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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12601 Monday JULY 18, 2016 Tir 28, 1395 Shawwal 13, 1437 Era of coups No negotiations is gone: Iran plans first tender to draw if nuclear deal Rouhani $12 billion green investment is violated, POLITICAL TEHRAN — Irani- Iran warns deskan President Hassan Iran is planning its first tender for utility-scale The nation wants to install 5 gigawatts of re- opened to investors following last year’s nuclear Araqchi says U.S. Rouhani said on Sunday that the era to renewable-energy projects by year end as newable energy in the next five years and an deal, has been courted by international green administration should meet stage coup d’état is gone, noting that it begins a green power build out that could additional 2.5 gigawatts by 2030, Iran’s energy power investors at the same time it boosts oil problems can be resolved through draw $12 billion of investment by the time it’s minister Hamid Chitchian said Thursday in an in- production for export. its obligations regardless of “democracy” and “respect for votes of complete. terview in London. The Persian Gulf nation, re- 4 what Congress does majority”. “We are in a region where, unfortu- POLITICAL TEHRAN — Irani- nately, some think can seize power by deskan Deputy Foreign tank, plane, and helicopter and topple Music turns spotlight on Urmia environmental ruin Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sun- a government which has been elected day the JCPOA is the “final document” by the people,” Rouhani said while ad- See page 1 2 and Iran will abide by this international dressing people in Kermanshah, west- agreement but there will be no other ern Iran. negotiations in case the pact is violat- Rouhani was referring to a military ed by the other side. coup attempt in Turkey by a faction of Iran’s nuclear activities will be re- the Turkish military forces in Ankara turned to the pre-nuclear deal situa- late on Friday which was crumbled by tion if the other side violates the terms forces loyal to the Turkish government. of the agreement, Araqchi asserted. The coup attempt left more than He also said that the U.S. govern- 260 people killed. ment should meet its obligations re- He added that problems can be re- gardless of Congressional moves. solved by “ballot boxes”. “The U.S. government is duty Rouhani also said his administra- bound to implement the JCPOA. The tion will counter the issue of inflated U.S. government should prevent any salaries. action that leads to violation of the “The government of ‘prudence and JCPOA and any action that could hope’ will counter all the violations stop successful implementation of the with the help of God,” he added. JCPOA and we don’t care what action On July 6, Rouhani issued a state- the Congress takes,” the leading diplo- ment saying that his government will mat underlined. counter corruption and nepotism at Iran and the 5+1 group - the the administrative system until it is United States, Britain, France, China “eradicated”. and Russia plus Germany - finalized The president said in the statement the text of the JCPOA in Vienna on that he will not waver in his determina- 14 July, 2015. 2 tion to fight corruption with “anybody”.

Mahan Mirarab, Ali Haddadi-Asl ARTICLE Amir Wahba By Kaveh Madani MIZAN/ to team up for and Shirin Hakim Iranian concerts Bulgarian musician Ivan Iliev conducts the Tehran Symphony Orchestra during a concert that held at Vahdat Hall on July 16, 2016 to draw attention to the environmental ruin of Urmia, the dried-up lake in northwest Iran. Iran: Reversing ARTTEHRAN — Iranian the environmental deskjazz guitarist Mahan Mirarab and Egyptian percussionist Iran bans tours to Turkey until further notice damages of sanctions Amir Wahba will team up to give some TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran’s Cultural register and send travelers to tourist spots in The Iranian Embassy in Ankara has advised fusion concerts in Iran. desk hile the lifting of sanctions The duo will perform two concert at Heritage, Tourism and Hand- Turkey until further notice, Mehr news agency Iranians to stay indoors and to avoid public in January provides great icraft Organization has released a statement, reported on Sunday. places and conflict areas. W Tehran’s Azadi Tower on July 21 and 22, promise for Iran’s future Mirarab has announced on his official calling on travel agencies not to organize tours The organization with the support of For- Around 1.6 million Iranian people visited Tur- economy, the consequential effects website. They will then leave Tehran for to Turkey due to unsecure situation in the wake eign Ministry and the Civil Aviation Organiza- key in 2015, rising by 6.3 percent year on year, the they have had on the natural envi- the southern Iranian city of Bandar Ab- of the recent Turkish coup attempt. tion plans to return Iranian tourists trapped in president of Turkish Touristic Hotels and Investors ronment have been at an unforgiving bas to do their gig on July 26. The statement urges tour operators not to airports across Turkey. Association, Timur Bayindir, has said. cost. The sustained environmental The last concert will be performed problems that current and future gen- in Shiraz on July 28. erations have inherited as a result of A repertoire of pieces by Mirarab Nuclear chief names new deputies political strife could take generations will be performed at the concert. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Director of the It seems the new appointments can help to recover from. Bassist Dara Darai and guitarist Gol- deskAtomic Energy Organization better preparation for the AEOI future plans. Over the last decade, as Iran fell nar Shahyar will accompany the musi- of Iran (AEOI) has appointed new deputies, Recently, Iran has announced initial agreements further into economic isolation, its via- cians in some of the performances. saying he has strong belief in them. with Paris to join the International Thermonu- bility to sustain the environment conse- Ali Akbar Salehi appointed Mohammad Ja- clear Experimental Reactor (ITER). quently deteriorated. Iran is now home Iran runner-up mal Shojaee and Pezhman Rahimian respec- As asserted by Salehi, participation in the to four of the ten most polluted cities in tively as his deputy for human resources and project “is the most important mission of the the world and is in the midst of a pro- at Asian U-20 raw material and nuclear fuel. Atomic Energy Organization.” longed drought, crippling the already over-tapped native bodies of water. This Volleyball vulnerability of Iran’s current environ- Championship mental state is due in part to socio-eco- nomic difficulties and discord from the Iranian woman wins UNESCO competition global community, which has limited its SPORTS Iran lost to China desk Sara Mardani from Iran was among every 23 April. were invited to choose a quote resources, forcing it to wage a self-suffi- 3-2 (27-25, 21-25, cient scheme utilizing large amounts of 31-29, 18-25, 15-13) in the final match one of the winners of UNESCO Mardani’s photo from Tehran is from their favorite author and international photo competition, amongst the top five entries. She illustrate it in a fun and creative its domestic resources. Iran’s thirst for of the 2016 Asian U-20 Men’s Volley- accelerated development under such ball Championship on Sunday. which aimed to promote books as illustrated Roman philosopher, way. well as reading and disseminate politician, lawyer, and orator, Mar- Over the course of the compe- stifling sanctions was at the discretion Iran and China as the tournament’s of Iranian decision-makers, but sanc- top two teams had already qualified the message of tolerance. cus Tullius Cicero’s quote “A room tition, more than 300 posts with The competition was launched without books is like a body with- the hashtag #Wordsoftolerance tions placed the nation in a challenging for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s position that was not entirely in their U-21 World Championship. alongside World Book and Copy- out a soul”. were published on social media. Sara Mardani’s shot wins the UNESCO right Day, celebrated by UNESCO People from all over the world (Source: UNIC) control. Trying to prove self-sufficiency The competition will be held in international photo competition while simultaneously maintaining an Brno, Czech Republic. Earlier in the image of strength and rapid develop- day, South Korea beat Japan 3-2 in ment pushed an already fragile envi- third-place match. Boeing following Obama administration’s ronment to the brink of collapse. It was the 18th edition of Asian Before the sanctions, Iran relied Men’s U-20 Volleyball Championship, lead, not Congress, in deal with Iran Air heavily on petroleum imports from Eu- which was first held in 1980 in South ropean refineries, as the nation lacked Boeing CEO Dennis Muilen- for Boeing employees Friday $25 billion. Korea, and is currently held biennially the necessary means to refine their burg said his aerospace compa- afternoon. “The next step of the process” since 1984 (except for 1982). And it own petroleum domestically. In the ny is following the lead of the For Boeing, however, “govern- is “going through U.S. government was also the first time for Chinese Tai- aftermath of sanctions, Iran turned to U.S. government when it comes ment” means following the lead license approval,” Muilenburg said. pei to host this AVC competition for converting petrochemical factories to to furthering the $17.6 billion of President Barack Obama’s ad- If Boeing obtains that approval, under-20 players. refineries as a short-term solution to deal for passenger aircraft that ministration, rather than the vo- then it would move to signing a maintain the high demand for its do- Boeing has tentatively struck with ciferous critics in Congress who firm sales agreement. mestic transportation needs, adding to Learn English Iran Air. voted earlier this month to block The Boeing CEO said the po- the highly toxic air that fills its cities to- “We are staying completely Boeing’s deal with Iran. tential deal with Iran Air is “a signif- Learn English with us at day. In 2012 alone, there were an esti- within the U.S. government-ap- So far Boeing’s Iran deal con- icant opportunity” that represents mated 80,000 premature deaths in the proved process on this deal,” sists of an initial memorandum of “significant U.S. manufacturing nation, relating to the poor air quality. See page 10 he said on the sidelines of a understanding with Iran Air. It in- and lease it another 29 aircraft, jobs.” 100th anniversary celebration tends to sell 80 aircraft to Iran Air putting the deal’s value at about (Source: Business Journal) 10 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 JJULYULY 118,8, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Zarif says Tehran in forefront of war

Iranian Navy’s 41th flotilla docks in home on terrorism POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Ira- any sort or anywhere are condemned in desknian foreign minister our view.” has underscored Tehran’s serious war on Tokyo a close friend of Tehran TEHRAN — The Iranian Navy’s 41th flotilla of war- terrorism, describing terrorist attacks as On Tehran-Tokyo ties, Zarif hailed Ja- ships will dock in Bandar Abbas port on Monday, “anti-human deeds.” pan as a “close friend of Iran,” saying there Mehr reported. Mohammad Javad Zarif made the re- are plenty of grounds for cooperation be- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibol- marks in an appearance on Saturday with tween the two countries.

MEHR lah Sayyari will take salute, welcoming the flotilla. Masahisa Sato, chairman of the Foreign “Tokyo can be a major economic part- The flotilla of warships left Bandar Abbas port Affairs and Defense Commission of Ja- ner of Iran and we think Japan has been for the Gulf of Aden on June 1 to protect Iranian pan’s House of Councilors. traditionally showing respect for peace, cargo ships and oil tankers against pirates. “Countering terrorism is of criti- stability, and security in region.” The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-pi- cal importance for Iran and we were Referring to economic indexes of Iran, racy patrols in the region since November 2008, deeply upset by the recent terrorist including natural resources and unique when Somali raiders seized the Iranian-chartered attack in the French city of Nice,” said security and stability, the foreign minister cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen. Zarif. emphasized the Iranian market is increas- Geography does not influence ingly prepared for cooperation with Japa- Amir-Abdollahian Tehran’s denunciation and condem- nese companies. nation of “the anti-human deeds,” Masahisa Sato, for his part, expressed likely to be named the Iranian foreign policy point man Japan’s interest in upgrading ties with as advisor to Majlis stressed. Tehran. speaker “These sorts of anti-human deeds in “The Japanese government has Masahisa Sato, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission of Japan’s House of Councilors, TEHRAN — Most likely, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Geography does not influence Tehran’s met with Iranian Foreign Minister on Saturday. would be the next advisor to Parliament Speaker backed the JCPOA from the outset and He further said, “Iran and Japan can Ali Larijani on international affairs, Fars let slip on denunciation and condemnation of “anti-human deeds,” the Iranian foreign policy point man has agreed on opening a credit line for shore up collaboration in many areas, Sunday. Iran to enhance investment in the coun- including counterterrorism and regional FARS Amir-Abdollahian was previously deputy foreign stresses. try.” stability and security.” minister for Arab and African affairs, recently re- placed by Hossein Jabberi Ansari, who acted as the foreign ministry spokesman. He had previously acted as Iran’s ambassador to Bah- rain and represented Tehran in the Syrian peace talks. Rezaee: Hollande better to use ‘Saudi terrorism’ instead Currently, Amir-Abdollahian is advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad zarif and it is not yet clear if he will remain in the post. of ‘IslamicIslamic tterrorism’error POLITICAL TEHRAN — Mohsen On Thursday night,, an attackattackerer Iran believes regional extrem- the Wahabism ideology by Saudis. IRGC deskRezaee, secretary of the while driving a heavy trucktruck plowed ism is fedf by Wahabism, which is “The fundamental problem with the second-in-command: Expediency Council, has called on French into crowds celebratinging Bas-Bas- backedba by Saudis financially West is that it masks realities … and this President Francois Hollande to replace tille Day in the Frenchch cicityty and logistically. won’t help counter terrorism,” Rezaee re- Feud with Iran the term “Islamic terrorism” with “Saudi of Nice, killing at leastst 84 Tehran has also warned marked. multipronged terrorism” in his remarks. people and injuring scorescores the West of double Saudi Arabia is the fountain of terror- In response to the Nice terrorist car- more in what Hol- standards on terrorism, ism, Rezaee said elsewhere in his remarks. TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guards Crops nage late on Thursday, French President lande called a ter- objecting to the West for “It won’t take too long for European second-in-command has said the enemy is in a François Hollande said, “All of France is rorist act, according turning a blind eye to the countries and the U.S. to identify the continuous multipronged confrontation with the under the threat of Islamic terrorism.” to Reuters. nurturing and practicing source of terrorism… Saudi Arabia is the Islamic revolution, Tasnim reported on Saturday. “Mr. Hollande should use Saudi terror- source of all these terrors.” “This confrontation is not merely limited to the ism instead of Islamic terrorism; the Saudi “It won’t take too long for European countries Soon or late, however, the West has to battlefield, rather it has expanded to include polit- Arabia that is your ally, supporter, and stop pretending ostrichism, acknowledg- TASNIM ical, economic, mental, social, and cultural dimen- stooge,” Rezaee said in a live TV program and the U.S. to identify the source of terrorism … ing the hand of Saudis behind the bloody sions, as well,” Brigadier General Hossein Salami told aired on Saturday. Saudi Arabia is the source of all these terrors.” scenes, he stated. a group of IRGC navy commanders in Mashhad. This is a macro-level strategy focused on by the U.S. to conquer the Islamic world, Salami stressed.

