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Iran despite the nuclear agreement, the khamenei.ir See page 2 U.S. asset seizure is Over 1,700 companies a ‘big legal scandal’: Rouhani to attend Iran Oil Show POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian President Hassan this path until reaching a result,” he said during a meeting ECONOMY TEHRAN — Tehran will host 1,787 do- “Some 996 domestic companies and 634 foreign ones deskRouhani said on Wednesday that the with the cabinet members. Deciding for Iran’s assets is “illegal” deskmestic and foreign companies in the from 35 countries, as well as 157 representatives of for- seizure of 2$ billion from Iranian assets by the U.S. is an and runs contrary to international law, he noted. “Enemies of 21st International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical eign companies in Iran will take part in the event,” NIOC “open theft” and “big legal scandal”. the Iranian people made efforts to prevent the Iranian nation Exhibition of Iran (Iran Oil Show 2016), which will be held public relations director Mohammad Nasseri said, hailing “The government, on behalf of the Iranian nation, has from their right to enjoy nuclear technology and issued reso- from May 5 to 8, said an official with the National Iranian the return of prominent international companies to Iran, spared no effort to uphold the nation’s right and will follow lutions against Iran at international forums. 2 Oil Company (NIOC). the IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. 4 OPINION 69 seats up for grabs in runoff parliamentary election PERSPECTIVE By Mehdi Sepahvand By Ali Kushki POLITICAL Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Iran’s parlia- Campaigning for the runoff election kicked In the race for the 290 seats in the Tehran Times journalist deskmentary election is not off off on April 21 and will continue until Thurs- first round of the elections, 221 candi- the media’s radar screen. Twenty one provinces day 8: PM. The new parliament is slated to start dates could secure victory. However, no in the country will be casting their ballots on mission on May 28. political faction could sweep a landslide The essentiality Friday in a run-off parliamentary election that Eligible to participate in the Friday election victory. Bravo to Norwegian could establish a new balance between reform- are 17 million Iranians, where some 69 seats The Feb. 26 parliamentary election had the of economy and ists and principlists, as two arch rivals in the from the 290-member assembly are up for distinction of reformists outmaneuvering prin- Air Force country. grabs for 138 candidates. ciplists in the capital Tehran. the Iranian political t wowed me from the Middle East mindset Ito hear a fighter jet has helped save a dying patient. Saving Iran’s precious Lake Urmia The credit all goes to the Norwe- he Supreme Leader on Wednes- gian air force which flew an F-16 not day accused the United States Iranian botanist Hossein Akhani wants to save T for pounding bombs but whisking of spreading Iranophobia with this ecological treasure before it vanishes entirely medical equipment from Trondheim an aim to scare foreign investors from hospital in central Norway to another approaching Iran. Many of Iran’s once flourishing Akhani, a longtime advocate izations. 280 miles (450km) away. But Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s re- wetlands have dried dramatical- on conservation issues, argues Akhani traveled to Washington, The dying patient urgently needed gard for economy has been showing ly in recent years. Lake Urmia in that people should take emer- D.C. in February for his first meet- a special lung and heart procedure itself in a stronger tone for at least a particular, the sixth largest salt lake gency actions to stop the lake ing of the American Association called extracorporeal membrane ox- few years. The Leader has kept nam- in the world and a UNESCO Bio- from contracting further. Only for the Advancement of Science. ygenation, but the hospital had the ing Iranian years in a message that he sphere Reserve, is dangerously re- then, he says, can Iran try to In a symposium titled “Iran: Science equipment. delivers to the nation in the very first ceding and threatens to vanish en- bring water back—from dams, Cooperation in a Post-Sanctions On receiving emergency call from minute of the New Year. His latest ap- tirely. Spanning an area larger than river flow, and treated wastewa- Era,” he spoke in English—his sec- the hospital staff and of course, with a pellations have all been economical- the Dead Sea and the Great Salt ter—to replenish, revive and re- ond language—about Lake Urmia’s stroke of good luck, a ready-to-jump ly-minded, showing a new direction Lake combined, the dwindling lake store the lake to its natural state. plight. Afterward, he met with me to F-16 transported the equipment, or than previous years. 2 lies tucked in the Zagros Mountain He believes efforts to save it will answer questions, often pausing to better to say life, to the hospital in a range in northwest Iran near the be more fruitful as the interna- translate a word properly or to con- jiffy of 25 minutes. Intl. distributors Turkish border. tional community lifts sanctions, vert from the Iranian calendar. The world should take its hat off to Hossein Akhani, a biologist at following successful negotiations How did you become in- the squadron for the move and I have to display books the University of Tehran, argues involving Iran’s nuclear program more opportunities to collabo- volved in environmental and reasons why the global community from about 6000 that Iran’s high water consump- last year. As restrictions ease, rate among scientists, conserva- ecological research? should stand at attention to the com- tion and energy and agriculture Akhani says, there should be tionists, and international organ- A: In 1987 I was employed as a mander who gave the thumbs up and publishers at demands put pressure on the part-time researcher in Iran’s Nat- the pilot who stepped on it, landing Tehran fair lake. Disturbing photographs of Akhani believes efforts to save Urmia ural History Museum. I performed ten minutes sooner than usual flight the lake today compared to two will be more fruitful as the international studies of national parks and pro- time. decades ago show that now the tected areas. Then I continued I indulged myself with a soft smile ARTTEHRAN — Forty southern half completely evapo- community lifts sanctions. As restrictions my research in saline habitats like as I learnt about the story, because desksix distributors will rates in summer. Plants, migrating ease, Akhani says, there should be Urmia Lake, and [I studied] biodi- fighter jets have always been claim- be offering books by about 6000 world birds like flamingos and pelicans, more opportunities to collaborate versity in protected areas including ing rather than giving lives. From the publishers at the 29th Tehran Interna- a unique species of brine shrimp, Golestan National Park in eastern eight-year war triggered by Saddam tional Book Fair (TIBF) this year includ- and other wildlife have begun to among scientists, conservationists, and Iran, one of the richest natural Hussein against Iran, to Iraqi forces in- ing over 160,000 books in the English disappear. international organizations. parks in the Middle East. 10 vading Kuwait, to the U.S. attacks on and Arabic languages published within Afghanistan and Iraq through Yemen the past three years being pounded by Saudi fighter jets. In addition, the American pub- 236 businesspeople to follow Park to Iran Had politicians had the same feel- lishing company John Wiley & Sons ings as the Norwegian medical teams is among the publishers showcasing South Korean President Park Geun-hye will be ac- a foreign country.” In addition, it is seeking large-scale infrastructure had, lives of thousands of thousands of their latest publications at the fair, companied by 236 business people, the largest-ev- The previous record is 166 representatives of development projects to rebuild its economy that humans would have been saved. Iran’s representative of Wiley has an- er business delegation, on her state visit to Iran.