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POLITICAL TEHRAN — In a letter addressed to United deskNations Secretary General Antonio Guterres a Photoshop and the UN Security Council on Thursday, Iran denounced the violation of its airspace by a U.S. spy drone, calling on IRGC general says Iran warned U.S. drone several times before shootdown the international community to confront Washington’s destabilizing actions. POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Islamic said, according to Fars. desk Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent representative Revolution Guards Corps “The drone started collecting intelligence to the United Nations, said in the letter that “we are not (IRGC) shot down a highly-sophisticated in a spying operation when it was return- after war but will defend against any aggression.” U.S. stealth drone early on Thursday after ing towards the western parts of the region The following is the full text of Takht Ravanchi’s letter it violated Iran’s airspace. near the Strait of Hormuz and it violated the to Guterres posted on IRNA website: The IRGC brought the drone down by airspace over the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Your Excellency, firing a surface-to-air missile at it. territory,” it added. Upon instructions from my Government, I am writ- Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Trump approves strikes on ing to inform you about another unlawful and yet a aerospace unit of the IRGC, said on Friday Iran, but then abruptly pulls back very dangerous and provocative act by the U.S. military that the drone had received warnings for According to The New York Times, Presi- forces against the territorial integrity of the Islamic four times before being shot down. dent Trump approved military strikes against Republic of Iran. “Those who guided the drone received Iran in retaliation for downing the surveillance According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces the warnings but did not care. Given that drone, but pulled back from launching them of the Islamic Republic of Iran, at 00:14 hours local the drone breached Iran’s airspace, the aero- on Thursday night after a day of escalating time on Thursday 20 June 2019, a U.S. unmanned space unit of the Islamic Revolution Guards tensions. aircraft system, taken off from one of the bases of the Corps shot it down,” Hajizadeh said in an As late as 7 p.m., military and diplomatic U.S. military forces in the South of the Persian Gulf, exhibition held in Tehran to showcase the officials were expecting a strike, after intense conducted an overflight through the Strait of Hormuz drone’s wreckage. discussions and debate at the White House to Chabahar port in a full stealth mode as it had turned The IRGC released GPS coordinates that among the president’s top national security off its identification equipment and engaged in a clear showed the drone eight miles off Iran’s coast, officials and congressional leaders, according spying operation. When the aircraft was returning to- inside the 12 nautical miles from the shore to multiple senior administration officials wards the western parts of the region near the Strait of that is Iran’s territorial waters. involved in or briefed on the deliberations. Hormuz, despite repeated radio warnings, it entered “Two warnings were issued on 2:05 on Officials said the president had initially into the Iranian airspace where the air defense system Thursday morning and two others were issued approved attacks on a handful of Iranian ed Arab Emirates and it was targeted near itary drone in OUR territorial waters where of the Islamic Republic of Iran, acting under Article 51 on 3:55 and the drone was shot on 4:05. In targets, like radar and missile batteries. Kouh-e Mobarak. it was shot down,” Zarif explained. of the United Nations Charter, targeted the intruding fact, four warnings were given to this drone The operation was underway in its early “At 00:14 U.S. drone took off from the The IRGC displayed parts of the downed aircraft at 04:05 hours local time on the same date at but they did not pay attention. Another spy stages when it was called off, a senior admin- UAE in stealth mode and violated Iranian drone on Friday noon, refuting earlier claims the coordinates N255943 and E570225 near the Kouh-e plane was also flying near this drone which istration official said. Planes were in the air airspace,” Zarif wrote on his Twitter account. by the U.S. that the drone was flying over Mobarak region in the central district of Jask in the carried 35 crew members and we had the right and ships were in position, but no missiles Zarif said, “It was targeted at 04:05 at international waters. Islamic Republic of Iran. to shoot that down, however, we shot down had been fired when word came to stand the coordinates (25°59’43”N 57°02’25”E) Such a provocative act is a blatant violation of inter- the unmanned drone,” the general explained. $130 million surveillance drone down, the official said. near Kouh-e Mobarak.” national law and the Charter of the United Nations, in Brian Hook, the U.S. point man for Iran, General Hajizadeh said the U.S. lost one It was not clear whether Mr. Trump simply Zarif: Now U.S. is encroach- particular its Article 2(4). Iran condemns, in the strongest had already questioned Iran’s military ca- of its most sophisticated and expensive spy changed his mind on the strikes or whether possible terms, this irresponsible and provocative wrongful pabilities. However, the Iranian military ing Iran’s territory aircrafts. the administration altered course because act by the United States, which entails its international succeeded to bring down the RQ-4 Global Also, Zarif warned that in addition to The Global Hawk drone, made by Northrop of logistics or strategy. It was also not clear responsibility. Hawk drone with homegrown “Khordad 3” waging “economic terrorism” against Iran, Grumman Corp, is used for intelligence-gath- whether the attacks might still go forward. While the Islamic Republic of Iran does not seek missile. the United States is now invading the Ira- ering over water and coastal areas, and costs Asked about the plans for a strike and war, it reserves its inherent right, under Article 51 of “Iran has photoshopped images of missile nian territory. around $130 million, according to industry the decision to hold back, the White House the United Nations Charter, to take all appropriate launches to try and show its increased mis- “The U.S. wages economic terrorism on experts. It can fly at high altitudes for more declined to comment, as did Pentagon offi- necessary measures against any hostile act violating sile capabilities. They’ve also photoshopped Iran, has conducted covert action against than 30 hours, gathering near-real-time, cials. No government officials asked The New its territory, and is determined to vigorously defend antiquated aircraft and tried to pass them us and now encroaches on our territory,” high-resolution imagery of large areas of York Times to withhold the article. its land, sea and air. off as new stealth fighter jets,” Hook said Zarif tweeted. land in all types of weather. Pentagon warned strike could This is not the first provocative act by the United States on a video on June 8. Zarif added, “We don’t seek war, but will The IRGC announced on Thursday that result in spiraling escalation against Iran’s territorial integrity. It is reminded that in The IRGC published a video on Thursday zealously defend our skies, land and waters.” the surveillance drone was shot down near Trump’s national security advisers split all such cases, the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially night showing the exact moment the drone The United States has claimed that the the Kouh-e Mobarak region in the central about whether to respond militarily. Senior protested to the U.S. through its interests section in the was hit and brought down. drone was operating in international airspace district of Jask after the aircraft violated administration officials said Secretary of State Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran. “The American drone was intercepted, over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s airspace. Mike Pompeo; John R. Bolton, the national The international community is called upon to demand hit and destroyed by the Khordad 3 system Zarif refuted the claim, saying, “We’ll take “The Global Hawk spy drone took off security adviser; and Gina Haspel, the CIA the United States to put an end to its continued unlawful at 04:05, today after it entered Iranian air this new aggression to the UN and show that from one of the U.S. forces’ bases south of director, had favored a military response. But and destabilizing measures in the already volatile region territory,” the IRGC said in a tweet. the U.S. is lying about international waters.” the Persian Gulf at 00:14 a.m. today and top Pentagon officials cautioned that such an of the Persian Gulf. U.S. drone took off from UAE The foreign minister said Iran has found turned off all its Identification (Identification action could result in a spiraling escalation It would be highly appreciated if you could have the Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif parts of the downed drone in its territorial Friend or Foe) equipment and continued with risks for American forces in the region. present letter issued as a document of the Security Council. said on Friday that the U.S. drone violated waters. flight from the Strait of Hormuz to Chabahar Congressional leaders were briefed by Please accept, your Excellency, the assurances of my the Iranian airspace by flying from the Unit- “We’ve retrieved sections of the U.S. mil- port in a full stealth mode,” the statement administration officials in the Situation Room. highest consideration.

Iran summons Swiss Shamkhani says aggressor will regret if Iran attacked ambassador over invading Top security official says Iran does not take Trump ‘seriously’ U.S. drone 1 Tensions have been rising between Tehran and ‘Iran does not take Trump seriously’ Washington since the U.S. withdrew from the UN-endorsed Shamkhani also said that Iran does not take Trump and 1 Baharvand also sent the message that Iran nuclear agreement in May last year and ordered sanctions his remarks “seriously”. does not seek war with any country, however, the on Iran. The top security official said Trump’s policy of sanctions armed forces of the Islamic Republic will strongly Tensions entered a new stage since April when the U.S. and economic war against Iran will reach nowhere and these respond to any act of aggression. designated the IRGC (part of the Iranian military) as a ter- hostile polices will end in failure at the end. “Iran’s armed forces practice self-restraint as far as rorist organization, announced that it does no renew waivers Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told ABC possible in order to maintain peace in volatile region of the for the eight major buyers of the Iranian oil, and started News in an interview published on June 2 that Iran will not be Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. However, if the other side beefing up its military presence in the region, particularly intimidated by President Trump’s “art of the deal pressure”. takes provocative and inconsiderate actions, it will face in the Persian Gulf. He said that “there will be consequences” if the U.S. keeps up retaliatory response whose consequences are unpredictable In another provocative move, on Monday the U.S. also its economic pressure campaign against Iran’s people. and will cause harms to all sides,” Baharvad explained. announced deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the Zarif labeled the new U.S. sanctions as “economic ter- The Swiss envoy promised to immediately convey the Middle East. rorism”. message to Washington. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the U.S. military drone entered the Irani- an airspace from the United Arab Emirates and it was Iran says it has ‘indisputable’ evidence U.S. drone violated airspace targeted near Kouh-e Mobarak. POLITICAL TEHRAN — A top Irani- qchi strongly protested the U.S. administration not seek conflict in the Persian Gulf and warn down a U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drone flying “At 00:14 U.S. drone took off from the UAE in stealth desk mode and violated Iranian airspace,” Zarif wrote on his an diplomat has said there over the American spy drone’s incursion into the American forces against any imprudent over the coastal province of Hormozgan in Twitter account. are “indisputable” evidence that a U.S. spy the Iranian airspace. measure in the region. southern Iran. Zarif said, “It was targeted at 04:05 at the coordinates drone that the IRGC had downed had violated “Even some parts of the drone’s wreckage “The Islamic Republic of Iran will not Washington first denied the report but later (25°59’43”N 57°02’25”E) near Kouh-e Mobarak.” the Iranian airspace. have been retrieved from Iran’s territorial hesitate for a moment to decisively defend its admitted that a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton (a Iran has submitted a protest letter to the United Nations Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian deputy for- waters,” Araqchi told the Swiss envoy. territory against any aggression,” he added. slightly modified RQ-4) had been shot down, over the violation of its airspace by the United States. eign minister for political affairs, made the This was not the first time the Americans Ambassador Leitner said he would im- albeit claiming it happened over international Foreign Minister Zarif said Iran has found parts of the statement in a Thursday emergency phone were committing such act, Araqchi said, urg- mediately convey Iran’s message to the U.S. waters near the Strait of Hormuz. downed drone in its territorial waters. call to the Swiss envoy in Tehran, Markus ing American forces to respect Iran’s aerial government. The drone was shot down using the “We’ve retrieved sections of the U.S. military Leitner, whose country represents the U.S. and maritime borders and fully abide by The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Iranian air defense system “3 Khordad”, drone in OUR territorial waters where it was shot interests in the Islamic Republic. international regulations. (IRGC) announced earlier on Thursday which can hit targets at altitudes as high down,” Zarif explained. In the Thursday night conversation, Ara- The diplomat reiterated that Iran does that its mobile air defense system had shot as 88,000 feet. Tehran has released two videos that show the flight route of the stealth drone as well as the moment it was brought down by an Iranian made air defense Downing of sophisticated drone to hurt U.S. ‘quite a lot’ shield called “Third of Khordad”. Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, (Press TV) — Military experts say the loss of the RQ-4A cording to Military.com, which cited Pentagon documents. sensors and other intelligence-gathering systems to peer wrote a letter on Thursday to UN Secretary General Antonio Global Hawk will hurt the U.S. “quite a lot”, marking the According to analysis by the Government Accountability into other countries. Guterres and the UN Security Council stating that “Iran first known instance of the workhorse drone being shot Office, Global Hawks have at times cost the U.S. more than “There’s a lot going on here, and we’re probably only condemns, in the strongest possible terms, this irrespon- down in its nearly 18-year operational history. $220 million to manufacture and equip. seeing some of it,” said Thomas Karako, director of the sible and provocative wrongful act by the United States, Iran’s Thursday downing of the unmanned reconnaissance The 47-foot-long, jet-powered RQ-4A has a wingspan Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and In- which entails its international responsibility.” aircraft which was developed to evade the very surface-to-air of about 130 feet — more than a Boeing 737 — and can fly ternational Studies. “While the Islamic Republic of Iran does not seek missiles used to shoot it surprised Pentagon officials, the at altitudes of about 65,000 feet for longer than 24 hours Franke said the U.S. military custom-outfits dif- war, it reserves its inherent right, under Article 51 of New York Times said. while packed with sophisticated sensors. ferent vehicles for different missions, making it un- the United Nations Charter, to take all appropriate “This isn’t a throwaway drone whose loss the U.S. will The RQ-4A has amassed over 250,000 flight hours and certain what exact equipment this particular Global necessary measures against any hostile act violating just shrug off,” said Ulrike Franke, a drone expert with the has flown in support of U.S. missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Hawk carried. its territory, and is determined to vigorously defend European Council on Foreign Relations, who described the North Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, the New York Post “There could always be super secret spy tech onboard its land, sea and air,” he said. RQ-4A as a flying “data hoover.” said, citing its maker Northrop Grumman. that we don’t know about,” she said of the downed According to Fars, Commander of the Islamic Revolution It’s not just the price tag that makes the loss of this drone Carrying multiple sensor payloads, the drone “is designed aircraft which is used by both the U.S. Air Force and Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said that a big deal. The drone is designed to be harder to hit, she to gather near-real-time, high-resolution imagery of large the U.S. Navy. the move should alert Washington officials to stay away. said, because it flies at altitudes beyond the reach of many areas of land in all types of weather — day or night,” ac- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said The incident sent “a clear message” to the U.S. and other air defense systems. cording to Northrop. parts of the drone have been recovered as he brushed enemies that Iran will show a firm and crushing response “Drones commonly refer to the small, unmanned aerial Franke said the size and expense of the Global Hawk makes aside U.S. claims that the aircraft way flying in interna- to any aggression, Salami said. vehicles seen crisscrossing local skies — but the U.S. mil- it a significant loss. “This drone was specifically designed tional airspace. “Borders are our red lines and any enemy which vio- itary’s RQ-4A Global Hawk shot down by Iran bears little to be largely invulnerable — because it flies so extremely Iran memorably captured a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone lates them will not go back home and will be annihilated. resemblance to its buzzing brethren,” the New York Post said. high,” she said. in December 2011 and later reverse-engineered the vehicle’s The only way for enemies is to respect Iran’s territorial The aircraft costs a whopping $123 million apiece — about Some Global Hawks are deployed to Al Dahfra Air Base in hardware and software to copy its technology. Sentinel drones integrity and national interests,” he asserted. $34 million more than Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning the United Arab Emirates. They have been used extensively are thought to use stealth technology for inconspicuous II, the Pentagon’s next-generation stealth fighter jets, ac- in the Persian Gulf, relying on a suite of high-end electronic aerial reconnaissance. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 22, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS Joe Biden raps Trump’s Iran strategy Enemies had pinned hope on sowing discord among as a ‘self-inflicted disaster’ Iranian ethnic groups

TEHRAN (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah By staff and agencies it said had violated Iranian airspace. U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders Seyyed Ali Khamenei have said that enemies had pinned hope Former Vice President Joe Biden weighed in also warned the Trump administration against on fueling ethnic and religious differences in Iran, but Iranians Thursday on the rapidly escalating tensions “another war based on lies”, the Morning Star foiled this plot. between the U.S. and Iran, charging that reported. President Donald Trump has upped the odds The Democratic senator from Vermont of a military confrontation by “walking away vowed to do all he can “to stop the U.S. from diplomacy” with Tehran. attacking Iran” as Washington ratchets up “President Trump’s Iran strategy is a self- regional tensions. inflicted disaster,” Biden, a Democratic 2020 In an interview with U.S. broadcaster White House contender, said in a statement, MSNBC, Sanders branded the Iraq and Politico reported. Vietnam wars as “the two worst foreign policy “Two of America’s vital interests in the disasters … based on lies that came from the Middle East are preventing Iran from obtaining White House.” a nuclear weapon and securing a stable energy “I will do everything that I personally can supply through the Strait of Hormuz,” he said. as a United States senator to stop the United “Trump is failing on both counts.” States attacking Iran,” he said. “It’s sadly ironic that the State Department “If we go into a war with Iran this will be is now calling on Iran to abide by the very an asymmetrical war … There will be never- deal the Trump Administration abandoned,” ending wars in the Middle East. It will make Biden said, referring to Trump administration’s the war in Iraq look like a cakewalk.” He made the remarks in a Monday meeting with the staff of withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement. “It’s sadly ironic that the State Department He later tweeted: “The Vietnam War was the Congress of Martyrs of Kordestan province in Tehran. The “By walking away from diplomacy, Trump is now calling on Iran to abide by the based on a lie. The Iraq War was based on meeting was reported by the Leader’s official website on Thursday. has made military conflict more likely. Another very deal the Trump Administration lies. We cannot allow Trump to drag us into Ayatollah Khamenei said that the wise people of Kordestan war in the Middle East is the last thing we war with Iran.” managed to foil enemies’ plots in the early years after the Islamic need,” he added. abandoned,” Biden said, referring to Trump The situation in the Gulf of Oman has revolution. The remarks from Biden came hours administration’s withdrawal from the Iran remained tense since the U.S. accused Iran He went on to say that people of Kordestan and West Azarbaijan after Iran’s military claimed responsibility of attacking two oil tankers last week, while province have greatly served the Islamic Revolution and killed for shooting down an American drone, which nuclear agreement. Iran strongly rejected the allegations. enemies’ hopes. During the Sacred Defense years, people of Kordestan both fought the foreign enemy as well as anti-Revolution forces, he said, praising martyrs of this Iranian region. Downing of drone sends clear Qatar urges peaceful ties between Iran, He called on the youth generation to study the history of how message to U.S.: IRGC Persian Gulf Arab states the Islamic Revolution has reached the current strong point and what efforts have been behind all these achievements. POLITICAL TEHRAN — The com- he said. “This is the manner in which the POLITICAL TEHRAN – Doha has of Oman, the Qatari foreign minister said deskmander of the Islamic Iranian nation confronts its enemy.” deskhighlighted the need for Doha condemns such actions, which not Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on “The downing of the American drone peaceful ties between Iran and the littoral only undermines the security of the region Strait of Hormuz is a Thursday that the downing of a U.S. spy conveyed a clear message and it was the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. but also affects the whole world. drone over the southern parts of Iran sends fact that the defenders of Iran’s borders In a press conference on Friday, Qatari On June 13, two tankers caught fire after cemetery for aggressors, a “clear message” to Washington. will give a crushing and finishing response Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrah- explosions caused by sabotage attacks in cleric warns The message is that while Tehran is to intrusions by any foreign entity,” the man bin Jassim Al Thani stressed that the the Gulf of Oman. 44 sailors of the two for- not seeking war it is completely ready to IRGC chief asserted. regional crises should be resolved through eign oil tankers were rescued by an Iranian POLITICAL TEHRAN – Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari, fight if necessary, Major General Hossein Noting that Iran considered its bor- constructive dialogue, IRNA reported, citing vessel in coordination with Hormuzgan deskan interim Friday prayer leader in Tehran, Salami said. ders as “red line”, the general said: “Any the Al-Khaleej Online. maritime search and rescue center. has said the Strait of Hormuz has always been a cemetery for Speaking at an event in the western enemy that breaches these borders won’t Al-Thani also asked the international They were transported to Jask Port in the the aggressors and will continue to be so. province of Kordestan, he stressed that go back.” community to resolve the recent disputes east of the Iranian province of Hormuzgan His comments came one day after Iran’s Islamic Revolution the Islamic Republic will respond firmly “We declare that we don’t want to go and tensions between Iran and the Unit- as a humanitarian gesture. Guards Corps (IRGC) shot down an intruding American spy to any act of intrusion. into war with any country but we are fully ed States through dialogue to prevent the The two tankers, the Marshal Is- drone in the southern coastal province of Hormozgan. “You heard today that in the early morn- prepared for war and today’s incident was negative effects of the crisis on the Persian lands-flagged and the Panama-flagged, ing the Guard’s Aerospace Force bravely a clear indication of this,” General Salami Gulf security. were on their ways to Taiwan and Singapore downed an intruding American drone,” continued. On attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, respectively. MP rules out talks with West over nuclear deal experience POLITICAL TEHRAN – A member of Mehr reported on Thursday. obligations with regard to Barjam,” he said, deskthe Majlis National Security On the 60-day deadline that Iran has set for adding that actions, rather than words, are and Foreign Policy Committee says Iran will the remaining signatories to the nuclear deal, important for Iran. not hold new rounds of negotiations with the he said Iran would take a firm move if they fail In May 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump West because of its previous experience with to fulfill their duties to save the accord by the pulled the U.S. out of the nuclear deal, also known regard to the 2015 nuclear deal which the U.S. deadline. as the JCPOA, and reimposed sanctions on ditched last year. The 60-day deadline was declared to the re- Tehran. “We negotiated with the West for several maining nuclear deal parties – the European The move has been met with worldwide ob- Addressing worshippers in Tehran, Haj Ali Akbari rejected the years, which led to Barjam (nuclear deal), but Union, Germany, France, Britain, Russia and jections, yet Tehran argues that the international U.S. government’s claim that the drone was flying in international there will definitely be no negotiations with the China - on May 8. community has failed to protect Iran’s economic airspace, Mehr reported. West in the future,” Alaeddin Boroujerdi said, “Europe is expected to quickly fulfill their interests in the face of U.S. sanctions. Following the drone incident, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a series of cataclysmic threats, insisting that the RQ-4 Global Hawk was flying over international waters when it was taken down by an Iranian missile. Presence of Nazanin Zaghari’s husband outside Iran embassy ‘intimidating and insulting’: envoy However, the GPS coordinates released by Iran put the drone TEHRAN (Press TV) — Iran’s UK embassy and began a protest last weekend “His presence is disrupting the work of the wrongdoing of a national lady and she eight miles off the country’s coast, inside the 12 nautical miles ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad says the to call for the release of her wife, who is serving the embassy and apparently what he has in has a verdict of five years in prison.” from the shore, which is Iran’s territorial waters. presence of the British husband of imprisoned a five-year term in Iran on espionage charges. mind is a campaign of pressure against the He said Ratcliffe was free to go to the Haj Ali Akbari also said U.S. allies in the region should dual British-Iranian citizen, Nazanin Zaghari- Baeidinejad said the presence of Ratcliffe, embassy,” he added. embassy and apply for a visa to travel to Iran. buy their defense systems from the Islamic Republic, “because Ratcliffe, outside the embassy has been who is being visited by a group of other people Baeidinejad expressed “sympathy with Earlier this week, Baeidinejad rejected Iran’s defense systems have successfully shot down an advanced intimidating. outside the building, is “intimidating and him” saying, “We are sorry about this claims by Radcliff that he has been denied American drone, while the U.S. defense systems are vulnerable Richard Ratcliffe camped outside the insulting”. situation, but this situation has occurred by a visa to go to Iran to see his wife in prison. to Yemeni drones.” The cleric warned the U.S. government against waging a war on Iran, saying, “We have never waged a war and will never do so, but we tell them ‘if you start a war, you won’t be U.S. spy drone downed after Iran’s several warnings: commander the one finishing it’.” TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The deputy commander of Khatam “On numerous occasions, the American planes have deh stated. al-Anbia Air Defense Base, the headquarters of Iran’s Air received warnings because of violating international regu- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Defense, said the country’s forces targeted and shot down lations, crossing the designated border lines, and entering Thursday that a U.S. spy drone that violated the Iranian Advisor tells Trump: Don’t the U.S. spy drone over the Iranian territorial waters after our territorial waters,” he noted. territorial airspace in the early hours of the day was shot issuing several warnings. “All of the warnings and their flight routes have been down by the IRGC Aerospace Force’s air defense unit near make a mistake The downing of the U.S. military’s unmanned aerial vehicle recorded,” the commander added. the Kooh-e-Mobarak region in the southern province of POLITICAL TEHRAN – A top foreign policy advisor to (UAV) is the result of the “aggressive” nature of Washington “The Americans’ non-compliance with the international Hormozgan. deskthe Iranian parliament speaker has warned and its ignorance of other countries’ rights, Brigadier General law has caused their aircraft to be hit and shot down after The intruding drone was reportedly shot by Iran’s home- President Donald Trump against making a mistake after Iranian Qader Rahimzadeh said on Friday. (receiving) several warnings,” Brigadier General Rahimza- grown air defense missile system “Khordad-3rd”. military downed an invading U.S. spy drone over the Strait of Hormuz, saying the move was a firm message to the U.S. gov- ernment. “Warning to @realDon- Zarif: Iran to start second phase of limiting nuclear commitments on July 7 aldTrump: if making a mistake, 1 Zarif made the remarks in a joint During their press conference, Zarif said Following a meeting between the two countries’ by the two heads of state in Tajikistan, Iran is the end of line will be deter- press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister mutual relations are on the right track, adding delegations earlier this year, Cavusoglu and Zarif ready to boost trade with Turkey. mined by powerful #Iran,” Mevlut Cavusoglu in Isfahan on Friday. Cavusoglu’s trip was important to the two also signed a plan meant to strengthen cooperation The two foreign ministers also discussed Hossein Amir Abdollahian Cavusoglu had arrived in Isfahan a day earlier, countries’ strategic relations and signing of a in bilateral, regional, and international relations energy, banking, and tourism relations, as well said in a tweet on Thursday. on June 20, for a working visit at the invitation political cooperation document between their during their Friday meeting. as the current state of affairs in Syria, Yemen, “Today, #Trump & #White- of Zarif. respective foreign ministries. Zarif also said that following a meeting earlier and the Persian Gulf. House hawks just received a resolute message from a small portion of Iran’s great defense capacities, leading to the shoot- The necessity of “effective reaction” against U.S. hybrid war down of the #US advanced 1 2. Trump administration has proven the world that plan against other countries based on a complex set of new “Purposeful distribution of tasks” between Afghanistan’s #drone,” he added. it will not respect the international agreements and decisions. parameters. This new dangerous scheme, designed by U.S., will neighboring countries in solving its issues (provided that each Earlier in the day, Iran’s Trump unilaterally left U.S. nuclear deal with Iran, abandoned not be thwarted, unless new offensive and defensive strategies of the countries meet their responsibilities) will disrupt a major Islamic Revolution Guards Paris Agreement and is now challenging other international against U.S. hybrid war are designed. part of Washington and NATO’s plans. In such an environment, Corps (IRGC) had shot down agreements such as North American Free Trade Agreement Washington has majorly devised this complex scheme based there will be enough room left for others to help, so that the an intruding American spy drone over country’s southern coastal (NAFTA). These actions are all red flags for the whole world on the “predictable behavior” of its contestants; but with draft- crisis in Afghanistan will finally end and the country achieve province of Hormozgan. about the immediate danger of U.S. to the world. ing a new “guideline for counteracting U.S. hybrid war”, this real, permanent security. In a statement issued early Thursday, the IRGC said the U.S.- Therefore, as a first step, the world independent countries scheme can be thwarted. The recent conference in Ufa is an example of “effective made Global Hawk surveillance drone was brought down by need to form a joint understanding about “Washington’s threat 3. The meeting between Afghanistan’s six neighboring coun- reaction” of active countries such as Iran, Russia, China and its Air Force near the Kouh-e Mobarak region — which sits in to the humanity” and “the parameters of U.S. hybrid warfare.” tries in Russia, has been one of the events that sabotaged parts India against U.S. hybrid war. These kind of reactions must the central district of Jask County — after the aircraft violated meetings such as Ufa conference will be a major step toward of U.S. plans in successful operation of its hybrid war against continue and be defined as long-term permanent plan because Iranian airspace. achieving this goal. the countries who are key decision-makers in West Asia and Washington’s hybrid warfare against world countries will not After the incident, Trump tweeted that “Iran made a very Now, in 2019, Washington is trying to rearrange his battle Indian subcontinent. stop under any circumstances, even if Trump goes out of office. big mistake!” II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 44 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY JUNEJUNE 22, 20192019