Zarif says ready to take U.S. has not met JCPOA obligations: Velayati questions on JCPOA by POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Velayati, a tions as was expected, Velayati noted.noted. U.S. purchasepurchase of “heavy“heavy water,”water,” also with little backing desksenior foreign policy advisor to the Despite the nuclear deal tthehe U.S. House fromfrom DDemocrats.emocrats. MPs Leader, said on Sunday that the U.S. has not fully met its of Representatives on Thursdaysday passed Every congressional RepublRepublican,i and several of Oba- obligations based on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of two pieces of legislation linkeded to the in- ma’s fellow Democrats, opposedoppos the nuclear deal be- Action, commonly known as the nuclear deal. ternational nuclear agreementnt with Iran, tweentween Iran, the United States and other world powers TEHRAN — The Iranian foreign minister has said “The U.S. has not fulfilled its commitments in the one year after the landmarkk pact was announcedannounced in JulyJuly 2015 in whichw Tehran agreed to he is ready to answer questions on the JCPOA by JCPOA; the sanctions have not been removed com- announced, defying Presidentent Barack curtailcurtail itsits nuclearnuclear programprog in exchange for re- MPs if they wish so, ISNA reported on Saturday. pletely and unfortunately, some of the Leader’s condi- Obama’s veto threat. lieflief fromfro sanctions. “If representatives have questions, we are ready tions have not been observed,” Velayati said in a forum Voting largely along partyarty Since then, Republi- ISNA to answer when briefing the National Security and in Tehran. lines, the Republican-con-n- cansc have repeatedly Foreign Policy Committee on the JCPOA,” said Zarif. “Obama should order removal of sanctions in written, trolled House voted 246 to offered sanctions bills Zarif’s remarks come one day after his team but contrary to their obligation, he has not done that 179 to pass a new set of sanc-- and other Iran-relat- handed in a 41-page report on the implementation yet. We fulfilled our commitments before the specified tions on Iran, and 246 to 1811 ed legislation that of the JCPOA to the parliament. time, but the Western sides have not removed sanctions for a measure to block Iran’ss Democrats dismiss as According to a bill ratified by the Iranian Parlia- yet,” remarked Velayati, a veteran politician who served access to the U.S. financiall bids to score political ment, the Foreign Ministry has to brief the body on as foreign minister from 1981 to 1997. system, including use of thee points by undermin- the JCPOA every three months. The objective of nuclear talks and the nuclear pact was a dollar, according to Reuters. ingin a deal seen as a po- restriction of nuclear activities by Iran and removal of sanctions The House on Wednes- tentialtentia foreign policy legacy New Interior Ministry by the West, however the West has not observed its obliga- day passed a bill to bar the forfor Obama.Obama. spokesman named ‘Coup, Zionism and terrorism are lethal poison for global security’ TEHRAN — The Interior Ministry has appointed POLITICAL TEHRAN — Hossein Amir-Abdollahi- marked. Salman Samani as its new spokesman, IRNA report- deskan, an advisor to Foreign Minister Mo- Condemning coup attempt in Turkey, ed on Saturday. hammad Javad Zarif, said on Sunday that “coup, Zionism Amir-Abdollahian said, “The recent develop- The new appointment was confirmed by Interior and terrorism are lethal poison” for the international se- ments in Turkey showed that coup and terror-

IRNA Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli in his decree. curity and stability. ism are two sides of the same coin which have Samani had previously served as deputy interi- The remarks by Amir-Abdollahian came after a faction targeted security, stability and welfare in the or minister for parliamentary affairs and provincial of the Turkish military forces launched a military coup in (Middle East) region.” cooperation. Ankara on Saturday which was crumbled by forces loyal Amir-Abdollahian also said that Takfiri elements and He replaced Hosseinali Amiri who has been named to the Turkish government. The coup attempt left more the Zionist regime of Israel have taken actions against vice president for parliamentary affairs a week ago. than 26 people killed. the legal government of Syria which go against the Syr- Over the past month, there have been new ap- “Developments in Syria, Iraq and Turkey proved ian people’s votes. pointments at provincial and national levels by the the fact that the people’s role in protecting their Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar al-Assad are “le- administration. votes and determining their destiny is the most im- gal” president who have been elected in democratic Opponents have linked this to the upcoming portant issue in the contemporary world,” he re- ways, Amir-Abdollahian pointed out. presidential election due next year. Iran says borders with Turkey open, safe for No negotiations if nuclear deal is violated, Iran warns

passengers 1 undoubtedly very important in imple- the talks. On July 20, 2015, the UN Security menting the JCPOA and was definitely Araqchi also said that economic Council turned the JCPOA into interna- one of the objectives we sought in the achievements have been made since the TEHRAN — The Iranian embassy in Turkey has an- tional law by endorsing a resolution, set- talks; however, we should not forget nuclear deal went into effect in mid-Jan- nounced all land and air corridors with Turkey are ting the stage for the lifting of the Securi- that removal of sanctions was not our uary. open and Iranian nationals who are still in Turkey ty Council sanctions against Iran. only demand,” he said in a press con- The situation has been normalized in

ILNA can get back to Iran through them. The deal went into effect on January ference. the areas of energy, transportation, in- Following a coup in Turkey on Friday night the 16, 2016. Araqchi, the deputy foreign minister dustry and business, however, there are Iranian embassy in Ankara issued travelling warn- Araqchi who played a key role in ne- for legal and international affairs, said still some problems in financial and bank- ings to the country and urged Iranian nationals gotiating the nuclear agreement with that Iran’s “main demand” in the nuclear ing areas, he remarked. in Turkey to either stay indoors or avoid crowded great powers also said the removal of negotiations was “recognition” of its right ---Sale of heavy water places for their safety. sanctions was important to Iran, but it to “nuclear technology” which has been deal, only the nuclear related sanctions On sale of heavy water, he said that Iranian airliners have been transferring Iranian na- was not the only demand of the country. achieved. will be removed and lifting of non-nucle- Iran is negotiating with Russia to sell 40 tionals in Turkey via extracurricular flights to the country. “The issue of removing sanctions is He also said according to the nuclear ar sanctions were not discussed during tons of heavy water to the country. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international JJULYULY 118,8, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3 Armed men in Armenia seize police Syria fully cuts militant station, demand politicians’ release route to Aleppo, retake key town in Latakia Armed men seized a police station and and the seizure of other buildings. Such as- hostages in Armenia’s capital Yerevan on sertions were pure “disinformation,” it said. Sunday, demanding Armenians take to “The National Security Service offi- By staff & agencies the streets to press their demands for the cially announces that such information is Syrian government forces have completely cut off the only release of opposition politicians they said absolutely untrue,” it said in a statement. main road used by foreign-backed militants into Aleppo. had been jailed unfairly. Demands According to a London-based monitor on Sunday, mil- One of their main demands was to Video footage of the hostage tak- itant-controlled parts of the northern Syrian city are now free Jirair Sefilian, an opposition politician ers posted on Russia’s lifenews.ru portal completely besieged after the army reached the Castello whom the authorities have accused of showed the men, armed with Kalash- Road and fully cut it. plotting civil unrest. Sefilian was jailed in nikov assault rifles, and wearing bullet “Aleppo is now 100% besieged,” the French news agency June over allegations of illegally possess- proof vests, listing their demands. AFP quoted a militant based in the city as saying, adding the ing weapons. “Dear compatriots. It has started. We army has started setting up sandbag barriers. Armenia’s security service said one ask everyone to take to the streets,” one The army had advanced on July 7 to within firing range policeman had been killed and two of the men said. “Our demand is to set of the key supply route but had not reached the road itself. wounded in the violence, but that nego- free all political prisoners ... and for them Located south of the Syrian-Turkish border, Aleppo is the tiations were now underway to resolve to be brought here.” commercial and industrial hub and has always been a mili- the standoff peacefully. Another hostage-taker said: “The po- tary strategic site. Two hostages had been freed, it said. lice station has been in our hands for three The army had been attempting to seize the Castello Road Armenian news agencies cited police and a half hours. We have captured all the and nearby Mallah Farms for more than two years as it is the sources as saying seven or eight hostag- weapons. There is no other way. We appeal inspire more than 50 people to take to menian separatists and the breakaway only route militants can use to access districts they control in es remained. to you. Don’t leave us here alone. We are the streets. Azeri region of Nagorno-Karabakh. the second Syrian city. Photographs from the scene show the doing our bit - you do your bit.” Armenians news agencies reported A Moscow-brokered ceasefire halted Last week, the army repelled a massive counter-offensive area ringed with white armored vehicles. There were no immediate reports of that the armed men were also demand- four days of violence in the South Cauca- by militants to reopen the supply route into Aleppo, killing Though far smaller in scale, sugges- crowds taking to the streets. ing that President Serzh Sargsyan quit. sus region on April 5, the worst flare-up nearly 30 terrorists. tions by one opposition politician that Several prominent Armenian political Reuters could not immediately confirm in years, but sporadic shooting is still fre- President Bashar al-Assad said last month that Takfiri mil- an armed uprising was underway stoked commentators said the men appeared that assertion. quent at night and people on both sides itants would gain no more grounds in Aleppo and the city speculation that the hostage takers had to sympathize with the Founding Parlia- Sefilian, a former military command- have been killed since. would become their graveyard. drawn inspiration from an unsuccessful ment opposition group, which they said er and the man the hostage takers want The mountainous enclave is with- The president said Syrian forces would step by step lib- coup attempt in neighboring Turkey. did not enjoy wide support. freed, has strongly criticized Sargsyan in in Azerbaijan’s borders, but populated erate all the territory that has been under the control of the The security service accused the hos- At least one other opposition group, the past, saying he is unhappy about the mainly by ethnic Armenians who reject terrorists over the past years. tage takers’ supporters of spreading false Flourishing Armenia, denounced the vi- way the government has been handling Azerbaijan’s rule. Terrorists pushed out of major town rumors on the internet about an uprising olence and said the men were unlikely to a long-running conflict between pro-Ar- (Source: Reuters) Meanwhile, Syrian government forces have pushed out terrorists from a major city in the country’s western Latakia province, says a UK-based monitoring group. According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Turkey attempted coup: 6,000 people detained Rights, government troops, backed by the Russian air force, regained control of Kinsabba on Saturday following around Ankara seeks arrest of Erdogan’s military aide two weeks of clashes. So far 6,000 people have been detained in Turkey in re- Additionally, a senior Turkish official told Al Jazeera Local reports have confirmed that the town and its sur- lation to a failed coup, with more detentions expected, that at least two judges from the constitutional court and rounding hills are fully in control of government forces. broadcaster NTV said on Sunday, citing Justice Minister 10 judges from the HSYK had been detained. Militants with the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front took Bekir Bozdag. ’One of the masterminds’ control of the city at the beginning of the month. “The judicial process on this will continue,” NTV re- Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said Earlier, the observatory announced that at least 18 mem- ported Bozdag as saying. that the judges were detained based on “financial trans- bers of the ISIL (Daesh) terrorist group have been killed in Meanwhile, Turkey’s state-run news agency says au- actions and communications between the individuals in Russian airstrikes in central Syria, including near the ancient thorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of President question and the putschists”, but added that detention city of Palmyra. It added that a number of European nation- Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top military aide. did not necessarily mean conviction. als were among the killed militants. The Anadolu Agency says Sunday the warrant was is- Another senior official, also speaking anonymously, Russia has been bombing the Daesh and Nusra Front sued against Col. Ali Yazici following Friday’s failed coup told Al Jazeera that a top army general was also being terrorist groups in Syria at the official request of President attempt. It wasn’t immediately clear what role, if any, Ya- held over his alleged involvement. Bashar al-Assad since September 30, 2015. zici played in the attempted coup that started late Friday. “General Erdal Ozturk, commander of the Third Army, Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says the coup plotters has been detained,” he said. March 2011. The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staf- have been defeated, the coup has failed and life has re- “Our sense is that the would-be junta had made fan de Mistura estimates that over 400,000 people have turned to normal. ganization.” preparations for some time. They had determined which been killed in the conflict. The UN has stopped its official The government quickly began a purge of soldiers Erdogan has accused an exiled businessman and cler- military officers would take over as governors, heads of casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures and judiciary officials allegedly connected to the plot af- ic, Fethullah Gulen, of orchestrating the violence and is government agencies ... but they were forced to rush that it receives from various sources. ter it became clear the attempt had failed on Saturday. demanding the U.S. extradite him. Gulen, though, denies due to the upcoming Supreme Military Council meeting,” A ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia went into effect “We are not after revenge. If they have guns and any involvement and has publicly condemned the events he said. in Syria on February 27, but it does not apply to the Daesh tanks, we have faith,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Friday and Saturday. The official described Ozturk as “one of the master- and al-Nusra Front terrorist groups in the Arab country. said, speaking a funeral for some of the civilians killed By Saturday evening, 2,839 military personnel had minds” behind the plan. in the violence. been detained, with the number of arrests expected to The coup attempt began at around 19:30 GMT on “We are not after revenge. So let us think before tak- rise, according to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Friday with the partial closure by troops of two major ing each step. We will act with reason and experience. The top judicial body, the HSYK, dismissed 2,745 bridges over the Bosphorus in Istanbul as tanks moved The Gulen Movement’s step received its response. The judges on Saturday, according to the state-run Anadolu into the streets and fighter jets were seen in the skies. putschists are the representatives of Gulen’s terrorist or- news agency. (Source: agencies) Bahrain court dissolves main opposition group

