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Europe to keep nuclear deal Zarif’s assistant says UAE-Israel on life support until November election: Foreign Policy agreement not beneficial to the region POLITICAL TEHRAN – In a commentary on Tuesday, desk Foreign Policy said the Europeans remain com- POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ali-Asghar “In a situation in which all the free- mitted to keeping the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, on deskKhaji, the Iranian foreign dom-seeking people in the world express life support at least until the United States’ presidential election minister’s special assistant for political af- disgust over relationship with the Zionist in November. fairs, has said that an agreement between regime, it is regrettable that a neighbor of The magazine said the U.S. lost the showdown at the United the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist the Islamic Republic announces normaliza- Nations Security Council over extending the terms of the arms regime to normalize ties will not be beneficial tion of ties with this child-killing regime,” embargo against Iran and seeks to trigger the snapback mechanism. to the regional countries. Bagheri said. The global magazine of news and ideas said the response In an interview with Al-Ahed news website, He noted that as a Muslim country, such from the remaining parties to the nuclear deal will be critical. Khaji said that Iran has announced its stance relationship is not acceptable for the UAE. Following is an excerpt of the article: in opposing the move which is not beneficial “We advise the United Arab Emirates to The United States just lost the showdown at the United Nations to the regional and Islamic countries, ISNA revise its decision before it is too late and Security Council over extending the terms of the arms embar- reported on Tuesday. avoid continuing a path which is harmful go against Iran. The U.S. government was left embarrassingly It was announced on Thursday that the to regional security,” the top general noted. isolated, winning just one other vote for its proposed resolution UAE and Israel plan to normalize ties and Also, Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim (from the Dominican Republic), while Russia and China voted establish full diplomatic relationship. Raisi on Monday slammed the agreement, against and 11 other nations abstained. President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday describing it as a treacherous move against But the Trump administration is not deterred: In response condemned the agreement, warning Abu Dha- Islam and the Palestinian cause. to the vote, President Donald Trump threatened that “we’ll be bi that the agreement must never prepare Raisi warned the UAE rulers “who are in doing a snapback”—a reference to reimposing sanctions suspend- the ground for the presence of the Zionist glass towers” about the consequences of the ed under the 2015 nuclear deal from which the United States regime in the Persian Gulf region. move, Mehr reported. withdrew in 2018. Noting that even until the present time the “The betrayal of the Emirates’ rulers are The dance around the arms embargo has always been a prel- UAE has done a “great mistake and treasonous supported security in the region and expressed The statement said the move will definitely not forgivable and it will not be wiped out by ude to the bigger goal: burning down the remaining bridges that act”, Rouhani said, “We warn the Emirates hope that the UAE would return from the result in boosting the axis of resistance. the passage of time,” he said. “The Emirates’ could lead back to the 2015 deal. The Trump administration that lest it (agreement) helps find a place wrong path it has taken. Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Ma- collaboration and cooperation with the child now seeks to snap back international sanctions using a measure for the Zionist regime in the region… then Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement jor General Mohammad Bagheri on Sunday killer and aggressive regime of Israel will built into the very nuclear agreement the Trump White House it will be different and they (the Emiratis) on Friday calling the agreement a “strate- urged the United Arab Emirates to revise its not be ignored by the freedom-seekers of withdrew from two years ago. This latest gambit by the Trump will be treated differently,” Rouhani said. gic stupidity” and “a dagger in the back of decision to establish ties with the Zionist the world and it will remain in the memory administration is unsurprisingly contested by other world powers. Rouhani also noted that Iran has always Muslims”. regime. of nations.” On the one hand, Russia and China are making a technical, legal argument against the U.S. move. Seizing on its failure to extend the arms embargo, the United States now claims it can start the clock on a 30-day notification period, after which UN sanctions removed against Iran by the Hillary Clinton says next U.S. administration should try to rejoin nuclear deal nuclear deal are reinstated. This notification will be timed de- liberately to end before Octo- Clinton doubts Iran would still be ‘receptive’ to limits under nuclear pact ber—when the arms embargo The dance By staff and agency is under from international sanctions.” is set to expire, and also when around the Former U.S. state secretary and former Democratic pres- U.S. President Donald Trump quit the nuclear deal in Russia takes over presidency idential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that the next May 2018 and introduced the harshest ever sanctions in of the UN Security Council: a arms embargo administration of the United States should try to rejoin the history on Iran as part of his administration’s “maximum time when Washington could has always 2015 nuclear deal – JCPOA - which the Trump administra- pressure” campaign against Iran. face more procedural hurdles. tion quit in 2018. The U.S. move was in violation of UN Security Council What is likely to follow snap- been a prelude “Clinton said the next U.S. administration should try to Resolution 2231 that endorsed the JCPOA. back is a messy scene at the UN to the bigger rejoin the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Under the JCPOA, Iran promised to put limits on its nu- in which council members will goal: burning (JCPOA),” Atlantic Council reported on Monday. clear activities in exchange for the termination of economic broadly fall into three groups. During an Atlantic Council Front Page event broadcast and financial sanctions. First, the United States will down the on August 17, Clinton said she wasn’t sure whether Iran’s In May 2019, exactly one year after the U.S. unilaterally seek to build support for its remaining leaders would still be “receptive” to resuming the pact. quit the deal and imposed sanctions on Iran, Tehran began case—primarily through politi- “One outgrowth of the Trump administration’s withdrawal to gradually reduce its commitments under the JCPOA to cal and economic pressure—so bridges that of the United States from the JCPOA, she argued, is that Iran both retaliate for Washington’s departure and Europeans’ and China have brokered a military and economic agreement. failure to honor their commitments. that by the end of the 30-day could lead operational limitations on its nuclear industry, whether Clinton added, however, that Chinese economic support for On January 5, Iran took a fifth and last step in reducing notice period some UN mem- back to the concerning the capacity and level of uranium enrichment, Iran still isn’t sufficient to counteract the pressure Tehran its commitments and said it would no longer observe any ber states agree to implement the volume of stockpiled uranium or research and develop- sanctions. The Trump admin- 2015 deal. “One outgrowth of the Trump administration’s ment. However, Iran has insisted if the Europeans honor istration will likely use the threat of U.S. secondary sanctions, as their obligations it will immediately reverse its decisions. it has done successfully over the last 18 months, if governments withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA, she Iran’s move is in line with paragraph 36 of the JCPOA. don’t move to enforce snapback sanctions. argued, is that Iran and China have brokered a military President Hassan Rouhani said on May 6 that Iran will Even if most governments around the world disagree that the return to full implementation of the JCPOA if other signa- United States has any authority to impose snapback sanctions, and economic agreement.” tories do the same. some countries may be forced to side with Washington given the threat that the United States could turn its economic pressure against them. Iraqi PM: We do not play the role of Foreign Ministry rebuffs U.S. media reports on The second group will be led by China and Russia, both of which have already started to push back. Not only will this group postman between Iran and U.S. Taliban bounties refuse to implement the UN sanctions that the U.S. government claims should be reimposed, but they likely will throw obstacles By staff and agency POLITICAL TEHRAN — Spokes- desk into the mix, such as blocking the reinstitution of appropriate Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi man for Iran’s Foreign UN committees that will oversee the implementation of such has said that Iraq does not play the role of Ministry denied on Tuesday reports in sanctions. This group may also see it as advantageous to seek a postman between Iran and the United States. U.S. media on the bounties Iran allegedly determination by the International Court of Justice on the legal He made the remarks when asked by the paid to the Taliban to kill American and question over the U.S. claim. Associated Press about if he was bringing coalition troops in Afghanistan. The third grouping will be led by the France, Britain, and any messages from Tehran ahead of a trip “The U.S., which has no answer for the Germany, who remain united in the belief that the deal should to Washington. families of its killed soldiers in Afghanistan, be preserved to the greatest extent possible. In a statement in Kadhimi visited Iran on July 21-22 in seeks to cover up its miscalculations in June, the three governments already emphasized that they would line with expanding foreign ties. Afghanistan through media propaganda,” not support unilateral snapback by the United States. But it is Kadhimi visited Tehran to discuss ties spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said, calling unclear if this will translate into active opposition—and their between Iran and Iraq. The Iraqi prime min- on the U.S. to act responsibly rather than approach will certainly not include the obstructionist moves ister met with a number of high-ranking Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, Foreign Minister blaming others. troops in Afghanistan, identifying pay- that Russia and China may make. Iranian officials including President Hassan Fuad Hussein, Petroleum Minister Ehsan He also called on the U.S. to “end its ments linked to at least six attacks carried This bloc will look to stall decisions to take the steps necessary Rouhani, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Abdul Jabar, Health Minister Hassan Mo- disastrous presence in Afghanistan as out by the militant group just last year to implement the UN sanctions. This is a delicate undertaking, as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Parliament hammad al-Tamimi, Minister of Planning soon as possible.” alone, including a suicide bombing at a European countries are not in the habit of blatantly ignoring the Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Khaled Battal, Defense Minister Joma Enad, The statement came after CNN reported U.S. air base in December,” CNN claimed. binding framework of some of the UN’s directives, and will want During a joint press conference with Electricity Minister Majed Hantoush, Na- that Iran offered bounties to Taliban fight- However, Khatibzadeh called the to balance their actions against the risk of eroding the Security Rouhani on July 21, Kadhimi said that his tional Security Advisor Qassem al-Araji ers for targeting American and coalition claim “thoroughly untrue,” adding that Council’s credibility further. But they will also take advantage of visit to Iran was aimed at boosting ties. and Head of Trade Bank of Iraq Faisal troops in Afghanistan. the U.S. has been mired in a “self-induced whatever procedural avenues are in place to delay full enforce- Several senior Iraqi officials including al-Haimus accompanied the prime min- “U.S. intelligence agencies assessed quagmire in Afghanistan,” which led to ment of the sanctions, buying time to urge Iranian restraint in Minister of Finance and Prime Minister ister on his first visit to a foreign country that Iran offered bounties to Taliban fight- the U.S. soldiers being killed thousands response to the U.S. moves. Assistant for Economic and Energy Affairs since taking office. ers for targeting American and coalition of miles away from their home. Until now, the remaining parties to the nuclear deal have managed to preserve the deal’s architecture despite its hollowing out. The aim has been to stumble along until the U.S. election to see if a new opening is possible to resuscitate the agreement UK should officially apologize to Iranians for 1953 coup: diplomat with a possible Biden administration in January. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to United Kingdom, under the name of “Operation Boot”. deskLondon has said that the United Kingdom The coup saw the formation of a military government should offer a formal apology to the Iranian people for 1953 under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who progressed Russia: Expiration of arms coup that overthrew the government of Prime Minister from a constitutional monarch to an authoritarian one Mohammad Mossadeq. who relied heavily on United States’ support to hold on embargo on Iran means “The UK’s role-along with US-in the coup d’etat to power until his own overthrow in February 1979. implementation of UN resolution overthrowing Iran’s elected government 67 years ago In 1989, the U.S. State Department first released coup- today, is indisputable,” Hamid Baeedinejad tweeted on related documents, but edited out any reference to American POLITICAL TEHRAN — Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Tuesday. or British involvement. Since then, the omission of CIA’s deskpermanent representative to the Vienna-based Baeedinejad added, “UK has never offered a formal role has been widely criticized by historians. international organizations, has said that expiration of arms embargo apology to the people of Iran for its act of violent infringement Finally, in 2013, the CIA publicly admitted for the first on Iran simply means an implementation of one of the provisions against Iranian national sovereignty. Why? It’s high time.” time that it was behind the coup. It also released documents of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. In the coup d’état (known in Iran as the 28 Mordad that showed how the British government tried to block “Some people try to present the expiration of arms trade restric- coup), the democratically elected government of Iran led on August 19, 1953. The coup was orchestrated jointly by the release of information about its own involvement in tions (de-jure and de-facto not what we used to call arms embargo) by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq was overthrown the United States, under the name “Pejak Project”, and the overthrow of Mosaddegh. with regard to Iran on 18 October as somewhat as catastrophe. In fact it will simply mean an implementation of one of the provisions of 2231 UNSC res.,” Ulyanov tweeted on Tuesday. On Friday, the UN Security Council overwhelmingly rejected a Russia rejected U.S. anti-Iran text after 19 months of negotiation: State Department U.S. draft resolution to extend arms embargo against Iran which (Press TV) — Russia “refused to negotiate” the State Department spokesperson told U.S. tin’s call for a global summit on Iran because has reportedly told aides he would like to meet ends on October 18 under Resolution 2231 that endorsed the 2015 an anti-Iran text proposed by the U.S. ahead News on Monday. “Russia has repeatedly, it finds the Security Council “the best place with his Russian counterpart in person before nuclear agreement. Out of 15 countries on the council only the of Washington’s embarrassment at the UN and puzzlingly, claimed there is no legitimate to have discussions” on the issue. the 2020 presidential election in November. Dominican Republic voted in favor of the resolution. Russia and Security Council over extension of an arms basis to discuss extending the UN arms em- “The United States believes strongly that The U.S. faced an embarrassment at the China voted against and the rest, including Washington’s Euro- embargo on Tehran, says a State Department bargo at the UN Security Council, and has the Security Council is the best place to have Security Council Friday after even its allies — pean allies, abstained. official. refused to negotiate on any of the texts we discussions related to extending the UN arms Germany, France, and Britain — refused to Russian leader Vladimir Putin has proposed an online conference “The United States has for the last 19 proposed.” embargo, and we have the benefit of 13 years throw their support behind Trump in extending between leaders of the countries which are permanent members months sought to foster dialogue and discus- Speaking on the condition of anonymity, of Security Council precedent on our side,” the arms embargo on Iran, set to be lifted in of the UN Security Council as well as Germany and Iran to discuss sion with Russia and other Security Council the official further claimed that Washington the spokesperson said in an email. October under the Iran nuclear deal known security in the Persian Gulf and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. members on extending the UN arms embargo,” has rejected Russian President Vladimir Pu- This is while U.S. President Donald Trump as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2020 IRAN IN FOCUS 3

