A joint Military Operation Performed Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost Said on By Omani Marine, Air and Border Monday That His Country Was Units and Iranian Units of IRGC and Prepared to Cooperate in Any Army Navy Were Done on Muscat Efforts for Normalization of Coasts on Monday Their Relations With Saudi Arabia

VOL. XXV, No. 6664 TEHRAN Price 20,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, - ORDIBEHESHT 11, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Zarif Slams John Bolton’s Tehran to Set Up Direct Japan’s Emperor Steps Barcelona Eye Making Chronic Warmongering Internet Link With Ankara Down in 200-Year First History in Europe > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Iran to Keep Exporting Persian Gulf Is viewPoint Oil Despite Sanction By: Hamid Reza Naghashian..... Oil Consumption IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Iran’s Lifeline TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani says the country To Hit a Peak by 2030 will not allow the United States to implement its Exerting pressures on six countries, who enjoy waivers decision to bring Iranian oil exports down to zero. for Iran oil imports, to cut their oil purchases from Iran Rouhani said all Iranian officials unanimously agree are in consultation stage and according to reports, legal that Washington’s decision to bring the country’s and economic experts and elites believe that this pressure petroleum sales to zero is a wrong move. and imposition would be a chance for Iran to refer the “We won’t allow this decision to go into effect,” said case to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Rouhani in a Tuesday meeting with workers and In recent days, U.S. President Donald Trump has labourers in Tehran. increased his pressure on the OPEC members to decrease “First of all, we are faced with an unjust and illegal the oil price and it indicates that the world response to US sanction whose pressure is directly exerted on our Trump’s demand has led to a hike in oil price. dear people, especially dear workers as well as middle- On the other hand, the famous oil news wire “Oil and low-income families,” the president added. Price” in a report, by referring to the recent report of He said Washington’s decision to slap sanctions on the Center for Studies of Bank of America, has claimed Iran’s oil sales aims to reduce the country’s forex income. that the world economy would witness serious changes “A major source of our foreign currency earnings has for replacing energies since 2030. always been the sales of oil and gas condensates The Oil Price report reiterates that oil demand should together with certain industries linked to oil and continue to grow by 2030 although at a slower and slower [natural] gas production,” President Rouhani noted. rate. According to Bank of America, the annual increase He underlined Iran should also try to boost its non-oil in global oil consumption slows dramatically in the years exports to increase forex income. See Page 7 ahead, especially between years 2020 to 2030. According to statistics, b 2024, demand growth halves, falling to just 0.6m barrels per day, down from 1.2 mb/d this year. Tehran Calls on UNSC to Force With referring to this analysis, one can definitely say that in the next ten years, the demand for crude oil would not just decrease but also it would be unsanctionable due Israel Into Ending Occupation IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK to the huge demand in the market and the spot oil market will always fix the price. But the main driver of the TEHRAN (MNA) – Iran’s UN ambassador has TEHRAN - Iran is commemorating the National Day of the Persian Gulf. Honoring the occasion, Foreign destruction in demand in the 2030’s is the proliferation of censured the Security Council for its continued inaction Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has highlighted the significance of the strategic body of water, describing it as electric equipment especially vehicles. Boom in using in the face of the Israeli’s territorial violations and the a “lifeline” for the country. train and electronic vehicles will lead to the fall in US unreserved support for the regime. Every year, Iranians observe the Persian Gulf Day on the 10th of Ordibehesht, the second month on the Persian demand for oil and its products. Bank of America in its Addressing an open debate in the United Nations calendar, which usually falls on April 30. report did offer a few caveats and uncertainties which can Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, Majid Takht-e The date coincides with the anniversary of a successful military campaign by Shah Abbas I of Persia in 1622, have their impacts on the oil market. The report points to Ravanchi stressed that “the Golan is and will remain an which drove the Portuguese navy out of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway which separates the Persian Gulf from the current economic condition and probable disrupt in integral part of Syria.” the Sea of Oman. the free trade process in the world due to President Donald Trump signed a proclamation in late March in The national occasion is meant to call attention to the fact that the inland sea has been referred to by historians and Trump’s policies in the recent years as the worrying which the US recognized Israeli regime’s annexation of the ancient texts as the Persian Gulf since the Achaemenid Empire was established in what is now modern day Iran. factors for instability of the oil market. Impacts of both strategic plateau that it seized in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Honoring the national day in an Instagram post on Monday, Zarif released a video of his recent interview with factors would be significant in the decade ahead. “The Islamic Republic of Iran once again condemns, in the Asia Society last week, in which he underlined the historical identity of the Persian Gulf and clarified that Since the day Trump’s Administration took office, it has been the strongest possible terms, these internationally wrongful those who use the fictitious name the “Arabian” Gulf to refer to the sea are, in fact, attempting to “revise history.” the source of most instabilities in the world economy and it has acts,” said Takht-e Ravanchi, in reference to both the move Zarif was apparently referring to certain Arab states and their allies, which have recently mounted attempts to led to losing its credibility for dictating its policies. It seems the and Washington’s decision to relocate its embassy from Tel remove the word ‘Persian’ from the name of the gulf. impacts of Trump’s policies will not last more than one or Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds in May 2018 after recognizing “It’s called [the] Persian Gulf and we repeat the word Persian so that people know it’s not the Gulf of Mexico. People two years and it could be completely controlled and thwarted. the occupied holy city as Israel’s ‘capital.’ just call it “the Gulf” because it’s easier, and people confuse that it may be the Gulf of Mexico that we’re talking about.” “Both acts are against the peremptory norms of The top Iranian diplomat warned the U.S. against any measure to prevent Tehran from using the Strait of international law, let alone Council’s resolutions,” he said. Hormuz as a safe passage for the transit of its oil. “According to international law, the territory of a State shall “The Persian Gulf is our lifeline … so stability of [the] Persian Gulf, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf, British Officials Introduce not be the object of acquisition resulting from the threat or [and] free flow of oil in the Persian Gulf [are] in our vital national security interest,” Zarif said. use of force, and no such territorial acquisition shall be “We guarantee [the security and stability of the Persian Gulf] as long as it is in our national security interest. INSTEX to UK Businessmen recognized as legal,” the official added. See Page 7 If we are prevented from using [the] Persian Gulf for our national security, then why should we guarantee it?” he added, noting, “If the United States takes the crazy measure of trying to prevent us from doing that, then it LONDON (Dispatches) - Director of the Instrument in should be prepared for the consequences.” Support of Trade Exchanges Per Fischer and the British The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up its attempts to cut Iranian oil sales, government officials told the economic activists and LG, Samsung Deny Leaving threatening sanctions on countries that continue purchasing Iranian crude after May 1. UK companies interested in trade with Iran that from The Persian Gulf — which spans some 250,000 square kilometers — is bounded by the Arvand River in the now on they can use INSTEX. north, which forms the frontier between Iran and Iraq, and the Strait of Hormuz in the south, which links the INSTEX was adopted by foreign ministers of the Iran Over U.S. Sanctions Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean. European trio on the sidelines of a European Union SEOUL (Dispatches) - South Koreas Samsung The Persian Gulf is also important as an international trade route connecting the Middle East to Africa, India and China. summit in the Romanian capital Bucharest on January 1. Electronics has denied reports that it was withdrawing INSTEX has been registered at the address of from the Iranian market in the face of US sanctions, France’s Economy and Finance Ministry in Paris. London-based bne IntelliNews says. German banker Per Fischer has been chosen for a The denial came after media reports said Samsung period of six months to run it. Also, a senior UK and its fellow South Korean company LG Electronics $1b of Iranian Crude Sits at China’s Dalian Port diplomat is expected to head the Supervisory board. were leaving Iran, having already scaled down their During the meeting which was organized by Department for activities in the country. Samsung has always highly SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some 20 million barrels of Iranian oil sitting on China’s shores in the northeast port International Trade and Iran-UK chamber of commerce, valued its family of fans and consumers in Iran and has of Dalian for the past six months now appears stranded as the United States hardens its stance on importing British officials held talks on the way to facilitate the economic kept a strong presence in the country with the latest crude from Tehran. interactions between two sides. Meanwhile, Iran Ambassador to innovations, technologies, and products. This has not Iran sent the oil to China, its biggest customer, ahead of the reintroduction of U.S. sanctions last November, the UK Hamid Baeidinejad said Fischer had announced that changed, despite all the external and geopolitical as it looked for alternative storage for a backlog of crude at home. despite existing challenges, INSTEX is seriously after maintaining developments, the company was quoted as saying. The oil is being held in so-called bonded storage tanks at the port, which means it has yet to clear Chinese its first trade exchange with Iran very quickly. LG has not made a statement yet on