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POLITICAL TEHRAN – Australia’s ambassador to Iran, desknew ambassador of Bangladesh and new rep- resentative of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Afghan peace talks Iran met separately with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Ma- ghanistan “in a week”, but that doing so would According to a report by Foreign Ministry’s media department, deskjlis Speaker Ali Larijani cause millions of deaths. Australian Ambassador Ian Biggs had a farewell meeting with has said that the U.S. is not genuinely after The Iranian Foreign Ministry lashed out Zarif at the end of his tenure in Tehran. establishing peace in Afghanistan, noting at Trump for his racist comments against UNICEF’S new representative in Iran, Mandip O’Brein, sub- that Washington is after obstructing foreign Afghans, calling them a threat to interna- mitted her credentials to Zarif. investment in the war-torn country. tional peace. Also Bangladesh’s new Ambassador to Iran, AFM Gousal Speaking during a joint press conference Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyed Azam Sarker, in a meeting with Zarif submitted a copy of his with his Afghan counterpart Fazl Hadi Moslem Abbas Mousavi said that Iran will stand by credentials to the chief Iranian diplomat. Yar in Tehran on Saturday evening, Larija- the resistant people of Afghanistan, Afghan ni also said, “The security of Afghanistan is government and its scholars. important to the Islamic Republic of Iran.” In December 2018, Tehran announced The senior lawmaker pointed out that that it had been holding talks with the Afghan Official: Still no conclusive some countries are after creating insecurity in Taliban, nonetheless with the knowledge of decision on Caspian Sea Afghanistan with terrorist measures. “Their the Afghan government. final objective is to undermine economic in- Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s legal regime vestments in this country.” Supreme National Security Council, made “The Americans have held countless rounds the announcement during a visit to Kabul TEHRAN (IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says of negotiations with the Taliban while this on December 26. negotiations among five littoral states of the Caspian Sea on its is not the right path and all measures must Shamkhani said the talks between Iran legal regime are still going on and no final conclusion has been be undertaken with the central role of the and the Taliban were held “to help curb the reached on this issue so far. Afghan government,” he said, criticizing the security problems in Afghanistan.” Abbas Mousavi made the remarks in an interview with IRNA on U.S.-Taliban talks for trying to push the Af- “The Afghan government has been in- Sunday, saying, “All current speculations about the Caspian Sea’s ghan government aside. istan strongly condemns the U.S. unilateral referring to the suspicious growth in the num- formed of the communications and talks legal regime are incorrect … [because] no new development has He then cautioned that the current situa- sanctions against Iran as the Islamic Republic ber of ISIL terrorists in his war-torn country. carried out with the Taliban, and this process taken place with regard to its legal regime and related discussions tion in Afghanistan is sensitive, highlighting has been supportive of Afghanistan in all On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump will continue,” Shamkhani added. have been limited to negotiations between individual countries.” that the White House is “acting insincerely” these years. stated that he could win the war in Afghan- Shamkhani broke the story just days after Addressing concerns surrounding the issue of the Convention in its relations with Afghanistan. “The Americans are not after genuine peace istan within a week but did not want to kill the Taliban attended reconciliation talks with on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, Mousavi said Iranian “While they claim to be after negotiations, in Afghanistan and they are the common 10 million people. a U.S. peace envoy in Abu Dhabi. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s latest participation they are following a different path,” the top enemies of Iran, Afghanistan, Islam and the In a similar comment on July 22, Trump Moslem Yar meets Zarif at a session of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) held to discuss the lawmaker stressed. human kind” the Afghan speaker remarked, had stated that he could end the war in Af- On Sunday afternoon, Moslem Yar met sea’s legal regime, was just aimed to answer a question posed Larijani reiterated Iran’s support for Af- with Zarif at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, by the Iranian lawmakers on this issue last year, and Iran’s top ghanistan’s territorial integrity, adding that “The Americans are not after genuine peace according to the ministry’s media department. diplomat explained that no legal discussion has been finalized the Tehran-Kabul ties are historical and deep. in Afghanistan and they are the common During the meeting, the two sides un- with respect to the legal regime yet. “Your presence in Tehran will certainly derlined Iran and Afghanistan’s shared The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that the bring about more growth in political and enemies of Iran, Afghanistan, Islam and the linguistic, historical, cultural, and religious issue of the Caspian Sea has its own complications as the sea economic relations between Iran and Af- human kind” Afghan Parliament Speaker characteristics. has been engulfed by five states, which is why its legal regime ghanistan,” Larijain told Moslem Yar. Fazl Hadi Moslem Yar says. They also talked about the bilateral ties as has yet to be determined. For his part, Moslem Yar said that Afghan- well as Afghanistan’s domestic developments. Mousavi said all the five littoral states have been trying to reach a solution on the issue, which demands intensive technical and legal work, adding that the words around the matter are just hearsay and lack logical basis. Iran’s robust, effective diplomacy cannot be sanctioned: Shamkhani While addressing an open session of the parliament last POLITICAL TEHRAN – Ali Shamkha- weakening the pillars of the Islamic Republic, hopes and put him face to face with a huge amount tions and neither Trump nor any of his allies can month, Zarif said the foreign ministry would not compromise deskni, the secretary of Iran’s meaning the Leadership, the people, the Islamic of criticism from the international community, muffle the vibrant voice of Iran,” Shamkhani on the country’s territorial integrity with anybody, including Supreme National Security Council, has said Revolution Guards Corps, and the diplomatic his allies, and rivals at home. concluded. with regard to Iran’s territorial waters. that Iran’s “robust and effective” diplomacy system, he noted, adding that sanctions were “Imposing sanctions on the foreign minister The New Yorker on Friday reported that “When it comes to Iran’s territorial integrity and waters, we cannot be put under sanctions. also employed as the least-costly measure to after he turned down Trump’s offer of a meeting Just weeks before the Trump administration will stand on ceremony with nobody and will not negotiate with Following U.S. sanctions on Foreign Min- batter Iran. showed that the train to ‘maximum pressure’ has placed sanctions on Zarif last Thursday, Iran’s any party about honors Iran has gained during the past 40 years ister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Shamkhani, a According to Shamkhani, Iran’s “cold, re- come to a halt at the ‘Disappointment Station’, outspoken top diplomat was invited to meet …. The administration is committed to this issue and the Majlis former marine chief, wrote a commentary in vengeful response,” along with the constant leaving those on board with the sole option to with the president in the Oval Office. has the final say on it,” Iran’s top diplomat told lawmakers. which he said U.S. President Donald Trump’s improvement of national economy, effective change the rail and move towards upholding According to the report, citing “American Zarif noted that the convention on the legal status of the so-called maximum pressure approach toward beef-up of mobility at regional and international their commitments and recognizing the Islamic and Iranian sources and a well-informed dip- Caspian Sea was signed “with open eyes” by leaders of the five Iran has failed. levels, as well as unwavering stances adopted by Republic of Iran’s legal rights.” lomat,” the diplomatic overture was made by littoral states on August 12, 2018, adding that Iran would never “By quitting the JCPOA [Iran nuclear deal] Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s robust and Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, compromise on its interests on the basis of mere trust in other and adopting a maximum pressure approach Khamenei, started to wear down on Trump’s effective diplomacy cannot be put under sanc- during a meeting with Zarif in New York on countries. against Iran, Trump tried to belittle his domestic July 15th. The Caspian Sea convention was signed by Iranian President rivals as well as the international community, “Imposing sanctions on the foreign Zarif, however, turned down the invitation, Hassan Rouhani and his counterparts from Russia, Azerbaijan, with the hope to show that he is a different man just like President Rouhani had done last year Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, namely Vladimir Putin, Ilham and can gain the biggest benefit with smallest minister after he turned down Trump’s during his visit to New York to attend the UN Aliyev, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Gurbanguly Berdymukhame- setback through his new-fangled ways,” Sham- offer of a meeting showed that the train to General Assembly, not recognizing Trump’s dov, respectively, after the 5th Caspian Summit in the Kazakh khani wrote. ‘maximum pressure’ has come to a halt at the overtures as they came despite insulting language port city of Aktau. That is where the maximum pressure and economic sanctions which disregarded the policy was pursued with measures aimed at ‘disappointment station’,” Shamkhani writes. 2015 Iran nuclear deal. New Yorker: Zarif was invited to meet Trump Top Iranian official in Baku to pave ground for trilateral Sochi summit in the Oval Office POLITICAL TEHRAN – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Iranian Vaezi expressed hope that bilateral relations between deskpresident’s chief of staff, has visited Baku, Iran and Azerbaijan would further develop. Just weeks before the Trump administration placed sanctions on the the capital of Azerbaijan, to prepare grounds for next week’s Iran-Azerbaijan ties have developed further despite the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, he was invited to trilateral Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran summit that is set to be U.S. sanctions on Iran, said Vaezi. meet with the president at the White House, New Yorker reported on held in the Russian city of Sochi in the current month. “Tehran and Baku have good cooperation in pharmaceu- Friday in a report by Robin Wright, a summary of which goes below. The presidents of Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia last met tical, car manufacturing, joint investment, regional issues Last month, amid a rapid-fire escalation in tensions between together in Tehran in November 2017. and border issues,” he noted. Washington and Tehran Zarif received an unexpected invitation to Iranian and Azeri presidents have met 12 times over the He also thanked the Azeri officials for rescuing the crew meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The diplomatic past five years, according to Vaezi, who called the visits as of a sunken Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea last month. overture was made by Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, “foundation of good bilateral relations”. Mustafayev, for his part, underlined that the U.S. sanc- during a meeting with Zarif in New York on July 15th, according to Speaking to Azeri Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev tions haven’t affected the Baku-Tehran ties. American and Iranian sources and a well-informed diplomat. on Saturday evening, Vaezi said that Tehran and Baku are He said that Iranian companies in Azerbaijan have aug- With President Trump’s blessing, Paul had been working on the moving towards expanding their relations by connecting electrical grids, developing customs cooperation as well as mented their activities over the past two years, resulting in idea for several weeks, in consultation with the White House and the the Iranian railways to the Azeri ones, linking their national expanding trade, sport and tourism ties. a rise in bilateral annual trade volume. State Department. An intermediary had reached out to the Iranians on Paul’s behalf three weeks before Zarif was due in New York for meetings at the United Nations. On July 15th, Paul and his senior adviser, Doug Stafford, met Party chief: Zarif ban big lesson for ‘naïve and pro-dialogue’ politicians Zarif. This was Zarif’s first meeting with Paul, who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. POLITICAL TEHRAN – The imposi- On the one hand the U.S. asks for talks with ton and Tehran and cast doubt over the Trump desk The two men initially talked about long-standing issues, notably tion of sanctions on Zarif Iran and on the other it imposes sanctions on administration’s claims that it wants dialogue. Tehran’s nuclear program, and also recent flare-ups in the Persian by the Trump administration is an important Iran’s foreign minister, he said. A member of the Majlis National Security Gulf, according to the sources. lesson for those who naïvely pushed for talks “Such wrong, illogical and irrational approach and Foreign Policy said the move was a violation During an hour-long conversation, Zarif offered Paul ideas about with the bullying U.S., says secretary general has left no dignity for the Trump administra- of the UN Charter. how to end the nuclear impasse. He later outlined some of them to of the Islamic Coalition Party. tion,” he added. Iran should file a complaint through the UN our group of journalists and subsequently in more detail to me. “As “The Zarif ban was a big lesson for the naïve On Wednesday, the Trump administration secretary general against the U.S. for sanction- a diplomat, I have to always think about alternatives,” he told us. persons who think they can obtain concessions put sanctions on Zarif, with the Treasury De- ing Zarif, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said on Among them was the idea that the Iranian Parliament could codify, in from the bullies through negotiations,” said partment claiming it has frozen his assets in Sunday. law, a fatwa issued by Iran’s Supreme Leader, originally in 2003 and Asadollah Badamchian, Mehr reported on the U.S. and barring Americans from doing Alireza Rahimi, a member of the Majlis pre- again in 2010, that forbids the production or use of nuclear weapons. Sunday. business with him. siding board, said the move blocks the road of But, if Trump wanted more, he would also have to offer more, Zarif While condemning the U.S. move against The foreign minister dismissed the measures, diplomacy and it contradicts the U.S. claim of suggested. Another possibility was moving forward one of the later the chief Iranian diplomat, Badamchian said saying that he and his family do not have any advocating for talks. on the U.S. steps of the nuclear deal brokered between Iran and the world’s six Iran should further rely on friendly nations and “property or interests outside of Iran.” Rahimi described the ban as one of the most “When the chief diplomat of a country is major powers in 2015—the accord that Trump abandoned in May, governments in order to boost its international According to experts, the U.S. measure dealt a idiotic measures taken by the United States, sanctioned it means that the road of diplomacy 2018. Zarif said that Iran could bring forward ratification of the so- status. blow to the prospects of talks between Washing- saying Trump has brought shame and discredit is blocked,” he added, according to ISNA. called Additional Protocol, which is currently due to be implemented by 2023—potentially this year. The protocol allows more intrusive international inspections—on both declared and undeclared nuclear sites in member states—in perpetuity. In exchange, Zarif suggested, U.S.-planned Persian Gulf coalition meant to blockade Iran: commentator Trump could go to Congress to lift sanctions on Iran, as originally (Press TV) — A political commentator says a United States- safety of foreign vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz Washington left a multilateral nuclear accord with Tehran provided under the 2015 nuclear deal but not ratified in legislation. planned force seeking to sail in the Persian Gulf would be a in the strategic Persian Gulf. However, key Washington allies and other states last year and re-imposed the sanctions that Both sides would then feel more secure in the commitments sought prelude to the enforcement of a blockade against Iran. Germany and Japan have refused to join, and France has ex- the deal had lifted. It has since been imposing further sanc- in the original deal. Author and commentator Nasir al-Omari said on Press pressed reservations. tions as well. Paul proposed that the Iranian diplomat lay out the same ideas TV’s The Debate program on Saturday that although the plan Omari said the rejection of the American initiative was “a Keith Preston, an independent journalist and researcher to Trump in person. The president, Paul said, had authorized him to has been presented to the U.S.’s allies as a means of protecting positive indication” that the international community was not who was also on the program, referred to Japan and Germany’s extend an invitation to meet in the Oval Office as early as that week, the vessels sailing across the Hormuz Strait, “I think that the rushing toward a confrontation with Iran. refusal to be part of the force and said, “The U.S. alliances are the U.S., Iranian, and diplomatic sources told me. world understands that these moves are really intended to be In order to tackle the standing escalation of tensions between far weaker than perceived.” Zarif told Paul that the decision to meet Trump in the Oval Office was a blockade of Iran.” Washington and Tehran at its root, he said, one has to aim for He said Tokyo and Berlin had refused because of Washington’s not his to make; he would have to consult with Tehran. He expressed “Once you have these warships, then this turns quickly into the underlying cause of the situation. performance in the past, when it left the nuclear agreement concern that any meeting might end up as little more than a photo a blockade,” he said. “The root problem has not been solved, and that is the with Iran “against the objection of virtually every U.S. ally” op, without substance, the sources told me. The U.S. has said the naval force would be ensuring the sanctions against Iran,” Omari said. and engaged in “disastrous” regional military interventions. TECHNOLOGY

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U.S. deprived itself of dialogue Military conflict in Persian Gulf highly unlikely, says by banning Zarif: government Iranian general POLITICAL TEHRAN – Head of the Iranian Army’s Stra- POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Amer- an aggression against the foundations desktegic Studies believes that the possibility of a deskicans have deprived of the Iranian government and nation,” military conflict in the Persian Gulf region is decreasing as no themselves of dialogue by sanctioning he stated. state wants to see a new crisis in the region. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad “The U.S. is still not free of the disease Javad Zarif, government spokesman Ali and addiction of [plotting] coups,” he said, Rabiei said on Sunday. adding, “I see the same mindset behind “Zarif is in charge of the country’s sanctioning Zarif.” foreign policy and diplomacy … By sanc- U.S. President Donald Trump has with- tioning Zarif, they (Americans) deprived drawn the United States from the 2015 themselves of dialogue,” Rabiei told a nuclear agreement (JCPOA), reimposed press briefing. the “harshest sanctions” on Iran and at the On Wednesday, the U.S. government same time pushed for talks with Tehran. announced imposition of sanctions Tehran says a U.S. return to the JCPOA against Zarif, a move which was inter- and lifting of the illegal sanctions are preted as a total rejection of diplomacy necessary prerequisites for any further repeatedly claimed by the Trump ad- collaboration with Washington. ministration. The government spokesman said it is “The Persian Gulf is like a tinderbox and explosion of the first Ever since the announcement, there utterly absurd that the U.S., which claims firecracker can lead to a huge disaster,” General Pourdastan says. has been a huge torrent of support for to be an advocate of dialogue, has sanc- the chief Iranian diplomat both at home tioned Iran’s foreign minister right after “At first glance, it may seem that the situation in the Persian and abroad. inviting him to hold talks. Gulf is heading towards a military conflict but when studying Rabiei said the overwhelming support “If this action is not ridiculous then what the situation more closely, we see that chances for such a for the foreign minister demonstrated The government spokesman says it is utterly is it?” he added. conflict are low,” Brigadier General Ahmadreza Pourdastan Washington’s failure in isolating Iran on absurd that the U.S., which claims to be an Rabiei said domestic support for told the Mehr news agency on Sunday.“The existing course the world stage. advocate of dialogue, has sanctioned Iran’s Zarif, especially as given by Leader of of affairs and events show that our diplomacy will definitely “The unprecedented aggression and the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali fulfill our desired results,” Pourdastan said.He highlighted the clumsy sanction against Zarif is not an foreign minister right after inviting him to Khamenei and military, showed inter- capability of Iranian armed forces, saying the enemies won’t aggression against an individual, but it’s hold talks. nal unity in the face of U.S. hostilities. dare launch an attack against Iran.“The Persian Gulf is like a tinderbox and explosion of the first firecracker can lead to a huge disaster,” he added.Top Iranian military commanders have repeatedly said Tehran is not seeking war against any country but it has the power to defend itself. Commander: Army ready to ‘nip any threat in the bud’ “As repeatedly announced before, the Islamic Republic of Iran doesn’t seek war against any country,” Chief of the Iranian POLITICAL TEHRAN – Chief of the Army Ground The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said last month. deskForce Kiomars Heidari says his forces are June 20 that a U.S. spy drone that violated the Iranian territorial ready to nip any foreign threat in the bud. airspace in the early hours of the day was shot down by the IRGC “The Army Ground Force, like other armed forces, is at Aerospace Force’s air defense unit near the Kooh-e-Mobarak the height of its readiness and if any threat emerges, it will region in the southern province of Hormozgan. Parliament to use all nip it in the bud,” Tasnim quoted Brigadier General Heidari The intruding drone was shot by Iran’s homegrown air as saying on Sunday. defense missile system “Khordad-3rd”. potential to help “Today, the armed forces are ready to respond strongly to In comments made a few hours after the incident, IRGC resistance forces: MP any threat in the shortest possible time,” he said. Chief Major General Hossein Salami said the shooting down of He also pointed to the recent changes in the Army Ground the U.S. drone had a straightforward message that any foreign POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament will use Force, saying, “Some changes have been made in the nature intrusion into Iranian territories would draw a crushing response. deskall of its potential to help the resistance forc- of the Army Ground Force… and our forces’ readiness is at its On June 24, U.S. President Donald Trump announced new es in the region, a senior MP has said. highest level.” sanctions against Iran, targeting office of Leader of the Islamic Mojtaba Zonnour, chairman of the Majlis National Secu- The remarks came against the backdrop of increasing ten- Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top commanders of rity and Foreign Policy Committee, made the remarks in a sions between Tehran and Washington which peaked when the IRGC. meeting with Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement spokesman Nasr the Islamic Republic shot down an advanced U.S. spy drone Also last week, the U.S. targeted Foreign Minister Moham- ash-Shimmari, Tasnim reported on Sunday.The Iraqi resist- after it intruded into Iranian airspace. mad Javad Zarif with sanctions. ance groups created a lasting epic by fighting Daesh (ISIL), the top MP said, pointing out that Daesh was created by the U.S., Britain and Saudi Arabia. He also said the enemy is seeking to drive a wedge among Boris and the English Job different Shia groups and also between Shias and Sunnis. 1 In my view, Boris Johnson came CAL University in Istanbul through 26- to Tehran believing that he could fulfil 28 August 2019 aims to create a unique UAE, Saudi Arabia prefer an understanding that repatriation of international platform for discussing long-outstanding Iranian funds would challenges, opportunities and future di- diplomacy with Iran, says be reciprocated by a humanitarian gesture rections in energy strategy. Mr. Cook and of goodwill by Iran. I have been invited to participate along- Emirati minister Unfortunately, he was over-ridden by side invited ministers, energy leaders and By staff and agency Theresa May when the US got wind of experts as plenary and keynote speakers this, and the outcome was to confirm to elaborate on the physical and finan- UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash says the Iran’s low (English Job) opinion of her cial energy strategies underpinning the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia prefer a political approach to government”. FINSTEX concept. their problems with Iran. Many analysts have observed that the So, Mr. Cook recommended during Emphasizing continued cooperation between the two Arab coun- recent British seizure of Iranian oil tank- our conversation that the Joint Turkey tries, Gargash tweeted on Friday that the two states believe in a political er off Gibraltar, and Iran’s subsequent /Iran Commission should review the role approach rather than confrontation with Iran. seizure of a British tanker in the Straits of governments in facilitating research, of Hormuz, appears to have made a bad development and commerce and act to situation worse? But, the Senior Research create new complementary international Fellow at UCL Institute for Strategy, Re- frame work agreements for public, private silience & Security says: & academic collaboration. “This was the final misconceived po- He further proposed that an Inter- litical judgment of probably the least national Resilience Network should be politically astute British Prime Min- established. He recalled that this con- ister of recent times. I have no doubt cept received a positive reception at his an accommodation can be reached but February 2019 Tehran workshops not it must necessarily commence with a least from the British ambassador dur- strategic understanding between Brit- ing a concluding courtesy visit. ain and Iran, followed by an implemen- So with the support of the Turkish Previously, some regional media reported a change in UAE’s position tation road-map rather than through hosts at the aforementioned WESCE-19, regarding Iran. The Anadolu news agency in Turkey had also reported fragmented tactical expedients.” he hopes in cooperation with Research that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister In the course of collaboration with Mr. the INSTEX Euro payment mechanism. itive FINSTEX proposal Britain could Institute for Energy Management and of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, has called for a change Chris Cook from 2002 to 2004 in re- Since banks are not gas producers and guide further de-escalation of current Planning –University of Tehran and Edu- in the UAE’s policy vis-a-vis Iran. spect to the Kish Island Internation- therefore cannot issue GECOs, FINSTEX difficulties through an agreed road- cation and Research Institute (ICCIMA), In a sign of rapprochement, on July 30 a delegation from the al Oil Bourse project, he and I came would not involve banks in payments, map and deliver Energy for Peace. to develop this concept further in Istanbul. United Arab Emirates Coast Guard met with Iranian counterparts to to share the view that whatever may although they could potentially retain Turning now to developing regional My final question was to ask what role discuss border security, illegal crossings, fishing rights, and shipping be the political or religious differences a role in banking services such as risk cooperation between Iran, Russia and the Economic Cooperation Organisation through the Strait of Hormuz.In another development, while reports between nations, it is always possible management, administration, advice & Turkey following the recent Astana sum- (ECO) Trade & Development Bank based from Iran and the rest of the region said the UAE has withdrawn from to collaborate in relation to resources the introduction of gas investors to ‘gas mit, and the announcement of a joint in Istanbul could play in FINSTEX. the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen, Gargash said such as water and energy which are of loan’ investments. cooperation commission meeting between Mr. Cook replied that as he highlighted developments regarding UAE forces’ move from Yemen have taken existential importance. In my view FINSTEX is a great label. In Turkey and Iran during coming Septem- earlier during our discussions, since banks place in coordination with Saudi Arabia.Iran has been a fierce critic On that basis, I asked Mr. Cook wheth- fact, I recall that Mr. Cook first proposed ber, Mr. Cook observed: are not gas producers they cannot issue of the Saudi-led war against Yemen.In late June, the UAE moved er he considered PM Johnson may be a gas-based unit (which he then called “I have always agreed with the gas Energy Credit Obligations (GECOs). out a large part of its forces from Yemen, giving rise to speculations interested in a strategic regional ini- the Petro) in Tehran in 2008. strategic view of Iran as the ‘Golden It follows that a regional FINSTEX would about its withdrawal from the Saudi-led coalition.Dubai, one of Iran’s tiative based upon Energy for Peace. In Moscow in May 2018, he then pre- Gate” and Turkey as a ‘Golden Bridge’ not involve ECO banks in payments, but leading trading partners in the region and a major hub for exports to “In my view, an ambitious Energy for sented an updated version of his 2008 for strategic regional energy flows and would rather offer a value-added role in Iran has suffered losses as a result of U.S. sanctions on Iran. Peace initiative is exactly the kind of stra- Petro proposal (renamed GasCoin, be- indeed we were both disappointed that services such as risk management, ad- According to a Reuters report, things have been changing in tegic and wide-ranging grand bargain cause Venezuela had called their cryp- the workshop convened on 12 October ministration, advice & introduction of Dubai’s Murshid Bazaar, once frequented by Iranian businessmen. which will not only appeal to Johnson’s tocurrency the Petro) at the invitation 2016 on the sidelines of the World Energy gas investors to ‘gas loan’ investments. Businesses have closed and properties are up for rent after Iranians sense of history, but will also represent a of the Russian Deputy Energy Minister Council chaired by the Energy Char- He considered that the ECO Trade & De- abandoned the market. radically constructive approach to inter- and he further elaborated on GasCoin in ter Treaty and involving both Iran’s velopment Bank could provide banking Also the insecurity in the Persian Gulf as a result of tensions be- national trade and development. Moscow in September 2018. TAVANIR and Turkey’s TEAS was not services to what could essentially be - in tween Iran and the United States have affected business. On July 31, The first element of the FINSTEX pro- As Mr Cook pointed out during his followed up. “ every sense - FINSTEX for the ECO nations. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said “Iran is prepared for posal would be for Iran’s participation February visit to Tehran, change never Upon reflection, Mr. Cook considered it So, finally I recall that the concept of the dialogue if Saudi Arabia is also ready.”During a visit to Iraq in late in the North Sea Rhum gas field asset to comes from within. would be more immediately fruitful to Kish Oil Bourse initiative in 2004 incorpo- May, Zarif proposed “regional non-aggression pact”. form the basis of issuance of Gas Energy Now that PM Johnson has been focus upon regional physical natural gas rated the basic legal design of the concepts According to IRNA, Russia has taken steps to mend ties between Credit Obligation (GECO) instruments appointed with an explicit mandate supply swaps with financing/funding via which have now evolved into FINSTEX. Iran and the two Arab nations based on the proposal. which Iran could accept in payment for from his party to deliver Brexit, with FINSTEX to bring together both Eastern Let’s hope policy makers and decision On August 2, Zarif wrote on his twitter page that as Iran’s regional the flow of Rhum field gas instead of £ one foot inside the EU and one out- Mediterranean and Caspian regions with- takers accept the fact that 21st century prob- dialog and non-aggression pact is advancing the B-Team shrinks. sterling paid into a frozen account. side, Britain and the city of London in a holistic clearing union agreement. lems may not be resolved with 20th century Zarif has pioneered the term “B-Team” to refer to White House na- The £400m amount of British debt are well placed to originate a FINSTEX World Energy Strategies solutions. tional security advisor John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin due to Iran could then provide further which is additional or complementary The upcoming World Energy Strat- So, 15 years later, is it now too late to Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and UAE collateral for issuance of GECO instru- to the Euro-centred INSTEX. Further- egies Congress and Exhibition 2019 start? To which Mr. Cook responded: “We Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, all of whom, he believes, are ments which would operate in parallel to more, through a constructive and pos- (WESCE-2019) at the YILDIZ TECHNI- have a saying – better late than never!” unified in their anti-Iran agenda. II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 44 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY AUGUST 5,5, 20192019