Iranians view 1953 coup as How Iran will respond to snapback sanctions

1 There are two schools of thought concerning the U.S. symbol of U.S. wickedness: Vaezi position on the snapback; some believe that the U.S. has no legal authority to initiate the snapback process because it is POLITICAL TEHRAN — Presidential court. He was sentenced to death, but on no longer a JCPOA participant state from a legal point of view, deskchief of staff Mahmoud the shah’s personal orders, his sentence while others believe that the U.S. as a hegemonic state with veto Vaezi says the 1953 coup is regarded by the was commuted to three years in solitary power could succeed in triggering the snapback by exploiting Iranian people as the symbol of the United confinement in a military prison, followed its leverages at the UN Security Council, according to Hassan States’ wickedness and its irresponsible by house arrest until his death. Beheshtipour, a West Asia expert. interference in Iran’s affairs. Mosaddegh had also played a key role in “The U.S. can’t snap back the UN sanctions on Iran by using In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Vaezi the country’s 1951 movement that result- the legal authority stipulated in the JCPOA and the UN Security wrote that sixty-seven years ago on this ed in the nationalization of oil industry, Council resolution 2231 because it has withdrawn from the day, the Americans overthrew the elected which had been mainly controlled by the JCPOA according to a directive issued by President Trump. government of the Iranian people by par- British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Furthermore, the snapback mechanism is a part of the JCPOA, ticipating in a disgraceful coup. (AIOC), also known as BP. and resolution 2231 endorsed the nuclear deal. So the U.S. has The coup was neither the first nor the Experts say the 1953 coup was aimed no right to initiate the snapback mechanism,” Beheshtipour last American intervention in the internal at securing the West’s oil interests in the told the Tehran Times affairs of other countries, he said, adding, country by restoring power to the Shah. He added even if the U.S. triggers the snapback sanctions, “Twenty-five years after that coup, Irani- For years, the United States and Brit- other countries on the Security Council won’t implement the ans organized a revolution that ended any ain were blamed for the coup but both sanctions since the implementation of these sanctions is con- foreign interference in the affairs of the governments tried their best to sweep the tingent on cooperation with the other countries. country and the fate of its people.” story under the rug. He also said that the European signatories to the JCPOA Vaezi also noted that the Iranian nation In 1989, the U.S. State Department first can save the deal by not implementing the UN sanctions if are still united in rejecting foreign inter- released coup-related documents, but edited they are reinstated. vention and safeguarding the country’s out any reference to American or British in- Iran has previously said that any extension of the UN arms independence. volvement. Since then, the omission of CIA’s embargo would lead to the death of the JCPOA. Deputy Foreign “This is a reality that the greedy will role has been widely criticized by historians. Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand have to sooner or later accept it,” he added. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. had fled to Baghdad. Finally, in 2013, the CIA publicly ad- warned late July that the U.S. efforts to extend the UN arms The foreign-backed coup d’état, known Known as Operation Ajax, the coup was With the success of the second coup, mitted for the first time that it was be- embargo on Iran would spell the end of the 2015 nuclear deal. in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup, saw the carried out after an earlier coup attempt Zahedi was installed as prime minister, and hind the coup. It also released documents Similarly, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security overthrow of the democratically elected failed to overthrow Mosaddegh and install the shah returned to Iran and continued that showed how the British government Council Ali Shamkhani has warned about the death of the JCPOA. government of Prime Minister Mohammad General Fazlollah Zahedi, the shah’s re- to rule more firmly as monarch. tried to block the release of information In a tweet on May 3, Shamkhani wrote: “JCPOA will die Mosaddegh on 19 August 1953 in favor liable ally, as prime minister. As a result, Mosaddegh was then arrested, tried and about its own involvement in overthrow forever by circumventing 2231 Resolution & continuing Iran’s of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran, convicted of treason by the shah’s military of Mosaddegh. illegal weapons sanctions. Sanctions’ virus is the U.S. tool for survival of its declining hegemony. What will EU do: Save dig- nity & support multilateralism or Accept humiliation & help unilateralism?” Trump daydreaming of bringing Iran to negotiating table, says Zarif In a message to the leaders of the JCPOA parties in May 2019, President Hassan Rouhani warned against extending POLITICAL TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald “The United States’ resolution received two in favor the UN arms embargo, saying that the extension of the arms deskTrump is lost in a daydream when he votes, meaning [the U.S.] was able to convince or coerce embargo would have “dire consequences.” says Iran will soon come to the negotiating table, says or encourage or bribe only one country to vote in favor It’s not clear yet what Rouhani meant in his warning. But Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. of its resolution,” he asserted. Beheshtipour said that the Iranian president has warned that “After exiting Barjam (nuclear deal), Trump told some According to Zarif, the fact that Russia and China Iran will stop implementing the Additional Protocol to the NPT. Western countries to give him a few months’ time and voted against the resolution demonstrated the two “On the first anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from the ‘I bring Iran to the negotiating table’,” Zarif said in a countries’ insistence on their stance. JCPOA, President Rouhani sent a message to all JCPOA parties televised interview on Monday night, according to Mehr. In a statement on Friday, Russian President Vladimir in May 2019, declaring that under the supervision of the IAEA, “He has not yet backed down and says ‘if I’m (re) Putin proposed an online summit with the U.S., Brit- Iran will gradually reduce its commitments under the JCPOA. elected, I will bring the Iranians to the negotiating ta- ain, France, China, Germany and Iran in a bid to avoid Iran also warned that it will not be committed to the voluntary ble’,” Zarif remarked, adding that the U.S. president “confrontation and escalation” at the UN. implementation of the Additional Protocol if the snapback must be daydreaming to make such remarks. “The issue is urgent,” the Russian president said, mechanism triggered,” Beheshitipour noted, underlining that On Friday, the United States’ efforts to extend an adding that the alternative was “only further escalation the Rouhani message was confidential and its details have never arms embargo on Iran ended in a humiliating defeat of tensions, increasing risk of conflict - such a scenario been disclosed. at the UN Security Council. Only the Dominican Re- must be avoided.” The expert went further to say, “The message was very im- public backed the U.S.-anti-Iran resolution. The vote The call was welcomed by some countries, including portant and strategic because Iran outlined its response to the highlighted the division between Washington and its China and France, but Trump dismissed it. potential triggering of the snapback. In this message Iran told European allies since Trump withdrew from the nuclear ington Also, on Monday, Beijing called on Washington to the JCPOA parties what it will do if they trigger the snapback.” accord in May 2018. In his Monday night interview, the foreign minister abandon its “unilateralism”, put an end to its sanctions Beheshtipour said he didn’t see the message but it was clear Russia and China voted against the resolution. The said the U.S. is not a dominant power in the world on Iran, and adopt a correct path towards respecting for him that Rouhani warned of stopping the implementation other members, including France and Britain as per- anymore, hinting at its failure with the UNSC vote on the multilaterally-achieved nuclear agreement. of the Additional Protocol. manent members of the council, and Germany refused Friday as a sign of the decline of Washington’s power. The U.S. needed to abandon unilateralism as well as According to Beheshtipour, Iran is cooperating with the to vote in favor of the U.S. resolution. The U.S. “killed” the JCPOA, “buried” it and held a unilateral sanctions, adopt a reasonable and realistic International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the highest level, Following Washington’s failure at the UN Security “funeral” for it, but even the corpse of the nuclear pact attitude, and return to the “right track” of observing despite all diplomatic tensions between Iran and the U.S. The Council, Trump announced that he intends to trigger defeated the United States, he stated. the nuclear agreement and the United Nations Security IAEA has the most robust verification system in Iran, pointed the snapback mechanism, which would reimpose inter- Pointing to the UN Security Council’s rejection of Council decisions, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman out the expert. But, he added, this system will be dismantled national sanctions against Iran at the United Nations. the U.S.-drafted resolution against Iran, Zarif said Zhao Lijian said during a regular press conference on if the U.S. triggers the snapback. In response, Zarif said in a tweet on Sunday that the U.S. has made miscalculations in major interna- Monday. The analyst said Iran has many options to respond to the United States’ recourse to the snapback mechanism tional issues. “The voting result once again shows that unilat- snapback including stopping the implementation of the Addi- under resolution 2231 has “no leg to stand on,” as Trump The chief Iranian diplomat argued that the Americans eralism receives no support and bullying will fail. tional Protocol, increasing the uranium enrichment level, and has withdrawn the U.S. from the nuclear deal, officially thought they could secure 9 votes, which would prompt Any attempt to place one’s own interest above the ending cooperation with the IAEA, which will make the West called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Russia and China to veto the resolution, but it didn’t common interest of the international community is regret the triggering of the snapback. Zarif: Even JCPOA’s corpse defeats Wash- even needed those countries using their veto power. a dead end,” he added. There are speculations that Iran could wait until the U.S. presidential election to respond even if the U.S. initiates the snapback. However, Beheshtipour believes that regardless of who may win the U.S. election, Iran will respond to the Ghalibaf calls on parliaments in Muslim states to hinder UAE-Israel deal U.S. move since the snapback process could totally dismantle the JCPOA. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian to Aljazeera. to oppose and hamper this “disgraceful” deskParliament Speaker President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday agreement, he concluded. Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf has con- warned Abu Dhabi that the agreement On Friday, Foreign Minister Moham- demned a normalization of ties between must never prepare the ground for the mad Javad Zarif deplored the deal, saying UK’s lead role in 1953 Iran the UAE and Israel, calling on the parlia- presence of the Zionist regime in the such a “treacherous” move would by no ments of Islamic countries to make use Persian Gulf. means affect the Palestinian resistance. coup d’etat exposed of their capacities to oppose and hamper According to Ghalibaf, the agreement Zarif made the remarks in a phone the “disgraceful” agreement. will encourage the Zionist regime to oc- conversation with secretary general of 1 “I really do believe it, because Mossadegh was a fairly In a message to parliament speakers cupy the remaining Palestinian lands and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, weak character,” the spy said. “[O]nce you get highly trained of all Islamic countries, Ghalibaf said the deny the rights of the Palestinian people. Ziad al-Nakhala. members of the communist party in, it doesn’t take long. We normalization plan would undermine all The “provocative act” and the “strategic “This behavior will increase the hatred didn’t share the American view that he was acting as a bulwark efforts by Islamic countries, the Organ- mistake” of Abu Dhabi would encourage of the people of the region and Palestine against communism ... We thought he would be pushed by the ization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Israel and the UAE reached a deal that the continuation of crimes by the Zionist against these policies,” said Zarif. communists in the long run,” said Darbyshire. and the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary will lead to full normalization of diplomatic regime, and as a result, it would threat- “We are confident that this treacher- The U.S. was initially uninterested, and Britain did not want Union to realize the inalienable rights relations between the two sides. en peace and security in the region, the ous move will not affect the resistance of to move without Washington. of the oppressed people of Palestine, The deal was announced on Thursday parliament speaker warned. the Palestinian people and the resistance Mehr reported. after a phone call between U.S. Presi- Therefore, he continued, it is necessary movement, and will certainly increase the “Undoubtedly, it is merely the resolve of dent Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Min- for the parliaments of Islamic countries, as hatred of the people of the region and the Palestinian people and the Resistance ister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sheikh the representatives of the Muslim nations, Palestine for these policies against the that can lead to the liberation of the main Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the to strongly denounce this act and to use all Palestinian cause,” he added, according and historical land of Palestine,” he wrote. crown prince of Abu Dhabi, according parliamentary measures and initiatives to Iran Press. DM asks parliament to ratify extra budget for research TEHRAN (FNA) — Iranian Defense Minister Briga- He also pointed to the potentials of the ministry in unofficial entities, describing it as “unforgivable”. dier General Amir Hatami asked the legislature to ratify other sectors, and said, “The Defense Ministry, with Earlier this month, General Hatami said that develop- an extra independent budget to boost research at his Parliament’s cooperation, is also ready to contribute to ment and updating of the country’s defense capability is ministry, and stressed domestic capabilities to produce efforts in non-military economic sectors as well.” the top priority of his ministry, adding that despite U.S. different strategic weapons to defend the country against Last Sunday, Iranian legislators in a statement stressed sanctions, prominent progresses have been made in the any possible threat. support for strengthening the country’s defense industry field of defense know-how and technology. “Given the existence of different infrastructures, we and missile and arms power. Hatami said that the Defense Ministry has put atop “In the early months of [19]53 ..] we thought we had enough do not have any problem with the production of strategic The statement issued on the occasion of the Defense its agenda to improve missile capability and produce military units to mount something, but London started getting weapons and other products,” General Hatami said in Industry Day in Iran underscored the need for using elites the most advanced and sophisticated equipment in the cold feet,” he said in the interview. a meeting with a number of lawmakers at an exhibition and specialists active in the defense industry and knowl- field of naval warfare. “Unfortunately, the head of SIS [MI6] at the time, General held by the defense ministry in Tehran on Tuesday. edge-based companies to further develop the country’s Elaborating on Iran’s defense power in the region [John] Sinclair knew about as much of the Middle East as a He further asked the parliamentarians to approve defense industry. and world, he added, “Today, we are proud that, despite 10-year-old,” Darbyshire added. an independent budget for defense research, saying “Enhancement of self-sufficiency in production of weap- the U.S. cruel sanctions, we have attained outstanding Darbyshire said Mossadegh’s removal was inevitable. that it will certainly help achievement of novel tech- ons and defense equipment prevents the cruel sanctions achievements in the defense field.” “They would have wanted to oust Mossadegh regardless of nologies and strengthening Iran’s power to respond from leaving any impact (on the country) and it has and As it has been said repeatedly, the Defense Ministry whether he would have signed an agreement favorable to the to enemies’ threats. will defeat the U.S. and the Zionist regime repeatedly can meet the needs of the Armed Forces in all areas of British,” he said. “Eventually they would have been forced to Referring to the vital role of the Defense Ministry in and in a disgraceful way,” it added. ground, air, naval, electronic, missile, etc. through pay- have considered getting rid of him to prevent a Russian take- ensuring peace and security against foreign threats, the The statement also condemned cooperation with the ing due attention to the domestic capabilities under the over. I am convinced that was on the cards.” minister said, “The Parliament’s support can hugely U.S. and Israel in putting restrictions on Iran’s defense wise leadership of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic “The coup cost 700,000 pounds. I know because I spent contribute to the realization of this goal.” and missile power by any government and official and Revolution, the Defense Minister reiterated. it,” Darbyshire said. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AUGUST 19, 2020

Exports of medical herbs up 120% in 4 months yr/yr Iran, Russia ink

ECONOMY TEHRAN – The value of the Iranian exports deskof medical plants in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21) increased MOU on mining by 120 percent compared to the same period last year, a senior official at Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said. According to Mahmoud Bazari, director-general of TPO’s Ex- port Coordination Office for agro crops and processing industry cooperation products, the exports of the mentioned products also increased by 46 percent in terms of weight in the said four months, ILNA 1 He also expressed the Iranian Russia has been one of the major trade reported. mining sectors’ readiness for establishing partners of Iran over the past few years and connections with their Russian counterparts the trade turnover between the two coun- for the expansion of future cooperation. tries has been following an upward trend. According to the Russian Federal Cus- In late May, Iranian Energy Minis- toms Service, the trade between Iran and ter Reza Ardakanian and his Russian Russia stood at $1.74 billion in 2018, of counterpart Alexander Novak, who are which $1.207 billion was for exports to the chairs of the two countries’ joint eco- Iran and $533 million was the share of nomic committee, discussed trade ties conversation. ation in the energy, mining, agricultural Iran’s exports to Russia. and investment cooperation in a phone The two ministers discussed cooper- and transport sectors.

Iran considers establishing another oceanic port in Gulf of Oman ECONOMY TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Ports PMO in various operations like marine search and desk Among the exported items that have witnessed growth in the and Maritime Organization (PMO) rescue, as well as dealing with marine pollution, can mentioned period Asafoetida, fennel seeds, coriander seeds and Mohammad Rastad has said the country is seriously be manufactured inside the country and the MPO has other extracts can be mentioned, which have been exported to considering the establishment of another oceanic port shifted its focus for supplying its needs to the use of various countries like Turkey, India, Pakistan, Iraq and Germany, on the Makran coastal strip (in the Gulf of Oman). domestic products. the official said. Currently, Chabahar which is located in Sistan-Ba- “One of the great steps taken by the Ports and Maritime Pakistan, Turkey and Iraq have been the main buyers of Ira- louchestan Province, in southeastern Iran, is the coun- Organization in this field is that 83 vessels required by nian medicinal plants in the mentioned period, Bazari added. try’s only oceanic port. the organization will be built by domestic contractors The official noted that the exports of the medical herbs and Speaking to the national TV on Monday evening, and the amount of credit provided in this project is 240 plants have increased by over 160 percent in the past nine years. Rastad noted that Makran coasts can play a significant million Euros, which is considered a very large project. Based on the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Tech- role in Iran’s future maritime trade exchanges, the PMO It can and will boost the country’s maritime industry nology data, Iran earns some $500 million annually by exporting news portal reported. and create good employment,” he added. medicinal herbs, of which about $350 million is related to saffron Emphasizing that currently, the main port of the country Rastad further mentioned the indigenization of and the rest is the share of other medicinal herbs. on the Makran coasts is Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port, the knowledge for producing maritime equipment the official said: “Very good capacities have been created and vessel parts and said: “so far, we have managed in this port and the capacity of the port has increased up to manufacture 768 items using the capabilities of Steel products output up 5% to four times, from two million to 8.8 million.” “Since the beginning of the [current Iranian calendar] the domestic companies…, the production of these According to Rastad, the second phase of the Sha- year (March 20), about 47 million tons of goods have parts by domestic producers is over 70 percent more in 4 months yr/yr hid Beheshti port development project will increase been loaded and unloaded in the country’s ports.” cost-efficient.” the capacity of this port to 33 million tons per year. He also mentioned the domestic capacity for pro- Located in the southern part of the Sistan-Balouch- ECONOMY TEHRAN — Production of steel products Regarding the latest situation of loading and un- duction of marine and port equipment and noted estan province, Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip desk in Iran increased five percent during the first loading of goods in the country’s ports, the official said: that most of the equipment and vessels used by the along the coast of the Gulf of Oman. four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21) from the figure of the same period of time in the past year, IRIB reported. As reported, 7.257 million tons of steel products have been produced during the four-month period of this year, while the Knowledge-based companies to implement $952m of automotive projects figure was 6.93 million tons in the first four months of the pre- ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian Defense, and its subsidiaries, as well as carmakers in the previous year (ended vious year. desk As previously reported, production of crude steel in the country deputy industry, min- the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on March 19) through three domestic has also increased in the first four months of this year. ing, and trade minister for industry affairs (IRGC) Aerospace Command, the official production promotion desks. Iranian steel producers produced 9.483 million tons of crude says the ministry has defined 40 trillion stressed. In early April, Industry, Mining, and steel during the four-month period of this year, which was nine rials (about $952 million) worth of projects According to the deputy minister, in Trade Ministry outlined its programs for percent more than 8.683 million tons of the product produced to be awarded to the knowledge-based the previous Iranian calendar year, €300 supporting the domestic production in in the same time span of the previous year. companies for indigenization of auto in- million worth of projects were defined the current Iranian year. According to a report released by the World Steel Association dustry equipment and machinery. for indigenization of auto industry parts The seven main axes of the ministry’s (WSA), Iran’s crude steel production increased by 30 percent According to Mehdi Sadeghi Niaraki, and equipment, of which so far €60 mil- plan for the surge in production are going in 2019 while the average global growth in this sector stood at aimed at boosting the domestic produc- lion have been completed and the output to be pursued under 40 major programs. 3.5 percent. tion of auto parts and equipment, these products have reached mass production Developing technology and promoting projects are defined to be implemented by and are being distributed in the market. knowledge-based industries, development companies and institutes that are on the “In line with the “surge in the produc- The implementation of the remaining of domestic production in line with the cutting edge of knowledge and technology. tion” movement, the Ministry of Industry, of these projects takes time and they Leader’s stresses on surge in production, The mentioned companies and insti- Mining and Trade is trying to use all must go through the stages of design, managing imports and development of tutes are active in various fields including the existing capacities in the country.” development, prototype production, in- non-oil exports, improving the business indigenization of high-tech auto parts In this regard, the industry ministry itial product testing, and finally mass environment, development of financing and systems, especially turbocharging has been cooperating with parts man- production, he added. and investment and finally development systems, auto electronic control units ufacturing community and organiza- Back in July, Niaraki had announced of logistics were reported to be the seven (ECU), some special sensors, etc., Niaraki tions, leading production units, knowl- that deals worth €277 million were signed major axes of the Industry, Mining and told IRNA on Tuesday. edge-based companies, the Ministry of between auto part manufacturers and Trade Ministry’s works in the current year.