its current status, customs. Despite a six-month waiver to the start of May that allowed China to continue some Iranian imports, In the meantime earlier, Fischer in an interview with IRNA but it often mirrors Samsungs position on Iran. shipping data shows little of this oil has been moved. expressed happiness over his attendance in London meeting which The two companies have a ubiquitous presence in Iran Traders and refinery sources pointed to uncertainty over the terms of the waiver and said independent refiners would result in more interactions with UK banks and companies. which is a key market for Samsung and LG products in the had been unable to secure payment or insurance channels, while state refiners struggled to find vessels. Earlier, former UK foreign secretary Jack Straw said the UK along Middle East, including smartphones and home appliances The future of the crude, worth well over $1 billion at current prices, has become even more unclear with Germany and France are not only firmly committed to the such as washing machines, TV sets, air conditioners and after Washington last week increased its pressure on Iran, saying it would end all sanction exemptions Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but they are also at the start of May. working very hard to set up the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). telecommunications equipment. See Page 7 See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has left Tehran for the Qatari capital of Doha to attend the 16th ministerial meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). The high-level meeting started on April 30, and will run until Thursday. Qatars Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has tweeted FM Departs for Doha to Attend ACD Meeting that the country’s priority during its presidency over the ACD meeting will be to reach an Asian consensus, enhance co-operation, develop mechanisms for joint work, and strengthen economic and commerce ties. Zarif Slams John Bolton’s Websites Review Chronic Warmongering GC Condemns Execution of 37 Saudi Nationals “Today the world’s catching on to John Bolton’s chronic warmongering,” Zarif tweeted on Tuesday, referring to a MEHR* - The Iranian Council has issued a statement condemning the recent execution of 37 Saudi nationals, very recent long-read report in the New Yorker magazine calling on the independent international bodies to take titled “John Bolton on the Warpath” written by Dexter action against the crimes by Saudis. According to the Public Relations Department of the Filkins published on Monday. Guardian Council, the statement said that execution of 37 Saudi cultural and religious activists on the false charges “We’ve seen him shill for a cult terror group,” Zarif added in his tweet showing a of involvement in terrorist actions, which was done to screenshot of a May 2018 report in the New York Times about Bolton’s support for silence the oppressed people of Saudi Arabia, showed the the Paris-based terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK). helplessness and fragility of the tyrannical puppet regime The Iranian foreign minister went on by showing screenshots of the American of Saudi Arabia. official’s financial disclosure report, that reveals that national security advisor to the The statement also said that the beheadings also added US President Donald Trump received $40,000 for speaking at the MKO’s meeting in another ‘stigma’ on the anti-human record of the Saudi regime. Europe back in 2017. The payment has been listed under the category of “Globe It also referred to Saudis’ other crimes over the past events-European Iranian Events 7/1/17” in the statement. His recent tweet comes after he accused Bolton of dragging the U.S. into a years including the beheading of Ayatollah Sheikh Nimir, Zarif finished his tweet by accusing Bolton of “targeting Iranians with economic conflict with Iran with his “B-team” during an interview with the right-wing their support for Takfiri terrorist groups such as ISIL, and terrorism along with his B-team,” in a reference to Israeli, Saudi and UAE leaders Fox News on Sunday. their aggression against Yemen, calling on the independent Benjamin Netanyahu (also known as the BB), Mohammed Bin Salman and The U.S. national security advisor rejected Zarif’s remarks as false in an in-studio international organizations to break their silence and Mohammed Bin Zayed. live interview with the news TV. honestly condemn the Saudi regime’s crimes. Norway Urges Continuation Iran Ready to Gold, Silver Smuggling Establish Joint Free Network Busted TASNIM* - Iran’s Intelligence Ministry disbanded a Of Iran-Europe Talks Zone With Iraq ring that smuggled large quantities of gold and silver into and out of the country. TEHRAN (IRNA) - Norway says Iran-Europe negotiations TEHRAN (MNA) – Arvand Free Zone The Iranian intelligence forces in the northwestern must continue as Iran is an important regional power. Organization is ready to form a joint free province of West Azarbaijan arrested nine members of ‘Iran is an important country and a regional power so zone with Iraq following the recent visit of the network, including the ringleader, who were we believe that solution for many of the regional Iranian president to the neighboring country, involved in the “organized smuggling” of gold, the crises is dialogue and exchange of views with Iran,’ said the director of Arvand Free Zone ministry said in a statement. Norwegian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Tore Organization on Tuesday. The smuggling gang, including Iranians and nationals Hattrem told Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Esmaeel Zamani said a large part of the Iran’s of a neighboring state, have been colluding with a National Security and Foreign Policy Commission needs for basic goods would be met by forming number of officials of supervisory organizations to Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh. a joint free zone with Iraq and creating a logistics smuggle large amounts of gold and silver at the border, ‘So, talks between Iran and Europe about bilateral and area with the presence of investors. the statement added. regional issues must go on,’ he added. “The creation of the necessary infrastructure It said the main element had formed a team, each of Hattrem reiterated Oslo’s support for the Iran’s nuclear deal, has increased the capacity for Iran’s non-oil whose members were assigned a specific job in the also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action exports from the Arvand Free Zone,” he added. illegal process of importing and exporting cargos of (JCPOA), calling it “the best solution for the current situation”. He said that tourists can visit Arvand smuggled gold. Hattrem stressed the interest of Norwegian firms to work Free Zone and Abadan and Khorramshahr According to the Intelligence Ministry, the busted with Iran, saying his country is in talks with the European trio cities without visa. network is estimated to have smuggled gold worth more (Germany, France, the UK) about the payment channel Arvand Rud dredging can provide a suitable than 6,170 billion rials into and out of Iran. Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX). Europeans in this regard,’ he said. platform for commercial vessels and boost The Iranian official criticized Europe’s lack of actions He also lashed out at the European payment mechanism, maritime tourism industry in the region. to help practically preserve the international nuclear saying it “hasn’t resolved Iran’s banking and financial The Arvand Free Zone with an area of deal, saying Iranians look at development of cooperation problems yet”. 37,400 hectares is at the confluence of the 3 Dead in Tunnel Blaze, Collapse with Europe now with more suspicion. The Iranian lawmaker also warned of the “possible danger” Karun and Arvand rivers. The Zone is ‘The European state should’ve played a more major role in the region faces following the US move to blacklist located at a height of three meters above sea ISNA* - A tunnel on a freeway linking the Iranian resisting the unilateralism, but it’s now only Iran that is Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign level and in proximity to Iraq and in the capital, Tehran, to the north of the country has collapsed resisting and we are not witnessing any movement from the Terrorist Organization (FTO). northwest of Persian Gulf. after a blaze, killing at least three constructions workers and wounding a number of others. The blaze took place on Tuesday at 8:58 am Oslo Seeks Enhanced Economic (local time) at the tunnel located near Siahbisheh before Zanguleh Bridge. Cooperation With Tehran The emergency choppers and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene, and all nearby TEHRAN (MNA) – Norway hopes the new hospitals were told to be on standby, according to Iranian financial mechanisms, such as INSTEX, will help emergency officials. further boost the level of cooperation between An official in charge of construction and development Tehran and Oslo in various economic fields, the of the freeway said the compression of the methane gas in Norwegian deputy foreign minister said on Monday. the major Alborz Tunnel resulted in a blaze on the Tore Hattrem made the remarks during the northern side of the tunnel. 9th round of Iran-Norway Political Eight workers were also wounded in the fire. They have Consultations meeting in Tehran, which was all been pulled out of the tunnel. headed by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Five of the wounded have sustained 60 to for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi. 100-percent burns. Both sides reviewed major international developments as well as bilateral relations during the meeting. Extending sympathy and solidarity with the flood-stricken people of Iran, Operational Satellite Ready Hattrem said that his country aid packages will soon be delivered to the affected areas in Iran. FARS* - Head of the Iranian Space Agency Morteza The official stressed that Norway’s political resolve Barari announced that Iran’s new operational satellite is to maintain mutual cooperation in the face of named Zafar (Victory) will be ready in September. current political challenges. Hattrem also hailed “The Iranian Space Agency will try to receive Zafar Iran’s commitment to the nuclear deal (also known as satellite from Science and Technology University in JCPOA), despite the US’ withdrawal from the pact. September” and then start the launcher compatibility He highlighted that “Norway has always process until it is given the go ahead for its launch, supported the implementation of the deal along with Barari said. the EU,” adding that “Oslo still hopes that the He added that Zafar will be launched to an orbit 500km JCPOA will survive to benefit Iran and help above the Earth. continue cooperation with other countries.” Araqchi, “Zafar satellite is an operational satellite and we hope to for his part, hailed Norway’s positive stances render some services to the society after its launch,” towards expanding mutual interactions and the Barari said. European country’s support to JCPOA, saying that Iran is one of the 9 superior states in building satellites the nuclear deal is an international pact, and the U.S. beside the U.S., Russia, Europe and Canada. has clearly violated the international regulations. Barari had announced in mid-December that his “With its unilateral and illegal move, US country’s plans to manufacture a home-made showed that it does not understand language telecommunication satellite in the next few years. of respect and interaction and knows to “Building an indigenized telecommunication satellite speak only in the language of bullying,” within the next 7 years is atop the ISA’s plans,” Barari said. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

