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See page 2 No spare capacity in market to replace Iranian oil: Zanganeh Pakpour ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian spare capacity to pump more to replace deskOil Minister Bijan Iran’s oil,” Shana quoted the minister as Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday that saying. the oil market doesn’t have the spare Washington is pushing allies to cut capacity to replace Iranian oil in case imports of Iranian oil to zero and will goes to of U.S. re-imposition of sanctions on re-impose sanctions on Iranian oil and the country. financial sectors in November. “As I have repeatedly said there is no Trump is also encouraging other oil replacement for Iranian oil in the market. producers such as Saudi Arabia, other Saudi Arabia and Russia’s output is near OPEC members and Russia, to pump more Pakistan their highest level ever and they have no to meet any shortfall. 4

Document on Iran-Europe co-op should to pursue be ready by the next few days: MP POLITICS TEHRAN — Majlis Iran… should be prepared,” the Majlis news deskNational Security and agency ICANA quoted Falahatpisheh as saying Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Hes- late on Sunday. After a meeting of the parlia- case of hmatollah Falahatpisheh said on Sunday mentary committee, which was attended by that document on economic cooperation Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, between Iran and Europe should be pre- Falahatpisheh said that the foreign minister pared in the next few days. gave explanations about the post-nuclear deal “In the next two days the document re- situation and efforts needed to use capacities kidnapped lated to Europe’s economic cooperation with to economic sphere. 2 soldiers Germany calls for European arms embargo on Saudi Arabia German Economy Minister Peter Alt- so far have been unsatisfactory. maier has called for a European ban He echoed earlier remarks by Chancel- on arms sales to Saudi Arabia follow- lor Angela Merkel who vowed to suspend ing the killing of dissident journalist arms exports to Riyadh until uncertainty Jamal Khashoggi. over the fate of Khashoggi vanishes. Altmaier said on Monday Berlin “at “When it comes to our already limited this stage will not approve further arms arms exports ... they cannot take place in

File photo exports because we want to know what the current situation,” she said at a news happened,” adding that all explanations conference on Sunday. 13 ARTICLE ‘Could good come out of the Khashoggi tragedy?’ ARTICLE Payman Yazdani EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW toward the voiceless.” USA veto this and suffer the ire of the world. Martin Love Political analyst Political analyst from By Javad Heirannia Following is the text of the interview: What should Saudi Arabia do to satisfy First, let me ask you what the world must world opinion? North Carolina TEHRAN — Professor Hossein Askari, do to force King Salman and the Al-Sauds to A: In the end, all those responsible for this an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teach- address Khashoggi’s murder? heinous crime, directly and indirectly, must Erdogan’s es international business at the George A: To begin with, the condemnation of be brought to justice. We must have a trans- So many questions, Washington University, believes that a unified world, the West, NATO, the East parent investigation of all those responsible multiple goals in “More and more people are witnessing and Muslims would be much more effective and of the individual or individuals who gave so few answers the horror show inside Saudi Arabia and than one voice at a time. I am sorry to say the orders. To be credible this investigation Khashoggi case especially in Yemen.” that the weak link here may be the Trump should be handled by a third party such as the so far “I must stress that the media has been White House and governments of many Mus- United Nations. This must be followed up by isappearance of Saudi journalist complicit in this cover up. The Yemen tragedy lim countries who take Saudi money and appropriate punishment of the perpetrators t’s a bit of an imaginative stretch, Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Con- should be at the top of the news every day. At oppress their own people. But there is a lot as if they were ordinary citizens. No special if not a preposterous one, but Dsulate in Istanbul created a wave least now it is getting mentioned because of Western countries can do. Freeze all arms justice for any of those responsible. If it is I there may be some reason to think of reactions against Saudi young Crown the Khashoggi tragedy,” Askari, who served sales to Saudi Arabia. To make the freezing proven that any Al-Saud, including MBS, had that the murder of Jamal Khashog- Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s sup- as special advisor to Saudi finance minister, of arms sales more painful to the rulers of a hand in this, they should be sanctioned by gi might set the stage for positive pressive policies. Despite early denials, tells the Tehran Times. Saudi Arabia, this should be accompanied the West and all civilized nations and their changes. worldwide reactions finally forced the He adds that “Jamal Khashoggi’s death by sanctions on investment in Saudi Arabia. assets frozen. Simultaneously if some in the No question, for example, that there Saudi rulers to acknowledge the death of may not have been in vain after all. His legacy And if Riyadh spews out more lies, then the West, such as Jared Kushner, were complicit have been significant decisions made Khashoggi, the critic of the crown prince’s may bring a change in media reporting and a sanctions should be made multilateral at the in this murder they should be exposed and by some power brokers not to attend policies in the country’s consulate. bit more morality in Western foreign policy United Nations. Then let a sanction-happy sanctioned as well. 7 the so-called “Davos in the Desert” Among all international bodies, coun- conclave in Saudi Arabia, and some of tries and political figures nobody reacted Washington’s warmongers seem to be to Khashooggi’s death as strong as Turkish Surveillance footage shows Saudi ‘body double’ in Khashoggi’s clothes after he was killed turning against Muhammad bin Salman President Erdogan did. A member of the 15-man team suspected in the vestigators have said was a hit squad, sent to kill the We are determined to find out all the facts. And we somewhat. Along with the Turkish police in- death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes journalist at the Saudi consulate during a scheduled are determined to punish those who are respon- Whether the outrage against the cur- vestigations the countries officials and was captured on surveillance cameras around appointment to get papers for his upcoming wedding. sible for this murder,” he said in the interview. rent “leader” in Arabia is fake remains particularly President Erdogan have Istanbul on the day the journalist was killed, a Saudi Arabia has presented a shifting narrative In the apparent cover-up that followed to be seen, because the Saudis do have been revealing details of the murder senior Turkish official has told CNN. of what happened to Khashoggi. After weeks of Khashoggi’s death, Madani, 57, who is of simi- the capacity to make life difficult for the gradually. Rejecting the Riyadh’s pro- CNN has obtained exclusive law enforcement denying involvement in Khashoggi’s disappear- lar height, age and build to Khashoggi, 59, was West, if not the entire world, even by posed bribe and despite the Saudi ruler’s surveillance footage, part of the Turkish govern- ance, Saudi Arabia said that he was killed in the used as a decoy for the journalist, according to cutting down marginal oil sales to fill acknowledgment, Turkey has called ment’s investigation, that appears to show the man Istanbul consulate, saying his death was the result the Turkish official. the presumed gap that may be coming the Riyadh’s explanation incomplete leaving the consulate by the back door, wearing of a “fistfight.” A Saudi source close to the royal A senior Turkish official told CNN that the if the U.S is successful in halting the and Turkish President has vowed to Khashoggi’s clothes, a fake beard, and glasses. palace later told CNN that the Washington Post video showed that Madani was brought to Istanbul sales of Iranian oil into the markets after uncover the truth behind Saudi jour- The same man was seen in Khashoggi’s clothing, journalist died in a chokehold. On Sunday, its to act as a body double. sanctions against Iran are ratcheted up nalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. according to the Turkish case, at the city’s world-fa- foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, went further, “You don’t need a body double for a rendition on November 4th. Although Turkish President has called mous Blue Mosque just hours after the journalist was describing Khashoggi’s death on Fox News as a or an interrogation,” the official said. “Our as- Much higher prices for oil could the Saudi journalist as “a friend”, other last seen alive entering the consulate on October 2. “murder” and a “tremendous mistake.” He also sessment has not changed since October 6. This threaten an economic recession, par- reasons can be imagined behind Presi- The man in the video, identified by the official as said they “don’t know where the body is.” was a premeditated murder and the body was ticularly in the U.S., which is the sole dent Erdogan’s determination to follow Mustafa al-Madani, was allegedly part of what in- “We are determined to uncover every stone. moved out of the consulate.” 13 economy at the moment that’s at least the issue so seriously. claimed to be performing quite well. Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been If the U.S were to fall in to recession, competing for influence in Middle East and if the equity market were to tank, for years and have had lots of conflicts Trump and the GOP would be in huge and tensions over the developments in Pomegranate trouble politically since he’s owned the Egypt which resulted in removal of Turkish markets, claiming they have performed backed Morsi from power by Saudi backed festival marks well since he became POTUS because al-Sisi, 13 of his tax cuts (primarily benefitting the already wealthy) and deregulation harvest season moves. 7 in Uraman For the First time in Local children and young adults, clad in colorful traditional clothes, carry baskets of pomegran- Country: ates during a local festival in Uraman, western I.R Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Kordestan province, October 20, 2018. 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Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ See page 5 See page 3 grape and the fig. 2637 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS OCTOBER 23, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS ‘Trump must Officials should be globally account for the Khashoggi- gate scandal’ transparent, Leader says POLITICS TEHRAN — Hossein Amir Abdolla- POLITICS TEHRAN — Leader of In an article in the Iran newspaper deskhian, a senior foreign policy advisor to deskthe Islamic Revolution on August 27, Telecommunications Min- the Iranian parliament speaker, said on Sunday U.S. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said ister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi President Donald Trump must globally account for the that officials should be “transparent” and likened corruption to a “seven-headed Khashoggi-gate scandal. should not hide any secret from the people. dragon”, suggesting that E-government “Trump must globally account for ‘#Khashoggi_gate’ “Officials should be transparent and is the most important tool to fight it. & support for #Riyadh’s death squad. At same time Saudi should not hide any secret from the people In remarks in December 2018 President must be expelled from #UN Human _Rights Council except for military and security matters,” Rouhani said transparency is the only tool for violating #human rights in #Yemen, #Bahrain & for Ayatollah Khamenei told his theology stu- to fight corruption. murdering Khashoggi,” Amir Abdollahian said in a tweet. dents on October 15. “We have no solution other than trans- Dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed Pointing to a letter by Imam Ali (AS) parency to root out corruption and we all weeks ago inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istan- to military men, the Leader said all the should go to glass house so that the people bul. The incident has been greeted with international managers and officials of the Islamic system can watch our performance,” Rouhani noted. condemnation. should act based on this letter. In similar remarks a few month later, He added officials should not distance Rouhani asked the Economy Minister to themselves from the people because of the publish on its website the sum of money Army ramps up position they have. that goes to each ministry or organization Officials and economic experts have each month. border security been insisting on the need to fight corrup- Also, on October 7, the Majlis voted in tion and act transparently. Economists favor of the CFT, a legislation to increase ahead of Arbaeen and sociologists consider transparency as financial transparency and thereby combat an important tool to counter sanctions. the financing of terrorism.

POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian Army has deskdispatched combat and civilian service units to borders with Iraq in order to ensure the security of ‘U.S. feels defeated after leaving Arbaeen pilgrims and provide them with a range of services, a commander said on Monday. According to Javad Mowlaee, the deputy chief of the Ar- nuclear deal’ my’s Western Base, the military force has ramped up the POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian MP Ali Najafi which targets Iran’s oil exports and central bank, is due desk security of western borders to deal with any possible threat Khoshroodi said on Monday that to start in early November. during the pilgrimage, Tasnim reported. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said On September 25, European Union foreign policy chief Mowlaee said the Army has set up a field hospital that the U.S. feels “defeated” after leaving the 2015 Mogherini announced that the bloc was creating a new pay- at the Mehran border crossing which includes various nuclear deal. ment mechanism to allow countries to transact with Iran medical units such as an intensive care unit (ICU) and Zarif attended a meeting of the Majlis National Security while avoiding U.S. sanctions. a surgery unit. and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday. Mogherini’s announcement came after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington foreign ministers from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, from the nuclear agreement in May and reintroduced China, and Iran on the sidelines of the United Nations Gen- Supreme Court sanctions on Iran in August. The second wave of sanctions, eral Assembly in New York. endorses death Pakpour goes to Pakistan to pursue case of kidnapped soldiers verdict against POLITICS TEHRAN — The IRGC On October 15 the Jaish ul-Adl terrorist der affairs, announced on Monday that the the border guards are kept inside Pakistan. ‘gold coin sultan’ deskGround Force Com- group kidnapped 12 Iranian border guards kidnapped border guards are in full health. Speaking to ICANA, Zarif said Iranian mander, Brigadier General Mohammad at the Mirjaveh border post in Sistan-Bal- “The Pakistani government is determined officials had on various levels discussed the POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian Judiciary con- desk Pakpour, left for Pakistan on Monday uchestan province. to cooperate with the Islamic Republic of case with Pakistani counterparts, demanding firmed on Sunday that the Supreme Court to pursue the case of the Iranian border The security personnel were unconscious Iran in this respect,” he said. tighter security on the border. has confirmed death sentences against two individuals, in- guards kidnapped to Pakistan by terrorist when they were kidnapped. According to the The Pakistani Foreign Ministry issued a Iran has proposed joint military operation cluding Vahid Mazloumi, for manipulating the gold coin and on October 15, IRGC spokesman Ramazan IRGC, the infiltrators had helped with the statement on Tuesday announcing readiness with Pakistan to free the soldiers. Iran has foreign currency markets. Sharif announced on Monday. abduction of the military staff to Pakistan. to help liberate the border guards. also demanded Pakistan to better guard its Mazloumi has got the title of the “sultan of gold coin” for “Since the day of kidnapping, the Guards The border guards were from local Basij The statement said that Pakistan spares borders with Iran. amassing 2 tons of gold coin. made special and immediate efforts to set forces, policemen and the IRGC personnel. no effort to find and liberate the kidnapped The Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group has “The cases of Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmaeil free the border guards and confront the ter- ‘Iranian border guards are in guards. been the Pakistani soil as a safe haven to Ghassemi were reexamined at the State Supreme Court and rorists who are being backed by the foreign full health’ In the meantime, Foreign Minister Mo- abduct security forces or commit acts of the death verdict against them were confirmed,” Judiciary spy agencies,” IRGC spokesman Ramazan Shahriar Heydari, the director general hammad Javad Zarif said the fact that Pakistan terrorism in the border province of Sis- spokesman Gholamhossein Eje’i told reporters. Sharif said. of the Interior Ministry department for bor- is responsible for following the case is because tan-Baluchestan.

Governor: No Iran, Russia, India agree to boost trilateral cooperation POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran, Russia and India held Stressing the importance of the North-South Passage civil activists deska trilateral meeting in Moscow on Sunday for Iran and Russia, he said participation in the project can arrested over discussing the threats facing the modern world and obstacles be highly important and beneficial to New Delhi as well. on the path to develop cooperation between the neighboring Sanaei further said there are trilateral projects in which Ahvaz attack and regional states. Iran, Russia and India are involved. The two-day trilateral event, held on Saturday and Sunday, Referring to the long-term strategic ties between the Islamic POLITICS TEHRAN — The governor of Khuzestan desk was organized by the Russkiy Mir Foundation in Moscow, Republic and Russia, the Iranian envoy said the two countries Province said on Monday that no civil ac- where the participants discussed means of improving co- are making every effort to boost mutual economic ties. tivist has been arrested in connection to the recent terrorist operation between Russia, Iran and India, Fars reported. Also on Saturday, Ambassador Sanaei said the world’s attack in the southwestern city of Ahvaz. Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei and Chairman independent states are coming closer to each other to stand Gholamreza Shariati added that a woman has been taken of Foreign Ministry Political and International Research united against U.S. pressures and sanctions. into custody in this regard, IRNA reported. Institute Seyed Kazem Sajjadpour represented the Islamic He made the remarks on his Twitter page, referring to Over the past few days, some claims emerged of large- Republic in the event. the first day of the trilateral talks among Iran, Russia and scale arrest of civil and political activists following the attack Addressing the meeting on Sunday, Sanaei stressed the The ambassador pointed to the Shanghai Cooperation India in Moscow. in the southwestern province. importance of coordination and collaboration between the Organization (SCO), the International North-South Passage, “The wave of the U.S. unilateralism and sanctions will The claims alleged among those arrested were women three states, suggesting that implementation of joint projects and the Iran-Pakistan-India gas project with the cooperation bring independent world states much closer to each other,” and children. should be facilitated. of Russia as highly important joint initiatives. he wrote.

Crew members’ Envoy: Iran has ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia in Syria Iran has been working with Russia in a “stra- era [of international politics], in the era of These are facts,” Jaberi Ansari said. “As such, “But none of that means that we are part bodies sent tegic partnership” format based on mutual blocs and great […] alliances,” he said. the same rule that governs our relations with all of global blocs, or [involved in] East-West home: embassy interests but is in no such “alliance” with “We don’t have a strategic alliance with our neighbors applies to Russia all the more.” disputes, or that we have become subordinate any Eastern or Western power, says Iran’s Russia, but we have strategic partnership “No [Iranian] administration or politician to the East or the West,” he said. point man on the Middle East, who has been [with it], in specific projects, based on spe- can afford not to insert into its/his calcu- Jaberi Ansari seemed to say that Iran working closely with the Russian Federation cific mutual interests — and in spite of the lations the fact that Russia is our globally considered its interests above all. POLITICS TEHRAN — The bodies of three crew on Syria’s dossier. differences we have [with Moscow] — and powerful neighbor.” “Iran’s interests are in employing all the deskmembers, who died as a result of mass Asked about the nature of Iran’s rela- we can continue to have [such partnership] In his official capacity as senior assistant capacities that really exist in its international poisoning at the Iranian Nazmehr dry cargo ship, were tionship with Russia, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, in the future, too,” Jaberi Ansari said. to the Iranian foreign minister on special relations with Eastern and Western powers sent home on Sunday night, the Iranian embassy in Azer- a top aide to the Iranian foreign minister, He said Iran “exited the framework of political affairs, Jaberi Ansari has been work- according to Iran’s national agenda. Whatever baijan said on Monday. told Press TV’s website in an exclusive inter- alliances and affiliations with powers in the ing with Russia — and Turkey — in a peace window is open, Iran and its wise politicians The embassy also said that eight crew members are view published on Monday that the Islamic West and the East” after the Islamic Revo- process for Syria. will use that window,” he said. still in Azerbaijan, and the dry cargo ship is also in Azer- Republic has since its foundation defined lution of 1979. Iran and Russia, allies of the Syrian gov- The Iranian official said while Russia baijan’s waters, Trend reported. itself as nationally independent of any global The Islamic Republic, he said, has achieved ernment, have been giving Damascus advi- has been willing to cooperate with Iran in On October 18, a massive poisoning occurred among the power but has recognized and duly employed its national independence “at great cost” and sory military help in coordination with one economic, political, and security areas, the crew members of the vessel sailing from Aktau to Baku. The “partnerships” with countries within the will not let that independence be dented in another. Russia has also been carrying out West, particularly America, has consistently incident occurred at a distance of 21 miles from the island framework of its national interests. any shape or form. an aerial bombardment campaign in Syria sought to confront and contain Iran since 1979. of Pirallahi, in the central part of the Caspian Sea. He meticulously differentiated between “Neither in its relations with Russia, nor on behalf of the Syrian government. “When the Westerners close the windows a “strategic alliance” — which he said was in its relations with any other power will Jaberi Ansari said China, too, is anoth- […], Iran […] will find its own breathing room, an obsolete practice of the Cold War era and Iran step toward violating its own national er neighbor that, although not in Iran’s will use the realities within the framework of Doha rejects claim never in the policy toolkit of the Islamic Re- independence,” he said. immediate neighborhood, has on various its own interests, and activate the maximum Iran sending arms public — and “strategic partnership.” But Iran highly values its relationship with occasions — “in times of difficulty, at times capacity in its relations with Russia and Chi- “Russia is not our strategic ally; neither Russia for a number of factual reasons, he said. of sanctions, conflicts, and wars” — been na and all of its [other] neighbors,” he said. to Lebanon are we Russia’s strategic ally, in the sense that “Russia is our neighbor to the north, [and] willing to cooperate and is thus well looked “Iranian politicians,” Jaberi Ansari said, via Qatar was very popular particularly in the bipolar Russia is a large neighbor and a global power. upon inside Iran. “make decisions based on the realities.” POLITICS TEHRAN — The Qatari Transport Min- deskistry on Sunday strongly rejected a Fox Document on Iran-Europe co-op should be ready by the next few days: MP News report that Iran has smuggled weapons via the country’s airspace to Lebanon, Fars reported. 1 Zarif also expanded on interactions with the Eu- Elsewhere, Falahatpisheh said that the MPs also asked sanctions hit Tehran. The statement came in reaction to a recent report by ropean Union states as well as China and Russia after the Zarif about Iran’s interaction with the other countries now The second round of U.S. sanctions on Iran, which targets the U.S. Fox News television channel which claimed that parliament voted in favor of the CFT, he said. the U.S. has exited the nuclear agreement and reimposed Iran’s oil exports and banking transactions, is set to go into Iran’s Fars Qeshm “had smuggled weapons into Rafic Hariri In line with joining the FATF, the Iranian parliament sanctions on Iran. force on November 4. International Airport in Beirut”. voted in favor of the CFT On October 7. A total of 143 SPV mechanism Asked at an event in New York when it could be established, In a statement, the ministry voiced surprise over the lawmakers, out of 268 ones present in the 290-seat par- On September 22, European Union foreign policy chief Mogherini said: “I believe before November.” claim, stressing the claim that a cargo of weapons has been liament, voted in favor of the bill, 120 voted against and Federica Mogherini said a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle Falahatpisheh said, “It had been agreed that before the unloaded in Hama international airport and then flown to five abstained. (SPV) under consideration to facilitate trade with Iran could (second round of) sanctions this system becomes operative.” Beirut is completely baseless. To become a law, however, the oversight Guardian Council be in place “before November.” The senior MP predicted that its details will be released should vet the bill for compliance with the Constitution. The SPV aims to keep trade flowing even if possible U.S. in the future days. ENVIRONMENT

