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VOL. XXIV, No. 6435 TEHRAN Price 10,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 - TIR 11, 1397 2 4 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL 8 SPORTS Private Sector Can Messi , Ronaldo No One Killed in Help Country to Mexico Votes for Depart World Cup as Khorramshahr Protests Beat Sanctions New President Mbappe Shines > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 U.S. Bulk Freighter Tehran Urges OPEC Carrying Chemicals Private-Sector Oil Sales Members to Refrain From Docks in Persian Gulf Unilateral Actions IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran has asked fellow OPEC members to “refrain from any unilateral measures”, TEHRAN - A senior Iranian military commander says To Thwart U.S. Sanction warning that would undermine the unity of OPEC, an American vessel carrying chemicals has berthed at following reports that Saudi Arabia has raised its oil the regional waters and plans to deliver the cargo to production to a record high this month. parts of Syria and Iraq. As Tehran seeks ways to counter U.S. sanctions that Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior would restrict its exports and eat into its market share, spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces, said the Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh wrote to his UAE American vessel Cape Ray has arrived in the Persian counterpart, Suhail al-Mazrouei, who holds the OPEC Gulf with the main goal of delivering the chemical presidency in 2018, urging him to remind OPEC cargo to certain parts of Iraq and Syria. members to adhere to last month’s agreement. “The U.S. bulk carrier MV Cape Ray, escorted by an “Any increase in the production by any member American destroyer, recently docked at one of the country beyond commitments stipulated in OPEC’s Persian Gulf states,” he was quoted as saying. decisions ... would constitute breach of the agreement,” He warned the U.S. against the possible consequences Zanganeh wrote in the letter seen by Reuters and of the vessel’s deployment in the region and added a reported by Iranian state media. review of the vessel’s records reveals that it has been “I hereby request your excellency to remind OPEC used for military actions along Iraq and Syria coasts member countries to adhere to their commitments ... under the pretext of fighting those sides which ‘used refrain from any unilateral measures undermining the chemical weapons against the militant-held areas.’ unity and independence of the OPEC,” he added. “Following its back-to-back defeats in the region against OPEC agreed with Russia and other oil-producing the Resistant Front, the U.S. has now resorted to dangerous allies on June 23 to raise output from July, with Saudi methods to justify its illegitimate military presence in the Arabia pledging a “measurable” supply boost, but region,” he noted. See Page 7 giving no specific numbers. See Page 7

EU’s Package to Save IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK President to Kick Off His Visit TEHRAN - Iran’s first vice president says the country is considering oil exports by the private sector in a bid to To Switzerland, Austria Today JCPOA Not Offered Yet thwart forthcoming U.S. sanctions, which mostly aim to curtail the Islamic Republic’s revenues by blocking its TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Maja Kocijancic, the crude oil exports. TEHRAN (PressTV) - President Hassan Rouhani is to spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Federica Addressing a conference held to mark National Day of Industry and Mine in Tehran on Sunday, Eshaq Jahangiri set off on a visit to Switzerland and Austria to discuss Mogherini, dismissed reports about sending a package said, “The target of the U.S. is firstly [to cut down Iran’s] oil [sales]. They want Iran’s oil not to be sold, which ways of improving mutual relations amid the looming of proposals to Iran to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal this is impossible and such measures are taken in line with a psychological war.” imposition of U.S. economic sanctions on Tehran. between Tehran and world powers. The sanctions would include a universal ban on Iran over buying or acquiring U.S. dollars as well as restrictions Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, “Ms. Mogherini has not made any comment about the over purchases of crude oil from the country and investing in its oil sector projects. Rouhani will leave Tehran for Bern today on the first leg of his JCPOA in recent days,” Kocijancic told Euronews Head of the frontier markets equity research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch told CNBC in late June that disruption tour at the invitation of his Swiss counterpart, Alain Berset, Persian service on Saturday. to crude oil supplies from Iran as a result of U.S. sanctions may push oil prices to as high as $90 a barrel. “Iranian crude Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for communications Since Washington’s pullout from the nuclear oil will be offered on the bourse and the private sector can export it in a transparent way,” Jahangiri said at the event. and information, Parviz Esmaeili, said on Sunday. agreement, the European Union has been making OPEC reaches deal to raise oil output He added that during his stay in Bern, Rouhani would all-out effort to preserve the deal, and Mogherini “We want to defeat America’s efforts ... to stop Iran’s oil exports. hold talks with Berset and Iranian nationals residing in has repeatedly voiced the bloc’s support for the “Oil is already being offered on the bourse, about 60,000 barrels per day, but that has been only for exports of Switzerland and said the two countries would sign accord, she added. oil products,” Jahangiri said. Elsewhere in his remarks, Iran’s first vice president said, “Those with the slightest several documents for bolstering cooperation in Her remarks came after some media outlets international knowledge know that this is impossible. Therefore, they have resorted to Saudis, so that, if Iran’s various political, economic and cultural sectors. on Saturday quoted Federica Mogherini as saying that oil supply dwindles, their oil market would not be touched by it.” He noted that the Iranian president would set off for the EU has ratified a package to support the Iran nuclear Referring to reports that Saudi Arabia may increase its oil exports to replace Iranian oil in world markets, Jahangiri Vienna to meet Austrian President Alexander Van der deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan said, “Anyone trying to take away Iran’s oil market [share] would be committing great treachery against Iran and will Bellen and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and added that of Action (JCPOA), with 28 affirmative votes and has one day pay for it.” Jahangiri noted, “Iran’s crude oil will be offered on domestic stock market and the private sector Tehran and Vienna would sign documents for cooperation. submitted it to Iranian officials. can buy and export oil in a transparent manner,” adding that Iran will do what it can to cause the United States fail in Esmaeili said a number of Iranian economic agents and See Page 7 its effort to reduce Iran’s oil exports. “The [Iranian] administration has made a plan in this regard,” he stressed. representatives of private sector would also accompany Iran’s first vice president also warned countries, which may want to fill Iran’s void in the oil market, noting President Rouhani to hold talks with their Swiss and that such a measure would amount to betrayal of the Iranian nation and “the day will come when those countries Austrian trade partners. See Page 7 Russian Military Shoots Down will pay for this treachery.” Unidentified Drones in Syria Simorgh Satellite Ready DAMASCUS (Dispatches) - The Russian military To Be Launched Into Space says it has destroyed a group of unidentified drones Smuggled Iranian Tiles Hurting Pakistan Tile Industry after they approached its air base in Syria’s western IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK coastal province of Latakia, from which Russian LAHORE (Dispatches) - Increasing influx of smuggled and under-invoiced tiles from Iran are not only hurting the fighter jets conduct airstrikes against Daesh terrorists Pakistani industry but also causing a loss of billions of rupees every year to the government in form of duty evasion. and foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in the TEHRAN - The Islamic Republic of Iran is set to send According to an estimate, around 1.2 to 1.3 million square meter tiles per month are being smuggled from Iran another satellite into space as part of the country’s conflict-plagued Arab country. whereas a mere 10,000 square meter tiles per month are being officially imported from Iran on lower tariff “The air defense system of the Russian airbase space program. valuation, damaging the local industry. Hossein Bolandi, a satellite project manager at Iran’s destroyed all targets” flying over Hmeimim air base, a A news report mentioned that the Customs found many discrepancies in the import of tiles from Iran sometime Russian military official said on condition of anonymity. University of Science and Technology, says the back which included incorrect application of customs values as contained in the valuation ruling vis-à-vis sizes Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite is ready to be launched. The official added that there were no reports of of tiles as the values were assessed on impugned tiles on lower slabs instead of applicable slabs in respect of damage or casualties as a result of the incident, which “The Simorgh satellite weighing between 200 and area(s) of tile(s). 250 kilograms is ready to be placed into orbit 500 took place on June 30. Moreover, instead of applying the 5 percent discount on import of tiles imported through land routes as notified On May 21, Russian’s military said it had shot kilometres above the earth,” he noted. vide Valuation Ruling 874/2016 dated 22.06.2016 issued by Director, Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Bolandi said the Amirkabir satellite is ready as well. down an “unknown drone” that came close to Customs House, Karachi, 11 percent discount was accorded to the tiles imported from Iran by the land routes Hmeimim air base. He then touched upon the space activities conducted into various parts of the province of Balochistan. in the country, as reported by Mizan News Agency. “There are neither casualties nor physical damage. “The local tile industry is facing a big challenge due to smuggling and under-invoiced imports from Iran,” said Russia’s Hmeimim air base is operating as normal,” the “The issue of space [activities] in the country almost a source. “There is heavy evasion of duties/taxes on the import of tiles from Iran and in one incident the loss goes back to the 1990s when the Supreme Leader Russian Defense Ministry said. was reportedly up to Rs1.873 billion over a span of just 18 months,” he claimed. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human raised it,” he said. “This single example shows the magnitude of the damage being done to the local industry and the government “With this domestic capability, all the assessment- Rights said that explosions had been heard from through this import of tiles from Iran with lower valuation,” said the source, adding that this practice is the base’s vicinity, which appeared to be from telecommunications needs of the space sector can be met,” continuing to hurt the local industry. See Page 7 Russian air defenses. See Page 7 he noted. See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018

TEHRAN – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani will travel to Lebanon in near future. Iranian Speaker will pay a visit to Beirut in near future to felicitate his Lebanese counterpart and other officials of the country following the recent Parliamentary election, according to Lebanon’s embassy in Tehran. During the visit, Larijani will also stress on strengthening strategic relations between Majlis Speaker to Visit Lebanon Iran and Lebanon especially in economic field and discuss the ways to confront US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan billed as the “Deal of the Century”.

