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Sanctions removal offers Putin says huge untapped potential ‘Saudis, MKO marring UN’s Iran Russia and for Denmark–Iran trade: U.S. close to Danny Annan human rights report to EU’ breakthrough EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW By Mahnaz Abdi Scheme seeks economic damage, Rezaee says deal on Syria POLITICS TEHRAN — Mohsen rights in Iran, has embedded his lat- European countries will use the re- The lifting of sanctions has created huge untapped poten- deskRezaee, the sec- est report on the situation of human port as an excuse to cut trade with Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said tial for trade between Denmark and Iran, Danish Ambas- retary of Iran’s Expediency Council, rights in Iran with what he called a said he while paying a visit to the Ve- Russia and the United States are close sador to Tehran Danny Annan told the Tehran Times in an said on Friday that Ahmed Shaheed, pack of “lies” to present it to the Euro- layat TV Network headquarters in the to striking a deal on fighting terror- exclusive interview on Tuesday. the special UN rapporteur on human pean Parliament in days. religious city of Qom. ists in Syria, potentially a major step “For many years, promotion of exports to Iran was lim- toward ending a war that’s flooded ited for Danish companies due to the sanctions, but after Europe with refugees and helped give the lifting of sanctions I do my utmost to assist the Danish See page 2 rise to the Islamic State in Iraq and the companies in gaining a foothold in the Iranian market,” Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group. the ambassador stressed. “We’re gradually, gradually heading “If you look at the different sectors [in which Denmark in the right direction,” the Russian pres- has export to Iran], you can already see the very big in- ident said in an interview on Thursday crease. One of the very sectors is pharmaceutical sector, in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok. because it was not hit by the sanctions. Of course there “I don’t rule out that we’ll be able to was the problem with the financial transactions, but still agree on something in the near future medical companies somehow succeeded in gaining a and present our agreements to the in- very good foothold when it comes to the Iranian market,” ternational community.” Annan explained. Putin, a dogged critic of U.S. for- “54 percent of Danish export [to Iran] is actually with eign policy, had praise for Secretary of the pharmaceutical sector, but if you look at the other State John Kerry, whose “patience and sectorssectors,, renewable energy as a very good and recent determination’’ in pushing for an ac- eexample,xample, I believe that there are very good opportuni-oppo cord before President Barack Obama ties in Iran”, he said, adding, “And“And in the leaves office next year have made a ffoodood industry, also ingredients ffor the deal possible. Russia and NATO (North ffoodood industry, machinery for ttheh food Atlantic Treaty Organization) member industry.” Turkey, a key backer of some rebels “I think ththereere aarere a llotot of sec- fighting Syrian President Bashar al-As- tions, actuallyactually a perfect match sad, are also aligning their interests in between the competcompetencye of the conflict, he said. the Danish comcompaniespanie and The U.S. and Russia are intensify- thethe nneedseeds ofof IranianIrania mar- ing efforts to find common ground ket,” the amambassa- in Syria, where multiple countries and dordor commented.comm different extremist and rebel groups See page 4 have been battling each other for 5 1/2 years. 13

Trump and Mexican Rising China mounts no threat to U.S. interests: Jeffry Frieden Top commander: president battle on Twitter Iran’s airspace INTERVIEW of the bodies have prescribed a sin- gle instruction for different cultures Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto By: Fateme Mohammadipour safest in Mideast and societies. What do you think continued their dispute on Thursday over financing Trump’s about the issue? POLITICS proposed border wall, this time on social media. Jeffry Frieden, professor at Harvard Uni- TEHRAN — Khatam A: I think the cultural and other values desk “Mexico will pay for the wall!” Trump tweeted, drawing a versity’s Department of Government, al-Anbia Air Defense of different societies are their own busi- response from the Mexican leader a day after their meeting believes the U.S. remains the world’s Base top commander Sayyed Mah- ness, so long as they do not violate gen- in Mexico City. most powerful economy and military di Hosseini underlined on Friday that erally agreed-upon standards of human, “I repeat what I said in person, Mr. Trump: Mexico would power though other countries are also Iran has the safest airspace among the political, civil, and social rights. Typically never pay for a wall,” Peña Nieto wrote. making progress. countries of the Middle East, ISNA re- the politics of international monetary the international economic institutions The exchange echoed a dispute the two had in the hours He adds, “I believe certainly other ported. and financial relations. have not, in my view, directly interfered after their private meeting on Wednesday. countries are on the rise, in particular After the Second World War, we with cultural values. International eco- Trump told reporters he and Peña Nieto “didn’t discuss” China, but this in itself is not a threat saw the establishment of monetary, nomic trends – trade, finance, the inter- paying for the wall, prompting a Twitter reply from Peña Nieto to American interests. It remains to be financial and business mechanisms net – are much more likely to be per- in which the Mexican president said that “at the beginning of seen how these new powers will act, such as the IMF, World Bank, and ceived by some people as threatening the conversation with Donald Trump, I made clear that Mexi- and what their relationship will be with GATT. These institutions have fo- to traditions. But this has been true for co would not pay for the wall.” the older powers.” cused primarily on economic devel- thousands of years; there is no reason it The Republican candidate and aides later said he was re- In what follows, the academic figure opment. But the problem is that all should be less true today. ferring to the lack of a full-blown discussion about the wall has answered a number of questions on 13 because each leader knew the other’s position. (Staff & Agencies) Addressing worshippers at the FDI in Iran hits $5.2b in 3 years: govt. spokesman weekly held Friday prayer, Brigadier General Hosseini stressed the role that ECONOMY TEHRAN — Mo- impact of foreign investments and the “A priority of the government is to the country’s air defense base plays Vancouver program to deskhammad Baqer No- implementation of projects on people’s attract as much as $17 billion in the in thwarting “empty threats posed to bakht, the government spokesman, an- daily life will become palpable in the current Iranian calendar year (which spotlight Parviz Parastui films Tehran by its enemies.” nounced on Thursday that 66 projects long-run. started on March 21, 2016), $7 bil- “The Islamic Republic has been able to have been implemented taking ad- He made the remarks on the side- lion in the form of direct investment ARTTEHRAN — A program in Vancouver boost its defense prowess through devel- desk vantage of $5.2 billion of foreign direct lines of his visit to Chalous town, in the and $10 billion financing,” Jahangiri to put the spotlight on 61-year-old ac- oping homegrown missiles,” Hosseini said. investments (FDI) as of August 2013, northern province of Mazandaran. added. tor Parviz Parastui by reviewing some of his films has been Iran has recently revealed its first long- when President Hassan Rouhani took First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri Iranian officials hope to rebuild the planned, the organizers announced. range air defense missile system, man- office, ISNA reported. said in mid-May that economy is the economy through attracting foreign “The Glass Agency” and “The Red Ribbon”, both by Ebra- ufactured by Iranian specialists. The air Nobakht, who is also the head of first priority of the country, stressing the investment to the country now that it him Hatamikia, will be defense pack, dubbed Bavar-373, is de- Management and Planning Organi- importance of resistance economy to is emerging from years of international screened at the program, signed to target drones and missiles, as zation of Iran, underscored that the achieve goals. sanctions. which will take place at well as combat aircraft at various altitudes. Bosa Centre, Vancity The- “At this point in time, while terror is atre and Centennial The- Venezuela: Anti-Maduro protesters flood Caracas prevalent in the Middle East as well as oth- atre. er countries throughout the world, Iran’s Dressed in white and chant- coalition aimed to collect at stricken by shortages of food the streets to demand quick In addition, director air defense base has managed to up the ing “this government will least one million people at and medicine, outbreaks of action on a recall vote that Mohammadreza Honar- security of the Iranian skies to highest level fall”, thousands of opposition rallies across the capital to violent crime and looting in Maduro has vehemently re- mand’s comedies “The in the region,” the top Iranian commander Parviz Parastui acts in a scene from supporters flooded Vene- show anger at Maduro and the once-rich major oil ex- sisted. Changed Man” and said, touching upon the Islamic Republic’s “The Willow Tree”. zuela’s capital on Thursday Venezuela’s deep economic porter. “All of Venezuela is mobi- “Mummy 3” have also deterrent missile capabilities. to press for a recall referen- crisis. Hundreds of soldiers and lizing for the right to vote,” been selected for the event. Tehran’s missile capabilities have been dum this year against Social- A rival pro-government police in armored cars were said Jesus Torrealba, the Majid Majidi’s drama “The Willow Tree” and Kamal Tabrizi’s a potential source of controversy between ist President Nicolas Maduro. rally was also planned in the deployed. head of the main opposition comedy “Lizard” will also be reviewed at the festival, which Iran and the West. This is while Tehran has With protesters from the center of the city. Opposition leaders were coalition, the Democratic will be held from September 14 to 17. repeatedly insisted that the capabilities are Amazon jungle to the west- The rallies come at a hoping to bring hundreds of Unity Roundtable (MUD). The program has been organized by several Iranian insti- merely of defensive essence. tutes and a number of Iranian expatriates in the Canadian city. ern Andes, the opposition volatile time for Venezuela, thousands of people on to 13

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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Iran calls for global commitment Iran to never forget Mina tragedy: cleric to establish peace POLITICS Iran’s Ambassador to individuals. deskthe UN Gholam Ali Those who base their identity or pow- Khoshroo said on Thursday that a gen- er on confrontation, rejection and ex- TEHRAN — The interim Tehran POLITICS uine global commitment is required to communication, are inherently against deskFriday prayer leader has said Iran establish peace. tolerance and peace. The whole world will never forget the Hajj crush that happened in “What we need today is a genu- knows today which absurd mentality is Mina, Saudi Arabia last year. ine global commitment to bring about nurturing the dark forces of terrorism, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in change for the sake of peace,” he said in and how it should be stopped. What has another part of his sermon underscored that Teh- an address before the High-Level Forum prevented a serious action from happen- ran absolutely has the right to boost its defense ca- on the Culture of Peace at the Trusteeship ing, however, is short-sighted political pabilities and military power, Mehr reported. Council in New York. gains and vested interests. He stressed that domestic production of various Following is the full text of his speech To further the cause of peace, it is im- types of military equipment, including missiles, ra- published by IRNA: perative to stop supporting warmongers, dars, drones and air defense systems, indicates the Mr.President, to end occupation, to give up on the might of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic Mr. Secretary-General, mentality that nurtures cultural and mil- of Iran. Excellencies, itary hegemony and domination, to re- Jahangiri puts off Ladies and gentlemen, spect others, be it in the form of nations, It is an honor for me to contribute to life-styles or ideas. If we want a genuine Turkey trip this debate on the subject of the Culture peace, once and for all, centers of pow- of Peace. I hope today’s Forum renews Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholam Ali Khoshroo er should acknowledge that there is no our commitment to peace and helps fur- military solution possible to the world ther our dialogue and understanding on day we know enough about dangers of to break from the past, from the familiar problems. POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian First Vice-Pres- this noble cause. war, about the adverse impacts of un- and from the routine, to bravely embrace Mr. President, deskident Es’haq Jahangiri has postponed Seven decades after the foundation der-development on peace and stability, a more egalitarian, democratic and mor- The great value of peace has always a planned trip to Turkey because of his tight schedule. of the United Nations and given the ex- about the menace of violent extremism al state of affairs in the world. The world been known to humans, but this precious The official was scheduled to travel to Ankara perience of the past and current disas- and terrorism, about the importance of needs peace and tranquility, and it is ob- phenomenon has hardly materialized. next Monday for a 2-day visit, the YJC reported on trous conflicts and wars, the subject of tolerance and respect for human rights vious. However, for peace to be lasting, it Peace has remained a distant wish for Friday.Jahangiri was to meet Turkish Prime Minister peace and the culture that nourishes it and fundamental freedoms, about the should be just. humans. But today, the cost of war has Binali Yildirim for talks on a range of issues, includ- should be, now more than ever, the piv- importance of disarmament and im- As the tragedies caused by Daesh, made it a non-option. It is imperative ing the crisis in Syria. otal subject around which all Members perativeness of total elimination of all Bokoharam, Al-nusra Front, Al-Qaeda for this generation to make long-lasting of the Organization unite and take res- weapons of mass destruction, particularly and many other terrorist groups contin- peace a reality. 2013 election olute practical actions. And accordingly, nuclear weapons and about many other ue to unfold in many parts of the world The Islamic Republic of Iran, the main now more than ever, the desire for peace phenomena, which in one way or another from Syria to Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, proponent of the idea of “A world against results belong to should prevail over every other interests can contribute to or hinder the cause of France, Belgium and beyond, it becomes Violence and Extremism” embodied in reformists: Aref and guide every aspect of the work of the peace. more and more clear that genuine peace the WAVE resolutions that are adopted Organization. What we need today is a genuine glob- can be established only through planting by the General Assembly by consensus, After many years of sincere debate al commitment to bring about change for the seeds of wisdom, tolerance and re- once again invites all nations to unite for POLITICS TEHRAN — The chairman of and based on our vast experiences, to- the sake of peace. What we need today is spect for each others in the minds of all the cause of peace. deskthe Hope Parliamentary Group has said the results of 2013 presidential elections belong to reformists. Expansion of Iran-Russia ties to continue: ambassador Commenting on the Majlis agenda, Mohammad Reza Aref also pointed out that “the impeachment POLITICS TEHRAN — Mehdi Sanai, Iran’s am- Russian presidents have “efficient” and “comprehensive” of some ministers is being discussed,” ICANA re- deskbassador to Moscow, said on Friday interactions. ported on Friday. that expansion of Iran-Russia ties has been unprece- Sanai said that there is “positive” cooperation be- dented in the past three years and will be continued in tween Iran and Russia on regional issues such as fighting New query law will the future. terrorism in Syria. not restrict Guardian “Expansion of relations in the past three years has He also said that there are good cooperation between been within the framework of re-election of Vladimir Pu- the two countries in spheres of culture and tourism. Council’s approbative tin as Russia’s president, expanding cooperation with the On solutions to settle crises in the region, he said that citi- supervision: MP East and presidency of Hassan Rouhani,” he said during zens of regional countries should determine their destiny. a ceremony held in a university in Volgograd. Elsewhere, Sanai said that Western countries’ “double POLITICS TEHRAN — An Iranian lawmak- desker believes a new law on Majlis The ambassador called for an increase in coopera- standards” on regional crises and “instrumental view” on tion between Iranian and Russian universities in areas political phenomena are cause the spread of terrorism elections query will not restrict the Guardian Coun- Mehdi Sanai, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow cil’s approbative supervision role. of science and technology, saying that the Iranian and in the region. However, Mohsen Kuhkan also found fault with the law, saying the demand to annul elections throughout a constituency even if one candidate breaks the rules Tehran helps Baghdad upon Iraqi govt. request: Velayati is problematic, Asriran reported on Friday. POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Akbar reached many achievements in fighting ‘Islamic Coalition deskVelayati, the senior for- terrorism. Party to attempt eign policy advisor to the Leader, said on He added that Iraqi religious scholars Friday that Iran provides Iraq with help played an important role in the country’s principlist upon the Iraqi government’s request. victories. unification’ “The government of the Islamic Re- Akram al-Kaabi, for his part, said public [of Iran] will do nothing in Iraq that the main purpose of meeting with POLITICS TEHRAN — The deputy head without the permission of the country’s Iranian officials is to elaborate on the deskof the central committee of the government,” he said during a meeting latest developments in Iraq and also Islamic Coalition Party has said his party will help with Akram al-Kaabi, the secretary gen- thank Leader of the Islamic Revolution bring together principlist groups for the next presi- eral of Harakat al Nujaba, in Tehran. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the dential elections, salted for May 2016. Velayati said, “Consider Iran not only Iranian people for their supports for the The efforts will also adopt the clergy as their your second home, but your main home. Iraqi government and people in coun- pivotal point, Assadollah Badamchian said, ISNA The two neighboring countries of Iran tering terrorism. reported on Friday. and Iraq have had many commonalities He said that the axis of resistance has during different historical eras which have achieved many victories against arrogant Ali Akbar Velayati (R) meets Akram al-Kaabi (L), secretary general of Harakat al Nujaba Official: Hamas led to close and brotherly ties between powers in the Middle East. resolved to maintain the two countries.” Akram al-Kaabi and his accompanied dele- He has held meetings with some Iranian er Ali Larijani and Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, ties with Iran He also said that the Iraqi people have gation has started a visit to Iran on August 26. senior officials, including Iran’s Majlis Speak- the chairman of the Assembly of Experts.

