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Iran says will bring Chabahar terrorists, their masters to justice POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign individuals were also injured during U.S. fails to condemn desk Minister Mohammad the attack, 10 of whom were police Javad Zarif said on Thursday that the forces and others were ordinary peo- terrorists behind the Chabahar suicide ple. Women and children were also attack and their masters will definitely among the injured. face punishment. “Foreign-backed terrorists kill & wound Hamas at UN In the terrorist attack on the po- innocents in Chabahar. As we’ve made lice station on Thursday morning two clear in the past, such crimes won’t go See page 13 policemen were martyred. At least 43 unpunished: 2 OPEC agrees on larger-than-expected oil cut OPEC finally broke an impasse over pro- suffers the effects of U.S. sanctions. duction curbs, agreeing on a larger-than-ex- Crude surged as much as 5.4 percent pected cut with allies after two days of in London, raising the risk that the deal fractious negotiations in Vienna. could anger U.S. President Donald Trump, The cartel and its partners agreed to re- who had urged the group to keep the taps move 1.2 million barrels a day from the mar- open and prices low. ket, with OPEC itself shouldering 800,000 The breakthrough at the Organization of barrels of the burden. Iran emerged as a Petroleum Exporting Countries’ secretariat winner from the contentious talks, saying followed a series of bilateral meetings con- it’s secured an exemption from cuts as it vened by non-OPEC member Russia, 4

As Yemen’s rival sides talk peace, bombs continue to fall Representatives from Yemen’s government Rimbo, a town around 50km north of the and Houthis are attending UN-sponsored Swedish capital Stockholm. According talks in Sweden for a second day, but back to Al-Masirah, at least 60 air strikes had home a Saudi-UAE coalition has continued targeted Houthi-held areas over the past 72 with deadly air strikes. hours, with three women reported killed. The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah news Aid agencies have long warned that fight- outlet reported early on Friday that at ing in Hodeidah, a lifeline for millions of least three air strikes targeted Hodeidah’s Yemenis, risks escalating the humanitarian al-Tahita district, hours after represent- crisis in the country, where about half the

CNN atives from the Yemeni government and population - some 14 million people - could Houthis met for the first day of talks in soon be on the verge of famine. 13 EDITORIAL Iran protests mistreatment of nationals in Georgia ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi Abdouallah Shahbazi POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian For- the number of deportations runs contrary to a and air borders of Georgia in recent days. Tehran Times editor-in-chief desk Political analyst @ghaderi62 eign Ministry has protested bilateral agreement on visa free travel and growing In relevant remarks earlier this week, at the mistreatment of the country’s nationals ties between Tehran and Tbilisi. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram by Georgian border guards. The Georgian envoy, for his part, voiced regret Qassemi said the deportations had various The Foreign Ministry’s director general for over the recent developments and underlined reasons, adding, “Some of the nationals had A contemplation on consular affairs in a meeting with Georgian the importance of bilateral ties. no initial documents to enter Georgia, while 16 Azar the Ambassador to Tehran Ioseb Chakhvashvili He also stressed the Georgian government several other deportees had sufficient doc- Europe’s new crises complained about the unfriendly behavior and the nation’s respect for the Iranian people. uments.” beginning of an ecently, it hasn’t been quite calm in of certain Georgian border officials towards The Georgian envoy vowed to follow up the Georgian officials cast doubt on the accuracy uprising Europe! Although French President Iranian citizens. declared concerns. of the reports, and have vowed to inform the REmmanuel Macron has temporar- The Iranian diplomat also said that a rise in About 200 Iranians were deported from land Iranian embassy in Tbilisi about the issue. The first protest ily withdrawn from the fuel tax laws, the 16 Azar (7 December) has become the official “Yellow Vests” continue to follow their Student Day in Iran after the 1979 Revolution. demands of the Elysees Palace, taking Eiffel Tower to be closed as Paris braces for more protests On that day, December 7, 1953 (16 Azar 1332 out to the streets of Paris and other cities. The Eiffel Tower in Paris will be closed Saturday to a sharp increase in diesel taxes, four people have been “strongly impacted” and that its in the Iranian calendar) three students of This is while issues such as reducing as French authorities tighten security to prevent have been killed in accidents. members registered “an average fall of their the University of Tehran were murdered the income tax for middle and low-in- another outbreak of violence following three weeks The protesters are collectively referred to as estimated figures between 30 and 40 percent by Iranian police in the Pahlavi era. Every comes, increasing pension rights and of anti-government protests. the “yellow vest” movement, in reference to the since the beginning of the movement of the year there are local demonstrations at many securing the interests of trade unions In addition to the 8,000 police forces that fluorescent safety outfit French motorists keep yellow vests.” universities organized by students. and workers supported by these unions will be deployed in the French capital, the Paris in their cars. In addition to the closure of the Eiffel Tow- It is commemorated both by religious remain unanswered. On the other hand, police prefect has identified 14 high-risk sectors Amid the unrest, some of the protesters, French er, many shops and museums across France, and student movements. Ahmad Ghand- the recent protests in both the Netherlands that will be cleared out. union officials and prominent politicians across including the Orsay Museum and the Grand chi who belonged to Jebhe-e Melli and and Belgium showed that there is a huge Fearing protesters could target street furniture the political spectrum have urged calm especially Palais, will keep their doors shut on Saturday two other students, Shariat-Razavi and potential for the “rebellion against the or construction sites, Paris police will remove all as French President Emmanuel Macron agreed for safety reasons. Bozorg-Nia who were claimed by Hezb-e United Europe” inside the Green Continent. the glass containers, railings and building machines to abandon the fuel tax hike that triggered the “We need to protect culture sites in Paris but Tudeh, were killed when the Shah’s police The cohesion of the economic and social set up in the identified sectors which include movement. However, protesters’ demands have also everywhere in France,” Culture Minister forces opened fire on the students of the structure of European countries has dou- the world-renowned and glitzy Champs-Elysees now expanded to other issues hurting French Franck Riester told RTL radio. University of Tehran going on strike in bled their influence on each other, meaning avenue. workers, retirees and students. In Paris, police officers will be equipped with protest at the resumption of Iran’s rela- that they can easily affect, and be affected Across the country some 89,000 police will be The rioting has also had an economic im- a dozen armored vehicles for the first time in a tions with Great Britain and Nixon’s visit by each other. Indeed, what is happening mobilized, up from 65,000 last weekend when pact at the height of the holiday shopping sea- French urban area since 2005. to Iran, following the coup d’état of 1953, in Europe? Is “the collapse of the United more than 130 people were injured and over 400 son. Rampaging groups last weekend threw “These vehicles can be very useful to protect also known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup Europe” still an “abstract idea”? Or has it were arrested in the worst street violence seen cobblestones through Paris storefronts and buildings,” said Stanislas Gaudon, the head of d’état. The coup d’état saw the overthrow become an “objective reality” under the in the country in decades. And authorities have looted valuables in some of the city’s richest police union Alliance. “And in case they set up of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh influence of past years’ events in Europe? also cancelled six French league soccer matches neighborhoods. barricades, we can quickly clear out the space in favor of strengthening the monarchical In this regard, there are some points that this weekend around the country. The national Federation of French mar- and let our units progress.” rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. should be taken into consideration: Since the unrest began on Nov. 17 in reaction kets said Friday that Christmas markets (Source: AP) On December 5, 1953, the coup govern- 1- Jacques Derrida, the postmodern ment officially re-established diplomatic philosopher, spoke of “deconstruction” relations with Britain. Denis Wright was during his lifetime. This concept was in fact sent to Tehran as the chargé d’affaires on the most famous term used by this French Funeral held December 21 (Azar 30) and stayed on as philosopher in justifying and interpret- counselor until 1955, after the arrival of ing many of the philosophic phenomena. for victims the new ambassador. The resumption Deconstruction is a concept that Jacques of diplomatic relations further angered Derrida has used for “rebuilding”, that of Chabahar the people, and in particular the political is to say, destroy and, at the same time, dissidents and the university students. construct. In other words, those who are of From then on Iranians have been ob- an idea or a specific style, sometimes have suicide attack serving the day as a protest to the U.S. to reinvent their ideas through destroying TEHRAN — A funeral procession was interference with Iran domestic affairs. its foundations (Which are the bases for held on Friday for two victims of the Until the coup, perhaps in the eyes of some that idea) and create new foundations, so Chabahar suicide terrorist attack. well-known experts in world politics, as well as deconstruction is made by decision-makers According to IRNA, Dariush Ranjbar in communists, who were ideologically rivals and those who possess a theory. and Naser Dor-Zadeh were martyred on of the West bloc, the United States was not 2- The European Union is now under Thursday morning after a suicide car bomb known as a dominant and aggressive power in a critical pressure! The constant political, went off at Chabahar’s police headquar- the Iranian public eye. The nationalist political social and security crises have raised the ters. The slain soldiers were transported parties that were members of the National vulnerability of this block. On the other to their hometowns after the ceremony. Front of Iran introduced the United States hand, European leaders have clearly lost Culture Minister Abbas Salehi, local as a “third power”, whose consolidation of control over issues such as “Brexit” and officials, and military commanders par- ties with Iran could dispel Tehran from the “European economic crisis”. It shouldn’t ticipated at the funeral. influence of the two great traditional powers, be forgotten that ten years of austerity At least 43 individuals were also in- Britain and Russia. It was a continuation of policies and a reduction in the general Ashtab Mohsen jured during the attack, 10 of whom were the view that existed from the late Qajar era budgets of the Eurozone member states police forces and others were ordinary among part of modernists who claimed reform, had bad results for the European citizens, some notorious and affiliated with both the IRNA/ people. Women and children were also and the signs of the economic crisis can among the injured. U.S. and France, and some well-known with be still seen throughout Europe. 7 good intents. 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS DECEMBER 8, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Police vigilant Iran blames Israeli occupation as the after Chabahar attack root cause of Middle East conflicts POLITICS Iran’s permanent mis- ‘Ethnic cleansing’ desk POLITICS TEHRAN — Police Chief Brigadier Gen- sion to the United Na- “It is for this very reason that the Pal- deskeral Hossein Ashtari said his forces are tions has described the Israeli occupation estinians, whether Muslim or Christian, vigilant in the aftermath of the Chabahar terrorist attack of Palestinian territories as the root cause are suffering from a situation, which is and have managed to foil similar threats. of all existing conflicts and crises across tantamount to ethnic cleansing,” Al-e Ashtari said the person who carried out the Chabahar the Middle East region. Habib said. attack failed to enter the police station because of the vigi- Es’haq Al-e Habib, Iran’s deputy ambas- Elsewhere in his remarks, the official lance and bravery shown by police forces, Mehr reported. sador to the UN, made the remarks as he was pointed out that the Israeli siege of the Gaza On Thursday, a vehicle laden with explosives went off protesting a U.S.-sponsored draft resolution Strip has turned the Palestinian coastal close to a police headquarters in Chabahar, a port city in the seeking to condemn the Palestinian resistance territory into a “stifling and uninhabitable southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. movement Hamas, according to Press TV. prison”. The blockade amounted to “col- The terrorist behind the wheel was seeking to force his The proposed resolution, he said in a lective punishment” of the enclave’s entire way into the police post, but failed to do so as local security statement addressed to the UN on Thurs- territory, he added. forces quickly intervened. day, “indicates the real nature of the U.S. He reminded that more than 160 Palestin- foreign policy concerning the Palestini- ians have been killed since March as they have ans, which is essentially based on deceit, been protesting the stealing of their lands. Academics are complete ignorance of Palestinians’ rights, Al-e Habib said Hamas was part of the flag-bearers of and also unconditioned and invariable Palestinian people and that it was only support for Israel.” defending the Palestinians against Israe- fighting U.S. “The draft resolution is predicated li military aggression, something that he on deception since it totally ignores the said constituted “a legal and intrinsic right tyranny, cleric says root of the conflict, namely the illegal under the international law”. POLITICS TEHRAN — Tehran Friday prayer lead- occupation of Palestine by Israel over “We recognize Hamas as a legal resist- desker Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi the past decades.” ance movement, which fights for the lib- Kermani says university students and academics are the Al-e Habib said it never mattered in the any intention for or interest in peace with destroying Muslim and Christian religious eration of Palestinian lands from foreign flag-bearers of fighting against U.S. oppression and tyranny. same pro-Israel U.S. foreign policy what the Palestinians”. symbols there. occupation.” Addressing worshipers on Friday, Movahedi Kermani said crimes would be perpetrated against the Pal- He also criticized the regime’s “unprec- The official further stressed that the Israeli The 193-member UN General Assembly seeking justice and fighting against the U.S. is an integral estinians, how many Palestinian children edented” measures aimed at speeding up occupation of Palestinian lands had led to voted 87-57 in favor of the resolution Thurs- part of the student movement, ISNA reported. would be killed, or what brutality and inhu- Judaization of Jerusalem al-Quds. Efforts, constant violation of the rights of the Pales- day while 33 members chose to abstain, He also pointed to the Yemeni crisis, saying the brutal mane treatment would they be subjected to. that he said, included changing the holy tinians and Arabs living in other occupied leaving Washington with a plurality vote killing of the Yemeni people by the Al Saud regime through Al-e Habib said Israel’s settlement occupied city’s demographic structure as territories, and the displacement of around that fell short of the two-thirds requirement a complicity by the Zionists and the U.S. proves that their activities showed that “it has never had well as its religious and cultural identity by six million Palestinians. to adopt the resolution. claims about human rights “are nothing but lies.” “They are only after their own economic interests and do not respect human beings, humanity, and human Iran’s VP urges Japan to stand against U.S. unilateralism rights,” he added. By staff and agency have always had their own ways to pass U.S. pressures and Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has called on Japan we hope again they use their initiatives to stay as a major use its power and influence to put an end to “U.S. unilater- oil importer from Iran.” Europe not apart alism” in the world. Referring to the U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, from U.S. in enmity “Japan must stand against U.S. unilateralism, which is Jahangiri said it has “found new customers and sold our threatening independent countries and might go beyond oil to them.” toward Iranians: Iran’s nuclear issue to encompass other issues around He said his government has started “serious negotiations” the globe,” he told Kyodo News in an interview published for selling more oil to Russia and to China and other Asian cleric on Wednesday. countries, for example. POLITICS TEHRAN — Mashhad Friday prayer He said although Iran-Japan economic ties are currently Jahangiri anticipated that Iran could restore its oil ex- deskleader Seyyed Ahmad Alamolhoda has affected by U.S. pressure, the two countries have long had ports to the level of before Nov. 4 even after expiration of said Iranian authorities should be aware that Europe is good relations and Iran looks forward to a state visit by the six-month waivers. not apart from the U.S. in its animosity toward the Iranian Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for which it does “not He called the stated U.S. goal of getting all the nations to nation, Mehr reported. see any obstacle”. reduce their imports of Iranian oil to zero “very dangerous,” “We are ready to negotiate with Japanese companies who Addressing worshippers, Alamolhoda said, “Some of the “Anytime he is willing to pay a visit to Iran, Tehran is but at the same time “very unlikely.” are interested to continue their business in Iran for reach- country’s officials have clung to Europe and insist that they ready to welcome and host him,” he added. “I assure the world that if Iran would be deprived of its ing new solutions in order to ease their concerns,” he said. remain in BARJAM (the 2015 nuclear deal). Wasn’t seven He also said that Iran is ready to address the concerns of main source of income, we would not be silent and will take He added, “The Japanese government and companies months of experience enough for you?” Japanese companies willing to continue business with Tehran. appropriate measure in the right time.” He criticized the parliament for passing the CFT, a legisla- tion to combat financing of terrorism, saying such legislations ‘Intra-Afghan dialogue the only way EU package to save JCPOA to go into are against Iran’s independence and security. The cleric also said Washington’s enmity toward Iran to reach peace’ force by end of 2018 and Iranians dates back to 65 years ago, when the U.S. or- chestrated the 1953 coup. POLITICS TEHRAN — Former POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Ak- deskIranian Ambassador to deskbar Salehi, director of Afghanistan Fada-Hossein Maleki says in- the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ‘Strong will exists tra-Afghan dialogue, and not continuation (AEOI), said on Thursday that the European of U.S. intervention, is the only way to Union’s package to save the 2015 nuclear to fight money reach peace in Afghanistan. deal, officially called the Joint Compre- In an interview with ILNA published hensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will be laundering’ on Friday, Maleki criticized a U.S. decision implemented by end of 2018. to keep its forces in Afghanistan, saying “Based on the promises they have made, such a move means Daesh (ISIL) terrorists we hope that Europe’s offered package POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokes- will also continue to exist in the country. will be implemented by end of the current deskman Bahram Qassemi has criticized some “The issue that should be brought Christian year,” he told reporters. media outlets for politicizing the issue of money launder- up with regard to the peace prospects in He added, “One of their plans is SPV ing, saying fighting the issue is a strength for the Islamic Afghanistan is the strategy of the United [the special purpose vehicle] which is being Republic and its importance has been acknowledged by States, especially after it was revealed finalized according to the European officials. the nation and authorities. that Washington had supported Daesh peace in Afghanistan. “It is not as simple It is not easy for the European Union’s 27 first round of sanctions went into force “It has been stated on different occasions that the in Syria,” he said. as the media outlets imply,” he stressed. member states to reach consensus, how- on August 6 and the second round, which existence of money laundering in our country, like any He further pointed out that establish- The former ambassador underlined that ever, they announced that they will make targets Iran’s oil exports and banks, were other country, is an undeniable fact. What is important, ing peace and security in Afghanistan will the Afghan government and Taliban need to any effort to reach this offer [package].” snapped back on November 4. though, is that a strong will exists in order to fight finan- have positive effects on other countries as compromise for the future of their country. The SPV is a European Union’s financial ‘EU to do oil trades in euro’ cial crimes and money laundering,” IRNA on Thursday well, while on the other hand, the current He also said intelligence reports suggest initiative intended to protect trade with Iran Salehi also said that the EU plans to do quoted Qassemi as saying. behavior of the United States has negative that the U.S. is seeking to activate Daesh against newly reimposed U.S. sanctions. all the oil trades with the other countries effects on neighboring countries. in Afghanistan, especially in Iran’s eastern President Donald Trump withdrew the in euro. A number of factors, according to Maleki, borders and Afghanistan’s borders toward U.S. unilaterally from the JCPOA in May He noted that the U.S. dollar will be Parliamentary have complicated the prospects of achieving Russia and China. and ordered sanctions against Iran. The isolated in this way. team in Pyongyang to U.S. has transferred ISIS terrorists to Afghanistan: Larijani POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Ma- For his part, Chen said that China seeks boost ties deskjlis Speaker Ali Larijani long-term relationship with Iran. He not- POLITICS TEHRAN — Head of the Iran-North said on Thursday that the U.S. has transferred ed that China is eager to invest in Iran’s deskKorea parliamentary friendship group, a large number of ISIS terrorists to Afghan- various projects. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, has arrived in Pyongyang. istan to cause chaos in other parts of Asia. Chen added China will make efforts to He is accompanied by a parliamentary delegation. The visit Larijani made the remarks during a facilitate banking transactions with Iran took place at the invention of his North Korean counterpart. meeting with Chen Zu, the vice-chairman now that the United States has withdrawn Boroujerdi is set to hold talks with the speaker of the of the Standing Committee of the Chinese from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed North Korean parliament, the head of foreign relations National People’s Congress. sanctions on Iran. committee, as well as the head and members of the friend- Larijani also said Tehran attaches great Chen is in Tehran to attend a second an- ship group, Mehr reported. importance to cooperation among Iran, ti-terrorism conference of top parliamen- The delegation is expected to discuss issues of mutual China, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia and Af- tarians from Iran, China, Pakistan, Turkey, interest and ways to expand bilateral relations with the North ghanistan in fighting terrorism. Russia, and Afghanistan. Korean parliamentary officials during their visit. The Majlis speaker also praised growing The conference was scheduled to be held ties between Tehran and Beijing. on Friday and Saturday. EU Foreign Affairs Council Iran says will bring Chabahar terrorists, their masters to justice 1 In 2010, our security services in- claimed responsibility for the attack. tember opened fire on a military parade to discuss Iran tercepted & captured extremists en route Brigadier General Mohammad Pak- in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, killing on Monday from UAE. Mark my words: Iran WILL bring pour, commander of IRGC Ground Force, 25 people, including children and women. terrorists & their masters to justice,” Zarif called the terrorist operation “blind” which The southeastern port city of Chabahar POLITICS TEHRAN — The EU Foreign Affairs tweeted after the attack. bore no results for its perpetrators. is Sistan-Baluchestan province is located deskCouncil (FAC) will meet in Brussels on The attack took place at 9:55 local time. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram near the border with Pakistan. The city hosts December 10 to exchange views on the relations between the Rahmdel Bameri, governor of Sistan-Bal- Qassemi also said that “death-seekers” will the operation of a joint port project between EU and Iran among other issues including Ukraine, EU-Af- uchestan province, said a bomb-filled vehicle be punished soon. Iran and India by the Gulf of Oman. rican Union cooperation, Western Balkans, and Venezuela. was used to target the police station by the “Terrorists who have been grown by Chabahar Port, which is being developed According to Finland’s Foreign Ministry, the ministers suicide attacker. certain regional countries and centers of with funding from India, has been described “will look at Iran’s nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan “Police stopped the explosive-laden car spreading violence and extremism has taken as India’s “golden gateway” that will help of Action, JCPOA) in light of the latest developments.” and started firing at the driver ... who then inhuman and devil action in the Chabahar boost trade links to land-locked Afghanistan Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on set off the explosion near the police head- economic region to harm the economic de- and Central Asia. Tuesday that European financial mechanism to save the quarters in Chabahar,” Bameri explained. velopment in the country’s southeastern The Indian Foreign Ministry condemned attack should be brought to justice expedi- JCPOA now that the U.S. has exited the agreement will be According to Al-Jazeera, the SITE Intelli- borders,” he said. the attack, calling a “despicable terrorist” act. tiously. There can be no justification for any announced in the near future. gence Group reported that Ansar al-Furqan The attack came after gunmen in Sep- “The perpetrators behind this dastardly act of terror,” India said. II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY DECEMBERDECEMBER 8, 2018 ANALYSISINTERNATIONAL & INTERVIEW 3