Private sector offers suggestions for capital market’s better performance ECONOMY TEHRAN—The representatives of pri- the pre-selling of oil. Based on the WSA’s report, Iran produced 31.9 million tons deskvate sector discussed the issues related It is said that based on this plan, the government is to of the mentioned commodity during 2019, while the figure was to the current status of the country’s stock market with the sell 220 million barrels of oil through issuing parallel salaf 24 million tons in 2018. head of Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) during bonds in a course of one year. According to the World Steel Association, Iran became the a meeting at the place of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, A standard parallel salaf is an Islamic contract similar world’s tenth-largest steel producer in 2018. Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) on Tuesday. to futures, with the difference being that the contract’s total Iran which stood at the 13th place in 2017 could lag behind As published on the website of TCCIMA, the private price must be paid in advance. three major steel producers in the world, namely Italy, Taiwan, sector mentioned their viewpoints on the advantages and While the details of the mentioned plan have not been and Ukraine to stand at the 10th place in 2018, despite the re-im- weaknesses of the capital market and offered their sugges- still announced, it has drawn many criticisms. position of sanctions by the U.S. tions for the better performance of this market to the SEO The TCCIMA head further referred to the plan for re- Last month, a board member of the Iranian Steel Producers Head Hasan Qalibaf-Asl during the meeting. forming the banking system, which is currently under in- Association (ISPA) told IRNA that Iran has the capacity to export Offering oil at Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) via salaf vestigation by the related committee in the parliament, 15 million tons of steel per annum. bonds was one of the major issues mentioned by the TCCIMA and said, “TCCIMA had some negotiations with Farhad Saying that the country’s annual steel production has reached Head Masoud Khansari, as he said that the final decision Nili, Iran’s former representative in the World Bank, two 30 million tons, Reza Shahrestani stated that of this figure 15 should be made about this issue and the government should weeks ago, so that the necessary investigations would be million tons can be exported and bring $7 billion of revenue for announce that if such sales will be finally one or not. made and we could offer the private sector’s viewpoints to TCCIMA Head Masoud Khansari (3rd L) and SEO Head the country. “We expected that before announcing this issue suddenly, the parliament within three months.” Hasan Qalibaf-Asl (2nd R) in a meeting at the place of “Iran is now among the world’s top ten steel producers and it would have been examined exactly and its different aspects SEO Head Hasan Qalibaf-Asl, for his part, referred to the TCCIMA on Tuesday in order to prove our capabilities in this due, we should have would have been studies”, the official lamented. current status of the capital market and said that now this a strong presence in the international markets”, he stressed. Last week, during a meeting of the Supreme Council Vice-President for Economic Affairs Mohammad Naha- market is close to its real status in the national economy. Iran’s export of steel products in the past Iranian calendar year of Economic Coordination, attended by President Hassan vandian, and Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, it had The official announced that 4.5 million new trading (ended on March 19) rose 27 percent compared to its preceding year. Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, been decided to draw up plans to counter oil embargo and accounts have been opened in the stock market since the The country’s major steel producers managed to export about Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, the administration’s top redirect the high liquidity, which is partly blamed for the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), 7.33 million tons of the products in the previous year. economic figures including Central Bank of Iran (CBI)’s high inflation rate. while the figure was just 820,000 in the whole past year. According to the data released by the Industry, Mining, and Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati, Head of Planning and After the meeting, it was reported that the heads of He further announced the capital market’s readiness for Trade Ministry, in the mentioned period over 20.226 million Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht, three branches had made an agreement on the plan for financing the projects conducted by the private enterprises. tons of steel ingots were produced by the country’s 10 major companies to register a five-percent rise year on year. The mentioned companies also produced nearly 13.38 million tons of other steel products last year, six percent more than the preceding year. Domestic production of 19,000 parts in steel sector saves Iran €1.5b In a bid to prevent the exports of unprocessed minerals, creating ECONOMY TEHRAN — Domestic the foreign currency, ISNA reported. In fact, indigenizing the technology of more value-added and meeting the requirements of domestic deskproduction of 19,000 While the U.S. unilateral sanctions on manufacturing required products, equipment, producers for the raw materials, Iran has levied a 25-percent parts in the steel sector has saved the country Iran in recent years have upset the Iranian and machinery to attain self-reliance is the duty on the exports of raw minerals (especially iron ore) since €1.5 billion in 12 years, a director in Iranian industry in some sectors, the statistics in- major economic approach of the country September 23, 2019. Mines and Mining Industries Development dicate that the minerals sector has not been during the sanctions. Industry Ministry believes that the duty is going to encourage and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) affected by the sanctions, while it’s been also And in terms of steel, Industry, the Min- the production of more processed minerals such as pellets and announced. improved. istry of Industry, Mining and Trade has concentrate instead of selling the raw minerals. Making the remarks in an IMIDRO’s meet- The improvement is more noticeable in announced that the country has achieved As Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and ing of training, research, and technology on the steel sector, as according to the World proper self-reliance in this sector. Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) has announced, Iran’s an- Monday, Amir Khorramishad, the deputy Steel Association (WSA), Iran became the Indigenizing technology in the steel sector nual steel ingot production is planned to increase 3.2 million director of the organization for planning world’s tenth-largest steel producer in 2018. today shields this sector from the sanctions, tons in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 2021). affairs, said that while the sanctions have Such progress in this sector is mainly the so it is atop agenda for the Ministry of Indus- The country has defined 16 development projects in the steel reduced the country’s foreign currency rev- result of “indigenizing” approach, which is try, Mining and Trade and its subsidiaries. nation for self-reliance and promotion of sector to boost the output of steel products by 17.3 million tons enues, indigenizing the production of some seriously followed up in all industrial sectors As IMIDRO head has said, “Today, we production and indigenizing should be in in five years. products has increased, which means saving of the country. are witnessing a national will and determi- fact considered as a necessity in this regard”. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2020 ENERGY 5

