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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 37th year No.12532 Tuesday APRIL 19, 2016 Farvardin 31, 1395 Rajab 11, 1437 Iran says Saudis seek to Saudis Iran’s Airbus deal reduce Iran’s twisting oil output to negotiations could be finalized next week sanctions era: Zanganeh over Hajj Tehran, Paris ink MOUs on air, rail co-op ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s purchase Monday in Tehran, according to the Tasnim sets Control (OFAC) and talks are planned ECONOMY TEHRAN — In an POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian deskof 118 Airbus passenger air- news agency. next week, Vidalies said in a joint press deskindirect reference deskCulture and Islamic crafts is in its final stages and the deal could be The agreement, initially valued at $25 conference with Iranian Transport and to Saudi Arabia Oil Guidance Minister Ali Jannati has said completed as soon as next week, the French billion, is subject to approval from the Urban Development Minister Abbas Ak- Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Saudis have not been cooperative Transport Minister Alain Vidalies vowed on U.S. government’s Office of Foreign As- houndi. on Monday that “certain countries” over the past months, twisting Hajj ne- were seeking to use the oil freeze plan gotiations. See page 4 as a new tool to reduce Iran’s oil out- “We are seriously seeking to dis- put to the pre-sanctions level. patch pilgrims to Mecca,” Jannati was In reference to the failure of oil quoted as saying. freeze talks in Doha, Qatar, Zanganeh But, he added, despite discussing a said these countries, which were di- range of issues, the Saudi side has been ametrically opposed to the lifting of less reluctant to engage positively, par- sanctions against Iran, have started ticularly when it comes to air transport serious efforts to scale down oil prices. and transfer of Iranian passengers to However, the minister said, the “meas- the country by Iranian airlines. ure is just an illusion.” Jannati expressed hope for cooper- He said the Islamic Republic sup- ation on the Saudi part so as to make ports any coordinating measure be- it possible to resume Hajj flights to the tween OPEC and non-OPEC produc- country. ers to bring stability back to the oil Iran and Saudi Arabia have been market, Mehr quoted Zanganeh as at odds over a number of regional is- saying. sues. Apart from the Mina Hajj stam- Iran has boosted output by about pede during which about 400 Iranian 400,00 barrels per day following the pilgrims were killed, the two countries lifting of sanctions in January, putting are at loggerheads over other issues, average output last month at about particularly the Syrian conflict. 3.2m bpd, according to the Interna- Saudi Arabia severed its political tional Energy Agency. Tehran has said ties with Iran after the country’s dip- it would boost output within a year, lomatic posts in Tehran and Mashahd ultimately reaching pre-sanction pro- were stormed in a public mob, though Mahsa Ahrabifard duction levels of around 4m bpd seen Iran has taken legal action against the in 2010-2011. culprits. Mehr/ 4

Top Iranian EU in talks with U.S. to remove Iran’s banking problems: Mogherini EU energy chief cineastes to hold sees significant European Union foreign policy chief Federica legal problems related to this issue? workshops at Mogherini told the Tasnim news agency on Sat- A: As minister Zarif mentioned today in the role for Iranian urday that the EU is in contact with U.S. officials press conference, there are some procedural Fajr festival to help settle the banking problems facing Iran issues to be fought internally in Iran, that we LNG in Europe EU is seeking to expand ARTTEHRAN — that are believed to be caused by Washington’s respect very much and we want everything to Some obstructive approaches. be smoothened properly; these are procedur- desktop Iranian cineas- commercial and political Mogherini, who led an EU delegation to Teh- als steps that need to be taken and I think that, ties with Tehran following tes are scheduled to hold a series of ran, also said efforts are underway to encourage I’m sure, the foreign minister and his ministry workshops during the 34th Fajr Inter- European banks to cooperate with Iran. are taking care of that. In the meantime, as you nuclear deal national Film Festival, which will open The July nuclear deal between Iran and said, we have decided to send first team that in Tehran tomorrow. the 5+1 group (Russia, China, the U.S., Britain, will be operating with the support and the help Iranian liquefied natural gas could France and Germany), which went into forces of the current presidency of the European Un- start to play a significant part of the in January 2016, terminates all nuclear-related ion. It’s a rotating presidency, in this moment European Union’s energy mix after the sanctions against Tehran. What follows is the it’s Netherlands holding it. And I cannot fore- next three to four years, the bloc’s en- full text of Mogherini’s interview with Tasnim: see timing, but I can tell you what the hopefully ergy chief said after meeting officials Q: The first question is related to the EU of- future EU delegation will do, which would be here to map out future energy ties. fice in Tehran. We’ve been hearing some news ing this office in Tehran, as I heard that in the mainly to support and sustain all the work that, Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias related to this. Iran’s foreign minister Mr. Zarif joint statement you said that a liaison team will for instance, today we have decided to start Canete was in Iran as part of an EU said you discussed the issue today and some be sent to Tehran? By the time that the office on re-launching dialogue and cooperation on mission seeking to expand commer- Oscar-winning director Asghar Far- procedural issues seems being done. How is opened, how will those diplomats work and many different sectors. 2 cial and political ties with the country hadi and Oscar-nominated filmmaker much of time do you think is needed for open- be based in Tehran? What are the technical or following last year’s nuclear deal and Majid Majidi are among the cineastes. January’s lifting of sanctions on Tehran. Workshops will also be set up by In recent months, many national directors Fereidun Jeirani, Farzad Mot- PICTURE OF THE DAY ISNA/Soheil Rahmani Khanghah governments have led delegations to amen, Puran Derakhshandeh, Alireza the Iranian capital and unveiled plans Davudnejad and Majid Barzegar, and for ramped-up energy investment cinematographer Mahmud Kalari are Serbian President and business although there are sig- among the educators. nificant obstacles still in delivering on Over 100 students from Afghani- releases white pigeon some of those proposals. This week- stan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pales- end was the first chance for the EU tine, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan on Intl. Day for to plot out a broader framework for and Iran have registered for the six- energy ties. day workshop program entitled “Dar Monuments and Sites Mr. Canete met on Saturday with ul-Funun”, the Iranian polytechnic es- Iran’s oil and energy ministers. On tablished in 1851. at Golestan Palace Sunday, he held talks with Iran’s Vice Dozens of international distributers, President Ali Akbar Salehi, a veteran directors, actors and critics from around Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic released a white official who also heads Iran’s atomic the globe have been invited to attend pigeon on Sunday to commemorate the Internation- agency. the festival, which will be held at Tehran’s al Day for Monuments and Sites at Tehran’s Golestan Iran, a major supplier of energy to Charsu Cineplex until April 25. Palace, one of Iran’s 19 historical sites which have the EU before tight sanctions were been registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. imposed over the country’s nucle- He has traveled to Iran at the invitation of Iranian ar activities, has one of the world’s Park to make prominent neurosurgeon Majid Samii to attend the largest natural-gas reserves. Last historic visit to 5th Symposium of World Federation of Neurosurgical fall, as the EU prepared for the lift- Societies, which is held in Tehran from April 17 to 22. ing of sanctions, the European Com- Iran next month Tourism management students of Allameh Tabat- mission estimated that by 2030, the abai University of Tehran commemorated Interna- bloc could be importing between 25 SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park tional Day for Monuments and Sites, which is annu- billion and 35 billion cubic meters of Geun-hye plans to make a historic visit ally celebrated on April 18 around the world. gas from Iran, much of it in the form to Tehran next month for talks with her They welcomed tourists with white roses at the of LNG. Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, Golestan Palace and provided them with English Following his meetings in Tehran, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday, a move brochures introducing Iran’s 19 UNESCO-registered Mr. Canete said he now believes sig- that underscores South Korea’s efforts historical sites. Located in the heart and historic core nificant volumes could already start to boost ties and tap into business op- of Tehran, the Golestan Palace was originally built flowing in the next three to four years. portunities in the resource-rich country. during the Safavid dynasty in the historic walled city. That, he said, is because Iranian au- The trip -- set for May 1 to 3 -- However, it received its most characteristic features thorities are looking to complete three comes as Iran has emerged as a lucra- in the 19th century, when the palace complex was LNG plants that were in the works be- tive business destination following the selected as the royal residence and seat of power by fore sanctions were tightened early in lifting of international sanctions earlier the Qajar ruling family. the decade. this year. 2 4 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 AAPRILPRIL 119,9, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA MONITOR Judiciary chief praises Rouhani’s Seif’s statements in line with JCPOA goals: Baidinejad ‘timely move’ at OIC meeting

POLITICAL TEHRAN — TEHRAN — Iran’s Judi- statements as “timely move,” the official A Foreign Ministry diplomat has de- deskciary Chief Sadeq Amoli called on the OIC to correct its practice, fended the recent statements made by Central Larijani said on Monday that Saudi Ara- stick to its anti-Zionism attitude. Bank of Iran President Valiollah Seif in a conference bia has no business talking on Iran given Amoli Larijani’s remarks come days af- in the U.S., saying they were only aimed at realizing Saudis’ atrocities in the Middle East, ac- ter Iran was accused of interference in the the goals set by the JCPOA. cording to IRNA. internal affairs of the regional states and Seif’s remarks were in fact demands on the U.S. “Saudis has a dark record of invading other member states including Bahrain, INSTAGRAM and European banks to facilitate Iran’s access to the the Yemeni people and killing innocent Yemen, Syria, and Somalia, and its con- international trade system and dollar as well, Hamid children and women,” Amoli Larijani tinued support for terrorism. Baidinejad stated on his Instagram on Sunday. said. This was included in the final commu- Seif’s remarks, calling for more cooperation in the “It is regrettable that the Organization nique of the OIC in Turkey held on April implementation of the deal, have been interpreted by of Islamic Cooperation which was found- 7-8. some in Iran as a confession to the futility of the JCPOA. ed to stand up to the Israeli regime is Iranian officials, including Rouhani Iranian warships condemning countries which are at the and Foreign Affairs Minister Moham- frontline of battling the regime,” Amoli mad Javad Zarif, refused appearing repulse pirate attack Larijani was quoted as saying. in the last session of the summit as a Hailing President Rouhani and his sign of objection, calling it a “destruc- accompanying reaction to the anti-Iran tive move.”

TEHRAN — Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admi- ral Habibollah Sayyari announced on Monday that the country’s 40th flotilla of warships has repelled Saudi Arabia seeking to counter Iran’s regional influence: military strategist pirates’ attack on an Iranian ship in free waters after POLITICAL fierce clashes. TEHRAN — Major General Yahya Ra- will foil any new plot in the region, he added. desk

FARS “On Saturday, 7 pirate boats attacked an Iranian him Safavi, a senior military advisor to He called the “divisive actions” and “war mongering” ship but they received a crushing response from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on Monday that policies of some Arab governments a “U.S.-Zionist plot” in- 40th fleet of warships,” Sayyari said, according to Fars. Saudi Arabia is seeking to counter the growing influence tended to hamper the growing power of the Islamic world. of Iran in the Middle East region. He also said that the September 11 attacks have been Iranian missiles “Saudi Arabia’s objective of entering regional crises used as an excuse to introduce Islam as a source of ter- won’t be a matter and forming various coalitions is to play role of leader- rorism in the eyes of the world. ship in the Islamic countries and counter Iran’s regional Elsewhere, he said that the U.S. and the Zionist re- of ‘political’ deal: role,” the former IRGC chief noted. gime seek to undermine Muslims in order to diminish ex-defense minister He also said that Saudi Arabia’s political system “lacks the influence of the Islamic Revolution which is the “flag legitimacy and democracy”. bearer of unity” in the Islamic world. TEHRAN — A former Iranian defense minister has The general also said the so-called anti-terrorism co- Safavi expressed regret over the fact that some Arab said the country’s missile program is not a subject alition is a danger to the world of Islam. countries adopt “divisive” policies and lead the world of for “political” deal.Missiles are followed within their Safavi said that Saudi Arabia is being manipulated by Lebanon, Iraq, and Bahrain have ended in failure. Islam towards a “serious political and security crisis”. own program and will not fall within deals, Ahmad the U.S. and the Zionist regime through a “strategic man- The Saudis seek to play a new role by engaging in It is a “strategic necessity” Muslim countries join Vahidi said, Nasim reported on Monday. agement”. He also said the kingdom’s interferences in Syria, “strategic rivalry” with Iran, however Iranian politicians hands, he suggested. NASIM President due in Semnan on Rafsanjani calls for careful planning to recover economy Tuesday POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ayatol- reported. However, the signing of a nuclear desklah Akbar Hashemi Scratching the surface of the un- deal, dubbed as the JCPOA, in July 2015 TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency fair sanctions regime imposed on Iran removed restrictions on banking, money to make a visit to Semnan province on Tuesday. Council, on Monday called for imme- and the ensuing restraints for Iranian transfers, insurance, trade, transport, and The president is scheduled to deliver a speech in diate yet calculated planning to tame producers, Rafsanjani said, “Instead of technology procurement, among others, Takhti Stadium of Semnan, IRNA reported on Monday. excess liquidity, moving in the direction working out an appropriate solution, resulting in a burst of diplomatic activity