Pakistan not your ‘hired gun’ Russia: U.S. protests over INF treaty pave way to end of anymore: Imran tells Trump START pact Russia believes the United States is ultimately trying to ruin the Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first foreign tionship with U.S. New START nuclear weapons treaty by moving to exit the Cold interview to the Washington Post has told The U.S. has basically pushed Pakistan War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Foreign President Donald Trump that Pakistan is away, he told the newspaper. Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. not US’ hired gun anymore. Khan also termed the U.S. policy of de- A senior U.S. official said on Thursday that Russia must scrap In a wide-ranging interview with the top claring people criticizing American policies its 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missiles and launchers or modify US newspaper, the premier said he wanted as ‘imperialistic approach’. the weapons’ range to return to compliance with the 1987 INF a ‘proper relationship’ with Washington. On killing of Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin treaty and avert a U.S. pullout from the pact. Trump, in a letter to PM Khan couple of Laden, he said ‘most Pakistanis felt deeply “The impression is given that the ground is simply being days ago, had sought Islamabad’s help in humiliated that we were not trusted, implying prepared for this document (New START) also to be ruined as ending Afghan conflict and bringing Taliban that we were complicit in it’. a result,” Lavrov told reporters at a news conference in Milan. leadership to the negotiating table. “We got some relief from the UAE and (Source: Reuters) When asked about the ‘twitter war’ with China but they wanted to keep it confidential. the US president, PM Khan said ‘it was not We raised money, but we are talking to the really a Twitter war, it was just setting the IMF [International Monetary Fund]. We do record right. The exchange was about being not want to have conditions imposed on us blamed for deeply flawed U.S. policies — the which would cause more unemployment China’s Xi urges North military approach to Afghanistan.’ and inflation.” There are no sanctuaries in Pakistan, he “Exxon has come back to Pakistan after Korea, United States to meet added. 27 years, and they’re doing a big exploration Rejecting the US propaganda on shelter- for us. PepsiCo has put extra investments halfway ing Taliban leaders here, Khan said he was because we are a clean government. We won’t briefed about the situation and that he was be asking them for money.” told that Pakistan has asked the US several “India rebuffed all my overtures because times to share where the sanctuaries are. they have elections and the ruling [BJP] party “We have 2.7 million Afghan refugees. Our has an anti-Muslim, anti-Pakistan approach,” border between Pakistan and Afghanistan he added. has the greatest amount of surveillance. The with the U.S. policy, you were [thought to be] fight someone else’s war. We should never “I want to make Pakistan an equitable, US has satellites and drones. These people anti-American. Now I’m happy that everyone put ourselves in this position again. It not just society. I believe in a welfare state. I crossing would be seen,” he said when pressed realizes there is only a political solution. From only cost us human lives, devastation of our would be on the opposite side of President upon the presence of militants here. Pakistan’s point of view, we do not want the tribal areas, but it also cost us our dignity. Donald Trump in terms of economic policy, On Trump’s letter seeking support, the PM Americans to leave Afghanistan in a hurry We would like a proper relationship with probably closer to Senator Bernie Sanders.” said: “Peace in Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s like they did in 1989.” the U.S.” “I went as an 18-year-old to play cricket in interest. We will do everything”. On question of future of Pak-U.S. ties, Defending ties with Beijing, the PM said England. It was the first time I saw a welfare “I talked for years about how there was the prime minister noted: “I would never our relationship with China is not one-di- state. It cared for the underprivileged, for no military solution in Afghanistan, and they want to have a relationship where Pakistan mensional. It’s a trade relationship between the people who can’t compete in the race.” called me “Taliban Khan.” If you did not agree is treated like a hired gun — given money to two countries and we wanted a similar rela- (Source: News International) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told North Korea’s foreign minister that he hoped North Korea and the United States could meet each other halfway and address each other’s reasonable concerns, China’s foreign ministry said. Senate set to rebuke White House’s handling of Saudi China is the North’s most important economic and diplomatic backer, despite anger over its neighbor’s nuclear and missile programmes. Ties have warmed in the last year as Pyongyang’s Arabia after Khashoggi murder relations with both Seoul and Washington have also improved. At a landmark June summit in Singapore, the North’s leader, The Senate is preparing to confront the White House over contributing to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and slap Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to work its support for Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of journalist those responsible for the Khashoggi murder with sanctions. towards denuclearization, but the pact was sketchy and talks Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, moving toward a floor vote next The other is a bipartisan but nonbinding resolution formally since have made little headway. week to curtail U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in condemning bin Salman for a range of issues, including the Xi “hoped North Korea and the United States meet each other Yemen, while a powerful committee prepares to deliver a Khashoggi murder. It remains to be seen whether those halfway and address each other’s reasonable concerns, allowing swift rebuke to the kingdom’s crown prince over his alleged measures will come to the floor before year’s end. positive progress on the peninsula’s nuclear talks,” the Chinese role in the murder. But the resolution to stop U.S. involvement in the war in foreign ministry said in a statement. But the moves may end up amounting to little more than a Yemen -- cosponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont In comments made before reporters, Xi added, “The inter- symbolic rebuke to Saudi Arabia and the White House. GOP independent, Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, and Chris Mur- national and regional situation, as well as the situation on the leaders are navigating complicated Senate procedures and phy, a Connecticut Democrat-- could be on the floor as soon Korean peninsula, remains in flux, so timely exchanges and the may limit next week’s floor debate to focus narrowly on the as Wednesday, despite the Trump administration’s furious coordination of positions between China and North Korea are Yemen resolution, a move that could punt floor action on lobbying against it. still extremely essential.” bills to suspend arm sales with Saudi Arabia and sanction “A vote on the Lee-Sanders-Murphy resolution is a The North’s foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, said its commitment the crown prince until next year. very tough message to Saudi Arabia that the relationship to denuclearization and safeguarding peace and stability on the Still, senators warned Thursday that taking initial steps is changing, and you can interpret that as a message on the Korean peninsula were unchanged, the foreign ministry added. on those measures -- even if they don’t immediately become Yemen war, but you can also interpret that as a message Meeting the Chinese government’s top diplomat Wang Yi ear- law -- would send a stern message that the United States issues ranging from repealing and replacing the Affordable on Khashoggi,” Murphy said. “I don’t think you have to get lier, Ri said North Korea hoped to build “required mutual trust” will not tolerate Saudi’s actions in Yemen, the killing of Care Act to gun control -- difficult votes on thorny subjects too fancy. I think the underlying resolution, if it passes the with the United States and “move in the same direction”, it said. Khashoggi and the kingdom’s efforts to cover it up. that senators want to avoid. Senate with a bipartisan vote, is a really strong signal that Ri, who is due to leave China on Saturday, visited Syria this week. “It’s un-American,” said Senate Foreign Relations Chairman So senators decided to take this unprecedented step: something different is going on here.” Kim has visited China three times this year to meet Xi. Dip- Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, referring to President Corker will go to the floor and make a motion to allow only At a private meeting Thursday morning, five senators lomatic sources say Xi will probably go to North Korea at some Donald Trump’s suggestions that U.S. arms sales with Saudi “germane” amendments to be offered to the Yemen meas- -- Corker, Young, Murphy, Menendez and Lindsey Graham, point soon. Arabia are more important than a strong response to the ure. That motion would require only a simple majority of a South Carolina Republican -- were aiming to figure out Last month, South Korea said Xi intended to visit North Ko- murder of a journalist. “When we provide aid to other coun- senators to approve, something that would set the standard a way forward on all three proposals. While Graham and rea next year at Kim’s invitation, which would make Xi the first tries, we do so because we want to see good things happen for future Senate debates over the War Powers Act. Corker expressed concern about the Yemen resolution, there Chinese leader to do so since 2005. in those countries. We espouse American values around The implication of the move is this: Only the Yemen was consensus to proceed with suspending arm sales with Last weekend, Trump said he was likely to meet Kim again in the world. And to say, ‘Well, no. They’re going to buy some measure and amendments related to that subject will be Saudi Arabia and hitting the crown prince with sanctions. January or February, with three possible sites being considered arms for us and so it’s OK to kill a journalist,’ sends exactly allowed during the floor debate, which could start as soon The White House has not been involved in these discus- for their second meeting. the wrong message about who we are as a country.” as Wednesday. That means any effort to rebuke Saudi Ara- sions, but Corker said he plans to go to the White House The two countries have held talks over a second meeting after At a private lunch Thursday, GOP senators grappled with bia specifically over Khashoggi’s death -- such as sanctions next week to discuss the sensitive topic, though he would the unprecedented June summit, Reuters reported in October, the historic process of using the War Powers Act of 1973 to against the crown prince -- may have to wait until next year not say with whom he would meet. Graham said it’s clear to citing a senior official. end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. It’s for floor action. the White House where he personally stands on the matter. (Source: Reuters) a process, senators said, that hasn’t been used before in a Even if none become law, Corker said there’s an over- Graham said while sometimes “bad behavior” has to be similar way -- so whatever action the Senate takes as soon whelming consensus for a strong U.S. response to Saudi tolerated in politics, “if you get in the orbit of the United as next week would set a precedent for future Senate action Arabia for Khashoggi’s death, criticizing Trump’s refusal States, if you want to buy our weapons and integrate your Second Announcement over the War Powers Act. to side with the CIA’s assessment that the crown prince, economy into ours, there’s a certain price to be paid.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Mohammed bin Salman, was behind the murder. “Don’t chop somebody up in a consulate,” Graham said. Republican, cautioned senators at the lunch about the seri- Corker wants his committee to take action next week, “That’s not too much to ask. And how bizarre is this? How ousness of undertaking floor debate on the Yemen resolution and he’s still trying to hammer out an agreement with the crazy is this guy to think you could lure somebody to a con- Notice of tender for export sale next week, according to multiple attendees. Part of the concern committee’s top Democrat, Bob Menendez of New Jersey. As sulate in Turkey, who basically is a foe of Saudi Arabia, kill is that this particular process allows for senators to offer any soon as Tuesday, there could be votes on two measures. One him, and nobody would say anything about it? That shows No. Ei/97/02 amendments they want to irrespective of the underlying is a sweeping bill by Menendez and Republican Todd Young to me a depth of dangerousness that we’ve got to deal with.” GolGohar Iron & Steel Development Co. announces selling of Indiana that would punish Saudi officials and others for measure. That means senators could offer amendments on (Source: CNN) and export 55.000 metric tons of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) based on F.O.B - Shahid Rajaee Jetty of Bandar Abbas - Iran UN envoy makes new appeal on Syria’s warring sides with the following specifications. The outgoing UN.envoy for Syria is appealing The sources added that the victims were Item No. DRI Properties Typical on the country’s warring sides to form a com- all members of the same family. 1 Fe (Total)% 88.1±0.2 mittee that would negotiate a new constitution The development came only two days after as a way of bringing the Mideast nation out five civilians, mostly women and children, were 2 Fe (Metal)% 81.5±0.5 of its protracted civil war. killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against 3 MD% 92.5±0.5 Staffan de Mistura says there are dis- the same Syrian town. 4 C% 2±0.2 agreements over a “few names” of those The aerial assaults also caused substantial who would be on that committee. 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He had originally planned fah, which left more than 60 people dead and to leave in November. injured, arguing that the massacre clearly 10 Mgo% 1.85±0.1 De Mistura appeared alongside China’s pointed to the fact that members of the mili- 11 Tio2% 0.075±0.005 special envoy Xie Xiaoyan and said he was tary alliance had no respect for moral values, 12 Fine% 4±1 seeking Chinese help to convince Syria’s international rules and regulations besides government that it’s “worth it to make an the lives of innocent civilians. 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All bids on conformity to tender instructions should be edly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist Local sources, speaking on condition of capital city of Dayr al-Zawr, on Friday after- aerial assaults. submitted by no later than 11:00 A.M. on 15/Dec./2018. group carried out a number of aerial at- anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency noon, leaving 8 people dead. (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ADVERTISEMENTSECONOMY DECEMBERDECEMBER 8, 8, 2018 2018

STOCK MARKET Next year’s budget bill unveiled TEDPIX 166860.1 ECONOMY IFX 1844.62 TEHRAN — Head of Iran’s Budget and necessitates the government to allocate $14 billion deskPlanning Organization Mohammad Baqer (at the exchange rate of 42,000 rials) to supply of basic goods Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir Nobakht and one of his deputies Hamid Poormohammadi to back Iranians’ livelihood unveiled the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year mandates allocation of 1.42 quadrillion rials (about (starts on March 21, 2019) in a press conference on Thursday. $33.8 billion) for paying subsidies whether in cash or in form Briefing the reporters in the press conference, Nobakht of basic goods to qualified Iranians CURRENCIES explained the prepared budget bill in detail. increases the credits of agriculture sector for 20 USD 42,000 rials “The government presented the budget bill to the parlia- percent ment, today,” he announced. pushes up the protective credits of scientific and EUR 47,532 rials “The bill focusses on Iranian’s livelihood, domestic pro- technological centers for 71 percent duction, and supporting environment and improvement of increases supporting credits for environment sector GBP 53,564 rials science in the country as well,” Poormohammadi informed. for 84 percent AED 11,380 rials As IRIB reported, for the next year, the prepared budget bill: increases the granted budget to tourism sector for predicts 4.33 quadrillion rials (about $103.09 bil- 100 percent Source: iribnews.ir lion) of income for the government from various sources As Nobakht informed earlier on Monday reducing the including tax, divesting state-run shares, oil and ... posed pressure by U.S. sanctions on Iranians’ lives, supply- estimates a 12-pecent-growth for budget resources ing basic goods, and paying a specific attention to domestic expects 27 percent reliance of budget on oil revenues Head of Iran’s Budget and Planning Organization Moham- production and job creation are among the major options COMMODITIES forecasts 1.5 million barrels of oil sales per day at mad Baqer Nobakht considered in the planned budget. WTI $52.46/b the price of $54 per barrel According to Behrooz Nemati, the spokesman for the pre- estimates each dollar to worth 57,000 rials requires the government to pay 34 percent of its oil siding board of the parliament, Iranian President Hassan Brent $61.57/b foresees no growth in fuel prices and petroleum revenues to National Development Fund of Iran, according to Rouhani will officially submit the budget bill to the parlia- OPEC Basket $60.08/b price to stand at 10,000 rials (about $0.23) per liter the Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (2016-2021) ment on December 16. Gold $1,244.20/oz Silver $14.56/oz Iran, Oman launch 4th direct Petchem exports up 32% Platinium $796.75/oz shipping route in 8 months on year Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran and Omani ports to the Iranian port of Shahid ENERGY TEHRAN — Iran’s As previously reported, the value deskOman launched their Bahonar. deskvalue of petrochemical of Iran’s non-oil exports during the fourth direct shipping route to connect Later in December 2017, the two coun- exports during the first eight months first eight months of the current year OPEC agrees on Iran’s port city of Jask to the Omani port try launched another shipping line which of the current Iranian calendar year increased 13 percent compared to that of of Al Suwaiq, the portal of Iran Chamber of connects Iran’s port city of Khorramshahr (March 21-November 21) rose 32 percent the same period of time in the previous larger-than-expected oil Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture to the Omani port of Sohar. compared to the same period of time year. (ICCIMA) reported on Wednesday citing With this new shipping line launched, in the past year, Tasnim news agency The country exported 75.27 million cut after marathon talks Iran-Oman Joint Chamber of Commerce. more Iranian goods and agricultural products reported citing the data released by tons of non-oil products worth $31.491 1 which emerged as the key broker between arch rivals Saudi The first shipping route between the two will be shipped to Oman. the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs billion during the eight-month period. Arabia and Iran. OPEC has been under increasing pressure from countries was put into operation in March According to Iran-Oman Joint Cham- Administration (IRICA). Iraq, China, United Arab Emirates forces re-drawing the global oil map, leaving it ever more dependent 2015 between Iran’s Bandar Abbas and ber of Commerce, the Bandar Abbas- Sohar IRICA data shows that the country has (UAE), Afghanistan and India were the on Russia’s support while also subject Oman’s Sohar. route which was temporarily closed due to exported 21,000 tons of petrochemical major export destinations of Iranian to vehement opposition from Trump. In December 2016, Iran and Oman in- U.S. sanctions on Iran, has also resumed products worth $10 billion during the non-oil products in the mentioned The final deal is a surprise, since augurated direct shipping routes from two operation. eight-month period. time span. discussions had earlier centered on a proposed output reduction from OPEC and its allies of about 1 million barrels a day, with OPEC cutting 650,000 bar- PMO starts 3 investment projects worth $40.4m in Chabahar rels of the total, according to delegates. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s Ports and Maritime including construction of oil products tanks based on of 1.26 million tons which will boost Chabahar Port’s Producers will use October production deskOrganization (PMO) launched three build–operate–transfer (BOT) contracts, transferring share in the market of port-maritime services while levels as a baseline for cuts and the agree- investment projects worth 1.7 trillion rials (about $40.4 oil and gas from the region to domestic and foreign creating jobs for 28 persons. ment will be reviewed in April. Russia’s million) in Chabahar port city in southeast of the country markets, collecting the ships’ wastes based on BOT He said over 531 billion rials (about $6.3 million) will contribution to the reduction is not yet on Thursday, IRNA reported. contracts, and preventing from marine pollution. be also invested for the construction of LPG tanks with known. The country had initially pitched PMO Head Mohammad Rastad, and Behrooz Aqaei, Putting the value of the projects at 1.7 trillion rials the capacity of 265,000 tons based on BOT contracts. for a 100,000 to 150,000-barrel-a-day cut, but subsequently indicated the director general of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and (about $40.4 million), Aqaei said some 980 billion The official also said that some 195 billion rials it might agree to a slightly larger reduction, a delegate said earlier. Maritime Department, along with some other officials rials (about $23.3 million) will be invested for the (about $4.6 million) will be invested for the project (Source: Bloomberg) were present in the ceremony to launch the three projects construction of oil products tanks with the capacity of collecting ships wastes based on BOT contracts. China’s Iran oil imports to rebound in December as buyers use U.S. waivers China’s Iranian oil imports are set to rebound estimated CNPC will load at least two million were geared toward processing Iranian crude in December after two state-owned refiners barrels a month from December, doubling grades. At 360,000 bpd, China’s purchases in the world’s largest oil importer began us- previous levels to help compensate for cuts would still be 45 percent less than the average ing the nation’s waiver from U.S. sanctions made before sanctions on Iran’s oil exports 655,000 bpd imported during the January- on Iran, according to industry sources and went into effect on Nov 5. September period. data on Refinitiv Eikon. Before the waivers had been announced, Ahead of the sanctions being implemented Sinopec resumed Iran oil imports shortly Sinopec, Asia’s largest oil refiner, had planned in early November, China’s crude oil imports after Tehran’s biggest crude buyer received to stop loading Iran oil in November, but from Iran fell to 1.05 million tons (247,260 its waiver in November, while China National resumed imports within days of getting the bpd) in October, the lowest since May 2010, Petroleum Corp (CNPC)will restart lifting exemption, a second source said, also asking Chinese customs data shows. from its own Iranian production in December, to remain unnamed. Data from Refinitiv Eikon, however, shows three sources with knowledge of the matter “We continued lifting Iranian oil in No- that 2.77 million tons of Iranian crude were told Reuters. vember because we received the waiver,” the discharged into Chinese ports in October, Reuters reported in November that second source said. Sinopec and CNPC will including into bonded storage tanks in Dalian. China’s waiver on U.S. sanctions allows it likely use up the 360,000 bpd of Iranian oil By December, China’s Iran oil imports to buy 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil imports allowed to China under the waiver. could reach almost 3 million tons, the Eikon for 180 days. Another source said Iranian oil is “attrac- data showed. A total 2.51 million tons of Ira- Top Chinese energy group CNPC, which tively priced” versus rival supplies from the nian crude were discharged into Dalian in has invested billions of dollars in Iranian Middle East. For November and December, October and November, according to the data. Tender Notice oilfields, is ready to load its full share of produc- Iranian Heavy crude sold to Asia has been Other major Iranian oil buyers, includ- tion from December, said an oil executive with priced at $1.25 a barrel below Saudi’s Arab ing India, South Korea and Japan, are also nd direct knowledge of CNPC’s Iran activities. Medium, a discount not seen since 2004. increasing or resuming orders. (2 time) The executive, who asked not to be named, The source also said many Chinese refiners (Source: Reuters) Sealed Tenders from reputed firms are invited by First Announcement Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company for offtake tender SINGLE- STAGE INTERNATIONAL TENDER of 300.000 MT Urea fertilizer. 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I I NN TT EE RR NN AA TT I I OO NN AA LL DD AA I I LL YY DECEMBER 8, 2018 DECEMBER 8, 2018 ENERGYENERGY 55 Oil sinks as OPEC mulls Iran supply cut U.S. becomes net oil exporter for first time in decades exemption, tries to get Russia on board The U.S. exported more petroleum than it imported for the first time in decades last week, marking an astonishing if momentary Oil prices fell on Friday as OPEC discussed a ment bank Jefferies said on Friday. reversal from its longtime status as the world’s largest oil importer. potential exemption from cutting output for “If no agreement is reached, oil prices have Net exports of crude oil and petroleum products from the Iran and as the producer club sought to get significant downside,” it added. country totaled 211,000 barrels per day in the week ended No- heavyweight supplier Russia on board. Supply surge, price plunge vember 30, the Energy Information Administration said in a International Brent crude oil futures fell Oil producers have been hit by a 30-percent report on Thursday. As recently as 2005, U.S. net oil imports below $60 per barrel, trading at $59.53 per plunge in crude prices since October as supply averaged more than 12.5m barrels per day (b/d). barrel at 0750 GMT, down 53 cents, or 0.9 surges just as the demand outlook weakens The rise of shale oil production, the end of prohibitions on percent from their last close. amid a global economic slowdown. crude oil exports and investments in advanced oil refining ca- U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Oil output from the world’s biggest produc- pacity have reduced U.S. crude oil imports and also enabled the futures were at $51.05 per barrel, down 44 ers - OPEC, Russia and the United States - has country to re-export millions of barrels of fuels such as petrol cents, or 0.9 percent. increased by 3.3 million bpd since the end of and diesel, some of it processed from imported oil. The declines came after crude slumped by 2017, to 56.38 million bpd, meeting almost Last week the US imported 7.2m b/d of crude oil and 1.6m almost 3 percent the previous day, with the Or- 60 percent of global consumption. b/d of refined products, the EIA said. It exported a record 3.2m ganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries That increase alone is equivalent to the b/d of crude and more than 5.8m b/d of products, resulting in (OPEC) ending a meeting at its headquarters output of major OPEC producer the United the net export figure. in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday without an- Arab Emirates. While net imports have been in long-term decline, last week’s nouncing a decision to cut crude supply. The surge is largely down to soaring U.S. balance may not repeat itself in the weeks to come given recent There was also still discussion around Iran crude oil production, which has jumped by trends in oil trade flows. seeking an exemption from any cuts amid U.S. 2.5 million bpd since early 2016 to a record (Source: Financial Times) sanctions which already reduced its exports, 11.7 million bpd, making the United States the OPEC delegates told Reuters. world’s biggest oil producer. OPEC also wants to get Russia on board As a result, the United States last week ex- Libya’s oil output down with cuts. Russia wants to cut its oil output by Analysts expect OPEC to cut more than price sentiment will likely require a credible ported more crude oil and fuel than it imported a maximum of 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) Russia, but warn that a big cut will be needed and cohesive message from the OPEC meeting. for the first time on records going back to 1973, roughly 300,000 bpd for the first three months of 2019, RIA news to reverse recent price falls. Even a 1 million bpd cut could lead to a ‘sell the according to data released on Thursday. in early Dec. agency cited a source as saying on Friday. “Reversing the overwhelmingly bearish news’ reaction in the short term,” U.S. invest- (Source: Reuters) Whether or not Libya is exempted from a potential oil output cut agreement by Opec+ producers, oil production in the North Maduro inks deal with Russia to boost Venezuela oil output 1 million b/d African nation remains volatile and started December with an estimated drop of 300,000 barrels per day (Bpd). Russia will invest $5 billion to raise Vene- Russian President Vladimir Putin, Maduro According to Patricia Ventura Nicolas, Petrovictoria has better geology than State oil company NOC said last Friday a number of export zuela’s oil production by 1 million barrels per also said Russia will supply 600,000 million senior analyst with IPD Latin America, the Petromiranda, making it a better candidate terminals had been closed due to bad weather conditions, with day (b/d) under a new economic agreement, tons (mt) of wheat to Venezuela in 2019. Russian joint ventures with PDVSA are ex- for investment dollars, she said. However, loading operations postponed. The ports of Ras Lanuf, Zwitina, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Maduro said mining contracts with Rus- pected to produce an average of 234,000 a lack of diluent prevents extra-heavy oil Zawiya and Sidra have been shut. As a result, the firm reported Thursday. sian companies were also signed, including b/d in 2018. output from increasing at the Orinoco Belt, a drop in production of 150,000 Bpd, with a potential upside of “We have signed contracts to guarantee a $1 billion investment for the production “Taking into account all of Venezuela’s she added. 50,000 Bpd due to a shortage of additional tank capacity. investments of more than $5 billion with our of gold, in addition to possible investments challenges it is difficult to see increasing Last year, Rosneft began production at On Wednesday, NOC confirmed the country had closed all Russian partners in joint ventures to raise in diamond mining. production soon,” she said. “Although, it is the Petrovictoria. This joint venture plans of its oil ports and, with storage oil tanks filling up at the termi- oil production,” Maduro said on Venezuelan “These agreements put us in an advanta- difficult to say with certainty without looking to drill 571 wells in the North Carabobo 2 nals, it shut in another 150,000 Bpd. That corresponds to a 50% state TV channel VTV. geous situation to stabilize the Venezuelan at the business plan for this investment.” and C40 blocks in the Orinoco, reaching a reduction in the production volume of the Sharara oilfield, the Venezuela pumped 1.18 million b/d in economy between 2016 and 2025,” Maduro “That $5 billion, based on past experi- total production of around 400,000 b/d, largest in the country. October, according to the latest S&P Global said. ence, is going to be disbursed over time,” PDVSA has said. Storage capacity at the Zawiya terminal was said to be “critically Platts OPEC production survey, down from Neither the Kremlin nor Rosneft, which is Ventura said. However, this investment will According to Rosneft, the engineering of low” and the production cut at Sharara was slated for Thursday, 2.09 million b/d two years ago. the most likely partner in the oil deal, released hardly solve the country’s lack of diluent, permanent infrastructure for Petrovictoria leading to a 300,000 Bpd unplanned cut in the first week of The agreements would involve joint anything on the issue. Both were unavailable and challenges PDVSA faces stemming from began earlier this year. December, Kallanish Energy reports. ventures between Venezuela’s state-owned for comment. unreliable power, human resources and cash Rosneft also signed an agreement with NOC hasn’t commented on the current status of exports and company PDVSA and its Russian partners in Rosneft has stakes in five Venezuelan flow, she said. the Venezuelan government to create a JV in production facilities. Venezuela, although Maduro did not specify oil projects with PDVSA: Petromonagas, The only joint venture working on start- the Patao, Mejillones and Rio Caribe offshore Libya is estimated to have produced 1.05 million barrels per which companies would be involved. Petrovictoria, Petroperija, Boqueron and up projects are Rosneft’s Petromiranda and gas fields, located on the Paria peninsula in day (Mmbpd) of crude in November, although official figures Maduro made the announcement during Petromiranda. Gazprom Bank has stakes Petrovictoria. Both are operating in the Ori- the eastern part of the country. won’t be disclosed until next week. his visit to Moscow. After a meeting with in the Petrozamora project with PDVSA. noco Heavy Oil Belt. (Source: Platts) (Source: kallanishenergy.com) OPEC talks end without oil-cuts deal as Russia holds back OPEC ended talks without a deal on oil production cuts for the Qualitative Tender first time in nearly five years as Russia flexed its muscles by so far refusing to commit to the big output curb that Saudi Arabia is demanding. for Tenderers After two days of talks in Vienna, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said he isn’t confident of an agreement when the Organ- To Number 97/1044 Second announcement ization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meets again with its Khuzestan Water and (Assignment of the Project as EPCF) allies on Friday. A proposal for a combined OPEC and non-OPEC Waste Water Company cut of 1 million barrels a day was left dangling in uncertainty. “Not everybody is ready to cut equally,” Al-Falih told reporters in Vienna. “Russia is not ready for a substantial cut.” The Khuzestan Water and Wastewater Company intends, in accordance with the implementing regulation of The failure to secure a deal is the latest example of how OPEC is paragraph (c), Article 12 of the Law on Tenders and Circulars No. 100/50225 dated 6/88/1 and No. 100/135946 dated under pressure from forces that are re-drawing the global oil map, 1385/8/21 of the Planning and Budget Organization of the country, the following project will be given to EPCF (engi- leaving it increasingly dependent on the support of non-member neering services, supply of goods, construction, installation and financing) to eligible companies with free capacity and Russia. In a striking development, the U.S. government revealed had agreed to a cut in principle, the eventual size of their contri- with the general information indicated below: that it turned into a net exporter of petroleum for the first time bution remained undefined through this week’s talks in Vienna. in 75 years last week thanks to the shale boom. In private conversations earlier in the week, OPEC delegates said Tender Tender Title Required field of work Place of Deadline for selling Date and The oil market quickly reacted negatively to OPEC’s setback, that Saudi Arabia had favored a Russian cut of about 300,000 Number (having one of the documents’ sale documents an time of with Brent crude sliding 2.4 percent to $60.06 a barrel in London barrels a day, but Moscow was seeking a smaller reduction of following options) evaluation the date opening on Thursday. Prices were down 39 cents at $59.67 at 12:30 p.m. about 150,000. of ad evaluation Singapore time on Friday. Before Thursday’s meeting, Al-Falih said that “if everybody Much has changed for OPEC since 2016, when Russia and is not willing to join and contribute equally, we will wait until envelopes Saudi Arabia ended their historic animosity and started to manage they are” and he was prepared for the consequences of no deal. 97/1044 Implementation of Contractors with a Dezab To date (97/10/01) At 14 the market together. The alliance has transformed the cartel into Sticking points sewage installations design and construction Consulting 97/10/30 a duopoly in which the Kremlin is asserting its power. Another sticking point in the talks was Iran’s contribution, in Masjed Soleyman contract (EPC) in the Engineers Co. As ministers sat down at OPEC headquarters, Russian Energy a delegate said. The Persian Gulf nation is currently subject to Minister Alexander Novak flew to St. Petersburg to meet President U.S. sanctions and as such won’t participate in any curbs, Oil city (main pipeline field of water with Vladimir Putin to decide on their country’s contribution. If the Minister Bijan Zanganeh said. Other members said it should network, transfer expertise of water and group’s most important partner in the OPEC+ alliance decides participate, said a delegate. and construction of waste water to make a sizable cut, the cartel would follow up. OPEC ministers were also discussing whether to exempt Libya wastewater treatment “The impression that the group can’t really come to a decision and Venezuela from making production cuts, another delegate plant) by EPCF method without first checking with Moscow is going to be difficult for some said. Those countries, along with Nigeria, were opposed to par- members to swallow,” said Derek Brower, a director at consult- ticipating in a supply reduction, the delegate said. ant RS Energy Group. “The market won’t care if tomorrow they “Some countries will struggle because their economies are very manage a sizable cut with proper metrics, but that’s still a big if.” constrained” and Nigeria itself could only manage a small cut, The Rules of Tenderers’ Evaluation: Elusive agreement Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Emmanuel Kachikwu In addition to the criteria set out in the above qualitative assessment inquiries, the following criteria for verifying the Earlier on Thursday, ministers were discussing a proposal to said in a Bloomberg television interview before the meeting. tenderers’ eligibility are required in view of the fact that the initial cost estimate is more than the permissible base level curb combined OPEC and non-OPEC output by about 1 million Beyond its internal disputes, OPEC is also contending with of a given discipline: barrels a day, a delegate said. That was in line with Saudi Ara- vociferous opposition from the U.S. president, who’s taken to 1. The name of the contractor is included in the National Competitive Bidding Information Database bia’s preference for a moderate reduction that wouldn’t “shock using his Twitter account to berate the group’s policies and sees http://iets.mporg.ir and the Assistant’s Office is located at: http://tec.mporg.ir the market.” The kingdom is under economic pressure after a low oil prices as key to sustaining America’s economic growth. 2. Having an empty capacity at the base of a given discipline or the above fields. collapse in oil prices last month, yet it’s seeking to walk a fine line While ministers met on Wednesday, Trump tweeted that the 3. Perform at least one similar project to this project in the last five years at a minimum amount 1/3 of the estimated between preventing a surplus next year and appeasing President “world does not want to see, or need, higher oil prices!” Thursday’s sum updated in the yearly estimate based on the group’s moderation index. Donald Trump. inconclusive talks could end up giving the president what he wants. While Middle Eastern producers need high oil revenues to pay OPEC will first reconvene on Friday without outside partners, for government spending, sensitivities are different in Russia, at 9 a.m. in Vienna, then at 12 p.m. local time the group meets Also, contractors are required to submit an agreement with the foreign financial provider to provide 85% of the pro- which is running a budget surplus and benefits from a weak ruble with its non-OPEC allies, including Russia, a delegate said. ject’s financial resources. that mitigates the impact of lower crude prices in dollars. The “The risk of OPEC+ not being able to agree on a deal was 4. The address and location of the evaluation documents are as follows: government is concerned about the impact of higher prices on always very high and this will now pressurize prices significantly Engineering Dezab Co. in addresses: consumers, stoking discontent with economic policy, according lower,” said Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at consultant Energy Ahvaz, Golestan, Farvardin St., Dezab Consultant Engineering Co., Monitoring Unit, Phone No.: 33214524 to one Kremlin official. Aspects Ltd. “There is no anchor for the market.” Tehran, Shahr-e Ziba, Hakim Gharb, Taavon Blvd., Corner of Sharbani St., P. 13, Zip Code: 147883958, Although Russia, the largest producer in the OPEC+ group, (Source: Bloomberg) Phone Number: 44156725 & 41156504 Indonesia’s Pertamina reaches financial close on $1.8b project The deadline for delivery of evaluation documents is up to 10 days to reopen the envelopes. Indonesian state-owned energy firm The consortium of lenders for the implemented on schedule (and on Place of Delivery Evaluation Packs: Ahvaz, Kianpars, First Square, Khuzestan Water and Wastewater Company, Fifth Pertamina on Friday said it reached project includes the Japan Bank for budget)”, said Pertamina Power Indonesia financial close for a $1.8 billion integrated International Cooperation (JBIC), President Director Ginanjar, who goes Floor, Secretariat of the Secret and Secret Affairs. gas-fired power station project on Dec. 5 Nippon Export and Investment Insurance by one name only. with Japanese partners Marubeni Corp Co Ltd (NEXI), the Asian Development The project will commence The opening of the envelopes in the Office of Contract Management is open and the Website of the company is: and Sojitz Corp. Bank (ADB), Mizuho Bank Ltd, MUFG construction in the third week of www.abfakh.ir and the National Information Agency of Tenders country is http://iets.mporg.ir The project, located in Cilamaya, West Bank Ltd and Overseas Chinese Banking December, and is targetted to begin Java province, would be one of the largest Corporation Ltd. commercial operation in December Public Relations and Education Department of the Khuzestan of its kind in Southeast Asia, Pertamina “The next challenge will be ensuring 2021, he said. Water and Wastewater Company said in an emailed statement. that the construction phase can be (Source: Reuters) ساعت: 17:00 امضاء صفحه آرا: ساعت: امضاء مسئول صفحه: ساعت: امضاء ادیتور: ساعت: امضاء سردبیر:

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL DECEMBER 8, 2018 Qatar’s decision to quit OPEC raises Renewed hope for peace in Yemen doubts about the future of the oil cartel By Mahan Abedin Whilst Doha has relatively low oil reserves, by contrast it is the world’s biggest exporter The decision by the State of Qatar to leave of liquefied natural gas (LNG). the Organization of the Petroleum Export- Doha’s stated aim of focusing more on the ing Countries (OPEC) by January 2019 has LNG sector is bad news for Riyadh inasmuch as raised eyebrows and set off speculation as to it hints at greater alignment with Saudi Arabia’s the extent of tensions and discord within the nemesis Iran. Qatar and Iran jointly own the 15-member intergovernmental organization. world’s largest natural gas field in the Persina The dominant analysis centers on Qatar’s Gulf. Known as South Pars to the Iranians and spat with Saudi Arabia and the Qataris’ desire North Dome to the Qataris, the natural gas to abandon an organization which many feel is field is central to both countries’ energy policy. overly influenced by the Saudis. Notwithstand- Furthermore, Qatar’s decision to leave ing official Qatari denials that their decision to OPEC coincides with tension and uncertainty leave OPEC is linked to the Saudi-led embargo, over Iran’s position within the cartel. Faced nonetheless the Saudis are likely to interpret with a belligerent U.S. administration whose the move as a further sign of Qatar’s growing stated goal is to reduce Iranian oil exports independence in the Persian Gulf region. to “zero”, the Islamic Republic is more de- By Martin Griffiths Beyond the immediate political effect, Qa- termined than ever to maintain its position special envoy of UN secretary general for Yemen tar’s decision raises difficult questions about Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs, speaks during a press in the international oil markets. the future of OPEC. There will be fears in conference in the capital Doha on December 3, 2018. On the eve of the latest OPEC meeting Riyadh about a sudden meltdown, especially today in Vienna, the Iranian Petroleum Min- in light of speculation that Iraq may be the Beyond the immediate political effect, ister, Bijan Zangeneh, has made it clear that The people of Yemen have had enough. More than three years next country to leave the organization. Iran will not reduce daily output as long as it of war have killed thousands, displaced more than 500,000, Scare mongering aside, OPEC is faced Qatar’s decision raises difficult questions labors under U.S. sanctions. This is a barely created a deadly cholera epidemic and brought about 14 million with difficult economic and political choices about the future of OPEC. There will be concealed swipe at Saudi Arabia’s policy of Yemenis to the brink of starvation. going forward. As the economic and political fears in Riyadh about a sudden meltdown, cutting production to boost prices. Desperate to escape famine, to be reunited with their loved value of oil diminishes in the very long term The price of oil has dropped by 30 per ones, to mourn the dead, to save the future of their children, so does the relevance of an organization like especially in light of speculation that cent since October and Saudi Arabia appears Yemenis are picking through the scattered signs of hope that OPEC. In the short to mid-term however, Iraq may be the next country to leave the determined to prevent a further drop even at this conflict might end. Saudi Arabia’s established behavior of weap- organization. the risk of offending the Kingdom’s enthusi- On Thursday, for the first time in two years, the government onising oil to advance its foreign policy may astic ally Donald Trump who has consistently of Yemen will sit down with Ansarallah, who are commonly re- no longer be sustainable. The biggest uncertainty surrounds the extent to shifting and it is doubtful if OPEC has either called for low oil prices. ferred to as the Houthis, in Sweden. It took many false starts A symbolic blow which petroleum products will continue to be the innovative attitude, strategic foresight and More broadly, Saudi Arabia’s dominant and missed opportunities before the opposing sides agreed to Qatar’s departure from OPEC will not of high value to global transportation systems. the underlying institutional coherence to act role within OPEC poses potentially existential come together and offered us a glimmer of hope to restart a peace destabilize this well-established inter-gov- Whilst past predictions of the depletion as a singularly effective lobby for petroleum. issues for the oil producers’ cartel primarily process in Yemen. It is an important beginning to see warring ernmental organization. For a start Qatar is of oil reserves have turned out to be vastly The Saudi spoiler because of Riyadh’s consistent vulnerability parties sit together and talk — a conversation that requires both a relatively minor oil exporter whose exports exaggerated, nevertheless the basic fact is Qatar’s declared reason for leaving the to pressure by non-OPEC powers. The King- sides to suspend their belief in the possibility of a military victory. in the past couple of years have averaged at that as energy demands increase three-fold oil producers’ cartel is that it wants to focus dom’s historic manipulation by the U.S. to Over the past eight months, in my capacity as the United Na- around 500,000 barrels per day. over the course of this century the quest to more on its gas industry. But Qatar’s Energy steer OPEC towards a direction consistent tions mediator in this conflict, I have repeatedly warned that it is Nor has Qatar ever been a big political find alternatives to fossil fuels will intensify. Affairs Minister, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, left with U.S. interests is well known. war that takes peace off the table. Peace has stronger prospects player in OPEC with the ability to influence One of OPEC’s jobs is to keep fossil fuels, little to the imagination when he said that: More recently Saudi Arabia has been today, and it is time to push forward initiatives to put out the major decisions and strategic policy. In the and specifically petroleum, at the top of the “We are not saying we are going to get out working with non-OPEC oil producer Rus- flames of the fighting. past 58 years, since OPEC’s foundation in energy agenda. Hitherto, it has had a relatively of the oil business but it is controlled by an sia to determine the strategic direction of The Red Sea port of Al Hudaydah, and the so-named city, has 1960, the big players have been Saudi Arabia, easy ride on this front as there has been little organization managed by a country.” the international oil markets independent been a major flash point in this war. Since June, the population of Iran, Iraq and to a lesser extent Venezuela. determined and concerted effort to identify From Riyadh’s point of view, the disre- of OPEC. This underhand behavior is not the city has dwindled to 150,000, during months of severe fighting. Notwithstanding Qatar’s minor role in OPEC, alternatives to relatively cheap fossil fuels. spect implied by this obvious swipe at Saudi only inimical to OPEC’s integrity but calls Every month the UN food program provides aid to eight million the announced departure is a blow to the or- But the balance of power – in respect of dominance is compounded by fears over the into question its continued existence. people, but my colleagues are bracing for the threat of famine as ganization at a time of heightened uncertainty. fossil fuels and potential alternatives – is future trajectory of Qatar’s energy policy. (Source: Middle East Monitor) many more millions of Yemenis cannot afford to buy food even where it is available. I believe that this week’s meeting in Sweden can bring good The Saudi ambassador is back in DC. Will anyone talk to him? news for Al Hudaydah, and for the people of Yemen. We have been working to reach a negotiated agreement to spare both the city At least one senator calls for Prince Khalid’s expulsion over Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and port the threat of destruction, and guarantee the full opera- tion of the port. Reaching such a deal will not only put an end to By Krishnadev Calamur Lindsay Graham was asked in November whether the ambas- the battles but also save the main humanitarian pipeline for the sador should return, he said simply: “No.”) people of Yemen from being obstructed or destroyed. This will The Saudi ambassador to the United States may have quietly The Saudi ambassador left Washington in October amid help ensure that the looming specter of famine is chased away. returned to Washington, but he’s going to have some trouble calls from U.S. officials for the kingdom to clarify its shifting Over the past weeks, getting meetings on Capitol Hill. explanations for Khashoggi’s death. both parties have showed Prince Khalid bin Salman’s return Wednesday came a little Khalid was among those who initially maintained that their willingness to make Desperate to more than a month after he left the U.S. capital following the Khashoggi had left the consulate unscathed, calling himself significant humanitarian escape famine, killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a murder many “a friend” of the journalist. The explanation convinced few gestures. Some of the pris- to be reunited senators have blamed on the ambassador’s older brother, Crown U.S. senators. Corker said at the time that the ambassador’s oners of war from both Prince Mohammed bin Salman. And while Donald Trump’s statement that the Saudi consulate’s surveillance system did parties, who have not been with their loved administration has made clear that it wants to move past the not record video but simply live-streamed “was pretty hard allowed to contact their ones, to mourn killing, an envoy’s job is to meet not only with the host country’s for me to believe. And I shared that with him.” families in four years of the dead, to save government, but with an array of other major players. Graham, who has emerged as perhaps the toughest critic of war, were finally allowed The question for Khalid, though, is whether anyone wants the Saudi crown prince in Congress, and five of his colleagues to do so. Fifty Yemenis the future of to be seen with him now. He used to regularly post pictures on intelligence investigation into the envoy’s role, adding that if from both parties introduced a resolution Wednesday that were able to fly out from their children, his Twitter feed of meetings with various senators, but their Khalid were found to be complicit, “we should reject him as holds MbS, as Mohammed bin Salman is known, accountable Sana to Muscat to get disdain for him has only grown as the Saudis’ messy explana- the emissary from Saudi Arabia.” for Khashoggi’s killing. treatment — something Yemenis are tions for the killing have unfolded. He might have allies in the Van Hollen’s remarks are in line with those of other influ- President Trump says the U.S.-Saudi relationship is far that has not happened for picking through White House, but he certainly doesn’t appear to have any in ential lawmakers. Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Repub- too important to damage regardless of whether MbS ordered years. As we convene in the scattered the Senate. lican who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN the killing. Khalid’s return to Washington suggests the Saudi Sweden, we will announce “I think there are serious questions about whether he should Thursday that Khalid was an individual of “zero credibility.” leadership thinks that either the crisis surrounding Khashoggi’s the signing of the long- signs of hope that be allowed back,” Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Demo- Senator Dick Durbin, the Democrat from Illinois who is the killing is over or it has transitioned to a more manageable scale. awaited agreement on the this conflict might crat, said in an interview, because he clearly misled the United second-highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate, went further, “It would almost seem that the Saudis have taken the view that exchange of prisoners, the States about the murder of Khashoggi.” saying in a statement: “I said it months ago and I will say it if you can deal directly with the White House, why bother with first formal agreement end. When asked whether he would take a meeting with the again: we should formally expel the Saudi Ambassador to the Congress?” said Simon Henderson, an expert on Saudi Arabia at between the two parties ambassador if one were requested, Van Hollen said, “At this United States given the Crown Prince’s direct involvement in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “And if that’s the since the beginning of this conflict. Thousands of families in Yemen, point, I want more information about what his role was, if the kidnapping and murder of Jamal Khashoggi.” (Durbin first Saudi view, I think they’re making a mistake.” who have been waiting for their missing relatives, can finally expect any, in the plot and the cover-up.” The senator called for an demanded in October that Khalid be expelled. When Senator (Source: The Atlantic) to be reunited with their loved ones. These political consultations in Sweden are the first step toward putting Yemen on the path to peace. I hope that by the end of this George H.W. Bush and I ended a war together. But peace is Now in jeopardy round, the Yemeni parties will agree on the outline of an eventual By Mikhail Gorbachev Why would the Administration wait? We were Working together, we succeeded in keeping more than two weeks later, we had a serious comprehensive agreement, which will then be submitted to the former president of the Soviet Union receiving all kinds of signals, but it was clear them on a peaceful track. A few months later and far-reaching discussion. We not only signed United Nations secretary general and then to the Security Council that the hard-liners were increasingly active. came another test: Saddam Hussein’s invasion the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty but held for endorsement. I hope it will become a public road map to peace. On the day when I learned of the passing of Our relations suffered a loss of momentum. of Kuwait, and his regime’s attempt to annex an unprecedented discussion of a future in- As a mediator, I believe that ending a war is not the same as George Bush, I recalled my meetings with him We knew that some members of the Adminis- that country. This crisis proved that the Cold ternational security system, to be created by building peace. In any peace process, the leading role goes to that marked turning points in our personal tration were pushing Bush to continue to play War was a thing of the past. The Soviet Union common efforts. That prospect, however, was those who can stop the fighting, then the people at large whose relationship and in the relations between our the waiting game. So the message that came in and the United States took a principled stand. scuttled by the attempted coup d’état in the nation deserves peace and whose families, now victims, may countries. Our first serious conversation took September 1989 was important: the President The aggression was reversed, but there was no USSR in August 1991. The coup, organized by become beneficiaries. Over months of meetings with Yemenis place in December 1987, when I was on an was ready to meet at a halfway point, even before U.S. occupation of Iraq, no “regime change.” reactionary forces, failed, but it weakened my from diverse backgrounds, I found that they are marvelous at official visit in Washington. George was then the exchange of -official visits. All of this was taking place even as events position as the USSR President. We were not finding common cause and masters of the art of sitting together Vice President and running for President. What happened during the Malta summit in my country, as it transitioned to democracy able to preserve the Union. I vividly remember to reach agreement. The visit culminated in the signing of the that December can be described without exag- and market economics, took a dramatic turn. our talk on the phone on Dec. 25, a few hours This was clearly illustrated at their National Dialogue Conference, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; geration as a historic breakthrough. Against the My step-by-step approach to reform was being before I announced that I was stepping down which convened in Sana from March 2013 to January 2014, when after, I would depart from an Air Force base. backdrop of turbulent changes in Central and attacked from various sides — not just by those from the presidency of the Soviet Union. We 565 people representing a cross section of Yemen’s population According to the protocol, or perhaps accord- Eastern Europe and the accelerating process of who wanted to stop the democratic process reviewed the results of our cooperation. Our sat together and discussed what the future of the country should ing to his own wish, the Vice President was to German unification, including the demolition and turn back the clock but also by separatists main accomplishment was our agreement to look like. The conference was, and still is, a leading international accompany me there. George suggested that of the Berlin Wall, Bush said, “I would tread seeking to dismember the country and sup- destroy thousands of nuclear weapons, both example of inclusive, careful and considered compromise. It is he go in my car, which was unusual — certainly cautiously.” He added, “I will not be jumping ported by hotheads in Russia. strategic and tactical. Together, we helped that kind of Yemen to which we all want to return. not according to protocol. on the wall, because there is too much at stake.” In these circumstances, it was very important to end conflicts in various parts of the world. It gives me some confidence that when the two parties meet in Later, on many occasions, we recalled that When the two delegations met, Bush out- for me to get a clear idea of the intentions of We laid the groundwork for a partnership Sweden, their guiding principle will be that concessions are the “conversation in the car.” It went far beyond the lined a program of cooperation between our the United States. I put the question bluntly between our countries. central principle of negotiation, that compromises will benefit usual exchange of pleasantries. We agreed that countries in various areas, including disar- when I met with the President in London in Those historic results are now in jeopardy. both sides and the people of Yemen at large. We hope that achiev- relations between our countries were reaching mament, which was generally constructive. I July 1991, during the G-7 meeting, to which The world is on the brink of a new confronta- ing progress on confidence-building measures and reaching an a new level and that new opportunities were responded by stating: “The new U.S. President the President of the USSR was invited for the tion and a new arms race. agreement on a political framework will be the manifestation opening up, which must be used to the maximum must know that the Soviet Union will not under first time. George and I, having left government, often of such a spirit of compromise. extent possible. The Vice President assured me any circumstances initiate a war … Moreover, “I believe,” Bush replied, “that your success is discussed the alarming trends that threaten At no other time has there been such a palpable international that, should he be elected, he would continue the USSR is prepared to no longer consider the in line with the profound interests of the United world peace. We sometimes differed in our urge for the warring parties in Yemen to find a solution. Yemen what we had started with President Reagan. U.S. as an enemy and announce this openly.” States. It is in our interest to see you work out assessment of the events but we agreed on one has been on the top of the agenda for the United Nations secre- And importantly, we said that, in relations with This was not an off-the-cuff remark, but instead the problems of relations with the republics. thing: the end of the Cold War was not a vic- tary general. The Security Council is united in the desire to end third countries, we would not undermine each a position approved by the Soviet leadership. The demise of the Soviet Union would not be tory of one side over another. It was the result this conflict. Countries of the region have demonstrated their other’s interests. Our conversation with the U.S. President in our interests.” Though at the G-7 meeting of joint efforts. Today, only joint efforts can full cooperation with our work to restart the political process. However, after Bush was elected President, continued in that spirit. The Malta summit our Western partners failed to take concrete avert a new confrontation and the threat of a Yet, it is only those around the table in a serene, remote part of there were reports in the U.S. media that the drew a final line under the Cold War. This steps to support the transformations in the devastating war, thus restoring the prospect Sweden who can deliver on these hopes. For the sake of Yemen’s new Administration would not be ready to get became clear when the events in Central and Soviet Union, I took the remarks of George of a new world order—more secure, more just children, we hope they will deliver. down to serious work with us right from the Eastern Europe and the process of German Bush seriously. and more humane. (Source: The NYT) start, that it was taking a pause for reflection. unification acquired an even greater speed. During his visit to the Soviet Union a little (Source: Time) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 8, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 16 Azar the beginning of an uprising A contemplation on Europe’s 1 Over the past two decades, some high-ranking U.S. officials have agreed with new crises views of historians that one of the most im- portant factors behind Iranian hatred for the American political system and its fruits 1 Beyond what has been mentioned, the European Union in the Islamic Revolution of 1357 was the 28 is faced with a serious problem called the growth of nationalism Mordad coup. On March 17, 2000, Madeline and Right extremism. These anti-immigration movements, which, Albright, U.S. Secretary of State during Bill after the failure of European governments to resolve the economic Clinton’s presidency, President Barack Oba- crisis as well as the imminent crisis of immigration in 2015, have ma’s first speech on June 4, 2009 in Cairo, gained a lot of supporters, are planning to conquer the European and then Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Parliament and government, and then put an end to the “United of the Obama’s government, on October 26, Europe” and its symbols such as “the Euro currency” and “Schengen 2011, accepted the intervention role of the U.S. Agreement”. While, about eight years ago, few people could think government in the coup d’état of Mordad 28. of Europeans extremist to gain power in this continent, they now Coup d’état government see their highlighted presence in countries like Austria, Germany, The 28 Coup d’état was recognized as the Netherlands, Sweden, and France. However, European lead- the first coup d’état of the CIA, but that is ers seem to have lost the power of “analyzing the status quo” and, not the case. consequently, the ability of changing it for the better. First, documents and research published 3- In the coming months, European Parliamentary Elections will in the recent decade show that the CIA played be held in all the member states. It’s expected that the Nationalists a role in the coup by Mohamed Naguib, the will strengthen their position in the European Parliament. In the first President of Egypt, General Mohammed 2014 parliamentary elections, more than 100 nationalist and far- Najib and Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, the right extremists managed to find way to the European Parliament. second President of Egypt who led the 1952 This time, nationalists may win even more seats in the European overthrow of the monarchy in Egypt, the Parliament. In this case, the social and political power of nationalist abolition of Maluku Farouk and the end of beginning of a long relation between the Program, which included the abandonment make advantage of its contracts. Even, Admiral and anti-immigration movements in Europe will be increased. Con- the royal family of Mohammad Ali Pasha, a two. In his book “Real War” in 1980, Nix- of the gold standard. The financial policies Moore who was the seventh Chairman of the sequently, the existence of the United Europe’s foundation will be year before the coup of Mordad 1331 (July on described Reza Shah as a person with that began in 1971 are called “Nixon Shocks.” Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired recently was directly targeted. This is a threat that has already shadowed Brussels 23, 1952). In Egyptian coup d’état, like the “inadequate confidence”. After returning In the next step, they raised oil prices to an arms dealer in Tehran.” (the headquarters of the European Union). Mordad coup in the following year in Iran, to Washington in a report to the National return to the U.S. the huge dollars that went Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, prime minister 4- The evidences suggest that the EU, according to Jacques the CIA with Kermit Roosevelt was respon- Security Council (NSC), Nixon described the to Western Europe and Japan. The United of Iran during this important and decisive Derrida’s theory, needs some kind of “deconstruction”. In other sible for the Middle East and North African Shah as one who is just beginning to gain States had huge oil reserves, but countries period, (from 27 January 1965 to 7 August words, to maintain this block, European authorities need to destroy region. After the Egyptian coup, Roosevelt his courage. like Japan and West Germany were oil buyers. 1977) provided all the means necessary to the foundations that were established in the past, and to replace settled in Cairo in October 1952 and estab- The presidency of Richard Nixon began Thus, from October 1973 to March 1974, oil exacerbate the insanity of the Shah’s autoc- it with a new, efficient structure. But the main question is, are the lished a close friendship with Gamal Abdel on January 20, 1969, when he was inaugu- prices ranged from $3 to about $ 12 a barrel, racy and, in contradiction to the constitution, European countries able to do this? Britain is leaving European Nasser. But with growing anti-Israeli feelings rated as the 37th President of the United and Western European countries and Japan constituted, facilitated and encouraged the Union, and Germany’s top chancellor, Angela Merkel, is to leave in Nasser, a transformation was formed in States, which ended on August 9, 1974 when were forced to pay about $60 billion more involvement of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and power by 2021 because of lack of popularity among German citi- the emergence of “Arab nationalism” and its he resigned from office. In early 1973, Nixon to the Middle Eastern oil rich governments his relatives and friends in executive affairs. zens. French President Emmanuel Macron’s procedure was quite anti-American, anti-Britain tendencies. In was forced to devote increasing attention to than a year before. The large dough would In these years of political and financial cor- weak during France recent protests, suggesting that his proposed 1956 the British intelligence service (MIC) the Watergate scandal that enveloped his come back to the US through Washington’s ruption, an unprecedented upsurge; national reforms, would not be accepted even in his own country. Under and American CIA began to end the Nasser administration. Meanwhile, Edward Rich- arms sale and other American goods. sources have been plundered by international such circumstances, which the European troika has lost the power government. However, some scholars regard ard George Heath KG MBE, often known The maniacal dictatorship of dealers; consumerism and financial scams of deconstructing and rebuilding Europe, we can’t see a good future that the beginning of the link between the as Ted Heath, became a British politician Mohammad Reza Pahlavi disrupted economic life. SAVAK, the Shah’s for EU member states. Egyptian army and the United States. The who served as Prime Minister of the United With the remarkable increase of Iranian secret police, which was led to violently crack Finally, we come to conclude that we should be waiting for more establishment of a militarized and politi- Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of oil revenues, the insanity and self-control of down on any opposition to the government. crises raising in Europe. Although the exact characteristics of these cal-economic system in Egypt was a result the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi peaked and his The anti-American rage of Ira- new crises are hard to predict, but we can be sure that the new round of the coup d’état. In the weak of support of these two states splurging started. In July 1974, arrogant Shah nian people will be more severe compared to the previous times; an issue that Second, the manipulation of the political (Henry Alfred Kissinger, Nixon‘s Secretary announced that Iran had loaned the World The rage of the Iranian people against the politicians such as Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron aren’t processes of Iranian society in the early years of State and National Security advisor and Bank $ 200 million. Shortly afterwards, he U.S. and its allies, mounted on December willing to accept. of 1320 (1941) and the fall of Reza Shah, which Lord Victor Rothschild, advisor to the Edward announced that for up to 10 years, Iran’s 7, 1953, as three students were killed at the resulted in the coup d’état of Mordad 28, Heath), Shah was able to reach the peak of military power would be in line with British Tehran University. In the years 1962-63 with 1332, was not only the CIA’s doing, but also his “confidence”. military power. the Imam Khomeini movement, Iran entered had the British intelligence service (MI6) as Some researchers believed that the “1973 Thus, the purchase price of American a new stage which resulted in the victory of Why Iran’s missile test is a well as US oil cartels’ hands in it. They were oil shock” the sharp increase in oil prices, and English weapons amounted to about $ the 1979 revolution. The Iranian Revolution, seeking to circumvent the “anti-monopoly” in was the Nixon administration plan. 500 million in 1351 to $ 5.5 billion in 1977. participated by the absolute majority of so- big deal for Washington the United States, and to establish a link with After World War II, the imperialism On September 18, 1978, the Time magazine ciety, became the most popular revolution the official government policy of the Middle