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Iran-China trade up 10% Guardian Council backs in 6 months on year ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value Referring to the new round of U.S. sanc- deskof trade between Iran tions against Iran, Gao Feng said: “Eco- and China rose 10.1 percent during the first nomic ties between the two countries will anti-money laundering move half of 2018 and stood at $17 billion, Gao develop not considering the internal rules of Feng, the spokesman for China’s Ministry the third countries. China will continue its of Commerce, told IRNA on Saturday. economic and trade relations with Iran as He also put the worth of trade between before and the U.S. withdrawal from Iran’s the two countries at $37.18 billion in 2017, nuclear deal has no effect on the economic See page 2 rising 19 percent from the figure of 2016. ties between the two countries.” 4

Kopet Dag added to UNESCO biosphere reserves SOCIETY TEHRAN — Kopet The biosphere reserve covers part of deskDag in Shirvan county, the Kopet Dag mountain range, along northeastern North Khorasan province, has Iran’s border with Turkmenistan. The eco- received UNESCO recognition for biosphere logical region of Kopet Dag is an important reserves, North Khorasan provincial chief part of the Irano-Anatolian biodiversity of department of environment has said. hotspot, whose primary function is the Kopet Dag is a protected area stretching conservation of many of the endangered over 18,000 hectares of land area and species in this area. The main economic is filled with thick forests and variety of activities are agriculture and livestock, plant and animal species. according to UNESCO website. 12

Zarif: Trump’s jubilation over Turkish economic hardship ‘shameful’ POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian official Twitter account. deskForeign Minister The Turkish lira has long been Mohammad Javad Zarif on Satur- falling on worries about President day described U.S. President Donald Erdogan’s influence over monetary Trump’s jubilation over economic policy and worsening relations with hardship in Turkey as “shameful”. the United States. Faraj Samadi “Trump’s jubilation in inflicting On Friday, the currency dropped economic hardship on its NATO ally as much as 18 percent at one point,

IRNA/ Turkey is shameful,” Mohammad Javad the biggest one-day fall since a 2001 Zarif said in a message posted on his financial crisis in Turkey. 2 REPORT ‘Takfiri groups can’t establish strategic presence in Kashmir’ ARTICLE Ramin Hossein Abadian INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN —The shadowy reduced to a toothless tiger. Islamic interests. And this disease is more chronic Syed Zafar Mehdi Mehr News Agency deskforces of takfirism pose the With the scourge of sectarianism and in places where various sects live in close proximity. Journalist Journalist biggest danger to Islam and Muslims today. neo-Salafism spreading like wild fire across In Kashmir, for example, many desperate from New Delhi They are hell-bent on destroying the fabric of the world, what needs to be done to defeat the attempts are being made by vested interests Islam and sow seeds of discord among Muslims. forces that seek to sow discord among Muslims? to sow seeds of discord and hatred between When dollar means Groups like ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaeda are products A. For me, they are neo-Kharjites who too could Shias and Sunnis. How can such sinister de- An open letter to of this very ideology that breeds on hatred for easily muster sufficient support base during their signs be defeated? more than the lives ‘others’. This wave of neo-Salafism and takfirism time. More so, these groups are the offshoots of A. Islam in Kashmir was, in my view, a the brave people of has reached Kashmir as well, and is increasing- Takfiri thought propounded by well-organised truly Muhammadan Islam till some time of Yemeni children ly threatening to tarnish the rich syncretic Sufi and powerful institutions patronised by certain ago. It was a unique model for the rest of Iran from Kashmir culture of Kashmir. countries who are out to obfuscate the reality of the Muslim world to emulate. For example, he Saudi regime has committed yet Sajjad Haider is a senior journalist and po- Muhammadan Islam as that remains a threat Islam in Kashmir, unlike other places, was his letter is addressed to the brave another war crime in Yemen and litical commentator based in Indian controlled to their very existence. not introduced by invaders or merchants, people of Iran and comes from Tthis one is particularly horrendous. Kashmir. He is the editor of Kashmir Observer Holy Quran strongly and clearly emphasis- but by preachers and most of them Sayeds. TKashmir – a place known as ‘Iran An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition and Trans Asia News Service and has contributed es the importance of preserving and promoting The founders of Islam in Kashmir were Syed e Sagheer’ (little Iran). Your country is hit a school bus in the Dahyan market in to many international media organizations. In Islamic unity, solidarity and brotherhood? Have Sharafudin Musawi alias Bulbul Sahab, a again going through a difficult phase be- Saada province on Thursday, killing at this interview, he talks about the scourge of we understood the message in letter and spirit? descendant of seventh Shia Imam Musa cause of the draconian economic sanctions least 44 Yemeni students and wounding 77. sectarianism and neo-Salafism, attempts being A. Unfortunately, a large majority of people, Kazim, who came from Ardabil Iran and imposed by the ‘Big Satan’. You have been This Saudi war crime has been de- made in Kashmir to sow seeds of discord be- whether Sunni or Shia, disregard this key Qura’nic Mir Syed Ali Hussaini alias Shah e Ham- here before and you not only managed to nounced. Hezbollah Thursday issued a survive but emerged stronger. As your tween Shias and Sunni, and why OIC has been injunction. Sectarian prejudices supersede vital dan who came from Hamadan Iran. 6 statement saying that the “continuous outspoken Foreign Minister recently tweet- U.S.-Saudi brutal massacres committed ed, you have been around for millennia against the civilians in Yemen” marks the and seen fall of empires, including your failure of the Saudi coalition. It is Members of Arab NATO have conflicting interests: Adib-Moghaddam own, which lasted more than the life of “the worst form of violence and terror EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, which is scheduled some countries. and hides the failure of the war on Yemen.” By Javad Heirannia to be introduced in the United States soon. Will You are a great people and a proud Meanwhile, Syria also issued a scath- this coalition be considered as a real coalition nation. Your civilisation has a long ing condemnation of the massacre where TEHRAN — Professor Arshin Adib-Moghadd- or a military organization? history with glorious contribution almost all of the victims were children. am, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies A: The Trump administration comes up with towards the development of human Yemen’s Defense Ministry responded at the London Middle East Institute believes hyperbolic ideas almost on a daily basis. If such race. Today, you have lot of enemies. As to the latest Saudi offense in attacking the that the countries that are said to become a an alliance materializes it will be as ineffectual as they say, if you don’t have enemies, it Yemeni school bus, condemning the attack. part of this new “Arab NATO” have conflict- other such efforts, for instance the CENTO before means you haven’t stood your ground. The Defense Ministry has also announced ing interests. the Iranian revolution which was said to become an And, sometimes you are identified by that its forces will respond to this crime at Professor in Global Thought and Comparative extension of NATO, but never really functioned as the enemies you have. the time and place of its choosing. Philosophies and Chair of the Centre for Iranian such despite of the Cold War context. The countries You are up against two unholy regimes Adding insult to injury, Col. Turki Studies at the London Middle East Institute, also Here is the full text of the interview: that are said to become a part of this new “Arab that share a unique characteristic. Both of al-Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led adds that “They won’t act under the dictate of Washington has announced the formation NATO” have conflicting interests. They won’t act them owe their existence to land grab and coalition, stressed that Thursday’s attack the United States, and they are very unlikely to of a military alliance in the Middle East against under the dictate of the United States, and they are genocide. Both of them were created by carried out in Saada is a “legitimate military agree on core strategic issues.” Iran, with the participation of Saudi Arabia, UAE, very unlikely to agree on core strategic issues. 7 forcibly seizing land from peaceful pop- action” and is “in accordance with inter- ulation who had never harmed them and national humanitarian law and customs.” who in the process were either physically Nothing could be further from the truth. decimated or displaced. He said the attack was in response to You are up against a regime that has the Houthis missile strike in Jaizan, Saudi Polo carried out massacres and genocides Arabia. However, attacking civilians is that have no parallel in human history, illegal and goes against international laws. competition a regime that has blatantly and brazenly At a time when the main body of the used weapons of mass destruction against International Human Rights Defender, civilian populations. Hiroshima and Na- the United Nations, fears the loss of Saudi held in Tabriz gasaki bear eloquent testimony to the funding, it remove the name of the Saudi fact that your enemy is devoid of any regime from the blacklist of countries that SPORTS TEHRAN — morality and it should be a matter of violate Yemeni children’s rights, it is quite deskIran’s Polo compe- great pride for you that you are resisting natural that the Riyadh authorities in the tition was held in Tabriz, the capital its hegemony so valiantly. shadow of such a great achievement in the of the northwestern Iranian province As on outsider, when I compare the international arena, they will compete in of East Azarbaijan, on Friday. two of you, I feel admiration for you child killing with their Jewish brethren. Polo is a horseback mounted team and contempt for your enemy. I salute The UN Secretary-General António sport. It is one of the world’s oldest you for your nobility and dignity and Guterres, called for a “credible” investi- known team sports. I loathe your enemy for his hypocrisy gation Friday but failed to condemn the Polo was invented and first played and brinkmanship. horrific crime against Yemeni children in Iran (or ancient Persia) thousands You have always taken pride to be a in Saada. This is unfortunate because to of years ago. The original name of polo nation of Imam Hussain (A.S). How happy