IRNA The trip includes holding a meeting with ulema, of production boost and getting out of and by falling back on oil revenues, in the country. elites, war veterans and investors, inaugurating sev- recession. unplanned loan schemes were en- Rafsanjani added, “Recently, the gov- eral economic, cultural, and educational projects by According to people familiar with the forced merely to manipulate employ- ernment has taken serious and right video conference and taking part in the province’s matter, liquidity, inherited from previous ment rate.” decisions to shore up economic growth administrative council meeting. administrations and yet uncurbed, is one This, instead, gave rise to the produc- For more than a decade, Iran was in through re-activating small and medi- of Iran’s major economic challenges. tion sector being bogged down incre- a deadlock with the West over its nucle- um-sized enterprises and has announced Iran says to react if Rafsanjani, who got the title of “Com- mentally in debt, he noted. ar program, resulting in harsh economic the initiatives.” mander of Construction” during his The remark is a clear reference to sanctions especially when the European The seasoned politician continues to terrorists get within presidency from 1989 to 1997, made the the Ahmadinejad administration, which Union introduced oil sanctions against be upbeat about the future of the coun- 40 km of Iranian remarks in a gathering attended by a doled out loans at a fast pace to people Iran in January 2012 and froze Iranian try because “Iran has the potential to borders clutch of former governor generals, ISNA without proper planning. assets. boost its economy.” TEHRAN — A top ranking military official has said the Iranian Army will take action if terrorists get close to 40 kilometers of the Iranian borders, say- 1395 is year of economy for Iran, VP says ing passing this distance is the Islamic Republic’s POLITICAL TEHRAN — Vice President Es’haq Ja- posed by Western powers, particularly the U.S, after the red line. deskhangiri said on Monday the year 1395 nuclear deal, dubbed the JCPOA. ICANA Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said is of paramount importance for the Iranian economy The country expects rapid economic growth as much that Iran has drawn the red line for Daesh and it in- and the government will do its best to strengthen do- as 5 percent in 2016, while according to the Internation- cludes Pakistan as well, ICANA reported on Monday. mestic production. al Monetary Fund (IMF) April report, Iran’s economic The Iranian calendar year 1395 began March 20. growth is forecasted to grow by 4 percent in 2016 and Iran highlights Jahangiri told this to the press upon his arrival to the by 3.7 percent in 2017. western province of Kermanshah, reminding the naming Elsewhere in his remarks, the vice president highlight- necessity of close of 1395 by the Supreme Leader as the year of “Resist- ed the key role to be played by private sector, saying, political co-op ance economy, action, and implementation.” “Private sector should enter the scene to the full… In the “On the government’s economic agenda are domes- year 1395 key plans in water, railways, oil, power, and TEHRAN — tic production boost, exports development, and privat- agriculture have been prioritized.” Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said ization of unfinished development projects,” Jahangiri Some of these plans will be implemented in Kerman- on Monday that expansion of political cooperation stated. Ahmadinejad administration during which Iran saw the shah province, he added. is essential given the volatile security situation in the In order to implement the economic agenda, he said, inflation rate swell to more than 40 percent. During his Kermanshah visit, Jahangiri and Industry Middle East region. the banking system, National Development Fund, and This is while over the same time expansion, oil prices Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh opened the Regional crises require formation of new insti- MEHR Management and Planning Organization should team touched more than $100 per barrel, bringing in colossal biggest commercial bread production unit in western tutions to boost cooperation among the coun- up to re-start stagnant projects. sums for the country and ironically, Iran fared the worst Iran, creating job for as many as 600 people. tries, he said at Mehrabad airport before depart- Domestic production has taken the brunt of the past in economy. Also, the officials inaugurated two storage dams in ing to Russia. stagflation years, Jahangiri noted, implicitly hinting at the Iran is just emerging from economic sanctions im- the province. EU’s Mogherini: Grounds laid for EU in talks with U.S. to remove Iran’s banking problems: Mogherini Iran- EU structured 1 here would be helpful to develop this an extremely useful step to build the Coming weeks? As we plan to develop dialogues on cooperation in a structured way, and concrete results that we want to see A: Yes. cooperation energy or economy or business pres- also would provide a support for coming out of our cooperation. And how they will work when the TEHRAN — The grounds for structured cooper- ence here or technology or transport, all the business, companies and also And you said the timing for the open- office is not open? ation between Iran and the European Union have many different sectors that require a the financial European sector that is ing of the office may not be certain, but the A: They will work together with the been laid, says EU foreign policy chief Federica lot of technical missions, exchange of willing to engage in Iran, providing a timing of the sending that liaison team is cer- Dutch embassy.

ILNA Mogherini. missions, and a constant exchange framework for the European engage- tain now? In Tehran? Mogherini made the remarks on her website on with the Iranian authorities and ser- ment in the country from a technical A: Yes, it’s going to be in the coming A: Yes. Sunday, after returning from a trip to Tehran where vices, obviously having a presence point of view. So, I think this would be weeks. (Source: Tasnim) she headed a delegation of seven EU commission- ers and met with Iran’s high ranking officials. “We have touched on a number of sectors that Park to make historic visit to Iran next month are strategic for both sides: from energy to the economy, from culture to migration, from research 1 ture development projects to rebuild its Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan visited Teh- to transports, from foreign policy to education,” she The sanctions imposed on Iran over economy that was hampered by the in- ran with a large business delegation. wrote. its nuclear program have been lifted in a ternational sanctions. The trade volume between Korea and “Yesterday’s visit has opened the way for this: follow-up to a nuclear deal reached with The trip would be the first to the Islam- Iran stood at $6.1 billion in 2015. the opportunities the deal has created can now be the United States and five world powers. ic republic by a South Korean president Iran boasts the world’s fourth-largest translated into concrete projects, in all sectors that During the talks, Park and Rouhani are since the two sides established diplomatic known crude oil deposits and ranks No. 1 matter to our citizens’ life,” she added. expected to exchange opinions on how to relations in 1962, according to the South in terms of natural gas reserves. She noted that in the future structured dialogue boost substantial cooperation in health, envi- Korean presidential office. In January, Chinese President Xi Jin- will be held at a political level between Iranian For- ronment and culture as well as infrastructure, In November, South Korea’s top diplo- ping visited Iran, becoming the first for- eign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and herself. industrial plants and energy-related areas. mat Yun Byung-se visited Iran -- for the first eign leader to travel to Tehran following Iran is seeking large-scale infrastruc- time in 14 years. In February, South Korean the lifting of sanctions. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Former U.S. senator blasts Saudi NEWS U.S. defense chief in Iraq to Arabia over 9/11 links discuss fight against ISIL

