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Ashgabat hosts Iran-Turkmenistan Joint See page 2 Economic Committee meeting

TEHRAN — The 15th Iran-Turkmenistan egation comprised of representatives from Joint Economic Committee meeting was the oil, energy and foreign affairs ministries held on Tuesday in Turkmenistan’s capital as well as the country’s private sector. Ashgabat, IRNA reported. The minister is also accompanied by The event was attended by senior officials several parliament members, Deputy from both sides and Iran’s Transport and Oil Ministry for International Affairs Urban Development Minister Moham- Amir-Hossein Zamaninia, Iran Chamber mad Eslami was the Iranian chairman of of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agri- the meeting. culture (ICCIMA) Vice Chairman Hossein Eslami arrived in Ashgabat on Tuesday Salahvarzi and Deputy Transport Minister at the head of a high-ranking economic del- Shahram Adamnejad. 4

Ruhollah Zam arrested via co-op with other intelligence services: IRGC TEHRAN — Mohammad Tavallaei, a movements for a long time and he stepped high-ranking IRGC general, has revealed into intelligence trap of the Guards some more details about the arrest of Ruhollah two years ago,” Tavallaei said on Tuesday, Zam, the head of an anti-Iranian website according to Mehr. and Telegram channel, saying he was ar- “Zam was a key figure of (foreign) rested through cooperation with other intelligence services for throwing the intelligence services. country into disarray...and driving a “Intelligence forces had been keep- wedge between the Iranian people and Economic terrorism ing a careful watch over Ruhollah Zam’s government,” he said. 3 Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence escalates in northeast Syria on Iranians is crime TEHRAN — “UNICEF estimates that “Three health facilities and health ve- nearly 70,000 children have been dis- hicles and one school came under attack. placed since hostilities in northeast Syria The A’louk water station supplying water escalated nearly a week ago. to nearly 400,000 people in Al-Hasakeh “UNICEF confirms that at least four is out of service. children have been killed and nine others “UNICEF is concerned that at least against humanity injured in northeast Syria. Seven chil- 170,000 children could need humanitarian dren have reportedly also been killed assistance as a result of ongoing violence president.ir in Turkey. in the area. 13

PERSPECTIVE Top Iranian, Czech MPs discuss Mideast crises including Turkish incursion into Syria ARTICLE Ramin Hossein Abadian TEHRAN — Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Lar- rorism including in countries such as Afghanistan, In a press conference on Monday President Gerold Bödeker Mehr News Agency ijani and his Czech counterpart Radek Vondracek Iraq and Syria,” Larijani said, adding, “Of course, Hassan Rouhani also said the Turkish military FAO representative to Iran journalist in a meeting in Belgrade on Monday underlined in response to calls from Baghdad and Damascus moves on northeastern Syria is “unacceptable”, the need to avoid military option to settle disputes we helped the Syrian and Iraqi governments to adding, “The Turkish government is our friend, or security concerns in Syria. overcome the terrorist group of Daesh.” but the way they have chosen is not good, and Arrival of resistance Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with The Czech speaker, for his part, said, “Milita- we believe there are better ways.” What we eat Vondracek on the sidelines of the 141st Assembly rism will end nowhere, hence, a dialogue-based Also, last week Rouhani said security at Syr- forces in northern of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Serbia’s diplomatic way must be permanently pursued.” ia-Turkey borders can just be provided by the determines our capital attended by parliamentary delegations “Unfortunately civilians in Syria and Yem- Syrian Army. Syria: Erdogan’s from around 180 countries. en are suffering (from militaristic approaches),” “We have announced that security at the north health and future “Regarding Syria, we believe that diplomatic Vondracek regretted. of Syria and south of Turkey can just be provided failed political dialogues are the best way to put an end to the crisis Turkey launched a military operation against by the Syrian Army and we should make the n recent decades, our diets and eating calculations but some countries prefer military approaches Syrian Kurdish fighters, known as the Syrian Dem- grounds for the Syrian Army’s presence in this habits have dramatically changed, mov- which are unwise and will end in heavy losses,” ocratic Forces (SDF), on Wednesday under the region… and the Kurds in this region, which is Iing from seasonal, mainly plant-based Larijani pointed out. pretext that the group is linked to Turkey’s Kurdistan their own country, should be beside the Syrian and fibre-rich dishes to high calorie diets n response to the Turkish army’s in- and processed foods, loaded with sugar, “Military confrontations will reinvigorate ter- Workers Party (PKK) that it has been fighting with. Army,” Rouhani told a cabinet session. 2 cursion into north Syria, the Syrian fat and salt. These days also in Iran, less Iarmy entered Tabqah and deployed time is spent to prepare meals at home, forces near the military airport in Raqqa and consumers rely on fast food outlets province in the early hours of Monday. and home delivery of processed foods. Tabaqa military airport is located near Nasrallah, Frangieh met for six hours overnight Urbanization and technological innova- the Euphrates Dam, one of the biggest TEHRAN — The secretary general of the Leb- Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met Tuesday to country’s top officials and politicians. Ratings tion have transformed our habits, promoting and most important dams in Syria, which anese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed iron out the kinks holding up the 2020 budget, agencies have given Beirut a negative outlook sedentary lifestyles which involve little or no was lost during the bloody battle between Hasan Nasrallah held a six-hour meeting with which appeared to have hit snags during a Cabinet and conventional wisdom holds that passing a physical activity; that means fewer calories the Syrian army and ISIS in August 2014. Marada Movement head Sleiman Frangieh over- session earlier this week. 2020 budget with austerity measures is needed are burned throughout the day. Media sources speak of a great agree- night Monday. Hariri will head a Cabinet meeting on Wednes- to boost confidence and put the country back on A combination of unhealthy diets and sed- ment between Kurds in northern Syria The meeting was confirmed to The Daily Star day at 5 p.m. to discuss the budget. the right track – although some have criticized entary lifestyles has sent obesity rates soaring and the Damascus government. Following by a Hezbollah source. The meeting touched on Hariri met Berri at the latter’s Ain al-Tineh resorting to austerity. in high, middle and even low-income countries a long meeting, it was agreed that there the current budget discussions in government, residence and it was reported that the two agreed One current budget holdup is raising taxes – where hunger and overweight often coexist. would be a complete coordination between as well as local and regional developments. on the need to approve the budget within the on citizens, which has been vehemently opposed Based on the latest data provided by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forc- This meeting comes days after Nasrallah met constitutional timeframe, as well as the dangers by Hezbollah. Ministers have also proposed in- FAO, globally, over 670 million adults and es (SDF) and Damascus across all areas with Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil for around of delays. creasing fees on electricity, but the Lebanese 120 million girls and boys (5-19 years) are under the control of SDF. This could be seven hours. According to the Constitution, Cabinet should Forces and Free Patriotic Movement have rejected obese, and over 40 million children under 5 the beginning of Syria’s control over the Bassil and Frangieh are tipped to be two of send the budget to Parliament by Oct. 22 this this, saying that once 24/7 electricity is provided, are overweight, while over 820 million people eastern Euphrates. the main candidates for the presidency when year; Parliament then has until the end of the they would approve increased taxes. According still suffer from hunger. The Turkish army and its affiliated mi- President Michel Aoun’s term is up in three years. year to pass it. to a plan endorsed by the government earlier The costs of unhealthy diets litia have occupied Tell Abiad, Solouk and Hariri, Berri meet over budget snags Lebanon is currently in an economic state of this year, Lebanon will have round-the-clock and obesity Mabroukeh towns as well as the villages Meanwhile, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and emergency, as was declared last month by the power next year. Unhealthy diet and obesity take a toll on in the southwestern outskirts of Hasakah. human, financial and environmental resources. Now, they are approaching Ain Issa on Poor diets, combined with sedentary the north of Raqqa. Therefore, the next lifestyles, have become world’s number one steps that should be taken by the Syrian leading risk factor for disability and death army will likely be a deployment in the from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) northern and western outskirts of Raqqa including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes to stop the invading Turkish army. Winners of and certain cancers. Unhealthy eating habits In this regard, the Kurds have struck a also costs national health budgets up to USD deal with Russia to hand over Ain al Arab 2 trillion per year globally. (Kobani) to Syria, Ismat Sheikh Hassan, Isar National Not only our food systems play a major one of the military commanders of SDF, role in our poor diet, but also contribute to has said. environmental degradation. In the way our The fact is that the arrival of the Syrian Film Awards food systems currently work, from agricultural army and resistance forces in northern production to processing and retailing, there Syria has unbalanced all the calculations of is little space for fresh, locally produced foods Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. announced as staple crops such as cereals take priority. Turkish forces had assumed that they could High demands for specific varieties and mo- An unidentified filmmaker receives his award occupy some parts of Syria through their no-cultivation practices, along with exces- from Cinema Organization of Iran director operations in the north and the northeast. sive use of agricultural inputs made natural Hossein Entezami (2nd L) during the 3rd Turkish troops had sought to establish an resources unsustainable for future generations, edition of the Isar National Film Awards autonomous state in north and northeast the super high pressure on our environment at Tehran’s Eyvan Shams Hall on October Syria, so they launched Operation Peace has pushed the biodiversity and wild life to Spring. But the intervention by the Syrian 14, 2019. Seyed Saeed Reza Razavi its very limit and extinction. Today only nine The awards have been established by army and resistance forces to defend the plant species account for 66% of total crop the Foundation for Martyrs and War Vet- territorial integrity and to protect their production despite the fact that throughout IRNA/ erans’ Affairs to honor films on devotion national sovereignty aborted Ankara’s history, more than 6000 species have been and self-sacrifice. last plans. 13 cultivated for food. 12 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS OCTOBER 16, 2019

Zarif: Attack on Iranian oil William Burns and Jake Sullivan call tanker was state-sponsored The minister says one or more states Trump’s decision to quit nuclear deal ‘foolish’

were involved in the vessel attack By staff and agency Washington is that the U.S. lift all the sanctions POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- William J. Burns, a former U.S. deputy secre- that it has illegally and unilaterally imposed deskhammad Javad Zarif announced on Tuesday tary of state, and Jake Sullivan, the national on Iran. that “one or more countries” had directed or facilitated the Friday security adviser to former vice president Joe Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif morning attack on the Iranian SABITI oil tanker off the Saudi Biden, have said that the Trump administra- said in September that removal of sanctions coast in the Red Sea. tion’s decision to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, was Iran’s condition for President Hassan Zarif also said the raid on SABITI was a “state-sponsored act”. officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Rouhani’s talks with leaders of the 5+1 group. He added, “According to received intelligence the Friday as- Plan of Action, was “foolish”. “Our condition for Mr. Rouhani’s talks sault on the Iranian oil tanker was a complicated move done by “The consequences of the Trump admin- with heads of state of the 5+1 group, and not one or more states.” istration’s foolish decision to abandon that just between Mr. Rouhani and Mr. Trump, “Investigations are underway. We are not to accuse any gov- nuclear deal last year, with no evidence of was removal of sanctions,” he told reporters. ernment until we come to definite conclusions,” he mentioned. Iranian noncompliance, were predictable President Rouhani said in a press confer- President Rouhani also told a press conference on Monday — and predicted,” they wrote in an article ence on Monday that the Trump administra- that “what is clear is that a regime has done it with a support of published by The New York Times on Monday. tion committed a great mistake by abandoning certain countries.” Rouhani also told a press conference with the “We are now at a very dangerous point,” the nuclear deal. Pakistani prime minister in Tehran on Sunday that Iran has found the article added. He said that Iran is ready to hold talks some clues about the attack on the vessel but investigations are It added, “The Trump administration, within the 5+1 group whenever the sanctions underway until a final conclusion is reached. for its part, believed unrealistically that its are removed. In a reaction on Saturday, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign and saber In August, he also said there will be no Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), condemned the at- rattling would cause Iran to fold and accept change in Iran-U.S. relations without removal tack on SABITI and voiced Tehran’s firm will to give a crushing America’s terms. But it failed to see that Iran of all sanctions and change of the wrong path response to the evil act in international waterways. has its own cards to play.” that Washington have taken. William Burns Jake Sullivan “Banditry and wickedness in the international waterways aimed It is also said in the article that the U.S. “If someone just seeks to take photo with at destabilizing movement of trade vessels will not go unanswered,” should remove sanctions against Iran and In May 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump harsh ones. Hassan Rouhani, it is not possible unless they the top security official underscored. abandon its 12 preconditions to start talks abandoned the nuclear deal and returned Tehran has been insisting that the only remove all the cruel sanctions and respect “A committee has been formed to conduct probe into the issue with Tehran. the previous sanctions and imposed new path to negotiations between Tehran and the Iranian people’s rights,” he emphasized. of the SABITI oil tanker which came under missile attacks off the “The United States won’t get Iran to the “Change of our behavior towards those Saudi coasts in the Red Sea and its findings will soon be hand- table without some economic relief — either “The Trump administration, for its part, who have imposed sanctions on the Islam- ed over to the relevant bodies to make the required decision,” directly or through the European Union, as believed unrealistically that its ‘maximum ic Republic of Iran and launched economic Shamkhani stated. President Emmanuel Macron of France has terrorism will start when they repent. They He added, “Main clues to the dangerous adventurism have suggested. The United States will also need pressure’ campaign and saber rattling should return to their commitments and been found following reviewing videos and gathered intelligence to abandon as a precondition for progress would cause Iran to fold and accept change the wrong path they have taken. evidence.” the 12 demands that Secretary of State Mike They should serve the interests of the world Shamkhani also pointed to destructive operations against Pompeo laid out publicly last year,” they wrote. America’s terms. But it failed to see that and the international security. They should Iranian oil tankers F Helm and Happiness in recent months in It is also said, “The nuclear deal agreed to Iran has its own cards to play,” the two recognize the Iranians’ rights and respect the Red Sea, saying, “Destabilizing international waterways will in 2015 was meant to be the beginning, not former senior officials wrote. the revolution and the Islamic system,” the push the world economy towards worrying threats.” the end, of diplomacy with Iran.” president asserted. He further stressed that planners, operators and suppliers of such provocative moves will ultimately be responsible for the consequences of their dangerous measures. The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) announced Rouhani: Economic terrorism on Iranians is crime against humanity in a statement posted on its official website that none of the re- President says 83 million Iranians “will not forget this crime” of sanctions which have affected medicine and food supplies gional maritime bodies responded to calls for help by the Iranian oil tanker SABITI when it came under missile attack. POLITICAL TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani approved by the UN Security Council was a “shame” for the desk “No regional maritime administration responded to calls for said on Tuesday that the United States has United States. assistance by MT SABITI, and the Ports and Maritime Organization committed “crime against humanity” through its “economic “The agreement was approved by the United Nations considers this in contrast and violation of international customary terrorism” against the Iranians. Security Council which adds to this shame. So, it [the U.S.] requirements, as well as humanitarian principles,” the PMO stated. “Undoubtedly, the United States’ administration has com- violated international law and has included food and med- The PMO said it is releasing this statement to clarify the ambigu- mitted crime against humanity. The United States’ action icine in sanctions.” ities surrounding the terrorist attack on SABITI and also disprove is economic terrorism,” Rouhani said during a speech at Rouhani said 83 million Iranians “will not forget this claims of intention to assist the vessel at the time of distress. the 66th session of the WHP Regional Committee for the crime” by the Trump administration. Eastern Mediterranean. The president added, “In the world of politics, ethics and “However,” Rouhani noted, “it does not mean that the humanity Iran is the victor and the United States the loser.” Iran to form specialized anti- Iranian nation has come to their knees as scientists, research- Trump has described his government’s sanctions against ers and manufacturers have doubled their efforts despite Iran as “economic war”. money laundering working groups unprecedented economic pressure and unfair sanctions.” Trump has acknowledged that his administration has The president added, “Today, we are moving toward slapped the “harshest sanctions” against Iran that its kind POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Iranian government is plan- self-sufficiency.” has never been seen in history. deskning to form specialized anti-money launder- U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 nuclear Rouhani said in June that the U.S. sanctions are examples ing working groups to intensify the country’s campaign against deal, known as the JCPOA, in May 2108 and returned the of “crime against humanity and economic terrorism” because “There was a time when such warfare was used to simply financing terrorism, spokesman for the Iranian government Ali previous sanctions and ordered new ones in line with his they have targeted ordinary people’s “lives and needs”. limit the activities of some countries. However, new warfare Rabiei said on Tuesday. administration’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran. “It should not be said that the U.S. has imposed sanctions of the United States and what Trump has called the ‘eco- Highlighting ratification of In late April, Trump’s administration even introduced on us because they are not sanctions. They are a crime against nomic war’ have targeted the ordinary people’s livelihood appending article 14th of an- total ban on Iran’s oil export, Iran’s main source of income. humanity. They could be called sanctions if they targeted and health,” the chief diplomat lamented. ti-money laundering law as a The move was intended to strangulate the Iranian economy. some of our sensitive industries, but they are a crime against In an interview with CNN aired on September 24, Zarif prominent step by the govern- Medicine and food are not subject to sanctions, but fi- humanity and economic terrorism when they target the said that sanctions are war. ment to root out corruption, nancial sanctions have made it actually difficult for Iran to people’s lives and needs,” he stated. “Sanctions are war. Because in a war, usually military Rabiei said, “Based on the import such items. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Oc- targets are chosen. In sanctions, civilians are the targets. newly-ratified regulation, the Rouhani said, “We are thankful to committed physicians tober 9 that the U.S. sanctions and economic war on Iran So, it’s war. It’s more than war,” he said. national risk assessment work- who through their efforts prevented people to face health have targeted the ordinary people’s health and livelihood. During a speech at the 42th session of the UN Human ing group will be duty bound problems and queue up for medicine.” During a speech at an international conference on global Rights Council in September, Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, to form specialized working He noted that the U.S. “cruel sanctions” are “betrayal of economy and sanctions held at Alzahra University in Tehran, Tehran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the groups to review possible humanity and the Iranian people”. the foreign minister said that the United States has turned UN office in Geneva, called the consequences of unilateral threats of money laundering Rouhani said the pullout from the JCPOA that has been “economy and dollar” into tools of warfare. sanctions against Iran “crime against humanity”. and financing terrorism.” “The move testifies that Iran is determined to counter money laundering activities and Iran has acted prudently by reducing nuclear commitments: Kamalvandi financial supports for terror- ism,” Rabiei emphasized. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Behrooz abandoned the deal, Tehran began to partially step, removing ban on nuclear research and desk “According to the regulation, the expert working groups must Kamalvandi, spokesman reduce its commitments to the agreement development (R&D). be formed to monitor various fields of threat assessment, national for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran at bi-monthly intervals. In a letter on September 5, Foreign Minister vulnerability, banking system vulnerability, exchange market (AEOI), has said that Iran has been acting In the first stage, Iran announced that it Mohammad Javad Zarif notified European vulnerability, insurance sector vulnerability and vulnerability of prudently by reducing its commitments un- will not limit its stockpile of the nuclear fuel Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini other credit and financial institutions and non-financial sector,” der the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known to 300 kilograms allowed under the deal. about Iran’s third step. the spokesman said. as the JCPOA. However, on that date (May 8) Iran’s Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah “The entire executive bodies, including Interior Ministry, “We have lost nothing in nuclear indus- National Security Council (SNSC) said if the Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on October 2 that Trade Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Justice Ministry, Police, Iran try. We had not closed the path of return remaining parties to the JCPOA, especially Iran will continue to reduce commitments Custom Administration, Central Bank and intelligence and security wherever we accepted a restriction. We have Europeans, devise a mechanism to protect under the nuclear deal. bodies are duty bounded to prepare required information and also been prudent in reducing our [nuclear] Iran from the sanctions effect in the two- “Reducing nuclear commitments, for data for the specialized working groups,” Rabiei stated. commitments,” he said during a meeting with month deadline it will reverse its decision. which the Atomic Energy Organization is At the beginning of the current year, the Expediency Council a group of highly talented Iranians who reside properly. We should not lose the elements But since European parties missed the responsible, should continue seriously and gave approval to an anti-money laundering bill seen as crucial in foreign countries. that empower us,” he remarked. deadline, on July 7 Iran announced that it precisely as it was announced by the gov- to maintaining international trade and banking ties. He noted that Westerners seek to under- U.S. President Donald Trump, who quit has started enriching uranium to a higher ernment till it reaches favorable result and The bill on amending the law to counter money laundering mine Iran’s nuclear program as an element the nuclear deal in May 2018 and imposed purity than the 3.67%, thereby starting the it will definitely reach the result,” Ayatollah was approved with certain changes and sent to the Majlis speaker of power. the harshest ever sanctions on Tehran, has second step. Khamenei said during a meeting with the High to be communicated to the government. “We make efforts to have a good understat- been repeatedly calling for dialogue with Iran. Again, as Europe missed the second 60- Council of the Commanders of the Islamic The Expediency Council settles disputes between parliament, ing of the situation and to use opportunities On May 8, exactly one year after the U.S. day deadline, Iran moved to take the third Revolutionary Guard Corps. which approved the bill last year, and the Guardian Council, which vets all legislation and had rejected it. MP warns of serious consequences of Syria attack Top Iranian, Czech MPs discuss POLITICAL TEHRAN – A member of the Iranian Par- The Kurds, who recaptured swathes of northeastern Syria Raisi expressed the hope that the Turkish government Mideast crises including deskliament presiding board said on Tuesday from Islamic State (Daesh), say the Turkish assault could would pull back to international borders immediately. that the Turkish military attack on northern Syria will make allow the terrorist group to re-emerge as some of its followers Aid groups operating in northeastern Syria have raised Turkish incursion into Syria trans-regional powers rude enough to meddle in the region were escaping from prisons. the alarm about civilian casualties and an impending hu- militarily. In its first big attack since the assault began last week, manitarian crisis. 1 The Iranian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement last Behrouz Nemati said, “When the regional countries do not Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb Many countries around the world, including China and week urging Turkey to immediately stop the offensive and withdraw respect each other’s territorial rights and weaken the region’s in Qamishli, the largest city in the Kurdish-held area, even as India, have urged Turkey to stop its attacks on northern Syria. its forces from the region. security, naturally enemies will dare enough to have unwise the city came under heavy Turkish shelling, Reuters reported. Since Turkey launched military operations in northeast- The statement said, “As it has been announced earlier, the Islamic presence in the region.” Five Islamic State fighters fled a jail there, and foreign ern Syria, towns and villages along the border have been hit Republic of Iran considers the current regional situation a consequence “In fact, insecurity is the exact pretext sought by trans-re- women from the group being held in a camp torched tents by heavy shelling and people are fleeing for their lives and of extra-regional interferences, especially by the United States.” gional enemies to deploy their forces in the region which will and attacked guards with sticks and stones, the Kurds said. are in need of medical and humanitarian aid, Médecins Sans The ministry said Iran, by capitalizing on its regional influence, harm the entire regional nations,” the MP remarked. Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi on Monday expressed Frontières (MSF) said on October 10. has solutions to problems haunting the region. “Based on its view He further advised the Turkish president to pull out his deep concern that Turkey’s incursion into Syria would bring “This escalation can only exacerbate the trauma that on solving problems within its regional capacities, Iran is ready forces from northern Syria and solve its disputes with Syrian Daesh back to the stage in the region. the people of Syria have already endured through years of to play a role.” Kurds through dialogue. There is a danger that Daesh which “has committed the war,” said Robert Onus, MSF emergency manager for Syria. The crisis can just be settled through peaceful solutions and Nemati, meantime, called for an active diplomacy by Tehran biggest crimes in the region and their hands are stained with “Displacement and injuries caused by fighting are likely to respect for Syria’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty, to put an immediate end to the invasion of Syria and prevent the regional people’s blood to respire and commit crimes put additional pressure on the already limited resources in the statement added. massacre of innocent Syrians. again”, Fars quoted Raisi as saying. hospitals.”

