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12 Pages Price 10000 Rials 37th yyeareaarr No.12277Noo..112277 MondaMondayy MAYMAY 25, 2015 Khordad 4, 1394 SSha’abanha’aban 6, 11436 Additional Anti-ISIL Protocol intl. cartoon requires Majlis exhibitions approval: open in Larijani Tehran Zarif says it will not be ‘the TEHRAN — An- end of the world’ if there is Art Deskti-ISIL exhibitions no nuclear deal displaying submissions to the DAESH International Cartoon and Caricature TEHRAN — Ira- Contest opened at several of Teh- Political Desk nian Parliament ran’s cultural centers on Sunday. Speaker Ali Larijani has emphasized Bahman, Arasbaran, Aftab and that the implementation of the Ad- Osveh cultural centers are display- ditional Protocol to the Non-Pro- ing the selected works, the ex- liferation Treaty entails the parlia- ecutive secretary of the contest, ment’s authorization. Mohammad Habibi, said in a press The remarks by Larijani came as conference on Sunday. nuclear negotiators Mohammad Ja- The contest centering on the vad Zarif and his deputy Abbas Ara- crimes committed by the Islamic qhchi attended a closed-door meet- State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ing of Majlis to brief MPs about the in Syria and Iraq has been organized details of negotiations. by Iran’s House of Cartoon. “Majlis carefully studies the Addi- A total of 280 works selected tional Protocol and with the permis- from 800 submissions coming from sion of Majlis the implementation of over 40 countries including Brazil, the Additional Protocol is legally im- Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia possible,” MP Karim Qoddusi quot- have been put on display in the ex- ed Larijani as saying. hibit, Habibi said. According to Qoddusi, Larijani asked DAESH is the Persian word for the negotiators to brief MPs about ‘Political commanders’ will liberate the ISIL. every stage of negotiations with great Habibi also added that many powers in a “written form”. worldwide professional networks During the meeting, Larijani of cartoonists are among the par- called on the nuclear negotiators to ‘new Khorramshahrs’: Rouhani ticipants in the contest such as Car- make use of all diplomatic capacity toon Network Brazil. for a resolution of the nuclear issue, The president likens nuclear negotiators to liberators of Khorramshahr He also said that some of the for- eign cartoonists are attending the Qoddusi told reporters. TEHRAN — President May 24 marks the liberation of Khorram- emy as new Khorramshahrs and cities of contest using nicknames for securi- The parliament speaker said Political Desk Hassan Rouhani on Sun- shahr from the Iraqi Army in 1982. During blood,” he stated. ty reasons. resolution of regional and interna- day draw an analogy between the Iranian the 578 days it was under Iraqi occupation, There are “new Khorramshahrs” that the A jury composed of members tional problems through diplomacy nuclear negotiators and fighters who liberat- the city was called Khonin Shahr (city of Iranian people are determined to liberate, Maziar Bijan, Mohammad-Hossein is Iran’s principled policy, Qoddusi ed the city of Khorramshahr in 1982, saying blood) by Iranians. he reiterated. Nirumand and Habibi has selected added. Contd. on P. 2 there are “new Khorramshahrs” to be liber- The president also described the West- Rouhani stated that Iran’s “land of oil” and the works for the show. ated by the Iranian “political commanders”. ern-led sanctions against Iran as a kind of “land of economy” have been occupied by Winners are scheduled to be an- He made the remarks during a ceremony “economic” and “scientific” occupation. the 5+1 group (the five permanent members nounced during a ceremony to be in Tehran to commemorate the anniversary “We should liberate all of our occupied of the UN Security Council plus Germany) and held at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural of the liberation of Khorramshahr. economic and scientific lands from the en- the UN Security Council. Contd. on P. 11 NEWS Center on May 31. Zanganeh says Obama gave in to Congress on Iran will negotiate NEWS with Saudi oil to sway votes on his side: academic Iran’s response minister in OPEC INTERVIEW tween Iran and 5+1 countries.” who have always been opposed his veto. This is a band-aid solu- Following is the full text of to any meaningful negotiations tion that may not help once Oba- to any aggression meeting By Javad Heiraninia the interview: with Iran are in control of Con- ma is out of office, especially if a won’t be limited TEHRAN — Ira- TEHRAN — President Barack What is the purpose of be- gress, and they have not given right-wing Republican is the next Economic Desk nian Oil Minis- Obama signed legislation on hind the congressional the bill up on the idea of killing any deal U.S. president. to borders: ter Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Friday that gives Congress the while the two sides are negoti- with Iran. Negotiation for them What is the impact of the official Sunday that he will negotiate with power to review and potentially ating for a nuclear deal? implies Iran’s surrender. bill on negotiations between his Saudi Arabian counterpart in the reject a nuclear deal with Iran. A: One purpose of the bill is Why President Obama Iran and 5+1 group? TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Any wrong upcoming OPEC meeting, as Iran is Professor Nader Entessar to convey a messageessage to thethe changed hishi view and accept- A: The bill certainly erodes move against the Iranian territories not in a sulk with any of the group’s from South Alabama University Executive Branchnch ooff ththee ed to sign the bill? the element of trust and confi- will be followed by an unforgetta- members. says Obama agreed to demands U.S. governmentnt tthathat ConCon-- A:A: PresidentPres Obama thinks dence-building in the ongoing ble lesson for invaders, Secretary of Zanganeh said Iran and Sau- by Congress in order to win the gress must be invoinvolvedlved in by agreeingagree to Congress’s negotiations between Iran and Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen di Arabia share common views in support of some Republican approving or disapprov-sapprov- ddemands,eman he can sway 5+1 countries. It raises the stakes Rezaee said, noting that such re- many areas in OPEC. “For instance, congressmen for nuclear deal ing the outcomeome sosomem votes to his side. at a crucial stage of negotiations sponse will not be confined to the both countries are willing to boost with Iran. of a possible finalnal TThath is, in case of Con- and erects another obstacle. country’s borders. OPEC share in the market.” “President Obama thinks agreement withith grgressional rejection Can the bill have negative “If there is any aggression Iran and Saudi Arabia are at log- by agreeing to Congress’s de- Iran. The secondnd oof a possible nucle- impact on the integrity of 5+1 in against Iran’s borders, we will not gerheads over Riyadh’s air raids on mands, he can sway some votes reason must bee aar deal, Obama can negotiations with Iran? remain at the borders like (we did) Yemen, calling the attack a big stra- to his side,” Entessar tells the analyzed in the vveto the bill and still A: Yes, it raises the question in the past,” Rezaee said in the tegic mistake and demanded the Tehran Times. context of the have enough sup- of how serious the 5+1 countries southwestern city of Khorramshahr Saudi government to immediately Achieving a deal with Iran has make-up of the port in Congress to are about their publicly stated on Sunday morning. end the attack on its small and poor become a central element of Oba- U.S. Congress. sustain the Presi- intention of a “win-win” solu- He was speaking in a ceremony neighbor. ma’s foreign policy ambitions, The neoconss dent’s rejection of tion. There appears to be a vac- to commemorate the anniversary of Elsewhere in his remarks, Zan- and the new law, which Obama uum of leadership in this whole liberation of Khorramshahr, a city in ganeh said OPEC is unlikely to vigorously opposed at the begin- process on the part of 5+1, in southwestern Iran which had been change its production ceiling when ning, imposes conditions on his “Neocons who have always been general, and the United States, occupied by Iraq’s Baathist army in the group meets in June. ability to act on his own. opposed to any meaningful negotiations in particular. These countries the early 1980s. The city was recap- “Lowering OPEC production ceil- Entessar says, “The bill cer- with Iran are in control of Congress, and may have conflicting goals and, tured by the Iranian armed forces ing requires consensus between all tainly erodes the element of at least on the surface, it ap- on May 24, 1982. members. Under current conditions trust and confidence-building they have not given up on the idea of pears that they are not on the Rezaee also lashed out at the it seems unlikely that the OPEC pro- in the ongoing negotiations be- killing any deal with Iran.” same page. U.S. and Israel for triggering duction ceiling will change,” the unrest in Muslim countries over Mehr news agency quoted Zan- the past 70 years, warning that ganeh as saying. they want insecurity to spill OPEC members will meet in Vi- Iran downs Guatemala in FINA World Water Polo Development into Iran. enna on June 5. At its last meet- Iran was too strong for have done during the past months,” Tahe- While the Iranian diplomats try to ing in November, OPEC led by Sports Desk Guatemala in the 5th rian said in the post match news confer- put out the flames of wars through Saudi Arabia, decided against FINA World Men’s Water Polo Development ence. diplomatic approaches, the coun- cutting output to defend its mar- on Sunday. “Our tactical program was our priority in try’s military commanders are vigi- ket share, resisting calls by some Team Iran humiliated Guatemala 20-2 in the match against Guatemala and I think our lantly prepared for every possibility, members such as Iran and Ven- Group B in Tehran’s Shahid Shiroudi Stadium players have applied that 90 percent in this he underlined. ezuela to reduce production to in front of cheering fans. match,” he added. In relevant comments on May 6, shore up prices. Iran jumped out to a 7-0 lead at the end Earlier in the day, Uruguay beat Ku- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Rev- OPEC pumped 30.93 million bar- of the first quarter and maintained its lead wait 10-7, Malta defeated Azerbaijan olution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khame- rels of crude oil per day in April, well throughout. 13-6 and Austria grabbed a 12-6 win over nei reaffirmed that the Iranian na- above the 30 million bpd ceiling Sirous Taherian’s men crushed Guatema- quarter and registered a 4-1 score. Indonesia. tion will not let any possible act of which has been in place since the la 4-0 and 5-1 in the following quarters. “It doesn’t matter how many goals we Host Iran has been scheduled to face In- aggression against the country go beginning of 2012. Iran controlled the match in the fourth score. We wanted to see what our players donesia on Tuesday. unanswered. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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MEDIA MONITOR Additional Protocol requires Majlis Iran unveils TEHRAN — Iran’s National 180 cyber-tech Center for Cyber Space in join- approval: Larijani breakthroughs ture with Iran’s Passive De- fense Organization and Elec- MEHR tronic Industries Company of Contd. from P. 1 access to military sites,” as part of a Iran inaugurated the second Iran Larijani also said the best way for future deal over its contested nuclear Domestic Cyber Technology Exhi- the country’s progress is to rely only program, Araqchi said Sunday. bition (IDCTE) on Sunday morning on internal capacities in order to be- Araqchi also said that Iranian nego- which will run through May 27. come self-sufficient. tiators rejected demands that Iranian Eighty Iranian companies work- Larijani said the country’s nuclear nuclear scientists be interviewed. ing on security of information are issue, its economic challenges, and “Americans are after interviewing showcasing more than 180 new regional developments are the three our nuclear scientists. We didn’t ac- achievements, the Mehr news most important challenges facing Iran cept it,” he said. agency reported. at the present juncture. Lawmaker Ahmad Shoohani, a mem- Part of the national laboratory Zarif briefs parliament on nu- ber of the Parliament National Security of qualitative and quantitative as- clear talks and Foreign Policy Committee who was sessment of domestically achieved Foreign Minister Zarif, who acts as present at the closed-door session, said technologies is introduced in the chief nuclear negotiator, assured the restricted inspections of military sites exhibition. legislators that he and his deputies will be carried out under strict control Also in the exhibition, Iran’s would abide by the redlines set by the and specific circumstances. presidential office for technol- Supreme Leader, Deputy Foreign Min- “Managed access will be in a shape ogy has exposed to public some ister for Consular and Parliamentary Af- where UN inspectors will have the pos- achievements of its micro-elec- fairs Hassan Qashqavi told reporters. sibility of taking environmental sam- tronic committee. Zarif and Araqchi also answered firmed that during the meeting Zarif 5+1 agree to sign a final deal. ples from the vicinity of military sites,” the legislators’ questions on the pro- vowed that his team could respect the Iran and the 5+1 group (the United Shoohani said. Ayatollah TEHRAN — Grand Ayatollah cedure for terminating sanctions on country’s and the Leader’s redlines in States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Negotiating team ensured Majlis urges Saudi Nasser Makarem Shirazi has Iran under a possible final nuclear deal, the talks. and Germany) wrapped up their latest not to doubt their national goals Arabia called for the closure of Wah- Behrouz Ne’mati, the spokesman for ‘It will not be end of the world if round of talks in Vienna on May 22 in The country’s nuclear negotiating FARS habi schools, counting them the parliament presiding board, told there is no deal’ another effort to narrow down the re- team assured legislators that they will to close responsible for anti-Shia acts reporters. Kouchakinejad said Zarif under- maining differences and pave the way not accept 5+1 group’s demands for Wahhabi in Saudi Arabia. Ne’mati said the future inspection scored that Iran is not seeking a com- for a possible final nuclear deal. unmanaged inspection of Iran’s mili- schools “All this comes from your Wah- of the country’s nuclear facilities was prehensive agreement with world The two sides reached a mutual tary sites, said Kazem Jalali, head of habism. Close the wicked schools, be- among other issues discussed during powers at any price, saying the foreign understanding on the parameters of the Parliament Research Center. cause they propagate wicked teach- the meeting. minister stated that “it would not be the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- They also underlined that the par- ings,” Makarem Shirazi said Sunday, Araqchi underlined that any inspec- end of the world” if there is no nuclear tion (JCPOA) – as the comprehensive liament must not doubt their national the Fars news agency reported. tion of the country’s nuclear sites will be agreement. agreement on the Islamic Republic’s aspirations, Jalali emphasized. Takfiri Wahhabists blasted a within the framework of the Additional He also quoted Araqchi, the second nuclear program is called – in the Swiss He also underlined that Zarif and bomb among prayers in the Ali ibn Protocol and that Tehran will not agree most important negotiator, as saying city of Lausanne on April 2. his team convinced members of parlia- Abitalib Mosque in Saudi Arabia on to anything beyond it, Ne’mati added. that the country’s nuclear facilities in Iran agrees to ‘managed access’ ment that they will do what they can Friday which killed and wounded Head of the Parliament Social Com- Natanz, Fordo, and Arak would keep to nuclear sites to defend national interests based on around 100 people, the ayatollah mittee Jabbar Kouchakinejad also con- on with their operation if Iran and the “Iran has agreed to grant managed the Supreme Leader’s guidelines. pointed out.

