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Iran Plans First Tender to Draw $12 Billion Green Investment Rezaee: Hollande better to Total explores ‘Iran’s tourism First episode of doc 2512use ‘Saudi terrorism’ instead 4 investment in Iran’s unfazed by series on Iranian NATION of ‘Islamic terrorism’ ECONOMY Parsian energy zone & HISTORY HERITAGE Turkish unrest’ ART& CULTURE eentrepreneursntrepreneurs rereleasedleased WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Tasisat Daryaei reaches AFC Futsal Club C’ship quarter-final 11 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.
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