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 16, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 MP: Saudi elites predominantly back Qatari FM: Doha trying hard Tehran-Riyadh de-escalation efforts to prevent escalation of POLITICAL TEHRAN — Heshma- place some 60 miles from the Saudi port Iran-U.S. tensions desktollah Falahatpisheh, a city of Jeddah. member of the Majlis National Security The explosions hit the vessel’s hull, POLITICAL TEHRAN — Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh desk and Foreign Policy Committee, argues that causing heavy damages to the ship’s two Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on there’s a prevailing spirit of deescalating main tanks, which resulted in an oil spill Tuesday that his government is resolved to do its best to prevent tensions with Iran among the Saudi elites. in the Red Sea. any possible escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Speaking with ISNA on Tuesday, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign The top Qatari diplomat, who was addressing an international Falahatpisheh said Iran has been in favor Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said security conference in Doha, was quoted as saying by the Persian- of dialogue with Saudi Arabia for years and on Sunday that Riyadh was not behind language website of Russian Sputnik news agency. it was the Saudis that didn’t come forward, the attack. “Qatar is not a mediator between Iran and the U.S. but it tries and they are now searching for mediators. “We did not engage in such behavior at to prevent them from engaging in any possible tension,” the On September 14, as many as 10 drones all. This is not how we operate and that’s top Qatari diplomat said as he was addressing an international bombed the Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities not how we did in the past,” al-Jubeir told security conference in Doha. run by the Saudi state-owned oil company reporters in Riyadh, according to Reuters. “We want to make sure that any tension won’t be escalated, Aramco. Falahatpisheh said the attack will face which would influence regional and trans-regional countries,” Although Yemen’s Houthi movement a decisive response by Iran when the right the Persian-language website of Russian Sputnik news agency claimed responsibility for the attacks on time comes. quoted Abdulrahman Al Thani as saying. the Abqaiq and Khurais facilities, Saudi Iran is capable of finding those behind He further said, “Throughout the history of Qatar, we have Arabia and its allies laid the blame on Iran. the attack and this is a separate issue from not had any problem with Iran; Iran has even been assisting Tehran, however, rejected any the process of deescalating the Iran-Saudi Qatar to survive since neighboring countries imposed sanctions involvement. Arabia tensions, the MP added. against Doha in 2017.” In another incident on Friday morning, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always two separate explosions, possibly caused owned by the National Iranian Tanker According to a statement issued on announced that it is ready to deescalate by missile attacks, hit the SABITI oil tanker Company (NITC). Friday by the NITC, the explosions took the tensions and still is,” he said. Ruhollah Zam arrested via co-op with other intelligence Zanjan police seized 1.2 tons of drugs in six months services: IRGC POLITICAL TEHRAN — A total of 1,200 kilograms According to the World Drug Report 2019 of the United deskof different illicit drugs has been seized Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in 2017 Iran had seized 1 “He was under the strong support of other intelligence in Zanjan province in the first half of the current Iranian the largest quantity of opiates, accounting for 39% of the services but we trapped and arrested him through a meticulous year (March 21-September 22), Zanjan province’s police global total. intelligence operation,” the general added. chief has announced. Also, Head of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Es- Tavallaei warned those who have been deceived by foreign According to Rahim Jahanbakhsh, the figure indicates kandar Momeni has warned of the increase in production spy agencies opposed to the Islamic Republic should know that a 22% growth in comparison with the same period in last of crystal methamphetamine in Afghanistan from 200 they will abandon them as soon as coming under pressure or year, Mehr reported on Tuesday. tons per year to its present 9,000 tons per year. facing a threat. Jahanbakhsh also said 15 drug trafficking bands have been He said the report rings the alarm bell for the inter- The remark came as the IRGC announced on Monday that dismantled and a total of 1,974 culprits have been detained national community and will harm regional as well as its intelligence unit had arrested Ruhollah Zam, admin of an in the province during the six-month period. Western countries. anti-Iranian website and Telegram channel “Amad News”. This also demonstrates a 24% increase compared to last “The Islamic Republic of Iran has seized 580 tons of nar- The IRGC said in its Monday statement that it succeeded year, he added. cotics through 2,000 operations in the first half of 2019,” he to lure Zam into Iran and then arrest him, adding that further Iran is at the forefront of the fight against drug trafficking said in a meeting with Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC Director information about the operation will soon be revealed. and thousands of Iranian forces have been so far martyred of Policy Analysis and Public Affairs in Vienna. The statement was widely welcomed by political factions in Iran. to protect the world from the danger of drugs. “Some ten tons of the seized drugs in the said time were In a statement on Monday evening, lawmakers praised the According to reports, in 2018 alone, Iranian forces car- approximately 807 tons of different types of narcotic drugs crystal meth, registering 600 percent increase compared IRGC’s “awe-inspiring” operation to catch Zam, expressing cer- ried out 1,557 operations against drug traffickers, seizing and psychotropic substances. to the same period in the preceding year.” tainty that the Iranian nation will continue to witness similar victories by the forces of the IRGC intelligence operation. Zam launched Amad News in 2015. The channel frequently General hails IRGC forces for Govt. not permitted to join Palermo posted fake news stories and called for violence with the aim of overthrowing the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ruhollah Zam’s arrest Convention: Rezaee During the protest rallies in December 2018, he urged the people to take arms against the government.

Pakistani FM says Iran, Saudi Arabia should bridge differences

By staff and agency Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Iran and Saudi Arabia should bridge differences. In an interview with Aaj News, he said that Pakistan will con- tinue efforts in line with reducing tension in Iran-Saudi Arabia relations, ISNA reported on Tuesday. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Tehran on Sunday to “facilitate” possible dialogue between Iran and Saudi Arabia which have been at loggerheads over a number of issues including the Saudi war on Yemen. He met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani. Khan was scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The Pakistani prime minister visited Iran as the tension in the region is getting more complicated. On Friday morning, an POLITICAL TEHRAN — The com- Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced POLITICAL TEHRAN — Mohsen He added, “We are managing the coun- Iranian oil tanker was struck by two missiles in the Red Sea, 60 deskmander of Civil Defense Zam’s arrest by its intelligence forces. deskRezaee, secretary of try through circumventing the sanctions. miles away from Saudi coastlines. Organization has hailed the Iranian in- In a statement on Monday, the IRGC said the Expediency Council, has said the Approval of these two bills is not wise.” Khan has said that he is making an effort to reduce tension telligence forces for arresting Ruhollah the arrest shows that the enemies’ intelligence government is not permitted to join He also said, “The Guardian Council has between Tehran and Riyadh. Prior to the Sunday visit to Tehran, Zam, the operator of the Telegram channel services have been defeated by the power of the Palermo Convention. found faults with this bill and from this coun- he held talks with Saudi Arabia’s leaders in Riyadh as well as Seday-e Mardom (formerly known as the IRGC’s intelligence organization. “The bill to join the Palermo Convention cil’s point of view, these two bills have not Rouhani at the United Nations in September. Amad News). The IRGC said it lured Zam into Iran was rejected in the Supreme Supervisory become legal. The Expediency Council has On Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Tehran is Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jala- using “clever, multidimensional and inno- Board because it contradicted with the not studied them. So, they are not approved.” ready for a talk with Saudi Arabia with or without a mediator. li said the admin of Amad News was a vative tricks”, which even deceived foreign establishment’s general policies,” Rezaee The Financial Action Task Force During a joint press conference with Khan, Rouhani indirectly dangerous person who was supported intelligence agencies. said in a tweet on Monday. announced in June that Iran had until referred to Saudi Arabia by saying that Iran will give a positive by Western intelligence services, Mehr Zam launched Amad News in 2015. The He further explained that the Guard- October to complete reforms that would response to “good intention”. reported on Tuesday. channel frequently posted fake news sto- ian Council subsequently recognized the bring it into line with global norms or “Iran welcomes good intention and efforts by the Pakistani He said having failed to wage a military ries and called for violence with the aim of contradiction of the bill with Article 110 face consequences. prime minister to settle tension in the region to restore peace aggression against Iran, the United States, overthrowing the Islamic Republic of Iran. of the Islamic Republic’s general policies, One of the actions Iran is required and stability to the region,” he said. the Zionist regime and the reactionary states During the protest rallies in December which put the fate of the bill on the hands to take to appease the FATF is joining During a separate meeting with Khan, Ayatollah Khamenei, of the region are imposing a media-centered 2018, he urged the people to take arms against of the Expediency Council. the United Nations Convention against Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said that ending the war in hybrid war against the Iranian nation. the government. Since the deadline for making a deci- Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), Yemen will have positive effects on the Middle East region. “With God’s grace and the good will of The IRGC also said the French intelligence sion on the bill has passed, the govern- which is also called the Palermo Conven- “The Islamic Republic of Iran presented a four-point plan to end the Guards intelligence forces, Ruhollah service was behind Zam’s activities, which ment does not have permission to join tion, a 2000 United Nations-sponsored the war in Yemen a long time ago and if this war ends in the right Zam was captured by the powerful hand were also backed by the U.S. and Zionist the Palermo Convention. multilateral treaty against transnational way, it can have positive effects on the region,” the Leader said. of the country’s intelligence apparatus,” regime’s spy services. Also on Monday, a member of the Ex- organized crime. He described peace and security in West Asia as very “sensi- the general said. Seday-e Mardom Telegram channel, pediency Council said the council has set The other action is to ratify the CFT, tive” and “important” and expressed regret over certain regional Jalali also branded Iran International, which is now under the control of the Is- aside studies to approve the Palermo bill. the convention combatting financing of countries’ “destructive” role in supporting terrorist groups in Iraq Manoto, BBC Persian, and other TV news lamic Republic, reported the arrest of Zam “Palermo and CFT will help the United terrorism. and Syria and causing war and bloodshed in Yemen. channels as mercenaries of the “empire by the Guards on Monday. States identify the ways we circumvent the On October 7, 2018, the parliament The Leader added, “We have no motivation for animosity of lies” in its hybrid war against the Is- It also posted a photo of Zam in custody, sanctions. We will not tighten sanctions voted in favor of the CFT. However, the with these countries, but they are influenced by the United lamic Republic. under which it was written: “This is just the with our own hands,” ISNA quoted Gho- oversight Guardian Council rejected the States and act against the Islamic Republic of Iran in line with The remarks came a day after the Islamic beginning”. lamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam as saying. bill by finding 22 faults with it. the United States’ will.” Deputy Chairman of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Kamal Dehghani Firouzabadi has said that there are promising signs in revitalizing ties between VP: U.S. fails to bring Iran into collapse Tehran and Riyadh. TEHRAN (FNA) — Iranian Vice President Es’haq lead Iran’s economy into collapse had all failed. In an article published by IRNA on Monday, he said it seems Jahangiri said that Washington’s plots against Iran “We have been able to defeat the U.S. plots with the that the future of relations has become more promising. through sanctions and pressures have all failed to make strategy of resistance,” he said. “We can point three signs in this respect. First is negotiations the country collapse. “The US threatens the foreign governments and com- on Hajj [in August] which were held without impediment and “The Americans imagined that Iran will collapse (un- panies (not to cooperate with Iran) but it has not been reached maximum results. The second is direct talks between der pressures) but Iran enjoys many capabilities in the able to attain its most important goal, that is the collapse Iranian and Saudi oil ministers [in October] during which the geographical, economic and human resources fields and of Iran’s economy,” the VP added. officials called each other ‘friend’ despite the tension in past years… has been able to proudly remove the problems,” Jahangiri Also, in July, Jahangiri stressed that his country’s The third, and most important one, is Saudi Arabia’s call for said, addressing a forum in Tehran on Tuesday. economy had remained stable one year after the U.S. mediation,” he wrote. He expressed the hope Iran would be able to continue imposed the toughest embargos against Tehran. However, he said that there are still some “worries” and to remove the problems in future with collective will and “The U.S. imagines that it can zero down our oil sales “concerns”. determination, noting, “We should show that we can lead by exerting pressure on the countries which purchase “Undoubtedly, certain regional players, with the Israeli regime Iran towards development and progress at the peak of Iran’s oil to lead Iran’s economy towards a collapse, but at the head of them, will never tolerate de-escalation. Even the pressures.” fortunately, the situation of Iran’s economy enjoys an United States can tale the same position as Israel because the In relevant remarks in August, Jahangiri underscored acceptable stability one year after the U.S. oil sanctions,” continuation of tension in the Middle East will be a profitable that the measures and plots hatched by Washington to Jahangiri said. market for Washington to sell weapons,” he opined. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY OCTOBER 16, 2019

STOCK MARKET Industry minister holds talks with TEDPIX 308978.9 IFX 3917.37 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir private sector representatives

ECONOMY TEHRAN – Representa- “As we have seen, despite the increase in CURRENCIES desktives of Iran’s private sec- liquidity in the industry sector, the country’s USD 42,000 rials tor met with the Industry, Mining and Trade economic statistics indicate that only a small Minister Reza Rahmani and his deputies portion of the allocated financial resources EUR 46,333 rials on Tuesday at the place of Iran Chamber and liquidity has been directed into produc- GBP 53,006 rials of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agri- tion sector,” he added. culture (ICCIMA). The official further stressed the need for AED 11,437 rials In the meeting, ICCIMA Head Gho- development of non-oil exports as a top pri- lam-Hossein Shafeie mentioned some of the ority of the country’s economy and said, “if Source: cbi.ir major issues that the country’s business- we prioritize non-oil exports in the current men were facing, noting that the govern- economic situation [referring to the U.S. ment should come up with a comprehensive sanctions], then foreign currency policies plan for improving the country’s economy will have to be in line with this prioritizing.” COMMODITIES in collaboration with the field’s academic “However, we see that trade and foreign Brent $59.14/b and expert entities. currency policies are not that much in har- “Issues like privatization and reform- mony,” he regretted. WTI $53.26/b ing the country’s banking and tax systems The need for focusing on export develop- OPEC Basket $60.95/b all must be in service and support of the ment, removing internal barriers in the way country’s productive sectors. Currently, of exports, coordinating foreign currency and Gold $1,495.25/oz one of the major structural bottlenecks in trade policies, and directing liquidity to pro- the country’s production sector is the lack ductive sectors were among other important Silver $$17.67/oz of proper liquidity injection in this area,” Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani (3rd R) and ICCIMA Head issues addressed by the representatives of Platinium $897.50/oz Shafeie said. Gholam-Hossein Shafeie (3rd L) in a working breakfast in Tehran on Tuesday. the private sector in the meeting. Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com Stock market offers $1.9b for funding TSE’s recent performance unique Ashgabat hosts 15th oil projects in 8 months worldwide: Swiss envoy Iran-Turkmenistan Joint ECONOMY TEHRAN — ECONOMY TEHRAN — “Tehran deskManaging Director deskStock Exchange (TSE) Economic Committee meeting of the National Iranian Oil Company has had a unique performance among the (NIOC) Masoud Karbasian said NIOC stock markets of the world during the recent 1 On the sidelines of the committee meeting, the two has managed to attract 80 trillion rials months and it inspired me to visit this sides’ businessmen and entrepreneurs discussed and followed (about $1.9 billion) of funding for oil exchange market”, Swiss Ambassador up on expansion of economic relations. projects through the stock market during to Tehran Markus Leitner told IRIB on During his two-day visit, Eslami is scheduled to meet and the past eight months. Tuesday. hold talks with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimu- “We need financial resources to carry “Stock market is the heart of every hamedow, minister of industry, communications and transport out oil projects and to finance such country’s economy and the recent and also the host country’s industrialists. projects we shouldn’t solely rely on noticeable performance of TSE encouraged Back in August, ICCIMA sent a trade delegation comprised government resources; public funds can we have collected 80 trillion rials through me to come and speak with its directors calendar year. of representatives of the country’s private sector active in a va- also be used to implement such projects,” capital market for financing oil projects.” in person”, the envoy noted. Experiencing a growth of 74 percent riety of areas including transportation, tourism, food industry, Karbasian told ILNA on Tuesday. Since the re-imposition of U.S. In terms of cooperation between TSE during the first six months of the present energy, construction materials, mining and joint ventures to “Investing in oil projects can create sanctions Iran has been seriously pursuing and SIX Swiss Exchange (Switzerland’s year, TSE witnessed its best performance attend Turkmenistan’s first Caspian Economic Forum (CEF) financial security for people’s capitals,” the involvement of the private sector in principal stock exchange), the ambassador since the Iranian calendar year of 1382 which was held in Awaza on August 11-12. he said, noting that oil is a public wealth the country’s oil and gas sector and since said, “Cooperation between these two (March 2003-March 2004). In that meeting the two sides had also agreed to expand their and people have a right to benefit from financing and providing liquidity has been exchanges is not an easy work, we are at Also as reported, Iran’s over-the-counter economic and political ties. its profits. for long one of the major issues in the way the first steps of exploring the possible (OTC) market, known as Iran Fara He further underlined the need of domestic companies’ involvement in ways for cooperation.” Bourse (IFB), has experienced a noticeable Indian economy doing very for directing people’s capitals toward oil industry, NIOC has decided to offer While lagging the parallel markets positive performance during the first half, development projects, saying “If liquidity stocks of some oil projects in the stock of foreign currency, gold coin, and real as its main index, IFX, gained 78 percent badly, says Nobel awardee is directed toward production and exchange to help financing such projects. estate behind, Iran’s stock market hit a during the mentioned period of time. development it would be far better than In early September, the issue of new record during the first half of the It seems that these markets will preserve Abhijit Banerjee going toward inflationary paths.” implementing Iran’s oil projects by current Iranian calendar year (March their positive performances also during He emphasized that “Although the domestic contractors was discussed in 21-September 22), as TEDPIX, the main the second half of the year, as TEDPIX Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who jointly won the 2019 issue of financing through the stock the 38th session of the country’s Supreme index of TSE, closed at an all-time high gained 9,367 points (the highest rise so Nobel Economics Prize with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard’s market is not a new subject, but we have Council of Economic Coordination and of 302,103 points. far) in the first day of the second half and Michael Kremer, said Monday that the Indian economy is “doing been following up on this issue since last rules and regulations pertain to the It is while the index had stood at the value of trades at TSE and IFB reached very badly” even as the government is increasingly recognizing year and in total in the last eight months subject were approved by the council. 178,000 points at the end of the previous 32 trillion rials (about $761.9 million). that there is a problem. The “economy is doing very badly in my view,” he told a press conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after winning the prize. Iran, New Zealand discuss boosting bilateral trade through exhibitions When asked about his opinion on the state of the economy ECONOMY TEHRAN — During a country’s readiness for holding New Zealand’s MacMaster, for his part, said that it is the have been always progressing and some prod- in India and its future, he said, “That’s a statement not about desk what will work in the future but about what’s going on now. meeting between Bah- specialized exhibition at Iran’s international third time that he serves as his country’s ambas- ucts of New Zealand like coffee have been re- That I’m entitled to have an opinion about.” man Hosseinzadeh, the managing director fairgrounds, the public relations department sador to Iran, saying, “During my service times cently entered the Iranian market which is Referring to the numbers put out by the National Sample of Iran International Exhibitions Company, of Iran International Exhibitions Company in Iran I have several times visited different satisfactory, the envoy noted. Survey that come out every 1.5 years and give estimates about and Hamish MacMaster, New Zealand’s am- reported. exhibitions at Tehran Permanent International He further underscored that holding 90 the average consumption in urban and rural areas in India, bassador to Iran, the two sides explored the Referring to Iran’s first rank in terms of Fairgrounds and I also have accompanied New international exhibitions per year at Tehran Abhijit Banerjee said, the “fact that we see in that is that ways for boosting trade ties between Iran and holding exhibitions in the Middle East, the Zealand’s companies for signing contracts in Permanent International Fairgrounds is a between 2014-15 and 2017-18, that number has slightly gone New Zealand through exhibitions. official said many countries hold pavilions at some international exhibitions of Iran.” proper opportunity for the New Zealand’s down. And that’s the first time such a thing has happened In the meeting, Hosseinzadeh announced his the international exhibitions of Iran. Trade ties between Iran and New Zealand companies. in many many many many years so that’s a very glaring warning sign.” “There is an enormous fight going on in India about which U.S. economy being hit harder by the trade war than China, says Chinese financier data is right and the government has a particular view of (that) Economic Cooperation summit next month in Chile. all data that is inconvenient to it is wrong. But nonetheless, I By Kevin Stankiewicz U.S.-China trade war think that this is something that I think even the government is The U.S. economy is being hit harder than the Chinese econ- Shan’s argument that the U.S. has seen greater impacts increasingly recognizing that there is a problem. So the economy omy by the long-running trade war between Washington from the trade war were the subject of an op-ed in “Foreign slowing very very fast. How fast we don’t know, there is this and Beijing, influential Chinese financier Weijian Shan told Affairs” with the headline: The “Unwinnable Trade War.” dispute about data but I think fast,” he said. CNBC on Monday. Throughout the escalating trade dispute, both China and the The government has large deficit “Both parties lose from the trade war, but the numbers U.S. have been saying that the other’s economy is bearing Abhijit Banerjee added that he does not know exactly what suggest that the damage to the U.S. side is greater, in per- the brunt of the tariffs. to do. The “government has a large deficit but right now it’s centage terms, than to the Chinese economy,” said Shan, However, Shan wrote, the “tariffs did not compel Chinese sort of at least aiming to please everybody by pretending to a U.S.-trained economist and chairman and CEO of Asian exporters to reduce their prices; instead, the full cost of the hold to some budgetary targets and monetary targets,” he said. private equity giant PAG. PAG has offices in China and Hong tariffs hit American consumers.” Abhijit Banerjee said that in his view when the economy is Kong and about $30 billion of assets under management. He also pointed to China’s decision to only place tariffs going into a “tailspin”, is the time when “you don’t worry so “That doesn’t mean that the Chinese economy is not severely on U.S. goods that can be replaced with imports from other much about monetary stability and you worry a little bit more damaged … for China, the business confidence in particular CNBC would not comment directly on the status of the deal, countries at similar prices.” about demand. I think demand is a huge problem right now has been hit very hard in the past 15 months,” Shan said on but said it’s a “fundamental agreement in principle” that’s “It actually lowered duties for those U.S. products that in economy.” “Squawk on the Street.” He spoke just hours after reports “subject to documentation.” Mnuchin said he expects “phase can’t be bought elsewhere more cheaply, such as semiconduc- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week in Mumbai that China wants another round of talks before signing what one will close.” But if it doesn’t, he said a new round of tariffs tors and pharmaceuticals,” he wrote. “Consequently, China’s evaded a direct reply to a question on whether the government President Donald Trump called last week the first phase of on Chinese goods, set for mid-December, would take effect. import prices for the same products have dropped overall, accepts there is an economic slowdown, and said the government a trade deal between the two nations. “They’ve reached an understanding, but the devil is in in spite of higher tariffs on U.S. imports.” is giving relief to all sectors who need help. Trump said on Friday that China agreed to buy more U.S. the details, so they have to work out the details and agree on Shan acknowledged on CNBC the trade war has “acceler- She said since the Budget in July, she has been meeting agricultural products and made a commitment to address paper,” Shan said, noting how positive signs in June quickly ated” the process, already underway, of companies moving representatives of various industrial sectors, and sector-wise intellectual property concerns. The U.S. agreed to hold off on devolved into additional tariff hikes. Both sides are hoping supply chains out of China into Southeast Asian countries. intervention is being made regularly. a tariff rate hike that was supposed to go into effect Tuesday. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are able to meet “It’s having some impact on the Chinese economy, but it is Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Harvard professor Michael Earlier Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on and sign the phase one of the trade deal at the Asia-Pacific not going to be very substantial.” (Source: cnbc.com) Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” Abhijit Banerjee, 58, and French-American Duflo both work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) while Kremer NCCA encourages LGUs to develop creative economy is at Harvard University. In 2003, Abhijit Banerjee founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Local governments have an important role to Marichu Tellano, NCCA deputy executive policy-making and planning. deeply rooted tradition in music, performing Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), along with Duflo and Sendhil Mul- play in developing a creative economy. director, also explained the need for LGUs to According to a profile on the country’s arts, craft, design and film. lainathan, and he remains one of its directors. He also served To fuel the creative sector, National recognize that the promotion of culture and arts creative industries prepared by the British The National Commission for Culture and the on the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) could boost development in their respective areas. Council, the Philippines has not been able to Arts (NCCA) urges local government executives Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. executive director Al Ryan Alejandre said The NCCA led the two-day 2019 International transform creative products into substantial to prioritize culture and arts to promote a creative Major center for research they have been conducting seminars on the Conference on Cultural Statistics and Creative domestic markets and exports. economy, according to NCCA executive director J-PAL, a global network of antipoverty researchers that importance of culture and arts as a contributor Economy, which drew around 450 participants This would have resulted in job creation Al Ryan Alejandre. conducts field experiments, has now become a major center to the economy. composed of local government officials, cultural and substantial contribution to the economy. Based on the British Council study, the of research, backing work across the world. However, some local executives do not officers and tourism officers, focused mainly on Creative products include a piece of music, “Philippines appears to be globally competitive Walking into the press conference to a round of applause consider the creative sector as a priority, said how culture contributes to the development. clothing, sculpture, a film, a game or a building. in the handicrafts and cultural event segments.” and standing ovation, Abhijit Banerjee in his opening remarks Alejandre. The conference was held from October 14 to The creative industries Because of this, the country has potential to said that it is “wonderful” to get the Nobel Prize “because it’s He said changes in local government 15 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. The British Council noted that the creative further improve its global positioning for the a prize not, I think, for us, but also for the entire movement.” leadership also make it difficult to sustain It provided a venue for local researchers to industries could provide important opportunities handicrafts, cultural events, and art segments. (Source: indiatoday.in) programs that promote the creative sector. showcase how their researches contributed to to the Philippines. It noted that the country has (Source: cebudailynews.inquirer.net) II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY OCTOBER 16,16, 20192019 ANALYSISENERGY & INTERVIEW 5

