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Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13490 Monday SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Mehr 1, 1398 Muharram 23, 1441 Washington’s policy acting patiently Persepolis emerge Parsa Piruzfar of maximum pressure toward U.S. hostile moves victorious over to play in has not worked 2 for sake of Islam 2 Esteghlal 15 “Drunk on Love” 16

Iran’s currency value stable despite new U.S. sanctions — Iran’s national currency rial Military holds parades has been holding firm over the past few days despite the new U.S. sanctions which Iran ready to forgive neighbors’ past mistakes and extend hand of friendship to them, says Rouhani have targeted the country’s central bank and National Development Fund, Press See page 2 TV reported. Rial was traded at year-long highs of about 114,000 per U.S. dollar on Sunday, according to currency rate web- sites and reports from Tehran’s unofficial exchange market. 4 Larijani says Iran is friend of regional states TEHRAN — The armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not let the to become a playground to create insecurity in the region, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday. He was making a reference to the U.S. plan to create a so-called security coali- tion in the Persian Gulf. “This is a new plot to plunder the region,” Larijani said, according to Tasnim. 2

UN urges Saudi to seize opportunity as Yemen offers ceasefire Majid Asgaripour TEHRAN— The United Nations has welcomed a proposal by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia in return for an end

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ to the Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen. 13 ARTICLE 13 million Venezuelans ink petition against U.S. imperialism REPORT Mahnaz Abdi Faranak Bakhtiari TEHRAN— The government of Venezuelan across Venezuela to sign the petition calling on paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.” Head of the TehranTimes Tehran Times journalist President Nicolas Maduro has launched a world- the United States to lift the unilateral blockade. The order was also designed to prevent Economy Desk wide campaign in denunciation of U.S. economic “In every corner of the planet, we have seen the third-party countries doing business with Ma- sanctions against the Latin American country #NoMoreTrump campaign because it is a feeling duro’s government. and garnered more than 13 million signatures that has expanded to the peoples of the world. “The petition is the expression of the will of a Chabahar- as part of an official petition set to be delivered This campaign symbolizes anti-imperialism,” people who want peace, progress, tranquility and World Car-Free Zahedan railway to the United Nations. said Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, above all want to guarantee a free and sovereign Day: costly cars, Maduro initiated the campaign last month who signed the petition herself during one of the homeland,” Rodriguez added. project requires after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an closing acts in Caracas. According to Press TV, in his executive order on cheap fuel to blame executive order that officially seized Vene- “The petition is the expression of the will of a August 5, Trump said “all property and interests private sector’s zuelan state assets in the U.S. and imposed a people who want peace, progress, tranquility and in property of the government of Venezuela that for air pollution complete economic and diplomatic blockade above all want to guarantee a free and sovereign are in the United States... are blocked and may contribution on the country. homeland,” Rodriguez added. not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, ir pollution incurs financial loss The government in Caracas wrapped up In his executive order on August 5, Trump or otherwise dealt in.” of about 140 million rials (nearly onnecting the ports to the railway the “No more Trump” campaign with a total of said “all property and interests in property of the The order was also designed to prevent A$3,300) for each family in Iran an- network is an issue seriously em- 13,287,742 signatures on Sunday as thousands government of Venezuela that are in the United third-party countries doing business with Ma- nually, however both high-priced vehicles Cphasized and followed up by Iran gathered in the capital as well as other major cities States... are blocked and may not be transferred, duro’s government. and low-cost fuel are to blame for the air over the recent years, as the country pollution severely haunting big cities of the is strongly pursuing the objective of country, said Behzad Ashjaei, secretary boosting exports and transit via its ports. Will General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi return to Egypt? of the technical inspection committee of Chabahar Port in southeast Iran is the Department of Environment. By Mokhtae Haddadi The protests were formed at the request of and making certain companies to carry out the the most prioritized one for railway con- According to the World Health Organ- TEHRAN — For the first time since Abdel Fattah a campaign on social media launched by Mu- projects. Senior officers have also been paid by nection as the port’s exemption from ization, seven million people die from el-Sisi came to power in Egypt, there have been hammad Ali, exiled businessman. Muhammad these projects, in addition to their salaries. the new round of the U.S. sanctions on air pollution every year, making it the wide protests against him in Cairo and other Ali who is exiled in Barcelona, asked to The supervisors believe that base on the the country is an opportunity for de- greatest environmental threat to health cities. The protesters have called for his dismissal overthrow el-Sisi. The Egyptian contractor, Constitution, the Egyptian army goes beyond velopment of export, transit, and also today. Urban air pollution in particular is due to growing corruption. who exposed el-Sisi’s corruption cases, urged the observation of the parliament. It makes the transshipment. increasing by 8 percent every five years, There were wide protests against el-Sisi in Egyptians to come to the streets and launch a army a closed and non-transparent organization Lying on the coast of the Gulf of Oman and 95 percent of cities worldwide do Alexandria, Suez, Damietta, Dakahlia and Ghar- revolution against him.The people’s anger was that is not audited. No one knows how much in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan not meet World Health Organization’s bia. Images have been spread on social media aroused when Muhammad Ali posted files about funding and foreign financial assistance does it Province, Chabahar is the country’s only guidelines. showing that protesters have taken down and the corruption of the President and the Egyptian receive, how much domestic investment projects oceanic port and given its strategic loca- An international movement ripped large pictures of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. army on social media. These files revealed that does it have, or how much it costs. The question tion in the International North-South to curb air pollution Transport Corridor (INSTC) development Dozens of people were arrested in Tahrir they wasted public treasury on the projects that is that, after the protests by the Egyptians against Square, where the Egyptian revolution flared have no benefits for Egyptian people, such as Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will he keep his promise and World Car-Free Day is an interna- of the port is of high significance for Iran. tional event celebrated every September The project for building a railroad con- against Husni Mubarak in 2011. Police used tear building Egyptian presidential palaces. step down? He has stated repeatedly that if Egyptian gas extensively, and security forces rush in the From the analysts’ view, the Egyptian army people want him to leave, he would not hesitate for 22 in which people are encouraged to necting Chabahar to Zahedan (capital city use public or non-motorized transport streets to react to smallest movement. is accused of entering in all economic projects, a moment. 13 of Sistan-Baluchestan Province) is planned to get around. to be completed by the end of the Iranian It has come a long way since its begin- calendar year of 1400 (March 2022). nings in 1956, when Dutch and Belgians Last week, Iranian First Vice Presi- abandoned their cars every Sunday to curb dent Es’haq Jahangiri announced that the effects of the Suez Crisis. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali This Sunday, skyrocketing oil prices Khamenei has agreed with withdrawing aren’t the reason why 2,500 cities world- $300 million from the National Develop- wide are participating in the “car-free day” ment Fund (NDF) for Chabahar-Zahedan initiative – it’s the alarmingly high levels railway project. Naval of NO2 and CO2 in the atmosphere. The official said that the government Vehicles are a significant source of pol- attaches high importance to the develop- lution, and transport is the fastest-growing ment of Makran (a semi-desert coastal parades source of fossil-fuel CO2 emissions, the strip along the coast of the Gulf of Oman). largest contributor to climate change. He stressed that the government The results of going car free for one day is making every effort to implement in the are clear: the first “journée sans voiture” and complete the projects in Makran (day without a car), which took place in and in this due Transport Ministry is in 2015, reduced exhaust emissions working hard on Chabahar-Zahedan Persian Gulf by 40 percent. railway project. Last year in London, diverting traffic Iranian military held naval parades (exercises) Completing Chabahar-Zahedan away from the marathon route caused in the Persian Gulf near the port city of Bandar railway projects has become more local air pollution levels to drop by as Abbas on Sunday. The parades marked an in- necessary since inauguration of the much as 89 percent. vasion of Iran by ’s army on first development phase of Shahid Be- In this regard, UN Environment Pro- Mohammad Mehdi Ghadimi September 22, 1980. Surprisingly enough, in heshti Port (an extension to Chabahar gram’s “Share the Road” program supports recent months the United States and a few of Port) in December 2017, which tripled governments and other stakeholders in de-

ISNA/ its client states in the region are also showing the port’s annual shipment capacity veloping countries to invest in infrastructure teeth to Iran. to 8.5 million tons. 4 for pedestrians and bicycles. 12 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Washington’s policy of maximum pressure has Iran displays Bavar-373 not worked: Zarif

POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad deskJavad Zarif has said that Washington’s policy of system in military parade sanction and pressure against Iran has not worked. “The United States is running out of options. It is desperate. The POLITICAL TEHRAN – In a military tected (MRAP) vehicle for the first time in policy of maximum pressure has not worked,” he told CGTN in an deskparade in south of Tehran the nationwide parades. interview aired on Sunday. on Sunday, the Iranian military displayed the Also, a new artillery system named Ha’el Pointing to recent sanctions on Central Bank of Iran (CBI), he said Bavar-373 air defense missile system. (Barrier)’ was for the first unveiled during that the difference between these sanctions and previous sanctions The parade marked the 39th anniversary the Sunday parades which is equipped with on the CBI are twofold. of Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran. a passive radar system and can intercept the “First, central bank based on the sanctions cannot even be involved Bavar-373 is a mobile missile defense targets in a stealth mode. in transactions on food and medicine. It means that the central bank system designed to intercept and destroy The artillery system is mobile and has been which is primary source of money for companies that buy food and incoming hostile targets. The system em- designed to confront low-altitude targets, in- medicine for Iran cannot finance them anymore. That means targeting ploys missiles that have a maximum range cluding cruise missiles, aggressor drones or the daily lives of ordinary people. Second, the difference between this of 300 kilometers. The system is capable of little flying objects. designation and the previous designation is that it makes it more diffi- simultaneously detecting up to 300 targets, Iranian military might is being showcased cult for the next administration to remove these sanctions,” he stated. tracking 60 targets at once and engaging six at a time of tensions initiated by the United He added, “So, they want to make negotiations impossible. They targets at a time. States and Saudi Arabia with Iran. The U.S. want to make a change impossible. So, you need to re-examine the The system is a competitor to Russia’s S-300 has been attempting to put together a maritime position of President Trump that he wants to negotiate with Iran. He missile system and brings quite a few sub- coalition to sail in the Persian Gulf following just imposes a type of sanctions on Iran, on the central bank of Iran stantial upgrades over its Russian equivalent. accusations that Iran has sabotaged oil ship- that would be very difficult for him and for his successor to remove.” According to the Fars news agency, the ping in the waterway. Trump said on Friday that he has ordered sanctions on Iran’s armed forces also displayed the home-made Concurrent with the show of armaments, central bank at “the highest state-of-the-art missile defense system named military forces across Iran held parades, includ- level.” Trump, who had initially Zarif says ‘Khordad 15’ which is equipped with passive and intercept them at a range of 120km. cluding Qadr, Emad, Sejjil, and ing in the Persian Gulf. The military parades imposed the sanctions applied phased array radar system for detecting fighter It can also trace stealth targets in areas Qiam were also displayed during the parade. on September 22 mark the beginning of the to Iran’s central bank, said the through jets, stealth targets and cruise missiles. 85km in distance, and destroy them at a dis- In addition to the powerful missiles, the Sacred Defense Week. Iran calls resistance new penalties on Iran mark the sanctions on The system can trace targets, including tance of 45km. military also unveiled a newly-developed against the invading Saddam Army in the “highest sanctions ever imposed fighter jets and enemy drones, 150km away Eighteen home-made ballistic missiles, in- home-made mine-resistant ambush pro- 1980s “Sacred Defense”. on a country.” Iran’s central Zarif said on Saturday that bank they the U.S. sanctions on the central want to make bank shows “desperation” and failure of “maximum pressure”. negotiations Military holds parades In a tweet, Zarif said that the between Iran and Iran ready to forgive neighbors’ past mistakes and extend hand of friendship to them, says Rouhani sanctions displays “the prevent- the United States ing of CBI from financing im- POLITICAL TEHRAN — At the start of Iran to present ‘Hormuz peace takes place against the Islamic Republic, the port of food and medicine for “impossible”, deskthe Sacred Defense Week, initiative’ at UN aggressors will be faced with an immediate our people”. adding Trump which marks the anniversary of Saddam Iran and regional countries can establish response and that the domain of the Iranian He added that the sanctions “just imposes a Hussein’s invasion of Iran on September 22, security in the Sea of Oman and Strait of armed forces’ response will not be limited to also display “B_Team’s fear of 1980, Armed Forces held military parades Hormuz, he said. the “source of threat”. U.S. return to negotiation and type of sanctions across the country. “This year at the United Nations, we will Top Iranian commanders have also firmly “B_Team’s efforts to drag into on Iran, on the Military parades were held in Tehran and present to the world the Hormuz peace initiative warned that Iran will hit back against any act war”. central bank of 30 other provincial capitals, as well as the — the gist of which is love and hope — with the of aggression. Abdonnaser Hemmati, gov- Persian Gulf waters. slogan ‘The coalition of hope,’” Rouhani stated. In his Sunday remarks, President Rouhani ernor of Iran’s central bank, also Iran that would The military parade in Tehran involved Rouhani is scheduled to travel to New York slammed Washington’s warmongering in the said late on Friday that the new be very difficult Army, the IRGC, police, border guards, and to attend the annual UN General Assembly Middle East, saying, “You have always been a sanctions prove Washington’s Basij. meeting on Monday. curse and a disaster for the region,” and that inability to impose more pres- for him and for Flanked by top military officers, Rouhani Rouhani added the presence of foreign the farther away the U.S. is from the region sures on the Islamic Republic. his successor to addressed the ceremony in south of Tehran. forces for the region is dangerous for the the more secure the region will become. “The U.S. administration’s remove.” Rouhani said the Iranian military would security of shipping and oil flow. On the contrary, he continued, Iranian imposition of sanctions on neither allow any violation of its borders nor “Our path is a path of creating unity and Armed Forces have brought security to the the Central Bank of Iran again would it violate those of other countries. coordination with regional countries,” the countries that they have helped. shows how empty their hands are in finding leverage against Iran,” Also, in an indirect reference to Saudi president stated, adding that those who want oil facilities, for which Washington and Riyadh “When they stood by the side of the people Hemmati stated. Arabia, Rouhani said Iran is ready to forgive to attribute regional incidents to Iran are lying have blamed Iran. of , Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon, they “If such measures had been effective in pushing the cruel demands of the past mistakes of its neighbors and extend as they always do. Iran has denied involvement in the attack, brought security to those lands and managed that administration, the economic situation in the country (Iran) would the hand of friendship toward them because If they are truly after establishing security in and a fierce war of words has been playing out to root out savage terrorists in the region,” be very different from the current one,” he added, according to Tasnim. the enemies were seeking to take advantage the region, they must stop delivering dangerous between the two sides, with U.S. President the president said. “The repeated failures of the U.S. administration over the past of the rifts among regional states. weapons, fighters and bombs to the region, Donald Trump threatening that his forces The current Tehran-Washington tensions year and a half show that these sanctions have become more inef- He also said Iran will present at the United said Rouhani, referring to the United States. were “locked and loaded”. were caused by the U.S. withdrawal from the fective than ever,” the central banker said, adding that the Iranian Nations this year an initiative for regional “If they are truly after [establishing] security Last Monday, Iran officially warned U.S. 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint economy has proven its resilience to sanctions. cooperation to ensure peace in the Strait of in the region, they [must] distance themselves officials against their claims that Iran had a Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi also said on Saturday Hormuz, IRNA reported. from this region,” he added. role in the attacks. The warning was submitted May 2018, which was followed by a series that Washington must admit failure of its sanction policy against Iran. Rouhani made the remarks in Tehran during Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have to the Swiss ambassador to Tehran whose of increasingly hostile moves against Iran, He described the U.S. foreign policy as “confused” and “frustrat- a military parade commemorating the 39th soared in recent days, especially after an attack country represents the U.S. interests in Iran. including re-imposition of harsh sanctions ed” which is just based on “unilateralism, bullying and economic anniversary of Iraq’s war against Iran. by Yemeni Armed Forces against Saudi Arabia’s Iran insisted in the letter that if “any moves” and allegations of misconduct in the region. terrorism” and lacks “wise and dynamic initiatives” to settle issues peacefully. “I hope the United States’ officials will understand that they are not the only economic superpower anymore and that there are IRGC deputy chief: Iran acting patiently U.S. sanctions Iran’s central bank to many countries which are interested in enjoying Iran’s market and economic opportunities. toward U.S. hostile moves for sake of Islam please Saudis, ex-diplomat says Mousavi urged the international community to devise a new POLITICAL TEHRAN – The dep- regional Arab countries lying on the POLITICAL TEHRAN — Abdol- imposed on a country.” economic and business system to reduce effects of the U.S. hostile deskuty chief of the Islamic southern shores of the Persian Gulf. deskreza Faraji-Rad, Iran’s Trump’s move came after Yemenis made actions. Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said “When the U.S. has admitted former ambassador to , has said drone attacks on the Aramco oil facilities in on Sunday that Iran is acting patiently weakness against the capabilities of that the United States imposed sanctions Saudi Arabia on September 14. towards the United States’ hostile moves the Islamic Republic, we pay no mind on the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) to please Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Larijani says Iran is friend of for the sake of Islam and Muslims. to the threats made by some regional the Saudi rulers. Zarif said on Thursday that the U.S. values Rear Admiral made the countries,” he remarked. “The United States seeks to persuade oil more than the lives of the Arab people, regional states remarks on the sidelines of a military The IRGC-second-in command add- Saudis that it takes actions like that in return criticizing Washington’s hypocrisy regarding parade marking 39 years after Saddam ed that the Islamic Republic is seeking for receiving money from Saudi Arabia and the war on Yemen. U.S. Persian Gulf coalition aims to Hussein’s army invaded Iran. unity among Muslim countries. the United Arab Emirates,” Faraji-Rad told “Arab blood vs. Arab oil / A primer on U.S. plunder the region, Larijani notes “I hope countries in the region will The senior commander also warned ISNA in an interview published on Sunday. policy: 4 years of indiscriminate bombard- understand that Iran acts patiently to- that Iranian armed forces will shoot U.S. President Donald Trump said on ment of Yemen, 100,000 dead Yemenis, 20M 1 He made the remarks at a military ceremony held in ward U.S. hostile deeds for the sake down any drone that encroaches Iranian Friday that he has ordered sanctions on Iran’s malnourished Yemenis, 2.3M cholera cases, the southern port city of Bandar Abbas to mark the Sacred De- of Islam and Muslims,” Fars quoted territories, reminding the downing of central bank at “the highest level.” Trump, who carte (blanche) for culprits,” Zarif tweeted. fense Week, which is the anniversary of the beginning of Iraq’s Fadavi as saying. the U.S. spy drone over the Persian Gulf had initially imposed the sanctions applied Washington has claimed that Iran was war against Iran 39 years ago. The commander also played down on June 20 as it invaded the Iranian to Iran’s central bank, said the new penalties involved in the attacks, an accusation Iran Larijani also said Iran is a friend of regional nations while military threats against Iran by certain airspace. on Iran mark the “highest sanctions ever has called “maximum deceit”. is the main enemy of Muslim states. “The Iranian nation and its self-sacrificing armed forces view all Muslim nations as their brother and consider those countries’ might the might of Islam, and regard the usurping Zionist regime (Israel) as a cancerous tumor in the region,” the top parliamen- not to be drawn into military conflict with Iran: Scott Morrison tarian said, according to Press TV. By staff and agency European countries that are considering the attacks which has been rejected by Iran. He added, “The main reason behind insecurity in the region Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison participating in the maritime act. The Eu- During a meeting with Morrison in the and the main enemy of Muslims is this very regime (Israel).” has said that his country will not be drawn ropean countries don’t generally agree with Oval Office on Friday, Trump said his pref- The parliament speaker also lauded the Iranian armed forces into any military conflict with Iran. the United States’ action of pulling out of erence was for restraint. However, he has as a national and regional asset, saying the armed forces have Australia was engaged in the Strait of Hor- the nuclear deal,” Sputnik quoted him as ordered additional deployment of troops and succeeded in establishing security in Iran and the region. muz and “that’s where our involvement is”, saying on September 2. enhanced air and missile defense systems to “The regional countries themselves are capable of establishing the Guardian quoted him as saying on Sunday. The United States has called on its Eu- Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. security in the region,” he said. “There was no discussion about anything ropean and Asian allies to form a maritime Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday reiterated else. There was an appreciation of our involve- force to supposedly monitor safe shipping Javad Zarif said on Friday that “even the Washington’s plan to build a maritime coalition in the Persian ment in that particular operation, which I in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf. Saudis themselves don’t believe the fiction Gulf to deter what he called Iranian threats. remind everyone is about freedom of nav- The friction is rooted in U.S. President of Iranian involvement” in the attacks on He was speaking after talks with Saudi and Emirati lead- igation in the Straits of Hormuz,” he said. Donald Trump’s decision in May 2018 to the Aramco oil facilities. ers over the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that He added, “That’s what that is about. unilaterally withdraw from a landmark nu- He said on Thursday that a military strike Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Tehran. Iran denies The other matters that are being pursued clear deal signed in 2015 between world against Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia any involvement in the attack. by the United States are matters that they’re Morrison as saying at the time. powers and Iran. would result in “an all-out war”. The Yemeni forces on September 14 launched drone attacks pursuing, and I made it very clear when we Australian Ambassador to Russia Graeme Since then, the U.S. has reinstated sweep- “I make a very serious statement about on two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, including announced our involvement in [the Strait of Meehan has said that Canberra’s participa- ing sanctions against Tehran as part of a defending our country. I am making a very the world’s biggest processing facility. Hormuz] that it was very much about that tion in the U.S.-led coalition in the Persian “maximum pressure” campaign and has also serious statement that we don’t want to en- The attacks came in retaliation for the Saudi-led coalition’s freedom of navigation issue and that’s what Gulf does not mean that the country agrees beefed up its military presence in the region. gage in a military confrontation. But we won’t continued aggression on the Arabian Peninsula country. it is about and that’s appreciated.” with Washington’s stand on Iran. The tensions escalated in May, when the blink to defend our territory,” he told CNN. Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have Morrison announced on August 21 that “We are quite careful to say that our par- U.S. accused Iran of sabotaging tankers in Zarif said that Iran hoped to avoid con- been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarul- Canberra will take part in the U.S.-led co- ticipation in the maritime action to protect the shipping route, allegations vehemently flict, adding that the country was willing to lah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former alition in the Persian Gulf. shipping in the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t denied by Iran. talk to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But the president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. “The government has decided that it is mean that we agree with all the actions that Following Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi possibility of a return to negotiations with The U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data in Australia’s national interest to work with United States are taking in relation to the Arabia’s oil installations on September 14, the U.S., however, would not happen unless Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, our international partners to contribute. nuclear deal. Of course, the two things are Trump flagged the prospect of a military Washington provided full sanctions relief estimates that the Saudi-led war has claimed the lives of over Our contribution will be limited in scope connected, but there are also differences, strike against Iran. as promised under the 2015 nuclear deal, 60,000 Yemenis since January 2016. and it will be time-bound,” Aljazeera quoted and I think that is the same for some of the Washington claimed Iran was behind Tehran’s top diplomat said. TECHNOLOGY

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Zarif: Whoever starts war will not Navy chief warns of consequences of attack be the one who finishes it against Iran POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian Navy Chief Rear Admiral U.S. ‘posturing’ by sending troops to Saudi Arabia, Iranian FM says deskHossein Khanzadi has warned the enemies of the consequences of any aggression against Iran. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian est sanctions ever imposed on a country.” In case of any aggression by the enemy, the Iranian armed deskForeign Minister Mo- The president’s remarks at the White forces will give the most crushing response in the shortest time hammad Javad Zarif has said any country House came two days after he announced possible, Khanzadi said on the sidelines of military parades in that starts a war against Iran “will not be via that he had instructed Treasury Bandar Abbas, Mehr reported. the one who finishes it” as he said the Secretary Steven Mnuchin “to substantially U.S. is «posturing» by sending troops increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!” and defense equipment to Saudi Arabia Many analysts believe that the regime following the September 14 attacks on a of Benjamin Netanyahu is behind Trump’s major Saudi Arabia oil facility. illegal approach toward Iran. Netanyahu was «I think it›s posturing. I think it›s all going one of the chief opponents of the nuclear the wrong direction in addressing this issue,» deal and has been repeatedly claiming that Zarif said in response to a question on how Iran is bent on building nuclear weapons. Iran sees the development in an interview Zarif has referred to recent remarks by that was set to air Sunday on CBS› «Face former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson the Nation.» about how Israelis have played Trump, saying The Trump administration has blamed Tillerson’s remarks confirms that the B-Team Iran for the attack by the Yemenis on Saudi took Trump for an “easy mark”. Arabia’s Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field “Even President Trump’s former Secretary that adversely affected up to half of the sup- of State now confirms what we have long point- plies from the world’s biggest oil exporter. ed out: #B_Team took @realDonaldTrump President Donald Trump on Friday ap- for an easy mark who could be lied to and “Today, the defense power of the Islamic Republic of Iran is at proved the deployment of U.S. troops and pushed to war—and the US military as their its peak” and Iran’s naval forces are ready to defend the country’s missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia personal mercenary,” Zarif said in a tweet marine borders, he remarked. and the United Arab Emirates. on Saturday. “This naval parade aims to show the readiness of armed forces Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thurs- “Some still do, despite his firing of one and Iran’s deterrence power, and also to send a message of peace day said the attacks were an «act of war» while member,” he added. and friendship to neighboring countries,” Khanzadi added. Trump announced he would «substantially Tillerson said on Wednesday that Israeli Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have soared in recent increase» sanctions on Iran. Zarif says Iran is “confident that if the officials “played” Trump in their conversations days, after an attack led by Yemeni armed forces against Sau- Zarif denied that Iran had anything to United Nations carries out an impartial with him, warning that a “healthy amount di Arabia’s oil facilities, for which Washington and Riyadh do with the attacks and said if the United investigation into” the attack on the Saudi of skepticism” is needed in dealings with have blamed Iran. Nations launches an impartial investigation Netanyahu. Iran has repeatedly rejected the claim. into the attack “the outcome will be that it oil facilities, “the outcome will be that” the The comments came during a panel Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has raised the was not launched from Iran» drones were “not launched from Iran». discussion at Harvard University in which specter of “all-out war” in the event of the U.S. or Saudi military “We are confident that if the United Na- Tillerson, who was fired by Trump last year, strikes and that Saudi Arabia would have to fight “to the last tions carries out an impartial investigation in an “all-out war.» eligible to get a visa, but they›re doing it on touched on a variety of themes from his tenure, American soldier.” the outcome will be that it was not launched Major General , the chief of a waiver basis. So they want me to know that including Iran, his hiring freeze at the State from Iran,» Zarif remarked. the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), I›m not supposed to be here,» Zarif stated. Department and the unpredictable nature The chief diplomat has already said linking also threatened on Saturday that any country The United States under President Trump of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Iran to the attack on the Saudi oil facilities that attacks Iran will see its territory become has put an extreme pressure on Iran. He Netanyahu. Iran wants to make 9/22 a is a “maximum deceit” in line with Wash- the “main battlefield”. He added, “Whoever abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal, officially “They did that with the president on a ington’s “maximum pressure” on Tehran. wants their land to become the main battle- called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action couple of occasions, to persuade him that day of peace, Zarif says On Friday, Zarif also said “even the Saudis field, go ahead.” The general also said Iran (JCPOA), in May 2018 that was struck under ‘We’re the good guys, they’re the bad guys,’” themselves don›t believe the fiction of Iranian will claim responsibility for anything it does. his predecessor Barack Obama. Tillerson said, according to the Harvard Ga- POLITICAL TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad desk involvement” in the attacks on the Aramco Zarif says U.S. made it clear he He has introduced a total ban on Iran’s oil zette. “We later exposed it to the president so Javad Zarif says Iran wants to make September oil facilities, citing Saudi Arabia’s retaliation was not welcome at UN export, Iran’s main source of income. Since he understood, ‘You’ve been played.’” 22 a day of peace – not war. attack on Hodaideh in Yemen as a reason. Zarif also said that the U.S. made it clear abandoning the JCPPA, the Trump admin- The “B-team” is a term thrown into popular “9/22/1980 is a dark day for Iranians as it marks Saddam’s Asked by CBS if he was confident Iran he was not welcome at the United Nations istration has been trying to strangulate the usage by Zarif. It refers to a group of politicians invasion - with support of global powers,” Zarif said in a tweet could avoid a war, Zarif said, «I›m confident General Assembly in New York City next week Iranian economy. Iran has called the U.S. who share an inclination toward potential on Sunday. “Our region has been in turmoil ever since.” that we will not start one but I›m confident that he planned to attend, despite being ap- sanctions pressure “economic terrorism”. war against Iran, and the letter “b” in their He added, “We want to make 9/22 a day of peace- not war. that whoever starts one will not be the one proved for a visa waiver. Trump on Friday said he has ordered names. They include Benjamin Netanyahu, Today @HassanRouhani launched Coalition for HOPE: Hormuz who finishes it.» «Well not necessarily, because the United sanctions on Iran’s central bank at “the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Peace Endeavour. Details at UNGA.” «That means that there won›t be a limited States is under obligation, being the host of highest level.” Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin war,» Zarif said, echoing his previous com- the UN headquarters to issue visas to member Trump, who had initially imposed the Zayed Al Nahyan, and, former U.S. national ments that a military strike on Iran by the states. So they made it very clear in a letter sanctions applied to Iran’s “national bank,” security advisor John Bolton. United States or Saudi Arabia would result that they attached to my visa that I›m not said the new penalties on Iran mark the “high- Bolton was fired on September 10. ‘Victims of terrorism are peace messengers’