the extent the UN fails to act decisively, Seyed Kazem Yousefi is “Chogan” and in Iran the game is and lucky you should feel that you are at this will only encourage war criminals still referred to as “Chogan”. last reliving Karbala. What was Karbala? who think they can act with impunity Polo in Iran is governed by the Polo It was simply refusal to capitulate in front and may only encourage more such IRNA/ Federation of Iran. of a tyrant, an arrogant power. That is horrible actions against civilians. 7 exactly what you are doing now. 6 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS AUGUST 12, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS IRGC kills 10 Iran says against arms militants in northwest Iran race in space POLITICS TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution POLITICS desk TEHRAN — Kazem in part, a military motivation, as the United Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force deskGharib Abadi, Iran’s rep- States and the Soviet Union used it as an has succeeded to smash a terrorist cell in Oshnavieh, the resentative to the Vienna-based international opportunity to demonstrate ballistic missile northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, killing at least organizations, announced on Saturday that technology and other technologies having the 10 militants, Tasnim reported on Saturday. Tehran is against any kind of arms race in potential for military application, according “Last night (Friday night), a well-equipped terrorist cell the space. to Wikipedia. affiliated to the global arrogance and foreign intelligence “Iran is strongly against any kind of arms Reportedly, the U.S. plans to create a services that intended to infiltrate into the country from race in the space or deployment of weapons “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the the border area of Oshnavieh to create insecurity and take including conventional and mass killing ones. U.S. military were announced on Thursday. acts of sabotage was ambushed by the brave warriors of the Iran is strongly against militarization of space,” U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called for Guards Ground Force’s Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada Base,” he said in a meeting with Director of the UN the establishment of a Space Force by 2020. the IRGC said in a statement on Saturday. Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) He said that the first steps the Pentagon Simonetta Di Pippo in Vienna on Saturday. will take to stand up a separate Space Force Gharib Abadi said Iran attaches great is to codify an elite group of troops to provide Military attaches importance to international cooperation “space expertise in times of crisis”, Politico from 28 for a peaceful use of the space. reported. Space should be used for discovery and “The time has come to write the next great countries visit peaceful purposes by the UN member states, chapter in the history of our armed forces, to he noted. prepare for the next battlefield where Amer- Lashgari Air Base The militarization of space is the placement ica’s best and bravest will be called to deter POLITICS TEHRAN – A group of 40 military attaches and development of weaponry and military and defeat a new generation of threats to deskfrom 28 countries paid an official visit to technology in outer space. The early explo- our people, to our nation,” Press TV quoted the Air Force’s Shahid Lashgari Air Base in Mehrabad on ration of space in the mid-20th century had, him as saying. Saturday morning. Brigadier General Mohammad Tasviyehchi, the com- mander of the base, as well as a number of top military Zarif: No Iran-U.S. meeting planned during UN summit officials accompanied the visitors, Mehr reported. The military attaches were briefed on different parts of the POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said the Trump administration’s “addiction” to said he had no precondition for talks with the U.S., except desk base, including the overhaul section and simulation centers. Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday sanctions has closed all pathways for possible talks. that Washington compensates the past damage that it They also left notes extending gratitude for being given ruled out plans for a meeting with American officials “The Americans are not honest. Moreover, they are has done to Iran. the chance to visit the base and called for moves to broaden on the sidelines of next month’s session of the United entangled in their addiction; the addiction of (imposing) “America owes Iran both apologies and reparations bilateral relations. Nations General Assembly in New York. sanctions will not allow any dialogue to take place,” Zarif for the meddling and damages he has been doing to Iran “No meeting will take place,” Zarif told reporters remarked. since 1953,” Rouhani told the state TV on Monday evening, when asked about possible meeting with his American The chief diplomat also rejected reports that Oman is adding “America can sit down for talks about the damage… Zarif in counterpart Mike Pompeo at the UN. mediating between Tehran and Washington, saying the and for example say in how many installations it is going Dismissing speculation about talks between Iranian and Islamic Republic has routine diplomatic contacts with to repay… because it is in debt to the Iranian nation.” Kazakhstan for American officials, Zarif said President Hassan Rouhani has its neighbors and friends without any third party being The president underlined his appreciation of genuine expressed Iran’s formal stance on U.S. President Donald involved. talks, pointing out that his administration took office Caspian Sea Trump’s recent offer for talks with Tehran. A few days earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with the promise to welcome negotiations and diplomacy. summit POLITICS TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman deskBahram Qassemi on Saturday announced Guardian Council backs anti-money Iraq’s Hakim snubs U.S. Iran sanctions, that the foreign ministers of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, including Iran, are scheduled to take part in the fifth laundering move expresses support for Tehran Caspian Sea summit in Kazakhstan on Sunday to adopt a POLITICS TEHRAN – The Last month, the Guardian Council POLITICS TEHRAN — Ammar he said, “Today, we express our opposition convention on its legal status, IRIB reported. deskGuardian Council announced that it would not confirm deskal-Hakim, leader of against such actions which are being taken Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad has approved measures passed by legislation to join the Financial Action the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement, against the brotherly nation of Iran and other Zarif left Tehran at the head of a political and legal delegation parliament on combating the financing Task Force (FATF) as it is contrary to has announced support for Iran in the face free nations in the world.” for the Kazakh city of Aktau, where the two-day event is to of terrorism, according to the council’s the constitution. of U.S. sanctions. He added unilateral actions which run con- start on Sunday. spokesman. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Hakim said the policy of threatening and trary to the UN regulations are condemnable. The countries’ foreign ministers last met in Moscow in Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on June 20 putting the countries under economic siege U.S. President Donald Trump announced December 2017, agreeing to the text of the convention. The Saturday that the measures were that parliament should pass legislation is “wrong” and “unfair”, ISNA reported on Washington’s unilateral exit from the mul- convention is slated to be ratified during the summit which consistent with the Islamic law and to combat money laundering according Saturday. tilateral nuclear deal on May 8 and ordered is to be attended by President Hassan Rouhani. the Iranian Constitution, Mehr reported. to its own criteria. Expressing Iraq’s solidarity with Iran, restoration of sanctions against Iran. Mohseni-Bandpei No longer intl. consensus exists against Iran, says MP named acting labor POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Najafi Given that Iran is member to a number agreements on nuclear non-proliferation minister deskKhoshroudi, the spokes- of international bodies and has also many that is delivering, it has to be maintained. man of the Iranian parliament’s National neighbors, it has many economic capacities We are encouraging small and medium en- Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has to counter the U.S. sanctions, he remarked. terprises, in particular, to increase business shrugged off the renewed U.S. sanctions U.S. President Donald Trump announced with and in Iran as part of something (that) POLITICS TEHRAN – In a decree on Saturday, desk against Iran, contrary to the past there is Washington’s unilateral exit from the mul- for us is a security priority,” she said. President Rouhani appointed Deputy no consensus against Iran. tilateral nuclear deal on May 8 and ordered According to CNBC, China also con- Labor Minister Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpei as acting Except the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia restoration of sanctions against Iran. demned the measures reinstated against labor minister, ILNA reported. and the UAE, the entire world have shunned The first batch of sanctions was snapped Tehran and urged oil and gas firms to reject It came three days after Labor Minister Ali Rabiei failed the U.S. exit from the nuclear deal and the back on Monday, August 6. The second batch calls for them to completely cut off from to secure the parliament’s vote of confidence following an return of sanctions against Iran. will be restored on November 4. Iranian crude. impeachment over his management of the ministry and “The Europeans and also Russia… are Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign “China’s commercial cooperation with Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a unemployment rate. seriously against the U.S. new decisions. policy chief, responded on Tuesday to the Iran is open and transparent, reasonable, statement on Tuesday saying, “We will do 129 of the lawmakers voted in favor of Rabiei’s dismissal Europe is making efforts to reduce effects Iran sanctions by calling on companies to fair and lawful, not violating any United everything necessary in the interests of pre- from his post, 111 voted against, and 3 abstained. of the sanctions in its ties with Iran,” Kho- disregard threats from Washington. Nations Security Council resolutions,” serving and fully implementing the SVPD Rabiei had survived a previous impeachment attempt shroundi said, Mehr reported on Saturday. “If there is one piece of international China’s Foreign Ministry said. (Iran nuclear deal).” back in March after a passenger plane crash as well as sinking of an Iranian oil tanker. EU believes Iran deal is working: Mogherini aide Iran test-fires POLITICS TEHRAN – The EU has never wavered anyone doing business with Iran, saying, “Never has there deskin its support for the JCPOA as it whole- been a U.S. administration intent in punishing what pre- anti-ship missile heartedly believes that the nuclear deal is a “good agreement sumably are its closest allies for respecting an agreement that is working”, says Nathalie Tocci, an aide to EU foreign that the U.S. also signed and which is an integral element in Persian Gulf : policy chief Federica Mogherini. of international law.” claim In an interview with Tasnim published on Saturday, “This is an unprecedented situation which Europeans Tocci said the JCPOA is an agreement which proves that are only beginning to grapple with. The updated blocking U.S. officials have claimed Iran has test-fired an anti-warship multilateralism, diplomacy and international law, three fun- regulation is a first step in this direction,” Tocci added. missile in a recent naval exercise in the Persian Gulf, Fox News damental principles underpinning EU foreign policy, are the On U.S. willingness to hold talks with Iran, she said, said on Friday. only recipes for delivering international peace and security. “This is a decision for the Iranian government to take but I The test of the Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile coincided In reference to U.S. pullout from the nuclear agreement, very strongly doubt the U.S. expectation will materialize.” with a large-scale naval exercise by the Islamic Revolution Guard she said the move “represents a violation of an international Tocci also touched upon the European Union’s decision Corps forces late last week involving over 50 small gunboats agreement enshrined in international law through a UNSC to punish European firms that stop doing business with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz to rehearse “swarm” tactics, they said. resolution.” because of U.S. sanctions. “What the blocking regulation According to the officials, the anti-ship Fateh-110 Mod 3 Pointing out that Iran has so far remained in compli- does is, on the one hand, to allow companies to recover flew over 100 miles on a flight path over the Strait of Hormuz ance with the terms of the JCPOA as testified by 11 rounds losses incurred from secondary sanctions and on the other, to a test range in the Iranian desert. “It was shore-to-shore,” of inspections of the IAEA, Tocci said, “The snapback of little trust that had been patiently built over the course of it forbids companies from complying with those sanctions said one U.S. official describing the launch, who like the others sanctions, as a political move aimed at bringing Iran to the 12 years of negotiations,” she added. imposing financial penalties on them otherwise.” requested anonymity. negotiating table, has little logic to it.” Moreover, she continued, “It seems to me that the Trump “The effectiveness of the regulation naturally is an entirely “Negotiations require a minimum level of trust and good administration’s intent is not to negotiate a new deal with different manner given that the EU cannot force companies faith between adversaries for them to succeed and the U.S. Iran but rather induce Iran’s capitulation.” to invest in any country if this is not in their interest,” she Iraqi PM to violation of the JCPOA has fundamentally undermined the She also pointed to the U.S. threat of punishment on added. visit Tehran: Zarif: Trump’s jubilation over Turkish economic hardship ‘shameful’ Sky News 1 The lira “slides rapidly downward with neighbors before, and will again now.” dollars to support the country’s currency against our very strong Dollar!” Trump said Reverberations of the lira fall spread which plunged after Trump escalated a feud POLITICS TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider on Twitter. Trump added, “Our relations with through global financial markets, with Euro- with the NATO ally by doubling tariffs on deskal-Abadi is scheduled to visit Tehran next Turkey are not good at this time!” pean stock markets especially hit as investors metals imports. week upon an invitation by Iran, Sky News says. Foreign Minister Zarif predicted that the took fright over banks’ exposure to Turkey. The lira has lost more than 40 percent The outlet quoted a source as saying on Saturday that the world will finally rise up against the U.S. if U.S. stocks were also rattled. this year. It hit a record low after Trump purpose of the visit is to discuss the latest political developments Washington does not stop the policy of resort Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told announced he had authorized higher tar- in the region. to “sanctions” and “bullying”. Turks on Friday to sell their gold and U.S. iffs on imports from Turkey, imposing Earlier this month, Iraqi government spokesman Saad al- “The U.S. has to rehabilitate its addiction Hadithi said that his country had to stop using the U.S. dollar in to sanctions & bullying or entire world will “The U.S. has to rehabilitate its addiction its financial transactions with Iran due to Washington’s sanctions unite—beyond verbal condemnations—to to sanctions & bullying or entire world will against Tehran. force it to,” Zarif wrote. He stressed that the Iraqi government would try to find “a The chief diplomat said Tehran will stand unite—beyond verbal condemnations—to new mechanism” in order to support trade relations with Iran. behind neighboring Turkey in the face of duties of 20 percent on aluminum and sanctions by the United States. “We’ve stood force it to,” Zarif tweeted. 50 percent on steel. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 12, 2018 INTERNATIONAL UNSC calls for ‘transparent’ inquiry Egypt security forces thwart into Saudi-led strike in Yemen’s Sa’ada bombing of church The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Yemeni army in defending the country against has called for launching a “credible and trans- the invading forces. The movement has also parent” investigation into a recent airstrike been running state affairs in the absence of by the Saudi-led military coalition that killed an effective administration during the past dozens of schoolchildren in northern Yemen. three years. The call was made during a closed-door The imposed war initially consisted of a Security Council meeting on Friday, a day bombing campaign but was later coupled after Saudi-led warplanes attacked a school with a naval blockade and the deployment bus in a market, killing at least 50 civilians, of ground forces into Yemen. mainly schoolchildren, and wounding 77 Some 15,000 Yemenis have been killed others in Yemen’s northwestern province and thousands more injured since the onset of Sa’ada. of the Saudi-led aggression. “They expressed their grave concern at The Saudi-led aggression has also taken these, and all other recent attacks in Yemen. a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure, They called for a credible and transparent destroying many hospitals, schools, and investigation,” British UN Ambassador Karen factories. The United Nations has already Pierce, council president for August, said after said that a record 22.2 million Yemenis are a senior UN official briefed the 15-member in dire need of food, including 8.4 million council on the brutal strike. threatened by severe hunger. Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said Saturday. Pierce added that the council “will now was carrying a group of young schoolchil- the southern Saudi city of Jizan. Several Western countries, the United A militant wearing a suicide vest was prevented from ap- consult with the UN and others as to how dren attending summer classes of the Holy Saudi Arabia and some of its allies launched States and Britain in particular, are also proaching a church in Qalyubiyah, a governorate north of Cairo, the investigation can best be taken forward.” Qur’an, Yemen’s al-Masirah television net- a brutal war, code-named Operation Decisive accused of being complicit in the ongoing and detonated the vest about 250 metres from the church, killing A few hours after that attack, UN Secre- work reported. Storm, against Yemen in March 2015 in an aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime himself but no one else, state news agency MENA reported. tary General António Guterres denounced The Saudi-led coalition, in a defiant attempt to reinstall Yemen’s former president, with advanced weapons and military equip- A spokesman for the health ministry said that a foreign object the deadly aerial aggression and called for statement, has described the massacre as a Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of ment as well as logistical and intelligence had exploded leading to the death of one person but no injuries, an independent investigation into the case. “legitimate action” to target missile launchers Riyadh, and crush the Houthi Ansarullah assistance. without elaborating on whether it was an attempted attack on The bus targeted by the coalition forces used by Houthi Ansarullah fighters to target movement, which is a significant aid to the (Source: Press TV) the church. Extremist militants have claimed several attacks on Egypt’s large Christian minority in recent years, including two deadly Brazen Taliban attack raises pressure on Afghan forces bombings on Palm Sunday in April 2017 and a blast at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral in December 2016 that killed 28 people. A brazen and bloody overnight assault Friday by the Taliban The most recent attack came last December, when a gunman on a key provincial capital in central Afghanistan has increased fired on worshippers at a Coptic Orthodox church in a Cairo pressure on U.S.-backed Afghan forces that are withering suburb, killing 11 in an attack claimed by Daesh (ISIS). under relentless attacks, prompting President Ashraf Ghani The country has fought an insurgency led by ISIL (Daesh) to call an emergency meeting of his security officials. in the Sinai Peninsula that has killed hundreds of soldiers and While government security forces in the city of Ghazni policemen since the Egyptian military overthrew President Mo- repulsed the multipronged attack with the help of U.S. air hamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013 - although support, Taliban insurgents remained hunkered down on no official death toll has been released to date. its outskirts, and some were still holed up in residential (Source: Daily Star) areas, according to Interior Ministry deputy spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi. At least 39 insurgents were killed, while 14 police died and 20 were wounded in the fighting, said provincial Po- lice Chief Farid Ahmad Mashal. He said the bodies of the U.S. airline worker steals Taliban fighters were found under a bridge in the southern part of Ghazni. plane, takes it for flight Mashal said there were more than 100 other casualties but could not give a breakdown of the dead and wounded. before crashing it Among the injured were four Afghan troops who were hurt when their helicopter crash-landed during the fighting, said Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish. The Taliban claimed to have shot it down, Radmanish said it was not clear if the aircraft had been hit or crash-landed for other reasons. The city of about 140,000 people was in lockdown as residents stayed indoors and reported sporadic gunfire. All shops were closed, they said, as was the highway from the In a statement late Friday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah fasting month of Ramadan, Taliban insurgents have stepped capital of Kabul to Afghanistan’s southern provinces that Mujahid said the group held control of “several places in up attacks in what would appear to be an attempt to dispel runs through Ghazni. the city,” while the police chief had fled toward the airport. hopes of peace that followed scenes of Taliban and Afghan The Taliban fighters set fire to the local TV building and To hold onto the city in the fierce, daylong fighting, Afghan soldiers and police embracing and dancing in the street. also destroyed the telecommunications tower, located just forces had to call in reinforcements as well as U.S. air power, Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the outside the city, cutting all cellphone and land line access including helicopter gunships, fighter jets and a drone strike. U.S. Institute of Peace, said the attack by the insurgents was to Ghazni, said Ali Akbar Kasemi, a lawmaker from the city. Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for U.S. forces in “a well-timed effort to demonstrate their military power City hospital administrator Baz Mohammad Hemat said Afghanistan, said American forces and U.S. attack helicopters to strengthen their negotiating position prior to another Federal authorities were searching Saturday for what drove an two wounded civilians were brought in for treatment. He flew in overnight. As fighting continued throughout the day, cease-fire and in the event of peace talks.” airline worker to steal an empty airplane from Seattle’s airport feared that there were more wounded who could not make he said U.S. forces returned, sending attack helicopters and As the U.S. and Taliban explore the next round of direct and crashing it into a nearby sparsely populated island, sparking it to the hospital because the city was shut down and am- fighter jets back to the area. talks, attacks like the one Friday on Ghazni are a reminder a security scare that saw U.S. fighter jets scrambled. bulances were being sent out. “It is a show of presence,” he said. of the pressure faced by Afghanistan’s security forces. An Horizon Air ground service agent took the controls of a Ghazni is a gateway city linking the heavily Taliban-in- An investigation was launched to determine how the Such attacks could also heighten a sense of urgency in the Bombardier Q400 turboprop airplane in a maintenance area fluenced south and east of Afghanistan to Kabul and is one insurgents had managed to push so deeply into the city, Trump administration to find a path toward progress with at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at about 8 p.m. local of the last vestiges of government control in the province which is only 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Kabul. the current approach “before the president pulls the plug time Friday and took off, embarking on a flight over Seattle of the same name. The Taliban holds sway in most of the The Taliban have stepped up attacks across the country and does something more dramatic,” said Daniel Markey, before crashing about an one hour later on Ketron Island in province where ethnic Pashtuns live, while the government since NATO and the United States formally ended their director of Johns Hopkins University’s Global Policy Program Puget Sound, Horizon sister carrier Alaska Airline said online. influence is limited to Ghazni and small pockets dominated combat mission in 2014. U.S. and NATO forces remain in “His most likely move would be to revert to his earlier The 29-year-old man, who has not been identified, was suicidal by ethnic Hazaras. Afghanistan mainly in a supporting and training role in the preference to more or less pull out of Afghanistan, leaving and appeared to have acted alone, the Pierce County Sheriff’s “The security situation in Ghazni is under control. Our 17-year-old war. only a bare-bones counterterror presence, possibly secured Department said on Twitter, adding the employee was probably defense and security forces are in full control of the city,” The Taliban attack came as President Ashraf Ghani con- by contractors,” Markey added. killed in the crash. Rahimi said. Still, the Afghan forces were engaged in house- templated a cease-fire offer to mark the Muslim holiday of While he said such a move is probably not imminent, “Doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills caused crash into to house battles in some residential areas to root out the Eid al-Adha later this month. The Taliban have rebuffed “a few more headlines that show ‘his generals’ are ‘failing’ Island,” the sheriff said on Twitter. remnants of the Taliban’s attack force. offers of negotiations with the government but have held one in Afghanistan could produce some personnel moves, and The Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Bureau Radmanish told The Associated Press the Taliban were preliminary round of direct talks with Alice Wells, Wash- then a policy shift.” of Investigation and the National Transportation Safety Board driven to an area known as Hasanabad about 500 meters ington’s top diplomat for South and Central Asia, including Separately from the Taliban, an ISIL affiliate carried out were investigating the incident, said Brad Tilden, the CEO of (yards) outside the city. Both the governor’s compound and Afghanistan. dozens of deadly attacks in recent years, mainly targeting Alaska Air Group, in an online statement. central police compound were under the control of Afghan Since an unprecedented Taliban cease-fire in June to security forces and minority Shias. “We’re working to find out everything we possibly can about security forces. mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Muslim (Source: AP) what happened,” he said. There was no indication that the incident was an act of ter- ror and no passengers were aboard the plane, the FBI said in a series of Tweets. New rights head faces rising hate: Guterres “The FBI continues to work with our state, local, and federal Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet on Sept. 1. partners to gather a complete picture of what transpired with will face a world of rising hate and inequality She will be the seventh high commissioner tonight’s unauthorized Horizon aircraft takeoff and crash,” the as the newly appointed UN human rights for human rights since the office was created agency said. chief, United Nations Secretary-General An- in 1993. It is unclear how the employee was able to taxi the plane tonio Guterres said. The General Assembly Chile’s first woman to hold the presidency, on a runway and take off without authorization. An Alaska Air approved the appointment of Bachelet to be she served in that office from 2006 to 2010, spokesman said he did not have information about how the the next UN high commissioner for human and again from 2014 to March of this year. incident occurred. rights, by consensus Friday. A trained pediatrician, Bachelet was ap- “Okay this insane. A pilot on the plane in front of us just went Bachelet, 66, served twice as president, pointed in 2010 as the first director of UN rogue and took off on an empty plane bypassing orders from the championing socialist policies in her country. Women, the UN agency promoting gender tower,” tweeted Ben Schaechter, a passenger on an airplane that During the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet equality worldwide. Born in Santiago, Bache- was taxiing to take off before the incident. in the 1970s, she was detained for several let is the daughter of a general who opposed Video footage on social media showed a large plane flying weeks and tortured. Pinochet’s overthrow of Salvador Allende. above the Seattle area with an F-15 fighter jet following it. Two Speaking to reporters, Guterres praised After her release from detention, she went F-15s pursued the plane but were not involved in the crash, the Bachelet as “perfectly suited” for the job but into exile in Australia and East Germany where sheriff said. warned she takes office “at a time of grave she continued her studies in medicine. “Told F-15s made it within a few minutes of theft of plane. consequence for human rights” in the world. Bachelet returned to Chile in 1979, but Pilots kept plane out of harm’s way and people on ground safe,” “Hatred and inequality are on the rise,” he was prevented from working as a doctor for the sheriff said on Twitter. said. Respect for human rights law is on the political reasons. She continued studying, Alaska Air said the F-15s were scrambled from a Portland decline, civil society is being squeezed out decided not to seek a second term after losing human rights,” Guterres said. specializing in pediatrics and public health. air base. and press freedom is under pressure, Gu- support from the United States, Russia and “We need a person who can ensure the After democracy was restored in 1990, she The sheriff said earlier that the employee was a airline me- terres added. China. Prince Zeid criticized Trump for his integrity of the indispensable human rights worked for the Health Ministry and in 2000 chanic, but the airline said he was a ground service agent. In a video posted on Twitter, Bachelet said policies on refugees, his attacks on the media mechanisms of the United Nations.” was appointed health minister, followed by Fire crews were working on putting out the fire from the crash in Spanish that she was “deeply humbled and and more recently for his decision, which was Prince Zeid said in a statement he was defense minister four years later. on Ketron Island in Puget Sound. No one was injured on the honored” by the appointment and pledged later reversed, to separate migrant children delighted with the appointment of Bachelet. As president, Bachelet offered a dramat- ground, authorities said. Ketron Island is a sparsely populated to bring “all of my energy and convictions” from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. “She has all the attributes – courage, perse- ic break from Chile’s conservative political island 40 km southwest of the airport. to the job. Guterres made clear he believed Bachelet verance, passion, and a deep commitment class. She reformed the pension system and The Bombardier Q400 turboprop airplane is designed for Bachelet steps into a position that has could resist pressure to refrain from speak- to human rights – to make her a successful improved health and social services, focusing shorter-distance flights and can seat 76 passengers, Alaska Air drawn much controversy under her prede- ing out on human rights. “To navigate these high commissioner,” he said. on Chile’s working poor. said on its website. cessor, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, who currents, we need a strong advocate for all Bachelet will take up her new position (Source: AFP) (Source: Daily Star) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY AUGUST 12,12, 2018

STOCK MARKET Infrastructure TEDPIX 129013.8 IFX 1479.23 provided for trading Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir cryptocurrency in CURRENCIES USD 42,000 rials stock exchange EUR 47,956 rials ENERGY TEHRAN—Required in- necessary decisions. GBP 53,629 rials deskfrastructure is provided Iran is moving ahead with a plan to in- AED 11,437 rials for trading cryptocurrency in Iran’s stock troduce a national cryptocurrency, partly exchange, Head of Securities and Exchange as a way of busting U.S. sanctions. Source: mehrnews.com Organization (SEO) Shapour Mohammadi The Iranian government said in April that cool on cryptocurrencies, to say the least. Last bat capital flight. told IRNA on Saturday. it had developed an experimental domestic year, reports suggested Iran was looking at “We are trying to prepare the grounds to He said cryptocurrency is something cryptocurrency. Bitcoin as a solution for the country being cut use a domestic digital currency in the coun- related to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), On July 25, Press TV reported that the off from international payments networks, try,” Alireza Daliri, from the technological COMMODITIES but SEO is ready for any kind of cooperation “plan to create an indigenous cryptocurrency” but in February the central bank nixed the directorate of the Iranian Presidential Office, WTI $67.63/b and sees no barrier in this due. was moving forward, and the central bank was idea, expressing distaste for cryptocurrencies told local media, per Press TV. “This currency The official said that the stock exchange working with “domestic knowledge-based in general. The central bank then cracked would facilitate the transfer of money (to and Brent $72.81/b can accept new financial instruments, but companies” to develop the digital currency. down on financial institutions offering from) anywhere in the world. Besides, it can other organizations should also take the The Iranian central bank had long been cryptocurrency services, in order to com- help us at the time of sanctions.” OPEC Basket $72.03/b Gold $1,212.75/oz Iran rises 2 places to become world’s 11th top steel producer: WSA Silver $15.36/oz ECONOMY TEHRAN— According to same period of time in the past year. Producing 451 million tons of crude steel, Platinium $832.35/oz deskthe latest report released It is while the world’s steel production dur- China stood at the first place in the six-month Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com by the World Steel Association (WSA), Iran ing January-June, 2018 rose just 4.6 percent. period of this year, while Japan and India was ranked the 11th among the world’s larg- The WSA also put Iran’s crude steel output came next through producing 52.98 million est crude steel producers in the first half of at 2.08 million tons in June of this year, with tons and 52.83 million tons of the product, NEWS IN BRIEF 2018, IRIB reported. a 16.5-percent rise from 1.785 million tons respectively. The WSA data showed that the country’s in June of 2017. Iran’s crude steel output was even more SME Iran 2018 crude steel output stood at 12.516 million tons Iran was in the 13th place in the first half than production in the countries like France, during the first six-month of this year, rising of 2017 while it came up to 11th place leaving Spain, Britain, Canada, Australia and Austria to showcase 25.8 percent from 9.947 million tons in the Ukraine and Mexico behind. during January-June 2018. capabilities of Iranian industries The U.S.-China trade war is worrying some Hong Kong-owned manufacturers, CEO says Hong Kong-owned companies that manu- Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, that really undercuts their profit margins,” are also affected,” he said. ECONOMY TEHRAN – Over 1200 Iranian small and facture in mainland China are increasingly said more than 95 percent of its some 3,000 Young said. ‘Not yet’ deskmedium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are go- worried about the escalating Washington- members, have factory operations in the Hong Kong manufacturers produce a As China’s economy has grown, costs for ing to gather today at SME Iran 2018 exhibition to showcase Beijing trade war, according to one industry mainland. At first, members were not ini- wide range of goods in China, including labor and land as well as compliance with the their latest achievements and capabilities, Shata reported executive. tially very concerned about the trade war, he toys, furniture, clothing and watches but country’s increasingly stringent regulations on Saturday. Hong Kong’s dynamic skyline and bustling told CNBC, “but by and by more of them are also high-tech items including molding and have increased. The three-day exhibition is going to be opened in a ceremony harbor illustrate its role as a global financial expressing some worries, especially about dye-casting machines and circuit boards sub- That has resulted in companies seeking attended by the country’s senior officials from industry sector. hub, but decades ago it teemed with factories, the uncertainty facing them.” ject to tariffs, according to Young. cheaper pastures in China’s inner regions As reported, over 15 foreign enterprises from various coun- making it one of the four “Asian Tigers” of the Young, a former director-general for trade He said that while the vast majority of or in other regions like Southeast Asia, a tries including Turkey, Malaysia, South Korea and Pakistan day along with Singapore, South Korea and and industry in the Hong Kong government, the Hong manufacturers in China do not phenomenon Young said has been going on are also going to participate in this event. Taiwan. But enticed by the nearby mainland’s estimated that about 25 percent are uneasy export to the United States, they can still for about a decade. On top of that trend, he About 10 workshops and also B2B talks are also planned economic opening that began 40 years ago about the geopolitical spat between the world’s be hit in other ways said he’s heard from some factory owners that to be held on the sidelines of this grand exhibition. this year, many took advantage of China’s two largest economies. “Because of the retaliatory action on the the trade war could push their hand further. then low costs for labor, land and production “I think some of them are concerned that part of China, some of our Hong Kong manu- “They are really thinking of moving some to shift operations there. buyers in the U.S. are already trying to sup- facturers who import parts and components of their production to Southeast Asia,” Young Georgian Raymond Young, CEO of the Chinese press the buying price of the products and so from the U.S. to make their final products said. (Source: CNBC) ambassador calls for win-win trade U.S. government posts with Iran $77b deficit in July