STOCK MARKET ‘Establishing exports TEDPIX 234879.4 IFX 2978.13 management Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir companies in border CURRENCIES USD 42,000 rials regions a necessity’ EUR 47,336 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian more active to generate income for those GBP 53,282 rials deskIndustry, Mining regions and also meet the needs of the and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani said country.” AED 11,437 rials establishing exports management companies Mentioning the West Azarbaijan’s great Source: cbi.ir in the border regions is a necessity for boosting potentials for foreign trade, the official Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani (middle), speaking in exports to the neighboring countries, Shata noted that although the province’s trade a meeting with the businessmen and officials of Sardasht county in West Azarbaijan reported on Thursday. was significantly improved last year but it Province on Thursday. Speaking in a meeting with the doesn’t match the region’s potentials and with neighboring countries is expanding and West Azarbaijan Province is one of the COMMODITIES businessmen and officials in Sardasht county should improve even better. investments are increasing and for the time 31 provinces of Iran; It is in the northwest in West Azarbaijan Province, in northwest of The industry, mines and trade minister being, we have a common understanding of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Brent $65.68/b the country, Rahmani said “The government’s further said that the neighboring countries can to establish two joint industrialized zones Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous WTI $57.85/b goal is to make the country’s export borders be Iran’s export bases, adding: “Our relation with Iraq.” Republic. OPEC Basket $61.43/b Gold $1,396.15/oz 130km of railways to connect new towns Food industry providing 375,000 job Silver $15.32oz to major cities via electric trains opportunities in Iran Platinium $808.35oz ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran’s in the next Iranian calendar year (March ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran’s by continuous supply of raw materials and desk desk Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com New Towns Devel- 2020-March 2021), saying “Given the high deputy industry minis- assistance in creating special export lines for opment Company, a subsidiary of the population density we have in Parand ter announced that domestic food industry is this industry.” roads and urban development ministry, New Town and the region’s capacities, providing 375,000 job opportunities across He further mentioned developments announced that near 130 kilometers of new we can reach the metropolitan housing the country, IRNA reported. in manufacturing the industry’s necessary 2-month extraction of lead, railways are going to connect the country’s market of Tehran when the railway is Farshad Moqimi made the remarks during equipment and machinery inside the coun- new towns to the main cities by electric established.” a visit to the 26th International Exhibition of try, saying, “We have grown to a great extent zinc at over 129,000 tons trains, IRIB reported. He also emphasized the importance Food, Food Technology and Agriculture of in the field of manufacturing of industrial According to the Deputy Roads and of establishing rail transport between the Iran (Agrofood 2019) on Thursday. machinery in the food industry.” ECONOMY TEHRAN — Some 129,172 tons of lead and Urban Development Minister Habibolah country’s new towns and major cities in “About 14 percent of employment and 11 Attended by 160 foreign companies, the deskzinc were extracted in Iran during the first two Taherkhani, establishing rail transport be- reducing traffic and air pollution. percent of the value added of the country’s 26th International Exhibition of Food, Food months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21), tween the new towns and major cities is “Using rail transport has a significant industrial sector are accounted by the food Technology and Agriculture of Iran (Agrofood IRNA reported. one of the main priorities of the company impact on energy and cost savings, ac- industry,” he said. 2019), was held during June 18-21 at the Teh- in this year. cording to study reports up to 40 percent The official underlined the positive contri- ran Permanent International Fairgrounds. The official noted that the ministry is of Tehran’s traffic is due to the arrival of bution of this industry to the country’s foreign The exposition is the largest and the most making necessary arrangements to inau- cars from the suburbs to the city center,” trade and said: “In this regard, the govern- famous international food fair in the Mid- gurate the Tehran-Parand subway line he said. ment is focused on supporting the industry dle East.

German manufacturing decline eases as services grow - flash PMIs Activity in Germany’s services and manu- Markit’s flash services Purchasing Man- The manufacturing PMI for Germany remained below the 50 mark that sepa- facturing sector edged higher in June, agers’ Index (PMI)rose slightly to 55.6, hit a four-month high of 45.4 in June rates growth from contraction. a survey showed on Friday, suggesting a two-month high, from 55.4 in May. from 44.3 in May, signaling an easing That left the composite PMI index that growth in Europe’s biggest economy The sector has been helping to support in the decline rather than a return to measuring activity in the services and has stabilized at a moderate pace in the growth in Germany while manufacturing growth. manufacturing sectors that together ac- As reported, extraction of these minerals during the two-month second quarter. has suffered, partly due to trade disputes With production in the sector falling count for over two-thirds of the German period of this year has fallen 50 percent compared to the same According to uk.reuters.com,IHS and Brexit uncertainty. for the fifth straight month, the index economy unchanged at 52.6. time span of the past year. Lead and zinc extraction has been also dropped 50 percent during the second calendar month of Ordibehesht (April 21-May 21) from the same month in the previous year. Industry ministry

Iran—Syria good political unveils directive relations can support mutual trade: official on re-injection ECONOMY TEHRAN — Keyvan Kashefi, the chairman IN THE NAME OF GOD deskof Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce, of export income First Announcement said the two countries’ good political relations can help the two ECONOMY TEHRAN – Following the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING sides’ traders to boost economic relations, IRNA reported on deskCentral Bank of Iran (CBI), Wednesday. the ministry of industry, mines and trade has Speaking in a conference on development of economic cooperation issued a directive package which provides the between Iran’s Lorestan Province and Iraq and Syria in Khorrama- country’s exporters with guidelines about how INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 98-04/112 bad Chamber of Commerce in western Iran, Kashefi said, “Syria is a Tender Holder: very potent market and the most urgent task for Iranian traders is to accelerate presence in this market, which requires expert work.” ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) The official mentioned the war-stricken country’s potentials for economic cooperation, saying “Before war Syria was one of the most important producers among Arabic countries, it presented Subject of Two-Stage Tender: great trade opportunities and was one of the major exporters of IRIB International Offices ENG Equipment according to the tender documents. agriculture and textile products in the region.” Kashefi put Iran’s exports to Syria at only $250 million in the past Iranian calendar year (March 2018-March 2019), and noted Deadline of Receiving Documents: that the level of trade is not satisfactory considering the two sides As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on potentials and capacities. The official expressed hope that with the support of the two sides’ Wednesday June 26, 2019. governments the economic relations between the two countries could reach the desirable levels in the upcoming years. Place of Receiving Documents: Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and they should re-inject their foreign currency incomes into the country’s economy, IRNA Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran reported on Thursday. Based on the new directive, for the Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: petrochemical sector, the exporters should The amount of USD 5,000 (equivalent to 500,000,000 Rials) which should be in the form of extendable present at least 60 percent of their foreign bank guarantee currency incomes into the domestic Forex Management Integrated System (locally known as NIMA), and a maximum 10 percent Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: could be injected into the financial system The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked with tender in the form of hard currency and the rest could be used for importing necessary goods. number no later than 15 p.m. on Saturday July 27, 2019 and submitted to the Secretariat of Commission As for other exporters, at least 50 percent of Tenders. Earlier in March, Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud of the total earnings should be presented at said Iranian companies are the top priority for trade and awarding the NIMA system and a maximum 20 percent Time and Place of Opening Envelopes the country’s reconstruction projects. could be distributed in form of hard currency A trade delegation from Syria visited Iran on March 11 to attend and the rest can be used for imports. The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Monday July 29, 2019 in the office of Vice a business forum which was held at Iran Chamber of Cooperatives In early May, the CBI Governor Abdolnaser President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after technical in Tehran and also to hold talks with Iranian private sector in or- Hemmati said that so far the country’s der to encourage them to cooperate in the war-stricken country’s exporters have re-injected 60 percent of evaluation. reconstruction. their total exports revenues in the form of It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. Iran and Syria have been exchanging numerous trade delegations foreign currency into the country’s financial in the past few months and Iranian private companies are already system. investing in different areas like providing construction materials Hemmati noted that last year some $18.7 For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 especially cement and working on several reconstruction projects billion of foreign currency was returned It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. in Syria. into the country’s financial system by the In August 2018, a delegation comprised of Iranian economic exporters. Public Relations Dept. of IRIB experts traveled to Syria to explore investment opportunities Iran provides foreign currency for the and finalize the reconstruction plans of the war-stricken country. country’s exporters with significantly low Also in January, the 14th preparatory meeting of Iran-Syria exchange rates and the exporters are obliged high joint technical committee of economic cooperation was to return the equivalent of the supplied fund held at Damascus. in the form of foreign currency. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 22, 2019 ENERGY 5

NIOC should focus on petro-refinery Miners see 50% renewables as standard, but are aiming projects: Parl. Research Center for 100%

Consider this statistic. An average size off grid mine with ENERGY TEHRAN – The Re- million tons of petrochemical products a 30MW power plant will likely burn about $1.4 billion of desk search Center of Iran’s annually and with several new projects diesel fuel over a 20-year period, at current prices. That’s parliament said in a report that petro-re- underway, the number is expected to about one third of the total cost of the mine. fineries are two times more profitable than jump over 65 million tons, further ce- According to sasknewsnow.com, now, the Australian min- refineries and suggested that National menting the Islamic Republic’s stance ing industry has suddenly discovered that there is a cheaper, Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)’s new refin- as a major petrochemical supplier to the cleaner and smarter way to power their operations, and the ery projects be defined as petro-refineries. world markets. sector is now emerging as the unlikely source of the next The report dubbed “Petro-refineries, The country also plans to establish a boom in renewables investment. their role in competing the oil value chain new petrochemical complex in Hormoz- The Australian mining industry is not usually regarded and the status in Iran’s oil industry” stated gan Province adjacent to Persian Gulf as the go-to cohort for the push into clean energy and emis- that constructing petro-refineries is one waters, which will increase the country’s sions abatement, if their lobbying groups and peak bodies of the most important ways to alleviate petrochemical output by 15 million tons are anything to go by. severe economic impacts of price fluctu- per year. But while the likes of the Minerals Council of Australia ations and achieve a much higher margin Comprising of 14 petrochemical pro- spend enormous resources pushing for new coal generators of profit, Mehr news agency reported. jects in Phase I, the new petrochemical and even nuclear, and promoting these ideas through their The report further emphasizes the im- complex will be constructed in the Par- close links with the government, the industry itself now find portance of completing the value chain of sian Energy Intensive Industrial Special themselves at the forefront of the transition to renewable the oil and gas industry to increase value Economic Zone (PEISEZ). energy. added and prevent crude oil sales as one A wide variety of industries such as Which makes the principal theme at this week’s Energy of the principles that has been underlined power plants, aluminum complexes and and Mines conference in Perth all the more extraordinary. If in the country’s Sixth National Five-Year petro refineries are also going to be in- there was consensus among the 300-strong people in attend- Development Plan (2016-2021). tegrated into this new hub. ance, it could possibly be best summed this way: More than “According to French energy giant To- Accessing diverse liquid and gas feed- 50 percent renewable share at Australian mine sites should tion of a hybrid system of refining and most important pillars of Iran’s economy tal, by 2020 global demand for oil prod- stock is one of the main attractions of now be considered the norm, and 100 per cent renewables petrochemicals (petro-refinery) seems and one of the main suppliers of foreign ucts will increase by 1.1 percent while the Iran’s petrochemical industry for inves- will follow soon enough. a necessity,” the report read. currency especially euro for the country. demand for polymers increases by 3.3 tors, and it is safe to say that the industry ARENA CEO Darren Miller, in announcing support for Petrochemical industry is one of the Iran is currently producing near 63 percent, so with this in mind, the crea- is Iran’s most lucrative industry. two ground-breaking projects combining wind, solar and batteries at the Agnew gold mine and the GMA garnet mine near Kalbarri, says the cost reductions in renewables are game changing. Oil prices extend gains amid Middle East tensions, rate cut hopes Replacing fossil fuels ‘It is not a case of whether we replace fossil fuels with renew- Oil prices rose on Friday, with Brent crude heading for its tariff war,” Esparza said. ables, but how we integrate them.’ And he says the opportunity first weekly gain in five weeks on tensions in the Middle East Concern about slowing economic growth and a U.S.-Chi- goes beyond stationary energy, thanks to the emergence of after Iran shot down a U.S. military drone and on hopes for a na trade dispute had pulled oil lower in recent weeks. That batteries and hydrogen, and into transport as well. drop in U.S. interest rates that may stimulate global growth. came after Brent reached a 2019-high above $75 in April. ‘We will see rapid and ongoing cost reductions in battery While U.S. President Donald Trump played down the Trump said on Thursday he suspected the drone was costs, and mining companies moving to battery vehicles and destruction of the drone, tensions remain high after the shot down by mistake and that “it would have made a big hydrogen.” latest incident in the Persian Gulf, which followed tanker difference” to him if the remotely-controlled aircraft had attacks last week that raised concerns about crucial oil sup- been piloted. plies being disrupted. While the comments appeared to suggest Trump was not The demand-side picture has also improved, with expec- eager to escalate the latest in a series of incidents with Iran, tations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at he also warned that: “This country will not stand for it”. its next meeting and with plans by Beijing and Washington Tehran said the unarmed Global Hawk surveillance drone to resume talks to resolve a trade war that has hit economic was on a spy mission over its territory, but Washington said growth prospects. Potential supply “disruptions have boosted energy prices it was shot down over international airspace. Brent crude was up 39 cents, or 0.6%, at $64.84 a barrel combined with the dollar weakness after the Fed signaled Several top U.S. House Republicans said on Thursday the by 0034 GMT. The global benchmark rose 4.3% on Thursday an interest rate is near,” Alfonso Esparza, senior market United States must undertake a “measured response” to Iran. and is heading for a weekly gain of more than 4% after four analyst at OANDA, said in a note. Tension has been rising in the Middle East, home to over weeks of decline. A weaker greenback tends to support oil prices because 20% of the world’s oil output, after attacks on two tankers U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 32 cents, or crude is usually priced in dollars. near the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for oil supplies. 0.6%, at $57.39 a barrel. The U.S. benchmark rose 5.4% on “Trade anxiety has died down, pushing energy prices Washington blamed Tehran for the tanker attacks. Iran Thursday and is on track for a nearly 10% increase this week. higher as global growth will not be pressured by a prolonged denied any role.