STOCK MARKET IME’s worth of trade TEDPIX 255530.3 IFX 3406.85 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir rises 15% in July ECONOMY TEHRAN–The value of mentioned macro plans. CURRENCIES desktrade at Iran Mercantile Soltani-Nejad has previously announced USD 42,000 rials Exchange (IME) rose 15 percent during that IME accounted for 39 percent of the July, IME Public Relations Department value of the total trades in the Iranian EUR 46,670 rials reported. capital market during the past Iranian GBP 51,067 rials While different trading floors of this calendar year. stock market witnessed trading of more He put the value of IME trades at 1.78 AED 11,437 rials than 2.6 million tons (MT) of commodities quadrillion rials (about $42.3 billion) in Source: cbi.ir worth over $2.51 million, the amount of the past year. trading also experienced a growth of 21 The value of trades at IME rose 52 percent. percent in the past calendar year from its During the last month, the oil and pet- previous year. rochemical trading floor of IME played Over 24.84 million tons of commodities COMMODITIES host to trading of 1.276 MT of commodities valued at 884.3 trillion rials (about $21.05 Brent $61.89/b worth more than $1.512 million. billion) were traded at the physical market On this trading floor, more than 353.301 of IME, showing seven percent fall in the WTI $55.66/b MT of bitumen, 240.546 MT of polymer amount and 77 percent rise in the worth OPEC Basket $1,441.75/oz products and 111.523 MT of chemical of trades year on year. products, 413.770 MT of VB feed stock, Applying new financial instruments Gold $1,441.75/oz 116.050 MT of lube cut oil, 29.620 MT of in Iranian capital market was one of the sulfur, 6.679 MT of insulation, 5.140 MT achievements of the country’s exchange Silver $16.26/oz of slaps waxes and 20 MT of argon were markets during the past year. Platinium $847.80/oz traded by customers. trading floor witnessed trading of 15 kg of change has prepared ten macro plans to In this due, IME launched “option” in The metal and mineral trading floor saffron strands. improve its performance during the current early March 2019 in an approach to di- Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com witnessed trading over 780.272 MT of com- The side market of the IME experienced Iranian calendar year (ends on March 19, versify financing methods for agricultural modities worth more than $994 million. trading of 528 MT of enamel bitumen, 80 2020). products. On this trading floor 749.662 MT of steel, MT of toluene, 1.876 MT of sodium sulfate He mentioned development of under- Option is a contract which gives the 8.130 MT of copper, 680 MT of molybdenum as well as 1.000 MT of steel scrap, 12 MT lying assets through existing instruments, buyer (the owner or holder of the option) ‘Syria seeking Iran’s concentrates, 60 MT of precious metals of nitrogen fertilizer and 42 MT of pipe development of financial instruments for the right, but not the obligation, to buy or concentrates, 100 MT of zinc, 5,000 MT coating. commodity-backed securities, expansion sell an underlying asset or instrument at investment in its of iron ore, 8.640 MT of aluminum as well On June 24, during the meeting of IME of market size and depth, increasing co- a specified strike price prior to or on a as 8 MT of coke were traded by customers. shareholders, IME Managing Director operation with other organizations, and specified date, depending on the form of reconstruction projects’ The report declares that the agricultural Hamed Soltani-Nejad said that this ex- strengthening IME brand as some of the the option.

1 Addressing the same gathering, head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said that Syria needs other countries’ cooperation for meeting some daily needs Iran elected vice-chair of Asian Reinsurance Corporation and also for its reconstruction and such condition offers an opportunity for long-term presence of Iranian investors ECONOMY TEHRAN – In its 13th shareholders’ mental organization established in May 1979 under the desk in that country. meeting on July 28, Asian Reinsurance auspices of the UN-ESCAP. Corporation (ARC) members selected Gholamreza Soleim- According to the corporation portal, membership is open ani, the governor of Iran’s Central Insurance (CII), as the to all state members or associate members of the United corporation’s vice chairman and board member. Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and As reported by IRNA, Soleimani was voted by the mem- the Pacific. bers of ARC, to become the vice chairman of the corporation ARC has been set up with the aim of expansion of rein- for two years. surance coverage between regional countries. Speaking about the ARC’s new decision, Soleimani noted Iran’s membership in ARC’s board of directors indicates that using ARC’s international potentials and capabilities, that despite the U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran, the coun- he will try to expand Iran’s insurance activities in the region. try’s insurance industry has been expanding ties with the The Asian Reinsurance Corporation is an intergovern- countries in the region.

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“Given the current positive condition for activity in the MOU for customs Syrian market, presence of Iranian traders and investors in that country and enjoying the available opportunities is of co-op high significance”, Mohammadreza Modoudi noted, adding, ECONOMY TEHRAN – Customs of Iran and “We will introduce the best projects for investment to the deskAfghanistan signed a memorandum Iranian companies after investigating them”. of understanding (MOU) on Saturday for joint collabo- ration in electronic exchange of information between the customs administrations of the two countries. IN THE NAME OF GOD As reported by Shada, the MOU was signed by Head of the Second Announcement Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING Car output at Mehdi Mirashrafi, and Director General of Afghanistan 266,961 in 4 months Customs Department Ahmad Reshad Popal in Tehran. Based on the MOU, the information regarding the two neighbors’ trade and customs processes will be exchanged EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 98-02/105 ECONOMY TEHRAN– Iranian carmakers manufactured electronically. This will consequently accelerate and facil- Tender Holder: desk266,961 vehicles during the first four months itate trade and reduces related costs while eliminating the of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 22), IRNA possibility of counterfeiting and smuggling. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) reported citing the data released by Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry. The ministry’s data show that car manufacturing in Subject of Two-Stage Tender: Iran has fallen 38.3 percent in the four-month period of this Supply of Equipment and Development of an Infrastructure management system according to the year from 432,528 cars manufactured in the same time span of tender documents the previous year. Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani has said that the policy of domestic manufacturing of auto parts should Deadline of Receiving Documents: be seriously followed up. As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on Saturday August 10, 2019.

Place of Receiving Documents: Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Admin- Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran istration Mehdi Mirashrafi (2nd L) and Director General of Afghanistan Customs Department Ah- mad Reshad Popal signing an MOU for customs Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: cooperation in Tehran on Sunday The amount of USD 22,500 (equivalent to 2,925,000,000 Rials) which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee Speaking in the signing ceremony, Mirashrafi empha- sized the need for expansion of economic ties between the two countries, saying “Afghanistan is one of Iran’s top Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: five trading partners, however given the two countries’ The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked with tender existing capacities and interest in expanding trade and number no later than 15 p.m. on Wednesday September 11, 2019 and submitted to the Secretariat of economic cooperation, the volume of bilateral trade could Commission of Tenders. be increased beyond the current level.” The minister also stressed that in this due the capable man- “IRICA has a wealth of experience in implementing Time and Place of Opening Envelopes: ufacturers should be seriously supported. ICT-based projects, which can be useful for Afghanistan’s In mid-May, Rahmani issued a directive on “strengthening customs,” he said. The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday September 15, 2019 in the office of Vice domestic manufacturing of imported auto parts”. The official further pointed to holding training courses, President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after technical Addressing two of his deputies, Farshad Moqimi, deputy for establishing joint customs gates at the borders, electronic evaluation. industrial affairs, and Mohammad-Baqer Ali, the board chairman exchange of information and the use of the North-South It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. of Iran’s Industrial Development and Renovation Organization Corridor potentials as ways through which the two sides Presenting at least ‘Rank 2’ from the Supreme Council of Informatics in the field of (IDRO), the minister put emphasis on using the highest potential can reduce trade costs and increase customs operations computer-telecommunications data networks, producing and presenting non-Main Frame computers, of human resources for strengthening domestic manufacturing at the borders of the two countries. of auto parts which are currently imported to the country. Rashed for his part, expressed satisfaction with the producing and backing up customer order software and security of production space and information exchange Highlighting the orders of the Supreme Leader of Islamic Rev- development of customs cooperation between the two olution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on supporting production countries, and underlined issues like synchronizing the For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), which is two customs work hours, strengthening training cooper- It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. named the year of “Pickup in Production” by the supreme leader, ation, managing risk and eliminating transit problems. Rahmani stressed that cooperation among all car makers, auto During his four-day visit to Iran, the Afghan cus- part manufacturers, knowledge-based companies and enterprises toms chief and his accompanying delegation also Public Relations Dept. of IRIB is vital for strengthening domestic manufacturing of imported visited the customs borders of the two countries in auto parts.This movement should be all-out promoted to combat Sistan-Baluchestan, Khorasan Razavi and South sanctions and also prevent from exit of foreign currency from Khorasan provinces as well as Chabahar port in the country, the minister noted. southern Iran. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 5, 2019 ENERGY 5 NIOC inks 4 research agreements Weekly oil prices to develop oil industry fall amid trade tensions ENERGY TEHRAN – National Ira- Since the reimposition of sanctions, Iran desknian Oil Company (NIOC)’s has been encouraging domestic companies’ Oil prices decreased for the week ending Aug. 2 after an escalation of Exploration Directorate, on Sunday, signed presence in its oil and gas projects, both in the trade tension sent oil prices plunging on Thursday, with the price four agreements with Iranian universities and exploration and in development sectors. of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery down 0.96 knowledge-based companies for research in In exploration sector, as there are many percent and Brent crude oil for October delivery down 2.47 percent. various fields of geophysics, geochemistry, blocks waiting for exploration, NIOC is seriously As per xinhuanet.com, WTI closed the week at 55.66 U.S. dollars unconventional hydrocarbon resources and following up the plans to lay the ground for the a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude drilling. private sector’s contribution. finished the week at 61.89 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures The agreements include, a project for According to Ali Vatani, an advisor to vice Exchange. WTI and Brent crude have increased 22.57 percent and quantitative interpretation (QI) of Abadan president for science and technology, current- 15.04 percent, respectively, so far this year. plain’s seismic cube, research studies on ly about 300 knowledge-based companies During the week, WTI and Brent crude moved in the same di- Lorestan Province’s shale oil resources are active in the field of oil industry in Iran. rections, with four-day gains due to the move of Federal Reserve and geochemical study of some hydrocar- As the official said the government fully cutting interest rates and a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude bon reservoirs in southern Iran as well as supports knowledge-based companies which inventories. a project for producing 10,000 barrels of a are active in providing equipment and compo- Oil prices fell sharply on Thursday as a slew of downbeat data High Pressure, High Temperature (HPHT) nents for the oil industry and petrochemical and lingering concerns over global trade added fears of economic drilling fluid. production. slowdown, which would potentially weaken energy demand. The WTI According to the report, considering the A number of universities and research decreased by 4.63 dollars, or 7.9 percent, to settle at 53.95 dollars challenges of exploring hydrocarbon resources, centers are now responsible for exploiting oil a barrel, the largest front-month contract percentage decline since NIOC’s Exploration Directorate has identified resources, Vatani said. Feb. 4, 2015 and the lowest settlement since June 19 of this year. various research projects and created a roadmap “Tasking a specific university with conducting based on the country’s sixth five-year national activities related to extraction and increasing development plan (2016-2021) and in line with recovery rate of oil reserves could help us reach its organizational strategies. our objectives sooner”, he proposed.

Have Iranian oil exports really fallen to 100,000 bpd? 1 Kepler, believes that “Iran had loaded 417,000 bpd which are set to process that specific grade would have to get of crude and condensate onto tankers in July, down 115,000 their crude from those similar sources and consequently the bpd from June.” market gets more competitive. So it is logical to conclude that if Iranian crude exports had Distancing hugely from other sources, TankerTrackers put Decline in more than three days actually fallen to the 100,000 bps which the Reuters source Iran’s oil exports in the mentioned month at between 500,000 Meanwhile, the international benchmark Brent crude decreased claims, most probably it must have imposed a shift to the market bpd-1,000,000 bpd in an email to Reuters. by 4.55 dollars, or 6.99 percent, to close at 60.50 dollars a barrel, the of similar grades in the region. As you can see, the figures announced for Iran’s daily crude sharpest one-day decline in more than three years. For instance, as Russel puts it, considering Basra Heavy, a exports in July, though not similar, at least do not confirm During the week, oil prices increased from Monday to Wednesday crude similar to much of Iran’s output, indicates that although Reuter anonymous source’s 100,000 bpd. as market participants were expecting the Federal Reserve’s upcoming this grade has outperformed the benchmark light crude, the A yardstick for more clearance decision on interest rates, and the interest rates cut announced on rise is not that significant. Considering all these various estimations, and with regard Wednesday continued to push the prices up. This means that such grades’ refining customers in Asia have to the ambiguity of the real amount of Iran’s oil exports, how U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the not been trying to secure alternative supplies to those from Iran. can we now which estimation is closer to the truth, or better first time since the 2008 global financial crisis, amid rising concerns Overall, from what we have seen in this article, one can to say, which one is further from reality. over trade tensions, a slowing global economy and muted inflation conclude that although Iran’s crude oil exports have fallen in One rational yardstick in this situation is the price of crude pressures. the months after the U.S. ended its waivers for buyers of Iranian grades similar to Iranian oil, to see how they have fluctuated The Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed’s rate-setting body, oil, but estimating the exact number is not easy to achieve. in the past few months. trimmed the target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a However, it is also clear that number like 100,000 bpd does Normally, when a crude grade falls short of the demand range of 2 percent to 2.25 percent after concluding its two-day policy not seem to be the real amount of Iran’s oil exports. level, the prices for similar grades surge since the refineries meeting, in line with market expectation. “Concerns about demand have moved into the background, at least temporarily,” due to the rate cut decision, “so market partici- pants are instead focusing more on the rather tight supply at present again,” noted analysts at Commerzbank. Bear Ridge Solar developer responds to local opposition The WTI climbed 0.67 dollar, 1.18 dollars and 0.53 dollar from Opposition to a proposed solar project in “We’ve heard voices of support and voic- She noted that the group is not against Monday to Wednesday to settle at 56.87 dollars, 58.05 dollars and the Cambria and Pendleton area has become es of concerns … our job as a developer is renewable solar energy “at all,” but that 58.58 dollars, respectively, while the Brent crude gained 0.25 dollar, more intensified as residents have formally to answer questions,” Kohlstedt said. He Cypress Creek is trying to use a state energy 1.01 dollars and 0.45 dollar to close at 63.71 dollars, 64.72 dollars organized into a group and elected officials added that they attended a Cambria town law process to turn the agricultural land and 65.17 dollars, respectively. at the local and state level have expressed board July meeting to try and answer some to industrial land. Support to oil prices their opposition as well. questions attendees had. Fischer said the group’s membership Moreover, a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude invento- Cypress Creek Renewables, the company Kohlstedt said he would “absolutely be has grown to over 200 and continues to ries provided support to oil prices. In the week ending July 26, U.S. proposing the Bear Ridge Solar Project, interested” in attending one of the group’s grow daily. The group meets weekly and commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 8.496 million barrels would like to lease 900 acres of private meetings if he was invited. is planning to have an informational table from the previous week, larger than expected drop of 2.588 million land throughout a 5,000-acre project He added that Cypress Creek is finishing set up at the Cambria Tractor Pull and the barrels, implying greater demand and bullish for crude prices. area in southern Cambria and a portion up its community outreach office, and he Pendleton Farm and Home Days. Oil prices gained on Friday, recovering some of the massive losses of northern Pendleton. expects it to be open by the end of August. Town officials had said they were plan- in the previous session. The WTI rose 1.71 dollars to settle at 55.66 The developers plan to install solar panels “We really look forward to meeting folks ning to meet with Cypress Creek about dollars a barrel, while Brent crude climbed 1.39 dollars to close at mounted in rows on racking systems up in the community,” Kohlstedt said. their concerns over the project violating 61.89 dollars a barrel. to 12 feet high. State Sen. Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, the town’s zoning ordinance. Oil prices have kept gaining momentum since the start of the The panels would be visible from a dis- attended the grassroots group’s meeting area because the town is mostly an agricul- Kohlstedt said they met last week with year due to some geopolitical concerns and OPEC’s decision of tance of about 1-1/2 miles, including from last week and criticized the lack of local tural area and the company was offered an officials from Cambria and Pendleton and production cut. The momentum has slowed down recently, mainly sites on Bear Ridge Road and IDA Park representation on the state board in charge industrial area but turned it down. that he is “really encouraged by the con- because of the concerns over downturn in demand for crude oil. Drive in Lockport. of the project. Next generation to deal with structive conversation we had.” Furthermore, the prolonged trade worries reignited concerns over Recently, residents have formed the Kohlstedt said he saw Ortt attended the “We don’t want them changing the Article 10 of the New York State Public weakening demand for oil. grassroots group, Cambria Opposition to meeting and that, “It’s great that local elect- atmosphere of our beautiful agricultural Service Law puts an appointed board in The slowing global economy continued to be a major headwind Industrial Solar, to organize against the ed officials are taking an active role in the town and turning it into a solar prison with charge of siting review and permitting of for crude oil. The slower economic growth of the world will lead to project. The Cambria Town Board also project and that they are taking the time fences and barbed wire around it,” Fischer major electric generating facilities, which less demand for oil, which in turn would put downward pressure officially opposed the project because it to consider the communities interests.” said.” We don’t want toxic panels ruing are 25 MW or more. As part of the process, on oil prices. would violate the town’s zoning ordinance. Susan Fischer, a Cambria resident and our farmland in future years for our next they have to consult with the public first. Moreover, a rising U.S. dollar in the past months has dragged Interested in the project member of the grassroots group, said Cy- generation to deal with. Our town is not Representatives from Cypress Creek down the greenback-denominated crude futures, as the U.S. Dollar Kevin Kohlstedt, the project developer prus Creek Renewables is not invited to its benefiting from the solar project what so Renewables say the Bear Ridge Solar Index has been keeping uptrend since mid-2018. The index managed with Cypress Creek, said he is aware of the meetings because they are closed meetings ever. We don’t need it and we don’t want it.” Project would generate about 100 MW or to stand at 98.10 level for the week ending July 26, although it closed group, and added that the company values for opponents of the project. Fischer added that the solar panels will enough electricity to power an estimated lower, retracing down from the 2019 high as the market expected input from anybody in the community that She said they do not want the company cause the housing values of residents to 25,000 homes. that the Federal Reserve might cut rates again in September. is interested in the project. turning the town into an industrial zoned go down. (Source: lockportjournal.com) Launch of Villonaco projects Low prices take gloss off Chevron’s outperforming WA LNG to generate 110 megawatts The wide gap that has emerged this year between depressed Anadarko Petroleum. LNG spot prices and contract tariffs has taken a toll on Chev- Chief financial officer Pierre Breber said Chevron continues The launch of this tender, of the El Aromo (Manabí Province) Villonaco ron in the June quarter. to expect production to grow by 4-7 percent this year, but II and III (Loja Province) electrical projects, was held on Tuesday, July As per afr.com, better-than-expected production from noted that planned maintenance shutdowns at the North 30, 2019, in the Auditorium of the Government Financial Platform. the two WA ventures meant more LNG had to be sold on the West Shelf venture in WA and other factors would impact According to evwind.es, Enith Carrión, national coordinator of weak spot market, where prices last week hit their lowest production in the September quarter. Renewable Energy of the Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC), for more than three years. Johnson signaled Chevron was seeking to reduce its ex- explained that it is the beginning of the public promotion for the tender Some maintenance work was also pushed back into the posure to the spot LNG market by potentially signing more of the Villonaco II and III wind projects to generate 110 megawatts. December quarter, while some long-term customers exercised term contracts once it was confident that its plants could The call for the process will be held on August 28. their right to reduce their contracted deliveries, Chevron’s continue their improved performance. During these days, interested parties can review and download executive vice president of upstream James Johnson told Asked whether Chevron is still aiming to “debottleneck” the documentation from the CELEC website, the specifications and investors in a June quarter briefing on Saturday morning production at Gorgon to raise it above rated capacity with even make their observations, prior to the application. Australian time. limited additional investment, Mr. Johnson said Chevron’s This contest will allow the concession of financing, construction, Chief financial offer Pierre Breber said realized revenues focus was on getting increasingly high reliability of production operation and maintenance of the Villonaco II and III wind project. from Australian LNG were lower in the quarter, mostly due and learning how the plants perform throughout the year. The winning company will operate for 25 years in the area. In addition, to lower spot prices and a higher ratio of spot sales within “At this point in time, I’d say we’re probably 2 percent it must comply with requirements that allow generating sources of the total. above where we expect it to be on Gorgon production, around employment in the sector.Enith Carrión said the objective is to take Mr. Johnson said that in the June quarter Chevron en- Spot LNG prices have plunged this year as a result of 6 per cent above on Wheatstone,” he said. advantage of the wind resource in the area. joyed “excellent performance” at both Gorgon, in which increasing output from new projects in Australia and the “But it’s an ongoing effort as we move forward to get He said that for six years he was at the head of the Villonaco ExxonMobil and Shell have stakes, and Wheatstone, in which U.S., coinciding with mild weather conditions in north Asia more out of our existing investments and infrastructure.” 1 Wind Power Plant, he saw how clean energy was generated. In Woodside Petroleum has an interest. that has tempered demand for imported gas. Breber noted that Chevron was still keen to expand its addition, it allowed the development of the area of influence.The “And so we had extra production coming from that. But Last week they reached as low as $4.10 per million British LNG position after the failure of its Anadarko deal, which coordinator reported that environmental impact studies are avail- at the same time we also deferred a turnaround, so we had thermal units, with at least two cargoes sold at less than $4, would have given it a developing project in Mozambique. able. In addition, that being an area of grassland does not affect the a turnaround scheduled in the second quarter that’s been according to Reuters. “Adding LNG is something that absolutely we are inter- flora and fauna of the area. moved to the fourth. So we had extra cargoes there that were But contract LNG prices in Asia are linked to crude oil, ested in doing,” he said. The projects are expected to have a construction period of two exposed to spot,” Mr. Johnson said. keeping them higher. That means some term contracts are “We’ve got a great position in Australia that Jay just talked years. Energy production will be purchased by the Ecuadorian State LNG buyers in Asia are unhappy now costing twice as much as spot prices. about that’s generating a lot of cash where we have opportu- at 100%.In the tender launch event, 45 international companies LNG buyers in Asia are unhappy that contract prices are Chevron still reported its highest quarterly earnings nities to debottleneck and potentially add to that over time. specialized in planning, development and construction of non-con- so much more than spot prices. since the third quarter of 2014 when Brent crude oil was “We’re always working the portfolio and LNG is one of ventional renewable energy plants from Germany, Denmark, Canada, “We do have some downward flex that was exercised by more than $100 a barrel, with profits of $4.3 billion. But the asset classes that we’re interested in and we’ll pursue Spain, China, Korea, Japan, United States of America, Colombia, our purchasers in the shoulder months and that occurred the figure was inflated by a gain from a break fee payable to opportunities in that space. That makes sense for the com- Chile were present, among other countrie that showed their interest in the second quarter.” the U.S. major after the collapse of its agreed deal to acquire pany and our shareholders.” in participating in this process. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 5, 2019

