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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Tehran’s policy in ‘jelly’ Middle Leader appoints two new provincial East is rational: Larijani representatives POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Ira- change the demographic composition of desknian has characterized Fallujah, inhabited mainly by Sunnis. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of performance of some regional countries Reacting to the sectarian and religious deskIslamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali as “zigzag and conspiratorial,” saying his remarks by Saudis against Tehran, Iraqi Am- Khamenei has appointed two new provincial repre- country has acted judiciously in the mercu- bassador to Tehran Rajeh Saber Abboud sentatives to South and North Khorasan, Mehr report- rial region of the Middle East. al-Mousavi said in July, “There is no doc- ed on Thursday. Larijani made the remarks in the city of ument indicating Iran’s interference with The Leader, in a decree issued on Thursday, ap- Qom, which he represents in the parlia- domestic affairs of countries.” pointed Seyyed Alireza Ebadi and Abolqassem Yaqoo- ment, Mehr reported on Thursday. “Iran’s role in Iraq is limited to an advi- bi as provincial representatives to South Khorasan and “While the region is in jelly political and sory one and this is done at the formal re- North Khorasan, respectively. security conditions and unlike the zigzag quest of Baghdad,” he added. Provincial representatives of the Leader will be usu- and conspiratorial stance of some neigh- On June 29 U.S. Secretary of State John ally Friday prayer leaders of provincial capitals, as well. boring countries, the behavior of the Is- Kerry deemed Iran's presence in Iraq to Normally, provincial representatives and Friday lamic Republic (of Iran) has been wise and be "helpful" to American attempts to beat prayer leaders are appointed from among those al- rational,” said Ali Larijani. back the threat of ISIS, according to CNN. ready elected to the Assembly of Experts. Apart from the U.S. attacks on Afghan- "Look, we have challenges with Iran as istan and Iraq, the Middle East has been a everybody knows and we are working on large battlefield fought by terrorist and ex- those challenges," Kerry said. "But I can tell Pakistan Foreign tremist groups in Iraq and Syria, where the you that Iran in Iraq has been in certain Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani Ministry secretary in self-proclaimed ISIS holds vast swathes of ways helpful, and they clearly are focused land. nym, Iran sided with the Syrian government ing Iraq to expel ISIL militants from lands on ISIL-Daesh, and so we have a common Tehran for talks Also, the Saudi-led war on Yemen and against militants, calling Syria the “golden it has occupied in the country the Riyadh interest, actually," Kerry noted. the abortive military coup in Turkey have ring of resistance.” government claims that Tehran is foment- Brent McGurk, the U.S. special envoy added more complexity to the scene. However, Saudi Arabia and its regional tasked with defeating ISIS, also said on June POLITICAL TEHRAN – Pakistani Foreign ing sectarian conflicts in favor of the Shiite Iran has been backing Iraq and Syria in allies have been pouring money and arms 29 that Iran-backed Shiite militias are most- deskMinistry Secretary Aizaz Ahmad population under the guise of its advisory their fight against ISIS, an extremely shad- to militants in Syria, working hard to de- ly helpful in Iraq, though some go rogue. Chaudhry will be holding talks on Saturday with Ira- role in the country. owy group which its heinous crimes have throne President Bashar al-Assad. "We think most of these popular mobili- nian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister for In June Saudi Ambassador Tham- come as a surprise to the world. Iran and Saudi Arabia as two regional zation forces do operate under the control Asian and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour, IRNA er al-Sabhan to Baghdad had tweeted Even three years before the emergence powerhouses also differ widely on develop- of the Iraqi state, but about 15-20% of them reported on Friday. that Iranian military advisers were fueling of ISIS, also called Daesh in its Arabic acro- ments in Iraq. While Iran has been support- actually do not," McGurk said. The meeting will make it the 9th round of political sectarian violence in Fallujah, seeking to negotiations between the two neighboring coun- tries. The talks come a week after two rounds of nego- tiations in Tehran between Supreme National Securi- Syrians should determine their destiny, senior MP says ty Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani and Nasser Khan POLITICAL TEHRAN — Alaeddin Boroujerdi, On Thursday Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders Janjua, the national Security advisor of Pakistan. deskchairman of the Majlis National Securi- called for direct and effective aid to civilians in the Syrian ty and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Thursday that city of Aleppo. On Thursday the countries participating Guardian Council in the Syrian people should determine the destiny of their in the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) met in country. Geneva to discuss the current situation in the war-torn talks with Majlis to “We support Syria’s territorial integrity and condemn country. revise election law the U.S. plans to disintegrate Islamic countries. The Syr- According to Koenders, so far the ISSG has booked ian nation will never let the country be disintegrated,” - little success in producing a breakthrough in the nego- Boroujerdi said in a press conference in Damascus. tiations between the warring parties. “That is irrespon- POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Guardian Council He said that the Zionist regime of Israel and the Jor- sible. It is time that the ISSG and its co-chairs, the U.S. deskspokesman has said he is in talks danian forces back clashes in southern parts of Syria; and Russia, take responsibility to prevent a humanitar- with the Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in connection however, he added that the terrorists’ efforts will not ian disaster in Aleppo.” Koenders said, according to NL with revising the election law, Tasnim reported on Fri- reach a result. Times? Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the Iranian Parliament security committee, meets with President al-Assad in Demascus day. The senior legislator also said the UN has many expe- ‘Riyadh seeking to normalize ties with Israel’ Iran will be staging 12th presidential and 5th city and riences in establishing “safe routes” to send humanitarian Elsewhere, he said that Saudi Arabia is pursuing a izing ties with the Tel Aviv regime, the senior MP added. village council elections on May 19, 2017. aid and can use these experiences in the conflict-stricken policy to normalize ties with the Zionist regime. Boroujerdi said that the Palestinians can restore their In addition to the parliament, the council also will areas around Aleppo to help civilians exit the areas. Iran condemns any effort which is in line with normal- rights through resistance. exchange views with various political currents and par- ties on the revision scheme, said Abbasali Kadkhodaei. However, the official did not provide details on pos- sible revisions. Saudis twisted hajj negotiations on purpose: Ohadi POLITICAL TEHRAN — The head Already at loggerheads over a number the dignity of Iranians.” the negotiations,” Ohadi lamented. desk Jurisprudence coun- of Iran's Hajj and Pil- of regional issues, notably the Syrian crisis Tension between Tehran and Riyadh has The Saudi officials, he added, “first sent grimage Organization said they had done and the storming of Riyadh’s diplomatic been escalating since 464 Iranians lost their [us] an invitation letter but they then asked cil to feature in CBI their utmost to reach a consensus with Sau- posts in Tehran and Mashhad, Tehran and lives in a stampede in the area of Mina in to have it postponed and we accepted. decision-making dis over the hajj impasse. Riyadh failed to mend fences over this September 2015 during the last Hajj. They were supposed to give us visa in Saeed Ohadi made the remarks on a TV year’s haj ritual over security concerns ex- According to the Iranian official, from Month of Esfand (Feb 20-Mach 19, 2016) program on Friday. pressed by Iran. the outset it was clear to the Iranian side but they did not. POLITICAL TEHRAN – A jurisprudence coun- “Mecca is the House of God and no one Rounds of negotiations were held, com- that Saudis won’t be cooperative. In a bid to save face, Ohadi added, Sau- deskcil will be formed in the Central can deprive the Muslims of their religious ing to no tangible results. They had come “They (the Saudis) didn’t even observe dis issued visa for the Iranian negotiators, Bank of Iran (CBI) soon to grant religious legitimacy of rights. We still believe hajj pilgrimage must up with a draft contract which Tehran re- code of conduct, required fingerprints, and but the first round of negotiations took loan interests, ISNA reported on Friday. not be politicized,” Ohadi said. jected as “discriminatory” and “contrary to in so doing, they showed their hostility to place three and a half months later. “The Supreme Leader has recently written a letter asking for the formation of a jurisprudence council as a pillar in the central bank...,” said Gholamreza Mesba- hi-Moqadam, a member of the Expediency Council. Putin: Russian-Iranian co-op has already become strategic This will cause the people to have a “religiously Russia has agreed to build 8 more nuclear plants in Iran, Putin says legitimate” view toward interest rates, the figure ex- plained. 1 The Russian president said large-scale joint pro- Previously, the council’s role was only advisory. "We are also interested in strengthening our part- jects in the oil and gas sphere, and the aerospace and nership with Tehran in regional affairs. We consider it electric power industries are being developed. "For in- Inflated salaries an important factor of maintaining stability and security stance, Russia intends to grant two state loans to Iran infringement of Is- across a large territory from Central Asia and the Cas- to the amount of €2.2 billion to finance the construc- pian region to the Middle East. We will continue to sup- tion of a thermal power plant near the city of Bandar lamic values: cleric port Iran's pursuit of full SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Abbas on the Persian Gulf coast and the electrifica- Organization) membership," the Russian leader noted. tion of the Garmsar-Ince Burun railway section in the "Iran is Russia’s longtime partner. We believe that north-east of the country," Putin noted. POLITICAL TEHRAN – The interim Friday bilateral relations will benefit from the reduction of "In certain areas, Russian-Iranian cooperation has al- desk prayer leader of Tehran said as- tensions around Iran following the comprehensive ready become strategic in nature. This is particularly true tronomical salaries are against Islamic principles and agreement on the Iranian nuclear program," he noted. of the joint work in the field of peaceful nuclear energy. religious teachings. "First of all, we intend to continue fostering trade Iran’s first nuclear power plant, Bushehr was built on the “That a member of a managing board receives 20 and economic cooperation. During my visit to Tehran basis of Russian technologies. Plans for the construction to 15 times higher than a worker is not tolerable,” said on November 23, last year, and my negotiations with of 8 more nuclear power units by Russian specialists in Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran's Presi- Iran have been agreed," he said. "We will further assist The salary row broke out in the country after a dent Hassan Rouhani, I found that Iran’s leaders gen- President Rouhani meets President Putin in Tehran in November 2015. our Iranian partners in implementing the Plan of Action payslip leakage in social media revealed that some uinely share this approach," Putin said. "Thus, through on Iran's nuclear program, including the processing of financial managers were paid astronomical wages. collective efforts we have managed to increase the year, it grew by 70%, reaching $855 million," he re- enriched uranium and the conversion of facilities to pro- President Hassan Rouhani has said the govern- volume of mutual trade. In the first five months of this minded. duce stable isotopes," Putin concluded. ment will take a tough-on policy on luxurious salaries. Iran, Afghanistan seek expansion of How to kick-start Iran-U.S. regional cooperation 1 yet been successful in their efforts to spur highest international standards on nuclear voided all previous nuclear-related Security ties While regional stability should be a Washington into violating the letter of the inspections and transparency. Iran has fully Council resolutions against Iran. As such, priority for the international community, nuclear deal, their actions have certainly vi- abided by these obligations, as verified by limitations on Iranian trade, banking and fi- the forces seeking to undermine the Joint olated its spirit. the International Atomic Energy Agency. nancial transactions were formally lifted and POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Under the JCPOA, Iran committed to In return, Iran was due relief from all nu- the Iranian people were set to begin bene- desk Minister for Asian and Pacific Affairs wish nothing more than to return Iran verifiably limit the two theoretical pathways clear-related sanctions. This was enshrined fiting from increased foreign investment and Ebrahim Rahimpour and Afghan Deputy Foreign Min- and the United States to the path of full- to a bomb: uranium enrichment and plu- not only in the JCPOA, but also in UN Secu- business. But all has not gone well so far. ister Hekmat Khalil Karzai have highlighted the impor- scale confrontation. While they have not tonium production. It also agreed to the rity Council (UNSC) Resolution 2231, which 9 tance of expanding relations and cooperation. During a meeting in Tehran on Thursday, the Irani- an and Afghan officials discussed relations in various Velayati: Our hands not tied if JCPOA breached spheres of politics, economy, culture and fight against drug trafficking. 1 an experience, proved the futility of negotia- the Iranians’ lives. This is as true of the Obama administration The officials also exchanged views on removing ob- “We do not violate the deal, but if the oth- tions with the Americans, their unfaithfulness, There seems to be no immediate end in the U.S. as it is of the Rouhani administra- stacles on expanding economic ties and legalizing the er party violates it, if they tear the agreement and the necessity of distrust in the Americans’ to the anti-JCPOA remarks by both sides as tion in Iran, where opponents are leveling in- Afghan refugees’ residency in Iran. up, we will light it on fire,” the Leader asserted. promises once more...” complaining the deal presidential elections in both countries are creasingly fiercer criticism at the government Also on August 1, he said, “The JCPOA, as has not resulted in any “tangible impact” on drawing closer. for slow economic benefits from the deal. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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ISIL captures 3,000 fleeing NEWS Turkey calls for new round Iraqis: UNHCR of Syria talks in Geneva Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Fri- The UN refugee agency UNHCR says Daesh to make their release a prime ob- day negotiations over the future of Syria should resume ISIL (Daesh) terrorists may have cap- jective in their military operations. and he called for a fourth round of peace talks in Ge- tured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers The US has been deploying additional neva. on Thursday and subsequently executed troops to Iraq in anticipation of the as- Cavusoglu also said in an interview with broad- 12 of them. sault on Mosul. caster TGRT Haber that the surrounding of Aleppo by The report followed a statement on The plan has raised questions, with Syrian government forces threatened a new wave of Thursday from the Iraqi Observatory for some critics citing Washington’s failure to migration. Human rights, which said about 1,900 ci- react when Daesh was overrunning Iraqi (Source: Reuters) vilians had been captured by an estimat- cities one after another. ed 100-120 Daesh militants. The Americans and their allies have The observatory said Daesh was using also been assisting Iraqi Kurds which people as shields against attacks by Iraqi maintain self-rule on some portions of Obama: ISIL still a threat security forces, adding scores of civilians the Arab country. had been executed, and six burnt. Kurdish forces are among the groups despite coalition gains The report said the Takfiri group had primed for a push on Mosul along with captured the internally displaced people the Americans. U.S. President Barack Obama has touted gains in the from villages in Hawijah District in Kirkuk Hezbollah deputy head Sheikh Naim campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Governorate trying to flee to Kirkuk city. Qassem warned this week against the par- Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, but cautioned that the “Reportedly, 12 of the IDPs have been titioning of Iraq and neighboring Syria. group, also known as ISIS, can still direct and inspire killed in captivity,” the UNHCR report said. “On the battlefield and in view of re- damaging attacks. The Iraqi army and allied volunteer gional and international interventions I Speaking after meeting with top aides at the Penta- forces are preparing for a final push to don’t rule out that one of the ideas pro- dislodge Daesh from Mosul - the Takfi- posed is finding a state of partition in gon, Obama said that ISIL will continue to be a threat, ri group’s last major city in Iraq. against the Iraqi minority group. UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednes- those two countries but will it succeed or highlighting the group's ability to motivate so-called "lone The UN has appealed for about $2 On Wednesday, the United Nations day condemned “the heinous crimes that not?” he said in an interview with Reuters. wolf" supporters to launch small-scale attacks that are billion of donations to deal with the af- said thousands of Izadis are being held continue to be committed by ISIL (Daesh) “So far the forces that want the unity harder to detect and prevent. termath of the Mosul assault but has re- captive by Daesh in Syria where many are against the diverse ethnic and religious of Iraq and Syria are able to prevent the ceived nothing so far. used for sexual slavery or forced to fight communities of Iraq.” idea of partition but we should remain The likely capture of thousands of for the Takfiri group. He also expressed deep concern worried about the possibility that some Iraqis came as Izadis marked this week According to the UN, around 3,200 Yazidi “about the safety of the people who countries might push these two countries the second anniversary of what investi- women and girls are being held captive, and remain in ISIL’s captivity,” calling upon or one of them into partition.” gators have termed a genocide by Daesh thousands of men and boys are missing. all those engaged in the fight against (Source: Reuters) China joins Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia forcefully evacuating Tajikistan in security alliance residents near Yemen border