Clean power to overtake fossil fuels Asian LNG prices slip as cargoes flood; All the more striking was the mood that this was more in Britain in 2019 North Asian demand slows than just a change in electricity supply. It could preface a fundamental re-think about the nature of mining in Australia. Britain, the birth place of coal power, is in 2009. By Jessica Jaganathan per mmBtu, they added. Low cost renewable electricity means mining companies set this year to use more electricity from Britain’s windy coastlines in particular The surplus of cargoes come as imports will no longer just shovel ore into shipping containers to zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar have proved to be an ideal host for large Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas of the super-chilled fuel into Japan, South export it for value-adding overseas, they will now look at and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants wind projects, with the northwest coast (LNG) slipped this week on the back of a Korea, Taiwan and China look set to dip establishing refining, processing and smelting industries for the first time, the country’s National of England home to the world’s largest surplus of cargoes globally while imports by more than 10% in June from the pre- considered impossible up to now. Grid said on Friday. offshore wind farm, Orsted’s Walney from North Asia appeared to be slowing vious month, according to shiptracking ‘I think there is a huge opportunity for industry, and for As stated by euronews.com, Britain Extension. down this month, industry sources said. data from Refinitiv. the refining and processing of copper, lead, zinc, and man- was home to the world’s first coal-fuelled The increase in zero-carbon power Spot prices for August delivery to North- The LNG tanker ‘Seri Camar’ has been ganese, says Justin Brown, the executive director of Element power plant in the 1880s, and coal was its marks a huge shift from a decade ago east Asia are estimated to be about $4.60 floating in Malaysian waters after loading 25, which is looking to source a minimum 50 per cent and up dominant electricity source and a major when coal and gas plants provided around per million British thermal units (mmBtu), the ship from Sabah oil and gas terminal to 90 per cent renewables for the 100MW supply needed at economic driver for the next century. three-quarters of the country’s electricity. down about 10 to 30 cents from last week, in early June, data from Refinitiv and data it Butcherbird manganese project in the Pilbara. But last week it became the first G7 Britain plans to phase out all coal-fired the sources said. intelligence firm Kpler showed. The Butcherbird project is looking to export value-add- country to commit to reach net-zero power generation by 2025 and further Prices for July delivery are estimated The first LNG export cargo ed manganese plate, now that wind and solar has provided emissions by 2050, a target requiring a cuts in greenhouse emissions will be vi- at about $4.40 per mmBtu, stable from The tanker ‘Valencia Knutsen’, which cheap power to enable Australian companies to compete with big increase in low-carbon power, and an tal if the country is to meet the net-zero the previous week, they added. is carrying the first LNG export cargo from Chinese producers. And the Australian project will have the even steeper reduction in fossil fuel use. target, the government’s climate advisers A flurry of sell tenders flooded the global Royal Dutch Shell’s Prelude floating LNG, added advantage of being low-carbon. European leaders have also this week have said. market while demand remained stable, is currently anchored in South Korea with “It can be a viable alternative to just shipping the ore out,’ discussed moving to a tougher climate Germany, which gets around 35% of industry sources said. destination stated as Geoje, Refinitiv data Brown says, suggesting that the renewable hydrogen export target but have struggled to find una- its electricity from renewable sources “Demand is actually quite alright, but showed on Friday. story should be supplement by the side of exporting zero nimity among member states. has struggled to reduce its emissions due it’s the supply that’s depressing prices,” a On the demand side, Indian Oil Corp may carbon products such as steel, alumina and others. “Why The “incredible progress that Britain to its high portion of coal power, which Singapore-based LNG trader said. have bought a cargo for delivery on Aug. not?” he asks. has made in the past 10 years means we contributed more than one-third of its Exxon Mobil Corp’s Papua New Guinea 22 at $4.50 per mmBtu, industry sources It’s not exactly what I expected when I took the plane in can now say 2019 will be the year ze- power last year. LNG export plant, Australia’s Ichthys plant, said, though this could not immediately Sydney to cross the Nullabor. The political and mainstream ro-carbon power beats fossil fuel fired The National Grid data showed 9% of Nigeria LNG, Angola LNG plant and Abu be confirmed. media talk in the eastern states is dominated by scare stories generation for the first time,” National Britain’s electricity came from imports from Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) offered India’s Gujarat State Petroleum Corp that renewables will be the death of Australia’s economy, kill Grid CEO John Pettigrew said. Europe via interconnectors with France, cargoes for July loading or delivery, in- (GSPC) is seeking two cargoes for delivery manufacturing and destroy jobs. Data from National Grid shows Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland dustry sources said. in August, sources said. The mining industry low-carbon power generation contrib- during the first five months of the year. Supply was also coming in for August Providing some support, LNG loadings The mining industry here think that sort of talk is just uted around 48% of Britain’s electricity in National Grid said the growing num- with Oman LNG offering three cargoes, from Sempra Energy’s $10 billion Cam- nuts. Luckily for them, they can pretty much ignore the fed- the first five months of 2019 while fossil ber of power interconnectors Britain has sources added. eron export terminal in Louisiana have eral government and its neanderthal approach to energy fuels such as coal and gas-fired plants with its neighbors, such as nuclear power Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration been delayed after the first cargo from the and emissions. contributed around 47%. The rest comes dominant France, will help Britain further Co (KUFPEC) may have sold a cargo for project was exported last month to start It has taken the mining industry a while to get to this point, from biomass and storage. curb its fossil fuel use. loading from Australia’s Wheatstone plant up operations. however, as they are conservative bunch. The transition has been largely due to An interconnector planned with Nor- between July 30 and Aug. 3 at $4.20 per At least two commissioning cargoes, one This five-year old graph - produced for an ARENA report - a huge increase in Britain’s wind power way will give Britain access to Norway’s mmBtu, industry sources said, though for France’s Total and another for Spain’s highlights the fact that solar PV has been beating diesel costs capacity, with wind contributing almost carbon-free hydro power, while also en- this could not immediately be confirmed. Repsol, were delayed, according to industry since around 2012. a fifth of the country’s power in the first abling Britain to export is growing wind In Singapore, Gunvor sold a cargo for sources and shiptracking data. Miners and other off grid users pay a whopping $250- five months of 2019, up from just 1% capacity, National Grid said. loading over Aug. 9 to 13 to BP at $4.80 (Source: finance.yahoo.com) $400/MWh for electricity, and solar PV prices have slumped even further than that assumed in this graph, to well below $100/MWh. Part of the problem was that miners were not convinced that solar, or wind, could be absorbed easily into an off-grid Persian Gulf OPEC producers to keep July production within current deal location without affecting reliability. OPEC’s oil producers from the Persian Gulf intensified. The Saudis are also asking other Numerous pilot projects have proved this is not the case, are not in a rush to increase production in July producers to follow and restrain production, and the rapid improvement in battery technologies, integra- despite the fact that the current agreement OPEC officials told The Journal. tion and control system has now given the confidence that expires at the end of June and the cartel and While the Persian Gulf producers Kuwait this technology is both cheaper and more reliable than what allies will discuss their future oil policy in and the UAE will follow the Saudi’s lead, the they have now. the first days of July. biggest unknown at the OPEC+ meetings Having recognized the opportunity, the mining industry According to oilprice.com, the Persian rescheduled for July 1-2 is whether non-OPEC is unlikely to muck around. After all, on off grid sites, they Gulf oil producers — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Russia will continue to play ball and agree don’t have to stuff around with policies, and regulators and and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — will to roll over the cuts. rule makers can’t get in their way. keep their July production within the limits “Russia is the only country that is yet to Consider the potential. According to Juwi, the global set by the current deal expiring in June, OPEC decide,” an OPEC source told Reuters today, mining industry consumers around 400TWh of electricity sources told Reuters on Thursday. OPEC’s de facto leader and largest pro- of the cuts in May, though in much smaller confirming comments from Saudi Energy a year, about twice the consumption of Australia’s entire grid. The Saudis are pumping in June at around ducer Saudi Arabia pumped 9.69 million proportions than the Saudis. Minister Khalid al-Falih from earlier this Stephen Hanson, the chief operating officer of Juwi, which the same rate as in May, while their produc- bpd in May, according to OPEC’s secondary Earlier this week, The Wall Street Jour- month that a “rollover is almost in the bag” built the ground-breaking solar and battery storage facility tion in July will continue to comply with sources, while under the deal, the cap for the nal reported that Saudi Arabia is cutting for OPEC, but the cartel has yet to discuss at the Degrussa copper mine in W.A. says the global mining the current production cut deal, Reuters’ Kingdom is 10.311 million bpd. Kuwait and its oil production even deeper this month the pact with the non-OPEC producers led industry consumes around 400TWh of electricity a year, sources said. the UAE also over-complied with their share as concerns over oil demand growth have by Russia. about twice the consumption of Australia’s entire grid. 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‘Fake news’ about China trade dents credibility of U.S. Of crimes and pardons By Hu Weijia By Rebecca Gordon and Tom Engelhardt put up a fight or anything. The women huddled against their children and took ANTIWAR — How about a little it. They brought their kids real close to round of Auld Lang Syne? After all, their stomachs and hugged them, and when it comes to war crimes, whatev- put their bodies over them trying to save er he ends up doing, Donald Trump them. It didn’t do much good.” will still be a johnny-come-lately. Re- Alone among the 26 servicemen tried member, for instance, that top officials for My Lai, Lieutenant Calley was con- in the administration of George W. victed in 1971 of murder. All the rest were Bush, including Vice President Dick acquitted. Calley was sentenced to life in Cheney and National Security Advi- the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, sor Condoleezza Rice, reportedly had later reduced to 20 years. However, in a methods of torture demonstrated to move that would presage Donald Trump’s them in the White House and officially order to release Eddie Gallagher, the green-lighted such methods in their day after Calley’s conviction, President post-9/11 campaign to, as they put Richard Nixon arranged for him to be it, “take the gloves off” in the Global moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, where War on Terror. Similarly, Secretary of he lived under house arrest until his pa- Defense Donald Rumsfeld, on hearing role a mere three-and-a-half years later. about stress techniques being used by As Nick Turse revealed in the Nation the CIA on prisoners in the war on 40 years later, My Lai was no aberra- GLOBALTIMES-As US President Donald Trump lev- terror, complained that they were too tion. It was part of a larger operation els accusations of “fake news” and stirs up distrust of the timid. “I stand for 8-10 hours a day,” called Speedy Express, conceived at the media, he also keeps making mistakes when it comes to he wrote. “Why is standing limited to highest military levels, involving civilian economic data and continues a trade war with China based 4 hours?” Meanwhile, Justice Depart- murders committed across a wide swath on “fake” figures. ment lawyers were promoting what of South Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. As Trump was quoted by the Washington Post and the were then being euphemistically called Turse wrote in 2008: columnist Gary Younge offers some de- recent discussion of pardons and war New York Times as saying that “We have never taken in 10 “enhanced interrogation techniques” “From December 1968 through May tails: “On Mansur’s release Behenna was crimes, who’s talking about holding cents from China. We would lose $500 billion a year with as anything but torture. They even 1969, a large-scale operation was carried supposed to take him home, but instead responsible the authors of the policies China.” It isn’t the first time such figures were mentioned redefined “severe physical or mental out by the Ninth Infantry Division, with took him to a secluded area, stripped him that put those soldiers in Afghanistan by Trump. According to a post on the White House website pain or suffering” in the classic legal support from nondivision assets ranging naked and shot him dead, later claiming and Iraq in the first place? (Or, for that on May 9, Trump said “we’re the piggybank that everybody description of such acts more or less from helicopter gunships to B-52 bomb- Mansur had made a lunge for his gun.” matter, in Syria, Yemen, Niger, or any steals from, including China. We’ve been paying China out of existence. An act would not be ers. The offensive, known as Operation Now, Behenna has a presidential pardon of the other acknowledged and unac- $500 billion a year for many, many years.” considered torture, they decided, if Speedy Express, claimed an enemy body and Ali Mansur Mohammed is still dead. knowledged battlefields in our forever According to data from the Office of the US Trade Rep- “intent” wasn’t there – and the only count of 10,899 at a cost of only 267 Who else is in line for a possible par- wars?) If the crime is big enough – like resentative, the US goods and services trade deficit with way to know about intent would be to American lives. Although guerrillas were don? The list includes Nicholas Slatten, a creating or countenancing a U.S. torture China was $378.6 billion in 2018. Chinese customs statistics ask the potential torturer. (Even then, known to be well armed, the division former contractor for Blackwater, twice archipelago that stretched from Thai- showed the US trade deficit with China was $323 billion he or she would need to have “specific captured only 748 weapons.” convicted of murder in federal court for land to Poland to Guantánamo Bay, or last year. The figure of $500 billion is quite different from intent to cause pain” in mind.) Quoting an anonymous sergeant who his part in the infamous Nisour Square lying to the world to justify launching the official figures when it comes to the US trade deficit This was the mentality of the Bush in 1970 wrote a 10-page letter to Army massacre of 14 civilians in Baghdad in an aggressive war on Iraq – the risk of with China.What’s more, data compiled by FactCheck.org White House as CIA “black sites” (es- Chief of Staff General William Westmo- 2007. Blackwater, you may recall, was trial is nonexistent. No pardons required. show the US collected more than $10 billion in customs sentially secret torture prisons) spread reland, Turse added that a mercenary outfit owned until 2010 Should pictures surface of you tor- duties on Chinese imports each year from 2010 to 2018. around the planet, while Guantánamo was “these killings all took place for one by Erik Prince, a Trump confidant and menting Iraqis in some foreign prison It is unreasonable to say the US has “never taken in 10 set up as the administration’s offshore reason: ‘the General in charge and all the the brother of Secretary of Education like Iraq’s Abu Ghraib, as Army reservists cents from China.” Bermuda Triangle of injustice. The CIA commanders, riding us all the time to Betsy DeVos. Also under consideration Charles Graner and Lynndie England Trump may need a fact-check of his remarks before even waterboarded – in a blunter age, it get a big body count. Nobody ever gave for pardons: did, you might indeed end up in jail for a delivering speeches, posting tweets or rolling out policies. was known as “the water torture” – one direct orders to “shoot civilians” that Army Major Matthew Golsteyn, a while and become the possible object of a Trump formally launched his re-election campaign with a prisoner 83 times in a single month (a I know of, but the results didn’t show Green Beret accused of murdering an presidential pardon. If, however, you’re rally on Tuesday in Florida. The American people need to technique banned after Barack Obama any different than if… they had ordered unarmed Afghan Major General Geoffrey Miller, who ran figure out whether the president will rely on false figures came into office). So candidate Donald it. The Vietnamese were dead, victims Navy Special Warfare Operator the Guantánamo prison for then-Defense or claims to “Keep America Great.” Trump was in good company in 2016 of the body count pressure and nobody Chief Edward Gallagher, accused among Secretary Donald Rumsfeld – well, you’re False claims made by a president can do nothing but when he began claiming that he would cared enough to try to stop it.’” other things of “stabbing a defenseless a hero. In 2003, Rumsfeld dispatched affect the image of a country. Trump has more than once load up Gitmo “with some bad dudes,” No one was ever prosecuted for the teenage captive to death, picking off a Miller from Cuba to take charge of U.S. accused China of manipulating its currency, but the US while bringing “back waterboarding, and crimes of Operation Speedy Express and school-age girl and an old man from a military prisons in Iraq, especially Abu Treasury in May again decided not to label China as a cur- a hell of a lot worse.” In that campaign only William Calley was ever convicted sniper’s roost,” and “indiscriminately Ghraib, and to “Gitmo-ize them,” which rency manipulator. Trump accuses China but doesn’t even year, he repeatedly called for its use and for the horrors of My Lai, themselves but spraying neighborhoods [in Mosul, Iraq] he certainly did. And if you’re Donald have the evidence to persuade officials in his government. swore that, as president, he’d approve one example of what Westmoreland’s with rockets and machine-gun fire,” ac- Rumsfeld himself, who approved the With the US economy mired in multiple hidden perils amid it “in a heartbeat” because “only a stu- anonymous correspondent called, “a My cording to the New York Times use of torture at Guantánamo in an infa- trade tensions, it is advised that the Trump administration pid person would say it doesn’t work… Lay [sic] each month for over a year.” A “group of Marine Corps snipers mous December 2002 memo requested not resort to extreme repression for the sake of winning [and] if it doesn’t work, [the terrorists] Indeed, the expression “a Lieutenant charged,” as the Times also reported, by Miller, you’re an elder statesman and re-election. The only way out is to get back on track to deserve it anyway, for what they’re do- Calley” came to signify a low-level scape- “with urinating on the corpses of dead honored philanthropist. restore trade ties with China. ing.” We’re talking, of course, about a goat for war crimes ordered (however Taliban fighters” War Crimes and Cover-Ups candidate without pity who swore that, implicitly) by higher ups who managed Trump seems to have taken an inter- Of course, the war on terror isn’t the in fighting ISIS, he would do more than to keep their hands – and their legacies est in Gallagher’s case as early as this first American conflict in which high- just kill its members. “When you get these – clean of the taint of atrocity. World looks with hope at Xi’s March, when he tweeted, “In honor of er-ups have escaped responsibility for terrorists,” he said, “you have to take out Of course, no high-ranking officer, his past service to our Country, Navy Seal war crimes. I was only 17 in November North Korea visit their families.” cabinet-level official, or U.S. pres- #EddieGallagher will soon be moved 1969, but I still remember when inves- His rally audiences ate it up and so a ident would ever stand trial for the to less restrictive confinement while he tigative reporter Seymour Hersh broke Chinese President Xi Jinping embarks on a historic visit man who was openly and preemptively crimes of the Vietnam War. Not for awaits his day in court. Process should the story of the My Lai massacre in Viet- of North Korea on Thursday. The first visit since 2005 by proud of being a future war criminal – the extensive use of the incendiary move quickly!” For once, Trump wasn’t nam. He recounted the events of a day a top Chinese leader to the country has the international no euphemisms for him – was elected napalm against defenseless civilians; lying and soon afterwards he ordered the of horror in March 1968 when a small community watching intently. president of the United States. Think of not for the CIA’s infamous Phoenix This is a big event on China-North Korea relations. North that as you consider what TomDispatch Navy to release the prisoner from the Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited China four times regular Rebecca Gordon has to say today brig while he awaits trial. Gallagher is since last year. Xi’s return visit makes bilateral ties robust about his urge to pardon convicted (or now merely restricted to his base. at the highest levels. accused) war criminals in the lower ranks Small Fry Get Tried, Big Fish Walk The traditional China-North Korea friendship has stood of the U.S. military. It’s a small, small Both military figures and civilians the test of time and transformed into a strategic asset for world we live in and it’s getting smaller have expressed disgust at Trump’s the two countries. China and North Korea are comrades, every day. ~ Tom Memorial Day pardon talk. Some, like close neighbors, and good partners. This is a strategic choice Clemency for the Lowly, Free Passes Buttigieg, argue that pardons for war made by the two sides based on history and reality, the in- for the Mighty crimes endanger those now serving in ternational and regional situation and China-North Korea Memorial Day has come and gone and the military. “If the president blows a relations as a whole. President Trump did not issue his pardons hole in” the military justice system, the The traditional friendly relations between the countries after all. There was substantial evidence Democratic candidate for president told also help consolidate peace and stability in Northeast Asia, that he was planning to use the yearly the Washington Post, “he is blowing a and continuously provide impetus for solving the Korean moment honoring the country’s war dead hole in the military and he is putting Peninsula nuclear issue. Take the two North Korea-US to grant executive clemency to several troops’ lives at risk” by signaling to summits as an example. In terms of travel, China provided U.S. soldiers and at least one military adversaries that the United States is the North Korean leader the means of transportation and contractor. All have been accused, and not bound by the laws of war, so they railway passage. The strategic trust between the two coun- one already convicted, of crimes in the needn’t be either. tries has always been a key source of confidence in attempts never-ending war on terror. But appar- Other critics point to potential harm to resolve the Peninsula standoff.The outside world often ently Trump received enough resistance to the integrity of the military justice misinterprets top-level exchanges between China and North from serving and retired senior military system, which requires that military Korea. The perception is driven partly by ideological bias officers and former soldiers, including commanders refrain from seeking to and partly by a narrow geopolitical perspective. presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, influence ongoing judicial processes. Some elites in the US and South Korea are naturally wary to change his mind – for now. Presumably the category of “military commanders” includes the command- of high-level exchanges between China and North Korea. The Friday before Memorial Day, the Program in which between 20,000 er-in-chief. Yet Trump has done just band of U.S. soldiers, led by Lieutenant A large part of this is a misunderstanding of the basic fact president was evidently still undecided and 40,000 Vietnamese were mur- that, most recently by telling reporters William Calley, systematically murdered that China has a stake in the Korean Peninsula issue, and but moved, so he told reporters, by his dered (often after being tortured); he might wait until after the trials are somewhere between 350 and 570 Viet- driven by some selfish considerations. Such people hope compassion for former fighters who are not for the carpet bombing of parts of over to consider issuing those pardons, namese civilians, all of them old men, that China shouldn’t be involved in the formulation of the being “really treated very unfairly.” After North Vietnam and significant parts a pretty strong signal to the courts of the women, or children. It would later emerge roadmap for resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. all, he explained, “Some of these soldiers of South Vietnam; not for the deaths outcomes he’d like to see. that, in addition to shoving Vietnamese At the same time they hope that China will fully cooperate are people that have fought hard and of as many as two million civilians in Outrageous as these potential and peasants into ditches and machine gun- and push forward Washington’s plans, actively responding long. You know, we teach them how to North and South Vietnam. actual pardons may be, even the most ning them, executing people kneeling to those plans even if they contradict China’s interests. be great fighters, and then when they Remember Nuremberg? outraged of observers continue to avoid outside a temple, setting fire to homes, There are some Americans who always suspect that fight…” – well, we’re sometimes cruel The United States was not always so a more significant issue: only relatively and shooting people as they ran out to China is playing the North Korea card amid the trade war. enough to hold them to the standards set reluctant to put national leaders on trial low-level soldiers and contractors have escape the flames, soldiers raped many They are too sensitive and measuring others on their own by U.S. and international law. Of course, for their war crimes. That’s exactly what been held responsible for crimes com- women and girls. terms.The friendship between China and North Korea is there are those, including ethics students this country, along with the other three mitted in the war on terror. With all the A witness told Hersh, “They didn’t built upon long-term strategic interests of both sides, rather of mine in the Reserve Officer Training “Great Powers” of World War II – France, than on a calculation to solve one specific problem. Corps, who might argue that part of the Great Britain, and the Soviet Union – did On the whole, the Korean Peninsula problem is thorny training to be a “great fighter” is learning The United States was not always so when they tried high-ranking Nazis and and the international environment has become increasing- to obey the laws of war, including, for reluctant to put national leaders on trial for their enablers at Nuremberg. ly complex, which adds many unfavorable parameters to example, the Geneva Conventions. In his opening remarks at the first China-North Korea cooperation. Addressing these issues Trump has already pardoned one war their war crimes. That’s exactly what this Nuremberg trials in 1945, Robert Jack- is a big deal for both countries. China and North Korea criminal. On May 6th, he granted full country, along with the other three “Great son, the chief prosecutor for the Unit- should not only open up new areas of bilateral coopera- executive clemency to Michael Behenna, Powers” of World War II – France, Great ed States (and an associate justice of tion, but also work together for a settlement of the Korean convicted in 2009 of murdering an Iraqi the Supreme Court), issued a warning: Peninsula nuclear issue so as to create greater space for prisoner named Ali Mansur Mohammed. Britain, and the Soviet Union – did when “We must not forget that the record on the continuous progress of ties. This will test the courage Behenna served five years of a 25-year they tried high-ranking Nazis and their which we judge the defendants today is and wisdom of both countries and come out with flying sentence and was paroled in 2014. What the record on which we will be judged colors in the test of history. did Behenna do to Mansur? Guardian enablers at Nuremberg. tomorrow.” 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 22, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

