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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12595 Monday JULY 11, 2016 Tir 21, 1395 Shawwal 6, 1437 Iran: Faisal’s Rouhani declares banking attendance at MKO meeting signifies Saudi reform to spur economy stupidity ECONOMY TEHRAN — Banking re- Iranian calendar year, ending March 2017, to increase their ability in providing in the country’s monetary discipline, which deskform as the most impor- President Hassan Rouhani announced on domestic production units with more aims to improve the administration’s financial POLITICAL TEHRAN — An in- tant financial and monetary plan to foster Sunday. loans, Rouhani explained. transparency,” he said. deskformed source at economic growth will start in the current The plan seeks to enable banks “The banking reform plan is a turning point 4 the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia uses ter- rorism against Muslim countries in the Middle East as an “instrument” to Mourning achieve its objectives. The comments by the Foreign Ministry source came as Prince Tur- crowds bid ki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s former spy chief, attended an annual meeting of the MKO terrorist group in Paris on farewell Saturday during which he pledged to back the group. to Abbas The Foreign Ministry source said that Faisal’s attendance at the meeting is a new example of the Saudi govern- Kiarostami ment’s “stupidity, indecency and politi- By Manijeh Rezapoor cal frustration”. TEHRAN — A huge crowd said Political analysts unanimously be- goodbye to one of the world’s great- lieve that Faisal is the ideological men- est filmmakers, Abbas Kiarsotami, in tor of terrorist groups. his hometown Tehran during a funeral Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an ad- procession that began at the Institute visor to Foreign Minister Mohammad for Intellectual Development of Chil- Javad Zarif, said on Sunday that there dren and Young Adults (IIDCYA) on is no doubt about the Saudi security Sunday morning. bodies’ relations with the MKO. Cineastes, officials, friends, relatives Financial supports for terrorism are and fans were among those who at- on the agenda of Riyadh, he said. tended the funeral of their beloved Mojtaba Mohammadlu “Riyadh’s strategic mistake in using auteur, who passed away in Paris last terrorism in regional developments will week on Monday at the age of 76. IRNA/ cause us irreparable harms in the re- gion,” Amir-Abdollahian remarked. See page 12 Fans and colleagues carry the coffin of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in Tehran on July 10, 2016. 2

Bulgaria’s Ivan The discourse underlying Brexit has been truly emotive: expert PERSPECTIVE Iliev to conduct By Mukhisa Kituyi Tehran Symphony INTERVIEW A: The short term consequences are already Secretary General of the By Payman Yazdani apparent. More racism in England, major com- United Nations Conference Orchestra panies are moving their headquarters away to on Trade and Development TEHRAN — Head of the Iran center at Lon- mainland Europe, the UK government is in crisis ARTTEHRAN — Bul- don’s School of Oriental and African Studies and the economy is stagnating. Moreover, the Restoring the deskgarian musician says “the discourse underlying Brexit has been image of Britain has been seriously tarnished Ivan Iliev will conduct the Tehran a truly emotive one.” abroad. In an age of global connections and economy’s ability Symphony Orchestra during a con- In an interview with the Tehran Times, Arshin networks, a majority of the voting British popu- to deliver prosperity cert, which will be held at Vahdat Adib-Moghaddam says, “For the moment it is lation has voted to be in confinement. The long the populists and reactionaries who are march- Hall on July 16. term effects of such politics of exclusion will be illions of people around the ing on.” Iliev, who arrived in Tehran late on felt throughout society. world have lost faith that the Saturday, conducted the orchestra The following is the text of the interview: Some claim that contrary to the Oba- M world economy can improve Considering the grave consequences during a rehearsal at Rudaki Hall yes- ma administration’s declared opposition to their lives. Instead of seeing value in of Brexit, why did Britain decide to hold a terday. Brexit the United States will benefit from it open borders and the free exchange referendum on the issue? in the long run. What is your view? of information and ideas, they see only A: The current Prime Minister of Britain, Da- A: Obama was explicitly against Brexit. A uncertainty about their futures, grow- vid Cameron promised a referendum when he right-wing politician such as Donald Trump is in ing inequalities and weak productivity was elected in 2005. He made the promise in Will the consequences of Brexit be support. I am in no doubt that Trump will push gains. Too few people benefit from order to appeal to the Eurosceptics in the Con- short or will they last long? for greater integration between the UK and the new technologies that connect us and servative party and to appeal to a wider range USA, in all fields. The events are in flux, and it make the world smaller, and too many of voters who sympathised with the anti-Euro- all depends on the two elections in the USA face the spectre of terror and conflict, pean UKIP party. So Cameron became hostage “Despite of his solid and the UK. But for the moment it is the pop- forced migration and rising xenopho- to fortune. It is ironic that he was voted into of- record in office, Cameron ulists and reactionaries who are marching on. bia. With globalization in retreat, this fice on the back of his promise to hold the ref- comes out as a tragic As Charles Bukowski once said: “The problem dampened mood is holding back the erendum and that the outcome sealed his fate. Bulgarian musician Ivan Iliev conducts with the world is that the intelligent people are potential of trade, finance, technology Despite of his solid record in office, he comes figure in this Orwellian the Tehran Symphony Orchestra during a full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of and investment to improve lives. out as a tragic figure in this Orwellian play. play.” rehearsal at Rudaki Hall in Tehran on July confidence.” 9 In the developing world, signifi- 10, 2016. (Honaronline/Bahareh Asadi) cant headwinds now cloud growth prospects, threatening to undo hard The concert is named “Urmia”, after MP escapes assassination attempt in western Iran fought development gains. Lake Urmia, the rapidly drying-up lake In Asia, with weak external demand in northwest Iran. An Iranian lawmaker has survived an assassi- rin, told IRNA. ty and judicial officials are investigating the and the global trade slowdown, many Pieces by Iranian composer Saeid nation attempt in the western province of Ker- He added that the governor of Eslamabad-e assault. value chains are set to shorten and the Sharifian who is also the artistic direc- manshah, a fellow MP says. Gharb and the director general of the fisheries Tajari said the terrorists fled the scene after gains from industrialization look more tor of the event will be performed at The vehicle carrying Heshmatollah Fala- of Kermanshah, also passengers of the vehicle, torching the vehicle with which they had con- difficult to reap. Corporate and house- the concert. hatpisheh, the representative of the county of sustained injuries while the driver and head of ducted the attack. hold debts are rising, and many pre- Iliev studied conducting with Mi- Eslamabad-e Gharb, came under an attack by the Veterinary Department of Dalahou coun- Terrorist groups backed by Iran’s enemies viously fast-growing economies now chael Esselstrom at Indiana Universi- four terrorists as he was travelling to the vil- ty lost their lives in the shooting. have been carrying out acts of terror mostly in face what some are calling the “mid- ty, Victor Yampolsky at Northwestern lage of Rijab on Sunday, Farhad Tajari, an MP The lawmaker said Falahatpisheh escaped border areas during recent months to scuttle dle-income trap”. University and Julian Shew at Louisiana from the western Iranian city of Qasr-e Shi- the attack unhurt, adding that local securi- the country’s security. 2 In Africa, we are seeing a sharp State University. reversal of the frontier market “Africa He has served as music director rising” narrative amidst the end of the and conductor of Indiana University at Iran striker Sardar Azmoun invited to meet President Rouhani commodity super cycle, a drying up of South Bend Symphony. capital inflows, and rising public and He has conducted the IUSB SPORTS TEHRAN — is dreaming to meet the President “No one is happier than me in desk corporate debt. Security threats and Philharmonic Orchestra, South Iranian national in person. the world. Thanks a lot Mr. Rou- failed states are adding to the com- Bend Chamber Orchestra, Loui- team striker Sardar Azmoun has It seems his dream has come hani,” Azmoun wrote on his Insta- plexity, and the largest wave of mi- siana State University Symphony been invited to meet President true a lot sooner than expected. gram page. grants in more than 70 years is being Orchestra, Sarajevo Philharmonic Hassan Rouhani. He is going to talk about Iran Azmoun met President of Ta- driven out of the continent. Orchestra and Sofia Chamber Or- The Rubin Kazan striker said at national team with the Presi- tarstan Rustam Minnikhanov last In Latin America, the region’s chestra (Bulgaria). the Khandevaneh TV Program he dent. week. dedication to inclusiveness is now confronted by the prospect of an- I.R Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) 1111 other lost decade; lower commodity Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry Learn English TEHRAN TIMES prices, capital outflows and declining Iran’s Leading International Daily International Public Tender Notice (Two Stage) living standards for the middle class Learn English with us at are forcing governments to re-assess “Purchase of One Set of High Speed Relocatable Advertising Dept the achievements of the last boom X-Ray Inspection System” 021 - 430 51 450 period and how to reignite industri- Second Announcement See Page 3 See page 10 Te l : alization. 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 JJULYULY 111,1, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Tehran says to press ahead with Rouhani’s economic model is sound: advisory role in Iraq, Syria ex-trade minister POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ali Sham- were helping Iraqi army and allied forces deskkhani, secretary of Iran’s in the fight against Daesh upon an official TEHRAN — Former commerce minister Yahya National Security Council, said on Sunday request from the Baghdad government. Al-Es’haq believes that President Hassan Rouhani’s that Tehran will press ahead with playing “The U.S. did not provide any assis- economic model is “sound” and “logical”. its advisory part in Iraq and Syria to con- tance. The Islamic Republic of Iran was In an interview with the Etemad daily published tain terrorism fully. quick enough to respond to our demand, on Sunday, he said Rouhani is using the experi- “Iran continues to reach out to the and dispatched Major General Qasem ences of past administrations to present a logical, Syrian and Iraqi governments and play it Soleimani to Iraq,” al-Muhandis told the ETEMAD moderate program to improve the economy. advisory role until terrorist groups are no TV. Inflation has been controlled properly, Al-Es’haq longer a threat to the region,” said Sham- General Qassem Soleimani, com- stated, however problems such as unemployment, khani in an appearance with Ammar al- mander of Iran’s Quds Force, said in May banking problems, and problems related to pen- Hakim, the head of the Islamic Supreme that Iran would do what it takes to coun- sion funds still persist. Council of Iraq, (ISCI) in Tehran. ter terrorism in Iraq as much as requested Iraq has been caught in a web of ex- by Iraqi officials. tremism and terrorism since 2003; how- “If Iran had not resisted the Takfiri attack, Lebanon must pursue ever, the violence got worse with the the Daesh would have formed a govern- fate of missing Iranian emergence of the self-styled Islamic State ment in Syria by now,” Soleimani said. in Iraq and Syria, also called Daesh in its Even U.S. officials have acknowledged diplomats: families Arabic acronym. the positive role being played by Iran in For example, Iraq suffered one of its Iraq. most devastating attacks to date recent- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry TEHRAN — Families of the four Iranian diplomats ly when Daesh struck a busy district in praised the role Iran plays in the fight known, in retaking Fallujah. Iraqi government. kidnapped in Lebanon more than three decades Baghdad and killed about 300 people. against Daesh in Iraq, calling it “helpful,” Some regional counties, led by Saudis Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a high-rank- ago have called on the Beirut government to fulfill ‘Local capacity to wipe off Daesh’ in an address at the Aspen Ideas Festival Arabia, are angry over Iran’s help to Iraq ing commander of the Popular Mobili- its responsibility to help determine the fate of their Referring to the recent developments in the U.S. state of Colorado. in its fight against Daesh. Iran has said it is zation Units, for example, told the Press loved ones. in Iraq, Shamkhani also said Daesh can “Look, we have challenges with Iran helping Iraq upon formal requests by the TV in June that Iranian military advisors In a Saturday meeting with Lebanese Parliament be wiped off the Iraqi territory through as everybody knows and we are working Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, a delegation of the domestic capacity in the quickest time on those challenges,” Kerry was quot- families said Lebanon has the responsibility to fol- DAILYSTAR possible. Shamkhani says Iran continues to reach out to ed as saying by CNN. “But I can tell you low up on the case as the 1982 abductions took Shamkhani’s remarks are a clear ref- the Syrian and Iraqi governments and play it that Iran in Iraq has been in certain ways place on the Lebanese soil, the Daily Star reported. erence to the conspicuous participation helpful, and they clearly are focused on The families of the missing diplomats were ac- of public mobilization forces, or Hashid advisory role until terrorist groups are no longer ISIL-Daesh, and so we have a common companied by Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Shaabi as the militias are collectively a threat to the region. interest, actually.” Mohammad Fathali during the meeting that was held on the 34th anniversary of the kidnappings. Obama to oppose any Newly appointed chief of staff elaborates on four-tier mission bill undermining nuclear deal: Alan Eyre POLITICAL TEHRAN — The newly appointed threats, the commander stressed “which can be achieved deskArmed Forces chief of staff said on through completing intelligence, operation, and logistics Sunday that he has been commissioned by the Supreme processes, as well as appropriate controlling.” TEHRAN — Any bill which undermines the nucle- Leader to promote capability, preparation, and respon- Cooperation between the four components of the ar deal with Iran would be opposed by the Barack siveness of the Iranian Armed Forces as well as coordi- Iranian armed forces has been a continuous emphasis Obama Administration, the State Department’s nation among its four components. in the remarks of the Supreme Leader, Baqeri said, add- Persian-language spokesman Alan Eyre told Trend “The first duty is to promote capabilities of the Armed ing, “The Armed Forces General Staff for Joint Affairs is on Saturday. Forces,” said Major General Mohammad Baqeri. responsible for cooperation between them.” The U.S. House of Representatives has passed As of the 1979 revolution, the Iranian Army has been According to the Constitution, the Iranian Armed TREND a measure which blocks U.S. aircraft sales to Iran. under arms embargoes by the U.S., with even a stricter Forces consist of Army, the IRGC, police, and Defense It came after Boeing and Iran reached a deal on arms embargo over the past decade over the nuclear Ministry. aircraft sales worth $25 billion. program followed by Tehran. The Armed Forces General Staff for Joint Affairs was “We are aware of Congress’s approved bill,” Eyre However, Iran has managed to shore up its defensive established during the first years of the war Iraq started said. “As we have announced before, any bill which capabilities via home-grown technologies. against Iran for more harmonious cooperation between undermines the implementation of the Joint Com- According to Baqeri, boosting defensive and security the Army, as the regular force of the country, and the prehensive Plan of Action would be opposed by the agility comes second on the agenda “which is in a sense fledging IRGC, as a revolutionary force. The Supreme Leader on June 28 officially named U.S. administration.” the main goal of appropriating national funds to the de- Baqeri as the Armed Forces chief of staff. fense sector of the country.” Baqer says cooperation Baqeri formerly served as the deputy chief of staff of Two pilots The agility parameter is vital for Iran considering its Armed Forces for Intelligence Affairs and also the head strategic location in the Middle East. The geographical between the four components of the Armed Forces General Staff for Joint Affairs. unscathed in jet vastness and long borders it shares with insecure coun- of the Iranian armed forces has He replaced Major General Hassan Firouzabadi who crash in souther Iran tries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq demand the been a continuous emphasis was holding the position as of 1989 and will be serving country’s armed forces to be on their toes. hereafter as advisor to the Leader. The third priority is to strengthen military responsive- in the remarks of the Supreme Baqeri, 56, is the youngest ever military official ap- TEHRAN — An Iranian Army Sukhoi Su-24 ness at all levels incommensurate with a multitude of Leader. pointed to such as high position. crashed in the vicinity of Qashqavi village in the southern province of Fars on Sunday, an informed source announced.