MP sees TEHRAN — The head of bright Iran-Poland parliamentary friendship group, Vahid Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 102 prisoners

prospect IRNA Ahmadi, said relations be- for Tehran- TEHRAN — Supreme Leader of The proposal for pardoning these convicts on the Khamenei by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani. tween the two countries have a Po l i t i c a l D e s k the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of the The Liberation of Khorramshahr refers to the re- Warsaw ties bright prospect. Seyyed Ali Khamenei approved pardoning and com- 12th Imam of the Shia, Hazrat Mahdi (AS), and the Lib- capture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the He made the remarks in a joint muting the sentences of 102 prisoners. eration of Khorramshahr was presented to Ayatollah Iraqis on May 24, 1982 during the Iran–Iraq War. press conference with his Polish counterpart M Gropeski at the end of his visit to Warsaw at the head of a delegation, IRNA reported Sunday. ‘Political commanders’ will liberate ‘new Khorramshahrs’: Rouhani He said ties between the two Contd. from P. 1 nations are historical and ex- the liberation of the strategic port city, al Ahmadreza Pourdastan also quoted pressed satisfaction over the visits Elsewhere in his remarks, he said, some military commanders who at the the founder of the Islamic Republic the Iranian delegation had during “Khorramshahr is the symbol of our time were involved in recapturing the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who said its stay in Poland. victory”. city also made some remarks. “Khorramshahr was liberated by God”. The Polish parliamentarian, too, The liberation of Khorramshahr on Air Force Commander Brigadier Gen- He made the remarks in a public ses- said that the Iranian delegation of- May 28, 1982 was a milestone in the eral Hassan Shah-Safi said that airplanes sion of the Parliament on Sunday. fered useful outlook towards history of the Iran-Iraq war as Saddam played an “effective and significant” role The Iraqis had captured the city early many significant international de- Hussein, the then ruler of Iraq, sought in liberating the city by carrying out over in the war on 26 October 1980. The suc- velopments. to annex the oil-rich Khuzestan Prov- 152 bombardment, reconnaissance and cessful retaking of the city was part of He hoped visits and dialogue ince in which Khorramshahr is located. photography sorties. Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas. The event between the parliaments of the Concurrent with the anniversary of Army Commander Brigadier Gener- is perceived as a turning point in the war. two countries would continue in the future.

‘Nuclear TEHRAN — The deputy direc- Iranophobia is a plot to fuel regional crisis, Iran says deal with tor of Iran’s presidential office says a nuclear deal with Iran

Iran on path ISNA TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minis- Aham said despite such remarks history will Obama also called Iran anti-Semitic which was re- has fallen on the path to a full to full U.S. Po l i t i c a l D e s k try spokeswoman Marzieh Aham prove Iran’s “constructive” and “peace seeking” jected by the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. commitment by the U.S. said on Sunday that Iranophobia is a plot to fuel crises role in the world. She said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran respects all commitment’ Hamid Aboutalebi wrote on and increase differences in the Mideast region. While Islamophobia has spread throughout the divine religions and their followers, specifically the Twitter that now that U.S. Presi- The remarks by Aham came in response to U.S. world, the U.S. president gives “wrong address” Jews, and the anti-Zionist policies of our country in dent Barack Obama has signed a President Barack Obama, who in an interview with the of the source of the threat to the region instead of countering occupation and the crimes and terrorist Congress law on the nuclear talks, Atlantic magazine published on Thursday, claimed that blaming some governments for their actions against acts of the (Israeli) regime has nothing to do with Ju- “political and legal realisms in the Iran seeks to exploit instability in the region. Muslims, she explained. daism and its followers.” U.S. have taken a giant step in coa- lescing on a deal with Iran.” Now “interaction with Iran will come by as confirmed by that coun- try’s both parties,” he observed. War on Yemen will end in aggressors’ defeat: defense minister Aboutalebi also stated that the deal will testify that Iran’s power TEHRAN — Iranian able,” Dehqan said. among Muslims. in tackling regional problems is Po l i t i c a l D e s k Defense Minister “The oppressed people of Yemen Since March 26, Saudi Arabia and some welcomed in the U.S. at the na- Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan on will undoubtedly emerge victorious of its Arab allies have been pounding tional level. Sunday expressed confidence about the in this war,” the Tasnim news agency Yemen in an attempt to restore power to resounding defeat of those who have quoted him as saying. the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh International launched a military aggression against Denouncing the “deplorable catas- Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. TEHRAN — The head of Iran Yemen, particularly the Al-Saud regime. trophes” in the wake of Saudi-led mili- According to Yemen’s Freedom regulations Civil Aviation Organization’s in- “Genocide, committing war crimes, tary attacks on Yemen, Dehqan criti- House Foundation, the Saudi airstrikes ternational affairs said on Sun-

do not allow IRNA oppression, and aggression will result cized the West’s muted response to have claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 day that international regula- U.S. to in nothing but destruction and extinc- the massacre of women and children Yemeni people so far while more than tions do not allow the U.S. to ground tion [of invaders], as God has prom- in the Arab country. 7,000 others have been wounded, ground new Iran’s newly-bought airplanes. ised, and such promise is unchange- He also linked the Islamic world’s problems to division and discord most of them civilians. planes: Iran Mohammad Khoda-Karami said that Article 4 of the Chicago Con- vention on International Civil Avia- tion obliges member states not to use civil aviation for aims contrary Iran voices concern over spread of terrorism, vows to help promote regional security to the convention, IRNA reported. Iran imported the second-hand TEHRAN (FNA) - Iran reiterated the call for the reinvig- some regional countries, including Iraq, Lebanon CICA has 22 members twelve of which are ob- aircraft from Iraq last week. But oration of international efforts to confront the threats and Syria should be dealt with seriously,” he further servers such as international organizations like the the U.S. said the transaction con- posed by the Takfiri terrorists in the region, and said his added. United Nations, The Organization for Security and tradicted sanctions on Iran. The country has always been one of the forerunners of the “The security of Asia as well as economic and po- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) , Arab League and U.S. Treasury blacklisted the Iraqi promotion of peace and stability in Asia. litical cooperation of the continent influences the countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ja- company which bought Iran the Head of Strategic Research Center of the Expedi- international equations considerably,” Velayati said pan, Ukraine and the US. airplanes. ency Council Ali Akbar Velayati, who has traveled to The Islamic Republic of Iran as one of the main China chairs CICA during 2104- 2016. Khoda-Karami said that Iran has China to participate in the Conference on Interaction members of CICA and can play a significant role in The Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Afghani- refurbished its air fleet upon the and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), restoring security and expansion of political and eco- stan, Pakistan, South Korea, China, Russia, India, Pal- maxim of sovereignty and equality said during a meeting with the Chinese NGOs on Sat- nomic cooperation among the continent’s nations, estine, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, for all states to exercise their legal urday that Iran plays an active role in attaining signifi- he went on to say. Republic of Azerbaijan and Thailand are among CICA rights needless to permission from cant goals of CICA. CICA summit is being held every four years and its main members. the other governments. “The presence of Takfiri and terrorist groups in ministerial meeting every two years. (Source: Fars news agency) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international INTERNATIONAL MAY 25, 2015 3 Saudi fighter Saudi king vows to punish jet shot down in those behind suicide attack Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said on Sunday that he was “heartbroken” over a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in the kingdom that killed 21 people, state news agency SPA reported, a conciliatory statement as sectarian strife intensi- northwestern fies in the region. Salman said anyone linked to the attack, claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, or who sympathizes with it, will be brought to justice. “We were pained by the enormity of the crime of this Yemen terrorist aggression which contradicts Islamic and humani- tarian values,” the king said in a message to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who is also the interior minister, Hadi to snub UN-sponsored Reuters reported “Any participant, planner, supporter or sympathizer with this heinous crime will be held accountable, tried and will talks in Geneva receive the punishment he deserves,” he said. The bombing in Saudi Arabia came as tensions between By staff & agencies The Haradh border crossing, the has urged all sides to attend the talks, logue which allows Yemenis to build Sunni and Shia Muslims are on the increase in the region. largest for people and goods between which are set to begin on May 28. their state and gain security and sta- Some clerics in Saudi Arabia are deeply hostile towards Shias. emeni air defense forces shot the world’s top oil exporter, Saudi Ara- In a letter to Ban, Hadi said he was bility,” Abdul-Salam told Al Mayadeen A Sunni militant blew himself up in the al-Qadeeh village Ydown a Saudi fighter jet in the bia, and its impoverished neighbor, in favor of Thursday’s talks but insist- TV. mosque in Saudi Arabia’s heavily Shia east during Friday northwestern Sana’a in Yemen as it was evacuated amid shelling which ed the UN press the revolutionaries Ansarullah leader Abdel-Malek al- prayers, in one of the worst attacks in the kingdom in years. was conducting airstrikes against the razed its departure lounge and pass- to pull back, according to the official Houthi had announced earlier that Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Friday’s suicide bomb- country. port section, witnesses told Reuters. Saba news agency. the movement is willing to partake in ing at a Shia mosque in the east of the country that killed The Saudi F-16 fighter jet was shot Hadi and Genva talks Yemeni delegation of revolu- UN-supervised peace negotiations in 21 people was carried out by an ISIL terrorist, backing up an down and subsequently crashed in In another event, Yemeni ousted gov- tionaries in Muscat a neutral country. earlier claim by the group. the Bayt Khayran area of the district ernment spokesman Rageh Badi said Meanwhile, a Yemeni delegation Also, Hamza al-Houthi, a member The Interior Ministry identified the bomber as Saudi citi- of Bani Harith in the northern part of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour consisting of members of the Popular of the Ansarullah political office, called zen Saleh bin Abdulrahman al-Qashaami in a statement car- Sana’a. Hadi will not attend upcoming peace Committees and the Ansarullah move- on all Yemeni rival groups to partake in ried by the official Saudi Press Agency late Saturday. The fighter jet had reportedly con- talks in Geneva, Al Jazeera reported. ment (Houthis) arrived in neighboring the forthcoming Geneva peace talks. Al-Qashaami was wanted for being an active member ducted a number of airstrikes against Badi said that Hadi would not at- Oman to examine with the govern- “It is essential that the conference of an ISIL-linked terrorist cell, the ministry said. Lab tests Yemen’s al-Dailami air base. tend due to the security situation ment in Muscat possible ways to re- in Geneva started from the point at showed that the explosive use in the bombing was a mili- Two of the rockets of the fighter and because revolutionaries (Popular solve the conflict in the impoverished which the national inter-Yemeni dia- tary-grade compound known as RDX. jet have remained unexploded in the Committees and the Ansarullah move- Arab country. logue, held under UN auspices and (Source: agencies) incident. ment) have not satisfied a fugitive Head of the Ansarullah Politi- subsequently disrupted by the Saudi Border crossing hit government pre-condition to pull out cal Council Saleh al-Samad and two aggression, was interrupted,” he told Meanwhile, Saudi forces and Yem- of towns and cities they occupy - in- spokespersons for the Houthis, Ali Al Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. en’s revolutionaries traded heavy artil- cluding the capital, Sana’a. Qahum and Mohammed Abdul-Salam, Houthi emphasized that the partici- lery fire which destroyed part of the Hadi fled to the Saudi capital Riyadh are among the Yemeni delegation. pation of all parties in the talks is “nec- Poles casting ballots in main border crossing between the along with his government in late March “I hope there is consensus to stop essary.” presidential election run-off two countries overnight, residents when the revolutionaries advanced on the aggression on Yemen, especially The Ansarullah movement had said on Sunday, an escalation of the his southern stronghold of Aden. ahead of the Geneva conference, and previously slammed similar talks that People in Poland are casting their ballots in the second two-month war. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon then a serious Yemeni-Yemeni dia- were held in Saudi Arabia. round of the country’s presidential election as none of the candidates won a majority of the votes in the first round. The vote on Sunday pitted incumbent President Bron- islaw Komorowski from the center-right Civic Platform Par- ISIL kills 400 civilians in central city of Palmyra ty against Andrzej Duda, his major rival, from the right-wing Law and Justice Party. Duda managed to secure 34.76 percent of the vote, The ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) terror- al-Assad and his father. ing it is not yet clear when the attack will be launched. while Komorowski gather 33.77 percent in the first round of ist group killed at least 400 people in Syria’s ancient Opposition activists have said on social media that The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an ac- the presidential race on May 10. city of Palmyra, most of them women and children, hundreds of bodies were in the streets of the city af- tivist group, said there was no evidence of such mass “The victory of one or the other will be a narrow one and Syrian state television said Sunday. ter it was seized by the ultra hardline group Wednes- killings. is impossible to predict on the basis of polls,” said Stanislaw It said it was quoting residents inside the city, day. They said they were believed to be government “Several dozen people accused of ties to the re- Mocek, a political scientist at the Polish Academy of Sci- which is known as Tadmur in Arabic and is home to loyalists. gime have been executed, but the number does ences. renowned Roman-era ruins including well-preserved Gov. Talal Barazi of the central province of not exceed 35 since the town was captured,” direc- During their electoral campaigns, the candidates vowed temples, colonnades and a theater. Homs, which includes Palmyra, told The Associated tor Abdel Rahman said. to maintain stability, security and peace in the region in case It added that dozens of those killed were state Press Sunday that ISIL members have “committed He said one woman and two children were among of winning the election, as tensions over the Ukrainian crisis employees, including the head of nursing depart- mass massacres in the city of Palmyra” since they those killed but the rest were men. have cooled relations between Moscow and Warsaw. ment at the hospital and all her family members. captured it. The group also said at least 300 soldiers were Under Poland’s parliamentary system, the government ISIL supporters have posted videos on the In- He said ISIL fighters took civilians, including wom- killed in the days of fighting before the city was cap- is run by the prime minister. However, the president’s posi- ternet they say show fighters going room to room en, to unknown destinations. tured. tion is far from being ceremonial as he heads the country’s in government buildings searching for government Barazi, said “there is planning, God willing, for a “A bigger number of troops have disappeared and armed forces and has the power to veto new laws. troops and pulling down pictures of President Bashar military action in the surroundings of Palmyra” add- it is not clear where they are,” Abdulrahman added. (Source: Press TV)