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Khorramshahr Protests IRNA* - Deputy Head of Iran Medical Council (IRIMC) IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Mohsen Khalili announced that case verdict of the late internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami was issued. TEHRAN - Iran’s interior minister says the Saturday protests in According to the verdict, the doctor was sentenced to a written reprimand registered in his profile and published in the south-western city of Khorramshahr have left no casualties, medical media, Khalili said. IRIMC earlier announced that appearing to deny reports by western outlets that the the hospital reports received from France confirms IRIMC’s judgment about Abbas Kiarostami’s death. The main cause demonstrations have left several people dead. of the noted Iranian director’s death had been reported as ‘meningeal hemorrhage’ (bleeding within brain membranes). “There has been a single shooting case in Khorramshahr and one person has been The further inspections on Kiarostami’s death were injured, but no one has got killed,” Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in a presser in carried out upon his son’s request. Tehran on Sunday. He also said drug lords and cartels have been keeping billions of dollars in EU Demonstrators in Khorramshahr have staged protest rallies in recent days against the banks despite Europeans’ claims about campaign against money laundering. authorities responsible for the shortage of potable water in the city during hot summer. “I always tell them (the European officials) at international circles that they claim The protests were peaceful in the beginning, but clashes between police and to be against money-laundering, but the turnover of drug money in their banks stands Foreign Firms to protesters broke out on Saturday evening. at $50bln” Rahmani Fazli said. Resist U.S. Sanctions Salty and muddy water and the severe dust pollution in the oil-rich Khuzestan He criticized the European countries for their lack of assistance to Iran’s drug province have led to widespread protest during the past decade. campaign, and said, “They have even avoided supplying Iran with x-ray ILNA* - Tehran urged foreign firms working in Iran to The minister said the government is not opposed to peaceful protests, as long as systems and sniffer dogs.” resist U.S. “threats” of sanctions, adding it was in talks they can be kept under control. Rahmani Fazli said that drugs, refugees and terrorism are international problems with French car makers about staying on in the country. “We have no problems with protests that could be controlled. However, sometimes and the international bodies should actively help those countries which are in the “All (foreign) companies working in Iran should not be these protests reach the streets and even the protestors cannot control them,” he said. frontline of such wars, including Iran. intimidated by U.S.threats and should continue their activities in The demonstrations in Khuzestan came after several days of protests in Tehran in the Pakistan and Afghanistan are two origins of producing and trafficking of various Iran,” Industry Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari told a news wake of a dramatic decline in the value of rial that has depressed markets in recent days. types of narcotic in the region. conference in Tehran. “All those who do not do this, we will replace them. There are others who will invest in Iran,” he said. President Iran Appoints Ten New Ambassadors, Representatives Poisoned by Untreated Water IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK Sendsds Message to FARS* - 230 people have been poisoned by drinking polluted water in the county’s southwest. Chilean Counterpart TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry has released the names Shahrokh Refaei, the head of crisis management in of new representatives and ambassadors appointed to ten Khuzestan province’s Ramhormoz county, said that the countries and international bodies across the world. polluted water came after a 20-hour water outage. The newly appointed representatives and ambassadors Refaei says that the water wasn’t treated with chlorine, TEHRAN (IFP) – Iranian President’s Special are as follows: causing the poisoning. People in the country’s oil-rich Envoy Gholam-Reza Ansari has delivered a 1- Esmail Baqaei Hamaneh as Ambassador and Permanent Khuzestan province have protested over water scarcity message from Hassan Rouhani to his Chilean Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United since Friday. The demonstrations initially were peaceful, counterpart Sebastian Pinera. Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland with protesters chanting in both Arabic and Farsi. Ansari delivered the message during a meeting 2- Kazem Gharib-Abadi as Ambassador and Permanent with Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero in Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the offices of United Chile’s capital of Santiago. Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna, Austria In recent weeks, President Hassan Rouhani’s 3- Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Beirut, Lebanon 10 Police Injured special envoys have travelled to different countries 4- Mohammad-Reza Haji-Karim Jabbari as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bern, Switzerland In Khorramshahr in Latin America and conveyed his messages to his 5- Abdol-Nasser Hemmati as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Beijing, China opposite numbers and other heads of state. 6- Massoud Edrisi Kermanshahi as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Warsaw, Poland IRNA* - Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Ansari, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister 7- Fereydoun Haqbin as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Canberra, Australia Hossein Zolfaghari announced that an armed person Morteza Sarmadi, have earlier carried out the same 8- Morteza Rahmani-Movahed as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Tokyo, Japan injured 10 police officers and a civilian in the city of mission in Brazil, Bolivia, and Venezuela. 9- Seyyed Taha Hashemi as Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Vatican City, Vatican Khorramshahr in southwestern Iran. The Iranian administration has enhanced 10- Kazem Shafei as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Ljubljana, Albania Based on the reports, the gunman has not yet been political contacts with foreign leaders in recent identified. Zolfaghari also rejected claims regarding death weeks on the ways to save the 2015 Iran nuclear of a person in the protests, saying nobody has been killed deal after the US exit. Iran, Venezuela Need Closer Joint Cooperation Against Trump’s Policies and just one person was injured. Water shortage and Last week, President Rouhani told his French TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi said that Iran and Venezuela need to boost pollution of fresh water resources have recently caused counterpart that staying in the JCPOA will be out joint efforts to stand against the destructive policies of U.S. President Trump. protests in some cities in Khuzestan Province. of the question if Tehran cannot enjoy the Pres. Rouhani’s special envoy and Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Sarmadi made the remarks in a meeting with benefits of the nuclear deal. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday in Caracas. The meeting took place as part of Sarmadi’s Latin American tour, following his Majlis Tasked With U.S. Withdrawal From JCPOA Not to Affect earlier visit to Bolivia. During the meeting, the Iranian diplomat censured the US unilateral policies as an Clarifying UNTOC Bill Pres. Rouhani Visit to Switzerland undermining factor for processes of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, as well as TEHRAN (FNA) - Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Markus the mechanisms of international law. MEHR* - Expediency Council called upon the Iranian Leitner underlined that US President Donald Trump’s The U.S. unilateral and destructive policies have even been utilized against its allies, parliament to remove the ambiguities concerning the bill decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal will not leave any particularly Canada and the EU, he added, calling for closer and more serious of the United Nations Convention against Transnational impact on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Bern. cooperation between Iran and Venezuela in standing against Trump’s policies. Organized Crime (UNTOC). “Switzerland has its own stances and we regret that the US withdrew from the For his part, President Maduro reassured the Iranian official of his country’s The high supervisory board of the Expediency Council held nuclear deal. We are interested in President Rouhani’s visit to Switzerland. The US decisive support to Iran against U.S. aggressive approaches. a meeting on Saturday in Tehran under the chairmanship of decision on the nuclear deal has not affected Switzerland’s invitation (for Rouhani’s “Trump, following a dangerous policy, considers himself as the leader of the world the Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaie. visit),” Leitner said. “I think that the nuclear deal will be beneficial to Iran and also and orders every country around,” he added. During the meeting, the members of the council asserted that Europe and Asia and most importantly to the region,” he added. Maduro noted Trump’s bullying polices toward Mexican immigrants, as well as some articles of the bill are in opposition to the policies of the Leitner said that during President Rouhani’s visit to Switzerland which will start on other aspects of his destructive approaches in Latin America, adding “Obama, with a resistance economy already approved by the parliament. July 2, the two sides will discuss the roadmap signed in 2016 to expand bilateral covert policy and Trump with an overt policy, both sought the destruction of Iranian vice-president for legal affairs and the chairmen relations and will ink more agreements in scientific, agricultural, transportation and Venezuela and other independent countries.” of parliament’s national security and foreign policy health fields. He also stressed talks with Iran on its regional role, and said the crisis in “We must firmly stand against U.S. patronizing policies in OPEC and coordinate the commission, and legal and jurisdictional commission Yemen should be resolved through a political solution and in cooperation with the UN. policies of OPEC and non-OPEC members against Washington,” he stressed. were among the participants of the meeting.