FARS The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, Tehran: Faisal’s attendance at MKO meeting signifies Saudi stupidity told Fars on Sunday that technical failure was the reason behind the crash. 1 of the IRGC public relations office, said, sador of Iran to France, said on Saturday with fire”. The pilots safely ejected before the crash, he The veteran diplomat added that Sau- “Efforts by Saudi and foreign media to the Iranian people consider the MKO and Hamidreza Moghadamfar, an advisor said, adding both are in good condition. di Arabia should change its “military and revive MKO are doomed to failure.” its secretary general Massoud Rajavi dead. to the IRGC commander, said on Sunday security approach” in the region. He said that presence of the former Saudi He said that the French government’s Faisal’s attendance at the MKO gather- JCPOA is major step He urged the Saudi government to official at the MKO meeting proves the “old action in permitting the MKO to hold a ing reveals “terrorist nature” of the Saudi stop supporting terrorism and play “con- link” between the terrorist group and Saudis. meeting is “reproachable”. government. towards regional structive” role in the region. It has become obvious for the public He also described Faisal’s attendance He added that the former Saudi offi- stability: Pakistani ‘Saudi and foreign media efforts opinion that Saudi Arabia backs terrorist at the gathering as a “hostile action” cial’s participation at the meeting can link to revive MKO are doomed to failure’ movements in the region, he said. and said that the Saudis should become the MKO to the Islamic State in Iraq and analyst Also, General Ramezan Sharif, head Hamid Reza Asefi, the former ambas- aware of the fact that they are “playing the Levant (ISIL). TEHRAN — A senior Pakistani analyst believes Iran’s nuclear agreement with the 5+1 group is not only beneficial to the West, Iran and all of its economic and trade partners, but also helped Iran will respond if U.S. Congress violates JCPOA: MP

IRNA strengthening regional stability. In an interview with IRNA, Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, POLITICAL TEHRAN — Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Boroujerdi said that inter-Syrian dialogue is the only professor of international relations and politics in deskchairman of the Majlis National Secu- way to settle the Syrian conflict. Quaid-e-Azam University, said the nuclear agree- rity and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Sunday that The senior lawmaker added that the Syrian people ment broke the deadlock between Iran and West- Iran will respond if the U.S. Congress violates the nucle- should determine their destiny. ern countries, opened the doors of trust between ar deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of He also highlighted the importance of talks between them and developed a precious connectivity be- Action. Iran and the European Parliament on various issues. tween Iran and Western states. Iran’s parliament inspects the U.S. Congress’s moves For his part, Howitt said the nuclear agreement be- “The deal also once again brought Iran into the on the JCPOA and will respond at the right time if the tween Iran and the 5+1 group (the United States, Britain, main stream, and after the deal one can see Iran deal is violated, he said during a meeting in Tehran with France, China and Russia plus Germany) has opened a is playing a constructive role to bring regional sta- Richard Howitt, a member of the European Parliament. new chapter in relations between Iran and the European bility,” the scholar said. “There is no doubt that the Elsewhere, Boroujerdi said that terrorism poses a ma- Union. deal is very vital for regional stability and Iran’s eco- jor threat to the whole world’s security. He said that military and financial supports for the He also praised Iran’s efforts in fighting terrorism. nomic prosperity.” An international determination is required to fight terrorists in Syria by some regional countries have fueled The nuclear deal between Iran and the major powers terrorist groups, he added. the tension in the region. took effect in January 2016. Blair’s apology on Iraq invasion a sore point in UK history: Karrazi MP escapes assassination attempt in western Iran 1 the Iranian city of Sardasht.. carry out sabotage and terrorist attacks. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps The IRGC’s Ground Force Commander, In February, Iranian border guards TEHRAN — Former Iranian Foreign Minister Ka- (IRGC) said in June that Iranian troops Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, arrested 10 members of terrorist groups mal Kharrazi said on Sunday that an apology by had killed five terrorists in an ambush in also said in June that the Iranian forc- who were attempting to infiltrate into the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for joining the country’s northwest near the border es engaged in clashes with two terrorist country through eastern and western the U.S. in invading Iraq is a sore point in the history with Turkey. In its statement, the IRGC groups in the country’s northwest near borders. Terrorist attacks are rare in Iran, of the United Kingdom. ISNA added that those killed were all members the border with Iraq and killed a num- but al-Qaeda-linked and other groups The apology can serve as a lesson for other of PJAK, an offshoot of Kurdistan Work- ber of terrorists. He added that the two stage hit-and-run assaults from time to invaders, Kharrazi said in a conference, ISNA ers Party (PKK), and added that their groups were trying to infiltrate into Iran time. reported. “five-member band” was decimated near through the Oshnavieh border area to (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international JJULYULY 111,1, 22016016 INTERNATIONAL 3 EU lawmakers visit Damascus, hold talks Two Russian helicopter pilots shot down, killed in Syria Iraqi PM hails libration of By staff & agencies A member of the European Parliament key airbase (MEP) has condemned the United States and European policies on Syria, calling Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the re- on the West to stop interfering in the taking of an airbase in northern Nineveh province from the country. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorists, Deputy Chairman for the Committee hailing the liberation as a key step ahead of a much-await- on Foreign Affairs of the European Par- ed military operation to recapture the militant-held city of liament Javier Couso made the remarks Mosul. during a meeting with new speaker of the In a statement issued on his website, Abadi described the Syrian People’s Assembly Hadiyeh Khalaf recapture of the airbase in the town of Qayyarah as an “im- Abbas in Damascus. portant base to liberate Mosul” and called on the city’s resi- Heading a five-member delegation dents “to get ready for the liberation of their areas.” from the European Parliament during the Iraqi government forces fully liberated the strategic air- visit to Syria, Couso stressed that Syria’s base in Qarayyah, a town located some 60 kilometers sovereignty should not be infringed upon (40 miles) south of Mosul, from ISIL terrorists. by any other country, Press TV reported. Mosul, located about 360 kilometers (225 miles) north- “We’ve come to Syria to have talks west of Baghdad, fell to ISIL terrorist group in June 2014, with the Syrian government and Peo- when the Takfiri terrorist group mounted an offensive in the ple’s Assembly. We are also here to country and overran parts of Iraq in north and west. know about the status quo of local re- In another recent victory, Iraqi forces managed to push ligious leaders, hospitals and ordinary ISIL terrorists out of Fallujah city, located roughly 69 kilome- folks. We think that no country should ters (43 miles) west of Baghdad, last month. Fallujah was held interfere in other countries’ affairs,” he by ISIL for more than two years. said. The Iraqi army, along with popular forces, has been en- Couso also noted that the Syrian gaged in operations to liberate militant-held regions. people have the right to decide their Syrian Parliament Speaker Hadiyeh Khalaf Abbas (R) meets with a delegation from the European Parliament headed by Deputy Chairman of Foreign Affairs Javier Couso (Second right) in Damascus, Syria, July 9, 2016. Angry with Iraqi forces’ success in liberating militant-held country’s future and choose their head areas, ISIL has recently carried out a number of deadly ter- of state. Organization) summit in Warsaw on Sat- crashing to the ground against cries of the Syrian army in the al-Mallah Farms rorist attacks in the country. The lawmaker further urged Europe urday. ‘It’s fallen, God is greatest’. area northwest of Aleppo. On Thursday, at least 37 civilians lost their lives and 62 to lift its sanctions on Syria, noting that Stressing that al-Nusra may benefit Russian forces entered the conflict at The army had been attempting to others were injured when ISIL terrorists carried out a bomb- the Syrian government has been largely from the recent losses sustained by the the end of last year, backing the forces of seize Mallah for more than two years ing and shooting attack near a holy Shia mausoleum north blackballed by Western governments. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. as it runs adjacent to the Castello Road, of the Iraqi capital. He expressed hope that his report of Daesh) in Syria over the past few months, Syria army foils raid to take the last route militants can use to access ISIL also claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at- the ground situation in Syria to the Euro- Hollande called on the U.S. and Russia to Castello districts they control in the second Syrian tack in Baghdad’s Karradah neighborhood on Sunday, which pean Parliament would make the legisla- increase their military actions against the In another event, Nearly 30 for- city. killed 292 people. The attack is the deadliest since the United ture remove its anti- Syria bans as soon al-Qaeda affiliate. eign-sponsored terrorists have been The capture of Mallah Farms and States invasion of Iraq in 2003. as possible. “We must coordinate among our- killed in an offensive they had unsuc- Castello Road enables Syrian forces to (Source: Press TV) Terrorism is not an isolated problem selves to continue actions against Daesh cessfully launched to reopen a key sup- besiege militant-held neighborhoods of with Syria alone as the scourge has also but also... take effective action against ply route into the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and puts them within the firing hit Europe and claimed civilian lives there, al-Nusra,” he added. Aleppo, a monitoring group says. range of the army. the MEP added. Russian chopper shot down The so-called Syrian Observatory On Saturday, the Syrian army extend- He further voiced his support for the Elsewhere, militants shot down a mili- for Human Rights (SOHR) announced ed “a regime of calm” by another 72 Up to 272 dead in South peace talks between Damascus and the tary helicopter near Palmyra in Syria, kill- on Sunday that militants from the so- hours. The previous 72-hour truce was opposition, saying he is firmly opposed ing two Russian pilots on board, Interfax called Faylaq al-Sham (Sham Legion) and declared on July 8 on the occasion of Eid Sudan, mortars & RPGs to any compromise with anti-govern- news agency said on Sunday, quoting al-Nusra Front, the latter of which is the al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy Mus- ment forces with terrorism background. Russia’s defense ministry. Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, mounted an lim fasting month of Ramadan. fired near UN compound Effective action against al-Nusra The two men had been attacking a attack to recapture the strategic Castello The unilateral truce does not include Meanwhile, French President Francois detachment of ISIL terrorists in the Homs Road on Thursday. militants in Aleppo, mostly belonging to Intense fighting has resumed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, Hollande has called for the increasing region on Friday, when the Syrian Mi-25 It added that Syrian army soldiers al-Nusra Front and ISIL terrorists. as an increasingly tense security situation threatened to send of military action against the al-Qae- helicopter they were in ran out of am- launched a counter-offensive, killing 29 The new advances in Aleppo came the young country back to all-out civil war. da-linked al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nus- munition, the ministry said, according to extremists and foiling their attack. after Syrian government forces estab- Al Jazeera staff in the city on Sunday heard loud booms, ra) terrorist group in Syria. Interfax. No immediate information was avail- lished control over Maydaa east of the characteristic of heavy weapons, and gunfire coming from “Daesh (ISIL) is in retreat, that is be- “The turning helicopter was hit by able about possible casualties among capital Damascus. the area near the airport, which local sources said had closed. yond dispute…we must also avoid a militants’ gunfire from the ground and Syrian soldiers. Maydaa served as Jaysh al-Islam’s In a post on Twitter, Kenya Airways said they had suspended situation whereby as Daesh becomes crashed in the area controlled by the Syr- The Syrian army cut the only way into (Army of Islam ) supply line to the mil- flights to Juba “due to [the] uncertain security situation”. weaker, other groups become stronger,” ian government army. The crew died,” it militant-held parts of Aleppo on Thurs- itant-held East Ghouta region on the Gunfire had earlier been heard in the capital’s south-west said Hollande during a meeting with the added. day, severing the militants’ only lifeline outskirts of Damascus, and was the near an army barracks and a United Nations base. leaders of the United States, Germany, Video footage published on Satur- from the city to the outside world. closest area to Zamir airbase, which for- Violence from Thursday to Saturday killed more than 250 Britain, Italy and Ukraine held on the day by ISIL’s affiliated news agency Amaq The capture of the Castello Road eign-backed terrorists hold east of Da- people, mostly soldiers from different armed factions, af- sidelines of a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty showed a helicopter being shot and came in the wake of recent advances by mascus. ter gun battles broke out across Juba. RT reported death toll has risen to 272 people, while gun- fire has been reported near the United Nations compound IN THE NAME OF GOD Australia election: in the city. A witness told the Reuters news agency on Sunday that gunfire could be heard in the Gudele and Jebel suburbs, near PM Malcolm a military barracks that hosts troops loyal to the country’s vice president Riek Machar. Second Announcement Turnbull claims “There were some loud booms, audible from 10km away,” Al Jazeera’s John Hendren, reporting from Juba, said, refer- ring to the fighting in Jebel. I.R Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) victory “It involved tanks; small arms fire and helicopter gunships, Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry so it appeared to be a pretty massive confrontation.” Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull “Three helicopter gunships have just come now and has declared victory for his ruling conserv- bombed our side,” William Gatjiath Deng, a spokesman for International Public Tender Notice (Two Stage) ative coalition in the country’s tight general Machar’s military faction, told the Associated Press news election, eight days after voters went to the agency. “Purchase of One Set of High Speed Relocatable X-Ray Inspection System” polls. ‘Hope of peace is dimming’ “We’ve won the election, that’s what we’ve The fighting on Friday began outside the presidential Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) intends to purchase one set of High Speed Relocatable done,” Turnbull told reporters in Sydney on compound as President Salva Kiir was meeting with former X-Ray Inspection System through Public, international tender according to the following conditions. Therefore, Sunday. rebel leader Machar and soon spread throughout the city. “It is vital that this parliament works; it is vital An Al Jazeera correspondent later saw bodies of soldiers all eligible Iranian or foreign company agencies are requested to refer to mentioned address to obtain the tender that we work together and, as far as we can, on the lawn in the compound, but was forbidden from film- documents. find ways upon which we can all agree,” Turn- ing them. bull added. Deng said on Saturday the fighting had happened near Earlier on Sunday, Bill Shorten, leader of the the presidential compound, known as the State House, and 1) tender Participation: International Public Tender Notice (Two Stage)“Purchase of One Set of High opposition party, had conceded defeat and called in an army barracks. Speed Relocatable X-Ray Inspection System Turnbull to congratulate him. “In the morning we collected and counted 35 (dead) from “It is clear that Mr. Turnbull and his coali- the SPLM-IO (Machar’s faction) and 80 people from the gov- 2) The amount of Participation Guarantee Bank shall be either 7’000’000’000 Iranian Rials or 210’000 Euros tion will form a government,” Shorten said in a ernment forces,” he was quoted as saying by Reuters. news conference in Melbourne. Local broadcaster Radio Tamazuj put the number of total “So I have spoken to Mr. Turnbull earli- deaths at 146. 3) tender Participation Guarantee: As a Bank Guarantee issued by one of the Iranian banks (accredited er this afternoon to congratulate him and Al Jazeera correspondent said the latest bout of violence by Central Bank of I.R.I) or be deposited to account No.4001001106370306 in the name of IRICA at the (his wife) Lucy and to wish them my very meant “that the hopes of peace were dimming” in the country, Central bank of I.R.I and submit the receipt best.” which reached its fifth independence anniversary on Saturday. Both Turnbull’s ruling Liberal/National coa- “These are not good times,” Hendren said on Sunday. lition and Labor remain short of the 76 seats “Two days ago, the presidential palace was struck - that is 4) Deadline for obtaining tender documents: 17 July, 2016 needed to claim a majority in the 150-seat a major strike into the heart of government here and shows House of Representatives, with counting still just how shaky it is.” 5) The address for obtaining tender documents and submitting bid envelops: Tenders & Contracts ongoing. “And on Saturday, the fifth Independence Day was com- Bureau, Room No.104, Development & Equipment Dept. 1 st floor Iran Custom Administration Bldg. Next But Turnbull has won the support of three pletely silent because Juba was shut down - it was militarily independent MPs on budget matters and on occupied, which is exactly the opposite of what is supposed to Nasser Alley, upper than Valiasr Sq. Tehran, Iran. votes of no confidence, paving the way for him to happen here under a peace accord in August.” to form a minority government if he does not South Sudan was founded with optimistic celebrations in 6) Deadline for submitting bids: 20 August, 2016 win 76 seats. the capital on July 9, 2011, after it gained independence from The coalition is expected to secure 74 seats, and Sudan in a referendum that passed with close to 100 percent 7) Opening bid envelopes: 22 August, 2016 potentially two more, according to projections by of the vote. state broadcaster ABC. The country descended into conflict in December Labor has won 66, and with five independents 2013 after Kiir accused Machar, his former deputy who Further information would be available at www.irica.gov.ir also “National Database Portal of Iran Tenders elected, the opposition does not have sufficient he had sacked earlier that year, of plotting a coup. Information” or Tel: +98 21 82992290 seats to govern in Canberra, according to the Civil war broke out when soldiers from Kiir’s Dinka eth- projections. nic group disarmed and targeted troops of Machar’s Nuer Development and Equipment Dept. of Despite the victory, Turnbull faces a tough ethnic group. Machar and commanders loyal to him fled to road ahead with a divided party, a fractured Sen- the countryside, and tens of thousands of people died in the

Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Tenders & Contracts Bureau 1111 ate and a weary electorate. conflict that followed. Many civilians also starved. (Source: al Jazeera) (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JJULYULY 11,11, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

JUMP Iran’s First IPC expected to be Rouhani declares banking reform to spur economy signed within 3-4 months: official 1 Underlining that the national economy is bank-based, the ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran ex- model. president hoped for a shift into a more market-based one via deskpects the signing of In November 2015, Iran introduced switching the trend of financing away from banks towards the its first new oil and gas investment con- IPC, which will replace buy-back con- securities market in a bid to help the administration clear debts tract known as Iran Petroleum Contract tracts. It is expected to offer more flex- to contractors. (IPC) within the next 3-4 months, Shana ible terms on oil price fluctuations and He added, “Transparency of transactions in state-run banks quoted Deputy Oil Minister for Interna- investment risks to make the sector would increase public confidence in the banking system and tional Affairs and Trading Amir Hossein more financially attractive. would facilitate economic prosperity, as a result.” Zamaninia as saying on Sunday. Iran's oil production has risen sharply Rouhani underscored the vitality of supporting production According to Shana, the official to nearly 4 million barrels per day (bpd), units with the goal of creating more jobs. made the remarks during an interna- around the same level before the inter- The banking reform will be implemented in line with policies tional conference on optimizing up- national sanctions were imposed. of resistance economy, the president noted. stream oil and gas contracts in Tehran. The country has doubled oil exports The reform plan prioritizes domestic production, creating Mentioning the finalization of the since the nuclear accord took effect on jobs, reducing unemployment, developing economy and tack- IPC drafts within the next 1-1.5 months, January 16. ling recession. Zamaninia noted that the priority for Before sanctions, Iran was exporting the country is development of joint about 2.2 million bpd. July exports are fields and increasing the recovery fac- expected to be around 2.1 million bpd, NEWS tor of oil fields by the new contract up about 70 percent year-on-year. Iran climbs 16 places in WB’s LPI global ranking Economy minister apologizes on inflated salaries ECONOMY TEHRAN — Follow- identified and fired by the govern- and his administration’s officials, said ECONOMY TEHRAN – According to the World Bank desking the revelation of ment. that the issue of astronomical sala- desk (WB)’s latest report, “International LPI Glob- astronomical salaries to certain bank- On Monday, President Hassan ries is, in fact, an infringement upon al Ranking 2016”, Iran’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) has ing chiefs and an insurance company Rouhani issued a statement saying values, but everyone must know that jumped 16 places to rank 96th compared to the 2012 report. manager, Finance and Economic Af- that his government will counter cor- this issue is one of exceptions and Based on the report, Iran’s fairs Minister Ali Tayyebnia made an ruption and nepotism at the adminis- most organs’ directors are clean- LPI index stood at 2.6 for 2016 apology on the issue of salaries and trative system until it is “eradicated”. handed people, but even this few which shows a 0.11 raise com- vowed that the administration will According to the statement, all number is still very inappropriate and pared to 2.49 in 2012. deal with lawbreakers, IRNA reported bodies are obligated to publish the must be dealt with. The WB data indicated on Sunday. salaries paid to directors both at mili- Referring to President Rouhani’s that among countries with Tayyebnia, addressing the open- tary and state levels. order to First Vice-President Es’haq the same level of income (up- ing ceremony of Iran Finance (FINEX In part of his statement, the presi- Jahangiri to follow up on the issue, per middle income) Iran’s LPI 2016), the international conference dent said he will not waver in his de- Ayatollah Khamenei said: “This issue stood higher by 0.08 for 2016, on stock exchange, banking and in- termination to fight corruption with must not be a matter of time. It must the figures were reported to surance, said that those managers “anybody”. lamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali be seriously pursued and the public be 2.6 versus 2.52 for Iran and who earned astronomical salaries are Earlier on June 2, Leader of the Is- Khamenei, in a meeting with Rouhani must be kept abreast of its result.” the income group respectively. The WB’s collected data for 2007-2014 showed that among the “same income Fire-hit petchem plant in Iran incurs €60m loss group” countries, those with ECONOMY TEHRAN — A senior official in Iran The fire occurred in the Mahshahr Special Econom- better logistics performances witnessed one percent growth in deskInsurance Company Mohammad ic Zone in the southwestern city of Bandar Mahshahr their gross domestic product (GDP) and also two percent in- Rezaei put the sustained losses of Bou Ali Sina Petro- but caused no fatalities. The fire had been most likely crease in trade. chemical Complex (BSPC) in the recent inferno at €60 caused by a leakage in paraxylene, a highly flammable The Logistics Performance Index is an interactive bench- million, IRIB news reported on Sunday. hydrocarbon. marking tool created to help countries identify the challenges As Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and some Zanganeh said on Friday that there were only tech- and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logis- other officials, namely National Petrochemical Compa- nical reasons for the blaze at the BSPC. “Some indi- tics and what they can do to improve their performance. ny Managing Director Marzieh Shahdaei, Persian Gulf viduals have said that the incident was the result of It is based on the countries’ performances in six different ar- Petrochemical Industries Company Managing Director sabotage. Certainly, this is not true. It has had techni- eas including customs, infrastructure, international shipments, Adel Nejad-Salim and Khuzestan Province Governor cal reasons,” Zanganeh was quoted as saying by Shana logistics competence, tracking & tracing and timeliness. General Gholamreza Shariati announced on Saturday, news agency. Iran’s Customs Administration has set the improvement of most units at BSPC will restart operation within three “The paraxylene tower will take longer to get back such logistics performance indicators as one of its strategic pri- weeks and the technical causes behind the blaze will A blaze which took over a storage tank in the plant (online),” Zanganeh said, adding that the rest of the orities and is pursuing this objective by setting up the compre- be announced once full investigations are carried out. on Wednesday, was contained early Saturday. plant will be restarted in two to three weeks. hensive system of customs affairs and creating single-window trade system. EU’s top insurer says Britain to lose Effect of China’s economic growth rate another 25% of its wealth post-Brexit on S. Korea tripled over 10 years Bulgarian delegation to The chief economic adviser to Eu- erendum, the UK has to urgently get Over the past 10 years, the effect of a 0.25-percentage point increase discuss energy, transport, rope’s largest insurer with over $1.43 its political act together." China’s economic growth rate on eco- in the first quarter of 2005, by the trillion under management, said that "'Plan B' depends on the poli- nomic growth in South Korea has in- first quarter of 2015 this had fallen agriculture on Iran visit Britain faces an extended period ticians in London and across the creased threefold, a new report says. by more than half, to 0.1 percentage of structural uncertainty and lower Channel, but so far they have not A report titled “The Recent Effect points. A Bulgarian delegation headed by Prime Minister Boyko Bo- economic growth in the wake of the stepped up to their economic gov- of Changes in Foreign Conditions on The effect on the South Korean risov will be on an official visit to Iran starting from Sunday historic Brexit vote and believes that ernance responsibilities," opined El- the South Korean Economy” states economy of a 1 percentage point until Tuesday. the British pound could be on its way Erian. that the effect of an increase in the increase in the Japanese economic During his visit to Tehran, Borisov will hold meetings to tumult if the country’s politicians do The British Pound has already U.S. economic growth rate on the growth rate has remained fairly low, with Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and Parlia- not take immediate evasive action. shed roughly 15% of its value in re- South Korean economy has contin- under 0.1 percentage points. The ef- ment Speaker Ali Larijani, the government's press service Urging Westminster to get its act cent weeks having stood at $1.50 ued to decrease while the effect of fect of the European Union (EU) was informed on Sunday. together, Mohamed El-Erian said on June 23, the day of the refer- the Chinese economic growth rate around 0.2 percentage points before The visit foresees the signing of several bilateral docu- that if they fail to come up with a endum, before cascading down to has become much greater. The re- the financial crisis, but since then ments for cooperation. The ministers from the Bulgarian del- credible "Plan B" that includes a free $1.28 earlier this week. port was prepared by Lee Dong-jin it has fallen below 0.1 percentage egation are scheduled to hold meetings with their respective trade agreement linking it to the Eu- "Think of the sterling as facing a and Han Jin-hyeon, analysts with the points. Iranian counterparts. ropean economic zone, the sterling double whammy with no strong an- Bank of Korea. “The effect of China’s domes- The Bulgarian delegation comprises Deputy Prime Min- could fall towards parity with the chor," said El-Erian. In the first quarter of 2005, a 1 tic growth rate has increased a lot ister Tomislav Donchev, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, dollar meaning roughly 25% of the The Bank of England is hamstrung percentage point increase in China’s since 2010, and it now has the big- Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, Agriculture Minister De- country’s wealth could disappear to provide an anchor in the form economic growth rate had the effect gest effect of any major country. This sislava Taneva and Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova. overnight. of higher interest rates under cur- of boosting the South Korean rate by reflects the tighter economic con- It is expected that during the visit, Bulgaria will seek The former PIMCO chief execu- rent arrangements, but the country about 0.1 percentage points, the an- nection [between China and South a buyer for the Russian reactor produced for the aban- tive claimed that the future of the desperately needs a force to stave alysts found. But in the first quarter Korea], with the share of South Ko- doned Belene nuclear power plant project. British currency depends on whether off the capital flight due to growing of 2015, the boost to the economic rean exports bound for China in- According to ruling of the International Court of arbitra- politicians can provide a credible uncertainty about future trading re- growth rate had tripled, to 0.3 per- creasing from 15% in 2002 to 26% tion, Bulgaria has to pay €550 million to Russia as compensa- plan for the country’s transition tell- lations and foreign investment. centage points. last year,” Lee Dong-jin said. tion for the equipment which had been produced prior to the ing Reuters that "after the Brexit ref- (Source: Sputnik) In contrast, while the U.S. caused (Source: hani.co.kr) decision to terminate the project. Upon paying the fine, Bul- garia will acquire the equipment. (Source: novinite.com) Lebanon to offer ten Algeria's Sonatrach Porsche aims to offshore oil blocks up says to counter Total maintain profit Global economy 'grim' for international bids arbitration claim margins despite and G20 must step up spending boost to fix it: China Lebanon is expected to offer all of its 10 off- Algeria is preparing to counter a decision by French Porsche aims to keep its profit margin running shore blocks for bidding international oil com- oil major Total to seek arbitration against its oil and gas at a double-digit percentage of sales in the com- The global economic situation is grim and major economies panies following an agreement between two firm Sonatrach, anticipating the legal action will have ing years, chief executive Oliver Blume said on Fri- must lead the way in tackling problems including sluggish main political parties, a source close to Parlia- little impact, according to a Sonatrach statement. day, benefiting from more efficient production while growth and weak trade, China's trade minister Gao Hucheng ment Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday. Total said last week it had filed a request for arbitra- boosting spending on its first all-electric car. said on Saturday. “Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement have tion against Algeria for changing profit-sharing terms The Volkswagen-owned sports carmaker is in- Gao made the remarks at the start of a two-day meeting of agreed in principle to offer all of the 10 blocks on oil and gas contracts in the mid-2000s, and that vesting about €1 billion at its headquarters in Zuffen- trade ministers from G20 economies in Shanghai, as uncertainty in the next offshore gas licensing round so that attempts to reach a mutual agreement had failed. hausen and creating more than 1,000 jobs there to hangs over the outlook for a slow-growing global economy international companies can select two or three Algeria, hard hit by the crash in oil prices, is seeking build the battery-powered 'Mission E' model. now beset by post-Brexit reverberations. of them,” the source told The Daily Star. new investment to help it build up production from Porsche opened a new plant at its base on Friday The global economic recovery remained "complicated and Last week Berri convinced Foreign Minister mature fields and explore new areas. to produce eight-cylinder engines for Porsches as grim", Gao said. Gebran Bassil to drop the FPM’s reservations "We take note of the Total arbitration decision well as Bentleys, Audis and Lamborghinis, as Volk- "Global trade is dithering, international investment has yet against on offering all of the 10 blocks for inter- and we will prepare to counter it vigorously," said the swagen looks to boost synergies between group to recover to levels before the financial crisis, and the global ested companies. Sonatrach statement seen by Reuters. brands.

economy has yet to find the propulsion for strong and sustain- NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF able growth. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com JJULYULY 111,1, 22016016 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