POLITICS TEHRAN — The Hamas repre- Iran congratulates Vietnam on National Day desksentative in Lebanon has underlined POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian President Hassan tween Iran and Vietnam and voiced hope that the ties would Republic of Vietnam. that the Palestinian resistance movement is determined deskRouhani sent a message to President be expanded in various areas of economy, politics and culture. For Vietnamese nationals, the event is of great signif- to continue its good relations with Iran, Fars reported. Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam on Friday and congratulated According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran icance, marking the victory of nearly-one-hundred-year “Following a decade of Gaza blockade, the con- the Vietnamese people and government on the coun- Nguyen Hong Thach, 71 year ago, on September 2, struggle against the colonialism, opening a new era for tinuation of Zionist aggressions against the Al-Aqsa try’s National Day. 1945, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Vietnam, an era of independence and freedom, the am- Mosque and the mushrooming Zionist settlements Rouhani expressed satisfaction over friendly relations be- Independence, announcing the birth of the Democratic bassador told the Tehran Times. in the West Bank make it inevitable for the Palestin- ians, including Hamas, to strengthen and promote ties with Iran,” Ali Baraka said in a meeting with the Iranian Embassy’s First Attaché to Lebanon Mo- ‘Saudis, MKO marring UN’s Iran human rights report to EU’ hammad Majedi in Beirut on Friday. Majedi, for his part, underlined that Iran will 1 steps taken by Iran, including 18 cases of and under 400 articles so as to present teriorated when Saudi Arabia executed continue to support the Palestinian nation, the re- “In his latest human rights report on development in the situation of the hu- their reports to the European Parliament,” a top Saudi Shiite cleric in January, ap- sistance movements and Palestine’s Intifada against Iran, Ahmed Shaheed has reflected lies man rights in the country. said Rezaee, calling on President Hassan parently incensed by Iran’s deal with the Israel’s occupation. about Iran, due to be raised in the Eu- In addition to the negative report Rouhani and Foreign Minister Moham- West over its nuclear program. ropean parliament in future days, based drafted by the UN rapporteur, there are mad Javad Zarif to take steps. In retaliation, after an Iranian mob at- EU lawmaker urges on which a verdict will be issued, leading other pens depicting a gloomy picture of Relationships between Iran and Saudi tacked Saudi’s diplomatic posts in Tehran stronger the European countries to cut trade with Iran, according to the Iranian official. Arabia have been strained for the past and Mashhad, Riyadh cut diplomatic ties Iran.” “Saudi Arabia and the Mojahedin years over a number of issues, particu- with Tehran. Iran-Bulgaria ties In his March 2016 report, Ahmad Sha- Khalq Organization (which Iran has des- larly over Syria where the two back op- Rezaee’s comments come days after heed called on Iran to, inter alia, consid- ignated as a terrorist group) had pre- posing sides in the now five-year conflict. Kazem Qaribabadi, deputy chief of the er a moratorium on “the use of death pared material on Iran in tens of pages Their long-troubled relationship de- Iranian High Council for Human Rights, POLITICS TEHRAN — A senior Bulgarian penalty,” ease crackdown on “freedom of said, “Tehran has accepted in principle to deskmember of the European Parlia- expression and opinion,” and leave “jour- initiate dialogue with the European Union ment called for boosting Tehran-Sofia relations. nalists, lawyers, religious minorities and Rezaee says, “In his latest human rights report on human rights, and EU foreign policy “Iran and Bulgaria have the needed capacities to individuals” with more leeway to “defend chief Federica Mogherini already knows boost their cooperation in different fields, especially the rights of women, children, workers, on Iran, Ahmed Shaheed has reflected lies about this.” in the economic and trade sectors,” Maria Gabriel and ethnic minorities.” Iran, due to be raised in the European parliament If Rezaee’s claims turn out to be true, told Iranian Ambassador to Sofia Abdollah Norouzi Tehran, however, rejected the report in future days, based on which a verdict will be this will be the second most serious con- in Bulgaria’s capital on Thursday, Nasim reported. as “biased,” written with “subjective word- issued, leading the European countries to cut frontation between Tehran and the West, Gabriel and Norouzi stressed the need for increas- ings,” and full of “substantially baseless” following the two sides’ match on Teh- ing trade transactions between Tehran and Sofia. issues though it had welcome positive trade with Iran.” ran’s nuclear program. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 3,3, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3 Residents leave area near Syrian capital under deal with government Fear driving Clinton and Syrian army continues anti-terror raids, kills many militants Trump supporters: poll By staff & agencies machine guns, were destroyed in the air Supporters of both Republican presidential nominee Don- Hundreds of civilians in a militant-held strikes, which hit the gathering of mili- ald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton are more suburb of the Syrian capital have begun tants in the cities of Mourek and Tibet al- motivated by fear about the other candidate getting elected leaving the area under a deal with the Imam and in the surroundings of al-Bu- as president than they are by excitement about their own government in Damascus. waida village and Souran town. candidate prevailing, a new poll finds. Some 300 residents began leaving Fighting continued further to Syria’s The nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found Mouadamiya on Friday, a week after the north, where pro-government forces that 80 percent of Trump supporters and 62 percent of Clin- surrender of neighboring Darayya, one managed to hit several terrorist hideouts ton supporters say if the other candidate wins in November, of the longest-standing bastions of mil- in Kafr Hamra on the northwestern sides they would feel “scared.” itants fighting the government of Presi- of Aleppo City. Only 29 percent of Trump supporters and 27 percent of dent Bashar al-Assad. Khan Touman in Aleppo’s southwest- Clinton supporters would feel “excited” if their candidate Syrian state television showed footage ern countryside also saw anti-militant at- claims the White House, the survey found. of families heaving luggage through the tacks by the Syrian air forces as a convoy About 30 percent of Clinton supporters say they are streets and buses arriving to take them of vehicles belonging to the terrorists was mostly voting against Trump, not for her and about 40 per- from Mouadamiya. They will be trans- targeted, killing and injuring many. cent of Trump supporters say they are voting mostly against ported to a temporary housing area in Air strikes were also reported in the Clinton, not for him. Harjaleh near Damascus, it reported. south, where oil tanker trucks operated Unprecedented negative ratings for both candidates and The Syrian government forces retook by the ISIL terrorist group were struck fierce polarization between the two political parties high- complete control of Darayya last Satur- in Shaghaf village in the eastern part of lights the challenges ahead for whichever candidate wins in day and struck a deal with the militants Sweida Province. November. The new president will face a significant number there to have them leave peacefully. A mortar position of militants in of voters who view his or her election as catastrophic for the “The Darayya file is now closed after al-Nueimeh town in the eastern country- country. the evacuation of all the civilians, armed side of Daraa, in southern Syria, was also The poll also found that a majority of Americans hold an men and their families under the agree- Syrian state television said on Thursday to ease pressure on opposition fighters in targeted by Syrian fighter jets, leaving unfavorable view of both Trump and Clinton. ment” reached earlier between the gov- that the air force had carried out “concen- the battleground northern city of Aleppo scores killed. The former secretary of state is viewed negatively by 51 ernment and the militants, Syrian state trated strikes” against terrorists in the area, by distracting regime forces. The Syrian government has solidified percent of voters and the celebrity billionaire by 59 percent. television said. saying tens of them had been killed. They were also threatening to capture its control over the country amid con- About 20 percent of likely voters say they don’t like either Syrian army continues anti-terror An official in one of the rebel factions the historic Christian town of Mahrada, tinuing foreign-backed militancy, which major-party nominee. raids, kills many militants waging the attack, Jaysh al-Nasr (Army just west of the major north-south high- began in March 2011. Clinton leads Trump by 7 points in the run-up to the 2016 Meantime, areas of Syria’s Hama of Victory), told Reuters news agency way linking the capital, Damascus, with The Syrian military has been fighting United States presidential race. She is favored by 48 percent province captured by rebel fighters came that both Syrian and Russian jets were the northern city of Aleppo. militants, including those of the Islamic of likely voters to Trump’s 41 percent. Another 9 percent are under heavy air attack on Thursday as involved in what he described as heavy The targeted areas are populated by State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh), undecided. pro-government forces sought to coun- air strikes. Russia has been bombing an- Christians and Alawis loyal to the. across the country, and has been boost- Clinton received 42 percent to Trump’s 35 percent in a ter a major rebel assault in an area of ti-Assad forces for almost a year. Elsewhere, The official SANA news ed in the anti-terror effort by an aerial four-candidate match-up. In that scenario, Libertarian pres- strategic importance to President Bashar The rebel alliance, which includes ele- agency said on Thursday that Syrian fighter campaign conducted by Russia and mili- idential nominee Gary Johnson earned 9 percent, while al-Assad. ments of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and jets carried out air raids on the positions of tary advice from Iran. Green Party candidate Jill Stein bagged 4 percent. The offensive that began on Tuesday Jund Al-Aqsa (Soldiers of al-Aqsa) group, Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Conquest) terrorists United Nations Special Envoy for Syr- The Suffolk poll was conducted from August 24 to 29 is the biggest coordinated rebel assault aims to take control of the airport in Hama, in the northern part of Hama Province, ia Staffan de Mistura estimates that over among a national sample of 1,000 likely voters. The margin in Hama province since 2014, according from which regime helicopters fly regular leaving many of them dead. 400,000 people have been killed in the of error is 3 points. to the so-called Syrian Observatory for sorties against opposition fighters. A military source told SANA that Syrian conflict. The UN has stopped of- The former First Lady leads the billionaire among women, Human Rights monitoring group. The rebels are also probably seeking scores of vehicles, some equipped with fering an official death toll for Syria. 54 percent to 38 percent; among black voters, 92 percent to 4 percent; and among Hispanic voters, 65 percent to 24 percent. Clinton has led Trump throughout most of the 2016 pres- Deadly twin blasts hit court in Pakistan idential campaign. But her latest lead represents a stronger level of support than polls showed in recent editions of the At least 12 people were killed and 40 wounded when cide bombers were killed” in the operation carried out poll. But recent polls have shown Trump gaining ground on two bomb blasts went off at a district court in northwest- against the fighters on Friday and that a clearance oper- Clinton. ern Pakistan, officials said. ation was under way. The RealClearPolitics average of polls showed Clinton has A suicide bomber threw a hand grenade at police Local sources, though, told Al Jazeera that at least a 4.9-point lead over Trump, 46.8 percent to 41.9 percent. guards before storming into the compound and blowing one civilian was killed and several wounded in the attack. The Fox News poll, released on Wednesday, showed that himself up in the court in Mardan town in Khyber-Pakh- Two of the four suicide bombers detonated their Trump reached within 2 percent of his Democratic rival Clin- tunkhwa province. vests and the other two were shot dead, the sources ton. She was leading the businessman 41 percent to 39 per- “So far we have recovered 12 bodies of the lawyers, said. cent. police personnel and civilians. Besides this, we rescued Pakistani Taliban faction Jamaat-ur-Ahrar (Assembly Johnson scored a healthy 9 percent and Stein took 4 52 injured, including lawyers, police personnel and ci- of the Free) claimed responsibility for the attacks. points. vilians, from the spot,” Haris Habib, chief rescue officer The group’s spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, promised The poll attributed the former secretary of state’s de- in the city of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, more attacks in a statement released to media. clining support to Johnson and Stein’s growing popularity where the blasts took place, told the Reuters news agen- “We appeal to civilians to remain away from law en- among voters which had mostly happened at the expense cy. forcement installations and these un-Islamic courts. We of Clinton. Earlier, four suicide bombers who were trying to at- will target them more,” he said. Clinton to begin flying with press next week: report tack a Christian colony were killed during a gunfight with Last month, the Pakistan Taliban faction and the Is- the hospital to accompany the body of a murdered col- Meantime, Hillary Clinton will begin traveling in a larger security forces outside the northwestern city of Pesha- lamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist league. plane alongside reporters next week, ABC News reports. war, the army said. group both claimed responsibility for a suicide attack The Pakistan army launched Operation Zarb-e-Azb Clinton will trade her small private jet for a larger aircraft Soldiers backed by army helicopters fought back the at a hospital in Pakistan’s Quetta that killed at least 70 under the United States pressure in 2014 in an effort to that will also transport campaign staffers, Secret Service and fighters who had tried to attack the colony near Warsak people. wipe out fighters and their bases in the North Waziristan the press. Dam, just north of Peshawar. The attack targeted a group of mourning lawyers, tribal area. Campaign aides told ABC the new plane will take its first Asim Bajwa, an army spokesman, said “all four sui- who had gathered at the emergency department of (Source: agencies) trip on Labor Day as Clinton campaigns in Ohio. Clinton’s GOP (Grand Old Party) rival Donald Trump simi- larly travels without press on his plane. Clinton has been under fire from the media for not hold- Gabon: Libreville reels as clashes erupt over vote ing a formal press conference since December. (Source: agencies) Tensions are simmering in Gabon after position of coordinating attacks. country knows, perfectly, I am the winner two days of violence over the disputed In footage captured by Al Jazeera, burned for sure. There is no doubt about it,” Ping presidential election, with fears growing out cars and bonfires pepper the city. told Al Jazeera by phone, following the re- over more deaths and detentions. Protests over the election results start- sults. Since results were announced on ed around the headquarters of opposi- The president and his ministers say Wednesday, confirming President Ali tion leader, Jean Ping, and quickly spread that only the constitutional court can Israel space agency: Bongo would continue to lead the Cen- to other areas. order a recount, and a petition must be tral African country, at least five people Amid the unrest, a large mall was filed. Satellite loss major blow were killed in clashes and the parliament looted. Many continue to take to the streets Israel’s space agency says the destruction of an Israeli “com- building was set on fire. President Bongo has warned against but they are quickly dispersed. munication satellite” during a United States test-launch More than 1,000 people have been the violence. The United Nations said it was con- amounts to a “severe blow” to the regime’s aerospace in- arrested in the same period. “Democracy is not destruction. De- Supporters of Ping, who lost the elec- cerned over reports that the internet had dustry. AFP news agency said at least two of stroying parliament and the national tel- tion by fewer than 6,000 votes, believe the been blocked since the result came out, On Thursday, a massive explosion destroyed a rocket be- those killed died in clashes with police evision is not democracy. Democracy is vote was rigged and, along with the op- while the European Union and the United longing to the U.S. aerospace manufacturer SpaceX during late on Thursday. difficult, but we should work on it,” he said position leader, have demanded a recount. States have called for transparency. routine test firing in Cape Canaveral, Florida. President Bongo has accused the op- in an address earlier this week. “Everybody inside and outside the (Source: Al Jazeera) The blast resulted in the loss of the Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6, the Israeli satellite it had been due to carry into space on Saturday. “As far as the Israeli communications satellite industry is Uzbek president Islam Karimov has died, Turkish PM tells cabinet concerned, this is a very severe blow which could place the future of the industry in doubt if it is not dragged out of the The Turkish Prime Minister Binali Y?ld?r?m has said Uz- The Reuters news agency said on Friday that three mud,” said Isaac Ben-Israel, the chairman of the Israeli space bek President Islam Karimov has died, hours after the diplomatic sources had told it Karimov was dead and agency. Uzbekistan government conceded for the first time the a further government announcement would come on He told Israeli Channel 10 television that it might take president was critically ill. Friday that would also name the head of the commission three years to build a replacement. Binali Y?ld?r?m told the Turkish cabinet in televised in charge of organizing the funeral. “This is a blow, and the next satellite, if Space Commu- remarks that Karimov, the authoritarian ruler of the for- Uzbekistan on Thursday celebrated its independ- nications manages to overcome the crisis that it will face, mer Soviet republic, had “passed away” and said the ence day and it has been widely assumed that if the and decides to order another one, could be in another three country was “sharing the pain and sorrow of Uzbek government was to make an announcement on his years or so,” Ben-Israel said. people”. condition it would not break the news until after the The regime’s Israel Aerospace Industries which had built Karimov’s daughter Lola said earlier this week the 78- festivities. the satellite issued a statement, saying the “total loss” of the year old had suffered a brain hemorrhage but the gov- Respected Central Asian news website Fergana. satellite “will have a significant impact on the company.” ernment had remained silent, making its first announce- ru on Friday posted pictures from Karimov’s home- The blast, which SpaceX said had been caused by an ment on Friday following days of unofficial reports that town of Samarkand, showing what appeared to be “anomaly” during the static fire-test, resulted in no injuries, Karimov was critically ill or even dead. undertakers working on a cemetery plot in the city’s but shook buildings in the area and sent a fiery plume of “Dear compatriots, it is with a heavy heart that we historic graveyard where Karimov’s family is buried. smoke into the air. inform you that the health of our President has sharply Born on 30 January 1938, Karimov was raised in an continued as leader after the collapse of the USSR two The California-based SpaceX had already been dealing deteriorated in the past 24 hours to reach a critical state, orphanage in Samarkand, rising up the Communist years later in 1991. with backlash from a launch accident in June 2015. according to the doctors,” the statement said. party ranks to become head of Soviet Uzbekistan and (Source: Theguardian) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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NEWS Sanctions removal offers huge untapped China expects Russian economy to return to potential for Denmark–Iran trade: Danny Annan ‘Positive Zone’ in 2017 1 Annan further commented. “We’re also talking about the Iranian companies “As I told previously, I do really believe that there China notes a significant improvement in the Russian econ- receiving the Danish machinery and ingredients, be- is a perfect match and mutual benefit when it comes omy and expects it to “return to the positive zone” next year, cause they [Danish companies] are increasing their to trade between Denmark and Iran,” he stressed. Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said Friday. quality, they’re increasing productivity to the benefit “Iran, an island of stability in region’ “We are watching Russia’s economy very closely and we of market situation in Iran, but also on the export Elsewhere in his remarks the Danish ambassador note that a good macroeconomic policy is being carried market. I’ve met a lot of Iranian companies and they said, “I consider Iran to be an island of stability in a out by the Bank of Russia and the Russian Finance Min- all stressed to me that they have export to Afghani- very unstable region and that is of course something istry… We note significant improvement, however Russia’s stan, CIS countries, Iraq, Turkey. Honestly, I think that that the private companies look for. They don’t want economy has not yet returned to the positive zone. It is pos- machinery and ingredients from Denmark is actually to invest in countries, when they risk their invest- sible that it will happen next year,” the deputy minister told giving a pivotal role when it comes to that success of ment would be lost in one year or five years standing foreign reporters, speaking ahead of the Group of Twenty Iranian companies,” Annan also opined. in the road. So, a lot of companies consider Iran as (G20) summit. ‘Renewable energy main sector for co-op’ a very stable country, but not only for the Iranian On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in The ambassador mentioned renewable energy as market but also as a foothold for export to neigh- a report that the economic contraction in Russia had reached the main field in which Iran and Denmark can co- boring countries.” its bottom and the country’s economic outlook started to im- operate. He went on to say, “We don’t have yet a lot of prove. According to a July forecast, the IMF expects Russia He said, “Danish companies have a lot of different companies who are established here and then use to go out of recession in 2017, reaching 1-percent growth interests when it comes to the Iranian market. Min- Iran as a hub for export. At least what I see Danish of the gross domestic product (GDP). The 2016 summit of ing, cement, dairy sector in which Denmark is very companies are exporting to the Iranian companies the world’s 20 biggest economies will kick off in the eastern strong, we have very good cooperation with the Ira- and then they re-export their processed products to Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sunday to last through Monday. nian leading companies in the dairy sector including the neighboring countries.” (Source: Sputnik) Pegah, Kaleh, Mihan. And renewable energy, I think course creates some opportunities for Danish com- Asking about the condition of Danish companies that is one of the untapped potentials when it comes panies in that sector. But it also creates I believe fan- in the competitive post-sanction Iranian market, the to trade between Denmark and Iran.” tastic opportunities for Iran, because if more energy ambassador replied, “I believe that it is very impor- “So far, Iran has only 200,000 megawatt installed can be generated from renewable energy source, tant with long-term contacts. Maybe new competi- of renewable energy of windmills and the plan is ac- Iran can export more gas and oil. I know the im- tors are entering the Iranian market, but if I was an Jobs elusive as India tually to install 5,000 megawatts. That would be the portance of oil and gas for Iranian economy. So, it Iranian businessman, I would definitely stick to the clings to fastest-growing equivalent of what we have in Denmark. The plan will be a cleaner environment and increased export partners I have successfully worked with over the economy tag is to install it over only a five-year period. So it of income for Iran and so it’s again a mutual benefit,” last many years.”

It’s been two years since India emerged as the world’s fastest- growing major economy, but the rapid expansion has done little to improve the lot of Ashok Kumar. Tehran, Moscow sign MOU on banking co-op Parked up and sitting on the kerb, the 25-year-old truck driv- ECONOMY TEHRAN — The cen- In the signing ceremony Kamyab noted er is going nowhere fast. He is the sole breadwinner for the 13 desktral banks of Iran and that after lifting of the sanctions the situa- people in his extended family and his monthly salary is stuck at Russia signed a memorandum of under- tion has been ripe for expansion of bank- $150. standing (MOU) on financial and banking ing cooperation between the two countries With new, better-paid jobs hard to come by, Kumar lacks op- cooperation, IRIB news agency reported and this could lead to an increase in the tions. He fears becoming unemployed like his elder brother, who on Thursday. volume of trade between the two sides. recently returned to their village in the northern state of Uttar According to the report, the MOU Skoblekin for his part stressed the need Pradesh after months of searching in vain for work. which was signed in Tehran by the vice for taking practical steps toward facilitat- Data out on Wednesday showed India’s economic growth governor of the Central Bank of Iran, ing banking relations between Tehran and slowed to 7.1 percent in the quarter to June, a 15-month low. Gholamali Kamyab, and the vice governor Moscow. “During several meetings, central That is faster than other ma- of the Central Bank of Russian Federation, bank governors of the two countries had jor economies, but not fast Dmitry Skoblekin, covers various fields expressed their readiness to develop and enough to create enough new including monetary pacts and also a cur- deepen banking relationships, now it’s jobs to absorb all the one mil- rency swap agreement between the two time for taking necessary measures,” he lion people who join the work- countries. said.Skoblekin also stressed the need to force every month. The agreement was signed on the side- foster cooperation of the central banks to A government survey lines of the fourth meeting of Iran-Russia connect the two countries’ payment sys- found that job creation fell by banking and financial task force. tems. more than two-thirds in 2015. Analysts at HDFC Bank esti- mate that for every percent- The U.S. economy may not be Manufacturing figures suggest UK age point the economy grows, employment now adds just as strong as it looks economy is coping with Brexit vote 0.15 of a percentage point - With the Federal Reserve stepping up Another day, another piece of news down from 0.39 in 2000. its rhetoric about a possible interest-rate that suggests the economy is coping It’s a major challenge for hike, market watchers are using the op- with the result of the Brexit vote much Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has promised to create 250 portunity to take a look at the health of better than expected. The latest health million jobs over the next decade. the U.S. economy. check of manufacturing suggests that “For one job, there are at least 20 candidates,” said Kumar. “If Thus, the UBS macro strategy team the record plunge suffered in July was you want the job, you can’t afford to bargain.” put together a chart of major indica- a kneejerk response to the result of the Nearly two-thirds of India’s 1.3 billion people are under 35 tors for the U.S. economy and where referendum. years old. This rising demographic “bulge” will create the largest they stand compared with the most All the lost ground was made up in working-age population in the world. At the same time China, recent time the Fed raised rates in August – and then some. The closely which has long curbed family size, will age as a society. December and where they were two and co. said. watched Markit/Cips report recorded on global markets. Although there is Whether this so-called demographic dividend will translate years ago. A few caveats here. First, UBS ana- the joint biggest monthly increase in evidence that the fall in the value of into the kind of economic gains seen in Japan and Korea, or lead Overall, the chart from Daniel Wald- lyzed just a handful of indicators. Wage industry’s performance in the 25-year sterling is pushing up manufacturers’ to upheavals, depends on India’s ability to generate jobs. man and company does not make the growth, personal consumption, new history of the purchasing managers’ costs, movements in the currency mar- Yet, despite average annual growth of 6.5 percent between U.S. economy look very encouraging. home sales, and other indicators of eco- index (PMI), taking it to its highest level ket since 23 June have been broadly 1991 and 2013, India added less than half the jobs needed to UBS’ argument is that for the Fed to nomic strength have set cycle highs since since last October. positive, since they have supported absorb new job seekers. raise rates, the economy has to look sub- the most recent Fed meeting. A couple of words of caution are in activity and will help rebalance the More workers, fewer jobs stantially better or at least not worse than Second, payroll growth is expected to order. Sentiment is clearly volatile and, economy. Under Modi, India has opened up further to foreign invest- it did when the Fed most recently hiked. slow as the labor market nears full em- as Lee Hopley of the EEF pointed out, The second conclusion is that pol- ment, hoping to generate more manufacturing jobs. A loan Thus, the Fed should stay on hold (and ployment because the number of avail- it is possible that an overshoot down- icy decisions have made a difference. scheme for small businesses has been set up and there are plans the UBS team thinks it will). able workers declines. So a headline de- wards has been followed by an over- Theresa May’s swift coronation and the for a $1.5 billion fund for startups. The strategists believe that a strong cline isn’t a terrible disappointment. shoot upwards. What’s more, manu- stimulus provided by the Bank of Eng- Modi has also launched a program to train over 4 million jobs report on Friday could help cover Third, there’s an argument to be made facturing accounts for only one-tenth land have made manufacturers more people in different skills in six years. the Fed if it does want to hike rates in that inflation has been weighed down by of the economy’s output, so a more hopeful that they cannot just survive Pronab Sen, country director for the International Growth September but that the rest of the eco- temporary factors. complete picture of how the economy but thrive after the referendum. Centre, a British-backed think tank, said such measures were nomic data isn’t that good. Fourth, the manufacturing number is is faring in these early post-Brexit-vote Finally, while it is still early days and “laudable”, but they aimed at boosting supply when more de- “Although labor market data is key, actually worse than the chart indicates, days will only emerge when the servic- companies are still mulling over big hir- mand was needed. one additional positive employment re- with the latest reading coming in at 49.4 es sector PMI is released on Monday. ing and investment decisions, predic- “India has become a demand-starved economy,” Sen said. “If port is unlikely to completely change in- on Thursday, which is back in contrac- Even so, a number of tentative con- tions made ahead of the referendum there is no demand, there will be no incentive to produce more vestor sentiment on U.S. growth, which tionary territory. So the UBS chart doesn’t clusions can be drawn. The first is that that the economy would be plunged which, in turn, will mean no new jobs.” has softened relative to both late 2014 look great, but it isn’t the fullest of pic- manufacturers are being helped by the into an immediate recession by a vote The level of desperation for work is staggering. In August, (when the dollar started to rally) and late tures either. fall in the value of the pound, which to leave look wide of the mark. nearly half a million people, including post-graduates, applied 2015 when the Fed last hiked,” Waldman (Source: Business Insider) is making UK goods more competitive (Source: The Guardian) for 1,778 jobs as sweepers in the city of Kanpur. This was not a one-off. Last year, in Uttar Pradesh, 2.3 million people sought 368 low-level government jobs that required a Russia’s Polyus Uber wins right to Canadian 2016 auto primary education and ability to ride a bicycle. Competition for such jobs has become fiercer as the public considering placing challenge driver sales seen at record sector’s share in formal employment is declining. GDRs in London says English tests despite two-month Two years of drought has caused distress in farming, while CEO slump the construction business has suffered a prolonged downturn – making work scarcer in the two sectors that employ the bulk of Russia’s largest gold producer Polyus Uber has won the right to take Transport for Lon- Canadian auto sales are on pace to set a India’s unskilled workforce. PLZL.M is considering placing global deposi- don (TfL) to court over new rules that would force its record in 2016 despite falling for a second Satellite cities around the capital, like Greater Noida were, tory receipts (GDRs) in London in the future, its drivers to pass English tests. consecutive month in August, as low oil prices until recently, bustling with construction activity. chief executive said on Friday, less than a year TfL wanted all private-hire drivers who are not and consumer demand for light trucks and Now, Greater Noida’s skyline is dotted with half-built, aban- after it left the London market. from English-speaking countries to be tested from crossover vehicles drive the market, forecasts doned, high-rises. Cranes and diggers stand idle. Polyus delisted shares of its Jersey-regis- October 1. said on Thursday. In Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region, hous- tered parent company from the London Stock Uber said it had successfully applied for judicial re- Ford Motor reported that its Canadian sales ing starts fell 41 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year, Exchange (LSE) in late 2015 amid Western view of some regulations put forward in TfL’s licensing rose 9 percent in August, even as rivals Fiat according to consultancy Knight Frank. Across India, starts were sanctions imposed on Moscow. proposals for private-hire drivers. Chrysler Automobiles and General Motors Co down 9 percent from a year earlier. The company is preparing for the placement A TfL spokesman said it was making the changes reported declines. Bhuwan Mahato, a contractor who supplies workers to con- of 5 percent of its shares on Moscow Exchange “to enhance public safety”. Overall sales of new vehicles totaled 172,034 struction projects around Noida, says demand for labor is down as it needs to raise its free float to at least 10 The examination would test reading, writing and in August, a 2 percent decline on an annual by at least 25 percent. percent from five percent to meet a require- listening skills. basis, analyst Dennis DesRosiers wrote in a note “I wish I hadn’t joined this business,” said Mahato, a 30-year- ment of Moscow Stock Exchange. to clients.