"What ISIL has figured out is that if they can convince a handful of people, or even one person, to carry out an attack on a subway, or at a parade or some other public venue, and kill scores of people as opposed to thousands of people, it still creates the kinds of fear and concern that elevates their profile," Obama said. ISIL has claimed responsibility for a number of recent mass killings, including a lorry attack in the French city of Nice last month that left 84 dead, and the nightclub China is to set up an anti-terrorism alli- istan’s Shaheem for support in fighting Saudi Arabia has launched a forced di war was launched in an attempt to shooting in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49. ance with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Ta- the East Turkestan Islamic Movement evacuation of locals in its Jizan region, restore former president Abd Rabbuh While they may not have been directed by the group, jikistan, as it seeks to boost coordination (ETIM) a group that China says wants to as Yemeni forces advance deeper into Mansour Hadi to power. Yemenis say the attackers were reportedly inspired by ISIL. with neighbors to tackle what it says is a set up a separate state in Xinjiang. the Saudi territory in response to Ri- most of the victims in the Saudi air- Obama said the U.S. must do a better job disrupting growing domestic militant threat. China did not elaborate on the help it got. yadh’s war on their country. strikes are civilians. ISIL networks and intercepting the internet messages that Fang Fenghui, a member of the China has long been concerned that Yemen’s Khabar news agency web- On Thursday, UN Special Envoy powerful Central Military Commission instability in Afghanistan will spill over into site reported the development on to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh said he can get to individuals and inspire them to act. which controls China’s armed forces, violence-prone Xinjiang, home to the Friday with pictures of departing lo- planned to suspend peace talks between "Those networks are more active in Europe than they hosted a meeting with his counterparts Muslim Uighur people, where hundreds cals as well as a video showing Saudi the Houthis and representatives of the are here, but we don't know what we don't know, and so on Wednesday in Urumqi, capital of the of people have died in recent years in un- military personnel arguing with locals Saudi-backed former Yemeni government it's conceivable that there are some networks here that western Xinjiang region, where officials rest Beijing blames on extremists. who resisted the order to leave their after the effort faced new hiccups. could be activated," he said. say they are battling Islamist militants. The United States and the United Na- homes. The talks have been underway in Warning on overreaction The four countries recognized the tions have listed ETIM as a terrorist group, The report said villages and towns Kuwait since April 21, without a major Obama cautioned against overreacting to such attacks serious threat of terrorism and extrem- though some experts have questioned its affected by the order are closest to the breakthrough amid sharp differences and rejected efforts to demonize Muslims as a way to ism to regional stability, the official Xin- cohesiveness and say China’s policies in common border with Yemen. between the two sides. make the U.S. safer, in a criticism of Donald Trump, the hua news agency said, and they agreed Xinjiang have contributed to unrest. The Saudi military has threatened Houthis say any potential peace Republican presidential candidate, who has called for a to set up a “four-country mechanism” China denies that its policies stoke to strip locals of their citizenship and process should, first and foremost, fa- ban on Muslims entering the country. for intelligence sharing and training. tension in Xinjiang or motivate Uighurs invalidate their identification and travel cilitate the formation of a national unity “All parties reaffirmed they will coop- to join IsIL militants, though it acknowl- documents if they refuse to leave. Saudi government and the appointment of a "If we start making bad decisions, indiscriminately kill- erate to respond to these forces, and edges some have gone to Syria and forces have also deployed to residential new consensus president, who would ing civilians for example in some of those areas, institut- safeguard all member countries’ peace Iraq to join the group. areas in the region in anticipation of a oversee transition. ing offensive religious tests on who can enter the country, and stability,” Xinhua said. China is also working with Pakistan major escalation. A UN proposal has called on the those kinds of strategies can end up backfiring," Obama Afghan army chief of general staff, and the United States to broker peace Some activists say the Saudi regime Houthis to withdraw and surrender said. General Qadam Shah Shaheem, Paki- talks to end a Taliban insurgency that has already cut the locals’ access to food their arms. Ansarullah has rejected The U.S. is leading a military coalition conducting air stani army chief General Raheel Sharif, has raged for 15 years in Afghanistan. resources and water reservoirs and limit- the plan as unacceptable, saying it strikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, where the group and the Chief of General Staff of the Ta- That effort never got beyond ex- ed their freedom of movement. falls short of establishing a unity gov- seized broad swathes of territory in 2014. jikistan armed forces, Major General EA ploratory talks and appeared to break Yemen’s army and Houthi Ansarullah ernment in the war-torn country. They Since then, the coalition has conducted daily plane and Cobidrzoda, took part in the talks, the down completely when Taliban leader fighters have been retaliating for Saudi have also accused the UN of having al- drone strikes - more than 14,000 so far - and worked with news agency said. Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a attacks on their country. tered the terms of a draft agreement local forces on the ground to gradually reclaim the seized The meeting comes after China’s de- U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in May. About 10,000 people have been earlier worked out in Kuwait. fense minister this week thanked Afghan- (Source: India Times) killed since March 2015, when the Sau- (Source: Press TV) territory. Yet, despite the massive effort, ISIL still holds Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and the Syrian city of Raqqa. No basis for talks with Turkey after coup: German FM "I am pleased with the progress that we've made on the ground in Iraq and Syria," Obama said, but added: "We're The German foreign minister says Berlin-Ankara ties Christian Kern for a halt in talks with Turkey. far from freeing Mosul and Raqqa." have become so strained after the failed military coup in The German official said Berlin is “trying to end the 'Back from the brink' Turkey that there is virtually “no basis” for negotiations current situation, which is unsatisfactory but also dan- He also criticized Russia for failing "to take the neces- between the two sides. gerous, in which we are only communicating via mega- sary steps" to try to reduce violence in Syria, saying it was Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that the government in Ber- phones, or microphones and cameras.” time for Moscow "to show that it is serious" about bringing lin has serious concerns about mass arrests that have been Analysts say the EU-Turkey standoff could endanger peace. carried out by Ankara after the thwarted coup on July 15. a deal they signed in March on curbing the influx of ref- Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported Syri- “We are talking with each other like emissaries from ugees into Europe. two different planets. There is essentially no basis for un- Steinmeier, however, stressed that Ankara and Berlin an President Bashar al-Assad, offering international cover, derstanding ... no basis for discussions,” the top German would continue to implement the refugee deal, under military aid and carrying out air strikes in opposition-held diplomat said. which Turkey has committed to taking back all the asy- areas. So far, tens of thousands have been sacked, suspend- lum seekers and refugees that used the Aegean Sea to Obama said the U.S. remains prepared to work with ed or detained as part of the government crackdown on downs of newspaper - were carried out under the rule illegally reach Greece. Russia, adding, however, that he was not confident Russia the coup plotters and those linked to Fethullah Gulen, of law.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has threat- or Putin could be trusted. a US-based opposition cleric blamed by Ankara for the He also said the reinstatement of the death penalty in ened to withdraw from the agreement. "The depravity of the Syrian regime has rightly earned coup attempt. Turkey would prevent its entry into the European Union. Last year, over a million refugees entered Europe the condemnation of the world," Obama said. In return, Turkey says Germany has not taken the The EU has harshly criticized Ankara’s post-coup through Turkey and Greece and then made their way "Russia's direct involvement in these actions over the coup attempt seriously. The Ankara government has crackdown as “unacceptable,” urging the Turkish gov- through the Balkans to Germany and other northern last several weeks raises very serious questions about their also been angered by media reports in the European ernment to respect the “rule of law” and “human rights.” member states of the EU. commitment to pulling the situation back from the brink." country suggesting the coup was actually orchestrated The German minister, however, warned that stopping Europe is now concerned that the continent would by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. negotiations with Ankara would eliminate any leverage face another refugee influx after Erdogan warned that Earlier this week, Obama also announced a new front in Steinmeier said, “We must be allowed to ask if mass Europeans have regarding the many thousands of peo- Turkey would allow the refugees to enter Europe if it the war, ordering air strikes against ISIL fighters' positions arrests of tens of thousands of lawyers, judges, journal- ple arrested in Turkey. failed to meet its commitments. in the Libyan city of Sirte. ists, soldiers, closure of broadcast stations and shut- He was reacting to a demand by Austrian Chancellor (Source: Today Zaman) (Source: Al Jazeera) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AAUGUSTUGUST 66,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

SNIPPETS Indigenized platform construction industry Iran’s trade balance with Turkey falls welcomes modern technology: POGC official negative 1 imported,” Golshenas said, “Iran does He underlined that South Pars’ gas not require foreigners’ participation in its ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran’s trade balance production in Iranian year 1390 (2011- platform construction industry.” deskwith Turkey reported negative 2012) stood at 250 million cubic meters ‘Platform 18B to start opera- after Turkey’s export to the country rose by 37 per- per day (mcm/d), while the figure cur- tion before winter’ cent in the first six months of 2016, Tasnim news rently stands at 430 mcm/d and will reach Hassan Boveyri, the operator of South agency reported on Friday. 540 mcm/d following the operation of Pars phases 17 and 18 development pro- According to the report, Iran imported $2.597 the said six new platforms by the yearend. ject, who also addressed the press con- billion worth of goods from Turkey in the men- South Pars’ total output will eventually ference, described that the 2,300-ton tioned period versus the $1.892 billion of 2015. hit 820 mcm/d after having all of its 24 platform 18B, with the capacity of produc- Based on the data released by the Turkish Sta- phases comprising 40 platforms opera- ing 14 mcm/d of gas is the third installed tistical Bureau, the volume of trade between the tional in upcoming years, he said. platform in phases 17 and 18 and will be- two countries fell by 11 percent in the first half of As formerly reported, the gas filed is come operational before winter. 2016 compared to the same time in 2015 and the divided into 24 standard phases, of which “It took about nine million people per amount of Iran’s imports exceeded the exports by phases 1-10, 12, 15 and 16 are fully opera- hour within 18 months to complete 18B’s $398 million. tional. Phases 17 and 18 as well as 19 are construction,” he added. Two countries bilateral trade volume stood at operating at half capacity. Answering a question about the posi- $5.436 billion during January-June 2015 while the Underscoring that it will take about tive impact of the implementation of figure fell to $4.796 billion in the six-month period four to five months for each platform to Iran’s nuclear deal with the six world pow- in 2016. get operational, Alikhani reminded that ers in January on accelerating the pace of installing platforms in South Pars, he “previously, when that we had foreign- (Left to right) Masoud Golshenas, the executive director of mega projects in IDRO; Farrokh ers as our partners in the projects seven elucidated that in Phases 17 and 18 some Alikhani, the deputy managing director in off-shore section of POGC; Hassan Boveyri, the Tehran hosting intl. months were required for having each of the basic equipment including turbines furniture exhibition platform online as of the installation, and operator of South Pars phases 17 and 18 development project and turbo compressors were to be sup- the time duration [under Iranians’ man- the executive director of mega projects in content that platform 18B was successful- plied by European companies such as agement] is decreased to five months the Industrial Development and Renova- ly installed, meeting all safety standards Siemens but the tools could not be re- maximally.” tion Organization of Iran (IDRO) Masoud by Iranian experts in the industry. ceived in the sanction-era. However, as of the first month of the current Iranian ECONOMY TEHRAN – The 25th edition of “The Oil Ministry and POGC have had Golshenas informed the Tehran Times of “ISOICO, the body in charge of the calendar year, Farvardin (March 20-April deskIran’s International Exhibition of rapid and safe expansion of South Pars some undergoing negotiations between platform construction and subsidiary 19, 2016), all the ordered tools have been Home Furniture (HOFEX2016) kicked off in Tehran on gas field, especially exploiting joint fields, IDRO and foreign investment companies company of the Ministry of Industries, imported thanks to the execution of the 3 August, Tasnim reported. on their agenda and they have reached for future cooperation in joint oil and gas Mining, and Trade, took advantage of nuclear accord, he said. According to Tasnim, the opening ceremony was their primary goal so far, while meeting projects in Iran. He, however, refused to the maximum capabilities and potentials The platform 18B of Iran’s South Pars attended by Hossein Esfahbodi, deputy minister of all the necessary HSE standards,” he as- mention any specific name of the foreign of Iranian professionals to construct this gas field was fixed on its jacket in the industry, mining and trade and managing director serted. companies. platform and will do so in other off-shore phase 18 of the giant gas field in the of Iran International Exhibitions Company, and more “Iran’s platform construction industry Golshenas, who was among the speak- platforms which are to be installed in fu- Persian Gulf on Tuesday. The operation than 404 furniture manufacturers exhibiting at this is mature now,” he announced. ers in the press conference, as the repre- ture.” of loading the platform from Bandar- year’s fair. ‘Talks ongoing with foreign in- sentative from the operating company of “Platform 18B was 100-percent de- Abbas yard was conducted by ISOICO The four-day event is running at the Tehran Per- vestors’ Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries signed and constructed domestically al- on June 23. manent International Fairgrounds. On the sidelines of the same event, Complex Company (ISOICO), expressed though some specific equipment were Alongside the Iranian exhibitors, six companies from Turkey and Lebanon are also showcasing their products. Iran adopts oil contract as glut no barrier to boost output Pakistan eyes Iran approved a new oil contract model, taking the OPEC second-largest producer. It was third-largest in July, ac- nation a step closer to welcoming foreign investment in its cording to data compiled by Bloomberg. importing energy energy industry and boosting production even more into Big oil companies, mostly from Europe and includ- from Iran an oversupplied market. ing Italy’s Eni SpA and France’s Total SA have expressed The contract model was approved at a cabinet meet- an interest in developing Iran’s oil and gas fields. Calls to ing Wednesday, according to the official Islamic Republic Eni and Total seeking comment about their interest now ECONOMY TEHRAN – Importing from News Agency. Priority will be given to boosting output weren’t immediately returned. deskIran is the fastest, closest and at jointly owned oil and gas fields, state radio reported, The new contract model was approved in a cabi- most economical way to meet Pakistan's energy citing Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. Iran wants to net session presided by President Hassan Rouhani on requirements, IRNA quoted Pakistan's Water and lure international companies that can make long-term in- Wednesday. The Oil Ministry will review each contract to Power Minister as saying on Thursday. vestments worth billions of dollars and bring technology be signed by potential new investors, including details on According to IRNA, Khawaja Muhammad Asif after sanctions were eased in January. before any investment goes into the ground,” Edward Bell, price, duration and other terms of the project, according made the remarks in a meeting with Mehdi Ho- Iran has been working on the oil contract model for commodities analyst at Emirates NBD in Dubai, said by to state radio. The document still needs to be reviewed by nardoust, Iran’s ambassador in Pakistan. the past two years. The country hopes companies will in- phone. “This isn’t going to be a step change in the way parliament for final endorsement, Iran’s Oil Ministry news The minister noted that his country is seeking vest as much as $50 billion a year. It’s already succeeding markets are going now.” service Shana reported. to take advantage of all possible opportunities for in meeting its pledge to regain market share it lost due to OPEC ranking Investors will want to know exactly what conditions energy imports from Iran, adding “Pakistan at- the sanctions over its nuclear program. Production was Brent crude prices fell 15 percent in July amid a grow- they will face in Iran, such as joint venture regulations and taches great importance to trade relations with 3.55 million barrels a day in July, 27 percent higher for ing recognition the global surplus of crude will take time dispute resolution, Emirates NBD’s Bell said. “Once we get Iran and sees the country as a close friend and a this year and the most since December 2011, according to to clear. Iran seeks to reach an eight-year high for daily the full details on that, we will get a much better sense of good neighbor.” data compiled by Bloomberg. output of 4 million barrels by the end of 2016, with for- how attractive the contracts are.” “Any process is going to take time and a lot of steps eign investment helping it regain the position as OPEC’s (Source: Bloomberg)