Iran: The one country that completely NEWS Museum of the Year 2016: shocked Anthony Bourdain! V&A wins £100,000 prize The Victoria & Albert Museum has pledged to support small- er museums across the country after being named the Mu- Travel enthusiast (and chef, author, and their country. seum of the Year 2016. television personality) Anthony Bourdain Then there is the history. World- The judges said the Lon- has seen a lot in his adventures across the renowned archeological sites like the don-based V&A had “indis- globe. But that doesn’t mean he can’t still Persepolis, which dates back to 518 putably become one of the be surprised. B.C.—were mind-blowing in their best museums in the world”. When Travel + Leisure asked Bourdain scale and beauty. And I loved char- It was announced as what off-the-grid destination surprised ismatic and modern cities like Shiraz, the winner by the Duch- him the most during his travels, he was or Isfahan, where you can spend days ess of Cambridge at a quick to respond with Iran. zigzagging through the bazaar, stop- ceremony at the Natural “I was really knocked sideways by how ping at trendy coffee bars like Es- History Museum. well we were treated in Iran and how de- padana along the way. The £100,000 prize is licious the food was and how hospitable Another favorite city was Yadz, which the world’s biggest muse- ordinary people were to us,” he told T+L. is located in the desert-like center of the um prize and the largest He echoed this sentiment many times in country and has a wonderfully laid-back single arts prize in the UK. his Parts Unknown episode to the Middle old town made of mud-brick buildings. Martin Roth, the V&A’s Eastern country, too. Among them you’ll find cool boutiques Director, said he was “to- “Iran does not look, does not feel the selling carpets made by nomadic people, tally overwhelmed” at the win and that it was a compliment way I expected,” Bourdain said upon land- and stylish jewelry by local designers like to the work of the museum’s staff. ing, noting that there’s a “much bigger Mandow. “There are a lot of smaller museums that do any amazing picture” than what you see on television. It should be noted that no credit or job,” he told the guests in the Natural History Museum’s Hintze The warmth with which he was greet- debit cards are yet accepted in Iran; you Hall, home to the cast of the famous Diplodocus skeleton. ed by locals was completely unexpected. cent U.S.-brokered nuclear agreement, We traveled during the summer can exchange euros and dollars in hotels “We thought it’s great to be there on the shortlist, but the “I am so confused,” he admitted. “It it may well be on the road to becom- months, when it’s quite hot (between and banks. The only place where you other ones deserve the prize and the money.” wasn’t supposed to be like this.” ing the Middle East’s most exciting new 77°F and 100°F) but dry and with fewer might be able to use your credit card Roth immediately announced that the V&A would use the Many intrepid travelers are now dis- travel destination. visitors. Iranians I met were quick to ask would be in a carpet shop. prize money to re-establish a department - originally set up covering this beautiful country, which For the moment, there are no restric- why I chose their country as a travel In Iran, the ancient and the very in the 1970s, but later axed in budget cuts - to support and landed on T+L’s list of the year’s best tions on U.S. citizens visiting Iran as tour- destination and to thank me for visiting. new coexist, naturally and easily, collaborate with museums and galleries across the country. places to travel. Elaborate mosques, con- ists. Though, full disclosure, the United If you’re lucky some will invite you into everywhere you look. I loved admir- “That was the idea then and we need it even more now,” temporary art, the gardens of Shiraz and States still warns against visiting the their homes to drink tea, have dinner, ing complex mosaics in centuries-old he told the BBC shortly after his acceptance speech. (as Bourdain would tell you) the food — country, and asks travelers to “consider attend a party, or even crash a wed- temples, then, afterwards, eating ke- “It comes at the right moment with Brexit and the other prob- fluffy saffron rice and meatballs stuffed the risks” when traveling to Iran. U.S. citi- ding. babs in hip places like the rooftop bar lems that we have - we need solidarity, we need to work together.” with eggs — are more accessible than zens can travel on a visa, but need to pre- It may be surprising to experience at Haft Kan in Shiraz (a meal will cost He admitted the referendum vote to leave the EU had ever thanks to improved relations with arrange a group tour or private guide that kind of openness in a country where between three euro in a small eatery worried him and others at the V&A. “It’s the unknown,” he the U.S. and new-found political stability. who will be specially authorized to guide women (even visitors) are required wear and twenty dollars per person in a said, “It feels like skiing in very thick fog.” If you’ve got Iran on your radar, here’s Americans. scarves and modest clothing in pub- more upscale restaurant). He added that he had already received letters from po- everything you need to know about visit- Another quick tip? Talk to your agent lic—plan to wear a long-sleeved blouse, There’s something about wandering tential funders “asking if we can put things on hold”. ing the country by traveler Debbie Pap- in advance about what you wish to see or sweater or jacket over trousers or a long through the lush Fin gardens in Kashan, The V&A was picked from five finalists. The others on the shortlist pyn: experience so the trip is not an overdose skirt—and alcohol is strictly forbidden. where the Shah of Iran used to escape includes Arnolfini in Bristol, Bethlem Museum of the Mind in London, Just Back From: Iran of mosques and monuments. But many of the Iranians I met spoke the desert heat, then the next day dis- Jupiter Artland in West Lothian and York Art Gallery in Yorkshire. There’s something particularly sat- Travelers are warmly welcomed by multiple languages and had studied covering the north of Tehran, where “The V&A experience is an unforgettable one,” said Ste- isfying about exploring a place with Iranians, who readily greet you in the abroad. They were proud of their unique hipsters hang out in places like Sam phen Deuchar, Art Fund director and chairman of the judges. a rich and complex history. It’s largely streets, parks, and the country’s many identity as Persians and Farsi speakers— Café. It’s a fascinating, addictive com- The museum’s newly restored Europe 1600-1815 galleries what makes Iran such an intoxicating architectural sites. (Iran has an impressive and keen to distance themselves from bination, and one that no doubt means In 2015, the V&A enjoyed a record-breaking year for the estab- place to visit, as I learned recently on 19 UNESCO listings.) “Welcome to Iran, the radicalism often associated with the Iran’s profile as a travel destination is lishment, pulling in 3.9 million visitors, and 14.5 million visitors online. my first trip to the country. Thanks to welcome to my country!” was a refrain I Arab world. And each of them shared a only set to rise. Last year the prize was awarded to the Whitworth in Manchester. improved political stability and the re- heard over and over again. profound sense of hope for the future of (Source: travelandleisure.com) (Source: BBC News)

Zika hits new, non-Caribbeannon-C tourist hotspothotspot IfIf you’ve been looking forfor an alternative to a CCaribbean or South American vacation due to fears over the Zika virus, you maym want to scratch Indonesia off your list as well. Australia’s DepartmentDepartme of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently issued a warningwarn for pregnant women con- sideringsidering travelingtraveling to Indonesia, stating: “Given the possibility that Zika virus can cause severe malfor- mations in unborn babies, and taking a very cau- tioustious approach, pregnantpre women should discuss Teacher any traveltravel plansplans withwit their travel doctor and con- sider postponing traveltra to Indonesia.” AccordingAccording to thethe Daily Mail, Indonesia is “experi- encing sporadic transmissiontran of the virus”. However, it’s worth nothing thatth the CDC considers the risk of Recruitment Zika to travelers in Indonesia is low, and that the virus is consiconsidereddered to be endemic to the country. Fears over ZikaZ are continuing to mount throughoutthroughout the restres of the world as famous athletes (such(such as pro golfer Rory Mcllroy) with- drawdraw from the Rio Olympics out of at the anan abundancea of caution. (Source: Daily Mail) Sun safety tips you need to know Iran Language when traveling Nothing puts a damper on a fun day become effective) and wear it even if signed for the head that won’t leave in the sun faster than nasty sunburn. you’re just going to the office. Accord- your hair a greasy white mess. Heed these tips to stay safe even on ing to the Skin Cancer Foundation, Pick the right sunglasses Institute the brightest of days. “Anyone over the age of six months Be wary of cheap sunglasses! The American Academy of Der- should use a sunscreen daily. Even While you don’t have to spend a matology recommends a sunscreen those who work inside are exposed to ton of money to get 100 percent UV In order to develop its teaching staff in English (children, that offers broad-spectrum protection ultraviolet radiation for brief periods protection, you should buy from a against UVA and UVB rays, is SPF 30 or throughout the day, especially if they trusted source. A Today Show test higher, and is water resistant. work near windows, which generally of cheap sunglasses from a Times young adults and adults), French, Arabic, Spanish and Don’t bother wasting your money filter out UVB but not UVA rays.” Square souvenir shop found that on a sunscreen that’s more expensive Dress well some did not offer the level of pro- German Departments, the Iran Language Institute is because it’s labeled as SPF 100—there’s You might think you’re protected tection they advertised. Look for in- no real evidence that sunscreen with a if you throw on a long-sleeved shirt, expensive sunglasses from a name looking for qualified teachers. SPF higher than 50 offers a significant but the fabric and color of your cloth- brand that you trust, or ask your eye different in protection than SPF 50. ing make a difference in the amount of doctor to check your sunglasses at Sunscreen safety sun it can block. Synthetic fibers (like your next appointment. Before you apply sunscreen that’s polyester or lycra) are more protective Pick the right time to be outside been hanging out in your beach bag than cotton or linen, and darker colors It’s not always practical, but try to for a while, check the expiration date. are worse than lighter colors. Your best avoid being in the sun between 10:00 Sunscreen can lose its effectiveness af- bet is clothing specifically designed to a.m. and 4:00 p.m., when the sun is ter three years. No expiration date on shield you from the sun, like these fab- the strongest. This might mean that the bottle? Make sure to write the date rics with built-in UPF protection. you move your pool chair to a shady you purchased it on the bottle so you Don’t forget your scalp spot during that time, or head inside know when to discard it. Your scalp can take a beating from for a lunch break during peak sun- Other sunscreen tips: Put it on be- the sun, and it’s an area that we don’t shine. There are now cool stickers and For further information about the recruitment fore you get dressed (you’re less likely typically lather up with sunscreen. A bracelets that can monitor your level of to miss a spot than if you’re worrying hat is your best bet for protection, but exposure and alert you when it’s time process, please visit www.ili.ir about getting it on your clothes, plus if you don’t feel like wearing a hat there to take a break. it will have more time to absorb and are plenty of spray-on sunscreens de- (Source: Smarter Travel) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

6 INTERNATIONAL JJULYULY 11,11, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com How to enjoy a corruption-free day As more countries turn to mass street pro- pastor, Evan Mawarire, in the capital Harare. down. tests to fight corruption, the people of Zim- Struggling to find money for his children’s In Mexico, public outrage over recent cor- babwe try a one-day boycott of all public school fees, he launched a campaign against ruption scandals and government incompe- activity. They tapped the power of noncon- government failures on Twitter and YouTube. tence has led to a series of new anti-corruption formity to send a message about the need The response was overwhelming and even- laws. for clean governance. tually led to the “stay-away day,” as it was In Iceland, a prime minster was forced If enough honest people in a corrupt na- called. to resign this year following protests over tion refuse to pay bribes, say experts, cor- “We could not have asked for any better. the discovery of his secret offshore bank ruption would start to disappear. But how Zimbabweans have sent out a clear message account. to rally the honest to take such a stand? On that they are fed up with a system that protects In South Korea, following popular outrage Wednesday, the southern African country of thieves and corrupt government officials,” said over the corruption behind the sinking of a Zimbabwe showed the world what might be Mawarire. ferry that killed 304 people two years ago, the possible. Such nonviolent tactics are what African government passed a law this spring that bans Rather than stage a massive street protest corruption fighter John Githongo calls a “soft the kind of gift-giving that promotes corrupt against government corruption, activists in insurgency” for honest governance. ties between business and government offi- Zimbabwe simply asked people to “stay away” Mobilizing protests cials. from public activities for a day. The result: Much With the power of Twitter and other social In many democracies, from India to Nige- of the government as well as businesses in ma- media, citizens can now more easily mobi- ria, more leaders are being elected on anti- jor cities came to a virtual halt. lize boycotts or protests. Once they find each corruption campaigns. But their victories and Many streets were deserted. By not par- other on the Internet and then on the streets, their ability to carry out reforms depend more ticipating in an economy eroded by wholesale they stand a chance to influence established than ever on the new Internet-charged activism graft, millions of people used the power of politics and can start to clean up govern- that connects citizens who embrace honesty, Pastor Evan Mawarire nonconformity to send a message to the re- ment. transparency, and accountability – and who gime of President Robert Mugabe. In Brazil, street protests against corruption, refuse to conform to the old habits of govern- Government failures as well as the actions of a few bold prosecu- With the power of Twitter and other social media, citizens ment graft. The idea began last April with a young tors, have turned that country’s politics upside can now more easily mobilize boycotts or - protests. (Source: The CSM)

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NATO Warsaw summit deliberately fed COMMENT Dallas: an act of domestic fears to boost military spending terrorism

The NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland By Peter Bergen and David Sterman undermined the security of the alli- ance’s member states as an excuse to hursday's attack in Dallas provides a reminder that violent boost military spending, but did noth- Textremism and terrorist attacks are not the province of ing to make them safer, U.S. analysts any one ideology. Instead, political violence has a long told Sputnik. history in the United States and not just from people drawn to Last Friday, during the first day Osama bin Laden and his successors' vision of global terrorism. of the gathering, the summit ap- proved an unprecedented Western deployment of troops and weapon systems in Eastern European coun- tries unparalleled since the end of World War II. “The decisions reached at the sum- mit [were]… an exercise in justifying increased military expenditure that will in no way substantively improve European security,” University of Rho- de Island Political Science Professor Nikolai Petro told Sputnik last Friday. The suspected Dallas sniper who killed five police officers has Petro criticized the summit’s deci- been identified as Micah Xavier Johnson, a 25-year-old from sions as mistaken and said they would Mesquite, Texas. certainly not improve prospects The Dallas shootings, like the one carried out last year by for peace and security in Europe. Dylann Roof on a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, “Although the decisions taken are that left nine people dead, were politically motivated. wrongheaded, in my judgment, they Race war do not change the actual military bal- Roof said he wanted to start a “race war” officials said, and ance and were expected. As a result, I he posted racist screeds on a white supremacist site. do not expect any perceptible change Johnson “wanted to kill officers, and he expressed killing in the current rather dismal situation.” actions between Russia and NATO claims of a Russian threat to NATO ria suggested. white people, he expressed killing white officers, he expressed Following the summit, Canada an- presented mutual interest to both would boost the profits of major U.S. “Angela Merkel should listen to her anger for Black Lives Matter,” Dallas police Chief David Brown nounced largest mil presence in Eu- sides. defense contractors. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Stein- said. rope in more than a decade and However, Petro pointed out that “The hype about Russian ‘aggres- meier and stop the dangerous cha- On his Facebook page, Johnson poses with a clenched fist as the United States is to deploy 1,000 NATO had not backed her up with any sion’ is… a fear campaign that feeds rade. She needs to finally attend if delivering a Black Power salute. Troops to Poland. Also, NATO’s bal- concrete proposals. the American and European military to German interests and not what is Terrorism is generally understood to be acts of violence con- listic missile defense system in Spain, “Thoughtful analysts on all sides industries and most importantly, it dictated by Washington.” ducted against civilians for political purposes. Killing white police Turkey and Romania has reached ini- will no doubt at some point ask what puts pressure on the Russian gov- Lauria said the other national lead- officers who are guarding a peaceful demonstration certainly tial operability. concrete steps NATO will undertake ernment, which the U.S. wants over- ers at the summit either swallowed qualifies as terrorism, in the same way that Roof's attack on black Petro said these moves would up- in this arena, to correspond to the thrown,” Lauria explained. the U.S. propaganda or knew better, churchgoers does. set Russia, but would have been an- steps it has taken in the military are- Chancellor Merkel needed to put but cynically pretended to believe it The Dallas attack is the first instance of deadly terrorism ticipated by Russian policymakers, na.” her own country’s interests ahead anyway. seemingly motivated by extreme left-wing ideology in the post- who would have already planned a Veteran U.S. European affairs ana- of Washington’s and listen to the ad- “All the other leaders of NATO 9/11 era. Brown called it a “a well-planned, well-thought out, evil response to them. lyst and historian Joe Lauria said the vice of her own foreign minister, Lau- countries… are either self-deluded or tragedy.” They were “thoroughly expected. are cynically playing with fire for their There have been anti-police attacks in which the perpetra- Russia therefore can respond at its Petro criticized the summit’s decisions own short-term political ends.” tors linked their actions to terrorist ideology. In October 2014, leisure,” he explained. as mistaken and said they would certainly The second day of the summit kicks Zale Thompson, 32, who, police said became radicalized by German Chancellor Angela Merkel not improve prospects for peace and security off on Saturday with a major focus reading ISIL-related material, attacked officers in Queens, New sought to strike a more constructive on Afghanistan’s and Ukraine’s secu- York, with a hatchet, critically injuring one of them. He was shot (Source: Sputnik) note in Warsaw, saying coordinated in Europe. rity situation. to death by police. 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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NEWS New research explains Iranian student comes 4th in intl. Brain Bee competitions why Antarctic sea ice has grown