MP Not Optimist About FATF Action Plan on Iran Tehran to Host 6-Party Anti-Terror Conference 130 People Arrested TEHRAN (IRNA) - Senior Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday that he is not optimist TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran will play host to the next meeting of the parliament about extension of Iran’s sanction waiver by the world’s financial watchdog. speakers of six regional countries on the ways to combat the threat of terrorism and IRNA* - An Iranian lawmaker said that 129 protestors Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as the world’s financial watchdog has extended coordinate counterterrorism efforts, an MP said. have been arrested during the recent demonstrations held a waiver for punitive measures against Iran but set a deadline of October. The next six-party conference on regional cooperation in the fight in Bazaar of Tehran and outside Iranian Parliament over FATF extension of Iran’s sanction waiver is very similar to US President Donald against terrorism will be held in Tehran in early 2019, Ardeshir Nourian, economic downturn. Trump waivers before withdrawing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Last week, several businessmen made protest rallies reached between the Islamic Republic and P5+1 (US, UK, Russia, China, France plus commission said. due to current economic conditions in the country, Germany), Head of the parliament (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy He also hoped that Tehran conference could lay the ground for the establishment of Javad Koulivand said. Elaborating on the recent Commission Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said. He described Iran’s banking and a regional organization for countering extremism and terrorism. gatherings in the capital, the member of parliament financial status as transparent and noted that FATF demands from Iran and setting a The previous meeting of the parliament speaker of Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan, lauded the Iranian police performance for establishing new deadline is very similar to Trump approach and seems to be politically motivated. Afghanistan and Turkey was held in Islamabad in December 2017. security, peace and tranquility in the society. He further The MP said that the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has The idea to hold such gatherings was put forward by Speaker of the National said that the demonstrators wishing to hold commissioned a taskforce to prepare a new bill on fighting money laundering instead Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq during the 2nd meeting of the Eurasian demonstrations have to apply for permission from the of joining Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Parliaments’ Speakers in Seoul in June 2017. interior ministry before doing so. MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

Noon (Zohr) 13:08 79. It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom, and the prophetic office, should say to people: “Be ye my worshippers rather than Allah.s”: on the contrary (He would say) Evening (Maghreb) 20:45 “Be ye worshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherisher of all: For ye have taught the Book and ye have studied it earnestly.” 80. Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lords and patrons. PRAYER TIME Tomorrow’s Dawn (Fajr) 04:07 What! would he bid you to unbelief after ye have bowed your will (To Allah in Islam)? Surah 3. The Family Of ‘Imran, The House Of ‘Imran ( 79- 80 ) Tomorrow’s Sunrise 05:53

Private Sector Can Help Saudi Arabia Tempted to Exit OPEC With Output Request TEHRAN (Shana) - If Country to Beat Sanctions Saudi Arabia undertakes Washington’s call to ramp up its crude oil IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK output by 2 million barrels per day, it would be tantamount to calling TEHRAN - Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister on the Kingdom to step Mohammad Shariatmadari says private sector has enough out of the Organization of the Petroleum power which can be used to beat the new U.S. sanctions. Exporting Countries (OPEC), Iran’s OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili said. On the sidelines of ceremony marking the National Industry and Mine Day, Reacting to a tweet by .President Donald Trump Shariatmadari praised the private sector of the country, adding that in the current regarding a request him from Saudi King to boost the situation and under economic pressures and sanctions, it can help the country to beat Shariatmadari noted that President Hassan Rouhani himself pursues privatization of kingdom’s oil output to offset high prices in the market, the sanctions due to its flexibility. big state-run companies in order to involve people in the economy and the range of Mr. Ardebili said: “Putting aside the fact that Saudi He added that the private sector can expand relations with the world and be a activities for the private sector is vast. Arabia has no such capacity to bolster its crude output, response to those who say that sanctions have been imposed on the government Earlier addressing the ceremony, he said that industrial production growth has been this demand could be inferred as an order for the than the people. considerable in recent years. kingdom to walk out of OPEC.” Shariatmadari reiterated that the private sector should play greater role in the He went on to say that the non-oil exports have grown by 30 percent in the first “Just spoke to King Salman of Saudi Arabia and economy especially in the sanctions era because they can help the country and people. quarter of the year. explained to him that, because of the turmoil & He went on to say that the establishment has decided to present shares of profitable Shariatmadari underlined that recent ban on 1400 items of commodities is aimed at dysfunction in Iran and Venezuela, I am asking that companies in the stock market. boosting the domestic production. Saudi Arabia increase oil production, maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels, to make up the difference...Prices to high! He has agreed!,” Trump said on Twitter Saturday. “Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Unity to Foil Trump’s Croatian Agro Companies Ready for Transfer of Technology to Iran Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided during the group’s 174th meeting in Vienna last week to maintain IRAN VEWS ECONOMIC DESK their previous agreement to cut output by 1.2 mbd and Sinister Intentions keep the production ceiling at 32.5 mbd and only TEHRAN - Croatian Ambassador to diminish over-compliance with the agreement and Tehran Mr. Stribor Kikerec says bring it to 100 percent,” said Mr. Ardebilij. Croatian companies which are active in agriculture sector are ready for transfer of technology to Iran. Kikerec yesterday met vice-chairman of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce Value of Trade Exchange Mr. Hossein Salahvarzi and discussed ways of expanding economic cooperation. Kikerec admitted that the current Between Iran, EEU High trade volume of both countries is insignificant, adding that cooperation between chambers of commerce of Iran and Croatia is enhancing and it is in IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK good level as the MoU which was signed during meeting of presidents of both countries can be a key document for boosting economic cooperation. TEHRAN - Deputy TEHRAN (IRNA)- Head of Iran’s Industrial He added that agriculture is one of the major components of the economy which has not been noticed in the Minister of Agriculture Ali Development and Renovation Organization document on cooperation between both states, adding Croatia has good capacity in agro sector and it can Akbar Mehrfard said the (IDRO) said unity would foil U.S. President boost cooperation in this sector and some Croatian ago companies are ready to cooperate with their Iranian value of trade exchange Donald Trump’s sinister intentions against the counterparts for transfer of technology. between Iran and members Iranian nation. Salahvarzi, for his part, pointed to the MoU which was signed between both countries and admitted the trade of the Eurasian Economic Mansour Moazzami said after Trump’s volume of both countries is very low and both sides should do their best to increase it. He added that both countries Union (EEU) is high. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, none of the can cooperate in fields like tourism, shipping, transportation and pharmaceuticals. Referring to a recent foreign companies which had earlier started He noted that agriculture is the other field for cooperation and major Croatian agro companies can cooperate with preferential trade cooperating with IDRO have not walked away Iran in transfer of new technology in agriculture. agreement signed between from their agreements. Later representatives of some Croatian companies met Iranian economic activists and exchanged views over Iran and members of the He added that IDRO has inked the largest finding ways for enhancing trade cooperation between Iran and Croatia. Eurasian Economic Union number of agreements with foreign companies (EEU), Mehrfard told Trend that the deal could help after Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the spur economic growth for both sides as they are Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) supposed to provide each other with the products that clinched in 2015. may face a shortage. IDRO chief underlined that the foreign companies Iran to Increase Exports to Iraq The Iranian deputy minister further said the deal was are not interested to walk away from Iran, but the signed at the expert level and will be soon reviewed at US are forcing them to do so. TEHRAN (ISNA) – Secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Hosseini said, “Daily exports to Iraq regularly reach to the Iranian parliament. He said IDRO has produced over 1,600,000 Joint Chamber of Commerce, Hamid Hosseini declared $20 million, indicating a significant increase, and the Elsewhere in the interview, Mehrfard said the Iranian cars during the last Iranian calendar year, ended Iran’s exports to Iraq have faced a $400 million exports are mostly carried out through borders of Parviz agriculture ministry is weighing plans to boost water March 20, 2018, adding that the organization is increase this year (stared March 21). Khan, Bashmagh