Iran’s gas industry moving OPEC performed well in oil market, Iran says

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zan- toward development ganeh said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had performed well in the oil market given the increase By Ebrahim Fallahi opment of the gas industry also means more and stabilization of oil price in the market. exports and more revenues for the country in Speaking on Monday, August 17, on the sidelines of the signing TEHRAN — Iran is one of the most hydro- a time when oil exports have been slashed sig- ceremony of 13 contracts to maintain and increase oil production carbon-rich countries in the world. According nificantly due to the fall in global demand and in Iranian fields, Zanganeh told reporters: “The price of Brent to the Iranian Oil Ministry data, nearly 300 oil the U.S. sanctions on the industry. crude oil has risen from about $16 per barrel in May to $45 and and gas fields have been explored in the country Now that the South Pars gas field has almost it is almost stabilized; this shows that OPEC (Organization of the of which over 40 are gas fields. reached its full capacity and the goals of the Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries) has performed well in this regard.” Although until recently the Oil Ministry (as Ministry in this regard have been realized, the the name suggests) was mostly focused on the next step would be moving toward the devel- development of the oil reserves, considering the opment of the country’s Liquefied Natural Gas global shift toward natural gas and the significant (LNG) industry. rise in the domestic demand, the government Considering the fact that many of the gas-rich started following a new strategy to develop both countries around the world like Australia, the sectors alongside each other. U.S., and the rival Qatar, with which Iran shares As the crown jewel of Iran’s gas industry, the the South Pars field, are currently considerably giant South Pars gas field (which Iran shares advanced in the LNG industry and are earning with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) was the focal billions every year from this sector, Iran, too, point of the Oil Ministry’s gas industry devel- needs to take necessary measures in this regard. opment programs and over two decades after Qatar heavily relies on its LNG exports and the beginning of the field’s development, it has a big chunk of the country’s budget is supplied nearly reached its full potential and Iran’s gas by its LNG exports, while Iran is only exporting production from the field is said to have surpassed daily sweet gas output of the country’s refineries had told Shana that the refining capacity of the a very small portion of its gas through pipeline that of rival Qatar. has currently reached 703 million cubic meters country’s gas refineries increased significantly to Turkey and Iraq. Of course, the development of the gas in- (mcm), 69 mcm more than the figure for the over the past few years, saying: “Gas processing Exporting natural gas through the pipeline He added: “What will come next depends on market reactions. dustry’s upstream sector entailed significant same month in the previous year. capacity in the country’s refineries is about 1.03 has severely limited Iran’s export destinations The outbreak of the coronavirus has affected the market. If the advances in the downstream sector as well, so According to Asgari, the average daily pro- billion cubic meters per day and gas production and has also reduced the country’s bargaining world economy recovers and production restarts, the imbalance currently only 14 refineries exclusively process duction of natural gas by the country’s refineries in the first three months of the current [Iranian power. between supply and demand will decrease and this will have a the gas recovered from the South Pars phases. stood at 633 mcm in the previous year’s same calendar] year (March 20-June 20) recorded a Although establishing LNG plants required positive impact on prices.” The development of the refining sector in line month. jump of 2.2 percent.” advanced technologies, but capable Iranian oil Regarding gasoline exports to Venezuela, he said: “This is a with the realization of the production goals in the Implementation of annual overhaul opera- The increase in the processing capacity of and gas engineers and experts have constantly business trade; let’s not turn it into a political war. The recent South Pars has today led to great achievements tions in the country’s refineries and the outbreak the country’s refineries means the increase in proven that ‘when there is a will, there is a way’, shipments were sold and delivered to Venezuela free on board in this area and the production of sweet gas by of the coronavirus did not halt the increase of the gas supply to the national network, to the so the government needs to invest more in this (FOB), and the cash has been settled.” the country’s refineries is constantly increasing. natural gas production and this growing trend industry sectors, and also to the country’s power area and shift its focus from exploring more “The cargoes U.S. seized were without any flag or vessel and On Tuesday (August 18), the Spokesman continues, the official said. plants, all of which can lead to economic and fields to developing the downstream sector such did not belong to Iran. The cargoes had already been sold free on of the Natural Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Earlier, Masoud Zoroudian, NIGC’s director industrial development. as the LNG industry which has been already board. However, the U.S. still wishes to declare victory.” Mohammad Asgari announced that the average for coordination and production supervision The increase in production and the devel- neglected too much. Renewables ‘could trim Asia- Zanganeh stresses capacity building in oil industry Pacific LNG emissions’ TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar in the field of maintenance and enhancement of production Using renewable energy to power liquefied natural gas (LNG) Zanganeh said power in the oil market is not based on the in the exploited fields would almost stop by now, but de- plants in the Asia Pacific could reduce emissions by about 8 per- reserves of a country but production capacity, stressing the spite this proposal and having the approval of the Economic cent, according to analysis by Wood Mackenzie. need for building oil production capacity under the sanctions. Council, we can continue our work and our rigs are active.” According to Renews.com, the region produces over a third Addressing the signing ceremony of 13 contracts to maintain According to him, about 130 to 140 wells will be drilled in of the world’s LNG, generating over 50 million tons of carbon and enhance oil production on Monday, August 17, he said: these projects, and another 60 to 70 wells would be repaired, dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) of emissions during liquefaction. “In the global oil industry there is a consensus that the main which means operation of dozens of rigs, with 300 to 400 Australian LNG projects account for over half, or 29 MtCO2e, pillar of all technical upstream activities is to increase the people working on each one. of liquefaction emissions from LNG projects in the Asia Pacific. recovery or extraction coefficient of oil fields in accordance He said Iran must have a surplus production capacity of Many of the region’s LNG facilities are located in remote areas, with the nature and conditions of each reservoir.” one to two million barrels per day. far from the power grid, so feedgas is used to generate electricity He added: “Maximizing oil recovery coefficient from a Zanganeh said that the signing of 13 contracts to maintain to run the plant and fuel the liquefaction process. reservoir is the most important mission of engineers in the and increase production in the current situation is the con- Typically, 8 percent to 12 percent of feedgas is consumed at upstream sector of oil industry, which improves over time and tinuation of the activity and survival of the oil industry in the the plant to run these processes. is a gradual, continuous and dynamic matter that requires face of sanctions, adding: “Sanctions and their custodians Wood Mackenzie senior specialist Jamie Taylor said: “Three systematic technological work at the highest technical levels.” are to go, but Iran and the Iranian nation will remain. We main decarburization levers could help reduce emissions at LNG The Oil Minister pointed out that enhancing oil recov- definitely need to work on capacity building. A country has plants, namely operational efficiency, design changes, and the ery, if not more important than the issue of joint fields, is power in the oil market when its production capacity is high.” reached maximum production and were able to return to use of renewable energy, which could be sourced from the grid significant, adding that with a one-percent increase in the “Production capacity is the national power of a country the oil market.” or generated onsite.” recovery rate, more than 7 billion barrels of oil will be added in the oil sector, and if we want to have a say, it is with our “I believe that Iran should have one to two million bar- Feedgas is used to fuel gas turbines to generate electricity to to the country’s production capacity without new exploration production capacity, not with our reservoirs,” he said. “We rels of excess oil production capacity for special conditions power the plant. Replacing these gas turbines with electricity could which is $300 billion in wealth for the country. may not be able to produce at some point, but it will be short. other than what it always produces,” he said. “Capacity is greatly reduce emissions, assuming the grid power is less carbon Signing new research contracts with univer- Our nation has gone through even worse conditions and different from production.” intensive. The other option is to install on-site renewable power. sities, soon has remained alive and mighty, so the first thing is for us to He further reiterated his previous stance on working with “Our analysis shows that installing renewable energy gener- He announced the signing of new contracts with uni- increase our production capacity in the face of the sanctions.” foreign companies, saying he would welcome cooperation, ation could reduce emissions at Asia Pacific’s LNG plants by 8 versities to continue research in on Iran’s new oil fields in Zanganeh reminded that if one day the sanctions are investment and partnership from any country and company, percent in 2020 alone,” Taylor added. the coming weeks, and said: “Of course, this is not enough lifted, “and then we start repairing our wells, it will take excluding those in the Zionist regime, in Iran. “However, Taylor said: “A carbon tax is likely to be the biggest driver for and oil service companies and domestic exploration and two to three years and all our shares would be lost over we would never be kept waiting for foreigners.” LNG projects to switch to renewable energy at the plant or deploy production (E&P) companies should be strengthened.” those years. After the previous lifting of sanctions, within He also said that Iran’s production was more than its carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions from upstream The minister stated: “If we did not have these plans, work a short period of time (a maximum of three months), we neighbors in all the country’s joint oil and gas fields. gas, or both. “Using less feedgas as a fuel would result in more gas being available to supply either the domestic market or be converted into LNG for exports. Oil companies wonder if it’s worth looking for oil anymore “In APLNG for example, installing 60MW of solar in 2020 at a cost of $60m increases the remaining value of the project by $62m. By Laura Hurst The list of projects most at risk includes company by 2050. No new oil-sands pro- deepwater discoveries off Brazil, Angola and jects fit in a world compliant with the Paris “This is due to the additional revenues generated from selling More European producers are saying ener- in the Gulf of Mexico, said Parul Chopra, climate accord, according to Carbon Tracker. the ‘saved’ feedgas. The relative benefits of installing solar are gy resources worth billions of dollars now vice president for upstream research at Rys- Husky has said its long-term plans in- increased further when a carbon tax is considered.” might never be pumped out of the ground. tad. Canadian oil-sands projects such as the clude the potential to expand Sunrise, but A few dots near the bottom corner of the expansion of the Sunrise development in declined to estimate timing or the oil price Hedge funds focus on relative world map in the southern Atlantic, the Falk- Alberta are also in doubt, he said. required. A BP spokesman said the company land Islands were once at the forefront of The Sunrise deposit, a joint venture be- is reviewing oil-sands projects. value as oil prices stall a new era for the oil industry as companies tween BP and Husky Energy Inc., has an In the Falklands, there’s still hope the scoured the planet for resources. abundant supply of bitumen—potentially outlook will improve. Rockhopper has said Hedge funds’ oil trading remained very light last week as the normal Yet a decade after the discovery of as much as much as 3.7 billion barrels. Extraction, the challenges aren’t insurmountable, de- summer holiday slowdown was compounded by the lack of clear as 1.7 billion barrels of crude in surrounding though, is complicated. Most oil-sands spite the remoteness of the islands and the signals about the future direction of the market, Reuters reported. waters, the British overseas territory known projects resemble mining operations. The hostility of Argentina, which fought a war In the absence of strong signals about the overall direction of for sheep rearing and tension with Argentina bitumen is dug out of the ground and pro- with Britain in the 1980s and still claims prices, some hedge funds and other money managers are turning looks as remote as ever. Rather than the next cessed into heavy crude, which must then sovereignty over the territory. their attention to relative value plays, betting that oil products frontier, the project to extract energy risks at Accenture Plc. “Companies are going to be diluted with lighter hydrocarbons before It pointed to the involvement of other will outperform crude. being added to a list of what companies call have to accept the fact.” it can be refined into fuel. companies—Premier joined the project in Funds purchased the equivalent of 10 million barrels in the “stranded assets” that could cost them huge The Sea Lion project in the Falklands Sunrise is more complex and more cost- 2012 and Navitas Petroleum LP is in talks six most important petroleum futures and options contracts in sums to mothball. promised to be a world-class resource when ly. The deposit is too deep to be dug up, so to take a stake—to suggest there’s little risk the week to Aug. 11. As the coronavirus ravages economies Rockhopper Exploration Plc found the field instead it’s injected with steam to get the Sea Lion will become a stranded asset. Portfolio managers were small buyers of Brent (+17 million and cripples demand, European oil majors in 2010. Hundreds of millions of dollars later bitumen flowing into a well, from where it But a final decision on whether to pro- barrels), U.S. gasoline (+5 million) and U.S. diesel (+2 million), have made some uncomfortable admissions and after enduring a flare up between Ar- can be pumped to the surface. ceed won’t come until next year at the ear- while selling small volumes of NYMEX and ICE (-13 million) and in recent months: oil and gas worth billions gentina and Britain over the legality of the Sunrise was meant to be built in three liest, according to Premier Chief Executive European gasoil (-1 million). of dollars might never be pumped out of project, the first phase still hasn’t brought phases, ultimately producing more than Officer Tony Durrant. Previous deadlines for Total positions have remained broadly unchanged since the end the ground. any oil to market. 200,000 barrels of bitumen a day over 40 final investment decisions have come and of June, cycling in a narrow range centered on 640-650 million With the crisis also hastening a global Premier Oil Plc, Rockhopper’s partner, years. The first 60,000-barrel-a-day stage gone. The company declined to comment barrels, putting them in the 60-62nd percentile for all trading shift to cleaner energy, fossil fuels will likely suspended work on Sea Lion earlier this started in 2015, just as crude prices were on whether Sea Lion was at risk of turning days since 2013. be cheaper than expected in the coming dec- year, and on July 15 wrote off $200 million slumping amid the first U.S. shale boom. into a “stranded asset.” Last week’s position of 652 million barrels puts them towards ades, while emitting the carbon they contain of investment because later phases looked Since March this year, output has shrunk Sea Lion only needs oil prices in the low- the top of the recent range, but any upward trend is barely per- will get more expensive. These two simple unlikely to happen. to around 10,000 a day, net to Husky, amid to mid-$40s to break even, but probably ceptible, with average purchases of less than 3 million barrels assumptions mean that tapping some fields Larger companies have also begun voicing plunging prices and restrictions on pipeline requires at least $50 a barrel to secure debt, per week over the last four weeks. no longer makes economic sense. BP Plc that realization for other projects. BP said capacity. Rockhopper said. Benchmark Brent crude The most significant trend is the continued shift towards bull- said on Aug. 4 that it would no longer do in June it would evaluate its portfolio of Neither Husky, which runs the project, is currently trading around $45, having ish positioning in refined fuels rather than crude oil contracts. any exploration in new countries. discoveries and leave some undeveloped. nor BP have disclosed a timeframe for the slumped by a third this year. Net positions in the three fuels contracts hit 91 million barrels The oil industry was already grappling Chief of Staff Dominic Emery already hinted next stages of development. They’ll require Ultimately, with oil in abundance, doubts last week, up from a low of just 31 million in early June, and the with the energy transition, copious supply last year at what kind of resources might crude prices well above current levels, sug- about the strength of long-term demand and highest since the middle of February. and signs of peak demand as Covid-19 began never “see the light of day.” Complicated gesting an expansion isn’t imminent, said pressure to eliminate the most carbon-in- Positions in the two middle distillates contracts, in particular, to spread. The pandemic will likely bring projects could be shelved in favor of fields Mike Coffin, an analyst at research group tensive production, it’s a calculation that have increased sharply, reaching 48 million barrels last week, up forward that peak and discourage explora- that are quicker to develop, such as U.S. Carbon Tracker Initiative. (The think tank may become increasingly stacked against from zero at the end of May. tion, according to Rystad Energy AS. The shale, he said. has received support from the charitable projects like Sunrise and Sea Lion. Middle distillates have been the most oversupplied part of consultant expects about 10% of the world’s The pressure to curb emissions may foundation of Michael Bloomberg, the ma- “Many assets are already stranded from the market following the coronavirus epidemic and lockdowns. recoverable oil resources—some 125 billion also prompt companies to leave the most jority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent an oil-price cycle perspective,” said Christyan Distillate margins have fallen close to multi-year lows and are barrels—to become obsolete. carbon-intensive reserves in the ground, as of Bloomberg News.) 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Race for Covid-19 vaccine Turkey won’t back down against sanctions, threats Putin announces world’s first Covid-19 vaccine amid Mediterranean 1 For many this is a big ‘if’ in the and human trials will start soon. After successful sentence and Putin has been criticized for animal tests human trials were to start soon standoff: Erdogan side-stepping Phase III and approving mass and Iran could meet the country’s needs for manufacture of the vaccine. As the Persian equipment within two months adding that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will never cave into saying goes: “They sowed the seed of ‘if’ and the country has now become exporter of that international threats and sanctions over its energy exploration nothing grew”. equipment for countering Covid-19. in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean, which have been the Vaccine development More recently, Namaki said that 98 percent subject of a territorial row between Turkey and Greece. According to The New York Times, research- of medical needs are being met indigenously In a televised speech on Saturday, Erdogan defended Turkey’s ers around the world are developing more as 200 pharmaceutical companies are active exploration of oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean, saying than 165 vaccines against the coronavirus, and in this area. Iranian officials have announced the measures are justified under both international maritime 31 vaccines are in human trials. The report that the country has exported cargoes of se- law and established conventions. adds that typically vaccines require years of rology test kits, used to identify the presence Vowing to continue its energy exploration as planned, Er- research and testing before reaching the clinic, of antibodies, to Germany and Turkey. dogan warned that he would not tolerate “banditry” close to the but scientists are racing to produce safe and Meanwhile, Hossein Modarres-Khiabani, Turkish mainland. effective vaccine by next year. the caretaker of Iran’s Ministry of Industry, “Our country is entirely in the right, and we will continue Hundreds of millions of eggs – the tra- Mine and Trade has said that the country has to defend our rights, using all the means at our disposal,” the ditional medium for incubating the viruses now become an exporter of facial mask-pro- Turkish president said in his televised address. before they are inactivated and made into ducing machinery, underlining the importance of the issue after the Supreme Leader of vaccines – are delivered to laboratories, and Researchers are developing more than 165 vaccines against the coronavirus, and 31 the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali production continues throughout the spring vaccines are in human trials. (Photo: Imperial College London, Thomas Agnus) until the syringes are filled in the summer. Khamenei has named this Iranian calendar The procedure of vaccine testing before is to assess vaccine safety in a large group as The Euronews reports of record flu vaccine year 1399 (March 21, 2020-March 21, 2021) final approval is divided into five steps: Stage 1, certain side effects might not surface in smaller doses produced by global manufacturers for as the year of “Surge in Production.” Iran has Phase I, II & III, and Stage 2. The first clinical groups tested in earlier phases. To detect a the upcoming flu season, as authorities hope to the production capacity of 11 million masks trials started in March, and now there are significant difference for a low-frequency event avert a crisis in hospitals by a winter rebound per day. some 30 underway. related to candidate, the trial would have to of Covid-19. In a press conference held on Sunday Iran’s Before human trials testing the coronavi- include 60,000 subjects. There are also hopes that measures such Health Ministry spokeswoman said that 147 rus, vaccine began with injection into mice or Vaccine efficacy is tested as well as other as wearing masks and maintaining social dis- more patients have died of the novel coro- The search for oil and gas in the contested eastern Mediter- monkey to see how they respond. After animal factors include: 1) Does the candidate vaccine tancing will reduce the spread of flu. navirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the ranean has pitted Turkey against its NATO ally, Greece, and, tests turned out well, researchers enlisted vol- prevent disease? 2) Does it prevent infection With 5.37 million cases and 169,000 deaths, overall death toll to 19,639, reports Tasnim subsequently, the entire European Union bloc. unteers for a Phase I trial. with the pathogen? 3) Does it lead to produc- the U.S. has the highest number of infections news agency. The standoff deepened on Monday after Turkey launched Scientists give the vaccine to a small number tion of antibodies or other types of immune in any country. Americans are already among In the press briefing, Sima-Sadat Lari naval drills off two Greek islands and announced the resumption of people to test safety and dosage as well as to responses related to the pathogen? the world’s most vaccinated against the flu: confirmed 2,133 new cases of Covid-19 in- of its energy exploration activity in the disputed area. confirm that it stimulates the immune system. After successful Phase III trials the vaccine vaccination is recommended from the age of fection, raising the total number of infections Turkey has dispatched the seismic research vessel, Oruc Reis, In this phase the volunteers are kept under developer will submit an application for license six months, while other countries, including to 343,203. She added that 297,486 patients accompanied by naval vessels, off the Greek island of Kastel- observation to watch for negative reactions, and for mass production. Then the regulating body France, recommend it for people at risk of have so far recovered, but 3,881 still remain lorizo, where Turkey disputes Greek maritime rights. Greece to see whether they make antibodies against a will inspect the facilities to review the manu- complications including those over 65. in critical conditions of the disease. has responded by sending its own military vessels to monitor pathogen. If Phase I trials go without serious facturer’s tests of lots of vaccine for potency. In the Persian Gulf region testing for phase Lari added that so far 2,861,825 Covid-19 the situation. safety problems, a larger group of hundreds All participants in the trials must be vol- III have already begun in UAE and Saudi Arabia tests have been conducted across the country. Erdogan’s comments followed a meeting of European Union of people are registered for Phase II testing. untary and normally receive monetary com- in conjunction with Chinese pharmaceutical She said the high-risk “red” zones include foreign ministers of Friday, in which the top diplomats joined Scientists give the vaccine to hundreds of pensation, but it tends not to be particularly companies, Sinopharm GNBG and CanSino Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, West Azerbaijan, voices to defend Greece and slammed Ankara’s actions in the people split into two groups, such as children generous. All data from the testing must be Biologics respectively. Qazvin, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgi- disputed sea as dangerous and antagonist. and the elderly, to see if the vaccine acts dif- made public so government agencies and other Circling back to Iran, Mohammad Mokhber, luyeh and Voyer-Ahmad, and Zanjan provinces. A day earlier, France had announced it was “temporarily re- ferently in them. scientists can evaluate it. director of the Headquarters for the Execution Returning back to the topic of vaccine de- inforcing” its presence in the eastern Mediterranean in support The goals of Phase II tests are to study According to the World Health Organization of Imam Khomeini’s Order, told reporters on velopment, if a Covid-19 vaccine is developed of Greece. the candidate vaccine’s safety, immunology, (WHO), laboratories in 12 countries have de- August 9 that the first phase of Covid-19 vac- what is next? Everyone in the world will need Athens and Paris have also called for sanctions against Turkey. proposed doses, schedule of immunization, veloped 27 vaccine candidates, which are now cine’s clinical trials is set to begin within the to be vaccinated and there will be a question Turkey had paused the research activities after a request from and method of delivery. undergoing clinical testing. India and Russia next two weeks. of distribution. Will there be enough vials to Germany but restarted them after an agreement signed between Successful Phase II candidate vaccines have begun the process of clinical evaluation Minister of Health and Medical Education contain the vaccine and enough administering Greece and Egypt that designated an exclusive economic zone for move to larger and longer trials in Phase III, the purpose of which is to evaluate the clinical Saeed Namaki said in June that Iran has taken tools? Developing people’s trust on the remedy oil and gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean between involving thousands of people. Phase III goal handleability, acceptability and delivery. effective steps towards manufacturing vaccine will be another issue. the two countries. Ankara rejected the agreement as “null and void,” describing as an attempt to keep it out of the region. Reciprocal response to U.S. intercept of Iranian aircraft doesn’t mean similar act: Kadkhodaei However, the Turkish government has said it is interested in resolving the dispute with Greece through dialog. Guardian Council spokesman says U.S. intercept of Mahan airliner over Syria is aerial terrorism (Source: Press TV) By Ali Jenab Zadeh and Mohammad Mazhari people traveling with a passenger airplane, noticed with their affairs, which is condemned. own eyes, that they were being threatened. Disturbing pas- Iran is an independent country, and its government signs Jordan using sweeping gag TEHRAN — After the U.S. fighter jets intercepted a Mahan senger airplane is against civil right, international laws and agreement with countries that meet their benefits. Air flight over Syria on July 23, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, the violate the sovereignty of a government. Above all, there is a From the aspect of legal duties, for the Guardian Council order to limit coverage of spokesman for the Guardian Council, published a post on more important issue in aerial terrorism, and that was how these agreements are like other agreements between coun- crackdown on opposition his Twitter account saying that “Iran should legally pursue does the U.S. justify establishing an airbase beyond its border tries. International contracts and agreements are based on the U.S. for the harassment.” and harass other passenger airplanes under the pretext of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. After nego- teachers’ union: HRW Kadkhodaei added, “However, it takes time, and Iran should protecting its base? Does the U.S. have the permission to have tiations in the government, Majlis approves it, and then the take some reciprocal action against U.S. aerial violations.” an airbase in Syria? This is aerial banditry in the territory of Guardian Council decides about its contradiction with Islam Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Jordanian authorities have In an interview with the Tehran Times, Kadkhodaei elabo- another country by U.S. fighters. and the constitution. resorted to an extensive gag order, harassment, and arrests to rates on his view about reciprocal action, saying, “It does not Governments have the right to preventive self-defense. As the newly assigned head of the Guardian Council’s limit media coverage of ongoing protests demanding the release mean the same or similar action. It is the proportional action.” That means that if a violation happens and the government research center, we want to know your approach towards your of leading members of the opposition-run teachers’ union. In the interview, the Guardian Council official describes cannot ask help from any international organization at the new mission. In recent years, the duties of the council are known The New York-based body said in a report on Tuesday that it harassment of the civil aircraft by U.S. fighter jets as “aerial moment, it should take appropriate action and defend. It is to some extent. In some political events like elections, people had interviewed eight local and foreign journalists operating in terrorism”. also accepted in customary international law, although one become curious about the council’s role. Since the victory of the deeply indebted kingdom earlier this year. Following is the text of the interview: should observe the action should be proportionate in all cases. the Islamic Revolution in 1979, one of the main concerns of Would you please explain what you mean by “reciprocal You said the previous cases proposed by Iran in the in- the Islamic Revolution’s theorists is to “export the revolution.” action” and how it is defined in international, right? ternational court, saying that it takes a lot of time. For example, When we talk about the exporting of revolution, we cannot A: From the international law perspective, the governments the case of Iran’s oil platforms was not concluded after more disregard the Islamic government, its executive structure, and are rulers, and they are independent. However, there are few than a decade. In general, has Iran had any achievement by its intellectual background. However, it seems that there is international references to resolve international conflicts; The submitting files in international judicial systems? not much effort to introduce the Guardian Council as one of International Court of Justice is the only main reference that A: One cannot deny the profits of Iran’s presence in in- Iran’s supervisory bodies. This is not only about the Middle we know. This court has its judicial procedures and measures. ternational courts. Its presence is good and should be done West and Far West countries but also in the Islamic world, In the past, there was a reference that was named “Permanent on time. Iran should not avoid submitting complaint in these which support the resistance movement. Do you believe in Court of International Justice,” which was turned into the bodies; however, it is not wise only to submit the lawsuit in any international audience for the Guardian Council? Does International Court of Justice after World War II (1939-1945). these places. Immediate action should be taken when the the research center have any plan for this issue? During the past two decades, the International Criminal Court Iranians and their civil right are threatened in the form of A: The Guardian Council has such a view for sure. Since is also added to the United Nations and some special courts proportional action or preventive self-defense. In this case, we believe that we wrote the first Islamic constitution, we like Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the International Crim- the violator stops the repetition of the action. think that our country’s structure and political issues can be he rights body further noted that Jordanian officials had arrested inal Tribunal for Rwanda and in the past the International One of the problems that governments face is that there applicable in other Islamic countries and the world. Some at least two journalists in relation to their coverage of ongoing Military Tribunal for the Far East or Tokyo Trial are other is no guarantee for enforcing the court’s rulings. In current actions were taken during the past years. We have some deals teachers’ protests, and two were beaten by security forces while juridical references worked under auspicious of the Charter geography, only agreements between governments can execute with other countries like Pakistan, India, and Turkey. Some attempting to cover the rallies. of the United Nations. such a verdict. Considering the power-sharing between world delegations exchange ideas with each other. Even we help Two other journalists told HRW they are now required to Filing a complaint in an international body, especially at countries, some of them influence the decisions of the United another country to hold an election. We educate their staff, obtain second permission in addition to their accreditation to be the International Court of Justice, needs difficult prelimi- Nations. Can anyone trust the fairness of the verdict issued and we teach them about our election system. able to cover protests. One journalist said that even though they naries. Firstly, the governments should agree on bringing by the international court and their execution? Although we have a great capacity not mentioned as a fulfilled all the requirements for such permission, it was withheld. the issue to the court. However, there are some international A: International law should be defined in the framework model right now, this is because of some domestic issues Journalist and women’s rights activist Rana al-Husseini said organizations for professional issues like the International of international system. The current international law system and some international problems. For example, maybe an she found herself self-censoring repeatedly to avoid falling foul Telecommunication Union and the International Civil Aviation is based on great powers’ hegemony. For instance, when you Islamic country does not yearn to apply our system. We al- of the crackdown. Organization. These organizations sometimes solve problems look at the civil rights issued after World War II, there is a ways cooperate with countries that asked us. We cooperate Michael Page, deputy director in West Asia and North Africa between governments in some special cases. veto right for five countries. In the current international law, in writing and compiling the constitution in some countries division at Human Rights Watch, said Jordan’s arbitrary meas- Generally solving a case in international bodies takes a lot one superpower has special privileges and has a great share and provide some advice for them. ures such as gag orders and journalists’ arrests were “only the of time. For example, the filing of Iran in the Registry of the from international law. Some people interested in Iran’s affairs make mistakes latest in a series of restrictions on press freedoms in the country.” Court proceedings against the U.S. concerning the destruction The influence of such governments in international courts and compare the Guardian Council with the Constitutional “Jordan’s shrinking space for journalists to operate reflects of Iranian oil platforms (before the end of Iran-Iraq war) took can violate the rights of weaker governments and those who Council in France. What is your comment? the country’s slide into repression,” he pointed out. 12 years and did not end in the desired result; however, it is have not a vast international relationship. The United Nations A: The constitutions are different from each other. None On July 25, the Jordanian government arrested leaders of still considered as its fair votes. The governments, mostly in Security Council has issued several resolutions against the of the enactments turns into law unless the Guardian Council the 100,000-strong union, raided its offices, and suspended its the past and rarely today, use reciprocal action against other Zionist regime. None of these resolutions is implemented since approves it. In many countries, supervisory institutions com- activity for two years, in what was considered a major crackdown governments or file the case at the International Court of there is no guarantee for it. In books and articles, the violation ment on an enactment after it becomes a law. In the U.S., one on a group that has become a leading source of dissent. Justice, which takes time, and there is no guarantee for the of Palestinians is condemned, but nothing has been done. So can complain after an enactment becomes a law. Prosecutors charged Nasser Nawasreh, the acting head of the desired result. international law has some weak points. We should assess During our dealings with some European countries, in- syndicate, with incitement as well as financial and administrative In international law, reciprocal action does not mean the international law in its framework. International resolutions cluding Romania, we realized that they are interested in the wrongdoing. same or similar action. It is the Proportional Action. The pro- may go into effect in one place and time, but most of the time Guardian Council’s structure and tasks. They think this is in The Jordanian Teachers Syndicate went on strike last year portion is the main principle, which should be observed in international decisions go without guarantee. line with their duties, and they don’t have such a system in and closed its offices across the country for a month. these issues. Maybe a government violates the sovereignty of The 25-Year Iran-China Comprehensive Partnership as their constitution. In recent weeks, its leaders have criticized the government another country in which its government retaliates it in another well as the Iran-Russia agreement have triggered controversy In Pakistan, the Council of Islamic Ideology is supervised for failing to stand committed to a deal struck last October that situation. So it is not a similar action. I always announce, and at home and abroad and also in media. What is the role of the by the president and is composed of religious consultants. ended the strike. people expect that [the government] takes proportional action Guardian Council in the implementation of the agreements? Whenever parliament recognizes that an issue needs a re- The agreement included a 50 percent pay rise this year, which in different cases like the detention of Iranian Oil tanker in A: Some challenges about these agreements come from the ligious consulting issue, the president orders the council authorities now say cannot afford due to the economic fallout of October 2019. However, the proportional action is not against enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran who make accusations to comment. However, the parliament can accept or refuse the coronavirus pandemic. the legal lawsuit. against Iranian officials. This shows that Iran is on the right the comment. Opposition activists say the government has been exercising Fortunately, Iran takes action against the issues, and it was way and inks agreements with countries that are truly in line Some Pakistani friends who came to Iran and got intro- stringent emergency laws since March, when the coronavirus obvious that we take actions. It was a positive step despite with its will. The U.S. has economic interaction with China duced to the Guardian Council praise the council’s structure lockdown was enacted, in order to curtail civil and political rights. previous cases that the government does not define its stance. and Russia as well as Europe. Hence, this turmoil against the and status. One of the main strategies of the research center is Protests have grown in recent years in Jordan over degrading It was aerial banditry and aerial terrorism in which innocent Iran-China agreement is an intervention in Iran’s domestic to introduce the Guardian Council at the international level. living standards, corruption, and the slow pace of political reforms. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 HERITAGE & TOURISM AUGUST 19, 2020