Noon (Zohr) 13:01 35. That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): Evening (Maghreb) 20:08 It was not their hands that made this: will they not then give thanks? PRAYER TIME 36. Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as Tomorrow’s Dawn (Fajr) 04:39 their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge. Surah 36. Ya-sin ( 35 - 36 ) Tomorrow’s Sunrise 06:12

Tehran to Set Up Direct Economic Condition More Internet Link With Ankara Stable Than Last Year

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TEHRAN - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said Iran and Turkey internet networks will be connected directly to IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK thwart sanctions. TEHRAN – The CEO of Export Development Bank of Talking to reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with Turkey’s Minister of Jahromi stated that the visit aims to address some barriers between the two countries Iran believes the economic and trade condition in many Transport and Infrastructure Mehmet Cahit Turhan, Azari-Jahromi said that in the field of information and technology cooperation. aspects is more stable than last year. establishing direct internet connection with neighboring countries namely with “The most important issue which was addressed during the meeting was pursuing the Speaking at Imam Sadeq (A) University and about the Turkey would be helpful to neutralize threats on Iran’s internet network is the policy multilateral treaty between Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia to develop the technology current economic condition, Dr. Ali Salehabadi said adopted by Tehran. market between neighboring countries,” the ICT Minister Azari Jahromi said. that last year due to the unexpected U.S. pullout of the He added that consequently the unilateral sanctions of a country will not affect Internet “We have reached an agreement with Turkey on cybersecurity, and we are now JCPOA and reimposition of sanctions, some changes links between Iran and Turkey. Jahromi recalled the previous sanctions, saying that it working on the issue,” he said. Jahromi emphasized that the Ministry is looking happened in the programs and forex policies but this caused limitations for Iran’s international relations with some companies and some forward to further development of communications and technology market between year all policies have been adopted in compliance irregularity and dysfunctions happened in Iran international telecommunications network. the two countries. with the current sanction era. Elsewhere in his remarks, he said that four neighboring states Iran, Turkey, Russia and “In the near future, we will announce good news about the investment of the two He pointed to the link of the Central Bank, Trade Azerbaijan have agreed to carry out joint investment in the field of start-up businesses. countries in this area. As for the information transit from east to west and from south Promotion Organization and the Customs Jahromi said that the joint venture investment has not been implemented yet and to north, our relations with Turkey are expanding,” he added. Administration portals, adding that all hurdles have that the plan will encourage the private sector to facilitate infrastructures for Jahromi also announced that startup companies in Turkey are invited to attend been removed and they are now linked, and earmarking cooperation in tourism, health, transportation and banking system. ELECOMP exhibition in Iran. “In its turn, Iran has promised its Turkish counterpart the forex for imports is controlled. The initial investment volume for the implementation of this quadrilateral project is that Iranian start-up companies and representatives of the private sector will Saleh Abadi added that rise in forex price in the market subject to the agreement among countries, he noted. participate at the technology exhibition in Turkey.” was the other factor for instability last year but this year “After intensification of the sanctions, Iran we do not see any considerable jump in forex price. faced a lot of problems due to its limited He also reiterated that one of the other factors for instability cooperation with a number of foreign Internet in the forex market was the psycho climate resulted from the Iran Trade Balance Stands at $1.7b Last Year companies,” said Jahromi. Referring to the sanctions, adding that this climate has been balanced TEHRAN (MNA) – Head of Iran’s Customs Administration noted the country’s positive trade balance last year, which latest development of cooperation between Iran because it has lost its psychological pressure. stood at $1.7 billion, adding that non-oil exports hit $44.3 billion while imports reached $42.6 billion in 2018. and Turkey in the field of information He pointed to the forex priorities of the country like food, Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Mehdi Mirashrafi, made the remark during his technologies, he said, “Iran has decided to pharmaceuticals and raw materials for factories, adding visit to Maragheh Customs in East Azerbaijan Province on Tuesday. boost its cooperation with neighboring that the country should balance supply and demand in He said the country’s exports experienced a 5.6% decrease last year (ended 20 Mar. 2019) compared to its previous year, countries to overcome the sanctions.” order to pass from this critical condition safely. mostly due to sanctions. Iran’s imports also declined by 21.7 during 2018-19, due to a ban on the import of luxury goods. He reiterated rial source is in good condition and He maintained that the non-oil exports through Maragheh Customs have been active since 1996, adding that last year, $27 access to the forex source due to timely measure is million worth of goods was exported from this county. good for the bank and exporters. The main exported goods via Maragheh Customs last year included mirrors, sodium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, steel Saleh Abadi also called for a change in consumption products and agricultural products. The goods were exported to Iraq, Turkey, Georgia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, MSC Sets New Record habits in the country. Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Greece, Pakistan, Romania, Turkmenistan, Cyprus and Kazakhstan, he added. We are willing to establish a special customs on the site of the activities of larger companies, which will reduce the costs For Production and damage to the goods, the official maintained. IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK First Fully Home-Made 42-Megawatt TEHRAN – Mobarakeh Steel Company set a new record in the first month of the Iranian Turbine Synchronized in Zahedan SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT PERMIT NO : 1398.544 calendar year (Farvardin) as its production exceeded half a million tons. IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Head of Hot Rolling Mill of Mobarakeh Steel Company Mr. Ali Akbarian said that production in the TEHRAN – The CEO of Hot Rolling Mill has passed half a million tons in the first MAPNA Group announced that CALL FOR PUBLIC TENDER month of the current year, adding that it is a new record. the first fully home-made He said due to endeavors of the staff and medium-scale power plant in (FIRST/SECOND PUBLISH)TWO-STAGES (SEMI COMPRESSED) TENDER management of the company, the company form of scattered production produced 500,272 tons of products and it is a with the 42-megawatt turbine Subject of Tender: Rotary Vibrator Hose source of pride for the company. The previous was synchronized in Zahedan. record of the company had been set last Abbas Ali Abadi addressing the 17th annual conference Tender descriptions: September which was 498,869 tons. of the Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers said Registration No. through national electronic Tender No. Estimated value He added that the company produced 116054 that the turbine has been made in accordance with the The Tender holder tendering system /Indent No. (Rial/Euro) tons of thin products with high quality in its climate of the country especially regarding temperature Tender No. :FP/09-98/007 National Iranian Drilling Company 3,198,340 62,180,000,000 (RIAL) subsidiary Saba Steel Complex and 65051 tons and weather conditions of different regions. Indent No.:01-22-9746014 of sponge iron in the Sefid Dasht Steel Company He went on to say that all stages for manufacturing Qualitative evaluation of tenderers of Chaharmahal Bakhtiari. the turbine have been carried out in the country and Akbarian added that the current success is an even with the home-made raw material. R Based on minimum scoring (60) made in award criterion reflected in the tenderers pre-qualification forms. important stride towards reaching the annual target Ali Abadi noted that generator, controlling system Method of Hot Rolling Mill and Mobarakeh Steel Company. and all equipment of the power plant are fully Iranian 1- Applicants who have more than 4 in process contracts with NIDC are not allowed to participate in this tender. 2- Applicants which have more than 2 in process contracts with NIDC in similar subject ( exclusively same subject) are not allowed to participate in another tender He then highlighted the significance of such and MAPNA Group has designed and manufactured it an achievement, adding that it will lead to the in collaboration with four companies. Purchasing & Submitting boost in the quality of support and repair. He added that soon this type of turbine will enter the The distribution of the documents will be started one day after the publishing of second advertisement and ended on He reiterated that the quality output market in other parts of the country, adding that the first the following tenth day thereof. in the hot roll unit improved from 99.55 percent 42-megawatt turbine was installed in Sistan and in last September to 99.59 percent in mid-April. Baluchistan due to its especial climatic condition. Hall No.:113, 1thfloor, Foreign Procurement Dept., National Iranian Drilling Company, Airport square, Ahwaz, Tender Distribution Place Document IRAN Tel: 061-34148601 Distribution by Company Submitting one original Bank Fund Receipt in the amount of 510,000 Iranian Rials under account number 4001114004020491( Shaba No. IR 520100004001114004020491) in name of “NIDC Incomes Centralized Submitting Method Fund” issued by I.R. of Iran Central Bank. EORC Boosts Parts Production by 300% Submitting format Request for the purpose of receiving Tender Documents.