Former United States senator and gov- “I think the action by Saudi Arabia is U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Baghdad ernor of Florida, Bob Graham, says Saudi reprehensible and also very revealing,” Monday for talks on stepping up the fight against the ISIL Arabia’s threat to pull hundreds of bil- Graham said. “They are so fearful of what terrorist group in Iraq, where the U.S. has deployed troops to lions of dollars from the U.S. economy would emerge if there were to be a full fight the extremists. “says something about Saudi Arabia’s trial. That says something about Saudi Carter’s visit comes involvement in 9/11.” Arabia’s involvement in 9/11.” after a week of political In an interview with the Daily News on The administration of U.S. President turmoil that has been a Sunday, Graham, who co-chaired a joint Barack Obama has lobbied against the setback for Prime Min- congressional investigation into the Sep- bill, warning lawmakers of diplomatic and ister Haider al-Abadi, tember 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, called economic fallout from the legislation. The and the U.S. defense young Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al- administration said such legislation would chief has previously Jubeir’s threat to the U.S. Congress “rep- put Americans at legal risk overseas. stressed the need to rehensible but also revealing.” Graham censured the Obama admin- support the embattled The House of Saud regime has threat- istration for its support for the Saudi rul- premier. ened to sell off some $750 billion of ing family. The U.S. is leading American assets held by the kingdom “I think it’s even more objectionable an international coali- if Congress passes a bill that would al- that the U.S. government has been sup- tion that is carrying out low the Saudi ruling family to be held porting Saudi Arabia and erecting road- strikes against ISIL and responsible in U.S. courts for any role in blocks to the passage of the legislation,” also providing training the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he said. and other assistance according to The New York Times. The September, 11, 2001 attacks, also but many analysts say it was a false-flag while in the United States. to forces fighting the If the Republican-dominated Con- known as the 9/11 attacks, were a series of operation. The 28-page report is part of a larger extremists in both Iraq gress passed the legislation, it would strikes in the U.S. which killed nearly 3,000 Several former and current U.S. law- Congressional report on 9/11 released in and neighboring Syria. take away immunity from foreign gov- people and caused about $10 billion worth makers have called on the White House 2002 and called the Joint Inquiry into In- Carter will meet officials including Abadi and Defense ernments in cases “arising from a terrorist of property and infrastructure damage. to declassify documents that shed light telligence Community Activities, which was Minister Khaled al-Obeidi to discuss increasing American attack that kills an American on American U.S. officials assert that the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s possible complicity in conducted by the Senate Select Commit- military assistance to Iraq ahead of the key battle for second soil.” American courts could also order were carried out by 19 al-Qaeda ter- the September 11, 2001 attacks. tee on Intelligence and the House Perma- city Mosul. freezing the assets held by the House of rorists – 15 of them were Saudi citizens Graham and former Senator Bob Ker- nent Select Committee on Intelligence. “The fight for Mosul is critical... and it’s a very large urban Saud regime in the United States. -- but many independent researchers rey, who was a member of the 9/11 Com- Reports say the Obama administra- scenario,” a senior defense official said. Graham said Saudi Arabian officials are have raised questions about the official mission, say the 28-page classified doc- tion and intelligence officials are now “We are going to need to be more aggressive,” the official strongly opposing the legislation because they account. ument proves two Saudi nationals who weighing whether to declassify the re- said. are worried the kingdom’s ties to al-Qaeda ter- U.S. officials assert that the 9/11 attacks were behind the 9/11 attacks received maining 28 pages. Carter arrived in Baghdad from the United Arab Emirates, rorists would be revealed during a trial. were carried out by al-Qaeda terrorists support and assistance from Riyadh (Source: agencies) the first stop on a Persian Gulf tour during which he will seek to shore up support for Iraq. He has said that “the success of the campaign against (ISIL) in Iraq does depend upon political and economic pro- Anti-austerity protest brings 150,000 to Turkish executives among 100 gress as well,” and that “it’s important that we continue to London streets detained over links to cleric Gulen support” Abadi. The premier has sought to replace the current cabinet of A protest calling on British Prime Min- of political ideas, and bankrupt in Executives of a major Turkish company been seized and some shut down. party-affiliated ministers with a government of technocrats, ister David Cameron to resign has terms of what they have done with were among 100 people detained by Dumankaya has grown strongly in but has faced major opposition from powerful parties that brought more than 150,000 people the economy as well.” police on Monday over allegations of recent years and plans investments of rely on control of ministries for patronage and funds. onto the streets of London. The People’s Assembly used the funding the movement of Muslim cleric over 1.5 billion lira (369.67 million pound) Abadi’s cabinet efforts were overshadowed by multiple The March for Health, Homes, Jobs protest to make “Four Demands”. With Fethullah Gulen, a foe of President Pres- this year, targeting a rise in sales to 750 days of chaos at parliament, where lawmakers held a sit-in, and Education was organized by activ- regards to health, they called for an ident Tayyip Erdogan, state media said. million lira this year from 463 million last brawled in the parliament hall and sought to sack the speak- ist group the People’s Assembly. The end to Government spending cuts and The raids were the latest police op- year, according to its website. er. demonstrators called for an end to the alleged privatization of the NHS. erations targeting thousands of sup- Erdogan accuses Gulen of setting In addition to major security and political challenges, Iraq austerity, and demanded that David The protestors’ demand over housing porters of the United States-based up a “parallel state” and conspiring to also faces a serious economic crisis caused by low oil prices Cameron quit over the revelation that included rent controls and the protec- cleric, accused of leading what prose- unseat the government with a network and years of mismanagement and corruption by officials. he profited from his father’s offshore tion of social housing. cutors described as a “Gulenist Terror of supporters in the judiciary, police Boots on the ground investment fund. On jobs, they called for a univer- Group” trying to overthrow Erdogan. and media. Gulen, whose adherents ISIL overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in Before setting off, the crowd was sal living wage and the scrapping of Gulen denies the accusations. run schools and are active in the media 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground addressed by Dianne Abbott MP and the Trade Union Bill, and they also Two board members of the Duman- sector, denies the charges. from the extremists. junior doctors involved in organizing demanded an end to student tuition kaya construction group were named A total 2,261 people have been Iraqi forces have begun preparatory operations in Ninev- strikes against the new contract that fees and “the marketization of edu- by state-run Anadolu Agency among rounded up in operations in 48 provinces eh province, of which Mosul is the capital, but the actual as- Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is seek- cation”. those taken into custody. Dumankaya across Turkey targeting the financial ac- sault to take the city is not expected to take place for months, ing to impose. Also on the march was feminist said in a statement that its board mem- tivities of Gulen’s followers, the pro-gov- and possibly not until next year. Abbott said: “I’m so glad to be here protest group Sisters Uncut. They bers had been invited to police head- ernment Milliyet newspaper reported at The United States has deployed some 3,900 troops to to pass on Jeremy Corbyn’s absolute said: “Sisters Uncut are marching with quarters to provide information. the weekend, citing police data. Iraq, most of them in advisory and support roles. support for this demonstration. There student nurses for a society in which Anadolu said the police operation, fo- As well as businessmen, those But Washington has also sent special forces to carry out couldn’t be a more important move- everyone has a secure livelihood, and cused on Istanbul, was launched across detained include police officers, civ- raids against ISIL, and U.S. Marines have deployed to provide ment and demonstration than this one no one is financially dependent on an nine provinces and 101 people have so il servants and teachers. Milliyet said artillery support to Iraqi troops. today.” abusive partner.” far been taken into custody, with prose- the number of those detained would President Barack Obama repeatedly pledged that there “Austerity is a threat to the Nation- The march was supported by cutors having issued arrest warrants for increase in the coming days. Some would be no “boots on the ground” to combat ISIL, but U.S. al Health Service and to our public trade unions and a number of activist 140 people under the probe. 500 of those detained have been jailed forces are engaged in combat with the extremists and two services. We must unite to defend groups. The Radical Assembly organ- Those held are accused of charges pending trial, Milliyet said. American military personnel have already been killed. them.” ized a “No Jobs” bloc calling for “full of membership and funding of a terror A Turkish court in December 2014 An American Marine was killed in a rocket attack in north- Shadow Chancellor John McDon- automation” of the economy and “an group and spreading terrorist propa- issued an arrest warrant for Gulen, who ern Iraq last month, and a U.S. special forces soldier was nell, Union Chief Len McCluskey and end to the ‘paid work is good for you’ ganda, it said. The report added that has lived in self-imposed exile in the wounded during a raid last year and later died. Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett culture”, while a delegation from the they included 41 employees of Islamic United States since 1999, accusing him Both the raid and the Marine artillery position only came also took part in the march. Fire Brigades Union drove a fire en- lender Bank Asya, which was founded of heading a criminal group. to light after American personnel were killed. Speaking in Trafalgar Square, Mc- gine along the protest route playing by followers of Gulen and seized by the The two men were allies until police U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003, overthrowing dicta- Donnell said: “Alongside courage and disco music. government last year. and prosecutors seen as sympathetic tor Saddam Hussein and unleashing an insurgency and years determination, we need solidarity. The Last week, 1,000 protesters gathered Various companies, including ones to Gulen opened a corruption probe of brutal sectarian violence due to poor planning and a lack workers united will never be defeated.” outside 10 Downing Street for a spon- involved media, mining, furniture and into Erdogan’s inner circle in 2013. of understanding of the country. He added later: “I think Camer- taneous demo demanding Cameron’s cable-making having been probed and Thousands of police officers, prosecu- Rampant violence was eventually brought under control, on should go, but I think he should resignation over the Panama Papers executives detained during police op- tors and judges were sacked or reas- and American forces withdrew at the end of 2011 after talks take his party with him. His Gov- scandal. erations targeting Gulen’s followers. signed for alleged links to Gulen. on a residual troop presence broke down over Washington’s ernment is now bankrupt in terms (Source: The Independent) Media outlets linked to him have (Source: Reuters) insistence that have parliament-approved immunity. Carter’s trip to Iraq is the latest in a series of visits by sen- ior Western officials in recent days. Syria rebels declare new offensive on government U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Iraq two weeks ago to show support for the crisis-hit government, Foreign-backed militant groups announce a new war disagreements on the role of President Assad in Syria’s future. vowing to turn up the heat on ISIL. against Syrian government forces after threatening to Mohammed Alloush, the chief negotiator of the And French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian came abandon United Nations-brokered talks in Geneva. HNC, said on Sunday that there could be “no compro- to Iraq last week, saying that Mosul and Raqqa, ISIL’ main Factions fighting under the banner of Turkey-based mise” on Assad’s ouster, calling for the resumption of stronghold in Syria, “must fall” this year. Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of attacks on government forces. (Source: AFP) the Levant) said in a statement on Monday that they would “Don’t trust the regime and don’t wait for their pity,” respond “with force” against the government which is cur- Alloush wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “Strike them at their rently fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ necks. Strike them everywhere.” Daesh) and al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) in Aleppo. Other figures of the opposition, however, said that Militants later launched a fierce attack against government Alloush’s comments did not represent the HNC’s stance. Russian foreign minister forces in Latakia province and the strategic Ghab plain in “Alloush’s position is personal. We as the HNC can- says no secret talks with Hama province, the Observatory for Human Rights said. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura of bias towards Damascus not adopt this position,” Yahya al-Aridi, a member of the The British-based group claimed that the militants had almost and urged their negotiators to take a firmer stance at HNC who is in Geneva, said. U.S. on Syria completely taken over the town of Khirbat al-Naqus in Hama. Geneva peace talks. Alloush is among senior figures of the Jaysh al-Islam The declaration of war came after the Saudi-backed A letter signed by “armed revolutionary factions” (Brigade of Islam) militant group and has reportedly Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Monday dismissed opposition threatened to abandon the UN-brokered urged the HNC to “take firm and decisive stances to- spent most of his life in Saudi Arabia. media reports that Moscow and Washington were engaged talks if there is no progress on its demand for a political wards the half-solutions being propagated by the re- A truce, brokered by the United States and Russia, in secret negotiations beyond the framework of the Syrian transition away from President Bashar al-Assad. gime’s allies, and de Mistura.” went into effect across Syria on February 27. However, talks in Geneva. Representatives of the High Negotiations Committee De Mistura floated the idea of President Assad re- it does not apply to terrorist groups such as ISIL and “There are no secret talks going on between Russia and (HNC) said that the Geneva peace talks could collapse if maining in power in exchange for the opposition’s nom- al-Qaeda’s Syria branch al-Nusra Front. the United States,” he told a news briefing. Damascus refused to negotiate Assad’s fate. ination of three Syrian vice-presidents. The opposition The foreign-sponsored conflict has left over 470,000 “Attempts to declare that there is some secret commu- “We might suspend (our participation in) the talks dismissed the suggestion outright. people dead since it began in March 2011, according to a nication channel and that within this channel someone if things carry on this way, and then there will be no Syria has rejected the idea of a transitional governing February report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research. had promised to decide the fate of Assad (Syria’s Presi- prospect for any political solution,” HNC member Ab- body, saying instead Assad could broaden the govern- The tally represents a dramatic increase from the dent Bashar Assad) bypassing the framework of the Syrian dulhakim Bashar said. ment to include opposition and independent figures. 270,000 fatalities reported by the so-called Syrian talks, are a lie.” The opposition insists on Assad’s resignation. The Government representatives and a coalition of oppo- Observatory for Human Rights, which stopped inde- “I believe that this is an attempt to disrupt the im- government says the fate of Assad is “a red line” and sition groups are engaged in talks in Geneva aimed at pendently counting Syria’s death toll early in 2014. plementation of the UN Security Council resolution ... only the Syrian people can decide about it. finding a political solution to the Syrian conflict. Syrian forces have managed to liberate many mili- Only the people of Syria will decide the destiny of Syria,” ------Opposition accuses UN envoy ------Divisions in opposition tant-held areas over the past few months. Lavrov added. Meantime, opposition groups on Monday accused The last round of talks came to a halt on March 24 over (Source: agencies) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AAPRILPRIL 119,9, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Saudis seek to cut Iran’s oil output Czech Republic eyes long-term economic to sanctions era: Zanganeh co-op with Iran 1 mit, Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada, Qa- ECONOMY TEHRAN — Martin Tlapa, deputy state Saudi Arabia resorted to different ploys tar’s energy and industry minister, replied desksecretary for European affairs at the office to abort the July 2015 nuclear deal between to a question whether Iran had anything of the government of Czech Republic, stressed long-term Iran and great powers which terminates all to do with the breakdown of the talks, economic cooperation between his country and Iran. economic sanctions, including western oil saying, “We of course respect their posi- He made the remarks in Iran-Czech economic forum embargo, on Iran. tion and ... we still don’t know how the which was held in Tehran on April 17, according to the Shana Russia says Iran not responsible future will unroll.” news agency. for failure of Doha talks Al-Sada, who is serving as OPEC’s In this event, attended by Tlapa at the head of an econom- After the Doha meeting to freeze out- president, said, “The freeze could be ic delegation, and members of TCCIMA, the ways of enhanc- put ended without a deal, with Saudi Ara- more effective definitely if major produc- ing bilateral cooperation between Iranian and Czech private bia insisting Iran should be part of any ers, be it from OPEC members like Iran sectors were explored. agreement, Alexander Novak, Russia’s oil and others, as well as non-OPEC mem- In this regard, Tlapa noted, “Some agreements are settled minister, said Iran was not responsible for bers, are included in the freeze,” Pltts re- so far and the two countries will co-fund the construction of a the failure, TASS reported. ported. 50 megawatts (MW) power plant at the value of €50 million, in Novak said at a press conference af- Oil prices fall after Doha meet- which building the turbines and transferring related technol- ter the talks that some countries changed ing ogy by the Czech Republic is on the agenda”. their position right before the meeting af- Oil prices sank after attempts to The deputy minister further referred to “removing tariffs” ter agreeing to an earlier draft. freeze output ended without a result. as one of the ways of developing bilateral cooperation be- “I thought countries that came here, Brent crude futures fell almost 7 per- tween the two countries and said, “I emphasize the need for came to agree and not to discuss the need their positions in the morning.” way. Tehran had refused to join the freeze cent in early trading on Monday before direct flights between Prague and Tehran”. of joining in of those countries that were Delegates said Saudi Arabia had in ef- as it rebuilds its oil exports after years of recovering to $40.97 per barrel, still down “Development of common markets, making joint venture not participating,” he said. “We had been fect torn up an earlier draft of the deal sanctions. 2.15 percent since their last settlement. in the implementation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, disputing today a lot, and that was be- as it decided it could not be party to an Qatar respects Iran’s position Benchmark U.S. crude futures were down and development of infrastructures in Iran are among areas cause some countries from OPEC changed agreement that would give Iran any lee- Speaking to reporters after the sum- more than 5 percent at $38.31 a barrel. of potential cooperation between companies and firms of the two countries” he added. Mehdi Jahangiri, the vice chairman of TCCIMA, for his part, marked the presence of other countries’ economic delega- Iran’s daily gas output to rise 100 mcm by Mar. 2017 tions in Iran a sign of their determination to establish and de- ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian field operational, according to the IRNA Pars phases will enlarge the country’s showed a 15-percent-upsurge compared velop mutual economic relations with the Islamic Republic. deskOffshore Engineering news agency. daily gas production by 2 mcm and will to the preceding year. He noted, “During the short period that the windows of and Construction Company Manag- “The new platforms will also pull up add to its gas condensate production by Registering 15 percent rise, the field’s political dialogue have been opened between Iran and other ing Director Gholamreza Manouchehri the country’s gas condensate produc- 40,000 bpd. gas output escalated to 130 billion cubic countries, this is the third delegation of the Czech Republic said that about 100 million cubic meters tion by 160,000 barrels per day (bpd),” According to him, the implemen- meters (bmc) per day in the said time which visits the country”. (mcm) per day will be added to Iran’s Manouchehri stated. tation of these projects will bring the from its 113 bmc per day in year of 1393. Further in the meeting, Bahman Eshqi, the secretary gen- gas production capacity by the current As he elaborated, the platforms be- country $5 billion to $6 billion of daily South Pars field, which Iran shares eral of TCCIMA, referring to the fields of cooperation between Iranian yearend (ends March 20, 2017). long to phases 19, 20 and 21 of the gas revenues. with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, is esti- the two countries, said, “In the post-sanction era, spheres such The official added that the output in- field. In the past Iranian calendar year of mated to contain a significant amount of as oil and gas, transportation and tourism in Iran could see a crease will be achieved through having The senior official underscored that 1394, South Pars gas field produced 120 natural gas, accounting for about eight significant development in cooperation with the Czech side”. the five new platforms of South Pars gas implementation of each of the South million bpd of gas condensates, which percent of the world’s reserves.