American has expanded and led to deploy announced that Iran had purchased $ 36 in the new history of the world. The fruit of TEHRAN (FNA) — Iran’s missile tests continue to be a very big East to share Iran oil with two oil companies a large number of troop to other countries. billion worth of weapons from the West over this revolution was the establishment of a deal for the United States and some of its NATO allies. “Royal Dutch Shell” and “Total” (French oil This has led to a sharp increase in U.S. dollars the last twenty years. Tehran had become new political system whose main message For a start, these tests are of particular concern because Western company of that day). These American and outside America since the early 1960s and a the largest gun market in the region and was the rejection of the dependence and focus on missiles reflects their interest in eventually shifting away non-American private companies signed a decline in the dollar against gold. European the focus of the activity and competition of political, economic, and cultural return to the current global focus on Saudi Arabia, their biggest weapons consortium agreement with Iran in 1333 (1954) governments turned gold into dollars, which international arms dealers. the original native identity in accordance customer, over the grisly murder of Washington Post columnist and created a new, trans-national oil cartel put the American economy at risk. William Shawcross, the British author of the with the requirements of the time. In the Jamal Khashoggi on 2 October at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. that dominated 85 percent of the world’s oil Thus, at the beginning of the 1970s, gold bestseller book “The Shah’s Last Ride” wrote: course of its 40 years, the Islamic Republic The murder triggered an international crisis that has put Saudi reserves by the early 1970s. reserves fell by half, and European stocks “Since the flow of oil money to Iran, only weap- has gradually become more and more stable Arabian relations with the U.S. and others to the test. They want Meeting in Tehran were multiplied. To counteract the crisis, ons dealers in the West have profited…… the and experienced, and by passing through this to end and that’s why Iran’s missile tests are a big deal for them. The first meeting between Richard Nixon prevent dollar-to-gold conversion, and the former CIA chiefs, former heads of the military storms, Iran has turned into a great regional It gets interesting to note that all missile related activities of Iran and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was held in withdrawal of U.S. gold reserves from the assistance advisory group and some of former power today. However, this is still the be- are in full conformity with the relevant provisions of the UN Security Tehran on December 7, 1953 and was the country, Nixon announced his New Economic authorities in U.S. turned to be arms dealer to ginning of its journey. Council Resolution 2231, which endorses the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - the official title assigned to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal. In fact, it is the United States which has violated the resolution, A long time coming: Saudi-Made famine in Yemen and portraying Iran’s ballistic missile program as inconsistent with Resolution 2231 or as a regional threat is a ruse by Washington and TEHRAN (FNA) — The world needs to act now because company to overcome the Khashoggi crisis in a dignified way - and according to a new report by the World Food Program, Yemeni to save Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, a troubling figure who civilians are enduring a famine. even put his own mother on house arrest! The agency plans to designate several besieged cities This also hints why, from a rational American perspective, Iran as areas of famine as well, because of lack of available test is so important. The U.S. is putting heavy pressure on the Eu- food for roughly 73,000 inhabitants in the areas. Ac- ropean Union to escalate its economic pressure on Iran, and the cording to the UN body, Yemen, which is in the midst EU is failing to mitigate U.S. sanctions. As the EU would like to of a Saudi-led war and blockade, is the site of some of bolster Iran’s economy as an incentive to stay in the nuclear deal the worst humanitarian conditions on Earth. More than which is so important for Europe’s security, the EU faces a tough 3.3 million in the area are facing food shortages that do choice. Although the EU is trying to appease Iran, not all member not fall under extreme famine conditions. Millions are states are equally on board. France and Britain, for example, are without enough to eat, clean water to drink, and other also two of the biggest arms suppliers of Saudi Arabia. But they are basics like health care as well. under pressure to halt their arms supplies over Khashoggi. That’s This comes at a time when U.S. Senators have voted to why they also appear to be concerned by Iran’s missile tests and move a resolution to the full Senate floor that would end support escalated action at the UN Security Council. U.S. support for the Saudi-let military aggression in Yemen, Their amenability to action is further strengthened at the broader which has been criticized as unduly dangerous to civilians strategic level by the fact that they want to appease Israel. That brings and re-examined by lawmakers on Capitol Hill following us to the Israeli factor. Even as the EU disagrees with the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s admission of involvement in the killing of Israel over Iran’s alleged regional threat, they recognize that Israel Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist at Saudi is dancing increasingly close to the ultimate battle: turning Syria consulate in Istanbul on October 2. into a battleground to strike at Iran. The EU is desperate to avoid This also comes at a time when representatives of Yemeni Israel crossing this line as it risks a regional conflagration. warring factions have gone to Sweden to discuss ceasefire That brings us to the final point: the possibility that Washington’s and peace. They want to end the conflict which has killed bogus concern about Iran’s missile tests reflects American-Saudi-Israeli thousands, displaced millions, created the worst cholera intensions to derail the nuclear deal and start a new war in the Middle epidemic, and brought about 14 million Yemenis to the brink East. They want escalation with Iran and oppose the international com- of starvation. Desperate to escape the Saudi-made famine, munity’s desire to maintain some measure of calm in Iran relations. By to be reunited with their loved ones, and to save the future of putting missiles on the spotlight, they might be attempting to tie EU’s their children, the negotiators are picking through the scat- hands against deescalation and any kind of cooperation with Tehran. tered signs of hope that this unnecessary conflict might end. brought even more to the side of ending Western support to react. In the words of some U.S. officials, “The White House The truth is out there. Iran’s missile program is for deterrence and That could happen if: for the conflict. Several EU countries have halted arms sales has been increasingly frustrated as it is starting to see the it seeks no escalation with any country. But it is prepared to defend 1- The world community supports the ongoing peace talks, to Saudi Arabia. There is negotiation underway within the war as de facto support for Saudi war crimes.” Regardless itself against any military aggression. It will stay in the nuclear deal forces Saudi Arabia and its allies to end their airstrikes and U.S. Congress for a series of combined deals, including a of the tired tropes and doublespeak, they have facilitated if it sees the economic benefits. As for the Khashoggi saga, recent blockade, and allow international humanitarian aid into non-binding resolution saying Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed the conflict and are hence responsible for the bloodshed statements by U.S. President Trump indicate that the killing is un- the famine-hit areas, including the port city of Hodeida. Bin Salman is complicit in the grisly murder of Washington and mass starvation. likely to produce a major economic impact in the form of sanctions The Saudis must suspend their belief in the possibility of a Post Khashoggi. They should do the next best thing: Vote It is evident that the Saudis cannot win this unwinnable against Riyadh. At least in terms of trade and investment, the U.S. single military victory in battle-hardened Yemen to win the for ending the Saudi-led war on Yemen. war. The ongoing blockade and escalation is a humiliating and Europe are unlikely to alter substantial aspects of the relations. upper-hand in talks. That will never happen. They should 4- The Trump administration refuses to tamp down the attempt by the Saudis to save face. The world can’t be blinded From the stability of oil flows and weapons supplies to under- also stop blaming Iran for their defeat as Iran has no pres- panic-mongering and cheap political theater of “Iran presence to this shock and terror. The Saudis must be forced to stop mining the regional influence of Iran, there is too much at stake ence in Yemen and has always maintained that there is no in Yemen”, supplies the Saudis with weapons with which to the bombing raids and allow the world to see what they have in the links between the West and Saudi Arabia to afford a major military solution to the protracted conflict. flatten Yemeni neighbourhoods and kill civilians, generate done to the Yemeni people and their hopes for peace. The disruption in the relations over just one murder. At the outset of the 2- The political consultations are the first step toward more refugees, and strengthen ISIL and Al-Qaeda. This world community should discount the Saudi lobbyists and Khashoggi crisis, for instance, President Trump made it clear that putting Yemen on the path to peace. The country needs a makes the U.S. government complicit in Saudi war crimes, censure all war makers and profiteers who masquerade as the $350 billion arms and security deal would not be jeopardized. solution for its famine right now. The international civil as they are deliberately targeting hospitals and clinics in providers of security for the region and beyond. Then again, the U.S. and Europe, while defending their own eco- society is united in the desire to end this conflict. Many UN Yemen. This appalling trend disrespects the neutrality of The United Nations should create an international nomic and geopolitical interests, also have to maintain the anti-Iran member states have demonstrated their full cooperation health facilities. commission of inquiry to investigate the Saudi violations narrative to justify their complicity in Saudi war crimes and crimes with the ongoing political process. The Saudi war was never 5- According to the UN Human Rights Office, the in- of international law as well. This should include the U.S. committed against humanity in Yemen. authorized by the United Nations. It is illegal, all the reason discriminate bombing campaign has killed and wounded for taking part in the naval blockade, assisting the Saudi Such is the complex paradox lying at the core of baseless accu- why the United States and its NATO should also end their thousands of civilians. The spiralling civilian death toll and coalition, supplying weapons, intelligence and in-flight re- sations against Iran, bogus concerns about its missile tests at the support for the Saudi aggression. humanitarian crisis has brought international shock and fuelling of fighter jets and widening the man-made famine. 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First baby born to mother with uterus People who sleep for too long at greater risk of heart transplanted from deceased woman disease, study finds A baby born to a mother who received a team, told Scientific American. Too much sleep could be linked to heart problems and premature uterus transplanted from a deceased woman A ‘proof-of-concept’ for treating death, research has revealed. is healthy nearly one year after her birth, uterine infertility A study published in the European Heart Journal found people marking the world’s first case of producing Infertility is caused by a wide range of fac- who slept longer than eight hours had a higher risk of dying or a healthy child through the procedure. tors. In the U.S., about 10 percent of women developing diseases of the heart or blood vessels in the brain The findings, reported by a team in Brazil, have trouble getting or staying pregnant, compared to those who slept for between six and eight hours. were published Tuesday in The Lancet. according to the Center for Disease Con- The research examined data on 116,000 people aged between Scientists worldwide have successfully trol and Prevention. The Brazilian woman 35 and 70 from 21 different countries. conducted about a dozen uterine transplants in the recent study had a rare condition After an average follow-up period of nearly eight years, re- from living donors so far, though there called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser searchers recorded 4,381 deaths and 4,365 “major cardiovascular have been some complications and failed syndrome (MRKH), in which a woman is events”. attempts. What’s been unclear, however, born without a uterus altogether. (MRKH “Sleep is essential to human health, and people spend about is whether women with fertility problems affects about 1 in every 5,000 women.) a third of their hours sleeping,” the team of international re- might someday be able to receive transplants Scientists, including one team at searchers wrote. from the deceased. Ten previous attempts the Cleveland Clinic in the U.S., plan to “It is increasingly regarded as an important lifestyle behavior have failed or led to miscarriage. continue conducting research on both that can affect cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death.” The benefits of deceased transplants living and deceased donations in order to Compared to people who slept six to eight hours, those who slept include the ability to extract more tissue improve fertility treatments for women a total of eight to nine hours a day had a 5 per cent increased risk. from the vagina and blood vessel network, with uterine problems. Those sleeping between nine and 10 hours a day had an in- and they would also vastly expand the The researchers said the Brazil case creased risk of 17 per cent – and those sleeping more than 10 pool of potential donors, as living donors “establish[es] proof-of-concept for treat- hours a day carried a 41 per cent increased risk of cardiovascular are often limited to family and friends of ing uterine infertility by transplantation disease or death. women in need. from a deceased donor, opening a path The researchers also found a 9 per cent increased risk for The success of a recent case in Brazil to healthy pregnancy for all women with people who slept a total of six or fewer hours. shows promise for the future of deceased uterine factor infertility, without need Lead author Chuangshi Wang, a PhD student at McMaster donations. Scientists worldwide have successfully of living donors or live donor surgery.” and Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical In 2016, a 32-year-old Brazilian wom- conducted about a dozen uterine If that success can be replicated else- Sciences, China, said: “Our study shows that the optimal dura- an born without a uterus received one transplants from living donors so where, it could open up “a much wider tion of estimated sleep is six to eight hours per day for adults.” through a transplant from a deceased potential donor population, applies lower Co- author Professor Salim Yusuf, from McMaster University, 45-year-old mother who had died from far, though there have been some costs and avoids live donors’ surgical risks,” Ontario, Canada, added: “The general public should ensure that a stroke. She was given anti-rejection complications and failed attempts. Srdjan Saso, from Imperial College London, they get about six to eight hours of sleep a day. drugs so her body would accept the trans- told the BBC. “On the other hand, if you sleep too much regularly, say more plant, and seven months later received the Hospital das Clinicas, University of women have a single child rather than on But for now, it remains unclear whether than nine hours a day, then you may want to visit a doctor to a fertilized embryo through an implant. Sao Paulo School of Medicine. Doctors one woman having more than one,” as Dani deceased or living donations will be the check your overall health. In December 2017, she gave birth to a removed the uterus during the C-section Ejzenberg, the doctor at the University of more viable option in years to come. “For doctors, including questions about the duration of sleep healthy baby girl by cesarean section at because they want “to focus on helping more Sao Paulo in Brazil who led the transplant (Source: Big Think) and daytime naps in the clinical histories of your patients may be helpful in identifying people at high risk of heart and blood vessel problems or death.” OCD: Brain mechanism explains Honeybees may hold the secret to (Source: The Independent) symptoms stem cell youth A large review of existing neuroscien- Royal jelly is a gelatinous substance Infections and cancer: The tific studies unravels the brain circuits that honeybees produce to feed their link could be stronger than and mechanisms that underpin obses- young. This intriguing food also holds sive-compulsive disorder. The researchers the mysterious power of helping some we think hope that the new findings will make honeybee larvae grow into new queen existing therapies more effective, “or bees. Some people believe that royal jelly Bacteria could have a bigger involvement in cancer than scientists guide new treatments.” can unlock the fountain of youth. Is there may have realized, according to recent research. New research analyzes the brain scans any truth in that? A viral infection may be the cause of up to 20 percent of of almost 500 people to unravel the brain New research uncovers some of the cancer cases. mechanisms in OCD. ‘magical’ properties of royal jelly. A study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine Obsessive-compulsive disorder In the complex hierarchy of the bee- in Baltimore has uncovered a type of bacterial infection that can (OCD) is a mental health condition that hive, the queen bee is the sacred matriarch disrupt DNA repair in cells, which is a known cause of cancer. affects more than 2 million adults in who keeps the colony alive and organized. The same type of infection could also weaken the effect of the United States. An analysis of data from the vari- The queen bee lays the eggs from which queen development, it has to work on some anticancer drugs, says the PNAS report on the findings. People with OCD often experience ous studies revealed a salient pattern: the larvae will hatch. These larvae later early progenitor cells in the bee larvae,” “Currently,” comments recurring, anxiety-inducing thoughts Compared with people who did not have become either the new workers, which Dr. Wang notes. “So we decided to see senior study author Robert or urges — known as obsessions — or OCD, those with the condition displayed are the female bees who do all the work what effect it had, if any, on embryonic C. Gallo, who is a professor compulsive behaviors that they cannot significantly more activity in brain are- around the hive, or the drones, the male stem cells,” he adds. of medicine and director of control. as associated with recognizing an error, bees whose job it is to mate with the queen. Embryonic stem cells are the perfect the university’s Institute of Whether it is repeatedly checking if but less activity in the brain regions that When a queen bee dies, the colony has candidate in clinical research as they have Human Virology, “approxi- the door is locked or switching lights on could stop an action. to ensure that a new one takes her place. the potential to turn into any specialized mately 20 percent of cancers and off, OCD symptoms are uncontrol- Study co-author Dr. Kate Fitzgerald of To produce a new queen bee, worker cell, playing any role. This potential is are thought to be caused by lable and can severely interfere with a U-M’s Department of Psychiatry explains bees select the most suitable larvae and called “pluripotency.” infection, most are known to person’s quality of life. the findings, saying “We know that [people feed them royal jelly. This will allow one of Replacing aging, damaged specialized be due to viruses.” Treatments for OCD include medi- with OCD] often have insight into their them to develop into the healthy, strong, cells with fresh ones that have grown from The team began by inves- cation, psychotherapy, and deep brain behaviors, and can detect that they’re and extremely fertile adult female who stem cells has, in theory, the potential to tigating infections by a family stimulation. However, not everyone doing something that doesn’t need to then becomes the new queen bee. help address any number of diseases. As of tiny bacteria that go by the responds to treatment. be done.” Royal jelly comprises water, proteins, a result, it is important for researchers to name of mycoplasmas. In fact, reference studies have found She adds, “But these results show that and sugars, but how exactly it stimulates have access to healthy, “youthful” stem These bacteria “are associ- that only 50 percent of people with OCD the error signal probably isn’t reaching some larvae to grow into queens rather cells that they can keep in the labs in ated with cancers, especially get better with treatment, and just 10 the brain network that needs to be en- than worker bees has remained unclear. their undifferentiated forms until they in people with HIV,” explains Prof. Gallo, who was one of the percent recover fully. gaged in order for them to stop doing it.” Still, due to its seemingly “magical” need to use them. scientists who discovered that HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. This treatment ineffectiveness is partly The researcher continues using an properties, many people hail this sub- A protein named ‘Regina’ Mycoplasmas, DnaK, and cancer down to the fact that medical profes- analogy. stance as a miraculous ingredient that However, Dr. Wang explains, stem Mycoplasmas are among the smallest “free-living microorgan- sionals still do not fully understand the “It’s like their foot is on the brake can boost health and help maintain youth. cells soon differentiate under lab con- isms.” They do not have a cell wall and, for a long time, scientists neurological roots of the condition. A telling them to stop, but the brake isn’t In a new study from the Stanford Uni- ditions and become unusable. To keep thought that they were viruses. new study, however, aims to fill this gap attached to the part of the wheel that versity School of Medicine in California, a their pluripotency intact, researchers The tiny bacteria contain a protein called DnaK that the re- in research. can actually stop them.” team of researchers has decided to inves- have had to devise complex inhibitors. searchers decided to focus on “because of its ability to interact Scientists led by Luke Norman, “This analysis sets the stage for therapy tigate how and why royal jelly might be When they added royalactin to embry- with proteins.” Ph.D., a postdoctoral research fellow targets in OCD because it shows that beneficial. They have looked at its effect onic stem cells, the investigators found DnaK is a “chaperone protein” that protects other proteins in the Department of Psychiatry at the error processing and inhibitory control on one of the most promising targets of that it maintained their pluripotency for from damage and ensures that they function properly by helping University of Michigan (U-M) in Ann are both important processes that are clinical research, namely mammalian longer — specifically, for 20 generations them to fold. Arbor, corroborated and analyzed large altered in people with the condition,” stem cells. These undifferentiated cells — without the need to administer the The team’s efforts uncovered two main links between DnaK amounts of data from existing studies on says Fitzgerald. are capable of turning into any specialized usual inhibitors. and cancer. the neurological underpinnings of OCD. Findings may boost existing cells, serving any function. “This was unexpected. Normally, They revealed that DnaK from mycoplasmas “interacts with The scientists published their me- treatments “In folklore, royal jelly is kind of like these embryonic stem cells are grown and reduces the activities of human proteins” that are important ta-analysis in the journal Biological The researcher also explains how the a super-medicine, particularly in Asia in the presence of an inhibitor called for DNA repair. Psychiatry. findings may enhance current treatments and Europe, but the DNA sequence of leukemia inhibitor factor that stops them Also, it appears that DnaK weakens the effect of certain drugs Studying the brain circuitry for OCD, such as cognitive behavioral royalactin, the active component in from differentiating inappropriately in that aim to boost the activity of the natural anticancer protein p53. in OCD therapy (CBT). the jelly, is unique to honeybees. Now, culture, but we found that royalactin DnaK reduces p53 by binding to an enzyme called USP10 that Norman and colleagues analyzed stud- “In [CBT] sessions for OCD, we work we’ve identified a structurally similar blocked differentiation even in the ab- helps to regulate p53. ies that scanned the brains of hundreds to help patients identify, confront, and mammalian protein that can maintain sence of [leukemia inhibitor factor],” Infected mice developed cancer more quickly of people with OCD, as well as examining resist their compulsions, to increase com- stem cell pluripotency,” explains senior Dr. Wang notes. In their investigations, the researchers observed how quickly the brain images of people without the munication between the ‘brake’ and the author Dr. Kevin Wang. Still, the researchers did not under- lymphoma developed in two groups of mice with compromised condition. wheels, until the wheels actually stop. But The researchers tell the story of their stand this response. They felt that the immune systems. “By combining data from 10 studies, it only works in about half of patients.” current findings in the journal Nature mammalian stem cells should not have They infected one group of mice with a mycoplasma strain and nearly 500 patients and healthy vol- “Through findings like these, we hope Communications. responded so well to royalactin since from a person with HIV. unteers, we could see how brain circuits we can make CBT more effective, or guide The ‘magic’ ingredient of mammals do not produce that protein. The results showed that lymphoma developed more quickly long hypothesized to be crucial to OCD new treatments,” Dr. Fitzgerald adds. The royal jelly They then wondered if they could find a in the mycoplasma-infected immune-compromised mice than are indeed involved in the disorder,” ex- team is currently recruiting participants “I’ve always been interested in the mammalian-produced protein that might their non-infected counterparts. plains the study’s lead author. for a clinical trial of CBT for OCD. control of cell size, and the honeybee match the shape of royalactin rather than In addition, some of the cancer cells, but not all of them, Specifically, the researchers zeroed In addition to CBT, Dr. Fitzgerald is a fantastic model to study this,” says its sequence and that may also serve the contained DNA from the bacteria. in on a brain circuit called the “cingu- also hopes that the results will enhance a Dr. Wang. “These larvae all start out purpose of sustaining cell “stemness.” The researchers suggest that this means that the infection lo-opercular network.” This network therapy known as “repetitive transcranial the same on day zero, but end up with Sure enough, they identified a mam- does not have to persist to be able to trigger cancer. involves several brain regions that are magnetic stimulation” (rTMS). dramatic and lasting differences in size. malian protein called NHLRC3, which, It seems that mycoplasma release DnaK and that this can interconnected by neuronal pathways “If we know how brain regions in- How does this happen?” they thought, may have a structure close enter uninfected cells that are nearby and trigger events that in the center of the brain. teract together to start and stop OCD In this study, Dr. Wang and his team to that of royalactin and might serve a can lead to cancer in those cells. Studies have previously associated symptoms, then we know where to tar- honed in on a protein called royalactin similar purpose. NHLRC3, explains Dr. Infection-cancer link may need a rethink the cingulo-opercular network with “ton- get rTMS,” she says. “This is not some that is present in royal jelly. They believed Wang, occurs in all early animal embryos, Finally, an analysis of amino acid composition revealed differ- ic alertness” or “vigilance.” In other deep dark problem of behavior,” Dr. that this protein may be, in great measure, including those of humans. ences between DnaK proteins from cancer-associated bacteria words, areas in this brain circuit are Fitzgerald continues. responsible for stimulating the impressive When the researchers applied this and bacteria that researchers have not associated with cancer. “on the lookout” for potential errors “OCD is a medical problem, and not cell growth in the larvae that the worker protein to mouse embryonic stem cells, This could mean that there are other bacteria with a similar and can call off an action to avoid an anyone’s fault. With brain imaging, we bees select to become queen bees. they found that, like royalactin, it helped ability to promote cancer. undesirable outcome. can study it just like heart specialists In order to study its effects, the re- maintain their pluripotency. For this rea- Prof. Gallo suggests that their research “changes how we need Most of the functional MRI studies study EKGs of their patients — and we searchers decided to apply royalactin to son, the team decided to rename this to think about infection and at least some cancers.” included by Norman and colleagues in can use that information to improve care embryonic stem cells, or undifferentiated protein “Regina,” which means “queen” “Our work provides an explanation for how a bacterial infection their review had volunteers respond to and the lives of people with OCD.” cells, that they had collected from mice. in Latin. can trigger a series of events that lead to cancer.” errors while inside the brain scanner. (Source: Medical New Today) “For royal jelly to have an effect on (Source: instant.com.pk) (Source: sgtalk.org) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 8, 2018