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IFA 2016: The best gadgets from NEWS Vaezi on quest of boosting Europe’s biggest tech show ICT ties with Seoul TECHNOLOGY Iran’s Communications and Information By Staff & Agencies handsets: the camera will be the most important 12- portable 15.6-inch screen deskTechnology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi, paid Europe’s biggest tech show, known as IFA, is held factor in deciding the fortunes of the Xperia XZ and The ZenScreen is a portable 15.6-inch screen a visit to South Korea late last week, leading a delegation annually in Berlin and offers a launchpad for many Xperia X Compact. Introduced at IFA 2016 in Berlin , designed to be used as a second screen for your consisting of certain authorities of ICT Ministry, private com- companies’ flagship smartphones, wearables, lap- Sony’s Xperia XZ triples down on camera technology laptop on the move. munication companies and operators, as well. There, he met tops, tablets and other connected devices. IFA 2016 with a new laser autofocus, RGBC-IR white balance Weighing less than a kilogram and only 8mm South Korea’s Science, ICT and Future Planning Minister, is following that trend: from the world’s first curved- sensor, and its traditionally strong 23-megapixel im- thick, Asus claims it is the “world’s lightest and Choi Yanghee, on Wednesday. screen laptop to a wearable that can analyse your aging sensor. The Japanese company’s new flagship slimmest full HD portable monitor”. It costs €269 body composition, here are some of the best gadgets even has a dedicated shutter button. And the Xperia (£226). released so far. X Compact is a smaller, less powerful vessel for that 1- Acer’s Swift 7 is the first laptop thinner than same upgraded camera system. 13- GPS watch with heart rate monitor a centimeter 6-Acer’s Swift 7 is the first laptop thinner than a centimeter

Vaezi enumerated diverse cooperation issues between public and private sectors of both countries, remarking that Tehran’s and Seoul’s ties shall be boosted, reported Public Relation and Information Center of Communications and Garmin’s Forerunner 35 is billed as the first GPS Information Technology Ministry. Acer is getting IFA 2016 off to a wondrous start watch to have a heart rate monitor, according to the Referring to the past mutual joint ventures and the signed this morning with the launch of the incredibly thin Acer is getting IFA 2016 off to a wondrous start with company. It also has in-built GPS and walking, cycling memorandum of understandings (MoUs) between the two Swift 7 laptop. This Windows 10 machine, powered the launch of the incredibly thin Swift 7 laptop. This Win- and cardio modes. It will be available before the end of parties, ICT Minister noted, “given the high rate of technol- by Intel’s brand new 7th-generation Core i5 proces- dows 10 machine, powered by Intel’s brand new 7th- the year for £169.99. ogy, some new framework has to be defined for bilateral sor, measures a scant 9.98mm, making it the first generation Core i5 processor, measures a scant 9.98mm, cooperation”. to limbo under the 1cm bar (0.39 inches). Despite making it the first to limbo under the 1cm bar (0.39 inch- 14-Magic Heater “We stress that the terms and conditions of the signed beating Apple’s MacBook and HP’s Spectre 13 for es). Despite beating Apple’s MacBook and HP’s Spectre MoU be performed and the South Korean government’s the braggadocious title of being the world’s thinnest 13 for the braggadocious title of being the world’s thin- support for companies in ICT, IT plus space and satellite laptop, the Swift 7 doesn’t sacrifice much in the way nest laptop, the Swift 7 doesn’t sacrifice much in the way companies would be effective so that the so-called agree- of either ports or battery. of either ports or battery. It offers two USB-C 3.1 ports 2-The Asus ZenWatch 3 is Android Wear and a headphone jack, plus Acer promises a 9-hour ment might be realized,” Vaezi added. déjà vu endurance thanks to Intel’s newly updated and more Noting that the Iranian firms are ready to collaborate with efficient Y series of chips. all the South Korean companies, he said, “given the current capacities, we believe that Tehran and Seoul could comple- 7-Sony made a $3,200 gold-plated Walkman ment each other.” Iran boasts the potential for private-sector investment in ICT. It, also, features specialized as well as young workforce in new technological areas, thus Tehran would be able to be effective in regional markets, according to ICT Minister. Choi Yanghee, for his part, referred to the South Korean The latest release from Dyson’s Hot+Cool depart- President’s earlier visit to Iran in May, remarking that Seoul ment, the Pure Hot is a purifier that can heat a room is ready to follow the Iranian and South Korean presidents’ while also purifying the air within it. It can purify 99.95 instructions with the aim of mutually venturing in a wide per cent of particles down to 0.1microns, according to range of issues, particularly, in communication and tele- the company, and send live air quality data to the Dyson communication fields. Link App. “South Korea’s companies have always taken Iran as a The stunning-looking Asus ZenWatch 3 comes in sil- credible and loyal partner and we could improve our mutual ver, gunmetal and rose gold and has over 50 customis- 15-Lenovo’s Yoga Book is a new kind of tablet partnership more than ever,” he remarked. able watch faces. It also has a step counter and Hyper- Lenovo’s Yoga Book tablet comes with a “halo” touch Yanghee added that to initiate specialized commit- Charge technology for a battery that lasts two days. It Sony has built the perfect complement to your Apple sensitive keyboard that can be used to type, as well as write tees as well as to submit relevant reports to the relevant will be available later this year, starting with the US and Watch Edition: a $3,200 Walkman that’s plated in gold. notes and draw with a stylus. The pen can also be used to ministers would accelerate the tracking mechanism of the Germany in October, for €229. This is a super-high-end revision of the already-high- digitise paper notes as y ou take them. The device, which signed MoU. 3-Samsung’s Gear S3 has GPS, LTE, and a end Walkman that Sony introduced for playing lossless can run Android (€499) or Windows (€599), has a 15 hour “The expert panel’s first meeting will be held by the end bigger screen audio files last year. battery life, will start selling in the US from October. of September,” he said. It basically takes that and modifies the hardware Technical partnership deal between Samsung Electron- to prevent subtle interference that could harm sound 16- BB8 quality. To be clear, these are likely to be minor sound ics Co., Ltd and Research Institute at Iran’s Communications quality improvements that only serious audiophiles and Information Technology Ministry was signed by the rel- with equally high-end headphones will notice. But for evant authorities, as well. that niche audience, this may be a solution. Iran’s ICT Minister and his delegation, also, paid a visit to SK Telecom Co., Ltd, the biggest South Korean wireless 8- Bosch connected oven telecommunications operator, and the company’s latest The Bosch Series 8 connected oven can be controlled achievements and capabilities were depicted by its sen- remotely using the Drop Recipes app that records time, tem- ior officials. perature and settings. The app feeds the oven information Elaborating on Tehran’s policies in developing ICT about what is being cooked, including how long it needs to industry plus the dedicated resources to be invested in be preheated for and when it should turn off. It can also sug- this context, Vaezi welcomed South Korea’s companies gest recipes based on what you have in your fridge. to invest in Iran. Gear S3, which Samsung is unveiling in Berlin, it’s ba- “As long as both the native and domestic sources plus the sically a blown up version of the Gear S2 with a bit more 9- Tile Slim foreign investments be enjoyed, such partnership will bear tech inside, which should be good news for anyone who The Tile Slim is a $30 (£23) Bluetooth tracking device Sphero unveiled a new, battle-worn BB8 at IFA fruit” Vaezi said, adding that ICT Ministry would fully support wants a big smartwatch. designed to sit in a wallet or purse so that it’s always dis- 2016, along with the Force Band, a wearable that can companies operating in ICT industry. And “big” is really one of the key changes here. Where coverable. It is the second device from the company that be used to control the droid and the company’s other Accompanying South Korea’s President in her visit the S2 was relatively small for a smartwatch, the S3 feels also makes a thicker and smaller keyring version that can products. The Force Band (£69.99) will be available to Iran, earlier in May, Telecom’s senior officials had ex- downright chunky. It jumps from the S2’s 42mm case and be attached to items such as keys, luggage and bags. from September 30. pressed their interest in cooperating with Tehran in a va- 11.4mm thickness up to 46mm case with a 12.9mm thick- riety of fields including banking, designing Iran’s National ness, which is a really significant change. At the same time, 10- Pawbo+ pet camera 17-Acer Predator 21 X Transportation Network through IT, educational projects the screen size only moves up a tick, going from 1.2 inches The first laptop with a curved screen, the Acer at university level as well as other public services such as on the S2 to 1.3 inches on the S3. Samsung claims this big Predator 21 X is designed to immerse users in health and e-government. size is “on trend in the luxury watch space right now.” So if games. It has a 21-inch curved display with a wide- As SK Telecom Co., Ltd boasts a very high international you want a smaller watch, you’ll have to look elsewhere. angle screen, as well as eye-tracking technology ICT index, it could venture extensively with Iran in areas that can be used to interact in games. The Predator of interest. 4-HP made a modular PC with snap-on DVD 21 X weighs 8kg and requires two power supplies. The meeting also decided that based on domestic needs, drive It will be available in 2017 and is expected to cost Modular devices are in this year, and HP is bring- upwards of £3,800. Iran’s public and private companies including operators, in- ing the trend to the desktop. It’s introducing a new troduce their own relevant projects. computer called the Elite Slice, which is a crazy and 18- Sony’s new e-paper watch actually looks Furthermore, at a ceremony held in South Korea’s Na- excellent name, and which lets you snap on addi- like a timepiece tional IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), a memorandum tional components to add new features to the PC, like of understanding on Iran’s smart government project was speakers or a disc drive. signed by Nasrollah Jahangard, the Iranian head of Infor- 5-Sony is betting the Xperia XZ and X Compact mation Technology Organization and NIPA President Yoon on an unconvincing camera A step away from its usual remit, Acer’s Pawbo+ is Jong Lok. They also explored how to maintain the current an pet camera that lets you watch and interact with a partnership as well as how to inaugurate the mutual ties. pet that’s left at home alone. Moreover, Mohammad Khansari, Head of Iran’s Research It is fitted with a speaker and camera, which can Institute for ICT, paid a visit to South Korea’s Electronics and take pictures and send them to you, as well as facili- Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and he ex- tate live video calls. It can also dispense treats and changed views with its president on partnership issues. catch the pet’s attention with a laser. Available for He visited the center, at the invitation of ETRI president, pre-orders, it costs $169. with the aim of flourishing the joint ventures as well as bilat- eral ties between the both sides’ institutes. 11-Griffin Bluetooth headphone adapter Khansari visited diverse laboratories at ETRI, too, and had Griffin launched a Bluetooth headphone adapt- intensive meetings with its technical managers. er at IFA that can turn any analogue headphones FES Watch U is a much more polished version of So- Deputy of ETRI and his delegation had earlier visited with a 3.5mm jack into a pair of wireless ones. With ny’s original e-ink watch, which was revealed in 2014. Khansari at Research Institute for ICT in Tehran to exchange Apple expected to launch of an iPhone devoid of The new wearable features a steel frame, instantly giving views as well as to evaluate the operational guidelines to the port next week, the £19 device could prove it that premium look and feel, as well as sapphire glass start mutual cooperation. it’s especially true of Sony’s new pair of Xperia very useful. on the higher-end model. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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By IOAN GRILLO straight years until 2000, through an all- Why did Peña Nieto encompassing political machine that the exico’s president, Enrique Peña writer Mario Vargas Llosa called “the perfect FEATURE MNieto, had already had a terri- dictatorship.” Peña Nieto won back power ble summer. July was the most for his party after 12 years in the wilderness Does Germany understand murderous month in Mexico since he invite Trump to Mexico? with the promise that it had changed into its own strength? took office in 2012. Second-quarter re- a dynamic, democratic party that would sults showed negative economic growth modernize Mexico. And he was its telege- By Jochen Bittner for the first time in three years. A survey nic leader, with a soap opera star for a first found his approval rating slipping to 23 lady. After he won office, newspapers predict- ed a forthcoming “Mexican miracle.” Sometime during the night of Sept. 4, 2015 — a year percent. And a news report even alleged But it gradually became apparent that ago this weekend — Chancellor Angela Merkel made a sim- that he plagiarized nearly a third of his Peña Nieto and his P.R.I. team were more ple, historic decision. Because she didn’t want to become law degree thesis. How could he make of the same, representing entrenched in- responsible for violence and possibly death at her country’s it any worse? Only by inviting Donald J. terests and out of sync with much of their border, she ordered the German government — and by ex- Trump, one of the most hated men in country. After cartel gunmen and police tension, German society — to take in thousands of refugees Mexico — so hated that piñatas with his officers kidnapped 43 student teachers in who had been sent westward by Hungary’s prime minister, visage are brisk sellers across the country 2014, the government failed to carry out Viktor Orban. — to his presidential palace. The curious thing about Peña Nieto’s lat- a satisfactory investigation into the corrupt est debacle is how, unlike his other woes, security forces, despite major protests. That it was totally self-inflicted. There is little same year it was revealed that Peña Nieto’s tradition of sitting Mexican leaders meet- wife was buying a $7 million mansion from ing with American presidential hopefuls, so a company that received government con- he was under no pressure to arrange the tracts. He apologized, and his wife gave the get-together. And it couldn’t have come house back, but P.R.I. politicians have resist- at a worse time: the very day of Trump’s ed effective anticorruption laws, defying the hard-hitting immigration speech, and the popular mood. day before Peña Nieto’s state of the union The Trump meeting is just par for the address. Peña Nieto had even compared course, showing how out of touch he is with Trump to Hitler. his country and the millions of Mexicans liv- But in a stupefying decision, last week Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto (L) and Donald Trump ing in the United States. Surveys here show he sent invitations out to the Democratic an enormous rejection of the Republican hopeful Hillary Clinton and Trump to come nity, in his own palace, and as a president then left a dramatic pause before digging candidate; one, by the newspaper Refor- to a mere candidate, to state clearly that his the knife in with, “and Mexico will pay for A migrant holding an image of Angela Merkel, the chancellor of to Mexico, and then conceded, reportedly ma, found that only 3 percent of Mexicans under pressure from the Trump team, to country would never pay for a border wall the wall. One hundred percent.” The Mexi- would like to see Trump as America’s presi- Germany, in undated photo, upon arriving at a railway station in in the United States. His later tweet that he can president had failed to move Trump’s Munich. meet its candidate first, on the fateful Aug. dent. 31. warned Trump is weak tea, a diplomatic “he position one iota. So what was he thinking? Maybe Peña said, she said.” The debacle seems so predictable that Nieto gambled that he could change When the refugees’ trains pulled into Munich’s main sta- Peña Nieto insists that his nation won Trump’s staff claimed meanwhile that he it’s hard not to imagine that Peña Nieto’s Trump’s position, and lost. Maybe his low tion, local residents did not merely greet them. Hundreds of something from the encounter. “I was very looked presidential and firm in a difficult for- advisers deliberately led him to error, in a approval ratings sapped his confidence to people had come to the Hauptbahnhof to support the arriv- clear — in public and private — in empha- eign country — and may have won points “House of Cards”-style plot. But the truth is publicly confront Trump about the border ing passengers with sandwiches, water, teddy bears — and sizing that in Mexico we feel wounded and with Mexican-American voters. Indeed, likely one that is harder for Peña Nieto to wall. Maybe he thought he could divert at- a sense of relief. Any fear of an oncoming horde dissipated hurt by his announcements about Mexi- Peña Nieto had been a useful pawn in find a quick fix for. His problems, including tention from his domestic troubles. in the presence of so many tired, thankful refugees. They ap- cans,” he wrote in an opinion piece in El Uni- Trump’s election campaign. Just consider the Trump caper, reflect how ill-suited he is Whatever his motives, the Trump en- peared puzzled as Germans applauded them as if they were versal newspaper on Thursday. “I expressed Trump’s Arizona immigration speech just to govern a major country like Mexico. counter only dug a deeper hole for Peña marathon runners who had finally made it to the finish line. that Mexicans deserve respect.” hours after the meeting, when the candi- The perfect dictatorship Nieto, whose term runs until 2018. The fu- The pictures of these arrivals, and others during the fol- Border wall date repeated his mantra, “We will build a The president’s Institutional Revolu- ture will show whether his approval ratings lowing days, became symbols of the German “Willkom- But most politicians and pundits — and great wall along the southern border,” and tionary Party, or P.R.I., ruled Mexico for 71 tumble even further and how difficult the menskultur,” the welcoming culture. Yet they did not actually the public — read the scene differently. To last two years of his government will be — express a culture. The overwhelming show of help and hu- them, Peña Nieto looked weak and submis- in a country that desperately needs smart manity of those hours, days and weeks, was more a sponta- sive in front of a bully who is humiliating The Mexican president had failed to move their nation. Certainly he lost the opportu- Trump’s position one iota. leadership. neous demonstration. But a demonstration of what exactly? (Source: The NYT) The answer to this question might give a clue to how long this welcome will last. Powerful position Brazilian ‘House of Cards’: is Prince Salman gets jump on G-20 as In hindsight, the early Temer following Underwood’s path? Saudi “Mr. Everything” tours Asia days of the Willkommenskul- When the tur was more about us than refugees arrived in On Thursday night, the impeachment Bruce Riedel them, providing Germans Munich, Germans of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and with relief on three fronts: triggered protests and riots across the Minister of Defense Mohammed bin relief from a sense of pow- got the chance Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The decision Salman is representing his father at erlessness amid such human to correct this made by the country’s Senate divided the Group of 20 summit in China on misery in the Middle East at distorted image. Brazilian society, with some Brazilians Sept. 4-5, another indication of the a time when Germany was believing that the move was noth- 31-year-old son’s pivotal role in the finally growing comfortable Look, the pictures ing else but a seizure of power by the kingdom. “Mr. Everything,” as he is with its powerful position in said, we are former Brazilian Vice President Michel now called, is King Salman bin Abdul- Europe; relief from the con- generous! We are Temer. On Wednesday, a majority of Aziz Al Saud’s most trusted adviser temporary belief, born from Brazilian Senators voted in favor of and most critical intermediary with the Greek debt crisis, that compassionate. President Dilma Rousseff’s impeach- other foreign leaders. Germans were hardhearted; Our patriotism is ment. 61 lawmakers supported the The prince began his trip to the and relief from the historic altruistic. move and 20 opposed it. Although G-20 with a brief stopover in Islam- suspicion that others viewed the decision was not quite unexpected, abad to meet with Prime Minister Germans as a dangerous, xenophobic people. it sparked protests among Brazilian Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Consider the first point: Here was the undisputed leader of residents and further deteriorated the Gen. Raheel Sharif. Saudi relations Europe, the country that had survived the financial crisis with fragile political situation in the country. with Pakistan, a traditional ally, have enough strength to bail out euro partner countries who risked When one would think about how defend herself. One of the main been disrupted since Pakistan refused edented, his accumulation of respon- bankruptcy. And there was the worst humanitarian catastrophe Michel Temer actually came to power, reasons for this, according to the to join the Saudi-led coalition fighting sibility extraordinary. Attending the in recent history right on Europe’s periphery, ready-made, it parallels with fictional character of analyst, is the struggle for power in Yemen against the Houthi fighters. G-20 is his most significant step on seemed, to demonstrate the limits of German power. Frank Underwood from the famous inside her own coalition. “Impeach- Pakistan’s opposition to the war in the global stage to date. The effects of the slaughter, death itself, had swept the American “House of Cards” series ment is a legal instrument that our Yemen enjoys widespread support in His very public spotlight in China shores of the Continent: Only two days before Ms. Mer- might involuntarily come to one’s mind. constitution and a specific piece of the country. The Pakistani parliament will inevitably fuel speculation that his kel made her decision to open the borders, images of the legislation on the issue admit in a voted unanimously against sending father will choose him as his immedi- drowned body of a 3-year-old refugee named Aylan Kurdi, Over the last few restricted set of crimes, including troops to fight. ate heir sooner or later. King Salman washed up on a Turkish beach, had shocked the world. His months, Rousseff fiscal mismanagement,”Preusser de The prince’s Saudi Vision 2030 has already removed one crown prince body was an accusation, and it demanded action. Mattos said. According to him, the The prince then made a bilateral (Muqrin), and he could remove Crown At the same time, the German public was emotionally also repeatedly Brazilian president cannot be re- visit to China, Saudi Arabia’s largest strained. Although Berlin had effectively lent billions of euros accused Temer of moved from power due to lack of oil market. Trade between the two Mohammed bin to Greece, the conditions attached to the payment were as- plotting a coup to popularity, poor economic results peaked at almost $70 billion in 2014, Salman undoubtedly sailed as the “German diktat.” Greek newspapers depicted Ms. seize power in the or because she or he doesn’t have before oil prices dropped. The Sau- Merkel in a Nazi uniform. Germany was increasingly cast as the support of the majority of the dis want China to be a major investor wants to be king an unloved, overly strict headmistress seeking to impose her country. congressmen. in the prince’s Saudi Vision 2030, an someday, and the Protestant work ethic on all her charges. Over the last few months, she also ambitious plan to reduce the king- G-20 trip burnishes When the refugees arrived in Munich, Germans got the chance One could witness Temer’s rise from a repeatedly accused Temer of plotting dom’s dependence on oil exports. He to correct this distorted image. Look, the pictures said, we are gen- state prosecutor, to the president of the a coup to seize power in the coun- signed 15 agreements on economic his credentials. erous! We are compassionate. Our patriotism is altruistic. Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and to try. “Most rational and democratic and cultural ties with the Chinese Finally, on the deepest layer, September 2015 delivered the being the country’s vice president simi- solution to the current governmental during the visit. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef to move opportunity for another defining moment in Germany’s long lar to Underwood who rapidly climbed crisis would be a new election. The Last month, The New York his son up if he wants to. For now, the movement from being an enemy of the free world to being his political career ladder from House problem is that Michel Temer doesn’t Times called for a hiatus in arms sales 80-year-old king seems to want to the new land of the free. Yes, many migrants are attracted Majority Whip for the Democratic Party have a real mandate. Thus the new to Saudi Arabia because of the Yemen maintain family harmony. to Germany because of its comparatively generous welfare to U.S. vice president. Now, in a striking president lacks social support, and war. The editorial got considerable at- Mohammed bin Salman un- system. But there’s more. Many Germans accepted the mass resemblance to the “House of Cards” this is particularly serious amid signs tention in the royal family. The Saudis doubtedly wants to be king some- movement to their country as the strongest confirmation yet screenplay, Temer has taken the Presi- of an increasing social polarization,” are well aware that their military and day, and the G-20 trip burnishes that Germany had become one of the most respected and dential seat after his predecessor Dilma senior research fellow at the German those of their Persian Gulf allies are to- his credentials. But his signature welcoming places on Earth. As naïve as it may sound, we saw Rousseff was accused of “corruption Institute of Global and Area Studies tally dependent on U.S. and European foreign policy move, the Yemen ourselves as overrun not by refugees, but by fans. and financial maneuvering” and has (GIGA) Daniel Flemes said. arms supplies and maintenance sup- war, is far from successful. The war Sigh of relief been forced to resign. Following the Senate’s decision, port. is now a year and a half old with The collective sigh of relief in Germany was palpable. As Impeachment proceedings Temer was confirmed as the country’s After the bilateral talks in Bei- no end in sight. The Houthis sent a surely as the hundreds of Muslim refugees chanting “Ger- The impeachment proceedings new President who will hold the post jing, the prince visited Tokyo. Japan senior delegation to Baghdad last many! Germany!” as they boarded trains in Budapest caused against Rousseff started in May for the next two and a half years. Bra- is also a major export market for month to discuss opening relations anxiety around some German kitchen tables, they delivered after she was accused of conceal- zilian analyst Fernando Preusser de Saudi oil. The prince is also a fan of with Iraq. The Iraqi foreign minister a feeling of redemption to many others. Of course, there are ing the budget deficit ahead of the Mattos is, however, quite confident, Japanese culture and honeymooned met with them and called for Saudi those Germans who set refugees’ temporary housing on fire. 2014 re-election. Rouseff was sus- that the new president is unlikely to in Japan. He wants the Japanese to Arabia to replace its ambassador in But these thugs only goaded the majority to push harder to pended from office for 180 days run for 2018 presidential elections, be involved in the Saudi Vision 2030 Baghdad for interfering in Iraq’s in- display the helpfulness they regard as typical for their nation. and finally removed from power let alone, guarantee himself a victory. projects, especially the sale of shares ternal affairs. Maybe the best — and certainly the funniest — expres- on Thursday. According to Brazil- According to official data, Temer has in ARAMCO when it opens to private The two governments share a com- sion of this new, self-confident Germanness was a popular ian analyst and PhD candidate at only 6% of public approval and is “not investors. He is meeting with the em- mon hostility toward the Saudis. By music video produced by the comedian Jan Böhmermann. In the Institute for Peace Research and a guy everyone would want to see as peror to underscore the importance courting Iraq, the Houthis are very a Rammstein-esque heavy metal song, Mr. Böhmermann ex- Security Policy at the University of a president.” Thus, in contrast to his of the relationship. deliberately baiting the kingdom. The plains what it means to “be Deutsch”: “Wake up, Deutschland, Hamburg, Fernando Preusser de fictional counterpart from House of The prince will be the youngest king and prince still have yet to find a Sleeping Beauty. Can you hear your call of duty? The world Mattos, many Brazilians believe that Cards, “he would not risk running for person in the obligatory G-20 group satisfactory answer to their Yemeni co- has gone completely nuts. That’s why we’re back to help, this process has been decided too candidate and losing it all,” the ana- photo next week. His meteoric rise nundrum. mein Schatz.” (Source: The NYT) soon, even before Rousseff could lyst concluded. (Source: Sputnik) to power in the kingdom is unprec- (Source: Al Monitor) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 3,3, 22016016 ENERGY http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy 7