JUMP Iran, S. Korea to pen 3 MOUs on energy co-op ECONOMY TEHRAN — Tehran and Seoul will ship with Iran, especially in ICT, steel, oil and gas sectors,” desksign three agreements for cooperation Joo Hyung-hwan the Korean minister of trade, industry Iran’s Airbus deal could be in energy sector along with the upcoming South Korean and energy said in a meeting with Valiollah Seif the gov- finalized next week President Park Geun-hye’ s visit to the Iranian capital, from ernor of the Central Bank of Iran in Tehran, in February. May 1 to 3, a top official in Iranian Oil Ministry told the The Korean official expressed his country’s eagerness 1 Shana news agency on Sunday. to launch joint ventures with Iran in shipbuilding, auto- The deal had been inked during President Hassan Rou- “An MOU will be endorsed between the two sides’ oil mobile production, hospital construction, and vocational hani’s visit to Paris on January 2016. and energy ministers and two contracts will be signed be- education. “We are in a very advanced stage of negotiations since tween the South Korean side, National Iranian Oil Com- He also said that Iranian banks will continue operation the meetings should be held next week to finalize the deci- pany (NIOC) and National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC),” in South Korea thanks to the lifting of sanctions against sion,” said the French minister, who arrived Sunday on the Marziyeh Riyahi explained. the Islamic Republic. first Air France flight to Iran in eight years. As she added, the two Asian countries will expand During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to As reported, Tehran and Paris also signed two agree- their cooperation in areas including increasing Iran’s enhance banking cooperation and open lines of credit to ments on expansion of mutual aviation and railway coop- crude oil output, making joint ventures to grow tech- facilitate bilateral trade. eration in the presence of the two ministers, according to nology transfer level between the two sides, making in- South Korean Assistant Minister for Trade Negotiations South Korea is a key trade partner of Iran in Asia. Seoul the portal of the Iranian Transport and Urban Development vestments in IGAT-9 (a 35 bcm per year pipeline that Kim Hak-do (L) visited Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Amir- imports as much as 10 percent of its required oil supplies Iran plans to use to send gas from South Pars to Eu- from Iran. Ministry. Hossein Zamaninia (R) in Tehran on Sunday. The aviation contract was signed between the CEO of rope via Turkey) and I-GAT-11 (the 1100-kilometer-long The current volume of trade between the two coun- Iran Air Company and the CEO of Air France, while the rail- pipeline which begins from Assalouyeh and join the 48- mini LNG and LNG plants, as well as cooperation in pet- tries stands at around $9 billion which is expected to be way agreement was inked between the deputy manager of inch Mashhad-Tehran pipeline after passing through the rochemical sector. increased to well above $10 billion in the near future, Press Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and the executive director provinces of Bushehr, Fars, Yazd, Isfahan and Semnan), “South Korea is eager to boost joint industrial partner- TV reported in February. of France’s National Railway Company. Underling both sides’ enthusiasm for increasing the vol- ume of mutual trade, the Iranian transport minister, for his Lonnie, Aussie drop after Doha New Russian budget rule to be based part, said that the railway contract includes renovating of three railway stations in major Iranian cities and aviation failure; yen near 1 1/2-year high on $40-50/brl oil price: Interfax deal is aimed at renovating Iran Air as prominent air com- Russia's finance ministry is proposing Oreshkin said the base price would pany in the region. The Canadian and Australian dollars year. a new fiscal rule where the base oil be decided in the autumn, when the Akhoundi stressed that the Iranian and French adminis- dropped as crude tumbled after oil-pro- “Lack of agreement from Doha has hit price for budget calculations would government is due to finalise the new trations will fully supervise the implementation procedures ducing nations failed to reach an accord commodity currencies lower,” said Robert be set between $40 and $50 a barrel, rule, which wouldn't be implemented of the signed aviation agreement with Airbus. to freeze output. The yen, used by inves- Rennie, the global head of currency and tors as a haven, rose toward a 17-month commodity strategy at Westpac Banking the Interfax news agency reported on until after 2018. high. Corp. in Sydney. “The prospects of anoth- Monday citing Deputy Finance Minis- "The budget rule - this is our long- The currencies of Australia, Canada, er near-term round of talks appear limited ter Maxim Oreshkin. term anchor for budget policy. This is Malaysia and Norway all retreated at ahead of the June OPEC meeting.” "This price approximately cor- not 2017 or 2018. This is a more long- EU energy chief sees least 0.6 percent after negotiations in The Australian dollar dropped 0.7 responds to the long-term average term perspective," he said. Doha ended without an agreement percent to 76.70 U.S. cents as of 12:55 price and over 10-15 years it shouldn't Under a previous rule, Russia had significant role for Iranian from OPEC and other oil producers to p.m. Tokyo time, set for the largest de- change," Oreshkin said. based its budget on the average oil LNG in Europe freeze supplies. Foreign-exchange trad- cline since April 7. The Canadian dollar "These are the levels which we price over the previous five years, ris- ers sought the safety of Japan’s currency tumbled 1 percent to C$1.2953 per dollar. now think of as certain structural lev- ing to 10 years by 2018. as the diplomatic failure threatens to Crude is the nation’s second-largest ex- els over a long-term period." This rule was suspended last year 1 send crude back toward the more than port. Malaysia’s ringgit slid 0.7 percent to Above this price oil revenues as a result of tumbling world oil “Developing a gas plant doesn’t take so much” time, he 13-year lows reached in February. World 3.9330 per dollar. would be accumulated in Russia's prices, which resulted in the base said. ”For sure, it’s not tomorrow. But for the medium term it is leaders at the end of last week signaled Oil futures fell as much as 6.8 percent, two sovereign wealth funds, with for- oil price greatly exceeding actual oil very clear that LNG will be a possibility. And that fits with the opposition to any efforts from Japan to the biggest intraday drop since Feb. 1. eign currency to be purchased on the prices. security and supply strategy of the European Union.” directly halt the yen’s 11 percent climb this (Source: Bloomberg) market to replenish the funds. (Source:Reuters) Mr. Canete said Iranian officials made clear over the week- end that Iran had no immediate interest in extending gas pipe- lines to Europe. That would take too long and involve striking HSBC sets up £10bn Toyota seen losing Apple extends iPhone transit deals with some of its regional rivals. $277 million as production cut for “That leaves LNG as the biggest possibility of starting to SME loan chest supply gas to the world markets and to the European market,” quakes halt Japan another quarter Mr. Canete said. output The next milestone will be a business forum on energy that Mr. Cañete hopes will happen early next year. The EU would HSBC is committing at least £10bn of loans to Toyota Motor Corp. may see its operating profit Apple Inc will continue its reduced production of iP- take energy operators, policy makers and financial institutions smaller businesses this year in spite of looming un- reduced by about 30 billion yen ($277 million) for the hones in the quarter ending June in light of sluggish sales, to the forum to explore opportunities and tackle a key issue: certainty over whether the UK will leave the European current quarter after a series of earthquakes struck the Nikkei business daily reported, citing parts suppliers the form of future energy contracts. Union. southern Japan and disrupted parts supplies to the notified of the plan. Iran has already made some changes to the types of con- The bank is announcing its largest funding pack- world’s largest automaker. Apple apparently does not plan to make enough of the tracts it offers foreign energy companies in a bid to hurry age to date for small and medium-sized companies Production shifts stopped late last week at Toyota’s newly launched iPhone SE model, the Nikkeireport said. investments. However it is a politically sensitive issue in Iran, across the UK, topping a fund of just over £8bn it un- Kyushu factories and will extend to other Japan as- The company’s shares fell 1.8% to US$110.05. Shares of where there is resistance against giving broad rights to West- veiled a year ago. sembly lines in stages throughout this week, Toyota some Apple suppliers also fell following the report. Sky- ern companies. HSBC is also fixing the fees that businesses pay to said in a statement. Japan’s most devastating earth- works Solutions Inc was down 1.4%, Broadcom Ltd fell Mr. Canete said that at a time of low and volatile energy use their bank accounts to £5.50 a month for a year, quakes since March 2011 began striking the southern 2.4% while Jabil Circuit lost 1.7%. prices, more-flexible oil contracts are indispensable. “We have in an attempt to retain and entice business custom- island of Kyushu on Thursday and have halted some The Nikkei reported in January that the technology gi- to try to shape oil contracts in a new form” to encourage EU ers. engine and parts production for Aisin Seiki Co., chip ant was expected to cut production of its iPhone 6s and 6s companies to “come here, make investment upstream, mid- The move comes as large high-street lenders start manufacturing for Renesas Electronics Corp. and Plus models by about 30% in the quarter ended March, stream and downstream,” he said. “The contracts established to return to small business lending after retreating in Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and motorcycle output for but production was expected to return to normal in the must be fit for purpose.” NEWS IN BRIEF the wake of the financial crisis. Honda Motor Co. current quarter. (Source: Wall Street Journal) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com AAPRILPRIL 119,9, 22016016 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

Air France to bring more French A CLOSER LOOK Moqaddam Museum: tourists to Iran: CEO Tranquility amid turmoil The turmoil of Imam Khomeini and Hassan Abad Squares is TOURISM TEHRAN – The num- so incredible that seldom one would notice the door of a deskber of French tourists to unique museum in Sheikh Hadi Street. Moqaddam Museum Iran will be increased by resuming of Air is located right amidst all this commotion. Yet, as soon as France flights to the country, Air France you put your foot into the entrance vestibule -hashti -of the Chairman Frederic Gagey announced house, you immediately leave the everyday mechanical life during a press conference at Tehran’s Es- behind. The walls do not allow all this commotion to enter pinas Hotel on Sunday. the private enclosure of this house now called the most valu- The first flight from Paris to Tehran able house of the world. since 2008 landed in Iran on Sunday. It It came to be known as such in 50s and 60s when Pro- carried French Transport Minister Alain fessor Pope, the American art historian wrote an article ti- Vidalies and a business delegation. tled: Survey of Iranian Arts in Sepid-o-Siah magazine on this “It’s a tourist destination which I be- unique house and its valuable historical objects.The house lieve is going to become very popular, belonged to Mohsen Moqaddam the youngest son of Ehtes- very attractive,” Gagey said, adding that ab-o-al-Molk, the mayor of Naser-aldin’s Shah’s era. he hoped Paris would serve as a hub for Mohsen loved painting since childhood. He studied paint- tourists from the U.S. or other places that ing at Kamal-ol-Molk School. He can even be seen in Kamal- were traveling to Iran. ol-Molk’s famous painting of his class. Later together with his “We have solved the problem of head- brother Hassan, Mohsen was sent to Switzerland to study paint- scarf rule for female crew as well. This is ing. He returned to Iran during the WWII, but left again, this time not the problem with all members of our to study history and archaeology. On returning home he began crew,” he explained. to travel with archaeological groups to various historical sites At a welcoming ceremony Vidalies said such as Deylaman and Shush as a supervisor. An Air France airliner arrives at the imam khomeini international airport in tehran on april 17, 2016 (afp/getty images) he was “proud of the resumption of these Mohsen Moqaddam was one of the fist Iranian archaeolo- direct flights” and said being “able to move female cabin crew would have to wear and come to the country,” he added. times per week from Paris to Tehran. gists who worked with great specialists of this field at several between Paris and Tehran was crucial... for loose fittings and headscarf when they Gagey said that they surprised by the Sanctions have been slowly lifted fol- historical sites. He was the founder of Fine Art College and entering into partnerships.” Iran’s deputy leave the plane. Iranian hospitality during their first flight lowing passage of the deal last July, and taught at the University of Tehran. Together with his French transport minister, Ali Abedzadeh, said he Air France said female crew mem- to the country. the two nations have begun rebuilding wife, they decide to dedicate their lives to set up a museum was happy to see the Air France service re- bers who objected to the rule would “Iran is an exceptional tourism des- their trade relationship. of all the valuable objects on the verge of demolition. The sume, AFP reported. be able to opt out of working those tination and we will encourage French A visit from Iranian President Hassan couple living in Moqaddam’s building decided never to have The resumption of the service caused flights. people for traveling to this country,” he Rouhani in January led to the purchase of children and instead consider the historical objects in their controversy in France after unions said “It is really an honor for Air France concluded. 118 aircraft from Airbus for approximately house as their children which they should look after and leave the airline sent an internal memo saying crew to have cooperation with Iranians Air France flights will take off three $25 billion. for the next generations. The house now mentioned as Moqaddam’s Museum was one of the luxurious houses of the Qajar period and has the two normally found sections in the old Iranian houses called biriouni (public wing) and andarouni (private wing). Along Atlas of Old Iranian Inscriptions with the other entire splendid constituent parts of this ma- jestic house, we can also see exculsively valuable golden tiles being compiled which in order to be preserved, Moqaddam had installed TOURISM TEHRAN – The Research Center are available in Iran,” she added. them in a suitable place in the walls. Some of these tiles are deskfor Cultural Heritage and Tour- She said that non-Iranian, Elamite and Akkadian absolutely unique in the world. ism is compiling an Atlas of Old Iranian Inscrip- language inscriptions will be added to the atlas in the In his journals, Moqaddam has mentioned how he has tions. next stage. found most of the existing historical objects now on display, A bilingual website is available to collect informa- The project is organized by the Linguistics, Inscrip- buying them either from vendors or house-owners intending tion from different provinces of Iran, the project man- tions and Texts Research Center, which is affiliated to to destroy their historical houses with whatever inside them. ager Katayun Fekripour said. the Research Center for Cultural Heritage and Tour- Others were either being smuggled out or circulating hands “The priority is given to inscriptions related to Old ism of Iran. in foreign countries which Moqaddam bought with his inher- ited wealth keeping them in or bringing them back to Iran. Persian, Arsacid Pahlavi, and Middle Persian, which The website is now available on iranepigraphy.ir. (Source: Dream of Iran)

Third Announcement

Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) Cotton spinning production line Invitation to Bid Tender No.: 95/527 Subject: Request for Proposal for Turnkey Basis of Engineering and Procurement (EP) Works of Cotton spinning yarn Manufacturing Plant

Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) of IRAN intended to award the contract for Turnkey Basis of Engineering and Procurement (EP) Works of cotton spinning production line through a tender bid. In this regard and in accordance with Iranian tender law and its bylaws, IDRO solicits Bids from internationally reputed organizations of both foreign and local origin for Engineering and Procurement (EP) works of cotton spinning production line on a turnkey basis.

1- Employer/Client: Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) 2- Project: Turnkey Basis of Works Engineering, Procurement (EP) of spinning production line for cotton, polyester and viscose and blended off. 3- Location: Ghostaresh sanaye Baloch CO, 5th km Bampor- Iranshahr road, Iranshahr, Sistan & Baluchestan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran. 4- Contract: Design and Engineering, Technology Transfer, Supply and Procurement of Equipment and Machinery, Installation, Commissioning, Supervision, Training and Operation of the Project. With respect to Laws and Regulations of the I.R. of Iran, the maximum potential of local contractors and suppliers shall be exploited and used by the selected Bidder. 5- Plant Capacity: 15 TON yarn per day (10 ton Ne 20 and 5ton Ne 30) . 6- Submission of Bids: From 9/April/2016 TO 30/ April/2016 . Filled RFP Documents Shall be posted to the below address. 7- Bid Bond amount: 25,000 Euro (Twenty Five thousand Euros) 8- Contact Information: 5th Floor, No. 2, IDRO Building, Jame- e- Jam St., Vali-e- Asr Ave, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98(21) 22044067 or +98(21)23862202, Fax: +98(21) 22044035 Email: [email protected] Person in charge: Mr. Saeid Ghorbani I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

6 INTERNATIONAL AAPRILPRIL 119,9, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international Arab Spring: Unreformed policing hampers transitions

By Yezid Sayigh transformation of every dimension of the society”. capacity that is bringing into question the resil- region’s politics. Renewed repression of dissent stands ience and very survival of several Arab Spring he fifth anniversary of the uprisings that Others conclude that the uprisings and their in stark contrast to the eruption of pent- states - and of others that underwent earlier challenged autocratic rulers in six Arab aftermath should be re-labelled an Arab Win- up anger in 2011, which focused on abu- forms of transition following armed conflict and Tstates in 2011 has generated many ret- ter, rather than Spring. Instead of delivering on sive police forces and internal security occupation. rospective reflections. hopes for political reform and social justice, services. Governing political structures are more Some commentators insist that analysis most governments have responded with “more But while most thoughtful commentators closed to dialogue and their coercive agen- of ongoing social and political process- war and violence”, as Amnesty International agree that authoritarian rule has intensified cies harsher than ever, blocking any mean- es cannot be reduced to simple “success summarized it, “and a crackdown on people in all cases except Tunisia, they also note the ingful reforms, but the states they run are or failure”, as these terms understate the who dare to speak out for a fairer, more open severely degraded institutional cohesion and also more brittle. 9

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Osborne warns of decades of NEWS IN BRIEF China to continue upgrading foreign trade in economic pain if UK quits EU accordance with WTO rules