250 Australians Putin signs Russian law Malaysia finds mass ensnared in ISIL to shut ‘undesirable’ graves of suspected Ethiopians vote in 1st ideology: Abbot organizations migrants election without former strongman Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Can- Mass graves believed to contain bodies of hun- berra has so far managed to identify 250 citizens, dreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh Ethiopians started voting on Sunday in national and regional including young people, who have been attracted have been found in Malaysia, the country’s home elections in which the ruling party is expected to maintain to the ideology of the Islamic State in Iraq and the minister said. its iron-clad grip on power. Levant (ISIL) terrorist group operating in Iraq and Police discovered 30 large graves in two loca- More than 36 million voters were registered to vote in Syria. tions in the northern state of Perlis, which bor- this East African nation of about 90 million people. Some The Australian premier said in a video message ders Thailand, local media reported on Sunday. opposition groups threatened to boycott the vote, saying on Sunday that “at least 250 Australians, some Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed their members are being harassed and detained — charges very young, have become ensnared in the evil ide- the unearthing of a mass grave near 17 human traf- the government denies. ology of the Daesh (ISIL) death cult.” Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into ficking detention camps in Padang Besar. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, a former univer- Abbot, however, did not elaborate on the Aus- law on Saturday giving prosecutors the power to The camps were abandoned when officers got sity professor-turned-politician, has been leading the coun- tralian citizens’ involvement in the activities of declare foreign and international organizations there, he said. The Star newspaper reported on try since the death in 2012 of strongman Meles Zenawi, who the terrorist group. “undesirable” in Russia and shut them down. its website that nearly 100 bodies were found in built the ruling coalition into a powerful political organiza- He highlighted the intensity of the measures Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Interna- one grave on Friday. tion. These are Ethiopia’s first elections since Zenawi’s taken in Australia to counter acts of terrorism, tional have condemned the measure as part of an Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi, reporting from the death. Desalegn is expected to remain in power. adding that the Australian Security Intelligence “ongoing draconian crackdown which is squeez- capital Kuala Lumpur, said identification and veri- In 2010, the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Organization (ASIO) is working on “over 400 pri- ing the life out of civil society.” fication of the remains was ongoing. Democratic Front, or EPRDF, won 99.6 percent of all parlia- ority counter-terrorism investigations.” The law is part of a Kremlin campaign to stifle It was not clear if the bodies were members of mentary seats. Only one opposition lawmaker won a seat He also announced plans to restrict his coun- dissent that intensified after Putin began his third a Muslim minority from Myanmar known as Roh- in an election that watchdog groups said was marred by in- try’s citizenship laws, promising to suspend the term in 2012. His return to the presidency had ingya, an official said. timidation and the harassment of opposition activists. citizenship of the terrorism suspects who are dual been accompanied by mass street protests that Northern Malaysia is on a route for smugglers Human Rights Watch called that victory “the culmination nationals. Putin accused the United States of fomenting. bringing people to Southeast Asia by boat from of the government’s five-year strategy of systematically “It’s long been the case that if you have served Russian suspicions of Western intentions have Myanmar, most of them Rohingya who say they closing down space for political dissent and independent with the armed forces of a country at war with been further heightened because of tensions are fleeing persecution, and people from Bangla- criticism.” Australia, you automatically lose your citizen- over Russia’s role in the conflict in Ukraine. desh seeking work. Those allegations have persisted in this year’s election. ship,” Abbott said. The new Russian law allows prosecutors to declare Smugglers have also used southern Thailand. The government has denied the charges, instead accusing “People who are fighting with terrorist groups an organization undesirable if it presents a threat to The Utusan Malaysia newspaper said police be- the opposition — and neighboring arch-foe Eritrea — of overseas or who are engaged in terrorist ac- Russia’s constitutional order, its defenses or its security. lieved the discovery had a connection to mass plotting to disrupt the vote. tivities here in Australia are effectively taking up Laws passed in recent years already have led graves found on the Thai side of the border ear- “We remain vigilant and confident that the general elec- arms against us. And it’s very hard to imagine that to increased pressure on Russian non-govern- lier this month. tion will be peaceful, free and fair, notwithstanding desta- we should allow to remain in the bosom of our mental organizations, particularly those that Twenty-six bodies were exhumed from a grave bilization attempts that may be tried by Eritrea or its local country people who are trying to destroy us,” he receive foreign funding. Rights activists fear the in Thailand’s Songkhla province on May 1, over emissaries, which we will respond to with stern measures,” added. new law could be used to extend the crackdown the border from Perlis, near a camp with suspect- Desalegn said on Thursday. Reports also say that the Australian govern- to Russian branches of international groups and ed links to human trafficking. There were long lines of voters early Sunday inside Addis ment plans to strip second-generation Austral- the Russian activists who work with them. More than 3,000 migrants, most of them from Ababa University’s main campus in the capital. ians of their citizenships if they are found having In a statement, U.S. State Department deputy Myanmar and Bangladesh, have landed on boats Bewend Mathios, a native of southern Ethiopia who links to terrorist activities. spokesperson Marie Harf said the United States is in Malaysia and Indonesia this month after a studies law at the university, said he had made an “informed The development comes as many Australian “deeply troubled” by the new law, calling it “a fur- crackdown on trafficking in Thailand. decision” based on what the parties had said in media de- nationals are believed to be engaged in terrorist ther example of the Russian government’s growing Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thurs- bates as well as leaflets distributed to students. campaigns in Iraq and Syria along with Takfiri ISIL crackdown on independent voices and intentional day pledged assistance and ordered the navy to But some Addis Ababa residents complained about the terrorists. steps to isolate the Russian people from the world.” rescue thousands adrift at sea. ruling party’s apparent domination. (Source: Daily Mail) (Source: AP) (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: AP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY MAY 25, 2015 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Iran plans to boost petchem 235 foreign firms to attend Iran AgroFood 2015 expo production by 900,000 tons: official TEHRAN — The 22nd international Economic Desk exhibition on food, food technology, TEHRAN — Iran plans to increase its and agriculture of Iran (Iran AgroFood 2015) will open Economic Desk annual petrochemical production on May 26 at the Tehran Permanent International by 900,000 tons by the end of the current Iranian Fairgrounds. calendar year (March 19, 2016), according to an official This edition of the event will be attended by 700 at Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC). domestic companies, in addition to 235 foreign firms, the Marzieh Shahdaie, the director for projects at Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported on NPC, said the increase will be achieved through Sunday. putting three petrochemical units namely Mahabad, The number of foreign participants shows about 70 Kordestan and Lorestan Complexes into operation percent growth compared to the previous year. in the west of the country, the Shana News Agency Companies from England, Spain, Austria, Ukraine, reported on Sunday. United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Italy, Germany, The official said there are currently 60 semi- Belgium, Portugal, Thailand, Luxembourg, Lebanon, finished petrochemical projects in Iran; adding that Kuwait, Oman, Japan, Armenia, Turkey, China, Russia, $30 billion is required to complete them. Switzerland, France, South Korea, Netherlands and India The country’s annual petrochemical output will be will showcase their latest products and achievements in doubled to 120 million tons when the semi-finished the four-day exhibit. petrochemical projects come on stream, she added. Iranian Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati has On April 13, NPC Managing Director Abbas She’ri said that by producing over 90 million tons of agricultural Moqaddam said some $30 billion of investment products per year, Iran is among ten top countries in the opportunities have been identified in Iran’s world. petrochemical sector, which will be certainly The official said that attracting capital needed for the welcomed by European and Asian investors if the development of the agriculture sector is a priority of sanctions against the country are lifted. Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture, and that the government A line of credit has been opened for building has provided all infrastructures to support foreign four petrochemical plants in the country, namely investment in this sector. the Masjed Soleiman plant, the Sabalan plant, the Iran is ranked the first worldwide for producing Lordegan plant, and the Bushehr plant, he added. saffron, pomegranates, and pistachios, the second for producing dates and apricots, the third for producing figs and cherries, and the fourth for producing walnuts High-ranking Indonesian delegation China getting worried about U.S.-led and apples. discuss trade ties with Iran Pacific trade deal TEHRAN — A bilateral trade has dropped to one HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — and business groups concerned Economic Desk high-ranking fourth since 2011 and stands at $450 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) about everything from wages to Tehran to host ECO’s 3rd trade delegation from Indonesia, million per annum. trade deal may be controversial in national security. headed by the country’s economy He added that the two sides are the U.S., but in China it appears to But in Beijing, the TPP is High Level Experts Group’s minister, met with Iranian officials, negotiating to launch direct flights be the object of great worry and, in frequently seen as an “anyone but discussing ways to boost bilateral and sign a preferential agreement in some respects, seems to be driving China” trade club that threatens the meeting on energy ties. order to expand economic relations. policy in Beijing. Chinese economy as a whole and The delegation was also Indonesia was the 37th leading The TPP agreement, strongly even the country’s very future. TEHRAN — The third meeting of the Economic Desk comprised of Indonesia’s energy importer of Iranian non-oil goods supported by President Barack “The development of the TPP Economic Cooperation Organization and mines ministers, the country’s in the previous Iranian calendar Obama, would create the world’s has profound impact on China’s (ECO)’s High Level Experts Group on energy will kick central bank officials, as well year, which ended on March 20, largest free-trade zone, stretching economic reforms,” Partners off today in Tehran, according to the ECO’s official as managers of 40 economic 2015, according to the Iran Customs across half the globe. The treaty Capital International Ltd. Chief website. enterprises, the Fars news agency Administration. itself, as well as the “fast-track” Executive Ronald Wan told The two-day event will be hosted by the Iranian reported on Sunday. Iran exported $68.47 million negotiating authority sought by MarketWatch. Oil Ministry and will review state affairs of energy During the meeting, Iranian of non-oil goods to Indonesia and the Obama Administration, has “In a way, it is directed at China, cooperation within the Organization, including the Telecommunications Minister imported $117.73 million of non-oil come under criticism by some U.S. and China needs to take the initiative implementation of the ECO Plan of Action on Energy/ Mahmoud Vaezi, said that the goods from the country. lawmakers, as well as various labor and deal with it,” he said. Petroleum Cooperation (2011-2015), decisions and recommendations of the 3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum and the new platforms for UK watchdog probes energy cooperation among ECO member states. ECO is an intergovernmental regional organiza- PICTURE OF THE DAY By Shana tion established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey bank competition in for the purpose of promoting economic, technical and cultural cooperation among the member states. bond, share sales In 1992, the ECO expanded to include seven new LONDON (Reuters) — Britain's finan- members, namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakh- cial markets watchdog will for the first stan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uz- time investigate whether banks are of- bekistan. fering firms a fair and transparent ser- vice for the billions they earn in fees for arranging mergers and bond and share sales. TEHRAN STOCK EXCHANGE After four years of scandal over manipulation in the currency market Index Value Change Percent and of Libor interest rates, the Finan- cial Conduct Authority's competition Main Board 45798.1 -38.7 -0.08 review turns the spotlight on primary Index Industry Index markets which are crucial to funding 52131.5 -66.1 -0.13 of corporate investment. Overall Index 63363.8 -64 -0.1 The FCA had voiced concern in Feb- Free Float Index 72691.9 -20 -0.03 ruary that customers may not be get- Secondary Index 130246.1 -177.9 -0.14 ting value for money from wholesale banking services - a 10 billion pound ($16 billion) sector in Britain. "The market study will examine whether there are areas of invest- OVERALL INDEX DETAILS ment and corporate banking services First 63427.8 where competition may not be work- ing well," the FCA said in a statement Max Value 63432.6 on Friday. Min Value 63326.9 The review comes at a time of in- Closing 63363.8 creased emphasis on market-based finance in the European Union as the Variety (64) bloc plans a Capital Markets Union Change end of year(%) 695.38% Iran’s Soroush oilfield, with an estimated 7.5 billion barrels of in-place reserve, is among the largest oilfields in the western part of the Persian Gulf. whose aim is to offset the effect of Historical highest 89500.6 (2014/01/05) banks reining in lending. Source: tse.ir Housing The number of British Soros: U.S. on Billionaire investor George More The volume of currency crisis young adults able to buy the brink of Soros said the health of Russian, exchange operations ‘ruble homes could fall nearly the Chinese economy to yuan’ saw a six-fold will halve 50% within five years world war III has him concerned about Chinese increase in the first quarter MAJOR CURRENCIES number unless the government with China the possibility of another companies of 2015 in comparison with addresses the housing world war. the first quarter of 2014. To U.S. To IR. To U.S. To IR. of British switching Currency Currency shortage, a report has Military spending is on the Dollars Rial* Dollars Rial* A rapid increase in the young claimed. Over the past rise in China, where there to yuan number of ruble to yuan US dollar 1 33040 UAE dirham 0.272 9040 homeowners decade, home ownership is an effort to transition transactions currency exchange British Pound 1.548 51230 EURO 1.100 36750 in five years among 25-34-year-olds to a domestic-demand-led operations and bank *The free market rates (Sources: Mehrnews.com & xe.com) has dropped by a third, economy from exports, accounts opened in from 1.8m to 1.2m, and Soros said at the Bretton yuan signify that more analysis by the housing Woods conference at the and more Russian and charity Shelter published World Bank. If that move Chinese businesses are MAJOR COMMODITIES on Friday suggests that if falters, he said, there is a switching into mutual current trends continue, “likelihood” that China’s payments in the Chinese Light Crude $ / barrel 59.72 Silver $ / troy ounce 17.05 the number of young leaders would promote an currency, deputy chairman Gold $ / troy ounce 1,204.00 Platinum $ / troy ounce 1,148.60 homeowners will drop external conflict – possibly of Russia’s VTB Bank to about 616,600 by the with a U.S. ally – to keep management board Mikhail Copper $ / pound 2.81 Wheat ¢ / bushel 515.25 end of this parliament. the country together and Oseevskiy said. Source: cnnmoney.com NEWS IN BRIEF hold on to power. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com MAY 25, 2015 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

