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Iran calls suspicious nature of Leader to Abe: Trump not worthy attacks on oil tankers ‘alarming’ TEHRAN — Tehran on Friday categor- significantly raise the stakes. ically rejected accusations by U.S. Secre- “It is the assessment of the United States tary of State Mike Pompeo that Iran was government that the Islamic Republic of of exchanging messages with responsible for attacks on two oil tankers Iran is responsible for the attacks that in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning. occurred in the Gulf of Oman today,” Just over 12 hours after reports broke Pompeo said. See page 2 in slumbering Washington about the He cited intelligence, weapons used, new crisis in which two ships were left the required expertise and sophistication ablaze forcing their crews to abandon of the assault and previous attacks to con- their posts, Pompeo appeared in the clude it was the latest assault by Iran on State Department Briefing Room to “freedom-loving nations.” 2

Xi says China will promote steady ties with Iran TEHRAN — Chinese President Xi Jinping Xi said China is ready to expand co- told Iran’s president on Friday that China operation with Iran in order to promote will promote steady development of ties multilateralism. with Iran no matter how the situation The Chinese leader also said Beijing changes, Chinese state media said. is ready to promote cooperation with The official Xinhua news agency said Iran in fighting “terrorism and organ- Xi made the comment in a meeting with ized crimes”. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on The Chinese president also welcomed the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooper- Iran’s involvement in the new Silk Road ation Organization summit in Bishkek, project known as the Belt and Road Ini- Kyrgyzstan. tiative (BRI). 2

‘War with Iran not in our strategic interest’: U.S. military The United States has “no interest “We have no interest in engaging in a

in engaging in a new conflict in the new conflict in the Middle East,” Reuters Middle East”, the U.S. military said quoted Brown as saying. on Thursday. He added, “We will defend our interests, The remarks were made by Lieutenant but a war with Iran is not in our strategic

khamenei.ir Colonel Earl Brown, a spokesman for the interest, nor in the best interest of the U.S. Central Command. international community.” EDITORIAL ’Iran welcomes Japan’s contribution to development of Chabahar Port‘ PERSPECTIVE Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani “Iran is keen on developing all-out relations satisfaction with traveling to Tehran for the Hanif Ghaffari Tehran Times editor-in-chief expressed satisfaction with Japan’s willingness with Japan, and we hope that this trip will be second time. Political analyst @ghaderi62 for expansion of banking and economic ties with a turning point in the relationship between He mentioned the impact of U.S. sanctions Iran and welcomed the Asian country’s contribu- Tehran and Tokyo.” on the financial and economic ties between the tion to the development of Iranian southeastern “We are interested in deep, friendly and long- two countries, and said: “We have had serious The White House Chabahar Port. term relations with Japan,” he said, pointing negotiations with the U.S. in order to maintain Why should Europe “Iran welcomes Japan’s cooperation and to the concurrence of Abe’s visit to Tehran and economic relations with Iran, including the im- get away from the promotional investment in Chabahar Port as well as the the 90th anniversary of the establishment of port of oil, and we will continue our efforts in Makran region and is ready to attract Japanese diplomatic relations between the two countries. this regard.” White House? campaign against investment,” Rouhani said during a meeting on “The relations between the two countries “We wish to maintain and expand our economic Iran is defeated Wednesday attended by high-ranking officials have been very strong in the past, and we have ties with Iran and to continue buying Iranian lthough less than a month has passed from both sides. had lasting cooperation in areas such as dam oil”, he emphasized. since the European Parliamentary he United States Secretary of State, In the meeting, the Iranian president un- construction, environment and energy,” Rou- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived elections, the traditional European derlined the significance of the Japanese Prime hani added. in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon for talks with A who is one of the symbols of assas- parties are still in shock because of the Tsination, violence, killing and disre- Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Iran, saying Japan’s prime minister also expressed his top Iranian leaders. failure of the election. The failure of the gard for international law, has accused the traditional European parties in three Islamic Republic of Iran of recent attacks countries, Britain, Germany and France, in the Oman Sea. This charge comes from shows that European authorities will have Mike Pompeo to Iran, the nature of the TEHRAN—Hamas A senior official Hamas official, accuses Basem NaimIsrael incendiary of fabricating balloons when, inexcuses reality, they to are escalatecision is to tension abide by the termsagainst of the recent Gaza truce a difficult path to overcome social, political, Trump government has long been outlined accused Israel of “fabricating vague excuses” to mostly caused by hot weather or some farmers understandings “as long as the [Israeli] occupation economic and security crises. for the world’s public opinion! escalate against the Gaza Strip. who burn their crops due to financial reasons. is committed to them,” adding that Hamas has no On the other hand, if the Nationalist The reality is that the propaganda squad “The Israeli occupation bears responsibility “We are aware that this behavior is a failed intention to escalate tensions, Middle East Monitor parties are more likely to be at the head and the psychological warfare of U.S. offi- for the consequences of evading and retreating attempt to escape internal crises, especially the reported. “Therefore, we hold the [Israeli] occupation of the political and executive equations cials against Iran will fail this time. Recent from the implementation of the recent truce un- upcoming elections and the government formation, fully responsible for escalation and aggression on of the European countries, the future of statements by Mike Pompeo show that the derstandings in Gaza,” Naim said in a statement. and export them at the expense of the Palestinian some areas in Gaza, and we call on it to retreat from the European Union and the eurozone U.S. Secretary of State has been involved He went on to add that Israel claims that fires people, their freedom and life” he added. its clumsy decisions, which will only increase the will face a crisis. In such a situation, Eu- in a craft that he and other members of in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip are caused by Naim stressed that the Palestinian faction’s de- complexity and tension of the situation,” he said. ropean countries will have to change their the White House have created. approach and strategy. If this action is not “Taken as a whole, these unprovoked taken, the collapse of the European Union attacks present a clear threat to international and the euro zone will be quite possible. peace and security, a blatant assault on the TEHRAN – Iran swept past CanadaIran in straight extend five winning wins against run Italy, to Germany, six in China, 2019 Ar -FIVBor the VNLNations League to have the Final Round One of the issues that has led to the freedom of navigation, and an unacceptable sets (25-15, 26-24, 25-16) at the third competition gentina and Japan and lost to Brazil in the hosted in North America. frustration of European citizens from campaign of escalating tension by Iran,” week of the men’s 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations first two weeks. The 16 teams compete in a round-robin for- this collection is the European Union’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, vowing League in Urmia, West Azerbaijan province on The competition is being held between May mat with every core team hosting a pool at least dependence on the United States. While the U.S. would defend itself and its partners. Friday. and July 2019 and the final round will take once. The teams are divided into four pools of US National Security Advisor John Bolton Interestingly, Mike Pumpo called for Team Melli will face Poland and Russia on place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, four teams at each week and compete five weeks and Trump have repeatedly expressed their the cooperation of the members of the Saturday and Sunday, respectively at the Ghadir United States. long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after opposition to the existence of the European UN Security Council in negotiations with Hall. Earlier on the day Russia defeated Poland 3-1. the preliminary round join the hosts of the final Union and the Eurozone, Europe has not our country! This comment comes as the Igor Kolakovic’s team have already seized This is the first edition of the World League round to compete in the final round. taken any steps towards independence White House officials over the past two from the United States. European officials and a half years have not been essentially have made mistakes in their calculations following multilateralism in the interna- and attitudes toward the US government. tional system. When they left the nuclear Rouhani, Putin This big mistake could lead to the loss of deal with Iran and re-imposed unlawful the European Union and the Eurozone. and cruel sanctions against the Iranian hold talks on Undoubtedly, people like the German people, they showed that they were not Chancellor Angela Merkel and French reliable at all. Also, actions such as the President Emmanuel Macron once re- withdrawal from the Paris Pact by the regional security alized their mistake will be too late. Can Trump, or the violations of the NAFTA European authorities be able to understand Treaty in North America, have shown that TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this real danger? Washington is in delusion! The president and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met Many analysts of international affairs of the United States thinks that it is the on Friday to discuss the volatile security situation have recently had a special focus on US-EU post-Cold War era, and that Washington is in the Middle East region. relations! Some signals and speeches by an absolute power in the world! However, The top officials met on the sidelines of the the President of the United States which recent Secretary of State remarks showed Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit are addressed to the European authorities the White House is severely vulnerable. hosted by Kyrgyzstan. indicate the full opposition of the White As time passes, Washington will be closer Rouhani and Putin attached great importance House to the European Union. Over the to the point of failure and collapse. to continuation of Tehran-Moscow ties and also past few months, there has been news Ultimately, the Trump government cooperation in line with establishing security about the specific talks between the Pres- will soon become one of the hallmarks in the region and fighting terrorism. ident of the United States and some of the of the United States’ defeat in the world. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, European Union’s member states. Trump Undoubtedly, the game of people like presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi, Ener- called on French President “Emmanuel Mike Pompeo and John Bolton against gy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Hesamoddin Macron” to leave the European Union Iran could not save the president of the president.ir Ashna, a senior advisor to the president, also and thus build wider bilateral relations United States from the current situation. attended the meeting. with the United States! I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JUNE 15, 2019

Unilateral U.S. actions solely Rouhani says U.S. is serious responsible for regional insecurity: Zarif POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- threat to international stability deskhammad Javad Zarif has said that the U.S. unilateral actions and economic terrorism are solely responsible POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Pres- resources, and is located in the junction of for insecurity in the region. deskident Hassan Rouhani said commercial corridors from East to West and “Unilateral US actions—incl. its #EconomicTerrorism on on Friday that the U.S. has adopted an “ag- from North to South,” he noted. Iran—are solely responsible for insecurity & renewed tension gressive approach” and is a serious threat He added, “These features along with its in our region,” he tweeted on Friday. to the international stability. sustainable security and educated human He also said, “With Pres. @ “The U.S. administration has used its resources, offer countless opportunities HassanRouhani at #SCO in Kyr- economic and military capabilities and has to investors and traders of the Shanghai gyzstan. Important multilateral adopted aggressive approach and has dis- Cooperation Organization member states, dialogue + fruitful bilateral talks rupted all the international structures and taking advantage of which can provide an incl. w/ President Xi & President regulations and has turned into a serious economic boost in the economic sectors of Putin.” threat against and international stability,” the member states.” President Hassan Rouhani he said during a speech at meeting of the He also said that Iran is ready to provide and Zarif were in Kyrgyzstan to Council of Heads of States of the Shanghai all facilities for the economic activities of the attend summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan. governments, companies and citizens of the Cooperation Organization in He added, “The Islamic Republic of SCO member states in Iran. Kyrgyzstan. Iran believes that today, the international Elsewhere, Rouhani said, “Today, we all During a speech at the sum- community has been challenged by uni- have to be united from the East to the West mit, Rouhani said, “The U.S. lateralism more than ever. Problems and against the danger of extremism, because administration has used its complexities such as terrorism, extremism extremism threatens development, peace economic and military capabili- and drug trafficking have made multilater- and security of the world. It does not matter ties and has adopted aggressive alism more essential.” whether we are Muslim, Christian, Jew, Bud- approach and has disrupted all He said that the 2015 nuclear deal, known dhist or following any other religion, what the international structures and regulations and has turned into as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, matters is to be united against extremism a serious threat against and international stability.” is an important achievement of multilater- of any color, race or religion.” During a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas al diplomacy which proved that if there is The 19th SCO summit was held in Kyr- on Monday, Rouhani said that the Europeans should resist the a political will, it will be possible to solve with Iran,” he said. the economic benefits of the nuclear deal. gyzstan, with the presidents of 11 countries U.S. “economic terrorism” against Iran. any problem through dialogue rather than Rouhani urged the remaining parties to “The Islamic Republic of Iran is a country taking part, including Russia, China, Ka- Zarif told ABC News in an interview published on June 2 that sanctions and war. the JCPOA to fulfil their obligations as soon with an exceptional geographic and strategic zakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, “there will be consequences” if the U.S. keeps up its economic “The Islamic Republic of Iran has fulfilled as possible to make sure that Iran enjoys location that is very rich in energy and mineral Pakistan and Iran. pressure campaign against Iran’s people. all its obligations based on 15 reports issued by The SCO is an intergovernmental organ- Zarif labeled the new U.S. sanctions as “economic terrorism” the International Atomic Energy Agency, but ization founded for multilateral, political, that “targets ordinary Iranian people” because even though food unfortunately, the United States unilaterally Rouhani urges the remaining parties to the economic and security cooperation. and medicine are exempted from the sanctions, the financial withdrew from the JCPOA and threatens JCPOA to fulfil their obligations as soon as China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, transactions associated with them are not. other parties and countries to violate the possible to make sure that Iran enjoys the Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India United Nations Security Council Resolution are its main members, and Iran, Mongolia, 2231, which calls for normal trade relations economic benefits of the deal. Afghanistan and Belarus are observers. Xi says China will promote steady ties with Iran

1 Xi also condemned the U.S. unilateral withdrawal Leader to Abe: Trump not worthy of exchanging messages with from the 2015 nuclear deal as the main reason behind rising tensions in the region. Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will not ‘repeat the bitter experience’ of dialogue with the U.S. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on June 7 denouncing the unilateral sanctions imposed by the TEHRAN (Press TV) — Leader of the later ditched. talks with Abe on Iran in Tokyo ahead of the prohibiting the production of nuclear weap- U.S. against Iran. Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali “Iran engaged in talks with America and Japanese premier’s trip to Tehran, saying ons, but you need to know that if we were Rouhani says Iran, China’s resistance against U.S. Khamenei dismisses U.S. President Donald the Europeans for some five or six years, and “Right after returning home, he (the U.S. after building nuclear arms, the United States unilateralism benefits world Trump as a person not worthy of a response achieved a result. The Americans, however, president) announced sanctions on Iran’s could not do anything about it,” Ayatollah or a message, stressing that negotiations breached a done deal,” said the Leader, petrochemical industry.” Khamenei said. with Washington cannot help solve any emphasizing that no wise man would enter “Is that a message of honesty? Does that The Leader emphasized that Washington problem. talks with a country that has reneged on show that he (Trump) seeks honest talks?” is in no position to decide which country Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks all agreements. the Leader asked. can be in possession of nuclear arms while in a Thursday meeting with Japanese Prime Ayatollah Khamenei further rejected as “With the blessing of God, Iran will it is, itself, stockpiling several thousands Minister Shinzo Abe, who told the Leader “a lie” Trump’s claim that he was not after achieve progress without negotiations of nuclear warheads. he was carrying a message from the U.S. regime change in Iran, saying if the U.S. with America and under all the sanctions,” Ayatollah Khamenei welcomed Abe’s president. president were able to bring about such a Ayatollah Khamenei said. “Problems will proposal for enhancing Tehran-Tokyo re- “We have no doubts about your (Japan’s) change, he would definitely go for it. not be solved through negotiations with lations and said, “Japan is an important goodwill and seriousness, but regarding what The Leader dismissed Washington’s claim the United States.” country in Asia and it should display a firm you quoted from the American president, I of readiness for “honest negotiations” with The Leader also reaffirmed the Islamic resolve for enhanced ties with Iran.” personally do not consider Trump worthy Tehran, saying “honesty is highly scarce Republic’s firm opposition to the develop- Following the meeting, Abe told reporters of exchanging any messages with, and do among American statesmen.” ment and use of nuclear weapons. in Tehran that Ayatollah Khamenei had not have and will not have any response Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to Trump’s “I have issued a fatwa (religious decree) “made a comment that the country will not for him,” the Leader told Abe. and should not make, hold or use nuclear The Leader said Iran has “no trust” in Ayatollah Khamenei says if Trump were weapons, and that it has no such intentions.” the United States and will not at all “repeat The Japanese prime minister also said Rouhani says Iran’s relations with China are “strategic”. the bitter experience” it gained from the able to bring about regime change, he that he regarded the Leader’s belief in peace For his part, Rouhani said resistance demonstrated by Iran negotiations that led to the conclusion of would definitely go for it. “as a major progress toward this region’s and China against the U.S. unilateralism is beneficial to the en- a 2015 nuclear deal, which Washington peace and stability.” tire world. Rouhani said, “The Iranian people have shown that they be- come more united and strong against the external pressure and they do not become weak.” He noted that the U.S. administration’s pressure against Iran Iran calls suspicious nature of attacks on oil tankers ‘alarming’ and China aimed at dominating the world. 1 Pompeo offered no evidence for campaigns nor shamelessly blaming others Elsewhere, Rouhani said that Iran’s relations with China are his accusations. He did not allow questions can change the realities. The U.S. and its “strategic”. so journalists could challenge his assertions. regional allies must stop warmongering and The two countries have many capacities to expand ties, he And his decision not to allow a few days to put an end to mischievous plots as well as added. elapse for a full investigation left no doubt false flag operations in the region. Warning, The president said, “Iran is interested in continuing cooperation about U.S. intentions. once again, about all of the U.S. coercion, with China in spheres of energy, development of infrastructures He left the room after warning the “Unit- intimidation, and malign behavior, Iran ex- for sustainable, strategic relations with China in providing China ed States will defend its forces, interests, presses concern over suspicious incidents with energy.” and stand with our partners and allies to for the oil tankers that occurred today,” the Rouhani also said Iran welcomes “China’s investment” in safeguard global commerce and regional statement added, according to Press TV. projects in “southern regions and ports”. stability.” On Thursday morning, Iranian rescuers Rouhani added given its exceptional geographical location, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Ja- rushed to the assistance of the two oil tankers Iran is ready to play an important role in the BRI project. vad Zarif took to the twitter shortly after to in the Sea of Oman, transferring all of their Projects under the BRI project include a network of railways, dismiss Pompeo’s accusations. 44 crew members to Iran’s southern shores. highways, oil and gas pipelines, power grids, Internet networks, “That the US immediately jumped to make Referring to Washington’s sanctions maritime and other infrastructure links across Central, West and allegations against Iran—w/o a shred of against Tehran following the former’s South Asia to as far as Greece, Russia and Oman. factual or circumstantial evidence—only unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Iran makes it abundantly clear that the #B_Team of Hormuz, and we showed this by rushing incidents for oil tankers is not a joke. It is nuclear agreement with world powers, the is moving to a #PlanB: Sabotage diploma- to save the sailors of the incident-hit ves- not only not funny, but it is also worrying statement said, “The U.S. economic war cy—including by @AbeShinzo—and cover sels in the shortest time possible,” Foreign and alarming,” Mousavi added. and terrorism against the Iranian people Trump says wants Iran ‘back up its #EconomicTerrorism against Iran,” ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Still on another front, Iran categorically as well as its massive military presence in at the table’ Zarif tweeted. in a statement. rejected as “unfounded” U.S. claims that the region have been and continue to be the “B-team” is a coinage of Zarif and com- “Pinning the blame on Iran for the sus- it is responsible for the attacks, warning main sources of insecurity and instability in (PRESS TV) — U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he wants prises of U.S. National Security Adviser John picious and regrettable incident for the oil of “another Iranophobic campaign” being the wider Persian Gulf region and the most Iran to get back at the table, following attacks on two oil tankers Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin tankers seems to be the easiest and most waged by Washington and its allies. significant threat to its peace and security.” in the Sea of Oman which Washington has blamed on Tehran. Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed simplistic thing Pompeo and other Ameri- “The inflammatory remarks by the U.S. The statement also called on “the in- In an interview on Fox News pm Friday, Trump blamed Iran bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince can statesmen could do,” Mousavi said, the representative against Iran at the UN Secu- ternational community to live up to its for the attack on oil tankers without providing evidence, as did Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who Foreign Ministry website reported. rity Council on 13 June 2019 was another responsibilities in preventing the reckless his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Thursday. pursue regime change in Iran. “While the Japanese prime minister is Iranophobic campaign. Iran categorically and dangerous policies and practices of the Hours after the incident, Iran warned the US to stop playing Zarif added, “I warned of exactly this meeting with Iran’s top leader to discuss ways rejects the U.S. unfounded claim with regard U.S. and its regional allies in heightening a blame game through “suspicious” attacks on oil tankers in the scenario a few months ago, not because I’m to ease regional tensions, which clandestine to 13 June oil tanker incidents and condemns the tensions in the region.” Middle East, describing the American behavior as “worrying”. clairvoyant, but because I recognize where hands have been at work to undermine such it in the strongest possible terms,” said the It added that the recent developments Trump said on Friday that if Iran were to close the Strait of the #B_Team is coming from.” efforts and who benefits from that?” the Iranian mission to the UN in a statement in the region “serve as proof of the urgency” Hormuz, “it’s not going to be closed for long,” without elaborat- The Foreign Ministry spokesman also spokesman asked. on Thursday. of engaging in “dialogue based on mutual ing how the United States would keep the international shipping issued a statement, where he said the sus- “Mr. Pompeo! The suspicious nature of “Neither fabrications and disinformation respect” between “all regional countries... route open. picious nature of the attacks is not funny based on mutual respect, inclusivity and “They’re not going to be closing [the strait],” Trump said in or ridiculous but “alarming”. “While the Japanese prime minister is basic principles of international law.” response to a hypothetical question from Fox News. The attacks on the two ships happened “Reiterating its longstanding position on “They know it, and they’ve been told in very strong terms. We near the Strait of Hormuz, a major strategic meeting with Iran’s top leader to discuss the need for promoting peace and security want to get them back at the table, if they want to go back,” he said. waterway through which about one-fifth of ways to ease regional tensions, which in the broader Persian Gulf region, the Is- “I’m ready when they are, but whenever they’re ready, it’s okay. global oil consumption passes on its way clandestine hands have been at work to lamic Republic of Iran stands ready to play And in the meantime, I’m in no rush. I’m in no rush,” he added. from Persian Gulf producers including an active and constructive role in ensuring Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE and Kuwait undermine such efforts and who benefits the security of strategic maritime passages on Thursday dismissed Trump as a person not worthy of a response as well as Iran. from that?” the Iranian Foreign Ministry as well as promoting peace, stability and or a message, stressing that negotiations with Washington cannot “The Islamic Republic of Iran is respon- security in the region,” the statement said help solve any problem. sible for ensuring the security of the Strait spokesman asks. in conclusion. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 15, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS Zarif says U.S. jumps to blame Iran for tanker Advisor says U.S., Israel incidents ‘without a shred of factual evidence’ are main suspects for taker B-Team launching ‘sabotage diplomacy’ against Iran, Zarif warns incidents

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian For- it in the strongest possible terms.” deskeign Minister Mohammad Writing on his Twitter page, Zarif said this Javad Zarif on Friday accused Washington time the “B-Team” has launched a “sabotage of jumping “to make allegations against Iran diplomacy” against Iran. without a shred of factual or circumstantial The so-called B-Team refers to a group evidence” as two oil tankers were attacked that includes U.S. National Security Advisor in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Thursday blamed Iran for the explosions on Bin Salman, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince the oil tankers. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. Two oil tankers — the Norwegian-owned Zarif had previously said the B-Team was Front Altair and the Japanese-owned Kokuka trying to lure U.S. President Donald Trump Courageous — suffered significant damage into a war with Tehran. after experiencing explosions while they Zarif said the B-Team is moving to sabotage were traveling near the Strait of Hormuz, diplomacy to cover up “economic terrorism” the world’s busiest sea lane for oil shipments. against Iran. Crews were forced to abandon ship and leave In an earlier Tweet on Thursday, Zarif the vessels adrift in waters between Arab had said attack on “Japan-related” tanker states and Iran. occurred while Abe was meeting with Ayatollah POLITICAL TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a desk The attack took place exactly the day Jap- Khamenei “for extensive and friendly talks”. senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian anese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with The chief diplomat added these incidents parliament speaker, said on Friday that U.S. security services Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Earlier, Iran’s mission to the United Na- rejects the U.S. unfounded claim with regard reinforce the need that “Iran’s proposed Re- and Israel’s Mossad are the “main suspects” for endangering the Ali Khamenei in Tehran. tions said in a statement: “Iran categorically to 13 June oil tanker incidents and condemns gional Dialogue Forum is imperative”. security of oil export in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On Thursday morning, two commercial oil tankers were hit in the Gulf of Oman, prompting the evacuation and rescue of dozens of crew members. Leader ‘disarmed’ U.S. by rejecting Trump: Too early to think about Amir Abdollahian, who served as Iran’s point man for Arab affairs for some years, said Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates talks offer: top MP making a deal with Iran and Bahrain are adding fuel to the fire through their “stupidity”. “US security services & Mossad main suspects for insecuring #PersianGulf/#OmanSea oil export. KSA, UAE, Bahrain stupidity fan the flame of violence in region,” Amir Abdollahian tweeted. He added, “Iran powerfully protects national interests and regional stability, disappoints regional security’s enemies” and force the U.S. to leave the region.