Leaving the European Union would deliver it seeks to convince voters to remain in China will continue to transform and upgrade its foreign trade a blow to Britain’s economy and leave it 6 the 28-nation bloc. It will counter claims in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, an percent smaller by 2030, according to a by campaigners for Brexit, including Jus- official from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said. Treasury analysis produced as the govern- tice Secretary Michael Gove and Mayor of The statement, published on the MOC website, was made ment attempts to dissuade the electorate London Boris Johnson that leaving the EU by an official in charge of the MOC’s department of treaty and from voting to quit the bloc. would free up billions of pounds for the law after China and the United States on Thursday signed an The details will be published by Chan- NHS and other public programs. MOU in Geneva to resolve a case involving China’s foreign cellor of the Exchequer George Osborne The chancellor’s speech comes a day trade transformation and upgrading demonstration bases and on Monday morning. The first week of after his return from the International common service platforms. formal campaigning ahead of the June 23 Monetary Fund’s spring meeting in Wash- China has always followed WTO rules, and its WTO acces- referendum sees the government turn its ington, at which concerns about the U.K.’s sion commitment, said the official. biggest guns on the arguments advanced potential exit dominated discussions. Both China will continue to promote the transformation and up- by those backing a so-called Brexit. the IMF and the World Bank said an exit grading of foreign trade in accordance with WTO rules and “These people who go around saying would damage global growth. Osborne achieve steady and healthy development in this regard, the you can have all the benefits without any told reporters on Friday that concerns had official added. obligations, that’s economically illiterate been raised by China and Japan, as well as Close consultations have resolved misunderstanding about and it frankly totally misunderstands the European states. China’s demonstration bases and confirmed that the policy nature of the relationship Britain might Macron warning aims to encourage the transformation and upgrading of for- have outside the EU,” Osborne told BBC France’s Macron gave a blunt assess- eign trade, the official said. (Source: ChinaDaily) Radio 4’s “Today” program on Monday. ment on Sunday of the idea advanced by “The Germans or French wouldn’t give the “Leave” campaign that a vote to leave that to us because it’s a better deal than the EU would allow Britain to forge closer Germany or France get.” alliances with other trading partners, such IMF urges more spending to Osborne’s intervention comes a day as China. after French Economy Minister Emmanuel “Today, you are strong because you boost growth Macron told Britain that outside the EU it are part of the EU,” he told BBC Television. would be “completely killed” in trade talks “When you discuss your steel industry with The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee has urged with countries such as China, and days be- domestic product by more than 6 percent, many has made it very clear they don’t China you are credible because you are member countries to boost “growth-friendly” spending to help fore U.S. President Barack Obama is due making each household 4,300 pounds want new barriers in the way of their very part of the EU, not because you are just deal with slowing global growth. to visit the U.K. and offer his own warning ($6,000) a year poorer by 2030, he wrote. successful export business to Britain.” the U.K. You will be completely killed oth- The IMF managing director, Christine Lagarde, said that calm- Banish austerity against leaving. “Leave the EU, and the facts are: Britain erwise.” er markets since February had reduced the stress level at the IMF The Treasury will release its analysis would be permanently poorer,” Osborne Redwood offered his own vision of a Government warnings about the im- and World Bank spring meetings, but the outlook was still fraught following a speech by Osborne in west- wrote. “Britain’s families would be perma- post-Brexit Britain: “We’re going to be mediate domestic implications of an exit with downside risks from weak demand, a potential UK exit from ern England at 10.15 a.m. London time. nently poorer too.” better off, we’re going to banish austeri- have also been plentiful. Osborne said Fri- the European Union and low oil and commodity prices. The report will argue that an exit would John Redwood, a senior conservative ty, we’re going to spend our own money, day that an exit was likely to cause mort- “There was not exactly the same level of anxiety but I think cause permanent rather than temporary member of parliament who has long ar- we’re going to have the power to make gage rates to rise. Speculation of political there was an equal level of concern, and a collective endeavour damage to the economy due to lower gued Britain should leave the EU, rejected our own laws, and we’re going to control instability has also been raised, with for- to identify the solution and the responses to the global economic trade and investment, which would cut the analysis. our own borders.” mer Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer Ken situation,” Lagarde said. government income at “enormous costs” “It’s an absurd claim from the Treas- Monday’s report is the latest in a se- Clarke saying a vote to leave would make She described the gatherings, along with a G20 finance minis- to public spending, such as on the state- ury,” he told the BBC. “I’m very sorry that ries of economic warnings issued by Prime Cameron’s position as prime minister un- ters and central bank governors meeting on Friday, as “collective run National Health Service and defense, they’ve degenerated to these levels. Ger- Minister David Cameron’s government as tenable. therapy” to deal with the gloomy prospects. The IMF cut its global Osborne wrote in an article in the Times “Leave the EU, and the facts are: Britain Osborne’s appearance before lawmak- growth forecasts earlier this week for the fourth time in a year. newspaper. ers on the Treasury Select Committee has The IMF committee (IMFC) said in its statement: “Downside Permanently poorer would be permanently poorer,” Osborne been postponed by nine days to April 28 risks to the global economic outlook have increased since Octo- A Canadian-style post-Brexit agree- wrote. “Britain’s families would be to allow the panel to fully consider the ber, raising the possibility of a more generalised slowdown and a ment with the EU, as advocated by some permanently poorer too.” Treasury’s report. sudden pull-back of capital flows.” campaigners to leave, would shrink gross (Source: Bloomberg) (Source: The Guardian)

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NEWS IN BRIEF Solar powered bid to bring Intel’s Apollo Lake chips promise slimmer, beefier budget PCs modernity to developing world