Despite reform, Saudi ‘guardianship’ still restricts women: HRW A court in Bahrain has dissolved the country’s main Shia op- position group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, almost Saudi Arabian laws requiring women was improving women’s status. a month after the regime suspended its activities. to have male guardians have been re- “It conflates the laws on women’s formed in recent years but continue to guardianship that authorities are being restrict and endanger them, obstructing asked to amend or develop with customs government plans to reform the econo- prevailing in society that may... take time my, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says to change,” he said. in a report. Dozens of Saudi women interviewed The report drew criticism on Sunday by HRW said their lives were subject to from a government rights official, who male supervision when it came to apply- said the system was designed to protect ing for a passport, leaving the country, and help women, and was less restrictive getting married and accessing courts and than portrayed by HRW. medical treatment. Women in Saudi Arabia must usually A 25-year-old woman referred to as obtain permission from a guardian - fa- Zahra, whose father used to beat her ther, husband, or son - to travel, study or and later refused to allow her to travel marry. overseas to study, was quoted as telling The so-called administrative court in the capital, Manama, These laws, making women legal HRW: “Whenever someone tells me, ‘You on Sunday ordered the dissolution of al-Wefaq and the sei- wards of a male relative and backed by should have a five-year plan,’ I say I can’t. zure of its funds. a powerful clerical establishment, have in I’ll have a five-year plan and then my dad as renting an apartment, without a male to state policy but difficulties in imple- The Bahraini justice ministry had suspended the opposi- recent years been reformed, with women would disagree. Why have a plan?” relative. mentation. tion group’s activities on June 14. no longer needing to obtain male guard- Other women told HRW their friends Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin On the question of travel, Qahtani The latest move, part of a wide crackdown on political dis- ian permission to work, HRW said in the or relatives had sought to marry to es- Salman unveiled in April an ambitious said: “There is no problem for any woman sent in Bahrain, is certain to prompt more protests in the coun- report, “Boxed In: Women and Saudi Ara- cape strict, conservative, or abusive fa- plan to transform the economy by 2030, to travel in the absence of a dispute in the try, whose embattled regime has faced an uprising since 2011. bia’s Male Guardianship System.” thers and brothers. A woman named Tala which envisages increasing women’s par- family. In the event of a dispute it must be Various human rights organizations had condemned the But the system remains largely intact said: “The guardianship system is always ticipation in the workforce to 30 percent resolved first to ensure each party fulfils suspension, labeling it is part of a new crackdown on dissent. and an impediment to realizing women’s a nightmare. I don’t want to get married from 22 percent. its obligations toward the family.” Al-Wefaq’s secretary general, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been rights, it said. because I don’t want a stranger to control HRW’s Kristine Beckerle said the king- He added: “One should bear in mind in prison since December 2014 on charges of attempting to Mufleh al-Qahtani, chairman of the me ... Basically, it is slavery.” dom could not achieve this vision if it did that Saudi society is conservative and overthrow the regime and collaborating with foreign powers, government-licensed National Society for Conservative society not abolish male guardianship. some of the customs and traditions of the charges he has denied. A court sentenced him to four years Human Rights, told Reuters the report Women are not allowed to drive and Officials often say the failure to end society need time to be adjusted.” in prison in June 2015. confused tradition with state policy that face difficulty in many transactions such discrimination against women is not due (Source: Reuters) The spiritual leader of the group, Sheikh Issa Qassim, has also been stripped of his Bahraini citizenship over similar accusations. On Saturday, the public prosecutor in Bahrain said the cleric will go on trial early next month on charges Gunman kills two in Florida hospital of “illegal fund collections and money laundering,” without providing an exact date. A gunman fatally shot an elderly patient and a hospital meters) east of Orlando -- local police said earlier via have any connection with the hospital, Brevard County Since February 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters employee in an apparently random attack inside a Flori- Twitter, adding that the victims had died. Sheriff Wayne Ivey told local reporters. have held numerous demonstrations on an almost daily ba- da hospital early Sunday, police said. Police arrested the gunman at the hospital, local tel- “It appears to be extremely random,” he said, local sis, calling for the Al Khalifah regime to relinquish power. “Victims are an elderly female patient, & female hos- evision station WFTV reported. The authorities have not channel WKMG reported. However, he cautioned that it In March that year, troops from Saudi Arabia and the Unit- pital employee. unk motive,” the Titusville Police Depart- yet identified him. was still early in the investigation. ed Arab Emirates — themselves repressive Arab regimes — ment said on Twitter. Unarmed security guards had subdued and detained Last month, a gunman killed 49 people inside a gay night- were deployed to the country to help in the crackdown on The shooting took place on the third floor of the the suspect before the police arrived. club in Orlando, the worst gun massacre in recent U.S. history. peaceful protests. Parrish Medical Center in Titusville -- 40 miles (64 kilo- The suspect apparently did not know the victims or (Source: AFP) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JJULYULY 18,18, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Iran plans first tender to draw Total explores to invest in Iran’s Parsian energy zone $12 billion green investment ECONOMY TEHRAN — Representatives of the French desk oil giant Total visited Parsian Energy Inten- 1 sive Industrial Special Economic Zone in Iran’s southern prov- “We’re not going to use the money from oil in that sec- ince of Hormozgan to explore investment capacities, Shana tor at all,” Chitchian said. “All the investment will be done by reported on Saturday. the private sector, including local and foreign companies.” In a meeting, Hassan Shahrokhi, director of the zone, At least 150 trade delegations from around the globe and the French company’s envoys discussed the projects have visited Tehran in the six months since economic sanc- with the feature of comparative advantage to be imple- tions were dropped. mented in the area. Tehran’s government is seeking commerce with coun- Shahrokhi briefed Total representatives on advantages tries and companies offering the best financial terms rather of investment in special industrial zones and noted that than prioritizing political and historical ties. The energy based on Iran’s law, investors can use many exemptions ministry is already in talks with some of the world’s largest and advantages in such areas. renewable-energy players including Vestas Wind Systems The envoys for their part, acknowledged that invest- A/S and Siemens Wind Power Ltd., Chitchian said. ment in Parsian Zone is highly lucrative and with low risk. Vestas’ chief sales officer, Juan Aratuce, said last month Establishment of petrochemical complexes with annu- that Iran could be an important new market for wind en- al capacity of 20 million tons of petrochemical products is ergy. Automaker Iran Khodro Co. is negotiating with South among projects foreseen for this strategic area. Korea’s LG International Corp. to jointly develop electric By establishing mining infrastructures, Iranian Mines vehicles. & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organi- “Foreign direct investment dried up during the sanctions zation (IMIDRO) has paved the way for foreign invest- but it is already starting to flow,” said Mohammad Hassan ment in the zone and so far several major international Habibollahzadeh, Iran’s charge d’affaires in UK “Many com- companies have shown interest in establishment of their panies have signed agreements during the last few months. specialized docks in the zone. Electricity is considered to be one of the most important Iran will tender 1 gigawatt of wind and as many as 3 trade crude for refined products. Under a so-called “solar With an area of 9800 hectare, Parsian Zone, a sub- sectors.” gigawatts of solar, likely in several stages, Chitchian said. It for service” program, developers and land owners would sidiary of IMIDRO, is located in the west of Hormozgan Most of Iran’s power plants are over 40 years old and is also seeking to build biomass and geothermal plants and split cash flows generated from power sales. province. need to be renovated and repowered, he said. The govern- swap natural gas for electricity with Armenia. Iran currently supplies 80 percent of its power from ment is planning to invest a total of $50 billion in its electric- Iran may also add solar to its system of energy swaps, natural gas and wants to raise that figure to 90 percent by ity system in the next seven years. which before sanctions were lifted allowed the country to the end of next year. (Source: Bloomberg) Tehran to host 5th Iran-Afghanistan Joint Monthly petchem output reaches 4.15m tons in Iran Economic meeting soon ECONOMY TEHRAN — The total Islamic Republic plans to increase its total nanced by foreign parties. vandi, the deputy managing director of NPC, deskvolume of petrochemi- capacity of producing petrochemical prod- In the past Iranian calendar year (which said Iran planned to raise its petrochemical Afghanistan’s Minister of Finance Eklil Hakimi met with Iranian cal products produced by Iranian complexes ucts by 50-60 million tons, based on the ended on March 20, 2016), 46 million tons of production to over 180 million tons in a ambassador to Kabul Mohammad Raza Bahrami on Satur- reached 4.15 million tons in the third Iranian country’s sixth-five year development plan petrochemicals were produced in Iran by the course of ten years. day to discuss and exchange views related to holding the fifth calendar month of Khordad (May 21-June (2016-2021). use of 80 percent of the capacity of domes- Also, as Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zan- meeting of Iran-Afghanistan Joint Economic Committee in Teh- 20, 2016), IRIB news reported on Sunday. As Shana news agency quoted Alavi ear- tic plants, Alimohammad Bossaqzadeh, the ganeh announced in February, the country ran in the near future. According to the main member of the lier on June 2, some of 28 new petrochemi- NPC’s control manager told the Shana news plans to augment the worth of its petro- Improvement of economic and trading relations between board of directors of National Iranian Petro- cal projects, which need to be implemented agency in early April. chemical production by about 30 percent to the two countries, cooperation in banking, holding railway chemical Company (NPC) Farnaz Alavi, the at a cost of $32 billion, are to be directly fi- In June 2015, Mohammad-Hassan Pey- $22 billion by the next two years. ministerial conference of Afghanistan, Iran, China, Tajikistan and Kirghizstan and other key economic and regional issues will be discussed in the upcoming event. Iran to complete 34 mining, mineral industries projects by Mar. 2017 In the committee’s fourth meeting, held last year in Kabul ECONOMY TEHRAN — Mehdi by the end of the current Iranian calendar that Iran offers $40 billion investment op- expensive countries for investors in mining under the chairmanship of Hakimi, financial affairs, customs, deskKarbasian, the head of year (March 20, 2017). portunities to the foreign entities for de- and mineral industry. transit, energy, education, transport and human resources were Iranian Mines and Mining Industries De- Karbasian, who made the remarks in a velopment of its mining sector, Mehr news Iranian government plans a growth rate discussed. (Source: bakhtarnews.com) velopment and Renovation Organization conference in Tehran on Sunday, put the agency reported. of 8 percent for the economy in the Sixth (IMIDRO), announced that 34 mining and worth of investment to complete the men- Noting that Iran has a comprehensive National Development Plan (2016-2021) mineral industries projects will become op- tioned projects at $7.2 billion, IRNA reported. plan for the development of mining sec- and the mining sector has a great potential Strength of Nikkei erational in the country by his organization In early May, the IMIDRO head said tor, he asserted that Iran is one of the least in this program. resurgence will depend on PICTURE OF THE DAY SHANA/Reza Rostami Oil flows through Japan stimulus plans Turkey energy corridor Japanese markets were among the worst hit by the uncer- unhindered as coup ends tainty following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union in late June. But last week the Nikkei Stock Average rose 9.2% to Oil is flowing unhindered through Turkey’s 16,497.85, back above the level prior to the British referendum. pipelines and waterways, one of the world’s The yen, too, regained its pre-Brexit vote level, falling 4.1% largest energy trading corridors, after a coup last weekagainst the dollar -- a tonic for Japanese policy makers attempt against President Recep Tayyip Er- who want the country’s currency to be weaker in the hope that dogan failed. will help key exporting companies. The Turkish straits are open to shipping Domestic and global factors were behind the change in for- traffic, an official at the Istanbul-based ship- tunes, with success for Japan’s ruling government in a parlia- ping center said by phone on Saturday. mentary election, strong economic data from the U.S. and a Crude oil shipments from Azerbaijan and measure of political certainty returning to the U.K. with the se- Iraq into Turkey’s Mediterranean port of lection of a new prime minister all helping. Ceyhan are operating normally, a port agent The question now is whether the Japanese resurgence can said as BP Plc, operator of the Baku-Tifilisi- be maintained. Ceyhan pipeline, confirmed the oil flow was “I do believe it’s a turnaround,” said Arthur Kwong, head of uninterrupted. Asia Pacific equities at BNP Paribas Investment Partners. “In fact, “Our facilities in Turkey are open and things were not doing that bad anyway. It’s just the macro-risk operating normally,” BP spokesman David that led the currency to appreciate and hurt sentiment.” Nicholas said in an e-mail in response to Despite the Japanese market’s good week, the Nikkei is questions. “There are no disruptions to the down 13% this year, putting it among the world’s worst-per- flow of oil through the BTC pipeline.” forming stock markets in 2016. And at 104.94 to the greenback, At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the yen remains up 15% since January, despite the Japanese Turkey is a vital conduit of crude transport central bank’s efforts such as introducing negative interest rates from Russia and Iraq to the Mediterranean for the first time in January. Sea. Millions of barrels of oil travel through Sentiment was helped last week by the 71% surge in shares the nation’s waterways and pipelines each of Nintendo Co., amid a sudden craze for its Pokémon Go day. The country is also on the fringe of game. Messaging-app operator Line Corp. meanwhile rose broader conflict in the Middle East, with Syria 32% Friday in its Tokyo trading debut. Platform 19A of Iran’s South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) was installed over Phase 19 of the gas field on Saturday night. bordering Turkey’s southeastern edge. Oil fu- (Source: Wall Street Journal) Phase 19 is set to produce 56 million cubic meters per day of sweet gas, 75,000 barrels per day of gas condensate, 400 tons a tures rose as much as 1.9 percent on Friday day of sulfur, 1.05 million tons a year of liquefied petroleum gas and one million tons a year of ethane. after the coup began. (Source: Bloomberg) China will struggle to Mobile privacy Avast sees smooth UBS, DBS, Falcon maintain growth pace pioneer Silent Circle acquisition of AVG, face Singapore for wages raises $50 million in IPO seen later down scrutiny over 1MDB funding the road transactions: sources Wages in China kept pace with economic growth in the first half of 2016 but maintaining that will be difficult, the country's statistics Silent Circle, a Geneva-based pioneer in securing Avast Software, maker of the world's most popu- Singapore's central bank is scrutinizing several bureau said on Sunday. mobile communications, said on Friday it has raised $50 lar computer antivirus protection, doesn't see any banks, including UBS Group AG and DBS Group It cited issues such as overcapacity in China's coal and steel million in a Series C financing round led by Santander obstacles to completing its $1.3 billion acquisition of Holdings, to see if they broke anti-money laun- sectors as well as some declining agricultural prices as taking a Bank as it looks to reinvent itself as an enterprise-fo- AVG Technologies but it will probably delay its ex- dering rules in handling transactions linked to toll on salaries. cused business. pected IPO until 2019. scandal-hit Malaysian state fund 1MDB, three Maintaining the relationship between the pace of growth and The firm, which was founded by well-known cryp- Prague-based Avast, whose software has more people with knowledge of the matter said. that of wage increases is a challenge requiring "close attention", tologists in 2011, said it plans to use the funds to expand than 230 million users, announced on July 7 that it The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Wang Pingping, head of the National Bureau of Statistics' (NBS) development of software products aimed at businesses, plans to buy AVG for $25 per share, a 33 percent pre- is looking at several aspects of the banks’ opera- household survey office said, according to the bureau's website. governments and law enforcement agencies, a shift mium to the previous day's closing price. It expects to tions including whether they were diligent enough Disposable household income, adjusted for inflation, rose from an early focus on individual consumers. complete the deal by around the end of September. in knowing who their customers were and what 6.5 percent in the first half of the year, compared with economic Silent Circle launched an app for encrypting mobile Avast CEO Vincent Steckler told Reuters on Friday the source of their funds was, and whether they growth of 6.7 percent, the statistics bureau reported on July 15. communications in 2012 and a highly secure device that he saw no obstacles to completing the AVG deal were particularly careful in screening politically- Economic growth in the second quarter was faster than expect- known as the Blackphone in 2013 to much fanfare from but the work involved in integrating its competitor exposed persons such as government officials, ed as a government spending spree and housing boom boosted privacy advocates, but the products had limited com- would probably push back any plans for a long-an- banking and legal sources aware of the review