Closing date 14 Days after the last time of Purchasing. IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Documents Hall No. 107, 1stfloor, Tender Committee, Operation building, National Iranian Drilling Receiving Method Address Company, Airport square, Ahwaz, IRAN. Tel: +98-61-34148580 +98-61-34148569 TEHRAN – Head of Domestic Production Department of Esfahan Oil Refining Company (EORC) says the company’s manufacturing Tender Guarantee spare parts in the current year has increased by 300 percent Value of guarantee 2,744,000,000 Rial / 57,684 Euro comparing to the same period last year.

Bank guarantees or guarantees issued by non-bank institutions that obtain activity license from the central bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Saeed Ehteramian said that the company managed to manufacture Type of guarantee Submitting one original Bank Fund Receipt under account number 4001114006376636 ( Shaba No. IR 350100004001114006376636) in name of “NIDC 453 items of spare parts in circulation over 120,000 and it has saved saving account” by the central bank of Islamic Republic of Iran. Duration of credit & economically around 260b rials. quotation Tender Guarantee and quotation should be valid for 90 days and extendable maximum for one time in initial validity duration. He went on to say that the total cost for manufacturing all spare parts was about 45b rials. (Foreign Procurement Dept.) Ehteramian went on to say that currently the company is in touch with over 500 domestic manufacturing companies, adding that so far More of this & other tenders are accessible by click on: www.nidc.ir http://sapp.ir/nidc_ pr and with this method, several good works have been done and some works are even better than their foreign likes. 4 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

U.S. Army Veteran Arrested Pentagon Approves 320 More For Plotting Mass Attack Personnel to Mexico Border

LOS ANGELES (Dispatches) - A U.S. Army veteran who was allegedly WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it plotting a large-scale terror attack near Los Angeles as revenge for the recent would send about 320 Defense Department personnel to the border mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, has been arrested, authorities with Mexico in roles that would increasingly put them in contact said Monday. with migrants, including driving them in vehicles and “monitoring” Mark Steven Domingo, 26, who had combat experience in Afghanistan and their welfare. professed to be Muslim, faces federal terror-related charges for plotting to detonate The Pentagon’s statement said the latest deployment would alone an improvised explosive device (IED) at a white nationalist rally in Long Beach cost about $7.4 million through September and broadly confirmed this past weekend with the aim of causing mass casualties, officials said. details of the deployment previewed on Friday Biden Sets Up Battle With Japan’s Emperor Steps Down in 200-Year First Trump Over Union Vote TOKYO (Dispatches) - For the first time in more than 200 years, Japan’s emperor abdicated Tuesday, putting his son on the Chrysanthemum Throne and ushering in a new era for the world’s oldest monarchy. In a set of solemn ceremonies, Emperor Akihito will hand over to his eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, also kicking off the new imperial “Reiwa” era -- meaning “beautiful harmony” -- that will continue for the length of the new monarch’s reign. The historic abdication has resulted in an unprecedented 10-day holiday for the famously hard- working Japanese, as special days off to mark the new emperor combine with the traditional “Golden Week” celebrations in May. PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President At precisely 5:00 pm local time (0800 GMT), the Joe Biden made clear on Monday at his first event as a 85-year-old Akihito formally stepped down in a presidential candidate that he stands ready to battle 10-minute ceremony in the “Matsu-no-Ma” (“Room of President Donald Trump for the support of the blue-collar Pine”), considered the most elegant hall in the workers who were key to Trump’s election in 2016. sumptuous Imperial Palace. Speaking before a welcoming crowd of union The ritual was conducted in the presence of the workers in Pittsburgh, Biden seemed at times to look imperial regalia -- an ancient sword and jewel -- past a Democratic nominating contest that promises to considered crucial evidence of an emperor’s legitimacy. be arduous and toward a direct confrontation with However, Naruhito was not to become emperor of A more lavish and public enthronement ceremony Naruhito is also seen as a modern royal and has previously Trump in the November 2020 general election. Japan until the stroke of midnight and he will “inherit” attended by world leaders will take place on October 22. issued mild criticism of the sometimes stifling lifestyle “I make no apologies. I am a union man,” Biden told the regalia at a second ceremony Wednesday at 10:30 Akihito has sought to modernize the imperial family in imposed on royals, particularly as his wife Masako has a crowd that included members of the Teamsters, am before making his first official public remarks Japan, which has a sensitive position given the role his struggled to adapt to imperial life and has long struggled with steelworkers, firefighters and teachers unions. “The shortly afterwards. The popular Akihito stunned Japan father Hirohito played in the country’s militaristic past. stress-induced illness. The new emperor inherits a country country wasn’t built by Wall Street bankers, CEOs and when he announced in 2016 that he wanted to give up He and his wife Empress Michiko won plaudits for a very different to when it last crowned a new emperor. hedge fund managers, it was built by you.” the Chrysanthemum Throne, citing his age and health popular touch, notably comforting people affected by the In 1989, when Akihito ascended the throne, Japan ruled Biden, 76, who served two terms as vice president to problems -- he has been treated for prostate cancer and 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown that the world economically in the middle of a technology- former President Barack Obama, echoed other has also undergone heart surgery. devastated whole swathes of east Japan and killed thousands. fuelled boom that caused soaring land prices and sparked Democrats in the field who have criticized the U.S. There have been abdications in Japan’s long imperial Images of the couple kneeling and bowing to those in wild cost comparisons: the Imperial Palace grounds were economy for benefiting the wealthy at the expense of history, which has mythological origins and stretches temporary shelters gave some heart to the stricken worth more than all of Canada. Now, Japan’s population is the middle class and working poor. “Everybody knows back more than two millennia, but the last one was nation and Akihito took the rare step of giving a in decline and it is on course to become the world’s first it. The middle class is hurting,” Biden said. “The stock more than two centuries ago. televised address to reassure his people. “ultra-aged” society, with 28 percent of people over 65. market is roaring, but you don’t feel it.” Earlier in the day, Biden, who is counting on support from organised labour as a key component of his Trump, Erdogan Discuss presidential bid, received an endorsement from the International Association of Firefighters, which boasts Working Group on Russian a membership of 300,000. That prompted a Twitter IS Chief Baghdadi Still Alive burst from Trump, who in 2016 demonstrated strong appeal to union workers dissatisfied with Democratic S-400 Missile System presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and In a series of tweets, Trump said that while leaders of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on the firefighters and other unions would endorse Monday discussed a Turkish proposal to create a joint Democrats in the 2020 race, “the members love Trump.” working group on its planned purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defence system, the Turkish Presidency said. “Our Honourable President brought up the proposal to establish a working group regarding the procurement of the Guards Repel Assault on S-400 defence system from the Russian Federation,” it said. “We have been clear and consistent in emphasizing The two countries have argued for months over our grave concerns on the S-400 acquisition with Turkey’s order for the missile defence system, which the representatives of the Turkish government on numerous Libya’s Biggest Oilfield United States says is incompatible with NATO’s defence occasions and at the highest levels.” DAMASCUS (Dispatches) - The Islamic State network and could compromise its F-35 fighter jets. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and several group’s elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made Ankara has said a working group could assess the U.S. senators have warned Turkey it will face his first purported appearance in five years in a impact of the S-400 on the fighter jets, but on Friday penalties for buying S-400s under a law that calls propaganda video released Monday, acknowledging said that it has not heard back from the Americans. for sanctions against countries procuring military IS’s defeat in the Syrian town of Baghouz while The White House confirmed on Monday that Trump equipment from Russia. threatening “revenge” attacks. and Erdogan had discussed Turkey’s planned purchase Turkey has said that as a NATO member, it poses The world’s most wanted man was last seen in of the S-400 missile defence system. no threat to the United States and the sanctions Mosul in 2014, announcing the birth of IS’s much- Asked if Trump raised with Erdogan the U.S. should not apply. feared “caliphate” across swathes of Iraq and Syria, concerns about Turkey buying the S-400 system, Trump and Erdogan also discussed trade and the and appears to have outlived the proto-state. a senior administration official said: ongoing crisis in Syria, the White House said. In the video released by IS’s Al-Furqan media arm, the man said to be Baghdadi referred to the monthslong fight for IS’s final redoubt Baghouz, TRIPOLI (Reuters) - An armed group attacked Libya’s which ended in March. Czechs Protest Justice Appointee largest oilfield on Monday, but was repelled after “The battle for Baghouz is over,” he said, sitting PRAGUE (Reuters) - Thousands protested around the Czech Republic on Monday against a justice minister clashes with its protection force, while fighting cross-legged on a cushion and addressing three men nominee they fear might meddle with a criminal case involving the prime minister. escalated in eastern commander Khalifa Haftar’s effort whose faces have been blurred. He referred to a string President Milos Zeman will appoint Marie Benesova on Tuesday after the resignation of her predecessor, to capture the capital Tripoli. of IS defeats, including its onetime Iraqi capital bringing opposition accusations of pressure on courts as Andrej Babis faces a potential fraud trial over European The state oil company National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mosul and Sirte in Libya, but insisted the jihadists Union subsidies more than a decade ago. said unknown gunmen fired a rocket propelled grenade at a had not “surrendered” territory. “God ordered us to Babis, a billionaire media and chemicals businessman before entering politics, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing control station of the El Sharara oilfield. Guards at the site wage ‘jihad.’ He did not order us to win,” he said. and has called the investigation a plot to force him out of politics. eventually repelled the attackers, an oil engineer there told In a segment in which the man is not on camera, his Czech police said on April 17 that Babis and others should stand trial for the alleged fraud involving the handling Reuters. There were no casualties among oil workers and voice described the April 21 Easter attacks in of a 2 million euro EU subsidy - charges that could see the prime minister jailed for up to 10 years. production was unaffected, the NOC said in a statement. Sri Lanka, which killed 253 people and wounded nearly Justice Minister Jan Knezinek resigned the day after the police wrapped up their investigation. Babis said OPEC member Libya’s oil output has been repeatedly 500, as “vengeance for their brothers in Baghouz.” Knezinek’s position had only been intended to be temporary. His departure came amid a wider cabinet shuffle. disrupted by factional conflict and blockades since the 2011 The man insisted IS’s operations against the West were On Monday, protesters marched from the Prague Castle, uprising that toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi. part of a “long battle,” and that IS would continue to “take the seat of the Czech president, through the capital’s Haftar’s three-week-old offensive to seize Tripoli, seat of revenge” for members who had been killed. “There will mediaeval centre to the Old Town Square. Marchers Libya’s internationally recognised government, has sharpened be more to come after this battle,” he said. On Monday IS chanted “We have had enough” and organisers carried a power struggle that has fractured Libya since Gaddafi’s fall. jihadists claimed their first attack in Bangladesh in more banners saying “Justice”. The assault by the Haftar-led Libyan National Army than two years, saying they had “detonated an explosive The website of daily Mlada Fronta Dnes reported (LNA), which is allied to a parallel government based device” on a group of police in Dhaka, wounding three 10,000 demonstrated in the capital. in the eastern city of Benghazi, stalled on Tripoli’s officers, the SITE Intelligence Group reported. In the country’s second largest city, Brno, around stoutly defended southern outskirts last week. The United States, which has a $25 million bounty 3,000 marched, according to estimates of news website But fighting intensified again on Monday, with both on Baghdadi’s head, said it was assessing the SeznamZpravy.cz. sides using artillery. Shelling was heard in the centre of authenticity of the video but vowed to keep up the Czech Television reported protesters turned out in Tripoli coming from southern districts from morning battle against the extremist group. 105 spots in the country of 10.6 million. until late at night, residents said. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

ISTANBUL (Dispatches) - Turkey’s economic confidence index rose by 3.4% in April, on a monthly basis, the country’s statistical authority announced Monday. The index reached 84.7 points in April, up from 81.9 points in March, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute. Turkey’s Economic Confidence Rises 3.4% in April TurkStat said the surge in economic confidence was mainly due to gains in consumer, real sector and services confidence indices. “Consumer, real sector and services confidence indices increased to 63.5, 100 and 83.1, respectively,” TurkStat noted. Lagarde Expects U.S. and China to Reach Trade Deal Euro-Area Economic Confidence BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Slips to Lowest Since 2016 Christine Lagarde said on Monday she expects the United States and China to reach a deal to end their trade dispute, which has unnerved financial markets and cast a shadow over the global economy. “I would say ‘Yes’,” Lagarde said at the Milken Institute Global Conference when asked whether talks between the world’s two largest economies would end in a deal. Washington and Beijing have been engaged for the past year in a trade war marked by tariffs on billions of dollars in goods and threats of escalation. The talks are now at a critical point. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was scheduled to speak at the conference on Monday but is headed to China instead for talks. Lagarde was the first speaker at the annual Milken Institute’s conference, which draws 4,000 attendees including some of the world’s most powerful thinkers and LONDON (Bloomberg) - Economic confidence in trendsetters to discuss finance, health care and other topics. the euro area dropped for a 10th month in April to the Other speakers during the three-day conference include the chiefs of financial lowest in more than two years, indicating the region powerhouses Goldman Sachs, Blackstone Group, State Street Corp as well as top may struggle to pick up from its recent slump. investors including Steven A. Cohen, Thomas Barrack and Ken Griffin and prominent The European Commission’s monthly survey pension funds and endowments. showed an industrial morass is increasingly In a wide-ranging interview, Lagarde said she does not see the U.S. economy entrenched as companies continue to struggle with dipping into a recession in the wake of last week’s news that it grew at a stronger- the global slowdown and homegrown difficulties, than-expected 3.2 percent annualised pace in the first three months of 2019. Even as inflation has been largely in check, a situation she called “highly notably the upheaval in Germany’s car industry. Concerns have been mounting over a global slowdown, particularly in China and Europe, mysterious,” Lagarde said she expects price pressures to pick up “gradually and The headline index, which assesses the mood of and the prospect that the decade-long U.S. bull market might be coming to an end. slowly” in the coming months, in part fuelled by rising oil prices. households and businesses, fell sharply to its lowest level But the strong U.S. GDP growth data may prompt leaders to reassess the health of When asked whether she would like to continue as IMF chief when her current term since September 2016. Confidence in industry was the economy, she said. Lagarde cautioned, however, that more data is necessary is up in 2021, Lagarde said, “I’m looking at my options.” The former French particularly weak as managers become more pessimistic before making a more definite call. politician was named IMF chief in 2011. about production expectations, order books and stocks. In Germany, the reading hit its lowest level in three years. The euro area’s persistent weakness -- even as the U.S. recorded strong growth in the first quarter -- is becoming a major challenge for policy makers. The Brexit to Slow Economic Growth Further in 2019 European Central Bank has already stretched out its stimulus efforts and is hoping for a marked improvement later in the year to avoid another rethink. Some at the ECB are now indicating they have dwindling hope. Finnish central bank Governor Olli Rehn said last week that data support the view that slower growth will continue this year and inflation expectations may have declined. “Markets may expect that, in the current circumstances, monetary policy measures are not effective enough to accelerate inflation,” Rehn said Friday in Helsinki. “The 1Q GDP figures will be released tomorrow and provide a clearer picture of how the region’s economy has fared at the start of the year. We look for an expansion of 0.2% and, on balance, view the risks as skewed to the upside. ” Boeing CEO Seeks to Bolster Confidence After 737 MAX Crashes