‘Iran can meet Europe, India’s Renewables are not great yet By Justin Loew In previous blog posts you have noticed my highlighting of tech- nological progress, especially when it comes to renewable energy. renewable energy needs’ The efficiency and design of wind and solar power technologies has come a long way. Many countries of the world, companies, and ENERGY TEHRAN — Head of the population of the country has become individuals have made a large sacrifice to install new renewable deskIran’s Renewable Energy involved in this field. energy. The hope is that it will lower our environmental impact and Energy Efficiency Organization (known The deputy energy minister stated for the future. as SATBA) said Iran can supply the energy that over the past few years the country’s Significant investments have been made and progress continues, needs of Europe and India through its renewables generation capacity has but renewables are not “great” yet. great renewable capacities, IRNA reported. exceeded 800 megawatts (MW) and This review highlights how difficult and potentially environ- “Iran can easily meet the needs of people’s presence in this sector has also mentally destructive it would be to transition fully to wind and European countries as well as India using multiplied. solar in the United States right now. Without a dramatic increase its solar and wind energy capacity,” Seyed “The number of people active in the field in the efficiency PV solar and wind turbines, current renewables Mohammad Sadeqzadeh said in the opening of renewable energies, which last year was are not practical or economical as a substitute for fossil fuels. One ceremony of Iran’s 4th Renewable Energy around 2,000, has now grown to 40,000 of the more interesting parts of the article is about how energy Conference on Monday. and it is expected to reach over 100,000 production is not like computing. The official pointed to the geopolitical by the end of next [Iranian calendar] year shift of energy from fossil to renewable, (March 2020),” he added. noting that Iran is going to play a more Managing director of Iran’s Renewable effective role in this sector. Energy and Productivity Organization Sadeqzadeh went on saying that said that despite the abundance of oil and currently, the renewable energies sector gas resources and other hydrocarbons, in Iran has become more of a people-based renewable energies are harder to come economic section and a significant part of by, but people’s presence is promising.

Iran 50% self-sufficient in petchem, power plant equipment ENERGY TEHRAN – Nearly 50 said that the country needed at $85 billion “These projects which are mostly aimed desk percent of the equipment of working capital in order to sustain the at producing the necessary equipment for There is no Moore’s Law in energy. Physics prevents us from and machinery used in Iran’s petrochemical domestic production. the production lines at petrochemical, oil getting a billion-fold increase in energy production with ever smaller industries, industrial complexes and power According to the official, improving the and steel sectors will improve the country’s technology. Kurzweil’s predictions for solar energy, which I have plants are build inside the country, Mehr efficiency of important factors in production domestic production and reduce the reliance referenced in the past, will probably not come true. news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting and creating a movement for promoting on imports,” Amir-Hossein Shiravi said. Here is another video that explains the cold hard reality of using a senior official from Iranian Ministry of domestic production are among the plans Mentioning the exports of machinery and current renewable energy. Industry, Mining and Trade as saying. which the industry ministry is following to equipment, the official noted that most of the Limits of renewable energy According to Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki, realize a sustainable domestic production. machinery and equipment produced inside Even China has realized the limits of renewable energy. Renew- in order to maintain the current status in Earlier in the same month, Director the country are also used inside and only parts ables won’t scale fast enough to meet China’s energy demands and the next Iranian calendar year (starts on General of Machinery Manufacturing and like pumps and compressors are exported. they are dialing back subsidies for wind and solar while increasing Improving and boosting domestic March 2020) at least 3.6 quadrillion rials Equipment Office at Iran’s Industry Ministry Since the U.S. re-imposed sanctions on subsidies for fossil fuel production. production has been one of the major (nearly $85.7 billion) of budget is needed had stated that several equipment production Iran to pressure the country’s economy, Iran And in case it didn’t sink in, here is another article explaining strategies that Iran has been following in in this sector. projects were launched last year, most of has been taking all necessary measures to how difficult it will be to convert completely to (current) renewables. the past two years in order to increase its In mid-April, Iranian Industry, Mining which were expected to go operational in mitigate the impact of the sanctions and This particular article also sums up my feelings on the topic independence. and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani had also the current year. counter the U.S. actions. as well. I really like to see more solar energy being used, but wind and solar can only go so far. Other than cost concerns, space is a major factor. Wind turbines and solar farms negatively impact the local environment from killing Oil prices extend fall on China, global demand concerns innumerable bats and birds to disrupting the vegetation. There is even concern that wind farms could alter local and Oil prices fell on Tuesday, after heavy losses in the previous oil demand. regional weather in negative ways. Even though I promote the session, as two days of weak Chinese data added to worries Taken all together that was enough to outweigh any support use of solar power, it is mainly roof-top solar that is better for the about the top crude oil importer’s energy demand growth. oil prices might have received from worries about possible environment because it doesn’t use up any new land. As per reuters.com, Brent crude LCOc1 fell 42 cents, or escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Biofuels are in the same boat – not economical, and at large 0.71%, to $58.93 a barrel by 0720 GMT, while U.S. West “Demand-side concerns emerging from the Sino-U.S. trade scales – possibly environmentally destructive. Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 dropped 44 cents, war have continued to weigh on oil prices,” said Abhishek Where does that leave us? or 0.82%, to $53.15. Kumar, head of analytics at Interfax Energy in London. Solar cells China has been hit by poor economic data for two straight “China’s weak economic data is a manifestation of the There is no doubt that technological progress in battery, solar days. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on trade dispute,” he said. cell, and wind turbine design will squeeze out more efficiency Tuesday that China’s factory gate prices declined at the fastest On Monday U.S. President Trump imposed sanctions in coming years. These developments, along with more efficient pace in more than three years in September. on Turkey and demanded the NATO ally stop a military end-use of energy (less waste) will help a lot, but it won’t remove That followed customs data on Monday that showed incursion in northeast Syria that is rapidly reshaping the fossil fuels from the equation, especially considering that there Chinese imports had contracted for a fifth straight month. battlefield of the world’s deadliest ongoing war. billions more people on the planet who would like to enjoy a higher The U.S.-China trade dispute also continued to cast a Prices could also get a boost this week as investors are standard of living. It is likely that fossil fuel consumption will shadow on the global economy, despite claims of progress expecting a drawdown in crude inventories in the United increase in coming years unless there is a big breakthrough in toward a deal, leaving unanswered questions over future States. energy production. What technology could revolutionize our energy infrastructure? Nuclear – both fission and fusion. As James Hanson has pointed out repeatedly, nuclear energy is the only viable way to generate OPEC’s Barkindo says oil producers committed to maintain oil market stability mass amounts of energy without the negative side effects of the other options. By Sambit Mohanty of oil market are showing some tightness. likely cover the entirety of 2020, he said then. But even nuclear has limits. There is not enough uranium to power The “physical market of oil is tight, meaning OPEC’s estimate of global demand for its all the new plants needed to replace fossil fuels. Thorium nuclear OPEC and other oil producers remained fundamental of oil is good,” Barkindo said. crude this year was revised up by 100,000 reactors could help out in this regard, but we better start building committed to maintain oil market stability OPEC, Russia and their allies have not ruled b/d to 30.7 million b/d, which is 900,000 b/d now if we want make a dent in oil, coal, and natural gas usage. beyond 2020 despite bearish signs of demand out deeper oil output cuts when they next meet lower than the 2018 level in its latest report. Only basic research into new sources of power will help to provide growth, OPEC Secretary General Mohammed December 5-6 in Vienna, the organization’s For next year, OPEC revised up its estimate more energy in the future while using less fossil fuels. Maybe it is Barkindo said Tuesday. secretary general said on October 10, even as for the demand for OPEC crude by 200,000 “cold fusion”. Maybe it will be space solar power. Who knows for sure. The “stability in the oil market will be its analysis arm revised upward its forecasts b/d to 29.6 million b/d, around 1.2 million In the meantime, we do know how to save energy. If you are sustained beyond 2020,” Barkindo told the of demand for the group’s crude this year b/d lower than the 2019 level. very concerned about the climate and are certain that fossil fuel India Energy Forum by CERAWeek in New and the next. OPEC said it expects 2019 global oil usage will destroy the planet, then use mass transit, travel less, Delhi. “All the producers are committed to The current OPEC/non-OPEC supply demand growth of 980,000 b/d -- 40,000 grow your own food, don’t use disposable containers, shop less, this,” Barkindo said. accord commits the 24-country coalition to b/d less than last month’s forecast -- but turn the heat down in the Winter, etc… If more people lived While acknowledging bearish views in the 1.2 million b/d in production cuts through left its 2020 forecast unchanged from last similar to this woman, there would be hardly any environmental oil market supported by slowing oil demand March. month’s projection at 1.08 million b/d. problems. growth, Barkindo said that fundamentals Any decision made at the meeting would (Source: spglobal.com) (Source: waow.com)