industrial activity, but a slump in private investment growth points NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF mercial success. ticipated stock offering. said. to a loss of momentum later this year. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com JJULYULY 118,8, 22016016 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

Day trip from Yazd: Zoroastrian NEWS ‘Iran’s tourism unfazed by Temple of Chak Chak and Meybod Turkish unrest’ TOURISM TEHRAN — The recent coup attempt in deskTurkey has had no serious effect on Iran’s Our few day trip in Yazd had allowed us in the Abbasid Caravanserai which dates tourism industry, the head of Iranian Tour Operators Associa- to cover most of the main attractions back to the Safavid era. Little did we tion, Ebrahim Pourfaraj, has said. within the city. Considering we were stay- know that without reservations we’d have ing right in the heart of the old town, to wait for ages for food to arrive. It was everything was at a walking distance. A Friday, the city had basically closed down decision we were extremely happy about. and there was nothing but a tiny fast- The day before our departure we had food place where we could have lunch. lunch in a lovely place and went to Haj We were too hungry to object! Khalifeh Rahbar to buy souvenirs. If you Next stop was the one of the most an- didn’t know, that’s the most legit place to cient castles of Iran, Narin Qalel. Different buy some delicacies from Yazd. They’ve sources set different dates for this castle got a branch close to Mir Chakhmaq or fort, from 2000 years ago to 7000. square where you’re likely to pass. Studies are still being conducted but Anyways, so as we were doing the what’s clear is that the castle dates back shopping we saw a mini bus parked to the pre-Islamic era and probably as right in front of the shop which was ap- early as the Parthian. The castle was built parently taking a bunch of students on a on a hill and adjusted to accommodate 3 field trip. One of the boys suggested we levels of people. The lowest for common should hire him to take us on a day trip people, the second for the business men the following day. Our train would leave and clerics and the top for royals. They in the evening so we had plenty of time. even had a huge balcony with a 360º “Summer time is not high season for foreign tourists to Just before we know it, he went over and view of the whole city. visit Iran. Moreover, the number of tourists is not so high talked to the driver, negotiated the price The castle is extremely rich in its archi- that the situation in Turkey threatens their planned tours. and set the time. And we were off. tecture and security measures and urban However, if such an incident had occurred two months lat- There are quite a few day trip options planning. It’s a great sample of govern- er, it would have faced much more tourists with problems from Yazd. However we were all drawn to ment controlled towns of old Persia and because many European and American travelers should visiting Chak Chak, the famous pilgrim- is known to be the first actual city con- temporarily stop at the Istanbul Airport,” ISNA quoted age site of the Zoroastrian faith and if we structed in Yazd province. Pourfaraj as saying. got up super early we would be able to If I were to suggest visiting Meybod to Fortunately, some French, German, and Italian airlines fit in a stop at Meybod in the itinerary as anyone, I’d say don’t do it on a Friday. Fri- have launched direct flights to Iran, he said, adding that if the well. Sure we did! day is the weekend in Iran but it’s not re- unrest continues in Turkey, there are some alternative choices So what’s so special about a tiny grotto ally taken that seriously in big cities. Here for foreign tourists to come to Iran. in the heart of the mountains? it’s blackout! We drove every road there Meanwhile, the number of safari and bike tours which Chak chak is an extremely sacred place was in town to find a place to have tea come to Iran from Turkey through borders are very limited for Zoroastrians. Every year from June 14 or ice cream. Nothing was to be found! due to hot weather in Iran, he said. to 18 devoted Zoroastrians from all over Luckily the famous avenue filled with pot- “The time for overland tours is in September. We do hope Iran and even abroad finds their way here tery workshops and shops was open. We stability in our neighboring country would be restored by to pay their respect. It’s told that Nik- spent a while looking for tea cups and that time,” he added. banou, the daughter of Yazdgerd III, the flower pots. It was an unsuccessful mis- Iran has three land border crossings with Turkey in north- last Sassanid ruler was cornered by the inside the site. You will see that the water ism holy place. There’s also a huge tree sion. Though there’s a huge variety, I western part of the country, namely Bazargan, Razi and Se- Arabs here. is carefully collected and is considered a outside the temple known as Nikbanou’s wasn’t really sold to the high prices set row. Somehow Nikbanou got here and holy drink. Legends say these are tears of cane. Other than that it’s really the spirit for the not so delicately painted pieces. Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport is a common stop for European since there was nothing but mountains grief the mountain sheds for Nikbanou’s and back story that attracts visitors. Not Yazd has a lot to see itself. It’s definitely tourists who have to use foreign airlines to travel to Iran due and deserts to be seen, she wept and pain. to mention, the views from above the a must for anyone visiting Iran and I’ve to extant sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry. prayed to Ahura Mazda for safety. Her The interior is rather simple. There’s temple and the pin-drop silence of the wrote long on my love affair with it. How- The closure of Ataturk Airport late on Friday had prayers were answered and the moun- the dripping water, a painting of Ahura desert is just divine! ever if you’ve got the extra day, planning caused the diversion of 35 airplanes and cancelled 32 tain miraculously opened up to shelter Mazda and of course the eternal flame, a Our next stop would be Meybod, a day trip is also a good option. (Source: travelstyle.com) flights, Turkish Airlines chairman Ilker Ayci told broad- her. Today there’s an ever-dripping spring none separable part of any Zoroastrian- where we intended to have a late lunch caster CNN Turk. Export-Based Development, IKCO Salient Advantage in Intl. Arena

Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) considers having With the studies made in this regard, it is expected active presence in international market and getting that 2,000 passenger cars including “RUNNA”, “DENA” lion’s market share for economic enterprises as “essen- and “SOREN” will be manufactured in company’s site in tial”. Like any other giant economic enterprise, IKCO also Syria. considers mission of changing a situation from a local In this respect, IKCO will not make any investment economic enterprise into a regionally or globally rec- in Republic of Azerbaijan while the company will offer ognized economic enterprise in clarification of its per- quality technical and engineering services in this coun- spective. try for commissioning the assembly line. Manufacturing product in overseas and export- Earlier, IKCO was exporting its products to Azerbaijan ing product completely are considered as two export as completely knocked-down packages. methods followed up by the company strictly. Currently, Since Azerbaijani people showed high welcome of the company’s manufactured products has witnessed a IKCO’s products, planning was made for manufacturing growing trend with national brand in international mar- “SAMAND”, “SOREN” and “RUNNA” passenger cars in this kets which indicates optimal use of investment made by country. According to the negotiations made in this regard, the company outside the country. Approx. 15 years ago, manufacturing commercial vehicle for urban transporta- the company started manufacturing of first national tion fleet has been envisioned in Republic of Azerbaijan. car brand named “SAMAND” and took a giant stride Investment-Free Car Production in car manufacturing industry in world. With exporting Over the past years, IKCO has embarked on investing its domestically-manufactured car with national brand, and launching production line in some countries. Some the company managed to introduce high capability and production lines, which were launched by the company, potential of its domestic engineers in international level. ceased under the auspices of political instability and Broadly speaking, Iran’s car manufacturing industry ex- special economic conditions in these countries. perienced a considerable boost in global level. With the coordination made in this regard, the com- Promoting and increasing efficiency of widespread pany has taken giant strides in order to reopen the distribution network through optimal use of capacities closed production lines in these countries. created in distributing, selling, and boosting sales and the way of cooperation with special emphasis on foreign Down parts, the company has planned to export manu- Given the above issue, the strategy of the company after-sales services network qualitatively and quantita- exchange balance, etc. have been considered as main factured trucks to overseas in the same period. has been changed in other countries which is focused tively and also improving quality of sales agencies in strategy of the company in this respect. Exporting products to Tunisia and also modernizing on producing car directly without investment. abroad are considered as salient approaches of IKCO in Changing in model of cooperation from Completely its car manufacturing site in Venezuela have been con- Of salient example in this regard, it should be re- promotion of its foreign market. Knocked-Down (CKD) to investment of foreign side in sidered as the other programs taken by the company in ferred to commissioning production line in Algeria with- For this purpose, Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) whole value chain of car and completion of basket of the current year. out any investment directly in a way that the company has defined one or more cars as its export product in each products in different classes, etc. are considered as the Eyeing Russia’s lucrative and profitable market has will export only technical and engineering services to target market depending on tastes, requirements and ri- other strategies of the company in international level. also been taken into serious consideration, details of Algeria for manufacturing car. vals in this competitive arena. Moreover, the company has IKCO’s Export Program in Current Year which have been put atop agenda of management of Therefore, IKCO has kept probable and contingency put the followings atop agenda in its sales agencies out- With the coordination made in this regard, Iran the company. challenges from political and social conditions of target side the country: active and consecutive presence in target Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) will export 20,000 pas- Production Capacity in IKCO’s Sites in Oversea countries “immune and sage” which can guarantee fu- markets, creating diversity in basket of export products, senger cars to target markets in the current Iranian cal- In its cross-border manufacturing sites including Be- ture of exports of its products. safeguarding national brand and assembling passenger endar year 1395 (to end March 19, 2017), details of which larus, Russia, Iraq, Senegal and Venezuela, IKCO has de- It is worth mentioning that foreign car manufactur- cars including “RUNNA”, “DENA” and “SOREN”. have been put atop agenda. cided to manufacture 63,000 passenger cars annually. ing companies have tight competition in global export Development of International Strategies Given the above issue, the company will export 30 After some years of hiatus, the company has decided to re- markets, each of which tries to attract more customers Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) has defined its percent of its products to Commonwealth Independent sume its car manufacturing activity in Syria’s SIAMCO site as well. with boosting quality of manufactured products coupled strategy in cooperation with foreign partners as “win- States (CIS) i.e. Caucasus and Central Asian states which It should be noted that IKCO’s SIAMCO site in Syria with reducing price. win” basis. Developing multi-brand cooperation model, is equal to 6,000-9,000 units. The remaining part of com- was launched in lasting months of the last Iranian calen- With fulfilling feasibility studies at market and identi- changing strategy in share of products’ basket in coop- pany’s products will be exported to neighboring Iraq. dar year 1394 (ended March 19, 2016) and consignments fying its rivals, IKCO is able to present quality cars ob- eration with partners, boosting power of negotiation on Moreover exporting passenger cars as Semi-Knocked have also been dispatched to the site. serving requirements of international standards. By: A.Saeidi I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

6 INTERNATIONAL JULY 18, 2016 http://www.tehrantimes.com Nice Terror Attack Likely to spark Frexit as National Front’s Le Pen surges The National Front’s Marine Le Pen was already leading all presi- and adopted in full by Socialist President Francois Hollande, and a move to shut down the open borders within the Schen- dential candidates by a wide-margin, but an attack on the coun- terror attacks of this nature have become what U.S. Secretary gen Zone has been a long time coming with similar populist try’s day of liberation seems all but certain to put the country on of State John Kerry referred to offhand following a separate uprisings occurring throughout Europe from Britain to Germany a crash course for far-right nationalism. strike two weeks ago at the Ataturk International Airport in Is- and Austria to Greece. Last Thursday evening, France once again was the target tanbul, Turkey as “daily fare.” The most recent public opinion polls, dating nearly five of a Daesh terror plot killing at least 84 people and injuring As the country now looks to pick up the pieces following an- weeks prior to the terror attacks in Nice, show that far-right some 202 others as the people of Nice gathered to celebrate other mass casualty event that struck terror in the hearts of the nationalist party leader Marine Le Pen torches her presidential France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. Horror ensued when a public and ripped at the very fabric of France’s national identity, opponents earning support from 28% of French voters – twice commercial truck plowed through the unsuspecting crowd the possibility of France departing from the EU under the com- as many as for current Socialist President Francois Hollande and while the driver, and possibly other accomplices, shot into the mand of a future President Marine Le Pen appears all but certain bludgeoning former Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy crowd. marking the final act of the European experiment. who carries 21% of the French electorate. In the globalist world laid out by the European Commission The reality is that the collapse of the European experiment (Source: Sputnik)