16 countries attending RCAP Tehran, Baku 2018 in Kish TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Over 250 teams from 16 coun- planning new desktries are participating in RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) 2018 competition, which is being held at the Persian Gulf island of Kish from December 5 to 10, YJC reported on Friday. Teams from Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, fiber optic route China and several other countries have attended the event, the TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Iran and to attend the event. chairman of the Iranian national RoboCup committee, Morteza deskAzerbaijan are planning “Unfortunately Iran has a small share of Mousakhani, announced. to create a new fiber optic route between exports of ICT products and services,” he the two countries, Azerbaijan’s Minister said during a conference he had with Iranian of Transport, Communications and High startups at the event on Thursday. Technologies Ramin Guluzade said, IRNA The ministry plans to support startups in reported on Thursday. exports in order to benefit from the regional Iran and Azerbaijan are improving rela- market, he said. tions in the field of telecommunication and Such exhibitions pave the ways for startups hi-tech, Guluzade said in an interview on to enter global market, he added. Iran’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Mohammad Javad the sidelines of Bakutel 2018 exhibit, which Azari Jahromi pointed out to the health Azari Jahromi (2nd from r) and his Azeri counterpart Ramin Guluzade (3rd from r) visit was held from December 4 to 7 at the Baku tourism potentialities of Iran for neighboring Bakutel 2018, which was held from December 4 to 7 in Azerbaijan Expo Center. countries which could be improved through A total of 14 Iranian startups and com- electronic services and startups. According to a quadripartite meeting panies offered their telecom products and During a quadripartite meeting between services at the expo. Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey on the between Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Students and juniors compete at the event in 22 different Iran’s Minister of Information and Com- sidelines of Bakutel 2018, it was planned to leagues including Robocup Soccer, Robocup Rescue and Robocup Turkey, a center for regional startup will be munication Technology (ICT) Mohammad establish a center to support startups in the Industrial, he explained. Javad Azari Jahromi travelled to Azerbaijan region, he said. established in Tehran The 9th Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics will be also held on December 10 in Kish Island. Professor Kazuo Ishii from Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Tech- nology is the key speaker of the event and present “Sample Return Startups attend Smart Tehran Hackathon from Deep Ocean” on the underwater robots. TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — For the first time, Tehran The event is the marathon of creativity and programming Artificial Intelligence, robot hardware & software, sensory deskMunicipality provided Application Pro- using API generated by Tehran Municipality Organization. processing & control, human-robot interaction, multi-agent & gramming Interface (API) for startups which attended the The Smart Tehran Hackathon is a part of Smart Tehran multi-robot systems, robotics & automation applications are the 1st Smart Tehran Hackathon, a gathering where program- Week, being held from December 5 to 11. topics of the conference. mers collaboratively code in an extreme manner over a Tehran Municipality will also hold the 2nd Smart Teh- RCAP is a super-regional headquarter representing the RoboCup short period of time. ran Congress on December 10 and 11 at the Milad Tower. Federation coordinating RoboCup activities in the Asia Pacific During the event, held from December 5 to 7, Tehran Smart governance and smart urban economy, smart region. RCAP headquarters is located in Singapore. Municipality urged the startups to provide innovative mobility, urban innovation ecosystem and citizen engage- solutions for urban challenges, Shanbepress reported ment models, smart solutions for sustainability, resilience on Wednesday. and safety are some of the main themes of the event. Tehrani citizens can soon sell dry waste through app Who steals personal data and how do What is cloud testing they make money from it? anyway? TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Tehrani citizens can sell their deskdry waste in the near future through an ap- plication introduced by Tehran Municipality, the head of waste management organization of Tehran Municipality announced, Fars reported on Thursday. Reza Abdoli said that the application will be available for Tehrani citizens in the next Iranian calendar year, beginning on March 21, 2019. Up to now, the citizens living in district 2 and 11 can use the application and sell their dry waste by announcing their loca- tion, he said. He made the remarks during the international waste man- agement, recycling, and the related industries and machinery fair, being held from December 5 to 8 in Tehran. According to a report published by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in October 2016, waste generation per capita in Iran’s urban areas is about 658 grams per day while Iranian waste generation per capita in rural areas is Despite new laws tackling advertisers and is passed between cyber criminals and sold By now, most of us have gotten used share a lot of overlap. about 220-340 grams per day. Average Iranian waste generation marketers hoarding info on us, cyber crim- on, its value also depreciates every time.” to the idea of cloud computing. When Test management consultant at per capita amounts to some 240 kilograms per year. inals are continuing to chase personal data. As an example he explained how a technology starts to feature in con- NTT DATA UK Pooja Tyagi says that In Tehran alone waste generation per capita is estimated at The personal data of hundreds of a criminal would make money from sumer advertisements without every whether an organization is looking 750-800 grams per day and each Tehrani citizen generates about millions of people has been stolen by a data set containing 100 emails, really explaining what it is, then - ar- to extend an existing application, or 270-450 kilograms of waste per year. cyber criminals, but what is the point non-encrypted passwords, DOBs, guably - it has reached critical mass. build something entirely new, using The report continues that unfortunately only 7 percent of the in stealing this data, and how does and physical addresses. Think about the number of shampoo cloud-based resources can save you waste is separated at the source, 13 percent is recycled and only anyone make any money from it? Mr Amado said he would first use it to or skin treatment ads you’ve seen time and money. 2.5 percent of them end up in formal or sanitary landfills and Last Friday, up to half a billion cus- perform phishing attacks and account takeo- with products featuring new Won- “There are real advantages to mov- some 77.5 percent of the waste will be burnt or buried in informal tomers of a Marriott-owned hotel chain vers, as well as commit identity fraud - trying derwhizzTM (not real) granules. It’s ing your development and testing landfills located in the countryside or deserts near cities. were informed their data dating back to gain access to bank accounts, whether something fabulous and seemingly test efforts to the cloud, regardless to 2014 had been stolen. owned by victim or set up in their name. inexplicable that provides a new ex- of your application deployment or Another 100 million users of Q&A “Once I have got as much as I can out of perience… and you don’t even need the size of your organization. From website Quora were told that hackers the data, then its value is almost negligible to know how they make it. the testing process itself to devel- had made away with their data, the for my purposes,” he explained. That’s kind of like cloud comput- oper collaboration options across company admitted on Monday. At this point, cyber criminals then sell ing to a degree. the cloud, in many ways, the cloud A helicopter app for the Sky News and cyber risk business Digital the data sets on to the next criminals who The idea is that the cloud services model is a much better alternative Shadows were unable to find this specific would probably attempt to do the exact provider handles all the backend to manual testing on a company’s wealthy plans to tackle stolen data being sold on the dark web. same thing again. engine room work to host your appli- infrastructure,” said Tyagi. Mumbai’s traffic However on a variety of marketplaces However, the data is no longer as val- cations and databases and supplies She explains that testing in the vendors were offering what they claimed uable or useful because victims may have them as-a-Service down the Inter- cloud incorporates and encompass- A helicopter app for the wealthy has picked India’s financial were accounts on Amazon, AirBnB, and changed their passwords, or banks could net pipe. Customers don’t need to es issues including availability (i.e. capital Mumbai as its first city outside the United States. a range of retail stores. have been alerted to a risk of fraud from worry about keeping servers online uptime), security, performance (i.e. Blade allows users to book a helicopter trip between New The sale of these data sets usually takes a particular identity. or even installing updates to appli- speed), interoperability, disaster re- York City and the Hamptons for $795, or shorter flights in and place after the attackers have attempted to Mr Amado said: “This is what has cations, because that all happens at covery and multi-tenancy (i.e. ability around Manhattan and other cities like Miami and Los Angeles. use it to make money themselves. happened with many of the big his- the backend. What the customer sees to host multiple Virtual Machines It will start offering a similar on-demand service in Mumbai Rafael Amado, senior strategy and re- toric breaches, including LinkedIn, at the front end is a virtualization on one server) testing. early next year, the company announced on Tuesday. search analyst at Digital Shadows, told Sky MySpace, and Yahoo. of a computing department, which “Testing is performed in three Blade will have hubs in Mumbai’s upscale oceanfront neigh- News that there is a standard procedure “These data sets were once very valuable, (obviously) is why we refer to cloud distinct areas of cloud: infrastructure, borhood Juhu and in Mahalaxmi, home to the city’s famous horse for criminals who hold this kind of data. but they have been used so widely, passed instances running on Virtual Ma- platform and service. The aim of racing track. It plans to offer flights between the two heliports, He said: “When large data sets such through so many hands, and are available chines (VMs). cloud testing is to ensure high quality as well as to Pune, the closest major city, and Shirdi, a popular as these appear within the cyber crim- so easily, that victims have changed their Shampoo cloud magic service delivery and help avoiding religious site about 150 miles away. inal ecosystem, they are either sold in passwords rendering them virtually useless So with cloud, you don’t need to data outages by comprising of test- The company is setting up a local subsidiary, Blade India, in their entirety or broken up and sold for most cyber criminal endeavours. This worry about your apps and data at ing inside and outside datacenter,” partnership with Indian investment firm Hunch Ventures. It piecemeal across forums, messaging is why they are available for free.” all and you can just focus on getting said Tyagi. will be headed by Amar Abrol, former CEO of Malaysian budget applications and marketplaces. Nik Whitfield, chief executive at cyber a nice rinse and blow dry because the Simulation for cload testing airline AirAsia. “The initial holders of the data set will security company Panaseer, told Sky shampoo did all the magic, right? NTT DATA’s Tyagi explains that “The growth that you’re experiencing here in India is strato- typically exhaust the value of the breached News: “When it comes to data breach- The answer is yes, to a degree, but using the cloud for testing is help- spheric,” Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal told CNN Business, citing data during their own campaigns, before es, it’s not a case of if but when, so the also no, because cloud computing ing organizations to acquire the the country’s strong economy as one of the main reasons for selling the data once they no longer have overriding priority must be ensuring is so inherently dynamic. required tools, software licenses, launching in Mumbai. any use for it,” said Mr Amado. you have adequate defenses in place. This leads us to the cloudy (sorry) infrastructures at a very low cost “The transportation infrastructure has not kept up with the strat- Criminals use this data to perform a “Given that last year smashed world area of cloud testing, so what is it? without having to set it up themselves ospheric growth, and through all our research we have never seen the number of scams, depending on what records for the most data breaches, and Strictly speaking we could define and later worry about its maximum level of friction in transportation anywhere in the world,” he added. the data is. the GDPR mandatory 72-hour breach cloud testing in two ways: utilization. Chronic congestion Some of these scams can be direct reporting requirement, it has never been Cloud testing is the process of “Cloud testers can use the cloud India’s cities are among the most congested in the world. A identity frauds, in which they will pose more important to have a clearly de- testing your application and data- to generate massive distributed load report by the Boston Consulting Group earlier this year, commis- as a victim to open bank accounts and fined plan to reduce the likelihood and base performance in the cloud, to tests, simulate a large number of sioned by Uber, estimated that Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore lines of credit. impact of being breached. make sure that it is fit for purpose. mobile devices, or run functional and Kolkata lose more than $22 billion a year because of traffic In the UK, victims of identity fraud are “Organisations aren’t preparing Cloud testing is also the process of and performance monitors from all jams. It takes commuters about 1.5 hours longer to travel a given rarely liable for the debt that criminals in vain - last year the number of total testing your application and database over the world,” she said. distance than in comparable Asian cities, according to the report. create under their name - although the breaches and total records exposed each deployments in ‘test clouds’ before In summary then, the industry While Blade has not yet settled on prices for its India ser- debt can have a significant impact on jumped by 24% over 2016 and this num- deployment, to make sure that you’re is indeed talking more openly and vice, it will be out of reach for most Indians, who make less than their credit rating, which is often more ber is only on an upward trajectory. ‘provisioning’ for the right amount volubly about cloud testing now. We $2,000 a year on average. The apps cheapest offering in the difficult to address. “There are clear financial implications and type of cloud resources. know that cloud tests will need to be United States, a five-minute flight from Manhattan to JFK, costs Other scams more directly involve vic- as well - in 2018 the average data breach Inherent overlap run over an enterprise’s whole cloud between $195 and $295. tims whose data has been stolen, and could fine increased to £146,000. In practice, we normally refer to estate, inside specific instances of Instead, the company is targeting the country’s large and involve sending them phishing emails to “The issue is compounded by the the first bullet above as cloud mon- cloud, across different (public, pri- rapidly growing group of ultra rich people. India now has more take control of their computers and poten- problem that most companies are not itoring leaving the second bullet to vate & hybrid) clouds… and inside than 340,000 millionaires, according to a Credit Suisse report tially access their online banking facilities. aware that they have been breached for more directly refer to cloud testing specific cloud application functions. published this year. Mumbai is home to several people at the very “Every time a criminal uses a data set several months, or even years, after the as an experimentation and inves- The cloud may always be virtual, top of that list, including India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani. such as this, its value depreciates,” said Mr event,” added Mr Whitfield. tigation process. That being said, but you can still test in it, of it and (Source: cnn.com) Amado, adding: “Similarly, as the data set (Source: news.sky.com) the two are inherently similar and for it. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 8, 2018 SCIENCE 11