German manufacturing data Investors await Moody’s Turkey NEWS point to sluggish economy verdict to move billions in funds

China prepares economic Manufacturing orders in Germany sur- quarter new orders were down 0.5% ver- The fate of billions of dollars in If it cuts, Moody’s will join S&P solutions for G20 prisingly declined on the month in June sus the first three months of the year. investments in Turkish bonds hangs Global Ratings in assigning Turkey on a sharp drop in orders from within the “Today’s figures don't change the in the balance as Moody’s Investors non-investment grade status, ren- Eurozone, data from the country’s econ- general picture of a stagnant German Service prepares to reveal whether dering its bonds ineligible for many China plans to map out a landmark agenda in a bid to omy ministry showed Friday. manufacturing sector,” said Commerz- it’s handing the country a second international investors who are boost the global economy during the upcoming G20 The data point to stagnation in the bank economist Ralph Solveen in a note junk rating on its debt. limited to holding low-risk assets. Summit, which will be hosted for the first time in the coun- country’s key industrial sector and sug- after the release. He said that the num- Moody’s, which put Turkey on re- While JPMorgan Chase & Co. said a try in less than a month. gest only moderate economic growth bers point to downside risks to the indus- view for a downgrade immediately downgrade may drive forced selling The summit will concentrate on solutions that can bring in coming months in Europe’s largest trial-production figures that are due to be after a failed military plot to oust the of as much as $8.7 billion of Turkish an end to the economic problems that have been afflict- economy. released Monday. government last month, currently bonds, even a decision to keep the ing the world since 2008, echoing the meeting’s slogan: Orders fell by 0.4% in adjusted terms “All this suggests that gross domestic ranks the nation’s debt at Baa3, its rating unchanged will not assuage “Toward an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and versus expectations in a Wall Street Jour- product in Germany hardly grew after lowest rung within investment grade. all investors if the outlook remains inclusive world economy”. nal survey of 0.5% growth. Foreign orders the strong beginning of the year,” said Mr. A rating review is scheduled for Fri- negative. During the past few years, the recession has impaired declined by 1.2% while domestic orders Solveen. “Also for the third quarter mod- day and derivatives traders are al- Whatever the outcome, "the mar- the progress of developed economies, deterred the rose by 0.7%. The data showed that or- erate growth is on the horizon, which ready treating it as speculative, with ket is much better off being short growths of emerging economies and impacted global ders from the rest of the Eurozone sharp- however isn't attributable to the Brexit the score implied by credit default Turkey at the moment," said Cristian trade. ly fell by 8.5% on the month, while those vote, but rather to the general weakness swaps at Ba3, three steps into high- Maggio, head of emerging-markets The highly anticipated summit will focus on macro- from non-Eurozone states rose by 3.8%. of the global economy.” yield territory, according to Moody’s research at TD Securities in London. economic, fiscal and financial policies from around the The ministry said that in the second (Source: wall Street Journal) Analytics. (Source: Bloomberg) world. Ruan Zongze, the deputy director of China Institute of International Studies, said he hopes they will make a concerted effort to combat the rise of trade protection- Nissan says Brexit Commerzbank to finish Designers come out ism while highlighting common concerns and mutual as- sistance. deal will determine trader moves from for Apple in patent Before the summit, China convened three meetings be- future UK plant London to Frankfurt by fight with Samsung tween summit coordinators, financial ministers and chiefs investment: BBC year end of central banks to outline structural reforms spearheaded in nine major areas following 48 guiding principles. The chief executive of Japanese carmaker Nis- Germany's Commerzbank is set to complete Apple Inc. deserved the hundreds of mil- China will also try to push forward international eco- san said future investment decisions about Britain's a move of around 80 fixed income and foreign lions of dollars in damages Samsung Electron- nomic governance reform by extending the roles of biggest car plant will depend on the terms of a exchange traders from London to its Frankfurt ics Co. Ltd. paid for infringing patented de- emerging markets in global financial institutions. Brexit deal struck with the European Union on cus- base by year-end, a bank spokesman said on signs of the iPhone, a group of design industry On the G20 platform, China has proposed the idea toms, trade and free movement of goods. Friday. professionals told the U.S. Supreme Court on of building an orderly, fair, just, and inclusive world taxa- Nissan's Sunderland plant in the north of Eng- The move, part of a broader strategic Thursday. tion system. Meanwhile, within China’s endeavor, the G20 land built nearly one in three of Britain's 1.6 million reshuffle announced in early 2015, comes as Setting up a clash with a number of compa- members agree to commit to the expansion of infrastruc- cars last year and has been lauded as one of Eu- Britain's vote to leave the European Union nies that have come out on the side of Sam- ture construction for middle –and-long-term economic rope's most efficient facilities. in June has raised questions about London's sung, more than 100 designers and educators growth. But most of the site's output is exported to Eu- position as a center for global finance. signed on to a new court brief supporting Ap- Bringing new impetus to the world economy, the new rope and Renault-Nissan Alliance Chief Executive "This process is almost complete and ple. industrial revolution and associated digital technologies, Carlos Ghosn told the BBC that Nissan and other expected to be finalized by year-end 2016," They include the industrial design director at joint efforts in protesting trade protectionism and plans companies were waiting to see the outcome of said the spokesman, adding the decision had Parsons School of Design, the design director for the sustainable development are other issues that will Brexit talks before making new investment deci- not been impacted by the Brexit vote in June. for Bentley Motors, and Tony Chambers, the be deliberated. NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF sions. editor-in-chief of Wallpaper magazine. (Source: china.org.cn) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com AAUGUSTUGUST 6,6, 22016016 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

One month backpacking NEWS Do tourists really go to Iran: Top experiences Afghanistan? On our one way ticket to the Far East Once a capital of Iran and known for A Taliban attack on a group of foreign tourists in Afghanistan, we never planned on stopping in Iran, a being one of the most beautiful cities in that left at least six people wounded, is not the first of its kind country we knew little about. However the world, with tree-lined boulevards, his- in the country. we had heard some amazing stories from torical bridges and Islamic architecture, However, while civilian casualties in Afghanistan have backpackers who had visited Iran. there is a famous rhyme in Persian “Is- reached their highest-recorded level, attacks on tourists are So we decided to go for it! And boy fahan nesf-e Jahan”, meaning “Isfahan is rare. are we happy that we did. We spent one half of the world”. The fact Afghanistan attracts tourists at all may come as a month travelling the country, from the Get lost in Abyaneh, the ancient surprise to some, but a num- date palm trees in the south, through the mountain village ber of companies offer tours deserts in the west to the freezing moun- The village is often referred to as the Red to the country where there tains in the north. Village for its red mud brick houses and the were more than 11,000 casu- Iran seems to offer everything a na- surrounding mountain terrain (bearing the alties of violence last year. ture-lover can desire, where you can same color due to iron oxides). The UN World Tourism enjoy four seasons all-year round. Here The village is at least 1500 years old Organization does not re- you’ll find the hottest deserts on earth, originating from the time of the Arab in- ceive statistics from the Af- the world’s largest water cave and the vasion, when many of the Persians fled ghan government on tourist tallest mountains in the Middle-East. Not to the mountains and deserts to escape numbers, so it is difficult to to mention, being repeatedly titled the forced conversion to Islam. track how many visitors are most hospitable nation in the world by Sail into the largest water cave in making it there. experienced travelers, with an unrivaled the world Those figures show a cultural heritage of ancient Persia. Take a 2.4 km boat tour inside Ali-Sadr big drop in the amount of But is it really safe to visit Iran? cave, the largest of its kind. On the walls money spent by tourists in At first our ignorant minds wandered inside you’ll find pictures of animals and the country - from $168m (£128m) in 2012 to $91m in You may not associate Afghanistan about the Islamic State in Iraq and Af- A foreign backpacker in a historical site of Kerman city, southeastern Iran hunting scenes dating back to 12.000 ghani Taliban. How can it possibly be years ago. 2014, the most recent year’s with skiing, but Bamiyan hosts an annual competition safe to travel to Iran, bordered between with various herbs and spices. Kebab Climb the Kalouts of the Shahdad Bargain for a Persian carpet at statistics available. these two unstable countries? But we with saffron rice is a popular dish, but desert the bazaar Muqim Jamshady is chief were wrong! After filtering through media the Fesenjan, a savory stew featuring The so-called Kalouts are a rare for- It can take one person up to 6-12 executive of Kabul-based Afghan Logistics And Tours, which helps propaganda and US embassy warnings, duck, pomegranate and walnut, is a mation of towering sand rocks, scattered months to weave a 1.5 x 1.0 m carpet organise trips and treks for visitors in safe parts of the country. we found heaps of real travel stories, all must try! Sitting on the carpet floor is around in the Shahdad desert. Here you depending on how dense you weave it He told the BBC that up to 300 tourists used their services in mentioning how safe it is to visit Iran. the usual way of dining for most Irani- will also find one of the hottest spots on (knots per square inch). They can cost 2003, but the number had now dropped to about 100 a year. After spending 30 days in the country ans, whether poor or rich. earth, with ground temperatures reach- you up to 5000$, but you can get them The fall in visitors has come as deaths from violence in we can now share our own personal experi- At first we had some difficulties finding ing as high as 70°C during summer. Here for cheaper, with fewer knots made from Afghanistan have increased. ence. We felt safe from day one! Even when a comfortable position, but with every you won’t find any living creatures, except cheap wool instead of silk, colored with Afghan tourists at a lake on the outskirts of Bamiyan wandering the streets after nightfall. meal our muscles and ligaments seemed maybe the toughest bacteria. chemicals instead of organic dyes, but we The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) ad- Iranians have the utmost respect for to get more and more used to the strain. Meet the locals and learn how to couldn’t get our eyes off the irresistible vises against travelling to most parts of Afghanistan, adding travelers and make their efforts in con- Somehow sitting together on a beauti- Tarof and shiny silk carpets woven to perfec- that “there is a high threat from terrorism and specific meth- vincing you that Iran is safe, disproving ful Persian carpet makes the atmosphere Iranians are famous for being one of tion. ods of attack are evolving and increasing in sophistication”. the media rumors. Violent crime rates are more relaxed and less formal than dining the most hospitable nations in the world. Take your time, drink tea with the own- The U.S. State Department goes even further, warning low, even lower than in the U.S. at a dinner table. You won’t have to wait long to test this ers and visit a few different shops. When there is a risk of “kidnapping, hostage taking, military combat That being said, every country has its Go back to ancient Persia and reputation. We hadn’t even landed in you find the right carpet, remember to operations, landmines, banditry, armed rivalry between polit- own set of rules and Iran might have stricter visit Persepolis Iran, but already we were starting to get bargain heavily! ical and tribal groups, militant attacks, direct and indirect fire, rules than most countries, but as a travelers Did you know that Iran is home to invitation to stay for dinner or overnight If you are looking for a country off suicide bombings, and insurgent attacks, including attacks it is your responsibility to respect them. one of the world’s oldest civilizations and from complete strangers. the beaten path, then Iran is the place using vehicle-borne or other improvised explosive devices”. Women must cover their hair by law hosts thirteen UNESCO World Heritage Accept these offers once in a while for you. The tourism is quite underde- Huge areas of Afghanistan are no-go areas for visitors, and dress appropriately. However after a Sites? Persepolis is one of them and one and get to know the unique etiquette of veloped and it’s remarkable to see how said Bilal Sarwary, an Afghan journalist who does his part to few days in Iran this gets into habit and by of the greatest ancient UNESCO sites in Tarof, where denying a cup of tea at least Iranians stay close to their old tradi- promote the ‘Afghanistan You Never See’ on his Facebook respecting their culture you will not face the Middle East. three times before accepting is consid- tions. page, but that is not to say everywhere is inaccessible. any trouble. Built over 2500 years ago, Persepo- ered courteous. Iran is a rewarding place to visit es- “The State Department, the FCO, all advise it is not safe. So now that your safety concerns are lis was the capital of the Persian Empire, Go skiing in Dizin pecially for curious travelers who want It is not Sri Lanka or the Maldives, but it’s not Libya or Syria out of the question, let’s have a closer look back when it reached from Greece to In the Alborz mountain range, north to learn the basis of the country, who its either,” he said. at what the country really has to offer. India. The world empire was thought to of Tehran, you’ll find one of the highest people are and what their culture stands “There are places in Afghanistan that are totally safe for Enjoy Iranian cuisine, sitting on a have inhabited 44% of the world’s popu- ski resorts in the world, Dizin. This resort for – ignoring political propaganda and tourists. If you fly into Kabul, then fly to Bamiyan or Herat, Persian carpet lation during these times (the highest has a good number of pistes to choose news headlines. So hurry up while you that’s the safe way. You won’t find many restaurants in such number of any world empire). Its from and at the top (4000 m) you’ll get can, you never know when the sanc- “What attracts people to Afghanistan is its diverse land- the country, since Iranians prefer to glory came to an end when Alexander a perfect view over Mt. Damavand, Iran’s tions will be lifted off, blowing in a gust of scape - from mountains to deserts to lakes.” cook at home. Most dishes include rice the Great burned and sacked the city 333 tallest mountain. Western influence. (Source: BBC News) and meat (lamb, chicken or fish) mixed BC, leaving Persepolis in ruins ever since. Visit half of the world in Isfahan (Source: hippie-inheels.com) Reasons why you should Thailand’s tourism boom: It’s over travel alone The boom in tourist arrivals to Thailand over the past five est level on record. ed for a record 13.2 per cent of GDP, more than Thailand’s years finally appears to be over. The industry will remain After years of rapid expansion, the growth of Thai- entire agricultural sector. This does not include the second- While it’s wonderful to share a special trip and new experi- one of the country’s best-performing sectors but cannot land’s tourism industry is slowing. In the second quarter ary effects of tourism, which probably push the total contri- ences with friends, a partner, or family, there’s a compelling maintain previous growth rates. of 2016, arrivals increased a relatively modest 8.2 per bution of the sector above 20 per cent of GDP. case for travel alone from time to time. Solo travel can work While Chinese demand for holidays in Thailand will cent year on year (see chart), largely due to a decel- Rising incomes in China have led to a surge