MEDICAL TEHRAN — In the 2016 International Brain While the North Pole sits in an ocean sur- Niña years in the Pacific. deskBee World Championship (IBBWC) held rounded by land, the South Pole is in a Antarctic sea ice June 30–July 4 in Copenhagen, Denmark, an Iranian high continent surrounded by water. Antarctic As researchers work to understand school student won the fourth place, the Iranian Neurosci- sea ice grows outward from the coast, what was controlling the behavior of the ence Society reported on Saturday. aided by the isolating winds that encircle Antarctic sea ice, hypotheses have focused According to IRNA, the 15-year-old Shayan Baqeri was one of the continent and carry frigid, inland air on changes in the winds that control ice the youngest students among the contestants from 26 countries. that pushes the ice around. So even as extent. One idea, for example, was that ul- Born and bred in Rasht, a city in northern Iran, Baqeri had warmer water reaches under the floating traviolet radiation coming through the hole only 6 months of neuroscience studies under his belt, when ice shelves of Antarctica’s glaciers, per- in the ozone layer above Antarctica was he came first in the national competitions among 400 Iranian sistently eating away at them, the growth altering atmospheric circulation. students, said Ali Shahbazi, an instructor and a member of the of winter sea ice is more closely tied to A group of researchers led by Gerald Iranian Neuroscience Society. wind patterns. Meehl of the National Center for Atmos- Baqeri then moved up to the second stage of the national Climate models project a big decline in pheric Research tested this hypothesis by competitions, held in Iran University of Medical Sciences in Arctic sea ice, with the end of summer be- examining spatial patterns of air pressure April in English, and once again he stood first. coming essentially sea-ice-free within a few and surface winds. Looking back at weath- So far, Iran has partaken in a couple of International Brain decades at the current rate of warming. But er data, they saw that the major low pres- Bee Competitions, noted Shahbazi, who is also in charge of in Antarctica, the models project smaller sure center that inhabits the Amundsen the competitions in Iran. long-term declines. Sea region deepened in the 2000s. This year representatives of Romania and Canada were In reality, Arctic sea ice extent has so To explore this, the researchers first ranked first and second in the competitions respectively. far dropped faster than the model pro- looked for correlations with recorded con- In Addition to his recent victory, Baqeri has also come off jections. Antarctic sea ice, however, has Climate models project a big decline in ditions elsewhere. They found that precipi- 8th in last year national RoboCup competitions as a robotic grown a bit since satellite monitoring Arctic sea ice, with the end of summer tation along the equator in the eastern Pa- programmer in his home town. The International Brain Bee, started in 1979 (though not by enough to becoming essentially sea-ice-free within a cific was strongly linked to the Amundsen founded in 1999 by Dr. Norbert Myslinsky, is a program of the offset the Arctic loss). Between 2000 and few decades at the current rate of warming. Sea Low — less precipitation in the Pacific non-profit Mankind for International Neuroscience Develop- 2014, that growth picked up speed — the means lower pressure over the Amundsen. ment (MIND) and the largest worldwide neuroscience com- same time period over which the growth in global average surface temperatures temporarily slowed due to a series of La (Source: Ars Technica) petition for teenagers. Anyone aged 13-19 can compete, regardless of their academic standing. Divided into local, national, and international levels of compe- tition, the competition tests high school students in neuroscien- Astronomers find water clouds outside Solar System for the first time tific skill through examination in academic knowledge, as well as Astronomers have, for the first time, found evidence of sition as well as provided evidence that WISE 0855 hosts neuroanatomical, neurohistological, MRI, and patient diagnosis water clouds on a body lying outside of the Solar System. clouds of water or ice. applications. The clouds of water, which were discovered around a "Our spectrum reveals the presence of atmospheric To date, the competition has more than 150 branches very cold object called WISE 0855, were to be reported in water vapor and clouds, with an absorption profile that in over 30 nations. Its purpose is to motivate young men the Astrophysical Journal Letters. is strikingly similar to Jupiter," the researchers wrote in and women to learn about the human brain, and to in- WISE 0855, which is located 7.2 light years away from their study. spire them to enter careers in the basic and clinical brain the Earth, may resemble gas giants such as the Solar Sys- The "spectrum is high enough quality to allow the sciences. tem's Jupiter and Saturn, but it is in fact a brown dwarf. investigation of dynamical and chemical processes that By participating, high school students learn about the Brown dwarfs are failed stars whose life started out have long been studied in Jupiter's atmosphere, but brain and its vital function in our lives. They gain an apprecia- just like most stars do, but they never gained enough now on an extrasolar world." tion for neuroscience that might one day lead them to be- mass to generate nuclear fusion reactions that are Skemer and colleagues have also confirmed the tem- come neurologists or neuroscientists to treat and conquer the needed to make the stars shine. perature of the object is about minus 10 degrees Fahren- very diseases covered in the Brain Bees. The object was discovered in 2014 with help from heit. Skemer said that an object this cold is expected to data gathered using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Ex- in its atmosphere. have water clouds and they have so far found the best evi- plorer (WISE), a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomi- In the new study, Andrew Skemer, from the University dence that the brown star does have clouds of water. cal space telescope. of California, Santa Cruz, and colleagues used the Gemini "WISE 0855 is our first opportunity to study an extraso- Tehran to host intl. conference Photometric data North telescope in Hawaii to study the object for 13 nights lar planetary-mass object that is nearly as cold as our own A 2014 study that looked at limited photometric allowing them to obtain its infrared spectrum. The obser- gas giants," Skemer said. on AIDS in December data found evidence that WISE 0855 has water clouds vations helped shed light on the object's chemical compo- (Source: Tech Times)

MEDICAL TEHRAN — The second international con- deskference on AIDS will be held at Tehran’s Sha- hid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences from December 7-9, Why do more black women die of Immunotherapy reduces cardiovascular IRNA reported on Saturday. breast cancer? risk in rheumatoid arthritis Meanwhile, the sixth national conference on AIDS will be held concurrently. Black women are at a greater risk of dy- Immunotherapy reduces cardiovascular risk The secretary of the conference has called the purpose of the ing of breast cancer and of suffering from in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ac- conference recent exchange in latest developments in diagnosis, aggressive subtypes of the disease. Re- cording to research at Frontiers in Cardio- drug treatment, preventive measures, and epidemiology of the cent advances in survival rates among Vascular Biology (FCVB) 2016 by Professor HIV virus among vulnerable groups, women and children. women of other races haven’t applied to Aida Babaeva, head of the Department of The prevalence of the viral disease in women, changing them, and scientists aim to better under- Internal Medicine, Volgograd State Medical transmission patterns of virus by use of infected syringes, and stand why through a large study. University, Volgograd, Russia. The combi- most importantly “decline in the age of the HIV positive people”, A $12 million grant will finance a nation of two extra-low dose anticytokine have all been the reasons to have the scientific conference, Ma- study of more than 20,000 black wom- drugs reduced rheumatoid arthritis disease soud Mardani noted. en with breast cancer, comparing them activity and cardiovascular events. Among attendees are pundits from Europe and America with thousands of black women who do "Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune continents, he said, adding that an estimated 400 articles are not have the disease and white women disease in which cytokines such as tumor expected to hit the conference this year. who do. necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon (IFN), Researchers interested in the topic can send their related ar- Funded by the National Cancer Insti- which normally protect the body, attack ticles to the conference secretariat. tute, which is part of the National Insti- healthy cells," said Professor Babaeva. For more information please dial 22439963-8 or just simply tutes of Health, the consortium will in- en matched that of white women for the "Patients have painful and inflamed were randomized to receive the combi- log on to the following website: [email protected]. vestigate whether genetic and biological first time. joints. They are also at increased cardiovas- nation of anti-TNF? and anti-IFN? plus factors, not just lifestyle factors, influence Sign up here to join a deep and pro- cular risk, particularly if their rheumatoid ar- standard disease-modifying therapy (38 the racial disparities. vocative exploration of race with a diverse thritis is not controlled."Professor Babaeva's patients) or placebo plus standard therapy New approaches group of New York Times journalists. previous research showed that treatment (30 patients). During the three year fol- “This effort is about making sure that The consortium will gather data and with anticytokine drugs can decrease the low up period the investigators monitored Sun-drying medicinal plants all Americans — no matter their back- biospecimens from 18 previous studies, activity of rheumatoid arthritis. Extra-low rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and cuts potency to third ground — reap the same benefits from pooling them for the largest sample to dose anti-TNF? reduced levels of inflam- cardiovascular events.Patients taking the the promising advances of precision date, Dr. Funmi Olopade, a professor of matory mediators and cytokines including combination of anticytokines had a lower MEDICAL TEHRAN — Drying herbal medicine in the medicine,” Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, the act- medicine at the University of Chicago C-reactive protein (CRP), rheumatoid fac- rheumatoid arthritis disease activity score, desksun can lower the plants’ potency to a third ing director of the N.C.I., said in a state- who is part of the consortium, said in an tor, TNF, interleukin-1 (IL-1), and interleu- as measured by the DAS28,2 and more compared to the industrial method - oven or shade drying, a ment. The “exciting new approaches to interview. kin-6 (IL-6). The effect was more apparent dramatic decreases in IL-1, IL-6 and TNF? faculty member at the University Of Medical Sciences Of Kashan cancer prevention, diagnosis and treat- It will be key to understanding why and developed earlier when patients were than the group on standard therapy alone. said on Thursday. ment ring hollow unless we can effec- black women are more likely to die of treated with a combination of anti-TNF? The incidence of cardiovascular events According to IRNA, Hossein Hosseini named the time of har- tively narrow the gap of cancer dispari- the disease. Though the role of genet- and anti-IFN?, both at extra-low doses. (unstable angina, severe hypertensive cri- Combination of drugs vest and method of plant processing as two factors determining ties, and this new research initiative will ics has largely been a mystery, scientists sis, and deterioration of chronic heart fail- the nutritional content of herbal plants. help us do that.” have offered a wide variety of environ- The current study investigated the im- ure) was more than double in the group The process of drying medicinal plants is of grave concern, Though breast cancer is more deadly mental factors that could contribute to pact of the combination of drugs on car- on conventional disease-modifying drugs Hosseini said, adding that it should be done in the shade with for black women, until recently it had mortality rates, including obesity and diovascular events. It included 68 patients alone (37%) compared to those also taking proper air ventilation and controlled temperature to keep the been less common. But in October, the access to care. who had suffered from active rheumatoid the combination of anticytokines (13%). nutritional value of the herbs. rate of breast cancer among black wom- (Source: The NYT) arthritis for at least five years. Patients (Source: EurekAlert) In a study conducted in Iranshahr region, in Sistan-Ba- louchestan Province in southeastern Iran, the drying process of sour tea in the direct sunlight has shown a drop in the level of anthocyanins and citric acid, the two important ingredients in Could statins help fight cancer? sour tea (Hibiscus sabdariffa), Hosseini noted. Some cancer patients who take cholesterol-lowering statins mation on cancer and other medical conditions, including Most prominent among the flavonoids are the anthocya- may live longer than those not on these heart medications, high cholesterol. Data on deaths was obtained from the UK nins—universal plant colorants responsible for the red, purple, a study from Britain suggests. Office for National Statistics. and blue hues evident in many fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, "We need to further investigate the reasons for patients Among the patients in the study, nearly 8,000 had lung and flowers. Citric acid occurs naturally in citrus fruits. with high cholesterol having improved mortality in four of the cancer, 5,500 had breast cancer, 4,600 had prostate cancer Sour tea plantation in Iran is native to Iranshahr, where 300 most common cancers," said senior researcher Dr. Rahul Pot- and 4,500 had colon cancer, the researchers found. hectares of land is designated to its cultivation, Hosseini said. luri, a clinical lecturer at Aston University School of Medicine Adjusting the factors “Sun-drying is a popular technique to prepare the herbal tea in Birmingham.Potluri cautioned, however, that this study can't After adjusting for factors that might play a role in dy- in Iranshahr, while the proper method calls for oven, shade dry, prove that statins actually extended life in cancer patients. ing, such as age, gender, ethnicity and common causes or 45 degrees Celsius sun-dry heat.” At this time, people without high cholesterol should not of death, the researchers found those taking statins lived Sun-drying won’t change the color and appearance of medi- be taking statins in the hope of warding off cancer or living longer than those who were not taking them. cal plants, he added, but has tendency to reduce the potency of longer with cancer, he said. The results were to be presented Friday at the European the herbs profoundly. "People with high cholesterol should be taking statins Society of Cardiology meeting in Florence, Italy. Research Hosseini further explained that sour tea and saffron harvest- to lower their cholesterol and reduce their cardiovascular For the study, Potluri and colleagues collected data on presented at meetings is considered preliminary until pub- ed after 9 a.m. are purchased at lower prices due to the drastic risk," he said. "We cannot, however, recommend statins for nearly 1 million patients listed in a clinical database from lished in a peer-reviewed medical journal. reduction of the plants’ active ingredients in the heat. cancer prevention without a positive clinical trial." January 2000 to March 2013. The database includes infor- (Source: cumberlink.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international JULY 11, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 9