ECONOMY TEHRAN – Georgia’s ambassador in The U.S. government had a $77 billion budget deskTehran said his country is eager for a win- deficit in July, according to Treasury Department win trade with Iran, given the existing capacity to expand data released on Friday. the economic cooperation between the two countries, IRNA That compared to a budget deficit of $43 billion reported on Saturday. in the same month last year, the department’s “Iranian investors can establish industrial units and monthly budget statement showed. factories in Georgia and export their products to Europe and The 79 percent rise was in line with analysts’ China from there without any tariffs”, Ioseb Chakhvashvili expectations. Economists polled by Reuters had IN THE NAME OF GOD said. forecast the Treasury posting a $77 billion deficit Second Announcement According to the official, if Iran and Georgia intend to in July. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING expand economic cooperation, they should consider big The government’s deficit was $124 billion investments in the future. when accounting for calendar adjustments. That compared to an adjusted deficit of $85 billion in the same month the prior year. INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-05/151 The deficit for the fiscal year, which began Iran-China trade up 10% in 6 last October, reached $684 billion, compared Tender Holder: to a deficit of $566 billion in the same period ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) months on year of fiscal 2017. On an adjusted basis, the gap of $734 billion compared with $606 billion in the 1 Business with Iran no harm to any other Subject of Two-Stage Tender: country previous period. China’s business and energy ties with Iran do not harm the Unadjusted receipts last month totaled $225 Technical Proposal Document for Preparation, Installation of Copper Busducts Ranging interests of any other country, the country’s Foreign Ministry billion, down 3 percent from July last year, while from 3200 Amps to 5000 Amps (Tehran IRIB Center) according to the tender documents said, after U.S. President Donald Trump said companies unadjusted outlays were $302 billion, a jump of doing business with Iran would be barred from the United 10 percent from the same month in 2017. States, Reuters reported on Saturday. (Source: Reuters) Deadline of Receiving Documents: China has already defended its commercial relations with As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on Iran as open and transparent as U.S. sanctions on Iran took Wednesday August 15, 2018. effect despite pleas from Washington’s allies. Erdogan tells Turks to buy crumbling Place of Receiving Documents: Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and lira as Trump turns Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran

the screws Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday The amount of USD 67,318 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee to sell their gold and U.S. dollars to support the country’s currency which plunged after U.S. Presi- Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: dent Donald Trump escalated a feud with NATO The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked ally Turkey by doubling tariffs on metals imports. The Turkish lira TRYTOM=D3 has long been with tender number no later than 15 p.m. on Saturday September 15, 2018 and submitted to the falling on worries about Erdogan’s influence over Secretariat of Commission of Tenders. monetary policy and worsening relations with the United States. On Friday the currency dropped as much as 18 Time and Place of Opening Envelopes Gao Feng, the spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce percent at one point, the biggest one-day fall since The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Monday September 17, 2018 in the office In a statement released late on Friday, China’s foreign a 2001 financial crisis in Turkey. ministry reiterated its opposition to unilateral sanctions and Reverberations spread through global financial of Vice President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be “long-armed jurisdiction”. markets, with European stock markets especially after technical evaluation. “For a long time, China and Iran have had open, trans- hit as investors took fright over banks’ exposure It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. parent and normal commercial cooperation in the fields of to Turkey. U.S. stocks were also rattled. business, trade and energy, which is reasonable, fair and The lira has lost more than 40 percent this year. lawful,” it said. It hit a record low after Trump announced he had For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 “This does not violate United Nations Security Council authorized higher tariffs on imports from Turkey, It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. resolutions or China’s promised international obligations, nor imposing duties of 20 percent on aluminium and does it harm the interests of any other country, and should 50 percent on steel. Public Relations Dept. of IRIB be respected and protected,” the ministry added. The lira, Trump noted on Twitter, “slides rapidly Using sanctions at the slightest pretext or to threaten downward against our very strong Dollar!” anyone won’t resolve the problem, it said. “Our relations with Turkey are not good at this “Only dialogue and negotiations are the true path to re- time!” he wrote. solving the issue,” the ministry added. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 12, 2018 ENERGYADVERTISEMENT 5

IEA says calm in oil markets U.S. oil reserve release will not guarantee lower pump could be short-lived prices: analysts American drivers are unlikely to see prices at the pump fall Oil markets have entered a brief period of to prevent any supply shortage. if the Trump administration releases crude from the Stra- calm but a storm might be looming later this Saudi Arabia is producing around 10.4 tegic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) because U.S. oil production year when new U.S. sanctions are poised to million bpd and could in theory raise output already is sky high, analysts said. slash supplies of Iranian oil, the International to above 12 million bpd. The potential release, ahead of the U.S. midterm elections Energy Agency said on Friday. But such a move would leave the world in November, would aim to bring relief to customers who “The recent cooling down of the market, with virtually no spare capacity to cushion have seen gasoline jump 50 cents a gallon in the past year. with short-term supply tensions easing, cur- against possible supply disruptions in produc- Even if the release temporarily sends futures contracts rently lower prices, and lower demand growth er countries like Libya, Venezuela or Nigeria. lower, there is no guarantee that pump prices would follow and might not last,” the IEA, which oversees the “Thus, the market outlook could be far remain down, according to analysts and market participants. energy policies of industrialized nations, said less calm at that point than it is today,” the “It’s unlikely to have any measurable impact on the diesel in a monthly report. Paris-based IEA said. or gasoline market in the U.S.,” said Zachary Rogers, refining Oil prices have rallied close to $80 per Besides supply fears, oil prices are being and oil products analyst at Wood Mackenzie in Houston. barrel, their highest since 2014, on concerns supported by healthy demand growth that “There’s already enough crude to run at max rates,” he said. about supply shortages but cooled in recent has repeatedly surprised on the upside in The reserve, which contains about 660 million barrels of weeks as Libya regained some lost production recent years despite a recovery in prices. crude, can be tapped in event of an emergency disruption and Washington signaled it could give Asian The IEA kept its 2018 oil demand growth to domestic supply and has been used to avoid price spikes buyers of Iranian oil some exemptions from forecast unchanged at 1.4 million bpd but in case of past disruptions. sanctions for next year. raised its 2019 forecast by around 110,000 U.S. crude oil futures this year have climbed by more than However, the United States said it was bpd to 1.49 million bpd. 10 percent, prompting the United States to mull a release. still seeking to force Iran’s oil customers to “Another factor to consider is that trade Any distribution would be a non-emergency sale, analysts stop purchases completely in the long run. tensions might escalate and lead to slow- said, with refiners, trading houses and others able to bid on Iran is OPEC’s third-largest producer, er economic growth, and in turn lower oil barrels stored underground at four Gulf Coast locations. at the expense of maintaining an adequate with output at around 4 million barrels per perhaps in combination with production prob- demand,” the IEA said, referring to a trade If the reserve is tapped, much of the crude oil and refined spare capacity cushion,” the IEA said. day (bpd) or 4 percent of global supply. lems elsewhere, maintaining global supply dispute between the United States and China. products that would be produced could go overseas, say Saudi Arabia has pledged intervention “As oil sanctions against Iran take effect, might be very challenging and would come (Source: Reuters) energy experts. “Domestic demand is not high enough to absorb all the barrels that are being refined and turned into products,” Caught in the crossfire: why American LNG may fall prey to U.S.-China trade war said Kenneth Medlock, a fellow in Energy and Resource In response to an August wave of tariffs from Washington, the same period last year. grown by 12.2 percent despite the U.S. tariff war. Mei added Economics at Rice University. Some supplies released from China has taken tit-for-tat measures, targeting American Moreover, in May 2018, Vice Premier of the State Council that in the first seven months China’s exports to the U.S. the SPR would go “back out into the market,” he added. liquefied natural gas (LNG), one of the Trump administration’s of the People’s Republic of China Liu He and Secretary of had increased by 13.3 percent. The United States does not lack for crude. Gulf Coast most sensitive assets. Speaking to Sputnik, Chinese trade Commerce Ross agreed to further increase deliveries of “So, the impact of American tariffs on China is very exports of crude oil and products hit an all-time record in researcher Mei Xinyu opined that the tariff war would seriously super-chilled American fuel to China. limited, the maximum effect they could have only at the April 2018, when the region exported nearly 6.3 million backfire upon the U.S. in due course. However, U.S. -China trade frictions have dramatically very beginning of the trade war,” the scholar said. “However, barrels per day, according to U.S. Energy Information Ad- U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to China have escalated since June 15, when Trump confirmed that a 25 for the United States, its consequences will become more ministration data. been caught in the crossfire amid the ongoing tariff war percent tariff would be imposed on $50 billion in Chinese tangible and heavy in due course.” Any SPR release that ended up overseas could spark “a between Washington and Beijing. goods. In July, Washington introduced high duties against Meanwhile, Russia’s LNG supplies to China are growing very negative reaction” among U.S. taxpayers, said Barry President Donald Trump anchored his hopes on U.S. $34 billion in Chinese imports. This month the Trump steadily. In July, two Arc7 ice-class tankers “Vladimir Rusanov” Worthington, executive director of the United States Ener- LNG and vowed to make the U.S. an energy super-power. administration has promised to subject an additional $16 and “Eduard Tolle” delivered the first batch of Russian LNG gy Association, a non-profit organization that represents It was expected that China would play a significant role in billion in Chinese products to 25-percent tariffs, starting to China within the framework of the Yamal LNG project. companies in the U.S. energy sector. Trump’s grand design. August 23. Beijing has responded with tit-for-tat measures, Beijing is actively discussing the increase in natural gas The SPR is made up of four total storage sites located in “China needs to import very, very large amounts of LNG targeting U.S. LNG among other American exports. supplies with Moscow. The options for the construction of Texas and Louisiana, according to the Department of En- and from their point it would be very logical to import more Speaking to Sputnik China, Mei Xinyu, a researcher at the second branch of the “Power of Siberia” gas pipeline from ergy’s website. The reserves include sweet and sour crudes. of it from us, if for no reason other than to diversify their China’s Ministry of Commerce, emphasized that Washington the East Siberian fields are being worked out. There is also Because of their proximity to the storage sites and the sources of supply. It would also have the side effect of reducing had shot itself in the foot, adding that the PRC would preserve an option for the construction of an “Altai” gas pipeline from sophistication of their facilities, refiners along the Gulf Coast the deficit,” US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross told its status as a global trading power no matter what. the West Siberian deposit. In February, Gazprom came up are the most likely domestic buyers, said analysts. Bloomberg TV in March 2018. “The U.S. is ranked second after China in terms of exports,” with the plan to build a pipeline to delivery Russian natural “It goes back to what precisely is being released. There’s China’s demand for natural gas is steadily growing as Mei said. “However, the gap between China and the United gas from Sakhalin to China. a different market for sweet and sour crude or heavy and Beijing closes obsolete coal-fired power plants as part of States is almost twofold. And it is unlikely that a trade war That means that the energy gap left by the U.S. amid the light,” said Paul Horsnell, an energy analyst at Standard its fight with air pollution. In the first half of 2018, Chinese will affect China’s status as a world trading power.” Sino-American trade war could be quickly filled by Russian Chartered. imports of U.S. LNG grew 17 percent when compared with He stressed that in July, Chinese exports to the U.S. had hydrocarbons. (Source: Sputnik) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 12, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF Indian envoy India, Afghanistan discuss Chabahar Port’s calls on Khan, discuss bilateral role in bolstering trade, economic ties ties INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — The first ior Afghan analyst and former presidential INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — In a significant gesture, In- deskphase of the Chabahar spokesperson, Aimal Faizi said the port is deskdia’s High Commissioner to Islamabad Port was inaugurated in December last year, crucial for Afghanistan and the region. “It Ajay Bisara on Friday called on Pakistan’s prime minister- which has opened a new strategic transit has opened a very strategic trade route for in-waiting Imran Khan. During the meeting, the two sides route between India, Iran and Afghanistan. Afghanistan, a close neighbor Iran, whose discussed a range of issues, focusing on prospects of the While there are still some unresolved issues stability and economic prosperity will have India-Pakistan relationship. related to the development of the port, which a direct impact on Tehran’s long-term secu- The Indian High Commission termed the meeting as “can- is situated in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan prov- rity,” he said. did”, in which the High Commissioner gifted Khan a cricket ince, it is expected to make headway soon. Pakistani officials have proposed connect- bat autographed by the Indian cricket team. Khan, a cricketer- During the second meeting of India- ing Gwadar and Chabahar ports. Sumitha turned-politician, had led Pakistan to the World Cup victory Afghanistan Joint Working Group on De- Kutty, an Indian analyst, told Tehran Times in 1992, which catapulted him to dizzying heights of fame. velopment Cooperation (JWG-DC) in Kabul that chances are high that trade between She also said that Khan “discussed the need to restart on Thursday, the officials from India and Iran and Pakistan may be furthered via the dialogue between Pakistan and India on all outstanding Afghanistan underscored the importance of Chabahar port or related infrastructure such issues including Kashmir”, and expressed concern over hu- access through Chabahar Port for strength- as the adjoining free-trade zone. man rights violations in Kashmir. ening trade and economic relations between “India currently has a ten-year operating The relations between the two estranged neighbors have them, said a statement issued by the Afghan lease with potential for renewal and it does been marked by hostility and mistrust in recent years, and the government. not (as yet) have special say in whose goods intermittent cross border skirmishes have compounded the The officials discussed the viability of the transit through, once the upgraded port is matters further. In his victory speech, Khan had expressed strategic port in Iran as a route for trade up and running. It should therefore be ex- his desire to open a new chapter in relations with New Delhi and commerce, citing the timely delivery of pected that both China and Pakistan – given and work towards the resolution of Kashmir issue. goods from India in the drought-hit areas the strong presence of the former and that of Afghanistan this year. Iran shares its borders with the latter – will Bangladesh govt A statement issued by India’s External inevitably use this port as well,” she said. Affairs Ministry said the Afghan side high- According to observers, Chabahar Port under fire as ly appreciated India’s timely assistance of is turning into a success story for India-Iran student protests 170,000 tonnes of wheat and 2,000 tonnes relations and the regional integration. The of pulses this year through Chabahar Port the Chabahar Port development project, a its goods to markets like India, thereby re- project has moved slowly because of the U.S. grow when large parts of the country were suffer- second agreement on connectivity was also ducing its dependence on Pakistan and its sanctions on Iran but reports say the U.S. ing from drought. signed by India, Iran and Afghanistan, which Karachi port. government is unlikely to pressurize India TEHRAN — With student protests against INTERNATIONAL While India and Iran are signatories to allows Afghanistan to use the port to ship In an interview with Tehran Times, sen- to stop development work on the project. deskthe lack of road safety measures in Bang- ladesh growing, the government led by Sheikh Hasina is increasingly finding itself in troubled waters. The govern- ment has been criticized by rights activists across the world ‘Takfiri groups can’t establish strategic presence in Kashmir’ for using force to quell the protests. The protestors and journalists have accused the cadres 1 The shrines of these noble Sayeds and of those of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League of assaulting them. In who came after them are revered by both Shias and Sunnis. a statement, Human Rights Watch cited witnesses saying They remained symbols of Muslim unity until the time suc- that the cadres attacked the protesters with machetes cessive ruling elites succeeded in driving a wedge between and sticks. the members of two sects, and unfortunately we allowed Most prominent among those arrested is Bangladeshi that to happen. photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam, who was Looking at the contemporary history, what has been picked up from his home in Dhaka by Bangladeshi police the role of Muslim clergy – both Shia and Sunni – in foster- and charged under the Information and Communication ing Islamic unity and brotherhood in Kashmir? Technology Act. The law has been denounced as harsh. A. Genuine Muslim clergy, on both sides, has all along Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had warned on Sunday that played a key role in countering the malicious campaign of a “third party” could sabotage the protests and put the safety pseudo Mullahs and ‘Durbari historians’, especially during of demonstrators at risk. “That’s why I request all guardians the 500 years of ‘alien’ rule. Unfortunately the trend has and parents to keep their children at home. Whatever they picked up again and these pseudo Mullahs and paid writers have done is enough,” she said. are doing a great disservice to Islam and Muslims in Kashmir. Terrorist groups like Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS have brought bad name to Islam and Muslims. Today they are U.S. cuts killing Shias in Afghanistan and Pakistan and calling them ‘heretics’. How important is it for Muslims to not play into Pakistani officers their hands? A. They may not be able to establish a strategic presence What needs to be done to bring the two communities A. The question is not what is important. The question is here but they certainly and undeniably have a sympathetic closer and how do you see the role of clergy in it? from training how ordinary Muslims will differentiate between right and base, albeit very small. Moreover, vested interests who want A. I wish our leaders, along with their followers, make it programs wrong when majority of Muslims remain in darkness about to perpetuate turmoil in Kashmir may make the young peo- a point to visit shrines controlled by the either side. Consci- certain important historical events even after the passage ple, already pushed to wall by circumstances, vulnerable to entious Shia Muslims should offer Friday prayers at Jamia INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — An indication of growing of 1500 years. These groups may have been founded by im- exploitation by such forces. Masjid and Eid prayers at Eidgah. In the same way, con- deskstrains between Islamabad and Wash- perialist powers but the fact is they have willing volunteers. How do you see the role of Muslim youth in advocat- scientious Sunni Muslims should attend Hussaini Majalis ington, the U.S. government has reportedly started cutting Today our political leadership is also divided, in both ing and advancing the narrative of unity and brotherhood, during Muharram and pray in Shia mosques in places where Pakistani officers from training and educational programs Arab and non- Arab world. How far do you see it responsible in the context of Kashmir and the region? they are in minority. that were a key aspect of Pakistan-U.S. bilateral relations for the degeneration of Muslim Ummah across the world? A. Let me cite a personal example. In 2005, I got a call Media is a forum of public debate and stimulus for more than a decade, according to media reports. A. When were they united in the first place? The only from Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten while I was on of political and social change. As a journalist and political Citing anonymous U.S. officials, Reuters said they were difference now is that Muslim politicians are increasingly a Bangalore trip. The reporter on the other side was en- observer, what do you think should be the role of media in worried the decision could weaken the U.S.-Pakistan rela- becoming irrelevant and ordinary Muslims rely more on quiring if there were any protests in Kashmir during the Muslim societies, Kashmir in particular, to bring peoples tions further, forcing Islamabad to turn to Russia or China social media for guidance, and there lies the bigger danger. day over caricatures of the Prophet of Islam (pbuh) that from different sects closer together? for assistance. What is the role of OIC (Organisation of Islamic had appeared in the said newspaper on the day. When A. It is precisely because of the power of media that powers The move, the report said, is one of the first major impacts Countries) and how far has it been successful in its stated I called my office and found out that no one in Kashmir down the ages have manipulated it. It is that manipulated of Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would cut objectives? was aware of such cartoons. The news gradually made media which is responsible for present day confusion and security aid to Pakistan to compel the country to crack down A. It has been reduced to a toothless tiger. Even member it to headlines and all hell broke loose. Later I learnt chaos the world over. Ideally media should be a catalyst for on terror sanctuaries. states do not take it seriously. It is seen as an extension of the newspaper was anticipating protests in places like positive change but a vast majority of media outlets today, With the growing proximity between Pakistan and China, Saudi government’s foreign office. Kashmir before bringing out such sacrilegious cartoons. controlled by the state or operated by corporates, are doing the relations between Islamabad and Washington have no- Do you see the possibility of Takfiri groups succeeding The point being gullible Muslims play into the hands of exactly the opposite. sedived. China has already extended several loans to Paki- in their evil designs in Kashmir? What should Muslims do such mischief mongers. Sometimes, it is a cartoon and In the context of Kashmir, it is near impossible to have stan for the $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor to preserve the syncretic Sufi culture of Kashmir in which sometimes burning of Quran. Our response has to be an independent media. Ironically, it is the absence of free (CPEC), which is described as ‘game-changer’ in the region. radical brand of Islam has no place? measured and intelligent. media or lack of it that breeds confusion, resulting in conflicts. The relations between the two countries have frayed since the U.S. President Donald Trump’s New Year tweet in which he launched a tirade against Pakistan, invoking widespread anger and outrage in Pakistan. In his tweet, the An open letter to the brave people of Iran from Kashmir US called Pakistan a ‘safe haven’ for terrorists and said that 1 You have always taken pride to be a You are reliving Karbala today. Imam the “United States had foolishly given more than 33 billion nation of Imam Hussain (A.S). How happy Hussain faced same choices then as you are dollars in aid to over the last 15 years.” and lucky you should feel that you are at facing now. He just had to nod his head and last reliving Karbala. What was Karbala? It Yazid would have provided him everything New political was simply refusal to capitulate in front of possible in the world. You also have to just a tyrant, an arrogant power. That is exactly give a positive nod and all your difficulties alliance in what you are doing now. will end. J&K on You just have to say yes to the tyrant, What did the Imam do? The answer is sanctions will go, economy will improve, and clear: “Hayhat Mina Zila”. There is no way cards you will enjoy all the luxuries and comforts we can accept humiliation. Trump is happy of this world. You will have McDonalds, Ken- to do sword dance with King Salman know- TEHRAN — Almost two months after INTERNATIONAL tucky, Walmart etc. But, at what cost? You ing fully well that most of the 9/11 terror- deskthe PDP-BJP government in Jammu and will have to switch from being Hussain Ibn ists were ideologically as well as financially Kashmir abruptly broke up; a new political alliance is on Ali to Umar Ibn Saad. You will be accept- supported by Saudi Arabia. Why is then the cards to end the governor’s rule in the troubled Indian state, ing the governorship of Ray for betraying U.S. so angry with Iran? We need to know according to reports. the master of challengers. You need to be the answer. The answer is in this one phrase: BJP, India’s ruling right-wing party, has been trying to commended for choosing right over might, “How dare you?” cobble together a political alliance with like-minded forces truth over falsehood, Hussain ibn Ali over When the U.S. says something or wants in Jammu and Kashmir to form a new government. BJP’s Umar Ibn Saad. something, how dare you oppose it? When pointsman in Kashmir Ram Madhav has been holding closed- There are legitimate grievances regarding the U.S. wants a regime change in Syria, door meetings with disgruntled PDP leaders there. corruption, economic mismanagement and how dare you support Assad? When the Stationed in Kashmir presently, according to reports, other issues. I support your right to peacefully U.S. wants the world to recognize the il- Madhav has met his party unit leaders as well as the chief of protest and seek solution to your problems. legitimate Zionist state, how dare you to Peoples Conference Sajjad Lone, who has emerged as likely But, your enemy is very powerful and very refuse? When the U.S. thinks that the Islamic candidate for the chief minister’s post. shrewd. You have to make sure that you don’t Republic is not good for Iranian people, A senior BJP leader, who was part of the meeting, was play into his hands. You want end of corrup- how dare you think otherwise? But, you quoted saying by Kashmir Reader daily that a new govern- tion, he wants end of Islamic Republic. You boom. You accepted and what happened? dare Trump. You refuse to accept his bul- ment would be formed in the state with “like-minded” peo- ambitions and that is what this whole exer- want jobs, he wants end of Islamic Republic. So what does the U.S. want from you now? lying. You refuse to be humiliated. That is ple by August-end. A formal announcement is likely to be cise is about. You give up your support for You want better living conditions, he wants It wants to decide for you. Donald Trump why we the people of Kashmir have such made towards the end of this month or in the first week of Palestinians and everything will be normal. end of Islamic Republic. Beware of his unholy and Mike Pompeo want to decide who rules tremendous respect for you. September, the newspaper reported. But you will have to pay a price for that and plots, designs and conspiracies. Iran and how Iran is ruled, what weapons We pray for you, not only because we love Following the collapse of PDP-BJP government in the that price is your sovereignty and self-respect. Your enemy has declared a war against and how many of them you need, how your you but because we see you as the only hope state, six PDP legislators led by popular Shia leader Imran History is witness to the fact that Iran has you. The only difference is that the enemy is foreign policy is. And, most importantly, in these times of despair. We admire your Raza Ansari had revolted against the party for promoting never attacked any country and also has never not bombing you into submission, but starv- they want you to give up support for the resistance and resilience. “nepotism”. Since then, the lobby of disgruntled members compromised its own sovereignty. The eight ing you into submission. You were told that Palestinian cause. Writer is a Kashmir-based medical doctor has expanded. Ansari is likely to be the deputy CM in the year Iran-Iraq war bears testimony to this if you give up your nuclear program, sanc- The American and Zionist regimes see and writer. He can be reached at hakimyasir@ new political dispensation. fact and Iran was militarily much weaker tions will go and you will see an economic Iran as a big obstacle in their creepy global then. Today it is much stronger. hotmail.com I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 12, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Arab NATO is exchanging security by A school bus named Yemen TEHRAN (FNA) - In Yemen, a school bus driver’s job description economic and financial issues: Hunter doesn’t just include coping with inclement weather, road rage, teen angst, juvenile delinquency, and surprise route inspections from supervisors. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW pressure on Iran on several fronts. Those are the driver’s By Javad Heirannia Due to the policies of Donald Trump, headaches, of course. it seems the U.S.-Arab military alliance is Yemeni school bus drivers TEHRAN — Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a formed to extort from Arab countries espe- professor of political science at Georgetown might even think it’s OK cially through spread Iran phobia. What do to tailgate, cut off a bus or University, tells the Tehran Times that that you think about this? “At least since the mid1970s, there has been take risks around a vehi- A: At least since the mid1970s, there has cle carrying as many as 50 a tacit cooperation among Persian Gulf Arab been a tacit cooperation among Persian states and the West, including America.” children. After almost four Gulf Arab states and the West, including years of war and occupa- “The basis of this cooperation has been the America. The basis of this cooperation has understanding that, in exchange for American tion, however, the school been the understanding that, in exchange bus drivers in Yemen have security umbrella, the Gulf states would be for American security umbrella, the Gulf more cooperative on economic and financial also added a new descrip- states would be more cooperative on eco- tion – and a new lesson issues , including the supply and price of oil,” nomic and financial issues , including the Hunter tells the Tehran Times. - to their jobs: A billion supply and price of oil. The Persian Gulf sorries are meaningless She adds the recent developments such states have always felt insecure vis a vis as Arab NATO are the “continuation of this to parents who lost their their larger neighbors such as Iran and precious bundles of joy and trend, namely security in exchange for eco- Iraq before the U.S. invasions. Therefore, nomic and financial gain.” who are waiting in an emergency room with teary-eyed inquiries they have welcomed cooperation with the about their injured children after an airstrike by Saudi warplanes Following is the text the interview: West. By contrast, Iran, even before the Washington has announced the forma- that hit their local school bus. revolution, has always argued that only Sadly, on Thursday, August 9, that’s exactly what happened tion of a military alliance in the Middle East regional states should have the responsi- against Iran, with the participation of Saudi when Saudi warplanes attacked a school bus in northern Yemen, bility for Persian Gulf security. The recent hitting the bus just as it was passing through a crowded mar- Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, developments are the continuation of this which is scheduled to be introduced in the ketplace. At least 50 civilians were killed in the attack, mostly intends to form a formal military alliance some problems for Tehran. For example, they trend, namely security in exchange for eco- schoolchildren, and 77 others were wounded. United States soon. Will this coalition be with Arab states or to continue with infor- have contributed to Iran’s regional isolation nomic and financial gain. considered as a real coalition or a military Exact splits between children and people who were shopping mal cooperation that has existed for some and might have prevented the normalization On the other hand, the current military at the market is not yet clear. The Red Cross, however, has con- organization? time. If it decides on a formal alliance, then of its relations with Egypt and Jordan. A alliance is with the participation of the Air A: Coalitions whether military or political firmed that “scores” of children were killed, saying that most of some form of institution would be required formal military alliance most likely would Force and the Navy. Although the coalition the victims were under the age of 10. Reporters at the scene say are informal arrangements, and are not em- to manage the alliance. be a greater challenge, especially in case of needs the Land Army to succeed. How is this bodied in specific institutions. By contrast, it’s unclear why the bus was targeted, noting that there are no Due to the failure of previous coalitions a military confrontation between Iran and issue evaluated? military installations anywhere near the market. They say this military alliances have more formal institu- against Iran, such as the Saudi or the Gulf the United States. A: If the alliance is for deterrence purposes tions. The best example of such an alliance remote area of Sa’ada province has few hospitals, and the Saudi Cooperation Council alliances against Iran, Why is it said that the coalition will then naval and air forces might be sufficient. naval blockade has left them with no medicine, so the death toll is The North Atlantic Treaty Organization How is assessed the fate of the current U.S.-led be formed three weeks before sanctions Army is needed in case of a land offensive. (NATO). During the Cold War, the Warsaw is almost certain to rise. coalition against the Islamic Republic of Iran? against Iran? However, if the current talks are to be trans- It doesn’t take a strategic mind to realise why the Saudi war- Pact was another example. At the moment A: Thus far, the anti-Iran coalitions have A: I believe this a coincidence. However, it lated into alliance building land forces would it is not clear whether the United States planes targeted a busy market and a school bus. Saudi Arabia and been informal. Even so, they have created could be part of a strategy of applying greater also become part of its structure. its regional allies, backed by the United States and some NATO members, are not fighting the resistance group of Ansarullah. They are in fact fighting a besieged population of the poorest country in the Arab world. And the Thursday incident was just the tip of Members of Arab NATO have conflicting interests: Adib-Moghaddam the iceberg, because the Saudi-led alliance have committed far 1 The Trump administration is trying to pursue a rather unso- the coalition needs the Land Army to succeed. How worse crimes than the Thursday attack during their four-year Due to the failure of previous coalitions against phisticated divide and rule tactic from the colonial days, but is this issue evaluated? military campaign of terror and occupation. Iran, such as the Saudi or the Gulf Cooperation Council without any kind of strategic appreciation of the geo-political A: It is true that there is a good deal of Iranophobia, but And no, this is not just a human rights violation. It’s a hu- alliances against Iran, How is assessed the fate of the reality of the region. Such short-sighted policies, history Iran has never really pursued a strategic and comprehen- man rights nightmare. Although UNICEF has issued a statement current U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic Republic demonstrates, are bound to fail. sive policy to assuage the fears of regional countries. I can condemning the attack on the busload of children, saying there of Iran? Due to the policies of Donald Trump, it seems only repeat that this region is in need of a regional security could be “no excuses anymore,” and that the world shouldn’t A: The PGCC was not necessarily “anti-Iranian”. It was the U.S.-Arab military alliance is formed to extort architecture that is inclusive, based on common values and need yet “more innocent children’s lives to stop the cruel war on created in order to contain the spill over effects of the Iran- from Arab countries especially through spread Iran interests and a culture of diplomacy and dialogue. Only in children in Yemen,” the United Nations Security Council whose Iraq war which was a real security threat to the monarchies phobia. What do you think about this? On the other this way can the use of force be marginalised. Any kind of permanent member states include Saudi allies the United States, of the Arabian Peninsula. As indicated, no regional security hand, the current military alliance is with the par- security arrangement such as this so called Arab Nato would France and the United Kingdom will do nothing to end this hu- framework will be successful in opposition to regional actors. ticipation of the Air Force and the Navy. Although be a decisive step in the wrong direction. man rights nightmare. It gets worse when we hear how the Saudis have tried to de- fend the attack. Saudi Arabian spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki says the attack on the busload of children “was retaliation for Washington complicit in massacre of Yemeni civilians: a missile strike from the rebel Houthis. This made the attack a legitimate military action in accordance with international humanitarian law”!!! ex-U.S. diplomat Lest Col. Turki forgets, it was the Saudis and their allies who TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An American and their other confederates is that they invaded Yemen and who have been bombing and violating the author and former diplomat from Wash- are best described as murders, war crimes, basic human rights of that country’s innocent civilians with ington condemned the Saudi-led coali- and crimes against humanity. There is no Western weapons and bombs since March 2015. They are also tion’s recent attacks on Yemeni civilians reason to attack Yemen. The Saudis, the the ones violating the International Humanitarian Law and not as “crimes against humanity” and said the Emiratis, and the rest appear to want to the defenseless people of Yemen. By being ignorant, Col. Turki US government, which supplies the Saudis change the balance of power in the region, cannot change this basic fact. with weapons and targeting information, substituting their political and economic He also cannot change the fact that the Saudis and their allies is a confederate. control for those of the individual countries, are no strangers to killing scores of Yemeni children in airstrikes “Of course, the United States, in sup- particularly Yemen. with no apparent military goal, and expressing comfort in that plying the Saudis with weapons, targeting Moreover, they seek to justify their fact. At the same time, he cannot ignore the growing internation- information, and providing airstrikes on heinous actions in bombing civilians, de- al outcry, as well as fury among Yemenis about Saudi Arabia’s and commando raids in Yemen, is complicit stroying infrastructure, and blockading criminal actions. The fact that this was a high-profile deliberate in these monstrous crimes of violence,” imports of much-needed food and med- attack scattering the bodies of children across a crowded market Michael Springmann, the former head of icine on Iran. According to their warped is only going to make things worse. the American visa bureau in Saudi Ara- thinking, it is Iran that is seeking to control At any rate, those who weaponize the Saudis and support their bia, said in an interview with the Tasnim Yemen! And because Iran is expanding indiscriminate airstrikes are complicit in the current human News Agency. its influence on the Arabian Peninsula, it rights nightmare in Yemen. The US, UK and France should hold J. Michael Springmann served in the must be stopped. They have yet to produce their heads in shame because Saudi Arabia uses their bombs and US government as a diplomat with the any evidence of Iranian involvement. And warplanes to target civilian objects in Yemen. That the US, UK State Department’s Foreign Service, with they denigrate the Yemenis’ own courage and France refuel planes like the ones that attacked the school postings in Germany, India, and Saudi Ara- and ability to “make do”. The “Iranian” bus on Thursday is also beyond dispute. bia. He left federal service and currently missiles they claim the Yemenis shot at Tragic enough, many parents in northern Yemen will never practices law in the Washington, DC, area. Saudi Arabia were, in reality, the former see their kids return home from school on their bus anymore. Springmann’s works and interviews have regime’s own weapons, Scuds, which the Those wishing to protest this should condemn the Saudis and been published in numerous foreign pol- Houthis cleverly reworked and improved. bring the disease, hunger, death, and de- the Saudis, sniping at their soldiers on the their allies for bombing Yemeni children. They should also call icy publications, including Covert Action Of course, the United States, in supplying struction into peoples’ living rooms, televise Kingdom’s borders, firing rockets at Riyadh, on the US, UK and France to stop selling weapons to Saudi Ara- Quarterly, Unclassified, Global Outlook, the Saudis with weapons, targeting infor- the malnourished children, make news- and shooting at ships in the Red Sea. While bia. Without the West’s much-needed military and diplomatic the Public Record, OpEdNews, Global mation, and providing airstrikes on and reels of blown-up hospitals, and conduct the Saudi government has clamped down support at the UN, the Saudis cannot and will not be able to Research and Foreign Policy Journal. commando raids in Yemen, is complicit TV interviews with the maimed. This was on news about Houthi actions, especially continue their human rights nightmare and strike any other The following is the full text of the in- in these monstrouscrimes of violence. done to great effect during the Vietnam the missile attacks, word does get out. school bus in Yemen. terview: The United States, in its attacks on the War. Once middle-class American families My prediction on the future of this As you know, an airstrike by the Sau�- former Republic of Yugoslavia, claimed saw what was happening in Southeast Asia lengthy war, now going on for almost four di-led coalition hit a school bus driving it had a responsibility to protect the peo- and that their children were committing years, is grim. The Saudis, backed by the When dollar means more in a busy market in northern Yemen on ple there--while killing them. Its efforts in atrocities against an innocent people, then Americans and British, will continue. If than lives of Yemeni children Thursday, killing at least 50 people mostly backing the Saudis and others in Yemen great pressure to stop the war arose, forcing the Kingdom’s forces expend more bullets President Lyndon Johnson to abandon and bombs than they have, Uncle Sam and children and wounding 77 others. More is the same--kill while proclaiming it is 1 The UN seems to have become ineffective whenever seeking another term in office. And ulti- John Bull will make good on their losses. than three years into Yemen’s civil war, helping the Yemenis. it is challenged by a potential withdrawal of member funding. mately ending the war. The Saudis and Emiratis are in too deep for over 16,000 civilians have been killed and The United Nations has made a muted In any case, Saudi Arabia has pushed the scope of the war by Saudi Arabia said it was suspending too long to back out of their own accord. injured, the vast majority by airstrikes, the response to the Saudi-led coalition’s crimes bombing school children as brazenly as the Zionists have shot oil shipments through the Red Sea’s Bab They must be forced out. And this will occur UN human rights office estimates, adding in the Arabian Peninsula country. What do children in the Gaza Strip and wiped out entire families with al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most only in a limited number of ways. that the figures are likely to be far higher. you think? What role can the international bombing and artillery. important tanker routes, after Yemen’s Should the main architect of the conflict, After the US Senate narrowly approved community play in protecting the lives of One of the main reasons for Saudi Arabia turning to the brutal Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, be a $510 million first installment of preci- the oppressed people of Yemen? and unjustified killing of innocent Yemeni children has apparently Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement - overthrown, things might improve. In the sion-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia last A: The UN has made a muted response to been the Saudi failure to achieve its goals in Yemen over the past which has joined hands with the country’s same fashion, were he to be assassinated, June, the kingdom said it would launch a the Saudi crimes in Yemen. It has also made three years. Saudi Arabia has been plunged into the swamp of army against the Saudi-led coalition - says there would be a good chance for a posi- training program to reduce accidental tar- a muted response to apartheid-supporting the Yemeni war for three years. It thought it could end the war capital cities of the alliance will be “no longer tive change. This would give the Saudis a geting of civilians in Yemen. But in the year Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians. quickly in less than a month with a victory, but nothing of the safe” from missiles fired in retaliation for face-saving reason for ending the conflict. since that announcement, civilian deaths Unless and until the United Nations wakes sort has occurred. This failure has remained a big blow to the the massive attacks on Yemen. What do After all, it’s easy to blame the dead for were 7 percent more than the year prior, up and takes action against the coalition Saudi coalition. you think about the deterrent power of whatever mistakes might have been made. UN data shows. In April alone, there were destroying Yemen and its people, it will The Saudi coalition has also of late failed to occupy the stra- Yemen’s Houthis and how do you predict Finally, strong, concerted international 236 civilians killed and 238 injured — the be up to the international community to tegic port of al-Hudaydah because of the strength of the Yemeni the future of the protracted war? pressure, through government to govern- deadliest month this year so far. A UN report become truly and deeply involved in the resistance. In addition, the Saudis have apparently been trying A: My view of the Houthis’ ability to ment contacts, as well as media report- in June found 1,316 Yemeni children were issue. to enlist support for its war effort from al-Qaeda members in deter Saudi aggression is that it depends ing, could bring about a change. Force the killed or injured last year, and that more First, governments around the world Yemen, offering the terror group money. on their hardiness, ingenuity, and capacity American and British governments to drop than half of the casualties resulted from must openly and forcefully condemn the This further depravity of seeking help from known terrorist to engage in unconventional attacks. They their support for the war and the Saudis airstrikes. What is your assessment of the destruction of Yemen and the starvation of organizations may have encouraged war crimes such as the bomb- must withstand the great lack of food and and Emiratis would no longer be able to heinous crimes committed by the Riyadh its people. They must pressure the US and ing of the school bus. Mohammed bin Salman and Mohammed limited supply of weapons. They must attack conduct it. You can’t make war without regime and its backers, mainly the US? Great Britain to stop supplying weapons bin Zayed are playing a dangerous game. World public opinion in unusual ways. To date, displaying great weapons. But embarrassing governments A: My assessment of the outrageous and other aid to Saudi Arabia and its allies. is certainly not going to shift in favor of the Saudi coalition and originality, they have carried the war to is hard and requires great resources. actions done by the Saudis, the Emiratis, Second, the international press must its aggressive actions in Yemen. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS AUGUST 12, 2018