Different interpretations Of crimes and pardons

6 As it turned out, he was wrong. The practices estab- lished at Nuremberg, and the understandings behind them, of polls in U.S. later codified in the 1950 Nuremberg Principles, have not By Saeed Sobhani emerged that the Trump campaign’s own proved to be the record by which U.S. actions in war, whether polls have found the same thing. According in Vietnam or in today’s never-ending war on terror, have TEHRAN — Donald Trump believes to ABC News, internal polls showed Joe been judged. Nonetheless, it’s worth taking a look at those that most of the polls in the country are Biden leading the President by fifty-five per ideas, because they provide an excellent basis for assessing invalid and he can easily win the presi- cent to thirty-nine per cent in Pennsylvania, just who are the real war criminals still walking among us. dential election next year! On the other and by fifty-one per cent to forty-one per Nuremberg established the principle that the interna- hand, many survey institutes have argued cent in Wisconsin. tional laws of war are real laws and that breaking them is a that Trump has lost its previous position Over the weekend, the Trump campaign real crime. That’s what the International Criminal Court in in key states such as Florida, Wisconsin, dismissed these polls, which were taken in The Hague, Netherlands, was created to adjudicate – even Pennsylvania and Michigan. Given the US March, as out of date, and fired several of though the United States quickly removed itself from the state and electoral electoral structure, the its pollsters. “The president’s new polling is ICC in 2002, the year it began functioning. It was then that probability of failure Trump will increase extraordinary and his numbers have never President George W. Bush’s top officials started getting in next year’s elections.Here are some of been better,” Brad Parscale, the campaign nervous about their new CIA torture program. And lest the latest American media commentary chairman, said in a statement. Trump also we think of that as ancient history, remember that it was on poll results: weighed in. “Our polls show us leading in John Bolton, President Trump’s current national security What Are the Chances of Trump Being all 17 Swing States,” he said on Twitter. And advisor, who delivered the news to the United Nations that Reelected? yet, hours after he posted this tweet, the the U.S. was leaving the court. John Cassidy wrote in New Yorker that Quinnipiac poll of Florida showed that, in Under the Nuremberg Principles, even heads of state On Tuesday night, in Orlando, Donald head-to-head matches, he would trail Joe or other high government officials are not immune from Trump formally launched his 2020 reëlec- Biden by nine points, trail Bernie Sanders prosecution for war crimes or crimes against humanity, nor tion effort with another big rally. After what by six points, and trail Elizabeth Warren can anyone be exonerated for them on the sole grounds of happened in 2016, it behooves political by four points. a superior’s orders. (That defense was nevertheless used analysts and commentators to approach A degree of skepticism is in order. His- by the My Lai killers and some of those President Trump the upcoming campaign with caution. So, I torically, head-to-head polls taken this early is now thinking about pardoning.) will put it no more strongly than this: with haven’t had much, if any, predictive val- Before the Nuremberg tribunals could begin, the or- sixteen and a half months to go, the Presi- ue in Presidential elections, an analysis at ganizers had to decide what the charges would be. They dent and his campaign staff have reasons Five-Thirty-Eight pointed out. It certainly settled on three major kinds of offense, which still frame to be concerned. the better Trump’s chances. So what about per cent of moderates and sixty-six per seems likely that Trump’s numbers in the the way we think about war crimes today. The first (which The good news for Trump is that he 2020? Ongoing demographic changes are cent of suburban women. battleground states will improve as we get generated the most disagreement among the four Great retains a solid base of support, and the steadily making the country more diverse. Another problem for Trump is that, closer to the election: practically nobody Powers) was “crimes against peace” – in other words, in- demographic to which he has the strong- But, in a 2018 analysis, Griffin, Teixeira, at least according to the polls, the strong in the political world expects a Democrat volvement in launching a war of aggression. The French and est appeal—white Americans who don’t and William H. Frey, a demographer at the economy doesn’t seem to be benefitting to carry Florida by nine percentage points. the Soviets were dubious about trying Nazi officials for a have a college degree—still represents a Brookings Institution, estimated that next him very much politically. As he arrived in But how much movement will there be? crime that wasn’t explicitly identified in international law very big chunk of the electorate. Plus, the year whites without college degrees will Florida, a Quinnipiac University poll indi- With opinions about Trump already so when the war started. Ironically, in view of this country’s unemployment rate is just 3.5 per cent, make up forty-four per cent of the elec- cated that fifty-four per cent of Floridians firmly set on all sides, it isn’t certain that twenty-first-century wars, it was Robert Jackson, backed and most Americans are optimistic about torate—just slightly more than in 2016. If think that they are better off than they were prior experience will provide much of a by Secretary of War Henry Stimson, who in 1945 argued the economy. The bad news for the Trump this analysis is correct, non-college whites in 2016, and only twenty-three per cent guide to this election.Indeed, nothing is that all the rest of Germany’s war crimes sprang from this campaign is that other demographic groups will still be the biggest single voting bloc think they are worse off. But the same poll certain, except that there is a very long way initial crime of waging an unprovoked war of aggression. seem to have turned even more heavily on the basis of race and education. Plus, showed that fifty-one per cent of Floridians to go, and that the election will be bitterly In short (and logically enough), no war, no war crimes. against him, and a strong economy has they are spread out across the country. The disapprove of the job Trump is doing, and fought. Buckle up. “War crimes” – violations of the laws of war such as mis- failed to lift his approval ratings. Moreover, “concentration of Democratic support in just forty-four per cent approve. Democrats asked to create ideal candi- treatment, torture, or execution of prisoners, or dispropor- recent polls suggest that he is in trouble in a metropolitan areas diffuses over-all de- Perhaps voters understand that the date to beat Trump pick white man: poll tionate harm to civilians – formed the second category. The number of battleground states, including the mographic advantages and increases the economy was already growing steadily Rebecca Klar reported in The Hill that third was, like the first, a new kind of crime made necessary three that were key to his victory last time: chances that large turnout and support when Trump took office, and they don’t When asked to describe their ideal candi- by the unprecedented genocide of the Holocaust, and it was Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. from Trump’s base, primarily white non- give him much credit for subsequent de- date to beat President Trump, the majority called “crimes against humanity.” You probably don’t need reminding that, college-educated voters in more rural and velopments. But there is also widespread of Democrats picked a white, middle-aged As I argued in my book American Nuremberg: The U.S. thanks to the vagaries of the American political working class states, can once again lead to skepticism about his economic policies, man, despite a historically diverse primary Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes, system, Trump won with just 46.1 per cent a narrow victory” in the Electoral College, particularly the highly regressive 2017 tax field with women, minorities and younger there’s a sense in which most of the crimes of the U.S. of the national vote, and a favorability rating Halpin and Teixeira noted. bill and the tariffs on goods from China candidates competing for the nomination, war on terror – the tortures, the drone assassinations, that was considerably lower. On November 7, But if Trump has a potential pathway and other countries. In the Fox News poll, according to a new USC Dornsife and Los the hundreds of thousands of pointless civilian deaths, 2016, the day before the election, 37.5 per cent back to the White House, he also has some thirty-three per cent of respondents said Angeles Times national poll.The poll found the millions of people displaced and turned into refugees of American voters had a favorable opinion very big obstacles in his way, beginning with that they believe tariffs help the econo- 56 percent of Democratic voters thought – sprang from the determination of then-Vice President of him, according to the Real Clear Politics the fact that, even if white non-college vot- my, versus forty-five per cent who said a white male candidate would be the best Dick Cheney and his coterie of neocons to commit a crime poll average, which suggests that either the ers did make up forty-four per cent of the that tariffs hurt the economy. In another nominee to take back the White House in against peace by invading Iraq. (Some of his acolytes like polls were wrong or large numbers of people 2020 electorate, and he got two-thirds of question, the pollsters also asked people 2020, according to the LA Times. The poll Elliott Abrams and John Bolton have ominously resur- voted for him despite not particularly liking their support again, it would leave him at to say whether Trump’s economic policies also found two-thirds of Democrats described faced in the Trump administration and have been doing him. After his victory, his favorability rating roughly thirty per cent of the over-all vote. benefit everyone, no one, or just certain “the ideal candidate to beat Trump” as white, their best lately to gin up new wars of aggression against rose to the low forties during the transition, To win, he also has to attract the support of groups. Thirty-one per cent of respond- and three-quarters of polled Democrats said Venezuela and Iran.) where it has largely stayed. The latest R.C.P. other groups, such as whites with college ents said that the policies benefit everyone; someone between the ages of 41 and 65 would Some (myself among them) have argued that the invasion poll average showed him with a favorability degrees, independents, and Latinos. But forty-eight per cent said that they benefit be the strongest candidate. of Afghanistan was also a crime against peace. Starting rating of 43.8 per cent, which is pretty close the message of the 2018 midterms, and of people “with more money.” When asked about specific candidates, what has become the longest war in U.S. history was not to his latest job-approval rating—44.3 per recent opinion polls, is that many people in Interestingly, the (correct) belief that however, Democrats tended to favor the two the only option available to the Bush administration after cent on Wednesday. It doesn’t seem to matter these groups have had their fill of him and Trump’s policies are targeted at helping eldest candidates, former Vice President the 9/11 attacks. It could have, for example, treated them what he does or says: these numbers don’t want him gone. Outside of his base, he’s just the well-to-do is widespread among his Joe Biden, 76, and Sen. Bernie Sanders as a horrendous crime, rather than an act of war, and change much. not popular. And that is putting it mildly. core demographic. Thirty-two per cent of (I-Vt.),77, according to the poll.Democrats used international channels like the International Crim- Among whites without a college degree, For example, according to the latest Fox whites without a college degree said that felt Biden had the strongest chance of de- inal Court to prosecute those responsible. It could have according to the network exit poll, Trump News Poll, Trump’s approval rating among his policies benefit everyone; forty-four feating Trump, with 47 percent saying he’d continued its negotiations with the Taliban government defeated Hillary Clinton by more than two self-described independents is thirty per per cent said they benefited people with “probably win,” and 39 percent saying he’d for the extradition of Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda to one—sixty-six per cent to twenty-nine per cent, among self-described “moderates” it more money. On the basis of these polls, “definitely win.” leaders. After all, the Trump administration is talking to cent. This slice of the electorate represents is thirty-two per cent, and among suburban it seems like Trump’s tax bill didn’t even Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) who did the Taliban now. How many lives might have been saved Trump’s heartland, and according to the women it is thirty-three per cent. The poll fool his base. not fit the polled voter’s ideal candidate with a little more patience in 2001? exit poll it accounted for about a third of also provided direct evidence that people The other challenge facing Trump is description by two marks, as a non-white In any case, U.S. war crimes, including torture, sprang all voters in 2016. (Thirty-four per cent in these groups are unwilling to overlook the electoral map. At this early stage, he is woman, came in third as the Democrat’s from the desire to invade Iraq. Within a few days of the to be precise.) However, some political Trump’s character flaws. In response to lagging behind the Democratic frontrun- choice to most-likely defeat Trump, ac- al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld and his depu- experts believe that estimate is too low. the question “Do you think a politician can ners in some of the states he could not win cording to the LA Times poll.The poll found ty Paul Wolfowitz were already pushing for a war against In a 2017 study that drew on actual voter have low moral and ethical standards and without, such as Florida, Pennsylvania, and voters thought Harris had a 9 percent chance Iraq, according to George W. Bush’s autobiography. At a files, national-opinion surveys, and their still be a good leader?” sixty-five per cent Wisconsin. Public polls have been show- of “definitely” winning and and 37 percent Camp David “war council” held four days later, Bush wrote, own post-election polling, John Halpin and of independents said no, as did sixty-two ing this trend for months, and last week it chance of “probably” winning. Rumsfeld told him that “dealing with Iraq would show a Ruy Teixeira, of the Center for American Sen. Elizabeth Warren was close behind, major commitment to antiterrorism.” Progress, and Rob Griffin, a political sci- many survey institutes have argued that Trump has with the same 37 percent chance of a prob- As many of its victims have reported, one of the original entist at George Washington University, lost its previous position in key states such as Florida, ably win and 8 percent chance of a definite purposes of the CIA’s infamous torture program (and its concluded that forty-five per cent of the win, according to the poll. As the LA Times archipelago of “black sites” around the planet) was not to voters in 2016 were whites without a college Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Given the US points out, conversations and polls over prevent further attacks on the United States, but to get degree—eleven percentage points more than state and electoral electoral structure, the probability electability have been controversial and are someone, anyone, to admit to a connection between Iraqi autocrat Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks. the figure from the exit poll. of failure Trump will increase in next year’s elections. often seen as an inaccurate measure of how The more there are of this type of voter, a candidate will perform in elections. (There was none, of course.) One of those prisoners was a Libyan named Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi who was shipped to Egypt and waterboarded until he agreed to the proposition that, as President George W. Bush put it in an October 2002 speech to the nation, “Iraq U.S. maximum pressure jeopardizes Korean Peninsula stability has trained al-Qaeda in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases.” In the same speech, Bush even explained By Mu Lu attitude for implementing the DPRK-US Joint Statement, the issue of denucleari- where he got this “information,” saying, “Evidence from GLOBALTIMES — Dialogue and con- zation of the Korean Peninsula might also intelligence sources, secret communications, and statements sultation should persist with the Korean have seen much progress.” by people now in custody reveal that Saddam Hussein aids Peninsula nuclear issue toward a peaceful As a close neighbor to North Korea, China and protects terrorists, including members of al-Qaeda.” settlement of disputes. Washington’s max- has always supported efforts to resolve the Secretary of State Colin Powell then repeated this claim in imum pressure on North Korea won’t help nuclear issue through peaceful means, and an infamous speech to the U.N. Security Council justifying find a solution.The US has halted fuel deliv- is willing to offer humanitarian assistance the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Al-Libi later recanted, saying eries to North Korea, claiming the country to help its people tide over difficulties. This his statement implicating Iraq had been forced out of him was “exceeding its annual ceiling for 2019,” is consistent with a humanitarian spirit. under torture, but by then, of course, Washington’s war in AFP reported on Wednesday. However, the Washington needs to keep restraint and Iraq was well underway. information has not yet been confirmed. restart the dialogue with Pyongyang instead The Other War Criminals The US move has undoubtedly jeopardized of escalating the antagonism. It should If the United States had been judged by the standard set previous efforts to alleviate the situation. show more sincerity instead of showing at Nuremberg, people of much higher position than Eddie Top North Korean and US leaders held off its power. Gallagher would be lining up today for Trump pardons. summits in June last year and February Washington may need to consider Seoul’s The list would be long indeed, but would certainly include this year. Although they couldn’t reach a advice. On June 12, South Korean Presi- President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, consensus during their second meeting in dent Moon Jae-in called for “a meeting Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Director George Hanoi, Vietnam in February, their efforts between the leaders of North Korea and Tenet, Attorneys General Alberto Gonzales and John Ash- were on the right track that met the two maximize sanctions despite stability on the peaceful, political and diplomatic settle- the US as soon as possible” before their croft, and Zalmay Khalilzad, who was Bush’s ambassador countries’ interests.Now the US insists on peninsula and in Northeast Asia is harmful ment of the region’s problems, including willingness for dialogue weakens due to to both Afghanistan and Iraq and is presently serving as maximum pressure through sanctions on to the denuclearization process. AFP cited the nuclear issue.” prolonged deadlock.If the US doesn’t know U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation. North Korea. This will once again compli- diplomatic sources saying that China and The US has been creating tensions, ir- how to overcome the stalemate, then re- Meanwhile, our current criminal president contemplates cate the situation. Russia had blocked the US initiative. After responsibly leading to twists and turns in leasing the North Korean cargo ship Wise pardoning the small fry, even as he orders an investigation The UN Security Council resolution is talks with President Xi Jinping who visited the negotiations. A North Korean foreign Honest that it seized can be a start to rebuild into the agencies that had the temerity to investigate the a starting point to ease tensions. It should Russia in early June, Russian President ministry spokesman claimed on June 4 momentum for dialogue, Special Advisor Russian hacking of the 2016 election. We can only hope be a method to promote regional stabili- Vladimir Putin made the statements, “We “Had the United States done anything of to President Moon for Foreign Affairs and that one day soon he also finds himself in need of a pardon ty, not a tool for Washington to pressure proceed from the premise that there is no, a little help in addressing the issues on National Security Moon Chung-in said on – like the one President Gerald Ford gave Richard Nixon Pyongyang. The abrupt US initiative to nor can there be, any alternative to the the basis of serious position and sincere Friday in New York. after he avoided impeachment by resigning from office. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS JUNE 22, 2019

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Two new Earth-like planets Zebra stripes may help beat discovered near Teegarden’s Star the heat A gangrene-inducing bite in Africa, 40 years of curiosity, An international research team led by the of the University of Göttingen, one of the and backyard experiments her daughters still complain University of Göttingen has discovered two scientific directors of the project. about have all come together to tell Alison Cobb one thing: new Earth-like planets near one of our closest Although planetary systems around Stripes help zebras keep their cool. New research published neighboring stars. “Teegarden’s star” is only similar stars are known, they have always in the Journal of Natural History shows stripes may create about 12.5 light years away from Earth and been detected using the “transit method” air flows that give zebras a kind of natural air conditioning is one of the smallest known stars. It is only -- the planets have to pass visibly in front of system that helps them ward off the blazing sun. about 2,700 °C warm and about ten times the star and darken it for a moment, which “It’s about thermoregulation to avoid the heat and cold,” lighter than the Sun. Although it is so close only happens in a very small fraction of all said Cobb, a retired amateur naturalist, who conducted to us, the star wasn’t discovered until 2003. planetary systems. Such transits have not the research with her zoologist husband, Stephen Cobb. The scientists observed the star for about yet been found for the new planets. But Other scientists argue the main reason for stripes is to three years. The results were published in the system is located at a special place in deter biting insects. the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. the sky: from Teegarden’s star you can see When she was four years old, Cobb, now 85, first wondered Their data clearly show the existence of the planets of the solar system passing in about zebra stripes after reading Rudyard Kipling’s story two planets. “The two planets resemble the front of the Sun. “How the Leopard Got His Spots.” A nature documentary inner planets of our solar system,” explains “An inhabitant of the new planets would she watched claimed zebra stripes were a type of camouflage. lead author Mathias Zechmeister of the therefore have the opportunity to view But camouflage seemed a poor explanation to Cobb in Institute for Astrophysics at the University the Earth using the transit method,” says light of her own observations in Africa of lions prowling up of Göttingen. “They are only slightly heavier Reiners. The new planets are the tenth and and down herds of zebras deciding which one to eat. She than Earth and are located in the so-called eleventh discovered by the team. had also witnessed zebras spending a great deal of time habitable zone, where water can be present Carmenes is carried out by the univer- grazing in the hot midday sun -- more than the antelopes in liquid form.” An international research team has sities of Göttingen, Hamburg, Heidelberg, which lived in the same area -- and believed the stripes The astronomers suspect that the two discovered two new Earth-like planets near and Madrid, the Max-Planck-Institut für might be helping them deal with the heat. planets could be part of a larger system. Astronomie Heidelberg, Institutes Consejo Forty years ago she did her first experiment by draping “Many stars are apparently surrounded one of our closest stars. Teegarden›s Star is Superior de Investigaciones Científicas different colored felt coats on water-filled oil drums out by systems with several planets,” explains in Barcelona, Granada, and Madrid, in the sun and taking the temperature of the water inside. about 12.5 light years away and is one of the Without direct access to research animals, she enlisted the co-author Professor Stefan Dreizler of the smallest known stars. Thüringer Landessternwarte, Instituto University of Göttingen. Teegarden’s star de Astrofísica de Canarias, and Calar-Alto help of her three daughters, aged 8, 9 and 10. She made is the smallest star where researchers have planet directly. “This is a great success for designed to search for planets around the Observatory. them wear rugby shirts she sewed with zebra stripes and so far been able to measure the weight of a the Carmenes project, which was specifically lightest stars,” says Professor Ansgar Reiners (Source: Science Daily) had her “experimental animals” crawl around on their hands and knees in the sun in England. “They still complain about it. They are now in their early 60s,” Cobb said. Climate change affected the people of Bats’ brains sync up when they But when she touched the different stripes on their the Amazon before Europeans arrived socialize, study finds backs, they could tell her which was black and which was white without seeing. But this still didn’t give her a full explanation: If the white spots were cooler, why did they have black bits at all? Plus, she knew from extensive experience with horses that the animals sweat a lot, and she was still unsure how sweat would interact with the different colored stripes. She didn’t get the chance to get close to zebras again until her 70th birthday, when she and her husband traveled back to Africa to test her idea on a couple of captive zebras living on private ranches in Kenya in December 2003. They measured the temperatures of adjacent black and white stripes on various parts of the zebras every 15 minutes throughout the day, as well as taking ambient air temperatures near the animals. They also took similar measurements of a zebra hide wrapped around clothes in the shape of a horse left in the sun on the ranch. The research didn’t come without casualties -- Stephen Cobb got bit by a territorial male stallion, and his wound later turned to gangrene. “He still has a scar,” Alison Cobb said. But their research proved enlightening. They found Long before Europeans arrived in the produce surplus food because of a strong Bats’ brains sync up during activities chambers did not sync up despite both the temperature of the black and white stripes differed Americas, the people of the Amazon were class structure, were less able to cope.» such as grooming, mating or fighting, being busy grooming. greatly on the living animals, with greater differences at being significantly impacted by climate To track the climate shifts that impacted researchers have found. And if three bats shared the same social the hottest points of the day. The stripes on the inanimate change, a new report suggests. early Amazonian groups, scientists studied The brain waves of highly social Egyptian environment but only two of them were hide had a similar difference between black and white While some adaptive Amazonian populations pollen and charcoal remains, as well as fruit bats started to match when they were actively socializing with one another, all stripes, but the highest temperatures of the black stripes flourished prior to 1492, others disappeared in stalagmites and lake sediment cores. Analysis tracked in a chamber using wireless neural their brains still synchronized. were 15 degrees Celsius hotter than the peak black stripe the wake of dramatic shifts in temperature and of archeological remains helped researchers recording devices. Study author Michael Yartsev said: “It’s temperatures of living zebras. rainfall, according to a new survey. identify varying social structures and the The study could help scientists kind of like, if you think about a dinner The research couple believes that these differences Scientists analyzed climate and farming strategies used by different groups. understand why social interactions are table, some people could be talking back in temperature are enough to cause small air eddies. In archaeological data related to the period Scientists found evidence of social different for those with neurological and forth, while another person would be the living zebras, these air flows could help to cool the between 700 to 1300. Their findings -- classes among the Marajoara people of disorders, such as autism, and why some sitting there, still paying attention, while zebras in the hottest times of the day by speeding up the published Monday in the journal Nature the eastern Amazon. The elites lived in people do not pick up on social cues as easily. still being part of the social interaction. evaporation of sweat. Ecology and Evolution -- showed groups large mounds. Researchers determined In the first study of synchronized Under that analogy, then, supposedly The Cobbs also noted that the living zebras were able that featured rigid social hierarchies and that several factors, including a decline in brain activity in a non-human species, all of the brains would be correlated to stick their black hairs straight up in the air, and did so farmed intensively declined and dissolved rainfall totals, precipitated the dissolution the researchers from the University of simultaneously.” at some of the hottest times of the day. They hypothesize in the wake of ancient climate change. of the Marajoara by around 1200. California, Berkeley looked at brain waves Some correlations have been found this behavior may also help in heat regulation, though Groups without social classes and groups Conversely, the people of the Santarém and electrical activity from individual between brain activity in socializing humans. the mechanism is still unclear. that practiced more sustainable farming culture, which emerged around 1100, were neurons of bats. This is the result of one person picking up practices were able to successfully adapt flourishing around the same time. They grew When the bats socialized, scientists social cues from the other and modulating to climate change. a diversity of crops and used restorative found that the waves in their brains started their behavior. Migration and conflict between groups forest management practices. to resemble one another. Remarkably, they Studies have so far been limited to also contributed to the decline of some Archaeologists have previously found could predict if bats were likely to directly using brain imaging techniques that do groups in the Amazon. evidence that people of the Amazon used interact, using the level of correlation in not measure electrical activity directly. «Some Amazon communities were in canals and other types of infrastructure the bats’ brains. “Animal models are really important decline or had changed drastically before to manage seasonal floods. “The inter-brain correlations were so for being able to study brain phenomena 1492,» lead researcher Jonas Gregorio de «This study adds to the growing evidence strong that you could easily see them in at levels that we can’t normally access in Souza, who conducted the study while at the that the millennium preceding the European the raw data,” said Wujie Zhang, whose humans,” added Professor Yartsev. University of Exeter, said in a news release. encounter was a period of long-distance study was published in the journal Cell. “Because bats are extremely social and «Our research shows climate change was migrations, conflict, disintegration of “This is the first time in my career where naturally live in highly complex social one of the responsible factors, but some complex societies and social reorganization a result was so robust that it popped out environments, they are a great model for groups survived because they had been across lowland South America,» said Jose from the data like that.” tackling important scientific questions about working with their natural environment Iriarte from the University of Exeter. «It Researchers say the synchronization social behavior and the neural mechanisms rather than against it. Those who farmed shows the weather had a real impact.» was due to sharing social experiences – underlying it.” intensively, and had more pressure to (Source: UPI) two bats placed in identical but separate (Source: The Independent)

Gabor Horvath, a researcher at Eotvos Lorand University Barrier Reef corals help scientists calibrate ancient climate records in Budapest who has studied zebra stripes, but was not involved in the Cobbs’ research, does not believe that Corals can help scientists track ancient climate patterns, or decades after the skeletons were formed. Unless you thermoregulation is the primary function of zebra stripes. but new research suggests that traditional analysis methods are using the newest microscopy techniques to help select “Such alleged convective air eddies could be formed for analyzing coral’s ancient growth aren’t as accurate your samples, you could be collecting and measuring exclusively above horizontal striped surfaces,” he said as previously thought. a mix of the two very different temperature records.” in an email. “If the main function of zebra stripes were Luckily, scientists have developed an improved method, To better understand the effects of diagenetic aragonite, cooling by these air eddies, then only the nearly horizontal a combination of high-resolution microscopic analysis scientists surveyed Porites coral skeletons growing on areas of the back of zebras should be striped.” and geochemical modeling. Researchers described the the Great Barrier Reef. Tim Caro, a wildlife biologist at the University of California, new technique this week in the journal Frontiers in “Based on our analyses, we see that the older portions Davis who has also studied zebra stripes but was not involved Marine Science. of the coral heads growing in deeper seawater contain a in the Cobbs’ research, said that “it’s an interesting descriptive Deciphering the climate records coded in coral higher concentration of diagenetic aragonite,” Fouke said. study” about the differences in temperature between black skeletons is similar to deciphering tree rings. As coral The team of scientists was able to differentiate between and white zebra stripes. However, he doesn’t think the article grows, new layers of calcium are deposited. Each layer the coral and diagenetic aragonite using a combination advances our understanding of the principal evolutionary traps geochemical signatures that can provide clues to of light, electron and X-ray microscopy techniques. The drivers of these stripe patterns in the animals. His research the climatic conditions. high-definition imaging techniques also revealed an array and that of Horvath and others indicates the stripes could By measuring the amount of strontium and the lighter said in a news release. of different aragonite crystallization patterns. Scientists deter insects from landing. isotope of oxygen trapped in different calcium layers, As they grow, coral polyps deposit aragonite, a suggest some patterns represent seasonal variations in “We’re absolutely sure that it’s about thwarting biting scientists can estimate ancient sea surface temperatures. crystallized form of calcium carbonate. Unfortunately skeletal growth, while other smaller-scale patterns likely flies,” Caro said, adding that tsetse and horseflies that However, the technique isn’t perfect. for climate scientists, seawater can also deposit aragonite code geochemical changes on a daily cycle. pester the zebras in Africa can carry deadly diseases like Researchers compared coral-based sea-surface crystals as it passes through the coral skeleton. Through a Researchers used their findings to develop a correction African horse sickness, equine influenza and a form of temperature records against temperature probe process called diagenesis, these seawater-derived crystals factor that can be applied to previous coral surveys and horse sleeping sickness called nagana. “They just cannot measurements. can alter the skeleton’s chemistry. other climate studies that relied on aragonite analysis. afford to let these biting flies land on their coats.” “Remarkably, the coral records are accurate most of “It is difficult to tell the diagenetic aragonite from “Because this has been achieved using the carbonate At the same time, Caro still believes that the stripes the time, but there are instances where measurements the original coral skeleton without using high-powered mineral aragonite, which is ubiquitous among marine life, have thermal consequences for zebras. He, Horvath and have been off by as much as nine degrees Celsius, and microscopes,” said Kyle Fouke, an undergraduate student this same correction factor can be used with other sea creatures the Cobbs all agree that there likely isn’t one single reason this needs to be rectified,” Bruce Fouke, a professor of at Bucknell University. “It is also challenging to know that secrete carbonate skeletons and shells,” Fouke said. zebras have evolved stripes. geology and microbiology at the University of Illinois, exactly when the diagenetic alteration took place -- days (Source: UPI) (Source: Inside Science) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM JUNE 22, 2019