Rouhani leaving for New York to attend UN summit POLITICAL Son of a martyr of the Hafte Tir terrorist attack deskrecited a statement that “Victims of Terrorism POLITICAL TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani Monday dismissed the possibility of such meeting, saying Are Peace Messengers” in front of the Peace Palace in the Neth- deskis set to travel to New York on Monday to “neither is such a plan on our agenda nor will such a thing erlands in the 21st September, International Peace Day. attend the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, happen.” Media section of the Association for Defending Victims of according to the president’s office. However, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi Terrorism reports that a body of the association that is in the “In addition to his speech at the General Assembly, Pres- said, if the United States “stops economic terrorism and Netherlands to discuss human rights issues related to victims ident Rouhani will meet top media directors and experts of returns to the nuclear deal, then they may sit at a corner of terrorism, recited the statement entitled “Victims of Terror- New York and a number of America’s foreign policy elites,” and be present within the framework of the nuclear deal ism Are Peace Messengers” in front of the Peace Palace in the Parviz Esmaeili, the president’s media officer, said on Sunday. member states,” the New York Times reported, citing Fars Netherlands. Esmaeili said the president will be interviewed by some news agency. In part of the statement media outlets and will hold a press conference at the end Earlier, the White House had said that it was not ruling we read: “The idea of the of his stay in New York, IRNA reported. out the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Rouhani peace has been a concern Rouhani will also meet some heads of state, the secretary on the sidelines of the UN summit. for many scholars and pol- general of the United Nations and some heads of interna- Trump himself has, on numerous occasions, voiced will- iticians from the very long tional organizations, he added. ingness to meet Rouhani, while at the same time putting ago which led to creation The report followed after Iran’s UN mission announced enormous economic and political pressure on Iran. of a global structure by the that the U.S. has issued visas allowing President Rouhani Pompeo was trying to delay issuing visas for the Iranian The relationship between the two nations has deteriorat- name of United Nations in and Foreign Minister Zarif to travel to New York for the delegation. ed since last year, when Trump unbelievably withdrew the the contemporary world for UN meeting. Meanwhile, amid U.S. requests for a Trump-Rouhani United States from the 2015 deal and reimposed punishing problem solving and conflict Zarif had said earlier that U.S. Secretary of State Mike meeting at the gathering of the world leaders, Tehran last economic sanctions on Tehran. resolution with dialogue and based on international law.” The statement goes: “Nowadays, centuries after ‘Inattention to rights of the families of Hafte Tir that thought and nuances in the ideal of peace, humanity has the same concerns from the beginning and is confused and bombing is impunity to terrorism’ the human rights are under perpetual and brutal attacks from TEHRAN (Association for Defending the Hafte Tir crime in 1981 in Tehran. He not convinced why there is a huge fear about the global evil from Africa to Europe and and especially in Victims of Terrorism) – Son of one of the was also responsible for the sound systems informing families of the victims of the Hafte Yemen, Iraq, the Syrian Arab Republic, Palestine, martyrs of the Hafte Tir disaster said in an and arrangements of Jomhouri Party in Tir terrorist attack about information of the and Pakistan. In this situation, the word of peace seems to be an interview with the international section of Tehran. He installed a strong bomb in the Ali Motamed murder case.” arbitrary thing not a real or accessible thing in human society.” ADVT in the Almere graveyard that inatten- meeting room at the night of the incident Mr. Paknejad expressed hope that “Dutch In the other part we read: “Terrorism is the big threat and tion to the rights of the families of Hafte Tir and killed several Iranian figures. Then he officials would accept demand of the families challenge to the global peace today and this devastating phe- bombing is impunity to terrorism. escaped the country and lived secretly for of victims and give a space to them to be nomenon is a tool for imperialists and put the peace of human Mr. Mohammad Ali Paknejad, who is many years. However, he is buried with a heard in the court of Ali Motamed’s murder.” society in danger of perpetual brutality and makes real peace negotiating about the rights of the victims pseudonym today.” At the end, son of the Martyr Seyed Reza inaccessible. The international essays in confronting this global of terrorism in the Netherlands as the rep- The son of the victim of the Hafte Tir ter- Paknejad said: “our message is that this grave challenge have been futile and it seems that we are not capable resentative of the families of the victims and rorist attack continued: “surprisingly, lawyer is a sample of 35 years of escaping and living of peace building.” the injured, visited the tomb of Mohammad of the culprits was in our side, that we don’t in secrecy with fabricated identity for a ter- The statement continues: “Victims of terrorism are the most Reza Kolahi in Almere graveyard. He pointed know why the past record of the organizational rorist and it can be an example for any culprit genuine voice and the highest price in tribute of human morality out the terms “martyr” and “Ali Motamed” affiliation of this terrorist was condoned. If especially friends of Ali Motamed, that this and dignity, and they have tributeed (sic) the human values by on the tombstone and said “this is the tomb the secrets behind the murder and the Hafte is their end and they should wake up and sacrificing their souls, security and health and by accepting the of Mohammad Reza Kolahi, the offender of Tir terrorist attack are illuminated… we are end their crimes and come back to society.” very harsh things. The message of the victims is the invitation to abstaining from violence and creating the sustainable peace. This invitation tries to weaken the bases of violence and extremism in the human society by enhancing public awareness about the Somali pirates release ill Iranian hostage captured in 2015 consequences of the organization of terrorism.” At the end the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism (Press TV) — Somali pirates have released a sick Iranian Steed of the HSP said. The HSP said Somali community leaders had been crucial appreciates these efforts in conflict resolution and creating a world hostage they captured more than four years ago due to his He added that Panahandeh’s health had deteriorated in the negotiations. without evils, and warns that sustainable peace is not accessible urgent need to medical care, a humanitarian group says. significantly in recent weeks and he was suffering from “se- Piracy used to be a major problem in the Gulf of Aden without paying attention to the reality of the organization of terror- The Iranian man, identified as Mohammad Shariff Pan- vere stomach problems and internal bleeding.” as Somali pirates frequently attacked ships, seized their ism and its destructive function and without it we will be reciting ahandeh, was flown to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, His release meant that just three other hostages now cargoes and kidnapped crew members, later demanding peace in our international sessions and statements and programs.” from the city of Garowe on Saturday, the Hostage Support remain in the custody of Somali pirates, Steed further ransom for their release. Over the past years, the threat has In the final part, the Association for Defending Victims of Partnership (HSP), the charity that negotiated his release, said, adding that their Iranian fishing vessel had been largely subsided after international warships were deployed Terrorism called on “all the peace and human rights activists, said in a statement. captured in March 2015. to the area to protect vessels. scholars and politicians to pay attention to the protection of victims “He’s severely malnourished. He lost a huge amount According to the organization, Panahandeh will return to The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols of terrorism in their programs and try to do so in every situation.” of weight. It reminded me of someone who’s just been Iran in the coming days after medical tests, adding that the in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 to safeguard mari- Besides, the body of Association wrote the “World without released from Belsen (a Nazi) concentration camp,” John remaining hostages are being held in “appalling conditions.” time traffic, especially for the country’s ships and oil tankers. Terrorism” on the “Peace Tree” in front of the palace. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

STOCK MARKET Iran’s currency value stable TEDPIX 302103.5 IFX 4017.04 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir despite new U.S. sanctions

CURRENCIES 1 That came despite an announcement A series of measures adopted by the by the U.S. government on Friday which Iranian government this year helped USD 42,000 rials toughened sanctions on the Central Bank control the prices in the unofficial market, EUR 46,254 rials of Iran (CBI), while imposing sanctions on allowing the rial to trade at a year-long the country’s National Development Fund high of 109,000 against the dollar in July. GBP 52,424 rials (NDF) and a company advancing payments In late August, the governor of Central Bank of Iran said Iranian rial has been AED 11,437 rials for the government agencies. The sanctions came after attacks on Saudi strengthened by over 40 percent against Source: cbi.ir Arabia’s oil installation on September 14 U.S. dollar over an eight-month period. which cut the kingdom’s production in In an interview with NBC News’ Lester half and sent shockwaves across the global Holt, Abdolnasser Hemmati noted that the markets. Washington has blamed Iran for country’s foreign currency market was COMMODITIES the attacks, accusations roundly rejected stabilizing and under control. Experts cite the relative stability of the Brent $63.20/b by Iranian authorities. The rial’s strength comes as the currency price of rial as a sign of the failure of the WTI $58.09/b suffered massively last summer when the American sanctions. They believe Iran has U.S. began to impose its sanctions on Iran. managed to weather the impacts of the OPEC Basket $64.39/b It traded at historic lows of 190,000 sanctions for the time being, allowing the Gold $1,518.50/oz against the dollar in September 2018 before country to further boost economic indicators it regained some of its value and rose against regardless of growing American economic Silver $18.04/oz foreign currencies a month later. pressure. Platinium $949.95/oz Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com Chabahar-Zahedan railway project requires private sector’s contribution G-7 loses prestige amid 1 In an interview conducted by Hamshahri all other factors into consideration more contribution Newspaper last week, Mansour Bijar, the deputy governor seems necessary. growing nationalism general of Sistan-Baluchestan for development affairs, In an interview conducted by the news portal of Iran stressed the need for expediting implementation of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture By Bae Hyun-jung railway project considering development of Shahid Beheshti (ICCIMA) and published on the website of ICCIMA on The liberal world order, or at least the belief that it could be sustained, Port and more cargo loading and unloading in this port. Sunday, Bahram -Ahmadian, a professor of political has lasted for much of the 20th century, but is likely to fade away The project for building the 610-kilometer railroad geography at University of Tehran, said completing amid the rise of nationalism and protectionism across the world. was launched nine years ago but due to lack of financial Chabahar-Zahedan railway project by the year of 1400 seems This regression to state-centered policies naturally drove advanced resources it was stopped for three years. Then the contractor somehow optimistic considering the current condition. economies to drift apart from conventional world organizations of the project was replaced and the operation was started, The political expert believes that the government should such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, but after passing four years of implementation it has attract the private sector’s investment and contribution and turn to smaller interest groups. only 40 percent progress, again due to lack of budget. to the project. The Group of Seven is an informal bloc of the so-called Western Now, the government being authorize to withdraw Chabahar-Zahedan railway is a project to bring profit advanced democracies -- Canada, France, , Italy, Japan, $300 million from the National Development Fund for this in long-term, so the government should inform the private the UK and the U.S. Russia had was part of the forum from 1998 project is a promising step to expedite its implementation, sector about its significance and create the ground for to 2014 -- as part of the Group of Eight -- but was suspended for but the officials say that the project requires 40 trillion this sector’s presence in the project, he noted. investment, while we should refer to the domestic its disputed annexation of Crimea. rials (about $952.3 million) to be complete and given “It is not a project for which we wait for the foreign resources”, the expert concluded. The G-7 was for some years considered a rising power group, representing a significant portion of the world’s economy and key decision makers. Its homogenous membership was also seen as a positive factor that facilitates consensus and action. Rice production surpasses CBI forms Open Market Operations But in light of the changing world order, this organization ap- 2.6m tons executive committee parently finds itself wedged between the top-tier power group -- the U.S. and -- and the rest of world. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian ECONOMY TEHRAN — The models are reported to be some of Amid the rise of new economic powers, the G-7 countries have deskfarmers have managed deskgovernor of Central the most important tasks that the seen their influence shrink over the past decades. Their aggregate to produce 2.6 million tons of rice during Bank of Iran (CBI) has officially committee should follow. gross domestic product stood at around 46 percent in nominal the current Iranian calendar year (started announced the formation of an In mid-April, CBI Money and Credit values, down considerably from nearly 70 percent three decades on March 21), the Secretary of Iran Rice executive committee on Open Market Council approved a plan to allow earlier. In terms of purchasing power parity, they accounted for Association Jamil Alizadeh Shayeq Operations (OMO), introducing the the bank to engage in open market 32 percent of the world’s GDP. announced. committee members. operations for the first time. Observers point out that G-7’s leverage will continue to diminish, As the official told IRNA, the country’s Abdolnasser Hemmati in a decree The policy was approved as part not only due to the lack of emerging powers but also U.S. President rice production stood between 2.2 and 2.3 on Sunday appointed Mohammad of the CBI plan to implement new Donald Trump who has been deepening divisions from the inside, million tons in the past Iranian calendar year The official noted that the rice production Nadali, Mahmoud Naderi Kazaj, Ahmad instruments in its monetary policy, raising questions about the bloc’s cooperation. (March 2018-March 2019) and the increase in was estimated to reach 2.5 million tons this Goudarzi, Reza Bostani and Houman regulate interest rates, curb inflation, This year’s summit, hosted in France’s Biarritz in August, was the production could consequently decrease year and the production has exceeded the Karami Khorramabadi as members and develop a regulated framework for noted for failing to produce a communique -- the official joint the imports of the commodity. expectations. of OMO Executive Committee, IRIB controlling banks’ borrowings from statement -- for the first time since the group met back in 1975. Iran’s annual rice consumption stands at According to Shayegh, more than 90 reported. the CBI. The anti-climax of the event about three million tons. That means nearly percent of the country’s rice is produced in Mohammad Nadali was also OMO is a financial instrument Instead, French President Emmanuel Macron stood in a joint 400,000 tons of the product is required to the provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran in appointed as the head of the committee. through which central banks buy and press conference with his U.S. counterpart Trump and announced be imported into the country, according to northern Iran, and less than 10 percent of Monetary policy formulation and sell securities in the open market to a short one-page statement that touches on limited issues such as Shayeq. the commodity is produced in the provinces monitoring, supervising and monitoring expand or reduce money supply. trade, Iran, Ukraine, Libya and Hong Kong. Despite their self-claimed However, customs data show that nearly of Isfahan, Ilam, Kurdistan, Khuzestan and monetary transfers, formulation and Within the OMO, the CBI buys praise of the “successful” summit and the “unity” it displayed, the 700,000 tons of rice was imported into the so on. monitoring of position announcements, government bonds to increase the anticlimax of the event stirred up skepticism about the role of G-7. country in the first quarter of this year (March Based on official statistics, over 620,000 planning and monitoring of the money base (cash reserves), thereby Rising as a potential substitute to the fading presence of the 21-June 21), and considering the previous hectares of the country’s agricultural lands interbank market, planning, monitoring reducing inter-banking lending rates. G-7 was the Group of 20, which includes several of the emerging year’s statistics, it can be concluded that there are under rice cultivation, of which 520,000 and implementation of open market Selling government bonds decreases economies and represents about 80 percent of the global GDP, is no shortage of rice in the country for the hectares are in Mazandaran, Gilan and operations, and proposing monetary the base money and raises interbank as well as two-thirds of the world population. current year. Golestan provinces. policy regulations and monitoring rates. But for some member states, the G-7 continues to stand as an irreplaceable multilateral platform that offers exclusive membership. Japan, the only Asian country among the seven, has been taking advantage of the gathering to state its case over disputed agendas Industry ministry to eliminate nearly $10b of imports by 2023 in the East Asian region -- without the presence of China and ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian industry minister the past Iranian calendar year at about $2 billion, which . desk The Korean court’s ruling last year that Japanese firms compen- said by the Iranian calendar year of 1402 had also created jobs for 3,800 people. sate surviving Korean victims of forced labor sparked old historic (starts in March 2023) nearly $10 billion worth of imports in According to the report, IMIDRO’s subsidiaries exported feuds and expanded into the currently ongoing trade disputes the country’s industrial sector will be prevented by replacing more than $9 billion worth of different commodities in the between the two neighboring countries. them with domestically-made products. past Iranian calendar year of 1397 (March 2018-March The G-7 gathering Reza Rahmani made the remarks during the Iranian 2019), accounting for 20 percent of the country’s total Especially this year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation non-oil exports. advantage of the timely G-7 gathering to show his disapproval on Organization (IMIDRO)’s annual general assembly on Boosting production, creating jobs, providing Seoul’s withdrawal from an intelligence-sharing deal with Tokyo Sunday, IRIB reported. infrastructure and making joint venture with the private -- an action which came amid aggravating bilateral ties. The official noted that the industry ministry is following sector have been underlined as the main pivots of IMIDRO’s While Abe claimed that Seoul’s decision “damages mutual seven major programs in the current calendar year, one policy making. trust,” Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya bluntly blamed Seoul of which is pertain to the mining sector and it includes Given the policies of IMIDRO, planning for stable activating small mines, completing production chains, development of the chain of products, taking the most for “making a big mistake,” citing ’s repeated mis- Iranian Industry Minister Reza Rahmani (M) attended exploration and etc. benefits of the private sector’s capabilities, cooperation with sile tests. the annual general assembly of Iranian Mines and Mining According the IMIDRO’s annual report which was the guilds and associations, reducing the risk of investment Though it did not make a direct mention of China, Japan also Industries Development and Renovation Organization presented in the gathering, the organization is planned making, and indigenization of technology will be taken offered a favorable trade deal, saying that Japanese companies will (IMIDRO) along with IMIDRO Head Khodadad Gharibpour to inaugurate over $4 billion worth of projects by the end into account once implementing the mentioned projects. import some 2.7 million tons of corn from the U.S., independent of (R) and other board members. the bilateral trade deal. The $7 billion suggestion came amid the of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020). Meanwhile, IMIDRO Head Khodadad Gharibpour has country, according to the report. escalating U.S.-China trade dispute, which led Beijing to suspend With the mentioned projects going on stream, more recently stressed that his organization has accomplishing The report also put the value of inaugurated projects in its corn imports from Washington. than 4,000 job opportunities will be created across the semi-finished projects as its top priority. In related talks with Trump on the sidelines of G-7, Abe claimed that the imports would also benefit Japan, which has recently seen crop damages by moth caterpillars. The decision, however, triggered a backlash from local farming industries and experts. China needs to change way it finances economy, think tank says “It is questionable whether that additional amount of corn is China needs to develop a better system companies, the report said. That comes at China Finance 40 Forum is a think tank channels for innovative firms, Huang said. needed in Japan,” local paper Mainichi said, adding that the crop for financing small businesses that drive the expense of smaller firms, which are the that focuses on economics and finance Only about 10% of total financing for damages are not as serious as Abe has claimed. innovation in the economy but currently main drivers of innovation in the economy policy research and comprises members Chinese companies comes directly from Nobuhiro Suzuki, professor of agriculture and life science at the struggle to access the funds they need for but usually lack the necessary assets for from regulators, universities and financial the financial markets, well below 43% for University of Tokyo, accused the Abe administration of employing growth, a leading Chinese think tank said collateral or government guarantees to institutions. the United States and 23% for Britain, an expedient to take the U.S. side amid the U.S.-China trade war. in a report published Sunday. secure finance for growth. China’s reliance on technological in- Huang said. Despite all the efforts made at the G-7 forum, however, Japan is According to reuters.com, China’s Financial regulators have also failed novation for future economic growth has Banks should be encouraged to link also increasingly recognizing the fading clout of the once-powerful economic development over the past 40 to prevent certain financial risks, the re- made changing the structure of the finan- small and medium enterprises (SMEs) economic platform. years has taken place through a financial port said. cial system an urgent matter, said Huang with the country’s capital markets, said Local paper Nikkei claimed that the G-7 is now facing a dra- system that has high government inter- The current financial system “is clearly Yiping, the report’s leading author and Yang Kaisheng, a consultant for the think matic turn after over 40 years, reporting that the aggravating trade vention and is “absolutely dominated by not well suited to the core task of current a professor of economics at the National tank and former president of China’s largest war between Washington and Beijing is a flashback of “the 1930s banks”, the China Finance 40 Forum said high-quality economic development. School of Development of Peking University. lender Industrial and Commercial Bank when trade protectionism was rampant amid the aftermath of the in an annual report. Therefore, an important task of financial Policymakers need to develop a mul- of China. Yang said there was also a need (World) War and the Great Depression.” Such a model, however, tends to dis- reform should be to adjust the financial ti-layered financing structure and reduce to set up a policy bank focused on SMEs (Source: theinvestor.co.kr) tort financial resources in favor of large structure,” the report said. control over capital markets to open funding involved in technology and innovation. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 ENERGY 5