U.S. troops are back in What is Biden’s policy Saudia Arabia – This will end badly By Maj. Danny Sjursen towards immigrants?

ANTIWAR—It was big news. U.S. military forces streamed into By Saeed Sobhani rural campesinos have been in the streets protesting the privatization plans imposed Saudi Arabia in response to a supposedly serious threat to the TEHRAN –The question that the politician on their country under the watch of Biden kingdom’s eastern region. The American troops were invited has to answer! and his successors. by nervous Saudi royals; it wasn’t an American invasion per se. The closer we get to the Democratic pri- The gutting of public health services, Everything unfolded smoothly at first; still, the consequences mary, the more questions about the position teacher layoffs, staggering hikes in electricity would be severe for the United States. Pick up the latest Mili- of US presidential candidates will come to prices, and environmentally destructive tary Times, or any other news source, and the story will seem the citizens’ minds. Many American citi- mega-development projects are critical recent, if not worthy of any special attention or alarm. Indeed, zens are critical of U.S. President Donald factors in mass migration from Honduras. US troops are headed into Saudi Arabia right now, but that’s not Trump’s foreign and immigration policies. And indeed, they are immediate byproducts the situation described above. However, many Americans want to know of the “Biden plan.” No, that happened in August 1990, in response to the invasion more about the immigration policies of “Biden is taking credit for doing some- of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq—a nation, few remembered, other candidates, including Joe Biden and thing constructive to stop the migration that the US had previously backed in its aggressive war with Iran Bernie Sanders. They want to know what crisis and blaming the concentration camps (1980-88). The kingdom then served as a launch point for the policies people like Sanders and Biden [on the U.S. -Mexico border] on Trump. U.S.-led Persian Gulf War (1991) which drove the Iraqis from will face in the face of Trump’s negative But it’s Biden’s policies that are driving tiny Kuwait. American soldiers pulled out of Saudi Arabia just immigration policies. more people out of Central America and over a decade later, in 2003. Now they’re rolling back in. History, On the other hand, many Latin Americans making human rights defenders lives more as it’s said to do, seems to be repeating itself. and those who are foreign-born and can precarious by defending entities that have vote in next year’s presidential election no interest in human rights,” explained are going to choose their final candidate Adrienne Pine, a professor of anthropol- from among the Democratic candidates. ogy at American University and leading Undoubtedly, one of the people who researcher of the social crisis in Honduras, should be held accountable for his immi- in an interview with The Grayzone. gration policies and the Democrats is Joe “So $750 million U.S. taxpayer dollars Biden. Joe Biden has for years been the that were allocated to supposedly address first Vice President of the United States, child migration are actually making things Barack Obama. Many US citizens believe worse,” Pine added. “It started with un- that Biden’s immigration policies will be the accompanied minors and now you have same as Obama’s. Others, however, believe no reason to be here, they are returned.” More recently, the Trump administra- children in cages. Largely thanks to Biden.” Biden will pursue stricter policies in this Booker isn’t the only candidate who tion’s attempts at “zero tolerance” prose- In an interview with CNN on July 5, regard. In any case, the issue of immigration supports Castro’s plan. So does Elizabeth cution of illegal entry were the legal basis Biden was asked if he favored decriminal- has been raised in the Democratic debate Warren. It’s one of several issues that have for its widespread separation of families in izing the entry of Latin American migrants for Democratic candidates. Biden must pushed the Democratic primary further 2018: Children were separated because their to the United States. Responding with a take clear positions in this regard. Here’s to the left. But it also makes sense. How parents were being transferred to criminal definitive “no,” Joe Biden stated that he some news and analysis on Joe Biden’s criminalizing immigration led to children custody for prosecution. That would end would be “surging folks to the border to immigration policies: in cages under Castro’s immigration plan. Crossing make those concrete decisions” about who What Biden doesn’t get about immi- Illegal entry has been a crime for 90 the border without papers would be treated receives asylum.Biden argued that he had gration years, but only recently has prosecution like the civil violation of being in the US the best record of addressing the root causes As Vox reported, Former Vice Presi- for it become common. Decriminalizing illegally. It’s a far cry from “open borders,” of the migration crisis, recalling how he This time, however, the ostensible threat to Saudi Arabia dent Joe Biden wants illegal immigration illegal immigration is not open borders. as Biden suggests. imposed a solution on Central America’s comes from naughty Iran, the American national security state’s to stay illegal. That’s what he said during People coming to the US without papers Joe Biden fueled the Latin American migration crisis. “You do the following things current favorite exaggerated villain. And, of course, Iran—un- the second Democratic primary debate, could still be deported if they were caught migration crisis to make your country better so people don’t like our onetime “partners” in Iraq—hasn’t invaded anybody. and it reveals just how little he understands and brought before an immigration judge. As Consortiumnews reported, While leave, and we will help you do that, just like Thus, the US troop infusion is more preemptive than reactive. about the nuances of immigration policy. But it would make unauthorized immi- campaigning for the Democratic Party’s we did in Colombia,” he said. It’s no matter; few Americans (or even most media/political Debate moderators had just questioned gration purely a civil offense, instead of a presidential nomination this year, former “What did we do in Colombia? We went elites) seem to notice. former HUD Secretary Julián Castro about criminal one. As Vox’s former immigration Senator and Vice President Joseph Biden down and said, okay, and I was one of the Besides, what could go wrong? After all, the US stations its his plan to decriminalize immigration, writer Dara Lind explains, this distinction has touted the crucial role he played in architects of Plan Colombia,” Biden con- military personnel all over the Middle East, so why not in “friend- which would repeal Section 1325 of the matters a lot: designing U.S. mega-development and tinued. “I said, here’s the deal. If you have ly” Saudi Arabia too? After all, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law Immigration and Nationality Act. Under Criminal prosecution of illegal entry was drug war campaigns that transformed the all these crooked cops, all these federal in chief, maintains a well-known bromance with his pen pal, Castro’s plan, it would still be illegal to what gave the Trump administration the socio-political landscape of large swaths police, we’re sending our FBI down, you Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), and Presi- enter the United States without a visa, but power to separate thousands of families in of Latin America. let us put them through a lie detector test, dent Trump revels in the profits from massive arms sales to the it would be a civil violation, not a criminal 2018. It referred thousands of parents for “I was one of the architects of Plan Co- let us tell you who you should fire and tell kingdom. Still, the answer to the question is a stark one: Quite one. That simple change would drastically criminal prosecution for illegal entry — ad- lombia,” Biden boasted in a July 5 interview you the kind of people you should hire. a lot can go wrong, actually. It has before. alter US immigration enforcement, because vertised as a “zero tolerance” approach — and with CNN, referring to the multi-billion They did and began to change. We can do Sadly, given the apathy, short memory span and ignorance of no one can be jailed for a civil infraction thus separated them from their children dollar U.S. effort to end Colombia’s civil so much if we’re committed.” much of the American populace, a brief (if dark) recent history under federal law. That change could sin- to send them to criminal custody. war with a massive surge of support for the With the arrogance of a pith-helmeted lesson is in order. The year was, again, 1990. The Cold War was glehandedly end much of the cruelty of Right now, it’s already a civil violation country’s military. According to Biden, the high colonial official meting out instruc- winding down; the US confidently glowed in its new, powerful an immigration enforcement system that — not a crime — to be in the US illegally. If plan was a panacea for Colombia’s prob- tions on who to hire and fire to his docile status as a unipolar hegemonic power. Except, Washington had has allowed President Donald Trump to someone is arrested in the US and can’t prove lems, from “crooked cops” to civil strife.But subjects, Biden presided over a plan that set a few time bombs for itself—and boy would they explode. separate families and put children in cages their legal status, they can be deported. But Biden’s plan for Colombia has contributed failed miserably in its stated goals, while First, the US government backed a megalomaniacal dictator in and internment camps. if border agents catch someone crossing directly to the country’s transformation into transforming Colombia into a hyper-mili- Iraq during his eight-year invasion of Iran. After that war ended in Biden clearly doesn’t understand this. the border between ports of entry without a hyper-militarized bastion of right-wing tarized bastion of U.S. regional influence. a draw, Saddam Hussein thought perhaps he’d test his American When moderators questioned him about Plan Colombia was originally conceived support and gobble up small, but oil-rich, Kuwait. When Riyadh the rise of deportation under President by Colombian President Andrés Pastrana panicked, feared for its own bordering oil fields and invited in Barack Obama, Biden pivoted. Instead, he in 1999, as an alternative development and the US military, the Saudi royals angered and alienated the other suggested that decriminalizing immigra- conflict resolution plan for his war-torn significant American time bomb: Osama bin Laden—the wealthy tion means Democrats want open borders. country. He considered calling it the “Plan Islamist Saudi jihadi that Washington had backed (during the “If you say you can just cross the bor- for Colombia’s Peace.” 1980s) in his fight with the Soviets in Afghanistan. der, what do you say to all of those people The proposal was quickly hijacked by the See, bin Laden believed his own legend: That his fellow foreign around the world who want the same thing Bill Clinton administration, with Joe Biden volunteers, known as “Afghan Arabs,” had turned the tide and — to come to the United States and make lobbying in the Senate for an iron-fisted driven the Soviets from Afghanistan. In reality, it was mostly their case — that they have to wait in line. militarization plan. “We have an obligation, native Afghan rebels, buoyed by generous American and Gulf The fact of the matter is ... if you cross the in the interests of our children and the States military aid, that had won the war—but that mattered little border illegally, you should be able to be interests of the hemisphere, to keep the to bin Laden, the dogmatic, privileged son of a Saudi construction sent back. It’s a crime,” he said. Biden was oldest democracy in place, to give them magnate. When Iraq swallowed Kuwait and threatened Saudi either intentionally misrepresenting the a fighting chance to keep from becoming Arabia in 1990, the prodigal son offered to return, raise a new plan or just showed how little he knows a narcostate,” Biden said in a June 2000 army of jihadis and defend the kingdom against Hussein’s forces. about immigration policy. Either one is floor speech.When Plan Colombia’s first Rebuked by the Saudi king and overshadowed by the massive a bad look for him. But he stood by his formal draft was published, it was done US military, bin Laden developed a lifelong animus toward both nonsensical argument, repeating it a few so in English, not Spanish. the kingdom and America. The vendetta would prove extremely minutes later. The original spirit of peace-building was pivotal, a history-altering event. “I have guts enough to say [Castro’s] completely sapped from the document by After their swift victory in the Persian Gulf War, US service plan doesn’t make sense. The fact of the Biden, whose vigorous wheeling-and-dealing members stuck around in Saudi Arabia for quite some time. It’s matter is, when people cross the border ensured that almost 80 percent of the $7.5 what the American empire does. Trouble was that not only Bin illegally, it is illegal to do it unless they’re billion plan went to the Colombian military. Laden, but an entire generation of Arab regional jihadis resented seeking asylum,” he added. “People should Five hundred U.S. military personnel were the US military presence in the kingdom—especially in the vicinity have to get in line. That’s the problem.” papers, that’s a federal misdemeanor. It’s rule, enhancing the power and presence of promptly dispatched to Bogota to train the of the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina. That’s not the problem. The problem is called “illegal entry,” and immigration judg- the notoriously brutal armed forces while country’s military. Nineteen American troops were killed in the 1996 terrorist that current immigration laws allow the es can jail immigrants and fine them, in failing miserably in its anti-narcotic and “If you read the original Plan Colombia, bombing of the Air Force’s Khobar towers barracks in Dhahran, president to detain immigrants for months addition to deporting them.The crime has reformist objectives.This year alone, more not the one that was written in Wash- Saudi Arabia. Not long after, in February 1998, America’s former (even years) on a misdemeanor immigra- been on the books since 1929, but for most than 50 human rights defenders were killed ington but the original Plan Colombia, “freedom fighter” bin Laden went so far as to declare war on the tion charge while their cases go through of the 20th century, it didn’t really matter. in Colombia in the first four months of 2019, there’s no mention of military drives United States. The first of three justifications he listed involved court. This happened under the Obama Immigration agents didn’t track down and while coca production is close to record against the FARC rebels,” Robert White, the American military presence in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, administration. It happened under George deport people who came to the US without levels. And as Colombian peace activists the former No. 2 at the U.S. embassy he wrote: W. Bush. The only difference now is that papers. Most presidents didn’t think it was lamented in interviews with The Grayzone, in Bogota, complained in 2000. “Quite For over seven years the United States has been occupying Trump is amping up the cruelty by keeping worth US attorneys’ time to prosecute loads the U.S. is still in complete control of Bo- the contrary. [Pastrana] says the FARC the lands of Islam in the holiest of places, the Arabian Peninsu- migrant children and families detained in of misdemeanor immigration cases. Those gotá’s failed anti-drug policy, thanks largely is part of the history of Colombia and a la, plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating its awful, unsafe conditions. Decriminalizing who were caught crossing the border were to Plan Colombia.Biden has also pumped up historical phenomenon, he says, and they people, terrorizing its neighbors, and turning its bases in the immigration would stop this. And no one generally informally returned. his role in an initiative called the Alliance must be treated as Colombians.” Peninsula into a spearhead through which to fight the neigh- explained it better than Sen. Cory Booker “Under the Bush administration, how- for Prosperity, which was applied to the White lamented how Washington had boring Muslim peoples. (D-NJ). ever, as an independent immigration en- Northern Triangle of Central America. The abused the trust of the Colombians: “They Bin Laden was a veritable monster, but, well, he had a point. “No, Mr. Vice President, we are not go- forcement system began to develop and former vice president was so central to the come and ask for bread, and you give The rest, as they say, was history. The bombing of two Amer- ing to let people cross the border,” Booker mature, both civil immigration cases (in program’s genesis that it was informally them stones.” ican embassies in Africa (1998), the bombing of the USS Cole said. “An unlawful crossing is an unlawful separate immigration courts) and wide- known as “Plan Biden.” Plan Colombia was largely implemented at the port of Aden, in Yemen (2000), and, most tragically, the crossing if you do it in the civil courts or spread criminal illegal entry prosecutions Marketed as an answer to the crisis of under the watch of the hardline right-wing events of Sept. 11, 2001. Thousands of Americans died in the the criminal courts. The criminal courts became common,” Lind writes. The result child migration, Biden’s brainchild chan- President Álvaro Uribe. In 1991, Uribe was combined attacks; President Bush the Younger started a war are giving Donald Trump the ability to vio- swamped federal criminal courts along the neled $750 million through a right-wing placed on a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency that’s yet to end and can’t be won. It’s been going for nearly 18 late the human rights of people coming to border. For the past several years, immi- government installed by a U.S. -orchestrated list of “important Colombian narco-traf- years. The total cost (so far): 7,000 American troops dead, at our country. They’re human rights. And so gration offenses — illegal entry and reentry military coup to spur mega-development fickers,” in part due to his role in helping least 244,000 foreign civilians killed and a cool $5.9 trillion in doing it through the civil courts means you — have been the most common crimes for projects and privatize social services.The drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s obtain li- US tax dollars wasted. won’t need these awful detention facilities which people are convicted in US federal Grayzone visited Honduras in July and censes for landing strips while Uribe was Perhaps American policymakers, pundits and the people at that I’ve been to, seeing children sleeping criminal courts. (In fiscal year 2016, im- documented, through interviews with hu- the head of Colombia’s Civil Aeronautics large ought to remember this tragic course of events, what the on pavement, people being put in cages, migration offenses made up a majority of man rights defenders, students, indigenous Department.Under Uribe’s watch, toxic great author Chalmers Johnson referred to as “blowback.” If they nursing mothers, small children. This is all federal criminal prosecutions.) And the activists, and citizens from all walks of life, chemicals were sprayed by military forces did, it’d be clear that today’s fresh infusion of US troops back not necessary. We have seen, using the courts along the border where entrants how the Alliance for Prosperity helped set across the Colombian countryside, poison- into the vicinity of the Islamic holy places is a major event with civil system, pilot programs that have 100 are prosecuted are routinely the busiest the stage for a national rebellion. In recent ing the crops of impoverished farmers and potentially devastating consequences for the US military—and percent compliance with the civil courts in the country. months, teachers, doctors, students, and displacing millions. perhaps even the American homeland. where people are evaluated. If they have I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 5, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