Australia nets $8.2 billion Iran, Iraq ink MOU from Chinese tourism

The number of international visitors to Australia hit 8.5 million in the 12 months to March 2019, with China being the biggest source of visitors, data released Wednesday revealed. to expand tourism ties According to a report in China Daily, Tourism Research Australia TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran In April, Tehran Municipality also released its latest International Visitor Survey, revealing that desk the total number of visitors rose 3 percent from the previous and Iraq have recently held talks with Baghdad’s urban planners year while the amount they spent rose 5 percent to $44.3 billion agreed in principle to further develop and authorities to restore a number of Australian dollars (US$30.4 billion). ties in the arenas of tourism, pilgrimage, aging monuments in Iraq including Taq China remained Australia’s leading tourism market, with cultural heritage and handicrafts, CHTN Kasra, which is also called Ivan Madaen the number of visitors from the country growing 2.9 percent reported. or the Archway of Ctesiphon. to 1.3 million. In this regard, a memorandum of Back in March, Tehran and Baghdad understanding (MOU) was signed on agreed to waive fees on visas in the hope Wednesday between Iran’s Cultural of increasing the number of tourists to Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism help boost local economies and bring Organization, and Iraq’s Ministry of their peoples closer. Culture, Tourism and Antiquities. Some two million Iraqi nationals “Amongst the most important articles visited Iran during the first seven months of the MOU is to compile a joint dossier of the past Iranian calendar year (started on possible UN recognition of Arba’een March 21, 2018), constituting Iran’s pilgrimage,” said CHHTO Deputy largest source of tourists. In return, Director Vali Teymouri, a signatory to hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims the agreement. head for the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and “The memorandum of understanding Karbala each year. includes 11 articles, which are aimed at Arba’een pilgrimage, aka Arba’een increasing cooperation between the two trek, is a characteristic spiritual exercise in [neighboring] countries in the field of tourism, which hundreds of thousands of Iranians especially in medical tourism,” the official said. along with other nationals participate. “Four articles are dealing with cultural The long treks will be destined to Karbala, A view of the ruined Taq Kasra in Iraq The amount spent by Chinese visitors grew by 10 percent heritage…, which are connected with where Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson to 12 billion Australian dollars (US$8.2 billion), representing Iran’s contribution to developing the is an architecturally-important Sasanian- Najaf, Teymouri said. of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), is laid an additional $1.1 billion Australian dollars (US$757 million) UNESCO dossier of Wadi Al-Salam era Persian monument],” he explained. The MOU was inked in Ardebil on to rest. It marks an end to the 40-day poured into Australia’s economy. Cemetery in Najaf [which homes to The Iraqi side undertook [a task] in the sidelines of the 2nd International mourning period following martyrdom Meanwhile, visitor numbers from India grew by 14.6 percent remains of millions of Muslims and this memorandum to provide a place for Health Tourism Conference of Economic of the Imam and his loyal companions to 342,694 after a 17 percent jump between 2017 and 2018, dozens of scientists] as well as its the supply of Iranian handicrafts in one Cooperation Organization (ECO), running at the Battle of Karbala on Muharram the report said. expertise to restore Taq Kasra, [which of the cities of Baghdad, Karbala and in the Iranian city from June 18 to 20. 10 in the year 61 AH (680 CE). More than 50 percent of Indian visitors travelled to Australia to visit friends and family compared to 30 percent of all international visitors. Indians also stayed in Australia for an average of 61 nights, double the overall average, but 57 percent of those were Spain conference addresses spent with friends or family. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham said that the data was proof that a marketing campaign targeting “Iran, Cradle of Civilization” travelers in Asia was working. HERITAGE TEHRAN — Spain’s Archeological old, a letter by King Abbas of the Safavid Empire to Spanish “Whilst some markets are showing maturity or the importance deskMuseum of Alicante (MARQ) on King Filip the third about the first Iranian ambassador to of our focus on high-value travelers, in others we’re starting Wednesday hosted a well-attended conference devoted Spain, and a 400-year-old copy of the holy Quran. to see stronger growth,” Birmingham told the Australian to ancient Iranian arts and history. Running through Sept. 1, the exhibit also turns the Financial Review. The conference was in line with “Iran, Cradle of Civilization”, spotlight on the earliest developments of agriculture “With its emerging middle class, proximity to Australia, an enormous loan exhibit from the National Museum of and livestock farming from the very beginning to improving air access and increasingly competitive airfares, there Iran, being held by MARQ from March 14. cuneiform clay tablets, gold beakers and ornaments, is definitely further opportunity to expand south and southeast A number of Spanish cultural officials, academics, bronze weapons and beautifully painted ceramics Asia’s tourism potential.” archaeologists and experts as well as some Iranian and associated with successive Iranian kingdoms. Visitors from France, Canada and the Netherlands all rose U.S. counterparts delivered speeches at the conference, “Iran, Cradle of Civilization” was previously on show at by more than 5 percent but those from Britain fell 4 percent, attended by tens of researchers, students and enthusiasts, Drents Museum, Assen, the Netherlands, where it was well the report said. CHTN reported. received by museumgoers from June to November 2018. Professor Brian King from Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s “Iran, Cradle of Civilization” features pieces of a large Back in March, The Drents museum won an audience prize School of Hotel and Tourism Management, said he believed the span of Iranian history, starting from pre-historical era to the in New York at the prestigious Global Fine Art Awards for numerous direct flight routes established between Australia and Islamic period, including ones as old as seven to 10,000 years its contribution to hosting the major loan exhibit. major provincial capitals in China would mean many first-time tourists would still pick Australia for travel. “Though the growth of the Chinese economy is decelerating — and some of this is a consequence of the trade war — the demand Hungarian tour operators visit Yazd among Chinese consumers for services continues to grow fast, including for outbound tourism,” he told ABC.net. TOURISM TEHRAN — Following as Atashkadeh-e Yazd, Towers of Silence, “So I anticipate that (China’s outbound tourism sector) will desktheir visits to Shiraz, a and adjacent desert landscape were among be growing faster than the overall Chinese economy.” group of Hungarian tour operators and destinations the group visited. (Source: Asia Times) travel associates toured Yazd, holding Last Sunday, the tour operators hold talks talks with local officials and fellows of with local officials and counterparts in Shiraz, the central Iranian province, which its in the first leg of their travel to Iran’s well- ROUND THE GLOBE historical capital of the same name is a known “golden tourism triangle”, which is UNESCO World Heritage. composed of Shiraz, Yazd and Isfahan. Lower Valley of the Awash “A group of 14 experienced tour With its winding lanes, forest of badgirs operators visited Yazd on a tour jointly (wind catchers), mud-brick houses, A UNESCO World Heritage, the Lower Awash Valley organized by the Foreign Ministry and atmospheric alleyways and centuries of paleo-anthropological site is located 300 km northeast Tehran’s embassy in Budapest,” Homa history, Yazd is a delightful place to stay, of Addis Ababa, in the west of the Afar Depression. It Khorshidi, a local tourism official, said referring as a ‘don’t miss’ destination by covers an area of around 150 km2. on Thursday, CHTN reported. almost all travel associates in the region. The The tour operators held talks with oasis city is wedged between the northern members of Yazd City Council, tourism and private sector investors, exploring Yazd Jameh Mosque, Dowlatabad Dasht-e Kavir and southern Dasht-e Lut on mission of Yazd Chamber of Commerce, ways to expand ties, making package tours. Garden, the Yazd Atash Behram, also known a flat plain ringed by mountains. How ancient is yoga? Seals recovered from Indus valley civilization sites tell a fascinating story A Tibetan monastery in north India, 1985: Harvard scholar Probably the most well-known of the Mohenjo-daro meditation, pranayama, and even introspective exercises Herbert Benson and his team visited this monastery, high seals is the “Pashupati” seal – in which a three-faced such as learning to accept oneself and others. According to in the Himalayas. They found that the monks practiced being wearing horned headgear is seated in a yogic trance, Patanjali, yoga was the ability to restrain random thoughts a form of yoga resulting in a meditative trance so deep surrounded by Indus animals such as lions, elephants, (yogah chitta-vritti-nirodhah). Those who could achieve it affected their body temperatures. The team filmed and buffaloes. “Pashupati” is associated with Rudra (who a high level of concentration in meditation continued to monks using their own bodies to dry wet clothes when later transformed into Shiva, the ultimate yogi). Shiva be regarded very highly, as is evident from literature of the outside temperature was -20OC. The monks were able is said to have five faces, of which three are visible in the the subsequent centuries. The Awash Valley contains one of the most important to sleep peacefully on rocky ledges at 15,000 ft, dressed Pashupati seal. For example the 6th century CE mahakavya (epic poem) groupings of paleontological sites on the African continent. just in light shawls. Benson’s videos stimulated great Obviously, since many of the seals contain figures “Kiratarjuniya”, by the poet Bharavi, depicts Arjuna as a The remains found at the property, the oldest of which interest in yoga in the West. Can we say anything about in yogic postures, we can say that yoga existed during hero, not because of his abilities in battle, but because of date back over 4 million years, provide evidence of human the origins of yoga? To answer this, let’s skip to a different the time of IVC. However, we can go beyond that. In the his power to still all contemplation and meditate. (The evolution, which has modified our conception of the time and place. imagery on the seals, the individuals performing yoga sixth canto of the poem describes how Arjuna’s meditation history of humankind. The most spectacular discovery The Indus valley, third millennium BC: Just as are treated with a great deal of respect. The figures in the made even wild beasts in the forests on the hill feel more came in 1974, when 52 fragments of a skeleton enabled prehistoric cave dwellers acted on their creative impulses seals show utmost concentration, and are not disturbed tranquil, by the power of influence). the famous Lucy to be reconstructed. and produced beautiful and powerful cave art, Indus valley in the least by all the hunting going on around them, The astounding feats of the Tibetan monks recorded Excavations by an international team of palaeontologists civilization (IVC) dwellers inscribed visuals of their own nor do they get distracted by the various humans or by Benson can be accomplished by very advanced yogis, and pre-historians began in 1973, and continued annually stories on seals decorated with narrative imagery. As animals approaching them. So, it is unlikely that the but the beneficial mental and physical effects of yoga even until 1976, and ended in 1980. In that time, they found archaeologist Rita Wright shows, these seals are inscribed people who made the seals were beginners exploring and for completely normal and less advanced practitioners a large quantity of fossilized hominid and animal bones with quite a variety of tales. In one, a woman simultaneously experimenting with yoga – yogic practitioners seem to are well documented. In fact Benson, who was a professor in a remarkable state of preservation, the most ancient attempts to tame two tigers, while in another, two men have already attained a very high degree of proficiency, at the Harvard Medical School, used his findings about of which were at least four million years old. are uprooting acacia trees, but a woman tries to prevent so they commanded reverence and were known for their yoga and meditation to perfect relaxation and meditation- In 1974, the valley produced the most complete set them. These seals might indicate that women had an powers of mindfulness. based treatments of many diseases (including high blood of remains of a hominid skeleton, Australopithecus important role in nurturing plants as well as animals This suggests that yoga originated even earlier than pressure, heart diseases, anxiety, and insomnia) at the afarensis, nicknamed ‘Lucy’, dating back 3.2 million (going to the extent of trying to tame wild animals instead the IVC seals. However, in Mehrgarh – an older site to the Mind/Body Institute at Boston. years. Afarensis has since been proved to be the ancestral of hunting them). northwest of IVC sites – which flourished between 7,000 To return to the question posed by the title of this origin for both the Genus Australopithecus and Homo- Quite a few seals concern yogis. In one, a seated figure BC and 2,800 BC – archaeologists did not find any figures article, yoga appears to be even older than the IVC, which sapiens. is locked in a yogic stance, completely oblivious to a great in yogic postures, though they did find many figurines of would mean that it has existed for at least 5,000 years. A recovered female skeleton nicknamed ‘Ardi’ is 4.4 deal of commotion all around him. He is surrounded by normal human beings. Moreover, while Mesopotamian Many other ancient accomplishments of ours died out, million years old, some 1.2 million years older than the wild animals, but shows no alarm. Near him, another man and Persian seals at the time of IVC also show narrative such as our skills in metallurgy, town planning, and skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis ‘Lucy’. is spearing a water buffalo, but the yogi is undisturbed, imagery – they lack any figures seated in yogic poses. our surgical knowledge as evident from the samhitas of There is a wealth of paleo-anthropological and pre- totally immersed in his inner world. In another seal, two While cities of the IVC declined, yoga survived and Charaka and Sushruta. Yoga, however, thrived and even historic tools still awaiting discovery and scientific study kneeling people present an offering to a figure seated was formally codified by Patanjali much later in his Yoga spread to other countries – whether we think of asanas, and these are seen as constituting an exceptionally in a yogic posture. These kneeling people seem to be Sutra (Patanjali’s date is estimated to be the 1st century meditation, or pranayama. As yoga lovers in India and important cultural heritage resource. important personages, because two snakes spread their BC). For Patanjali, yoga was not just about a variety of elsewhere celebrate International Yoga Day today, they (Source: UNESCO) hoods over their heads, symbolically associated only with physical stances (asanas). Rather, it was a holistic system can rejoice in its enduring legacy. royalty or nobility. with both psychological and physical aspects. It included (Source: The Times of India) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 22, 2019 HEALTH 11

Iran opens biopharmaceutical The effects of stress and depression on IVF success rate