Iran Plast 2019 kicks Aramco to push ahead with IPO

Saudi Aramco has added banks including Barclays Plc, BNP Paribas off in Tehran SA, Deutsche Bank AG and UBS Group AG as bookrunners on its planned initial public offering as it pushes ahead with plans for the blockbuster deal, people with knowledge of the matter said. ENERGY TEHRAN — Iran’s IRAN PLAST is a platform to make desk According to gulfnews.com, the energy giant also picked Credit 13th International connection between petrochemical industry Agricole SA, Gulf International Bank BSC and Societe Generale Exhibition of Plastic, Rubber, Machinery and enterprises, while flourish downstream SA, the people said, asking not to be identified because the in- and Equipment (IRAN PLAST 2019) kicked industries, according to the NPC managing formation is private. off at the Tehran International Permanent director. Aramco is planning to select about 15 bookrunners in total, Fairground on Sunday, Shana reported. More presence of knowledge-based including two Chinese firms, one of the people said. The inauguration ceremony was companies and startups in this edition of Aramco is moving fast to add banks in junior roles on the deal participated by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan the event is one of its prominent features after choosing the top underwriters last week. Bankers from the Namdar Zanganeh, National Petrochemical which has been achieved as the result of newly-appointed underwriters are flying to the Middle East for Company (NPC) Managing Director Behzad the high attention and support by the Oil meetings with Aramco starting today, according to the people. Mohammadi, Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry to these companies during the The oil producer, officially known as Saudi Arabian Oil Co., Minister Reza Rahmani, and a number of past year. is still planning to add more local firms in junior roles on the senior officials and directors of the related Some conferences and workshops are offering, the people said. industries. being held on the sidelines of the exhibit Representatives for BNP, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale The four-day event is hosting 570 Iranian and some contracts are anticipated to be and UBS declined to comment. Aramco, Barclays, Credit Agricole and 35 foreign companies. signed between the petrochemical companies and GIB didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. As reported, 12 delegations from 10 during the international event. Aramco held kickoff meetings with the top banks in Dubai countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Meanwhile, 11 ministers of oil and energy last week. Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse , Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Vietnam, from East Asia and neighboring countries Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. Armenia, Kenya, and Tunisia are have been invited to visit the exhibition and Morgan Stanley were chosen earlier for senior roles on the attending the exhibition, while 14 countries Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (L)and Industry, Mining and Trade Minister and attend meetings with the Iranian oil Reza Rahmani cutting the ribbon on of IRAN PLAST 2019 on Sunday deal, Bloomberg News has reported. are participating through single pavilions. minister for development of ties. Aramco aims to stick to its schedule for planned analyst pres- entations and hasn’t told banks of any plans to delay the IPO, even after devastating attacks on its biggest facilities slashed oil output, Bloomberg News reported this week. Iran exports over $160m worth of oil products via IRENEX in a week The company was considering holding analyst presentations the week of Sept. 22 and listing on the Saudi bourse as soon as ENERGY TEHRAN – National Iranian Oil Com- effect (November 4). In the first round, NIOC could sell November, people with knowledge of the matter have said. deskpany sold 450,000 tons of oil products some 280,000 barrels of crude oil at $74.85 per barrel. worth $160.656 million at the international ring of Iran With the daily supply amount of one million barrels, Energy Exchange (IRENEX) during the week ended on the market wrapped up by selling eight 35,000-barrel Deep geothermal: Is this NZ’s September 20, IRIB reported. cargos of oil on the day. In the mentioned week, 168,000 tons of gasoline NIOC’s representative in Iran Energy Exchange (IREN- clean energy future? worth $64.297 million as well as 162,500 tons of gasoil EX) has said that the company will continue offering By Jamie Morton worth $73.964 million along with 20,000 tons of kero- oil at IRENEX. sene and 50,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas were Furthermore, in the past few years, Iranian think- The key to driving New Zealand’s emissions to net zero by 2050 sold to foreign buyers at IRENEX. tanks and energy experts have been repeatedly stating may lie not above us but kilometers beneath our feet, a top geo- Since the U.S. withdrew from Iran’s nuclear pact in that the country should increase its refining capacity in thermal geologist says. May 2018, vowing to drive Iran’s oil exports down to order to lessen the economy’s reliance on crude sales. In A new project will explore how tapping deep and hot geother- zero, the Islamic Republic has been taking various meas- this regard, one of the main strategies of the National mal resources could yield an unlimited source of clean energy for ures to counter U.S. actions and to lessen its economy’s Iranian Oil Company in recent years has been focusing the country, at a time it’s searching for bold ways to decarbonize. reliance on oil. on the country’s refineries. What’s called deep geothermal - “supercritical” fluids trapped The country also sought new strategies to help its oil In early August, National Iranian Oil Products Dis- far below the Earth’s crust - packed the potential to deliver 10 exports afloat, one of which is diversifying the mecha- tribution Company (NIOPDC) offered 18,000 tons of times more energy than conventional geothermal energy, GNS nism of oil sales, like offering oil and oil products at the 95 octane gasoline produced in Iran’s Persian Gulf of gasoline produced in Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery Science’s Dr. Isabelle Chambefort said. country’s stock market. Refinery (PGSR) at IRENEX, of which 5,000 tons were at the international ring of IRENEX. To put that into context, New Zealand last year generated National Iranian Oil Company offered light crude sold to be exported to Afghanistan, Armenia, and Iraqi As reported, 500 tons of the offered cargo worth 43,041 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, or enough to power oil at IRENEX first on October 28, 2018 just few days Kurdistan. nearly 32 billion rials (about $762,000) was sold to five million homes. before new U.S. sanctions on Iran’s petroleum sector took Later that month, NIOPDC also offered 10,000 tons domestic buyers. Just 17.6 percent of that came from geothermal energy - and around the same proportion came from non-renewable sources. “New Zealand is using non-renewables at the same rate as geothermal, when our geothermal resources are so extensive, because, given current trends, conventional geothermal, hydro, Global LNG Bunkering Market to grow at CAGR of roughly 65.2% over 2019-2024 solar and wind cannot replace non-renewables at a sufficient rate.” In the new research report, titled “Global Skangas, Shell (Gasnor), Statoil, Barents by cooling it to approximately 162 °C (260 The electricity from renewables LNG Bunkering Market” the report Naturgass, Engie, Bomin and Linde, Eni °F); maximum transport pressure is set At the same time, the government has been pushing toward a highlights the important trends and Norge, Harvey Gulf, Polskie LNG, Korea Gas at around 25 KPa (4 psi). target of generating 100 percent of our electricity from renewables by dynamics affecting the growth of the Corp, Gaz Metro are the leaders operating LNG bunkering is a particular type of 2035 - and a slashing carbon emissions to net zero by mid-century. market, including the limitations, drivers, in the LNG Bunkering market. operation where LNG fuel is transferred “Given energy demand continues to grow, to achieve these and opportunities. The report gives data Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural from a given distribution source to a LNG targets, New Zealand must fundamentally transform its energy on the technological progressions that are gas (predominantly methane, CH4) that fuelled ship. It involves the participation sector,” she said. bound to happen in the upcoming years has been converted to liquid form for ease of different stakeholders, from the ship- “Geothermal energy is New Zealand’s energy future.” or are happening as of now. of storage or transport. side, LNG supplier, ports, safety personnel, Chambefort explained that New Zealand’s unique tectonic set- As per independenttelegraph.com, LNG is an attractive fuel choice for administrations and policy makers. In this ting, with its active rifting, produced voluminous magma, and additionally, the opportunities and many vessels because it exceeds the air report, LNG bunkering only refers to LNG from it, an outstanding amount of heat flow. challenges faced by the main player’s quality standards set forth. It takes up bunkering fuel. “It delivers exceptional opportunities for geothermal develop- leading the Global LNG Bunkering Market according to a new GIR (Global Info about 1/600th the volume of natural gas in The worldwide market for LNG ment and has placed New Zealand among the leaders in geothermal have been recommended. The report studies Research) study. the gaseous state. It is odorless, colorless, Bunkering is expected to grow at a CAGR energy technology for the past 60 years,” she said. the global market with the primary focus This report focuses on the LNG non-toxic and non-corrosive. Hazards of roughly 65.2% over the next five years, “Knowing that only geothermal can increase our renewable on Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, bunkering in global market, especially in include flammability after vaporization will reach 24400 million $ in 2024, from energy portion to the required levels, exploration over the next Middle East & Africa, and Latin America. North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, into a gaseous state, freezing and asphyxia. 1200 million $ in 2019, according to a 20 years will inevitably move towards hotter and deeper super- The Global LNG Bunkering Market was South America, Middle East and Africa. The liquefaction process new GIR (Global Info Research) study. critical resources.” valued at USD LNG Bunkering Million and This report categorizes the market based The liquefaction process involves This report focuses on the LNG So-called supercritical fluids existed at temperatures and pres- is expected to reach D LNG Bunkering on manufacturers, regions, type and removal of certain components, such as Bunkering in global market, especially sures above the critical point where distinct liquids and gas phases Million, expanding at a The worldwide application. dust, acid gases, helium, water, and heavy in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, didn’t exist - for pure water, this was above 374C. market for LNG Bunkering is expected to LNG bunkering market research report hydrocarbons, which could cause difficulty South America, Middle East and Africa. “They exhibit higher heat-content and lower density and grow at a CAGR of roughly 65.2% over the includes a detailed segmentation of the LNG downstream. This report categorizes the market based so have the potential to generate around 10 times more en- next five years, will reach 24400 million bunkering market in Global by component, The natural gas is then condensed into on manufacturers, regions, type and ergy than conventional geothermal for the same amount of $ in 2024, from 1200 million $ in 2019, organization size, application, and industry. a liquid at close to atmospheric pressure application. extracted fluid.” Yet, she added, our scientific understanding of deep geothermal wasn’t good enough to offer the solutions the energy industry needed. Wind power and solar energy already compete without subsidies That’s been a challenge elsewhere in the world, although su- percritical systems, hotter than 400C, had now been investigated For years, wind turbines and solar power were derided 2019 alone, across Spain, Italy, Portugal and elsewhere in places like Italy, Iceland and the United States. as boondoggles. They were too expensive, the argument – enough to power about 333,000 households, according These probes had suggested the best supercritical resources went, to build without government handouts. to Pietro Radoia, an analyst at BNEF. lay closer to magmatic heat sources than conventional systems. As stated by evwind.es, today, renewable energy The way of producing electricity Scientists suspected New Zealand’s own deep magmatic con- is so cheap that the handouts they once needed are The “cheapest way of producing electricity in Spain is ditions, plunging to more than 6km below ground, didn’t offer disappearing. the sun,” Jose Dominguez Abascal, the nation’s secretary reservoirs that were permeable - allowing water and gas to pass On sun-drenched fields across Spain and Italy, of state for energy, said last year. through it - or drillable. developers are building solar farms without subsidies The road to subsidy-free renewables wasn’t easy Providing drillable targets or tax-breaks, betting they can profit without them. In for Spain. A decade ago, it offered developers a lavish “However, we hypothesize that the presence of buried shear China, the government plans to stop financially supporting feed-in tariff, prompting an uncontrolled boom that zones, or shallow intrusions favoring heat transfer from the deep new wind farms. And in the U.S., developers are signing strained the national treasury. Spain slashed incentives magma reservoir to shallower conditions, provides drillable targets.” shorter sales contracts, opting to depend on competitive and now has a hands-off energy policy. Her new project, supported through the Government’s En- markets for revenue once the agreements expire. China, the world’s largest renewable energy market, deavour Fund, first aimed to locate these reservoirs and study The developments have profound implications for also propped up wind and solar for years. Now it’s shifting their distinct chemical characteristics. the push to phase out fossil fuels and slow the onset toward a more market-driven approach. Earlier this year, That would lead the way to developing modelling for drilling, of climate change. Electricity generation and heating “Solar got cheap,” said Jenny Chase, an analyst at officials announced a plan to develop 20.8 gigawatts along with a new regulatory system. account for 25% of global greenhouse gases. BNEF. “It’s really that simple.” of renewable projects that can only profit from selling Chambefort said she and her colleagues would also explore As wind and solar demonstrate they can compete on Yet for all its promise, clean energy still has a long electricity into grids at prices equal to or less than coal. the potential for re-injecting any carbon dioxide from it, to enable their own against coal- and natural gas-fired plants, the way to go before fully usurping coal and gas. Wind and Plus, most wind farms built on land – as opposed to in emissions-free “deep heat” energy. economic and political arguments in favor of carbon- solar still only accounted for about 7% of electricity the ocean – won’t be eligible for subsidies after 2021. “Development of New Zealand’s existing geothermal re- free power become harder and harder to refute. generation worldwide last year, according to BNEF. And The picture is less clear in the U.S. Nearly every sources has depended in large part on laboratory research The “training wheels are off,” said Joe Osha, an most wind and solar projects still depend on subsides. American wind and solar project remains eligible for to determine the chemical behavior of geothermal fluids, the equity analyst at JMP Securities. “Prices have declined In the US, in fact, the solar industry is pushing to extend subsidies through federal tax breaks, which are scheduled effects of fluid-rock interaction, and predicted changes in rock enough for both solar and wind that there’s a path federal tax credits that are scheduled to decline over to decrease or phase out altogether over the next few properties during fluid extraction and injection,” she said. toward continued deployment in a post-subsidy world.” the next few years. years. Plus, dozens of states have renewable-energy “We will leverage on this laboratory expertise combining it After decades of quotas And then there’s the issue of round-the-clock power. quotas, forcing utilities to buy a certain amount of with international skills to acquire the foundational knowledge The reason, in short, is the subsidies worked. After Solar doesn’t work at night. Wind farms go idle when wind and solar. required.” decades of quotas, tax breaks and feed-in-tariffs, breezes slack. So until battery systems are cheap enough Still, they’re starting to compete on their own. The Chambefort said she’d moved from Europe to New Zealand wind and solar have been deployed widely enough for for generators to stockpile electricity for hours at a proof is in the sales agreements. For years, clean-energy so she could understand how its world-renowned geothermal manufacturers and developers to become increasingly time, renewables can’t constantly provide power like developers needed 20- or 25-year power-purchase systems worked. efficient and drive down costs. coal and gas. contracts to ensure a return on investment. Now they’re “They are a gift to New Zealand - and by respecting and under- The cost of wind power has fallen about 50% since Perhaps nowhere is the push toward subsidy-free building wind and solar farms with agreements for 15 standing them, we may have a way to get a step closer to seeing a 2010. Solar has dropped 85%. That makes them cheaper clean energy clearer than on arid expanses of Southern years or less – with the expectation that projects will 100 percent renewable country. than new coal and gas plants in two-thirds of the world, Europe. About 750 megawatts of subsidy-free clean- compete against gas- and coal-fired plants in wholesale “I want to see that day and I believe we can.” according to BloombergNEF. energy projects are expected to connect to the grid in markets after the deals conclude. (Source: nzherald.co.nz) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The road to sustainable peace in Asia Another Zionist loon will By Ding Gang GLOBALTIMES — It was around 10 pm when I found myself on a bus leaving Gimhae International Airport for downtown Busan in replace Bolton: Mark Dankof South Korea. The roads of the city that became famous in Asia for hosting the 2002 , were brightly lit up. A bridge spanning the Nakdong River was festooned with colorful lights. Coming across TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mark Dankof, a absolute control the Zionist entity possesses such a site, not many would be able to dredge up the fierce war that former US Senate candidate, said President over American institutions and policies that took place there about 70 years ago. Donald Trump would replace John Bolton has been the case since the assassination of Frankly, the night scene in Busan is no different than that in many “with another radical Neo-Conservative/ John F. Kennedy. This is not an accident, by big Chinese cities. Lights along the Huangpu River in East China’s Zionist loon”. the way. Your readers need to be acquainted and Pearl River in South China’s Guangzhou are even brighter. “The firing of Bolton is a laughable at- with Laurent Guyenot’s Did Israel Kill the But people could feel a glint of excitement when realization dawns tempt by the President to cover for his War Kennedys? and the complete text of Michael that they are at the southernmost point of the Korean Peninsula. The Party/Sheldon Adelson handlers. Trump’s Collins Piper’s Final Judgment, to see how city was almost destroyed in the Korean War (1950-53), but now it betrayal of his America-First constituency much power and control I am speaking of. My is the world’s fifth-largest port and is as well-known as big cities like is becoming increasingly obvious to every- own discussion with Kourosh Ziabari on 9-11 Shanghai and Osaka. For many tourists from China, Busan is also one but the brain-dead. Unfortunately, the and Israel underscores how systematic this known for the Shinsegae Centum City Department Store - the largest latter category comprises most Americans malignancy really is, and how comatose the shopping complex in the world. The city is an epitome of unprece- who watch Mainstream Media in this coun- American public is as well. I did not call the dented prosperity in East Asia. China, Japan and South Korea have try, both Republicans and Democrats. It is latter “brain-dead” earlier in this interview become powerful engines for the world economy, accounting for 23.5 noteworthy that Mr. Trump will and has now as a flippancy. I chose this description very percent of world GDP in 2018 - almost equivalent to the share of the replace(d) Mr. Bolton, at least temporari- carefully. I will add something that perhaps US. And the production capacity of the three countries is far ahead ly, with another radical Neo-Conservative/ Senator Reed would not, as a warning to the of any other region in the world. Zionist loon in an attempt to continue the people of Iran. Beware not only of Zionist However, after visiting some attractions in Busan, I began to have charade with his own voters that he will ex- military aggression and economic sanctions, doubts about the extent of change that has taken place in East Asia. tricate them in 2020 and beyond from the but infiltration through Cultural Marxism Whether I was in Busan Jungang Park, or in the United Nations quagmire in the Middle East dived into in which has hijacked the United States and the Memorial Cemetery, or in the Busan Museum, or in front of a statue earnest by George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, West. My own post for Charles Bausman’s radical Neo-Conservative/Zionist loon in an policy of “Peace.” Bolton is gone, at least for honoring Yi Sun-shin (1545-98) at the base of Busan Tower - who and Company. It simply will not work,” Mark Russia Insider on the LGBTQ movement and attempt to continue the charade with his own now, but the Zionist stranglehold on United defeated Japanese aggressions various times in history - I didn’t feel Dankof, who is also a broadcaster and pastor its tactics of infiltration and societal sub- voters that he will extricate them in 2020 States foreign policy and American domestic that history had moved away. in San Antonio, Texas, told Tasnim. version was penned with both Russia and and beyond from the quagmire in the Middle politics and institutions continues unabated. The sediments of history at the bottom of national consciousness Mark Dankof is a broadcaster for The Ugly Iran in mind. I have sent this to top officials East dived into in earnest by George W. Bush, Both Trump and his “Opposition” know this, are always looking for opportunities to come out to reveal themselves Truth Podcast. Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, of your government as a warning, as I did Dick Cheney, and Company. It simply will but are simply playing games. The Whitney to the world - like in the trade dispute between South Korea and the son of a United States Air Force Colonel, in the case of my warnings to the Iranian not work. I told National Bugle Radio on the Webb articles for Mint Press News on the Japan. This seems to show the world that although the three East he graduated from Valparaiso University in nation in 2013 on the way in which the Pearl Republic Broadcasting Network today that Epstein-Maxwell-Pedophile Network and her Asian countries have the ability to create development miracles, they 1977 and from Chicago’s Trinity Evangelical Harbor attack would serve as a primer for real American Nationalists cannot continue to essay on Christian Zionism both go a long are yet to find a key to get out of the historical trap. Divinity School in 1983. In recent years, he American/Zionist machinations involving support this man or his policies unless there way toward explaining how sick the Amer- Over the decades, East Asia has been developing in sync with a has pursued post-graduate work in systematic your country. is an immediate, radical change in direction. ican political process is, regardless of which pattern derived from the Cold War. Even after the Cold War, security theology and theological German at West- US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin There is no earthly reason to believe there major party wins a Presidential election. The in the region is not free of US dominance. Historical disputes, which minster Theological Seminary in Philadel- underlined that Trump and top aides remain will be. After all, Mr. Trump illegitimately Israeli-Zionist PAC money game in Federal were once obscured by the Cold War, have not been completely re- phia. Formerly the 36th District Chairman of “completely-aligned” on Washington’s sanc- and unilaterally pulled the United States elections published by the Washington Report solved. The Military Demarcation Line (MDL), widely known as the the Republican Party in King County/Seattle tions against Iran. However, Rob Malley, out of the JCPOA/P5+1 deal with Iran. He on Middle East Affairs on an annual basis is 38th Parallel, is a proof that the Cold War has not really ended. The and later an elected delegate to Texas State president of the International Crisis Group moved the American Embassy in Israel il- another key to understanding the 5th Stage three East Asian countries have transformed into major economic Republican Conventions in 1994 and 1996, consultancy, said Bolton’s departure could legitimately and illegally to Jerusalem. He Cancer of the American Empire. powers. A new era in which the US can no longer play a dominant he entered the United States Senate race in realign White House policy on Afghanistan, continues to aid and abet Mr. Netanyahu’s Bolton denied being fired and insisted role has begun. Delaware in 2000 as the nominated candidate Iran, North Korea and Venezuela. What are land thievery of the Occupied Territories and that he had resigned. Democratic Senator Yet how can the regional political and security architecture, which of the Constitution Party against Democratic your thoughts on this? East Jerusalem, the Gaza Genocide, and the Jack Reed said that “Bolton was wrong for until now was dominated by the US, morph into a new framework led candidate Thomas Carper and Republican A: I believe all the available evidence I Saudi-Israel Genocide taking place in Yemen. this job,” but added that removing him “isn’t by cooperation among the three countries? That prospect remains incumbent William Roth. have already cited forces me to conclude His Zionist rhetoric on Iran is matched by going to fix the failures plaguing this ad- uncertain. Quite a few aspects, which have a fondness for the status Following is the full text of the interview. that the Zionist American Treasury Secre- illegal and illegitimate economic sanctions ministration’s dysfunctional foreign policy.” quo or embody an inertia to change, are acting as an impediment. US President Donald Trump on Tues- tary is correct on this subject. As for the Old on Iran even though Iran abided by the terms He further described the White House as Some Western scholars attribute the uncertainty in East Asia to day announced the firing of national security American Right, the American Nationalist of the multilateral nuclear deal that Trump being “in constant turmoil.” It seems that China’s emergence. But anyone who has visited big cities in the region adviser John Bolton. What is the main reason Right, we understand that the American negated. When one adds to all of this the the Trump administration is in chaos. What such as Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo and Busan, would find out behind this? The dozen-plus names being Warfare-Welfare-Surveillance-Perversion continued encirclement of Putin’s Russia by do you think? that East Asia has been rising as a whole. The rise of countries here is floated to replace John Bolton run the gamut State is a threat to the survival of every sin- NATO and American military assets, the illegal A: I will give you the best possible answer. closely intertwined. This is the trend. China’s emergence has brought — from ambassadors to military officers to gle innocent life on this planet. It is a Zionist attempts to overthrow the Venezuelan gov- Dr. Philip Giraldi, former CIA Station Chief the possibility of the birth of a new pattern in East Asia. business leaders. Who would replace him? Machine from start to finish. It needs to be ernment, and the Neo-Conservative/Zionist and head of the Council for the National Inter- Singaporean academic and former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani A: The firing of Bolton is a laughable at- eradicated. I stated such on Martin Luther charade Mr. Trump continued to maintain est underscores that the Trump administration is one of the first scholars to predict the rise of Asia. But he is more tempt by the President to cover for his War King Day in 2018 to the African-American on international TV regarding 9-11 on the is in total disarray and chaos. I agree with focused on reminding the West that it must change its ways to observe Party/Sheldon Adelson handlers. Trump’s Community in San Antonio. This fight is not 18th Anniversary, how it happened and who him. Dr. Giraldi’s essay at the Unz Review, and recognize Asia. The largest continent itself is the key to spawning betrayal of his America-First constituency is simply a fight conducted by Americans who was behind it, I have concluded the situation entitled “Trump Foreign Policy as Theater of more certainties for development. How to walk out of history in a becoming increasingly obvious to everyone want their Constitution and the Bill of Rights is hopeless. I said so on Twitter and for a the Absurd” sums it up beautifully. As far as peaceful and Asian way and establish a system given to sustainable but the brain-dead. Unfortunately, the lat- back, but the fight we share with Iranians, film documentary on 9-11 which airs in your Senator Reed’s observation that firing Bolton peace and development, which could gradually replace the US-led ter category comprises most Americans who Russians, Palestinians, Syrians, Venezue- country this Sunday. And make no mistake “isn’t going to fix the failures plaguing this Asian pattern, will be the real test for countries in the continent, es- watch Mainstream Media in this country, both lans, Iraqis, Libyans, and all the people of about it: The Democrats will have a Zionist Administration’s dysfunctional foreign policy,” pecially for China, Japan and South Korea. Republicans and Democrats. It is noteworthy the world threatened by this Beast at the that Mr. Trump will and has now replace(d) tool as their 2020 nominee, despite their I agree, but hasten to add that the real problem darkest and most dangerous period of time Mr. Bolton, at least temporarily, with another political posturing about desiring a foreign is much deeper than Donald Trump. It is the in all of human history. Farce hearing shows U.S. hypocrisy

GLOBALTIMES — Radical Hong Kong oppositionists Joshua Wong U.S. human rights, double standards, hypocrisy Chi-fung and Denise Ho Wan-see on Tuesday were invited to testify TEHRAN (FNA) — On September 12, the 42nd session of important characteristic of American human rights policy at a US congressional hearing about the Hong Kong issues. Wong the UN Human Rights Council held a workshop to discuss and practice is its double standard. The US believes that it and Ho described Hong Kong as a city which has lost freedom under the unilateral coercive measures related to human rights. owns the highest human rights standard and best human the suppression of the Communist Party of China. The hearing was Many participating countries and NGOs condemned rights protection practice, so it should be the example for full of biased information and lies. the US unilateral coercive sanctions and considered it as a other countries. But in fact, America has very serious human The hearing itself humiliated US congressional hearing system. The violation of the Charter of the United Nations and in the rights problems. US Congress invited only Hong Kong’s radical opposition figures but meantime damaged international equality and justice. These There are many human rights problems in the United ignored the opinion of Hongkongers who support both the Hong Kong illegal sanctions have become a kind of collective punishment States, such as civil rights violations, income inequality and Special Administrative Region (SAR) government’s lawful measures towards the people of sanctioned countries like Iran. racial and gender discrimination, but the US has turned a and the Hong Kong police’s efforts to counter riots in accordance with There is no doubt this discussion is very important. But deaf ear to all of them while focusing on the human rights laws. The US Congress didn’t even pretend to make the hearing look except for the unilateral coercive measures, we should also problems of other countries. Besides, the United States often more credible.US senators who proposed the so-called Hong Kong pay attention to the new development in the human rights uses double standards to treat other countries differently Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 have never thought about sanction field. This refers to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights based on strategic considerations.The strategic importance getting comprehensive, objective and real information about Hong Accountability Act which came into force in December 2016 in of a country often influences American human rights policy Kong. The hearing they held didn’t aim at verifying the situation in the United States. It began to directly sanction individuals on Bush administration refused to join as a member state. It towards the country. This means the US treats traditional Hong Kong, but intended to use biased information to back their bill different issues.This shows the US human rights sanction has was only until 2009 the US joined the council, but the Trump allies and other countries differently. A case in point could be that hurts Hongkongers’ interests. changed greatly in terms of targets and methods. It has made administration declared to exit the Human Rights Council Saudi Arabia committing war crimes in Yemen using American The SAR government has officially withdrawn the extradition great impacts on international society and facilitated the birth in 2018, because of the so-called council’s prejudice against weaponry to kill innocent civilians. bill, but the opposition has extended their demands to so-called real of its “European version” and “Canada version”, thus forming Israel and failure to effectively protecting human rights. To In fact, the reason why the US refused to join the Human universal suffrage. A few rioters continued to wreck havoc in Hong a multilateral-participating sanction system in the world. some extent, this action has marked the US exiting from the Rights Council in 2006 is also “the council’s hostility to Israel,” Kong. In such a context, the US Congress not only sided with the op- This new Act allows the US evade moral consequences which current global human rights governance framework. The US itself one of the biggest violators of human rights in the world. position in Hong Kong but also offered support to the extreme rioters. have been blamed before, such as the “collective punishment” regards itself as the defender of human rights all the time and But for those countries which the United States regards as Although Hong Kong society is split in public opinion, only a mi- towards the people of sanctioned countries. sees itself standing on the commanding heights of international potential competitors, the US usually uses the magnifying nority of Hongkongers would support the passing of the act. The act This kind of new development should not come as a morality, assuming the responsibility to supervise and criticize lens to find their human rights problems and derogate their requires an annual assessment of the special status of Hong Kong as surprise to the world though. The United States always acts the human rights situation of other countries. international image in order to contain their rise. Iran is a a separate customs territory, which will severely threaten the stability in its own way in dealing with human rights issues. When The United States publishes a human rights report case in point. It is important for the US to face up to its own of the city’s financial environment, and thus hurt the interests of the the UN Human Rights Council was established in 2006, the evaluating the situation in other countries annually. An human rights issues first. majority of Hongkongers. This has nothing to do with the political appeals of Hong Kong citizens.Neither Wong nor Ho can represent the majority of Hong Kong people. Oppositionists like them collude with a handful of US senators and forge a fake public opinion of Hong- kongers. Such a fraud in the US political system will only stain the Netanyahu in big trouble US Congress rather than bring it glory. IFP — With over 95 percent of the vote government comprised of the Likud and the efforts to hold the post of prime minister. settlements. The farce of the congressional hearing showed that the Hong counted, the right-wing and ultra-Orthodox Blue and White parties. However, the Blue He is a cunning person, familiar with the In fact, as long as Netanyahu is leader Kong act proposed by the US Congress cannot reflect the reality of parties of Israel have failed to win enough and White, the Labor, and the Democratic complicated political games. Netanyahu of the Likud party, it would be impossible the Chinese city. It is a perfect match between the US current strategy seats for a parliamentary majority in Union will approve of a national unity might even plan to encourage the Labor for him or for his main rival –leader of against China and the interests of the extreme opposition of Hong the Knesset, marking a heavy defeat for government provided that Netanyahu would party to join his coalition. Led by Amir Blue and White Benny Gantz—to form a Kong. It aims at offering a new tool to contain China.Some Hong Benjamin Netanyahu.Netanyahu imposed step down as leader of Likud and be taken Peretz, the Labor has formed an alliance new government.As a result, in order for Kong extremists are determined to take sides with the US and will a new election on Israelis in the hope that to court for his financial corruption case. with a branch of Yisrael Beiteinu party. the government to be formed, Netanyahu not hesitate to betray their own city’s interests. the right-wing and the religious parties Therefore, Netanyahu has been put in On the one hand, the formation of such will have to step down from the post of The Hong Kong act could pass as some US political elites are pro- will win the parliamentary majority, but a new impasse, the way out of which may coalition would require the Labor party prime minister voluntarily, or the Likud moting it, and some extreme Hong Kong opposition are collaborating has now failed to meet his objective, as his be dissolution of the new parliament and a to vote for Netanyahu’s immunity from party should remove him from the post. from within. But the situation will not necessarily develop as the two entire bloc has won no more than 56 seats pledge to hold new elections. A third election prosecution during his political tenure, The Likud may even break apart amid the forces wish. The future of Hong Kong is not in the hands of Washington, out of a total of 120. in this year, nevertheless, will be unpalatable which would be naturally a big scandal for debates over Netanyahu’s fate, and the but in the hands of all the Chinese people, including Hongkongers. As a result, he will have no choice but to to the public opinion. Moreover, Israel’s the Labor; on the other hand, Netanyahu broken party might form the national unity Hong Kong’s separate customs territory status is guaranteed by form a coalition government with “Yisrael ceremonial president Reuven Rivlin would will have to agree with the Labor party’s government with Gantz, Lieberman, and the the Basic Law. The US move cannot represent the entire world. The Beiteinu” led by Avigdor Lieberman, or not easily approve of another election and the more moderate policies on the issue of left-wing parties.In any case, Netanyahu impetus of the city’s constant prosperity comes from within and from with the center-left alliance, including Knesset would not ratify it this time, either. Palestine, which will certainly enrage and will be no more regarded as a solution to its close ties with the motherland. The US economic crackdown has not the “Blue and White”, the “Labor”, and After all, Netanyahu cares about his irritate Ayelet Shaked’s far-right “Yamina” Israel’s problems. Indeed, he himself has shaken China, nor will it determine the future of Hong Kong. Anyone the “Democratic Union”. But Lieberman own position more than anything else, party, an ally of the Likud and a fervent turned into the biggest problem of the Israeli who misunderstands this misunderstands the era and the world. is vigorously pushing for a national unity and would not easily back off from the proponent of expansion of West Bank political society. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