and Tamarchin”. efficiency through various methods including, seeking to produce over 1,750,000 autos by the In a joint meeting with Iran’s export businessmen and The secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of greenhouse cultivation. end of current Iranian year. their counterparts from Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah province, Commerce has also expressed his hope for utilizing Plans call for promoting drip irrigation system that helps Kurdistan’s capacities and expanding bilateral trade reduce water loss by up to 40 percent, as it enables users to relations, as well as participating in reconstruction of Kirkuk adjust the amount of water needed for irrigation. and Mosul, as Iraq is turning back to stability and safety. Located in one of the world’s most water-stressed “Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce’s attempt is toward regions, Iran’s average precipitation rate has been Iran, S. Korea Hold Customs Talks facilitating and expanding Iran-Iraq relations and there would be lower than the global average for at least 10 years. TEHRAN (MNA) – Customs talks took place between The decisive and crucial vote of members of World a better future for both countries. We are also seeking for bilateral Some 37 million Iranians are said to be living in Iran and South Korea in Belgian capital Brussels for Customs Organization (WCO) to IRICA’s membership deals. Having exports that are only from Iran to Iraq is good but water-stressed regions. facilitating bilateral trade and business activities. in the policymaking commission of the Organization we want to have bilateral exchanges. Now we are facing some During the meeting, customs officials of Iran and after 14 years was one of the most important and salient problems in transporting, currency exchange and banking affairs South Korea exchanged their views with regard to achievements of the meeting. and trying to solve them,” the official added. matters of mutual concerns and the removal of obstacles facing bilateral customs. IGAT-6 Gas Pipeline In the same direction, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Mobarakeh Steel Company Unveils New Product Foroud Askari met and held talks with the general Fully Operational manager of South Korea’s Customs on the sidelines of IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK TEHRAN (Shana) - Iran has fully launched the 6th Annual World Customs Organization (WCO) meeting, nationwide gas trunkline (IGAT-6) which bolsters the which is underway in Belgian capital Brussels. TEHRAN – Hardworking staff and employees of Mobarakeh Steel Company in the country’s gas export capacity to Iraq. The two sides placed special emphasis on exchanging steel manufacturing and continuous casting units have achieved another success to National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) CEO customs information and removing barriers within the materialize the targets of the company by producing slab with thickness of 250 mm and Hamidreza Araqi said a major section of the project framework of agreements inked between Iran and with grade API 5LX60 (MS). came online last calendar year (ended on March 20) South Korea in relevant fields. Director of steel manufacturing and continuous casting unit of the MSC Mr. Mohammad Reza Banayeean Mofared and the last 100-km of the project has now come The two sides also exchanged their views on ways announced the new achievement of the company, adding that the company began the project of producing the slab on-stream. of receiving certificate of origin in customs offices with the domestic grade 5946 of sour gas at the order of Oxin Company which is used for gas transfer pipes. The pipeline is key in ensuring sustainable gas export of the two countries and welcomed proposals to get He delved into details of how the new product is manufactured, adding that it has long process. to neighboring Iraq, the official said. easier access to the relevant customs information. Banayeean Monfared noted that to produce slab with the thickness of 250mm, some changes were made in the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to Earlier, IRICA president held separate meetings with casting machine No. 5 for the first time. officially inaugurate the project, said Mr. Araqi. the Chinese customs minister and directors of Japanese, The company achieved this great success on June 20 and the product was what the customer had ordered and it Iran is currently producing roughly 830 mcm/d Malaysian and Australian customs offices on the weighs 500 tons. He felicitated the achievement to all hardworking staff and excellent management of the company of natural gas of which 45 mcm/d is exported to sidelines of Annual WCO’s meeting. and expressed hope the successes would continue in the future. Iraq and Turkey. 4 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018

135 Palestinians N. Korea, S. Korea Reopen Martyred Since March 30 Maritime Communication Channel

GAZA CITY (Dispatches) - The number of Palestinians martyred by Israeli SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea reopened a maritime gunfire since the beginning of protests on March 30 has climbed to 135, communication channel on Sunday, with vessels from the two countries according to Palestine’s Health Ministry. making radio contact for the first time in a decade, South Korea’s Defence Ashraf al-Qidra, a ministry spokesman, told Anadolu Agency that more Ministry said in a statement. than 15,000 people have been injured during the protests in Gaza. A North Korean patrol boat responded immediately when the South Korean Around 370 injured people are in critical condition, Al-Qidra said. Navy contacted it via an international radio channel at 9 a.m. Sunday in the “2,536 of those injured are children and 1,160 are women,” he said, adding western sea, normalising the maritime communication channel for the first that 231 medical staff and 175 journalists were among injured. time in 10 years, according to the ministry. Rajapaksa Dismisses Allegations Of Chinese Funding in Polls Mexico Votes for New President COLOMBO (Dispatches) - Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa dismissed a media report MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans voted for a new that claimed China had funded his unsuccessful 2015 president on Sunday in an election tipped to hand power presidential re-run. to an anti-establishment outsider who would inject a “No contribution was made by China to my 2015 new dose of nationalism into government and could presidential election campaign,” Rajapaksa said, sharpen divisions with Donald Trump’s United States. breaking his silence on the issue. Former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez “While claiming that my ‘affiliates’ and ‘campaign aides’ Obrador has led opinion polls throughout the campaign had got the money and that volunteers’ had delivered the and would be the first leftist to take the presidency in cheques to Temple Trees, the writer has been intentionally decades in Mexico if he ousts the ruling centrist vague about who had given this money and who had Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). received it,” the former president said in a statement. Runner-up in the 2012 and 2006 elections, Lopez “This seems to be a way of carrying out a smear Obrador pitches himself as the only man capable of campaign without incurring any liability,” he added. cleaning up a political class whose credibility has been A New York Times report last week claimed that USD 7.6 ground down by persistent graft, soaring crime levels million was dispensed from a Chinese firm for his campaign. and years of sub-par economic growth. Rajapaksa also dismissed the NYT claim that India “The new president of Mexico will have moral and was apprehensive about his Chinese connections and political authority to demand everyone behaves with India was concerned about any Chinese attempt to use integrity and make honesty a priority as a way of life,” the Hambantota port for military purposes. Lopez Obrador said in his campaign finale in a soccer He said former Indian National Security Advisor stadium in the capital on Wednesday. Shivshankar Menon had written in his 2016 book that The law bars current President Enrique Pena Nieto India was comfortable with the security assurances from seeking re-election. But his popularity crumbled made by his brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as the as his name became tainted by investigations into Seeking to harness support from economic nationalists, Their efforts to catch Lopez Obrador have been defence secretary. He said India had been given alleged conflicts-of-interest and embezzlement scandals leftist liberals and social conservatives, he vows to hampered by attacks on each other, allowing him to assurances about the nature of Sri Lanka’s relations engulfing top PRI officials. reduce inequality, improve pay and welfare spending, build a lead that some opinion polls have put in excess with China. “Such assurances given by Sri Lanka to the Campaigning relentlessly around Mexico for the past as well as run a tight budget. of 20 percentage points. They also represent the only then Congress Party government were respected 13 years, Lopez Obrador has watched political careers A vocal opponent of the government’s economic agenda, two parties to have ruled modern Mexico. throughout,” Rajapaksa added. rise and fall as established parties were consumed by his criticism has been tempered by business-friendly aides. If victorious, Lopez Obrador faces a tougher Meawhile, the Sunday Times today said that the the country’s social and economic problems and the But he has played with the idea of referendums to security situation than did Pena Nieto. The election police’s Financial Crimes Investigation Division responsibility of power. resolve divisive issues like whether to continue campaign has been the bloodiest in recent history and (FCID) has asked the police chief’s sanction to “Let’s hope Mexico changes,” said Oswaldo Angeles, with Pena Nieto’s opening of the oil and gas murders are at record highs. investigate the NYT claim. 