Japan says not doing shuttle diplomacy between Tehran and Washington

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Chairman more realistic and that the diplomacy between POLITICAL TEHRAN — U.S. Presi- we!” he added. deskof the Majlis National Iran and America must change from words deskdent Donald Trump says Earlier, the Leader had dismisses Trump Security and Foreign Policy Committee into actions,” Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh he thinks it is too soon to even think about as a person not worthy of exchanging mes- says the remarks by Leader of the Islamic said, Mehr reported on Friday. making a deal with Iran. sages with. Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has Falahatpisheh reiterated the Leader’s Trump made the remarks after Japa- “We have no doubts about your (Ja- “disarmed” the United States by firmly re- remarks, saying the 2015 nuclear deal was nese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to pan’s) goodwill and seriousness, but re- jecting the notion of talks. In a meeting on first violated during the Obama admin- Tehran for talks with Leader of the Islamic garding what you quoted from the U.S. Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister istration but the violations reached their Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president, I personally do not consider Shinzo Abe, Ayatollah Khamenei called peak during the Trump administration. President Hassan Rouhani. Trump worthy of exchanging any mes- U.S. President Donald Trump as a person “The Americans are only seeking nom- “While I very much appreciate sages with, and do not have and will not not “worthy” of a response or a message, inal negotiations [with Iran],” he argued, P.M. Abe going to Iran to meet with have any response for him,” the Leader stressing that negotiations with Washington adding that Iran does not trust the American Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, I personally told Abe. cannot help solve any problem. rulers, especially after the U.S. withdrawal feel that it is too soon to even think Abe held talks with Rouhani on Wednes- “I believe that this straightforward message from the nuclear deal, also known as the about making a deal,” Trump tweeted day. He also met with the Leader on Thurs- does not mean a death for diplomacy, but JCPOA, and introduced its policy of maxi- on Thursday. day. He was carrying a message from Trump POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Japanese Foreign Minis- desk it means that diplomacy needs to become mum pressure against the Islamic Republic. “They are not ready, and neither are to Ayatollah Khamenei. try press secretary has said his country is not involved in a “shuttle diplomacy or mediation” between Iran and the U.S. Speaking to journalists in Tehran on Thursday, Takeshi Osuga said Prime Minister Abe’s meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei was held in a warm atmosphere and lasted for 50 minutes, Tasnim Trump knows he cannot fight Iran: cleric reported. POLITICAL TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald Trump Praising anti-American remarks by Leader of the Islamic Khatami hailed the Leader’s strong tone, saying, “This is He made the remarks while the Japanese premier paid a deskknows that he cannot “fight” Iran, interim Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a Thursday meeting the style the Prophet has ordered, to show arrogance when historic visit to Iran to meet with top Iranian figures, including Friday prayer leader Ahmad Khatami told worshippers in with the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Khat- you see an arrogant person, to humiliate them.” Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Tehran. ami said, “Those were the words of a prudent, shrewd, and The cleric added Trump is seeking to win votes in the President Hassan Rouhani. Pointing to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent re- vigilant leader and we are proud for having such a leader.” 2020 presidential elections by offering talks with Iran. The Japanese premier has made it clear that nobody wants a marks that he does not seek regime change in Iran, Khatami In his meeting with Abe, Ayatollah Khamenei said Trump “Trump is trying to raise votes, and to do that he needs military confrontation, and has voiced concern about the current said, “Trump surely knows that he cannot fight the Islamic is not worthy of a response or a message, stressing that ne- to bring Iran to the negotiation table. But he will take that tensions in the Persian Gulf region, he stated. Republic of Iran.” gotiations with Washington cannot help solve any problem. wish to the grave.” Abe positively evaluates that Iran continues its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and expects that Tehran will continue to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Osuga added. According to the press secretary, the Japanese prime min- Iran urges U.S., allies to stop ‘false flag operations’ in region ister has quoted U.S. President Donald Trump as saying that Washington does not want to see an escalation. POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Iranian the Iranian people as well as its massive Abe told the Japanese reporters on Thursday that he has had deskmission to the UN has military presence in the region have been exchanges of views with Trump and that he has told Ayatollah called on the United States and its regional and continue to be the main sources of Khamenei about his “own views” on the intentions of Trump, allies to stop their false flag operations in insecurity and instability in the wider Per- Osuga added. the region, according to Press TV. sian Gulf region and the most significant The Japanese leader has also noted that the road to deesca- “The inflammatory remarks by the threat to its peace and security.” lating tensions is fraught with difficulties, but he will continue U.S. representative against Iran at the Two commercial oil tankers were hit in to make efforts, the press secretary stated. UN Security Council on 13 June 2019 was the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning, Abe said that although there might be complex national senti- another Iranophobic campaign. Iran cate- prompting the evacuation and rescue of ments in all sides, it is important for top leaders of the countries gorically rejects the U.S.’ unfounded claim dozens of crew members. to share the aim to ease the tensions, Osuga added. with regard to 13 June oil tanker incidents Following the attack, U.S. Secretary of and condemns it in the strongest possible State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of car- terms,” the mission said in a statement rying out the attacks without providing on Thursday. any evidence to back up his accusation. “Neither fabrications and disinformation “It is the assessment of the United States Iran, Switzerland ink deal on campaigns nor shamelessly blaming others Warning, once again, about all of the U.S. Pointing to Washington’s sanctions government that the Islamic Republic of Iran can change the realities. The U.S. and its coercion, intimidation, and malign behav- against Tehran following the former’s is responsible for the attacks that occurred protection of Iran’s interests regional allies must stop warmongering ior, Iran expresses concern over suspicious unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nu- in the Gulf of Oman today,” Pompeo told and put an end to mischievous plots as incidents for the oil tankers that occurred clear agreement, the statement said, “The reporters in a brief appearance at the State in Canada well as false flag operations in the region. today,” the statement added. U.S. economic war and terrorism against Department in Washington, DC. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Top officials from Iran and deskSwitzerland have signed an agreement on protection of Tehran’s interests in Canada. The agreement was reached in Bern on Thursday between U.S. bullying has brought Iran, China, Russia closer together: Rouhani aide Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Switzerland’s POLITICAL TEHRAN – Hesamoddin summit in Bishkek on Thursday Friday where and contrasted Moscow’s troubled rela- State Secretary of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Pascale deskAshna, a senior advisor to leaders of China and Russia were present, tionship with Washington with what he Baeriswyl. President Hassan Rouhani, believes that the described U.S. sanctions and pressures as a described as its blossoming ties with China. During the meeting, Araqchi and Baeriswyl expressed satis- bullying approach by the United States has “paper tiger” which will not withstand against The Trump administration, which aban- faction on the achievements made through bilateral cooperation brought Iran, China and Russia closer to- “common resistance” of the three countries. doned the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran over the last three years in the context of the road map adopted gether more than ever. “If anyone had intended to strengthen last year, has also reimposed sanctions on in 2016, Tasnim reported. “America’s maximum pressure [policy] this axis, they should be regarded as close Tehran, putting enormous new pressure on The two sides underlined the need for expediting the process has changed the strategic analyses of China to their success,” the advisor added. Iran’s economy. of the full implementation of the road map. and Russia about the near future,” Ashna said Russian President Vladimir Putin said In the meantime, the U.S. and China have They also discussed a wide range of topics on the agenda of on his Twitter account on Friday. in an interview published on Thursday been in a trade war since last year when Trump Iran and Switzerland, including cooperation in various areas of Ashena, who was accompanying Rouhani that the current U.S. administration had began imposing tariffs on billions of dollars science, health, water resource management, intellectual property to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization imposed dozens of sanctions on Russia, worth of Chinese goods. right, agriculture, medicine, tourism, and disaster management. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JUNE 15, 2019

STOCK MARKET Italy among Iran’s top priorities in TEDPIX 233352.8 IFX 2956.96 economic relations with Europe: ICCIMA Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir

ECONOMY TEHRAN – Head faced U.S. sanctions constraints, but the deskof Iran Chamber of efforts of the Iran-Italy joint chamber of CURRENCIES Commerce, Industries, Mines and commerce along with the Italian embassy USD 42,000 rials Agriculture (ICCIMA) said on Wednesday led to the current developments in the that Italy is one of the major trade economic ties.” EUR 47,429 rials partners of Iran in the European Union Conciatori for his part emphasized that and expansion of trade ties with Italy is the cooperation between Iran and Italy GBP 53,286 rials a priority for Iran. will be maintained at all levels. AED 11,437 rials Gholam-Hossein Shafeie made Mentioning the growth of trade turnover the remarks in a meeting with Italian between Iran and Italy in recent years Source: cbi.ir Ambassador to Iran Mauro Conciatori, and the interest of Italian businessmen the ICCIMA portal reported. and entrepreneurs in investing in Iran, he In the meeting, Shafeie stressed the fact stressed, “We should not worry about the that Iran and Italy are currently cooperating future of Iran-Italy economic relations.” COMMODITIES in almost all economic areas, adding “the “Despite U.S. sanctions, the two Brent $61.23/b future of our economic cooperation is bright countries trade turnover is currently and prosperous.” more than 4 billion euros” Conciatori said. WTI $52.09/b He expressed his appreciation for “We are currently in the process of OPEC Basket $61.01/b Conciatori’s efforts in boosting the all- “contemplating” to plan better future out ties between the two countries and ICCIMA Head Gholam-Hossein Shafeie (middle) met with Italian Ambassador to Iran relations, and I’m sure we will have a bigger Gold $1,353.55/oz said, “Even though both Iran and Italy Mauro Conciatori (left) on Wednesday in Tehran. jump forward after this era”, he added. Silver $15.05oz Platinium $815.55/oz Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com ‘Forex market under CBI’s control, passing temporary turbulence’ ECONOMY TEHRAN— Foreign cur- is dominating the forex market.” for managing the foreign currency market deskrency exchange market is “We will pass all problems created by the and noted that since CBI’s foreign cur- under the control of Central Bank of Iran U.S. sanctions through the strategies and rency reform, over $18 billion of foreign Finance ministers press Italy (CBI) and the temporary turbulence will pass, approaches we have initiated for the non- currency has been re-injected into NIMA Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday oil exports and re-injection of the foreign by exporters. to stick to EU fiscal rules quoting CBI Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati currency earnings from such exports to In late May, CBI unveiled a directive By Jorge Valero as saying. the domestic economic cycle”, Hemmati package which provided the country’s ex- Referring to the impact of Japanese further noted. porters with guidelines about how they EU finance ministers told the Italian government on Thursday Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip to Iran Last week, Iran’s Trade Promotion Or- should re-inject their foreign currency (13 June) to meet its fiscal obligations in order to reduce its on Wednesday on forex market inside the ganization (TPO) Head Mohammadreza incomes into the country’s economy. high debt, with the European Commission insisting on “sub- country, the official said: “It is unfortunate Modoudi announced that since the be- In the same month, Hemmati said the stantial corrections” to rein in public spending. that there are always some people who apply ginning of the current Iranian calendar country’s exporters have re-injected 60 Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria insisted however political means for creating instability in year (March 21), nearly $4 billion has percent of their total exports revenues that new measures will not be needed, saying fresh data for the forex market. I should here emphasize been re-injected into the country’s Forex in the form of foreign currency into the a low exchange rate in order to encourage the first half of the year will show that the situation of Italy’s that none of the basic economic factors that Management Integrated System (locally country’s financial system. foreign trade, however the exporters are public accounts is better than predicted by the Commission. set the foreign currency exchange rate has known as NIMA). The Iranian government provides the expected to return part of their revenues Italy was not officially on the agenda of 12 June’ meeting been changed in the market and the CBI The official praised the CBI’s efforts country’s exporters with foreign currency at in form of foreign currency. of eurozone finance ministers (Eurogroup). But the renewed tensions between Italy’s populist government and the Com- mission is worrying European partners at a time when the trade war with the US risks worsening, and uncertainties ac- ‘Turkey’s trade center in Iran completely Planning underway to launch new cumulate regarding the UK’s departure from the EU. active despite U.S. sanctions’ automobile platform in 3 years Against this backdrop, ministers supported the Commis- sion, and asked Italy to adopt fresh measures to reduce its ECONOMY TEHRAN – Head ECONOMY TEHRAN – Deputy desk huge volume of public debt, which currently exceeds 132% of of Iran-Turkey Joint deskhead of Iran’s Industrial the country’s GDP. Chamber of Commerce said Turkey’s trade Development and Renovation Organization Further adjustments center in Tehran is completely active and (IDRO) said the planning is underway for Further adjustments before the next finance ministers’ the trade is going smoothly between the establishing a new platform for manufac- meeting on 9 July would help to avoid a new excessive defi- two countries. turing passenger cars in three years, IRNA cit procedure that could lead to a €3.5 billion fine (0.2% of “Although there are small problems with reported. Italian GDP). money transactions but still we manage Behzad E’temadi noted that the organiza- EU moves closer to debt action as Italy angles for compromise and the trade is going on smoothly,” Reza tion had it on the agenda to produce 650,000 The European Union moved closer on Tuesday (11 June) to Kami told ILNA. new cars by 2020, however the negative im- taking disciplinary action over Italy’s growing debt, as authori- Kami noted that Turkish companies with the U.S. sanctions, but obviously the pacts of the U.S. sanctions has imposed some fell 67 percent during Farvardin of this ties in Rome made tentative steps to avert a procedure that are willing to contribute to the reconstruc- sanctions have created some problems re- changes on IDRO’s strategies and planning. year compared to the same month of the could saddle the country with large fines and alienate investors. tion projects in the flood-stricken regions, garding banking relations, and it should be “Now, our mid-term goal is to raise the previous year. saying “Turkish companies have a good also borne in mind that the entire region’s quantity and quality of our current vehicles, Earlier in May, Iranian Industry, Mining history in manufacturing prefabricated economy is in recession.” so that we could be able to maintain the ex- and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani said the houses, and in recent years we have seen Earlier this month, Iran’s Ambassador to ports to the neighboring countries,” he said. policy of domestic manufacturing of auto that a few Turkish companies were active Turkey Mohammad Farazmand announced According to the data released by Industry, parts should be seriously followed up. in Mehr Housing Projects.” that Iran and Turkey are working on a Mining and Trade Ministry, Iranian carmak- The minister also stressed that in this He further mentioned establishment financial mechanism channel to bypass ers manufactured 42,623 vehicles during the due the capable manufacturers should be of an Iran-Turkey special economic zone, the U.S. unilateral sanctions. first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin seriously supported, IRNA reported. noting that the two sides are determined in The ambassador said that such mecha- (March 21-April 20, 2019). Given that 1.25 million vehicles are an- this regard but there are still some issues nism is aimed at preventing bilateral trade The ministry’s data showed that car ticipated to be manufactured in the country that should be discussed and resolved. from falling victim to trans-regional players. manufacturing in Iran fell 47.2 percent in during the current Iranian calendar year (ends Mentioning the impact of sanctions on In late May, Turkish Ambassador to the first month of this year from 80,794 on March 19, 2020), the part manufacturers trade between the two countries, Kami said: Iran Derya Ors said his country wants the cars manufactured in the same month of will need 150 trillion rials of working capital “The Turkish authorities have repeatedly barriers in the way of trade with Iran to the previous year. (about $3.571 billion) for the purchase of raw stated that they are not going to comply be removed. Iran’s imports of passenger cars also materials and other required items.

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte and his two deputies are facing pres- sure from Brussels. “In the end, the rules are something that are not only on China tariffs: 661 companies warn Trump trade war will damage U.S. economy paper, they exist for a reason,” said German Finance Minister By Arthur Villasanta retail and the technology industries. solutions. An escalated trade war is not in efforts to address unfair trading practices, Olaf Scholz on his way into the Eurogroup. In its letter dated June 13, the signatories the country’s best interest, and both sides including intellectual property violations, “Italy should take the Commission’s helping hand” and A total of 661 American companies and expressed their deep concern about the will lose.” forced technology transfer and more.” adopt the “appropriate measures,” added his French coun- industry trade associations wrote to President escalation of tit-for-tat tariffs. Imposing new tariffs on an additional But the signatories encourage the Trump terpart, Bruno Maire. Donald Trump on Thursday, urging him to “We know firsthand that the additional $300 billion in goods plus those impacted administration to negotiate a strong deal Spain’s Economy minister, Nadia Calviño, asked Italian lift his tariffs on China and end his trade tariffs will have a significant, negative and from previously implemented tariffs and with China that addresses longstanding authorities to act “in a responsible and constructive man- war that will eventually add $2,000 to the long-term impact on American businesses, retaliation will result in the loss of more than structural issues, improves U.S. global ner” to channel the process and avoid “any episode of market expenses borne by each American family farmers, families and the U.S. economy,” 2 million U.S. jobs, add more than $2,000 competitiveness and eliminates tariffs. turbulence” and cut U.S. GDP by 1.0 percent. said the letter. “Broadly applied tariffs are in costs for the average American family of “We believe this goal can be achieved Italy’s populist Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Among the big name signatories of the not an effective tool to change China’s unfair four, and reduce the value of U.S. GDP by without taxing Americans,” said the Wednesday (5 June) dismissed Brussels’ formal warning over letter, whose firms employ more than a trade practices. Tariffs are taxes paid directly 1.0 percent, according to data from Trade signatories. the country’s excessive public spending as “too easy”. million people, are Walmart, Costco, Target, by U.S. companies, including those listed Partnership Worldwide LLC, an international They said they’re counting on Trump Tria repeated the same message that Rome has stressed and Foot Locker. below -- not China.” trade and economic consulting firm cited to force a positive resolution that removes over the past days since Brussels initiated a sanction procedure This terse, one-page letter is the latest Get back to negotiating table by the letter. the current tariffs, fosters American against Italy: no additional measures will be necessary as the of many sent to Trump by Tariffs Hurt the “We urge your administration to get back The signatories said they agree U.S. competitiveness, grows the economy and fiscal situation has improved since December. Heartland, a national campaign against tariffs to the negotiating table while working with trading partners must abide by global trade protects U.S. workers and customers. Substantial corrections supported by more than 150 trade groups our allies to develop global, enforceable rules, “and we support the administration’s (Source: ibtimes.com) The Commission vice president for the euro, Valdis Dombrovs- representing agriculture, manufacturing, kis, insisted however that “substantial corrections” are needed, a message he conveyed to Tria during a meeting on Thursday. Tria was to meet on Friday with the EU’s Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, in Luxemburg, where German economic institutes expect economy to grow slowly the Ecofin Council is taking place. Three major economic research institutes are expecting A “further intensification of the trade conflict between the Italian officials told euractiv.com that the ultimate goal the German economy to grow slowly between 0.5 and 0.9 United States and China or an expansion to trade relations is to avoid an infringement procedure, admitting that Rome percent, according to the institutes’ economic growth fore- with the European Union pose a significant downside risk will have to pay a “price” for that. But “It’s about not paying casts for 2019 published on Thursday. for the global economy and also for Germany,” said Stefan a very high price,” the official added as talks with the Com- According to xinhuanet.com, the German Halle Institute Kooths, head of the IFW’s forecasting center. mission got underway. for Economic Research (IWH) in Berlin did not change its In addition to ongoing international trade conflicts, the The European Commission is preparing to launch a new forecast and is expecting Germany’s gross domestic product “weakness of world trade is weighing particularly heavily on excessive deficit procedure against Italy as a response to the (GDP) to grow by 0.5 percent in 2019. Germany’s internationally oriented manufacturing sector,” government’s lack of efforts to control public spending in the The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW) said said Oliver Holtemoeller, vice president of IWH. highly indebted EU country. on Thursday that the “German economy falters” but was Production in Germany’s industrial sector was still in- Apart from the Italian case, the big issue on the Eurogroup’s slightly more positive in its forecast which it lowered from creasing in February and March, but has started to decline, agenda was the new budgetary instrument to protect the euro 1.0 percent to 0.6 percent. according to the German statistical office (Destatis). In April, in times of economic shock. Out of the three institutes that published their numbers production of Germany’s industrial sector went down by Ministers were discussing on Friday in the early morning on Thursday, the German Institute for Economic Research 1.9 percent. the financing and functionality of the new fiscal instrument to (DIW) was most optimistic and is expecting the German The “significant decline” in industrial production in Ger- support reforms and investment. According to some reports, economy to “defy an uncertain environment”. The three economic research institutes all saw a significant many in April would indicate that the “unexpectedly strong its firepower could reach around €17 billion. However, the DIW also lowered its GDP forecast, de- risk in the ongoing international trade conflicts, especially first quarter in 2019” was mainly attributable to “temporary (Source: euractiv.com) creasing from 1.0 to by 0.9 percent. for Germany’s export-oriented economy. factors”, IWH warned. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 15, 2019 ENERGY 5 ‘Iran’s hydropower Oil prices ease, but tanker attacks support output to reach 10.5 Oil fell on Friday after sharp gains in the previous session when prices were boosted after attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman stoked concerns of reduced crude flows through one of the world’s key shipping routes. GW by March 2020’ As per reuters.com, the attacks near Iran and the Strait of Hor- muz countered concerns about global demand that had hammered ENERGY TEHRAN – Iran’s hy- The figure was reported to be 1.8 billion prices in recent weeks, analysts said. deskdroelectric power plants KWh in the last year’s same time span. It was the second time in a month tankers have been attacked are expected to produce 10,500 megawatts In late April, Deputy Distribution Co- in the world’s most important zone for oil supplies, amid rising (10.5 gigawatts) of electricity in the current ordinator of Iran’s Power Generation and tensions between the United States and Iran. Washington quickly Iranian calendar year (March 2019-March Distribution Company (known as TAVANIR), blamed Iran for Thursday’s attacks, but Tehran bluntly denied 2020), IRIB reported, quoting the director Mahmoud Reza Haqifam, announced that the allegation. of Iran’s Hydroelectric Power Plants Man- recent heavy rainfalls in Iran has increased Brent crude futures were down 17 cents, or 0.3%, at $61.14 a agement Center. the electricity output of the country’s hy- barrel by 0041 GMT. They settled up 2.23% on Thursday, at $61.31, According to Farbod Estiri, since the be- dropower plants by up to 5,000 megawatts. Iran’s current power generation capacity a total capacity of 3,933 MW in the current having risen as much as 4.5%. ginning of the current Iranian calendar year According to Haqifam, in the peak con- stands at about 81 GW of which the share of [Iranian calendar] year along with upgrad- U.S. West Texas Intermediate (March 20), over 10.8 billion kilowatt hour sumption hours of the day, between 9,500 hydroelectric power stands at 19.87 percent. ing and increasing the efficiency of existing crude futures were down 39 cents, (KWh) of electricity has been produced by MW and 10,000 MW of electricity is charged In May, the Energy Ministry announced power plants to add another 461 MW of new or 0.8%, at $51.89 a barrel. They the country’s hydroelectric plants. to the network by hydropower plants. that it plans to inaugurate 22 new units with capacity. closed 2.23% higher at $52.28 a barrel in the previous session, having also risen as much as 4.5%. The “drums of war are beating and driving asset prices,” Greg Fire at South Pars SPD9 platform contained McKenna, strategist at McKen- ENERGY TEHRAN — The fire that broke out Iran shares with Qatar, covers an area of 9,700 square na Macro said in a morning note. deskon the SPD9 platform of the phases kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which, called Tensions in the Middle East 7, 8 and 9 of South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf South Pars, are in Iran’s territorial waters. have escalated since U.S. President has been contained on Wednesday. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers, called Donald Trump withdrew from a According to Shana, the wells of the mentioned North Dome, are situated in Qatar’s territorial waters. 2015 multinational nuclear pact phases are in good conditions and no fatalities were South Pars is divided into 24 standard phases of with Iran and reimposed sanctions, reported. development in the first stage. Most of the phases are especially targeting Tehran’s oil “No one was reportedly killed by the fire at platform fully operational at the moment. exports. SPD9,” the head of the Pars Oil and Gas Company The field is estimated to contain a significant amount Iran, which has distanced itself from the previous attacks, has (POGC) Mohammad Meshkinfam said, adding that of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the said it would not be cowed by what it called psychological warfare. all staff had been evacuated before the fire took hold. world’s reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States has South Pars field, the world’s largest gas field which of condensate. assessed Iran was behind the attacks on Thursday, and arrived at its conclusion based on intelligence, weapons used and the level of expertise needed. Iran “categorically rejects the U.S. unfounded claim with regard Wind energy industry increasingly Renewable energy brings 11 million to 13 June oil tanker incidents and condemns it in the strongest possible terms,” the Iranian mission to the United Nations said moving offshore jobs, says agency in a statement on Thursday evening. The UK turned on the first part of what According to the International Renewable will be the world’s largest and furthest Energy Agency (IRENA) eleven million offshore wind farm this week, forging people were employed in renewable energy Solar company says UK its way further into the forefront of the worldwide in 2018. This compares with 10.3 offshore wind industry. million in 2017. needs new policies to meet As per indianaenvironmentalreport- According oedigital.com, as more and 2050 carbon target er.org, about 75 miles off the east coast more countries manufacture, trade and in- of Grimsby, UK, is the Hornsea One wind stall renewable energy technologies, the latest farm, which is partially operational. Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review By Matthew Green Next year when it’s entirely online, it finds that renewables jobs grew to their highest Solar power could help Britain achieve its new climate goal will have a generating capacity of 1.2 level despite slower growth in key renewable more efficiently than many politicians realize if the government gigawatts, enough electricity to power The UK leads Europe in offshore wind energy markets including China. numerous employment opportunities created adopts policies to unlock faster growth, a leading solar company a million homes. For now, it’s capable generation, with a total capacity of 8.2 The diversification of the renewable en- by the transition to renewables,” said Franc- said on Thursday, citing new research. of powering approximately 287,000 gigawatts. This puts countries like the ergy supply chain is changing the sector’s esco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA. Britain this week became the first G7 country to adopt a legally homes. U.S. to shame, with only about 0.03 geographic footprint. Until now, renewable “Renewables deliver on all main pillars of binding commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050 – a move With plans to construct a twin farm gigawatts of offshore wind capacity. energy industries have remained relatively sustainable development – environmental, that implies a radical rebalancing of the world’s fifth-largest nearby, the UK is evidence that offshore Though offshore wind farms are concentrated in a handful of major markets, economic and social. As the global energy economy in response to the climate crisis. wind development is growing quick- a growing phenomenon, many of the such as China, the United States and the Eu- transformation gains momentum, this employ- Frans van den Heuvel, chief executive of Solar Century, which ly. As the industry grows, experts are world’s largest wind farms are still on dry ropean Union. ment dimension reinforces the social aspect has built some of the largest solar farms in Britain, Spain, the forging new paths to find the best way land. This includes the world’s seventh Increasingly, however, East and Southeast of sustainable development and provides yet Netherlands, Kenya and Mexico, urged the government to slash to manage these wind farms. largest wind farm, Meadow Lake Wind Asian countries have emerged alongside Chi- another reason for countries to commit to fossil fuel subsidies and harness the sector to meet its goal. “Operating a wind farm this far off- Farm in Chalmers, Indiana. na as key exporters of solar photovoltaic (PV) renewables,” Francesco added. “We have everything in place, we just need a stable policy,” shore is unprecedented,” David Cous- However, Indiana wind energy may panels. Countries including Malaysia, Thailand Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind remain van den Heuvel told Reuters. “We need a level playing field with sens, the deputy operating manager be at risk as local city governments are and Viet Nam were responsible for a greater the most dynamic of all renewable energy other energy sources.” for the wind farm, told the Offshore putting the matter to a vote. The industry share of growth in renewables jobs last year, industries. Accounting for one-third of the Privately-owned Solar Century and other providers will need Wind. “We’ve had to think creatively lost the battle in Tippecanoe County which allowed Asia to maintain a 60 percent total renewable energy workflow, solar PV to convince policymakers that they can overcome solar’s main and come up with new ways of working when commissioners voted to ban large share of renewable energy jobs worldwide. retains the top spot in 2018, ahead of liquid challenge: providing a steady supply of electricity in a country to overcome the logistical and techni- turbines and commercial wind farms “Beyond climate goals, governments are biofuels, hydropower, and wind power. Geo- with short winter days and frequently dreary skies. cal challenges of operating a massive from rural land around Lafayette and prioritizing renewables as a driver of low-car- graphically, Asia hosts over three million PV Nevertheless, the company hopes to bolster its case with power station 120 km from the shore.” West Lafayette. bon economic growth in recognition of the jobs, nearly nine-tenths of the global total. the results of an analysis it carried out in collaboration with Energy Watch Group, a non-profit network of scientists and parliamentarians, and LUT University in Finland. The findings suggest that technology is advancing so fast that solar could surge from generating 4% of Britain’s electricity Is now a good time to buy energy stocks? today to at least 20% within the next decade, creating 200,000 The two supermajors jobs, Solar Century said.