Bolton firing shows Trump’s Trump and key states foreign policy not consistent: U.S. Analyst By Saeed Sobhani Amandi’s numbers are in line with a poll from OH Predictive Insights, a non-partisan TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An American political commentator highlighted TEHRAN — The decline in Trump’s popular- Arizona consulting company that conducted US President Donald Trump’s inconsistent approach toward foreign ity in key states has been the subject of much a survey last month showing Biden at 45 per- affairs, saying the president fired John Bolton to probably develop a concern by American analysts. However, the cent and Trump at 43 percent. Warren, too, “less aggressive stance” than the former US national security adviser. President of the United States of America is was basically tied with Trump, who had 44 “Certainly, there is a lack of consistency in the Trump administra- trying to regain his position in these states. percent to her 43 percent. Both Amandi’s poll tion when it comes to a variety of matters, including foreign policy,” This is a bit unlikely given the sharp decline and OH Predictive’s found that Vermont Sen. Keith Preston, the chief editor and director of attackthesystem.com, in Trump’s popularity! Bernie Sanders and other candidates fared told Tasnim in an interview. Here’s a look at some of Trump’s latest more poorly against Trump. OH Predictive, He added, “Trump likely fired Bolton because the President is polls and news in recent polls: showed Kelly leading McSally by 46 percent inclined toward a less aggressive stance than what Bolton’s sup- Fox News Poll: High interest in election, to 41 percent in the Senate race. porters would prefer.” Democrats top Trump in matchups In late July, Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio Keith Preston was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. As Foxnews reported, Fifty-nine percent surveyed Arizona on behalf of the AARP and He received degrees in Religious Studies, History, and Sociology of voters are extremely interested in the 2020 found Biden leading Trump, 50 percent to from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the founder and presidential election. That’s a number typ- 45 percent. That poll had an error margin director of American Revolutionary Vanguard and the chief editor of ically only seen right before an election.It’s of 4 percent and found a statistical tie in AttacktheSystem.Com. He has also been a contributor to LewRock- 27 points higher than around this same time the Senate contest.One quirk in the Senate well.Com, Antiwar.Com, Anti-State.Com, Taki’s Magazine, Radix in the last presidential cycle -- and only one race weighing on McSally: She’s fresh off a ocratic candidate think Trump will win. For Martha McSally in a tie and a third shows Journal, and AlternativeRight.Com . He is the author of six books, point off the record 60 percent extremely bitter 2018 Senate race loss to Sinema, who instance, 16 percent of those supporting Biden her trailing Democrat Mark Kelly. and was awarded the 2008 Chris R. Tame Memorial Prize by the interested the week before Election Day has higher favorability ratings. McSally was in the hypothetical matchup think the pres- “Republicans are very concerned,” said United Kingdom’s Libertarian Alliance. Keith has been a featured in 2008.In addition, more Democrats (65 later appointed to fill the seat held by Sen. ident will be re-elected. And it’s about the Chuck Coughlin, once a top aide to Republican speaker at conferences of the National Policy Institute, H. L. Mencken percent) than Republicans (60 percent) are John McCain following his death and the same for those backing Sanders (15 percent), Govs. Fife Symington and Jan Brewer. “The Club, and Anarchapulco. He has been interviewed on numerous radio extremely interested in the election and more resignation of his successor, Jon Kyl, in 2019. Warren (15 percent), and Harris (14 percent). ground is shifting.” programs and internet broadcasts, and appeared as a guest analyst Democrats (69 percent) than Republicans (63 In the Democratic presidential primary, Three candidates are running against The change has been gradually building on Russia Today, Press TV and the BBC. percent) are extremely motivated about voting Amandi’s poll shows Biden with a slight President Trump for the GOP nomination. for years as more Latinos, who tend to vote The following is the full text of the interview. in 2020. That helps Democratic candidates lead over Warren, with the former vice It’s no contest.Trump captures 86 percent Democratic, have registered and voted in US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing top President Donald Trump in potential president at 29 percent and the Massachu- support among Republican primary voters. larger numbers. of national security adviser John Bolton. What was the main reason head-to-head matchups. setts senator at 24 percent. Sanders trails Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, During Trump’s first midterm election in behind this? Joe Biden continues to perform best of with 18 percent, followed by a host of other former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, and former 2018, Democrats for the first time in recent A: John Bolton has long been associated with a coterie of super-hawks the Democratic candidates tested, according Democrats who are polling in the single Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld each receive memory won four statewide elected offices. that dominate the Republican Party’s foreign policy establishment. to a new Fox News Poll. He has the biggest digits.“What this poll of Arizona and what 2 percent. Another 4 percent say none of Kyrsten Sinema’s victory marked the first Bolton represents the objectives of two main groups. One of these is lead over Trump (+14 points), is the only one other polling across the country is suggesting the above/other and 5 percent are unsure. time Democrats have won an Arizona Sen- the neoconservatives, who are radical Zionists that are aligned with to receive 50 percent support, and the only is the Democratic primary is becoming a Even so, more than one in four GOP pri- ate seat since 1988; The party also picked Israel’s Likud Party, and want American foreign policy in the Middle one to keep Trump under 40 percent (52- two-person race,” Amandi said.As in other mary voters (27 percent) is hoping someone up a handful of state legislative seats.Two East to align with Likud objectives. The other group is the aggres- 38 percent). Last month, it was Biden over swing states and battlegrounds, howev- new who they haven’t heard about yet will years earlier, Trump became the first GOP sive imperialists that have been influential in right-wing American Trump by 50-38 percent.The poll, released er, political insiders wonder if Warren’s enter the race -- that includes one in five presidential nominee in 20 years to receive politics since the 1960s, and who are primarily concerned about Wednesday, shows Bernie Sanders topping politics are too progressive to ultimately Republican primary voters who are back- less than 50 percent of the vote.The polling empire-building, securing control over various material resources in Trump by 8 points (48-40).Elizabeth Warren carry Arizona and its 11 Electoral College ing Trump (21 percent).For comparison, 38 suggests the days of writing off Arizona as different countries for US business corporations, and ensuring that is up by 6 points (46-40), which is right at votes. And regardless of who the Democratic percent of Democratic primary voters want comfortably Republican could be ending. the profit margins of the various military-related industries in the the poll’s margin of error, and Kamala Harris nominee is, Republicans expect their base someone new to jump into the race, including Republicans point out that registered Re- US remain high. Both of these groups take a very aggressive position has a 2-point edge (42-40 percent), within will come home to Trump as he unloads his 36 percent backing Biden. publicans vastly outnumber Democrats in when it comes to virtually all matters involving international relations, the poll’s error margin. substantial war chest on whomever he faces Conducted September 15-17, 2019 under the state, Trump fires up the base like no regardless of what other nations are involved. Bolton was essential- Between 10-18 percent are undecided or in the general election.“Trump’s numbers the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) other and the state continues to be a mecca ly the spokesman for these interests in the Trump administration. supporting third-party candidates.Biden’s with independents are terrible right now. and Shaw & Company (R), this Fox News for retirees, who tend to vote Republican. Trump likely fired Bolton because the President is inclined toward lead over Trump comes from large advantages But we know what Trump is going to do to Poll includes interviews with 1,008 random- But Trump’s approval rating is under- a less aggressive stance than what Bolton’s supporters would prefer. among women (+22 points), suburban women the Democratic nominee. Trump knows his ly chosen registered voters nationwide who water, with 45 percent of Arizona voters Trump has expressed a greater reticence about military intervention (+30), and blacks (+74).In counties where universe of voters,” Coughlin said. spoke with live interviewers on both landlines holding a favorable impression of him and in other nations, and a greater willingness to utilize diplomacy and the 2016 vote was close (Hillary Clinton and Sean Noble, who advised Republican Gov. and cellphones. The poll has a margin of 53 percent having an unfavorable view — the other means of advancing foreign policy objectives. President Trump Trump within 10 points), Biden is ahead by Doug Ducey’s successful campaign, said he sampling error of plus or minus three per- overwhelming majority of whom hold a “very was elected on a campaign platform that promised a more restrained 21 points.Among the 6 in 10 voters who feel believes that the recent polls could be off centage points for all registered voters and 5 unfavorable view,” according to a survey of foreign policy, and he is likely concerned about his reelection bid extremely motivated about voting in 2020, because people are lying to pollsters and the points for Republican primary voters (341). 520 Arizona registered voters by Bendixen next year. He is also aware of how the legacies of Presidents George Biden is up over Trump by 16 points.Trump surveys won’t be able to easily estimate the ‘The ground is shifting’: Arizona emerges & Amandi International. The firm, which W. Bush and Barack Obama have been tarnished by their failures is preferred over Biden among whites (+2 composition of the electorate because turnout as a 2020 trouble spot for Trump typically surveys for Democrats and was in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria, and the President does not points), whites without a college degree (+11), will likely be at record highs. As Politico reported, Arizona has long paid to conduct this poll by SMART Local want his own legacy to be damaged in the same way. and white evangelical Christians (+41).In 2016, Noble said tens of thousands of Repub- been touted as a potential swing state in the 359, the International Association of Sheet Bolton denied being fired and insisted that he had resigned. Trump won whites by 20 points, whites with- licans and conservatives didn’t vote in 2016 presidential election. Its time may have finally Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Democratic Senator Jack Reed said that “Bolton was wrong for this out a college degree by 37 points, and white for Trump, but he has brought them home come.Demographic shifts, progressive organ- conducted the poll from September 9-12. job,” but added that removing him “isn’t going to fix the failures evangelical Christians by 64 points.”Demo- in Arizona thanks to his conservative record izing efforts and President Donald Trump’s Trump is tied dead even with Warren at 42 plaguing this administration’s dysfunctional foreign policy.” He fur- crats are sure to be pleased their candidates of cutting regulations and appointing con- potential weakness in the state appear to be percent in a general election match-up and ther described the White House as being “in constant turmoil.” It have an edge over President Trump in these servative judges. He said that should benefit providing Democrats in 2020 with their best is essentially tied with Biden 43-42 percent, seems that the Trump administration is in chaos. What do you think? early trial ballots,” says Republican pollster McSally as well.“Trump will carry McSally,” shot at capturing the state since Bill Clinton a lead well within the poll’s margin of error A: Certainly, there is a lack of consistency in the Trump admin- Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Noble predicted. won it more than two decades ago.A new of plus/minus 4.3 points. istration when it comes to a variety of matters, including foreign Poll with Chris Anderson, his Democratic Chris Baker, a Republican political con- poll, commissioned by a state labor union McSally is tied at 42 percent with Kelly, policy. However, it is also possible to identify certain patterns. On counterpart. “But we’ve got nine more months sultant from Arizona, said he believes the and released today, shows Trump running a former astronaut and husband of former one hand, the President has been very magnanimous toward foreign of Democratic debates and primaries, and “polling is more a reflection of Trump’s flavor neck-and-neck with Elizabeth Warren and Arizona Congresswoman and mass-shooting policy interests that he feels are consistent with his own interests. For the data show a sense among many voters of the day — it will change. My guess is things Joe Biden in theoretical match-ups. survivor Gabby Giffords. example, he has been the most pro-Israel President that the US has that by next November, Trump will be the will stabilize in the presidential race.” That poll follows several other recent sur- “Contrary to the conventional wisdom ever had, even more so than President George W. Bush, and Trump last one standing.” As for the Senate race, Baker said, he sees with more bad news for Republicans. that the presidential race is down to only has signed off on everything that Prime Minister Netanyahu has done By a 6-point margin, voters predict Trump an even tighter race in this political environ- A late July survey — conducted by Trump’s four swing states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, that does not conflict with Trump’s personal political interests, such will be re-elected. That’s a reversal from ment.“With independent voters, their eyes are own pollster — showed the president losing Wisconsin and Florida — this poll makes it as annexing the Golan Heights or moving the capital to Jerusalem. December 2018, when by 13 points voters wondering,” Baker said. “With Democratic to Biden, and another in August reported a clear that Arizona is wide open,” said pollster Trump has arguably been the most pro-Saudi President the US has were more likely to say he would lose. voters, there’s a lot of intensity. But there’s tie. In Arizona’s closely-watched 2020 U.S. Fernand Amandi. “Arizona is emerging as ever had as well, in spite of the Saudi regime’s horrible human rights Even some voters who are backing a Dem- a lot of intensity on the right as well.” Senate race, two of those polls show GOP Sen. the new battleground.” record, support for Takfiri terrorism, and genocidal war in Yemen. Trump has also provided the Pentagon with record-high budgets. But Trump seems to draw the line at starting new wars, probably The strange case of the burning Saudi refineries because as a businessman he understands cost-benefit analyses in IFP — The September 2019 attack that cut Saudi Arabia’s issue of random and continual bombing of Syria by Israel, We do know that, for Iran, there would have been no a way that career bureaucrats like Bolton do not. oil production by up to 60% and has thrown the world into bombing attacks supposedly on Iranian troops but too often reason. Iran was already winning. We could also look for US Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin underlined that Trump chaos was not a surprise. The claim by US Secretary of State killing civilians or clearly intended to aid operations of terror recent analogs. Why did Syria turn to poison gas whenever and top aides remain “completely-aligned” on Washington’s sanctions that “Iran did it” is no surprise as well. groups.Let us add, by terror groups, we mean groups officially they were in the last stages of crushing areas controlled by against Iran. However, Rob Malley, president of the International That Yemen did it, destroyed the world’s largest oil re- banned in Russia as terror groups, a list you don’t casually terrorists closely tied to Israel? Crisis Group consultancy, said Bolton’s departure could realign White finery that has the world’s best air defenses, almost, is a get on as in the US. Russia really hunts down terrorists. What are we saying or perhaps not saying here? House policy on Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela. surprise. It is also quite possible that some other “player” According to reports from the Jerusalem Post, Russia has Thus, when Russia took 40 members of the White Hel- What are your thoughts on this? is responsible. Let’s postulate about that a bit, perhaps even expressed extreme “concern” of not only Israel’s attacks on mets organization to The Hague to testify to their complicity A: The evidence indicates that Trump would like to extricate the delving into the kind of conspiracy theories that, of late, Syria but their move to seize the ad hoc Palestinian State on in staging fake gas attacks on behalf of unnamed Western United States from Afghanistan. Doing so would be to his advantage have turned out to be correct over and over. the West Bank and “ethnically cleanse” its Palestinian pop- powers and Israel, when dozens of witnesses, parents of chil- when it comes to his reelection chances in 2020. However, there also First of all, Saudi Arabia had recently asked Russia for ulation, causing an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. dren kidnapped by the White Helmets or doctors threatened seems to be concern in the Trump administration about being perceived the S400 air defense system. Saudi Arabia has spent endless Netanyahu returned from his September 2019 visit to by them testified, the press blacked it out.In the long run, as having been “defeated” by the Taliban if a Taliban return were to billions on air defenses and, periodically, drones and mis- Moscow with his tail between his legs, all reports indicating the now two-decade war that involves fake terror events, occur following US departure. The present government in Afghanistan siles from Yemen get through.The same thing happens to that he was deeply chastised by Putin.Then there’s the loss staged color revolutions and endless political misdeeds, at is essentially a US puppet, and the administration likely does not want Israel as well, which has led that nation to make “under the of John Bolton, former presidential advisor who, for the the center of it all we find Israel and their political allies who to be viewed as the administration that abandoned a supposed ally, and table” deals with Hamas over and over while the Likudists past few decades, has been on the payroll of one Israeli run hold power in the US, Britain and France due to financial allowed them to be defeated by the enemy, which is how US policymakers play out their “goosestepping” militarist roles for Israel’s special interest group or the other, a man many if not most support from sectors tied to Israel, not just lobbyists but were viewed in right-wing sectors in the US following the Vietnam War. misled population, one subject to military censorship over Americans consider the worst presidential advisor ever, one criminal groups as well.Keeping the lid on this is the army of Trump is likely concerned about the perception of his legacy in this everything they read and see.You see, the S400 is for de- that keeps coming back to life like a zombie.The answer was fake think tanks, bribed and blackmailed politicians, press area as well. Additionally, there is concern about maintaining access fense against lots of things, but for Saudi Arabia with highly simple. Israel is at the end of the road with Saudi Arabia. operatives, wholly-owned media groups, and politicized to Afghanistan’s rich mineral and other sources, and curbing Russian robust defenses already, the S400 would be used to stave ISIS is defeated and their cooperation in backing ISIS against social media monoliths. and Chinese influence in Central Asia. off attacks from stealth aircraft, its specialty. Of regional Syria and Iraq is now an embarrassment. Saudi Arabia Still, in the end, Israel seems to be circling the drain, Trump’s positions on Iran largely reflect the pro-Israel senti- players, only Israel has such aircraft. is now seeking peace with Yemen, a disaster for Israel’s more hated than ever, more Isolated and, oddly enough, less ments of those around him, including members of his family. Trump But then, aren’t Saudi Arabia and Israel good friends, regional policy of “keep all wars going.” and less of a “Jewish state” and more of a “criminal state.” likely regards the sanctions as a means of exercising pressure on after all, each secretly aided ISIS and al Qaeda for years. Worst still, the UAE and Iran are now openly cooperating Proving this point, we need only refer to the statements Iran without actually going to war, which Trump wants to avoid But are they really friends or was this a “marriage of con- in Persian Gulf security. Thus, when a huge Saudi oil complex by Donald Trump of the betrayal of Israel by American Jews, because of the political consequences involved. The sanctions are venience? For those who read MSM, even those questions was hit over and over in a 9/11 style attack, figuring out who people who put ethics above politics, who put America before likely to continue even with Bolton’s departure. Regarding North will be unfamiliar as the terror pact between those nations might well have done this is relatively easy.It doesn’t benefit a brutal Israeli regime.Trump calls American Jews “traitors.” Korea, Trump seems to represent factions of the US business class has been censored widely. Iran. This would be a direct attack on Saudi Arabia and Iran Some simply call them Americans like others. At one time, that want an opening with North Korea and the lifting of the sanc- What might drive things to get to the point where Israel has been winning the political war, not just with the UAE Israel was defended by its ability to draw on the holocaust tions against the DPRK so that North Korea can essentially become might bomb Saudi Arabia? Well, Israel is facing an election but Russia and the EU as well along with continued support and smears of anti-Semitism when their brutality against “China-lite,” or a source of cheap labor and an export market for US and a key part of that election is the meltdown Israel is from China. Iran had no reason to attack. their own people was exposed.Time is now closing in. Did companies. If Trump is reelected in 2020, his administration will having over its “first couple,” the Netanyahus. Yemen is at war with Saudi Arabia and has some capabilities Israel bomb Saudi Arabia? Will Israel’s remaining “man likely continue to seek some kind of peace agreement with North Money dictates politics there as everywhere else and but not these capabilities, not to obliterate the biggest cash in Washington,” Mike Pompeo get the war Israel is asking Korea. As for Venezuela, the US petroleum industry wants control the Adelson family, richest Israelis, have been picking up producer Saudi Arabia has. Only one nation in the region for, a war where Israel will be destroyed as well? over the Venezuelan oil trade. The circle around Trump, including the political bills for the Netanyahus for years. That’s over. has the F35, a plane designed to take out oil facilities.You Wait, who would want Israel destroyed to save him- figures such as Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, were The Adelsons now say the Netanyahus are crazy and Miriam see, along with stealth, the F35 has limitations. If it operates self? Are the Netanyahus as “crazy” as Shelly and Miriam clearly trying to organize a regime change operation in Venezuela. Adelson is a psychologist. This is no small problem as the without other aircraft along, like the F15E bomber, the limited Adelson claim?Would they “burn Israel to the ground” They even had a hand-picked successor to President Maduro in the Adelsons are the biggest political contributors in the US as bomb load of the F35 is only useful against targets that are to save themselves from prison for corruption charges? person of Juan Guaido. However, the Maduro government was able well.To get past this, Netanyahu promised to declare most vulnerable to smaller weapons, targets like oil refineries. Who benefits if even Israel is destroyed in a war seemingly to retain enough military, political, and popular support in Venezuela if not all the West Bank as part of Israel, a deal-breaker This proves capability. I think we have more than proven begun to advance Israel’s interests?Do understand this, that the US regime change plans failed. Trump is clearly not willing for nations that had, temporarily at least, begun looking at Israel’s motivation and timing. We can still claim Yemen it is necessary to think of the world as being in a “post- to actually commit the US to war in Venezuela, and he seems to have rebuilding relations with Israel, that being Turkey, Saudi did it and Yemen would be happy to take credit except for nation-state” phase. When one does that, conspiracies lost interest in Venezuela at this point even as Maduro retains power Arabia and maybe even Iraq. That’s all done now.Then the no military expert remotely accepts that Yemen did this. are easier to understand and accept and Guaido has become a fugitive. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