LONDON (Dispatches) - The UK’s economy will slow “The downward revision for 2019 primarily reflects leaving the EU with a deal, with any upside being in the second half of the year as the impact of Brexit Brexit uncertainties which are being prolonged by the tempered by the inevitable uncertainty over the nature uncertainty weighs on growth, according to a leading delaying of the UK’s exit from the EU to a flexible 31 of the future relationship between the two entities. economic forecaster. October deadline. A weakened global economic The forecast also warned that the sluggish economy The EY ITEM Club’s spring forecast predicted environment is also a factor. The delayed Brexit means the will prevent the Bank of England from raising interest growth of 1.3% for the full year, after a pace of UK economy will likely end 2019 with less momentum rates from 0.75%, just days before the central bank’s expansion of 1.4% in 2018, and stated that stronger than previously expected, which will have some dampening monetary policy committee meet to discuss rates and growth in the first quarter of the year will likely prove impact on growth in 2020,” said the report. release their quarterly inflation report. to be a “false dawn” as the full ramifications of Brexit Growth in consumer spending is expected to flag “However, we would not rule out one 25 basis point have yet to be felt. That was down from its winter over the year, dropping from 1.6% last year to 1.4% hike to 1.00% over the summer if the UK economy forecast for a pace of expansion of 1.5%. as jobs and earnings growth could struggle despite the shows resilience and the labor market continues to Growth at the beginning of the year had flown in the fact that wage growth has risen to its strongest level firm. Assuming there is no interest rate hike in 2019, face of a global slowdown and was attributed to in more than a decade. we expect the Bank of England to raise interest rates stockpiling ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Business investment, which the report referred to as twice in 2020 as it looks to gradually normalise Union, though the effects of that were now expected to the economy’s “weakest link” in 2018, was seen monetary policy and as the economy is likely to be CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co Chief Executive tail-off due to the newly extended exit timetable. remaining under pressure even in the event of Britain firmer,” said the report. EY Item Club also trimmed its Dennis Muilenburg sought to bolster shareholder GDP forecast for 2020, from 1.7% to 1.5%. confidence in the company on Monday in his first general meeting since two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX triggered the jet’s grounding, lawsuits and FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT PERMIT NO : 1398.624 India’s Q3 Economic Growth investigations. NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN Battling the biggest crisis of his tenure, Muilenburg Momentum to Decline Over Elections said the company was making steady progress NEW DELHI (Dispatches) - The decline in economic toward getting approval for new software as TENDER NO.: 08-21-9740010 growth momentum in October-December quarter of questions linger over the safety of its fastest-selling FY19 is likely to continue, largely owing to election airplane. NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY ( NISOC) INTENDS TO PURCHASE THE FOLLOWING GOODS: related uncertainty, says a report. Family and friends of 24-year-old American According to Dun and Bradstreet’s (D&B) latest Samya Stumo, one of the 157 killed in the crash of ITEMS MATERIAL DESCRIPTION QUANTITY Economy Forecast, subdued consumption demand and an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX on March 10, held

CASING, API GRADE L-80 , SEAMLESS “VAM” FJL “THREAD,RANGE 3(MAX LEN: 40.5FT) AS PER API 5CT/ISO11960 election related uncertainty is expected to weigh on a silent protest outside the meeting site in a cold and 01 MARKING : COLD DIE STAMPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH API 5CT SIZE (OD) , WEIGHT (PPF) , AS SPECIFIED NOTE : LEVEL OF 6000LE India’s industrial production. D&B expects Index of rainy Chicago. INSPECTION : 1(L,O,I:1) “ QCP/MPS DOCUMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO REVIEW & CONFIRM “ ITP DOCUMENTS IS ESSENTIAL FOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION REF , PT CITRA OR APPROVED EQUIVALENT 5 IN.18PPF , VFJL Industrial Production (IIP) to be moderated by That plane plunged to the ground shortly after 1.0-1.5 per cent during March 2019. takeoff from Addis Ababa, five months after a CASING, API GRADE P-110 , SEAMLESS “VAM” FLUSH JOINT “THREAD,RANGE 3(MAX LEN: 40.5FT) AS PER API 5CT/ similar Lion Air nosedive in Indonesia that killed all 02 ISO11960 , PSL I:2 SIZE(OD) , WEIGHT (PPF) . AS SPECIFIED MARKING : COLD DIE STAMPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH API 5CT 2000LE “There are concerns that the dip in the growth SIZE (OD) , WEIGHT (PPF) , AS SPECIFIED NOTE : LEVEL OF INSPECTION : 1(L,O,I:1) “ QCP/MPS DOCUMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL momentum in Q3 FY19 is likely to continue given the 189 passengers and crew. TO REVIEW & CONFIRM “ ITP DOCUMENTS IS ESSENTIAL FOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION 5 IN.18PPF , VAM FLUSH JOINT headwinds in the global economy and the various Muilenburg is Boeing’s chairman and president in Participate ” letter via fax to the following number along with their resume according to qualitative assessment Form no. 2, available at www.nisoc.ir domestic issues,” said Arun Singh, Lead Economist addition to CEO, and faced calls to strip him of one not later than 14 days after the second announcement, otherwise, their requests for Participation in the tender will be disregarded.The applicants should Dun & Bradstreet India. Singh further said that lower of those titles at Monday’s meeting, but a motion to have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide and submit a bid bond of 163,312 EURO or 7,824,612,302 RIAl in inflation is one of the indications for subdued demand. split the chairman and CEO roles did not pass. favor of NISOC. Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Forms can be accessed vie: Currently, the election related uncertainty is expected Daniel Johnson, an engineer and a Boeing www.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab to weigh on the economic activity. shareholder on and off since 1984, said Boeing NO ADVANCE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID “Uplifting the domestic demand and resolving the “really stubbed their toe” by allowing the MCAS FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT issues in the strategic sectors like aviation, power anti-stall system to rely on only one sensor. Bldg, No. 104, Material Procurement Management Complex kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site) , Ahwaz, Iran and banking and non-banking financial companies “The question is: Will they need to rebrand? Tel / NO.: +98-61-34123455 Fax No.: +98-61-34457437 becomes imperative as risks from slowing global We don’t know how much the general public economic activity and trade can be difficult to actually knows what a 737 MAX is,” Johnson said Public Relations: WWW.NISOC.IR WWW.SHANA.IR http://IETS.MPORG.IR circumvent,” Singh said. outside the meeting. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN - The registration of candidates for the parliamentary elections in Iran will be held in November 1-7, the spokesperson of Iran’s Interior Ministry Salman Samani said. However, there are certain terms regarding the candidates, Samani said. “Being a practicing Muslim, believing in the structure of the Islamic Republic and proving it in deeds, being a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran, staying faithful to the Iranian constitution and Registration for Parliamentary Elections to Begin in November Velayat-e faqih [religious leader of Iran], Master’s degree, not having bad reputation in society, having no hearing, speaking or sight problems, being not younger than 30 or 75 years old are among the terms,” he said.

Iran to Keep... Spain Faces Weeks of Coalition Horse-Trading After Socialist Win FROM PAGE 1 “This is one of the steps in countering the United States,” he said. Rouhani said the Americans will come to realize in MADRID (Dispatches) - Spain faces weeks of coalition talks after Prime Minister the coming months that Iran will continue to export Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists scored big but failed to gain a majority in a snap election its oil. He said if Washington “closes one door to us,” that split the right-wing bloc and let ultra nationalists into parliament. Iran will export its petroleum through other channels. Time, though, is on their side. “America’s decision to block and cut Iran’s oil With the country set to return to the polls on May 26 for regional, local and exports to zero is wrong and we will not let this European Parliament elections, and Spain’s three rightist parties unable to form a decision become operational,” Rouhani said during a coalition even if they wanted to, Sanchez will go slowly, and a government is ceremony commemorating Workers’ Week in Tehran unlikely before June. “We must wait and see what will happen in the municipal on Tuesday. elections... in many regions and of course in the European Parliament,” Socialist “In future months, Americans will see that we will party president Cristina Narbona told Spanish radio. continue our oil exports,” he said. “There is no hurry... we are still campaigning,” she added. Financial markets were The Iranian chief executive noted that while the however concerned about a new period of instability in Spain, and the country’s U.S. is busy blocking one path for exports, Iran will benchmark share index was the worst performer among leading European indices. still have multiple other methods at its disposal for The Socialists came first in Sunday’s snap poll, winning 123 seats out of 350, or crude oil sales, of which the Americans are unaware. close to 29 percent of the vote -- short of an absolute majority but an improvement “The first goal of Americans in (imposing) cruel on the 85 seats they secured in the last election in 2016. sanctions against Iran is to cut the country’s foreign Their nearest rivals, the main opposition conservative Popular Party (PP), bagged exchange revenue,” said Rouhani, adding, “God just 66 seats compared to 137 in 2016, its worst showing in over two decades. willing, we will bring America to its knees.” Conservative votes were split among two other parties, the centre-right Ciudadanos The Iranian president described resilience and and ultra-nationalist Vox, which won just over 10 percent of the vote in a country resistance against Washington as the main duty of the that has had no far-right party to speak of since the death of dictator Francisco government and nation. Franco in 1975. The three rightist parties together have 147 seats, far from the 176- But the separatists have proven unreliable allies. Sanchez was forced to call the seat majority needed to govern. election after they joined the PP and Ciudadanos in opposing his 2019 budget. The election was much commented in Europe, where the rise of far-right and/or His reliance on separatists also earned him accusations from right-wing parties of Iran Calls on UNSC... populist movements has caused concern. being a “traitor,” for trying to engage with them to try to ease tensions over “The predominance of progressive forces in Spain and the collapse of the right- Catalonia’s failed secession bid in 2017. FROM PAGE 1 wing PP is a message of