Dezful: City of rockets and bricks SIGHTSEEING TEHRAN — Iranians celebrate an- Glassware and Ceramic Heritage D e s k nually the National Dezful Day on May 25, commemorating the resistance of Dezful´s Museum of Iran citizens during the Iran–Iraq War of 1980-88. The day follows the Liberation of Khorramshahr, the Iran annually celebrates national cultural heritage week from May 18 to Iranian recapture of the port city from the Iraqis on May 24. During the event, the museums are free of charge for the visitors. 24 1982, during the war. The Glassware and Ceramic Museum of Iran (Abgineh) Located in southwestern Iran, the city is known as the is located in a Qajar-era premises built 90 years ago. The mu- “City of Rockets”, since it fell under rocket attacks over seum building was established upon orders of Ahmad Qavam 200 times through Iran–Iraq War. (Qavam-ol-Saltaneh) for his The name Dezful derives from two words: dezj personal lodging , residence (fortress) and pol (bridge), which, when combined, and working office. stand for: “the bridge to the fortress” or “fortified The building is situated in bridge”. a garden with a span of 7000 The city has several tourist attractions, some of which square meters and was used by Qavam himself till the year 1953. are mentioned below: Sassanid Caravansaries Later, the building were bridge sold to the Egyptians as the In the city of Dezful, one can find remnants which in Dezful most probably belong to the Safavid era and the rule of (Photo: new premises for the embassy Vakhashtu Khan. Two caravansaries, named Afzal and looklex. of Egypt and remained in their Qandi, are used by traders and store men nowadays. com) possession for seven years. Kul-Khersun (Eshkaft-e Zard) When relations were Kul-Khersun, one of the most amazing natural at- Iran’s brick museum In the archways in the old part of city, eye-catching strained between Iran and tractions of Dezful, is located in the north of the city. Dezful can be considered one of the few Iranian cit- bricklayers are called “Khun chini”. A total of 113 monu- Egypt at the time of Abdul In the local dialect, the word “kul” means “a very nar- ies which still preserve the historical and cultural iden- ments in the city have been registered on Iran’s National Nasser and subsequent to row valley”. tity in its city center. Heritage List including: old mosques, baths, houses and the closure of the Egyptian embassy in Iran, the Commercial Several plants and trees grow on the walls of the val- The old part of the city, over 200 acres, is at the edge historical archways. Bank purchased the building. ley, including pomegranate and Ziziphus trees. of the river and consists of 28 districts connected by Kornasiyon Historical Bathroom However it was turned into a museum by three groups of Kul-Khersun is used as a recreation place during the archways, called by locals “Sabat”. Covering an area of 880 square meters, the historic bath Iranian, Austrian and French architects on 1976. hot summer days as the narrow geography of the valley Most buildings are made out of bricks and have been Kornasiyon dates back to 200 years ago, early Qajar-era. The museum was opened on 1980 and was registered on prevents the sunlight from penetrating the place, mak- ornamented by elegant bricklaying. That is why Dezful is The bathroom houses the city´s Museum of Anthro- Iran’s National Heritage list on 1998. ing it rather pleasant. known as “Iran’s brick museum”. pology since 2006. The main establishment of the museum that occupies an area of 1040 square meters is a two-storey octagonal building with suspended pillars and a basement. It is situated on the entrance side of the premises. The archi- ISIS murderous rampage continues. So why is it the lost artifacts that make the headlines? tectural style of the building is a combination of the traditional By Deborah Orr Sadness for lost ruins is sadness for the loss of an Iranian style and the European architecture of the 19th century. ideal of humanity, and what it can achieve and create. The first floor is connected to the second one through he ancient ruins of Palmyra suffer no fear or despair, Sadness for lost people is the opposite. wooden steps in Russian style. Tno pain or anguish. They are unable to defend them- It involves acknowledging what befell them – nothing The collection of glass and clay works that are on display selves, or to flee. They feel nothing. But humans feel for less than the aspect of humanity that’s a little bit harder to at the museum is among the rare collections in Iran. It com- them, just as humans felt for the ancient ruins of Nin- idealize, the part that sees cruelty, destruction and chaos as prises clay pots dating back from the 4th millennium B.C. up eveh, Hatra and Nimrud, which also found themselves in perversely worthwhile, a horrible and negative achievement, to the present time as well as glass works from 1st millen- the path of ISIS. The best of humanity meets the worst but something that some humans do aspire to, nonetheless. nium B.C. up to the contemporary era. of humanity, and the worst of humanity wins. Britain is weary of seeing the cruelty of ISIS, and no European glass works belonging to the 18th and 19th Again and again, apologetically, people explain how doubt the whole world is. We no longer expect or want centuries are also parts of the collection. The collection is they understand that the destruction of artefacts is not reporters to place themselves in that vile environment, on display in six halls and two entrance halls in separate sec- as terrible as the destruction of people. to bring us news we’d rather not have. tions depicting different historical eras and subjects. Nevertheless, it’s the artefacts that make the head- We are weary even of the people who appoint them- The normal visiting hours of the museum is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. lines. They are important to the people of Syria and Iraq selves as witnesses on the public’s behalf, watching every day of the year except Mondays and Religious Holidays. as well, the argument goes. Their loss hurts everyone. The best of humanity meets the worst of humanity, and the worst propaganda films of people being butchered, then de- The Glassware and Ceramic Museum of Iran (Abgineh) Everyone but ISIS. The more disgust and contempt the of humanity wins … Palmyra in Syria, which is now under ISIS’s scribing them to people who don’t want to know. is located at No. 75, 30 Tir St., jomhuri Ave. Tehran. people of ISIS generate, they more they like it. control. (Joseph Eid/Getty) Contd. on P. 11 (Source: glasswaremuseum.ir) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

INTERNATIONAL http://www.tehrantimes.com/international 6 MAY 25, 2015 Why Poland’s presidential election may shake up the European Union

By Ola Cichowlas President Bronislaw Komorowski had Andrzej Duda, the fresh face of Poland’s Warsaw’s foreign policy been expected to win going away but he conservative Law and Justice Party, defied Civic Platform under Komorowski has arsaw has long been as island of sta- was suddenly confronting a tougher-than pollsters by defeating Komorowski pursued strong rapprochement with Berlin. Wbility in an increasingly volatile Central expected runoff. He had a week to per- in the first round. Meanwhile, a former The strategy was a cornerstone of Warsaw’s and Eastern Europe. But this presidential suade Poles to re-elect him as his party punk rocker turned anti-establishment foreign policy and of growing importance in race is exposing the cracks in the country’s — and the European Union — begin to campaigner, Pawel Kukiz, stunned the the European Union. ruling elite and paving the way for what worry. country by scoring 20 percent of vote. Duda and his Conservatives may talk could likely be more unexpected results in The results suggested growing fatigue The Polish left was virtually decimated, tough about Russia, but he is challenging the autumn parliamentary elections. with Civic Platform, the party that has ruled winning a combined 4.2 percent, rough- this pro-EU approach. He seeks to revise re- The results of the first round of the presi- Poland for almost a decade. The problem, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and his wife ly the same share as the Holocaust-deny- lations with Germany and distance Warsaw dential election came as a shock for the however, is that there is no sensible alterna- Anna speak to the media after voting in the first round of ing, radical libertarian candidate Janusz from Brussels. country’s ruling elite — and for all Europe. tive to it. the presidential election at a polling station. (file photo) Korwin-Mikke. Contd. on P. 11