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Crucial role of recycling in the Six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions evolution of life in our universe Galaxies come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and brightnesses, New research by astrophysicists at the They modelled the formation of the shell of ranging from humdrum ordinary galaxies to luminous active University of Kent reveals vital clues about materials that is released as the star ages. galaxies. While an ordinary galaxy is visible mainly because of the the role recycling plays in the formation of These shells form planetary nebulae, or ring- light from its stars, an active galaxy shines brightest at its center, life in our universe. shaped clouds of gas and dust, which are or nucleus, where a supermassive black hole emits a steady blast By investigating the different stages in the visible in the night sky. of bright light as it voraciously consumes nearby gas and dust. life journey of stars and gaining new knowledge The study revealed how the gas and energy Sitting somewhere on the spectrum between ordinary and about their evolutionary cycle, scientists at expelled by stars are returned to the universe, active galaxies is another class, known as low-ionization nuclear the Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary and in what forms. It found that the elements emission-line region (LINER) galaxies. While LINERs are relatively Science have discovered more about a crucial produced by dying stars are transferred common, accounting for roughly one-third of all nearby galaxies, stage in the emergence of life in our Universe. through a process of fragmentation and astronomers have fiercely debated the main source of light emission Their research reveals for the first time how recycled into new stars and planets. from LINERs. Some argue that weakly active galactic nuclei are matter discarded as stars die is recycled to Professor Smith said: ‹Initially, we were responsible, while others maintain that star-forming regions form new stars and planets. perplexed by the results of our simulations. outside the galactic nucleus produce the most light. Scientists have long known that the We needed to understand what happens to A team of astronomers observed six mild-mannered LINER materials that make up human life were the expelled shells from dying red giants. We galaxies suddenly and surprisingly transforming into ravenous not present during the beginnings of the proposed that the shells must be temporary, quasars -- home to the brightest of all active galactic nuclei. The universe. Elements such as carbon and as if they stayed intact life could not exist team reported their observations, which could help demystify oxygen form deep inside stars and are in our universe and our planets would be the nature of both LINERs and quasars while answering some released when the stars explode. What has unoccupied. burning questions about galactic evolution, in the Astrophysical not been clear is what happens to these ‹The shells are not uniform. Most are likely Journal on September 18, 2019. Based on their analysis, the materials in the vast majority of stars which to be cold and molecular. They disintegrate researchers suggest they have discovered an entirely new type do not explode and how they are then into protruding fingers and so lose their of black hole activity at the centers of these six LINER galaxies. extracted to contribute to the development integrity. In contrast, warm atomic shells “For one of the six objects, we first thought we had observed of new planets and biospheres. remain intact. This provides vital clues a tidal disruption event, which happens when a star passes too In their paper ‹Numerical simulations this vital missing link. By carrying out 2-D transferred and mixed with interstellar gas about how carbon and other materials are close to a supermassive black hole and gets shredded,” said Sara of wind-driven protoplanetary nebulae modelling on their Forge supercomputer, to form new astronomical objects. transferred and reused within our universe. Frederick, a graduate student in the University of Maryland -- I. near-infrared emission›, which was which mapped the pattern of light emitted For the first time, the physicists simulated Our civilization happens to exist when the Department of Astronomy and the lead author of the research published by the Royal Astronomical Society from stars under different environmental the detailed formation of Protoplanetary generation of recycled material is at its highest. paper. “But we later found it was a previously dormant black hole on September 12, Professor Michael Smith and conditions, the research team were able nebula. These are astronomical objects That is probably no coincidence.› undergoing a transition that astronomers call a ‘changing look,’ PhD student Igor Novikov have discovered to understand how the material ejected is that develop during a star›s late evolution. (Source: Science Daily) resulting in a bright quasar. Observing six of these transitions, all in relatively quiet LINER galaxies, suggests that we’ve identified a totally new class of active galactic nucleus.” All six of the surprising transitions were observed during the first No benefit in growth mindset theory, Scientists reconstruct skeleton of elusive, nine months of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), an automated sky survey project based at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory near study says pre-historic human San Diego, California, which began observations in March 2018. UMD is a partner in the ZTF effort, facilitated by the Joint Space- Science Institute (JSI), a partnership between UMD and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Changing look transitions have been documented in other galaxies -- most commonly in a class of active galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies. By definition, Seyfert galaxies all have a bright, active galactic nucleus, but Type 1 and Type 2 Seyfert galaxies differ in the amount of light they emit at specific wavelengths. According to Frederick, many astronomers suspect that the difference results from the angle at which astronomers view the galaxies. Type 1 Seyfert galaxies are thought to face Earth head-on, giving an unobstructed view of their nuclei, while Type 2 Seyfert galaxies are tilted at an oblique angle, such that their nuclei are partially obscured by a donut-shaped ring of dense, dusty gas clouds. Thus, changing look transitions between these two classes present a puzzle for astronomers, since a galaxy’s orientation towards Earth is not expected to change. Frederick and her colleagues’ new observations may call these assumptions into question. “We started out trying to understand changing look A motivational approach to learning used Growth mindset research began in the Researchers say they have reconstructed anatomically from modern humans or transformations in Seyfert galaxies. But instead, we found a whole widely in schools to encourage academic 1980s and, in common with several other the skeleton of a pre-historic human from a Neanderthals. They identified 56 traits, new class of active galactic nucleus capable of transforming a success does not benefit pupils, Edinburgh ideas in psychology, has been rigorously long-extinct and elusive species using DNA most in the skull, that differed. wimpy galaxy to a luminous quasar,” said Suvi Gezari, an associate research suggests. re-examined in recent years. found in the pinky bone of a 13-year-old This helped them produce a rendering professor of astronomy at UMD, a co-director of JSI and a co- So-called growth mindset theory— The Edinburgh study, published in girl who died 70,000 years ago. - claiming 85% accuracy - of a Denisovan author of the research paper. “Theory suggests that a quasar which assumes intellectual ability is not the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Little is known about the Denisovans, skeleton that at first glance looks like should take thousands of years to turn on, but these observations fixed but can be greatly changed—has little, General, replicated two of the most who were ancient relatives of the more it could be from a modern human, suggest that it can happen very quickly. It tells us that the theory or even a negative, effect on attainment, influential papers on the topic and revisited familiar Neanderthals and species. though differences are obvious on closer is all wrong. We thought that Seyfert transformation was the researchers say. the methodology used. Their existence was only recently discovered inspection. major puzzle. But now we have a bigger issue to solve.” Psychologists who gauged the theory’s Psychologists tested mindset theory in and has fascinated scientists worldwide. There were similarities to Neanderthals “Our findings confirm that LINERs can, in fact, host active impact in the classroom concluded that three studies involving pupils in China and, Evidence was first uncovered in 2008 in - a sloping forehead, long face and large supermassive black holes at their centers,” Frederick said. “But improved textbooks and systematic study now, in the UK, all aged nine to 13. They a cave in Siberia, and today it includes only pelvis - but the Denisovans were also unique these six transitions were so sudden and dramatic, it tells us that practices are more effective ways of boosting found that growth mindset manipulation three teeth, a pinky bone and a lower jaw, in their very wide skull and large dental arch. there is something altogether different going on in these galaxies. learning. had no effect on pupils’ resilience and no said Hebrew University genetics professor The skeletal reconstruction, along We want to know how such massive amounts of gas and dust The team tested more than 600 children relationship to motivation. Liran Carmel. with an artist’s rendering of the 13-year- can suddenly start falling into a black hole. Because we caught and found that whether or not children *Controlled studies It sounds like science fiction, but Carmel old girl’s head and face, were published these transitions in the act, it opens up a lot of opportunities believed basic intellectual ability can be The sole exception in the controlled said that was enough to create a depiction in the journal Cell. to compare what the nuclei looked like before and after the changed had no effect on overcoming studies was one significant effect but of a full Denisovan skeleton. The team repeated the process as a transformation.” difficult challenges. in the reverse direction. Children with “This is the first time that we provide a test with Neanderthals and chimpanzees, Unlike most quasars, which light up the surrounding clouds “We didn’t see the remarkable results a growth mindset show worse, not detailed anatomical reconstruction showing whose anatomies are known, and found of gas and dust far beyond the galactic nucleus, the researchers promised in earlier studies and would better performance on more difficult us what these humans looked like,” he said. the reconstruction to be 85% accurate. The found that only the gas and dust closest to the nucleus had been caution against using this approach in class. material. It turns out, Carmel said, “we are all discovery of more Denisovan DNA would turned on. Frederick, Gezari and their collaborators suspect Beliefs about basic ability appear unrelated The researchers also studied children’s very similar.” further improve the rendering. that this activity gradually spreads from the galactic nucleus to resilience or progress in school,” says Dr. grades across a semester in school. Again, His team developed a technology to Some far-flung modern Asian -- and may provide the opportunity to map the development of Timothy Bates of the School of Philosophy, the only association found was one that decipher the ancient DNA and, more populations possess small but significant a newborn quasar. Psychology and Language Sciences. showed a negative impact. importantly, its gene activity. Gene activity, amounts of DNA derived from Denisovans, “It’s surprising that any galaxy can change its look on human *Hard work In follow-up studies, the researchers for example, differentiates between a frog suggesting they had a broad geographical time scales. These changes are taking place much more quickly Instead, they found that hard work and found that similar failures were replicated and tadpole, even though their DNA is presence. than we can explain with current quasar theory,” Frederick said. perseverance were vital if pupils were to in university students, with growth mindset identical, Carmel said. Research suggests that Denisovan DNA “It will take some work to understand what can disrupt a galaxy’s make headway. Progress would be made showing zero association with performance, DNA could indicate the Denisovan’s may have contributed to modern Tibetans’ accretion structure and cause these changes on such short order. faster if growth mindset interventions were even in the challenging transition from dark skin, eyes and hair, Carmel said, but ability to live in high altitudes and the Inuits’ The forces at play must be very extreme and very dramatic.” discarded, the University of Edinburgh school to university. by mapping gene activity patterns, they ability to withstand freezing temperatures. (Source: Science Daily) team says. (Source: Medical Express) could infer how the species stood out (Source: Reuters)

Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena Australia to help Trump For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches and then all of a sudden, you see it in a flash,” Jarboe said. that appear for weeks at a time on the sun’s surface. They The group’s previous research has focused on fusion power reach the Moon, and beyond have observed but been unable to explain why the number reactors, which use very high temperatures similar to those of spots peaks every 11 years. inside the sun to separate hydrogen nuclei from their electrons. Australia will invest A$150 million ($101 million) in its companies A University of Washington study published this month In both the sun and in fusion reactors the nuclei of two hydrogen and technology to help U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid for a in the journal Physics of Plasmas proposes a model of plasma atoms fuse together, releasing huge amounts of energy. moon landing by 2024 and subsequent U.S. missions to Mars, motion that would explain the 11-year sunspot cycle and The type of reactor Jarboe has focused on, a spheromak, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend. several other previously mysterious properties of the sun. contains the electron plasma within a sphere that causes it Morrison, visiting NASA headquarters in Washington, said “Our model is completely different from a normal picture to self-organize into certain patterns. When Jarboe began the five-year investment plan would help businesses support of the sun,” said first author Thomas Jarboe, a UW professor to consider the sun, he saw similarities, and created a model U.S. automation systems, build equipment for space craft and of aeronautics and astronautics. “I really think we’re the first for what might be happening in the celestial body. play a role in mineral exploration. people that are telling you the nature and source of solar “For 100 years people have been researching this,” Jarboe “We’re backing Australian businesses to the Moon, and even magnetic phenomena -- how the sun works.” opposite direction with a flipped magnetic field. said. “Many of the features we’re seeing are below the resolution Mars, and back,” Morrison said. The authors created a model based on their previous When the circuits in both hemispheres are moving at the of the models, so we can only find them in calculations.” The announcement came after Morrison made a state visit work with fusion energy research. The model shows that same speed, more sunspots appear. When the circuits are Other properties explained by the theory, he said, include to the White House on Friday, with the red carpet rolled out, a thin layer beneath the sun’s surface is key to many of different speeds, there is less sunspot activity. That mismatch, flow inside the sun, the twisting action that leads to sunspots signaling Australia’s strong ties with the United States after a the features we see from Earth, like sunspots, magnetic Jarboe says, may have happened during the decades of little and the total magnetic structure of the sun. The paper is period of tense relations with China. reversals and solar flow, and is backed up by comparisons sunspot activity known as the “Maunder Minimum.” likely to provoke intense discussion, Jarboe said. The investment is part of a broader Australian plan to beef with observations of the sun. “If the two hemispheres rotate at different speeds, then “My hope is that scientists will look at their data in a new light, up its space sector, with Morrison saying the government wants “The observational data are key to confirming our picture the sunspots near the equator won’t match up, and the whole and the researchers who worked their whole lives to gather that to triple the size of the sector to A$12 billion and create some of how the sun functions,” Jarboe said. thing will die,” Jarboe said. data will have a new tool to understand what it all means,” he said. 20,000 extra jobs by 2030. In the new model, a thin layer of magnetic flux and plasma, “Scientists had thought that a sunspot was generated down The research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Trump, when asked at a joint news conference with Morrison or free-floating electrons, moves at different speeds on different at 30 percent of the depth of the sun, and then came up in a Co-authors are UW graduate students Thomas Benedett, about the U.S. space program, said the focus was on Mars. parts of the sun. The difference in speed between the flows twisted rope of plasma that pops out,” Jarboe said. Instead, Christopher Everson, Christopher Hansen, Derek Sutherland, “We’re stopping at the Moon,” he said, according to a transcript. creates twists of magnetism, known as magnetic helicity, that his model shows that the sunspots are in the “supergranules” James Penna, UW postdoctoral researchers Aaron Hossack “The Moon is actually a launching pad. That’s why we’re stopping are similar to what happens in some fusion reactor concepts. that form within the thin, subsurface layer of plasma that the and John Benjamin O’Bryan, UW affiliate faculty member at the Moon. I said, ‘hey, we’ve already done the Moon. That’s not “Every 11 years, the sun grows this layer until it’s too study calculates to be roughly 100 to 300 miles (150 to 450 Brian Nelson, and Kyle Morgan, a former UW graduate so exciting’. They said, ‘no, sir, it’s a launching pad for Mars’. So big to be stable, and then it sloughs off,” Jarboe said. Its kilometers) thick, or a fraction of the sun’s 430,000-mile radius. student now at CTFusion in Seattle. we’ll be doing the Moon but we’ll really be doing Mars.” departure exposes the lower layer of plasma moving in the “The sunspot is an amazing thing. There’s nothing there, (Source: Science Daily) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

AFZ has potential for launching Iran and its enormous potential air taxi service: tourism expert By Afshin Majlesi for religious tourism TEHRAN – There is a potential for launching air taxi service in , southwest Iran, as the region enjoys TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran is Vali Teimouri points out that according desk the presence of businessmen, travelers, investors as well as growing into a major des- to the 2018 report released by the world foreign nationals, local tourism expert Mahmoud Navaser tination for religious tourism despite U.S. tourism organization for our region, “each told the Tehran Times. sanctions on its economy, some experts say. tourist brings [on average] $1,490 to the Covering 37,400 ha, Arvand Free Zone is situated northwest “We have achieved a considerable growth country, and if you multiply that by the of the Persian Gulf at the confluence of the two major rivers of of tourism in Iran,” said the former CEO of nearly 8 million international tourists that and Arvand and it shares border with Iraq and as Iran’s Tourism Development Corporation visit Iran annually, you’d be amazed by the well, Navaser explained. Gholamhossein Hosseini in an interview foreign currency injected to the country’s with Press TV. economy through the tourism industry.” “World’s average growth in tourism He further underlined that tourism stands at around three to four percent. also contributes greatly to employment This is while we have experienced about across the country, noting that tourism 10 percent growth in 2015 which I believe creates jobs more than any other industry is a remarkable success.” and that tourists tend to spend money on “When it comes to religious tourism, tour guides, restaurants, various Iranian Iran is among the top five countries in the market places to purchase handicrafts world,” he added, noting that the Islamic and other goods. Republic is well on its way to achieve its 20- A unique time for visiting Iran is during year vision plan for tourism industry, which the first ten days of the lunar month of Mu- is to attract more than 20 million tourists. harram, which fell from Sept. 1 to 10 this year. Among the top destinations for inter- That’s because Iranians, who are mostly Shia national tourists to Iran are religious cities Muslims, hold special ceremonies during of , Qom, Shiraz and capital Teh- this time. For Shia Muslims, Muharram is ran. These cities are respectively home to a turning point in the history of Islam. the holy shrines of Imam Reza, the eighth International travelers pose for a photo while visiting the holy shrine of Hazrat Over the past couple of years, Yazd, Mey- The free zone also encompasses the cities of Minushahr, Masumeh (SA), the sister of Imam Reza (AS), in Qom, central Iran. Women are clad Khorramshahr and Abadan, he added. Imam of Shia Muslims; his sister Hazrat bod, Isfahan and Kashan were among the Masumeh (SA); his brothers Ahmad and in chadors, shapeless gowns that cover their entire bodies, to respect a dress code cities which hosted the highest numbers of “Abadan and Khorramshahr have long been considered as required for female pilgrims. centers of trade and commerce in , and now Mohammad; as well as the late founder of foreign tourists on the ninth and the tenth religions in Iran have their own religious “We’ve had a rising tourism in Iran from the two cities annually welcome many businessmen from across the Islamic Revolution Imam Rouhollah days of Muharram (Tasua and Ashura) when ceremonies and all that can attract tour- countries like Oman, Kuwait, Pakistan and the globe...Tax exemptions have significantly incentivized inves- Khomeini, Press TV reported. the mourning ceremonies reach its climax. ists,” he said. Afghanistan.” tors to be active in the free zone.” In terms of religious tourism, Hosseini Last November, the U.S. reinstated sanc- Mashhad and Qom, however, “have always “Many religious tourists from across the Vast tourist capacities of Abadan, Khorramshahr and Mi- further emphasized, “Iran enjoys an enor- tions on Iran, mainly the ones that had been been the top five destinations for religious world have seized the opportunity of depre- nushahr, as well as hospitality and warmth of the people in mous potential. It has 8,000 sacred sites and lifted under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, tourists,” he noted. ciation of the value of the Iranian rial [due these cities, is the reason behind arrivals in the region, which pilgrimage places, around 4,400 of them in order to batter Iran’s economy, howev- Today 1.8 million tourists just from Iraq to U.S. sanctions] to visit Iran for longer attaches great importance to the development of transporta- have been registered.” er, according to official data, they have so visit Iran annually, said the head of Iran’s tour time periods,” he added. tion, Navaser added. “People from different religious back- far failed to lessen foreign arrivals to the operators associations, Ebrahim Pourfaraj. Moreover, the deputy tourism minister “There is no doubt that the growth of the tourism industry grounds have a reason to visit Iran. Different Islamic Republic. is dependent to the development of the transportation system. Today, a criterion for measuring the level of development of any country is its transportation infrastructure, and it is impossible Spanish cultural heritage show opens in Tehran to expand tourism without paying attention to the infrastructure required by the industry.” HERITAGE TEHRAN — Spain’s Archeologi- Addressing the opening ceremony, Jebrail Nokandeh, Arvand Free Trade Zone in the southwestern province of deskcal Museum of Alicante (MARQ) on the director of the National Museum of Iran, said that Khuzestan is one of the seven major free trade zones of Iran. Sunday opened a show in Tehran. The large-scale holding joint exhibits in the Netherlands and Spain is It has long been one of the border and oil rich zones of the exhibition, being hosted by the National Museum of a unique work and a symbol of Iran’s friendship with country due to the existence of freshwater rivers of Karun and Iran, puts on show around 300 objects, some of which the two countries. Arvand and also transportation facilities including road, rail, dating for millennia. “Iran, Cradle of Civilization” turned the spot- sea and air. Lands of this Zone have been allocated to industrial The exhibit is in return for a landmark Iranian exhibit light on the earliest developments of agriculture activities, and other sectors, such as trade, tourism and office, titled “Iran, Cradle of Civilization” that the Spanish and livestock farming from the very beginning to to ports, warehousing and transit, and investors can invest in museum had hosted from March 14 to September 1, cuneiform clay tablets, gold beakers and ornaments, any of the economic activities. pulling in 101,108 visitors Spain and other nationalities. bronze weapons and beautifully painted ceramics Establishment of free trade zones in Iran dates back to Iranian “Iran, Cradle of Civilization” was previously on show associated with successive Iranian kingdoms as it calendar year 1368 (March 1989- March 1990) following the fall at Drents Museum, Assen, the Netherlands, where featured nearly two hundred pieces of a large span in the country’s oil income in the preceding year which prompted it was well received by museumgoers from June to of Iranian history, starting from pre-historical era the government to promote the non-oil exports. November 2018. to the Islamic period. The first two free trade zones of Iran were established in the south of country. The first one was Kish Free Trade Zone estab- lished in 1368 on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf and the second Sapienza University to document historical sites in western Iran one was Qeshm Free Trade Zone established the year after on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. HERITAGE TEHRAN — A team of historical sites across during desk Some five other free trade zones have been also established experts from Sapienza the first four months of the current Iranian in the country since then, including Chabahar in southeastern University of Rome is slated to document calendar year (started March 21), Qaderi said Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Arvand in southwestern Khuzestan some historical sites that are scattered across earlier in July. Province, Anzali in northern Gilan Province, Aras in East-Azarbai- Kermanshah province, western Iran. The province embraces awe-inspiring histor- jan Province and Maku in West-Azarbaijan Province, both in the The project will be carried out under ical sites including Bisotun and Taq-e Bostan, northwest of the country. a memorandum of understanding which both on the UNESCO World Heritage list. was inked on Saturday between the Italian Inscribed into the base of a towering cliff, university and provincial cultural heritage Taq-e Bostan comprises extraordinary Sas- ROUND THE GLOBE department, CHTN reported. sanian bas-reliefs of ancient victorious kings Sapienza University of Rome has long divide opinions. been active in studies related to the Iranian UNESCO has it that Bisotun bears an out- Pre-Hispanic City and history and civilization, said Omid Qaderi, standing testimony to the important inter- National Park of Palenque the provincial tourism chief. change of human values on the development “It can bring its valuable experiences to of monumental art and writing, reflecting The archaeological site of Palenque in the state of Chiapas is Kermanshah,” the official said. ancient traditions in monumental bas-re- one of the most outstanding Classic period sites of the Maya Temple of Anahita in Kangavar, the Palace liefs. Measuring about 15 meters high and 25 area, known for its exceptional and well conserved architec- of Ardashir in Firuzabad, and the Anubanini meters wide, the inscription was created on tural and sculptural remains. petroglyph are among historical sites that the order of King Darius I in 521 BC. It bears The elegance and craftsmanship of the construction, as are to be documented, he added. three different cuneiform script languages: well as the lightness of the sculpted reliefs illustrating Mayan Over 300,000 travelers visited major Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. mythology, attest to the creative genius of this civilization. Ancient humans may have made patterns and sculptures on South Africa’s beaches One of the first things many kids – or even adults – may do of other forms of human activity on these surfaces of sand, that may have caused such patterns (such as wind, water, when they are on a beach or dune is to make patterns in the such as patterns, symbols, sculptures, or foraging. If so, fossil roots and branches, and traces made by invertebrates, sand, or sculptures in the form of sandcastles. could such ancient canvases have left evidence of human reptiles, birds and other mammals). We also considered Many generations of humans have enjoyed these activities. activity that can be discerned and interpreted today? Indeed, how to distinguish between ancient patterns made in sand But until now there has been no reported evidence to suggest could such evidence form a previously undocumented form and more recent patterns etched in rock – that is, graffiti. how far back in human history this may have occurred. Now of Middle Stone Age hominin expression and activity? Our In some of the cases we described we simply pointed out my colleagues and I believe we may have found such evidence findings suggest the answer to these questions may be “yes”. features that appeared puzzling, that may possibly have at sites along South Africa’s Cape south coast. A plethora of patterns been created by humans, but where other causes could not Southern Africa boasts an extensive record of palaeo-art, At one site we found a large almost perfectly circular be reasonably excluded. One site contained patterns that and South Africa’s Cape south coast, stretching eastward groove, along with a depression in the center of the circle. we had never encountered before, and that do not appear along the coast from Cape Town, contains one of the richest Beside this feature was a pair of oval shapes that may rep- anywhere in the ichnological (trace fossil) literature. After Middle Stone Age archaeological records in the world. This resent knee impressions. If this circle was generated by a due consideration we interpreted this as possibly represent- includes an engraved piece of ochre and the oldest reported human, then a possible mechanism could have involved ing a seal tracksite, and will be reporting on this elsewhere. example of rock painting. Evidence suggests that the area the use of a forked stick, in the same way that a compass is In other cases, such as the circular feature with the cen- The city was founded during the Late Preclassic, which may have been critical to the survival of the human species. used by kids in maths classes. tral depression, the presence of grooves beside possible corresponds to the beginning of the Christian era. Its first This coastal region now contains extensive aeolianites Other patterns included groove features beside possible human footprints, and the “hashtag” pattern, the evidence inhabitants probably migrated from other sites in the (cemented dune deposits) and cemented foreshore deposits. human footprints, and a “hashtag” pattern that resembles for a human origin appeared more compelling. However, nearby region. These rocks are the cemented remains of the dune and beach known palaeo-art in the region. We also identified two possible we took a cautious approach, acknowledging that absolute They always shared the cultural features which define the surfaces that existed when our distant ancestors and many animal images, one of which may conceivably have taken the certainty is elusive. Maya culture, as well as a level of development that allowed other vertebrates were making tracks in the region in the form of a sculpture of a sting-ray. We have proposed a new Next steps them to adapt to the natural environment. After several cen- Middle-Late Pleistocene, approximately 158,000 to 70,000 term to describe patterns made in sand by humans, which Samples have been taken for dating, adjacent to a turies, ca. 500 CE, the city rose to be a powerful capital within years ago. We know the ages of the rocks from the results of become lithified over time through a natural cementation number of the sites we described. We eagerly await a regional political unit. Without a buffer zone the total area previous dating studies. process: ammoglyph (“ammos” being Greek for “sand”, and these results. Non-invasive imaging studies may aid in of the archeological site is 1780 hectares, 09 areas and 49 It may seem that tracks and patterns made in the sand “glyph” being Greek for a carving, image or symbol). the investigation of the rocks with patterns that suggest square meters and 1,400 buildings have been recorded, of are ephemeral, destined to be covered by the effects of the If our interpretations are accurate, these findings represent foraging behavior. which only about 10% have been explored. next wind storm or tide. However, perhaps surprisingly, two important things. Firstly, evidence of a human presence We hope that other scientists will critically examine the Palenque has been the object of interest of numerous many of these records are preserved, ready to be identi- on these ancient dunes and beaches is more substantial than findings and interpretations that we have presented. Recog- travelers, explorers and researchers since the 18th centu- fied when they are re-exposed through cliff collapse or has been thought. Secondly, this evidence would buttress nizing that ancient sand surfaces were not all “perishable”, ry. It illustrates one of the most significant achievements of through forces of erosion. Our team has identified more that of other avenues of research that attest to the cognitive but that some of them have preserved an extraordinary record mankind in the American continent. The ancient city has a than 140 vertebrate tracksites along this coastline. For abilities of early humans in this region. of what transpired on them, suggests a previously under-ap- planned urban layout, with monumental edifices and some example, as many as 40 footprints made by hominins Varying interpretations preciated means of interpreting ancient human expression. of the largest clearings found in all the Maya area. travelling down a dune surface, and estimated as being There is a multitude of lines, grooves, patterns and shapes The resulting search for ammoglyphs on the Cape south The architecture of the site is integrated in the landscape, 90,000 years old, were identified at one site by members on these rock surfaces. coast has the potential to become a new field of study, at a creating a city of unique beauty. of our research team in 2016. One of our challenges therefore lay in identifying whether meeting point of archaeology, art, ichnology, palaeoanthro- (Source: UNESCO) So, given that we know humans moved across these land- a hominin “signature” could reasonably be inferred among pology, pattern recognition and sedimentology. scapes, we wondered whether there might also be evidence this plethora of forms. We outlined other possible agents (Source: The Conversation) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 I NTERNATIONAL 11 Reuters frustrated U.S. not striking Iran for Aramco Jeffrey Epstein pitched his attacks despite no evidence of Tehran’s involvement own narrative and mainstream media published it By Alireza Hashemi Trump reportedly decided to back down. The Reuters piece itself mentions Trump’s By Emma Fiala TEHRAN — Some in the mainstream western behavior towards Venezuela, reporting Trump As independent media journalists and outlets reporting media are lamenting why U.S. President has resisted suggestions for a “stronger focus on on all things Jeffrey Epstein continue to find themselves Donald Trump is dragging its feet to march military planning” while a U.S.-led campaign under the microscope, some important revelations about off to another open-ended military conflict in of economic and diplomatic pressure has mainstream media’s reporting of the convicted pedophile the Middle East, after days of reckless efforts failed to “rescue” its people by toppling the have come to light, thanks to the New York Times. to implicate Iran in the September 14 Yemeni Venezuelan government. The double standard by which social media platforms, attacks into Saudi oil installations. Reuters continues, “Trump’s stance today fact checkers, and news consumers alike judge independent The MSM outlets are repeating that Iran is in stark contrast to 2017, less than three versus mainstream media is, in short, incredibly unfair. was behind the attack, despite the fact Iranian months into his presidency, when he waited Every time information about the ills of mainstream media complacency with the Yemeni strike has not only two days before launching air strikes to surface, it is important to take note and adjust the lens yet been publicly demonstrated. punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s through which one consumes mainstream media accordingly. They are following in the footsteps of U.S. forces for a chemical weapons attack.” This latest revelation regarding the less-than-transparent Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, who has Wait a minute. Was Trump entitled to side of mainstream media involves outlets like Forbes, National put American credibility on the line by accusing bombard Syria as a punishment for a “chemical Review and HuffPost and Epstein’s attempt to improve his Iran of perpetrating an “act of war”. weapons attack”? Which global authority did public image after his stint in the Palm County Jail back in The attack, the latest in a series of strikes sanction such attacks? 2009 after he plead guilty to two prostitution charges for into key Saudi Arabian targets this year, was And there are no convincing proof to believe launched from south-western Iran using Remains of the weapons which Saudi government says were used to attack an the Syrian government has ever committed drones and cruise missiles, according to the A ramco oil facility, are displayed during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi chemical attacks. American narrative. Arabia September 18, 2019. CNN anchor echoes Reuters This is while the Yemeni Houthi movement Interestingly, a famous CNN anchor also has claimed responsibility for the attacks, attack, almost all take Iran’s involvement in of the damaged facilities for western reporters egged on war with Iran, tweeting why Trump explaining in detail how the assaults were the attack for granted. to Friday remarks by an Iranian official that “balks” at military retaliation. carried out. The articles generally repeat the same Iran would give firm response to any U.S. Trying to portray Trump’s picking of The strike fits a pattern of Yemeni strikes demonology pro-war voices offered for years military plot in the region. sanctions instead of airstrikes as a sign of against Saudi economic infrastructure, and to try to justify an attack on Iran. This is also the case with two other articles, weakness, CNN anchor Jim Sciutto replied it follows Yemeni threats made last month. A Friday piece, titled “United States sending titled “Iran says it will destroy any aggressor” with a carefully worded question: “does this There is no plausible reasons to believe troops to bolster Saudi defenses after attack”, and “Iran navy commander says Iran ready mean the president is again balking at military Iran was behind the attacks, and it’s even says the US officials have told Reuters southwest to defend its marine borders”. retaliation?” unclear if Iran has indirectly played a role Iran was the staging ground for the attack that Both articles link pledges by Iranian According to Sputnik, the purpose of in the attacks. might has been “authorized by Iran’s Supreme commanders to defend Iranian territory, Sciutto’s question is to frame Trump’s choice Although the U.S. government and Leader Ayatollah .” made in speeches on the occasion of the as between showing strength by ordering establishment media often call the Houthis The article says this is “an assessment 39th anniversary of the beginning of the an airstrike - which seems to be the obvious a proxy of Iran, the fact is this is an independent based at least in part on still-classified imagery , to the Aramco attacks. decision for any red-blooded American - or force grown out of decades-long conflicts in showing Iran appearing to prepare an aerial Striking example weakness by “balking” at that option. Yemen. strike”. Perhaps no article demonstrates the Reuters A love for war The extent to which Iran offers support to But the agency doesn’t explain why the pro-war stance than a major piece released Seemingly, the mainstream media loves the Yemeni forces has never been established. evidence that reportedly justify an attack to early on Wednesday. it when the U.S. bombs things. Anyway, even if factual evidence does a sovereign country are still classified. In the article, published hours before Saudi The Trump-ordered missile strike on Syria’s emerge that Iran has provided weapons The article also says the Pentagon’s late Arabia held its news conference, Reuters Shayrat Air Base in April 2017 was widely used in the attack, there would be much less Friday announcement that it will send some lamented why Trump was not taking action admired by the MSM. Screenshot of the 2013 Forbes article troops to Saudi Arabia to bolster defense immediately. actual guilt on the part of Tehran than what A day after the attack, CNN’s Fareed soliciting a minor in Florida in 2008 in an attempt to avoid the western outlets say. Why would this justify systems “appeared to close the door to any The title is provocative enough:” Wary Zakaria said he thinks Trump had just “became imminent decision to wage retaliatory strikes of conflict with Iran, Trump takes go-slow federal charges related to sexually abusing underage girls. a U.S. military response? President of the United States”, Washington His efforts resulted in the publishing of multiple puff Assemblage of junk against Iran following the attack”. approach to attack on Saudi oil”. Post columnist David Ignatius asserted “put Ouch! Isn’t it too bad that the doors to Reuters reports Trump has adopted an pieces casting the deceased financier as an intelligent and Surprisingly, neither the U.S. nor Saudi more umph” back into “the credibility of selfless businessman with a passion for science. And while Arabia have so far presented a shred of credible “retaliatory strikes” are closed? “uncharacteristically go-slow approach” over American power,” and Fox News’ Jeanine The title of a Saturday column says, “Saudi whether to “hold Iran responsible” for attacks Epstein was indeed a philanthropist, these articles failed to evidence proving Iran launched the attack Pirro claimed “We finally have a man who mention his criminal past or current controversies. on Aramco. oil attack shows how Iran sees new Mideast on Saudi oil facilities, apparently because he knows the difference between right and wrong game”. “seeks re-election next year” and he is “famously While all three articles referenced have been deleted since In a press conference Wednesday night, and good and evil, and it makes us proud.” the report, the New York Times included quotes from each: Riyadh put on display a wreckage of what it This column clearly suggests Iran was skeptical of his intelligence community”. Global Research and other respected behind the attack. A paragraph says,” Iran But one can hardly conclude Trump’s “The Forbes.com article, posted in 2013, praised him as said were remnants of weapons used in the alternative outlets have clearly demonstrated “one of the largest backers of cutting-edge science around attacks has been testing drones and supplying them approach towards the Sept. 14 attacks was how big U.S. outlets, including the New York to regional allies such as Hezbollah for years. “uncharacteristically go-slow”, taking into the world” while making no mention of his criminal past. In the show, the Saudi Defense Ministry Times, CBS, and CNN, sold the Iraq war to The National Review piece, from the same year, called him Spokesman Turki al-Maliki claimed This attack, however, showed significant recent account Trump’s approach to the explosions the American people. progress. That the missiles were reportedly able off the coast of the UAE’s Fujairah in May, “a smart businessman” with a “passion for cutting-edge the wreckage showed the attacks were “Such was the barrage of propaganda s cience.” The HuffPost article, from 2017, credited Mr. “unquestionably sponsored” by Tehran. to evade Saudi air defenses by flying behind the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of directed at the American public that 69% them demonstrates striking sophistication”. Oman mid- June and the shootdown of a U.S. Epstein for “taking action to help a number of scientists But many believe the assemblage of junk believed Saddam Hussein was personally thrive during the ‘Trump Era’,” a time of ‘anti-science policies were not that much-anticipated “concrete A Thursday article reads, “Saudi Arabia spy drone inside Iranian territory late June. involved in the . That shows attack site damage as Iran pledges Probably in all cases there was “no doubt” and budget cuts’.” evidence” Saudi officials had vowed to provide. is a significant achievement in manipulation. The New York Times notes Al-Maliki did not say what area the strikes tough defense”. that Iran was the culprit - although even stanch The poll results must have been news to the The double This article relates a Saudi-organized tour allies of the U.S. wanted clear evidence - but t he little known method were fired from, just asserting they “could not Iraqi dictator himself, a forgotten one-time e mployed by corporate standard have originated in Yemen”. American ally,” Global Research reports. o nline publishers in which by which Separately, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State The pattern continues into other illegitimate a contributor not typically for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir on Saturday interventions, as the liberal Guardian a ssociated with the outlet social media showed he is clueless about the perpetrator newspaper championed the demolition of w rites for little or no pay platforms, of the attacks. Libya in 2011, with editorials imploring, “The with little to no input from Al-Jubeir said Riyadh would take the quicker Muammar Gaddafi falls, the better.” the outlet’s editors. fact checkers, appropriate steps if its investigation confirmed Now one can better grasp why William A nother less-than- and news that the attacks were launched from Iranian soil. Arkin, one of NBC’s political commentators, t ransparent occurrence is consumers “The kingdom will take the appropriate quit in January. In his resignation letter, Arkin precisely what happened at measures based on the results of the denounced the network as a “cheerleader for Forbes back in 2013. As seen alike judge investigation, to ensure its security and open and subtle threat mongering,” full of in the screen shot above, the independent stability,” al-Jubeir told a news conference. people who “accept that a state of perpetual article titled “Science Funder Reuters eggs on war war” is a necessity. J effrey Epstein Launches versus However, it seems Reuters and other Trump decided to impose yet another round Radical Emotional Software mainstream western outlets are bent on nudging the idea of of sanctions to punish the people of Iran for Screenshot of a Reuters article published on September 18, 2019. F or The Gaming Industry” media is, war forward, picking up the anti-Iran narrative what there is no public proof of, but MSM a ppears to have been and running with it. outlets are furious that Trump has backed written by Drew Hendricks, in short, The corporate media is having the false The corporate media is having the false away from an all-out war. contributor to Forbes. In early incredibly accusations repeated until the need for Iran accusations repeated until the need for Iran ​Trump can be almost certain that the day July, the Times revealed that attack becomes consensus reality in the west. unfair. attack becomes consensus reality in the west. he orders air strikes, the MSM will cheer the H endricks was in fact not Of dozens of Reuters articles on the Aramco decision as “presidential”. t he author of the article. Hendricks admitted to having been paid $600 to attach his byline to the text and publish it on the Forbes website after having been contacted by a public relations firm. Trust in mainstream media on the decline H endricks claims to have not known about Epstein’s history: By Brian Flood dipped, as 39 percent said they had “very his presidential campaign,” McCall added. All I knew was, this is a guy doing a science thing. If I little” or no confidence in newspapers in 2019 “Nobody expects the media to be perfect or had known otherwise, I wouldn’t have done it. T rump blasts paper for corrected story; compared to only 17 percent as recently as 100 percent accurate, but obvious and high- A s it turns out, until recently HuffPost engaged in a ‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz explains. 2003. profile lapses in professional judgment, as p rocess of allowing outside writers to contribute to the In the wake of the latest controversial D ePauw University professor Jeffrey we saw in the New York Times this week, website without editorial review—a process that allowed New York Times story, many are saying the McCall told Fox News that “decline in trust of remind the public that the news industry for the publishing of yet another Epstein puff piece written mainstream media is in big trouble. the media is troubling” because a functioning is in chaos.” by Rachel Wolfson, a “digital marketer,” in 2017. “The View” co-host Meghan McCain on republic requires citizens who are informed Fox News contributor Deroy Murdock feels The National Review’s Epstein article was written by Tuesday confronted a pair of New York Times and have sufficient, accurate news on which to the “Old Guard media have lost the trust of Christina Galbraith, a supposed “science writer” who had r eporters who blamed Gray Lady editors base self-governance decisions. the American people because so many outlets published articles previously at both Forbes and HuffPost. for botching a now-revised story accusing “Today, the media has lost sight of its have gone from reporting to Resistance.” “If [Trump] tries to unify the country by And Galbraith just so happens to be listed as a contact in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of obligation and instead too often fills the news “ They would rather grind President addressing the Historically Black Colleges and news releases from 2012, 2013, and 2014 promotion Epstein’s sexual misconduct. hole with sensational, poorly sourced and/or T rump’s face in the dirt than simply tell Universities National Conference, with good foundations and other work. “You guys left out a key detail,” McCain agenda-driven content,” McCall said. people what he did or didn’t do on any given news about his policies that help HBCUs, or In addition to the positive press campaign engaged in said, referring to the paper leaving out the “News consumers have enough sense to day. If so much as a hair on his head is out of welcomes the rabbi of the Poway Synagogue over the years, in 2010, after having completing his stint in tidbit that the alleged victim doesn’t remember recognize these flaws and are responding as place, we hear about it nonstop,” Murdock to the Rose Garden just days after it suffered jail, Epstein’s social life kicked into high gear. According the incident. “I think this is sort of Ground you would expect, by tuning out the news told Fox News on Tuesday. a fatal anti-Semitic attack, the ABC, CBS, and to the Times’ July article, Epstein was suddenly rubbing Zero for why so many people mistrust the or, at least, being skeptical of the content The Media Research Center tracks evening NBC evening news programs spend literally shoulders with well-known people like Katie Couric, George media.” they do read.” newscasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC and noticed zero time even mentioning such events in Stephanopoulos, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Harvard University W hile McCain and other conservative “Some leaders in the news industry tend to a variety of pro-Trump and positive stories passing,” Murdock said. “Such professional p ublished a website praising the convicted pedophile’s p undits often use hyperbole to rip the blame Trump’s media-bashing as the reason about conservatives that have been skipped. irresponsibility confirms that the media have accomplishments and highlighting that he donated millions mainstream media, she appears to be correct for this decline in media trust, but the trend The Times’ Kavanaugh debacle was largely become largely an offshoot of the Democrat of dollars to charity. And Epstein published his own website when it comes to people not trusting it. has been ongoing for 15-20 years, well before ignored once it was revised and Murdock National Committee. Sad, but true.” showcasing his own science event to which Stephen Hawking A recent Gallup poll surveyed the Trump came down the escalator to begin thinks the issue is part of an on-going trend. McCall feels the “news industry needs was a guest. confidence adults had in newspapers and to do some introspection and re-establish a Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College, said Epstein t elevision news -- and the results were “Such professional irresponsibility confirms commitment to serving the news needs of the was “like an ex-con who had done well on Wall Street” who staggering. nation,” but to accomplish that, executives will donated $50,000 to Bard in 2011 and $75,000 in 2012. “If According to the poll, 48 percent of people that the media have become largely have to “clearly separate news from opinion you looked up Jeffrey Epstein online in 2012, you would see have either “very little” or no confidence in an offshoot of the Democrat National and stop the senseless obsession with clicks what we all saw,” Botstein said, speaking to the success of television news, compared to only 18 percent and ratings.” Epstein’s efforts to craft his preferred public image. in 1993. Confidence in newspapers has also Committee. Sad, but true.” (Source: Foxnews.com) (Source: Activistpost.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