‘Trump Phenomenon’ from political Mogherini’s Adviser: EU will continue efforts to psychology standpoint save JCPOA despite U.S. IFP — Historical experience shows the cause side, and continues doing so until the other of many disasters through the course of his- side comes down with mental and spiritual ban on Zarif tory has been the mental problems of some collapse and is forced into submission. This country leaders. is a technique that he uses. TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A special adviser to European Union Donald Trump, the 45th US president, is Q: So, based on what you said, I think our foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini described the Trump one of the characters who have come to power standoff with Trump is more of a psychological administration’s move to sanction Iran’s Foreign Minister Mo- in recent years and whose behavior bears a rather than diplomatic and political nature. hammad Javad Zarif as “paradoxical”, noting that it will not striking resemblance to that of leaders who How should our officials deal with Trump as have caused destruction through history. In the key decision-maker in the United States. order to get a better understanding of Trump’s A: Look, the United States has a kind of psychological condition, IRNA has conduct- historical mistrust and phobia vis-à-vis Iran. ed an interview with Saeed Abdulmaleki, a Due to the psychological wounds it has sus- faculty member at university and a political tained over the past four decades, the US has psychology development researcher. The full adopted a policy of animosity and revenge. text of the interview follows: Moreover, from the standpoint of political Q: How do you analyze Trump from a psychology of international relations, the psychological point of view? hegemony of the West, especially that of the A: A sudden action by a leader can change US, hinges on the idea that no government, the destiny of a nation and can even have an particularly those in the Middle East and Mus- impact globally. For example, if Adolf Hit- lim countries, must not survive for more than ler had not existed, the Second World War 40 years because of the idealistic approach would not have broken out. Harold Dwight that exists. Because of these two reasons, Lasswell was a leading American political were businesspeople and had a lot of property improve the situation. Trump was elected the US is seeking a regime change in Iran. affect Europe’s efforts aimed at saving the JCPOA. scientist and communications theorist. Based and tenants. US president at a time when Obama had, In my opinion, we should do two things un- “Sanctions on individuals are of course part of the foreign policy on his studies on the clinical cases of political Trump’s view toward the outside world before him, degraded the US in the minds of der these circumstances, one on the domestic toolbox. But to sanction a diplomat, in fact, the top diplomat, of activists, Lasswell arrived at the conclusion was formed by living in Queens and Brooklyn international circles and the US society itself policy front and the other on the international a country certainly is not the diplomatic norm,” Nathalie Tocci that political leaders present their hidden neighbourhoods in New York, which are ba- by adopting a policy of leniency as well as stage. We should stop putting the blame on told the Tasnim News Agency on Thursday. personal conflicts within the framework of sically dangerous environments and where downplaying the United States’ prestige and others for our shortcomings and weaknesses, She added that Europe will continue its work to salvage the public objectives and symbols and [present people have always been armed. It seems authority. Trump was somehow the symbol and solve our problems ourselves. We should 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers regardless them] as something logical and rational which Trump’s viewpoint vis-à-vis the world and of the United States’ lost narcissism which first tackle the identity crisis we are suffering of the US decision. is beneficial to the general public. He also international politics as well as his mentality needed to be revived. So, there is no doubt that on the political, cultural and social front. We Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, concluded that political movements are a emanates from his living in those areas, the Trump will definitely be re-elected president should stop being scatter-minded, and stop Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, and Special product of making personal feelings flow mentality that the world is a jungle and is a for a second term in the upcoming elections. preferring individual, ethnic and sectarian Adviser to EU HRVP Federica Mogherini, on behalf of whom into the current of public issues. dangerous place where one should always be In the typology of political leaders, Lass- interests to national interests and identity. she wrote the European Global Strategy and is now working on In 2007, Frederick Coolidge and Daniel fighting. This mindset forms Trump’s current well categorizes political leaders into three On the international stage, especially its implementation, notably in the field of security and defense. Segal brought together five experts on Hil- approach on the international stage. On the groups: agitators, reformers and managers. in dealing with the US, we should turn to Previously, she held research positions at the Centre for European ter and asked them to evaluate him base on other hand, Trump’s personality is affected In Trump’s estimation, the posture of an confidence-building and settling conflicts. Policy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washington DSM-IV psychopathological indicators and by an American self-concept in the general agitator is the same as an authoritarian’s. To that end, it is necessary to adopt a poli- and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence. personality disorders. The experts reached sense of the word. Americans have always It seems Trump seeks to make a superman cy of open dialogue and speech therapy in Her research interests include European foreign policy, con- the consensus that in terms of personality regarded themselves as first-world citizens of himself and upset the current regulations order to resolve both within and without. flict resolution, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Her disorders, Hitler suffered from paranoia, and better than others and believe they enjoy ruling international regulations in such a way Speech therapy will bring with it cognitive major publications include: Framing the EU’s Global Strategy, sociophobia, narcissism and sadism to a a kind of greater potentiality. that it will bring him confirmation and respect behavioral therapy and the elimination of Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (author); The EU, Promoting great extent. In another study, Coolidge and Q: Trump has divided the history of the to tackle his unsolved mental complexes. intellectual and perceptual errors of both Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution, Springer-Palgrave Segal conducted the same survey on Saddam world into the era before his presidency and Q: In dealing with Iran, Trump frequently sides. By speech therapy and elaborating Macmillan, 2017 (co-editor); Turkey and the European Union, Hussein. There was a rather high correlation the one after his presidency. He also likes to uses the policy of carrot (talks) and stick on Iran’s intentions and explaining the fact Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 (co-author); Multilateralism in the between the personality traits of the two men. shuck off the past heritage form a new order (sanctions and psychological warfare). Is there that Iran’s nuclear activities have a deterrent 21st Century, Routledge, 2013 (co-editor), Turkey’s European Therefore, most political leaders have suffered himself. How do you analyze his easing of a proper psychological analysis of Trump’s nature, we may be able to put an end to Future: Behind the Scenes of America’s Influence on EU-Turkey from mental disorders, and, accordingly, they complex international issues in order to satisfy contradictory behaviour? this misunderstanding and gradually settle Relations, New York University Press, 2011 (author); and The have been reflected in domestic and foreign his sense of megalomania and narcissism? A: Trump’s policy, especially toward the conflict and tensions and the difficult EU and Conflict Resolution, Routledge, 2007 (author). Nathalie political decision making. Freud believes the A: As I mentioned earlier, we can generally Iran, is one of pressure and psychological security situation and get the heart and is the 2008 winner of the Anna Lindh award for the study of current trend in everybody’s life is affected describe Trump’s character as a “narcissist warfare. Trump uses different options of mind of the international community to European Foreign Policy. by their unconscious self, which is made up authoritarian.” Narcissist people seek power. talks as well as carrot and stick at the same get on board with us. Of course, it would Following is the full text of the interview. of everyone’s past and childhood memories Moreover, they have charisma as well. They time, so that one of them might work. He be an arduous and time-consuming task. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign that constitute his or her character. Trump come to power in times of crisis when people mostly uses techniques of psychological All in all, each policy belongs to its special Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Iranian For- grew up in a family most of whose members are looking for a powerful leader who can warfare and imposing his will on the other period of time. eign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. What is your take on the move? Is it a diplomatic norm? A: Sanctions on individuals are of course part of the foreign policy toolbox. But to sanction a diplomat, in fact, the top diplomat, of a country certainly is not the diplomatic norm. Diplomacy is ‘Europe not doing enough to help Iran fight Narcotics’ most needed when there are problems, conflicts or tensions to IFP —Iran says it is paying a very high cost in its years- drug trade. This economy is lucrative for drug cartels solve and address, and there are plenty of these between the US long war on drugs and the smuggling of narcotics from but detrimental to governments and citizens. A clear and Iran. To sanction the Iranian foreign minister is paradoxical, Afghanistan, but the Europeans are not contributing example of that is the 200-trillion-toman loss inflicted to say the least. enough. on Iran’s economy. According to a statement by OFAC, Zarif continues to Over the past ten years, despite the fact that interna- How binding are international obligations for “spread the regime’s propaganda and disinformation around the tional commitments have always obliged signatory states the signatories? world through these mediums.” What do you think? to pay the global cost of fighting drug-smuggling, there A: An international convention is binding for a country A: There are different views of Iran’s role in the world, and it is have been fluctuations in the European Union’s financial when it is in conformity with the structure and laws of well known that the US administration’s views are very negative. and equipment aid to the Islamic Republic of Iran to that country. In my opinion, the Islamic Republic of But it is difficult to dispute the fact that part of a foreign minister’s help combat narcotics smuggled out of Afghanistan. Iran is among the countries which, during their cam- job description is to promote through different communication The latest case is when the EU, under the pretext paign on narcotics, have been able to adapt themselves mediums the positions and opinions of its government. of sanctions, cut off its aid to Iran for war on drugs in to conventions well. This is while European countries Following the announcement, Zarif took to Twitter and said, May, 2018 when the US pulled out of the Iran nuclear have acted contrary to what we have done, so much so “The US’ reason for designating me is that I am Iran’s ‘primary deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that today, in comparison with 15 years ago, they have spokesperson around the world’. Is the truth really that painful?” (JCPOA). tremendously cut down on their aid to the Iranian gov- What are your thoughts on this? Saeed Sefatian, the former director-general for treat- ernment for fighting illicit drugs. Even the UNODC’s A: That indeed a foreign minister is the primary spokesperson ment affairs at the Iran Drug Control Headquarters, has, funds for Iran’s war on drugs have dropped considerably of its government in the world. This is what the job is all about. in an interview with the Etemad daily, weighed in on compared to 15 years ago.International aid, especially Is the move consistent with the Trump administration’s claims about its willingness to talk with Iran? the European Union’s disregard for diplomatic rules. um production, either, especially when Afghan farmers US and Europe’s funding, to the UNODC has also de- A: Extremely difficult to see how it can be. The interview was published as part of a featured article have, in recent years, been using genetically modified creased considerably. We should ask Europeans why What implications may the move have for Europe since the entitled “War of Opium”, published a few days ago. seeds which produce poppies with bigger flowers and they haven’t involved themselves that much, especially EU is making every attempt to preserve the JCPOA? Excerpts of the interview follow: higher morphine content, thus producing more drugs. when they know Iran is at the forefront of the campaign A: Not many, in fact, I don’t see why it should have any re- Over the past 6 years, secretaries general of the What possible situation can emerge after Iran against narcotics and is suffering enormous economic percussions on European efforts to save the JCPOA. This work, Drug Control Headquarters have warned that if Iran stops fighting the smuggling of heroin to Europe? pressure in that regard and is grappling with problems stops fighting drug-trafficking and the smuggling of as a result of sanctions today. hard as it is, will continue regardless. A: Let’s suppose the Iranian government announces narcotics, the illicit drugs produced in Afghanistan will and implements a halt in fighting narco-trafficking reach European countries more easily. How do you an- and stops sealing the country’s western borders. As alyze the warning by Iranian authorities? the major part of the illicit drugs smuggled toward First Announcement 1398.2802 A: In order to analyze this issue, we should examine Europe is heroin, the price of heroin will drop as how the situation in Afghanistan, Iran and Europe has نوبت اول the risk of smuggling will drop, too. Today, hashish been affected by the issue of drug-smuggling over the is the mostly-used drug in Europe. Following a N.I.S.O.C N.I.S.O.C past two decades. 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After two or three years and in Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tender are requested to send their “intention To Participate” letter via international institution. fax to the following fax number / Email address along with their resume according to Qualitative Assessment Form the wake of serious social and cultural changes The Europeans, including Britain, France and the following a shift in the consumption pattern, Eu- no. 1, available at: WWW.nisoc.ir , not later than 14 days after the second announcement, otherwise, their requests for Netherlands, also spent a fortune to stop drug production ropean governments will definitely have to change .participation in the tender will be disregarded in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, the most powerful country rules and tighten regulations and even intensify The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide and submit in the Middle East region that fights narcotics is Iran. A preventive education. .a bid bond of 21,334 EURO or 1,004,766,960 RIAL, in favor of NISOC testament to that is the more than three thousand forces Some time ago, a figure was announced with re- Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Forms can be killed and around 10,000 wounded during the course gards to the losses inflicted on the Iranian economy; accessed via: WWW.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab of combating illicit drugs. The number of those killed 50 trillion tomans, which includes the government ex- ONLY ACCEPTABLE DELIVERY TERM IS D.D.P. NISOC’S WAREHOUSE, AGHA JARI, IRAN PAYMENT TERM IS C.O.D. SUBSE- or disabled in the Iranian war on drugs equals that of penditure for sealing borders and even the human and QUENT TO NISOC’ S MATERIAL APPROVAL NO ADVANCE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID countries in the European Union, North America, the social costs of drug addiction. If this amount of money Pacific and Asia. It is very true that we have kept Afghan had not been spent on fighting drugs and measures to FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT narcotics from being smuggled into Europe, but the counter the transport of drugs, to what extent could it Bldg. No. 104, Material Procurement Management Complex question is how much opium and heroin Afghanistan have contributed to the country’s economy? really produces. Unlike public announcement that some Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site), Ahvaz, Iran A: We conducted a survey in 2002 on the economy Tel. No.: 061 341 24644 Fax No.: 061 3445 7437 230 or 250 thousand hectares of land are under poppy of narcotics. At that time, war on drugs had cost the cultivation in Afghanistan, the actual figure is really not nation around $ 11 million, which is equal to some 200 Public Relations www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir http://iets.mporg.ir تهران تایمز نوبت اول 14/5/98نوبت دوم clear. Therefore, we cannot announce a figure for opi- trillion tomans today. 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Stars may keep spinning fast, Stargazing in August: What to look out for in the skies long into old age this month The summer skies can never rival the firmament of winter, spangled Stars may keep some of their youthful vigor shown that the star rotates once every 47 days. with its profusion of brilliant, glittering stars. But there are wonders as they age. Astronomers have spotted a star “The only way to explain a star of that to be found if you seek them out. in its twilight years that spins much faster age having that rotation period is that this It’s high summer now, and if you look overhead, you’ll see the than expected. The discovery supports a new stalled rotation has to kick in around middle sky is dominated by a triangle of three bright stars. The “Summer idea that, rather than continually slowing age,” Metcalfe says. “It’s a smoking gun.” Triangle” isn’t a constellation in its own right, but a giant shape with age, some stars may have a magnetic He hopes to repeat the experiment with formed by the brightest stars from: Aquila, Cygnus and Lyra. midlife crisis that keeps them on a roll. hundreds of more stars over the course of The stars appear roughly the same brightness, but it’s amazing “This process of slowing rotation … that the TESS mission. what cosmic tricks distance can play. Altair in Aquila is the closest, we assumed happened indefinitely over Stars might stop slowing their rotation at a mere 17 light years, where a light year – the distance a ray of the lifetime of a star may be interrupted in because of a midlife change in their light travels in one year – is almost 10 trillion kilometers. This the middle of a star’s life,” says astronomer magnetic field. A star’s magnetic field young white star spins ferociously, with a “day” of nine hours Travis Metcalfe of the Space Science drives its stellar wind, which carries mass (as compared to over 25 days for the sun). This frenzied rotation Institute in Boulder, Colo. He presented new and angular momentum away from the rate means that Altair is close to breaking up. measurements of the star’s age July 30 at star, contributing to its slowdown. But if Pure-white Vega is in Lyra. It’s the fifth-brightest star in the the first TESS Science Conference. the magnetic field changes its geometry sky, and is 25 light years away. Because the Earth’s axis gradually The star, 94 Aquarii Aa, is a member of a around the middle of a star’s life, shifting “wobbles” (an effect called triple-star system in the constellation Aquarius from dominating the entire star to a more precession), Vega will become about 69 light-years from Earth. Its color small-scale field, that could weaken the our pole star around AD14000. and brightness suggest that it’s in the part magnetic field’s control over the star’s It’s surrounded by a disc of dust of a star’s life cycle called the subgiant stage, rotation, Metcalfe says. that may be forming into planets. which happens near the end of a sunlike star’s “This is the first time we’ve seen convincing Deneb, in Cygnus, is the life as it starts running out of fuel. evidence that you have to invoke [the stalled rule-breaking member of But it’s difficult to pinpoint a star’s age. how oscillations, or “starquakes,” ripple As an aging subgiant, 94 Aquarii Aa made a slowdown] to explain the rotation of a the trio. Although it looks Theories of stellar evolution predict that through a star’s interior, a technique called good test case, Metcalfe said. He used NASA’s subgiant,” says Jason Curtis, an astronomer at roughly as bright as Altair and young stars rotate quickly but slow as they asteroseismology. Those ripples’ speeds are Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, Columbia University. Astronomers had a lot Vega, that’s an illusion. This age and lose angular momentum, a process closely linked to the star’s mass and interior the successor to Kepler, to estimate the star’s of skepticism about Metcalfe and colleagues’ celestial beacon is estimated called spinning down. So astronomers often structure. Structure changes over the course age and mass using asteroseismology. It’s previous work using Kepler data, he says, but to lie between 1,500 and 2,000 use a star’s spin rate to estimate age. of a star’s life, so asteroseismology is a good about 6.2 billion years old, he found, and 1.2 “every time they look at it from a different light years away from the sun. Recently, though, data have emerged that way to estimate a star’s age. In 2016, Metcalfe times the mass of the sun. (In comparison, angle, it becomes more convincing.” This means that Deneb is some raise questions about whether that aging and colleagues reported in Nature that Kepler the sun is 4.5 billion years old.) Unfortunately, the result might mean that 50,000-200,000 times more scenario is correct. was finding old stars that rotated too fast for If it had been spinning down its whole life, astronomers can’t use stars’ spin speeds to luminous than our local star. NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which their ages. Young stars followed the spin- a star of that mass should now be rotating once guess ages anymore. “If that stops working The constellations these stars watched distant stars for signs of orbiting down trends, but around middle age, stars’ every 78 days. But previous measurements in old stars, that’s a bummer,” Curtis says. head up are no less fascinating. True, Aquila is a bit insipid to planets from 2009 to 2018, tracked spin speed leveled off. made from ground-based telescopes had (Source: sciencenews.org) look at, but it does resemble a flying eagle. It boasts a star – Eta Aquilae – that pulsates and varies regularly in brightness, and is one of the brightest of the Cepheid variable stars that are used Scientists reproduce the dynamics behind astrophysical shocks for measuring distances to other galaxies. High-energy shock waves driven by solar flares and coronal by the interaction of waves and plasma particles rather than acted like a snowplow, sweeping up ions in the ambient Cygnus is a glorious flying swan, neck and wings outstretched, mass ejections of plasma from the sun erupt throughout the by collisions between the particles themselves. plasma embedded in a magnetic field. flying along the Milky Way. Sweep the constellation with binoculars solar system, unleashing magnetic space storms that can The research produced measurement of the full run-up to As more of these ions became swept up, they formed or a small telescope: you’ll discover glowing patches of fuzzy damage satellites, disrupt cell phone service and blackout shocks. “Direct measurement is an elegant way to see how the a barrier that kept the piston from acting further. “Once brightness. These are just a few of the star clusters and nebulae power grids on Earth. Also driving high-energy waves is the particles are moving and interacting,” said physicist Derek you’ve piled up enough ‘snow’, the shock decouples from embedded in the Milky Way. solar wind -- plasma that constantly flows from the sun and Schaeffer of PPPL and Princeton University, who led the the piston,” Schaeffer said. Make your way down to the “head” of the swan (opposite buffets the Earth’s protective magnetic field. research. “Our paper shows that we can employ a powerful The halted piston handed off formation of the shock to direction from Cygnus). There you’ll see a great dark cloud – Now experiments led by researchers at the U.S. Department diagnostic to study the particle motions that lead to shocks.” the highly compressed magnetized plasma, which gave rise the Cygnus Rift – silhouetted against the Milky Way. This is an of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) The research, conducted on the Omega laser facility at to the sudden collisionless jump. agglomeration of dark cosmic dust (interstellar soot) that will in the Princeton Center for Heliophysics have for the first time the University of Rochester, produced a laser-driven plasma Researchers used a diagnostic called Thompson scattering be a birthplace for future stars. reproduced the process behind the source of such shocks. The -- called a “piston” plasma -- that expanded at the supersonic to track these developments. The diagnostic detects laser light While you’re at the head, take in Albireo. If you have a small findings bridge the gap between laboratory and spacecraft rate of more than one million miles per hour through a pre- scattered off the electrons in plasma, enabling measurement telescope, you’ll see its double star of gold and sapphire. We rate observations and advance understanding of how the universe works. existing ambient plasma. The expansion accelerated ions of the temperature and density of the electrons and the speed Albireo as the most beautiful double star in the sky The experiments, reported in Physical Review Letters, in the ambient plasma to speeds of roughly half-a-million of the flowing ions. The results, the authors write, show that Lyra is the smallest of the three constellations. Perfectly-formed, show how the interaction of plasma -- the state of matter miles per hour, simulating the forerunner to collisionless laboratory experiments can probe the behavior of plasma particles it looks like a tiny lyre – but it’s packed with goodies. To the left composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei, or ions -- can shocks that occur throughout the cosmos. in the precursor to collisionless astrophysical shocks, “and can of Vega, you’ll spot a star; and – if you’re keen-sighted – you’ll cause sudden jumps in plasma pressure and magnetic field The research unfolded in several stages: complement, and in some cases overcome the limitations of notice that it’s double. Now take a small telescope to it... Yes, each strength that can accelerate particles to near the speed of First, creation of the piston plasma reproduced the similar measurements undertaken by spacecraft missions.” of the components is double. This is Epsilon Lyrae: but everyone light. Such shocks are “collisionless” because they are formed supersonic plasmas that form in outer space. The piston (Source: Science Daily) calls it the “Double Double”. Now for Lyra’s hidden gem; but you’ll need a medium-sized telescope for this. Between the bottom two stars of the constellation lies a beautiful – but ghostly – star corpse, a planetary nebula This newfound predator may have Mysterious human ‘love hormone’ turns (a name coined by William Herschel, as these objects resemble Uranus, a planet he’d discovered). terrorized the Cambrian seafloor starfish stomachs inside out, study finds The Ring Nebula looks like a cosmic smoke-ring. It’s the remains of an unstable red giant which puffed its atmosphere into space when it ran out of nuclear fuel. At the centre of the ring is the collapsed core of the old star: its fate will be to dwindle into a cold, black cinder. It’s a reminder of the destiny of our sun – but at least we have 7 billion years to go. As it grows dark, you can’t miss brilliant Jupiter, low in the southwest. The giant planet shines brighter than any of the stars, and a small telescope – or even binoculars held steadily – will reveal its four biggest moons. The reddish star to Jupiter’s lower right is Antares, the heart of Scorpius, the celestial scorpion. And the “star” rather further to the left of Jupiter is the planet Saturn. Through a telescope you can spot the famous rings girdling this cream-colored world. If you’d like a harder planetary challenge, set your alarm for the early hours any morning around the middle of the month. Scan with your eyes – or binoculars – along the eastern horizon between 5 and 6am, for a glimpse of tiny Mercury, the planet that most closely hugs the sun as it speeds round in a “year” that lasts only 88 of our days. We have two special events in store this month. On the night of A fierce predator, with spiny claws and help explain the clusters of appendages The mysterious “love hormone” released in In humans, oxytocin molecules bind 12-13 August, the Earth runs into a stream of debris from Comet a round, rasping mouth, terrorized the and carapaces. humans when they fall head over heels for with receptors in the brain and in doing so Swift-Tuttle. Tiny dust grains hurtle into the atmosphere, and Cambrian seafloor 508 million years ago as The team spotted what turned out to be someone causes starfish to turn their stomachs influence maternal care, social interactions burn up in a shower of meteors. These shooting stars seem to it raked through the sand in search of food. the first specimen of C. falcatus in 2012. inside out, scientists have discovered. and stress and anxiety levels. The hormone stream outwards from the constellation Perseus, so they’re called Dubbed Cambroraster falcatus, the “But we didn’t know what we were looking Oxytocin is an ancient hormone that has also been suggested as a treatment for the Perseids. Although one of the most reliable and prolific of predator was about 30 centimeters long at” because the specimens were mostly has different functions across species – anxiety, depression, addiction, anorexia the regular meteor showers, the Perseids this year are competing — which, to the tiny prey of the time, likely just bits and pieces, Caron says. Then, in previous studies have shown it makes mice and schizophrenia owing to its ability to with light pollution from bright moonlight, and we’ll only be able seemed monstrous enough. But C. falcatus 2016, Caron and paleontologist Joseph lose their appetite and makes some birds promote social and bonding behavior. to see the brightest shooting stars. also had a pair of jointed limbs that ended Moysiuk of the University of Toronto found more generous. Starfish were injected with the hormone And on the night of 23-24 August watch the moon carefully in rakelike claws, a round mouth lined the key to the puzzle: a nearly complete In the latest research, scientists injected and within a few minutes started bending after it rises around midnight. The bright star nearby is Aldebaran, with sharp, serrated plates and a broad, fossil of the creature. the chemical into starfish and found it their arms and adopted a “humped” posture, marking the red eye of the celestial bull, Taurus. Between them lie shield-shaped carapace that covered Cambroraster refers both to the triggered their mechanism of “everting” similar to that used when feeding – and the the stars of the Hyades cluster. Observe through the early hours, its head and most of its back, giving it a Cambrian Period when this critter reigned – turning out their stomachs in the posture stomach was then everted from the mouth. preferably with binoculars or a small telescope, and you’ll see the distinct resemblance to a horseshoe crab, and to the rakelike shape of its front they use for eating. The animals feed by climbing onto moon move in front of several of the Hyades. They blink out, and or perhaps a spaceship. claws, and falcatus to the sickle shape of Researchers from Queen Mary University shellfish and adopting this posture, then reappear, suddenly behind the sharp airless edge of the moon. Researchers, who describe C. falcatus the carapace. C. falcatus may have used of London said the experiment could help using the tiny tube feet under their arms (Source: The Independent) for the first time July 31 in the Proceedings its long, spiky claws to rake through the control the feeding patterns of the starfish to pull apart the two valves of their prey. of the Royal Society B, have now found sand and form a kind of basket in which species called the crown of thorns. This The starfish then evert their stomach into hundreds of fossils of the ancient arthropod it trapped animals such as worms, small species feeds on coral and has “a devastating the gap they have created, before digesting — including one showing the critter’s entire arthropods and even small fish. It may also impact” on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. the soft tissues into a soup-like mixture Russian spaceship brings 3 tons body, both front and back — in Canada’s have plowed through sediment with its Lead author Professor Maurice Elphick and drawing this back into their body to of supplies to space station Burgess Shale. spaceship-shaped head. said: “Our study has provided important eat, according to the study published in The creature’s round, tooth-filled “What’s striking about this animal is new evidence that oxytocin-type molecules the journal BMC Biology. mouth “is a type of mouth that doesn’t exist that it opens a new window into predation are important and ancient regulators of Professor Elphick said: “What is An unmanned Russian spaceship carrying tons of supplies to the anymore,” and is characteristic of an extinct during the Cambrian,” Caron says. Previous feeding in animals. fascinating is that injecting the hormone International Space Station has docked with the orbiting laboratory. group of arthropods called radiodonts, says fossil finds sketched a relatively simple “So oxytocin is much more than a ‘love in starfish induces what is known as fictive The Progress 73 cargo ship blasted off atop a Soyuz rocket Jean-Bernard Caron, a paleontologist at ecosystem structure, he says: Shrimplike hormone’ – perhaps especially for animals feeding. The starfish are behaving as if they at 1210 GMT Wednesday from the Russian space complex in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. predator Anomalocaris was at the top, and like starfish that don’t fall in love.” are feeding on a mussel or an oyster but Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and docked with the ISS about 3 ½ hours Radiodonts, in general, are rare in the fossil some smaller specialized arthropods like Dr Esther Odekunle, formerly a PhD no mussel or oyster is there to be eaten.” later after two orbits. record, Caron says. trilobites scuttled along the seafloor. student at the university, added: “This The researchers also found the effect of The Progress is carrying about 3 tons (2.7 metric tons) of So it was all the more remarkable to But C. falcatus was something else, he research may provide a basis for the oxytocin was so powerful it made starfish two food, fuel and supplies to the space station, which currently has find so many specimens of C. falcatus in says: a remarkable and fierce predator that development of novel chemical methods to three times slower at righting themselves six astronauts aboard. one location, where the animals may have occupied its own niche, with adaptations to control their appetite for coral.” when flipped over – an important defense Those on the space station now include Nick Hague, Christina gathered thanks to abundant food. A mass “that really allowed it to feed on anything Oxytocin-type molecules have been mechanism when they are upturned by Koch and Andrew Morgan of the United States, Russians Alexander molting event may also have occurred at the living in the mud.” acting in the nervous systems of animals strong waves. Skvortsov and Alexey Ovchinin and Luca Parmitano of Italy. site, the researchers speculate, which would (Source: sciencenews.org) for more than half a billion years. (Source: The Independent) (Source: AP News) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM AUGUST 5, 2019