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Endless Afghanistan: war Trade data shows resilience without justification By Maj. Danny Sjursen ANTIWAR—”Farm boys with guns.” That’s how then Captain of China’s economy Sjursen described average Taliban fighters while serving in Kandahar province. I was speaking to a Reuters reporter GLOBALTIMES — Data released by the General that shadowed me for a few days – since I was a New Yorker Administration of Customs Monday shows China’s – to mark the then 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks way total trade amounted to 22.91 trillion yuan($3.24 back in 2011. Much to the chagrin of my commanders, I was trillion) in the first three quarters of the year, growing just frustrated enough, and had buried just enough troopers 2.8 percent from a year ago. The country’s exports to give the reporter a real story. «When I see this place, I rose by 5.2 percent to 12.48 trillion yuan and imports don’t see the [Twin] Towers,» I’d said when asked about the dropped 0.1 percent to 10.43 trillion yuan. Trade connection between 9/11 and my own mission in Afghanistan surplus of China expanded 44.2 percent during the during the Obama «surge.» I was right then, but even now, period to 2.05 trillion yuan. eight more years into America’s longest war, the same old These data carry weight. The new round of high-lev- tired arguments are trotted out to justify perpetual military el China-US trade talks has made substantial pro- intervention. gress in some areas, triggering positive feedback from global markets on Monday. It is of special significance since China’s trade can still grow in a harsh environment, which demonstrates the tenac- ity of the Chinese economy and the effectiveness of the measures to cope with internal and external challenges. China-US trade has declined by a large margin in the first three quarters, a result of the trade war. However, China’s trade with the EU and ASEAN has grown significantly, enough to offset a drop in China-US trade. It’s worth mentioning that Chi- na’s trade with Belt and Road route countries grew 9.5 percent. The country has diversified its trade markets and optimized its structure. Under the backdrop of the trade war, the growth Once upon a time, the Taliban regime had harbored of China’s exports proves the competitiveness of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. That much is Chinese products. The latest WTO data shows that certain. However, the myth that Al Qaeda and the Taliban are during the first seven months of the year, the growth one and the same, and that U.S. military withdrawal would rate of China’s trade surpassed that of Germany, inevitably transform Afghanistan back into a transnational Japan and South Korea, consolidating its status as terrorist «safe haven» is problematic and easily discredited. the world’s top commodity trading country. This Nonetheless, that very argument was, and still is, used as enables China to further restructure its economy, a cudgel by prominent civil and military leaders – from and master more initiatives no matter in trade talks President Obama to General Petraeus – to vindicate what or the trade war with the US. Desperate Japan turns to China Xi’s visit to Japan in the coming year, which would amounts to forever war. The most important thing is to do our own things What’s behind Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo serve as a major diplomatic event before Abe steps For example, in an absurd stretch of the English language, well. It is the lesson the trade war has taught the Abe’s newfound enthusiasm of improving ties with down, Japan will finally find itself in a situation Petraeus recently penned an editorial asserting that withdrawal Chinese people. China will continue to open wider China after he recently once again vowed to take that doesn’t have a way out. from Afghanistan is still “premature.” If Trump pulls the troops and develop its market. The efforts will create a chain relations to a new level? In a policy speech out- China-Russia missile defense cooper- out, so the failed general argued, Al Qaeda will return, a new reaction, leading to better-than-expected results. lining his goals in an extraordinary Diet session ation needed Islamic State caliphate will rise, and terror attacks planned in We have seen the arrogance of some American convened in early October, Abe said he hoped to Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 3 Afghan caves will again strike the heart of America. Simple, elites during the trade war. But the performance of open up a new era in Japan-China relations.The spoke of helping “Chinese partners create a missile uncomplicated, without nuance – it’s an argument fitting the Chinese economy has made them realize that most plausible answer lies in Japan’s poor handling attack warning system” at the final plenary session for what passes as strategic thinking in today’s military and wishing of a unilateral win for the US is increasing- of foreign affairs. Although having boasted about of the 16th meeting of the Valdai International Dis- the Washington beltway. ly unrealistic. However, there are also Americans his globe-trotting diplomacy for many years, the cussion Club in Sochi, Russia. The “big secret” has Problem is, there’s scant evidence that the rationalization who opposed a trade war with China from the very Japanese prime minister is actually leading his drawn attention of international media due to not holds any real water. It conflates the Taliban with Al Qaeda, beginning. As China’s economy shows a greater country into a diplomatic deadlock. only the way Putin revealed it but also the context Al Qaeda with Islamic State, and ignores some key realities internal driving force, relying less and less on the Japan currently does not enjoy good relations in which it was revealed. about (the now deceased) Bin Laden’s historical relationship US market, rational voices will start to influence with any of its neighbors. There have been signs of Putin said the system is very important and “will with the Taliban leadership. To begin with, even analysts at US society and sway public opinion incited by those unease under Abe’s leadership and he is acquiring drastically increase China’s defense capability.” Pu- West Point’s Combating Terror Center – far from a bastion elites.There will always be uncertainty, but it is the reputation of a noisy trouble-maker in East Asia tin’s words, which carry the weight of credibility, of antiwar thought – have noted that Al Qaeda’s relationship nothing to be feared. The Chinese economy is un- and Northeast Asia. show Russian confidence in its military technology with the Taliban was always «contentious,» and characterized dergoing a historic transformation, which won’t be Japan has fallen out with South Korea by ex- and strategic capability. First, Russia has its own by «distrust and divergent ambitions.» Bin Laden’s 9/11 an easy process. But we will not be overwhelmed cluding the latter out of its whitelist of preferred reliable anti-missile system and is experienced in scheme destroyed everything the Taliban movement had by the difficulties. Hard work, perseverance and an trade partners in August. Despite a denial by the dealing with missile threat posed by the US. Rus- fought so long and hard for by causing a US military invasion, optimistic Chinese society will create a better future. Japanese government, this move is widely seen as sian military has paid attention to missile defense and it’s difficult to imagine a revitalized Taliban would want US should find a better way to fight ter- retaliation against a judgment by the South Kore- system since the days of the Soviet Union and has to precipitate a repeat performance. rorism an Supreme Court asking Japanese companies to deployed and upgraded the system for years. Furthermore, while the (also now deceased) Taliban Will 9/11-style terrorist attacks take place again compensate forced laborers they drafted in Korea Russia enjoys ideal geographical conditions to leader Mullah Mohammed Omar did indeed push back at on the continental United States? That possibility during the World War II. develop an anti-missile system. It is feasible for the the U.S. demand to immediately turn over Bin Laden in 2001, has declined, but no one is sure it will never hap- Japan’s economic coercion triggered national country to assist its strategic partners develop a Washington hardly gave Omar much time before unleashing pen again - Neither the White House nor US State outrage and forced South Korean retaliation. Be- warning system and even a missile defense system. the bombing, and never took seriously hints that Taliban Secretary Mike Pompeo dares or is able to rule sides ousting Japan from its own trade whitelist, Second, the cooperation that Putin was referring to leaders might actually be willing to negotiate. No, in the out that possibility. In 2018, there were more than the most destructive step taken by the South Kore- is in line with China’s need to increase its strategic heated weeks after the shocking 9/11 attacks, George W. Bush 9,600 terrorist attacks around the world, which an leaders was to terminate GSOMIA, the General capabilities. The missile attack warning system is would get his war, one way or the other. Too many Americans killed more than 22,980 people, including 7,290 Security of Military Information Agreement, which an important part of an anti-missile system and demanded revenge, and too many of the neoconservatives suspects and 15,690 victims, according to the latest allowed Japan and South Korea to share sensitive nuclear counterattack capability in the administration relished the opportunity to use the report of the National Consortium for the Study of military intelligence via the US. The revocation of As China’s missile striking capability, space sur- tragic attacks to unleash their existing plans for military Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism based in such a treaty will notably weaken Japan’s ability veillance technology and missile launch capability intervention across the Greater Middle East. the University of Maryland. Counter-terrorism is to detect military activities in its surrounding re- have increased, to integrate and perfect anti-missile There are plenty of other problems with the «safe haven» still one of the toughest challenges the US faces. gions, such as launch of projectiles by North Korea. defense system is a necessity for China.More impor- myth and its justification of endless war. The Taliban have I’m not saying that the US has achieved nothing in Furthermore, the military alliance in East Asia led tantly, Putin’s remarks amid tensions between China always had a rather localized perspective focused primarily countering terrorism, but it is too early to say the by the US, which Japan holds as the cornerstone of and the US showed the comprehensive strategic on ruling Afghanistan itself. Most of the fighters opposing my country has found its way out on this issue. One its national security policies, will also be shaken. partnership of coordination for a new era between troops were indeed wildly provincial, unable even to write their reason is the US should have eradicated the soil Japan’s recent engagements with North Korea China and Russia. The remarks also reflected the names, identify other countries on a map, or recall what year that breeds terrorism. Maybe the US government similarly yielded nothing positive. North Korean fact that Beijing and Moscow have been deepening they were born. And, in somewhat promising «peace talks» wants to do so but is not able to. If Pompeo or other officials rejected Abe’s proposal to negotiate without political trust and cooperation. with the US – which Trump foolishly spiked – it seemed the US politicians could view China’s governance in preconditions and termed the offer “brazen-faced.” After withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Taliban demonstrated a willingness not to harbor transnational Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous The passive reaction from North Korea can be justified Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the US has showed terrorists. Forgive me, but isn’t that the ostensible reason Region from such a standpoint, the US or other by Abe’s duplicity: He had shown the willingness a clearer intent of strengthening its strategic con- Washington sent us soldiers into the Afghan quagmire in the countries will probably have more reference to help to discuss issues such as kidnapping of Japanese tainment of China and Russia. China-Russia coop- first place? Let’s be clear, no matter how many forever-war- them figure a way out to fight terrorism. citizens and denuclearization with North Korean eration on missile warning system is aimed to deal hawks assert otherwise, America never really cared about China is also threatened by terrorist attacks, leaders while claiming to set no preconditions. As with the increasing threat by the US. women’s or minority rights in Afghanistan. If Washington particularly in its Xinjiang region. Terrorism and US President Donald Trump strives to mend fences As the INF treaty has collapsed, the US would had given a hoot about such concerns it would’ve backed the extremism used to run rampant in Xinjiang. As with North Korea, Japan is acting like a recluse and probably speed up its deployment of intermedi- socialist state in the 1980s – which was rather progressive on mentioned in the white paper on Xinjiang released shutting itself out of the historic trajectory toward ate-range missiles in regions surrounding China women’s issues – rather than regressive mujahideen groups in August, there had been thousands of terrorist regional peace in Northeast Asia. and Russia, which makes it all the more necessary that later morphed into the Taliban. But no, Cold War calculus incidents in Xinjiang, including bomb attacks, Relations with Russia are apparently deteriorat- for the two countries to strengthen their missile prevailed over faux feminism. assassinations and poisonings from 1990 to 2016. ing. A maiden tour to the Southern Kuril Islands, defense capability. Finally, it’s far from clear that Al Qaeda would want to China has taken action to explore measures to deal or the Northern Territories as called in Japan, for China would need not only to forewarn intercon- reestablish itself significantly in the landlocked Afghan with the threat of terrorism it has been facing. Japanese tourists scheduled for October 11-16 has tinental ballistic missiles coming from the other backwater. It’s certainly hard to see how war torn, impoverished, China has found its key, which has proven to be been postponed indefinitely. After multiple per- side of the Pacific Ocean but also to keep an eye on Afghanistan would be any «safer» than its far more substantial effective. The past three years have not seen any sonal meetings with President Putin, Abe seems possible attacks by intermediate-range missiles. and significant haven in Pakistan – or Yemen, or Africa, terrorist attacks in Xinjiang. On the contrary, to be losing direction to a peace treaty with Russia Such being the case, China needs a more sensitive for that matter. That paradox has always baffled me, by the Afghanistan and India, which are China’s close and the return of at least half of the Southern Kuril missile attack warning system that can cover longer way. If the «war on terror» was really about destroying Al neighbors, have experienced 1,776 and 888 ter- Islands. Even the originally planned joint economic ranges and detect incoming missiles faster, so as Qaeda, why has Washington countenanced the terror outfit’s rorist attacks in 2018, respectively, which caused activities on the islands have been stalled because to buy time for defense and retaliation. longtime base in Pakistan? Because it was a strategically more than 10,000 deaths. of differences over which country’s laws should The US is developing missile technology while risky proposal to intervene militarily in an «allied» frenemy China’s governance in its Xinjiang Autonomous apply. The main reason for this impasse is Japan’s simultaneously improving anti-missile defense. This state with nuclear weapons, that’s why. Far easier to justify Region is not and will never be aimed at cracking clinging to the military alliance with the US, which is another reason for China and Russia to strengthen forever war in backward Afghanistan, a country Uncle Sam down on Muslims or minority ethnic groups. When makes Russia squirm. cooperation on missile attack warning system. In has counterproductively meddled in incessantly since at people like Pompeo use so-called human rights Even the US is becoming part of the problem. the meantime, Russia’s concept and experience plus least 1979. and freedom of religion as excuses to smear China, Under pressure from the Trump administration, China’s strategic input capability make it possible for No, this particular war was about, first, revenge, and then when they attack a straw man in order to achieve the US and Japan have agreed an initial trade deal the two countries’ joint development and research regional hegemony, checking the Chinese, and potentially their strategic goal of balancing China, they have in late September, under which Japan is to cut tar- to be better. To coordinate with its Indo-Pacific exploiting the country’s vast mineral resources. The fact that actually left the door open for terrorist attacks. iffs on American agricultural products, while the Strategy, the US is sparing no effort at wooing al- perpetual war fuels military-industrial complex profits and an Every country has the right to go its own way US makes no promise of giving Japanese cars and lies and ratcheting up the trade war against China exploding defense budget, or that unelected national security to guarantee its development and the safety of its auto-parts the same treatment. and economic sanctions on Russia. Washington is state officials are often themselves corporate arms industry people. China, of course, won’t change its measures Given the history of US-Japan trade negotia- stepping up strategic competition. lobbyists doesn’t hurt either. and policies that benefit its people just because tions and Trump’s stance on trade policies, Tokyo The possibility that the US launches a new round So on the Afghan War will rage, out of sight and out of mind, Pompeo or somebody else says something else. is highly likely to take severe hits from this deal of strategic operations to infringe on core national for the most part. The bipartisan media-politician interventionist We won’t force other countries to follow the called a “win-win” by Abe. interests of China and Russia cannot be ruled out. elites will rail against Trump’s latest withdrawal from Northern footsteps of China, although what we are doing So, China now turns to be the last hope for Abe Therefore, it is more urgent than before for Beijing Syria, «liberals» will obsess about an impeachment that won’t has something in common with what Americans to gain some points. He is apparently willing to and Moscow to be prepared. They need to establish amount to anything, and willfully ignore the real national scandal: hope for. If Washington really cares about its peo- make those points; the problem is whether by lip reliable strategic deterrence capability and prevent that American soldiers as old as the war itself are now serving ple’s safety, it should find a more feasible way of service or by substantial measures. Up until now, the breakout of war. Meanwhile, the two countries in Afghanistan. This year one of them, probably born after the counter-terrorism. China’s measures can be a good Japan has not done much to corroborate its words. should have a powerful voice and the will to express 9/11 attacks, will certainly die there. Will anyone notice? reference. If the kindness is shown only to assure President their strategic demand. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 16, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Will Boris Johnson become the third victim of BREXIT? By Saaed Sobhani Although the think-tank’s estimates differ from the gov- ernment’s own long-term Brexit analysis, the core result is the TEHRAN — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks deeply same, showing that the looser Britain’s ties are with the EU, confused! Many analysts believe that he, like the other two the more economic performance will suffer. conservative prime ministers, will become the third victim of Mr Johnson’s negotiators are engaged in intense talks with his country’s withdrawal from the European Union. Here’s a their counterparts in Brussels ahead of a crucial two-day EU look at the latest analysis of the current political situation in summit that starts on Thursday. Britain and the recent situation of Boris Johnson: Although the details of Mr Johnson’s plan to solve the major Boris Johnson wins more backing from MPs stumbling block of the Irish border have not been made public, for Brexit deal his “double customs plan” would see Northern Ireland remain Guardian reported that Boris Johnson is edging towards in the EU customs union to avoid the need for a hard border in the parliamentary numbers needed to pass a Brexit deal after Ireland but remain in the UK customs territory for legal terms. more hardline Eurosceptics and pro-deal Labour MPs indicated But while averting a no-deal would remove the immediate they could back a new agreement made with the EU.The prime threat to the economy, his longer-term proposals suggest a harder minister will need to win over almost all the 28 Tory “Spar- Brexit that may struggle to convince the pro-Brexit Labour MPs tans” who held out against Theresa May’s deal if he manages who Mr Johnson may need to get his plan through parliament. to bring an agreement back from Brussels, as well as either the Mary Creagh, Labour MP for Wakefield, said: “Brexit is not Democratic Unionist party or a chunk of Labour backbenchers. just about [the] Irish backstop, but [the] fact that Johnson’s aim There are signs that Tory Eurosceptics are moving towards to diverge from EU standards — workers rights, food standards backing an agreement, partly because they fear that Labour could and the environment — makes us all much poorer.” try to push for a second referendum instead of an election.Lee For Mr Johnson, an arrangement that keeps Northern Ire- Rowley, a Conservative MP who voted down May’s deal three land effectively in EU arrangements would allow him to pursue times, gave a loyal address after the Queens speech saying he his ambition of a future relationship, “based on a free trade had shifted his position and his view was that parliament must figures of all types, has torched one convention after another, ment to govern alone. Being forced to rely on the backing of agreement in which the UK takes control of its own regulatory get Brexit done. creating dust-ups with Queen Elizabeth II, the Supreme Court one or more smaller parties, like the centrist Liberal Democrats affairs and trade policy”. “We are in a hard place and all of us, whatever bench or and Parliament. The prime minister’s proposed Brexit deal, or the economically center-left Scottish National Party, would The academics said that would, at best, be a “Canada-minus” chair we sit in, are responsible for where we end up,” he said. proffered last week to Brussels, was met with so much dismay rein in Labour’s most radical plans. model in which barriers to trade with the EU would be “notably “In the last few days, there is at least hope that this toxic and that most analysts believe he is fully resigned to Britain leaving Labour has also made a concerted, if low-key, effort in re- lower than in a no-deal scenario, but considerably higher than crippling fog, which we have created, might just be lifting as the bloc without one. cent months to prepare the financial industry for a turnover under Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement”. the prime minister sketches the outline of a way forward – and That has turned Mr. Corbyn — a lifelong rabble-rouser and in Downing Street. Industry representatives say they have The modelling work, predominantly carried out for the think- I speak as someone who has been robust in my review of pre- one of the most left-wing leaders in Labour’s century-long his- largely left impressed by John McDonnell, Labour’s Treasury tank by the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE, was vious proposals, but the House must surely see that we have tory — into an improbable figure of restraint. He is implacably spokesman, describing him as solicitous of their needs when it done on the basis of the prime minister’s proposal to the EU debated long enough. opposed to a no-deal Brexit and promises a second referendum comes to Brexit and matter-of-fact in laying out his party’s more from earlier this month rather than the precise compromise “This is a moment for decision and we were elected to make that could reverse the split altogether. confrontational economic plans.“John McDonnell is someone tabled by Mr Johnson last week. But Mr Portes of King’s Col- decisions. If there is light at the end of the tunnel later this Suddenly, banks have been left grudgingly weighing the they can talk to, do business with,” said Lord Robert Kerslake, lege London said: “Nothing in the last few days changes the week, and heaven knows I hope there will be, we have a fun- benefits of a party run by neo-Marxists, radical union leaders a former civil service chief who has set up some of Labour’s economic impacts here.” damental responsibility in this place to try and resolve this and lawmakers with a history of supporting communist regimes. meetings with businesspeople. There would be significant friction for goods trade arising most vexed of problems and allow our despairing country to And some parts of Labour, famously anti-establishment (Bankers cannot, though, buy dinner for Mr. McDonnell, from full customs control between Dover and Calais and other move on. For the health of our democracy and to restore faith under Mr. Corbyn, are fretting that they will somehow look who has protected his abstemious reputation — and the party’s trade routes between the UK and EU alongside new behind the in this most venerable of institutions, in my view we simply like the soberer party in an election dominated by voters’ desire anti-elite bona fides — by insisting on “tea and biscuits, nothing border restrictions for services. must get Brexit done.” for a shake-up.“The Tories are promising the most radical and else,” Lord Kerslake said. That is a contrast with the “prawn In the long term, after about 10 years, these new trade bar- Several of the “Spartans” are now on Johnson’s payroll with extreme economic disruption in nearly 200 years,” said Tom cocktail offensive” that a more corporate Labour Party waged riers alone would reduce national income per head by 2.5 per government jobs, such as Priti Patel, the home secretary, who Kibasi, the director of the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy under Tony Blair in the City of London two decades ago.) cent, according to the analysis. is understood to be prepared to support whatever the prime Research, calling a no-deal Brexit the biggest upheaval since Labour’s rehabilitation in the eye of the markets mirrors a lift The most controversial part of all long-term Brexit impact minister brings back from Brussels.Another of the Tories who the British Empire abolished slavery in the 1830s. “The scale that leftist parties have gotten across Europe simply for treading assessments is whether to add additional effects for the possi- voted against May’s deal told the Guardian that he would be of economic chaos the Tories are promising means that any of cautiously on European trade. Facing up against right-wing, bility of weaker productivity growth resulting from additional reassured if the DUP backed the prime minister but could end Labour’s policies pale in significance.” populist campaigns against European integration, left-wing trade barriers. When the LSE team added these, the economic up voting for it regardless. “Whatever the prime minister comes But, he said: “The issue is right now the public have a clear parties, said Mr. Schulz, the Citi analyst, are finding that “their hit rose to 6.4 per cent, compared with 4.9 per cent under Mrs back with, I’m going to have a very long and pragmatic look at appetite for change. The question is, are you going to offer pro-Europe credentials ultimately trumped question marks May’s withdrawal agreement. it. I think a second referendum would be a disaster and I don’t them positive change, or change that’s chaos and disruption?” about their economic policies.” On the basis of Mr Johnson’s proposals, that reduction in think our democracy could stand that,” he said. Mr. Corbyn’s new sheen of acceptability has not yet paid divi- Whatever respectability Mr. Corbyn has won in the bare-knuck- future gross domestic product would be the equivalent of every In a video for the Stand Up for Brexit campaign, Steve Baker, dends with the public. In carving out the middle ground on Brexit led fight over Brexit may not last long. One of his biggest selling person in the UK missing out on £2,000 of income on average one of the most fervent Eurosceptics, sounded positive about — promising a second referendum, but refusing to commit to one points for bankers, after all, is that some of them think they can each year. In comparison, a no-deal Brexit would reduce GDP the potential for a deal he could vote for. “Most of us, including side or the other — he has alienated both Leave and Remain voters. reverse his policies within a matter of years. And some of his per capita by £2,500 a year. me, overwhelmingly want a deal … we have got to be capable And analysts say it is not clear whether Mr. Corbyn’s plans for a grudging Conservative backers, like Guto Bebb, a former junior The UK in a Changing Europe analysis was unique in add- of getting there through a withdrawal agreement,” he said. generational reordering of the economy will cut through as long defense minister, have in mind nothing more than “a short-term ing additional effects based on the likely new Australian-style “The problem with the previous withdrawal agreement is as voters remain obsessed with Brexit.Despite his involvement Jeremy Corbyn government” that would avert what he called “the points-based migration system the government wants to in- it was capable of leaving us trapped in the orbit of the EU, a in efforts to avert a no-deal Brexit, Mr. Corbyn is still despised by generational damage that would be caused by a no-deal Brexit.” troduce following Brexit, which would prioritise higher skilled declining satellite of the EU with no benefits from leaving. Boris a cohort of anti-Brexit lawmakers, some of whom blame him for Mr. Corbyn’s more immediate problem is not only pitching workers without preferences for EU migrants. has had a dramatic shift towards a free trade agreement that failing to get a grip on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Those himself as a sober option in an era of political madness, but also In a more liberal immigration regime modelled by the think- would leave us a self-governing nation … So now really, the devil lawmakers have resisted trying to unseat the government and how to make his proposals stand out amid fervent campaigning tank, the numbers of lower skilled migrants from the EU would is in the detail … I am really looking forward to being able to install him as a caretaker prime minister.But in Britain’s winner- on Brexit on all sides.Mr. Johnson, analysts say, has a slew of fall by two-thirds, but increase skilled migration from outside vote for a tolerable deal but, until we get the text, I cannot tell take-all voting system, Labour is still the party best positioned to ready-made slogans for his anti-establishment, no-holds-barred the EU by 50 per cent. you what we are going to do.” wrench power from the Conservatives. That has narrowed the Brexit campaign, even if they disguise the tumult that is almost Overall numbers of migrants would fall, but the pay levels Others have sounded more sceptical, such as the former choice awaiting Britain, some analysts say: a Johnson-led gov- sure to follow. Mr. Corbyn, on the other hand, has to make a would rise, leading to a relatively small drop in UK GDP, but a Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson, who criticised the ernment increasingly bent on a no-deal Brexit, or a Corbyn-led knottier case for caution on Brexit. 0.6 per cent rise in per capita incomes, due to the higher average EU for demanding more and more concessions.Several DUP government that would stop it.Ken Clarke, a Conservative former “It depends whether the Tories are found out or not,” Mr. skill levels of migrants. MPs sound unconvinced, but Johnson may not need their votes chancellor of the Exchequer who has locked horns with Labour for Kibasi said. “Labour’s story is more complicated, if more truthful.” A more restrictive scenario estimated the effects of a 75 per if he can secure enough support among Labour MPs and retain decades, said last month, “Both are awful prospects, but I think a How Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit would hit the UK economy cent drop in EU migrants earning less than £30,000 and only a the support of his own party plus most former Tories who want no-deal Brexit could cause far more damage to our future economic Financial Times reported that 25 per cent rise in skilled migration from outside the EU. This a deal rather than a second referendum.About 18 Labour MPs success than Corbyn.” The Brexit deal that Boris Johnson, the prime minister, is saw a further 1.8 per cent hit to GDP with income per person signed a letter last week urging the EU to work day and night Even in the City of London, there is growing feeling that the seeking to strike with Brussels this week would push the UK also dropping because the skilled EU migration would also fall. towards a deal, saying their votes would be decisive in whether financial industry could withstand the shock of Mr. Corbyn’s down the route of a hard Brexit, resulting in the nation missing In total, the effects of a more restrictive migration regime it got through parliament. Melanie Onn, a Labour backbencher, hard-left economic plans if that were what it had to do to avoid out on up to 7 per cent of growth, according to new estimates and the trade impacts could combine so that the UK missed out has said she would support a “reasonable deal” and wrote on Britain leaving the European Union without a deal managing from UK in a Changing Europe. on 7 per cent of growth over the next decade, almost five years her Facebook page on Monday: “A no-deal Brexit would hin- future relations. For financial analysts, there is nothing that The analysis undertaken by Hanwei Huang, Jonathan Portes worth of expansion at current rates of economic performance. der not help the town and people of Grimsby. 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Interstellar comet just like ones from NASA engineer claims ‘Helical Engine’ concept could travel our solar system – astronomers 99% the speed of light The first interstellar comet to be tracked The early detection means astronomers by astronomers as it hurtles through the will be able to observe the 71,500mph comet When it comes to space, there’s a problem with our human drive solar system is unremarkable in every as it makes its closest approach to the sun on to go all the places and see all the things. A big problem. It’s, well, way apart from where it comes from, 8 December, when the extra heat will make space. It’s way too big. Even travelling at the maximum speed researchers have said. the comet more active and its tail longer. the Universe allows, it would take us years to reach our nearest Scientists reached the conclusion after Colin Snodgrass, an astronomer at neighboring star. observing 2I/Borisov with two of the most Edinburgh University and a member of But another human drive is finding solutions to big problems. powerful telescopes on Earth. They decided a team that has separate observations of And that’s what NASA engineer David Burns has been doing in that it looked like any other comet except 2I/Borisov coming out in Astrophysical his spare time. He’s produced an engine concept that, he says, that it came from beyond the solar system Journal Letters, said: “This appears to be a could theoretically accelerate to 99 percent of the speed of light and would soon leave for good. completely unremarkable comet on a very - all without using propellant. The unusual body was spotted in August remarkable orbit.” He’s posted it to the NASA Technical Reports Server under the by a Crimean amateur astronomer, Gennady “It’s very interesting that this interstellar heading “Helical Engine”, and, on paper, it works by exploiting Borisov. It was swiftly identified as an outcast comet looks like our own ones,” he added. the way mass can change at relativistic speeds - those close to from another star system and may have “It implies that some of the formation the speed of light in a vacuum. It has not yet been reviewed been wandering the Milky Way for millions processes we are trying to figure out with by an expert. if not billions of years. detailed observation of comets and asteroids, Understandably this paper has caused buzz approaching “This is the first comet known to science or space missions like Rosetta, are common levels seen in the early days of the EM Drive. And yes, even some that arrived from outside the solar system, between stars.” headlines claiming the engine could ‘violate the laws of physics’. and it is completely similar to those we A new mission being developed for the But while this concept is fascinating, it’s definitely not going see inside the solar system,” said Michal European Space Agency will send a robotic to break physics anytime soon. Drahus, an astronomer at Jagiellonian the comet’s surface sublimate into gas and Milky Way. “The first thing it tells us is that at probe into space to intercept and study a As a thought experiment to explain his concept, Burns describes University in Krakow, Poland. blast dust and vapour into space. Details least some other planetary systems around passing comet. Geraint Jones, the head of a box with a weight inside, threaded on a line, with a spring at The team, led by Piotr Guzik, gathered are published in Nature Astronomy. other stars are similar to ours,” said Guzik. planetary science at UCL Mullard Space each end bouncing the weight back and forth. In a vacuum - images of the comet after receiving an alert The observations confirmed that the Scientists are unsure where 2I/Borisov Science Laboratory and the lead proposer such as space - the effect of this would be to wiggle the entire from a computer system that detects cosmic reddish body is a comet with a nucleus about comes from, but another Polish research team of the Comet Interceptor mission, said the box, with the weight seeming to stand still, like a gif stabilized interlopers. Unlike comets and asteroids that 2km wide. It is only the second interstellar has tentatively traced its trajectory back to primary target would be a pristine, unaltered around the weight. formed in the solar system, the arrivals are on body to be spotted in the solar system, after a star system with twin red dwarves called comet arriving fresh from the Oort cloud, Overall, the box would stay wiggling in the same spot - but if the trajectories that do not swing around the sun. the apparently more rocky and cigar-shaped Kruger 60, 13 light years from Earth. a distant region of the solar system where mass of the weight were to increase in only one direction, it would Pictures from the William Herschel Oumuamua, which was tracked in 2017 The new comet tore into the solar system comets reside. generate a greater push in that direction, and therefore thrust. Telescope on La Palma, Spain, and the as it barreled out of the solar system at several years ago from an angle of about “But we on the proposing team made it According to the principle of the conservation of momentum Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, 196,000mph. 45 degrees north. In October 2015 it was clear that if an interstellar object could be - in which the momentum of a system remains constant Hawaii, revealed that 2I/Borisov has a Comets are what is left over when a as far away as Neptune, the outermost reached instead, it would clearly make an in the absence of any external forces - this should be not coma – a billowing cloud of dust and gas planetary system forms, and the similarity planet, and now it is between Mars and extremely compelling target,” he said. Launch completely possible. that surrounds a comet’s nucleus – and a of 2I/Borisov to solar system comets suggests Jupiter. On 27 October it will cross the is scheduled for 2028. But! There’s a special relativity loophole. Hooray for special short, fat tail. Both are created when ices on our own planetary system is not unusual in the plane of Earth’s orbit. (Source: The Guardian) relativity! According to special relativity, objects gain mass as they approach light speed. So, if you replace the weight with ions and the box with a loop, you can theoretically have the ions moving faster at one end of the loop, and slower at the other. How we define death changes with technology, research suggests But Burns’ drive isn’t a single closed loop. It’s helical, like a stretched out spring - hence “helical engine”. this idea is not just a wild imagining.” By Erin Blakemore “The engine accelerates ions confined in a loop to moderate Koch is referring to a series of surprising experiments in relativistic speeds, and then varies their velocity to make slight If you’re reading this, you know what living looks like - which scientists managed to restore some function in the brains changes to their mass. The engine then moves ions back and movement, neurological activity, thought, action. of pigs that had been dead for hours. The research, which was forth along the direction of travel to produce thrust,” he wrote But what exactly is death? published this April in the journal Nature, sparked intense in his abstract. The answer is complicated, suggests neuroscientist Christof ethical and scientific debate. It seems to point to death as a “The engine has no moving parts other than ions traveling Koch. In “Is Death Reversible?” a feature article in the most process, not an event, and raises the possibility that one day, in a vacuum line, trapped inside electric and magnetic fields.” recent issue of Scientific American, Koch grapples with a death scientists will be able to completely revive a dead brain. It sounds really nifty, right? And it is - in theory. But it’s not definition that is much more nuanced than you might think. If you think the research sounds Frankenstein-like, you’re without significant practical problems. “Death, this looming presence just over the horizon, is not alone. Even the scientists who conducted the experiments According to New Scientist, the helical chamber would have quite ill defined from both a scientific as well as a medical developments. grappled with the ethical conundrum it presented, and had to be pretty large. Around 200 meters (656 feet) long and 12 point of view,” he writes. “What at the beginning of the 20th century was irreversible a plan B in which they’d stop the experiment immediately meters (40 feet) in diameter, to be precise. Koch tracks a shifting concept of death, from the cessation - cessation of breathing - became reversible by the end of if the brains presented evidence of consciousness. Luckily And it would need to generate 165 megawatts of energy to of breathing to the end of brain activity. And, he suggests, the the century. Is it too difficult to contemplate that the same for them, they didn’t - but that could change one day as produce 1 newton of thrust. That’s the equivalent of a power modern medical definition is being shaken by new scientific may be true for brain death? A recent experiment suggests research progresses. station to produce the force required to accelerate a kilogram of mass per second squared. So a lot of input for a teeny tiny output. Genetic engineering tool promises to aid We found evidence of life on Mars in the It is horribly inefficient. But in the vacuum of space? It just might work. “The engine discovery of new drugs inside microbes 1970s, former NASA scientist says itself would be able to get to 99 per cent the speed of light if you had enough time and power,” Burns told New Scientist. And here’s the other thing. Humans - not all of us, but still more than a few - desperately want to go to interstellar space. We may never get there. But if we never even try to think about it, that “may” becomes a “definitely.” What’s that saying - you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take? Burns notes the efficiency problem in his presentation, and also adds that his work hasn’t been reviewed by experts, and there may be errors in his maths. We don’t exactly have the blueprints for a fully functional space travel engine here. What we do have is a piece of groundwork that could be used to develop such an engine. What we have is a dream of the stars. (Source: sciencealert.com)