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Passion not PowerPoint will make COMMENT The return of the Balkan moral case for Europe’s union question By Dominique Moisi By Jim Murphy “One must Europeanize the Balkans, in order to avoid ou learn a lot about your country when you the Balkanization of Europe.” Yembark on a tour of 100 towns in 100 days. In the I wrote those words with the French political closing months of last year’s Scottish independence scientist Jacques Rupnik in 1991, just as war was referendum campaign I did just that, taking my breaking out among Yugoslavia’s successor states. argument in support of the United Kingdom to open- The fighting would last until the end of the decade, air meetings on street corners and in town squares and claim thousands of lives, shopping centers. and twice require the I learnt about Scotland’s beauty and its eccentricities. intervention of NATO (in There was the man who jumped on to my crates, Bosnia in 1995 and Serbia shouting “Traitor” into my ear. He said his name was in 1999). William Wallace; I had my doubts. Then there was the Nearly a quarter- guy whose dog had “Freedom” carefully written on century later, the Balkans its side in Biro. Many things were, in retrospect, funny. continue to constitute Occasionally the energy from nationalists was pretty a threat to European unsavory. But I learnt the truth of that adage of 1960s peace, just as they did radicals: democracy is in the street. on the eve of the First I have been thinking about the independence World War and at the end referendum, and the close-run victory for the unionists, of the Cold War, when as we prepare for the vote on Britain’s membership of Yugoslavia’s implosion the EU. There are four clear lessons for those of us who led not only to Europe’s believe Britain needs to stay in the union — and the first war since 1945, but need for business to play a central role and speak up also to the return of genocidal murder. early is at their heart. The recent fighting in Macedonia, which left eight The first lesson is one I learnt out on the street: police officers and 14 Albanian militants dead, raises successful campaigns need a politics of engagement. the specter of renewed violence. It is difficult to know To defeat the insurgent populism of the anti-Europeans whether the bloodshed represents the festering of an we must think like them and fight like them — albeit old, unhealed wound or something new, a backlash the battleground has been transformed by Twitter against a majority-Slav government that seems bent and Facebook. The smartphone — the computer in on embracing ethnic chauvinism. the pocket of three out of four adults — is becoming What is clear is that the region remains an a dominant source of news. Focus groups reveal explosive and confused reality, one capable of significant use of news apps and strong opinions on threatening Europe’s stability, already on a knife’s them. One swing voter was so incensed by what he saw missing was emotion. We needed to present voters This goes to my third lesson: the importance of edge following Russia’s adventurism in Ukraine. The as BBC bias that he deleted the app from his phone and with an alternative form of patriotic optimism; the business. A danger for the No campaign in Scotland region is a volatile mix of rising nationalism, deep replaced it with Al Jazeera. sense that we were not merely naysayers but believed was that companies tried to sit out the campaign. economic frustration, and disillusionment about In Scotland, the debate and exchange of information fervently in a cause. There was no doubt most of them shared the view that progress toward membership in the European Union. went on everywhere: in cyberspace and at work and at The same risk lies in the way the EU debate is shaping it would be a significant risk to leave the economic, The potential for a plunge into chaos obliges us to home, in pubs and at school gates. And, with 16-year- up. Too often it appears to be about the benefits of monetary and free trade union that is the UK. But some consider once again how best to handle the Balkan olds given the vote, it was debated in classrooms, too. trading with European neighbors, with the choice preferred a quiet life; others thought the referendum tinderbox. In a multichannel world, you cannot expect the public being whether we are inside or outside the trading could be won without them. When I was in Belgrade recently, the gunplay in to come to you. That means thinking simultaneously bloc. That is a minimalist view of what is at stake. And it That created problems. With late declarations by Macedonia was the talk of the town. Some of my and operating like an incumbent and an insurgent. is an argument pro-Europeans can never win since it is business leaders dismissed as scaremongering, the Serbian interlocutors decried the West’s blindness. Combine the firepower of an established actor with the technical not emotional. politicians had to carry too much of the argument. In particular, they criticized the EU, NATO and the nimbleness of a start-up. Above all, show you care as We, the pro-EU camp, need to emphasize the fact A plurality of voices is needed from the start; it gives Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe well as think. that Europe is not merely a free-trade area but also the arguments far greater plausibility. Business people for describing the upsurge in violence as a series of The second lesson is the need for passion as well as responsible for one of the great moral triumphs of our will be listened to in a different, more serious way on “isolated incidents.” facts. True passion in politics — as opposed to bland time: the establishment of democracy and the rule of the economics. And it should not just be the biggest From the Serbs’ perspective, attacks by Albanian assertions of it — is rare. Modern politicians, at home law in the south and east of Europe. During the period companies or those most exposed to the risk of a nationalists were more likely the beginning of an in the world of PowerPoint presentations, are often of British membership, the EU has taken two waves Brexit. Those who run trusted brands should speak out attempt to enlarge their territory at the expense of disorientated when faced with the need to move of entrants and supported them on the journey from — particularly youth brands since young people are their Christian neighbors, beginning with the weakest. hearts as well as minds. dictatorship to democracy. In the 1980s it was Spain, highly pro-European. It is views like these that, along with the violence, David Cameron is under pressure from all sides Portugal and Greece. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in Finally, let us realize that this vote will not settle risk reinforcing the deep ambivalence within the and faces a delicate balancing act in attempting to 1989 it was former members of the Communist eastern the European debate for a generation. That is an easy EU about the prospect of any new enlargement. renegotiate an acceptable UK membership settlement bloc. and early lesson from Scotland. For opponents of EU The precedent of Greece, hardly a poster child for with the EU. I saw the value of the EU’s soft power at close membership, the next referendum campaign starts European accession, seems especially relevant In the UK election, we have just seen one of the quarters as Europe minister in 2007-08. Other aspiring when the returning officers make their declaration — when applied to its northern neighbors, which are most sanitized campaigns of modern times, where real nations modified their behavior in the hope of a closer assuming we vote to stay. That is just the way politics is. similarly plagued with high rates of corruption and people were kept behind the ropes. A similar lack of relationship with a single market that is also a human We have a duty to make the patriotic case for being unemployment. And some in the EU are put off by engagement was at times obvious in the work of Better rights union. part of the EU anew every year. The fact that we have the seeming affinity of the Orthodox Church and its Together, the cross-party campaign against Scottish So the European ideal is just that: an ideal, a vision. neglected to do so is what has led us here. We must not adherents toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia, or by the independence. We had all the facts about the problems What we do as a force for tackling climate change, for repeat the mistake. If we do we will find ourselves here region’s large Muslim population. an independent Scotland would face, the number spreading human rights, supporting good governance all over again. Pining nostalgia for Yugoslav era of jobs at risk and the costs of going it alone. But, by and tackling corruption in developing countries — all The writer is Scottish Labour leader and was minister These European apprehensions partly reflect sticking to the facts, the No campaign left a gaping hole this must be front and center of the campaign to stay of Europe and secretary of state for Scotland. failure by the continent’s leaders to capitalize on the at its heart: call it pride, love or passion, but what was in. (Source: The Financial Times) sometimes-spectacular successes of enlargement, Poland being the most notable example. Instead, the exigencies of domestic politics have induced many The escalation of unauthorized wars European leaders to underscore the difficulties and accentuate the failures of expansion. It seems like ages ago now. But it’s in mind is a recipe for a new military With such a cold wind blowing from the West, it is worth remembering how America’s quagmire. It also ignores Congress’s little wonder that Europhilia has begun to give way latest war in the Middle East began. constitutional responsibility to declare, in places like Belgrade to a pining nostalgia for the In early August, shortly after authorize and allocate funds for wars. Yugoslav era. militants from the Islamic State had For nearly a year, with a few notable “At that time, we were respected,” was how a taken over Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest exceptions, lawmakers have appeared retired Serbian diplomat put it to me. “We were one of city, President Obama authorized a perfectly willing to abdicate that the Great countries of the Non-Aligned Movement.” volley of airstrikes. The goal then was responsibility as the White House has Similar sentiments are evident in Bosnia, and even to save Yazidis, an ethnic minority, who escalated its military engagement in in Croatia, an EU member since 2013. During the were being slaughtered and displaced the region using an ever-shifting series communist era, Yugoslavia provided a sharp contrast by Islamic State militants, and of rationales. That has set a disturbing with the Soviet bloc. Economically and socially, its to prevent the terrorist group from precedent that future presidents may citizens were far better off than those of Central slipping into the semiautonomous be tempted to exploit. Europe. Today, their fortunes have flipped. Poland is Kurdish region in the north. The White Last weekend, there was virtually booming, while Yugoslavia’s successor states (with House described it as an urgent, limited no political blowback when the the exception of Slovenia) are struggling, victims of intervention that was necessary to Pentagon announced it had ordered a the unhealed wounds of the distant and recent past avoid genocide. risky operation by Delta Force troops, — including former Yugoslav and Serbian President “As commander in chief, I will not who sought to capture, but ended up Slobodan Milosevic’s cynical atavism in winning and allow the United States to be dragged Iraqi government intends to use to beat using military force around the globe, killing, a midlevel Islamic State leader. maintaining power. into another war in Iraq,” President back Islamic State advances in western anytime, anywhere, without consulting This mission into Syria was the first It has been years since the EU looked so distant, Obama said at the time. Those words Anbar Province. Congress. of its kind that the American military so aloof. The decision by European Commission were suspect then. They seem When the first American bombs Despite this obvious need, however, has disclosed. Officials said the raid President Jean-Claude Juncker to abolish the post preposterous now. began slamming into Iraq and Syria, the Congress and the White House appear netted a bounty of intelligence and of Commissioner for Enlargement has been seen Over the past nine months, the Obama administration argued that the to have quietly given up on passing dealt a blow to the Islamic State’s as highly symbolic, leaving many in search of an United States and a small network of war authorizations Congress passed a new A.U.M.F. In February, a White financial operation. That may well be. alternative model. The Russian re-conquest of Crimea allies have carried out more than 4,050 in support of the invasions of Iraq and House proposal for a three-year It is, however, deeply troubling to provides a gleeful talking point for ultra-nationalist strikes in Iraq and Syria in an attempt to Afghanistan more than a decade ago authorization that would have given consider what would have happened Serbs bemoaning the loss of Albanian-majority weaken the Islamic State, a stunningly provided sufficient legal cover. That the Pentagon wide latitude to fight if the troops had been taken hostage Kosovo. Meanwhile, the Gazprom office in central resilient terrorist group that poses an claim was flimsy then. It, too, seems the Islamic State and affiliated groups or killed in pursuit of a man most Belgrade offers a large, visible proof of Russia’s enormous menace to the region and preposterous now. provoked a listless and inconclusive Americans had never heard of. energy presence in the country. the West. As of April 9, the war had As the war intensifies, it is more debate. Democrats criticized the “If the operation had gone wrong, The truth, of course, is that there is no “Russian cost American taxpayers more than $2.1 urgent than ever for Congress to proposal as too expansive and we would have had to send people in for model” for the Balkans beyond the use of brute billion, or roughly $8.6 million per day, approve a new Authorization for Use Republicans deemed it too restrictive. a rescue operation,” said Representative force. Ever-closer ties with Europe remain the best according to the latest data released by of Military Force that would provide This week, the House speaker, John Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California way forward for the region’s residents and the EU the Pentagon. adequate oversight and clearly Boehner, called on the White House who has sought to win support for a alike. In a time of severe economic crisis, European Over the weekend, American Special articulate the long-term strategy for to submit a new proposal that gives sound war authorization that includes ideals remain, in spite of everything, the only efficient Operation forces sneaked into Syria to the fight against the Islamic State. The the executive branch even broader geographic and time limits. “The risk of antidote to virulent nationalism. carry out a risky raid that represented a new mandate should replace the ones authority. That’s wrong for at least two escalation is very significant. We’d be For the Balkans, as for the rest of Europe, the EU striking escalation of the campaign. This the administration is currently relying reasons. An expansive, open-ended war much further into this war without ever is the only alternative to a future as bad as the worst week, Washington began expediting on and set clear limits that would authorization of the sort Mr. Boehner having had a vote on it.” of the past. the delivery of powerful rockets the preclude future administrations from and like-minded Republicans have (Source: The New York Times) (Source: Project Syndicate) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 MED & SCI MAY 25, 2015 http://www.tehrantimes.com

IN THE NEWS Yet another Antarctic ice mass is New approach trains robots to match human becoming destabilized, scientists report dexterity and speed Last week, scientists documented BERKELEY, Calif. (The New York Times) — In an engi- threats to the Larsen C and the re- neering laboratory here, a robot has learned to screw mainder of the Larsen B ice shelf the cap on a bottle, even figuring out the need to apply a (most of which collapsed in 2002). The subtle backward twist to find the thread before turning remnant of Larsen B, NASA research- it the right way. ers said, may not last past 2020. And This and other activities — including putting a clothes as for Larsen C, the Scotland-sized ice hanger on a rod, inserting a block into a tight space and shelf could also be at potentially “im- placing a hammer at the correct angle to remove a nail minent risk” due to a rift across its from a block of wood — may seem like pedestrian ac- mass that is growing in size (though it tions. But they represent significant advances in robotic appears more stable learning, by a group of researchers at the University of This has been a than the remainder California, Berkeley, who have trained a two-armed ma- common theme of Larsen B). chine to match human dexterity and speed in performing And the stac- these tasks. in Antarctica cato of May melt The significance of the work is in the use of a so-called recently - a similar news isn’t over, it machine-learning approach that links several powerful soft- mechanism has seems. Thursday in ware techniques that make it possible for the robot to learn Science, research- new tasks rapidly with a relatively small amount of training. been postulated ers from the Uni- The new approach includes a powerful artificial intel- for melting of ice versity of Bristol in ligence technique known as “deep learning,” which has Britain, along with previously been used to achieve major advances in both shelves in nearby researchers from computer vision and speech recognition. Now the re- West Antarctica Germany, France searchers have found that it can also be used to improve which contains and the Nether- the actions of robots working in the physical world on lands, reported on tasks that require both machine vision and touch. vastly more the retreat of a suite The group, led by the roboticist Pieter Abbeel and the ice, and more of glaciers farther Antarctica recently — a similar mech- the new study is the apparent rapid To understand the problem here, computer vision specialist Trevor Darrell, with Sergey potential sea south from Larsen B anism has been postulated for melt- onset of the change. The research- it’s important to visualize what sci- Levine, a postdoctoral researcher, and Chelsea Finn, a and C along the Bell- ing of ice shelves in nearby West Ant- ers say the region is now losing on entists call the ice shelf’s “ground- graduate student, said they were surprised by how well level rise, than ingshausen Sea, in a arctica (which contains vastly more the order of 56 gigatons of ice per ing line” – the area where the ice the approach worked compared with previous efforts. does the Antarctic region known as the ice, and more potential sea level rise, year — a gigaton is a billion metric mass simultaneously intersects with Southern Antarctic than does the Antarctic peninsula). tons — and that there appears to the bedrock below it and also the peninsula. Peninsula. Antarctica peninsula have been a “remarkable rate of ocean in front of it. The “geometry Using satellite “This is one of now three really acceleration in dynamic mass loss of the bedrock … it’s below sea lev- based and gravity measurements, the quite substantial signals that we’ve since about 2009 that must have el and it dips inland” in this region, Smokers more likely to research team found that a “major seen from different parts of West Ant- been near-simultaneous across mul- explains Bamber. “That geometry portion of the region has, since 2009, arctica and the Antarctic peninsula tiple basins and glaciers.” means that the grounding line is po- think cancer is a death destabilized” and accounts for a “ma- that is all going in the same way,” said Indeed, the paper suggests these tentially unstable.” sentence jor fraction of Antarctica’s contribu- Jonathan Bamber of the University southern Antarctic peninsula gla- “It only needs to change position tion to rising sea level.” of Bristol, one of the paper’s authors. ciers may have only begun their slightly for it to move quite rapidly, Smokers have more pessimistic attitudes about cancer The likely cause of the change, The other two are the losses of ice in retreat. The glaciers may now be and for a sustained period, further and may be more likely to delay getting screened, accord- they say, is warmer waters reaching the Larsen ice shelf region — where unstable, says the paper, because inland,” Bamber continues. “That’s ing to a new survey from the UK. the base of mostly submerged ice glaciers have sped up their seaward some of their ice shelves currently the theory behind the instability of Smokers are less likely to engage in cancer screening shelves that hold back larger glaciers lurches following past ice shelf col- rest on bedrock that is not only these sectors of West Antarctica programs and are less engaged with health services over- — melting them from below. lapses — and in West Antarctica. below sea level, but slopes further and the peninsula.” all, senior author Jane Wardle told Reuters Health in an This has been a common theme in What’s particularly notable about downhill as one moves inland. (Source: The Washington Post) email. “We wanted to investigate why, by exploring whether this could be partly due to excessively negative beliefs Depression increases risk of Bluebird’s gene therapy continues to about cancer,” said Wardle, the director of the Health Behavior Research Center at University College London. Parkinson’s show promise in early study The researchers used data from a survey of adults over the age of 50 in six countries, but focused on responses from nearly 7,000 people in the UK. The survey asked participants several questions, in- cluding whether or not they perceived cancer as a death sentence and if they would want to know if they had can- cer. They were asked how screening affects the chance of survival. They were also asked about the manageabil- ity of cancer and its treatments. The survey also asked participants about reasons they may avoid cancer screenings, such as being too busy or embarrassed. (Source: Reuters Health)