Putin pushes for oil freeze deal NEWS Top India shipping line reviving Iran venture to with OPEC, exemption for Iran fight slump

Vladimir Putin said he’d like OPEC and Russia, producers of State-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd., struggling for respite half of the world’s oil, to reach a deal to freeze supply and from an industry downturn, plans to revive a 40-year-old expects the dispute over Iran’s participation can be resolved. joint venture with an Iranian company. “From the viewpoint of economic sense and logic, then The recent easing of sanctions on Iran opened the way it would be correct to find some sort of compromise,” Pu- to resuscitating Irano Hind Shipping Co., which potentially tin said in an interview in Vladivostok. “I am confident that offers access to Central Asian markets such as Kazakhstan, everyone understands that. We believe that this is the right according to the Indian company’s Chairman B. B. Sinha. decision for world energy.” “We don’t want this company to just die out,” Sinha said While talks collapsed in April over whether Iran should in an interview on Wednesday, referring to the joint venture. join in, countries now recognize the nation -- freed just “The other partner, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, months ago from international sanctions -- should be al- has got great presence in the Caspian Sea.” lowed to continue raising production, Putin said. The Rus- Shipping Corp. climbed as much as 13.1 percent on Friday sian president said he may recommend completing the in Mumbai, the most in more than a year. That pared its de- plan when he meets with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mo- cline in 2016 amid a downturn that could saddle the global hammed bin Salman at the Group of 20 summit in China shipping industry with about $5 billion of losses this year. next week. India’s largest carrier and Islamic Republic of Iran Ship- Oil rallied more than 10 percent last month on specula- ping Lines had in 2012 decided to dissolve the Tehran-based tion the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will joint venture, after years of sanctions against Iran over its reach an accord with non-members at an informal meeting nuclear program halted trade flows. Those restrictions be- in Algiers this month. The prolonged slump in crude prices gan easing in January. -- stuck at half the levels seen two years ago -- is battering Prime Minister Narendra Modi is striving to scale up In- the economies of producer nations, giving oil-market rivals dia’s ties with Iran as the latter opens up to the world again. cause to cooperate. India is considering up to $20 billion of investment in the “I would very much like to hope that every participant Persian Gulf nation’s ports sector and energy industry. of this market that’s interested in maintaining stable and fair (Source: Bloomberg) global energy prices will in the end make the necessary de- parliamentary elections later this year and a presidential said. “It would be unfair to leave it on this sanctioned level.” cision,” said Putin. vote in 2018. Saudi Arabia has given only cautious support to re- Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak had been a OPEC nations are scheduled to hold informal talks on newed negotiations. Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said lead player in secret talks with OPEC producers at the be- September 27 in Algiers, on the sidelines of an industry con- August 26 that while a freeze would be “positive” for mar- ginning of the year, which culminated in a meeting in Doha ference, the International Energy Forum. Novak is due to ket sentiment, no “intervention of significance” is required Oil heads for biggest in mid-April. The agreement collapsed just hours before it attend the conference. as global markets are rebalancing by themselves. weekly loss in eight was due to be signed when Prince Bin Salman insisted on Putin said that oil producers recognize that Iran, which Even if a deal is concluded, analysts from Commer- Iran’s participation, leaving Novak diplomatically exposed. has mostly restored the output halted during three years of zbank AG to Citigroup Inc. warn that simply capping output months despite gains “Our Saudi partners at the last moment changed their trade restrictions, deserves to complete its return to world at current levels -- rather than cutting production -- would view,” said Putin. “We didn’t reject the idea of freezing out- markets. do little to tackle the persisting surplus in global markets. Oil edged higher on Friday, supported by the previous ses- put. Our position hasn’t changed.” “Iran is starting from a very low position, connected with Besides, most of the countries involved are already produc- sion’s weakness in the U.S. dollar and Russian comments Until now, Russia had sounded wary of giving the pro- the well-known sanctions in relation to this country,” Putin ing as much as they can, making a pledge to keep output in favor of a production freeze, though contracts remained posal another chance. Novak said yesterday that no accord flat irrelevant, they say. on track for the biggest weekly loss in nearly eight months. is necessary given current price levels, according to a report “Oil producers recognize Other OPEC members, from Iran and Iraq to Libya and Russian President Vladimir Putin told Bloomberg an by RIA Novosti. Brent futures traded at $45.60 a barrel in that Iran, which has mostly Nigeria, may still press on with plans to restore lost output agreement between oil exporters to freeze output would London at 8:44 a.m. local time. restored the output halted or add new capacity, undermining the point of a “freeze,” be the right decision to support the market. The world’s biggest energy exporter, Russia is reliant on the banks said. While supportive of a limit, Putin’s remarks OPEC members will discuss a potential production cap oil and natural gas for about 40 percent of its budget rev- during three years of trade indicated that Russian production has the potential to in- again at an informal Sept. 26-28 meeting in Algeria. enues and battling the longest recession in two decades restrictions, deserves to crease. Global benchmark Brent crude futures were up 23 cents as crude prices remain below $50 a barrel. Burdened by complete its return to world “The oil companies, they are continuing to invest,” he at $45.68 a barrel by 0840 GMT but were on course for an social spending and military commitments, the govern- said. “Our oil output is increasing.” 8.5 percent decline over the week, the steepest weekly loss ment is seeking ways to ease the budgetary pain before markets,” Putin said. (Source: Bloomberg) since mid-January. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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On Sept. 16, the European Union holds its first summit since Britain voted in weaker states – Ireland is a prime example – it also creates a selfish and June to leave the EU. The number of leaders at the gathering will be down weak bond for unity when economic times get tough, as they are now. by only one, from 28 to 27. Yet the loss of a major player like Britain – and European unity the prospect of losing more member states – merely adds to an identity European unity must also be about more than geographic proximity, crisis for the bloc. The summit should be a moment to create a higher sense overlapping cultures, or common interests on topics like energy and tech- of the EU – one that unifies through shared principles more than shared nology. And the EU should recognize that its founding was based largely prosperity. on fear – fear of the kind of atrocities and authoritarianism that marked The crisis over Brexit is just the latest for the EU. Its political unity has been Europe during much of the 20th century. As one EU founder said, the supra- shaken in recent years by a migration wave, a near-collapse of the Greek econ- national body was designed to make war “not only unthinkable but materi- omy and the euro single currency, and a string of terrorist attacks. ally impossible.” On the world stage, Europe feels weaker against a rising China and the Identity based on a collective fear of repeating the past is not always a comeback economy of the United States. clear roadmap for the future. Plenty of European thinkers are now strug- Deep reflection gling to redefine the EU. Stephen Green, the British author of a recent book The summit is designed to start a period of deep reflection. “All families on European identity, says Europeans share a view of society that fosters occasionally need phases in which they think about where they go from individual creativity, protects the weak and marginal, and remains open to here,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel while visiting other European interacting with other cultures. leaders in the lead-up to the gathering. Or as one German newspaper put it, Brexit has marked a “deep break” in EU history, said Ms. Merkel. And Europe is on a “quest for meaning.” Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy says the EU must now “write a new The EU still has a strong base of unity to build on. Two thirds of Europeans page for the future.” Its citizens need a political vision based on values that consider themselves to be citizens of the EU, according to a poll conducted last Angela Merkel speaks to Hollande (R), with Italy’s PM Matteo Renzi in the center. bind each EU nation and a system of governance that is closer to the peo- May. And trust in the EU is higher than trust in most national governments. The ple. EU is a complement to national identity, not a substitute for it. As one EU founder said, the supranational The EU can no longer be simply a convenience for its citizens or a bul- What is important in such polls is the concept of European citizenship. body was designed to make war “not only wark against old demons. Its identity must rest on enduring values that Too much of the EU effort treats people as consumers – of easier trade, bind the affections of an entire continent. improved products and services, and better finances. While this has lifted unthinkable but materially impossible.” (Source: The CSM)

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Gonorrhea is becoming untreatable, EAT YOUR FRUIT UN health officials warn Pears The UN health agency released new ics the WHO now recommends, cepha- guidelines warning doctors that it no losporins, was in danger of becoming longer recommends an entire class of useless to treat gonorrhea, at least in the antibiotics, quinolones, because quinolo- U.S, and recommended that doctors stop ne-resistant strains of the disease have prescribing it. emerged all over the world. Since then, the CDC’s recommended Instead, the health agency recom- treatment for gonorrhea has been a dual mends using cephalosporins, another therapy, with the two antibiotics ceftriax- class of antibiotic. The new protocol one and azithromycin, but an analysis in replaces guidelines that had not been July warned that the bacteria could even changed since 2003. become resistant to that combination. According to the World Health Or- As for when antibiotic options will run ganization (WHO), 78 million people are out altogether, Teodora Wi of the WHO’s infected with gonorrhea every year. Department of Reproductive Health and Worldwide, health officials are con- Research tells the journal Science, “We cerned that overuse of antibiotics for will have to have new drugs in 5 years, Pears have been valued for their medicinal benefits for thou- other infections, such as urinary tract I think.” sands of years. Modern science now tells us the contents of infections, will lead to widespread, un- The WHO also revised its guidelines the fruit, and the mineral, vitamin, and organic compound treatable strains of gonorrhea. In 2011, a for treating two other sexually transmit- content of pear species is the reason for its vast health po- super-resistant strain showed up in Japan. stopped working. One reason is that the The WHO shift to the new class of an- ted infections, chlamydia and syphilis. tential. Some of these active and effective components are Infectious diseases bacterium that causes gonorrhea can tibiotics will not fix that overall problem Neither is facing severe antibiotic re- potassium, vitamin-C, vitamin K, phenolic compounds, folate, “Gonorrhea has been plaguing hu- mutate quickly to defend itself, Zenilman of bacterial creativity. In some countries, sistance. Syphilis, for example, can be dietary fiber, copper, manganese, magnesium, as well as B- manity for centuries. But ever since peni- said. strains of gonorrhea are already resist- treated with a single dose of penicillin, complex vitamins. cillin came along a dose of antibiotics “’If this was a person, this person ant to the newly recommended class of although there is a worldwide shortage Health benefits of pears would usually take care of the disease. would be incredibly creative,’ he said. ‘The drugs. of the drug. 1. Digestion and Intestinal Health “’Gonorrhea used to be susceptible to bug has an incredible ability to adapt and The U.S. Centers for Disease Control Although all three sexually transmit- 2. Low in Calories penicillin, ampicillin, tetracycline and dox- just develop new mechanisms of resisting and Prevention warned back in 2012 that ted diseases affect both men and women, 3. Antioxidant Activity ycycline — very commonly used drugs,’ the impact of these drugs.’” one of two drugs in the class of antibiot- they can have particularly devastating ef- 4. Immune System Health said Jonathan Zenilman, who studies in- fects on women if they are not treated. 5. Cancer Prevention fectious diseases at Johns Hopkins. The WHO also revised its guidelines for Gonorrhea can cause pelvic inflammatory 6. Potassium Content “But one by one, each of those an- treating two other sexually transmitted disease and lead to dangerous ectopic 7. Wound Healing and Tissue Repair tibiotics — and almost every new one pregnancies. 8. Improved Circulation and Red Blood Cell Count that has come along since — eventually infections, chlamydia and syphilis. (Source: npr.org) 9. Birth Defects 10. Inflammation Reduction 11. Bone Health 12. Skin, Hair, and Eyes Study bolsters role of angioplasty, stents in heart-attack survival 13. A Few Words of Caution Patients who suffer a heart attack live longer now than heart attack is characterized by certain readings on an they did before, and invasive procedures such as angio- electrocardiogram, and “is usually associated with pretty plasty, stents and bypass get a lot of the credit, a new significant damage to the heart muscle.” In these cases, study suggests. interventions such as angioplasty or bypass are often NEWS While medicines and healthy lifestyle remain im- needed, and quickly. portant, “it was the increased and more widespread Heart attacks use of this invasive coronary strategy that explain the But non-STEMI heart attacks -- about half of heart How does Listeria get into changes/improvements in survival after heart attack” attacks treated -- are somewhat less severe. “Yes, the veggies? between 2003 and 2013, said study author Dr. Chris artery gets blocked, but the extent of damage is usu- P. Gale. ally not quite to the same degree,” explained Bove, who About 30,000 cases of precut vegetables are being recalled He is associate professor and consultant cardiologist is emeritus professor of cardiology at Temple University in many Southeastern states because they could be contami- at the University of Leeds in England. Medical Center in Philadelphia. nated with Listeria. But how, exactly, do these bacteria get Gale’s team noted there’s been a steady decline in So, in these cases, the “question that comes up is, into veggies? the rate at which people die in the months after a heart ‘When do you decide to intervene in a patient like that?’ This week, the food manufacturer Country Fresh an- attack. But what’s driving that good news? “said Bove. type of “aggressive” intervention for heart attack pa- nounced a recall of several of its vegetable products — in- To find out, Gale worked with Leeds co-author Dr. He believes that, based on the new findings, even tients across the board, he noted. cluding precut onions, mushrooms and peppers — after one Marlous Hall and others to track information from a milder, non-STEMI heart attacks may warrant angioplas- The study, funded by the British Heart Foundation, of its products being sold in a Georgia grocery store tested 2003-2013 database on nearly 400,000 heart attack pa- ty, stenting or bypass. appears Aug. 30 in the Journal of the American Medical positive for Listeria bacteria. The recall affects products sold tients living in England and Wales. The patients averaged The analysis found that the six-month survival rate of Association. It is being presented simultaneously at the at a number of grocery stores — including Walmart, Harris about 73 years of age. British heart attack patients improved by about 3.2 per- annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology Teeter and Winn-Dixie — in nine Southern states (Alabama, Specifically, they looked at the treatments these pa- cent, year by year, throughout the study period. in Rome. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South tients received and compared that to their survival in the These gradual improvements were almost entirely Unfortunately, “in 2012-13, about 2 in 10 (heart attack) Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). six months after their heart attack. due to the “increased and more widespread use of the patients did not receive an invasive coronary strategy,” Listeria is found naturally in soil and water, and animals The patients suffered a specific, slightly milder form of invasive coronary strategy” -- more angioplasties, stents Gale said, so there are still “opportunities to reduce pre- can carry the bacteria without appearing sick, according to heart attack called a non-STEMI attack. and bypass procedures, Gale said. mature death from heart attack.” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Raw vegeta- As explained by cardiologist Dr. Alfred Bove, a STEMI Indeed, international guidelines now encourage this (Source: HealthDay News) bles can become contaminated with Listeria either through contact with soil or with animal manure that is used as ferti- lizer, according to the Mayo Clinic. From there, Listeriamay get into a food processing factory, System may help treat rare genetic disorder, reduce severe side effects where it might live for years on equipment, according to the Researchers at Oregon State University efficacy by about five times, and allow use to discover, however, that the carrier itself CDC. Unlike many other types of bacteria, Listeria can grow and other institutions have discovered a of much lower doses that may still help also helped address the problem, while in the colder temperatures of refrigerators and freezers. “It’s a type of drug delivery system that may of- treat this condition without causing such working in synergy with the drug it carries pathogen that’s particularly problematic in food-processing fer new hope for patients with a rare, ul- severe hearing loss. to greatly increase its effectiveness. plants because it really likes cold, moist, dark environments,” timately fatal genetic disorder - and make Similar benefits This should allow use of much lower Benjamin Chapman, a food safety expert at North Carolina what might become a terrible choice a The same system, they say, may ul- dosages, Sahay said, and possibly an eas- State University in Raleigh, told Live Science in a 2015 interview. little easier. timately show similar benefits for 50 or ier delivery through intravenous injection, Other foods that have been historically linked with Listeria No treatment currently exists for this more other genetic disorders, especially instead of brain injection. In the form cur- outbreaks include raw milk, unpasteurized soft cheeses and disease, known as Niemann Pick Type C1 those that require “brain targeting” of rently used, only 0.2 percent of the drug is deli meats, Chapman said. disease, or NPC1, that affects about one treatments. able to cross the blood brain barrier. (Source: Live Science) in every 120,000 children globally, and re- “Right now there’s nothing that can In previous research with the HPCD sults in abnormal cholesterol accumula- be done for patients with this disease, drug in animal models, the treatment did tion, progressive neurodegeneration and and the median survival time is 20 years,” slow the progression of this disease, but eventual death. said Gaurav Sahay, an assistant professor did not reverse it. The disease focuses its However, a compound that shows in the Oregon State University/Oregon damage on liver and brain cells. Playing with a concussion promise is now undergoing clinical tri- Health & Science University College of Researchers noted that this type of als, but it has major drawbacks - the high Pharmacy, and corresponding author on can be very traumatic. I’m very excited drug delivery system has several advan- doubles recovery time doses necessary also cause significant the new study. about the potential of our new drug de- tages, including prolonged circulation hearing loss and lung damage, as well as The “new cholesterol-scavenging drug livery system to address these problems.” times, the ability to incorporate multiple New research shows that athletes who leave the game im- requiring direct brain injection. proposed to treat this disorder, called cy- In this approach, the HP?CD drug is drugs with different mechanisms of ac- mediately after a concussion recover twice as fast as athletes New findings in Scientific Reports, out- clodextrin or HPCD, may for the first time attached to an extraordinarily small, na- tion, and a variety of “targeting ligands” who keep playing. High school athletes who kept playing in line the potential for a nanotech-based offer a real treatment. But it can cause sig- notech-sized lipid particle that can carry that can help cross the blood brain bar- the minutes after a concussion took nearly twice as long to delivery system to carry the new drug nificant hearing loss and requires multiple it into cells, where it helps to flush out rier. recover as those who left the game immediately after the into cells far more effectively, improve its injections directly into the brain, which cholesterol. Researchers were surprised (Source: EurekAlert) head trauma, a new study shows. The finding, published in the journal Pediatrics, is be- lieved to be the first to focus on one of the most diffi- cult social challenges of treating concussions: a pervasive Chemotherapy warning as hundreds die from cancer-fighting drugs sports culture that encourages young athletes to keep Patients should be warned about the dangers of chemo- treatment given to alleviate symptoms. pected range have had the findings shared with them and playing through pain. Medical guidelines call for benching therapy after research showed that cancer drugs are kill- Cancer patients we have asked them to review their practice and data.” the athlete immediately after the head injury to prevent ing up to 50 percent of patients in some hospitals. Deaths of lung cancer patients from chemotherapy The study looked at more than 23,000 women with long-term complications and the potentially devastating For the first time researchers looked at the numbers were also far higher than the national average in Black- breast cancer and nearly 10,000 men with 9634 non- consequences of a second hit. of cancer patients who died within 30 days of starting pool, Coventry, Derby, South Tyneside and Surrey and small cell lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy in “Kids are often reluctant to acknowledge a concussion,” chemotherapy, which indicates that the medication is the Sussex, according to the research. 2014. Of those treated 1,383 died within 30 days. said Dawon Dicks, a youth football coach with CoachUp in cause of death, rather than the cancer. Similarly, around one in five people who underwent The researchers also found that there were signifi- Andover, Mass. The “kid may want a scholarship and want to The study by Public Health England and Cancer Re- palliative care for breast cancer at Cambridge University cant differences in survival for older people and those go to college, or it could be that ‘Dad or Coach wants me to search UK found that across England around 8.4 percent Hospitals died from their treatment. in poorer health. They advised doctors to be more care- play.’ That’s when they’re going to start to be a little dishonest of patients with lung cancer, and 2.4 percent of breast Public Health England (PHE), said it had contacted the ful in selecting patients for treatment where it could do in what they’re truly feeling.” cancer patients died within a month. hospitals concerned to ask them to review practices. more harm than good. The latest study tracked the neurological symptoms of But in some hospitals the figure was far higher. In Dr. Jem Rashbass, Cancer Lead for PHE, said: “Chemo- The “statistics don’t suggest bad practice overall but 69 athletes who visited the University of Pittsburgh Medical Milton Keynes the death rate for lung cancer treatment therapy is a vital part of cancer treatment and is a large reason there are some outliers,” said Professor David Dodwell, Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program after suffer- was 50.9 percent, although it was based on a very small behind the improved survival rates over last four decades. Institute of Oncology, St James Hospital, Leeds, UK. ing head trauma during a contact sport. The athletes, who number of patients. “However, it is powerful medication with significant “It could be data problems, and figures skewed be- ranged from 12 to 19 years old, came from football, soccer, At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals the 30 day mortality side effects and often getting the balance right on which cause of just a few deaths, but nevertheless it could also ice hockey, volleyball, field hockey, basketball, wrestling and rate was 28 percent for palliative chemotherapy for lung patients to treat aggressively can be hard. be down to problems with clinical practice. rugby. cancer, which is given when a cure is not expected and “Those hospitals whose death rates are outside the ex- (Source: The Telegraph) (Source: The NYT) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