First graders celebrate new school World Car-Free Day: costly cars, year with “blossoms festival”

SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iranian students celebrated their desk cheap fuel to blame for air pollution first year of attending school joining “Jashn-e Shokufeha”, literally meaning “blossoms festival” held on Sunday 1 What really caused Tehraners pend on automotive technology and many in elementary schools nationwide. to breathe foul air? factors are involved, he stated that fuel quality, Yesterday, the schools hosted numerous little students glowing in Since the beginning of the current Iranian local conditions, altitude, driving pattern, colorful uniforms walking hand calendar year (March 21), Tehran air quality topographical condition of the city all affect in hand with their parents down has been unhealthy for sensitive groups for the amount of emission a car is producing. the streets to join classrooms 24 days due to high rate of ozone emissions, “The DOE is responsible for controlling for the first time, some of whom while one day reported to be unhealthy for vehicles producing one out of 85 emissions, grinning cheerfully imagining all the residents, according to the Tehran and we tried our best to monitor the emitting themselves in white doctor uni- Air Quality Control Company. vehicles and reduce air pollution; but the forms in the future and some Traffic congestion and cars can contribute main factor which can fully eradicate it is others with teary eyes and a bit to ozone raise, as toxic emissions of oxides car manufacturers,” he highlighted. of anxiety being parted from of nitrogen is released by diesel cars during Efforts to reduce use of personal their parents. fuel combustion in an engine. cars Annually on the last day of To reduce pollution in the cities, cleaner ‘Car-free Tuesdays’ campaign kicked off in summer, first graders take part transport fleets and less private cars can have 2016 by NGOs aiming to decrease the number in “blossoms festival” with their immediate and long-term benefits, Behzad of private cars in cities, hence mitigate air parents to mark the start of the Ashjaei told ISNA on Sunday. pollution, but lost momentum after almost school year. Although pollution standards in the world a year probably because of the inefficient Mohsen Haji Mirzaei, Ed- have become stricter compared to that of infrastructure in the country. ucation Minister, symbolically attended the festival in an ex- 20 years ago, people are still encouraged Such movements towards cleaner transport emplary school. to stop using private cars, he said, adding, options entail appropriate infrastructure such “This year, some 1.4 million first graders and nearly 485,881 the reason is also clear, fewer cars, less air as bike lanes to ensure safety improvements preschoolers will begin their first year of education at 65,388 el- pollution, so the culture of using private and higher ridership numbers, as well as ementary schools throughout the country,” ISNA quoted Rezvan cars should be promoted. efficient, low emission public transport. Hakimzadeh, an official with the Ministry of Education, as saying. One concept should fit into the com- Based on a report by the World Bank However, the campaign has resumed by She went on to say that 8.1 million students attend elementary munity that “owning a car does not mean the Tehran mayor over the past 10 months. schools this year, with a two-percent increase compared to the using it every day”, which is not formed by published in April 2018, air pollution How to save the cities? last year; first graders also increased by 1.07 percent this year. itself but the policy makers should think in Tehran incurs annual loss of $2.6 Although raising awareness about ve- about it, he added. hicles emissions can make the citizens to Pointing out that everywhere in the world million and over 4,000 premature deaths use transportation services in a year; there England’s national parks ‘must cars are cheap while using them are costly, from exposure to fine particles ambient must be effective solutions to a clean, efficient Ashjaei said factors such as fuel prices, tolls, concentrations. mobility ecosystem such as reducing traffic do more to protect nature’ taxes, etc. have made people avoid using their congestion, producing green vehicles, getting cars as much as possible. tropolises such as Tokyo, Los Angles and dens an annual loss of 140 million rials (nearly electric cars on the roads. However, in Iran it is exactly the opposite; Vienna are even twice Tehran, but is air $3,300) caused by air pollution. If they take However, cities also must improve in- National parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty have not done the car is very expensive but very inexpensive pollution haunting them? Definitely not,” public fleet to work and take care of their car frastructure to be suitable for bicycle rid- enough to protect nature or welcome diverse visitors, and extra gov- to use and as a result the car owner would Ashjaei stressed. catalysts, they will pay less; so it is much better ers and pedestrians, while holding electric ernment funding must help drive radical change, according to a review. like to use a car bought at a high cost every Of course, urban structure is also effective to play our part in reducing air pollution.” charging stations or other facilities for the The independent review, commissioned by the former envi- day, he noted. in the cities’ air quality, but more important “Most cities in the country, especially Teh- use of electric vehicles. ronment secretary Michael Gove, praises the work of England’s 44 “That is why traffic congestion and air is the culture of using private cars, which ran, are experiencing a shortage of public Public transport systems should run cheap- “national landscapes”, including the Lake District and Dartmoor, pollution haunted our cities today; some say has so far not been seriously reformed in fleets, so we should not neglect infrastructure er and safer to become a viable alternative to but calls for a new focus to stop declines in nature and welcome that Tehran does not have the capacity for Iran, he added. alongside acculturalization to reduce the use the car in urban areas; cities must be analyzed working-class and black and minority ethnic visitors. so many cars, but it is more accurate to say According to Ashjaei, based on a report of personal cars,” he emphasized. to offer different transportation as well as The review, led by the writer Julian Glover, calls for parks, that Tehran does not have the capacity to by the World Bank published in April 2018, The current capacity of public transport reducing waiting times for the passengers. which cover nearly a quarter of England, to have a clear national use so many cars daily.” air pollution in Tehran incurs annual loss fleet is not responsive to the current cus- Roads are the other factor can improve mission to reverse environmental decline, assisted by 1,000 new “Iran ranked 71st in the world in terms of of $2.6 million and over 4,000 premature tomers, let alone private car owners, so it traffic jam, as long as it offers alternative rangers. It says every schoolchild should be given the chance to per capita vehicle,” he said, highlighting, in deaths from exposure to fine particles am- requires serious attention and investment, routes for drivers. visit the parks and spend a night under the stars. Tehran alone there are four cars per person. bient concentrations. he explained. Increasing parking spaces all over the “National parks and AONBs have done their best to protect “Vehicles per person in the world me- “In other words, each Iranian family bur- Implying that emissions do not just de- cities can also reduce the traffic. nature but it’s not been good enough,” said Glover. “Nature is in crisis in our protected landscapes just as it’s in crisis outside them. We’re not blaming national parks and AONBs but we want to The influence of manifestations of civilization on bedtime of Iranians and some other oriental countries give them to the tools to do more, and recover declining nature.” By Seyed Hossein Hosseiniseddiq Some of the merits of this culture may include: It was apparently just a hundred years ago that the Ira- Glover said the national parks were created after the second world TEHRAN — For the first time, I left Iran in November 1. Maintains physical and mental health and, in turn, nian Bazaars - usually roofed - had three main elements, a war to serve the whole country and have proved “immensely popular”, brings freshness and vitality to the day, most importantly mosque, a seminary, and a public bath; they were beginning managing natural beauty well, particularly when receiving just £48m 2004 to attend an international conference at UCL London. Although it was a three-day conference, the trip took two to the benefit of work and education. their activity: annual government funding between them. National parks generate 2. Family members, especially parents, spend more time At first, businessmen and merchants attended the Morning more than £20bn for the rural economy, and support 75,000 jobs. weeks to see the historic attractions of the two capitals of England and Scotland, London and Edinburgh and to gain with their children and can focus on their education and Prayer, followed by a mosque cleric preaching and address- He added: “But our country has changed and we need to change play with them. ing the Book of Makaseb (a book on business in Islam), the way we run our landscapes to keep pace with that. One thing is to useful experiences. One of the wonders of the land that caught my attention in those days was the closure of most shops 3. The community seems to be facing a decrease in traffic familiarizing the audiences to the principles of commerce make sure everyone feels welcome in those landscapes and the other accidents and crime. and to lawful and forbidden matters. Then the businessmen is to make sure the way they are run reflects the country as a whole.” and shopping centers at 7pm, and London was plunged into silence and darkness with all its glory. 4. Other benefits include saving on electricity and other by the name of God open the shops and clean it and then The review calls for the boards of national parks to better represent costs. For example, city buses run after 19:00 for longer eat breakfast. People gradually came to the Bazaar to buy modern Britain – more than 99% of board members are white – and Later in other cities in Europe and America, I witnessed this Western culture and tradition throughout the seasons. hours to 1:00 am for some office staffs and factory workers their necessities, and the sellers were busy with business for a new programme to increase ethnic minority visits and ensure and may skip to parties or weekends. until the noon prayer. that minority groups see the parks as places for them. At first I thought, because Europe is cold, people are not used to sleeping in the afternoons, but with the 40 degree 5. Parents who have children under the age of 18 or so in Business people usually brought lunch from their home Although more than 66% of people live within half an hour of school are required by the Education Authority to enforce or dine at the Bazaar restaurant. They, too, continued their a national park or AONB and they receive 94 million visitors each heat in California this mindset has also been corrected be- cause chain stores from 7 and other malls sometimes open their children’s sleep order. business constantly until the Maghrib or sunset prayer. After year, Glover said too many people don’t know what they are for. 6. It is customary for the parties to finally end by 9pm attending congregational prayer, they joined the family and The review calls for a new national park in the Chilterns and from 9am to 19pm Monday through Saturday. There are, of course, exceptions, such as restaurants, sports and leisure and get ready for sleep. had dinner and sometimes afterwards were going party or a new “national forest” covering areas such as Sherwood Forest, Now, what has happened that some eastern nations, and poetry sessions or recited the Quran and prayer. They finally to help increase woodland to fight the climate crisis. centers - which are open early in the week until 22:00 and are open late into the night. However, later in the life-span in particular the Iranians, after the arrival of the civilization fell asleep around 9 pm. It wants long-term programmes to increase black and minority manifestations, this Iranian and Islamic culture, left the It is hoped that we will return to our ancestors’ culture and ethnic visitors, better information to guide visitors, affordable of many years, I came to realize that most people are elderly or ill who sleep in the afternoons, and it is very common for ancestors in oblivion; while the Westerners themselves have tradition in this matter through rigorous, national planning homes within the parks, and consideration of expanding open maintained this culture from the distant past. and policy making. access rights – the right to roam – in the landscapes. children to go to bed at 7 pm and adults at 10 pm. Other ideas in the review include improved transport to help widen access, bike racks for buses as occurs in Switzerland, and electric bikes and charging points for electric vehicles. There are currently “Sign Language Rights for All”; International Day of Sign Languages 2019 almost no electric vehicle charging points in some vast national parks. International Day of Sign Languages rec- and protect the linguistic identity and cultural them live in developing countries. Collec- international meetings and informally when (Source: The Guardian) ognizes the importance of sign languages diversity of all sign language users.” UN tively, they use more than 300 different travelling and socializing. It is considered for achieving the Sustainable Development Secretary-General António Guterres said. sign languages. a pidgin form of sign language that is not Goals and fulfilling its core promise of leaving According to the World Federation of the Structurally distinct from the spoken as complex as natural sign languages and WORDS IN THE NEWS no one behind. Deaf, there are approximately 72 million languages. There is also an international has a limited lexicon. It also offers an opportunity to support deaf people worldwide. More than 80% of sign language, which is used by deaf people in (Source: The UN) Japan apologizes to Korea (October 15, 2001) ENGLISH IN USE Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has offered an apology to the Korean people for the suffering they experienced LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION during Japan’s thirty-five-year occupation of the country. Mr Koizumi’s visit is aimed at trying to repair damaged ties with South Korea, and it was during a tour of a former prison Recent rainfalls not to fully address بارشهای اخیر خشکسالی کشور را جبران نمیکند where Korean independence fighters were held and tortured during Japan’s thirty-five-year occupation of the country that prolonged droughts: expert مدیــرکل دفتــر کنتــرل ســیالب و آبخــوا نداری ســازمان جنگلهــا، مراتــع و آبخیــزداری گفــت: .Mr Koizumi offered an apology to the Korean people He expressed his heart-felt remorse for the pain and suffering Despite above normal rainfalls the country has received, it cannot be claimed پــس از ب ارشهــای اخیــر در کشــور، نم یتــوان ادعــا کــرد کــه خشکســال یهای بلنــد مــدت مــا that Koreans endured under Japanese colonial rule. Mr Koizumi that the long-term droughts are set right, director for flood control and aquifer جبــران شــده اســت. .said it was important that the two countries co-operate to make at Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization has said sure that the painful past was never repeated. ابوالقاســم حسـ ـینپور در گفتوگــو بــا ایســنا، اظهــار کــرد: سیاسـ ـتهای آبــی مــا همچنــان That’s why water management policies must be still drawn up with regard to But noisy protests have accompanied Mr Koizumi and a planned بایــد منطبــق بــر کمبــود منابــع آبــی باشــد. visit to the National Assembly was cancelled because opposition water scarcity, ISNA news agency quoted Abolqasem Hosseinpour as saying مــا نمیتوانیــم بــا یــک ســال بــارش نرمــال و ترســالی ادعــا کنیــم کــه دوره خشکســالی کشــور .politicians had threatened demonstrations. Anti-Japanese on Saturday پایــان یافته اســت. sentiment is running high, fueled by recent controversies “However, with only a year of high rainfall averages we cannot say that drought over Japan’s war time past. They include the approval of school is no longer hitting the country,” Hosseinpour said. وی ادامــه داد: تغییــرات اقلیمــی ســبب محــدود شــدن منابــع آبــی شــده اســت و از ســوی دیگــر در ,history books that Seoul says whitewashes Japanese war- Climate change has resulted in a drop in water resources, on the other hand کشــور مــا بــه دلیــل اضافــه برداشــت از منابــع آبــی بــه ویــژه آبخوانهــای زیرزمینــی، کمبــود جدی time atrocities and Mr Koizumi’s recent visit to a shrine honoring Japan’s war dead including convicted war criminals. due to excessive use of subsurface water resources, the country is facing serious منابــع آبــی داریــم کــه بــا بــارش نرمــال و حتــی بیــش از نرمــال یکســال جبــران نمیشــود. .Words shortages which are not compensated by a year of normal rainfalls, he lamented repair: mend ties: relations heart-felt remorse: genuine, deeply felt sorrow endured: put up with PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM sentiment: feeling running high: at a very high level “dextro-, dextero-, dextr-” Nod off Crest of a wave fueled by: made more intense by Meaning: right Meaning: to begin to sleep, usually when you do not Explanation: If you are on the crest of a wave, you whitewashes: fails to take account of intend to and are sitting somewhere are very successful in what you are doing wartime atrocities: very serious crimes committed in a war For example: A good handyman is skillful, dexterous a shrine: a holy place and proficient in whatever it is he is doing. For example: I missed the movie because I kept For example: Our company is going from success to (Source: BBC) nodding off. success. We’re on the crest of a wave right now. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Yemen’s Houthi leader vows more Will General Abdel Fattah el- crushing response to Saudi attacks Sisi return to Egypt? 1 Anyway, we should wait and see how el-Sisi will deal TEHRAN— Leader of Yemen’s ruling Houthi Yemen have gathered in capital Sana’a to with these protests. Will he respond them with iron fist, and Ansarullah movement says future attacks celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Septem- call their actions a planned intrigue for destabilizing Egypt? He against those committing acts of aggression ber 21st revolution. The mass rally dubbed recently had collective and individual meetings with military against his country, namely Saudi Arabia and “Freedom and Independence” was held to and security commanders to make sure that whether there will allies, would be more painful than a series confirm that the Yemeni people are moving be a harsh confrontation with opponents, or he should consider of recent strikes targeting oil installations forward in their battle for independence. another process. He left Egypt for New York last Friday night to east of the northern kingdom. On the eve of 5th anniversary the, the attend the UN General Assembly meeting. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said on Sat- president of the Supreme Political Coun- Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman referred to Abdel Fattah urday that if Saudis want to go ahead cil, Mehdi al-Mashat, declared an initiative el-Sisi’s trip as a non-return trip, and posted on Twitter, “ousted with their relentless bombardment of to achieve peace. He called on all Yemeni el-Sisi will not return to Egypt and that is for sure.” Yemen and its civilians, Ansarullah would parties to engage in serious and genuine target them and their allies deep in their negotiations leading to a comprehensive na- territories. tional reconciliation that does not exclude “Now after suffering defeat, they better any party, for the sake of building ties of stop attacks and aggression against Yemen,” fraternity and safeguarding the primacy of UN urges Saudi Arabia to said Abdul-Malik making a reference to the higher national interests. The initiative September 14 attacks by the Houthis on was welcomed by demonstrators. They say seize opportunity as Yemen Saudi Arabia’s oil installations which cut it’s Riyadh’s last chance in case it’s serious offers ceasefire the kingdom’s production in half and sent about peace endeavors. shockwaves across the global markets. In September 2014, the Ansarullah forces 1 In a statement issued on Saturday, UN Special Envoy “In case aggression and blockade took state matters in their hands in Sana’a for Yemen Martin Griffiths stressed “the importance of taking against Yemen continues, Yemenis’ attacks amid the absence of an efficient government advantage of this opportunity and moving forward with all nec- into the depth of territory of the aggressors there. essary steps to reduce violence, military escalation and unhelpful would become more crushing and more Saudi Arabia still owes the U.S. military Aramco oil facilities, Riyadh has failed to Before gaining control of the capital, the rhetoric.” painful,” he said in a statement carried by $181 million for aerial refueling assistance repay the Pentagon for providing midair Houthis had set a deadline for the political On Friday, Mahdi al-Mashat, the head of the Houthi supreme Houthis’ al-Massirah TV network. it received for its brutal bombardment of refueling assistance for Saudi Arabia’s parties to put aside differences and fill the political council, said the group would end all attacks on Saudi The statement comes against the back- Yemen’s mostly civilian targets amid Pen- bombing runs over Yemen nine month power vacuum. However, the deadline was Arabia provided that the kingdom and its allies ended their at- drop of renewed tensions in the Middle East, tagon plans to send more troops to the des- after American military announced plans missed without any change in the country’s tacks on Yemen. where the United States has sought to use potic kingdom to purportedly bolster its air to seek reimbursement of its expenses, US- political scene. He hoped that “the gesture would be answered by a stronger the attacks on Saudi oil installations as a defenses against retaliatory drone attacks based Defense News reported Friday citing September 21st represents the starting gesture” from the Saudis. pretext to mount pressure on Iran. by Yemeni forces. congressional sources. point for Yemenis either to stay subject to According to Press TV, Griffiths emphasized that the imple- Saudi regime owes U.S. Despite Washington’s emphasis on Thousands rally in Sana’a to contemporary slavery or to achieve free- mentation of the proposal by the Houthis “in good faith could $181mn for refueling support in U.S.-Saudi alliance following Yemen’s de- mark anniv. of revolution dom and independence through resistance send a powerful message of the will to end the war.” bombarding Yemen structive drone attack on the Kingdom’s huge Meanwhile, Large crowds from across against tyrants. He called on all parties to the Yemen conflict to “respect in- ternational humanitarian law, exercise restraint, and to spare Yemen from being drawn further into regional tensions.” Saudi Arabia has so far refused to accept the offer. “We judge other parties by their deeds, actions and not by their Iraq concludes fifth phase of ‘Will Biden urges investigation into words, so we will see,” said Saudi Minister of State for Foreign of Victory’ operation Trump Ukraine call Affairs Adel al-Jubeir. The Houthi proposal came a week after Yemeni strikes on TEHRAN — Iraqi pro-government plosive devices (IEDs). TEHRAN — Former U.S. Vice President gas company in which Biden’s son Saudi Arabia’s oil installations, which knocked out half of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have On August 27, the Iraqi military an- Joe Biden, a frontrunner for the 2020 was involved was fired. kingdom’s production. announced the conclusion of a military nounced the conclusion of the fourth Democratic presidential nomination, on Trump, reports said, urged Zelen- The Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah movement took credit for campaign against the sleeper cells of the phase of the Will of Victory operation in Saturday called for an investigation into skiy, a comedian who had just won the attacks, although the US blamed Iran without providing any Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the central western Iraq. reports that President Donald Trump election, to speak with Trump’s evidence. Tehran has denied involvement. parts of the country as well as a sector of the A statement by the media office of the pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to in- personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani. Saudi Arabia and its allies launched the war on Yemen in vast western desert leading to the border Joint Operations Command said on August vestigate Biden and his son. Giuliani, the former New York City March 2015 in an unsuccessful attempt to reinstall a former with Saudi Arabia. 5 that the Iraqi army, police and Hashd “This appears to be an overwhelming mayor, has promoted the allegations regime. Four years later, the coalition has been bogged down The media bureau of the volunteer al-Sha’abi units, backed by the Iraqi Air abuse of power. To get on the phone with against Biden and his son, Hunter, in the war, which it had wished to end in a matter of “months.” forces, better known by the Arabic name Force fighter jets, had launched the third a foreign leader who is looking for help and acknowledged that he pressed Hashd al-Sha’abi, announced in a state- phase of the major offensive in the eastern from the United States and ask about me for a Ukrainian investigation. ment that the fifth phase of the Will of Diyala province and Nineveh province in and imply things … this is outrageous,” a Biden has admitted threatening to Pelosi: Trump turning Victory operation, which had started on the north. visibly angry Biden said while campaign- withhold aid unless the prosecutor was September 16, was wrapped up on Friday The statement said the troops had begun ing in Iowa. dismissed, a demand also made by the ‘blind eye’ to Saudi violence as different units and forces of Iraqi mil- search operations in rural areas near the “Trump is using this because he knows wider U.S. government, the European Un- itary forces cleared the remote territory towns of Miqdadiyah, Jalawla and Khanaqin I’ll beat him like a drum and is using the ion and other international institutions in Yemen between the provinces of Karbala, Najaf in Diyala province. abuse of power and every element of the for his alleged failure to pursue major and Anbar. According to Press TV, also in Ninev- presidency to try to do something to smear corruption cases. TEHRAN — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President The operation was jointly carried out eh province, the troops launched an me,” Biden said. The news reports about the Zelenskiy Donald Trump is “turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s continued by various Iraqi forces, including al-Jazira operation to clear the rugged areas of Trump’s July 25 telephone call with phone call have intensified demands by violence” against innocent Yemenis. Operation Command, federal police, the al-Atshanah and the mountain ranges Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens- Democratic lawmakers for the House of army, the PMU, counter-terrorism units of Badush and Sheikh Ibrahim in west kiy is at the center of an escalating battle Representatives to launch impeachment and the air force. and northwest of the provincial capital over a whistleblower’s complaint report- proceedings against Trump, and have ele- Iraqi forces cleared plains in a city of Mosul. edly concerning the U.S. leader’s dealings vated the controversy to a major campaign 4,800-kilometer square area in Anbar The second-in-command of the with Ukraine that the administration has issue. province during the operation’s fifth Joint Operations Command (JOC), refused to give Congress. Trump denied doing anything improper. phase. The forces detained 21 Daesh Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rash- The Wall Street Journal and other He wrote in a series of tweets on Saturday suspects, who were handed over to eed Yarallah, said in a statement on news outlets on Friday said Trump that his conversation with Zelenskiy was authorities. July 20 that Iraqi military forces had repeatedly asked Zelenskiy to inves- “perfectly fine and routine.” He accused The forces further secured the desert launched the second phase of the Will tigate unsubstantiated charges that the “Fake News Media and their partner, area between the holy city of Karbala, Anbar of Victory operation to hunt down Biden, while vice president, threat- the Democrat Party” of staying “as far away province and Wadi al-Ghaf region. They Daesh remnants north of Baghdad ened to withhold U.S. aid unless a as possible” from the Biden allegations, also defused a number of improvised ex- and areas nearby. prosecutor who was looking into a Reuters reported.

