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16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13304 Monday JANUARY 14, 2019 Dey 24, 1397 Jumada Al Awwal 7, 1440 Preliminary steps taken to Zarif lauds Iraqi Time to seek revenge American literati to produce modern nuclear officials’ stance on Iraq for recite poetry against

fuel with 20% purity 2 toward Iran 2 Carlos Queiroz 15 U.S. sanctions on Iran 16 Tehran Polish filmfest postponed over Warsaw anti-Iran summit ARTTEHRAN — The Cin- “Iranians have warmly received various deskema Organization of nations, especially Polish people, during Warsaw’s Iran (COI) has postponed a Polish film hard times,” he said. festival in Tehran indefinitely in response “A guest who is not respectful toward to Poland’s decision to host a U.S.-led his host could not expect any longer anti-Iran summit. to enjoy his stay with him,” he noted The postponement was announced on and added, the Polish film festival is Sunday by COI director Hossein Entezami postponed until “appropriate behavior self-humiliation on Twitter. from Warsaw.” 16 Tehran summons Polish diplomat over Iran tops local share of anti-Iran conference See page 2 nano-articles list in 2018 TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – Iran Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, and India, took deskranks first in 2018 in the top 4 places on the list compiled us- terms of local share of nano-articles, which ing this indicator, the StatNano website is the ratio of the nano-articles carried in a announced. country to the total articles of that country, According to the report, Iran’s local according to StatNano, a comprehensive share of nano-article is 22.03 percent. statistical database portal. As in the past years, the share of na- Based on a report Nanotechnology no-articles in the total scientific publica- Publications released in January 2018, tions has still been growing. 10

Damascus seeks “intensified” talks with Kurds The Syrian government hopes dialogue Their aim is to guard against any with Syrian Kurdish groups will intensify, invasion by neighboring Turkey, which a minister said Sunday, signaling support views the main Syrian Kurdish group for talks the Kurds hope will lead to a – the YPG – as a national security political deal between two of the main threat, and to preserve autonomy in players in the multi-sided war. northern Syria. The Kurds have sought Russian medi- “We hope for the intensification of the tation for the talks with President Bashar dialogue. Many of the Kurdish statements Assad’s government, part of their strate- were positive regarding their concern for gy to fill a vacuum that will be left when the unity of Syria,” Assistant Syrian For- U.S. forces withdraw from the country, as eign Minister Ayman Sousan told a small Bahman Vakhshour Photo Illustration/ instructed by President Donald Trump. group of journalists in Damascus. 13

ARTICLE Trump will be re-elected, Zionists not Russians are the enemy: Steele ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Should we think of the alleged Russian these false stories are definitive (5). Ebrahim Fallahi Political analyst By Mohammad Ghaderi & Javad Heirannia collusion case as a mere political plot to destroy While both political parties manipulated Tehran Times journalist Trump or is Russian interference in the 2016 some election machines, it was Hillary Clinton, in TEHRAN — Robert David Steele, a former U.S. election a fact? stealing thirteen primary elections from Bernie Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy who A: The Russia collusion case was invented Sanders, who did the vast bulk of the election Greek’s anger was recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Democrats who not only faked the theft interference, along with Zionists at every level. Iran’s oil market in 2017(1), answered questions about Trump’s of material from their computers by Russia (it By revealing her ability to steal elections within flaring up national security team in March 2018(2). was actually taken by Seth Ritch to be given to thirteen states, honest officials were able to step facing the new Steele ran briefly for President of the United WikiLeaks) but also paid to have a fake dossier in and prevent her from doing the same in the s predicted, despite the adoption States in 2012, accepted as one of three candi- created by Christopher Steele (not my relative – general election (6). sanctions era; what of austerity policies for 11 years, dates for the Reform Party. In 2017 he formed an he is British and worked for MI-6, I am American Nothing Trump or Trump’s children or Mike AGreece is still one of the most auster- alliance with Dr. Cynthia McKinney to demand and worked for the CIA). Dishonest officials in the Flynn did in talking to the Russians was in any to expect ity-stricken countries in the EU. Although election reform in the USA(3). Most recently he FBI and Department of Justice, led by President way collusion or election fraud. Some of it was Greece was supposed to emerge from the was recommended as a candidate for Secretary Barack Obama personally, did everything they stupid, and lying about it later made it worse, fter an expected hiatus in Iran’s oil bailout by 2012, and step towards econom- of Defense to replace James Mattis(4). could to fabricate evidence of Russian collusion. but this entire matter is, as our President has exports to some of the country’s main ic prosperity, heavy debts prevented the Today he answers more questions: My previously published accounts discrediting stated, a contrived “witch hunt.” 7 Acustomers following the reimposi- realization of this process. The European tion of the U.S. sanctions, once again the Union, the European Central Bank and country’s old buyers are coming back to the International Monetary Fund loaned Saudi-led coalition escalates attacks on Yemen, repeatedly violates al-Hudaydah truce take advantage of the 180-day window which has been presented by the waivers Greece a total of €289bn ($330bn) in three By Ramin Hossein Abadian and in a well-laid plan to provide grounds for forces have adhered to the deal inked in Swe- programs, in 2010, 2012 and 2015. granted in November. TEHRAN — With just over a month has passed the failure of Stockholm’s agreement. den and explicitly stated that they will remain Meanwhile, Greek Prime Minister, Although it took some of these buyers since the cease-fire agreement on the Yemen- The latest example of which is the artillery fully committed to Stockholm’s agreement Alexis Tspiras and other officials of the more than a month to make necessary war, the aggressive Arab coalition led by Saudi strikes on the al-Hudaydah University of Science in the future. country, despite their party’s anti-austerity arrangements or to contemplate on the Arabia against the Yemenis continues to violate and Technology. The obvious invasion took the Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the approach, are not able to resist the pressure matter, it seems that finally the convenience the cease-fire, especially in al-Hudaydah. This lives of some civilians and left others severely Houthi’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee has of countries like Germany and France. of buying oil from Iran has outweighed is despite the fact that the Yemeni resistance injured. announced that his forces had committed to a It’s not without a reason that German the skepticism overshadowing Iranian groups have not violated the ceasefire. This crime against humanity, which is clearly cease-fire in al-Hudaydah, while the Saudi-led Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has become oil industry. Yemeni army spokesman Brigadier General in conflict with the terms of the Stockholm agree- coalition has violated it. He also criticized the null a despised figure in Greece. With the customers coming back Yahya Saree has published numerous reports on ment, shows that the scope of Saudi attacks on function of the UN in regard to condemning the The continuation of austerity policies everything was seemed to be, once again, the Al-Hudaydah truce violation by the Saudi al-Hudaydah is not limited to only air operations. Saudis’ violation of ceasefire in Yemen. in Greece raised the anger of Greek citi- in favor of Iran’s oil industry, however regime and allies. The latest reports suggest that Until now, the United Nations has not pro- In any case, the Saudi-led coalition repeated zens on the one hand, and, on the other the U.S. government’s disappointing the Saudi-led coalition, supported by the U.S. vided the means, capabilities and authority to violations of the ceasefire agreement in Yemen’s hand, it prevented the economic growth comments last weekend could change and the UK, has over a thousand violations of force Saudi-led coalition to keep the terms and al-Hudaydah is Saudi’s way of covering their defeat inside the country. An important point all the equations for Iran’s oil market in the ceasefire during this period. The Yemenis, conditions of the cease-fire agreement. in Yemen. However, the Riyadh authorities are to be taken into consideration about the the months to come. of course, responded to the violations. The United Nations passive reaction, has made playing innocent and blame the Houthi Yemenis Greece crisis is whether this country is “The United States is not looking Ever since the truce, the Saudis have mostly the regime and its allies bolder in committing for the defeat in political solution in Yemen. What about to remain or exit from the Eurozone. to grant more waivers for Iranian oil targeted Yemenis’ residential areas as well as numerous crimes against Yemeni civilians. they seek is distract the public from their major Actually, Athens might decide to leave imports after the reimposition of U.S. schools, universities and hospitals deliberately Despite all these obstacles, the Yemeni defeats in Yemen after four years. the Eurozone and return to its previous sanctions.” Brian Hook, the U.S. special currency, Drachma. Such a return means representative for Iran, told an industry Greece’s entering a new economic phase. conference in the United Arab Emirates In this case, Greece will no longer be a capital Abu Dhabi. member of the Eurozone. It should be Considering this new stand, the im- noted that some European countries are mediate question which comes to mind opposed to Greece’s withdrawal from the Polish is what would become Iran’s oil mar- Eurozone, and warned Athens that Greece ket after the 180-day period is over? To would then have to say goodbye to the answer this question two main aspects European Union as well. This is despite the cemetery in should be taken into account, one is the fact that many Greek citizens are asking consideration of Iran’s ability to bypass for a return to the European Union (while the sanctions and the second is the pos- leaving the Eurozone). Tehran sibility of Iranian oil customers being The Greek government has always in- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas pushed away in the wake of difficulties sisted on developing new plans for moving Araqchi has condemned Poland’s act resulted from the sanctions. in the road of austerity policies because of hosting a U.S.-led anti-Iran summit, Iran’s capabilities otherwise, it won’t be able to fulfill its reminding the Polish government of Even though at first the markets were commitments in implementing the EU Iran’s hospitality to Polish refugees almost certain about the severe impact plans for receiving foreign financial as- during WWII. of Trump’s plans on Iranian oil industry, sistance This led the Greek lawmakers t “Since 1942, 1892 Poles have been rest- but the surprising decision on granting approved new measures demanded by ing in piece in central Tehran. More than eight countries waivers to continue buy- international creditors, including cuts to 100,000 Poles returned [home] after freed ing Iranian oil significantly mitigated the benefits for large families and restrictions from Stalin’s labor camps. Cemeteries in harsh outlook. on trade unions. Iran can be replaced after 30 years, but the Now, nearly three months after the Alexis Tsipras, who is supporting these people of Tehran have kept their guests reimpostion of the U.S. sanctions on Iran, policies, has been emphasizing that this the market has witnessed that the Iranian

File photo out of respect for 77 years,” Araqchi wrote would move Greece a step closer to emerging on Twitter on Saturday. oil exports are not plunged as much as from its international bailout. 7 expected. 4 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JANUARY 14, 2019 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Zarif lauds Iraqi Tehran summons Polish diplomat over officials’ stance toward Iran anti-Iran conference POLITICS TEHRAN — The Irani- destabilizing influence.” deskan Foreign Ministry on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Ja- Sunday summoned Polish charge d’affair- vad Zarif called the conference a “desperate POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Moham- es to Tehran to protest Poland’s bid to co- anti-Iran circus.” deskmad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the host an anti-Iran conference in Warsaw, the Writing on Twitter, Zarif said, “Reminder Iraqi authorities’ positive stances toward Tehran will help ministry announced on Sunday. to host/participants of anti-Iran conference: improve ties between Iran and Iraq. The ministry said it summoned Wo- those who attended last U.S. anti-Iran show Heading a politico-economic delegation, Zarif arrived jciech Unolt to voice protest at a so-called are either dead, disgraced, or marginalized. in Baghdad on Sunday, IRNA reported. conference on Middle East peace and security And Iran is stronger than ever.” “In this trip, we plan to explore the areas of expansion with a focus on Iran that the United States is Zarif strongly criticized Poland for co-host- of relations and cooperation,” he told reporters during a going to co-organize with Poland in Warsaw ing the conference. presser with his Iraqi counterpart Mohamed Ali Alhakim. on February 13 and 14. “Polish Govt. can’t wash the shame: while He also said that Iran would not allow a third party to Director of the Foreign Ministry Depart- Iran saved Poles in WWII, it now hosts des- interfere in Tehran’s ties with Baghdad. ment for Eastern Europe expressed the strong perate anti-Iran circus,” Zarif wrote. Holding talks with high-ranking Iraqi officials, taking protest of the Islamic Republic to Poland During the World War II, up to two million part in Iran-Iraq joint trade conferences in Karbala and over its cooperation with the U.S. in holding Polish civilians were arrested by the Soviet Sulaymaniyah are also on Zarif’s itinerary. such a conference. secret police and deported to Siberia and “This is a hostile U.S. move against the Kazakhstan. Many did not survive the long Iran to Islamic Republic of Iran, and Poland is expect- journey (lasting many weeks) by cattle train; ed to refrain from keeping the U.S. company many more died during their imprisonment. declassify in holding such a conference,” the Foreign Others simply failed to get out after finally Ministry website reported. being freed from the Soviet gulags. A total of 1980-88 war Poland’s charge d’affaires offered expla- 120,000 Polish people, 3,000 of whom were documents nations on the conference and underlined orphans, escaped from the Soviet Union to that the summit is not anti-Iran. The Foreign Ministry tells the Polish Iran, starting a new life in Isfahan. POLITICS TEHRAN —The head of the Foundation He said the official stance of Poland is The Poles entered Iran from the port desk charge d’affaires that the planned for Preservation of Sacred Defense Works different from those expressed recently by city of Anzali on the southern coast of the and Values announced on Saturday that the classified docu- the U.S. officials. conference in Warsaw is a “hostile” Caspian Sea. Soviet ships docking in Anzali ments of Iraq’s 1980-88 war against Iran will be declassified In turn, the Iranian official described the move by the U.S. against Iran. were packed with starving Polish refugees, early next Iranian year, starting on March 21. explanations as insufficient and underlined and they were the lucky ones: Many others “Early in 1398, we will introduce a website at which all the need for compensatory actions on the public will have no way but to adopt retali- ing would “focus on Middle East stability died along the way from typhus, typhoid the classified documents of the Sacred Defense period will Polish side. atory measures. and peace and freedom and security here in and hunger. be published,” Brigadier General Bahman Kargar said, The Iranian diplomat then added if the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this region, and that includes an important Photos of the Poles and their graveyard in IRNA reported. actions are not carried out, the Islamic Re- in a televised interview that the Warsaw meet- element of making sure that Iran is not a Iran were posted by Zarif in his Friday tweet. The classified documents of Operations Karbala-4 and Karbala-5 as well as other operations will be published on the website, Kargar added. Iranians’ resistance against the invasion of Saddam Hus- White House sought options to strike Iran: WSJ sein’s army against Iran in the 1980s is called “Sacred Defense”. U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security team “We continue to review the status of our personnel sions, pushed for a more modest response that Trump has over the past months conducted a series of meetings following attempted attacks on our embassy in Bagh- eventually embraced. to discuss strikes against Iran. dad and our Basra consulate, and we will consider a In talks with other administration officials, Bolton Ambassador slams As part of the talks, Trump’s National Security Council, full range of options to preserve their safety and our has made it clear that he personally supports regime EU approach led by John Bolton, asked the Pentagon to provide the interests,” he said. change in Iran, a position he aggressively championed White House with military options to strike Iran. The Bolton’s request reflects the administration’s more before joining the Trump administration, according to toward terrorism request, which hasn’t been previously reported, gen- confrontational approach toward Tehran, one that he people familiar with the discussions. erated concern at the Pentagon and State Department, has pushed since taking up the post last April. As a think-tank scholar and Fox News commentator, current and former U.S. officials say, according to the As national security adviser, Bolton is charged with Bolton repeatedly urged the U.S. to attack Iran, including POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Ambassador to Co- Wall Street Journal. providing a range of diplomatic, military and economic in a 2015 New York Times op-ed titled, “To stop Iran’s deskpenhagen Morteza Moradian on Saturday “It definitely rattled people,” said one former senior advice to the president. bomb, bomb Iran.” criticized Europe’s double standard in war on terrorism. U.S. administration official. “People were shocked. It was Former U.S. officials said it was unnerving that the After taking the White House post, Bolton joined forces In a tweet, Moradian criticized “fighting terrorism with a mind-boggling how cavalier they were about hitting Iran.” National Security Council asked for far-reaching military with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to develop a more European style,” saying such an approach is not acceptable, The Pentagon complied with the National Security options to strike Iran in response to attacks that caused aggressive policy aimed at weakening the government in Mehr reported. Council’s request to develop options for striking Iran, little damage and no injuries. Tehran. Bolton has said that his job is to implement the “Hosting an array of terrorist groups and ironically impo- the officials said. But it isn’t clear if the proposals were Last year, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis argued president’s agenda, which doesn’t include regime change sition of sanctions on the victims of the very same groups and provided to the White House, whether Mr. Trump knew against strikes that might hit Russian and Iranian in Tehran. The State Department declined to comment. at the same time assuming the gesture of fighting terrorism of the request or whether serious plans for a U.S. strike forces when Trump and his national security team Bolton worked last year to quickly pull the U.S. out of while using it as a tool, are tantamount to following a double against Iran took shape at that time. were looking at ways to punish Syrian President Bashar former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with the standard policy in dealing with terrorism,” he wrote. Garrett Marquis, a spokesman for the National Se- al-Assad for an alleged chemical-weapons attack, ac- country and to tighten economic sanctions on Tehran, curity Council, said the body “coordinates policy and cording to people familiar with the debate. Mattis, moves eagerly sought by Trump. In a September speech, provides the president with options to anticipate and who resigned last month amid a dispute with Mr. Bolton warned Tehran that there would be “hell to pay” Cruise missile to respond to a variety of threats.” Trump over the president’s national security deci- if Iran threatened America or its allies. be delivered to IRGC ‘EU Iran sanctions over assassination Parliament to ask Zarif questions if plot claims to harm Europe’ SPV is not implemented: MP POLITICS TEHRAN — A homegrown long-range POLITICS TEHRAN — Moham- POLITICS TEHRAN — Moham- deskcruise missile, dubbed “Soumar”, is going to deskmad Ali Hosseini, a for- deskmadreza Pourebrahimi, be delivered to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), mer Foreign Ministry spokesman, has said the head of the economic committee of Deputy Defense Minister Qassem Taqizadeh that the European Union move in imposing the Iranian parliament, has said that the told the Tasnim news agency on Sunday. sanctions on an Iranian intelligence service parliament will ask Zarif questions if the Pointing to the latest measures to boost Iran’s military over claims of Iran’s assassination plot special purpose vehicle (SPV) is not im- capabilities, Taqizadeh said there have been some contracts will not be beneficial to Europe. plemented in future weeks. to deliver the domestically made advanced tank “Karrar” to In an interview with Mehr news agency “The Europeans had promised to im- the IRGC and Army as well. published on Sunday, he described the plement this financial mechanism by the Soumar cruise missile, which was unveiled in March 2015, EU’s decision as wrong. end of 2018. Unfortunately, they did not enjoys modern technology in navigation, propulsion, and He noted that the EU’s action is con- fulfil their promise,” he told the Mehr news structure. trary to its goodwill if it seeks to cooperate agency on Sunday. with Iran. He noted that the Europeans have said Danish intelligence chief Finn Borch that they will implement the SPV in future Parliamentary Andersen claimed in October that an Ira- called Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) -- who weeks, however, the U.S. is exerting pres- cy chief Federica Mogherini said that the nian intelligence service had tried to carry has murdered tens of thousands Iranians. sure on them to prevent its implementation. United States cannot impose its policies delegation in out a plot to assassinate an Iranian Arab “Europeans, incl Denmark, Holland & It is unacceptable if Europe refrains on the 28-nation bloc’s legitimate trade Syria for talks opposition figure on Denmark’s soil. France, harbor MEK—who killed 12000 to fulfil its commitments because of the relations with Iran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Iranians & abetted Saddam’s crimes against U.S. pressure, he added. “We Europeans cannot accept that a Bahram Qassemi dismissed the claim as a Iraqi Kurds—as well as other terrorists SPV is a European Union’s initiative foreign power – even our closest friend plot by enemies to affect Tehran’s growing staging murder of innocent Iranians from intended to protect trade with Iran against and ally – makes decisions over our le- POLITICS TEHRAN — An Iranian parliamentary relations with European countries. Europe. Accusing Iran won’t absolve Europe newly reimposed U.S. sanctions. gitimate trade with another country,” deskdelegation left Tehran on Sunday morn- Anders Samuelsen, the Danish foreign of responsibility for harboring terrorists,” President Donald Trump withdrew the Mogherini said. ing for Damascus to discuss parliamentary ties with Syrian minister, tweeted on Tuesday that the Eu- Zarif tweeted Tuesday. U.S. unilaterally from the 2015 nuclear deal She added that the EU is working with officials, Mehr reported. ropean Union agreed to enact sanctions The MKO did numerous terrorist acts in May and ordered sanctions against Iran. the rest of the international community to Headed by Chairman of the Majlis National Security and against an Iranian Intelligence Service in Iran, especially in the early years of the The first round of sanctions went into force keep alive the landmark nuclear agreement, Foreign Policy Committee Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the over claims of assassination plot. 1979 Islamic Revolution. It also sided with on August 6 and the second round, which officially known as the Joint Comprehensive delegation is set to exchange views with Syrian officials about Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Saddam Hussein’s army in the war against targets Iran’s oil exports and banks, were Plan of Action (JCPOA). the future of Tehran-Damascus relations in the post-Daesh era. Javad Zarif has told Europeans that making Iran in the 1980s. snapped back on November 4. The Iran nuclear deal “has so far been The committee has held several politico-economic meet- accusations against Iran won’t absolve them Saddam also used the extremist group In an interview with the European implemented in full, as certified by the ings with Syrian and Iraqi officials to boost Iran’s relations of the responsibility for harboring the terrorist in violent crackdown on the Iraqi Kurds Council on Foreign Relations published International Atomic Energy Agency in with those countries, especially in the aftermath of the crises Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) - also in the north and the Shiites in the south. on Friday, European Union foreign poli- 13 consecutive reports,” she explained. they have been dealing with. Advisor: Tehran, Iran has taken preliminary steps to produce Iranians to Poland: You are ‘biting the Baghdad to modern nuclear fuel with 20% purity hand that fed you’ develop closer POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Ak- percent enriched nuclear fuel. POLITICS TEHRAN — The Pol- deal, which Poland signed last year with ties deskbar Salehi, director of Salehi said for the first time a new deskish government’s plan the U.S. to buy Raytheon Co’s (RTN.N) the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran nuclear fuel test loop (FTL) has been to hold an anti-Iran conference has been Patriot missile defense system for $4.75 POLITICS TEHRAN — In a meeting in on Saturday, (AEOI), announced on Sunday that Iran has built in the Tehran research reactor to widely criticized by Iranian authorities, who billion, saying the move foreshadowed desk Iranian and Iraqi officials underlined the started preliminary steps for production test the resilience of the nuclear fuels described it as a “hostile act against Iran”. closer relations between the two countries. necessity for closer relationship, IRNA reported. of modern nuclear fuel with purity level used in power plants. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Others reminded Poland that Iran had Iran and Iraq will further boost their close and strategic of 20 percent. Iranian experts have done the entire announced on Friday that Poland and the saved the Poles in WWII, saying the Polish relations, said Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign “Tehran’s nuclear reactor has been reconstruction process, the nuclear chief United States are jointly organizing the government’s move is like “biting the hand policy advisor to the parliament speaker. working with old fuel so far, but the said, adding they have also built the es- global conference in Warsaw on Febru- that feeds you”. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a meeting with modern fuel will improve efficiency of sential equipment for the reactor. ary 13-14, with the aim of curbing Iran’s According to IRNA, the history of Mohammed Salem Al-Ghabban, a member of Iraqi parlia- the reactor,” Mehr news agency quoted “Those who have expertise [in this field] influence in the region. Iran-Poland diplomatic relations date ment’s foreign policy committee. Salehi as saying on Sunday. are aware what a great job has been done in Abbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman back to the Safavid dynasty. He lauded the Iraqi people and government for their fight In recent years Iran has made great renewing the Tehran research reactor. We of the Guardian Council, said in a tweet In an article, IRNA added the oldest against terrorism and defending the country’s sovereignty. strides in building equipment used in can test the fuel in an active way and this on Sunday that the Polish government’s diplomatic correspondence between the Amir Abdollahian also said the United States’ interven- nuclear technology. is a great achievement,” Salehi, a nuclear decision to host the conference is aimed two countries date back to 1474, meaning tionist policy is against the region’s stability and security. Salehi said in April that Iranian experts physicist, explained. to create a NATO military base, called Poland was one of the first countries The Iraqi lawmaker also thanked Iran’s support for Iraq have succeeded to reconstruct the Tehran He added that works are being done to “Trump’s fortress”. with which Iran has had diplomatic and called for improvement of all-out ties with Iran. research reactor which is powered by 20 produce new fuels in this reactor. He also pointed to an arms procurement relations. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JANUARY 14, 2019 INTERNATIONAL