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We can qualify for the next round, FOOTBALL Colorful Federer's mood says Persepolis coach Branko darkened despite easy win Roger Federer enlivened a routine day at the office with Persepolis coach Branko Ivank- a violet and pink outfit and a several dabs of brilliance to Sport D e s k ovic believes his team has a launch another French Open quest but his mood darkened good chance to qualify for the next round of the after a security breach on Sunday. AFC Champions League ahead of round of 16 re- The evergreen Swiss was in full control against Colom- turn leg against Al Hilal. bia's Alejandro Falla, marking the start of his 62nd consec- “Fortunately, we managed to get a win in the utive appearance at a grand slam tournament with a 6-3 first leg at Azadi Stadium in Tehran and I believe we 6-3 6-4 victory on court Philippe Chatrier. have a good chance to qualify for the next round. When he walked off, however, a fan sauntered on and I’ve told you before that Al Hilal is the best team began trying to snap a selfie with a mobile phone before in Asia, they have a very good squad with great he was belatedly removed by a security guard. players in defense, midfield and attack,” Branko "I'm not happy about it. Obviously not one second I'm Ivankovic said. happy about it. It happened yesterday in the practice, “They have finished third in the Saudi league so too," a ruffled Federer told reporters, adding that organ- the only competition left for them is AFC Champi- izers had apologized. ons League. They will fight until the end to keep The 17-times major winner, champion at Roland Garros their hope alive and remain in the competition,” in 2009, was the star turn on a low-key opening day in a the Croatian coach said. sunny French capital, taking to the court after women's “Thiago Neves and Nasser Al-Shamrani, who third seed Simona Halep got the ball rolling. were absent in the first leg, are back for Al Hilal Romanian Halep, seeded three after reaching the final last while we don’t have Gabriel and Mehrdad Kaf- year, was made to work hard by 91st-ranked Russian Evgeni- shgari due to injury. We expect a tough match in ya Rodina, huffing and puffing her way to a 7-5 6-4 victory. Riyadh in which they will attack from the first min- "It was a tough match, because it was the first round utes,” he added. and it is always is difficult to start the tournament," she Persepolis beat Al Hilal 1-0 in the first leg of told reporters. round of 16 in Tehran thanks to an injury time own "I did make some easy mistakes, but it's normal and I goal by Brazilian defender Digao. accept that. Next round I will be better, for sure." Federer also made a few errors as he loosened up against a player he almost fell to in the first round at Wim- bledon in 2010. But he was never in any danger. Asian Women's Volleyball Pasargad Bank to Strolling on to court with a perfectly-matched violet Championship: Iran beaten by Japan build a hotel for Iran Wrestling Team shirt, pink shorts and black bandana, 33-year-old Federer quickly warmed to his task, while Falla offered enough re- sistance to provide some lunchtime entertainment. Federer, one of 39 players in their 30s in the men's draw, breezed through the first two sets and though Falla had a break point in the fifth game of the third, Federer snuffed out the danger to roll through to round two. While the "selfie seeking" fan soured his day, Federer was happy enough with his form. "Winning a match like this is a good thing," Federer, ever-present at grand slams this century, said. "I hit a lot of balls today. Clearly hope that I will start to play better and better as the match, as the tournament goes on." Federer, conveniently in the opposite side of the draw to nine-times champions Rafa Nadal, world number one Novak Djokovic and third seed Andy Murray, will have a Iran was defeated The top three teams excluding Ja- Pasargad Bank, tor Majid Ghasemi announced that few days off before a clash with Spain's Marcel Granollers. Sport D e s k against Japan in pan will participate in World Olympic Sport D e s k the official spon- the Bank will build an exclusive ho- His eight-seeded compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka, one the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Qualification Tournament in May 2016. sor of Iran National Wrestling Team, has tel for Iran’s Wrestling Team in the of several players to beat Nadal on clay this season, was a Championship on Sunday. As a result of Japan's automatic honored technical staff, Freestyle and near future. straight-sets winner against Turkey's Marsel Ilhan. Iran lost to Japan in straight sets qualification for the World Olympic Greco-Roman wrestlers in a ceremony “If wrestling federation provides Japan's Kei Nishikori, the biggest threat to Federer in the bot- (19–25, 19–25, 16–25) in Pool E. Qualification Tournament as host, the at Tehran’s Olympic Hotel on Saturday. us the land we will build a hotel tom half of the draw, was up against wildcard Paul-Henri Mathieu Team Iran will play South Korea team will play in the Asian Champion- On the sidelines of this ceremony to host our champions in training before ever-popular Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rounded off on Tuesday. ship with its U-23 national team. the Pasargad Bank managing direc- camps,” Ghasemi said. proceedings against Swedish qualifier Christian Lindell. Germany's Philip Kohlschreiber, beaten by Murray in a marathon match here last year, dropped only three games against Japan's Go Soeda, while Spain's Roberto Bautista- Agut beat German Florian Mayer, also in straight sets. Iran’s Pourseyedi wins Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny's tournament did not last long. He quit when trailing Bosnia's Damir Dzum- green jersey in Tour of Japan hur 6-2 6-1 -- smashing his racket into his forehead several times as his frustration boiled over. Iranian cyclist Mirsamad Pour- Giant) 16:18:45 came second and third. (Source: Reuters) Sport D e s k seyedi won the General Indi- Iran’s Pishgaman Giant team won Gen- vidual Time Classification of the 18th Tour of eral Team Time Classification with a time of Japan cycling road race in Tokyo on Sunday. 48:55'41". Pourseyedi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) won Bridgestone Anchor Cycling team finished in the green jersey with 16hrs 17mins 53secs. second place, clocking 49:03'52". Real heavyweight Cristiano His countrymen Rahim Emami (Pishgaman Avanti Racing team from New Zealand came Ronaldo backs coach Carlo Giant) 16:18:17 and Hossein Askari (Pishgaman third with 49:06'41". Ancelotti

Real Madrid top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo has signalled Buffon: Barcelona look almost Drogba to leave Chelsea at the end strong support for coach Carlo Ancelotti and sent a clear unbeatable of the season message to club president Florentino Perez that he does not want the Italian to be sacked. Perez is widely expected to make Ancelotti the scape- goat after Real ended the season without winning a major trophy but the intervention of dressing-room heavyweight Ronaldo may make him think twice. Ronaldo netted a hat-trick in Real’s final game of the campaign on Saturday, a 7-3 drubbing of city rivals Getafe at the Bernabeu, taking his tally at the top of the La Liga scoring chart to 48 goals. It was his best single-season haul in Spain’s top flight since he joined from Manchester United in 2009 and two short of the record of 50 set in 2011-12 by Barcelona for- ward Lionel Messi, who scored 43 this term. After the match, Portugal captain Ronaldo posted a message on his Twitter feed with a photograph of himself and Ancelotti. Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon says better on the night and lucky, too. Didier Drogba has announced Sun- "I want to play for at least one Ancelotti, who led Real to a record-extending 10th Eu- Champions League final opponents "Who knows, maybe in Berlin day's clash with Sunderland will more season and in order to play ropean title and a King’s Cup triumph in his debut year in Barcelona look "almost unbeatable". we'll get the rub of the green." be his last as a Chelsea player as more football I feel I need to go to Spain in 2013-14, has made it clear he wants to carry on The Old Lady are set to meet Luis Buffon believes his side are clear un- he will leave the club at the end of another club," he told the club's of- but said on Saturday if Real do let him go he would take Enrique's side in Berlin on June 6 af- derdogs for the clash but is hoping the the season. ficial website. a year out. ter seeing off Real Madrid to book Old Lady will ride their current wave of The Ivorian made a surprise return "All the fans know my love for His contract runs until the end of next season and he their first European final in 12 years. optimism all the way to the title. to Stamford Bridge last summer on a Chelsea and I hope to be back here said he expected to meet with club officials early next Buffon has warned his team- "Clearly on paper it's difficult, but we one-year contract and has chipped in in the future in another role." week to discuss his future. mates they face an uphill task to have what it takes to play this the best with crucial goals against Manches- Drogba first left Chelsea in the Media reports in Italy have suggested the 55-year-old shackle the likes Lionel Messi, Ney- way. If Barcelona all reach the final at 100 ter United, Tottenham and Leicester summer of 2012, having scored the could return to former club AC Milan, with whom he won mar and Luis Suarez, but has warned per cent, then obviously it'll be tough. City to help Jose Mourinho's men se- dramatic equaliser and winning pen- the European Cup as both a player and coach. that the best side does not always "Seeing as we are there, we want cure a first Premier League title since alty in the club's miraculous Champi- Napoli’s Spanish coach Rafa Benitez is the frontrun- get the result in a one-off game. to play our cards and not hold back. 2010 - and Drogba's fourth of an illus- ons League final triumph over Bay- ner to replace Ancelotti at Real, where he had a stint as a "Barcelona are a team that are al- There is so much pride in our souls trious career. ern Munich at the Allianz Arena. youth trainer, according to local media. most unbeatable," Buffon told Sky for everything we've done this sea- And while Drogba insists he is not As reward for his career with Real’s Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez also Sport Italia on Saturday after lifting son and in past years. yet ready to hang up his boots just the Blues, Drogba will captain the backed Ancelotti after Saturday’s game. the Serie A trophy for the fourth sea- "We know how strong Barcelona yet, the 37-year-old has confirmed side against Dick Advocaat's team “He arrived two years ago and he knows the team, he son running. are and the optimism circulating he is once again calling time on his before the team get their hands knows how we are and how we go about things,” he told "We know Barcelona are stronger, right now will wane as we get closer Chelsea career - though he expects on the Premier League trophy at Spanish television. “But it’s not my decision and it’s not my but in a one-off game the best side to our opponents." to return to the club in a non-playing full-time. place to talk about it.” doesn't always win. You have to be (Source: Soccerway) capacity. (Source: Goal) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Iran multiplies fines for poachers Trio caught in illegal trade of wild birds in Khorasan Razavi Province

TEHRAN — Ira- Social Desk nian officials at the Department of Environment will introduce new bill with tougher pen- alties for wild animal poaching, Mehr news-agency reports on Saturday. The new law will be announced within the next week and will in- crease the penalties for killing the Asiatic Cheetah from the current 20 Million Tomans ($6,000) to 100 Mil- lion Tomans (about $30,000) and Per- sian leopard from five million ($1,500) One day someone will walk into your life and make you to 80 million (about $24,000), Ali see why it never worked out with anyone else. Teimoori confirmed. Anonymous Additionally, the new fines for brown bear will be 50 million tomans ($15,000), Persian fallow deer 60 mil- lion tomans ($18,000) and Roe deer 35 million tomans ($10,000), Teimoori LEARN ENGLISH added. The new fines were agreed upon Magic and Illusions discussion with officials from the provinces with a high rate of illegal Patricia: This is the best magic show I’ve ever seen. hunting such as Zanjan, Yazd, Sem- Have you ever seen so many amazing magic tricks in your nan, Golestan and Lorestan, he add- life? They’re blowing my mind! ed. Sergio: They’re all just In another report by IRNA on the illusions. It’s nothing but same date, three people were ar- smoke and mirrors. rested in the town of Dargaz after Patricia: I don’t know being caught in an illegal poaching how you can say that. We’ve campaign. environment in Korashan Razavi Shabani said. Razavi Province. seen some really impressive Two of the culprits were arrest- Province. 50 Myna birds and skylarks, two Khorasan Razavi with 43 protected sleight of hand tricks and ed during a short chase after they A third person was later arrested squirrels, a turtle, and 13 different areas is home to 80 species of mam- that escape artist seemed were caught transferring 45 Myna in Dargaz in possession of 160 Myna species of wild birds were found in mals, 286 birds, 68 reptiles and 24 to do the impossible. birds from Dargaz to Mashhad, birds, while in Mashhad, shops sus- the raid, Shabani confirmed. types of fish. Sergio: Couldn’t you see according to Abolfazl Shabani, an pected of being involved in illegal ani- The animals were all released into The town of Dargaz lies 255 kilom- that it was just misdirection? official in the local department of mal trade were checked one by one, their natural habitat in Khorasan eters from Mashhad. While you weren’t looking, the magician left through the trap door. Patricia: Maybe that’s New integrated methods to lead future dam constructions in Iran: Ebtekar how that trick was done, but how do you explain the TEHRAN — Masoumeh Ebtekar, tries of energy, agriculture, industry, mine and trade, mind reader? How did he know what I was thinking if he Social Desk head of Iran’s Department of En- as well as the Management and Planning Organi- couldn’t really read my mind? vironment, said on Sunday that Iran’s High Council zation of Iran and Department of Environment. A Sergio: I’m sure any supernatural powers these magi- for Water has decided to adopt new integrated tech- member of agriculture, water and natural resources cians and entertainers claim to have have been debunked niques in future dam constructions to preserve and committee of the parliament and two experts in ag- by somebody. Maybe he used the power of suggestion. mange water supply, IRNA reported. riculture also partake the council. The council has Who knows? Ebtekar said that so far dams were considered Iran’s president or his first deputy as chair man. Deci- Patricia: And maybe you’re just jaded. the only solution to water storage, and responsible sions made by the council should be executed after Sergio: And maybe you’re the most gullible person officials were not even willing to give it a second going through legal processes. who ever lived! thought. “It does not mean that the construction of dams (Source: eslpod.com) Construction of dams has clearly created jobs and should fully stop, as dams may be necessary in some Words & Phrases filled contractors’ pockets though it benefits for com- areas,” she said, adding, “However, measures have magic show: the skill of performing tricks to entertain moners and environment is questionable, she stated. to be taken about building eco-friendly dams which people, such as making things appear and disappear and Iran’s High Council for Water is made up of minis- tap scientific methods”, she explained. Karun-3 Dam in Khuzestan Province pretending to cut someone in half. magic tricks: an action that is intended to deceive, ei- ther as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form of entertainment. German grandmother gives birth to quadruplets at age 65 blow somebody’s mind: If something blows your mind, you find it very exciting and unusual. A 65-year-old German grandmother gave birth to quad- said Annegret Raunigk already had 13 children and oldest woman in the world to have had quadruplets, illusion: something that is not really what it seems to be. ruplets at a Berlin hospital this week, with the three seven grandchildren. The announcement of her RTL said, although other women of her age and old- smoke and mirrors: something that is described as boys and a girl born prematurely at 26 weeks being in pregnancy last month had sparked a public debate in er have given birth. smoke and mirrors is intended to take attention away good health and having a good chance of survival, Ger- Germany about its merits. The four babies, born by Caesarean section on from an embarrassing or unpleasant situation. man TV network RTL reported on Saturday. Raunigk, an English and Russian teacher in Berlin, May 19, weighed between 655 grams an 960 grams. sleight of hand: speed and skill of the hand when per- The network, which had covered the pregnancy, had received fertility treatment in Ukraine and is the (Source: Reuters) forming tricks. escape artist: a person who entertains people by es- caping from chains, boxes, etc. misdirection: distracting someone, make him or her Wolves kill 50 sheep and injure 15 others in Torbat-e Heydarieh focusing on something else; to direct someone to the wrong place. TEHRAN — A flock the prefect of Torbat-e Heydarieh, The wolves frightened the sheep Torbat-e Heydarieh with 520,000 trap door: a door in a floor or ceiling that leads to an- Social Desk of 500 sheep were IRNA reported on Saturday. and scattered them in such a way sheep and goat is an important city in other, often hidden room. attacked by wolves in the heights of 15 other sheep were also injured in that most of them fell from the terms of livestock in Khorasan Razavi mind reader: a person who knows another person’s Tajrood village, according to Ali Lari, the process, he added. heights. province. thoughts without being told them. debunk: to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear. the power of suggestion: when you give someone an By Mohammad Mashayekhi / Mehr idea and make them think that it was their idea to begin IN FOCUS with, so they believe it. to be jaded: not having interest or losing interest be- cause you have experienced something too many times. gullible: easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say.

WORD OF THE DAY debouch \dih-BOUTCH\

DEFINITION (verb)

1 : to cause to emerge : discharge

2 : to march out into open ground : emerge, issue

EXAMPLES “A mutual foe had appeared. From a passage on the In line with proper left of the road there had debouched on to the field of water management action Albert himself and two of his band.” — P. G. Wo- policy, some dehouse, The White Feather, 1907 younger citizens in Hasht-Bandi, a “Jeremy and I had trekked from the river bottom early city in the southern that morning to a stream called Deer Creek…. Deer Creek province of incises a mile of spectacular narrows in the 500-million- Hormozgan, have year-old Tapeats Sandstone before it debouches into the begun mushroom Colorado.” — Christopher Ketcham, Earth Island Journal, farming. Spring 2015 (Source: merriam-webster) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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The streets largely remained calm on some of the fatal shots, other officers Sunday morning after police in riot Streets calm a day after protest fired kill shots as well. gear made numerous arrests over- A grand jury charged five police night of protesters angered by a pa- of Ohio officer’s acquittal supervisors with misdemeanor der- JUMP trolman’s acquittal in the deaths of eliction of duty for failing to con- two unarmed black suspects in a bar- trol the chase. All five have plead- ISIS murderous rampage rage of police gunfire. ed not guilty and no trial date has continues. So why is it the Michael Brelo, 31, faces administra- been set. tive charges while remaining suspend- Prosecutors had argued that when lost artifacts that make the ed without pay after he was found Brelo stood on the hood of the Malibu not guilty on Saturday on two counts that he meant to kill Russell and Wil- headlines? of voluntary manslaughter, but he no liams instead of containing a threat to Contd. from P. 5 longer faces the prospect of prison. his and other officers’ lives. O’Donnell The anxious city now awaits a decision ruled that even the last 15 shots were We are weary of the photographs of hostages on their on criminal charges against a white justified based on Brelo’s belief that knees, in orange, about to be slaughtered. No one wants officer in the fatal shooting of a black someone inside the car had fired at po- to see any of it. 12-year-old boy with a pellet gun. lice at the beginning, middle and end Occasionally, something of particularly fiendish and Brelo and 12 other officers fired 137 of the chase. inventive horror will punch through the wall of baffled shots at a car with Timothy Russell and “Officer Brelo risked his life on that repulsion to enter a collective consciousness that has be- Malissa Williams inside it on Nov. 29, night,” said Brelo’s lead attorney, Pat- gun to crave ignorance. 2012. The shooting occurred at the end rick D’Angelo, after the verdict. What the people of ISIS do to other people has be- of a 22-mile chase involving more than McGinty said he respected O’Don- come literally unspeakable. Speaking of mere things that 100 Cleveland police officers and 60 nell’s decision, and added that the they destroy, even the most precious of mere things, the cruisers after Russell’s Chevy Malibu house District on downtown’s west of her son, killed in a police shooting case would prevent police violence. most utterly irreplaceable, is at least possible – a way of backfired while speeding past police side, deputy police chief Wayne Drum- eight years ago. In addition to the Tamir Rice case, expressing understanding of the enormity of the horror headquarters. During the chase, an mond said. Several other people were “I’m just so mad we never get jus- the county prosecutor’s office is look- without allowing your mind to drift towards thoughts of officer reported that he thought he’d arrested elsewhere downtown. tice from any of the police killings,” ing into the death of a black woman what it must be like to be there, amid hundreds and hun- seen Williams with a gun. At the end, The first protest formed outside the said Kirkman, who said she settled who died in police custody while lying dreds of miles of violent subjugation and fear, the cour- police mistook police gunfire for shots Justice Center on Saturday morning with the city after her son’s death but face first on the ground in handcuffs. age it must take to stand against it, and the punishment from Russell’s car. while Judge John P. O’Donnell read no charges were filed. The family of Tanisha Anderson, 37, when such courage fails. Brelo fired 49 of those shots that from his 35-page verdict. The judge said in his ruling that has sued the city of Cleveland and Grief for Palmyra is also grief for the idea of a shared night, but it was the final 15 fired into A larger protest of around 200 peo- he wouldn’t “sacrifice” Brelo to the the two police officers who subdued human project, in which we all want the same things and the windshield while he stood on the ple gathered at noon near where Cuy- wave of anti-police sentiment that has her. They say she panicked on Nov. 12 are willing to achieve and share them together. Weeping hood of Russell’s car that led to his ahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty swept across the nation in the wake of when officers put her in the back of a for ancient pillars is painful, but less overwhelming than indictment and a four-week trial. He lives. Both protests later merged at a other police in-custody deaths. While patrol car after they’d responded to a weeping for a world that humans seem bent on ruining, faced up to 22 years in prison if con- recreation center where 12-year-old protests in cities like Baltimore, New call about Anderson having a mental despite all the promise of creativity that exists among victed on both counts. Tamir Rice was killed by a rookie pa- York City and Ferguson, Missouri, have health crisis. us. ISIS no doubt sees that as decadent, unable to see The shooting helped prompt an trol officer last November. While that erupted into violence, the demonstra- Russell’s sister, Michelle, said Brelo that there’s nothing more decadent than a self-righteous demonstration became boisterous, tions in Cleveland didn’t escalate. death cult that values nothing but its own nihilism. investigation by the U.S. Department would ultimately face justice, despite (Source: The Guardian) of Justice that concluded Cleveland with Eugene Rice angrily calling for The judge’s decision to acquit Brelo the judge’s decision. The city of Cleve- police had engaged in a pattern and justice for his grandson, it remained focused on which shots killed Russell, land has paid the families of Russell practice of excessive use of force and peaceful. An investigation into the 43, and Williams, 30, two homeless and Williams a total of $3 million to violations of people’s civil rights. Tamir Rice shooting is nearly complete drug addicts with a long history of settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. Angry but mostly orderly protests and will be given to the prosecutor’s mental illness. Four of the 23 gunshot “He’s not going to dodge this just 14 injured in 8 bombings followed Saturday’s verdict. More office to decide whether to pursue wounds to Russell and seven of Wil- because he was acquitted,” Michelle in Iraq’s Diyala than a dozen protesters were arrest- criminal charges. liams’ 24 wounds were believed to Russell said. “God will have the final ed on Saturday night for failing to dis- Alicia Kirkman, 47, of Cleveland, have been fatal. O’Donnell said that say.” said she joined the march in honor while testimony showed Brelo fired (Source: AP) At least 14 people have sustained injuries in eight bomb perse from an alley in the city’s Ware- attacks in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala. Iraqi police sources, speaking on condition of anonym- ity, said the explosions targeted the provincial capital, Burundi opposition figure shot dead in capital: local media Baquba, and the town of Balad Ruz on Sunday. The leader of a Burundi opposition party was killed run for re-election. Nkurunziza came to power in The sources added that security forces were the main on Saturday by unknown assailants in the nation’s 2005 and won a second term in 2010. He maintains target of the explosions. capital, Bujumbura, local media reported. he is eligible for a third term because parliament One of the bombings took place in the center of Baqu- Zedi Feruzi of the UPD-Zigamibanga party was elected him for the first term, not a direct vote. ba, two car bombs hit the northern district of the city, slain late on Saturday in a drive-by shooting in which Amid the unrest, the international community has and a third one targeted the parking lot of the army’s 5th at least one of his bodyguards was also killed, Iwacu, been urging Nkurunziza to delay the elections, and division headquarters on the eastern edge of the city. a prominent news organization in Burundi, reported the U.S. has expressed disappointment over Nkurun- Security forces also discovered and defused three on its website. ziza’s decision to seek more time in office. bombs on the main street of Baquba. Feruzi was outside his house when a car ap- Nearly 100,000 Burundians have fled to neigh- The Iraqi police sources added that four bombs also proached and its occupants sprayed him with bul- boring countries, citing fears over political violence, exploded in Balad Ruz. lets, according to Iwacu. with the number expected to rise to 200,000 in six “This is an attempt to destabilize the province,” intel- The killing, which took place in Bujumbura’s months, according to the UN Many of them have ligence official Lieutenant Colonel Bakr al-Tamimi said in Ngagara district, is likely to raise tensions in the Nkurunziza’s effort to stay in power sparked sought refuge in unsanitary refugee camps in Tanza- Baquba, adding, “The total number of wounded is 14, the Central African country that has been hit by political street protests that have lasted for four weeks and nia, where they also face a cholera outbreak in which damage was mostly material.” unrest since late last month when it was announced in which at least 20 people have been killed and 431 more than 30 people have died in recent days. Oth- He added that the explosions happened at almost the that President Pierre Nkurunziza would seek anoth- injured. The turmoil sparked a failed coup against ers have fled to Congo and Rwanda. same time early in the morning. er term in office in elections set for June 26. the president by some senior military officers. Burundi, a poor country which exports mostly cof- There was no immediate claim of responsibility for The U.N. secretary-general condemned the killing Protesters say Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term is fee and depends heavily on foreign aid, experienced the attacks. However, Iraqi officials often blame such and said it threatens to “entrench mistrust and trig- illegal because the constitution only allows for two an ethnic-based civil war from 1993 to 2003 which attacks on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ger further violence,” according to a statement from five-year terms, and some protesters are vowing to killed at least 250,000 people. (ISIL) Takfiri terrorist group. Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman. stay on the streets until Nkurunziza says he will not (Source: AP) An Iraqi senior security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iraqi forces had received intelligence ahead of the attacks. Why Poland’s presidential election may shake up the European Union “The information we had before this morning is that 74 car bombs were ready to target Diyala,” he said, adding, Contd. from P. 6 in Europe. Splintering among the Soli- tablishment slogans. tial experiment.” “Measures were taken today to close the main entranc- Critics say Komorowski ran a lazy darity generation began almost imme- As elsewhere in Europe, young The issue of national security has es to Baquba... The road between Baghdad and Diyala is campaign. After losing the first round, diately after the movement led to the Poles are frustrated by a lack of dominated this Polish election. In Po- indefinitely closed. Inside the city however, movement is the president now needs to motivate downfall of the country’s communist jobs. Unemployment in Poland is land, as in the Baltic countries, the normal.” supporters who did not vote and regime. well above 10 percent, and earnings Ukraine crisis has encroached into Bombings leave 4 dead, 10 injured in Iraqi capital could decide the election. Though he Animosity intensified as Poland remain much lower than the EU av- domestic politics. Poland is the only Iraqi security officials say at least four people have appeared as a strong leader in two tel- joined the European Union and erage. Young voters are also disen- EU state that borders both Russia and been killed and nearly a dozen others injured in separate evised debates with Duda last week, reached a point of no return after the chanted by what they perceive as an Ukraine. Moscow’s Crimean annexa- bomb attacks against two residential areas in the capital, many fear Komorowski woke up too 2010 plane crash that killed President out-of-touch political class. The gen- tion and offensive in eastern Ukraine Baghdad. late. Kaczynski and many high-ranking offi- eration born in the late 1980s and have awoken Poland’s memories of A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, Civic Platform has been in power cials. early 1990s has been shaped by mass its tragic past of being partitioned by said two civilians lost their lives and seven others sus- since 2007, but has been weakened In the aftermath of that tragedy, emigration and the global financial Germany, Russia and Austria, and its tained injuries when a bombing attack struck a commer- since its founder, and former prime min- the nation united in grief. But Poles crisis — not by the 1989 revolution, later seizure by German and then the cial district in the Ghazaliya neighborhood of western ister, Donald Tusk swapped Warsaw for were soon bitterly divided into oppos- the formative event for Warsaw’s Soviet Union. Baghdad on Sunday, Arabic-language satellite television Brussels to serve as president of the Eu- ing camps. Today, the rift runs beyond political mainstream. The issue of foreign policy opened network al-Baghdadia reported. ropean Council. Under Tusk’s successor, Poland’s political class and divides so- Running as an independent candi- Sunday’s debate. Komorowski re- Earlier in the day, two anti-al-Qaeda Sahwa tribal fight- Ewa Kopacz, the party has struggled to ciety itself. date, Kukiz won much of the national- affirmed that his priorities lie with ers were killed and three others wounded when an im- redefine itself. Last week, Komorowski told Poles ist electorate. He vowed to “bring our the European Union and the North provised explosive device exploded in the Hour Rajab Presiding over uninterrupted eco- they face the choice between a “ra- children home from England and Ire- Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mean- agricultural region on Baghdad’s southern outskirts. nomic growth while recession hit Eu- tional and radical Poland.” During the land.” In a sensationalist speech from while, Duda focused on “national There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. rope, Civic Platform gave Poland an first debate, the moderators ques- Silesia, he thanked his supporters for sovereignty” and favored a more The United Nation Assistance Mission for Iraq (UN- important voice in Brussels. This was tioned both candidates about the resisting media “propaganda” and regional approach for Warsaw as he AMI) says a total of 812 Iraqis were killed and another by no means guaranteed. Poland has “Polish-Polish War,” the internal dis- said he aimed to “reclaim Poland with suggested forming a stronger bloc 1,726 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and narrowly avoided the Hungarian sce- pute now preoccupying Poland. an entire army.” within Central Europe. armed conflict in April. A great portion of the fatalities nario, where xenophobia and Euro- Komorowski accused Duda of rad- Duda and Komorowski, the two Moscow has seemed to relish the was recorded in Baghdad, where 319 civilians were killed. phobia have entered mainstream pol- icalism. He cited his challenger’s am- candidates to make it to the second shambles of the Polish election. Rus- Iraqi forces battle ISIL for control near Ramadi itics and democratic institutions look bition to ban in vitro fertilization and round, are now fighting for the votes sian state television told viewers that Iraqi government forces backed by thousands of Shia threatened. his efforts to promote the nationalist of Kukiz’s supporters. Komorowski was losing “because of volunteer forces have been sent to the Sunni heartland Still, after eight years in power, it is version of Polish history. For exam- The success of populist parties led his support for Ukraine and criticism of Anbar province in a bid to counter the offensive by ISIL no surprise that Poles are feeling fa- ple, Duda has attacked Komorowski by charismatic leaders is a trend across of Russia.” Since the start of the terrorist group. tigue. for apologizing to the Jewish people Europe, challenging the status quo Ukraine crisis, Poland has become Kareem al-Nouri, a spokesman for the Popular Mobili- But alternatives are few. for the Poles’ brutal Jedwabne po- and often backed by young, margin- the most loathed European country zation Forces, told Al Jazeera it was “hard to predict the Duda may seem, objectively, a grom during the World War II. Duda alized voters. But radical anti-politics among the Kremlin’s contemporary timetable” for the battle. sensible candidate. But many fear he has also claimed that Civic Platform quickly becomes dangerous when you apparatchiks. “There’s no doubt it will be difficult but it will be easier could prove to be a puppet of Jaro- irresponsibly categorizes its oppo- share a border with Russian President This week’s debates were consid- than the fight in Diyala and Salahuddin provinces (Sala- slaw Kaczynski, the party leader and nents as radicals. Vladimir Putin’s strongman state. ered Komorowski’s last chance to win din Governorate). In Anbar, there’s open terrain and it’s Poland’s chief provocateur. When “They divided us into Hutus and “Given the situation in our neigh- re-election. He used them well. But easier to spot the enemy. For now our focus is setting up Kaczynski was prime minister and his Tutsis,” proclaimed Kukiz, who suc- borhood,” warned former President what was originally expected to be an defensive lines,” he said. identical twin, Lech, was president, ceeded in luring many young voters Aleksander Kwasniewski, “we need an easy win for Civic Platform now looks Iraqi security forces said they had retaken the town the conservative elites ruled Warsaw with his rock-star persona and anti-es- experienced president, not a presiden- too close to call. of Husaybah, about 10km east of Ramadi, the provincial and it and its relationships with neigh- If Duda wins, Poles will wake up in capital of Anbar province. bors were tense. The issue of national security has dominated this a starkly different country this week. However sources told Al Jazeera that ISIL terrorist Dispute between parties And the European Union may have to fighters were still able to mount attacks on the town, and The dispute between Poland’s two Polish election. In Poland, as in the Baltic countries, the rethink some of its plans. killed 27 people, including army soldiers and Shia volun- main parties runs deeper than most Ukraine crisis has encroached into domestic politics. (Source: Reuters) teer forces, in two suicide attacks. (Source: agencies) b

