First Vice-President Eshaq IRGC on Monday Delivered State-of-the-Art Equipment to Its Jahangiri Says the Government Has Naval Forces to Equip Them With Created Over 144,000 Sustainable Chemical, Biological, Radiological Jobs in the Rural Areas by And Nuclear Defense (CBRND) Earmarking Over 8,000b Tomans Systems for Defending the Country

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XXV, No. 6724 TEHRAN Price 20,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com TUESDAY, JULY 16, - TIR 25, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Tehran Ready For Talks IKCO Seeks 150m Euros Bastille Day Parade Djokovic Claims Fifth Marred by Clash Between Wimbledon Title in If Sanctions Lifted Damages From Peugeot Protesters and Police Record-Breaking Final > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Iran Rejects Europe’s Forex Market Stable Despite Europe Urged to Make Investments “Unrealistic” JCPOA Expectations In Iran to Save JCPOA IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK U.S. Toughest Sanctions IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Mousavi says it is unrealistic to expect Iran to reverse says the Europeans do not seem ready yet to put its decision to reduce its nuclear commitments unless investment into saving the 2015 nuclear agreement the European parties help Iran reap the benefits of the with Iran, despite their claim to be willing to retain it. sanctions removal. “The Europeans claim they were willing to Mousavi made the remarks on Monday in reaction to maintain the JCPOA, but we have not seen Europe a recent statement on JCPOA by the three European yet to be ready for an investment,” he told reporters countries – France, Germany, and the UK. upon arrival in New York, where he is going to “The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran attend a high-level UN meeting. closely monitors the statements and stances held by the Expressing one’s interest and preparedness to save European parties to the JCPOA in terms of their an international agreement “is totally different from compliance with the governments’ obligations under being ready to make the investments required to save the deal and the approvals of the Joint Commission,” that deal and the Europeans have not done that yet,” Mousavi said. Zarif said. “We emphasize that the continuation of Iran’s Britain, France, and Germany in January announced voluntary measures – which are based on good faith and the establishment of a mechanism aimed at enabling within the framework of the JCPOA – hinges on the non-dollar trade between the 28-nation bloc and Iran, mutuality of the rights and obligations envisaged in the officially called the Instrument in Support of Trade deal,” he added. Exchanges (INSTEX). “Such a path should not be considered a one-way See Page 7 road,” the spokesman noted. See Page 7 Iran May Return to Iran Responsible for Over Pre-JCPOA Conditions 70% Drugs Busts in World TEHRAN (PressTV) - The spokesman for the Atomic IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Tehran is TEHRAN (MNA) – Head of Iranian Anti-Narcotics planning to go back to the conditions preceding the Police said Sunday that Iran is responsible for over TEHRAN – Governor of Iran’s Central Bank (CBI) says the bank has managed to surmount the toughest landmark 2015 nuclear deal unless European signatories 70 percent of illicit drug busts in the world. sanctions and economic pressures which have been imposed by the U.S. since last year and has passed it. fulfill their obligations. Speaking at a regional working group meeting on Speaking in Mashhad, Abdolnaser Hemmati said despite U.S. toughest sanctions, the Central Bank has Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Monday that prevention of industrial drug precursors, Head of Iranian succeeded in controlling the foreign exchange market. He added that the forex market is currently stable and there Tehran’s retaliatory decision to reduce some of its Anti-Narcotics Police, Brigadier General Masoud is no concern. commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan Zahedian said that “despite unjust sanctions, the Islamic He went on to say that the U.S. and its allies were after crippling Iran’s economy , adding that the of Action (JCPOA) is within the framework of the Republic of Iran has managed to take remarkable CBI will not let any rise in the forex price and it currently witnesses strengthening the value of the accord which says if one side fails to deliver its measures in countering drug trafficking, the results of national currency. commitments, the right is reserved for the other which are enjoyed by all countries in the world.” Hemmati reiterated that the U.S. was after destroying Iran’s national currency and it used to talk about dollar to party to reconsider its obligations. He went on to add that “Iran is responsible for over be traded at 40,000 to 50,000 tomans but it failed to materialize its goal. “If the Europeans and the United States do not fulfill their 70 percent of illicit drug busts in the world. In the past He noted that Iran’s power in confronting economic sanctions of enemies has now become vivid to the world commitments, we will balance out their actions under the seven months, the Iranian police has busted 364 tons of and sanctions do not have any impact any longer. deal by reducing commitments and taking the conditions various types of narcotics during operations that left He also added that at this stage, the CBI cannot eliminate forex with official rate of 4200 tomans per dollar and back to how they were four years ago,” he said. 3,814 of its forces martyred and 12,000 wounded.” it is necessary for essential commodities. He said the JCPOA was supposed to be an “exchange “Production of crystal in Afghanistan is a serious The rial on the open market is now close to the Nima rate, Hemmati said. deal” but “what we were giving [within its framework] threat,” said Zahedian, adding “since its revenues are in Hemmati said that Tehran is serious to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), adding that the was way more than what we were getting in return.” the hands of smuggling networks which then inject a government will fund SMEs with more than $2.4 billion by March 2020. The JCPOA was originally signed between Iran and six part of these revenues into the countries’ economies.” “The amount of credit paid to the manufacturing sector would increase this year while up to 300 trillion rials world powers — namely the US, the UK, France, Russia, He further maintained that the discovery of tens of worth of credit would be earmarked to the SMEs,” he added. China and Germany. Washington, however, unilaterally tons of drug precursors by Iran’s counter-drug units According to reports, each dollar was traded for 12,350 tomans. The dollar rate has nose-dived in withdrew in May 2018. See Page 7 reveal the extensive scope of the product’s trafficking. recent weeks and there is no sign of attraction among people to rush to the forex market for investing on forex or gold. Rial has strengthened about 8% in the open market over the past month to 125,350 per dollar. Saudi Forces Suffer Heavy No Fresh Payments From Iran Losses in Yemeni Retaliation To India’s Basmati Exporters S. Korea Imports No Oil From Iran in June SANAA (Dispatches) - Yemeni army and popular NEW DELHI (Dispatches) - In some relief for committees have killed or injured 10 Saudi-paid militiamen consumers, basmati rice has become cheaper 12 per SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea imported no crude oil from Iran for a second month in June following the end in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Jizan. cent during the past one month due to an increase in of a U.S. sanctions wavier, with Iranian imports for the first half dropping 36.9% from a year earlier, customs The army’s sniper unit, supported by fighters from allied the area under cultivation and cessation of fresh data showed on Monday. Popular Committees, killed and injured 10 mercenaries payments from U.S. sanction-hit Iran, the largest South Korea, the world’s fifth-largest crude oil importer and one of Iran’s major oil customers, stopped east of al-Doud Mountain in Jizan on Sunday, Yemen’s buyer of India’s aromatic rice. importing Iranian crude from May after waivers on U.S. sanctions against Iran ended at the start of that month. Arabic-language al-Masirah news website cited an The fair average quality (FAQ) variety is currently South Korean oil buyers mainly imported condensate, an ultra-light oil, from Iran. unnamed Yemeni military source as saying. quoting at Rs 72 a kg in the benchmark physical Delhi Shipments of Iranian oil in the first six months of the year were nearly 3.9 million tons, or 156,155 barrels per On Thursday, Yemeni forces took control of several wholesale market, as compared to Rs 82 about a month day (bpd), down 36.9% from 6.13 million tons during the same period a year earlier, according to customs data. military positions east of the mountain. Also on ago. With satisfactory progress of monsoon rainfalls In total, South Korea’s crude oil imports fell 12.6% in June to 11.49 million tons, or about 2.8 million bpd. Sunday, Yemeni forces targeted with artillery shells prompting farmers to bring in additional area under basmati Oil shipments from Saudi Arabia, South Korea’s top oil supplier, were 3.67 million tons in June, or 893,806 gatherings of Saudi soldiers in Arar position in Jizan. sowing, prices are set to fall lower going forward. bpd, down 16.2% from 4.38 million tons last year. In the nearby province of Najran, Houthi fighters and The ongoing payment stoppage by Iranian importers Reflecting South Korea’s efforts to replace Iranian oil and diversify its crude sources, imports from the United their allies in the army killed and injured a number of may pare India’s basmati exports to that country, which States nearly tripled to 1.09 million tons in June, or 264,745 bpd. It also imported 265,403 tons of crude oil from militiamen in an artillery attack in Ajasher desert. is facing economic sanctions from the United States. Kazakhstan in June, up 96.2% from 135,254 tons a year earlier, the data showed. They also fired a Zelzal-1 (Earthquake-1) missile at “Indian exporters are currently executing old orders. In the first half of the year, South Korea’s crude oil imports dipped 2% to 72.7 million tons, or 2.93 million bpd. gatherings of Saudi mercenaries in Soh, which lies between Hence, there is no export problem as of now. But, With South Korea increasing its U.S. oil intake, the United States ranked as South Korea’s No.4 crude oil Najran and Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada. importers in Iran have stopped fresh payments for the past supplier in the first half of the year, supplying 7.8 million tons, or 313,387 bpd. This was more than quadruple A number of the mercenaries lost their lives in the attack. one month, bringing new orders to a complete halt. the intake of 1.81 million tons a year earlier. South Korea is expected to keep purchasing U.S. oil amid ongoing Separately, Yemeni troops inflicted heavy casualties As long as advance payments to their accounts continue, OPEC-led supply cuts and higher U.S. crude oil production. on militiamen in several operations in Saudi Arabia’s exporters would face no issues. See Page 7 State-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) will release the country’s final crude oil imports data later this month. province of Asir. See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019

TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian vessel ‘Arvand Tide 1000’ has been released after 10 months of seizure in Kuwaiti Port of Shuaiba. The vessel has started its journey back to Iranian waters after 10 months of seizure in Port of Shuaiba and due to unfounded allegations. Kuwait Releases Iranian Vessel The vessel has a 1000-tonne crane, which is one of the key offshore marine equipment in the Iranian offshore industry. It belongs to an Iranian company, Tide Water Middle East Co., a major port operator in Iran. Tehran Ready For Talks If Websites Review No Forex for Sanctions Lifted Importing Cigarettes ISNA* - Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK says the Iranian government has allocated $170 million at subsidized rate to importing tobacco and another $16 million to cigarette paper. TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran is ready According to Raisi the subsidized rate foreign currency was meant to be spent on importing for negotiations with the US if its sanctions against the essential medical supply. country are lifted. The deputy health minister made the remarks at a ceremony marking the “No Tobacco national Day.” President Rouhani made the comment while reiterating that Iran lived up to its “Some reactionaries in the region also acknowledged that the US was under Raisi said that “the current output of Iranian tobacco commitments under the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of pressure to pull out of the JCPOA. Washington’s breach of commitments coupled factories is around 35 to 40 billion cigarettes, but they Action (JCPOA) unlike Washington which withdrew from the agreement unilaterally. with the animosity of some of our enemies was the reason behind Washington’s aim to increase their output to 80 billion.” “We did not breach our commitments under the JCPOA. In the Shanghai meeting, pullout from the JCPOA,” said the president. Unlike many countries, Iran still allows advertisement two of world leaders said Iran had secured a great political and ethical victory in He then touched upon Iran’s stance following the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA. for flavored tobacco products, although the Iranian history. The Americans failed to do anything and have been defeated in all “We have given the P5+1 countries time. Some of them have taken some steps. The Judiciary has officially declared a ban on such international, political and legal circles. We, the Iranian nation, have managed to Europeans either didn’t want to, or couldn’t take any steps. And the US is left alone advertisements. According to Raisi, most Iranian display our power,” said Rouhani. as far as the JCPOA is concerned,” President Rouhani said. smokers live in the Central Province and the provinces He said Israel prompted the U.S. to pull out of the JCPOA. “The world stood up to the U.S., and this is because of Iran’s strategic patience,” of West Azarbaijan, Qazvin and Alborz. “It was wicked Israel that caused the U.S. to withdraw from the JCPOA,” he said. he noted, highlighting the importance of people’s resistance to tackle sanctions. There are many rules and legislations against tobacco use but they are not observed by retailers or government authorities. Meanwhile, “Hookah is used the most in the provinces of Bushehr, Hormozgan, Leader Assigns Tehran Criticizes U.S. Limitations Sistan-Baluchestan and Fars. In southern provinces, hookah use is more widespread among women than Clerics to On Zarif Movement in New York men,” the Deputy Health Minister said. NEW YORK (IRNA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman protested to US over setting limitations on movement of Guardian Council Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to some districts of New York, saying it has no effect of Zarif’s agenda. Abbas Mousavi said that as Pompeo confessed in his recent interview, they are worried about the Iran to Try political implications of the Iranian foreign minister’s current tour to the United Nations enlightening ISIL Terrorists, Spies Soon the New York-based diplomatic corps. Definitely, putting limitation on Zarif’s movement to some districts of New York will have no effect FARS* - Head of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on his agenda, he said. Moussa Qazanfarabadi announced that a number of Zarif usually stays in the UN and also the residence of the Iranian envoy to New York and all interviews and ISIL terrorists and environmental activists charged with speeches will be held there, he added. spying for foreign states will be tried in the near future. Earlier in a telephone interview with Washington Post, Pomeo said that he granted visa to Zarif, adding that “These people (ISIL terrorists) intended to carry Iranian foreign minister’s movement to some districts of New York will be sharply curtailed. out operations inside the country and at the borders, He added: “It’s absolutely appropriate that we provide Foreign Minister Zarif and his delegation with all the and thanks God, they failed and were arrested thanks rights that they are due under the U.N. headquarters agreement, and nothing more than that.” to the vigilance of intelligence forces, and some of TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarid landed in New York on Sunday to take part at Economic and them were tried and a number of others are waiting Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Social Council of the United Nations. for trial,” Qazanfarabadi said. He noted that they had appointed a new member to the Guardian Council’s been supported and sent by a number of countries board of Fuqaha (Islamic jurists) and extended the which are infamous for sponsoring the ISIL. tenure of two other members. Asked about the case of environmental activists In a decree on Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei Iranian Delegation Due in Pakistan who are charged with espionage for foreign states, appointed Hojjatoleslam Alireza A’rafi as a new TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pakistan’s She added that in the near future, a Qazanfarabadi said that their cases are being studied member of the Guardian Council’s board of Fuqaha. ambassador to Tehran said an Iranian delegation from Iran will travel to Pakistan and they will be tried soon. He added that they are 8 A’rafi is replacing Ayatollah Mohammad delegation is slated to visit her country to to examine the existing technical problems to 9 people, noting that some of the defendants have Mo’men, who died in February. address problems that have prevented the facing the free trade agreement between been charged with “corruption on Earth”, a charge In separate decrees, Ayatollah Khamenei also two neighboring nations from signing a the two countries. that can carry the death sentence in Iran. extended the terms of two other members of the board. free trade agreement (FTA). Masood went on to say that Iran and According to the Leader’s decree, Ayatollah Riffat Masood pointed to a recent visit to Pakistan will sign the FTA after the Mohammad Yazdi and Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Tehran by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran elimination of those problems. Citizenship to Children Larijani will remain in the council for six more years. Khan and said since the visit, she has been seeking to In his first official visit to Iran after taking office in The Guardian Council is a constitutionally mandated provide grounds for the implementation of agreements August 2018, Imran Khan arrived in Iran on April 21 By Foreign Fathers 12-member council in Iran that, among other things, reached between the two countries. for talks on a host of issues, including ways to enhance is tasked with ensuring the compatibility of the The Pakistani envoy further said the signing of a free trade cooperation in political, economic, security, IRIB* - The Iranian parliament is reviewing the granting legislation passed by the parliament with the criteria agreement between the two countries is on the agenda. and cultural fields. citizenship to the children who are borne by Iranian of Islam and the Constitution. mothers and foreign fathers and also the establishment of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism. Iran Registers Five Orbit Points Each Year The Parliament opening session started with the AUT, Iraqi Kurdistan University reviewing of three articles from the Guardian Council. TEHRAN (IRNA) - Each year, Iran registers five orbit points which will be left to use by other countries if not MPs are also working on a plan for supporting the To Increase Cooperation used by Iran in the time limit, according to the head of the Iranian Space Agency. development of downstream industries for crude oil and TEHRAN (IRNA) - Amir Kabir University of Morteza Barrari said that orbit points are the points registered by different countries in the International gas condensate, by participation if people’s investment. Technology (AUT) will sign a memorandum of Telecommunications Union (ITU) to send radio and television signals. understanding (MoU) with the University of Zakho in Clarke belt, which is a geostationary orbit, often referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit, is a circular Iraqi Kurdistan Region to expand cooperation with in the geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km above Earth’s equator all the telecommunications and television satellites are put on. MP Escapes Assassination, scientific and educational fields and hold joint courses. Barrari said that Iran is seeking to build or buy its needed telecommunications satellites and put them in the In a meeting between the two universities’ officials, the registered orbit points. Bodyguard Shot two sides announced that the MoU will be signed between the two universities to boost academic and educational FARS* - Iranian lawmaker and Shiite cleric, Ahmad relations with Iraqi Kurdistan’s universities, including Students Rally in Support of Zakzaky Salek, has escaped assassination on Sunday when bikers Zakho University, Dean of Amir kabir University of TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian university students gathered A statement issued at the end of the Monday rallies attacked his car in Tehran, shooting his bodyguard. Technology Ahmad Motamedi said on Monday. in front of the foreign ministry to urge accelerated warned of attempts to kill Zakzaky despite his suffering Unknown assailants on motorcycles attacked Amir Kabir University of Technology, formerly called diplomatic efforts to free Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim from different diseases for years, and called on the Salek’s car in Tehran on Sunday evening. the Tehran Polytechnic, is a public research university al-Zakzaky who is jailed by the Nigerian government. Iranian government, specially the foreign ministry, the The 73-year-old cleric who represents the city of located in Tehran, Iran. AUT was the first established The students carried placards reading “We are all parliament and the judiciary to double efforts to free Isfahan in the Iranian Parliament has said that he technical university in Iran, and is referred to as the Zakzaky” and “Free Zakzaky” to criticize the and treat the Muslim leader. was in downtown Tehran at around 8:30 pm local “Mother of the Engineering Universities”. It was opened international community’s silence on the dire situation Sheikh Zakzaky, who is in his mid-sixties, lost his left time for a television program when he heard in 1958. Amir Kabir University of Technology has grown of Sheikh Zakzaky who needs urgent medical treatment. eyesight in a 2015 raid by security forces that left more “suspicious” gunshots from the nearby streets. to be one of the main spots to study engineering in Iran. As The rallies are due to be held in different parts of than 300 of his followers and three of his sons dead. His Salek said when recording of the program was a public institution, it is mostly funded by the state. Tehran for four days. wife also sustained serious wounds. over, he once again heard gunshots near the “We have had good cooperation with the Iraqi universities building, and found out later that his bodyguard has and some universities in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the been shot in the leg. past, but it can increase,” he said. In line with this Spain Vows to Join INSTEX to Ease Trading With Iran Eyewitnesses say two motorcycles, each carrying memorandum, we can have collaborative courses and LONDON (IRNA) - Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Monday that Iran’s nuclear deal is of prime two riders, fled the scene after the shooting, he collaborative projects in common between the two importance and voiced his country’s readiness to join INSTEX to facilitate trade exchange between Iran and Europe. added, noting that his bodyguard has been taken to universities. The head of the Amir Kabir University of The three European signatories pledged to compensate the losses inflicted on Iran through devising the financial the hospital and is in good health. Technology added that at the present time, this channel, officially known as the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX). The instrument has not Salek said there is no evidence about the motive university holds joint courses with reputable become operational yet. behind the attack and it is not clear whether it was European and Asian universities that we can allocate Speaking to reporters at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, the Spanish foreign minister said that Madrid an assassination attempt. Salek has been elected to part of these courses to the needs of Zakho University. strongly disagrees with the US extraterritorial sanctions against Iran.-Borrel, who is likely to succeed Federica the Iranian Parliament for five terms. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