Intel's Atom-based processors have gotten much better at deliv- A 40 meter long photovoltaic computer or physical - without the need of filterings," ering a lot of bang for the buck, but there's still little doubt that which provides clean water, while generat- said Attisani. "It also generates electric- you're using a low-cost system. ing electricity to recharge external devices, ity because it combines also photovoltaic PCs like HP's Stream series still tend to be thick, carry a mea- has been designed by an Italian company technologies and through photovoltaic ger amount of RAM and rule out intensive tasks like 4K video. for use in the developing world. Watly, set technologies we actually generate electric- You might not have to make quite so many sacrifices going for- up by entrepreneur Marco Attisani, has ity off the grid that can be used for em- ward, though: Intel has offered started an Indiegogo campaign to fund the powering the machine itself, the electronics a peek at Apollo Lake, a next- third version of its solar technology. "What inside the machine but as well for recharg- generation system-on-a-chip you are looking at is a big machine, it's an ing external devices - thousands of them, that promises to inject some infrastructural machine. It's 40 meters long, such as portable phones, computers." life into the budget category. 15 meters wide, and 15 tons," Attisani told According to Attisani, similar products It's not only more com- Reuters. "Primarily it's a computer, a big use reverse osmosis - otherwise known as pact, but efficient enough that computer that deals with things that com- filtering - which requires expensive main- PC makers can afford to slim puters do normally. They calculate, they tenance. The company says that a single things down without as many broadcast, they collect, they send them to unit will last for 15 years and, because compromises -- they can use the cloud, they interact with humans." it is emission free, can save as much as smaller batteries without hurt- The Watly 3.0 thermodynamic com- 1,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions ing battery life, for instance. puter uses solar energy to sanitize more (CO2), equivalent to 2,500 barrels of oil, The more inclusive design than 5,000 liters of water a day, as well as while purifying millions of liters of water (should also save several dol- generating electricity and connectivity. The The photovoltaic panels located on the roof generate and generating 1GWh (1,000 megawatt lars (around $5-7) in parts that machine combines photovoltaic and ther- hours) of free electricity. can be rolled into more RAM, mal solar technologies. Solar heat collected off-grid electricity to power the internal electronics of Each unit communicates with a Central better displays and similar upgrades. by vacuum-tubes is used to vaporize and the machine, and also for recharging external devices Network Management Platform, and also There's more than size and cost savings, of course. Apollo sanitize water fed into the machine. It can such as mobiles phones and portable computers. other units via radio-link, 3G or 4G net- Lake borrows the graphics technology from Intel's Skylake ar- clean contaminated water, including ocean works, or satellite connections. Individual chitecture, which brings full hardware-based 4K video playback water, within two hours. roof generate off-grid electricity to power mobiles phones and portable computers. units can be adjusted to changes in climate and an overall boost to visual performance. It'll also help drag Photovoltaic panels the internal electronics of the machine, and "Watly purifies water from any source of or environment. lower-cost computers into the modern era with richer support The photovoltaic panels located on the also for recharging external devices such as contamination - chemical, bacteriological, (Source: Reuters) for technologies like USB-C. Intel isn't yet revealing clock speeds, pricing and a few other key details for its new platform, but its promising Celeron- and Pentium- branded processors in the second half of 2016. They won't make Flexible 'e-skin' lets us turn our bodies into LED displays you forget about higher-end Core CPUs when they ship, but they might just raise the bar for computing -- that starter laptop or tablet Researchers at the University of Tokyo have brought us one discrete devices that we have to carry with us.” ing them from air and water damage. won't be as likely to choke on basic duties. step closer to the science fiction future our grandparents E-skin performs functions Each tiny diode functions as a single pixel. When mul- (Source: Engadget) imagined, by turning electronic skin (e-skin) technology Now, says Dr. Someya, e-skin can perform the same tiple diodes in the electronic skin light up together, they into a light display. functions as handheld devices, plus measure stress or create a display that can include numbers or images. The skin’s developers say their research gives consum- emotions. In his vision, e-skin could change communica- Researchers say that this PLED film also produced less ers a way to downsize from bulky electronic devices to the tion forever. heat and consumed less power than previous efforts. streamlined tech of the future. “In addition to not having to carry a device with us at all The developers of e-skin envision countless uses for Uncovering a deep-sea Thin and flexible e-skin is part of the new generation times,” said Someya, “they might enhance the way we in- devices embedded in the skin-like film, including medical swarm of zombie crabs of wearable electronics, ranging from bulky Fitbits to ul- teract with those around us or add a whole new dimension applications like measuring pulse rate or oxygen levels in tra-thin wearable smartwatches and other electronics. But to how we communicate." the bloodstream. In the murky depths of Panama’s Pacific coast, marine biologists even those have typically been inflexible – until now. According to their press release, electronic skin is ul- The medical community has long waited for technology witnessed what looks like a scene from “The Walking Dead”: The "advent of mobile phones has changed the way we tra-thin, ultra-flexible, and constructed of layers of silicon that can easily move and flex with the body. Thousands of crabs marching like a zombie horde. communicate," said Professor Takao Someya, one of the oxynitrite and parylene. These layers envelop 3-millimeter- Other uses for flexible, light-up skin range from fitness The team stumbled upon the horror movie moment last April study’s authors, in a press release. “While these commu- thick electronic devices called Polymer Light Emitting Di- to fashion. 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Monday peace talks in Kuwait aimed at unabated in Nahm, northeast of Sana’a, ending over a year of Saudi war in Yemen killing nine Saudi-backed militants on have been delayed, Reuters says citing Yemen peace talks delayed Sunday. officials from the warring sides. The northern capital remains in the JUMP The news agency quoted a senior of- hands of the Ansarullah movement and ficial in ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s over fighting accusations Saudi Arabia continues carrying out at- Arab Spring: Unreformed party as saying that “there’s no point in tacks from the air and ground to take it. policing hampers transitions going to Kuwait if there’s no respect for The House of Saud regime, however, is the ceasefire.” under growing pressure as its protracted 6 Nowhere is the connection between intensified au- Delegations representing Yemen’s An- war has ground into a no-win situation. thoritarianism and state brittleness more evident than in what sarullah (Houthi) movement and Saleh’s In February, Saudi military spokesman we loosely label policing: law enforcement and the mainte- General People’s Congress party, the Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri acknowl- nance of public order. main groups fighting Saudi-backed forc- edged that Riyadh was stuck in a “static Criminal justice system es, have yet to depart the capital Sana’a war” against its southern neighbor. Policing, along with the related formal criminal justice system, and cited heavy combat and airstrikes. Saudi regime is also coming under an was already in serious disrepair even before 2011, but has de- Fighting and airstrikes persist on sev- unprecedented criticism from around the generated far further amid tumultuous transitional politics. eral battlefronts throughout the country, world over rising civilian casualties and The challenge now is to rebuild and reform security sec- especially in the contested southwestern destruction in Yemen. tors - police, security, and paramilitary agencies and others city of Ta’izz and the Nehm area east of The United Nations has raised alarm such as customs departments - that have retreated into sul- the capital. over the growing influence of al-Qaeda len passivity or else retrenched in aggressive hostility towards Local residents and witnesses said in Yemen since Saudi Arabia launched citizens and activists. Saudi warplanes bombarded al-Ghayl Saudi-backed militiamen meanwhile Abdulmalek al-Mikhlafi, the foreign the war in March 2015. But the generic frameworks through which Western gov- district in the northern Yemeni province fired a barrage of rockets and artillery minister of fugitive ex-president Abd More than 9,400 people have been ernments and international organizations conventionally ap- of Jawf early on Monday. rounds at the city of Sirwah, about 120 Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s administration, killed and at least 16,000 others injured proach the task are inadequate. Saudi Arabia’s remotely-controlled km (75 miles) east of the capital, it said. said he didn’t expect “a full agreement at since the onset of the aggression. These focus heavily on providing security sectors with unmanned aerial vehicles carried out a Reuters quoted two officials from the this stage but rather a step toward that The Saudi strikes have also taken a technical training, management skills, codes of conduct, and number of reconnaissance missions over Saudi-backed group as saying that the end.” heavy toll on the country’s facilities and procedural rules to ensure “democratic governance” and “ci- the skies of the capital Sana’a, the al-Ma- opposing delegations would likely arrive The ceasefire has been violated nu- infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, (Source: agencies) vilian oversight” through financial transparency and legal and sirah television reported. on Tuesday. merous times with fighting that has been schools, and factories. political accountability. These outcomes are indisputably desirable, but remain highly nebulous in practice. Top Trump aide lobbied for Pakistani spy front Indeed, the overwhelming emphasis on technical ap- For more than five years, Donald Trump’s new top ippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Zaire’s brutal dicta- then business partner, Rick Davis, who at the time was Mc- proaches risks improving the security sector’s ability to de- campaign aide, Paul Manafort, lobbied for a Washing- tor Mobutu Sese Seko to an Angolan rebel leader accused Cain’s campaign manager. Manafort’s work for the Kashmiri ploy coercive tactics and equipment more efficiently, while ton-based group that Justice Department prosecutors by human rights groups of torture. His role as an adviser group has so far not gotten any media attention. reducing still further any incentives to comply with the rule of have charged operated as a front for Pakistan’s intelli- to Ukraine’s then prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, an ally But it could fuel more questions about his years law and respect human and citizens’ rights. gence service, according to court and lobbying records of Russian President Vladimir Putin, prompted concerns of lobbying for questionable foreign interests before In a context in which the social contract, national identity, reviewed by Yahoo News. within the Bush White House that he was undermining U.S. Manafort, 67, assumed his new position as chief dele- and the state itself are broken or being renegotiated - often Manafort’s work in the 1990s as a registered lobbyist foreign policy. It was considered so politically toxic in 2008 gate counter and strategist for a presidential candidate amid intervention by regional and international powers - the for the Kashmiri American Council was only one part of a that presidential candidate John McCain nixed plans for who repeatedly decries the influence of Washington very nature and purpose of policing, which is a defining func- wide-ranging portfolio that, over several decades, included Manafort to manage the Republican National Convention lobbyists and denounces the manipulation of U.S. policy tion of modern states, are in doubt. a gallery of controversial foreign clients ranging from Phil- — a move that caused a rupture between Manafort and his by foreign governments. (Source: yahoo news) Three kinds of dilemmas stand in the way of security sec- tor reform. The first is “hyperpoliticization”: Every aspect of transition becomes a zero-sum contest between rival political Young Iranian boy charged with molestation, homicide of Afghan girl camps, paralyzing governance. For large numbers of citizens, government legitimacy is SOCIETY TEHRAN — A 17-year-old Iranian Judicial Cooperation of the Judiciary of Iran, strongly de- determined by its ability to repress political or social actors deskboy, who abducted, sexually assaulted nounced the horrific crime of the 6-year-old Afghan girl, that are seen as threatening - rather than on its readiness to and brutally killed a young Afghan girl on April 10, is Setayesh, calling the related judicial authorities to take ur- deliver democracy, rule of law, and human rights - resulting now in custody. gent and decisive action to address the tragedy and bring in a restoration of authoritarian practices. The 6-year-old Afghan girl, Setayesh Ghoreishi, be- the criminal to justice. Kazem Garibabbadi, offering his As a result, violence becomes the “currency” through came the victim of gruesome act of her predator while she condolence on Setayesh Ghoreishi’s death, emphasized which both governance and opposition are exercised. was playing in her neighborhood, which happened to be the fact that there is no difference between Iranians and Political economy the residence of her offender, in Varamin County in south- Afghans regarding legal procedures in Iran’s justice system. The high financial cost of modernizing and profession- eastern Tehran. Gharibabadi said Iran, a country hosting three million alizing security sectors poses a second, “political economy” After her disappearance, Setayesh’s father set out to Afghan immigrants, has always made attempts to maxi- dilemma. search for his missing daughter by putting up flyers with mize capacity to attend to Afghans. Trimming grossly inflated security sectors affects unem- her photos and descriptions, while the entire community Afghans are too entitled to equal protection of the law ployment negatively, adding to social strains. But ending the came together handing out and dispersing the flyers in The police then took in the suspect who later confessed in Iran without any discrimination, Garibabadi explained. extensive involvement of security sectors in corruption and hope of returning Setayesh home safe. to his crime and reconstructed the crime scene. Severe punishment for Setayesh murderer: criminal economic activities poses a greater challenge. However, destiny had decreed another fate for her. All equal before Iran’s judicial system: Colonel representative of Varamin These trends evolved from more than two decades of cro- 12 hours pass her missing, one of the neighbors gave Colonel Abdolreza Nazeri, stressing that everyone is Seyyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, representative of ny economic liberalization and predatory privatization, but Setayesh’s father a buzz to console him, saying that his equal before the law, said that after tracing some clues, people of Varamin also voiced out his opinion saying, “The have intensified sharply as transitions in Arab states weak- daughter is just around. That the calls came in a few times special police force got involved and identified the pred- killer will face serious punishment.” ened regulatory frameworks and oversight mechanisms, was enough to raise suspicion. ator. Iran’s Majlis will follow up the case and deal with Se- “democratizing” corruption. And finally, Arab transitions have Having the police get involved, the father then discov- After completion of the case, the colonel noted, the de- tayesh’s killer based on the law of the country, because revealed the divergence of views and expectations within so- ered the lifeless, burnt body of his daughter in the house fendant will be determinedly charged in accordance with “Iran’s judicial system doesn’t differentiate between murder ciety regarding the purpose of policing. of his neighbor, from where he had received the phone the law. of an Iranian or Afghan.” We think of the police mainly as crime fighters and guard- calls earlier. Iran’s human rights official condemns Afghan According to Iran’s constitution, all are equal be- ians of public peace in the streets; but more important is their After molesting Setayesh, the predator killed and dis- girl murder fore the law, thus, everyone must be treated equally role in maintaining the dominant social and economic order pose her body with hydrochloric acid, a strong acid, used Deputy Secretary General of the High Council for under the law regardless of their race, gender, na- and curbing dissent. The breakdown of social contracts and in industry that can dissolve metals. Human Rights for International Affairs and International tional origin. manipulation of constitutional order has deepened diver- gences within society over the values and moral economy to be upheld by the police, and prompted growing resort to ‘Drone’ hits BA plane: Police Hezbollah raps Saudi-crafted informal providers of security and customary law, including investigate Heathrow incident OIC statement so-called Islamic and tribal forms. Restoring effective policing is crucial in order to rebuild Police are investigating a pilot’s claim was at the same height and within 25 Officials from Lebanon’s Hezbollah re- stance. social peace, resume economic development and growth, that his plane was struck by a drone as it meters of the jet. A report was made to sistance movement have strongly crit- “If this is the standard for what is and reintegrate deeply divided political systems and broken approached Heathrow airport. police but the drone operator was not icized the Organization of Islamic Co- considered to be interference in Arab state institutions - anchoring them in credible constitutional The Metropolitan police said they traced. operation (OIC) for leveling accusations affairs, what is Saudi Arabia doing in frameworks. But as these dilemmas show, divergences over were contacted on Sunday afternoon by Days later, a drone was flown within a against the group as well as Iran. Syria, Yemen and Egypt? What is Saudi what constitutes an acceptable social order, moral economy, the pilot, who landed the plane safely at few metres of an Airbus A319 landing at At the end of its latest summit on Fri- Arabia doing in Lebanon?” Raad said in and shared national identity have become fundamental. Terminal 5. No one has been arrested, Heathrow. The pilot told Airprox Board day, the OIC issued a statement accus- the memorial event. Unless they are bridged and enable genuinely reformed officers said. the drone may have been just 20 feet ing Hezbollah of backing terrorism and The House of Saud regime has policing, Arab states in transition are condemned to descend The flight, BA727, was coming in to above and 25 yards to the left when it causing instability in the Middle East. been engaged in a deadly military into ever deepening civil strife. (Source: Aljazeera) London from Geneva, carrying 132 pas- passed by the aircraft. The statement, which was not issued campaign against Yemen since March sengers and five crew. The jet was flying at an altitude of with consensus and was not endorsed 26, 2015 in an attempt to reinstate fu- British Airways said the Airbus A320 500 feet and was on the final approach by regional heavyweight Iran, also includ- gitive former President Abd Rabbuh U.S. can’t be blackmailed had been examined by engineers and when the drone was spotted. ed anti-Iran articles. It had been drafted Mansur Hadi, who is a Saudi ally and by Saudi money: Sanders cleared to take off for its next flight after After that incident, Landells had dis- during an expert-level OIC meeting in who had previously resigned. Over the incident. cussed the possibility of engine failure the Saudi port city of Jaddah in February, 9,400 Yemenis, including 4,000 wom- United States Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders Steve Landells, flight safety spe- in the event of a drone striking a plane. which Iranian officials could not attend be- en and children, have been killed in has censured a Saudi threat to sell off Riyadh’s American as- cialist at the British Airline Pilots “You end up with very high-velocity bits cause they were denied visas by Riyadh. the Saudi war so far. sets in the event of the passage of a 9/11 bill at Congress that Association (Balpa), said: “Frankly it of metal going anywhere they like. That On Sunday, Hezbollah lawmak- Saudi Arabia is widely seen to have could implicate Saudi officials in the 2001 attacks on America. was only a matter of time before we could be through fuel tanks, through er Hassan Fadlallah dismissed the OIC bought its way into taking over two stra- Sanders on Sunday told the ABC news channel’s “This had a drone strike given the huge hydraulic lines and even into the cabin,” statement during a memorial service in tegic Red Sea islands from Egypt, which Week” show that the United States needed to take a tougher numbers being flown around by he said. south Lebanon for a Hezbollah fighter reportedly gave them away for USD 20 stance against the House of Saud regime and its support for amateurs who don’t understand the “Losing the engine is not going killed in Syria. billion in Saudi aid. the radical ideology that drives terrorist groups such as the Is- risks and the rules.” to cause an aircraft to crash because “The accusations and statements Riyadh has also adopted a raft of hos- lamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) and al-Qaeda. “It appears that no serious damage they are designed to fly with one en- that were recently issued by the Organ- tile measures against Lebanon in reaction “We are not taking a hard enough look at Saudi Arabia,” was done on this occasion, but what is gine down. But an uncontained en- ization of Islamic Cooperation have no to the latter’s refusal to side with Riyadh said the Vermont senator, adding that parts of the Saudi ruling clear is that while most drones are flown gine failure is going to be different value or effect. They will never change against Iran, retracting a $4-billion aid family have funded the “extremely right-wing fundamentalist safely, sensibly and within the limits of every time. That could be very seri- anything in our choices and they will pledge to Lebanon earlier this year. ideology” of Wahhabism in schools around the world. the law, much more education of drone ous indeed.” never be able to prevent us from con- Meanwhile, Hezbollah’s Shariah “Saudi Arabia is playing a very dangerous role in foment- users and enforcement of the rules is “The first thing we want to do is tinuing on our path,” Fadlallah said. Council Head Sheikh Mohammad Yaz- ing fundamentalism all over the world,” Sanders warned. needed to ensure our skies remain safe get a drone or at least the critical Lebanese Hezbollah fighters have bek condemned the OIC’s statement U.S. can’t be blackmailed from this threat.” parts of a drone flying at a wind- been fighting alongside the Syrian army and said the movement would never be Asked about reports that Saudi Arabia might sell its Amer- Earlier this month, the airline pilots’ screen of an aircraft. The indications against terrorists and the Takfiri militant defeated militarily. ican assets if Congress approves the 9/11 bill to allow U.S. union called for an investigation into so far with computer modeling are groups that are wreaking havoc in the “We are ready to confront with families of the September 11 attacks to sue the Saudi govern- the likely effects of a drone strike on an that you’ll end up with penetration region and that are supported by the everything we have and to extend ment, Sanders said the United States “can’t be blackmailed.” aircraft after a report by Britain’s Air- of a windscreen.” House of Saud Regime, a member of our offerings for the sake of Islam, our A New York Times report on Saturday said Saudi Arabia prox Board found that there were 23 “One possibility is that the battery the OIC. dignity, our family and our people,” has threatened to sell off some $750 billion of American assets near-misses between drones and air- smashes the windscreen and the in- Mohammad Raad, who chairs Hez- Yazbek said on Saturday. The 13th OIC held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow craft in the six months between April side layer of the windscreen shatters bollah’s political wing Loyalty to the summit opened in Istanbul on Thurs- the Saudi ruling family to be held responsible in US courts for and October last year. and you end up with a lot of glass in Resistance Bloc in the Lebanese Parlia- day under the theme “Unity and Soli- any role in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They included one on 22 September, the cockpit, probably moving at quite ment, also slammed the OIC for claim- darity for Justice and Peace.” The OIC’s The Times said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir made when a Boeing 777 that had just tak- high speed.” ing that Iran is interfering in the affairs statement was issued without the con- the threat during a visit to Washington last month, informing en off reported that a drone narrowly “As a pilot, I don’t want to be sitting of some Arab states, and blamed the sensus of the organization’s member the U.S. administration and members of Congress of the po- passed the right hand side of the airliner. there when that’s going on.” Saudi regime for exerting pressure states. tential sale of treasury securities and other American assets. Investigators concluded that the drone (Source: Al Jazeera) on the organization to adopt such a (Source: Press TV) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 WOMEN AAPRILPRIL 119,9, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

