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Iran’s priority is to minimize human casualty in Idlib Sanctions should turn into POLITICS TEHRAN — It internationally considered as both ac- deskis Iran’s priority tive and potential threats to regional to minimize human casualties in and international security. Idlib, a former Iranian envoy to The third priority, he underlined, is Syria has said. that no part of Syria should fall out of opportunity: Shamkhani Speaking to IRNA in an interview the hands of the central government. published on Monday, Mohammad Regarding the Syrian issue, he said Reza Rauf Sheibani said that the sec- the current U.S. administration has See page 2 ond priority is to tackle the existence turned into a mouthpiece for Israel of terrorists in the region which are and Saudi Arabia.

Medical tourist arrivals in Iran doubles in spring TOURISM TEHRAN — Medi- the ministry’s medical tourism department deskcal tourist arrivals in told ISNA in an interview published on the country has nearly doubled in the Sunday, “Based on official statistics, the first three months of the current Iranian country attracted over 300,000 medical calendar year, corresponding to spring travelers during the past Iranian calen- 2018, from a year earlier, said an official dar year [ended March 20].” He didn’t with the Ministry of Health. provide more details on the number of Saeid Hashemzadeh who presides over such visitors this year. 10

IAEA reaffirms Iran’s compliance to nuclear deal POLITICS TEHRAN — The In- resolution 2231 (2015) covers relevant deskternational Atomic En- activities of the Agency in that country ergy Agency (IAEA) on Monday renewed in the last few months,” IAEA Director its assurances that the Islamic Republic of General Yukia Amano told the body’s Iran stays compliant to the 2015 nuclear Board of Governors. deal - aka Joint Comprehensive Plan of “Iran is implementing its nucle- Action (JCPOA) – that is backed the UN ar-related commitments under the

Mojtaba Mohammadlou Security Council Resolution 2231. Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “My report on Verification and mon- It is essential that Iran continues to itoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in fully implement those commitments,” IRNA/ Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani (center) visits Iran Khodro car making company. light of United Nations Security Council he stated. 2 EDITORIAL ‘With declining U.S. influence and ascending Chinese power, Zakzaky’s 1000 Mohammad Ghaderi days of wrongful Tehran Times editor-in-chief a new EuroAsia emerging’ @ghaderi62 By Syed Zafar Mehdi ascending Chinese power, a new EuroAsia is Imran Khan led government is trying its level incarceration TEHRAN — The new government in Pakistan emerging and Pakistan is incrementally piv- best to raise loans from China and Saudi Arabia By Yusuf Abdullahi led by Imran Khan faces challenges on multiple oting towards EuroAsia. in order to avoid going to IMF. Mogherini is happy, fronts, in combating corruption, rebuilding insti- Following are the excerpts: Relations between Pakistan and U.S. are fast TEHRAN — It’s been 1000 days of Sheikh tutions, fighting extremism and reshaping foreign The newly-elected government led by deteriorating, which is evident from Washing- Ibraheem el-Zakzaky’s wrongful incar- why not! policy. Khan has in first few weeks reaffirmed Imran Khan faces challenges on multiple ton’s cancelation of military aid to Islamabad and ceration along with his wife and other his commitment to bring economic reforms on fronts, but the main challenge is economy. statements from Trump and other U.S. officials associates since the Zaria massacre where U foreign policy chief Federica domestic front, and bolster ties with neighboring There have been reports that Pakistan will that Pakistan is the hotbed of militant groups. about 1000 innocent Nigerians were killed Mogherini is now satisfied over countries, notably India, China and Iran. His approach IMF for a bailout although US has How do you view these developments? in cold blood by those constitutionally EIran’s commitment to the Joint government has charted a new course for itself, objected to it. Can you tell us more about A. Yes, the anti-Pakistan rhetoric has been ratch- mandated to protect them. Programs Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). in which Pakistan will be less dependent on U.S. how Pakistan seeks overcome this hurdle? eted up by the Trump administration and also it and protests were organized all across As it was recently reported by Xinhua, Jan Achakzai is a senior politician, com- A. The U.S. objection to Pakistan potentially has taken certain measures to arm twist Pakistan. the world to demand justice for Zakzaky Mogherini said that Tehran complies mentator and author based in Pakistan. In an going to IMF was more political then financial. However, the U.S. still needs Pakistan’s help on and to draw the attention of Nigerian with all its nuclear related commitments interview with Tehran Times, he says Pakistan Pakistan is also a member of IMF and can use Afghan reconciliation, logistics support to sustain authorities towards the repercussions and that is a “good news”, when EU is and Iran has convergence on many issues and the institution as a lender of last resort. Also NATO mission in Afghanistan and use its intelligence of tyranny and injustice meted against still working on preserving the Iranian they will highly benefit from mutual cooperation. IMF has a mandate not to let a country go bust leverage in the region against extremists like ISIS the Islamic Movement of Nigeria. nuclear deal. He adds that with declining U.S. influence and where it has loaned billions of dollars. However, and remnants of Al-Qaeda. 6 The London-based Islamic Human “EU member states are cooperat- Rights Commission, an umbrella or- ing with some other Non-EU states to Sheikha Qassim’s health is improving: Al-Daqqaq ganization of about 30 Islamic and other make sure Iranians can benefit from the nongovernmental organizations, as part of economic relations”, said Mogherini as By Mohammad Fatemi Zadeh under home arrest? It was recently reported that al-Khalifa #FreeZakzaky campaign held protests in the EU member states foreign ministers The leader of the Bahraini Islamic Movement A: Sheikh Isa’s surgery was a huge suc- has borrowed from a number of foreign banks. London and called for immediate release gathered in Vienna to discuss a series of Ayatullah Isa Qassem, who had been hospi- cess, and afterwards he was moved to his What is your assessment of Bahrain’s economy? of Zakzaky and his associates. Protests important issues. talized for a long time due to health problems, house in London. He goes to the hospital A: Bahrain’s economy is collapsing and the were also held in other countries including “Our work continues to preserve the was discharged from the hospital after having for periodic medical examinations. Sheikh country’s currency has fallen. The Bahraini USA, India, Iran, Australia, Indonesia, nuclear deal,” she said.” a successful operation in London. Isa is recovering for now and physically dinar’s value has also declined. The UAE, Pakistan, Switzerland, Malaysia, Ghana, The reason for Mogherini’s satis- Meanwhile, Bahraini groups are now de- and mentally getting better day by day. He Saudi Arabia and Kuwait intervened, sup- Sudan and Nigeria. faction with the current situation is manding the lift of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s home may remain in London for another month ported and stabilized the Bahraini national Allah states in the Holy Quran: “And clear! The imbalance between “Iran’s arrest so that he can seek medical care and his to complete his cancer treatment. The se- currency, but the country is facing a financial they ill-treated them for no other reason commitments” and “Western reciprocal health would no longer be at stake. nior cleric will go back to Bahrain after crisis. Perhaps, two or three years from now, than that they believed in Allah, exalted in obligations” regarding the JCPOA is so Regarding this issue, Mehr news agency’ his medical treatment ends. Regarding his the Bahraini government may not be able to power, worthy of all praise (85:8). This verse evident that even American and European correspondent had an interview with the di- fate, I must also say that we hope that the pay the employees’ wages, as the country’s contains the central philosophy of justice and officials have acknowledged it. At the rector of the Bahrani Seminary in Qom. ruling regime in Bahrain allows the sheikh economic minister has already warned about its importance in human society. According moment, it is only Iran that fulfills its The following is the full text of interview: to return to his family and homeland, and it. The Bahraini people are in economic turmoil to a popular adage, justice delay is justice obligations. Speaking about the other Please tell us about Sheikh Isa’s health he’ll be able to live like any other ordinary and many of them are in a lot of debt. Briefly, denied and injustice anywhere is a threat side, they have not only violated “all” condition following his surgery. Will the sheikh citizen. We hope that he’ll get to continue I must say that the economic situation is in a to justice everywhere. So justice is the key their obligations, but also refused to return to Bahrain again after the operation, to play his role in the religious, social and state of crisis both for the system and for the to peace and stability of all nations. take any practical steps to preserve the and if so, will the Bahrain authorities put him political realm like others. Bahraini people. 7 No doubt the overwhelming solidari- nuclear deal. ty and sympathy for the leader of Islamic Here we’re specifically speaking about Movement in Nigeria, notwithstanding its the “European Union”! Immediately after humanitarian nature, owes a lot to his vi- Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear “The land of sionary and insightful leadership. Since the deal, the European troika has announced gory Zaria massacre, the demands of Islamic that the German, French and British Movement apparently remain unchanged: officials will hold negotiations to offer turquoise- unconditional release of the Sheikh, his wife a package of proposals to Tehran (for and other detainees; handing over the bodies preserving the JCPOA). But within a few of slaughtered men dumped in mass graves weeks, Europeans’ “Negotiations with colored to the Movement for their proper Islamic Tehran” turned to be “making deals with burial; compensation for the damages made, Americans”! The reason for European waters” and of course the urgent need to bring the official’s double-sided measures should mass murderers to book. be sought in the talks held between the Photo depicts travelers reveling in natural Rallies and peaceful protests by all U.S. Secretary of State and the foreign sceneries adjacent to Atashgah village in justice loving people continue across ministers of the three countries of Ger- Lordegan county of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari the world. Zakzaky doesn’t only belong many, Britain and France. province, western Iran, September 9, 2018. to Nigeria now. He belongs to everyone The truth is that the European troika The region is nicknamed “the land of and everywhere. Even though the calls did nothing to maintain the nuclear for justice have fallen flat on the ears of