Muharram mourning: Coronavirus costs Iran’s tourism A glimpse of indigenous rituals across Iran (Part 1/8) $2.8b so far, minister says HERITAGE TEHRAN — Every year, people in different deskparts of Iran hold rituals to commemorate Mu- harram mourning season gloriously in public. The commemo- 1 Mounesan went on to say that Vaqefi, the vice president of the Iranian ration of the battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura (10th day of 2,451 tourism-related projects worth Tour Operators Association, warned ear- Muharram) and the epic passion and courage of Imam Hussein 1,370 trillion rials (around $32 billion) lier in June that with the continuation (AS) and his 72 loyal companions who were all martyred (in 680 are being implemented across the coun- of the coronavirus outbreak, tourists CE) is annually honored by Iranians. try that signals a prosperous future for may prefer individual travel rather than Iran’s tourism sector. tours, adding that they may also choose “We have a vision of tourism that to go on a trip by their vehicles and stay defines it as an emerging economy which in tents or in nature instead of hotels. people constitute its pillar, so that it has In the global scene, part of the new immense potential to play a key role travel puzzle is the jet-set mindset fo- for the country, and tourism is very cusing on tough hygiene care and social important for generating employment distancing as cardinal guidelines for for the youth.” slowing the spread of the virus. So the Earlier this month, the tourism minis- average expenditure will be raised for ter said the coronavirus pandemic should a typical traveler particularly inbound not bring traveling to a complete stand- passengers so lesser ones can afford to still. “Corona is a fact, but can the virus buy privacy and space and safer travel stop tourism? Certainly not. For us, the amenities. During centuries, the mourning rituals for the martyrdom of coronavirus is a new experience in dealing Iran expects to reap a bonanza from Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions, have been held differently with crises that teaches tourism experts its numerous tourist spots such as ba- in every part of the country regarding local rituals and values. around the world how to deal with such zaars, museums, mosques, bridges, However, the common aspect of the rituals is the gathering of a disaster, and thankfully governments bathhouses, madrasas, mausoleums, people for the mourning ceremony, which reminds Muslim unity. are turning this into an opportunity for churches, towers, and mansions, of Besides, these gatherings survive the narrations of the event better planning.” which 24 being inscribed on the UN- and help to transmit them into the next generation. Traveling In June, the United Nations World Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan ESCO World Heritage list. Under the to different cities of Iran during the month of Muharram, one Tourism Organization praised efforts speaks in an undated photo. 2025 Tourism Vision Plan, it aims to can witness different types of mourning rituals: made by Iran’s tourism ministry to increase the number of tourist arrivals Nakhl Gardani, Yazd manage the travel industry during the of measures that the Ministry of Cultur- impact on tourism,” the letter reads. from 4.8 million in 2014 to 20 million One of the Muharram mourning rituals, which is held in Yazd coronavirus pandemic. UNWTO Secre- al Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Some experts believe that the coro- in 2025. The latest available data show annually is named Nakhl Gardani. Yazdi people prepare the re- tary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said in of Iran has taken, in accordance with navirus pandemic may turn tours and eight million tourists visited the Islamic nowned ancient Nakhl, a wooden structure resembling a bridal a letter to Mounesan that the country’s the guidelines and recommendations travels into luxury items as observing Republic during the first ten months of pavilion and decorated with colorful silk shawls, precious fabric, measures have truly earned plaudits to of UNWTO, has truly earned plaudits health protocols will raise the cost of the past Iranian calendar year (started mirrors, lanterns, and lift it and carry across the city. mitigate the impact on tourism. “A series as an effective practice to mitigate the travel in the country. Mohammad Ali March 21, 2019). While carrying in different parts of the city, the eulogists narrate the Ashura event and the life story of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions. All attendees wear black dresses. Yazd is considered as one of the most crowded cities of Iran in IranAir to resume Tehran-Madrid flights after 17 years Ashura. Hence, it is known as Iran’s Hussainiya (a congregation TEHRAN – The Iranian embassy in shqavi drew public attention to Iran’s tourism capacities in hall for Shia Muslim commemoration ceremonies, especially TOURISM deskSpain has announced that the country’s a meeting held on the sidelines of a ceremony for the 40th those associated with the Mourning of Muharram). Hence, it flag carrier IranAir will resume flights after 17 years between FITUR tourism trade fair. Referring to a 50 percent growth would be a great experience to be there on Ashura! Tehran and Madrid. in the number of Spanish tourists to Iran over the past year, Origin of Nakhl The license of IranAir service for Tehran-Madrid route Qashqavi said that Iran is among the top ten countries in Although nakhl means palm tree in Persian language, it is not has been (recently) received as per coordination made by terms of tourist attractions diversity. The envoy pointed to to do with the palm tree in Nakhl Gardani. It is a symbol of the the Iranian embassy, the Civil Aviation Organization, and the remarkable capacities of the two countries for widening coffin of Imam Hussein (AS), which is used during his symbolic IranAir with Spanish domestic institutions, the embassy cooperation in the fields of tourism, cultural heritage, and procession ceremony. announced. handicrafts, voicing Iran’s readiness for promoting collab- “The flights are scheduled to be operated each week as oration in those spheres. Turkish Airlines to resume of September 1, 2020.” In December 2019, Spanish Charge d’Affaires to Tehran, The Iranian mission in Madrid has made a great deal Jose Luis Solano, said, “I believe that there are very good flights to five Iranian cities, of effort on the resumption of the service, which had been tourism relations between the two countries as we have many suspended since the beginning of 2001, and hopes that this requests each year from Iranians for [obtaining] visas and including Tehran important step in bilateral relations can strengthen the ties traveling to Spain.” Iran is a country that is highly important between the two nations. in terms of culture and it embraces all the necessary attrac- he added. “Every year we see an increase in the number TOURISM TEHRAN – Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines Back in January, Tehran’s envoy to Madrid Hassan Qa- tions for Spanish tourists who like to travel to the country, of Spanish visitors to Iran, and this is constant growth.” deskhas announced that it is scheduled to resume its flights to Tehran and four other major Iranian cities in September. “Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of Turkey, announced in its latest flight schedule that it will resume flights to five Iranian cities of Tehran, Tabriz, Shiraz, Mashhad, and Isfahan early in Sep- Restoration of Safavid-era fortress resumed tember,” ILNA quoted Maqsoud As’adi-Samani, a senior Iranian HERITAGE TEHRAN – The second survive in an ever-changing world of invasion is situated in Kerman province. aviation official, as saying on Tuesday. deskround of restoration work and conquest. For mainstream Iranians, the name of Talking about Iran-Turkey flights operated by Iranian carriers, has recently commenced on Paskuh Fortress Fortresses were designed primarily to de- Sistan-Baluchestan was conjuring up stories the official said they will also be reestablishing in parallel with their in the city of Sib and Suran, the southeast- fend territories in warfare and were also used of drought, desiccated wetlands, and dust Turkish-operated counterparts. ern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, CHTN to solidify rule in a region during peacetime. storms. On the international scale, foreigners “With the resumption of Turkish flights to Iran, Iranian flights reported. Many of the fortifications of the ancient may consider it a reminiscent of the big red to Turkish cities will also begin, and it is not the case that flights will A budget of 300 million rials ($7,000) was world were built with mud brick, often leav- blot on the Iran safety map. be operated only with the Turkish airline.” allocated to this phase of the project, which ing them no more than mounds of dirt for In ancient times, according to Encyclo- Giving a brief on the timetable, As’adi-Samani said “According to involves renovating the fortress’ rooms and today’s archaeologists. pedia Britannica, the Baluchistan region the schedule, 21 flights per week will be carried out to Tehran, four strengthening its walls using cob material, Sistan-Baluchestan was previously provided a land route to the Indus Valley flights per week Tabriz and four per week to Shiraz as of September provincial tourism chief Abdolsalam Mo- shunned by potential foreign and domes- and the Babylonian civilizations. The armies 1. And two flights per week will be made to the cities of Mashhad and hammadi announced on Tuesday. tic travelers though it is home to several of Alexander the Great marched through Isfahan in a two-times-a-week agenda.” The Safavid-era (1501–1736) fortress is distinctive archaeological sites and natural Baluchistan in 326 BC on their way to the The pandemic has taken a huge toll on Iran’s civil aviation sector one of the oldest monuments in the region, attractions, including two UNESCO World Hindu Kush and on their return march in 325 with reports showing that airlines lost hundreds of millions of dol- which was inscribed on the National Heritage From ancient to modern times, defensive Heritage sites, namely Shahr-e-Soukhteh experienced great hardships in the region’s lars because of flight cancellations during the busy New Year travel list in 2004. walls have often been necessary for cities to (Burnt City) and Lut desert, parts of latter barren wastes. season in late March. Some 1.37 million Iranian tourists visited Turkey during the first eight months of 2019, accounting for 4.4% of all international arrivals in the country. Golestan Palace’s tiles, windows undergo restoration Historical structures in TOURISM TEHRAN – A number of sash win- residence and seat of power by the Qajar ruling family deskdows and colorful painted tiles of the (1789-1925). southwestern Iran to be restored UNESCO-registered Golestan Palace in downtown During the time it became a center of arts and ar- Tehran have undergone urgent restoration. chitecture, which is an outstanding example and has TOURISM TEHRAN – Ten historical structures and aging The project also involved the insulation of rooftops, remained a source of inspiration for Iranian artists deskbuildings in the southwestern Khuzestan province cleaning the mirror works of parts of the palace as and architects to this day. It embodies a successful are planned to be restored in the near future, a provincial tourism well as cleaning and strengthening of doors and win- integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture official has said. dows on the north side, Afarin Emami, the director with Western influences. Abdollah Banu Holy Shrine, Moein al-Tojjar historical com- of Golestan Palace announced on Tuesday. At present, the Golestan Palace complex consists plex, Dadras Mansion, and Amir Mojahed Garden are among the Located in the heart and historic core of Tehran, of eight key palace structures mostly used as mu- historical monuments in need of restoration, which are located in the Golestan Palace complex is one of the oldest in seums and the eponymous gardens, a green shared different cities of the province, IRNA quoted Ahmadreza Hosseini the Iranian capital, originally built during the Safavid center of the complex, surrounded by an outer wall as saying on Monday. dynasty (1501–1736) in the then walled town. with gates. The complex exemplifies architectural Following extensions and additions, it received and artistic achievements of the Qajar era including its most characteristic features in the 19th century, the introduction of European motifs and styles into when the palace complex was selected as the royal Persian arts. Five tourism projects to come on stream in Hormozgan TOURISM TEHRAN – A total of 90 job opportunities for the locals, colorful mountains, silver sand shores, deskfive tourism-related he noted. and great local people. projects are scheduled to be inaugu- Known as the province of islands, Hengam Island has scenery rocky rated in southern Hormozgan province, Hormozgan province is located on the shores, serene sunset, and kind natives, provincial tourism chief has said. northern coasts of the Persian Gulf. It which can attract travelers who enjoy An eco-lodge unit in Hormoz Island, embraces scenic islands among which a relaxing trip by spending time on Khuzestan is home to three UNESCO World Heritage sites of as well as two traditional restaurants Kish, Hormuz, Hengam, and Qeshm this tranquil island. Susa, Tchogha Zanbil, and Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System and an accommodation center in the are the most beautiful ones and top Qeshm Island is a heaven for eco- yet it is a region of raw beauty where its visitors could spend weeks provincial capital of Bandar Abbas, tourist destinations in southern Iran. tourists as it embraces wide-ranging exploring. The province is also a cradle for handicrafts and arts will come on stream, Reza Borumand Over the past couple of decades, the attractions such as the Hara marine whose crafters inherited from their preceding generations. said on Tuesday, CHTN reported. coral Kish Island has become a beach forests and about 60 villages dotted Lying at the head of the Persian Gulf and bordering Iraq on Ahmad Khan Caravanserai in the city resort where visitors can swim, shop, mostly across its rocky coastlines. the west, Khuzestan was settled about 6000 BC by a people with of Bastak will also be repurposed into and sample a laid-back and relatively The island also features geologically affinities to the Sumerians, who came from the Zagros Mountains a traditional restaurant and residence, liberated local lifestyle. It is home to eye-catching canyons, hills, caves, and region. Urban centers appeared there nearly contemporaneously the official added. free-trade-zone status, with ever- valleys, most of which are protected with the first cities in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium. Khuzestan, A budget of 200 billion rials (about growing hotels, shopping centers, hilly, is situated some eight kilometers as part of the UNESCO-tagged Qeshm according to Encyclopedia Britannica, came to constitute the heart $4.7 million) has been allocated to apartment blocks, and retail complexes. off the coast on the Strait of Hormuz, Island Geopark, itself a haven for of the Elamite kingdom, with Susa as its capital. the projects, which will generate over Hormuz, which is mostly barren and which attracts many tourists by its nature-lovers. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2020 SOCIETY 9