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IKCO Seeks 150m Production Grows 1% Euros Damages In Q1 Despite Sanctions IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK

TEHRAN– Despite all pressures from U.S. sanctions From Peugeot which aimed to hamper Iran’s economy, domestic production has increased by 1% in the first three months of the year, Iranian Industry Minister Reza Rahmani said. IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK “U.S. sanctions were imposed to seize production in Iran however we are proud to announce that after 14 months of sanctions the sector grew one percent in the TEHRAN – The CEO of Iran’s giant car-maker Iran Khodro Yesterday and in a ceremony, Peugeot ‘301’ production line was inaugurated in Iran first three months of the present Iranian year (from Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) in the presence of Vice President for Science and March 21 to June 22, 2019) in comparison with the (IKCO) says the company has taken legal action against French Technology Sorena Sattari. same period last year,” he said. car-making company Peugeot and is seeking 150m euros damages. Accordingly, 60 percent of parts needed for manufacturing Peugeot 301 will be Making the remarks in North Khorasan, he said that provided through domestic production, expandable to 80 percent in upcoming “we did not let production decrease and that is a victory Speaking on the ceremony for unveiling new product of the company, Hashem Yeke programs, VP Sattari said, adding, “some 300 Iranian parts suppliers have been despite the difficulties we had under sanctions.” Zare said that Peugeot should pay for breaching its contract with Iran Khodro and the employed for manufacturing parts of this passenger car.” The minister underlined that the government seeks to company has claimed 150m euros in damages. He went on to say that Peugeot 301 sedan fully observes requirements of increase exports under the current conditions and called He added that in this unilateral breach of the contract, this was the French side international standards. for providing the ground for investors. which was a loser, adding that one of the main parts of cars has been manufactured Peugeot 301 is manufactured in IKCO while France’s Peugeot Company left Iran in Heading a delegation, the Iranian President paid a by young Iranians whose result will be unveiled by October. the wake of U.S. sanctions, he said, adding, “earlier, it was supposed that all parts and one-day visit North Khorasan in line with the Yeke Zare added that IKCO wants to become a car-making company and it relies equipment needed for manufacturing this passenger car would have been provided by government’s provincial tours and inaugurated a on the domestic knowledge-based companies and Iranian talents. French companies.” number of projects in the northeastern province. He added that after the JCPOA, the company signed a good contract with Peugeot, After France’s Peugeot left Iran, this giant project was handed over to domestic adding that due to the previous unsuccessful contract with Renault company, this time manufacturers, the vice president added. IKCO signed a wise and better contract with Peugeot and manufacturing of major According to the scheduled program, Peugeot 301 passenger car will hit the parts of the vehicles were decided to be manufactured domestically. He went on to domestic car market by the yearend. Some 2,123 parts are required for manufacturing say that after Peugeot pullout of the contract, activities for manufacturing cars this passenger car, 565 of which have been indigenized by Iranian manufacturers, continued without any halt. Vice President for Science and Technology added. Non-Oil Exports Rise Up BANDAR ABBAS (Dispatches) - Export of oil and non-oil products from southern port of Shahid Rajaei rose up in the past three months of the Iranian year (started on March 21, 2019) compared with the No Sense of Superiority in Vienna-Tehran Relations preceding year. Director general of port and maritime organization of TEHRAN (IRNA) - Close relations between Austria and Iran date back to about Iranian people are interested in literature and philosophy, the Hormuzgan province Allah Morad Afifipour made the remarks 5,000 years ago while the two sides have never had sense of superiority or colonial issues which can facilitate Vienna-Tehran bilateral cooperation. speaking to reporters in south of the country on Monday. attitudes towards one another, Austrian ambassador to Tehran said on Monday. Referring to his communication with a number of Iranian Oil and non-oil exports witnessed three and 10 percent Stefan Scholz made the remarks in a meeting held in Tehran on the occasion of day universities, the ambassador said he has found that the Iranian growth respectively during the period, the official said. of dialogue with the world. people are enthusiastically eager for dialogue in all areas, Shahid Rajaei port is the biggest and the most equipped July 14 in Iran is named day of dialogue and interaction with the world. particularly in the field of science. port of its kind that covers 80 percent of container operations Scholz recalled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, expressing pleasure with Touching upon Iran’s achievements during the past four in Iran. As Afifipour said, about 19.9 million tons of oil and signing the international agreement in Vienna. decades, the ambassador said Iran has preserved its scientific, non-oil products have been loaded onto and offloaded from Iran and the six world powers- U.S., UK, France, China, Russia and Germany- social and political independence during the years, and the Shahid Rajaei Port during the past three months. reached a landmark nuclear agreement on July 14, 2015. The United States withdrew country can be a good example for the Middle East countries. Meanwhile, some 1,047 vessels have operated to ship unilaterally from the deal on May 8, 2018. He further hoped that the era of the arbitrary sanctions the merchandises from the port. About the Iranian society, the Austrian ambassador said the statistics shows that how against Iran would end.

$13.8b of Investments Boosting Competitiveness in NICICO FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT PERMIT NO : 1398.2251 Made on Tourism By Smartening the Financial System EHRAN (MNA) – Some 1.8 quadrillion rials IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK (about $13.8 billion) of investments have CALL FOR PUBLIC TENDER been made on tourism sector, Ali Asghar TEHRAN – The CEO of National Mounesan, the head of Iran’s Cultural Iranian Copper Industries Company (FIRST/SECOND PUBLISH)ONE STAGES TENDER Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism (NICICO) says using the traditional Organization announced on Monday. financial systems are outdated in the Subject of Tender:P/F “JEREH” TWIN PUMPING UNIT, SKID MOUNTED Making the remarks in his visit to Qazvin economic structures of production province, he added that via reducing bureaucratic entrepreneurs of the advanced Tender descriptions: procedures, investment attraction can be countries which are in NICICO’s type. Registration No. through national electronic Tender No. Estimated value improved in this sector. Mr. Ardeshir Saad Mohammadi said The Tender holder tendering system /Indent No. (Rial/Euro) As reported, Iran’s travel and tourism sector that smartening the financial system Tender No.: FP/98-20/038 grew at 1.9% to contribute 1,158 trillion rials and change in the structures of the units is one of the most National Iranian Drilling Company 3/207/394 3,875,406,000 Indent No.:08-22-9745059 ($8.83 billion) or 6.5% of overall GDP and important priorities of the NICICO. 1,334 jobs (5.4% of total employment) to the Qualitative evaluation of tenderers He went on to say that by smartening the financial system economy in 2018. This is according to the in the company, the level of efficiency in the investment Qualification process will be done in plain mode in offers opening session according to presentation of valid practice certificate / legal documents (certificate of corporation/ stablished announcement up to latest changes) which should be related to tender subject( good,s supply). World Travel and Tourism Council’s annual will increase considerably along with creating transparency. Method research into the economic impact and social He noted that in the current condition and in the most 1- Applicants which have more than 4 in process contacts with NIDC are not allowed to participate in this tender . importance of the sector. optimistic condition, preparing a report on the final cost in 2- Applicants which have more than 2 in process contacts with NIDC in similar subject ( exclusively same subject) are not allowed to participate in another tender The WTTC report also shows international the company depends on industrial accounting reports Purchasing & Submitting visitors spent 168,954 billion rials which are presented at the end of every season, adding that ($1.28 billion) in Iran in 2018. The council in order to compete in the international level, the company The distribution of the documents will be started one day after the publishing of second advertisement and ended on the following tenth day thereof ( closing date : - ) expects the number of international arrivals needs online checking of reports of final costs of the to stand at 6.5 million in 2019. products which helps the company to monitor all effective Tender Hall No.:113, 1thfloor, Foreign Procurement Dept., National Iranian Drilling Company, Distribution Place Lately, Iranian authorities have redoubled Document Airport square, Ahwaz, IRAN factors for reducing the final costs of the products. Distribution by efforts to boost the tourism sector Saad Mohammadi noted that in the current condition Company Submitting one original Bank Fund Receipt in the amount of 510,000 Iranian Rials under account number for increasing foreign currency revenues and with fast management decisions, they could stop 4001114004020491( Shaba No. IR 520100004001114004020491) in name of “NIDC Incomes Centralized Submitting Method Fund” issued by I.R. of Iran Central Bank. and creating jobs under the declining the waste of energy and decline in efficiency. Submitting format Request for the purpose of receiving Tender Documents. economic conditions. He reiterated that boosting efficiency and 35 Days after the last time of Purchasing. ( closing date 1398/06/09 ) The decline in national currency last year Closing date competitiveness, transparency and monitoring online The envelopes will be opened At 9:15 . a.m On (1398/06/10 ) Documents meant that travelling to and shopping in Iran final costs of the products are of the major advantages Hall No. 107, 1stfloor, Tender Committee, Operation building, National Iranian Drilling Receiving Method Address Company, Airport square, Ahwaz, IRAN. became cheaper for foreign nationals. of smartening the financial system in the company. Tel: +98-61-34148580 +98-61-34148569 Tender Guarantee Value of guarantee 194,000,000 Rial / 4,117 Euro Defense Ministry to Produce Auto Parts