Pantea Nikzad turquoise-colored waters” due to having deal, and based on the advice of the abundant seasonal falls. Nigerian authorities, no matter how long, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Certainly, they are not amongst the hope is never lost in the struggle for justice. and John Bolton, the United States world’s highest, wildest, or heaviest wa- Despite the contemptuous nature of the National Security Advisor, they had terfalls but what makes them amazing is government, the Movement is optimistic intentionally postpone their so-called that they are in a land that its climate mainly on the undecided cases (issues) with the package of proposals to the Islamic Tehran Times/ varies between arid and semiarid. Federal High Court Kaduna, and the In- Republic of Iran. 7 ternational Criminal Court. 6 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS MP: Government, Ill-wishers seeking to depict future parliament authorized to as ‘uncertain’: vice president decide on FATF POLITICS TEHRAN — Vice the country. POLITICS TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic deskPresident Es’haq “Domestic capacities are the main and desk Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has Jahangiri said on Monday that the ill- focal points of the resistance economy,” given permission to the government and parliament to decide wishers of the Iranian people are seeking he added. about Tehran’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force to depict an uncertain future. Pointing to the U.S. psychological warfare (FATF), chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign “We should take counteractions if the against Iran, Jahangiri said, “The U.S. thinks Policy Committee said on Monday. enemy seeks to endanger the people’s it can put pressure against our economy After corresponding regularly with the office of the Leader trust,” he said during a conference at the and public opinion by its economic and on Iran’s accession to FATF, the Leader finally tasked the Iran University of Science and Technology. media power.” government and parliament with deciding about it, ISNA The vice president said the country is U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew quoted Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh as saying. going through a difficult time, however, there Washington from the nuclear deal on May The government and parliament could either approve are opportunities even in the difficulties. 8 and ordered restoration of sanctions or reject four bills concerning FATF UNTOC (the United He attached great importance to role of against Iran. Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime) the universities in helping find solutions The first batch of sanctions was snapped and UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) to problems. back on August 6. The second batch will proposed by the Rouhani administration, he added. Jahangiri said that “scientific advance- be restored on November 4. ment guarantee the country’s survival”. Back in May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike ‘Iran ready to “University can be focal point of boosting Pompeo said that Washington will apply the national integrity,” he noted. economic and military pressure against Iran chase enemies Elsewhere, he noted that “sustainable and will impose “the strongest sanctions in outside borders’ development” originates from inside history” on the Islamic Republic. Zarif wishes happy New Year Expert: Trump’s better nuclear deal is POLITICS TEHRAN — Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top deskmilitary adviser to the Leader, on Monday for Jews an ‘illusion’ warned that Iranian armed forces will chase enemies kilometers away from the national borders in case of the slightest aggression. POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Jewish Committee and representative of POLITICS TEHRAN — President “Supporters of the deal should call out desk desk The remarks came a day after the Islamic Revolution Foreign Minister Jews in parliament, said Jewish life in Iran Donald Trump is doing the United States for undermining the Se- Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed missile strikes against the Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday wished was “always better than in Europe.” his utmost to fulfill his “irresponsible” cam- curity Council and Resolution 2231 during headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iran (KDP-I) a very happy New Year for the Jews in Iran “Generally speaking, the Jews’ condition paign promise on the 2015 Iran nuclear the September 26 meeting on Iran, but the terrorist group in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, vowing harsher and the entire world. in Iran has always been better than in deal, irrespective of situation and outcomes, Security Council is not going to ‘solve’ the response if terrorist attacks continue. “As the sun gives way to the moon, I Europe. In our country’s history, there the director for Nonproliferation Policy problem of the U.S. violation or rectify Rahim Safavi also said Iran will come out victorious from wish all my Jewish compatriots and Jews was never a time when all Iranians had at the Arms Control Association has said, the damage to the JCPOA caused by the the economic war launched by the Untied States, Fars reported. worldwide a very Happy New Year filled the same religion, race or language, so IRNA said on Monday. reimposition of sanctions,” said Davenport, with peace and harmony. Happy Rosh there is a high degree of tolerance. Jews Kelsey Davenport said Trump is aim- who is also a member at the U.S. Council Hashanah,” Zarif tweeted. and Muslims respect each other, but at the ing to fulfill his irresponsible campaign on Foreign Relations. Judiciary urges Iran, a home for Jews for more than same time, we know there are differences,” promise to tear-up the nuclear deal with “These states must condemn the U.S. 3,000 years, has the Middle East’s largest Morsadegh stated. Iran, therefore, nothing would prevent him withdrawal from the JCPOA, highlight people to report Jewish population outside of Israel. He also said life for a Jew is a “lot better in blasting the deal, even the reports of the negative ramifications of that move, on corrupt Ali Younesi, the presidential aide than many people think”. the International Atomic Energy Agency and reiterate commitments to continue for ethnic and religious minorities, “Jews are a recognized minority here, (IAEA) on Iran’s commitment. sustaining the agreement.” individuals also sent a message of congratulations so we can practice our religion freely. We On August 30, the IAEA confirmed that ‘Trump’s JCPOA move has iso- to Iranian Jews on advent of Rosh have more than 20 working synagogues in Iran has remained committed to its obli- POLITICS TEHRAN — Judiciary spokesman lated America’ Hashanah. Tehran and at least five kosher butcheries.” gations under the deal, known as the Joint deskGholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i on Monday Trump’s reckless and irresponsible Younesi said the chief aim of the Morsadegh, a physician who works at Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). called on the nation to report on corrupt individuals, citing approach to the JCPOA has further iso- teachings of Moses and all other divine Sapir Hospital, also refuted claims that This was the second confirmation by the people’s key role in reporting on terrorists in the first decade lated the United States and reduced its prophets was promotion of monotheism, Jews are separate from other religious international watchdog since Trump withdrew after the Islamic Revolution. credibility, she remarked. ethics, human dignity, peace and justice. groups in Iran. from the deal accusing Iran of breaching it. Mohseni-Eje’i said the Judiciary is dead set on imposing Referring to the demand of the French Calling Iranian Jews the oldest “We have economic relationships Referring to Trump’s claims that he can harsh punishment against financial corruption and disruption foreign minister who had called on Iran followers of divine religions, the with Muslims, my closest friends are pressure Iran into a “better deal”, Davenport of national economy, Fars reported. to negotiate on its ballistic missile pro- presidential aide said the Jews in Iran Muslims. The hospital I work in is a said, “Trump’s better deal is an illusion. He The Judiciary chief has emphasized that the recent economy- gram, she said any further negotiation have merged valuable Jewish teachings Jewish hospital, for example, but more has little support for his pressure-centric related crimes should be pursued by the courts very quickly, at the point when the nuclear deal is in with original Iranians principles “such as than 95 percent of both our personnel approach and even less credibility.” boldly and justly, and the Judiciary must not be affected by the jeopardy is “premature”, arguing that peace, tolerance, diversity, and respect and patients is Muslim. It’s strictly Commenting on the U.S. threat of smear campaign against itself, the spokesman added. “France and the remaining parties to for others and human rights”. forbidden to ask about religion there secondary sanctions on other countries the nuclear deal, should be focused on Younesi said Jews have been because the most important verse of for doing business with Iran, the expert options to sustain and implement the Aref apologizes contributing to Iranian culture and Torah, which is written on top of the said Trump was putting the international current agreement. If those obstacles for Rouhani civilization, citing Sapir Hospital (a charity hospital, says: “Treat other people like community between a rock and a hard can be overcome, continuing discussions center in Tehran) which has been receiving yourself.” It does not say “other Jews,” place by forcing states to choose between with Iran on the future of its nuclear administration’s all Iranian citizens regardless of their it says “other people.” It shows that we honoring Resolution 2231 in calling to sup- program after certain JCPOA meas- religion is an example of this. have a practical relationship with each port and sustain the JCPOA and abiding ures expire and areas of contention like shortcomings In an interview with DW in April 2017, other and cooperate to make the world by the U.S. sanctions reimposed on Iran ballistic missiles could be beneficial to POLITICS TEHRAN — Mohammad Reza Aref, Siamak Morsadegh, the director of Tehran’s a better place. for no legitimate reason. both sides.” deskchairman of the pro-reform Hope faction in the parliament, on Monday apologized to the nation for the Rouhani administration’s shortcomings in handling the Sanctions should turn into opportunity, Shamkhani says economy as well as implementing reforms. POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Shamkhani, secretary of sector, the security chief noted. Back in May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “We apologize to the people for the problems because we deskthe Supreme National Security Council, However, he said, Iran will disappoint the U.S. through that Washington will apply economic and military pressure brought to power an administration which doesn’t want or cannot said on Monday that sanctions should be turned into taking economic and political actions to make the strategy against Iran and will impose “the strongest sanctions in implement the reformists’ intentions,” Mehr quoted Aref as saying. opportunities by tapping domestic capacities. of imposing sanctions “ineffective”. history” on the Islamic Republic. The senior lawmaker, however, said the decision to support “Our enemies, especially the U.S., have put the issue U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from ‘SNSC has formed anti-corruption committee’ Rouhani’s presidential bid both in 2013 and 2017 was right, of imposing sanctions against the country’s economy and the 2015 nuclear deal on May 8 and ordered restoration of Shamkhani also said that a committee has been formed in emphasizing that the reformists don’t regret their decision. industry on agenda. So, our domestic capacities should sanctions against Iran. the Supreme National Security Council to counter corruption. be activated,” he said during a visit to the Iran Khodro The first batch of sanctions was snapped back on August “Recently, we activated the committee of fighting Pharmaceuticals auto company. 6. The second batch will be restored on November 4. The corruption to help the Judiciary fight seriously against affected by Enemies have targeted Iran’s economy and production November sanctions target Iran’s central bank and oil exports. corruption,” he stated. U.S. secondary Reformists plan to form parliament: Tehran, Moscow confer on sanctions Construction party nuclear deal POLITICS TEHRAN — Health Minister Hassan desk POLITICS TEHRAN — Yadollah POLITICS TEHRAN — In a meet- Qazizadeh-Hashemi said on Monday the desk desk Americans are intimidating foreign firms and banks out of Tahernejad, a member ing in Tehran on Mon- doing business with Iran by secondary sanctions, to which to the Servants of Construction Party, has day, high-ranking Iranian and Russian pharmaceuticals and medical equipment are not exceptions. said that reformists plan to establish a officials discussed issues related to the “Since the U.S. government withdrew from this international parliament in the second half of the current 2015 nuclear deal and ways to keep the agreement (JCPOA) and imposed secondary sanctions in Iranian calendar year after receiving internationally-backed agreement alive. addition to the primary sanctions, the government and people permission from the Interior Ministry. The meeting was held between Ira- have definitely faced difficulties,” Qazizadeh-Hashemi said, The second half of the calendar year nian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas IRNA reported. begins on September 23. Araqchi and his Russian counterpart He also said Tehran expects the United Nations and the “All the issues related to declaring position Sergei Ryabkov. World Health Organization to prevent health-related harms and the reform faction’s policy making will policies,” he stated. During the meeting, the two sides nounced on May 8 that Washington would to the Iranian nation. be delivered to the reform parliament after Elsewhere, he said that leaders of agreed to continue bilateral consul- no longer remain part of the JCPOA and “The sanctions only target ordinary people and aim at it starts its job,” he told Mehr news agency in reformists will be replaced with the reform tations in the future. promised to reimpose the highest level increasing public discontent and harming women, children an interview published on Monday. parliament. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswom- of economic sanctions against Iran. and the elderly,” he added. Tahernejad also said that about He also regretted sudden price an Maria Zakharova had announced in After Trump’s declaration, the two thirds of the charter of the reform rises, especially in the gold and foreign August that Moscow would continue to Iranian government issued a state- ‘Rouhani should parliament have been approved. currency markets, blaming inefficiency honor its commitments under the land- ment calling the U.S. withdrawal as “The general mechanism is that the and indiscretion by officials. mark 2015 nuclear deal reached between “unlawful”. The statement underlined propose resolution secretary generals of the reform parties Tahernejad said technocrats in the Iran and major world powers as long as Iran’s prerequisites for continuing the and groups and a number of the parties’ construction party cannot “remain silent” other countries abide by their obligations. deal with the remaining five parties. against U.S. central council members will be at the toward such price volatilities. “My country would deem any changes These conditions that were reiterated reform parliament,” he explained. He also said it has become difficult for to the deal, officially known as the Joint later by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali unilateralism’ He also said that the reform parliament parliament representatives to talk directly Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Khamenei later mainly included Iran’s POLITICS TEHRAN — An international affairs will have 500 members. to the president. “Even the (pro-reform) as destructive that could destabilize the guaranteed crude sales and transfer deskanalyst has called on President Hassan “The reform parliament will have one Hope faction has not succeeded to have a already-volatile Middle East region,” of its revenues back home. Rouhani to propose a resolution in support of multilateralism central council which will hold meetings direct meeting with the president.” Zakharova said. President Hassan Rouhani has voiced as opposed to U.S. unilateralism in his speech at the UN monthly. The assembly of the reform In his interview, the construction She underlined that Washington’s his disappointment over a recent package General Assembly this month. parliament will hold meeting two times in party member said Rouhani made a efforts to undermine the JCPOA and of incentives proposed by the European “If Mr. Rouhani’s speech, like in previous years, would a year to approve the general policies of lot of efforts for clinching the nuclear restoring full-scale pressure through Union countries to Tehran, and said that not lead to any resolution or international conferences, it the reformists, and after that the central agreement but unfortunately it was not sanctions is absolutely unconstructive. the Islamic Republic expected a much bet- would be better he didn’t go,” the Arman newspaper on council will follow to implement approved welcomed by the public. U.S. President Donald Trump an- ter, clearer and explicit stance by the EU. Monday quoted Mehdi Zakerian as saying. Zakerian further said Rouhani should not act passively against U.S. President Donald Trump, who is in favor of IAEA reaffirms Iran’s compliance to nuclear deal unilateralism. He also urged Foreign Minister Mohammad 1 undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran continue.” the other, was put into practice in early 2016 to curb Javad Zarif to actively pursue Iran’s rights with regard to Amano added, “The Agency continues to verify the The deal, agreed to by Iran on one side and the 5+1 Iran’s nuclear program in return for termination economic U.S. illegal withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement. non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of (the U.S., UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) on sanctions on Tehran. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 INTERNATIONAL Britain’s MI6 planning chemical Russia: U.S. dropped attack in Syria: U.S. senator phosphorus bombs over A United States senator has indicated that Suleyman Soyli, Turkey’s interior minister, Syria, which Pentagon denies British intelligence services are planning to warned of the possibility of mass displace- stage a chemical attack on civilians in Syria ment in the event of a large-scale military Russia’s military said on Sunday that two United States F-15 to implicate the government and its allies offensive on Idlib. fighter jets dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria’s Deir al-Zor as they seek to liberate the last remaining “We care about humanity and we won’t province on Saturday, the TASS and RIA news agencies reported, regions from the grip of militants. give up. We will not be responsible for a mi- an allegation the United States denied. Virginia state Senator Richard Black said gration wave in case of possible attacks [on The air strikes targeted the village of Hajin, the last major last week that Britain’s MI6 had been working Idlib],” Soyli said. stronghold of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) on a chemical attack in Syria for the past few The northwest province bordering Turkey in Syria, and resulted in fires, but there was no information about weeks, adding that the main aim of the plan is home to an estimated three million people, casualties, the Russian military said. was to blame the Syrian government and half of whom are internally displaced. A Pentagon spokesman denied that U.S. planes dropped phos- military for targeting defenseless civilians. Soyli added that 255,300 Syrians have phorus bombs. “At this time, we have not received any reports of “Around four weeks ago, we knew that returned to their homes over the past two any use of white phosphorous,” said Commander Sean Robertson. British intelligence was working towards a years, including 160,000 who went to the “None of the military units in the area are even equipped with chemical attack in order to blame the Syrian “Euphrates Shield region” in northern Aleppo white phosphorous munitions of any kind.” government, to hold Syria responsible,” said province, which rebel groups and the Turkish Human rights groups have said the U.S.-led coalition against Black in an interview with Al Mayadeen, a army took over from the Islamic State in ISIL has used white phosphorous munitions over the course news channel based in Beirut. Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist of the Syria conflict. The bombs can create thick white smoke The Democratic senator, who was in Syr- outfit in 2016. screens and are used as incendiary devices. The rights groups ia recently to meet with senior government YouTube shuts down pro-Syrian criticize use of the munitions in populated zones because they officials, reiterated his claims about fake government channels can kill and maim by burning people to the bone. chemical attacks in Syria in an interview Separately, YouTube has suspended the The coalition or partner forces likely conducted aerial strikes with The Washington Post, saying Britain accounts of at least three media outlets run in July on eastern Syria where remnants of ISIL are holed up, had no intention of carrying out such attacks the government offensive into Idlib. and its ally, Russia, have hit rebel-held areas by the Syrian government, weeks after a the coalition has said. itself, but it was to direct militants, including Rebel-held areas bombed as 1,060 times with air attacks. report claimed the channels were violating The U.S.-Russian tensions have heightened in recent days members of the so-called White Helmets, a Turkey reinforces outposts the United States sanctions and generating as the Trump administration considers military options should group with alleged humanitarian mission, Meantime, Syrian government forces have In response, al-Jabha al-Wataniya lil- revenue from ads. Syria ignore the U.S. warnings against using chemical weapons to launch the attack. pounded rebel-held areas in northwest Syria, Tahrir (NLF), a major armed opposition The video streaming giant appeared to in an expected assault on Idlib, the last big enclave of rebels “The plan is to use the White Helmets who killing at least five people in a second day of group, on Sunday shelled government forces’ suspend the accounts of Syria’s public in- opposing Syria’s government. have always been involved in these notorious heavy bombardment, according to rescuers, positions in northern Hama, SOHR reported. ternational news organization, SANA, the Russian and Syrian jets resumed strikes in Idlib and Hama on deceptions, to portray an attack.” he said, as Turkey sent more troops to the region. Elsewhere, another convoy of Turkish Ministry of Defense and the Syrian Presidency. Sunday as Damascus stepped up its assault after a Russian-Ira- adding, “From what I can tell, they have been The intensified strikes on Sunday, target- military vehicles crossed into Idlib province All three accounts appeared on Monday nian-Turkish summit failed to agree on a ceasefire. planning a fake attack, not a genuine one, ed villages in southern Idlib and northern on Sunday. with a message, which read: “This account has (Source: Reuters) but one where they actually move people Hama provinces. Over the past 10 days, a number of simi- been terminated due to a legal complaint,” out of a town and they have trained people The escalation comes amid growing fears lar convoys carrying weapons and armored or “This account has been terminated for a to portray victims of a gas attack.” over a seemingly imminent all-out offensive cars have entered northern Syria to reinforce violation of YouTube’s Terms of Service.” Black’s remarks echoed similar concerns against the densely populated Idlib province, 12 observation points manned by Turkish The Damascus-based Sana TV’s channel raised by the Syrian government and its allies the last rebel bastion in Syria. soldiers. also appeared to be taken down, with a mes- Protests erupt in Germany’s about the possibility of a chemical attack in Activists told Al Jazeera that while hun- These outposts, which are located in re- sage reading: “This page isn’t available. Sorry the northwestern province of Idlib, where the dreds of people have been fleeing the attacks bel-held areas in western Aleppo, northern about that. Try searching for something else.” Köthen after 2 Afghans military is planning a large-scale offensive in northern Hama and southern Idlib prov- Hama and Idlib provinces, were established The move comes just weeks after on- against militants. inces, there has not been a significant wave under the de-escalation agreements reached line news website TomoNews revealed the detained over man’s death Home to some 1.5 million militants and of civilians moving towards the north. by Turkey, Iran and Russia. government-run accounts were generating their families, Idlib is the last remaining In some cases, the activists said, people Already hosting more than three million advertising revenue in violation of the U.S. Two Afghan men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering bastion of anti-government forces in Syria. would leave their villages early in the morning Syrian refugees, Turkey is eager to avoid sanctions. a German man in a fight in the eastern town of Köthen, German Russia, a main ally of the Syrian government and return after sunset once the bombard- a full-fledged government offensive. Its The U.S. sanctions prohibit American police announced. The circumstances of the man’s death remain in its fight against the foreign instigated ter- ment stopped. call for a ceasefire, however, was rejected companies from providing services to Syria unclear. ror, has repeatedly warned that militants According to Britain-based so0called Syr- on Friday by Russia at a summit in Iran’s without obtaining a license from the Treasury Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Köthen in eastern and their supporters in the West could use ian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), capital, Tehran. Department, according to the report. Germany on Sunday, moving in silence towards the playground, a fake chemical attack as a pretext to slow over the past 72 hours, Syrian army forces Speaking to reporters earlier on Sunday, (Source: Al Jazeera) where a 22-year-old German man died following a clash with two Afghans. Even though the mayor of the town, Bernd Hauschild urged locals to steer clear of the demonstration, police said that hun- Turkish court sentences 115 suspects to jail over dreds held a “memorial march,” and the participants, who later dispersed peacefully, were holding German flags and chanting slogans such as “We are the people.” affiliation to Gulen movement Earlier on Sunday, two Afghan nationals were “provisionally A court in Turkey has handed down jail terms to more than “Accusations against me related to the coup attempt are detained on homicide” following the death of the young German 100 people, including former air force officers, on suspicion baseless and politically-motivated slanders,” he said in a man on September 8, Deutsche Welle reported. Police further of affiliation to a movement led by the United States-based statement. said that the probe was still underway, and that they were in- opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen (Muhammed Fethullah The 77-year-old cleric has also called on Ankara to end vestigating the incident “from all angles.” Gülen), whom the Ankara government accuses of having its “witch hunt” of his followers, a move he says is aimed at The two suspects are reportedly 18 and 20 years old, and are masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President “weeding out anyone it deems disloyal to President Erdogan being investigated on suspicion of aggravated assault and causing Recep Tayyip Erdogan. and his regime.” bodily harm resulting in death, DW cited prosecutors as saying. A judicial source, speaking on condition of anonymity, Turkish officials have frequently called on their U.S. According to Die Welt, the victim might have had a dispute said on Monday that Ankara Heavy Penal Court sentenced counterparts to extradite Gulen, but their demands have with the two suspects, which resulted in his death. The cause of 35 suspects to eight years and 9 months in jail, while the not been taken heed of. death, however, remains unclear, with Die Welt saying that it may remaining 80 suspects received jail terms up to seven years Turkey, which remains in a state of emergency since have been a brain hemorrhage, while police said he died of heart and 6 months. the coup, has been engaged in suppressing the media and failure that was “not directly caused by the injuries suffered.” Meanwhile, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Is- opposition groups suspected to have played a role in the Another German newspaper, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, report- tanbul has issued arrest warrants for 102 active serving and failed coup. ed that the now-deceased had previously experienced cardiac former soldiers over their alleged links to Gulen movement. Tens of thousands of people have been arrested in Turkey problems. Security forces have so far managed to arrest 56 of the on suspicion of having links to Gulen and the failed coup. The circumstances behind his death also remain unclear, suspects during separate operations across Istanbul. A total More than 110,000 others, including military staff, civil with the German newspaper Bild reporting that the suspects of 89 suspects are accused of communicating with Gulenists. the coup. The opposition figure is also accused of being be- servants and journalists, have been sacked or suspended engaged in a dispute with another Afghan national a German During the 2016 botched putsch, a faction of the Turkish hind a long-running campaign to topple the government from work over the same accusations. woman at the playground. After two other Germans approached military declared that it had seized control of the country via infiltrating the country’s institutions, particularly the The international community and rights groups have them, the fatal fight erupted. and the government of Erdogan was no more in charge. army, police and the judiciary. been highly critical of the Turkish president over the massive The Köthen incident came two weeks after the fatal stabbing The attempt was, however, suppressed a few hours later. Gulen has denounced the “despicable putsch” and reit- dismissals and the crackdown. of a German man in the eastern city of Chemnitz. Shortly after Ankara has since accused Gulen of having orchestrated erated that he had no role in it. (Source: Press TV) that, an Iraqi and a Syrian national were arrested on suspicion of murdering Daniel Hillig. The case has triggered multiple rallies in Chemnitz, during which a number of right-wing activists called Libya’s National Oil Corporation’s Tripoli offices under attack for the deportation of all illegal migrants. According to the police data, at least 4,500 people gathered at Armed men have stormed the headquarters of deaths and injuries. “The building was the Chemnitz rallies to protest against the German government’s of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) heavily damaged due to the fire. Smoke is open-door migration policy. The rallies have reportedly left 18 in Tripoli, killing at least two of the firm’s everywhere,” Sanallah said. “The gunmen people injured, while hundreds have been detained. staff and wounding 10 others. attacked the lower floors with random shooting (Source: Sputnik) Two of the gunmen were also killed in the and explosions. It’s a very violent attack.” attack on Monday as security forces fought to An NOC staff who said he jumped out of regain control of the landmark glass-fronted a window to flee told Reuters that “several building in the center of the Libyan capital. people were shot” during the attack. “The death toll so far is two killed from The attack on Monday came less than a NOC staff and two attackers,” Ahmed Ben week after a fragile truce suspended fierce New UN rights chief urges Salim, a spokesman for the Special Deterrence clashes between rival armed groups in Tripoli, Force, told Reuters news agency. the latest eruption of violence in Libya, which Saudi regime accountability Forces linked to Libya’s United Na- has been in turmoil since a 2011 uprising. on civilian deaths in Yemen tions-backed government published pictures In May, fighters affiliated with the Islamic of a leg which it said belonged to one of the State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) gunmen who had blown himself up. terrorist outfit claimed a deadly attack on The UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet has called on Saudi No group has so far claimed the attack. the national election commission offices in Arabia to hold to account the perpetrators of deadly airstrikes At least one explosion rocked the building Tripoli. on civilians in Yemen. soon after the attackers went in, starting a fighters trying to evacuate people from the allah, told a Libyan television channel that The group had also claimed an attack In her maiden speech to the UN Human Rights Council in fire that swiftly spread through the lower building’s top floors, and wounded people explosions and an exchange of gunfire be- in 2015 on the Corinthia hotel, a landmark Geneva on Monday, the former Chilean president touched on floors, according to officials. being carried away from the scene. tween the attackers and the building’s security location in Tripoli. the Saudi regime airstrike on a bus of children in Sa’ada last Photos posted on social media show fire- The head of the company, Mustafa San- guards have caused an unspecified number (Source: agencies) month, which left more than 50 people dead. Bachelet urged the Saudi regime military to show greater transparency in their rules of engagement in Yemen which is under an all-out invasion by the regime since 2015. Bahrain arrests 5 children in besieged village of Diraz On Saturday, UN-brokered talks in Geneva collapsed after Bahraini forces have arrested five children during raids across to release children detained as part of the regime crackdown Bahraini regime forces launched a fierce crackdown on those representatives of the Ansarullah (Houthi) movement were pre- the besieged village of Diraz, which is home to the spiritual on the opposition. Local sources have said most of the recently gatherings, placed the Shia leader under house arrest and vented by Saudi Arabia from attending the negotiations. leader of the country’s Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim. arrested children are under 15. They added that the House imposed a military siege on the village. UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths told a news conference Troops raided the village outside the capital Manama in of Khalifah regime unjustifiably detained the children to Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demon- that the Ansarullah were “keen” to get to Geneva. “They would the early hours of Monday, arresting Hussein Muhammad exert pressure on their parents. strations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a have liked to get here. We didn’t make conditions sufficiently Saleh, Sayed Ali al-Sayed Taha Fadl, Sayed Mortada Sayed Diraz is the hometown of leading Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa popular uprising began in the tiny Persian Gulf state in correct to get them here,” he said. Sadiq, Montazer Ali Mirza al-Rayes and Sayed Ahmed Sayed Qassim, who was stripped of his nationality in 2016 over mid-February 2011. Scores of people have lost their lives Reports on Monday said some 84 people have been killed in Musa, the Arabic-language Bahrain Mirror news website allegations of serving “foreign interests” and promoting and hundreds of others sustained injuries as a result of the Saudi airstrikes and clashes around Yemen’s strategic port city reported. “sectarianism and violence.” House of Khalifah regime’s crackdown on dissent. of Hudaydah since the failure of the peace talks. The arrests come despite the Bahraini authorities’ promises The move sparked angry protests and sit-ins in Diraz. (Source: Press TV) (Source: Press TV) II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 44 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 11,20, 20182018

STOCK MARKET Winners of 2nd ‘League TEDPIX 146998.7 IFX 1686.37 of Stock Market Stars’ Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir announced CURRENCIES ECONOMY TEHRAN — The top the field of capital, while many participants deskteams in the second in this contest had a very good learning and USD 42,000 rials ‘League of Stock Market Stars’ of Iran were some kind of culture for transactions in the EUR 48,506 rials announced in a ceremony on Sunday, IRIB capital market.” reported. The aim of the event was to familiarize GBP 54,256 rials As reported, 34 teams from 34 universities the society with the capital market and to AED 11,436 rials of the country participated in a two-month test the practical knowledge of business and competition organized by Securities and Ex- finance students, in a bid to elevate the financial Source: mehrnews.com change Organization (SEO). knowledge in the society. It is while the number of participating Holding the first edition of this league was teams was just 10 in the previous edition of among the first-ever successful experiences the competition held in August 2017. of Iran’s stock market in the past Iranian COMMODITIES University of Tehran, Kharazmi Univer- calendar year (ended on March 20, 2018). WTI $68.07/b sity, and Islamic Azad University East Tehran Of the other first-ever achievements it could Branch were selected as the first, second and be referred to the data vending deal which Brent $77.34/b third winners of the competition, respectively. was signed between Iran Financial Center Addressing the Sunday ceremony, SEO (IFC) and Greece’s Inforex S.A., and also the OPEC Basket $71.35/b Head Shapour Mohammadi said: “In this event, first offering of wheat at guaranteed price in Gold $1194.65/oz we tried to focus on investing on the principles Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) instead of of science and observance of ethical standards the guaranteed purchase of the grain by the Silver $14.22/oz in order to gain a better market experience in government. Platinium $796.55/oz Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com Iran, Mongolia discuss expansion of trade ties ECONOMY TEHRAN – Mojtaba tween the two countries as the main limiting Iranian economic activists to enter the Mon- ing ways to develop bilateral trade relations, deskKhosrotaj, the head of factor for the two countries trade and called for golian market. noting that his country is aiming to diversify NEWS IN BRIEF Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), finding efficient ways for removing this hurdle. Khosrotaj further mentioned the upcom- its markets and building relationships with met with Mongolian Deputy Foreign Minister Referring to Iran’s export capabilities and ing Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit new business partners. Liquidity at Battsetseg Batmunkh in Tehran on Sunday expressing the country’s readiness to supply 2018 which is due to be held in Tehran in the The official further called for the training of to discuss ways of expanding trade ties, the Mongolia’s most important commodities, the next month as a good opportunity for the two Mongolian engineers and technicians in Iran above $381b in portal of TPO reported. official noted that removing visas, reducing countries to hold bilateral summits and talks and investment in Mongolia’s mining industry a month During the meeting Khosrotaj Emphasized customs duties and the establishment of bank- in order to expand economic ties. as well as the purchase of oil products, includ- the high costs of transportation of goods be- ing relations by Mongolia would encourage Batmunkh for his part emphasized find- ing bitumen from Iran.

ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s liquidity stood at 16.02 ‘No need for wheat import by next year’ deskquadrillion rials (about $381.4 billion) dur- ECONOMY TEHRAN— Iran has been self-reliance shows the significance of this grain in the country, he desk ing the fourth month of the present Iranian calendar year, Tir in wheat production over the past three added. (June 22, July 22, 2018), according to a report released by the years and there is also no need for importing the grain Referring to an agreement on Iranian private sector’s Central Bank of Iran (CBI). by the next year, Kaveh Zargaran, the chairman of the purchase of wheat from Russia and transit of flour from The CBI announced that the liquidity figure shows 20.1 Agricultural Committee at the Tehran Chamber of Iran to Iraq, he said that the related document has not percent growth in comparison with the same period in the Commerce Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA), been still signed by the agriculture ministers of Iran preceding year, IRIB reported. announced. and Russia and when it is signed the task will be done He made the remarks in the ‘Annual International in case of usance letter of credit to be opened by Russia. Conference Black Sea Grain and Oilseeds 2018/19’ which Replying to a question about Iran’s strategy of import- Banking arrears of was held in Moscow, TCCIMA website published on Monday. ing corn, Zargaran said: “Our country’s seeking water govt. up 22.4% in a Islamic Republic of Iran’s approach in terms of wheat resources management and in this due it will import is to be self-reliance, Zargaran further stressed. Agricultural Committee Chairman of TCCIMA Kaveh some part of its required corn from other countries. Iran month on year Of the 8.5 million hectares of land under cultivation Zargaran (2nd L) speaking in Black Sea Grain and Oilseeds needs 6-7 million tons of corn per year and Russia can in Iran, some 60 percent is under wheat farming which Conference in Moscow be one of the providers of the grain to Iran.” UK enjoys fastest ECONOMY TEHRAN — Debts of the Iranian govern- deskment and state-run companies to the banking growth in almost a year system hit 2.83 quadrillion rials (about $67.3 billion) in the fourth month of the present Iranian calendar year, Tir (June after World Cup and 22, July 22, 2018), according to the latest report of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). weather boost The figure shows 22.4 percent increase compared to the same month in the preceding Iranian year. Britain’s economy grew at its fastest pace in almost From the said amount, 320 trillion rials (about $7.6 billion) a year during the three months to July, boosted goes to the debt of state-run companies to the banking sector. by stronger consumer spending due to the World Cup and warm weather, official figures showed on Monday. IN THE NAME OF GOD Gross domestic product in the three months First Announcement Asia markets mixed as to July was 0.6 percent higher than in the previ- ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING ous three-month period, gathering pace from 0.4 U.S.-China trade jitters linger percent recorded in the three months to June and at the top end of forecasts in a Reuters poll. Asian markets were mixed on Monday as trade tensions between the This data is likely to reassure the Bank of England INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-06/169 U.S. and China remained in focus. which raised interest rates last month for only the second Tender Holder: Both the Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s Kospi extended their earlier time since the financial crisis, forecasting third-quarter gains to close higher. The Nikkei 225 ended the day up by 0.3 percent growth of 0.4 percent and a lacklustre 2018 expansion ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) at 22,373.09 while the Kospi saw gains of 0.31 percent at 2,288.66, of 1.4 percent. with industry heavyweight Samsung Electronics rising 1.34 percent. Britain›s economy has slowed since the June 2016 Subject of Two-Stage Tender: Down Under, the ASX 200 recovered from its earlier losses to Brexit vote, its annual growth rate slipping from top end the trading day largely flat, even though the heavily weighted spot among the Group of Seven rich nations to jostling HD MCR Equipment for Project of SD to HD TV Channels 1,2,3 (Tehran IRIB Center) according financials sector closed 0.14 percent lower. with long-term laggards Japan and Italy for bottom to the tender documents The Greater China markets, however, suffered losses, with Hong place in the rankings. Kong’s Hang Seng index down 1.62 percent as of 3:29 p.m. HK/SIN. Monday›s data showed that compared with a year Deadline of Receiving Documents: Over on the mainland, the Shanghai composite closed lower by 1.21 earlier, GDP growth in July alone was up 1.6 percent, percent at 2,669.49 while the Shenzhen composite fell by 1.845 per- while it was 0.3 percent higher than in June, again As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on Monday cent to end at 1,406.92. above poll forecasts for 1.4 percent annual growth and September 17, 2018. Wall Street ended the trading week in negative territory on Friday. a 0.2 percent monthly gain. The Nasdaq Composite slid by 0.3 percent to close at 7,902.54, declin- “Services grew particularly strongly, with retail ing for the fourth straight day and posting its worst start to September sales performing well, boosted by warm weather and Place of Receiving Documents: since 2008. The S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent to close at 2,871.68. The the World Cup. The construction sector also bounced Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 79.33 points to 25,916.54. back after a weak start to the year,” ONS statistician Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran The moves stateside came after U.S. President Donald Trump Rob Kent-Smith said. said on Friday that the country was primed to impose tariffs on an Consumers in particular have been squeezed by additional $267 billion worth in Chinese goods. Trump’s comments the jump in inflation which followed the pound›s Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: came following the end of a deadline for public comment on U.S. tumble after 2016›s referendum, especially as wages The amount of USD 55,429 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee tariffs for another $200 billion in Chinese goods. have failed to keep up. While the U.S. tariffs on $200 billion Chinese goods have not That said, in recent months industry surveys have been implemented, Trump said they could “take place very soon, shown that an unusually warm summer encouraged Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: depending on what happens with them.” many Britons to splash out on drinks and pub and The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked with In a morning note, Mizuho Bank said Trump has “left no doubt” restaurant visits. that the tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports into the U.S. are Last week closely watched purchasing managers› tender number no later than 15 p.m. on Saturday October 20, 2018 and submitted to the Secretariat of “imminent.” data pointed to third-quarter growth of 0.4 percent, Commission of Tenders. “What’s striking is that escalating US trade aggression suggests that as a pick-up in services activity outweighed slowing the appeals of US businesses, warning that tariffs will place burden manufacturing and construction activity. of rising costs disproportionately on US businesses and consumers, Monday’s data showed that Britain›s dominant Time and Place of Opening Envelopes have been in vain on Trump’s administration,” the note said. services sector grew by 0.6 percent in the three months The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Monday October 22, 2018 in the office of Vice Echoing that sentiment, Louis Kuijs, head of Asia economics at to July, its biggest rise since January 2017, while 3.3 President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after technical Oxford Economics, warned in a note: “We expect the trade conflict to percent growth in the much smaller construction sector escalate further before subsequent de-escalation, when the negative was the fastest since February 2017. evaluation. impact in the US becomes more visible.” Industrial output, however, contracted by 0.5 per- It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket cent over the period, hurt by broad-based falls across of currencies, was at 95.531 as of 3:08 p.m. HK/SIN, climbing from manufacturing, oil and gas extraction and electricity its earlier low. generation. For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 The Japanese yen lost its earlier gains but was still up slightly Nonetheless, Britain›s trade deficit in both goods against the greenback at 111.01, while the Australian dollar was largely alone and goods and services fell to its smallest since It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. flat at $0.7104, as of 3:18 p.m. February, beating economists’ forecasts in a Reuters poll. Public Relations Dept. of IRIB In oil markets, prices continued to increase in the afternoon of The goods trade deficit dropped to 9.973 billion Asian trade. The global benchmark Brent crude futures rose 0.92 pounds in July from 10.679 billion the month before, percent at $77.54 a barrel. U.S. crude futures also gained by 0.68 and the total trade deficit in goods and services fell to percent at $68.21 a barrel. just 111 million pounds. (Source: CNBC) (Source: Reuters) I IN N T T E E R R N N A A T T I IO O N N A A L L D D A A I IL L Y Y SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 ANALYSISENERGY & INTERVIEW 55

Oil up as U.S. drilling stalls, The downside for oil is limited

More than two weeks of nearly uninterrupted price gains for crude oil ended this week, with the rally running out of steam. The question Iranian sanctions bite is what happens next? Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. drilling stalled “They can say they are going to stand up to Oil prices posted steep losses just as the bulls were back on the and as investors anticipated lower supply once Trump and/or push for waivers. But generally march. WTI briefly topped $70 per barrel in recent days and Brent new U.S. sanctions against Iran’s crude exports the companies we speak to ... say they won’t was flirting with $80. But the rally was kneecapped by a variety of kick in from November. risk it,” FGE said. “U.S. financial penalties and factors, and it could be challenging to break above those key pricing Benchmark Brent crude oil rose $1.09 a the loss of shipping insurance scare everyone.” thresholds in the near future. barrel, or 1.4 percent, to a high of $77.92 and While Washington exerts pressure on “[A]lthough the timing of the price slide comes as a surprise – was trading at $77.85 by 0900 GMT. U.S. light countries to cut imports from Iran, it is also Brent dipped well below $76 for a time [on Thursday] – the slide itself crude was 70 cents higher at $68.45. urging other producers to raise output in order does not, as expectations recently have doubtless been too optimistic,” “A higher oil price scenario is built on lower to hold down prices. Commerzbank wrote in a note. In fact, to some, the timing was not all exports from Iran due to U.S. sanctions, capped U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will meet that surprising – WTI faced technical resistance at around $70-$71, U.S. shale output growth, instability in pro- counterparts from Saudi Arabia and Russia and having failed to break above that threshold, was forced back down. duction in countries like Libya and Venezuela on Monday and Thursday respectively as the But beyond the technical analysis, oil prices also face some ques- and no material negative impact from a U.S./ Trump administration encourages the world’s tions on the fundamentals. The emerging market turmoil (some say China trade war on oil demand in the next biggest exporter and producer to keep output up. crisis, or contagion) has not gone away. Currency problems continue 6-9 months,” said Harry Tchilinguirian, oil Investors are concerned about the impact to dog a long list of emerging market economies, pushing a few into, strategist at French bank BNP Paribas. on oil demand of the trade dispute between or to the brink of, recession. “We see Brent trading above $80 under (that) the United States and other large economies, In fact, the MSCI Emerging Market Index of equities officially scenario,” he told Reuters Global Oil Forum. as well as the weakness of emerging markets. fell into bear market territory on Thursday, and there is little sign of U.S. drillers cut two oil rigs last week, bring- “Trade wars, and especially rising interest light at the end of the tunnel. “My fear of contagion is that right now ing the total count to 860, Baker Hughes said rates, can spell trouble for the emerging markets the sentiment towards the whole emerging-market spectrum is very on Friday. that drive (oil) demand growth,” FGE said. fragile,” Mario Castro, a Latin America currency strategist at Nomura, The number of rigs drilling for oil in the Despite this, the consultancy said the like- said in a Wall Street Journal interview. United States has stalled since May, reflecting oil exports are declining ahead of a November have said they oppose sanctions, few seem lihood of much weaker oil prices was fairly low Because much of global oil demand growth is concentrated in rap- increases in well productivity but also bottle- deadline for the implementation of new U.S. prepared to defy Washington. as the Organization of the Petroleum Export- idly-developing economies, currency weakness could have an outsized necks and infrastructure constraints. sanctions. “Governments can talk tough,” said Energy ing Countries would probably adjust output impact on crude oil demand. Outside the United States, Iranian crude Although many importers of Iranian oil consultancy FGE. to stabilize prices. (Source: Reuters) “The worries about demand and a possible spillover from emerg- ing markets are weighing on prices,” Hans van Cleef, senior energy economist at ABN Amro Bank NV, told Bloomberg. “We have tested Iraq pumping crude oil at record levels, Australia could be 100% renewable by breaking higher, but that failed, so now we have a temporary setback. I still expect the market to turn higher at some point, probably driven unaffected by protests 2030s, meet Paris targets by 2025 by Iran.” Meanwhile, the Trump administration is rumored to be on the Iraq is pumping crude at record levels and Australia could reach the equivalent of 100 verge of dramatically ramping up the trade war with China, potentially the violent street protests that engulfed per cent renewables for its electricity needs moving forward on some $200 billion in tariffs. That would surely spark the oil-rich south have not affected energy by the early 2030s by doing nothing more a response from China, and the back-and-forth retaliatory trade attacks facilities in OPEC’s No. 2 producer. than maintaining the current pace of wind could sap global growth. Also, China, specifically, is a major consumer The country’s crude exports reached and solar development, a new research re- of oil and one of the largest sources of demand growth, so a slowdown a record of 3.59 million barrels a day, port has found. there could also go a long way to undercutting oil demand forecasts. Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said after The report – published by a heavy-hitting Also, this past week, the EIA reported weekly data that showed a meeting with representatives of foreign team of Australian National University re- an uptick in gasoline inventories, a bearish sign that signals both an oil companies working in Iraq. Iraq is searchers, including solar PV and pumped end to summer driving season and possibly hints at a slowdown in producing crude at a level of about 4.36 Descalzi and al-Luaibi discussed an ad- hydro expert Andrew Blakers – says keeping The upwards revision could be partly demand more generally. It’s one data point, however, so it doesn’t million barrels a day, as agreed with limits ditional increase in the production of the up the current rate of renewable energy due to what the report calls “an important indicate a solid trend. set by OPEC, and has a capacity to pump Zubair oil field in southern Iraq, the Italian deployment would also meet Australia’s recent development:” the rapid growth In fact, even as the markets sold off crude oil on the news, fearing a about 4.75 million barrels, without the company said in a statement on Sunday. entire emissions reduction task “for the in deployment of solar PV on the roofs of deterioration in the fundamentals, the reaction may have been over- semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the Refinery restart whole economy” by 2025. commercial and industrial enterprises (see blown. “Gasoline demand growth has not been impressive in 2018, but north, he said. The Organization of Petroleum Ex- To reach these conclusions, the team Figure 6, below). total US oil demand growth has been stronger,” Standard Chartered “Security forces in Basra took measures porting Countries and its allies agreed analyzed data for the federal government’s The ANU forecast compares to recent said in a note. “As for the rest of the weekly data, it was negative but to protect oil fields and foreign employees,” in June to increase oil production, with own Clean Energy Regulator, showing that modelling from the Australian Energy Market also unremarkable for late August.” al-Luaibi told reporters in Baghdad. “Our Saudi Arabia and Russia saying about during 2018 and 2019 the nation would install Operator, which shows renewables making The softness in recent days has taken the wind out of the sails of message was clear and strong to oil majors 1 million barrels a day will be added to about 10,400MW of new renewable energy. up 46 per cent of NEM generation by 2030 crude oil, but it does not mean we are on the verge of another downturn. that Iraq is safe and what is happening the market. But they didn’t detail how ANU Energy Change Institute director in their “neutral scenario”, and 61 per cent “The news backdrop does not really point to any further price slide: in Basra was a passing cloud that passed the production increase would be split Professor Ken Baldwin said that at that rate, of generation by 2030 in their “fast change” according to the DOE, US crude oil stocks declined by a surprisingly peacefully.” between OPEC and non-OPEC nations. Australia would eclipse the Renewable En- scenario. sharp 4.3 million barrels to 401.5 million barrels last week – their Iraq boosted protection in the south A committee of OPEC and its allies is ergy Target, reaching 29 per cent in 2020, But while the ANU experts have every lowest level since February 2015. Things also remain interesting with after protesters demanding jobs and basic scheduled to meet in Algeria later this and by 2025 would reach 50 per cent – a faith in the renewable energy industry – and respect to the Iran sanctions – particularly as far as the situation in services torched government buildings and month to discuss allocations. number the federal Coalition likes to say is the technology – to get the job done, they India is concerned,” Commerzbank said. “We assume that New Delhi the Iranian consulate in the southern city Iraq restarted the Salahuddin-2 unit “recklessly high”, even for 2030. have their doubts about the politics, which will bow to the pressure from Washington – so the supply situation of Basra. A number of them briefly forced of the Baiji oil refinery, north of Baghdad, Perhaps even more importantly, staying at a federal level is now more uncertain than on the oil market will remain tight.” their way into a water intake facility that on Sunday, al-Luaibi said. The unit is cur- on the current trajectory would see elec- ever for investors in solar and wind. With two months to go on Iran sanctions, exports are falling fast. supplies an oil field operated by Lukoil rently processing 70,000 barrels a day, he tricity sector emissions reduced by 26 per “Australian industry is proving it’s not U.S. crude inventories are at their lowest point in years, and Saudi PJSC on Saturday. Iraq has been working said. Baiji was damaged in fighting with cent in 2021, and the Paris economy-wide difficult or expensive to make deep and Arabia is going to be forced to burn through much of its spare capacity. to raise crude production quickly, amid Islamic State militants. The government, emissions reductions target of 26 per cent rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions,” U.S. shale, while signs of a production slowdown have yet to really investment constraints and hold-ups that which declared all regions free from the met five years early, in 2025. said Baldwin in comments on the report materialize in the production data from the EIA, is still running into have seen Royal Dutch Shell Plc exit one militant group last year after fighting that It’s an impressive set of numbers, par- on Monday. a rough patch. Just a few days ago, the CEOs of Schlumberger and of the country’s biggest oil projects. erupted in 2014, has ambitious goals to ticularly considering that just three years “All the evidence points to Australia’s ca- Halliburton warned that drilling activity the Permian is cooling, which The security situation in the south is end its reliance on refined-fuel imports. ago, much the same ANU team forecast that pacity to be a renewable energy superpower, could translate into slower growth.

improving and energy installations were Baiji’s last unit, North, needs about a year Australia could reach 100 per cent renew- with all the economic and environmental All of that is to say that while oil prices fell back at the end of this not affected by the protests, al-Luaibi said. to be repaired, he said. ables by 2040 by adding just under 4GW benefits that come with that. past week, it does not mean that we are in for another slide. Eni SpA Chief Executive Officer Claudio (Source: Bloomberg) (4,000MW) of wind and solar capacity a year. (Source: Renew Economy) (Source: oilprice.com)