Pompeo pushes for end to Persian France’s yellow vest protests spread to Britain streets Gulf dispute during Qatar visit Thousands of demonstrators wearing yellow vests have taken to the streets of London, in the largest protest yet in Britain copying The United States Secretary of State Mike Jordan. Pompeo arrived in Qatar on the latest the “yellow vest” demonstrations rocking France since November. Pompeo said that a rift between Qatar and leg of his Middle East tour. The secretary Protesters opposed to the government’s austerity program its Arab Persian Gulf neighbors had gone on of state travelled to Doha from Abu Dhabi, and demanding a general election marched Saturday through for too long, as the blockade against the tiny where he met the Crown Prince Mohammed the center of the capital before rallying in Trafalgar Square. Persian Gulf state entered its 19th month. bin Zayed on Saturday. A similar yellow-vest protest was held by people demanding Speaking at a news conference in the Pompeo is later expected to head to Ri- more clarity surrounding Britain’s withdrawal from the Europe- Qatari capital, Doha, on Sunday, Pompeo yadh, where all eyes will be on a possible an Union. The pro-Brexit march attracted hundreds of people, argued that the continuing crisis between meeting with the Saudi regime Crown Prince despite the fact that a leading campaigner had been arrested Qatar and the four blockading nations – the Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). by police for the alleged harassment of a lawmaker outside the House of Saud regime, Egypt, the United The visit comes nearly three months parliament earlier this week. Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain - benefited after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal The People’s Assembly Against Austerity organized the main their adversaries. Khashoggi in his country’s Istanbul consulate. protest in central London and other UK cities. Anti-austerity protesters “We are all more powerful when we are At the news conference in Doha, Pompeo carried banners reading “Britain is Broken” during the march. The working together and disputes are limited. reiterated that Khashoggi’s murder was un- pro-Brexit march, however, began outside St James Tube station When we have a common challenge, disputes acceptable, and that he would work to get and social media reports said the protesters were marching toward between countries with shared objectives are new answers from the Saudi crown prince. Westminster, the house of the British parliament. never helpful,” he said at joint news conference During Pompeo’s previous visit to Ri- The pro-Brexit march comes a week after around 100 people with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin yadh at the height of the Khashoggi affair, wearing yellow vests set off smoke bombs and stopped traffic Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. his broad smiles with MBS had outraged in the same area in London. Police arrested four, including a The Saudi regime, the UAE, Bahrain and some Americans. 13-year-old girl, in the demonstration which was mainly focused Egypt - all the United States allies - cut ties Trump has said he wants to preserve the on a political standoff in the parliament where lawmakers are set with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of sup- cated as it shares the world’s largest natural highlighted by the recent resignation of the alliance with the Saudi kingdom, although to vote on a government deal with the EU in the upcoming days. porting “terrorist groups” and seeking closer gas field with Tehran. U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni - who quit because the U.S. Senate has clearly blamed MBS for Many believe the yellow-vest movement in Britain could ex- ties to regional power house Iran. Gas has been responsible for transforming of an apparent “lack of will” on behalf of “re- the murder. pand in size and reach proportions seen in France over the past Qatar - also a U.S. ally - denies the allega- Qatar into one of the richest countries in the gional leaders” for regional reconciliation. “We will continue to work to ensure that weeks if the uncertainty surrounding Brexit is deepened after tions and accuses the countries of impinging world, since it first began exporting liquefied For Washington, turning the page on the all those responsible for the murder of Jamal the vote in the House of Commons on January 15. on its sovereignty. The U.S., which at first natural gas little more than 20 years ago. It crisis is essential for the successful launch Khashoggi are accountable,” Pompeo said A rejection of the government’s Brexit deal in the parliament appeared to back the boycott, has so far been has also agreed to increase gas production of the Strategic Alliance of the Middle East on Friday on the U.S. channel Fox News. could cause Britain to cancel its 2016 decision to leave the EU. unsuccessful in trying to get the countries since the beginning of the crisis. (MESA), which is a NATO (North Atlantic He reaffirmed that the U.S.-Saudi relations (Source: Press TV) to set aside their differences. Attempts at mediation between Qatar Treaty Organization)-style security pact that remain “incredibly important to Americans”. Qatar’s relationship with Iran is compli- and the blockading nations have stalled, as includes Gulf countries as well as Egypt and (Source: agencies) U.S. warns German firms of possible sanctions over Russia pipeline Delegations in Cairo The U.S. ambassador to Germany has warned companies There was no immediate reaction to Grenell’s remarks from preparing Netanyahu-MBS involved in the construction of the Russian-led Nord Stream the German government and firms participating in Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they could face sanctions if they stick to 2. Germany and Russia have been at odds since Moscow annexed summit: sources the project, a senior U.S. official said Sunday. Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. But they have a common interest U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Germany of in the Nord Stream 2 project, which is expected to double the Senior diplomatic sources in Egypt have revealed that delegations being a “captive” of Moscow due to its reliance on Russian capacity of the existing Nord Stream 1 route. from Arab countries, the United States and Israel are holding energy and urged it to halt work on the $11 billion gas pipeline. German newpaper Bild am Sonntag, which was first to intensive meetings in the Egyptian capital Cairo to prepare a The pipeline, which would carry gas straight to Germany report on the letter, said that Grenell was trying to blackmail summit between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the Baltic Sea, is driving a wedge between Germany German companies with the letter. and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known to many and its allies as it would deprive Ukraine of the lucrative gas The U.S. Embassy denied the accusation. “The only thing in the West as MBS. transit fees it currently enjoys. that could be considered blackmail in this situation would The sources revealed to the Khalij Online that at least three U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell addressed the issue be the Kremlin having leverage over future gas supplies,” meetings had been held over the last 25 days in Cairo between in a letter sent to several companies, the U.S. Embassy said. the embassy spokeperson said. Egyptian, Saudi, U.S. and Israeli officials to work out the details “The letter reminds that any company operating in the The letter was coordinated in Washington by several of a meeting between Netanyahu and MBS. Russian energy export pipeline sector is in danger under U.S. government agencies and is not meant to be a threat The sources said that the initiative for holding a meeting CAATSA of U.S. sanctions,” the spokeperson said, adding but a clear message of U.S. policy, the spokeperson added. between MBS and Netanyahu was encouraged by Saudi Arabia’s that other European states also opposed the planned pipeline. Russian gas giant Gazprom is implementing the project massive enthusiasm for such a diplomatic encounter. Germany and other European allies accuse Washington jointly with its Western partners – Uniper, Wintershall, the wrong way to solve the dispute and that questions of “There is an official inclination from Saudi officials to open of using its Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc- Engie, Austria’s OMV and Anglo-Dutch group Shell. European energy policy had to be decided in Europe, not the door for political and public relations with the occupying tions Act (CAATSA) to meddle in other counties’ foreign and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday in the United States. regime to the highest level that one can possibly imagine,” said energy policies due to its extraterritorial effect. that any U.S. sanctions against Nord Stream 2 would be (Source: Daily Star) the sources in a statement to the online newspaper. They added that Riyadh was trying to set a precedent for Arab-Israeli relations so that other Arab countries could follow Turkey deploys further military reinforcements to Syrian border the suit and establish ties with the Tel Aviv regime. The sources said there was a mutual consensus among Saudis, The Turkish military has sent new reinforce- that Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Russia’s coastal with its incursion plan. Cavusoglu said Ankara the Egyptians and the Americans that there should be a major ments to the country’s areas on the border with and top-brass military officials, namely Chief city of Sochi, and agreed to divide Idlib into would fight the YPG whether or not the U.S. diplomatic breakthrough in 2019 regarding the state of Israe- Syria’s militant-held province of Idlib as Ankara of General Staff General Yasar Guler and Land a demilitarized zone between militant-held soldiers pulled out of Syria. li-Arab relations, adding that the summit between Netanyahu is preparing for a military operation against Forces Commander General Umit Dundar, and government-controlled areas. Trump said last month that he was bringing and MBS could also include the U.S. President Donald Trump. the United States-backed Kurdish People’s in addition to Head of Turkey’s National In- Also on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister home the American troops deployed in Syria Is it understood that a key theme of the recent meetings in Protection Units (YPG) in the wake of the U.S. telligence Organization Hakan Fidan, held a Mevlut Cavusoglu held a telephone conversation - some 2,000 - alleging they had succeeded Cairo was to outline plans for selling the Netanyahu-MBS sum- President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw meeting in Hatay and exchanged viewpoints with his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo, and in their mission to defeat the Islamic State mit to the public in the Arab states, especially in Saudi Arabia. American troops from the war-torn country. on the latest developments in Syria’s Idlib. the pair discussed latest developments in Syria. in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) Takfiri If the summit between Netnayahu and bin Salman takes plac- Turkey’s private Demiroren news agen- “All efforts are being made to maintain On Thursday, Cavusoglu said his coun- terrorist group. es, it would be the first of its kind in the history of Arab-Israeli cy reported that battle tanks and armored ceasefire, stability under Sochi agreement. try would launch an offensive against YPG Some commanders in the so-called Syrian relations. Most of the Arab countries have isolated Israel since vehicles were loaded onto trucks on Satur- Our close cooperation with Russia continues forces, in case the U.S. delayed the planned Democratic Forces (SDF), which has the YPG the Six-Day War in 1967 in which the regime occupied more day, and dispatched to the southern Turkish in this manner,” Akar said. withdrawal of its troops from Syria. as its backbone, have described Washington’s Palestinian and Arab territories. province of Hatay. On September 17, 2018, Russian President The top Turkish diplomat then underlined move as “a stab in the back.” However, a raft of diplomatic efforts over the past years led The development came on the same day Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart that the Ankara government would go ahead (Source: Press TV) by the United States and meant to unite Arab countries and Israel against what Washington calls Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East has helped the Israelis to better reach out to Greece’s Tsipras calls confidence vote after ally quits coalition the Arabs. Netanyahu was in Oman in November to meet the top man in the Sultanate while senior Israeli ministers visited Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Sunday said he would 2015, never concealed his hostility to the deal with Skopje, the United Arab Emirates in the same month. call a confidence vote in his government after his coalition which renames the tiny Balkan country Republic of North (Source: Press TV) ally quit, leaving him bereft of a parliamentary majority and Macedonia. Greece has a province called Macedonia and raising the possibility of snap elections. long demanded Skopje change its country name to remove Earlier, Greece’s right-wing defence minister resigned what Athens considered to be an implied claim to Greek in protest at a deal ending a long running dispute with Mac- sovereign territory. edonia over its name, saying he was taking his other six Macedonia’s aspirations to European Union and NATO Top intel official injured in ministers in cabinet with him. ties had been blocked by Greece over the name dispute. Panos Kammenos’s Independent Greeks party had sev- Kammenos said that any deal including “Macedonia” in Ansarullah drone attack dies en MPs, enough to get Tsipras’s administration past the the name of the Balkan state to Greece’s north was unaccept- threshold of 150 deputies in the 300-member Parliament. able as the name was irrevocably tied to Greek civilization A high-ranking intelligence official injured in an Ansarullah Tsipras’s Syriza party has 145 seats and also the support of and culture. He called the accord a national sell-out and had (Houthi) movement drone attack on Yemen’s largest air base one independent lawmaker. repeatedly threatened to leave if it came before the Greek held by the Saudi regime mercenaries has died of his wounds, “I have taken my decision and have informed the president Parliament for ratification – expected later this month. AFP news agency reported on Monday. of Parliament that we will immediately move to the process The government hopes, however, that the pact will still pass Brigadier General Saleh Tamah was wounded on Thursday in outlined by the constitution for the renewal of the confidence with the support of center-left and independent lawmakers. a strike on a military parade at al-Anad air base in southwestern in my government,” Tsipras told journalists. Macedonia’s Parliament ratified the deal by passing an Lahij province, some 60 kilometers north of Aden. The confidence vote is expected to take place later this week. A firebrand leftist, Tsipras was elected in 2015 on a platform amendment to the constitution Friday. Medical sources told AFP that Tamah underwent several Kammenos said he would not support Tsipras in the vote. of anti-austerity but was forced into a third international The two countries struck the deal on the new name in surgeries in a hospital in Aden but died on Sunday morning. Syriza is trailing between eight and 12 points behind the bailout to bring back Greece from the brink of bankruptcy. June last year, but Macedonia will start using it only after So far, at least seven ranking officials have been killed in the main conservative New Democracy party, which also opposed The country exited a bailout program in mid-2018. the Parliament in Athens also approves the change. attack which also left 11 other senior members of the Saudi-led the deal with Macedonia, in pre-election polls. Kammenos, who forged a coalition pact with Tsipras in (Source: Daily Star) operations center injured. The attack came in response to repeated Saudi airstrikes which have put a United Nations-brokered peace agreement in the strategic port city of Hudaydah in jeopardy. Labour set to call vote to topple Theresa May’s government Among those injured were deputy chief of staff Saleh al-Zandani, senior commander Fadel Hasan, and Lahij provincial governor Labour MPs (Members of Parliament) have Labour whips asked MPs to prepare for The Guardian also quoted a senior shadow the best the prime minister could hope for. Ahmad Abdullah al-Turki, with AFP saying the latter two had been told to be ready for a vote of no-confi- party leader Jeremy Corbyn to table the cabinet member as saying, “There is now However, even if she suffered a defeat of been transferred to Saudi Arabia for treatment. dence in the government of Prime Minister no-confidence vote within hours of the prime recognition that we cannot wait any longer. closer to 200, which many Tories think is likely, Aden refinery fire spreads Theresa May in case she suffers a defeat over minister’s defeat, but noted that the actual If May goes down to defeat and she does not Conservative MPs and ministers still expect her Also a fire sparked by an explosion at an oil refinery in Aden on her Brexit deal, a report says. vote would take place on Wednesday. resign and call an election, this is the moment to stagger and try to bring a better offer back to Friday spread to a second storage tank, injuring six people, Reuters Lawmakers are set to vote on the deal However, if Corbyn were to postpone we have to act.” the Commons for another vote within weeks. news agency reported. Sources close to Saudi Arabia have blamed on Tuesday, after May shelved plans for a tabling the vote, senior Labour MPs would Meanwhile, May warned lawmakers that Meanwhile, British ministers have revealed the Ansarullah movement fighters for the fire but Mohammed Ali vote last month when it transpired that not table one themselves, hoping to force the failure to support her plan to leave the bloc that Brexit may be delayed or even cancelled. al-Houthi, the head of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of enough lawmakers from her own party or leadership to back a second referendum, would be catastrophic for Britain. The British government has indicated that the Ansarullah movement, rejected the allegation on Twitter. others would support the deal she had struck according to The Observer. Writing in the Sunday Express, she said, it has plans in place to cope with the no-deal He said Yemen’s combined defense forces only seek to expel with the European Union. “The time for prevarication is over. If May’s “Doing so would be a catastrophic and un- Brexit, a scenario that could become highly the invaders, adding they have always refrained from damaging Labour MPs, even those who are unwell, deal fails we have to test the will of the house and forgivable breach of trust in our democracy.” likely on Britain’s departure date from the the country’s vital infrastructure. Aden has been the scene of have received messages, calling on them to if we fail, we must consider all options including Senior Tories said on Saturday they were EU on March 29, 2019, if the parliament intermittent clashes between UAE-backed militants and those be present both for the “meaningful vote” campaigning for a second referendum as this unsure whether May could win the meaningful rejects a draft Brexit deal signed between supported by Saudi Arabia, raising speculation that the two in- on May’s Brexit blueprint and the following is party policy,” said Angela Smith, Labour MP vote “in any circumstances,” adding a loss by London and the bloc in November. vaders are competing for influence in Yemen. day, The Guardian reported on Saturday. for Penistone and Stocksbridge. less than 100 would now be considered as (Source: agencies) (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JANUARY 14, 2019

STOCK MARKET Iran has been TEDPIX 164493.8 IFX 1933.71 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir and will remain a

CURRENCIES frontier in OPEC: USD 42,000 rials EUR 48,160 rials GBP 53,929 rials Barkindo AED 11,437 rials ENERGY TEHRAN — OPEC Secre- same and no other interpretation of OPEC oil market and the $20 fall in oil prices, the Regarding the organization’s future desktary-General Mohammad is legitimate. official noted that the unexpected increase plans for following the OPEC, non-OPEC Source: cbi.ir Barkindo has stressed the important role of “Having a vision beyond the market’s short- in the production levels of some non-OPEC cuts, Barkindo said OPEC+ deal is a subject Iran as one the founders of OPEC saying that term outlook is crucial for our organization. nations took not only OPEC but also all energy which should be constantly considered and Iran will always be a frontier in the future of We need to ensure, with our cooperation, that institutions by surprise and was one of the discussed and all involving parties have a the organization. OPEC remains an efficient and strong organi- reasons for the fall in oil prices. say in this deal. COMMODITIES In an interview with Shana, Barkindo zation for the foreseeable future.” he said. “This is an indication that in oil markets “Our future plans will definitely be made WTI $51.59/b noted that the Organization of the Petroleum Asked about the recent criticisms regarding long history, always new factors and unex- considering all OPEC and non-OPEC mem- Exporting Countries will always remain the OPEC’s weak performance in balancing the pected developments emerge.” he said. bers.” he added. Brent $60.48/b OPEC Basket $56.29/b Gold $1,288.55 /oz First platform of South Pars phases Industrial, energy projects worth Silver $15.64/oz 22-24 starts operation $436m inaugurated Platinium $814.30/oz ENERGY TEHRAN — The first ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian deskplatform of phases 22- deskFirst Vice-President Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com 24 of South Pars gas field starts opera- Es’haq Jahangiri inaugurated major tion, Farhad Izadjou, the operator of these industrial and energy projects worth NEWS IN BRIEF phases, announced. 18.33 trillion rials (about $436.4 Izadjou put the daily gas production million) in Kashan County, central Investments in in this platform, which belongs to phase Iran, on Sunday, IRNA reported. 22, at 14.2 million cubic meters (mcm), The senior official opened a steam industrial sector IRNA reported on Saturday. unit in Kashan Combined-Cycle Power doubled in 8 Phases 22-24 are expected to produce Plant. The unit which was built at 56 million cubic meters of sour gas, 75,000 Pars, are in Iran’s territorial waters. The the cost of 16.5 trillion rials (about rials (about $11.9 million) and created months billion barrels of gas condensate, and 400 remaining 6,000 square kilometers, called $392.8 million) rose the power plant’s direct jobs for 500 persons. tons of sulfur per day, in addition to 50 North Dome, are situated in Qatar’s ter- generation capacity to 484 megawatts Jahangiri also inaugurated the million cubic meters of methane, 2,900 ritorial waters. (MW) from 324 MW. second modular unit in Kashan ECONOMY TEHRAN — According to the data released desk tons of LPG and 2,750 tons of ethane. The field is estimated to contain a sig- The first production line of ductile Wastewater Treatment Plant, which by the Iranian industry minister, during the South Pars gas field, which Iran shares nificant amount of natural gas, account- iron utility poles was another project increased the capacity of the plant first eight months of the present Iranian year (March 21- No- with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, covers an ing for about eight percent of the world’s put into operation by the first vice- by 20,000 cubic meters per day. The vember 21, 2018), some 384.36 trillion rials (about $9.15 bil- area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 reserves, and approximately 18 billion president. The production line came related project cost 1.33 trillion rials lion) of investments have been made in domestic industrial square kilometers of which, called South barrels of condensate. on stream at the cost of 500 billion (about $31.6 million). sector, IRNA reported on Sunday. The figure shows an annual growth of 97.6 percent, the report added. According to the same report, the Iranian industry ministry Iran’s oil market facing the new sanctions era; what to expect has issued 3,741 industrial unit establishment licenses in the 1 Although due to the confidentiality February and Japanese refineries have ment that they want the nuclear deal to taken into account is the reality that with said time and created 67,529 jobs. of Iran’s crude oil sales data, especially in the also expressed hope to resume shipping in continue, refiners in the green continent Saudi Arabia, Russia and U.S. produc- sanctions era, there is not an exact report for Iranian oil as from late January provided have had little choice but to comply with ing almost at their peak, and with prices Order registration the level of the country’s oil exports in recent that some final clearance and paperwork sanctions. The U.S. can cut off access to hovering near $60 there is currently a lot months, however based on the estimations were made. their financial system for any company of cheap oil in the market. period extended presented by institutes which track Iranian As reported by S&P Global, the presi- judged to be doing business with Iran. In such a market, it is natural that oil vessels, the country’s oil exports stood dents of Japan’s JXTG Holdings and Cosmo The customer preferences some of the Iranian oil customers prefer at near 1.1 to 1.3 million barrels per day in Oil stated that they aim to load Iranian With all that said, there are still other to purchase their oil from other oil sup- November and December. barrels at the end of January upon making considerations which should be taken into pliers instead of exposing themselves to Furthermore, considering the exempted some final clearances. account to have a rather clear view of what the consequences of breaching the U.S. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian deputy industry min- countries which are going to resume their “Cosmo Oil aims to load around 1.8 to expect for the future of Iranian oil. sanctions. deskister informed of an agreement between his oil purchasers from January, and the new million barrels of Iranian crude at the end The fact that it took near two months So in the end, it all comes to the incen- ministry and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Admin- approaches which Iran is taking to sell its of this month” the report read. for some of the Asian buyers of Iranian oil tives which Iranian government is willing istration (IRICA) on extension of order registration period oil like offering oil at energy exchanges or Last week, head of South Korea’s SK to make necessary arrangements to come to provide to make its oil attractive enough for importing goods from three months to six months, the finding new customers, the country can Innovation, which owns South Korea’s back to Iran’s market, is an indication of to worth the risk. portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and definitely maintain an even higher level biggest oil refiner SK Energy also told the hardships that the customers of Ira- It seems that the country has taken Agriculture (ICCIMA) reported. of exports in the months to come. Reuters that South Korean oil buyers are nian oil will be facing in trade with Iran. some steps in this regard, since earlier this The extension has been done due to the request of the pri- According to a FGE report, Iran will ship expected to restart Iranian oil imports in The heavy bureaucratic process which month, the Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for vate sector and Head of ICCIMA Gholam-Hossein Shafeie, 1.08 million barrels per day in January late January or early February. the exempted countries have to go through International Affairs and Trading Amir- the deputy minister Farshad Moghimi said. and exports 1.115 million barrels per day India’s Ministry of External Affairs in order to buy Iranian oil, could push some Hossein Zamaninia said despite the U.S. “Extending the deadline would ease some of the current in February. has also stated recently that the Asian of the more cautious customers like Japan sanctions more oil buyers have approached difficulties such as the long procedure of goods clearance and We should not also forget Iran’s country will continue importing Iranian and even South Korea away from Iran. the country for negotiations. probability of any cancellation of registered orders,” he added. experience in bypassing sanctions to sale oil. According to data provided by FACTS Most Asian customers of Iranian oil are “Despite U.S. pressures on Iranian oil its oil. As I mentioned before, Iran has Global Energy Group (FGE), four Indian very sensitive and conservative in their market, the number of potential buyers acquired certain ways to bypass sanctions refineries namely, Indian Oil, Bharat Pe- relations with the United States, and this of Iranian oil has significantly increased BPCL to import and sell its oil even during the sanctions. troleum, HMEL and HPCL have placed is likely to be a barrier in the way of their due to a competitive market, greed and 1m barrels of Iranian oil buyers orders for 321,000 barrels of Iranian oil energy relations with Iran. pursuit of more profit.” Zamaninia said. Nearly two months after the U.S. granted in February. Japan is a clear example of this situa- Mentioning “pursuit of more profit” Iran crude in eight countries waivers to continue pur- Regarding Greece, Italy, and Taiwan tion; despite being granted sanction waiver indicates that Iran is probably going to February, March chasing oil from Iran, recently some of the which were exempted from the U.S. sanc- the Japanese refineries have conditioned provide its customers with remarkable Asian buyers have signaled willingness for tions, no news has been officially out since the resumption of their purchases upon discounts or provide them with long-term resuming oil imports from the country. November. “making some final clearances”. payment plans which considering the cur- India’s second largest refiner by capacity, Bharat Petroleum China, India and South Korea have Even though Europe opposed Trump’s Regarding Iranian oil buyers’ future rent situation in the market seems to be Corporation Ltd (BPCL), plans to import 1 million barrels of placed orders for loadings in January or actions, and have reassured Iran’s govern- decisions, yet another fact that should be the best decision at the moment. Iranian oil in both February and March after a gap of three months, said R Ramachandran, director of refineries of BPCL. The company believes Iranian oil is the best oil to source Bank of China to enable payment in yuan on U.S. e-commerce platforms at present given the freight, insurance and delivery benefits Bank of China’s New York branch will The branch is developing a system with overseas anti-money laundering they provide. “It gives us a benefit of 60-70 cents per barrel. enable Chinese firms to receive payment using an existing platform to “facilitate regulations in the past. In February 2017, it For any competitor they will have to first match them before in yuan rather than dollars from their trade finance for e-commerce players,” agreed to pay a 600,000 euro ($688,000) they can make any inroads,” Ramachandran said. sales on U.S. e-commerce platforms this said Xu Chen, president and chief fine to settle a case involving its Milan (Source: The Financial Express) year, the official Xinhua news agency executive officer of Bank of China USA, branch. Prosecutors had alleged more reported on Sunday. Xinhua reported, without providing than 4.5 billion euros was smuggled to Pledging to introduce more services further details. China from Italy between 2006 and 2010. for small and medium-sized enterprises The system will adhere to U.S. A unit of fellow state-owned bank Qatar Investment Authority engaged in cross-border trade between the anti-money laundering rules through Industrial and Commercial Bank of aims to reach $45b in U.S. United States and China, executives from artificial intelligence and cyber security China (ICBC) last year settled money the branch said payment in yuan would e-MPay, a cross-border payment system technologies, Xu added. laundering charges in the United States. investments: CEO be possible by tapping new functions of launched by the branch in 2016. Bank of China has run into problems (Source: Reuters)