Bank guarantees or guarantees issued by non-bank institutions that obtain activity license from the central bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. TEHRAN (IFP) - Defense Ministry has undertaken to produce the critical car components that local Type of guarantee Submitting one original Bank Fund Receipt under account number 4001114006376636 ( Shaba No. IR 350100004001114006376636) in name of “NIDC saving account” by the central bank of Islamic Republic of Iran. automakers need in the wake of pullout of foreign contractors. Duration of credit & In comments on Sunday, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said his ministry quotation Tender Guarantee and quotation should be valid for 90 days and extendable maximum for one time in initial validity duration. has signed a series of contracts with the Iranian carmakers, worth around 15 trillion rials, to produce critical auto parts. (Foreign Procurement Dept.) The Defense Ministry had already voiced readiness to assist the local carmakers in manufacturing the components whose production has been hampered after the withdrawal of foreign contractors from Iran, he added. More of this & other tenders are accessible by click on: www.nidc.ir http://sapp.ir/nidc_ pr The minister also noted that the high-quality products the Defense Ministry is going to manufacture are required to complete the assembled cars, including engine control units. 4 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 Yemen Sides Meet Trump Can Waive On Hodeida Sanctions on Turkey HODEIDAH (AFP) - Representatives from Yemen’s government and Huthi ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to rebels tasked with pulling forces out of the key port city of Hodeida met waive sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of Russian air defence systems Sunday for the first time in five months. and should find a “middle ground” in the dispute, President Tayyip The redeployment from Hodeida is a critical part of a ceasefire deal Erdogan said on Sunday. reached in December in Sweden that calls on the government and the Huthis Erdogan’s comments came two days after NATO member Turkey took to move forces away from ports and parts of city. delivery of the first consignment of advanced Russian S-400 missile “The joint meeting of the redeployment coordination (committee) meeting defence system parts, despite warnings from Washington that the move started earlier this afternoon,” a UN official present at the meeting told AFP. would trigger U.S. sanctions. Bastille Day Parade Marred by Clash Rockets Kill 6 Civilians Between Protesters and Police In Syria’s Aleppo DAMASCUS (AFP) - Rockets fired by jihadists PARIS (Dispatches) - French police fired tear gas to Sunday killed six civilians and wounded eight others in disperse protesters from Paris’s Champs Elysees avenue the government-held northern city of Aleppo, state on Sunday, a few hours after President Emmanuel news agency SANA reported. Macron had reviewed the traditional Bastille Day It said two neighborhoods were struck in the “terrorist military parade alongside other European leaders. rocket attack” and that one rocket hit the municipal The famous boulevard was reopened to traffic as soon as building in the city, which the regime retook full the parade finished, but a few hundred protesters from the control of at the end of 2016. grassroots ‘yellow vests’ movement tried to occupy it. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Macron and his guests had already left for the Elysees Rights war monitor confirmed the toll, with its head Rami presidential palace for lunch. Abdel Rahman saying the number of dead could rise Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, some because some of the wounded were in serious condition. hooded, who were trying to block the road with metal “Jihadists west of Aleppo have been targeting the city barricades, dustbins and other debris. since the morning,” Abdel Rahman said. Several loud bangs were heard. Protesters hurled Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan said on its objects at the police, booed and set bins on fire. Police Telegram messaging app that the “army has been drove some of the demonstrators to adjacent streets responding to terrorist attacks... with salvos of rockets”. where they regrouped and set up new barricades, It was not immediately clear who fired the rockets drawing more tear gas fire. that hit Aleppo. A video obtained by Reuters showed a man kicking a Fighters of Syria’s former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat policeman to the ground from behind and punching him Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) are deployed in the neighbouring after the policeman had used pepper spray to push back province of Idlib and nearby regions including the a couple. The policeman and his colleagues fought back western Aleppo countryside. Smaller jihadist and with truncheons. Islamist groups are also deployed in those areas. The Police Prefecture said on Twitter it had ordered Authorities are also bracing for rowdy soccer fans to Earlier a French police source and a court source said Russian and regime aircraft have ramped up strikes on the protesters to leave the area, or be forcibly removed. flood the avenue after Algeria’s African Cup of Nations 152 people -- whom they linked to the ‘yellow vests’ Idlib since the end of April, killing nearly 600 civilians. Paris Police chief Didier Lallement told journalists during semi-final match against Nigeria. On Thursday, some -- had been detained near the Champs Elysees as they HTS fighters and other combatants have responded a Sunday evening patrol of the boulevard that order had fans looted shops there after Algeria beat Ivory Coast in tried to stage a protest. with attacks on Syrian government troops in the region, been restored. He said some 200 rioters had tried to occupy the quarter-final. The number of ‘yellow vest’ protesters has including in the northern sliver of Hama province, the Champs Elysees but had been pushed out. Paris authorities had banned ‘yellow vest’ dwindled to a few hundred recently from a high of which also neighbours Aleppo. More trouble could be expected on Sunday night demonstrations near the parade but several groups around 300,000 nationwide in November when Since Russia intervened on the government’s side in when the traditional Bastille Day fireworks is held, linked to the movement had called for gatherings demonstrations started against fuel price hikes and 2015 the regime has notched up a series of victories Lallement said, while seeking to reassure tourists they around the Champs Elysees on Bastille Day, a later morphed into a general discontent against against opposition fighters and jihadists who overran would be safe. national holiday in France. Macron’s policies and government. large parts of Syrian in the first years of the war. Indonesia President Pledges More Dozens Killed, Thousands Opposition Figures Arrested Infrastructure, Investment in Second Term Displaced in Nepal Floods During Moscow Vote Demo BOGOR (Reuters) - MOSCOW (AFP) - Allies of Russian opposition leader Indonesia’s recently re-elected Alexei Navalny were arrested Sunday during a protest President Joko Widodo on in Moscow to demand their names be included on the Sunday outlined his vision for ballot for local elections in September. a second term, pledging faster Around a dozen people, including three organizers infrastructure development close to Navalny, were detained late in the day after and more investment almost 2,000 people protested against an alleged bid by opportunities to create jobs city authorities to prevent independent candidates from Yashin, currently a local councillor and one of the and growth in Southeast running for office. candidates who backs Navalny. Asia’s biggest economy. The unauthorized protest at the central Pushkin “Starting from tomorrow, the electoral commission Hampered by soft Square was organized by a group of candidates will start removing us all from the election,” Yashin commodity prices, NEW DELHI (Dispatches) - The death toll in Nepal including supporters of Navalny. said before she was arrested. Indonesia has struggled to from flash floods and landslides in the past three days While police turned out in force, they initially opted not Protesters took it in turns to knock on the heavy lift growth above 5% in rose to 55 on Sunday, with dozens missing and to break up the rally. Candidates have the right to organize wooden door of the mayor’s office on the city’s main recent years even amid a boom in infrastructure injured, the government said. meetings with the electorate without sound amplification Tverskaya street to demand candidates be allowed to building aimed at unlocking bottlenecks and distributing Ten thousand people have been displaced from their or banners. Russia is to hold nationwide elections for stand. No one opened up. wealth outside the populous island of Java. homes as incessant monsoon rains pounded many local and regional legislatures in September. Around a thousand protesters then rallied outside the In a rally attended by thousands of supporters, areas in mostly mountainous Nepal since Thursday, Protesters say the electoral authorities have falsely city electoral commission. Widodo said infrastructure development - a key submerging large swathes of land, inundating homes, accused them of faking signatures required for independent Another of the arrested candidates, Lyubov Sobol, on agenda in his first term - would be accelerated to and destroying bridges and roads across the country. candidates to stand in September polls. In Russia, Saturday declared a hunger strike after she was told the connect ports and airports across the archipelago to A Home Ministry statement said 55 people had been candidates outside the large parliamentary parties must number of allegedly fabricated signatures backing her agricultural and tourism centers. confirmed dead and 33 injured. There are 30 missing. gather large numbers of signatures from supporters to be candidacy exceeded the permitted proportion. He also emphasized plans to improve human India’s northeastern state of Assam has also been allowed to stand. The details of signatories are then Moscow city electoral commission said in a statement resources in a country that is lagging some of its hard hit by the floods brought by the monsoon, with checked for authenticity by the electoral commission. Sunday that more than 700 of 4,940 signatures backing neighbors in developing a skilled workforce. at least 1.5 million people displaced and 10 dead. And “Across the whole of Moscow now, they are removing Sobol were “invalid”. “They are stealing these elections, This would include investing in vocational schools in the Chittagong division of Bangladesh there have independent