ANALYSIS http://www.tehrantimes.com/international 10 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 33,, 22016016 arts complex in Tehran. The performance, By Marjohn Sheikhi which received an enthusiastic recep- ehran was host to a week-long In- tion in its two show times, narrated the T ternational Puppet Theater Festival life of Knut Hamsun, a major Norwegian late August, where colorful pup- Puppet theater festival writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize pets of all sizes and kinds brought happy in Literature in 1920. The show, which was smiles to the faces of children and adults intended for an adult audience and used alike. the English language for the dialogues “The world of puppets is the world of while Persian subtitles were displayed curiosity and asking questions; it is the on monitors, talked of the responsibility world weary of anger and violence, wish- brings color to Tehran of journalists and writers during the war. ing for happiness and peace for everyone Hamsun, who is considered as the fa- on the planet,” this is how Mehdi Shafiee, According to Salma Mohseni, Board ther of modern literature with his famous Director-General of Performing Arts at the Member of Mobarak UNIMA, the first novel ‘Hunger’ and his use of stream of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, permanent venue for children theatre was consciousness and interior monologues described Tehran International Mobarak established by Behrooz Gharibpour in influencing later authors such as Franz Puppet Theater Festival. Veteran pup- 1979, in the Institute for Intellectual De- Kafka, Ernest Hemingway, and Charles peteer and director Marzieh Boroumand, velopment of Children and Young Adults Bukowski, was in fact a supporter of Hit- who is known by many artists in the field (IIDCYA, Kanoon). The second edition of ler, and his far-right political views have as the ‘spiritual mother of puppet shows’, international festival of puppet theatre turned many readers away from him. He was the director of this year’s edition of was held in 1989, this time under the su- was a great writer, but his open support the popular festival, now in its 16th year, pervision of the Ministry of Culture and of the Nazis and his betrayal of his coun- and she, too, had the same vision of Islamic Guidance. Since then this festival try and humanity, caused him to fall as a peace and love for the puppet show: “In a has been held every two years and at- public figure and be shunned by the liter- world brimming with violence, hatred and tracts many artists from Iran and abroad. ary establishment. When he died, many horror, in an air full of smoke, pollution For this year, the week-long festival did not attend his funeral, because he and dust risen from poverty, war and ig- included seven foreign plays performed never apologized for his views and they norance, it is the puppets who are talking on an indoor stage while two others did not want to pay respect to the body of of love, of peace and friendship, of equal- were performed outdoors. The indoors a Nazi. Quade’s ‘Writer’ was in a sense, a ity and justice,” Boroumand wrote in her plays were ‘Writer’ from the Netherlands, redemptive narrative for Hamsun, written message for the festival, “we are of the ‘Piped Piper’ from Czech Republic, ‘Odys- in 2009 and on the occasion of his 150th belief that with the help from art and art- seus’ from Russia, ‘Images of Truth’ from birthday. ists, the earth will be one day cleansed of India, ‘Peter the Tiger’ from Ukraine, ‘Shi- “I chose three different sizes of the all evil and the sky will turn a brilliant blue rin’ from Afghanistan, and ‘Extraordinary puppet to represent Hamsun,” she said all across the globe.” Voyage’ from Germany. after the performance, while pointing to The puppet festival, first in its employ- The international outdoors plays that the puppets still on the stage behind her. ing of dolls that symbolize childhood and were performed to an enthusiastic crowd “The small one is the one that receives in essence, innocence and purity, and sec- of hundreds included ‘Colorful Dinosaurs’ the Nobel prize for ‘Growth of the Soil’ field of puppet theatres and performing creating shows that most often target an ond, for it being an effective and won- from Spain and ‘Poem about the Sun when he’s about 60 years old; the life-size arts. This is while a number of countries adult audience. According to Hamidreza derful artistic medium that reaches out and the Moon’ from Poland. The Span- Hamsun is from the book ‘Hunger’ that he in the world are deprived of a specialized Ardalan, President of Iranian UNIMA, Iran toward children and adults alike to link ish performance directed by Miquel Seto wrote and the giant puppet is when he’s center for puppetry education, and the is home to hundreds of various types of them back to the childhood they have and Josep Maria Lai was about three gi- 92 years old and writing his last master- line of interested audience is very short. puppets and ritualistic puppet shows, forgotten in the humdrum of their eve- gantic, colorful dinosaurs that were trying piece before his death.” One such country is the Netherlands, which interestingly enough, had a repre- sentative in this year’s puppet festival. The playwright and puppeteer of ‘Writer’, Ulrike Quade, told me that in the Netherlands, there are not so many pup- peteers, in fact, “almost no puppeteers at all. There is no school for them, so I al- ways work with actors or dancers or mime artists, and teach them the techniques of puppetry while I work with them.” Puppetry in Iran, by contrast, goes as far back as to ancient times of pre-Islamic Persia where practitioners of the ancient cult of Mithras, an Indo-Iranian religion practiced in the 14th century BC, used masks and probably dolls in initiation cer- emonies. But when one talks of puppetry of Iran, in the form that exists today, the roots go back to the 11th century, to the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) and Attar of Nishapur (1145-1220) which contains many metaphorical references to string or shadow puppet shows. Although not as popular as it used to be and as it deserves to be now, puppet theater most of which are still alive even in the ryday lives, is truly an occasion for much to bring children outside of the world of “Hamsun was living in the north of Nor- in Iran is still alive, either as a traditional remotest parts of the country. rejoice and excitement. For its opening computers. The Polish show directed and form such as Kheimeh-shab-bazi (literally, But what is the appeal of puppetry, way, so he did not have much contact with on 22 August in Tehran, the festival had written by Viktor Viktorczyk, is the story World War II,” she said, “and he was writing previously informed all who wished to at- is of the creation of the world that moves in praise of Hitler during that time, but af- tend the opening to come with their dolls. through time and history to finally arrive terwards he never said sorry, so in this last Children were holding onto their parents’ at the era of aliens. story he’s writing in ‘Writer’, there’s maybe hands with one hand and with the other, The performances used various pup- a sense that he’s trying to admit that he grabbing onto their most beloved doll petry techniques such as shadow plays, was wrong, that he regretted it.” they had deemed special enough to ac- marionette, giant puppets and object Somewhere in ‘Writer’ the dichotomy company them on this wonderful journey theater in a bid to add more variety to the between ‘literature’ and ‘reality’ came up, through the metropolis. The number of international section. which made me ask what kind of ‘lie’ her public participation at the opening was Notable among the list, was ‘Images of performance was putting on display for so high that it even surprised the festi- Truth’ about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the audience; “obviously, the redemp- val’s contributors. Giant dolls made in which was directed by Dadi D. Pudum- tion arc I allowed my Hamsun to have is the shape of Persian folklore characters jee, the UNIMA President who was also made-up, as Hamsun never apologized walked tall and proud among the gather- present at the festival in Tehran. UNIMA for his Nazi sentiments. We received a ing crowd; Rostam, the national hero of which stands for Union Internationale de lot of criticism in Norway because of that; Greater Iran, Div, evil creature of chaos la Marionette is the world’s oldest thea- people would say ‘we have studied all his- and disorder, and Kaveh, the blacksmith tre organization. The Iranian branch of tory books and nowhere does he ever say who led a popular uprising against a mer- UNIMA, called Mobarak UNIMA, revived sorry.’ But this is fiction, so we can make ciless foreign ruler, Zahhak, all of whom its activities in 2009 after two years of hia- up our own stories. We don’t need to immortalized by the 10th-century poet tus, and its objectives center on providing make it a historical paly.” Ferdowsi in Shahnameh, and perfectly support and training for various puppetry “We wish that he had said sorry and by familiar to the Iranian children. Mobarak, groups across the country. this performance, I want the German and the mascot of the festival, as the world’s The ‘Mobarak International Puppet Norwegian young generation to come to- tallest puppet standing at a six-meter Theater Festival’ also triggered a move- gether,” she said, while adding that Ham- height, was also one of the giant pup- ment which led to the inauguration of ‘evening performance in a puppet booth’, especially to those who do not have the sun would probably be fine with ‘Writer’ pets that walked through the carnival to the ‘House of Puppets’ in February 2015 as she had used his technique of collage the excitement and enjoyment of all chil- since 17th cent.), or employing more same rich heritage of this beautiful art in Tehran, to serve as an academy in the to make the performance. dren and their parents. The puppet, made modern and experimental approaches for performance in their country? For Ms. The 16th edition of Tehran International of recycled materials, was designed by Quade, it is the magical aspect of the Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival came to French artist Fleur Marie Fuentes during performance and the scope that puppetry an end on August 28, after a week of over Iran’s 13th Mobarak International Puppet can reach, while other modes of theater 80 performances from across the country Theater Festival, and unveiled during the simply cannot. and abroad. The closing ceremony was Iranian Art Week held in the United Arab “Puppetry gives us a landscape to held in the memory of renowned Iranian Emirates (UAE) in December 2010. bring our dreams into the tangible world,” cinema and theater actor and producer The carnival marched on for two hours she said of her own personal reason for Davoud Rashidi, who passed away two to a tune familiar to children of the 80s practicing what is essentially nonexistent days prior at the age of 83. and 90s, the soundtrack of a popular pup- in her country. “It enables us to see the pet TV show called ‘Grandma’s House’, di- magic, to look at the world the way chil- Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mar- rected in 1987 by none other than Mar- dren do, and forget about being an adult.” zieh Boroumand expressed her satisfac- zieh Boroumand herself. It was actually “With puppet theater, you can manage tion with this year’s festival and called it a the parents at the carnival who were sing- what you cannot while working with actors success; “I am happy to see that our festi- ing the lyrics aloud, “Grandma’s house has instead of puppets,” she added. “When val managed to create happiness, starting thousand stories…grandma’s house has you’re a puppeteer, you put yourself back with the carnival the scope of which had both joy and sorrow…” to show the great, magical world, but even bewildered me. The festival brought Boroumand, who was leading the joyful when you are an actor, all you can show is colors to our gray Tehran and cleansed carnival with a puppet in her hand, wished a human being. So the world of puppets the city of dust and pollution.” for peace and security in all parts of the is much bigger than just one person and Deputy culture minister for artistic af- world; “I wish that no child would spend you can accomplish more when you have fairs, Ali Moradkhani, also expressed his a night in terror. I wish for justice to be puppets at your disposal.” content over the existence of such festi- upheld all over the world, and I wish for Her ‘Writer’ opened this year’s Mo- vals in Iran, urging Boroumand to never happiness and joy for all families and chil- barak festival at the main hall of City give up on her hopes and dreams for dren, especially the Iranian people.” Theater, which is the biggest performing bringing more happiness into this world. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Ice volcanoes and more: Dwarf NEWS New pterosaur species planet Ceres continues to surprise with intact skull uncovered The dwarf planet Ceres is a complex and Dawn orbited Vesta from July 2011 in Patagonia active world unlike any other place in the through September 2012, when the Solar System, new research suggests. probe departed for Ceres. The space- The flying reptile lived in the early Jurassic period, between Observations by NASA’s Ceres-orbit- craft arrived at the dwarf planet in March about 199.6 million years ago and 175.6 million years ago. ing Dawn spacecraft indicate that “ice 2015, in the process becoming the first Paleontologists found the new fossil in north central Chubut volcanos” have erupted on the dwarf probe ever to orbit two different bodies province in Argentina. To planet in the recent past and that Ceres’ beyond the Earth-moon system. their delight, the fossil in- crust is an odd ice-rock mixture that has Scientists already knew a bit about cluded an intact braincase, never been observed before, scientists Vesta, based on analyses of rocks that offering them a new look at reported in a series of six new studies in were blasted off the object long ago and pterosaur neuroanatomy. the journal Science. have fallen to Earth as meteorites. Dawn’s The researchers named “When we got to Ceres, we were ex- work confirmed suspicions that Vesta is the new species Allkaruen pecting to be surprised, and we have basically “frozen in time,” Russell said. koi. All means “brain,” and been in many ways,” Dawn principal in- “It formed early and cooled off rapidly, karuen means “ancient,” in vestigator Chris Russell, a professor of and has just been a very solid body that Tehuelche, a language indig- geophysics and space physics at the Uni- was battered by impacts,” he said. enous to Patagonia. versity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Ceres was more mysterious, because “Allkaruen, from the mid- told Space.com. no meteorite “family” is associated with dle lower Jurassic limit, shows an intermediate state in the “Ceres has been active during its his- the dwarf planet. But Dawn has discov- brain evolution of pterosaurs and their adaptations to the tory inside; the interior has been chang- ered that Ceres is an altogether different aerial environment,” study researcher Diego Pol, a paleontol- ing, evolving, much like the Earth’s inte- beast than its asteroid belt neighbor, as ogist at the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio in Argen- rior changes with time,” added Russell, the six new Science papers show. tina, said in a statement. lead author of one of the new Science For example, the surface of Ceres is The new pterosaur was found in a bone bed that contains papers and co-author on the other five. much more diverse and complex than that many pterosaur remains. “It’s in the transition between the smaller of Vesta, possessing extensive linear struc- Archaeologists uncovered a vertebra, jaws and a brain- asteroids and the Earth, in that it chang- tures, lobed features caused by flowing case. The braincase was only a few dozen millimeters long, es, and has changed, over the years from material and a 2.5-mile-high (4 km) moun- indicating that it was from a small pterosaur species, the re- the time that the material initially came tain (in addition to numerous craters). searchers said. together.” This massif, known as Ahuna Mons, re- It’s rare to find an intact pterosaur braincase, according Asteroid belt The surface of Ceres is much more diverse sembles the dome-shaped mountains cre- to the researchers, and little has been known about the way Dawn launched in September 2007 and complex than that of Vesta, possessing ated by volcanism here on Earth, research- pterosaur skulls (and thus brains) evolved over time. The re- on a $467 million mission to study the ers reported in one of the new studies. And extensive linear structures, lobed features searchers used computed-tomography scans to build digital two largest objects in the main asteroid Dawn team members said they think Ahu- models of the reptile’s inner ear and the interior of its skull. belt between Mars and Jupiter — the caused by flowing material and a 2.5-mile-high na Mons was indeed created by a volcano, This technique, in turn, let the scientists put Allkaruen in 330-mile-wide (530 kilometers) proto- (4 km) mountain (in addition to numerous but one that spewed out cold, molten ice its place in the pterosaur family tree. For instance, the re- planet Vesta and Ceres, which is about rather than hot, liquid rock. craters). (Source: space.com) searchers learned that some skull features associated with 590 miles (950 km) across. Pterodactylus — one genus of pterosaurs — had evolved by the early to middle Jurassic, even though pterodactyls them- selves had not yet evolved. Engineers give new meaning Whale’s recovery hurt by (Source: Live Science) to the phrase ‘cool clothes’ entanglements, scientists say Engineers have created clothing for a The ability of an endangered whale warming world — a fabric that allows species to recover is jeopardized by in- your body heat to escape far better creasing rates of entanglement in fish- Can melting of frozen than other materials do. ing gear and a resultant drop in birth methane explain rapid It hasn’t been worn or tested by hu- rates, according to scientists who study mans, so outside experts caution this the animal. climate change 56 million is far from a sure thing, but a team at The population of North Atlantic Stanford University engineered a fabric right whales has slowly crept up from years ago? using nano technology that not only about 300 in 1992 to about 500 in New research, led by the University of Southampton, sug- allows moisture to leave the body bet- 2010. But a study that appeared this gests that the release of methane from the seafloor was ter, but helps infrared radiation escape month in the journal Frontiers in Ma- much slower than previously thought during a rapid global better. As a result, they say in Thurs- rine Science said the number of baby warming event 56 million years ago. day’s journal Science, the body should right whales born every year has de- During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), feel around 4.8 degrees (2.7 degrees clined by nearly 40 percent since 2010. temperatures in the deep ocean rose by about five degrees Celsius) cooler than cotton and 3.8 de- and added other chemicals, allowing Study author and Georgetown res- they were beginning to see more of the Celsius and sea surface temperatures increased by up to nine grees (2.1 degrees Celsius) chillier than the heat and moisture out, but not visi- ident Scott Kraus, a scientist with the whales in Cape Cod Bay, and that was degrees Celsius. This hot period lasted for about 100,000 commercially available synthetics. ble light. And it is cheaper than cotton, New England Aquarium in Boston who a good sign. years and caused the extinction of many species. This is designed for a warmer world Cui said. worked on the study, said the whales’ Right now, Atlantic right whales Based on evidence from tiny fossils deposited in sediments — not just because climate change is But that material felt too flat, so the population suffers even when they sur- are in Canada waters off the Maritime at the bottom of the ocean, which record information about making temperatures hotter, but be- next step was to weave it, to feel like vive entanglements in fishing gear. He Provinces and in the Gulf of Saint Law- the chemical composition of the ocean in their shells, current cause it takes a lot of energy to heat regular fabric, Cui said. said data suggest those entanglements rence. theories suggest that at the same time as the warming there and cool people’s offices and homes, “You touch, it feels very soft,” Cui have long-term negative physical and “When entangled whales are spot- was a massive release of methane gas from the solid earth said study lead author Yi Cui, a profes- said. reproductive effects on them. ted, they are not necessarily trailing into the ocean and atmosphere. A large proportion of the sor of materials and engineering. They’ve used devices to mimic hu- “They are carrying heavy gear gear from the year,” said the aquarium’s Earth’s methane is stored beneath the oceans in the form of “What we need is heating or cool- man skin and monitor skin tempera- around, and they can’t move as fast Tony Lacasse. “They can trail gear for an ice-like material called hydrate. This hydrate can melt if ing of individual human beings. How tures, but strict scientific testing rules or they can’t feed as effectively,” Kraus more than year.” the ocean above warms, and melting of hydrate provides a do you do personal thermal manage- have prevented them from testing told The Associated Press in an inter- “Most of these whales, unless widely accepted mechanism for the methane outburst. ment?” Cui said. clothing on actual humans, Cui said. view. “And it looks like it affects their caught in anchored gear, die when Using computer models of the warming process, the re- Existing fabrics already do a good That’s the next step and outside scien- ability to reproduce because it means the ropes cut into the animal, and searchers simulated the effects of PETM ocean warming on job of taking moisture away from the tists said there are all sorts of potential they can’t put on enough fat to have they die from systemic infection,” he sediments that may have contained methane hydrate and body, but the issue is more “how do pitfalls. And after that, another three a baby.” said. tracked how methane transport mechanisms would have af- you control the infrared radiation com- years would pass before mass produc- Whale deaths Charles “Stormy” Mayo, a senior sci- fected its release into seawater. ing out of the human body,” he said. tion could proceed so people could Entanglements have surpassed entist at the Center for Coastal Studies Professor Tim Minshull, from Ocean and Earth Science at Material does a good job of trapping buy and wear it, he said. ship strikes as a leading danger to in Provincetown, said the drive to make the University of Southampton and lead author of the study, that heat energy to warm you, but “There are many factors relating to right whales in recent years. For- fishing gear safer for the whales could said: “Our results show that hydrate melting can indeed be letting it go is another matter. That’s the compatibility and feel of the fabric ty-four percent of diagnosed right be key to saving them. triggered by ocean temperature change, but the result is not where clear clingy plastic kitchen wrap in contact with the skin — washabili- whale deaths were due to ship strikes NOAA Fisheries has implemented necessarily a rapid outburst of methane. comes in. ty, durability, compatibility with col- and 35 percent were due to entangle- rule changes to reduce the risk of large This is because the methane gas formed by hydrate melt- Infrared radiation oring materials and how they impact ments from 1970 to 2009, the study whale entanglements associated with ing below the sea floor takes time to travel up to the seabed, Plastic wrap — polyethylene — does radiative properties that remain com- said. From 2010 to 2015, 15 percent the buoy lines from trap and pot gear. and on the way it can refreeze or dissolve and then be con- a good job of allowing infrared radia- pletely unexplored,” Yogendra Joshi, a of diagnosed deaths were due to ship That rule impacted all trap/pot fisher- sumed by microbes that live below the seabed. tion to escape the body. The trouble is professor of mechanical engineering strikes and 85 percent were due to ies along the Atlantic coast as well as a (Source: EurekAlert) it also allows visible light to escape, Cui at the Georgia Institute of Technology entanglements, it said. large closure area for all trap/pot fish- said. That means, you can see through who wasn’t part of the study, said in an There is reason to believe the en- eries in Cape Cod Bay and the outer it, which isn’t exactly what most people email. “Replacing fabrics such as cotton tanglements could harm conservation Cape during February through April. want from clothing. that have been around for over 8,000 efforts despite recent positive signs Those rules went into effect in Febru- So the engineering team worked at years is a tall order.” on the whales’ recovery, Kraus said. ary 2015. Study sounds alarm for changing the pore size of the material (Source: Business Insider) Researchers said earlier this year that (Source: gloucestertimes.com) Africa’s slow-breeding forest elephants New fossil: benchmark for the oldest life on Earth? Even without poachers, Central Africa’s forest elephants It was just a lowly mound of slime 3.7 billion years ago. bryonic Earth was being pelted by asteroids and unlikely thing. Give life half an opportunity and it’ll would need almost a century to get their numbers back up But today, this fossilized cluster of ancient bacteria is the icy comets. run with it.” to 2002 levels, said a study Wednesday that pried into the oldest life ever found on Earth, according to a study The “implications are staggering,” writes Abigail If the stromatolites and their age are confirmed, these elusive creatures’ slow-breeding ways. published Wednesday in the online journal Nature. Allwood, a planetary chemist and astrobiologist at ancient bacteria could date the start of life on 4.5 billion- The population had been decimated by illegal hunting, The stromatolites, discovered by a team of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a commen- year-old Earth to just half a billion years later, as strom- with an estimated 65 percent decline between 2002 and Australian geologists in Greenland, would date tary that accompanies the study. “If life could find a atolites are complex life forms, and likely evolved from 2013, said researchers. the fossil record 220 million years sooner than foothold here, and leave such an imprint that ves- much simpler organisms. Roaming the tropical forests of Cameroon, Central African (Source” The CSM) previously hypothesized, in an age when an em- tiges exist … then life is not a fussy, reluctant and Republic, Congo, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo, the tusker sub-species is thought to have numbered about one to two million at its peak, study co-author George Witte- Nouri Petrochemical Co. Wins IMIST Training Course License myer of Colorado State University told AFP. The “problem is that poaching is removing individuals at ECONOMY For the first time in the troleum Industry Training Organization worldwide. industries. a rate that either drives the population to decline or negates deskcountry, Nouri Petro- (OPITO) which has thus far held by Atlas IMIST training course is held electron- With using IMIST training course, any increases due to births.” chemical Company (Borzouyeh) man- Knowledge Company electronically in 30 ically in a way that the software observes organizations can be informed of HSE Forest elephants are smaller than savannah elephants -- aged to receive license for organizing countries in 10 different languages since requirements of international standard in technical knowhow which can play an the other, much better studied, African sub-species. IMIST (International Minimum Industry 2011. the field of Health, Safety and Environ- important role in reducing incidents and Their ears are more oval-shaped, while their tusks are Safety Training) test electronically. Given the above issue, the petrochem- ment (HSE) which can meet and assess probable damages, Public Relations De- straighter and point downward, according to environmental It should be noted that IMIST is one ical company joined 182 reliable centers minimum necessary knowledge regard- partment of Nouri Petrochemical Com- group WWF. of standard courses of UK Offshore Pe- with the eligibility of organizing the test ing safety in oil, gas and petrochemical pany reported. (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SOCIETY 12 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 3,3, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