in out- for anyone, whether you’re single, in a relationship, extro- continue to rise, it can no longer drive the rate of in- eration in growth of arrivals from China. FT Confidential bound tourism, with an estimated 120m Chinese tourists verted, or introverted, and here are 9 good reasons why you dustry expansion recorded from 2011 to 2015. Growth in Research nevertheless believes the sector is heading into spending $215bn on international travel in 2015, accord- should try it. Chinese tourist arrivals fell to 13.2 per cent in the second a new era of healthy, if slower, growth. ing to the China Tourism Research Institute and World Simple logistics quarter, dragging down overall arrivals growth. The sec- Over the past decade, Thailand has become one of Travel and Tourism Council, respectively. It can be challenging to coordinate a trip and time away tor will become increasingly dependent on rising spend- the world’s top tourist destinations. In 2015, the country Thailand has been a primary beneficiary. Nearly 8m from work with another busy person in your life, and it’s even ing per visitor. ranked sixth globally for tourism receipts and 11th for ar- Chinese tourists visited Thailand in 2015, according to more difficult when you try to make plans with a group. As tourism growth decelerates, the Thai economy rivals. Visitor numbers nearly doubled between 2010 and the Thailand Department of Tourism, a more than sixfold Work on your bucket list risks more severe underperformance. The sector has an 2015, rising from 15.9m to 29.9m, and annual receipts increase over the 1.1m recorded in 2010. China account- Is there something you’ve been dying to try that no one is outsized influence on the economy, directly contributing now exceed Bt1.4tn ($40.5bn). ed for 29.5 per cent of foreign arrivals last year. willing to try with you? Maybe you’d like to go skydiving over 13.2 per cent of GDP growth in the first quarter, the high- In the first quarter of the year, tourism revenue account- (Source: Financial Times) the Grand Canyon, see ancient Mayan ruins, or simply eat real Maine lobster. PICTURE OF THE DAY Tehran Times /Fatemeh Abedi You’re great company If you rarely spend significant time alone, you may be sur- Adventures in New prised at how enjoyable it can be. When was the last time Guinea: Get you truly listened to only your thoughts and entertained only your dreams? Depending on the destination, a solo trip can yourself out be a powerful, introspective, life-changing experience. Meet new people of the place! If you’re a born extrovert, traveling alone can be a won- derful way to meet locals and make new friends. Often, “I began to look forward to Papua people who are alone appear more approachable to oth- New Guinea; it was one of the most ers. Before you know it, you could be chatting with some unfamiliar and daunting places I interesting folks at a sidewalk cafe or even joining a group could think of choosing for a journey. of like-minded people for yoga on the beach. The key is to In particular, it had a vast, uninhabit- keep an open mind while keeping safety in mind, especially ed jungle that would be so indifferent in a foreign land. to my presence that it could consume Do everything you want and nothing you don’t want me without a trace. I would go way Have you ever been hesitant to do that half-day at the spa into that jungle and get myself out you were longing for because you felt bad leaving your travel again. It would be hard. It would be partner with nothing to do? When you travel alone, you are the ultimate test. I knew that Papua not obliged to entertain anyone but yourself. If you want to New Guinea had a reputation for be- “waste” the day sitting at an outdoor bar drinking mojitos ing especially dangerous, was over- instead of sightseeing, you won’t have to answer to anyone. run with gangs of hoodlums and ter- It’s empowering rorized by violence. So here again If traveling makes you a better, smarter person, then was the challenge: Get yourself out of traveling alone makes you super-better and super-smarter. the place. I would have to toughen up For any of you who may feel uncomfortable even sitting like never before. No fear. I would be alone at a diner to have breakfast, taking a trip by yourself forced to have confidence in myself, might seem daunting. and to trust in my capabilities. I would Great service need to become someone new, alto- For some reason, service at hotels and restaurants seems gether, an entirely different kind of better when you’re traveling single. People tend to admire person. A fighter.”* those who travel solo, and it’s possible that when you make Two Iranian nomad women, belonging to Shahsavan tribe, are baking bread. They live nine months of the year in Pars Abad, * “Four Corners: A Journey into the it known, you could be in for a sweet room upgrade or a Ardebil Province, and move to Sabalan heights in summer. Heart of Papua New Guinea” by Kira cocktail “on the house”. Salak (Source: Life Hacks) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 6, 2016 http://www.tehrantimes.com Did Paul Ryan just predict that Clinton will win in a landslide? House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) take their majorities in the House and struggling congressional candidates to For Dole, the implication that even Ryan used the words “blank check” sent an urgent fundraising appeal Senate with him, and that they are get- begin making the argument: “Let’s not his own party had given up on him at least three times Thursday, as Trump Thursday evening that warned: “If we ting ready to desert him. give Clinton a blank check.” was a devastating blow. sat below Clinton in the polls and con- fail to protect our majority in Congress, It goes back 20 years, to an infa- In late October of that year, the Top strategists tinued to deal with the aftermath of we could be handing President Hillary mous chapter in internecine Repub- National Republican Congressional One of Dole’s top strategists that year controversies of his own making. Clinton a blank check.” lican politics. In the weeks before the Committee spent $4 million on televi- was Paul Manafort, who is now Trump’s This week, Trump refused to en- Whether or not it was intentional, 1996 presidential election, as it be- sion ads in 50 congressional districts campaign chairman. Dole’s personal as- dorse Ryan in the Wisconsin Repub- the phrase “blank check” has a politi- came clearer and clearer that GOP where races were close. The final shot sistant was Michael Glassner, who has lican primary and praised Ryan’s un- cal echo — one that suggests a deep nominee Bob Dole would not defeat was of a blank check hovering over the worked for Trump’s campaign for more derdog opponent, Paul Nehlen. It was fear by congressional Republicans that incumbent president Bill Clinton, Re- Capitol dome. It was signed: “American than a year. A number of other Dole a snub that angered many Republican a sinking presidential candidate could publican operatives began urging their taxpayer.” staffers now work for Trump. White House Speaker Paul D. Ryan leaders. 9

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The war candidates COMMENT Taking the fight to By Paul R. Pillar they lead to policies that only make the sources of dissatisfaction even worse. ISIL in Africa This happens all the time on domestic policy, with unhappy voters dissatisfied Last week, American drones and manned aircraft hit ISIL tar- with stagnant wages and a sluggish gets in Libya. It was the first time since the Nato-led inter- economy voting for legislators who op- vention that toppled former president Muammar Qaddafi in pose the very sort of demand-stimulat- 2011 that United States warplanes carried out strikes in the common observation about ing measures that would be needed to country. And it could not have come at a better time in the A the role of foreign policy in the energize the economy. We should not global fight against ISIL, as the group has suffered various current presidential race is that be surprised when something similar setbacks in their strongholds. Donald Trump's candidacy is profiting happens on foreign policy. Campaigns While the militants have ramped up attacks in Europe from a lack of appetite among much waged in terms of slogans and slurs on civilian targets, they are of the electorate for continued heavy rather than in terms of strategy and spe- under pressure in Iraq and and costly U.S. involvement in over- cifics only encourage such non-thinking Syria. The city of Fallujah has seas conflict. With Trump having made responses by the electorate. been wrestled from ISIL’s grip some remarks that sound critical of that With Donald Trump, and with the po- by Iraqi security forces as involvement, support for Trump gets in- the election, Roosevelt asked Congress postures and the later decisions about litical habits that engendered his gaining part of a larger bid to retake terpreted as a rejection of establishment to declare war on Japan. Roosevelt had going to war. One is that stuff happens. the Republican nomination, these rea- Mosul, the country’s second thinking on foreign involvement and of not been especially regarded as a peace Some stuff (unrestricted German sub- sons for discrepancy between campaign Hillary Clinton's hawkishness (insofar as candidate, but it is worth noting that marine warfare; a Japanese attack on hopes and in-office performance are largest city. There is more foreign policy rather than domestic is- Republican nominee Wendell Willkie Pearl Harbor) can reasonably call for an present in abundance. Trump illustrates work to be done in weeding sues might be shaping any voters' sen- criticized Roosevelt for not adequately armed response. Other stuff (9/11) might splendidly the clinical definition of the out collaborators but the di- timents). Some intelligent proponents of preparing the country for war and had be used in a more contrived way to build personality disorder known as narcis- rection of travel is clear. On a more restrained U.S. foreign policy see been more strongly in favor of support- public support for an unrelated agenda. sism. The most persuasive future expla- the back foot, ISIL is redou- hopeful signs in Trump's comments; Ivan ing Britain in the European war that was Presidential neuroses and responses nations of the foreign policies of a Trump bling efforts to increase its Eland does, for example, and just wishes already under way than were other GOP based on gut feelings and emotions can presidency, including decisions on war presence in Libya. that Trump would “fill in some of the de- presidential hopefuls such as Robert Taft have a larger impact on presidential pol- and peace, probably would be based Senior Pentagon officials tails on his strategic vision for a proper and Thomas Dewey. icies than anything involving statements in large part on presidential neuroses. have confirmed that the American role in the world.” A central theme of the 1964 presiden- made during a campaign. Much of Wil- Hillary Clinton's speechwriters have a United States has been planning action in Libya for some There is no denying that Hillary Clin- tial campaign was that Barry Goldwater son's policies, concerning his handling valid point when noting, in their candi- time in consultation with their French counterparts. Washing- ton epitomizes whatever can be de- was the warmonger in the race. The Lyn- of the peace at least as much as taking date's convention acceptance speech, ton is looking to expand the model it has employed in Iraq scribed as establishment thinking on for- don Johnson campaign's effective use the country to war, can be explained in that giving “a man you can bait with a and Syria, where U.S. planes provide air support for allied eign policy. There also is no denying her of tactics that scared people about the terms of Wilson's neuroses. And George tweet” the powers of the presidency has groups fighting ISIL on the ground. hawkishness, including when comparing prospect of Goldwater's finger on the W. Bush's need to match or exceed the grim implications for the conduct of for- Since the fall of Qaddafi, Libya has been a broken state at her to the incumbent president. Those nuclear trigger helped to produce John- impact in foreign affairs of his father, eign and security policy. war with itself and various rebel groups. American air strikes hoping for more restraint in U.S. foreign son's landslide victory. Less than a year who had presided over a successful end Self-contradictory pronounce- run the risk of emboldening groups that might end up prov- policy have reason to be concerned after the election, Johnson began the to the Cold War, is not just pop psychol- ments ing harmful to the long-term security of Libya and the region. about that and to look for hopeful signs escalation in Vietnam that would lead ogy. The nonspecific, ever-changing, and That being said, the war on ISIL is a multi-faceted endeavor. elsewhere. But to look to Trump in this to 58,000 American deaths. In the 2000 Other reasons have to do with how often self-contradictory pronounce- The militants are trying to establish a large base of operation way is a set-up for unpleasant surprises. election, George W. Bush disavowed most of the electorate responds, often ments by Trump give little basis for a in the country, which could be the starting point for new at- Consider some modern history that large nation-building exercises and gave primitively and from the gut, to what voter to reason out what a President tacks on European targets. is relevant to how the pronouncements no hint of any inclination that he would the public thinks a candidate represents, Trump's foreign and security policies As Turkey, a key Nato ally and critical member of the U.S.- and postures of American presidential take the United States into another war. rather than taking a more carefully rea- would be even if the voter wanted to led coalition against ISIL, continues to rout out suspected candidates do or do not relate to their A couple of years later he launched the soned approach toward what policies apply such a careful process to his or her coup plotters inside its military, it is critical for the U.S. to send policies on war and peace once in office. first major U.S. offensive war in over a a particular candidate is most likely to decision and tried hard to apply such a a strong message to ISIL’s leadership that the fight continues. A winning campaign slogan of Wood- century. follow when in office. Votes cast as an process. To speak of “Donald Trump” and Barack Obama has tried to avoid renewed military conflict row Wilson in 1916 was “he kept us out Several reasons account for the glar- expression of dissatisfaction with the “strategic vision” in the same sentence in Libya since 2011 but the reality is that America can’t turn its of war.” Five months later Wilson asked ing discrepancies between the campaign status quo are counterproductive when is oxymoronic. Even when Trump has back on this important front in the larger war. The air strikes Congress to declare war on Germany. stuck to a teleprompter and a script in must continue against the militants but now it is time for the In the 1940 election campaign Franklin Trump illustrates splendidly the clinical talking about foreign policy, the product U.S. and its allies to draft a realistic plan for Libya’s future. The Roosevelt promised that he would “not definition of the personality disorder known has been a largely vision-free string of rebuilding of the country is critical for the safety of the region send American boys into any foreign as narcissism. slogans. and the world. wars.” Thirteen months after winning 9 (Source: The National) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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NEWS IN BRIEF China's bonkers elevated bus is Good attitudes about aging help seniors handle stress real and already on the road New research from North Carolina State University finds that having a positive attitude about aging makes older adults more An elevated bus that straddles roads, car- in May 2016. Back then, engineers unveiled resilient when faced with stressful situations. rying passengers over the traffic below, has a toy-sized model of the TEB while promis- “There has been a lot of research on how older adults re- been tested for the first time in China. ing that full-sized tests would take place in spond to stress, but the findings have been mixed: some studies The Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) is pow- the second half of 2016. have found that older adults ered by electricity and can carry passen- While they certainly got a move on are less resilient than younger gers above two lanes of traffic while cars when it came to getting the bus on – or adults at responding to stress; drive underneath it. above – the road, tests still have a long way some have found that they’re The 22 meter long, 7.8 meter wide and to go before the TEB is put to real use. The more resilient; and some have 4.8 meter high bus trundled along a 300 me- bus didn't navigate any corners on its in- found no difference,” says Jen- ter stretch of road in the city of Qinhuang- augural test run or deal with any tricky bits nifer Bellingtier, a Ph.D. student dao, Hebei Province, at an excruciatingly of road infrastructure such as crossroads, at NC State and lead author of slow speed for its inaugural test run, but the bridges or traffic lights. a paper describing the work. finished version should hit speeds of 40 mph. Passengers will board the sixteen-wheeled “We wanted to see whether The spacious interior of each bus looks bus via elevated platforms on the roadside, attitudes toward aging could more like a luxury airport departure lounge although commuters in a hurry are still better account for this disparity in re- than a public bus and can squeeze in 300 off taking the subway as no high-speed tests search findings. passengers at full capacity. of the bus have taken place yet. In other words, are older Original designs for the TEB showed "Its construction can be finished in one adults with positive attitudes multiple carriages linked together to carry year," said Bai Chiming, the engineer in about aging more resilient up to 1,200 passengers. charge of the TEB project when the bus was than older adults with negative attitudes?” Full-sized tests The spacious interior of each bus looks more like a unveiled in May. Chinese newspaper The For the study, researchers had 43 adults between the ages Designs for the TEB have come on a luxury airport departure lounge than a public bus People's Daily estimates the buses could be of 60 and 96 fill out a daily questionnaire for eight consecu- long way since they debuted at the 19th in use by the end of this year. tive days. At the beginning of the study, participants were asked China Beijing International High-Tech Expo and can squeeze in 300 passengers