Over 130 knowledge-based companies Gavkhouni wetland playing host to migratory flamingos

ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Gavkhouni wetland, where set up by Iranian expatriates deskthe desert and the river meet to create a SOCIETY TEHRAN — More than change in people’s lives. pristine and spectacular view of the wetland in the heart desk130 knowledge-based com- A total budget of 63 trillion rials (nearly of the desert, has opened its arms hosting flamingos and panies have been established in the country $1.5 billion) is proposed to be allocated to many other migratory birds over the past two years. by Iranian expatriates thanks to the incentives support the knowledge-based companies Gavkhouni wetland, stretching to 47,000 hectares, and supportive programs of the Vice Presi- leaping for production, Rouhollah Zolfaghari, is a salt marsh with an average depth of about 1 meter dency for Science and Technology. deputy head of the Innovation and Prosperity which is located on the terminal basin of the Zayan- One of the basic programs is to create Fund said in April. deh-rud river. suitable conditions for the attraction of Ira- “Last year, our performance in the im- nians abroad, including specialists, elites, plementation of innovative projects was 10 investors, and entrepreneurs in various times more than last year,” he said, adding, businesses, Rouhollah Estiri, director of “Over the previous year, some 13,000 bil- the international development and busi- lion rials (about $309 million) provided to ness at the Vice Presidency for Science and knowledge-based companies, besides, vari- Technology, said. ous loans amounting to 25,000 billion rials Support and incentive programs for at- (around $595 million).” tracting these people have been developed This year, the Fund will also invest some as a special framework in the field of science 3 trillion rials (about $71 million) in sectors and technology since four years ago, but the at risk and we will be able to manufacture scope in accordance with the requirements of new products along with minimizing the the time and necessities have become more investment risks through insurance cov- widespread, he explained. erage, he stated. The government also does not impose $800m gained from exports been registered in the field of information Also, a total budget of 600 billion rials special conditions and strictures on the co- Knowledge-based companies exported technology, a thousand of which have the (nearly $14 million) in the form of non-re- operation of Iranians abroad and how they products worth over $800 million in the capacity to export. payable loans has been earmarked so that cooperate with knowledge-based companies, past Iranian calendar year (ended March Most of these companies export techno- the companies can commercialize their so they can cooperate in their country of 20), Estiri highlighted. logical products or services to Iraq, Russia, products, and if they are in the research residence with Iranian universities, research Content production, application, and Afghanistan, and Syria, and this year some and development phase, proceeds in col- It is the 19th wetland in Iran designated as a Wetland institutes, and knowledge-based compa- software development, as well as scientific countries in the Persian Gulf, Austria, and laboration with universities, scientific and of International Importance on the Ramsar list, which as nies and take advantage of the incentives and technological research in the field of IT, even China are included in the special pro- research centers, he added. defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation provided, he highlighted. were among the exported items, he stated. gram for export, he highlighted. He went on to said that more than 15 tril- and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizes the fundamen- Specialists, investors or owners of foreign Pointing out that this amount of export ‘Surge in production’ lion rials (nearly $358 million) have been tal ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, knowledge-based companies in Iran, will is a result of 400 knowledge-based com- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah allotted for the issuance of guarantees for cultural, scientific, and recreational value. be awarded 1.5 billion rials (about $35,000 panies’ efforts, he noted that currently, Ali Khamenei has named the current Iranian knowledge-based companies, which will lead The Convention was adopted in the Iranian northern at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in the 1,500 knowledge-based companies out of calendar year, 1399, as the ‘Year of Surge to the conclusion of contracts with state-run city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975. first step, he said. a total of 5,000 existing companies have in Production’, aiming to create a tangible centers, agencies, and large industries. The wetland is now home to a variety of migratory birds including, ducks, geese, sternidae, pelicans, and grebes. Flamingos have left the wetland over the past 2 years following the wetland drainage and lack of nu- WHO strengthens Iran’s response to COVID-19 trition. However, they winged their way back to the wetland after the water flowed into the lakebed. SOCIETY TEHRAN — In an effort to strength- “These devices will address important needs of our desk Wetland enthusiasts are well acquainted with en Iran’s response to the COVID-19 health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Gavkhouni and other pristine natural areas. This is a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) for that, we are especially grateful to WHO,” he added. destination for tourists who want to enjoy the pristine delivered 100 ultrasound imaging machines to the The Ministry of Health will soon start shipping the and untouched nature away from the crowds and to Ministry of Health. devices to hospitals across the country. be inspired by the beauty of the region and the silence “These devices are important for the evaluation of WHO has continuously supported the health system’s of the wetland. COVID-19 patients. They will be delivered to many hos- efforts in combat against the COVID-19 pandemic by Seeing migratory birds in the lakebed is a pleasure pitals across the country to be installed in intensive care providing personal protective equipment, medicines, that is not easy to ignore. Every year, as the weather units and other wards that are treating patients with and medical equipment. cools and winter enters, thousands of migratory birds COVID-19. They have been sponsored by the State of Recently, the Organization delivered 16 CT scan ma- enter Iran from cold regions, including Russia. Kuwait and the Government of Japan, at a total value chines to Iran, which were distributed among hospitals Although winter migrants travel in the warm sea- of about $3 million, and we are grateful for their sup- in different provinces of the country where they were son, the wetland also hosts guests from the south in the port,” Christoph Hamelmann, the WHO Representative urgently needed. summer. Apart from migratory birds, it is also home to in Iran, said. WHO has earlier sent an aircraft carrying tons of native animals, such as Asiatic mouflon, boars, Rüppell’s “These 100 ultrasonography units, which have been medical supplies and test kits along with a medical team sand fox, turtles, vipers, rabbits, goats, and bats. provided by the WHO to strengthen the country’s COV- to Iran in early March. The vegetation of the area is very special. Due to the ID-19 response, will be sent to facilities affiliated with of Health,” Hooman Narimani, deputy for planning and Also, it delivered a shipment of emergency medical salinity of the soil, there are no green plants and trees universities of medical sciences throughout the country program, the board of trustees for patients’ treatments supplies and medicine to Iran as part of COVID-19 re- around the lake, but in the wetland, different species according to a distribution list provided by the Ministry with currency saving highlighted. sponse measures on March 24. such as Cattail, reeds, Schoenoplectus, curled pond- weed and various algae grow. Shrubs such as Haloxylon, Ephedra, Atraphaxis, and Seidlitzia rosmarinus can be World needs more real-life heroes found around the lagoon. 1 The reality of today’s medical com- most efficient policies in the fight against the hectares, but in Iran, there is one ranger when the fire was sparked by an electrical munity shows that each member is working disease and give the medical staff what they per 12,000 hectares, which means that the short circuit in the top floors of the crowded, LET’S LEARN PERSIAN around the clock and does not back down. need to survive this crisis as long as we will number of rangers in Iran is one-twelfth 17-story Plasco building in Tehran, which (Part 4) (Source: saadifoundation.ir) Since March 25, it is reported that 138 need them in case the next pandemic arrives. of the world standard, while the rangers then collapsed after a four-hour blaze and healthcare workers in the country have lost Guardians of nature ‘symbols of protect 11 percent of the country’s nat- killed 16 firefighters who had been trapped their lives due to the coronavirus infection, selflessness’ ural areas, Jamshid Mohabbat-Khani, under the rubble. most of whom were among the physicians Climate change, poaching, and armed con- commander of the protection unit of the Although firefighters are committed to amounting to 60 percent, and 20 percent were flict, in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic, DOE stated. rescuing the citizens from natural or hazard- nurses and the rest were other hospital staff. are the issues affecting natural resources But we also have a number of respon- ous incidents, namely, fires, car rollovers or Maryam Hazrati, deputy health minister and those who protect them, particularly sibilities towards them, one of which is to crashes, quake-hit areas, wildfires, floods for nursing said in May that some 65 percent during this difficult time across the globe. compensate for the staff shortages, the oth- and etc., they sometimes have to make of 200,000 nurses in the country were at the Multiple deaths and injuries of the ranger is to be more vigilant in environmental immediate and life-threatening decisions forefront of coronavirus fight. ers occur while trying to safeguard the en- protection, as well as providing them with in high-pressure situations which might Doctors, nurses, and other staff are vironment and wildlife. Rangers who risk proper equipment and facilities while re- end up in losing their own lives; so this making efforts in overwhelming and their lives protecting the environment and vising the laws in their favor. what makes their performance outstanding frightening conditions, not only because wildlife sometimes fall victim by getting into Firefighters rescue, protect the and honorable. the virus is new or invisible, but because a fight with poachers and may either suffer public Firefighting is a job directly related to mostly they are overworked and vulnerable severe wounds, get killed, or charged with The firefighters’ battle with the fire will people’s lives, and given the importance of to the infection. involuntary manslaughter. not come to an end, but it risks the ultimate quick response of the firemen during the They may also bear considerable mental In Iran, rangers have been working for sacrifice of their life. accident, it is necessary to pay more serious stress as well as those at the front line of war about half a century in four protected areas In the Iranian calendar year 1359 (March attention to such heroes. events, in addition to the fear they feel about under the management of the DOE, to protect 1980-March 1990), on the same day, Iraqi Measures should be taken to equip the disease transmission when in contact with wildlife and biological species, and during warplanes attacked the Abadan oil refinery capital’s firefighting stations with proper their family and loved ones. this period 140 rangers lost their lives, in and set it ablaze. Firefighters went on to facilities; it cannot be denied that the fa- We can help them by choosing to stay at the world also more than a thousand envi- extinguish the fire, but this time fire was not cilities must be updated and replace them home and not to be a chain in disease trans- ronmental defenders have been killed over their only enemy; the refinery was exten- with new advances. mission will also be much helpful. the last 12 years. sively shelled again and many firefighters The most important thing in preventing However, the government and deci- According to the international standard, were martyred in the incident. accidents is educating and informing people on sion-makers must also try best to set the there should be one ranger per thousand It was three years ago on January 19 how to behave during emergency conditions. ENGLISH IN USE LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION 50bcm of groundwater سالی ۵۰ میلیارد متر مکعب از آ بهای withdrawn annually in Iran زیرزمینی برداشت م ی شود An annual amount of 50 billion cubic meters of groundwater resources are withdrawn to supply agricultural, industrial یــک پژوهشــگر حــوزه منابــع آب بــا اشــاره بــه اینکــه ســاالنه ۵۰ میلیــارد متــر as well as drinking water in Iran, a researcher in the field مکعــب از منابــع آب زیرزمینــی بــرای مصــارف خانگــی، صنعــت و مصــارف of water resources has stated. کشــاورزی برداشــت م ی شــود. The amount is 10 times greater than the water covering محمدرضــا گلدانســاز در گفــت و گــو بــا ایســنا اظهــار داشــت: ســاالنه حــدود Lake Urmia, amounting to 50 billion cubic meters, ISNA ۵۰ میلیــارد متــر مکعــب از منابــع آب زیرزمینــی برداشــت م یشــود کــه ایــن news agency quoted Mohammad Reza Goldansaz as saying مقــدار بــه انــدازه حجــم ۱۰ دریاچــه ارومیــه اســت. .on Sunday I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 19, 2020