Qatar Investment Authority aims to raise investments in the United States to $45 billion in the next two years as it rebalances Air traffic controllers union sues Trump administration over frozen pay during shutdown its portfolio of assets away from Europe, its chief executive The union representing the United States’ air traffic quest for comment. said on Sunday. controllers is suing the Trump administration over pay The effects of the shutdown are already rippling The sovereign wealth fund has built up a huge European portfolio that has been frozen as part of the partial government through aviation, stalling the required federal approv- through stakes in companies including Deutsche Bank (DBKGn. shutdown. It is a sign of increasing tension between als for new jets and routes, as well as certifications for DE), Credit Suisse (CSGN.S), London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) and federal workers and the government as the impasse new mechanics and other workers. Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE). edges closer to becoming the longest ever. Transportation Security Administration officers have QIA currently has about $30 billion invested in the U.S., Mansour The Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic been calling out sick in greater numbers than at the same Ibrahim al-Mahmoud told reporters on the sidelines of a conference. controllers are among the 420,000 federal employees time last year, the agency said. The approximately 51,000 “We are talking about $45 billion for the U.S. market..we are who have been deemed essential and ordered to work TSA officers on Friday missed their first paycheck since on track for this over the next two years,” he said. without pay. the shutdown began. Some told CNBC they planned to Mahmoud’s predecessor Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohamed bin The suit, filed Friday in federal court by the National dip into savings to make up for the lost check. Saud al-Thani in 2015 committed to invest $45 billion in the U.S. Air Traffic Controllers Association, alleges the govern- Trade groups and unions representing mechanics, over a five-year period. ment “unlawfully deprived” thousands of its members pilots, flight attendants and airlines, including Ameri- “Our objective is to balance our portfolio...currently we have of pay “without due process.” can and United, urged Trump and lawmakers in a letter a little bit of concentration in Europe and having this allocation NATCA represents some 19,000 FAA employees, Thursday to reopen the government immediately, saying Concourse G after 1 p.m. this Saturday through Monday toward the US market is to balance the portfolio,” he said. which includes 14,000 air traffic controllers. They have it “has already inflicted real damage to our nation’s avia- to terminals F and H. A spokeswoman for United Air- In the U.S., QIA was looking at fundamental sectors such already missed a paycheck, according to union spokes- tion system and the impacts will only worsen over time.” lines, which uses Concourse G, said it is telling travelers as real estate, technology or U.S. exchanges, he said. man Doug Church. Air traffic controllers, flight attendants and other to arrive at the airport early and check their departure In one such U.S. deal, QIA and hedge fund Elliott Management The shutdown began on Dec. 22 after President Don- aviation workers also protested the shutdown in Wash- gates for changes. Corp in December 2017 took Gigamon Inc, the U.S. networking ald Trump and Democrats in Congress could not agree ington on Thursday. Pittsburgh International Airport said it would provide software company, private for $1.6 billion. over funding for a wall along the U.S. southern border. Miami International Airport said that amid the shut- free meals on Friday to federal airport workers. (Source: Reuters) The White House did not immediately return a re- down it is relocating flights scheduled to depart from (Source: CNBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JANUARY 14, 2019 ENERGY 5

Saudi energy minister: Russia Norway’s oil production to fall to 30-year low moving slow on oil cuts Despite cost controls, increased efficiency, and higher activity offshore Norway, oil production at Western Europe’s largest Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Sunday he’s a recovery into January, with the international oil producer fell in 2018 compared to 2017 and is further positive OPEC and partnered nations will meet Brent crude variety currently hovering slightly expected to drop this year to its lowest level since 1988. their production cut commitments to balance above $60. Last year, oil production in Norway fell to 1.49 million oil markets in 2019, despite what he described In 2017, when OPEC and its allies first agreed barrels per day (bpd), down by 6.3 percent compared to as a slower than anticipated pace by some. to cut production, Russia similarly took baby the 1.59 million bpd production in 2017, the oil industry “We’ve already done it, we’ve done enough,” steps compared to its Saudi counterpart due regulator, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih told CNBC to the challenge of making changes to oil fields said in its annual report this week. Oil production this year on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, when asked what in the freezing Siberian winter. is forecast to drop by another 4.7 percent from last year to OPEC’s largest producer would do to balance Earlier Sunday, al-Falih told CNBC that reach in 2019 its lowest level in thirty years—1.42 million markets this year. “Not only the kingdom but his country is willing to work with all parties bpd, the NPD estimates show. other countries, we’ve heard from the Emirates, to balance the crude market in 2019, and that As bad as it sounds, this year’s expected low production I’ve talked repeatedly to my colleagues in Iraq, could include coordinating with U.S. President is not the worst news for the Norwegian Continental Shelf they’ve already taken action,” he told CNBC’s Donald Trump. (NCS) going forward. Hadley Gamble. Asked if he would work with Trump, al-Fa- Oil production is expected to jump in 2020 through 2023, He then mentioned the performance of the lih replied, “We will work with all interested thanks to the start up in late 2019 of Johan Sverdrup—the largest non-OPEC producer that’s partnered producers who want to bring stability to the North Sea giant, as operator Equinor calls it. With expected with the cartel on cuts: “Russia has started, market ... OPEC plus and anybody else who resources of 2.1 billion—3.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent, slower than I’d like, but they’ve started, and I would like to do it with us.” Johan Sverdrup is one of the largest discoveries on the NCS am sure as they did as in 2017 they’ll catch up The American president has been vocally ever made. It will be one of the most important industrial and be a positive contributor to re-balancing critical of the 14-member oil cartel, calling for projects in Norway in the next 50 years, and at its peak, the the market.” increased production to keep prices low and project’s production will account for 25 percent of Norway’s OPEC members, along with several other tweeting more than once that the group was total oil production, Equinor says. countries, in December agreed on output cuts is heavily dependent on robust crude exports. barrels a day in January, while Saudi pledged “ripping us off.” The worst news for Norway’s oil production, as things stand totaling 1.2 million barrels per day in order to Russia has initially let the Saudis shoulder a cut of 900,000 barrels. The energy minister also confirmed the now, is that after Johan Sverdrup and after Johan Castberg stem a sinking market and support their own the bulk of output cuts. The top OPEC ally, which The last quarter of 2018 was defined by timeline for the long-delayed public listing of in the Barents Sea scheduled for first oil in 2022, Norway export-dependent economies. “OPEC plus” in late 2016 began a cooperation agreement dramatic volatility in global oil markets, during Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state energy giant. In doesn’t have major oil discoveries and projects to sustain its refers to the group’s cooperation with the non- with Riyadh to stabilize oil prices, has often which concerns over global oversupply and response to questions over whether the listing oil production after the middle of the 2020s. OPEC producers like Russia and other former said that $60 per barrel is enough to meet its slowing demand sent prices from October was still planned for 2021, al-Falih replied, The NPD started warning last year that from the mid-2020s Soviet states, as well as Mexico. Russia was economic needs. Moscow in December said highs of more than $86 per barrel plunging “Yes, yes that’s the correct target.” onward, production offshore Norway will start to decline “so more reluctant to cut its output, as its growth it would cut production by 50,000 to 60,000 to just above $50. The commodity has staged (Source: CNBC) making new and large discoveries quickly is necessary for maintaining production at the same level from the mid-2020s.” “The high level of exploration activity proves that the Trump 'hasn't been fair' to OPEC, Russia eyes island storage for arctic Norwegian Shelf is attractive. That is good news! However, resource growth at this level is not sufficient to maintain a Oman's oil minister says LNG amid China demand boom high level of production after 2025. Therefore, more profitable resources must be proven, and the clock is ticking”. Norwegian oil production in 2018 was expected to drop compared to the previous year, but the decline “proved to be greater than expected,” the NPD said, attributing part of the production fall to the fact that some of the newer fields are more complex than previously assumed, and certain other fields delivered below forecast, mainly because fewer wells were drilled than expected. In October 2018, Germany’s Wintershall warned that its Maria oil and gas field off Norway was not fully meeting expectations due to issues with water injection. Those issues haven’t been solved yet, NPD’s Nyland told Reuters this week. Exploration activity in Norway considerably increased in 2018 compared to 2017, with 53 exploration wells spud, up by 17 wells compared to the previous year. Based on company plans, this year’s exploration activity is expected to remain high and around the 2018 number of wells spud, the NPD says. Oman's oil minister thinks President sometimes the politics forces people to go Russia’s Novatek PJSC is looking at storing Intelligence analyst Lu Wang. The key reasons for higher exploration activity have been Donald Trump has given OPEC some to the social media or to CNBC to present liquefied natural gas produced in the Arctic Prompt LNG cargoes would also help offset reduced costs, higher oil prices lifting exploration profitability, undue flak. But echoing other Persian their case. And that is the reality of today," on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu so it disruptions of supply from other sources, such and new and improved seismic data on large parts of the Gulf ministers, Mohammed bin Hamad the minister said. can better meet spot demand from China as pipelines. After shipments from Central Shelf, the NPD noted. al-Rumhi stressed his desire to steer clear Omani Energy Minister Mohammed bin and cut shipping costs. Asia slipped during peak winter demand However, the Norwegian oil regulator warned that “resource of political animosity with the American Hamad al-Rumhy holds a press conference Saibu Gas Co., which last month signed last year, LNG imports from Qatar jumped growth at this level is not sufficient to maintain production leader, appearing keen to give him the during the 7th Meeting of the Joint Min- a preliminary deal to allow Russia’s biggest to the highest since 2014. China suffered a of oil and gas at a high level after 2025. Therefore, it is benefit of the doubt. isterial Monitoring Committee in Muscat LNG producer to use its storage facilities, similar, though short-lived, Turkmenistan essential that more profitable resources are proven in the "Sometimes he hasn't been fair," on January 21, 2018. said Wednesday it may build two additional pipeline outage earlier this month. next few years.” al-Rumhi told CNBC's Hadley Gamble But he expressed his eagerness to reach LNG tanks and upgrade its re-exporting Shorter path Norway still holds a lot of oil under its Shelf, and those while at the Atlantic Council's Global a consensus with Washington that would capability. That infrastructure would offer Novatek’s agreement with Saibu shows remaining resources could sustain its oil and gas production Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi. "I'm sure meet each party's needs when it comes Novatek greater flexibility to meet Chinese it’s prioritizing the Asia Pacific region as it for decades to come. The industry’s problem is that after he has good intention too, he thinks he is to the oil market, though that may be far and South Korean demand and cut freight optimizes its LNG portfolio, Rystad Energy Johan Sverdrup and Johan Castberg there haven’t been representing the people of the U.S. and easier in theory than in practice. costs, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd. analyst Xi Nan said in an email. It takes about major discoveries. he thinks this is the way to do it." "I wish we could sit together, I would Arctic LNG shipments 15 days to ship LNG from the company’s Yamal According to the NPD’s resource estimate, nearly two- "Nobody wants volatility, I am sure be honored to sit with him and exchange “Given its LNG sources are very far from project in the Arctic to Asian markets via the thirds of the undiscovered resources lie in the Barents Sea. Trump doesn't want volatility, because ideas," al-Rumhi said, adding, "of course Asia, storage and re-loading will enable it to Northern Sea route compared to about 30 “Therefore, this area will be important for maintaining volatility is difficult to manage," he said. I cannot do that. But the best way is to sit capture shorter-term arbitrage opportunities,” days by a southern path that travels through production over the longer term,” the regulator said. Trump has spent months vocally criticizing together and say where the convergence is." said Nicholas Browne, an analyst with the the Suez Canal, she said. Operators on the NCS have made great efforts to try to the 14-member cartel for its management Oman produces about 900,000 barrels energy consultant in Singapore. “Keeping Novatek, which is Russia’s largest producer make even smaller discoveries profitable by hooking them to of oil output, urging the group to keep of oil per days, less than one-tenth the gas in storage could ultimately reduce its of LNG, declined to comment. existing platforms and production hubs. However, these smaller the taps open and oil prices low. "OPEC volume of OPEC's largest producer Saudi costs in supplying Asian markets” because The company plans to make the final finds alone can’t offset maturing production—Norway needs is ripping us off," Trump said in a tweet Arabia. The sultanate of 4.6 million is shipping is more expensive from the Arctic investment decision on its Arctic LNG 2 major oil discoveries, and it needs them soon, considering that last October. expected to suffer more from the recent when ice cover increases. venture, which could cost up to $25.5 billion, the lead time from discovery to production is several years. In December, OPEC members along drop in oil prices than its larger neighbors, The ability to meet spot LNG demand in this year. It has an agreement to sell up to 15 (Source: oilprice.com) with Russia reached an agreement to cut with forecasters expecting its economic China may grow in importance as the Asian percent of the project to Total SA, and Saudi their crude production by 1.2 million bar- growth to slow in 2019. The Omani rial nation ramps up efforts to use gas in place Aramco has expressed interest in buying rels of oil per day from the market in order has already come under pressure and of coal to clean up polluted urban skies. The up to 30 percent in the plant, projected to to stem the fall in prices, something that analysts have recommended stepping country’s LNG deliveries may achieve 22 have a capacity of about 20 million metric Saudi Arabia to build $10b further drew Trump's ire. up fiscal austerity measures. percent compounded annual growth from tons a year. refinery at China-funded "Unfortunately there are politics, but (Source: CNBC) 2017 to 2020, according to Bloomberg (Source: Bloomberg) Gwadar Port in Pakistan

Saudi Arabia plans to set up a US$10 billion oil refinery at Paki- Canada’s crude oil production cuts are unsustainable stan’s deep water port of Gwadar, which is being developed with In an attempt to combat a ballooning oil in Alberta has no quick and easy fix. While the help of China, the Saudi energy minister said on Saturday. glut and dramatically plummeting prices, the there are multiple major pipeline projects Pakistan wants to attract investment and other financial support premier of Alberta Rachel Notley introduced underway, the two largest, the Keystone XL to tackle a soaring current account deficit caused partly by rising an unprecedented measure at the beginning pipeline and the Trans Mountain pipeline, are oil prices. Last year, Saudi Arabia offered Pakistan a $6 billion of December when she is mandating that oil stalled indefinitely thanks to legal woes and package that included help to finance crude imports. companies in her province cut production. seemingly endless litigation. The Enbridge “Saudi Arabia wants to make Pakistan’s economic develop- This directive was particularly surprising in Line 3 pipeline, intended to replace one of ment stable through establishing an oil refinery and partnership the context of Canada’s free market econo- the region’s already existing pipelines, is cur- with Pakistan in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,” Khalid my, where oil production is rarely so directly rently under construction and projected to al-Falih told reporters at the Indian Ocean port. regulated. be up and running by the end of the year, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman would visit Pakistan Canada’s recent oil glut woes are not due but will not go a long way toward fixing the next month to sign the agreement, he said, adding that Saudi to a lack of demand, but rather a severe lack bottleneck. Arabia would also invest in other sectors. of pipeline infrastructure. There is plenty Even if the Albertan government re-eval- Beijing has pledged $60 billion as part of the China-Pakistan of demand, and more than enough supply, uates the present mid-2019 expiration date Economic Corridor (CPEC) that involves building power stations, but no way to get the oil flowing where it for the current stricter production cuts, motorways, new and upgraded railways and higher capacity ports, needs to go. Canada’s pipelines are running extending the production caps could have to help turn Pakistan into a major overland route linking western at maximum capacity, storage facilities are enduring negative consequences in the re- China to the world. filled to bursting, and the pipeline bottleneck gion’s oil industry. Keeping a long-term cap The Saudi news agency SPA reported earlier that Falih met has only continued to worsen. Now, in an around 140,000 barrels a day and Cenovus While on the surface this would seem to be on production in Alberta would potentially Khan and Pakistan’s Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Zaidi in Gwa- effort to alleviate the struggling industry, Energy, one of Canada’s major producers, even a roundly glowing review of the production discourage investment in future production dar to discuss cooperation in refining, petrochemicals, mining Alberta’s oil production has been cut 8.7 went so far as to plead with the government caps in Alberta, production cuts are not a long- as well as in the infrastructure the local in- and renewable energy. percent according to the mandate set by to impose production caps late last year. term solution for Canada’s oil glut woes. The dustry so sorely needs. According to some Falih will finalize arrangements ahead of the signing memo- the province’s government under Rachel So far, the government-imposed produc- current production caps in Canada are only reporting, the cuts will not be able to control randums of understanding, it said. Notley with the objective of cutting out tive caps have been extremely successful. In intended to last through the middle of this the gap between Canadian and U.S. oil for Since the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan came to around 325,000 barrels per day from the October Canadian oil prices were so depressed year, at which point Canadian oil companies much longer anyway, just another downside power in August, Pakistan has secured economic support pack- Canadian market. that the Canadian benchmark oil Western will be permitted to decrease their cutbacks to drawing out what should be a short-term ages from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and China. Even before the government stepped Canadian Select (WCS) was trading at a to just 95,000 barrels per day fewer than the solution. The government will need to weigh In November, it extended talks with the International Mone- in, some private oil companies had already whopping $50 per barrel less than United numbers from November 2018’s production the possible outcomes very carefully as the tary Fund as it seeks its 13th bailout since the late 1980s to deal self-imposed production caps in order to com- States benchmark oil West Texas Interme- rates. The cuts are a just a treatment, not a expiration date approaches, when the and with a looming balance of payments crisis. bat the ever-expanding glut and bottomed-out diate (WTI). now, in the wake of production cure, for oversupply in Alberta. The prob- the pipeline shortage is still a long way from The Pakistani prime minister’s office said on Thursday that oil prices. Cenovus Energy, Canadian Natural cuts, the price gap between WCS and WTI lem needs to be addressed at its source--the being solved and the price of oil remains Islamabad expected to sign investment agreements with Saudi Resource, Devon Energy, Athabasca Oil, and has diminished by a dramatic margin to a pipelines. dangerously variable. Arabia and the UAE in the coming weeks. others announced curtailments that totaled difference of just under $13 per barrel. Unfortunately, the pipeline shortage (Source: oilprice.com) (Source: scmp.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL JANUARY 14, 2019