at full capacity. (Source: wired.co.uk) about their attitudes toward aging. For example, participants were asked if they felt they were as useful now as they had been when they were younger, and whether they were as happy as when they were younger. Brain’s ‘thirst circuit’ tells you when to drink and when to quit The daily questionnaire asked participants about any stress Scientists discovered specialized brain cells in mice that can mice stopped drinking in a bit. Scientists said that this ac- they’d experienced that day, as well as the extent to which they “predict” why people like to drink something while eating tivity indicated that SFO is linked to sensors in the mouth experienced negative emotions, such as fear, irritability or distress. and why cold water is more preferable when thirsty. and throat that detect food and water consumption. They The researchers also accounted for the personality of study par- Thirst is the brain’s way of sending signals alerting the called this the “thirst circuit.” ticipants. Were they optimistic and upbeat about everything, or are body that there is a disruption in the composition of the Researchers then genetically modified the mice's there benefits tied specifically to an individual’s attitudes about aging? blood stream. When one is thirsty, it usually means that brain cells so the researchers could shut down or re- (Source: Sonoran News) the blood volume has dipped or the blood has become start SFO activity. They deprived the mice of water too concentrated. But the thirst neurons in the brain’s overnight and shut down SFO activity. The next day, subfornical organ (SFO) do not send out signals to alert despite not having had water, which would result in the person to stop drinking because thirst is satiated changes in blood composition, the mice didn’t drink. Insomnia? Oversleeping? soon, much before it can bring changes to the blood When the researchers restarted SFO activity, the mice Both may increase your stream’s composition. drank plenty of water. “You drink a glass of water and you instantly feel like Lead author of the study Christopher Zimmerman said, risk of stroke your thirst is quenched, but it actually takes tens of minutes “Almost everyone has had the experience of exercising or for that water to reach your blood,” senior author of the The dominant model doing some sort of activity and becoming really thirsty, and There is growing evidence that sleep disorders like insomnia and study Zachary Knight from the University of California, San The dominant model that thirst is a response to chang- almost viscerally feeling better after drinking a cold glass of sleep apnea are related to stroke risk and recovery from stroke, Francisco, reportedly said, “You eat something salty and es in the blood didn't explain that.” water. But why does cold water seem to quench your thirst according to a recent literature review. you instantly beginning to feel thirsty even though that The researchers found that in mice, the SFO activity shut so much more rapidly?” Based on the review, the authors recommend that people food is just in your mouth. down soon after the mice began to drink and hence, the (Source: International Business Times) who have had a stroke or a mini-stroke, called a transient is- chemic attack, be screened for sleep disorders. "Although sleep disorders are common after a stroke, very Acupuncture may slow pre-dementia New "flexible" quantum computer can few stroke patients are tested for them," said study author Dirk M. Hermann, MD, of University Hospital Essen in Essen, Germany. memory loss: study be reprogrammed with lasers The "results of our review show that should change, as people with sleep disorders may be more likely to have another stroke or Acupuncture may benefit people who The future of the quantum computer other negative outcomes than people without sleep problems, such have memory loss, but don't yet have is already bright, but this new variation as having to go to a nursing home after leaving the hospital." dementia, suggests a review by Chinese on the ultra-powerful new tech can do The researchers also recommend that sleep apnea be treat- researchers of five earlier studies. what none other can: It can be repro- ed with a continuous positive airway pressure machine (CPAP), Nothing has yet been proven to halt grammed on the fly to crunch new al- based on evidence that shows that its use can improve out- the progression to dementia in those who gorithms. comes after stroke. are destined to progress. But, acupunc- While computer scientists world- For the literature review, the researchers examined dozens ture used alone or along with another wide have already built dozens of of studies that looked at the link between sleep disturbances treatment, such as the medication ni- small, simple quantum computers- and stroke. They then combined the data of multiple studies in modipine, might help retain some mem- machines that use the mind-bending a meta-analysis.Sleep disorders generally fall into two catego- ory function, the researchers said. physics of atoms to solve complex ries: sleep breathing problems and sleep-wake disorders. Sleep But several doctors not involved with math in simple steps-they've been al- breathing problems like sleep apnea disrupt breathing while the review said it was too soon to say that The fifth trial lasted for three months. most entirely "rigid" devices. Quantum theory‚ the physics that rules asleep. Sleep-wake disorders like insomnia and restless leg syn- acupuncture might be effective against The combined data from all five trials Basically single-use computers that the tiny world of atoms and particles‚ drome affect the amount of time spent asleep. dementia. showed that those receiving acupuncture can't be reprogrammed to do new tells us that there are certain circum- The review found evidence linking sleep breathing problems with For the study, Min Deng and Xu-Feng did better than those on nimodipine alone. things after they've been built. But a stances under which a piece of matter stroke risk and recovery. Sleep-wake disorders may increase stroke Wang, from Wuhan University in China, The acupuncture patients scored bet- team of scientists led by Shantanu Deb- can be two things at the same time. risk and harm recovery, although there is less evidence to prove so. reviewed five previously published studies ter on two tests of memory and dementia: nath at the University of Maryland has You can have an atom that's spinning (Source: EurekAlert) done in 2012 and 2013. the mini-mental state exam (a 30-point just built a "flexible" quantum computer, in two opposite directions at once. Or a The trials included nearly 600 people questionnaire that measures mental im- as detailed in a paper published today light-bulb that shining and not shining with mild cognitive impairment, a type pairment), and picture recognition. in the journal Nature. Make no mistake, at the same time. If this sounds like a Startup to launch the first of memory loss that's considered pre- In addition, the combination of acu- it's a hell of a feat. total farce, you're sufficiently appreciat- dementia. About 5 percent to 10 percent puncture and nimodipine improved To understand why Debnath's new, ing quantum theory. private moon mission of people with mild cognitive impairment scores on the mini-mental state exam flexible quantum computer is so cool, it Physicist Niels Bohr once said, develop dementia each year, the study compared with nimodipine alone, the re- helps to understand how exactly quan- "Those who are not shocked when they A small company with big aspirations to explore the moon said authors noted. searchers found. tum computers work. first come across quantum theory can- Type of impairment on Wednesday that it had received government permission to Three trials reported side effects, which Modern computers not possibly have understood it." send a robotic probe on the first privately-backed lunar journey. The researchers concentrated on peo- for acupuncture included fainting during When you dive down into the cir- A quantum computer basically lev- Mountain View, California-based startup Moon Express said ple who had a specific form of mild cog- treatment and slow bleeding at the needle cuits, all modern computers basically erages that weird dual state of matter- it consulted with the Federal Aviation Administration, the White nitive impairment called amnestic. People sites. Side effects reported for nimodipine function the same way. Simply put, called superposition-so that its bits of House, the State Department, NASA and other federal agencies with this type of impairment are even included nausea, constipation and mild they shuffle data around using a few information aren't just 1s and 0s, but to get the “green light” for its more likely to develop dementia, the re- headache, according to the report. simple rules. All that data is made up can also be a combo of both. This is proposed launch next year. view authors said. Dr. Remy Coeytaux is an associate pro- of bits-single fragments of informa- called a quantum bit, or a qubit. Us- The “Moon Express 2017 The studies compared the benefit of fessor in community and family medicine tion with one of two binary states. In ing qubits could theoretically allow mission approval is a landmark acupuncture alone versus nimodipine. Or, and an acupuncture researcher at Duke your computer, these bits represent computers to crunch insanely difficult decision by the U.S. govern- looked at the two treatments together University in Durham, N.C. He was one either 1s or 0s. Like a light-bulb that's computational problems in single steps ment and a pathfinder for pri- compared to nimodipine alone. of the experts reluctant to embrace the either on or off. by drastically increasing the amount of vate sector commercial missions Patients received treatment three to five review's findings. Quantum computers take advan- data that can be moved at once. beyond the Earth’s orbit,” CEO times a week for eight weeks in four trials. (Source: U.S. News & World News) tage of something fantastically strange. (Source: Popular Mechanics) and co-founder Bob Richards said in a statement. “We are now free to set sail as explorers to earth’s eighth continent, the 'Striking' results from early Zika vaccine trial Moon, seeking new knowledge The race to develop a safe and effective vaccine against travel advisory was given for southern Florida after more antibodies to latch onto live virus particles and destroy and resources to expand the the Zika virus got one step closer Thursday, when a team than a dozen people were diagnosed with Zika after being them. This kind of vaccine is much safer than ones that Earth’s economic sphere for the of researchers reported positive results in the latest round bitten by "homegrown" mosquitoes. depend on live virus particles to foster immunity. benefit of all humanity.” of testing in monkeys. Zika virus is most dangerous to pregnant women, be- The researchers gave 16 monkeys an initial dose of ZPIV The company’s MX-1E lunar lander is an initial test to further Three experimental vaccines being developed by re- cause it can cause severe birth defects in babies if they are and then a booster four weeks later. Then the monkeys the company’s ultimate goal of exploring the surface of the searchers at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital and the Walter infected in the womb. were exposed to active forms of the virus. In tests after- moon to look for valuable materials such as platinum group Reed Army Institute of Research had already shown prom- Traditional vaccine wards, the monkeys showed antibodies against Zika and metals and rare earth elements, then processing the materi- ise in mice — but monkeys are a much better model of Right now, just one of those three vaccines will be pro- no detectable virus in their blood or urine, meaning that als and returning them to the Earth. Moon Express will rely on how the medicines will work in humans. gressing to clinical trials. That vaccine — dubbed ZPIV for the protection from the vaccine was complete. Monkeys another space startup, Rocket Lab, to launch the probe.The All three of the vaccines were found to be safe and purified inactivated Zika virus — uses a more traditional that got a sham vaccine developed no antibodies. company is aiming to win the Lunar X Prize for the commercial protected the monkeys against infection with the virus, ac- vaccine approach and depends on dead virus particles. The results were "striking," said study coauthor Dr. Dan mission to the moon. To win the Google prize, a group must cording to the report published in Science. To develop the vaccine, researchers kill the virus with Barouch, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. send a probe to the moon, where it must travel at least 500 The urgency for a vaccine to protect against Zika infec- chemicals, leaving behind harmless proteins that the body The "findings substantially increase our optimism for the po- meters and transmit high-definition video back to the Earth. tion has intensified as the virus spreads rapidly across Latin can learn to recognize as foreign invaders. Using those tential for the development of a Zika vaccine for humans." First prize is $20 million. (Source: Fortune) America and the Caribbean. This week an unprecedented proteins as targets, the immune system can then produce (Source: nbcnews.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international AUGUST 6, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 9

U.S. President Obama ridiculed Donald that Democrat Hillary Clinton wins in No- Trump’s recent suggestion that the elec- vember. tion system could be rigged, called on Obama: Trump’s warning on Obama did say, however, that should the candidate to act like a president since Trump beat Clinton, he would fulfill his JUMP he’s soon to be briefed on confidential duty to help the incoming president de- information and implied that he didn’t elections is ‘ridiculous’ spite his criticisms of the billionaire’s fit- Did Paul Ryan just predict believe the billionaire businessman could ness for the Oval Office. that Clinton will win in a be trusted with America’s nuclear codes. “If somebody wins the election and “Just listen to what Mr. Trump has to they are president, then my responsibility landslide? say and make your own judgment with is to peacefully transfer power to that in- respect to how confident you feel about dividual. And do everything I can to help 6 “I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our his ability to manage things like our nu- them succeed,” he said. country,” Trump said in an interview with The Washington clear triad,” he said in response to a ques- But, he said, “We’re going to go by Post on Tuesday. “We need very strong leadership. We need tion from CNN’s Barbara Starr. “This is se- the law which is that -- tradition and very, very strong leadership. And I’m just not quite there yet. rious business.” the law -- that if someone is the Re- I’m not quite there yet.” Unserious, he suggested, was Trump’s publican nominee for president, they Trump’s campaign and Ryan’s office have yet to respond to warning that November’s election could need to get security briefings so if they requests for comment. Katie Martin, a spokeswoman for the be rigged against him: He mocked the were to win, they are not starting from National Republican Congressional Committee, said the his- assertion as “ridiculous.” scratch in terms of being prepared for torical comparison is unfair. “There is no news here, nothing “Of course the election won’t be this office.” to read into, no secret message about the upcoming elec- rigged. What does that mean?” Obama According to legal experts, howev- tions,” Martin said in an email. The “possibility of giving Hillary said, struggling to disguise his contempt. heard of anyone complaining that they Obama speaks out er, there is no law requiring security Clinton a Congress led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi would be an “If Mr. Trump is suggesting that there is had been cheated before the score had It was the latest in a string of recent briefings of presidential candidates, unmitigated disaster for the American people — as it was 8 a conspiracy theory that is propagated been tallied. presidential rebukes to the GOP nom- just a decades-long practice of doing years ago with President Obama.” across the country, including in places “My suggestion would be, you know, inee. Obama hit out at Trump just two so. In the 1996 election, Republicans lost nine seats but man- like Texas where typically it is not Demo- go out there and try to win the elec- days after branding him unfit to be com- “They have been told: These are clas- aged to hold the House, the first time they had done so in crats who are in charge of voting booths, tion.” mander in chief from the podium in the sified briefings. If they want to be pres- consecutive elections in more than 60 years. This year, Re- that’s ridiculous. That doesn’t make any “If Mr. Trump is up 10 or 15 points on White House’s East Room. His interven- ident, they have got to start acting like publicans have a bigger cushion — their strongest House sense.” Election Day and he ends up losing, then, tion underscored the unusually prom- (a) president. That means being able to majority since 1930. Obama, in his last planned public you know, maybe he can raise some inent role the current occupant of the receive these briefings and not spreading Standard-bearer appearance before his annual vacation questions,” Obama said. “That doesn’t Oval Office is playing in the election to them around,” he said. However, they also have a standard-bearer who is far in Martha’s Vineyard, said he had never seem to be the case at the moment.” decide his successor as he tries to ensure (Source: CNN) more toxic. In 1996, Dole was viewed positively by most vot- ers, even as he lost. Trump, on the other hand, has the most unfavorable ratings of any candidate ever to lead a major South Africa’s ANC faces worst election losses since apartheid party ticket since the advent of polling. Ryan’s first use of the term “blank check” came during an South Africa’s ANC (African National Congress) was on politics as South Africa shifts from what has effective- The ANC has lost its grip on the major cities where mil- interview with WTAQ radio in Green Bay, Wis., where Trump will track for its worst electoral performance since the end of ly been a one-party system in the period immediately lions of black people are now looking beyond its liberation hold a rally Friday night. Host Jerry Bader pressed Ryan on his apartheid on Friday as voters vented anger about high post-apartheid. struggle credentials and focusing on weak growth pros- support for Trump, despite the nominee’s ongoing controversial unemployment and corruption in municipal elections This shift reshapes