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A healthy-functioning brain relies on electrical signals of brain receptors. However, the mechanisms behind this like epilepsy, where brain activity becomes uncontrolled,” Using fluorescence microscopy and other analytical techniques, that nerve cells send to one another. were unclear. Hines continues. the research team found the Sakurajima Daikon radish induced Gaining a better understanding of the dynamic between In their new study, Hines and team narrowed down the “And if we can understand what is important for this more nitric oxide production in these vascular cells than a smaller nerve cells could lead to better treatments for epilepsy. New receptors to two vital proteins: alpha-2 subunit (of the GABAA control, we can come up with better strategies for treating Japanese radish. They also identified trigonelline, a plant hormone, research brings us closer to achieving this goal. family), and collybistin. and improving the quality of life for people with epileptic as the active component in Sakurajima Daikon that appears to Neuroscientists led by Rochelle Hines, a researcher at When they disrupted communication between these two seizures and maybe other types of disorders as well, such promote a cascade of changes in coronary blood vessels resulting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, set out to investigate proteins in mice, electroencephalogram tests revealed that as anxiety or sleep disorders.” improved nitric oxide production. how brain proteins interact to regulate the electrical sign- the brain waves of the rodents were irregular and out of Study co-author Stephen Moss, a professor of neurosci- The authors acknowledge funding from the Japan Society for aling of neurons. control, showing patterns similar to those observed in people ence at Tufts University in Medford, MA, says that these the Promotion of Science KAKENHI, the Sapporo Bioscience According to Hines, the findings — which she and team with epilepsy and anxiety. findings should prompt researchers to come up with new Foundation, the Foundation for Dietary Scientific Research and have now published in the journal Nature Communications ’Textbook-changing results’ and new drugs drugs that target alpha-2 GABAA receptors. the Public Foundation Yonemori-seishinikuseikai. — “could potentially change textbooks” on epilepsy, as they Referring to the findings above, Hines explains, “That’s (Source: Medical News Today) (Source: acs.org)