The road ahead for the DRC ‘Trump could hardly have chosen a worse moment’: Maas German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas la- manent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), ments America’s rejection of multilateralism we have taken important steps in the military and says that Donald Trump does not view sphere. For the first time, member states have the U.S. as the leading power among liberal expressed their willingness to improve their democracies. He’s hoping to save the INF. military capabilities jointly and in cooperation. By Christiane Hoffmann & Christoph The process is underway and must continue. Schult And we want to become more involved in Mr. Minister, United States President crisis prevention and establish a center for Donald Trump has turned against a global that purpose in Germany. Security is not order based on international rules and agree- exclusively a military question. That tends By Aditi Lalbahadur ments. In response, you called for the crea- to be where you end up when it is already tion of an “Alliance of Multilateralists” last too late. summer. How is that alliance coming along? Closer cooperation with countries Félix Tshisekedi’s apparent victory in the Democratic Republic of A: It’s growing. Many countries are seri- like France has failed due to, for example, Congo’s long-postponed presidential election should be a cause for ously concerned that the principle of might divergent standards for military exports. celebration, at home and throughout the Congolese diaspora. But makes right is once again being applied in- Does Germany have to be more prepared the transition now facing the DRC is certain to be long, perilous, ternationally. to compromise on such issues? and frustrating. What concrete steps are you taking? A: On joint projects, we can’t just transfer In the early hours of January 10, election authorities in the Demo- A: We have taken initial steps together responsibility and act like we no longer cratic Republic of Congo finally announced that Félix Tshisekedi, with France and Canada and are now work- have any accountability. We cannot be leader of the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress, ing on specific issues. All those who have indifferent about where defense exports won the election held on December 30, with 38.57% of the vote. an interest in a reliable international world ism as an end unto itself, but as the best end up. Compared to others in Europe, If Tshisekedi’s victory is confirmed – predictably, the results are in negotiations about a constitution commit- order must now do more for it. The alliance way to address the huge challenges facing our standards are very restrictive. And we being contested – an opposition politician will assume power after tee and things were actually looking quite should be an open network for all those who us in the 21st century. On many issues, that want to keep it that way. That too is part 18 years of rule by President Joseph Kabila. But it does not follow positive. Trump could hardly have chosen value the power of law and who feel bound is something that the big countries also have of the large degree of trust we encounter that peace and prosperity will automatically ensue. a worse moment. by a rules-based order so as to cooperate an interest in. We will try to take the initiative internationally. Tshisekedi has a long road ahead of him. Central Africa’s giant Do you think the U.S. might also pull even more closely in international organiza- and work together, so we can exert pressure Could an arms debate lead to a conflict holds the continent’s richest mineral wealth. Yet, having suffered out of Europe? tions, at the United Nations, in the Human and, for example, get our issues on the agenda within Germany’s governing coalition, which war and violence for most of its history, its economy remains woe- A: For Trump, the U.S. is no longer the Rights Council. of international organizations. pairs your center-left Social Democrats (SPD) fully underdeveloped and its people impoverished. leading power among liberal democracies. Is it an anti-Trump alliance? How reliable are the Americans as a with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Kabila assumed power in January 2001, after his father, President He is more representative of unilateralism. A: No, but our purpose is to stand in op- partner for Germany and Europe? Can we Christian Democratic Union (CDU)? Laurent Kabila, was assassinated. Over Joseph Kabila’s 18-year That has long since become reality and it is position to those who have declared war on still depend on the U.S. when it comes to our A: That will depend on how the CDU posi- rule, the DRC has remained fragile, owing to persistent, protracted something we have to deal with. Our response the multilateral world. In the face of glob- external security? tions itself. But the issue is too sensitive for conflict in the country’s eastern regions and elsewhere, as well as can only be that of a unified and sovereign ally rising nationalism, we want to show the A: We certainly can no longer assume that tactical political games. It is about a solution, rampant corruption and looting of state assets. Little has changed Europe. None of our countries are strong value and concrete benefit that international we will be involved in decisions, that we will and my position is extremely clear: Germany for ordinary Congolese, 80% of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. enough on their own to tackle the current cooperation still has. be consulted. The most recent example is the must remain a power for peace. Apart from the enduring challenges of poverty, neglect, war, and challenges. It is in our innate interests that How realistic is a multilateral order announcement that American troops are to be Would you vote for Ms. Kramp-Kar- corruption that have characterized domestic politics in the DRC, we Europeans take on more responsibility that does not include the most economically withdrawn from Syria. We were not informed renbauer for chancellor? Tshisekedi has some serious and immediate hurdles to overcome for our own security. and politically powerful countries -- the U.S., in advance of the abrupt change in course. A: I would really like to have the chance to if he is to make it to Inauguration Day on January 18. Is that something Europe is able to do? Russia and China? The UN was in the process of establishing a vote for someone from the SPD for chancellor. First, Tshisekedi will have to contend with accusations sur- A: We have further developed the EU’s A: We aren’t interested in multilateral- political process for Syria, we were engaged (Source: Spiegel) rounding the legitimacy of the election, which was peppered with joint security and defense policy. Within Per- irregularities. According to the 40,000 observers organized by the Catholic Church, late poll openings, problems with ballots, and reports of intimidation resulted in many being unable to vote, with Pompeo’s blind revisionism in the Middle East turnout reaching just 47.56%. These issues, coupled with earlier concerns about the reliability of voting rolls, cast a shadow over the In Cairo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked his audi- Islamic State (ISIS) is an evil that the United States had no These mistakes are only a few of many. Though Pompeo election’s overall integrity. ence to accept the (false) “truth” that “America is a force for small role in creating through its invasion of Iraq. shamelessly refuses to learn from these wrong decisions, Furthermore, two political heavyweights who were barred from good in the Middle East” because ignoring it results in “bad Pompeo skips that chapter of history. And just as the their examination is vital to ensuring that they are not re- participating in the election, Jean-Pierre Bemba and Moïse Katumbi, choices.” However, the reverse is true. secretary of state neglects the legacy of the Iraq War, he peated. Unlike Pompeo, Americans should be ashamed when back Tshisekedi’s closest opponent, Martin Fayulu, who won 34.8% It has made significant mistakes that have fundamentally fails to reflect on the cost of “liberating” territories from ISIS U.S. airstrikes kill families and destroy cities, when bombs of the vote. Western media widely reported on Fayulu’s popular- changed the lives of millions. Remembering that reality control. He insults the more than a thousand civilians killed manufactured by American companies murder children ity and his likelihood of would not weaken U.S. policy but strengthen it. in the fight against ISIS by claiming that life has returned in Yemen, and when the regimes Washington elevates as winning, and reports from Tshisekedi has To accept Pompeo’s claim that the U.S. approach to the to normal in Iraq and Syria. Cities like Raqqa and Mosul allies oppress, dismember, and deny their citizens basic Kinshasa, the capital, world post-9/11 did not cause Americans to abandon their lie in ruins, largely from U.S. airstrikes that, for example, human rights. indicate that Fayulu is a long road ideals would be to accept torture, indefinite detention, and destroyed 80 percent of Raqqa during its “liberation.” When That shame proves that this country’s moral compass contesting the election’s ahead of him. military occupation as American values. Hundreds of thou- it comes to the militarized U.S. foreign policy in the Middle still operates and that there are limits to U.S. power. To legitimacy, charging that sands of Iraqis died as a result of the Iraq War, adding to the East, liberation and destruction too often go hand in hand. abandon that shame and accept as a fundamental “truth” Tshisekedi made a back- Central Africa’s already enormous death toll from the strict sanctions regime Rather than liberation, arming and empowering au- Pompeo’s falsehood that the United States has been a force room deal with Kabila. giant holds the the United States imposed on Iraq following the Persian Gulf thoritarians at the expense of the people continues to be a for good in the Middle East amounts to nothing short of The French government continent’s richest War. From Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay, the United States staple of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. From Saudi blind revisionism. has expressed its support has been far from a force for good in the wake of 9/11. Arabia to Egypt, the United States has remained silent about Americans must study their history of involvement in for Fayulu as the election’s mineral wealth. Following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, the human rights abuses for the sake of “stability” (thanks to the Middle East with critical eyes. In those chapters, there real winner, and election Yet, having consequences of U.S. actions were apparent. Violence desta- this exact preference for propping up authoritarians, the are moments when the United States has served as a force officials’ delay in an- suffered war and bilized the region, weakened institutions, and deprived people Arab Revolutions blindsided Washington in 2011— so much for good, or at least aspired to. But there are many chapters nouncing the results for of fundamental needs. Contrary to Pompeo’s assertion, a for so-called stability). And Pompeo continues this failed where the United States has fallen short—in some cases a few days lends further violence for most diverse set of local grievances —ranging from the lack of practice in his speech. He praised governments like Saudi significantly. By refusing to accept responsibility for and credence to the perception of its history, economic opportunity to disenfranchisement and human Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Egypt, which by no means offer learn from American mistakes in the Middle East, Pompeo that the result was rigged. rights abuses — primarily drive extremist recruitment, not freedom or democracy to their citizens, and refrained from sets the United States on the disastrous course toward re- There is now a large its economy ideology. And the United States did not just exacerbate those even mentioning their dismal human rights records, which peating them. near-term risk of violence remains woefully local grievances but often added to the pile. The so-called contribute to the ongoing instability facing the region today. (Source: Lobe Log) by Fayulu’s supporters. underdeveloped Without an outright victory, it is vital for and its people Be careful, Saudis. Your ally is the U.S., not Trump. Tshisekedi to solicit the impoverished. support and collabora- The royal family likes the president, and vice versa. That sets a dangerous trap for both sides tion of the broader opposition in order to bolster his position and minimize the risk of unrest. Fortunately, such an approach could By Hussein Ibish in the coming months, 2019 is likely to be a work, given that the forces behind Tshisekedi and Fayulu managed rough year for Saudi Arabia in Washington. to coalesce at various points over the two years during which Kabila Saudi Arabia has been pleased by its reinvig- While there have been some Saudi efforts had been postponing the election. orated partnership with the U.S. during the to do that, others are falling right into the trap An even more difficult task for Tshisekedi, if he is to manage a administration of President Donald Trump. of seeing conservative Republicans as allies peaceful transition and stay alive long enough to lead the country, But the Saudi leadership has put itself in and liberal Democrats as threats. may be to secure the acquiescence of Kabila’s regime. The protracted danger of becoming a partisan flashpoint Some prominent Saudi media organiza- delay in holding the elections (originally slated for December 2016), in U.S. politics, which would be disastrous tions even took the bizarre step recently of and a slew of constitutional amendments in recent years, reflects for both countries. attacking two young Muslim women, both Kabila’s unwillingness to cede power. Indeed, there was a pervasive Democrats taking control of the U.S. House liberal Democrats, who were just elected to sense in the run-up to the election that Kabila would stop at nothing of Representatives seem set to use several U.S. House of Representatives. to maintain his grip on the presidency. controversies involving Saudi Arabia to at- Saudi articles, talk shows and tweets con- This has not changed, and nor has the militarization that char- tack Trump’s foreign policy. demned the new congresswomen, Rashida acterizes Congolese politics. Tshisekedi must secure the acceptance The murder by Saudi agents of the Wash- Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Min- of the generals, which may require some tricky trade-offs, given that ington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in nesota, as sympathizers of the Muslim Broth- he vowed during the campaign to root out corruption. Negotiating October, the devastation inflicted by war in erhood, which is part of the religious right an exit strategy for Kabila and his many cronies (including possible Yemen, and a government crackdown on of the Islamic world and opposes the Saudi immunity from prosecution) will be an important component of Saudi activists, including women’s-rights ad- Both sides have contrasted their warm Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio royal family. this process. vocates, are all likely to be topics for Trump’s relationship with the chill that characterized of Florida have used criticism of Saudi Ara- The Obama administration did not aban- Tshisekedi will also have to reach out to the region’s leaders in Democratic critics in coming months. former President Barack Obama’s second term. bia to try to push the president to adopt a don the alliance with Saudi Arabia in favor order to secure the political transition. With the eastern DRC ex- Some Republicans have expressed objec- To understand what’s at stake, it’s helpful traditionally internationalist foreign policy. of a partnership with Iran, as is sometimes periencing ongoing violence involving Rwandan, Burundian, and tions, too. Trump allies like Senators Lindsey to recall the alarm that some Israelis have Netanyahu’s strong affiliation with U.S. alleged. But Trump seems driven to do the Ugandan forces, as well as rebel forces opposing those countries’ Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio expressed about Prime Minister Benjamin Republicans and his hostility to Obama opposite of whatever he thinks his predeces- regimes, the cooperation of Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Pierre of Florida have used criticism of Saudi Ara- Netanyahu’s similar bear hugs with Trump. challenges the traditional credo that the sor championed. Nkurunziza of Burundi, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda remain bia to try to push the president to adopt a Saudi Arabia has been pleased by its rein- U.S.-Israeli relationship should never be If he’s able to persuade Americans to crucial. To obtain it, Tshisekedi will have to demonstrate quickly that traditionally internationalist foreign policy. vigorated partnership with the U.S. during the cast as partisan. think of the alliance with Saudi Arabia as a he has their interests at heart, as well as the sheer stamina to keep As a result, a sturdy alliance between two administration of President Donald Trump. But That’s why the main U.S. pro-Israel lobby, link to his own administration rather than abreast of the challenges that emerge in the Great Lakes Region . countries based on mutual global interests is the Saudi leadership has put itself in danger of the American Israel Public Affairs Commit- as the continuation of six decades of con- South Africa and Angola, too, enjoy close relations with the turning into a bond between partisans fighting becoming a partisan flashpoint in U.S. politics, tee, has recently cultivated Democrats in an sistent U.S. foreign policy, Democrats may DRC, and their acceptance of the presidential vote will be vital to for political advantage. The danger is that which would be disastrous for both countries. effort to offset Republican efforts to cast their take the same attitude in the future when it ensure regional stability. South Africa’s tenure in the United Nations changing political circumstances in either Democrats taking control of the U.S. House party as Israeli’s only true friend, and to push comes to Riyadh. Security Council, which began this month, is likely to increase its country could weaken an alliance that both of Representatives seem set to use several back against criticism of Israel on the left A nightmare for Saudi Arabia would be for importance as a potential ally. The Security Council remains engaged countries need. controversies involving Saudi Arabia to at- wing of the Democratic Party. Democrats to start mistakenly believing that in the DRC through the deployment of forces under the umbrella of Trump’s first trip overseas, in 2017, began tack Trump’s foreign policy. But Israel is protected by powerful U.S. their own foreign policy agenda, supposedly MONUSCO (the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission with several days in Riyadh, in which the The murder by Saudi agents of the Wash- political constituencies on both the left and inspired by Obama, would mean rejecting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Saudi government successfully appealed to ington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the right that value the partnership. the partnership with Riyadh and opening Tshisekedi’s apparent victory, and the promise of a new govern- his vanity and love of pomp. October, the devastation inflicted by war in Saudi Arabia doesn’t enjoy that advantage. up a new cooperative dialogue with Tehran. ment, should be a cause for celebration, at home and throughout Since then, Trump has often boasted about Yemen, and a government crackdown on Oil companies and defense contractors may That would be a disaster for the U.S., too. the Congolese diaspora. But the transition now facing the DRC is billions of dollars in new Saudi weapons con- Saudi activists, including women’s-rights ad- push for exchanges like weapons sales, but no Yet serious people on both sides are inad- certain to be long, perilous, and frustrating. The celebrations may tracts, while Saudi leaders celebrate Trump’s vocates, are all likely to be topics for Trump’s one could confuse those initiatives with an vertently promoting it, and what was once prove short-lived if no workable reconciliation among the country’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal with their Democratic critics in coming months. abiding commitment to Riyadh’s well-being. an absurd scenario is becoming disturbingly opposing forces is achieved in the coming days and weeks. arch-enemy, Iran, and tough new sanctions Some Republicans have expressed objec- And with House Democrats and interna- plausible. (Source: Project Syndicate) against Tehran. tions, too. 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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JANUARY 14, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Trump will be re-elected Greek’s anger flaring up / Zionists not Russians are the enemy/ Kushner must go: Steele 1 I contribute blogs to the massive cash loans undeclared to than to the President or the Presi- gresswoman Cynthia McKinney has a $100 million campaign fund Russian International Affairs Coun- the authorities – but I do not believe dent’s daughter. I believe that Jef- so highly is that she is unique in already in hand(27). He cannot be cil (RIAC) and have regular email he is a controlled asset of my old frey Epstein and Ghislaine Max- having refused to sign a loyalty defeated for re-election if he avoids contact with the Director General of friends from the KGB, today the well, both known Mossad officers, oath to Israel. I have published a obvious mistakes. RIAC, Andrey Kortunov. I have no FSB(13). There have been articles profiled Ivanka Trump and Chelsea collection of Memoranda on 9/11 My frustration with the President doubt that if I run for President in about how President Putin might Clinton and then ran Zionist men – – delivered to the White House on is that he persists in surrounding 1 Greece has signed three loan agreements with foreign the future, some moron in the FBI is have a “hold” on Trump because Chabad supremacists – in front of 8 August 2018 – that establish be- himself with people who are loyal creditors since it verged on bankruptcy in 2010. But the fact is going to start an investigation into Trump was secretly negotiating for them until one clicked for each as a yond challenge that Zionist Israel to the Deep State and to countries that years of pension cuts and tax increases have left the Greek whether Andrey is controlling me a Moscow Trump Tower while also husband, “capturing” the woman for planned and executed 9/11 with the other than the USA. He refuses to citizens extremely discontent with the austerity plans. and I am in collusion with Russia campaigning for President(14). This the Zionists. I am told – but have complicity and cover-up assistance go outside the “Establishment” for At this point, the Greeks are really hopeless about passing the because of our emails(7). is nonsense. Trump had no intention no direct knowledge – that Kushner of Dick Cheney and Robert Mueller, talent, and he refuses to do the three economy crisis, and the stop of austerity policies at least in the Robert Mueller is a Re- and expectation of winning, he was has also been homosexually com- among many others(21). The Pres- obvious things I have been recom- near future. The truth is that there’s no prospective for Greece publican, so his apparent defiance certain the election was “rigged” to promised by a Zionist sugar-daddy, idential election in 2020 is going mending to him since December to pass the current crisis and upgrade its economy to the level it much as George W. Bush was. The to be about America First or Israel 2016: implement #UNRIG election stood before 2010. But it looks like some Greek authorities are President has a blind spot when it First. The crimes of Zionism against reform; create a truth channel and regarding the situation with unrealistic optimism, promising their comes to “daddy’s girl.” Were he the USA are legion(22). replacement for #GoogleGestapo; citizens that this belt-strengthening period is soon to be over. properly advised, neither Jared You raise an interesting case and bring our military home. He was However, we can clearly see that Merkel’s plans for Greece Kushner nor Ivanka Trump would about the cross-over among Rus- elected by 27% of the voters – the was defeated, and the Greeks don’t see any reasons to comply be working in the White House. At sian, Israeli, and American criminals only way for him to double that is with her plan. On the other hand, the Greek leaders couldn’t come a minimum the President should who are known as the “Red Mafiya.” with election reform combined with forth with an overall solution in this regard, and their austerity order a deep counterintelligence They generally have citizenship and a truth channel. We have 22 million policies are no longer accepted by the society. This failure has probe using available data from often diplomatic immunity from all veterans that want an end to end- been highlighted as the result of several factors, including the NSA, to examine every email and three countries, and run the single less elective wars, and another two intensification of Euro crisis. It’s not without a reason that the every call Jared Kushner has made most powerful criminal network in million activity duty personnel who experts are warning about the Greeks’ protests in 2019. from a year before he met Ivanka to the world after the Rothschilds and deserve to come home to peace and date. I believe such a probe would co-equal to the Vatican. Trump is a prosperity, abandoning the colonial prove that he is compromised be- New York businessman. You cannot outposts where they are servants of yond possibility of redemption and do business in New York – or build the cabal and hated by indigenous should be removed from the U.S. buildings – without finding accom- publics who see them for what they Fact-Checking: U.S. not Government’s employment rolls modation and often loans from the are: enforcers for the Deep State. immediately(18). Red Mafiya. I am told by Jimmy If the President does not imple- making top 20 on global A look into the U.S. policies “Boots” Rothstein, not a Jew despite ment these basic ideas, I believe since 2016 shows how its position as the name, retired from the New York there will be a split ticket challenge – democracy index against Trump might show that the assure Hillary Clinton of the election. a superpower has been undermined Police Department (NYPD), that a Republican Presidential candidate disaster is even beyond the imag- Trump was simply doing business while at the same time, Russia has Donald Trump is known as a man aligned with a Democratic Presi- ination. What’s your opinion on in Russia – big business routinely been strengthening its international of his word by politicians, bank- dential candidate – who announce this matter? requiring the personal approval of position. What’s your opinion on ers, and the Mafiya. That’s good a coalition cabinet and a balanced A: Robert Mueller is a Deep State President Putin (it is also customary, this matter? enough for me – certainly vastly budget in advance of election, and apparatchik whose highest loyalty in the U.S. as well as world-wide, A. I agree that the U.S. is act- better than having Hillary Clinton, announce seven or eight key policy is to Dick Cheney, the de facto U.S. to offer penthouses or portions of ing less like a superpower in the a known traitor, pedophile, charity principles including the national- president today, using the Continuity a new building to key approval or former sense of the word, but this fraud, and electoral fraud criminal, ization of the federal reserve, the of Government (COG) program to in the White House(23). abolishment of the federal income manage the Shadow Government. At a deeper level, and few histo- tax, the legalization of marijuana, Robert Mueller in my opinion should Every Member of Congress, with rians have been honest about this, the closing of all U.S. military bas- be investigated for treason because the possible exception of Senator a case can be made that Israel was es overseas, an end to birthright as Director of the FBI his primary Rand Paul, has generally sworn created partially to serve as a new citizenship for illegal aliens, and duty was to cover up the fact that 9/11 safe haven for Russian crime fami- an end to geoengineering, 5G, and was planned and executed by the an oath of loyalty to Zionist Israel lies that wanted to operate against other forms of cabal predation on TEHRAN (FNA) — The United States, which claims to be a flag-holder Zionists with the active complicity and is controlled by the American Europe and Africa and the Middle the health of our publics. They of democracy in the world, is a nation classified “flawed democracy” of the Governors of New York and Israel Public Affairs Committee East without having to deal with the will ask the public to choose the in a new democracy index. New Jersey, the leaders of the Port Soviet government. A case can also President and commit to serving According to the 2018 edition of The Economist Intelligence Authority of New York and New (AIPAC) and its Mossad cadre. be made that Israel today is a mafia as Vice President to the other if not Unit’s Democracy Index, the US doesn’t even make the list of top Jersey, and the Mayors of New York state(24). It is not a coincidence that themselves chosen. 20 with its demonstrably “flawed democracy”, notching it the 25th City including Rudy Guliani after financing personalities). is a good thing. For over a centu- the Red Mafiya is Russian, Israeli, In my view, 2020 is going to be spot. The ranking is based on 60 indicators spanning five interrelated the fact(8). Dick Cheney was the If we are to accept the as- ry the USA has been acting as an and American all at the same time. the first time in which every sin- categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the func- ultimate enabler and cover-upper sumption that Russia infiltrated the enforcer for the Deep State and its The Zionists are criminals managing gle candidate for both federal and tioning of government; political participation; and political culture. of this crime against humanity that U.S. governance electronic commu- banks, carrying out elective wars, a criminal state. state office is publicly challenged Twenty countries (12 percent) were designated as full democra- is a Zionist follow-on to the USS nications and computing networks, predatory capitalism, and virtual You ran briefly for Presi- to confirm their oath to defend the cies, 14 of which are located in Western Europe. That the US index Liberty attack done in collusion what do you think of the origins of colonialism. President Trump is on dent, were recommended for the Constitution of the United States didn’t improve this year is not surprising: with Democratic President Lyndon this interference? the right track but surrounded by Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, and just and declare that they will have no - Instead of leading the US away from its worst impulses, such as Baines Johnson, who assumed the A. I was the first person to sound Deep State apparatchiks such as this month were recommended as citizenship and no loyalty to any protecting refugees and lifting Muslim travel ban, President Donald presidency after leading a cabal that the alarm officially in 1994 about the John Bolton and the Acting Secre- a candidate for Secretary of Defense, other than the United States of Trump’s demands for a wall on the US southern border look to be assassinated John F. Kennedy. vulnerability of all electronic sys- tary of Defense who has no political leaning closer to the autocratic acts and optics of tyrannical regimes. Today Mueller is spending tens tems(15). My warning was ignored or military experience, and Mike He refuses to restore America to normalcy and despite national dis- of millions of dollars to subvert the and the National Security Agency Pompeo, a laughingstock as Secre- agreements and international criticisms, the fierce tyrant continues presidency of Donald Trump while (NSA) and the Zionists were allowed tary of State. It is the US, not China his anti-immigrant policies and vehement demands. all the major internal threats – Zion- to continue their free access into all or Russia, that has 1,000 military - The US continues to dehumanize and incarcerate Muslims, ists, Wall Street, the military-indus- U.S. communications and comput- bases all over the world that are used Black and brown people to justify systematic violence, racism and trial complex, the pharmaceutical ing systems. The electronic voting as lily pads for supporting dictators, injustice. That oppression has lived in the racist polemics of the complex – are allowed to commit machines were designed by Diebold doing rendition and torture or as- nation’s most prominent politicians as well. The Trump administra- treason on a daily basis with im- to be used to steal elections with sassination by drone, and smuggling tion continues to offend Muslims and immigrants, and weaponize punity(9). what is called fractional voting – the drugs, guns, gold, cash, and small words socially and politically to secure white supremacy and to Mueller has one chance to save winner can be designated before children(19). As my own Grand uphold Christian-Zionist dominance. These tools build a foundation himself: to focus, instead of on Rus- the first vote is cast(16). I have no Strategy makes clear, we must close of inequality that undermines the US as a democratic nation. These sia, on Zionist and Saudi financial doubt that there are elements of all U.S. bases overseas and bring weapons and falsehoods are not new and neither is the resistance donations and other forms of in- the Russian government doing very our military home(20). Let me also against them. terference in the U.S. election and stupid things across social media, make it clear that I believe President - The US foreign policy establishment’s hypocrisy and tough-guy-in- U.S. policy generally(10). if I were President Vladimir Putin Trump’s skepticism about both the terventionist attitude knows no bounds. The disastrous interventions In regard to some leaked I would have those idiots publicly North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Syria and Yemen are aimless, dangerous and lack any legality. information to the media, could revealed and then shot to death (NATO) and the United Nations Afghanistan is an unwinnable war too and about to end in outright Russia be guilty of something more – they are an embarrassment to (UN) is completely on target – I military defeat. Ending these failed wars and getting out now ought than political interference to change an otherwise great President and advocate leaving NATO and expel- to be a progressive dream. The problem is American pundits and the result of the election? Could it great Russian Federation. There is ling the UN from New York. which seems quite an impossibility America. Close to ten percent of politicians are not willing to extract the occupying troops from these be a sign of a deep security infil- absolutely no comparison between Less than one year, some given your outspoken nature. How our politicians and senior executives Mideast quagmires. tration perhaps including Donald the childish mis-steps of Russian western media revealed that some do you see the U.S. situation de- in the federal government are dual - With near-trillion-dollar military budget, and the endless and Trump being a recruited agent of provocateurs, and the Zionist con- people in Kushner’s inner circle veloping between now and 2024? U.S. and Zionist citizens and the needless wars it funds, the war-friendly US foreign policy establish- the Russians? trol of #GoogleGestapo – Amazon, (such as Senator Tom Cotton) had A. My loyalty to Donald Trump other ninety percent are too easily ment cannot envision a sane tomorrow for humanity. The naked A. I answer the collusion allega- Facebook, Google, MeetUp, Twitter, relations with Mossad and spied on as President is absolute, but so is my bribed, blackmailed, or influenced truth is that Washington is not in the mood to take on militarism tion above. The election was won and YouTube – all of which sought the U.S. senate intelligence commit- integrity, so tough love will continue by lies(28). This has to end. Mul- and war, as it will upset the Military-Industrial Complex and allied legitimately, despite three million to elevate Hillary Clinton while ma- tee. At the same time, some other to be reflected in my public remarks. tiple billionaires who are loyal to despot regimes in the Middle East. illegal aliens voting for Hillary nipulating searches, polls, and likes media talked about the Russia’s in- I am as you might imagine strongly America are speaking openly today - Separating thousands of migrant children from their families Clinton, because the U.S. Elector- against Donald Trump(17). There filtration into Mossad and even their condemned by both Ambassador about “Plan B” that is defined as and locking them up in tents and detention centers for months on al College was designed to protect is also no comparison between the infiltration into Israel and the U.S. John Bolton, whom Larry Flynt “beyond Trump, not Pence.” I am end has been one of the most disastrous policies of the Trump ad- the votes of all fifty states and not negligible influence of Russia on our a party to that conversation, and ministration responding to children and families seeking safety at allow California and New York – Executive, Congress, and Courts, in Mueller has one chance to save while I pray that our President will the US border. The United Nations Human Rights Council is yet to both alarmingly populated by high comparison to the Zionist’s owner- come to his senses and execute the demand an end to children’s detention and hold the US government numbers of criminals, pedophiles, ship – as a political and economic himself: to focus, instead of on “Trump Triumph” plan, I am also to account for its policies of cruelty and stigmatization of asylum and traitors – to dominate the out- slave – of virtually everyone that Russia, on Zionist and Saudi prepared to work on Plan B(29). seekers and refugees. come of any national election. While matters across the U.S. economy, financial donations and other One final question if I may. - The US and its allied partners turned Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Donald Trump was not expecting U.S. government, and U.S. society You have previously written that you Yemen into failed states. It is deplorable that they continue to ignore to win and did not actually want to including Hollywood celebrities. forms of interference in the U.S. consider Iran to be “the adult” in the their responsibility of carrying out any meaningful investigations win – his wife was in tears when he Some experts believe that the election and U.S. policy generally. region, and Israel and Saudi Ara- into the hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths they caused and/ won – this was an outcome that even relations of Trump’s family mem- bia destabilizing powers(30). Now or any responsibility to help rebuild these war-torn nations. They the most desperate combination of bers, especially Jared Kushner, with security intelligence structures. Do has described as a swinger and Turkey is re-asserting its historical are unashamedly ignoring the devastating legacy of their bombing money and lawyers after the fact a big multinational Mafia is the or- you think that there is any relations pedophile(25), and Jared Kushner, status as a major regional power. You campaigns and airstrikes on the pretext of establishing democracy could not overcome. God gave us igin of such a vast infiltration into with the Russia collusion case and “Pretty Boy” as we call him, whom have written about an eight-point in these unfortunate nations, adding insult to injury by making clear Donald Trump as President, may different layers of the U.S. political other infiltration claims? I consider a traitor and very prob- approach to peace in the Middle that they have no intention of helping to rebuild them or offering God have mercy on the souls of all system and information structure. A. Every Member of Congress, ably a compromised homosexual East that Russia, Turkey, and Iran survivors any form of remedy and compensation. of the criminals, pedophiles, and A. There is some merit to this with the possible exception of Sena- controlled by at least one Zionist could advance(31). If you could offer So, there is no cause for the US government to celebrate in any traitors that oppose him today(11). concern. I believe that Eric and tor Rand Paul, has generally sworn sugar-daddy(26). one idea – even two – to President way, much less invade and “democratize” other sovereign nations Now you do also raise a more serious Donald Trump Junior have been an oath of loyalty to Zionist Israel Let me say first that Donald Hassan Rouhani, what would you in the Middle East and beyond. In the current circumstances, ex- issue and I believe the answer is unwise in many of their contacts, and is controlled by the American Trump, as President, has not only suggest in terms of dealing with pect the US Democracy Index to decline even further, and national no. I believe Trump has accepted but have not been traitors. I believe Israel Public Affairs Committee done hundreds of things right that President Donald Trump and the disillusionment with the functioning of government to continue as massive loans from what we call that Jared Kushner is a traitor who (AIPAC) and its Mossad cadre. have not been publicized by the con- Zionist-controlled government of will a decline in democratic institutions, civil liberties, and antiwar the Red Mafiya(12). – including is more loyal to the Zionist agenda One reason I value former Con- trolled fake news media, but he also the United States? 13 campaigns. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS JANUARY 14, 2019