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Secret section of 9/11 report does not reveal COMMENT Democracy is sustained in Saudi complicity – but is unlikely to quiet critics Turkey—Sort of By Paul R. Pillar

By Taimur Khan he publication of a previously Tsecret section of a report on the September 11 attacks that for years fuelled accusations about efore this week it had come to be broadly accepted con- Saudi government complicity has not Bventional wisdom that the days of Turkish military coups revealed any proof of such links, but is were over. After a post-World War II history in which the mil- also unlikely to quiet critics. itary had taken over the government about once every ten The 28 pages, which catalogued years, in the last couple of decades the return to the barracks potentially suspicious connections Fahad Al Thumairy Omar Al Bayoumi appeared to be final. One of the most successful and power- between Saudi officials in the United the Saudi hijackers, Nawaf Al Haz- ful civilian politicians that modern Turkey has produced, cur- States and a number of the hijackers, mi and Khalid Al Mihdhar, while they rent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seemed to have stared were part of a congressional report lived southern California, as well as a down the generals enough to keep them out of politics. from 2002 but were classified by then low-ranking employee at the Saudi Friday night’s coup attempt does not necessarily denote a president George W Bush on grounds consulate. reversal of this more recent pattern. The short-lived attempt of national security. Many have spec- The FBI suspected Al Thumairy of appears to have failed. And unlike past coups, this unsuc- ulated that his administration thought assigning a fellow Saudi to help the cessful one evidently was instigated not by the top brass but the pages would strain relations be- two men during their stay in Los An- instead by some other not yet identified elements within the tween the two countries. geles, according to a report last year military. The connections listed were then by the 9/11 review commission, anoth- The abortive coup does signal, however, fragility in Turk- investigated by the September 11 er congressional entity. ish democracy, in a couple of respects. One is the fact that Commission, whose final report, re- However, when interviewed by the any such coup was attempted at all. Another concerns prob- leased in 2004, found no evidence September 11 commission, Al Thu- able reasons the attempt was made. Those reasons most that the “Saudi government as an in- mairy denied knowing the man he likely are related to the autocratic tendencies that Erdogan stitution, or senior Saudi officials in- was suspected to have assigned – has increasingly displayed in recent years. Maybe the plot- dividually” had helped the Al Qaeda Omar Al Bayoumi, an employee of the ters thought they were acting patriotically to protect Turkey attackers. Saudi civil aviation authority – despite against those tendencies. Maybe they were thinking in more The U.S. house intelligence com- phone records of 21 calls between self-centered fashion about how military officers might in- mittee released the pages last Friday, them. creasingly become targets of, and suffer consequences from, with some redactions, after they were Saudi officials have called for the Erdogan’s drive to concentrate more power in his own hands. forwarded by the White House. Its classified section of the congressional The plotters’ motives chairman, Republican Devin Nunes, report to be released since 2003, and Perhaps we will learn something more directly about the said the pages do “not put forward the foreign minister said last Friday plotters’ motives in the weeks ahead. But it is a good bet vetted conclusions, but rather unveri- that “the matter is now finished”. that they included some version of the above considerations, fied leads that were later fully investi- “We hope that with the release of and perhaps also a desire to uphold the secularism of the gated by the intelligence committee”. Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, the chairmen these pages, the aspersions that have Ataturk tradition against the Islamist inclinations of Erdogan’s Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, the been cast against the Kingdom of Sau- AK party. chairmen of the September 11 com- of the September 11 commission, di Arabia over the past 14 years will Bearing in mind Erdogan’s increasingly evident authori- mission, said last Friday that they sup- said last Friday that they supported come to an end” and “we can focus on tarian streak, defeat of the coup is not entirely a victory for ported the government’s view that the government’s view that the Saudi moving ahead,” Adel Al Jubeir said. liberal democracy. It is likely that this episode will incline Erdo- the Saudi government as an institu- White House spokesman Josh Ear- gan to make that streak even bolder. That seems more in line tion was not linked to the plot, but still government as an institution was not nest also stood by the commission’s with his habits than for him to conclude—which would be a considered one of the Saudi nationals linked to the plot, but still considered one conclusions, saying that the pages reasonable conclusion—that he had overplayed his political mentioned in the congressional re- of the Saudi nationals mentioned in the “don’t shed any new light or change hand and that this overplaying helped to stimulate the coup port, Fahad Al Thumairy, “a person of congressional report, Fahad Al Thumairy, any of the conclusions about respon- attempt. The implications for independence of the press and interest”. sibility for the 9/11 attacks”. the judiciary in Turkey are not good. Al Thumairy was visited by two of “a person of interest”. (Source: The National) 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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BOTANICAL SECRETS Jet lag really is worse if you go east Rosa canina By: Soraya Ghoddousi instead of west: mathematician Rosa canina, commonly known as wild rose, is native to Europe, If you’ve ever thought that jet lag hits “What was surprising for us was that Northwest Africa and Western Asia. Other common names are you much harder when traveling east the small difference between the natural Wild rose, Heprose, Canker flower, Wild briar, Pig rose, and rather than west, it’s not your imagina- period of your internal clock and a full Horse bramble. It is a small, bushy shrub up to 3 meters, pos- tion — a new mathematical model cre- 24 hour day is responsible for very large sessing dentate, oval-shaped, acute, and stipulate leaves with ated by researchers at the University of differences, in terms of recovering from 5-7 leaflets. Pink to white flowers grow individually or within Maryland proves that it’s actually true. jetlag for a trip that’s east versus west,” integrated corymbs. After ripening, the red to orange pitcher- As co-author of the study Professor Professor Girvan continues. shaped receptacle (hip), below the falling petals, contains red Michelle Girvan tells Digital Trends, it’s all According to the model she helped fibers covering the achene fruits. to do with the brain’s so-called “pace- develop, traveling eastward across Uses maker cells” getting disrupted as people three timezones will take the average Hips, fruits, and petals, travel across different timezones. person around four days to recover — which are a plentiful source The “reason that it’s harder to go east while a similar trip westward would take of naturally-occurring vita- for most people is that your internal just three days for a person to return min C, are consumed in teas, clock has a natural period that’s a little to normal. soups, syrups, jam, tea fla- bit longer than 24 hours,” Professor Gir- She does, however, note that not vorings and used in distillates van explains. “What that means is that if everyone reacts in exactly the same way, and perfumes. you travel west, that’s making your day and that the parameters in the model Ingredients longer — which your internal clock has account for variation on a person-to- Fresh Hips contain a 0.5 to an easier time with because its period person basis. “For some people, the 1.7% combination of ascorbic is already slightly more than 24 hours. toughest travel might be six hours east,” acid (vitamin C as an antiscor- With east, on the other hand, it’s more Professor Girvan says. “For other people butic, dietary supplement and difficult for the opposite reason.” The University of Maryland study uses mathematical it might be nine hours east.” lipoxygenase inhibitor), hy- Mathematical proofs Going forwards, she tells Digital droascorbic acid, vitamins A1, proofs to show how the brain’s pacemaker cells have The University of Maryland study Trends that she would like to form “a B1, B2, B3, K (antibleeding), to resynchronize as they adapt to new timezones. uses mathematical proofs to show how stronger partnership with neuroscien- and pectin 11% (laxative). Its the brain’s pacemaker cells have to re- tists” to find out more about this effect. fruits contain 2% to 3% tannins (analgesic, anti-diarrhea, and ezones — with certain eastbound jour- your internal clock backwards instead synchronize as they adapt to new tim- (Source: Digital Trends) anthelmintic). However, malic and citric acids (laxative), flavo- neys being so far that they actually set of forwards. noids (anti-oxidant polyphenols), and especially carotenoids, vanillin, essential oils, sugars, and purgative glycosides like multiflorin A and B (potent inhibitor of glucose absorption) are Soon a NASA astronaut will get to sequence DNA in space predominantly found in petals. Functions Very early Monday morning, a SpaceX rocket is scheduled the many base pairs — like adenine and thymine, which Wild rose is used in the treatment of stomach ailments to blast off for the International Space Station, and among join together just as cytosine and guanine do — that con- (spasms, acid deficiency, irritation, and ulcers) and is con- the cargo it will be lifting up will be a small DNA sequencer. stitute what look like rungs on the twister-ladder-shaped sumed as a "stomach tonic" for intestinal diseases. It has That tiny device will let NASA astronaut Kate Rubins se- DNA molecule. Genes, which code for proteins, are located remedial effects on gallstones, gallbladder ailments, kidney quence DNA in space, the first time that’s happened. on those long molucules. disorders, fluid retention (dropsy or edema), gout, back and Rubins is a 37-year-old microbiologist who, until she Rubins spoke to FoxNews.com from Russia in June be- leg pain (sciatica), diabetes, high cholesterol, weight loss, high launched up to the station earlier this month from Kazakhstan, fore her launch, and said that she was excited about doing blood pressure, chest ailments, fever, increased immunity dur- had never been to space before. Her career had seen her experiments that focus on cellular biology. For example, the ing exhaustion, increased urine flow, and improved hydration. studying dangerous pathogens like ebola and smallpox, and SpaceX mission will be taking heart cells up to the station. Recipe as a doctoral student, she focused on cancer biology. NASA’s Biomolecule Sequencer investigation will test a Orbiting laboratory Add 1-3 tablespoons of chopped fruit to boiling water, new device that will allow DNA sequencing in space for the leave for 15-20 minutes, and filter before drinking. This can The small sequencer set to join Rubins on the orbiting first time. The miniature device is one of the research ex- be repeated up to three times per day (12g max depending laboratory will let her sequence DNA in space, and she told periments headed to the space station on the next SpaceX on body weight). Reuters that — after the technology is tested— she’d like system that’s been up here for 15 years,” she explained to commercial cargo resupply mission, targeted to launch Toxicity to use it to analyze the water on the station to see if any Reuters during an interview from the space station. “Do we Monday, July 18, 2016 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta- Prolonged exposure to villous fruits may cause respiratory microbes live in it. have any microbes living in the system?" tion in Florida. problems and skin irritation. “We've got wonderful clean water, but we've got a water DNA sequencers determine the sequence, or order, of (Source: foxnews.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international JULY 18, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 9