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF Pakistan PM says China is cornerstone BJP govt. to build ‘New India’ of Pakistan’s foreign policy by 2022 INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — The new all- Wang as his first foreign guest. deskweather allies, Pakistan The new president asserted that close INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — The ruling Bharatiya Ja- and China, took another big leap to strengthen friendship with China is in Pakistan’s na- desknata Party (BJP) government in India their bilateral ties during Chinese Foreign tional interest and expressed hope that the has pledged to build “new India” by 2022. The resolution Minister Wang Yi’s first official visit to Islama- CPEC project will bring tangible benefits to was passed at the two-day party convention in New Delhi bad since the formation of new government the people in Pakistan. on Sunday. in Pakistan. Wang said the bilateral relations between India will go to polls early next year and all major political Wang, accompanied by a high-level del- China and Pakistan remain firm despite the parties have begun campaigning. It’s still the early phase egation, was on a three-day visit to Pakistan changing domestic and international envi- of campaigning but BJP leaders have expressed confidence during which he held wide-ranging delibera- ronment, adding that his visit was aimed at that they will retain power, saying that the opposition does tions with political and military leadership in holding deliberations with the new Pakistani not have a leader, a policy or a strategy to win elections. Islamabad, including Prime Minister Imran government. Addressing media after the party meet, senior party leader Khan, President Arif Alvi and Army chief He said that the CPEC helped create more and Minister Prakash Javdaker said the people don’t stand Qamar Bajwa. than 70,000 jobs in Pakistan and contributed by those who bring negativity in politics, launching an indi- “Foreign Minister underscored the sig- to the national growth and rejected concerns rect attack on the Congress party, BJP’s main opposition. nificance of the China-Pakistan Economic that China was burdening Pakistan with debt. He stressed that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Corridor (CPEC) for the mutual benefit of “The CPEC has not inflicted a debt burden the government has vision, passion and imagination for the the people of both countries,” Prime Minis- on Pakistan, rather when these projects get development of country. He said, the political resolution ter Imran Khan’s office said in a statement. completed and enter into operation, they sought to build a new India by 2022 which will be free of Wang conveyed the desire of Chinese will unleash huge economic benefits... and poverty communalism, castism, corruption and terrrorism. government to work closely with the new these will create considerable returns to the Javdaker also said the BJP has expanded its base in the political dispensation in Islamabad to further Pakistani economy,” he said, adding that Pa- country under the leadership of Modi and now it was ruling enhance the strategic partnership between is presently entangled in a bitter trade war eral Qamar Javed Bajwa. Qureshi, during kistan’s 47 percent debt was due to loans from in 19 states. the two neighbours. with Beijing. Pakistan’s growing proximity his meeting with Wang, said that Pakistan the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The Modi government in India also come under criticism PM Khan, according to a statement issued with China has raised many eyebrows in was committed to CPEC which is a “proof of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). for not taking appropriate action against cow vigilante groups by his office, reiterated that Pakistan’s friend- Washington, even leading to cancelation how seamless the belt and road initiative can During his meeting with Alvi, Wang Yi that have been attacking and spreading hate against Muslims. ship with China is a cornerstone of Pakistan’s of military aid to Pakistan. become with the help of all stakeholders.” discussed China’s experiences on poverty foreign policy, and reaffirmed commitment The regional situation and global issues The visiting official also attended the alleviation and combating corruption. He Pakistan’s to the implementation of the CPEC. also figured in talks between the two officials. swearing in ceremony of new president, reaffirmed China’s willingness to cooperate Khan sought to send a strong message Earlier, Wang met his counterpart Shah Arif Alvi. Alvi, who was sworn in as the new with Pakistan on international and regional new govt. to the U.S., the old ally of Pakistan, which Mahmood Qureshi and Army chief Gen- President of Pakistan on Sunday, received issues. rekindles hope in India ‘With declining U.S. influence and ascending INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — India and Pakistan, the two deskestranged South Asian neighbors, have shown inclination to bury the hatchet and open a new chapter Chinese power, a new EuroAsia is emerging’ in their relationship since the change of guard in Islamabad. Speaking on the new window of opportunity to improve 1 U.S. still needs to work with Pakistan for respect- the covenant of faith of vast majority of Muslim population ties between the two countries, Indian High Commissioner able exit from Afghanistan hence will have no option but to that there will be no prophet after Mohammad (PBUH). to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria said on Sunday that New Delhi engage Pakistan. The U.S, despite all its rhetoric for peace in They fear conversion of ordinary Muslims to Ahmedia was filled with cautious hope as Islamabad had opened a Afghanistan, has huge trust deficit as if it is really interested faith challenging the finality of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) political window. in peace in Afghanistan. since the community does not agree with the definition Bisaria, addressing a function in Indian city of Kolkata Imran Khan led government has backed Tehran’s of “mosalmaniat” defined in the Constitution. According on Friday, said the relations between the two countries had position on the Iran nuclear deal and expressed desire to to Constitution, a professed Muslim should not question received a setback after the Pathankot and Uri attacks, which improve ties with Iran. Last week Iranian FM became the first the finality of Prophet (PBUH) and if somebody does that India blamed on Pakistan. But, he added, the new govern- foreign official to be hosted by Islamabad. How important he or she to be categorised as non-Muslim minority. This is ment in Islamabad had filled New Delhi with cautious hope. are Iran and Pakistan to each other? why a possible backlash with his appointment would have “Terrorism is a deal-breaker; what is important is a bi- A. Pakistan and Iran has convergence on many issues led to bloodbath so Khan-led government withdrew the lateral conversation and that will happen when terrorism and they will highly benefit from mutual cooperation. Pa- economist’s name from the advisory body. ends,” he said, while stressing on enhanced bilateral trade kistan can help Iran in areas including defence, economy, The relations between India and Pakistan are likely to and release of Indian prisoners in Pakistan and their repa- barter trade and can be a conduit for many items that Iran improve with peace overtures made by the new government triation on humanitarian grounds. needs. Tehran can provide oil and gas. By linking Chabahar in Islamabad and also Pakistan’s army reportedly reaching During the first two years of Narendra Modi government with Gawadar, Iran can enhance people to people contacts out to India. Do you see it happening? in New Delhi, New Delhi and Islamabad did hold peace via sea, join in special economic zones on zero border with A. Pakistan has always been trying to reach out to India talks but the peace process was virtually shelved after some Balochistan/Pakistan. Iran also can benefit from Pakistan’s and jumpstart substantive talks on issues of contention but terrorist attacks in India. In his victory speech after elec- advanced defence capability. So in many ways, it can circum- it takes two to tango. India being a much bigger power has tions, PM Khan expressed his desire to improve ties with all vent U.S. harsh measures against Pakistan. Both countries always used talks and leverage against Pakistan and sought neighbors including India. He said Pakistan will take two can enhance volume of trade to $10 billion in couple of years. to keep the status quo believing it serves India’s interest and steps on Kashmir if India took one step. There have been reports that the new government in A) China is a strategic partner and has become Pakistan’s hurts Pakistan in many ways. So with next year elections Islamabad will implement the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline all-weather friend indeed. The U.S. was never a strategic ally looming in India, there is less chance that PM Modi will which had been put on the backburner by the previous gov- of Pakistan and bilateral relations were more transactional reciprocate positive overtures of Khan-led government in ‘U.S. govt. ernment. Do you think it can prove significant in solving in nature so hostage to whimsical disruptions by the lone Pakistan. misleading Pakistan’s energy crisis? super power. Besides, declining U.S. influence, ascending The news about the death of Haqqani Network pa- A. Certainly, the pipeline project is vital for both countries Chinese power, a new EuroAsia is emerging in time and space triarch Jalaluddin Haqqani made headlines few days ago. people on Afghan as producer Iran will benefit and as consumers of oil and so Islamabad is incrementally pivoting towards EuroAsia. Do you think it will affect the group’s activities? What has gas Islamabad will meet its energy needs. Pakistani policy The new government has faced criticism for forcing a been his legacy? war’ makers are serious to implement this project. One option top economic advisor under pressure from far-right groups. A. Jalaluddin Haqqani was indisposed since long and his Is this what ‘Naya Pakistan’ will look like? INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — A scathing report that indicts is to get Chinese help in construction of the pipeline on son Sirajuddin Haqqani was leading the Taliban faction in deskthe U.S. government for its failure in Af- Pakistani side and extend it to China as well. A. Pakistan has many fault lines not to be allowed to ma- Afghanistan. So his death will unlikely affect the activities of ghanistan despite 17 years of war and investment worth billions This week China’s Foreign Minister also visited Pa- nipulate by vested interests so it needs sectarian and religious his group within the Taliban conglomerate. His legacy will of dollars has blasted Trump administration for misleading kistan and held talks with top government functionaries harmony. A delicate balance in the constitution of Pakistan continue to be relevant and despite all angry noises from the people of America on facts about war in Afghanistan. on many issues including the progress on CPEC. Do you has been achieved not to exacerbate this fault line. Since the the U.S., Washington has to sit with his faction to make The U.S. government was misleading its public to justify the think China has now effectively replaced U.S. as Pakistan’s economist belongs to a minority (Ahmedia) community who peace in Afghanistan after all it was the U.S. that supported 17-year-old war in Afghanistan, routinely using inflated data to all-weather ally? call themselves Muslims with some members questioning and sponsored him in the first place during the Afghan Jehad. justify its stay in the war-ravaged country, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The report comes amid the upsurge in violence and civilian casualties across the war-ravaged coun- Zakzaky’s 1000 days of wrongful incarceration try. According to the United Nations, civilian deaths touched record high in the first half of this year, putting a big question 1 The dismay is clear over total disre- stated that the scholars of Islam have a duty mark on America’s longest war in its history. gard of Justice Kolawale Abuja’s court ver- to struggle against all attempts by oppressors While the U.S. government says the Taliban control or dict to release the ailing Sheikh and his wife to establish a monopoly over the sources of contest 44 per cent of districts in Afghanistan, the NYT re- unconditionally, provide a befitting house wealth or to make illicit use of them. They port claims that the insurgents actually control or contest and security for them with a compensation must not allow the masses to remain hungry about 61pc area. of fifty million Naira. By refusing to do so, the and be deprived while rulers usurp the sources The report also disputes the U.S. military’s claim that regime has shown blatant disrespect to the of wealth and live in opulence. He also said the Afghan government effectively “controls or influences” rule of law. To the concerned individuals in a clergyman should be such that when the 56pc of the country, saying that in many districts, the Af- the country and beyond, Sheikh el-Zakzaky’s people see him, they should remember the ghan government controls only the district headquarters situation is proportionate to the Nigeria’s messenger of Allah (S). You have accepted and military barracks, while the Taliban control the rest. security and socio-economic well-being. this heavy responsibility and it is you that Among other endless questions are: on should guide this people to the end. what ground was the Sheikh initially arrested? The concept of Wilayatul Faqih -govern- UN refugee Who benefits from the continued incarcera- ance of the jurist- was built on this basis. chief tion of the ailing Sheikh and his wife? What Sheikh el-Zakzaky has been firmly and rightly is the government’s stand on the Federal treading on the same path, enduring op- visits High Court verdict? Why doesn’t it respond pression on himself while creating public to the demand of millions of Nigerians to take awareness. It is imperative to commend those Pakistan him abroad for medication? And how long putting hands for justice to prevail across should the detention continue? What is the the globe. That was the rationale behind all INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — The UN High Commissioner deskfor Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Pakistan stand of the government over one thousand prophetic missions. Allah states: Verily, We with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock this Nigerians killed in the Zaria pogrom and sent our messengers with manifest signs and week to assess the situation of Afghan refugees living there. related incidents? If peace, unity and pro- sent down with them the book and the balance The officials recognized Pakistan’s generosity and sought to gress of this country were important, who that people may act with justice (2:247). In ment was never been accused of vandalism lover, for his sincerity, broad mindedness, explore solutions that could eventually help millions of Afghan else has played better role than the leader of an often repeated quote, Sheikh Usman Bn or bloodshed. The Shaikh is widely credited theoretical and practical teachings of Islam. refugees voluntarily return home, a report by UN refugee agency the Islamic Movement, Shaikh el-Zakzaky? Fodio - the great revivalist of Islam in West for unequalled role in promotion of peaceful He is known for forging cordial relations with said. Pakistan hosts 1.4 million Afghan refugees, of whom 74 Using my constitutional right as a con- Africa - said a kingdom can endure with un- coexistence and ethno-religious tolerance. He people of other religions and being an advocate per cent are second or third generation, meaning they were cerned citizen that contributes his best to the belief, but it cannot endure with injustice. is deeply concerned about the well-being of of ethno-religious tolerance. His teachings born in Pakistan or are the children of refugees born there. progress of the nation, I draw the attention As Muslims, we believe that Allah has his country and its citizens as his Movement are based on the principles of Ahlul-bait. In a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Grandi and of those in authority on the above subject prohibited oppression and injustice, and was once described as the most organized Sheikh believes in what Ali ibn Abi Talib Lowcock expressed their gratitude to the people and govern- as the Sheikh and his wife clock 1000 days everyone will account for his or her deeds Muslim group in Nigeria. (as) said: a man is either your brother in ment of Pakistan for generously hosting one of the world’s in detention, and in defiance of the federal here and hereafter. No doubt, millions of Allah states “O you who believe! Stand faith or an equal in humanity. As such, he largest refugee populations for nearly 40 years, the report said. high court order on their unconditional re- Sheikh’s followers and other justice seek- firmly For Allah, as witnesses to fair deal- is the champion of Muslim unity, evident Khan, in turn, affirmed his government’s commitment lease, the regime continues to keep them ing people across the world deserve to be ing, and let not the hatred of others to you from his speeches. to ensuring that refugee repatriation remains voluntary. behind bars. The indifference on the side of listened. The demand is clear: immediate and make you swerve to wrong and depart from He is known to speak fearlessly against So far, this year, UNHCR has facilitated the voluntary the regime cannot help the country at all. No unconditional release of Sheikh and global justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear tyranny and oppression, for which he has repatriation of almost 10,000 Afghan refugees, including doubt, justice is the key to the much needed isolation of the Nigerian regime. Allah, for Allah is well-acquainted with all faced untold hardship in the past four dec- some families who have lived in Pakistan for close to 40 peace and stability of our nation which the The writer is a Nigeria based activist and ye do” (5:8). ades. In the compendium of thirteen speeches years, the report added. Sheikh symbolizes. member of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria In its forty years of existence, the Move- The Sheikh is well known for being a peace delivered in Najaf in 1970, Imam Khomeini (IMN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 10,11, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

U.S. will not leave NATO: Mogherini is happy, why not! Boston professor By Fatemeh Mohammadipour believe. There is a lesson here for Iran. Sym- bolic gestures are very important for Trump, President Donald Tramp has done a lot of and showing that he is better than Obama is questionable action since he was in office, even more important. If Iran’s leaders met including issues within the United States - with him and agreed to small but symbolic changing members of the cabinet, advisers changes in the nuclear deal, Trump could and dismissal of director - and issues outside claim that he had negotiated a better deal the United States, including the systemat- than Obama, and then might remove U.S. ic withdrawal of international treaties and sanctions. What do Iran’s leaders lose by economic and political tensions with its meeting with Trump? 1 The EU-U.S. anti-Iran puzzle is about to be completed former allies. Finally, Trump enjoys acting in opposite while Iran remains committed to fulfilling its obligations ac- A reporter at Tehran Times newspaper ways from previous American leaders. If cording to the JCPOA. Under such circumstances, the pleasure recently interviewed Geoffrey Carliner, Pro- Obama and previous American presidents of Mogherini and other European officials with the continuation fessor of the University of Boston. were hostile to Putin and friendly to leaders of Iran’s unilateral commitment to the nuclear deal is quite un- Following is the complete text of the in- of U.S. allies, Trump likes to do the opposite. derstandable! terview with Professor Geoffrey Carliner: International community is experi- During Obama’s presidency, a new measure was passed by Nowadays we are witnessing great encing a new area in which while the U.S. is the U.S. Congress. Accordingly, visa-free travel to the United gaps and differences among G7 member retreating from the old orders and regimes, States was prevented for people who have visited Iran or hold states while SCO member states are moving China is trying to impose its own orders and Iranian nationality. At that time, the Iranian foreign minister forward more convergence. Some believe regimes by reviewing ancient Silk Road pro- complained about this law, and emphasized that “If the Con- that the orders and the regimes created after ject. To what extent the developments in the gress law is implemented as it is, it would definitely be a breach World War II are declining and because Middle East especially in Syria are affected (of JCPOA)”. But instead of supporting Iran, Mogherini stood of this reason the U.S. is not going to pay by international systems structure which is against our country’s rational complaint, and stated that this the costs of regimes like NATO, WTO and international trade over the past 25 years, which contributed to Trump’s victory. Perhaps changing? act by American authorities isn’t going to be a breach of the different free trade treaties like NAFTA. but some American workers and a few com- it is due to something else in the past that A: In the long run, China’s economic and nuclear deal. What do you think of this? Why the U.S. panies have been hurt by trade, especially has not become public. Trump’s warmth political power in the world will continue to However, the betrayals of High Representative of the Euro- is not ready to pay the costs of the regimes with developing countries like Mexico and to Putin certainly shocks many Americans, grow and it will use its power to further its pean Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy doesn’t end and orders as before? China. So there is considerable opposition including not only Democrats but also many national interests, including in the Middle there. In the final round of the Vienna nuclear talks, Mogherini A: President Trump has shown hostility in the U.S. to current trade agreements. It Republican politicians. East. In the short run, however, it is hard was well aware of Iran’s Foreign Minister and U.S. Secretary of to leaders of several U.S. allies and disdain is hard to predict the outcome of current Trump also admires dictators. He in- to see how increasing Chinese power will State’s verbal agreement over the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act for NATO, but support for a continued strong trade disputes. Probably not a full trade war, tensely dislikes being attacked by the press affect events in Syria or other Middle East- (ILSA). However, when ILSA was renewed with the signature NATO is almost universal among his advi- perhaps some symbolic gestures like an EU in the U.S., and envies the pomp of military ern countries. China will not follow U.S. of 98 Democrat and Republican senators, Mogherini once again sors, Republican and Democratic politicians, promise to buy more U.S. soy beans or natural parades and the public praise that dictators sanctions against Iran, will continue to buy appeared as the White House defending lawyer and closed her and American voters. That does not mean gas (in 5-10 years after LNG terminals are demand from their people. Trump also Iranian oil, and perhaps make investments eyes on Iran’s protest against the U.S. lack of commitment. there is no criticism of NATO allies. Past built) or Chinese promises to buy more U.S. would like more power than he has in the in Iran, but it will not be a major player in Moreover, when the U.S. Treasury Department officially pre- U.S. presidents, including Obama and Bush, airplanes, perhaps reductions or eliminations U.S. political system and envies dictators the Middle East for quite a while. vented the JCPOA to be actualized, and prevented the normaliza- have demanded that other NATO members of specific EU and Chinese tariffs on imports their much greater power. This envy and Reacting to President Trump’s remarks tion of banking and credit relations between our country and other increase their military spending to 2% of from the U.S., perhaps minor revisions in some admiration by Trump probably explains calling EU as the U.S. foe, Donald Tusk, pres- international players, Mogherini, along with the leaders of the three GDP, and sometimes pressured them to of NAFTA’s rules. Such symbolic gestures some of the warmth in his relationships ident of the European Council asked Trump countries of Germany, Britain and France, showed support for this join U.S. military activities, for instance may be enough for Trump to claim victory with Putin and Kim Jong Un. and Putin not to disturb world order. Do trend, and together they became part of the economic plan which in Iraq in 2003. But is inconceivable that in these disputes, even though their effect In addition, Trump is eager to reach an you think that Trump and Putin are going American authorities designed against the Islamic Republic of Iran. the U.S. would leave NATO or seriously on U.S. trade will be small. agreement with Kim on nuclear weapons to create a new world order? If your answer Afterwards and during Trump’s time, Mogherini’s support for the decrease its commitment to defending While the U.S. president Donald Trump that he could claim as a major foreign policy is yes, how will the new polarization be in U.S. repeated violations continued as before. European allies. attended the NATO and G7 summits with an achievement. Trump would like to go down the new order? Then the president of the United States came with the idea Trump would like to weaken the WTO, aggressive approach toward Washington’s in history as a peace maker and even has A: Trump and Putin are not powerful of “Changing the JCPOA” (in the four fields of inspection of NAFTA, and other U.S. trade agreements, allies, he is trying to improve relation with dreams of winning a Nobel Peace Prize. It enough to create a new world order. Although Iranian military sites, the removal of the so-called sunset claus- and some but not all of his advisors, some North Korea and Russia with a reconciling seems very unlikely that North Korea will there is support in the U.S. for better relations es, limiting Iran’s regional power and the inclusion of Iran’s politicians, and many but not most American approach. Why? agree to an agreement that is as strict as the with Russia, there is almost no support for missile capability in the JCPOA). This time again, Mogherini voters probably agree. American consumers, A: It is hard to explain Trump’s behav- one Iran signed, but even a much weaker leaving NATO and joining in an alliance with chose to ignore her most important obligation regarding the many American workers, and many Ameri- ior toward Putin. Perhaps it is because of deal would allow Trump to make claims of Russia. Opposition to a new world order with JCPOA, which was “defending the content of the nuclear deal”, can companies have benefitted from greater Russian interference in the 2016 election, victory that his supporters in the U.S. would Russia would be overwhelming. and along with Macron, Merkel and Theresa May, became part of Trump’s game against Iran. We are now in 2018. The president of the United States has Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s health is improving day by formally pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran, and the JCPOA has actually come to an end. However, Mogherini and other Eu- ropean officials continue to refuse of fulfilling their obligations under the nuclear deal. day: Sheikh Abdullah al-Daqqaq What is certain is that EU leaders’ tricky game regarding the 1 Al Khalifa regime has lately decided to execute a reason for the establishment of peace in the nation. in addition, we are witnessing the issuance of sentences and JCPOA has left us no reason to trust them. It will rather make us number of other Bahraini citizens. To what extent do these Al Khalifa seeks membership in the UN Human Rights extradition sentences, and so on. to “cut off all the hope” of the United Europe on this path. The execution sentences contradict the rule of law, and what was Council. With the regime’s performance against Bahraini With the month of Muharram-ul-Haram right around recent statements of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution the reaction of international human rights organizations to it? activists, can Al Khalifa win a membership? the corner, what is the relationship between the Bahraini of Iran, who said we shouldn’t rely on European support amid A: International organizations have issued numerous A: You can’t give away what you don’t have. How can a people and Imam Hussein (AS) and the pattern of their renewed U.S. sanctions, are also to be analyzed in the same vein. statements in condemnation of Al Khalifa regime for hu- human rights violator be a human rights defender and a uprising? Definitely, the praise and satisfaction of Europeans for Iran’s man rights violations. Al Khalifa has issued executions, but candidate for membership in the Human Rights Council? A: The people of Bahrain are the companions of the Ahl al keeping to its nuclear obligations is not a good news for us, but a human rights organizations have called for their abolition, The purpose behind this membership is to mislead public. Bayt (AS), and they have learned their revolutionary principles kind of humiliation of our diplomacy system by Mogherini and because these political sentences were issued in non-legit- Al Khalifa pretends to respect human rights and claims hu- and values from the revolution of Imam Hussein (AS). The other European officials. It is time now for our officials to prop- imate military courts. man rights abuses are merely propaganda. The reality on people of Bahrain have chosen Sayyid al-Shuhada as their erly answer the European authorities. Undoubtedly, in the near Therefore, we call on Al-Khalifa regime to stop imple- the ground is the best reason for human rights abuses in role model, they do not fall under the burden of tyranny future, we will no longer see the smile of those like Mogherini for menting these cruel sentences and bring the language of Bahrain. About 15,000 people are in Bahrain prisons and, and will win the battle with the spirit of Sayyid al-Shuhada. Iran’s unilateral commitment to the nuclear deal. Indefinite occupation could empower