Researchers find a way to peel Polonium: A rare and highly volatile radioactive element

Polonium (Po) is a very rare and highly volatile radioactive slimy biofilms like old stickers metal. Before Polish-French physicist Marie Curie’s discovery of Slimy, hard-to-clean bacterial mats called green, the Howard A. Prior Professor of the polonium in 1898, uranium and thorium were the only known biofilms cause problems ranging from med- Life Sciences; Andrej Košmrlj, an assistant radioactive elements. Curie named polonium after her homeland, ical infections to clogged drains and fouled professor of mechanical and aerospace en- Poland. industrial equipment. Now, researchers at gineering; Sepideh Khodaparast, a former Polonium is of little use to humans, with the exception of Princeton have found a way to cleanly and research scholar in Stone’s lab now at Imperial some menacing applications: It was used as a trigger in the completely peel off these notorious sludges. College London; associate research scholar first atomic bomb and is also a suspected poison in a couple of By looking at the films from a mechanical Sampriti Mukherjee; postdoctoral researchers high-profile deaths. engineering perspective, as well as a biological Jie Feng, Sheng Mao and Antonio Perazzo; In commercial applications, polonium is occasionally one, the researchers showed that using water and graduate student Chenyi Fei. used to remove static electricity in machinery or dust from to penetrate the junction between biofilms Mechanical behaviors photographic film. It can also be used as a lightweight heat and surfaces, coupled with gentle peeling, For their investigation, the Princeton re- source for thermoelectric power in space satellites. can result in immaculate removals. That searchers turned to the bacterium Vibrio Polonium is located in Group 16 and period 6 in the periodic outcome contrasts with traditionally inef- cholerae, which forms biofilms in sea wa- table of elements. It’s classified as a metal because polonium’s fective methods of scraping or mechanically ter, fresh water and in the human intestine. electrical conductivity decreases as its temperature rises, according dislodging biofilms, which sometimes leave Measurements revealed that the biofilms it to the Royal Society of Chemistry. behind still-adhered patches that regrow and produces exhibit mechanical behaviors very The element is the heaviest metal of the chalcogens, a group recontaminate. similar to hydrogels, which are materials of elements also known as the “oxygen family.” All chalcogens The new removal method should help in extensively studied in Stone’s lab. are found in copper ores. Other elements in the chalcogen group thwarting harmful biofilms, as well as con- Well-characterized, manipulatable hy- include oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium. trolling the beneficial biofilms increasingly drogels have many applications, especially There are 33 known isotopes (atoms of the same element with a different number of neutrons) of polonium, and all are relied on for waste water treatment, microbial communities between molecular biology and in France. in biomedicine, including wound dressing, radioactive. This element’s radioactive instability is what makes fuel cells and other applications. engineering. “By investigating and defining the material drug delivery and tissue engineering. Bio- it a fitting candidate for use in atomic bombs. Removing nasty biofilms Yan is the co-lead author of the paper properties of bacterial biofilms, rather than films and hydrogels are largely made of water Lichens are able to absorb polonium directly from the “We have discovered an easy and effec- describing the results, published Oct. 8 in their biological properties, we have invented (about 90 percent). They possess defined atmosphere. In northern areas, people who eat reindeer can tive way to remove nasty biofilms from a Advanced Materials, along with Alexis Moreau, a new method for detaching entire biofilms,” structural networks that make them soft, have higher concentrations of polonium in their blood, because variety of surfaces,” said Jing Yan, an asso- who was a visiting student in Stone’s lab and said study co-author Bassler. viscous and elastic. Their stretchiness has reindeer eat lichens. ciate research scholar working jointly in the is now back at the University of Montpellier Other authors of the study are Ned Win- a limit, however. Princeton labs of Howard Stone, the Donald If disturbed too vigorously, biofilms and Polonium is considered a rare natural element. Although R. Dixon ‘69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor hydrogels will break into pieces. This fra- it is found in uranium ores, it’s not economical to extract as of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, “By investigating and defining the material gility poses a challenge for biofilm removal. there are only around 100 micrograms of polonium in 1 ton (0.9 and Bonnie Bassler, the Squibb Professor properties of bacterial biofilms, rather than It also hinders the intentional transfer of metric tons) of uranium ore, according to the Jefferson Lab. (Source: Live Science) of Molecular Biology and Howard Hughes their biological properties, we have invented beneficial films between surfaces, for instance Medical Institute Investigator. in industrial settings, and when running The work, bridging molecular biology, a new method for detaching entire biofilms,” experiments in the lab to study biofilms in materials science and mechanical engineering, says study co-author Bassler. the first place. An exoplanet inflated like a took advantage of the collaborative research (Source: phys.org) balloon, team says Global warming suffocated sea creatures A microbe’s membrane helps it survive Although helium is a rare element on Earth, it is ubiquitous in the Universe. It is, after hydrogen, the main component of in great dying: new study extreme environments, researchers find stars and gaseous giant planets. Despite its abundance, helium was only detected recently in the atmosphere of a gaseous Within harsh environments like hot An estimated 70% of land animals and giant by an international team including astronomers from springs, volcanic craters and deep-sea 96% of sea creatures were wiped out in the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland. The team, hydrothermal vents -- uninhabitable by Earth’s biggest mass extinction. this time led by Genevan researchers, has observed in detail most life forms -- microscopic organisms Around 252 million years ago, the and for the first time how this gas escapes from the overheated are thriving. How? It’s all in how they Earth experienced its biggest mass atmosphere of an exoplanet, literally inflated with helium. wrap themselves. extinction event. Now, scientists believe Helium is the second most abundant element in the Uni- Within harsh environments like hot swathes of sea creatures were suffocated verse. Predicted since 2000 as one of the best possible tracers springs, volcanic craters and deep-sea because of global warming. of the atmospheres of exo- hydrothermal vents -- uninhabitable by Experts in the field have long been planets, these planets orbiting most life forms -- microscopic organisms puzzled by what caused the so-called around other stars than the are thriving. How? It’s all in how they Great Dying at the end of the Permian Sun, it took astronomers 18 of Washington associate professor of wrap themselves. acidity. Period, which is estimated to have killed years to actually detect it. It oceanography and second author of Stanford University researchers have Welander became interested in study- some 70 percent of land animals and 96 was hard to spot due to the the study, explained: “Very few marine identified a protein that helps these or- ing this microbe because of its rare chemis- percent of sea creatures. Fossils lay bare very peculiar observational organisms stayed in the same habitats they ganisms form a protective, lipid-linked try, including its unusual lipid membranes. the realities of this dark period: with a signature of helium, located in were living in it was either flee or perish.” cellular membrane -- a key to withstanding Unlike plants and fungi, archaeal organ- switch from a functioning ecosystem the infrared, out of range for Low-oxygen environments extremely highly acidic habitats. isms do not produce protective outer walls to piles of dead bodies. most of the instruments used Tropical organisms, who were more Scientists had known that this group of cellulose and their membranes do not Various theories have been floated previously. The discovery oc- used to warm, relatively low-oxygen of microbes -- called archaea -- were sur- contain the same chemicals as bacteria. to explain the phenomenon. Some have curred earlier this year, thanks environments, faired the best and rounded by a membrane made of dif- Scientists had explored how the species touted the idea that temperatures were to Hubble Space Telescope were able to adapt to new habitats. But ferent chemical components than those produced its unusual membrane for about too high, or the water was too acidic, observations, which proved creatures in cold areas farthest from of bacteria, plants or animals. They had 10 years before experimentation stopped lacking oxygen or perhaps contaminated difficult to interpret. the equator were among the worst hit, long hypothesized that it could be what in 2006, she said. with metals or sulfide. A spectrograph decom- the authors found. provides protection in extreme habi- Membrane structures Creatures wiped out poses the light of a star into Penn added: “This is the first time that tats. The team directly proved this idea “I think we forget that some things But according to findings published its component colors, like a rainbow. The “resolution” of a we have made a mechanistic prediction by identifying the protein that creates just haven’t been done yet -- I’ve been in the journal Science, ocean creatures spectrograph is a measure indicating the number of colors that about what caused the extinction that the unusual membrane structure in the finding that a lot ever since I stepped into were wiped out at the end of the Permian can be revealed. While the human eye cannot distinguish any can be directly tested with the fossil species Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. the geobiology world,” Welander said. Period because of global warming, which color beyond red without an adapted camera, the infrared eye record, which then allows us to make The structures of some organisms’ “There are so many questions out there caused a loss of 80 percent of the oxygen of Hubble is capable of identifying hundreds of colors there. predictions about the causes of extinction membranes are retained in the fossil that we just need the basic knowledge of, in these waters. This high spectral resolution allowed the team to observe the in the future.” record and can serve as molecular fos- such as, ‘What is the protein that’s doing Scientists at the University of position and speed of helium atoms in the upper atmosphere The study was published a day after sils or biomarkers, leaving hints of what this? Does this membrane structure really Washington and Stanford University of a gaseous Neptune-size exoplanet, 4 times larger than the scientists released the Global Carbon lived in the environment long ago. Finding do what we’re saying it does?’” modeled the conditions of the oceans Earth. Located in the Cygnus (the Swan) constellation, 124 Budget 2018, warning levels of carbon preserved membrane lipids, for example, From previous research in archaea, and animal metabolisms in the Permian light-years from home, HAT-P-11b is a “warm Neptune” (a emissions are set to hit a new record by could suggest when an organism evolved Welander and her team knew that the or- period, when the continents were decent 550°C!), twenty times closer to its star than the Earth the close of the year. They blamed the and how that may have been the circum- ganisms produce a membrane containing a grouped as Pangaea. They also assessed from the Sun. use of coal and more vehicles hitting the stance of its environment. ringed molecule called a calditol. The group online archives of fossils that indicate (Source: eurekalert.org) where animals lived before the Great roads, but stressed levels could drop if Acidity changes thought this molecule might underlie the Dying, and their fate afterward. To efforts are made to cut emissions. “Our model is that this organism species’ ability to withstand environments mirror the greenhouse gasses released by Penn said: “Under a business-as- evolved the ability to make these mem- where other organisms perish. huge volcanic eruptions in Siberia, the usual emissions scenarios, by 2100 branes because it lives in an environment To find out, they first went through the Greenland ice melt researchers heightened the temperature warming in the upper ocean will have where the acidity changes,” said co-author genome of S. acidocaldarius and identified by 10°C. approached 20 percent of warming in Paula Welander, an assistant professor of three genes likely to be involved in making has ‘gone into overdrive,’ The “mechanism of climate warming the late Permian, and by the year 2300 Earth system science at Stanford’s School a calditol. They then mutated those genes and oxygen loss was a primary cause of it will reach between 35 and 50 percent. of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences one-by-one, eliminating any proteins the say scientists the extinction,” concluded Justin Penn, “This study highlights the potential for (Stanford Earth). genes made. The experiments revealed first author of the study and a doctoral a mass extinction arising from a similar The hot springs where S. acidocaldarius one gene that, when mutated, produced The second largest ice sheet in the world is melting faster student in oceanography at the University mechanism under anthropogenic climate is found, such as those in Yellowstone S. acidocaldarius that lacked calditol in in the past 20 or 30 years than in the past three centuries. of Washington. change.” National Park that are over 200 degrees the membrane. Scientists have been observing a colossal ice sheet in Dr. Curtis Deutsch, a University (Source: Newsweek) Fahrenheit, can experience fluctuating (Source: Science Daily) Greenland shrink at an unprecedented rate due to global warming. This means that the sea level could rise sooner and faster than previously assumed. There’s one big problem with that ocean garbage collector we got so excited about A team of scientists journeyed to Greenland in 2015 to observe and measure the rate that the colossal ice sheets in An ambitious project to clean up the Great give all our forgotten waste a hug. the region are melting. They spent a total of five weeks in Pacific Garbage Patch has hit an unexpected This position, somewhat submerged in the area, drilling into the plains to collect tubes of ancient snag, just three months after being launched. the current but also floating, is crucial. On ice which, they said, has a record of the history of freezing Developed by The Ocean Cleanup, the the surface, the wind and the waves push and melting. huge floating contraption was designed the floater along more quickly than what They found that gradual melting started in the late 1800s to drift with the currents, scooping up lies beneath. when large-scale coal burning became the norm. However, thousands of tons of plastic waste as it Deeper currents the melting of ice only ramped up in the past 20 to 30 years. bobs along. And so, as the system outraces the deeper “We can show that the recent increase in melt and runoff The first prototype, System 001, was currents, it catches all the plastic that tends from Greenland over the past two decades, in response to launched in September after five years of to sit just below the surface. warming temperatures, is exceptional and unprecedented work, bound for a bit of ocean that lies System 001, however, is not going fast (‘off the charts’),” stated Sarah Das, a geologist at the Woods roughly halfway between Hawaii and the enough and it’s letting too much plastic es- Hole Oceanographic Institution and co-author of the study. coast of California. cape. At times, the plastic beneath the waves “We find that for every degree of warming, melting It was all very exciting. If the device lived is even moving faster than the system itself. increases more and more — it outpaces the warming,” added up to its promise, in another five years, it can’t retain any of it. Apart from a few tons “It needs to move faster than the plastic But the team isn’t too worried. They Luke Trusel, a geologist from Rowan University and also could chomp through half the Great Pacific of discarded nets, most plastic has slipped at all times so as to retain all plastic it’s didn’t expect the first prototype to be per- an author of the study. Garbage patch - the largest zone of ocean out of the system’s grasp after a few days. caught.” fect, and they remain confident that the While melting colossal ice sheets are happening in plastics in the world. There could be various reasons why The device is supposed to work like an device can still work. In fact, a solution is Greenland, scientists warned that its effects will be felt After less than two months of action, plastic is not staying inside the system, artificial coastline, catching plastic that is already being tested. around the world, especially by those living near the coasts. however, there are still some important but speed is one of the top culprits. swirling in the middle of the ocean in the The team suggests that if the span of Dramatic melting of ice is also happening in the middle wrinkles that need to be ironed out. The “most-likely reason is that the sys- same way that trash drifts up on shore. skirting can be blown up by 25 percent, of the ice sheets, the report revealed. Melting creates pools Catching ocean plastics tem is not moving quickly enough at every The system hinges on a 600-meter-long then the U-shaped floater can stretch 60 of water on the surface of the ice sheet which absorbs more According to group leaders, the device occurring condition,” Lonneke Holierhoek, floater, in the shape of a U that hovers at to 70 meters wider than before. And the heat and, therefore, accelerates the rate in which ice is is catching ocean plastic just fine - even the chief operating officer at The Ocean Clean- the surface of the water. Below is a 3-me- bigger the sail, the faster the boat. melting into the ocean. small pieces - but for some reason, it just up, told Forbes. tre-deep skirt, like open arms, ready to (Source: sciencealert.com) (Source: Tech Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY DECEMBER 8, 2018

Floods inundate 6 provinces, Next year’s school claim one life ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Flood has stricken 6 provinces of renovation deskIran and left one dead, deputy head of Rescue and Relief Organization has said. Flood has hit provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan, Qazvin, Kerman- budget predicted shah, Lorestan and Hamedan since Thursday, Mehr news agency quoted Shahin Fat’hi as saying on Friday. to be tripled

SOCIETY TEHRAN — The budget Currently educational space per capita is deskprojected for school ren- Iran is about 5.2 square meters while before ovation for the next fiscal year (starting the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the space was March 21, 2019) within the framework of measured at 1.5 square meters, he said. the budget bill is predicted to be tripled, Rakhshanimehr went on to say that in the director of schools renovation, develop- fourth and fifth five-year development plans ment and equipment organization has said. (ended 2016) some $4 billion from the forex In the current Iranian calendar year reserve fund was allocated to school renovation (March 2018-March 2019) the budget for nationwide which resulted in reconstruction school renovation and retrofitting amounted and retrofitting of 70 percent of schools. to 5.77 trillion rials (nearly $137 million), In July, Rakhshanimehr said that currently A school built by Barekat Charity Foundation in southern city of Bandar Abbas in He further explained that rescue operations have been carried ISNA news agency quoted Mehrollah Ra- per capita education space per student is 5.2 January 2017. out in 29 cities and towns over the last 24 hours. khshanimehr as saying on Friday. percent while the standard space must be Unfortunately one is dead in Khuzestan province, he lamented. Moreover, next year government will also 8.4 percent which indicated that some 30 Rakhshanimehr went on to say that in the allocated budget for completion of projects percent of schools are dilapidated. Meanwhile, Morteza Salimi, head of Rescue and Relief Or- fourth and fifth five-year development ganization, told IRNA news agency on Friday provinces of West which are completed by 30 to 50 percent He also highlighted that out of the 30 Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Tehran, Qazvin, Kordestan, Kermanshah, by philanthropist, Rakhshanimehr added. percent ramshackle old schools some 12 plans (ended 2016) some $4 billion from Lorestan, Markazi, Golestan, and Hamedan are swept by snow He further expressed hope that with percent should be completely rebuilt and the forex reserve fund was allocated to storm since Thursday. the generous budget allocation next year 18 percent must be retrofitted. projects which are under construction will In the sixth five-year development plan school renovation nationwide which be completed. some 3 million dollar is planned to be allotted resulted in reconstruction and retrofitting So far philanthropists have built 20 per- to school renovation, but the budget is not Luxembourg to become first cent of the country’s schools, he highlighted. officially allocated yet, he concluded. of 70 percent of schools. country to make all public transport free ‘Iran falling short of 5,300 rangers’ ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Iran is facing shortage Generating job opportunities for poachers should be high deskof 5,300 rangers, as there should be on agenda to stop such incidents, he suggested. Luxembourg is set to become the first country in the world to 8,500 rangers protecting the country’s natural resources Some 123 rangers have gotten killed while protecting make all its public transport free. and environment, however, there are 3,200 rangers the environment sine 1979 in Iran. While a bill to uphold Fares on trains, trams and buses will be lifted next summer working in the country. the rights of rangers, including rules on carrying and use under the plans of the re-elected coalition government led by Making the above announcement, Jamshid Mohabbat of firearms, has been approved by the judiciary committee Xavier Bettel, who was sworn in for a second term as prime Khani, head of the Department of Environment’s protection of Majlis [Iranian parliament] in late September, it is still minister on Wednesday. unit, said out of 600 ranger stations nationwide 100 are va- waiting for approval. cant as there are no guardian of the wilderness to safeguard As per the proposed bill the rangers would not face charges the area due to squeeze of workforce. in case of involuntarily manslaughter while on duty and Some 200 of ranger stations are also up and running would be compensated for the losses they suffer while trying with only one ranger, he added, IRNA news agency re- to protect the environment and the biodiversity. ported on Thursday. Moreover, the government is required to allocate budget Elsewhere in his remarks Mohabbat Khani criticized to help those rangers who might be obliged to pay out blood the laws on carrying firearms for rangers saying that money or other sort of money-penalty compensation for currently rangers are only allowed to use their weap- either killed or seriously injured in armed conflicts with murder or any injuries trespassers may suffer in armed on for self-defense otherwise they will be charged with poachers, he regretted. conflicts with them, and the rangers will be provided with manslaughter had they kill any poachers. Over the past year some 4 rangers were killed and one is regular insurance coverage and are entitled to compensation In other cases, as the law is restrictive, they will be facing capital punishment for killing a poacher, he added. for the losses they suffer while doing their job. Global carbon emissions expected to hit all-time high in 2018 Global carbon pollution is on track to reach reach net zero by around 2050. An additional 5 billion tons came from “There’s way too much complacency in Bettel, whose Democratic party will form a government unprecedented levels in 2018, smashing hopes “We are a long way from this and much other human sources such as deforestation the air at these talks,” said Harjeet Singh, with the leftwing Socialist Workers’ party and the Greens, that the world had reached peak emissions. more needs to be done because if coun- Though coal exploitation has dropped since global lead on climate change for ActionAid had vowed to priorities the environment during the recent Growing energy demands combined with tries stick to the commitments they have its peak in 2013, use of the high-polluting fuel International. election campaign. an unwillingness by many nations to let go already made, we are on track to see 3C has begun to creep back up again, contrib- “We’re heading for big rises in global tem- Luxembourg City, the capital of the small Grand Duchy, suffers of coal and oil are expected to result in a 2 of global warming.” uting to a considerable chunk of emissions. peratures that will lead us to the complete from some of the worst traffic congestion in the world. per cent boost for emissions. The new analysis by the Global Carbon COP24 host nation Poland has drawn much and irreversible extinction of coral reefs and It is home to about 110,000 people, but a further 400,000 Released at the major COP24 summit Project is published in the journals Nature, criticism for refusing to give up coal, while up to 150 million more premature deaths. commute into the city to work. A study suggested that drivers in in Poland, the news marks the end of a Earth System Science Data and Environmental U.S. president Donald Trump has made his That is the reality ahead.” the capital spent an average of 33 hours in traffic jams in 2016. year in which climate change has made Research Letters. enthusiasm for it well known. Professor Kevin Anderson, a climate While the country as a whole has 600,000 inhabitants, nearly itself felt, driving heatwaves, droughts and Some experts warned there was a sense Oil use also increased in 2018 due to an change scientist at the University of 200,000 people living in France, Belgium and Germany cross wildfires across the planet. of complacency among world leaders, as increase in journeys taken by cars, lorries Manchester, said the new results were the border every day to work in Luxembourg. It comes after a UN report warned that even the most progressive nations such as and planes. not surprising given the lack of ambition Luxembourg has increasingly shown a progressive attitude to as emissions continue to creep upwards, the UK cling on to fracking and gas plants Though the team concluded that the major on display from “self-proclaimed climate transport. This summer, the government brought in free transport nations must increase their commitments while professing to pursue a green agenda. driver behind the uptick was economic growth progressive countries”. for every child and young person under the age of 20. Secondary to tackling global warming by five times to Global Carbon Project 2018 findings across the world, the authors emphasized “If the UK, a self-proclaimed climate pro- school students can use free shuttles between their institution avoid its worst effects. Overall the main growth in CO2 emissions that economic growth and emissions cuts gressive country, celebrates the exploitation and their home. Commuters need only pay €2 (£1.78) for up to CO2 pollution shot up in 2017 after a three- came from increased overall energy demands are not mutually exclusive. of a new North Sea oil reserve [Clair Ridge], two hours of travel, which in a country of just 999 sq miles (2,590 year decline that led many to speculate the Chinese emissions make up over a quar- “There’s no question about that,” said whilst simultaneously exploring for shale gas sq km) covers almost all journeys. world had hit peak carbon. ter of the global total, and these grew by Professor Le Quere. and expanding Heathrow, is it any surprise Now, from the start of 2020 all tickets will be abolished, saving With the data suggesting this trend has 4.7 per cent Over the past decades, 19 nations from the global emissions are rising?” he asked. on the collection of fares and the policing of ticket purchases. continued into 2018, experts have redou- India’s emissions grew by 6.3 per cent, UK to the U.S. have cut their CO2 emissions Professor Dave Reay, carbon manage- The policy is yet to be fully thought through, however, a bled their desperate warnings to phase with coal, oil and gas all seeing significant while growing their economies. ment expert at the University of Edinburgh, decision has yet to be taken on what to do about first- and out fossil fuels as quickly as possible to increases Despite rapid growth in low-carbon tech- said the new findings were “more brutal second-class compartments on trains. avoid climate disaster. U.S. emissions grew by 2.5 per cent nologies like electric vehicles and renewable than ever” and must add to the wealth of Bettel only just scraped back into government in the recent “With this year’s growth in emissions, it after several years of decline energy sources like wind and solar, the team existing evidence to galvanize action among election. Opinion polls before October’s poll had indicated that looks like the peak is not yet in sight,” said Even the EU, which intends to go ‘cli- said “not nearly enough” is being done. policymakers. the Christian Social People’s party (CSV) – led for 19 years by the Professor Corinne Le Quere, from the Uni- mate neutral’ by 2050, saw an increase The world’s future under climate change “World leaders and their negotiators will European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker – would versity of East Anglia, who led the analysis. of 0.7 per cent hangs in the balance at the talks in the say ‘we are doing our best’. So far their best end Bettel’s five years as prime minister. “To limit global warming to the Paris Fossil fuels made up 90 per cent of all Polish coal mining city of Katowice, as has not been enough. For all our sakes they The CSV, however, lost seats, while the Greens gained agreement goal of 1.5C, CO2 emissions would emissions from human sources, and these leaders decide on how to implement the must now do what is required,” he said. three seats. The result gave the coalition 31 seats in the 60- need to decline by 50 per cent by 2030 and emissions reached 37.1 billion tons Paris climate agreement. (Source: The Independent) seat chamber. (Source: The Guardian) ENGLISH IN USE LEARN ENGLISH LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION Office Gossip Pam: Psssst! Pssssssssst! Hey! Eric, have you heard? ‘Only 15% of Tehran’s construction, Eric: Hm? No . . . Go on, tell me, what’s the latest office 15 درصد نخاله ساختمانی بازیافت میشود ’gossip? demolition waste recycled Pam: Well, you didn’t hear this from me but the rumor رییــس اداره محیــط زیســت شــهر تهــران بــا بیــان اینکــه در تهــران روزانــه ۵۰ هــزار تــن is that Paula is getting a promotion! While some 50,000 tons of construction and demolition waste is produced نخالــه ســاختمانی تولیــد م یشــود، گفــت: متاســفانه تنهــا ۱۰ تــا ۱۵ درصــد ایــن زبال ههــا Eric: No way! But she’s a terrible worker and you can’t trust her. She’s so two-faced – you can’t believe anything in Tehran daily, only 10 to 15 percent of which are recycled and the rest is بازیافــت م یشــود و بیــش از ۸۰ درصــد آن دپــو م ی شــود. she says! dumped or disposed, Mohammad Hossein Bazgir, head of Tehran’s department محمــد حســین بازگیــر بیــان کــرد: بازیافــت نخا لههــا و پســماندهای ســاختمانی بخشــی از .Paula: Hey guys, what are you two whispering about? of environment (DOE) has said Eric: Oh Hi Paula! How are you? فراینــد مدیریــت پســماند اســت کــه ســبب م یشــود ایــن نــوع زبا لههــا دوبــاره بــه چرخــه Paula: I’ve got some good news! I’m getting a promotion! “A good portion of construction wastes can still be usable with proper planning مصــرف بازگردانــده شــوند از ایــن رو بازیافــت آنهــا ســبب مــی شــود کــه مشــکالت ایــن Pam: Congratulations! Eric and I were just saying that and their usage can be a solution itself to the burgeoning waste issues that the you are the best person for the job. communities and the construction industry face,” Bazgir said. چنینــی از بیــن رود. !Eric: Yes! You’re the best Key vocabulary gossip: rumor or talk of a personal, sensational nature rumor: a mixture of truth and untruth passed around PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM promotion: act of raising in rank or position two-faced: changing what you say according to who you “-cide” Cross something out Chase rainbows are talking to, in a way that is insincere and unpleasant whisper: soft speech produced without full voice Meaning: act of killing Meaning: to draw a line or lines through something Explanation: to constantly pursue things that are Supplementary vocabulary For example: 70 per cent of homicides take place you have written or drawn, usually because it is wrong unrealistic or unlikely to happen praise: to speak very well about someone within the family. For example: I crossed out ‘Miss’ and wrote ‘Ms’. For example: You can’t chase rainbows your whole bad mouth: to speak poorly about someone life—you need to pick a stable career and start being an (Source: irlanguage.com) adult. ساعت: 19:40 امضاء صفحه آرا: ساعت: امضاء مسئول صفحه: ساعت: امضاء ادیتور: ساعت: امضاء سردبیر:

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U.S. fails to condemn Hamas Trump expected to pick State spokeswoman for UN at UN General Assembly ambassador A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution seek- 2016 measure. Donald Trump is expected to announce he will nominate State ing to condemn Palestinian resistance The resolution also reaffirmed “unwa- Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. group Hamas at the United Nations vering support” for a two-state solution ambassador to the United Nations, officials familiar with the General Assembly has failed to gain a along “the pre-1967 borders.” plans said Thursday. majority vote. Tel Aviv tried to undermine the defeat, Two administration officials confirmed Trump’s plans. A The 193-member UNGA voted 87-57 in with Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon saying Republican congressional aide said the president was expect- favor of the resolution Thursday while 33 that a majority vote was within reach had ed to announce his decision by tweet on Friday morning. The members chose to abstain, leaving Wash- the vote “not been hijacked by a political officials were not authorized to speak publicly before Trump’s ington with a plurality vote that fell short move of procedure.” announcement. of the two-thirds requirement to adopt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Trump has previously said Nauert was under serious consid- the resolution. Netanyahu also hailed the 87 countries eration to replace Nikki Haley, who announced in October that The U.S. had originally called for a for taking “a principled stand against she would step down at the end of this year. If Nauert is confirmed simple majority vote, but the world body Hamas.” by the Senate, she would be a leading administration voice on Trump’s foreign policy. opted for a two-third majority instead Hamas hails ‘slap’ to Trump Trump told reporters last month that Nauert was “excellent,” after a narrow 75-72 vote, with 26 ab- Following the vote, Hamas hailed the adding, “She’s been a supporter for a long time.” stentions. failure of the resolution as a “slap” to U.S. Still, with Trump, no staffing decision is final until he makes The resolution attempted to condemn President Donald Trump’s administration. the formal announcement, since he has been known to changie Hamas for carrying out rocket attacks “The failure of the American venture course in the past. against Israel and using “airborne in- at the United Nations represents a slap to Nauert did not respond to requests for comment. cendiary devices” against Israelis living the U.S. administration and confirmation She was a reporter for Fox News Channel before she became in occupied Palestinian lands. of the legitimacy of the resistance,” the State Department spokeswoman under former secretary Rex The resolution came weeks after Ha- group’s spokesman Sami Abu Zahri wrote Tillerson. mas and other Palestinian resistance on Twitter. “For the sake of peace, and for the sake voting the measure down. India ab- Plucked from Fox by the White House to serve as State groups fired over 400 rockets into Israel Palestinian Authority President of this organization, I respectfully urge stained despite having recently forged Department spokeswoman, Nauert catapulted into the upper during a two-day flare-up of violence Mahmoud Abbas also commended the my colleagues to support this resolution,” warmer ties with the Tel Aviv regime. echelons of the agency’s hierarchy when Tillerson was fired following a botched Israeli attack against outcome. she said. The measure was welcomed in Europe in March. Nauert was then appointed acting undersecretary a Hamas commander. “The presidency thanked all the states “The General Assembly has passed and the Americas. of state for public diplomacy and public affairs and was for a U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said that voted against the American draft res- over 700 resolutions condemning Israel. After the U.S. draft’s failure, the UNGA time the highest-ranking woman and fourth highest-ranking before the vote that the assembly could olution, affirming that it will not allow And not one single resolution condemn- voted 156-6 to adopt an Irish resolution official in the building. make history condemning Hamas, which for the condemnation of the Palestinian ing Hamas. That, more than anything that called for “the achievement, with- Nauert, who did not have a good relationship with Tillerson she referred to as “one of the most obvi- national struggle,” the PA’s office said in else, is a condemnation of the United out delay, of a comprehensive and lasting and had considered leaving the department, told associates at ous and grotesque cases of terrorism in a statement. Nations itself,” she added. peace in the Middle East” on the basis of the time she was taken aback by the promotion offer and recom- the world.” (Source: Press TV) China and Russia were among those UN resolutions, specially the December mended a colleague for the job. But when White House officials told her they wanted her, she accepted. That role gave her responsibilities far beyond the news con- As Yemen’s rival sides talk peace, bombs continue to fall ferences she held in the State Department briefing room. She oversees public diplomacy in Washington and all of the roughly 1 The UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin prisoner swap with the Houthis as part of a “confi- 275 overseas U.S. embassies, consulates and other posts. She is Griffiths, has been seeking to introduce a set of dence-building measure”. in charge of the Global Engagement Center that fights extremist confidence-building measures at the talks that will Earlier this week, reports suggested as many as messaging from the ISIL terrorist group and others, and she has eventually pave the way for future negotiations be- 2,000 pro-government forces could be exchanged a seat on the U.S. Agency for Global Media that oversees govern- tween officials from President Abd-Rabbu Mansour for 1,500 Houthis. ment broadcast networks such as Voice of America. Hadi’s government and representatives from the The breakthrough came a day after the Saudi-UAE Just 18 months ago, she wasn’t even in government. Houthi movement. alliance allowed 50 wounded to be evacuated from Nauert was a breaking news anchor on Trump’s favorite The warring sides are not expected to meet Sanaa to Oman on a UN-chartered plane for medical television show, “Fox & Friends,” when she was tapped to be face-to-face, but the expected confidence-build- treatment. the face and voice of the administration’s foreign policy. With ing measures will include negotiating a ceasefire ’Air strikes are defensive tactic’ a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School in the port city of Hodeidah, large-scale prisoner Hamza al-Kamali, a member of the Yemeni of Journalism, she had come to Fox from ABC News, where she swaps, the reopening of Sanaa international air- government delegation to the talks, said while was a general assignment reporter. She hadn’t specialized in port and the payment of salaries to civil servants the priority for his government was addressing foreign policy or international relations. in Houthi-held areas. the country’s “dire humanitarian situation”, the Shut out from the top by Tillerson and his inner circle, Nau- The Yemeni government proposed re-opening coalition planned to continue targeting Houthi- ert developed relationships with career diplomats. Barred from Sanaa airport and on Friday said that one of held areas, irrespective of what developments advance on the ground. That’s why we’re engaging traveling with Tillerson, she embarked on her own overseas trips, the conditions was that planes be inspected in took place at the talks. in defensive military actions. The air strikes are visiting Bangladesh and Myanmar last year to see the plight of Aden or Seiyoun airport. “We don’t believe in a short-term peace. The defensive tactic the stop the Houthis from trans- Rohingya Muslims, and then Israel after a planned stop in Syria During opening remarks at the talks on Thurs- Houthis will use a truce or a de-escalation as a ferring weapons from one area to another,” he said. was scrapped. All the while, she stayed in the good graces of the day, Yemen’s government said it signed a large-scale tactic. They will use the time that we are here to (Source: al Jazeera) White House, even as Tillerson was increasingly on the outs. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders de- scribed Nauert in March as “a team player” and “a strong asset for the administration.” As Brexit crunch nears, campaign for new referendum gathers pace (Source: AP) After losing the most contentious referen- notification. dum in British history, James McGrory On Tuesday, just hours before a went for a drink in The Hope pub near five-day parliamentary debate on Ukraine Parliament votes to London’s medieval meat market. Amid May’s deal, an adviser to the Euro- quit Russia friendship treaty butchers in bloodied coats, his dream pean Court of Justice said Britain of reversing Brexit seemed hopeless. could revoke its formal divorce notice. The Ukrainian Parliament voted to withdraw from a wide-ranging Two years later, with the country in The court is due to rule on Dec. 10. treaty on friendship with Russia, the latest step in escalating crisis over how or whether to leave the Even if there was a change in mood tensions between the two neighboring countries. The Supreme European Union, McGrory is feeling there would be controversy about what Rada overwhelmingly supported a motion by President Petro more confident that his campaign can the question would be and whether Poroshenko not to prolong the treaty when it comes up for help secure another referendum that he another referendum would deliver a renewal in April. The camouflage-clad president visited an hopes would overturn the 2016 result. different result. air base to announce an upcoming dispatch of troops to the The idea of a second referendum has Underdog? Russian border. been gathering support from some senior After the failure of the 2016 cam- The long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine that British politicians and seems to have trac- paign, pro-Europeans turned on started with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 spilled into tion with sections of public opinion, but each other and blamed what they the open on Nov. 25 when the Russian coast guard fired upon the political situation is so uncertain that saw as the chicanery of their op- and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews. The it is hard to say whether this will actually ponents on the Brexit campaign. seamen are still in Russian captivity. Ukraine’s foreign minister translate into another vote, and when or But in the wake of their defeat, a reiterated his country’s call for the release and safe return of the how that might done, or what question small group of influential politicians, 24 Ukrainian sailors. might be put. “We have gone from be- journalists and campaigners started to Pavlo Klimkin in a speech at the Organization for Security and ing seen as a fringe view, dismissed and hatch a plan to keep Britain inside the Cooperation in Europe warned that since the Crimean annexation laughed at, to now being at the centre of the club it joined in 1973. Russia has not pulled back but, on the contrary, has extended Brexit debate,” McGrory, the 36-year-old mark one of the most extraordinary re- A new referendum can only be called if They had to face unpalatable truths. operations into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. campaign director of the People’s Vote versals in modern British history and it is approved by parliament. This could Their 2016 campaign had been riven With the Ukraine-Russia conflict at the top of the OSCE agen- campaign, said in an interview. likely alienate the 17.4 million people be either put forward by the government with rivalry, damaged by its associa- da, the EU’s High Representative Federica Mogherini Thursday “The odds are getting shorter every who voted to leave the EU. or by rebels. tion with then-Prime Minister David also called on Russia to release the Ukrainian ships and soldiers day that we get another referendum. All The path to a new referendum is Pipe dream? Cameron, underperformed on social “without delay.” the momentum is with our campaign.” fraught with crisis. The hurdles to another referendum media and was cast by opponents as Poroshenko responded to the standoff by introducing martial Betting odds show there is a 43 per- May’s Brexit deal has first to be voted are high. the voice of the establishment arguing law for 30 days, something Ukraine hadn’t done even after Crimea’s cent probability of an EU referendum down in parliament on Dec. 11. Second, Both major political parties are com- for the status quo. annexation and amid large-scale fighting between Ukrainian before 2020. Gamblers think there is a her government has to endure an attempt mitted to leaving the EU in accordance In recent months, pro-EU campaign- forces and Russia-backed separatists in 2014-15. 55 percent probability that Britain does by the opposition Labor Party to topple with the 2016 referendum. ers have been feeling more optimistic. In As part of martial law, Ukraine has beefed up its forces on the not leave as planned on March 29. it and then call a national election. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, October, the People’s Vote organised a border with Russia, called up reservists for training and barred Opinion polls suggest there has been With the clock ticking down to March who voted against membership of the march of almost 700,000 people through entry to all Russian males aged between 16 and 60. a slight shift by voters towards remain- 29 and financial markets pricing in what European Community in a 1975 referen- London demanding another vote. Poroshenko in an opinion piece published in The New York ing in the EU, but the public remains would be a potentially disorderly exit, dum, has indicated he is not keen on “The tables have turned,” said McGro- Times Thursday called on the West to respond to what he de- broadly split down the middle. McGrory and his campaigners hope another referendum now. ry. “We are the underdog. We are the scribed as Russia’s aggression by imposing additional sanctions It remains unclear how exactly a sec- Britain’s politicians will accept they His party has said they will only scrappy campaign that is doing things on the Kremlin. ond vote might be called, though some have come to a dead end and throw support another referendum if the deal a bit differently.” “Our common task is not to allow Russia to spill its aggression members of parliament have drafted a the question back to voters. is voted down and they fail to force a In the last month, two ministers have into the Sea of Azov,” he said. detailed roadmap, setting out possible David Lammy, a Labor lawmaker, general election. resigned calling for another referendum. “While the West is speaking, Mr. Putin is acting. It is time legislative routes to another referendum. said that after parliament fails to reach Some trade union leaders opposed Three of the four former British prime to respond.” Meanwhile, campaigners for another a consensus it will reluctantly agree to another referendum because they feel it ministers still alive - John Major, Tony Poroshenko visited a military air base in the city of Zhyto- vote are busy lobbying parliament and hold another referendum as the best would be seen as betrayal by millions of Blair and Gordon Brown - have also myr where Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces troops were preparing trying to drum up public support with among a limited number of escape routes Brexit supporters in Labour’s electoral said a second referendum is the way to leave for the locations on the border with Russia “in order rallies and on social and mainstream to avoid a potentially chaotic exit. heartlands. to resolve the crisis. to strengthen our defense capabilities and be ready to stop the media. They note Prime Minister Theresa “We will probably end up going round Brexit supporters say the 2016 vote The mood in the headquarters of the aggressor without losing a second.” May has included their desired outcome and round in circles and when politics must be respected. “It is wholly danger- People’s Vote in Millbank Tower close The Ukrainian Parliament voted not to prolong the friend- as one of three options facing the country: is stuck and cannot reach compromise ous for us to turn to the people now and to parliament is bullish. ship treaty with Russia, which is up for renewal next April, and her deal, no deal or reversing Brexit. then the only way to get out of that is to go say, ‘You let us down. You got it wrong’,” Young people examine charts of target adopted a bill that unilaterally doubles the extent of Ukraine’s U.S. investment bank J.P. Morgan back to the people,” Lammy told Reuters. said Nigel Evans, a Conservative MP. audiences and organize an advertising territorial waters to 24 nautical miles. said the chances of Britain calling off Lammy said that the situation may Even if parliament did agree in prin- blitz to convince MPs to block the gov- Ukrainian authorities say this will allow the coast guard Brexit had increased after a string of resemble Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak ciple to a second referendum, Britain ernment’s deal. and the navy to be more efficient in patrolling the area to parliamentary defeats for May cast new House, which revolves around a will would then have to ask for an extension “If anyone thinks Brexit is a done prevent military threats and smuggling. The bill also allows doubt over her plan to quit the bloc. settlement that has been in court so to its timetable for leaving the EU to allow deal they should be ready for another Ukrainian border guards to open fire without warning on po- Vote reversed? long that few of the participants can enough time for a campaign, probably surprise,” McGrory said. tential attackers. Turning Brexit upside down would remember the original arguments. by withdrawing its Article 50 departure (Source: Reuters) (Source: AP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS DECEMBER 8, 2018 Bundesliga: Will the Revierderby Leicester City helicopter crash investigators say tail at Schalke trip up leaders Dortmund? rotor controls failed You won’t catch Bayern Munich supporters Lots of derby debuts at revamped or staff cheering for Schalke very often, but Dortmund this Saturday could be the exception. In a sign of how active the club has been both on British air accident investigators looking into the cause of the Borussia Dortmund’s local rivals need the transfer market and in its youth setup, a string helicopter crash that killed Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai points in their own right after a calamitous of Dortmund players are set for their first-ever Srivaddhanaprabha said on Thursday that the failure of the tail start to the season. But the even bigger prize Schalke derby at the weekend. Depending on rotor mechanism had caused the pilot to lose control. on offer to Domenico Tedesco’s men is the Favre’s selection, it’s entirely possible that as few Thai businessman Vichai, 60, was killed on October 27 along pride of inflicting BVB’s first defeat of the as three BVB starters — Roman Bürki, Lukasz with four others when the helicopter crashed outside the King Bundesliga season. As Dortmund’s defensive Piszczek and captain Marco Reus — will have Power Stadium in the central English city of Leicester after a midfielder Thomas Delaney pointed out, form played the Royal Blues before. And even veteran Premier League match. is meaningless before such a fixture. Reus will be gunning for a personal first against Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch said in a “Spe- “Schalke could be playing in the second Schalke; all four of his career goals in the Revi- cial Bulletin” on Thursday that the cockpit pedals had become division and it would still be a tough match,” erderby were scored on home turf. For all the disconnected from the tail rotor. Delaney told the local daily Ruhr Nachrichten exciting attacking additions like Sancho, super “The evidence gathered to date shows that the loss of control , calling the Revierderby “one of the biggest sub extraordinaire Paco Alcacer or Jacob Bruun of the helicopter resulted from the tail rotor actuator control shaft games in Europe.” Larsen, two of Dortmund’s key signings have becoming disconnected from the actuator lever mechanism,” It’s BVB’s biggest test in the Bundesliga bolstered the center of midfield. Belgian inter- the report said. since their 3-2 comeback win at home against national Axel Witsel came in for special praise The aircraft reached an altitude of approximately 430 feet Bayern Munich. this week from BVB external adviser and former before veering to the right and plummeting to the ground just If Dortmund are the form side this season, star Matthias Sammer. outside the stadium. it’s Schalke who got the better of their rivals “He has a natural authority, a natural The helicopter’s manufacturer has already issued a safety alert in the previous campaign — with their first team haven’t beaten Schalke in five attempts, and 11 positions. That said, results have been demeanor, and yet he’s not the classic meg- to all owners of the AW169 and the European Aviation Safety meeting dubbed the “derby of the century” said before his first Revierderby. “It’s a little improving in recent weeks, especially at home. aphone either,” Sammer said, praising Wit- Agency has issued a directive mandating repetitive inspections in some circles. November’s match in Dort- bit special.” Dortmund are likely to be without central sel in particular for “not hiding, but rather of the tail rotor control mechanism. mund finished 4-4, and Schalke’s recovery Schalke strikers in short supply defender Dan-Axel Zagadou on Saturday. stepping forward in all manner of pressure The investigation continues into other factors that may have was all the more stunning given that Dort- Both sides are carrying knocks as the win- October’s Bundesliga player of the month, scenarios. He’s currently a real heartbeat of contributed to the crash, the report concluded. mund had led 4-0 after 25 minutes. At the ter break nears but Schalke are in particular Jadon Sancho, was also absent from Thurs- the team and a super signing.” Pilot Eric Swaffer, his partner and co-pilot Izabela Roza Lechow- Veltins Arena, Schalke later beat Dortmund trouble up front. Forwards Breel Embolo, day’s training session because of a family Perhaps it’s also telling that Delaney, icz as well as two members of Vichai’s staff, Nusara Suknamai 2-0 en route to their second-place finish in Mark Uth and Franco di Santo will all miss bereavement, but is expected to be ready for Dortmund’s other holding midfield reinforce- and Kaveporn Punpare, were also killed in the crash. the league. Brazilian defender Naldo scored Saturday’s game with injury, while Guido the game. Favre has players returning from ment, was on Schalke’s shopping list in the Vichai bought the unheralded central England side in 2010 in both games, including a stoppage-time Burgstaller and Steven Skrzbyski are both spells on the sideline that could cover both off-season, until the Royal Blues abandoned and went on to stun the football world by beating odds of 5,000/1 equalizer in the November fight back. doubtful. Schalke have just 14 goals from these doubts: winger Christian Pulisic and the chase when confronted with a reported to win the Premier League title in 2016. “It will be a very difficult game. That’s their first 13 league matches, one of the main defender Manuel Akanji are both ready for €20 million ($22.8 million) transfer fee. (Source: Reuters) clear,” Dortmund coach Lucien Favre, whose reasons why they trail their rivals by 19 points renewed action. (Source: Deutsche Welle) Lance Armstrong says Uber investment Man City’s Kompany: Eden Hazard ‘due ‘I now get a trophy every week’ has ‘saved’ his family an offensive manager’ at Chelsea – Wenger honored by LMA

Lance Armstrong says an early investment the money to associate and entrepreneur Chris Vincent Kompany has taken a cheeky dig at teams in the Premier League this year,” in Uber has “saved” his family after paying Sacca, who started Lowercase Capital in 2010. Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho by he said. “Look at the way they try and build out $111m (£86.8m) in legal fees and settle- ’The way I acted was my undoing’ saying Eden Hazard is flourishing because up, the way they try and play through the Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger joked he now “gets a ments. The American, 47, was stripped of Armstrong retired after winning sev- he’s finally got an attacking manager. middle. The talent they have up front to trophy every week” after being honoured by the League Managers his seven Tour de France titles and banned en straight Tour titles from 1999 to 2005, The Chelsea star (the fourth best for- create chances, you can only say that they Association (LMA). from cycling for life in 2012 before admitting finishing third in his comeback in 2009 ward in the world according to FC 100) are the real deal. And that is what makes Wenger left the Gunners in May after winning three Premier to using performance-enhancing drugs. before retiring again in 2011. has been playing some of the best football this game exciting I think. It will be a good League titles and seven FA Cups in a 22-year spell. He says he gave $100,000 (£78,212) The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) of his career this season under Maurizio game.” He was awarded the LMA Service to Football Award at Wem- to a venture capital fund that invested in subsequently found Armstrong had led “the Sarri, who took over from the notoriously City survived a scare on Tuesday night bley on Thursday. the ride-hailing app in 2010. most sophisticated, professionalised and defensive-minded Antonio Conte in the when they held on for a 2-1 victory at Wat- “The LMA is proud to recognize Arsene’s remarkable career in “It’s saved our family,” he told CNBC. successful doping programme that sport summer. But the Manchester City captain ford for a seventh successive win. But the football management,” said LMA chief executive Richard Bevan. In April, Armstrong agreed to pay $5m has ever seen”, with the Texan admitting says Hazard hasn’t had many attacking Hornets were pushing for a late equaliser “The role of the football manager has changed beyond rec- (£3.9m) to the US government to settle a in 2013 he had used drugs throughout his coaches in his career, having also played and Kompany said City had to show their ognition since Arsene’s first match at Highbury in 1996, but his long-running lawsuit that could have cost career. Yet Armstrong said it was how he under Mourinho for two-and-a-half seasons. character as they coped with the late on- profound influence on the game over the past 22 years means him $100m (£78m) in damages. conducted himself and not just the fact he “I think he was due an offensive manager,” slaught. he truly deserves the admiration of his fellow practitioners in However, he said he felt he did not “get cheated that led to his downfall. Kompany told reporters. “I can’t remember “If you break the game down in the first football.” off scot free” as other settlements and legal “Most people have enough history and him having that a lot in his career. Eventually 75 minutes and the last 15 minutes, you Wenger, 68, was presented with his award at the LMA’s Pres- fees meant he had to pay $111m in total. knowledge to know everybody did it [doping],” a manager like this is what he needed, no would say the first 75 was as strong as we ident’s Dinner by England boss Gareth Southgate. Armstrong, who has five children, did not he said. “That isn’t the issue for people - the matter where he was, to get the best out of have played really,” he said. “A little bit “Since I don’t compete any more, I get a trophy every week,” say how much he had earned from his Uber issue is how aggressively I defended myself, him. The future is bright for him.” more clinical and we could score more. Wenger joked. investment but added it was “too good to be being litigious, going after people.” Armstrong The Belgium teammates will face each And then the last 15 was, for me, a show of “How stupid was I not to understand that earlier?” true”. He said Uber, which was founded in agreed a settlement with The Sunday Times other at Stamford Bridge on Saturday with character which I was really happy with. Outgoing Football Association technical director Dan Ash- 2009, was valued at $3.7m (£2.9m) when in 2013 having previously been paid to set- Chelsea desperate to cut the 10-point deficit “I think our team, we take it for grant- worth was also presented with a special award to recognise his he invested. The company was valued at tle a libel case in 2004 after the newspaper on Premier League leaders City. ed sometimes that this team will perform achievements during his time at the organization. $72bn (£56bn) this year and is targeting alleged he had cheated. Chelsea’s title challenge has faltered well and score a lot of goals. But when you (Source: BBC) a valuation of $120bn (£94bn) in 2019. “Whether or not I would do it all over again in recent weeks with just one win in their have to dig deep in the last 15 minutes When asked if he had earned “10, 20, - what I would rather do is go back and win last four matches but Kompany believes like today in an away game, on a Tuesday 30, 40 or $50m”, Armstrong replied: “It’s seven in a row against everybody else that’s Sarri’s side are a huge threat to their un- night, I think we will take so much more one of those.” He added that he did not even drinking water and eating bread,” he said. beaten record. out of that one.” Peru soccer chief arrested in know he was investing in Uber when he gave (Source: BBC) “Chelsea is one of the most exciting (Source: ESPN) influence-peddling probe Afghan boy who made Lionel Messi shirt out of plastic bag flees home again The president of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), Edwin An Afghan boy who earned online fame due to his admiration “Local strongmen were calling and saying, ‘You have Oviedo, was arrested on Thursday in connection with an influ- for Lionel Messi has been forced to abandon his home after become rich, pay the money you have received from Messi ence-peddling probe involving a former Supreme Court justice, it came under Taliban attack. or we will take your son,’” his mother, Shafiqa Ahmadi, a lead prosecutor said. Pictures of Murtaza Ahmadi went viral on social told AFP. The FPF represents and is funded by soccer’s world governing media in 2016 when he was seen playing football in his “The Taliban say if they capture him, he will be cut into body FIFA, which has spent years trying to remake its image after village in Aghanistan wearing a homemade Argentina pieces.” a slew of graft scandals. jersey out of a plastic bag with Messi and No. 10 written Murtaza’s father, Arif, who works as a farmer, has re- Prosecutors in Peru have accused Oviedo of giving former Su- in blue marker. mained in the Jaghori district. preme Court Justice Cesar Hinostroza cash and World Cup tickets Murtaza later received a package from Messi, which More than 300,000 Afghans, 58 percent of who are under in exchange for a court-ordered exclusion from a murder probe. included a signed jersey, and then saw his dream come the age of 18, have fled their homes since the start of the Oviedo and Hinostroza have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. true when he met his hero in Doha, Qatar, in Decem- year, displaced by war. Oviedo was arrested on grounds he was part of a criminal ber 2016. “I like Messi a lot,” Murtaza said in Kabul. “I want to organisation made up of judges, lawyers and businessmen that The seven-year-old boy was forced to leave the south-east- live close to him and he should take me out of this place.” infiltrated the country’s justice system, prosecutor Jorge Chavez ern Ghazni province, which is under state control but is It’s not the first time Murtaza has had to leave his home. said in comments broadcast on local TV channel ATV. targeted by the Taliban, and seek safety in Kabul with his In 2016, his family had to seek short-term refuge in Pakistan Oviedo’s attorney and company, Grupo Oviedo, did not im- mother and siblings. The Ahmadi family evacuated their left all of their possessions behind, including Murtaza’s and the family again fled in earlier this year. mediately respond to requests for comment. home in the middle of the night after hearing gunshots and precious signed Messi jersey. (Source: ESPN) Oviedo took the helm of the FPF in 2015. A year later, the Supreme Court excluded him from being investigated for alleg- edly ordering the killing of his foes at Tuman, a sugar company Rob Holding to miss six to nine months with ruptured ACL in left knee dogged by labour disputes after he acquired it in 2006. Arsenal defender Rob Holding will miss The estimated timeline means Holding The centre-back has started the last nine Arsenal coach Unai Emery is set to re- Oviedo has denied any role in the murders and said the in- six to nine months after he ruptured the could be back to full fitness during preseason Premier League games in a row and all five ceive an instant reinforcement, however, as vestigation into him violated due process. anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee ahead of the 2019-20 campaign, although a of the club’s Europa League matches, his captain Laurent Koscielny is now fit again It was unclear how long Oviedo might be detained. against Manchester United. nine-month recovery would mean he misses most consistent spell since joining from after recovering from a torn Achilles tendon. Earlier this month, the lead prosecutor on the Tuman murder Holding had to be carried off on a the start of that season as well. Bolton in 2016. Emery said on Thursday that Koscielny investigation asked a judge to order Oviedo’s arrest for up to two stretcher during Wednesday’s 2-2 draw The injury is a big blow for the 23-year- He is the second Arsenal player to suffer is likely to make his first appearance of the years to ensure he cooperates with prosecutors. But a decision at Old Trafford, and the club said on Fri- old who had established himself as a regular a long-term injury this season, with Dan- season against Qarabag in the Europa League has not yet been handed down. day that he will need surgery to repair the in recent weeks and was enjoying the best ny Welbeck recovering from surgery on his on Thursday. (Source: Eurosport) ligament damage. spell of his Arsenal career. right ankle. (Source: Soccernet) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 8, 2018 SPORTS 15

Esteghlal return Ex-Iran karate federation president Katiraei dies

SPORTS TEHRAN — Ex-president of Iran karate deskfederation Behzad Katiraei passed away on to IPL title race Thursday after battle with cancer. SPORTS TEHRAN — Esteghlal defender Meysam Tohidast scored an Katiraei died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 59 deskfootball team defeated own goal. in Tehran’s Khatamolanbia Hospital. Sepidrood 5-0 in Iran Professional League Reza Azari was on target in the 75th He was diagnosed with cancer in his lymph nodes. (IPL) on Friday. minute, pouring further salt into the The Iranian war veteran was president of Iran’s karate and The Blues returned to the title race wounds. wushu federations. with this great win at the Sardar Jangal “I am very satisfied with the way we The Tehran Times staff offer heartfelt condolences to his Stadium in Rasht. played against Sepidrood and I am very bereaved family. Winfried Schaefer’s team are fifth, five happy because we continue to make pro- points adrift of IPL leader Padideh. gress toward our goal,” Schaefer said in Farshid Bagheri gave the visiting team the post-match news conference. a lead just 12 minutes into the match. “We had a difficult job playing on an Shakouri appointed FFIRI Bagheri completed his brace in the artificial turf but we deserved to win the Acting Secretary General 34th minute to give Esteghlal a 2-0 lead match,” he added. in the first half. Esteghlal will return to Tehran to start Jaber Ansari made it 3-0 in the 57th preparation for the vital match against Pa- SPORTS TEHRAN — Former Persepolis and Saipa minute and one minute later Sepidrood dideh, slated for Dec. 13. deskdefender Ebrahim Shakouri has been named as new Acting Secretary General of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) on Thursday. Samimi nominated for the world’s best Nazemi nominated for the world’s Shakouri replaced Mohammad Reza Saket who left his posi- tion according to the law barring the employment of retirees in futsal goalkeeper best referee government, state or public institutions which use state funds or facilities. Shakouri was working as the FFIRI Deputy General Secretary.