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that a NATO so that nobody dared gamble with es- (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) sum- Moscow says NATO fixating on calating the global tension and push the mit in Warsaw showed that the Organiza- world to a new shooting war.” tion was focusing its efforts on containing The concern seems to be shared by JUMP a non-existent “threat from the East”. non-existent Russian threat some NATO members, which amid the At a meeting of the NATO-Russia NATO ‘speaks of defense, prepares offensive’: Gorbachev summit reiterated on numerous occa- Restoring the economy’s council on July 13, Moscow will seek sions that the alliance is not seeking con- ability to deliver prosperity explanations for the alliance’s plans, the frontation with Russia. spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, “We must ask if the world would be 1 In the developed world, globalization has left in Maria Zakharova, said in a statement. a better place when both sides conduct its wake two related, major structural problems – increased Russia will also seek an explanation military exercises on the borders and inequalities and slowing productivity growth. Stagnant from NATO for a Finnish plan to improve arm themselves,” German Vice-Chancel- median incomes have sparked a backlash against migra- air defenses over the Baltic Sea, she said lor Sigmar Gabriel told Passauer Neue tion in Europe and explain the anti-trade tone dominating in the statement. Presse on Thursday. the U.S. presidential election campaign. Many of the re- Meanwhile, Mikhail Gorbachev, the French President Francois Hollande cent “Brexit” votes to leave the European Union were cast man praised for ending the Cold War said that the defensive block “has no role by voters who feel left behind by globalization. said “despite NATO assurances that it at all to be saying what Europe’s rela- Whistleblower leaks – like “Panama Papers” – are also seeks deterrence and dialogue with Rus- tions with Russia should be,” adding that compounding the distrust that people have in political and sia, the alliance seems to be preparing to France doesn’t see Russia as a threat. economic institutions, revealing how international trade and escalate conflict”. NATO’s official stance on Russia is that investment can be riddled with illicit flows, hidden transac- “The rhetoric in Warsaw screams of it wants to deter it while keeping channels tions and tax havens – at times even with the complicity of an intention to practically declare war open “when Russia’s actions make that political leaders. on Russia. They only talk about defense, possible”. But it also condemned Russia’s This dampened global mood gives substantial cause but in fact they are preparing an offen- military presence in Syria and its support for international concern. At the United Nations, we con- sive,” the former Soviet leader told Inter- of the Syrian government, even though trast the current pessimism with the three major optimistic fax. was the long-promised deployment of territory, the creation of anti-ballistic mis- in Syria, Russia and NATO members have achievements of multilateralism agreed last year in 2015: Gorbachev, who played a key part in additional NATO troops at Russia’s bor- sile sites in Europe and other moves are a a rare moment of limited cooperation in the Addis Ababa Financing for Development Conference deescalating tensions between the Sovi- der, namely in host nation Poland and threat to Russia’s national security. Its re- fighting against terrorist groups. in July, the summit in New York on the 2030 Agenda for et Union and the West in the 1980s and the Baltic States. NATO claims that the sponse was to increase its own troops in Practically all ties with Russia were sus- Sustainable Development in September, and the COP-21 eventually withdrew soviet troops from deployment is necessary to prevent a the west, saying it’s necessary to counter pended by NATO after the Ukrainian po- climate change conference in Paris end-November. For us, Eastern Europe, was commenting on the possible attack from Russia and reassure NATO’s new capabilities. litical crisis escalated tension between the implementing these agreements from last year as quickly two-day NATO summit in the Polish cap- the eastern European nations that other The alliance, Moscow says, plays the two. The NATO-Russia Council, a body as possible is the best way to confront the growing gloom ital. Ironically, the city once lent its name members are committed to defend them. card of perceived Russian aggression to that is supposed to tackle the differences, that we are seeing. to NATO’s communist counterpart, the The anticipated decision and the en- justify its overdue existence and push Eu- was reconvened after a two-year break We need to turn last year’s optimism towards restor- Warsaw Pact, but has now seen leaders tire event is perceived by many people as ropean nations into increasing defense and is to hold a meeting next week in ing the economy’s ability to deliver prosperity with a shift of the United States-led alliance negoti- anti-Russian, Brian Becker from the an- spending. Improving budget discipline Brussels. in paradigm and approach. That is why the 17 Sustain- ating increased pressure on Russia. ti-war ‘Answer Coalition’ told RT. was praised by the alliance at the sum- Other decisions taken by NATO able Development Goals (SDGs) agreed as a part of the In its final communiqué NATO ac- “It is a big show: you have 2,500 of- mit, even though the majority of mem- members at the Warsaw summit in- 2030 Agenda last year are so important. The SDGs of- cused Russia of “provocative military ficials; you have 2,000 media, and you bers are still below NATO’s 2 percent GDP cluded the continued training of Iraqi fer a blueprint for how our economy, our societies and activities in the periphery of NATO ter- have the 28 members of NATO plus 26 benchmark for military spending. troops, which will be moved from Jor- our environment should look in 2030. And if we take the ritory” and “willingness to attain political partnering countries […] almost a quar- Critics of NATO like Gorbachev say it is dan to Iraq proper, closer cooperation Goals seriously, the SDGs goals by the threat and use of force”. with the European Union on issues like ter of the countries in the world under taking risks by alienating Russia to secure The Sustainable can become an effective The alliance said Moscow’s actions “are a a U.S.-led military alliance threatening its own goals. opposing Russia and tackling the ref- yardstick for monitoring source of regional instability, fundamen- Russia,” he said. “It is perceived as such “The world should realize that it can’t ugee crisis and deploying AWACS air- Development the inclusiveness of global tally challenge the alliance, have dam- in Russia, and it should be perceived as pretend that nothing concerning is hap- craft to monitor airspace over Syria and Goals must prosperity. aged Euro-Atlantic security, and threat- such.” pening. Russia cannot but keep its de- Iraq, “raising situational awareness” for become the The 14th UN Confer- en our long-standing goal of a Europe Russia believes that NATO’s new troop fense line, and this horrifying process the anti-ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and ence on Trade and De- whole, free, and at peace.” deployments as well as an increased must be stopped,” he said. “World peo- the Levant) operation led by the U.S. yardstick (Source: agencies) velopment (UNCTAD 14) The key result of the Warsaw summit number of military trainings near Russia’s ples should stop this slide towards war for judging in Nairobi in July will be inclusive growth critical for taking the 2030 Agenda forward. In- ternational cooperation in trade, finance, technology Deaths as Indian troops open fire on Kashmir protesters and investment are a major emphasis of the SDGs. At There were scenes of mayhem in parts of southern In- tants” in recent years. Nairobi, United Nations member States will agree col- dian-administered Kashmir after Indian forces opened Khurram Parvez, program director of Jammu Kashmir lectively on their international engagement on these fire on thousands of protesters, killing at least 19 civilians Coalition for Civil Society (JKCCS) in Srinagar, described issues for the next four years. At Nairobi world leaders and wounding scores of others during a mass funeral for Wani’s death as an extra-judicial killing, saying the Indi- will address how to reboot global trade growth, in- a slain rebel fighter. an government had made no attempt to arrest him. He cluding through services trade, e-commerce and re- Police said a man was killed on Sunday as hundreds said that Wani was an example of a rebel who had not gional agreements. They will also move toward more of people clashed with troops in southern Pulwama joined out of ideological reasons. international cooperation in tackling tax evasion, re- town, while six civilians who had been injured after Indi- Indian officials, fearing that the killing could lead forming investment governance, and improving in- an troops fired on rock-throwing protesters on Saturday to violent protests in the already troubled region, sus- ternational governance of debt. CEOs, investors, and died overnight. Eight protesters were killed on Saturday. pended an annual Hindu pilgrimage to a mountain cave business leaders also have an important role at Nai- Tens of thousands of people defied a curfew in parts which draws about half a million people each year. robi; the UNCTAD World Investment Forum will rally of Kashmir on Saturday to pay homage to Burhan Wani, Officials also suspended cellphone services in south- more productive investment in the countries and sec- the rebel fighter and so-called poster boy of the new ern parts of Kashmir and blocked mobile internet in rest tors that need at most. Kashmiri resistance, resulting in clashes with police and of the region to prevent anti-India demonstrators from The first statistical report from a United Nations agency paramilitary. mobilizing. Shops, businesses and government offices on the SDGs will also be launched by UNCTAD in Nairobi. Wani was shot dead along with two other fighters by were shut following the security lockdown and a gener- The Development and Globalization Facts and Figures report security forces and police in Bumdoora village on Fri- al strike called by anti-India separatists. Authorities also will be the first United Nations assessment benchmarking the day, 85km south of Srinagar, prompting mass mourning postponed school and college examinations and sus- trade, finance, technology and investment gaps, which need across the valley. pended rail services. to be closed by 2030. According to officials, as news of the killing spread Reacting to the developments, Parvez, said that de- The entire world is invited to join our efforts at Nairobi to across the valley on Saturday, clashes erupted in several spite the curfew, “every death would provoke more peo- help revive the constructive mood that will lead to prosperity, districts in southern Kashmir as thousands of residents ple to come out [...] resulting in an endless cycle”. dignity and a better planet. Together we can reinvigorate trade, hurled rocks at Indian troops, who responded by using Waheed Parra, leader of the The Jammu and Kashmir finance, technology and investment as positive forces to end live ammunition, pellet guns and tear gas. villages. They laid razor wire and erected steel barri- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) currently in a coalition poverty and leave no one behind. Our collective efforts in these Street clashes also spread to Srinagar, the capital of cades on the streets and drove through neighborhoods, with BJP party in Kashmir, said the state government areas can renew our spirit of international engagement. Let us the Indian-administered Kashmir, as thousands tried to warning residents to stay indoors. wanted immediate peace in the region and called for put the SDGs to work monitoring the inclusiveness of global vent their anger on the streets. Wani, in his early 20s, had become the iconic face of de-escalation of tensions. growth and restoring the hope for prosperity for all that globali- Shams Irfan, a local journalist who traveled to Tral, Kashmiri resistance over the last five years. Most people in Kashmir have long resented the In- zation presents us. where authorities had cut electricity, blocked roads and As the son of a school principal, he is widely credit- dian presence, and support rebel demands for an inde- (Source: UNIC) the internet as part of the wider crackdown on protest- ed for reviving armed resistance in Kashmir, using social pendent Kashmir or a merging with Pakistan. More than ers, told Al Jazeera that the demonstrations in southern media like Facebook to reach out to young Kashmiri 68,000 people have been killed in the uprising and the Kashmir were “the biggest he had ever seen”. men. subsequent Indian military crackdown in Indian admin- Dallas: an act of Earlier, thousands of armed police and paramilitary Inspector-General Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani de- istered Kashmir. soldiers in riot gear fanned out across most towns and scribed his killing as the “biggest success against mili- (Source: agencies) domestic terrorism

7 In January, Edward Archer, a 30-year-old, shot and The discourse underlying Brexit has been truly emotive: expert wounded a police officer in Philadelphia, and authorities said he told them he did it for ISIL. 1 sense of identity and cognition about self and other. out of the EU is not in the national interest of the Anti-police terrorist attacks Some say that the political systems that I think the Brexit campaign is a perfect example for United Kingdom. The crux of my argument is that There have also been deadly anti-police terrorist attacks emerged after the Second World War have not been such psychonationalist mechanisms at work. Politi- psychonationalism does not work which is why na- by far-right militants. On June 8, 2014, Jerad Miller and functioning well. Do you agree with such a view? cians such as Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage used tion-states have proven to be challenged, even in Amanda Miller killed two police officers in an ambush at a A: I don’t think we have to be fatalistic. But I have populist themes in order to entice emotions, pri- Europe. Nation-states need to be revised as organ- pizza restaurant in Las Vegas before committing suicide. The argued in my recent books that there is something marily against immigration by the latter, and in for- ising principles in world politics. I have argued with couple left a note referencing revolution and Jerad Miller had seriously wrong with the Westphalian nation-state mer of a British utopia by the former. The discourse reference to West Asia and North Africa, that this a history of anti-government posts online and had traveled system. My current book project looks into the ways underlying Brexit has been a truly emotive one, al- reimagination of geography and region-ness re- to Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Nevada during the early 2014 nation-states sustain order through what I call “psy- most hysterical which is why it triggered a tragedy. quires intellectual leadership and political audacity. standoff between armed ranchers allied with anti-govern- chonationalist” mechanisms which are aimed at our It was certainly not rational in the sense that staying Alas, both are currently lacking. ment militias and the police. But there hasn’t been a case of lethal terrorism emanating from the left for more than a decade and a half. In the post- 9/11 era, left-wing plots have tended to target property. The ISIL lost quarter of its Iraq, Syria territory in 18 months: IHS FBI considers militant animal rights and eco-terrorism groups as a top domestic terrorism priority, though their violence has The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant tacks on civilian targets in the Middle East an ISIL stronghold just west of Baghdad, In Syria, the militants lost ground this resulted in no deaths. (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group lost an area and in Europe and this is likely to inten- last month has led the insurgents to step year to both Russian and forces support- During the 1970s, terrorist attacks by leftists were far the size of Ireland - a quarter of its ter- sify, IHS said. up bombings on Shia Muslim targets. ing President Bashar al-Assad and to the more common. The Black Panthers and their splinter groups ritory - to hostile forces in the last 18 “As the ISIL’s caliphate shrinks and it Nearly 300 people died when an ISIL United States-backed Syria Democratic carried out a number of bombings and assaults. So too did months in Iraq and Syria and is likely becomes increasingly clear that its gov- suicide bomber struck in a busy shopping Forces (SDF) alliance. the Weather Underground and its splinter groups. These to further step up attacks on civilians in ernance project is failing, the group is district in Baghdad a week ago, in one In February the SDF captured the leftist militant groups largely disappeared in the 1980s, and coming months, IHS (IHS Conflict Moni- re-prioritizing insurgency,” said Columb of the worst such attacks by the group town of al Shadadi, a major logistics hub since then lethal domestic terrorist attacks, such as the 1995 tor) said in a report on Sunday. Strack, senior analyst at IHS and lead an- to date. for the militants, and in March Syrian and bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, have ei- The territory controlled by the terrorist alyst for the IHS Conflict Monitor. ISIL lost control of the city of Ram- allied forces backed by Russian air strikes ther been carried out by far-right or by jihadist terrorists, group shrank from 90,800 sq km (35,000 “As a result, we unfortunately expect adi at the end of last year, another key drove ISIL out of the ancient Syrian city of as we saw last month in Orlando and in December in San square miles) in January 2015, six months an increase in mass casualty attacks and stronghold for the group which captured Palmyra and surrounding areas. Bernardino, California. after it declared a caliphate in Syria and sabotage of economic infrastructure, large swathes of Iraq in 2014. The army An SDF advance is underway to re- Now law enforcement must focus, once again, on the Iraq, to 68,300 sq km (26,370 square across Iraq and Syria, and further afield, is now gearing up to retake Mosul, the take areas north of ISIL’s de facto capital possibility that far-left militants may carry out lethal at- miles), the research firm said. including Europe.” largest city in Iraq’s north and ISIL’s de in Syria, Raqqa. tacks. This has led the group to step up at- The Iraqi military’s recapture of Falluja, facto capital. (Source: Reuters) (Source: CNN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 ENVIRONMENT JJULYULY 11,11, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