NEWS Secrets of happy families Heroic strangers pull Experts reveal the key ingredients to a to your kids, give them strict rules, and happy family life. punish children when necessary, but woman from fiery crash From the Brady Bunch and Partridge don’t lose control and yell. If you yell at Family to the Cleavers, Cunninghams, kids that shows you are out of control and and Cosbys, images of happy families you create a non-peaceful environment.” have rarely been in short supply. We all Never fight in front of the kids have ideas about what they should look TV viewers never really saw Carol like. and Mike Brady go at it, did they? While Does yours fit the portrait of a happy some fighting or bickering may be inev- family? If not, don’t despair. Now WebMD itable, try to keep it away from the chil- is letting you in on a few of the secrets to dren, Boteach says. “If your kids see you a happy family. You, too, can experience fight and argue, apologize and say, ‘We some of the domestic bliss that seemed are sorry you had to see it. Daddy and I previously reserved just for TV families. just had a disagreement, but everything Enjoy each other is OK now.’” The essence of a happy family is that Don’t work too much they truly uplift each other and that all All work and no play does worse Aside from first responders, not many people would run to- comes down to how they treat each oth- things to a family than make it dull. “If ward a burning car to save the life of someone they don’t know. er, says Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a New you are away all the time and don’t pri- But that’s exactly what a group of heroic strangers in York-based family and relationship coun- oritize your kids, your kids will internal- Binghamton, New York did last week. Following a 10-car selor and host of The Learning Channel’s ize feelings of insecurity,” says Boteach. pileup on a local highway, they pulled an unidentified Shalom in the Home. “There is a joy that They’ll begin to believe that they’re not woman to safety after her car burst into flames. characterizes their interaction,” says Bo- valuable enough. To highlight the heroes, Rich David, the mayor of Bing- teach, father of eight children and author Encourage sibling harmony hamton, shared a dashcam video of the rescue on his of several books, including the forthcom- Sibling rivalry can be divisive. “I try to Facebook page. ing Shalom in the Home. “Parents come a kid.” It’s also bad for families, he says, time. This is not a recipe for a happy speak to my kids about how fortunate “We’re still attempting to identify those seen on video so they home and the kids are happy to see them “Because kids will move out of the house family, Boteach says. “If your kids grow they are to have siblings,” Boteach says. can be recognized for their efforts,” David wrote in the post. and when kids come home, the parents eventually.” up not knowing how to do ballet, they Have private jokes Deputy Mayor Jared Kraham told CNN that they have are happy to see them.” Break bread together will be OK. No after-school activities is Happy families have inside jokes, found two or three of the good Samaritans, thanks to an Swap stories Families that eat together, stay to- an extreme and too many activities is Syracuse’s Fiese says, “Jokes and nick- outpouring of messages from people whose friends or “When your kids come home, ask gether. It’s that simple. “Family dinners the other extreme, but moderation is names symbolize that this is a group family members were involved. Once they have all the them what happened in school and are essential,” Boteach says. “It’s a time to where we should aim.” Create your own that you belong to and serves as a names, the mayor’s office will put together an event to have a story for them,” he says. “If you connect.” Have a minimum of four family after-school activities as a family, he sug- shorthand for larger experiences,” she recognize the heroes, and hopefully give the woman an come home dejected and not really in- dinners per week, he suggests. gests. For example, take your kids roller- says. opportunity to meet them. terested and then five minutes later the Play together blading, bike riding, or swimming after Be flexible The accident happened on Aug. 25 when a trac- TV is on, why would they be happy to “Have one or two unifying activities school as a family. “This is easier said than done,” says tor-trailer plowed through afternoon traffic. Miraculously, see you?” that the family does together on a nightly Build and honor rituals Fiese. “But by their very nature, fam- no one was killed, and the woman who was rescued only The bottom line, he says, is that basis,” Boteach says. He suggests bed- “Families need rituals,” Boteach says. ilies change so you have to be open suffered minor cuts and bruises. While the investigation when you come home, your kids have time stories for young children or reading Rituals can be religious, national, or even to change in membership and age,” is still ongoing, Kraham said the truck driver was ticketed to come first. “You must drop everything a chapter from a novel to an older child. family-specific, he says. Fiese says. “Somebody gets married, for faulty brakes, a contributing factor in the accident. you are doing and always come home Put family before friends Barbara Fiese, PhD, professor and somebody dies, somebody remarries “On behalf of our entire community, I commend these with something to share with your kids, “In happy families, family comes be- chair of psychology at Syracuse Univer- and teenagers are no longer children unsung heroes as well as our local police, fire and EMS whether a story or even the smallest vi- fore friends,” he says, “The camp counse- sity in New York, agrees. “Happy fami- and young adults are no longer teen- first responders,” the mayor wrote on Facebook. “Bing- gnette,” he says. “This way you give your lor understands something that parents lies have meaningful rituals and are not agers, but they are all still part of the hamton is safer because of you.” kids something to look forward to. The don’t and that is that caring for kids also stressed out by them,” she says. “They family.” (Source: CNN) great bane of family life is boredom and has to be fun. Give rules, but understand can be unique to your own family such as Communicate that is what leads to dysfunction, affairs, that kids need fun, too. When kids get going for bagels on Saturday morning, a Rose J. Perkins, EdD, associate profes- and kids wanting to be with their friends bored and listless, they start looking for weekly pizza night, or even a family song. sor of psychology at Stonehill College in over family.” excitement out of the home and that is Rituals tend to bring family members Easton, Mass., says that a happy family Put the marriage first when friends become more important. close together because they are repeat- communicate with one another. “Fre- LEARN ENGLISH “Set a real example of love,” Boteach Friendship is important, but subordinate ed over time.” quently families are set up where every- says. “The relationship and marriage to family.” To work, rituals need to be flexible, she one tells the mom and then the mom must come first.” Think Carol and Mike Limit children’s after-school adds. “They can’t be rigid,” Fiese says. “If sends the message, but in a happy fam- Planning a Wedding Brady of the Brady Bunch and Cliff and activities the bagel place is closed, you have to go ily, there are more flexible, open lines of Clair Huxtable of the Cosby Show. Today, growing numbers of kids are someplace else.” communication.” Seamus: What’s that? There are many families where kids al- overscheduled and participate in six or Keep your voices down In happy families, “all the members Cathy: It’s a planning book for our wedding. ways come first, says Boteach. Then they seven after-school activities per week. Remember that children thrive on of family unit are able to communicate Seamus: We aren’t getting married for a year and a half. become substitute providers of love, he The mother becomes a chauffeur and stability. “There has to be a calm envi- openly,” she says. Cathy: I know, but there are so many things to plan. We says. “That’s an unfair burden to put on the children are never home at the same ronment at home,” says Boteach. “Talk (Source: webmd.com) have to book the hall far in advance , you know, and once we set the date , we have to send out save-the- IN FOCUS IRIB/Milad Panahi date notifications to our friends and family. Seamus: I thought that the point of putting off the wed- ding until we finish school is to take the pressure off and allow us time to plan – later. Cathy: It is, but it’s never too early to start planning for a wedding. I’m meeting with a wedding coordinator next week to get the ball rolling . Seamus: A wedding coordinator?! We don’t need a wed- ding coordinator. We can make all of the arrangements our- selves. Cathy: You have no idea what goes into pulling off a wedding and reception There are caterers, pho- tographers and videographers, entertainers, ice sculp- tors, animal trainers (you know, for the swans and the doves ), and... Seamus: Are you serious?! You’re not planning a wedding. You’re starting a circus ! (Source: eslpod.com) Words & phrases hall: a building or large room for public events such as meetings or dances far in advance: a lot more sooner before something happens or is expected to happen set the date: to decide and state when something will Iran’s Red Crescent Society health care and emergency treatment scheme was carried out in Doshman Ziari district located 100 kilometers from Shiraz, Fars province. happen save-the-date-notification: it means please remember to not schedule anything else on this date put off: o delay doing something or to arrange to do ENGLISH IN USE something at a later time or date, especially because there is a problem or you do not want to do it now; delay, pro- LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION crastinate ﺩﺭ ﺁﺗﺶ ﺳﻮﺯﻯ ﻛﻮﻩ ﻫﺎﻯ ﺭﺍﺳﺘﻮﻧﺪ ﺷﺎﺯﻧﺪ 60 ﻫﻜﺘﺎﺭ ﻣﺮﺗﻊ ﺳﻮﺧﺖ take the pressure off: to reduce the amount of stress felt Fire extinguished after burning 60 hectares area of land ﺭﺋﻴــﺲ ﻣﻨﺎﺑــﻊ ﻃﺒﻴﻌــﻰ ﻭ ﺁﺑﺨﻴــﺰﺩﺍﺭﻯ ﺷﻬﺮﺳــﺘﺎﻥ ﺷــﺎﺯﻧﺪ ﮔﻔــﺖ: ﺁﺗــﺶ ﺳــﻮﺯﻯ ﻋﺼــﺮ ﺟﻤﻌــﻪ ﻛــﻮﻩ ﻫــﺎﻯ ﺭﺍﺳــﺘﻮﻧﺪ -wedding coordinator: a professional who assists with Firefighters succeeded in putting out the fire raging Rasvand Mountains in the cen ﺷــﺎﺯﻧﺪ ﺩﺭ ﺍﺭﺍﻙ ﭘــﺲ ﺍﺯ ﻫﺸــﺖ ﺳــﺎﻋﺖ ﺗﻮﺳــﻂ ﺁﺗــﺶ ﻧﺸــﺎﻧﺎﻥ ﻣﻬــﺎﺭ ﺷــﺪ. the design, planning and management of a client’s wedding tral province of Markazi, after 8 hours, Shazand natural resources and watersheds get the ball rolling: to start something happening ﻣﺼﻄﻔــﻰ ﻣﺤﻤــﺪﻯ ﺩﺭ ﮔﻔﺘﮕــﻮ ﺑــﺎ ﺧﺒﺮﮔــﺰﺍﻯ ﻣﻬــﺮ ﮔﻔــﺖ: ﺳــﺎﻋﺖ 19 ﻋﺼــﺮ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺟﻤﻌــﻪ ﻭﻗــﻮﻉ ﺣﺮﻳــﻖ ﺩﺭ ﻛــﻮﻩ ﻫــﺎﻯ .director has said go into: to be spent or used to get, make, or do something The fire broke out at 7 p.m. on Friday and a group of firefighters were dispatched to the ﺭﺍﺳــﺘﻮﻧﺪ ﺷﻬﺮﺳــﺘﺎﻥ ﺷــﺎﺯﻧﺪ ﺍﻋــﻼﻡ ﺷــﺪ ﻛــﻪ ﺑﻼﻓﺎﺻﻠــﻪ ﻧﻴﺮﻭﻫــﺎﻯ ﺁﺗــﺶ ﻧﺸــﺎﻧﻰ ﺑــﻪ ﻣﺤــﻞ ﺍﻋــﺰﺍﻡ ﺷــﺪﻧﺪ ﺍﻣــﺎ ﺑــﻪ ﻋﻠﺖ pull off: o succeed in doing something difficult ﮔﺴــﺘﺮﺩﮔﻰ ﺩﺍﻣﻨــﻪ ﺁﺗــﺶ، ﻣﻬــﺎﺭ ﺁﻥ ﺗــﺎ ﺑﺎﻣــﺪﺍﺩ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺷــﻨﺒﻪ ﺑــﻪ ﻃــﻮﻝ ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻣﻴــﺪ. scene immediately but due to the extent of the fire it took until Saturday small hours reception: a large formal party to celebrate an event or to extinguish it, Mostafa Mohammadi said, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. ﻣﺤﻤــﺪﻯ ﺍﺿﺎﻓــﻪ ﻛــﺮﺩ: ﻋــﻼﻭﻩ ﺑــﺮ ﻧﻴﺮﻭﻫــﺎﻯ ﺍﻋــﺰﺍﻡ ﺷــﺪﻩ ﺑــﻪ ﻣﻨﻄﻘــﻪ ﻫﻤﭽﻨﻴــﻦ ﻛﻤﻜﻬــﺎﻯ ﻣﺮﺩﻣــﻰ ﺳــﺒﺐ ﺷــﺪ ﻛــﻪ to welcome someone Mohammadi went on to say that in addition to the forces dispatched to the area ﺑﺘﻮﺍﻧﻴــﻢ ﺣﺮﻳــﻖ ﺭﺍ ﺍﻃﻔــﺎء ﻛﻨﻴــﻢ. .caterer: a person or company that provides and serves people also helped in controlling the fire ﻭﻯ ﺧﺎﻃﺮﻧﺸــﺎﻥ ﻛــﺮﺩ: ﺑــﻪ ﻃــﻮﺭ ﻗﻄــﻊ ﺍﻳــﻦ ﺣﺮﻳــﻖ ﺑــﺮ ﺍﺛــﺮ ﻋﻮﺍﻣــﻞ ﺍﻧﺴــﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﺳــﻬﻞ ﺍﻧــﮕﺎﺭﻯ ﺭﺥ ﺩﺍﺩﻩ ﺍﺳــﺖ. ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳــﻦ food and drinks at a party, meeting etc. Certainly, human error was the main cause of the fire, he regretted, adding, more ﺣﺮﻳــﻖ 60 ﺑﻴــﺶ ﻫﻜﺘــﺎﺭ ﺍﺯ ﻣﺮﺍﺗــﻊ ﺍﺯ ﺑﻴــﻦ ﺭﻓــﺖ. .videographer: someone who records events using a vid- than 60 hectares of the area is burnt eo camera ice sculpture: a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material animal trainer: person who conditions animals to do ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM something, be capable of something or behave in a certain Bank on somebody/something way Loose lips sink ships All the rage swan: a large white bird with a long neck that lives on Explanation: disclosing important information (to Meaning: to depend on something happening Explanation: when something is all the rage, it rivers and lakes the enemy or a competitor) could result in large losses or someone doing something; count on has become very popular or trendy dove: a kind of small white pigeon (bird) often used as a For example: You never know who is going to For example: I was banking on being able to For example: Twittering text messages is all sign of peace hear what you say and how they will use what they get some coffee on the train. the rage these days, both among individuals and circus: a group of people and animals who travel to dif- hear. Remember, loose lips sink ships. companies. ferent places performing skilful tricks as entertainment I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Explosions rock northeastern neighbor- push ahead with their terror activities in hoods of Baghdad as tens of thousands the face of joint operations by Iraqi army from across Iraq and abroad converge Rockets scatter after blast forces and fighters from the Popular Mo- on a shrine to commemorate the martyr- bilization Units (Al-Hashd Al-Sha’abi). JUMP dom anniversary of a Shia Imam. at arms depot in Baghdad According to the UN Assistance Mis- Police initially said at least two people sion for Iraq (UNAMI), a total of 691 Iraqis Venezuela: Anti-Maduro were killed and 11 others wounded after lost their lives last month, and 1,016 oth- protesters flood Caracas mortar rounds or rockets hit three areas ers were injured. near the vast Shia neighborhood of Sadr The UN mission added that there were City on Friday. 473 civilians among those killed, while 1 He called it “the most important political mobiliza- But other officials said an explosion at the number of civilian injuries hit 813. tion of our recent history” and vowed that marchers would a weapons depot had caused three rock- Violence also claimed the lives of 218 defy the government’s “strategy of fear, blackmail and intim- ets to spray across the neighborhood. members of the Iraqi security forces, and idation”. The blasts came as many faithful 203 others sustained injuries. Triple-digit inflation, a third year of recession, shortages descended on the Kadhimiya shrine in A large number of the fatalities were of basic goods, and long lines at shops have exasperated Baghdad to commemorate the mar- recorded in Baghdad, where 231 civilians many of Venezuela’s 30 million people. The frustration was tyrdom anniversary of Mohammad al- were killed and 676 others wounded. expressed in a resounding opposition election win in a De- Jawad, the ninth Shia Imam and a grand- The troubled northern province of cember legislative vote. son of Prophet Mohammad. Nineveh saw 116 people killed and an- Maduro, 53, says the opposition-dubbed “Takeover of Ca- A column of smoke billowed over other 83 injured. racas” on Thursday is a front for violence, akin to a short-lived Obaidi, a Shia neighborhood where the Elsewhere, a total of 81 people died 2002 coup against his mentor Chavez, who died of cancer storage is located. and 13 others were wounded in Iraq’s three years ago. Maduro has failed to replicate his charismat- Since 2014, the Takfiri terrorist group northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk. ic predecessor’s popular appeal, and his ratings in opinion of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant The northern and western parts of polls have fallen to just over 20 percent. (ISIL/Daesh) has been ravaging Iraq. Iraq have been plagued by gruesome vi- “I’m ready for everything ... we will not allow a coup,” Ma- Army and volunteer forces have been olence ever since ISIL terrorists mounted duro told supporters late on Wednesday. He said various fighting the militants back. an offensive there more than two years people were detained that had been planning to place ex- Multiple blasts kill 3, injure 20 in ago. The militants have been committing plosives and kill fellow opposition supporters to discredit the Baghdad vicious crimes against all ethnic and reli- government and sow chaos. Meanwhile, Iraqi security and medical gious communities in Iraq, including Shi- He did not give details, but rights groups and opposition sources said a bomb attack at a commer- as, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians. parties said that authorities had arrested well-known activists cial district in Baghdad’s southern neigh- least five others were also wounded in Violence claimed 691 Iraqi lives The Iraqi army and volunteer fighters in the run-up to the protests. They said that more than a doz- borhood of Dora killed one civilian and that attack. in August: United Nations from the Popular Mobilization Units have en opposition campaigners and supporters were in custody. wounded seven others on Thursday. Separately, a bomb explosion in in Meantime, latest figures released by been engaged in joint operations to re- The pro-government “Chavistas” - named after Maduro’s The casualties came after a bomb Baghdad’s northwestern neighborhood the United Nation show that acts of ter- take militant-held regions. predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez - staged rallies on Tues- went off near the Diyala Bridge in south- of al-Shu’ala claimed the life of a civilian rorism and violence left nearly 700 peo- (Source: agencies) day and Wednesday. eastern Baghdad, killing one person. At and wounded eight others. ple dead in Iraq in August as ISIL terrorists They called on their supporters to “defend the revolution” with a massive turnout on Thursday at what they call “The Taking of Venezuela.” Putin says Russia and U.S. close to breakthrough deal on Syria “Don’t provoke us because not only are we going to block up Caracas so that no one can enter, but we will also make 1 Russia entered the conflict last September the rebels it supports would be hit. country’s leader. He cited the examples of Libya and sure that no one can leave,” said former National Assembly on behalf of Assad, launching strikes by air and sea in “The talks are very difficult,” Putin said. “One of the Iraq, where the removal of long-time dictators led to speaker Diosdado Cabello. its first military foray outside the former Soviet Union key problems is that we insist, and our U.S. partners are the “collapse of the state” and the spread of terrorism. Maduro has accused the opposition of planning a “coup” since it collapsed a quarter century ago. Hundreds of not opposed to this, that the so-called healthy part of “Where do you see elements of democracy in Libya? Of and threatened to imprison opposition leaders if violence thousands have died in the conflict and millions more the opposition should be separated from the radical course it won’t happen today or tomorrow. Maybe that’s breaks out at Thursday’s protests. have fled. groups and terrorist organizations.” what political wisdom is.” “Squeal, cry or scream, jail is where they’ll go,” he said. The U.S., which is ultimately seeking Assad’s oust- Asked about Turkey’s large-scale military op- Russia and the U.S. in February negotiated a cease- The president said on Wednesday that he would ask the er, has proposed establishing a Joint Implementation eration in Syria, aimed at ISIL and Kurds allied fire that subsequently collapsed. Syrian forces backed by Supreme Court to consider a request to lift immunity from Group near Amman, Jordan, in which the U.S. and with Turkish separatists who are fighting the ter- Russian warplanes and Iranian militias are now besieging prosecution granted to public officials, starting with the Russia would coordinate airstrikes against Syrian re- rorist group with U.S. support, Putin said Ankara the rebel-held part of Aleppo, once the country’s most country’s politicians. bel groups that the two countries agree are terrorists, and Moscow “have a mutual desire to come to an populous