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Can a 16-week lifestyle intervention New cancer vaccine is 100 percent successful in mouse model impact blood pressure? Scientists have developed a new vaccine that — in conjunction with existing therapies — can not only treat aggressive melanoma, but also prevent its recurrence. A study led by researchers in North Carolina reveals that Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute in San Die- over the course of a 16-week program, lifestyle changes had go, CA, recently worked with experts from other institutions the biggest impact on high blood pressure. to develop a vaccine that would be effective against melanoma A new study demonstrates that lifestyle changes can be (a type of skin cancer) when administered in conjunction with as effective as medication. other therapies. Importantly, those in the study had a reduced need for According to Prof. Dale Boger, who co-led the research with hypertension medication after the 16 weeks. Nobel laureate Bruce Beutler, “This co-therapy produced a complete The study was presented at the American Heart Associ- response — a curative response — in the treatment of melanoma.” ation›s Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions, which These promising results are reported in a study paper now outlines new hypertension research each year. published in the journal PNAS. In all, the study involved 129 men and women who were Experimental approach fully successful either overweight or obese. The researchers tested three different therapy options in a They were all aged 40–80, and all participants had ele- mouse model of aggressive melanoma. All of the mice received vated blood pressures. a type of cancer immunotherapy known as anti-PD-L1, but in None of the participants were taking blood pressure addition to this, they also received different vaccine variants. medication at the time of the study, but about half met the Prof. Boger and team split the mice into three groups: one criteria for hypertension drugs. group had the cancer vaccine, another group had the vaccine Diet, exercise, and hypertension plus a molecule called Diprovocim, and the third group had the Each participant was randomly assigned one type of in- cancer vaccine and another adjuvant: a chemical known as alum. tervention. One group changed its diet to the DASH diet, Diprovocim is an adjuvant compound that boosts therapy by participated in counseling, and underwent supervised ex- reinforcing the immune response. This compound is particularly ercise three times per week. Another group only changed attractive to researchers developing new therapies, because it is its diet (again, the DASH diet was used). Another group easy to synthesize and modify. changed nothing. The researchers found that the eight mice that received the The DASH diet is an eating plan specifically designed to vaccine plus Diprovocim treatment in addition to the anti-PD-L1 improve heart health. It includes eating vegetables, fruits, therapy had a 100 percent survival rate over 54 days. whole grains, low-fat or fat-free dairy products, fish, poultry, In comparison, the rodents that received the immunother- beans, and nuts. Adherents limit foods high in saturated fats, apy plus the vaccine only did not survive. Those that received such as fatty meats, full-fat dairy, and tropical oils (including anti-PD-L1 plus the vaccine with alum saw a 25 percent survival coconut, palm kernel, and palm). rate over the same period. Those in the first group had the most success overall in “It was exciting to see the vaccine working simultaneously lowering their blood pressure. They lost an average of 19 with a cancer immunotherapy like anti-PD-L1,” Prof. Boger says. pounds over 16 weeks and reduced their blood pressure Lifestyle modifications, including healthier eating and Vaccine also prevents recurrence readings by an average of 16 millimeters of mercury (mm regular exercise, can greatly decrease the number of This, however, is not the only reason why the researchers were Hg) systolic and 10 mm Hg diastolic. excited. In fact, the experimental vaccine has another positive By contrast, those eating a DASH diet showed a blood patients who need blood pressure-lowering medicine effect — namely, protecting the body against tumor recurrence. pressure decrease of 11 mm Hg systolic and 8 mm Hg diastolic, “Just as a vaccine can train the body to fight off external path- while those who did not modify their behavior averaged a The health impact of hypertension up in fissures along artery walls, making the circulatory ogens, this vaccine trains the immune system to go after the blood pressure reading decline of 3 mm Hg systolic and 4 High blood pressure is common. The American Heart system work harder while being less efficient. tumor,” says Prof. Boger. mm Hg diastolic. Association (AHA) estimate that hypertension affects almost While this study showed that lifestyle modifications, includ- The scientists found that, when they tried to reintroduce mel- At baseline, 50 percent of the participants met the criteria half of adults living in the U.S., and that many of those af- ing diet and exercise, might be able help decrease the need for anoma tumors in the mice in the second experimental group, to receive hypertensive medication. However, by the end fected don›t know that they have a blood pressure problem. blood pressure medications, Hinderliter notes that there should “it wouldn’t take,” as Prof. Boger puts it. “The animal is already of the study, only 23 percent of those who changed their This is why high blood pressure is known as a «silent be further research before recommendations can be made. vaccinated against it,” he explains. diet still met criteria, as well as just 15 percent of those who killer» — there are very few, if any symptoms. Also, individuals with elevated blood pressure should When they conducted more experiments in the laboratory, changed both diet and exercise routine. Hypertension, if left untreated and unchecked, can lead always follow doctor›s orders, and if already taking those the researchers were able to establish that Diprovocim boosts «Lifestyle modifications, including healthier eating to serious health problems. Untreated high blood pressure medications, continue for as long as it›s recommended. the immune response by “prompting” the immune system to and regular exercise, can greatly decrease the number of can contribute to heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, kid- Still, altering diet and adding exercise to a weekly rou- produce tumor-infiltrating leukocytes, a type of cell that attacks patients who need blood pressure-lowering medicine,» ney disease, vision loss, sexual dysfunction, angina, and tine is one measure the AHA recommend for those who and eliminates cancer tumors. states study author Dr. Alan Hinderliter, an associate peripheral artery disease. experience hypertension; it can have a considerable impact The two leading scientists involved in the recent study manage professor of medicine at University of North Carolina It can also damage your blood vessels and prompt on overall health. Tollbridge Therapeutics, a medical research company that holds in Chapel Hill. low-density lipoprotein (the «bad» cholesterol) to build (Source: Medical News Today) the patent for Diprovocim. (Source: sgtalk.org)

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Municipal Museum Medical tourist arrivals in spotlights Iranian Islamic art Iran doubles in spring 1 Generally, Iraq and Afghanistan constitute the lion’s share of medical tourists to Iran, he said, adding, “Mashhad, which embraces the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), and Tehran, host the largest number of medical travelers.” He explained that the surge, especially in number of Iraqi travelers, is dominantly derived by foreign currency rises in the country. Over the past couple of months Iran’s economy is facing pressure from the re-imposition of U.S.-led sanctions. Medical tourism could fetch Iran $7b annually Iran has capacity to annually earn $7 billion in medical and health tourism, though the sector now brings in only one-seventh or even lesser of the sum, Mohammad Jahangiri who presides over a national center for developing health tourism said in May. A total of 166 hospitals in Iran hold special licenses and meet standards in this field, Jahangiri stated. Last year, Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi urged the private sector to boost participation in develop- Tile in the shape of a star, eastern Iran, mid-15th century, the ment of the country’s medical tourism sector. Municipal Museum “The Ministry of Health supports [such a] medical tour- ism sector that is directed by the private sector based on HERITAGE TEHRAN — On Saturday, an exhibition of competitive prices,” the minister said in an address to a deskIslamic art objects, featuring tens of Iranian medical tourism conference in Tehran. relics, opened its doors to the public at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, known as the Municipal Museum, located in The Hague, the Netherlands. Titled “Splendor and Bliss – Arts of the Islamic World”, the Tehran to hold loan exhibit event has put on show 300 objects with astounding ornamental qualities of Islamic art in the period 900-1900. The opening ceremony was attended by Iran’s ambassador to from Dutch museum the Netherlands Alireza Jahangiri and the Hague Mayor Pauline HERITAGE TEHRAN — The National Muse- Drents Museum in an exhibit titled “Iran – Cradle Krikke, Mehr reported. The exhibition focuses on the ornamen- desk tal character of Islamic art and on stories of culture, tradition um of Iran is set to showcase a loan of Civilization”. and craft. In addition, writers, cooks and musicians are paying collection of relics from Drents Museum, Assen, the The objects date from the Paleolithic era to the tribute to the nature of the objects in the exhibition in literary Netherlands. time of the Safavid Dynasty (1501–1736), featuring texts, recipes and pieces of music inspired by them. “A collection of 300 historical and artistic relics earliest developments of agriculture and livestock “It’s really inspiring to see these people’s personal and artistic from the Netherlands will go on display at the Na- farming from the very beginning to cuneiform responses to our magnificent collection,” said museum director tional Museum of Iran in an exhibit to be open in the clay tablets, gold beakers and ornaments, bronze Benno Tempel, blouinartinfo.com reported. months of Mehr [which begins on September 23],” weapons and beautifully painted ceramics asso- “They reveal it to be a collection full of bliss and show what said Ali-Asghar Mounesan, the director of the Cultur- ciated with successive Iranian kingdoms. fabulous stories lay hidden in the artworks. This highlights a al Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, “These treasures have long been hidden from the side of Muslim culture that is rarely considered in the public CHTN reported. Western world. debate: the exuberance and the positive message of Islamic art.” “The works date from the 18th to 20th centuries Many of them have never been exhibited in the Since early seventh century onwards, Islamic culture has pro- and the event is named ‘archeology and art in the Netherlands before, and have even never been on duced some magnificent art objects throughout its history, some Netherlands, narrated by Drents Museum.” show outside Iran before,” according to the Drents of which found their way to the Far East and Europe. Hosting such exhibitions shows Iran’s determina- Museum website. “Splendor and Bliss — Arts of the Islamic World” runs through tion in expanding cultural ties with other countries, The National Museum of Iran hosted a landmark March 3, 2019. Mounesan added. Louvre show from March to July, which is deemed A large banner for “Iran – Cradle of Civilization” adorns the exterior Nearly 200 Iranian antique items from the Na- as the first large-scale exhibition by a major Western of Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, on June 17, 2018. tional Museum of Iran is currently on show at the museum in the country. Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of Iran to join Oman fair to promote medical tourism TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran will take part in the 8th Oman Health old theater deskExhibition & Conference, which will be running from September 24 to 26 at the capital city of Muscat. Archaeologists are studying a valuable trove of old Roman coins Six Iranian exhibitors and businesses form Hormozgan province have found on the site of a former theater in northern Italy. been selected to promote medical tourism at the event in a bid to help attract The coins, hundreds of them, date back to the late Roman more travelers from the Persian Gulf littoral states, CHTN quoted Ashkan imperial era and were found in a soapstone jar unearthed in Mokhtari, the provincial tourism chief, as saying on Sunday. the basement of the Cressoni Theater in Como, north of Milan. Some 150 exhibitors will attend the exhibit that will cover 6,400 square Qing dynasty vase found in attic sells for $19 million meters in area, according to the organizers. “We do not yet know in detail the historical and cultural sig- A total of 400,000 medical tourists arrived in Iran during the nificance of the find,” said Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli in past Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended March 20). a press release. “But that area is proving to be a real treasure for Iran attracts health and medical tourists mainly from Iraq, Azerbai- our archeology. A discovery that fills me with pride.” jan, Afghanistan, the U.S., European countries as well as the Persian Gulf The coins were discovered last week, according to Minis littoral states. 1397/2713 A poster for the 8th Oman Health Exhibition & Conference (Source: CNN) Backpacker basics: what to Second Announcement Permit No. 1397.2713 ROUND THE GLOBE

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 SCIENCE 11 Scientist deploys giant trap to catch New research throws light on factors associated with the plastic littering the Pacific Ocean decline of hedgehogs A multimillion-dollar floating boom designed fish-aggregating device.” Results from the first systematic survey of rural hedgehog pop- to corral plastic debris littering the Pacific It is unclear how well the boom would ulations in England and Wales using footprint tracking tunnels Ocean deployed from San Francisco Bay on fare on the open ocean, where it faces high has been published in Scientific Reports today. Saturday as part of a larger high-stakes and winds, corrosive salt water and other envi- The research, titled “Reduced occupancy of hedgehogs in rural ambitious undertaking. ronmental challenges. And then there’s the England and Wales: the influence of habitat and an asymmetric The 2,000-foot-long unmanned structure question of whether it is possible to clean intra-guild predator,” investigates the effects of the availability was the product of about $20 million in fund- half of the garbage patch in just five years. of key habitat types and badger (Meles meles) sett density on ing from the Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit that The big challenges native hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). aims to trap up to 150,000 pounds of plastic “I think the big challenge here is not the The results show that while badger sett density is negatively during the boom’s first year at sea. Within long-term goal but the short-term goal,” Mr. correlated with hedgehog presence, there was evidence of both five years, with the creation of dozens more Leonard said on Saturday. “Can it remove species co-existing and hedgehogs being positively associated booms, the organization hopes to clean half plastic at all?” with built habitat (e.g. houses). More worryingly, both hedgehogs of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Mr. Slat, the chief executive of Ocean and badger setts were not recorded at many of the sites surveyed, The patch, a gyre of trash between Califor- Cleanup, shared the same worry in a video suggesting there is a much wider land management issue in our nia and Hawaii, comprises an estimated 1.8 posted on Facebook. countryside affecting both species. trillion pieces of scattered detritus, including Since the start of Ocean Cleanup in 2013, The research, led by Nottingham Trent University and the at least 87,000 tons of plastic. donors have contributed nearly $35 million, University of Reading, and funded by the People’s Trust for En- Over the next several days, the boom Mr. Slat said. dangered Species and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, will be towed to a site where it will undergo Much of that money paid for the boom surveyed 261 rural sites covering all habitat types (7 land classes two weeks of testing. If everything goes as towing vessel, the current is expected to pull pieces of plastic. The nonprofit said marine and helped underwrite research like a study from arable farmland to upland sites) across England and Wales planned, the boom will then be brought to the it into the shape of a “U.” As it drifts along, life would be able to pass underneath. published in the journal Scientific Reports, between 2014 and 2015 (18 sites in Wales, 243 in England) using garbage patch, nearly 1,400 miles offshore, propelled by the wind and waves, it should which quantified the full extent of the garbage footprint tracking tunnels. Many sites were surveyed by volunteers. where it is expected to arrive by mid-October, trap plastic “like Pac-Man,” the foundation “There’s worry that you can’t remove the patch. Future booms are estimated to cost Ben Williams, Ph.D. student from the University of Read- said Boyan Slat, 24, the Dutch inventor and said on its website. The captured plastic would plastic without removing marine life at the about $5.8 million each. ing, the primary author of this paper, explains: “We found that entrepreneur who founded Ocean Cleanup. then be transported back to land, sorted and same time,” said George Leonard, chief sci- Major sponsors include Marc Benioff, the although hedgehogs were generally widely distributed across The cleanup system recycled. entist at the Ocean Conservancy. “We know chief executive of Salesforce.com, and Peter England and Wales, they were actually found at a worryingly low The cleanup system is supposed to work The boom has an impenetrable skirt that from the fishing industry if you put any sort Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal. number (21 percent) of sites. “We found hedgehogs at 55 sites. like this: After the boom detaches from the hangs nearly 10 feet below to catch smaller of structure in the open ocean, it acts as a (Source: The NYT) We also found that badger setts were present at 49 percent of these sites, demonstrating that badgers and hedgehogs can, and do, coexist, as was the case historically for thousands of years Neutron-star merger shot out a jet with Mysterious ‘lunar swirls’ point to moon’s prior to the recent decline in hedgehog numbers. seemingly impossible speed, study reports volcanic, magnetic past, new study says (Source: phys.org) Hubble Space Telescope captures mysterious image in Taurus constellation

NASA has released a spectacular image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows a little-known nebula — a vast in- terstellar cloud of dust and gas — called IRAS 05437+2502 set against a background of bright stars. The nebula, which is located in the constellation Taurus (the Bull) close to the central plane of the Milky Way, has not been The dramatic neutron-star merger that which occurred about 130 million light- The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of could produce these magnetic fields -- and studied in great detail. Much about its nature remains a mystery, astronomers spotted last year generated years from Earth, also opened the era of the Solar System’s most beautiful optical why their magnetism is so powerful.” although this image will help scientists to learn more about it. a jet of material that seemed to move at “multimessenger astronomy”: it was the anomalies, may finally be solved. The solu- Working with what is known about the Some nebulae are generated by the gas and dust expelled four times the speed of light, a new study first event ever detected via both gravita- tion hints at the dynamism of the moon’s intricate geometry of lunar swirls, and the by the explosions of stars at the end of their lifecycles, known reports. tional waves (the ripples in space-time first ancient past as a place with volcanic activity strengths of the magnetic fields associated as supernovae, while others form from the gas that is already “Seemed” is the operative word here, predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago) and an internally generated magnetic field. with them, the researchers developed mathe- present in the interstellar medium — the space between stars. of course; the laws of physics tell us that and electromagnetic radiation. The mystery behind lunar swirls, one matical models for the geological “magnets.” Nebulae, some of which are hundreds of light-years in diam- nothing can travel faster through space than Scientists think the merger generated of the solar system’s most beautiful optical They found that each swirl must stand above eter, are often regions of star formation —hence why they are light. So, the superluminal motion was an a powerful explosion that ejected a shell anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a magnetic object that is narrow and buried referred to as “stellar nurseries.” The dust and gases — mostly illusion, which was caused by the jet’s (still of material far out into space. Inside this a joint Rutgers University and University close to the moon’s surface. hydrogen and helium — in nebulae can gradually clump together very fast) speed and the fact that it blasted shell, the merged neutron stars created of California Berkeley study. The picture is consistent with lava tubes, over millions of years due to the effects of gravity. almost directly at us, researchers said. a single black hole, which began sucking The solution hints at the dynamism of long, narrow structures formed by flowing “Based on our analysis, this jet most up lots of gas and dust. This material the moon’s ancient past as a place with vol- lava during volcanic eruptions; or with lava likely is very narrow, at most 5 degrees formed a fast-spinning disk around the canic activity and an internally generated dikes, vertical sheets of magma injected into wide, and was pointed only 20 degrees black hole; before long, twin jets began magnetic field. It also challenges our picture the lunar crust. away from the Earth’s direction,” study blasting from this disk’s poles, research of the moon’s existing geology. Moon’s environment co-author Adam Deller, of the Swinburne team members said. Lunar swirls resemble bright, snaky clouds But this raised another question: How University of Technology in Australia, said It had been unclear whether these jets painted on the moon’s dark surface. The could lava tubes and dikes be so strongly in a statement from the National Radio broke through the debris shell created by most famous, called Reiner Gamma, is about magnetic? The answer lies in a reaction that Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), a facility the original explosion. But the observations 40 miles long and popular with backyard may be unique to the moon’s environment of the U.S. National Science Foundation by Mooley and his team — made 75 days astronomers. at the time of those ancient eruptions, over (NSF). and 230 days after the initial detection of Localized magnetic fields 3 billion years ago. “But to match our observations, the GW170817 — indicate that this did indeed Most lunar swirls share their locations Past experiments have found that many material in the jet also has to be blasting happen. with powerful, localized magnetic fields. The moon rocks become highly magnetic when outwards at over 97 percent of the speed At first, the jets interacted with the bright-and-dark patterns may result when heated more than 600 degrees Celsius in an of light,” he added. expelled debris to form a sort of cocoon, those magnetic fields deflect particles from oxygen-free environment. That’s because Deller and his colleagues — led by Kunal which moved much more slowly than the the solar wind and cause some parts of the certain minerals break down at high tem- As these clumps become bigger and bigger, the gravity within Mooley, of the NRAO and the California jets themselves. But the jets eventually lunar surface to weather more slowly. peratures and release metallic iron. If there them becomes stronger, until they collapse in on themselves. This Institute of Technology in Pasadena — used broke free into interstellar space. “But the cause of those magnetic fields, happens to be a strong enough magnetic field causes material at the center of the clump to heat up, producing a variety of radio telescopes to study the “Our interpretation is that the cocoon and thus of the swirls themselves, had long nearby, the newly formed iron will become the core of a new star. aftermath of the neutron-star collision, a dominated the radio emission until about been a mystery,” said Sonia Tikoo, coauthor magnetized along the direction of that field. IRAS 05437+2502 has a mysterious, crescent-shaped feature, historic event known as GW170817. 60 days after the merger, and at later times of the study recently published in the Journal This doesn’t normally happen on earth, which can be seen in the bottom left of the image. This crescent Remnants of massive stars the emission was jet-dominated,” study of Geophysical Research -- Planets and an where free-floating oxygen binds with the may have resulted from a high-velocity young star being ejected GW170817 was the first documented co-author Ore Gottlieb, a theorist at Tel assistant professor in Rutgers Universi- iron. And it wouldn’t happen today on the from a star-forming region at more than 120,000 miles per hour. collision of two neutron stars, the super- Aviv University in Israel, said in the same ty-New Brunswick’s Department of Earth moon, where there is no global magnetic The nebula was discovered in 1983 by the Infrared Astronom- dense remnants of massive stars that have statement. and Planetary Sciences. “To solve it, we had field to magnetize the iron. ical Satellite (IRAS) — the first-ever space telescope, operated died in supernova explosions. GW170817, (Source: Scientific American) to find out what kind of geological feature (Source: Science Daily) by the U.S., the Netherlands and the UK, to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths. (Source: Newsweek) ZAR Macaron Co. Launches Largest Pasta Production Line in Asia ZAR Macaron Company launched the largest Semolina flour is produced from durum the country that has managed to win various pasta production line in Asia, the Public wheat which is rare in the world, he said, credits and honor in the exports field, he This orange turned purple Relations Dept. of ZAR Research and In- adding, “for this reason, produced manu- maintained. dustrial Group reported. factured in this industrial and production Chief Executive of Bank Saderat Iran (BSI) overnight, and scientists Chairman of the Board of Directors of unit is completely organic.” Hojjatollah Seyedi was the next speaker who can’t figure out why ZAR Research and Industrial Group Morteza Turning to the existing sanctions and said, “this industrial and production unit Soltani on the sidelines of inauguration of its impact on the activity of ZAR Research is of the units that took giant strides in line Are oranges called oranges because they’re orange? Or is orange formic pasta production line in ZAR Mac- and Industrial Group, he said, “we cannot with boosting development of the country.” called orange because of oranges? Hmm. aron Company said, “this industrial and deny of ineffectiveness of sanctions, but we Commissioning this industrial and pro- Either way, a bizarre phenomenon witnessed in Australia production unit was active in the production are of the opinion that our company has duction unit in the country is a driving force could mean we need to do a big rethink on oranges and associ- of pasta with semolina flour.” high potential and can turn any threat into to the banking industry of the country, he ated vernacular, after a specimen of the fruit inexplicably turned With the inauguration of formic produc- opportunity.” said, adding, “since this industrial unit is purple last week. tion line, production capacity of the company ZAR Research and Industrial group is completing its product value chain in terms to cooperate with one of worldly renowned On Tuesday, Queensland resident Neti Moffitt was cutting increased quantitatively, Soltani opined. the first industrial and production line in of sales and distribution, it is an honor for us producers.” up the orange you see here as a snack for her two-year-old son. At first, everything seemed fine. The fruit looked normal, and there wasn’t anything unusual about its smell or taste. Moffitt’s son sucked on three of the slices she’d cut up, and the remaining Bank Pasargad Appreciates Medalist Wrestlers in 2018 Asian Games pieces were left on the kitchen counter. As sponsor of wrestling in the country, Bank Pasargad in I seize this opportunity to express my special thanks to When Moffitt saw the leftover orange slices on the kitchen an unprecedented move appreciated the medalist wres- the nonstop support of the bank from Iranian Wrestling bench the following morning, they weren’t orange any more. tlers (freestyle and Greco-Roman categories) in 2018 Asian Federation.” They were purple. Games, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Public Relations CEO of Bank Pasargad Dr. Majid Ghassemi was the “For the rest of the day and overnight they continued to de- Dept. of the bank reported. next speaker who pointed to wrestling status in the country velop this really amazing indigo color,” Moffitt told The Sydney The award-granting ceremony was held in Abdullah and said, “wrestling is an important part of our national Morning Herald. Movahhed House of Wrestling in the presence of president culture and history.” As you can see in the pictures she took, the exposed flesh of the of Iranian Wrestling Federation Rasoul Khadem, Chief It is a great honor for the bank to support Iran’s ancient cut pieces of orange had turned a striking shade of dark purple. Executive of Bank Pasargad Majid Ghassemi, a group of sports, he said, adding, “when you [wrestlers] hoist Iran’s Moffitt says the purple appearance looks like the fruit pieces coaches of the Federation, wrestlers and technical com- flag in national and international arenas, the bank boasts have been dipped into an ink pad, and the weird transformation mittee of the Federation. to itself considerably.” wasn’t limited to the pieces sitting on the kitchen counter overnight. President of Iranian Wrestling Federation Rasoul Khadem In the end, CEO of the bank Dr. Majid Ghassemi said that “I went rifling through the rubbish bin for the three bits eaten was the first speaker who appreciated the unflinching efforts his bank will make its utmost efforts to support medalist by my son, and sure enough they were more-so purple than the of the bank in sponsoring wrestlers and said, “Once again, wrestlers and athletes in coming years.” ones left out on the bench,” she told ABC News. (Source: sciencealert.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 WOMEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