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The oddly shaped nuclei of the gastrointestinal tract, which includes the So, partly for this reason, the researchers appear to be an indication that esophagus, stomach, and intestines. suggest that synthetic UAS03 may be more the cell’s DNA has become In a new study, researchers from the reliable and effective in the treatment unstable, but conventional University of Louisville in Kentucky identified of certain forms of IBD, such as acute tests can easily overlook them. a natural compound that could help improve colitis. UAS03 also has a more stable form By picking out women IBD treatments. The researchers also explain compared with UroA. with these unusual cells, the the mechanisms through which it most likely According to the lead researcher researchers behind the new AI fights IBD symptoms. Venkatakrishna Rao Jala, “Microbes in our hope to develop a system in The compound, called urolithin A (UroA), findings in a study paper in the journal Nature revealed that both compound versions gut have evolved to generate beneficial microbial which treatments are better tailored towards cancer patients. is a metabolite produced as a result of the Communications. reduce inflammation in the gut by acting metabolites in the vicinity of the gut barrier.” “Using this new test gives us a way of detecting tumors interaction of gut bacteria and certain How this substance protects gut on the “bridges” between the cells that make “However, this requires that we protect with hidden weaknesses in their ability to repair DNA that polyphhenols present in pomegranates health up the tissue lining the gut. and harbor the appropriate gut microbiota wouldn’t be identified through genetic testing,” explained and some other fruits — particularly berries. 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Isfahan Health Science and Iran tops local share of Technology Park inaugurated

TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — The Isfahan Health Science and deskTechnology Park opened during a ceremony nano-articles list in 2018 on Saturday, ISNA reported on Sunday. The park hosts several knowledge-based firms active in the 1 In 2018, around 9.7% of the total sci- Accordingly, in 2018, more than 166,000 field of health at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. entific publications were related to nanotech- articles related to nanotechnology were pub- nology, which has been the highest since 2014. lished, indicating an increase of more than Given the subject matter of the nano-ar- 7% compared to the corresponding period ticles published in 2018, the greatest num- last year. In addition to research articles, over ber of the articles were run in the fields of 9,000 review articles were also published chemistry, materials science, physics, and in the past year, which comprise nearly 5% engineering science, respectively. of all nanotechnology publications. The four journals of ACS Applied StatNano, a comprehensive statistical Materials & Interfaces, Applied Surface database portal, which has been compil- Science, RCS Advances, and Nanoscale ing and releasing the data and statistics had the largest shares in the publication related to nanotechnology using scientific of nano-articles in this year. The Chinese methodologies since 2010, is today one of Academy of Sciences, Islamic Azad Uni- the most reliable references of researchers versity from Iran, the Russian Academy and policymakers around the world. The of Sciences, and Tsinghua University statistics of the nano-articles published from China carried the largest number by each country are reported by StatNano Vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari (center) of nano-articles last year. on a monthly basis, which collects them visits Isfahan Health Science and Technology Park Iraq having only 463 nano-articles in by searching the appropriate terms in the Knowledge-based companies active in health technology, 2018, which interestingly comprises nearly search engine of the WoS. medical equipment, food and medicine are located in this park 17% of its total scientific publications in In 2018 compared with 2017, the top and their products are supported for commercialization. this year, could surprisingly reach the 5th five countries of the world in nanoscience The park comprises ten technology clusters including innovation spot on this list. generation remained on their previous technology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, Iran 4th in global nanoscience spots; among the rest of the countries on medical equipment, herbal medicine and pharmaceutics, IT and generation Approximately 166,000 nano-articles had respectively the largest shares of the the list, however, England moving up one traditional medicine. With 9,662 articles and 5.81 percent were indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) indexed nano-articles. place surpassed France, Saudi Arabia and The vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari of its share, Iran ranks 4th amongst top in 2018, comprising around 10% of the China, the United States, and India were Taiwan switched spots, and Egypt with a attended the ceremony. 20 countries based on the share of na- total. Among the different branches of the three leading countries in the publica- three-step climb could rank among the top “Today, more than 40 science and technology comapnies are no-articles carried in 2018. science, chemistry, materials, and physics tion of nano-articles the same as last year. 20 countries in this area. operating in the center and the number will reach 100 by the next two years,” he said. The Pardis Health Sciences Technology Park is another park Iranian cities to host nanotech Amir Kabir University of Technology to which is located near Tehran. entrepreneurship events host Autcup 2019 Several companies are active in these parks and the vice pres- idency plans for their privatization, he said. Health industry has a booming market, which leads to im- provement of firms invested on it, he explained.

Meditation gadget claims to be able to ‘train your brain’ to choose healthy foods

A headset which encourages the wearer to think of apples rather than chocolate could bring an end to dieting, creators claim. The ‘BrainTap’, a pair of laboratory style glasses with connected earphones, comes with a hefty price £430 tag. But its founders, a nutritionist and councilor, claim the device could also kick anything from cigarette dependency to helping those affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The meditation headset was on show at the Consumer Elec- tronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and can also help kick nicotine TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Iran The event will be held from February TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Amir sian named entity recognition and Object addiction, its makers claim. +2 desk desk The meditation headset was on show at the Consumer Elec- Nanotechnology In- 12 to 15 at Amirkabir University of Tech- Kabir University of recognition from few training examples. tronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and can also help kick nicotine novation Council plans to hold Karno, nology. The Shahid Bahonar University Technology will host the 8th Amir Kabir Science and technology of robotics addiction, its makers claim. a nanotechnology an entrepreneurship of Kerman will host the event from Feb- International Robotic and Artificial In- and artificial intelligence, as one of the How it works event, at three universities in the cities ruary 19 to 21. telligence Contest (Autcup 2019) with the pioneers of the future of humanity, has BrainTap has around 50 different session categories covering of Karaj, Tehran and Kerman in February. It will be held from February 27 to cooperation of the International Federation always been of interest to university so- themes such sugar and chocolate addiction as well as stress or The events are organized by Amirkabir March 1 at the Instructor Training Center of Robotics (FIRA) from March 1 to 4. cieties and scientists. nicotine dependency. University of Technology, Shahid Bahonar and Technical and Vocational Researches FIRA Sport, FIRA Challenge, FIRA Iranian FIRA national chapter and It can be used as a normal app with headphones, and is avail- University of Kerman and Instructor Train- in Karaj. Drone, FIRA Youth are sections of FIRA the Amir Kabir University of Technolo- able for iOS and Android. ing Center and Technical and Vocational Karno event will hold workshops on contest, which will be held in two separate gy, supported by Ministry of Science, Re- Specially developed goggles and a headset include flashing Researches of Karaj. business ecosystem, intellectual property, leagues for pro and youth. search and Technology, with the purpose lights the firm claims reinforce the meditation lessons Iran Nanotechnology Innovation patent registration, marketing, teamwork, The categories of the Artificial Intelligence of progressing to achieve this important The headsets are designed to be worn for around 20 minutes Council aims to introduce nano market problem solution and meetings with suc- section are face recognition, stock market goal will hold Iran FIRA RoboWorldCup a day - with chiropractors and medics using them in cities across potentiality to young experts at the event. cessful entrepreneurs. prediction, voice command recognition, Per- Open 2019 with the cooperation of FIRA. the UK, creators claim. They are also used in offices to help stressed-out employees ‘reboot their brains’. Tokyo’s talking subway robots ready for Olympic 2020 BrainTap co-founder, Michael Porter, from New Bern, North As Thousands of Olympic organizers, Tokyo city adminis- through public-private partnerships, will promote the Carolina said: ‘What the voice is doing is helping them to have trators, and local and foreign volunteers scurry to prepare use of this type of cutting-edge ICT (information com- new habits, new patterns new behaviours, positive psychology.’ for the upcoming 2020 Summer Games, another, somewhat munications technology),” Saito, information manager at Asked what the machine would do for a person who thinks of less anxious, worker named ARISA is getting ready, too. the bureau’s communication planning department, said chocolates or sweets each day, Mr Porter said: ‘It would help them Facing an influx of Olympic spectators, as well as an in an email. He’s hopeful that the technology powering pick healthier choices, visualising them picking other choices and aging population and low birth rate that has resulted in a ARISA will lead to further improvements of the quality seeing themselves doing it, like [eating] an apple’. national labor shortage, Japan is turning to robotics to help of Tokyo’s services. (Source: dailymail.co.uk) handle the demand for workers. Japan is the world’s third largest economy, but that ARISA, a project by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, position is in jeopardy, given the country’s severe worker is a six-foot guide robot that will work in the subway stations shortage. According to a joint survey by Chuo University to show passengers the way to restrooms and lockers, offer and Persol Research and Consulting, Japan will face a deficit DJI drones get tiny transit directions and recommend tourist attractions in the of 6.44 million laborers by 2030. To fill in the gaps, Japan area. Developed by the Japanese tech company Aruze Gaming is increasingly turning to foreign workers and exploring parachute safety system to and Chicago-headquartered THK, she’s wide-eyed, sharply tech-driven solutions. protect crowds dressed and can speak in Japanese, English, Chinese and “In Tokyo, the full-fledged declining birthrate and aging Korean. She’s also accompanied by a touch-screen monitor. The user interface is especially great.” society, as well as the intensification of international compe- After completing a test run at the Ueno-Okachimachi Tanaka, director of the youth sports organization Ja- tition, require continued response,” writes Saito. “We must A company called Indemnis has developed a parachute safety and Tochomae subway stops at the end of December, the pan Sports Hub, believes ARISA will fill a key role during appropriately respond to challenges like increased threats system for the DJI Inspire 2 drone, one that helps keep people on city is preparing for a second trial at five stations in Feb- the Summer Games. Since most Olympic volunteers are to safety and security, natural disasters, and terrorism.” the ground safe by slowly lowering a drone that would otherwise ruary. Based on the results, the city will continue to study not familiar enough with the city layout and subway sys- But for tourists, perhaps more interested in documenting fall. The system, which is called Nexus, is the first of its kind to how ARISA and robots like it could be used in the future to tem to effectively help lost visitors, Tanaka points out, their memories than delving into the intricacies of Japan’s meet an international safety standard, paving the way for FAA enhance urban operations at various locations across the ARISA’s artificial intelligence will fill in the gaps to offer labor shortage, ARISA might prove more of a novelty than permission to fly a drone over crowds. metro area, according to Takayuki Saito at the Tokyo Met- seamless support. an indispensable member of the workforce. Flying drones over crowds comes with an inherent, obvious risk: ropolitan Government Bureau of General Affairs. It’s what the city government is counting on, too. Luckily for them, ARISA is happy to pose for selfies, too. it could fall and hit someone, causing injury due to impact and/ One Tokyo resident, 25-year-old Kyosuke Tanaka, came The city expects ARISA, with her humanoid features Tanaka passed on the chance to take a commemorative or the spinning rotors. For this reason, the FAA will only grant a across ARISA on his commute to work, and says he was and direct dialogue capability, to help prevent mishaps and photo with the humanoid. But if he changes his mind, he’ll waiver to fly a drone over crowds if the operator can prove there are impressed. “The ARISA robot is a next generation robot streamline the overall urban infrastructure. get another chance in February. safety mechanisms in place to help keep people on the ground safe. that responds more smoothly and quickly than I imagined. “In the future, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, (Source: usnews.com) Various solutions have been proposed and created — there are cages that can go around the rotors to prevent them from cutting someone, for example, but that doesn’t reduce impact injury from Blockchain craze helps push up related salaries being struck by a drone. A parachute, however, would ensure a Blockchain developers command a salary according to Janco Associates, a management developer as the No. 1 emerging job. expertise for back-end, solutions architects falling drone is lowered slowly, eliminating impact injuries while premium for their services as the distrib- consulting firm that conducts regular salary Hired, a job recruitment firm, placed the and machine-learning engineers.” giving people a chance to get out of the way. uted ledger technology has heated up in surveys and updates its report biannually. salary for blockchain engineers as ranging As blockchain jobs have grown, so too have That’s where the Indemnis Nexus comes in. This parachute the enterprise IT marketplace over the “Salaries are up across the board for all from $150,000 to $175,000 a year; those programs that train developers and others system was designed specifically for DJI drones and is the first past year. It’s also spurring job growth blockchain roles that we have surveyed,” jobs are now on par with developers of in blockchain skills. For example, after cre- to meet an international standard for small drone parachute in related fields. Janco CEO Victor Janulaitis said via email. artificial intelligence (AI). ating an online course on cryptocurrencies systems. By adding this tested, proven parachute system to their Salaries for blockchain developers are Previous job reports have estimated the By comparison, software engineers and business-scale blockchain networks, UC drone, operators may have a better shot at receiving an FAA up again, with annual pay soaring by more number of open blockchain developer posi- earn an average of $137,000, according Berkeley quickly saw thousands of signups. waiver to fly over crowds. than $4,000 over the past six months for tions at more than 10,000 in the U.S. alone. to Hired CEO Mehul Patel. Most of the pay increases over the past The new safety system features what looks like a canister those in the highest bracket. And the rush For example, in October, job data analytics “Since launching blockchain as an exper- year for IT positions have been defensive in attached to the drone. Sensors built into the system monitor the to embrace distributed ledger technology firm Burning Glass Technologies pegged tise on our platform in late 2017, we have nature, Janulaitis said. drone for signs of tilting, wobbling, or falling, at which point it is also pushing pay up for related jobs, ac- the number of blockchain-related IT jobs witnessed demand for blockchain engineers “CIOs do not want to lose the talent they fires out a small parachute at 90mph. The system is designed to cording to a new report. at 12,006, which at the time represented increase 400%,” Patel said in an earlier have on board. As a result, they have increased avoid the drone’s body and rotors during this process, ensuring The median annual salary for a blockchain a growth rate of 316% year over year. In interview. “Interestingly, blockchain engi- compensation for those positions,” Janulaitis the parachute survives to lower the drone. developer is now $132,000, with experienced June, Burning Glass had reported 5,743 neer has not solidified itself as a standalone said. “Supply and demand is working in the Support for DJI’s pro-tier Matrice drones will arrive later workers commanding upwards of $176,000 blockchain developer jobs. job title quite yet; instead, blockchain is favor of qualified IT professionals.” this year. (Source: slashgear.com) a year when they move to new organizations, In December, LinkedIn placed blockchain increasingly being included as an area of (Source: computerworld.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JANUARY 14, 2019 SCIENCE 11

Scientists put spintronics This crazy steam-powered probe could pretty much explore space forever ‘miracle material’ to the test It’s called the World Is Not Enough (WINE), and instead of using fuel to power its movement, the craft mines water from its current location and turns it into steam – and uses it to propel itself to a new When German mineralogist Gustav particular atomic structure. Their value as destination, like something out of a forgotten Jules Verne novel. Rose stood on the slopes of Russia’s Ural a technological material has only became “We could potentially use this technology to hop on the Moon, Mountains in 1839 and picked up a piece apparent in the past 10 years. Because of Ceres, Europa, Titan, Pluto, the poles of Mercury, asteroids – an- of a previously undiscovered mineral, he that atomic structure, researchers have ywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity,” University of had never heard of transistors or diodes been developing perovskite into a material Central Florida researcher Phil Metzger said in a news release. or had any concept of how conventional for making solar panels. By 2018 they’d electronics would become an integral achieved an efficiency of up to 23 percent of part of our daily lives. He couldn’t have solar energy converted to electrical energy anticipated that the rock he held in his — a big step up from 3.8 percent in 2009. hand, which he named “perovskite,” could In the meantime, Vardeny and his be a key to revolutionizing electronics as colleagues were exploring the possibilities we know them. of spintronics and the various materials that In 2017, University of Utah physicist could prove effective in transmitting spin. Valy Vardeny called perovskite a Because of heavy lead atoms in perovskite, “miracle material” for an emerging field physicists predicted that the mineral may of next-generation electronics, called possess strong spin-orbit coupling. NASA funded the project. Honeybee Robotics built a prototype spintronics, and he’s standing by that Hybrid perovskite of the steam-powered spacecraft, which is just about the size of a assertion. In a paper published in Nature In a 2017 paper, Vardeny and physics microwave, with help from researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronau- Communications, Vardeny, along with assistant professor Sarah Li showed that a tical University. Jingying Wang, Dali Sun (now at North class of perovskites called organic-inorganic Metzger did the necessary computer modeling and simulations Carolina State University) and colleagues hybrid perovskites do indeed possess large for the craft, and when it came time to test out WINE, UCF provided present two devices built using perovskite spin-orbit coupling. Also, the lifetime of simulated asteroid material for the craft to mine. to demonstrate the material’s potential in spin injected into the hybrid materials We demonstrated prototype of WINE (the World Is Not Enough) by repeatedly dragging a magnet along version of the electronic components found spintronic systems. Its properties, Vardeny lasted a relatively long time. Both results spacecraft in vacuum. WINE extracts water from asteroids and uses its length, then you’ve already dabbled in practically all modern electronics. says, bring the dream of a spintronic suggested that this kind of hybrid perovskite it for steam propulsion. in spintronics. The magnet transfers Such a device requires a semiconductor transistor one step closer to reality. held promise as a spintronics material. As we’ve explored the Solar System, we’ve discovered an abundance information to the nail. The trick is then material in which a magnetic field can A conventional digital electronic system The next step, which Vardeny and Wang of water – it’s on the Moon, on other planets, and even on asteroids. transporting and manipulating that easily manipulate the direction of electrons’ conveys a binary signal (think 1s and accomplished in their recent work, was As long as we could provide the fuel to get a WINE-like craft to one information, which requires devices and spin—a property called spin-orbit coupling. 0s) through pulses of electrons carried to incorporate hybrid perovskite into of these objects, a deployable solar panel would be able to power materials with finely tuned properties. It’s not easy to build such a transistor, through a conductive wire. Spintronics spintronic devices. The first device is a the mining and steam-creation processes necessary for movement. Researchers are working toward the Wang says. can convey additional information via spintronic light-emitting diode, or LED. That means the steam-powered spacecraft could lead to far longer milestone of a spin transistor, a spintronics Perovskites are a class of mineral with a another characteristic of electrons, their The semiconductor in a traditional LED – and far cheaper – missions than we can currently undertake. spin direction (think up or down). Spin is contains electrons and holes — places in “WINE was designed to never run out of propellant so exploration related to magnetism. So spintronics uses A conventional digital electronic system atoms where electrons should be, but aren’t. will be less expensive,” Metzger said. magnetism to align electrons of a certain conveys a binary signal (think 1s and Wang says that a spintronic LED works “It also allows us to explore in a shorter amount of time, since spin, or “inject” spin into a system. much the same way, but with a magnetic we don’t have to wait for years as a new spacecraft travels from Science experiment 0s) through pulses of electrons carried electrode, and with electron holes polarized Earth each time.” If you’ve ever done the old science through a conductive wire. to accommodate electrons of a certain spin. (Source: sciencealert.com) experiment of turning a nail into a magnet (Source: phys.org) Bizarre ‘bristle-jaw’ creatures finally placed on tree of life Researchers build light-based Chaetognaths, whose name means “bristle-jaw,” worms don’t belong with spiralians, but in- fers, seem to share a unique jaw structure. actually share many morphological and de- 3d printer, 100 times faster can be found all over world, swimming in stead with a new group of animals that form Composed of dense protein matrix and a velopmental traits with other organisms, than normal 3D printers brackish estuaries, tropical seas and above the a sister group to the clade. The results, pub- fibrous substance called chitin, these jaws which makes their evolutionary timeline deep dark ocean floor. Also known as arrow lished January 10, 2019 in Current Biology, are situated near the organisms’ mouths and difficult to trace. A 3D-printed “M” created by researchers from University of worms, the creatures have been around since challenge the classical view that complex allow them to grasp their prey. “Different animals that share the same Michigan. A new method promises a faster, more efficient ap- the Cambrian Period, but their precise place in organisms evolved from simple ancestors “Arrow worms group with a fairly obscure early development are often related to each proach to 3D printing. By using two lights, researchers say that evolutionary history has long eluded scientists. by gaining new traits over time. collection of small marine animals -- they’re other,” said Rokhsar. One reason researchers the new method can create complex shapes from vats of liquid Now, researchers at the Okinawa Institute “Arrow worms are predators, they have not animals most people are familiar with,” have struggled to characterize arrow worms resin. of Science and Technology Graduate Univer- nervous systems, they have developed sen- said Prof. Daniel Rokhsar, senior author of is that their early developmental patterns are Researchers from the University of Michigan is revolutionizing sity (OIST) have learned where arrow worms sory organs. But the other organisms they’re the study and principal investigator of the ambiguous; they resemble patterns observed 3D printing. A team has managed to create a printer that can wiggle on the Tree of Life, and their results grouped with are much simpler,” said Ferdi- research unit. “The fact that these different in two major groups of animals. “We really perform 100 times faster than older models. could reveal important trends in the evolution nand Marlétaz, first author of the study and animals had jaws that were probably related had no way of precisely classifying arrow In a paper, they described a new approach that lifts up already of bilateral organisms. a postdoctoral scholar in the OIST Molecular to each other wasn’t clear until this paper.” worms one way or the other.” solidified complex shapes from a vat of liquid. The team promises The researchers sought to verify the rela- Genetics Unit, led by Prof. Daniel Rokhsar. Tiny spears The two animal supergroups are known as faster and more efficient small-scale manufacturing. tionship of the predatory arrow worm to other “If you place arrow worms here, it means The roughly 200 species of arrow worms deuterostomes and protostomes. Both sets of The new approach moves away from the traditional technique spiralia -- members of a diverse group of or- there was probably a lot of independent resemble tiny spears and range from only one organisms have a single gut running through in which the printer creates shapes by building plastic filaments ganisms, or clade, believed to share a common simplification, rather than the independent millimeter long to 12 centimeters in length. them, from their mouths to the other end. layer by layer. ancestor. The spiralian clade includes mollusks, emergence of complexity.” The predators mostly feast on small crus- In early development, the deuterostome gut According to the researchers, this old technique does not segmented worms and flatworms. Though very different in appearance, arrow taceans called copepods, using their keen forms from the bottom up, while protostome make sense for small-scale manufacturing because of the need Challenging the classical view worms and their phylogenetic relatives, such vibratory sense to hunt prey and swallow gut formation starts at the mouth. for a mold that costs upward of $10,000. Strikingly, the scientists found that arrow as the microscopic animals known as roti- them whole. The weird worm-like creatures (Source: eurekalert.org) For production jobs that aim to create identical items fewer than 10,000, the cost of traditional 3D printing can be expensive. “Using conventional approaches, that’s not really attainable New policy design needed to tackle global environmental threat, researchers say unless you have hundreds of machines,” said Timothy Scott, an associate professor at the University of Michigan and one of the A pioneering new report has devised a seven-point plan to tackle the growing environmental threat brought by man- authors of the study. help policymakers devise new, coherent and collaborative made climate change. The new approach does away with the additive techniques strategies to tackle the greatest global environmental These include selecting existing, robust policies to help of traditional 3D printers and relies on phase change to create threats. formulate policy decisions, the need for decisions to be an object. Using two lights, the researchers were able to control A team of international researchers, including experts made consistently across regional, national and global where the liquid resin solidifies into sophisticated patterns. from the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy (LEEP) boundaries, and a more conclusive look at the true extent “It’s one of the first true 3D printers ever made,” boasted Institute at the University of Exeter, has examined how that the environment is being impacted. Mark Burns, also a professor at the University of Michigan and politicians and legislators can develop a new way to tackle Researchers in the field a co-author of the stud the growing threat of climate change. The report is authored by Professor Bateman, Dr. Donna (Source: techtimes.com) The perspective piece, which is published as the cover Carless and Amanda Robinson from Exeter, alongside article in Nature Sustainability, comes in response to some of the world’s leading researchers in the field. advice from leading scientists, suggesting that the human These include acclaimed natural scientists Professor impact on the environment are already tipping the world Johan Rockström (Stockholm Resilience Center) and Cosmic telescope zooms in into a new geologically significant era. Professor Will Steffen (Australian National University) Called the Anthropocene, this new era is defined by - who pioneered the planetary boundary and Anthropocene on the beginning of time the effect human-kind has already caused on Earth, from concepts — and eminent environmental economists mass extinctions of plant and animal species, polluted policy response. including Professor Thomas Sterner (University of Observations from Gemini Observatory identify a key fingerprint of oceans and altered atmosphere. “Traditional policies tend to be highly piecemeal, Gothenburg), Professor Edward Barbier (Colorado State an extremely distant quasar, allowing astronomers to sample light Tackling complexities highly inefficient, prone to failure and can even be University), Professor Carolyn Fischer (Resources for emitted from the dawn of time. Astronomers happened upon this In the new report, the scientists argue that while policies counterproductive. Such policies take vital resources from the Future, Washington) and Professor Stephen Polasky deep glimpse into space and time thanks to a foreground galaxy are available, there also needs to be a new way to tackle key areas while providing short term sticking-plaster efforts (University of Minnesota). acting as a gravitational lens, which magnified the ancient light. the geographical, boundary, spatial, ecological and socio- for high visibility, often politically motivated causes.” Together the team undertook the first unified assessment The Gemini observations provide critical pieces of the puzzle in political complexities of the issue; and that will require Recent research into the Anthropocene has suggested of the policy options for tackling the challenges of the confirming this object as the brightest appearing quasar so early working together across disciplines. that there are multiple threats to the resilience of the Anthropocene. These include the integrated global problems in the history of the universe. Professor Ian Bateman of LEEP and co-author of the Earth systems. of climate change; the pollution of air, land, freshwater and This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of a very distant quasar paper said: “The paper shows that the integrated nature of While the report acknowledges that there are no ‘simple sea; and the rapid loss of genetic diversity around the world. (at right) that has been brightened and split into three images by the planetary boundary problems requires an integrated solutions’, it does outline seven guiding principles to help (Source: phys.org) the effects of the gravitational field of a foreground galaxy (left). The crosses mark the centers of each quasar image. The quasar would have gone undetected if not for the power Huge black hole is spinning at half the speed of light, scientists say of gravitational lensing, which boosted its brightness by a factor of 50. The gravitational field of the foreground galaxy (seen at “This black hole’s event horizon is about 300 Milky Way’s core light coming from the ASASSN-14li system. X-ray emission left) warps space like a funhouse mirror, amplifying the quasar’s times bigger than the Earth,” study co-author ASASSN-14li lies at the heart of a The researchers analyzed data gathered by The “fact that we can track this region of light. Shining with the brilliance of 600 trillion suns, the quasar is Ron Remillard, of the Massachusetts Institute galaxy 290 million light-years away from a number of instruments, including NA- bright X-ray emission as it circles the black fueled by a supermassive black hole at the heart of a young galaxy of Technology (MIT), said in a statement. Earth and harbors between 1 million and SA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil hole lets us track just how quickly material in the process of forming. (The event horizon is the limit beyond which 10 million times the mass of the sun. So, Gehrels Swift space telescopes, as well as in the disk is spinning,” Pasham said in the The image shows the quasar as it looked 12.8 billion years ago nothing, not even light, can escape a black it’s about as hefty as the black hole at the the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton same statement. “That gives us information - only about 1 billion years after the big bang. The quasar appears hole’s gravitational clutches.) Milky Way’s core, known as Sagittarius spacecraft. about the spin rate of the supermassive black red because its blue light has been absorbed by diffuse gas in in- “Yet the black hole is spinning so fast it A*, which contains about 4 million solar These datasets revealed a consistent flick- hole itself.” tergalactic space. By comparison, the foreground galaxy has bluer completes one rotation in about two minutes, masses. (Supermassive black holes can get ering: ASASSN-14li’s X-ray emissions rise and That spin speed is impressive but not starlight light. The quasar, cataloged as J043947.08+163415.7 compared to the 24 hours it takes our planet much weightier; some tip the scales at tens fall every 131 seconds. This clockwork signal unprecedented. The few supermassive black (J0439+1634 for short), could hold the record of being the brightest to rotate,” Remillard added. of billions of solar masses.) is likely caused by a clump of the torn-apart holes whose rotation rates have been clocked in the early universe for some time, making it a unique object for Some of the remains of the star are pulled ASASSN-14li was discovered in November star circling the black hole very close to the to date are in the same extreme neighbor- follow-up studies. into an X-ray-bright disk where they circle 2014, after it tore apart a star that strayed event horizon, study team members said. hood, generally whipping around between Before the cosmos reached its billionth birthday, some of the the black hole before passing over the “event too close. This dramatic event caused a flash Scientists used NASA’s Chandra and 33 percent and 84 percent the speed of light. very first cosmic light began a long journey through the expanding horizon,” the boundary beyond which nothing, of bright light, which was spotted by a sys- Hubble space telescopes, as well as other The new results — which Pasham presented Universe. One particular beam of light, from an energetic source including light, can escape. tem of optical telescopes called the All-Sky instruments, to study the supermassive black Wednesday (Jan. 9) at the 233rd meeting of called a quasar, serendipitously passed near an intervening galaxy, The elongated spot depicts a bright region Automated Survey for Supernovae (hence hole system ASASSN-14li and determine the the American Astronomical Society (AAS) whose gravity bent and magnified the quasar’s light and refocused in the disk, which causes a regular variation the black hole’s name). spin rate of the black hole, a fundamental in Seattle — could help astronomers better it in our direction, allowing telescopes like Gemini North to probe in the X-ray brightness of the source, allowing In the new study, a team led by Dheeraj property that has been difficult for astron- understand how supermassive black holes the quasar in great detail. the spin rate of the black hole to be estimated. Pasham, also of MIT, observed the X-ray omers to measure. evolve. (Source: livescience.com) (Source: sciencedaily.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY JANUARY 14, 2019