Creating 2D heterostructures for future electronics By Brooks Hays “These metabolites are like a language that NASA found evidence of alien life in the suitable home for alien life. microbes use to interact with their biomes, 1970s, according to a former senior scientist But Levin argues that those findings Scientists have found a new way to coax and when isolated, they go silent,” Yasuo – and ignored it. actually suggested that there is alien life Nanomaterials could provide the basis of many emerging microbes into producing valuable secondary Yoshikuni, researcher at the Department of The Viking landers were sent to the on Mars. And, he argued, NASA must do technologies, including extremely tiny, flexible, and metabolites, chemical compounds that help Energy Joint Genome Institute, said in a news Martian surface more than 40 years ago, more to follow them up – because they could transparent electronics. microbes adapt to changing conditions. release. “We currently lack the technology to with the aim of exploring the planet. They pose a significant threat to life on Earth. While many nanomaterials exhibit promising electronic Despite the contributions secondary stimulate microbes into activating their BGCs included an experiment known as Labeled “NASA maintains the search for alien life properties, scientists and engineers are still working to metabolites have made to medical and and synthesizing the complete product -- a Release, or LR, which was intended to look among its highest priorities,” he wrote. On best integrate these materials together to eventually create material science, researchers suspect they cellular process that involves many steps.” for signs of life on the planet. February 13, 2019, NASA Administrator Jim semiconductors and circuits with them. have only barely skimmed the surface of the Yoshikuni and his colleagues at the Energy The results came back in 1976 – and Bridenstine said we might find microbial Northwestern Engineering researchers have created two- biochemical secrets hiding within microbes -- a Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National seemed to indicate that something was life on Mars. dimensional (2D) heterostructures from two of these materials, tool called chassis-independent recombinase- Laboratory created the CRAGE technique, happening on the surface. Gilbert V Levin “Our nation has now committed to graphene and borophene, taking an important step toward creating assisted genome engineering, or CRAGE, which allows scientists to replicate horizontal – an engineer and inventor who was the sending astronauts to Mars. Any life there intergrated circuits from these nanomaterials. may help them unlock those secrets. gene transfer at high speeds. principal investigator on the experiment might threaten them, and us upon their “If you were to crack open an integrated circuit inside a Secondary metabolites are named so The technology works by transplanting – has now written a long article arguing return. Thus, the issue of life on Mars is smartphone, you’d see many different materials integrated because they’re non-essential. Stop a microbe BGCs from one organism to a variety of that those findings were indications of life now front and center.” together,” said Mark Hersam, Walter P. Murphy Professor of from producing its primary metabolites and it potential production hosts. This technique on Mars, which were ignored by NASA. Summing up the evidence of alien life, Materials Science and Engineering, who led the research. “However, is likely to die. Lock the production of secondary allows researchers to more efficiently identify “On July 30, 1976, the LR returned its he wrote his experiment had found a whole we’ve reached the limits of many of those traditional materials. By metabolites, however, and the microbe is sure microbial strains that can produce secondary initial results from Mars,” Levin wrote in an host of positive results. But perhaps most integrating nanomaterials like borophene and graphene together, to persist, even if at a disadvantage. metabolites under laboratory conditions. article for Scientific American. “Amazingly, strongly of all, he said there had been no we are opening up new possibilities in nanoelectronics.” But while secondary metabolites may Scientists described the new technology they were positive. experiment that had provided an alternative Supported by the Office for Naval Research and the National not be necessary for basic survival, they are and its many advantages this week in the “As the experiment progressed, a total explanation for the results that came back Science Foundation, the results were published October 11 in the necessary to thrive, and they have been an journal Nature Microbiology. of four positive results, supported by five from the LV experiment. journal Science Advances. In addition to Hersam, applied physics important source of agricultural, industrial “CRAGE therefore allows us to access varied controls, streamed down from the “What is the evidence against the PhD student Xiaolong Liu co-authored this work. and medical products. these compounds much more readily than twin Viking spacecraft landed some 4,000 possibility of life on Mars? The astonishing Any integrated circuit contains many materials that perform Groups of genes called biosynthetic gene before,” said Helge Bode, a microbiologist miles apart. The data curves signaled the fact is that there is none,” he wrote. different functions, like conducting electricity or keeping clusters are responsible for instructing the at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. detection of microbial respiration on the “Furthermore, laboratory studies have components electrically isolated. But while transistors within production of secondary metabolites. “In several cases, it has already enabled us Red Planet. The curves from Mars were shown that some terrestrial microorganisms circuits have become smaller and smaller -- thanks to advances Different codes for different traits are to produce and characterize for the first similar to those produced by LR tests of could survive and grow on Mars.” in materials and manufacturing -- they are close to reaching constantly traded back and forth between time a compound of interest.” soils on Earth. In his conclusion, he asked that Nasa the limit of how small they can get. relative microbes through a process known The new technology will also help researchers “It seemed we had answered that conduct the same kind of experiments Ultrathin 2D materials like graphene have the potential to as horizontal gene transfer. begin to decipher the complex cellular machinery ultimate question.” again, taking an altered version of the LR bypass that problem, but integrating 2D materials together It’s quite difficult to study biosynthetic and production processes responsible for But NASA’s experiments failed to find experiment to Mars on the next possible trip. is difficult. These materials are only one atom thick, so if the gene clusters and secondary metabolites. secondary metabolize synthesis. organic matter: the physical stuff of life And he asked that scientists be convened two materials’ atoms do not line up perfectly, the integration Microbes produce these compounds in “This is a landmark development, itself, not just the indications of microbial to examine those more than 40-year-old is unlikely to be successful. Unfortunately, most 2D materials response to their dynamic environs. As their because with CRAGE we can examine respiration that the LR experiment findings to see if they really were proof of do not match up at the atomic scale, presenting challenges for conditions shift, the diversity of secondary how different organisms can express one discovered. That meant that NASA life on Mars. 2D integrated circuits. metabolites produced by complex cellular gene network differently, and thus how concluded that the LR results came from “Such an objective jury might conclude, Borophene, the 2D version of boron that Hersam and coworkers processes also changes. horizontally transferred capabilities can a substance that was mimicking life but as I did, that the Viking LR did find life,” he first synthesized in 2015, is polymorphic, meaning it can take on Unfortunately, when microbes are evolve,” said David Hoyt, a chemist at the was not actually life itself. wrote. “In any event, the study would likely many different structures and adapt itself to its environment. brought into the clean, sterile environs DOE Environmental Molecular Sciences Since then, NASA has not a run a similar produce important guidance for NASA’s That makes it an ideal candidate to combine with other 2D of the lab, secondary metabolite production Laboratory. “The previous tools to do this experiment has focused on examining pursuit of its holy grail.” materials, like graphene. slows to a halt. are much more limited.” whether the Martian habitat could be a (Source: The Independent) (Source: Science Daily) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 16, 2019 10 OCTOBER 16, 2019 HERITAGE & TOURISMANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 10

Exhibitions of handicrafts, Apadana Staircase leads you to souvenirs set up for Arbaeen pilgrims mythical arts of Persia TOURISM TEHRAN — Several sales exhibitions, featuring desklocal handicrafts and souvenirs, have been set TOURISM TEHRAN — Apadana According to livius.org, a website on an- deskStaircase is one of the most cient history written and maintained since upBy across Ali Hassan Ilam Heidariprovince, where thousands of Arbaeen pilgrims are on their way to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq. striking sections of the UNESCO-registered 1996 by the Dutch historian Jona Lendering, “Arbaeen provides a unique opportunity to introduce Ilam’s Persepolis, southern Iran. parts of the inscriptions read: culture, rituals and handicrafts to [pilgrims coming from] every The lavishly decorated monument draws “A great god is Ahuramazda, who cre- counter of the country,” provincial tourism chief Abdolmalek hundreds of domestic and foreign visitors ated this earth, who created that heaven, Shanbehzadeh said on Monday, CHTN reported. every single day, showing them off scenes of who created man, who created happiness mighty Achaemenid Empire (550 –330 BC) for man, who made Xerxes king: the king and grandeur of its fabled arts. of many kings, one ruler of many rulers.” Visitors can observe finely crafted friezes “I am Xerxes, the great king, king of kings, along three major panels each divided into king of all nations, having various kinds of several tiers depicting sovereigns, dignitaries people, king in this great earth far and wide, and the then visitors to Persepolis. the son of king Darius, an Achaemenid.” The northern panel itself is divided into In 330 BC, the staircase was miraculously three tiers of well-preserved bas-relief figures survived the sack of Persepolis by the sol- of Persian nobility including the Imperial diers of Alexander the Great. The staircase is Guard and the Immortals. currently protected by a permanent shelter. On the upper tier, according to the Lonely Here is a comment that “R0hanL” from Planet, the figures are followed by the royal Jordan have posted to TripAdvisor, one of procession, valets and horses of the king’s the most popular travel websites in the world: chariot; on the lower two tiers these figures “Stunning ancient ruins” precede Persians wearing feather headdresses The ruins at this site are stunning. Some of “The exhibits feature various kinds of local clothing, em- and Medes in their round caps. the ruins have been covered, which gives you a bossed kilim-carpets, stoneware, mosaics, leatherwork, pot- The central panel of the staircase is sense of the shape of buildings-especially when teries, traditional knives… as well as natural honey, indigenous dominated by traditional symbol of Zoro- you view the site from up the hill from one of foods and pastries.” astrianism which is flanked by two winged the tombs. On the ground, it does take some A total of 85 booths have been set up in the cities of Ilam, lions with human heads. imagination to “see” the 100 column palace Elaborate panels at the southern end of the for example, but a good guide book helps a lot Mehran, Dehloran, Chardavol, Eyvan and Sirvan that pilgrims A view of the Apadana Staircase in the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Iran. are passing through, the official added. staircase depicts a record of nations, show- to aid that process. The exceptionally carved “The exhibitions opened on Monday and will be running ing 23 delegations bringing their gifts to an friezes on the Apadana Staircase, Xerxes Gateway through October 22.” Achaemenid king. The Ethiopians begin the The lavishly decorated monument draws and Royal Apartments were exquisite. We also Last year, over 15 million Arbaeen pilgrims left Iran for Najaf frieze in the bottom left corner and are joined hundreds of domestic and foreign visitors walked to both the tombs up on the hill, which and Baghdad to visit and pay tribute to the shrine of Imam by Arabs, Thracians, Kasmiris, Parthians and every single day, showing them off scenes of were very similar to the tombs I had seen in Hussein (AS), where the grandson of Prophet Muhammad Cappadocians. The Elamites, Egyptians and Jordan at Petra. It was very hot the afternoon (PBUH), is laid to rest. Medians occupy the panel at top right. Ac- mighty Achaemenid Empire (550 –330 BC) we were there, so ensure you bring plenty of Arbaeen marks an end to the 40-day mourning period following companying this pantheon of guests are an and grandeur of its fabled arts. water as the place to buy water in the site was martyrdom of the Imam Hussein (AS) and his loyal companions at assortment of delicately carved sheep with very removed from the main part of the ruins the Battle of Karbala on Muharram 10 in the year 61 AH (680 CE). ram’s horns and curled wool, two-humped On the northern panel exists inscriptions one in Old Persian and others in Elamite itself. In all, we thoroughly enjoyed walking Bactrian camels, oxen and mules. with fairly stereotypical texts by king Xerxes; and Babylonian. through this timeless place. Tourists are paying people Excavations to continue at ancient Tabriz university using German expertise to scare pigeons to get the HERITAGE TEHRAN — Excavation and resto- international cultural heritage experts, archaeologists, perfect Instagram shot deskration works will continue at Rab’-e and restorers from Iran, the German Archaeological Rashidi, a 14th-century educational complex in Tabriz, Institute, the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, with the presence of German archaeologists for two and the Louvre Museum in Paris. We’ve all probably scrolled through our Instagram feeds other archaeological seasons. A vast centuries-old structure was unearthed from and passed by a well-orchestrated travel photo with just Located in the northwestern East Azarbaijan the site earlier in October, which is estimated to date the right colors, right angles, and perfectly “candid but not province, Rab’-e Rashidi has so far yielded sever- from the 8th century AH (1299 CE – 1397 CE) to 10th candid” poses. But have you ever wondered how that photo al archaeological layers, which date from Ilkhanid, century AH (1495 CE – 1591 CE). magic happens? Safavid and Qajar eras. It is said that students from The Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center Well, in the case of people taking pictures of themselves being Iran, China, Egypt, and Syria studied there under the in collaboration with Tabriz Islamic Art University com- surrounded by majestic pigeons near Tha Pae Gate, in Chiang supervision of physicians, intellectuals, scientists and pleted geophysical surveys, 3D laser scans, and endos- Mai, Thailand, there’s actually a person with a real “job” to help Islamic scholars. copy of the ancient structure during the first season to make those birds flutter around for your ‘Gram. The fourth and fifth seasons are scheduled to be carried lay a groundwork for its possible UNESCO recognition. Travel influencers can be pretty notorious for doing strange out during the next two [Iranian calendar] years (1399 The ancient complex embraces a paper factory, a or even dangerous things in order to get a good picture, like and 1400) with presence of German experts, provincial library, a hospital (Dar-al-Shafa), a Quranic center (Dar- hanging out of a moving train or faking photos in order to curate tourism chief Morteza Abdar said on Tuesday, ISNA East Azarbaijan province’s tourism chief Morteza Abdar al-Quran), residential facilities for teachers, students’ their online presence. reported. (L) visits the ruins of Rab’-e Rashidi inspecting the third quarters and a caravanserai amongst other facilities. According to Metro, Tha Pae Gate is well-known for its flocks The third round of excavation and restoration work archaeological season of the 14th-century educational Iran seeks to win registration of the site on the UN- of pigeon hanging out on the sidewalks nearby. Most of the time, is currently underway at the ancient site by a panel of complex in Tabriz, northwest Iran. ESCO World Heritage list by 2025. however, they’re not terribly active and don’t fly around people’s heads like they seem to on social media. (Source: MSN) Former Thomas Cook boss defends record after firm’s collapse LONDON (Reuters) — The former chief said he did not set his own pay or decide shown: I never sold one share, because I was holder Fosun would have backed a deal to ROUND THE GLOBE executive of bankrupt travel firm Thomas any bonus. believing in the company,” he said. save the company if there had been govern- Cook said on Tuesday he understood public “I’m not going to try and defend my base He said he would take some time to reflect ment support. Ancient City of Aleppo anger over his pay but defended his record, pay, because in relation to a normal worker’s on what was the right thing to do with his pay Thomas Cook’s German airline Condor saying he had worked tirelessly to try to save base salary, this is an enormous amount... I after business committee chair Rachel Reeves is still operating with support of a loan from The Ancient City of Aleppo is the historic city center of the company. fully understand the sentiment in the public,” said that it could be put to better use if it funded the German government, while its Nordic Aleppo, Syria. Located at the crossroads of several trade Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel he told the committee. redundancy packages for his colleagues. business may still be bought. Its UK business routes since the 2nd millennium BC, Aleppo was ruled firm, collapsed last month after it failed to “However, what I can say to that is that “The number of times you’ve said “sor- went straight into liquidation, with its UK successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Akkadians, Greeks, finalize a restructuring plan, stranding over I worked tirelessly for the success of this ry” - it just rings rather hollow when you’re shops bought by a rival last week. Romans, Umayyads, Ayyubids, Mameluks and Ottomans a hundred thousand passengers. company and I’m deeply sorry that I was not willing to put something back,” she said. Fankhauser said he would not criticize who left their stamp on the city. Peter Fankhauser apologized again to cus- not able to secure the deal.” Fought so hard the UK government for its decision not to tomers, staff and suppliers as he appeared Fankhauser said his efforts to transform The firm collapsed after it became unable to provide support but that the cost of Thomas before a British parliamentary committee, the company after his appointment in 2014 service its debts and failed to convince banks Cook’s collapse was “far higher” than what and said that responsibility for the collapse had been constrained by its debts. to back a rescue plan in the face of changing the firm requested, adding that he had not was shared among several parties who tried, He said that a 750,000 pound ($947,475) customer habits and intense competition from spoken to any government ministers in the and failed, to agree the rescue deal. bonus he was paid in 2017 could theoretically low-cost airlines and internet companies. week before the collapse. Asked about his salary, which totaled 1.02 be clawed back, but 30% was paid in shares Thomas Cook’s management said a deal Britain’s transport and business ministries million pounds ($1.29 million) in 2018 in- which were now worthless. was possible until the final hours before the did not immediately respond to a request .to the company was company failed, and that banks and share- for comment نوبت اول cluding pension and benefits, Fankhauser “My commitment N.I.S.O.C 1398.4401 United Airlines extends First Announcement 1398.4401 Boeing 737 MAX NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTHN.I.S.O.C OILFIELDS COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN cancellations into 2020 NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDSTENDER NO COMPANY. : 48-32-9500090 AHVAZ-IRAN United Airlines is extending cancellations of Boeing TENDER NO. : 48-32-9500090 The Citadel of Aleppo in 2010 737 MAX flights through the holiday season until National Iranian SouthNational Oilfields Iranian South Company(NISOC) Oilfields Company(NISOC) intends intends to topurchase purchase the the following following goods goods The Citadel, the 12th-century Great Mosque and various January 6, 2020, ensuring that the troubled aircraft won’t resume operating passenger flights in the U.S. 16th and 17th-centuries madrasas, residences, khans and Items Material Description Quantity public baths, all form part of the city’s cohesive, unique until next year at the earliest. urban fabric. 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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 16, 2019 INTERNATIONAL 11 MSM peddling manufactured story of Major media bury groundbreaking studies of pentagon’s massive “blue girl” to spread Iranophobia carbon bootprint By Joshua Cho By Ali Radmanesh expect much more from Internet search engines because fake news stories from the days of media hypes will appear at FAIR — In 2010, Project Censored (10/2/10) found that the “U.S. TEHRAN – The western mainstream media has for a couple the top, while relevant critical reviews and scholarly articles military is responsible for the most egregious and widespread of months been peddling a distorted narrative of the case are technically “hidden” for ordinary people. pollution of the planet, yet this information and accompanying of the self-immolation of an Iranian girl, pushing a heart- In all the above cases, a propaganda campaign followed documentation goes almost entirely unreported.” breaking story to stir anti-Iranian sentiments and prepare the same order. First, a particular judicial case was selected, Almost a decade later, Project Censored’s observations are still the ground for increased pressure on Iran. to which rumors and false information were added. Secondly, applicable, with two major studies published in June remaining The storyline goes something like this: a female football a distorted version was released in the mass media, causing buried by most major media outlets. The first study, Pentagon fan, nicknamed as the Blue Girl, tried to enter the men-only a moral crusade which involves politicians, organizations, Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War, by Neta Crawford Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in March this year and she was ar- celebrities and others. Everyone is asked for a reaction. for Brown University’s Costs of War Project, confirmed previous rested by the security guards only because she was a woman, Thirdly, after the officials in Tehran deny false information, findings that the U.S. military is “the single-largest producer of as Ivan Kesic writes for the Saker Blog. Six months later, they accuse it of hiding facts or seeking excuses. A media greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world,” and that the Pentagon more precisely in early September, she was ordered to attend hype thus keeps going on, along with demonization in the is responsible for between “77 percent and 80 percent of all U.S. a court in Tehran and after she found out about the prison eyes of the world public. Such repetitive method was also government energy consumption” since 2001, and that from the sentence, she poured petrol on herself and set herself on fire used on the eve of aggression against Iraq, misinformation beginning of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 to 2017, outside the courthouse. She died in hospital one week later were repeated and the public debate has been prolonged the U.S. military emitted approximately 1.2 billion metric tons due to the third-degree burns. These reports in the West- until the majority of Americans were misled that Baghdad of CO2 equivalent. ern media quickly gained a vast readership and triggered had weapons of mass destruction and military invasion was The second study, Hidden Carbon Costs of the ‘Everywhere numerous reactions. Some compared her to Jan Palach, justified. A propaganda campaign sometimes includes a War’: Logistics, Geopolitical Ecology, and the Carbon Bootprint of some wrote to international sports organizations seeking fourth step: when certain trial does not end in line with the U.S. Military, published by Oliver Belcher, Benjamin Neimark, sanctions against Iran, and some went so far as to argue false sensationalist announcements, they claim that Iran and Patrick Bigger from Durham and Lancaster universities in that the case would cause mass unrest or even revolution. has withdrawn under international pressure. This gives an the Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (6/19), But just like other cases of MSM pushing anti-Iran stories impetus for a new round of same games, particularly among found that if the U.S. military were a country, its “fuel usage alone targeting the audience’s emotions, fact-checking the story benevolent but manipulated activist volunteers, who believe would make it the 47th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in details and comparing them with the statements of victim’s that their babbling on social networks has an impact on the the world, sitting between Peru and Portugal.” family given to the Persian-language media shows that vir- Iranian judiciary. tually all of the claims are incorrect, or even false. First of all, There is no shortage of resources for such games and she was not arrested because she was a woman who wanted potential “martyrs,” especially pseudo-feminist ones, as to go to the stadium, but because she violently attacked the there are currently 7,440 women in Iranian prisons. It is policemen at the stadium gates, after refusing the security easy to dig up domestic news, turn numerous stories up- check. According to her sister, strife erupted when she told side down, and claim that trials are “dubious” or “unfair.” the security guards that they shouldn’t touch her because she Theoretically, it is, even more easier to do the same with is a girl from a conservative family. It means that the alleged the United States, considering there are 211,870 women liberal feminist, implied as such by the Western media, in imprisoned in that country or proportionally seven times reality was someone completely opposite, a conservative higher than in Iran, but in practice virtually no one bothers girl from the holy city of Qom. Most important of all, she with such facts and all find it quite normal when Americans did not attack the guards due to any sort of political protest, LA Times was among MSM outlets who peddled the “blue are holding moral lectures. One may wonder whether it is but because she was a mentally ill girl who had a hysterical girl” story hard. because of the well-known “credibility” of the US courts, the attack. Unfortunately, she was alone so there was no one to same ones that seized billions of Iranian assets, delivered however difficult to find for sports segregation in numerous explain her about the stadium rules, or to the guards about a verdict holding Iran responsible for the 9/11 attacks, and Authors of both studies note how “existing military aircraft and her mental health. international motor racing competitions, which implicitly ordered the sale of Iranian antique art from American mu- suggest that women are bad drivers. But this is not the case warships” are “locking the U.S. military into hydrocarbons for Unknowing about her medical record, police placed her seums. Or perhaps many find the US trustworthy because years to come.” (Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty Images). in three-day detention, which led to a worsening of her men- in Iran, its female racing drivers like Laleh Seddigh and their official criticism is always confirmed and joined by tal condition. Her family came from Qom to Tehran, paid Mitra Fallahpour competed against their male counterparts “eminent” Human Rights Watch? Yet these groundbreaking studies received no coverage bail and showed documents about her health. When her and won medals, which is a hard-to-find example in most Human Rights Watch (HRW), as well as similar US-fund- in virtually all the U.S.’s biggest newspapers and TV news scheduled trial came six months later, the judge was away countries of the world. ed organizations allegedly in charge of “promoting human channels. An initial search in the Nexis news database from so no verdict had been issued. There is no sentence of six The only valid argument about sex segregation in football rights,” plays an already seen game. Their modus operandi June 1 to Oct. 4 of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, months or two years in prison, as falsely claimed. Whether stadiums is the fact that Iran is one of the rare exceptions is to act in symbiosis with the mass media and Washington’s Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR, PBS, ABC, MSNBC, it’s due to a judge’s absence, rumors about potential penalties in a global context. Nevertheless, as in the example of the politics: at the beginning of propaganda campaigns, they back CBS, and CNN turned up nothing. or something else, eventually setting fire to herself outside aforementioned female racing drivers, Iran is also a rare the biased claims and timely participate in provoking mass A broader Nexis search of all the English-language outlets the building. It had nothing to do with football, politics or exception in various other fields of women’s emancipation. outrage, but after the media circus passes and its purpose only confirmed that the biggest media outlets in the country, verdicts, only her mental disorder and an unfortunate set of For example, Iran has women like Zohreh Sefati in the highest was served, then they publish a more factual review, thus with much better resources for reporting, are burying the study. circumstances. Her family further noted about her suicide level of clergy, while the vast majority of other countries, building the reputation of a credible and neutral institution. Here’s a list of the outlets, according to the Nexis news attempt several years ago when she was a university student including Western ones, have none. There is still no media In this particular case, the HRW’s report about the Blue Girl database, that mentioned the Costs of War study: and was hospitalized for a while, adding that all related circus or public debate on the issue. Another example is that contains a false balance, i.e., they do mention her mental Arab American News (U.S.) medical documents also exist. All these information were despite being 4-5 times less populous, Iran has more female illness and certain statements by her sister, but the title Indian Agriculture News (India) systematically ignored in the Western mass media. Even students at technical universities than the five largest EU and most of the text deals with unfounded criticism, thus Yerepouni Daily News (Armenia) alleged image of the victim wearing a blue hat, circulated countries combined, or twice as many as the second-ranked serving as a reference for the more aggressive mass media. Pressenza International Press Agency (Ecuador) widely on the Internet, is false. It actually shows a trans- United States. Therefore, if you feel morally superior to Later, they can simply deny earlier allegations or the whole Washington Examiner (U.S.) gender boy. give Iran lectures on the topic of women in stadiums, keep story; however, media coverage will then be absent. The Defense Monitor Worldwide (U.S.) Her death is undoubtedly a tragedy and it provoked a in mind that Iran can also do the same, but on much more most (in)famous example of such modus operandi is the International Business Times India (India) number of reactions within Iran, especially among fans of serious topics. And if you believe that female cheerleaders false testimony of a Kuwaiti girl that helped build public The Conversation (U.S.) the Esteghlal FC. Some public figures have criticized security are a better indicator of women’s emancipation than female support for the First Persian Gulf War. Both Human Rights Straits Times (Singapore) guards for treating her as a normal citizen, and some also engineers, then you have a serious problem in understanding Watch and their British equivalent Amnesty International The Nation (U.S.) criticized the Iranian judiciary for the alleged prison sentence, gender equality. initially supported the story of Iraqi tearing Kuwaiti babies Defense One (U.S.) which proved to be only a rumor. Still, these public criticisms The last ones who have a moral right to participate in from incubators and issued corrections only after the war. Real News Network (U.S.) have nothing in common with a distorted story from the this public debate are precisely those who were among the In other words, they fulfilled the task of their governments, Here’s a list of the outlets, according to Nexis, that mentioned foreign press, based on the misinformation by political ac- first and the loudest about the Blue Girl case, namely an- and as “truthful organizations that acknowledge their own the study published in the Transactions of the Institute of tivists who recognized the tragedy as the perfect opportunity ti-Iran activists and the Saudi media clique. The former ones mistakes,” they continued to fulfill the same tasks later. British Geographers: to spread propaganda and manipulate the emotions of the because in the pre-revolutionary period only a quarter of Even if the Blue Girl was a sane girl and immolated Daily Mail (U.K.) world public. Their main focus was on sex-segregation in Iranian women were literate, and the latter ones because herself in political protest, which is definitely not the case, Asian News International (India) certain football stadiums and they have been seeking to stir they represent the country with the most rigid sex segrega- the United States would be among the last in a position to Science Daily (U.S.) an online outcry to call on the world football’s governing tion in the world, present in virtually all public places. This criticize. In just a few months before the self-immolation To be fair, Nexis isn’t able to catch every report or reprints in body to ban Iran from international competitions. fact did not hamper The Independent, a half Saudi-owned of Czech student Jan Palach, a celebrated anti-Soviet dis- other outlets. On my own, I found nothing that contradicts the hypocritical sex segregation debate British newspaper, from being among the first to publish a sident who gained huge media coverage in the West, eight finding that these studies are being buried by most of the biggest Speaking of sex segregation, which is completely irrelevant heartwarming false story, based largely on rumors by the US citizens self-immolated themselves in protest against media outlets in the U.S. But these studies were mentioned to this case, it is true that certain sports venues implement a apologists of Pahlavi regime. the Vietnam War. The media coverage of these American by Reuters (6/12/19), Grist (6/12/19), Gizmodo (6/13/19), policy of sex separation. Some have exclusive male audiences The propaganda factory of fake martyrs examples was negligible, as was in cases with ten other US Bloomberg (6/13/19), USA Today (6/14/19), Forbes (6/13/19), for men’s team matches, others have special sections for A particularly intriguing case is the role of the United citizens who later set themselves on fire in various political GQ (9/13/19), The Hill (6/13/19), New York Post (6/13/19), both men and women, while third ones are mixed. However, States and the United Kingdom whose mass media and PR protests. On the other hand, no such case has been recorded CNBC (6/13/19), U.K. Independent (6/13/19), Intercept anyone who has visited Iran can testify that the country is agencies have a long tradition of manufacturing fake martyrs in Iran, with the exception of two rumors based on dubious (9/15/19), TomDispatch (6/23/19), and Mic (6/26/19). The far from some kind of segregationist society, since it does for Iranophobic propaganda purposes. Notable cases include dissident sources. Real News Network (7/10/19) provided exemplary reporting not exist in universities, theaters, cinemas, restaurants, ur- Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, executed in 2005 for The only valid criticism of the Iranian authorities over on these two studies by featuring their authors in an interview ban transport, offices, mosques, holy shrines, etc. Certain allegedly being “gay lovers,” Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Blue Girl case is that they treated her as an average sane to discuss their findings. football stadiums are rare exceptions, along with prayer allegedly sentenced to death in 2010 because of “her love for person in the first three days. The security forces defended Aside from the findings, these studies are also especially halls, schools and public baths. another man,” Zahra Bahrami, alleged “democracy activist” themselves that they did not know about her mental con- significant because they’re the first to use comprehensive data based Furthermore, there are a number of problems in defining executed in 2011, and Hashem Shabani, an alleged “poet and dition, further explaining that it was not even possible to on the publicly available emissions data from the Department of “discrimination,” whether at Iranian or international level. human rights campaigner” executed in 2014. In reality, the know in given circumstances, which can be seen as a valid Energy, and on multiple Freedom of Information Act requests to All those who are holding moral lectures about “discriminated first two were sentenced for raping a 13-year-old boy, the excuse. Even with regard to the treatment of people with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency managing the U.S. military’s women banned from stadiums” forget or intentionally ignore second one for murdering her husband, the third one for a mental health condition, the United States would be the supply chains, which includes hydrocarbon fuel purchases and the fact that, in their own words, there are also “discriminated drug trafficking, and the fourth one for Takfiri terrorism. last candidate to sit on a high horse. We do not have to deal distribution. Most greenhouse gas accounting focuses on how men banned from stadiums.” To be more precise, as there These criminals were misrepresented as brave individuals with hypothetical questions about what would happen if much energy and fuel civilians use, because it has always been are stadiums for men’s matches with a men-only audience, who stood for freedom, and the Internet contains tons of someone refuses a security check and violently attacks po- difficult to obtain reliable and consistent data on the Pentagon’s there are also stadiums for women’s matches with an exclu- heartbreaking reviews, fake biographies and quotes, calls licemen at the US stadium gates, it is enough to recall the carbon bootprint; the Pentagon doesn’t publicly and regularly sively female audience. One example is the Ararat Stadium to action, and so on. empirically confirmed cases of Artogi Groshe, Kevin Thorpe, report its fuel consumption or greenhouse gas emissions. in Tehran, used by Iran women’s national football team. All these cases have a lot more in common: they all emerged Ronald Madison and many others. All of them were shot Despite not signing the 1992 Kyoto Protocol international Debates over two-way segregation in stadiums are being during the fiercest tensions between Iran and the United for resisting the police, and the responsible police officers agreement to fight climate change, the U.S. succeeded in obtaining waged within Iran itself, but foreign individuals and organi- States, they all followed the same propaganda modus operandi, later confronted them with fact that they killed people with an exemption for all countries’ militaries from having to report, zations operating under the guise of human rights and equal- and all were promoted by the same media, organizations mental disabilities, not arrogant criminals. let alone cut, their carbon emissions, which Congress later ity are always hypocritically invoking one-way segregation, and individuals. For example, if you intend to learn more Exploiting the tragic death of a mentally ill person for locked in. Although that exemption was later removed by specifically female spectators at men’s matches. The reason about these controversies on the highly popular English political purposes of any kind is disgustingly shameful and the 2015 Paris Accord—despite the Obama administration’s is apparent; the advocacy of this kind fits perfectly into the Wikipedia, do not expect anything credible in most cases below any human level. The same goes for this article, its longstanding policy of undermining international climate archaic Orientalist narrative about “oppressed women,” long and bear in mind that literally all articles were arranged by purpose is not to justify any state policy, security guards or agreements—the Trump administration has the U.S. due to propagated in the West and covered extensively in academic the same person, a pro-Israeli activist nicknamed as Plot stadium rules, but merely to point out lies, hypocrisy, double withdraw from the Paris Accord in 2020 (New York Times, literature. The same one-way argument can be applied, for Spoiler, who got indefinitely banned only since last year standards and mass propaganda. Out of respect for the victim 6/1/17), which would make it harder to collect data and conduct example, to the male-only schools in Iran, ignoring the fact after administrators had uncovered that he was paid for and her family who criticized the intense politicization in the future studies like the ones above. This is why it’s especially that there are also female-only schools, or that there are contributions. The current version of the Blue Girl article foreign media, the identity of Blue Girl is deliberately not important for media outlets to cover studies like this when plenty of single-sex schools in the United States, the United is arranged by a user who openly declares himself as a mon- mentioned in the text. It’s not hard to notice that these media they’re published. Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other countries. archist and a hater of the Iranian political system. Do not manipulations emerged in the midst of US-Iranian tensions Although the authors of both studies acknowledge that the One may say that the focus on female spectators is due and warmongering propaganda, orchestrated by the same U.S. military has been cutting its emissions over the years, to the popularity of men’s football, which is partly true. For Fake news stories from the group of people who called Iranians as “a terrorist nation,” they both note how “existing military aircraft and warships” example, the match between Iran and Belarus at Ararat days of media hypes will sanctioned Iranian humanitarian organizations like Setad, are “locking the U.S. military into hydrocarbons for years to Stadium in last March was attended by less than one hun- along with child cancer patients and flood victims. They had come,” and that the “Pentagon does not acknowledge that its dred female spectators. Even women’s matches in other appear at the top, while previously manipulated the emotions of the world public with own fuel use is a major contributor to climate change.” That countries are not better attended, but this tells us about the relevant critical reviews the aim of provoking a war with hundreds of thousands dead, shouldn’t be surprising. Given corporate media’s propagandizing global discrimination against women’s football and sports and judging by their latest actions, they would be happy to for starting and staying in wars (FAIR.org, 10/23/17, 9/11/19) in general. Advocating alleged equality by seeking mixed and scholarly articles are repeat it all. Ultimately, we should remember that one of the and for neverending arms races (FAIR.org, 5/17/19, 7/12/19), audience for single-sex matches is a bit ironic itself, despite technically “hidden” for basic points of John Bolton’s policy towards Iran included one should expect corporate media to bury evidence that the the fact that female football players can hardly physically ordinary people. “a close cooperation with the media.” He may be gone, but U.S. military is a threat to itself and its citizens with its massive compete with their male counterparts. Similar justification is his policies and old manipulation methods are still alive. carbon output. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 OCTOBER 16, 2019 SOCIETYANALYSIS & INTERVIEWOCTOBER 16, 2019 12