city and the last major urban center in the The move would allow him to target opposition legislators according to a text of the proposal obtained by the agreement about the region’s problems, including hands of the opposition. who control the National Assembly. Washington Post. the Syrian one.” With only a few months left of the Obama admin- The referendum’s timing lies at the heart of the battle. Over the past few months, Kerry has held repeat- A softening in Turkey’s insistence on Assad’s depar- istration, the window is closing for a deal that can If it takes place before January 10 and Maduro loses, new ed meetings with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lav- ture in any settlement of the war has narrowed differ- be implemented, according to a Russian official who elections must be held. If he loses in a recall after that date, rov and, on occasion, Putin himself. A meeting between ences with Russia, whose military intervention bolstered declined to be named because of the sensitivity of he would simply turn over power to his hand-picked vice Obama and Putin may take place on the sidelines of the the Syrian leader. Turkey, which mended its ties with Rus- the matter. president. Group of 20 summit in China on Sunday and Monday, sia after apologizing for downing a Russian warplane Republican presidential contender Donald Trump The polling firm Venebarometro recently estimated that according to the Kremlin. near the Syrian border last year, has also reached out to has said he’d be willing to cooperate with Russia to 64 percent of the electorate would vote against Maduro. A key concern for Russia is that the former al-Qaeda Iran, Assad’s other main backer. defeat ISIL because the U.S. has “bigger problems Maduro blames the crisis on the collapse of oil prices and wing al-Nusra Front -- which recently changed its name Putin, who will meet with Erdogan at the G-20 sum- than Assad.” Democratic Party candidate Hillary an “economic war” by businesses. to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham -- has in many cases teamed up mit, said he “valued” the Turkish apology for the plane Clinton, who’s ahead in the polls, has pledged to But he faces deep public discontent over shortages of ba- with moderate rebels the U.S. supports. incident. “We see a clear interest on the part of Turkey’s establish a no-fly zone in Syria to protect civilians, sic goods and an inflation rate projected to hit 720 percent The U.S. argues that Russia’s military campaign is president in restoring full-scale relations with Russia,” he which could risk clashes between the U.S. and Rus- this year. targeting moderate rebels opposed to Assad under the said. sian air forces. In 2014, the government crushed weeks-long, anti-gov- guise of fighting terrorists. Russia says the U.S. is looking Putin urged other powers to accept gradual change (Source: Bloomberg) ernment protests in a confrontation that left 43 dead and to block strikes on terrorist groups out of concern that in Syria rather than pushing for the overthrow of the prominent opposition leaders in prison. Former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, who dis- tanced himself from the protests in 2014, told AFP that this time the opposition is banking on mass mobilizations and Merkel urges faster refugee deportations in U-turn international pressure to get the government to accept the recall election (Source: agencies) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sharpened her which are among the main causes of the refugee influx tone on the refugees seeking shelter in the European in Europe. country, urging authorities to speed up the deportation Paris pursues closure of Calais ‘Jungle’ Melania Trump sues of those denied asylum. In France, thousands of refugees are living in a no- “The most important thing in the coming months is torious camp in the northern town of Calais as they Daily Mail, blogger over repatriation, repatriation and once more, repatriation,” try to cross the underwater Channel Tunnel to reach ‘defamatory’ stories Merkel told lawmakers of her conservative Christian Britain. Democrats (CDU) Party on Thursday. The camp is known as “Jungle” due to the appalling Melania Trump, the wife of the United States Republi- The comments were an apparent U-turn from her living conditions of asylum seekers. can presidential nominee Donald Trump, sued the Mar- open-door policy, which allowed hundreds of thousands On Thursdays, French Interior Minister Bernard Ca- yland-based publisher of the Daily Mail Online and a of refugees into Germany last year. zeneuve vowed to push for the closure of the site “with blogger on Thursday over stories about her past she Many refugees have so far been denied the rights the greatest determination.” believes were “tremendously damaging,” her attorney of residency on the grounds that they would not be in Cazeneuve added that the camp would be disman- said in a statement. danger if they returned to their own country. tled in stages, while creating accommodation for thou- Late on Thursday, the Daily Mail retracted a story in a German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said sands of refugees elsewhere in France. posting on its website. on Wednesday that this year, at least 100,000 refugees France has repeatedly tried to shut down the “To the extent that anything in the Daily Mail’s article need to be deported. He said 21,000 refugees had site. was interpreted as stating or suggesting that Mrs. Trump been repatriated last year and 35,000 in the first seven Earlier this year, local authorities cleared shelters worked as an ‘escort’ or in the ‘sex business’... is hereby months of this year. in parts of the site in an effort to force the refugees retracted, and the Daily Mail newspaper regrets any such Almost 1.1 million refugees, most of whom were to leave the camp. They forcibly evicted thousands of misinterpretation.” fleeing war and violence in Iraq and Syria, arrived in people from the place using tear gas, rubber bullets A Daily Mail story last month cited a Slovenian maga- Germany in 2015. Merkel had formerly pledged not and water cannon. zine’s report that a modeling agency that Trump worked to put quotas on the number of refugees entering percent a year ago. Reports said in March that more than three quar- with in New York in the 1990s also served as an escort her county. The leader, who has been in office for 11 years, now ters of refugees and asylum seekers living in the Calais business, linking wealthy clients with women for sexual Merkel’s so-called open-door policy, however, has considers running for another term next year. Her critics refugee camp had been subject to mistreatment at the services. cost the chancellor her popularity, with her approval say the administration has not made sufficient contri- hands of French police. Trump had notified the British newspaper and other news (Source: agencies) rating sinking to a five-year low of 45 percent from 67 bution to efforts for ending the crises in Syria and Iraq, organizations on Aug. 22 that she would take legal action, Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder, said in an email at the time, calling the reports “outright lying.” Rising China mounts no threat to U.S. interests: Jeffry Frieden “These defendants made several statements about Mrs. Trump that are 100% false and tremendously damaging to 1 With the liberal economy model failing, A: It is true that the American role in the world econ- states? her personal and professional reputation,” he said in a state- some countries such as America, contrary to the omy is not as great as it was before the 1970s, but part A: Probably not; there is far too little in common ment on Thursday. The lawsuit was filed in state circuit court trend, intervened in their economy. That allowed of that was the anomaly of the destruction of World War among all these countries, other than that they are in Montgomery County, Maryland. the government to intervene in some other areas, Two. The United States remains the world’s most import- poorer than the rich countries. But they may be able to The lawsuit alleges that the Maryland blogger, Webster as well. Does this mean the failure of liberal or neo- ant economy, and its most potent military power. Cer- obtain more influence in international institutions, which Griffin Tarpley, published “false and defamatory statements” liberal patterns? tainly other countries are on the rise, in particular China, would benefit them all. about Trump, including that the former model had suffered A: No serious modern economic analyst or poli- but this in itself is not a threat to American interests. It We see that America supports the Pacific Free from “a full-blown nervous breakdown.” cymaker believes that government has no role in the remains to be seen how these new powers will act, and Trade Agreement in Asia and Transatlantic Trade and “Defendants’ actions are so egregious, malicious and economy. The question is both how big that role should what their relationship will be with the older powers. Investment Partnership harmful to Mrs. Trump that her damages are estimated at be, and what it should do. About this there is a wide The development of new centers of economic activity in Europe. Why is the U.S. seeking to boost region- $150 million dollars,” her lawyer’s statement said. range of views in every society, and no consensus on the does not necessarily threaten the old. Japan and Europe al-trade organization? Tarpley said in a statement that the lawsuit is “without “correct” development model. are very largely allies of the U.S. on almost all economic A: The WTO’s latest negotiating round, the Doha merit.” After the 1970s, the hegemonic power of issues, so they certainly to not threaten substantial inter- Round, is stalled. This has led countries, including the Trump, who now has her own jewelry line, was born in America has declined. What economic component ests of the United States. United States, to pursue other ways to develop closer Slovenia and moved to the United States in the 1990s. She was effective in this case? Where do you put the BRICS is the union between Brazil, Russia, In- trading ties with the rest of the world. The trend is cer- married Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee role of other players such as Japan and Europe in dia, China, and South Africa. Can this union become tainly not away from globalization; it is largely a contin- for the Nov. 8 election, in 2005. the equation? a powerful economic bloc benefitting its member uation of it by other means. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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TENNIS New eras, new coaches, new nations Queen Serena downs King, Arjen Robben’s swashbuckling runs, that header from RVP, Ronaldo and Varela blasting 13 aces indoors dramatically combining for the latest goal in regulation time in FIFA World After 17 trips to Flushing Meadows and six U.S. Open titles Ser- Cup™ history, Belgium’s thrilling ex- ena Williams did something on Thursday she had never done tra-time elimination of USA, those Ger- before -- win a match indoors. mans wowing and winning – the Euro- With the new high-tech retractable roof over Arthur Ashe pean paintbrush indubitably decorated Stadium slammed shut because of persistent rain, Williams the 20th FIFA World Cup. Now it’s time swept past American compatriot Vania King 6-3 6-3 in a tidy 65 for them to begin their quest to reach minutes to ease into the third round. its 21st. “It was a little different playing with Ashe closed but it still feels UEFA Zone qualifying includes two great,” said Williams. “It’s very, very loud out there. debuting Davids trying to swim through “It’s definitely different because everywhere you play is really Goliath-infested pools, the three most quiet. Here it’s super loud.” expensive footballers in history, and the Indoors or outdoors, night or day, rain or shine, it has made reigning world champions, continental little difference to Williams at the U.S. Open, the 34-year-old champions and Europe’s northernmost having now racked up 86 victories at Flushing Meadows. team on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Williams’s victory against an over-matched King may have Ranking – none of whom are one and been one of her easiest, the world number one in complete the same. control from the outset, looking like a champion who never had While UEFA EURO 2016 featured 24 to shift out of first gear. teams, only 13 tickets to Russia 2018 are Despite the one-sided match, Williams was extremely critical available on the Old Continent – nine to of her performance, convinced it should have been better. each of the group winners and four via “I just think it should have been a different scoreline for me,” the play-offs. This, football fans, is going said Williams. “I feel like I made a lot of errors but there’s nothing to be interesting from the outset... I can do about that now. Matchday 1 fixtures “What really matters is I got the win.” Group A: Belarus-France, Bulgar- Williams arrived at the year’s final grand slam with concerns ia-Luxembourg, Sweden-Netherlands swirling around a sore shoulder that hampered her at the Rio Olym- Group B: Andorra-Latvia, Faroe Is- pics and forced her to pull out of a tournament in Cincinnati. lands-Hungary, Switzerland-Portugal forward Enes Unal, who recently hit a Wales, fresh from a fine EURO and Roberto Martinez is ready to un- But she put any doubts about her fitness to rest, blasting Group C: San Marino-Azerbaijan, first-half hat-trick for Twente after joining with Gareth Bale dazzling for Real Ma- leash Kevin de Bruyne and Eden Haz- 13 aces past King while hitting 38 winners to just four by her Czech Republic-Northern Ireland, Nor- on loan from Manchester City. Ukraine drid, begin against Moldova in Cardiff. ard on Cyprus, to whom Belgium have opponent. way-Germany entertain Iceland in another intriguing Austria, fresh from a forgettable showing never lost. “It’s stable, I just got to keep it like that,” Williams said of her Group D: Georgia-Austria, Serbia-Re- Group G duel, while Finland will expect in France, are in Georgia as Serbia en- Mehmed Bazdarevic has stressed his right shoulder. “It’s two matches in and usually you want to be public of Ireland, Wales-Moldova three points from the visit of newcomers tertain Republic of Ireland in a tussle of Bosnia and Herzegovina side cannot let able to play seven matches Group E: Denmark-Armenia, Kazakh- Kosovo. teams with genuine qualification aspira- the Belgians get away in Group H, and “I definitely want to keep it as good as it can be.” stan-Poland, Romania-Montenegro The other attractions tions in Group D. will be looking to Juventus midfielder Mi- It seems every year history beckons Williams at Flushing Group F: Lithuania-Slovenia, Slova- After making it four World Cup ap- A 0-0 loss in Armenia stymied Den- ralem Pjanic to ensure they don’t drop Meadows and on Thursday she reached yet another milestone kia-England, Malta-Scotland pearances out of five at Germany 2006, mark’s chances of reaching EURO 2016, points at home to Estonia. Greece, too, by tying Martina Navratilova for most career grand slam wins Group G: Albania-FYR Macedonia, Is- Sweden have missed out on the last two. so now-coach Age Hareide has warned know that if they are to make a third con- with 306. rael-Italy, Spain-Liechtenstein After dazzling at the last one, the Neth- his charges against complacency as secutive World Cup, they must be seeing There are other marks well within the American’s grasp dur- Group H: Bosnia and Herzegovina-Es- erlands failed to even reach the recent they entertain the same side. Poland and off Gibraltar. ing the fortnight. A seventh U.S. Open title would move her past tonia, Cyprus-Belgium, Gibraltar-Greece EURO. Their new-look squads will both Romania will both have to do the same Players to watch Chris Evert for the most in the Open Era. Group G: Croatia-Turkey, Fin- be out for victory given that they have away to Kazakhstan and at home to Joao Mario had an excellent EURO It would also be her 23rd grand slam win, moving her past land-Kosovo, Ukraine-Iceland France, who visit Belarus, for company in Montenegro in Group E. and since made a €40m move to In- Steffi Graf, again for the most in the Open Era, one shy of the The big match Group A. Sam Allardyce’s first game as England ter Milan. In the absence of Renato great Margaret Court who tops the all-time list with 24. Croatia and Turkey have engaged Coming off the conquering of their manager is away to Slovakia, whom they Sanches and Cristiano Ronaldo, add- (Source: Reuters) in several high-stakes scraps over the maiden major trophy, Portugal visit Swit- drew with 0-0 at EURO 2016. Although ed burden will be on the 23-year-old years, and 12 weeks after Luka Modric zerland in a battle of the Group B favour- a number of big-name players have to create. Juventus full-back Stephan volleyed the former to victory in the last ites. Hungary, who are also hoping to struggled for their clubs this season, Lichtsteiner will be out to negate his one, the respective bronze medallists at have a say, can afford no slip-up in the Wayne Rooney has provided a couple of threat 12 days before they clash in the France 1998 and Korea/Japan 2002 have Faroe Islands. assists and Raheem Sterling has looked Derby d’Italia. More than a million another. This one’s importance is indebt- Retirements and injuries may have rejuvenated under Pep Guardiola. Scot- Did You Know? people apply for London ed to their pool being arguably the most shorn Germany of several big names, land will expect a successful Group F Lum Rexhepi, who was born in Fin- wide open, with little separating Croatia but they still have an abundance of tal- start in Malta. land, won a senior cap for Finland and 2017 tickets (15th), Turkey (19th), Iceland (23rd) and ent with the likes of Manuel Neuer, Toni Spain should win big in their Group G plays in Finland for HJK, is expected to Ukraine (30th) on the FIFA Ranking, and Kroos, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller and curtain-raiser at home to Liechtenstein, line up against Finland for Kosovo. Finland having put up a heroic showing Mario Gotze, while 20-year-old Max but chief rivals Italy have an examining More than a million people have applied for tickets for The quote in a section featuring Spain and France Meyer is threatening to become the lat- start in Israel. New coach Giampiero Ven- next year’s world athletics championships in London where Fernando Santos, Portugal coach: in Brazil 2014 qualifying. Ante Cacic has est. They head to Oslo, where opponents tura surprisingly retained Graziano Pelle greats Usain Bolt and Mo Farah will compete for the final “We’re the European champions. We’ll the likes of Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Mateo Norway troublingly lost 1-0 to Belarus in his squad and handed a maiden call- time on the track. be the European champions until 2020. Kovacic and Ivan Perisic at his dispos- on Wednesday. The World Cup holders’ up to exciting attacker Andrea Belotti. Al- Jamaican Bolt, who completed a triple-triple of 100, 200 and The pressure is over until then. We have al. Fatih Terim, for his part, surprisingly chief rivals for top spot in Group C, Czech bania, meanwhile, will be determined to 4x100 meters relay at last month’s Olympics, and Briton Farah, no extra weight on our shoulders and overlooked Arda Turan and Burak Yil- Republic and Northern Ireland, convene pick up maximum points at home to FYR who retained the 5,000 and 10,000 titles in Rio, have both said want to try and qualify for the World Cup maz as he selected a squad with a max- in Prague, while San Marino host Azer- Macedonia as they strive to keep pace next year’s championships will be their last. as quickly as possible.” imum age of 29. It includes 19-year-old baijan in the other game. with the heavyweights. Bolt plans to hang up his spikes after the event while Farah (Source: FIFA) intends to switch his focus from the track to the marathon. Unlike in Rio, where empty seats were a depressing feature of the recent Games, demand for tickets for London 2017 has Bale dreams of Champions League Murray says noise under roof a been fierce, with applications vastly outnumbering the 700,000 glory in Cardiff hometown distraction for players available places. Organizers said 1,047,000 tickets have been applied for with applications flooding in from 92 countries. Bolt’s swan-song in the 100m final has attracted more than 200,000 ticket applications with the stadium capacity around 50,000 per session. (Source: Reuters)