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TOURISM TEHRAN — International travelers deskvisiting Iran are confounded why Iran is appearing so weak in introducing its historical and natural attractions, the director of Iran’s center of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-Iran) has said. Seyyed Ahmad Mohit-Tabatabaei told ISNA in an interview on Friday that travel marketing needs its own know-how just like any other profession. “We have done badly in introducing our country to the outside world… the surprise of foreign tourists visiting Iran indicates our weakness in publicity prior to their journeys,” the cultural activist stated. “There is a significant difference when watching [for- eign-produced] archeology or tourism programs on major television networks with that of ours… advertising messages in here, in all aspects, bear no fascination.” HERITAGE TEHRAN — Iran has been designated as He emphasized the need to do tourism marketing in a deska guest of honor for the 9th Western China delicate way. Cultural Industries Expo, which will be held in the city of Xi’an “Our model of marketing for tourism should not be similar from September 7 to 10, CHTN reported. to that of mayonnaise sauce,” he said. Clusters of Iranian artists, musicians, craftspeople and tour- “We are even weak in introducing our domestic products ism associates will take part in the event to introduce homeland and tourist spots to our compatriots, though, there have been rituals and attractions, the report said. The Touring & Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran in close collaboration with the Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Organization will run the country’s pavilion, which will be set up in an area of 300 square meters. Hundreds of Chinese exhibitors plus a total of 623 interna- tional ones attended the previous edition of the expo, according to sxtour.com. Fresco paintings and interior architecture of Isfahan’s Chehel Sotoun pavilion never fail to amaze its international visitors. He underlined that each type of tourism dictates its own Airlines started advertising for several Iranian cities in line proper way of advertising. with an agreement the airline had signed with the CHHTO. “Because tourism in Iran is not recreational so that our Iran has launched extensive plans to bolster its tourism advertising campaign should specifically target cultural-his- sector. Under the 2025 Tourism Vision Plan, the country is Ancient pottery kiln torical tourism,” the official explained. expecting to increase its foreign arrivals from 4.8 million unearthed in Rey Mohit-Tabatabaei, in the end, emphasized that a compre- in 2014 to 20 million. hensive strategy should be devised to meet tourism boom, Foreign nationals look at blue-tiled mosaics of Imam Mosque, Filled from corner to corner with ancient bazaars, muse- calling that “an inevitable necessity in the current situation.” a Safavid-era monument in Isfahan, central Iran. ums, mosques, monuments, gardens, historical sites, rich Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organ- natural and rural landscapes, Iran hosts some of the world’s some positive changes in this regard including progress in ization has also stressed the need for proper travel marketing oldest cultural monuments, including 22 UNESCO World editing tourism and cultural heritage topics in textbooks.” over that past couple of months. Back in February, Turkish Heritage Sites. Iran’s Samqavor village a hub of Tehran set to host 30th national crafts woodcarving exhibit in August

HERITAGE TEHRAN — A team of Iranian archaeologists deskhas recently unearthed an ancient pottery kiln near Tepe Bahram in Moqimabad village of Rey, southern Tehran. The kiln along with some pottery pieces were retrieved when the team dug tranches for demarcation and documentation, IRNA reported on Saturday. The kiln bears unique style of architecture and is estimated to date from the early Islamic era, the report added. Tepe Bahram was initially an urban settlement during the Sassanid era (224 CE–651). It is probably named after the famed Sassanid king Bahram V, aka Bahram Gor, who ruled from c. 420 to 438. HERITAGE TEHRAN — Diligent craftspeople in Samqavor village, central Iran, HERITAGE TEHRAN — Craftspeople from every corner of Iran will pro- deskmake an average 88,000 square meters of woodcarved surfaces per deskmote skills in the 30th National Crafts Exhibition, which will ROUND THE GLOBE annum, turning it to a hub of such expertise. open at the Tehran Permanent International Fairground on August 25 and will “Currently, some 300 to 350 individuals are engaged in woodcarving in Samqa- run until August 31. vor whose economy revolves around this fine art… a feature that makes its residents The Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has designated halls Tipasa unwilling to migrate,” provincial tourism chief Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini said on no. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 25 to host exhibitors from 31 provinces, CHTN reported. Tuesday, CHTN reported. “It is the second year that this event is to be held concurrent with the national The official also referred to woodcarving as a backbone of economy and job op- carpet exhibition, which has brought many fruits for the household predominantly portunity in the region. in the handicraft sales,” CHHTO deputy for handicrafts Pouya Mahmoudian said. On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient “A comprehensive dossier has been compiled on the craft with the aim of placing The exhibit will feature arrays of personal ornamentation, woodwork, illumi- Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a the village, which is located in Komijan county of Markazi province, on the National nated manuscript, miniature, textile printing, enamel, leatherwork, handwoven strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. Cultural Heritage list,” he stated. textile, calligraphy, traditional musical instrument, metalwork, and marquetry It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palae- There are about eighty workspaces dedicated to woodcarving in the village. to name a few. ochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monu- The southern city of Abadeh is commonly known as the epicenter of wood-carved Over the past couple of years, dozens of high-quality Iranian handicrafts have been ments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum products in the country. honored with UNESCO seals of excellence. of Mauretania. Tipasa is located 70 km west of Algiers. This coastal city was first a Carthaginian trading center, whose necropolis is one of the oldest and one of the most extensive of the Punic British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq world (6th to 2nd century BC). LONDON (The New York Museum) — The looting of ancient artifacts was so widespread in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 that it became symbolic of the chaos that followed the American invasion. More than 15 years later, Britain returned a handful of objects, some up to 5,000 years old, that were seized by the police from an art dealer in London in 2003 and identified by staff from the British Museum only this year. The dealer, who has now gone out of business, had no documents to prove he owned the items legally, the muse- um said in a statement. They were held unclaimed by the London police for more than a decade, and passed to the British Museum for analysis this year. The artifacts were handed over to Iraqi officials during a ceremony in London on Friday. They will be displayed at During this period, Tipasa played the role of a maritime the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. port of call, a place for commercial exchanges with the in- The objects were not stolen in the notorious free-for-all digenous population. at the National Museum in 2003, an event that Donald H. Numerous necropolis testify to the very varied types of burial Rumsfeld, the defense secretary at the time, once brushed and funerary practices that bear witness to the multicultural off with the words “stuff happens.” They came instead from exchange of influences dating back to protohistoric times. Tello, in southern Iraq, the site of the Sumerian city of Girsu, The monumental, circular funerary building, called the which was abandoned about 2,000 years ago. Royal Mauritanian Mausoleum, associates a local architectural Among the eight restituted objects were three fired-clay tradition of the basina type, to a style of stepped truncated cones, around 4,000 years old, featuring Sumerian script roof covering, the result of the different contributions, notably that helped Sebastien Rey, an archaeologist at the British Clockwise, from top left: A clay cone with a cuneiform inscription; a white marble amulet in the form of an animal; Hellenistic and Pharaonic. Museum, to identify them. a fragmentary ceremonial weapon made from gypsum; and a white quartz stamp with a seated sphinx. They will be The Roman period is marked by a prestigious ensemble of Mr. Rey was leading an excavation as part of a program at displayed at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. buildings, comprising very diversified architectural typologies. the museum, funded by the British government, that trains space of the temple against outside evil forces.” global cooperation to protect the heritage of Iraq and to From the 3rd to the 4th centuries CE a striking increase in Iraqi archaeologists. He found identical cones in the mud- “It’s a real historic event that happened this morning,” restore its looted objects.” Christianity is demonstrated by the multitude of religious brick wall of a temple in Tello. The team also found traces Mr. Rey said, adding that it was the first time in years that The rest of the objects returned on Friday are 5,000 to buildings. of looting. the museum was able to identify and restitute looted ob- 2,000 years old. They include a fragmentary white ceremonial The Vandal invasion of the 430’s did not mark the defin- The cuneiform inscriptions all contain the name of the jects to Iraq. weapon made from gypsum, a white marble pendant in the itive end of prosperity of Tipasa, but the town, reconquered city, its king and the main god worshiped there, as well as “Such collaboration between Iraq and the United King- form of a seated four-legged animal, and a white quartz seal by the Byzantines in 531, gradually fell into decline from the a prayer “to make everything work as it should.” dom is vital for the preservation and the protection of engraved with a seated sphinx. 6th century. “These objects were magical objects,” Mr. Rey said of the the Iraqi heritage,” Salih Husain Ali, Iraq’s ambassador “The objects may be small, Mr. Rey said, “but they have (Source: UNESCO) cones in a telephone interview. “They protected the sacred to Britain, said in a statement. “In Iraq we aspire to the important symbolic value.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 12, 2018 SCIENCE 11 Pairs of small colliding galaxies may Egyptian students design seed future stars, researchers say car that runs on air A group of Egyptian students has designed a vehicle they say will In a new study, astronomers show how gas To explore the star-making potential of battle rising energy prices and promote clean energy by running expelled in the merger of two small galaxies dwarf galaxy pairs, a research team led by on nothing but air. can linger across vast distances for billions then-Columbia graduate student Sarah Pearson of years, where it may eventually feed gas to turned to a remote pair -- NGC 4490 and NGC more massive galaxies to make new stars. 4485 -- 23 million light years away. Researchers simulated the collision of a Milky Way’s gravitational pull pair of distant dwarf galaxies to understand Similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC how their gas gets dispersed in the merger 4490 is several times larger than its companion process. In the above simulation, the larger galaxy. But its isolated location allowed the galaxy pulls gas off the smaller galaxy, creating a researchers to simulate its eventual merger vast tail of gas that can last for billions of years. with NGC 4485 without interference from A pair of dwarf galaxies closely circling the the Milky Way’s gravitational pull. Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic In their simulations, they watched the Clouds, were in the throes of merging into bigger galaxy, NGC 4490, peel off gas from one when they fell into our galaxy. The duo is its smaller sibling, a gravitational effect due thought to hold enough gas to replenish half to their lopsided difference in size. of the Milky Way’s supply of star-making fuel, As the pair circled ever closer to each other, and now, a study in the Monthly Notices of the smaller galaxy’s tail of gas was swept farther the Royal Astronomical Society offers new and farther away, a finding that supports a The undergraduate students, who built the vehicle as part of insights into how galaxies like ours are able study earlier this year that fingerprinted the their graduation project from Helwan University just outside Cairo, to capture this gas so easily. gas streaming from the Magellanic Clouds are rolling out a prototype one-person vehicle that runs on com- Star formation fuel brightness, they make up for in their sheer Magellanic Clouds and dwarf galaxies like into the Milky Way as belonging to the Small pressed oxygen. “You have this enormous reserve of abundance of star-making fuel. The hydrogen them are thought to play a key role in birthing Magellanic Cloud. The go-kart-like vehicle comes as Egypt pushes ahead with pain- star formation fuel sitting there ready to gas swirling through the Large and Small new stars and other small galaxies. Long after NGC 4490 collided with its ful economic reforms that include deep cuts to energy subsidies, be stripped by another system,” says study smaller companion and merged into one in measures tied to a three-year US$12 billion IMF loan program it coauthor Mary Putman, an astronomer at Researchers simulated the collision the researchers’ simulation, their gas footprint began in late 2016. The students say their vehicle can hit 40 kilometers an hour and Columbia University. of a pair of distant dwarf galaxies to continue to expand, the researchers found. Home to millions of stars, dwarf galaxies In five billion years, they found, the pair’s gas last 30 kilometers before needing to be refueled, and it only costs are outshined by bigger galaxies like the Milky understand how their gas gets dispersed in tails would extend over a distance of 1 million about 18,000 Egyptian pounds (US$1,008.40) to build. The “operational cost of the vehicle ... will be almost nothing. Way with hundreds to thousands of times the merger process. light years, nearly twice its current length. more stars. But what dwarf galaxies lack in (Source: Science Daily) You are basically using compressed air. You are not paying for fuel and also you do not need cooling,” said Mahmoud Yasser, a student who helped design it. Scientists find flaw in Bizarre 500-million-year-old lifeforms The team is now looking to raise funding to expand the project and mass produce the vehicles. They believe they can eventually get emergent gravity are animals, researchers say the vehicles to top 100 kilometers an hour and run for 100 kilometers before needing to come up for air. (Source: channelnewsasia.com)

Chimpanzee foods mechanically more demanding than previously thought: study

Chimpanzees are generally known as the ripe fruit specialist among the great apes but also incorporate other food items such as leaves and seedpods into their diets. The mechanical properties of plant foods can vary substantially but to date there were no comparative data available for chimpanzee populations living in distinct habitat types. Adam van Casteren of the Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthro- pology went out to compare the material properties of various plant foods eaten by chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest (Ngogo, Uganda) and a savannah woodland (Issa Valley, Tanzania). In recent years, some physicists have been in spacetime. Some of these surfaces, such as The animal kingdom is likely older than have almost entirely died out with the Using a portable mechanical tester, he measured the physical investigating the possibility that gravity the horizons of black holes and other objects, current scientific understanding suggests, Cambrian explosion, a rapid increase properties of plant tissues and found that some plant parts from is not actually a fundamental force, but are confirmed to be thermodynamic. For according to a study published in the in biodiversity that took place between the mosaic savannah woodland habitat, such as the outer casing rather an emergent phenomenon that black hole horizons, this has been known journal Paleontology. roughly 540 and 520 million years ago. of the Strychnos fruit, had much higher toughness and stiffness arises from the collective motion of small since the 1970s, since the very laws that Researchers found that a marine For their study, the researchers values than the plant tissues he tested from the rainforest. “I was bits of information encoded on spacetime define black hole mechanics are directly creature, known as Stromatoveris examined more than 200 recently surprised to see that some values even exceed those recorded for surfaces called holographic screens. The analogous to the laws of thermodynamics. psygmoglena, provides a crucial link discovered and exceptionally well- orangutan foods as they are generally considered to consume the theory, called emergent gravity, hinges This means that black hole horizons between the lifeforms of the Ediacaran preserved fossils of S. psygmoglena, which most mechanically challenging diet of all the great apes,” says van on the existence of a close connection obey thermodynamic principles such as Period (635 to 541 million years ago) were found in Chengjiang County, China, Casteren. between gravity and thermodynamics. energy conservation and having a positive and those of the later Cambrian (541 and have been dated to around 518 million Carbon stable isotopes are commonly used to reconstruct dietary Emergent gravity has received its temperature and entropy. million to 485 million years ago). The years ago. Some paleobiologists had ecology and habitat use of living and extinct primates. Although the share of criticism, however, and a new More recently, surfaces that are not transition between these two eras is key previously concluded that S. psygmoglena carbon isotope values of plants were remarkably similar in both paper adds to this by showing that the horizons have been conjectured to obey to understanding the origin of animals. was a type of animal. habitats, the isotope data obtained from chimpanzee hair suggest- holographic screen surfaces described the laws of thermodynamics, with the Fossil evidence shows that during the Cuthill and Han then used computer ed that savannah chimpanzees frequently feed on plants growing by the theory do not actually behave holographic screens in the emergent gravity Ediacaran Period, a wonderful variety of analysis to compare the evolutionary in open canopy areas. These likely include those plants which are thermodynamically, undermining a key theory being one example. However, so complex multicellular lifeforms began relationships between members of the particularly demanding when processed with the teeth. The authors assumption of the theory. far these conjectures have not been fully to emerge. But determining how these Ediacaran biota — a term that refers to believe that the consumption of such tough foods is facilitated by Zhi-Wei Wang, a physicist at Jilin justified. organisms — many of which resemble the organisms of the Ediacaran Period — the large front teeth of chimpanzees. (Source: eurekalert.org) University in Changchun, China, and In the new paper, the scientists tested tubes or fronds—should be classified and other organisms such as single-celled Samuel L. Braunstein, a professor whether different kinds of surfaces has proved challenging for researchers. protozoans, algae, fungi and nine animal of quantum computational science obey an analogue of the first law of The “Ediacaran biota includes fossils types that appeared after the Cambrian at the University of York in the UK, thermodynamics, which is a special form of some of the oldest large and complex explosion, including Stromatoveris Scientist finds ancient mega have published their paper on non- of energy conservation. Their results reveal lifeforms known,” Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill, psygmoglena. shark teeth at Australia beach thermodynamic surfaces in a recent issue that, while surfaces near black holes (called a paleobiologist from the University of The analysis showed that of Nature Communications. stretched horizons) do obey the first law, Cambridge and the Tokyo Institute of Stromatoveris psygmoglena and seven A citizen scientist’s fossil find is rare and exciting for various reasons. “Emergent gravity has very strong ordinary surfaces—including holographic Technology, told Newsweek. key members of the Ediacaran biota Apart from having discovered the fossilized teeth of an ancient mega claims: that it can explain things like dark screens—generally do not. “These early fossils are not quite like formed a “distinct evolutionary group” shark, the find also revealed the millions-year-old practice of sharks matter and dark energy, but also reproduce As the scientists explain, the finding anything alive today. So there has been of early animals, which has been named living today. the decades of work coming out of regular that stretched horizons obey the first law is considerable scientific debate on where Petalonamae that sits on its own branch general relativity,” Wang told phys.org. not surprising, since these surfaces inherit they belong in the tree of life,” she said. of the tree of life. Members of this group “That last claim is now knocked on its much of their behavior from the nearby “While it had been suggested that at least share very similar anatomies, including head by our work, so emergent gravity horizons. Still, the scientists caution that some of the large, complex fossils might multiple branched frond-like structures proponents will have their work cut out for the results do not necessarily imply that have been early animals, almost every other — the leaf or leaf-like part of palms, ferns, themselves in showing consistency with stretched horizons obey all of the laws of possibility has also had its advocates: from or similar plants. the huge canon of observational results. thermodynamics. On the other hand, the seaweeds to giant protozoans.” Classifying these members of the We’ve set them back, not necessarily finding that ordinary surfaces do not obey A rapid increase in biodiversity Ediacaran biota and Stromatoveris knocked them out.” the first law is more unexpected, especially It is unclear how Ediacaran psygmoglena in a single group means Two-dimensional area as it is one of the key assumptions of macroorganisms — those that can be that the animal kingdom is older than In the cosmological context, surfaces emergent gravity. seen with the unaided eye — relate to we once thought, Cuthill explained. refer generally to any two-dimensional area (Source: phys.org) modern animals because they appear to (Source: Newsweek)

Deflecting the sun to cool the planet risks grave consequences, scientists warn It was on his visit to a local beach that school teacher Philip Mullaly Scientists are pondering what might be called the volcanic solution The pluses would be offset by the minuses. discovered an incredible fossil find. As a fossil enthusiast, Mullaly was to global warming. It would be the ultimate desperate measure, “If we think of geoengineering as experimental surgery, our stalking Jan Juc for fossils when he saw a shining glint on a boulder, a climatological Hail Mary and, possibly, a very bad idea. findings suggest that the side effects of treatment are as bad exposing a quarter of a massive tooth. Knowing that this might be a The only reason it’s an actual subject of research is that hu- as the original disease,” said Jonathan Proctor, an agricultural significant fossil find, he immediately contacted the Senior Curator of man civilization has failed to take steps to stave off dangerous economist at the University of California at Berkeley and the Vertebrate Paleontology at Museums Victoria and offered to donate levels of climate change. lead author of the paper. the fossils to the museum. In 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted in spectacular fashion. But David Keith, a professor of applied physics at Harvard Between December 2017 and January 2018, a team of paleontologists The ash fall and lahars killed hundreds of people in the central University who was not involved in the new research, said the and volunteers dug out the entire boulder despite having only a small Luzon region of the Philippines. paper by Proctor and his colleagues should not be interpreted window of opportunity during low tide. In total, the team collected Molten-hot ash and gas shot into the upper atmosphere, management, albedo hacking. as evidence that solar geoengineering is a bad idea. over 40 teeth, most of it belonging to an already extinct prehistoric spread out across the globe, reflected sunlight and naturally One hypothesized reason for doing something so audacious The emissions cut mega shark, the Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed Shark, a massive shark cooled the planet for more than a year. Researchers say nature is that it might benefit agriculture by preventing heat stress on “Reducing crop damage is but one of many reasons why species that could grow over 9 meters long or nearly twice as large as may be offering an example of a possible technique for limiting food crops. geoengineering might make sense as a tool to limit climate risks the Great White Shark. global warming. But a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature in conjunction with emissions cuts,” Keith wrote in an email. Further, among the mega shark teeth were smaller teeth that evidently The effects of volcano came to a different and surprising conclusion. Using historical “There are - of course - also many reasons why solar geoengi- belonged to the several smaller Sixgill Sharks. According to Tim Ziegler, People can’t command volcanoes to erupt, but they can more data from two volcanic eruptions, the researchers concluded neering may not make sense. Too risky. Too hard to govern. Etc.” a paleontologist at Museums Victoria, the find reveals a scenario where or less mimic the effects of a volcano through technology. that tampering with the atmosphere would have no net effect He said there’s a difference between solar geoengineering the Sixgill Sharks were feasting on the carcass of the mega shark and The basic idea is to use aircraft, or some other means, to spew on crop yields. and volcanic eruptions. Solar geoengineering would not involve that some of the teeth of the smaller sharks got dislodged in the process. sunlight-reflecting aerosols into the stratosphere and change the The food crops wouldn’t suffer as much heat stress as they a one-time pulse of material in a single location but rather would Zeigler notes that even today, Sixgill sharks still live on the Victorian albedo - the reflectivity - of the planet. It goes by many names: would without the intervention in the atmosphere, but they also be a continuous operation in many places. coast where they continue to feast on the remains of whales and other solar geoengineering, solar radiation management, albedo wouldn’t receive as much photosynthesis-powering sunlight. (Source: sciencealert.com) larger animals. (Source: Tech Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY AUGUST 12, 2018