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Turkey turns up heat on Saudi ‘Uncertainty remains over Lebanon govt. formation’ crown prince over Khashoggi A senior member of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has expressed uncertainty about the quick formation of a unity government in the Arab country, saying that he is neither opti- mistic nor pessimistic on the matter. Khashoggi murder ‘savagely planned’: Turkey “Given the available data, there is no longer a possibility of speaking either optimistically or pessimistically about the govern- Turkey’s pro-government media published new claims Mon- ment formation process,” Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General day linking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Sheikh Naim Qassem said during a memorial ceremony in the to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after President southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil on Sunday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to reveal the “naked truth” He added, “As long as there is a certain mechanism for gov- about the case. ernment formation on one hand, and a veto on the other that Erdogan said at the weekend he would give new details in stops the process ... then we don’t know whether the government a speech on Tuesday about the disappearance of Khashoggi, will be formed in near or distant future.” who was murdered almost three weeks ago after stepping “Government formation is a public demand for people and a inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. fundamental necessity… Economic issues can only be addressed After over two weeks of near silence, Saudi Arabia has once there is a government. We hope to break the deadlock and get now admitted Khashoggi was killed in the consulate but the desired result,” the high-ranking Hezbollah official pointed out. the kingdom’s explanations are seen even by its allies as The remarks came in the wake of strong opposition from contradictory and unsatisfying. President Michel Aoun, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led The case has shone the spotlight on Crown Prince Mo- by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil as well as Hezbollah that a hammad, who has spearheaded a glitzy new reform drive for candidate from the Lebanese Forces political party should be in the kingdom but now faces a stream of allegations – denied charge of the justice ministry. by Riyadh – that he ordered the killing of the Washington Lebanon’s first parliamentary vote in nine years was held on Post contributor. May 6, with over 500 candidates vying for seats. Turnout was U.S. President Donald Trump, who has resisted pressure 49.2 percent, according to officials. to curb arms sales to Saudi Arabia, initially said Riyadh’s According to official results, Hezbollah and its political allies version of events was credible but then accused the king- secured over half the seats. dom of lying. Hezbollah as well as groups and individuals affiliated to it Turkish pro-government daily Yeni Safak said Saudi won at least 67 seats in Lebanon’s parliament, according to the security official Maher Abdel-Aziz Mutreb, the alleged the results cited by politicians and campaigns and reported in Leb- leader of the operation, called the head of Prince Moham- anese media. mad’s office, Bader al-Asaker, “four times after the murder.” Hezbollah’s allies include the Amal Movement led by Berri “The circle is tightening around the crown prince,” said and the Christian Free Patriotic Movement founded by Aoun. one of its headlines. The parliamentary seats are split evenly -- 64 for Christians Abdel-Kadir Selvi, whose columns in the Hurriyet daily are Erdogan has still stopped short of directly pointing the ments ahead of his upcoming wedding to his Turkish fiancee, and 64 for Muslims, including Druze, with the two halves further closely watched for indications of Erdogan’s thinking, gave finger at Riyadh, with analysts saying he preferred to authorize Hatice Cengiz, who has now been given 24-hour protection divided among 11 religious groups. what he said were new details and said Prince Mohammad the leak of incriminating information to pro-government according to Turkish state media Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri has called on po- had to take responsibility. media to pressure the kingdom. Five employees from the Saudi consulate were testifying litical parties to “show modesty” in their demands regarding Selvi said Khashoggi was strangled by a Saudi assassi- He has twice held telephone talks with King Salman on to prosecutors on Monday, Anadolu said, with 22 foreign the new government, emphasizing that he is not responsible nation squad, in a process that took up to eight minutes. the crisis, with some analysts arguing Erdogan was seeking to and Turkish workers expected to give statements in total. for the serious delay. Then Salah Muhammad Al-Tubaigy, a lieutenant-colonel in preserve Turkish-Saudi relations through the ageing monarch The timing of the controversy could not be worse for the “They are blaming me for the delay whereas each party is the Saudi forensic department, cut the body into 15 pieces while sidelining his headstrong son Prince Mohammad. crown prince as he prepares to host a key investment sum- clinging to its stances and demands,” he told reporters on August while listening to music. Riyadh on Saturday finally admitted that Khashoggi had mit on Tuesday, overshadowed by big name cancellations. 7 ahead of a meeting for the Future Movement parliamentary bloc. “We cannot close this file until the crown prince is brought died in the consulate – blaming a brawl – and announced the Dozens of executives from bankers Goldman Sachs and “Everyone must display modesty and sacrifice for the sake of to account and removed from his post. For 50 years we firing of five top officials and the arrest of 18 others in a probe. JP Morgan to ride-hailing app Uber to Western leaders like the country,” Hariri said. cannot live with a crown prince who is an enemy of Turkey,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, the smooth for- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde have Political rivalry led to years of governmental paralysis in said Selvi. mer envoy to Washington and fluent English speaker, on pulled out of the three-day Future Investment Initiative Lebanon, and the country did not produce a state budget from In the past weeks, Turkish media and officials speaking Sunday appeared on Fox News to blame a “rogue operation” (FII), dubbed “Davos in the desert.” 2005 until last year. to international media have claimed that audio recordings by individuals who “exceeded their responsibilities” and Meanwhile German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Berlin The International Monetary Fund has said that Lebanon must prove Khashoggi was tortured before being decapitated al- then “tried to cover up for it.” would not export arms to Riyadh “in the current situation,” urgently address its fiscal policy in order to sustain its high levels though no concrete evidence of their existence have emerged. “We are determined to find out all the facts. And we are despite Germany’s approval last month of 416 million euros of public debt. Several senior members of Trump’s Republican Party determined to punish those who are responsible for this ($480 million) worth of arms exports to Saudi Arabia for 2018. (Source: Press TV) said they believed Prince Mohammad – who has close re- murder,” he said, denying any link to the crown prince. In a rare joint statement, Britain, France and Germany lations with the president’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Saudi’s official news agency said both King Salman and said there was an “urgent need for clarification” on what Kushner – was linked to the killing. Prince Mohammad had phoned Khashoggi’s son Salah to happened to Khashoggi and Riyadh’s account had to “be Senator Bob Corker called for a “collective” Western express their condolences. backed by facts to be considered credible.” response if a link is proved. Khashoggi went to the consulate on Oct. 2 to get docu- (Source: AFP) Vote counting starts in Afghan elections, marred by Barzani’s party wins most seats in Kurdish regional violence

Vote counting has started in Afghanistan following chaotic par- parliament election liamentary elections marred by violence, technical glitches and Massud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic region’s elite, won eight seats in the poll. top two political parties also took their rivalry The appointment of a new president to unprecedented delays. Party (KDP) has secured the most seats in The remainder of the seats were won by to Baghdad, contesting the honorary role of replace Barzani has been on hold, pending Despite attacks that killed 50, including many children, roughly the semi-autonomous region’s parliament, smaller, mainly Islamic parties. The ethnic Iraqi president. the drafting of a new Kurdish constitution. 4 million Afghans out of 8.8 registered voters cast their ballots the local electoral commission says. and religious minorities of Kurdistan’s three The presidency has been reserved for the Barzani was the key backer of Kurdistan’s over the two-day voting. According to final results announced by provinces in northern Iraq are reserved 11 Kurds since Iraq’s first multi-party elections in independence vote in September 2017 that was In southern Kandahar province, voting is to take place next the commission on Sunday, KDP won 45 seats in parliament. Five each go to Turkmen 2005, held two years after the US-led invasion. declared illegal by Iraq’s central government Saturday, after polls there were postponed for a week following of 111 seats in the September 30 elections. and Christian candidates, with one for the The PUK’s candidate Barham Saleh won and saw Baghdad impose economic penalties an attack that killed two senior Afghan officials, including the The KDP’s main rivals, the Patriotic Armenian community. that race, maintaining a tacit accord between and retake disputed territory. powerful provincial police chief, Gen. Abdul Raziq. Union of Kurdistan (PUK), will see 21 of its Goran and numerous Islamic parties have the two parties which sees the PUK take the The United Nations and the US as well Unofficial election results are not expected before mid-No- lawmakers enter parliament. said they will reject the results of the vote. federal presidency while the KDP holds the as regional powers like Iran and Turkey also vember and official results sometime in December. The main opposition Goran (Change) The results mean the KDP could theo- Kurdistan presidency. rejected the referendum by the semi-autono- In other developments, Afghan forces raided a village in eastern was left with 12 lawmakers in Kurdistan’s retically have the parliamentary majority The Iraqi Kurdish presidency has, however, mous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nangarhar province on Monday, saying seven insurgents were parliamentary vote. without having to form an alliance with its been left vacant since Barzani stepped down arguing that it could create further instability killed. Locals said five civilians died. The governor, Hayatullah The New Generation movement, found- political rivals. following a failed independence referendum in the already volatile region. Hayat, promised an investigation. ed this year to channel public anger at the In early October, the leaders of the region’s last year. (Source: Press TV) (Source: AP)

EU urges U.S., Russia talks to ‘preserve’ IN THE NAME OF GOD nuclear treaty First AnnouncementInternational Public Tender Notice (One Stage) The European Commission Monday urged the United States and Russia "Purchase spare parts for X-Ray Truck Inspection System I.R Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) to pursue talks to preserve a nuclear with model NUCTECH MB1215 " Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry weapons treaty after President Donald Trump said Washington was withdrawing Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) intends to purchase spare parts for X-Ray Truck Inspection System with from the deal. model NUCTECH MB1215 through international Public tender (One stage) according to the following conditions. The Commission, the 28-nation European Union executive, stressed Therefore, all eligible Iranian or foreign company agencies are requested to refer to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) has been a mainstay of mentioned below address for obtain the tender documents: European defense for the last three 1) Tender Participation: International Public Tender Notice (One Stage) decades. “The U.S. and the Russian federation need to remain in a con- 2) The amount of Participation Guarantee Bank shall be either 8 '000'000'000Iranian Rials or 160'000 Euros structive dialogue to preserve this treaty and ensure it is fully and verifiably 3) Tender Participation Guarantee: As a Bank Guarantee issued by one of the Iranian implemented,” spokeswoman Maja missiles was signed in 1987 by then U.S. system without providing the neces- banks. (acc, edited by Central Bank of I.R.I) or be deposited to account No.4001001106370306 in the name of IRICA at the Kocijancic told reporters. president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail sary transparency and explanation,” She said the agreement was important Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu Central bank of I.R.I and submit the receipt for both European and global security. Gorbachev on Sunday said that told AFP. “The treaty for Intermediate-Range “dropping these agreements... shows “In the absence of any credible an- 4) Deadline for obtaining tender documents: Oct22,2018-Oct31,2018 Forces in Europe contributed to the end a lack of wisdom” and was a “mistake.” swer from Russia on this new missile, of the Cold War, to the end of the nuclear The Trump administration has Allies believe that the most plausible 5) The address for obtaining tender documents and submitting bid envelops: Tenders & Contracts Bureau, Room No.109, Development arms race and is one of the cornerstones complained of Moscow’s deployment assessment would be that Russia is in & Equipment Dept. 1st floor Iran Customs Administration Bldg. Next to Nasser Alley, upper than Valiasr Sq. Tehran, Iran. of European security architecture since of Novator 9M729 missiles, which Wash- violation of the INF Treaty. Allies con- it entered force 30 years ago,” she added. ington says fall under the treaty’s ban tinue consultations,” she said. 6) Deadline for submitting bids:Dec1,2018 “And thanks to this treaty almost on missiles that can travel distances When asked if the EU shares the U.S. 7) Send packets of bids: to the address mentioned in article5 3,000 missiles with nuclear and con- of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. position that Russia should be blamed ventional warheads have been removed The Brussels-based North Atlantic for the treaty’s lapse, Kocijancic renewed 8) Opening bid envelopes: Dec2,2018 and verifiably destroyed,” Kocijancic said. Treaty Organization, which includes the the call for dialogue. Further information would be available at www.irica.gov.ir also "National Database Portal of Iran Tenders Information" “It is also an important contribution United States, has long echoed those “We of course expect the Russian to disarmament obligations under the concerns, including during a meeting federation to address the concerns re- or Tel: +98 21 82992254 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” of its 29 defense ministers this month. garding its compliance with the treaty she said. “After years of denials and obfus- in a substantial and transparent way,” Development and Equipment Dept The agreement banning interme- cation, Russia recently acknowledged the commission spokeswoman said. of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Tendecy & Contracts Bureau diate-range nuclear and conventional the existence of the [9M729] missile (Source: AFP) 2637 II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 44 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY OCTOBEROCTOBER 23, 2018 Europe tries to ensure connection of at least one STOCK MARKET TEDPIX 187778.9 IFX 2102.41 Iranian bank with the world: French senator Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir By Zahra Khezri imposed on Iran will definitely impact the TEHRAN – French Senator Philippe Bon- global market as well. necarrere, who heads the France-Iran friend- However, she added, as Tehran and Paris CURRENCIES ship group in the upper house of parliament, sit around the same table to explore ways says that European nations are seeking to out of the sanctions regime and keep the USD 42,000 rials ensure that at least one Iranian bank stay French companies operating in Iran, they EUR 48,494 rials connected to the world after the U.S. imposed will end up having closer relationship than new sanctions on Tehran. ever before. GBP 55,053 rials Making the remarks during a news confer- The French parliamentarian also noted that the world cannot react to Trump’s every AED 11,430 rials ence with French and Iranian counterparts on Sunday in Tehran, the French senator said tweet as he tends to shoot from the hip a lot. Source: iribnews.ir that his country expresses support for the ‘French parliamentary team’s visit of Iran 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known is very important’ as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action For his part, Kazem Jalali, who heads (JCPOA), along with other European Union Iran-France friendship group in the Iranian COMMODITIES member states. parliament, said the visit by the French par- The EU has proposed a measure – known liamentary team to Iran is very meaningful, WTI $68.68/b as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) – to help just a few weeks prior to the imposition of a Brent $79.31/b Iran continue trade with Europe. SPV acts as second round of the U.S. sanctions on Iran’s a means to create a barter system to exchange international banking system through SWIFT determination and all the will of France to energy. OPEC Basket $78.25/b Iranian oil for European goods without money to keep up commercial relations on goods or keep alive the nuclear agreement.” Jalali told reporters that 500 European Asked by Tehran Times whether the new MPs have signed a petition in support for Gold $1,221.75/oz changing hands. services that are not subject to sanctions.” Senator Bonnecarrere, who was in Iran Delphine O, a member of the French round of U.S. sanctions have any impact on the JCPOA, in hope to lessen the impact of Silver $14.57/oz with six other members of the French parlia- National Assembly, also took the podium Iran-France relationship, the French law- the imposed sanctions on Iran. ment, added, “[the purpose is] to have at least at the conference. She said that the visit by maker said that the U.S. is the world’s most The second round of U.S. sanctions goes Platinium $825.10/oz one Iranian bank remain connected to the the French delegation was a sign of “all the dominant economic power and its sanctions into effect on November 4. Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com NEWS IN BRIEF IRICA’s anti-sanctions package Iran’s trade balance with Belarus Trade between being implemented turns positive after 25 years Iran, Azerbaijan ECONOMY TEHRAN — Head of ECONOMY TEHRAN — Trade ex- deskthe Islamic Republic of deskchange between Iran rises 75% in 6 Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) and Belarus has reached $154.1 million, months Foroud Asgari announced on Monday that marking the first positive trade balance his organization’s package to tackle U.S.- for Iran in the last 25 years, IRNA re- led sanctions, back domestic production ported on Monday quoting Iran’s envoy ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value of trade between and spur exports of Iranian goods is being to Minsk. deskIran and Azerbaijan during the first half of implemented, IRNA quoted him as saying. According to Mostafa Oveisi, Iran ex- the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22) “We have removed some restrictions customs income stood at 163 trillion ri- ported $81.8 million worth of goods to other areas including medicine, agri- has risen 75 percent compared to that of the same period of to protect Iranian producers and export- als (about $3.88 billion) during the first the European country in the past Iranian culture, beef imports, electric buses, time in the previous year, the chairman of Iran-Azerbaijan ers,” Asgari said. half of the current Iranian calendar year calendar year (March 2017- March 2018) development of tourism industry and Joint Chamber of Commerce told ILNA. As he also informed, exports procedures (March 21-September 22, 2018). registering a 15 percent rise compared sports, and the two countries’ officials Behrouz Pour-Soleyman put the annual trade between the have been electronicized at customs of- According to the Deputy Head of IRICA to the figure for the same time span in are negotiating for further expansion of two countries at $55 million in the previous year and said fices and exporters can do the required Ali Rahimian, the figure stood at 158.835 the preceding year. ties in even more areas. that the figure is anticipated to reach $80 million in this year. exports procedures without presence in trillion rials (about $3.78 billion) during “Iran exported two oil cargoes to Be- “I hope that during the time I am Iran’s IRICA offices. the same period of time in the past year. larus last year which had a significant ambassador to Belarus, we will see a re- “Exports procedures used to take ex- Iran’s non-oil exports hit $23.123 bil- impact on boosting the two countries trade alization of the $1 billion trade target porters about seven days, while electronic lion in the first half of the present Ira- turnover.” the ambassador told IRNA. between the two countries, which was systems can do the customs clearance within nian calendar year, growing 13 percent The official noted that along with oil emphasized during the recent meeting No spare capacity in market to a day,’ he expressed content. in comparison with the same period in and energy, the cooperation between of the Iranian and Belarusian parliament replace Iranian oil: Zanganeh As reported in early October, Iran’s the preceding year. Tehran and Minsk has also grown in spokesmen.”, he said. 1 Iran has repeatedly said that its oil exports cannot be reduced to zero because of high demand levels in the market. Under sanctions, Iran’s oil exports could fall by as much as two- thirds, straining oil markets. Petchem “The market’s knowledge of this inability has raised the prices as the average price (of crude) ... Rising oil prices have slowed down the economic growth of most of the consumer countries, projects which is affecting the global economy,” Zanganeh said. worth $8.5b Italy won’t back down on deficit underway First Announcement IN THE NAME OF GOD Italy’s populist government promised it won’t let its budget ENERGY TEHRAN— Petrochemical ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING deficit widen further than currently planned and called for deskprojects worth $8.5 billion are dialogue with the European Union to address their differences. under implementation throughout the country, In a letter to the European Commission published Mon- Persian Gulf Petrochemicals Industries Company day, Finance Minister Giovanni Tria said the government (PGPIC)’s managing director announced. EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-05/161 is ready to act to ensure it doesn’t exceed the 2.4 percent Addressing a press conference on Sunday, target for 2019. He said he’s aware that his spending plans Jafar Rabiee said that $4 billion of investment Tender Holder: don’t comply with EU rules and he wants “constructive” talks has been made for three projects which are due to ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) with officials in Brussels. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, be inaugurated by the next year, IRNA reported. speaking in Rome, said the deficit target should be seen as an upper limit and it could still be narrower. Subject of Two-Stage Tender: The decision to increase spending was “difficult though Technical Proposal Document for Preparation, Installation and Setting up of LV Panels (Low Voltage necessary,” Tria said in his letter. He cited slow economic Power Panels) (Tehran IRIB Center) according to the tender documents growth and the “difficult economic situation the poorest segments of the Italian society are facing.” Italian bonds rose slightly, with the spread over German Deadline of Receiving Documents: 10-year yields narrowing by 6 basis points to 296. The gap As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on Monday reached a five-year high of 341 basis points during trading on Friday. October 29, 2018. Tria has come under fire from officials and investors since bowing to pressure from Italy’s coalition heavyweights Matteo Place of Receiving Documents: Salvini and Luigi Di Maio to allocate resources to their key election promises: tax cuts, more benefits spending, and a Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and lower retirement age. The Commission expressed “serious Expounding upon the current status of petro- Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran concern” about Italy’s budget plans in a letter on Thursday. chemical industry in Iran, Rabiee said this industry Delayed benefits has become a major source of employment and The finance chief offered no indication that he plans to foreign currency earnings for the country. Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: back down from the headline spending targets, paving the He said PGPIC has injected $2.4 billion into The amount of USD 54,229 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee way for the EU to take the unprecedented step of demanding the domestic market during April 11-October 17. revisions. EU commissioners will discuss the letter response The holding company should inject $4.2 bil- Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: at a meeting in Strasbourg Tuesday, commission spokesman lion to the market by the end of current Iranian Margaritis Schinas told reporters in Brussels. calendar year (March 20, 2019), he added. The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked with tender “While recognizing the divergence of the respective evalu- According to the announcement of the Public number no later than 15 p.m. on Wednesday November 28, 2018 and submitted to the Secretariat of ations, the Italian government will remain in a constructive Relations Office of Iranian Oil Ministry all the Commission of Tenders. and fair dialogue,” Tria added. “The government is confident foreign currency earned from exports of petro- it can get investment and GDP growth moving again and chemical companies’ products has been regularly that the recent rise in the government bond yields will be pumped into the secondary market (the Forex Time and Place of Opening Envelopes reabsorbed as the investors learn about all the details of the Management Integrated System, locally known The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday December 02, 2018 in the office of measures in the budget law.” as NIMA), in a bid to address the country’s cur- He added that after 2019 the government doesn’t intend rency needs. Vice President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after technical to raise the structural budget deficit -- adjusted to take ac- Central Bank of Iran Governor Abdolnaser evaluation. count of the economic cycle and one-time items. Hemmati said on Saturday that within the next It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. Prime Minister Conte signaled that Italy may not imple- few weeks, the procedure of injecting non-oil ment some of its most controversial spending plans until later exports revenues into the foreign exchange sec- next year, which could potentially lead to a narrower deficit. ondary market will be lubricated to supply the For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 While the move is unlikely to appease the EU Commission, required forex sources for imports. It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. it was a sign that the government in Rome is looking at ways According to Hemmati, €7.3 billion of deals to reach a face-saving compromise. have been done at the secondary market during the Public Relations Dept. of IRIB “We can still reassess during the budget implementation past two months and due to the taken measures whether to contain the target so we don’t necessarily need including having petrochemical companies supply to reach that 2.4 percent,” Conte said. “For sure, we won’t the required foreign currency of the secondary exceed it.” forex market, injection of foreign currency into (Source: Bloomberg) the system will be facilitated in near future. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 5 OCTOBER 23, 2018 ADVERTISEMENTSENERGYOCTOBER 23, 2018 5

Oil rises above $80, Saudi Trading in Asian sweet crude for Dec. cycle gets underway