Pelosi made the remarks in a statement she released on Twitter a day after Trump approved a plan to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia and Elizabeth Warren overtakes Joe Biden in new Iowa poll the United Arab Emirates. TEHRAN — Elizabeth Warren leads Joe Biden in Iowa for how to fix it, and we’re building a grassroots movement to She described Trump’s decision as an “outrageous attempt” to cir- the first time, according to a new poll in the early voting state. make it happen.” cumvent the will of the Congress. The survey carried out by the Des Moines Register, Me- Biden called for Americans to “pick our heads up, Pointing to Saudi Arabia’s “continued assault on countless men, diacom and CNN puts the Massachusetts senator at 22% remember who we are, we are the United States of women and children,’’ Pelosi slammed the president for “turning a blind with likely caucus-goers, to the former vice-president’s 20%. America”. eye” to the “continued violence against innocent Yemenis, as well as They are well clear of the sprawling Democratic field. He also addressed Trump’s calls for an investigation its horrific murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its gross abuses Vermont senator Bernie Sanders placed third, with 11%, into his family over business ties to Ukraine, amid swirling of human rights, which represent a moral and humanitarian crisis.” ahead of South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg on 9% scandal over the president’s behaviour and visits by his “The United States cannot enable more brutality and bloodshed,” and California senator Kamala Harris on 6%. lawyer Rudy Giuliani to the eastern European country. she added. New Jersey senator Cory Booker, who said on Saturday “The fact of the matter is that that fellow in the White She went on to say that Americans are tired of war and not inter- he would drop out of the race if a fundraising target is not House knows that if we get the nomination we’re gonna ested in “entering another Middle East conflict, particularly on behalf met, was next with 3%, tied with the Minnesota senator beat him like a drum,” Biden said. “So be prepared for every of Saudi Arabia.” Amy Klobuchar. lousy thing that’s coming from him.” The Pentagon announced Friday it would send reinforcements to Harris said this week that she will go all-in on Iowa, The poll also asked likely voters for their second choices, the region to bolster Riyadh’s air defenses following a recent drone aiming for a top-three finish. an important selection in the caucus system. It concluded attack on two major oil facilities owned by Saudi state oil giant Aramco, Biden still leads the realclearpolitics.com national polling that at least 71% of likey caucus-goers are at least consid- Press TV reported. average, on 30% to Warren on 19% and Sanders on 16%. forum. On Friday night, many of the candidates addressed ering Warren, ahead of Biden on 60%. The decision was made at the request of Saudi Arabia and the United Buttigieg and Harris, on 6%, are the only other candidates an LGBTQ presidential forum. According to the poll, 32% of those who said they cau- Arab Emirates, according to the U.S. Defense Department. with more than 3% support. The shadow of Donald Trump was never far away. At cused for Sanders in 2016 now support Warren, indicating The Pentagon said the deployment would involve a moderate number Most of the Democratic field is in Iowa this weekend, the steak fry, Warren called for the impeachment of the the strength of her surge among progressive Democrats, of troops for what it called primarily “defensive in nature.” on Saturday for the Polk county steak fry and a people’s president and told the crowd: “I know what’s broken, I know Guardian reported. Somalia’s al Shabaab raid Tanzania not sharing data on suspected Ebola cases: WHO military base, loot weapons TEHRAN — The World Health Organiza- said it was formally informed by the East have been quarantined. “The two patients did not have Ebo- TEHRAN— Fighters belonging to Somali extremist militant tion (WHO) says Tanzania has refused to African country on September 14 that it had Two other suspected cases were also la,” Mwalimu told reporters. “There is no group al Shabaab stormed an army base near the capital Mog- provide detailed information on suspect- no cases of Ebola unofficially reported. Ebola outbreak in Tanzania as we speak, adishu on Sunday, looted it for weapons and then withdrew, a ed Ebola cases. “This followed earlier rumours of the death “At this stage, WHO is not aware of people should not panic.” military source, residents and the group told Reuters. In a statement on Saturday, the UN health of one person and illness in a few others,” signs of a widespread transmission of any She did not say if the two cases in- The assault began when a suicide bomber rammed his ex- agency said despite several requests “to date, WHO said in that statement. “Tanzanian illness related to these cases, however in- vestigated included the death of the plosive-laden car into the base in El Salini, 60 kilometers (37 clinical data, results of the investigations, authorities did not indicate what the cause vestigations, including with the support woman. miles) southwest of Mogadishu, at around 5:30 am local time, possible contacts and potential laboratory of the illnesses might have been. of WHO Collaborating Centres, should There is increased vigilance across the al Shabaab said. tests performed ... have not been commu- Concern has focused on a woman who continue to reach a diagnosis and further region after a 13-month outbreak of Ebola in A local elder, Ahmed Cali, told Reuters he had been woken by nicated to WHO”. died on September 8 in Dar es Salaam, Tan- inform the risk assessment,” the agency’s the Democratic Republic of the Congo has the sound of a huge blast followed by gunfire. He said that later “The limited available official informa- zania’s commercial capital, after exhibiting statement said. killed more than 2,000 people. al Shabaab fighters were seen leaving the base, some in trucks tion from Tanzanian authorities represents symptoms common to several diseases, in- Also on September 14, Tanzania’s According to al Jazeera, the outbreak, loaded with ammunition. a challenge,” the statement said. cluding Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the which was officially declared in August 2018, A major in the Somali military who didn’t want to be named There was no immediate reaction by The patient travelled widely across the government had investigated two recent is the second deadliest on record behind said the military has sustained some casualties, without giving Tanzanian authorities. country, according to the UN agency, and cases of unknown illnesses, but they were the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa that details. He said the army had received reinforcements and was In a statement on September 18, WHO individuals who came into contact with her not Ebola. killed more than 11,300 people. back in control of the base. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Nadal pulls out of Laver Cup Vettel ends long wait for victory with hand injury

Rafa Nadal has pulled out of his Laver Cup matches on Sunday due to inflammation in his hand, denying fans the opportunity to see with Singapore triumph him partner Roger Federer in the doubles on the final day of the tournament in Geneva. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel ended his year- come in. Team Europe’s Nadal was also scheduled to take on Team World’s long drought without a win at the Singapore But Vettel, Leclerc and Verstappen were Nick Kyrgios in his singles clash and partner Swiss Federer against Grand Prix on Sunday, mastering a hazy lapping much quicker than Hamilton and American duo John Isner and Jack Sock. circuit to claim a record fifth triumph in when the Briton finally stopped seven laps Federer instead played with Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and they the city-state. after his rivals, he emerged in a distant were beaten by the Americans 5-7 6-4 10-8 to give the World team The German was chased home by team- fourth place. the lead overall. mate Charles Leclerc, who started on pole Hamilton’s only hope of victory was “I’ve had an amazing time playing at the Laver Cup and I’m so but lost the lead to the four-time world to capitalise on his rivals’ degraded tyres disappointed I’m not able to play again today, but I have some inflam- champion after making his pit stop, and Red late in the race. mation in my hand and I need to rest,” Nadal said in a statement. Bull’s Max Verstappen, who finished third. But three safety car periods -- when both “The atmosphere has been amazing in Geneva and of course I’m “It was a very late call on the pit stop George Russell and Sergio Perez stopped on going to be there courtside today for all my team mates and do every- and I just gave it everything on the out the track, and when Daniil Kvyat collided thing I can to support them and help Team Europe win the Laver Cup.” lap. I was surprised to come out ahead with Kimi Raikkonen -- allowed the front Austrian Dominic Thiem stood in to replace Nadal but the day’s and it was difficult to manage the tyres three plenty of time to cool their rubber. schedule was further complicated when Kyrgios also withdrew, captain but we controlled it to the end,” Vettel Ferrari will be delighted to have recorded John McEnroe saying it was a shoulder injury. told reporters. a one-two finish at a circuit they were not “Nick’s shoulder has been bugging him. He was talking about it Championship leader Lewis Hamilton expected to muster a podium finish. last night,” McEnroe said. finished fourth but extended his advantage But Leclerc was unhappy with the pit “I don’t know what to tell you other than we wanted him to come over fellow Mercedes driver Valtteri Bot- strategy that dashed his hopes of a hat-trick out 100% and he didn’t feel like he could. So that means we’ve got to tas to 65 points, with six races remaining, after wins in Belgium and Italy. put somebody else in.” after the Finn finished in fifth. “I won’t do anything stupid, I want us to American Taylor Fritz was Kyrgios’s replacement. The race got off to a clean start with finish one-two,” Leclerc told Ferrari over (Source: Mirror) the top six retaining their grid positions the radio when he was behind the second despite Vettel putting immense pressure on pace to make his soft tyres last as long as with Leclerc following suit on the next lap. safety car. “I just don’t think it’s fair.” second-placed Hamilton in the opening lap. possible. Leclerc, however, was dismayed to leave Smog from forest fires in neighbouring FIFA study hails best-ever While a few drivers were shifting posi- Ferrari and Red Bull were the first of the pits behind Vettel. Indonesia has shrouded Singapore over women’s World Cup in France tion further down the field, the frontrun- the big teams to bring their cars in for pit Hamilton stayed out on track in the the past week, and on Sunday air quality ners were maintaining a one-second gap stops as Vettel and Verstappen were fitted lead to set about forging a big enough gap dipped to unhealthy levels ahead of the race. FIFA’s Technical Study Group (TSG) hailed this year’s women’s World between each other as Leclerc set a slow with the more durable hard tyres on lap 20, to retain the lead when it was his turn to (Source: AFP) Cup in France as the best-ever in the competition’s history, with the tournament showcasing the tactical, technical and physical improve- ments in the women’s game. Soccer’s world governing body released its analysis of the tournament Marquez wins on 200th start, Inter maintain perfect start with derby in a 105-page report which their coaching and player development sixth title beckons win over Milan department head Branimir Ujevic said had confirmed the game’s holistic development. “From a technical, tactical, physical and mental point of view, France 2019 was the best women’s World Cup seen to date,” Ujevic said in a statement. The United States won a record-extending fourth World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in the final in July, confirming their status as the leading power in the women’s game. The report said headers accounted for 27 goals including 15 from open play, up from 23 at Canada 2015, and highlighted the players’ ability to better use the width of the pitch to deliver crosses. Goalkeepers had an overall save rate of 70%, five percentage points up from 2015. Only 9% of passes were played long in the 2019 tourna- ment while 61% of all ball-regains occurred within seven seconds. “This was the most fluid women’s World Cup of all time as players showed a great ability to read the game and perform the right move- ments with and without the ball,” TSG head April Heinrichs said. Heinrichs added that better coaching analysis and the use of tech- nology had helped coaches give immediate and detailed feedback to players, thereby improving their performance. (Source: Reuters) Honda’s Marc Marquez celebrated his “We knew we can fight for the podium Serie A leaders Inter Milan defeated city found Brozovic on the edge of the box and 200th start and moved within reach of and at the start I was really determined,” rivals AC Milan 2-0 at the San Siro stadium his low drive took a huge deflection off Rashford injured as Man a sixth MotoGP title on Sunday with a said the Italian, who had struggled in on Saturday to maintain their 100% start Rafael Leao and beat the wrong-footed commanding win from pole position in practice. to the campaign. Milan keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. United lose at West Ham front of his home Spanish fans at the Miller also used his bike’s speed to Second-half goals from Marcelo Bro- The assistant flagged Lautaro Martinez Aragon Grand Prix. good effect, passing Yamaha’s Maverick zovic and Romelu Lukaku secured the win offside but a VAR review ruled that he was Manchester United’s away day misery continued after they suffered Reigning champion Marquez now has Vinales for the final podium place on the for Inter who deserved their victory and not interfering with play. a disappointing 2-0 loss against West Ham United at the London 300 points and a lead of 98 over nearest last lap to end the European part of the could have made the result even worse for It was the third time that VAR had Stadium on Sunday. rival Andrea Dovizioso, who finished season on a high before heading home Marco Giampaolo’s side in the final stages. been used in the game — a 23rd-minute Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell scored in each half as second for Ducati at the anti-clockwise to Australia for a few days’ off. After the disappointment of a 1-1 draw effort from Milan’s Hakan Calhanoglu was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side still await their first victory on the road MotorLand circuit near Alcaniz. “I... just tried to save the rear tyre,” he at home to Slavia Prague in the Champi- ruled out for handball by Franck Kessie in all competitions since March. Australian Jack Miller was third for said after his third podium of the season. ons League on Tuesday, Inter delivered and then Inter’s Lautaro Martinez had his United’s poor day was compounded when Marcus Rashford sus- non-works Pramac Ducati. “I didn’t want to get sucked into trying to a performance that will raise hopes of a tap-in disallowed for offside after Danilo tained an injury and had to be substituted in the second half. The points tally means Marquez chase Marc down too much and destroy serious bid for a first ‘scudetto’ in 10 years. D’Ambrosio’s bicycle kicked had been It is a huge blow for Solskjaer with Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial will wrap up his fourth successive the tyre and just be a sitting duck at the For coach Antonio Conte, in his first parried out. and Mason Greenwood all on the sidelines. championship with four races to spare end there. season at the club, the derby victory was a Lukaku made sure of the win with a United named an unchanged side from the one that beat Leicester if he wins the next race in Thailand on “I just rode my pace. Mav came past sign that his approach is beginning to work. 78th-minute glancing header from a Nicolo last weekend but they were underwhelming throughout the match. Oct. 6. but he was, I think, trying to chase down “It’s a derby and those are always special Barella cross from the left for his third goal The game lacked quality from both sides in the first half with long “I was convinced about my strategy Marc and towards the end there he just games, never easy to predict, especially since his move from Manchester United. range efforts from Nemanja Matic and Mark Noble comfortably and it’s what I did, push at the beginning started struggling off the long corners... when both teams are so prestigious as Inter Inter, who went close to a third when saved. and take this gap of four or five seconds so I just kept my cool and was able to and Milan,” Conte said. Matteo Poltano clipped the bar and then On the stroke of half time, the hosts went ahead after Felipe and don’t push more,” said Marquez, who bring it home on the podium.” “The lads played a good game in every Andrea Candreva hit the post, have 12 Anderson found Yarmolenko in space inside the box and the forward took the chequered flag 4.836 seconds Vinales had started on the front row, aspect. We were coming off a performance points from four games, two more than took a touch and produced a fine left-footed finish past David de Gea. clear of his Italian rival. alongside French Petronas Yamaha rider in the Champions League that left a bitter defending champions Juventus, who earlier The visitors were livelier after the break and Juan Mata missed “The difference was stable and I’m Fabio Quartararo, who dropped back to taste in the mouth and perhaps that fired beat Verona 2-1. a glorious chance from close range after a good cross from Andreas happy for this victory — it looks easy but fifth at the finish. us up even more to go into the derby in Giampaolo said Milan, who have two Pereira. in the end we are working very hard. We Italian great Valentino Rossi was eighth the right way. wins from their opening four games, had Jesse Lingard replaced the injured Rashford and United pushed crashed on Friday, so we are pushing for Yamaha, with Britain’s Cal Crutchlow “It’s a deserved victory, I am happy for shown their inexperience. for an equaliser with Scott McTominay hitting the post and Harry and Dovizioso never gives up,” he added. sixth for LCR Honda and Spaniard Aleix our fans, because the derby is always the “We were too hesitant at the start, then Maguire’s close range shot saved by Lukasz Fabianski. The victory was his eighth of the season. Espargaro seventh for Aprilia. derby.” as the game progressed Inter showed their With less than 10 minutes to go, Cresswell sealed the victory for Dovizioso could claim the ride of the Suzuki’s Alex Rins and Petronas Inter, who are now unbeaten in the last greater experience,” he said. West Ham with a wonderful free kick. day, with the experienced Ducati rider Yamaha’s Franco Morbidelli collided on seven league clashes with Milan, grabbed “The goal broke the deadlock and I (Source: ESPN) qualifying 10th on the grid but making the opening lap, with the latter crashing the lead thanks to a deflected strike from was not happy to see that we reacted in the most of his bike’s power to carve his out. Brozovic in the 49th minute. an emotional way.” Dzeko last-gasp way back through the field. (Source: Reuters) A quick free kick from Stefano Sensi (Source: Eurosport) Dall’Ara winner