Tehran refinery oil leak Iran’s Kopet Dag added to UNESCO’s contaminates ground water resources world network of biosphere reserves ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Oil leak from Tondgouyan refinery, desksouthern Tehran, to nearby groundwater resources 1 Over 80 percent of the region is located in Iran, used for irrigation has contaminated the water and caused it to become Asghar Motahhari said, noting that by receiving UNESCO unsafe and unfit for human use. recognition different projects implemented in the area can As per a report quoting chief of Tehran province department of garner international support. environment, Kiyomars Kalantari, oil leak has polluted agricultural Motahhari highlighted that as involvement of local wells surrounding the area, JYC reported on August 6. communities in management of biosphere reserves in Unfortunately lack of supervision has resulted in oil leak in the area order to make them less dependent on natural resources and the district department of environment has filed a complaint against is a characteristics of UNESCO biosphere reserves, over the company, Kalantari said, adding that those who are in charge will the first phase Iran will also endeavor to focus on locals’ be prosecuted. capacity building to decrease human-environment conflict along with providing the local with livelihood. Festivities to celebrate the UNESCO recognition for Kopet Dag will be held in the first half of the [Iranian cal- endar] month of Shahrivar (August 22 to September 22), he said, IRNA news agency reported. According to the UNESCO the main characteristics of biosphere reserves are achieving the three interconnected functions including conservation, development and logistic support and outpacing traditional confined conservation zones, through appropriate zoning schemes combining core protected areas with zones where sustainable development is fostered by local dwellers and enterprises with often highly innovative and participative governance systems. Additionally focusing on a multi-stakeholder approach with He also explained that the Department of Environment will follow particular emphasis on the involvement of local communities up the issue to ensure total restoration and cleanup of the groundwater in management, fostering dialogue for conflict resolution resources. of natural resource use, integrating cultural and biological On Saturday councilor Hassan Khalilabadi also explained that there is diversity, especially the role of traditional knowledge in a chance that the oil contaminate crop yields in the area, ILNA reported. ecosystem management, demonstrating sound sustainable Mahdi Khoshqamat “The oil refinery company has caused a great deal of discomfort development practices and policies based on research and for the people residing the area for years and oil leak, waste oil as well monitoring, acting as sites of excellence for education and as waste water has resulted in serious damage to the farmlands in the training, and participating in the World Network are of the By receiving UNESCO recognition different projects area,” Khalilabadi regretted. other main characteristics of biosphere reserves. implemented in the area can garner international support. There is also another threats for the people living in the area as Iran has 13 UNESCO recognized biosphere reserves fire and explosion accidents can occur in oil depots and gas storage including Arasbaran, situated in the north of Iran at the River delta in the south of Iran near the Straits of Khuran the Central Zagros mountains, Tang-e-Sayad and Sabzkuh, facilities, he warned. border with Armenia and Azerbaijan, Arjan and Parishan, between Qeshm Island and the Persian Gulf, Kavir, in the in the southeast of Chahar-mahal and Bakhtiari province, Drinking contaminated groundwater can have serious health effects. in the Zagros Mountains, situated to the very south of the Anatolian Iranian Desert, Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, Located in the southeast of Iran, and Hamoun in southeast Diseases such as hepatitis and dysentery may be caused by contami- Zagros Mountains, close to the Persian Gulf, Golestan, Miankaleh, in the southeastern region of the Caspian Sea, Iran which includes both terrestrial and wetland ecosys- nation from septic tank waste. Poisoning may be caused by toxins that located in the north of Iran, Hara, located in the Mehran Touran, in central province of Semnan, Dena, located in tems, and Kopet Dag. have leached into well water supplies. Wildlife can also be harmed by contaminated groundwater. Other long term effects such as certain types of cancer may also result from exposure to polluted water. $65m allotted to address social vulnerability among students SOCIETY TEHRAN — The social lots of pressure due to domestic violence is deskaffairs organization, affil- showing symptoms of suicidal thoughts the Wildfire contained in iated to the Ministry of Interior, has allotted teacher should be skillful enough to recog- Miankaleh peninsula some 270 billion rials (nearly $65 million) nize the behaviors and refer the student to to address social vulnerabilities among stu- the counselors.” ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Wildfire which erupted on Friday dents, the organization’s director has said. He went on to say that poverty and mal- desknight in Miankaleh peninsula, northern province The scheme called “social care system for nutrition are also among the factors than of Mazandaran, was contained on Saturday morning, the province’s students” with a Persian acronym of NAMAD entails social care for students. chief of department of environment said. was first piloted in 130 schools in Nazarabad “The scheme must be implemented in The fire broke in a border area between provinces of Mazandaran county, Alborz province in the last [Iranian all schools nationwide, however, currently and Golestan, however, due to the darkness it was hard to put out the fire calendar] year (March 2017-March 2018), due to limited budget we can’t launch it in immediately, IRNA news agency quoted Hosseinali Ebrahimi as saying. ISNA news agency quoted Taqi Rostamvandi all schools,” Rostamvandi regretted. Ebrahimi explained that the fire must have been caused by human as saying on Saturday. “In order for the scheme to go into effect but “we” still don’t know if it was intentional of unintentional. It has also been launched in more than fully some 10 trillion rials (nearly $240 mil- In [Iranian calendar month of] Khordad (May 22-June 21) the area 100 schools in six other provinces, Ros- lion) must be allocated,” he explained, stating caught fire three times and at least 12 hectares of the vegetation and tamvandi noted adding that the scheme that due to cross-cultural issues, immigration forested areas was turned into aches. was first devised in [Iranian calendar year] and other indices provinces of Alborz and In [the calendar month o] Tir (June 22-July 22) some 2 hectares 1395 (March 2016-March 2017) in a col- Tehran are among the areas with highest of the peninsula also burnt in fire. laborative attempt between the Judiciary, vulnerability rate. Last year (March 2017-March 2018) some 300 hectares of the the Budget and Planning Organization, the particularly among children and teenagers they should know how to react and intervene, There are directors in each country to wetland also burnt in fire. Welfare Organization, police force, as well who are seriously at risk, he explained. he said, adding that this entails broadening supervise the whole project; moreover, all The peninsula is a narrow but long peninsula north of Iran situated as the social affairs organization. Once teachers spot signs of depression, teachers’ skill in this area. responsible bodies and governors are well-in- in the extreme south-eastern part of the Caspian Sea. Miankaleh pen- The schemes attempts to prevent damage suicidal behaviors, or addiction in students “For instance, if a student who is under formed about it, Rostamvandi concluded. insula, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, is one of the richest ecological havens in West Asia and perhaps in the whole world. It is home to many unique Caspian bird and reptile species native to this region. It›s also a Global tree cover has increased 7% since 1982 very important internationally recognized refuge for migratory birds. Amid growing urbanisation, deforestation and positive news, it should probably be met with agricultural expansion, it has long been widely caution. The tree loss in the tropics is caused by LEARN ENGLISH thought the number of trees across the planet agricultural expansion, while the new growth was being reduced. areas is in regions which were previously too It is a belief that is probably wrong, it seems. cold to support such flourishing life, suggesting The Office - Business Plan The biggest ever analysis of global land change global warming is causing previously unidentified A: I’ve had it! I’m done working for a company that is taking me nowhere! has discovered there are more trees across the changes to the planet’s landscapes. B: So what are you going to do? Just quit? earth today than there were 36 years ago. The study, which took two years to compile, A: That’s exactly what I am going to do! I’ve decided to create my own The study, published in the journal Nature also found the earth’s bare ground cover – natural company! I’m going to write up a business plan, get some investors this month, shows trees now cover seven per vegetation – has decreased by more than three per and start working for myself! cent more of the earth’s surface – roughly 2.24 cent, most notably in agricultural areas of Asia. B: Have you ever written up a business plan before? million square kilometres – than they did in 1982. It states that 60 per cent of all change appears A: Well, it can’t be that hard! I mean, all you have to do is explain your “This overall net gain is the result of a net loss to be directly driven by human activity. Of the business, how you are going to do things and that’s it, right? in the tropics being outweighed by a net gain in remaining 40 per cent, the study suggests, most B: You couldn’t be more wrong! A well written business plan will the extratropics,” the report states. of the change can be attributed to indirect results include an executive summary which highlights the idea of the business The study, led by scientists from the University of human actions. in two pages or less. Then you need to describe your company with of Maryland, in the US, analysed 35 years’ worth of “The mapped land changes and the driver satellite data to provide the most comprehensive attributions reflect a human-dominated Earth information such as what type of legal structure it has, history, etc. picture ever made of the changing use of land. system,” it concludes. A: Well that seems easy enough. However, if the arboreta increase sounds like (Source: The Independent) B: Wait, there’s more! Then you need to introduce and describe your goods or services. What they are and how they are different from competitors’? Then comes the hard part, a market analysis. You need to investigate and analyze hundreds of variables! You need to take ENGLISH IN USE into consideration socioeconomic factors from GDP per capita to how LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION many children on average the population has! All this information is useful so that you can move on to your strategy and implementation stage, where you will describe in detail how you will actually execute 188 هزار هکتار از اراضی کشور زیر کشت your idea. 188,000 ha under cultivation of medicinal A: Geez. Is that all? plants in Iran گیاهان دارویی است B: Almost, the most important piece of information for your investors will be the financial analysis. Here you will calculate and estimate معــاون برنامــه ریــزی و بیــن الملــل گیاهــان دارویــی وزارت جهــاد کشــاورزی گفــت: گیاهــان دارویــی در Medicinal plants are cultivated on some 188,000 hectares of lands in Iran, 188 sales, cash flow and profits. After all, people will want to know when said an official with the Ministry of Agriculture. هــزار هکتــار از اراضــی کشــور کشــت مــی شــود. they will begin to see a return on their investment! Out of 188,000 hectares under cultivation of medicinal herbs, some 107,000 بــه گــزارش ایرنــا، جــواد میرعــرب روز پنجشــنبه در گفــت و گــو بــا خبرنــگار ایرنــا افــزود: از ایــن میــزان، A: Umm. I think I’ll just stick to my old job and save myself all the hectares of lands are growing saffron and some 20,000 hectares are producing 107 hassle of trying to start up a business! Damask rose, IRNA quoted Javad Mirarab as saying on Thursday. هــزار بــه زعفــران و 20 هــزار هکتــار بــه گل محمــدی اختصــاص دارد. 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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 12, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Palestinian man succumbs to Israeli As Trump cracks down on Pakistan, U.S. cuts military gunfire wounds sustained in Gaza rally training programs A Palestinian man, who was critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire during an anti-occu- pation protest along the border between the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has quiet- besieged Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied ly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted territories, has succumbed to his injuries. training and educational programs that have been a hallmark Palestinian medical sources, speaking of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, U.S. on condition of anonymity, said 40-year- officials say. old Ahmed Jamal Suleiman Abu Luli died The move, which has not been previously reported, is one of his injuries early on Saturday. of the first known impacts from Trump’s decision this year He had been shot and wounded in his to suspend U.S. security assistance to Pakistan to compel it pelvis during “The Great March of Return” to crack down on Islamic militants. protests east of the city of Rafah, located The Pentagon and the Pakistani military did not comment 30 kilometers south of Gaza City, on Friday. directly on the decision or the internal deliberations, but Two other Palestinians, including a par- officials from both countries privately criticized the move. amedic, also lost their lives and hundreds U.S. officials, speaking to Reuters on the condition of ano- of others sustained injuries on Friday as nymity, said they were worried the decision could undermine Gazans protested in large numbers following a key trust-building measure. Pakistani officials warned it deadly Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling could push their military to further look to China or Russia on the besieged costal enclave. for leadership training. On Saturday afternoon, thousands of The effective suspension of Pakistan from the U.S. gov- people took part in funeral processions ernment’s International Military Education and Training for the three Palestinians. program (IMET) will close off places that had been set aside The mourners carried the bodies of the for 66 Pakistani officers this year, a State Department spokes- slain Palestinians on their shoulders, and person told Reuters. chanted slogans against the Tel Aviv regime The places will either be unfilled or given to officers from and its brutal aggression against the im- other countries. poverished sliver. sustained injuries, of whom 366 are report- Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for ensuring the safety, protection, and well-be- Dan Feldman, a former U.S. special representative for Israel also killed three people in Gaza, edly in critical condition. Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip. ing of the Palestinian civilian population Afghanistan and Pakistan, called the move “very short-sighted including a 23-year-old heavily pregnant The Gaza clashes reached their peak on The resolution, which had been put for- under Israeli occupation,” including “rec- and myopic”. woman and her 18-month-old daughter May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary ward on behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, ommendations regarding an international “This will have lasting negative impacts limiting the bilat- last Wednesday. of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in protection mechanism.” eral relationship well into the future,” Feldman told Reuters. More than 160 Palestinians have been coincided this year with the US embassy the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes It also called for “immediate steps to- The State Department spokesperson, speaking on the killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-oc- relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East against and 45 abstentions. wards ending the closure and the restrictions condition of anonymity, said the IMET cancellations were cupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Jerusalem al-Quds. The resolution called on UN Secretary imposed by Israel on movement and access valued at $2.41 million so far. At least two other programs Strip on March 30. On June 13, the United Nations General General Antonio Guterres to make propos- into and out of the Gaza Strip.” have also been affected, the spokesperson said. A total of 14,811 Palestinians have also Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by als within 60 days “on ways and means for (Source: Press TC) It is unclear precisely what level of military cooperation still continues outside the IMET program, beyond the top level contacts between U.S. and Pakistani military leaders. The U.S. military has traditionally sought to shield such Two police officers among four fatally shot in Canada educational programs from political tensions, arguing that the ties built by bringing foreign military officers to the United Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a “It’s happening.” States pay long-term dividends. shooting in eastern Canada on Friday in the latest eruption In the wake of the Toronto bloodshed last month, the For example, the U.S. Army’s War College in Carlisle, Penn- of gun violence across the country that has led to calls for city council voted overwhelmingly to urge the federal gov- sylvania, which would normally have two Pakistani military weapons bans in cities. ernment, which has jurisdiction over gun laws, to ban the officers per year, boasts graduates including Lieutenant General Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is sale of handguns in the city. Naveed Mukhtar, the current director-general of Pakistan’s the capital of the province of New Brunswick, said a “Why does anyone in this city need to have a gun at powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI). suspect was taken into custody and was being treated all?” Toronto Mayor John Tory said. Canada’s largest city The War College, the U.S. Army’s premier school for foreign for serious injuries. has had 241 shooting incidents this year, resulting in 30 officers, says it has hosted 37 participants from Pakistan over Witnesses said the shooting occurred at an apartment deaths, a 30 percent increase in fatalities. the past several decades. It will have no Pakistani students in complex, and local media images showed emergency ve- Bill Blair, the government minister tasked with tackling the upcoming academic year, a spokeswoman said. hicles converging on a tree-lined residential street. Nearby gun violence, said officials are considering giving provinces Pakistan has also been removed from programs at the U.S. facilities were closed and authorities imposed a lockdown the power to designate gun-free cities. Naval War College, Naval Staff College and courses including for residents before issuing an all-clear message. “It’s possible that we could work with the provinces cyber security studies. “It was scary,” said Marlene Weaver, who was in bed on and territories and allow them the authority to designate In his first tweet of 2018, Trump slammed Pakistan, saying Friday morning when she heard shots ring out in her neigh- certain municipalities as places where guns could not be the country has rewarded past U.S. aid with “nothing but borhood. “It takes you back to the shooting in Moncton.” New Brunswick had three homicide shootings in the purchased or possessed,” Blair told Reuters. entire year of 2016, according to Statistics Canada. lies & deceit.” Washington announced plans in January to She was referring to an incident in 2014, when three Royal In 2016 Canada had 0.61 firearm-related homicides per suspend up to roughly $2 billion in U.S. security assistance Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers were killed and “Awful news coming out of Fredericton,” Canadian Prime 100,000 people, a 23 percent increase from 2015 and the Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter. “My heart goes to Pakistan. two wounded in Moncton, New Brunswick, about 195 km highest rate since 2005, according to Statistics Canada. For But weeks later, Pakistan’s foreign secretary was quoted by (121 miles) from Fredericton, in one of the worst incidents out to everyone affected by this morning’s shooting. We’re the United States, the University of Washington’s Institute following the situation closely.” local media saying that Islamabad had been told the United of its kind in Canada. for Health Metrics and Evaluation reported 3.85 deaths States would continue funding IMET programs. The latest incident occurred just three weeks after a Jeff Magnussen, general manager of a golf course near per 100,000 that year. the site of the shooting, said by phone he heard multiple Officially allies in fighting terrorism, Pakistan and the United gunman walked down a busy Toronto street, killing two Canada’s Liberal government unveiled proposals in March States have a complicated relationship, bound by Washington’s people and wounding 13 others before taking his own life. gunshots before 8 a.m. local time. to tighten already tough gun control laws to address a spike “You hear a lot about gun violence in the United dependence on Pakistan to supply its troops in Afghanistan but Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told in crimes involving firearms, including a deadly attack on plagued by accusations Islamabad is playing a double game. reporters he could not discuss details of the latest shooting. States,” he said, “but this morning when I heard those a mosque last year. noises, what’s starting to sink in is that those noises Tensions have grown over U.S. complaints that the Af- He said the RCMP were assisting Fredericton authorities The measures would enhance background checks on ghan Taliban militants and the Haqqani network that target in the investigation. were people losing their lives. To have it happen so close people seeking to buy firearms, especially those with a to us is shocking. Now we’re becoming the story that American troops in Afghanistan are allowed to shelter on “We’ll see where this investigation leads in terms of history of violence. Pakistani soil. what exactly happened, who did it, what was the motiva- nobody wants to hear.” Experts said that although Canada’s gun laws ban doz- Scott Hill said he was taking his dog on a morning Current and former U.S. officials said Defense Secretary tion for doing it and the instruments of destruction that ens of assault rifles, some permitted firearms can easily Jim Mattis argued against excluding Pakistani officers from were used,” he said. walk by the golf course when an employee told him be modified for greater damage, and lax U.S. regulations to get inside because of the shooter. He said he could IMET courses. “But broadly speaking, the government of Canada is make smuggled weapons accessible. “I am shocked... We worked so hard for this to be the one obviously taking the issue of gun violence very seriously.” still hear sporadic gunfire coming from the apartment On Thursday, Ontario pledged more money for police complex two hours later, when he was at the office of thing that got saved,” said a former U.S. defense official, who Gun laws in Canada are stricter than in the United States and to keep suspects behind bars while they await trial on was involved in the conversations. but a proliferation of weapons has led to an increase in his property development agency. gun crime charges. “This sort of thing never happens here,” Hill said. The Pentagon declined to comment on internal government gun-related crimes in recent years. (Source: Reuters) discussions, but Dana White, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said Mattis long believed in the value of the IMET program as a way to build relations between foreign militaries. Syrian, Russian air defense units confront ‘hostile’ targets Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain, chairman of the Syria and Russia say their air defense resistance movement, has made sizeable an air defense systems to foil enemy strikes. Major General Aleksey Tsygankov said. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, told Reuters that a U.S. units have in two separate incidents gains on several fronts against the for- “Our air defense is much stronger than be- “Both aerial targets were destroyed at a decision to cut off such exchanges would be counter-produc- targeted objects breaching Syrian air eign-backed terror groups, many of which fore, thanks to the Russian support, and safe distance from the base.” tive and push Pakistan’s military towards other countries. space as pro-Damascus forces continue enjoy the support of Israel, the U.S. and the recent attacks by the Israelis and by the He further noted that no casualties or “It is one of those silly, punitive measures that they have to maintain the upper hand over Takfiri their allies. Americans and British and French proved material damage had been reported and deployed,” said Hussain, who sat next to a Chinese and Pa- terrorists on the battlefield. Israel has recently increased its airstrikes that we are in a better situation,” he said. that the air base was operating normally. kistani flag in his office. Syria’s official SANA news agency report- on the Syrian territory in a bid generally Russia downs militant drones The Hmeimim airbase has been the target Russia and Pakistan signed an agreement earlier this week ed early on Saturday that air defenses had considered to have been meant to prop up Separately on Friday, the head of the Rus- of regular militant drone attacks in the past that would allow for Pakistani military officers to train at managed to confront a “hostile target” over anti-Damascus militants. This comes as the sian Reconciliation Center for Syria said that few months. Russian institutes. Dayr al-Ashayer, west of capital Damascus. Syrian army has been liberating most of the air defense units had shot down two militant Russian jets have been conducting air Pakistan’s military has ruled the country for about half The report, however, did not specify the southern areas near the Israeli-occupied drones, which were approaching Russia’s raids against Daesh and other terror out- of its history and traditionally seen the country’s foreign type of the target and its origin. Golan Heights and has also been pressing Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia Province. fits inside Syria since September 2015 at policy in its domain. There were also no immediate reports ahead with counter-terrorism operations in “Over the past 24 hours, the air defense the request of Damascus. IMET courses have been able to withstand poor relations of possible casualties or material damage. the northwestern province of Idlib. units at the Hmeimim air base detected two The strikes have helped Syrian forces between the two countries in the past, even after al Qaeda The development comes at a time that In an interview with Russia’s RT tele- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched advance against terrorists, who have been leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. Navy SEAL raid the Syrian government, backed by its allies, vision network in May, President Bashar from the territory controlled by illegal armed wreaking havoc in the Arab country since 2011. in the Pakistani town of Abbotabad in 2011. namely Iran, Russia and Lebanon’s Hezbollah al-Assad hailed the capability of the Syri- groups in the north of Latakia Province,” (Source: agencies) A NATO helicopter raid killed 28 Pakistani troops later that year in a friendly fire incident on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Feldman said that after the raid, when relations were at a low point, the United States limited large security assistance items, but made active efforts to continue the IMET program. Israeli minister urges assassination of Hamas leaders In the 1990’s former U.S. President George H.W. Bush Israeli culture and sport minister has called for the would not intensify the regime’s aggression. public isn’t stupid, and neither is Hamas,” he added. refused to certify that Pakistan did not have nuclear weapons, assassination of the leaders of Hamas Palestinian resist- The current regime “doesn’t know how to deter a Besides staying prepared to take the territory under triggering the so-called “Pressler Amendment” that required ance movement, stressing that Israel should reinstate terrorist organization or to negotiate,” he added. wholesale warfare, Israel regularly strikes Gaza, saying cutting off all military assistance. That included IMET courses. its policy of targeted assassinations. Israel has assassinated many Hamas figures over it needs to target Hamas. “The unintended consequence was we didn’t know a decade Miri Regev told a recent meeting of local leaders the past years. Earlier in the week, Israeli raids on the coastal en- of the Pakistani military leadership as well, and therefore of Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip that the Last March, it assassinated Mazen Fuqaha, one of clave killed three Palestinians who included a pregnant couldn’t engage as effectively with them when we needed Palestinian resistance movement’s senior officials the group’s senior figures, in Gaza. The victim was shot mother and a toddler. to,” Feldman said. should “live in fear”. with four bullets to his head. Israel ramped up attacks on March 30, shortly after Mattis, in private discussions within the government, had “We must go back to the policy of targeted assassi- In 2010, Israel had itself embroiled in an international Gazans began weekly rallies near the territory’s fence warned that excluding Pakistani officers from IMET courses nations of leaders of this murderous terrorist group,” scandal when its operatives used false European and in support of their right to return to their homeland. could contribute to a similar situation in years to come, the she added, referring to Hamas. Australian passports to assassinate senior Hamas figure The demonstrations and Israeli offensives especially former U.S. defense official said. Other Israeli politicians likewise called on the Israeli Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the United Arab Emirates. hiked on May 14, the anniversary of the Nakba Day in Pakistan had been the largest recipient of IMET between leadership to come down harder on Hamas, which Oren Hazan, an Israeli lawmaker from Likud Party, 1948, when Israel claimed existence after a deadly war 2003 and 2017, according to the Security Assistance Monitor controls Gaza and has defended the enclave against also recently said, “We are not hitting Hamas hard against Arab territories. which tracks U.S. assistance. three Israeli wars. enough for fear of an ongoing conflict, even though Nearly 160 Palestinians have been killed and some “You can advocate for cutting off everything else and this Leader of Israeli party Zionist Union Avi Gabbay, we are deep inside one”. 17,500 others wounded during the Israeli military’s was the one thing we were not supposed to touch,” the former who was visiting the city of Sderot in the west of Negev “If we would have hit them, they wouldn’t have al- attacks targeting the March of Return protests, the official said. Desert, was recently quoted by media as saying that lowed themselves to shoot 200 rockets in one day. So Palestinian Health Ministry says. (Source: Reuters) Israel had “a strong army and weak politicians,” who enough with the stories that we hit them hard. The (Sourcer: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 12, 2018 ‘Will I die tomorrow?’ Enrique feared Dele header helps Spurs to opening win over Newcastle for his life after brain tumor diagnosis Former Liverpool and Newcastle defender Jose Enrique has revealed he feared for his life when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and asked doctors “am I going to die tomorrow?”. The 32-year-old Spaniard said he was shaking with fear when told in May that he had a “one-in-a-million” type of tumor that would require surgery. Enrique, who was also told he could lose his sight, said he faced the “biggest challenge of his life”. “It changed my life,” he told BBC World Service. “When you have the word tumor thrown around, it is a really scary moment.” ’I have never shaken like that in my life’ The former left-back, now working as an agent, was in Jan Vertonghen and Dele Alli were on the score-sheet as Tot- London for a meeting with Brighton manager Chris Hughton tenham edged out Newcastle in the opening Premier League when light started “bothering” him. match at St James’ Park. The next day, he developed a headache and started to see The pair were two of nine Spurs players to return to training double, which is when he realized “something was wrong”. on Monday after the World Cup, but they showed no signs of “I remember being in the hospital with my partner Amy fatigue as the visitors made a frantic start to the game. and we were shaking. I have never shaken like that in my Goal-line technology was required as Vertonghen gave Totten- life,” he told BBC’s Sportsworld. ham the lead after only eight minutes, before Newcastle levelled “They said I could have had the tumor since I was born, almost immediately through Joselu. Alli then restored the away it could be 20 years or 25, they said it can be there for a side’s advantage with a cushioned header from point-blank range long time.” with only 18 minutes on the clock. Enrique was diagnosed with a chordoma, a rare type of Saloman Rondon came agonizingly close to a dream debut tumor that usually occurs in the bones of the skull base and goal to level the scores but he was denied by the crossbar, as spine, but his was found behind the eye. Tottenham held on to secure an opening day league victory over “I lost the vision of my left eye,” said Enrique, who made Rafa Benitez’s side for the second consecutive season. 127 appearances for Newcastle and then 99 for Liverpool Eyebrows were raised when Mauricio Pochettino named his following a £6.5m move in August 2011. “[After the surgery] was the most difficult time. I spent 24 diagnosis and subsequent surgery - more so than any of his starting XI with a whole host of his World Cup stars included. “The tumor was sat on the nerve of the left eye, so that’s hours in intensive care and five days in bed after that without friends and family - but credits his partner Amy for getting The likes of Vertonghen, Hugo Lloris and Alli only returned to what was the trouble. “The thought of dying was the most moving,” he said. “I had to take tablets to sleep, I couldn’t him through it. training on Monday, prompting questions if they would be fit scary thing. I was like, I’m 32 and have always been a healthy eat for the first few days, I had to go to the toilet in the bed. “As footballers, we face a lot of pressure from the media enough to perform at their highest levels. After only 18 minutes person. It was a big shock for me.” “Even at home, my head has been banging and I have and fans, so I think we are prepared to handle situations their hunger and energy levels were clear. Naturally they tired ’It is the biggest challenge of my life’ to take medication.” like this a little bit better,” he said. as the game went on but the job was almost done and Pochetti- Enrique underwent successful surgery to remove the Enrique, who finished his playing career with a spell at “We have very privileged lives, but we have our worries no’s decision had already been justified. For all of the positives, tumor in Valencia, although the procedure was not without Real Zaragoza, drew strength from former Newcastle team- as well. When I wake up every day, I thank God I am here it has to be said that Harry Kane again flattered to deceive in a its complications when the tumor was found to be stuck to mate Jonas Gutierrez, who was diagnosed with testicular for one more day.” match in August. an artery. Former Liverpool team-mates Philippe Coutinho, cancer in October 2013 and given the all-clear after a year. Enrique admits he has learned to enjoy every day as (Source: Eurosport) Lucas Leiva, Luis Suarez and Pepe Reina were among people “He said to keep going, I think it was more difficult for though it “could be your last”. to send messages of thanks to the surgeon. him because he had chemotherapy,” he added. “As a footballer, you are in a bubble. At Liverpool, it was Enrique will travel to Paris in the autumn to undergo 35 ’Footballers live in a bubble’ unbelievable how they treated the players,” he said. sessions of radiotherapy. Enrique revealed he remained positive throughout his (Source: BBC) Luka Modric set to stay at Real Madrid Trump to NFL players: ‘Find another I’d prefer to be a bad loser than win