Anthony Stokes to join Esteghlal: report

PLDC — Irish striker Anthony Stokes, who left Tractor Sazi last week, will reportedly join Esteghlal in January transfer window. Alhaji Gero and Moretza Tabrizi reportedly are two Esteghlal strikers deemed surplus to requirements. The 30-year-old striker terminated his contract with Tractor Sazi after failing to reach agreement with the Iranian team. Tractor Sazi general manager Alireza Asadi has said Stokes is under contract with them and Esteghlal should negotiate with Tractor Sazi to sign the Irish striker. Iranian media reports suggest that Stokes has reached an initial agreement with Esteghlal.

SPORTS Alireza Samimi from The Best Goalkeeper in the World SPORTS TEHRAN — Gelareh nations are as follow: deskIran has been nomi- nominations are as follow: deskNazemi from Iran has Nominees nated for the Best Goalkeeper in the World. (in strict alphabetical order!) been nominated for the Best Referee in (in strict alphabetical order!) Iran beat Hong Kong Second day of nominees list for the Miodrag Aksentijevic (SRB) the World. Ricardo Amaral Messa (BRA) - CON- 19th edition of the UMBRO Futsal Fernando Lopes Pereira “Careca” Nazemi officiated the final of the Wom- MEBOL at Asian Women’s Awards 2018, the most traditional and (BRA) en’s Youth Olympic Futsal Tournament Mohamed Hassan Hassan Ahmed Handball C’ship recognized futsal prizes, released by Thiago Mendes Rocha “Guitta” (BRA) Buenos Aires 2018 between Portugal and Youssef (EGY) - CAF Futsalplanet.com. Leonardo De Melo Vieira Leite “Hi- Japan in October. Khalid Hnich (MAR) - CAF Samimi helped Mes Sungun win AFC guita” (BRA/KAZ) She was also invited to officiate at the Nikola Jelic (CRO) - UEFA TASNIM — Iran defeated Hong Kong at the 2018 Asian Women’s Futsal Club Championship in August. Jesús Herrero Parrón (ESP) European Women’s Futsal Cup to be held Hiroyuki Kobayashi (JPN) - AFC Handball Championship on Friday. He had already played a significant Michal Kaluza (POL) in Portugal in February. Gelareh Nazemi Deylami (IRN) - AFC Team Melli, who had earned their first win against New Zea- role in winning AFC Futsal Championship Stefano Mammarella (ITA) Iranian female player Fatemeh Eteda- Valeria Nicole Palma Palma (CHI) - land (38-19) on Wednesday, defeated Hong Kong 19-17 at the title with Team Melli. Alireza Samimi (IRN) di and goalkeeper Farzaneh Tavasoli and CONMEBOL Yamaga Gymnasium in Yamaga, Japan to register the second Iranian female player Fatemeh Etedadi Ho Van Y (VIE) male goalkeeper Alireza Samimi have been Antony Riley (NZL) - OFC win in the competition. and goalkeeper Farzaneh Tavasoli have Georgi Tamazievich Zamtaradze previously nominated for the Awards. Lance Vahhaitsma (USA) - CONCACAF The Iranian woman handball team will meet Australia for been previously nominated for the Awards. (RUS) The Best Referee in the World nomi- Irina Velikanova (RUS) - UEFA 5th place on Saturday. The 2018 Asian Women’s Handball Championship is the 17th edition of the Asian Women’s Handball Championship, is being Ansarifard impressed by Nottingham Forest’s ‘passionate’ support held from 30 November to 9 December 2018 in Kumamoto, Yamaga and Yatsushiro, Japan. TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran international striker Karim After having his Olympiacos contract cancelled in August, The tournament is held under the aegis of Asian Handball Ansarifard has been impressed by the “passionate” support Ansarifard had to wait for work permit approval before he Federation and will act as the Asian qualifying tournament for of Nottingham Forest’s fans. could complete his move to the Reds last month. the 2019 World Women’s Handball Championship. Ansarifard has relished the two appearances he has made He has featured four times for the club so far, all of them at the City Ground so far, including on his debut for the from off the bench, with his first game coming in the final club, against Sheffield United last month. minutes of the 1-0 win over the Blades. And he is determined to help give the crowd something “It was very good for me. We have great fans here, they Esteghlal striker Gero to cheer about this season as a promotion push continues support us for the whole game and they are really behind to gather pace for Aitor Karanka’s men. us,” the forward said of his debut. hits out at fans “The fans are happy with how we are playing and they “The people here are passionate and it makes us want want to get behind us and see us promoted,” Ansarifard said. to play better to give our best for them. Football is here “They are going to help us and we need them to support because of the fans and we have to play our best to make TASNIM — Esteghlal of Iran’s Nigerian striker Alhji Gero has hit us, whether we are 1-0 up or 1-0 down. We need the support them happy and to make them excited, that is the most back at criticism he’s received from the fans during his time at the club. from them and believe me, all players will give 100 percent important thing,” Ansarifard added. The 24-year-old attacker moved to the Persian Gulf Profes- to make them happy and achieve our goals,” he said. (Source: Nottingham Post) sional League side Esteghlal from Ostersunds on a three-year contract in August. Gero replaced Mame Baba Thiam who scored 12 goals in 13 matches for Esteghlal. 10 of the Best: Goal Threats Gero has netted just one goal in nine matches and Esteghlal As the 24 teams battle for the Continental impressive gold-medal winning 2018 Asian Boyle has, though, enjoyed an excellent win was one of the highlights of the 2015 fans have criticized him in social media. crown in January, goals will be the most Games campaign - where he scored nine start to his international career, scoring twice AFC Asian Cup. He has been absent in Esteghlal’s training over the past days valuable currency. The-AFC.com kicks off goals in seven appearances - by finishing as on his second appearance against Lebanon, Four years on, the 27-year-old contin- and the report suggests that he will leave the team in the January our weekly Asian Cup UAE 2019 series ‘10 of Gamba Osaka’s Top Scorer and MVP in the and the 25-year-old will hope to give head ues to lead the line for the Chivalrous who transfer window. the Best’ with a look at 10 target men whose 2018 J.League season with 21 goals. coach Graham Arnold a selection dilemma have again been drawn in the same group “Oh my God! how can people make such a big lie about things nations will rely on to deliver the goals. Omar Al Soma - Syria ahead of the tournament. as their neighbours Palestine in addition that they have no idea. I’m sick, that’s why I couldn’t train with UAE’s Ali Mabkhout nipped the top scorer Although he is 29 years old, Omar Al Takumi Minamino - Japan to Australia and Syria. the team,” Gero said. award in 2015 with five goals. But with the Soma didn’t make his competitive debut Takumi Minamino’s return to the Ja- Teerasil Dangda tournament expanded from 16 to 24 teams for Syria until 2017, in a FIFA World Cup pan national side, after a three-year ab- A scoring rate of a goal every two games this time around, the goals race is set to be qualifier against Qatar. He has since scored sence, has proved quite the revelation. for his country makes Teerasil Dangda un- even more heated. seven goals in 17 appearances. In five appearances in 2018, the Red Bull doubtedly Thailand’s biggest goal threat. Tractor Sazi file Here are a selection of leading candidates At club level, Al Soma was the Saudi Salzburg forward has netted four times, Teerasil was part of the War Elephants’ FIFA complaint against who could take the mantle from the Emirati Pro League top scorer for three consecu- including twice in a famous 4-3 win over squad when they last appeared, in 2007, and this January. tive seasons, averaging over one goal per heavyweights Uruguay. the Japan-based striker returns looking to Stokes, Erwin Ahmed Khalil - United Arab match in Al Ahli colours. Tipped by no less than 2000 AFC Asian fire them into the knockout rounds for the Emirates Martin Boyle - Australia Cup-winning coach Philippe Troussier as first time since 1972. Ahmed Khalil’s four goals helped the UAE Having only made his Australia debut in a candidate for Top Scorer at AFC Asian Phil Younghusband - Philippines Iranian football club Tractor Sazi have filed a complaint to FIFA finish third in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The November, Scotland-born striker Martin Cup UAE 2019, the 23-year-old will be Captain. Leader. Legend. Phil Younghus- against Anthony Stokes and Lee Erwin after both abruptly quit. 28-year-old striker continued scoring for fun. Boyle will bring something of the unknown one to keep a close eye on. band has been a fixture in the Philippines Irish international Stokes and Scottish forward Erwin both Only Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Al Sahlawi to the AFC Asian Cup as the Socceroos look Hamza Al Dardour - Jordan national team since 2006, and his long service signed for Tractor Sazi in the summer, but the pair left this week. (14) scored more goals than Khalil’s 11 in the to fill the gaping hole left in the attack by the The sight of Hamza Al Dardour putting to the Azkals cause is set to be rewarded by Former Hibs and Arsenal star Stokes has cited family problems, 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers and he finds retirement of legend Tim Cahill. four goals past Palestine in a 5-1 Jordan leading the team out on Asia’s grandest stage. while the Iranian club say Erwin was suffering from ‘depression.’ himself just three goals short of Adnan Al The skipper, still only 31, has scored 52 But Tractor Sazi are far from impressed with the pair. Talyani’s record of 52 goals for the Whites. goals in over a century of appearances of his Tractor Sazi general manager Alireza Asadi said: “They are Sardar Azmoun - Islamic Repub- nation and remains the man who will lead separate issues. Stokes has a family problem and Irwin was de- lic of Iran the forward line for the debutants. pressed. But that’s no excuse for telling lies and the matter is For years touted as the Islamic Republic Almoez Ali – Qatar with the legal department of FIFA. of Iran’s “golden boy”, Sardar Azmoun will Twelve months after he took the continent “Stokes has a major problem with his family and it’s a personal turn 24 just before the AFC Asian Cup starts by storm at U23 level, Almoez Ali hopes to matter for him. We even offered to allow his mother, father and and now is the time for him to step to the fore. replicate his goalscoring exploits which saw sister to come and live in Tabriz, but he said he could not focus The Russia-based forward has an excellent him named the top scorer at the AFC U23 on playing for us. We tried to help him as a friend, but his mind scoring record for Team Melli and netted twice Championship. The 22-year-old impressed was not ready for training and playing for us,” Asadi added. in four games in Australia four years ago. for Al Duhail, scoring twice and creating four “Erwin said he was depressed and could not play, but inter- Hwang Ui-jo - Korea Republic more goals to help them reach the 2018 AFC estingly was able to come to our training camp in Turkey two Hwang Ui-jo comes into the AFC Asian Champions League semi-finals. days after we wrote a letter to him. Cup UAE 2019 after a 2018 season where Which of the 10 Goal Threats do you think “It’s an excuse from him of course.... We want to make clear he displayed electric form for both club will be the most successful at AFC Asian Cup we have acted professionally at all times. For us, both players and country. UAE 2019? Have your say in the poll below. have nothing to do with us now,” he said. The 26-year-old striker followed up an (Source: the-afc) (Source: Scottish Sun) Prayer Times Noon:11:56 Evening: 17:11 Dawn: 5:33 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 7:02 (tomorrow) DECEMBER 8, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Jalal literary awards to honor “Russian Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Songs” writer Ahmad Modaqeq Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ARTTEHRAN – Afghan writ- desk Tel: 88911433 er Ahmad Modaqeq will Webmaster: [email protected] be honored at the 11th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 Literary Awards for his novel “Russian No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Songs”. P.o. Box: 14155-4843 “In our policy to promote the Persian Zip Code: 1599814713 language and to reinforce the cultural ties among the Persian-speaking nations, we plan to honor Ahmad Modaqeq whose book has been published by Shahrestan Adab,” Mehdi Qezeli, the director of the literary awards, said in a press release on Thursday. The story of “Russian Songs” is set dur- ing the 1980s when Afghan people fought against the Soviet invaders. GUIDE TO Qezeli said that they planned to celebrate SPIRITUAL AWAKENING works created by Tajik writers over the past ten years in a program titled “Ten Years of Fiction in Tajikistan” during the previous O God, You know me better than I know myself, edition of the Jalal literary awards, Iran’s and I know myself better than others. O God, raise most lucrative literary prize. us above what others suppose us, and pardon our However, the program was cancelled sins of which they are unaware, and cover up our following the imposition of travel restrictions on Tajik writers by Tajikistan’s government. wickedness. Winners of the 11th edition of the Jalal Imam Ali (AS) Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards will be honored during a special ceremony at the National Library and Archives of Iran this evening. “Re He Sheen”, Reza Amirkhani’s novel NEWS IN BRIEF on the consequences of urban development, and “The Promised”, Siamak Isari’s story in Iranian praise of hope, are among the nominations cinematographer in the novel section. “Wonderland” by Jafar Modarres-Sad- Farajollah Heidari eqi and “Alut” by Amir Khodaverdi, and dies at 62 “Crows Have Ice Creams Too” are among the nominees in the category. This combination photo shows Afghan writer Ahmad Modaqeq and the front cover of his novel “Russian Songs”. ARTTEHRAN – Iranian cinematographer Fa- deskrajollah Heidari died of a heart attack at his home in Tehran on Thursday. He was 62. He began his career in 1970 with “Men’s Alley” directed by “Amir” crowned best debut at All Lights festival Saeid Motallebi. He also worked in over 50 movies, several of which were acclaimed by critics and at film events. ARTTEHRAN – “Amir” by trying to break away from the family, and Indrasis Acharya won the award for best desk Among his credits are “Boycot” and “Once Upon a Time, Iranian director Nima his parents are trying to keep the family feature films. Cinema” by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, “The Rule of the Game” by Eqlima was picked as best debut film at the together. The award for best short film went to Ahmadreza Motamedi, “Parkway” by Fereidun Jeirani, “The All Lights India International Film Festival Levon Haftvan, the star of Iranian drama “The Domestic Fly” by Aron Horvath from Unwanted Woman” by Tahmineh Milani and “Aquarium” by in Hyderabad last week. “Kupal”, also won posthumous honorable Slovenia, while “The Art & Lega Power” Iraj Qaderi. The film is about a generation whose mention. He died of a heart attack in March. by Richard Uyer Tumitho from Congo was private lives are determined more by the Actor Amir Aqai and producer Hassan selected as best documentary. rules of society than by their own will. Nazer, both from Iran, were among the Iranian actress Rana Azadivar was also It tells the story of Amir, a man in his members of the jury for the Debut Film on the jury of the feature films and student WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES thirties who is beleaguered by other peoples’ Makers Competition. short films categories. Multimedia problems. His friend Ali’s ex-wife and son “Octav” by Romanian director Serge Ioan “Saad” by Indian director Kunika Kharat Seyhun Gallery is playing have gone missing, his sister is desperately Celebidachi and “Pupa” by Indian director was named best student short film. A poster for “Amir” directed by Nima Eqlima. host to an exhibition of paint- ings and sculptures by Hossein Shenavar. The exhibition entitled “My Iranian shorts win awards at UN Mobile Film Festival King” will run until December 19 ARTTEHRAN – Two “Cycle” by Bálint Klopfstein-László from at the gallery located at No. 11, 4th deskIranian films have won Hungary received the Europe grand prize. St., Vozara Ave. awards at the 14th edition of the Mobile “Bon Appetite” by Saman Haqiqivand An exhibition of drawings Film Festival, a UN online competition and “How to Clean a Window with and paintings by Fatemeh Eslamian dedicated to one-minute films. Newspaper?” co-directed by Kiarash is underway at Saless Gallery. Hamidreza Zakiani was named best Ardeshirpur and Amirhassan Nofely, The exhibit named “Too Loud a director for “Hush”, while “Maiden” both from Iran, also was screened at Solitude” runs until December 13 written and directed by Fatemeh Saeidi and the festival. at the gallery located at 148 Karim Saeid Aqakhani won the best screenplay The United Nations organized the Khan Ave. award during the closing ceremony held festival in collaboration with the European in Paris, the organizers announced on Union and Youtube from November 6 Painting Wednesday. to 27 to celebrate the 70th anniversary Paintings by Nastaran Rah- “Annisa” by Barry Putra from Indonesia of the Universal Declaration of Human man are currently on display in an won the international grand prize and A scene from “Maiden” co-directed by Fatemeh Saeidi and Saeid Aqakhani. Rights (UDHR). exhibition at Hoom Gallery. The exhibit titled “Unseen” runs until December 20 at the gallery Kevin Hart quits as 2019 Oscars host Golden Globes snub ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ located at No. 2, 4th Alley off Qaem Maqam St. after anti-gay tweets resurface ‘Atlanta’ in TV series races Paintings by Parisa Mir are on view in an exhibition at Naqsh-e LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Comedian LOS ANGELES (Reuters) —Hollywood’s diences overwhelmed with choices. Golden Jahan Gallery. Kevin Hart stepped down on Thursday from Golden Globe voters on Thursday snubbed Globes voters scattered nominations across The exhibition entitled “Cocoon” hosting the 2019 Oscar ceremony after previous winners “The Handmaid’s Tale” 30 series and TV movies. will be running until December 12 “insensitive words” about gays he tweeted and “Atlanta” in the top television series FX Networks, a unit of 21st Century Fox, at the gallery that can be found at in the past resurfaced online. nominations, favoring newcomers in a crowded landed the most nominations of any outlet 9 Ayatollah Mahmudi St. in the The 39-year-old comedian and “Ride field of critically adored programming. with 10, followed by AT&T Inc’s HBO and Niavaran neighborhood. Along” actor had announced on Tuesday NBC’s family drama “This is Us” and the Amazon’s Prime Video with 9 apiece. Hoor Gallery is playing host that he would host the Academy Awards, final season of Netflix Inc’s political thriller While it was left out of the best drama the film industry’s highest honors. “House of Cards” also were left off the list race, Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale” did score a to an exhibition of paintings by 2018 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals Mohammad Fasunaki. “I have made the choice to step down from - Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S., of contenders nominated by the Hollywood nomination for lead actress Elisabeth Moss The exhibit will be underway hosting this year’s Oscar’s… this is because I August 20, 2018. - Kevin Hart. (Reuters/ Foreign Press Association. The awards will and supporting actress Yvonne Strahovski. until December 28 at the gallery do not want to be a distraction on a night that Andrew Kelly) be handed out Jan. 6. “Atlanta” star Donald Glover was nominated located at 12 Naeimi Alley, North should be celebrated by so many amazing They were edged out by surprise nominee for lead actor in a comedy for the series on FX. Mirza Shirazi Ave., off Motahhari St. talented artists,” Hart said in a tweet late on Hart, who also starred in the 2017 film “Bodyguard,” a British TV thriller picked up Limited series “The Assassination of Gi- An exhibition of paintings Thursday. “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, would by Netflix, and Amazon.com Inc’s “Home- anni Versace: American Crime Story,” also on “I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ com- have followed talk show host Jimmy Kimmel coming,” which stars Julia Roberts in her FX, led all TV series with four nominations. by Salumeh Golnaraqi and Hani Najm is underway at Aliha Gallery. munity for my insensitive words from my who hosted the Oscars in 2018 and 2017. first leading TV role. The shows will battle Sacha Baron Cohen was a surprise nom- The exhibit named “Bottles” will past,” he tweeted. Hart, writing on his Instagram page Russian spy tale “The Americans,” murder inee for his provocative Showtime network be running until December 17 at In one of the old tweets, Hart described an this week, called the gig “the opportunity mystery “Killing Eve,” and “Pose,” about show “Who Is America?,” which embarrassed the gallery, which can be found at actor’s picture as a “gay billboard for AIDS”. of a lifetime”. transgender models in the 1980s, for best U.S. politicians by duping them with a fake 31 Ramezanian Alley, Mahurzadeh In another he said if his son were playing with “I am so happy to say that the day has television drama. persona played by the comedian. St., Shariati St. a doll’s house, he would break it over his head finally come for me to host the Oscars,” he said. In the best TV comedy race, last year’s win- “This is such a special honour for me as The Academy responded on Twitter: Arezu Heidari, Hamideh and tell him to stop being gay. ner, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” about a 1950s the HFPA are always among the first to really “Welcome to the family.” Hajjar, Maryam Farhang, Ehsan The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and housewife-turned-comedian was nominated appreciate my ever-evolving humour,” he said. Hosting the Oscars is one of the most Mohammadlu, Sahar Motlaq and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, was not along with morality comedy “The Good Place” HBO series “Succession” was among 14 prestigious and difficult jobs in show busi- six other artists are displaying their immediately available for comment. and first-time nominees “Barry,” “Kidding,” shows with a single nomination each. Kieran ness, navigating the expectations of the A-list latest paintings in an exhibition at Chad Griffin, the president of the Wash- and “The Kominsky Method.” Culkin was nominated for supporting actor audience in the theater and millions of people Artland Gallery. ington DC-based LGBTQ advocacy group, “Huge thanks to the HFPA for continuing in a TV drama for his role as a privileged son watching on television, with a combination The exhibit titled “It Definitely The Human Rights Campaign, responded to celebrate our show and putting us in such of a wealthy media mogul. of topical and insider jokes. Had Happened” will run until De- to Hart on Twitter late Thursday. fantastic company,” “Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel “I was hoping for more but I love that we Hart, who is African-American, would cember 16 at the gallery located at “You have a rare opportunity to take re- Brosnahan said. got the one,” “Succession” executive produc- have been one of just a handful of black 4 Safa Alley, Kachui St. in the Evin sponsibility, teach people in this moment, & Streaming outlets and cable channels have er Adam McKay said. “The great thing with Oscar hosts over the past 90 years, including neighborhood. send a message to LBGTQ youth that they flooded viewers with premium programming TV and streaming is that it plays over such a Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg and Sammy Photo matter & deserve dignity & respect,” Griffin in recent years, prompting critics to declare long arc. We know it’s going to have its days Davis Jr. An exhibition of photos by wrote. a Golden Age of Television and leaving au- in the sun.” Jila Minai is currently underway at Hepta Gallery. Sean Penn working on documentary on Saudi writer’s death Entitled “Close up Moment”, the exhibit will run until Decem- ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish official tells The Associated Press on Thursday that Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancee. Khashoggi’s, was the first to alert authorities ber 19 at the gallery located at 3 says Sean Penn is in Turkey working on a doc- the two-time Oscar winner interviewed him The Washington Post columnist who was that the journalist had disappeared inside the Nikushahr Dead End, Iranshahr umentary about the slaying of journalist Jamal in Ankara as part of his “preliminary prepa- critical of the Saudi crown prince was killed by consulate. St., Karim Khan Ave. Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. rations” for the documentary before leaving Saudi agents on Oct. 2 after arriving to handle Turkish media showed Penn filming in Yasin Aktay, an adviser to Turkey’s president, for Istanbul where he was due to meet with routine paperwork. Aktay, who was a friend of front of the consulate building Wednesday.