Loading programs and tenders for Malaysia’s crudes emerged last Arabia plans output increase week, with more expected to be issued this week along with PTT’s usual sweet crude buy tender for IRPC, edging up momentum for the Oil edged above $80 a barrel on Monday, quarter of next year,” Varga said. December trading cycle of the Asian sweet crude market, sources said. lifted by nervousness over a worsening dip- OPEC agreed in June to boost supply Yet for condensates, a lack of strength in the naphtha market and lomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and the to make up for the expected disruption to a sizable overhang despite recent trading activity, weighed down West, just two weeks before U.S. sanctions Iranian exports. on sentiment, market sources said. potentially choke off Iranian crude supplies. However, an internal document reviewed Planned exports of Malaysia’s Kimanis crude for December Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih told by Reuters suggested OPEC is struggling to totaled 6 million barrels, down from 6.6 million barrels in No- Russia’s TASS news agency that his country add barrels as an increase in Saudi supply vember, trade sources said. Among spot tenders, Petronas issued had no intention of unleashing a 1973-style oil was offset by declines elsewhere. tenders offering Bunga Orkid and Bunga Kekwa crudes as well as embargo on Western consumers, but rather While Saudi Arabia is intent on making Muda condensate, while Petroleum Brunei issued a tender offering was focused on raising output to compensate up for lost barrels, the outlook for demand Kimanis crude, and Vietnam’s PV Oil issued a tender for Rong Doi for supply losses elsewhere, such as Iran. next year is deteriorating. condensate last week. Several U.S. lawmakers have suggested The ongoing trade dispute between China Among others, a November-loading NWS cargo and an Octo- imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia over the and the United States will almost certainly ber-loading Bayu Undan condensate cargo held by trading houses killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, erode demand, analysts say. were heard still seeking buyers, sources said as of mid-last week. while the kingdom, the world’s largest oil OPEC itself estimates demand for its On recent sales of Australia’s North West Shelf condensate, market exporter, pledged to retaliate to any sanctions crude will fall to an average of 31.8 million sources said BHP Billiton sold its December 4-8 loading cargo, and with “bigger measures”. bpd next year, from an average 32.8 million Chevron sold its December 25-29 loading cargo. The BHP Billiton Falih said Saudi Arabia would soon raise 45 cents on the day to $80.23 a barrel by strategist Tamas Varga said. bpd this year. cargo was heard sold to a trading house at a discount of around 75 output to 11 million barrels per day (bpd) 0900 GMT, while U.S. crude futures rose U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector start “The full impact of the U.S.-China trade cents/b to Platts Dated Brent on an FOB basis, while the Chevron from the current 10.7 million. He added that 31 cents to $69.43 a barrel. on Nov. 4 and analysts believe anything up war will hit markets in 2019 and could act cargo was heard sold to a regional end-user at a discount of around Riyadh had capacity to increase output to 12 “Politics are coming into the picture and to 1.5 million bpd in supply could be at risk. as a considerable drag on oil demand next 40 cents/b to Platts Dated Brent on an FOB basis. million bpd and Persian Gulf OPEC ally, the maybe this is what (the Saudis) will do, but “The big unknown is how much Irani- year, raising the possibility of the market Two cargoes of Ichthys condensate were recently sold. In addition United Arab Emirates, could add a further as far as next year’s supply/demand balance an oil will be off the market and we’ll know returning to surplus,” said Emirates NBD to Inpex selling an October 28-31 loading cargo to Trafigura reported 200,000 bpd. is concerned, it’s not justified for them to in about a month’s time. Then we’ll have a bank in a note. earlier, market sources said Total sold an end-November loading Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose increase production,” PVM Oil Associates clearer picture of what to expect for the first (Source: Reuters) cargo to an unidentified Chinese end-user. Market sources at Unipec said they did not buy Total’s cargo, while Fujian refiner Fuhaichuang could not be reached for comment. Condensate cargoes sold into China are typically procured by the two, though Fuhaichuang usually The world’s fourth-biggest oil producer can’t keep the lights on buys its cargoes through a third party. Iraq is fast becoming a global oil powerhouse, electricity supplies and has trouble keeping the than $32 billion of foreign direct investment has Lukoil PJSC and Gazprom PJSC sat out the latest Price details for Inpex’s Ichthys cargo sale to Trafigura was around gaining stature in OPEC after it surpassed Canada lights on -- and attracting the kinds of investment flowed out of the country over the past five years, auction for Iraq’s oil and gas blocks in April, but flat to a small premium to Platts Dated Brent on a delivered basis this year as the world’s fourth-biggest producer. needed to create jobs and spur local businesses. according to United Nations data. smaller companies from the United Arab Emir- to Napa Napa, Papua New Guinea, and traders said a similar price But the war-ravaged country has little to show “An increase in production is good news, Fifteen years after the U.S. led a military coali- ates and China succeeded in securing contracts. was likely for Total’s end-November loading cargo. for its feat. but Iraq still fails to provide basic services like tion to oust Saddam Hussein’s regime, “people are International oil companies are responsible for South Korean end-users bought all four cargoes of Qatar’s low While crude markets are preoccupied with clean water and power to its citizens, including frustrated that they don’t have 24-hour electricity, two-thirds of Iraq’s current production, and their sulfur condensate in its tender offering December-loading car- Saudi Arabia’s ability to boost output as im- in Basra where most of the oil is extracted,” said that the infrastructure and healthcare are poor,” capital and technology are crucial to maintain- goes, traders said. Two cargoes of 500,000 barrels each were sold pending U.S. sanctions curb Iranian exports, Ziad Daoud, Bloomberg’s chief economist in the said Ali Al-Mawlawi, head of research at Bagh- ing and raising output, said Ian Thom, Wood to Hanwha Total, one cargo to Hyundai Oilbank and one cargo to Iraq has quietly increased shipments to Asia, Middle East. dad-based think tank Al-Bayan Center. “Wealth Mackenzie’s principal analyst for Middle East SK Energy, market sources said. The cargoes were heard sold at Europe and the Mediterranean region to offset Political tensions isn’t trickling down in a fair and equitable way.” upstream. around a $2.75/b premium to Platts Dubai crude assessments on Iran’s missing barrels. Most indicators in Iraq beyond oil show little Security improvements and efforts to form a As long as the government keeps paying foreign an FOB basis. Iraq is producing a record 4.78 million barrels promise. Political tensions continue to simmer new government are cause for some optimism, oil companies in full and on time, producers can The traded premiums were on the high side for some traders, of oil a day, the country’s Oil Minister Jabbar due to Baghdad’s stalemate with the country’s Al-Mawlawi said in a phone interview. Yet persis- extract reasonable returns from Iraq’s low-cost who cited the narrowing Brent/Dubai spread and rising freight rates Al-Luaibi said on Saturday. Output will rise to semi-autonomous Kurds, a sense of margin- tent corruption and a cumbersome bureaucracy fields, even if crude drops to $30 a barrel, Thom as factors against Qatari condensates. “Seems Koreans have a clear 5 million barrels a day in 2019 and 7.5 million alization among the minority Sunnis, and the make “foreign companies apprehensive about said. Brent crude, the global benchmark, has preference for this grade and will pay up,” one trader said. in 2024, he said. Consultant Wood Mackenzie Shiite majority’s discontent with unreliable investing,” he said. traded at an average of more than $73 this year. A higher premium was heard for Sokol crude, as India’s ONGC Ltd. forecasts Iraq could pump 6 million barrels public services in their southern heartland of None of this seems to matter for the oil in- “Iraq will not struggle to find foreign investors Videsh awarded via tender a cargo loading over December 20-26 a day by 2025 and that its output is set to grow Basra province. dustry in Iraq, the second-biggest member of the to grow its oil sector,” Daoud said. “The challenge to Mitsubishi Corp.’s trading arm Petro-Diamond, at a premium of faster than for all countries but the U.S. over the Oil prices have doubled since 2016, bolstering Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is to attract capital and expertise to benefit the around $5.65/b to Platts Dubai crude assessments on a CFR North next six years. Iraq’s finances, yet the country’s stock index is after Saudi Arabia. broader economy.” Asia basis, market sources said. For all its petro-wealth, Iraq lacks steady down 30 percent over the same period. More Oil majors like Exxon Mobil Corp., Total SA, (Source: Bloomberg) (Source: Platts)