DOE not convinced to transfer National plan for safeguarding water from Caspian Sea Caspian seal drafted ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Studies carried out so far deskhas not yet convinced the Department of ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The De- Unfortunately, their population which Environment (DOE) to transfer water from the Caspian Sea deskpartment of Environment stood at about one million shrank to less than to central Iran, Parvin Farshchi, deputy director of the DOE (DOE) is preparing a national action plan on 100,000 in less than 30 years, he concluded. for marine affairs has said. preserving the relict species of Caspian seal In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Over the past few years Iran has faced recurrent drought spells in cooperation with the responsible organi- Times in November 2017, Farshchi referring and low precipitation and the value of water has become more zations, Mehr reported on Saturday. to the Convention on the Conservation of tangible, Khabaronline quoted Farshchi as saying on Saturday. Caspian seal, the sole marine mammal Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), She further explained that water transfer from the Caspian Sea inhabiting the Caspian Sea, is endangered said that Caspian seals were included on to central Iran has been a matter of interest for some years now according to the International Union for Con- Appendices I and II of the Convention by and in the [Iranian calendar year of] 1389 (March 2010-March servation of Nature and Natural Resources DOE efforts. 2011) various research and studies on the issue were conducted. (IUCN), as recently demonstrated to have As per the Appendix I of the Conven- Water transfer is a responsibility for the Energy Ministry and declined by more than 90 percent since the tion, poaching and illegal fishing activi- DOE is only accountable for the environmental impacts of the start of the 20th century. ties is banned to save the animals from scheme with regards to the methods of water transfer, she added. Existence of Caspian seals indicates extinction, while Iran has not had a share So far studies which could convince us to agree with water healthy condition of the sea, and now fish- in illegal fishing of the species since the transfer are not completed yet, Farshchi highlighted. ermen in the three coastal provinces are very beginning, she concluded. being trained how to behave while spotting Over the 12th Meeting of the Conference a seal, Parvin Farshchi, deputy DOE chief of the Parties (CMS COP12) to the Conven- for marine affairs has said. tion on the Conservation of Migratory Spe- Insisting on national and international cies of Wild Animals (CMS), administered cooperation for successful implementation by UN Environment on October 28, 2017, of the plan, she said that the DOE held a Caspian seals were included on Appendices meeting to develop solutions for conservation I and II of the Convention. of the precious species with officials from According to the Conservation of Mi- Ports and Maritime Organization, Cultural Bahman (January 21-February 19), seals occasionally hundred may gather at a good gratory Species of Wild Animals Website, Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organ- travel to the northern shores of the Cas- place, he added. Appendix I comprises migratory species ization, Fisheries Organization, Iran Navy, pian Sea in Russia and Kazakhstan to give He further regretted that oil spill, industrial that have been assessed as being in danger environmentalists and related experts in birth on ice sheets after an eleven-month waste as well as heavy metals, agricultural of extinction throughout all or a significant attendance. gestation period. pesticides, radioactive waste, wastewater and portion of their range. Pointing to the Iranian ships to display The Caspian Seal life can be divided into household waste entering the sea, and noise Appendix II covers migratory species that Caspian seal image, she said that Iran will three periods, he said, adding, they spend the pollution caused by oil and gas refineries, and have an unfavorable conservation status and spread the message of “the need for preserv- first period on breeding, the second period excessive boat traffic have pushed the species that require international agreements for ing the Caspian seal” to the world, which is on hair shedding cycle and the final period toward extinction through poisoning them. their conservation and management, as well a valuable measure in this regard. of their life spends on migration to southern “Some of the toxins in the long period as those that have a conservation status which She also underscored the importance of carrying out com- Davood Mirshekar, deputy DOE chief and central parts of the Caspian Sea including weaken their body’s immune system against would significantly benefit from the inter- prehensive research on every aspects of the project and eval- for marine ecosystems, for his part said Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. the diseases along with reducing their fer- national cooperation that could be achieved uating the economic burden of the plan as well as methods that during the Iranian calendar month of They normally tend to live in groups but tility,” he lamented. by an international agreement. to complete the transfer. In addition to the assessment of environmental impacts of Education, labor ministries ink MOU on Tehran metro delivers 730 million such a scheme the social impacts of the plan must be surveyed, she concluded. out-of-school children rides annually This is while on January 5 chief of the Department of Envi- SOCIETY TEHRAN — The Min- SOCIETY TEHRAN — The un- ronment Issa Kalantari told ILNA news agency that he has no deskistry of Education and deskderground transport objection to water transfer from the Caspian Sea to the central the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and system stretching to 170 kilometers in parts of the country. Social Welfare have signed a memorandum the metropolis of Tehran is delivering The environment chief insisted that water transfer should be of understanding aiming to bring out-of- over 730 million rides each year, Mehdi solely for drinking and industrial purposes. school children back to school. Jamalinejad, deputy interior minister, He also said that transferring water for agricultural purposes The memorandum of understanding has announced. is not economically justifiable but for drinking and industrial will pave the way for future steps, ISNA Currently, 106 kilometers of met- purposes is a must in an attempt to safeguard our national interest. news agency quoted Education Minister ro lines are under construction in the The negative impacts of water transfer include salinization Mohammad Bat’haei as saying on Sunday. capital, which is expected to increase and aridification of the donor basins, damage to the ecological He made the remarks over the 8th tan-Baluchestan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, the number of annual subway rider- population balance, which is causing environment of the donor basins and the both sides of the con- session of council meeting for improving Khuzestan and Kerman are home to the ship by 513 million, he stated, adding, difficulties on the outskirts of the capital. veying channel system, increase of water consumption in the educational standards in underprivileged highest number of children not having the project will be completed by the The only way to solve some of the recipient basins, and spread of diseases, etc. and underdeveloped areas at the Ministry access to school or education nationwide. end of the Iranian calendar year 1402 problems is planning to create a fast of Labor and Social Welfare. Deputy Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, (March 2024). transport system connecting rural to LEARN ENGLISH “The meeting is aiming to live up to and Social Welfare, Ahmad Meydari, said for “With construction under way on 289 urban areas, he added. educational standards, however, the cur- his part that the main reasons for children kilometers in the metropolitan areas, He went on to explain that exploita- rent conditions are unjustifiable, and we not accessing schools, many of which have the total operational metro lines in the tion of new lines linking outskirts to Carbon Footprint should move faster,” he added. been poverty, low income or disabilities. country will expanded to 584 kilometers the capital will be effective in reducing A: So what’s your guys’ take on all this global warming In the previous school year 1396-1397 In December 2018, Saeed Namaki, by the next five years, which will lead road traffic, accidents and increasing hysteria in the media? (beginning Sept. 23, 2017), some 142,502 deputy director of Budget and Planning the number of annual metro trips to daily commute to the capital which also B: It’s pretty serious, man. There have been tons of scientific children were missing out on education Organization for scientific, cultural and exceed 2,337 million,” he added. curb air pollution along with decreasing studies and the scientific community says that the earth is across the country, but 31,910 of them re- social affairs, said that 3,843 out-of-school Pointing to the improper population permanent migration to major cities. heating up. We need to make some drastic changes to our turned to schools, Deputy Education Minister children living on the outskirts of cities proportion in the capital, he noted that He further expressed hope that the lifestyle if we want to preserve our planet. Rezvan Hakimzadeh said in early January. nationwide went to school within the past migrating from rural to urban areas and whole metro project will be completed A: I don’t know. It sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo She added that five provinces of Sis- two months and a half. the metropolises has led to a lack of with the cooperation of related bodies. if you ask me. “Save the earth! “The earth will save itself. It’s survived worst disasters in the past. I mean, honestly, we live in the boonies. There’s no way anyone here is ever Silent, water-emitting trains fuelled by hydrogen ‘to be introduced going to walk or bike to work, especially in the winter. And we have no bus system. My house is forty years old and it would take a lot of money to get it refitted to be “green” to UK railways in two years’ and “energy-efficient”. Silent, water-emitting hydrogen-fuelled trains are to In addition to using clean energy, the hydrogen-fuelled and the government has rightly set out a goal to eliminate C: Well I don’t really know if I believe in global warming become reality in less than three years on some main trains can run on existing track without the need for diesel rolling stock by 2040. either, or whether or not it was our doing or a natural change lines across the UK, under ambitious plans to convert expensive overhead power cables required for electric “Hydrogen trains offer an ideal solution for routes which the earth is going through, but you have to admit that we’re existing diesel rolling stock. operation. are unlikely to benefit from electrification, and our inno- living pretty irresponsibly here in the west. Polluting diesel engines are to be stripped out and replaced Just over 40 per cent of the UK’s rail network is cur- vative engineering solution means they can now fit within A: I guess... with hydrogen tanks on as many as 100 trains, under the rently electrified, with the vast majority of trains running the UK loading gauge and can quickly be ready to roll on C: I think the issue at hand is sustainability. We’ve only preliminary terms of the deal. on diesel. Britain’s railways.” got this one earth we can live on, and our resources are The arrangement between UK rolling stock owner The dependence on diesel means some parts of the UK’s UK rail minister Andrew Jones said: “Hydrogen train quickly disappearing because of our own carelessness and Eversholt and French firm Alstom will convert existing rail network are far over legal air quality thresholds. technology is an exciting innovation which has the potential our inability to think of anyone but ourselves and anything Class 321 trains, which were built in 1988 and are used Alstom said the deal will create new engineering jobs to transform our railway, making journeys cleaner and but the present. on the Greater Anglican network. at their facility in Widnes, Cheshire. greener by cutting CO2 emissions even further. We are B: So, like I was saying, we need to change the way we live. The new trains will have a top speed of 90mph and the The company has already built an entirely new hydrogen working with industry to establish how hydrogen trains We need to reduce our carbon footprint. project has been named “Breeze”. powered train due to begin public service in Germany can play an important part in the future, delivering better C: But it doesn’t have to be that drastic. Hybrid vehicles and The Department for Transport is understood to be sup- in September this year. services on rural and inter-urban routes.” solar panels are too expensive to be feasible right now. And portive of the programme, as the upgrades move it closer Nick Crossfield, Alstom’s UK managing director, said: Claire Perry, the minister for energy and clean growth we don’t have to be hippies living off the land and buying to its 2040 goal of stripping diesel engines from the rail “The Breeze will be a clean new train for the UK with a also welcomed the deal between the two companies. everything organic either, though it helps. network altogether. stylish, modern look. The railways need to decarbonise (Source: The Independent) B: I car pool to work every day with some buddies of mine. I have a rain barrel outside my house I use to water my plants and my lawn in the summer, and I make sure I always bring ENGLISH IN USE reusable bags with me when I get my groceries. And we just started using bio-degradable plastic made from corn oil for LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION take-out orders at my family’s restaurant. Remember the three R’s? Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. C: Exactly, it’s just small simple changes, like buying energy- saving light bulbs, starting a compost bin, recycling bottles and Flood stricken families receiving سیلزدگان مازندرانی کمک مالی دریافت می کنند papers, using reusable water bottles, stop using disposable govt. handouts cups and cutlery. اســتاندار مازنــدران گفــت کــه پرداخــت کمــک بالعــوض 20 میلیــون ریالــی (A: Like the ones we’re drinking out of? The government is providing 20 million rials (nearly $470 B: Yeah. handout to each of the families who suffered financial loss by معیشــتی بــه ســیلزدگان اســتان کــه در بــارش ســیالبی مهــر مــاه ســال جــاری Key vocabulary flood in Mazandaran province, northern part of the country, خســارت دیدنــد، شــروع شــد. heat up: gain heat or get hot preserve: maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm the province’s governor general has said. محمــد اســالمی روز شــنبه در گفــت و گــو بــا خبرنــگار ایرنــا افــزود کــه تاکنــون mumbo jumbo: unintelligible or incomprehensible language So far, some 350 flooded households have received government boonies: rural country or jungle 350 خانــوار ســیلزده کمــک بالعــوض را دریافــت کــرده انــد، در حالیکــه یکهــزار refit:prepare and equip for additional use compensation payments, while 1,850 households are currently entitled to و 850 خانــوار مشــمول دریافــت کمــک معیشــتی هســتند. .resource: available source of wealth the payments, IRNA quoted Mohammad Eslami as saying on Saturday sustainability: keep in existence and maintain drastic: sudden and severe feasible: capable of being done with means at hand car pool: share the car with others to work PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM Supplementary vocabulary going green: the term used for being more environmentally “colo-, col-” Make out Come up in the world friendly energy star: a label given to efficient appliances Meaning: intestine Meaning: be able to hear or read something Explanation: A person who has come up in the world realization: to come to a sudden conclusion For example: Colonoscopy is usually performed For example: I need glasses! I can’t make out what’s is richer than before and has a higher social status skeptic: a person who questions popular thought on an outpatient basis. written on the board. For example: My old school friend has bought an alternatives: to replace something with something of equal use apartment overlooking Central Park. She has certainly (Source: irlanguage.com) come up in the world. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JANUARY 14, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Damascus seeks “intensified” Trump says he has ‘no idea’ if deal can be made with Pelosi talks with Kurds As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books, members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into 1 peace and take a prompt action to prevent the void. Syria says not intimidated by further recurrence of the Israeli aggression. new Israeli airstrike Israel, it said, should also be held account- Syria has complained to the United Na- able for its crimes and continued support tions about Israel’s new air raids, stressing for terrorist outfits. that the “cowardly” attacks will fail to ham- High-profile opposition leader per its resolve to defend the country and ready to visit Damascus confront its enemies. Meantime, the head of a foreign-backed In separate letters to the UN chief and Syrian opposition group says he is ready the Security Council chairman, the Syrian to visit Damascus for talks with the gov- Foreign Ministry denounced missiles fired ernment following reports that the United by Israeli warplanes on a number of sites States has started withdrawing its troops near Damascus on Friday. from the country. The ministry said the fresh attack was Ahmad Jarba, leader of the Cairo-based in flagrant violation of the United Nations Tomorrow Movement, made the announce- Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 350, ment during a visit to Baghdad, Lebanon’s which enshrines a ceasefire between Tel Aviv al-Mayadeen television channel reported and Damascus, first put in place in 1974. on Sunday. A Syrian military source told the offi- He said he expected the Iraqi govern- cial SANA news agency that the Syrian air ment to help establish dialog with Syrian The president did not tip his hand Saturday on whether defenses had “intercepted hostile missiles authorities, the channel said, citing Jarba. he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could and downed most of them.” Jarba’s group supports tribal militants break the impasse, free up money for his wall without congres- According to the report, the Israeli ag- Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) stand near U.S military vehicles within the so-called Syrian Democratic sional approval and kick off legal challenges and a political gression caused material damage to one of in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria April 29, 2017. (REUTERS) Forces (SDF) which is mostly comprised storm over the use of that extraordinary step. A day earlier, the warehouses at Damascus International of Kurdish militants armed and equipped he said he was not ready to do it “right now.” support for Israel and the Security Council’s Eisenkot, the Israeli army’s outgoing chief of Airport. by the United States. Lawmakers are due back in Washington from their states silence in the face of the Israel crimes. staff, said that Israel had carried out “thou- Israeli warplanes, apparently deterred Jarba was among the organizers of the and congressional districts in the new week. “Syria stresses that the continuation of sands” of airstrikes in Syria in recent years. by buoyed Syrian air defense systems, sneak first round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva Trump fired off a series of tweets pushing back against the Israel in its serious aggressive approach Israel claims the attacks target Iranian into the Lebanese airspace and fire missiles in 2014, and supported the idea of holding notion that he doesn’t have a strategy to end what became the would not have been possible without the military advisers and Hezbollah fighters, at their targets inside Syria. the Congress of the Syrian National Dialog, longest government shutdown in U.S. history when it entered political, military and media cover provided but an Israeli intelligence website recently The ministry said the Israeli actions in which took place in Russia’s Black Sea resort its 22nd day Saturday. “Elections have consequences!” he by the U.S. administration in the context of put the kibosh on the claim, saying the raids Syria were no different from those of Takfiri city of Sochi last January. declared, meaning the 2016 election in which “I promised a state of immunity from any accountability in fact hit Syrian army positions. terrorist groups marauding across parts of His request to go to Damascus came af- safety and security” and, as part of that, a border wall. provided by well-known states in the Secu- Tel Aviv has occupied and annexed Syria’s the country. ter Saudi-backed militant groups called on But there was another election, in November, and the con- rity Council, which could enable Israel to Golan Heights, a move never recognized by “The deliberate repeat of these grave world nations to stop rebuilding ties with sequence of that is that Democrats now control the House continue to practice state terrorism,” the the international community. provocations and cowardly aggression is the government of Syrian President Bashar and they refuse to give Trump money for a wall. letters read. In its letters, the Syrian Foreign Ministry a clear proof of the fact that what Israel is al-Assad. Trump threatened anew that the shutdown could continue Israel frequently attacks military targets emphasized that the Israeli provocations doing is no different from what Daesh (Is- Nasr al-Hariri, the head of the so-called indefinitely. Later Saturday, he supplemented a day’s worth inside Syria in what is considered as an at- would not “dissuade Syria from confronting lamic State in Iraq and the Levant/ISIL) High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said of tweets by telephoning in to Fox News Channel’s “Justice tempt to prop up Takfiri terrorist groups whoever tries to attack the Syrian people and and Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Nusra Front) or- this month he was surprised that some Arab with Judge Jeanine” Pirro from the White House to continue that have been suffering heavy defeats at the sovereignty or affects its determination to ganizations are doing in terms of terrorist leaders who used to support anti-Assad forces his public relations blitz for the wall. Pirro pressed Trump on hands of Syrian government forces. restore the occupied Syrian Golan.” methods and threatening international peace in the past, were now seeking reconciliation why he had yet to declare a national emergency. He said he’s In an interview with the New York Times It further called on the UNSC to shoulder and security,” it said. with Damascus. giving Congress a chance to “act responsibly.” earlier this week, Lieutenant General Gadi its responsibility in maintaining international The ministry also condemned the U.S. (Source: agencies) Trump also said he has “no idea” whether he can get a deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who opposes spending money on an “ineffective, wasteful wall.” The president is expected in the new week to sign legislation Trump will be re-elected/ Zionists not Russians are the enemy/ passed by Congress to provide back pay for some 800,000 federal workers who aren’t being paid during the shutdown. Kushner must go: Steele Paychecks were due Friday, but many workers received stubs 7 A. The good news is that no matter how much tion. Is this the beginning of the end of the Deep State in Tribune, 10 March 2018. with zeroes. power Zionists have within the National Security Council the USA? Can Trump clean house & wage peace? (Trump 20-Robert Steele, “Grand Strategy, Global Reality, & Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Abu Dhabi, claimed and the Departments of State, Defense, Commerce, and Revolution 06).” PBI, 9 January 2017. Re-Inventing US National Security Centered on Re-In- that morale is good among U.S. diplomats even as many work Treasury, there is absolutely no substitute for a face to face 6-Mongoose, “Mongoose: Hillary Clinton Electoral venting the US Army,” PBI, 8 September 2016. without pay. “We’re doing our best to make sure it doesn’t private conversation with President Donald Trump and Fraud Confirmed by Stanford University — Bernie Sanders 21-Robert Steele, Contributing Editor, Memoranda for impact our diplomacy,” he said. whatever understanding might emerge from that. Because Won…,” PBI, 7 August 2016; and Editors, “Graphic: How the President on 9/11: Time for the Truth — False Flag Almost half of the State Department employees in the U.S. President Rouhani speaks English, it could be done without Hillary Clinton Stole the Democratic Nomination from Deep State Truth! UPDATE 11: James Perloff’s Summary, and about one-quarter abroad have been furloughed during translators. In my view it is essential that President Trump Bernie Sanders — and Did Not Legally Win the Popular PBI, 7 July 2018. the shutdown. With the exception of certain local employees meet privately with President Rouhani as well as the Pres- Vote,” PBI, 16 November 2016. 22-Robert Steele, “27 Zionist Strikes (Zionism is Not overseas, the rest are working without pay, like those tasked idents of Syria and Turkey. I would earnestly encourage 7-It may be helpful for your readers to know that the Judaism),” PBI, 14 December 2018. with supporting Pompeo’s trip, which has thus far taken him President Rouhani to create a three minute video, a personal NSA does not share its electronic collection with the FBI 23-Robert Steele, “Certified Letter to James Comey to Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and Bahrain, with additional stops message for President Trump inviting him to meet face to or CIA. The NSA does not provide effective counterintel- – Pedophilia, Electoral Fraud, Treason, Charity Fraud – to come. face as soon as possible and ask that President Vladimir ligence support to the FBI, one reason we have so many UPDATE 5,” PBI, 5 November 2016. An emergency declaration by Trump could break the stale- Putin convey that video message directly. Personal pres- criminals, pedophiles, and traitors still on the streets; and 24-Simona Weinglass, “Is Israel becoming a mafia state?,” mate by letting him use existing, unspent money to build idential diplomacy is what matters with us in the Trump the NSA does not provide tactical signals intelligence to the The Times of Israel, 11 September 2017. the U.S.-Mexico border wall, without needing congressional era. Everyone else – including the Secretary of State – is CIA clandestine service, one reason why CIA’s clandestine 25-Larry Flynt, “John Bolton’s Divorce – Group Sex approval. Democrats oppose that step but may be unable to on the margins and does not speak with the authority of service is so constipated and ineffective. In my case, my life Allegations,” Scoop World, 13 May 2005. stop it. Many Republicans are wary, too. the President(32). being an open book, every call and every email that NSA 26-According to my most senior London contact, MI-6 is Nevertheless the administration has accelerated plan- My second suggestion is that Iran, Turkey, and has for me, is evidence of my purity. speaking openly in London political circles about Kushner’s ning for it. Officials explored diverting money from a Russia create an Open Source Agency (OSA) based 8-Robert Steele, Contributing Editor, Memoranda for compromise which has gone on for close to two decades, range of accounts, including $13.9 billion given to the in Istanbul. My memorandum to President Trump the President on 9/11: Time for the Truth — False Flag but has not released the name of the specific Zionist sug- Army Corps of Engineers after last year’s deadly hur- and my letter to the Secretary General of the United Deep State Truth! UPDATE 11: James Perloff’s Summary, ar-daddy – there are several resident in New York City that ricanes and floods. That option appeared to lose steam Nations are online(33). The American public is waking PBI, 7 July 2018. come to mind. I myself have no direct knowledge. following an outcry. up and now understands that both the Mainstream 9-Congressman Louie Gohmert, “ Robert Mueller is a 27-Paul Bedard, “Trump’s list: 289 accomplishments in Other possibilities included tapping asset forfeiture funds, Media (MSM) and the social media (#GoogleGestapo) Dead Man Walking — Easily Indictable for High Crimes just 20 months, ‘relentless’ promise-keeping,” Washington such as money seized from drug kingpins, according to a are completely controlled by the Zionists and lying and Misdemeanors — 48 Pages, PBI, 26 April 2018. Examiner, 12 October 2018; and Ben Kamisar, “Trump tops congressional Republican not authorized to speak publicly about everything. The censorship of the truth in the 10-Gordon Duff, “Mueller Dropping Russia Probe, Says $100 million raised for his 2020 re-election campaign,” about private conversations. The White House also was eye- USA cannot be over-stated. An OSA will allow Iran, Trump Working for Israel and Saudis,” Geopolitics.co, 16 NBCNews, 16 October 2018. ing military construction money, another politically difficult Turkey, and Russia to demonstrate that in the Middle December 2018. 28-Paul Adams, “Are 9% of Members of Congress & choice because it would take away from a backlog of hundreds East, it is possible for truth to triumph over lies, and 11-Robert Steele, “Donald Trump, The Accidental Pres- Senior Executives Dual US-Israel Citizens? Zionism Strike of projects. for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) to ident — Under Siege! A Soft Coup Rages within a Closed 14!,” PBI, 22 June 2018. Trump has been counseled by outside advisers to move create infinite wealth beginning with unlimited free Rigged System… (Trump Revolution 05),” PBI, 12 November 29-Robert Steele, “Robert Steele: Trump Triumph in toward declaring a national emergency for the “crisis” that solar energy and unlimited desalinated water. Ideally 2016; and Phantom Phixer, “Trump Won Popular Vote If 3 Moves UPDATE 7 WH 4.0, Trump 2.0, #UNRIG 3.9,” he says exists at the southern border. This, as polls suggest Russia and China would create counterparts and then 3 Million Illegal Alien Votes for Hillary Clinton Are Dis- PBI, 11 December 2017. Trump is getting most of the blame for the shutdown. encourage the nations of Africa, Central Asia, South qualified,” PBI, 15 November 2016. 30-Kevin Barrett, “TRUTH JIHAD: Robert David Steele But some in the White House are trying to apply the America, and Southeast Asia to do likewise. Eventu- 12-Editors, “Worth a Look: RED MAFIYA – How the on ‘War in the Middle East,’” Veterans Today, 18 Novem- brakes. Jared Kushner was among those opposed to the ally, perhaps, the USA will finally listen to me, but Russian Mob Has Invaded America,” PBI, 5 January 2019. ber 2018. declaration, arguing to his father-in-law that pursuing a that day is not today. 13-It is a sad fact that roughly three quarters of the US 31-“Peace in the Middle East: Denuclearizing Israel, broader immigration deal was a better option. A person The truth at any cost lower all other costs. Similarly, economy that should be taxed is not taxed because of a Restoring Palestine, and More,” Russian International familiar with White House thinking said that in meetings OSEE creates infinite wealth for the 99% at 10% the cost of combination of corrupt tax laws that exempt banks and Affairs Council, 18 May 2018. the past week, the message was that the administration the failed Western economic model(34). In my view, Donald corporations from most taxes; the ease with which import-ex- 32-We do continue to have the problem of competing is in no rush and wants to consider various options. The Trump is surrounded by enemies and being undermined port tax fraud and intra-corporate supply chain fraud; and national security factions each making their own policy person was unauthorized to discuss private sessions and by the U.S. Departments of State and Defense. There is finally, the fact that Wall Street and most corporations rely and often in contradiction to the President and his policy. spoke on condition of anonymity. only one effective sustainable path to a world at peace: open on the laundering of drug money to the point that tens of There are as many as seven distinct US national security Pelosi argued that Trump is merely trying to steer attention source everything. Can Iran lead the way in partnership millions of dollars are moved around in trunks and large policies including totally unauthorized policies carried out away from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and with Turkey and Russia? Is it time to create the Voice To suitcases. Cf. Michael C. Ruppert, Crossing the Rubicon: by the CIA, rogue elements of the military, and billionaires other White House problems. “This is a big diversion, and America? We live in interesting times, praise be to God. The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age including those associated with Amazon and Google. he’s a master of diversion,” she told reporters. 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Earth First, it would allow him to claim that he was the one to act Times, 26 March 2018. 16-Norie Huddle, “RIGGED — Electronic Voting Ma- Intelligence Network, 2017; and Robert Steele, Letter to reopen the government. Second, inevitable legal challenges 3-Editors, “Former Representative and Intelligence chines are Both Officially Rigged and Easily Hackable By to Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Gu- would send the matter to court, allowing Trump to continue Official Team Up to Unrig Elections,” Independent Voter Others,” PBI, 27 October 2016. terres, “Subject: Achieving the Sustainable Development the fight for the wall – and continue to excite his supporters Network, 26 September 2017. 17-Robert Steele, “How The Deep State Controls Social Goals (SDG) with Open Source Everything Engineering – while not actually closing the government or immediately 4-Gordon Duff, “Secretary of Efficient Defense or Secretary Media and Digitally Assassinates Critics: #GoogleGestapo (OSEE),” January 2, 2017. Other key references are easily requiring him to start construction. of Wasteful War? Robert David Steele as a Candidate – the – Censorship & Crowd-Stalking Made Easy,” American found at http://robertdavidsteele.com. A collection of key But while that might end the standoff and allow Congress Only Candidate with a Grand Strategy,” Veterans Today, Herald Tribune, 7 November 2017. graphics and publications can be found at Robert Steele, to move to other priorities, some Republicans believe such 21 December 2018; and Gordon Duff, “A Commentary: 18-Mongoose, “Dirty Jared Kushner — the Ugly Facts… “Core Works UPDATED with 21st Century University,” a declaration would usurp congressional power and could Robert David Steele for Secretary of Defense?,” Veterans UPDATE 2 Alt Right Wants Kushner’s Head, Does Not PBI, 4 March 2018. lead future Democratic presidents to make similar moves to Today, 31 December 2018. 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The neering (OSEE),” Russian International Affairs Council, servative House Freedom Caucus who speaks to Trump Phi Beta Iota Public Intelligence Blog (hereafter PBI), 30 Americans Rigged Our Election, Bribed Our Government, 5 April 2017; and Robert Steele, “Open Source Everything frequently. “But those same conservatives, I’m sure if it’s December 2016; and Robert Steele, “The Soft Coup Collaps- Stole Our Gold, Killed Our Men, Raped Our Women, and Engineering (OSEE) – Creating the Academy, Economy, deployed, would embrace him as having done all he could es – Blackmail Revealed – What Next? CIA was bluffing, Poisoned our Air, Water, and Earth – and You Want to Government, and Society of the Future,” Phi Beta Iota Public do to negotiate with Democrats.” produced no evidence – Russians did not “hack” the elec- Blame Something on the Russians?” American Herald Intelligence Blog, 5 April 2016. (Source: AP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JANUARY 14, 2019