ARTICLE Don’t litter: A public-spearheaded How serious is desertification in Iran? campaign to leave no trace in the nature By Farnaz Heidari M.Sc. of environmental science engineering INTERVIEW esertification is a process whereby the productive po- By Maryam Qarehgozlou Dtential of arid or semiarid land falls by 10% or more, TEHRAN — With the beginning of any this phenomenon results mostly from human activi- public holidays in the country, environ- ties. Moderate desertification is a 10-25% drop in productiv- mentalists, resort managers, and locals of- ity, severe desertification is a 25-50% drop, and very severe ten voice their concerns over the substan- desertification is a drop of 50% or more, usually creating tial amount of garbage strewed around huge gullies and sand dunes. Desertification is a serious and beaches, riversides, forests, etc. growing problem in many parts of the world e.g. in Iran. Recently, the public and those who are Many major problems such as overgrazing on fragile arid genuinely worried about the environment and semiarid rangelands, deforestation without reforestation, have been trying to display the ugliness surface mining without land reclamation, and unsuitable irriga- and hideousness of these once-pristine Elham Adimi tion techniques such as flooding the field that lead to increased places by sharing photos of garbage-filled erosion in addition to salt buildup and waterlogged soil, and places on social networks. farming on lands with unsuitable terrain or soil generally speed Some others take photos of their clean- the rate of desertification in Iran. ing camps in various natural sites and Monitoring ecological hope to foster this culture among other change in Iran has a signifi- visitors and encourage them to bag up cant role to play in deserti- their own trash while traveling, instead of fication reporting. Here is a leaving them in rivers or forests. need to have indicators and Coming after “drive between the lines” (a indices that show broad pro- campaign promoting obeying traffic rules by gress. These need to be linked driving between the lines) and “car free Tues- to complimentary data that days” (an environmental campaign encourag- play a more diagnostic role in ing the public not to use their cars on Tuesdays), alerting to conditions that are “don’t litter” is a public-led campaign exhorting progressing. outdoor ethics by encouraging people not to ing #don’t_litter) since then. campaign’s goals Adimi said that “what “We are doing this voluntarily and in my Wasteful irrigation leave garbage in the nature or on streets. “I continued with sharing the pictures I we seek is to encourage the public not to opinion creating a culture is the primary techniques The campaign first came on stream had taken over my trips from the forests or litter in the first place.” way of achieving a goal,” she suggested. Agriculture in Iran goes on twitter concurrent with the World En- rivers polluted by waste and others started “Simultaneously, we want to promote Public-led campaigns are far more ef- in the direction of changing vironment Day, June 5, 2016 by journalist to do the same thing as well,” she noted. waste segregation, and in the next step we fective as the public feel they are a part of it landscape simply because it Adimi said that the campaign has now are planning on fostering a culture to pro- and try to promote it, she added. Severe water depletion in Zarch Elham Adimi. does not have enough water 50 members, including environmentalists duce less garbage,” she highlighted. “I’ve tried to make connections with or- Qanat, Yazd province In an interview with the Tehran Times, resources. Changing land- Adimi explained that she got the idea of the and actors. She further expressed hope She continued, “Unlike many other cam- ganizations and other active groups in the scape especially in South, East and central parts of Iran is all too campaign when she saw a pile of garbage that she could also earn Tehran Municipali- paigns that focus on collecting garbage field of environment and with the short num- visible and it contributes one of the largest components to a dumped in the ditch alongside Valiasr Street ty’s support for the campaign. from natural sites (such as rivers and for- ber of people who are assisting us we have typical eco-footprint. which runs from southern Tehran to northern She additionally said that the campaign ests) we believe that if we don’t litter any tried to get the best results,” she noted. Next to transportation, agriculture in Iran causes the great- Tehran.“It was not something new and I’ve is now active on twitter with na_be_zobale garbage, there is no need to collect it and “Our targets are the people who all est level of environmental impact associated with the average seen that scene before but that night I decid- (meaning no to garbage) and have a tel- this is our biggest difference: prevention.” have smart phones and even in the most household. Increased demands on groundwater resources have ed to tweet it and I used the hashtag #dar_ egram channel with the same account On the subject of financial supports, remote areas they get the most updated overstressed aquifers in many areas of the Nation, not just in arid khyaban_ashghal_narizim (literally meaning name. “It is also active on Instagram with Adimi stated that what they need more information and this a favorable opportu- regions. Now groundwater depletion occurs at scales ranging #don’t_litter_on the street),” Adimi said. ‘nabezobale’ account”, she noted, adding, than financial support is advertisement. nity for creating a culture and developing from a single well to aquifer systems underlying several counties. She went on to say that the hash- “But unfortunately we don’t have much “Certainly, money can help us publicize it,” she stated, adding, “This requires ar- Where there are no longer surface water for irrigation, the tag was very well received and that she time to update those accounts.” the campaign, but it doesn’t mean that the rangement, but sadly that’s what officials water stored in the ground is being used more and more. The shortened it to #ashghal_narizim (mean- In response to a question about the campaign would fail without it.” usually miss out.” ground water can be compared to money kept in a bank ac- count. Tons of water resources are now wasted just for agriculture irrigation systems in Iran. We all know if you withdraw money at a faster rate than you deposit new money you will eventually High-ranking working group set up to address air pollution in Iran start having account-supply problems. In the other words, the ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — A high-ranking working finance Iran’s one-year clunker replacement scheme. most important water challenge in Iran refers to centuries-old ir- desk rigation methods and other wasteful practices. Pumping ground group headed by First Vice President It’s been some years Tehran and some other metrop- water with the increasing pace is adding to water shortages in Es’haq Jahangiri has been formed to deal with air pol- olises such as Isfahan are struggling with air pollution all many places while helping deplete groundwater. lution in metropolises of the country, ILNA news agency year round. The volume of groundwater in storage is decreasing in many reported on Saturday. The pollution appears in different shapes and forms. areas in response to pumping. Drying up of wells, reduction of The working group is comprised of ministers of interior, Once they are particles less than or equal to 10 or 2.5 water in streams and lakes, deterioration of water quality and oil, transport, industry, energy, and economy, as well as di- micrometers in diameter which sometimes are caused by increased pumping costs are some of the negative effects of rectors of the Management and Planning Organization and hotspots located either outside or inside the country that groundwater depletion. the Department of Environment, governor of the Central cripple the cities mostly located in southern and western Big challenges Bank, police chief, and mayors of the targeted municipalities. Iran and makes it difficult for the citizens to breathe. An estimated 8.1 million Approved by the cabinet of the ministers, the working It is not easy to respond to these dust storms right away square kilometers –an area group is tasked with monitoring, coordinating and taking as they usually need to be dealt with on international level. the size of Brazil and about 12 measures to implement a comprehensive plan to mitigate In other cases they are resulted from the cars which usually times the size of Tehran, Tehran air pollution in the country. are considered as clunkers that are abundant in the country area is 686.3 square kilome- In line with the plan to abate the air pollution, the Cen- Air pollution in Tehran making it almost impossible to and partially responsible for the air pollution as well. ters- have become desertified tral Bank of Iran is also demanded to pay a 22-trillion-rial see Milad Tower on December 29, 2015, (photo by There are some scrappage schemes for such cars in Iran in the past 50 years. According (nearly $630 million) loan with 20 percent interest rate to Arshideh Shahangi/ Mehr) as well and some banks also finance them. to national statistics, Iran’s land area is 165 million hectares, 32 million of which is desert. But Adidas’ limited edition sneakers are made from recycled ocean waste no reliable statistics are avail- able on how much Iran has Last year, Adidas unveiled a prototype post, Parley’s Kelli George describes how replace new plastic with recycled marine become desertified in the past 3D-printed sneaker made from recycled the gillnets, designed to hang vertically in plastic debris.” half century even though the plastic ocean waste. The design was a col- the water and snare passing animals, ar- At the moment, the project is more effects are apparent. laboration with Parley for the Oceans, an rived clogged with debris and stinking of about raising awareness than creating any The most effective way to slow desertification is to drastically organization that raises awareness about the fish. They had to be detangled and washed tangible environmental benefits, but there reduce overgrazing, deforestation, and the destructive forms of environmental destruction of the oceans. in a local laundromat before they could be are plans to scale up the amount of recy- planting, irrigation, and mining that are to blame. In addition, Now, Adidas and Parley have launched a spun into the teal nylon yarn used in the cled ocean material used in Adidas prod- planting trees and grasses will anchor soil and hold water while competition to give 50 fans the chance to win finished sneaker. ucts. The company says that in the second slowing desertification. a pair of the limited edition shoes. The design Turning plastic into a usable material in half of 2016 one of its “top footwear fran- In Iran, sustainable approach has a stake in a water man- of the sneakers, says Adidas, the sole doesn’t this way is a laborious process, but Parley chises” will incorporate the same recycled agement success. The dilemma it poses is real. Desertification appear to be 3D-printed any more, and while for the Oceans’ founder, Cyrill Gutsch, says ocean waste into its commercial lineup. raises some drastic issues and these issues need to be ad- the original prototypes were too stiff to run that now it’s been done once, it’ll be easier “These materials will now be phased step dressed. One reason that desertification is not a high-priority in, the new shoes are supposed to be as to repeat. “We are creating new standards, by step into key Adidas product categories you plan to “avoid single use plastic items concern among farmers is that it usually occurs so slowly and functional as any other sold by the company. new materials and technologies that are so to reduce the production of new, virgin and support Parley’s Ocean Plastic Pro- its cumulative effects may take decades to become apparent. The sneakers’ uppers are made entirely different to those the sporting goods in- plastic,” says the company. gram.” It’s not clear exactly how to enter the Reduced agricultural productivity is only one of the effects of from recycled ocean waste, including PET dustry is used to,” said Gutsch in a press In the meantime, if you want to win one competition, but look out for more details desertification. from discarded plastic bottles and nylon statement. “It is an ongoing challenge, but of the prototype sneakers, you’ll have to on Adidas’ social media pages. Is there any hope? recovered from old fishing nets. In a blog we achieved the first step. Now we can produce an Instagram video showing how (Source: The Verge) Drought-parched fields essentially doesn’t stand a chance in most regions but establishment programs offer the hope. If IN FOCUS IRNA/Hamed Gholami no remedial action is taken, desertification will expand in the future and threaten sustainable livelihoods for citizens every- where, especially people living on rangelands. Such prevention and rehabilitation plans would cost many billions but once the potential productivity is restored, the cost of the programs could be quickly recouped. The rehabilitation programs are also cost-effective, espe- cially when off-site costs are included but it’s time to work on rehabilitation programs. Think for a moment of verdant for- ests, natural grasslands, and arable soils. These are all forms of “natural capital” that represent highly-ordered self-producing ecosystems or rich accumulations of energy/matter with high use potential. Now contemplate despoiled landscapes, eroding croplands, toxic mine tailings, and depleted water resources. These all represent disordered systems or degraded forms of energy and matter with little use potential. The main process connecting these two system states is human economic activity, so it is quite important to work together to implement soil and The Sistan region, southeastern Iran, has been struggling with long periods of drought for 18 years specially as water stopped discharging from Helmand River in Afghanistan into water conservation practices before our natural resources lose Hamoun Lake. A plan is underway to transfer water from Sea of Oman using pipelines to an area of 46,000 hectares for a year now. most of their productivity. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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IIranran beatsbeats QQataratar aatt AAsiansian MMen’sen’s UU-20-20 TENNIS Serena Williams ready to end debate over who is the VVolleyballolleyball CChampionshiphampionship greatest ever SPORTS Iran defeated Qatar in straight desk It was on a drab day in Paris in early November of last year when sets (25-16, 25-15, 25-11) at the Patrick Mouratoglou gave an early indication of how rough 2015 2016 Asian Men’s U-20 Volleyball Championship had been for Serena Williams as she had chased the calendar on Sunday. year Grand Slam. Mouratoglou, the coach who has helped to The Iranian team opened the competition with a propel Serena to greatness with an incredible nine grand slam 3-0 win over Turkmenistan in Pool B on Saturday. titles out of 17 since they joined forces in the summer of 2012, Iran will face Hong Kong on Monday. had left it 15 days after her US The competition is being held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Open disappointment before from 9 to 17 July. speaking to her again, during Top two teams will qualify for the 2017 FIVB Volley- which Williams was struggling ball Men’s U-21 World Championship. to cope with going so close to It is the 18th edition of Asian Men’s U-20 Volley- a goal, and failing. ball Championship, which was first found in 1980 in “The reaction was quite South Korea, and is currently held biennially since strong,” Mouratoglou said at 1984 (not held in 1982). And it is also the first time the time. “She was really, re- for Chinese Taipei to host this AVC competition for ally affected, which I think is young player Under-20. normal when you are Serena. Former winners include South Korea, Iran, Japan When you know her, she does and China. Six-time winner—South Korea (1980, everything with 100 percent 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994 and 2004) are the biggest of her heart so you are more winner in history and Iran follow with five titles in disappointed when you don’t 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2014 respectively while reach your goal. Plus, she has China and Japan took three each. a level of expectation that is much higher than anyone. I always say it’s not because she’s Serena and she’s used to winning that her level of expectation is [so high]; it’s because her level of ex- Iran Greco-Roman wins Asian Cadet Former Iran basketball player Khedri pectation is [so high] that she is Serena.” Wrestling Championship dies at age of 45 All players deal with disappointment and success differently but Williams has long operated on a different plane to the rest of the women’s Tour. What is satisfactory for others is not good enough for her. On Saturday, shortly after she won her seventh Wimbledon title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Angelique Kerber to equal Steffi Graf’s open-era record of 22 grand slam singles ti- tles, she was asked if she understood that now everyone would immediately start talking about the all-time record of 24, held by Margaret Court. Williams said she had learned that obsessing about numbers was no good for anyone, suggesting that the shackles are now off and the pressure would be reduced. But Williams’ expectations are higher than those of others and so, by the time we get to the US Open, which begins in late August, the hype will be in full swing again. Victory in New York, where her semi-final defeat by Roberta Vinci ended her hopes of the calendar year Grand Slam last year, would put her on 23, one SPORTS Iran’s Greco-Roman Iranian freestyle team also finished in SPORTS TEHRAN — Former height and physical attributes. deskteam claimed the title third place in the competition with 75 points. deskIran basketball player Khedri also appeared in TV series and behind Court. With respect to the Australian, who was there to of the 2016 Asian Cadet Wrestling Cham- The team claimed four gold medals, Iraj Khedri died at the age of 45 on Friday. Iranian films. see Williams win on Saturday, many of her victories came when pionship on Sunday. one silver and one bronze. Khedri was hospitalized in Tehran’s He had become street vendor in order tennis was restricted to amateurs, with smaller draws and only a The Iranian team claimed six gold Kazakhstan won the title with 82 Imam Hossein Hospital on Thursday due to eke out a living. limited number of nations involved. Billie Jean King, the woman medals, one silver and one bronze in the points and India became runner-up with to breathing problem but died after a Khedri is survived by his wife and a everyone has to thank for the riches earned on Tour these days, competition. 78 points. cardiac arrest Friday night. son a daughter. believes Williams is the best player of all time. Martina Navratilo- Iran came first with 83 points, followed The Asian Cadet Wrestling Champion- He was invited to the Iran youth bas- The Tehran Times staff also offers va, who won 18 grand slam singles titles, says she has a great by India and Kazakhstan with 74 and 70 ship was held in Taichung, Taipei Chinese ketball team in the late 80’s and then was its heartfelt condolences to his be- chance to pass Court. Surely, given the way she is playing, she points respectively. from July 7 to 10. called up to the senior team due to his reaved family. can win two more grand slams, to end any debate that she is the best player who ever lived? “One thing I learned about last year is to enjoy the moment,” Williams said. “I’m definitely going to enjoy this. I have the Olym- Jerry Bengtson on Zob Ahan and Ali Kazemi appointed as Iran Football pics coming up. I’ll take it one at a time. I’ve learned a lot about Naft radar League Organization president 22. I learned not to get involved in those debates and conver- sations. I just learned to just play tennis. That’s what I do best. SPORTS Former Persep- Sepahan. He scored his first goal for SPORTS Iran Football Federa- a national sports association responsible for “I just learned to be better. I also learned that you can’t win desk desk olis striker Jerry Persepolis on 25 September 2015 tion president Mehdi administering the five professional football everything, even though I try really hard. I do the best that I can. Bengtson has been linked with a against Tractor Sazi. He scored a Taj has appointed Ali Kazemi as the leagues in Iran - the Persian Gulf Pro League, I still am not going to be perfect.” move back to Iran Professional goal in a 1–1 draw against impor- new president of Iran Football League Azadegan League, 2nd Division, 3rd Division Williams turns 35 in September, an age when most players League as Zob Ahan and Naft Teh- tant rival Esteghlal in the Tehran der- Organization on Sunday. and Kowsar Women Football league. have long since put their rackets away. Graf quit when she was ran have shown interests in Hon- by in stoppage time. Kazemi already was the secretary The association also administrates the 30 but Williams has now won nine grand slams since turning duran striker. Former Persepolis head coach Ali general of the organiztion. He is Iran Hazfi Cup, Iran’s domestic cup competition. 30, a stunning achievement and evidence of her longevity and The 29-year-old signed a one- Daei has been appointed as the new League Organization fourth president The organization was founded in 2001. amazing ability to sustain a level of play that is too good for the year contract with Persepolis on Au- Naft coach last week. after Azizollah Aziz Mohammadi (2001- The President, along with the other rest, from this generation or any other. The wins by Kerber and gust 1, 2015. Bengtson has scored 21 goals in 2012), Gholamreza Behravan (2012- members of the Executive Committee, is Garbine Muguruza of Spain over Williams this year in the finals He made his debut in the final 20 52 appearances for Honduras na- 2013) and Mehdi Taj (2013-2016). responsible for the day-to-day running of the Australian and French Open would suggest that it is not minutes of Persepolis’ match against tional team. The Iran Football League Organization is of the organization. going to get any easier for the world No 1 to win grand slams. But as has been the case for most of her career, it is all about Serena. If she is motivated and healthy, then even with others making their move, she remains the best player, hands down. Manchester United want Paul Pogba and Blaise Matuidi - sources The pressure of trying to equal Graf is gone. The stress of last Manchester United are hoping to complete the signings he is open to returning to the club he left on a free transfer year has disappeared and now, it seems, with Mouratoglou urg- of both Paul Pogba from Juventus and Blaise Matuidi from in 2012, sources have told ESPN FC that Pogba’s main pref- ing her on behind the scenes, she is ready to push on from here. Paris Saint-Germain, sources have told ESPN FC. erence is still to go to Real Madrid or Barcelona. She will be a big favourite to win a second singles gold medal at United’s interest in Matuidi had initially been seen as a United officials won’t get the chance to sit down and dis- the Olympics in Rio next month and a fourth doubles gold med- back-up to Pogba, if they could not persuade Juve to sell cuss the move with Pogba until next week at the earliest, as al with her sister, Venus, with whom she won a sixth Wimbledon their star midfielder, but Jose Mourinho’s wish to revitalise the midfielder will play in the final of Euro 2016 against Por- title and 14th doubles grand slam title together on Saturday. the midfield could see both arrive this summer. tugal on Sunday.And, although his France teammate Matui- “If I kept one trophy, I would probably grab my gold medals,” Sources have told ESPN FC that the club must still di is in the same situation and has also played down reports she said. “But right now I am probably focused a little more on convince Pogba to join them, despite intermediaries agree- of a summer move, United are seemingly keen to add both the slams, or at least I was with getting to 22. Now I feel like ing basic terms with both Juventus and the player’s agent. superstars to their midfield this summer if they can. everything else will be pretty good.” Mourinho has identified the 23-year-old as his primary Real Madrid have given no indication that they are pre- (Source: Guardian) target and United are confident of completing a deal after pared to pay the required £100 million fee for Pogba, while agreeing terms with his representatives, but Pogba himself Barcelona are no longer interested in him after seeing an has not yet definitively agreed to move back to Old Trafford. €80m offer rejected last summer. While some reports in France state have indicated that (Source: ESPN) Hamilton wins British Grand Prix from pole