20, a Lopez Obrador supporter from Atlacomulco, a industry to private capital. His rivals Ricardo Anaya, The next president will also inherit a simmering The Chinese embassy in Colombo in a statement longstanding PRI bastion some 55 miles (90 km) from an ex-leader of the centre-right National Action Party dispute with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump over while stopping short of denying the story said the NYT Mexico City and hometown of Pena Nieto. “Right now, (PAN) heading a right-left alliance, and PRI candidate migration and trade, with talks to rework the North article was “full of political prejudice and completely we don’t know if we’re coming or going.” Jose Antonio Meade, a former finance minister, differ American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) unresolved, inconsistent with the fact”. China will continue to Lopez Obrador, 64, has been vague on policy details. only in nuance in their support of the energy reform. pressuring Mexico’s peso currency. “promote the pragmatic cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road initiatives” for the 44 Dead in India as Thousands March betterment of the two countries, it said. Against U.S. Spain to Take in NGO Rescue Bus Plunges Into Gorge Immigration Policy Ship Carrying 59 Migrants NEW YORK (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators MADRID (Dispatches) - A Spanish NGO said Saturday marched in cities across the United States on Saturday it had rescued 59 migrants as they tried to cross the against President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration Mediterranean from Libya and would dock in Spain policy and to demand the immediate reunification of after Italy and Malta refused access. families separated at the border with Mexico. The news comes a day after three babies were found dead Directly across from the White House, demonstrators filled and 100 more went missing in a shipwreck off Libya that Lafayette Square park in an atmosphere of both indignation “I missed nine months of his life and it should Proactiva Open Arms, whose charity rescue boat was in the and sadness, before marching toward the Capitol. never have happened,” said the woman, who only area, said could potentially have been avoided. Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Portland gave her name as Jocelyn. Her case dates from It also follows a controversial deal reached by EU member also saw crowds of protesters turn out, with celebrities before the practice of separating families states to stem the arrival of migrants. The accord struck including Alicia Keys and Lin-Manuel Miranda present intensified in May. Friday includes the setting up of secure centers for migrants in Washington and John Legend in Los Angeles. “Shame! Shame!” the crowd responded in in the bloc, “disembarkation platforms” outside the bloc and “We don’t believe in borders, we don’t believe in temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius). sharing out refugees among member states. The Spanish walls,” Sebastian Medina-Tayac, of the Piscataway The president could not hear the protesters’ shouts, as NGO said on Twitter that the 59 migrants were now on CHANDIGARH (Dispatches) - At least 44 people Indian Nation, declared in English and Spanish at the he spent the day in Bedminster, New Jersey at the board their Open Arms ship “heading for a secure port”. were killed and several others injured after a bus start of the rally dubbed “Families Belong Together.” Trump National Golf Club. “Despite the hurdles, we continue to protect the right plunged into a deep gorge in the northern Indian Loudspeakers broadcast the cries of a child split from There, too, protesters gathered on his motorcade route, to life of invisible people. Their stories on what they state of Uttarakhand on Sunday morning, a local relatives, as a Brazilian mother told of being separated many of them with signs about immigration policy. experienced (in) Libya are terrifying.” Reacting to the official said. from her own son. “Asylum seekers are not criminals,” said one. rescue, Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini Deepesh Chander Kala -- a disaster management said on Facebook: “The nearest port is Malta, the officer from Pauri Garhwal district, where the organization and flag are Spanish: they can forget about accident happened -- told Anadolu Agency the bus coming to an Italian port.” Malta’s interior minister was carrying 60 passengers. Rebels Resume Peace Talks With Russians retorted on Twitter that the migrants had been rescued Earlier, Sushil Kumar, a senior official in the district AMMAN (Reuters) - Talks between the Syrian opposition and Russian negotiators to reach a ceasefire in a between Libya and Italy’s Lampedusa. administration, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that rebel-held town in southwestern Syria have resumed after mediation by Jordan that has been seeking a ceasefire, “Stop spreading incorrect information by pointing the 35 people had been killed. He said that efforts were an opposition spokesman said. finger at Malta without any reason,” Michael Farrugia said. underway to airlift some of the critically injured people. A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages were forced to accept government rule on Saturday as insurgent In the end, the NGO said they had been given authorization The cause of the incident has yet to be ascertained, lines collapsed in parts of the southwest under an intense bombardment. to dock in Barcelona, adding they would arrive on Kumar said. “The incident will be investigated. Our The negotiations in the town of Busra al Sham broke down on Saturday after Russian officers met the team Wednesday. Italy’s new populist government and Malta priority at present is to provide medical assistance to representing the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) rebels and demanded a complete surrender, rebels said. earlier this month refused to let dock French NGO rescue the injured ones,” he added. But on Sunday, following mediation efforts by Jordan, the team re-entered talks with Russian officers, Ibrahim ship Aquarius carrying 630 migrants. The move triggered an Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended al Jabawi, the spokesman for FSA negotiators told Reuters. international outcry before Spain stepped in to help. condolences over the accident. “The talks have resumed this morning between the Russian side and the opposition in southern Syria under Jordanian “My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. auspices,” Jabawi said. Jordan, concerned about the outbreak of violence along its northern border, has been facilitating I pray that those injured recover at the earliest. talks between groups of Free Syrian Army rebels and the Rescue operations are underway and authorities are Russians over a deal that would end the fighting. providing all possible assistance at the accident site,” Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the Modi wrote on Twitter. kingdom was engaged in intensive diplomacy with all Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand parties in the conflict to help broker a ceasefire that would Trivendra Singh Rawat has ordered an inquiry ease plight of displaced civilians. into the accident. A Syrian army offensive launched last month on Uttarakhand, which is the Himalayan state of India, rebel-held territory in south west Syria has driven tens of recorded 1591 road accidents in 2016, according to thousands of people towards the border with Jordan and Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highways thousands more to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied report released in 2017. Golan Heights. MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018

BEIJING (Dispatches) - Georgia and Hong Kong have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) designed to further boost already burgeoning trade between the two territories. The deal was signed by Georgian Deputy Minister of Economic Genadi Arveladze and the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong, Edward Yau. “Georgia is a close Georgia Signs Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement trading partner of Hong Kong in the Caucasus and an emerging market with great potential for further growth,” said My Yau. “The FTA is comprehensive in scope, encompassing trade in goods, trade in services, investment, dispute settlement mechanism and other related areas. Saudi King Agrees to UN High-Level Political Forum On SDGs to Be Held in New York Ramp Up Oil Production TEHRAN (UNIC) -- Thousands of government, business and civil society leaders will gather at the High- RIYADH (AFP) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable King Salman had agreed to his request to ramp up oil production, a week after OPEC Development at UN Headquarters in New York from 9 already announced an output rise. to 18 July to review successes, discuss challenges and “Just spoke to King Salman of Saudi Arabia and explained to him that, because of mobilize efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development the turmoil & dysfunction in Iran and Venezuela, I am asking that Saudi Arabia Goals (SDGs). The Forum is the central platform for increase oil production, maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels, to make up the difference,” tracking progress on the Goals at the global level. Trump announced in an early morning tweet. Forty-seven countries – both developed and “Prices too high! He has agreed!” developing – will speak on the actions they are taking Trump has repeatedly lashed out at OPEC on Twitter in recent months, piling to achieve the Goals during the three-day ministerial pressure on Riyadh, a major ally, to boost output as he hopes for lower pump prices meeting from 16 to 18 July when they present their before midterm congressional elections in November. Voluntary National Reviews. The theme of this year’s His latest comments come a week after ministers from the Organization of the Forum is “Transformation towards sustainable and Petroleum Exporting Countries -- of which Saudi Arabia is the major member -- had resilient societies” and a specific set of Goals will also already agreed to raise output from July. be reviewed in depth: Goals 6,7, 11,12 and 15, with Non-OPEC member Russia on June 23 also backed the effort, capping a week of Goal 17 to be reviewed every year. tense diplomacy for the grouping that averted a damaging rift between arch foes Iran and Saudi Arabia. * Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable The ministers announced they would ramp up oil production by