candidates,” said opposition politician Ilya they are stealing our future,” Sobol warned. and creating an institution to manage Indonesian talent, been 10 deaths and about 500,000 displaced as 200 as well as tapping the skills of those who settled villages have been flooded. overseas, he said. In Nepal, cabinet spokesman Gokul Banskota told India Calls off Moon Mission Launch Widodo also promised to open up investment reporters that “the disaster has caused a big loss to the opportunities in a country where red tape and economy”. The government will make an assessment NEW DELHI (Dispatches) - India on Monday dramatically scrapped the launch of a rocket that was aiming to land vested interests remain a potent force discouraging soon, he added. Nepal Red Cross spokesman Dibya a probe on the Moon less than one hour before blast-off because of a “technical” problem. foreign capital. Raj Poudel said the displaced had been sheltered in India wants the Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- mission to make it only the fourth country after Russia, “Don’t be allergic to investment. It will create as schools and other public buildings. the United States and China to land a craft on the lunar surface. Countdown at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre much employment as possible,” he said. Television channels showed roofs of houses was halted 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the planned liftoff at 2:51 am (2121 GMT Sunday). Despite improvements in Indonesia’s ranking on the submerged in flood waters in the southern plains and “A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at T-56 minute,” the India Space Research Organisation World Bank’s ease of doing business index, Widodo people wading through chest-deep water with their (ISRO) said on Twitter. has conceded there remain too many obstacles to belongings on their heads. Officials said in some areas “As a measure of abundant precaution, #Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. Revised launch starting a business. rains had eased but some rivers in the eastern part of date will be announced later.” Officials at the space centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state In May, Widodo said his government had cut to 58 the country were still above flood level. Authorities said the problem was in the launch vehicle system. from 259 the number of permits required for power asked residents to remain alert. The Kosi River, which ISRO had announced one hour before launch that the plant investment, but he wants the figure cut to five. flows into the eastern Indian state of Bihar, was among filling of liquid hydrogen fuel had been completed. To achieve that, he promised to reform the country’s those that had risen above the flood level. The agency did not say when a new launch could be held. unwieldy bureaucracy. Nepal police official Ishwari Dahal said all 56 sluice Attention on the Indian mission had increased as the “Speed of service, speed of giving out permits, are the gates of the Kosi barrage on the Nepal-India border launch was to be carried out just five days before the keys to bureaucratic reform,” Widodo said. had been opened last night for six hours to drain out 50th anniversary of American Neil Armstrong’s “When I see there is an inefficiency or lack of 371,000 cusecs of water, the highest accumulation in history-changing walk on the Moon. effectiveness, I will remove it, fire the official,” he said, 15 years. A cusec is a measurement of flow, India had spent about $140 million on preparations to roars of approval from the crowd, adding he would equivalent to one cubic foot per second. for Chandrayaan-2 and had hailed the mission as one disband institutions that were not useful. “Its water level has gone down now,” Dahal told of the cheapest ever. Andreas Sustiono, a 48-year old from a town near Reuters from the barrage site in southeast Nepal. A landing on the Moon had been scheduled Jakarta, who was attending the rally, said it was for September 6. exhausting dealing with Indonesia’s red tape. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is planning extensive layoffs in the United States as the Chinese telecoms equipment company grapples with its U.S. blacklisting, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Huawei Plans Extensive Layoffs at Its U.S. Operations The layoffs are expected to affect jobs at Huawei’s U.S.-based research and development subsidiary Futurewei Technologies, which employs about 850 people in research labs across the United States, the Journal said. We Need a Radical Iraq, Jordan Seek to Further Boost Economic Ties Shift in Thinking LONDON (Dispatches) - Addressing the Sulaimani Forum earlier this year, Iraqi President Barham Salih touted Iraq’s capacity to help bring about a new regional order built on cooperation. Iraq, he said, could “be a bridge to the economies of the region by linking the infrastructure between Iraq and the Gulf and Turkey between Iran and the Arab region and the Mediterranean.” Under the leadership of Salih and Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, the Iraqi government has been expanding efforts to deepen economic relations with neighbouring countries. To the chagrin of the United States, this has included the signing of several economic agreements with Iran, seen as the most influential outside actor in Iraq. Another country Baghdad has been forging closer ties with is Jordan. In June, a Jordanian business delegation visited Iraq to talk about investment opportunities and the flow of Jordanian products into the Iraqi market. Jordanian and Iraqi entrepreneurs and government officials recently met in Amman regarding digital transformation in the financial sector. The developments come after months of high-level diplomacy between the two By United Nations Deputy countries. The prime ministers of Jordan and Iraq met at the border in February and Secretary-General Amina Mohammed agreed on a deal involving oil and other goods. Iraq would sell 10,000 barrels of oil per day to Jordan at a special price. In On 24 and 25 September 2019, Heads of State and exchange, Iraqi goods imported through Jordan’s Aqaba port would get preferential Government will gather at the United Nations in tariffs. The office of Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said Jordan would As they work to expand trade between them, Jordan and Iraq face significant, albeit different, New York for the first global summit on the export electricity to Iraq within two years. economic challenges. “Jordan is facing one of its worst economic crises in decades,” said Suha Sustainable Development Goals since the adoption “The opening of the border will break the isolation that existed,” Abdul-Mahdi said in Ma’ayeh, a journalist in Amman. “The economy has been hit hard by regional instability and of the 2030 Agenda in 2015. February. “Iraq and Jordan are the lungs of each other and as one breathes, the other will.” border closures.” Other problems, she said, include declining remittances and foreign aid, low Our world is at a decisive moment. After decades of Before the border meeting, Jordanian King Abdullah II made a rare trip to Baghdad, the levels of productivity and the large influx of Syrian refugees. relative stability, we are navigating uncertain and even first in more than a decade, during which he stressed the strong ties between the two The World Bank measured the Jordanian unemployment rate at 18.6% in 2018, a slight unstable times. Global cooperation is in decline; countries. Salih had travelled to Jordan shortly after his election in 2018. Both visits were increase in comparison to the year before. While noting “renewed momentum” in the economic growth rates are down. Some countries and billed as part of a shift in relations. economy, the World Bank said more work was needed to improve the investment climate regions are responding by looking inwards, emphasizing Ties between the two countries have undergone a large transformation in recent decades. and ease of doing business. It urged the kingdom to diversify its energy supply. In 2018, division and exclusion; but such short-term thinking will Under the reign of Saddam Hussein, Iraq provided Jordan with cheap oil, while Jordan’s protests against planned austerity measures backed by the International Monetary Fund only deepen the global challenges we face. Aqaba port became a lifeline for imports as international sanctions hit Iraq after the spread across Jordan, leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Hani Mulki. Many of these challenges are rooted in the economic invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The 2003 toppling of Saddam’s regime and the rising The Iraqi GDP is more than five times the size of Jordan’s. Iraq has the fifth-largest crude and social frameworks that we have built over centuries influence of Iran led to a deterioration in relations in the economic and political realm, oil reserves in the world but the country’s economy, highly dependent on oil revenues, took and even millennia, based on exclusion and especially under former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri a-Maliki. a hit when the Islamic State destroyed large parts of Iraq. discrimination. From colonialism to the climate crisis, we are living the consequences of exclusion, intolerance, and a lack of respect for difference and it’s killing us. Japan Sees Decline Britain Facing German Investments Inequality is high and rising. By 2030, the richest one percent of people could control two-thirds of the In Value-Added Trade Highest Risk of In Russia Set to planet’s wealth. The rights of minorities and marginalized people, particularly refugees and Surplus With Korea Recession Since 2007 Smash 10-Year Record migrants, are routinely disregarded. Violence is used to enforce patriarchy and millions of women and girls TOKYO (Dispatches) - Japan’s trade surplus in BERLIN (Dispatches) - German businesses face insecurity and violations of their human rights value-added goods and services (TiVA) with poured more than €1.7 billion into the every day. Military spending is rising even as societies South Korea took a downturn during the 2005-2015 Russian economy in the first three months of fail to provide basic services for their people. period, reflecting the diversifying structure of logistics 2019, already exceeding half of last year’s Climate change is wreaking havoc on some of the and trade, statistics showed Sunday. highest-in-decade figures, the Russian-German most vulnerable countries and regions, while others In light of the interconnection of the global value Chamber of Commerce has revealed. continue to increase greenhouse gas emissions. chain, the country’s recent curbs on hi-tech exports to The volume of German companies’ investment in Deforestation, overfishing and pollution are causing Korea are likely to affect not only the two countries but Russia is up by 33 percent –or €400 million– compared unprecedented damage. Short-term profits for a few also the regional and global economy in general, to the same period last year, the German trade lobby are prioritized over the rights and interests of all. Seoul’s government officials noted. said. Results of the first quarter show that German We have lost sight of our shared humanity and According to the Organization of Economic investments in Russia may well, by the end of this year, interdependence on each other, and on the planet that Cooperation and Development, Japan logged break a more-than-ten-year record. gives us life. These principles are shared across all major $135.2 billion in aggregated TiVA from 2005 to “Despite a weakening economic situation, German LONDON (Guardian) - Britain is facing the highest risk faiths and traditions, but we have lost touch with them. 2015. Its total trade surplus during the same period companies