FOOD FOR THOUGHT One-day reign of women in Iranian village

By Naghmeh Mizanian year. Then they go to families who have sick members. The bride congratulates all wom- There is an interesting tradition of one-day en who have been newly married. governorship of women in Ab-e Ask village, The queen of the village who is one of Mazandaran province, northern Iran. the prominent elders of women of the vil- On this special day which is selected lage, resolves any problem other women every year by an elder of the village, no face on this day. If a woman has a com- man is allowed to stay in the village and plaint about another woman, she should women take charge of the village affairs. raise the matter in public so that the issue The event, naming Zan Shahi (women’s would be tackled. governorship), is celebrated on one of the On this day, women dress beautiful color- “Mother's love created our awe-inspiring moral sense” Fridays of the month of Ordibehesht (April ful outfits, wearing no headscarf. They sing, Jeremy Griffith 21-May 21). dance, and play traditional games and tell The ritual begins before sunrise. All in- stories. Many women, whose wishes are ful- habitants gather in the village’s big square. filled that year, prepare and distribute food. Members of the Village Council and the On the same day, men of Ab-e Ask vil- elderly sing songs and inform everybody lage perform Barf Chal tradition outside the NEWS that no man, older than 5, could stay in the village. Barf Chal is the storing of snow in a village. Then women give the men all things well which will be used as drinking water on Hijab-clad Muslim woman they need for a day, and see them off till the hot season. removed from U.S. plane they leave the village. As the sun sets men of Ab-e Ask village Then the women of the village prepare return home and join their family. A hijab-clad Muslim woman in the U.S. was reportedly removed themselves to rule over the village. Sym- Similar rituals are also held in differ- from a Southwest Airlines plane after she asked for switching bolically, one woman becomes the queen ent Iranian villages. The reign of women Men of Ab-e Ask leaving their village on the day of women’s governorship seats with a flight attendant saying she “did not feel comforta- and another becomes the bride of the is marked also in Afus village, Isfahan ble” with the passenger. Hakima Abdulle, a Muslim woman from village. Others become ministers, guards bility as they should frequently report the man enter the village. province, at the end of spring, and Java- Maryland, said she was removed from the flight from Chicago to and soldiers. queen about the village’s conditions. The The queen and others first visit families her-Deh village, Mazandaran province, in Seattle “without any credible explanation”. The soldiers take the busiest responsi- guards safeguard the village not letting any who have lost one of their members that summertime. Abdulle said she wanted to switch seats but instead, she ended up being removed from the flight. This was the Religious rules should be observed if women second such incident involving the carrier this month after an Iraqi man claimed that he was are going to attend sports stadiums: MP removed from a Southwest WOMEN TEHRAN — The views of grand aya- not be very near to men’s, the MP explained. Airlines plane after a fellow desktollahs should be considered, even if Referring to women’s attendance in volleyball matches passenger heard him speak- the presence of women in sports stadiums to watch a in the past, he said there is no particular problem in this re- ing in Arabic. certain match is not facing any opposition, MP Ali Mot- gard and only religious rules should be taken into account. Zainab Chaudry, an official ahhari has said. The Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Sports and with the Council on Ameri- Motahhari, a member of the Majlis Cultural Commit- Youth Affairs are preparing a bylaw for the presence of can-Islamic Relations, said in a tee, also said if women are going to attend sports sta- women in sport events, Motahhari said. news conference that Abdulle diums, religious rules should be observed, fararu.com Although the vice president for women and family af- had boarded the Seattle-bound reported on Monday. fairs Shahindokht Molaverdi has made a great effort for aircraft on Wednesday when a flight attendant told her she would For instance, women should enter from separate en- women’s entry into sport arenas, women were not allowed not be permitted to remain on board. Airport police then escorted trances to sport complexes and their seat platforms should to watch 2015 FIVB volleyball World League in Tehran. Abdulle, who is of Somalian descent and was wearing a hijab, to the ticket counter, where she waited several hours for a later flight, Chaudry was quoted as saying by The Baltimore Sun. The flight attendant and Southwest employees inside the ter- minal were unable to provide “any reasonable explanation” for Women in Sacred Defense museum to be opened their action, Chaudry said, adding that Abdulle, who speaks little WOMEN TEHRAN English, was reduced to tears and “suffered extreme distress and — The first phase of a mu- oped by the mother of a martyr and some other anxiety as a result of this experience.” deskseum named Women in Sacred De- women in Khuzestan province aiming at com- When police asked the flight attendant at the gate if there fense (Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988) is to be opened in the memorating the women martyred during the war was any reason why Abdulle had been taken off the plane, the city of Ahwaz, Khuzestan province. and marking the role of women in the Sacred flight attendant reportedly replied, “No” and that she did “not The place of the museum has been a laundry in Defense. feel comfortable” with the passenger. Brandy King, a spokes- which women used to wash the cloths of Iranian sol- The museum includes three phases. The first phase woman for Southwest Airlines, was quoted as saying that the “in- diers in the period of war, ISNA reported. will probably be inaugurated on the occasion of the formation available, collected at the time of the event, indicates Creation of the museum was an idea devel- Liberation of Khorramshahr (May 24). that our employees followed proper procedures in response to this customer’s actions while on board the aircraft”. “We are not in the business of removing passengers from flights without reason,” King said. Abdulle’s husband Abukar Fi- In Nigeria's restive northeast, fate of thousands of abducted women remains unknown: UN daw said, “She was humiliated because of her religion and the way she dressed.” The plight of 219 Chibok schoolgirls ab- suffered forced recruitment, forced mar- In May 2015, it was reported that In a similar incident on April 6, UC Berkeley senior Khair- ducted two years ago is all too common riage, sexual slavery and rape, and have children had been used to perpetrate uldeen Makhzoomi was supposed to fly from Los Angeles to in Nigeria's conflict-affected north-east- been used to carry bombs. “Between 2,000 three-quarters of all suicide attacks in Ni- Oakland. Instead, Makhzoomi was removed from Southwest ern communities, and up to 7,000 women and 7,000 women and girls are living in ab- geria since 2014. Many of the bombers had Airlines flight after speaking Arabic before his flight took off, the and girls might be living in abduction and duction and sex slavery,” said Jean Gough, been brainwashed or coerced. Daily Californian reported. sex slavery, senior United Nations officials country representative of the UN Children's As the Nigerian military recaptures ter- (Source: The Indian Express) warned on Thursday. Fund (UNICEF). ritory from Boko Haram, abducted women “Humanitarian agencies are concerned Women and girls who have escaped and girls are being recovered. Over and that two years have passed, and still the fate Boko Haram have reported undergoing a above the horrific trauma of sexual vio- of the Chibok girls and the many, many other systematic training program to train them lence these girls experienced during their abductees is unknown,” said Fatma Samoura, as bombers, according to UNICEF. And 85 captivity, many are now facing rejection by This 15 year-old Nigerian refugee at the Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria. percent of the suicide attacks by women their families and communities, because of RECIPE OF THE WEEK Minawao refugee camp in northern Cam- At the hands of their captors, they have globally in 2014 were in Nigeria. their association with Boko Haram. eroon, was abducted by Boko Haram and Fresh strawberry almond pie spent four months in captivity. IN FOCUS Mehr/ Alieh Sa’adatpour “The secret is in the crust! This pie is perfect when topped “You are a Boko Haram wife, don't come with whipped cream and walnuts.” near us!” one girl reported being told. Ef- Ingredients: fective rehabilitation for these women and 1 1/2 cups crushed pecan shortbread cookies girls is vital, as they rebuild their lives. 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds Children have suffered disproportion- 1/3 cup butter, melted ately as a result of the conflict. The Chibok 6 cups fresh strawberries, hulled abduction was not an isolated incident. 1 cup white sugar In November 2014, 300 children were 3 tablespoons cornstarch abducted from a school in Damasak, Bor- 1/3 cup water no, and are still missing. 1/4 teaspoon salt A UNICEF report, released earlier this 1/2 teaspoon almond week, states that 1.3 million children have Directions: been displaced by the conflict across the Preheat oven to 350 de- Lake Chad Basin, almost a million of whom grees F (175 degrees C). are in Nigeria. Similarly, human rights In small bowl, stir togeth- watch have reported that 1 million chil- er all crust ingredients. Press dren have lost access to education. on bottom and up sides of a “The abducted Chibok girls have be- 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 8 come a symbol for every girl that has minutes. Cool completely. gone missing at the hands of Boko Har- Mash enough strawber- am, and every girl who insists on prac- ries to equal 1 cup. In 2-quart ticing her right to education,” said Munir saucepan, combine sugar and Safieldin, Deputy Humanitarian Coordi- cornstarch. Stir in mashed nator for Nigeria. berries and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, More needs to be done by the Nigerian until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil (8 to 15 minutes). government and the international com- Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. munity to keep them safe from the horrors Stir in salt and almond extract; cool 10 minutes. Fill baked other women and girls have endured. Safe crust with remaining fresh strawberries; pour cooked mixture schools are a good start, but safe roads Golnaz, a woman from Sistan-Baluchestan Province, is creating needlecraft on her dowry’s pillow cover. Needlework is over fresh berries. Refrigerate at least 3 hours. Garnish with and safe homes are also needed. whipped cream and walnuts if desired. one of the most popular handicrafts of women in this province. 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Iran considers Branko as a CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFC Champions League MD5: replacement for Carlos Queiroz: report Tuesday preview Inaugural winners Al Ain and former continental champions Al Hilal as well as Iran’s Tractorsazi Tabriz, Shanghai SIPG of China SPORTS Persepolis head coach and A-League side Melbourne Victory are within sight of a place desk Branko Ivankovic could in the last 16 of the AFC Champions League heading into Tues- replace Carlos Queiroz if the Portuguese day’s penultimate round of group stage fixtures. leaves his role at Team Melli, according to Currently sitting in second place in Group D, 2003 winners Al Croatian media. Ain from the United Arab Emirates travel to Uzbekistan to face Ivankovic, who extended his contract last Nasaf with Zlatko Dalic’s side knowing victory will ensure a third week, has a term on his new contract which straight appearance in the last 16. allows him to leave and become Iran coach After back-to-back losses to leaders El Jaish of Qatar, Al Ain if Carlos Queiroz quits. bounced back with consecutive wins over Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli, Queiroz, who is under contract with Iran but they will face a tough test against a Nasaf side who must win Football Federation until after the 2018 to guarantee their continental campaign continues until the final World Cup, has recently stated that he is round of fixtures next month. not going to continue his job due to disa- “We achieved a good greement with the Iranian officials. win tonight against a strong The 62-year-old Portuguese coach criti- team” said Dalic after seeing a cized Iranian sports officials over their lack of Douglas brace secure victory support for Iran men’s national football team. over Al Ahli earlier this month. Branko has a four-year spell as Iran na- “The three points are tional team head coach (2002-2006) and very important because it is led Team Melli to 2006 World Cup in Ger- an away win. However, this many. doesn’t mean that we are close Iran has qualified for the third round of as we still have two matches. World Cup qualifying round in Asia. The We must concentrate in order team has been drawn in Group A along to win those matches and se- with South Korea, Uzbekistan, Qatar, China cure our place in the knockout and Syria. stage.” Al Ain, though, will be with- out midfielder Mohamed Abdulrahman, while defender Sherzod Azamov will also sit out the fixture for the home side. AEK interested in signing of Iranian Michel Salgado congratulates Meanwhile, already qualified El Jaish will win the group with a striker Karim Ansarifard Persepolis fans over winning derby game to spare should they beat Al Ahli or if Al Ain fail to defeat Nasaf, but they will be missing the suspended Waleed Bakshawn and Fahad Hamad,. And two-time Asian Club Championship winners Al Hilal will also progress to the Round of 16 for an eighth consecutive season if the Saudi Arabian club defeat current Group C leaders Tractorsazi or Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor fail to defeat already-eliminated Al Jazira. A win for Tractorsazi, though, would mean cementing top spot ahead of the last round of fixtures and see the Iranian side ad- vance to the knockout stage for the first time in four attempts. Anything but all three points in Tashkent for Numon Khasa- nov’s Pakhtakor, though, would mean the end of any hopes for a first Round of 16 appearance since 2010. In Group G, continental debutants Shanghai will look to con- firm their place in the last 16 with at least a point against Mel- bourne while a win over the Australians would see the Chinese Super League team win the group with a game to spare. While Sven Goran Eriksson’s side will be without suspend- ed midfielder Cai Huikang, any result but a Suwon Samsung SPORTS SPORTS AEK Athens football 5th. AEK has more chances to qualify for Former Real Madrid Iranian league. Bluewings victory over Gamba Osaka in Group G’s earlier tie desk desk club has shown in- the European competitions. defender Michel “I congratulate the fans of Persepolis would also be enough to see Shanghai through. terest in signing of Panionios Iranian Ansarifard had a poor spell in Spain Salgado sent a message of congrat- over the victory in derby. And I believe For two-time continental champions Suwon, defeat to Gamba striker Karim Ansarifard, according to with Osasuna but he managed to retain ulation to Persepolis fans on winning that Esteghlal’s fans should not be dis- in Japan would mean premature elimination from the competi- NovaSports. his top form in this season’s Greek Super Tehran derby. appointed because they can get back tion, while even a draw might not be enough if Melbourne avoid Ansarifard, who scored 8 goals in 26 League with Panionios. Persepolis defeated bitter rival Esteg- on track in the future. Life goes on,” Sal- defeat in China. appearances for Panionios so far, has still Ansarifard’s goal in the 28th week of Greek hlal 4-2 in Tehran derby on Friday. gado said. For bottom-placed side Gamba, even a win over Suwon might one year left on his contract with the club. Super League won the Best Goal Award. The Reds moved to top of Iran Pro- The Spaniard has traveled to Iran to not be enough for the 2008 champions if Melbourne return to AEK is currently in second place of Former Persepolis and Osasuna striker fessional League with the win and took meet the talented young players for Real Australia with at least a point from their tie in Shanghai. Greek Super League while Panionios is has 50 caps for Iran scoring 10 goals. a major step toward securing title in the Madrid Academy. “I am proud of my team for this result,” said Melbourne coach Kevin Muscat after his side’s 1-1 away draw with Suwon earlier this month. “We defended well and I want to praise my team for that. We pre- Iran’s junior Kabaddi team wins Asian championship pared well for Suwon’s counterattacks and it was a good result for us. “Both teams still have very difficult away trips still to come. National Iranian girls’ Kabaddi team has won the trophy at to the Indian squad 28-58. Suwon must go to Japan to take on Gamba Osaka while we go the fourth edition of Asian Junior Kabaddi Championship The Iraqi and Sri Lankan boys’ and girls’ outfits claimed to China for a tough game with Shanghai. It is very difficult to say for Boys and Girls in the northwestern city of Urmia follow- the third and fourth places respectively. what will happen.” ing a victory over a strong Indian side. The fourth edition of the Asian Junior Kabaddi Champi- Finally in Group H, both defending champions Guangzhou On Saturday evening, the Indian sportsmen opened the onship for Boys and Girls, organized by the Kabaddi Feder- Evergrande of China and three-time Asian champions Pohang game at Urmia’s 6,000-seater Ghadir sports hall in a dominant ation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, started in Urmia, Iran, Steelers of Korea Republic may need to wait until the result of- fashion, and took advantage of the hosts’ weak points as the on April 13, and finished on April 16, 2016. Wednesday’s match between Australia’s Sydney FC and Japan’s game progressed and eventually won the first set 9-8. Kabaddi is the national game of Bangladesh and Urawa Red Diamonds to know their fate. Young Iranian female athletes bounced back as the also the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Guangzhou must win in Pohang to en- match extended into the second set. They availed of Indian Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and sure, with any other result meaning elimination, but should Urawa players’ individual mistakes to notch up points, and ulti- Punjab. avoid defeat in Australia then a first win of the campaign for the mately secured a 20-16 win. India has the most successful Kabaddi team on the world Chinese Super League champions would still remain insufficient. Later in the day, national Iranian boys’ Kabaddi team stage, having won every World Cup and Asian Games title Meanwhile, a defeat or draw with Guangzhou would also see finished runner-up at the end of the fourth edition of Asian so far, in both men’s and women’s categories. Pohang casting nervous glances to the action in Sydney with a Junior Kabaddi Championship for Boys and Girls, slumping (Source: PressTV) positive result for Urawa also potentially eliminating the K-League Classic side. Iran para-taekwondo team top-ranked in Asia (Source: AFC) National Iranian men’s para-taekwon- due to injuries he sustained earlier in the tour- minus 75-kilogram and minus 61-kilogram Jamie Vardy could face do team has demonstrated impressive nament, and settled for silver. weight divisions respectively, and added displays of athletic skills and prowess at Mehdi Pourrahnama routed his Russian two more gold medals to Iran’s tally at the extra ban the second edition of Asian Para-Taekwon- rival 6-3 in the final of the men’s minus sporting event. do Championships in the Philippines, and 75-kilogram section to snatch Iran’s first Ahmad Narimani sustained a 2-5 de- Leicester striker Jamie Vardy faces an anxious wait to discover if finished in the first place. gold medal. feat from his Kazakh opponent in the last he will face further punishment for his angry reaction to his red On Monday, Iran’s Mohsen Abdi, who had In the minus 61-kilogram weight cate- contest of men’s over 75-kilogram category card against West Ham United. earlier overcome his Russian opponent as well gory, Sajjad Javanbakht conceded a 3-15 and received a silver medal. Vardy was dismissed in the 56th minute of the 2-2 draw as his compatriot Asghar Azizi in the march loss to his Mongolian rival, and pulled off Earlier on Monday, Azizi picked up a against West Ham after referee Jon Moss adjudged the striker to to the last contest of men’s over 75-kilogram the second silver medal for Iran. bronze medal in the men’s over 75-kilo- wondo Championships will be held in Ma- have dived under a challenge in the box from Angelo Ogbonna. category, could not show up for the final en- Mahmoud Ja’farzadeh and Saeed Sade- gram section. nila, the Philippines, on April 18, 2016. The England international reacted furiously, pointing and shout- counter in the Philippine capital city of Manila qiyanpour also stole the show in the men’s The second edition of Asian Para-Taek- (Source: PressTV) ing in the face of the official before eventually leaving the pitch. Vardy is currently due to serve a one-match ban, which rules him out of Sunday’s home game against Swansea City. But if Esteghlal Khuzestan coach Veisi Iranian Greco-Roman team heads the Football Association decides to charge him with improper conduct he is in danger of missing the trip to Manchester United linked with Sepahan to Mongolia on May 1 too. At the start of the month Chelsea striker Diego Costa was Media reports suggest that Esteghlal second in IPL table one point behind TEHRAN — Iran’s two-member Gre- fort to earn a place in 130kg weight class. given a one-match suspension, fined £20,000 and warned as to Khuzestan coach Abdollah Veisi has leader Persepolis. co-Roman team traveled to Mongolia on The 2016 World Wrestling Olympic his future conduct after he protested angrily to referee Michael been linked with a move to Sepahan of Sepahan seems reluctant to contin- Monday to take part at the 2016 World Qualification Tournament 1 is the first of Oliver rather than leaving the pitch immediately after seeing red Isfahan football club. ue with Croat coach Igor Stimac since Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tourna- two worldwide qualification tournaments at Everton. Under guidance of Veisi, Esteghlal the title holder is 11th in the table. ment 1. for the 2016 Olympics. The top three com- When asked if he fears an extended ban for his star strik- Khuzestan is a favorite to win the Iran Veisi, who also coached Saba and Six-time world champion Hamid Souri- petitors in each weight class will qualify. er, manager Claudio Ranieri said: “Listen, I don’t want to speak Professional League for the first time Paykan, has played for Sepahan for an will compete at the tournament to book It will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongo- about the referee, Vardy, the situation. You watched the situation in history. seven years. a berth in the 59kg weight category. lia from April 22 to 24 April. better than me. I want to stay calm and speak about football.” The Ahvaz-based football team sits (Source: Tasnim) Amir Ghasemi Monjazi also makes ef- (Source: Tasnim) (Source: Soccernet) b