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NEWS Alborz Symphony Orchestra observes Iran’s “Nahid”, India’s “Massan” share Prix de l’Avenir at Cannes liberation of Khorramshahr TEHRAN — TEHRAN — The Alborz Iranian filmmaker Ida Art Desk Art Desk Panahandeh’s social drama “Nahid” Symphony Orchestra went on Alborz and Indian director Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Masaan” stage at the Meeting Hall of Tehran’s Milad Tower Symphony shared Prix de l’Avenir -- the special jury prize for debut on Saturday night to celebrate the anniversary of Orchestra the liberation of Khorramshahr. conductor films at the 68th annual Sohrab Cannes Film Festival, Located in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, Khorramshahr was totally captured Kashef organizers announced on speaks to Saturday. by Iraqis on October 26, 1980 during the 1980- 1988 Iran-Iraq war. the audience “Nahid” competed during break in the Un Certain Regard The city was liberated after two days of heavy time at the section at the festival. fighting on May 24, 1982. Meeting Hall Cinema Organization Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad of Tehran’s of Iran Director Zarif was also invited to the concert. All the Milad Tower audience was thrilled by his arrival while the on May 23, Hojjatollah Ayyubi and 2015. The his advisor, Alireza orchestra was preparing to perform. The audience gave Zarif a very warm welcome orchestra Razadad, congratulated performed a Panahandeh on their by chanting the slogan “Love you Zarif”. “Where Art Thou, Divine Martyrs”, “”Anfal”, concert on success in messages, Saturday to which were published on “Khorramshahr Symphonic Poem” and “In celebrate the Sunday. Golestaneh”, all composed by Hushang Kamkar, anniversary A poster for “Nahid” Rezadad who was were performed during the concert, which was of the attending the Cannes festival this year insisted on part of the Iranian Composers Night program. liberation of Before the performance, the organizers Khorramshahr. greater participation of Iranian cineastes in international (Mehr/ events. screened a video in which Hushang Kamkar explained about the endeavor he undertook to Hossein Iran’s cinema needs to provide the basis for Razzaqnejad) international participation of Iranian films, he added. compose the pieces. “We should be happy that the debut film of He said that he had sold his wedding gifts to Poem”, Kamkar said that he composed the piece also performed French composer George Bizet’s Panahandeh won an award, and naturally, an award is raise funds for recording “Where Art Thou, Divine to recognize the resistance by the people of “Carmen”, Russian composer Modest Petrovich an advantage for any movie,” he added. Martyrs” in 1981. Khorramshahr against the enemy. Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” and The film “Nahid” tells the story of an Iranian woman Elaborating on “Khorramshahr Symphonic The orchestra conducted by Sohrab Kashef Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s “Finlandia”. who has failed in her first marriage and is unable to express her love for the second time due to social conditions, while she is trying to gain custody of her son Photo Festival of Heavenly Frames announces winners after the divorce. Pejman Bazeghi, Sareh Bayat and Navid TEHRAN — The Third Photo received honorable mention. Mohammadzadeh are the main members of the cast. Art Desk Festival of Heavenly Frames, Ali-Asghar Heydarzadeh-Nafe, Azam Nosrati, In addition, “Hrutar” (Rams) by director Grimur which highlights photos of Iranian martyrs Maryam Davarnia, Mehdi Abbasi, Saeid Bahramjey, Hakonarson won the Un Certain Regard prize. and their families, announced winners during Mohaddeseh Heydari and Ebrahim Alipur received Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa got the Best a ceremony held at Tehran’s Andisheh Cultural honorable mention in the Citizenship Section. Director award for his latest film “Kishibe No Tabi” Center on Saturday. In the Professional Section, Milad Rostamkhani, (Journey to the Shore). Ahmad Za’fari won the first prize in the Mohammad-Saber Sheikh-Rezaii, Omid The Jury Prize went to Croatian director Dalibor Citizenship Section and Mohsen Noruzifar Vahabzadeh, Hadi Dehqanpur and Mohammad Matanic for “Zvizdan” and the Un Certain Talent prize received the first prize in the Professional Section. Rezaii awarded honorable mention. was awarded to Romanian Corneliu Porumboiu’s Esmat Yadegarian was named the runner-up The Photo Festival of Heavenly Frames is “Comoara” (The Treasure). and Javad Jalali received the third prize in the organized annually by Tasvirnet, a major Iranian Jury president Isabella Rossellini said that viewing Citizenship section. photo agency, to promote photos of martyrs and In the Professional section, the second prize victims of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. the entries “was like taking a flight over the planet and A winner (R) receives a prize from the father of a martyr during the seeing all the inhabitants and their emotions.” went to Hadi Hirbodvash and the third prize was closing ceremony of the Third Photo Festival of Heavenly Frames at The winning works and a selection of the presented to Majid Asagari. Tehran’s Andisheh Cultural Center on May 23, 2015. submissions are currently on display at the In each section, a number of photographers (Mehr/Hossein Esmaeili) Andisheh Cultural Center. NEWS IN BRIEF Polish court adjourns By Hossein Razzaqnejad/Mehr Sahar TV Sahar TV, an IRIB PICTURE OF THE DAY Polanski extradition case Azeri channel international TV channel until mid-September now 24-7 available on satellite, has extended its broadcasting WARSAW (Reuters) — to a non-stop service for A Polish Azeri viewers. court on Friday adjourned until mid- The extension was September a hearing on whether to announced by IRIB Director extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski Mohammad Sarafraz on to the United States over a 1977 child Sunday during a ceremony, sex conviction. which was attended Polanski, who lives in France, is in by IRIB’s World Service Poland making a movie but did not Director Mohammad appear in the Krakow court on Friday Akhgari and a number of and was represented by lawyers. cultural officials. Judge Dariusz Mazur said Poland had Sahar TV covers Europe, requested further information from Central Asia, the Caucasus, U.S. authorities by Aug. 8. some parts of Northern Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 Africa, Oceania, and to having sex with a 13-year-old girl all the countries in the during a photoshoot in Los Angeles subcontinent of India and fueled by champagne and drugs. East Asia. He served 42 days in jail as part of a 90-day sentence he received in a plea-bargain deal. He fled the United 5th Intl. The 5th International States the following year, believing Urban Film Urban Film Festival opened the judge hearing his case could at Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Festival kicks overrule the deal and put him in jail Complex on Sunday. for years. off in Tehran This year, the festival is In 2009, Polanski was arrested launching a new section in the Swiss city of Zurich on a U.S. entitled “Now Middle East” warrant and placed under house to bring movies from the arrest. He was freed in 2010 after region into the spotlight. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C) acknowledges the audience after attending a concert performed by the Alborz Symphony Orchestra at the Meeting Hall of Tehran’s Milad Tower on May 23, 2015 to celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr. Swiss authorities decided not to Organized by the Art and extradite him. Cultural Organization of the Tehran Municipality, the festival will run until June 2. San Francisco police keep eye out for missing “Eyeball” mask Athens A number of Iranian and SEATTLE (Reuters) — San Francisco of the Golden Gate Bridge and statement. The mask is about two-feet tall to host Greek literati will come police have asked people to be on used on the back cover of the 1979 The owner was not home to and features a blue iris and white together at a conference the lookout for a valuable mask “Subterranean Modern” album. accept shipment and an unknown top hat. conference in Athens on June 8 to depicting an eyeball wearing a top The original photo, worth $20,000, person with an illegible signature The Residents, formed in on Rumi discuss works by the hat, an artifact made famous by was also reported stolen, police signed for the items, police said. 1972, are a San Francisco- Persian mystic and poet an avant garde rock band, saying said. Homer Flynn, co-manager of The based experimental band that Molana Jalal al-Din Rumi the artwork was stolen during The owner of the mask and Residents, told KNTV the items has released over 60 albums, (1207-1273). shipment from a Seattle museum. photo had loaned the items to had been sent to him, and were numerous music videos and short The meeting is part of The “Eyeball with Hat,” worth Seattle’s Experience Music Project “totally irreplaceable.” films, according to its Twitter the program, which has $100,000, was one of four original for an exhibit, authorities said. The “My best guess is that FedEx page. been organized with the masks worn by the group The museum had then sent the artwork left it on the landing of my building The identities of the band help of the Iranian Cultural Residents, police said. back to San Francisco via courier and someone took it. I seriously members are unknown and they Center in Athens. The mask was also worn in a service when the crate they were doubt that they knew what was in perform wearing their eyeball photo of the band taken in front in went missing, police said in a the shipping box,” he said. masks.