174 provincial female Literacy gap between women managers appointed in a year WOMENTEHRAN — A number of 174 women were and men decreasing in Iran deskappointed in managerial positions in different WOMENTEHRAN — Literacy levels over the past year, Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for deskgap between women and women’s and family affairs, said here on Wednesday. men is decreasing in Iran, reaching to 12 Although the number of appointed female managers is a good percent compared to 40 percent three sign of development, but there is still a large distance to met the decades ago. target set by the administration of entrusting women with 30 According to the latest statistics released percent of managerial positions, IRNA quoted Ebtekar as saying. by the Statistical Center of Iran, in the Irani- Women make up 9 percent of managers in business and service an calendar year 1395 (March 2016-March workshops, statistics released by the Statistical Center of Iran 2017), the number of illiterate women was in the calendar year 1394 (March 2015- March 2016) shows. 5,569,035 while the number of illiterate Female managers hold a maximum 50 percent share of training men was 3,226,518. workshops, the center said, Mehr news agency reported. However, the number of literate women in the same year was 29,753,843 and the RECIPE OF THE WEEK number of literate man stood at 32,912,917. Although the number of literate people, Wheat flour halva both men and women are equal at Iranian cities, there is a great gap of illiteracy be- tween men and women in rural areas, head “There are varieties of halva in the Middle East but this one is of the Literacy Movement Organization Ali a Persian-style with saffron, rose water, and cardamom with a Baqerzadeh has said. soft texture that melts in you mouth. Decorate as desired with Currently there exists about 1,800,000 almonds and pistachios. Serve it at room temperature.” illiterate women in Iran, he noted, adding Ingredients that two thirds of illiterate people are women in the world. A large number of illiterate children be- low the age of seventeen are depriving from a literate mother, i.e. there exists a direct and meaningful relation between parent’s literacy and children’s lack of education, Baqerzadeh explained. The diagram of under-three-year-old chil- dren’s mortality rate proves that children’s mortality rate has a direct relationship with the education level of mothers, he added.

1 1/2 cups water Tehran hosting 13th women and national 1 cup white sugar 1/4 cup rose water 1/3 teaspoon ground cardamom production expo 1 pinch saffron WOMENTEHRAN — The thirteenth exhibition of The event seeks to develop production of different 1/2 cup butter deskwomen and national production kicked production of Iranian women in the regional countries, 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour off here on September 6. Rakei noted adding that the exhibition targets to intro- Directions: The 10-day exhibition aims at supporting women’s duce production of Iranian breadwinner women to the Bring water and sugar to a boil in a small pot, stirring until productions and creating job for women heads of family, world market. sugar dissolves into a syrup. Stir rose water, cardamom, and said Fatemeh Rakei, head of women’s affairs department The benefits gained from trading the production of women saffron into the syrup. Reduce heat to low; cover to keep syrup hot. at Tehran Municipality. will be granted to breadwinner women, she added. Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour With the theme of “livable city, participatory citizen”, the The exhibition of women and national production is held until mixture is a smooth paste, about 1 minute. Cook, stirring event also follows the goal of creating more pleasure in the two times a year, one before the beginning of the new [Iranian constantly, until paste turns brown, 10 to 15 minutes. city of Tehran and promoting women’s role in production, calendar] year (March 21) and the other before the start of Remove flour mixture from heat. Whisk in hot syrup gradually ISNA quoted Rakei as saying. school year (September 23). until syrup is completely absorbed and mixture is the consistency of a smooth, soft paste, at least 4 minutes. Spread mixture in a shallow bowl. Cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Plan on improving health of mothers LEARN ENGLISH on agenda WOMENTEHRAN — A plan on improving next The plan makes attempts to train mothers physically deskgeneration’s well-being, improving and psychologically since the pre-pregnancy period till Job Interview mothers’ health and strengthening the fundamentals the age of five of their children, she explained, adding A: Okay, so let’s go over everything one more time. I really of families is to be implemented in different provinces, that the mothers will receive different psychological and want you to get this job! Fariba Derakhshan-nia, an official with the Welfare Or- food security packages. B: I know! It’s an amazing growth opportunity! They’re true ganization has said. All young women at the age of fertility are invited industry leaders, and it would be so interesting to be part The project seeks to increase the social health level of to participate in the plan to enjoy a healthy child, of an organization that is the undisputed leader in business Iranian families, IRNA quoted Derakhshan-nia as saying. she stated. process platform development. A: So, let’s see, you did your research on the company, right? B: Well, I visited their website and read up on what they do. Walking tied to lower risk of heart failure in older women They’re an IT service company that offers comprehensive business Older women who exercise may be less amounts of self-reported total physical women who didn’t exercise, those who got LaMonte said by email. solutions for large corporations. They provide services such likely to develop heart failure, a U.S. study activity are associated with significantly at least a little activity were 19 percent less “This is a big finding,” LaMonte said. as CRM development, and they also offer custom designed suggests. lower risks of developing overall heart likely to develop this kind of heart failure. “Most adults are able to perform walking applications. Researchers examined data on 137,303 failure and each subtype,” said lead study Women who exercised the most were 32 activities throughout the day, and often do A: So what would your role in the company? postmenopausal women, ages 50 to 79 (av- author Michael LaMonte, a researcher at percent less likely to develop this subtype. so as part of usual activities of daily living B: Well, the position is for an account manager. That basically erage age, 63). More than one third had the University at Buffalo, New York. Another 734 women with heart failure without necessarily having planned walking means that I would be the link between our and our develop- high blood pressure, but few had other risk In heart failure, the heart muscle is too had a subtype characterized by what’s as part of an exercise routine.” ment team. factors for heart disease like diabetes or a weak to pump enough blood through the known as preserved ejection fraction. This To assess activity levels, researchers ex- A: Sounds good, and so, why do you want to work with them? current smoking habit. body. Symptoms include fatigue, weight gain is more common in older adults and easier amined data from exercise questionnaires B: Well, as I said they’re the industry leaders, they have a really After an average of 14 years, 2,523 wom- from fluid retention, shortness of breath to treat. Compared to sedentary women, completed by all of the women. Then, they great growth strategy, amazing development opportunities en developed heart failure. Compared to and coughing or wheezing. Medications participants who got a little exercise were scored participants’ exercise levels and inten- for employees, and it seems like they have strong corporate women who didn’t exercise at all, those who can help strengthen the heart and minimize 7 percent less likely to develop this kind sity based on a measure known as metabolic governance. They’re all about helping companies grow and got at least some physical activity were 11 fluid buildup. of heart failure, and women who got the equivalent of task (MET) hours per week. unleashing potential. I guess their core values and mission percent less likely to develop heart failure. Among the women who developed heart most exercise were 33 percent less likely Women got an average of 13 MET hours really resonated with me. Oh, and they offer six weeks’ vacation, Participants with the highest activity lev- failure, 451 had a subtype characterized by to develop this subtype. per week. Walking was the most common stock options and bonuses... I’m totally going to cash in on that. els were 35 percent less likely to develop what’s known as reduced ejection fraction, Walking - the most common leisure form of exercise, accounting for about 38 A: You idiot! Don’t say that! Do you want this job, or not? heart failure. which typically occurs after a heart attack activity among older adults - appeared to percent of participants’ physical activity. Key vocabulary “Our findings show clearly that higher and has a worse prognosis. Compared to work just as well as more vigorous workouts, (Source: Reuters Health) growth opportunity: chance to gain new skills industry leader: being the best in that particular field or industry undisputed: definitely true, not doubted ENGLISH IN USE read up: read to gain the most recent information on a subject CRM: processes, services, technology, and people used to LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION attract and keep customers custom: specially made to the needs of a person or organization unleash: release; allow something to happen ‘The elderly in Tehran doubles تعداد سالمندان شهر تهران ۲ برابر متوسط کشور است core values: most important beliefs resonate: have a special meaning or importance for someone national average’ علــی نوذرپــور شــهردار منطقــه ۲۲ تهــران گفــت: جمعیــت ســالمندان در شــهر Supplementary vocabulary integrated solutions: combine things to and a plan or a way The elderly living in the city of Tehran are twice as many as those living in the whole تهــران حــدود دوبرابــر متوســط ســالمندی در کشــور اســت. (to deal with a problem (esp. in business بــه گــزارش باشــگاه خبرنــگاران جــوان نوذرپــور ادامــه داد: ۹.۲۷ درصــد از جمعیــت .competitive advantage: something that places a company country, Tehran district 22 mayor Ali Nozarpour has said کل کشــور ســالمند هســتند کــه ایــن نســبت در تهــران حــدود دوبرابــر متوســط above the competition While in general the elderly constitute 9.27 percent of the population, in Tehran they ســالمندی در کشــور یعنــی ۱۸.۷ درصــد اســت. .optimize: make something as effective as possible made up 18.7 percent of the city population, YJC quoted Nozarpour as saying on Monday align: join a group in supporting something “Getting old and decline in physical function should not decrease the elderly participation وی همچنیــن بیــان کــرد: کاهــش ســطح تــوان جســمی نبایــد موجــب کاهــش platform: a program that tells a computer how to work فعالیــت هــای فرهنگــی و اجتماعــی ســالمندان شــود. .Source: irlanguage.com) in cultural and social activities,” he noted)

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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 SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 13 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 U.S. decision to close down Palestinian mission Trump administration to in Washington collective punishment: Erekat take tough stance against By staff & agencies The U.S. had planned to give the Pales- International Criminal Court A high-ranking Palestinian official has tinians $251m for good governance, health- censured the recent decision by the adminis- care, education and funding for civil society The United States on Monday will adopt an aggressive posture tration of the United States President Donald in the current 2018 budget year that ends on against the International Criminal Court (ICC), threatening sanc- Trump to close the Palestinian mission in September 30. tions against ICC judges if they proceed with an investigation Washington, stating that the move amounts Gaza hospitals could close soon into alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan. to collective punishment against the entire due to U.S. cutting funds President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Palestinian nation. Elsewhere, on Sunday, Haaretz reported Bolton, is to make the announcement in a midday speech to the “We have been notified by a U.S. official that the U.S. has also decided to cut more Federalist Society, a conservative group, in Washington. It will of their decision to close the Palestinian than $20m in foreign aid meant to support be his first major address mission in the U.S. This is yet another af- hospitals in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). since joining the Trump firmation of the Trump administration’s According to Haaretz, the hospitals treat White House. policy to collectively punish the Palestinian Palestinian patients who require cancer and “The United States will people, namely by cutting financial support eye treatments. use any means necessary for humanitarian services, health and edu- The Palestinian Health Ministry has also to protect our citizens and cation,” Palestine Liberation Organization warned that hospitals in Gaza could close those of our allies from unjust (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat said within days due to a shortage of fuel and prosecution by this illegiti- in a statement on Monday. subsequent power outages after the U.S. mate court,” Bolton will say, He added, “This dangerous escalation and Palestinian institutions, including East not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its decided to cut aid to the besieged enclave according to a draft of his shows that the United States is willing to al-Quds hospitals,” Ashrawi said. own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the and the West Bank. speech seen by Reuters. disband the international system in order She stressed, “Such irresponsible ICC is already dead to us,” the draft text said. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Bolton will also say that to protect Israeli crimes and attacks against moves are clear proof of American col- The action against the PLO, which serves generators are about to shut in major hospitals the State Department will the land and people of Palestine as well as lusion with Israel’s occupation… They as the main entity representing the Palestinian in Gaza because fuel supplies have run out, announce the closure of against peace and security in the region.” encourage Israel to simply ignore the need people, is the latest in a series of measures complaining that the related parties have so the Palestine Liberation Erekat further noted that “the rights of the for peace on the basis of international law by the Trump administration against the far refused to address the problem. Organization (PLO) office in Palestinian people are not for sale [and] ... we and respect for human rights.” Palestinian leadership. Last Tuesday, the ministry warned of the Washington out of concern will not give in to U.S. threats and bullying. “The U.S. better come to the terms that Pal- Over the past year, Jared Kushner, Trump’s collapse of medical services in Gaza hospitals about Palestinian attempts We will continue our legitimate struggle for estinians will not surrender and that coercion son-in-law and senior adviser, has repeatedly due to the lack of fuel needed to run generators. to prompt an ICC investi- freedom, justice, and independence by all or unwarranted collective punitive measures questioned Mahmoud Abbas’ commitment to Home to nearly two million people, the gation of Israel. possible political and legal means. We con- will not succeed in bringing the Palestinian peace and Trump’s so-called “ultimate deal”. Gaza Strip has a total of 13 hospitals and 54 “The United States will always stand with our friend and ally, tinue to call upon the International Criminal leadership or people to their knees. Such policies The Palestinian leadership, which sees primary health care centers that account for Israel,” says Bolton’s draft text. Court to launch an immediate investigation are a matter of concern worldwide as they attest East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of roughly 95 percent of all health services in Bolton’s draft speech says the Trump administration “will into Israeli crimes.” [to the fact] that the U.S. has joined Israel in their future state, suspended contacts with the coastal enclave. fight back” if the ICC proceeds with opening an investigation John Bolton will make the announcement blatantly violating the will of the international the U.S., after Washington recognized al- Gaza, which is grappling with an Israeli into alleged war crimes committed by the U.S. service members in a speech on Monday, where he would also community and creating conditions for dis- Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel siege, has struggled with severe electricity and intelligence professionals during the war in Afghanistan. threaten, among other things, to ban ICC order and instability throughout the Middle late last year. shortages since 2006. If such an inquiry goes ahead, the Trump administration will (International Criminal Court) members East region and beyond.” The Palestinians insist the status of the The director of a hospital in the occupied consider banning judges and prosecutors from entering the United from traveling to the U.S. Trump administration to close city is an issue to be negotiated between them East al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Sunday warned States, put sanctions on any funds they have in the U.S. financial The PLO secretary general also called on PLO office in Washington, DC and the Israelis. that the U.S. decision to cut $25 million in system and prosecute them in American courts. the international community to react to the The developments followed as the U.S. will Officials in the Gaza Strip, which has been medical aid to Palestinians would have a “We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no as- U.S. move. shut the PLO’s diplomatic office in Washing- administered by Hamas since 2007, have also “severe effect.” sistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC “Lowering the flag of Palestine in Wash- ton, DC, over the Palestinian government’s previously blasted the U.S. for its support to Bassem Abu Libdeh, the director of the die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is ington DC means much more than a new slap refusal to enter into U.S.-led negotiations Israel, saying Washington has long lost its Makassed hospital, said the U.S. decision already dead to us,” says Bolton’s draft text. by the Trump administration against peace with Israel. regional credibility. affects 40 percent of costs in the East al-Quds In addition, the United States may negotiate more binding, and justice. It symbolizes the U.S. attacks According to a draft text of a speech seen by The U.S. gives Israel annual military aid (Jerusalem) Hospital Network, which includes bilateral agreements to prohibit nations from surrendering against the international system as a whole, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, Trump’s of $3.1bn. Next year, that figure will increase a group of six hospitals. Americans to The Hague-based court, says the text. including the Paris Convention, UNESCO national security adviser, John Bolton, will to $3.8bn under a 10-year deal agreed by The United States on Saturday said it would The court’s aim is to bring to justice the perpetrators of war (United Nations Educational, Scientific and also reportedly threaten the International Barack Obama shortly before he stepped put the money toward “high-priority projects crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Cultural Organization) and the Human Rights Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions if it carries down as president. elsewhere,” without specifying them. The United States did not ratify the Rome treaty that established Council among others,” Erekat pointed out. out investigations into the U.S. and Israel. While the details of Trump’s so-called “deal According to the World Health Organi- the ICC in 2002, with then-President George W. Bush opposed Closing PLO office in Washington “The United States will always stand with of the century” have not officially been released, zation, the medical centers provide cancer to the court. Bush’s successor, President Barack Obama, took an irresponsible move our friend and ally, Israel,” Bolton is expected leaks have suggested that the Palestinians treatment and other critical care for Pales- some steps to cooperate with it. Meanwhile, Hanan Ashrawi, a member to say in his speech to the Federalist Society, would initially control the Gaza Strip and less tinians to whom such medical assistance is “We will consider taking steps in the UN Security Council to of the Executive Committee of the PLO, has a conservative group, in Washington, DC. than half of the occupied West Bank, while unavailable in the occupied West Bank and constrain the court’s sweeping powers, including to ensure that condemned the U.S. decision to close the “The Trump administration will not a Palestinian capital would be created from the besieged Gaza Strip. the ICC does not exercise jurisdiction over Americans and the Palestinian mission in Washington as an keep the office open when the Palestini- villages surrounding al-Quds (Jerusalem). Abu Libdeh questioned the justification nationals of our allies that have not ratified the Rome Statute,” irresponsible move. ans refuse to start direct and meaningful The Israelis would retain security control behind mixing political issues with medical says Bolton’s draft text. “It is ironic that the U.S. is punishing negotiations with Israel.” over the Jordan valley and have total control and humanitarian issues. Palestinians have reacted with dismay to the U.S. funding cuts, the PLO, the national representative of the The speech is also expected to say that the over Palestinian travel between the West Bank According to the hospital’s statement, the warning that they could lead to more poverty and anger - among Palestinian people and the highest political Trump administration “will fight back” if the and Gaza, while a corridor will be created U.S. aid cuts come as the “hospital is going factors stoking their decades of conflict with Israel. body that has committed itself to settling ICC formally proceeds with opening an inves- between Palestinian territory and al-Quds through a suffocating crisis as a result of the (Source: Reuters) the Palestinian issue politically and legally tigation into alleged war crimes committed (Jerusalem) holy sites. lack of flow of financial aid, and the piling and has engaged in negotiations with suc- by the U.S. service members and intelligence It appears meanwhile that Palestinians up of debts and funds held back by the Pal- cessive U.S. administrations for decades,” professionals during the war in Afghanistan. would have to surrender the principle of estinian government.” she said in a statement. If such a probe proceeds, the Trump the right of return of Palestinian refugees The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said UN human rights chief “It is also extremely cruel and spiteful administration will consider banning judges expelled during the creation of Israel, while the latest aid cut would threaten the lives of to insist on pressing Palestinian people and prosecutors from entering the U.S., the future of illegal Israeli settlements and thousands of Palestinians and the livelihoods presses for new body on by depriving them of their rights, giving put sanctions on any funds they have in the the final border between Palestine and Israel of thousands of hospital employees. crimes against Myanmar away their lands plus al-Quds as their US financial system and prosecute them would be decided at a later date. “This dangerous and unjustified American lawful capital, defunding UNRWA (the in the U.S. courts. Monday’s announcement comes just weeks escalation has crossed all red lines and is Rohingya United Nations Relief and Works Agency “We will not cooperate with the ICC. We after the U.S. said it would cut more than considered a direct aggression against the for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will $200m in economic aid for the Palestinians. Palestinian people,” the ministry said. An independent United Nations team of investigators said in a report last month that there was evidence indicating “genocidal intent” by the military against Rohingya and that crimes against Second Announcement Permit No. 1397.2716 CIA to expand its armed drone humanity and war crimes appear to have been committed. The investigators named six generals, including the com- 1397 / 2716 mander-in-chief, whom they said should face justice. program in Africa: NYT A year ago, government