Republican presidential candidate presidential running mate. Donald Trump trailed Democratic rival Clinton leads Trump by 12 points The poll results suggest that Clinton’s Hillary Clinton by 12 percentage points use of personal email for government in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Fri- business while secretary of state and her NEWS day, making him the clear underdog ahead of Republican convention handling of classified information have ahead of next week’s Republican Na- not damaged her support among likely France pleas to youths to join tional Convention. Trump unveils running mate voters. reserves after Nice attack Forty-five percent of likely voters sup- The CBS News/NY Times telephone ported former Secretary of State Clinton, poll has the candidates tied at 40 per- The French government has called on young people to help 33 percent supported Trump, the wealthy cent each, while a McClatchy/Marist tele- boost security across France by joining the special “opera- businessman, and the remainder sup- phone poll has Clinton leading by just 3 tional reserve” following a deadly attack in the city of Nice ported neither, according to the July 11- percentage points, 42 percent to Trump’s that killed 84 people. 15 online poll. 39 percent. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday, “I The survey showed little change from Trump may get a bump in the polls want to call on all French patriots who wish to do so to join Tuesday, when Clinton had led Trump by following next week’s convention in this operational reserve.” 13 percentage points. Cleveland, where the party is expected Clinton has been ahead in the poll to rally behind him as the nominee. In since early January. Trump only ap- 2012, support for Republican nominee proached her level of support in May, Mitt Romney rose about 5 percentage after his last two remaining rivals quit the points following the convention that race and he became the presumptive Re- year. publican nominee. The Democratic convention is set for Trump’s favorability has dropped since the following week, opening July 25 in then, as his campaign began to focus on Philadelphia. the Nov. 8 general election. The Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,186 Trump has faced criticism in recent likely voters across the continental United weeks over his now-defunct Trump States, Alaska and Hawaii. It has a credi- University venture, which is accused rhetoric. tack in Nice, France, and before Trump’s bility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 of making false promises, and over The poll results were mostly gathered announcement on Friday that Indiana percentage points. The operational reserve is a French police force that cur- his anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim before Thursday night’s deadly truck at- Governor Mike Pence would be his vice (Source: Reuters) rently has 12,000 volunteers aged between 17 and 30. The Nice terrorist attack on Thursday night was the third act of terror in France in 18 months. During the attack, an S. Sudan conflict tops African summit agenda individual identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel plowed with his truck through a crowd of people celebrating the Renewed fighting in South Sudan that has uncertainty in the city. enriching and empowering themselves. er, will be complicated by divisions French national day in Nice, brutally killing 84 people and killed more than 300 people dominated Locals, she said, were wondering We cannot and will not tolerate this.” over who should succeed Nkosazana wounding 300 others. an African Union summit that starts in the about the whereabouts of Machar, who Leadership crisis Dlamini-Zuma as chair of the AU’s new The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group later claimed responsibil- Rwandan capital Kigali on Sunday. has been in hiding. The AU will also seek to hammer out commission. ity for the attack and said the 31-year-old driver of the truck A shaky ceasefire has held since late “What is certain is that he has not left a solution to a crisis engulfing Burundi Several countries on the continent was a member of the terror group. However, there is spec- on Monday after fighting raged for four the country,” Soi said. “But he says he still where a spate of killings have rocked the have indicated that they do not back any ulation that Daesh may have sought to claim a high-profile days in the South Sudanese capital Juba, feels his life is in danger and until his safe- country since President Pierre Nkurun- of the leading candidates for the job, ar- attack without really having been linked to it, particularly as forcing 40,000 people to flee their homes. ty is guaranteed he will not come out.” ziza’s announced he would seek a third guing that they lack stature. the assailant had had a history of psychological disturbances The violence echoed fighting that Speaking to regional grouping IGAD term. Now all three of the leading candi- and is not known to have been in contact with Daesh. triggered the civil war and marks a fresh in Kigali on Saturday, UN Secretary Also on the crowded agenda will be dates - Botswana’s Foreign Minister Pe- The French government has faced criticism over the secu- blow to last year’s deal to end a bitter General Ban Ki-moon said a “critical the ongoing fight against the Boko Har- lonomi Venson-Moitoi, her Guinean op- rity breakdown that allows such attacks. conflict that began when President Salva stage” in the South Sudan crisis had am armed group that has its roots in posite number Agapito Mba Mokuy and Last November, assailants struck at least six different ven- Kiir accused ex-rebel and now Vice Presi- been reached. northern Nigeria but has carried out at- Uganda’s former vice president Specioza ues in and around the French capital, Paris, leaving 130 peo- dent Riek Machar of plotting a coup. “Now is the time to send a strong tacks across the Lake Chad region. Wandira-Kazibwe look like they may fail ple dead and over 350 others injured. Daesh claimed respon- The unrest has also plunged into message to the South Sudanese leader- Recent violent incidents in the Cen- to get a majority of votes from the Afri- sibility for those assaults. doubt a peace deal signed in August ship,” he said. tral African Republic and the Democratic can Union’s 54 members. In January 2015, Daesh assailants also killed 17 people in 2015. “The people of South Sudan have Republic of Congo are also expected to If that happens the vote could be attacks in the French capital. Cazeneuve, the French interior Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi, reporting been let down by their own leadership. feature in the talks. abandoned and re-run at the next AU minister, has defended the state of security and said France from Juba, said the ceasefire appeared to Their hopes and dreams have been tar- Efforts to secure peace in the summit in January 2017. has faced a “new kind of attack” that highlighted the “extreme be holding but that there was a sense of nished at the expense of warring parties South Sudan and elsewhere, howev- (Source: Al Jazeera) difficulty of the anti-terrorism fight.” He said the driver “had not been known to the intelligence services because he did not stand out... by being linked” with Yemen rival parties reconvene peace talks in Kuwait a radical ideology. France is observing three days of national mourning in The UN-mediated negotiations aimed at resolving the the withdrawal and handover of weapons... and opening tribute to the victims of the deadly Nice massacre. conflict in Yemen have resumed in Kuwait City after a safe passages for humanitarian aid.” The European country has been in a state of emergency 15-day suspension. The UN official further noted that he had since the November attacks last year. Delegates form Yemen’s Houthi movement and Sau- held intensive talks in Sana’a, Riyadh and Mus- Two suspects arrested di-backed loyalists to the former president, Abd Rab- cat and met with many dignitaries over the set- Meanwhile, police have made two more arrests in Nice in buh Mansur Hadi, attended a ceremonial meeting on tlement of the Yemen crisis over the past two connection with the terror attack. Saturday night in the presence of UN Special Envoy for weeks. A judicial source said that a man and a woman were arrested Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Yemen has seen almost daily military attacks by Saudi on Sunday as part of an investigation into the Thursday attack. The two sides are expected to get down to bar- Arabia since late March 2015, with internal sources put- Five other people have also been arrested and are already in gaining on Sunday despite Hadi’s threat to boycott the ting the toll from the bloody aggression at about 10,000. custody. Lahouaiej-Bouhlel’s wife was also among those ar- peace talks if the UN keeps insisting on a roadmap for The Saudi military aggression was launched to crush the rested. A source close to the investigation also said that La- the formation of a unity government. he said in an address to the delegates. Houthis and allies and restore power to Hadi, a staunch houaiej-Bouhlel had visited the Nice promenade with his truck The talks were suspended on June 29 after weeks of The peace talks, which started in Kuwait City on April ally of Riyadh. twice before carrying out the attack. (Source: Press TV) deadlock. 21, were held against the backdrop of a shaky ceasefire The Houthi Ansarullah fighters took state matters The UN envoy told Saturday’s meeting that the dis- that began in the conflict-ridden state at midnight on into their own hands after the resignation and escape of cussions would last for two weeks, warning that they April 10. Hadi, which threw Yemen into a state of uncertainty and may be Yemen’s last chance for peace. Elsewhere in his comments, Ould Cheikh Ahmed said threatened a total security breakdown in the country, Democracy is sustained “It’s time for decisive decisions that will prove your the negotiations would focus on strengthening the truce where an al-Qaeda affiliate is present. in Turkey—Sort of true intentions and national responsibilities to Yemenis,” and “forming the military committees that will supervise (Source: al Alam) 7 Erdogan and his followers now can point to an ac- tual instance of subversion and disloyalty, not just another of Anti-Russia bans cost Western states $100bn: Medvedev the fabricated ones that have been prominent in Turkey in re- cent years. There was the “Sledgehammer” case, in which 200 The Russian prime minister says Western held a meeting with German Chancellor a tit-for-tat move. military officers were accused of a plot against the govern- countries have lost an estimated USD 100 Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the Washington and its European allies ment before being acquitted last year. Even more prominent billion due to sanctions imposed on Mos- ASEM summit. accuse Moscow of destabilizing Ukraine. has been the “Ergenekon” case, involving another alleged cow over the Kremlin’s alleged role in the According to the Russian government Moscow, however, rejects having a hand plot involving many officers in the military and security estab- Ukraine conflict. press service, the two sides “discussed the in the crisis gripping the Eastern Europe- lishment; three months ago an appeals court overturned the “According to estimates of interna- situation in Ukraine, … the trade and eco- an state. convictions in the case. Those alleged plots may have been tional experts, in recent time, the coun- nomic relations between Russia and the Ukraine’s eastern provinces of mostly phony; this week’s coup attempt was for real. tries that have imposed the sanctions European Union and … the Russian-Ger- Donetsk and Lugansk have witnessed U.S. interests have lost about USD 100 billion,” Dmitry man cooperation.” deadly clashes between pro-Moscow This whole episode holds nothing good for U.S. interests. Medvedev said. Heads of state and representatives forces and the Ukrainian army since At a minimum it will be a major distraction for the Turks away Medvedev, who was among the at- from 28 EU member states and 21 Kiev launched military operations in from security cooperation with the United States. There al- tendees in the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting Asian countries attended the two-day April 2014 to crush pro-Moscow pro- ready has been an interruption in operations at Incirlik air (ASEM) summit in Mongolia, also noted event. unification with the Russian Federation in tests there. base, which plays an important role in air operations over that most of officials he talked to during The West’s sanctions against Russia March 2014. The conflict has left around 9,400 Syria. The distraction comes just when the Turkish govern- the event agreed that the bans harm were initially introduced after the Black The Kremlin has slapped restric- people dead and over 22,000 others ment was shifting its priorities regarding the conflict in Syria economic relations. Sea Crimean Peninsula declared inde- tions on some food imports from the US, injured. in a direction that would make them more helpful partners On Friday, the Russian premier further pendence from Ukraine and voted for re- the EU, Norway, Australia and Canada in (Source: RT) in countering the extremist groups ISIL and al-Nusra. A more hard-boiled Erdogan in the wake of the coup attempt prob- ably will be less inclined than before to take a constructive BIM opens $11b worth Fire damage in Mashhad “Salman” Tower and forward-looking posture toward the Kurds, and this will of L/Cs in the past two years: CEO compensated by Sarmad Insurance Co. be another complication in dealing with the war in northern Syria. Any harsh crackdown within Turkey, notwithstanding ECONOMY Bank of Industry During 6 months which have elapsed ECONOMY The initial evaluation of measures in line with safeguarding in- whatever short-term security benefits it buys, may stimulate deskand Mine (BIM) has since implementation of Joint Com- deskfire damage in Mashhad terests of the insured entities in the best violent radicalism and terrorism that can touch U.S. interests, opened $11 billion worth of Letters of prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the “Salman” Tower building was compensated form possible.” reminiscent of last month’s attack at the Istanbul airport. Credit (L/Cs) for industrialists and indus- bank managed to set up brokerage re- by Sarmad Insurance Company. Gaining satisfaction of the insured Not surprisingly, Erdogan has wasted no time in blaming trial activists in the last two years. lationship with a number of 51 foreign While visiting “Salman” Administra- through investigating and compensat- the attempted coup on his former allies and now arch-ad- Chairman of the Board of Direc- banks, he said, adding: “As the major tive-Trade Tower Building in shrine city ing in the shortest time possible has versaries in the Gulenist movement. This involves the United tors and Chief Executive of Bank of shareholder of Iran and Europe Com- of Mashhad, Managing Director of Sar- been put atop agenda of management States because Fethullah Gulen himself lives in exile in the Industry and Mine Ali Ashraf Afkhami mercial Bank, headquartered in German mad Insurance Company Alireza Hadi of the company, he maintained. Poconos. Erdogan’s government earlier had accused the Gu- announced the above statement and Hamburg city, BIM managed to open said: “This tower has kept fire insurance For this purpose, an expert insurance lenists of using their positions in the judiciary and prosecu- said: “The aforementioned figure is $1.2 billion worth of Letter of Credit premium package as much as 11 percent board comprised of two insurance ex- tors’ offices to push the Ergenekon case. Expect the official significant as compared to the capital (L/C).” with Sarmad Insurance Company and perts from Tehran and one from Mashhad line out of Ankara now to be that the Gulenists were trying to of the Bank.” In the end, senior official of the bank also reinsurance coverage with other do- referred to this Tower on Wednesday July frame others for subversion while they themselves were the He placed special emphasis on said: “Iran-Europe Commercial Bank mestic insurance companies as much as 13 in order to evaluate and estimate the real subversives. Working Group as key to success of the has thus far opened €5.4 billion worth 89 percent.” damage incurred to the building. Lest there be any thought about Erdogan overlooking the bank and reiterated: “It is hoped that of financial exchanges for industrialists The damages incurred to the build- In the end, senior official of the com- U.S. connection: when the Turkish president made his first more employment opportunities will be of the country without brokers, so that ing are under investigation in various pany said that his company will make statement upon landing in Istanbul Saturday morning, he generated in the country in cooperation 10 to 15 percent has been saved in this dimensions, he said, adding: “Sarmad all its utmost efforts in this respect in an framed his accusation that Gulen had committed treason as with concerned industrialists.” regard.” Insurance Company will take decisive expert-level session. a “message for Pennsylvania.” (Source: The National Interest) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 ENVIRONMENT JJULYULY 18,18, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