For the First time in Country: EMSCO Wins EFQM’s Golden Award For the first time in the country, Esfahan’s that companies are evaluated according to stages: 1- compilation of declaration and site Mobarakeh Steel Company (EMSCO) man- this model since 1992 in a way that more than of visit.” aged to receive GOLD Award of the European 1,100 organizations mainly European compa- In the first stage, the organization, ac- Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) nies have participated in this process. cording to EFQM model, will embark on an- after the evaluation of assessors of the Foun- Of total 1,100 organizations, only 54 of nouncing approaches and its results within dation. In this regard, the company’s score hit which managed to obtain the score above the framework of a management document. above 600. 600, he said, adding, “the maximum score Then, the evaluation team selected by the Chief Executive of Esfahan’s Mobarakeh of this evaluation is above 700 scores and in secretariat will embark on the initial evalua- Steel Company (EMSCO) Hamid-Reza Azi- platinum level in a way that 10 organizations tion. Afterwards, Evaluation Team with its at- mian announced the above statement and including Siemens, BMW and Bosch, etc. have tendance at the venue of the company, em- said, “dynamicity and movement towards managed to receive this score in this level.” barks on assessing the organizing through progressing require successful presence of Since its establishment, the company has interviewing with various ranks (ranging from organizations in a competitive and turbulent focused on deploying management patterns managing director to operational rank). business environment in the contemporary and systems and has always tried to expose Eventually, the Evaluation Team presents its world of today.” the company in the course of various evalua- feedback report and score to the Organiza- ‘Dynamicity’, ‘being energetic’ and ‘interac- tions and auditing procedures, he opined. tion. tion’ are prerequisite for success of any eco- Elsewhere in his remarks, Nazemi pointed In this edition, a five-member team of as- nomic enterprises, the issue of which should to the evaluation in past edition of EFQM in sessors from countries [including the Nether- be taken into consideration, he reiterated. Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company as well lands, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Spain] As a leading steel production unit in the as implementation of more than 20 projects embarked on evaluating Esfahan’s Mobarakeh country, Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company for improvement in various sectors accord- Steel Company during four days with organ- is always committed to bring profit for all its ing to the feedback report and expressed his izing more than 30 expert-level sessions and beneficiaries and stakeholders. satisfaction to the employees for assisting the in cooperation with about 130 commissures. He pointed to the success and achieve- company to receive such award. After following up these stages, the com- ment of the company gained since its estab- He termed ‘participation’, ‘cooperation’, Despite various challenges facing ahead He expressed hope that consecutive im- pany managed to win European Foundation lishment and said, “the company owes its suc- ‘collaboration’ and ‘synergy’ as the most im- such as restriction in resources especially provement in the company will be put atop for Quality Management (EFQM) Award. cess both in national and international levels portant factors behind success of this indus- water, requirements to design products and agenda of personnel of the company as an Head of Organizational Excellence and to the unflinching and unsparing efforts of its trial and production unit. creation of portfolio, the company managed organizational value. Management Systems of Esfahan’s Mo- industrious personnel.” He termed the European Foundation for to attain its expected results and objectives in Integrated Teamwork, Leading Cause barakeh Steel Company termed obtaining He seized this opportunity to express his Quality Management (EFQM) Model, which the best form possible, he added. behind Success of Company in Winning this success as the result of an integrated special thanks to the industrious and hard- is the outcome of successful management At the unsparing efforts of personnel and EFQM teamwork and participation of all units in the working personnel of the company who man- experiences in the international level, as a adoption of proper decisions, the company Shojaei Head of Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel evaluation process and once again expressed aged to materialize most economic objectives suitable model for the effective management will move forwards with the aim of material- Company for Excellence and Management his special thanks to all industrious staff and in the best form possible. of economic enterprises in the country and izing most of its objectives, he said, adding, Systems was the next speaker who pointed personnel who played leading role in mate- It should be kept in mind that empathy, expressed hope that focusing on these ap- “with the coordination made in this regard, to EFQM and said, “European Foundation for rializing objectives of this industrial and pro- synergy and participation of all staff, person- proaches will be taken into consideration in Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company will be Quality Management (EFQM) includes two duction unit.” nel and employees will have a unique role in steel industry of the country. turned into a leader in industries of the coun- accelerating the path of growth and excel- Attaining Objectives with the t r y.” lence of organization in current critical situ- Adoption of Suitable Strategy and EMSCO Focuses on Deployment of ation. Measures in EMSCO Management Patterns and Systems since ‘Participation’, ‘Cooperation’ and Deputy CEO of Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Establishment ‘Synergy’, Most Important Factors behind Company for Technology Affairs Manouchehr Manager of EMSCO for Quality Assurance Success of EMSCO Nikfar was the other speaker who said, “in this and Organizational Excellence Mohammad For his part, Bahram Sobhani Head of Ira- edition of the European Foundation for Quali- Nazemi Harandi was the next speaker who nian Steel Association (ISA) and former man- ty Management (EFQM), EMSCO participated pointed to EFQM Model and said, “European aging director of Esfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel in this prestigious Foundation for second time Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Company (EMSCO) was the other speaker, and managed to receive 50 scores as com- is the most reliable management pattern in who had participated in the Annual EFQM pared to the previous edition of the Award.” the world.” Conference in Austrian capital Vienna for re- Growth in indexes, cooperation and in- He reiterated, “EFQM is the result of ex- ceiving golden award of the Foundation, ex- teraction between customers, staff and em- periences of 14 European companies of 14 pressed his thanks to the industrious staff and ployees as well as improvement of profitability European companies such as Volkswagen, personnel of the company who managed to indicators, quality and productions, etc. have Philips, Bosch, etc. which designed and devel- lead the company towards boom and pros- been cited as the most important criteria for oped it in 1988.” perity. obtaining this score. 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The Sino-American Cold Turkish-Kuwaiti rapprochement War’s collateral damage disturbs Persian Gulf countries By Fehim Tastekin As repercussions from Turkey’s move to set up a military base in Qatar continue to resonate, Ankara is going ahead with adding a military dimension to relations with Kuwait. Ankara, whose relations with Kuwait have been warming for the past two years, recently signed a military cooperation agreement with the Persian Gulf nation bordering Iraq and Saudi Arabia. According to the agreement signed by deputy chiefs of staff of the two countries dur- By Minxin Pei ing the Turkey-Kuwait Military Cooperation Committee meeting, the two nations are plan- Despite the low probability of a direct military clash between the ning to share their military experiences and U.S. and China, a Sino-American cold war would undoubtedly coordinate their activities beginning in 2019. produce collateral damage so far-reaching and severe that the The agreement occurs amid the backdrop very future of humanity could be jeopardized. But it is not too late of Turkey’s close ties with the Muslim Brother- for the U.S. and China to change course. hood, Turkish moves to become a shield for The escalating trade feud between the United States and China Qatar against the Saudi-United Arab Emir- is increasingly viewed as the opening campaign of a new cold war. ates alliance, the decision by Riyadh to assist But this clash of titans, should it continue to escalate, will cost both Kurds in Syria and the tensions that erupted parties dearly, to the point that even the winner (more likely to be with this month’s disappearance of the Saudi the U.S.) would probably find its victory Pyrrhic. journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Yet it is the rest of the world that would pay the steepest price. In Kuwait became concerned about the in- fact, despite the low probability of a direct military clash between tentions of Mohammed bin Salman after he Kuwaitis fear a critical threat from a rogue clique in Saudi Arabia. the U.S. and China, a new cold war would undoubtedly produce was named Saudi Arabia’s crown prince last This is why they call MBS ‘little Saddam.’ Emir Sheikh Sabah is in a collateral damage so far-reaching and severe that the very future year. Moreover, the decision by the Trump weak position. This is why he is looking for alliance with Erdogan. of humanity could be jeopardized. administration to support Riyadh took away Already, bilateral tensions are contributing to an economic some of Kuwait’s defenses. dis had rejected the 1913 British-Ottoman blank check Trump has issued to MBS [Mo- Qataris are influencing Kuwait via the Muslim decoupling that is reverberating across the global economy. If Mohammed’s visit to Kuwait on Sept. 30 Accord that drew the borders of Kuwait, hammed bin Salman].” Brotherhood, while Kuwaitis accuse Saudis the end of the Cold War in 1991 launched the golden age of global to discuss the recurring problems between Qatar, Bahrain and the Shatt al-Arab and Mourad said, “Because of his prevailing of employing Kuwaiti Salafis who graduated economic integration, the beginning of the next cold war between the two countries and the Qatar issue did declared war on Kuwait. In 1922, under the fears, Sheikh Al-Sabah went to Washing- from the University of Medina as “agents of the world’s two largest economies will undoubtedly produce divi- not go well. The meeting, designated to last Uqair Protocol imposed by the British, two- ton in September 2017 to beef up ties with influence.” sion and fragmentation. some two hours, was cut short. thirds of the Kuwait territory was given to Trump. For the past three years the Kuwaiti Relations between Turkey and Kuwait It is easy to imagine a world divided into two trade blocs, each The crisis between the two countries es- the Saudis. Kuwaitis, who were not invited ambassador in Washington has been hosting gained momentum because Kuwaitis were centered on a superpower. Trade within the blocs could continue, calated in 2014 due to disputes over their to the bargaining table, were represented the Kuwaiti National Day receptions at the grateful to Turkey for its position against Iraq’s or even flourish, but there would be few links, if any, between them. common oil fields of Khafji and Wafra. Kuwait by British envoy Percy Cox. Kuwaitis have Trump International DC hotel. They are of 1990 invasion of Kuwait. After 2011, Turkey’s The global financial system would also unravel. President had opposed the inclusion of Chevron in the never forgotten this stab. course trying to take steps to free themselves Justice and Development Party received the Donald Trump’s administration has shown just how easy it is for operation and the Saudis unilaterally ceased A military accord with Turkey now raises from Saudi hegemony.” support of Kuwaitis who sympathized with the the U.S. to hurt its foes by using sanctions to deny them access production. Kuwait says it was denied $18 bil- the question of whether Kuwait, like Qa- Mourad added, “But the situation is not Syrian opposition. Both Salafi and Muslim to the dollar-denominated international payment system. Given lion in revenue and wants to be compensated. tar, is looking for military protection. Editor the same nowadays. Kuwaitis fear a critical Brotherhood groups were able to transit to this, America’s strategic adversaries, China and Russia – and even U.S. President Donald Trump wants for there Abdul Bari Atwan of Rai al Yawm newspaper, threat from a rogue clique in Saudi Arabia. Syria via Turkey. The number of Kuwaiti its ally, the European Union – are trying to establish alternative to a Saudi boost to the world oil supply in lieu in a story based on Kuwaiti sources, wrote This is why they call MBS ‘little Saddam.’ tourists to Turkey increased manyfold. Re- payment systems to protect of an expected drop in Iranian production, that the Kuwaiti-Turkish accord could lead to Emir Sheikh Sabah is in a weak position. lations gained further momentum with the themselves in the future. In fact, despite and Mohammed wants to resume production deployment of Turkish troops in Kuwait. “The This is why he is looking for alliance with signing of six agreements during the Ankara Such economic frag- in the common oil fields as soon as possible. accord doesn’t rule out deployment of Turkish Erdogan. This is not really what they want visit of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber mentation, together with the low In Kuwait’s political corridors, Mohammed troops in Kuwait and purchase of Turkish but they have no other choice. As a regional Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah in September 2017. the deeper geopolitical probability of a is now referred to as “little Saddam.” weapons, including armored vehicles, along force they can’t ask for help from Iran. There Kuwaiti parliament Speaker Merzuk tensions that a cold war To cope with these pressures, Kuwait has the lines of the Qatar-Turkey accord that de- is no regional power other than Turkey.” Al-Ghanim surprised everyone at the 2018 implies, would devastate direct military been approaching actors such as Turkey who fends Doha against Persian Gulf countries,” The Kuwaiti emir, because of his country’s Assembly of Eurasia Parliamentary Leaders the world’s technological clash between could help provide some form of protection. Atwan wrote. fragile position, has been pursuing ways to at Antalya by saying, “Turkey is not a banana landscape. Restrictions on the U.S. and One Saudi prince voiced Riyadh’s discomfort Turkey’s efforts to sell defense industry avoid troubles by resorting to “mediation republic. Those who want a economic war technology transfers and with the Kuwaiti moves by openly calling for products to Kuwait are not a secret. Turkey diplomacy.” Kuwaiti mediation had helped against it will not succeed.’’ This remark, seen linkages, often justified by China, a new the country’s occupation. Prince Khalid bin participated in the 2017 Kuwaiti Defense during the 2014 crisis with Qatar. But Trump’s as a response to the Saudi-UAE camp, was national security concerns, cold war would Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki, in a tweet, called and Aeronautics Fair with 23 companies. affinity with the Saudi-UAE camp in the 2017 widely reported in the Persian Gulf media. would give rise to compet- undoubtedly “for a new ‘Determined Storm Operation’ to Lebanese researcher Ali Mourad said crisis made Kuwait’s mediation efforts seem- In recent years Turkish construction ing and incompatible stand- free Kuwait from the dictates of Ihvan [the Kuwaitis are seriously worried about being ingly useless. companies in Kuwait have been awarded ards. The Internet would produce Muslim Brotherhood] and Hamads [a derisive invaded. He told Al-Monitor, “Kuwaitis need Sabah, thinking Kuwait is next after Qatar, 30 projects worth $6.5 billion, including the splinter into competing collateral term for Qatar’s leadership].” a regional force like Turkey to deal with Saudi had angered Saudi Arabia and the United Kuwait international airport. Ankara is now domains. Innovation would The enmity between Kuwait and Saudi ill intentions. They are truly afraid of a Saudi Arab Emirates by telling Trump that the working to hard to get a bigger share of con- suffer, resulting in higher damage so far- Arabia dates to the border dispute during invasion because of a hegemony crisis in the Saudis and Emiratis want a military solu- tracts from Kuwait’s 2035 Development Plan. costs, slower adoption, and reaching and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Sau- oil fields, Kuwait’s ties with Qatar and the tion to the Persian Gulf crisis. Saudis claim (Source: Al Monitor) inferior products. But the first area to be severe that the struck by deep fragmenta- very future of tion would be global supply humanity could chains. To avoid being hit A president kowtowing to a mad prince by U.S. tariffs, companies be jeopardized. manufacturing or assem- bling U.S.-bound goods in China would be forced to move their Trump is providing cover for Saudi barbarism production facilities to other countries, most likely in South and Southeast Asia. In the short term, such a wave of relocations – By Nicholas Kristof China stands at the center of global manufacturing chains – would be hugely disruptive. The fragmented supply chains that emerge American presidents have periodically engaged in cover- would be much less efficient, as no single country can match China ups of their own corruption or licentiousness, but President in terms of infrastructure, the industrial base, or the size and skill Trump is breaking new ground. He is using the United States of the labor force. Yet, if the U.S. and China actually decided to government to cover up a foreign despot’s barbarism. engage in a prolonged cold war, the economic consequences – As someone who knew Jamal Khashoggi for more than 15 however dire – would be dwarfed by another consequence: a lack years, I’m outraged at the reports that a Saudi team of royal of sufficiently strong action to combat climate change. thugs beat, drugged and murdered Jamal — even cutting As it stands, China produces over nine billion metric tons of off his fingers, presumably because that’s what he wrote carbon dioxide per year, making it the world’s largest emitter. with — and then dismembered him with a bone saw. But The U.S. comes in a distant second, emitting about five billion I’m equally outraged at the pathetic White House response. metric tons annually. If these two countries, which together are In the past, Trump repeatedly denounced President Ba- responsible for 38% of annual global CO2 emissions, are unable rack Obama for having bowed to a Saudi king. But today to find common ground on climate action, it is all but guaranteed Trump is not just bowing to a king; he’s kowtowing to a that humanity will miss its last chance to prevent catastrophic mad prince. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also global warming. known as MBS, has repeatedly manipulated Trump and A Sino-American cold war would make such an outcome far Jared Kushner, for he knows how to push Americans’ buttons, more likely. China would counter that the U.S. bears more re- and now it’s happening again: Trump is helping whitewash sponsibility for climate change, in both cumulative and per capita what appears to be the Saudi Arabian torture-murder of an terms. Locked in geopolitical competition, neither country would international journalist. be willing to budge. International climate negotiations, already At least four of the alleged killers have ties to MBS, The monumentally challenging, would end in deadlock. Even if other Times has reported, and anybody who knows Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, countries did agree on measures, the impact would be insufficient knows that this brazen attack could never have happened has repeatedly manipulated Trump and Jared Kushner, for without the U.S. and China on board. without MBS’s approval. he knows how to push Americans’ buttons. The one hope humanity would have would lie in technological Maybe we shouldn’t write columns when we’re upset. innovation. Yet such innovation – including the rapid progress in But this atrocity is infuriating as well as heartbreaking: If what will MBS do next? ests; he damages them. Indeed, one of my fears is that he renewable energy over the last decade – has depended crucially the reports are true, it happened in part because American The truth is that for decades, we have enabled Saudi Arabian will try to drag us into a war with Iran. on the relatively free flow of technologies across borders, not to officials — and many others in their bipartisan gushing over misconduct, including the extremist education and terrorist Yet even as Saudi officials lie low, Trump has become mention China’s unique ability to scale up production and reduce MBS — enabled a reckless ruler, helped him gain and con- financing that contributed to the 9/11 attacks. We stood by the kingdom’s puppet and apologist, suggesting that “rogue costs quickly. solidate power, and led him to think that he could get away as Saudi Arabia seeded fanatical madrasas in places like killers” might have been responsible for the apparent mur- Amid cold war-fueled economic fragmentation – especially the with anything. Trump and Kushner cultivated MBS early on West Africa, Pakistan and Indonesia, gravely destabilizing der. He dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for an aforementioned restrictions on trade and technology transfers – as a potential ally, inviting him to dine in the White House poor parts of the world. In fairness, Saudi Arabia has made unctuous mission to thank King Salman for his commitment urgently-needed breakthroughs would become much more difficult and backing him as he rose to effectively run his country. progress in some areas, including its financing of terrorism, to a “thorough” and “transparent” investigation. to achieve. With that, a technological solution for climate change, MBS attacked Yemen, creating what the United Nations calls but it remains despotic, intolerant and misogynist. Trump acts as if the Saudis have leverage over us. In fact, already a long shot, would effectively become a chimera. And the the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, bombing schoolchildren Enough! the Saudis desperately need us and our spare parts for their greatest existential threat humanity faces would be realized. and leaving eight million Yemenis on the brink of starvation Franklin Roosevelt supposedly once described a Nicaraguan American-made aircraft. The Saudis haven’t even been able It is not too late for the U.S. and China to change course. The — and there were no consequences. He provoked a crisis with dictator as “a son of a b***h, but he’s our son of a b***h,” to defeat the Houthis in Yemen, so they depend on us for problem is that, in deciding whether to do so, Trump and his Qatar, and there were no consequences. He kidnapped the and that may be how some Americans see MBS. But MBS their security — yet we squander our leverage. Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will probably focus primarily, if prime minister of Lebanon, and there were no consequences. duped Americans. He talks a good game but didn’t deliver on Trump should stop collaborating in a cover-up. He should not exclusively, on national interests and personal political calcula- He imprisoned women’s rights activists and extorted from his promise to buy $110 billion in weapons, didn’t back the call for an international United Nations-backed investiga- tions. This is short-sighted. Before these two leaders irreversibly business leaders, and there were no consequences. Trump peace plan for the Middle East and hasn’t managed tion and for the release from prison of genuine reformers doom their two countries to spend the next decades locked in a If MBS can do all this and still be applauded as reverently to take the Saudi oil company Aramco public. like the women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul and the devastating and avoidable conflict, they should carefully consider as ever in America, it’s no wonder he thought he could get His plans keep backfiring. His war in Yemen created new blogger Raif Badawi. And he should make clear to the Saudi what that would mean not just for the U.S. and China, but for the away with dismembering a troublesome journalist. And if opportunities there for Al Qaeda. royal family that if it wants to sustain its relationship with entire world. there are no serious consequences this time as well, even In short, the mad prince is not only barbaric, he’s also America, it needs a new crown prince who isn’t a butcher. (Source: The Project Syndicate) now that his moniker is said to stand for “Mr. Bone Saw,” unreliable and incompetent. He doesn’t advance our inter- (Source: The NYT) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 2323, , 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 American author likens new U.S. sanctions So many questions, so few against Tehran to ‘Economic Suicide’ answers so far TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An American polit- possibility is actually much closer than one ical analyst and writer based in Philadelphia may think, for Israel’s main backer, the describedEXCLUSIVE renewed INTERVIEW U.S. sanctions against U.S., is on the verge of collapsing. Unlike TehranBy Javad as “economic Heirannia suicide”. the Soviet Union, however, it won’t be able “Since the American economy is much to remake itself as a stronger nation. We’re more fragile than it appears, America’s witnessing the end of America. sanctions against Iran and Russia, as well On Sept. 25, the European Union, in as its trade war against China, constitute a major snub to the United States, decided economic suicide. The U.S. is also forcing to set up a new mechanism to enable legal its allies into closer cooperation with China, trade with Iran without encountering U.S. Russia and Iran, for otherwise, they will sanctions. How much do you think this sink with the dying empire. Having wrecked new system could work? several countries for Israel, America will A: Although many companies will be end up imploding itself, for Israel,” Linh leery of offending Uncle Sam, it will es- 1 The U.S. middle class continues to be eviscerated by Dinh told Tasnim. sentially work, because Europe can’t make high debt levels, stagnant wages and GOP threats to cut cherished Linh Dinh is a prominent progressive or break deals on the sudden whims of its and long-established social programs like Social Security and author and poet, internationally renowned psychopathic master, the United States. Medicare to staunch the coming budget deficits which are headed for his outspoken criticism of the domestic European governments must serve European well over a trillion dollars annually over the next decade at least. and foreign policy of the United States, interests, which in this case is normalizing In fact, cutting the budget for the U.S. military, a budget which which he calls criminal and detrimental trade relations with Iran. is extremely wasteful, would be by far the best course of action to the interest of the American people. Producing and exporting little, the real ahead. Consider, for example, that Russia alone, with a defense Born on 1963 in Vietnam, he is the au- American economy has been in deep trou- budget less than a tenth of that of the U.S. has the military capacity thor of two collections of stories and five ble for decades, but this is masked over by and armaments to lay waste to the U.S. if, as Putin recently said poetry books. The Vietnamese-American false statistics and the surging American at Valdai, Russia were ever directly attacked by the U.S. author whose writings frequently appear stock market, as propped up by endless At any rate, the perception is growing that MBS has gone too on CounterPunch, Common Dreams and “liquidity,” or cheap money conjured out far too many times, that he is little but a thug, and some of his other publications, has studied painting in of thin air. moves before the Khashoggi murder did not have U.S. approval. the college and runs a photography blog. Thanks to America’s superpower status, The blockade of Qatar was a case in point. Trump and son in law He has lived in Italy and England and Producing and exporting little, the real however, its money has not been depre- Jared Kushner and the Neocons around Trump have been trying is the editor of two literary anthologies, American economy has been in deep ciated, but this will surely happen as the to enhance the alliances with the Saudis and the Israelis, which “Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from world moves away from the U.S. dollar as allegedly languished under Obama. Vietnam” (Seven Stories Press 1996) and trouble for decades, but this is masked reserve currency, as process that’s already Trump has enjoyed some victories. Brett Kavanaugh was con- “Three Vietnamese Poets” (Tinfish 2001). over by false statistics and the surging happening. firmed for the U.S. Supreme Court. The Mueller investigations Following is the full text of the interview: American stock market, as propped up Do you think that the U.S. could cut over Russian political collusion appears to have turned up almost U.S. President Donald Trump an- Iran’s oil to zero? Should we expect a global nothing of substance. And Trump could well come out of the nounced in May that Washington was pulling by endless “liquidity,” or cheap money energy insecurity after Nov. 4? mid-term Congressional elections smelling like a stinking, hybrid out of the nuclear agreement which lifted conjured out of thin air. A: No, Iran will always have buyers for rose whose odor is so strong, even as a rose, that it’s repellent. nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran its oil, although global energy insecurity If the Democrats don’t win a majority in the House of Repre- in exchange for restrictions on Tehran’s but a rogue nation. Eurasian landmass is being economically is certainly in our future, thanks to an ev- sentatives come November 6th, it is possible Trump on his crew nuclear program. The U.S. administration U.S. sanctions will certainly hurt Iran’s integrated, and Iran is an important com- er-increasing demand against a diminishing of GOP aligned gangsters will have little to no opposition to do reintroduced the previous sanctions while economy, but not as much as intended, ponent of this, not just for its oil export, supply. Inevitable wars over oil and energy whatever they want. I reckon the question is whether Trump imposing new ones on the Islamic Republic. because key U.S. allies such as South Korea but its strategic location. Since the U.S. supply lines will also jack up prices. will be forced turn his back on MBS. It’s likely, because Trump’s A first round of American sanctions took and, most importantly, the European Union has no role to play in this new alignment, Since the American economy is much supporters don’t seem to have much affection for MBS, and any- effect in August, targeting Iran’s access to have decided to not honor these sanctions. it has done its best to sabotage it. This, it more fragile than it appears, America’s thing that staunches Saudi influence in the U.S. media and over the U.S. dollar, metals trading, coal, indus- Further, Iran will continue to trade with is doing by economically attacking, and sanctions against Iran and Russia, as well U.S. foreign policies is not a bad development. trial software, and auto sector. A second Russia and China. Who will be damaged even militarily threating, Russia, China as its trade war against China, constitute MBS does not fact have many friends now, not even within the round, forthcoming on November 4, will the most by these sanctions, paradoxically, and Iran, as well as preventing the Euro- economic suicide. The U.S. is also forcing Saud family, since he imprisoned a number of them in the Ritz be targeting Iran’s oil sales and its Cen- is the U.S., for American companies will pean Union from having closer ties with its allies into closer cooperation with China, Carlton in Riyadh for a time and also stripped some of them of a tral Bank. How much and in what way do be blocked from the Iranian market, and these countries. Russia and Iran, for otherwise, they will portion of their assets as he consolidated his power. It’s possible you think the sanctions will affect Iran’s its vast energy sector. Do you think Boeing Iran has been harassed by the U.S. for sink with the dying empire. Having wrecked the Saudi regime cannot survive, but who can replace them one economy after Nov. 4? is happy with these sanctions? many decades, however, and the primary several countries for Israel, America will has to also wonder. But here methinks are the real questions: A: First, the renewed sanctions prove, How can Iran evade the sanctions this reason for this is that it is an enemy of end up imploding itself, for Israel. Might Trump at least moderate his attempts to take down once again, that America’s words mean time? Do you believe that forging closer Israel. To serve Israel, the U.S. has waged While much of the world will welcome Iran’s Islamic Republic if he moves away from the Saudis and absolutely nothing, for just two years after ties with China and Russia could help? war against Iraq, Libya and Syria, and it a desperate Uncle Sam destroying himself, MBS? Was the resignation of toxic and ignorant Nikki Haley it signed an agreement, it decided, without A: It is inevitable that Iran’s ties with will continue to target Iran as long as Is- there is a grave danger he will engage in a from the U.N. post somehow pushed by Trump himself, or was any reasonable pretext, to tear it up. America China and Russia will become stronger. rael exists. The entire Middle East will not mass killing spree before he shoots himself it because Haley realized she had compromised herself by taking is not just unreliable and unprofessional, With China and Russia leading the way, the know peace until Israel disappears, and this in the head. liberties with her expense account and enjoying some excessive personal advantages given her position? And what about Defense Secretary James Mattis being called by Trump a “Democrat” of sorts recently? Mattis has been sup- ‘Could good come out of the Khashoggi tragedy?’ porting the U.S. presence in countries like Syria and Afghanistan. Might Trump be thinking of changing his Cabinet and augmenting 1 What has MBS’ handling of this tragedy exposed his control of foreign policy away from Zionist influence and the about Saudi policies and practices? Neocons like John Bolton? Who knows, but it’s possible that A: It seems that people around the world are unaware when Trump catered to Neocons and Zionists he did so with of conditions in Saudi Arabia, all is not well in the ‘magic’ some reluctance, realizing that he needed their support at a time kingdom! Some facts are getting more exposure globally. when many GOP members in Congress did not offer him much MBS is not the reformer that some would have us believe. support and considered him unfit for high office. He wants women to have the right to drive and he will allow Consider that if the House of Representatives manages to movie theatres. These are cosmetic reforms. Now people are retain a GOP majority next month, Trump’s power and control seeing the extent of his autocratic rule—arrests of people who of the GOP and future policies will be mightily strengthened. He simply lobbied for the right to drive, for those who expressed may feel freer to chart an independent course, especially with mild criticism of autocratic rule, arrests and incarceration respect to foreign policy. It’s important to remember that when without judicial process, torture and even death. Even more he was campaigning in 2016 he was talking about reducing U.S. shocking has been the very limited coverage of the ongoing military adventurism overseas, and I know for a fact that many genocide in Yemen, a genocide perpetrated by MBS and sadly who voted for him in opposition to bellicose Hillary Clinton did supported by U.S. intelligence and other military assistance so because they were sick and tired of the U.S. bullying its way with arms coming from a host of Western nations led by the around the planet and all the insane spending on the military U.S., the U.K., France and Germany. Some in the United rather than on domestic needs. States are just becoming aware that ‘something is going Of course, all this may be wishful thinking on steroids by those on’ in Yemen. The world must stop this horror show of a EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW in and outside the U.S. who strongly lament what’s become of thirty-three year-old MBS flexing his muscles, supported By Javad Heirannia the U.S. since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, if not well before. by the slightly older Kushner at the White House, before Like the Israelis and the Saudis, the U.S. really has few friends two million innocent people starve to death. now, even in Europe, and what country or individual can long Am I correct in thinking that Khashoggi’s tragic manage, or even want to, without friends? Islam, in any event, murder may not be completely in vain as some things around people are witnessing the horror show inside Saudi Arabia getting mentioned because of the Khashoggi tragedy. Jamal has been sullied by the Saudis and their control of Makkah and the Middle East may change for the better? and especially in Yemen. And I must stress that the media Khashoggi’s death may not have been in vain after all. His Medina, and one heartening suggestion recently was that that A: Yes. Let’s hope for something good to come out of this has been complicit in this cover up. The Yemen tragedy legacy may bring a change in media reporting and a bit more both these Muslim holy cities be reconstituted as something like tragedy. The world must not stand by idly. More and more should be at the top of the news every day. At least now it is morality in Western foreign policy toward the voiceless. the Vatican for Muslims worldwide. Khashoggi episode: The trap door beneath Saudi Arabia swings open “RETENDER No. 2” TEHRAN (FNA) — The world community is reject- political, security and financial relationship they regard did at least 15 men travel to Istanbul for the meeting ing Saudi Arabia’s explanation of how journalist Jamal as vital to their national interests and arms business. at the consulate? Why did this Saudi group include a Offset Co. and Iran Textbook Printing and Publishing Khashoggi died in its consulate in Istanbul. This is while there are still some hard questions that forensic expert and members of security forces? Why Co. intend to purchase 12000 mt in one package or European governments are also reacting cautious- Riyadh has been unable to answer: did they bring a bone saw with themselves? Why did ly. London says it’s considering its “next steps.” Prime Why did Bin Salman and his officials wait for almost the team leader make 12 calls to the special secretary in four parts, each part 3000 mt. “First Class Wood Minister Theresa May has long been under pressure two weeks before admitting Khashoggi was dead, if his of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman in the one hour Free High White Offset Printing Paper in Reel (70 to suspend its own arms sales to the regime over the killing was not deliberate? Why all those staunch denials when Khashoggi was killed? Last but not the least, how illegal war on Yemen. of involvement and the repeated, on-the-record asser- could the crown prince not have known all this, especially gsm). Interested participants may collect the said Turkey - where Khashoggi was killed, says it won’t tions that Khashoggi had left the consulate unscathed, when seven of the 15 men involved were either his body permit a cover up and its ruling party also questioned if they knew all along that he had died? guards or top advisors? tender documents from below-mentioned address as the Saudi version of events. Others aren’t letting go of Why has Khashoggi’s body disappeared? If his death However you look at it, the Saudi account makes soon as possible and send the requested documents this too. was an unintended accident, why was an ambulance not no suggestion that the crown prince knew about what This is because Saudi Arabia’s belated, incomplete called and the police informed? The Saudi statements happened to Khashoggi. Indeed, he has been tapped & samples up to 14 O’clock Monday 29/Oct/2018. and highly silly explanation for the death of Khashoggi offer no clue as to where Khashoggi’s remains may be by his father, King Salman, to lead a commission that is barely credible, and has been dismissed by the world now. Turkish assertions that he was dismembered, is designed to review and “modernize” the kingdom’s Address Offset Press Inc. community, the critics of the Saudi regime and by the smuggled out of the building in suitcases and buried intelligence operations after the death of the journalist!!! No. 8, Ab-Ali Rd., 4th Km journalist’s friends and supporters as an ugly fabrication in a forest near Istanbul are now more widely accepted. The 33-year-old Mohammed is widely considered the or, at the very least, a gross distortion of the facts. Even It is hard to believe, too, that the two senior officials, real power in Saudi Arabia, however, and he has had to Tehran-Iran Postal Code: 1746853171 the UN seeks some answers. close advisers to Bin Salman, who have been sacked for know something about this whole mess. Tel: (+98 21) 77339093 – Int. 333 But for some Western governments, first and foremost supposedly conducting, or mishandling, a ‘rogue’ op- As is, the world community wants justice for Khashoggi Fax: +98 21 77339097 the U.S., the statement in the early hours of Saturday from eration or a botched interrogation, took any significant and wants his murderers to be punished. Riyadh claiming that Khashoggi was unintentionally killed decisions without the crown prince’s prior knowledge. The world wants some answers and this brutal epi- E-mail: [email protected] in a “fist fight” offers a possible way out of a diplomatic That’s not how things work in Riyadh. sode in Saudi politics is far from over. 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Antibiotic plus probiotic Almost half of Americans are trying to lose weight: CDC combination may kill off superbugs The latest national tally on dieting finds that nearly half of U.S. adults are doing what they can to trim a widening waistline. An innovative approach uses a biocompatible material to Overall, 49.3 percent of people aged 20 and older said they’d encapsulate probiotic bacteria and combines them with tried to lose weight over the past 12 months, according to the U.S. antibiotics to tackle treatment-resistant infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings were based A new approach for battling treatment-resistant bacteria on a 2015-2016 national health survey, the latest data available. proved successful in petri dish experiments. The new stats reflect a significant increase from prior surveys. Every year, over 2 million people in the United States For example, 43 percent of American adults were trying to slim develop infections that are resistant to treatment, and ap- down in 2007-2008, but the numbers have crept steadily upwards proximately 23,000 people die as a result. every year since, the CDC said. These statistics have prompted the Centers for Disease Attempts at weight loss were higher for women than men in Control and Prevention (CDC) to deem drug resistance “one the latest survey (56.3 percent and 42.2 percent, respectively), of the biggest public health challenges of our time.” but over time rates of increase have been steady for both genders. Therefore, researchers are hard at work trying to develop Why are more Americans than ever concerned about over- ingenious ways of tackling so-called superbugs — bacteria weight and obesity? Registered dietitian Stephanie Schiff cites that have become immune to antibiotic treatment. multiple reasons. Lately, researchers have added probiotics to their arsenal First off, “we are more sedentary than ever before,” said Schiff, against superbugs. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria found who guides the nutrition program at Northwell Health’s Hunting- in foods, such as yogurt, kefir, pickles, or miso soup. ton Hospital, in Huntington, N.Y. “Our entertainment is more Only a month ago, for example, a study suggested that likely to occur while we are sitting -- in front of the TV, in front simply consuming probiotics on a regular basis could re- of a computer, in bed with our phones in our hands.” duce the need for antibiotics, thus helping to curb the drug Next, “we’re not cooking our own food as much, we’re eating resistance crisis. Now, researchers used probiotics to create out more,” she said. “And when we don’t have a hand in our own a “killer” combination that destroyed two strains of treat- meals, we don’t have control over what goes into it -- others do. ment-resistant bacteria. And they add more fat, more sugar, and more salt.” The two co-senior and corresponding authors of the study Increasing stress levels can also “play havoc with our metabo- are Ana Jaklenec, a research scientist at the Koch Institute for lisms,” Schiff said, and that can prompt people to overeat. Sleep- Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute lessness is another known risk factor for poor eating, she added. of Technology in Cambridge, MA, and Robert Langer, the So what works to get slim and keep the weight from coming David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT. back? Sharon Zarabi is a registered dietitian who leads the bariatric Zhihao Li is the first author of the paper, now published program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. in the journal Advanced Materials. Now, researchers used probiotics to create a She believes the key is to incorporate healthy living habits Using alginate to encapsulate probiotics “killer” combination that destroyed two strains of that last a lifetime -- not just a fast fix. The study’s first author explains the problem of tackling “I try to avoid using the word ‘diet,’ as it is something you antibiotic resistant infections with probiotics treatment-resistant bacteria. manage for a short period of time based on food intake,” she said. On the one hand, he says, probiotics have been some- very important for its resistance against antibiotics,” Li says. “When we just used one component, either antibiotics Instead, Zarabi said, she would “encourage more healthy living, what successful at tackling bacteria when applied to wounds. “However, so far no one has used this ability to protect good or probiotics, they couldn’t eradicate all the pathogens,” Li which focuses on incorporating rituals to define a new sense of However, probiotics are usually not enough to destroy all bacteria from antibiotics.” reports. “That’s something, which can be very important in optimal well-being to feel good for life.” of the bacteria found in a wound infection. Combination ‘eradicated’ superbugs clinical settings where you have wounds with different bac- “You follow a diet when you want to lose weight -- and then Drug combinations may work better than existing anti- For their study, Li and colleagues chose a probiotic made teria, and antibiotics are not enough to kill all the bacteria.” what?” she said. “Lifestyle is what keeps the weight off, and that biotics in the fight against superbugs. up of three strains of Lactobacillus bacteria — a type of bac- The researchers are hopeful that their approach will tack- comes through our behavior.” On the other hand, Li says, adding antibiotic to the mix teria that can kill off methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus le the drug-resistance crisis, and plan to test it in animals Schiff agreed. She noted that even the faddiest, “odd” diets can would kill too many bacteria, including the beneficial probiotics. aureus (MRSA). and humans. work to drop pounds, but then those pounds come creeping back. So, Li and colleagues set out to find a workaround by The researchers combined the probiotics with the an- “There are so many bacteria now that are resistant to “Because eating only 500 calories a day may not be sustainable, enclosing the probiotics in a shell that protects them from tibiotic tobramycin, which is known to kill Pseudomonas antibiotics, which is a serious problem for human health. or eating only certain foods for your blood type,” she explained. being destroyed by the antibiotic. They chose a material aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). We think one way to treat them is by encapsulating a live The real solution is finding “a way of eating that is natural and called alginate to design the shell. Then, Li and colleagues applied the alginate-coated pro- probiotic and letting it do its job,” says Jaklenec. has you feeling satisfied” over the long term, Schiff said. That Alginate stood out to the researchers as a good choice for biotics together with tobramycin to MRSA and P. aeruginosa “The good thing about alginate is it’s [U.S. Food and means including foods you actually enjoy. two main reasons. Firstly, it is a component of the biofilm in a petri dish. The combination “completely eradicated” Drug Administration]-approved, and the probiotic we use Sticking to plant-based foods and avoiding refined sugars, that bacteria naturally form when they are trying to shield the treatment-resistant bacteria, according to Jaklenec. is approved as well,” Li adds. refined flour and chemically processed foods works best, Schiff said. themselves from antibiotics. Secondly, doctors already use “It was quite a drastic effect,” adds the co-senior author. “I think probiotics can be something that may revolu- “Sometimes it also means changing your environment -- get- the component in the treatment of wounds. By contrast, when the researchers recreated the experiment tionize wound treatment in the future. With our work, we ting rid of problem foods in your house, the foods you have no “We looked into the molecular components of biofilms, without the alginate coating, the antibiotics killed the pro- have expanded the application possibilities of probiotics.” control over, or that you eat just because they’re there,” she said. and we found that for Pseudomonas infection, alginate is biotics, which in turn spared the MRSA bacteria. (Source: Medical New Today) (Source: WebMD)