By Robert Rapier The supermajors Chevron and Exxon- Six-fold increase Mobil saw respective declines of 2.2 per- That growth would reflect a more than six-fold increase in It was only a month ago that I began installed capacity from 13 gigawatts today to 80 gigawatts by advising investors to ease up on certain cent and 8.4 percent. Incidentally, this puts Chevron’s yield above 4 percent, which 2030 – starkly higher than current forecasts. energy stocks, following 20 percent-30 The National Grid has projected that solar could account percent gains since the beginning of the has historically nearly always been a good buy indicator. for 33 gigawatts in that time frame, and the opposition Labour year. But a brutal May and a weak start Party has committed to delivering a similar amount. to June have sent oil prices — and some But the big story is the refiners. The nation’s two biggest refiners, Marathon “It’s a paradigm shift – it is about looking at the new reality energy companies — back into bear mar- and forgetting about what was yesterday,” van den Heuvel said. ket territory. Petroleum Corp and Valero saw shares decline by 21.6 percent and 20.2 percent “There’s so much we can do right away – there’s no excuse for The front-month West Texas Interme- waiting.” diate (WTI) crude contract ended May respectively. Valero’s yield has risen to a whopping 5.1 percent. Divisions in government over the transformational change over 16 percent lower, which marked in the economy needed to fight climate change were laid bare Refiners often trade out of sync with oil the first monthly loss of the year. What last week, when finance minister Philip Hammond wrote to prices, but this time the concerns about has happened, and is this now a buying outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May to warn that it would overall demand, and higher-priced oil from opportunity for energy stocks? cost comfortably more than 1 trillion pounds to meet the new Mexico as a result of tariffs, hit the refiners There are two bearish factors weigh- along with the trade war, may explain more oil prices had collapsed to $10/bbl and net zero target. hard. Trade tariffs on Mexico could be a ing down oil prices. The first is that it is recent reports that overall oil demand in the tech bubble was depressing the share The claim was widely criticized within the renewable industry, double-whammy if the country retaliates, becoming apparent that the trade war China had declined by 0.3 percent year- of all other sectors. which sees the shift to a low-carbon economy as an opportunity because U.S. refiners send large volumes with China will be lengthy. There are over-year in the first quarter. Consequently, a 5 percent energy share to drive investment, job creation and innovation. of finished products back to Mexico. fears that this will impact oil demand That brings me to the second factor today is a significant historical disconnect. Britain’s growing array of solar, wind and other renewable Most segments of the energy sector are there as well as here. that I believe is impacting the oil markets. In other words, energy stocks are again energy sources has helped wean the country off its depend- relatively more expensive than they were a Add last Friday’s announcement by the Every time demand in China slows down, undervalued relative to history (except ence on coal-fired power stations in line with its commitment month ago, considering the large drop in Trump administration of plans to impose there’s a rush to push the narrative that it’s those who believe we are now at the end to support global climate goals in the 2015 Paris Agreement. a 5 percent tax on all goods imported because electric vehicles (EVs) are finally of the oil age). the price of oil. If the price remains in the Support for energies from Mexico unless the “illegal migration starting to take a bite out of oil demand. Second, we should consider the differ- current range for very long, oil producers Nevertheless, the solar sector suffered a severe blow in 2016, crisis is alleviated.” These tariffs would This explanation promotes the fear ent segments of the energy sector. When and integrated oil companies will likely when the government cut subsidies, causing some firms to close. potentially rise to 25 percent by Octo- that crude oil will soon end up like coal, oil prices fall, typically oil producers get see larger declines. The government has since focused much of its support for renew- ber. This sent a chill through the stock which in turn helps push oil prices lower hit the hardest. Pipeline companies usu- The midstreams started the year un- ables on offshore wind, keen to boost domestic manufacturing markets and the oil markets, with WTI than they should be. Bloomberg recently ally take a milder hit, and refiners often dervalued, but after a large run-up many and help regenerate neglected coastal communities. losing more than 5 percent on the day. projected that oil demand in China will benefit because their margins expand. of them had reached fair value. Magellan The Renewable Energy Association said solar providers hope The global oil demand picture has been peak in 2025 as a result of EVs. That hasn’t been the case this time. At Midstream was an exception, because it the government’s new carbon net zero target will prompt it to mixed in recent months. The International Thus, there is a fear premium in that least not entirely. Two top oil producers, hadn’t gained as much as many of its peers. adopt a competitive floor price for solar-generated power to Energy Agency (IEA) reported that oil investors don’t want to be left holding a ConocoPhillips and EOG Resources saw The stock was overdue; it’s May gain went give investors greater confidence. demand numbers for the January-Feb- worthless commodity. I think such fears declines in May of 3.8 percent and 8.2 against the rest of the energy sector. The sector also wants the government to make better use of ruary period in China grew by 410,000 are premature. In fact, the current weak- percent. That’s especially modest consid- All things considered, refiners are data to support solar deployment, support research into bat- barrels per day (BPD) year-over-year. ness in oil prices is totally out of sync with ering the double-digit drop in oil prices. unlikely to suffer as much as the market teries and cancel a proposal to raise taxes on most new home India’s demand grew by 300,000 BPD, geopolitical factors in Venezuela and Iran. Midstream companies held their fears. Further, lower oil prices will help solar-with-battery kits from 5% to 20%, the association said. and U.S. demand was close behind with Let’s consider a few things. First, ground. Enterprise Products Partners lift gasoline demand, and that should help The “solar industry isn’t calling for the government to sort 295,000 BPD of growth. Bloomberg also recently reported that fell by 2.5 percent in May. Magellan prop up margins. Refiners are the only out every problem. But there is definitely a great leadership role U.S.-China trade war energy stocks now account for only 5.02 Midstream Partners was one of the few sector that appear to have become bigger for them to play in creating investor confidence,” said Daniel But oil prices impact demand, and they percent of the S&P 500, which is less even energy companies that rose during the bargains following the oil price decline. Brown, the Renewable Energy Association’s policy manager. have risen sharply since January. This, than in early 1999. Notably, at that time month (+1.1 percent). (Source: oilprice.com) (Source: euronews.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL JUNE 15, 2019 The probability of defeat of Trump in the upcoming WHO sanitizes Israeli presidential election responsibility for Gaza killings Controversial president in deadlock!