the political landscape in South Afri- pects for an economy teetering on the edge of a recession. utterances. Ryan said he would remain behind Trump while con- that herald a sea change in politics and society. ca ahead of the 2019 national election, and may also em- Voters, facing a lack of jobs and poor basic services, tinuing to speak out when he disagrees with him. The African National Congress has ruled virtually bolden Zuma’s rivals within the ANC to challenge him. have been incensed by a string of corruption scandals When asked whether there would ever be a point at which unopposed since it ended white-minority rule in 1994 The DA has retained control of Cape Town, which it that have engulfed Zuma. he would abandon Trump, Ryan said of his endorsement: with Nelson Mandela at its helm, but has lost support - has held since 2006. “In many respects the elections were exactly about “None of these things are ever blank checks.” particularly in cities - among voters who feel their lives The ANC chief whip, Jackson Mthembu, said the national issues, national policy failures and poor national It was the standout line of the interview and appeared in have not improved and accuse President Jacob Zuma of losses across the country were “a worrying trend” for leadership as much as they were about local issues and numerous headlines. Hours later, the words popped up twice mismanaging the economy. the ruling party and would prompt soul-searching. “We local problems,” said Gary van Staden, political analyst in Ryan’s fundraising appeal that was sent to email addresses The ANC was still leading in the overall count in the need to have a serious introspection, and that is what with NKC African Economics. collected during Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s failed presi- nationwide municipal vote, with 95 percent of ballots we will do.” The radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) dential campaign. The email reads: “96 days — that’s all the counted. But it lost to the main opposition Democratic The election also represents a political renaissance party, which is led by Julius Malema, Zuma’s one-time time we have left before Americans head to the polls on Elec- Alliance (DA) in the municipality of Nelson Mandela Bay, for the DA, which last year elected its first black leader, protege, is participating in only its second election and tion Day, and much more is at stake than the presidency. If we which includes the city of Port Elizabeth, and was trailing Mmusi Maimane, as part of its efforts to shake off its was running a distant third in the votes counted. fail to protect our majority in Congress, we could be handing in Tshwane, home to the capital Pretoria. image as a party that mainly serves white interests. It has, however, won some support from voters President Hillary Clinton a blank check.” Since the end of apartheid, the ANC had enjoyed an “In the region named after Nelson Mandela, who frustrated about inequality in a country where black Clinton in the White House and Nancy Pelosi as the House iron electoral grip on these areas, as well as on the eco- promoted reconciliation, I think it is fitting that we have people make up about 80 percent of the 54 million speaker “would truly be devastating for our great nation,” the nomic hub of Johannesburg - where it held just a narrow to cooperate with other political parties,” said Athol Trol- population, yet most of the economy in terms of own- email continues, and it urges donations of $25 to $100. lead on Friday. lip, the DA’s mayoral candidate in the bay area. ership of land and companies remains in the hands of The email is signed “Speaker Paul Ryan” and includes this Now, no party looks likely to win a majority in these Final results are due on Saturday. white people, who account for about 8 percent of the Source: Reuters) P.S.: “We cannot afford to give Hillary Clinton a blank check if three urban centers, ushering in a new era of coalition Zuma scandals population. ( she’s elected president. We need a strong, conservative ma- jority in Congress as our last line of defense.” (Source: The Washington Post) Moscow fair to display Russian The war candidates versions of Persian books 7 The sources of—not to put too fine a point on it—the dumb way a substantial portion of the electorate is 1 “Neither Friendship nor Hatred Will be For- “Bustan” and “Gulistan”, and Rumi’s “Masna- currently approaching issues of war and peace and what this gotten” and some of Shojaei’s other books, including vi-ye Manavi”. implies regarding how they should cast their votes go well be- “Democracy or Demo Crazy” and “In the Twinkling of an The books have been translated by a group of Rus- yond Donald Trump. Max Boot speaks directly and bluntly to Eye”, have also been rendered into several languages. sian scholars of the Persian language collaborating with this subject in an op-ed in which he discusses how the Repub- The collection also consists of works from Sadra and the Russian Foundation for Islamic Studies in lican Party has become the “stupid party” in fact and not just as Persian classical literature, including Sadi’s Moscow. A poster for the 29th Moscow International Book Fair an act to appeal to the poorly educated whom Donald Trump has said he loves. Boot correctly observes, “Trump is as much a symptom as a cause of the party’s anti-intellectual drift.” How to kick-start Iran-U.S. regional cooperation Boot is one of those neoconservatives who has been tear- ing his hair out over Trump’s rise because of the hints Trump 1 In the six months since the im- sees the implementation of the sanctions Speaker Ali Larijani recently declared clear sanctions in order to scare away has dropped that he might actually favor some restraint in plementation of the nuclear deal, Iran has regime, “continues its business at times that the time has come for Iran to international banks and companies from foreign policy and because his nomination marks at least accrued important benefits. These gains with even more zeal and sends unsolic- “counteract” the actions of Congress. doing business with Iran, thereby mini- a partial loss of the lock that neocons have had in recent include the doubling of its petroleum ex- ited warnings to business partners.” He In this vein, he called for the Atomic mizing the incentives Iran has to comply years on Republican Party foreign policy. Obviously Boot be- ports, attraction of nearly $3.5 billion in cited an example of a recent request to a Energy Organization of Iran to make with the deal. lieves that making the anti-intellectual party more intellectual foreign investment, access to as much as Latin American bank to transfer $25 mil- the preparations necessary to return The solution is to not fall for this psy- would mean hewing to the intellectual line of, to quote from $30 billion of its frozen assets, reconnec- lion for Iran to buy soybeans. The bank the country’s nuclear capabilities back chological ploy. International banks and his piece, “conservative think tanks like the American Enter- tion to the SWIFT network and establish- responded, “We must inform you that to their state prior to the nuclear deal. companies should rest assured that nu- prise Institute and the Heritage Foundation and publications ment of banking relations with more than our bank does not enter into any deal The reality is that the JCPOA was clear-related sanctions on Iran are gone like The Wall Street Journal editorial page and Commentary.” 400 foreign banks. Nevertheless, Tehran involving Iran, since said country appears agreed to by six major powers and for good and that there is nothing the But Republican anti-intellectualism is at least as much a rejec- has run into serious issues when it comes on OFAC lists.” mandated by a UNSC resolution. If a bill United States can do — neither now nor tion of sound and distinctly non-neocon reasoning regarding to getting major international banks to JCPOA opponents have been instru- imposing new sanctions on Iran was to in the future — to reimpose them with- the need for a more restrained U.S. foreign and security pol- facilitate the numerous trade and invest- mental in fostering this atmosphere of be passed by Congress and approved out destroying its credibility at the same icy. It is even more a rejection of that reasoning rather than ment agreements it has reached aimed at fear, which is preventing Iran from receiv- by a future president, it would result time. Iranian officials, meanwhile, should of neocon thinking, given the conclusions that should follow boosting its economic development. ing effective sanctions relief. Working in in the United States violating the deal be careful to not play into the hands of from careful consideration of what has and hasn’t worked in The problem has been twofold. First, tandem with hawks in the U.S. Congress, and thereby isolating itself. Not only the deal’s American opponents and in- U.S. foreign policy in recent decades. a U.S. ban on dollar clearing for Iran re- groups such as the neoconservative would the JCPOA-mandated commis- crease uncertainty about the future of Mention of the neocons leads to a final observation about mains in effect, preventing foreign banks Foundation for Defense of Democracies sion charged with overseeing disputes the JCPOA. the way in which dissatisfied American voters are reacting wishing to deal with Iran from conducting have lobbied relentlessly for upwards of in the deal’s implementation blame Deal opponents in Washington should to the Trump phenomenon. The inexcusable failure to plan transactions in U.S. dollars. This has im- 30 bills that would impose additional U.S. the United States, but Iran would also similarly understand that efforts to un- better for what would follow in Iraq after the forceful over- peded banks’ abilities to facilitate major sanctions and prevent trade deals with have JCPOA-stipulated grounds to fol- dermine the JCPOA only serve to rein- throw of Saddam Hussein reflects how that neoconservative trade deals and repatriate frozen Iranian Iran from materializing. low Larijani’s suggestion and engage in force in the minds of Iranians the notion endeavor was based on the Jerry Rubin strategy of tearing assets. Second, international banks and These actions run counter to the “nuclear snapback”— reconstituting its that the United States cannot be trusted things down and grooving on the rubble. So confident were investors remain hesitant to deal with nuclear deal, which requires the Unit- previous nuclear capabilities. or engaged with on regional or other is- the neocons in the power and appeal of the democratic and Iran due to fears that they will run afoul ed States to “sustain this JCPOA and Consequently, the tactic of die-hard sues. They should also be cognizant of free-market values they were attempting to inject into the of remaining U.S. sanctions or that new to prevent interference with the real- opponents of U.S.-Iran engagement — the fact that Iran is the last pillar in the Middle East that they were sure whatever fell into place af- sanctions will be imposed down the road ization of the full benefit by Iran of to increase sanctions on Iran — is a moot way of regional collapse — an outcome ter Saddam’s overthrow was bound to be better than what that may nullify their investments. the sanctions lifting.” The efforts of effort and in fact a bluff. Their real aim that would have existential consequences was there before. Today the people—including those on the One senior Iranian official recently told the lobby in Washington opposed to is not to directly sabotage the deal, but not only for regional countries but also anti-interventionist left and the libertarian right—who would me that the U.S. Treasury’s Office of For- Iran-U.S. engagement have spurred to create an atmosphere of uncertainty for the West. like to tear down a militarist “establishment” or “blob” that eign Assets Control (OFAC), which over- strong reactions in Tehran. Parliament predicated on threatening new non-nu- (Source: Al-Monitor) has dominated American foreign-policy thinking and who see Trump as a vehicle for such destruction risk making a German FM: Trump is one of world’s hate preachers similar mistake. (Source: The Interest National) TEHRAN TIMES 1 Earlier, Steinmeier expressed uncertainties for the transatlantic rela- even if he is part of it, and receives sup- Thursday she wouldn’t seek to “meddle” Iran’s Leading International Daily concern over the nomination of Trump’s tionship”. port for these attacks, worries me a lot,” in the U.S. election, AP reported. Asked candidacy for the U.S presidency, ex- Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Trump’s Steinmeier said. at her summer news conference wheth- Advertising Dept pressing the view that his possible victory view of the U.S. as a country surrounded He added he “can’t explain” how Trump’s er she was having nightmares about the on elections will complicate the future of by inner and outer enemies “grotesque,” in pledge to “Make America Great Again” sits prospect of a Trump presidency, Merkel 021 - 430 51 450 the transatlantic relations. an interview with Passauer Neuer Presse. with the candidate’s calls for the U.S. to said “I can answer that question with a Te l : Steinmeier previously said a Donald “The fact that a presidential candidate, “stay out of conflicts worldwide.” clear, ‘No,’” according to Bloomberg. [email protected] Trump presidency would lead to “many Trump, attacks the entire political elite, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said (Source: agencies) www.tehrantimes.com I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY AAUGUSTUGUST 66,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

NEWS IN BRIEF Wastewater treatment Smugglers holding 284kg of narcotics plant, 200-bed arrested

SOCIETY TEHRAN — Four smugglers have deskgot caught while trying to trade hospital inaugurated, some 284 kilograms of drugs in Yazd province, Mehr reported on Thursday. Police force was informed through its sources that some smugglers are intended to trade a substantial amount of drug, Yazd province anti-narcotics police chief said. costing $670m Observing the drug dealers, police succeeded in find- ing their hideout and raiding them while trying to trade SOCIETY TEHRAN — A wastewater wastewater in Shahryar district to boost the cargo, Mohammad-Hossein Sotudehnia explained. desktreatment plant and a 200- environmental status of the area, protect Sotudehnia noted that over this operation some 284 kilo- bed hospital costing 2,347 trillion rials (nearly water resources from contamination, stop grams of drugs including 230 kilograms of opium and 54 kilo- $670m) were inaugurated in Shahryar, west- groundwater from depletion, develop ag- grams of hashish were seized and the dealers were arrested. ern Tehran, on Wednesday, IRIB reported. riculture and industries, and create job op- The wastewater treatment plant was in- portunities. Firuzkuh suffers augurated in a ceremony attended by First Moreover, the inauguration ceremony Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri and Ener- was held concurrent with 14 other water $430,000 loss due gy Minister Hamid Chitchian. The project, projects aiming at providing water to 252 financed by ECO Trade and Development villages in 14 provinces of the country over to flood Bank’s 18-million-euro loan, is stretching a video conference. TEHRAN over a land area of 23 hectares. Furthermore, the 200-bed Nour specialty SOCIETY — Firuzkuh, located in According to Fars news agency, the and subspecialty hospital with various wards desk eastern Tehran, bore some 15 billion scheme would meet the needs of some and 11 operation rooms was inaugurated rials (nearly $430,000) loss due to the flood, the city 720,000 people by Iranian calendar year with Jahangiri and Health Minister Hassan governor has said. 1415 (2036-2037). The capital used to fi- Qazizadeh-Hashemi in attendance. Mentioning the persistent rain leading to the flood nance this totals some 38.5m euros. According to IRIB, some 1 trillion rials in the area, Nourollah Taheri told Fars news agency on The wastewater scheme is aiming at (nearly $28.5m) was spent on the Nour hos- Wednesday that thankfully no one died in the flood. collection and treatment of household pital project to get off the ground. But unfortunately the flood resulted in Kangarkhani river overflow and caused loss to a transport company and the farming lands adjacent to the river, Taheri regretted. Korean delegates in Iran to expand Woman allows car to be destroyed to Childhood obesity on environmental co-op rescue kitten the rise in Iran A group of South Korean delegates visit- tion will discuss specific details in regards to A kitten was saved by chainsaw-wield- calling and coming by with tools and ed Iran on Aug. 4 to support local envi- a memorandum of understanding for envi- ing mechanics after it had crawled into mechanics came.” ronmental enterprises in making inroads ronmental cooperation signed in May. a woman’s car dashboard and wouldn’t An attempt to take apart the dash into the largely untapped market. The visit follows just a few weeks after come out. proved unsuccessful, so Wilford-Neal SOCIETY TEHRAN — Some 30 percent of chil- The Ministry of Environment said it a group of environment-related Iranian Denise Wilford-Neal of Vero Beach tried gave the mechanics the green light to deskdren in Iran are suffering from obesity sent six public and private sector officials government officials and experts visited getting her newly adopted kitten to come saw through the dash even though it which is on the rise due to lack of movement, an official to meet with their Iranian counterparts, South Korea for a week to receive envi- out but the cat wouldn’t emerge, so Wil- would ruin her 1995 Monte Carlo. with the Health Ministry has warned. including the country’s Vice President ronment business-related training as part ford-Neal lobbied for help via Facebook. After being freed, Wilford-Neal named Childhood obesity is pretty worrying and is getting Masoumeh Ebtekar who also heads Iran’s of an effort to strengthen bilateral coop- “I was worried about the heat of the the kitten “Monte” in tribute to her de- worse as children hardly move and healthy food are most- Department of Environment. eration between the two countries. day, so I put a post on Facebook, ‘Does stroyed car, but says the kitten is doing well. ly replaced by fast food and junk foods, Davoud Khalili told During their visit to Tehran, the delega- (Source: koreaherald.com) anyone have suggestions’. People were (Source: wesh.com) IRNA on Friday. Unless the ministry takes effective meas- ures to reverse this situation the future generation would face some serious health conditions, Khalili highlighted. IN FOCUS Mehr/ Amir-Ali Razzaqi Generally some 60 percent of adults in Iran suffer from obesity which is more endemic among women than men, he added.