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ARTTEHRAN — The Indian classical flut- deskist Hariprasad Chaurasia will be giving ARTTEHRAN — A collection of desk a concert in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on April 23. rare Georgian manuscripts is In a press conference held here at Vahdat Hall, the on display at the National Library and Archives Indian Ambassador to Tehran, Saurabh Kumar, asked of Iran (NLAI) during an exhibit, which opened for more cultural relations between Iran and India, and its doors to the public on Sunday. proposed that artists from the two countries have more NLAI Deputy Director Gholamreza Amirkhani, interactions. Georgian Ambassador Ioseb Chakhvashvili and The officials of the two countries believe that bilateral dozens of Tehran-based Georgians were in at- ties must be strengthened, the ambassador said, adding tendance at the opening ceremony of the show- that he is happy one of the Indian music legends will case. be having a concert in Tehran, the Rudaki Foundation In a short speech, Amirkhani pointed to cul- reported in a press release published on Monday. tural affinities between Iran and Georgia, and “This musician is one of the greatest flutists in India referred to whose performance will be a beginning for future pro- Georgian romances and epics, which blended grams,” the ambassador said. the civilization of Persia with original elements Referring to the recent visit of Indian Foreign Minis- of Caucasian folklore, one of which is “Visrami- ter Sushma Swaraj to Iran, the ambassador added that ani: The Story of the Loves of Vis and Ramin”, useful talks have been made and this concert will be the adapted from an Iranian romance dating back beginning of bilateral cultural relations. to Parthian times. Director of the Rudaki Foundation Bahram Jamali, also attending the conference, said that the foundation mutual commonalities with Iran. dedicate one day a year to India on the calendar of Tehran calligraphy has planned a variety of programs with countries having Jamali also added that the foundation is willing to events at Vahdat Hall. exhibit to celebrate birthday of Imam Ali (AS) Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel’s collection of poetry published ART ARTTEHRAN — Tehran’s Milad TEHRAN — A collection of poetry pose a poem about the Prophet Muhammad (S); I also deskTower will open an exhibition of deskcomposed by Academy of Persian composed a poem for (the third Imam of the Shia) Imam calligraphy works on Imam Ali (AS) on Thursday Language and Literature director Gholam-Ali Hadd- Hussein (AS) and now they are here in the book,” Hadd- to celebrate birthday of the Imam. ad-Adel was unveiled during a ceremony in Tehran’s Art ad-Adel said. The exhibit entitled “With Truth” will also Bureau. “I had tried to be myself in this book, not to hide showcase calligraphy works presenting some ha- Entitled “Still Again”, the book is published by the Art anything, and to compose poetry with my beliefs. I am diths from Imam Ali (AS) until April 29. Bureau and contains all different types of poetry, the bu- whatever I have said here in this book,” he added. reau reported on Monday. “I thank God I am an Iranian and a Muslim, and that “The publication of this collection took a long time. I Persian is my language and can make use of a thousand Culture Ministry, know it is late for a person who is his seventies to publish of years of poetry as my ancient heritage. I also thank his poems but I have my own reasons,” Haddad-Adel God I can communicate with all the thoughts and feel- Iranian Chamber of Academy of Persian Language and Literature Director Gholam-Ali Commerce discuss said at the ceremony. Haddad-Adel speaks during the unveiling ceremony of his poem ings that have been created over the past thousands “I wanted to publish poetry about the people and collection “Still Again” at Tehran’s Art Bureau on April 17, 2016. of years in the Persian language-speaking regions,” he art market the characters I like. For a long time, I had tried to com- (Tasnim/Meqdad Madadi) concluded.

CULTURE TEHRAN — Minister of Cul- PICTURE OF THE DAY IQNA/Hassan Aqamohammadi deskture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Tehran Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Di- rector Mohsen Jalalpur discussed art trading during a meeting on Monday. museum to A plan to establish a federation for econ- omy, culture and arts at the ICCIMA to pro- hang works by mote Iranian art and cultural products in in- ternational markets was also scrutinized at the meeting. Japanese artists ARTTEHRAN — The deskImam Ali (AS) Reli- gious Arts Museum will showcase cal- ligraphy works and drawings by Japa- nese artists in an exhibition, which will “Jungle Book” roars with open on Thursday. $103.6 million debut The museum will organize the ex- hibition entitled “Cherry Blossoms and NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co.’s “The Jungle the Tale of Genji” in collaboration with Book” opened with $103.6 million in North America, the Embassy of Japan in Tehran and making it one of the biggest April debuts ever at the the Art and Cultural Organization of box office and continuing the studio’s streak of un- the Tehran Municipality. earthing live-action riches buried in its animated clas- The Japanese tea ceremony and sics. workshops for Japanese styles of cal- Jon Favreau’s update of Disney’s 1967 animated ver- ligraphy will be held on the sidelines sion of Rudyard Kipling’s book tells the tale of Mow- of the exhibition. gli with computer-generated imagery and big-screen Some Japanese women are also bombast. A sizable 42 percent of the film’s domestic scheduled to teach visitors how to sales came from 3-D and premium-format screens. wear the Japanese kimono during the “The Jungle Book” is just the latest of Disney’s string exhibition, which will run until April 26. of live-action remakes of classic cartoons (“Cinderel- Vice president for women and family affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi (L) unveils a bust of Monir Gorji (2nd R) during a ceremony held by the The museum can be found at 53 Es- National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) to honor the top Quranic scholar in Tehran on April 18, 2016. la”, ‘‘Alice in Wonderland”, ‘‘Maleficent”), most of which fandiar Blvd., off Vali-e Asr Ave. have fared well at the box office. More plundering of the Disney library is in the works: “Cruella De Ville” and “Peter Pan” are in development; “Beauty and the Beast” Faceless portraits of political leaders Italy’s Giuseppe Tornatore to shoot is scheduled for next March. on show at Tehran exhibit movie for China’s Alibaba Pictures “There’s some consistency that’s happened here in the last few years as we’ve really made this a priori- ARTTEHRAN — A se- LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — ty between Italy and China that was ty and a strategy from a company perspective,” said desklection of faceless Italy’s “Cinema Paradiso” director Gi- signed in 2014. The first film that used Disney distribution head Dave Hollis, who credited portraits resembling some world-re- useppe Tornatore has struck a deal the treaty was Cristiano Bortone’s “Cof- production president Sean Bailey with overseeing the nowned political leaders such as Na- to make a movie with China’s Alibaba fee”. live-action adaptations. “He’s been able to do it in a poleon Bonaparte and Queen Eliz- Pictures Group, the filmmaking arm of Tornatore, who has other credits way that really makes them contemporary and, cer- abeth painted on pieces of mirror e-commerce giant Alibaba. including “Malena”, “A Pure Formality” tainly in this case, fully utilizes available technology. frames by the Ireland-based Iranian The deal was symbolically signed by and “The Legend of 1900”, joins an ex- “We’ve got a lot more of these stories to tell”. artist Roxana Manuchehri is on dis- Tornatore and Zhang Qiang of APG at panding list of well-known talents who “The Jungle Book”, made for about $175 million, was play in an exhibition at Tehran’s Asar the end of a forum on co-productions have signed first look or outline deals propelled by glowing reviews from critics. It ranks as Gallery. Sunday on the first full day of the Bei- with APG. Others include Wong Kar- the second biggest April opening ever, behind only The visitors will have the chance to jing International Film Festival. Among wai and Peter Chan. “Furious 7’s” $147.2 million debut. watch their own faces in the mirrors Art fans visit the exhibition of works by Roxana the witnesses to the signing was Miao Earlier this month APG announced It also took in an estimated $136.1 million overseas and for a second be able to feel like Manuchehri at Tehran’s Asar Gallery on April Xiaotian, VP of China Film Co-produc- that it had teamed with Skydance to 17, 2016. (Honaronline/Gatha Ziatabari) that includes $20.1 million so far in India where it’s the a queen or a king by looking at the tion Corporation. produce a film about the Flying Tigers, third-highest grossing Hollywood release after 10 days. portraits. shape with a different color resembles “The deal is an agreement in the WWII squadron in which U.S. and Ahead of the film’s big opening, Warner Bros. - sensing “The idea of the exhibit is rooted in one country on display. principal (without a specific pro- Chinese airmen flew on the same side, stiff competition - pushed the release of its own “Jungle my personal interest in collecting old Gold is the symbol of ultimate ject that is yet agreed),” Tornatore with Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”) Book” a year to October 2018. photos of world kings and queens,” power in her works and that is why told Variety. He said that it will likely supplying the screenplay. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for com- Manuchehri said at the opening cer- she has named her exhibit “From the happen within the next two to three Alibaba Pictures began investing Score, said that the live-action remakes are proving to emony of her exhibition on Monday. Gold Land”. years and be a majority Chinese-fi- in Hollywood film with its stake in the be another substantial engine for Disney, along with She has also invented a new type The exhibit will be running until nanced picture. 2015 Skydance film “Mission: Impos- its franchise-building assets in Marvel, Pixar and Lu- of mapping and map-reading in two May 6 in the gallery located at 16 Bar- It was unclear whether the film will sible - Rogue Nation” in partnership casfilm. of her works on display. Each different forushan St., off Iranshahr St. use the bilateral co-production trea- with Paramount Pictures.