By Saeed Sobhani calating war of words, offering a preview of a hypothetical general election contest if Biden Recent polls in the United States show that wins the nomination next year. Trump has Donald Trump’s defeat in presidential elec- publicly questioned Biden’s mental fitness tions next year is likely. These polls are pub- and reportedly instructed his aides to deny lished while Trump in the field of foreign policy that his campaign’s internal polling showed is extremely confused and incapacitated. He him trailing Biden in many must-win states. has practically lost the game against Iran, Trump nonetheless insisted he was not China and Venezuela. Looking at the results concerned, telling reporters on Tuesday: “I of recent polls and analyzing Western media think he’s the weakest mentally … The oth- from the latest trump status, we can help us ers have much more energy.“I’d rather run understand the current political situation in against, I think, Biden than anybody.” the United States: Millionaires say they are more likely to Trump’s big problem is that he’s unpopular vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in Matthew Yglesias wrote in Vox that If 2020 elections By Maureen Clare Murphy you look at Donald Trump’s polling lately, it Robert Frank wrote in Cnbc that Ameri- sure looks like he’s in trouble for reelection.A can millionaires would elect Joe Biden over THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA — There were nearly 7,000 June 11 Quinnipiac poll showed Trump losing President Donald Trump if the former vice gunshot wounds among Gaza’s population of two million in the 40-53 to Joe Biden. He’s also down 51-42 president becomes the Democratic nominee, duration of a year.Many of those injured have extensive and in to Bernie Sanders, 41-49 to Kamala Harris, according to a new survey. some cases irreversible damage to their bones, neurovascular 42-49 to Elizabeth Warren, 42-47 to Pete There are some things to worry about! said they had a leak into polling done by my The CNBC Millionaire survey asked mil- structures and soft tissue. Buttigieg, and 42-47 to Cory Booker. Democrats have done pretty well in 2019 campaign which, by the way and despite the lionaires who they would choose for president Among them, hundreds face amputations if they cannot ac- All plausible contenders at this moment special elections, for example, but consider- phony and never ending Witch Hunt, are the if Trump runs against various opponents cess specialized tertiary treatment for their catastrophic wounds. can take heart in the fact that just 40 to 42 ably worse than they did in 2017 and 2018. best numbers WE have ever had,” Trump in 2020. Biden and Pete Buttigieg are the Three health workers have been killed and more than 700 others percent of the population feels like voting Their special surge in 2017 represented a wrote. “They reported Fake numbers that only Democratic nominees who beat Trump injured.Thousands of elective surgeries were postponed as a for Trump’s reelection. The public is mostly huge increase in grassroots activism and en- they made up & don’t even exist. WE WILL among the top Democratic candidates in a health system already in crisis took in wave after wave of emer- saying they want to vote for any Democrat, ergy in response to Trump’s win. The 2019 WIN AGAIN!” head-to-head race. gency casualties. and the strongest pattern so far indicates backslide seems to reflect a post-midterms The pair of tweets followed a devastat- Fully 53% of millionaire respondents said Cases of gender-based violence seen by service providers better-known Democrats do better than diminishment of that intensity. Yet in state ing poll released on Tuesday by Quinnipiac they would vote for Biden, compared with 39% doubled as families struggled to cope with additional economic the more obscure ones.None of this means elections this year in Virginia, Kentucky, University, which showed Trump trailing for Trump, while 9% would be undecided. pressures and trauma.These disturbing facts come from the World that Trump is a sure bet to lose the election and Louisiana, Medicaid expansion — and six Democratic contenders by between five In a race between Trump and Buttigieg, the Health Organization’s review of trauma data related to the Great in 2020 — public opinion can change fast with it health care for tens of thousands of and 13 points among 1,214 registered voters mayor of South Bend, Indiana, wins 43% to March of Return protests in Gaza which began in March 2018. and there’s nothing particularly predictive people — will be on the line. These are tough polled nationwide. Trump’s 42%.Against Sen. Bernie Sanders, The data provided by WHO make for harrowing reading. about polling this far out — but it’s a pretty elections about which available public polling Former vice-president Joe Biden held the Trump wins 46% to 40%. Trump beats Sen. But the report sanitizes the fact that this body-breaking and clear snapshot of public opinion right now. has little to say and where time, energy, and strongest advantage over Trump, polling at Kamala Harris among millionaires 45% to traumatizing violence is by Israeli policy and design. Trump, for now, is unpopular. FiveThir- money are likely to be extremely valuable. 13 points above him, followed by the Vermont 42%, while he beats Sen. Elizabeth Warren Any effective treatment must correctly diagnose the cause tyEight’s’s polling average shows Trump cur- Then there’s the 2020 Senate map. To senator Bernie Sanders at nine points. Sena- 47% to 40%. and not just the symptoms. rently has a 42 percent approval rating. He’s govern in 2021, Democrats will need to win tors Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren Of course, millionaire voters aren’t re- In the year following the launch of the Great March of Return, unpopular and losing despite the huge field a long-shot Senate race or two as well as led Trump by seven and eight points respec- liable predictors of election results. Mil- more than 28,000 Palestinians in Gaza were injured and 277 arrayed against him; he’s unpopular and los- winning two races in Arizona and Colorado, tively, and even the South Bend mayor, Pete lionaires backed former Secretary of State killed, including 52 children, most of them slain during unarmed, ing despite Democrats’ confused message on which are by no means gimmes. The real Buttigieg, and the New Jersey senator Cory Hillary Clinton by a comfortable margin over mass protests along Gaza’s eastern and northern perimeter. impeachment; and he’s unpopular and losing question is will whoever winds up running in Booker – both of whom rank among the lesser- Trump before the 2016 election, 44% to 31%, Despite the civilian nature of the protests, as was affirmed by despite some very real continued ability to Montana, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Texas, and known Democratic candidates – each came according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. a panel of UN investigators, WHO says the deaths and injuries successfully manipulate the media. elsewhere have an energized and determined in five points ahead of Trump. And being favored by millionaires could happened “as a result of clashes with Israeli security forces.” The head-to-head polling doesn’t really group of people behind them. Democrats The results echoed other national and be a negative for Democratic candidates, who That is a gross mischaracterization of Israel’s use of force tell us much about events 18 months in the have struggled to secure the party establish- swing state polls spelling difficulty for Trump are running on populist, antiwealth platforms. against peaceful and unarmed protesters, officially sanctioned future, but it does tell us there’s no counter- ment’s most favored recruits in several of as he builds his case for a second term before Biden is already being attacked by his oppo- by shoot-to-kill or maim orders against civilians who pose no intuitive process whereby Trump secures these races, though there are limits to the the American public.Pollsters warn that it is nents for being too cozy with wealthy donors plausible threat, even when they are children.The killing of some the votes of tons of people who say he’s do- central party’s recruiting wisdom. far too early to draw any sweeping conclusions and corporate lobbyists. 60 Palestinians during protests on 14 May 2018 was a massacre. ing a bad job as president. He is getting the There are no guarantees of anything in from the findings at this stage. Although the Yet given how much wealthy investors That day, Israeli occupation forces shot almost one person per votes of basically the exact same share of politics, but it’s as close to a sure thing as surveys are designed to reflect the temperature have prospered under the Trump presidency minute during protests east of Gaza City between 9:30 in the the population as thinks he’s doing a good you’ll find that these important, down-ballot of the electorate in this moment, the mood — from lower taxes and surging stock prices morning and 5:30 in the afternoon, according to the UN com- job. And as of now, that doesn’t look like it’s elections are going to be tougher races than can quickly change. Most Americans are not and cash buybacks — millionaire support for mission of inquiry. nearly enough people to win. the presidential election. yet tuned into the 2020 election, and they Biden suggests that economic issues may Some protesters attempted to breach the boundary fence, Democrats are very anti-complacency after Trump lashes out at polls that show 2020 are only just getting to know some of the not be their primary concern. or threw stones or spent gas grenades fired by Israel back in the being taken by surprise in 2016. Ben LaBolt, a re-election bid in trouble candidates in the Democratic field. “I think what it tells us is that millionaires soldiers’ direction. But these were not confrontations between former Barack Obama spokesperson who now Guardian reported that Donald Trump on Pollsters were also rattled by the 2016 think that Biden is better against Trump than two armed groups as the use of “clashes” by WHO would suggest. works at a communications consulting firm, Wednesday lashed out at new polling results election, when surveys consistently favored the other candidates,” said George Walper, Doctors who treated those wounded that day said, as summarized set a lot of heads on fire over the weekend with showing the president in deep trouble as he Hillary Clinton in key battleground states. president of Spectrem Group, which con- in the UN commission report, “the injuries resembled those that an Atlantic article charging that Democrats mounts his 2020 re-election bid.A day after a Despite Clinton’s lead over Trump in most ducts the survey. To be included in the poll, would typically be seen during a war.” were blowing 2020 already. Trump is spend- survey found at least six Democratic presidential pre-election polls, voters previously regarded respondents had to have investable assets of Hospital doctors told investigators that “one horrific injury ing a ton of money on reelection ads, LaBolt candidates would defeat Trump in a head-to- as undecided turned out in droves and swung $1 million or more. Of the 750 respondents, after another” arrived to their facilities, the patients presenting argued, and Democrats aren’t running their head election matchup, the president revived for Trump in the final days. Their turnout was 261 were Republicans, 218 were Democrats massive open wounds to their lower limbs, their “skin and un- anti-Trump ads yet. Obviously, consultants his attacks on the media while dismissing the higher than projected and some had not told and 261 identified as Independent.Walper derlying tissue … blown out with the force of the bullet.” would love it if rich Democrats would turn numbers as, in his view, “fake polling”. pollsters they supported the controversial said that just as in 2016, millionaire voters In their report, the UN investigators state that during the their anti-Trump fervor into early ad spend- “The Fake News has never been more candidate. may be underreporting their support for months of protests, nearly 1,600 people “were wounded by bullet ing, but whatever Trump is doing right now dishonest than it is today. Thank goodness The Quinnipiac poll suggested Trump Trump.“People’s underlying opinions may or bone shrapnel that resulted from ricochets, bullet fragmenta- clearly isn’t working. Saving resources for we can fight back on Social Media,” Trump could stand to benefit from 70% of Americans not be expressed here,” he said. “When it tion and shots going through one body into another – clearly the future when he may hit upon something tweeted. “Their new weapon of choice is Fake saying the economy is “excellent” or “good”. comes down to who they actually vote for, illustrating the danger of firing high-velocity live ammunition that does work and needs to be countered Polling, sometimes referred to as Suppression “The Trump bump to 42% job approval that gap may narrow.” into a crowd of demonstrators.” seems perfectly sensible. Polls (they suppress the numbers). Had it is nothing to sniff at. It’s one point shy of the Wealthy voters are also large donors, which The staggering number of casualties is not “a result of clashes Rather than being either complacent or in 2016, but this is worse…” best Quinnipiac University survey number could help Biden. Nearly half of Democratic with Israeli security forces,” it’s the illegal use of lethal force paralyzed by fear, Democrats should probably Trump went on to deny a report in the New ever for President Trump,” said Tim Mal- millionaires plan to donate to the 2020 cam- against unprotected persons by an occupying power that desires take a modest amount of reassurance from York Times that his campaign’s own internal loy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac paign or have already donated, according to the full capitulation of the population under its control.“Serious Trump’s bad polls and try worrying about polling found him in a weak position across University poll. the survey, that compares with less than a human rights violations were committed which may amount to everything else for a minute. 17 states.“The Fake (Corrupt) News Media Trump and Biden are engaged in an es- third of Republicans. crimes against humanity,” the UN investigators say. WHO’s report does note that the protests take place in the context of a 12-year siege on Gaza, yet doesn’t explicitly state that the blockade is imposed by Israel. Gaza’s health system was “already under-resourced and chroni- U.S., not Iran, needs to act ‘like a normal nation’: cally challenged,” WHO states. Half of all medicines in Gaza had reached zero stock – less than a one-month supply – during the first month of Great March of Return protests. A bitter political impasse among the Palestinian political lead- American analyst ership, resulting in staff at government-run hospitals receiving TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An American political analyst said activities and interference in its internal affairs. only a fraction of their salaries, has also “reduced the capacity it is the US that needs to act “like a normal nation”, not Recently, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah of local institutions in Gaza to deliver basic services.” Iran, adding that US President Donald Trump, Secretary Seyed Ali Khamenei ruled out the possibility of negotiations “In 2018 alone, 84 doctors left Gaza,” WHO states.And de- of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John with the United States, noting that it is more of a tactic that spite all this, as the report notes, thousands of volunteer medics Bolton are doing Israel’s bidding and have no concerns about Americans would use to back their pressure campaign strategy in Gaza have kept the health system resilient and have saved international p against Iran. What are your thoughts on this? lives.Only two patients out of nearly 6,000 who were wounded June, 07, 2019 - 12:36 World Comments A: The Leader is correct. Iran cannot negotiate with of- by high-velocity bullets to the limbs during the protests bled to US, Not Iran, Needs to Act ‘Like A Normal Nation’: ficials who do not negotiate in good faith and this is cer- death, because of the presence of trained community volunteers. American Analyst tainly the case with the Trump administration. Additionally, A trauma referral pathway, from first-aid at the point of in- “Secretary Pompeo’s various statements on Iran are the Trump administration has other motives, specifically jury to hospital and postoperative and rehabilitative care, saved both hypocritical and intellectually dishonest. The fact Trump, Pompeo and Bolton are doing the bidding of Tel hundreds of lives,according to WHO. is it’s the United States that is not acting like a “normal Aviv and do not have the concerns of international peace Three life-saving medics, two of them volunteers, were amongst Nation” nor has it since it launched the Spanish-American and goodwill in mind. those killed during the protests.Yet Israel’s responsibility for War in an effort to become a global power and expand its Perhaps if there is significant political change in the United their deaths is obscured in WHO’s report.WHO states that “there power and hegemony around the globe,” Rodney Martin States after the 2020 elections, an opportunity may lend was a surge in violent incidents involving health care” during told Tasnim. from a 12-point list of “basic requirements” he had already itself for honest negotiations. the year of protests, with 446 incidents in Gaza in 2018 versus He added, “Iran cannot negotiate with officials who do put forth as a prerequisite for a new deal with Iran. What As you know, President Trump failed to reach a 24 reported the previous year. not negotiate in good faith and this is certainly the case with is your take on this? deal with North Korea in Vietnam. Do you believe that he is In addition to the health workers killed, 730 were injured the Trump administration. Additionally, the Trump admin- A: Secretary Pompeo’s various statements on Iran are seeking to strike a new one with Iran instead in a bid to use and more than 100 ambulances and other health vehicles were istration has other motives, specifically, Trump, Pompeo, both hypocritical and intellectually dishonest. The fact is it’s it as an achievement and get reelected in 2020? damaged.But the report doesn’t identify the party responsible: and Bolton are doing the bidding of Tel Aviv and do not have the United States that is not acting like a “normal Nation” A: Donald Trump has proved he is completely outclassed Israel.Contrast this with the unequivocal findings of the UN the concerns of international peace and goodwill in mind.” nor has it since it launched the Spanish-American War in an on the world stage. His Neocon Zionist officials are so singu- investigators, who state: Rodney Martin is a retired Judge and a former Con- effort to become a global power and expand its power and larly focused that they are unable to negotiate in good faith. “Based on numerous interviews with victims and witnesses gressional Staffer. He was a Harry S. Trauma Scholar and hegemony around the globe. The United States agrees to Trump only creates the illusion for his extreme political base. and corroboration of video footage in a number of instances, the Lyndon B. Johnson Congressional Fellow. Based in Scotts- and signs agreements, as they did with Native Americans, He is seeking “deals” then when he fails, he blames the other Commission found reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli dale, Arizona, Martin has held several US Federal, State then violates them, then spins narratives it has done so in Party. His base is so extreme and dedicated to the Trump snipers intentionally shot health workers, despite seeing that and Local positions. “self-defense” while demonizing the other Party. The United Personality Cult, they buy the Trump Lie. With regard to they were clearly marked as such.” Following is the full text of the interview. States attacks on Iran are reflective of its history. One reason Iran, Trump is playing to Israel, AIPAC and Neocon-Zionist Like the deaths and injuries of protesters, the killing and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed Iran makes the United States so “sore” is because Iran threw Evangelicals. Trump does not care about reaching a deal, maiming of medical workers is a direct result of Israel’s open Washington’s willingness to talk with Tehran with ‘no pre- the United States out of Iran and regained control of its only creating an illusion he is “doing something” and “talk- fire orders – not the “result of clashes.” conditions’ if Iran behaves like a “normal” nation, backing off natural resources and exposed the United States espionage ing tough”. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 15, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Kushner being able to create true me World extends far beyond peace plan a ‘Tragic Farce’: U.S. activist the U.S. and West TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A peace activist and if the boycott is supported by the majority GLOBALTIMES — Chinese President Xi Jinping just finished journalist based in the US state of Virginia of Palestinians, perhaps holding an alter- an official visit to Russia and left for Central Asia on Wednesday described US President Donald Trump’s son- native event elsewhere may be in Lebanon, to make state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. in-law as “a privileged Zionist” who is behind for example, again highlighting the positive Xi will attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Or- the so-called deal of the century, saying the aspects of Palestinian culture and history ganization (SCO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Conference on idea that he could create a true Middle East as well as the struggle of the resistance and Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in peace plan is “a tragic farce”. the victims of the violence may provide a Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The intensive interactions between leaders June, 09, 2019 - 16:58 World Comments lot of new ways for all of us, activists both in have significant meaning to the whole region and set an example Kushner Being Able to Create True ME Palestine and outside of Palestine for getting for the world of a new type of international relations. Peace Plan A ‘Tragic Farce’: US Activist the message out to new audiences. Central Asia is the place of origin of the Belt and Road Initiative “I have no doubt the “deal of the century” As for future developments, I haven’t (BRI) and the SCO. Both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are founding will be a good deal only for Israel and for the the ability to see; these are precarious and members of the SCO and were the first countries to support and many (Persian) Gulf states that are under complicated times. The region at this mo- join the BRI. Tajikistan was the first to sign a cooperation MOU submission to the US and UK and therefore ment is a potential powder keg that could with China on the Silk Road Economic Belt. Xi’s visit to the two under submission to Israel as well,” Janice ignite a global firestorm. The people of the countries will not only improve China-Kyrgyzstan relations and Kortkamp from Leesburg, Virginia, said in Middle East must not give in to the pressure China-Tajikistan relations, but will also greatly promote BRI an interview with the Tasnim News Agency. being exerted against it to be divided against construction and development of the SCO. “It is an impossible-to-believe scenario: each other in my opinion. Violent religious People can easily see that the US has not joined the BRI or that a privileged Zionist, Jared Kushner, the extremism that has been nurtured by external SCO. Washington even resists them. Although other Western son-in-law of Donald Trump who knows noth- powers and used by them to create chaos countries also have some doubts, the BRI and SCO have still made ing of the region other than 5-star hotels, red must be minimized for example by the peo- world-renowned achievements in just a few years, reflecting their carpets, and grand palaces, could create a ple themselves. Dialogue and negotiations strong vitality and development potential. Their success provides true “peace plan” is a tragic farce,” she added. among all nations in the region are critical, historical inspiration for international politics. Janice Kortkamp became an independ- and incorruptible leaders with a true vision First, the US and the West are not the only parts of our huge ent, completely self-funded, journalist after and genuine motivation to help all the people world. The non-Western world’s development has been lagging “seeing Western media bias regarding Syria need to be encouraged, raised up and sup- behind that of the West. Non-Western countries are dominated and how that bias was promoting war and ported. I believe the Middle East of Palestine, in the international system. Consequently, the West tends to destabilization in Syria and all the Levant”. in incidents around the world. ject the so-called “deal of the century” plan Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran - that part of ignore these countries’ interests, demands and even existence. She has researched the current crisis for six Not only have thousands of Palestinians initiated by the US government, saying there the region that is the birthplace of so much The BRI and SCO show the world that in addition to the West, years, putting in over 7,000 hours of study. been killed in their own homeland but heritage, is a consensus among them to restore the Pal- of civilization - has an opportunity in this there is a huge stage that is full of vitality and possibilities. As the She has visited Syria five times over the past history, futures, and dreams have also been estinians’ rights. He also said the Palestinian age to again be a light in the world, however, China-US trade war attracts the world’s attention and concern, three years, spending months traveling around targeted for extinction. Millions are living in people are unified to boycott an upcoming the challenges are truly great. we need to be more visionary to break out of the limitations the major population areas and the outskirts perpetual exile, driven from their ancestral US-Israeli conference in Bahrain. What is As you know, on the last Friday of brought on by a narrow-minded US. of Damascus, Homs, Latakia (including Kes- homes, prohibited from returning. Almost your opinion about the remarks and the up- the holy month of Ramadan each year, Mus- Second, a new model of international relations, which is full sab), Hama, Palmyra, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo. 2,000,000 in Gaza are living under siege - coming conference in Manama? How do you lims and anti-Israeli activists hold worldwide of oriental wisdom, is around the corner. Countries both big She has also gone to Germany, Lebanon, 2,000,000 human beings who have never predict the future developments? demonstrations to express their solidarity with and small can relate to each other on an equal footing and share and Kuwait to meet with Syrian refugees been on trial yet are condemned, impris- A: I have no doubt the “deal of the century” the Palestinian people and condemn the Israeli mutual respect and benefits. Countries with different values and and emigrants. Through friends and con- oned, sentenced and continually punished, will be a good deal only for Israel and for the regime’s continued inhumane acts against political systems can build partnerships rather than alliances. tacts in Syria as well as reports from genuine simply for being Palestinian by blood. In many (Persian) Gulf states that are under the defenseless people. This year, Muslims A community with a shared future for mankind is not just a news sources around the world, she tracks the West Bank, the people suffer from an submission to the US and UK and therefore around the world marked the International slogan, it can also be practiced in reality. Guided by such philos- the situation on the ground in Syria on an unfair, punitive military occupation where under submission to Israel as well. It is an Quds Day on May 31. What do you think ophy, China-Kyrgyzstan relations and China-Tajikistan relations hourly basis. their villages, homes, and farms are stolen or impossible-to-believe scenario: that a privi- about the importance of the day? Why has have peaked in history. The BRI and SCO keep moving forward Following is the full text of the interview: destroyed. Schools are razed to the ground. leged Zionist, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law the international community, particularly the despite the US and other Western countries’ cold shoulder. Israeli soldiers recently shot and Lands belonging to churches and mosques of Donald Trump who knows nothing of the Western mainstream media, made a muted Third, neither the BRI nor the SCO is exclusive. They are wounded at least 16 unarmed Palestinian are confiscated. Settlers’ violence and murder region other than 5-star hotels, red carpets, response to the Tel Aviv regime’s human open and friendly to the US and the West. Washington is protesters, including a volunteer and medic, against Palestinians is often celebrated by and grand palaces, could create a true “peace rights violations against Palestinians so far? vigilant against them, and the main reason is its geopolitical according to Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Israelis and on the occasion where there is plan” is a tragic farce. A: well, as I was thinking through these competition mindset. If the US cannot change that mindset, Ashraf al-Qidra. As you know, Palestinians punishment, it is usually nothing more than Whether boycotting the gathering is a good questions and writing out my responses in the country will only regard small countries like Kyrgyzstan have staged the weekly anti-Israeli protests a slap on the wrist with a wink by the regime idea or not is first and foremost, of course, order to provide succinct answers on this and Tajikistan as pawns. It will assume that China has the dubbed the “Great March of Return” along that says silently, “well done.” up to the people of Palestine, however in video, I did so on al-Quds Day and so this same mindset as well. Many current conflicts in the world are the Gaza border for more than a year. Accord- In addition to all of those outrages is the my opinion, it may be a mistake. It may be is a particularly appropriate and poignant rooted in different strategic thinking. ing to media reports, more than 270 people, aggressive expansionism beyond Palestine that more effective (if these things are permit- time to honor the martyrs of Palestine and The BRI and SCO were proposed by China. This is Chi- including 52 children, have been killed since is a driving ambition for most Israeli leaders. ted) to send a wide-spectrum delegation mourn with their families. I feel it’s also a na’s important contribution to world governance, and the the demonstrations began in March 2018. The “Greater Israel” scheme has resulted in that represents the richness and diversity good time to be bluntly honest. Most of us contribution is shared by the world. As trade protectionism Most of the dead and the thousands wounded several invasions of southern Lebanon; the of Palestine, people who can articulate the know that Western governments and me- and unilateralism are bringing unprecedented impacts to free were unarmed civilians against whom Israel theft of Syria’s Golan; and the support of message in powerful and creative ways in dia are dominated by pro-Israeli individuals trade and multilateralism, the BRI and the SCO show their was using excessive force. What do you think terrorist gangs in Syria; the incessant lies order for media to be forced to hear and report and groups, therefore, it is alternative media outstanding value. One day in the future, the world will sin- about the Israeli regime’s crimes? and accusations against Iran; the deceits and on them. For example, the delegation might that we must rely on for any truth and as cerely appreciate China’s efforts. A: What do I think of the Zionist regime’s assassinations by the Mossad; the massacre include students - not just those who have a means of spreading it. We must create a crimes? I think the term ‘crime’ is too small of the men aboard the USS Liberty; the theft lost their schools, not just the victims of the tsunami of truth-tellers to share the reality to describe the multi-dimensional atrocities of weapons-grade uranium and other acts of Zionist violence and persecution, but those of the massive human rights violations and that have been committed on a routine basis espionage against the US; and was the driving students who have persevered through it all to crimes by Israel and those advancing Israeli as they have been for over 70 long years. The force behind the US coalition’s disastrous pursue their education with commitment and interests. At the same time, we must hold Zionist gangs who brought urban terrorism invasion of Iraq. This is just the short list of passion and what they’ve achieved because ourselves and each other accountable to do Pompeo an obstacle to to the region were never held responsible for the crimes committed by the Zionist entity of it. Promoting the many positive aspects of this with integrity without exaggeration as the their deeds; in fact, they set the standard by against humanity. Palestinian history and culture is essential in reality is so horrific exaggeration is needless Washington’s diplomacy which modern Israel has typically operated Khalil al-Hayya, a Hamas leader, my opinion and could perhaps be presented and without false stories. All of those will not only in Palestine but in the region and recently said Palestinians have united to re- as cultural events during the conference. Or, de-legitimize our cause. GLOBALTIMES — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become one of the most antagonistic figures toward China in the current US administration. His tendency to breathe fire against China goes against his stature as secretary of state. The US State U.S. using smoke and mirrors in Afghanistan Department is the largest executive branch of US diplomacy and the protagonist of the design of American foreign policy. Its TEHRAN (FNA)— The endless wars that the War Party mission should be to build relationships, not tear them apart. has waged since 2001 have nearly bankrupted America But Pompeo’s role in ties with China has upturned this conven- and rendered impossible the other vitally needed infra- tional wisdom. structure and research projects, including international The nature of China-US relations will largely determine the aid and peace-keeping missions. direction of US diplomacy and international relations as a whole. For all the money the US has wasted on these endless Pompeo’s efforts to freeze US-China relations suggest he is her- wars, it could have built a new home for every family in alding the arrival of “winter” of global diplomacy. Afghanistan. It could have built schools and hospitals Pompeo, who spent more than a year as CIA director before and roads. In short, it could have initiated a program of heading the State Department, has been repeatedly accused investments in peace. of using CIA thinking to steer the ship of US diplomacy. The Instead, the War Party has rained ruin on vast stretches diplomat reportedly said at a rally in April this year, “I was of the world, killing and impoverishing tens of millions the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire of innocent people. In terms of financial cost, the num- training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American bers are staggering. Afghanistan alone has cost a trillion experiment.” It is a sad time for the world to deal with such a dollars. Just think what the Us government might have US secretary of state. accomplished at home if that money had been spent on Pompeo is also a member of the American “Tea Party.” The education, job training, medical research, infrastructure Tea Party represents the right wing in America. It has a strong improvements, water purification and sanitation. sense of racial superiority filled with hatred. With that kind of However, just like his predecessor, President Donald political tendency and ambition, Pompeo came to being the Trump is also using smoke and mirrors in Afghanistan. secretary of state. His mind was not at all focused on instilling While sending more troops to the war-torn country, his professionalism into America’s top diplomatic position. Instead, administration is seeking to convince the world that there it is about venting political ire while paving the way for one’s will be an eventual drawdown of US and NATO forces. A larger political ambitions. closer look at US imperialism’s strategic goals of a “piv- Diplomacy is governed by international conventions, which ot to Asia” reveals that the endless war’s goals include require all countries to observe basic norms. Pompeo behaves obtaining an economic foothold in Central Asia, where like a gangster. He is abandoning the traditional US major-power Afghanistan borders Iran, Pakistan, China, and the rich Now the Trump administration officials and Pentagon insurgents and some have been turning their weapons diplomacy and defying the gentle style of diplomats. oil and gas resources of the former Soviet republics in accountants say Afghanistan still needs US support at the on their officers and on US instructors. Pompeo constricted the space of diplomatic flexibility, and Central Asia. same level and would need it for years. They have even In the middle of all this, Trump thinks he will win turned diplomacy into a nasty collision. This geopolitical strategy is consistent with the so- increased ground troops and drone attacks in Afghani- despite evidence to the contrary based on the bitter ex- So far this year, North Korea, one of US President Donald called New Silk Road Policy announced by the Obama stan – despite talks with Taliban. perience of the last 18 years of war. Trump says the US Trump’s top diplomatic priorities, has been the first to effective- administration with the object of gaining economic he- The enormous waste of human lives, especially among should forget about “nation building”. Instead, he says, ly declare Pompeo “persona non grata.” North Korea has said gemony over Russia, China and Iran. The US occupation Afghan civilians, is the price paid for continuing this illegal they should follow what he calls “principled realism”: publicly that if Pompeo remains at the talks, there will be chaos of Afghanistan has always been a profit-driven war of war. Overall, the number of civilian deaths and casualties stay on the attack, don’t reveal how many troops we are at the negotiating table again, so it wants a more cautious and economic conquest and plunder. This was never about has reached a staggering and numbing amount: from adding, and go harder after our ally, Pakistan, who harbors mature replacement. fighting terrorists. 2001, the beginning of the US invasion, to the present, criminals and terrorists”. It is believed there are many other countries that don’t like As such, US foreign policy is still aimed at regime the number of civilians killed has been on the rise. Over- Trump says the US must stay in Afghanistan to avoid the top US diplomat very much, and find it tiring to deal with change in this region to bring in governments subservient all, the wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan have creating a “vacuum of power” that will be filled by ter- him — unable to communicate on a professional basis. Pompeo to US interests. By passing the “Authorization for Use of killed approximately 210,000 civilians, according to rorists. And he says the US must continue the mission is becoming an obstacle to Washington’s breakthroughs in some Military Force” resolution soon after the Sept. 11 events, the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs to honor those who have already died. Continuing this important areas of diplomacy. Congress allowed the president to bypass congressional at Brown University, while other sources estimate this ill-fated mission just increases the death and does nothing Pompeo needs to figure out what the responsibilities of a authorization for declaring war. This facilitated US inter- number as being much higher, especially with regard to to build peace. diplomat are. As a top US diplomat, he is responsible for interna- ventions throughout the region against any government the casualties in Iraq. It is past time for the Empire of Chaos to get out of tional peace and stability. He cannot violate important diplomatic it deemed an obstacle to imperialist interests. Despite the continuation of a US presence, Washing- Afghanistan and past time to put up with more prevar- rules and ties wantonly, or for personal gain and ambition. He This has cost the working class in the US trillions of dol- ton has been losing out in Afghanistan. Units from both ication and fake news from the Trump administration should know that history will not forgive him if he goes against lars of this unjust and criminal occupation of Afghanistan. the Afghan army and police forces are defecting to the on this endless war diplomatic ethics. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS JUNE 15, 2019

