Weekend Update: “After investigating the inconsist- publishers, and efforts to manipulate looking through their phone’s cam- “Star Wars,” one of Disney’s most Summer Edition” by satirizing Trump’s rally in Phoenix on Tues- encies in the most recent reporting sales through “bulk” purchases have eras, and can take photos or videos important franchises, was the U.S. day. In the skit , Baldwin’s Trump gave a send-off to former pres- cycle, we decided that the sales for occurred over the years. An “About with them. toy industry’s top-selling property idential adviser Steve Bannon, who left the administration last ‘Handbook for Mortals’ did not meet the Bestsellers” note on the paper’s Disney is tapping into the trend for 2015 and 2016, with $1.5 billion week. Bannon was shown as the Grim Reaper, as he has been in our criteria for inclusion,” the Times web site reads that “Institutional, spe- of augmented reality, or AR, which in sales over the two years, accord- earlier “SNL” episodes. said in a statement issued through cial interest, group or bulk purchases, first gained mass adoption in July ing to research firm NPD. “The Last “SNL” announced on Twitter on Thursday night that it will kick communications director Jordan if and when they are included, are at 2016 with the release of Niantic Inc’s Jedi,” the eighth movie in the “Star off its 43rd season Sept. 30 with Ryan Gosling hosting and Jay Z Cohen. “We’ve issued an updated the discretion of The New York Times Pokemon Go game. Wars” film saga, arrives in theaters as musical guest. ‘Young Adult Hardcover’ list for Sep- Best-Seller List Desk editors.” The hunt for “Star Wars” charac- in December.