Mighan wetland hosts WHO Regional Committee for migratory birds once again SOCIETY TEHRAN — Mighan wetland in central prov- Eastern Mediterranean kicks off desk ince of Markazi has returned back to life due SOCIETY TEHRAN — The 66th Iran, the health leader in Eastern to above normal rainfall and is now home to flocks of migratory desksession of the World Mediterranean region birds which come to spend the winter, Mehr reported on Tuesday. Health Organization Regional Committee WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Mighan wetland is among the most important sites for ecotourism for the Eastern Mediterranean opened in Ghebreyesus, for his part said that Iran is the and bird-sighting in the country, which is home to over 130 migra- Tehran on Tuesday. health leader in the Eastern Mediterranean tory bird species, including cranes, ducks, flamingos, and geese. Health ministers and high-level region as the country has managed to representatives of the 22 countries and control the mortality of infants, women territories of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean and communicable diseases by promoting Region, partner organizations and civil society health services. are taking part in the 3-day event. Regarding Iran’s health achievements, the During the opening ceremony, Iranian World Health Organization is committed to Health Minister Saeed Namaki said that help the country achieve better and higher cruel U.S. sanctions and denial of access quality health services, he stated. to drugs, medical equipment and food are WHO reports indicate that there are crimes against humanity, ISNA news agency numerous health problems in the eastern reported on Tuesday. Mediterranean region, but countries’ efforts Achievements towards universal and actions have given rise to optimism, he In February, Ezzatollah Amere’ei, the provincial water com- health coverage emphasized, IRNA news agency reported. pany director, told IRNA that some 100 million cubic meters of Iran is committed to fully implement the “We need political commitment to water is flowing in the wetland, however, it can contain water resolutions of the WHO and the United Nations help improve healthcare in the region’s twice the current amount. on achieving the Sustainable Development countries, including Afghanistan, Jordan, According to the data published by National Drought Warning Goals and universal coverage of health services, Iran, Pakistan, and etc.” and Monitoring Center affiliated to Iran’s Meteorological Organ- and has achieved remarkable success in this decreased from 120 per 1,000 live births to our country, the Iranian health system “This is a global program to control, ization, since the beginning of the current water years (starting regard, Namaki highlighted. less than 17.4 per 1,000 live births, he added. has shown, without any foreign technical prevent and reduce hepatitis B deaths that on September 23, 2018) Markazi province has received 436.3 He went on to note that prior to the Alma- Increasing child immunization rate assistance, the ability to deal with natural we have to work on in the countries of this millimeters of rain, which shows a 268.4 percent rise compared to Ata Declaration [in 1978], Iran had provided to over 98 percent is the other important disasters; constant monitoring prevented all region, especially Afghanistan, although the that of last year, in addition to 88 percent increase in comparison health care services to all its citizens, so that achievements, he emphasized. epidemic intestinal illness usually caused by mortality rate is somewhat lower,” he said. to long term means of 232.1 millimeters. in the past four decades it had set up 17,000 Stating that the Iranian health care system contaminated water or food. It has declined but there are still cases of Every year, when the autumn begin, birds migrate up to thousands of health centers which are under supervision has been repeatedly approved by the WHO, Measures implemented in response to deaths due to the disease, he added. of kilometers returning to the same place they migrated to last year. of comprehensive health system. Namaki said that in 2014, Iran adopted a flood have provided a unique model that can Referring to the Global Hepatitis Program, High temperatures, food shortages and habitat destruction In October 2018, heads of state and health transformation plan that aims to be exploited as a successful model in crisis he noted that this is a global program for are the main causes of their migration, but despite the fascinating government, ministers and representatives of provide everyone with access to quality health management for the WHO,” Namaki stated. controlling, preventing and reducing hepatitis view they on the wetlands and ponds, sometimes increase the states and governments, participated in the services without imposing heavy financial On the way to eradication that requires measures to be implemented in risk of avian influenza transmission. Global Conference on Primary Health Care, burdens and supporting low-income groups “We are implementing one of the most the countries, especially Afghanistan which The veterinary office and the provincial department of envi- in Kazakhstan, reaffirming the commitments of the society. successful health care models to eradicate is tackling with the disease prevalence. ronment (DOE) are responsible for controlling these outbreaks expressed in the visionary Declaration of A step toward reducing the burden malaria,” he said, adding, as before that “A framework must be put in place when occurs. Alma-Ata of 1978 and the 2030 Agenda of NCDs accomplished a comprehensive strategy to control disease-related deaths so that Efforts being made to reduce burden of avian in- for Sustainable Development, in pursuit of Undoubtedly one of the major challenges to eliminate Measles including mass mothers, infants, and patients can live fluenza Health for All. for the health system in the world is non- immunization campaign for people aged healthier lives, to do so, we need more Mohsen Shaneghi, director of veterinary office of Markazi Namaki highlighted that Iran could provide communicable diseases (NCDs) and the 5-25 years. nurses, caregivers, and health workers to province, said that since the beginning of this year, more than comprehensive health coverage of the rural leading one of which is hypertension, he Iran, as head of the 9th WHO Framework achieve the goal and reduce mortality rates,” 5,000 flu tests have been carried out in various industrial and population by 100 percent and the urban lamented, noting, in this regard, Iran launched Convention on Tobacco Control, calls on he also said. rural poultry as well as natural habitats in the province, with all population by 90 percent. a national blood pressure campaign last countries to reduce the prevalence of drug use “We have developed a plan to achieve the results being negative, now surveillance have intensified to Infant, maternal mortality summer that covered 31 million people over and recommend intensification of activities the goal and I pledge to help implement prevent the disease from occurring. declined the age of 30 while identified and treated 2 in this field, urging countries to decrease it this year, but we have other problems in No cases of bird flu in the province have been reported last Iran succeeded in reducing maternal million new cases. tobacco consumption by 30 percent by the area, such as uncontrolled drug use and year, and the country has been free of the disease till now, but mortality from 200 to less than 20 per 100,000 Flood response a commendable model 2050, along with fighting illicit trade, he environmental issues, that we are ready to care is constantly done to control the possible outbreak, he stated. live births by 2018, while infant mortality also “During the recent floods that has engulfed also announced. help address them,” he concluded. He went on to note that there is a team consisting of two forces who monitor the bird flu in all the cities of the province and report the results. Abbas Joudaki, the provincial DOE director, told Mehr that What we eat determines our health and future last week “we witnessed the migration of a thousand of flamin- 1 What’s the alternative? bution to sustainable food and nutrition security through national efforts to develop food and nutrition policies, gos to the Mighan wetland, and in recent weeks Siberian cranes It is important for us to change our approaches in terms pursuing ways to grow more food with the same amount legislation and dietary guidelines. migrated to the area.” of the food we produce, process and consume. of land, water and agricultural inputs broadening their Two days ago FAO released its new edition of the State These migratory birds stay during the winter and almost by At governmental level, countries must expand their use of new tools that make weather and market-related of Food and Agriculture (SOFA), a flagship report that aims the end of the year, and some even stay in the wetland until early agriculture policies beyond staple food production to in- information more available to all, and getting involved at bringing to a wider audience balanced science-based spring, then return to the northern areas after the hatching season, clude investments and research on crops such as fruits, in policy, programme and monitoring processes to make assessments regarding world food losses and waste. The so their deployment is almost long, he explained. vegetables and legumes. The officials should put in place their voices heard. report released the Food Loss Index (FLI) which indicates Every year since the migration of birds to the area begins, mon- policies and laws with proper incentives to protect healthy Private sector should cooperate and follow govern- that globally – in term of economic value – around 14 itoring of the wetland and its margins is constantly on the agenda, diets and encourage the private sector to produce healthier ment regulations in restructuring food chains to make percent of food produced is lost from post-harvest up to, he said, highlighting, in case of any carcasses found in areas, the foods. Governments also need to adopt agriculture-led final healthier. but not including, the retail level. veterinarians are dispatched to determine the cause of death. approaches that protect biodiversity and promote dietary As consumers, we can support local food producers, “Our actions are Our future,” today we celebrate the Of course, deaths usually occur in the wetland however are not diversity through solutions such as home gardens and adopt a more nutritious diet, reduce food waste and be World Food Day calling people and stakeholders all around always caused by the flu, he said, explaining, there is a parasitic other homestead food production models, intercropping more environmentally conscious. We must increase our the world to take action to make healthy and sustainable disease in some birds that infects due to contaminated food and and mixed landscapes, promotion of forgotten and un- intake of fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. diets accessible and affordable to everyone. can lead to death. der-utilized local crops, improved irrigation, aquaculture, FAO based on its broad network of offices, partners and FAO calls on everyone to start thinking about the en- “We try our best to prevent the prevalence of bird flu and responsible fisheries and small animal production systems. technical expertise could provide countries with informa- vironmental impact of the foods we eat and make choices reduce the huge economic burden of diseases in poultry indus- When it comes to the farmers, they can make a contri- tion on various dimensions of malnutrition and support that benefit our health but also the environment. try,” he concluded. WORDS IN THE NEWS Toxic algal blooms increasing in lakes worldwide, study finds Toxic algal blooms which can be fatal to liver damage, lead to respiratory paralysis “It’s been well known that nutrients like ni- War on Terrorism Phase Two humans, are increasing across the world or produce other fatal conditions. trogen and phosphorus are the main drivers as temperatures rise, according to the first A number of dogs have been killed after of algal blooms. Usually they get into lakes (January 09, 2002) global survey of dozens of freshwater lakes drinking water containing algal blooms. and reservoirs after extreme participation In an interview with the New York Times, the US Deputy based on 30 years of Nasa data. Researchers from Carnegie Institution events and when they are in the lake, warmer Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, has said the next phase of The increase is being driven by climate for Science used data from Nasa and the US’s temperatures exacerbate algal blooms. America’s war on terrorism will focus on preventing terrorist change, run off from chemicals used in agri- Geological Survey’s Landsat 5 near-Earth satel- “Climate change means extreme weather groups establishing a foothold in such places as Somalia, Yemen, culture and urban development, according to lite which monitored the planet between 1984 events are increasing which increases runoff of Indonesia and the Philippines. This report from Roger Hardy. the research published in the journal Nature. and 2013. They studied long-term trends in 71 these chemicals.” There were very few lakes in