around one million management of water and sanitation for all barrels a day from July. * Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, “I think it will contribute significantly to meet the extra demand that we see coming Iran opposed any changes to the original production-cut deal at a time when its oil sustainable and modern energy for all in the second half,” Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Faleh told reporters at the time. industry is facing renewed sanctions over Trump’s decision to quit the international * Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements The talks had centered on whether to amend an 18-month-old supply-cut deal nuclear deal with Tehran. inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable between OPEC members and allied countries, including Russia, that has cleared a In the end, both sides were able to save face. * Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption global oil glut and lifted crude prices. The current production curb pact calls for participating countries to trim output by and production patterns Saudi Arabia, backed by non-member Russia, had argued strongly in favor of 1.8 million barrels a day. But production constraints and geopolitical factors have * Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable increasing production as grumbles in major consumer countries like the United seen several nations exceed their restriction quotas, keeping about 2.8 million barrels use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage States, India and China have grown about high prices. off the market, according to OPEC. forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

The establishment of the United Nations High-level Trump, Trudeau Discuss Trade, Economic Issues Over Phone Call Political Forum on Sustainable Development was mandated in 2012 by the outcome document of the BEDMINSTER (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald During the call, Trudeau told Trump that Canada had United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin no choice but to announce reciprocal countermeasures (Rio+20), “The Future We Want”. Trudeau late on Friday to discuss trade and other to the steel and aluminium tariffs, according to a The Forum meets annually under the auspices of the economic issues, White House Press Secretary Sarah separate statement issued by Canada late on Friday. The Economic and Social Council for eight days, including Sanders said on Saturday. two leaders agreed to stay in close touch on a way a three-day ministerial segment and every four years at The phone call between the two leaders was the forward, the statement added. the level of Heads of State and Government under the first to be publicly disclosed since Trump blasted Trudeau also expressed his condolences for the auspices of the General Assembly for two days. Trudeau as “very dishonest and weak” at the end of victims of the shooting at the Capital Gazette As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the the Group of Seven leaders meeting in Canada newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, the Canadian 2030 Agenda encourages member states to “conduct earlier this month. statement said. regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national Trump has repeatedly suggested Canada was Separately, Trudeau also spoke with Mexican and sub-national levels, which are country-led and profiting from U.S. trade, and his blistering comments President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday to discuss the country-driven” (paragraph 79). These national reviews after the G7 meeting drove bilateral relations to their Mexican elections on July 1. The two leaders also are expected to serve as a basis for the regular reviews lowest point in decades. discussed the North American Free Trade (NAFTA) by the HLPF. As stipulated in paragraph 84 of the 2030 On Friday, Canada struck back at the Trump negotiations and agreed to continue working towards a Agenda, regular reviews by the HLPF are to be administration over U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs, mutually beneficial outcome. voluntary, state-led, undertaken by both developed and vowing to impose punitive measures on C$16.6 billion Negotiations to modernize NAFTA started last August and developing countries, and shall provide a platform for (9.54 billion pounds) worth of American goods until were initially scheduled to finish by the end of December, partnerships, including through the participation of Washington relents. but the three countries have yet to reach a deal. major groups and other relevant stakeholders. Malaysia’s Rating to Rise U.S. Tariffs on EU Cars If Economy Managed Well May Hit Investment There LANGKAWI (Dispatches) - Malaysia’s ratings will continue to rise as long as the government is able to manage BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. tariffs on imported cars could lead BMW to reduce investment and cut jobs in its economy well, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. the United States due to the large number of cars it exports from its South Carolina plant, the German He was commenting on the S&P Global Ratings yesterday which reaffirmed Malaysia’s foreign currency and carmaker has warned. local currency ratings with a stable outlook. It had reaffirmed the country’s ‘A-/A-2’ foreign currency and ‘A/A-1’ President Trump’s administration last month launched an investigation into whether auto imports posed a national security local currency ratings. The international rating analyst had also indicated that it may raise the ratings over the next threat and Trump has threatened to impose a 20 percent tariff on all imports of EU-assembled cars. “The domestic manufacture 24 months if the strong economic performance continues from the previous years. of automobiles has no apparent correlation with U.S. national security,” BMW wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce “If we can manage our economy well, then our ratings will rise again,” Dr Mahathir told reporters after attending Wilbur Ross this week, adding that imposing duties would not increase U.S. growth and competitiveness. an Aidilfitri gathering at Kota Mahsuri here. The BMW plant in South Carolina is its largest globally and ships more than 70 percent of its annual production On his announcement yesterday, during his official visit to Indonesia, on reviving a proposal for Malaysia and to other export markets, the company said. Chinese tariffs on U.S. passenger cars, imposed in retaliation for U.S. Indonesia to jointly produce cars, he said it would be followed up with a new proposal. duties on Chinese goods, have already hiked up the cost of exporting to China, BMW said. Any U.S. tariffs would “I don’t know whether they want to do it or not but we have our proposal. We want to make a proposal later on,” he likely lead to further retaliatory measures from China and the European Union. said. Dr Mahathir said the proposal would also include a collaboration between the two countries to manufacture auto parts. In addition, higher tariffs on components imported to the United States would make other production locations On another matter, the Prime Minister said the recent move by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission outside the country more competitive. “All of these factors would substantially increase the costs of exporting (MACC) to freeze the accounts of Umno at its headquarters and in several states was meant to probe the origin of passenger cars to these markets from the United States and deteriorate the market access for BMW in these jurisdictions, the cash in them. “We want to know where Umno received its hundreds of millions of ringgit from. If the money potentially leading to strongly reduced export volumes and negative effects on investment and employment in the United came from 1MDB, then it (Umno) has to return the money. We will continue to investigate,” he said. States,” BMW said in the letter. Two major auto trade groups, one representing BMW among others, had earlier this Dr Mahathir, who is also the Langkawi Member of Parliament, is on a two-day visit to the island where he started week said that imposing up to 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, his programme today by opening the 29th annual general meeting of Koperasi Pembangunan Daerah Langkawi dramatically hike prices on vehicles and threaten industry spending on self-driving cars. before hosting an Aidilfitri open house at the LADA Sports Complex. “By insulating the United States from foreign competition, there is less Apart from attending the Kota Mahsuri Aidilfitri open house today, he is incentive for American companies to strive to raise their productivity and also scheduled to inspect the premises of the Langkawi Parliamentary China-U.S. Trade War Fears look for ways and means of producing ever better goods (and services) ever Service Centre tomorrow. — Bernama Take Their Toll on S. Korea more cheaply,” BMW said. SEOUL (Dispatches) - South Korea’s export growth came to a halt in June, as shipments of cars and consumer electronics fell sharply, casting a shadow over prospects for this year amid escalating trade tension between China and the United States, data showed on Sunday. Exports totalled $51.2 billion, down 0.1 per cent from a year earlier, below a gain of 0.4 per cent forecast in a Reuters survey and falling back after a 13.2 per cent jump in May, government data showed. Imports were up 10.7 per cent from a year ago, underperforming the survey’s forecast for an 11.4 per cent increase. Will the China-U.S. trade row pave the way for a soybean Silk Road? The export sector’s sudden loss of growth may herald tougher times after a stellar performance over the past year, as Asia’s fourth largest economy could become caught in the crossfire following the retaliatory imposition of tariffs by the US and China, as well as the European Union. MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN (MNA) – President of Iran Football Federation Mehdi Taj claimed that he had reached agreement with Team Melli’s coach Carlos Queiroz for continuing cooperation till 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Queiroz to Remain Iran Coach Till 2019 “We talked for two hours with Mr Queiroz regarding contract extension, however, some tools should be provided for him,” Taj said on Sunday.