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TOURISM TEHRAN — The costs of deskmedical treatment in Iran is almost ten times cheaper for international medical travelers in comparison with the U.S. and Europe, the CEO of Tehran’s five-star Gandhi Hotel-Hospital has said. “That’s why Iran is seeing more and more patients from other countries,” Moham- mad-Hassan Bani-Asad told the Channel NewsAsia in an interview released on Saturday. Bani-Asad is a pioneer in Iran’s medical tourism drive, who 12 years ago, launched one A general view of Hezarjarib district, northern Iran of the first hospitals in the country catering to foreign patients. HERITAGE TEHRAN — A team of archaeologists has re- “We have some 1,000 foreign patients deskcently discovered several mountainous human in a year and we are planning to have 5,000 dwellings in northern Iran, which are estimated to date back to foreign patients [yearly] in the next five years,” the Paleolithic era. he added. “The Paleolithic dwellings were spotted during a survey being Despite U.S.-led sanctions, waves of tour- conducted in Hezarjarib district of Mazandaran province,” IRNA ists are still flocking to the country not just to quoted Elham Qasidian, who leads the team, as saying on Monday. visit famous attractions - but also for medical “Geological conditions have formed numerous caves and reasons. Iranian authorities are aiming for shelters in the mountainous area of Hezarjarib.” more than one million medical tourists in Using foothill shelters has been important for the humans the next seven years. because that way the surrounding plains and animal herds came Data from the Health Ministry’s medical under their domination, she added. tourism department shows that the country Iran’s Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism hosted more than 300,000 patients in the performs the survey in collaboration with the experts from the 2017-2018 financial year, NewsAsia reported. University of Cambridge. The official data shows that foreign pa- Paleolithic Period, also called Old Stone Age, is a period in tients are drawn by affordable treatments and human prehistory distinguished by the original development of high quality of services. Most of them come stone tools that covers c. 95% of human technological prehistory. from neighboring Iraq, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, The onset of the Paleolithic Period has traditionally coincided Turkmenistan, Pakistan and some come from Event government- run hospitals have set up heart surgery and cancer treatments are major destination for international health with the first evidence of tool construction and use by Homo some as far away as Eastern Europe. special departments to deal with the influx among the most requested services. tourists. Health officials target a revenue of 2.58 million years ago, near the beginning of the Pleistocene Dozens of five-star hotel hospitals like of foreign patients. In the face of looming [oil] sanctions, $2.5 billion by 2025 from $500 million that Epoch (2.58 million to 11,700 years ago). Gandhi have been opened to meet the grow- ing demands of incoming patients in Iran. Dental procedures, organ transplants, Iran’s trying its best to market itself as a the country now receives.

Bileh Savar to host Tooth of Neanderthal kid unearthed in western Iran HERITAGE TEHRAN — A team of Iranian 100-percent certainty of fitting to the Neanderthals. two-hump camel festival deskarcheologists have discovered a “Using radiocarbon-14 dating technique, the focalized tooth, believed to be from a Neanderthal tooth is estimated to date from 42,000 to 45,000 kid, in a mountainous area in western Iran, Mehr years ago… So, the kid belonged to the Neanderthal reported on Sunday. According to the Research In- species with features close to modern humans.” stitute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, the fossil “The recovered tooth is among rare Neanderthal was discovered in Yawan stone hills that is starched milk teeth that have been found yet across the across a vast prehistoric area in Kermanshah province. world,” the archeologist said. Saman Heydari-Guran, who leads the team, Similar fossils have previously been found in said the detected object is a milk tooth, belong- Spain, France and Germany, he added. ing to a six-year old Neanderthal kid, which was Flanked by mountains in the south and north found along with several stone tools belonging and plains to the east and west, Kermanshah’s to the Middle Paleolithic period, an era between history goes very deep in time. 125,000 to 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals were an extinct species of human Heydari-Guran noted that the tooth is the first beings that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe of its kind being excavated in the country with a between c. 120,000–35,000 years ago. Two-hump camels native to Ardebil province How technology, trends and tastes will shape travel in 2019 HERITAGE TEHRAN — Iran’s northwestern city of Bileh deskSavar will host a festival of two-hump camels to The travel landscape of 2019 will be shaped by said they will bypass a destination if they promote tourism and nomadic cultural heritage, CHTN reported. a desire to acquire new skills and knowledge feel it negatively impacts the people who live Camel-back riding and racing, related handicrafts, as well while on holiday. To travel more sustainably. there, the environment or culture, or sup- as camel hair and dairy products will take center stage in the And to go where few travelers have gone before. ports an authoritarian regime that violates event that will be running in the month of Aban (Oct. 23 – Nov. That’s according to online hotel reservation human rights. 21), the report said. site Booking.com, which released its travel Plastic pollution Located in Ardebil province, Bileh Savar, which is situated near predictions for 2019. The widespread crusade adopted by the border with Azerbaijan, is a hub for breeding two-hump camels. For the report, analysts gleaned insight travel industry – hotels, airlines, cruise ships Sprawling on a high, windswept plateau, Ardebil is well-known from the 163 million guest reviews left by – to ban single-use straws and curb the con- for having lush natural beauties, hospitable people and its silk and 21,500 travelers across 29 countries on their sumption of plastic waste will continue in carpet trade tradition, it is also home to the UNESCO-registered site, and came up with eight trends they pre- 2019. A majority of respondents (86%) said Sheikh Safi al-Din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble. dict will dominate 2019. they would be willing to offset their environ- Here’s a look: mental impact by cleaning up local beaches, The Appren-trip for instance, or crowded tourist attractions. Be it learning a new language or taking This momentum will inspire new startups to ROUND THE GLOBE a cooking class while abroad, travelers are emerge in 2019, proposing innovative solu- seeking out experiences that will give them tions on how to green the industry. Van Nellefabriek not only lifelong memories but new skill sets. Experiential travel The report found that the most popular kinds Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space rocket With more and more consumers realizing of “appren-trips” among travelers are cultural that experience – not material possessions Designed and built in the 1920s, the former Van Nelle Fac- exchanges (68%), volunteering trips (54%) and augmented reality to serve as virtual 2019 is underwater accommodations. – create long-lasting satisfaction, travelers tory (Dutch: Van Nellefabriek) demonstrates an extremely and international work placement (52%). guidebooks. Personalized itineraries will spend more time and money on outings accomplished industrial architecture. Technology and travel Uncharted territories This trend predicts the demise of the ge- like sporting events, shows and gastronom- It comprises a complex of buildings consisting of sever- While travel companies – be it airlines, Next year is poised to chart a new era for neric travel guide and the rise of customized ic experiences over shopping in 2019, says al factories aligned along the perspective of a large internal hotels and cruise ships – are tripping over space travel. Sir Richard Branson of Virgin travel content via social media feeds. Around Booking.com. roadway, and close to several means of transport (canals, themselves to come up with services powered Galactic has proclaimed that he expects to two-fifths (41%) of travelers said they want Micro trips roads, railway lines). by virtual or augmented reality and artifi- be able to send people into space as early brands to use AI to offer personalized travel The proliferation of bargain basement Supported on an internal structure of reinforced concrete, cial intelligence, consumers are interested in as next year, while NASA is set to start con- recommendations. airfares, the expansion of flight routes and the facades of the main buildings consist essentially of steel more practical tech applications like luggage struction of its Lunar Space Station in 2019 Conscious travel increased mobility will spur more travelers and glass, making large-scale use of the curtain wall principle. tracking apps and self-driving transporta- as well. For those travelers who can’t afford The year 2019 will see consumers travel to take more weekend “bite-sized” trips in tion. Look out for voice-activated devices the astronomical price of a ticket, the next with a conscience, says Booking.com. More 2019, says Booking.com. to help consumers with their travel plans, best uncharted adventure on terra firma for than half (58%) of respondents, for instance, (Source: The Star Online) Chinese tourists benefit global tourism industry Chinese tourists not only contribute a lot to domestic tourism tention to the experience of local cultural and folk activities. revenue but also to the income of many other countries and According to the report of another online travel services regions, since nearly 7 million outbound trips were made provider, Lvmama, each Chinese tourist spent 6,247 yuan, from the Chinese mainland during the week-long National on average, on an outbound travel product. And a travel Day holiday. product in Norway cost more than 20,000 yuan per person. Domestically, Chinese tourists made 726 million trips Mobile payment continued to soar at popular overseas during the holiday, which took place from 1-7 October, gen- destinations for Chinese travellers, according to a report Via a common purpose agreed between the entrepreneur erating more than 599 billion yuan (£66.7bn) in tourism from major mobile payment provider Alipay. and the project architects and engineers, the Van Nellefabriek revenue, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Bicester Village, an outlet shopping area near Oxford embodies an ideal factory, open to the outside world, whose Overseas, Chinese tourists from more than 100 cities went in the United Kingdom, the Dotonbori commercial area in interior working spaces are progressive, and in which daylight to more than 1,000 destinations in about 100 countries and Osaka, Japan, and Australia’s Sydney Airport were cited is used to provide pleasant working conditions. regions, according to a report released by China’s largest as the top three locations for Chinese consumers to pay It embodies the accomplished realization of a new kind online travel services provider, Ctrip, on Monday. 42 percent during the seven-day National Day holiday. In using their phones. of factory that has become a symbol of the modernist and The top 10 destination countries and regions were Thailand, the first nine months, the number of Chinese tourists to the The number of transactions using Alipay at these three functionalist culture of the inter-war period. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, U.S. dropped by around 5 percent. locations jumped 90-fold, 70-fold and 55-fold respectively, Lastly it bears witness to the long port-related economic Indonesia, Malaysia and the U.S., according to the report. Trips from female tourists accounted for 56 percent of which helped outbound per capita spending to surge 30 tradition of the Netherlands, in the processing of imported Official data from Thailand showed that in the first eight the total outbound trips during the holiday, 42 percent from percent year-on-year, the company said. food products (coffee, tea and tobacco) and their marketing months, the country received more than 7.7 million tourists families and 30 percent from couples, according to Ctrip’s Prior to the holiday, the mobile payments operator had in Europe. from the Chinese mainland, a year-on-year increase of 16.51 report. published a list of “40 outbound cashless destinations”, (Source: UNESCO) percent, bringing in about 9 million yuan in revenue. Rather than purchasing lots of overseas products during including airports, commercial zones and outlets. Compared with last year, trips to the U.S. fell by around trips as they did in the past, Chinese tourists paid more at- (Source: Telegraph) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 23, 2018 SCIENCE 11 Rising temperatures and human activity are Superflares from young red increasing storm runoff and flash floods: study dwarf stars imperil planets Flares from the youngest red dwarfs surveyed are 100 to 1,000 Hurricanes Florence and Michael in the for tackling climate change.” times more energetic than when the stars are older. This younger U.S. and Super Typhoon Mangkhut in the Precipitation is generated after water age is when terrestrial planets are forming around their stars. Philippines have shown the widespread and vapor condenses in the atmosphere, and Violent outbursts of seething gas from young red dwarf stars harmful impact of weather extremes on both precipitation intensity is governed by the may make conditions uninhabitable on fledgling planets. ecosystems and built communities, with availability of atmospheric water vapor. Scientists found that flares from the youngest red dwarfs they flash floods causing more deaths, as well as Because the atmosphere can hold more surveyed -- approximately 40 million years old -- are 100 to 1,000 property and agriculture losses than from moisture as temperature rises, climate sci- times more energetic than when the stars are older. They also any other severe weather-related hazards. entists expect to see an intensification of detected one of the most intense stellar flares ever observed in These losses have been increasing over the precipitation extremes with climate change. ultraviolet light -- more energetic than the most powerful flare past 50 years and have exceeded $30 billion Atmospheric moisture content ever recorded from our sun. per year in the past decade. Because previous studies mainly investi- The word “HAZMAT” describes substances that pose a risk Globally, almost one billion people now gated the precipitation response, Gentine’s to the environment, or even to life itself. Imagine the term being live in floodplains, raising their exposure team decided to examine the response of applied to entire planets, where violent flares from the host star to river flooding from extreme weather both precipitation and storm runoff extremes may make worlds uninhabitable by affecting their atmospheres. events and underscoring the urgency in to naturally and anthropogenically driven “M dwarf” is the astronomical term for a red dwarf star -- the understanding and predicting these events. changes in surface temperature and atmos- smallest, most abundant and longest-lived type of star in our Columbia Engineering researchers have pheric moisture content. They performed a galaxy. The HAZMAT program is an ultraviolet survey of red demonstrated for the first time that runoff global scale hydrological analysis to char- dwarfs at three different ages: young, intermediate, and old. extremes have been dramatically increasing acterize the responses and their underlying Stellar flares from red dwarfs are particularly bright in ultraviolet in response to climate and human-induced physical mechanisms. wavelengths, compared with Sun-like stars. Hubble’s ultraviolet changes. Their findings, published today The researchers then assessed the in- sensitivity makes the telescope very valuable for observing these in Nature Communications, show a large fluence of variability across decades on the flares. The flares are believed to be powered by intense magnetic increase in both precipitation and runoff scaling of runoff extremes and temperature, fields that get tangled by the roiling motions of the stellar atmos- extremes driven by both human activity of the world are in line with or higher than have, in turn, increased storm runoff. then systematically compared this with phere. When the tangling gets too intense, the fields break and and climate change. those of precipitation extremes. They noted “Our work helps explain the underlying changes in precipitation extremes. Their reconnect, unleashing tremendous amounts of energy. Human-induced changes that different responses of precipitation and physical mechanisms related to the intensifi- observational daily runoff data came from the The team has found that the flares from the youngest red dwarfs The team, led by Pierre Gentine, asso- storm runoff to temperature can be attributed cation of precipitation and runoff extremes,” Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) datasets, they surveyed -- just about 40 million years old -- are 100 to 1,000 ciate professor of earth and environmental not only to warming, but also to factors like Gentine said. “This will help improve flood and daily precipitation and near-surface air times more energetic than when the stars are older. This younger engineering and affiliated with the Earth land-use and land-cover changes, water and forecasting and early-warning alerts. Our temperature data from Global Summary of age is when terrestrial planets are forming around their stars. Institute, also found that storm runoff land management, and vegetation changes findings can help provide scientific guidance the Day (GSOD) dataset. (Source: sciencedaily.com) has a stronger response than precipita- that have altered the underlying surface for infrastructure and ecosystem resilience “We were trying to find the physical tion to human-induced changes (climate conditions and hydrological feedbacks that planning, and could help formulate strategies mechanisms behind why precipitation and change, land-use land-cover changes, etc.). runoff extremes are increasing all over the Here’s what it looks like This suggests that projected responses of Globally, almost one billion people now live globe,” said the study’s lead author Jiabo storm runoff extremes to climate and an- Yin, a visiting student from Wuhan Uni- when a drone smashes into thropogenic changes are going to increase in floodplains, raising their exposure to river versity working in Gentine’s group. “We a plane wing at 238 mph dramatically, posing large threats to the flooding from extreme weather events and know that precipitation and runoff extremes ecosystem, affecting community resilience will significantly intensify in the future, When you’re high above the clouds at cruising altitude in a giant and infrastructure systems. underscoring the urgency in understanding and we need to modify our infrastructures passenger jet, probably the last thing on your mind is the threat The researchers discovered that changes accordingly. and predicting these events. of a mid-air collision with a drone. in storm runoff extremes in most regions (Source: eurekalert.org) 150-million-year-old piranha-like fish specimen found in Germany, team finds Researchers believe that the pointed teeth on the fossilized to have had their fins nibbled or bitten. This runs similar remains of a fish species shows that it used them to bite off to the feeding patterns of modern day piranhas that bite chunks of its prey’s meat or fins. It lived in the sea about off chunks of their preys’ fins so that they can feed on it 150 million years ago, making it the oldest known flesh- again when it regrows. eating ray-finned fish. At the time, bony fishes, while known to have crushing Researchers of a new study analyze their discovery of the teeth, were not known to bite off the flesh of other fishes. oldest known flesh-eating ray-finned fish that lived in the Instead, they either ate invertebrates or swallowed their sea at the time of the dinosaurs. The fossilized remains of prey whole. The biting strategy was believed to have come the fish were found in limestone deposits in South Germany much later. and were discovered to have long, pointed teeth, as well However, a sea predator that did bite off chunks of their as triangular teeth with serrated edges on the side of the prey at the time were the prehistoric sharks. The new find But at take-off and landing, that danger isn’t so distant. Last lower jaw bone. suggests that these piranha-like fish engages in aggressive year, a drone did in fact collide with an in-flight U.S. Army Black According to the international team of researchers, the mimicry that incredibly parallels the feeding patterns of Hawk helicopter at Hoffman Island, New York. Nobody was characteristics of the ancient sea creature’s teeth suggest modern day piranhas which live in fresh water. hurt, but what if an impact like that happened with an aircraft that it may have had a feeding style that is similar to that of “It is the oldest known flesh-eating actinopterygian, travelling at much greater speed? modern-day piranhas, which are known to have incredibly revealing remarkable convergent evolution with modern We’ve now got a scary vision of what that might look like, sharp teeth for biting chunks off of their prey. have, not just the predator but also the prey, as it also piranhas,” the researchers note. thanks to a team at the University of Dayton Research Institute Amazingly, the same limestone deposit appeared to contained the fossilized remains of other fish that appears (Source: techtimes.com) (UDRI), who simulated the conditions of a mid-air collision be- tween a drone and a commercial transport aircraft travelling at 383 kilometers per hour (238 mph). Given it would be unfeasible and incredibly dangerous to test China plans to launch man-made moon capable of lighting up 1,960 square miles this with an actual flying aircraft, the researchers had to settle Scientists are planning to hang the man- during periods of overcast, for example. are planned to be transported more than workdays in darker regions. for using an air cannon, firing a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter at made moon above the city of Chengdu, one The man-made moon is actually a satellite 300 miles above Earth. Znamya briefly lit the Earth like a giant the wing of a Mooney M20, a small four-seater aircraft: of the most populous cities in Western China, carrying a huge space mirror used to reflect “By then, the three huge mirrors will orbiting night light, according to a report While you might have expected the tiny drone to be obliterated according to a Chinese state media report sunlight back down towards Earth. The mirror divide the 360-degree orbital plane … illu- by Smithsonian Institution. on impact, the test shows the drone actually pierces the wing of released Thursday. can be adjusted for luminosity and can be minating an area for 24 hours continuously,” The satellite only remained in the sky for the small plane. According to the researchers, it ended up dam- The man-made lunar orb is designed to completely turned off when needed. Wu Chunfeng, head of Tian Fu New Area a few days before it caught fire upon reentry aging the main spar, a primary structural element of the wing. complement the moon at night. It is eight The actual moon Science Society in Chengdu, said Thursday into Earth’s atmosphere, but Russian scien- “While the quadcopter broke apart, its energy and mass hung times brighter than the real moon and will The satellite is expected to be put on an in an interview with China Daily. tists considered it a huge success. together to create significant damage to the wing,” says mechan- cast a “dusk-like glow” over the city, according orbit within 310 miles from Earth, quite a The concept of an illuminating satellite All living creatures, including humans, ical engineer Kevin Poormon, who runs a team studying impact to the satellite’s developers. bit closer than the actual moon, which orbits isn’t new — both the U.S. and Russia have have an internal clock, known as the circa- physics at UDRI. The artificial moon will be capable of more than 230,000 miles from Earth. explored similar ideas. dian rhythm, which is roughly structured Normally, the work involves simulating bird-strike testing lighting up an area as large as 50 miles in The orb launching will function as an Launching satellite Znamya to the natural 24-hour day, part of Earth’s of aircraft wings, windscreens, and engines, but the Black Hawk diameter, which is a total area of more than experimental satellite to allow scientists In 1993, Russia carried out an experiment predictable rhythm of day and night that is incident in New York indicates drone-strike testing is something 1,960 square miles, but with an illumination the ability to identify any flaws or problems called “Banner,” launching a 65-foot-diam- encoded in the DNA of all plants and ani- else aviation authorities can’t ignore. range that is so precise it can be controlled in the design of the object. The Chengdu eter satellite called Znamya. The project was mals, according to the International Dark “We’ve performed bird-strike testing for 40 years, and we’ve within a few feet. The amount of light can launch is the forerunner to another launch launched in an effort to reduce the costs of Sky Association. seen the kind of damage birds can do,” Poormon says. also be affected by weather, with less light in 2022, when three more man-made moons lighting existing cities and allow longer (Source: St George News) (Source: sciencealert.com)