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Every so often, stars throw out huge bursts ages, they found in a new study that looked In a finding that may overthrow our understanding of where of energy that can be seen right across galaxies, at data from the European Space Agency’s Earth’s heavy elements such as gold and platinum come from, from hundreds of light years away. Gaia spacecraft and from the Apache Point new research by a University of Guelph physicist suggests that Scientists had believed Earth might be Observatory in New Mexico. Researchers most of them were spewed from a largely overlooked kind of star safe, because such events largely happen watched for superflares on 43 stars like our explosion far away in space and time from our planet. on younger and more active stars. But new own, and examined data that showed how Some 80 per cent of the heavy elements in the universe likely discoveries suggest that more mature stars old they might be and how given to throwing formed in collapsars, a rare but heavy element-rich form of supernova like our own sun could also throw out the out the flares they are. explosion from the gravitational collapse of old, massive stars destructive blasts. “Young stars have superflares once typically 30 times as weighty as our sun, said physics professor If such a flare were to hit, it could cause every week or so,” Notsu said. “For the Daniel Siegel. damage to electronics across the globe. That sun, it’s once every few thousand years That finding overturns the widely held belief that these elements in turn would bring widespread blackouts and on average.” mostly come from collisions between neutron stars or between the destruction of communications satellites Scientists can’t say for sure when or how a neutron star and a black hole, said Siegel. that orbit above our heads. such a superflare would arrive. But it will Using supercomputers, the trio simulated the dynamics of Such an event is more rare on older and eventually come, they say – and scientists collapsars, or old stars whose gravity causes them to implode more quiet stars like ours, they say. But they should start to prepare now, if they want to and form black holes. are more confident than ever that they can depend on the vast array of electronics and Under their model, massive, rapidly spinning collapsars eject happen, and that they should be expected advanced technology that humanity relies heavy elements whose amounts and distribution are “astonishingly once in every few thousand years. on now. similar to what we observe in our solar system,” said Siegel. He The researchers behind the discovery called “If a superflare occurred 1,000 years ago, joined U of G this month and is also appointed to the Perimeter on authorities to respond to the danger and American Astronomical Society. “But there looking out at stars to try and spot Earth- it was probably no big problem. People may Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Waterloo, Ont. make sure that Earth is safe. is some possibility that we could experience sized planets orbiting around them – but it have seen a large aurora,” Notsu said. “Now, Most of the elements found in nature were created in nuclear “Our study shows that superflares are rare such an event in the next 100 years or so.” noticed that sometimes the stars themselves it’s a much bigger problem because of our reactions in stars and ultimately expelled in huge stellar explosions. events,” said Yuta Notsu, lead author of a new The phenomenon was first psotted by the seemed to get very suddenly bright. electronics.” Heavy elements found on Earth and elsewhere in the universe study presented at the annual meeting of the Kepler Space Telescope. It spends its time Those quick and vast blasts of energy have (Source: The Independent) from long-ago explosions range from gold and platinum, to uranium and plutonium used in nuclear reactors, to more exotic chemical elements such as neodymium found in consumer items such as Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence Mountain on dwarf planet Ceres is electronics. Until now, scientists thought that these elements were cooked of cannabis use made of volcanic mud up mostly in stellar smashups involving neutron stars or black holes, as in a collision of two neutron stars observed by Earth- Researchers have uncovered the earliest Ahuna Mons, the tallest mountain on the bound detectors that made headlines in 2017. known evidence of cannabis use, from dwarf planet Ceres, is made of volcanic Ironically, said Siegel, his team began working to understand tombs in western China. mud, according to new analysis of data the physics of that merger before their simulations pointed toward The study suggests cannabis was being collected by the spacecraft Dawn. collapsars as a heavy element birth chamber. “Our research on smoked at least 2,500 years ago, and that As observations by NASA’s Dawn neutron star mergers has led us to believe that the birth of black it may have been associated with ritual or spacecraft first revealed in 2015, Ahuna holes in a very different type of stellar explosion might produce religious activities. Mons looks a lot like a volcano. Its shape even more gold than neutron star mergers.” Traces of the drug were identified in recalls a mini volcanic dome, and the bright, What collapsars lack in frequency, they make up for in generation wooden burners from the burials. salty streaks running down its slopes look of heavy elements, said Siegel. Collapsars also produce intense The cannabis had high levels of the a lot like the streaks of magma that flow flashes of gamma rays. psychoactive compound THC, suggesting down the sides of volcanoes on Earth. “Eighty per cent of these heavy elements we see should come from people at the time were well aware of associated with high elevations. Despite the visual evidence, scientists suggest the plume contains a slushy like collapsars. Collapsars are fairly rare in occurrences of supernovae, its effects. But people could have deliberately were skeptical of Ceres’ volcanism. Dwarf mixture of salty brine and solid particles. even more rare than neutron star mergers -- but the amount of Cannabis plants have been cultivated bred plants with higher levels of THC planets like Ceres cooled relatively quickly “This structure is the probable source of material that they eject into space is much higher than that from in East Asia for their oily seeds and fiber than wild varieties. after their formation. And because they’re fluids forming Ahuna Mons,” researchers neutron star mergers.” from at least 4,000 BC. It’s the earliest clear evidence of cannabis so small and cold, scientists thought their wrote in their new paper. “We propose The team now hopes to see its theoretical model validated by But the early cultivated varieties of being used for its psychoactive properties. formation process left little room in the that the properties of such a solid-liquid observations. Siegel said infrared instruments such as those on cannabis, as well as most wild populations, The plants appear to have been burnt as interior for volcanic activity. mixture can explain the viscous relaxation the James Webb Space Telescope, set for launch in 2021, should had low levels of THC and other psychoactive part of funerary rituals. But new analysis of Dawn data has and the mineralogy of the dome.” be able to detect telltale radiation pointing to heavy elements compounds.The burners, or braziers, were The scientists used a method called confirmed scientists’ suspicisions that According to the authors of the new paper from a collapsar in a far-distant galaxy. found at Jirzankal Cemetery, high up in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry Ceres is an anomaly. -- a mix of planetary scientists from the “That would be a clear signature,” he said, adding that the Pamir Mountains. to isolate and identify compounds preserved First, the mountain’s slopes feature United States and Europe -- the plume and astronomers might also detect evidence of collapsars by looking The scientists think ancient people in the burners. relatively few craters. Though scientists resulting dome is unlike any documented at amounts and distribution of heavy element s in other stars put cannabis leaves and hot stones in the To their surprise, the chemical signature estimate Ceres is at least 4.5 billion years so far in the solar system. across our Milky Way galaxy. braziers and inhaled the resulting smoke. of the isolated compounds was an exact old, the dome’s smooth surface suggests “The inferred slurry extrusion on Siegel said this research may yield clues about how our galaxy It’s possible the high altitude match to the chemical signature of cannabis. Ahuna Mons is only a few million years old. Ceres differs from the water-dominated began. environment caused the cannabis plants The findings tally with other early evidence When researchers took a fresh look at cryovolcanism of icy satellites, and so reveals “Trying to nail down where heavy elements come from may in this region to naturally produce higher for the presence of cannabis from burials gravity data collected by Dawn, they found compositional and rheological diversity help us understand how the galaxy was chemically assembled levels of THC. There’s evidence this can further north, in the Xinjiang region of China evidence of a plume running beneath Ahuna in extrusive phenomena on planetary and how the galaxy formed. This may actually help solve some happen in response to low temperatures, and in the Altai Mountains of Russia. Mons. The new findings -- published this surfaces,” researchers wrote. big questions in cosmology as heavy elements are a nice tracer.” low nutrient levels and other conditions (Source: BBC) week in the journal Nature Geoscience -- (Source: UPI) This year marks the 150th anniversary of Dmitri Mendeleev’s creation of the periodic table of the chemical elements. Since then, scientists have added many more elements to the periodic table, a staple of science textbooks and classrooms worldwide. Frozen wolf’s head found in Siberia is 40,000 years old Referring to the Russian chemist, Siegel said, “We know many more elements that he didn’t. What’s fascinating and surprising is The severed head of a wolf that died about 40,000 years outlet said. that, after 150 years of studying the fundamental building blocks ago has been found in Siberia, and because of the freezing Footage provided to Reuters TV by the academy shows the of nature, we still don’t quite understand how the universe creates conditions, the remains are so well preserved that the fur, head of an animal, visibly bigger than that of a modern wolf, a big fraction of the elements in the periodic table.” teeth, brain and facial tissue are largely intact. covered with fur and with teeth visible. Its eyes are missing. (Source: Science Daily) Pavel Yefimov, a local resident, discovered the head The head is to undergo plastination, a technique of last summer on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh river close replacing water and fat with plastics that prevents decay to the Arctic Circle in the region of Yakutia, according to and preserves tissue for scientific purposes. the Siberian Times. “This is a fixation by chemical means, so that the fur Stressed out? Your dog may The head was handed to the Science Academy of Yakutia. would not come off and so that we could keep it unfrozen,” Researchers there sent samples and measurement data Valery Plotnikov, one of academy scientists, said in the feel it too, study suggests abroad and with help from colleagues in Japan and Sweden footage. determined its age as approximately 40,000 years, the news (Source: The Guardian) When dog owners go through a stressful period, they’re not alone in feeling the pressure — their dogs feel it too, a new study suggests. Dog owners experiencing long bouts of stress can transfer it to their dogs, scientists report in a study published Thursday in Scientific Reports. Bees can link symbols to numbers, study finds The Swedish researchers focused on 58 people who own border collies or Shetland sheepdogs. They examined hair from the dog We’ve learned bees can understand zero cognitive ability,” Dyer said. Sensing-Lab (BIDS-Lab) at RMIT and owners and their dogs, looking at the concentrations of a hormone and do basic math, and now a new study “Studies have shown primates and now a fellow at the Research Center on called cortisol, a chemical released into the bloodstream and shows their tiny insect brains may be birds can also learn to link symbols with Animal Cognition, University of Toulouse absorbed by hair follicles in response to stress. capable of connecting symbols to numbers. numbers, but this is the first time we’ve III -- Paul Sabatier, CNRS. Depression, excessive physical exercise and unemployment Researchers have trained honeybees to seen this in insects. In a Y-shaped maze, individual bees are just a few examples of stress that can influence the amount of match a character to a specific quantity, “Humans have over 86 billion neurons were trained to correctly match a character cortisol found in your hair, said Lina Roth of Linkoping University revealing they are able to learn that a in our brains, bees have less than a million, with a number of elements. in Sweden.Roth and her team found that the patterns of cortisol symbol represents a numerical amount. and we’re separated by over 600 million They were then tested on whether they levels in the hair of dog owners closely matched that found in It’s a finding that sheds new light years of evolution. could apply their new knowledge to match their dogs in both winter and summer months, indicating their on how numerical abilities may have “But if bees have the capacity to learn the character to various elements of the stress levels were in sync. evolved over millennia and even opens something as complex as a human-made same quantity (in the same way that ‘2’ She thinks the owners are influencing the dogs rather than new possibilities for communication symbolic language, this opens up exciting can represent two bananas, two trees or the other way around because several human personality traits between humans and other species. new pathways for future communication two hats). appear to affect canine cortisol levels. The discovery, from the same across species.” A second group was trained in the reversing tasks, and how the brain creates The researchers don’t know what causes the synchronization Australian-French team that found bees Mini brains, maximum potential: what opposite approach, matching a number connections and associations between in cortisol levels between humans and their pups. But a hint get the concept of zero and can do simple the bees learned of elements with a character. concepts. might lie in the fact that the link is stronger with competitive arithmetic, also points to new approaches Studies have shown that a number of While both could grasp their specific “Discovering how such complex numerical dogs than in pet pooches. for bio-inspired computing that can non-human animals have been able to training, the different groups were unable skills can be grasped by miniature brains The bond formed between owner and competitive dogs replicate the brain’s highly efficient learn that symbols can represent numbers, to reverse the association and work out will help us understand how mathematical during training may increase the canines’ emotional reliance approach to processing. including pigeons, parrots, chimpanzees what to do when tested with the opposite and cultural thinking evolved in humans, on their owners, she said. That in turn could increase the degree The RMIT University-led study is and monkeys. (character-to-number or number-to- and possibly, other animals.” of synchronization. published in the Proceedings of the Royal Some of their feats have been character). Studying insect brains offers intriguing But why do people influence their dogs rather than vice versa? Society B. impressive -- chimpanzees were taught “This suggests that number processing possibilities for the future design of highly Perhaps people are “a more central part of the dog’s life, whereas Associate Professor Adrian Dyer said Arabic numbers and could order them and understanding of symbols happens efficient computing systems, Dyer said. we humans also have other social networks,” Roth said in an email. while humans were the only species to have correctly, while an African grey parrot in different regions in bee brains, similar “When we’re looking for solutions to The study results are no surprise, said Alicia Buttner, director developed systems to represent numbers, called Alex was able to learn the names to the way separate processing happens complex problems, we often find that of animal behavior with the Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha. like the Arabic numerals we use each day, of numbers and could sum the quantities. in the human brain,” Howard said. nature has already done the job far more “New evidence is continually emerging, showing that people the research shows the concept can be The new study for the first time shows “Our results show honeybees are not elegantly and efficiently,” he said. and their dogs have incredibly close bonds that resemble the grasped by brains far smaller than ours. that this complex cognitive capacity is at the same level as the animals that have “Understanding how tiny bee brains ones that parents share with their children,” she said in an email. “We take it for granted once we’ve not restricted to vertebrates. been able to learn symbols as numbers manage information opens paths to bio- But she said there isn’t enough evidence to assume that the learned our numbers as children, but The bee experiment was conducted and perform complex tasks. inspired solutions that use a fraction of the influence goes only one way; it may go both ways. being able to recognise what ‘4’ represents by Dr Scarlett Howard, formerly a PhD “But the results have implications power of conventional processing systems.” “It’s not just as simple as owner gets stressed, dog gets stressed,” actually requires a sophisticated level of researcher in the Bio Inspired Digital for what we know about learning, (Source: sciencedaily.com) she said. 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Iran, Austria explore ways to World Crafts expand tourism ties Council assessing TOURISM TEHRAN — Delegations of Iranian and deskAustralian officials as well as experts ex- changed views on how to broaden tourism ties in a three-day meeting held in Vienna. registration of The second meeting of Iran-Austria Working Group on Tourism, which came to end on Friday, aimed to implement previously signed memorandum of understanding between the two countries, Mehr reported. historic marketplace in Qazvin HERITAGE TEHRAN — The world, she said. deskWorld Crafts Council Hijavi proposed establishing of a - Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR) is museum dedicated to handicrafts from assessing possible registration of the all over the globe in or next to the mar- 19th-century Sa’d al-Saltaneh market- ketplace, adding such a museum along place, which is located adjacent to a his- with offering handicrafts in appropriate torical caravanserai of the same name packages are among necessities for the in Iran’s Qazvin province. global registration of this place, as the WCC-APR Director Ghada Hijavi paid first ever Iranian handicrafts market. also houses various galleries, workshops crafts hubs, which are lately planned a visit to the marketplace on Thursday, The vast, beautifully restored Qajar-era as well as coffee shops and restaurants, to be new destinations for sightseeing IRNA reported. caravanserai and its neighboring market- where visitors hangout. tours, according the Cultural Heritage, Sa’d al-Saltaneh handicrafts market place exhibits exquisitely crafted wares The capital city of Qazvin was once Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. can represent Iranians of [the whole] such as traditional personal ornamenta- the capital of the Persian Empire under According to data compiled by the According to the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Iran and its various tribes and by the tions, paintings, ceramics, carpets and Safavids from 1548-98. Organization, over two million artisans Organization, the agreement is part of a roadmap for coop- means of better planning, it can attract potteries across its long, vaulted passage- So far, the WCC-APR has designated are currently working in various fields of eration between the two countries which was signed back in many tourists from many parts of the ways and arcades. The vast monument seven Iranian cities and villages as world handicrafts across the ancient country. March 2016 in Vienna. The first meeting of working group was held in Tehran in 2017, hosted by Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization. Iran expects to reap a bonanza from its numerous tourist spots, including 22 ones that have been placed on the UNESCO Tehran seminar explores Sadi, Iqbal poetries World Heritage list. The country has launched extensive plans HERITAGE TEHRAN — On Wednesday, the Em- of Iqbal and Sadi are still a great source of guidance to bolster its tourism sector. Under the 2025 Tourism Vision deskbassy of Pakistan in Tehran hosted a for the whole world. He also called Iqbal as the “poet Plan, it aims to increase the number of tourist arrivals from 4.8 seminar to discuss affinities between Persian poet Sadi of future”. million in 2014 to 20 million in 2025. (c. 1213-1291) and leading Pakistani poet and philos- Scholar Qasim Safi briefed the concept of Khudi opher Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877 – 1938), with poems of Iqbal and said that the philosophy of Iqbal sharpening the focus on Iqbal’s Asrar-e-Khudi (“The is “very imperative” for the Muslim world. Secrets of the Self”). Zulfiqar Cheema said that Iqbal was well aware of Meybod hosting regional Tens of prominent Iranian and Pakistani scholars, the challenges being faced by the Muslim world and poets, academia and students attended the event, which through his poetry and philosophy he gave a divine handicrafts exhibit was held in close collaboration with the Economic Co- message of unity and Khudi to the Muslims of the world. HERITAGE TEHRAN — Iran’s Meybod, which is a world operation Organization (ECO) Cultural Institute (ECI). Calling Iqbal as “Hakim ul Ummat”, Cheema said deskcity of handicrafts, is hosting a crafts exhibition Pakistani Ambassador Riffat Masood, ECI President that Iqbal believed in action and struggle and urged in which craftspeople from ten Muhammad Mehdi Mazaheri and Chairman of the Is- Muslims to follow his message as prescription for the provinces are participating. lamabad-based Allama Iqbal Council, Zulfiqar Cheema unity of Muslims around the globe. Some sixty stalls have been were amongst the attendees as well. He stated that Iqbal’s message of Khudi is the need set for the sales exhibition, In her introductory remarks, the Pakistani envoy of hour for the present Muslim world. which will be running through appreciated researches being done by Iranians on Pakistani scholar Rashid Naqvi and Yousef Razaiaref June 17, IRNA reported. the philosophy of Iqbal. , a student from Urdu Department of the University Last February, Meybod cel- The poetry of Iqbal was more or less under the influence of Tehran, recited poems by Iqbal and Sadi, as they ebrated becoming a world city of legendary Persian poets Sadi and Hafez, she stated. received appreciation from the audience. for Zilou, a traditional type of “Both Iqbal and Sadi worked for the awakening of A documentary on the poetry of Iqbal and Sadi was floor covering commonly wo- society in their own styles leading ultimate to Sufism. also screened while Iranian artists played a musical ven across the central Iranian Their poetry has no precedent in the world,” the envoy performance of Iqbal and Sadi’s songs. city and its outskirts. said, according to a press release from the Embassy. Published in 1915, Asrar-e-Khudi emphasizes the Pakistani Ambassador Riffat Masood addresses a Tehran Handicrafts exports from Addressing the seminar, Mazaheri paid rich tributes spirit and self from a religious and spiritual perspective. seminar on Sadi, Iqbal poetries, June 12, 2019. the Islamic Republic reached to Iqbal and Sadi, saying that poetry and philosophy Many critics have called it Iqbal’s finest poetic work. $289 million in the past Per- sian calendar year 1397 (end- ed March 20), showing three percent growth year on year, Japanese prime minister visits National Museum of Iran according to official data announced by the Cultural Heritage, HERITAGE TEHRAN — During his Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. desklandmark visit to Iran, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe toured ROUND THE GLOBE the National Museum of Iran on Thursday. He visited various sections of the museum including the ones dedicated to prehistoric, Australian Convict Sites ancient, and Islamic-era Iran as well as countless Australian Convict Sites, which is an integrated UNESCO archaeological objects that chronicle the World Heritage, consist of eleven complementary sites. country’s juicy history. The properties constitute an outstanding and large- Tokyo’s Ambassador to Tehran Mitsuo scale example of the forced migration of convicts, who Saito and his Iranian counterpart Morteza were condemned to transportation to distant colonies of Rahmani-Movahed accompanied the prime the British Empire; the same method was also used by minister, CHTN reported. other colonial states. Jebreil Nokandeh, director of the National Museum of Iran, and Mohammad-Hassan Talebian, a deputy for the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, presented the necessary explanations to the visitors, the reported said. Abe signed the memorial book of the museum as well. The prime minister arrived in Tehran Wednesday afternoon for talks with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani in an attempt to cool U.S.-Iran tensions. Welcome’s new app will do your travel planning for you Welcome is a new app that CEO Matthew Rosenberg didn’t take it, you’d regret. That’s what we’ve really said is designed for a more spontaneous approach tried to embrace.” The sites illustrate the different types of convict settlement to traveling. Rosenberg added that the app could eventually organized to serve the colonial development project by “What we’re going after is these millennials introduce new ways for users to more explicitly filter means of buildings, ports, infrastructure, the extraction [and] Gen Z travelers who feel comfortable going the results based on their preferences — say, if they’re of resources, etc. They illustrate the living conditions of in the moment,” Rosenberg told me. “Eighty-five particularly interested in theater or museums, or if the convicts, who were condemned to transportation far percent of people aren’t even looking at activities they’re on a tight budget. from their homes, deprived of freedom, and subjected before they arrive.” Welcome says it already offers recommendations to forced labor. So instead of asking travelers to create their own in more than 250 cities worldwide. This transportation and associated forced labor was itineraries by browsing through a list of recommen- It’s a free app, and Rosenberg said the focus is on implemented on a large scale, both for criminals and for dations and reviews, Welcome builds the itinerary for growth, not monetization. While he plans to make people convicted for relatively minor offences, as well as for them. When you’re planning to visit a destination, money by driving purchases and transactions, he said expressing certain opinions or being political opponents. or when you’ve arrived and you’re wondering what Welcome will never be advertising-driven. “Everything The penalty of transportation to Australia also applied to do, you can open Welcome and browse through a we show you is authentic. No one’s paying us to send to women and children from the age of nine. The convict list of potential locations and activities, indicating you to some mediocre restaurant.” stations are testimony to a legal form of punishment that which ones interest you. You also can browse recom- The startup was founded by Rosenberg (who pre- dominated in the 18th and 19th centuries in the large mendations from local experts, or ask for tips from spot where you want to spend the whole afternoon, viously founded video app Cameo) and Peter Gerard, European colonial states, at the same time as and after your friends. the app will once again adjust. Rosenberg said it’s and has raised $1.2 million in seed funding led by 3 the abolition of slavery. Welcome then uses your responses to create a even pulling in weather data, so “if we were going Rodeo. The property shows the various forms that the convict schedule for you, consisting both of places you’ve to send you to a park in the afternoon, and at lunch “What we use today in travel is rooted in this old- settlements took, closely reflecting the discussions and explicitly said you want to visit and of things that it starts raining, we can replace it with a museum.” school style of thinking,” Rosenberg said. “What I beliefs about the punishment of crime in 18th and 19th would probably be of interest. The itineraries are He acknowledged that this approach might be less mean by that is, most travel sites put a bunch of pins century Europe, both in terms of its exemplarity and the also based on location, with different travel options suited for travelers who like to plan everything in on a map, but it’s still up to you to look around and harshness of the punishment used as a deterrent, and like taking an Uber or Lyft, mass transit or walking. advance — but even then, he noted, “The truth is, for figure out what to do. I don’t think anyone’s really of the aim of social rehabilitation through labor and Most intriguingly, the itineraries adjust in real time all the planning that happens, most people’s plans thought: How can we take advantage not only of the discipline. They influenced the emergence of a penal — if one of the items on the list doesn’t interest you, you tend to fall apart in the moment. Something always mobile device, but really the data that’s out there right model in Europe and America. can swipe to skip it, and Welcome will automatically changes, some alley you want to go down, some boat now … No one’s really built tools for our generation.” (Source: UNESCO) fill in the gap with new activities. Or if you find a great you want to take, some sort of adventure that if you (Source: techcrunch.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 15, 2019 HEALTH 11