Merkel Seeks to Placate U.S. Bulk... FROM PAGE 1 German Rebels on Migration The spokesman also noted that the U.S. and its regional allies have been seeking to prolong their BERLIn (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her CDU party will discuss military presence by accusing the Syrian government plans to reduce immigration as conservative rebels also meet, in key talks likely to of using chemical weapons against militants in determine the fate of her government. Eastern Ghouta. Merkel’s government has been pushed to the brink over the migration issue after According to Shekarchi, the presence of the U.S. allowing more than one million asylum-seekers into Germany since 2015. vessels in the regional waters unveils the fact the The policy has provoked a backlash from Merkel’s conservative CSU coalition chemical attacks carried out in parts of Iraq and Syria partner with her Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, also the CSU chief, even were coordinated by the US government. threatening to unilaterally turn back migrants at the border. “We have enough details about Cape Ray including On Friday, the European Union’s 28 members hammered out a hard-fought deal to the number of its crew members as well as the tackle migration and avert a crisis that has threatened the very fabric of the bloc. technical information of its chemical cargo which Afterwards, Merkel announced that she had also reached separate agreements with will be published soon,” he concluded. Spain and Greece on taking back asylum-seekers. According to a document sent to the CSU and fellow coalition partner the Social Democratic Party, Merkel has also secured similar deals with a total EU’s Package... of 14 countries including France and central European states that were FROM PAGE 1 fiercely critical of her migrant policies, such as the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Kocijancic went on to add that the EU foreign policy Two of the countries mentioned -- Hungary and the Czech Republic -- however chief did not make any comment about the package denied Saturday that any such deal had been reached. on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers Merkel is also proposing that migrants arriving in Germany who first registered in in Brussels on May 28. another EU country should be placed in special holding centers under restrictive They follow EU leaders agreeing to consider setting up “disembarkation platforms” “The European Union is trying to adopt objective conditions, the document says. outside the EU, most likely in North Africa, in a bid to discourage migrants and and precise measures to preserve the JCPOA,” she The agreements struck by Merkel could placate the hardline rebels in her government. refugees boarding EU-bound smuggler boats. Member countries could also create said. On Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry also said Seehofer, meanwhile, must decide whether to make good on a threat to turn away processing centres to determine whether the new arrivals are returned home as the country had not still received a proposal the at the border migrants already registered in other European Union nations. economic migrants or admitted as refugees in willing states. European Union has pledged to make for saving the The move would force Merkel to fire him, likely leading to a CSU walkout costing Combined, the deals reached by the EU and Merkel, were “more than equivalent in Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. the chancellor her majority in parliament. their effect” to Seehofer’s demands, she told reporters Friday. The CSU’s Bavarian The meetings will see the CDU leadership meet in Berlin while the CSU leadership state premier Markus Soeder said “of course what has been achieved in Brussels is and parliamentary group will meet in Munich. more than we originally thought” at a political meeting Saturday. Russian Military... FROM PAGE 1 Russian’s military says it shot down an “unknown drone” that came close to Khmeimim air base in Syria. S. Korea Kicks Off 52-Hour Suicide Bombing Wounds 19 at Iraq Ballot Warehouse In January, Russia said that its troops have successfully repelled multiple drone attacks launched BAGHDAD (AFP) - A suicide bombing Sunday targeting recount in polling stations where results from the May by militants on its naval and air bases in Syria. a warehouse in Kirkuk where ballot boxes from Iraq’s legislative elections were contested following Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy Maximum Workweek May elections were stored wounded 19 people, days allegations of fraud. since March 2011. The Syrian government says the before a vote recount, a security source said. The ballot was won by populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are “Nine policemen, six members of a counter-terrorist Sadr’s electoral alliance with Communists, as long- aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking unit and four civilians were wounded when a car bomb time political figures were pushed out by voters seeking havoc in the country. driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the main gate change in a country mired in conflict and corruption. Russia has been helping Syrian forces in an ongoing of the warehouse,” the source said. The vote recount is expected to begin on Tuesday in battle in the province of Dayr al-Zawr as the Daesh The building was damaged by the blast but the ballot the Kurdish provinces of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and terrorist group struggles to keep its last positions in boxes were unaffected, said Rakan al-Juburi, the Dohuk, as well as in Kirkuk, Nineveh, Salaheddin and eastern Syria. governor of Kirkuk north of Baghdad. Anbar, the spokesman of the electoral commission said The Russian military assistance, which began in Iraq’s supreme court has ordered a manual vote on Saturday. September 2015 at the official request of the Syrian government, has proved effective as the Syrians continue to recapture key areas from Daesh and other terrorist groups across the country with the backing of Maldives Opposition Names Backup Presidential Candidate Russian air cover. SEOUL (Yonhap) - Starting this month, South Korean AA UKULHAS (AP) - The opposition alliance in the Maldives has named a backup candidate for the presidential Tehran Urges OPEC... workers will work less than before under a new election later this year, in the event the exiled former president is unable to contest due to legal obstacles. 52-hour maximum working week devised to ensure Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, a lawmaker from the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, was named the FROM PAGE 1 work-life balance, observers here said Sunday. backup candidate at the party congress late Saturday. The new change, effective for businesses with The party congress approved a resolution that former President Mohamed Nasheed would be the party’s preferred OPEC and non-OPEC countries said they would raise more than 300 employees, public institutions and candidate, but that if he fails to secure the candidacy, Solih will contest in his place. supply by returning to 100 percent compliance with government offices, is expected to bring as big a sea Nasheed had earlier announced that he will not contest the September election because the election commission previously agreed output cuts, after months of change in everyday life as the five-day-work-week had refused to recognize his victory at a recent party primary. underproduction. That would be roughly 1 million introduced in 2004 did. Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, making him ineligible to contest the election. The verdict was barrels per day of crude oil output increase according Under the new system, Korean workers cannot widely criticized as politically motivated and the Supreme Court earlier this year ordered Nasheed’s release and to OPEC officials. work over 52 hours per week -- they are allowed 40 retrial, which the government refused to implement. But since then sources familiar with Saudi oil thinking hours of regular work and 12 hours of extra work have briefed the market about an imminent rise in Saudi time. If the rules are not followed, a business owner output to a record. Last week, a source told Reuters that can face up to two years in prison or a fine of up to President to Kick... Saudi output would rise to 11 million bpd in July, a 20 million won ($17,945). FROM PAGE 1 whole 1 million bpd above May. Korean businesses have been bracing for the system Iran had been pushing hard for oil producers to hold output for the past few months by hiring more workers, steady as U.S. sanctions are expected to hit its exports. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that Washington was walking away from the nuclear overhauling their working hour systems and adopting But Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest producer, was agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was reached between flexible hours to meet their particular needs. keen to raise output to meet calls from U.S Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and The Ministry of Labor expects businesses to adopt to President Donald Trump and major consumers such China - plus Germany in 2015. Trump also said he would reinstate U.S. nuclear sanctions on Iran and impose the new system without much of a hitch, as many larger as India and China to help cool oil prices and avoid “the highest level” of economic bans on the Islamic Republic. Korean big businesses and their subsidiaries have shortages, according to Saudi officials including already implemented it. Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih. A survey carried out last month by the ministry on Simorgh... Non-OPEC Russia, meanwhile, was under pressure 3,627 businesses with more than 300 workers showed from its own energy companies to lift caps on output that 59 percent had already enforced the 52-hour FROM PAGE 1 and fight a steep rise in domestic fuel prices that was maximum workweek. hurting President Vladimir Putin’s popularity, Russian The problem lies with small and medium-sized He said some 17,000 jobs can be created in the space sector by 2025. sources have said. companies as they have been facing a variety of “We made considerable progress in the space industry in less than 20 years, and we are one of the world’s space In the end, Saudi Arabia and Russia pushed through difficulties, including trouble hiring new people. powers,” Bolandi said. “We need satellite images in the water, agriculture and other sectors,” said the satellite a rise of about 1 million bpd at the Vienna meeting. Given the circumstances, the government is project manager, noting that satellites can also meet the needs of the country in the telecoms sector. Washington said last week it was asking customers implementing a six-month grace period for those “The creation of telecoms satellite systems can meet all the country’s needs in this sector,” he said. in Asia and Europe to reduce Iranian oil purchases to companies to take their time in applying the change and He underlined that domestic experts will be able to meet all the needs in the country’s space sector by 2025. zero from November, and that it will not grant any allow the system to take root. In order to oversee a waivers to sanctions. smooth transition, the labor ministry hired 200 labor Smuggled... In his letter, Zanganeh said that unilateral supervisors in the first half of the year and plans to hire decisions by some OPEC members were weakening another 600. FROM PAGE 1 the exporting group and that OPEC should not let “We will thoroughly monitor whether companies others take political measures against the group’s implement the lower working hours in the right The source added that the cost of production is rapidly rising around the world, especially in China and Iran, with unity and independence. manner based on the recent survey results,” a labor increase in minimum wages and energy costs, yet the ITPs of these tiles are low which is creating serious harm “Any unilateral production increase beyond member official said. to the local manufacturers.