continue to trust in the Russian market and of a recession since the financial crisis and needs urgent Four years ago, all countries came together and agreed stood at $303.2 billion. even invest against the trend,” chairman of the chamber plans to combat the next downturn, according to an unanimously on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable TiVA, in international trade is equivalent to operating Matthias Schepp said in a statement. alarming assessment of the nation’s economic health. Development, our transformational roadmap for people, profits of corporate business transactions, figuring out Last year’s total investments reached their highest Preparations need to be made to reduce the impact, the planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships. The Agenda is the value added by each country in the production and since the 2008 financial crisis, exceeding earlier study by the Resolution Foundation thinktank warns. It states centered on inclusion, pluralism and the rights of all. It is distribution process. forecasts and standing at €3.2 billion. However, it was that both uncertainty around Brexit and the global economic rooted in evidence that greater diversity and inclusion, The OECD indicator was developed to address the still short of the all-time high of the €7.8 billion slowdown have led to the highest recession risk since 2007. particularly of women, is correlated with sustainable dilemma that conventional measures of international reached in 2007. It raises the alarm over the potential impact on living standards, economic growth and better prospects for peace and trade can no longer precisely reflect the flow of goods Investments continued despite anti-Russian warning that the five previous recessions have produced an stability. It calls for a fundamental reorganization of our and services in the complex global production chains. sanctions imposed by Washington and its allies economic shock equating to a £2,500 loss for each household in economic, political and social systems so that we can For instance, when a Korean customer purchases a although the restrictions cause much trouble for the UK. They have also increased unemployment by one reap the benefits of inclusion, through stronger and more Japanese television for 1 million won ($848), the German firms doing business with Russia. More million. It comes after a series of warnings over the health of the resilient communities and societies based on human OECD would exclude the display panel price when than 140 companies polled by the chamber said economy amid continuing uncertainty around Britain’s EU rights and human dignity for all. assessing Japan’s TiVA in the given deal. that their total sanctions-related losses had exceed membership. Earlier this month the governor of the Bank of Such ambitious efforts can work, when they are With an increasing number of countries €1 billion, the equivalent to what would amount to England, Mark Carney, warned that there had been a “sea backed by political will. Thanks to multilateral action, participating in the global value chain, Japan’s multi-billion damages for all German enterprises change” in the world’s financial markets, driven by pessimism today life expectancy is higher, extreme poverty is TiVA surplus with Korea has been declining over registered in Russia. about the economic outlook. declining, literacy is at historically high levels and we recent years, data showed. However, Western economic pressure has not The National Institute of Economic and Social are mending the hole in the ozone layer. The Millennium Tokyo’s TiVA with Seoul dipped from $14 billion stopped the growth of Russia-Germany trade Research, one of the UK’s leading economic forecasters, Development Goals, precursors to the 2030 Agenda, in 2005 to $3.9 billion in 2015, down 72 percent turnover, which increased 8.4 percent and reached said last week that the UK would only “narrowly avoid helped to lift more than a billion people out of extreme during the ten years. Its total trade surplus decreased nearly €62 billion last year. a technical recession”, with growth of 0.2% in the third poverty, to make inroads against hunger, and to get more 58 percent during the same period, from Moscow and Berlin are also involved in a large quarter following a decline of 0.1% in the second girls into school than ever before. But multilateralism $27.3 billion to $15.7 billion. construction project, the Nord Stream 2 natural quarter. A technical recession occurs with two may be a victim of its own success. We have started Seoul’s Ministry of Economy and Finance noted that gas pipeline, set to be finished by the end of the consecutive quarters in which the economy shrinks. taking it for granted, rather than treating it as an evolving given the multilateral, globalized trade structure of year. The project has come under fierce criticism Meanwhile there have been warning signs in the challenge to be nurtured, promoted and reinvigorated. today, the impact of Japan’s disputed export curbs will from Washington, which lobbies continuously construction industry. The Chartered Institute of Procurement Without multilateral support for inclusive solutions, we spread beyond the East Asian region. for the sales of its own liquefied natural gas and Supply has warned the political paralysis gripping are doomed to lose-lose economics, widening inequality “The recent growth of the global economy was partly (LNG) to Europe. Westminster has left the industry trapped in “quicksand”, and climate catastrophe. due to the closely interrelated global value chains,” The US also threatened to sanction anyone involved with house buying and new orders dropping “like a stone”. The solutions we need to meet the ambitions of the 2030 said a ministry official. “Japan’s latest actions in the Nord Stream 2 project, but Russia’s partners on There are also concerns that the government and Bank Agenda are centered on dignity, well-being and opportunity including the export curbs would result in the the project –and Germany in particular– have repeatedly of England have already used many of the tools in their for all, without discrimination. While these qualities are severance of such value chains and consequently defended the pipeline as a way to meet Europe’s armoury that could curb a future recession. Cutting not measured under Gross Domestic Product, they are deliver negative impacts on the global economy.” growing energy demand. interest rates to stimulate the economy is hard, as they are critical measures of successful governance. already at historically low levels, while quantitative We all have a part to play. Inclusion starts everywhere easing (QE), in which more money is pumped into the people connect: businesses, schools, medical clinics, economy, is likely to have less effect than in the past. the media and civil society. We need a radical shift Had those weapons not been deployed during the last towards solutions based on mutual gains rather than recession, in which interest rates were cut from 5.75 per to 0.5 zero-sum thinking; towards security based on resilient, per cent, QE amounted to £375bn and VAT was cut to 15%, inclusive and more equal societies rather than weapons the downturn would have been 12%. That is the equivalent to and stronger borders, and towards economic systems £8,000 for every UK household. The Resolution Foundation that incentivize the sustainability of our planet over also warns that it would be dangerous to assume that the next profits made from exploitation and destruction. recession will be the same as the last, when major job losses Inclusion can no longer be portrayed as an add-on or were avoided. It states that it may not be the case that the big optional extra: It is an urgent political and economic unemployment increases that characterised the 1980s and necessity for our own survival and that of our planet. early 1990s recessions have been consigned to history. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Box Man’ written and directed by Manouchehr Teymourzadeh has been accepted into the screening program of the 9th London Lift-Off Film Festival. The Iranian short film ‘Box Man’, written and directed by Manouchehr Teymourzadeh, has made it into the “Box Man” Goes to London Life-Off Film Festival lineup of the 9th London Lift-Off Film Festival in the UK. The film narrates the story of a middle-aged reporter who is making a film about a teenager who lives inside a box and refuses to come out despite his mother’s pleas. Meanwhile, the reporter gets closer to the world of the teenager and becomes enraptured by his life inside a box.

Iran Rejects... Turkey Will Deport Syrian Refugees Who Commit Crimes FROM PAGE 1 “Iran expects the European parties to the JCPOA to take practical, effective, and responsible decisions and steps regarding the process of implementing the ERBIL (Dispatches) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to 2015 nuclear deal,” he added. deport Syrians found to have broken the law amid a worrying spike in public “It would be unrealistic and in violation of the hostility toward the 3.6 million Syrian refugees sheltering in Turkey. goals, logic, and contents of the JCPOA to expect Iran “We will encourage Syrians to return to their countries,” Erdogan said Saturday to return to the situation before May 8, 2019 unless it during a meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s Central Decision is proved that the European parties have a serious and Management Board (MKYK). political will and the practical ability to create a “We will definitely deport the criminals” and take “new steps” to alleviate growing balance in implementing the JCPOA commitments concerns among Turkey’s citizens about Syrian refugees, he added. and helping Iran reap the benefits of the sanctions Turkey’s Immigration Office, which falls under the Interior Ministry, says there are removal as enshrined in the JCPOA.” currently 3,644,342 Syrian refugees in Turkey who fled Syria’s protracted civil war. “We reiterate that as long as the other parties remain “We had to open our doors to the Syrians. We couldn’t ignore it. We took care of committed [to the deal], we will remain committed to them,” Erdogan said. However, he is now calling for a mechanism to encourage the the same extent,” he added. voluntarily return of refugees to Syria. Mousavi’s comments came as the European Union’s Under strict new measures, Erdogan will abolish free health services for Syrians, forcing Foreign Affairs Council is holding a meeting with a them to pay as Turks do, a move that will increase the financial burden on refugees. key focus on the issue of saving the Iran nuclear deal. Syrian refugees in Turkey face numerous challenges, including poverty, which Upon arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council on worsened last year with Ankara’s economic woes. Children, in particular, are vulnerable Monday, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini to discrimination and a lack of educational opportunities, according to the UN. said the EU officials are going to “see how we can Polling agencies close to the AKP say the party may have lost Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, A violent attack on Syrian businesses in Istanbul in early July shed light on the together with all the Member States and with the rest and Antalya in this year’s municipal election partly because of Erdogan’s lenient policies divisions in Turkish society over the continued presence of refugees. of our international partners preserve the nuclear deal towards Syrian refugees. Since the Turkish military launched the Euphrates Shield and Syrian refugees come under similar pressure to leave in Jordan and Lebanon, [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] with Iran.” the Olive Branch operations in Syria, around 330,000 