Hariri tribunal: Hezbollah, As EU talks sanctions, Putin Syria had no link with 2005 blast warns Merkel & Macron 1 On Tuesday, a special UN-backed tribunal in the Nether- Russian President Vladimir Putin has told able,” the Kremlin explained. “Both sides lands convicted one Lebanese man of participating in a conspiracy his German and French counterparts An- expressed a desire for an early solution to the to carry out the attack, but acquitted three others, citing lack of gela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron that problems that have arisen.” evidence. The men — Salim Jalil Ayyash, Hassan Habib Merhi, any attempt by outside forces to intervene Belarus is arguably Russia’s closest ally Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra — had been in the political crisis in Belarus would be and is a full member of two Moscow-domi- accused of belonging to Hezbollah, Lebanon’s powerful Shia counterproductive. nated alliances which serve as alternatives political organization with a paramilitary wing. In two separate phone calls on Tuesday, to the EU and NATO in Europe – the EEU Mr. Ayyash, accused of coordinating the team that carried initiated by Berlin and Paris, Putin stressed and the CTSO, in addition to the ‘union state’ out the bombing was the only one convicted by the court, NY that placing external pressure on the lead- agreement. Times reported. ership in Minsk is unacceptable. Russia and By contrast with some of the rhetoric The key figure among the suspects, prosecutors alleged, was Belarus have formal military and political from Western Europe, the official response Mustafa Amine Badreddinne, a veteran of Hezbollah’s special alliances, via the Collective Security Treaty from Moscow has been measured. Numerous operations and close to its top leaders. Though among the ac- Organization (CSTO), the Eurasian Economic Russian experts have expressed the view that cused when the trial began in 2014, Mr. Badreddinne was killed Union (EEU) and a ‘union state’ agreement, the Kremlin would prefer if the situation in in Syria in 2016, ending the case against him. RT reported. Belarus did not become another ‘East versus Lebanon’s an-Nahar daily ran the headline, “International Justice According to the German side, Chancellor West’ geopolitical struggle. Defeats Intimidation” even before the decision was announced, Merkel told Putin that Alexander Lukashen- A report from Reuters on Monday, head- referring to extensive attempts by certain parties within and outside ko’s government must stop using violence lined ‘EU leaders to support Belarusian the country to implicate four Hezbollah members with the atrocity. against peaceful demonstrators, enter into protesters, tell Russia to stay out’, raised Lawyers appointed by the tribunal itself said there was no a dialogue with the opposition, and imme- eyebrows in Moscow. As did comments from physical evidence linking the four to the crime and that they diately release political prisoners. port Yellow Vests? Moscow accuses France’s “Hope was expressed that the situation will Macron calling on the EU to “continue to had to be acquitted. The chancellor’s comments came amid Macron of hypocrisy after Belarus protest improve as soon as possible,” it concluded. mobilize” on the side of anti-government Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah had various discussions among European Union intervention Later the same day, a second call took protesters in Belarus. also said on Friday that he was not concerned about the proceed- members about how to address the situation “The parties thoroughly discussed the place with President Macron, in which Libya The French president’s stance prompted ings, and that if any members of the resistance movement were in Belarus. EU ministers agreed last Friday situation in Belarus following the presi- was also discussed. a harsh rebuke from Moscow, with Foreign claimed to be guilty, Hezbollah would stand by their innocence. to draw up a list of targets for a new round dential election,” the Kremlin statement “When discussing the complicated sit- Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova The tribunal, however, did not stop short of echoing those who of sanctions, and politicians in Poland and read. “Russia pointed out that foreign at- uation in Belarus, Vladimir Putin stressed asking “when will he call on the European have been trying to cook up the allegations against the resistance Lithuania, and other states, have pushed for tempts to interfere in the country’s domestic that interference in the internal affairs of Union to be mobilized in support of hundreds group and Damascus.“The trial chamber is of the view that Syria interventions, to various degrees. affairs were unacceptable and could further the republic and putting pressure on the of thousands of ‘Yellow Vests’ demonstrators and Hezbollah may have had motives to eliminate Mr. Hariri and READ MORE: Will he call for EU to sup- escalate tensions.” Belarusian leadership would be unaccept- (in France).” his political allies,” the judge said. According to Press TV, observers said the latter part of the verdict showed that the countries that forced the United Israel says UAE deal did not change policy Millions in India face eviction amid Nations Security Council into forming the tribunal in the first place — based on unproven hypotheses, without any legal on U.S. arms sales coronavirus recovery push basis, and in violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty — were still influencing the verdicts that it issues. Israel has not softened its opposition to Thousands of people were evicted across Hezbollah — which has rejected the jurisdiction and independ- any U.S. arms sales to the United Arab India during lockdowns to contain the ence of the court — has denied any link to or interest in the atrocity. Emirates that could diminish its military coronavirus pandemic, with millions The group has invariably proven itself as a unifying factor in the superiority as part of the U.S.-brokered more at risk of being uprooted as au- country, including by forcing Israel into retreat in the occupying normalization of their ties, Prime Minister thorities push infrastructure projects to regime’s 2000 and 2006 wars on the country. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on spur economic growth, housing rights The regime and its biggest ally, the United States, have, how- Tuesday. campaigners said. ever, never brooked the movement’s existence across Lebanon’s The statement followed a report in At least 20,000 people were evicted defensive and political structure. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper from their homes between March 16 and It was Israel’s Channel 1 that first alleged an association be- that the Trump administration planned July 31, despite court orders that banned tween the Hezbollah members and the 2005 explosion. a “giant” sale of advanced F35- jets to United such actions during lockdowns, according The movement said afterwards that the tribunal was an oppor- Arab Emirates as part of the Persian Gulf in the West Asia of weapons and defense to a report published by the Housing advantage of the curfew-like conditions, tunity for Tel Aviv to achieve its “unachieved” goals in Lebanon. country’s move last week to normalize ties technologies that could tip the (military) and Land Rights Network (HLRN) in when movement of affected persons was . with Israel, Reuters reported. balance,” Netanyahu’s office said. Delhi Tuesday. restricted and they did not have access The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and The Trump administration has signaled In the last three years for which HLRN to legal remedies. This is indefensible,” representatives of the UAE government that UAE could clinch unspecified new has records, at least 568,000 were for- she said. Rocket attack hits Kabul on did not immediately respond to requests U.S. arms sales after last Thursday’s cibly removed from their homes across Nearly half of all evictions were for Afghanistan independence day for comment. normalization announcement. India, or 22 people every hour. Last year so-called city beautification drives, with Under understandings dating back Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen, an alone, more than 107,600 people were infrastructure projects, conservation At least 10 civilians, including four children, have been injured in decades, Washington has refrained from observer in Netanyahu’s security cabinet, evicted, Reuter reported. schemes and disaster management the Afghan capital of Kabul in an attack with 14 rockets against West Asia arms sales that could blunt said the decision-making forum had held “India’s grave housing crisis has also being reasons for displacement, the city’s heavily-fortified green zone as the country marked its Israel’s “qualitative military edge” (QME). no discussion about any changes to QME been exacerbated by the forced eviction according to HLRN. 101st independence anniversary. This has applied to the F35-, denied to policy and that Israel had not agreed to and home demolition of marginalized, In nearly all cases, authorities did not The rockets were launched from two vehicles in the northern Arab states, while Israel has bought and any changes by the United States. low-income communities - even during follow due process including giving suf- and eastern parts of the capital on Tuesday, Afghanistan’s Interior deployed it. “Israel has not given its consent the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Shivani ficient notice, and only about a quarter Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said. “In the talks (on the UAE normalization to coming along and changing the Chaudhry, HLRN’s executive director. of those removed were resettled, it said. “Most of the mortar shells hit residential houses in Kabul,” deal), Israel did not change its consistent arrangement,” Cohen told public radio “Many of these evictions were likely There is no official data on evictions Arian said. “Unfortunately, 10 civilians, including four children positions against the sale to any country station Kan. carried out during the lockdown to take in India. and one woman, have been wounded.” He said two suspects had been detained and investigations into the incident remained ongoing. Aoun: Impossible that Beirut blast was caused by Hezbollah arms Witnesses, meanwhile, said that some of the rockets struck near the presidential palace and the Defense Ministry after the Lebanese President Michel Aoun says it is “impossible” that Aoun also underlined the need to listen to all the be listened to. country’s President Ashraf Ghani took part in an independence a recent deadly explosion in the capital Beirut was triggered hypotheses regarding the blast that rocked Beirut two On 4 August, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored the day event at the palace. by a blast from a deposit of arms belonging to the Hezbollah weeks ago, killing at least 178 people, wounding more Beirut port blew up, obliterating the city’s main commercial Other eyewitnesses cited by press agencies further said at resistance movement. than 6,000 others and causing damage amounting to hub and damaging buildings across a wide swath. least one mortar shell had landed in the affluent Wazir Akbar In an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera $10-15 billion. According to Press TV, the cause of the blast, the most Khan neighborhood, where numerous diplomats and senior published on Tuesday, Aoun stressed that Hezbollah did “Although it seems that (it) has been an accident, I want destructive in the country’s troubled history, is still unclear government officials reside. not store weapons at the Beirut port. to avoid being accused of not having listened to every voice,” and a probe is looking into whether it was caused by neglect, Asked about those pointing the finger of blame at the Aoun said. an accident or external interference. resistance group for the incident, he said, “Impossible, but The Lebanese president further noted that many peo- Earlier, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Resistance News serious events like these light up spirits and imagination,” ple claimed seeing airplanes fly by the port just before the Nasrallah denied accusations that his group had weaponry Israeli army continues adding that “even this lead will be investigated.” explosion and, although “not very credible,” they should warehoused at the Beirut port. airstrikes on Gaza

INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN— Israeli warplanes at dawn Tuesday Libya unity govt signs military accord with Qatar, Turkey desklaunched several airstrikes on Rafah in the Qatar and Turkey have signed an accord to Qatar’s minister of state for defense, and stalled in June around the coastal city of Sirte. Haftar launched an offensive in April 2019 southern area of the Gaza Strip. send military advisers and instructors for Akar were in Tripoli Monday for meetings Outside powers are “continuing to mas- to seize Tripoli. Local sources said that Israeli warplanes at daybreak repeatedly the armed forces of Libya’s Government of with the GNA’s military and for talks on sively arm the country”, said Maas, whose After 14 months of fierce fighting, the Turk- bombed Palestinian agricultural lands in the eastern area of Rafah. National Accord, the UN-recognized GNA said. three-way military cooperation. government has tried to broker peace in the ish-backed pro-GNA forces expelled Haftar’s Panic prevailed among local residents as a huge fire broke out “We have reached an agreement with Under the accord between the three coun- war-torn North African country. troops from much of western Libya and pushed after the air raids, but the civil defense crews who rushed to the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and tries, Turkey and Qatar will send military “In Libya at the moment we are observing a them eastwards to Sirte, a gateway to Libya’s scene managed to put it out within a few minutes. Qatar’s (minister) Khaled bin Mohammad advisers and provide training at their military deceptive calm,” he told journalists in Tripoli, rich oil fields and export terminals. No casualties were reported in the attack. Al-Attiyah on tripartite cooperation to build a academies for Libyan cadets, Namrouch said. seat of the GNA.Libya has been in chaos since While the GNA has also been supported The Israeli army for a week now has been launching dawn military institute for training,” said the GNA’s Also visiting Tripoli on Monday, German a Western-backed uprising toppled and killed by Qatar, Haftar has had the backing of the airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on a daily basis, claiming that they deputy defense minister, Salah al-Namrouch. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned that longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia come in response to fire balloons sent from the coastal enclave According to AFP, both Sheikh Khaled, Libya faces a “deceptive calm” since fighting Eastern-based military commander Khalifa and Russia. towards adjacent Israeli settlements. Visual point of view Crowd protests outside U.S. Postmaster’s Israeli bulldozers demolish North Carolina home 1 A violent protest in Chicago agitators” used black umbrellas, changed their six-floor building in Jerusalem leads to 2 dozen people arrested and appearance and assaulted officers by using skate- 17 officers injured boards, bottles, bicycles and other projectiles INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN— Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday Meanwhile, peaceful protests throughout as well as mace, Brown said. deskmorning demolished a Palestinian residential Saturday were hijacked by agitators later A Black Lives Matter activist holds a flag building composed of six floors in Jabal al-Mukabber town in the day, leading to multiple arrests and during a march through Chicago’s South Side south of Jerusalem City. officers getting injured, Chicago police said. in protest of police misconduct. Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers, escorted by armed About 200 people gathered to protest Four of the arrests were for battery of a police forces, stormed Jabal al-Mukabber in the early morning hours against police brutality earlier Saturday, officer -- a felony charge, Brown said. Seventeen and embarked on destroying the building which belongs to CNN affiliate WLS reported. officers were treated for non-life-threatening the Palestinian citizen Aziz Ja’abis. “People are tired,” protester Taylor Smith injuries, and two people were treated at the They said that confrontations flared up between the Israeli told the news station. “No one wants to die scene, he said.Protesters told WLS they were forces and the Palestinian residents of Jabal al-Mukabber who at the hands of CPD.” also met with force from police. tried to prevent the demolition but failed. Abbas Goudarzi Police made no arrests during the daylong “In my opinion, what went wrong was I just The Israeli authorities claimed that Ja’abis’s building was protests, Chicago Police Superintendent Da- think the cops don’t know how to de-escalate demolished for being “unlicensed”. vid Brown said in a news conference. Those situations. They just bring it to a scary level,” Based on a monthly report issued by the media office of Hamas demonstrations and marches, covering nearly protester Womyn Wonder told the affiliate. in the West Bank and Jerusalem, the Israeli authorities during July five miles, were peaceful, and police were there Brown defended the actions of police, 2020 destroyed 18 Palestinian homes and 104 commercial and saying officers responded proportionately

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ to ensure the safety of protesters, Brown said. agricultural facilities. Since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, But a separate protest that occurred Saturday to get the situation under control and used over 1,900 Palestinian houses have been demolished in the city. evening resulted in 24 arrests after “multiple pepper spray to deter agitators. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2020 SPORTS 11

Football federation responsible Persepolis 8th in Club Asia Rankings

Iran’s Persepolis is eighth in the current Club Asia Ranking, for Wilmots’s contract: Alinejad released by footballdatabase.com. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran’s of the national football team, and Persepolis were crowned champions of Iran Professional deskMinistry of Sport accordingly, the Ministry of Sport League for the fourth time in a row last month. and Youth had no role in signing and Youth had no involvement in Persepolis sit eighth in the ranking with 1572 points. the contract of the former nation- Wilmots’s contract,” Alinejad said Esteghlal and Sepahan are 13th and 24th in Club Asia al football team head coach, Marc in a TV interview. Ranking with 1531 and 1484 points, respectively. Wilmots, according to a top official Further, Alinejad has revealed Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia lead the table with 1682 points, of the ministry. that the Iranian Ministry of Sport followed by Jeonbuk from South Korea and Qatar Al-Duhail, Football Federation of the Islamic and Youth allocated just a total of respectively. Republic of Iran (FFIRI) must pay 5,330,000 euros to all national sports Bayern Munich have moved up six spots to lead the Club more than six million euros in com- federations under its supervision last World Ranking with 2074 points. pensation to Wilmots, according to a year. (Source: Footballdatabase.com) decision made by the FIFA Players’ According to the FIFA verdict, the Status Committee on Monday. Iranian Football Federation will have Mehdi Alinejad, the Iranian Deputy to pay compensation in excess of six Minister of Sport and Youth, empha- million euros (6,137,500 euros) to Giorgi Gvelesiani extends sized that the ministry has played the 51-year-old coach. contract with Sepahan no part in any way in the contract “We support the federation and it’s with the Belgian coach at the time of different from the interference. We lent appointing him as the head coach of money to the FFIRI to sign a contract Tasnim— Georgian midfielder Giorgi Gvelesiani has penned the national team in 2019. with Wilmots, and it by any means a one-year extension with Sepahan football club. “The football federation is respon- doesn’t mean that the ministry had The 29-year-old player joined the Iranian football club sible for the contracts executed be- intervened in the federation’s internal last season and scored four goals in 16 matches for Sepahan. tween the federation and the staff issues,” Alinejad concluded. Gvelesiani, who was sidelined for several month due to the injury, has extended his deal. Last week, Ukrainian-born Hungarian winger Vladimir Safety of para athletes is top priority of Iran’s NPC: Tabe Koman parted company with Sepahan. SPORTS TEHRAN — The health, wellbeing, Mission for next year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo and will deskand safety of the para athletes is top also lead Iran sitting volleyball team in the Games,” he stated. Brazilian player Bruno Tiago priority of Iran’s National Paralympic Committee The most sports activities have been suspended in (NPC), the top official said. Iran due to coronavirus. joins Iran’s Hoorsun Iran’s NPC hosted an online webinar on Tuesday and “Whenever the Coronavirus Combat and Prevention secretary general Mohammad Tabe answered the questions Headquarters allow us, we will begin our training camps vie the online conference. with stringent health protocols due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Volleyball.ir— Brazilian outside spiker Bruno Tiago Da “Our priority is the health, wellbeing, and safety of the para Then, our teams and athletes will start preparation for the Silva has joined Iranian volleyball club Hoorsun Ramsar. athletes. We are in no hurry to start the training camps since qualifying tournaments for Tokyo,” Tabe added. The 33-year-old player has penned a contract with the the Games have been rescheduled to 2021,” Tabe, who was Iran sent a record number of competitors to Rio 2016, Iranian club for the 2020-21 Iran Volleyball Super League appointed as Iran’s NPC secretary general on Monday, said. being represented by 110 athletes in 12 sports. which will start on Sept. 9. Tabe replaced Hadi Rezaei in the position after Rezaei They took home eight gold, nine silver and seven bronze Bruno Tiago has previous played in Brazilian, Swiss and stepped down from his role on June 20. medals and finished in 15th place in the medal table. Cypriot clubs. “I would like to thank Mr. Rezaei for his services in the The west Asian country plans to take a reduced team of The new season will be held in two rounds of preliminary role. I have to say he will remain Iran’s delegation Chef de 72 athletes to Tokyo Games. and playoffs. In the preliminary round the competition will be played in a two-legged system. The top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs round. The Iranian Super League (ISL) is a professional volleyball Tottenham sign Joe Hart on free transfer league in Iran at the top of the Iranian Volleyball League system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargard Cup, but after Tottenham have signed former England He joined the Clarets from City in 2018 tenham manager Mourinho’s first choice only picked four homegrown players in the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the First Division. and Manchester City No. 1 Joe Hart on a for £3.5 million and made just three ap- keeper Hugo Lloris. Tottenham are mind- February which restricted his squad size. In 1997, the league system was revamped and the Iranian free transfer, the club have announced. pearances for the side during the 2019-20 ful of improving their homegrown quota Sources have told ESPN that the club Super League was established. The 33-year-old left Burnley at the end season. The last time he appeared in the to increase the overall squad available to are also looking to extend Lloris’ contract. Paykan Tehran, which have captured the Asian Men’s of June after the club declined to renew Premier League was against Everton on Mourinho. Premier League rules dictate The French international’s deal expires Club Championship for 7 times including 6 in a row (2006, his contract and has signed a two-year deal Boxing Day 2018 when Burnley lost 5-1. a maximum of 17 overseas players can be in 2022. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011), have won 12, the most with Jose Mourinho’s side. Hart joins the side as a backup to Tot- named in any 25-man squad and Mourinho (Source: ESPN) titles in the new Super League.