“The local manufacturers demanded the government to take measures to stop countries’ commitments under the OPEC’s decisions As the system has just been adopted, there will smuggling from Iran and also adopt transparent fixation of ITPs based on reliable data available through would prompt U.S. to take actions against Iran,” he wrote. inevitably be some confusion in many workplaces. technology directly on the official websites of exporting countries,” said the source, adding that it is strange that “OPEC decisions by no means warrant any action Some companies want a more flexible application of import price is low on items that are already being manufactured in the country from local raw material. The local by some of its member countries in pursuit of the call the system, citing workloads that can be heavier some industry is the largest buyer of the mined tiles raw material, the source added, and this huge injury to tile industry for production increase by the U.S., politically weeks and quieter others. would hurt the mining industry of Pakistan as well. motivated against Iran and publicly declared.” Morocco Player Involved IRAN NEWS Marquez Pips Crutchlow In Fatal Road Accident Licence Holder: Sokhan Gostar Institute For Dutch TT Pole Position AMSTERDAM (Dispatches) - Honda’s MotoGP champion Marc ARIS (AFP) - Morocco’s 21-year-old World Cup Switchboard: E-Mail Address: (+98) (21) 44253448 [email protected] Marquez will start Sunday’s Dutch TT on pole position with Pmidfielder Amine Harit was involved in a road accident in ISSN 1024-6053 Britain’s Cal Crutchlow alongside on the front row after Public Relations Tel: which a pedestrian was killed, the Moroccan football 15875-8551 a knife-edge qualifying session. federation and local police said Saturday. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 Rodriguez Injury Not Messi , Ronaldo Depart Wozniacki Wins As Serious as Feared Eastbourne Title T PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Colombia World Cup as Mbappe Shines ONDON (Dispatches) Splaymaker James Rodriguez is not as badly L- Denmark’s world injured as feared, raising the possibility he could number two Caroline feature in Tuesday’s World Cup round of 16 clash Wozniacki gave herself the against England. perfect confidence-booster The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) issued ahead of Wimbledon with a a statement in the early hours of Sunday giving an hard fought 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) update on Rodriguez. victory over Belarus’ Aryna “James Rodríguez underwent a scan today which Sabalenka to take her showed that he is suffering from minor edema (swelling second WTA Eastbourne caused by an accumulation of fluid) in his right leg, but title on Saturday. that there has been no muscle tear,” the FCF said. The 27-year-old top seed Rodriguez, who was substituted in the final group was winning her first title game against Senegal, did not take part in training since claiming her maiden on Saturday and the Federation gave no indication Grand Slam trophy earlier this year in the Australian Open. of whether he would be fit to face Gareth Southgate’s She benefited from her greater experience than her side in Moscow. Colombia striker Miguel Borja also 20-year-old opponent, who served for both sets only missed the practice session after he felt discomfort for Wozniacki to break back both times. in his knee during Friday’s training. Sabalenka’s consolation will be to rise to 32 in the rankings -- having been 135 this time last year -- and beating three seeded players on the way to the final. Ryu Charges Wozniacki -- who last won the Eastbourne tournament in 2009 the same year Sabalenka’s coach Dmitry Tursonov won the men’s title -- said she was delighted Into Llead to have won what was her 29th WTA title. EOUL (Dispatches) - OSCOW (Dispatches) - Cristiano Ronaldo and Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said Cavani had SSouth Korea’s Ryu MLionel Messi saw their World Cup dreams sustained an injury and it was unclear how serious it was. So-yeon used a hot putter snuffed out on Saturday as French teenager Kylian “As always we will bank on the strength of our team Dzumhur Claims and a lucky bounce on No. Mbappe flew the flag for a new generation in Russia. as a collective,” he said. “That is our best chance 7 to seize a three-shot lead Ten goals were scored on a gripping first day of the against any adversary, and we know that France will heading into the final round knockout phase as France progressed to a quarter-final be very tough indeed. Third ATP Title of the Women’s PGA tie against Uruguay but Messi and Ronaldo may have France, the 1998 champions, looked a totally different NTALYA (Reuters) - Championship on Saturday. played their last games on football’s biggest stage. side from the one that struggled to find their cutting AWorld number 30 The two-time major In the first match, in Kazan, France roared back to edge in the group stage, pouring forward with pace and Damir Dzumhur champion, who celebrated beat Argentina 4-3, with 19-year-old Mbappe scoring purpose to stretch the ageing Argentine defence. outclassed top seed Adrian her 28th birthday on twice in an electrifying display. Antoine Griezmann gave France the lead from the Mannarino 6-1 1-6 6-1 to Friday, started the day tied Later in Sochi, Ronaldo -- who started the World penalty spot but the South Americans levelled with a win his third ATP World with Brooke Henderson Cup with a hat-trick against Spain -- was powerless to sweet hit from Angel Di Maria and edged ahead Tour title at the Antalya for top spot but gained five strokes on the final five prevent Portugal slipping out of the tournament as shortly after half-time through Gabriel Mercado. Open final on Saturday. holes to grab the sole lead over the Canadian at Edinson Cavani scored twice in a 2-1 win to send the But defender Benjamin Pavard equalised with a Dzumhur made the most 11-under 205. European champions home. thunderous strike to pull France level and once more of his powerful “I don’t want it to slip away my opportunity,” Ryu The Paris Saint-Germain striker opened the scoring change the complexion of the game. That set the scene for groundstrokes to race into said. “I want to finish strong, but as I said, it is just with an early header and curled a superb first-time shot Mbappe, who netted two goals in four second-half a 3-1 lead in the opening better not to expect anything. All I can do is just past Rui Patricio to win the match after a Pepe equalizer. minutes to become the first teenager to score at least twice set and maintained his dominance to clinch it. focus on what I have and just have fun with it.” Cavani, who forms a dangerous front-line pairing in a World Cup match since a 17-year-old Pele in 1958. Mannarino, also runner-up in Antalya last year, Canada’s Henderson is second after shooting a alongside Luis Suarez, later limped off, helped by Sergio Aguero gave Argentina late hope but they ran fought back in the second set and was helped by two-under 70 while Park Sung-hyung, who Ronaldo, sparking fears for his World Cup future. out of time and head home after a rollercoaster ride in Dzumhur’s slew of errors as he broke the Bosnian’s shared the 36 hole lead with Ryu and Henderson, Ronaldo, who will be 37 by the time of the next World Russia that ultimately ends in bitter disappointment serve twice en route to forcing a decider. is third after posting a 71 at Kemper Lakes Cup, was unable to keep Portugal alive despite incessant for the two-time champions. Man-of-the-match “It feels great,” the 26-year-old Dzumhur said. Golf Club course. pressure from his side in the dying stages of the match. Mbappe, who is Cavani’s teammate at PSG, brushed “(This is my) third title, the first this year and my American Angel Yin shot a four-under 68 to take But Portugal coach Fernando Santos said the Real off comparisons with Brazil great Pele. first ever on grass.” fourth and England’s Bronte Law rounds out the top Madrid forward still had plenty to offer. Beaten finalists four years ago, Argentina only Dzumhur opens his Wimbledon campaign against five after firing a 69. “Cristiano still has a lot to give to football and I hope reached the last 16 by the skin of their teeth after a German Maximilian Marterer on Monday, while It is truly and international leaderboard as the top he will stay to help the young players grow and shambolic group phase and despite a brave effort 22nd-seed Mannarino, who reached the fourth five players represent four countries, Canada, USA, develop,” he said. “We have a team with many young against France, the age of their players and an round at the All England club last year, takes on South Korea and England. players and of course we all want him there with us.” unbalanced squad ultimately caught up with them. Christian Garin in his opening match. Germans Want Ricciardo Clears Loew to Remain The Air on and Head Coach Off the Track ERLIN (Dispatches) - German fans and former PIELBERG (Reuters) - Daniel Ricciardo feared Bplayers are unanimous in their support of She had been “stitched up” by Red Bull in Joachim Loew remaining as head coach of the qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday national team despite his overseeing their disastrous but mustered a smile after talking it through with World Cup campaign. team boss Christian Horner. In a survey by broadcaster RTL, 48 percent of The Australian, out of contract at the end of the Germans say Loew should remain as head coach and season but now expected to sign a new deal, had a testy 37 percent want him to go, with the remaining 15 exchange over the radio after having to run ahead of percent undecided. team mate Max Verstappen in the final shoot-out. His star players agree, but the German Football That meant Ricciardo was giving the 20-year-old Association (DFB) expect to hear Loew’s decision in the coming weeks amid the biggest crisis of Dutch driver, who is seen by many as a future world his 12-year reign. champion, the benefit of a “tow” while the Australian’s car took the aerodynamic hit. “He should stay, he has been doing a great job for years, bringing young players into the team, and I hope ‘Jogi’ Ricciardo, already a double race winner this season, slowed in a bid to get Verstappen to go past but the youngster will stay,” midfielder Sami Khedira told German daily Bild. maintained position instead, with the team urging both men to hurry up. Forward Thomas Mueller, who like Khedira had a desperately poor World Cup, agreed, saying: “Basically we “I’m not too impressed to be honest,” the Australian told Sky Sports television after qualifying seventh — three are all convinced of his way of doing things.” behind Verstappen — at Red Bull’s home circuit. Loew dropped both Khedira and Mueller for their poor displays against Mexico and Sweden respectively in the “We had three runs and I was just punching a hole for everyone. I’m not that happy. That’s all.” group stages as his misplaced loyalty in several 2014 World Cup stars backfired. He later told reporters that he had cleared the air in another sense and understood the position, grinning at the Only last month, Loew signed a lucrative contract extension with the DFB until 2022. media crowd assembled in the team hospitality and pulling out his phone to film the scene. Yet now he has retreated to his home in Freiburg in the Black Forest to consider his future. “I either won or I said something,” he joked.