Yazd festival offering local Iran introduces Iranian dishes

HERITAGE TEHRAN — A wide variety of dishes, indige- desknous to many corners of Iran, are being offered gigantic to visitors under one roof in the city of Yazd, central Iran. The gastronomy festival also features foods of various Iranian nomads and tribes, ISNA reported. handwoven carpet HERITAGE TEHRAN — President decorative scheme, ranging from a single me- deskHassan Rouhani on dallion to the complexity of a star centerpiece Thursday unveiled a gigantic handwoven with pendants and cartouches, reflected by carpet during the opening ceremony of an quarter-medallions similarly elaborated in international carpet fair, running in Tabriz the corners of the field. The ground pattern from August 1 to 4. often features coiled arabesque vine work. Measuring 600 square meters, the car- Over 5,397,000 tons of Iranian carpets, pet is said to be worth some $100 million, worth $424.451 million, were exported to Tasnim reported. over 70 countries with the U.S. standing Iranian cooking can be seen as a metaphor for the country Tabriz International Carpet Fair fea- on top of the importers list, during the itself: It’s tart, sweet, fragrant and vastly complex. It’s one of the tured handwoven carpets from Isfahan, past fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019). world’s oldest, yet largely obscure, culinary landscapes, with Gilan, Qom, Tehran as well as East and Germany, the UK, Italy, France, Spain, roots dating back to the Persian Empire. West Azarbaijan provinces. It also show- Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Portugal, Experts say that food is not merely an organic product with cased tens of works by foreign exhibitors. Denmark, Sweden and Norway as well as biochemical compositions. However, for members of each com- Tabriz, which is capital of northwestern Hungary, Romania, Poland and Ireland are munity, food is defined as a cultural element. East Azarbaijan province, was named the major importers of Iranian carpet. Organized in close collaboration with the Cultural Heritage, world city of carpet by the World Crafts Persian carpets are sought after inter- Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, the festival will be run- Council in 2015. nationally for their delicate designs and President Hassan Rouhani stands on a 600-square-meter handwoven carpet in an ning through August 16. Tabriz carpets usually show a medallion good quality. international carpet exhibit in Tabriz, August 1, 2019.

Singapore Airlines adds free in-flight Wi-Fi for first class UNESCO-tagged Bisotun hosting passengers workshop for tour guides TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran’s UN- and Tourism Organization, along with ated on the order of Darius I in 521 BC. It Singapore Airlines has offered free Wi-Fi to select premium pas- deskESCO-tagged Bisotun is several cultural officials attended the was the first cuneiform writing that was sengers for a number of years now. However, free Wi-Fi was hosting a 5-day professional workshop opening ceremony of the event that deciphered in the 19th century. restricted with data caps, even in First Class and First Suites. for tourist guides as the country is trying runs through August 8. UNESCO says that Bisotun bears an Additionally, passengers traveling in Business Class and se- its best to draw more sightseers. Situated in western Kermanshah prov- outstanding testimony to the important lect upper-tier elite frequent flyers will receive free Wi-Fi with Organizers have invited some world ince, Bisotun comprises immense life- interchange of human values on the a higher data cap. experts to share their knowledge on tour size carvings depicting the Achaemenid development of monumental art and All other passengers will still have the option to purchase guiding and its world standards and to king Darius I and several other figures. writing, reflecting ancient traditions in-flight Wi-Fi. provide a deeper insight on UNESCO It also bears three different cuneiform in monumental bas-reliefs. Passengers who receive free Wi-Fi access will need to activate world heritage sites, CHTN reported. script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, Nearly 7.8 million foreign nationals their session via the in-flight Wi-Fi portal through the “compli- Mohammad-Hassan Talebian and and Babylonian. visited the Islamic Republic during the mentary access” page. Vali Teymouri, who are deputies for Measuring about 15 meters high and past year (ended March 20), which shows While free unlimited Wi-Fi is a fantastic addition to First the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts 25 meters wide, the inscription was cre- a 52.5 percent increase year on year. Suites and First Class, it should be noted that Wi-Fi speeds vary on Singapore Airlines. Nonetheless, premium passengers can now kill time in the sky sending emails and checking Twitter without having to worry about restrictive data caps. Visitors to West Azarbaijan museums almost doubles yr/yr (Source: MSN) HERITAGE TEHRAN — With its rich culture and archaeological site of Teppe Hasanlu and the ruined Bastam deskunique natural landscapes, Iran’s West Citadel were also hosted many more visitors, the official added. ROUND THE GLOBE Azarbaijan province is becoming an increasingly popular There are eleven heritage museums across the province destination for local and even international travelers. that harbor some 30,000 objects, testifying its vibrant his- The province has seen a nearly 100 percent rise in the tory, arts and architecture. Tugendhat Villa in Brno number of visitors to its museums during the Iranian cal- Azarbaijan is bounded on the north by the Aras River, endar month of Tir (June 22-July 22) in comparison to the which separates it from Azerbaijan and Armenia, and on The Tugendhat Villa, which is a UNESCO World Her- same month last year, a provincial tourism official said on the west by Iraq and Turkey. itage, stands tall in Brno, in the district of Cerna Pole, Saturday, CHTN reported. The region was a center of several ancient civilizations. in the south of South Moravia in the Czech Republic. Nearly 19,174 people toured museums across the north- According to Britannica, it was conquered by Alexander the The villa was designed by the architect Ludwig Mies wesrern province during the month, according to the report. Great in the 4th century BC and was named Atropatene after van der Rohe and built on a commission from Grete and Along with museums, cultural heritage and historical one of Alexander’s generals, Atropates, who established a Frits Tugendhat, members of rich industrial families sites such as the two UNESCO sites of Takht-e Soleyman small kingdom there. Ultimately, the area returned to Persian of Brno, in 1929–1930. and Qareh Klise (St. Thaddeus Monastery), as well as the (Iranian) rule under the Sasanians in the 3rd century CE. How the black travel movement is gaining momentum Fed up of constant job rejections, 29-year- across the globe. old Craig Kingston decided he need to do “We were amazed at how hard it was to something drastic. find a community of travelers who looked So the South Florida native quit the nine like us, much less find high quality images to five role he hated, booked a one way ticket or stories about them online,” Wilson says. to Vietnam and sold all his stuff. “Travel Noire created a space for people But he wasn’t quite prepared for the at- of color to see themselves in the travel indus- tention he’d receive once he made the move try; by curating beautiful images, by placing to the Southeast Asian country. people all over the world, and by making “One of the biggest things I face being the travel industry a space that was for us.” black and abroad, especially in Vietnam, is But this is about a lot more than just the staring,” he tells CNN Travel. images. “There aren’t a lot of black people in Vi- With nearly five million black millenni- The prominent German architect Ludwig Mies van etnam compared to Thailand and Malaysia, al travelers in the U.S. (this group spent at der Rohe designed not only the villa but also its furni- so people stare at you to a point where it least $63 billion there in 2018), there’s a ture and the adjacent garden. Moreover, Mies van der becomes uncomfortable. huge business opportunity for brands that Rohe closely supervised the execution of the building “I literally saw someone almost get into successfully cater to this market. project to achieve perfection. an accident on their bike staring at me.” “There’s a lot of disposable income being The Tugendhat Villa in Brno is a pioneering work of Challenging stereotypes spent on international travel but also a lot of modern 20th century residential architecture. It em- In some respects, the reactions he got people that aren’t being catered to in the travel bodies innovative spatial and aesthetic concepts that weren’t surprising. The assumption -- for some industry,” says Simone Ashley White, associate were developed in housing at that time to meet the new panies and businesses, while also partnering Travel Noire helps to share stories like anyway -- is that black people don’t travel. director of business development for Blavity, needs arising from the modern way of life, by taking with content creators and online influencers Kingston’s by inviting its audience to write According to Mandala Research Firm, Inc. (the parent company of Travel Noire). advantage of the opportunities afforded by modern as major players in the travel movement. about their travel experiences, whether it’s 17% of African Americans take one or more “The goal is to push people to travel even industrial production. Given that the most popular destinations about becoming fearless in Thailand or finding international trips and travel locally more more and also to work with the countries Designing the interior residential area as a space with- span all parts of the planet, from Cape Town peace in Japan. than six times per year. they’re traveling to. out limits determines the architecture of the Tugendhat to Colombia, Bali to Barbados, and Ghana “Overall, black travelers are interested in However, travel publications often paint “We’re partnering with tourism boards Villa. The villa also reflects the desire of Mies van der to Greece, this can be challenging at times. going to destinations they are curious about; a picture of a stereotyped Western tourist to think about how we tell that story, how we Rohe to create an architecture concentrating on the “For destinations throughout Africa and the where they feel a sense of connection, an usually gazing at the horizon from the edge bring more dollars to different countries, and essential and aiming at the purest expression in each Caribbean, there’s a keen interest in landing opportunity to be challenged, and have the an infinity pool. how we reach black travelers where they are.” detail as well as in the whole. in a place that has a significant population chance to step outside their comfort zone “If you look at major campaigns or ad- Travel Noire has invested heavily in its A winter garden occupies almost two-thirds of the of black natives,” says Wilson. and be transformed,” Wilson says. vertisements for travel -- especially luxury online presence in order to reflect the digital entire floor space of the main floor. Subtle divisions “Apart from these spaces being absolutely “And, just like every other group that trav- travel -- you don’t see brown faces,” says world we live in. made of rosewood and onyx separate spaces of this beautiful, there’s a sense of connection, com- els, they want an opportunity to get away Marissa Wilson, general manager of Travel The brand reaches over a million people same floor, such as the reception hall, the music corner fort, and excitement in traveling to places from everyday life and enjoy everything the Noire, a media company founded in 2014. on social media, and also produces a news- and the library. where a huge part of the population looks world has to offer.” “That causes an issue because, psycho- letter that goes out to more than 150,000 Integrity like you. Travel Noire is building on its digital suc- logically, it makes those people feel like this people every day. The main components of the property, namely the “And for destinations throughout Asia cess -- it regularly offers live webinars that isn’t made for them. “We often work with influencers for mar- house and the garden, are still present and are located and Central/South America, I think there’s a reach up to 10,000 people at a time -- by “Like they’re not supposed to be traveling. keting campaigns as well as curating our own within the boundaries of the property. The protective huge curiosity for what life is like for locals.” organizing in-person meet-ups. These act We wanted to infiltrate that narrative and city guides,” White says of its custom itin- zone of the urban heritage reservation serves as the Kingston made his move to Vietnam over a as opportunities for people to come together flip it on its head.” eraries, which provide actionable content buffer zone of the Tugendhat Villa. The views of the year ago and says he has no plans of returning in the real world. Besides addressing the under representa- for over a hundred destinations worldwide. villa and those from the villa of the town have been to the United States. “People are building a life around explora- tion of travelers of color, Travel Noire aims “We want people on the ground experienc- preserved. All risks of the erection of buildings that “There’s nothing there for me,” he admits. tion and it helps to give others actionable steps to challenge limiting beliefs around the ac- ing these things. That’s important, because could compromise the visual field of the villa are kept “Why go back to work another dead job because on how they can achieve this,” Wilson says. cessibility of travel while providing access to we know we can’t tell you what’s happening under control by the bodies responsible for heritage I don’t have eight years of experience with “That’s important, especially for folks who resources that cater to their needs. in other countries day to day from the U.S.” preservation. my degree for most high paying positions, might just be starting their travel journey This means a big part of its work involves Cultural insight (Source: UNESCO) when I can live life, be happy, and travel from the beginning.” curating imagery of black people traveling The goal is to work with local tour com- the world?” (Source: CNN) TECHNOLOGY

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 5, 2019 HEALTH 11

New breast milk bank opened Rabies on the rise in Iran: official

HEALTH TEHRAN – The number of cases of rabies in deskIran increased in the past Iranian calendar year on World Breastfeeding Week 1397 (March 2018 – March 2019), compared to its preceding year, said Behzad Amiri, the head of zoonotic diseases department at HEALTH TEHRAN – The fifth Sayyari said breast milk contains several the ministry of health, ISNA reported on Sunday. deskbreast milk bank in antibodies and is sterile. Breast milk is nu- There were 182, 818 cases of rabies reported in 1396, while Iran was established in the city of Shiraz tritious enough for a baby after six months the figure rose to 207, 227 in 1397, he explained. during a ceremony on the occasion of World of age. Rabies, an infectious viral disease spread to people through Breastfeeding Week, an annual celebration No other diet is recommended during animal bites, is treated free of charge in health centers for rabies which is being held every year from August breastfeeding for mothers, he said. prevention nationwide, he said. 1 to 7. World Breastfeeding Week 2019 According to studies, breast milk is According to World Health Organiza- the best choice for infants and increase tion (WHO) website, the WBW encourages their IQ nine notches in comparison with breastfeeding and improve the health of babies who do not consume human milk, babies around the world. It commemorates the head of Iranian Scientific Breastfeeding the Innocenti Declaration signed in August Promotion Society, Farid Imanzadeh, said 1990 by government policymakers, WHO, during the ceremony. UNICEF and other organizations to protect, He also pointed to emotional links be- promote and support breastfeeding. tween infants and mothers during breast- This year, WHO is working with UNICEF feeding, saying, thee breast milk bank is for and partners to promote the importance of mothers who cannot feed their babies and family-friendly policies to enable breast- provides them with sterilized breast milk. feeding and help parents nurture and bond The bank collects breast milks of volunteer with their children in early life, when it mothers and keep them after pasteurization matters most. This includes enacting paid He previously announced that there are some 700 rabies pre- and sterilization for infants who cannot be maternity leave for a minimum of 18 weeks, vention centers nationwide. If a person is bitten by an animal, he fed with breast milk, he explained. and paid paternity leave to encourage shared or she should refer to these centers and take preventive measures. The first breast milk bank was estab- responsibility of caring for their children Each rabies vaccine costs seven euros and each rabies serum lished in the city of Tabriz, northwestern foods for newborns. “Recent statistics released by the health on an equal basis. costs 56 euros, which imposes a great financial burden on the Iran, in 2016. The health ministry plans to prescribe ministry show 14% growth of breastfeeding Breastfeeding promotes better health ministry, he lamented. Other Iranian cities namely Ahvaz, formula for newborns suffering from dis- in comparison with previous years and we for mothers and children alike. Increas- However, only six people got rabies last year, he said. Mashhad and Isfahan are also equipped eases or mothers who cannot feed their anticipate more growth in coming years.” ing breastfeeding to near-universal levels In October 2018, Amiri announced that rabies impose 1.8 with breast milk banks. infants, he said. Meanwhile, neonatologist Ali-Akbar could save more than 800,000 lives every trillion rials (about $42 million) on the country annually. In recent years, mothers tend to use year, the majority being children under 6 He said that several working groups were formed to deal with formula for their newborns, but the health The bank collects breast milks of volunteer months. Breastfeeding decreases the risk of stray dogs, which is one of the main causes of rabies. ministry promotes breastfeeding nationwide, mothers and keep them after pasteurization mothers developing breast cancer, ovarian According to WHO, rabies is almost always fatal following the deputy health minister said during the cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. the onset of clinical symptoms. In up to 99% of cases, domestic ceremony. and sterilization for infants who cannot be It is estimated that increased breastfeeding dogs are responsible for rabies virus transmission to humans. Alireza Raeisi said that breast milk pre- fed with breast milk could avert 20,000 maternal deaths each Globally, rabies deaths are rarely reported and children be- vents several diseases and is one of the best year due to breast cancer. tween the ages of 5–14 years are frequent victims. People with furious rabies exhibit signs of hyperactivity, ex- citable behaviour, hydrophobia (fear of water) and sometimes aerophobia (fear of drafts or of fresh air). Paralytic rabies accounts for about 20% of the total number Iranian researchers working on EBS to cure addiction, obesity of human cases. This form of rabies runs a less dramatic and HEALTH TEHRAN – Iranian researchers at Now, there are several devices related to electrical usually longer course than the furious form. Muscles gradually deskShahid Beheshti University’s Institute brain stimulation that are planned to be produced in Iran, become paralyzed, starting at the site of the bite or scratch. A for Cognitive and Brain Sciences are working on devices he announced. coma slowly develops, and eventually death occurs. for electrical brain stimulation (EBS) in order to cure “In this project, we aim to stimulate some parts of addiction and obesity, ISNA reported on Sunday. brain in order to develop personal control on habits. EBS, also referred to as focal brain stimulation (FBS), People suffering from obesity can control what they eat Calorie density — how to lose is a form of electrotherapy and technique used in research and addicted people become able to avoid using drugs.” and clinical neurobiology to stimulate a neuron or neural Investment in cognitive science comes after investment weight eating more food network in the brain through the direct or indirect ex- in biotechnology and nanotechnology, however the change citation of its cell membrane by using an electric current. speed is considerable in this field, he said. Calorie density describes the number of calories in a given volume “The human brain have two main aspects of chemical Moreover, cognitive studies deal with everyday prob- or weight of food. and electrical. The drug treatment targets the chemical lems of people like addiction, convulsion and depression, Understanding how it works can help you lose weight and aspect of brain for rehabilitation,” the faculty member he concluded. improve your diet. of the institute Hamed Ekhtiari explained. How does EBS work? What’s more, focusing on low-calorie-density foods allows you However, it is hoped to facilitate treatments for some According to sciencedirect.com, electrical brain stim- to eat a large volume of food while still cutting back on calories. diseases through focusing on electrical aspect of brain ulation can serve as a powerful reward. Rats actively seek This can have many health benefits, including increased nu- with some changes, he said. out such stimulation, vigorously performing tasks such trient intake and weight loss. Studies show that electrical brain stimulation is useful as lever pressing or alley running. This phenomenon of The rewarding effect is potentiated by many depend- This article explains everything you need to know about cal- for treatment of some diseases, he said, adding, “We are ‘brain stimulation reward’ (BSR) has been seen across the ence-inducing drugs and attenuated during withdrawal. orie density. trying to develop this technology in Iran to cope with vertebrate phylum, in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals, BSR sites are distributed widely, from the olfactory bulbs What is calorie density? some diseases like addiction, depression and convulsion.” including humans. The neural activity triggered by the to the caudal brainstem. Dopamine-, acetylcholine-, and Calorie density is a measure of the calorie content of food “We are now in research stage and we hope that with electrode can compete with, summate with, and substi- serotonin-containing neurons contribute to BSR, perhaps relative to its weight or volume. development of cognitive technology and investment of tute for natural rewards, such as food and water and may by modulating transmission in the reward-related circuitry It is also called energy density and is usually measured as research centers, we can manufacture devices to treat mimic signals that act as currencies for the evaluation or by relaying signals from the directly activated neurons calories per 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of food. pains,” he explained. and selection of goals. to later stages of the circuitry. Choosing foods with a low calorie density can help with weight loss. It makes you automatically eat fewer calories while still eating large and filling portions. An easier way to make sense of this is to imagine a full plate of food. The fewer calories the plate contains, the lower the calorie Could dementia and anemia be linked? density of the meal. A vegetable with 30 calories per 100 grams has a low calorie A recent study has concluded that people conditions, ranging from rare conditions density, while chocolate that has 550 calories per 100 grams has with both higher-than-normal and lower- (such as myelodysplastic syndrome) a very high calorie density. than-normal levels of hemoglobin have to more common occurrences (such as Although calorie density may be less well known than other a higher risk of developing dementia as inflammation). weight management concepts like calorie counting, choosing they age. Although the study authors attempted foods based on this measure may be simpler and more effective. A new paper looks at the link between to control for these factors in their analysis, For example, basing your diet on low-calorie-density foods hemoglobin and dementia risk. there is still a chance that they contribute tends to limit you to predominantly healthy and nutrient-rich Hemoglobin is a protein present in red to dementia through pathways other than whole foods. blood cells. hemoglobin levels. It can quickly clean up your diet, eliminating most calorie-dense, It is responsible for carrying life giving Why the link? processed foods that are generally unhealthy and easy to overeat. oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Because hemoglobin carries oxygen How does calorie density affect weight? Low levels of hemoglobin normally around the body, if there is too little of Eating too many calories is a key factor in weight gain. signify anemia. it, some parts of the brain can become Several studies have shown that individuals who consume Anemia is one of the most common hypoxic. This can produce inflammation low-calorie-density diets also eat fewer total calories per day. blood disorders; worldwide, it affects an and may damage the brain. This is linked to a lower body weight, body mass index (BMI), estimated 1.62 billion people. Alternatively, a lack of iron might be and waist circumference. Low hemoglobin levels are linked to part of the problem. As the authors outline: Accordingly, studies reveal that those whose diets comprise a number of adverse health outcomes, “Iron is vital for various cellular processes mostly high-calorie-density foods have an increased risk of weight including stroke and coronary heart in the brain, including neurotransmitter gain and obesity. disease. However, there is little information synthesis, mitochondrial function, and Calorie density also affects hunger. regarding how hemoglobin levels might (745 people) had anemia. presence of anemia was associated with myelination of neurons.” Low-calorie-density foods tend to provide less fat and more relate to the risk of dementia. In males, anemia rates increased with a 34% increase in the risk of all cause Why higher levels of hemoglobin might water and fiber. This is great for making you feel full and reducing Anemia and dementia age, but in females, anemia was most dementia, and [a] 41% increase for influence dementia risk is also up for debate. your daily calorie intake. Recently, researchers from the common before menopause. [Alzheimer’s disease].” One suggestion is that increased levels In contrast, many calorie-dense foods are highly processed Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, During the 12-year follow-up period, When the scientists analyzed the MRI would make blood more viscous; this makes and extremely palatable, making them easy to overeat. the Netherlands, decided to look for links 1,520 of these individuals developed data, they found a parallel correlation. it harder for blood to enter smaller blood Research indicates that whole foods tell your brain to stop eating, between hemoglobin levels, anemia, and dementia. People with higher and lower levels of vessels, potentially reducing oxygen supply. while this effect is delayed when you eat highly processed foods. dementia. They published their findings The researchers also had access to hemoglobin had a greater number of Although the new study is robust — In one study, participants ate 56% more calories when provided a this week in the journal Neurology. brain scans of 5,319 of the participants. lesions in their white matter and reduced having used detailed data and controlling high-energy-density meal, compared with a low-energy-density one. Earlier experiments had found an This allowed them to assess blood flow connectivity between brain areas. for a wide array of variables — there are Another study compared calorie intake for high- and low-cal- association between anemia and dementia, throughout the brain, signs of vascular The researchers also showed that certain limitations. For instance, the orie-density meals that were matched for palatability and ma- but most studies only followed participants disease, and connectivity between brain individuals with anemia were 45% more team did not measure levels of iron or B cronutrients. for an average of 3 years. regions. likely to have at least one microbleed than vitamins, which could be playing a role in People ate an average of 425 more calories when given the Because of the relatively short duration Significant increase in risk those without anemia. Microbleeds are tiny the interaction. calorie-dense meal than when given the low-calorie-density one. of these investigations, subtle changes in During their analysis, the scientists brain hemorrhages, most “likely caused by Also, they note that the participants A low-calorie-density diet helps you lose weight behavior, diet, or metabolism during the accounted for a range of variables that structural abnormalities” in blood vessels. were predominantly of European descent. It focuses on whole foods and limits your intake of processed early phases of dementia (befoe diagnosis) might skew the results. These included Having more microbleeds is associated Therefore, it is possible that the relationship foods, naturally increasing your intake of protein, vegetables, might explain the association they found. age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, with cognitive decline and dementia. might differ between populations. and fruit. The researchers decided to extend this body mass index (BMI), diabetes, kidney This study cannot prove that hemoglobin In conclusion, this study adds weight All of these foods have been shown to aid weight loss by re- time frame to develop a clearer picture. function, and cholesterol levels. levels cause dementia. For instance, the to the theory that hemoglobin levels are ducing total calorie intake per meal or per day. In all, they took data from 12,305 The scientists found that people with authors ask if underlying or associated associated with dementia risk. A low-calorie-density diet can lessen hunger since your stomach individuals with an average age of 65. None high and low hemoglobin levels had an vascular or metabolic changes, perhaps Because dementia is a huge and senses the volume of food you have consumed in a meal. of the participants had dementia at the increased risk of dementia compared involving iron or vitamins B-9 and B-12, growing concern, and because anemia is A low-calorie-density meal also fills your plate. This helps your start of the study. The scientists checked with individuals with mid range levels. might be driving the association. so widespread, understanding exactly how meal last longer and forces you to chew more, further increasing their hemoglobin levels at the beginning The authors write: Similarly, the researchers note this relationship works is a top priority. your feelings of fullness. of the trial, and 6.1% of the participants “Compared [with] no anemia, the that anemia can occur as part of many (Source: medicalnewstoday.com) (Source: healthline.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY AUGUST 5, 2019