N.I.S.O.C The United States CIA (Central Intelli- troops led a brutal crackdown InvitationInvitation For Prequalification For Prequalification N.I.S.O.C gence Agency) is reportedly expanding its in Myanmar’s Rakhine state armed drone program in Africa and will in response to attacks by the TENDER NO. : 01-31-9643001 start using a military base in the Nigerien Arakan Rohingya Salvation desert to carry out raids on areas where Army (ARSA) on 30 Myan- TENDER NO. : 01-31-9643001 National Iranian South Oilfields Company(NISOC)intends to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant mar police posts and a mil- itary base. Some 700,000 National Iranian South Oilfieldspurchase Company theintends following to purchase the goods following goods (ISIL/Daesh) and al-Qaeda terrorist outfits are believed to operate. Rohingya fled the crackdown Description UNIT Quantity. The New York Times reported on Mon- and most are now living in day that a secret military base in Dirkou, refugee camps in neighboring LINE PIPE API 5L GRADE B PSL 2 SEAMLESS, BLACK, ACCORDING TO about 250km south of the Libyan border, mission in Niger but its military presence Bangladesh. IPS-M-PI-190(3) SUPPLEMENTED TO API 5L 45TH EDITION 2012, BASIC will soon begin deploying armed drones has grown in recent years from 100 to 800, New United Nations High OXYGEN OR ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS, FULLY KILLED&FINE GRAIN, in an apparent loosening of Obama-era and the U.S. is completing construction Commissioner for Human IN RANDOM LENGTHS OF 12 M FROM MIN.I0M TO MAX 12.8 MIN limits on the U.S. raids outside conven- on a $100m drone base in the central Rights Michelle Bachelet, in LENGTH, MIN, AVG 11.6M tional warzones. city of Agadez. her first speech to the Human According to the Times, the Pentagon The U.S. views the drones as a cost-ef- Rights Council since taking 3 IN 88.9 OD SCH.80 WT. 7.62 MM WEIGHT 15.27 KG/M LE 200 has already carried out five drone raids in ficient way to counter armed groups, but office on September 1, said that attacks and persecution 4 IN 114.3 MM OD SCH. 80 WT 8.56 MM WEIGHT 22.32 LE 300 Libya this year, including one two weeks ago. the program has been heavily criticized for While the drones are currently being many of its operations in non-battlefield appear to continue in Rakhine state. Investigators had also found flown out of bases in Sicily and Niamey, settings such as Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, indications of executions, torture and sexual violence against Vendors who intend to participate in the A/M tender are requested Niger’s capital, armed drones “would al- and Somalia. minorities in Kachin and Shan states, she said. to send their resumewww.shana.ir. & ten-dency www.nisoc.ir letter via fax/ mail to the following most certainly” be deployed from Dirkou According to the New America Foun- “The persistence of these patterns of violations underscores “in the near future”. dation, the U.S. has carried a total of 414 the total impunity accorded to the Myanmar security forces,” address not later than 14 days after the second an-nouncement. Bachelet told the 47-member Geneva forum which opened a The applicants should have relevant background in supplying The Times added that one of its jour- drone attacks in Pakistan since 2004, with FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPT nalists said he saw “gray aircraft - about 245 to 303 civilian casualties, and an overall three-week session. the requiredKouy-e-Fadaeian goods Islam and (New capability Site)Bldg NO to 104, provide Ahvaz, aIran bid bond of Euro the size of Predator drones, which are 27 estimation of 2,366 to 3,700 people dead. She welcomed a decision by the prosecutor of the Interna- 7,077 / Rls 360,000,000 Tel.fax No.: in+98 favor-61 -34457437 of NISOC. Iranian vendors shall feet long - flying at least three times over In Yemen, there has been a total of 267 tional Criminal Court (ICC) last week that it has jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh submit their resume Acc. to forms Nos. 01, 02 and 03 which are six days in early August”. drone attacks since 2002, with 111 to 142 Tel. No.: +98-61 -34124644 Predator drones, which have claimed civilian casualties, and an overall estimation as a possible crime against humanity. available at www.shana.ir and www.nisoc.ir countless civilian lives in Afghanistan and of 1,330 to 1,716 people dead. “This is an immensely important step towards ending impunity, Public Relations Pakistan, can reach a number of West and And in Somalia, there have been a total and addressing the enormous suffering of the Rohingya people.” FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPT “I also welcome efforts by Member States at this Council to WWW.shana.ir North African countries, including an area of 92 drone attacks since 2003, with 22 to Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site)Bldg NO 104, Ahvaz, Iran around Lake Chad, where Nigeria’s Boko 37 civilian casualties, and an overall esti- establish an independent international mechanism for Myan- Tel.fax No.: +98-61www.nisoc.ir -34457437 Tel. No.: +98-61 -34124644 Haram rebellion has spread. mation of 666 to 743 people dead. mar, to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyze evidence of the most serious international crimes, in order to expedite fair Public Relations “Unlike small passenger planes that land The Bureau of Investigative Journal- http://iets.mporg.ir occasionally at the airport, the drones have ism, which tracks the U.S. drone raids and and independent trials in national and international courts.” www.shana.ir no blinking lights signaling their presence,” other covert actions operations in several The new mechanism - similar to what has been set up for 97 6 20 97 6 17 crimes in Syria - would complement and support the preliminary the Times’ reporter said. countries, says the U.S. has carried out a تهران تایمز : نوبت اول /www.nisoc.ir / نوبت دوم / / The paper added that the airport in minimum of 4,076 attacks in Afghanistan examination of the ICC prosecutor, she added. “I urge the Council to pass a resolution and refer the matter http://iets.mporg.ir Dirkou had grown significantly since since 2015, with 3,594 to 4,879 people re- February to include a new taxiway, walls ported killed, including 150 to 313 civilians to the (UN) General Assembly for its endorsement so that such and security posts. and 36 to 77 children. a mechanism can be established,” she said. (The U.S. does not have a direct combat (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: Reuters روزنامه : تهران تایمز نوبت اول 17/6/97 نوبت دوم :97/6/20

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Former All-Star center Djokovic headed for bright finish Andrew Bynum attempting to make NBA comeback with U.S. Open win NEW YORK (Reuters) — For Novak Djokovic, a season Former Lakers All-Star Andrew Bynum has hired representation that got off to a gloomy start is heading for a brilliant finish and is scheduling team workouts to attempt a comeback to the after he dismissed Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 NBA, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. to win the U.S. Open on Sunday and earn back-to-back Bynum is a two-time champion but has not played an NBA Grand Slam titles. game since March 15, 2014. He spent the rest of that season listed Working his way back from elbow surgery he underwent as inactive while still on the Pacers roster. following the Australian Open, Djokovic did not expect to Los Angeles drafted Bynum out of high school with the No. feature in the Grand Slam picture this season. 10 pick in 2005. He is one of five players from the 2005 draft to But in the last eight weeks the 31-year-old has resembled make an All-Star game along with Chris Paul, Deron Williams, the Grand Slam machine that held all four major titles at David Lee and Danny Granger. the same time in 2016, wining three of his last four events Bynum, 30, had a large chunk of his career impacted by including Wimbledon and U.S. Open. various knee injuries. He only played in more than 65 games “If you told me in February this year when I got the sur- in one season, and he had five seasons where he failed to play gery that I’ll win Wimbledon, U.S. Open, and Cincinnati, more than 50 games, including the 2012-13 season when he would be hard to believe,” said Djokovic, after pushing his missed the entire year after being traded from the Lakers to career total to 14 Grand Slams to sit equal third with Pete the 76ers in the four-team deal that sent Dwight Howard to Sampras on the all-time list. “Life showed me that it takes Los Angeles. time for good things, it takes time to really build them, for After sitting out the entire year while with Philadelphia, Bynum things to fall into place. signed with the Cavaliers in the summer of 2013. He started 19 of “The last two months have been terrific.” the 24 games he played with Cleveland and then was traded to the The sixth seed had suffered in the ferocious heat and Bulls for Luol Deng. Chicago waived him the day after the trade. humidity through the early days of the season’s final Grand Bynum then signed with the Pacers for the remainder of that Slam but dropped only two sets for the tournament and none season, but only played in two games. since the second round. Playing on the same court where For his career, he averaged 11.5 points and 7.7 rebounds to go Sampras claimed his 14th and final Grand Slam crown, Djok- with 1.6 blocks per game. In his lone All-Star season of 2011-12 he ovic has endured more disappointment than joy on Arthur court with the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center still him to miss 14 Grand Slams and at one point looked to be posted 18.7 points per game, 11.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks while Ashe, winning three titles from eight finals. buzzing over the controversial women’s final on Saturday, derailing his career. playing 35.2 minutes per contest and shooting 55.8% from the All that frustration was washed away when he struck the won by Japan’s Naomi Osaka after Serena Williams incurred Del Potro’s sole Grand Slam title came at the U.S. Open field. He played in 60 of the 66 games during that lockout-short- overhead winner to clinch victory over Del Potro, Djokovic three code violations. Britain’s Alison Hughes, the second in 2009 and he said it had been an emotional journey back ened season. falling to his back, arms and legs spread savoring the moment. woman to umpire a U.S. Open men’s singles final, kept a low to the Flushing Meadows final. (Source: Sports Illustrated) “Pete Sampras is one of the biggest legends ever to play profile as the two former champions went to work. “I’m very sad for being a loser today but Novak deserved the game,” explained Djokovic. “He was my childhood idol. The tension and fireworks of the Osaka-Williams clash to take the trophy,” said Del Potro, who wept into his hands “There is a lot of significance of me being now shoulder were left behind during a relatively calm and composed before being comforted by Djokovic. to shoulder in terms of Grand Slam wins with him. baseline battle between two friends and familiar foes, who “I was playing almost at the limit all the time, looking “It’s truly incredible when you think about it. I watched had played each other 18 times, with Djokovic holding a for winners with my forehands, backhands, and I couldn’t Manchester United post job him win one of his first Wimbledon championships, and I commanding 14-4 edge. make it because Novak were there every time. grew up playing and thinking that one day I’ll be able to do While there was joy in victory there was none to be taken “The worst part to me is the chances that I couldn’t make but advert looking for transfer what he does. “To actually be here, it’s a dream come true.” from beating a teary Del Potro, who knows the pain of a then when you see a friend holding the trophy, it’s good, too. specialist Djokovic and Del Potro walked onto Arthur Ashe Stadium comeback having undergone four wrist surgeries that caused “I’m glad that Novak is the champion.” Mbappe and Giroud strike as France Real Madrid could sign Jose Luis Manchester United are searching for a recruitment guru to give them an edge in the transfer market. beat Netherlands Rodriguez in ‘the next few days’ The club are on the look out for an analyst to run the rule over potential additions to Jose Mourinho’s squad after a World Cup winners France enjoyed a cele- almost had his second soon after, narrowly Uruguayan defender Jose Luis Rodriguez “I trained all week like normal, but not summer during which the United manager appeared under- bratory homecoming as they paraded their failing to make enough contact with An- has said a move to Real Madrid could be as a starter. The manager knows I won’t whelmed by the executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward’s trophy following Nations League victory toine Griezmann’s free-kick to trouble completed by this weekend. be starting.” transfer business. over the Netherlands. Netherlands goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen. Rodriguez, 21, who plays for Danubio Fellow Uruguayan Federico Valverde is The Premier League side are keen to hire a recruitment analyst Backed by a party atmosphere in Par- As the French pressure continued to in his homeland, also confirmed the Eu- at already with the Real Madrid B team and to “identify players who demonstrate the potential to play for the is, France began the brighter and took a increase, Cillessen then did well to beat ropean champions were not the only team Rodriguez revealed the pair have spoken first team” according to a job advert posted on their official website. deserved lead through Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe to a through ball - and avoid giving interested in his services, though he does about his potential move. The successful candidate will work in the scouting and re- Despite creating little, the visitors - who away a penalty in the process. not know who the other club is as his agent “Yes, I’ve talked to him,” Rodriguez cruitment department and play a key role in “decision making failed to qualify for Russia 2018 - found a The Netherlands had their first real is dealing with the negotiations. said. “It’s very good to have people you in the identification of players with the potential to play for way back through Ryan Babel. chance on 66 minutes as Georginio “Before Aug. 31 [when the transfer win- know people somewhere you could end Manchester United.” However, Olivier Giroud’s smart finish Wijnaldum muscled his way through the dow closed] there was the opportunity to up living.” Woodward has been criticised by some supporters for his with 16 minutes remaining was enough to French defence, only to drag his shot wide. go [to Real Madrid],” Rordiguez told Sport Rodriguez, who will be signing for Real handling of the summer window which saw Mourinho add just hand Les Bleus the points in Group A1. A minute later they were level as former 890 after being asked when the proposed Madrid’s Castilla side should the deal go three players to his squad for a combined £68 million. France coach Didier Deschamps named Liverpool winger Babel beat Benjamin move to the Bernabeu first came about. ahead, was also asked whether he would It prompted one group of fans to fly a protest banner over Turf the same team that began the world cham- Pavard to right-back Kenny Tete’s cross. “My agent is talking to them now, and in be loaned back to Danubio for the rest of Moor during the 2-0 win over Burnley which read “Ed Woodward pions’ goalless draw with Germany in their Now resurgent, the Dutch side went close these next few days I should be able to the campaign. -- a specialist in failure.” opening Nations League fixture on Thurs- to taking the lead soon after as Memphis travel and try to close it.” But he could not give a definite answer United’s scouting and recruitment department has seen coming day, with only the injured Hugo Lloris absent Depay fired into the side-netting. Asked if Real Madrid were the only club because nothing has been decided yet -- and goings already this summer. from the side that started the World Cup But it was Chelsea forward Giroud who who wanted to sign him, he replied: “No, a situation which is giving him sleepless Former Manchester City scout Romain Poirot has been ap- final in Russia. settled the game, moving swiftly ahead of there is another side, but I would be lying nights. pointed to head up the club’s network in France while Javier The hosts began confidently and were Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk to meet if I told you I knew who it was.” “Yes [coming back to Danubio is one Ribalta, who moved to Old Trafford from Juventus to become gifted the lead on 14 minutes when Quincy substitute Benjamin Mendy’s cross and Rodriguez -- nicknamed ‹El Puma’ -- options],” he said. “Right now, nothing is scouting manager in 2017, left after just 13 months to join Zenit Promes’ poor header evaded his team-mates score his first goal in 11 internationals. confirmed he will not be playing in Sunday›s concrete so I am very anxious.” St Petersburg as their sporting director. - instead allowing Juventus midfielder Blaise The Netherlands host Germany on Sat- clash with Boston River. “I lost a few a days› sleep while I waited Meanwhile, former United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has Matuidi to find the unmarked Mbappe in urday (19:45 BST), before the Germans “I will not be playing in the next match, for this to be resolved. I have already got distanced himself from speculation he could return as technical the six-yard box. travel to face France on Tuesday, 16 October. I think,” he said. “We will be looking to my bags packed -- but only halfway.” director. Mbappe, scorer of four World Cup goals, (Source: BBC) travel soon -- possibly before the weekend.” (Source: Soccernet) Sources have told ESPN FC that United will look to appoint a technical director to bridge the gap between Woodward and Mourinho but Van der Sar, who played at Old Trafford from 2005 and 2011, says he is happy in his current role as CEO at Williams’ U.S. Open treatment divides tennis world first club Ajax. NEW YORK (Reuters) — Serena Williams’ behavior in “I saw it a few weeks ago in the press, but that story about Saturday’s U.S. Open final divided the tennis world after United is nonsense,” the Dutchman told Ajax Inside. she called the chair umpire a “liar” and a “thief” and said “I think I have a two-year contract. Ajax is my club and I he treated her differently than male players during her loss would like to stay longer. The success we strive for and want to to Naomi Osaka. achieve is beautiful.” Williams, who was seeking a record-equaling 24th Grand (Source: ESPN) Slam singles title on Saturday, was handed a warning for a coaching violation before being deducted a point for smash- ing her racquet. She then had a heated argument with chair umpire Carlos Ramos, which cost her a game. Oxlade-Chamberlain The six-times U.S. Open champion, who has since been fined $17,000 by the United States Tennis Association for ‘progressing’ with recovery the violations, vigorously disputed each during the match. In the wake of Osaka’s first Grand Slam triumph, there Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says he is making were messages of support for Williams as well as those con- progress on his long-term knee injury. demning her behavior and agreeing with the umpire’s calls. Oxlade-Chamberlain injured his knee during Liverpool’s Tennis great Billie Jean King wrote on Twitter: “When a Champions League semifinal with Roma in April and, although woman is emotional, she’s “hysterical” and she’s penalized he underwent successful surgery shortly afterward, he is expected for it. When a man does the same, he’s “outspoken” and to miss most if not all of the 2018-19 season. there are no repercussions. Thank you, @serenawilliams, That resulted in a second violation, meaning Osaka was Rules and Competition, felt it was Williams who needed to “It is a very serious injury,” the 25-year-old told Sky Sports. for calling out this double standard. More voices are needed awarded the first point of the sixth game. apologize. Ings once issued a warning, point penalty and a “It can happen to any of us at any time and that’s obviously to do the same.” Williams, who was under the impression the first violation game penalty against McEnroe at the 1987 U.S. Open for something that’s never easy to deal with and get over. Yet Australian Margaret Court, whose tally of Grand Slam had been rescinded, returned to Ramos to seek an apology obscenities directed at the umpire. “I’m trying to stay positive, that’s the sort of character I am. singles titles is being chased by Williams, had little sympathy for saying she had received coaching earlier. “We should not let her record, as glowing as it is, over- I feel that’s the best way to move things forward. for the 36-year-old American former world number one. During a changeover, Williams resumed her argument shadow the fact that on this day, in this match Williams “I’m in good spirits and I’m progressing for sure.” “We always had to go by the rules,” Court, who dominated with the umpire, this time saying he was attacking her char- was wrong,” Ings wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald. Oxlade-Chamberlain’s injury ruled him out of England’s 2018 tennis during the 1960s and early 1970s, said according to acter and was a “thief”. That triggered a third violation, “The decisions made by Ramos had nothing to do with World Cup campaign. The former Arsenal midfielder admitted a report in The Australian. “It’s sad for the sport when a which resulted in a game penalty that gave Osaka a 5-3 lead. sexism or racism. They had everything to do with observing it was hard to watch from afar as his teammates reached the player tries to become bigger than the rules. From there, Williams summoned the tournament referee clear breaches of the grand slam code of conduct and then semifinals in Russia. “Because the young player outplayed her in the first set, to the court and said male tennis players were not punished having the courage to call them without fear or favor.” “I can’t sit here and lie and say it was easy,” he said at Wem- I think pressure got her more than anything.” for similar offences. A spokeswoman for Williams did not immediately respond bley during England’s UEFA Nations League loss to Spain on RACQUET SMASH DIFFERENT STANDARD when asked to comment on the remarks from Court and Saturday. “It was really difficult. The drama started when Ramos handed Williams a Tennis great John McEnroe, one of the game’s most Ings, while the USTA said it does not make chair umpires “Obviously I had a realistic chance to be playing and definitely coaching violation early in the second set because of hand tempestuous characters in his playing days, said the sport available to the media. to be there, so that was obviously not easy. gestures made from the stands by her coach Patrick Mour- must find a way to allow players to express feelings and inject According to the official Grand Slam rule book, a first “But at the same time I went into England fan mode. You atoglou. He later admitted to coaching, which is an offence their personality into the game while adhering to the rules. infraction gets a warning, a second offence results in a point can’t not get excited. in the sport, though one rarely called. Ramos should not have given Williams a violation for penalty while a third brings about a game penalty. “As the games were going on and I was seeing a lot of my When the violation was announced Williams approached breaking her racquet and should have warned her early on The rule book also states that players who receive coaching friends out there doing so well, it was great to see. Ramos to say she never takes coaching and would rather about what would happen if she did not move on, he said. during a match or intentionally destroy a racquet shall be “I was so excited for them and I got fully into the spirit. I was lose than “cheat to win”. “I’ve said far worse,” McEnroe, a seven-times Grand penalized in accordance with the point penalty schedule. gutted at the end when we got so close.” Things seemed to settle down as Williams went on to Slam singles winner, said on ESPN. “She’s right about the In the rule book, verbal abuse is defined as “a statement Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said in July “it will be a bonus” break Osaka for a 3-1 lead, but she gave the break right back guys being held to a different standard, there’s no question.” about an official, opponent, sponsor, spectator, or other if Oxlade-Chamberlain returns to first-team action this season. in the next game with a pair of double faults, prompting However, Richard Ings, a former professional chair umpire person that implies dishonesty or is derogatory, insulting (Source: Soccernet) the former champion to smash her racquet on the court. who also used to be the ATP Tour Executive Vice-President, or otherwise abusive.” II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER11, 2018 11, 2018 ANALYSISSPORTS & INTERVIEW 15