IRAN’S WILDLIFE How biological magnification Caspian Horse Physical description changed song of Passerines The Caspian is a small horse that grows no larger than 12 hands high (91 to 117 centimeters), but is considered a horse of this portion of the study. Although this rather than a pony. It is thought to be descended from Mesopo- INTERVIEW method was theoretically possible, it is a tamian horses which became extinct in the 7th century, but was By Farnaz Heidari challenging procedure, and was modified rediscovered in the 1960s. from previously published studies to use a The Caspian Horse is extremely hardy, with very dense M.Sc. of Environmental Science Engineering GCMS system that was in a chemical ecolo- bone and hard feet that rarely need shoeing. It is similar in olychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are gy lab that focused on plant-insect interac- build to the Arabian. The head should be short and fine with Psynthetic chemical pollutions with tions. Also, it was successful with very small large eyes and a tapering demonstrated toxic and develop- volumes of serum, which allowed us to not muzzle. The nostrils are large mental effects on humans and wildlife. kill the individual birds. and low-set, and the ears Biological magnification of PCBs in an What about song analysis meth- should be very small (no larg- aquatic food chain is undeniable. Most of ods and limitations. er than 4.5 inches long). The the 209 different PCBs are insoluble in wa- A: The differences in songs that we dis- shoulder is sloping, allowing ter, soluble in fats, and resistant to biological covered, were unable to hear with our ears. the pony to take exceptional- and chemical degradation-properties that Therefore, the use of song analysis soft- ly long strides, so that it can result in their accumulation in the tissues ware, specifically RavenPro, was essential easily keep up with a horse at of organisms and their biological amplifi- for this study. The visualization of the songs the walk, trot, and canter, de- cation in food chains and webs. Although of individuals allowed us to make the need- spite its small height. the long-term health effects on people ex- ed measurements. The body of the Caspi- posed to low levels of PCBs are unknown, What are the bioaccumulation dif- an is narrow, with a high-set high doses of PCBs in laboratory animals ferences between black-capped chicka- dees and song sparrows? tail and strong hindquarters. produce liver and kidney damage, gastric Chickadees Song Sparrows Although the limbs are fine, disorders, birth defects, skin lesions, hor- Black-capped chickadees and song spar- they have dense bone, the monal changes and tumors. Why did this research focus on the A: Measuring PCBs in protected and en- rows occur in the same regions, but have pasterns are fine and sloping, and the hooves are oval some- Laboratory studies suggest that PCBs black-capped chickadee and song spar- dangered species is challenging. In larger different microhabitats, foraging preferenc- what more oval-shaped than other breeds and very strong. influence behavior due to their effects on row? And why didn’t you choose a vul- organisms they can be measured by tak- es, and life histories. Black-capped chicka- There is little feathering on the fetlock, although the pony has endocrine and neurological systems, yet nerable or endangered species such as ing blood or feathers/hair, without doing dees do not migrate, forage higher in the a dense mane and tail. little is known about the behavioral conse- the bald eagle or heron? harm to the individual. This does not work canopy, and tend to nest further from the Caspians are usually bay or chestnut, rarely black, and may quences of sublethal PCB exposure in the A: The black-capped chickadee and song in smaller organisms. Often individuals are water. Song sparrows often forage directly also be gray, dun or chestnut, and may occasionally have field. Additionally, specific PCB congener sparrow are common passerines in the area sacrificed, or, in the case of birds, PCB levels adjacent to water, migrate, and have nest- white markings on the head and legs. Interestingly, some data (in contrast to total PCB load) is nec- where the research was conducted. This was are often measure in eggs. ing territories closer to the water as well. horses lack chestnuts or ergots. essary to understand the possible effects of important since the study required the com- As you mentioned in your article, Finding a large number of pollutants The horses range from 10-12.2 hh, and average at 11.2 hh. PCBs in living organisms since number and parison of individuals of the same species PCB exposure has been shown to cause a in a region is normal. How could scientists However, improved feeding programs at the Norouzabad stud position of chlorine substitution in a PCB from different locations, and not all bird spe- decrease in volume of the robust nucleus select the most important/highlighted have resulted in horses with a height smaller than their par- molecule dictates the toxicity and chemical cies have ranges that cover all of the study of the arcopallium in avian brains. Can a ones? Which factors must be noticed? ents, which may indicate that the original size of the breed is fate of individual PCB congeners. Dr. Sara areas. In addition, the study species needed similar effect be expected in mammal’s A: Often in areas of high chemical con- around 9 hh. Improved living conditions outside Iran have also DeLeon and her colleagues investigated to have well-studied songs. Both the black- brains, for example, on the amygdala? centrations, the synergistic effect of the produced horses that are larger than their parents. It is likely on non-lethally total PCB loads, congener capped chickadee and the song sparrow A: I don’t know. Presumably, areas of the chemicals is more problematic than their ef- that the stock is not completely pure, but more likely superb specific PCB profiles, and songs of black- have well-studied songs. Although chemical brain with hormone receptors may all be fects singly. In areas where this is a problem, examples of the original “type.” capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) and pollution is likely in many other species, in- influenced by PCB exposure. scientists still struggle with how to determine History song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) along a cluding large piscivorous birds, these birds Can you explain more about the which chemicals are causing the problems, The Caspian is thought to be one of the oldest horse or pony historical PCB gradient at the Hudson River do not learn their song, and are harder to burgeoning techniques to measure PCB and how to clean up the area. I think this a breeds in the world today, dating back from the now-extinct in New York State. target for behavioral studies. loads in small amount of wildlife blood, very real problem, and the complicated de- miniature horses of Mesopotamia, who lived in the region from In a rare interview Dr. DeLeon explains How could you measure PCBs in feather, or hair samples? cisions made to address these problem are- 3,000 BCE until the 7th century. The horses now inhabit an area their studies’ results for Tehran Times: protected and endangered species? A: We are really pleased with the results as often are unique to the situation. between the Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains, although new groups of horses potentially related to the Caspian have been identified in a much wider range. The Caspian Horse was rediscovered in the 1960s in a moun- Iran: Reversing the environmental damages of sanctions tainous region of northern Iran, not far from the Caspian Sea, by 1 Part of the issue is not even due to internal af- hydraulic infrastructure and deep wells have taken the sit- ening the quality of life for the majority of the targeted American-born Iranian horse breeder, Louise Firouz. Firouz was fairs. Dust particles from neighboring Iraq cross the uation to a critical level, evidenced by drying rivers and country’s population. In an increasingly interconnected searching for small ponies to be ridden by children, when she western border and enter the country, making the al- wetlands, declining groundwater levels, land subsidence, world where environmental issues are recognized as mat- happened upon a bay stallion in the town of Amol. The horse ready polluted air more harmful to inhale and further and desertification. While sanctions turned out to be a ters of shared international importance, to what extent was pulling a heavy cart, and was nicely conformed to the body illustrates how environmental issues are not bound by good opportunity for the water engineers of the country should the global community be concerned for the en- of a “well-bred oriental horse.” She purchased the stallion, nam- international borders. to improve their dam construction skills, the many dams vironmental hardships Iran faces today? Environmental is- ing him Ostad. Finding that the animals were few in number and Water scarcity, a pre-existing national challenge entered built in the country as a symbol of power, development sues know no boundaries-- Iran’s environmental strife ex- in poor condition, she began a breeding program with Ostad at a new critical phase in recent years. Large government and independence are now recognized by the lay public as tends beyond its borders and requires a united approach her riding school in Norouzabad, starting with seven mares and subsidies allocated to farmers resulted in inefficient use of the main cause of water crisis in the country. to salvage the obstacles this nation now faces. six stallions. He became a successful sire of children’s ponies. water in the agriculture sector, responsible for more than There is an unmistakable, albeit understudied, associ- Shirin Hakim is a doctoral researcher at the Centre A breeding program was set up by the Shah of Iran, who 90 percent of water use in the country. The agricultural ation between sanctions and environmental degradation. for Environmental Policy of Imperial College London, established the Royal Horse Society at Louise and Narcy Firouz’s sector relies on outdated technologies that hinders Iran’s Economic sanctions serve to push foreign policy interests working on environmental issues in Iran. Norouzabad Stud. ability to effectively cope with their changing landscape. on a targeted nation by imposing restrictive and rig- Kaveh Madani is a senior lecturer of environmental In the fall of 1965, on a visit to her family in Great Falls, More frequent droughts together with over-abstraction id measures. However, inadvertent implications of these management at the Centre for Environmental Policy of Virginia, Louise Firouz approached Kathleen McCormick with of surface and ground water through a large network of sanctions contradict sustainable development, often wors- Imperial College London. the Caspian story and photos of the horses she had brought to Norouzabad. A plan was made to export a Caspian stallion from Iran to the United States. Kathleen selected the stallion Jehan* from the group of photos. In April 1966, William M. This 144-year-old Wisteria in Japan looks like a pink sky Santoro, DVM, accompanied Jehan* on the four-day, 8,000- It’s a rainbow, it’s a roof, it’s a tree? This mous vines stretching out of the tree are Planted around the year 1870, this tree has mile journey to New York. Because there was difficulty getting 144-year-old Wisteria located in Japan held up by steel rods placed throughout. since brought so much delight. The wisteria is at Jehan* out of Iran, only a part bred breeding program was looks nothing like your ordinary tree. With The steel rods make it possible to ven- its peak beauty between mid-April and mid-May. established in the U.S. at that time and plans to import mares branches protruding out half-a-mile long, ture beneath this tree and see how stun- Tourists and locals come to visit this were put on hold. standing beneath this tree makes you truly ning it looks from the underside. From in- tree, the sights that it offers never get old. Prince Philip suggested that some of the horses be shipped feel like you’ve slipped into another world. side, the light pours in through the brightly Not only is the tree fun to gawk at from all to England to start a population, and in 1976, a Caspian Stud in A world where an enchanted pink sky colored vines, reflecting off of the flowers in angles, but the vines give off a lovely aro- England was formed, saving much of the foundation stock. Dur- hangs like a canopy overhead. unimaginable ways. ma, reminiscent of grapes. ing the Iranian Revolution, the horses were again used as pack The pink and purple blooms typical to There are wisteria trees in many parts of the Depending on what time of day you vis- horses and for food, further depleting their numbers. the wisteria tree are spread wildly through- world, but one of the most well-known gor- it, the lighting changes offering a world of Following the revolution, the ban on horse ownership was out, extending far and wide. The ginor- geous giants is located at Ashikaga Flower Park. diversity. (Source: Earth Porm) lifted and Firouz managed to find 15 horses that could be used for breeding (after performing DNA testing to confirm they were the Caspian breed). These horses began the Persicus stud, and IN FOCUS iew.ir in 1993, seven of the horses were exported for breeding in Eng- Boa constrictor land, with the help of the Russian Horse Society. The combined efforts of breeders across the world have established the breed pulled from in several European countries, as well as Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The first U.S. Caspian purebred breeding program only be- beneath SUV in gan in 1995. With approximately 300 in the U.S., we now main- tain close to half of all Caspians in the world outside of Iran. Pennsylvania Primary uses KINGSTON, Pa. (AP) — Two men The horses are used in the towns of Amol, Babol and Shahi have pulled an 8-foot-long boa in Iran, as cart ponies, and outcrossed with other breeds such constrictor from beneath a vehicle as the Mongolian Pony or Tarpan to increase their size to make parked outside of a northeastern them suitable riding horses. They are known for their speed and Pennsylvania medical building. ability to carry very heavy loads, but are not used for draft work. The Citizens’ Voice in Wil- The Caspian also makes an excellent children’s mount. The kes-Barre reports the men pried breed is known to be incredibly versatile. They are natural jump- the snake from a Mercury Moun- ers and are especially suited for children, because their con- taineer’s undercarriage Thursday formation, gates and temperament is like that of small horses, afternoon after one saw it wriggle rather than a pony. underneath. They have fantastic temperaments, so that stallions are Owner Katie Hauer, who’d been in- even handled by children, and several stallions can be turned side the Geisinger Kingston medical out together. center in Kingston borough, says “They They have excellent movement, with an exceptionally long told me I better not get in my car.” stride that allows them to keep up with a horse, making them One of the men, herpetologist good show animals. There have also been several outcrosses Cameron English, identified the with Thoroughbreds, producing very fancy show horses. Addi- snake as a Red Tailed Boa Constric- tionally, the Caspian has exceptional jumping ability. tor. It was placed in a plastic con- The Caspian is also well suited to be an elegant harness tainer. horse. Their acceleration, maneuverability, endurance and intel- No one was injured and it wasn’t ligence bring them considerable success in the show ring. A red deer calf was born in a wildlife rehabilitation center in Sari, Mazandaran province, on Friday. This is the third calf which was born in this center over the past few days and increased the total number of the calves kept in this center to nine. immediately known who owns the (Source: www.equisearch.com) snake. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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FOOTBALL MMajdaajda CCicicicic ssatisfiedatisfied wwithith IIranran Tasisat Daryaei reaches AFC Futsal Club C’ship quarter-final wwomenomen volleyballvolleyball teamteam A Hossein Tayebi treble helped secure a 6-2 victory for defend- ing champions Tasisat Daryaei over Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen on Sunday as the Iranians advanced to the quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship as Group B winners while their oppo- nents were eliminated. SPORTS Majda Cicic, head coach of Iran national women’s volley- Needing just a point to top the group, Tasisat went in front as deskball team, is satisfied with her team’s performance in the half-time approached at Bangkok Arena when Tayebi rounded training camp ahead of the 5th AVC Cup for Women. off a fine flowing move, before the forward scored a quick-fire The fifth edition of the AVC (Asian Volleyball Confederation) Cup for double early in the second half to complete his hat-trick. Women will take place in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam from September 14 to 20. Dragan Tomic pulled one The Iranian team has been scheduled in Pool A along with host Viet- back soon after and Moham- nam, Chinese Taipei and Thailand. ad Kobeissy continued the Pool B consists of China, South Korea, Kazakhstan and Japan. comeback, only for Alireza In the fourth stage of preparatory camp, Cicic talked with the press Vafaei to score twice and Va- about her plans: “My attempt is to implant the new training system of hid Shamsaee to round off the world volleyball and I am rather confident about its result. scoring to mean Uzbekistan’s “How training and what degree are two important keys to keep the Almalyk FC qualified ahead of players interested in this sport. I have my serious plans which I think re- Al Mayadeen by virtue of su- quired for the support of all Iranians. I am satisfied with all my 16 players perior goal difference. present in the camp. We have intensive practices and the national federa- Al Mayadeen had the tion is throwing his full support to our women team that is praiseworthy,” first sight on goal inside two she added. minutes when Serbian Tomic On the future performance of the Iran women’s team , she said: “We hit the top of the crossbar will hold a camp in Slovenia on July 24 and are expected to have twelve after being picked out by friendly matches. The national volleyball women of Slovenia, Austria, and Khaled Takaji. the champion of Italian Super League are of the rivals we will face against Tasisat began to take hold of the game, though, and Tayebi there. I think, this camp will bear fruit for Iran team.” made space for himself on the edge of the area before firing just Regarding the training schedule, Cicic said: “I will implant the recent wide midway through the half. training system of volleyball and I am rather confident about the result. All The forward then almost broke the deadlock in the 12th I try is to improve the ranking of Iran in Asia and we will next think about minute when his silky flick was expertly saved by Hussein the better ranking in major competitions the following years.” Hamadani, before he came even closer a minute later by lashing against the post. The holders then took the lead a minute before the inter- val after a lovely move involving captain Shamsaee, Moham- mad Shajari and Tayebi. Veteran Shamsaee’s pass was dummied by Tayebi before Esteghlal favorite to win title, says new he spun into the middle to get on the end of Shajari’s centre for an easy finish. signing Robson Tasisat opened up a two-goal gap just seconds after the re- start when Reza Sangsefidi broke through the middle before playing in Vafaei, who then found Tayebi for another tap-in as SPORTS Esteghlal has announced the signing tract,” Robson said. the hitman moved to the top of the tournament’s scoring charts deskof Brazilian defender Robson Januar- “Esteghlal has great defenders playing at a high level with four goals. io de Paula on a season loan deal from Esporte Clube but I will try my best to earn a place in the starting line- And Tayebi then completed his hat-trick on 23 minutes when Bahia on Sunday. up. According what I’ve heard about Iran Professional he powered past Hamadani, only for Tomic to restore hope two The 22-year old defender caught the eye of Alireza League, Esteghlal is the favorite to win the title next sea- minutes later with a finish from close in. Mansourian at Armenia training camp which led to sign- son,” he added. Kobeissy pulled another one back with 15 minutes still to play, ing a contract. Esteghlal has already signed Arash Afshin, Bakhtiar and Tomic then saw his effort come back off the inside of the “From the first day the head coach was satisfied Rahmani, Ali Ghorbani, Vouria Ghafouri, Hossein Ka- post on 12 minutes as a nervy encounter ensued. with my performance at the trainings but I preferred naanizadegan, Kaveh Rezaei and Farshid Bagheri in the But Vafaei tapped in with four minutes remaining be- to take part in Armenia camp and then sign the con- transfer window. fore rounding Hamadani and tapping in to put the result beyond doubt. Shamsaee then capitalised on a power-play to lob into an empty net from his own half as the holders made it two Iran’s Khodabakhsh one of most dominant fighters: WTF wins from two. Iran’s Mahdi Khodabakhshi is the top-ranked Taekwondo Grand Prix. On his way to doing this, he defeated two of Tasisat Daryaei coach Amir Shamsaei: player in the -80kg category in the Olympic Games. the most famous fighters on the circuit, US taekwondo “We are getting better game by game. The first game was Khodabakhshi has been playing at the highest lev- legend and two-time Olympic gold medalist Steven Lopez like a practice session. But in this game we were smoother. We el of competition for two years. He is one of the most and Moldova’s crowd-pleasing favorite, Aaron Cook. are not at our peak yet. You will see in the next game that all the dominant fighters in the sport: His name, translated into The Iranian has weapons-grade skills, is tall and leggy – players will be much better. We have no choice now, every game English, means “God-given” and his nickname is appro- and is one of the most stylish-looking fighters on the circuit we must be at our best. Hossein Tayebi is the key and he loves priate: “The Terminator.” to boot. However, he was injured in the third Grand Prix of to score goals. But behind him is the harmonization of a good From the 2014 season, he started winning major open 2015 in Manchester and did not appear at the Grand Prix team and it doesn’t matter who scores the goals.” championships, and then medaled at the 2014 Incheon Asian Final in Mexico City. Al Mayadeen coach Vasko Vujovic: Games as well as in the elite Grand Prix events in Astana and Now that his techniques and tactics are well-known, he “We played a good game and were brave with a good heart Manchester, World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) wrote. told taekwondo media that he will have an entirely new on the field. We tried for a good result to get to the next stage In 2015, he won further gold medals at the World Taek- game in Rio. We shall see. but we were not lucky. We had some chances, but from the start wondo Championships in Chelyabinsk and at the Samsun (Source: worldtaekwondofederation) we had bad luck. I always tell the players to believe until the last moment. In this competition we have played two very good games and now we’ll go back to Lebanon to work hard and come back again. We take a lot of positives (out of the tourna- Iran’s Sanat Naft signs Korean Kim Gwi-hyeon ment). We were organised very well, but we want more chemis- try for the next championship.” Iranian football club Sanat Naft Abadan completed the Velez Sarsfield, and South Korean Daegu and Gyeo- (Source: AFC) signing of South Korean midfielder Kim Gwi-hyeon. ngju Citizen. The 26-year-old player has joined Abadan based Sanat Naft Abadan secured promotion to the Iran club on a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Professional League (IPL) in May. He is the first South Korean football player who The team will open the IPL new season with a match Cristiano Ronaldo injury joins an Iranian club. against Saba in Abadan. Kim Gwi-hyeon has also played at Argentinian club ‘accidental’ after Dimitri (Source: Tasnim) Payet tackle - Collina