LEARN ENGLISH Describing Chance and Probability

Raul: What are the chances that Rob will be here on time? Tiffany: I’d say it’s fifty- fifty. You never know. He might sur- prise us and be early. Raul: Fat chance of that happening. I’ve known him for three years and if I had to stake my life on whether he’ll arrive early or not, I’d be in big trouble. Tiffany: Don’t exaggerate. Rob isn’t completely irrespon- sible. I’d say there’s a pretty good probability that he’ll be here when he said he would, especially after he promised. Raul: His intentions are good, but he loses track of time and doesn’t know what day it is half the time. Tiffany: He told me that he’s trying to change. Raul: Well, as I said, his intentions are good. He just needs to work on his follow-through. Tiffany: Come on, he could be on his way right now. Raul: Don’t hold your breath. I’ll believe his promis- These selfies have been taken by villagers living in some areas of Ardebil province. Some of them may have not seen cellphones so far. The photographer who is the es when hell freezes over. only one with a cellphone has asked these villagers to take their first life selfies with whatever they like. Tiffany: Aren’t you being just a wee bit cynical? Raul: And aren’t you just indulging in wishful thinking? Tiffany: Hey, I think that’s him coming down the road! I think you’d better eat your words. ENGLISH IN USE Raul: And I think you’d better get glasses. LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION (Source: eslpod.com) Words & phrases ﺗﻮﻟﻴﺪ 3 ﺩﺍﺭﻭ ﺍﺯ ﮔﺮﺍﻧﺘﺮﻳﻦ ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻫﺎﻯ ﺳﺮﻃﺎﻥ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳﺮﺍﻥ what are the chances: how probable or likely something is 3 costly cancer drugs produced in Iran fifty-fifty: if there is a fifty-fifty chance of something hap- pening, it is equally likely to happen as not to happen ﺭﺋﻴﺲ ﺳﺎﺯﻣﺎﻥ ﻏﺬﺍ ﻭ ﺩﺍﺭﻭ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭﻭﻧﺪ ﺭﻭﺯ ﭼﻬﺎﺭﺷﻨﺒﻪ ﺍﺯ ﺗﻮﻟﻴﺪ ﺳﻪ ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻯ ﺑﺴﻴﺎﺭ ﮔﺮﺍﻧﻘﻴﻤﺖ ﻛﻪ ,fat chance: used to say that something is very unlikely to happen Iran succeeded in producing three of the 10 most expensive drugs in the world stake your life on: ﺟﺰﻭ 10 ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻯ ﮔﺮﺍﻧﻘﻴﻤﺖ ﺩﻧﻴﺎ ﻫﺴﺘﻨﺪ، ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳﺮﺍﻥ ﺧﺒﺮ ﺩﺍﺩ. .used when saying that you are completely Food and Drug Administration director Rasoul Dinarvand said on Wednesday sure that something is true, or that something will happen Rituximab, Cantuzumab, and Bevacizumab, are the three monoclonal antibod- ﺑﻪ ﮔﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺍﻳﺮﻧﺎ ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭﻭﻧﺪ ﺗﻮﺿﻴﺢ ﺩﺍﺩ: ﺭﻳﺘﻮﻛﺴﻰ ﻣﺐ، ﻛﺴﺘﻮﺯﻭﻣﺐ ﻭ ﺑﻮﺍﺳﻴﺰﻭﻣﺐ ﺳﻪ ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻯ ﻣﻮﻧﻮﻛﻠﻮﻧﺎﻝ exaggerate: to make something seem better, larger, worse ﺁﻧﺘﻰ ﺑﺎﺩﻯ ﻫﺴﺘﻨﺪ ﻛﻪ ﺩﺭ ﺩﺭﻣﺎﻥ ﺳﺮﻃﺎﻥ ﻭ ﺑﻴﻤﺎﺭﻯ ﻫﺎﻯ ﺧﻮﺩﺍﻳﻤﻨﻰ ﻛﺎﺭﺑﺮﺩ ﺩﺍﺭﻧﺪ. -etc. than it really is ies designed for treating cancers or autoimmune diseases, IRNA quoted Dinar ﻭﻯ ﮔﻔﺖ: ﺩﻭ ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻯ ﺍﻭﻝ ﺩﺭ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﺗﻮﻟﻴﺪ ﻭ ﺑﻪ ﺑﺎﺯﺍﺭ ﻋﺮﺿﻪ ﺷﺪﻩ ﺍﺳﺖ ﻭ ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻯ ﺑﻮﺍﺳﻴﺰﻭﻣﺐ ﻧﻴﺰ ﺗﺎ ﭘﺎﻳﺎﻥ .irresponsible: doing careless things without thinking or vand as saying ﺍﻣﺴﺎﻝ ﻭﺍﺭﺩ ﺑﺎﺯﺍﺭ ﻣﻰ ﺷﻮﺩ. worrying about the possible bad results He explained that the first two drugs are now available in the market and the probability: how likely something is, sometimes calculated last one will be by the end of the current year (March 20, 2017). ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭﻭﻧﺪ ﺍﻓﺰﻭﺩ: ﺗﻮﻟﻴﺪ ﺍﻳﻦ ﺳﻪ ﺩﺍﺭﻭ ﺩﺭ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﻣﻴﻠﻴﻮﻥ ﻫﺎ ﺩﻻﺭ ﺻﺮﻓﻪ ﺟﻮﻳﻰ ﺍﺭﺯﻯ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﺧﻮﺍﻫﺪ ﺩﺍﺷﺖ in a mathematical way, likelihood, chance The production of the drugs would save millions of dollars for the country and ﻭ ﻗﻴﻤﺖ ﺗﻤﺎﻡ ﺷﺪﻩ ﻫﺮ ﻳﻚ ﺍﺯ ﺍﻳﻦ ﺩﺍﺭﻭﻫﺎ ﺩﺭ ﺩﺍﺧﻞ ﻣﻌﺎﺩﻝ 50 ﺗﺎ 60 ﺩﺭﺻﺪ ﺍﺭﺯﺍﻧﺘﺮ ﺍﺯ ﻧﻤﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺎﺭﺟﻰ ﺍﺳﺖ. :intention a plan or desire to do something they would cost 50 to 60 percent less than foreign-made ones, he highlighted. lose track of time: to be unaware of what time it is follow-through: the things that someone does in order to complete a plan be on your way: travelling towards a particular place don’t hold your breath: used to say that you do not expect ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM something to happen, even though someone has said it will when hell freezes over: used to say that something will never happen Justice delayed is Write something Get your act together wee bit: to a small degree justice denied down cynical: unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, Explanation: to tell someone to organize their affairs or sincere reasons for doing something Explanation: if the law is applied too late, there is no justice Meaning: more effectively in order to be more successful indulge in: to become involved in something note something on a piece of paper For example: It has now been four years that the court For example: wishful thinking: when you believe that what you want to For example: He wrote down the address of You’d better get your act together if has not decided whether Lobato is a murderer or not, justice happen will happen, when in fact it is not possible you want to find a job! delayed is justice denied. the hotel. eat your words: to admit that what you said was wrong I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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AArcherrcher ZZahraahra NNematiemati aaimsims ttoo OLYMPICS Iranian wrestlers go for the mmakeake ssplashplash iinn RRioio gold in Rio When the Olympic Games kick off in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5, 64 Iranian athletes will be competing, among them 12 wrestlers. SPORTS Iranian archer Zahra Nemati is ready desk Alireza Moradi, the head of the cultural committee for the to make splash at the 2016 Olympic Islamic Republic of Iran’s Wrestling Federation, told Al-Monitor Games in Rio de Janeiro. in an email that Iran — which won nine medals in wrestling at She made history by securing a spot for Iran not only the last Olympics — has high hopes for Rio in both the freestyle at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, but Olympics as well. and Greco-Roman categories. Nemati is the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic or “We are optimistic about Paralympic gold medal at London 2012. earning medals in Gre- “I am ready to make a splash in my first Olympic expe- co-Roman, counting on rience. After the 2012 Paralympic Games, I thought about a couple of gold, and in taking part in Olympics and in the 2014 Asian Para Games, freestyle we have two top I made final decision and partook in Olympics qualifica- wrestlers — Hassan Rahi- tion,” Nemati said. mi and Reza Yazdani — who “I cannot promise of winning a medal in Rio because are medal contenders,” Mo- in the archery, your first mistake will be your last. The best radi said. archers are here to win a medal and I cannot promise but I Rahimi, 27, who is compet- will do my best,” she added. ing in the 57-kilogram divi- Asked her after winning a gold medal at previous Paralym- sion, won an Asian champion- pics, is she ready to add an Olympics medal to her collection, ship for juniors in 2008, and in Nemati said, “The abled archers are stronger than disabled 2009 he became junior world people and to win a gold medal will be difficult. So, I know I champion. Two years later, he can make a huge impact on others as a disabled athlete and took the bronze at the world championships, and in 2013 he be- this is a great victory for me,” Nemati added. came a world champion. Yazdani, 31, is a two-time world cham- “It’s a great honor to be the flag bearer of Iran and I pion (in 2011 and 2013) in the 96-kilogram division and took would thank the Iranian officials who chose me to carry the silver in the 2015 world championships in Las Vegas. flag,” Nemati said. “Our biggest challenge will come from Russian and Amer- ican wrestlers,” Moradi told Al-Monitor. “Only one top Russian wrestler was disqualified due to doping charges; the Russians Azmoun and Co to play Ajax in Champions League play-offs will have their full roster and will be a challenge for us.” Bahman Baktiari, executive director of the International SPORTS Last season Russian Premier League sur- The winner will join the draw for a place in the Champions Foundation for Civil Society, a Salt Lake City, Utah, nonprofit that deskprise has been drawn with Dutch giant League group stage. facilitates US sports exchanges with Iran, told Al-Monitor that Ajax in the play-offs for a place in the UEFA Champions The two sides have never met before. Yazdani “has the biggest challenge in front of him. To win a gold League group stage competition. Ajax coach Peter Bosz said in a reaction on the Ajax web- medal he must defeat the top American wrestler, Jordan Bur- Rostov, who survived from relegation to the Russian site: “I know nothing about them. We do know they came roughs, who won the gold in 2012 London Olympics.” second division league after a win in play-offs against second in the Russian competition last season and they put Yazdani, who is known in Iran as the “panther of Mazandaran,” FC Tosno, is now two games away from the Champions out Anderlecht in the previous qualification round,”. has also had to overcome injuries to get ready for Rio, Baktiari League group stage. Also in the final round of qualification is Croatian said. “Yazdani won the Olympic trial in Tehran by defeating an- Kurban Berdyev’s men, who finished second in the side Dinamo Zagreb, who also won their return leg 0-1 other top wrestler and now is looking to go against the world’s league behind CSKA, beat Belgian side Anderlecht 4-2 against Dinamo Tbilisi. Again, Ali Karimi was not in the top wrestler in the Rio Olympics. If Burroughs wins the gold in on aggregate to reach the play-offs. roster as his international transfer card has only arrived Rio he will be the third wrestler in history to have won two golds A second half goal by Iranian gem Sardar Azmoun and Rostov, was subbed out shortly afterwards, Iranian in Croatia this week. in consecutive Olympics.” helped FC Rostov securing a 2-0 second leg away victory teenage midfielder Saeid Ezatollahi was subbed in for Dinamo Zagreb handed a good draw as the will take on The other members of the Iranian team in freestyle are Meisam and a 4-2 win on aggregate over RSC Anderlecht in UEFA the final 17 minutes of the match. Austrian side Salzburg in the play-offs. Nassiri, Alireza Karimi and Komeil Ghasemi. Members of the Gre- Champions League qualifying on Wednesday evening. Ezatollahi had started the first leg and scored his On Thursday, Alireza Jahanbakhsh helped AZ Alkmaar co-Roman team are Hamid Sourian, Omid Norouzi, Saeid Abdevali, The Iranian youngster started the game and scored his team’s first goal in the 2-2 draw in Russia. past Greek outfits PAS Giannina in UEFA Europa League Habibollah Akhlaghi, Ghasem Rezaei and Bashir Babajanzadeh. first goal in Europe’s elite competition early in second half, Next step for Azmoun and Ezatolahi is Dutch giants qualifying. After the 1-0 home victory, AZ fell behind in Wrestling is extremely popular in Iran, and the country has been when a decent through ball by Bukharov found Azmoun in Ajax who has won the European championship four times Greece, but thanks to a brilliant Jahanbakhsh assist, found a powerhouse in the sport since ancient days. The sport has also the box, who finished calmly. and is a regular team at Champions League group stage. back into the game and eventually won the return leg 2-1. become an important element of Iranian “soft power” and figured While Azmoun, who missed most of the pre-season Rostov and Ajax will first meet on August 16 in Amster- AZ has drawn against Serbian side Vojvodina in the in people-to-people diplomacy with the United States. training due to a transfer dispute between Rubin Kazan dam. The return leg in Russia takes place on August 24. UEFA Europa League play-off. American wrestlers in 1998 became the first US athletes to compete in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and have re- Iran joins ATT, to host first Van Gaal was contender for Belgium turned to Iran repeatedly for competitions and exhibition match- es. Many Iranian wrestlers have also visited the United States tournament job, newspapers say repeatedly. In 2013, American, Iranian and Russian wrestling fed- erations joined to oppose a decision by the International Olym- number of players registered. The Belgians named former Ever- pic Committee Executive Board to end wrestling as a core sport Interestingly, Iran has the maximum ton manager Martinez as coach on in the Olympic Games. number of men’s players registered. Wednesday but had also discussed The Semnani Family Foundation, a Utah-based nonprofit set “ATT is encouraged with the response the post, which fell vacant when up by Iranian-American entrepreneur Khosrow Semnani, was in- from players in Iran and had a voluminous Marc Wilmots was sacked after the strumental in the campaign to keep wrestling in the Olympics. acceptance list of 79 players from Iran, Iraq, European Championship, with Dick This year, the foundation is offering cash awards to US and Ira- India, and Afghanistan for the events. ATF Advocaat, Rolf Rangnick and Rudi nian wrestlers who win medals in Rio and also to their coaches. compliments the efforts and initiative of the Garcia. Gold medalists will get $20,000, silver medalists $10,000 and local organizers and Iran Tennis Federation Martinez had been out of work bronze medalists $5,000, with their coaches receiving $5,000, for hosting the development events. since being sacked by Everton in $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. “The ATF - ATT have conducted seven May after a frustrating season when “Wrestling is an essential Olympic sport and tradition,” Sem- tournaments starting from mid April and they finished 11th in the Premier nani said in a press statement. “It’s a competition where excel- is gradually making strides with 36 more League amid considerable support- lence and sportsmanship combine in a culture of fair play. As an Iran has become the latest country to tournaments lined up from September to Louis van Gaal was a contender to er unrest at Goodison Park. Iranian-American I am proud of the way athletes from my birth join the Asian Tennis Tour (ATT) and are December,” a press release stated. take over as Belgium’s coach but in His first match in charge will be and adopted homelands strive for excellence while building mu- set to host their first event on the new- The players have come forward in the end made himself unavailable, against his native Spain on Sept. 1. tual respect and bonds of friendship. These incentives, I hope, ly-launched platform, from August 6. voicing their support for the initiative Belgian newspapers reported on Belgium boast a number of will strengthen not only the sport of wresting, but the friendship There will be back-to-back events launched by the Asian Tennis Federation Friday two days after Roberto Mar- high-profile, talented players such between the citizens of the two countries.” tournaments in the Iran leg of the ATT. President Anil Khanna, who is also ITF tinez was handed the post. as Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Thi- Asked by Al-Monitor if the Iranian team was concerned Countries such as India and Thailand Vice President. Van Gaal, dismissed by Manches- baut