Barcelona sack coach Setien following Bayern drubbing, call elections Sardar Azmoun going BARCELONA (Reuters) — Barcelona have sacked coach had demanded. nowhere Quique Setien and brought presidential elections forward “The board understand that an immediate call for elec- to March 2021, the club said on Monday, three days after tions is not feasible, given that the league season will begin Tasnim— Iranian forward Sardar Azmoun will not leave the Spanish side were hammered 8-2 by Bayern Munich on the weekend of September 12, 2020, and the situation Zenit football team despite speculations linking him with in the Champions League quarter-finals. arising from the COVID-19 crisis - both economically and the Italian teams. Setien, 61, was appointed in January after the club sacked socially,” added the statement. A couple days ago, Sport-express.ru had reported that two-time league winner Ernesto Valverde despite his side “Consequently, the club will continue to implement the the Russian team is going to sell its striker in the summer sitting top of the La Liga standings on goal difference. plan to reverse the sporting and economic situation, based transfer window. But after Barca were condemned to their heaviest defeat on profound changes to the first team, plus a redefined Azmoun capped another brilliant season for Zenit by fin- in European competition on Friday, Setien was also sacked budget to deal with the new situation caused by COVID-19, ishing as the 2019-20 Russian Premier League (RPL) top after only seven months in charge, after overseeing the before the end of the current mandate.” scorer with 17 goals. club’s first trophy-less season in 12 years. As at Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, Barce- Zenit coach Sergei Semak needs the player since the Barca finished second in La Liga behind champions Real lona presidents are voted for by club members. Russian team will have to participate in the 2020-21 UEFA Madrid and were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the erlands coach and former Barca defender Ronald Koeman Bartomeu won the last election, held in 2015, but is barred Champions League and Azmoun can play a vital role in the quarter-final stage by Athletic Bilbao. is set to be named as Setien’s successor. from running in the next round of elections as he has al- competition. “This is the first decision within a wider restructuring The statement, which was released more than nine hours ready served two consecutive mandates, having been named of the first team which will be agreed between the current after president Josep Maria Bartomeu and directors had president in 2014 after the resignation of Sandro Rosell. technical secretary and the new coach, who will be announced begun a board meeting, also said the club’s hierarchy had Victor Font is the front-runner for the election, while in the coming days,” added Barca’s statement on Setien. decided against calling an election imminently in the wake former president Joan Laporta has also declared his in- Iran taekwondo fighters shine According to widespread Spanish media reports, Neth- of the Bayern defeat, as many fans and influential voices tention to run. in int’l online competitions

IRNA — Iranian taekwondo fighters received three med- Further changes to the international match calendars due to COVID-19 als in international online competitions, head of Khuzestan In addition to the previous decisions by the the world. The main changes are the following: from 10 July to 1 August 2021) with a man- window from 13 to 25 September 2021 for Taekwondo committee said. FIFA Council, the Bureau of the Council Men’s international match cal- datory release starting on 28 June 2021. all Confederations except UEFA; Speaking to IRNA, Ahmad Anari said the international has unanimously approved a set of further endar Women’s international match • to finalize the dates of the existing competitions in pumsae field were held in the presence of changes to the men’s and women’s interna- • to replace the window from 31 calendar Type II window in June-July 2021 as 7 to 239 athletes from 25 countries in men and women categories. tional match calendars in response to the August to 8 September 2020 with a win- • to replace the dates for the Women’s 16 June 2021 for all Confederations except In the12-year-old category, Yasna Jalili ranked third and global disruption caused by the COVID-19 dow from 24 January to 1 February 2022 Olympic Football Tournament, originally UEFA; Setayesh Goudarzi in 16 to18-year-old categories bagged pandemic, which persists in most parts for all Confederations except UEFA. This scheduled from 22 July to 7 August 2020, • to remove the current blocked bronze medal, he added. of the world. means that there is no mandatory release with new dates of 21 July to 6 August 2021; period for the Women’s AFCON from 23 Mohammad Farrokhzad in 13 to15-year-old categories These changes follow a thorough consul- of players for Member Associations from • to finalize the dates of the originally November to 20 December 2020; and stood in the second place, he noted. tation process with the Confederations and these Confederations in September 2020; scheduled Type I window in June-July 2021 • to include UEFA in the blocked Anari went on to say that 12 international and national football stakeholders. This process resulted • to include the new period of Janu- as 7 to 15 June 2021; period from 4 July to 7 August 2022. referees judged the event. in proposals via the FIFA-Confederations ary 2022 for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations • to cancel the existing window of 14 The FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Stressing the fact that it was for the first time that the COVID-19 Working Group that maintain (AFCON), with the exact dates to be deter- to 22 September 2020 for all Confederations Working Group will continue to monitor event was held online, he said each athlete performed his the previously agreed principle that a tai- mined at a later stage; and except UEFA; the situation in each Confederation and pumsae online and referees gave their comments and in- lor-made and flexible approach between • to include the new dates of the CON- • to include alongside the existing if required make additional proposals to troduced scores. Confederations is required, reflecting the CACAFGold Cup 2021 (preliminary rounds Type I window from 13 to 21 September the FIFA Council. varied circumstances of the pandemic across from 2 to 6 July 2021 and final tournament 2021, an alternative option of a Type III (Source: FIFA) Four-team volleyball 4th FIBA Photo Contest celebrates Women in Basketball tournament to be held The winners of the 4th FIBA Photo Contest have been tograph shows how basketball can bring children together, ahead of league revealed. Photographers and basketball lovers from around keeping them active and giving them something to look the world were invited to send their best photographs forward to. This is what the Foundation’s ‘Basketball For that represented the theme ‘Women in Basketball’. Good’ mission is all about. It also shows us how easy it is IRNA — Haraz volleyball club are going to hold a four-a- Women in Basketball is one of FIBA’s 3 strategic pil- to play, all you need is a hoop and ball. side tournament in Amol, northern Iran. lars, a manifestation of the Federation’s will to promote The first place was awarded to Andi Nursam from In- The three-day tournament will start from Thursday, FNA all women in basketball. Not only players, but also fans, donesia for his photograph entitled ‘Hope and Dreams?’. reported. referees and coaches as well as all basketball lovers.? Second place was awarded to Recirdo Bernard from the Haraz Amol, Hoorsun Ramsar, Shahdab Yazd and Shahrdari FIBA’s Foundation, the International Basketball Foun- Philippines for his photograph entitled ‘Play like a girl’. Gonbad will participate in the tournament. dation (IBF), which organized the contest, received over This year, the jury chose two third place photographs. The teams will take part in the tourney as part of prepa- 900 photos from 56 different countries. Lea Miranda Monteiro from Switzerland was awarded ration for the 2020-21 Iran Volleyball Super League which The winning pictures illustrate the passion that these third place for her photograph ‘We work together as a team ‘. will start on Sept. 9. women and girls have for basketball and how the sport Sherwin O. Flores from the Phillipines was also The ISL will be held in two rounds of preliminary and can inspire. awarded third place for his photo entitled ‘HQB ( Home playoffs. In the preliminary round the competition will be Pictures like the winning “Hope and Dream” by Andi Quarantine Basketball )’. played in a two-legged system. The top eight teams will qualify Nursam from Indonesia is a great example of this. The pho- (Source: FIBA) for the playoffs round. 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Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 TEHRAN — Master miniaturist Mahmud He later also created other works about Farshchian created “The Evening of the tragedy of Ashura. “Ali-Asghar (AS)” and Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Ashura” both to depict one of the greatest “The Standard-Bearer of Truth” are among tragedies for Muslims and to represent the the works. No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran power of art in expressing major events “Ali-Asghar (AS)”, created based on P.o. Box: 14155-4843 of history. historical documents, depicts Imam Hussein Zip Code: 1599814713 The masterpiece portrays the helpless (AS) and his newborn son, Ali Asghar (AS), household of Imam Hussein (AS), mourning in his arms shot with an arrow piercing his after his horse returns from the battlefield throat on Ashura. without him. Their deep grief for their beloved The Imam’s brother, Abbas ibn Ali (AS), has been depicted perfectly in this Persian who was the standard-bearer of his division miniature painting. on the battlefield, has been depicted in “The Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram, the Standard-Bearer of Truth”. day upon which Imam Hussein (AS) and His “Heaven on the Earth” depicting Hazrat his companions were martyred in Karbala Zainab (SA), the sister of Imam Hussein (AS), as a result of their valiant stand against the and a number of angels mourning for the GUIDE TO injustices of the oppressive Umayyad dynasty Imam after being martyred at Karbala in SPIRITUAL AWAKENING in 680 CE. 680 CE, was unveiled at the Astan-e Qods The 90-year-old Farshchian once said Razavi Museum in November 2017. I do not see death except prosperity and life along with that he has drawn the painting on Ashura The museum also holds 12 other paintings the oppressors except anguish. O Allah! You know that in 1977 while people around the country by Farshchian, which are on display in a all there was from us was not in competition to seek were mourning during the anniversary of special section dedicated to artworks. power, nor to gain refuse of the world [i.e. wealth], the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and Farshchian was among the 40 Iranian but it was nothing other than to present the signs and his loyal companions. “Evening of Ashura” by Mahmud Farshchian. artists honored by the National Library and essence of Your religion, and to promote reform in Your “I stayed at home on that day as a strange earful about my staying at home on such went into a room, taking a paintbrush, and Archives of Iran for their outstanding works land, [so that] oppressed members of your servants feeling was creeping over me,” Farshchian an occasion.” did the painting without any preplanning.” created about the tragedy of Ashura over find safety and security, and Your laws, orders and said and added, “My mother gave me a real “After hearing my mother’s reprimand, I Farshchian donated the masterwork to the past century. obligations are acted upon. Imam Hussein (AS) Tehran cultural, religious centers to host tazieh performances ARTTEHRAN — The director of the Khatam Imam Hossein Square are among the main locations for Lebanese publisher buys deskCultural Center has announced that several the tazieh performances. cultural and religious centers across Tehran will be hosting “The performances will take place in open spaces ob- rights to Iranian POW Mehdi tazieh performances for ten nights during Muharram. serving health protocols proposed by the Health Ministry so Seyyed Ahmad Musavi added that over 50 taizeh per- that the mourners can make the best use of these mourning Tahanian’s memoir formances on Imam Hussein (AS), the third Imam of the days,” he added. CULTURE TEHRAN— Dar al-Hadarah, a Beirut-based Shia, and his family members and loyal companions will be The performances will begin on Friday and will continue deskpublishing house, has recently purchased rights staged in a program titled “Mourning of the Sun”. until September 17. to the memoir of Iranian prisoner of war Mehdi Tahanian. During the Muharram rituals, millions of Muslims com- Hojjatoleslam Meisam Amrudi, the director of Art and The rights to the book “All My Life at Thirteen” were sold to memorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein Cultural Organization of the Tehran Municipality, had also the Lebanese publisher based on a deal with Tamass Literary in (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (S). announced earlier that the courtyards of its cultural centers Tehran, which was established in 2014 to implement a new way of A number of the performances will take place in the will be dedicated to Muharram mourning ceremonies. selling the rights of Persian books to overseas publishing houses. courtyards of Imamzadehs, the tombs of the Shia Imams’ He added that the decision has been made to support As an Iranian volunteer, Tahanian was captured by Iraqi descendants. the mourning groups across capital. forces during the 1980-1988 The courtyards of the cultural centers of Khatam, Eshraq, “About 60 cultural centers and culture houses with a Thespians perform a tazeih in an undated photo. (ILNA/ Iran-Iraq war when he was at Razi and Bahman, as well as Imamzadeh Ali-Akbar (AS) capacity of over 20,000 individuals will be dedicated to Mohammadreza Joneidifard) the age of 13. in Chizar, Imamzadeh Ahl ibn Ali (AS) in Khavaran, and the groups,” he said. In a video released by Iraq in 1983, Tahanian, held in Iraq’s Camp Ramadi, refused to give an Coronavirus shuts down Iran’s national interview to an Indian journalist until she wore a hijab. In its negotiations with library again Tamass, Dar al-Hadarah CULTURE TEHRAN — The area’ with high coronavirus hospitalizations, beginning of the spread of coronavirus in expressed its hope that the deskNational Library and and to combat the virus, the halls of the late February. Part of the library reopened Arabic translation of the book Archives of Iran (NLAI) has been closed to library will be closed until the headquarters in June, however, it has been closed again would come to bookstores in prevent the spread of coronavirus following announces permission to reopen,” the NLAI until further notice. Arab countries by 2021. a request by the Coronavirus Combat and announced in a press release published on The NLAI is home to over 40,000 copies Golestan Jafari has written A view of the library of the National Library Prevention Headquarters. Tuesday. of rare manuscripts with some dating back the book based on interviews and Archives of Iran (NLAI) in Tehran. “Tehran is currently in the so-called ‘red The library was closed with the very 700 years. Front cover of Iranian prisoner with Tahanian, and the original of war Mehdi Tahanian’s mem- book was published by Sureh- oir “All My Life at Thirteen”. Mehr in 2016. Another part of Tahanian’s memories of life in captivity was I am living just for children: writer Mostafa Rahmandoost published in “Imam Khomeini’s Little Soldier”, which Payame Azadegan published in 2018 based on interviews with Tahanian CULTURE TEHRAN — Children’s book writer amount of money, so we must be more careful in choosing by writer Fatemeh Doostkami. deskMostafa Rahmandoost, famous for his a good book for our children,” he explained. The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali poem on the pomegranate “100 Pieces of Ruby”, says that He also added that there are several institutes that offer Khamenei, has praised “Imam Khomeini’s Little Soldier” in a he writes for children because he is living for children. good books, providing better opportunities for families and commendation published shortly after the release of the book. “This is life, everybody has a goal in his life and my goal schools deciding how to spend money on their children’s books. “The story of this brave, intelligent and patient adolescent in life is children. I write for children and I am alive just He added that the Institute for Intellectual Development in the [Iraqi] prisoner of war camps is one of the wonders of for them,” he said. of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) used to introduce the Sacred Defense. The story of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old He noted that the first priority in purchasing books for children’s books, and that was a very good idea. boy who first experienced the war, and then fielded resistance children is their pleasure, adding, “We must first know what “This way it would be useful both for families, while it against the cruel Ba’th forces with his amazing behavior and our children like and what topics they enjoy the most.” would also help equip IIDYCA libraries across the country,” spirit, and was triumphant in both,” the Leader wrote in the “We must connect with children in a way to understand he concluded. commendation for the book. their feelings and thoughts, asking questions is not enough,” Rahmandoost, the author of “Zal and the Phoenix” was “In this book, the signs of wickedness and vulgarism in the he said. born in Hamedan in 1950. behavior of the Ba’th forces are more obvious than other similar On the current situation of coronavirus that has forced He has been working for children and young adults for books that I have read so far,” he noted. many children to stay at home, Rahmandoost said, “My Children’s book writer Mostafa Rahmandoost in an over 30 years. He has so far published over 300 books, children have grown up and have left the house, but if I had undated photo. poetry and book translations. a little child at home, I would certainly spend more time to His credits include over 150 stories and poem collections choose a good book.” and if one or two of the books were not good enough it was not such as “The Sky Also Smiled”, “I Like Children” and “The Book on Iranian war veteran Abbas “We used to buy 10 books with a small amount of money, that important. But now we can only buy one with the same Story of Five Fingers”. Varamini published in Arabic CULTURE TEHRAN — The Al-Maaref Islamic Cultural Movies from Iran to compete in Cheongju Intl. Short Film Festival deskAssociation in Lebanon has recently released the Arabic translation of a book on Iranian martyr Abbas Varamini, the ARTTEHRAN — Three to be screened in the Programmer Selection. her. One day news comes to him and he has commander of 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division in Tehran. deskmovies by Iranian In “The Rotation”, there is a war between to choose one: expediency or conscience?! Entitled “In the Tumult of Silence”, the book has been written filmmakers will be competing in the 17th two tribes over a claim that the sun in the sky. The animated movie “Epilogue” co- by Javad Kalateh-Arabi. Cheongju International Short Film Festival As a result of that war, the sun is annihilated directed by Mehdi Azari and Amin Ektesabi The original book was in South Korea. and the volcano erupts. The lava kills both will be screened in the Others section. published in Iran in winter “The Rotation”, “Gabriel” and “Epilogue” of the two tribes, and also creates a new The film is all about the men who hand 2018 and a few months later will be screened in the various sections sun as well. Several centuries pass by, and out books and trade them for food. What its second edition came out. of the festival, which will be held online humans are still at war claiming the sun goes on behind that shutter? Varamini was an educated and physically from August 20 to 29 and is in the sky. The festival will open by screening French individual different from September 25 and 26. “Gabriel” is about a middle-aged man who director Thomas Scohy’s “Invisible”, and his companions. He was a “The Rotation” by Hazhir As’adi and lives with his son. His wife has been lost for will come to end with Israeli director Sahar Animated movie “The Rotation” by Hazhir coordinator in the process “Gabriel” by Yusef Kargar have been selected some time. All the people are suspicious of Cohen’s “Tow Zone”. As’adi. of capturing the American Embassy in Tehran. After the formation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Iranian bookstores sell “Gourmet Rhapsody” Corps (IRGC), there was a necessity to recruit experienced experts and CULTURE TEHRAN — A Persian translation of reputations on a whim. relatives, lovers, a would-be protégé, even a cat. A copy of the Arabic translation forces, and Varamini entered IRGC deskFrench novelist Muriel Barbery’s “Gourmet But now, during his final hours, his mind has turned to Each will have his or her say about M. Arthens, a of “In the Tumult of Silence” on and later participated in several Rhapsody” has recently been published by Avande Danesh simpler things. He is desperately searching for that singular man who has inspired only extreme emotions in people. Iranian war veteran Abbas operations during the 1980-1988 Publications. flavor, that sublime something once sampled, never forgotten, Here, as in “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”, Muriel Varamini. Iran-Iraq war. The book has been rendered into Persian by Leila Nazari. the flavor par excellence. Barbery’s story celebrates life’s simple pleasures and He was martyred during an operation on the Panjvein frontline The book is about Pierre Arthens, the greatest food critic in Indeed, this flamboyant and self-absorbed man desires sublime moments while condemning the arrogance and in November 1983. the world, who is dying in the heart of Paris, in the same posh only one thing before he dies: one last taste. Thus begins a vulgarity of power. The book contains four seasons named “Unforgettable District”, building made famous in “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”. charming voyage that traces the career of Monsieur Arthens Barbery is professor of philosophy. She entered the “Years of Tension”, “Towards the University of Frontline” and “In Revered by some and reviled by many, Monsieur Arthens from childhood to maturity across a celebration of all manner École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud in the Tumult of Silence”. has been lording it over the world’s most esteemed chefs of culinary delights. 1990 and obtained her agrégation in philosophy in 1993. The book was selected for Arabic translation in a book fair for years, passing judgment on their creations, deciding Alternating with the voice of the supercilious Arthens She then taught philosophy at the Université de Bourgogne, held in Beirut last year. their fates with a stroke of his pen, destroying and building is a chorus belonging to his acquaintances and familiars – in a lycée, and at the Saint-Lo IUFM.