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben Hewitt pulls out of Rio coaching UEFA’s chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina has defend- ruled out for six weeks with groin injury role - report ed France star Dimitri Payet after the tackle which injured Portu- gal captain Cristiano Ronaldo in the Euro 2016 final. Payet, 29, said after the game that he had nothing to apol- ogise for with regard to his robust eighth-minute challenge (which he was not booked for) that saw the Real Ma- drid forward stretchered off before Portugal went on to win the title 1-0. “The entry of Payet, it was a foul,” Collina, a former leading referee, told Gazzetta dello Sport. “He deserved a yellow? It is debatable, but the dy- namic of the battle -- knee to knee -- it was accidental. It is an unfortunate episode. Payet did not want to hurt him.” Reports from Spain have Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has read: “The injury to the player’s right leg Two-times grand slam champion Lleyton Australian Olympic Committee to replace suggested that Ronaldo visited a clinic while on holiday in been ruled out for six weeks after picking was diagnosed after an examination con- Hewitt has opted out of his role as coach of Hewitt with former professional Mark Ibiza for hyperbaric oxygen therapy to speed recovery from up a groin injury in Saturday’s friendly win ducted by the club’s medical unit in Mu- the Australian men’s tennis team at the Rio Draper, Australian Associated Press said. his current knee injury. away to Lippstadt. nich on Sunday. Robben will be sidelined de Janeiro Olympics for “personal reasons”, Hewitt’s agent and Tennis Australia The 31-year-old’s mother tweeted a picture of her son in Robben, 32, limped off in the 4-3 for approximately six weeks.” local media reported on Sunday. were unable to be reached for comment. tears during the game, adding: “I cannot see my son in this way.” win in Carlo Ancelotti’s first game in Robben will hope to be fit for the Hewitt’s withdrawal is another blow for Thanasi Kokkinakis and John Millman While Payet told reporters after Portugal’s 1-0 win at the Sta- charge and will now miss the early part start of Netherlands’ World Cup qual- Australia’s prospects at Rio after top-ranked are representing Australia in the men’s de de France: “I came in for a tackle, full stop. I got the ball back, of the Bundesliga season which starts ifying campaign against Sweden on players Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic singles at Rio, with John Peers and Chris but if I hurt him it wasn’t intentional -- it’s not in my nature to on Aug. 26. Sept. 6. withdrew themselves from consideration. Guccione in the doubles. be a nasty player on the pitch. There’s no question about that.” A statement on the Bayern website (Source: ESPN) Tennis Australia had applied to the (Source: Reuters) (Source: Soccernet) b

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NEWS IN BRIEF Music turns spotlight on Urmia IAF cinematheque to screen “Chinatown” environmental ruin

ARTTEHRAN — The Tehran Symphony ARTTEHRAN — The Cinematheque deskOrchestra came on stage at Vahdat Hall deskof the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Saturday night to draw attention to the environmental will screen Polish director Roman Polanski’s 1974 ruin of Urmia, the dried-up lake in northwest Iran, by movie “Chinatown” at 5:30 p.m. today. performing Iranian composer Saeid Sharifian’s “Urmia”. The screening will be followed by a review session Department of the Environment Director Masumeh by Iranian critics Mehrzad Danesh and Keivan Ebtekar and some ranking officials from the city of Urmia Kasirian. attended the performance conducted by Bulgarian Starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, musician Ivan Iliev. “Chinatown” is about a private detective, JJ who is “By composing this piece, I wanted to stir a cultural hired by a woman claiming to be Mrs. Mulwray to movement; I wanted to express my concern about the see if her husband is having an affair. crisis,” Sharifian said during a press conference that the organizer, the Rudaki Foundation, held last week to brief Tehran meeting to the media about the concert. review women’s “Lake Urmia is one the richest geographical regions of our country and I have always been very interested in it status in post- and I have lots of pleasant memories of my stays in this revolution cinema amazing region,” he added. The concert was also organized to commemorate ARTTEHRAN — Iranian scholars will various tribes living in the Urmia region, the organizers deskgather for a meeting in Tehran said. this evening to discuss the place of women in post- “In this region, you can see different ethnic groups and revolution Iranian cinema. tribes living in peace beside each other,” Sharifian stated. The meeting, which will be held at the Iranian In addition, Mohammad Karimi, the director of the National School of Cinema in Tehran, will review “The West Azarbaijan Department of Culture and Islamic Representation of Women in the Post-Revolution Guidance, expressed his hope that the concert could Cinema”, a survey by Iranian scholar Nadereh Sadat- help save Lake Urmia from environmental ruin. Serki. The orchestra was even greener when it continued The Tehran Symphony Orchestra performs a concert at Vahdat Hall on July 16, 2016 to draw attention to the environmental ruin Film expert Azam Ravadrad and director Tina with a performance of Sharifian’s “In the Jungle”. of Urmia, the dried-up lake in northwest Iran. (Mizan/Ali Haddadi-Asl) Pakravan are scheduled to give speeches at the meeting. First episode of doc series on Iranian entrepreneurs released

ARTTEHRAN — The first episode of Azimpur in his brief words said that talking about desk“Karestan”, a documentary series on Hajibaba is as difficult as making a film about him, due NEWS Iranian entrepreneurs, was released on Saturday. to his varied economic activities. “When I first met him, I Director Bahram Azimpur, project manager Rakhshan thought I might not be able to get enough close to him Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Bani-Etemad and producer Mojtaba Mirtahmasb to make this doc, but we gradually learned many things gets cameo in new attended a screening of the episode entitled “Cotton and from him.” Fire” at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines Firuzeh Saber, the director of “The Entrepreneurship “Star Trek” film and Agriculture (ICCIMA). Development Foundation for Women and Youth”, which The episode centers on Ali-Asghar Hajibaba, an sponsors the event, also said that the project covers those LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos got to live entrepreneur active in the foundry and casting industry, entrepreneurs who have worked hard to stand on their out every Trekkie’s fantasy by playing an alien in the new “Star Trek” to highlight new and creative ideas. own in order to portray the national development in the movie. “The idea to make a series about Iranian entrepreneurs country. Bezos is listed in the credits for “Star Trek Beyond”, the third goes back ten years. We wanted to make people, “Karestan” depicts the successful lives of Iranian installment of the rebooted sci-fi franchise. In interviews Friday, especially the youth, more acquainted with entrepreneurs. entrepreneurs and gives a new definition of careers in producer J.J. Abrams and director Justin Lin confirmed his “I wanted the youth to know these individuals and Project manager Rakhshan Bani-Etemad speaks during the unveiling Iran. appearance in the movie. today after screening this film, my wish has come true,” ceremony of the first episode of the “Karestan” documentary series The project includes 17 independent films, each Lin said the billionaire CEO arrived with plentiful security for a she added. on Iranian entrepreneurs in Tehran on July 16, 2016. centering on the life of a successful entrepreneur who is day of filming and waited patiently for crews to shoot the single “These types of projects need to be recognized by ourselves had to recognize the need and pursue the active in the private sector, directed by different filmmakers tracking shot that includes his character. cultural policymakers and offered to an expert, but we projects and complete them,” she regretted. under the supervision of Bani-Etemad and Mirtahmasb. “He was awesome”, Lin said. “It was like a president was visiting, you know? He had a big entourage! But it didn’t matter because PICTURE OF THE DAY Tasnim/Erfan Kuchari he was so into it. He had to wait around all day because it was one Tehran museum day we were shooting like three different scenes and, it was also credit to Jeff because ... he just nailed it every time.” to honor veteran Bezos has spoken in interviews of his passion for “Star Trek” and said his childhood dreams of space led him to found his private painter Mir space travel company, named Blue Origin. His cameo in the latest movie comes after several musicians Ahmad Ghaffari and actors made unbilled appearances in Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, including Daniel Craig as a Stormtrooper. ARTTEHRAN — The “Listen - you can’t keep people away,” Abrams said, laughing. “I desk saw it, I thought it was funny.” Tehran Museum of Even for Hollywood actors accustomed to the red-carpet glitz, Contemporary Art (TMCA) will honor Bezos caused a stir with his appearance on set. veteran painter Mir Ahmad Ghaffari in a ceremony on Tuesday. A documentary directed by Sorush Milanizadeh about the life story of Ghaffari is scheduled to be screened at “Rogue One” unveils the ceremony, which will take place at the TMCA cinematheque. gritty, grounded new A collection of Ghaffari’s works selected “Star Wars” story by Ahmad-Reza Dalvand and Mojdeh Tabatabai will go on display at the event. NEW YORK (Reuters) — A “Star Wars” world with a host of In addition, a bust of the master created new characters and a new feisty female lead was unveiled at by sculptor Jafar Najibi is due to be unveiled a special fan event on Friday, as the cast of the upcoming film at the ceremony. “Rogue One” discussed the latest chapter of the much-loved Born in Tabriz in 1944, Ghaffari began franchise. with the realism style of paintings but British actress Felicity Jones, who follows in the heels of followed with abstract impressionism in his newcomer Daisy Ridley leading last year’s “Star Wars: The works. Force Awakens”, said her character Jyn Erso is “incredibly The ceremony has been arranged by independent” in “Rogue One”, out in theaters December 16. the Kamalolmolk School of Painting in collaboration with the museum and his “She can be tough when she needs to be but she has, I hope, Iranian vocalist Vadud Moazzenzadeh performs a concert along with some Azerbaijani musicians at Tehran’s Miald Tower on July 15, 2016. great humanity as well at the same time, and someone who family members. throughout the film finds a cause and finds those leadership qualities inside of her,” the actress told Reuters. ICRO director, Chinese ambassador meet Jones joined “Rogue One” cast members to kick off this year’s “Star Wars Celebration” in London, which features three CULTURE TEHRAN — The director of the would be set up during their stay. days of panels and events for fans. deskIslamic Culture and Relations He also noted that several Muslim clerics from Mexican actor Diego Luna, who plays Captain Cassian Organization (ICRO), Abuzar Ebrahimi-Torkaman, has China would be accompanying the delegation and Andor, said “Rogue One” was the “most grounded film” in met with Chinese Ambassador Pang Sen to discuss they would like to meet Iranian clerics and see the the franchise and centered on a group of rebels fighting for expansion of bilateral art, cultural and media relations. religious sites, and asked the organization to provide freedom and to “change their reality.” The two officials met at the ICRO office and the facilities. Forest Whitaker, who plays Saw Gerrera, said “Rogue One” discussed ways to develop ties, ICRO announced in a The ambassador emphasized that he is trying to director Gareth Edwards shot a “very gritty” film with handheld press release published on Sunday. act like a bridge for the development of ties between camera work that made it more “personal and intimate.” The The ambassador emphasized good cooperation the two countries. characters, Whitaker said, struggled with “light and darkness”. between Iran and China in all fields, especially in For his part, Ebrahimi-Torkaman also promised to Disney released a three-minute reel online on Friday of cultural programs over the past years, and praised cooperate with the Chinese delegation that is due to behind-the-scene “Rogue One” footage that featured action, ICRO’s cooperation in holding programs. visit Iran. explosions, green screen sets, new creatures and Stormtroopers He also announced that a Chinese delegation a number of exhibits to include photos, Chinese In addition, he welcomed the idea of establishing wading through calm blue waters on a tropical beach. would be traveling to Iran next month, adding that traditional costumes, jewelry and musical instruments Iranian and Chinese cultural centers in the two countries.