Syrians have returned home. according to rights groups. Human Rights Watch in early June condemned Lebanon’s “We will start with a point on Iran. We will see how “After the resolution of Manbij and East of Euphrates issues, this figure will reach order for Syrian refugees to demolish their hard shelters, branding it as tantamount we can together with all the Member States and with millions,” Erdogan told an AKP parliamentary meeting in early July, referring to to “illegitimate pressure” to return to their war-torn country. the rest of our international partners preserve the Ankara’s quarrel with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria. At least 1.5 million Syrians have fled to Lebanon since 2011, many of them living nuclear deal [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] More than half of all Syrians have been displaced at least once during the eight-year in informal settlements in the country’s east. Nearly a million are registered by the with Iran,” Mogherini added. conflict, many fleeing to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. But with neighboring United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She also noted that the participants will “put in countries creaking under the strain of these massive refugee populations, there are “This crackdown on housing code violations should be seen for what it is, which place all the measures so that Iran can go back to full growing calls to send these families back. In the first six months of 2019 alone, some is illegitimate pressure on Syrian refugees to leave Lebanon,” HRW refugee rights compliance as it has been until a few days ago.” 79,886 Syrians used the Cilvegozu Border Crossing in southern Hatay province to director Bill Frelick said. “Many of those affected have real reasons to fear returning return to Syria, according to Turkish state media agency Anadolu. to Syria, including arrests, torture and ill-treatment by Syrian intelligence branches.” No Fresh Payments... German FM Calls for Qatar Opens Biggest Coast Guard Base FROM PAGE 1 EU Migrant But, fresh exports would be difficult. Indian markets have DOHA (Dispatches) - Qatar on tanker ships in the region already started responding to Iran’s payment stoppage, Redistribution Coalition inaugurated its largest coast and Tehran shooting down an and basmati prices shed Rs 10 a kg or 12 per cent the past guard base Sunday as a American drone. one month,” said Sushil Jain, Vice President, All India standoff between Iran and The 600,000-plus square- Rice Exporters’ Association (AIREA). the United States continues metre site aims to “facilitate Informed sources said advance amounts of Rs 1,800 to boost tensions in strategic the securing of all territorial crore received from Iranian importers are lying in Persian Gulf waters. waters of the State and various banks accounts held by the Iranians in India. Prime Minister Abdullah border posts”, the interior India’s basmati rice exporters would continue till bin Nasser bin Khalifa ministry wrote on Twitter. payments from these accounts are exhausted. Al-Thani and commander It includes a “sophisticated “Basmati prices have declined in the last one month. of U.S. Naval Forces in the Middle East Vice Admiral seaport”, training and medical facilities, civil defense But, future price movement would depend upon the Jim Malloy attended the ceremony at the Al-Daayen offices and operating rooms, the ministry added. progress of this year’s monsoon rain and farmers’ interest naval base in Semaisima, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Asked whether the base could enhance U.S.-Qatari in sowing of basmati paddy,” said Anand Goyal, Owner, BERLIN (Dispatches) - Germany’s foreign minister says Doha on Qatar’s eastern coast. coordination on Iran, Malloy said the move was Akash Rice Mills, a Delhi-based basmati rice miller, willing EU countries should redistribute migrants saved in Qatar, a key U.S. ally in the region, is home to “all about maritime security, that’s what our focus is”. trader and exporter. Meanwhile, India’s two commodity the Mediterranean Sea. Some EU countries have vehemently Washington’s largest Middle East military base. The U.S. said Thursday it was discussing military exchanges, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange opposed any form of redistribution in recent years. Malloy, commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in escorts for vessels in the Persian Gulf a day after armed (NCDEX) and Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) Germany should promote a “coalition of the willing” Bahrain, said the new base was “a wonderful opportunity for Iranian boats allegedly threatened a British oil tanker in have started futures trading in 1,121 varieties of basmati. among European Union countries that are prepared to us to interface more strongly with the Qatari coast guard”. the Strait of Hormuz. And on Friday Britain said it was The ongoing uncertainty and price volatility offer accept refugees saved in the Mediterranean Sea, Tensions in the Persian Gulf -- through which nearly a sending a second warship to the Persian Gulf and immense opportunities for traders, exporters and rice Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Saturday. third of the world’s oil is transported -- have spiked in raising the alert level in the oil-rich region after Iranian mills to hedge their price risk in futures. “We must now move forward with those member states recent weeks, with the US blaming Iran for multiple attacks gunboats threatened a UK supertanker. Being a compulsory delivery contract with small trading that are ready to receive refugees — all others remain unit of 10 tonnes and basic delivery centres in Karnal and invited to participate,” he told the RND media group. Haryana, basmati paddy is trading at about Rs 42 a kg in Germany would be willing to make a substantial Europe Urged... the futures market. “Apart from the Iran issue, Indian basmati rice exporters are also facing phytosanitary issues contribution to the alliance and accept a set share of refugees FROM PAGE 1 as part of a “binding” redistribution system, he added. Maas with the European Union, which poses a threat to ongoing said Germany would make a substantial contribution The apparatus is supposed to circumvent the sanctions that the United States began re-imposing against Iran after exports. While there arr negotiations with the European Maas, a Social Democrat, said that disputes between EU leaving the 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic, the E3, and Russia and China. Union on pesticide residue issues, overall basmati exports countries about redistributing refugees “must no longer” Europe says 10 European states as well as some non-EU member states will join the trade instrument and use may decline this year,” said Gurnam Arora, Joint impede an agreement on saving migrants from drowning the apparatus for business purposes with the Islamic Republic. Managing Director, Kohinoor Foods Ltd, the producer of in the Mediterranean. “This blockade must finally come to The trade channel came into force after Iran complained why the European countries did not keep up their trade with the Kohinoor brand basmati rice. an end,” he said. EU ministers are scheduled to discuss country as the nuclear deal mandates them to, and instead bow under the US sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic Basmati prices have been volatile the past few months. efforts to save migrants at a meeting next week. Maas said In his Sunday remarks, Zarif also referred to the recent meeting of the UN Security Council and a meeting of Prices fell when the US withdrew the waiver on India’s he expected “a decisive step” forward in the discussion. the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and described them as a proof of dealings with Iran, then rose and are falling again. Maas’s proposal was immediately rejected by the U.S.’ isolation in the world. “In all these meetings, the U.S.’ unilateral policies have been condemned; now Sanjit Prasad, MD & CEO, ICEX, said, “Basmati Austria’s former chancellor, Sebastian Kurz. it’s time for Washington to return to the international community,” he added. exhibits large price volatility, and could impact market Kurz, whose conservative People’s Party is the frontrunner participants to the point of business closure. The futures to win Austria’s parliamentary vote in September, dubbed the contracts in 1,121 varieties will help them deal with common refugee policy a failure, adding that all Mediterranean Iran May Return... price uncertainty.” India produces some 6.5 million tons of basmati rice, two-thirds of which are exported. Iran migrants should be sent back to their home countries. FROM PAGE 1 “The distribution of migrants in Europe has failed,” Kurz said is the largest buyer of basmati rice, contributing nearly on Saturday. “We are once again discussing ideas from 2015 All the other parties to the deal have been critical of Washington’s move and have been holding meetings with Tehran to 25 per cent of India’s annual basmati exports. that have long proved impractical.” discuss how they can make the pact work properly for the Iranian side as well, but the talks have made little progress. “The order of the day is rather to remove the business Tehran has said it would potentially scrap the deal if the remaining signatories -- mainly the UK, France and Saudi Forces... case for unscrupulous smugglers and return people after Germany -- fail to deliver on pledges to protect bilateral trade from US sanctions against Iran. sea rescues to their home or transit countries, as well as In May, a year after the U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the deal, Iran suspended some of FROM PAGE 1 creating initiatives for stability and economic its commitments under Articles 26 and 36 of the JCPOA, giving the other signatories a first 60-day deadline to development in Africa,” he said. Rescue missions in the turn their verbal support for the accord into concrete action. “Iran’s decision to reduce its JCPOA commitments According to al-Masirah, an attempt by Saudi Mediterranean have sparked tensions particularly was not out of intransigence and rather aims to give diplomacy a chance and make the other party come to its mercenaries to storm positions held by the Yemeni between Italy and other EU countries in recent months. senses and act upon its obligations,” Kamalvandi said Monday. troops was foiled in Majaza al-Sharqiya in Asir. Hard-line Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini He added that Iran’s uranium stockpile surpassed 300 kilograms after the 60-day ultimatum to Europeans and They thwarted another attempt by Saudi-backed militants has repeatedly refused to allow charity ships that have Tehran was no longer obliged to export the surplus heavy water anymore as it was required under the deal. to advance near the Alab crossing in the southwestern rescued migrants from docking at Italian ports. “Currently, we have gone beyond 3.67 percent [uranium] enrichment and are also producing the enriched region. An unspecified number of mercenaries were killed Other EU countries, such as Poland and Hungary, material required for nuclear plant fuel with 4.5-percent purity,” he added. Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary or wounded when Yemeni forces attacked their positions in have in recent years refused German-led efforts to Jeremy Hunt said Monday that there was still time to preserve the JCPOA and that, despite the United States Majaza al-Gharbiya in Asir on Sunday. introduce an EU-wide system for redistributing being Britain’s closest ally, it disagreed on how to approach the issue. “There is still some closing, but small Yemeni forces have been carrying out attacks against Saudi refugees who have entered the EU’s borders. window to keep the deal alive,” Hunt told reporters on arrival for a foreign minister’s meeting in Brussels. positions in retaliation for the kingdom’s aggression on their More than 420 migrants have died trying to enter France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian also said that Europe had to remain united in trying to save the country. Saudi Arabia launched a devastating campaign Europe from North Africa since the beginning of nuclear deal, calling on Tehran to reverse its decision not to comply with parts of the accord. against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the 2019, according to the International Organization for “The Europeans have to stay united on this issue,” Le Drian told reporters in Brussels on Monday. government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Migration (IOM). Iran has made it clear that it would only reverse the decision once the other parties deliver their end of the bargain. Hadi back to power and crushing the Houthi movement. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 Hamilton Wins Record Djokovic Claims Fifth Wimbledon Barcelona Agree Deal To Sign Japan’s Abe Sixth British GP ARCELONA (Reuters) Title in Record-Breaking Final B- Barcelona have agreed ONDON (Dispatches) - Lewis Hamilton made a deal to sign emerging Lthe most of a favourable safety car intervention Japanese talent Hiroki Abe on Sunday to claim a record sixth British Grand Prix from Kashima Antlers, the victory at a packed Silverstone. J-League club said. The defending five-time world champion clocking The 20-year-old attacker, fastest lap on his final lap to finish 25 seconds clear of named the league’s best Mercedes team-mate and nearest title rival Valtteri young player of 2018, was Bottas after an action-packed contest. The Briton moved set to undergo a medical 39 points clear of the Finn behind in the title race, but with the Spanish side and Bottas was unlucky with the timing of the safety car would join up with their which effectively gave Hamilton a free pit stop. ‘B’ side. Charles Leclerc of Ferrari was third. Financial details were not released but earlier Pierre Gasly finished fourth ahead of his Red Bull reports said Barca would pay around 2 million euros team-mate Max Verstappen, whose race was (£1.8 million) for Abe, who made his senior compromised by a late collision when Sebastian Vettel international debut at the Copa America and of Ferrari drove into him, and Carlos Sainz of McLaren. appeared in all three of their matches. It was Hamilton’s seventh win in 10 races this year “It was a difficult decision to leave (Kashima) and the 80th win of his career. He had shared the mid-season, but I chose to make the move because British Grand Prix record of wins, on five, with I absolutely want to take on this new challenge at fellow-Briton Jim Clark and Frenchman Alain Prost. Barcelona,” Kyodo news agency quoted Abe as Daniel Ricciardo was seventh for Renault ahead of saying in a statement. Kimi Raikkonen of Alfa Romeo, Daniil Kvyat and his Toro Rosso team-mate Alex Albon. “What a day,” said Hamilton. “To all the crowd, thank-you so much for coming out.” ONDON (Dispatches) - Novak Djokovic saved With William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess Mochizuki Makes Hamilton, who stopped on his slow-down lap to Ltwo match points to clinch a fifth Wimbledon title of Cambridge looking on from the Royal Box, Federer collect a British ‘Union Jack’ flag, added: “I love and 16th major on Sunday, shattering Roger Federer’s carved out the only break point of the opening set. you Silverstone. I appreciate everything and the bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the But Djokovic saved it and with serve dominating, Grand Slam History opportunity to be a part of this. “I couldn’t have longest final ever played at the tournament. the set was decided by the tiebreak. ONDON (AFP) - done this without these guys or without my team.” Despite being outplayed by the 37-year-old Swiss for The top seed was 3-1 up, then Federer inched to 5-3 LShintaro Mochizuki A glum Bottas said: “Congrats to Lewis... large parts of the knife-edge encounter, the world number before Djokovic swept the next four points. made history on Sunday It wasn’t my day.” one triumphed 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 13-12 (7/3). At 58 minutes, it was two minutes longer than the becoming the first A much happier Leclerc said: “It’s probably the At 4 hours and 57 minutes, it was the longest women’s final on Saturday. Djokovic, however, then Japanese player to win a race I’ve enjoyed the most in my career.” Wimbledon final ever played and settled by a final set went completely off the boil, losing his footing as he boy’s Grand Slam title, The safety car was deployed when Antonio tiebreak for the first time. was broken in the first game of the second set. beating Carlos Gimeno Giovinazzi spun into a gravel trap in his Alfa Djokovic is the first man in 71 years to win the title Federer broke twice again and after just 25 more Valero of Spain 6-3, 6-2 in Romeo ? gifting Hamilton a ‘free’ first, and only, pit from match points down. He is now level with Bjorn minutes the final was all-square with Djokovic the Wimbledon final. stop. The luckless Bottas, on a two stop strategy, Borg as a five-time Wimbledon winner. managing just two winners in the set. The 16-year-old, who had already pitted before the incident. “I think that if this is not the most exciting final then Federer was comfortably on top in the third set, was playing just his third On an overcast and cool afternoon, Justin Whiting, definitely it’s in the top two or three of my career flashing winners from all parts of the court but was grass court tournament, the 12-year-old son of the late Charlie Whiting, the against one of the greatest players of all time, Roger, unable to convert a set point in the 10th game. follows 1969 girls singles official Race Director who died suddenly in who I respect,” said Djokovic. Djokovic then carved out his first break points of the title winner Kazuko Sawamatsu in triumphing at the Melbourne in March, started the race. before a “Unfortunately in this type of match someone has to match in the eighth game. grass court Grand Slam. crowd of 141,000 at Silverstone. As the lights went lose. It is quite unreal to be two match points down to The first was saved after a breathtaking 35-shot rally Mochizuki said he had learned a lot from his out, the Mercedes pair pulled clear, Hamilton come back and strange to play a tie-break at 12-12.” before the Serb finally broke for the first time. compatriot, 2014 US Open finalist Kei Nishikori. chasing Bottas throughout the first lap ahead of Djokovic is just four Grand Slam titles shy of the all- It was too little, too late, however, as Federer “He’s really nice,” said Mochizuki. “He gives me Leclerc and Verstappen with Vettel fifth. time record held by Federer who is more than five years deservedly levelled the final. Into a tense finale, a lot of advice. By lap 10, the lead was three-tenths, Hamilton older. It was incredibly tough on Federer, chasing a Federer saved three break points in the fourth game “Like sometimes I practice with him. I learn from oozing confidence could not pass Bottas slithering ninth Wimbledon crown, who didn’t face a break point but a drilled, backhand passing shot gave Djokovic him a lot. Yeah, he’s smart.” Nishikori, nine times a to protect his lead. Behind them, Leclerc blocked until the eighth game of the fourth set. the break in the sixth game for a 4-2 lead. Grand Slam quarter-finalist, took to Twitter almost attacks from Verstappen. But on lap 17, Bottas came Djokovic’s win meant that the ‘Big Three’ of men’s The world number one couldn’t back it up and immediately to fete his compatriot. “Huge congrats to in for a new set of mediums and Hamilton inherited tennis -- himself, Federer and Rafael Nadal -- have Federer had Centre Court on their feet when he @ShintaroMOCHIZU! Such an amazing tournament,” the lead ahead of Vettel, the pair delaying their stops won the last 11 Slams. restored parity in the next game. Despite twice being tweeted the Japanese star, adding a thumbs up icon, a as long as possible. Then Giovinazzi beached his He has now won nine of his last 11 clashes against just two points from defeat, Federer broke for 8-7 but flexed bicep icon and several Japanese flags. Alfa Romeo at Club. Federer and three of their four Wimbledon meetings. was unable to serve out for the match. However, it is not 29-year-old Nishikori who is his idol. England Russia Power Win Cricket Past USA to Win World Cup Second VNL Title ONDON (Dispatches) - England won the World HICAGO (Dispatches) - Russia defeated hosts the LCup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in CUnited States 3-1 (25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20) to a dramatic Super Over after a nerve-shredding final claim a historic second FIVB Volleyball Nations League ended in a tie at Lord’s on Sunday. title on Sunday in the 2019 VNL Finals at the Credit After Eoin Morgan’s side finished on 241 all out in Union 1 Arena in Chicago. Russia also claimed Volleyball pursuit of New Zealand’s 241-8, the final came down to Nations League gold in 2018 when they defeated France a six-ball shootout for each team. England’s Ben Stokes in the final of the inaugural edition of the competition. and Jos Buttler took 15 off Trent Boult’s over. Jofra Four Russia players scored in double digits during the Archer bowled England’s over against Martin Guptill and final, including Dmitry Volkov (17), Egor Kliuka (14), Jimmy Neesham, who smashed a six off the second ball. Ivan Iakovlev (12) and Victor Poletaev (11). Taylor With two runs required off the final ball, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and Jason Roy combined to run out Guptill as he came Sander scored 20 for USA and Matt Anderson 19. back for the second. Both sides finished on 15 so England won due to a tie-break rule because they hit more boundaries. The two teams met in the pool stage of the Finals on Friday when coach John Speraw’s USA players prevailed in three sets. But with After defeats in previous finals against Pakistan in 1992, Australia in 1987 and the West Indies in 1979, it was a the trophy at stake, the North Americans were unable to restrain a Russia team which also defeated reigning back-to-back world cathartic moment for English cricket. champions and 2019 VNL bronze medallists Poland en route to the final in yesterday’s semifinals. Highlighting outstanding performances “My heart is still racing. It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever won, a great bunch of fellas, a really good family to me,” during the Men’s Finals in Chicago, an MVP/Best Opposite award was received by the USA’s Matt Anderson. Other players receiving Archer said. Stokes was in tears as England’s players danced joyously around the pitch. awards in the Best Outside Hitter category included Russians Egor Kliuka and Dmitry Volkov and Poland’s Bartosz Bednorz, who led “I’m pretty lost for words. All the hard work over four years, to get here and be champions of the world. his team to the bronze medals. Ivan Iakovlev of Russia and Max Holt of USA received the Best Middle Blocker honours. It’s an amazing feeling. I’m pretty done,” Stokes said with an expression that mixed elation with bewilderment. Hawaiian Micah Christenson was rewarded for his performance at the setting role, and his ability to distribute “Playing against New Zealand is always a great event. They are a seriously good team and really good lads. the ball with pinpoint precision. His teammate, 29-year-old Erik Shoji received the prize for best libero, after again I said to Kane Williamson I’ll be apologising for that for the rest of my life.” demonstrating his ability to keep the ball alive in even the most difficult situations.