HEALTH TEHRAN — Does stress and depression in deskwomen affect the success rate of in vitro fer- factory in Turkey tilization (IVF)? A new research has tried to answer this question. HEALTH TEHRAN — The first Farsi, CEO and founding partner of Cin- In vitro fertilization is a process of fertilization where an egg deskIranian pharmaceutical naGen Ilac said the factory is built in Tur- is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro. factory in Turkey that produces recombi- key, in the gates of Europe, so that Iranian According to Royan Research Institute website, the study nant protein drugs and biologic medicines medicines can be exported to European was conducted by a group of researchers in Royan Institute, was inaugurated. countries as well. Ahvaz’s Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and Gilan CinnaGen Pharmaceutical Group According to Farsi, the technological University of Medical Sciences. launched the new production line in Turkey base of the factory was established by eight Results of the study were also published in the journal BMC with the name of CinnaGen ilaç, Tasnim Iranian experts and with the purpose of Research Notes. news reported on Monday. sharing technology with other countries. CinnaGen is an Iran based biotechnology “The products will not only meet the company that was founded in 1994. As of needs of Turkish markets but they can also 2016, it manufactured biosimilar drugs, be sent to 20 other countries all around laboratory diagnostic reagents for in vitro the world,” he added. use, and recombinant proteins, and export- According to the acting director of Food ed to other countries in the Middle East and Drug Administration, Iranian medicines and to countries in the Commonwealth of are exported to 30 countries. Independent States. On Monday, Mohammadreza Shanesaz Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin said that a special department for “national Koca, Governor of Istanbul Province Va- production” might be opened in Food and sip Sahin, the top directors of CinnaGen Drug Administration to further support the Group and an official from Iran’s Science domestic production of medicines. and Technology Vice-Presidency attended In February 2019, secretary of biotech the opening ceremony. development center (BioDC) at science and This new Iranian biopharmaceutical technology vice-presidency Mostafa Qanei factory is located in an industrial zone in According to Qaderifar, it is among the “The factory’s products can both meet said that there are 146 biopharmaceuticals tekirdag. largest biopharmaceutical manufacturers the needs of Turkey’s local market and in the global market, out of which, 22 items The factory produces 22 types of medicine in Middle East and North Africa region can also get into international markets, are available in Iran which are monoclonal Women who undergo assisted fertility treatments might expe- that are mostly used for treating chronic, (MENA). especially the ones in Europe.” antibodies and recombinant proteins. rience depression and anxiety because of their fertility problem life-threating diseases such as cancer, “The factory is built on a “It is the first time that an Iranian knowl- He said that the domestically manufac- and the uncertainty of the methods used. On the other hand, recent osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis (MS), as 7,500-square-meter land,” said Qaderifar. edge-based company has been able to set turing of biotechnology products has so far studies have shown that the effects of psychological distress on well as nervous system and blood diseas- “The total investment for building this up a knowledge-based factory in another saved one billion dollars for the country. the IVF treatment outcome is unclear. es, announced Esmaeel Qaderifar who is factory was $100 million. $30 million was country,” said Qaderifar. Previously in October 2018, the biotech In total, 142 women undergoing IVF treatment participated the director of center for development of spent for tools and the machinery and $70 exporting Iranian-made med- development center (BioDC) announced in this prospective study. The clinical pregnancy rate was 26.8% strategic technologies in Iran’s Science and million for transferring the technology of icines that medicine is on top of the list of exports in this study. Controlling for age, infertility duration, and cause Technology Vice-Presidency. CinnaGen Group to Turkey,” he added. Over the opening ceremony, Dr Ferhat of biotechnology products in Iran. of infertility, there were no relationship between IVF outcome and anxiety. The research concluded that anxiety, depression, and stress Smoking causes 30% of cancer deaths in Iran: expert symptoms were not associated with the IVF clinical success rate. HEALTH TEHRAN — About 30% six times more in comparison with cigarettes. inces of Bushehr, Hormozgan, Sistan-Bal- deskof cancer-related deaths CO is an invisible, odorless gas that can uchestan and Fars. In southern provinces, Can you improve emotional in Iran are caused by smoking cigarettes, the poison you if you breathe it in. hookah use is more widespread among women vice president of Ahvaz’s Jundishapur Uni- “Using hookah in public places is a great than men.” intelligence? versity of Medical Sciences for health affairs threat for national health. Moreover, using “Smoking rate is the highest among peo- It’s our emotional intelligence that gives us the ability to read our announced, ISNA reported on Thursday. common hookahs transfer infectious dis- ple between the ages of 45 to 54,” he added. instinctive feelings and those of others. It also allows us to under- Mehdi Hosseinizadeh pointed to No Tobac- eases,” he added. Smoking kills more than 8 million stand and label emotions as well as express and regulate them, co National Week, which was held from June 12 percent of Iranian adults are people a year according to Yale University’s Marc Brackett. 15 to 21 in the country, as a great opportunity daily smokers World Health Organization warns that Most of us would probably like to think that we can do all of the to implement some general plans toward Early this month, Tobacco Prevention more than 40 percent of smokers globally die above. We spot and understand emotions in ourselves and others decreasing smoking nationwide. and Control Research Center announced that from lung diseases, such as cancer, chronic and label them accurately in order to guide our thoughts and actions. The national week focuses on World about 12 percent of Iranian adults above 15 respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. What is emotional intelligence? Health Organization’s campaign on World years old are daily smokers and including cigarette or people exposed to second-hand The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest The theory of emotional intelligence -- and the term itself -- No Tobacco Day (May 31), with the theme hookah smokers, the percentage of smokers smoke. public health threats the world has ever faced, originated at Yale and the University of New Hampshire. Peter of ‘Don’t let tobacco take your breath away’, reach about 20 percent. Iranian Anti-Tobacco Association an- killing more than 8 million people a year. Salovey, the 23rd president of Yale University, and John “Jack” he explained. According to the report, about 20 percent nounced that 200 billion rials (around $4.7 More than 7 million of those deaths are the Mayer, professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire, The motto of the national week, ‘no to- of men and two to three percent of women million) are paid every day for purchasing result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 wrote up the theory in 1990, Brackett said. bacco in public places, citizenship rights’, are daily smokers. cigarettes, this amount to 1 quadrillion rials million are the result of non-smokers being Their work demonstrated how emotions had a marked impact also declared nationwide, he said. Some 30 percent of women and 35 per- a year (around $238 billion). exposed to second-hand smoke. on an individual’s thinking and behavior, said Robin Stern, asso- Any kind of smoking, including cigarette cent of men smoke hookah, which cause lung What provinces have the high- The UN agency reports 3.3 million us- ciate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and and hookah, is a big part of the problem. It diseases and other health problems. est use? ers will die from lung-related diseases. an educator, author and licensed psychoanalyst. raises your blood pressure and makes blood In February, the Iranian Anti-Tobacco Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi has This number includes people exposed to Experts have continued to build on that framework to refine more likely to clot, he lamented. Association announced that annually about announced that cigarette use is the highest second-hand smoke, among them more definitions of what exactly is at the core of of emotional intelligence. It is notable that hookah contains can- 60,000 deaths linked with cigarette smok- in Markazi province, West Azarbaijan prov- than 60,000 children under age five who “Emotional intelligence is being smart about your feelings. It’s cer-related substances 46 times more than ing occur in Iran and 90 percent of the lung ince, Qazvin province and Alborz province. die of lower respiratory infections due to how to use your emotions to inform your thinking and use your cigarette as well as carbon monoxide (CO) cancers develop in people who either smoke “Also, hookah is used the most in the prov- passive smoking. thinking to inform your emotions,” she said. Why emotional intelligence matters Canaday further suggests that emotional intelligence is a better predictor of career success than an impressive résumé or a high How does your brain take out the trash? IQ score. Well ... just reflect on your own work experiences, Canaday Many of us are relatively familiar with the lymphatic system; it In Parkinson’s disease, there is disruption in the dopamine suggests. performs a number of roles, one of which is clearing metabolic pathways of the brain. These pathways play an important role Has anyone you worked with ever been let go or asked to leave, waste from the gaps between cells, referred to as the interstitial in sleep-wake cycles and circadian rhythms; therefore, people even when they had the competency or technical skills for the job? space. with Parkinson’s often experience sleep disturbances. “We might be hired for technical talents, but we are often fired However, the central nervous system (CNS), which comprises A review published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Re- because we lack emotional intelligence,” Canaday said. the brain and spinal cord, does not have any true lymphatic vessels. views proposes that the disrupted sleep patterns could hinder Individuals with a low level of emotional intelligence can be Because the CNS is highly active, metabolic waste can build the glymphatic removal of debris, including alpha-synuclein, successful, she said, but she argues that those individuals could up quickly. helping it build up in the brain. be even more successful if they had a higher level of emotional The CNS is also very sensitive to fluctuations in its environ- Brain trauma intelligence. ment, so the body needs to remove cellular garbage somehow, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy results from repeated “It is how well you can collaborate, how well you engage with and that’s where the glymphatic system comes in. blows to the head; it used to be called “punch-drunk” syndrome others and influence. It’s the stories you can tell, the way you can Before the discovery of this brain-based garbage disposal because it occurs in boxers. bring data to life in a way that connects with others. Those are the system, scientists believed that each individual cell handled its Symptoms can include memory loss, mood changes, con- things that are going to set you apart.” own metabolic detritus. fusion, and cognitive decline. Can I improve my emotional intelligence? If the cellular system became overloaded or slowed down as system worked and when it was most active. In particular, the Some researchers believe that disruptions to the glymphatic So maybe you need to improve your emotional intelligence. we aged, metabolic garbage would build up between the cells. This team focused on sleep and Alzheimer’s. system caused by brain trauma may increase the risk of devel- How do you do that? garbage includes products such as beta-amyloid — the protein Nedergaard and her team found that the glymphatic system oping chronic traumatic encephalopathy. From the earliest ages, children should be taught how to recog- associated with Alzheimer’s disease. was most busy as the animals slept. They showed that the volume The authors of the review write that, following a traumatic nize their emotions, understand what those emotions mean and Astroglia of interstitial space increased by 60% while the mice were sleeping. brain injury, “Difficulties with sleep onset and maintenance are label them accurately in order to express and manage themselves, The term “glymphatic” was coined by Maiken Nedergaard, This volume increase also boosted the exchange of CSF and among the most commonly reported symptoms.” Stern said. a Danish neuroscientist who discovered the system. The name interstitial fluid, speeding up the removal of amyloid. They con- As we have seen, this interferes with the glymphatic clearance For adults who did not receive a solid education on emotion- is a reference to the glial cells, which are vital to this waste clear- cluded that: of proteins from the interstitial space during sleep. al intelligence, improving will require some hard work. Canaday ance system. “The restorative function of sleep may be a consequence of At the same time, these types of injury can cause the relocation suggests creating an action plan including specific goals. “Pick one Glial cells get relatively little coverage, compared with neu- the enhanced removal of potentially neurotoxic waste products of aquaporin-4 channels — those important receptors on astro- or two areas where you want to grow, and get some advice on how rons, despite being just as numerous in the brain. They were that accumulate in the awake [CNS].” glia that are vital for glymphatic clearance — into a position that to best start to embody whatever factor of emotional intelligence long considered little more than lowly support cells, but are This early work inspired a wave of new studies, the most hinders the removal of junk proteins from the interstitial space. you are trying to develop.” now held in higher regard. recent of which was published this month. The researchers The authors believe that the disruption of this system could If you are trying to gain better control of your anger, for ex- Glia protect, nourish, and insulate neurons. They also play looked at the impact of high blood pressure on the function of “provide one link in the explanatory chain connecting repetitive ample, you might find a healthy outlet for it -- whether it be yoga, a role in the immune system and, as we now know, the glym- the glymphatic system. [traumatic brain injury] with later neurodegeneration.” meditation or boxing. phatic system. Over time, high blood pressure causes blood vessels to lose Diabetes Canaday also suggests seeking out perspectives from those who In particular, a type of glial cell known as astroglia are im- their elasticity, becoming increasingly stiff. Because the regu- Beyond a possible role in neurological conditions, some re- may not agree with you. “Be intentional about that. Take active portant. Receptors, called aquaporin-4 channels, on these cells lar pulsing of arterial walls drives the glymphatic system, this searchers have investigated how disturbances in the glymphatic steps to do that. If you constantly surround yourself with people allow cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to move into the CNS, setting stiffening impedes its function. system may be involved in the cognitive symptoms of diabetes. who believe just like you do, then you are hearing the same con- up a current that shunts fluid through the system. Using a mouse model of hypertension, the scientists demon- Scientists have shown that diabetes can impact a range of versations, and you are not growing, and you are not learning to CSF is a clear fluid that surrounds the CNS, providing it with strated that high blood pressure-induced artery stiffening did cognitive functions, both early in the disease’s progression and be open to perspectives.” mechanical and immunological protection, among other things. interfere with the way that the garbage disposal system worked; further down the line. Brackett advises seeking out strategies that are effective for The glymphatic system, which runs parallel to arteries, also it prevented it from efficiently getting rid of large molecules in Some researchers are asking whether the glymphatic system managing emotions. Practice them and then evaluate how those harnesses the pulsing of blood in circulation to help keep things the brain, such as beta-amyloid. might be involved here, too. A study carried out in mice used MRI strategies are working for you. It’s important to “spend time reflecting moving. This finding might help explain why scientists have found scans to visualize the movement of CSF in the hippocampus, on and thinking about your influence and how people respond to your As the blood vessels expand rhythmically, they drive the ex- links between elevated blood pressure and cognitive decline a part of the brain involved in forming new memories, among emotions, be more self- and socially aware about your presence.” change of compounds between the interstitial space and the CSF. and dementia. other tasks. Stern suggests prolonging the time between when you are trig- The glymphatic system connects with the lymphatic system of Parkinson’s disease The scientists found that in the mice with type 2 diabetes, gered by something and when you respond. Pause, slow down and the rest of the body at the dura, a thick membrane of connective Parkinson’s disease is another condition characterized by clearance of CSF “was slowed by a factor of three.” They also take a deep breath. Imagine what your best self looks like. Taking tissue that covers the CNS. the buildup of protein in the brain. In this case, the protein is found a correlation between cognitive deficits and impairment the time to pause and think about what your best self would do in The importance of sleep alpha-synuclein. of the glymphatic system — if the trash was not getting cleared, each situation may help you avoid letting your emotions control Following Nedergaard’s discovery, she ran a series of exper- This has led some researchers to wonder whether the glym- thinking skills were hampered. you. You are allowing yourself time to manage your emotions. iments on mice to develop a better understanding of how this phatic system might be implicated here, too. (Source: Medical News Today) (Source: cnn.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY JUNE 22, 2019 Scientific co-op, knowledge exchange essential Melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in past 20 years, for promoting peace, welfare for all: minister study warns SOCIETY TEHRAN—In the to- of the plans to generate decent jobs in the desk The rate glaciers are melting in the Himalayas has doubled in day’s world where chal- country, he stated. just 20 years, according to a study which examined 40 years lenges a country is facing becomes other Emphasizing the fact that Iranian gov- of satellite data. countries’ problems in no time, scientific ernment has attached a great importance to Glaciers have been losing more than a vertical foot and cooperation and knowledge exchange for the development of innovative technology a half of ice each year since 2000. This equates to 8 billion sustainable development are essential startups he also explained that Iran played tons of water being released – or the equivalent of 3.2 million for promoting peace and welfare for all, host to the 1st Asia Pacific Innovation Fo- Olympic-size swimming pools. the cooperation, labor and social welfare rum held on June 10-12. The rate of melting is more than double that which took place minister has said. The theme of the Forum was “Technology between 1975 and 2000, according to the study published in Science Mohammad Shariatmadari made the re- Start-ups for Sustainable Development” in Advances. It is the latest indication climate change is threatening marks on Wednesday over in his address to recognition of technology as a key means for the water supplies for 800 million people living downstream. Asia-Pacific ministers at the 108th Session of sustainable development goals. The Forum the International Labor Conference held in was an opportunity to showcase the most Geneva, Switzerland, on June 10-21, according innovative technology start-up initiatives, to a report published on the ministry’s portal. discover frontier technological advancements Some 60 percent of the whole world’s from across the Asia-Pacific region and be- population constituting 3.4 billion people, yond, and develop partnerships with other including workforce, are living in Asia-Pa- member States so that the countries in the cific region, he said, adding that despite region can move forward together to face the differences all countries in this region great opportunities and challenges of the should cooperate to create sustainable em- Based on ILO’s report, despite two decades informal employment rate is particularly high Fourth Industrial Revolution. ployment opportunities for all. of economic growth, Asia-Pacific still faces in Southern Asia, where almost 88 per cent Iran has gained considerable experience Things are changing fast now and have im- structural weaknesses in its labor markets. of workers were informally employed. and knowledge in supporting startups knowl- pacts on the workforce, technology advances, According to the first edition of the APE- The minister also noted that employment edge-based companies and is ready to ex- climate change, demographic changes, etc. are SO, although the regional unemployment would lead to reducing poverty, saying that change this knowledge with other countries affecting various regions differently, he added. rate is projected to remain at 4.1 per cent economic growth cannot solely result in pov- in the region, he concluded. He went on to say that new technologies through 2020, the vulnerable employment erty reduction unless it creates decent jobs. This year the 108th International Labor “This is the clearest picture yet of how fast Himalayan glaciers have seriously affected jobs and had vari- rate is expected to creep up towards 49 Empowering and supporting the youth Conference brought together over 6,000 del- are melting over this time interval, and why,” said lead author ous consequences for the economies and per cent, reversing a downward trend of would help in having a brighter future, he egates from around the globe to find solutions Joshua Maurer, a PhD candidate at Columbia University. job opportunities, so that following the new at least two decades. suggested. to the challenges of the future of the world These glaciers currently harbour 600 billion tons of ice and technology trends and teaching necessary While the Asia-Pacific region has made Shariatmadari also lamented that one-sid- of work, and celebrate the Centenary of the they may have lost as much as one quarter of their mass over vocational skills to the workforce are vital. rapid progress to substantially reduce ex- ed, unfair U.S.-sanctions imposed on Iran International Labor Organization. the past four decades. On Mount Everest long-lost corpses of The minister also highlighted that treme poverty, one fourth of all workers in would definitely affect human rights, social The conference, which is often called climbers are even starting to emerge from the ice. despite economic growth there are not the region – 446 million workers – still lived justice, and everyone’s right to have a decent an international parliament of labor, has At this rate of decline, two-thirds of the Himalayas’ ice cov- enough decent job opportunities in some in moderate or extreme poverty in 2017 and job, this is economic terrorism. several main tasks. er – referred to as Earth’s ‘Third Pole’ – will be gone by 2100. economies in the region. nearly half of the workforce – 930 million The Islamic Republic of Iran has es- The crafting and adoption of international Rising temperatures are to blame, according to scientists who Shariatmadari also mentioned ILO’s people – were still making a living in vulner- tablished a national plan for decent jobs labor standards in the form of conventions estimate that from 2000 to 2016 temperatures were 1C warmer most recent report, entitled Asia-Pacific able employment as own-account or unpaid creation in line with sixth national devel- and recommendations, supervising the ap- than between 1975 and 2000. Employment and Social Outlook 2018 (APE- contributing family workers. opment plan, he highlighted. plication of conventions and recommenda- Scientists scanned satellite images from 650 glaciers spanning SO): Advancing decent work for sustaina- More than two in three workers were in Using the youth potential, empower- tions at the national level, and representing 2,000 kilometers from west to east. Many of the 20th century ble development regretting the increasing informal employment in 2016, which is closely ing work institutes, developing vocational a forum where social and labor questions of observations were from declassified photographs taken by US number of unemployed and people having linked to the 48.6 per cent of workers still in skills, and supporting firms, specially newly importance to the entire world are discussed spy satellites. Researchers used these to create 3D models that informal jobs. vulnerable categories of employment. The funded knowledge-based companies are are some of the main tasks. could show the changing elevations of the glacier over time. Between 1975 and 2000 glaciers lost on average 0.25 meters of ice. In 2000 this loss increased to around half a meter every Sadiq Khan announces car-free day Eastern European states block bid for EU year and at lower levels the decline is up to five meters a year. Another driving factor is Asian nations burning more and in London to tackle air pollution climate change 2050 decarbonisation target more fossil fuels, sending soot into the sky. This eventually lands Sadiq Khan has announced plans to im- Three central and eastern European coun- on the surface of the glacier where it absorbs solar energy and plement London’s biggest car-free day to tries blocked a new EU climate change target accelerates melting, researchers believe. date, closing 12.3 miles (20km) of roads on Thursday night, undermining global The Himalayas are not melting as fast as the Alps, but the in the center of the capital in September. action to cut carbon emissions. general progression is similar. Roads will be closed for the event around EU leaders had hoped to commit all Eight-hundred million people depend on seasonal runoff from London Bridge, Tower Bridge and much of the union’s member states to going carbon Himalayan glaciers for irrigation, hydropower and water. There the City of London to help tackle the capital’s neutral by 2050 at a summit in Brussels, is currently more run-off during warm seasons but scientists say air pollution crisis, which kills thousands but in the end only 25 out of 28 countries within the next few decades this will decrease as the glaciers lose of people each year and leaves two million were on-board. mass. This will eventually lead to water shortages. – including 400,000 children – living in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic The study shows that “even glaciers in the highest mountains areas with illegally dirty air. negatively affected by traffic, will take pri- all refused to support writing the target into meeting in the autumn. of the world are responding to global air temperature increases Boroughs across the city will also hold ority. We hope that it will be the beginning the EU’s strategic programme for 2019-24. “Hollow words can’t rebuild a house driven by the combustion of fossil fuels,” said Joseph Shea, a events promoting walking, cycling and pub- of long-term change.” The plan was supported by Brussels and flattened in a mudslide or repay a farmer glacial geographer at the University of Northern British Columbia lic transport, as well as creating scores of Dr Audrey de Nazelle, an academic at had gathered significant momentum in who’s lost their harvest to drought,” Green- who was not involved in the study. “play streets”. the Centre for Environmental Policy at Im- recent weeks. peace EU climate policy adviser Sebastian “In the long term, this will lead to changes in the timing and It is the first time a London mayor has perial College London, said the event was A planned reference to the 2050 target to Mang said. magnitude of streamflow in a heavily populated region.” closed down large sections of roads in the important to show people how enjoyable reduce emissions to net zero was removed “Merkel and Macron failed to convince “It shows how endangered [the Himalayas] are if climate city center. Khan said the day would offer a car-free city would be. from the summit’s draft conclusions fol- Poland and bring others on board. With change continues at the same pace in the coming decades,” said an opportunity for people to leave their cars “Being aware of the scale of air pollution lowing the meeting. Instead, a footnote people on the streets demanding action and Etienne Berthier, a glaciologist at France’s Laboratory for Stud- behind and explore streets by foot or by bike. health problems is not enough. Actually living was added, with an explanation that “for warnings from scientists that the window ies in Geophysics and Spatial Oceanography, who also was not “I encourage as many Londoners as the joys of a car-free or carless city will do a large majority of member states, climate to respond is closing fast, our governments involved in the study. possible to join in the fun and see the city much more to create a positive vision of what a neutrality must be achieved by 2050”. had a chance to lead from the front and The study follows research from last month that found gla- from a different perspective,” he said. future healthy London could be like,” she said. The rejection of the target is a blow to put Europe on a rapid path to full decar- ciers in the high-mountain regions around the Himalayas were The event, which will take place on 22 Hundreds of activities will take place the implementation of the Paris Agreement, bonisation. They blew it.” shrinking 1.6 times faster between 2000 and 2016 than the period September, has been given a cautious wel- across the closed streets in central London, which aims keep the global temperature Increasing numbers of member states between 1951 to 2007. come by campaigners. with 18 boroughs planning to work with resi- increase to well below 2C and pursue efforts swung behind the 2050 target in recent (Source: The Independent) Areeba Hamid of Greenpeace UK said: dents to create play streets for children, where to keep it to 1.5C. weeks, and the support from the 25 coun- “It’s exciting to see London adopting the communities can get together. It is hoped Efforts to meet the EU target could make tries represents a significant increase on idea of having a car-free day, something more than 150,000 Londoners will join in. a comeback at a later date: the rotating EU the just eight who supported the move WORDS IN THE NEWS great cities across the world from Paris to The move comes as concerns mount presidency, which set the agenda at summits back in March. Bogotá have been giving a try … Reducing about the impact of the UK’s poisonous like this week’s is passing to Finland later A watered down version of the text Food scares toxic air pollution and carbon emissions are air, which causes 40,000 early deaths a year. this month. Finland’s government is keen however failed to ultimately bring the final vital, but they are far from the only benefit Last year, an unprecedented joint in- on fighting climate change, and recently opposed member states on-side. (August 31, 2000) of reclaiming our streets.” quiry by MPs described air pollution as a committed itself to an even more ambitious “We cannot agree, for now,” Polish prime Two reports from opposite sides of the world showed how the Fiona Sutherland from London Play, a “national health emergency”. Their report target of decarbonising its economy by an minister Mateusz Morawiecki said ahead food we eat can be dangerous to our health. charity that campaigns for more opportu- was scathing about the government’s clean earlier date, 2035. However, the chance of the meeting, arguing that his country The new research, published by the National Academy of nities for children to play in the city, said: air plans, which have been judged illegal to include it in the EU’s strategic agenda needs more EU cash to help convert its Sciences, provoked fears that other animals, such as pigs “[This] will give people the opportunity to three times in the high court. The latest has been missed. economy away from coal power generation. and poultry, may carry BSE while appearing healthy. The witness a transformation on their doorstep. proposal, rejected by the court, was described Environmental groups reacted angrily Czech prime minister Andrej Babis lead scientist on the new research, Professor John Collinge, is a When cars no longer dominate, what we as “woefully inadequate” by city leaders to the news, and called on EU leaders to added: “Why should we decide 31 years member of the British government’s BSE advisory council. He often forget is valuable public space. For a and “inexcusable” by doctors. hold an emergency summit to agree the ahead of time what will happen in 2050?” says the findings suggest more spot checks on apparently few hours, children, whose lives are most (Source: The Guardian) policy ahead of a key UN climate change (Source: The Independent) healthy animals destined for human consumption may be needed, to ensure they aren’t silently carrying the disease. But food safety experts in Britain say there’s no evidence to ENGLISH IN USE suggest this is the case, and say existing controls on animal feed and slaughter provide adequate protection to consumers. LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION Ever since the contaminated milk poisoned nearly fifteen- thousand people in June, Japan has been in the grip of a food scare. The number of products recalled from the shops has reached 500,000 Afghan nationals studying 500 هزار کودک افغانستانی در ایران record proportions, with angry consumers reporting everything from dead flies in tomato juice to a lizard in a bag of potato in Iranian schools تحصیل می کنند chips. The authorities have promised tough action to restore public confidence. Words Currently, about 500,000 Afghan students are studying in Iranian دبیــر مرجــع ملــی کنوانســیون حقــوق کــودک گفــت: هــم اکنــون نیــز حــدود provoked fears: made people worried schools free of charge, secretary general of the national commission 500 هــزار نفــر از کــودکان افغــان بــه طــور رایــگان در ایــران تحصیــل مــی کننــد. .poultry: birds such as chickens and ducks are called poultry on children’s rights has announced BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: disease found بــه گــزارش روز دوشــنبه خبرگــزاری ایرنــا محمــود عباســی در دیــدار بــا in some animals which can be passes to people. More commonly Mahmood Abbasi made the remarks during a meeting with member رینــاط وینتــر، رئیــس کمیتــه حقــوق کــودک ســازمان ملــل متحــد در ژنــو called ‘Mad Cow’s Disease’ of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, juvenile judge Rinat advisory council: organization for giving advice Winter, on Monday. Over the past four decades, Iran has hosted over 4 گفــت: در چهــار دهــه گذشــته ایــران همــواره میزبــان چهــار میلیــون خارجــی findings:the results of an investigation are called the findings spot checks: unexpected inspections million foreign nationals, especially Afghans, he noted, IRNA reported. بــه ویــژه افغانســتانی هــا بــوده اســت. apparently healthy: seem or look to be well destined for human consumption: to be used as food for people slaughter: killing of animals contaminated: if something has been made dirty, unclean or PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM poisonous, it has been contaminated Hit somebody with something in the grip of: dominated by, very worried about “-ment” The burning question recalled: if a product is recalled then the company that makes it Meaning: to tell someone something interesting, Explanation: what everyone is asking, and what we asks people who have bought it to return that product to the shops. Meaning: aword ending that indicates action or process exciting, or shocking all want to know about, is called the burning question has reached record proportions: has become bigger than ever before For example: I’ve made a few very minor adjustments For example: The next morning, Steve hit me with For example: Who leaked the information? That›s lizard: a kind of animal, reptile, like a snake with legs to the decor, but in general it was excellent. the truth. the burning question! (Source: BBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 22, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Bahrain conference amounts to Arab ‘normalization’ Yemeni drone attack halts air of ties with occupying Israel: Haniyeh traffic in Saudi airport TEHRAN — A senior leader of the Pal- ization of relations with the Tel Aviv regime estinian Hamas resistance movement has whilst it continues to occupy Palestinian 1 The Houthi Ansarullah movement has so far carried strongly condemned the forthcoming U.S.-led land and refuses to withdraw in defiance out several high-profile drone and missile attacks against conference in Bahrain in support of President of the Arab Peace Initiative. vital targets across Saudi Arabia, successfully bypassing the Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for The Arab Peace Initiative, proposed advanced air defenses of the kingdom which are mostly pro- “peace” between the Israeli regime and Pal- by Saudi Arabia in 2002, calls on Israel to vided by the US. estinians, dubbed “the deal of the century,” agree to a two-state solution along the 1967 “Yemen has advanced techniques, US systems, spread saying it amounts to Arab “normalization” lines and a “just” solution to the Palestin- throughout Saudi Arabia, cannot intercept them,” Saree said. of ties with the occupying Israeli regime. ian refugee issue. The initiative has been He also pointed that Yemeni ballistic missiles, cruise mis- Addressing representatives of foreign repeatedly endorsed by the Arab League siles and drones are able to hit any targets in Saudi Arabia media in Gaza City on Thursday, Ismail in 2002, 2007, and 2017. and that strikes will not be limited to Najran, Jizan and Asir Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political Abu Rudeineh then termed Bahrain work- which are closer to Yemeni territories. bureau, said that the upcoming confab, shop as a provocative move, emphasizing that He warned the Riyadh regime that Yemen was going to which is scheduled for June 25-26, are in such bids would further escalate tensions in the broaden its “deterrence area.” line with U.S. and Israeli attempts to pull Middle East, which is already plagued by war and The general also confirmed that Yemen had the ability to the plug on the Palestinian national proj- conflict, and would reach a point of no return. continuously manufacture missiles and drones for the years ect, and aims to downgrade the Palestinian He went on to say that Palestinians will to come despite an aerial and maritime blockade by Saudi cause from the issue of people looking for not negotiate under pressure, threats or dic- Arabia and its allies. freedom and independence to economic and tation. “Any step must be accepted by the Saree also underlined Yemen’s “full right and legitimacy” humanitarian woes. Palestinian people and its leadership,” the in responding to the aggression. Press TV reported. Haniyeh then called on Bahraini mon- senior Palestinian official highlighted. Yemeni snipers hunt 11 Saudi soldiers in Jizan arch King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah “not Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Er- and Najran to hold this workshop,” vowing protests “in holding such a conference, which consti- spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh has described ekat said on Tuesday that the Bahrain According to Al Masirah, sniper units of Yemen’s Army all Palestinian land and beyond.” tutes normalization with the occupation,” the U.S.-sponsored economic workshop in conference is doomed to failure in the face and Popular Committees targeted 11 Saudi mercenaries in “We clearly express our rejection and the senior Palestinian official pointed out. Bahrain as a “strategic mistake,” arguing that of the Palestinian nation’s resistance and 24 hours. non-acceptance of any Arab or Islamic country Meanwhile, Palestinian Presidential the event will pave the way for Arab normal- steadfastness. The Yemeni forces also fired a short range Zilzal 1 missile as well as a Bader F ballistic missile at gatherings of US-Saudi mercenaries in Najran. Yemeni forces also killed and injured several Saudi forces Muallem vows to ‘liberate all of Syria’ Saudi Arabia buys $300 million in what Al Masirah described as “well planned and executed ambush.” from terrorists worth of spy software from Israel Yemeni forces also targeted Saudi mercenaries with a bomb in Asir. TEHRAN — Syrian Foreign Minister Walid and parts of adjacent provinces which TEHRAN — Saudi Arabia has re- the deal, which they described as “major al-Muallem has stressed the Damascus gov- are under the control of foreign-backed portedly purchased $300 million and fairly lucrative.” They said the first ernment’s resolve to rid the entire Arab terrorists. worth of spy software from Israel phase of the accord includes the delivery country of foreign-backed terrorists and Syria has stepped up its bombardment as Riyadh presses ahead with its of 1,000 small but sophisticated tracking ‘Historic’ UK decision outlaws retake all Syrian territory. of militant hideouts in the northwest since crackdown against dissidents and devices, which can be placed in the tar- In an interview with Lebanon-based Ar- late April. Idlib, along the border with pro-democracy campaigners in the get’s mobile phone to fully monitor the arms sales for Saudi war on abic-language al-Mayadeen television news Turkey, is the last remaining bastion of ultra-conservative kingdom. movements of their owners both in Saudi network, al-Muallem said the entire Syrian foreign-backed terrorists. Arabic-language al-Khaleej Online news Arabia and abroad. Yemen territory will be liberated from terrorists Al-Muallem went on to say that Damas- website, citing unnamed senior Arab sourc- Israeli representatives have received TEHRAN — The British government has temporarily sus- very soon. cus does not want fighting to continue and es, reported that representatives from the full payment for the deal before handing pended granting new permissions for export of arms to Saudi “We haven’t attacked anyone…We want is not after any conflict with Turkey. Riyadh regime and Israeli firms met and over the devices. Arabia after a top UK court ruled them unlawful because they to liberate our land and this is a legitimate “We don’t seek military confrontation struck a deal without a mediator in the The second part of the deal will be im- are used by Riyadh against civilians in Yemen. right for us,” he said. with Turkey, but this is different from con- British capital city of London at the end plemented by 2020, under which another Liam Fox, who serves as UK’s international trade secretary, “Therefore, I say that terrorism will fronting the terrorist organizations which of last May. 2,000 devices will be handed over to Saudi said on Thursday that while the government was trying to have the end very soon and the states will last and are originally blacklisted by the United Tel Aviv and Riyadh have no dip- officials. Court of Appeal ruling reversed, it had halted issuing new licenses continue, particularly if the people in these Nations.” lomatic ties as Saudi Arabia does not Last November, Israeli daily newspa- for sales of arms to Saudis and their allies. states are steadfast and they have the hope According to Press TV, Al-Muallem, recognize Israel. But the two sides have per Haaretz revealed that Saudi Arabia “We are carefully considering the implications of the judgment that liberating all of the Syrian territories however, complained that the Ankara gov- increased backchannel cooperation in had negotiated the purchase of a sys- for decision-making,” said Fox while addressing members of the has become close.” ernment didn’t honor its commitment to recent years. tem that hacks into cellphones with a British parliament. His remarks came as Syria’s army implement the de-escalation zone agree- According to the sources, Egypt and secretive Israeli technology firm, Press “While we do this, we will not grant any new licenses for exports launched ground operations inside Idlib ment in Idlib. the United Arab Emirates are aware of TV reported. to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners which might be used in the conflict in Yemen,” he added. The decision came after the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) won a lawsuit against the British government earlier in the day. TEHRAN — The US SenateIn another on Thursday delivered rebuke another totionship, Trump, including potential Senate financial votes sanctions to on personsblock Saudi arms sale The group had argued in the lawsuit that the UK had been violating strong rebuke of President Donald Trump’s handling of the involved in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. international law by providing fighter jets and bombs to Saudis and US relationship with Saudi Arabia, expressing disapproval US legislators have grown increasingly uncomfortable allies that are being used to kill civilians in Yemen. the administration’s move to bypass Congress to complete with the Saudi-UAE aerial bombing campaign in Yem- According to Press TV, the ruling came despite an earlier de- eight billion dollars in US weapons sales to the kingdom. en that has caused thousands of deaths and a severe cision by Britain’s High Court which had exonerated the British The 53-45 vote rejects Trump’s claim that “emergency” cholera outbreak. government from responsibility in the Yemen war. circumstances require the United States to provide Riyadh “What’s happening in Yemen is a humanitarian disaster The previous ruling, issued in 2017, had argued that Saudi Arabia more precision-guided bombs because of “Iranian threats”. that has been exacerbated by the very weapons we have and its allies “were not deliberately targeting civilians” in Yemen. Senator Bob Menendez, a top Democrat leader on for- been giving the Saudis,” Menendez said. England’s Court of Appeal had earlier on Thursday said eign affairs, and Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican Outrage in Congress peaked after the former Washington the government broke the law by failing to assess properly and political ally of Trump, led the challenge to the Saudi Post columnist Khashoggi was killed in October 2018 in the whether the arms it sells to Riyadh violated its human rights arms sales. Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA has concluded Saudi commitments. “These weapons won’t counter Iranian threats. This is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) played a role “The question whether there was an historic pattern of breaches all about using them in Yemen,” Menendez said in remarks in the assassination of Khashoggi, who had been critical of of international humanitarian law on the part of the [Saudi-led] to the Senate on Wednesday. Saudi human rights abuses. Saudi officials have rejected coalition required to be faced,” said judges in their ruling. Trump and his advisers used the emergency declara- that conclusion. Recurrent reports published in the British media have shown that tion to bypass a requirement in the Arms Export Control In a long-anticipated report released on Wednes- green light to US companies to offer the sale of nuclear power London has been a main contributor to the four-year plight of the Act that Congress approve such arms sales amid growing day, UN extrajudicial executions investigator Agnes technology to Saudi Arabia, despite concerns it could lead Yemenis as it has supported Saudi Arabia and allies with everything opposition by politicians to providing US precision-guided Callamard said Khashoggi’s death “constituted an ex- to Saudi development of nuclear weapons. they need to bomb the people. weapons to Saudi Arabia. trajudicial killing for which the State of the Kingdom Separately, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently A Saturday report by the Guardian newspaper showed that Britain The planned sale also provides for co-production and of Saudi Arabia is responsible” and said MBS should blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a forthcoming was in fact been “doing much of the killing in Yemen” by providing manufacture of hi-tech bomb components in Saudi Arabia be investigated. US list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing British fighter jets and training pilots that drop the British bombs for the first time. “This report has reignited and even deepened the con- State Department experts’ findings that the Saudi-led coa- on the Yemenis. Outrage over Yemen, Khashoggi cern about why this administration seems incapable of lition in Yemen has been using under-age fighters, Reuters Tens of thousands of people have been killed since Riyadh launched The vote shows continuing bipartisan political opposition holding Saudi Arabia accountable,” Menendez said, citing News Agency reported, citing unnamed people familiar its illegal military campaign against Yemen in March 2015 in a bid within Congress to the White House’s “business as usual its “horrific details” about a discussion between the killers with the matter. to restore power to a resigned fugitive president. with Saudi Arabia” approach. It is unclear if there would of how to cut up Khashoggi’s body. Trump vetoed a resolution in April that would have The country, the poorest in the Arab world, has suffered badly be enough votes to overcome a likely Trump veto of the Trump has declined to apply available US sanctions withdrawn US military support for the Saudi-UAE war from the campaign as hundreds of thousands remain internally measure should it make it to his desk. under the Global Magnitsky Act to the Saudi government in Yemen. Politicians in Congress were not able to come displaced and many more are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Senate Republicans, however, are preparing legislation for Khashoggi’s killing. up with enough votes to override the veto, Al Jazeera to impose new parameters on the US-Saudi strategic rela- Since the murder, the administration gave a regulatory reported. Thousands of protesters again hit HK’s streets

