Iranian Sanctions Set to End Soon
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QATAR | Page 2 SPORT | Page 1 Hosts Qatar edge closer to quarters INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 with win REGION 3 BUSINESS 1 – 6, 8 – 12 15,901.42 9,185.12 29.59 ARAB WORLD 4 CLASSIFIED 7, 8 Mountain trip life-changing -477.63 -220.26 -1.61 INTERNATIONAL 5 – 17 SPORTS 1 – 12 over Iran -2.92% -2.34% -5.16% experience for pupils Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9969 January 16, 2016 Rabia II 6, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Charity ride Iranian In brief QATAR | Diplomacy sanctions Emir to visit Russia HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will start a three-day off icial visit to Russia tomorrow at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. set to The Emir will hold talks with President Putin on Monday, dealing with ways to enhance and promote bilateral relations in addition to a number of regional and international issues, particularly the latest developments in the Middle East. end soon AFRICA | Crime The July deal calls on the agency to Since July, Iran has drastically re- release its report once it has verified duced the number of centrifuges in- Airline probes Iran has implemented all nuclear- stalled at its enrichment sites, shipped in-fl ight theft s related measures tonnes of low-enriched uranium mate- South African airways said yesterday rials to Russia and dismantled the core it was investigating the involvement Reuters of its Arak nuclear reactor. of a syndicate in thefts from sleeping Vienna Some offi cials said a meeting in rela- passengers aboard international tion to Iran might take place today in Vi- flights. The national carrier’s enna, where the deal was reached. statement came after a passenger Participants of a two-day GCC Charity Bike Show which kicked off at Katara – the Cultural Village in Doha yesterday. The n IAEA report verifying that Iran “There may be some sort of a meet- reported that a fellow traveller had bikers are seen driving past the Museum of Islamic Art, on their way to Katara. More than 600 bikers from the GCC countries has kept its promises under a nu- ing in Vienna, after which, if every- stolen jewellery and about $1,800 are taking part in the show. Besides big bikes, the third edition of the show, organised by the Soul Riders Motorcycle Club, Aclear deal it reached with world thing goes well, we will issue a state- dollars in foreign currency from his showcases vintage, classic and top car models. PICTURE: Jayan Orma. Page 20 powers last year is likely to be issued ment from the secretary-general,” UN luggage in the overhead locker on today, paving the way for sanctions on spokesman Stephane Dujarric told re- a flight from Johannesburg to Hong Tehran to be lifted, a diplomatic source porters. Kong. said yesterday. In Washington, the White House said Iranian and other offi cials had previ- Iran has made important progress in its AFRICA | Health ously said they expected the report to eff ort to implement the international come out yesterday. agreement to curtail its nuclear pro- New Ebola “Almost all details are ironed out,” gramme, but its actions must still be in- case emerges Qatar to host Chinese said another diplomatic source, based in dependently verifi ed. A woman who died of Ebola this week the Austrian capital. “We want to make sure they don’t cut in Sierra Leone potentially exposed Vienna is home to the International any corners,” White House spokesman dozens of other people to the disease, Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear Josh Earnest told a briefi ng. according to an aid agency report watchdog in charge of monitoring Iran’s He said Iran would not receive sanc- yesterday, raising the risk of more cultural fest from Jan 24 implementation of the measures re- tions relief until the IAEA confi rms it cases just as the deadliest outbreak on quired in the deal Iran reached with the has complied with the agreement. Ear- record appeared to be ending. Page 5 By Joseph Varghese cultural exchange and co-operation be- US, Russia, China, Britain, France and nest said he had no update on the tim- Staff Reporter tween the two countries,” Yanfei added. Germany last July. ing of the implementation of the nuclear PHILIPPINES | Politics Al-Kuwari said that hosting an in- The July deal calls on the agency to deal. ternationally-renowned theatre group release its report once it has verifi ed Iran In Berlin, Germany’s Chambers of Binay in pole to he celebrations of Qatar-China such as the Globe was an important has implemented all nuclear-related Commerce and Industry (DIHK) said be next president Year of Culture 2016 will begin milestone