Serena ready to claim first Djokovic satisfied with prize pool Slam as a mum - coach Serena Williams is ready to win her first Grand Slam title as a ahead of Australian Open tilt mother, having arrived at the Australian Open in her best con- dition since coming back from maternity leave, according to her Novak Djokovic says he is satisfied with how biggest pay day regardless of their first round coach Patrick Mouratoglou. the grand slams are reacting to a player-led result. Australia’s Astra Sharma has earned Frenchman Mouratoglou, who has guided Williams to the push for bigger paychecks - but that it’s not just over $50,000 during her career although last 10 of her 23 Grand Slam titles, felt the American great was about increasing his own bank balance. that figure will at least double after she won in “decent shape” when she reached last year’s finals at Wimble- Djokovic, the president of the ATP Player’s through three qualifying rounds. don and the U.S. Open. However, her fitness had since gone up Council, has led a push for a higher percentage Djokovic, who lost in the semi-finals of a notch and Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam of earnings generated at the world’s biggest the rich Qatar Open in the lead-up to the first singles titles may well be in peril at Melbourne Park, he said. tennis tournaments be distributed to players. grand slam event of the year, is scheduled “First of all, last year she made an incredible effort to come He said on Sunday ahead of the start of to play qualifier Mitchell Krueger, from the back in shape after having a baby and actually she came back in a the Australian Open he was satisfied with United States, in the first round. decent shape quite fast,” Mouratoglou told Reuters in an interview. recent prize money changes, which includes The Serb was struggling for form early “It was a big deal. She had a lot of medical issues after the a 14 percent rise in the prize pool for the in 2018, before a run of titles in the second delivery but she definitely was not 100 percent. Melbourne event. half of the year, which included Wimbledon “She reached two Grand Slam finals. She was fit. “I have to mention that because we are and the U.S. Open, propelled him to the top “I am knowing her now for a few years so I knew she could be focussed on distribution, equal distribu- of the rankings. One of the Djokovic’s ‘Big much fitter but it’s just a question of time. tion, and we are focussed more on the ear- Four’ cohorts, Andy Murray, is under a severe “And I think she’s fitter now. You can see it, it’s quite obvious lier rounds, last rounds of qualification ...” injury cloud coming into the tournament, when you see her on the court, how she moves. Djokovic told journalists. “We’re trying to with the Scottish player disclosing on Friday “I think she came back to a very, very high level of fitness. increase the number of players that are able he would be retiring this year because of the “So she’s ready. She’s ready to compete and when Serena’s to travel around the world, not just cover at the Australian Open - run by the country title in Melbourne, and with it, a winner’s severe pain from his troublesome right hip. ready to compete, she’s ready to win.” expenses, have the full team, have a decent body and ITF, not the ATP - is directed at the purse of A$4.1 million ($2.96 million). Djokovic said he would carry “beautiful While two months’ pregnant, Williams claimed a record seventh living out of the sport that they play.” earlier rounds of the tournament. They are on opposite sides of the draw, memories” of Murray, a player he has known Australian Open title in the professional era in 2017 but missed An International Tennis Federation (IT- First round losers in the main draw, for making a final showdown a possibility between since junior tennis given they were born just out on her title defence while on maternity leave. F)-commissioned study previously found the both men and women, will receive A$75,000 two of the sport’s most successful players. one week apart. (Source: Reuters) break-even point where average costs met ($54,143), representing a 25 percent increase Djokovic has won 14 grand slams, and “As an athlete, that’s probably the biggest earnings in 2013 was 336 for men and 253 on the previous year. earned more than $125 million in prize money obstacle and enemy that you can have - an for women. But once coaching costs are fac- Players can usually secure a main draw during his career, while Federer has a record injury,” Djokovic said. “That’s something tored in, far fewer players can make a living, appearance by having a ranking in the top 100. 20 slam titles, and just over $120 million in that takes away your ability to compete and Maradona recovering in with the break-even point approaching 150. Djokovic and rival Roger Federer are both prize money, according to tournament data. play the sport that you love.” A large part of the prize money increase in search of a record seventh Australian Open Some players are poised for their single (Source: Eurosport) hospital after surgery Lazio dismiss ‘psychosis’ as racist, anti- WADA poised to decide fate of Russian Argentina’s World Cup winning captain Diego Maradona was recovering in hospital on Saturday after successfully undergoing Semitic chants scar Coppa Italia agency a routine operation for stomach bleeding, his lawyer said. The 58-year old former Boca Juniors and Napoli player dis- covered the problem in early January during a check up at a hospital in Olivos, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Saturday’s operation, to stem bleeding caused by a hernia, was not complicated but aimed to resolve what one source told Reuters were “inconveniences” caused by the issue. “Diego Maradona’s surgical procedure is over,” his lawyer Matias Morla said on Twitter. “Thank God everything went perfectly.” Maradona has suffered frequent periods in hospital over the years, often due to the extravagant lifestyle that helped make him one of the most admired players of the 20th century. He last fell ill at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where he was fainted in an executive box at the Argentina-Nigeria game. Maradona was taken into hospital in 2004 with severe heart and respiratory problems linked to cocaine use. He later underwent drug rehabilitation in Cuba and Argentina before a stomach-sta- pling operation in 2005 helped him lose weight. In 2007 he checked himself into a clinic in Buenos Aires to Lazio were embroiled in controversy on Umberto Eusepi pulled a goal back for A long-running doping scandal could be handed over and whether it had been help him overcome alcohol abuse problems. Saturday after racist and anti-Semitic Novara, a third division side based 50km be heading towards a conclusion when tampered with. Once WADA is in possession In recent months he has walked with the aid of crutches due chanting which scarred a Coppa Italia tie west of Milan, from the penalty spot just the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of the data Russian authorities must also to problems with his knees. was dismissed by the club as a “psycho- after the break. receives a report from their Compliance ensure that any re-analysis of samples is Doctors discovered the bleeding shortly before Maradona was sis focusing on a minority or non-existent Lazio, who won the last of their six Review Committee (CRC) next week that completed by June 30 this year. due to fly to Mexico, where he is coach of second division side incidents”. Coppa Italia trophies in 2013, will next could confirm Russia’s conditional rein- Under increasing pressure to act swiftly Dorados de Sinaloa. Morla said he would return to lead the club Lazio crushed third division Novara play either Inter Milan or Benevento in statement. Having, after much stalling, and decisively, WADA said on Saturday for a second season as soon as his recuperation was complete. 4-1 in their last-16 game at Rome’s Sta- the quarter-finals. allowed a WADA inspection team access that it would make the report available “Now we wait for the recovery so Diego can return to work as dio Olimpico. In Genoa, AC Milan progressed to the to data in a tainted Moscow laboratory on to the executive committee no later than soon as possible,” Morla said. However, their hardcore ultra fans quarter-finals with a 2-0 extra-time win Thursday, Russian authorities will no doubt Thursday and announce a ruling on Jan. 22. (Source: Goal) aimed a series of ugly barbs at the club’s over Samprdoria. say they have met the final demand laid If RUSADA is found non-compliant and bitter city rivals AS Roma, with taunts of Brazilian international Lucas Paque- out in a Roadmap to Compliance and call WADA imposes new sanctions, Russian “Yellow, red and Jewish” and “This Roma ta started for Milan after his arrival from for the conditional status of the Russian authorities can appeal against the deci- that looks like Africa”. Flamengo in a 35-million-euro ($40 million) Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to be lifted. sion to the Court of Arbitration for Sport They also targeted police who clashed deal last week, along with want-away Ar- The CRC will meet members of the (CAS), prolonging what is already one of Gattuso suggests Higuain with Lazio fans on Wednesday at Piazza gentine Gonzalo Higuain amid speculation inspection teams at WADA’s Montreal the longest-running doping scandals. della Liberta in the capital when celebra- he is about to move to Chelsea. headquarters on Monday and Tuesday RUSADA was suspended in 2015 after a wants to leave AC Milan tions to mark the club’s 119th anniversary Higuain thought he had scored but was then submit a report to the executive com- WADA-commissioned report by Canadian turned violent. ruled offside as the game went into extra mittee recommending whether RUSADA lawyer Dick Pound outlined evidence of AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso has suggested that striker Eight police were injured and four sup- time just days before Gennaro Gattuso’s be declared compliant or be slapped with state-backed, systematic doping in Russian Gonzalo Higuain wants to leave the club amid reports of inter- porters arrested. side take on Juventus in the Italian Super new sanctions. Tensions and suspicions athletics, allegations Moscow has denied. est from Chelsea. Lazio spokesman Arturo Diaconale Cup final in Saudi Arabia. are running high after a WADA inspection A second commission led by another Ca- The Argentina international is on loan at San Siro from Ju- blasted reports of the chanting by a small Patrick Cutrone came on as a substitute team was prevented from retrieving the nadian sports lawyer, Richard McLaren, in ventus this season but has been heavily linked with a move to section of the crowd as “a psychosis”. in extra time with his two superb volleys on data last month when Russian authorities 2016 uncovered more evidence of an elaborate Stamford Bridge in this month’s transfer window. “I am one of the 98 percent of people in 102 and 108 minutes setting up a meeting said the equipment being used was not state-sponsored doping scheme across many Gattuso’s team beat Sampdoria 2-0 in extra time to reach the stadium who didn’t hear them,” he said. for last year’s finalists with either Napoli certified under Russian law. sports triggering outrage from clean athletes the Coppa Italia quarter-finals on Saturday and afterwards the “The club naturally condemns any racist or Sassuolo. Access to the data before a Dec. 31 dead- and anti-doping groups that led to Russian coach admitted he faced a fight to keep the 31-year-old Higuain or anti-Semitic chants .. I think it’s a form “We’re in good shape and will try to line had been a condition of WADA’s Sep- athletes being banned from two Olympics, at the club. “We have a very open relationship, we say things to of psychosis focusing on either a minority prepare as best we can,” said Cutrone of tember decision to provisionally reinstate whistleblowers living in hiding and millions each other’s faces,” Gattuso told Milan TV. or non-existent incidents.” next Wednesday’s game in Jeddah. RUSADA. A second WADA inspection team of dollars being spent on investigations. “There is great honesty. When a player makes certain choic- On the pitch, Ciro Immobile scored a first Juventus begin their quest for a fifth went to Moscow and began retrieving data The doping crisis has created chaos es, it becomes difficult to convince him otherwise. One can try. half double, after Luis Alberto’s 12th-min- consecutive Coppa Italia later on Saturday on Thursday but some athletes’ groups and across the sporting world with athletes “At the moment, he is a Milan player and we’re holding on ute opener with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic at Bologna. anti-doping organisations have expressed demanding action and reform. tight. I don’t know what will happen. We are honest with each claiming the fourth before the break. (Source: AFP) concern over whether all the material would (Source: Reuters) other and I want him to maintain the same attitude, which has never been lacking.” Higuain, who has scored eight goals in all competitions for Milan this season, has been named in the squad that will travel to Resurgent Man City resume title quest against in-form Wolves Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to face Juventus in the Italian Supercup on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s rejuvenated Manchester City face a potentially the Liverpool win due to illness and inspirational club captain (Source: Mirror) tricky challenge at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on and defender Vincent Kompany is another player winning Monday as they continue their Premier League title defence. his battle to be fit for Monday’s match. But the early days of 2019 suggest their uncharacteristic The general picture suggests that, having weathered a December collapse is firmly behind them. brief loss of form, City have not only returned to their clinical The final month of last year saw City lose successive league best but also have a number of key players hitting fitness at Hong Kong investors games, against relatively modest opposition in both Crystal the right time, as Guardiola insists his squad can maintain Palace and Leicester City, following an end to their unbeaten their chase for honours on four fronts. interested in Inter Milan domestic start to the campaign earlier at the beginning of Even long-term injury victim Benjamin Mendy is making December. progress and expected to return to the fold shortly. Hong Kong investors are ready to purchase Indonesian busi- But a victory over leaders Liverpool to kick off New Year Meanwhile second-placed City will want to close the sev- nessman Erick Thohir’s 31 percent stake in Italian club Inter completely rejuvenated the mood at the Etihad Stadium en-point gap at the top of the table created by Liverpool’s 1-0 Milan, according to reports in Italy on Saturday. after City had been denied the services of injured playmaker win away to Brighton on Saturday when they face Wolves. The Chinese Suning Commerce Group purchased a controlling Kevin De Bruyne for most of the first half of the campaign. De Bruyne anger However Nuno Espirito Santo’s side held City to a cred- 68.55 percent stake in Inter in 2016. And two stunning cup victories in the space of four days It was a mood reflected by De Bruyne against Rotherham itable 1-1 draw earlier in the season at Molineux and drew Thohir had remained as president with 31 percent, but Gazzetta -- albeit against lower league clubs Rotherham and Burton when he showed visible dissatisfaction at being brought 1-1 at the Etihad in last season’s League Cup when they were Dello Sport and Sky Sports Italia are reporting that his stake is Albion -- suggested the clinical, cutting edge that characterised off after an hour, even though City were already leading still a Championship club. close to passing into the hands of an unnamed fund in Hong Kong. City’s play during last season’s record-breaking title-winning by five goals. “We realised when we played the EFL (English Football Sky Italia said the fund is close to the Suning Holdings Group campaign was back. Some reports even suggested De Bruyne refused to return League) Cup and the first away game how complicated it of Inter Milan’s majority shareholder Zhang Jindong. Championship side Rotherham were swept aside 7-0 at to the bench to watch the remainder of the match, remaining, would be,” said Guardiola of the threat posed by high-flyers Negotiations are believed to be at an advanced stage and could the Etihad, with third division Burton suffering an even more instead, in the City dressing room. Wolves. be finalised within weeks. Gazzetta Dello Sport reported “the painful fate in a lopsided first leg of League Cup semi-final, “No, I didn’t speak with him,” said City manager Guar- “They are strong physically, counter-attack, set-pieces. operation was well underway but not at the point of signatures”. when City scored nine goals without reply. diola curtly, when asked if he had addressed De Bruyne’s There is not just one or two, there are three or four (Wolves Inter Milan have not won a Serie A title since 2010 when That latter victory not only all but assured City of a place reaction to being replaced. players) and when you are tired, they can put on new players.” Jose Mourinho coached them to an historic treble including the in the final against Tottenham or Chelsea next month but But given the Belgian has started just one league game He added: “They defend well, deep, they control many Champions League. The club are currently third in Serie A -- 14 also indicated the demanding Guardiola will not tolerate so far this campaign, he is likely to be chomping at the bit areas -- Moutinho, Neves, he can shoot from a long way. points behind leaders Juventus. any let-up in his quest to add more silverware to the club’s to play from the kick-off against Wolves. They are newly-promoted and doing incredibly well.” (Source: AFP) trophy cabinet. Sergio Aguero, too, has returned after being absent since (Source: Independent) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JANUARY 14, 2019 SPORTS 15 Time to seek revenge on Ex-Esteghlal midfielder Neumayr hits out at former Iraq for Carlos Queiroz teammates