Safe blood for all: A component of Iran now derive masses of MSCs from umbilical cord achieving universal health coverage HEALTH TEHRAN — Mesenchymal stem cells derived deskfrom umbilical cord is now produced in large scales, said an expert of research and development in Royan HEALTH TEHRAN – The theme no PDMP were used during the reporting Research Institute. deskof this year’s campaign of period, and 16 countries did not respond Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are multipotent stromal cells World Blood Donor Day, which is annually to the question. that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including os- celebrated on June 14, is blood donation National blood policy and or- teoblasts (bone cells), chondrocytes (cartilage cells), myocytes and universal access to safe blood transfu- ganization (muscle cells) and adipocytes (fat cells which give rise to marrow sion, as a component of achieving universal Blood transfusion saves lives and im- adipose tissue). health coverage. proves health, but many patients requiring This mass production of MSCs was achieved by a cooperation The World Health Organization (WHO) transfusion do not have timely access to between Royan Research Institute and Celltech Pharmed-Stem has developed the slogan “Safe blood for all” safe blood. Providing safe and adequate Cell, Leila Qaderi told IRNA on Tuesday. to raise awareness of the universal need for blood should be an integral part of every safe blood in the delivery of health care and country’s national health care policy and the crucial roles that voluntary donations infrastructure. play in achieving the goal of universal health WHO recommends that all activities re- coverage. lated to blood collection, testing, processing, The theme strongly encourages more storage and distribution be coordinated at the people all over the world to become blood national level through effective organization donors and donate blood regularly – ac- and integrated blood supply networks. The tions which are key to building a strong national blood system should be governed by foundation of sustainable national blood national blood policy and legislative frame- supplies that are sufficient to meeting the work to promote uniform implementation needs of all patients requiring transfusion. of standards and consistency in the quality The day and the theme is also a call to and safety of blood and blood products. action to all governments, national health Blood supply authorities and national blood services to About 117.4 million blood donations provide adequate resources and put in place are collected worldwide. 42% of these are systems and infrastructures to increase col- collected in high-income countries, home According to Qaderi, Mesenchymal stem cells are used for lection of blood from voluntary, regular un- to 16 % of the world’s population. treatment of nervous system diseases such as brain paralysis, paid blood donors; to provide quality donor About 12,700 blood centers in 170 coun- autism, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson and spine injuries. care; to promote and implement appropriate tries report collecting a total of 100 million “MSCs are usually derived from bone marrow, fat tissues clinical use of blood, and to set up systems 101,994 autologous donations in 2013. It- screening. All donated blood is tested for donations. Collections at blood centers vary and dental pulp, but we have derived them from umbilical cord for the oversight and surveillance on the aly reported the largest absolute number HIV, hepatitis B and C and Human T-lym- according to income group. The median tissues that were previously thrown away.” whole chain of blood transfusion. of autologous donations. photropic virus.» annual donations per blood center is 1,300 The advantages of this procedure is that it is non-invasive, The campaign aims to celebrate and Iran pioneers in donor deferral rate in Some facts on blood safety and in the low-income countries, 4 100 in low- there is a lower risk of contamination and the donors are very thank individuals who donate blood and countries by the WHO region, following by availability er-middle-income countries and 8,500 in young, she said. to encourage those who have not yet donated Egypt and Morocco. According to WHO, of the 117.4 million upper-middle-income countries, as compared According to Qaderi, Royan institute will also soon start a blood to start donating, to highlight the need In units of fresh frozen plasma transfused blood donations collected globally, 42% of to 23,000 in the high-income countries. research project about using MSCs for treating arthritis. for committed, year-round blood donation, per 1000 population in countries by WHO these are collected in high-income countries, There is a marked difference in the level of She added that similar projects are underway; including ex- to maintain adequate supplies and achieve region in East Mediterranean countries, Iran home to 16% of the world’s population. access to blood between low- and high-income tracting stem cells from dental pulp and using stem cells for universal and timely access to safe blood ranks fourths after Jordan, Saudi Arabia In low-income countries, up to 52% of countries. The whole blood donation rate treating people with arthritis. transfusion, to focus attention on donor and Bahrain. blood transfusions are given to children is an indicator for the general availability health and the quality of donor care as critical According to the report, the whole blood under 5 years of age; whereas in high-income of blood in a country. The median blood factors in building donor commitment and donations collected (excluding autologous countries, the most frequently transfused donation rate in high-income countries is a willingness to donate regularly, to demon- donation) in 2013, the number of volun- patient group is over 65 years of age, ac- 32.6 donations per 1000 people. Anxiety drugs widely strate the need for universal access to safe tary non remunerated donors (VNRD) are counting for up to 75% of all transfusions. This compares with 15.1 donations per blood transfusion and provide advocacy on 2,001,791, out of which 450,100 are first An increase of 11.6 million blood dona- 1000 people in upper-middle-income prescribed in the UK linked its role in the provision of effective health time donor and 6,9100 repeat donor. tions from voluntary unpaid donors has countries, 8.1 donations per 1000 people care and in achieving the goal of universal Iran and Tunisia are the only countries been reported from 2008 to 2015. In total, in lower-middle-income countries, and 4.4 to 26% rise in suicide risk, health coverage and to mobilize support at in the region producing plasma-derived me- 78 countries collect over 90% of their blood donations per 1000 people in low-income study shows national, regional and global levels among dicinal products (PDMP), Hajibeigi noted. supply from voluntary unpaid blood donors; countries. governments and development partners to In February 2018, admiring the attempts however, 58 countries collect more than According to World Health Organiza- People taking a widely used class of medication prescribed invest in, strengthen and sustain national of Iran in blood supply, the official site of 50% of their blood supply from family/ tion, the safest blood donors are voluntary, for anxiety, nerve pain or epilepsy are up to 26 per cent more blood programs. WHO has mentioned to the “success story” replacement or paid donors. non-remunerated blood donors from low- likely to die by suicide, a study has warned. Iran and blood donation of the country. Part of this report comments Only 50 of 173 reporting countries pro- risk populations. The World Health Organ- British researchers, led According to the 2016 global status re- that “The Iranian Blood Transfusion Or- duce plasma-derived medicinal products ization’s goal is for all countries to obtain by Oxford University, have port on blood safety and availability, 64 ganization has reduced the risk of transfu- (PDMP) through the fractionation of plasma all their blood supplies through voluntary called for a review on the use of countries (Europe 21, Americas 22, Africa sion-transmitted infections drastically in collected in the reporting country. A total unpaid donors, in accordance with World gabapentinoid drugs in treating four, Western Pacific four, and Eastern recent decades thanks to improved donor of 83 countries reported that all PDMP Health Assembly resolution 28.72, which young people after finding risks Mediterranean three) reported a total of selection, better tests and new methods of are imported, 24 countries reported that was adopted back in 1975. were particularly high among 15- to 24-year-olds. In addition to suicidal behaviors, rates of being World’s most rapid Brucellosis test Homegrown 3-D printed prostheses involved in a car crash or traffic offence, of sustaining a designed in Iran successfully used in surgeries physical injury and of accidental HEALTH TEHRAN — an HEALTH TEHRAN — 3-D print- overdose were all raised when deskIranian knowledge- desked prostheses produced people were being treated with based company produced kits that can for jaw, face and skull by an Iranian knowl- gabapentinoids, the study detect Brucellosis disease in the shortest edge-based company were used success- found. time possible in the world, the managing fully in 100 surgeries, said the company’s Gabapentinoid prescriptions director of the company has said. production manager. have trebled in the UK since According to World Health The prosthesis was produced by 2007 – with around 3 per cent of the population having been Organization, Brucellosis is a bacterial DanaWell Biomechanical group which put on the drugs over the past decade. There are currently disease caused by various Brucella is part of the Exceptional Talents Devel- 10 million prescriptions being dispensed in England and species, which mainly infect cattle, opment Center of Tehran University of Wales alone. All of which contribute towards gabapentinoids swine, goats, sheep and dogs. Humans Medical Sciences and has started working being among the top 15 most valuable drugs to the global generally acquire the disease through on designing prostheses since 2016. pharmaceutical industry. direct contact with infected animals, by These 3-D printed prostheses can help However, growing concern about their potential for harm eating or drinking contaminated animal people whose jaw, face or skull are damaged and abuse saw the most commonly prescribed gabapentinoids, products, or by inhaling airborne agents. or disfigured due to birth defects, accidents pregabalin (dubbed the “new valium”) and gabapentin, The company’s managing director or some brain tumor surgeries that affect reclassified as a class C-controlled drug in April 2019. Morteza Shoja-Ruz said the former on Iran’s market,” he added. the facial bone structure, Ramin Hosseini Administration, 3D printers are used to The latest study, published in The BMJ, used health and diagnostic kits could detect the disease According to Shoja-Ruz, before this, told IRNA on Tuesday. manufacture a variety of medical devices, criminal records from 192,000 Swedish citizens between 2006 after 48 hours, but the new test kits older designs of Brucellosis test kits, “The prostheses are customized because including those with complex geometry and 2013 who were treated with pregabalin or gabapentin. designed in Zistgostaran Company can both the Iranian and foreign versions, they are produced based on each person’s or features that match a patient’s unique Around 10,000 participants (5 per cent) were treated for show the results after only 20 minutes, have been available in Iran’s market. individual physical features. Before this, anatomy. suicidal behavior, or died by suicide during this time, while IRNA reported on Wednesday. “Our aim for this new kit is to be patients had to send their information to Commercially available 3D printed 17,000 (9 per cent) unintended overdoses were recorded. “This product is the first of its kind largely exported, the first batch has some European countries so that they can medical devices include: instrumentation Suicidal behavior and deaths rose by a quarter while people in the world and has no equivalent in already been sent to Azerbaijan and receive their custom-made prostheses,” (e.g., guides to assist with proper surgi- were taking a prescribed gabapentinoid, while unintentional terms of both the diagnostic techniques we intend to start exporting it to other said Hosseini. cal placement of a device), implants (e.g., overdoses were 24 per cent higher, head and body injuries used and the time required to process neighboring countries, such as Iraq,” According to Hosseini, the foreign ver- cranial plates or hip joints), and external were 22 per cent higher, and traffic incidents and offences the data,” said Shoja-Ruz. he said. sion of this product is made with titanium, prostheses (e.g., hands). were 13 per cent higher. Older age groups showed higher “This new kit also gives more accurate According to Shoja-Ruz, the firm has but DanaWell Group used bone cement Scientists are researching how to use risks for some of these factors, but among younger people results compared to similar products also designed a rapid kit for diagnosing in their design; that was a novel idea and the 3D printing process to manufacture the risks were raised across all potential harms and were that were previously used.” Brucellosis in animals and have received was registered as a patent. living organs such as a heart or liver, but this particularly high for suicidal behavior and unintended “This new diagnostic kit has now come the necessary permits to produce it. According to U.S. Food and Drug research is in early stages of development. overdose. The Oxford University researchers said this may be because they are more likely to combine their prescription with alcohol and illegal substances. There is also some suggestion they may be more vulnerable to emotional and psychological side World Blood Donor Day 2019: save lives by donating blood regularly effects which can be part of withdrawal symptoms. On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day 2019, WHO in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region face the challenge “This is the biggest study in the real world of the pattern Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed of making sufficient blood available, while also ensuring its of gabapentinoid use,” Professor Seena Fazel, a forensic Al-Mandhari emphasized that everyone in the world had quality and safety, especially in humanitarian emergencies. psychiatrist at Oxford University and lead author of the the right to access safe blood transfusion, when and where “An adequate and safe blood supply that meets the needs study, told The Independent. “The main thing is to look at it was needed. Access to safe blood and blood products is of patients at all times can only be ensured through regular guidelines now and see if they’re consistent with the evidence essential for universal health coverage (UHC) and a key donations by voluntary, unpaid blood donors,” Dr Al-Mand- [of these risks].” If not then they may need to be reviewed to component of effective health systems. hari stated in his message on World Blood Donor Day 2019. protect these high-risk groups, he added. Blood transfusion saves millions of lives every year. It World Blood Donor Day serves to thank voluntary, unpaid The findings come as experts called for ministers to can help in the proper management of women experiencing blood donors for their life-saving gift of blood and to raise declare opioid overdose deaths a “public health crisis”, and bleeding associated with pregnancy and childbirth, children awareness of the universal need for safe blood in the delivery gabapentinoids may be one of the factors behind the increase. with severe anaemia, patients with inherited disorders such of health care and the crucial roles that regular, voluntary Dr Derek Tracey, a consultant psychiatrist at Queen Mary’s as thalassemia, and victims of trauma, emergencies, dis- donations play in achieving the goal of UHC. Hospital in London, said the reclassification of gabapentinoids asters and accidents. On this occasion, WHO is also calling on all countries as restricted drugs may make GPs more reluctant to prescribe This year’s campaign focuses on blood donation and to celebrate and thank individuals who donate blood and them. universal access to blood and blood products under the to encourage those who have not previously donated blood “Despite reasonable concerns, gabapentinoids remain a slogan ‘Safe blood for all’. “Our aim is to raise awareness to start donating. valued therapeutic option for many people,” he said in The BMJ. of the need for regular blood donations to ensure that all “Everyone who can donate blood should consider making “Medicines can harm as well as heal, and the best treatment individuals and communities have access to affordable and wards UHC and to enhance health systems. Both go in line regular donations, so that all countries have adequate blood decisions are made in full partnership with patients, after timely supplies of safe and quality-assured blood and blood with our regional vision 2023,” Dr Al-Mandhari said. supplies to help those in need,” the Regional Director added. consideration of all available evidence on both.” products. This is an integral part of countries’ progress to- Although the need for blood is universal, many countries (Source: WHO) (Source: The Independent) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY JUNE 15, 2019

Relief foundation invests IMO director among members $155m in setting up solar plants nationwide of WMO’s Executive Council ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Imam Khomeini Relief Foun- SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iran’s Me- during his term of office and guide and co- deskdation has made an investment of 6.5 trillion deskteorological Organization ordinate WMO activities, and issue directives rials (nearly $155 million) last year (March 2018-March 2019) (IMO) director Sahar Tajbakhsh was elected to the Secretary-General with respect to the in setting up solar plants for the underprivileged families under as one of the members of the World Meteor- fulfilment of the latter’s duties. its assistance, the foundation’s director has said. ological Congress Executive Council, IMO “The WMO sets the framework for the announced in a press release. successful cooperation of its Member States The 193-Member World Meteorological to accomplish their tasks for the well-being Congress has elected its Executive Council, of societies. Fulfilling this important duty which comprises World Metrological Organ- is based on the global meteorological infra- ization’s (WMO) President and Vice-Pres- structure coordinated by WMO,” said Adrian. idents, Presidents of WMO’s 6 Regional Celeste Saulo, Director of the Argentinean Associations and 27 directors of National National Meteorological Service (SMN), was Meteorological and Hydrological Services. elected First Vice-President. Albert Martis, Di- The World Meteorological Congress is rector, Meteorological Department of Curaçao, the supreme body of WMO. The Executive was elected Second Vice-President. Agnes Council implements its decisions, while six Lawrence Kijazi, Director General, Tanzania Regional Associations are responsible for the Meteorological Agency, was elected Third coordination of meteorological, hydrological Vice-President. Petteri Taalas of Finland was and related activities within their respec- re-appointed WMO Secretary-General for a tive Regions. In addition, eight Technical further four year-term. He has been WMO Parviz Fattah made the remarks over a ceremony for inaugu- Commissions establish methodologies and Sahar Tajbakhsh Secretary-General since 2016 and is a United ration of 520 solar plants for deprived families in southeastern procedures and make recommendations to Nations Climate Principal. province of Kerman, Mehr news agency reported on Thursday. the Executive Council and the Congress. the Executive Council; and to appoint the cil. World Meteorological Congress elected World Meteorological Congress Last year, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation built 1,800 solar World Meteorological Congress assembles Secretary-General. directors of National Meteorological and 2019 plants nationwide of which 700 were set up in Kerman province, delegates of Members once every four years WMO’s 6 Regional Associations include Hydrological Services from India, South The World Meteorological Congress met Fattah explained. to determine general policies for the fulfil- Regional Association I (Africa), Regional As- Korea, Japan, China and Iran. United Arab from 3 to 14 June to agree on future strategy This year (started on March 21) 600 solar plants will be es- ment of the purposes of the Organization; to sociation II (Asia), Regional Association III Emirates is the president of the Regional and tools to help countries increase resil- tablished in northern parts of Kerman province and 400 plants consider membership of the Organization; to (South America), Regional Association IV Association II. ience to extreme weather, water, climate and will be built in southern parts he added. determine the General, Technical, Financial (North America, Central America, and the The World Meteorological Congress elected other environmental shocks, to strengthen Fattah went on to say that Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and Staff Regulations; to establish and co- Caribbean), ), Regional Association V (South- Gerhard Adrian of Germany as President scientific observations and predictions and is now granting loans of 500 million rials (nearly $12,000) for ordinate the activities of constituent bodies West Pacific), and ), Regional Association of the World Meteorological Organization to close capacity gap. setting up new businesses. of the Organization; to approve long-term VI (Europe) for a four-year term in office, WMO website The Congress takes place every four Commenting on capacity-building and financial stability as plans and budget for the following financial According to IMO’s press release, Iran is announced on Thursday. years and decides on the strategy, policies, the two main objectives of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foun- period; to elect the President and Vice-Pres- a member of Regional Association II (Asia) a Adrian will preside over sessions of the standards, budget and office holders of the dation he stated that last year some 1.13 trillion rials (nearly idents of the Organization and members of region with six seats in the Executive Coun- Congress and the Executive Council held 193-member World Meteorological. $27,000) was allocated to the province of Kerman as business loans, saying that the amount increased to 2.65 trillion rials (nearly $63,000) this year. Moreover, he added, in collaboration with Budget and Plan- ‘Dam construction in Afghanistan will possibly leave Hamoun wetland dried’ ning Organization the foundation will construct 10,000 housing units in Kerman province. ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Dam construction projects countries and that four decades of conflicts and wars in desk So far the foundation has implemented 650,000 job plans on Helmand River in Afghanistan can the country have forced many farmers to leave their lands nationwide and last year 37,000 families became financially possibly result in total dryness of Hamoun wetland in and no projects have got off the ground over these years. independent with the support of the Imam Khomeini Relief the future, southeastern Iran, deputy environment chief All these times the water have been flowing into Iran Foundation, he highlighted. Masoud Tajrishi has said. and the fact that Hamoun is still dry has nothing to do Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation is a charitable organi- The Hamouns are transboundary wetlands on the with Afghanistan and Iran must look into the problem and zation, founded in March 1979, after the Islamic Revolution, to Iran-Afghan border made up of three lakes: Hamoun-e find the reasons for the lake dryness inside the country, provide support for families who are struggling financially. The Helmand, which is entirely in Iran, Hamoun-e Sabari on the ambassador said. aim is to help such families regain financial stability. Boosting the border, and Hamoun-e Puzak, almost entirely inside Based on the data published on Monday by National job creation is one of the primary objectives of the foundation. Afghanistan. The three lakes are linked and fed by water Drought Warning and Monitoring Center affiliated to Iran’s from the Helmand River which starts in the Hindu Kush Meteorological Organization the province of Sistan-Baluch- Mountains in Afghanistan. estan received 107.5 millimeters of rain in from September WORDS IN THE NEWS Afghanistan should provide Hamoun wetland with its to April which indicates 386 percent rise compared to last water right which amounts to an annual 820 million cubic water year and a 5.8 percent increase compared to the meters of water, YJC quoted Tajrishi as saying on Friday. long-term averages. Changes in the global market Iran should urge Afghanistan to construct water And now with Hamoun and Helmand springing back to economy transfer facilities to provide the wetlands with its an- problem, he concluded. life again agriculture will be revived in the region once again. nual water right or the wetland will face total drainage In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times in However, it is crystal clear that without proper wet- (July 20, 2000) in the future, he warned. October 2017, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Iran Nasir land management plans and with temperature rise during According to a survey by the business consultancy firm Iran’s Ministry of Energy should follow up on the issue Ahmad Nour explained that Afghanistan has always ad- summer and decreased precipitation amounts the wetland Interbrand, the multinational giant Coca Cola is losing its and negotiate with the Afghan government to resolve the hered to the agreements stating the water right of the two will gain face dryness in near future. position as the most profitable company in the world. BBC Economics reporter Andrew Walker reported. In this survey Coca Cola has just held on to its top spot. Last Zero carbon 2050 pledge is too slow to address catastrophic climate change, campaigners warn year it was way ahead of the others. But if the trends of the last year continue, it will lose it soon. In a year its brand has The government’s pledge to reach “net zero” He said the next prime minister must put which has a history of failure. Climate change activists Extinction Rebel- lost thirteen per cent of its value, while Microsoft’s has climbed carbon emissions by 2050 is not drastic carbon-cutting “at the center of policy-making “As the birthplace of the industrial rev- lion, who staged demonstrations in a number by twenty four per cent despite the distractions of a massive enough, according to environmental cam- and pull the plug on plans for more roads, olution, it is right that the UK is the world’s of British cities earlier this year, blocking anti-monopoly court case in the United States. The general paigners. runways and fracking”. first major economy to commit to completely parts of central London for days, were most pattern is one of rising values for new technology brands. But The UK is set to become the first major Legislating for international carbon end its contribution to climate change, but scathing about the 2050 target, describing internet companies are not strongly represented - they’ve not economy to commit to completely avoiding credits means the UK could pay for other trying to shift the burden to developing na- it as a “death sentence”. yet had time to establish a brand name and very few of emissions from homes, transport, farming countries to cut their carbon instead of re- tions through International Carbon Credits Number 10 said the move would boost them make a profit. and industry or offsetting them by planting ducing domestic emissions. Critics said this undermines that commitment,” he said. public health, air quality and nature and Nonetheless, Yahoo, the internet search engine and the trees and sucking carbon dioxide (CO2) showed the government is not taking the Professor Mark Maslin, professor of will make the UK a leader on climate ac- retailer Amazon.com managed some very strong rises in their out of the atmosphere. issue seriously enough and could mean it climatology at University College London tion. But it said it was “imperative” other brand values. In addition to Coca Cola a number of other so- The amendment to the Climate Change shirks environmental obligations. (UCL), said Britain should adopt a 2030 zero countries follow suit. called old economy brands lost value; for example, Kodak Act has been widely welcomed as a signif- “It is disappointing that the government carbon target. He said that if there was any The government will review the pledge the photographic film maker and the sportswear supplier Nike. icant milestone. has ignored its climate advisers’ recom- chance of keeping the planet from warming within five years to ensure other nations Interbrand’s survey looks at the future earnings potential of the However, some environmental groups mendation to exclude carbon offsets,” Mr more than 2C, the whole world must hit zero are taking similarly ambitious action and companies concerned and tries to assess how much of that can are concerned that even this pledge does Bennett said. carbon emissions by 2050. that British industries are not facing unfair be attributed to the brands they own. Interbrand says that for not go far enough and they have raised He added: “Having declared a climate “Britain is one of the leading countries competition. many companies, their brands are their single most important concerns about the UK using international emergency, parliament must act to close in the fight against climate change and we Lord Deben, chairman of the government’s asset. For many businesses the estimated value of their brand carbon credits to shift the burden of carbon these loopholes.” must adopt a 2030 zero carbon target,” he advisory Committee on Climate Change, is more than half their total stock market value. cutting to other nations. Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK’s chief scien- said. “This will give us 10 years to put in praised the “major commitment” and said Words Craig Bennett, UK chief executive of tist, also said it was a “big moment” for the place win-win solutions that reduce carbon he was looking forward to cross-party con- trends: a trend is a change or development towards something Friends of the Earth, warned it was “still too climate, but added there were “questions to emissions, save money and make Britain a sensus on the issue. new or different slow to address catastrophic climate change”. be asked about (the) offsetting loophole”, better, cleaner place to live.” (Source: The Independent) brand: a brand of a product is the version made by one particular manufacturer anti-monopoly: a monopoly is the total control or possession ENGLISH IN USE of a particular thing by only one person or group, here an anti- monopoly court case is one to assess and prevent total control LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION establish a brand name: the process of making a brand well- known and profitable through marketing and advertising profit:a profit is an amount of money that you gain when you تخصیص ١٥١ میلیارد ریال برای جبران خسارت $3.5m earmarked for two are paid more for something than it cost you nonetheless: a formal way of saying in spite of what has just flood-affected provinces سیل به دو استان been said brand values: the profitability and value of a particular version The government has allocated 151 billion rials (nearly $3.5 million) to compensate ســید ســلمان ســامانی ســخنگوی وزارت کشــور از تخصیــص ۱۵۱ میلیــارد ریــال بــر اســاس تصویــب ,of a product for flood damages in the two provinces of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari and Ardebil old economy brands: companies that trade in traditional هیــات وزیــران بــرای جبــران خســارت ســیل بــه دو اســتان چهارمحــال و بختیــاری و اردبیل خبــر داد. .Seyyed Salman Samani, spokesman of the Interior Ministry has said products rather than the newer internet and IT firms بــه گــزارش روز دوشــنبه ایســنا ســامانی از اختصــاص بیــش از ١١٤ میلیــارد ریــال assess: when you assess a person, feeling, or situation, you A budget of 114 billion rials (around $2.7 million) have been provided to بــه اســتان چهارمحــال و بختیــاری بــه منظــور جبــران خســارت و بازســازی واحدهــای -consider them and make a judgment about them renovate and reconstruct flood-stricken housing units in Chaharmahal مســکونی خســارت دیــده ناشــی از ســیل خبــر داد. .asset: an asset is someone or something that is considered to be Bakhtiari province, he stated, ISNA reported on Monday ســخنگوی وزارت کشــور همچنیــن از تصویــب دیگــر پیشــنهاد وزارت کشــور مبنــی بــر useful or helpful to a person or a group; the assets of a company Ardebil province also received a total budget of 37 billion rials or a person are all the things that they own (nearly $900,000) from the government to compensate for the losses اختصــاص ٣٧ میلیــارد ریــال بــه اســتان اردبیــل بــرای جبــران خســارت و بازســازی stock market: the stock market is all the organizations and the ســاختمانها و تاسیســات زیربنایــی خســارت دیــده ناشــی از وقــوع ســیالبهای activity involved in buying and selling stocks and shares resulting from floods and rehabilitating houses and other necessary فصلــی خبــر داد. .Source: BBC) infrastructures, he added)