Inter Milan target Luka Modric is set to stay at Real Madrid and way to protest’ like Ramos - Klopp sign a new deal, according to reports in Spain. Both Spanish newspapers Marca and AS report that the Cro- atian midfielder will double his wages in a new contract at the La Liga giants. Marca’s front page on Saturday morning read: ‘Boost (Modric is staying),’ followed by ‘The Croatian will sign an improved contract with Madrid, earning the same as Sergio Ramos - 10million euros (£9m).’ Modric would therefore become the joint second-highest earner at the Santiago Bernabeu alongside the centre back. Inter have been heavily linked this summer with Modric, who won the World Cup Golden Ball after playing an instrumental role as Croatia progressed to the final before losing to France in Moscow. But Madrid were desperate to keep hold of their star midfielder and fend off Inter’s interest. Modric’s Madrid face Inter’s rivals AC Milan in a friendly on Saturday night before playing their own rivals Atletico Madrid President Donald Trump reacted Friday team’s locker room before the playing of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has again told Sport1. “Of course, I would have liked in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. to NFL player demonstrations during the the anthem. taken aim at Real Madrid captain Sergio to become a Champions League winner, Julen Lopetegui’s side then kick-off their La Liga campaign national anthem on Thursday night, say- Trump has been a frequent critic of the Ramos for his role in Mohamed Salah’s and I would not have returned the title if at home to Getafe on Sunday, August 19. ing that “a football game ... is no place to demonstrations. He has called for the NFL Champions League final injury, insisting shown various indiscretions. (Source: Daily Mail) protest” and calling for players who protest to discipline players who protest during he would rather be considered a bad loser “I do not expect that [returning the tro- to be suspended without pay. the anthem, including as recently as last than win in the manner of the Spanish phy] from him [Ramos], I only expect that In Miami, Dolphins players Kenny Stills month, when he tweeted, “First time kneel- center-back. he gives more thought to his assessment and Albert Wilson knelt behind teammates ing, out for game. Second time kneeling, Salah lasted just 30 minutes of May’s of certain situations. who lined up standing along the sideline. out for season/no pay!” Champions League showpiece, trudging “It may have been a coincidence, but Ronaldo: I’ve looked towards Defensive end Robert Quinn stood and raised The league and the players’ union have off the pitch holding his shoulder, with Salah was taken out of the game during his right fist, as he did during the anthem last yet to announce a policy for this season Adam Lallana replacing him at 0-0. an outstanding phase of his footballing Juventus since I was a kid season while with the Los Angeles Rams. regarding demonstrations during the The Egypt international had been in- life, in the middle of the field. Elsewhere, Jaguars Telvin Smith, Jalen anthem after the league initially ordered volved in a tangle with Ramos a few minutes “Many people will say that these things Juventus pulled off the transfer of the summer by signing Cris- Ramsey, Leonard Fournetteand T.J. Yeldon everyone to stand on the sideline when earlier, an incident which many accused happen, but if that is the message we are tiano Ronaldofrom Real Madrid and the player has spoken of were not on the field when the anthem was “The Star-Spangled Banner’’ is played, or the Madrid man of instigating, as Madrid sending to our children, that nothing is how pleased he is to join. played before their home game against New remain in the locker room. went on to win 3-1. out of bounds and it’s all about winning, The No.7 revealed that he has admired Juventus since childhood. Orleans, and team officials said it would “There has been no change in the NFL’s Klopp was among those to criticize then I will be glad to leave this planet “I feel great, everything is good,” he said in an interview with be up to the players to explain why they policy regarding the national anthem,” Ramos, accusing him of “wrestling” Salah in 40 years. Juventus TV. weren’t on the field. The players joined the league spokesman Brian McCarthy said to the ground – not that the defender was “Am I a good loser? No, but during our “I’m really glad and happy. rest of their teammates several moments in a statement issued Thursday night. “The particularly bothered, joking in response preparations we had to talk about Ramos “This is a great club and since I was a kid I’ve been looking a later. In Baltimore, both teams stood, but anthem will continue to be played before that the only thing he had not been blamed because he had influenced the final the lot at this team and I said I hoped to play here one day. while most of the Ravens lined up shoulder every game, and all player and non-play- for was giving Roberto Firmino a cold. previous year with a dive and a red card “It’s a fantastic club, one of the biggest in the world. to shoulder on the sideline, second-year er personnel on the field at that time are And the Liverpool manager has had [for Juan Cuadrado] against Juventus. “It’s the biggest club in Italy and one of the best in the world.” linebacker Tim Williams stood alone in expected to stand during the presentation another pop at Ramos, adamant he will “Real Madrid have deserved to win the He also spoke of the applause he received from the Turin-based front of the bench with his back toward the of the flag and performance of the anthem. be happy to “leave this planet” if winning Champions League, nobody has ever said fans when he scored an overhead kick in the Champions League. field. And in Seattle, Seahawks Branden Personnel who do not wish to do so can at all costs is the message being sent to anything else, but do you have to have those “That had never happened to me before,” he said of the ovation. Jackson, Quinton Jefferson and Duane choose to remain in the locker room. children. situations with Ramos? No, you don’t.” “Since that moment I like the club even more. Brown ran into the tunnel leading to the (Source: ESPN) “I don’t want to win by any means,” Klopp (Source: AS) “The small details always help in the big decisions. “I’m not going to say it was the key point [in my decision to move to Juventus], but it helps.” (Source: Marca) German Super Cup: What to watch out for Just a few months after Eintracht Frankfurt’s shock German World Cup exploits with Croatia and new keeper Frederik Cup win, they face Bayern Munich in a showpiece again. Ronnow injured, new boss Adi Hütter has to build a new Niko Kovac has swapped sides and there’s plenty of new foundation quickly. Lucas Torro, signed from Real Madrid, Marseille’s Payet scores first faces, but what will decide Sunday’s contest? looks to be Mascarell’s replacement while Portuguese for- Kovac in a different dugout ward Goncalo Paciencis will need to hit the ground running. Ligue 1 VAR penalty Plenty unconvinced by Bayern’s April announcement that Goretzka with point to prove they’d pinpointed a relatively inexperienced coach, from the Player turnover is much less of an issue for Bayern, all Dimitri Payet was the beneficiary as VAR was used for the first time lower reaches of the Bundesliga, to follow in the footsteps of of their matchday 16 are still with the league champions. in French football in Marseille’s opening-day win over Toulouse. Jupp Haynckes, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola. In a slow summer of transfer activity, the arrival of Leon The former West Ham midfielder scored twice, including a But Frankfurt’s outstanding display in beating the Bavar- Goretzka and subsequent departure of Arturo Vidal looks penalty courtesy of VAR, during a comfortable Ligue 1 victory ians in last season’s cup final owed plenty to their Croatian to be the main change to the Bavarians’ first team. at the Orange Velodrome. coach. Kovac’s use of Ante Rebic and Kevin Prince Boateng The former Schalke man started last season in scintillating Payet, who missed France’s World Cup triumph through injury, caused Mats Hummels and Niklas Süle all sorts of problems. form, with his late runs in to the box bringing four goals in scored from the spot on the stroke of half-time. The Eagles were solid in defense, organized and always his first eight starts. But a niggling injury sustained around Referee Ruddy Buquet had initially signaled a corner off ready to pounce on the break, as the second and third goals the turn of the year provoked a drop in form, just at the time Kelvin Amian. in the 3-1 win showed. His task at Bayern is very different, have to cope with. As is often the case, Frankfurt’s over-achiev- Bayern were confirming his future move. However, after a VAR consultation, the official awarded a particularly in the Bundesliga where the champions are eing side has been picked off. Four of the eleven who started Though far from identical in style, Goretzka, 23, is closer penalty after deciding a header from Valere Germain had come obliged to play mostly on the front foot. While a win would that match have left the club, including goalkeeper Lukas to Vidal than any of Bayern’s other central options, with off the arms of the Toulouse defender. be little more than a solid start, anything other than that Hradecky, winger Marius Wolf and midfielder Omar Mas- the possible exception of Renato Sanches. His box-to-box The 31-year-old then doubled the hosts’ advantage just after would turn up the heat on the new man. Such is the nature carell. All of them moved to sides that finished higher in the style and vision could well be critical to his new club this the hour mark, before Germain added a third in the 89th minute, of German club football’s top job. Bundesliga last term. Boateng will continue his nomadic year. But with competition for places so stiff, he’ll want to and Florent Thauvin completed the scoring in injury time. New spine for Frankfurt career at Sassulo in Italy. get off to a strong start and lift a first trophy at club level. (Source: BBC) Kovac isn’t the only major departure that the cup holders With Rebic almost certain to miss Sunday’s clash after his (Source: Deutsche Welle) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 12, 2018 SPORTS 15

Carlos Queiroz a nominee to replace Iran’s first goalkeeper Taari passes away

Jose Pekerman in Colombia: report SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football team first SPORTS TEHRAN — With the future of Jose deskgoalkeeper Ghorban Ali Taari passed away at deskNestor Pekerman is still up in the air, the age of 93 on Friday. the Colombian Football Federation is going to negotiate Tarri, who was born in Teh- with Iran current coach Carlos Queiroz. ran, started his goalkeeping With the 2019 Copa America in Brazil and the 2020 career in Shahin football club. World Cup in Qatar ahead, the Colombian federation needs He also played in Daraei, to arrange its plan for the future as soon as possible. Taj and Persepolis. Argentine Gerardo “Tata” Martino is the main candidate Taari played just one match to replace Pekerman at The Tricolors. for Iran national football team. Martino, who currently leads Atlanta United in On May 28, 1950, the MLS, has already worked at Paraguay and Argentina keeper represented Iran in and has more chance to continue his successful career the match against Turkey in in Colombia. Istanbul, where the Persian In addition to Martino, Juan Carlos Osorio and suffered a 6-1 loss against the Carlos Queiroz are potential candidates to take charge hosts. of the Colombian team, Canal1.com reported. Taari will be laid to rest on Osorio did not renew his contract after nearly three Sunday in Tehran’s Behesht-e years in charge of Mexican football team. Zahra Cemetery. Queiroz has also yet to extend his contract with Tehran Times staff wish to Iran national football team. express deepest sympathy and condolences to his bereaved family. Under guidance of the Portuguese coach, Iran fought to the last moment and only narrowly missed the chance to reach the knockout phase of the 2018 Queiroz had no role in my World Cup. Queiroz had been also linked with a move to Algeria move to Tractor Sazi: football team. Mehdi Taj, the head of the Football Federation of the Ashkan Dejagah Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), has said Queiroz will remain as Team Melli coach in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, PLDC — New signing of Tractor Sazi football team Ashkan De- where Iran have been drawn in Group D along with Iraq, jagah says Iran national football coach Carlos Queiroz played Yemen and Vietnam. any part in his decision to join the Tabriz-based club. Iran captain has recently joined Tractor Sazi on a three-year contract. Iran 6th at FIBA U18 Asian Championship Dejagah has hit out at speculation over his transfer to Tractor Sazi. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran lost to Japan 60-58 on a 76-57 win over the Philippines. desk “Joining Tractor Sazi was my decision and Queiroz played Saturday in the FIBA U18 Asian Champi- Top four teams Australia, the Philippines, China and any part in my choice,” Dejagah said. onship classification game and finished in 6th place. New Zealand will represent FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA Tractor Sazi suffered a 3-0 defeat to Esteghlal in Tehran’s Amirhossein Rezaeifar led Iran with 10 points, while Under 19 Basketball World Cup. Azadi Stadium in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. Yuki Kawamura scored 18 points for the Japanese team. The 2018 FIBA Under 18 Asian Championship was held “Esteghlal put us under pressure and I apologize to the fans Iran had already defeated Japan 71–64 in preliminary in Nonthaburi, Thailand from August 5 to 11. for this result. I hope we will become a better team in the near round. The final standing of the FIBA U18 Asian Championship: future,” the former Fulham midfielder stated. Australia defeated New Zealand 72-63, and won the 1. Australia, 2. New Zealand, 3. China, 4. Philippines, 5. “I am not completely ready but after a while I will be fit,” crown in their debut, while China secures third place with Japan, 6. Iran, 7. Bahrain, 8. Korea Dejagah concluded.