hope,” Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tweeted. A message that fell flat as Spaniards flocked to vote, with turnout close to 76 The UN ambassador said that the Security Council “Let’s not rush into predicting the dominance of the right in Europe.” percent, around 10 percentage points higher than in 2016. has an explicit legal obligation to counter Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Mateo Salvini thought otherwise, noting Vox had “The Spaniards wanted to vote and they did so massively,” wrote veteran journalist aggression and occupation and must therefore take gone from “0 to 24 seats,” and congratulating its leader Santiago Abascal, as did Lucia Mendez in the conservative daily El Mundo. the necessary steps to force the occupying Power French far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Sanchez, who has never been elected before, “They didn’t buy the story that presented Pedro Sanchez as a traitor capable of to end the occupation. coming to power in June after ousting PP prime minister Mariano Rajoy in a selling Spain to the separatists.” However, the consideration of this issue by the no-confidence vote, has several options to govern. Sanchez could also try to cosy up to the centre-right Ciudadanos, which won 57 Council over the course of the past seven He could try to rule on his own as he did during the 10 months that he was in power seats. Together, they would form an absolute majority but voters from both parties decades has resulted in the adoption of some with the backing of far-left Podemos and smaller regional groupings. would likely frown on such a move. resolutions with no actual effect on the fate of “We will try,” Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo promised on Monday. “With Rivera no!” Socialist supporters chanted outside the party’s headquarters on Palestinians, he added. The Socialists could even try to forego the support of Catalan separatists, now that it has Sunday night as a beaming Sanchez delivered his victory speech. The feeling is Interestingly enough, he said, relying on the more seats than before. All Sanchez would need is for Catalan separatist lawmakers to mutual in Ciudadanos, whose leader Albert Rivera built his campaign on disparaging absolute support of a permanent member of the abstain in the second round of an investiture vote when only a simple majority is needed. Sanchez, criticizing his attempts to negotiate with Catalan separatists. Council, Israel has implemented none of those Sanchez could also try to form a coalition with Podemos and the more Senior Ciudadanos leader Ines Arrimadas told Spanish radio on Monday her party resolutions. Additionally, whenever the Council moderate of Catalonia’s two separatist parties, ERC, which together would could not ally with Sanchez, calling him a “public danger, someone capable of has opted to adopt any resolution to force Israel to provide a majority in parliament. anything” to stay in power. implement them, the United States has vetoed all such proposals. As a result, Takht-e Ravanchi said, the Zionist regime UN Biodiversity Conference to Lay Study Says Russia Holding 236 Political Prisoners has been emboldened to continue, with total impunity, its expansionist policies and illegitimate practices. Groundwork for Nature Rescue Plan MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia is holding 236 political prisoners, a significant increase over the past few years as President Under the current United States Administration, Vladimir Putin goes on the offensive against perceived threats, a study backed by human rights advocates said Monday. the situation has changed drastically as the The number compares with 46 political prisoners on a February 2015 list by Memorial, the veteran Russian civil United States itself has also embarked on society movement that supported the latest study. violating directly the relevant binding resolutions The report, led by Perseus Strategies, a Washington-based law firm focused on human rights, listed 236 people of the Council, he said. it identified as political prisoners, although it said the number was likely “much higher” when including cases that “This Council has been both inactive and ineffective could not be rigorously researched. because of the unreserved support of the US for Israel,” Takht-e Ravanchi said. “Indeed, the continuation of this situation would further erode the LG... credibility of the Council and deteriorate its already FROM PAGE 1 trust and confidence deficit,” he added. NEW YORK (Dispatches) - Diplomats from 130 Samsung is officially represented in Iran and runs after-sales service centers in major cities. It opened its latest Iran Calls on UNSC... nations gathered in Paris on Monday to validate a flagship store northern Tehran in November. According to Iran’s largest app market Caf Bazaar, almost 18 million grim UN assessment of the state of Nature and lay the Iranians had Samsung phones as of February 2018. FROM PAGE 1 groundwork for a rescue plan for life on Earth. Alireza Tavassoli, a senior manager for Samsung smartphones, said the company had invested in the Iranian market The destruction of Nature threatens humanity “at and U.S. sanctions would only undermine the South Korean behemoths plans in Iran over the long term. “No responsible Chinese company with any least as much as human-induced climate change,” UN Samsung does not subject its sales, distribution, and sales policies to instantaneous changes in the market, he was international exposure will have anything to do biodiversity chief Robert Watson said as the five-day quoted as saying. Both Samsung and LG stayed their ground in Iran when the country was slapped with intensified with Iran oil unless they are specifically told by meeting began. “We have a closing window of Western sanctions in 2011.Samsung, however, ran into a storm in Iran in February 2018 when the companys the Chinese government to do so,” said Tilak opportunity to act and narrowing options.” smartphones were denied to Iranian athletes at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea. Doshi of oil and gas consultancy Muse, Stancil A 44-page draft “Summary for Policy Makers” & Co in Singapore. obtained by AFP catalogues the 1001 ways in which Iran previously stored oil in 2014 at Dalian during our species has plundered the planet and damaged its the last round of sanctions that was later sold to capacity to renew the resources upon which we buyers in South Korea and India. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT depend, starting with breathable air, drinkable water PERMIT NO : 1398.626 China last week formally complained to the United and productive soil. The impact of humanity’s NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN States over the unilateral Iran sanctions, but U.S. expanding footprint and appetites has been devastating. officials have said Washington is not considering a Up to a million species face extinction, many within further short-term waiver or a wind-down period. decades, according to the report, and three-quarters of TENDER NO.: 08-21-9240036 The 20 million barrels is equal to about a Earth’s land surface has been “severely altered”. month’s worth of China’s imports from Iran over A third of ocean fish stocks are in decline, and the NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY ( NISOC) the past six months, or about two days of the rest, barring a few, are harvested at the very edge of INTENDS TO PURCHASE THE FOLLOWING GOODS: country’s total imports. sustainability. A dramatic die-off of pollinating Iran says it will continue to export oil in defiance of insects, especially bees, threatens essential crops ITEMS MATERIAL DESCRIPTION QUANTITY U.S. sanctions. valued at half-a-trillion dollars annually. CASING, API GRADE I-80 , SEAMLESS “VAM” “N.VAM “OR” SEC” A senior official with the National Iranian Tanker Twenty 10-year targets adopted in 2010 under the United 01 THREAD , RANGE 3 (MAX LEN:40.5FT) AS PER API 5CT/ISO11960 SIZE (OD) , WEIGHT (PPF) , AS 1600LE Company (NITC), who spoke on condition of anonymity, Nations’ biodiversity treaty -- to expand protected areas, SPECIFIED MARKING : COLD DIE STAMPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH API 5CT 7 IN. 35 PPF DRIFT : 5.875 IN. told Reuters: “We will continue to sell our oil.” slow species and forest loss, and reduce pollution -- will, Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their “Intention To Participate ” letter via fax to the “Iran is now desperate and will deal with anyone with one or two exceptions, fail badly. Based on an with steep discounts as long as they get paid underlying report that draws from 400 experts and weighs following number along with their resume according to qualitative assessment Form no. 2, available at www.nisoc.ir not later than 14 days after the second announcement, otherwise, their requests for Participation in the tender will be disregarded. somehow,” said Doshi. in at 1,800 pages, the executive summary has to be vetted Some Iranian oil sent to Dalian has moved, line-by-line by diplomats, with scientists at their elbow. The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide and submit a bid bond of 61,784 EURO or 3,047,000,000 RIAl in favor of NISOC. according to a ship tracking analyst at Refinitiv. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Dan, a supertanker owned by NITC moved 2 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Forms can be accessed vie: www.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab million barrels of oil from Dalian more than document, once approved, will be released on May 6. 1,000 km (620 miles) to the south to the Ningbo Historically, conservation biology has focused on the NO ADVANCE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID Shi Hua crude oil terminal in March, according plight of pandas, polar bears and a multitude of less FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT to Refinitiv data. Ningbo is home to Sinopec’s “charismatic” animals and plants that humanity is Bldg, No. 104, Material Procurement Management Complex kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site) , Ahwaz, Iran Zhenhai refinery, one of the country’s largest oil plants harvesting, eating, crowding or poisoning into oblivion. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 Berrettini Beats Krajinovic Barcelona Eye Making Sterling Wins Football To Win Hungarian Open Writers’ Award ANCHESTER (Reuters) UDAPEST (Reuters) - Italy’s Matteo Berrettini came History in Europe M- Manchester City Bback from a set down to beat Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic forward Raheem Sterling 4-6 6-3 6-1 to win the Hungarian Open in Budapest. was voted Footballer of Berrettini, who beat two seeded players en route to the Year in the annual vote the final, won his second career ATP Tour title and of members of the Football also his second on clay after winning his first at the Writers’ Association, Swiss Open last year. announced on Monday. Both players were involved in long baseline rallies City forward Sterling has during the game and it took some invention to win been a key member of the points with drop shots and winners from acute City team which is two wins angles being the order of the day. away from defending their Berrettini seemed to be in control at 4-3 in the Premier League title and has opening set but Krajinovic only needed to convert also been a prominent voice one break point to take advantage and eventually in the campaigns against racism in the game. clinch the set on serve. However, the Italian Nikita Parris won the FWA’s Women’s Footballer bounced back in the second and served much better of the Year award — like Sterling, the 25-year-old than his opponent to get back into the contest. plays for Manchester City and England. Krajinovic managed to save four break points but, The FWA said Sterling collected 62 percent of the as in the first set, only one break point conversion vote of more than 400 members of the organisation was needed to settle scores. which brings together journalists and others in the Berrettini then broke the Serbian in the very first football media. game of the final set and took a 2-0 lead. A shaken Sterling had 100 votes more than Liverpool’s Krajinovic did not recover and the 23-year-old Dutch defender Virgil Van Dijk, who on Sunday was Italian went on to convert three of four break points named the Professional Footballers’ Association to win the match. (PFA) Player of the Year. Berrettini, who is yet to lose in an ATP final, made ONDON (Dispatches) - It was ten years ago Alex In the Champions League, glory came again quickly in it two years in a row where an Italian has won the LFerguson dubbed them the best team he had ever 2011, United again the victims, but from 2012 to 2018, it event after Marco Cecchinato won it last year. faced but those left from Barcelona’s iconic generation followed only once more, after beating Juventus in 2015. still have work to do. When Barcelona outplayed United in 2009, they had Reus Banned for Two Three remain and when Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets already won La Liga, the first of eight league titles in Martic Wins and Gerard Pique line up against Liverpool on Wednesday, 11 years, the last of those confirmed by victory over they may wonder if this could be their best chance of Levante on Saturday, when Messi scored the winner. Matches, Wolf for Three another, and perhaps final, Champions League triumph. “Our objective now is the treble,” said president Josep ERLIN (Reuters) - Maiden WTA Title Pep Guardiola’s mesmeric side had just danced around Bartomeu. He knows domestic dominance has been BBorussia Dortmund’s STANBUL (Reuters) - Croatia’s Petra Martic and dizzied Manchester United in 2009, their 2-0 victory tarnished by underachievement in Europe and, fading Bundesliga title Ifought back from a set down to beat Marketa completing an historic treble, when Ferguson conceded: regardless of whether they win another double this term, hopes suffered another Vondrousova 1-6 6-4 6-1 to win her first WTA title “Nobody has given us a hiding like that.” this team’s season will be defined by them beating setback on Monday when at the Istanbul Cup. But not long after the final whistle at Wembley, Liverpool, and then either Tottenham or Ajax on June 1. captain Marco Reus was Martic, 28, took an hour and 49 minutes on centre Ferguson expressed doubts too, about the longevity of Messi, Busquets and Pique have played in 34 banned for two matches court to beat her 19-year-old Czech opponent who is that Barca group and then, whether they could ever be Champions League semi-finals matches between and Marius Wolf for three now yet to beat Martic in four attempts. replaced. “Great teams go in cycles and the cycle them and while the likelihood is there will be more to following their red cards Martic, ranked 40 in the world, won her first final they’re in at the moment is the best in Europe,” he come, nothing is guaranteed. If the next takes as long in Saturday’s 4-2 home on her third attempt while this was Vondrousova’s said. “How long it lasts and whether they can replace to arrive as this one, Messi will be almost 36. defeat by Schalke 04. second loss in a final this season after losing the that team...they have the philosophy but it’s difficult When Ernesto Valverde took charge at the start of Reus was sent off on the Hungarian Open final in February. to say if you can find players like Xavi, (Andres) last season, Barcelona were wounded by consecutive hour with a straight red card Vondrousova started the match with a bang, taking Iniesta and Messi all the time. Probably not.” Super Cup defeats to Real Madrid. “For the first time for a studs-up challenge on Suat Serdar and Wolf a 5-0 lead. But Martic managed to swing the game’s Xavi and Iniesta have gone, succeeded by the I feel inferior to them,” said Pique. followed five minutes later for a foul on the same player. momentum her way with a little help from the crowd. all-encompassing Ivan Rakitic and, more recently, Arthur Now they sit 18 points ahead of them in the league, Wolf’s ban means his season is over as Dortmund have “You guys kept cheering me on when I thought Melo, who could mature into the kind of player his having finished 17 clear of them last season. But three matches to play while Reus will only be available I had no chance for me to win,” a grateful Martic predecessors would admire. Messi, who turns 32 in June, inferiority in Europe still rankles. It is Madrid’s name for their final match at Borussia Moenchengladbach. said. “You kept believing in me and helped me get Busquets, who will be 31 in July, and Pique, already 32, have on the cup next to four of the last five years. Reus has scored 16 goals and provided eight assists this through this match today.” hung on, driving the club through fresh cycles of success. And for the remnants of one of Barcelona’s most season, making his absence a significant blow. Vondrousova had the chance to level the second But in some ways perhaps, Ferguson was right. They symbolic eras, time is running out to put it right. Dortmund coach Lucien Favre gave up the title set at 5-5 and almost broke Martic at 0-40 in the could never sustain the Guardiola method in full, in There are green shoots emerging, a new cycle - Arthur, challenge after the defeat although his side are only 10th game. But the Croatian saved all three break part because pressing began to neutralize possession Ousmane Dembele, Clement Lenglet and Carles two points behind Bayern Munich after they drew points and forced the match into the deciding set. but mainly because that group of players was unique. Alena - coming through. 1-1 at Nuremberg on Sunday. Bangladesh Captain Urges Fans to Bale “100 Percent” Ease World Cup Hype Committed to Real HAKA (Dispatches) - Bangladesh skipper ADRID (AFP) - areth Bale is still “100 per cent” DMashrafe Mortaza on Monday called on the Mcommitted to Real Madrid despite speculation over country’s fans to douse their expectations for the World his future, the Wales star’s agent insisted on Monday. Cup and avoid putting unwanted pressure on the team. Former Tottenham winger Bale has been linked with After Bangladesh’s appearance at the Champions a return to the Premier League after a difficult season Trophy semi-finals two years ago and the Asia Cup with the troubled Spanish club. final last year, national hopes of a winning streak at the The 29-year-old has had to endure claims that he World Cup have skyrocketed. doesn’t have a strong relationship with his team-mates, But the 35-year-old captain called for calm ahead of while Real have suffered a woeful campaign on the pitch. the team’s departure for a warm-up tournament in Bale played the full 90 minutes when Real suffered a Ireland, before the World Cup starts on May 30 in England and Wales. shock 1-0 defeat against lowly Rayo Vallecano on “You are saying this is our best ever team, but that’s not important,” said Mashrafe. Sunday, but Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane later questioned whether he was fully focused. “We went to the Asia Cup with the same team but could not win it. We played in the Champions Trophy Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett has responded to Zidane’s comments by telling BBC Sport Wales: semi-final, we had the same team. So there is no need to create hype,” he pleaded. “Gareth is 100 per cent committed to Real Madrid.” “The best team does not always win,” added Mashrafe, who said the players do not need the “extra pressure on us” and Referring to his past assertion that Bale wanted to spend the rest of his career with Madrid, Barnett added: that he preferred to believe in “luck”. Mashrafe said there should be no public pressure to win or even reach the semi-finals. “Nothing has changed.” “If you ask the ex-players and analysts they will tell you we are not among the favourites. If we can do something, Frustrated at a lack of starting opportunities for Real towards the end of last season, Bale had actually hinted he people’s attitude towards us will change.” Bangladesh won 13 one-day internationals last year. Among the might consider leaving when he spoke to the media immediately after scoring twice in last year’s Champions World Cup countries, only India and England did better. League final win against Liverpool. Bale’s Madrid contract runs until 2022, but the return of Zidane, with whom Bangladesh open their World Cup campaign against South Africa at the Oval, London, on June 2. he reportedly has a difficult relationship, has revived talk of a potential move.