Every action has a PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM reaction. We have “-emia, -aemia, -hemia, -haemia” Hear somebody out Take the bull by the horns one planet; one Meaning: blood Meaning: to listen to all of what someone wants to Explanation: to bravely or confidently deal with a For example: The build-up of recessive genes in- tell you without interrupting them difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant problem chance. creases the incidence of genetically determined diseases, For example: Just hear me out, will you? For example: Nora decided to take the bull by the such as sickle cell anemia in humans. horns and organize things for herself. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 15, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Russia, Syria bomb gathering of Saudi crown prince’s sister to go on trial in Jabhat al-Nusra ringleaders France in July TEHRAN — Syrian and Russian war- ing accounts on Thursday of an attack on a TEHRAN —Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s planes have jointly carried out precision Turkish military outpost. sister will be tried at a criminal court in France for ordering attacks against the positions of Jabhat Turkey claimed one of its observation her bodyguard to beat up a workman in the capital, Paris, al-Nusra terrorist group, formerly known posts in Idlib province had come under according to a legal source. as al-Nusra Front, in the northwestern deliberate attack from Syrian forces, in province of Idlib. which three Turkish soldiers were alleg- A gathering of the terrorist group’s edly wounded. ringleaders at Taftanaz military airbase in Moscow said the attack was carried Idlib was pounded three times by Syrian and out not by the Syrian troops, but by Russian aircraft on Thursday night as part militants. of a joint operation, Sputnik news agency Russia says it is Turkey’s duty to rein in reported. the armed groups and help separate them The report said the terrorists’ hideouts from the Takfiri outfits, which form the in the southern areas of Khan Shaykhun, backbone of the militant presence in Idlib. Sufuhon, Kafr Nabl, and Hass in the prov- Idlib remains the only large area in the ince were also targeted by the warplanes. hands of anti-Damascus militants after gov- According to Press TV, the strikes came ernment forces managed to undo militant after the militants refused to honor a full gains across the country and bring back ceasefire agreement brokered between Russia almost all of the Syrian soil under govern- and Turkey late Wednesday with the aim of ment control. halting clashes between Syrian forces and In recent weeks, Syrian armed forces militants in the area. have been conducting counter-terrorism That agreement put on hold a Syrian gov- operations in areas surrounding Idlib. ernment offensive to liberate Idlib, where The Syrian army has warned civilians The source, who was not named, told AFP on Wednesday between 10,000 and 15,000 militants are to leave Idlib amid preparations for a final that Princess Hassa bint Salman was to be put on trial next zone and refused to leave the area, launching the Syrian army and Russian forces. estimated to be holed up. military campaign to flush terrorists out of month over the assault of a plumber in her luxury Paris instead numerous attacks on the outposts of Russia and Turkey gave sharply conflict- Militants have persisted in their stay in the the region. apartment in September 2016. The victim says he had been hired to carry out refur- bishment work at Hassa’s apartment and, when he took Yemen drones target Saudi’s Abha Putin: U.S.-Russia relations getting a photograph of the room where the work was to be done, the woman became angry and accused him of intending airport for second time in a week ‘worse and worse’ to sell the picture to the media, Press TV reported. Royal outburst TEHRAN —Yemen’s armed forces have said U.S.-built surface-to-air missile sys- TEHRAN — Vladimir Putin said rela- The Russian leader contrasted Hassa, said to be in her 40s, then cursed the workman carried out retaliatory drone attacks on an tems stationed at Abha airport could not tions between Moscow and Washington Moscow’s troubled relationship with and ordered her bodyguard to beat him. airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia for intercept the cruise missile, which he were getting worse and worse, noting in Washington with what he described as “We have to kill him, this dog. He doesn’t deserve to the second time in a week. said had hit the designated target with an interview published Thursday that its blossoming ties with China, a deepen- live,” she said, according to the worker’s account of the Yemeni Qasif-2K drones targeted the great precision. the current U.S. administration had ing strategic friendship that has alarmed incident, as reported by French newspaper Le Point. airport in the Saudi province of Asir in the He noted that the missile hit the obser- imposed dozens of sanctions on Rus- some U.S. policymakers. The workman said he was punched in the face, his hands early hours of Friday morning, two days vation tower in the airport, which is about sia. Putin made his gloomy assessment Trump told reporters Wednesday that were tied, and he was forced to kiss the woman’s feet during after a cruise missile attack by army troopers 200 kilometers north of the border with ahead of a G-20 summit in Japan later he would meet Putin at the G-20 in Japan, an hours-long ordeal. and allied fighters from Popular Commit- Yemen and serves domestic and regional this month at which he might meet U.S. but the Kremlin said a day earlier that the He said his tools were also confiscated and he was held tees at the strategic Saudi facility, Yemen’s routes, causing significant disruption to air President Donald Trump. idea for the meeting was “hanging in the in the apartment for several hours before being allowed al-Masirah television network reported. travel. U.S.-Russia ties remain strained by air” and that there were no discussions to leave. There have been no immediate reports of Saree pointed out that the missile attack everything from Syria to Ukraine as well on specifics yet. AFP reported at the time of the incident that the work- possible casualties or the extent of damage on Abha airport was part of retaliatory meas- as allegations of Russian interference in Trump said he hoped the United States man’s injuries had been so severe that he was ordered off caused as a result of the attack. ures by Yemeni soldiers and their allies in U.S. politics, which Moscow denies. would have “a great relationship with work for eight days. A Saudi-led coalition spokesman said the face of the Saudi-led coalition’s crimes “They [our relations] are going downhill, Russia,” but pledged to deploy 1,000 France issued an arrest warrant for Hassa in March 2018. in a statement released by the Saudi Press against Yemeni people. they are getting worse and worse,” Putin U.S. troops to Poland, a step sought by Bint Salman’s bodyguard was also charged in 2016 with Agency that the country’s air missile defense Saudi Arabia also confirmed the Wednes- told the Mir TV channel, according to a Warsaw to deter potential aggression armed violence, theft, issuing death threats, and holding systems had intercepted five Yemeni drones day attack, with coalition spokesman Turki Kremlin transcript. from Russia. an individual against their will. over the Saudi airport on Friday morning. al-Maliki saying in a statement that a Yemeni “The current administration has ap- Russian lawmakers said Thursday that According to Press TV, on Wednes- missile had hit the airport’s arrivals hall, proved, in my opinion, several dozen a new U.S. military deployment to Poland day, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the injuring 26 people and causing material decisions on sanctions against Russia in would force Moscow to take retaliatory spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, damage. recent years.” steps, Reuters reported. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders leaving job at Russia vows ‘retaliatory strike’ to new U.S. troops in Poland end of June TEHRAN- Russia says a new U.S. military deployment to in its defense planning and practical activities.” TEHRAN —U.S. President Donald Trump said that White Poland announced by President Donald Trump on Wednes- “We see in this signs of preparation for further large- House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders will leave her job at day would force Moscow to take retaliatory steps. scale deployments,” it added. the end of the month. Trump told Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday Russian parliamentarians separately reacted to the Announcing her departure after three and a half years that he had decided to send an additional 1,000 troops to decision, with one lawmaker threatening to make Poland in the job, Trump tweeted that Sanders was “a very spe- Poland to join 4,000 forces already there. a target in the event of a military conflict. cial person with extraordinary talents, who has done an The U.S. will also send a squadron of MQ-9 Reaper “In the event of any conflict, God forbid, the territory incredible job”. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance drones as of Poland would become a clear target for a retaliatory “[Sanders is] going home to the Great State of Arkan- well, he added. strike, if there was suddenly an attack on us,” said Vladimir sas,” he said. “I hope she decides to run for Governor of The announcement drew response from Russia, which Dzhabarov, deputy head of the upper house of parliament’s Arkansas - she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a said on Thursday that “its military is tracking these an- international affairs committee. job well done!” nouncements very closely.” Another lawmaker, Vladimir Shamanov, raised concern Trump has not immediately named a replacement for Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow “is that the U.S. drones could be capable of carrying nuclear Sanders. analyzing the information, and is doing what is necessary weapons at some point, warning that this would gradually Sanders is one of the president’s closest and most trust- so that such steps in no way threaten the Russian Feder- lead the world “towards a dangerous moment.” ed White House aides and one of the few remaining who ation’s security.” Russia has formerly warned that any increased military worked on his campaign. Sergei Ryabkov, a Russian deputy foreign minister, presence in Poland could prompt it to step up its military ed in a Baltic republic or African country in order to Sanders joined the Trump campaign in February 2016. said Trump’s move probably reflected “aggressive” intentions. presence in neighboring Belarus. In July 2017, she took over as the top spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry described Trump’s decision for UK forces tasked to focus on Russia uncover and pinpoint Russian covert activities,” the report said. the administration. more deployment as a betrayal of Russia’s core agreement Meanwhile, UK forces will be shifting away from coun- Her tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular White with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1997. ter-terrorism work and instead concentrate on blocking Relations between the UK and Russia hit a new low last year, after London accused Moscow of ordering a poison House press briefings and questions about the adminis- Under the deal, NATO had agreed not to permanently what British military describes as covert operations by tration’s credibility. deploy significant military forces on the territory of new countries such as Russia. attack on Sergei Skripal, a former double spy, and his daugh- ter in Salisbury in southern England last year. The last briefing was 94 days ago, but Trump member states. Citing unnamed British officials and military sources, answers questions from reporters on a near-daily “The headquarters structures that will be set up in Po- a BBC report said on Thursday that “the need to confront Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the alleged attack which left the former Russian spy uncon- basis, including two extended sessions with them land under this reinforcement will deliver much greater dangerous international behavior by peer adversaries is on Wednesday. potential,” the Russian ministry said in a statement. increasing.” scious for weeks. President Putin also said the Skripals case benefited London more than Moscow. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s revealed that Sanders Russia, it said, could not “fail to take this into account “Under the new plan, an operation might be mount- admitted to investigators that she had made an unfound- ed claim that “countless” FBI agents had reached out to express support for Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, Al Jazeera reported. TEHRAN — A senior official of theIsraeli European formersettlement Irish judge’s products legal opinions usually should the beindication labeled: of the geographical EU court name advisedof sumers may regard this manifest breach of Union says it is his legal opinion that labels set the tone for the ruling. this territory and, where it is the case, the international law as an ethical consideration of the products from the Israeli-occupied In his advisory opinion, Hogan said the indication that the product comes from an that influences their consumer preferences UK court sets Assange’s territories must clearly show the precise EU law requires that a product made on Israeli settlement,” an ECJ statement said. and in respect of which they may require origin of the products to avoid misleading a territory occupied by the Israeli regime According to Press TV, back in 2016, further information,” Hogan said, referring U.S. extradition hearing for consumers. since 1967 be marked as produced in the set- France published guidelines saying products to legal judgments that Israel’s settlement The European Court of Justice (ECJ) tlements. from Israeli settlements in the occupied West policy is illegal. February 2020 outlined its Advocate General Gerard Ho- The West Bank, including the annexed Bank and the Israeli-held Golan Heights “The absence of the indication of the TEHRAN — The full extradition hearing to decide whether gan’s legal opinion in a statement released East Jerusalem al-Quds as well as the Go- must carry labels making their origin quite country of origin or place of provenance of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the on Thursday. lan Heights which Israel took from Syria, clear. However, this was challenged by the a product originating in a territory occupied United States to face accusations including spying charges Hogan’s opinion made invalid an ear- are considered as Israeli-occupied by the Organization Juive Europeene (European by Israel and, in any event, a settlement will take place in February next year, a London court ruled lier French court’s decision that had ruled international community. Jewish Organization) and Psagot, a company colony, might mislead the consumer as to on Friday. otherwise. The ECJ is not obliged to follow “EU law requires, for a product originating that runs vineyards in occupied territories. the true country of origin or place of prov- Assange, 47, is accused by U.S. authorities of 18 charges the advice of its advocate general, but the in a territory occupied by Israel since 1967, “It is hardly surprising that some con- enance of the food,” he added. including conspiring to hack U.S. government computers and violating an espionage law. He is currently in a London prison after being jailed for 50 weeks for skipping bail after fleeing to the Boris Johnson far ahead in first round of contest to replace UK PM Ecuadorean embassy seven years ago to avoid extra- TEHRAN — Boris Johnson, who has pledged to deliver such a no-deal exit - a step cartoonists regularly portray as Brexit minister, won 27 votes. dition to Sweden for questioning in a sexual assault Brexit on Oct. 31, edged closer to power on Thursday when driving over a cliff and that investors warn would send shock Andrea Leadsom, former leader of the House of investigation. he won by far the most support from Conservative Party waves through financial markets and the world economy. Commons, Mark Harper and Esther McVey were Assange, dressed in a grey T-shirt and wearing black- lawmakers in the first round of the contest to replace Prime Johnson, the face of the official Brexit campaign in the knocked out. framed glasses, appeared by videolink for the short hearing Minister Theresa May. 2016 referendum, won the support of 114 Conservative Betting markets give Johnson, who has a long record of at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Three years since voting 52%-48% to leave the European lawmakers in the first round of the contest to replace May. scandals and gaffes, a 70% probability of winning the top job. As Ben Brandon, the lawyer representing the United Union, the United Kingdom is heading towards a possible A total of 313 lawmakers voted. Of the other 10 candidates After Thursday’s vote, Johnson said: “Thank you to my States, ran through a summary of the accusations against crisis over Brexit as most of the candidates vying to succeed in the first round, Jeremy Hunt, currently foreign minister, friends and colleagues in the Conservative & Unionist Party him including that he had cracked a U.S. defense network May are prepared to leave on Oct. 31 without a deal. garnered 43 votes; Michael Gove, currently environment for your support. I am delighted to win the first ballot, but password, Assange said: “I didn’t break any password what- But the British Parliament has indicated it will try to thwart minister, garnered 37 votes and Dominic Raab, former we have a long way to go.” soever”, Reuters reported. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JUNE 15, 2019 Raptors dethrone Warriors to capture Former Juventus boss Allegri wants year off from football first NBA crown Former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has said he needs to recharge his batteries and will take a year off from football An upstart Toronto Raptors squad dethroned lot of heart,” Green said. “We just came up before returning to management. defending champions Golden State on Thurs- a little short.” The 51-year-old led Juventus to five consecutive Serie A titles, day, defeating the Warriors 114-110 to win Golden State had a final shot to win trailing four Coppa Italias and two Champions League runner-up finishes the NBA Finals and capture the first crown 111-110 but Curry missed a 3-pointer and in his five years in charge, but parted ways with the club at the by a club from outside the United States. Green called a timeout when the team had end of the season. Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam each none, setting up three final free throws by “I’m going to take a year off to recharge the batteries and take scored 26 points while Kawhi Leonard Leonard to seal the victory. my personal life back in hand,” the BBC quoted Allegri as saying and reserve Fred VanVleet both had 22 The Warriors failed in their bid for a third at an event in Milan. “The last 16 years have felt like being in a as Toronto won the best-of-seven series consecutive title and to become the first team spin-dryer.” Allegri began his managerial career in 2004 in Italy’s four games to two. in 50 years to win four titles in five seasons. fourth division and also managed AC Milan, who he led to the Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most Thompson goes down Serie A title in 2011, before joining Juventus in 2014. Valuable Player for the second time in his Golden State led 80-76 when disaster British and Italian media have reported that Chelsea manager career after the first in 2014 with San Anto- struck. Thompson landed awkwardly on Maurizio Sarri is close to being named as Allegri’s replacement nio, which traded him to Toronto last July. his left leg on a missed shot and went to the after Juventus reached an agreement in principle with the Pre- “Last summer I was going through a lot. floor writhing in pain, being helped to the mier League side to sign the Italian. I just kept working hard and had my mind locker room. (Source: Reuters) set on this goal right here,” Leonard said. Thompson turned back and returned to “This is why I play basketball. This is what the court, a standing crowd screaming with I work hard for. I’m glad to see it all pay off.” delight to see him sink two free throws, giv- The Raptors became the first Canadian ing the Warriors their biggest lead at 85-80. club to win a major North American sports But after he was seen limping, Thomp- Brazil police question title since the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays cap- son was removed and later left the arena on Neymar over alleged rape tured Major League Baseball’s World Series. land Cameroon draped around his shoulders. only to suffer a ruptured right Achilles tendon. crutches. VanVleet, who had 12 points in “It means a lot for our city and the country “It’s a dream to have achieved this,” “Tough, tough way to go out,” Curry said. the fouth quarter, sank two 3-pointers and and for these players,” Raptors coach Nick Spanish center Marc Gasol said. “I’ve never “I think a lot has been proven about who his three free throws with 5:39 remaining Brazilian police questioned Neymar for five hours on Thursday Nurse said, who didn’t mind not winning it worked so hard.” we are as a team and the adversity we faced pulled the Raptors level at 99-99. over allegations he raped a woman he met through social media at home. “You get the win and you’re just Klay Thompson scored 30 points to lead throughout the playoff run. VanVleet struck again from 3-point range in a Paris hotel last month -- charges he has denied. happy you got it and celebrate that fact.” the Warriors but left the game with a torn left “The DNA and character we have on this and Serge Ibaka scored off a rebound to put “The truth appears sooner or later,” the world’s most expen- The Raptors spoiled the Warriors’ fare- knee ligament late in the third quarter after team, I wouldn’t bet against us being back Toronto ahead 106-101 with 3:03 remaining. sive footballer, who walked on crutches after injuring his right well appearance at Oracle Arena. Golden landing awkwardly on his left leg. on this stage next year and going forward.” Green’s 3-pointer pulled the Warri- ankle in a pre-Copa America friendly against Qatar last week State’s home since 1971 will be replaced It was the latest setback for an injury-hit Andre Iguodala added 22 points for the ors within 108-105 and after trading free that forced him out of South America’s showcase tournament, by a new $1 billion venue in San Francisco Golden State team that was already without Warriors, Stephen Curry had 21 and Dray- throws, Cousins scored on a layup to pull told reporters. next season. two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player mond Green contributed 11 points, 18 re- Golden State within 109-108 with 46 sec- The footballer, aged 27, arrived at the police station shortly “To be able to celebrate with these guys is Kevin Durant, who returned in game five bounds and 13 assists. onds remaining. before 4:00 pm local time (1900 GMT) and left at around 9:00 pm. awesome,” Siakam said, the flag of his home- Monday after being sidelined for a month “Everybody on this team played with a (Source: AFP) Neymar’s appearance comes after Brazilian police said Thurs- day they had filed a defamation suit against his rape accuser for insinuating the force was corrupt. During an interview with television channel SBT this week, Eden Hazard fulfils his dream of a Horror crash puts Chris Froome in Najila Trindade said: “The police are bought, aren’t they? Or am I crazy?”, in response to questions over the police investigation of lifetime with Real Madrid move ‘intensive care’ an alleged theft of a tablet device from her home that contained a short video she claims has conclusive evidence she was assaulted. The ugly affair has dominated headlines in Brazil as it prepares to host the Copa America and tarnished the festive atmosphere ahead of Friday’s opening game between the Selecao and Bolivia. Neymar, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, previously gave a statement to Rio de Janeiro police over WhatsApp messages posted on his Instagram account that featured intimate photos of Trindade. He told police that an assistant and a technician were respon- sible for sharing the messages and photos, TV Globo reported previously. More than 60 percent of Brazilians believe Neymar is innocent, according to a recent poll of 2,071 people last week. Only 14 percent think he is guilty, Parana Pesquisas said. (Source: AFP)

Ibrahimovic tops MLS salary rankings The Garden of Eden moved to the Berna- In the front row as he talked, his broth- Four-time Tour de France winner Chris his progress to date,” Usher continued. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the highest-paid player in Major League béu. Eden Hazard took a stroll around the ers sat alongside his mother, Carine, and Froome will miss this year’s race after sus- “Chris will remain in hospital for the Soccer earning $7.2 million per year, according to figures released grass at his new home, kicking gold and father, Thierry. All of them are footballers; taining “multiple serious injuries,” including next few days for observation, but he is by the MLS Players Association. white footballs into a crowd that was bigger only the 28-year-old was asked if he was a fractured leg, in a horrific crash during a already actively engaging in discussing The 37-year-old Swedish star, who joined the Los Angeles than those that came to see some La Liga a galáctico. “No,” he said. “Not yet, but I practice ride in France Wednesday. his rehabilitation options, which is very Galaxy last season, earned more than double the $3.5 million matches last season, and then said that he hope to be one.” “He underwent successful surgery encouraging.” paid to former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney, had been waiting for this since he was a So do Madrid. His presentation un- last night but remains in intensive care,” Speaking on Radio 5 Live’s BeSpoke podcast, who also joined MLS in 2018. Rooney earned $3.5 million from kid in La Louvière. Now, at last, the time derlined this; it revealed, in fact, that he a spokesman for Team Ineos, who Froome Team Ineos general manager Dave Brailsford his contract with D.C. United, according to the MLSPA figures, had come and it was the “right time”, he is already being treated as such, the first rides for, told CNN Sport. said his lead rider wouldn’t be able to defend which details salary and compensation for all MLS players under said, having left Chelsea with the Europa at the club for five years. That said, he did The 34-year-old Froome, who won his yellow jersey at the Tour de France. contract as of June 1, 2019. League – even though he admitted this admit that he hasn’t been given the num- cycling’s most prestigious race in 2013, “He’s not in great shape. He’s in intensive Since arriving in Los Angeles, Ibrahimovic has scored 33 goals was a move that he had thought he might ber he wanted. “Through Kovacic I asked 2015, 2016 and 2017, was competing in care,” said Brailsford. “There are crashes in 39 games while adding 13 assists. make 12 months ago. Luka Modric if I could have the No 10, the Criterium du Dauphine near Roanne, and bad crashes and this was a bad crash. The second highest-paid player in 2018 was Ibrahimovic’s Still, better late than never. And Haz- but he said no, so I’ll have to find another central France, when he crashed at speed It’s a very serious accident. Clearly, he won’t former Galaxy team-mate Giovani Dos Santos. The Mexican striker ard insisted it was not too late. “I’m 28 one,” Hazard joked. “The number doesn’t ahead of the fourth stage time trial. be at the start of the Tour de France.” earned $6.5 million. Toronto’s two US internationals Michael years old, I think I can go to 32, 33 years. matter now.” Froome was initially assessed at Roanne “It wasn’t just a serious accident, it was Bradley and Jozy Altidore were next on the earning list, bringing It’s a good moment,” he said. Yet it has The shirt he was handed – on sale in Hospital before being airlifted to St. Etienne also a freak one. in $6.43 million and $6.33 million respectively. been a long time in coming. “I dreamed the club shop for more than €100 (£89) Hospital where he underwent a six-hour “It sounds like he was at the foot of the Los Angeles FC striker Carlos Vela, who is leading the scor- of this moment when I was very little, – had gold lettering on the back but no operation which “went very well,” according descent,” Brailsford told Cycling News. “It’s ing charts this season, is the fifth highest-paid player with $6.3 ever since I started playing football in number. Madrid has missed events like to team doctor Richard Usher. obviously very gusty today and he took his million, putting him ahead of Chicago Fire’s former Germany the garden with Thorgan, Kylian, Ethan,” these, that sense that they dominate the “Chris woke up this morning and was hands off the bars to blow his nose and the international Bastian Schweinsteiger ($5.6 million). Hazard said as he sat in the press room summer even when they do not dominate reviewed by the intensive care consultants wind has taken his front wheel. He’s hit a According to the MLSPA, 54 of the 691 players in MLS are at the Bernabéu, white kit now swapped the season. and the orthopaedic specialist who operated wall at 60km/h or something like that.” earning at least $1 million a year, while non-designated players for grey suit. (Source: Guardain) on him and they’re both very happy with (Source: CNN) earned an average of $345,867, a 13.3 percent increase on 2018. (Source: Goal) Juventus move ends Sarri’s unhappy marriage with Chelsea OFFICIAL: Milan promote Maurizio Sarri is set to return to Italy to take the vacant The players soon started rebelling too. Goalkeeper Kepa Maldini managerial role at Juventus and bring the curtain down Arrizabalaga refused to be substituted towards the end of the on a fretful one-year stay at Chelsea. League Cup final to stay on the field for a penalty shootout, Milan have officially promoted club legend Paolo Maldini to the Sarri met his targets by returning Chelsea to the Cham- which Chelsea lost to City in February. role of technical director. pions League via a third-placed finish in the Premier League Supporters also voiced their frustration, calling for Sarri’s Maldini was previously Sporting Strategy and Development and winning the Europa League, claiming his first major sacking, during a controversial 2-1 win at relegated Cardiff Director, but Leonardo’s exit has enabled him to take a front-row trophy as a coach in the process. a month later. seat on Milan’s new-look board. However, a failure to connect with the Chelsea support, Sarri, though, did manage to end on a high as Chelsea “Paolo embodies that quality and those values that are the public criticism of his players and a refusal to adapt his style lost just one of their last eight Premier League games while building blocks of our club,” CEO Ivan Gazidis told the club’s of play meant Sarri was always unlikely to hang around for the other contenders for a top-four finish stumbled towards official website. “I am happy to have him at the helm of our a second season at Stamford Bridge. the end of the season. Sporting Area. With him, we will be able to build a modern club, The 60-year-old former banker becomes the ninth full- Eden Hazard then bade farewell in fitting fashion by formed by professionals of the highest quality. time manager to leave Chelsea since Roman Abramovich scoring twice in a 4-1 rout of Arsenal in the Europa League “It will be a journey we will pursue together to achieve a chal- took charge of the club in 2003. final to ensure Chelsea again ended the season with a trophy lenging and compelling project, one which will require great Yet, for once the Russian didn’t wield the axe and waited despite the turmoil. energy and dedication. “I am confident Paolo will be able to instead until Juventus agreed to pay the compensation to free Yet, that will be an even tougher test for Sarri’s successor project his experience, his vision and his leadership. Sarri from the final two years of his contract on Thursday, without Hazard, who joined Real Madrid earlier this week “Paolo is an integral part of AC Milan and knows the way to according to reports in England and Italy. for a fee in excess of 100 million euros ($113 million). success. He will be an important point of reference for everyone.” The Italian champions are keen on the brand of football Chelsea currently cannot recruit a replacement with the The 50-year-old made a record 902 appearances for the Diavolo Sarri imposed during three years at Napoli when only Ju- keep pace with Premier League champions Manchester City club serving a two-window transfer ban handed down by FIFA. between 1985 and 2009, winning 26 trophies during that time. ventus’ remarkable consistency prevented the Neapolitans and Champions League winners Liverpool, Chelsea fans The club’s record goalscorer Frank Lampard is the fa- He will work alongside Gazidis and former Milan teammate a first league title since the days when Diego Maradona soon rebelled at a ponderous possession game with little vourite to return to Stamford Bridge after just one season Zvonimir Boban, who has been installed as Chief Football Officer. graced the San Paolo pitch. cutting edge. After a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal in January, Sarri in management at Derby County. The Rossoneri are also expected to appoint Ricky Massara However, Sarri failed to transport that free-flowing football labelled his players “very difficult to motivate”. Lampard, 40, led the Rams to the Championship playoff and Marco Giampaolo as their new sporting director and Coach to Chelsea, despite making midfield playmaker Jorginho Worse was to come as a 4-0 thrashing at Bournemouth final where they fell just short of a return to the Premier imminently. his first signing. was followed by a 6-0 demolition by Manchester City -- League. (Source: Football Italia ) After a brilliant start to the season that saw Sarri’s men Chelsea’s heaviest defeat in 28 years. (Source: Eurosport) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 15, 2019 SPORTS 15