Genetic behavior reveals cause of death in poplars essential to ecosystems, research suggests Author explains why magpies Scientists have found the genetic mechanism native region, these trees have allowed their are terrifying Australia behind the early death of certain varieties genetic resistance mechanisms to fall apart of poplar trees. Their finding could lead with no consequence.” Geoff Maslen was riding his bike to the gym on a beautiful spring to more successful, fast-growing hybrid Vulnerable to pathogen day in Melbourne, Australia when he started to feel something poplars for increased biofuels and forestry Black cottonwood poplar trees are vul- pinging off the back of his helmet. production. nerable to a pathogen known as Septoria At first, he was confused by the sensation, since it didn’t seem Scientists studying a valuable, but vul- that causes cankers, or wounds, to grow to be raining. Then he realized a magpie was trying to ferociously nerable, species of poplar have identified on the stem and branches. Scientists have stab the back of his head with its beak. the genetic mechanism responsible for the discovered the genetic behavior responsible He wasn’t surprised. Magpie swoopings are a regular occur- species’ inability to resist a pervasive and for the tree’s inability to resist … more rence across Australia during the spring months of September deadly disease. “Surprisingly, we found that a gene that and October. According to Maslen -- author of “An Uncertain Their finding, published in the Proceed- causes susceptibility is widely prevalent Future: Australian Birdlife in Danger” -- he got off easy. ings of the National Academy of Sciences, across the species range,” said Jared M. A “different magpie was attacking my friend, but realized that could lead to more successful hybrid poplar LeBoldus, senior author and assistant pro- the helmet on his head wasn’t going to (let him) cause him any varieties for increased biofuels and forestry fessor of forest pathology at Oregon State damage, so he grabbed a piece of his ear as he swooped past, and production and protect native trees against University. he was left with blood pouring down his head,” he said. infection. “This degraded resistance and maintained For outsiders, it can seem strange that in a country famous A research team — jointly led by the De- susceptibility could be detrimental to the for its dangerous wildlife -- from sharks to spiders and snakes partment of Energy’s Oak Ridge National ecosystem if Septoria is introduced in the -- that one of the most feared creatures is a handsome black and Laboratory and Oregon State University in Pacific Northwest.” white bird just over a foot in length. partnership with the DOE Joint Genome To map the genetic behavior of black In September, according to Australian media, a toddler in Perth Institute and the University of Georgia —ana- cottonwood, Oregon State scientists as- narrowly avoided being blinded by a magpie after it swooped lyzed the genetic response of purebred black sessed more than 3,000 individual black down and attacked his face as he sat in a pram. cottonwood poplars infected by a pathogen er-growing tree, and they have been puzzled bio-derived materials, biofuels and forestry cottonwoods using a combination of digital Also that month, a journalist in Melbourne posted a photo known as Septoria. by the early death of hybridized poplars products such as pulp and paper, lumber imagery and measurements of disease se- of himself with blood trickling down his face after he was struck In the growing cycle grown in many parts of the United States,” and veneer. verity for susceptibility to Septoria canker. “out of nowhere” by an angry bird. Septoria causes untreatable cankers, or said Wellington Muchero, the study’s lead Black cottonwood poplars grow natively ORNL scientists used computational Yet despite the injuries and fear they cause every year, the wounds, on the surface of the trunk and author with the Center for Bioenergy Inno- in river systems across the Pacific Northwest resources coupled with genome magpie remains one of the country’s most beloved birds. In De- branches and kills trees early in the grow- vation at ORNL. region of the United States where Septoria sequencing and profiling of more than a cember 2017, it was voted the Guardian Australia’s Bird of the Year ing cycle. Hybrid varieties are economically val- is not yet a threat. thousand genomes provided by DOE Joint by a popular vote, edging out the kookaburra and the fairywren. “Since the 1900s, industry has tried to uable because they can grow up to three “What our study revealed is a double Genome Institute that helped identify the “They’re extraordinarily attractive birds,” Maslen said. “They’re grow hybrid varieties of poplar—including times faster than the pure species. If the whammy for black cottonwoods,” said Muche- resistance and susceptibility gene in each very engaging birds, very intelligent and quite often they make those made by crossing eastern cottonwood hybridized poplars survive, they could dra- ro, a specialist in plant microbe interfaces. individual black cottonwood. friends, especially with those people who provide them with food.” and black cottonwood — to produce a fast- matically increase production of high-value, “Since the pathogen is not prevalent in its (Source: phys.org) (Source: cnn.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 WOMEN OCTOBER 23, 2018

Women are happier but lonelier Empowering women’s cooperatives, since becoming mothers

Half of mums believe Ireland does not support motherhood, key for rural development: official according to a new survey. WOMENTEHRAN — Women’s The survey shows that 86% of women say they are happier desk since becoming a mother, however 73% felt overwhelmed and cooperative companies 62% were lonely. are the principal focus of rural devel- 42% said - what they most adore about motherhood - is the opment, said Hossein Shirzad, depu- depth of love they feel for their children, according to a new ty agriculture minister and managing survey by Everymum. However Geraldine Walsh who took part director of the central organization of in the survey says it can be very difficult. rural cooperatives of Iran. “You might meet one person who is doing this job absolutely Currently, a number of 330 coopera- brilliantly and another person who is finding it really hard but tive companies of rural women, includ- you don’t know who you’re going to be speaking to, you don’t ing 61,325 members, are working with know what is going on in someone’s life,” said Ms Walsh. a capital amount of 26.4 billion rials You don’t know if they are actually struggling, if they are (nearly $630,000) in 2,238 villages, finding it hard so you do find it difficult to express yourself to the public relations office of the Min- friends and family in case you come across badly. istry of Agriculture said a press release “You think ‘Oh god, now they think that I’m a struggling mum’ published on Tuesday. when I’m not struggling, I’m just finding it hard, really hard.” Rural women’s cooperative companies Dr. Sara O’Byrne, Senior Clinical Psychologist, said that of the are one of the most desirable structures women surveyed “over 1000 women out of 1155 reported difficult for attracting rural women, Shirzad noted emotions in the initial year of their baby’s arrival, including mood adding these cooperative companies are swings, anxiety, racing thoughts, loneliness and feeling overwhelmed. created in order to make policies, coordi- “What this highlights is the emotional changes that coincide nate and direct rural women’s activities. with this huge life event and the need for further supports in The Rural Cooperatives Organization the community and within families.” of Iran, with the aim of developing the (Source: Irish Examiner) cooperative movement through informing rural women, performs its legal duties, the official said, elaborating that the organ- RECIPE OF THE WEEK ization have put their quantitative and qualitative development in place pivoting Loaded cauliflower on three axes of supervision, support and guidance of women’s cooperatives. “A great way to add some zip to your cauliflower. This recipe is low-carb and resembles a loaded potato! Very unique and down right tasty!” Women, main role-makers combating Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower 1/2 cup sour cream climate change, VP says 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar WOMENTEHRAN — Women can be the main low precipitation, said Ebtekar adding the rural women cheese deskrole-makers encountering the climate observe that no one resides in the nearby village anymore 1 teaspoon dry ranch salad change, developing the modern knowledge in programs and and she worries about her family’s destiny. dressing mix policies, said Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President This is the supposition made by anyone who is concerned 1/2 teaspoon onion powder for Women and Family Affairs, here on Sunday. about the future of the society, said the former head of De- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder Speaking at the workshop of women’s role encoun- partment of Environment stressing that climate change, 1 tablespoon butter, cut into tering climate change and ecological resilience held in water shortage and environment are the main issues all small pieces, or more to taste University of Tehran, the official put emphasis on the over the world and it is in relation with the gender equality. Directions: role of women and families in changing attitudes toward Making no attempt on decreasing water consumption Preheat oven to 350 degrees the climate change, IRNA reported. in agriculture creates bad consequences and this will be F (175 degrees C). A rural women, who makes attempts for developing the set through developing a program to promote the status of Place a steamer insert into a family revenue, faces with long summers, hot days, and women and the family, Ebtekar stated. saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add cauliflower, cover, and steam until very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer cauliflower to a bowl, mash, Breast cancer, most common, increasing and strain excess water. Mix cauliflower, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, ranch among Iranian women dressing mix, onion powder, and garlic powder together in a 9-inch baking dish; top with butter. WOMENTEHRAN — Breast cancer is the most still alive after 5 years, the official added. desk Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, 30 to 45 common cancer among Iranian women Prevention and early diagnosis is very important in minutes. and about 14 thousand cases are added to the number the treatment of breast cancer, Qanbari said, adding Tip: of patients with breast cancer in the country annually, early diagnosis of this cancer increases the patient’s Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks head of the cancer prevention department of the Ministry longevity. evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy. of Health, Ali Qanbari, said here on Saturday. Stressing on increasing general knowledge about The survival rate of women with breast cancer, five cancers, especially breast cancer Qanbari noted that year after the diagnosis, in developed countries is 90 weight loss, not smoking, consuming low-fat and low- LEARN ENGLISH percent and in Iran is 70 percent, he announced. calorie foods are ways for prevention of the cancers. That means out of every 10 people with breast cancer Women should have their own monthly check-ups Darwin’s Theory of Evolution 9 people in developed countries and seven people are at the age of 30, he concluded. A: It’s been a long time since I last saw you. Where have Meaningful participation of women in peace initiatives spotlighted in radio you been? B: The exams and plans I have to turn in in are driving me Women must play a meaningful role in any peace said means men and women alike have equal tions, because women make up half of the society human rights and rule of law. crazy, I don’t even have time to sleep. initiatives in Afghanistan, said panellists in a responsibilities regarding peace. and will be affected by any decisions made,” said In accordance with its mandate as a polit- A: It’s the same for me. I’m up to my neck in work, but series of UN-backed radio programs broadcast United Nations Security Council Resolution Amina Mukhliszada, a Faryab civil society activist, ical mission, UNAMA supports the Afghan at least finals are coming soon and we’ll have a vacation. recently across the five northern provinces of 1325 reaffirms the important role of women in the program broadcast out of Maimana. people and government to achieve peace and Where are you going now? Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab, Samangan and Saripul. in the resolution of conflict, and stresses the UNAMA continues to work with advocacy stability. UNAMA backs conflict prevention B: I’m going to Anthropology class and now with the year The radio programs, organized by UN- importance of women’s equal participation and groups and institutions, including provincial and resolution, promoting inclusion and social anniversary of Darwin, it’s the only thing we study. Frankly, AMA’s Mazar regional office and aired by full involvement in all efforts for the mainte- councils, religious leaders, youth groups, wom- cohesion, as well as strengthening regional I’m sick and tired of hearing about this guy. local media partners to audiences estimat- nance and promotion of peace and security. en’s groups and local media stations, to create cooperation. The Mission supports effective A: What? Why? How can you not like Darwin? I mean the ed at two million people in and around the During the programs, participants identi- platforms, using radio, social media and televi- governance, promoting national ownership man changed the entire perception of how things came to provincial capitals, featured government fied recommendations to improve women’s sion, to enable Afghans to engage in dialogue and accountable institutions that are built and his theory is backed by pretty solid evidence! officials, activists and other community participation in peace processes, including on pressing issues affecting their communities. on respect for human rights. B: I don’t like him. His theory of human evolution and leaders discussing how Afghan women can through creating more opportunities for their At almost every UNAMA-backed event, UNAMA provides ‘good offices’ and other natural selection is full of holes. It lacks the solid and should play a robust role in building education; raising awareness among commu- local media partners not only record the dis- key services, including diplomatic steps that evidence of which you speak of. peace across the country. nities about the value of their contributions cussions and debates for later rebroadcast, draw on the organization’s independence, im- A: That statement puts you at odds with half of the Rights activist Mobina Khairandish, in in decision-making processes; and increasing but also create new programs around the partiality and integrity to prevent disputes from academy. Not to mention your professors! Furthermore, the Mazar radio program, spoke about arti- their participation at all levels of Afghanistan’s issues that are raised, extending the discus- arising, escalating or spreading. The Mission the explanation proposed by Darwin about the origin of cle 22 of Afghanistan’s constitution, which economic, social and political life. sion and creating new opportunities for local coordinates international support for Afghan species and the mechanism of natural selection constitutes states that all citizens have equal rights and “A just peace would be achievable only if women voices to be heard on issues such as peace, development and humanitarian priorities. a grand step toward a coherent understanding of the duties before the law, which Khairandish and their concerns are also heard in any negotia- reconciliation, government transparency, (Source: ReliefWeb) world and evolutionist ideas. B: I’m not minimizing his grand contributions, it’s just that his theory reminds of the conundrum of the chicken ENGLISH IN USE and the egg. A: What are you talking about? LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION B: The question is, which was first? The chicken or the egg? I feel the same regarding his theory. How does the first cell of life come to be? تولید تجهیزات مترو تهران به جهاد دانشگاهی واگذار شد A: Interesting. I think that question is better suited for my University of Tehran’s Jahad Daneshgahi philosophy class. In the meantime, how about we settle to manufacture subway equipment معــاون حمــل ونقــل و ترافیــک شــهرداری تهــران گفــت: تمــام تجهیــزات مــورد نیــاز !this... with a duel Key vocabulary متــرو توســط جهــاد دانشــگاهی تولیــد خواهــد شــد. sick and tired: bored or annoyed Jahad Daneshgahi, the University of Tehran’s academic center for education, culture بــر اســاس تفاهمنامـ ـه ای کــه روز دوشــنبه میــان جهــاد دانشــگاهی تهــران و معاونــت natural selection: a process by which best creatures and research, will domestically produce equipment for developing subways, deputy survive mayor of Tehran for traffic and transport affairs has said. حمــل ونقــل و ترافیــک شــهرداری تهــران بــه امضــا رســید جهــاد دانشــگاهی تجهیزات full of holes: including many faults As per a memorandum of understanding signed between Jahad Daneshgahi and متــرو در داخــل تولیــد خواهــد کــرد. at odds with: in a state of disagreement directorate for traffic and transport affairs at Tehran Municipality on Monday the academy: a school that provides training in special subject research center will provide Tehran metro with home-grown equipment, YJC reported. محســن پورســیدآقایی توضیــح داد: بــرای توســعه متــرو در زمینــه ســاختمانی و ریــل coherent: logical and consistent Mohsen Pourseyyed Aqaei explained that thankfully Iran is fully capable of manufacturing متــرو خوشــبختانه هیــچ نیــازی بــه خــارج کشــور نداریــم. .minimize: to make something as small as possible all subway equipment regarding rail equipment and construction materials conundrum: a confusing or difficult problem Supplementary vocabulary creationism: belief in the literal interpretation of the account of the creation of the universe and of all living PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM things related in the Bible naturalism: the doctrine that the world can be understood in “-ile” Float around Tightfisted (with money) scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations Meaning: relating to, capable of Meaning: to be present in a place: Explanation: very stingy with money; closefisted transmutation: the process or act of change, especially For example: He was physically strong and For example: There’s a lot of cash floating around with money from one thing to another mentally agile. in the economy at the moment. For exam[le: The manager is very closefisted with (Source: irlanguage.com) expenditures. ساعت: 19:40 امضاء صفحه آرا: ساعت: امضاء مسئول صفحه: ساعت: امضاء ادیتور: ساعت: امضاء سردبیر:

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 23, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in Surveillance footage shows Saudi West Bank ‘body double’ in Khashoggi’s Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian Ghassan Daghlas, the Palestinian Au- clothes after he was killed who they claim attempted to attack one of thority (PA) official in charge of monitoring 1 A Saudi source would not confirm or deny that Madani them with a knife in the occupied West Bank. Israeli settlement policy in the northern part was sent to act as a body double, though he emphasized that the The Palestinian was identified by local of the West Bank, said the settlers pelted the killing of Khashoggi was not intentional. media as 42-year-old Moammar Arif Refa’ey cars with stones on the road linking Nab- Madani, a decade older than the other members of the 15- al-Atrash from al-Khalil (Hebron). lus to Ramallah. There were no reports of man team, exited the consulate building by the back door along The Israeli military said in a statement on casualties. with an alleged accomplice. Madani was wearing what the video Monday that the Palestinian “assailant” had Aisha Muhammad Talal al-Rabi, 47, a appears to show to be Khashoggi’s dark blazer, gray shirt opened attacked one soldier in the city of al-Khalil, mother of eight children, was killed and her at the collar and trousers. “lightly injuring him.” husband suffered injuries on October 12 after Four hours earlier Madani had entered the consulate by the The statement said the “soldier and other Israeli settlers hurled rocks at their vehicle front door, alongside an alleged accomplice. Saudi’s forensic forces at the scene responded with live fire,” near the Zaatara checkpoint in Nablus. medicine chief Salah al-Tubaiqi, another key suspect who was killing the Palestinian. On August 19, a Palestinian man and identified using facial recognition analysis together with CNN’s Casualties in Gaza his three children suffered injuries when a timeline of events that day, was also present. The video appears to Separately, Israeli soldiers clashed with group of extremist settlers violently pelted show Madani without a beard, wearing a blue and white checked a group of Palestinians protesting in the their car with stones in the northern part of shirt and dark blue trousers. When he exited the consulate dressed Gaza Strip, wounding at least four of them. the occupied West Bank. as Khashoggi, the video then appears to show him wearing the Dozens of Palestinian youths took part Local sources, speaking on condition of same dark pair of sneakers with white soles that he first arrived in a protest in the east of the Gaza Strip on anonymity, told the Palestinian Information in prior to the journalist’s death. Sunday night as part of an extended series Center that Munder Mousa, a resident of “Khashoggi’s clothes were probably still warm when Madani of protests to call for the right of return of Tulkarem City, and his children were trav- put them on,” the senior Turkish official told CNN. those Palestinians displaced by Israeli wars military court had extended the detention tentions have been arbitrary, and has com- elling along a road south of Nablus, located The journalist’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz, who was waiting out- and other acts of aggression, the Palestin- of a Palestinian Authority (PA) official who plained of lack of access to his lawyers as approximately 49 kilometers (30 miles) north side the consulate’s front entrance and raised the alarm when ian Information Center (PIC) reported on has been in detention since Sunday. well as family visits. of al-Quds (Jerusalem), when settlers from he didn’t return, was told by a consulate guard that he may have Monday. Jihad al-Faqih, the head of the Palestinian He has previously been released under Yitzhar settlement who had laid an ambush exited the building through the back door, Khashoggi’s friend Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition and Authority’s intelligence agency in al-Quds deals with the Israelis but has been arrested started hurling stones at the car. Turan Kislakci told CNN. teargas canisters at the Palestinian youth (Jerusalem) suburbs was ordered detained again and again. The settlers also used a vehicle to This surveillance footage is another piece of evidence in the from across the fence, which divides Gaza until October 24 by the Israeli military court According to the Palestinian Prisoners block the road before carrying out their mysterious case of what happened to Khashoggi after he entered from territory occupied by the Israeli regime, of Ofer. Society, Adnan currently suffers from mas- assault. the consulate almost three weeks ago. It forms part of the wider wounding at least four of them. According to the Palestinian Prisoner So- sive weight loss and relevant side-effects as Mousa finally managed to drive away with investigation by Turkish officials into the events of that day and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been ciety, Faqih has been accused of “kidnapping a result of his hunger strike. his children. He arrived in Madama village, the continued interrogation and international questioning of gathering at the fence since March 30 in a Palestinian citizens holding Israeli IDs and Several Palestinian cars vandal- located 4.78 kilometers (3 miles) south of Saudi Arabia’s version of how the journalist died. series of protests dubbed “The Great March interrogating them about their involvement ized by Israeli settlers in occupied Nablus, and was given first aid before being Turkish officials have been leaking a steady drip feed of details of Return.” Israeli soldiers have been heavily in buying real estate” on behalf of Israeli Elsewhere, scores of extremist Jewish set- transported to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus. from the investigation to journalists but they have yet to release a deployed there since before that date. groups, the PIC reported. tlers have vandalized several private vehicles Price tag attacks are acts of vandalism key audio recording which sources say exists from inside the Saudi Clashes at the fence peaked on May 14, Faqih has denied the charges. in the central part of the Israeli-occupied and violence against Palestinians and their consulate. Turkey has not publicly admitted the existence of the audio. on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Palestinian prisoner continues West Bank, slashing the tires of a number property as well as Islamic holy sites by Is- (Source: CNN) Day, or the Day of the Catastrophe, marking hunger strike of parked cars and spraying racist graffiti raeli settlers. the date when Israel proclaimed existence. Meanwhile, Palestinian prisoner Khader on them. More than half a million Israelis live in An estimated 200 Palestinians have so far Adnan continues a hunger strike that has Bassam Ibdah, deputy head of Marda over 120 settlements built since Israel’s oc- been killed and over 20,000 others wounded seriously affected his health in protest at village council, said a group of settlers cupation of the Palestinian territories of the Germany calls for European in the protests. his detention. sneaked in to the village, located 18 kilometers West Bank in 1967. This is while much of The Gaza Strip has been almost entirely Adnan, who has been detained and gone southwest of Nablus, early on Monday, and the international community considers the arms embargo on Saudi blockaded since 2007. on hunger strike several times before, entered vandalized at least seven vehicles belonging settler units illegal and subject to the Geneva Arabia Palestinian Authority official the 51st day of his latest such strike on Mon- to local residents. Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands. remanded in custody day, the Palestinian news portal reported. On October 14, a group of Israeli settlers 1 But Altmaier, a close Merkel confidant, emphasized (Source: agencies) Separately, the PIC reported that an Israeli The father of six says his repeated de- attacked Palestinian vehicles south of Nablus. that “there won’t be any positive effects if only we halt exports and then other countries fill the gap.” “Only when all European nations are in agreement will this make an impression on Riyadh,” he said, speaking on public broadcaster ARD. U.S. to begin cutting aid to Central American nations for failing to Last month, Germany approved 416 million euros ($480 million) worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia for 2018, going stop migrant ‘caravan’: Trump back on a ban that the European country had ordered on the As a thousands-strong ‘caravan’ of migrants makes its way crossed illegally, and more broke through the border fence sale of weapons to the countries involved in the war on Yemen. towards the U.S.’ southern border, President Trump took and continued their journey. Germany, one of the world’s biggest arms exporters, had or- to Twitter to threaten to cut off foreign aid to Central Amer- Attempts on Sunday, by mostly unarmed Federal Police, dered the ban on the weapons delivery in March in an apparent ican governments and deploy the military to the border. to block the caravan outside the town of Tapachula failed, reaction to the Saudi invasion of Yemen. “Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are as officers withdrew due to the size of the crowd. The case has opened a serious new rift with Britain, France unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border Trump’s “unknown Middle Easterners” likely refers to and Germany which are urging Saudi Arabia to provide “credible” of the United States,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “Crimi- Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales’ claim last week facts for its explanation about the killing of Khashoggi. nals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have that his country has apprehended and deported “close to French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to U.S. President alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National 100 people” linked to the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ Donald Trump on Khashoggi’s death on Monday. Emergency. Must change laws!” ISIL) terrorist group, and more than 1,000 MS-13 gang Trump on Sunday delivered his strongest comments yet about Originating in Honduras two weeks ago, the ‘caravan’ has members, as the caravan crossed Guatemala. the affair in an interview with The Washington Post, saying, since swelled in numbers, and thousands of migrants are President Trump again repeated his warning from last “Obviously, there’s been deception and there’s been lies.” now marching through Mexico in a mile-long, ten-abreast week that he would deploy the military to secure the border Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that the critic had died in convoy. Believing their odds to be greater in numbers, the if Mexico fails to stop the caravan’s advance. Trump previ- its consulate in Istanbul after “discussions” turned into “a brawl migrants have already passed through Guatemala and have ously deployed the National Guard to the border in April, and a fist fight.” It followed Saudi Arabia’s denial for two weeks another 1,600 miles to go through Mexico until they reach as a smaller caravan headed to the U.S., but said over the to change our pathetic Immigration Laws!” he tweeted. of its role in Khashoggi’s disappearance. the U.S.’ southern border. weekend that he would deploy “the military, not the guard.” With the migrants now well into Mexico, Trump blasted Khashoggi was a Washington Post columnist and lived in the Trump had warned Mexico’s government last week “in Two weeks out from the crucial midterm elections, the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala US, having fled Saudi Arabia last September. the strongest of terms,” to halt the caravan’s advance, and Trump also hit out at Democrats for failing to vote in fa- for allowing the caravan to get this far in the first place. The kingdom’s explanation on Khashoggi’s death has been threatened to rip up a recently signed trade agreement with vor of two Republican sponsored immigration bills earlier Repeating a familiar threat, Trump said the U.S. will “now met with skepticism with world powers demanding answers and Mexico if Enrique Peña Nieto’s government doesn’t act to this year. “Every time you see a Caravan, or people illegally begin cutting off, or substantially reducing” foreign aid to the whereabouts of his body. stop illegal immigration. While Mexican authorities had coming, or attempting to come, into our Country illegally, these countries. (Source: Press TV) halted the caravan at the border with Guatemala, many think of and blame the Democrats for not giving us the votes (Source: RT) Erdogan’s multiple goals in Russia warns of arms race if U.S. quits weapons treaty Khashoggi case Russia has warned the United States Pres- Peskov’s comments came ahead of talks the terms of the landmark treaty. over the issue, however. ident Donald Trump’s push to withdraw between the U.S. National Security Adviser U.S. officials believe Moscow is developing In Russia, meanwhile, several senior leg- 1 Qatar crisis, Saudi role in 2016 failed coup in Turkey from a landmark anti-proliferation weapons John Bolton and Russian Foreign Minister and has deployed a ground-launched system islators and former Soviet Union leader Gor- and Saudi destructive role in Syria and Iraq and Riyadh’s financial deal could spark a new arms race between Sergey Lavrov. in breach of the INF treaty that could allow bachev lambasted the U.S.’ president’s stance. and political support to separatist Kurdish groups which Turkey Moscow and Washington and “make the Bolton faces Moscow grilling it to launch a nuclear strike on Europe at Gorbachev, who, as the last president of considers them as a threat to its national security. world a more dangerous place”. over Trump’s weapons treaty threat short notice. the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Bolton, who arrived in Moscow on Mon- Moscow has repeatedly denied allegations 1991, introduced a series of reforms which said on Monday that Russia would be forced day for a two-day summit during which he that it has contravened the treaty, instead helped bring about the end of the Cold War, to act if the United States pulled out of the will also meet Russian President Vladimir claiming that elements of the U.S.’ missile said Trump’s move was “not the work of a 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Putin, is expected to face intense inquiries defense shield hosted by its NATO (North great mind”. (INF) treaty. from Kremlin officials over Trump’s plans Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies in Europe “Under no circumstances should we tear “Because what does scrapping the INF for the deal. contravene the agreement. up old disarmament agreements,” Gorbachev treaty mean? It means that the United States The INF, which banned all nuclear and On Saturday, Trump said Russia had said, according to the Russia-based Interfax is not disguising, but is openly starting to conventional missiles with ranges of 500 violated the deal for “many years” and news agency. develop these systems in the future,” Peskov to 5,500km, was signed in 1987 at a Cold pledged to abandon the U.S. involvement On Monday, Peskov said Russia re- told reporters at a press conference in the War-era Washington summit between the in the agreement. mained committed to the INF treaty and Russian capital, Moscow. then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan and So- Several international powers - includ- would “never” inflict a “first strike” attack. “And if these systems are being developed, viet General-Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. ing China, Germany and France - expressed Russian President Putin has previously said then actions are necessary from other coun- Washington and Moscow have traded concern over Trump’s comments. Britain, any Russians killed in a nuclear attack on the tries, in this case Russia, to restore balance barbs over the accord since, accusing one the U.S.’ long-time ally, said it would stand country would “go to heaven as martyrs”. in this sphere,” he added. another on several occasions of breaching “absolutely resolute” alongside Washington (Source: agencies) Turkey considers Mohammad bin Salman behind all Riyadh’s regional and anti-Turkey policies. The tensions between the two countries heightened so that Saudi Crown prince referred to Turkey Silence on ongoing Yemen carnage shows U.S., Europe hypocrisy: senior Hezbollah official as part of a regional “triangle of evil” along with Iran and Qatar. A top official of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance move- launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen Qaouk added, “Political developments and transfor- Savage killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate provided Erdogan ment says the awkward silence of the United States and in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the government of mations on the ground in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the with a golden opportunity to press international community and the Europe on the ongoing House of Saud regime-led massacres resigned president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power Middle East region confirm the victory of the anti-Israel US to push Saudi King to remove the young prince from power or at in Yemen definitively proves their hypocrisy, stating that and crushing the country’s popular Ansarullah (Houthi) resistance front. In Syria, all bids to topple the incumbent least to contain his destructive policies in the region especially regarding Washington is being paid huge sums of money by Riyadh movement. government have failed. Syria is still a solid fortress in the Kurds in Syria and Iraq. to cover up the crimes. The Legal Center for Rights and Developments in Yemen, the core of the resistance bloc. Its victory will boost the It also seems that President Erdogan is using the current sit- “Saudi Arabia can buy U.S. President Donald Trump, the in a statement released on October 15, announced that the strength of the resistance front against Israel’s acts of uation to reduce domestic and international critiques of himself. U.S. Congress, the Security Council and major powers with ongoing Saudi regime-led military campaign against the aggression.” Rejecting the US demand to release of Pastor Andrew Brunson its petrodollars, but cannot win the support of defenseless impoverished and conflict-plagued country has resulted “Hezbollah resistance movement scored another victory accused of links to PKK terrorist group and the Gulenist movement and honorable Yemeni nation or Hezbollah’s silence. That is in the death of 15,185 civilians, including 3,527 children when it managed to beef up its advanced missile capabili- by Turkish president resulted in the White House’s sanctions why they tend to punish the Lebanese resistance movement and 2,277 women. ties – a move that worried Israel and filled its officials with against Turkey which deteriorated the country’s economic situation. through placing it on terrorist lists and adopting economic A total of 23,822 civilians, among them 3,526 children terror. Therefore, Israelis no longer trust (Prime Minis- Over the past couple of years, Erdogan has always been accused sanctions against it,” Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, deputy chief of and 2,587 women, have also sustained injuries, and are ter Benjamin) Netanyahu’s assurances because they have of limiting journalists’ rights and freedom of speech both domes- Hezbollah’s executive council, said on Sunday. currently suffering from the lack of medicine, medical sup- discovered that such comments are sheer lies,” he noted. tically and internationally, by supporting the Saudi Journalist he The Saudi regime and a number of its regional allies plies and poor treatment due to the crippling Saudi siege. (Source: Press TV) can show himself as defender of journalist’s rights internationally. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS OCTOBER 23, 2018 Saudi Prince Manchester United takeover Lopetegui: If you want to see a defeated coach then look nears despite Jamal Khashoggi death elsewhere The Premier League would be virtually pow- erless if Saudi Arabia decides to invest in Julen Lopetegui was in fighting mood and told media not to Manchester United, even after the death of expect to see a defeated coach when he appeared before them journalist Jamal Khashoggi. in the press conference ahead of the Champions League clash Critics of the oil-rich nation’s government with Viktoria Plzen. are horrified at the idea of the Saudi royals Real Madrid’s defeat at the weekend in LaLiga Santander has buying into English football after the kingdom seen them fall down to seventh in the table and rumors are rife admitted for the first time that Khashoggi that a change could be made sooner rather than later. was murdered. “I am looking at the situation the same as ever, I am carrying Saudi Arabia had previously suggested out my day to day as usual and that is what is under our control,” that the dissident journalist left the consulate he said. alive, then claimed he died in a fist fight, before “If you want to see a defeated coach then don’t look here. stating the murder was a rogue operation. “In my view we have a game tomorrow that we are looking Nevertheless the Premier League would forward to and we will go about it with total commitment and ultimately have to follow the lead of the British drive. I am not thinking about anything else other than tomor- government. row’s game.” And despite the present situation, it is He denied he is thinking about his future after being asked very unlikely the authorities would block whether Tuesday’s match could be his last. Saudi investment in football or, indeed, any “It has been assumed as done and dusted from what I have other business sector. read but what I have done is analyze and prepare for the rival, For all the tough talking by the UK, America I am not thinking of anything else which is my responsibility,” and other western nations about Khashoggi, said Lopetegui. they all need good relations with Saudi Arabia “I am here right now, I cannot confirm anything else right to meet political and economic goals. now. I will be the coach tomorrow.” English football has an owners and direc- (Source: Marca) tors test which Premier League and Football League apply to their member clubs in ad- dition to UK company law. But blocking an individual or entity who would otherwise be permitted to invest in Trio suspended after NBA UK-based company would open up the leagues to legal action. in the wake of SunSport’s story about Saudi as sources claim, they will ultimately want overseas revenue is still going up and Unit- punch-up The Khashoggi case means any progress interest led by Crown Prince Mohammad control of United. ed’s huge commercial operation has room with the Saudi interest in United will have bin Salman. They might be willing to have a minority for more growth yet. to be kept under wraps for the sake of ap- But City sources indicate that, on more stake and commercial tie-ups initially, but On the other hand, the capacity to increase Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul have been sus- pearances, but nothing more. than one occasion in the recent past, bankers not in the long term. United’s revenues from last season’s record pended by the NBA after a punch-up during the Los Angeles The biggest obstacle is the attitude of the were made aware that the Glazers were pre- And the Glazers would need a very good £590m is not limitless and some Glazer family Lakers’ defeat by the Houston Rockets. Glazer family to selling all or some of their pared to consider welcoming co-investors. reason to give up their cash cow completely. members are more interested in football – as Lakers duo Ingram and Rondo have been banned for four and stake in United. If the Saudis want to take on Middle East Although the Premier League’s domestic opposed to pure money - than others. three games respectively, while the Rockets’ Paul has a two-game The club, as usual, denied it was for sale rivals Qatar and the UAE on the football pitch, media rights are no longer rising in value, (Source: SUN) ban - all without pay. Paul said Rondo spat in his face, which led to the fracas that Lakers star LeBron James helped break up. Barcelona drop plans to redesign badge Mourinho dismisses Real Madrid An NBA statement said all three had thrown punches. after furious fan reaction rumors, wants longer United stay “Ingram has been suspended for aggressively returning to and escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the di- rection of Paul, confronting a game official in a hostile manner, and instigating the overall incident by shoving Rockets guard James Harden,” said the statement. “Rondo has been suspended for instigating a physical alterca- tion with, and spitting and throwing multiple punches at, Paul. “Paul has been suspended for poking at and making contact with the face of Rondo, and throwing multiple punches at him.” The game was the home debut of three-time NBA champion James and ended with a 124-115 defeat for the Lakers. (Source: BBC)