Mario Gotze to Tottenham: Spurs face £20m Football not same without Lionel Messi Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for the third year transfer challenge from Serie A giants - Neymar on Argentina retirement in a row on Sunday with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg finishing second but under a stewards’ investigation. Gotze, 24, is out of contract at Bayern Lionel Messi’s Barcelona teammate The triple Formula One world Munich next summer and could be sold Neymar has opened up about the Ar- champion’s fourth home win, this pre-season. gentine’s decision to retire from inter- from pole position, was the 47th The Germany international, who won national football. victory of Hamilton’s career and the World Cup in 2014, is said to have at- Messi announced the end of this Ar- cut Rosberg’s overall lead to four tracted interest from former club Borussia gentina career following the defeat to points after 10 of 21 races. Dortmund. Chile in the Copa America final in June. Rosberg was slowed by The Liverpool Echo claim the Reds are And although Brazil star Neymar a gearbox problem with five out of the race to sign Gotze, with Spurs understands the decision, he feels that laps remaining and crossed eyeing a £20million bid. Messi’s absence is a loss to the interna- the line 6.9 seconds behind But reports in Italy claim the frontman tional game. and with a question mark could be heading to Juventus. “I respect his decisions, but football over his result after Mercedes According to Turin-based newspa- to Real Madrid. without Messi isn’t football, it’s hard to Last week, it was confirmed Messi and seemingly broke the rules on per Tuttosport, Juve director Giuseppe Tuttosport claim Juve will also ask Bay- imagine it without him,” Neymar said in his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are set to radio advice by telling him to Marotta is keen to sign Gotze. ern about defender Medhi Benatia’s availa- Marca. appeal to the Spanish supreme court af- avoid seventh gear. Juve are enjoying a busy transfer win- bility, while Dinamo Zagreb’s Marko Pjaca is “If you like football at all, then you can’t ter being found guilty of three counts of Red Bull’s Dutch teenager Max Verstappen was third, 1.3 sec- dow, having already signed Miralem Pjan- tipped to join the Italian champions. help but admire Messi and everything he’s tax fraud at a court in Barcelona. onds behind Rosberg, in a race that started behind the safety ic from Roma while selling Alvaro Morata (Source: Express) achieved for Argentina and Barcelona.” (Source: Soccernet) car after heavy rain. (Source: reuters) b

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NEWS Mourning crowds bid farewell IRIB wastes money by purchasing Chinese and Korean films: veteran dubber to Abbas Kiarostami

ARTTEHRAN — Veteran dubber Bahram 1 deskZand has said that Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Fereydoun, brother and Broadcasting has actually wasted its money by purchasing close aide to President Hassan Rouhani, Chinese and Korean TV series over the past few years. MP Mohammadreza Aref and Cinema “When TV doesn’t show Organization of Iran (COI) Director good films or TV series, Hojjatollah Ayyubi were also among the people either turn it off participating officials. or watch programs aired The ceremony was hosted by actor on other foreign channels Parviz Parastui, who expressed his via satellite,” Zand told the appreciation to the crowds for their active Persian service of MNA on participation. Saturday. Addressing Kiarstoami in his final “IRIB actually wastes its words, Parastui said, “We are here to money by buying Chinese say that your students understand the and Korean TV series and precious gem of your works and will this actually goes back to its promise to preserve this great value. management,” he added. “You have also left us two other He also said that it is not weighty things (two sons Ahmad and the dubbing department Bahman). They will continue part of your that decides on purchasing dear being; they have tried all these foreign series and films, adding that IRIB Media Trade is years to support your good name. Here, responsible for providing the productions. they once again promise to protect your He also asserted that the Korean and Chinese productions works and remain heirs to your name are not well received by people and out of fifty films and and your works, and we must praise series, just one might be influential. Therefore spending you once again for this heritage,” he money on these productions is a waste of money. continued. “We need to attract the attention of the audience first and Filmmaker Masud Kimiai was called on then, if we believe IRIB is a national university, ask people to stage next to deliver his speech, despite sit and listen to our words. If we only ask them to sit and listen his anguish over the demise of his close to the lessons, they will not be attracted,” Zand concluded. friend. “I am not feeling fine; I also don’t have known intellectuals, called Kiarostami the was that he was modest. He bore the Kiarostami’s body was later laid to rest adequate words to speak. I just keep original child of this land. weighty burden of fame but never fell into in a private burial service in Lavasan, a crying. I am sure that the light of God “Abbas did not need to store its trap,” he concluded. resort town about 40 kilometers northeast shines more brightly on an oppressed knowledge to learn something; he was His son Ahmad paid his respects to of Tehran, according to his own will. NEWS IN BRIEF artist. Abbas has so much persistence seeking the essence of truth. All the all the individuals participating in the Cineastes Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Iranian poet Mahdieh that his name will also remain eternal as characters in his films were on a journey ceremony especially to the organizers of Asghar Farhadi, Seifollah Samadian, long as history remains,” said Kimiai in his to learn. His great impact on the world the funeral and his brother Bahman who Dariush Farhang, Niki Karimi, Reza Elahi-Qomshei dies brief words. was his great sense of poetry. was with his father during the last days of Kianian, Atila Pesyani and Narges Abyar at 79 Dariush Shayegan, one of Iran’s best- “Another of his good characteristics his treatment. were seen among the crowd.

CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian poet Firuz Zonuzi-Jalali honored at Golden Pen Awards deskMahdieh Elahi-Qomshei, who was ARTTEHRAN — Firuz Zonuzi-Jalali, currently working on his novels “Destinies” and “The Author Firuz also renowned for her studies on Persian poet and desk mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi, died at the age of author of the acclaimed novel “The Hidden Sun”. Zonuzi-Jalali (L) Rule of the Game”, has been honored for his lifetime His “The Rule of the Game” won the award for best receives an award 79 at her home in Tehran on Saturday. for his lifetime She was suffering from a lung disease, Persian achievements at the 14th Golden Pen Awards. novel at the 26th edition of the Islamic Republic of Iran “Time passes quickly,” Zonuzi-Jalali said after Book of the Year Awards last year. achievements from media announced on Sunday. Art Bureau Director She was the daughter of the prominent Quran accepting his award during a ceremony held at the This year, the juries in the various categories at the Mohsen Momeni- translator Ayatollah Mehdi Mohieddin Elahi-Qomshei. Andisheh Hall of the Art Bureau on Saturday. 14th Golden Pen Awards, which is organized annually by Sharif at the 14th Her credits include “A Walk in the Garden of “Thirty years of my life also passed by very fast,” he Iran’s Pen Association, only presented some honorable Golden Pen Awards in Tehran on July 9, Masnavi”, about the Rumi’s Masnavi-ye Manavi, and added and expressed his hope that he would be able to mentions to several works. complete his unfinished works before his death. The juries announced that none of the nominees 2016. (Mehr/Asghar the poem collections “The spring of Love” and “The Khamseh) Temple of Love”. Zonuzi-Jalali who is suffering from lung cancer is deserved the awards.

Hesameddin Seraj to PICTURE OF THE DAY IRNA/Amin Jalali perform in Tehran Tehran gallery to showcase

CULTURE TEHRAN — Vocalist rarely-seen deskHesameddin Seraj along with Sur Ensemble will give concerts of Iranian traditional music at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on July 15 and 16. photos by Kaveh Seraj will perform songs by Hafez, Rumi, Hushang Ebtehaj and several other Persian poets Golestan during the concerts. ARTTEHRAN — A Tar virtuoso Majid Molana is the bandleader desk of Sur, which also features Jamshid Safarzadeh on collection of santur, Hamid Qanbari on tombak, Alireza Daryai rarely-seen photos by the Iranian on kamancheh and Saber Suri on oud. photojournalist Kaveh Golestan will go on display during a two-day exhibit, which opens to the public this Wednesday at Shirin Gallery in Tehran. The collection comprises various WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES photos on the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, and Photo Iranian working-class people, his Photos by Chia Mohammadi are on display in widow, Hengameh Golestan, told the exhibition at Gallery No. 2 of the Persian service of ISNA on Saturday. Arasbaran Cultural Center. As a freelance photographer, The exhibit titled “Dancing of Golestan also documented scenes of Nature” runs until July 18 at the Iraq’s chemical attack on the Kurdish gallery, which can be found on town of Halabja in 1988. Jolfa St., off Shariati Ave. Golestan was killed by a landmine in Iraq at the age of 51 whilst working Multimedia A group of South Korean artists gives a performance during an Iran-Korea joint cultural festival at Tehran’s Milad Tower on July 9, 2016. for the BBC. He was 52. Veteran artist Reza Bangiz is showcasing a collection of his sculptures, paint- ings and prints during an exhibi- tion at Iranshahr Gallery. Creator of the Broadway hit “Hamilton” says goodbye, quietly The exhibit runs until July 19 at NEW YORK (AP) — Lin-Manuel - plus an ensemble member - took Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Rosie musical, much less this extraordinary the gallery located at 69 Sepand Miranda, the creator and star of their bows together but none said O’Donnell, Spike Lee, Charlie Rose hip-hop musical,” he said. “The show St., off Karim Khan Ave. the Broadway smash “Hamilton”, anything. and Mariska Hargitay. has such universal appeal, it really made a subdued final bow Saturday Miranda made a solo bow, with Rose called it “a majestic moment delights me how he’s taken the book Drawings by Iman Izadinia and Sepideh Behru- alongside two other departing stars his hand to his heart before actor in the history of theater” and and really amplified it and appealed zian along with print works by Mi- in the show that has become a Christopher Jackson pushed him to historian Ron Chernow, who supplied to such a mass audience. It’s just lad Firuzfar are on show at O Gal- cultural phenomenon. the lip of the stage to receive the full the Hamilton biography that Miranda astounding.” lery. The performance Saturday at the blessings from the audience. The cast transformed into a musical, seemed Afterward, Miranda appeared The exhibition runs through Richard Rodgers Theatre was also left after a few minutes to the theme still stunned by the course of events. waving on the balcony outside the July 19 at the gallery located at the last for Leslie Odom Jr., who won from the TV series “West Wing”, an “Well, I think it’s safe to say that theater under an umbrella and also 44 Khosro Alley, off Ostad Neja- a Tony Award as Aaron Burr, and apparently presidential choice. when I was writing the book I never opened a window to say thank you to tollahi St. Phillipa Soo, a Tony nominee who Among those in attendance were imagined that it would be turned the crowds standing in the pouring portrayed Eliza Schuyler. The three U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, into a musical, much less a hip-hop rain outside.