Carlos Queiroz: Uzbekistan are Iran will help Uzbekistan prepare for Asian Cup: a strong team with Hector Cuper Hector Cuper TASNIM — Uzbekistan Newly-appointed coach Hector SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football Cuper said Iran national football team will help them to deskteam head coach Carlos Queiroz said prepare for the 2019 AFC the friendly match against Uzbekistan will be very useful Asian Cup. since the Asian team have changed into a strong team Uzbekistan, who have under Hector Cuper. been grouped with Japan, Team Melli will meet Uzbekistan in Tashkent on Tuesday Oman and Turkmenistan in as preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. the AFC Asian Cup, will host “We will play against a strong and well organized team Iran in Tashkent’s Bunyo- who take advantage of good players. I think this will be dkor Stadium on Tuesday. a great experience for our players in the AFC Asian Cup. “The friendly match It is obvious that under the guidance of Hector Cuper, against Iran will be Uzbek- Uzbekistan are an amazing team,” he added. istan’s second warm-up for “We’ve started preparations for the 2019 AFC Asian the Asian Cup. We will field Cup. In this match, we will have the opportunity to play the new players who were with the experienced and the youth players. unused substitutes in the Asked him about Sardar Azmoun’s retirement from the match against Syria.,” Cu- national duty, Queiroz said, “For some reasons, Sardar left per said in the pre-match the team at the end of the World Cup, but not for always. news conference. When he asked me for advice, I agreed not to call him for “Iran are a strong team and they had a good performance a while as he had personal reasons. After a while he will in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. They work with Carlos return to the team after solving his problems,” Queiroz for many years,” the Argentine coach added. “I would like to emphasize that participation in the “Playing with Iran will be a good opportunity for Uz- World Cup does not help us for the AFC Asian Cup. For the bekistan to prepare for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. I am Asian Cup, we need to work hard, to increase the players’ waiting for the friendly against Iran,” Cuper concluded. passion, and then we can win the championship. South Korea, Japan, and Uzbekistan are also in the Asian Cup for the sake of winning the title. When we work more, we earn more,” the former Real Madrid coach stated. Iran women volleyball team “I have not signed a new contract with the Iranian Foot- runner-up in Hungary ball Federation. However, we have reached a deal with the federation. You just have to write it on the paper,” he said. IRNA — Iran’s Women National Volleyball Team became second in Hungary tournament with four wins and one loss. I hope the fans enjoy Uzbekistan and Moradi seizes Iran’s third silver at In the last match, Iran lost to Ukraine’s Novator Vol- leyball Team and finished second. Iran friendly: Masoud Shojaei Asia-Oceania Open Powerlifting C’ships Mahsa Kadkhoda and Maeda Borhani were selected for the dream team. Iran partook in the event to get prepared for Thailand Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship Cup which is slated for September 16-23. Iranian ambassador in Hungary Gholam-Ali Rajabi-Yazdi awarded the medals.

Iranian shooter bags gold at World Shooting Champs

IRNA — Iranian shooter Amir Mohammad Nekounam received a gold medal in three-position rifle at the 52nd World Shooting Championship, which is underway in South Korea. Hungarian and Chinese rivals snatched silver and bronze medals respectively. The Iranian squad has so far received three silver medals in mix, air pistol, team and individual categories. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran na- hospitality. I hope the fans enjoy a SPORTS TEHRAN — Nader after taking silver at both London 2012 The 52nd World Shooting Championship is underway desktional football team beautiful match between two teams,” deskMoradi from Iran and Rio 2016. with the attendance of 1,804 athletes from 90 countries captain Masoud Shojaei said he hopes Shojaei said. claimed a silver medal at the Asia-Oce - The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan’s in Changwon, South Korea. the fans enjoy their friendly match Praising Carlos Queiroz as a ania Open Powerlifting Championships Nodarzhan Khamrullayev (160kg). The ISSF World Shooting Championship is one of the against Uzbekistan. coach who has helped Iran grow on Monday. Iran’s Yousef Yousefi and Rouhollah five prestigious sports events along with the Summer and Team Melli will meet Uzbekistan in in the world, Shojaei said, “Carlos Moradi lifted 202kg to finish in second Rostami have already won two silver Winter Olympics, the FIFA World Cup and a global sports Tashkent on Tuesday as preparation Queiroz helped us grow. That’s why place at the men’s up to 80kg division. medals in the competition underway in festival for all people in the world. for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where he has been working for our team Gu Xiaofei took China’s ninth gold in Kitakyushu, Japan. The 52nd World Shooting Championship is under- they are in Group D along with Iraq, for the past seven years. We are Kitakyushu after clearing the bar at 227kg. Competition will continue on Tues- way in Changwon in 2018 will catch all global citizens’ Vietnam and Yemen. very grateful for that. We will not The 29-year-old is hoping to continue day (11 September) with the women’s attention as it’s the second time for Korea to host the “First of all, I have to thank Uzbek- let him leave our team,” Shojaei improving ahead of Tokyo 2020, where up to 73kg and 79kg, and the men’s up competition since the Seoul World Shooting Champi- istan Football Association for their added. he aims to claim his first Paralympic title to 88kg and 97kg. onship in 1978. 1397 / 2712 Guus Hiddink appointed coach of Chinese Olympic team Second Announcement Permit No. 1397.2712 Former Real Madrid and Netherlands coach Guus continent’s final qualifiers for the Olympic Games. 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Prayer Times Noon:13:01 Evening: 19:36 Dawn: 5:19 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:44 (tomorrow) SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Iranian Oscars born as Cinema Cinema Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Academy lunches annual awards Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ARTTEHRAN – The Cinema to “Subdued” by director Hamid Nematollah Tel: 88911433 deskCinema Academy, Iran’s who was also named best director for the Webmaster: [email protected] first private film academy based in Tehran, film. Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 has launched the Mehrgiah annual awards, “Amir Naderi had said that five persons No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran which can be considered to be the Iranian would be filmmakers following his ‘The P.o. Box: 14155-4843 equivalent of the Oscars. Runner’,” said Nematollah and added, “It Zip Code: 1599814713 The first edition of the awards was held at is a great honor for me that I am one of Tehran’s Enqelab Hotel on Sunday evening. the five.” “Love caused such a gathering to be Comedy actor Reza Attran was named organized,” the 67-year-old filmmaker as the Leading Figure of the Year, which Kianush Ayyari, who is the founder was selected by journalists’ votes. and director of the academy, said at the The award for best screenplay went to beginning of the awards ceremony. “No Date, No Signature” co-written by “This celebration has been organized Vahid Jalilvand and Ali Zarnegar. independently in order to show its love Jalilvand who is also the director of the for cinema,” he added. film said, “I dedicate this award and the The organizers have named the award souls of other awards that have been won NEWS IN BRIEF “Mehrgiah” (mandrake), which is considered to Davud Kianian who is not allowed to to be a mythical plant and the symbol of produce a work. It’s a pity that the country, Ali Mo’allem fertility, love and unity in Iranian culture. and especially our children, is deprived of The award made of bronze represents a his theatrical performances.” Damghani mandrake with five leaves placed on a Navid Mohammadzadeh was picked rock-shaped stand. as best actor for his role in “No Date, No steps down as The first of the new honor was presented Signature” and Leila Hatami won the award to the U.S.-based Iranian director Amir for best actress for her role in “Subdued”. director at IAA Naderi, who could not attend the ceremony. Ehsan Biglari received the award for ARTTEHRAN -- Ali Mo’allem Damghani stepped In his brief speech about Naderi, best first-director film for “My Brother, deskdown as director at the Iranian Academy of documentarian Mohammdreza Aslani Khosro”. Arts (IAA) after his term expired on Sunday, the IAA announced. praised Naderi for his great steady “Finding Farideh” co-directed by Azadeh Alireza Esmaeili, an IAA deputy director, has been selected progress and said, “Amir Nader can be a Musavi and Kurosh Atai won the award for as acting director of the academy. well-established role model for the young best documentary and “Animal” co-directed Mo’allem Damghani has held the position since 2009. generation of Iranian filmmakers.” by the Ark brothers, Bahman and Bahram, Veteran writer Mahmud Dowlatabadi was crowned best short film. called Naderi energetic and praised him for Over 100 films produced over the past Narjes his diligence. “He has come from the depths year were judged by a jury of 60 cineastes Comedy actor Reza Attran accepts the Mehrgiah for the Leading Figure of the Year of society and I like his films,” he added. and films critics, who are from the members during the Cinema Cinema Academy Awards at Tehran’s Enqelab Hotel on September Mohammadi The Mehrgiah for best film was awarded of the academy. 9, 2018. (Fars/Armin Karami) hangs illustrations in Spain “Damascus Time” director Hatamikia Iranian ensemble Arghavaneh honored ARTTEHRAN – Iranian illustrator Narjes meets Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Iraq at Bulgaria World Folk festival deskMohammadi is displaying her latest collection “Bird Woman” at Espacio Errante in Granada, Spain. The collection is composed of paintings and illustrations on a woman who seeks to get rid of all mental restrictions. The exhibit will be running until October 31.

“The Nun” delivers best opening in “Conjuring” series with heavenly $53.5 million

LOS ANGELES (Variety) — “The Nun” had a divine opening weekend atop the North American box office. Warner Bros. dominated for the fifth weekend in a row as the latest installment in the “Conjuring” series launched with $53.5 million in 3,876 locations. That easily marks the best debut in the Director Ebrahim Hatamikia (L) and a Hashd al-Shaabi Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis Iranian ensembles pose during the closing ceremony of the World Folk in Burgas, series, crushing 2013’s “The Conjuring,” which previously held the pose in an undated photo. (Fars) Bulgaria on September 2, 2018. record with $41.8 million. It’s also the second-best September debut behind Warner Bros.’ “It.” Overseas, “The Nun” generated a mighty ARTTEHRAN — “Damascus Daesh films continues in the region,” he added. ARTTEHRAN – The Irani- was honored with the Plaque of City Hall $77.5 million for a global start of $131 million. deskTime” director Ebrahim Hatamikia is in Iraq to promote his latest deskan ensemble Arghavaneh Obzor and a certificate. Corin Hardy’s horror flick — starring Demian Bichir and Taissa Hatamikia met Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a high- drama “Damascus Time” in the country, has won the bronze award at the World Folk, The 6-year-old Sarina Aqdam from Khosh Farmiga — broke a number of franchise records this weekend. It had ranking commander of the Popular Mobilization which has fought the Daesh terrorists over an international folk music championship, Honar also received a diploma and a teddy the largest Thursday showing out of the five movies ($5.4 million), Units – Hash al-Shaabi, in Iraq and both sat to the past few years. which took place in the Bulgarian city of bear. She was the youngest participant in as well as the biggest opening day ($22.3 million). Imax screens watch the movie about the Daesh terrorists, the The film is about an Iranian pilot and his Burgas. the championship. accounted for $4.5 million of “The Nun’s” debut. Persian service of MNA reported on Monday. copilot son who are captured by Daesh forces Bandleader Mostafa Ahmadi received The Russian group Shondiban led by The first four movies in Warner Bros.’ “Conjuring” franchise — “The film is highly successful in depicting in Syria while they are in the country to deliver the Bronze Orpheus and a bronze medal Elena Vorobyova won the Golden Orpheus, “The Conjuring”, “Annabelle”, “The Conjuring 2”, and “Annabelle: an accurate and documented image of the a cargo of humanitarian relief supplies to of the championship from jury member the grand prix of the event and the Georgia Creation” — have generated over Daesh atrocities and their seditious actions,” people in a war-torn region. Valko Lyubenov at the closing ceremony dance ensemble Mkhedruli led by Badri $1.1 billion globally. Al-Muhandis told Hatamikia after watching Earlier in February, Hatamikia won the on September 3, the organizers announced. Tsetskhladze received the Silver Orpheus. “We knew heading into the the movie. Crystal Simorgh for best director at the 36th In addition, Khosh Honar, another Ira- The festival ran from August 23 to Sep- weekend that anticipation for “I hope making resistance-themed and anti- Fajr Film Festival in Tehran for the film. nian ensemble that is led by Aidin Bayat, tember 2 in the Bulgarian city of Burgas. ‘The Nun’ was extremely high across multiple demos, but these results surpassed all our DeLorean film drives back to the Female-led “Widows” expectations,” Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. head of domestic futuristic ‘70s to close Venice festival reinvents the heist film distribution, said. “We anticipate VENICE, Italy (Reuters) — The TORONTO (Reuters) — “Widows” is strong word of mouth to carry the DeLorean sports car entered movie legend billed as a heist movie, but its showcase film well into the fall, and expect as the time machine in the “Back to the of female strength and initiative seems more than a few Nuns showing Future” films and returns to the big screen to speak directly to the reinvigorated up on doorsteps and at parties in “Driven”, a comedy thriller about the movement for female empowerment. this Halloween!” downfall of its creator, which closed the The film, set in Chicago and starring Cast member Demian Bichir Warner Bros. is on a hot Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Oscar winner Viola Davis, follows four participates in a panel discus- streak. The studio has topped John DeLorean, who designed muscle women left in debt by their criminal sion of “The Bridge” during FX the domestic box office for five cars for General Motors before striking out husbands who decide to turn to robbery Networks’ portion of the 2014 Tel- consecutive weekends. It’s also on his own with the futuristic, gull-winged to get back on their feet. evision Critics Association Cable held the No. 1 and 2 spots for four sports car that bore his own name, has It chronicles their journey from wives Summer Press Tour in Beverly straight weeks, the first time a gone down in history for his company’s who were primarily supported by their Hills, California July 21, 2014. studio has held that distinction in spectacular collapse. A DeLorean model is seen on the red husbands but who overcome the trauma Co-Screenwriter Gillian Flynn arrives (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian) 25 years. The studio maintained “Driven” recounts his last desperate carpet for screening of the closing film from past abuse and neglect to develop for the world premiere of “Widows” at No. 2 with “Crazy Rich Asians,” which earned an impressive $13.5 effort to save it, getting involved in a “Driven”, Out of Competition in the 75th creative ways to survive. the Toronto International Film Festival million in its fourth weekend — a decline of 38 percent. Jon M. cocaine smuggling deal that turned out Venice International Film Festival, Ven- “It wasn’t any gimmickry heist movie. (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September Chu’s rom-com has now earned $136 million in North America. to be an FBI sting, set up with the help of ice, Italy, September 8, 2018-. (Reuters/ It was women empowering themselves 8, 2018. (Reuters/Mark Blinch) Among newcomers, STX’s “Peppermint” opened on par with neighbor Jim Hoffman, a star-turn for Tony Gentile) in their lives and confronting each other projections. Jennifer Garner’s R-rated action thriller secured third Jason Sudeikis, best known for “Horrible and having to work together,” Davis movie’s arrival at a time when women place with $13.2 million when it debuted in 2,890 locations. Bosses” and “We’re the Millers”. “Somehow the egotist, the entertaining said at the Toronto Film Festival where are demanding more representation The final new entry of the weekend, faith-based drama “God Director Nick Hamm grew up in politician, the one that has the greatest, “Widows” had its world premiere this and respect in Hollywood and beyond Bless the Broken Road,” bowed with a dismal $1.5 million on 1,272 Northern Ireland where the British quickest, fastest line, the one that is best weekend. is mere coincidence, he said. screens. The movie is loosely based on the hit Rascal Flatts song and government had lured DeLorean to build on television, is somehow the best one for “What better metaphor is there for “It just sort of spoke to me as a stars “American Idol” alum Jordin Sparks, Robin Givens, Lindsay his factory in a bid to bring economic you in your life,” he said. women today?” she added. 13-year-old black boy in London,” Pulsipher, and former NFL player LaDainian Tomlinson. prosperity to a depressed area riven by “This is a movie that shows you that The women are also played by Mi- McQueen said. There were “these four Rounding out the top five with impressive holdovers is Warner deadly sectarian violence. these people are not what they (say they) chelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo and women who were being sort of judged Bros. shark thriller “The Meg” and Sony’s “Searching.” “The Meg” “If you’re going to take people on a are, and if you’re sucker enough to fall for Elizabeth Debicki in a multi-ethnic in the way that they can achieve, and earned another $6.1 million for a domestic tally of $131.6 million. story of entrapment, coke deals, models, that then more fool you.” cast directed by Briton Steve McQueen, judged by their appearance rather than Meanwhile, “Searching” brought in $4.5 million, taking its North cars - fast cars in a retro ‘70s world - Filmed in Puerto Rico “because it looks whose powerful historical race drama their character.” American total to $14.3 million. do it in a humorous way,” Hamm told like California in 1970s”, the movie was “12 Years a Slave” won best picture at “Widows”, which also stars Liam Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible - Fallout” crossed a major Reuters in an interview, adding that he almost derailed by Hurricane Maria which the 2014 Oscars. Neeson, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya milestone this weekend, topping $700 million globally. It has now had taken inspiration from ‘70s-period devastated the island last year. “It’s a film about women, about wom- and Robert Duvall, won strong reviews surpassed “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol” ($649.7 million) movies such as “Boogie Nights” and “We didn’t know whether we, physically, en learning who they are and becoming and is already creating Oscar buzz as as the highest grossing installment in the franchise. “American Hustle”. could actually go back,” Hamm said. independent. It’s about empowerment, Hollywood’s long awards season gets At the specialty box office, Magnolia’s documentary “Kusama - Played by Lee Pace, star of ABC fantasy “But we had a massive local crew, it’s a film about corruption and rac- underway. Infinity” opened in just two locations, where it brought in $30,400. comedy series “Pushing Daisies”, DeLorean probably 400 or 500 people that, if we ism and violence, and it’s a heist film,” “The men are fighting for scraps. The That translates to an impressive $15,200 per screen. comes over as a huckster, selling a hollow didn’t go back, wouldn’t get a paycheck. Debicki said. women are fighting for their souls,” said The first weekend in September is down from last year by 28.3 version of the American Dream, something So really there’s no option. In the end you McQueen said he was inspired to Farrell, who plays the deeply flawed percent, according to comScore, but that’s to be expected after “It” Hamm said had contemporary relevance go back, you make the movie to the best of make the film after watching the 1980’s and conflicted politician Tom Mulligan. came along to smash expectations with its massive $123 million debut. in a world where “buffoonery is somehow your ability, you give people a paycheck and British television series of the same “Widows” will be released in North Still, the box office is up a healthy 9.5 percent compared to 2017. celebrated”. you build an infrastructure or an industry.” name when he was a teenager. The American movie theaters on Nov. 16.