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Russia will not allow clashes Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence between Turkey and Syria escalates in northeast Syria 1 “Despite the ongoing violence, UNICEF is working through partners to deliver immediate assistance including: Russia patrolling Manbij dividing line between Turkish and Syrian forces * Emergency assistance to families arriving at collective TEHRAN — Russia said on Tuesday it group of captured Kurdish fighters and a shelters. would not allow clashes between Turkey politician, acts that may amount to war * 95,000 litres of water and 12 water tanks to mitigate and Syria as Ankara presses a military op- crimes, the United Nations said. water shortages in shelters in Al-Hasakeh city. eration against Kurdish forces. Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN * Planned repairs to the A’louk station. “This would simply be unacceptable,” human rights office, said video footage ap- * Primary health consultations, including nutrition Moscow’s special envoy on Syria, Alexander peared to show executions of three Kurdish screening, to women and children. Lavrentyev, was quoted as saying by Russian captives carried out by Ahrar al-Sharqi- * Foster arrangements for 13 separated children. news agencies. “And therefore we will not ya fighters, affiliated with Turkey, on the “In addition, UNICEF continues to support the de- allow it, of course.” highway between Hassakeh and Manbij livery of clean water and provide health and nutrition Lavrentyev also called Turkey’s military on October 12. services in Al-Hol camp, home to nearly 64,000 children offensive in northeast Syria “unacceptable” The UN had received reports that Hevrin and women. Tuesday and complained that the operation Khalaf, a Kurdish politician, was executed “As violence continues to escalate, UNICEF renews had not been cleared by Moscow in advance, on the same highway by the same group on its calls on all parties to the conflict and those who have the Interfax news agency reported. the same day, Colville said. influence over them to protect children at all times. He confirmed that Russia had brokered “Turkey could be deemed responsible Those fighting in the northeast and elsewhere in Syria an agreement between the Syrian govern- as a state for violations by their affiliated must protect civilian infrastructure and not use it for ment and Kurdish forces that saw the Kurds groups as long as Turkey exercises effective military gains.” cede control of territory to Syrian troops, control of these groups or the operations AFP reported. in the course of which those violations oc- Russia patrolling Manbij curred,” he told a news briefing, adding that U.S. imposes sanctions on dividing line UN war crimes investigators would follow Russian troops are patrolling front up on all incidents. Turkey over Syria offensive lines between Turkish and Syrian army “We urge Turkish authorities immediately positions outside Manbij in a bid to keep exander Lavrentyev told Russian state news abandoned outpost where U.S. troops had to launch an impartial, transparent and in- TEHRAN — The United States has imposed sanctions on the forces separated, Russia’s defense agencies. Russia “is not going to allow it,” been stationed earlier. dependent investigation and to apprehend two Turkish ministries and three senior government offi- ministry said. he said. UN urges Turkey to investigate those responsible, some of whom should be cials over the country’s military offensive against Kurdish “No one is interested” in potential fight- A video posted online by Russian jour- executions in Syria easily identifiable from the video footage militants in northern Syria. ing between Syrian government troops and nalists travelling with the country’s soldiers Turkey could be deemed responsible for they themselves shared on social media,” The U.S. Department of the Treasury said in a Turkish forces, Russia’s envoy for Syria Al- meanwhile showed what appeared to be an summary executions by an affiliated armed Colville said. statement on Monday that it has imposed sanctions on Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, as well as the heads of the two ministries and the minister India blocks SMS services in Kashmir Israel violates intl. law, wants to of the interior in response to the country’s military after trucker killed impose new status quo: Michel Aoun operations in Syria. Earlier on Monday, President Donald Trump also released TEHRAN — Text messaging services were but it skidded and got stuck. TEHRAN — Lebanese President Michel spect for the inviolability of internationally a statement to announce new sanctions against “current blocked in Indian Kashmir just hours after “The gunmen then fired at the truck and Aoun has censured the Israeli regime over recognized borders,” the Lebanese presi- and former officials of the Government of Turkey and any being restored when a truck driver was killed set it on fire,” a witness told AFP. breaching international regulations, treaties dent pointed out. persons contributing to Turkey’s destabilizing actions in by suspected militants and his vehicle set Apples are a sensitive issue in Kashmir, and principles, and seeking to impose a new U.S. President Donald Trump on De- northeast Syria.” ablaze, authorities said Tuesday. which exports vast quantities of the fruit fait accompli in the occupied territories. cember 6, 2017 defied global warnings and He said he will be soon issuing an “Executive Order” Separately Indian officials said that a to markets across India. “Israel violates other states’ sovereignty, said Washington formally recognized Je- which authorizes the imposition of these sanctions. 24-year-old woman died in the latest ex- Many orchard owners say they are occupies the Golan Heights while declar- rusalem al-Quds as the capital of Israel. He also vowed to increase tariffs on Turkish steel by change of artillery fire with Pakistan over refusing to harvest this year to protest ing al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital and His decision infuriated the Palestinians, up to 50 percent, and immediately stop negotiations with their de-facto border dividing the blood- against the government’s move to scrap occupying Palestinian territories,” Aoun who declared that Washington could no respect to a $100 billion trade deal with Turkey. soaked Himalayan region. Kashmir’s autonomy. said during an event in the capital Beirut. longer play a role as lead mediator in the Trump also telephoned Turkish President Recep Tayy- Security sources said the decision to cut Indian authorities say that mili- The Lebanese president then described Middle East peace process. It also sparked ip Erdogan and demanded an immediate ceasefire, Vice text messaging services was taken to reduce tants -- backed by arch-rival Pakistan the Israeli regime’s violation of interna- outrage across the Muslim world and even President Mike Pence said. the ability of militants to communicate. -- have been intimidating farmers and tional law as a dangerous precedent of the Washington’s Arab allies. Pence announced that he would be traveling to the region Indian authorities had only restored businessmen. conspiracies being hatched for the Middle The United Nations General Assembly “as quickly as possible.” call and text services for mobile phones The latest death from Pakistani artil- East region. on December 21 that year overwhelmingly According to press TV, in another tweet on Monday, on Monday, following a 72-day blackout lery fire over the Line of Control (LoC) “It is true that big wars have receded voted in favor of a resolution that calls Trump said that “big sanctions” on Turkey were coming in the restive northern territory imposed dividing Kashmir brings the number of somehow; but their repercussions continue on the U.S. to withdraw its controversial in response to the country’s military offensive in northern after New Delhi scrapped the region’s fatalities on the Indian side to three in to have a bad impact. The most dangerous recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as the Syria. semi-autonomous status. the past four days, the Press Trust of issue in this framework is the investment Israeli capital. “Big sanctions on Turkey coming! Do people really think The seven million-plus people of the India reported. of these wars’ impacts by fragmenting the According to Press TV, on May 14, 2018, the we should go to war with NATO Member Turkey? Never Kashmir Valley -- the main hotbed of re- Two Indian soldiers were killed in two east to establish new alliances based on United States officially announced the open- ending wars will end!” he tweeted. sistance to Indian rule -- are still cut off separate incidents on Friday and Sunday, racism and sectarianism,” he said. ing of its new embassy in Jerusalem al-Quds. from the internet, however. PTI said. It was unclear if there were any Aoun then strongly condemned the U.S. “Today we open the United States em- Authorities said SMS services were fatalities from Indian fire on the Pakistani recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as the bassy in Jerusalem [al-Quds], Israel,” U.S. Mossad chief admits cut again on Monday night following the side. capital of Israel, and the Tel Aviv regime Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said attack on the driver of a truck carrying Also on Tuesday, police arrested 13 “flagrant violation of all international law at the beginning of the inaugural ceremony to having ‘prestigious’ apples in Shopian. women activists in Srinagar after they and resolutions.” on Monday, attended by a U.S. delegation Residents said two masked gunmen told staged a protest calling for civil liberties “Israel’s violations include settlement from Washington and officials of the Is- assassination list the driver to use his truck to block the road, and the release of detainees. expansion, racist legislation and its disre- raeli regime. TEHRAN — Yossi Cohen, who is the director of the Israeli spy agency Mossad, has acknowledged having a “prestigious” assassination list at his disposal, claiming that targeting foreign influential figures, including Iran’s Major General Qassem Soleimani, is “not impossible.” EU’s Barnier sees three Brexit scenarios: deal, extension, ‘breakdown’: sources “With all due respect to his bluster, he hasn’t nec- TEHRAN — The European Union’s Brexit negotiator told Johnson, a leading figure in the 2016 referendum essarily committed the mistake yet that would place the 27 EU states staying on together that he saw three pos- who came to power as head of ruling Conservative Party him on the prestigious list of Mossad’s assassination sible scenarios ahead: a deal with Britain later on Tuesday, in July, has pledged to take the country out of the bloc targets,” Cohen said in reference to General Soleimani, another delay to Britain’s departure or a “breakdown” of on Oct. 31 whether or not a withdrawal agreement has a globally famous Iranian defense strategist who played talks, according to diplomats with the bloc. been reached. a key role in the counterterrorism operations that led Barnier also told EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg But parliament has passed a law saying it cannot leave to the collapse of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in that customs arrangements for the island of Ireland, the without an agreement and Johnson has not explained how Iraq and Syria. issue of giving more say to Northern Irish authorities as he can get around that. The Times of Israel published the remarks on Oc- well as the so-called level-playing field clauses were all still British Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay struck a pos- tober 11. open in the talks, the diplomats also told Reuters. itive note in Luxembourg, saying a deal was “still very “He knows very well that his assassination is not im- Meanwhile, Finland’s prime minister, Antti Rinne, said possible.” possible. His actions are identified and felt everywhere… on Tuesday that for the first time, it looked like Britain was As ministers met in Luxembourg, British Brexit There’s no doubt the infrastructure he built presents a trying to reach an agreement to avoid a hard Brexit at the negotiator David Frost held another round of negoti- serious challenge for Israel,” Cohen argued. end of October. ations with the EU’s executive European Commission The New York Times had earlier revealed a March 2017 “For the first time I feel that Britain is seriously trying,” in Brussels. meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in which top Saudi Rinne told a news conference in Helsinki. If London is unable to clinch a deal, an acrimonious “The possibility of a deal is clear,” a French official said intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Finland holds EU’s rotating presidency. divorce could follow that would hit trade and business, Macron and Johnson spoke. “A possibility of a deal is still Salman asked a small group of businessmen last year about The European Union gave Britain until the end of Tues- roil financial markets and potentially lead to the United not the same as having a deal.” using private companies to assassinate Iranian enemies day to work out a Brexit deal that can be approved at a Kingdom splitting. A spokesman for Johnson said the British leader told of the kingdom.. leaders’ summit this week but said a delay to the Oct. 31 Even if he wins the approval of Europe’s big powers, Macron that London would work hard to secure a deal before According to Press TV, Last week, the intelligence unit scheduled departure date and a breakdown of talks were Johnson must still sell any deal to a British parliament in the summit. A German government source said London of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it also still on the cards. which he has no majority. had to move further to get there. had thwarted an Arab-Israeli plot to assassinate General Soleimani, who commands the IRGC’s Quds Force, in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman. Cohen’s remarks come after a senior Israeli minister boasted that Israel was the only entity “in the world killing Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise Iranians” with impunity. He said that only a minority of the Israeli regime’s bombing raids on Iranian targets in TEHRAN — A fire in a severely overcrowded occurred two weeks after a deadly blaze at a Several tents and housing containers people must be evacuated from the Greek Syria had been publicly acknowledged. migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of troubled camp on nearby Lesbos triggered were destroyed and 600 people were given islands to safe accommodation.” people into the streets, compounding their protests there. shelter by aid groups, the Medecins Sans According to Reuters, Greece is struggling plight with more refugees arriving on Greek The Samos fire flared outside the camp Frontieres (MSF) charity said. It estimates with the biggest resurgence in refugee and islands daily in what an aid group called a on Monday night, firefighters said, before that half of the camp’s residents are women migrant flows across the Aegean Sea from UN Security Council to worsening “nightmare”. spreading inside. Earlier, three Syrians had and children. Turkey since a 2015 crisis when more than Greece sent more police to the island been taken to hospital with stab wounds suffered “This nightmare must end!” MSF wrote a million streamed into Europe, many of meet on Syria, likely on of Samos on Tuesday after the fire, which in a fight with a group of Afghans, police said. on Twitter. “Children and other vulnerable them entering the continent via Greece. Wednesday

TEHRAN — The United Nations Security Council will likely meet on Wednesday to discuss latest develop- Arrival of resistance forces in northern Syria: Erdogan’s failed political calculations ments in Syria, diplomats said, adding that a closed- door discussion had been requested by the body’s 1 Earlier, Ankara had been warned that if tensions the change of Erdogan’s calculations can put an end to It is obvious that the current developments in the five European members - Britain, France, Germany, in northern Syria were to escalate, army and resistance illegal operations of Turkish forces against Syria as an north and northeast Syria due to the arrival of resistance Belgium and Poland. groups in the country would extend their efforts to stabilize independent and sovereign state. It should be noted forces have entered a new phase. Undoubtedly, the Syrian It will be the second council meeting since Turkey be- the eastern Euphrates. However, Turkish officials ignored that because of successive achievements against the resistance forces will overcome the Turkish army in any gan a military incursion across its southern border with those warnings. Takfiri terrorism, the resistance movement in Syria possible military conflicts, and will not allow Erdogan’s Syria, days after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, It seems that the arrival of resistance forces and is at its best condition. dreams come true. Reuters reported. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS OCTOBER 16, 2019

Anti-racism body says Bulgarian football chief turns England game should have been abandoned Anti-racism organization Kick It Out has criticized European down PM’s call to resign football’s governing body UEFA for failing to abandon Monday’s Bulgarian Football Union’s (BFU) president said. “It’s not serious to concentrate on Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria after England’s black players Borislav Mihaylov has turned down the that if there’s a qualifier like this and we’re were subjected to monkey chants. prime minister’s call to resign following playing against a team like England.” The game was twice halted in the first half, first when England racist abuse and monkey chants from UEFA had ordered the BFU to partially manager Gareth Southgate informed the UEFA delegate about Bulgaria fans towards black England close the Vasil Levski stadium for England’s incidents and a public announcement was made. players during their Euro 2020 qualifier. visit after supporters were found guilty of The abuse continued and the Group A match, which England Prime minister Boyko Borissov called racist behavior in matches earlier this year. went on to win 6-0, was again temporarily suspended by the earlier on Tuesday for former goalkeeper Racist chanting was heard from the referee under a three-step UEFA protocol for tackling abuse. Mihaylov to step down after the match, won stands and reported by England players UEFA said it would announce possible disciplinary proceed- 6-0 by England, was temporarily halted by to manager Gareth Southgate, with the ings later on Tuesday or on Wednesday once it had received full the referee to tackle abuse from the crowd referee informed and a public announcement reports from match officials. under a three-step protocol by European made on two occasions. Around 50 black-clad Bulgarian fans, some of whom were soccer governing body UEFA. Most of the Bulgaria players and their seen making Nazi salutes, left the stadium before halftime and “Of course he would not resign,” BFU’s coach said after the match they had not the second half was completed without further stoppages. spokesman Hristo Zapryanov said. “The heard any abuse of the visiting team. Kick It Out said it was “sickened by the disgusting racist state has no right to demand that and Coach Krasimir Balakov said there had abuse” and suggested UEFA should have taken stronger action. interfere in football. not been such racial incidents before and “We are encouraged that the protocol was initially enforced by “The football union cannot be held blamed England fans for being disrespectful the match officials, but UEFA must explain why players weren’t responsible for the hooliganism of a group to Bulgarian supporters. sent to the dressing room during Step Two, as is clearly stated of people.” “During the second half they used words in the rules,” a statement read. Zapryanov said that the BFU’s executive against our fans which I find unacceptable,” “TV footage also clearly shows that racist abuse continued committee will have a meeting on Friday he said. in the second half, so it is unacceptable that Step Three was not where Mihaylov will make a statement. The BFU and a number of Bulgarian enforced. This match should have been abandoned by the officials. A group of black-clad Bulgarian fans, was seen around the world on television the Manchester City striker wrote on Twitter. clubs have been fined by for racist abuse “It’s now time for UEFA to step up and show some lead- some of whom were making right-wing and social media. Earlier Sports Minister Krasen Kralev several times over the past few years. ership. For far too long, they have consistently failed to take salutes, were moved from an area behind “It is unacceptable for Bulgaria, which said the government would suspend Troy Townsend, of soccer equality effective action.” the dugout at the Vasil Levski national is one of the most tolerant countries in the relations with the BFU, including financial campaign group Kick It Out, urged UEFA The first step of UEFA’s protocol was enacted after 28 minutes stadium with home team captain Ivelin world, and people of different ethnicities ties. to ban Bulgaria. when England defender Tyrone Mings was subjected to abuse Popov trying to appeal to the supporters and religions live in peace, to be associated The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) “(UEFA) have to take the strongest and an announcement was made calling on supporters to stop in a heated discussion at halftime. with racism and xenophobia.” was not immediately available to comment. possible action and that for me, is to kick using racist chants. “I urge Borislav Mihaylov to immediately Winger Raheem Sterling, one of the black However, after Monday’s match, it tried Bulgaria out of the European qualifiers. (Source: Eurosport) resign as president of the Bulgarian Football England players on the field, backed the play down the incidents. It’s the only way people will take note of Union!” Boyko Borissov posted on Facebook prime minister’s call. “It’s quite disappointing to focus on what they are doing to our black players.” Derby pair banned after after the footage of Monday night’s match “A good move credits to you M. Borissov,” racism,” BFU vice-president Yordan Lechkov (Source: Reuters) pleading guilty to drink-driving ‘I don’t look for records, they look for French politicians call for action after me’ - Ronaldo after 700th goal Turkish players repeat military salute Derby players Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett avoided prison after they admitted drink-driving over a crash that left their club captain seriously injured. Wales international Lawrence and Bennett were detained by police after the incident shortly before midnight on September 24, which followed a team-building dinner. Both players admitted drink-driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident when they appeared at Derby magistrates’ court on Tuesday. District Judge Jonathan Taaffe had warned the players that a prison sentence was an option but the men walked free from court after probation services told the hearing of concerns they would struggle in custody. He imposed a 12-month community order on both defend- ants, ordering them to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work, and banned them from driving for two years. The judge told them both: “You are extremely fortunate to be here today. You had been drinking and have been involved in a road traffic collision that could have led to death.” “You are both intelligent and talented young men who have brought shame upon yourselves, your family, your profession Cristiano Ronaldo has lost count of the a single Champions League season, is French politicians and ministers have called “The Turkish players spoiled these efforts and your club,” he said. number of records he has broken, the Real Madrid’s all time highest scorer for sanctions against the Turkish national by doing a military salute, against sportsman- Richard Keogh, captain of the Championship club, suffered a Portugal forward said after scoring the and Portugal’s most capped player and football team after its players repeated a ship. I ask UEFA for an exemplary sanction.” serious leg injury in the crash and will miss the rest of the season. 700th goal of his career during a 2-1 record scorer. military salute during Monday’s Euro 2020 Meanwhile, Eric Ciotti, a senior member of (Source: Daily Mail) defeat to Ukraine on Monday. The first five goals of Ronaldo career qualifier against France. conservative party Les Republicains, tweeted: “The records come naturally, I don’t were scored for Portugal’s Sporting Several leading politicians in the country “The military salute of the Turkish players in look for them, the records look for me,” in 2002-03. had previously called for the game in Paris solidarity with the army of #Erdogan who is Fati, Felix, Haaland, Sancho he told reporters after scoring his 95th He then scored 118 goals in 232 to be canceled after Turkey’s footballers killing our Kurdish allies had no place last goal for his country. appearances during six seasons with performed the same gesture during Friday’s night at the Stade de France! on Golden Boy list “It’s not for anyone to reach this Manchester United and, remarkably, victory over Albania. “Football does not have to be a vector Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix, who has been labelled the number and I thank everyone, team averaged over a goal a game for Real The salute came days after Turkish Pres- of military propaganda and such infamous “new Cristiano Ronaldo” could achieve something his Portugal mates, colleagues, coaches and eve- Madrid, scoring 450 in 438 appear- ident Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an causes!” teammate failed as he was named as one of the final 20 nominees ryone who helped Cristiano become ances over the course of nine seasons. incursion into Syria to drive Kurdish forces Alexis Corbiere, a senior member of for the 2019 Golden Boy award. the player that he is.” In just over one season with his away from the border, following US President populist left-wing party France Insoumise, The honor, presented by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is However, Ronaldo said that the current club Juventus, he notched a Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw all added: “The Turkish army strikes the Kurds, given to the best player aged 21 and under. Juventus defender defeat to Ukraine in a Euro 2020 further 32 goals in 51 matches. remaining American forces out of northern murders civilians and meanwhile, in France, Matthijs de Ligt is the holder but, as with Paris Saint-Germain qualifier took some of the shine off Despite the defeat, Portugal re- Syria. the players on their team salute their troops forward Kylian Mbappe the year before, the champion is not the achievement. mained second in Group G with 11 points After the match, the official Twitter page and we remain in NATO with Turkey without allowed to retain his title. “It’s a nice moment in my career from six games, one ahead of Serbia, for the Turkish national team uploaded a table contesting it. In short, we’re enabling it.” Felix joined Atletico from Benfica in the summer for €126 but there was a bitter taste because we and will qualify for Euro 2020 if they of Group H -- with Turkey still top following The Turkish Football Federation was not million and the 19-year-old is the favorite to win the award. didn’t win,” he said. “We played well, win their remaining matches, at home the 1-1 draw -- with the players’ salute as the immediately available for comment. However, Felix will face serious competition Borussia Dort- but we didn’t win. We did everything to Lithuania and away to Luxemburg. background image. On Saturday, France -- along with Ger- mund winger Jadon Sancho, as well as Barcelona’s 16-year-old we could and we had plenty of chances.” “We played too much with our hearts “Thanks to the (French) federation and many -- announced it would be halting the sensation Ansu Fati. Ronaldo is the all time leading scorer and not enough with our heads,” said the police for their work to ensure the smooth sale of arms to Turkey following the country’s FC Salzburg forward Erling Haaland is also in contention, along in the Champions League with 127 goals, coach Fernando Santos. running of the game,” France’s sports minister incursion into Syria. with Bayer Leverkusen’s highly rated midfielder Kai Havertz. holds the record for the most goals in (Source: Mirror) Roxana Maracineanu said following the game. (Source: CNN) Bayern Munich’s Canada international Alphonso Davies is also among the nominees. The award first started in 2003 with Rafael van der Vaart, then of Ajax, the first recipient. Manchester United’s Wayne LeBron under fire after blaming China row on ‘misinformed’ Rockets GM Rooney won it a year later, before Lionel Messi claimed the Basketball superstar LeBron James was accused of turning James complained in his subsequent tweets on Tuesday award in 2005. a blind eye to Chinese repression on Tuesday after he criti- that Morey’s comments put the Lakers through a “difficult Other notable winners include Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli, cized a Houston Rockets executive for angering China with week” in China. Paul Pogba and Raheem Sterling. a “misinformed” tweet supporting protesters in Hong Kong. Twitter users pounced, saying acidly that Hong Kong’s (Source : ESPN) James told reporters that Rockets general manager Daryl demonstrators and China’s Uighurs also were “having a Morey “wasn’t educated” on Hong Kong and should have difficult week”. kept his mouth shut, as the outspoken Lakers forward waded Users also spread a doctored image showing James’s Guardiola: The Catalan into a charged debate that other high-profile NBA figures smiling face imposed on the giant portrait of Mao Zedong leaders’ sentence is an attack have shied away from. overlooking Tiananmen Square. “So many people could have been harmed not only finan- Chinese sponsors have cut ties with the NBA and broad- on human rights cially but physically, emotionally and spiritually. So just be casters refused to air the two exhibition games in China, careful with what we tweet, and we say, and we do,” James sparking US accusations that Beijing was using access to its Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has spoken out in opposi- told reporters when asked for comment in Los Angeles after vast market as leverage to dictate speech in other countries. tion to the sentence handed to Catalan independence leaders returning from the NBA’s annual China tour. Many in the US, including NBA Commissioner Adam after their imprisonment on Monday. His remarks drew praise from Chinese social media us- Silver and top American politicians, have defended Mo- Spain›s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan leaders to prison ers, who have savaged Morey for butting into the country’s rey’s right to speak out, but James said that right should terms ranging from nine to 13 years for, in part, an alleged misuse affairs, but the US reaction on Twitter was swift and harsh. be exercised with care. of funds for their role in the failed bid for independence in 2017. The backlash in China against Morey’s comments has “Yes, we do have freedom of speech, but there can be a Guardiola, though, expressed his opinion that the decision cast a cloud over the NBA’s lucrative broadcasting, mer- tions of (Morey’s) tweet. I’m not discussing the substance. lot of negative that comes with that too,” he said. is an attack against human rights such as the right to assembly chandising and sponsorship interests in the country, where Others can talk About that,” he wrote. Several normally outspoken NBA figures, like Golden and demonstration, the right to freedom of expression and the it has legions of fans. James’s Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets were thrust into State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and his star guard Stephen right to a fair trial. But the NBA also is under pressure from US politicians the whirlwind when they arrived in China last week for a pair Curry, were criticized for declining to take a clear stand «The leaders condemned today [Monday] represent the ma- and media outlets who have urged the league not to buckle of pre-season exhibition games after Morey had tweeted: on the issue. jority of political parties in Catalonia,» Guardiola said in a press under the Chinese criticism. “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” A hashtag lauding James’s remarks became one of the most- release done simultaneously through TV3, the BBC and AFP. Following his initial comments to reporters, James -- Difficult week searched on Weibo, China’s leading social media platform, «Spain lives in an authoritarian drift in which anti-terrorist who has a lucrative lifetime endorsement deal with Nike, The former British colony, now a semi-autonomous Chinese with more than 94 million views as of Tuesday afternoon. laws are used to prosecute dissent. which does big business in China -- attempted to clarify his territory, has been rocked by months of demonstrations by One post suggested James should be the league’s spokes- «This fight won›t stop until the repression stops and we find stance with a pair of subsequent tweets. citizens who accuse Beijing of chipping away at its freedoms. man to the world: “This is why we love you, the NBA’s foreign a peaceful and democratic solution.» “Let me clear up the confusion. I do not believe there China, however, portrays the protesters as violent sepa- ministry spokesman.” (Source: Marca) was any consideration for the consequences and ramifica- ratists and bristles at any foreign interference in the matter. (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 16, 2019 SPORTS 15