Courtois and Manchester City’s about the prospect of contracting the Zika virus in Rio, Moradi have already hosted many events and in The current champion of three events ter United despite winning the FA Vincent Kompany and Kevin De said, “Our medical team has held special training sessions for such short time and close to 500 players, held in Hua Hin, Thailand Pruchya Isarow Cup in May, had a discussion about Bruyne. our wrestlers, and we have informed them about taking precau- 491 to be precise, both men and women, said,”I would like to thank all the spon- the job with Belgian football associ- They have climbed to second in tions and carrying anti-mosquito repellents with them.” have registered themselves with the Tour sors and big thank you to ATT for great ation vice president Bert Verhaeghe, FIFA’s world rankings but failed to Wrestling competition begins Aug. 14 in the second week which is gradually making strides in realis- tournament. Hopefully this tournament according to Het Nieuwsblad. live up to their potential under Wil- of the Olympics. (Source: Al-Monitor) ing the aim of benefiting the Asian players. will be stairway to develop for my future He decided not to pursue discus- mots, falling short of expectations Out of 491 players from 22 countries and all next generation for Asian tennis sions, saying he would keep a prom- at the 2014 World Cup and at Euro registered with ATT, 144 are women. India players and I hope to be back this great ise to his wife to take a year away 2016, where they lost to Wales in the (125 men and 86 women) and Thailand tournament again next time. from the game, but a future role was quarter-finals. Ronaldo, Bale and Griezmann (40 men and 46 women) have highest (Source: business-standard) not ruled out, reports added. (Source: Reuters) compete for UEFA Best Player in Europe award FIFA president Infantino cleared of wrongdoing in ethics probe Real Madrid duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale are in the FIFA President Gianni Infantino, elected in February to lead along with former European soccer boss Michel Platini, running with Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann for the the global soccer body into calmer waters after a series of who is serving a four-year suspension. UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, while Barcelona pair Lionel corruption scandals, was himself cleared of possible ethics The ethics committee said that preliminary investiga- Messi and Luis Suarez have missed out on nomination. violations on Friday. tions had focused on several flights taken by Infantino, the Ronaldo, who will be the favourite for the prestigious award, FIFA’s independent ethics committee said it had con- hiring process for positions in the president’s office and his led Real to their 11th Champions League win before playing a cluded a formal investigation into Infantino’s conduct which refusal to sign the contract specifying his employment re- pivotal role in guiding Portugal to their first major international focused on some of the flights he had taken during the lationship with FIFA. trophy at Euro 2016. opening months of his presidency and his failure to sign an Infantino’s conduct might have breached articles on Ronaldo’s team mate Bale, who also won a Champions employment contract. code of conduct, loyalty, conflicts of interest and offering League medal, inspired Wales to reach the semi-finals at June’s “It was found that no violation of the FIFA Code of Eth- and accepting gifts, it said. European Championship. ics (FCE) had been committed by Mr Infantino,” the ethics However, after formal proceedings were opened, it was France striker Griezmann lost the Champions League final committee said in a statement. concluded that the flights “did not represent ethics viola- with Atletico, and was also on the losing side in the Euro 2016 It said investigations were carried out “diligently over tions” and that benefits enjoyed by Infantino were not “im- final, although he was crowned top scorer with six goals and was several weeks” and included “a large number of interviews proper” in the light of applicable FIFA rules and regulations. named player of the European Championship. with witnesses and Mr Infantino himself.” of football officials in the United States last year, including It said the hiring process and Infantino’s employment The three finalists for the award were chosen by journalists Infantino, in a statement issued by FIFA, said he was former members of its executive committee, on corrup- contract were internal compliance issues rather than ethical from UEFA’S member nations. “pleased” with the outcome. tion-related charges. matters. Last year’s winner Messi finished fifth in the voting, one place be- German media have been reporting for several weeks The football body has also been forced to investigate FIFA’s statement said Infantino and his administration low his Barcelona team mate Suarez, who missed out on the top three that Infantino, whose predecessor Sepp Blatter has been controversies surrounding the awarding of its showpiece, would “continue to focus on developing football as well as despite scoring 59 goals in 53 appearances for the Spanish side. banned for six years for ethics violations, was under inves- the World Cup finals, especially the decision to grant the their efforts to improve the organisation.” The winner will be announced on Aug. 25, the day of the tigation over flights he had taken on private jets. 2018 tournament to Russia and the 2022 finals to Qatar. “This critical work will continue,” it said. draw for the Champions League group stage. FIFA has been in turmoil after a wave of indictments Blatter was banned by FIFA’s own ethics committee (Source: Reuters) (Source: Reuters) b

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NEWS IN BRIEF Statue of Khayyam embellishes Digital artworks by Austrian artist on Russian city of Astrakhan display at Tehran gallery ARTTEHRAN — The statue of Persian deskmathematician, astronomer and ARTTEHRAN — Works of digital poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) was unveiled in desk art by Austrian artist Arnold the southern city of Astrakhan (1,000 miles south of Postl are currently on display in an exhibition Moscow) during a ceremony on Thursday. at Tehran’s Vista Gallery. Attending the ceremony were a number of The exhibit entitled “Everything in Front of Iranian and Russian officials, including Astrakhan Me Is Mine” is being organized in collaboration Regional Governor Aleksandr Zhilkin, Governor- with the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tehran. general of Iran’s Gilan Province Mohammad-Ali The exhibition runs until August 15 at the Najafi and Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Sanai. gallery located at No. 11, 12th Alley, Mir Emad The 4.5-meter-tall bronze statue has been situated St. in the student garden in front of the Astrakhan State University, Persian media reported on Friday. “Jacob’s Room” at Commissioned by the Gilan Chamber of Iranian bookstores Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, the 1.5-tonne statue was cast in Yekaterinburg, the fourth-largest city in Russia. Speaking at the ceremony, Zhilkin called the monument of the great Persian poet a symbol of CULTURE TEHRAN — A Persian version sincere friendship between the two countries. deskof prominent English writer For his part, Najafi said that the two countries Virginia Woolf’s “Jacob’s Room” has recently and the two provinces of Gilan and Astrakhan been published by Chatrang Publications in have begun to experience a new era of developing Tehran. relations in the cultural and economic arenas. Translated by Soheil Somi, the novel begins Sanai also remarked that situating the statue with Jacob’s childhood and follows him through of Khayyam in Astrakhan reveals the lengthy college into adulthood. The story is told mainly friendship between the two countries. through the perspective of the women in Jacob’s The statue has been located near the greatest life. Turkmen poet, Makhtum-Qoli Faraghi (1733-1790), Published in 1922, “Jacob’s Room” is Woolf’s who is considered to be the founder of authentic A man in Astrakhan gets a look at a statue of Persian poet Omar Khayyam after it was unveiled in the Russian city on August 4, 2016. third novel. Turkmen literature. in his own lifetime for his scientific achievements, Edward Fitzgerald of a collection of his Rubaiyat Khayyam, a Persian mathematician, astronomer but is chiefly known to English-speaking readers (“quatrains”) in “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” Iranian, Malaysian and poet, was renowned in his own country and through the translation by the English writer (1859). cultural officials meet Land artist Ahmad Nadalian to hold World Youth Orchestra’s conductor workshop in South Korea praises Iranian performance CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian cultural ARTTEHRAN — Iranian public from August 26 to November ARTTEHRAN — deskattaché Aliakbar Ziai met deskland artist Ahmad 30. deskThe World Youth yesterday with National Archives of Malaysia Nadalian is scheduled to travel to Nadalian also noted that his Orchestra’s Italian conductor Damiano Director Azemi Bin Abdul Aziz in Kuala Lumpur. South Korea in two weeks to hold participation in the exhibit “Small Giuranna praised the concert by the The officials reviewed ways to expand a workshop for children at the 7th Gestures” now underway at the renowned pianist and composer Saman bilateral cultural ties especially in the areas of Geumgang International Nature Art Kunsthalle in Budapest, Hungary was Ehteshami performed at Tehran’s Vahdat preserving and restoring historical documents, Biennial. a good experience, the Persian service Hall on August 4. rare books and manuscripts. Many artists from around the world of MNA reported on Friday. Giuranna said that this is the first time Italian maestro Damiano Giuranna conducts They also exchanged views on a roadmap are participating in the biennial, which Curated by art historian Katalin he has heard an Iranian concert and has musicians from the World Youth Orchestra and for boosting ties between the National Library is being organized by Yatoo, the Keseru and art critic John K. Grande, experienced moments of wonder, Iran’s the Tehran Symphony Orchestra during a joint and Archives of Iran and the National Archives Korean Nature Art Association. “Small Gestures” is a multi-dimensional Rudaki Foundation announced in a press rehearsal at Tehran’s Rudaki Hall on August of Malaysia. Land artist Karim Allahkhani from show of some forty Hungarian and release on Friday. 3, 2016. Iran has also created two works for international artists and groups who Ehteshami, accompanied by the Iran happiest he has ever heard, and that its the biennial. The artists live together explore the relationship to nature Philharmonic Choir conducted by Alireza good memory will remain in his mind for three weeks, creating their works through materials, various processes Shafaqinejad, performed selections from forever. at Ssangshin Park. The works are and concepts. Iranian classical music. Iranian music is comprised of different scheduled to be showcased in an The exhibit, which opened on July The Italian conductor also remarked sections, each part of which is beautiful WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES exhibition, which will open to the 26, will be running until October 16. that the concert was one of the best and and fascinating, Giuranna added. Multimedia PICTURE OF THE DAY IRNA/Marzieh Soleimani A collection of videos and photographs by Comic actress Lily Tomlin Naghmeh Jahani is currently on show in an exhibition at Gallery to get Screen Actors Guild 26. lifetime award The exhibit titled “A Moment of My Own” runs until August NEW YORK (Reuters) — Lily Tomlin, one 10 at the gallery located at of America’s most enduring comic actresses, 26 Salmanpur-Zahir St., in Farmanieh Sharqi will receive a lifetime achievement award in neighborhood. January from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the group announced on Thursday. O Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Tomlin, 76, who rose to fame in 1969 drawings and sculptures by through television’s “Rowan and Martin’s Fazel Mosallanejad, Mohammad Laugh-In” weekly show, went on to headline Alizadeh and Mohammad movies like “Nashville”, and Broadway shows Haqvervi. that have brought multiple Emmy and Tony The exhibit runs until August awards. 16 at the gallery located at 44 SAG President Gabrielle Carteris in a Khosro Alley, off Ostad Nejatollahi St. statement called her “an extraordinary actress, as equally adept at narrative drama Photos and Sets of installation art by Amir as in comedy roles. But it is through her Farsijani are on display in an many original characters that Lily’s creative exhibition at Tarrahan Azad genius fully shines.” Gallery. Tomlin, who also has two of America’s The exhibit entitled “Foldings” highest artistic awards with a Kennedy runs until August 10 at the gallery Center Honor and Mark Twain Humor Prize, that can be found at 5 Salmas is currently co-starring in the Netflix comedy Square, off Fatemi St. series “Grace and Frankie” with Jane Fonda. Tomlin will receive her lifetime Photo achievement honor at the SAG annual An exhibition of photos by Seyyedeh awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan. Fatemeh Hosseini is currently 29. Previous recipients include Mary Tyler underway at Shalman Gallery. Members of a troupe led by director/writer Hamidreza Hedayati act in a scene from “Antigone” at Tehran’s Baran Hall on August 3, 2016. Moore, Carol Burnett, Clint Eastwood and The exhibit entitled “Where Elizabeth Taylor. Are You Going” runs until August at the gallery located at 27 Kavusi Alley, West Rudbar St., Harry Potter casts spell again with “Cursed Child” sales off Mirdamad Blvd. LONDON (Reuters) — “Harry Potter and Sunday, shortly after the play’s gala opening. figures were unprecedented for a script expected until next week. Drawing the Cursed Child”, the script for a new London The play is sold out through May 2017. book. Prior to its release, Barnes & Noble said U.K. publisher Little, Brown Book Group Drawings by Lohrasb Bayat are on display play telling the eighth story in the boy wizard “Cursed Child”, written by Rowling, “Cursed Child” was the most pre-ordered said “Cursed Child” sold 680,000 print copies in an exhibition at Dastan series, has sold more than 2 million copies screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne book since 2007’s “Deathly Hallows”. in the U.K. in three days. Basement Gallery. in its first two days on the market in the and director John Tiffany, is set 19 years after Scholastic said it had ordered 4.5 million U.K. book industry magazine and The exhibit runs until August United States, publisher Scholastic said on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, the first printing copies of “Cursed Child” and website The Bookseller said if the sales rate 13 at the gallery, which can be Wednesday. final book in the original series, released in retailers had reported “fast-paced, record- continued, the script book would “be the found at 6 Bidar St., off Fereshteh The book - a script instead of a narrative 2007. breaking pre-sales” ahead of the release date. second biggest-selling single week for one St. novel like author J.K. Rowling’s previous Scholastic, the U.S. and Canadian Full first-week U.S. sales figures of “Cursed title since records began, with ‘Harry Potter Potter books - was published at midnight on publisher of “Cursed Child”, said the sales Child” from Nielsen BookScan are not and the Deathly Hallows’ as the first.”