TEHRAN— North Korean leader Kim Jong-N. agreedKorea-China to “promote close friendship strategic com- ‘invincible’:China — the North’s Kim key diplomatic told Xihalt following the failure of a second summit TEHRAN — Thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong on un has hailed “immutable and invincible” munication” and develop their “common supporter and main provider of trade and between Trump and Kim in Vietnam. Friday calling for the territory’s leader to resign and for the relations between Beijing and Pyongyang interests,” KCNA added. aid — was the first foreign nation Kim paid Back in May, Pyongyang announced government to scrap a controversial extradition bill. as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped Xi, the first Chinese president to visit a visit to, since the two sides began working that the talks will never be resumed unless Responding to calls on social media, demonstrators started up a historic visit to the North. Pyongyang in 14 years, left the North on to improve ties back in 2018. Washington “comes forward with a new arriving outside the Legislative Council Complex at about 7am . Kim told the Chinese president that his Friday, pledging his country’s assistance Kim travelled to China three more times method of calculation.” People were urged to renew their protests after a Thurs- visit was an opportunity to demonstrate for Pyongyang’s efforts to ensure its own to meet Xi in the past two years. Chinese media quoted Kim as saying day afternoon deadline for the government to respond to “the immutability and invincibility of the security and development. According to analysts, Xi’s visit to that he was “willing to be patient” in their demands passed without any official response. Many DPRK-China friendship before the world,” the In an address on Thursday, Xi said the Pyongyang was aimed at sending a mes- the talks with the U.S., but wanted were students dressed in black and wearing goggles and North official Korean Central News Agency North under leader Kim Jong-un had “initi- sage to Washington, just a week before “the parties concerned” to meet him facemasks. (KCNA) reported on Friday. ated a new strategic line of economic devel- the G20 summit in Japan, where he will halfway. The police headquarters in Wan Chai, about a 500-metre At a time when “serious and complicated opment and improving people’s livelihoods, possibly meet U.S .President Donald Xi told Kim that Beijing “positively eval- walk from the legislature offices, was a new focal point for changes are happening in international raising socialist construction in the country Trump. uated” the Pyongyang’s efforts, according to Friday’s actions. Several hundred protesters staged a sit-in and regional situations,” the two leaders to a new high tide.” Washington-Pyongyang ties came to a China’s official broadcaster CCTV. in front of the building’s main entrance. Joshua Wong - the recently released activist leader who rose to prominence during the 2014 Umbrella Revolution - told Al Jazeera he could possibly be rearrested under the “hardline suppression of the police force” for taking part in Erdogan says Russian S-400 ‘a done deal’, warns U.S. of retaliation an unauthorized protest. TEHRAN — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has gerheads for months over Ankara’s purchase order for the on Thursday. Wong said the demonstration at police headquarters showed said Turkey’s purchase of advanced Russian-built S-400 S-400s, which Washington claims are incompatible with He reiterated that the missile systems would arrive in the anger of the protesters at the treatment of their comrades air defense missile systems is “a done deal”, warning that NATO systems and the F-35 stealth fighters. the first half of July. at the hands of riot officers after violent clashes last week. Ankara will retaliate if the Washington imposes sanctions Furthermore, Washington has given Ankara until the The White House has time and again threatened to He said, however, Friday’s actions were a peaceful occupa- over the purchase. end of July to cancel its purchase of the Russian missile impose sanctions on Turkey if it presses ahead with its tion of the roads around the building, and protesters would The S-400 is an advanced Russian missile system designed defense systems or see another deal - for the purchase of 2017-finalized deal with Moscow for the advanced mis- not try to storm the complex. to detect, track, and destroy planes, drones, or missiles as F-35 stealth fighters from the US - canceled. sile system. Wong said his organization, Demosisto, encouraged people far as 402 kilometers away. It has previously been sold “The positions where those missiles will be deployed “I do not see any possibility of these sanctions happening,” to join the demonstration, and the past two weeks encouraged only to China and India. have already been decided,” Erdogan further said, speaking Erdogan further noted, warning that if they did, “we will his view of Hong Kongers’ political and civil sense. Turkey and the US, two NATO allies, have been at log- at a rare news conference for foreign media in Istanbul have sanctions of our own,” Press TV reported. “It’s the miracle of Hong Kong,” said Wong. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JUNE 22, 2019

Cameroon soccer team delay Stars turn up and viewers tune in, but VAR departure for Africa Cup of Nations over pay dispute steals headlines at women’s World Cup While FIFA rejoice at global television victory at the tournament. Cameroon’s soccer team have refused to leave their hotel to board viewing figures for the women’s World That game underlined the gulf that re- a flight to the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt because of a players’ Cup, there have been too many empty seats mains between the leading nations and the pay dispute, a team spokeswoman said on Friday. inside stadiums and on the field VAR is rest in the women’s game, even if Morgan is The reigning champions are set to start the tournament on stealing headlines. keen for the tournament to keep expanding. Tuesday in a match against Guinea-Bissau, but the players The latest came in the wake of the retaken “It’s great to see quality games and quality did not appear for their flight on Thursday evening amid a penalty for Argentina that knocked out Scot- teams, and my hope is eventually we cap it spat over bonus payments. land on Wednesday. That followed similar at 32 teams,” she said. “The Lions are still in Yaounde. They did not agree with controversy in Nigeria’s loss to France, an- Chile’s Christiane Endler carried a torch their managers on the amount of their premiums,” the spokes- other retaken penalty preventing the Super for the developing nations as her world-class woman told Reuters. Falcons from securing qualification for the display in her country’s 3-0 loss against the Pay disputes before major competitions are not unusual for knockout phase. USA highlighted how women’s goalkeeping African soccer federations who often do not have sufficient re- Law changes wreak havoc is improving. sources to pay their players high sums. Nigeria and Ghana have If the use of Video Assistant Referees at “We don’t even have a professional league experienced similar problems in recent World Cups. the 2018 World Cup in Russia was ultimately in Chile,” said Endler, who plays for Paris Ministry of sports spokesman Gabriel Nloga said the players deemed a success, recent modifications to Saint-Germain. had each been paid a bonus of 20 million CFA francs (27,364.33 the laws of the game are causing problems. Empty seats pounds). A source at Cameroon’s soccer federation said the players Scotland and Nigeria were undone by a Fans are watching around the world. had asked for twice that. change to the law on penalty kicks, which Brazil’s 1-0 win over Italy drew in 46 per- Cameroon has a rich soccer history, with both male and female means a goalkeeper must now have “at cent of the daytime television audience in teams taking part in a number of past World Cups. least part of one foot on... the goal line Rio de Janeiro. In Italy, 7.3 million tuned in. The women’s team was one of three African teams to qualify when the kick is taken”. The BBC reported 6.1 million watched for the World Cup taking place in France. They reached the last The VAR found that Scotland goalkeep- England beat Scotland on television in the 16 on Thursday after a 2-1 win over New Zealand. er Lee Alexander, like Nigeria’s Chiamaka wrote British newspaper The Times. Star turns UK, another record. In France, almost 11 (Source: Reuters) Nnadozie, had strayed fractionally in front VAR is being introduced in the Premier All of this has drawn attention away from million viewers watched the hosts’ opening of the line, and penalties either missed or League next season but a spokesman explained the on-pitch successes, with the favorites game against South Korea. saved were retaken and converted. to Britain’s Press Association that decisions -- notably France, the USA, England and Ger- There is a fervor around the host nation’s Petr Cech appointed In contrast, encroachment into the box on goalkeepers’ movements before penalties many -- advancing to the last 16 untroubled. games, which have attracted sell-out crowds. by attacking players has not been deemed will be left to on-field officials. In the absence of Norway’s Ballon d’Or Often, though, attendances have been dis- Chelsea technical and worthy of a VAR intervention. Meanwhile, Critics might suggest FIFA are using the winning star Ada Hegerberg, others have appointing. Most matches have not sold out. VAR is struggling to adapt to the new defi- women’s World Cup as a laboratory to see how stepped up. Among them are Brazil’s Marta, Meanwhile, fan zones in host cities have performance advisor nition of handball. VAR copes with the law changes, although who became the World Cup’s all-time leading not attracted huge numbers, but despite all “The use of VAR has become so ludicrous the fact hardly any of the officials on the field scorer with 17 goals, and USA striker Alex that organizers are happy as the business Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has returned to the club that, just maybe, there will be a backlash had prior experience to working with video Morgan, who grabbed five in her country’s end of the World Cup begins. as technical and performance advisor. and its use restricted rather than expanded,” assistants has not helped. 13-0 demolition of Thailand, the biggest ever (Source: AFP) Cech, 37, spent 11 years as a player at Stamford Bridge, win- ning 13 trophies, including four Premier League titles and the Champions League. He joined London rivals Arsenal in 2015 and retired after Messi focussing on positives as Argentina’s Copa hopes hang by thread their Europa League final defeat by the Blues in May. Chelsea said the former Czech Republic international will Lionel Messi was looking at a glass half full after his ed both goals in a much improved second-half showing. “provide advice on all football and performance matters”. penalty kept alive Argentina’s hopes of reaching the Scaloni dropped Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero and Cech will also “facilitate strong links” between the academy Copa America knock-out stages following a 1-1 draw Angel Di Maria of Paris Saint-Germain for the Paraguay and first team. with Paraguay. match but Argentina produced another disjointed and “I feel very privileged to have this opportunity to join Chelsea Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi’s 57th-minute unconvincing display. again and help create the best possible high-level performance penalty cancelled out a first-half opener from Paraguay’s But Messi insisted that the level of competition is tougher environment to continue the success the club has had over the Richard Sanchez on Wednesday night. than some appreciate and pointed to Venezuela holding past 15 years,” said Cech, who will work closely with Blues director But Argentina also had goalkeeper Franco Armani Brazil to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday as proof. Marina Granovskaia. -- perhaps lucky to still be on the field at that point after “We knew it wasn’t going to be easy playing in a Copa “I’m looking forward to the new challenge and hope I can use denying Derlis Gonzalez a clear goalscoring opportunity America, we’re searching for a team, for a performance,” all of my football knowledge and experience to help the team in the first half -- to thank for saving a second-half penalty. said Messi. achieve even more success in the future.” “We have to think positively and keep our confidence,” “Venezuela made it hard for Brazil. At the moment we’re Granovskaia said Chelsea “always hoped” Cech would return said Barcelona forward Messi. not winning any more in the (Argentina) shirt and we have to the club. “We need to improve and arrive in the best shape pos- to put things right to earn the three points” against Qatar. Former manager Maurizio Sarri left Chelsea last week to join sible for the next match ... and we have to win.” Messi came to Brazil hoping to end a painful run of Juventus after one season in charge, and Derby County boss Defeat would not have ended Argentina’s hopes of Now they know that victory over invitees Qatar in Porto losing finals with Argentina. and former Blues midfielder Frank Lampard is the favourite reaching the quarter-finals since eight of the 12 partici- Alegre on Sunday will likely be enough to see them into Despite winning La Liga 10 times and the Champions to take over. pating teams will progress to the knock-out stages. the quarters. League four times with Barcelona, he’s never won a major Chelsea are unable to sign any players after being given a As well as the top two in each of the three groups, the However, the Asian champions are in the same boat honor with his country. two-window transfer ban by world governing body Fifa - a decision best two third-placed finishers qualify. as Argentina, with one point from two matches, and are Three times -- 2007, 2015 and 2016 -- he’s lost in a Copa they are appealing against at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. “It would crazy if we couldn’t progress from the group even ahead of Lionel Scaloni’s team on goal difference. America final and in 2014 Argentina were also defeated (Source: Goal) given that there are practically three teams that go through,” And Argentina have showed few signs of finding the by Germany in the World Cup final. said Messi, who will turn 32 on Monday. kind of form that took them to three major tournament But after their first two performances here, the ques- Defeat at the Minerao stadium in Belo Horizonte would finals in as many years -- all lost -- from 2014-16. tion is not whether they can end their 26-wait for a major have meant that Argentina could finish no higher than - ‘Searching for a team’ - title, but simply whether they can avoid taking the first Real Madrid launch bid of £115m third -- Colombia have already won the group after two Argentina had been second best in the first half of their flight home. plus two players for Neymar straight wins. 2-0 defeat by Colombia last Saturday, but then still conced- (Source: AFP)

Real Madrid have launched a sensational bid for Neymar as they Diego Maradona issues angry response Fernando Torres announces attempt to beat rivals Barcelona in the race for the Brazilian’s signature to reports he has Alzheimer’s retirement from football Neymar is widely expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer, with the forward reportedly keen on a return to Barcelona. However, according to Mundo Deportivo, Real Madrid have already made an offer for the 27-year-old as the Galcticos look to continue their summer spending. Zinedine Zidane has already marked his Bernabeu return with the signings of Eden Hazard, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy and Luka Jovic and it seems the Frenchman is not done yet with the club pursuing a move for Neymar. PSG are believed to value the player at €300m and Real have attempted to meet that valuation in a cash-plus-player offer. Los Blancos have bid £115m plus either James Rodriguez or Gareth Bale the report suggests. PSG were hoping to agree a contract extension with their prized asset and even re-hired Leonardo as the club’s Sporting Director, with the belief that he could persuade Neymar to stay. The improved contract offer would have added a further year to his deal and seen Neymar earn upwards of £26m a year. (Source: Express)

Diego Maradona has angrily denied reports “In Mexico, where Maradona was man- Former Liverpool, Chelsea and Spain top-scoring for them in five successive he has incurable Alzheimer’s. aging a football team and technical staff, the striker Fernando Torres has announced seasons, which earned him a move to Chelsea set to confirm The retired footballer posted a video on club carried out different health check-ups, he is to retire from football. Liverpool. his Instagram page insisting he was “not some with psychologists and psychiatrists, The 35-year-old, who is currently The Spaniard was a huge success at Lampard move dying” from the irreversible brain disor- and they all produced satisfactory results playing for Sagan Tosu in Japan, con- Anfield and, while he did not win any der and branding the people behind the with no medical information supporting firmed the end of his football career on silverware, he registered 81 goals in 142 rumours: “Sons of they know who.” what has been reported.” social media. games before his shock move to Chelsea Chelsea expect to finalise the appointment of Frank Lampard The 58-year-old has spoken out after Blaming the Alzheimer claims on a “ma- He wrote: “I have something very im- on Deadline Day in January 2011. as their new manager next week, sources have told ESPN FC. Argentinian newspaper Cronica published licious source who only sought to generate portant to announce. After 18 exciting Torres’ time in London got off to a slow Lampard has been identified by club owner Roman Abram- a report pointing to the former Barcelona conflict,” he added: “Today Diego is focusing years, the time has come to put an end start. His first game for Chelsea was a 1-0 ovich as the preferred choice to take over from Maurizio Sarri, and Naples star suffering “neurological on his health and he’s going to have an to my football career. defeat to Liverpool, and he scored just unveiled as the new Juventus coach on Thursday. problems” and the “start of Alzheimer’s”. operation on his shoulder and knee so he “Next Sunday, the 23rd at 10:00AM, once in 18 games for the club during the Chelsea are prepared to pay the £4 million needed to release Maradona raged: “They’re lying, they’re can return to work as quickly as possible.” local time in Japan, I will have a press remainder of the 2010/11 season. Lampard from his contract with Derby, but the Championship lying. They speak of Alzheimer’s and they The retired footballer’s daughter Dalma, conference in Tokyo to explain all the Torres’ fortunes did pick up though, club’s desire to secure a replacement before sanctioning his de- don’t know what it means. responding to reports one of Maradona’s sisters details. See you there. and he won the FA Cup and the Champions parture has slowed the process. “The word Alzheimer’s is an awful word. had said she wanted him admitted to hospi- Torres joined Sagan Tosu in July 2018 League in 2012, as well as the Europa Lampard is expected to sign a three-year contract and be People with Alzheimer’s die. I’m not dying. tal, said she had called him after reading the after leaving boyhood club Atletico Madrid League in 2013, before leaving for AC accompanied by former Chelsea academy coach Jody Morris These sons of they know what throw it claims and confirmed he was on “top form.” for a second time. He has scored just four Milan in 2014. and long-time fitness coach Chris Jones. out there to create confusion. I don’t do Cronica set alarm bells ringing about goals in 32 games for the J League side. He then returned to Atletico six months Derby had wanted to keep Lampard after a positive first season confusion.” Diego’s health with a front-page report The striker came through the youth later, winning another Europa League in which he led a vibrant young team to the Championship playoff His lawyer Matias Morla, who insisted which read: “There’s concern in his fam- system at Atletico, making his debut title in 2018 in his penultimate match final, and are reported to have offered him a contract extension. Maradona stepped down as manager of ily circle because of a deterioration in his against Leganes in a Spanish second before his move to Japan. Lampard will work closely with former Chelsea teammate Petr Mexican side Dorados last week to focus state of health. division game in March 2001. Torres was arguably most successful Cech, announced as the club’s new technical and performance on his health and undergo shoulder and “There’s talk of neurological problems He scored his first goal for the club a on the international stage, and was an adviser on Friday. knee surgery, added: “In the light of reports and the onset of Alzheimer’s. week later in a 1-0 victory over Albacete, important member of the Spain side that Cech will provide advice on all football and performance Diego Maradona is suffering from the onset “One of his sisters wants him to be before helping Atletico to promotion to won back-to-back European Champion- matters, work to improve the pathway from the academy to the of Alzheimer’s I wish to state that none of admitted to hospital as soon as possible. La Liga the following season. ships in 2008 and 2012, as well as the first-team squad and travel with the senior side home and away. the medical tests he has undergone show There’s total secrecy in his innermost circle.” Torres then established himself as World Cup in 2010. (Source: ESPN) anything of the sort. (Source: Mirror) one of the most prolific strikers in Spain, (Source: Sky Sports) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 22, 2019 SPORTS 15