Bright future ahead for Iran fail to advance to ANOC World Beach Games final

SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran beach soccer team lost Iranian child prodigy deskto Russia 6-2 at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games semifinals on Tuesday. By Masoud Hossein Mohammad Masoumizadehand and Mohammadali Mokhtari were on target for Iran and Fedor Zemskov (two goals), Aleksey TEHRAN — Abolfazl Nasri, who turned nine today, has Makarov, Dmitry Shishin, Andrei Novikov and Boris Nikonorov a bright future ahead. He is full of promise. scored for Russia. He was born without lower legs but the congenital Iran will face either Brazil or Italy in the bronze medal match disorder cannot stop Abolfazl and his family encouraged on Wednesday. him to keep going. Iran have previously defeated Ukraine, Senegal and Para- The video went viral on social media, showing him to guay in the competition. Beach soccer is one of 14 sports being climb a rope at his home. showcased at the World Beach Games, which are being held in “We never bought a wheelchair for him. We wanted Doha, the capital of Qatar, from 11-16. Abolfazl to stand on his own knees,” Abolfazl’s father Ali says. “We have a long-term plan for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics where Abolfazl will be 18.” He was invited to Iran’s National Paralympic Committee Iranian players are on Monday and visited the Olympics Museum. He first became acquainted with Paralympic movement and was exhausted: Igor Kolakovic also awarded a mascot. “I like swimming, sitting volleyball, football and archery,” Iran national volleyball team coach Igor Kolakovic said his men Abolfazl says while looking at medals and Paralympics’ are exhausted after a long tournament. torches at the museum. Iran lost to Poland 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16) at the FIVB Vol- He lives in Province of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran, leyball Men’s World Cup at Hiroshima Green Arena on Tuesday. where a lack of proper infrastructure in the area can be “First of all, congratulations to the Polish team for the silver problematic for him. medal and for this victory. It was a game in which we could learn “We have a short-term and a long-term plan for a lot, because we played against one of the best - maybe in this Abolfazl. At the moment, we are supportive of him moment the best team in the world, even though they took a since he is a child. In the future, he will be involved at silver medal here,” Kolakovic said. professional sport. We are looking for 2028 Paralympics,” “We are exhausted after this long tournament. Some young the father said. players are also so tired and that led to some special things in Iran has introduced great Paralympians in the past this game. Today, they had an opportunity to play against the years. Ghader Modabber is the most decorated Iranian best team in the world and they couldn’t give all of their energy para athlete with five gold medals. to play until the end.” Mokhtar Nourafshan and Mohammadreza Mirzaei In the recent years, powerlifter Siamand Rahman, shooter role models for the children with disabilities. “I can understand this because some of them have some injury (athletic) and Ali Kashfia (sitting volleyball) have each Sareh Javanmardi, archer Zahra Nemati, and sitting volleyball “I like participate at Olympics and Paralympics but I problems, some of them are without experience, and some of won four gold medals in the past years. player Morteza Mehrzad have been in the spotlight and are have to grow up,” Abolfazl smiles. them were without such good preparation for this tournament. So I think this game is important because Poland could celebrate the silver medal,” he concluded. One more loss for Iran at FIVB World Cup Iran U23 defeat Australia in friendly (Source: FIVB)

Thailand beat UAE to top Group G

Thailand secured one of the biggest wins in their football history on Tuesday night when they beat the United Arab Emirates 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier. Teerasil Dangda gave the home team the lead after 26 minutes and Ali Mabkhout equalized for the visitors in the 45th minute. Teenager Ekanit Panya made it 2-1 early in the second half. In Tuesday night other Group G game of Asia›s qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup, Vietnam won 3-1 against Indo- nesia, who are still looking for their first point of the campaign. After three games, Thailand lead Group G with seven points and are ahead of Vietnam on goal difference. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran fin- Cup is the 14th staging of the FIVB Volleyball SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran U23 the competition, where they are drawn in The UAE, the top seeded team in the group, have six points deskished the 2019 FIVB Men›s World Cup, contested by the senior deskfootball team defeated Group C along with defending champions and Malaysia three. Volleyball Men’s World Cup with a loss men›s national teams of the members of Australia 2-1 in a friendly match in Doha, Uzbekistan, China and South Korea. The eight group winners and four best runners-up advance against Poland. the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Qatar on Monday. The competition will be held in Thai- to the continent›s 12-team final qualifying stage for the Qatar On Monday, Team Melli lost to Poland 3-0 (FIVB), the sport›s global governing body. Ali Shojaei gave the Iranian team a lead land from Jan. 8 to 26 and the top three World Cup.At Thammasat Stadium, Thailand were without their (25-18, 25-18, 25-16) at Hiroshima Green Arena. The tournament is being held in Japan just five minutes into the match and Aref teams of the tournament will qualify influential midfielder Chanathip Songkrasin but welcomed back Wilfredo Leon Venero led Poland with 17 from Oct. 1 to 15. Aghasi extended the lead in the 30th minute. for the 2020 Summer Olympics men’s defender Theerathon Bunmathan. points and Porya Yali scored 14 points for Iran. Japan played hosts for this event for Australia pulled a goal back in the 47th football tournament in Japan as the AFC Akira Nishino›s men got off to a lively start and came close Iran had previously lost to Russia, the twelfth consecutive time since 1977. minute from the penalty spot. representatives. to opening the scoring inside the first five minutes as Teersasil Egypt, Brazil, the U.S., Japan and Italy This is the first time since 1989 that The warm-up game was held as part Iran u23 football team are headed by saw his shot go over the bar. in the tournament and defeated Australia, FIVB decided not to allocate any spots in of preparation for the 2020 AFC U23 Hamid Estili. Moments later Supachok›s shot was saved by UAE goalkeeper Canada, Argentina and Tunisia. the Olympics, due to Japan hosting the Championship. Iran have not been in the Olympics since Khalid Elsa.The War Elephants were the better side throughout the The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men›s World 2020 Summer Olympics. Iran have been handed a tough group in the 1976 games in Munich. first half and deservedly went ahead when Ekanit›s cross perfectly found Teerasil, who headed the ball past Elsa in the 26th minute. As Thailand squandered several scoring chances, they were North and South Korea play first men’s soccer match on punished in the final moments before the interval by Bert van Marwijk›s men. Thailand›s defenders failed to clear a Saleh Easa cross and Ali North Korean soil in almost 30 years Mabkhout›s header beat Thailand goalkeeper Siwarak Tedrungnoen. Seoul (CNN) — For the first time in almost three decades, culture, said Rowan Beard, the North Korean tour manager Thailand returned strongly in the second half and restored the North and South Korea›s men›s football teams faced each for Young Pioneer Tours. lead in the 52nd minute when Ekanit scored with a beautiful volley. other in Pyongyang. «The Koreans take football super seriously, it›s the most (Source: Bangkok Post) The FIFA World Cup Qualifier match -- which was held popular sport by miles and their knowledge on football at Kim Il-sung Stadium on Tuesday evening local time -- saw leagues and players outside of North Korea is quite im- the two national teams draw 0-0. pressive,» he told CNN. Saudi Arabia held by Palestine It was the first time the sides have played in North Korea South Korea has qualified for the FIFA world cup on since a friendly match in 1990. The last time they met was multiple occasions, and reached the semifinals of the FIFA in World Cup qualifier in Japan in 2017, when South Korea won 1-0 against North World Cup in 2002. By comparison, the furthest the North Korea as part of the East Asian Cup. Korean team got was when it reached the quarterfinals in 1966. The match comes amid renewed tensions on the penin- But North Korea›s current squad has a star in 21-year- Palestine held three-time Asian champions Saudi Arabia to a goalless sula, which worsened recently after hints last year that the old Han Kwang Song, who plays professionally for Italian draw on Matchday Four of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and relationship between the two countries could be thawing. football club Juventus. AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers Group D on Tuesday. Although football is incredibly popular in both countries, It wasn›t just South Korean fans who missed out. Foreign Ahead of the game South Korea›s star player Son He- Facing a Saudi side ranked 31 places above them in the latest FIFA the draw represents a good result for the North, which en- tourists who had traveled to North Korea for the match were ung-min said that he was just focused on winning. «The rankings, 101th Palestine dominated from start to finish in front of tered the match as the underdog. South Korea is ranked 37 also prevented from attending, according to tour groups. fact that fans can›t come is a heavy blow to us,» he said. «I a large home crowd, but ultimately could not convert their chances. in the world -- much higher than North Korea›s 113 ranking. Rich Beal, a tour manager from Koryo Group, which hope we can prepare well for such atmosphere and come Palestine had a golden chance to open the scoring inside Despite the historic nature of the event, South Korean operates tours to North Korea, said the company›s group back with good results.» 10 minutes after Mohammed Yameen recovered the ball and media and fans were prohibited from attending and the wasn›t at the stadium for the match. They were told they The teams will need to maintain their top two spots fed Nazmi Al Badawi in the middle of the pitch. The US-born game was not broadcast live. Instead, their only choice was to weren›t able to attend the game, although they were given no during this qualifying round to move onto the next quali- midfielder released Saleh Chihadeh through on goal. Chihadeh monitor into FIFA›s website for occasional, written updates. reason. «It is very disappointing,» he told CNN in an email. fying round -- and keep their dreams alive of making it to went for power but goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais was alert At a press briefing Monday, a spokesman for the South Young Pioneer Tours -- which organizes tours from China the 2022 World Cup. In theory, both teams could qualify. and punched away the effort. Korean Unification Ministry, Lee Sang-min, said that offi- to North Korea -- also said its tour group of 10 people were While the match in Pyongyang is significant for the men›s The Saudis responded in the 14th minute as Abdullah Otayf cials had attempted to «sound the North out several times» not allowed to watch the game. teams, the women›s teams faced off much more recently. In supplied the ball out wide for his Al Hilal teammate Yasser Al to arrange fan access and broadcasting rights but had not Foreign tourists were interested in attending as they 2017, the North and South Korean women›s teams played Shahrani who squared for Yahya Al Shehri to control and fire received a response. were intrigued to see how North Koreans embraced football each other in Pyongyang in an Asian Cup qualifier game. from close range. Goalkeeper Rami Hamadeh rose to the occasion and made a quick reflex save to deny Al Shehri. Palestine came close again halfway through the second period, and against it was Switzerland-based Chihadedh threatening MD4 - Group F: Tajikistan 0-3 Japan the Saudi defense. Takumi Minamino’s second half brace en- pitch in the first half at the Republican Cen- 25 minutes into the game but for a fine save with a header that bore similarities with his Islam Batran advanced through the middle and supplied a sured Japan’s winning start to the Asian tral Stadium and the visitors looked most from Shuichi Gonda, whose reaction with earlier miss. This time, though, he directed defense-splitting pass for Chihadeh inside the box. The 25-year- Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar threatening from set-pieces, with Shoya his left hand was enough to kept out the Nakajima’s cross beyond Yatimov. old turned and fired first time, but his strike went agonizingly 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 con- Nakajima’s delivery almost unlocking the goal-bound effort. Two minutes later the 24-year-old dou- close off the wrong side of the post. tinued on Tuesday with the East Asians home defense on several occasions. Japan, though, should have gone into bled Japan’s lead with a deft flick to finish With five minutes left on the clock, Mahmoud Abu Warda sent a claiming a 3-0 victory over Tajikistan in Maya Yoshida forced Tajikistan goalkeeper the break in front, with Minamino at fault off a flowing move that ended with Hiroki diagonal long ball for fellow substitute Khaled Salem who outmus- Dushanbe. Rustam Yatimov into action 13 minutes into as the visitors failed to take advantage of a Sakai’s low ball towards Minamino, who cled his marker, controlled inside the box with only the goalkeeper Two goals in two minutes from the Red the game when his volleyed attempt was gilt-edged chance. Daichi Kamada fed Na- steered his backheel out of the reach of the to beat, but his attempted lobbed finish missed the target, leaving Bull Salzburg star saw off a determined comfortably kept out while the defender was kajima down the left and his centre reached sprawling goalkeeper. him to rue the chance as Palestine settled for a stalemate. Tajikistan before Takuma Asano completed unfortunate just after the half hour mark the unmarked striker, only for his header Either side of Minamino’s quick-fire The result means it is Uzbekistan who lead the group with the scoring eight minutes from time as when his header – again from a Nakajima to find the arms of Yatimov. double, Alisher Dzhalilov and Manuchekhr six points from three games, while Saudi Arabia come second Hajime Moriyasu’s side moved into pole corner – was wide of the target. After labouring for much of the first half, Dzalilov both had chances to score for the with five points. Palestine and Singapore have four points each. position on their own in Group F with a Tajikistan’s wingers Ehsoni Panshanbe the Japanese were energised as the second home side, but solid defending and poor Next up for Palestine is an away trip to face Yemen, while the maximum nine points. and Jahongir Ergashev carried a threat and period kicked off and, eight minutes after finishing denied the home side. Saudis travel to Tashkent for the clash with Uzbekistan. The Japanese struggled on the artificial Panshanbe would have opened the scored the restart, Minamino finally found the net (Source: the-afc) (Source: the-afc) Prayer Times Noon:11:50 Evening: 17:48 Dawn: 4:46 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:12 (tomorrow) OCTOBER 16, 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: Mohammad Shojaeian Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 “Sabokbal” composer [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 Hossein Dehlavi passes away at 92 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. 9 433 Tel: 88 11 ARTTEHRAN — Celebrated Webmaster: [email protected] deskcomposer Hossein Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 Dehlavi, who was mostly famous for Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily “Sabokbal”, “Bijan and Manijeh” and many other compositions that connect traditional No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Iranian music with Western classical music, P.o. Box: 14155-4843 died at his home in Tehran on Tuesday at Zip Code: 1599814713 the age of 92. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for years, his son, Hooman, told the Persian media. Along with some other Iranian musicians such as Ali Tajvidi, Dehlavi made strenuous efforts during his professional career, which spanned over 70 years, to adapt melodies in Iranian music for orchestral performances. Born into a family with a refined sense of GUIDE TO music, Dehlavi began to learn music at age SPIRITUAL AWAKENING five from his father, Moezzeddin, who was a student of Ali-Akbar Shahnazi, a prominent composer and tar virtuoso. The words of the wise are a remedy if true, and On his mother’s advice, he decided at nine a source of pain for the body and soul if wrong. to study playing the violin with Abolhassan Imam Ali (AS) Saba, the legendary Iranian composer and master of string instruments. Dehlavi shot to fame at age 26 in 1953, when he wrote his first orchestral composition, “Sabokbal”. He did the DEFC keen to collaborate on composition based on a short motif, which was derived from “Qasemabadi”, a piece Composer Hossein Dehlavi in an undated photo. joint film projects composed by Saba. served as a conductor for the orchestra. a two-year scholarship to study Western due to the victory of the Islamic Revolution He also attended the Tehran Conservatory In 1957, when Saba died, the orchestra classical music in Austria and Germany. in 1979. By Samaneh Aboutalebi of Music to take lessons in composing from began to give a performance every week In 1978, he was commissioned by Iranian He also collaborated in several film Hossein Nasehi and some Western musicians on Iranian TV. cultural officials to compose the Mani and projects, including “The Lovers’ Wind”, TEHRAN — Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center working at the center. He was appointed as director of the Mana opera, which was scheduled to be French filmmaker and producer Albert (DEFC) announced on Tuesday its plans for collaborations on Saba and Dehlavi co-found the Saba Academy of National Music in 1962 and performed on International Children’s Day, Lamorisse’s 1970 documentary about the joint documentary and animated film projects. Orchestra at the Fine Arts Office and he held the position until 1971 when he received however, the opera was never performed daily life and natural attractions of Iran.

IIDCYA to display bestsellers at Audio version of “A Trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair Prohibited Zone” released in English

Documentary and Experimental Film Center director Mo- hammad Hamidi-Moqaddam attends a press conference in Tehran on October 15, 2019. (Mehr/Mohammadreza Abbasi) Speaking during a press conference, DEFC new director Mohammad Hamidi-Moqaddam also said his center would welcome any proposal for joint film productions from overseas. “One of the main objectives of the center in its new era is to improve its position in international film markets, to introduce Iranian documentarians to the world and therefore to secure a return on its investments,” he noted. Hamidi-Moqaddam also lamented that although Iranian documentaries are very successful at international festivals, they are facing problems in marketing. Picture of a catalog containing information about Iran’s Institute for Intel- “We need professional film distributors specialized in lectual Development of Children and Young Adults and its latest offerings, Cover of the audio version of the English translation of “A Trip to the Prohibited documentary cinema to introduce Iranian documentaries not which will be offered at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair. Zone” written by Hedayatollah Behbudi. only to the festivals but also to ordinary audiences in the world,” he mentioned. CULTURE TEHRAN — Iran’s Institute (ICFI) will be representing CULTURE TEHRAN — An prisoner was an exception when I met him,” Moreover, the DEFC plans to organize screening programs deskInstitute for Intellectual the country at the Frankfurt Book Fair, deskaudio version of the the writer has written in the introductory for the films competing in the 13th Cinéma Vérité, Iran’s major Development of Children and Young Adults and hold talks with a number of foreign English translation of “A Trip to the of the book. international documentary film festival, after the event. (IIDCYA) will be displaying about 100 new cultural officials during the fair. Prohibited Zone” containing memories “I asked him to write eleven memories. The Documentary and Experimental Film Center is the main and bestselling books at the Frankfurt Book The meetings have been arranged of an Iraqi prisoner of war in Iran has I still believe that the memories of the Iraqi organizer of the festival, which will be held in Tehran from Fair, which opens today. to help expand cultural relations with recently been released by Avanameh, POWs can reflect a better image of Iran’s December 9 to 16. Some IIDCYA catalogs containing other countries. a major Tehran-based center for Sacred Defense,” he added. information about the institute’s latest About 20 Iranian publishers, two publishing audiobooks. Leader of the Islamic Revolution offerings and copyright regulations will literary agencies and six cultural Written by Hedayatollah Behbudi, the Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has written be available at the institute’s pavilion associations will attend the event, which book has been narrated by Mohammad a commendation for the book. “Fault Line” to compete in during the world’s largest trade fair will be held from October 16 to 20. Tajeddin. “This is one of the strongest and most for books in the German city, IIDCYA The Union of Tehran Publishers and “A Trip to the Prohibited Zone” contains beautiful books about the war. The text Izmir short film festival announced in a press release published Booksellers, the Iranian Association of eleven sweet and bitter memories of an and translation are both powerful. This on Tuesday. Academic Publishers, the Association of Iraqi POW in captivity during the 1980- book completes other memories written TEHRAN — Iranian director Soheil ART The IIDCAY also plans to hold Women Publishers, Iran’s Association 1988 Iran-Iraq war. by the brave, oppressed and lovely basijis,” deskAmirsharifi’s movie “Fault Line” (Gosal) will meetings with the representatives of of Sacred Defense Publishers, and “Many Iraqi POWs used to write the Leader has written about the book. go on screen at the main section of the 20th Izmir International publishers from other countries taking the Iranian Association of Writers for memories in captivity during the war The book is also available on Ketabkhan, Short Film Festival in Turkey. part in the fair. Children and Youth are among the and submit them to the Art and Literature an e-book app that belongs to the Sureh- The film tells the story of a schoolgirl who tries to hide a In addition, the Iran Cultural Fairs participating associations. Department of the Art Bureau, but this Mehr Publications. mistake she made in the morning that has caused problems for her friends and herself. Earlier this week, “Fault Line” was named best short film at the 63rd edition of the BFI London Film Festival. It’s a tie: Atwood and Evaristo share “Joker” remains box office ruler The Izmir International Short film Festival will be held from fiction’s Booker Prize with $55 million November 4 to 10. LONDON (AP) — Canadian writer LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) — Margaret Atwood and British author Joaquin Phoenix is king of the North “Henry and Cato” published Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize American box office once again as “Joker” on Monday, after the judging panel ripped scores an easy victory in its second weekend in Persian up the rulebook and refused to name one with $55 million at 4,374 sites. winner for the prestigious fiction trophy. “Joker” dominated a trio of new entries CULTURE TEHRAN — British writer Iris Murdoch’s Chairman Peter Florence said the five with animated comedy “The Addams desknovel “Henry and Cato” has recently been judges simply couldn’t choose between Family” leading the rest of pack with published in Persian by Nimaj Atwood’s dystopian thriller “The Testaments” $30.3 million at 4,007 venues, topping Publications in Tehran. and Evaristo’s kaleidoscope of black women’s forecasts. Will Smith’s “Gemini Man” wound Translated by Zohreh Mehrnia, stories, “Girl, Woman, Other.” up under expectations with $20.5 million the 1976 book is about two childhood Partly inspired by the environmental at 3,642 locations. Adam DeVine’s artificial Joaquin Phoenix attends the premiere In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 file photo, for the film “Joker” in Los Angeles, friends, Henry Marshalson and Cato protesters of Extinction Rebellion, who Canadian author Margaret Atwood intelligence comedy “Jexi” generated little Forbes, who grew up as neighbors in were demonstrating near the prize interest with $3.1 million at 2,332 screens. California, U.S., September 28, 2019. poses for a photograph during a press (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) the English countryside but they have ceremony’s venue in London’s financial conference at the British Library to “Joker” showed plenty of traction, not seen each other for several years. district, Florence said the judges refused launch her new book “The Testaments” declining only 43% from its impressive MGM’s United Artists Releasing, had been Now in their early thirties, Henry to back down when told the rules prohibit in London. (AP/Alastair Grant) opening of $96.2 million, the fifth-largest projected to earn $21 million to $27 million. is an art historian who is returning more than one winner. domestic launch of 2019 despite worries The PG film, which has been marketed to England from the United States “Our consensus was that it was our precedent.” It means Atwood and Evaristo about the negative impact of the film’s toward family audiences, follows Morticia, upon inheriting his family estate, and decision to flout the rules,” he said. “I think will split the 50,000 pound ($63,000) darker themes. Moviegoers have stayed Gomez, Wednesday, Pugsley and Uncle Cato is a Roman Catholic priest who laws are inviolable and rules are adaptable Booker Prize purse. strongly engaged with a 10-day total of Fester as they bring their love of the macabre is losing his faith and has secretly to the circumstance.” Florence said both of the winning more than $192 million. to 21st century life in New Jersey. fallen in love with someone. Prize organizers didn’t see it that way. books “address the world today and give The psychological thriller has already Pre-release forecasts had placed “Gemini Earlier this year, Murdoch’s 1978 Gaby Wood, literary director of the Booker us insights into it and create characters become hugely profitable for Warner Bros., Man” between $24 million and $29 million, Front cover of the Persian novel “The Sea, the Sea” was rendered Prize Foundation, said prize trustees that resonate with us.” which partnered with Village Roadshow and but competition from “Joker” plus downbeat version of “Henry and into Persian by the same translator repeatedly told the judges they couldn’t “They also happen to be wonderfully Bron on the $55 million project. And with reviews — the film currently sits at 26% on Cato” by Iris Murdoch. and published by the same publisher. have two winners, but they “essentially compelling page-turning thrillers,” he a solid international performance of $351 Rotten Tomatoes — yielded a disappointing The book, which won the Booker Prize, is about the strange staged a sit-in in the judging room” as added. million, “Joker” has hit $543 million at the result, given the $138 million price tag obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as deliberations dragged on for five hours. Both winners said they were happy to worldwide box office in less than two weeks. for Paramount, Skydance Media, Fosun he begins to write his memoirs. Wood insisted the decision “doesn’t set a share the prize. “The Addams Family,” handled through and Alibaba.