SPORTS TEHRAN — Aarau midfielder Markus Neu- deskmayr has criticized his former teammates in Iranian football team Esteghlal. The German midfielder joined Swiss football club Aarau in SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football team coach Carlos the January transfer window. deskQueiroz is seeking revenge against Iraq in the 2019 The 32-year-old player joined Iran’s Esteghlal in July 2018 AFC Asian Cup group stage. on a two-year contract but was released by the team on Dec. 16. In the previous edition, 10-man Iran were forced to say goodbye to These days the German midfielder has been revealing the the tournament after losing to Iraq in penalty shootout in quarterfinals. obstacle he faced during his stay in Iran. Australian referee Ben Williams came under fire for his decision to “They (Esteghlal players) weren’t happy with my presence hand a second yellow card to Iran defender Mehrdad Pooladi in the first in the training. No greetings, no talks and at times they didn’t half, Iraq winning the penalty shootout 7-6 after scores were locked at even pass the ball to me. They were jealous of me,” Neumayer 3-3 at the end of extra-time. said in an interview with aargauerzeitung.ch. Now, the Portuguese coach has learned the lesson from the past and Neumayer’s experience wasn’t all negative in Iran, he also is too cautious about his players’ treatments in the field. talked about his wonderful times in the country. Queiroz punished Majid Hosseini after his nasty tackle on Yemen “The most impressive experience I had as a footballer in Iran player on Monday. He rested the defender in the second half as well as was to play before 90,000 spectators.” Vietnam match held on Saturday at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, The German footballer also enjoyed the attention he received United Arab Emirates. from the public on the road at first. “As soon as I got out of the The ex-Real Madrid coach is going to qualify for Round of 16 as the hotel, I was recognized by the fans and admirers who blocked winners and Team Melli will win the group with even a draw but it will my way. Once I went to a restaurant where the owner had to not satisfy the Coach. He wants to beat Iraq, without a shadow of a doubt. close his eatery for a few hours so I could eat in peace,” the “From now on, we are concentrating on Iraq match. As I’ve already German footballer added. said, every match is like a final for us in the tournament. Iraq are a strong team and they are one of the favorites to win the title,” Queiroz said in the news conference. Firouz Karimi named Iran’s The 2007 AFC Asian Cup champions could make life difficult for Iran but Team Melli take advantage of their ‘golden generation’ in this tourna- Nassaji coach ment as the Persians want to bring an end to their 43-year title drought. Iran, the Asian best-ranked football team, narrowly missed the chance TASNIM — Ex-Esteghlal coach Firouz Karimi was named as to reach the 2018 World Cup knockout phase. new head coach of Nassaji Mazandaran on Saturday. Queiroz has not forgotten about their heartbreak against Iraq in the The 62-year-old coach replaced Javad Nekounam who stepped previous edition and it’s the best time for him to take revenge against down last week. them in the match scheduled for Wednesday in Group D. Karimi was without a team after parting company with Ma- chine Sazi in August 2018. He started his coaching career in 1989 in Pas Tehran and has Queiroz turns focus to next match Iraq relishing Iran meeting, also coached Sepahan, Bahman, Paykan, Rah Ahan, Sanat Naft, Aboomoslem, Saba, Zob Ahan, Damash, Gostaresh, Esteghlal after Iran go through says Resan Ahvaz, Esteghlal and Malavan. Nassaji sit 10th in Iran Professional League table, 15 points behind leaders Sepahan. The Ghaemshahr-based football team will face Zob Ahan in Isfahan on February 3 in the Iran Professional League (IPL).

Qatar thrash North Korea 6-0 in Asian Cup

Qatar comprehensively booked their place in the round of sixteen of the Asian Cup with a 6-0 thrashing of North Korea. Al Annabi registered their biggest ever Asian Cup win, whilst striker Almoez Ali scored four becoming the fifth-ever player to achieve the feat at the Asian Cup. After starting slowly in their opener against Lebanon, Qatar After helping guide the Islamic Republic group stage victory. Iraq midfielder Bashar Resan has pro- in the knockout stage. wasted little time finding the back of the net with just nine of Iran through to the AFC Asian Cup UAE While acknowledging Azmoun’s impres- claimed they are in a perfect place ahead “Iran are the top-ranked Asian side, minutes on the clock. Arkam Afif picked out Almoez Ali, who 2019 Round of 16, head coach Carlos Que- sive display, Queiroz was, however, at pains of their AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Group and favorites to reach the final. It will calmly controlled the ball in the box and lashed a shot past iroz has reiterated just how important his to point out how crucial he believes his D match against Iran. be a difficult match. Iran are great, but keeper Ri Myong-guk. side’s final group stage game against Iraq entire squad will be if Iran are to harbour The Lions of Mesopotamia produced we are also a quality team with a lot of Minutes later and the 2022 hosts promptly doubled their will be for Team Melli. any ambitions of snaring their first AFC another excellent display in the 3-0 win young talent in our ranks,” said Resan. advantage again with Almoez Ali at the heart of the action. A Saturday’s 2-0 win over Vietnam, along Asian Cup title since 1976. over Yemen on Saturday, setting them- With an average squad age of 24, cross from captain Hassan Haydoos found the 22-year old who with Iraq’s later defeat of Yemen, saw Iran “I believe that you need to have your selves up nicely for a top-of-the-table Resan believes head coach Srecko Ka- turned the ball into the net with a smart finish. – who have now won their opening two entire squad ready to make a contribution meeting with Iran on Wednesday. tanec is spoilt for choice ahead of the North Korea looked completely out of their depth, and this games at the AFC Asian Cup for the third at any moment,” he said. Goals from Mohanad Ali Kadhim Iran showdown. was underlined as they conceded a third goal with two minutes tournament in a row – assure themselves “You can win games with starting line-ups, and Resan, who plays his club football “The coaching staff will have watched left to play in the first half. Inexplicably, keeper Ri Myong-guk of a place in the knockout phase. but you win championships with squads. for Iranian giants Persepolis, gave the Iran’s two matches and will put together charged out of his goal to Akram Afif. The Al Sadd attacker lifted While Wednesday’s fixture will undoubt- My duty as a coach is to keep the 23 players West Asians a 2-0 first half lead with Alaa the best line-up and tactics for the match. the ball towards the goal leaving Kouki Baoulem free to head the edly rekindle memories of Iraq’s sensational positive and with a constructive attitude.” Abbas’ late strike securing a comprehen- “There is a lot of competition within ball into an unguarded net. quarter-final victory over the Iranians at Meanwhile, Vietnam head coach Park sive win for Iraq, who joined Iran at the the team for starting spots, but we play Ali completed his hat-trick on the 55th minute, timing his the AFC Asian Cup’s last edition, it will Hang-seo admitted that although the South- top of the table on six points. as a unit. At the end of the day, all of us run perfectly to latch onto Abdulkarim Hassan’s through ball also determine who finishes top of Group east Asians struggled against Iran, he is “I would like to congratulate the coach- are capable of performing for the team. and find the bottom corner. Five minutes later Qatar went 5-0 D, a fact not lost on Queiroz. not giving up on the hope that his side will ing staff and the Iraqi people. It was a good “The coach decided who started against up, with Almoez claiming his fourth of the contest, running “In football, the next game is always the still make it through to the Round of 16. performance from our side, we scored Vietnam and against Yemen based on at the panicked North Koreans before smashing a shot into most important one, and the match against “We saw that Iran were much stronger three and were going for more to match his tactics for the match, and in the third the bottom left-hand corner. Iraq is a crucial one for us,” declared the than us, it was very difficult for us to com- Iran’s goal difference,” said Resan. match against Iran, it will be the same.” Seven minutes later Qatar completed the rout as AFC Player Portuguese tactician. pete with them,” he said. Iran have scored seven goals, one more Resan also expressed his gratitude to of the year Abdulkarim Hassan bounded through the backline “Everything we do will now revolve “It is not easy to achieve the high level than Iraq but Team Melli have kept two the Iraq fans. to see his shot nestle into the corner. around the match against Iraq, as we need required [at the AFC Asian Cup] in such a clean sheets, while Resan and his team- “I would like to thank all fans who North Korea was reduced to ten men in stoppage time as Jong to be fully focused to play against them. short period. However, this competition mates have conceded twice - in the 3-2 attended here in Sharjah and those who Il-gwan saw red for a rash challenge on Hassan Haydoos. Now Both teams will be fighting to finish first is a great experience, my team is getting win over Vietnam. came to the previous match in Abu Dha- after emphatically sealing Qatar will now turn their attention to in the group, as well as [maintaining] better and their future is a bright one. Resan is now looking forward to lead- bi and we are looking forward to seeing a contest to determine who will run out as group winners when their reputation. “I think it will not be easy to qualify for ing Iraq’s attack against his Persepolis them against Iran in Dubai. I would like they face Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi. “We will of course try everything we the next round by our own efforts as we teammate in the Iran goalmouth - Alireza to especially thank those who travelled (Source: beIN SPORTS) can to be better than them.” can only get a maximum of three points. Beiranvand. from Baghdad and all Iraqi cities. Star striker Sardar Azmoun scored twice But we are going to do our absolute best “We will put our two past matches “Thank you also to those who are sup- against Vietnam to take his tournament and we really hope to get three points in behind us and focus on the final match porting us back home. We hope to continue tally to three on a day when Iran registered the next match.” against Iran. The winners will top the winning to bring joy to the Iraqi people.” Georges Leekens named a record ninth successive AFC Asian Cup (Source: the-afc) group and potentially have an easier path (Source: the-afc) Iran’s Tractor Sazi coach

SPORTS TEHRAN — Belgian Georges Leekens has Katanec: Iran will bring best out of Iraq deskbeen named as new head coach of Iranian An upbeat Srecko Katanec is looking forward to facing Is- “You can’t compare the match we had with Vietnam and top-flight football club Tractor Sazi on Sunday. lamic Republic of Iran in the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 against Yemen. Vietnam played very fluid football for the Group D decider following their comprehensive 3-0 win first 45 minutes and we came out on top. Against Yemen, over Yemen on Saturday. were a little complacent and maybe that’s why we need to Iraq were made to sweat a little against Yemen in the play a strong team, on paper, like Iran. opening minutes of the game but took control shortly before “Maybe I’ll give chances for the other players in the next taking a comfortable 2-0 lead at half-time. game. We will see. I can’t say for sure what my tactics will Although Katanec’s men found it hard to break down be against Iran, maybe three at the back, four or even five.” their opponents in the second half, the third goal eventually Yemen have now conceded eight goals in two games, arrived late in the game and the Slovenian was pleased with having lost 5-0 to Iran in their opener. his team’s performance. Head coach Jan Kocian was left to rue losing their second “We played such a good game, I congratulated all the game in a row, blaming it on a lack of exposure. players, they did the job well. So now we know we are through “When you repeat the same mistakes in the first and (qualified for the knockout round) from this group.. and second game at this level in the Asian Cup against teams like that is the most important thing,” said the 55-year-old. Iran and Saudi, you don’t have a chance to win the game,” “We still have a game to play against Iran. We played contribution against Vietnam steered Iraq to a 3-2 victory said Kocian, whose team will face Vietnam on Wednesday. The 69-year-old coach replaced Welshman John Toshack. good football (against Yemen), we scored early and that on Matchday One. “Iraq scored very quick goals. It was 1-0 and then it was Leekens has most recently coached Tunisian football club was difficult for Yemen after being two goals down. We Katanec saved special praise for the youngster, who played two. In the second half we played much better after adjusting Étoile du Sahel. should have scored more but I’m very satisfied with my as a lone striker up front, but also demanded a stronger our midfield and this worked for us well. The Belgian started his coaching career in 1984 at Cercle team’s performance. performance from his players. “The third goal was hard on us. It was too much for my Brugge and has also worked as head coach in Belgium, Hungary, “Maybe we could have scored more and played more “Mohanad played a solid game today. He showed great players to take. We tried our best to find our way back into Algeria and Tunisia national football teams as well as Belgian aggressively in attack but you also must know how to play character on the field. I know we can play better than this the game, but three goals was just too much. clubs Anderlecht, Lokeren, Gent, Club Brugge, Kortrijk, Charleroi, the game when you’re leading by two goals.” and we should play better if we want to win matches.” “Most of my players don’t have clubs to play, those that do and Excelsior Mouscron. Mohanad Ali Kadhim put in an impressive display against Iraq will play Iran in their final Group D tie on Wednes- play in the Yemen league and it’s a big difference to some of The details of Leekens’s contract have not been revealed. Yemen, scoring the opener in the 11th minute. The forward day and Katanec said his team tends to play better football the Iran and Iraq players who play for top European clubs.” Tractor Sazi sit fourth in Iran Professional League (IPL) table, has now scored two goals in the tournament after his early against stronger opponents. (Source: the-afc) five points behind leaders Sepahan. Prayer Times Noon:12:13 Evening: 17:33 Dawn: 5:45 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 7:14 (tomorrow) JANUARY 14, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 New York hosts 1st festival [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 of Iranian films www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 ARTTEHRAN – A selection Webmaster: [email protected] desk Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 of acclaimed movies are on screen at the 1st Iranian Film Festival No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran New York underway at the IFC Center, a P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 movie theater in the U.S. city. Veteran Iranian director Bahman Farmanara is currently in New York to promote his movies “Tale of the Sea”, “I Want to Dance” and “Tall Shadows of the Wind” durng the festival. “Pig” by Mani Haqiqi, “Hendi and Hormoz” by Abbas Amini, “The Home” by Asghar Yusefinejad, “Sly” by Kamal Tabrizi, GUIDE TO “3 Faces” by Jafar Panahi and “Sheeple” by SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Hooman Seyyedi have also been selected to be screened at the festival that opened last Thursday. If you gain a blessing, do not refuse it by The festival is also screening three cool and poor thanks. short films “Take Me Home” by legendary filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, “Animal” by Imam Ali (AS) Bahram and Bahman Ark and “Lunch Time” by Alireza Qasemi. Kiarostami’s close friend Seifollah Samadian’s montage film “76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami” Tehran Polish filmfest will also go on screen. postponed over Warsaw Organized by Daricheh Cinema, an Iranian film distribution company, and anti-Iran summit IFC Center, the festival will come to an end on Tuesday. Director Bahman Farmanara acts in a scene from his movie “Tale of the Sea”. 1 The Polish film festival was scheduled to be organ- ized in collaboration with the Embassy of Poland at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art from January 27 to February 1. China has potential to challenge Fajr festival to chronicle Hollywood hegemony: Majidi history of classical guitar

This combination photo shows COI director Hossein Entezami and a Polish film festival in Tehran. Earlier on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an- nounced Washington’s plan to organize a global summit focused on Iran and the Middle East in Warsaw from February 13 to 14.

World’s top animations Iranian director Majid Majidi in an undated photo. Iranian musician Simon Ayvazian in an undated photo. to compete in Tehran festival ARTTEHRAN – Oscar- mentioned. ARTTEHRAN – Two classical guitar and its history, while desknominated Iranian “I am familiar with the Chinese cinema deskIranian musicians my longtime student Babak will be ART TEHRAN – A lineup of top animations from director Majid Majidi has said that China Simon Ayvazian and Babak Valipur playing several pieces selected from desk through Zhang Yimou’s films, and due to across the world will be competing in the 11th has the potential to challenge Hollywood China’s rich culture and great facilities, I will be reviewing the history of classical the Renaissance and Baroque styles,” Tehran International Animation Festival running from March hegemony. He made the remarks during a believe that the country’s cinema can quietly guitar during a session at the 34th Ayvazian said. 3 to 7, the organizers announced on Sunday. meeting organized by the Beijing Children’s flourish,” he noted. Fajr International Music Festival, the He noted that the organizers should Film Studio in the Chinese capital on Sunday, Majidi’s acclaimed movies “Children of organizers announced on Sunday. invite great European and American the Persian service of IRNA reported. Heaven” and “The Song of Sparrows” went on The session named “What You Know musicians to increase diversity in the “Having over 60,000 cinema theaters, screen at the end of the meeting, which was about Classical Guitar” is among the festival and make it more joyful. China can revolutionize the film industry, attended by a number of Chinese cineastes sideline programs of the event. The festival will take place in Tehran otherwise Hollywood can take it all,” he and art students. “I will be delivering a speech on from February 13 to 19. American literati to recite poetry against U.S. sanctions on Iran ARTTEHRAN – Busboys American Poets against U.S. Sanctions stroying the economy and currency of deskand Poets, a cultural on Iran”. Iran, driving millions of people into center in Washington DC, has an- The session will reflect the suffering poverty and making imported goods nounced its plan to organize a poetry of the people of Iran since U.S. President unaffordable.” session on January 22, during which a Donald Trump imposed new economic Trump withdrew Washington uni- group of poets will recite their poems sanctions on the country, Busboys and laterally from the 2015 nuclear deal A scene from “Weekends” by Trevor Jimenez. in criticism of U.S. sanctions on Iran. Poets has said in a statement. in May and ordered sanctions against Among the animations is “This Magnificent Cake”, a co-pro- Some well-known figures in Ameri- Trump has himself labeled the sanc- Iran. The first round of sanctions went duction from Belgium, France and the Netherland directed by can and Iranian poetry such as Charles tions as the “toughest ever”. into force on August 6 and the second Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef. Bernstein, Pierre Joris and Sepideh According to the United Nations Spe- round, which targets Iran’s oil exports The lineup also includes “Inanimate” by Lucia Bulgheroni and Jodeyri are among the poets participat- cial Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy, “these and banks, were snapped back on No- A poster for “A Night with American “Facing It” by Sam Gainsborough, both from the UK. ing in the event entitled “A Night with unjust and harmful sanctions are de- vember 4. Poets against U.S. Sanctions on Iran”. American movies “Weekends” by Trevor Jimenez and “Trump Bites: I Alone Can Fix It” by Bill Plympton, Billy Shebar and David C. Robert will also be screened. “Farzand e Imam” bags best film award for ‘Islamic awakening’ Also included are “Late Afternoon” by Louise Bagnall from “Farzand e Imam”, a documentary film on the film chronicles Shaheed Aref’s revo- and his remarkable but short-lived journey. Ireland and “Grandpa Walrus” by Lucrèce Andreae from France. Shaheed Aref Hussaini of Pakistan, has bagged lutionary struggle, his resistance against Shaheed Aref, who spent years in the the award for Best Film in the category of anti-revolutionary forces, his unflinching seminaries of Najaf and Qom, was a stu- Islamic Awakening at the 9th Ammar Inter- stand against imperialists, and his beautiful dent of Imam Khomeini. Owing to his close national Popular Film Festival in Tehran. relationship with the leader of the Islamic association with Imam, Shaheed Arif had “Green Book” writer The film, produced by MzM Productions, revolution Imam Khomeini, who famously imbibed his revolutionary spirit. apologizes for old tweet is based on the life and times of Shaheed Aref referred to him as his ‘son’. In his fiery speeches, he often invoked Hussaini, a revolutionary figure who became ‘Farzand e Imam’, which took more than the struggle of Imam against the autocratic about Muslims a symbol of resistance against anti-Islamic two years to complete, was released in August Pahlavi regime of Iran and the success of forces in Pakistan before his life was cut short last year, with a special screening in Tehran, Islamic revolution. As the film depicts, the LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Green Book” co-writer Nick Vallelonga on August 5, 1988. followed by worldwide release on YouTube. Islamic revolution had deep impact on Sha- has apologized for a 2015 tweet about Muslims and 9/11 that has Recognizing the importance and relevance The film has exclusive footage of Shaheed heed Arif and he strived to awaken people resurfaced a few days after the film won a Golden Globe Award. of film’s theme and message, the festival or- Aref’s public rallies, his speeches, his prayer in Pakistan and around the world. In the tweet, he said then-presidential-candidate Donald ganizers chose it for the coveted award in meetings, and his funeral. “It is a humble endeavor to preserve and Trump was “100% correct” that local television news in New the category of Islamic awakening. It features interviews with many noted protect the legacy of Shaheed Aref Hussaini, York on 9/11 showed Muslims in Jersey City cheering when the Directed and produced by Mohtashim personalities of Pakistan who knew him who continues to be a source of inspiration towers came down, and he had seen it. Ali Naqvi, an independent documentary closely. They provide rare insight into his to all those who believe in the righteousness There is no evidence such celebrations occurred. filmmaker from Pakistan based in Iran, revolutionary ideas, his intellectual pursuits, of their cause,” said Naqvi. “I spent my life trying to bring this story of overcoming dif- ferences and finding common ground to the screen, and I am incredibly sorry to everyone associated with ‘Green Book,’” Vallel- Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa and George Ezra among BRIT Awards nominees onga said in a statement Thursday. “I especially deeply apologize LONDON (Reuters) — Singers Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa, Jess of the Year. Smith, Craig David, Aphex Twin and Giggs for British Male to the brilliant and kind Mahershala Ali, and all members of the Glynne and George Ezra are among the nominees for next Glynne’s name also featured in four categories including Solo Artist. Muslim faith, for the hurt I have caused.” month’s BRIT Awards, Britain’s annual pop music honors, British Female Solo Artist and British Single for “I’ll Be There”. The album category, the biggest prize on the night, also He added an apology to his late father Frank Anthony Vallel- in a list dominated by young talent. Chart-topper “These Days” by Rudimental featuring Glynne, includes Florence + The Machine’s “High as Hope” and The onga, an actor known professionally as Tony Lip, whose real-life Anne-Marie is in the running for four prizes - British Female singer Dan Caplen and rapper Macklemore is also nominated 1975’s “A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships”. befriending of black concert pianist Don Shirley was the basis for Solo Artist, Mastercard British Album of the Year for “Speak for British Single and British Artist Video of the Year. The latter are nominated for British Group alongside Arctic the film. Ali, who is Muslim, plays Shirley and Viggo Mortensen Your Mind”, British Single and British Artist Video of the The other contenders for British Female Solo Artist include Monkeys, Gorillaz, Little Mix and Years & Years. plays the elder Vallelonga. Year for “2002” at the British Record Industry Trust (BRIT) Florence + The Machine, Lily Allen and Jorja Smith, last “If you look at the list, it’s really fresh, really young, really ?‘Green Book’ is a story about love, acceptance and overcoming awards, to be held on Feb. 20 in London. year’s Critics’ Choice winner. Smith is also nominated for diverse, really female,” Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the barriers, and I will do better,” the statement said. Lipa, who triumphed with two wins at last year’s event, her album “Lost & Found”. BRIT Awards and the British Phonographic Industry, told Vallelonga has now deleted his Twitter account. is nominated in the British Single category for “IDGAF” as Summer hit “Shotgun” singer George Ezra got three nods: Reuters. “Green Book” won the Golden Globe on Sunday for best mu- well as her “One Kiss” collaboration with DJ Calvin Harris. for British Male Solo Artist, for British Single and for his “(It’s) a really great list that reflects the year of music sical or comedy movie. The two songs are also in the running for British Artist Video album “Staying at Tamara’s”. He will compete against Sam and shows just how much fresh talent is coming through.”