Esteghlal will play attacking Iran into Asian Beach Handball C’ship semis

football: Andrea Stramaccioni SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran advanced to the Asian Beach SPORTS TEHRAN — Esteghlal deskHandball Championship 2019 semifinals de- desknewly-appointed coach spite suffering a 2-1 loss against Oman on Thursday. Andrea Stramaccioni says his team will play Team Melli had already defeated Japan, Thailand, Saudi attacking football. Arabia and Pakistan in Weihai, China. The Italian coach was officially named Esteghlal coach on a two-year contract on Thursday. The former Inter coach attended a press conference in Tehran. “First, I would like to thank the Esteghlal officials because I have been warmly welcomed here and I am proud of being Esteghlal coach. One of the reasons I decided to come here is a good relationship between Iran and Italy. I know that I will experience so many difficulties in Iran. Iran play a different style than Italy but it’s normal that the fans have requested to display Italian style in their team,” Stramaccioni said. “I know that Esteghlal have not won a title in the league in the last six years and it will be difficult to be top in the league because there are several teams who are better than Iran will face four-time champions Qatar on Saturday. us. we have a lot of work to do, because some The tournament includes two groups of six teams. players have left the team and we have signed Group A consists of Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, Afghanistan, some new players,” the Italian coach added. the Philippines, Indonesia and Qatar, while Iran are in Group B “I will not promise the fans to win the title along with Oman, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Pakistan and Thailand. this season but we will do our best to improve The competition serves as a qualifier for both the 2019 ANOC the quality of the team. All teams play for win World Beach Games in Qatar and the 2020 IHF Men’s Beach in any tournament and we have to keep going Handball Championships to be held in Italy. step by step,” Stramaccioni stated. The top two teams will receive a direct ticket to Italy. “I am interested in playing attacking football. Defensive football makes a bad situation. My teams have always played attacking football Iran’s women’s out of FIBA but we have to see our players at first to know that which style of football we can play. If 3x3 World Cup you don’t know your players, you will not get result,” he concluded. Abbasi Times/ Mohammad Reza Tehran IRNA — Iran were knocked out of the International Basketball Federation 3x3 World Cup 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherland on Thursday. Iran win two medals at Asian Artistic Yahya Golmohammadi inch closer Iran lost to Czech Republic 22-8 in Pool C and failed to advance to the next stage. Gymnastics Championships to Persepolis return Team Melli started the campaign with a 22-8 against Spain but went on to beat Mongolia 19-18 in the next match. Iran also lost to Romania 21-7 in this competition. Iran’s national women’s team, headed by Nika Beyk-Liklee, was composed of Saeideh Elli, Shadi Abdolvand, Kimiya Yazdian Tehrani and Delaram Vakili. The FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2019 is being held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from June 18 to 23.

Taremi linked with KV ostende

TASNIM — Iran international striker Mehdi Taremi has been reportedly linked with a move to Belgian top-flight football club KV Oostende. Taremi will leave Qatari football team Al-Gharafa and he is set to join KV Ostened, voetbalprimeur.be reported. He is Persepolis football team target as well but prefers to continue his career in an European football team. Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende or KVO, are a Belgian football club from the city of Ostend, SPORTS TEHRAN — Saeid medal in men’s rings. SPORTS TEHRAN — Padideh coach Iranian popular football team. He will have a West Flanders. deskReza Keikha and He scored 14.533 points in the event. deskYahya Golmohammadi is on difficult task to coach titleholders Persepolis. The team were founded in 1904. Mehdi Ahmad-Kohani took two medals Chinese representative Lan Xingyu the verge taking charge of Persepolis football club. Ivankovic left Persepolis to join Al Ahli at the 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics clinched a gold medal ahead of North Golmohammadi is a candidate to re- of Saudi Arabi on a two-year contract. He Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Korean gymnast Jong Ryong-il. place Branko Ivankovic as well as Afshin built the most decorated resume of any coach Mongolia on Friday. The 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Ghotbi and Mehdi Mahdavikia. However it in Persepolis history. Under leadership of Alipour on eve of joining In the men’s pommel horse, Keikha Championships was the eighth edition seems Golmohammadi has a better chance him, Persepolis won three successive Iran Zulte Waregem scored a total of 14.567 points to win of the Asian Artistic Gymnastics of returning to Persepolis, because Mah- Professional League. The Reds, also won a silver medal. Championships, and were held in davikia currently works as Hamburger SV one Hazfi Cup and three Super Cups. Gold medal went to Jordan’s Ahmad Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 19 to U21 coach and Ghotbi also failed to make a Furthermore, Persepolis reached the PLDC — Persepolis striker Ali Alipour will likely join Belgian Abu-Al-Soud and Liu Rongbing from 22 June, 2019. splash in Foolad football club last season. AFC Champions League final for the first top-flight football club Zulte Waregem. China claimed a bronze medal. The competition brought 80 athletes Golmohammadi led the Reds in 2012-13 time ever, where they lost to Japanese outfit Alipour will reportedly pen a contract with Zulte Waregem Ahmad-Kohani also won a bronze together. season but failed to win a trophy with the Kashima Antlers 2-0 on aggregate. for 700,000 euros. The 25-year-old striker has negotiated with Persepolis’s officials and will leave his team, the local media reported. Spanish football team Union Deportiva Almeria also eyed Iran beaten by Japan at AFC U-20 Futsal Championship semis the Iranian striker. Japan rose to the occasion as they defeated reigning Japan were awarded a penalty for a harsh tackle on Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem are a Belgian professional champions Islamic Republic of Iran 8-4 to seal their Masashi, and Motoishi was perfect in converting from football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. place in the final of the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship the spot to bring the game into extra time. Zulte Waregem play in the Belgian First Division A. Their IR Iran 2019 on Thursday. apan’s set-pieces had been impressive throughout the highest finish at the highest level was second place in 2012–13. It was a match worthy of a final, as it featured two tournament and the young Samurai Blue struck in the The club are a product of a partnership in 2001 between teams with intense rivalry. 43rd minute from one of those when Motoishi let loose Zultse VV and KSV Waregem, a former first division regular. Japan, who were making their first semi-final ap- a long range strike that deflected off Niknamtorghabe pearance, had a bright start when goalkeeper Tabuchi and into the path of Rintaro Iguchi, who simply tapped Hiroshi’s long throw found Takehiro Motoishi in the box, the ball in with ease. but Takahashi Yudai shot the subsequent pass straight It was through a set-piece yet again in the 47th min- Mohajeri named Iran’s at Mohammadali Niknamtorghabe. ute, as Jiei Yamada opened his tournament account, Nassaji coach Four minutes into the game, Japan were awarded before captain Hatakeyama Yuki and Kimura Yuta also a free-kick after Mahdi Dehghannezhad had brought got into the goalscoring action with long range strikes Matsukawa Kota down just outside the box, which cost into an unguarded goalmouth after Iran had opted for TASNIM — Mohammad Reza Mohajeri has been named as Iran dearly, as the East Asians demonstrated their set- power play. new head coach of Nassaji Mazandaran. piece prowess with Hashimoto Reira finding the back Iran had no chance of making a comeback, especially The 54-year-old coach replaced Majid Jalali in Ghaem- of the net. when Sahand Rezapour was given his marching orders shahr-based football club. In all three of their previous games, Iran had not just moments later, and the 2017 champions must now Nassaji finished in 10th place in Iran Professional League conceded a goal first, which forced them to turn on the 22nd minute when Salar Aghapour and Reza Ghan- face Indonesia in the third-place play-off on Saturday. (IPL) last season. power and they began pushing Japan back into their half. barisaeidabad were denied by Hiroshi, a moment of Hamid Moghadam: IR Iran head coach Mohajeri led Machine Sazi last season and now is going to Ali Akrami came extremely close in the ninth minute brilliance from Osawa Mashashi from outside the box “Futsal has always been like that, and we were not start a new challenge in another Iranian top-flight football club. after a series of passes saw the ball at his feet but he was caught the Iranian ‘keeper off guard in the 24th minute. lucky. I thought we could win, even in the final 30 Mohajeri started his coaching career in Shirin Faraz in denied by the upright, but it mattered little, as Iran drew Backed by a thunderous home crowd, it didn’t take long seconds. I’m satisfied with my players, they did their 2011 and has also coached Siah Jamegan and Padideh. level a minute later through a set-piece, with Masoud for Iran to find the equalizer, this time Dehghannezhad best. We had opportunities to score, but sometimes Yousef Shavardazi etching his name on the scoresheet stealing the spotlight after he outmuscled Kimura Yuta we’re unlucky. We hit the post twice when they were after unleashing a crackling left-footed strike. in front of the box and drilled his strike home. doing power play. It’s going be difficult to motivate Japan were reduced to making quick passes within The tenacious Dehghannezhad showed that he is my team now, and I’m afraid and worried my players Georgian midfielder their own final third due to the Iranian pressure, and unstoppable when presented with a chance at the edge will not emotionally recover from this. It’s going to be Kakashvili joins Machine Sazi paid the price for a lapse in concentration by their de- of the box, as he put Iran back in front with a strike an even harder match against Indonesia, compared fense when Iran’s Sajjad Sarbaz intercepted Hatakeyama similar to his previous effort. to the one today.” Yuki’s back pass inside the box, and the forward made With four minutes left on the clock, Kaito came off Ryuji Suzuki: Japan head coach Persian Football – Iranian football club Machine Sazi com- no mistake in beating Hiroshi in the 18th minute. the bench as Japan’s fifth attacking member. He was “Firstly, I really appreciate this chance to play against pleted the signing of Georgian midfielder Kakhaber Kakashvili. Iran’s lead, however, lasted less than 30 seconds then brought down right outside the box, but Motoishi a strong team like Iran. I expected them to play more The 25-year-old has joined the Tabriz-based football club when Yamada Kaito was left to his own devices on the failed to beat Niknamtorghabe with his free-kick. energetically with the support of the fans in the stadium, on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. left flank, where he then surged down the court before Japan’s power play almost backfired in the 39th min- but we never gave up, and stuck together as a family to Kakashvili, who has most recently played at Norchi Di- sending it to Otsuka Hiroto to redirect the ball into the ute when Belal Esmaeili Kooraneh intercepted a pass win. I still have my focus on the final, and how we are namo, was a member of Machine Sazi in the 2016-17 season. goal mouth from close range. but his strike from distance missed the target by mere going to prepare for it. It will definitely be a hard game He has also played in Iranian football club Gostaresh Foolad. Japan dominated possession in the opening minutes inches as the ball bounced off the post. against Afghanistan.” Rasoul Khatibi has been recently named the head coach of the second half, and while they suffered a scare in the There was to be drama in the final 40 seconds when (Source: the-afc) of Machine Sazi. 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TEHRAN — A court in Kerman ruled last Tuesday that Tel: 88911433 theaters in the southern Iranian province must stop screening Webmaster: [email protected] director Kamal Tabrizi’s “We Are All Together” over the Printed at: Hamshahri No. 3(Rooztab) - ISSN: 1017-94 Kermani accent of a drug dealer character in the comedy. “The decision was made due to the Kermani people’s Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily negative response in the social networks to the Kermani accent of a man playing the role of a drug dealer in the No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran film,” Kerman Public Prosecutor Dadkhoda Salari said in P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 a press release. “This province has always worked as a shield protecting the country from drug traffickers, therefore it doesn’t deserve such an unflattering portrayal,” he lamented. He also said that the court has filed a lawsuit against the producer and director of the movie, and it is seeking to stop the screening of the movie across the country. The all-star cast and crew of the movie have protested the decision in a statement published on Thursday. They expressed their sadness about the decision to stop screening the movie in Kerman and added, “The film has GUIDE TO nothing insulting to any Iranian ethnic group.” SPIRITUAL AWAKENING “Using villains and protagonists in a story is a dramatic necessity,” they wrote and added, “Provoking ethnic It is enough wisdom for you that it clarified tension about cultural works and films is harmful and is a salvation and depravity for you. countercultural move.” “We should not forget that the screenwriters and some Imam Ali (AS) members of the cast are from Kerman and we are all Iranians,” the statement concluded. “We Are All Together” is about a group of passengers WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES who survive a plane crash. Tabrizi has an old hand in making movies with provocative Painting stories. An exhibition of paintings by In February 2014, his docudrama “Ancient Land” sparked Ali Khaleq is underway at Saless a storm of protest from large groups of Bakhtiari people who A scene from director Kamal Tabrizi’s “We Are All Together”. Gallery. claimed the series insulted the ethnic group in southwestern The exhibit named “Sound and Iran by linking a Bakhtiari family to the Iranian monarchy the 60-episode serial in October. So far, however, the plan was about Reza, the Lizard, a thief who disguised himself Fury” will run until June 26 at and calling them British occupiers’ agents. has not been implemented. as a cleric to escape from prison. the gallery located at 148 Karim IRIB stopped broadcasting the series immediately and Tabrizi’s controversial comedy “The Lizard” was banned Tabrizi also stepped across the red line of Iranian cinema Khan Ave. promised to modify it for broadcasting. Tabrizi made some shortly after its premiere in 2003 following fierce criticism authorities with his “Leily Is with Me”, a comedy focusing Paintings by Zahra Momeni are modifications and renamed the series “Motherland”. In from Iranian officials and Muslim clerics. on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is called the Sacred currently on view in an exhibition September 2017, he announced IRIB’s plan to rebroadcast The movie, which had been warmly received by people, Defense in Iran. at Shalman Gallery. The exhibit titled “The Loneliness Fences of a Woman” will be running until June 26 at the Iran’s “African Violet”, “Am I a Wolf?” gallery located at 27 Kavusi Alley, West Rudbar St., off Mirdamad Blvd. honored at Tripoli Film Festival A collection of paintings by Safa ARTTEHRAN — The 6th Tripoli Film Festival wolf facing each other. The story ends when the wolf, struck Amirmoqaddam is on display in deskhonored Iranian movies “African Violet” by lighting, falls into the river. After the show the children an exhibition at Shokuh Gallery. and “Am I a Wolf?” on Wednesday, the organizer announced. receive applause, but the child who played the violent wolf The exhibit entitled “Salvation” “African Violet” directed by Mona Zandi-Haghighi is shown crying by the river. The work, which is composed runs until July 2 at the gallery received a special jury award and “Am I a Wolf?” by without any dialog, evokes thoughts among the viewers located at 19 Amir Nuri Alley, Amir-Hushang Moein won the award for best animated across age and culture. North Salimi St. near Andarzgu film during the closing ceremony of the festival held in The award for best feature went to “Adrift” by Caleb Blvd. Tripoli, Lebanon. Burdeau from Italy, Bosnia and USA while “Festival” co- Behnaz Behnamfar is “African Violet” is about a woman who chooses to look directed by Tomasz Wolski and Anna Gawita from Poland showcasing her latest paintings after her former husband who is suffering from an illness. was selected as best documentary. in an exhibition at Negar Gallery. The animation “Am I a Wolf?” tells the story of a group Canadian director Larissa Corriveau’s “The Lure of the The exhibit named “In the Director Mona Zandi-Haqiqi accepts a special jury of schoolchildren who are performing the familiar story of Deep” was picked as best short movie, and another special Presence of History” will run until award for her drama “African Violet” at the 6th Tripoli a wolf attacking herd animals. The central scenes depict a jury prize was presented to Egyptian director Hana Mahmoud June 26 at the gallery located at Film Festival in Lebanon on June 19, 2019. nanny goat in grief for losing the yearlings and an angry for her “Like the Sun”. 33 Delaram Alley, Roshanai St. in the Qeitarieh neighborhood. An exhibition of paintings by Mani Gholami is underway at “Brooklyn” appears Soluk Gallery. The exhibit titled “Cinema at Home” will be running until in Iranian bookstores July 2 at the gallery located at ARTTEHRAN — Irish author Colm Toibin’s They begin dating and she gradually grows more comfortable No. 1, First Alley, Takhti St. off desknovel “Brooklyn” has recently been living there as their romance becomes more serious. Fereshteh St. published in Persian by Morvarid Publications in Tehran. “Brooklyn” won the 2009 Costa Novel Award, was Translated by Denis Ajiri, the 2009 book is about a young shortlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Painting/drawing girl, Eilis Lacey, who lives a boring life in a small town in Literary Award and was longlisted for the 2009 Man Homa gallery is hosting an Ireland with her mother and older sister Rose, until the day Booker Prize. In 2012, The Observer named it as one of exhibition of paintings and Rose introduces her to Father Flood, a priest who wants to the 10 best historical novels. drawings by Sima Shahmoradi. help Eilis immigrate to America to find work. Irish filmmaker John Crowley made a screen adaptation Entitled “The Season of Bitter When Eilis arrives New York, she has difficulty adjusting to of the book in 2015 that won numerous awards and was Front cover of the Persian version of Irish author Colm Oranges”, the exhibit runs until her new life until she meets Italian-American Tony Fiorello. nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Toibin’s novel “Brooklyn”. July 2 at the gallery located at No. 8, Fourth Alley, Sanai St., Karim Khan Ave. Paintings and drawings by Mitra Shahmoradi are on display in an Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” adapted for Tehran stage exhibition at Golestan Gallery. ARTTEHRAN — American Mehdi Ashraafi will be performed at Tehran’s is ambushed by police and the gangs are forced Mehdi Afrasteh, Navid Mohsenian, Hamid The exhibition will be running deskfilmmaker Quentin Divare Chaharom Theater on Sunday. to shoot their way out. At their warehouse Jananeh, Hossein Hayati and Kaveh Akbari until June 26 at the gallery that Tarantino’s 1992 film “Reservoir Dogs” “Reservoir Dogs” tells the story of six criminals, rendezvous, the survivors, realizing that they are the main members of the cast for the can be found at 42 Kamasai St. in adapted for the stage by Iranian director who are hired to carry out a robbery. The heist were set up, try to find the traitor in their midst. play, which will remain on stage until July 11. the Darus neighborhood. Drawing Pokemon Go creators release Harry Paul Simon, Alice Quinn honored by A collection of drawings by Reihaneh Afzalian is being shown Potter mobile game Wizards Unite Poetry Society of America in an exhibition at Vaali Gallery. The exhibit named “Remainder” LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The films and prequel movie series “Fantastic NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Simon doesn’t poet laureate Billy Collins, who noted that will be running until July 9 at creators of mobile gaming phenomenon Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the care much for requests, but he might ask Simon was among the first rock songwriters the gallery located at No. 71, Pokemon Go unleashed a new game on developers said. you to sing along. to use the word “poetry” in a song (“I Am Khoddami St. off of Vanak Square. Thursday that features Harry Potter and “You see all your favorite characters and The singer-songwriter’s latest honor came a Rock”) and to name poets, reading lines Hoor Gallery is playing host other characters from the wizarding world artifacts, whether it’s the Sorting Hat, or from the Poetry Society of America, which about Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson to an exhibition of drawings by made famous in best-selling books and Buckbeak, or whether it’s Harry himself or celebrated him Tuesday during a dinner from Simon’s “A Dangling Conversation.” Farshid Maleki. blockbuster movies. Newt Scamander,” said Jonathan Knight, studio benefit at the New York Botanical Garden. Simon, meanwhile, was alternately playful The exhibition runs until July 9 Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was co- head of Warner Bros. Games San Francisco. Simon and longtime poetry editor and contrarian. He chastised Collins for at the gallery, which can be found developed by Pokemon Go developer There is also a new story that unfolds Alice Quinn were the guests of honor, misremembering a discussion they had about at 12 Naeimi Alley, North Mirza Niantic Inc and AT&T Inc’s Warner within the game, Knight said. “There’s their careers both lasting for decades writing and wondered about the meaning of Shirazi St., off Motahhari Ave. Bros, which owns the rights to develop a crafting game where you’re collecting and making them revered names among awards when the planet was “disintegrating.” entertainment based on author J.K. potion ingredients and creating potions and lovers of words. He joked about making room for his poetry Photo Rowling’s popular Harry Potter series. using them to be a better wizard,” he said. Quinn has championed Sharon Olds, society award among his “shelves and shelves” Sima Moshtagi is displaying Wizards Unite had been scheduled to Pokemon Go exploded after its Edward Hirsch and countless other poets of prizes, right next to a special trophy for her photos in an exhibition at debut on Friday, but players in the United introduction in 2016, sending players into as an adjunct professor at Columbia being the “best-dressed dad.” Haft Samar Gallery. States found they were able to download city streets, offices, parks and restaurants University, the poetry editor at The New His acceptance came in three parts: The exhibit named “Smokes and it on Thursday afternoon. to search for colorful animated characters. Yorker (from 1987 to 2007) and an editor He read work by two poets who died Aromatic Sticks” runs until June Like Pokemon Go, Wizards Unite uses Actress Tiffany Haddish, an avid fan at Alfred A. Knopf. She is stepping down this year, Les Murray and W.S. Merwin; 26 at the gallery located at No. augmented reality and Google mapping to of the Harry Potter books, was given an as executive editor of the poetry society, chatted briefly on stage with Collins about 8, Fifth Alley, Kuh-e Nur St., make it look like characters are appearing early look at Wizards Unite. At a launch where she has served since 2001. She was writing; and, to everyone’s obvious pleasure, Motahhari Ave. in the real world. Players see characters, event held by Warner Bros., Haddish said introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner and performed a few songs. An exhibition of photos by creatures and other elements overlaid on her favorite part of the game was that it U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, who Simon, 77, has retired from touring and Samira Taqizadeh is underway the landscape that they see through their forces people to move around to search for praised her contributions to “the inner life his voice sounded strained at first. But he at Sheis Gallery. phone’s camera as they move around. clues and characters. She said she had lost across this country and beyond.” grew stronger, and even danced a little, as The exhibit titled “Out” will In Wizards Unite, users play the role five to 10 pounds when she was walking Quinn noted that Simon had been he ran through such favorites as “Me and run until June 26 at the gallery of a new recruit within the Statute of around playing Pokemon Go. a supporter of the poetry society and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” and “The located at Shirzad Alley, near Secrecy Task Force to help solve a mystery. “I’m about to be starting playing this remembered seeing him in the offices of Boxer,” asking the audience to join in on the Daneshju Park. Players can discover artifacts, cast spells like crazy,” Haddish said. “Maybe I’ll lose Knopf, which published a book of his lyrics. chorus of “Lie-La-Lie” as a small backing and encounter characters from the Potter 10 to 15 pounds. Who knows?” Simon was then introduced by former U.S. group added touches of jazz and Cajun music.