in Doha’s cultural history. measures. The IAEA had no comment that the country’s companies should re- Philippine Vice President Jejomar Tfrom January 24, HE the Min- “This is the fi rst time the Hamlet yesterday on the timing of the report. vive economic ties with Iran as quickly Binay has overcome a barrage of graft ister of Culture Arts and Heritage Dr is played in the country by such a re- Iranian offi cials have said Iran’s For- as possible following the expected lift- allegations to re-emerge as front- Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari told nowned theatre group. This enhances eign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif and ing of economic sanctions. runner to become the nation’s next Gulf Times. the image of Doha as it adds to the the European Union’s Federica Mogh- “After an ice age of more than 10 leader, according to an independent “China is a country with rich cul- profi le of the city as an international erini would issue a statement today years, an important barrier is falling,” its poll released yesterday. Page 16 ture and heritage and we are glad that cultural centre. We are very happy that or tomorrow on the “Implementation head of foreign trade, Volker Dreier, said we will be able to host a number of the British Council has given us the Day” of the nuclear deal and the lifting in a statement. SRI LANKA | Promise Chinese programmes through the year opportunity to host this very impor- of sanctions. Germany was for decades Iran’s big- 2016,” he explained on the sidelines tant event.” Under the July agreement, Iran agreed gest trading partner before sanctions Assurance of the screening of the Shakespearean “Hamlet is an internationally recog- to shrink its atomic programme in ex- were imposed. The gap in Iranian im- to Tamils play Hamlet by the Globe Theatre at nised major drama. The big gathering change for the lifting of some EU, US ports from Germany and other Western Sri Lanka’s prime minister yesterday the Rayyan Theatre in Souq Waqif. that has turned out to watch the play, and UN sanctions, which would allow countries has largely been fi lled by Chi- promised greater political power to China is Qatar’s fi fth country for is a clear refl ection of the true cosmo- billions of dollars of investment to fl ow nese, Korean and Middle Eastern com- the island’s Tamil minority under a celebrating the Year of Culture, which HE al-Kuwari: says Doha is fast politan and multicultural society of the into the country. petitors. new constitution aimed at preventing was started in 2012 with Japan. There emerging as an international cultural city of Doha. Hundreds of people have a return to ethnic war and healing the will be a number of exhibitions show- centre. eagerly come out to watch the play,” al- Comoros breaks off relations with Tehran wounds of the past. Page 17 casing the works of artists as well as a Kuwari said. number of other cultural programmes. tries. Qatar will sponsor 10 activities, The minister also pointed out that Indian Ocean archipelago the Comoros after the January 2 ransacking of the BUSINESS | Market The event will also feature 27 live including exhibitions on pearls and the the terms “Al Majilis” and “Arabic said yesterday it had cut diplomatic Saudi embassy in Tehran and the Saudi performances, exhibitions, fi lms and country’s contemporary arts, according Coff ee” had been added to the list of relations with Iran over what it termed consulate in Mashhad, Iran’s second Oil plunges TV programme screenings and other to China’s ministry of culture. international heritage vocabulary. Tehran’s “aggression” towards Jeddah. city. Following the ransacking, Jeddah below $29 activities in fi elds such as photography, “Qatar was an important hub on the “This is another important achieve- A foreign ministry statement said in Mo- severed diplomatic relations with World oil prices slumped more than 6% literature and sports. ancient Silk Road ... and is also a key ment for us and shows the growing roni that the Comoros viewed Tehran Tehran. Several Arab countries followed to below $29 a barrel yesterday, as a China will sponsor 17 activities, in- country in realiaing the ‘Belt and Road’ stature of the Arabic language. Places as “interfering” in “the internal aff airs of suit and severed or reduced relations further fall in the Chinese stock market cluding an exhibition on contemporary strategy,” ministry offi cial Lu Yanfei such as Souq Waqif where the play is certain countries” and “not respecting with Iran. Comoros’ foreign ministry and the prospect of an imminent rise in Chinese arts curated by renowned artist said at a press conference in Beijing being staged highlights the impor- diplomatic conventions”.