Iran among top 20 Iran’s Abedini takes bronze at Asian Fencing in FIFA ranking Championships SPORTS TEHRAN — Mojtaba Abedini from Iran SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football deskclaimed a bronze medal on day two of the desk team climbed one spot to make a Asian Fencing Championships in Chiba, Japan. rare appearance for an Asian team in the top 20 in The Iranian fencer secured a bronze medal in the sabre the latest edition of the FIFA World Ranking. event alongside South Korean Ha Han-sol at the Chiba Iran moved up to 20th place following a 5-0 victory Port Arena. over Syria in Tehran in a friendly match. Team Melli also drew 1-1 with South Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Tuesday. Marc Wilmots’s team are preparing for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifications which begins in September. Except for Uzbekistan replacing Syria as Asia’s 10th highest ranked team, Asia’s other top 10 from the April rankings remained unchanged, with Japan, Korea Republic and Australia and Qatar completing the top five. Japan dropped two spots to 28th while Korea Republic were unchanged at 37th. Australia moved down two spots to 43rd while AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 winners Qatar were unchanged at 55th. The gold medal went to Korean representative Oh Sang- Belgium, France, Brazil and England are unchanged uk who defeated Wang Shi from China. at the top of the rankings. Action in the men’s sabre and women’s epee took place There were plenty of success stories elsewhere, on Friday, while the men’s epee and women’s foil will be too, with the likes of Austria (26th, up 8), Northern on Saturday. Ireland (28th, up 5), Czech Republic (41st, up 7), Men and women’s team events in the sabre, foil and Hungary (42nd, up 9), Armenia (97th, up 9) and epee will then be held on the final three days of the event, Malaysia (159, up 9) racing up the Ranking. There which concludes on Tuesday (June 18). was also reason to celebrate for Senegal (22nd, up 1) and Kosovo (121st, up 6), both of whom reached their highest position to date. The next FIFA World Ranking will be published Alireza Beiranvand ready to on 25 July 2019. move at summer

Ex-Persepolis coach Denizli takes Ex-Inter coach Stramaccioni signs Iran national football team and Persepolis goalkeeper charge of Tractor Sazi for Esteghlal Alireza Beiranvand is going to move to a European big club this summer. After his heroics at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he famously denied Cristiano Ronaldo from the penalty spot, Beiranvand was tipped to make the move to Europe but opted to stay at Persepolis, where he has since helped the Reds reach the final of the AFC Champions League and emerge champions of the most recent Persian Gulf Pro League campaign. Now that there is little more he can achieve at Persepolis, especially with the club already eliminated from this year’s ACL, the time could be nigh for the 1.94-metre custodian to take the next challenge of his career. Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Karimi and Andranik Teymourian are just some of the famous Iranian names to have gone on to star in Europe, but Beiranvand has the chance to be the first in his position to really fly the flag SPORTS TEHRAN — For- Turkish coach after Ertugrul Saglam SPORTS TEHRAN — Andrea and Sparta Prague. for his country – perhaps even in Serie A where he would deskmer Persepolis coach who coached the Iranian team last year. deskStramaccioni has signed Stramaccioni has replaced German coach be reacquainted with Ronaldo. Mustafa Denizli has been appointed as Denizli is the only coach in history a two-year contract with Iranian football Winfried Schaefer, who was sacked from his (Source: Fox Sports Asia) new head coach of Iranian football club to win Turkey’s Super League title with club Esteghlal . role following his poor results in late April. Tractor Sazi. Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas. The 43-year-old coach has signed a The eight-time Iran Pro League cham- The 70-year-old coach will lead the Former Bursaspor coach Irfan Buz two-year contract with option for a third pions finished third in the 2018-19 season, Tabriz based football team in Iran Pro- was also in the frame to succeed Belgian worth €1.6m per year. with Sepahan second and arch-rivals Perse- Lazio return to Azmoun after fessional League (IPL) new season. coach Georges Leekens. The Italian tactician best known for polis completing a hat-trick of league titles. Wesley failure Denzili spent two seasons in two sep- Under tutelage of Leekens, the Iranian his spells in charge of Inter and Udinese. Esteghlal failed to book a place at the arate stints at Persepolis (2006-07 and team failed to book a place in the 2020 He had more fascinating adventures 2019 AFC Champions League Round of 16 2011–12). He is Tractor Sazi’s second AFC Champions League. in recent years, working at Panathinaikos but will take their place in the 2020 edition. After Lazio’s failure to sign Club Brugge forward Wesley Moraes, after being pipped to the signing by Premier League side Aston Villa, the Biancocelesti have returned to yet another new name for the attack: Farhad Majidi officially named Iran U23 football team coach Sardar Azmoun. SPORTS TEHRAN — Ex-Esteghlal coach has head coach of Iran U23 football team in early May after Azmoun has been linked to Lazio for the past couple deskbeen finally named as head coach of one year in charge. of summers and sporting director Igli Tare is clearly a big Iran’s U-23 football team. The Persians earned a spot in the AFC U23 Champi- fan of the Iranian. He was named as head coach of Iran Olympic team on onship 2020 Final in late March under coaching of the Azmoun has played for Rubin Kazan in the past two Monday but the Iran’s Ministry of Sports and Youth and 62-year-old Croat. summers but is now a player of Zenit St Petersburg and National Olympic Committee (NOC) expressed their dis- The 2020 AFC U23 Championship will be held in Thai- therefore you would expect that he would sell for more than satisfaction with the way of football federation for choosing land from Jan. 8 to 26. if Lazio had purchased him a season or two ago. him as a coach and called it disappointing. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for CittaCeleste report that Tare’s interest in the Iranian is After a few days, the consensus was reached on him and the 2020 Summer Olympics men’s football tournament in greater than that in Atalanta forward Andrea Petagna and, Majidi announced his provisional squad for the AFC U23 Japan as the AFC representatives. therefore, Lazio may have already found their alternative Championship Thailand 2020. Iran, a powerhouse of the Asian football, have not been to signing Wesley in the attack. Majidi, 43, replaced Zlatko Kranjcar, who was fired as in the Olympics since the 1976 games in Munich. (Source: CittaCeleste)

Shaikh Salman sends message to AFC U-20 Futsal C’ship participants Persepolis move up at Club Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Presi- having sealed their final spots after a tough which once again showcased the growing World Ranking dent, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, qualifying campaign that showcased the de- standards of our Member Associations and has wished all 12 teams the very best at the velopment of Asian futsal. I have no doubts that we will witness some 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship in Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa compelling action which will excite and TASNIM — Iran’s Persepolis football teams moved up at Tabriz, Iran. said: “The AFC is resolute in our commitment enthuse our fans and I wish all 12 teams the Club World Ranking. The focus of Asian futsal will be on hosts to stage top level competitions for our Mem- the very best.” The Iranian team have climbed one spot up to 174th Iran as they kicked off title defense against ber Associations and the growth in technical The 12 teams were drawn into four groups place with 3578 points. Hong Kong in Group A at the Pour Sharifi ability and tactical maturity of Asian futsal with the top two sides advancing into the Zob Ahan are the second Iranian team in the ranking, Indoor Stadium on Friday. teams is a clear example of the progress of quarter-finals. The Isfahan-based football team remain at 248th place Standing in their way are 11 of the most the sport and of our competitions. All 20 matches will be played at the Pour with 2874. promising sides on the Continent, who will “This is the first time we have introduced Sharifi Indoor Stadium in Tabriz. Esteghlal are third in 290th with 2567 points and Sepa- compete for the trophy from June 14 to 22 the qualifying program for age-group futsal, (Source: the-afc) han have moved up one place to 522nd with 1366 points. Clubworldranking.com is a weekly ranking system of the best soccer teams, top scorers and coaches in the world, Real sign ‘Japanese Messi’ Kubo from FC Tokyo based on match results over the past 52 weeks. Japanese striker Takefusa Kubo joined Real Madrid Moriyasu’s Japan squad preparing for the Copa Amer- on Friday, with the Spanish La Liga club hailing the ica, which begins later on Friday. Samurai Blue’s first Four Iranian teams eye 18-year-old as “one of the most promising youngsters game is against Chile on Monday. in world football”. Kubo’s arrival in Madrid will not be his first taste Vahid Amiri: report Details of the deal were not disclosed but Spanish of Spanish soccer, having joined Barcelona’s famed newspaper Marca said Real have paid FC Tokyo a two La Masia youth academy aged nine. million euro (£1.78 million) transfer fee, while Kubo Nicknamed the ‘Japanese Messi’, Kubo was earmarked Four Iranian football clubs have lined up to sign Trabzon- was expected to have signed a five-year contract. for a future at the Nou Camp but returned to Japan after spor winger Vahid Amiri. “Takefusa Kubo will come in to strengthen the Barcelona were found guilty of youth transfer breaches Amiri joined the Turkish football club from Persepolis Castilla ranks next season,” La Liga side Real said in and handed a 14-month transfer ban by FIFA. last season but failed to meet expectations. a statement on their website. Real Madrid, under returning boss Zinedine Zidane, The 31-year-old player has been linked with a move to “A technically gifted and hugely talented attacking are making sweeping changes following a disappoint- the Iranian clubs. midfielder, he possess wonderful vision, quick feet ing, trophy-less campaign last season. Persepolis are going to sign Amiri, while Sepahan, and has an eye for goal.” Kubo joins the likes of Belgian playmaker Eden Esteghlal and Tractor Sazi have shown their interest in Kubo, who made his Japan debut against El Salva- Hazard, striker Luka Jovic and defender Ferland signing the player. dor earlier this month, impressed for table-topping J Mendy in making moves to the Santiago Bernabeu Amiri was a member of Iran national football team in League side FC Tokyo. in recent weeks. the 2018 World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup. He is currently in Brazil with the rest of Hajime (Source: Reuters) (Source: Gazetedamga) Prayer Times Noon:13:05 Evening: 20:43 Dawn: 4:01 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:48 (tomorrow) JUNE 15, 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 Finnish artists Carin Bengts, Iina Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Heiskanen display works at Tehran gallery Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 ARTTEHRAN — Shirin Gallery in Tehran is Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 deskplaying host to an exhibition of artworks www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. by Finnish artists Carin Bengts and Iina Heiskanen. Tel: 88911433 Bengts who creates her works based on light and shadows Webmaster: [email protected] is showcasing a collection of her latest paintings at the Printed at: Hamshahri No. 3(Rooztab) - ISSN: 1017-94 exhibition titled “Rare Tranquility from Finland”, the gallery Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily has announced. “Light, shadows and their different shades have always No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran fascinated me,” she wrote in a statement for the exhibition. P.o. Box: 14155-4843 She said that her big passion is to observe and added, “I enjoy Zip Code: 1599814713 seeing a beautiful light on, for example, a leaf that glitters on a teacup or reflects on a table surface, and the shades, glitter and reflections on the shadow side of them. Particularly fascinating is how the color of light changes the mood. “The motifs in my paintings are moods. I mostly paint the light and the shadows that I have studied in my immediate surroundings: interiors from our home or my studio, exteriors from our garden and the view of our hometown.” The showcase is also displaying a collection of Heiskanen’s woodcuts, prints of pictures made by pressing shaped pieces GUIDE TO of wood and a coloring substance onto paper. SPIRITUAL AWAKENING In her statement for the exhibit, she wrote, “During the last couple of years, I have been working with the themes of time and the duration of it by concentrating my eye on the The most deserving person is he who can world of shadows.” punish the guilty, but shows indulgence and “I have been collecting shadows of artworks and artifacts forgiveness. as well as their audiences. I have developed these images into Imam Ali (AS) independent works on paper. Shadows of 3-D objects are transformed into figure plans. Taken out from their original context, the images don’t show the origin of the artwork but something new. WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES “In this world of shadows, I’m interested in the idea that the shadows are not meant to be observed but are something Multimedia which makes us experience the space around us and the Seyhun Gallery is playing host passing of time. Darkness as a metaphor of the passing of time to an exhibition of photos and sets is inspiring and even mystical. The silence of the shadows of installation by Fereshteh Shadi. and their immateriality is transformed into images on paper. The exhibition titled “Wishes The nature of the works is half abstract, and in the end, it Turned into Dust” will run until is not essential to know the origin of the pictures. They are June 26 at the gallery located at something in between things.” No. 11, 4th St., Vozara Ave. The exhibition will run until June 26 at the gallery that Artland Gallery is displaying can be found at No. 5, 13th St. off Sanai St., Karim Khan Ave. “Interior” by Carin Bengts. paintings and sculptures by a group of artists, including Nasser Ovissi, Bahram Dabiri, Hekmat Rahmani, Arash Lahiji and Ali Khaleq, in an exhibition named “The Role Turkmenistan to organize cultural festival of the Cow”. The exhibit runs until June 25 at in Tehran the gallery located at 4 Safa Alley, ARTTEHRAN — Turkmenistan will In addition, Turkmen costumes and handicrafts will Kachui St. in the Evin neighborhood. deskorganize a cultural festival in Tehran be on view at showcases at the forum. Sets of installation and paint- from June 16 to 18. “Ruhnama” (The Book of the Soul), a book written by ings by Mehdi Mashayekhi are on Turkmenistan Culture Minister Atagely Shamuradov Saparmurat Niyazov, the president of Turkmenistan from display in an exhibition at Saless is scheduled to attend an opening ceremony, which 1990 to 2006, will be introduced in a special meeting, which is Gallery. will be held at Vahdat Hall on Sunday, Iran’s Islamic to be organized at the National Library and Archives of Iran. The exhibit named “Brick, Cement Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) announced The forum will also host workshops and meetings which and Some Other Materials” runs on Thursday. will be organized by a group of Turkmen and Iranian until June 19 at the gallery located Groups of Turkmen dancers and musicians will give artists on Monday. at 148 Karim Khan Ave. performances during the festival. A lineup of movies by Turkmen filmmakers will An exhibition of paintings and Exhibitions, which are scheduled to be organized at also be screened during the festival, which will end drawings by a group of artists, Turkmen artists perform traditional dances at a the Iranian Artists Forum, will showcase artworks by with a roundtable on the Silk Road at the Sadi Hall of including Kian Vatan, Farrokh gala in Beijing, June 23, 2018. (China Daily) Turkmen artists. the Milad Tower. Mahdavi, Sadra Bani-Asadi, Shahla Hosseini and Sina Chupani, is cur- rently underway at Homa Gallery. The exhibit entitled “Faces” runs Books on child abuse prevention published in Persian until June 20 at the gallery located at No. 8, Fourth Alley, Sanai St., ARTTEHRAN — Four books doesn’t scare the child but educates them to be suitable for children aged 3 to 12 years Karim Khan Ave. deskto teach young children aware and what to do if they are approached is a beautifully illustrated children’s how to resist uncomfortable touching have or touched improperly. picture book that sensitively broaches Photo been published in Persian, Iranian publisher “This book isn’t explicit in any way and the subject of keeping children safe from Photos by Ruzbeh Ruzbehani Nardeban announced on Thursday. leaves the door open for further discussion inappropriate touching. are on display in an exhibition at “It’s MY Body” by Lory Britain is one of as the parents see fit,” Connor wrote in a This book is an invaluable tool for Atbin Gallery. the books. It discusses the different types of preface to the book. parents, caregivers, teachers and healthcare The exhibit titled “But You Weren’t touching and offers advice on how to react “It is my hope to prevent children from professionals to broach the subject of safe There” will run until June 25 at the to unwanted touching. becoming a victim like I was and not have and unsafe touching in a non-threatening gallery located at 42 Khakzad Alley, Another book is “Good Touch Bad Touch” to go through the things I’ve had to deal and age-appropriate way. Vali-e Asr Ave. near the Parkway by Teresa Connor, which is for parents with in life. I will be happy to save one In simple, reassuring language, the author Intersection. and grandparents to use as a tool to talk child,” she added. of “Your Body Belongs to You” explains that to their child ages 3-10 about proper and The other books are “Some Secrets a child’s body is his or her own; that it is Painting improper touches. A combination photo shows front covers Should Never Be Kept” by Jayneen Sanders all right for kids to decline a friendly hug Deilaman Gallery is playing host The book also helps educate children to of four books Nardeban published in Per- and “Your Body Belongs to You” by Cornelia or kiss, even from someone they love; and to an exhibition of paintings by be aware of the things perpetrators do when sian to teach young children how to resist Maude Spelman. that you can still be friends even if you don’t Masud Sadeddin. grooming a child to be a victim of abuse. It uncomfortable touches. “Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept” want a hug now. The exhibit named “Rapture in the Moment” runs until July 12 at the gallery that can be found at 50 Purmeshkati St. off Shariati Ave. More Sherlock Holmes stories come to A collection of paintings by Elham Azimi is on view in an ex- Iranian bookstores hibition at Mojdeh Gallery. The exhibit entitled “Patchwork ARTTEHRAN — More Sherlock Holmes the books entitled “The Silver Blaze”, “The Yellow Face”, Identity” will run until June 21 at deskshort stories have recently been “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Golden Pince-Nez”. the gallery located at No. 27, 18th published in four collections in Persian by Hermes Each book contains six short stories narrated by Alley off North Allameh Blvd. in Publications in Tehran. Holmes’ friend and biographer Dr. Watson. “The Red- the Saadatabad neighborhood. Created by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Headed League”, “The Final Problem”, “The Five Orange Nushin Sheikhzadeh, Ramtin 1887, Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective who Pips”, “The Man with the Twisted Lip” and “The Greek Alavi, Maryam Farid, Azadeh is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic Interpreter” are among the stories. Mirza-Aqatabar and Metanat science and logical reasoning. Sherlock Holmes stories, which are very popular among Homairad are showcasing their Karim Emami is the translator of the stories, which Iranian book readers, have been previously published A combination photo shows front covers of Persian copies latest paintings in an exhibition have been selected from among 56 short stories from in Persian by various publishers. of Sherlock Holmes stories published by Hermes in Tehran. at Atashzad Gallery. The exhibition will be running un- til June 20 at the gallery, which can be found at 3 North Abbaspur Investigation begins into supposed voice of Frida Kahlo (Tavanir) St. near Vanak Sq. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Frida Kahlo’s voice may have look,” the woman’s voice says. “His bulging, dark, intelligent An exhibition of paintings by finally been unearthed, say researchers at Mexico’s National and big eyes are difficultly detained.” Saeid Emdadian, Homa Tavakko- Sound Library. Kahlo is not directly identified by the narrator, but her li, Shamsi Yari and several other Library officials say it would be the first record of the voice is introduced as “she who no longer exists.” Library artists is underway at Haft Samar Mexican artist’s voice if confirmed. officials estimate that the program was released in 1955 or Gallery. The director of the Frida Kahlo Museum, Hilda Trujillo, 1956, a year or two after Kahlo died. The exhibit titled “The Friend’s told The Associated Press on Thursday that “there’s still a The voice is notable for its light and smooth tone, which Home” runs until June 19 at the long way to go” to verify the voice in question. contradicts previously held assumptions of the artist. gallery located at No. 8, Fifth Al- “I personally think that the art world has to be very strict “I would have imagined that it would be a bit deeper ley, Kuh-e Nur St., Motahari Ave. in its judgment and can’t rush to assumptions,” Trujillo said. and worn out,” Trujillo told AP. She noted that Kahlo Negar Gallery is host to an ex- Investigations will involve sound library officials, engineers, was very sick at the end of her life and was a heavy hibition of paintings by Saeideh audio experts and even still-living sources. Trujillo said she smoker and drinker. Aalikhani. is optimistic that there are still “enough elements to do a Pável Granados, director of the National Sound Library, Entitled “Breath”, the exhibit will rigorous analysis.” said Wednesday in announcing the discovery of the recording run until June 19 at the gallery The 90-second audio clip from a 1950s pilot episode of that Kahlo’s voice has been one of the most sought after voices located at 33 Delaram Alley, Ro- the Mexican radio program “The Bachelor” consists of a In this April 14, 1939 file photo, painter and surrealist within the library’s archive, which contains 600,000 files. shanai St. in the Qeitarieh neigh- woman describing Kahlo’s former husband and painting Frida Kahlo, who was the wife of noted Mexican muralist He said researchers will try to confirm that the voice borhood. partner, Diego Rivera. Diego Rivera, poses at her home in Mexico City. belongs to Kahlo by going through 1,300 more tapes from “He’s a large child, massive, with a friendly face and sad (AP Photo/File) “The Bachelor.”