Gattuso rejoins Pisa as coach one month after quitting

Former Italy and AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has re- joined Serie B side Pisa as coach one month after resigning in protest at poor working conditions. The possibility of winning Europe’s most will be trying our best to do that. My aim Andy Murray said on Thursday the noise mering on the roof was almost deafening Pisa confirmed on Friday that the famously hot-tempered prestigious club competition in his home- is to win as many trophies as I can and as created by the U.S. Open’s new retract- but Murray kept calm to clinch a convinc- 38-year-old had agreed to return and would take charge of his town has given Wales winger Gareth Bale many Champions Leagues as I can.” able roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium is a ing victory. first training session in the afternoon. extra motivation to help Real Madrid be- English Premier League clubs spent a distraction to players and makes it diffi- “At first we didn’t know if there was just Gattuso led Pisa to promotion from the third tier last season come the first club to defend their Cham- staggering 1.165 billion pounds on new cult to react to opponents’ shots. more people come in at the change of after winning a two-leg playoff against Foggia and said it was as pions League title. recruits during the close season but Bale But the British second seed managed ends, but then we quickly realized it was good as winning the Champions League with Milan. The former Tottenham Hotspur wing- felt the massive outlay will not necessarily to shut out the noise and Spain’s Mar- the rain,” Murray said. But he quit on Aug. 1, saying there were “problems on a daily er has won the Champions League twice translate into success on the continental cel Granollers during a 6-4 6-1 6-4 sec- But the Scot, chasing his fourth grand basis” and that the club lacked passion. in three years since his record-breaking stage. ond-round victory played while rain beat slam title, said players will cope with the Gattuso’s coaching career has been a mixed bag, although move to Real in 2013. Manchester Unit- “It is difficult winning the Champions down on the closed roof and crowd noise extra noise. never dull. ed’s Paul Pogba has since overtaken Bale League regardless. No matter what goes reverberated inside. “As an athlete, that’s what you do. We He began at Swiss first division side Sion in 2013 but was as the world’s most expensive player. on in the transfer market or how much The Wimbledon and Olympic champion adjust to conditions, different conditions sacked after three months, then joined Italian Serie B side Paler- If Bale were to achieve an unprec- you spend you have to perform on those ground down the world number 45 in a match every week,” said Murray. mo where he was fired after six games. edented third Champions League title nights,” the 27-year-old said. involving numerous lung-busting rallies and “I’m sure if the feedback is that the In 2014, he tried his luck with Greek Super League side OFI in this season’s final at Cardiff, it would Bale dazzled for Spurs with several played under a cacophony of sound with the TV or the spectators aren’t enjoying the Crete who were beset by financial problems and, according to make him the only Welshman to win the notable performances in their 2010-11 $150 million roof closed from the start. match as much then they will look into it Gattuso, were “struggling to feed their players”. competition three times, surpassing Ryan Champions League campaign. “It’s because we use our ears when we and try and change it. He lasted six months, during which he gave an infamous Giggs, Ian Rush and Joey Jones. The north London club return to the play,” Murray said, explaining the difficulty. “But if it’s fine on TV, which from what expletive-ridden news conference in which he banged his “I played the (2014 European) Super competition for the first time since that “It’s not just the eyes. It helps us pick up I have heard it is, I don’t know what the fist on the table repeatedly and said, in broken English, Cup in Cardiff before and it was an amaz- campaign and Bale was looking forward the speed of the ball, the spin that’s on fans have said about it yet, but the play- that he expected his players to “play with balls” despite the ing experience to have my friends and to a possible meeting against his former the ball, how hard someone’s hitting it. ers will adjust.” problems. family close by,” Bale told British media. side. “If we played with our ears covered or with Murray led 5-2 in the first set only for Almost always dressed in black, Gattuso’s touchline ranting “I suppose there’s a little more moti- “It is great to see them back, and do- headphones on, it would be a big advantage Granollers to hit back but the Scot won a became a feature of Lega Pro last season, including one inci- vation if there needs to be any more and ing well, I wish them well in the Champi- if your opponent wasn’t wearing them.” game lasting more than 10 minutes to dent where he slapped a member of his own coaching staff. we’ll be trying to make history in Cardiff. ons League -- until they play us,” he said. At times, the players could barely hear break and clinch it on his seventh set point. (Source: Reuters) “We know we have a chance and we (Source: Reuters) the ball off their strings and the rain ham- (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Iran overcome Qatar in FOOTBALL Japan stunned as quintet World Cup qualifying opener triumph at home In what proved a mixed opening matchday for Asia’s heavy- It wasn’t a glorious football match, but cer- weights in the continent’s third qualifying round for the 2018 tainly a legendary one after two injury time FIFA World Cup Russia™, Japan fell 2-1 at home to an impressive goals helped Iran defeat Qatar 2-0 in the United Arab Emirates side while fellow Brazil 2014 participants two team’s AFC World Cup qualifying third Australia, Korea Republic and Iran all prevailed at home against round opener. Iraq, China PR and Qatar respectively. Elsewhere, Uzbekistan Reza Ghoochannejhad made the most and Saudi Arabia also got off to winning starts with 1-0 victories of a mistake by Qatar’s goalkeeper in the over Syria and Thailand. FIFA.com takes a closer look at these 94th minute before Alireza Jahanbakhsh Asian showdowns. added a second a few minutes later, to put The match the win beyond any doubt. Japan 1-2 United Arab Emirates Iran lined up in their usual formation, Keisuke Honda 11; Ahmed Khalil 20, 54(PEN) with Alireza Beiranvand replacing Alireza United Arab Emirates produced the biggest surprise of the Haghighi as number 1 in goal being the opening matchday, coming from behind to stun hosts Japan. only small surprise. Captain Ahmed Khalil emerged the hero for the visitors, scoring Team Melli tried to control the match in each half as they inflicted another defeat on the Samurai Blue from the beginning, but lacked precision having triumphed against the same opponents in last year’s AFC in their passing game and so Qatar got Asian Cup quarter-final meeting. The spirited victory provides increasingly dangerous throughout the Mahdi Ali’s outfit with plenty food for thought when they en- match on counter attacks, but barely creat- tertain Australia in their next outing. Vahid Halilhodzic’s Japan, ed real danger out of them. meanwhile, have to put their disappointment behind them as When everything seemed to end in a they head to Thailand for their forthcoming away game. goalless draw – exactly like in the opener Featuring as many as eight European-based stars, the Japa- of the last World Cup qualifying campaign, nese had the better of the early stages through possession. The Qatar’s goalkeeper hit the ball straight at home side took an early lead through Keisuke Honda when the substitute striker Karim Ansarifard. AC Milan midfielder headed home a Hiroshi Kiyotake free-kick. The Panionios hitman managed to con- UAE responded quickly, though, Khalil equalising with a sublime- trol the ball and lay it square to Reza Ghoo- ly-executed free-kick. With growing confidence and determina- channejhad, who like in the return leg 2013 tion, the West Asians hit back after the restart as they sought scored against the Persian Gulf country. a match-winner. The opportunity finally came when Ismail Al Turmoil broke out on the field immedi- Hammadi was brought down inside the area. From the result- ately after the goal, with many reserve play- ing spot-kick, Khalil kept his cool to seal the three points with a ers involved, but with the help of the Iranian panenka, ending the hosts’ undefeated run in this campaign. security guards the game could continue The other attractions after a few minutes. pressure. We had better scoring chances in defeat, we will be better in our next Carlos Queiroz’s men will now travel Hosts Korea Republic continued their dominant record While Qatar hoped to cancel the Ira- the second half and we really played better games. We had a good match, the teams to China where they will play the second against China by edging the visitors 3-2. Taking a comfortable nian lead, Alireza Jahanbakhsh dribbled during the half. were aware of one another’s strengths group game on Tuesday. three-goal lead with 24 minutes left, Uli Stielike’s side had to towards center from the right wing and “This Qatari side is a really good team and weaknesses. Iran – Qatar 2-0 (0-0) survive a late scare as they hung on against the Chinese. Son managed to score with a well-placed but because it is organized and they have good “Both teams had limited space to play in AFC World Cup qualifying round 4, Aza- Heungmin’s dipping free-kick was deflected home by Zheng Zhi not too powerful left-footed shot into the players. To be able to win the match, we as we knew each other very well. They were di stadium, Tehran for an own-goal as the hosts took a 1-0 first-half lead. They lower right corner. had to fully focus and keep our opponents seeking to score from high crosses but we Goals: made it to 3-0 after the restart courtesy of quick-fire goals by Iran now lead the group after matchday under pressure until the very last moment. didn’t allow them to do so. However we con- 1-0 Reza Ghoochannejhad (94- / assist Lee Chung-yong and Koo Jacheol. The Chinese exploded into 1 ahead of South Korea, who defeated Chi- We forced them to retreat. ceded a goal by making an individual mistake. by Karim Ansarifard) life thereafter, though, with Yu Hai pulling one back before Hao na 3-2, and Uzbekistan, who beat Syria 1-0. “I think the goal we scored revealed “It was a difficult and tight game. From 2-0 Alireza Jahanbakhsh (98? / Andranik Junmin made it 3-2 four minutes later with a free-kick to put the Iran head coach - Carlos Queiroz the truth about the game and if one of the where I watched the game, Iran’s first goal Teymourian) game on a knife’s edge. Indeed, Gao Hongbo’s side even had “We had a very difficult game. It was a teams deserved a win it was definitely Iran. seemed to be scored from an offside po- Iranian players booked: Dejagah, Rezaian opportunities to rescue a point in the closing stages but with tense and highly tactical match. It was ob- The second goal came so naturally since sition. But we made a bad mistake, our Iran’s lineup: Beiranvand – Rezaeian, Ren Hang denied by goalkeeper Jung Sungryong, Team Dragon vious that Qatar was looking to take ad- Qatar had nothing to lose and they were goalkeeper played the ball very bad. As it Montazeri, Hosseini, Hajsafi – Ezatolla- returned home empty-handed. vantage of our weaknesses in the first half, looking for a draw.” appeared to me the player who scored the hi, Teymourian – Jahanbakhsh, Dejagah Elsewhere, two second-half goals from Massimo Luon- therefore we had a difficult first half. Qatar head coach - Jose Daniel first goal was offside. However the referee (67-Amiri), Taremi (76- Ghoochannejhad) – go and Tomi Juric gave Australia an opening victory against “We tried to open up the game in the Carreno was in a better position and certainly made Azmoun (85- Ansarifard) Iraq. Spurred on by their home supporters, the Socceroos second half and put Qatar under more “I can only say that I’m sorry for the the right decision.” (Source: Staff & Agencies) dominated throughout but they had to wait until 58 minutes to break the deadlock against a determined Iraq. After a goalless first half, the game burst into life after the interval and it was the hosts that saw their efforts pay dividends. Lionel Messi: I didn’t deceive anybody about Argentina retirement Having missed a tap-in, Juric quickly made amends by set- Lionel Messi claims that he did not deceive anybody by an- us. I’ll see what the doctor says and go by how I feel.” ting up Luongo to open the scoring. The provider would nouncing his retirement from the Argentina national team Fans hung banners at the stadium in Mendoza to show turn scorer just seven minutes later when he sealed the vic- after losing in the Copa America Centenario final. their support. One said: ‘Messi doesn’t abandon us,’ anoth- tory with a goal from close range. Messi, 29, announced his retirement from international er read: ‘Leon, don’t leave us again.’ Second-half substitute Alexandr Geynrikh scored the only football following Argentina’s penalty shootout loss against Messi said he was touched by the outpouring of sup- goal against Syria as Uzbekistan got off to the result they had Chile this summer, but decided to return to the national port. expected. Debutants Syria maintained their resilient play, re- team following discussions with new boss Edgardo Bauza. “I never imagined how the fans were going to respond ducing the hosts to few opportunities throughout the first half. Having scored the only goal in Argentina’s 1-0 win over when I said that [retirement],” Messi told reporters. “Right The Uzbeks piled the pressure on the visitors after the interval Uruguay to help his country go top of the the CONMEBOL from the beginning I received all kinds of messages of sup- with Igor Sergeev coming close. But the breakthrough didn’t World Cup qualification standings on Thursday, the Barce- port and love. come until 74 minutes when Odil Akhmedov forced Syria cus- lona star explained his reason for reversing his decision. “From the time we arrived in Mendoza, the fans have todian Ibrahim Almeh into a save. From the rebound, Geynrikh “I am very grateful [to return to the national team],” been incredible. Everything has been special from the time was on hand to open the scoring, sending the home crowd into the raptures. Messi told TV Publica. “But I did not deceive anybody when Uruguay win. I touched down in Argentina. Saudi Arabia had to leave it late to down visiting Thailand I retired, I felt that. He told reporters: “My groin hurts a lot but I wanted “I was coming from a huge disappointment, but things with Nawaf Al Abed scoring the only goal with a spot-kick “We were very disappointed with what had happened, to be here after all the chaos I created, but saying that I have changed and I am very happy to be here again.” on 86 minutes. The valiant Thais did threaten through their but after that I thought better. I had a conversation with wouldn’t return and then saying I would.” Asked about the problems within Argentina FA, Messi pace and fluid play, with top-striker Teerasil Dangda coming the Paton [Bauza] and the people as well accompanied me He said he was unsure about the trip to Venezuela. said the situation was no secret. close only to see his goal-bound header saved. But it was the through it.” “I don’t know if I can be there. My groin hurts a lot,” he “Everyone knows what Argentina football is going hosts that carved out better opportunities and notably, Naif Despite his commitment to the national team, Messi’s told reporters. “It is messed up and it could get worse. I through. Little by little it is going to get resolved. We must Hazazi saw his close-range effort denied. The tightly-contest- participation in next Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier away to always want to play, but the truth is that the season is just help any way we can.” ed match ended in heartbreak for the visitors, though, when Venezuela is in doubt after he suffered a groin injury in the starting and there are a lot of important matches ahead of (Source: Soccernet) Fahad Al Muwallad was brought down in the area. From the consequent penalty, Al Abed gave the Thailand keeper no chance as the Saudis scraped through. Bastian Schweinsteiger in Man United’s 25-man Premier League squad The player Ahmed Khalil stood out as UAE’s talented crop sent shock- Manchester United have included Bastian has said that a move to MLS could interest squad during the January transfer window. waves across the continent with the opening defeat of Japan. In Schweinsteiger in their official squad list for him and that United would be his last Eu- One surprise name in the squad in Sadiq a sense, it was a match during which he underlined his status the first half of the Premier League season. ropean club. El-Fitouri, the 21-year-old defender signed as the reigning AFC Player of the Year. The 25-year-old Al Ahli Schweinsteiger, 32, has not been part of Each Premier League club must name from Salford City -- the club owned by Gary striker showed a glimpse of his genius on set-pieces when he United’s first-team squad so far this season, a 25-man squad of which eight places are and Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes canceled out Honda’s opener. His self-belief was such that he with new manager Jose Mourinho saying it reserved for homegrown players aged over and Ryan Giggs. As El-Fitouri turns 22 in stepped up to the spot to score the match-winner through a was “very difficult” for the player to break 21, leaving 17 spots for non-homegrown October he had to be named in the squad cheeky panenka-his thirteenth goal in this campaign which saw into his midfield. players. As United only have 15 senior to be eligible to play in the Premier League. him just a goal shy of the qualifying competition’s top-scorer But with the former Germany inter- non-homegrown players, they were able Full squad: Bailly, Blind, Carrick, Darmian, Mohammad Al Sahlawi of Saudi Arabia. national, who won his 121st and final to include Schweinsteiger in the list without De Gea, Depay, El-Fitouri, Fellaini, Herrera, Do you know? cap for his country against Finland on omitting anyone else. Ibrahimovic, Johnstone, Jones, Lingard, Khalil’s match-winning goal against Japan was reminiscent of Wednesday evening, named in the squad Any team which has fewer than Mata, Mkhitaryan, Pogba, Rojo, Rome- their previous Asian Cup meeting, when playmaker Amer Ab- he at least has the chance to force his way eight homegrown players will operate with ro, Rooney, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, dulrahman scored the decisive spot-kick-also through a panenka into Mourinho’s plans. a reduced senior squad. Players aged un- Smalling, Valencia, Young as they emerged penalty shoot-out victors. Sources told ESPN FC last month that der 21 -- such as Anthony Martial and Mar- First-team U21s: Fosu-Mensah, Mar- What they said United still do not see Schweinsteiger as cus Rashford -- do not count towards the tial, Rashford, Shaw “In the end a comfortable game with us leading 3-0 in the part of their plans, while the player himself quotas. Changes can be made to a 25-man (Source: ESPN) second half became a difficult one. We were going well with 20 minutes left but we switched off and let in two goals. We have to play well for 90 minutes and not just 70 minutes,” Korea Republic coach Uli Stielike. FIFA president says ‘football history’ made as video used in France vs. Italy Matchday 1 results 1 September FIFA president Gianni Infantino said “football history” was in the truck verified that there was no penalty,” Infantino told League Soccer, and Italy’s Serie A. Group A: made with a successful test of video replays in France’s 3-1 Rai TV. “We’ve seen football history here. We’re in 2016 so Video replay officiating would be restricted to decisions Korea Republic 3-2 China win over Italy in a friendly on Thursday. it’s about time to try it. on goals being scored, penalties being awarded, players Iran 2-0 Qatar While the test was offline, Infantino cited an instance “Of course, we can’t resolve every problem that comes being sent off, and cases of mistaken identity. The only tech- Uzbekistan 1-0 Syria where video evidence was examined when Italy protested up but let’s see if we can give the refs a hand on the key nology currently used is to rule on disputed goals. Group B: for a handball by Layvin Kurzawa following a header from situations, without interrupting play too much.” Infantino is due to unveil more results from the Italy-France Australia 2-0 Iraq Daniele De Rossi. Experiments are being held in national club competi- match in a news conference on Friday but added that “video Japan 1-2 United Arab Emirates “You could see that the referee stopped play for a cou- tions this season, including Australia’s A-League, the Ger- assistant referees” will be used at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Saudi Arabia 1-0 Thailand ple of seconds and during those seconds the two referees man Bundesliga, the league and cups in Portugal, Major (Source: Soccerway) (Source: FIFA) b

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NEWS Algerian festival to commemorate “The Train Driver” coming to Tehran theater Abbas Kiarostami ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Mahla Salehi deskplans to stage “The Train Driver”, based on a ARTTEHRAN — The 2nd play of the same title by South African playwright Athol Fugard, desk at the Entezami Hall of the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Mediterranean Film Festival of September 10. Annaba will commemorate the world-renowned Translated by Babak Saeidian, the play is about Roelf, a train Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, the driver, who feels morally responsible for a woman who killed commissioner of the festival Said Ould Khelifa has herself by stepping in front of his train. said. Mehdi Bajestani and Babak Saeidian are the members of the He made the remarks on Wednesday in a meeting cast for the play, which will be on stage until September 30. with Iran’s cultural attaché in Algeria, Mohammad Musavipur. The commissioner called Kiarostami one of the outstanding figures of Iranian cinema and said that Kiarostami, with his special style of filmmaking, gave “The Gambler” competing a specific image of Iranian cinema to the world. in U.S. festival He also added that the organizers are planning to invite the family of Kiarostami to the festival to ARTTEHRAN – Iranian director Karim Lakzadeh’s pay their tribute to the filmmaker during the event deskshort film “The Gambler” went on screen at running from October 6 to 12, 2016. 43th edition of Telluride Film Festival (TFF) on Friday. Kiarostami, who was suffering from a severe Produced by the Shiraz branch of the Iranian Young Cinema gastrointestinal disease, died in a Paris hospital on Society, the film tells the story of an aged gambler who is July 4. knocked unconscious and has his money stolen. He is later Ould Khelifa also asked Iran to attend the festival taken to his old house and is buried in the yard. At midnight two as the guest country of honor with several films to other gamblers bet the old gambler is still alive and uncover the go on screen with Arabic and French translations. ground to find out the truth. Chile was the guest country in the previous The festival, which will run until September 5, is edition of the festival, during which Chilean commemorating the recently-deceased filmmakers Abbas filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist Miguel Ernesto Kiarostami from Iran and Paul Cox from Australia. Littin Cucumides was honored.

NEWS IN BRIEF IRIB CEO meets leading clerics in Qom Iranian culture ARTTEHRAN — Islamic as well as the Friday prayer leader of international TV channels for viewing For his part, Ali-Asgari gave a deskRepublic of Iran Qom, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Saeidi. by Muslims and Shias living in other complete report about the activities minister, ACD exec Broadcasting (IRIB) Director Abdol-Ali In his brief words Ayatollah Safi countries. of his organization and said that they meet in Tehran Ali-Asgari met several top clerics on Golpayegani emphasized the great Ayatollah Nuri Hamedani asked Ali- make great efforts to produce programs Thursday during his one-day trip to responsibility of the organization and Asgari to pay due attention to hijab in that help promote Islamic culture and Qom. said that IRIB must produce Islamic and the programs. religion. ARTTEHRAN – Minister of Culture Ali-Asgari met grand Ayatollahs religious-themed programs to be more Moreover, Ayatollah Makarem The director and his accompanying deskand Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani, Nasser influential. Shirazi stressed that morality must delegation later visited the holy Shrine met with Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Secretary- Makarem Shirazi, Hossein Nuri He also pointed out the need to be highlighted in the programs both of Hazrat Masumeh (SA), the sister of General Bundit Limschoon in Tehran on Thursday. Hamedani, Abdulkarim Musavi Ardebili, produce quality programs on Iran’s directly and indirectly. Imam Reza (AS) situated in Qom. The expansion of cultural relations between Iran and ACD member states were discussed at the PICTURE OF THE DAY Honaronline meeting. “Starless “Daughter” to go on screen at Batumi film Dreams” to festival compete in BFI ARTTEHRAN – Iranian director deskMehrdad Hassani’s short film “Daughter” will be screened at the 11th Batumi London Film International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF), which will be held in the Georgian city from September 18 to 25. The film is the story of a nurse who endangers her Festival life to save a little girl in a war zone. ARTTEHRAN — Iranian deskdirector Mehrdad Oskui’s “Starless Dreams” will be competing in the (British Film Institute) WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES BFI London Film Festival, which will be Painting held from October 5 to 16. An exhibition of paintings by Davud Qanbari is The film will be competing in the underway at Jana Gallery. documentary competition section of the The exhibit entitled “Passionate festival, the organizers have announced Talk Along with Oppositions” runs on the website. until September 16 at the gallery “Starless Dreams” shows young located at 21 Valipur Gudarzi Alley, women in an Iranian juvenile detention Heidari Alley, off Moqadas Ardebili St. center reflecting on the crimes they have Paintings by Morteza Khosravi are on display in committed and the harsh circumstances an exhibition at Iranshahr Gallery. that have shaped their lives. The exhibit entitled “Evading This year’s festival will screen 193 Portraiture” will be running until fiction and 52 documentary features, September 13 at the gallery that can Pop singer Arash Qannadi perform with his band, Seven, during a concert organized at the IRIB Conference Hall on August 30, 2016 in honor of the including 18 world premieres and eight be found at 69 Sepand St., off Karim Iranian medal winners at the 2016 Rio Olympic. international premieres. Khan Ave. An exhibition of paintings by Hamid Asadzadeh, Foruzan Soleimani, Majid Kermani Interactive exhibition features work of Jackie Chan to get lifetime and sevral other artists is currently underway at Aran Gallery. Icelandic singer Bjork achievement Oscar The exhibit titled “Borjass” runs LONDON (Reuters) — London’s “If you are open to that and you’re LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Martial until September 16 at the gallery Somerset House is hosting the prepared to relax and experience the arts expert and actor Jackie Chan will located at 12 Dey Alley, North European premiere of “Bjork Digital,” world along side her, then you will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar, Kheradmand St., off Karim Khan Ave. an immersive exhibition of digital and be taken to some quite extraordinary the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Photo video works produced by the famous places.” and Sciences announced on Thursday. A collection of photographs by Hossein Lotfi is Icelandic singer and a team of visual With a career spanning more Chan, 62, the Hong Kong-born star currently on display at No. 6 Gallery. artists and programmers. than two decades, Bjork is known of Hollywood movies such as “Kung Fu The exhibition named “Play of Visitors to the exhibition are invited for her daring approaches to music, Panda,” “The Karate Kid” and the “Rush Time” will run until September 9 to engage with the works through the performance and fashion. Hour” franchise, will join documentary at the gallery that can be found latest virtual reality (VR) technology. The exhibition brings to life a wide maker Frederick Wiseman, British film at No. 2, 20th Alley, off Mirzaye The organizers say Bjork, 50, believes range of subjects, from the barren, editor Anne V. Coates and casting Shirazi St. VR provides a private theatrical windswept landscapes of her home director Lynn Stalmaster as recipients Chan made his movie debut at the experience, allowing audiences to country to the slippery insides of of the 2016 Governors Awards. age of 8, and has acted and sometimes Illustration connect with her in a unique way. Bjork’s own mouth as she sings the Each will get an honorary Oscar written and directed more than 30 Shirin Gallery is playing host to an exhibition “She approaches things as an artist. track “Mouthmantra.” statuette recognizing their lifetime martial arts movies in Hong Kong. He of illustrations by Ali and Hassan So she’s always been driven by an Some of the other highlights include contribution to film at a gala in Los has never won an Oscar. Amekan. innate curiosity I think, to sort of look at “Black Lake” - an immersive cinema Angeles in November. In August, he was ranked the The exhibit named “The Clear the world in a different way, to try and film with a bespoke surround-sound Academy President Cheryl Boone second-highest paid actor in the Nostalgia” runs until September at express herself in a different way and system, and a 360-degree, one-to-one Isaacs in a statement called them all world by Forbes with estimated 2016 the gallery located at No. 5, 13th St., to sort of take audiences with her on recital of “Stonemilker,” the first track of “true pioneers and legends in their earnings of $61 million, just below “Fast Karim Khan Ave. that journey,” said producer Paul Clay. Bjork’s album “Vulnicura.” crafts.” and Furious” star Dwayne Johnson.