Collapse at ice cave kills one Tehran exposed to landslide, land subsidence ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Landslide province is currently suffering from lack of ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — One person lost his life when deskand land subsidence are trees and vegetation, so the next flood might desktons of ice and rock collapsed in an ice cave in the two major threats in the Iranian capital wash off the whole province, he regretted. the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province on Friday, city of Tehran, which will pose threat to the He further called on the responsible bod- deputy director of the provincial Red Crescent Society has said. lives of at least 3 million people, Ali Beitollahi, ies to help save the province of Lorestan, The collapse took place at Chama ice cave located in the central secretary of the national working group on reforestation and water resources manage- part of Koohrang city, a popular spot for people wanting to get natural disasters has warned. ment are the two most important measures away from the heat. Referring to the differences between which must be taken urgently. An injured woman was rescued by the Red Crescent forces, landslide and land subsidence, he noted that Land subsidence an overlooked but no one trapped under the snow, Mehr quoted Reza Zaheri landslide refers to a wide range of ground threat to the country? Abdeh-Vand as saying. movements, such as rock falls, deep-seated Yahya Jamour, deputy director of Iran “After locals reported the collapse, we dispatched five teams slope failures, mudflows and debris flows. National Cartographic Center, said in April of relief and rescue forces,” he noted, adding, “After arriving at It is triggered by some specific events such that although land subsidence is too subtle to the incident scene, we saw a huge ice and rock fall.” as heavy rainfall, earthquake, slope cut to be detected, it must be tackled before incur- “Due to not being aware that whether any tourists have been build a road, and many others, although this ring great loss, which has been proved to be trapped under the ice, we had to chop a huge pile of ice and is not always identifiable. more destructive than flood and earthquake. snow with special equipment but finally found out that no one “Subsidence is the sudden sinking or “Recent floods were not the first natural is beneath it,” he explained. gradual downward settling of the ground›s disasters and definitely will not be the last, so Unfortunately, a young man from Kerman province lost life surface with little or no horizontal motion. we must be prepared before the incidents.” immediately after the collapse, he concluded. It may be caused by natural processes or In September 2018, geologist Mohammad Last year on August 24, Chama ice cave collapsed leaving one by human activities. The human activities Javad Bolourchi said that over 300 plains dead. Also a year earlier, two tourists from Shiraz, Fars province, include sub-surface mining or extraction in Iran are at high risk of experiencing land were killed in a similar incident. of underground fluids, or groundwater.” cannot be noticed early because it can occur ed by flood on March 19 which caused huge subsidence, and as long as there is virtually no Iran is greatly affected by both phenomena, gradually over large areas rather than in devastations in addition to landslides which reduction in illegal overuse of groundwater while landslide is more common in the capi- a small spot.” occurred in 1,300 parts of the province, resources, curbing subsidence will coincide tal, he lamented, ISNA reported on Sunday. For example, in southern Tehran, ground he lamented. with depletion of aquifers. Falling glacier kills three Referring to the areas prone to landslide in sinks about 20 to 25 centimeters annually Large holes have been found in in the Studies in the Iranian calendar years Tehran, he noted that southern part of the city on a large scale, if it continues over a long province, especially in oak forests, he said, 1388 (March 2009-March 2010), 1390 men on boat is more exposed to the threat due to shaking period of time, the land downwards about adding, many mountain rocks have been (March 2011-March 2012), and 1392 caused by underground transport system. (March 2013-March 2014), indicated that Three men are believed to have been killed by ice falling from a 6 meters over a thirty-year period, leading moved and displaced, and a large amount of “Landslide causes huge holes to open the plains in southern Tehran are subsiding melting glacier in Alaska. to cracking of the buildings as well as gas, soil flowed downward carrying many trees. up in the ground, which makes it different by an average of one millimeter a day (36 Two German citizens and an Austrian man were found dead oil and sewer pipes, he explained. Each 500-year old oak tree is worth with land subsidence, however, both are centimeters a year). in Valdez Glacier Lake, around 120 miles east of Anchorage. Southern areas of the capital are extremely $200,000 for its ecological value, while threatening the country.” In the Iranian calendar year 1384 (March The bodies were discovered in an area that “was littered with old, which are highly vulnerable to subsidence flood has depleted an oak tree aged over He went on to say that Tehran districts 2005-March 2006), the subsidence rate floating icebergs, glacial slush and challenging terrain for recov- and landslide, he stated, adding, about 3 800 years in the province, he noted. 17, 18 and 20 are prone to land subsidence, in Tehran plain has been measured at 17 ery,” according to a Valdez City spokesperson. million people are residing the areas affected “More importantly, even when a forest which is mainly caused by excessive ground- centimeters a year, it has been measured Those conditions, plus the location of the remains near the by both threats. burns, we may be able to start reforestation water withdrawal; when large amounts of 12 centimeters in Varamin county, in lowest end of Valdez Glacier, suggested that falling glacial ice Landslide harshly hit Lorestan months later and regenerate the area in groundwater have been withdrawn from southern Tehran. killed the boaters. province the long run, but when a landslide occurs, certain types of rocks, such as fine-grained This is while the run-down in plains of “Because of the ice debris in the area where they were found, Meanwhile, Reza Saki, an environmen- trees are completely depleted and almost sediments, the rock compacts because the Mashhad or Rafsanjan, which has set the that is what leads us to suspect that is what happened,” the spokes- talist, has warned that Lorestan province gone forever.” water is partly responsible for holding the record high for this phenomenon since the Ira- person added. cannot bear the consequences of rainfall, On the other hand, when landslide wipe ground up. nian calendar year 1345 (March 1966-March At least one of the victims was left with a severe head trauma. the city is highly vulnerable to flood, Mehr out the trees, the area will be more vulnerable “So, when the water is withdrawn, the 1967), is certainly higher, regarding the re- There were no eyewitnesses to the deaths. The three bodies reported on Sunday. to flooding, as the trees act like barriers to rocks falls in on itself, and land subsidence duction in precipitation rate. were found by kayakers on Tuesday. The province of Lorestan has been haunt- flood and reduce its devastation, but the The state medical examiner’s office will determine what killed the men shortly, the spokesperson said. The victims were identified as Manfred Brida, 62, of Austria, Smart system assessing students on career aptitude launched and Maria Elisabeth Schroer, 68, and Albrecht Paul Thomas Schroder-Shroer, of Germany. SOCIETY TEHRAN — An online system has All applicants can refer to the system and choose desk The three had been boating in an inflatable canoe-type craft, been launched to assess the student’s courses tailored to their cognitive ability, interests, and which was recovered from the scene, along with the victims’ personality from different aspects to help them discover personality traits, prior to the exam results announced, other belongings. the right career path and make better decisions when he noted, ISNA reported on Sunday. (Source: The Independent) choosing a field of study before the university entrance He went on to say that but for the next few days exam (Konkur), director for association of educational when the results are announced, the applicants can psychology has said. choose their field of study more accurately regarding WORDS IN THE NEWS The Iranian university entrance exam, is a stand- their ranks. ardized multiple choice test used as a means to gain No such system in the world has ever been designed South Africa Arms Deal admission to higher education in Iran. High school that can simultaneously measure intelligence, talent, graduates compete in an attempt to seek a place in one creativity, ability and interest, he highlighted, adding, (May 28, 2001) of the public universities after finishing the 12-year one of the problems with psychology and other academic In South Africa, public hearings are due to begin today (Monday, compulsory education. fields is one-dimensional approach, so that only the 28 May 2001) into a controversial 6 billion dollar arms deal. There After the exam results are announced, students can intelligence of the candidates is measured through the choose their desirable field of study. tests, but this system determines whether the person’s have been allegations of fraud and corruption surrounding the In Iran, as in many other countries where a university talents and ability regardless of the intelligence is com- deal since it was signed a year and a half ago. From Johannesburg, entrance exam is a sole criterion for student selection, of psychology and psychometric have launched a system patible to study a field. Nick Childs reports. it provides advantages to some candidates with better to recolonize the student’s career aptitude assessing their For example, an introvert should study in fields such Opinion on these hearings is divided, just as it is over the whole education and preparation, so, the exam remains an abilities, emotions and intelligence,” Fariborz Dortaj said. as chemistry and laboratory sciences that require min- arms deal. Supporters say the public inquiry is a genuine effort impediment to equal education access or right field of The traditional way of choosing field of study due to imal communication, he said. to provide some background and context to the controversial study based on the students’ personality or proper ca- ignoring intelligence, personality and abilities of the He concluded that the system also helps the parents deal. Critics say it’ll be a whitewash that could undermine and reers which fit well with who they really are. students resulted in academic failure, expulsion, and distinguish their children’s abilities or talents from their prejudice the three separate criminal investigations which are also “So, for the first time, researchers active in the fields college dropout, he lamented. early childhood. underway. Since the contract was signed at the end of 1999, its opponents have accused senior officials of the governing African National Congress of corruption. One of the allegations has involved the alleged supply of luxury cars to senior officials. One Record heatwave ‘made much more likely’ by human impact on climate of those in the spotlight is the ANC’s chief whip, Tony Yengeni. The record-breaking heatwave that roasted nomenon usually associated with prolonged human impact on the climate made the The government of President Thabo Mbeki has been attacked Europe last month was a one-in-a-thou- temperature surges. Instead, scientists say it high temperatures at least two to three for its handling of the affair and it’s been accused of attempting sand-year event made up to 100 times more is driven to a large extent by carbon emissions times more probable. a cover-up. Its appeared increasingly on the defensive. Among likely by human-driven climate change, from car exhausts, power plant chimneys, There was considerable variation from the claims are that it’s sidelined the country’s most effective scientists have calculated. burning forests and other human sources. place to place, but in all the studied locations investigation unit in the probes which have been set up. Around the globe, July at least equalled How much these factors loaded the dice the scientists said it would have been 1.5C to The deal has become one of the most highly charged issues facing and may have surpassed the hottest month in the two- to three-day heatwave during 3C cooler without climate change. President Mbeki’s administration and has provided ammunition on record, according to data from the World the last week of July was the subject of an Although the recent heat has been for wider criticism of his leadership. The ANC has consistently Meteorological Organization. This followed attribution study by a consortium of me- described as historic, it is unlikely to denied the allegations, and while there’s been much heat, there’s the warmest June on record. teorologists and climatologists at the UK remain that way for long, according to been little actual light shed on the charges. But as well as the Temperature records were broken in many Met Office, Oxford University and other the authors of the study. “It will not make claims of corruption, there’s also been growing criticism over countries, wildfires continue to devastate vast prominent European institutions. history. These records will be broken in intense heatwaves in the space of two the mushrooming cost of the deal. The government says the areas of Siberia, the Greenland ice sheet is It found that the extreme heat in France few years,” said Friederike Otto, of the months. armed forces urgently need modernization, but opponents melting at a near record rate, and the risk of and the Netherlands, where temperatures University of Oxford. “What we see with The paper says the extreme heat will have say the country can’t afford it, and the money would bebetter drought has grown more acute across wide peaked above 40C, was made at least 10 European heatwaves is that all the climate an impact on human wellbeing, though the areas of central and eastern Europe. times and possibly more than 100 times models are underestimating the change spent elsewhere. data on this often lags, which can mean it The extreme heat is particularly unusual more likely by climate change. In the UK, that we see.” She said further study would Words fails to draw much public attention. because it is not an El Niño year – the phe- which set a record of 38.7C on 25 July, the investigate how likely it was to have two arms deal: an agreement to sell or buy weapons, tanks, planes (Source: The Guardian) and other types of military equipment. whitewash: an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about something undermine: if something is undermined then its ability to do ENGLISH IN USE something is weakened LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION corruption: dishonesty and illegal behavior (by people in positions of power or authority) in the spotlight: if you are in the spotlight then you are receiving 90,000 clunker taxis are plying 90 هزار تاکسی فرسوده در جادههای کشور a lot of public attention attacked: (in this case) strongly criticized the roads cover-up: an attempt to hide a crime or mistake تردد میکنند sidelined: if you sideline someone, you make them seem unimportant Some 90,000 clunker taxis are plying the roads in Iran, an رئیس اداره حقوقی پلیس راه گفت: ۹۰ هزار تاکســی فرســوده در ایران وجود دارد. and stop them being included in what other people are doing probes: investigations official with traffic police has said. بــه گــزارش باشــگاه خبرنــگاران جــوان ســرهنگ محمــد ترحمــی گفــت: میــزان تــردد ,highly charged issues: an issue is an important subject that The old taxis are being used 8 times more than private cars ایــن تاکســیها هشــت برابــر خودروهــای عــادی اســت. .people are discussing, a highly charged issue is a subject that has YJC quoted Mohammad Tarahhomi as saying on Monday become very tense and emotional There are 1.5 million clunker vehicles and 9 million clunker وی افزود:یــک میلیــون و ۵۰۰ هــزار خــودروی فرســوده و ۹ میلیــون موتورســیکلت facing: if you face something, then you have to deal with it motorcycles in Iran, he regretted, adding that unfortunately فرســوده در کشــور وجــود دارد. متاســفانه حیــات اســقاط بــه واردات گــره خــورده اســت و wider criticism: if there is wider criticism of something then even more people are expressing their disapproval of it scrappage of old, high-emission vehicles is linked with از آنجــا کــه واردات ممنــوع شــده اســت، اســقاط نیــز صــورت نمی گیــرد. .heat: (in this case) intense or highly focused attention importation of vehicles which is now banned light shed on: if you shed light on something then you provide information or facts about it mushrooming: quickly increasing in size or quantity (like the mushroom shaped cloud of an atomic bomb explosion) PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM modernization: if you modernize something then you introduce new equipment and/or methods of working “dia-” Tell of somebody/something Find (one’s) feet better spent elsewhere: if money is better spent elsewhere, then that money would be more effectively used to buy something Meaning: through or across Meaning: to describe an event or person Explanation: to reach a level of comfort in a new situation different to what it was already being spent on For example: This lesson is designed to help students For example: The poem tells of the deeds of a For example: It took a while, but I’ve finally found (Source: BBC) identify and measure the diameter of a circle. famous warrior. my feet in my job. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 5, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 U.S. rocked by two mass shootings in 24 hours TEHRAN— At least 29 people were killed Assistant Police Chief Matt Carper told WFP, Yemen’s Houthis agree and dozens wounded in two separate mass reporters the incident began at 1 a.m. local deal that could lift partial aid shootings as the U.S. was rocked by a week- time in Dayton’s Oregon District, a downtown end of gun violence. historic neighborhood popular for its night- suspension Police and FBI investigators in Texas clubs, restaurants art galleries and shops. searched for clues on Sunday to explain The motive behind the shooting was not TEHRAN— The World Food Programme (WFP) and Yemen’s what drove a young gunman from the immediately clear, and investigators be- Houthi movement, which controls the capital Sana’a, have said Dallas area to kill 20 people at a Wal- lieve the individual had acted alone, Carper they had reached a deal that could lift the UN agency’s partial mart store hundreds of miles away in said. The authorities did not disclose the suspension of aid which has affected around 850,000 people. the border city of El Paso. shooter’s identity. The UN agency halted some aid in Sanaa on June 20 out of Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Sat- A total of 10 people were killed, including concern that food was being diverted from vulnerable people, urday morning’s rampage appeared to be the assailant. Twenty-six others were in- but said it would maintain nutrition programs for malnourished a hate crime, and police cited a “manifesto” jured and taken to hospitals across the area, children, pregnant and nursing mothers. they attributed to the suspect as evidence Mayor Nan Whaley told reporters, though The warring parties in Yemen’s conflict have both used access that the bloodshed was racially motivated. the extent of their injuries was not known. to aid and food as a political tool, exacerbating what the Unit- The shooting immediately reverberated She said the suspect was wearing body ed Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Of on the U.S. presidential campaign trail, with armor and was armed with a rifle firing Yemen’s 30 million people, three-quarters need humanitarian several Democratic candidates denouncing .223-caliber rounds with high-capacity assistance. the rise of gun violence and repeating calls ammunition magazines. A Houthi official tweeted late on Saturday that the group, had for tighter gun control measures. Had police officers not confronted the inked a deal with the WFP. At least two candidates, Mayor Pete Butt- suspect as quickly as they did, “hundreds “Cash distribution will soon begin, God willing, in accordance igieg of South Bend, Indiana, and El Paso in this country to condemn today’s hateful armor opened fire in a downtown district of people in the Oregon District could be with the [WFP] mechanism,” said Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head native Beto O’Rourke, a former congress- act. There are no reasons or excuses that of Dayton, Ohio, early on Sunday, killing dead today,” the mayor said. of the Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee. man, drew connections to a resurgence in will ever justify killing innocent people.” nine people and wounding at least 26 FBI agents were assisting in the inves- Cash transfers to those in need so they can buy goods is a white nationalism and xenophobic politics According to Reuters, police said the sus- others, authorities said, in the second tigation. common method of aid distribution. in the United States. pect opened fire with a rifle on shoppers, many deadly mass shooting in the United States The shooting in Dayton, a riverfront city WFP spokesman Herve Verhoosel said the agreement rep- “America is under attack from homegrown of them bargain-hunting for back-to-school in less than a day. of about 140,000 people in southwestern resented an important step toward safeguards that guarantee white nationalist terrorism,” Buttigieg said supplies, then surrendered to officers who Police officers who were on routine patrol Ohio, came just 13 hours after a mass shoot- “the accountability” of the agency’s operations. at a candidates forum in Las Vegas. confronted him outside the store. nearby arrived on the scene in less than a ing at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, “We are hopeful that technical details can be agreed in the On Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump Ten people, including gunman, minute and shot the attacker dead, likely where 20 people were killed and 26 others coming days,” Verhoosel said in emailed comments to Reuters, branded the shooting “an act of cowardice,” killed in Ohio mass shooting preventing a much higher casualty toll, police wounded. The 21-year-old suspect in that without giving further details of what was agreed. adding, “I know that I stand with everyone Meanwhile, a gunman dressed in body and the city’s mayor said. shooting was arrested. The aid ban resulted from a dispute over control of biometric data between the WFP and the Houthis< Reuters reported. Dissident cleric dies because of ‘medical Ex-Israeli minister Lieberman calls negligence’ in Saudi prison Netanyahu ‘liar, unfit for office’ French ‘Flying Man’ crosses TEHRAN— A dissident Saudi cleric has re- According to Press TV, the dissident TEHRAN— Avigdor Lieberman, who solved and called new general elections be- Channel on jet-powered portedly died of health complications he cleric had been detained on several occasions was formerly minister of military affairs cause Netanyahu had failed to form a cabinet developed in the kingdom’s jails due to in the past over his political activism, and under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite a win in elections in April. Coa- hoverboard “medical negligence,” as a crackdown led support for prisoners of opinion. says the premier tells lies “every day, every lition talks had reached a stalemate over by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman The development came only a day af- hour” and is unfit for office. disagreements between ultra-Orthodox TEHRAN— French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday against pro-democracy campaigners, Mus- ter Amnesty International called for the Lieberman, head of the right-wing Yis- parties and Yisrael Beiteinu on a military succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered lim preachers and intellectuals continues immediate and unconditional release of rael Beiteinu party, told Israel’s Channel conscription bill. hoverboard he designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in the country. prominent Saudi dissident Muslim cleric 12 on Saturday that Netanyahu was “in According to Press TV, the ex-Israeli in just over 20 minutes. The rights group Prisoners of Con- Sheikh Salman al-Awdah. a desperate situation” ahead of repeat minister of military affairs had at the time After a previous bid in July that ended with him falling into the science, which is an independent non-gov- “The hearing of Sheikh Salman al-Aw- elections in September. described Netanyahu’s inability to form a sea, Zapata took off from Sangatte, just outside Calais in France ernmental organization seeking to promote dah has been adjourned again after a He “pitied” Netanyahu, who is head of cabinet a “huge, unprecedented failure.” at about 0617 GMT, on a little platform powered by five small human rights in Saudi Arabia, announced in year of several postponements. We the right-wing Likud party, for having to In his Saturday remarks, Lieberman said jet engines and carrying kerosene in a backpack. a post on its official Twitter page that Sheikh continue to demand Saudi authorities “resort to lying every day, every hour” by Netanyahu’s behavior “calls into question Flanked by three helicopters, he reached Britain after a stop Saleh Abdulaziz al-Dumairi passed away at to release the Sheikh immediately and calling Lieberman a leftist. his fitness to function as prime minister; on a boat halfway through the 35-km crossing to refuel, waving Tarfiya prison in Saudi Arabia’s north-cen- unconditionally, drop all charges against He, however, said that his proposed maybe the years have taken their toll.” to onlookers before landing safely in Saint Margaret’s Bay, close tral city of Buraydah on Saturday. him, and respect international human sit-down with Netanyahu was unlikely Israel’s ruling party, he said, should to Dover on Britain’s southern coast. Dumairi was apparently suffering from rights standards in his trial,” the Lon- to happen because the prime minister present an alternative candidate if Net- “For the last five to six kilometers I just really enjoyed it,” heart problems, and was being kept in sol- don-based organization said in a post “is afraid, he knows his situation is dire.” anyahu failed to form a cabinet again after Zapata told reporters on arrival. “Whether this is a historic event itary confinement. published on its Twitter page. Back in May, Israel’s parliament dis- the upcoming vote. or not, I’m not the one to decide that, time will tell.” “We made a machine three years ago...and now we’ve crossed U.S., Taliban push for peace deal in new round of Doha talks the Channel, it’s crazy,” he said, before breaking into tears. Dozens of people came to cheer on Zapata at take-off and a few TEHRAN— The U.S. and the Taliban will seek to iron out Afghanistan will not become a haven for “terrorists”, call a “puppet regime” of the West. residents and tourists gathered to watch the Frenchman land. a peace agreement to end Afghanistan’s 18-year conflict while the Taliban is focused on ensuring the with- According to Al Jazeera, Washington is hoping “I really didn’t think he would make it but I was hoping,” during a fresh round of talks in Qatar’s capital, Doha. drawal of all U.S.-led foreign forces from the country. to strike a peace deal with the Taliban by September resident Helen Reed said in Saint Margaret’s Bay. “Just to see The negotiations, now in their eighth round, began on Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman for the or- 1 - ahead of Afghan polls due the same month, and him in the distance with my little binoculars, it was just amazing.” Saturday and were due to resume on Sunday morning. ganisation’s political office in Doha, said on Twitter on U.S. presidential elections due in 2020. But any deal Zapata, who wowed crowds during France’s Bastille Day A Taliban source told AFP news agency that ef- Saturday that if an agreement was finalised, “it will requires the Taliban to talk to Kabul. celebrations on July 14 by soaring over a military parade in forts were under way to organise a direct meeting allow all foreign forces to exit Afghanistan within a “We are pursuing a peace agreement not a withdrawal Paris on the device, said on arrival that the hoverboard had between U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad certain time period and open the door for talks” with agreement, a peace agreement that enables withdrawal,” reached speeds of 160 to 170 km per hour during the crossing, and Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar, who heads the Afghan government. Khalilzad tweeted on Friday as he arrived in Doha after talks Reuters reported. the movement’s political wing. Taliban representatives have been holding peace with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad. The U.S., which invaded Afghanistan and toppled talks with U.S. diplomats for nearly a year, but have “Our presence in Afghanistan is conditions-based, the Taliban in 2001, wants Taliban guarantees that so far refused to speak to the government, which they and any withdrawal will be conditions-based.” E3 Expo leaks the personal Pakistan calls for Trump mediation on Kashmir as region remains tense information of over 2,000 TEHRAN— Tensions between India and “President Trump offered to mediate India’s foreign affairs ministry and the flared after a vehicle laden with explosives journalists Pakistan over Kashmir have the potential on Kashmir. This is the time to do so as White House did not immediately respond rammed into an Indian police convoy on Feb. to blow up into a regional crisis and it is the situation deteriorates there and along the to a request for comment on Khan’s remarks. 14, killing 40 paramilitary police, and leading 1 especially freelance content creators, seem to have right time for U.S. President Donald Trump LOC (line of control) with new aggressive In July, Trump told reporters that Indian to aerial clashes between the two nations. used their home addresses and personal cell phones, which have to mediate, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran actions being taken by Indian occupation Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked According to Reuters, India accuses now been publicized. This leak makes it possible for bad actors Khan said on Sunday. forces,” Khan said on Twitter, referring to him during a meeting in Japan if he would Pakistan of funding armed militants, as to misuse this information to harass journalists. Two people Khan’s comments come a day after Pa- the heavily militarized de facto border that like to be a mediator on Kashmir. India well as separatist groups in India’s portion who say their private information appeared in the leak have in- kistan accused India of using illegal cluster divides the two parts of Kashmir between denied Modi ever asked for any mediation. of the region. Islamabad denies the Indian formed Kotaku that they have already received crank phone calls bombs, killing two civilians and wounding India and Pakistan. Muslim-majority Kashmir, claimed by accusation, saying it provides only diplo- since the list was publicized. 11, in the disputed Kashmir region. India “This has the potential to blow up into both India and Pakistan, has long been a bone matic and moral support to a separatist According to Kotaku, the existence of this document was first denied it had used such weapons. a regional crisis,” Khan said. of contention between the two. Tensions movement. publicized in a YouTube video that journalist Sophia Narwitz posted to her personal channel on Friday night. In her video, Narwitz described how the file could be accessed: “On the pub- lic E3 website was a web page that carried a link simply titled Sudan generals, protest camp sign accord on road to civilian rule ‘Registered Media List.’ Upon clicking the link, a spreadsheet TEHRAN— Sudan’s army rulers and protest leaders transitional civilian-majority ruling council, he said. was downloaded that included the names, addresses, phone Sunday signed a hard-won constitutional declaration “Members of the ruling sovereign council will be numbers, and publications of over 2,000 members of the press that paves the way for a promised transition to civilian announced on August 18, the prime minister will be who attended E3 this past year.” rule following more than seven months of often deadly named on August 20 and cabinet members on August Again, the E3 website has since been updated to remove this street rallies. 28,” Abu al-Maali told AFP. link, but cached versions of the site do indeed show that a link The agreement, signed at a ceremony in Khartoum, Sunday’s accord was the result of difficult negotiations titled “Registered Media List” used to appear on a “Helpful Links” builds on a landmark July 17 power-sharing deal and between the leaders of mass protests which erupted last page. For some time yesterday, even after this page was removed, provides for a joint civilian-military ruling body to oversee December against Bashir’s three-decade rule and the clicking on the link in the easily-accessible Google cached ver- the formation of a transitional civilian government and generals who eventually ousted him in April. sion of the page would download the spreadsheet from the E3 parliament to govern for a three-year transition period. The talks had been repeatedly interrupted by deadly website’s servers. Protest movement leader Ahmed Rabie and the deputy violence against demonstrators who have kept up rallies head of the ruling military council, General Mohamed to press for civilian rule. Hamdan Daglo, signed the declaration at the ceremony They were suspended for weeks after men in mil- attended by African Union and Ethiopian mediators. deal was announced before dawn. itary uniform broke up a long-running protest camp We are working to defeat “We turned a tough page of Sudan’s history by sign- A formal signing in front of foreign dignitaries is outside army headquarters in Khartoum on June 3, the hostile West blockade ing this agreement,” Daglo, who flashed a victory sign due to take place on August 17 – the date on which killing at least 127 people according to doctors close after making a short speech, told reporters. ousted president Omar al-Bashir is due to go on trial on to the protest movement. against Syria: PM The signing was met by a wave of applause in the corruption charges – another protest leader, Monzer They were briefly suspended again earlier this week hall as representatives from both sides shook hands. Abu al-Maali, told AFP. when paramilitaries shot dead six demonstrators in Overnight, thousands of jubilant Sudanese already The next day, the generals and protest leaders are the city of Al-Obeid, four of them schoolchildren< 1 Haji Abed, a taxi driver in Damascus speaking to AP, took to the streets of the capital to celebrate when the expected to announce the composition of the new Reuters reported. says he makes 12,000 pounds ($20) a day, but is left with only about $5 a day after paying for fuel. His rent is $35 a month. What’s left after that is barely enough for food and other expenses, he said. Abed added that it was easier for him to make ends meet at Saudi drone downed in Jizan as Yemenis step up counter-attacks the height of his country’s war, when Damascus was regularly TEHRAN— Yemen’s ruling Houthi An- down last week in Jizan’s Tawal region, the killed in Yemen since Saudis started their Dozens of Saudi-led mercenaries sta- threatened by terrorist presence in the outskirts in the city. sarullah movement says that its military has area where the Yemenis had targeted other military aggression in March 2015 as they tioned in the base were either killed or Financial restrictions have also greatly hurt Syria’s once near- successfully shot down a Saudi spy drone unmanned planes earlier in July. sought to restore power to a fugitive president. wounded, said the official. ly-independent pharmaceutical industry, making Syria reliant flying near Yemen’s northern borders. Houthi-led forces also shot down three Earlier in Saturday, Yemeni army forces According to Press TV, Saudi Arabia’s on imports of vaccines, medicines for cancer, blood derivatives The Houthis said in their official TV chan- Saudi drones in Jabal al-Daoud region in targeted a military base in Saudi Arabia’s years-long military aggression has taken a and dialysis supplies and leading to sporadic shortages. nel al-Massirah that the Saudi drone had been Jizan last month. southern province of Najran with a domes- heavy toll on Yemen’s infrastructure, de- “Three months ago, there was no baby formula available,” said downed in Juhfan region in Saudi Arabia’s Yemen’s attacks on Saudi military targets tically-manufactured ballistic missile. stroying hospitals, schools, and factories. pharmacist Samir Aftimos, adding that “People with children southern province of Jizan. have been meant to compensate Riyadh’s A military official said that Yemeni missile The United Nations has already warned ran from one pharmacy to another to search for it.” The issue Yemeni air defense units have success- incessant bombardment of civilians in the defense units had hit a newly-built military that more than 24 million Yemenis are in dire was relieved when Iran sent supplies. fully targeted Saudi drones over the past impoverished country. base in the southern parts of the Saqqam need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million Syria is looking to firms in Russia, China, Iran and India for weeks. A squadron of such drones was shot Tens of thousands of people have been area with Badr-F ballistic missile. suffering from extreme levels of hunger. help on the matter. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 5, 2019