Athletics: Lomong claims 10,000m in Toronto IPL: Esteghlal down Tractor Lopez Lomong surged to the lead with 450 high jump title at 1.91m and Evan Dunfee meters to go and won a sluggish 10,000 gave Canada an early gold by winning the Sazi at Azadi meters in 29 minutes 49.03 seconds as the men’s 20km walk in 1:25:39.00 United States dominated the opening day Sprints and hurdles qualifying produced of the North American, Central American some of the best performances. TASNIM — Esteghlal football team defeated Tractor Sazi 3-0 and Caribbean (NACAC) championships U.S. world record holder Keni Harrison in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. on Friday. and Jamaican 2015 world champion Dan- In the match, held in front of about 50,000 spectators in Lomong, who fled South Sudan as a child ielle Williams led 100m hurdles qualifying Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Ali Abdollahzadeh scored an own goal to become a two-time U.S. Olympian, beat with Harrison clocking 12.66 seconds after in the 13th minute. fellow Americans Elkanah Kibet (29:51.37) Williams ran 12.72 to win the opening heat. Esteghlal’s new signing Morteza Tabrizi extended the lead and Reed Fischer (29:59.63) in a race of just The men’s hurdles race should be another in the 28th minute and Farshid Esmaeili made it 3-0 in the 51st four runners. crowd pleaser with American Devon Allen minute. The victory came after Rachel Schnei- (13.37 seconds), Jamaican Commonwealth In Isfahan, Sepahan missed the chance to go top of the table der topped two other Americans, the only Games silver medalist Hansle Parchment after a 0-0 draw against Paykan. other competitors in the women’s 5,000m, (13.42) and Canadian Johnathan Cabral Padideh edged past Sanat Naft 1-0 in Mashhad and Naft Masjed in 15:26.19. (13.43) the top qualifiers. Soleyman and Foolad played out a goalless draw. The wins gave U.S. athletes six golds on Canadians led the 200m heats with Aar- the opening session of the three-day meeting on Brown pacing the men (20.58 seconds) that many top athletes are skipping. and Crystal Emmanuel (22.82) surprising Deanna Price’s hammer throw of 74.60m Jamaican Olympic 400m bronze medallist Iran qualify for AVC Cup topped the U.S. champions with Schneider’s Shericka Jackson (22.97) win and Mel Lawrence’s time of 9:45.36 in the Harrison, twice Olympic women’s 100m Title-holders Iran continued their winning streak to secure the first three-person women’s 3,000m steeplechase Other U.S. winners were national shot put triple jump with teenager Jordan Alejan- champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Ja- semi-final berth after downing Vietnam in comfortable three-set- also championship records. champion Darrell Hill (21.68 meters) and dro Diaz, the newly crowned world junior maica and American world pole vault silver ter (25-19, 25-14, 25-19) on day 4 of the 6th AVC Cup for Men Cuban Olympian Yaime Perez Tellez American record holder Maria Michta-Coffey champion bounding 16.83 meters. medallist Sandi Morris will be among those at the University of Taipei (Tianmu) Gymnasium on Saturday. added another in the women’s discus with in the women’s 20km walk (1:36:34.00). Commonwealth Games champion Levern seeking titles on Saturday. Iran troubled Vietnam with their advantage in high blocking a toss of 61.97 meters. Cuba had a second champion in the men’s Spencer of Saint Lucia added the NACAC (Source: Reuters) and thundering attacking. Holding a 6-point margin at 16-10, Iranian bagged the first set 25-19. In the second set, destructive Porya Yali scored the first point with an above-the-block attack Xavi on track for Champions League double and led the Iranians to stay in front with a five-point clear at 8-3 When AFC Champions League action resumes in a little Spells in his homeland and Greece followed before before they widened to snatch the comfortable second set 25-14. over two weeks’ time, one man will be looking to achieve Rivaldo stunned the world by signing for Uzbek side Although Vietnam tried hard at the beginning of the third set what no other player has done before: complete an AFC Bunyodkor in August 2008. With the Tashkent club to bring the game back, Iranians’ blocking height made short Champions League-UEFA Champions League double. already in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals, work of the Vietnamese. Vietnam had once led 11-9, but their Having won an incredible four UEFA Champions the glamour signing scored home and away against Iran’s good show did not last long. Leveling 15-15, Iran only allowed League titles with Barcelona as part of what was arguably Saipa as a semi-final place was secured. Vietnam 4 more points before taking the set 25-19 and match. the greatest club side to ever play the game, Spanish It was not to be, though, as Bunyodkor were eliminated “Because I play the position opposite, the only reason that midfielder Xavi Hernandez was a huge coup for Al Sadd by Australia’s Adelaide United in the last four. Rivaldo I am on the court is to get as more points as I can,” said Porya when he joined in 2015. returned a year later to help guide his side to the quarter- Yali, who led Iran with 16 points including 14 attacks from 28 The 2010 FIFA World Cup winner would have to wait finals, where they fell to eventual winners Pohang Steelers attempts, while captain Amirhossein Esfandiar chipped in with almost three years to make his AFC Champions League of Korea Republic, before he departed Tashkent in 2010 16 points as well. bow, though, as defeats in the play-off round in 2016 to the after last 16 elimination. With this comfortable win, Iran became the first team to se- United Arab Emirates’ Al Jazira and Esteghlal of Islamic Seydou Keita – UEFA Champions League Winner, cure the semi-final berth. They will take a two-day rest before Republic of Iran a year later denied him the chance of Barcelona, 2008-09 & 2010-11; AFC Champions League contesting the semi-finals on Tuesday. appearing on Asia’s biggest stage. Semi-Finalist, El Jaish, 2016 (Source: Asian Volleyball) However, success in the 2017 Emir Cup meant it was An unsung hero in the star-studded Barcelona squad third time lucky for the Spaniard as 2011 AFC Champions of peak Xavi era, Seydou Keita was part of the sides that Paulinho joined Barcelona in 2017 and a 4-1 win over League winners Al Sadd avoided the dreaded play-off round claimed UEFA Champions League glory in 2009 and 2011, Roma in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter- to advance directly to the group stage of the continental with the former Malian international coming off the bench finals seemingly had the Catalans cruising into the last four, Iniesta scores first goal for competition. in both finals against Manchester United. before a stunning collapse in the return meeting saw the Japanese side Kobe Unsurprisingly, Xavi was key to Al Sadd’s progression to The defensive midfielder would join Qatar club El Jaish Italians progress. Following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their first quarter-final since 2014, with three assists and a several years later and got his first and only crack at the AFC Paulinho returned to Guangzhou. goal, but with his contract expiring at the end of the 2017-18 Champions League in 2016 when, like Rivaldo, he teamed The Coaches Andres Iniesta scored his first goal for J League side Vissel Kobe Qatar Stars League campaign it seemed the 38-year-old up with his new side at the quarter-final stage. While the AFC Champions League-UEFA Champions in their 2-1 victory over Jubilo Iwata on Saturday. may have missed his chance of a continental double. A debut in the victory over the UAE’s Al Nasr followed League double continues to elude the big-name players, The great Spanish midfielder, who moved to Japan follow- Having earlier stated his intention to retire, the but, as captain, Keita could not lead the Doha side to their one man can lay claim to having hoisted both trophies ing an illustrious career with boyhood club Barcelona, scored a decorated midfielder had a change of heart and signed first final after suffering a 5-3 aggregate defeat to the UAE’s above his head: Italian coach Marcello Lippi. sensational goal to open his account, assisted by former Arsenal a two-year extension to his deal in Doha. He will now Al Ain in the semi-finals. The 2006 FIFA World Cup winner claimed Europe’s forward Lukas Podolski. lead his team out against Esteghlal at Azadi Stadium Paulinho – AFC Champions League Winner, Guangzhou biggest club prize with Juventus when they defeated Dutch The German slid the ball through to Iniesta in the penalty area on August 27 as the former Barcelona captain looks to Evergrande, 2015; UEFA Champions League Quarter- side Ajax in the 1995-96 final, before he guided Guangzhou and the 34-year-old displayed all his trademark intelligence to write a new piece of history. Finalist, Barcelona, 2017-18 to their first AFC Champions League title after seeing off pirouette past an Iwata defender before rounding the goalkeeper Xavi is not the first player to attempt to achieve the feat, Going in the opposite direction, Paulinho announced his FC Seoul in the 2013 showpiece event. to roll the ball into the net. and the-AFC.com takes a look back at some of the others arrival at Guangzhou in style when he rocketed in a free- And while Paulo Sousa – who won back-to-back UEFA Iniesta’s goal opened the scoring in the 16th minute and a who have come close before falling short in the latter rounds. kick from fully 40 yards on his debut at Kashiwa Reysol Champions League titles with Juventus and Borussia further goal from forward Kyogo Furuhashi secured the victory. Rivaldo – UEFA Champions League Winner, A.C. in the first leg of the 2015 quarter-finals as the Brazilian Dortmund in the nineties – may have missed the chance Kobe moved up to fourth place as they look to close the gap Milan, 2002-03; AFC Champions League Semi-Finalist, began the process of banishing his Tottenham Hotspur to win both as a player, he could achieve a unique player- on J League leaders Hiroshima Sanfreece, who beat Nagasaki to Bunyodkor, 2008 misery to the past. coach double. maintain an eight-point lead over Tokyo FC in second. On the back of winning the 2002 FIFA World Cup with Kashiwa were then ousted by another Japanese team, The Portuguese leads Tianjin Quanjian into an AFC Iniesta’s former Spain team mate Fernando Torres failed to Brazil, Rivaldo swapped Barcelona for A.C. Milan and less Gamba Osaka, in the semi-finals, before the box-to-box Champions League quarter-final clash against Japan’s open his account for Sagan Tosu, although the struggling team than a year later the forward was lifting his first and only midfielder helped Guangzhou to a second continental Kashima Antlers, with the Chinese side looking to become did secure a 1-0 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds in their battle UEFA Champions League title, after the Rossoneri defeated title after a narrow 1-0 aggregate win over the UAE’s Al the first debutants to be crowned champions since Western against relegation. Juventus on penalties in an all-Italian final. Ahli in the final. Sydney Wanderers in 2014. 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Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 Ali Rafiei ARTTEHRAN — The 18th edition of the Hafez deskAwards, Iran’s first and only private awards in the film industry and TV productions, plans to honor veteran stage and cinema director Ali Rafiei with a lifetime achievement award, the organizers announced on Saturday. The ceremony will be held in Tehran on August 13. Critic and producer Ali Moallem was the founder of the awards, which are annually organized by his Persian cinematic monthly Donya-ye Tasvir (Picture World). Born in 1938 in Isfahan, Rafiei got a Ph.D. in theater “Limit” named best from Sorbonne University in France in 1974. at U.S. festival He is the director of the acclaimed plays “Fox Hunting”, “It Does Not Snow in Egypt”, “Crime and Punishment”, ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Javad Darai’s “Blood Wedding”, “The Maids”, and “Nightmares and deskacclaimed short film “Limit” won the Best For- Memories of a Bath Attendant about the Life and Murder eign Student Award at the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival, of Amir Kabir”. “Nightmares and Memories of a Bath Attendant about the organizers announced last week. Ali Rafiei (R) was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the closing ceremony of the 35th Fajr International the Life and Murder of Amir Kabir” was selected as the Theater Festival on January 31, 2017. (Mehr/Mohammad Moheimani) best play of the year in 2016 by Iran’s Critic and Theatrical Writers Society of the Theater Forum. king Nasser ad-Din Shah, was well received by critics and in Love” (2006) and “Mr. Yusef” (2011). The play, which is about the life story of Mirza Taqi theater goers. Writer Hiva Masih will also be honored with a lifetime Khan Amir Kabir, the reformist prime minister of Qajar Rafiei is also the director of two movies, “The Fish Fall achievement award during the Hafez Awards this year.

Iran to attend Frankfurt Book Fair Canadian festival picks with over 20 publishers films from Iran

A scene from “Limit” by Iranian director Javad Darai The 2018 edition of the festival ran from August 3 to 5 in Buffalo, New York. The film tells the story of a desperate man who frantically pleads with strangers to accompany him to his home, without being clear on his intentions. “Limit” has been screened at numerous international events and has won awards at some of them, including the award for best short fiction at the 10th Southampton Film Week, the Bleed- ingham Horror Short Film Festival, as well as the award for best drama at the NCCC (Niagara County Community College) Film and Animation Festival in the U.S. state of New York.

Oscars move to honor A view of Iran’s pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016. (Mehr/Mohsen A scene from “Twenty-one Days Later” by Mohammadreza Kheradmandan ‘popular’ movies sparks Mohammadi) ARTTEHRAN – The Regi- Kheradmandan will compete in the Ani- swift backlash CULTURE TEHRAN – A number Sacred Defense Publishers, and Iranian deskna International Film mation shorts section. deskof 22 Iranian publishers Association of Writers for Children Festival and Awards has picked a lineup “Golnesa” by Sattar Chamanigol, “Twen- LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Oscars will introduce a new have plans to attend the Frankfurt Book and Youth are among the participating of Iranian films and animated movies to ty-one Days Later” by Mohammadreza award for popular films and the annual ceremony will be limited Fair 2018 running from October 10 to 14, associations, he added. compete in different sections of the festival Kheradmandan, “The Human Comedy” to three hours, organizers said on Wednesday, in a bid to stave off Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) director “Due to the current adverse economic running from August 15 to 18 in Regina, by Mohammad-Hadi Karimi, as well as slumping audiences for the movie industry’s most prestigious honors. Amir-Masud Shahramnia has said. conditions confronting the country, we are Saskatchewan, Canada. “Endless” by Maryam Zahirimehr are the The decision to create a special “Four literary agencies, and six planning to decrease the budget and that “The Last Class” by Mohammad Iranian films competing in the International category for popular films sparked associations will join the publishers is why the children and adults’ sections Kheimehgahi, “Reporter” by Moham- feature section. an immediate backlash, with one at the major world cultural event,” will be combined in order to rent a smaller madreza Kheradmandan, and “Are You The festival selections come from 35 critic saying it smacked of des- Shahramnia told the Persian service of pavilion,” he remarked. Volleyball?” by Mohammad Bakhshi will countries. peration. MNA on Saturday. Shahramnia hoped that the Iranian go on screen in the International shorts, Leading Indian actress Nandita Das The sweeping changes also The Union of Tehran Publishers participants at the fair this year would the organizers have announced. will chair the international jury. include handing out some of and Bookseller, Iranian Association of achieve to sign contracts with the foreign Animate movies “Balance” and “Frame” Ravida Din, the director general of Na- the 24 Academy Awards during Academic Publishers, Association of publishers to help publish and promote by Barzan Rostami, “The Fox” by Sadeq tional film board of Canada, will chair the commercial breaks in the Feb. 24 Women Publishers, Iran’s Association of more Iranian books. Javadi, and “Mother” by Mohammadreza Canadian jury. broadcast on Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) ABC network. “We are committed to produc- Grammy-award winning singer Albita “Cold War” opens largest ing an entertaining show in three lights up Cuban version of Carmen Sarajevo Film Festival hours, delivering a more accessible Oscars for our viewers worldwide,” LONDON (Reuters) — Gram- SARAJEVO (Reuters) — “Cold War”, the board of governors at the Acad- my-award winning singer Albita Rodri- by Oscar-winning Polish director Pawel emy of Motion Pictures said in a guez is such a celebrated interpreter of Pawlikowski, opened the 24th Sarajevo Oscar statues dry in the sunlight letter to members. Cuban music that when a new version of Film Festival (SFF) on Friday, the largest after receiving a fresh coat of The U.S. television audience the opera Carmen was produced set in film competition and industry platform in a gold paint as preparations begin for the almost four-hour Oscar revolutionary Havana a role was created region stretching from Vienna to Istanbul. for the 89th Academy Awards ceremony in March 2018 was especially for her. Launched in 1995 as an act of defiance in Hollywood, California, U.S., 26.5 million viewers, the smallest Albita plays Senora in Carmen La towards the end of the 43-month siege of February 22, 2017. (Reuters/ in awards’ 90-year history. The Cubana, a production of Georges Bizet’s Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb forces, the festival Mike Blake) telecast is an important showcase 19th century opera playing in London has become a beacon of the Bosnian capital’s for the film industry, and nominated movies typically attract a new this month as part of a world tour that cultural survival, drawing thousands each wave of ticket buyers. started in Paris in 2016. Cuban singer Rodriguez stands with danc- year. Workers prepare the red carpet for 24th “The accidental implication is here’s the award for popular film, “It is very touching and very exciting ers beside a Buick Century classic car as “For an independent film fan like me Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and here’s the unpopular films,” said Alison Willmore, critic and and I also feel a great responsibility, I the Grammy-award winning performer the festival is a fantastic opportunity to see and Herzegovina August 9, 2018. (Reu- culture writer for Buzzfeed News. somewhat carry the story. I am telling stars in the musical “Carmen La Cubana” the best productions from the region and ters/Dado Ruvic) at Sadler’s Wells in London August 7, The changes are the biggest since the Academy in 2016 pledged the story and recreating it,” she told beyond,” Biljana Savic, the Sarajevo-born Pawlikowski, who won best director at 2018. (Reuters/ Toby Melville) to double its female and minority membership by 2020 in response Reuters about her part. Director of The Academy of Urbanism in the Cannes Film Festival for the love story to the #OscarsSoWhite criticism of its nominees. “There is mambo, chachacha, guajira, “I left because I am against ... the London told Reuters. “Cold War”, is not the only Oscar winner In 2009, it expanded the number of best picture nominees from danzon, Afro-Cuban santería music. It communist dictatorship in Cuba .... The SFF’s focus on the promotion in attendance, with Iranian filmmaker five to 10 in a bid to open up the competition. (the opera) goes through almost all the But I believe a lot in Cuban culture, of authors mainly from eastern and and screenwriter Asghar Farhadit, twice Yet in recent years, the Oscars have tended to honor art house genres of Cuban music and the truth since I was a child .... I believe in mu- southeastern Europe has boosted an Academy Award winner, chairing the fare and performers, like best picture winners “Moonlight” and “The is that it’s a wonderful job, she said. sic and I have invested in it because cooperation between the Balkan countries international jury. Shape of Water”, for its biggest prizes rather than box office hits like Carmen is just the latest act in a I feel proud of my culture and of my that fought each others during the wars The annual festival attracts thousands the “Star Wars” franchise or superhero movies such as 2017 block- distinguished career. Rodriguez, known country,” she said. in the 1990s, creating a platform for of visitors each year and has a significant buster “Wonder Woman.” as Albita, was born in Havana in 1962 to Since then, she has performed around reconciliation through art. impact on the local economy. Fans of this year’s superhero sensation “Black Panther”, from parents who were popular Cuban folk the world, befriended stars such as Ma- This year, a record 266 films from 56 An independent study by British Disney’s Marvel Studios, have been arguing that it deserves a best singers. She gained fame in Cuba but donna and Gianni Versace, and released countries will be shown, of which 52 will consultancy Olsberg SPI said that SFF picture nomination. her career exploded when she arrived eight albums, two of which have won have their world premiers, SFF Director generated $30.8 million for the Sarajevo Wednesday’s letter did not give details of the new category recog- in Miami in 1993. Grammys. Mirsad Purivatra said. economy last year. nizing “achievement in popular film”, saying those would come later, but critics on Twitter said it seemed to create a second-tier honor and mocked it as “the Black Panther award.” “Crazy Rich Asians” looks beyond Asia to break Hollywood mold “This is desperation”, wrote Kristopher Tapley, awards editor for Hollywood trade publication Variety. “Here comes the Academy, LOS ANGELES (Reuters) —“Crazy Rich Asians” may be carpet premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Director Jon M. Chu said no single movie could rep- establishing a corner to which voters can banish (Black Panther) and the first Hollywood movie in 25 years with an all-Asian cast “My books are read around the world in 20 languag- resent all the Asian people in the world but he hoped the other films like it with a pat on the head and a “‘thanks for playing.’” but the filmmakers hope it will be enjoyed by moviegoers es, and in the U.S. 80 percent of my readers are Texan, plot and the array of actors in “Crazy Rich Asians” would The Academy could have waited to see the impact on the best of all backgrounds. Oklahoman, Kansas - like, white people - and they love show that “we’re layered and complicated and not just the picture race from its push to diversify its membership, Willmore said. The romantic comedy about an Asian-American New my books. So it’s a movie that everyone can enjoy and token computer guy.” “There’s a lot of reasons to believe that would have shaken up the Yorker who goes to Singapore to meet her friend’s wealthy appreciate,” he said. “All these things just help get people more information hidebound ideas of what an Oscar movie is,” she said. and tradition-bound family of Chinese descent is based on The movie stars established actresses like Michelle Yeoh, about who we are as a people and help differentiate that The Academy said it will trim the duration of the Oscars ceremony the 2013 best-selling book of the same name by Kevin Kwan. from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, and Constance Wu we’re not just one blob being Asian,” Chu said. by handing out some awards during commercial breaks. Organizers “It’s been way too long since we had an all-star Asian from U.S. television comedy “Fresh Off the Boat” along with The last Hollywood studio film featuring a large Asian did not say which of the 24 awards, which honor everything from cast in a Hollywood studio movie, but at the same time, newer faces like New York rapper and actress Awkwafina cast was “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993. “Crazy Rich Asians” acting to sound editing and short films, would be shifted. this movie is for everyone,” Kwan told Reuters at the red and Henry Golding, who was raised in Britain. starts its worldwide roll out on Aug. 15.