Spartak Moscow sack Italian Carrera as coach Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu their crest nine times, but not since 2002. Jose Mourinho has dismissed speculation “The players you saw are the players said the club will not move ahead with plans Bartomeu said they could still modify he could return to Real Madrid and insisted that are available,” Mourinho said. “There to change their badge after the proposal the design but under no circumstances will he would like to stay at Manchester United is nothing to hide and Alexis is out.” Spartak Moscow sacked coach Massimo Carrera on Monday, was met with anger by supporters. they remove “FCB.” beyond his current contract. Mourinho also took the chance to plead saying the Italian had failed to turn the club around after un- Barca presented a redesigned crest in “The [proposed] badge is finished, we Mourinho has been linked with the with Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri to satisfactory results last season. September, with the removal of the letters won’t present it again,” he added. “The job at the Bernabeu as a replacement for give Marco Ianni a second chance following The 54-year-old former Italy international joined Spartak in “FCB” among the minimal changes. members didn’t like it. ‘FCB’ will appear Julen Lopetegui, who has struggled since the touchline incident at Stamford Bridge 2016, winning the Russian Premier League in his first campaign Fans were furious with the loss of “FCB” on any future changes, that’s clear. But taking over in the summer. Madrid lost 2-1 on Saturday. but finishing third last season. as when Franco came to power in Spain, the there’s no rush.” at home to Levante on Saturday, a third Ianni goaded Mourinho after Ross Bar- Spartak Moscow thanked Carrera for bringing the club its letters were replaced by “CFB” to reflect the The president also spoke about the successive defeat and only narrowly avoided kley’s stoppage time equaliser -- something first league title since 2001 but said last season’s results had been way the club was forced to use the Spanish pending transfer window, and insisted a club-record goal drought. Sarri was forced to apologise for after the “unsatisfactory” and that “none of the tasks were completed”. version of its name. Barcelona have no plans to make any Mourinho, who signed an extension game. “The team’s results and game this season have shown there is Club members protested against the signings in January. at Old Trafford in January which could Phil Neville has called for Chelsea’s no trend towards an improvement,” the club said in a statement changes before Saturday’s AGM, leading With an injury crisis in defence, the keep him at the club until 2021, is under second assistant to be sacked but Mour- on its website. Bartomeu to postpone a members’ vote La Liga leaders have been linked with a pressure with United 10th in the Premier inho wants Ianni to remain on Sarri’s staff. Spartak, who are seventh in the league after a 3-2 home loss to over the new badge -- a decision which was short-term move for a centre-back, while League table, but the 55-year-old insists he “I want to thank Sarri for his honesty, Arsenal Tula at the weekend, have appointed Spanish assistant met with jeers by the 1,000-strong crowd. midfielders Frenkie de Jong, Adrien Rabiot is not thinking of heading back to Spain. I want to thank Chelsea for its honesty, coach Raul Riancho as caretaker manager. “There were doubts about whether the and Paul Pogba remain of interest to the “My future is here,” Mourinho told a too,” Mourinho said. “But I’m not happy (Source: Reuters) AGM was the right place to decide the mat- club. news conference on Monday ahead of the that it is going too far with the young ter,” Bartomeu told Catalunya Radio on “We don’t plan to sign anyone in January, Champions League clash with Juventus. boy, I don’t think he deserves more than Monday. “Some people thought it should unless the coaches ask for someone before “I have a contract and until the final days what he got. have gone to a referendum. [In the end] then,” Bartomeu said. “It’s a smaller squad of my contract I only think about Man- “He apologized to me, I accept his apol- we got rid of the issue, it was democratic. because we have B team players who can chester United. I would like to stay after ogies, I think he deserves a second chance, Maradona backtracks on “It was as simple as removing something make the first team. Our objective is that my contract runs out as well.” I don’t think he deserves to be sacked. because the members did not accept it. players from La Masia make the first team.” Mourinho has confirmed Alexis Sanchez “So I hope everybody does the same Messi ‘toilet’ criticism Now we will have some internal reflection Bartomeu also knocked back the lat- will not face Juventus after missing train- as I did which is not to disturb a career over the badge.” est round of reports suggesting Neymar ing at Carrington on Monday morning. of a young guy which is probably a great Barca’s original reason for changing the could come back to the club from Paris Marouane Fellaini, Jesse Lingard, Diogo guy, is probably a coach of great potential Diego Maradona attempted to defuse his controversial com- badge was to help the club “adapt to mod- Saint-Germain. Dalot, Scott McTominay and Phil Jones and I’m not happy with it more than that. ments about Lionel Messi by claiming his friendship with the ern times.” They have previously updated (Source: ESPN) are also missing. (Source: Soccernet) Barcelona and Argentina forward is “bigger than anything that journalists can write.” Maradona made headlines earlier this month when he criti- cized Messi by saying “it’s useless trying to make a leader out of a man who goes to the toilet 20 times before a game.” Raikkonen ends 113-race wait to hold up Hamilton’s title charge Maradona was referring to the extreme nerves Messi feels Lewis Hamilton will have to wait a little longer to clinch his advantage, in particular Raikkonen, who is leaving the fa- ahead of certain games which have seen him vomit before and fifth F1 world title after Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen claimed mous Prancing Horse team at the end of the season. during matches. his first victory in 113 starts to take a gripping US Grand Vettel, whose title challenge has evaporated in the latter “I know who Leo is,” Maradona, who is coaching Mexican side Prix in Texas Sunday. part of the campaign, rued his early off that saw him lose Dorados de Sinaloa, said after his team’s 3-2 win at Mineros de Hamilton finished third in his Mercedes behind Raik- more ground on his arch-rival Hamilton. Zacatecas at the weekend. “I know he is the best in the world. If konen and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen but still increased “I’m happy for Kimi,” he told Sky Sports. “But the tough 20 players go to the bathroom before a game, I never mentioned his title lead to 70 points over Sebastian Vettel, who was times for me don’t seem to be over, it should have been a Lionel Messi. back in fourth after an early spin at the Circuit of Americas. better day for us.” “What happens is that people want to put me in confrontation Raikkonen overtook polesitter Hamilton off the start By contrast, Verstappen, denied a podium in Austin last with Messi and they can’t. They can’t. The friendship I have with and took advantage of perfect race tactics from his Ferra- year after a controversial decision by race stewards, was left Lionel is much bigger than what all of you [journalists] can write. ri team to take the checkered flag for the first time since to celebrate a superb second place after starting from 18th I’m saying Messi is the best in the world.” Australia in 2013. on the grid following a pre-race penalty. Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi has taken a break from It is the longest gap between wins in F1 history, beating “Today he’s driven an unbelievable race,” said team boss the Argentina national team since captaining them to the round- the previous mark of Italian Riccardo Patrese Christian Horner. of-16 at the World Cup, where they were beaten by eventual “It’s been a long wait, but here we are,” said the popular With a maximum of 75 points available in the final three champions France. 39-year-old Finn. Kimi Raikkonen gives the thumbs up Ferrari number one Vettel never fully recovered from rounds, Hamilton is set to clinch his fifth title in Mexico He has not publicly addressed his future, much to Maradona’s after ending his over five-year wait for a grand prix victory a spin on the first lap after tangling with Red Bull’s Daniel weekend, drawing him level with the legendary Juan Manuel disappointment. at the Circuit of Americas in Texas. Ricciardo, dropping back to 15th place before a brave re- Fangio on the all-time list. Maradona, who coached Messi and Argentina from 2008 to Hamilton caught the two frontrunners after a late second covery, overtaking Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas Germany’s Michael Schumacher leads the list with seven 2010, recently said that the 31-year-old should quit the national pit stop, but could not find a way to pass them, briefly going for fourth on the penultimate lap of 56. and 91 race victories to Hamilton’s current tally of 71. team for good and send “everyone to hell.” off the track in an overtaking tussle with young Dutchman A distraught Ricciardo later retired through a power Vettel, who was also hoping to claim his fifth world title, Messi, who has scored 65 goals in 128 appearances for Argen- Verstappen. failure, leading to a Virtual Safety Car period in which will doubtless look to a change of fortunes next season after tina, quit the national team after their loss to Chile in the Copa “Congratulations to Kimi and a great job from Max too,” Mercedes took the opportunity to pit Hamilton as early as a disappointing conclusion to the 2018 campaign, littered America final in 2016 before changing his mind and playing again. said the 33-year-old Briton, “That was the best we could do the 11th lap for fresh tires. with errors and typified by his early spin in Austin. (Source: Soccernet) today and it was great we could do some racing.” Ferrari kept its two cars out, which later played to their (Source: CNN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 23, 2018 SPORTS 15 Persepolis ready for difficult match Iranian freestylers win two bronze at Wrestling World against Al Sadd: Branko Ivankovic Championships SPORTS TEHRAN — Persepolis football team deskcoach Branko Ivankovic knows well SPORTS TEHRAN — Hassan Yazdani Charati and Parviz desk about the difficult match against Qatari giants Al Sadd Hadi Basmanj from Iran won two bronze medals in Tehran on Tuesday. at the men’s senior freestyle Wrestling World Championships The Iranian side will host Al Sadd in Tehran’s Azadi in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. Stadium in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals. Persepolis secured a 1-0 win despite enjoying just 33 percent of play and having only two shots on target in early October in Doha. No team from Iran have ever won the title, meanwhile, with runners-up finishes for Sepahan in 2007 and Zob Ahan in 2010 the closest the country has come to con- tinental glory. “First, I have to say this is a great honor for us to be here in the competition’s semi-final. We have booked a place in last four for the second successive year. We met Al Sadd in group stage and it shows how difficult our group was,” Ivankovic said in the pre-match news conference. “We expect a beautiful performance against Al Sadd. Our fans have always supported us and they will be sup- portive on Tuesday once again. We want to make our fans happy because we play for them,” the Croat added. Defending world and Olympic champion Yazdani claimed “Al Sadd are a strong team with Spanish stars Xavi, the bronze medal after beating Russian Dauren Kurugliev 11-5 Gabi and Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah as well as eight in the 86kg. Qatari national team players. We ‘ve analyzed the way The U.S.’s David Morris Taylor beat Turkey’s Fatih Erdin they defeated Esteghlal in Tehran and it proves that we 12-2 in the final match. have a difficult match against them. Persepolis’ players Hadi also earned a bronze medal in the 125kg after defeating know that they will have another 90 minutes ahead of Russian Anzor Khizriev 11-2. them,” he stated. Geno Petriashvili from Georgia defeated Chinese Zhiwei Deng “I have the utmost confidence in my players and they to claim the gold medal. are fit for the match. They understand how important The competition is the first senior World Championships to is reaching the final. I am proud of them because being use a ranking system to determine competitive seeds. here is a big achievement so far. It is important they enjoy Previously athletes were put into brackets using a random what they are doing,” Ivankovic added. draw, though the new system was announced at last year’s Cham- “I invite our fans to come to the stadium to enjoy a pionships in Paris. beautiful match and create an atmosphere of good sports- Under the new system - set to be applied across all 30 weight manship against Al Sadd,” Ivankovic concluded. categories at this year’s event - only wrestlers who finished within the top four of the pre-World Championships competition cal- endar are eligible to receive a seed. The seed is non-transferable to another wrestler from the Al Sadd have no option but to beat same National Federation, while if the seeded athlete does not enter their designated weight, then the seed moves to the next Persepolis: Jesualdo Ferreira highest ranked wrestler. SPORTS TEHRAN — Al Sadd football team Doha to advance to the next step. Wrestlers may not carry their seed from one weight class to deskcoach Jesualdo Ferreira says they have “We were the better team in the first leg but they won another. come to Tehran to beat Persepolis and book a place in the match. We want to be in the final and have no option The rankings on which the seeds are based, were determined the final match of the AFC Champions League. but to defeat Persepolis,” Ferreira said. by tallying points acquired at Continental Championships and Al Sadd will meet the Iranian giants on Tuesday in “Tomorrow match will be tough for both teams and several ranking series tournaments. the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final. our players know that they must fight until the final Persepolis have defeated Al Sadd 1-0 in the first leg. whistle. I hope the referee’s decisions will not go against The 2011 champions face a difficult task to come away us,” the Portuguese coach added. with a result from Azadi Stadium, but they are all too “When the match starts, we will do everything we Iran to play friendly with familiar with how to make it happen, having defeated can do to win the match, that’s why we are here. It’s Qatar: report Persepolis’ arch rivals, Esteghlal, 3-1 in Tehran in the very easy, Persepolis also want to win the match,” Al quarter-final first leg, before settling for a 2-2 draw in Sadd coach stated. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football team will deskmeet Qatar in a friendly match prior to the Alireza Beiranvand: I owed it to Persepolis to stay 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Alireza Beiranvand has revealed that he game,” admitted Beiranvand. The match has been scheduled for December 31, Qatari news- opted to stay at Persepolis following his “I told my teammates that because we paper Al-Raya reported. superb FIFA World Cup showing because won the first game, the expectations have Iran friendly match with Venezuela is in doubt and Team Melli he owed it to the club after they suffered increased even further, but we mustn’t forget will meet Trinidad and Tobago in Tehran on Nov. 15. a number of departures in the off-season. that we beat Al Sadd in the group stage in Carlos Queiroz’s men beat Uzbekistan 1-0 in September and The Islamic Republic of Iran gained many Tehran this season, so this is something defeated Bolivia 2-1 on Oct. 16 in Tehran. plaudits in Russia after defeating Morocco, we must do again to make our supporters Team Melli are preparing for the AFC Asian Cup 2019, where drawing with Portugal and running Spain happy.” they have been drawn along with Iraq, Vietnam and Yemen. close as they almost qualified for the knockout Al Sadd were the last team from the West Iran have not won the title since 1976. round for the first time. to win the AFC Champions League, when The AFC Asian Cup 2019 will be held in the UAE from Jan.5 Among numerous excellent performances they defeated Korea Republic’s Jeonbuk to Feb. 1. from Team Melli, Beiranvand was arguably Hyundai Motors on penalties in the 2011 final. the standout player and was heavily linked No side from Iran has ever won the with a move away from Persepolis after the title, meanwhile, with runners-up finish- tournament. es for Sepahan in 2007 and Zobahan in Iran, Venezuela friendly But, having chosen to stay in the Iranian 2010 the closest the country has come to match in doubt capital, he heads into Tuesday’s 2018 AFC continental glory. Champions League semi-final second leg But with a 100 percent home record against Qatar’s Al Sadd with Persepolis 1-0 and a one-goal advantage, Persepolis will PLDC — The Iranian national football team friendly match with up and knowing that if they avoid defeat a Semi-finalists for the first time in 2017, transfer speculation, the custodian remained start the second leg as slight favourites to Venezuela, which was scheduled for November 20, is in sever doubt. first ever place in the final will be secured. Persepolis saw their leading marksman Meh- and was rewarded for his loyalty as Persepolis advance to a final that would see the second The match, which was supposed to be held at the Azadi Stadium, “After the World Cup we lost four or five di Taremi depart for Qatar’s Al Gharafa prior produced a scintillating performance in the leg played on home turf. will likely be cancelled, the Iranian media reported. good players and because of our transfer to the start of the 2018 campaign, but they second leg of the quarter-finals to eliminate “It’s hard [to win the AFC Champions Iran had already defeated Venezuela 1-0 in a friendly match ban we couldn’t bring anyone in,” said the came back just as strong this time round. Qatar’s Al Duhail, who had previously won League] but we will give it everything we have held in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in November 2017 as part of 26-year-old ahead of the clash at Azadi Beiranvand was the last line of a defense a record-equaling nine successive games. to achieve this goal,” added Beinranvand. preparation for the 2018 World Cup. Stadium. that conceded just three goals in the group But, having lost three of their five away “Al Sadd have great strikers such as Team Melli will face Trinidad and Tobago on November 15. “I had won the domestic championship stage – the competition’s meanest back- games on the continent, Branko Ivankovic’s [Akram] Afif and [Baghdad] Bounedjah, Carlos Queiroz’s men defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in September for the past two years, but I felt I owed it to line – as they progressed to the knockout side started the first leg of the semi-final as so we will need our fans to give us great and beat Bolivia 2-1 on October 16 thanks to goals from Alireza Persepolis to stay here for the AFC Cham- stage on top of Group C, ahead of Tuesday’s underdogs in Doha, only to put in a resolute support so we have the energy to fight Jahanbakhsh and Mehdi Torabi in Tehran. pions League because I didn’t want to leave opponents, before ousting the United Arab defensive display before Ali Alipour’s late on the pitch. Team Melli is getting ready for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, the club in a difficult situation. Emirates’ Al Jazira in the last 16. penalty secured a smash-and-grab victory. “I’m sure all Iranians will be supporting where it has been pitted against Iraq, Vietnam and Yemen. “I have no regrets because now we are in The summer break saw Vahid Amiri and “We managed to win the first leg in Qatar Persepolis on Tuesday and if we can beat the top four teams in Asia and have a great Farshad Ahmadzaheh, among others, leave because we were so well organised, but I Al Sadd we will start to plan for the final.” chance to make it to the final.” for pastures new but, despite the constant have no doubt the second leg will be a tough (Source: the-afc) Choi leaving Jeonbuk Semi-final 2nd Leg – Preview: Persepolis vs Al Sadd for Tianjin Persepolis look to defend a 1-0 lead when they welcome the side’s main attacking outlet, and with five minutes left Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors head coach Choi Kang-hee is leaving Al Sadd in the second leg of the West Asia semi-final of on the clock, he broke free down the middle, outpacing for China PR side Tianjin Quanjian, the Korea Republic club the 2018 AFC Champions League on Tuesday. his marker and rounding the goalkeeper who had no announced on Monday. Persepolis had become the first team to defeat Al Sadd option but to bring him down inside the box. Jeonbuk said Choi will sign with the Chinese Super League at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in the 2018 edition, after Converting from the spot, Alipour registered his fifth (CSL) side after the 59-year-old had been linked with various weathering an avalanche of Qatari attacks for 85 minutes strike of the campaign. Among the four semi-finalists, Chinese clubs after leading Jeonbuk to their sixth K League 1 and then hitting on the counter, forcing goalkeeper Saad only Baghdad Bounedjah and Dejan Damjanovic have title earlier this month. Al Sheeb to concede a penalty that resulted in the winner. more goals than the Persepolis forward. “Choi accepted Tianjin’s offer and decided to leave Jeonbuk Persepolis Al Sadd after serving this club for 14 years,” Jeonbuk said. “Although he After successfully negotiating a tricky two legged tie in Prior to the semi-finals, Al Sadd had scored 20 goals still has a contract with us, we decided to respect Choi’s decision the quarter-finals against previously unbeaten Al Duhail, in the competition, more goals than any of the other Villarreal, who scored a goal apiece in each leg and was for a new challenge.” Persepolis found themselves up against another Qatari three semi-finalists, but they failed to add to their tally brought down inside the box for the penalty that allowed Choi is considered among the most decorated football coaches side in the semi-finals. This time, it was their group stage at home in the first leg, the first time Jesualdo Ferreira’s Baghdad Bounedjah to equalise in the first leg. in K League history. opponents, Al Sadd. men fail to score at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in the The Qatari international has been key for Al Sadd’s Since taking the helm at Jeonbuk in 2005, he has amassed Branko Ivankovic’s men seemed to have learnt their 2018 AFC Champions League, and it cost them the result. journey to the semi-finals, starting 10 of their 11 games six K League 1 titles, the most of any coach, in addition to one lesson from the 3-1 defeat against Al Sadd on Matchday The 2011 champions face a difficult task to come away in the competition and contributing two goals and three Korea Football Association Cup trophy and two AFC Champions Two, as they built their match plan around a sturdy de- with a result from Azadi Stadium, but they are all too assists. A repeat of his performance against Esteghlal at League crowns. He also has the most career wins of a head coach fense. They ceded possession in Al Sadd’s favour, and familiar with how to make it happen, having defeated Azadi Stadium on Tuesday would go a long way towards in the K League. banked on efficiency instead. It proved to be a winning Persepolis’ arch rivals, Esteghlal, 3-1 in Tehran in the helping Al Sadd turn the table on Persepolis. Choi first won the K League title in 2009 with a record of 19 bet as they secured a 1-0 win despite enjoying just 33 quarter-final first leg, before settling for a 2-2 draw in Persepolis vs Al Sadd wins, eight draws and seven losses. Since then, he has collected percent of play and having only two shots on target. Doha to advance to the next step. Venue: Azadi Stadium, Tehran at least 20 wins every season except in 2012 to 2013, when he Both Persepolis’ shots on target in the first leg came The star of the two quarter-final legs was 21-year-old Kick-off: October 23, 18:30 UTC+3:30 was in charge of the Korea Republic national team. from one source, striker Ali Alipour. The 22-year-old was Akram Afif, the midfielder on loan from Spanish side (Source: the-afc) (Source: Fox Sports) Prayer Times Noon:11:49 Evening: 17:38 Dawn: 4:54 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:19 (tomorrow) OCTOBER 23, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi “Jackal” to nest in Tehran theater Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] ART Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 TEHRAN – “Jackal” desk Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 by Iranian playwright Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Sajjad Qatei, about the serious reper- Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 cussions a rough childhood causes for www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. the remainder of a child’s life, will go Tel: 88911433 on stage at Tehran’s Divare Chaharom Webmaster: [email protected] Theater today. Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 “Jackal” tells the story of a young man No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran who begins to take revenge on society as a P.o. Box: 14155-4843 result of his unhappy, deprived childhood. Zip Code: 1599814713 “At this point, the child has grown up and begins to turn into a jackal in char- acter, and says ‘nobody should laugh and no one should live in happiness’,” the art director of the play, Bahman Vakhshur, told the Tehran Times on Monday. “The play shows how a rough childhood can make an evil person from a man. It conveys the important message that you must care about your behavior towards children; they notice many things even in infancy and they are really vulnerable,” Ads need genuine he added. “The play also tells people ‘beware of photographs, designs the jackals in your life; they are every- where,” he noted. to be noticed Qatei is also director of the play, in which he will co-star with Nava Yavarian By: Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet for 17 nights. The troupe will give its last performance on November 11. TEHRAN – Managers and business people used to need “We decided to arrange a small cast, photographers and graphic designers to produce photos and because we want the audience to focus on advertisements for their products. But in Iran today they no the main character who engages them in longer stress this need so prospects for commercial photogra- a direct conversation during the perfor- phy do not look so good. mance,” said Vakhshur who collaborated Nowadays, you will find few billboards in Tehran or Art director Bahman Vakhshur (C) speaks to actor Sajjad Qatei during a rehearsal for “Jackal” as cast member Nava Yavarian is as an actor in “Under Zero”, a grotesque other Iranian metropolises carrying catchy photographs or also seen in the photo. (Photo by Mehran Riazi) comic play that Alireza Seyyed directed advertisements. Other advertising materials such as brochures at the theater during April. der the Smoky Roof” about emotional khshandeh has agreed to be a producer Mastering the music for the play has the institutes and companies prepare in the country also present Puran Derakhshandeh, the director of unavailability in Iran, is the producer of a theater troupe,” Vakhshur said and also been carried out by Vakhshur based few original pictures or ads. acclaimed movies such as “Hush! Girls of “Jackal”. added, “She read the play and liked it, on the “Dunkirk” soundtrack composed Don’t Scream” on child abuse and “Un- “It is the first time that Mrs. Dera- and agreed to support us.” by Hans Zimmer. Mobile theaters screening epic movies for Arbaeen pilgrims ARTTEHRAN – The Irani- Strait”, Bahram Tavakkoli’s true story deskan Youth Cinema Soci- about an epic battle by Iran’s Ammar ety has launched “Cinema Arbaeen”, a Battalion during the last days of the program to screen epic movies for the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, are the two Arbaeen pilgrims at mobile theaters in movies on screen in the mobile cinemas Iranian cities near the border between until October 29. Iran and Iraq. The religious ritual of Arbaeen is The mobile cinemas are located in performed to observe the end of the Shalamcheh and Chazabeh in Khuzestan 40-day mourning period following the Province and Mehran in Ilam Province, martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and the society announced on Sunday. his loyal companions on Ashura. Arbaeen Instead, business people’s main focus in marketing is to The program has been organized in falls on October 30 this year. introduce their products through TV commercials that feature collaboration with the Art and Cultural Pilgrims from various Iranian cities a crude composite of pictures and motifs gleaned from the Organization of the Tehran Municipality. flock to the Iraqi city of Karbala during Internet. “Damascus Time”, Ebrahim Hata- Arbaeen to visit the shrines of Imam Perhaps we should begin worrying that commercial mikia’s 2017 drama on the atrocities of Hussein (AS) and his brother Hazrat photography is reaching the end of the line as we see professional the Daesh war in Syria, and “The Lost “The Lost Strait” by Bahram Tavakkoli. (Photo by Mohammad Badrlu) Abbas (AS). creativity has been superseded by amateurish concocting. “Business people don’t seem to care anymore about advertising and it remains a low priority in their plans. They do not know that how advertising can help them promote their products,” former editor of the Mehr New Agency’s Photography Department, Heidar Rezai, told the Tehran Times in a recent interview. Italy’s Nicola Piovani keen to collaborate “In addition, their advisors do not inform them how effective an advertisement can be,” added Rezai who has also worked as with Tehran Symphony Orchestra a photographer and graphic designer in several film projects such as “Mina’s Secret” in 1996, “The Outcasts” in 2007 and ARTTEHRAN – Italian Ambassador Mau- Piovani attended the 36th edition of the Fajr Interna- “The Child of the Earth” in 2008. deskro Conciatori has said that his fellow tional Film Festival in April and performed a selection The country’s economy is in a deep recession following the composer Nicola Piovani would like to collaborate with of his film scores at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall for the festival U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Under these the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. guests. Italian Ambassador Mauro Conciatori (L) holds talks with economic circumstances, factories and institutes do not produce The ambassador made the remarks in a meeting with The musician was the winner of the Oscar for Best Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mojtaba sufficient products to convince business people to promote them Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mo- Original Dramatic Score in 1998 for Roberto Benigni’s Hosseini in Tehran on October 21, 2018. (Honaronline/ by commercial photos or colorful advertisements. jtaba Hosseini on Sunday. film “Life Is Beautiful” (“La Vita è bella”). Mahdieh Babai) “There are also a group of managers and business people who are familiar with the immense power of advertising. But unfortunately, they allocate too little money to it due to the current recession. In the interest of austerity, they hire unprofessional Roshd festival to review Kiarostami films people to lessen the cost of producing commercial photographs ARTTEHRAN – A lineup of International Film Festival. “Breaktime”, “So Can I”, “Two Solutions for vember 16 to 23 at Tehran’s Felestin Cinema. and advertisements,” he stated. desk7 films directed by Abbas All the films have been produced at Iran’s One Problem”, “Colors”, “Toothache”, “Home- The film screenings will be followed by To reduce their outlays, business people sometimes ask graphic Kiarostami, promoting educational topics for Institute for Intellectual Development of Chil- work” and “First Grades” are the films to be review sessions to be attended by a group of designers to “google” for pictures and motifs they need to make children, will go on screen at the 48th Roshd dren and Young Adults (IIDCYA). screened during the festival running from No- film experts and Kiarostami’s friends. posters or brochures. Rezai calls such an attitude a catastrophe and an unacceptable practice. Reza Shekarkhar, who has served as manager of a branch of the advertising department since 1999 for the major Tehran-based London film fest closes with flash of “Halloween” slashes franchise record Persian daily Hamshahri, said that there are many business persons and executives ready to spend large amounts of money “Stan & Ollie” comic genius with $77.5 million launch for advertising to remain on the top. LONDON (Reuters) — Laurel and Hardy, LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — “A commercial photographer and a graphic designer are the perhaps the greatest comedy double act “Halloween” made a killing in North ones who can help them remain on the top,” stated Shekarkhar, in cinema history, returned to London America, earning $77.5 million when who is also a professional photographer. on Sunday, twiddling their bowler hats the slasher film launched in 3,928 “A graphic designer should be able to convince a business to a delighted West End crowd as they locations. person about the power of a commercial photograph. In this arrived for the world premiere of the biopic David Gordon Green’s “Halloween”, case, a good business person would never tacitly ignore an “Stan & Ollie”. a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 advertising plan,” he said. The closing film of the London Film classic, obliterated the franchise record Professional photographers and graphic designers tend Festival covers the twilight years of a opening of $26 million, previously held to be inflexible regarding their rate of pay. Rezai said that couple who made more than 100 films by the 2007 Rob Zombie reboot. “Hal- this inflexibility could prepare the ground for brokers and spanning the silent and talkie era, with loween” also notched the second-best Actors John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan unprofessional people to steal their work. John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy, the lovably start for an R-rated horror film fol- Writer Danny McBride poses at a pre- arrive at the world premiere of “Stan and Shekarkhar says that he welcomes the works produced by oafish Southern gent, and Steve Coogan lowing “It’s” $123 million launch. It miere for the movie “Halloween” in Los Ollie” during the London Film Festival, the unprofessional people active in commercial photography. playing the idiot-savant Stan Laurel. also landed the second-highest debut Angeles, California, U.S., October 17, 2018. in London, Britain October 21, 2018. “They help business persons distinguish between a professional “It’s a labor of love, this whole movie,” for an October release, set earlier this (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) (Reuters/Henry Nicholls) commercial photo and inept work,” he stated. Reilly told Reuters on the red carpet with month by “Venom” with $80 million. as iconic avenging babysitter Laurie “The efficiency and distinctiveness of a photograph add value Coogan in Leicester Square. they are both under contract. Overseas, “Halloween” generated Strode, who is now a grandmother in to it or to an advertisement carrying such a photo, and for that Almost a century after they started Cut to 16 years later, their star has $14.3 million from 23 markets for a the newest take. “Halloween” is now every modern business person is ready to pay any price,” he noted. making movies together, Laurel and waned, audiences have moved on to a global start of $91.8 million. “Hallow- Curtis’ biggest opening to date, as well But Rezai doesn’t think so. He said that photographers and Hardy’s comedy retains a freshness and younger double act, Abbott and Costello, een” cost just $10 million, marking as the best horror opening with a female graphic designers should defer to business people given the universality, even if younger generations and the aging Stan and Ollie have little another win for Jason Blum and Blum- lead. It’s also the biggest launch ever current adverse economic conditions facing the country. may not have seen them. choice but to embark on a grueling tour house Productions, who co-financed with a female lead over 55 years old. “Photographers and graphic designers should engage in “Our overall mission, other than people of half-full vaudeville theaters in dingy the film with Miramax. “Halloween” Carpenter returned to executive interaction with business persons and also modify their rate of enjoying our film, is to reintroduce them post-war Britain, the country of Laurel’s surpassed “Paranormal Activity 3” produce and compose the score for pay to prevent brokers and unprofessional people from working to the beautiful work of Stan and Ollie,” birth. ($52.5 million) for the best debut to the R-rated thriller. The follow-up has in this area,” he stated. Reilly said, adding that the duo had “fig- Through flashbacks, we learn that their date for Blumhouse. garnered some of the best reviews for a “This may result in less money for professional photographers, ured out the secret formula for comedy”. declining fortunes are also in part due to a “I am enormously proud of this film,” series entry yet. While the last few iter- but it lets them work consistently,” he noted. The movie opens with Laurel and Hardy rift caused when Hardy, still under contract Jason Blum said in a statement. “‘Hal- ations have been panned, “Halloween” Iran’s absence from the Berne Convention for the Protection strolling across a busy Hollywood lot to to Roach, made a movie with someone loween’ brings the franchise back to holds a 80 percent average on Rotten of Literary and Artistic Works and other international pacts on a studio to film the classic dance scene else in what would have been Laurel’s life in a fresh, relevant and fun way Tomatoes and a B+ CinemaScore. copyrights also worsens the chaotic conditions under which outside a saloon bar in “Way Out West”. part, something Stan harbors as a grudge. that is winning over fans and critics Meanwhile, Fox expanded YA drama Iranian commercial photographers and graphic designers It is 1937 and they are box office gold, “Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly give alike.” Universal’s “Halloween” is the “The Hate U Give” to 2,303 screens. It must work, since they are constantly threatened by plagiarism but complain about being poorly paid and great portrayals of Laurel and Hardy,” 11th installment in the series, five of picked up a solid $7.5 million, taking its from unprofessional people. exploited by producer Hal Roach, to whom wrote Peter Bradshaw in “The Guardian”. which have starred Jamie Lee Curtis total earnings to $10.5 million.