F1 teams agree to 22 races Eager Nadal leads ATP in 2020

Formula One teams have agreed the calendar can expand to a record 22 races next year but without increasing the number of engines allowed, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Montreal field Commercial rights holder Liberty Media had asked the 10 teams, who need to approve any increase beyond the current 21 Defending champion Rafael Nadal heads Nadal could face a challenge in the second races, to consider the proposal. the field for the ATP Montreal Masters that round after a bye, with a possible match “In a nutshell we’ve basically agreed to have a 22nd race,” starts on Monday with Novak Djokovic and against Australian Alex de Minaur -- winner Wolff told reporters ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Roger Federer opting out of the key US Open of the Atlanta title last weekend. Team bosses met at the Hungaroring on Saturday to discuss tuneup. Second seed Thiem has purposefully left the matter. With Djokovic and Federer putting a it late for the hardcourts, preferring to stay “We’ve got to let Liberty do their business and the business is return to action on hold after their dramatic as long as possible on European clay by to grow Formula One and if they are able to attract promoters, Wimbledon final, 33-year-old Nadal will entering both Hamburg and Kitzbuehel. we’ve got to support them,” said Wolff. be seeking to retain the title he earned last Thiem, beaten by Nadal in the last two “We are up for it. We shouldn’t change the technical regulations year in Toronto, when he beat rising star Roland Garros finals, has a special goal driving for an additional race, that was the debate we had ... it shouldn’t Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. him when he lands in francophile Canada. be seen as an opportunity; ‘Hooray, let’s increase the number The Greek is back, taking the fourth “I’ve never won a match in Canada, I’d of components’. seeding behind a pair of fellow young guns in like to change that.” he said. “I’m just hoping “Equally we’ve got to protect our people, and all of us, because number two Dominic Thiem of Austria and to play well. it could come to a point where it’s not manageable any more with Germany’s Alexander Zverev, seeded third. “Canada is a big goal - I’m really hoping one single crew travelling to all races. So that becomes a factor Federer and Djokovic aren’t scheduled to to get a win there.” that obviously needs solutions.” resurface until the Cincinnati Masters starts Thiem will open his campaign against Next year’s calendar could have 22 races with Vietnam and on August 12, giving them one tournament either Canadian Denis Shapovalov or the Netherlands added to the current 21 and Germany looking prior to the August 26 start of the US Open Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert. likely to drop off. at Flushing Meadows, the final Grand slam Third seed Zverev, who won the title here Mexico remains a doubt for funding reasons, but Formula One of the year. two years ago with a win over Federer in the is keen for the race to stay, while Spain and Italy have yet to sign Federer has been training on hardcourt at final, will open against either Briton Cameron contract extensions although local organisers and authorities home in Switzerland after falling to Djokovic Norrie or Hungarian Martin Fucsovic. have given the go-ahead. in a dramatic five-set final at the All England again. feels after Montreal. Tsitsipas will bid to better his 2018 finals (Source: Reuters) Club three weeks ago, in which the Swiss Nadal, meanwhile, is pacing himself “Depending on what happens in Montreal, showing but must first get past either home- great held two match points. after another season marred by injury, I’ll take a decision on Cincinnati,” he said. grown Milos Raonic, the 2013 finalist, or Djokovic has been pictured relaxing at insisting despite the pleas and inducements “Cincinnati is still an option. But I want to American Taylor Fritz, runner-up to de Everton sign striker Kean from various European beach resorts with his of Cincinnati officials that he won’t decide arrive well prepared and ready for the US Minaur in Atlanta. Juventus on five-year deal family prior to picking up the racquet once whether to play there until he sees how he Open, the last major of the season.” (Source: Guardian)

Everton have signed 19-year-old striker Moise Kean from Italian champions Juventus on a five-year deal, the Premier League club Sancho stars as Dortmund down toothless Real Madrid have exceeded the foreign said on Sunday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed but British media Bayern to win German Super Cup player quota reported the transfer fee for the Italy international was about 36 million pounds. “I am very proud and honored to wear the Everton shirt. I will give my best to this team,” Kean said in a statement. “I was convinced to sign because Everton is a club looking to the future and so am I. I know about the size of the club, it has big ambition and I will work very hard to help us fulfil what we want to achieve.” Kean, who made his debut for Juventus at the age of 16, scored six goals in Serie A last season as the Turin club won their eighth consecutive league title. He has also scored twice for Italy in three appearances since making his debut last year. “A striker was one of our priority signings this summer,” Everton boss Marco Silva said. “Moise is strong, fast, with many good qualities as a striker and he is just 19 years old. “He has talent and he is ready to work, ready to improve our squad and gives us different solutions.” Kean became the Merseyside club’s fifth recruit of the close season after midfielders Andre Gomes, Fabian Delph, Jean-Philippe Gbamin and goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. Everton, who finished eighth last season, begin their campaign English winger Jadon Sancho starred for teeing up the Spanish striker on the edge of Real Madrid have found themselves im- So like last year, Vinicius will be reg- at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Borussia Dortmund on Saturday to help the box who found the bottom right corner. mersed in an administrative nightmare as istered with Real Madrid Castilla, as will (Source: Eurosport) his side beat rivals Bayern Munich 2-0 to Some last ditch defending stopped Bay- they have exceeded the allowed number of Rodrygo, while Take Kubo will be signed win their sixth DFL Super Cup and claim ern from equalising 10 minutes later, with non-European Union players in La Liga. up with the Under-19s. Madrid consider early bragging rights in the curtain raiser Kingsley Coman, Thomas Muller and Robert At the moment, Zidane has five non-EU the Brazilian pair to be integral members Mick Schumacher opens for the German Bundesliga. Lewandowski all denied from close range players in his squad - Militão, Valverde, of the first team squad but while there is The teenager was the key man, assist- in a matter of seconds. Vinicius, Rodrygo and Takefusa Kubo but only one vacant place for a non-EU player, Formula 2 account ing one goal and scoring the other in front But it was Sancho who stole the show, he will only be able to register three with only one of the three (including Kubo, who of the Dortmund faithful against a Bayern doubling Dortmund’s lead after collecting the La Liga for the new season. Until now, the will likely play for Castilla in spite of be- Mick Schumacher, the 20-year-old son of seven-time world champion side looking a little lost without departed ball and sprinting from almost the halfway club has got around the foreign player quota ing listed with the U19S) can be called by Michael Schumacher, on Sunday claimed his first Formula Two greats Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben. line to slot it expertly past Neuer. issue by using the same strategy they used Zidane for league games. Article 227 of the victory ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Lucien Favre’s side tailed off in last sea- Bayern tried to find openings but were last season with Vinicius, when they man- RFEF General rules states that players under The German driver won the 28-lap ‘sprint’ race for Prema son’s title challenge, finishing runners-up to unable to find a way past a stubborn yellow aged to avoided to exceed the limit when the age of 23 who are registered at youth Racing after starting from pole position in a reverse grid race. He Bayern who clinched a record 29th league wall, which will this season feature Mats they had Casemiro (who has since been level can play for the first team squad for had finished eighth in Saturday’s full-length feature race. trophy and the DFB Pokal. However, they Hummels after his return from Munich. nationalized) and Fede Valverde as their an unlimited period. Under the Spanish showed their determination to put that The veteran defender was not able to face three non-EU players. The Uruguayan has Sports Law of 1990, Vinicius, Rodrygo and right, captain Marco Reus forcing a div- his former side due to a knock in training. been waiting to gain Spanish citizenship Kubo are able to play in the Copa del Rey ing save from Manuel Neuer in the very For Niko Kovac’s men, the result was a since April but it is a lengthy process and and in the Spanish Super cup - as neither first minute. reminder that they have areas in their squad he is still waiting for it to be completed. are classified as professional competitions Neuer was then lucky to not be beaten to improve and they will no doubt increase Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin and or organised by LaLiga. In 2007, the law or force the referee to show him a red card their efforts to land young winger and long Serbian striker Luka Jovic, are not strictly against violence, racism, xenophobia and when he ran out halfway into his own half term target Leroy Sane from Manchester City. from countries within the European Union intolerance in Sport prohibited a cap on the after 15 minutes to dive at Paco Alcacer who Dortmund, meanwhile, go some way to but both are considered Community play- number of foreign players taking part in knocked the ball past the goalkeeper, but make up for their 5-0 capitulation to Bayern ers under Article 39 of the Treaty which non-professional competition. The RFEF it trickled past the open goal. in April and go into the new Bundesliga sea- states that legally workers from third states adhere to that arrangement as they con- Alcacer made amends for his miss shortly son buoyed by winning the first silverware should be allowed free movement and the firmed ahead of last year’s Super cup be- after halftime. Sancho dazzled the opposi- of the campaign. same working conditions as those from tween Barcelonaand Sevilla in Tangier. tion with his footwork on the right before (Source: Reuters) member states. (Source: AS) Schumacher, who is a member of Ferrari’s driver academy, finished 1.5 seconds ahead of Honda-backed Nobuharu Matsushita of Carlin. His previous best result was fourth at the Austrian Grand Prix in June. Rebuilding Man Utd face uncertain future “Amazing”, he said afterwards. “The car was great and thanks to the team for that. It wasn’t Manchester United have missed out on the top four in said to have agreed an £80 million fee to land Maguire. easy, but I am just really happy.” four of the six seasons since Alex Ferguson stepped down But have they signed enough faces to boost a squad Schumacher is in his first season of Formula Two, the main and fans are coming to terms with their current status as that looked short of class compared with Manchester feeder category of racing for Formula One. Premier League also-rans. City and Liverpool last season? (Source: Marca) Here, AFP Sport looks at whether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Highly rated right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka has can make United contenders again for the first time since joined from Crystal Palace, with Solskjaer describing their last Premier League title in 2012-13 or whether they the 21-year-old as “one of the best upcoming defenders Barcelona agree 30m-euro are facing another season of turmoil and pain. in the Premier League”. What to expect: Winger Daniel James was bought from Championship Junior Firpo deal It is difficult to know what to expect from Solskjaer’s club Swansea to add thrust on the flanks. United, who enjoyed a purple patch after the Norwegian United have also been linked with a swoop for Juventus Ernesto Valverde has found cover for Jordi Alba at left-back in the replaced Jose Mourinho but slumped alarmingly towards forward Paulo Dybala, but the Argentine is said to be un- form of Junior Firpo, who will sign a five-year contract at Barcelona. the end of last season. sure about joining a team outside the Champions League. Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign defender Junior Firpo At one stage they looked likely to finish in the top four Romelu Lukaku could be on the way out of Old Traf- from Real Betis for a fee potentially rising to 30 million euros. but there was the suspicion they were getting the rub of ford, with Juventus and Inter Milan both keen on the The Spain Under-21 international is set to ink a five-year contract the green and so it proved. Belgium striker according to reports. at Camp Nou, which includes a buyout clause of 200m euros. Their campaign ended with a whimper as they drew Key man: La Liga champions Barca have paid 18m euros up front, with 1-1 at relegated Huddersfield and then were beaten 2-0 at This is the season when Marcus Rashford will have to a further 12m potentially due in add-ons. home on the final day by Cardiff, who were also heading United had problems at both ends of the pitch last step up and show emphatically that he deserves to wear While comfortable in multiple positions, 22-year-old Junior will out of the Premier League. season -- scoring 30 goals fewer than City in the Premier the number 10 shirt at Manchester United. primarily be expected to provide cover for Jordi Alba at left-back. A gap of 32 points to champions Manchester City was League and conceding 54 goals, the most they had con- Still only 21, Rashford scored 17 goals in 54 appear- Ernersto Valverde reportedly considered Bayern Munich star embarrassing and many questioned whether the club had ceded in a league season since 1978-79. ances last season for club and country but will have to David Alaba before deciding on Junior as a more cost-effective been too hasty in appointing the relatively inexperienced The 20-time champions desperately need a positive boost those numbers if he is to be the undisputed leader option. Solskjaer to the full-time manager’s post. start to rebuild confidence that they can challenge at the of United’s attack. He made 24 appearances in La Liga last season and scored United will not have Champions League football to sharp end of the Premier League. Rashford signed a new four-year deal to remain at three times, including once in a 4-3 victory for Betis at Camp paper over the cracks during the coming season, with Anything less and the knives could be out for Solskjaer. Old Trafford last month, saying it was “a privilege” every Nou in November. Thursday nights in the Europa League ringed in the cal- New faces: time he wore the shirt. “What I cannot deny is that it is an honor and a source of pride endar instead. After a leaky defence played a key role in United’s He has scored some sublime goals for the club but to be associated with Barcelona, which is a great club and has a The club have had a positive pre-season but there are still struggles last season, Solskjaer made it clear he wanted with a shortage of goal threat from elsewhere, Solskjaer great team,” Junior last month told Mundo Deportivo when asked lingering issues that need to be addressed -- Paul Pogba’s Leicester’s Harry Maguire to plug the holes. will want to see him take his tally to 20-plus goals this about the possibility of a transfer. future is still in doubt and Solskjaer has to wrestle with The England centre-back is reportedly on the verge of season and become more of a poacher. (Source: AS) the conundrum of an under-performing Alexis Sanchez. becoming the world’s most expensive defender, with United (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 5, 2019 SPORTS 15

Alireza Mansourian: Zob Ahan Iran Greco-Roman wrestlers win two golds at Cadet World C’ships ready to face strong Al Ittihad Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed two gold medals at the SPORTS TEHRAN — Zob Ahan coach 2019 Cadet World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday. deskAlireza Mansourian says that Al Amirreza Dehbozorgi won the gold medal at the 48kg after Ittihad of Saudi Arabia are very strong but they defeating Ziya Babashov from Azerbaijan 3-1 in the final. are ready to beat them. Bronze went to Rupin Rupin of India, who beat South Afri- Zob Ahan will meet Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia can Riehan Botha, and to Kazakhstan’s Yerbol Kamaliyev, who in the 2019 AFC Champions League Round of 16 defeated Alibek Amirov from Russia. on Monday in Zabeel Stadium in Dubai. Shahrokh Abouzar Mikaeili also took a gold, beating Armenian The two sides are meeting for the third time Razmik Kurdyan in the 110kg final. in the competition. European champion Mate Gokadze from Georgia had to settle In the 2010 group stage, Al Ittihad surrendered for the bronze medal after losing to Kurdyan in his semi-final, a 2-0 half-time lead to settle for a 2-2 draw in but got on the podium by defeating Poland’s Dominik Krawczyk. Jeddah, while Zob Ahan walked away 1-0 winners The other 110kg bronze went to Adolf Baszo, the Hungarian at the Foolad Shahr Stadium. wrestler winning against Grigorios Kontovounisios of Greece. “Al Ittihad are an attacking football team; how- (Source: Unitedworldwrestling) ever they have weak points as well. In the match against them, each Zob Ahan player should be his own coach. We are proud of Iran’s sole repre- sentative in the competition,” Mansourian said. Shahab Zahedi joins “In the match against Al Ittihad, all Iranian Olimpik Donetsk people are supporting us to win the match. We know that Al Ittihad take advantage of several good players and they have strengthened in areas TASNIM — Iranian striker Shahab Zahedi has joined Ukrainian where they needed to for the Round of 16. But club Olimpik Donetsk. we are fully ready for this match and will not The 24-year-old played has joined Olimpik Donetsk on a one- surrender,” he added. year contract for an undisclosed fee. “We had good comebacks against Al-Nassr Zahedi started his playing career at Persepolis in 2014 and and Al-Zawraa this season and they are inspiring joined Icelandic club ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar in July 2017. He became for our players. We will start the competition the first Iranian player to play football in Iceland. while we have kept our main players. I am op- Zahedi won the 2017 Icelandic Cup on 12 August 2017. timistic we will play well against Al Ittihad,” FC Olimpik Donetsk are a professional football team based Mansourian declared. in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently compete in the Ukrainian Premier League. I taught American wrestler Friendly: Iran basketball team sportsmanship: Amouzad Khalili defeat Jordan Mehdi Taremi scores for Rio Ave at Allianz Cup

PLDC – Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi was on target for Rio Ave in the Allianz Cup Saturday night. Carlos Carvalhal’s team overcame UD Oliveirense 6-1 in the second round of the Allianz Cup. Nuno Santos (two goals), Filipe Augusto, Diego Lopes, Taremi and Tarantini scored for Rio Ave and Bouldini was on target for UD Oliveirense. Also, Aves lost to Gil Vicente 3-2 and failed to book a place in the third round. Iranian winger Mehrdad Mohammadi is a member of Aves. The 2018–19 Taça da Liga is the 12th edition of the Taça da Liga (also known as Allianz Cup for sponsorship reasons), a football cup competition organized by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the top two professional tiers of Portuguese football. SPORTS TEHRAN — Irani- I wanted to shake hand with him at the SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran na- from 31 Aug. to 15 Sept. It began on 21 July 2018 and will be finished in Braga on 26 deskan wrestler Rahman start of the second time but he refused desktional basketball team The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup January 2019. Amouzad Khalili criticized his Ameri- to shake with me. Before the start of the defeated Jordan 82-70 in a friendly will be the 18th tournament of the FIBA can rival after he refused to shake hand match, he bragged that he was sure of match on Saturday. Basketball World Cup for men’s national with him in the Freestyle Cadet World victory. And I taught him sportsmanship Mehran Shahintab’s team will meet basketball teams. in Sofia, Bulgaria. after the end of the match,” Amouzad hosts Russia on Sunday. Also, the group stage will expand from Five-star Altyn Asyr lift The Iranian wrestler met Stevo Ross Khalili said. Iran will also participate at a tour- 24 to 32 teams. The top eight teams, in- Poulin in the competition’s semifinals “I defeated him in a way he will bear in nament in China, where they will face cluding Japan as the hosts of the 2020 Turkmenistan Super Cup and defeated him 12-0. mind for the rest of his life. My role model Nigeria, Montenegro and Poland from Summer Olympics (and the top two teams Khalili also defeated Kamronbek is Gholamreza Takhti who is famous for Aug. 19 to Aug. 25. from each of the Americas and Europe; and Reigning league champions Altyn Asyr FC have added Kadamov from Uzbekistan in the 48kg his chivalrous behavior. Hassan Yazdani Iran have been drawn with world’s sec- the top team from each of Africa, Asia and another trophy to their growing collection, overcoming bracket to win the title. also is a role model for me because he ond-ranked Spain, Puerto Rico and Tunisia Oceania) in this competition will qualify city rivals Köpetdag Ashgabat 2-0 to win the Turkmenistan “It’s important to teach our wres- displays great sportsmanship when he in Group C of the 2019 FIBA World Cup. for the men’s basketball event in the 2020 Super Cup on Saturday. tlers how to show good sportsmanship. meets his rivals,” he added. The competition will be held in China Olympic Games in Tokyo. The trophy, a play-off bringing together the country’s defending league and cup champions from the previous season, has now been won five successive times by Altyn Asyr, who are chasing Olympic champion Barker breaks collarbone a sixth successive Yokary Liga title this season. Currently fifth in the league standings, Cup winners Köpet- dag gave a good account of themselves in the first half to keep in London crash the favourites quiet in a scoreless opening period, but Yazguly LONDON (Reuters) — Olympic champion Elinor Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild, winner of the race in 2018, Hojageldiyev’s side assumed control after the interval. Barker has confirmed she suffered a broken collarbone crossed the line first but was disqualified after inadvertently A pair of Turkmenistan internationals made the difference, in a high-speed pile-up at the end of the women’s Ride causing the mayhem. Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg) with Myrat Annayev opening the scoring in the 57th minute before London Classique in London on Saturday. was promoted to first place. Altymyrat Annadurdyyev (pictured below) effectively sealed the Barker, part of the British women’s team pursuit squad Barker jumped to the defense of Wild, who received win seven minutes later. that won gold on the track in Rio in 2016, was brought online criticism for her part in the smash. The Super Cup begins a busy August for Altyn Asyr and may down during the sprint to the line near Buckingham Palace. “A bit upsetting to see comments aimed at Kirsten though,” yet prove to be the first of many honours for the club in 2019, “They say you’re not a real cyclist until you’ve broken a she said. “It’s easy to criticize from a slow-mo aerial shot. with Hojageldiyev’s charges currently leading the league and collarbone — avoided joining the club for 15 years but not “The real-time reality is that everybody is just hoping due to participate in the quarter-final stage of the Turkmenistan much I could do yesterday,” she posted on Twitter. that their split-second decision benefits themselves without Cup later this month. Barker, 24, was riding for British road team Drops. harming anybody else. Race accidents happen.” They have also advanced the knockout stage of the AFC Cup, where they are due to meet either Becamex Binh Duong or Hanoi FC in a two-legged Inter-Zone Semi-final on August 20 and 27. (KSA) (IRN) Altyn Asyr became the first club from Turkmenistan to reach Preview - Round of 16: Al Ittihad vs Zob Ahan FC the AFC Cup Final in last season’s competition, losing 2-0 to Iraq’s Air Force Club in the decider in Basra. Dubai: Al Wasl’s Zabeel Stadium plays host competition, and they earned their spot in (Source: the-afc) to the first West Asia fixture of the 2019 the last 16 in style, going unbeaten in the AFC Champions League Round of 16, but group stage to top Group A with 12 points. it is Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad who are the The Isfahan-based side have reached the home team as they face Islamic Republic of knockout stage on four occasions, getting U.S. women cruise to 3-0 Iran’s Zob Ahan on Monday. eliminated in the Round of 16 twice, includ- The two sides are meeting for the third ing last year. Their best result was reaching win over Ireland in time in the competition. In the 2010 group the final in 2010, which they lost to Korea stage, Al Ittihad surrendered a 2-0 half- Republic’s Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. stateside return time lead to settle for a 2-2 draw in Jeddah, Coach Alireza Mansourian’s side have while Zob Ahan walked away 1-0 winners happy memories in Zabeel Stadium, where LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The U.S. women’s soccer team at Foolad Shahr Stadium. they beat Al Wasl 3-1 on Matchday Three of cruised to a 3-0 win over Ireland in Pasadena in their first match Despite a poor domestic season where the group stage. on home soil since claiming back-to-back World Cup titles in they finished tenth in the league, Al Itti- Amir Arsalan Motahari netted the sec- France last month. had have shown strong form in the 2019 Two-time continental champions, Al of Palestinian-Chilean playmaker Luis ond on that night, one of his three goals The team’s “Victory Tour” got off to a winning start when AFC Champions League group stage, with Ittihad have never been eliminated at the Antonio Jimenez and Argentinian central in the competition so far. Al Ittihad last Christen Press sent a high-arcing pass to Tobin Heath, whose their sole group-stage defeat coming on Round of 16 stage, and coach Jose Luis Si- midfielder Emiliano Vecchio. played in this ground in September 2018, header found the back of the net in the 16th minute. Matchday Two at Al Wahda. Romarinho erra hopes to continue the club’s tradition With both Persepolis and Esteghlal elim- drawing with Al Wasl 0-0 in the Arab Clubs Lindsey Horan doubled the advantage 15 minutes later and leads the Saudi side’s scoring charts with of competing in the latter stages and has inated at the group stage, Zob Ahan are IR Championship. Carli Lloyd scored through a header from distance before the three goals in the group stage. strengthened his squad with the signings Iran’s sole remaining representatives in the (Source: the-afc) break to put the game out of Ireland’s reach. The U.S. are still riding high after defeating the Netherlands 2-0 last month to claim their fourth World Cup title and said their match at the Rose Bowl, where the team won their second Report: Lakers, Clippers to clash on Opening Day world title 20 years ago, was special. NBA fans reportedly will see the first showdown for Los date on Saturday, adding the Toronto Raptors will begin Day games. The others: Houston Rockets at Golden State “This is such a historic place and it has such memories for the Angeles supremacy on Oct. 22 when LeBron James, An- defense of their NBA title that day against the new-look Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76ers, Boston U.S. Women’s National Team,” said defender Becky Sauerbrunn. thony Davis and the Lakers meet Kawhi Leonard, Paul New Orleans Pelicans and No. 1 draft pick Zion Williamson. Celtics at the Raptors and the Pelicans at Denver Nuggets. “We’re just so thankful to get to celebrate with everyone who George and the Clippers. On Friday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski also reported The full schedule is expected to be released next week. supported us in France. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported the opening the Lakers and Clippers would meet in one of five Christmas (Source: Reuters) “This is a great night.” Prayer Times Noon:13:10 Evening: 20:25 Dawn: 4:40 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:16 (tomorrow) AUGUST 5, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Richard Rodgers “Sound of Music” Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 echoing through Tehran theater Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 TEHRAN — An Iranian www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ART desktroupe is currently Tel: 88911433 Webmaster: [email protected] performing a stage adaptation of American Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 composer Richard Rodgers’ musical “The Sound of Music” at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily Hadi Qozzat is the director of the troupe, which will stage the musical until August 22. No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran A choir composed of 80 vocalists, 50 P.o. Box: 14155-4843 musicians and 20 actor-singers under the Zip Code: 1599814713 baton of conductor Nassir Heidarian are collaborating on the project. “The Sound of Music” tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family in Austria while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp, who is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. GUIDE TO Maria, who brings love and music into the SPIRITUAL AWAKENING lives of the family, marries the captain, and together with the children, they decide on a If you speak, your worth will be known, plan to flee Austria and find a way to survive for, a man’s worth is hidden under his the loss of their homeland to the Nazis. tongue. American filmmaker Robert Wise made a screen adaptation of the musical with the Imam Ali (AS) same name in 1965, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film received Academy Awards in five categories, including best film and best director, as well as the Golden Globe Awards Photos to display old days of for best motion picture and best actress. Iranian director Hadi Qozzat’s troupe performs Richard Rodgers’ musical “The Sound of Music” at Tehran’s Vahdat Hamedan at Tehran exhibit It also received the Directors Guild Hall on July 30, 2019. (Nava.ir/Mohammad Amini). of America Award for Outstanding Guild of America Award for Best Written In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) greatest American movie of all time, and the ARTTEHRAN — Axkhaneh Shahr, Iran’s Directorial Achievement, and the Writers American Musical. listed “The Sound of Music” as the fifty-fifth fourth greatest musical movie. deskphoto museum in Tehran, plans to showcase a collection of photos of the western Iranian city of Hamedan in the old days in an exhibition, which will open on Tuesday. Tehran session to review “Russian Roulette” The collection accumulated by photographer Samira Sabzi contains over 40 photos taken by Iranian and foreign photographers during the Qajar period (1789–1925) and on Russia’s interference in 2016 U.S. elections Pahlavi era, the museum announced in a press release CULTURE TEHRAN — “Russian Roulette: The that could affect the 2016 election. on Sunday. deskInside Story of Putin’s War on America The Russians were wildly successful and the great and the Election of Donald Trump”, a book on Russian break-in of 2016 was no “third-rate burglary.” It was far interference in the 2016 United States elections, will be more sophisticated and sinister -- a brazen act of political reviewed in a session in Tehran on Tuesday. espionage designed to interfere with American democracy. Written by American journalists Michael Isikoff and David At the end of the day, Trump, the candidate who pursued Corn, the book has been translated into Persian by Elham business deals in Russia, won. And millions of Americans Gerami and it has been published by Elmi Publications. were left wondering, what the heck happened? Experts Elaheh Kulai, Javad Salehi and Hossein Naqqashi, The book chronicles and explores this bizarre scandal, as well as the translator, are expected to attend the session explains the stakes, and answers one of the biggest that will be held at the House of Humanities Thinkers. questions in American politics: How and why did a “Russian Roulette” is a story of political skullduggery foreign government infiltrate the country’s political unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales process and gain influence in Washington? of international intrigue, cyber espionage and superpower Isikoff is an American investigative journalist who rivalry. After U.S.-Russia relations soured, as Vladimir Putin is currently the Chief Investigative Correspondent at A poster for the review session of “Russian Roulette: The moved to reassert Russian strength on the global stage, Yahoo! News. Corn is an American political journalist, Dome of eminent scientist Avicenna’s mausoleum is Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election Moscow trained its best hackers and trolls on U.S. political author and the chief of the Washington bureau for seen in a photo from Samira Sabzi’s book “History of of Donald Trump”. targets and exploited WikiLeaks to disseminate information Mother Jones magazine. Photography in Hamedan”. The photos selected from the archives of the Golestan Palace in Tehran, the Central Library and Archives of the “Sheeple”, “I Am Not Angry” lead nominations at Cinema Cinema Academy Awards University of Tehran, the National Library and Archives ARTTEHRAN – “Sheeple” Amiryusefi’s “Lovely Trash”, Mani Haqiqi’s of Iran, the Harvard University Archives and several other deskby Hooman Seyyedi and “Pig” and Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar’s organizations. “I Am Not Angry” by Reza Dormishian “The Underwater Cypress”. Sabzi originally collected the photos for her new book each received five nominations in various Amiryusefi, Haqiqi, Maadi and “History of Photography in Hamedan”, which is scheduled to categories, including best film and best Nematollah are also competing for the be unveiled during the opening ceremony of the exhibition director, at the 2nd edition of the Cinema award for best screenwriter with Hamed titled “Old Frame of Hamedan”. Cinema Academy Awards, Iran’s first private Rajabi for “Dressage” and Mahmud Ghaffari The book studies those people who played a key role film academy based in Tehran, the organizers for “No. 17 Soheila”. in the development of photography in Hamedan. It also announced on Sunday. Nominees for best actor award are provides materials about the outstanding photo shops and “Sheeple” is about brothers Shakur and Farhad Aslani for his role in “Sheeple”, photographers of the city, which is home to the highly Shahin, two lowlifes who run a crystal meth Amir Jadidi in “Cold Sweat” and “Hat- eminent and celebrated Islamic scientist Avicenna. laboratory hidden in Tehran. They do care Trick”, Amin Hayai in “Flaming” and Javad Besides its pre-Islamic sites, including the ruins of the about the honor of their family, however. Ezzati in “The Lost Strait”. ancient Median city of Ecbatana, the city also comprises When a video of their sister revealing her Baran Kowsari received a nomination some important monuments belonging to the Islamic period. hair ends up on the internet, the brothers in the best actress category for her roles in The exhibition will run until August 29 at Axkhaneh become the protagonists of some strange “I Am Not Angry” and “Cold Sweat”. Other Shahr located in Bahare Shiraz Park near Bahare Shiraz incidents. nominees in this section are Sara Bahrami Square. “I Am Not Angry” tells the story of for “Axing”, Zahra Davudnejad for “No. 17 an expelled university student in Iran Soheila”, Negar Moqaddami for “Don’t Feel who struggles to control his anger at the Shy”, Mahtab Nasirpur for “Astigmatism” injustices surrounding him. Farhad Aslani (L) and Navid Mohammadzadeh act in a scene of “Sheeple” and Shirin Yazdanbakhsh for “Lovely Trash”. Iranian publisher puts out Seyyedi and Dormishian are both by Hooman Seyyedi. The Cinema Cinema Academy Awards new Persian translation of also competing for the award for for his roles in both of the films. Maadi’s “Bomb, a Love Story”, Hamid ceremony, which can be considered as the best screenwriter, and actor Navid Other nominees in the categories of Nematollah’s “Flaming”, Bahram Iranian equivalent of the Oscars, will be held “Celestial Bodies” Mohammadzadeh received nominations best film and best director are Peyman Tavakkoli’s “The Lost Strait”, Mohsen at Tehran’s Enqelab Hotel on August 10.

CULTURE TEHRAN — A new Persian translation of deskOmani novelist Jokha Alharthi’s “Celestial Bodies”, the winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Tehran Symphony Orchestra to perform with Prize, has been published in Tehran. The book has been guest conductor Nicolas Krauze translated from an English version published by ARTTEHRAN — The Tehran Symphony and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 will be performed the Sandstone Press, an deskOrchestra will give a concert under the during the concerts. independent publisher in baton of guest conductor Nicolas Krauze from France Krauze has conducted over 400 concerts with Nouvelle Scotland, Gooya, the Iranian at Vahdat Hall on August 21 and 22, the conductor has Europe, a chamber orchestra based in Paris, for which he publisher of the book, has announced on his website. is the principal conductor and artistic director. announced. Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “La Forza He has also collaborated with orchestras such as the Ali-Akbar Abdorrashidi Del Destino”, French composer Paul Dukas’ symphonic Paris Symphonic Orchestra, the Bari Symphony Orchestra who is a TV host is the poem “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, French composer in Italy, the Olomouc Symphony Orchestra in Czech and translator of the book. Maurice Ravel’s one-movement orchestral piece “Boléro” several other orchestras across the world. French conductor Nicolas Krauze in an undated photo. Alharthi is the first author who writes in Arabic to win the Man Booker award. She shared the prize equally with Clintons, Mariah Carey turn out for Barbra Streisand concert Marilyn Booth, the American NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand’s Dinkins, U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler and Rev. “Maybe he’s poor, till he reveals his showed him with a red nose under the words translator of her book. return to New York City’s Madison Square Al Sharpton also attended the show, where returns who can be sure, who is this “clown of the year.” “Celestial Bodies” is set Garden for the first time in 13 years attracted Streisand was backed by an orchestra with clown,” she sang as the audience erupted Streisand, a proud Democrat who has Front cover of the Persian ver- in the Omani village of al- figures from pop superstar Mariah Carey to more than a dozen talented musicians. in applause. “Something’s amiss, I don’t supported the Clintons as well as Barack sion of Omani novelist Jokha Awafi and follows the stories Bill and Hillary Clinton for a concert that In characteristic fashion, Streisand brought approve, now that’s he’s running the free Obama, released a song last year that Alharthi’s “Celestial Bodies”. of three sisters: Mayya, who turned political. politics into the concert, warning Republicans world where can we move, maybe a town, questioned Trump and pleaded for change marries into a rich family after a heartbreaking experience; The iconic singer performed a show- in the audience to cover their ears before who is this clown?” called “Don’t Lie to Me.” Asma, who marries for duty; and Khawla, who is waiting stopping concert Saturday night, receiving launching into a remixed version of “Send After the song, a photo of the White House Streisand thanked the political figures for a man who has emigrated to Canada. standing ovations from fans including Carey, in the Clowns” that took jabs at President — with circus tent on top of it — appeared in the audience for their efforts and said Another Persian translation of the novel by Narges who showed up to her seat as Streisand ended Donald Trump. Streisand had covered the on the screen, followed by Trump in clown she wished she could have sung at Hillary Bigdeli from Arabic, the original language of the book, her first song of the night. Stephen Sondheim song for “The Broadway makeup. An altered version of his Time Clinton’s inauguration like she sang at Bill was published previously by Afraz Publications. Former New York City Mayor David Album” in 1985. magazine 2016 Person of the Year cover Clinton’s 1993 inaugural gala.