Edin Dzeko’s header deep into stoppages gave 10-man Roma a dramatic victory, ending Bologna’s run of eight straight home wins. Van Dijk threatens to eclipse Ronaldo-Messi in world’s best The Giallorossi were finding their feet under new Coach Paulo Virgil Van Dijk threatens to eclipse fellow European stars , before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Fonseca with back-to-back victories over Sassuolo and Istanbul Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to lift FIFA’s The Best Ronaldo also won the Nations League with Portugal Basaksehir, even with Chris Smalling, Cengiz Under, Davide Zap- Player award on Monday, to set himself up as favorite and his first Serie A title with Juventus. pacosta and Diego Perotti injured. Sinisa Mihajlovic gave the team for this year’s Ballon d’Or. Messi was top scorer in the Champions League last talk via videolink from his hospital bed, where he is undergoing a Van Dijk, Ronaldo and Messi are the three men’s season with 12 goals before Barcelona were eliminated second course of chemotherapy for leukaemia. Danilo was still out finalists for The Best Player award, with the winner to by Liverpool in the semi-finals. of action, so Mattia Bani remained in defence, as Bologna sought be announced on Monday in a star-studded ceremony The Argentine was also the top European scorer with a club record ninth consecutive home win. in Milan’s famous opera house La Scala. 36 goals and won La Liga title with Barcelona. Alessandro Florenzi combined with a Lorenzo Pellegrini back-heel The towering Dutch defender helped Liverpool to the The 32-year-old helped Argentina to bronze at 2019 flick for a strike charged down by Bani, then Aleksandar Kolarov’s Champions League trophy last season and is well-positioned Copa America. angled drive flashed inches past the far post. having already won the UEFA player of the year award. Messi however could pay for his three-month suspension Mitchell Dijks picked up an injury while fouling Pellegrini and Since The Best award was created in 2016, the winner by South American football body CONMEBOL after alleging was replaced at half-time by Ladislav Krejci. Stefano Denswil’s has gone on to also lift the coveted Ballon d’Or, which corruption at the Copa America. defensive error almost allowed Justin Kluivert to score from close will be unveiled on December 2. The 28-year-old proved himself among the best defenders Among the women, American World Cup winners range, but it almost hit him and bounced into the arms of the Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won in the world for Liverpool and the Dutch national side Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, are in the running goalkeeper. both awards last year to end Ronaldo and Messi’s ten- who reached the Nations League final. along with England’s Lucy Bronze. Roma did take the lead with a classic set play, as Aleksandar year domination. Liverpool also missed out on the Premier League title Rapinoe, 34, left France with a Golden Boot and Golden Kolarov curled a trademark free kick into the top corner from the In the past three years the podiums for both awards by just one point behind Manchester City. Ball award. edge of the box, giving Lukasz Skorupski no chance. have been almost identical apart from Egyptian Mohamed Both Messi and Ronaldo have won FIFA’s award in The three contenders for the men’s coaching award Bologna have made a habit of comebacks and proved it again Salah’s third place in The Best in 2018, a spot occupied different guises five times each. are Liverpool’s Champions League winning coach Jurgen when almost immediately getting back on level terms. Kolarov was by France’s Antoine Griezmann in the Ballon d’Or. Former Real Madrid star Ronaldo’s six-year reign Klopp, along with Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino, who involved again, this time mistiming the tackle on Roberto Soriano Based on Liverpool’s success last season it could be as the Champions League top scorer ended last season. reached the European final, and Manchester City’s Pep for a penalty, which Nicola Sansone coolly converted. Van Dijk’s turn to become the first defender since Italy’s The 34-year-old scored six goals in Juventus’s European Guardiola. (Source: Football Italia) former World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro in 2006. campaign, including an incredible treble against Atletico (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 SPORTS 15 Persepolis emerge victorious over Esteghlal Iran has ‘assured’ women can SPORTS TEHRAN — Persepolis deskdefeated Esteghlal 1-0 attend qualifier: Infantino thanks to an own goal in the second half in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Sunday. FIFA officials have been in Iran this week discussing preparations Mehdi Abdi, who came off the bench in for the Oct. 10 World Cup qualifier against Cambodia, their first the 80th minute, received a superb pass from home game of the 2022 qualifying competition. Bashar Resan inside the Esteghlal’s area one “We need to have women attending – we need to push for that minute later and found the back of the net with respect but in a strong and forceful way and we cannot wait courtesy of a deflection. anymore,” Infantino told a FIFA conference on women’s football. Esteghlal midfielder Ali Karimi missed a “We have been assured, that as of the next international game penalty in the 28th minute and was shown a of Iran, women will be allowed to enter football stadiums,” he said. second yellow card with a minute remaining. “This is something very important, with a couple of excep- Two teams showed a lackluster perfor- tions, but it is important to move to the next level and to the mance in a match which is one the most next stage,” he added. exciting derbies in Asia. FIFA said on Saturday it would be working with the Iranian “first, I have to congratulate my players football federation to develop plans for women to attend domestic because they played very well. Alireza Bei- matches in the Iranian league as well. ranvand saved a penalty in the first half and I (Source: Reuters) believe that he is the best goalkeeper in Asia. I think we won an important match in Iran football and deserved the win,” Persepolis coach Gabriel Calderon said in the post- Murray hoping to regain lost match press conference. speed during Asian swing Persepolis moved to second place with nine points in the table behind leaders Pa- dideh on goal difference. Andy Murray is looking to improve his speed around the court Esteghlal are 15th with two points from as he steps up his return to singles action at the Zhuhai Cham- four matches. pionships in China following career-saving hip surgery. Esteghlal lead the head to head results in Former world number one Murray, 32, is regaining his fitness competitive matches with 26 wins to Perse- after a hip resurfacing procedure at the start of the year and polis›s 24, while 41 matches ended in a draw. recorded the first two wins of his singles comeback at the Rafa Tehran derby is a football match between Nadal Open Challenger tournament in Mallorca last month. the two prominent Tehran clubs Esteghlal (Blues) and Persepolis (Reds). Iran’s Yazdani wins gold at World C‘ships

SPORTS TEHRAN — from Iran both injuries during the first round. I am not fighting in deskclaimed a gold medal in the 2019 World the final (because of leg injury),” Deepak told Sportstar Wrestling Championships on Sunday after his Indian from Nur-Sultan on Sunday. rival Deepak Punia withdrew from the final because of Iran’s freestyle team wrapped up the 2019 World injuries from previous rounds. Championships with one bronze, one silver and one The Iranian freestyle wrestler, who won a gold medal gold medal. at the 2016 , was scheduled to meet Punia had won a silver in 92kg category and in the 86kg final. Younes Emami seized a bronze medal at the 70kg class. “My leg is swollen up and it is hurting. The eye is The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held “I’m still kind of going through the recovery process from the swollen too, but it happens in wrestling. I picked up in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. operation. My muscles are still recovering, the ones that were cut during the procedure... sometimes I feel a little bit slow on the court,” Murray told reporters on Sunday. “I’m hoping that with playing more at this level, more time Statement on the visit of a FIFA delegation to Iran to recover, I’ll start to get a little bit faster. On 19 September, a delegation of FIFA experts visited Teh- game on 10 October 2019. In that respect, the delegation “The conditions here are difficult, very humid, which is ran to discuss measures designed to allow women in Iran also discussed the detailed ticketing procedures as well as always tough... I have no pain in my hip any more, so that’s to freely attend football matches. operational procedures required and in line with relevant a positive thing.” The delegation, which was also joined by a representative FIFA regulations. Murray, who has dropped to 413 in the world rankings, will of the Asian Football Confederation, met with the country’s Furthermore, the delegation discussed the need to open also compete in Beijing and Shanghai in the Asian swing of the Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth, and representatives stadiums for women to attend national matches. In that re- ATP tour but the three-times major winner said his performance of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran spect, FIFA announced that it will, based on the operational in Mallorca showed he still needed time to return to his best. (FFIRI) focusing on international relations, security and plans and results of the 10 October 2019 game, collaborate “I think physically I still have a lot of improving to do if I want ticketing matters. The delegation also inspected the Azadi with the FFIRI in developing an operational protocol and to get back to competing on the tour at the highest level because stadium in Tehran, where on 10 October 2019 the national related requirements for matches in the Iranian football it showed there that I wasn’t quite ready to play many matches teams of Iran and Cambodia will play a qualification game league to be opened for women as well. in a row,” Murray, who lost in the third round, said. for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. FIFA will continue to engage closely with the FFIRI and “The last three weeks since that tournament, I’ve spent time In these productive discussions, FIFA reiterated its firm relevant government entities to implement these important working on my physical conditioning.” and clear position that women need to be allowed to enter changes in accordance with FIFA regulations. Unseeded Murray will begin his Zhuhai campaign against football matches freely and that the number of women who FIFA’s position is firm and clear: women have to be al- American Tennys Sandgren, his conqueror in the Winston-Salem attend the stadiums be determined by the demand, resulting are no noteworthy operational obstacles to these measures lowed into football stadiums in Iran. For all football matches. Open first round last month. in ticket sales. The inspections on site showed that there being implemented at the Azadi stadium, starting with the (Source: FIFA) He also confirmed he would play in next year’s inaugural ATP Cup — a nation-based event ahead of the Australian Open. (Source: Reuters) Setback for Alireza Jahanbakhsh but he will keep working It has been one of those seasons for Alireza to different roles. He replied: “I saw him today, He is good, Barca stars lose confidence Jahanbakhsh so far. Others have been sent out on loan with he is working hard to get back fit. Out of favor at the start of the campaign varying degrees of (un)likelihood as to “These things happen sometimes. in Valverde as far as the starting XI goes. whether they will return. “He has been good around the group, he Left off the bench as Graham Potter looked But the situation for Jahanbaksh re- trains hard when he does. A number of Barcelona players have begun to lose confidence in to cover all bases with his six outfield options. mains the same. “He wants to play, wants to help the team. coach Ernesto Valverde following the club’s disappointing start And now hit by a minor but annoying He is here but not really here in first “It’s disappointing for him that he has to the season, various sources have told ESPN. injury, just when opportunity might have team terms. picked this up now because he would probably Saturday’s surprise 2-0 loss to Granada signaled Barca’s knocked to be among the subs at least. That might – repeat, might – have have had an opportunity to be in amongst it. worst start to a top-flight season in Spain in 25 years. They The Iran international missed the match changed had he been fit when Martin “That is how it is. He just has to keep have lost two of their opening five matches and have just seven against Newcastle. Montoya went down with tonsillitis ahead working. points on the board. It is the venue where he played his first of the Burnley game. “We will be patient and, when he is fit, The squad flew back to Barcelona straight after the game full 90 minutes in the Premier League al- But only had he returned from action he will be involved.” and will return to training on Sunday. The post-mortem into most a year ago as Albion won 1-0. Things with Iran in tip-top shape. fans in Iran. That will be a relief to Jahanbakhsh what happened at Granada and why they were so comfortably have not moved on as expected since then. Potter told The Argus: “Alireza felt un- If anything, they are keener than ever to himself. beaten will begin then. Until add-on clauses are met by summer comfortable in his thigh. know what is happening with their idol and There is clearly talent there as well as a Valverde took responsibility for the defeat in his postmatch signings this year, The Argus understands “He reported it in the international to give their own opinions. pleasant general demeanor that makes it news conference, with sources telling ESPN that part of the squad Jahanbakhsh remains Albion’s record break and came back with a bit of un- Perhaps tellingly, no one thought to ask easy to really want him to succeed. has been left disappointed with the side’s performances away signing at £17 million. comfortable feeling. about Jahanbakhsh’s absence when Potter He will tell you himself that his first sea- from Camp Nou this season -- especially the display at the Estadio But he has yet to justify that fee and, unlike “He shouldn’t be too far away but he spoke to the media soon after the Burnley game. son with AZ Alkmaar was a learning pro- Nuevo Los Carmenes this weekend. most of his colleagues, remains in a sort of obviously misses the game.” At his press conference on Thursday af- cess, leading to better things in subsequent Barca opened the campaign with a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bil- limbo even after the change of management. Jahanbakhsh’s frustrations have not ternoon, the Albion head coach was asked campaigns. bao and were then held to a 2-2 draw by Osasuna. They also Some have survived the cut and adapted dampened the enthusiasm of his hordes of about the player’s current state of morale. (Source: The Argus) drew 0-0 at Borussia Dortmund midweek in the Champions League and, stretching back to last season, are without a win in seven away games, which includes the painful 4-0 reverse at Anfield against Liverpool in the Champions League semifinal Ellili issues Al Jazeera rallying cry that knocked them out. Al Jazeera coach Chiheb Ellili believes his side has a Al Jazeera qualified for the 2019 AFC West Asia Despite that loss on Merseyside, until now at least, Valverde major responsibility to the people of Jordan as they Zonal final in stunning fashion as they saw off the has maintained the players’ support. The board backed him in prepare to host Lebanon’s Al Ahed FC in the first leg challenge of Al Jaish. the summer, pointing to the fact that he was excellent in terms of the 2019 AFC Cup West Zonal Final. Down 3-0 after the first leg of the semi-finals, El- of managing the dressing room, despite shortcomings in Europe Al Jazeera reached the same stage of the compe- lili’s team produced a magnificent comeback to win during his two years in charge. tition in 2018 before losing out to Iraq’s Air Force the return tie 4-0 in front of their adoring fans at the The loss against Roma in his first year was labelled an anom- Club – defeat which dashed Jordanian hopes of the Amman International Stadium. aly, with La Liga and the Copa del Rey sewn up after that loss in nation claiming a first AFC Cup title since Shabab Al “A negative for us, though, is that the Jordanian Italy. However, the loss to Liverpool in his second season in the Ordon’s triumph in 2007. League has not started yet and [as a result] we dugout led to the first real doubts about the former Athletic coach. However, having successfully guided his side past have not had any competitive matches or official “Something strange is happening,” one source close to the former champions Kuwait SC and Al Ittihad in the training. dressing room told ESPN after the Granada defeat. “The team group stage and then Syria’s Al Jaish in the Zonal “Nevertheless, we scheduled our preparations ac- is playing without intensity and they’re not creating anything.” Semi-finals, Ellili is adamant that Al Jazeera are more cordingly and had a plan which included a training Sources close to Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu have motivated than ever to claim this year’s Continental camp. That has helped us to prepare the team for the told ESPN that he is not someone who loses his nerve or who crown. match against Al Ahed,” Ellili said. makes impulsive decisions. Valverde has a contract until 2021 “Winning the title is very important for Al Jazeera,” The 55-year-old tactician was, however, also quick and it would take a prolongation of the club’s current form to said the Tunisian coach ahead of Tuesday’s encounter. to warn his charges of the need to dig deep if they are lead to the drastic measure of sacking him. “We have a big responsibility as we are representing to defeat their Lebanese opponents and keep alive Al some changes to their squad. I hope we can gain a good Valverde has been without a number of his best players so far Jordan and the fact that we can make history. In the Jazeera’s dream of winning the AFC Cup title. advantage in the first leg, one which we can then take this season due to injury. Luis Suarez only returned to fitness last last training before the second leg against Al Jaish, “Our opponents are a good team and they have into the second match which will be very important. week against Valencia, while Lionel Messi is yet to start a game. we played the national anthem of Jordan, something good capabilities because they reached this stage of “The most important thing is to maintain our con- The Argentine’s appeared as a substitute in each of Barca’s last which shows that we are playing this competition in the competition,” Ellili warned. centration throughout the two matches.” two outings after recovering from a calf injury. the name of Jordan.” “We have studied them closely as they have made (Source: the-afc) (Source: ESPN) Prayer Times Noon:11:57 Evening: 18:19 Dawn: 4:29 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:53 (tomorrow) SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 Parsa Piruzfar [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. to play Rumi in Tel: 88911433 Webmaster: [email protected] Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily “Drunk on Love” No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran ARTTEHRAN — The a Turkish town that is home to the P.o. Box: 14155-4843 deskIranian stage and screen mausoleum of Rumi. Zip Code: 1599814713 actor Parsa Piruzfar is due to star as Fat’hi and Farhad Tohidi are co- Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal writing the screenplay. The ENG Yapim ad-Din Rumi in the Iran-Turkey joint Medya Organization from Istanbul is film project “Drunk on Love”, a public collaborating in this project. relations team for the movie announced Rumi (1207-1273) undertook one or on Sunday. two journeys to Syria, during one of which The film, which will be directed by he met the dervish, Shams. Hassan Fat’hi, director of the popular However, he was deeply influenced Iranian TV series “The Tenth Night”, “Zero by Shams during their second visit in Degree Orbit” and “Shahrzad”, will focus Konya on November 30, 1244. GUIDE TO on the lives of Rumi and Shams-i Tabrizi, For months, the two men constantly SPIRITUAL AWAKENING the wandering sage who later became the interacted, and as a result, Rumi neglected mentor of Rumi in the 13th century CE. his disciples and family, who could not Earlier in last week, the public relations tolerate the close relationship. He who exposes himself to accusation must team of the project announced that Palme One night in 1247, Shams disappeared d’Or-winning actor Shahab Hosseini also forever. This experience turned Rumi not blame the person who suspects him. from Iran will play the role of Shams. into a poet. The Divan of Shams is a true Imam Ali (AS) The entire film will shot in Konya, translation of his experiences into poetry. Actor Parsa Piruzfar in an undated photo. (Arsha Aqiqi) Krzysztof Kieslowski’s films up for “Katyusha” picked as best at Love Intl. discussion in Tehran sessions Film Festival Actress Mahtab Keramati ARTTEHRAN — The 8½ ARTTEHRAN — Iranian to preside over Madrid deskFilm Club in Iran will deskdirector and producer organize sessions to review films by Polish Ali Atshani’s comedy “Katyusha” has Imagineindia festival film director and screenwriter Krzysztof been named best film at the Love Kieslowski (1941–1996) in a program International Film Festival in Santa ARTTEHRAN — Iranian actress Mahtab Keramati, named “Polish Grief”. Monica, California in the U.S. on deskthe star of acclaimed movie “Mazar-i-Sharif”, A selection of seven films will be Saturday. has been selected as the president of the 19th Imagineindia discussed by a number of Iranian film The film also brought Mahmud Atshani International Film Festival, which will be held in the Spanish critics and experts at the sessions to be the award for best cinematographer, the capital of Madrid from May 17 to 31, 2020. held at the Haftrokh Institute in Tehran Bita Film Company that is the distributor She won the award best actress at the 2015 Imagineindia for every Wednesday for about two months. of the film announced. her performance in “Ghosts” by Parviz Jahed will review the “Three “Katyusha” is about a middle-aged acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Colors” trilogy, while “The Double Life religious man, Khalil, who is supposed . of Veronique” (1991) will be discussed by to take care of a spoiled son of a wealthy Keramati also was named Shadmehr Rastin at the first session, which man as his bodyguard for a number of best actress at the International will be held on September 25. days. The gap between their social levels Film Festival of Tamilnadu in “” (1988) and and worldviews creates some problems. Chennai, India in 2016 for “A Short Film about Killing” (1988) will Atshani has made the comedy “1st her role in director Hassan be reviewed by Amir Purya. Born” starring Val Kilmer, William Barzideh’s drama “Mazar-i- “Amator” (“Camera Buff”, 1979) will Baldwin and “Prison Break” actor Sharif” about Taliban terrorism be discussed by Kamyar Mohsenin. Robert Knepper. in Afghanistan. Iranian director and producer Ali Atshani Kieslowski is known internationally As the first co-production between Her fellow Iranian poses after accepting the best film award for the trilogy “” (1989), “The A poster for “Polish Grief”, a program Iran and America, the film tells the story filmmaker Mehdi Rahmani will for his comedy “Katyusha” during the Love Double Life of Veronique” and “Three for reviewing films by Polish film of a newlywed couple, Iranian-born Ben be in company with her on the International Film Festival Santa Monica, Colors” (1993–1994). director and screenwriter Krzysztof and his American wife Kate, who are jury, which also is composed CA in the U.S. on September 21, 2019. The Polish filmmaker received Kieslowski in Tehran. living in California. When the couple’s of Indian film expert Modhura numerous awards during his career, 1993 and the International Film first pregnancy faces complications, anti-American Iranian politician, Palit, Polish filmmaker Hanna including the jury Festival’s Silver Bear in 1994. both sides of their family must come while Kate’s father Biden (Kilmer) is Polak and Afghan actress prize in 1988, the Venice Film Festival In 1995, he received Oscar nominations together — a rather complicated an American politician who takes a Mahtab Keramati poses during Leena Alam. FIPRESCI Prize in 1989, Golden Lion in for best director and best writing. notion as Ben’s father Hamid is an hardline stance against Iran. a photocall after accepting the The Jury also includes award for best actress for her Australian producer Bridget role in “Ghosts” during the closing Ikin, Indian professor Anjali ceremony of the Imagineindia Monteiro, Kazakh filmmaker Netflix chief says “The Crown” will look a bargain after streaming explosion International Film Festival in 2015. Olga Korotko, British-Indian CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) — Netflix Chief Netflix’s stock has tumbled 26% since its quarterly report writer and director Sandhya Suri, Kazakh producer Olga Khlasheva Executive Reed Hastings said on Friday the entrance of on July 17, when it said it lost U.S. streaming customers and German producer Daniela Creutz. Apple, Disney and NBC to the global streaming market will for the first time in eight years and missed targets for new Iranian director Reza Mirkarimi’s drama “Castle of push content costs to levels that make its epic drama about subscribers overseas. Dreams” will be competing in the official section of the the British Royal family “look like a bargain”. Apple’s streaming service debuts on Nov. 1, starting in festival, which also features the Indian movies “Bulbul Hastings’ comments at the RTS television industry the United States and some other countries, followed by Can Sing” by Rima Das, “Aamis” by Bhaskar Hazarika conference in Cambridge jolted investors already worried about Disney’s on Nov. 12. and “Aadhar” by Sumon Ghosh. growing competition and sent the streaming heavyweight’s “People are increasingly understanding that competition “Aga’s House” by Lendita Zeqiraj from Kosovo “Summer stock down 6%, adding to a recent sell-off. is here, and it’s going to increase,” said Morningstar analyst Survivors” by Marija Kavtaradze from Lithuania and Disney and others will vie for subscribers and likely drive Neil Macker. “Companies like Disney are willing to bleed “Brotherhood” by Pavel Lungin from Russia will be screened up production costs. cash for years to compete in this space.” in the official competition. Costing a reported 100 million pounds ($125 million) to Following on the success of “The Crown”, Hastings said In addition, “Driving Lessons” by Iranian filmmaker Marzieh make, “The Crown” won critical acclaim and has helped Netflix Netflix would make a “big increase” in its investment in Riahi will be screened in the short films competition. build its subscriber base, which has risen to 152 million and British television production next year, taking advantage given it a head start over rival pay-TV and technology firms. of the country’s strong storytelling expertise. “It’s a whole new world starting in November,” Hastings Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix, gestures “The possibilities the internet brings for growing said. during an event of the Fundacion Telmex Mexico Siglo XXI entertainment is phenomenal, and over the next several Tehran center to review He cited the planned launch of services by Apple and (Telmex Foundation Mexico XXI Century) in Mexico City, years, with all of the expansion, I think we are going to see Italian translation of Disney, as well as a ramping up of Amazon’s offerings and Mexico, September 6, 2019. (Reuters/Edgard Garrido) a very large increase in how much content is produced here the forthcoming Peacock platform from NBCUniversal. Claire Foy starred in the first two seasons, which traced in the UK,” he said at the conference. Al-Sadr’s book on religions The new video-on-demand subscription services are the life of Queen Elizabeth from her coronation at the age “This year we spent a little over 400 million pounds good news for producers, with rival platforms competing of 25 to the birth of her children, all while taking in the in the UK and that’s continuing to grow, following our CULTURE TEHRAN — “Le religioni al servizio to poach the best content and talent, Hastings said. political dramas of the day. subscriber base.” deskdell’umanità”, an Italian translation of “Someday ‘The Crown’ will look like a bargain,” he said. Oscar winner Olivia Colman will star in the role when Asked if Netflix would spend twice as much next year, Lebanese-Iranian philosopher and Shia religious leader The show is intended to span 60 episodes over six seasons. the third series launches in November. he said: “Probably not double, but a big increase.” Musa al-Sadr’s book “Religions at the Service of Humanity” will be reviewed in a session, which will be organized at Tehran’s Book City Institute Dinosaurs, droids and holy hand-grenade up for grabs at film auction on September 28. Carlo Cereti, former LONDON (Reuters) — Jurassic Park helmet from the original 1977 “Star Wars” film, was removed, sellers hope for an explosion of will be held. Italian cultural attaché in dinosaur skulls, a Star Wars stormtrooper expected to fetch up to 180,000 pounds by interest in the “Monty Python and the Holy Fans of the latest outing of Joker might Tehran, Raffaele Mauriello, helmet and Monty Python’s holy hand grenade specialist movie memorabilia retailer Prop Store. Grail” piece as the British comedy celebrates be in for a surprise with the more jovial an assistant professor at the are among movie memorabilia going under Despite the thin padding and dodgy visor its 50th anniversary this year. multi-colored costume on display from Faculty of the hammer in London this month at an of the original costume, actor Syd Wragg “In true Monty Python style, this is actually Jack Nicholson’s turn as the character in and Foreign Languages at auction organizers expect to exceed 6 million looked delighted to be reunited with it on built from a ballcock from a toilet system,” “Batman”. The particular shade of purple was Allameh Tabatabai University pounds ($7.5 million). Wednesday for the first time since he wore said Stephen Lane, of the Prop Store, which chosen by Nicholson himself to match that of in Tehran, and a number Also on sale will be Jack Nicholson’s axe it on set. His name, still visible, is marked is organizing the auction. the L.A. Lakers team, Lane said. Iranian literati will attend from “The Shining” and his purple “Batman” in pen on its interior. Prop Store have put around 250 of the 900 The two-day auction is set for Sept. 30 the session. Joker costume. Although there was no bang when the pin lots on display at the BFI Imax building in to Oct. 1, with the public free to view the Translated into Italian One of the key pieces is a stormtrooper from the “Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch” Waterloo, south London, where the auction lots until then. by Mirko Colleoni, the book has been published in 2019 by Il Cerchio, a Rimini-based Viacom buys exclusive cable rights to publishing house specializing in the publication of texts Front cover of the Italian version from the spiritual traditions, “Seinfeld” from Sony of Musa al-Sadr’s book “Religions fantasy essays and medieval NEW YORK (Reuters) — Viacom Inc said on Saturday a version of himself and often humorously described as a at the Service of Humanity”. culture. it has bought the exclusive cable rights to classic television show about nothing, followed four self-absorbed friends in Musa al-Sadr, also known sitcom “Seinfeld” from Sony Pictures Television, days New York City. It was a hit on the NBC broadcast network as Imam Musa Sadr, disappeared with two aides in August after Netflix Inc landed the global streaming rights in the 1990s. 1978 on his way to attend ceremonies commemorating Libya’s for the show. Sony Corp’s Sony Pictures Television, which owns the Muammar Gaddafi’s ascent to power. “Beginning in October 2021, the full library of Seinfeld distribution rights to “Seinfeld”, reached the deal with Viacom. When he was not seen in Tripoli, it was said he had left episodes will air amongst Viacom’s entertainment brands, The terms of the deal were not disclosed. A view shows the exterior of Hulu’s “Seinfeld: The for Italy. While his fate is not known, it was widely suspected including Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Netflix and other streaming giants are poised to nab Apartment”, a temporary exhibit on West 14th street that he was kidnapped at the behest of Gaddafi, who may Land,” Viacom said in a statement. streaming rights for popular TV shows as the battle for in the Manhattan borough of New York City, June 24, have viewed him as a religious rival. “Seinfeld”, a show starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld playing streaming viewers intensifies. 2015. (Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo)