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16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13220 Tuesday OCTOBER 2, 2018 Mehr 10, 1397 Muharram 22, 1440 Three satellites Crude oil to be Tough task ahead of exhibit explores docs, ready for launch offered at stock to win AFC Asian photos on Iran-Australia 2 market as of Sat. 4 Cup: Carlos Queiroz 15 diplomatic relations 16 Vengeance for Ahvaz Leader highlights terror attack POLITICS TEHRAN — At the of Daesh on the eastern banks of the Eu- deskdead of the night the phrates north of Albu Kamal in eastern IRGC rained surface-to surface ballis- . The district is one of last remaining tic missiles on the positions of Daesh positions of Daesh. in eastern Syria which along with the The missiles travelled a distance of political aspects al-Ahwazia terror group took respon- 570km (354 miles). sibility for the September 22 terrorist A Syrian opposition group confirmed it attack in Ahvaz. had received reports of violent explosions The missiles were fired at 02:00 on Mon- at dawn in a pocket of territory controlled day (22:30 GMT on Sunday). They were by Daesh, BBC reported. The group said it launched from Kermanshah, western Iran. believed missiles had hit the headquarters of Hajj The missiles targeted the masterminds of Daesh in the Hajin area. 2 Iran doesn’t have plans for reducing oil output ECONOMY TEHRAN — National all its revenues and oil incomes have even deskIranian Oil Company increased compared to last year, Tasnim (NIOC) doesn’t have any plan for reducing news agency reported. oil output and will continue production After withdrawal from the nuclear deal at its full capacity, NIOC’s Managing and reimposing sanctions on Iran, the Director Ali Kardor said on Sunday. United States has been trying to cut Iran’s The official noted that NIOC is accessing oil production and exports to zero. 4 Daesh would have reached Europe without Iran: senior MP POLITICS TEHRAN — Majlis parliamentary committee. deskNational Security and The senior lawmaker said, “The Irani- Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Hes- ans have made sacrifices and hundreds of hmatollah Falahatpisheh said on Monday Iranians have been martyred to prevent that Daesh would have reached the gates spread of terrorism.” See page 2 of Europe if it had not been for Iran’s fight He added, “We are cooperating with against the group in and Syria. Europe in areas such as campaign against Falahatpisheh made the remarks as drug smuggling and human trafficking,

khamenei.ir ambassadors from 27 European countries so I believe we should strengthen ties in had a meeting with the MPs sitting on the the current situation.” 2 REPORT Ambassador: working closely with Iran, EU to help preserve JCPOA ARTICLE Ramin Hossein Abadian sectors in the face of US sanctions. transactions between the two countries so far? Syed Zafar Mehdi Mehr News Agency EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Journalist By Marjohn Sheikhi Voicing regret over the US withdrawal from A: I’m very glad to say that the trade between Journalist the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, he maintained that Norway and Iran is still increasing. It is a bit from New Delhi TEHRAN — The Norwegian Ambassador to Norway has the same policy as the EU when it early to tell what the effects of the re-imposition Tehran, Lars Nordrum, says Oslo is fully com- comes to the JCPOA, saying that his country is of US sanctions will be, as some of them have Yemen’s resistance mitted to the JCPOA and will support promised working closely with Iran and the EU to help yet to take effect. It will be easier to determine India-Pakistan financial mechanism by the European Union preserve the nuclear agreement. the future developments of trade in the months achievements to continue trade with Iran in the face of US The ambassador further stressed that despite after November 4th. But so far the trade between verbal bang-bang sanctions. the challenges facing trade cooperation these the two countries is on the increase. hurting Saudis Mehr News correspondent Marjohn Sheikhi days, he was confident that economic relations Do you think the sanctions would hit the at UN sat down for an exclusive interview with Ambas- between Tehran and Oslo would flourish in the two countries’ trade cooperation hard? he Yemeni army and popular com- sador Nordrum at Mehr News office on Sunday. long run. A: The effect of the end results is very hard to ince the formation of new government mittees continue to fight against the Nordrum talked about the participation of Below is the full text of the interview: predict at this stage. But, we are doing everything in Islamabad, a series of overtures TSaudi led-coalition and their mer- Norwegian companies in Iran’s renewable projects, What is the standing of economic relations we can and trying to come up with countermeas- Sbetween New Delhi and Islamabad cenaries on various fronts, after passage oil and gas sector, as well as nuclear projects, between Iran and Norway? And how has the ures, to protect our business interests. I think in had rekindled hopes of peace and rec- of more than three and a half years of the voicing confidence that his country would be impending re-imposition of US economic sanc- Spring, after a few months after November 4th, onciliation. But, much to the chagrin of Yemen war. able to keep the companies in Iran in important tions against Tehran changed the level of trade it’ll be easier to determine the full effect. 7 peaceniks, it proved hogwash. The battle Observers of the Yemen War believe lines are drawn again. The war of words that the successes of the Yemeni army has resumed. Accusations and counter-ac- and popular committees in dealing with “Putin’s India visit will test Modi’s idea of ‘strategic autonomy’ for India” cusations are flying thick and fast. The Saudis and allies, who are armed to the gains made in recent weeks have been senior journalist and commentator. He is the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented teeth, are nightmares for the Saudi and By Syed Zafar Mehdi squandered. author of ‘The Great Game in Afghanistan: Ra- in his speech at the Shangri La Dialogue earlier allies have made them ill at ease. TEHRAN — Russian President Vladmir Putin Everything was going as per the script jiv Gandhi, General Zia and the Unending War’ this year. Particularly in the last few days and will be visiting India next week (October 4-5) until India made a surprise announcement and ‘A Baloch Militant in Delhi’. In an interview He had mentioned that India wants to in- weeks, Saudis’ strategic locations on var- to attend the 19th India- summit with last week. It canceled the foreign min- to Tehran Times, he talks about Russian Pres- tensify partnership with countries of interest ious fronts have been hit by the ballistic focus on advancing bilateral ties between the ister-level talks with Pakistan that were ident Vladmir Putin’s upcoming visit to India while maintaining strategic autonomy for it- missile and the long-range resistance of two countries. New Delhi is hoping to build on scheduled to take place on the sidelines and prospects of India-Russia ties in the face self. Strategic autonomy is the old Nehruvian Yemen. the momentum of the successful summit held of the UNGA Summit in New York. of U.S. sanctions. non-alignment policy made for India’s current For instance, the Yemeni army and in Sochi in May this year and follow up on the India’s foreign ministry cited the Following are the excerpts: set of diplomatic choices. popular committees ambitious defence deals. “brutal killings of our security personnel But in the present global scenario it remains The Yemeni army and popular com- However, India will need exemptions from the Russian President Vladmir Putin will be by Pakistan-based entities” and added to be seen if other partners would appreciate this mittees have recently targeted Al- Majaz Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions visiting India next week to attend the 19th In- that the release of a series of 20 postage Indian requirement. During the visit, India will region, in the city of Asir in Saudi Ara- Act (CAATSA) passed last year by the U.S. Congress dia-Russia summit, as a follow up to the hugely stamps depicting a young Kashmiri rebel have to display that it can continue to draw the bia. According to the Yemeni media, a to buy the S-400 Triumf missile defense system successful Sochi summit earlier this year. How commander killed by Indian troops in same traditional benefits from Moscow, with- number of the Saudi aggressors were as well as frigates and helicopters from Russia. significant is the upcoming summit from India’s July 2016 was “glorifying a terrorist and out jeopardizing the fledgling ties with the US killed and others were wounded following Under CAATSA, U.S. has imposed sanctions on perspective? terrorism.” where a few landmark decisions were taken in a ballistic missile strike. The Yemeni some Russian companies and customers. A: President Putin’s visit will be the biggest The announcement was followed by the recent past. forces also managed to take control of Kallol Bhattacherjee is a New Delhi-based test for the concept of “strategic autonomy” that 6 vitriolic and bellicose statements, in which Jabal Qa’ishan in an operation in Al- India claimed that Pakistan’s Prime Min- Jouf Province. ister Imran Khan had “shown his true Around 5 days ago, Yemeni sources colors” and Khan shot back saying that announced the launch of long-range India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi ballistic missiles, Badr 1 type, to Jizan was a “small man holding a big office”. Regional Airport in , which IPAS 2018 This week, the two South Asian estranged brought heavy damages to the airport neighbors took their horrid war of words to and killed or severely injured many the UN General Assembly. Addressing the aggressors. expo kicks session on Saturday, India’s foreign minis- The widespread Yemeni attacks are ter Sushma Swaraj lashed out at Pakistan not limited to ground-based operations for its “verbal duplicity” and “expertise in but includes air strikes by drones aircrafts off in Tehran spawning grounds for terrorism”. as well. “Pakistan’s commitment to terrorism The 17th International Police, Safety, and For example, last week Yemeni Re- as an instrument of official policy has not Security Equipment Exhibition (IPAS 2018), sistance Forces successfully targeted the abated one bit. Neither has its belief in opened in Tehran on Monday. headquarters of the Saudi- led allies in the hypocrisy. The killers of 9/11 met their With the theme of “security and safe- west bank area with drones type Qassed fate, but the mastermind of 26/11 Hafiz ty support domestic production”, the 1 which has high power and accuracy of Saeed still roams the streets of Pakistan event will run until October 4 at Imam 90 percent. with impunity,” Swaraj said, without Khomeini Mosalla with companies from The Yemeni forces have already hit mincing words. 20 countries in attendance, showcasing Saudis’ strategic locations on various She said India has been accused of

Mohammad Moheimani Mohammad their products. fronts by their own-made ballistic mis- sabotaging the process of talks, but it is Increasing the quality and upgrading siles. a “complete lie”. “We believe that talks are police equipment in order to reduce ac- The House of Saud knows well the only rational means to resolve the most cidents and minimize the loss they incur that continuation of the Yemen war complex of disputes. Talks with Pakistan and supporting inventors active in field of is harmful to them so they are doing have begun many times. If they stopped, it designing and devising police equipment their utmost to safeguard their strategic Times/ Tehran was only because of Pakistan’s behavior,” are of the objectives of the exhibition. locations. 7 she asserted. 6 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS OCTOBER 2, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Rouhani: Daesh would have reached Iran- co-op can serve Europe without Iran: senior MP world peace POLITICS TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani Austrian ambassador says Iranians entitled to benefit from nuclear deal desk said on Monday that Iran and Germany 1 The principlist lawmaker representing the landmark pact and to impose unilateral play effective roles in their respective regions and have great Kurdish population from Kermanshah prov- sanctions against the Islamic Republic. potential for cooperate in order find peaceful resolutions ince also called for efforts to reduce differences U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew for global challenges. between Iran and the European Union and Washington from the nuclear deal on May 8 In a message to his German counterpart Frank-Walter work on common interests. and reimposed sanctions against Iran, the Steinmeier, Rouhani congratulated the Day of German Unity, Calling the current situation in the region first batch of which was snapped back on the national day of the European country that is celebrated “critical”, he said, “Iran and the European August 6, and the second will be reimposed on October 3 as a public holiday, Tasnim reported. Union’s members are in a situation in which on November 4. The historic and friendly relations between the two sides their approach towards international devel- Pointing to the recent meeting of the re- provide the grounds for growing bilateral cooperation on opments affects international relations.” maining JCPOA signatories’ foreign ministers regional and international issues, the president stated. Iranians entitled to benefit from in New York, Scholz said the participants nuclear deal reaffirmed their full commitment to the ‘Netanyahu Addressing the same meeting, Austrian nuclear deal and stated that as long as Iran Ambassador to Tehran Stefan Scholz, whose fulfills its obligations, they will adhere to really made country holds the rotating presidency of the the accord. EU, said Iranians are entitled to benefit from He said Iran and the EU are cooperating himself an object the 2015 nuclear agreement, in the economic based on the policy which has been highlighted sphere in particular. in the joint statement of April 2016. of ridicule’ Scholz stated that removing sanctions He added that Iran’s cooperation under POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Salehi, director of is the main component of the nuclear deal, the EU horizon 2020 program, research ac- deskthe Atomic Energy Organization of Iran officially known as the Joint Comprehensive tivities, Iran’s student exchange programs, (IAEO), has mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net- Plan of Action (JCPOA), IRNA reported. Austrian Ambassador Stefan Scholz addressing a meeting of European ambassadors training judicial officials from Iran, Afghan- anyahu for claiming existence of a secret atomic warehouse He said the European Union deeply re- to Tehran with Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Monday, istan, Pakistan and in Vienna are on near Tehran. grets Washington’s decision to pull out of October 1, 2018 the agenda. In an interview with the Etemaad newspaper published on Monday, Salehi said, “Mr. Netanyahu really made him- self an object of ridicule. It was obvious that he was lying.” Leader highlights political aspects of Hajj He added that despite Netanyahu’s claims, the Inter- national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has certified Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei pushes for ‘brotherly coexistence of Islamic sects’ compliance with the nuclear agreement for the 12th time, showing the peaceful nature of Tehran’s nuclear program. POLITICS TEHRAN — The Leader of the Islamic the countries that have inherited nothing of the tenets of Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei criti- deskrevolution in a Monday meeting with Hajj Islam and the Islamic revolution,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cized the Saudi rulers for destroying historical relics as- officials highlighted the political aspects of the Muslim pil- emphasized. sociated with Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Ali ibn abi grimage, stressing that “Islamic truths and objectives” should Laying grounds for stronger relations with other Talib (S), and other early Islamic figures, urging the Hajj ‘Critics should be emphasized during the annual ritual. Islamic countries and “brotherly coexistence of Islamic and Pilgrimage Organization to cooperate efforts with propose “The Abrahamic Hajj, that is, the post-Islamic Revolu- sects” were among the major topics mentioned by the other Islamic countries to prevent the House of Saud’s practical tion Hajj, is different from the Hajj before, and the Hajj of Leader. destructive operations. solutions’ Vengeance for Ahvaz terror attack POLITICS TEHRAN — Former presidential can- deskdidate Mostafa Hashemi Taba urged the IRGC fires ballistic missiles on Daesh positions in Syria in retaliation for Ahvaz terror victims outspoken critics of the Rouhani administration to propose 1 It is estimated that there were a hard revenge against the terrorists who practical solutions to problems instead of repeatedly criti- between 1,500 and 2,000 militants in were supported by the U.S. and certain cizing the government. the area. Arab countries in the region. “Those who say the administration or the president should Col. Sean Ryan, the spokesperson for Iran has accused Saudi Arabia and the step down must say how the country’s problems can be re- the U.S. forces in Syria, confirmed the strike of training and fund- solved,” Hashemi Taba said in an interview with the Arman but said no U.S. forces “were in danger”. ing the al-Ahwazia group. newspaper published on Monday. “Security of the Iranian people is the General Hajizadeh said Iran will contin- On calls for Rouhani’s “heroic resignation”, he said, “Being Armed Forces’ redline and the Guards ue fight against terrorism by the time the a hero means standing up and working hard. Also, a hero spares no efforts in maintaining peace phenomenon is annihilated completely. would not step down even if he/she fails.” and security,” the IRGC said in a statement. Mahmoud Mirlohi, a pro-reform polit- “Our iron fist is prepared to deliver a ical activist and a member of the Tehran decisive and crushing response to any wick- City Council, called the missile attack Three edness and mischief of the enemies,” the “essential” and “valuable”. He said that statement added. fighting terrorists should be continued homegrown Drones also bombarded Daesh positions powerfully. satellites ready after the strike, according to the IRGC. Mohammad Atrianfar, a pro-reform It was the first drone attacks outside political activist, also praised the missile for launch Iran by the IRGC. attack as a deterrent action which will bring “valuable results”. POLITICS “According to the received information TEHRAN — Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the deskDirector Morteza Barari said on Monday and precise reports, a number of heads and influential elements of the terrorists were deputy army chief for coordination affairs, that production of domestically-made satellites Payam, Dousti, said, “The enemies should be aware that and Nahid-1 are completed and the three satellites are ready killed or injured in the operation and also their ammunition depot was destroyed,” attackers. Daesh also took responsibility that a number of Daesh commanders were all the Iranian people are determined in to be launched into space. for the shooting and published a video killed in the strike, adding the terrorists defending their country and respond to At a press conference, Barari expressed the hope that the the statement said. On September 22, four gunmen attacked showing three of the gunmen being driven had suffered “heavy damage”. He did not any threat.” satellites will be placed into earth’s orbit by the end of the to the military parade in a car. provide further details. It is the second time that Iran is targeting current Iranian year (March 20), IRNA reported. a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province, A number of Daesh command- Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Daesh positions inside Syria. In June 2017, Dousti and Nahid-1 will be placed into the orbit at 500 ers killed IRGC Aerospace Force, said, “The terrorists the IRGC fired missiles at Daesh after the kilometers above the earth’s surface while Payam will be killing 24 people and wounding 69 others. A four-year-old child was among the killed. On Monday afternoon, Mohammad used bullets in the Ahvaz attack but we group carried out an attack on the Majlis placed into the orbit at 500 kilometers above the earth’s Hossein Baqeri, the chief of the General responded them by missiles.” (parliament) in Tehran and the shrine of surface, he added. The separatist al-Ahwazia group issued a report giving details about one of the Staff of Armed Forces of Iran, announced Hajizadeh added that the operation was Imam Khomeini. Fateh Tehran dismisses as ‘worthless’ claims Zarif blasts Trump officials over submarine to of interference in UAE, consulate closure be delivered to Navy soon POLITICS TEHRAN — Navy Commander Rear Ad- deskmiral Hossein Khanzadi said on Monday that the Fateh submarine will join the Navy’s fleet on No- vember 28, noting Fateh will be a “surprise” for the enemies of the Islamic Republic. “After the Fateh submarine, we are building the Fateh 2 and Fateh 3 submarines, and God willing, working on a heavier submarine is on our agenda,” Defa Press quoted Khanzadi as saying. He also hailed Iran’s self-sufficiency in producing mil- itary products, saying before the Islamic Revolution, Iran was dependent on military equipment bought from Western countries, particularly the U.S.

Iran says POLITICS TEHRAN — Claims gime’s creation of rifts,” Qassemi noted, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad day it will effectively close the consulate missile attack deskthat Iran interferes the Foreign Ministry’s website reported. Javad Zarif on Sunday denied that his following increasing threats from Iran and won’t impede in the internal affairs of the UAE and The Iranian Foreign Ministry official country was responsible for increased Iran-backed militia. Bahrain are “baseless”, “worthless”, and went on to say that the UAE and Bahrain threats against a U.S. consulate in the Pompeo, as he explained the move, re- Astana talks “illusory”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry are destroying their own “legitimacy” Iraqi city of Basra. newed a warning that the United States said late on Sunday. through such remarks. “We of course have influence in Iraq would hold Iran directly responsible for POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry desk In speeches at the UN General Assembly He further said the wrong approach will but that does not mean we control peo- any attacks on Americans and U.S. dip- spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Mon- on Sunday, the foreign ministers of the UAE make it more difficult for Muslim countries ple in Iraq, as the United States doesn’t lomatic facilities. day that Iran’s missile attacks on IS terrorists in Syria will and Bahrain alleged that Iran interferes in the region to build mutual trust. control people in countries with whom it “I have made clear that Iran should not cause any impediment to the process of the Astana talks. in their countries’ affairs. The spokesman advised the UAE and has good relations,” Zarif said on CNN’s understand that the United States will Contacts and consultations among Iran, Russia and Turkey Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Bahraini authorities to stop “blindly” fol- “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” respond promptly and appropriately within the framework of the Astana talks will continue, he Qassemi said Iran has always followed the lowing “dictated policies” that are against Zarif added that recent warnings issued to any such attacks,” Pompeo said in a said in a press conference. policy of respect for neighbors. the interests of the regional countries and to the Iranian government by U.S. Secretary statement. Early Monday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Mutual respect and good neighborliness the Muslim world. of State Mike Pompeo and White House Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman launched missiles at IS positions in Syria in retaliation are among the main priorities of Iran’s “Instead of making baseless allegations national security adviser John Bolton were Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday that for the September 22 terror attack in the southwestern foreign policy, Qassemi added. against the Islamic Republic of Iran on a counterproductive. the consulate closure was “unjustified and Iranian city of Ahvaz. “The alignment of the foreign minis- daily basis, they had better think about “Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Bolton, instead of unnecessary”, and said Iran condemned On September 22, four gunmen attacked a military ters of Bahrain, the UAE and Saudi Arabia Iran’s initiatives and ideas to provide secu- making these irrelevant threats that would any attack on diplomats or diplomatic parade in Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province, killing with the Zionist regime’s anti-Iran and rity, stability and regional cooperation and produce no positive results, need to look locations, according to the ministry’s 24 people and wounding 69 others. A four-year-old child warmongering policies and attitudes only reduce tensions and misunderstandings at their own policies,” Zarif said. website. was among the killed. legitimizes the Israelis’ crimes and the re- in the region,” he concluded. The United States announced on Fri- (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 2, 2018 INTERNATIONAL

Dubai airport denies attacks Presence of U.S. military forces on Syrian soil illegal, by Yemenis act of aggression: Muallem UAE in for more attacks if Yemen aggression continues International Airport denied Yeme- military vessels in a missile attack off the ni reports that the airport was attacked by coast of Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region drones, the Dubai government’s media office of Jizan. said on Sunday. A military source, speaking on condition “With regards to reports by questionable of anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Ma- sources this morning, Dubai Airports can sirah television network that the vessels were confirm that Dubai International Airport is targeted with guided missiles. operating as normal without any interrup- Yemeni general: UAE no longer tion,” the office tweeted. safe for investors Ansarullah (Houthi) media on Sunday Meanwhile, a Yemeni army general has claimed to have attacked the airport, which said that his country will continue its mis- welcomed 88.2 million passengers in 2017, sile and drone attacks against the United with drones. Arab Emirates unless the sheikhdom stops Meanwhile, the spokesman for Yemen’s attacking Yemen. Ansarullah (Houthi) movement says the Unit- Sharaf Loqman also warned foreign in- ed Arab Emirates (UAE) has no option but to vestors that the UAE will be no longer safe Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has roundly con- expect more operations from Yemeni army if the war on Yemen does not end. demned the presence of hundreds of American troopers in the forces and their allied fighters from Popular He added that Sunday attacks on the UAE southeastern part of his country close to the border with Iraq, Committees in case the Saudi regime-led and the Saudi region of Jizan show Yemen’s terming the deployment as “illegal” and an “act of aggression.” military aggression and blockade against his growing power to retaliate the crimes com- Speaking in an exclusive interview with Russia’s Arabic-lan- impoverished homeland continues. mitted against his country by the Saudi-led guage RT Arabic television news network, Muallem stated that “The Yemeni air force has carried out coalition. Americans at al-Tanf garrison recruit and train Islamic State in the second attack of its kind within a month Earlier in the day, Yemeni forces, backed Abdullah al-Jafri, a spokesman for Yemeni The House of Saud regime and a number Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorists, and then dispatch against Dubai International Airport us- by Popular Committees fighters, launched a air force and air defense, said at the time of its regional allies launched a devastat- them to the front line to fight Syrian government forces in a bid ing a domestically-built and long-endur- drone airstrike against Dubai Internation- that the drone attack had halted flights to ing military campaign against Yemen in to prolong the Syrian crisis in favor of Israel. ance Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) unmanned al Airport. and from the airport, adding this was the March 2015, with the aim of bringing the Damascus-Tehran relations not negotiable at all aerial vehicle,” Yemen’s Arabic-language Yemeni troops and their allies had already first time that Yemeni forces used a drone government of Yemen’s former president, The top Syrian diplomat went on to say that relations between al-Masirah television network cited Mo- targeted the same strategic economic target to attack the airport. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, back to power his country and the Islamic Republic of Iran were not open to hammed Abdul-Salam as writing on his in the UAE using the same type of home- He said Yemeni forces would target the and crushing the country’s popular An- any negotiations. official Twitter page on Sunday. grown unmanned aerial vehicle in retaliation infrastructure of countries that have taken sarullah movement. “The presence of Iranian advisers in Syria is legitimate and at The Ansarullah spokesman added, “Even for Riyadh’s devastating military aggression part in the aggression against Yemen in fu- The aggression has killed some 15,000 the request of the Damascus government contrary to the Ameri- though Emirati authorities are trying to against their conflict-ridden homeland. ture attacks. people and injured thousands. More than can deployment, which is an act of aggression against Syria and conceal the attack for the time being and The UAE is Saudi Arabia’s key ally in Yemeni forces target Saudi 2,200 others have died of cholera and the must cease,” Muallem pointed out. deny air traffic disturbances at their airport, its deadly war against Yemen. On July 26, regime military vessels off Jizan coast crisis has triggered what the United Nations He also made a reference to the Turkish-Russian agreement on they will be forced to expect more operations Yemeni army forces and Popular Commit- Meanwhile, Yemeni naval forces, supported has described as the world’s worst humani- a buffer zone in Syria’s militant-held northern province of Idlib, should aggression and siege on Yemeni peo- tees fighters targeted Abu Dhabi Interna- by fighters from Popular Committees, have tarian disaster. describing it as a positive step on the path of asserting state ple continue.” tional Airport. reportedly targeted and destroyed several (Source: agencies) control over the entire Syrian territory. “The agreement provided conditions for a peaceful solution in Idlib. Reconciliations have proved effective in many areas of Syria. The legitimate Syrian government has the right to use quake and tsunami: Bodies buried other means to establish its sovereignty,” Muallem said. The senior Syrian official further noted that the danger in the eastern regions of the country now stems from the Unit- in mass grave ed States soldiers, who are stationed there illegally, provide Rescuers on the Indonesia island of Sulawesi are racing military support to the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces against the clock to save those still trapped in the rubble, in that region, and obstruct their dialogue with the Syrian as volunteers buried bodies in a mass grave following an earth- government. quake and tsunami disaster. “We are committed to the Astana Peace Process, Sochi Authorities struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the talks as well as efforts made by the Russian Federation and disaster have appealed for international help. the Islamic Republic of Iran to find an appropriate solution Four days on, some remote areas have yet to be contacted, that serves Syrian people best in the political process,” Mual- medicines are running out and rescuers are struggling with lem underlined. a shortage of heavy equipment to reach desperate victims He also named the United States, Britain and as the calling out from the ruins of collapsed buildings. developers of the foreign-sponsored conspiracy against Syria, Authorities are bracing for much worse as reports filter saying, “All the weapons that terrorists possess in many parts in from outlying areas, in particular, Donggala, a region of of Syria have been manufactured in these countries.” 300,000 people north of Palu and closer to the epicenter We call on Syrians living abroad to return to of the quake. their homeland President Joko Widodo opened the door to the dozens Elsewhere in his remarks, Muallem called on all Syrian ex- of international aid agencies and NGOs lined up to provide patriates to return and play a role in the reconstruction of their life-saving assistance. country. “Last night, President @jokowi authorized us to accept He expressed regret that the West prevented their repatriation international help for urgent disaster-response & relief,” senior through the policy of intimidation. government official Tom Lembong wrote on Twitter, asking Muallem stated that Syria neither has harassed nor interfered rescuers to contact him directly via his account and email. in the domestic affairs of any country, and looks forward to good Officials fear the toll will rise steeply in the coming days relations with world states. and are preparing for the worst. “Whoever attacks us and interferes in our internal affairs, At Poboya - in the hills above the devastated seaside city must reconsider his position,” he commented. of Palu - volunteers dug a 100 meter-long grave to bury the loved ones while dealing with the trauma of the disaster. official warning. Muallem concluded that the S-300 surface-to-air missile sys- dead, with instructions to prepare for 1,300 victims to be One survivor, Adi, was hugging his wife by the beach Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Dis- tem, which Syria would acquire from Russia in near future, is a laid to rest. when the tsunami struck on Friday. He has no idea where aster Mitigation Agency, told reporters on Sunday none of defense system aimed at protecting the Syrian airspace against Authorities are desperate to stave off any disease out- she is now, or whether she is alive. Indonesia’s tsunami buoys, one type of instrument used to any external threat. break caused by decomposing bodies and have announced “When the wave came, I lost her,” he said. “I was carried detect the waves, had been operating since 2012. He blamed (Source: Press TV) a 14-day state of emergency. about 50 meters. I couldn’t hold anything,” he said. a decrease in funding. Twisted wasteland Others have centered their search for loved ones around “Our funding has been going down every year,” Nugroho In Balaroa, a Palu suburb once home to a housing com- open-air morgues, where the dead lay in the baking sun - said. plex, the scale of the damage was apparent. A wasteland of waiting to be claimed, waiting to be named. The meteorological and geophysics agency BMKG issued flattened trees, shards of concrete, twisted metal roofing, As dire as the situation in Palu is, it was at least clear. a tsunami warning after the quake but lifted it 34 minutes Afghan candidate’s 3 guards doorframes and mangled furniture stretched out into the In outlying areas, the fate of thousands is still unknown. later, drawing criticism it had been too hasty. distance. Fuel and rice However, officials estimated the waves had hit while the killed in raid on nearby Dazed groups of people ambled over the wreckage, unclear Yenni Suryani, of Catholic Relief Services, said devastated warning was in force. home where or how to start digging. Among them were three men infrastructure was hampering rescue efforts. The head of Indonesia’s investment board said on looking for their younger brother. “Humanitarian groups are struggling to get people into Twitter Widodo had agreed to accept international help Up to 60 people are feared to be underneath one Palu affected areas,” she said. The main airport at Palu was dam- and he would coordinate private sector help from around hotel alone. aged, landslides had cut off key roads while “power is out the world. Two survivors have been plucked from the 80-room Hotel almost everywhere,” she added. Neighbors including Australia, Thailand and have Roa-Roa, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said, and The state energy company said it was airlifting in 4,000 offered help, while the European Union announced 1.5 mil- there could still be more alive. liters of fuel to help with the rescue effort, while the state lion euros ($1.74 million) in immediate aid. Desperate survivors turned to looting shops for basics logistics agency said it was preparing to send hundreds of Indonesia, home to 260 million people, is one of the like food, water and fuel as police looked on, unwilling or tons of rice. world’s most disaster-prone nations. unable to intervene. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the gov- It lies on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates “There has been no aid, we need to eat. We don’t have ernment had allocated 560 billion rupiah ($37.58m) for collide and many of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earth- any other choice, we must get food,” one man in Palu told disaster recovery, media reported. quakes occur. AFP as he filled a basket with goods from a nearby store. Questions are sure to be asked why warning systems set A massive 2004 quake triggered a tsunami that killed Government officials said some 1,200 inmates fled from up after that disaster appear to have failed on Friday, and 220,000 throughout the region, including 168,000 in In- at least three prisons in the region. why more people in coastal areas had not moved to higher donesia. Many have spent the last days desperately searching for ground after a big earthquake, even in the absence of an (Source: Al Jazeera)

Qatar launches WTO proceedings against Riyadh over An Afghan official says security forces killed three bodyguards of a parliamentary candidate during a raid on a house near his residence in the eastern Kunar province. alleged IP violation Abdul Ghani Musamem, a spokesman for the provincial gov- has started proceedings against the The Saudi regime officials could not matic and trade ties with Qatar in June available in Saudi Arabia. Following accusa- ernor, says two suspects were arrested during the raid. House of Saud regime at the World Trade be immediately reached for comment. 2017 over its alleged support of terrorism. tions of piracy of beIN content in Saudi Arabia, The house targeted in the raid was near the home of Atallah Organization (WTO), accusing it of intellectual They have previously said that the coun- denies the accusations and relations a Saudi official said in June the kingdom had Safi, who is running as an independent candidate in parliamentary property rights violations, Qatar’s economy try is taking action to combat piracy and remain hostile. confiscated about 12,000 pirating devices elections scheduled for Oct. 20. Safi was unharmed. ministry said on Monday. is committed to protecting intellectual Qatar said it submitted a request at the from the market. Five candidates have been killed in the run-up to the cam- Part of Qatar’s concerns involve the block- property rights. WTO for formal consultations to address BeoutQ has been accused by soccer’s gov- paign period, in a sign of the widespread violence gripping the ing of Qatari-owned broadcaster beIN in Saudi Global sports network beIN Sports is its allegations against Saudi Arabia, which erning body FIFA, tennis governing bodies country 17 years after the United States-led invasion that toppled Arabia, the ministry said on its website, and blocked in Saudi Arabia under a boycott include the pirating of beIN content by and others of illegally airing sports content the Taliban. accused Riyadh of refusing to take effective the kingdom imposed on Qatar over a beoutQ. which beIN owns the exclusive Middle East There was no immediate comment from security officials action against the piracy of beIN content in year ago. It is unclear who owns beoutQ or where rights to. about Sunday’s raid. the kingdom. Riyadh and Arab allies severed diplo- it is based, though the broadcaster is widely (Source: Reuters) (Source: AP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY OCTOBER 2, 2018

STOCK MARKET Crude oil to be TEDPIX 195480.2 IFX 2240.97 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir offered at stock CURRENCIES market as of Sat. USD 42,000 rials EUR 48,690 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN — Crude private sector export crude oil in a bid deskoil will be offered at to foil U.S. sanctions. Since Washington GBP 54,720 rials Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) since aims to cut Iran’s oil sales, private Iranian AED 11,430 rials Saturday to thwart U.S. sanctions, Deputy companies can transparently buy and sell Oil Minister Ali Kardor told IRNA on the crude through this market. Source: isna.ir Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump has urged The government is to offer oil in form Saudi Arabia to increase its oil output of 5,000-barrel-cargos and the total of amidst the U.S. upcoming sanctions one million barrels, he said. against the Iranian energy sector. pay for it”, First Vice President Eshaq export, but everyone, with even a limited COMMODITIES The offered oil at IRENEX will be “Anyone trying to take away Iran’s oil Jahangiri warned in an open reference knowledge of international affairs, knows WTI $73.48/b exported, Kardor added. market (share) would be committing great to Saudi Arabia on July 1. that such thing is impossible, the official The decision is made to let the Iranian treachery against Iran and will one day The U.S. wants to cut Iran’s oil added at the time. Brent $83.20/b OPEC Basket $80.88/b Gold $1,189.15/oz Iran’s Aug. crude exports to up 65% on year ENERGY Silver $14.45/oz TEHRAN – Iran’s crude oil exports to as domestic refiners rushed to secure as many cargoes as deskJapan jumped 65 percent year on year in possible before U.S. sanctions return. Platinium $820.85/oz August, marking the fourth consecutive month of increase, Accordingly, Japan’s crude oil imports from Iran over Platts reported citing Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade January-August averaged 166,890 b/d, up 4.8 percent from Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com and Industry (METI)’s trade data. a year earlier. According to the data released on Thursday, the Asian Japanese refiners have urged the government to seek a country shipped in 177,475 barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian waiver from the U.S. as they are keen to continue importing NEWS IN BRIEF crude oil in August. usual volumes of Iranian crude. Imports of Iranian crude in August edged down 3.3 Japan remains firmly committed to seeking U.S. exemp- Tehran to host percent from July, but the Persian Gulf producer was the tion for Iranian oil imports as it sees the supply as important fifth-largest supplier to Japan in the month, accounting for for the country’s energy security and business, Ryo Minami, IPAP 2018 in 5.2 percent of the total volume, according to METI data. METI’s director-general of oil, gas and mineral resources, mid-Oct. Japan’s oil imports from Iran have surged since May told S&P Global Platts previously.

ECONOMY TEHRAN — The 2nd edition of Iran’s Inter- ICOPMAS promoting Iran’s ports, marine status desknational Printing and Packaging Exhibition By Mahnaz Abdi COPEDEC, which is the World Association for structures, especially in Mokran coastal area (in (IPAP) will be held at Tehran’s Shahr-e Aftab International TEHRAN — Iran’s 13rd Biennial International Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) southeast of Iran), promoting the status of Iran Exhibition Center from October 11 to 14, 2018, IRIB reported Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in the regional and international cooperation, on Monday. Structures (ICOPMAS 2018) will be held at in Developing Countries (COPEDEC), to and announcing the latest scientific, technical According to the official website of the exhibition, some Olympic Hotel in Tehran from November be held in Iran’s southern island of Kish in and executive achievements in the fields of 176 domestic and 11 foreign exhibitors will take part in the 26 to 28. November 2020 concurrent with the 14th coast, ports and maritime structures are some event to showcase their latest achievements and products in The secretariat of the event has received edition of ICOPMAS. of the main objectives of this year’s conference. printing, packaging, processing as well as carton, cardboard 250 essays from 15 countries and 30 ICOPMAS, as one of the oldest and the Further in the press conference, Khalili and paper industry to the visitors. participants from different countries have most important scientific events in Iran mentioned some of the main achievements already registered to take part in the event, and the Persian Gulf region, provides an of the previous editions of the conference and Hamid Khalili, director general of Coasts and appropriate ground to exchange the latest said integrated management of coastal areas Ports Engineering Department of Ports and scientific innovations and technical executive which is one of the main topics of this year’s Iran doesn’t have plans for Maritime Organization (PMO), announced achievements by gathering engineers, event is among the major achievements of reducing oil output in a press conference on Monday. designers, scientists and researchers in the the previous conferences. He said besides the Iranian speakers, eight field of coasts, ports and marine structures. Benefitting from all related organizations 1 Kardor further mentioned the European Union’s ef- internationals speakers will deliver speech The conference will also be a think tank to in order to creating convergence among them forts to save the nuclear deal saying that the two sides are trying during the conference. improve the knowledge of coasts and ports for a better management has been conducted to come up with various practical solutions which could be used Like the previous editions of the event, engineering. in this due, he added. in different situations. the inaugural ceremony will be attended by In addition, ICOPMAS affords an Promotion of ports and port systems As for the oil exports to India the official said selling oil to the first vice president as well as some high- international forum for experts to present engineering is the other achievement, he India under a rupee-rial agreement has not been finalized. ranking officials, Khalili mentioned, adding their capabilities to the world and opens new said and referred to environmental protection Asked about Farzad B project, the deputy noted that NIOC that the event is sponsored and supported by horizons for students to be familiar with new issues elevated in the coastal areas as the third is still in talks with India and the two sides are in a good many renowned Iranian and international research areas as well as the latest approaches major achievement of the previous editions direction. organizations and institutes. of marine society. of the conference. be attended by some knowledge-based, He underlined that this conference is also Putting emphasis on the sustained An exhibition will be also held on the engineering, and consulting companies, according to the secretary of the event. Two-thirds of U.S. business a preparation for the 10th edition of PIANC- development of coasts, ports and marine sidelines of the conference which will economists see recession U.S. and Canada reach trade deal to keep NAFTA trilateral by end-2020 The U.S. and Canada have agreed on a trade negotiating around the clock this weekend credited Trump senior adviser Jared every step since Friday, two people said. By Jeff Kearns deal that would save the North American to make a Sunday midnight deadline that Kushner for helping smooth the path toward U.S. lawmakers and business have urged Two-thirds of business economists in the U.S. expect a recession to Free Trade Agreement as a trilateral bloc, would allow the countries to sign the deal a deal. When it looked like negotiations the administration to keep Canada in the begin by the end of 2020, while a plurality of respondents say trade according to three people familiar with as the final act before Mexico’s outgoing had stalled or broken down due to friction deal but the trilateral nature had been in policy is the greatest risk to the expansion, according to a new survey. the matter. President Enrique Pena Nieto leaves office between the U.S. and Canadian sides, jeopardy after Trump on Aug. 27 announced About 10 percent see the next contraction starting in 2019, 56 President Donald Trump has approved at the end of November. Kushner kept talks going with aides he reached a deal with Mexico that Canada percent say 2020 and 33 percent said 2021 or later, according to the developments and the expectation is Reaching a pact with Canada allows close to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, could join if it’s willing to make concessions. the Aug. 28-Sept. 17 poll of 51 forecasters issued by the National that an agreement will be announced on the 24-year-old pact to remain trilateral including Gerald Butts and Katie Telford, They agreed to publish the text by the end Association for Business Economics on Monday. Sunday night, according to the people, who and for the U.S. to check another box for three people said. of September. Forty-one percent said the biggest downside risk was trade policy, spoke on the condition of anonymity. U.S. its legislative process in the lead up to a Lighthizer and Kushner were at the USTR The Canadian dollar was rallying on followed by 18 percent of respondents citing higher interest rates Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer congressional vote. office in Washington on Sunday afternoon anticipation of a deal, strengthening 0.5 and the same share saying it would be a substantial stock-market and Canadian officials are working on the Trump has said he wants to rename the negotiating final details by conference call percent, while the Mexican peso gained decline or volatility. final touches. deal the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. with the Canadians in Ottawa. U.S. officials about 0.2 percent. “Trade issues are clearly influencing panelists’ views,” David U.S. and Canadian negotiators have been Some people familiar with the talks have been keeping Trump in the loop on (Source: Bloomberg) Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta research director and NABE’s survey chair, said in a statement with the report. The expansion that in May became the second-longest on re- cord still looks resilient, with no major warning signs flashing and French watchdog says EU market rules need overhaul after Brexit Fed officials upgrading their growth outlook for this year and next. Britain’s departure from the European Union next March the “dark” or away from transparent platforms like stock Should it endure, the U.S. expansion would in mid-2019 become will force a full review of the bloc’s sweeping new rules exchanges, but Brexit will mean that much of that trading the nation’s longest ever, based on National Bureau of Economic for markets, including tougher market-access conditions will no longer be in the bloc. Research figures that go back to the 1850s. for foreign trading platforms, a top French regulator said “In the light of this, it makes sense to question whether Trade fears aside, economists were slightly more optimistic on Monday. MiFID II’s quantitative calibrations will be relevant about the economy this year. The median forecast for inflation- Robert Ophele, chairman of France’s AMF markets tomorrow when the UK is no longer in the EU,” Ophele said. adjusted gross domestic product growth rose to 2.9 percent from watchdog, said Brexit will force the EU to undertake a Tougher equivalence a 2.8 percent pace projected in the June survey. The 2019 estimate complete review of the so-called MiFID II rules. Waivers from MiFID rules affecting commodities remained at 2.7 percent. “I don’t think there is a need for a major overhaul trading will also need to be revisited given that nearly On the brighter side, 33 percent of respondents said the biggest of MiFID, but clearly there are some quick fixes, some all metals, oil and coal derivatives are traded in London, potential driver of a stronger economic performance is corporate elements that should be adapted,” Ophele told a conference Ophele said. tax reform, 27 percent cited stronger wage gains and 10 percent held by AFME, a banking industry body. MiFID allows trading firms based outside the EU to said stronger global growth. The MiFID rules, which run to hundreds of pages, serve customers in the bloc if their home rules are aligned Business forecasters were more pessimistic than optimistic on were only introduced in January, a year late, because of or “equivalent” to the bloc’s own regulation. their assessment of potential risks to expansion. Fifty-one percent said the complexity and the cost for trading firms, banks and Ophele said that foreign firms should be made to comply GDP growth threats are weighted to the downside, while 20 percent even regulators to implement them. with more of MiFID’s reporting and trading obligations said they’re tilted to the upside and the rest said they’re balanced. France is actively courting banks based in Britain that participants circumventing the rules and to improve the for derivatives and shares in order to qualify, dashing UK Meantime, Fed policy makers said “risks to the economic outlook are opening EU hubs to avoid Brexit disruption, hoping quality of transaction data. hopes of an easing of the equivalence regime. appear roughly balanced” in their statement last week, while rais- they will base their trading operations in Paris. “MiFID II may be a complex piece of law, but that does Brussels will only decide if a foreign firm is equivalent ing their 2018 growth estimate to 3.1 percent from 2.8 percent in A man wears a beret designed to resemble the EU flag not mean we should shy away from re-opening it and fixing if it has cooperation agreements with its regulator. Ophele prior forecasts and 2019 to 2.5 percent from 2.4 percent. They also during an anti-Brexit demonstration on the first day of the deficiencies where evidence may show that we have gone said firms should assume there will be such an agreement boosted the main interest rate by a quarter-point to a target range Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain, too far or have generated unintended consequences,” between supervisors in the EU and Britain’s Financial of 2 percent to 2.25 percent, this year’s third hike. September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Staples Ophele told an industry event in London. Conduct Authority. Respondents in NABE’s survey indicated they expect the Fed Ophele said legislative fixes were needed to stop market MiFID II has introduced caps on trading shares in (Source: Reuters) to raise interest rates once more this year and three times in 2019, consistent with projections from central bankers. The poll’s median estimate for the target range midpoint at year-end rose to 2.375 percent, equivalent to one more 25-basis-point hike this year, from UK’s Brexit minister Raab tells EU: Do not try to bully us 2.21 percent seen in the earlier survey. Britain’s Brexit minister warned the European “If the only offer from the EU threatens “What is unthinkable is that this govern- “I find it hard to believe that they would, Yelena Shulyatyeva, an economist at Bloomberg Economics in Union on Monday against trying to bully the integrity of our Union then we will be ment, or any British government, could be for narrow political ends, seek to punish Brit- New York, was among those who conducted the analysis of survey the United Kingdom into signing a divorce left with no choice but to leave with no deal,” bullied by the threat of some kind of economic ain in such a crass and counterproductive responses. deal that would undermine the unity of the Raab told the Conservative Party conference embargo, into signing a one-sided deal against way,” he said. (Source: Bloomberg) country. in the English city of Birmingham. our country’s interests,” Raab said. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 2, 2018 ENERGY 5

Brent oil hits highest since 2014 How the world’s oil refiners plan to grapple with their fuel before U.S. sanctions on Iran bite oil output after 2020 Brent crude oil hovered close to its highest the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting High-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO), essentially the leftovers of an oil refiner’s since November 2014 on Monday, supported Countries. output, will still flow from refineries around the world even after by supply concerns before U.S. sanctions Hedge funds have increased bets of a new rules start up in 2020 curtailing its use in the global shipping against Iran come into force next month. further price rise. Exchange data shows the fleet, a Reuters survey showed. Benchmark Brent was up 16 cents at $82.89 combined net long position in Brent and U.S Sixty percent of the 33 refineries contacted by Reuters in a global a barrel by 0852 GMT, after touching $83.32, light crude futures and options at its larg- survey will still produce HSFO in 2020 although the supply will the highest level in almost four years. U.S. est since late July, equivalent to about 850 tighten as 70 percent of these refiners plan to reduce their output. light crude was up 4 cents at $73.29. million barrels of oil. Starting that year, ships will have to use marine fuel, which pri- “Saudi Arabia are signaling that they do not U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to marily consists of residual fuel oil, with a maximum sulfur content have a lot of prompt spare capacity available, Saudi King Salman on Saturday on ways to of 0.5 percent under International Maritime Organization (IMO) or that they don’t have the will to really use it maintain sufficient supply. rules to reduce air pollution. on a proactive basis,” Petromatrix strategist “Even if they (Saudi Arabia) wanted to Currently, the global shipping fleet, which includes oil and chem- Olivier Jakob said. bend to President Trump’s wishes, how much ical tankers as well as container ships, uses as much as 3.3 million “There’s nothing right now that gives a spare capacity does the Kingdom have?” barrels per day of HSFO with a maximum of 3.5 percent sulfur. strong incentive to be a strong seller of the said Stephen Innes, head of trading for Refiners will have little incentive to produce HSFO after the market,” he said. -Pacific at futures brokerage Oanda regulations though some demand will remain as a small but growing Investors have indicated they see prices in Singapore. number of vessels are fitted with smokestack scrubbers that remove rising, loading up on options that give the With about 1.5 million barrels per day of the sulfur from the exhaust fumes and power plants will continue holder the right to buy Brent crude at $90 a Iranian oil expected to go offline on Nov. 4, to consume the fuel. barrel by the end of October. Open interest prices could “rocket higher with the flashy “Although HSFO demand for ships is expected to decline sub- in call options at $90 a barrel has risen by $100 per barrel price tag indeed a reasonable stantially in 2020, the oil’s demand for power generation and general nearly 12,000 lots in the last week to 38,000 sounding target” if investors doubted the users will remain,” Japan’s second-largest refiner Idemitsu Kosan lots, or 38 million barrels. crude importers, could hit demand growth tions on Iran’s energy industry that will apply Saudi ability to respond with enough extra told Reuters in the survey. Higher oil prices and dollar strength, which next year, analysts said. from Nov. 4 and are designed to cut crude output, he said. “In future, demand for scrubber-equipped ships is projected to has battered the currencies of several big But, for now, the focus is on U.S. sanc- exports from the third biggest producer in (Source: Reuters) recover, so we expect HSFO output to continue.” When asked how they plan to reduce HSFO output, just over half of the refiners said they will upgrade their plants to further process their fuel oil to produce higher value products such as gas- Iraq aims to boost light crude exports Shell, partners approve $31 billion oline and diesel. Two-thirds of the 16 refiners who responded to a question about to 1 million bpd in 2019 project to speed gas to Asia how much investment they plan to pump into their plants to produce more ultra-low and low-sulfur fuel oil, said they plan to spend less than $100 million. Five of them are investing between $500 million and more than $1 billion in such projects. Polish refiner Grupa LOTOS will spend more than $600 million to convert its heavy residue to middle distillates and coke by the end of 2019 while has a $6.25 billion clean fuels project. Fuel oil, or residue fuel, is the remaining product from crude oil processed through crude distillation units at a refinery. To extract more value from residue, it is further processed at secondary refining units such as residue fluid catalytic crackers, hydrocrackers and cokers to produce gasoline and diesel. However, secondary units are costly and require years to build while expansion projects in some countries have to overcome tough environment regulations. “We will need (the Environment Protection Agency’s) approval if we want to expand the coker and that is tough in Taiwan now,” Formosa Petrochemical Corp spokesman KY Lin said. Basrah Light crude. country, whose energy exports are sold Iraq plans to increase the production and Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its four partners Formosa has adjusted its coker unit, which uses heat and pressure The shift by Iraq’s state-oil marketer almost exclusively to the U.S. at depressed exports of light crude oil to 1 million barrels have agreed to invest in a multibillion-dollar to break down the residue fuel into other products, to run at 95 per- SOMO was widely supported by crude buyers prices for lack of a coastal facility. It also per day in 2019, as part of its strategy to liquefied natural gas project in western cent utilization from 90 percent to reduce its HSFO output, Lin said. who until then had to deal with variations in helps reaffirm Canada’s investment climate, boost state revenue, its oil minister Jabar Canada -- the largest new one of its kind Fuel oil losses to widen the quality of a blend of Basrah Light with battered by the bungled Trans Mountain al-Luaibi said on Sunday. in years that would carve out the fastest Refiners will want to cut their HSFO output as much as possible heavier, high-sulfur content oil produced oil pipeline expansion that was sold by The light crude oil is a new grade with route to Asia for North American gas. to offset the expected drop in value. from newer fields. Kinder Morgan Inc. to the government an API gravity of around 34-43, while the LNG Canada -- comprised of Shell, Ma- By January 2020, 380-centistoke HSFO in Singapore will be worth Selling Basrah Heavy and Basrah Light for C$4.5 billion before its approval was current Basrah Light grade that Iraq exports laysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Mitsubishi $16.70 a barrel less than Middle East benchmark Dubai crude, down separately increased buyers’ confidence in quashed by a federal court. will be renamed Basrah Medium, one Iraqi Corp., PetroChina Co. and Korea Gas Corp. from a discount of $5 for October 2018, according to swap values. quality, and cut the time ships spent waiting LNG Canada proposes to eventually ex- industry source familiar with the matter said. -- is set to announce a final investment Besides upgrading, a handful of refiners said they would also for different crudes to reach terminals and port as much as 26 million tons per year. “This (decision) will boost Iraq’s position decision on the C$40 billion ($31 billion) process more lower sulfur crude oil to reduce the sulfur content in that had added to costs. The investment approval is only for an in the global oil markets by producing three project as early as Monday, said people their products output. But the current Basrah Light grade, was initial two LNG trains of 13 million tons crude grades: light, medium and heavy,” with direct knowledge of the plans, who Refiners may also cut their overall CDU runs to reduce their itself a blended grade using crude from dif- per year. Yet if built, the chances that LNG al-Luaibi said in a statement. asked not to be identified because the matter residue output if low fuel oil margins drag down overall profits, ferent oilfields, which has also led to varying Canada will double capacity in a second Iraq is OPEC’s second-largest produc- isn’t public. The exact timing still hasn’t according to the survey. qualities in different cargoes, the source said. phase “is all but an inevitability” due to er after Saudi Arabia and pumps around been decided. PetroChina and Korea Gas “Forward prices are scary,” Formosa’s Lin said. Now Iraq will sell the current Basrah Light the economies of scale, National Bank of 4.6 million bpd. The majority of its crude announced approvals of their share of the Other refiners will look at alternative markets for their HSFO. grade as Basrah Medium with a lower API. Canada analysts led by Greg Colman said exports go to Asia. investment on Friday. The others partners “If fuel oil demand falls, we will switch our configuration to produce The volumes for the new light crude will in a May report. The bulk of Iraq’s oil is exported via the declined to comment. bitumen which is in high demand in India due to its road-building come from the Luhais, Tuba, and Artawi The green light marks the end of a sev- southern terminals, which account for more The project marks a turning point for program,” said an official from Indian Oil Corp. southern oilfields, an Iraqi oil official familiar en-year effort, including two postponements than 95 percent of the OPEC producer’s Canada and the gas industry. Set to be the Beyond 2020 with the project’s execution told Reuters. in 2016 at the depths of the downturn. The state revenues. Iraq exported 3.583 million nation’s largest infrastructure project ever, Some refiners prefer to stay flexible by being able to switch their “We expect rising demand from Asian outlook for LNG has since brightened. The bpd from the southern ports on the Persian LNG Canada augurs a new wave of invest- output between low- and high-sulfur fuel oil according to market refiners for the low-sulfur Basrah light crude market, oversupplied for the last few years, Gulf in August. ments for major gas export projects after demand. in 2019. Meeting demands of buyers will is seen flipping to a deficit as soon as 2022 Iraq’s crude exports have risen in re- a three-year hiatus forced by a global sup- India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd said it will be able to produce help Iraq win more customers in the Asian absent new projects, according to Sanford cent months as shipments drop from Iran, ply glut. LNG Canada will be able to send either fuel oil or switch to other products depending on demand markets.” C. Bernstein & Co. LNG imports will set a OPEC’s third biggest producer, which is cargoes from Kitimat, British Columbia to after 2022. Iraq, which relies on oil to generate most new record this year of 308 million metric facing renewed U.S. sanctions. Tokyo in about eight days versus 20 days “We will not reduce fuel oil output to zero completely as we need of its budget revenues, is seeking to increase tons per year thanks to growth from Asia, Iraq decided to split its oil supply into two from the U.S. Gulf. our refineries to be flexible,” a BPCL official said. The official declined crude production capacity to 7 million bpd Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecast grades in 2015 to resolve quality issues. It It’s also a welcome boost for Canadi- to be named as they are not authorized to speak to the media. by 2022 from 5 million bpd now. on Sept. 12. offered Basrah Heavy produced from south- an Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. LNG ’s Eni said it “will produce the minimum amount of HSFO (Source: Economic Times) (Source: Bloomberg) ern oilfields separately from its traditional Canada promises better prices for the just to satisfy the market demand of the ships that will have installed the scrubbers.” An official from India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd said the China to award over 4m bpd of crude oil import quotas for independents in 2019 company will be producing some fuel oil but the output will be “very, China has pledged to sharply raise crude oil Russian crude very low beyond 2022”. import quotas for the independent refining To secure crude oil import quotas in 2019, A third of the respondents said they are either already not pro- sector by 42 percent in 2019, as the startup existing quota holders had rushed to the in- ducing any HSFO or will stop producing in 2020. of two mega refineries nears and a few small ternational market to take prompt deliveries Polish refiner PKN Orlen said it will produce fuel oil with 1 per- ones aim to boost operations, opening up a new amid improving refining margins. cent sulfur content from 2020 while a spokeswoman from Italy’s window of opportunity for Middle Eastern, Existing quota holders had used only SARAS refinery said, “We are already ready to face IMO-2020 and Latin American and Russian suppliers. around 60 percent of their import quotas by we already produce basically no HSFO.” The Ministry of Commerce said over the September. To ensure prompt deliveries, they Canada’s Husky Energy Spokesman Mel Duvall said the com- weekend that independent oil companies had taken Russia’s ESPO Blend crude grade pany expects to benefit from the new IMO rule since it will boost would be able to apply for up to 202 million due to the relatively shorter voyage time of diesel demand. mt (4.06 million b/d) of crude oil import about three days. “It is expected that there will be an increase in global demand for quotas in 2019. Ample allocation of crude oil import quotas diesel fuel as ship operators switch from high-sulfur fuel oil,” he said. This would be 41.8 percent higher than would continue to support demand for the grade (Source: Reuters) the target of 142.42 million mt (2.86 million in 2019, market sources said. b/d) the government had initially set for 2018, Reflecting the recent pickup in refining according to calculations by S&P Global Platts. activities and feedstock requirements by the Saudi Arabia tables $200b But the ministry has so far awarded 149.27 independent sector, cash differentials for ESPO million mt of quotas in 2018, 6.85 million mt Blend has staged a strong rebound since early Q3. solar-energy plant with higher than the original target. ent refiners, market sources said. need to apply for quotas to import crude. Industry and trade sources indicated that SoftBank “Total quotas of 202 million mt for 2019 Currently, only one independent refinery, MOFCOM has awarded crude oil import Far East Russian grades are highly sensitive to looks more than enough as the sector is unlikely the Shandong-based Lianhe Petrochemical, quotas to 42 refiners and 16 trading companies Chinese demand, with at least 50 percent-70 Saudi Arabia has put on hold a $200 billion plan with SoftBank to witness much incremental demand from is awaiting quota allocation of 2.8 million mt/ so far in 2018. The ministry might increase the percent of the monthly ESPO Blend crude Group Corp. to build the world’s biggest solar-power-generation end-users, other than Hengli Petrochemical, year from MOFCOM. No other refiner is in the quota if oil companies need to import more loading program typically snapped up by both project, said Saudi government officials, setting back another Zhejiang Petrochemical and a few small inde- queue for new import quotas. crude oil. It also allows downward adjustment state-run and independent refiners in China. eye-catching transformation project in the kingdom. pendent refiners in Shandong,” a Beijing-based Market sources said ChemChina would by quota holders, in which case the remaining The differential for second-month ESPO The stalled solar project marks a setback for a partnership analyst said. need more quotas for its refineries next year quotas are returned to the ministry. crude was assessed at $6.80/b to Platts front- between Saudi Arabia and SoftBank 9984, -0.31 percent that has Hengli Petrochemical and Zhejiang Petro- compared with 18.52 million mt in 2018. Even However, MOFCOM will not allocate crude month Dubai assessments on September 28, pursued ambitious ideas. Together, they have created a $100 bil- chemical -- each with a capacity of 20 million Zhenhua Oil would need more quotas for trad- import quotas for 2019 to those who have not up 5 cents/b day on day. The premium was lion fund for technology company investments that has resulted mt/year -- are aiming to start commercial ing, compared with only 80,000 mt in 2018. imported crude in 2018, it said. The companies last higher on October 1, 2013 at $7/b, Platts in a rush of new money flooding into startups. operations in 2019. Quota holders need to submit their applications by November data showed. The solar project would have turned the world’s most impor- These two integrated refining and petro- Refineries owned by state-owned companies 10, the ministry added. Cargoes from ESPO Blend’s November-load- tant oil producer into a giant in solar power, ultimately gener- chemical plants aim to secure their feedstock Sinopec, PetroChina, CNOOC and Sinochem Independent refineries in Shandong province ing program offered by equity holders were heard ating about 200 gigawatts of energy — more than three times from Middle Eastern producers such as Saudi do not need a quota to import crude oil. But had raised their run rates to around 59 percent to have been sold at premiums of $4.85/b to as the country’s daily needs. The plan was announced by SoftBank Arabia and Oman, as well as from Latin Amer- all other companies including independent of capacity in August, from a 19-month low high as $6.70/b to Platts front-month Dubai Chief Executive Masayoshi Son and Crown Prince Mohammed ican producer Brazil, rather than from regional refiners -- state-owned and independent trading of 52.5 percent in July, according to a report crude assessments on a FOB basis, market bin Salman in New York last March and was meant to be an suppliers in the Far East and Southeast Asia, companies, as well as some state-owned refining from local information provider JLC released sources said. extension of their partnership. origins which are favored by existing independ- companies, such as ChemChina and Norinco, last month. (Source: Platts) (Source: marketwatch.com) 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 OCTOBER 2, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF Indonesia earthquake: Death toll India bats for UN chief’s proposal of surges, search for survivors continues ‘reforms’ INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Less than lenges hampering rescue efforts. “We have desktwo months after a mas- to do many things soon, but the condition INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — UN chief Antonio Guterres sive earthquake struck Indonesia’s Lombok does not allow us to do so,” he was quoted deskhas appreciated India’s support to his pro- island, another devastating quake hit the as saying by The Associated Press. posal of reforms in the UN Security Council and expressed Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on He later took to Twitter, and posted an hope that progress will be made in the ongoing UN session. Friday. emotional tweet. “Grieve for the people of India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, has for The death toll in the devastating tsunami Central Sulawesi, we all grieve together.” long been calling for reforming the UN Security Council. The and earthquake in the island nation reached Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the death four countries support each other’s bids for the permanent 844 on Monday, according to Indonesian toll could jump to thousands. The US has called seats in the global body. authorities, who have warned that the toll for assistance to the earthquake victims and His visit coincides with the beginning of events to celebrate might run into thousands as rescuers try to many countries have already come forward the 150th anniversary of the birth of independent India’s reach more affected areas. with help and assistance. founding father Mahatma Gandhi. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake led to an Indonesia’s meteorological and geophysics Guterres said he personally believes that a more democratic unexpected tsunami in the Indonesian is- agency BMKG had issued a tsunami warn- UN, with power divided in a more balanced way and with land of Sulawesi on Friday, leaving trials of ing just after the initial quake, warning of more diversity in the regional representation in all bodies of death and destruction. Most of the confirmed potential waves of 0.5 to three meters. But it the UN including the Security Council is important. deaths are from the city of Palu. Authorities lifted the warning just over 30 minutes later. “The makeup of the Security Council must reflect the said that “tens to hundreds” of people were Many critics have accused BMKG of lift- current realities, not the world as it stood at the end of World by the ocean in Palu for a beach festival when ing the warning too early, though the agency War II,” he said. Reforming the Security Council is a matter the tsunami struck on Friday. says the waves hit while the warning was for member states and the General Assembly, in which all But rescuers worry that they could find still in force. 193 members are represented, has a central role to play, more victims of the disaster in the Donggala BMKG chairwoman Dwikorita Karnawati Guterres said. region, which is closer to the epicenter of was quoted saying by Post that the the earthquake. A region of 300,000 peo- decision to end the warning was made after Pakistan’s ple has been cut off from communications the agency received information about the since Friday. tsunami, including a field observation made water-sharing Indonesian disaster agency spokesman by a BMKG employee in Palu. pact with Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said earlier that bodies vivors continues. One video which has been widely shared on Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and the of some victims were found trapped under “The tsunami didn’t come by itself, it social media shows the enormity of tragedy. country has been hit by major earthquakes Afghanistan the rubble of collapsed buildings, adding that dragged cars, logs, houses, it hit everything It shows a man shouting and warning people in recent years. The 2004 Indonesian Ocean hundreds more were injured and many were on land,” Nugroho told reporters. He tweeted alongside the beach, who remain oblivious tsunami, which had waves as high as 100 feet INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Pakistan’s leading jurist missing, according to Reuters. pictures of the disaster and said that Indo- to a huge approaching wave. and killed nearly a quarter of a million people, deskon international law, who has been ap- Mass graves have been dug to bury the nesia’s military has been mobilized to assist Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who resulted from a 9.1-magnitude megathrust pointed by Pakistan’s supreme court as an ‘amicus curiae’ victims even as the desperate search for sur- search and rescue teams. visited the region, said there are many chal- earthquake in Sumatra. to assist the court on water-related issues, says Pakistan must consider working on a bilateral water-sharing agree- ment with Afghanistan. Makhdoom Ali Khan, in a report to the country’s apex court, said working on a bilateral water “Putin’s India visit will test Modi’s idea of agreement with Afghanistan could safeguard the national interest. In his report, he gave inputs on various water issues confronting Pakistan and their possible solutions. “Afghanistan is now planning to build 12 dams, in coopera- ‘strategic autonomy’ for India” tion with the World Bank and India, the flow of water from River Kabul is expected to be affected to Pakistan’s detriment. 1 Earlier this month, India’s External Affairs A: A ‘sovereign decision’ is what Mr Modi’s “strategic In this regard, the government must consider working on Minister Sushma Swaraj said India attaches ‘highest im- autonomy” is expected to deliver. But this can be achieved a bilateral water-sharing agreement with Afghanistan that portance’ to its ties with Russia. What did she exactly mean? only by maintaining continuous and uninterrupted dialogue safeguards its interest as a lower riparian state,” Ali asserted. A: It seems that the minister indicated at highest ‘level’ channels with important partner countries without allowing Pakistan’s chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar said that after of importance. Because under the current phase, several any misperception to cast a shadow on India’s economic, getting input from senior lawyers, the apex court would countries that provide military and energy support to India military and energy requirements. From the very begin- share a comprehensive proposal with the government for have emerged as of utmost importance to India for the sake ning of its independent existence, India has tried to have an dealing with water-related issues. of its vital needs like uninterrupted energy supply for eco- ‘independent foreign policy’ which was however influenced Pertaining to issues arising out of the Indus Water Treaty nomic growth, stability at home, and defense requirement. by the twin pillars of Indian strategic reality – quest for with India, the seasoned lawyer told the apex court that the During the upcoming summit, India is expected to technology to help the massive economy, and search for technical design and storage capacity restrictions on build- follow up on acquiring five S-400 ‘Triumph’ missile systems, energy. Like other global powers, India too has a limited ing of hydropower plants by India provided in the treaty four Project 11356 frigates, 48 Mi-17V-5 helicopters and 200 set of foreign policy choices in the spectrum of ‘independ- ensured a sufficient flow into western rivers, but from a Ka-226T helicopters from Russia. Do you think it will ruffle ent foreign policy’. political point of view, it enhanced India’s capacity to use feathers in the power corridors of Washington? The suspense over India’s oil trade with Iran con- water as a weapon. A: On 26 September, the Cabinet Committee on Security tinues. Indian government is yet to take a final decision on (CCS) of India cleared the $5.5 billion S400 missile system whether to cut Iranian oil imports under U.S. pressure or China for signing during the visit of the Russian President. The not. Can you tell us what’s going on in New Delhi? decision indicates that New Delhi is trying to balance multiple between India and the U.S. that can go a long way unless A: Iran and the GCC have been to Indian energy supply open to military/diplomatic choices. Just weeks earlier, reassuring something dramatic was to disrupt it. I personally feel that what Russia is to its military sector. It will not be proper U.S. of continued importance, the ‘2+2’ meeting inked the the Indian decision to purchase S400 is a bitter pill that the to come to a conclusion over where the India-Iran energy changes in unprecedented security and technology sharing partner- U.S. will have to swallow. ties are headed because of the obvious external factors ship – COMCASA. COMCASA will ensure long term military India and Russia share time-tested relations but the involved in this. Much also depends on the success of BRI projects hardware and technology delivery to India from the U.S. ominous shadow of U.S. has been lurking overhead. The Iranian diplomacy with EU. A last minute breakthrough INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — China has expressed its open- Therefore, I do not think that despite the impact of the general opinion in India seems to suggest that stronger with the U.S. cannot be ruled out entirely. However, it deskness to the changes proposed by the new likely military deals during the visit by Vladimir Putin, the defense ties with Russia are in India’s larger interest. is clear that energy ties with Tehran will undergo some government in Islamabad and “will definitely follow their White House would respond with fury as there are other Do you agree? adjustments at least for a while or till such time when agenda” to work out a roadmap for BRI projects based on areas of quid pro quo where the adjustments can be made. A: The international system is in anarchy and it has re- India can find a way to pay Iran without attracting the “mutual consultation”, Chinese envoy to Pakistan Ambas- However, we are yet to see the final moments of this drama. mained thus for a very long time, so it may not be prudent to Treasury sanctions from the U.S. sador Yao Jing said on Sunday. India will need exemptions from CAATSA to buy the view any country as ominous from the Indian point of view, The regional dynamics are changing with U.S. getting Both friendly countries were committed to pressing S-400 Triumf missile defense system as well as frigates and as India wishes to expand ties with all its traditional partners closer to India and China getting closer to Pakistan. Are forward with BRI projects, China’s Foreign Ministry were helicopters. Do you think it will get exemptions? What if like Russia, Iran, Japan, GCC, EU, ASEAN, and the U.S. these alliances permanent or temporary? quoted saying in a Reuters report, in order “to ensure those U.S. goes ahead with its sanctions? However, it is certain that India requires Russian de- A: It’s too early to call these emerging trends as alli- projects that are already built operate as normal, and those A. It was understood during the “2+2 dialogue” that the fense items for its forces and it will remain like that for the ances. What is certain is that in the volatile international which are being built proceed smoothly”. White House remains aware of India’s unique military ties foreseeable future. economic environment of current era, there is a lot of real According to Pakistani officials, one option is the build- with Russia and critical need for weapons. Frankly, after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the time diplomacy or trouble shooting taking place. It is better operate-transfer (BOT) model, which would see investors COMCASA, it would be irrational for the U.S. to impose sanc- UNGA summit that India will have to make a ‘sovereign not to over react to these trends and allow them the time to or companies finance and build the project and recoup their tions on India for purchase of military hardware because a decision’ on Russian defence purchases. As a global power, mature. What’s important however is to end the festering investment from cash flows generated mainly by the rail negative U.S. response would cast a shadow on the nascent don’t you think India needs to have an independent foreign conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and to end at freight business, before returning it to Pakistan in a few COMCASA. The COMCASA is a really significant agreement policy to be able to take those sovereign decisions? the earliest so that the world stabilizes. decades’ time. Beijing was open to BOT and would “encourage” its com- panies to invest, the Chinese envoy said. Pakistan’s new government had wanted to review all Belt India-Pakistan verbal bang-bang at UN and Road Initiative (BRI) contracts. Officials say there are 1 India’s foreign minister went on to strained relations with India and was working concerns the deals were badly negotiated, too expensive or say that the new Pakistani prime minister had to improve them. Referring to Imran Khan’s overly favoured China. written to India’s prime minister suggesting July 26 peace offer to India, Qureshi said that a meeting between foreign ministers in New seeking a constructive dialogue with India Ceasefire York. “We accepted the proposal but within was a key component of the new govern- violations in hours news came that terrorists had killed ment’s policies. our jawans. Does this indicate a desire for “What we did…we thought made sense. Kashmir dialogue,” she said, adding that the world Two neighbours with outstanding issues, was no longer ready to believe Islamabad. atomic powers. How do you fix things? on rise In a sharp counter-attack on Sunday, Pa- War is no option. There is no military so- kistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood lution: the only solution is a dialogue,” he INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — At least 109 people, includ- Qureshi said while his country desired good said. But, within a matter of few days, the desk ing 56 security personnel, were killed in relations with India, New Delhi had repeat- language has changed, so has the policy 2,855 incidents of cross-border firing and ceasefire viola- edly suspended dialogue with Pakistan on of engagement. tions by Pakistani forces along the border in Jammu and “flimsy grounds”. “They (Indian leaders) On Sunday, India’s Prime Minister Nar- Kashmir between January 2016 and July this year, an Right preferred politics over peace,” he told the endra Modi also jumped into the fray, saying to Information (RTI) response has revealed. 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, India was committed to peace but not at the The information provided by the Kashmir desk of In- speaking in Urdu. cost of compromising self-respect and unity dia’s home ministry to Jammu-based RTI activist Raman Dialogue, Qureshi said, was the only way of the country. Sharma showed a steep increase in ceasefire violations by to address long-standing issues, including “People of India celebrated Parakram Parv Pakistani forces this year, compared to 2016 and 2017 along Kashmir, which have long bedeviled South to mark the second anniversary of surgical the international border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC), said Asia, and prevented the region from realizing strikes conducted two years ago. Our soldiers a report in NDTV. its true potential. “Our government is keen the UN Security Council and a blot on the of innocent Pakistanis,” he added. had given a befitting reply to those who are Till July, there were 1,435 ceasefire violations by Pakistan to pursue a policy of partnership for peace, conscience of humanity. “There can be no “We have in our custody a serving Indian involved in a proxy war against India through as compared to 449 in 2016 and 971 in 2017. security and prosperity in our immediate lasting peace in South Asia without a just Naval officer, Commander Kalbhushan Yadav, acts of terrorism,” PM Modi said. “We believe In recent years, the violations of the ceasefire accord neighborhood and beyond,” he said. settlement of the Kashmir dispute based on who has provided us with the most incrimi- in peace and we are committed to it, but it the two countries signed in 2003 have assumed alarming He said he was set to meet Swaraj, but the UN Security Council resolutions and the nating evidence by accepting that he, on the will not happen at the cost of the self-respect proportions. According to conservative estimates, more than New Delhi suddenly called off the dialogue, will of the Kashmiri people,” he asserted. instructions of his government, financed, and unity of the country. India has always two thousand such violations have taken place since 2011 using the pretext of stamps issued months He went on to accuse India of financing, planned and executed acts of terrorism and been committed to peace.” alone, which often have sparked political, diplomatic and ago, before the new government in Islama- facilitating and orchestrating terrorism in violence in Pakistan,” he said, calling him “an With the war of words escalating sharply, military tensions. bad took over. Pakistan. “We wanted to sit with India to Indian state-sponsored terrorist”. the peace process between India and Pakistan Both parties have failed to holistically weigh the causes Referring to the long-standing dispute discuss all issues, including terrorism, that Just a few days ago, in an interview with has been put on the backburner once again. and consequences of recurring ceasefire violations and failed over Kashmir, Qureshi said, for over seventy have created violence in our cities and towns, a foreign news channel, Qureshi said the It will take a Herculean effort to bring them to take steps in order to prevent them, believe observers. years now, it has remained on the agenda of and have led to tens of thousands of casualties new government in Pakistan had inherited back on the table. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 2, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

Trump’s speech at UN not have any Multiple Kurds running for Iraqi presidency may be surprises: Hunter problematic EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW By Ramin Hussain Abadian By Javad Heirannia TEHRAN — Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of TEHRAN — The election of the new chairman for the Iraqi political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran parliament is preparing the way for lawmakers to elect a new Times that that Trump’s speech at UN “did not have any government. Currently, according to the law, it is time to elect surprises.” a president who must be nominated by the Kurds and approved “He touched upon familiar themes, including his de- by the parliament. termination to reduce America’s commitments to others It was expected that all Kurdish parties would have one Kurdish especially if they do not keep U.S. interests in mind,” Hunter candidate for presidency, but it seems that the main parties and tells the Tehran Times. influential Kurdish groups have their own candidates for this post. Following is the text the interview: The Kurdistan Democratic Party supports Fouad Hussein and Due to the trump’s speech at the United Nations the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has presented Barham General Assembly that he pointing to Opposition to Iran, Salih for the Iraqi presidency. how are you evaluated his speech? Meanwhile, there are independent candidates who have entered A: Trump’s speech did not have any surprises. He touched the Iraq’s presidential electoral campaign. Iraq’s new parliament upon familiar themes, including his determination to reduce speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi confirmed in an announcement America’s commitments to others especially if they do not that the lawmakers will have to elect a president by October 2. keep U.S. interests in mind. He showed that he is determined Sardar Abdulla, an independent candidate for the Iraq pres- to reach some kind of agreement with North Korea. He did ident position, sat with the Mehr News agency to analyze some not have much to say on the Middle East and he repeated of the issues. his past positions on Iran. The Iraqi parliament asked the Kurdish parties to agree Some believe that globalization means becoming on a single candidate, but unfortunately this did not happen, a American, but Trump said in his speech that he is and there seems to be some difference of opinion among them. against globalization because globalization has been What’s your thoughts on that? cause an abuse of the United States, why is Trump A: I do not allow myself to talk about the differences between opposing globalization? the parties, the movements and the Kurdish groups. However, A: Globalization does not mean becoming American. I personally do my best to encourage these parties to resolve Globalization refers to the free movement of capital, free the dispute. Undoubtedly, this kind of a measure will serve the trade, irrespective of its impact on national economies, a lax public interest. approach to immigration and cultural and political interna- As you know, the Kurdistan Democratic Party has chosen tionalism. Many both in America and Europe believe that ing groups in Europe also have similar views. They believe have negative consequences for peacekeeping operations. Fouad Hussein as their nominee for Iraqi’s presidential post, globalization has negatively affected the lives of the more that societies are in danger of losing their core identities. Trump’s critique of OPEC and High oil prices, does it while there are also other candidates for this position. Don’t you vulnerable sectors of their societies while enriching others. In short, Globalization is best defined as internationalism will cause the United States confronts with allied countries, think the plurality of Kurdish party candidates and their lack of In America globalization has led to the flight of manufac- in economics and culture as opposed to a more nationalist such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates? integration could have a negative effect on parties? turing industries to Mexico and other third world countries outlook. A: The Saudi decision not to lower the price of oil will A: I respect all the candidates who have signed up for the leading to severe unemployment problems in some states Trump said in his speech that U.S. will cut UN peace- certainly affect Trump’s perception of Riyadh as a val- presidency and Doctor Fouad Hussein is among them. The plu- in the U.S. Trump wants to change this situation. Limits on keeping budget, This U.S. decision what impact will have uable ally. It also will show the limits of Saudi ability to rality of candidates is obvious, but their high number may pose Chinese imports is part of this strategy. on peace in different regions of the world? help advance America’s policies in the region. However, danger to Iraqi Kurdistan. Trump also believes that lax immigration policies has A: If other members of the United Nations cover the Saudi refusal so far, will not cause a serious confrontation It is for this reason that I have repeatedly called on the Kurdish been altering America’s cultural landscape. Other right lean- shortfall caused by U.S. cuts, then Trump’s decision will not between the two. parties and movements to enter the presidential election campaign with a single candidate. Entering the campaign with multiple candidates has created divisions among them. The introduction of a single candidate prevents this fragmentation. S-300 missiles may help usher in the demise of U.S. unipolarity I must say that if the Kurdish parties reach an agreement, I By Somayeh Khomarbaqi fact, equipping Syria with S-300 proves the changing course is unlikely. Russians, by defeating the terrorist proxies, will be ready to withdraw from the nomination. But as I said, failure of the Zionist regime to meet the con- There is no doubt that the delivery of the includes the weakening of Zionist-American the realization of this issue requires an agreement between the TEHRAN – Russia’s Ilyushin-20 military ditions previously agreed upon, conditions S-300 to the Syrian forces, along with related power and the continuation of America’s un- Kurds on a single candidate. aircraft was shot down in western Syria that prevented air strikes in the region. electronic equipment, added to the already ipolar moment. You participate as an independent candidate in the election with a Russian S-200 missile by Syrian air Additionally, the accident proves that delivered S-200, will create an almost impen- Will the delivery of the S-300 to Syria of the Iraqi president. What’s your plan for this post? defense forces and all 15 crew of the plane Russia’s military presence in Syria requires etrable air defense zone in the region. It will change the balance of power in the region? A: Our plan for presidency is based on our long-term experi- were killed. Russia blamed Tel Aviv after serious air support. Thus, Russia’s delivery help Syrians counteract Israeli rocket attacks A: Yes, after the delivery of S-300 to Syria, ence. I am personally in contact with all Kurdish parties as well authorities figured out what had happened. of the S-300 to Syria is a strong message to and fighter planes. This is what Israel and there will be a shift of power in the region as other non-Kurdish parties and groups. My view of the presi- The Zionists didn’t know the consequences Israel and its allies. The Kremlin showed that its U.S. allies are afraid of, worried that their and that is exactly what has made Israel and dency is comprehensive that includes all of Iraq and the region. for their action. After the incident, Russia it won’t tolerate Zionist regime violations of plot in the region that is based on supporting its allies worry, as the shift will strengthen However, if I land the position, I will clearly outline the de- was determined to provide Damascus with agreements in Syria. the terrorist groups in Syria will fail. and enhance the ability of the Syrian army tails of my plan. the S-300 air defense missile. Israel has said that Russia’s action The Zionist regime and the U.S. are and allies in the fight against terrorists who Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has announced that In line with the issue, Mohammad Maher is dangerous and will increase tensions in now trying to stop the Syrian army and are backed by Israel and the U.S. Iraq’s future president should have been nominated from their Mogheh, a Syrian MP, sat with the Mehr the region. What are possible reactions of its allies from wiping out the terrorist In the nutshell, the events of recent days own party and not from other Kurdish parties. Do you think News agency to discuss the matter. Israel and the United States if the Kremlin groups in Syria. They want to halt and and the turbulence, frustration and disap- such views may create divisions among the Kurdish groups? Following the downing of the Russian goes forward the plan? the revival of Syrian sovereignty over all pointment of Israel and their supporters A: In response to this question, I would also invite parties plane in Syria, caused indirectly by the Zionist A: Undoubtedly, the Israelis did not expect of its lands. Thus, equipping the Syrian over the S-300 reflects the depth of the and Kurdish groups to agree on a single, qualified candidate regime, Russia announced the delivery of the such a reaction from Russia, and I believe army with armament such as the S-300 involvement of Israel and America in the to enter the election campaign of the new Iraqi president. I am S-300 system to Syria. What are the reasons that Tel Aviv will not be able to do much will certainly stymie Tel Aviv’s and Wash- nearly global struggle that has occurred also prepared to do any kind of cooperation with Kurdish parties behind this move? about it. Of course, the Israeli regime will ington’s objectives in Syria. over Syria for the past eight years. Syria has and political groups. A: The announcement of the delivery of the try to prevent Russia from implementing the I opined that the United States and Israel managed to defeat the plot that could have As you know, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has S-300 to Syria by Russia came after a Russian delivery of the S-300 to Syria, but Russia has are not able defeat Russia’s move to deliver divided the region further and expanded presented Barham Salih as their candidate for the Iraqi pres- aircraft was downed with 15 servicemen. In made a decisive move and the possibility of S-300 to Syria. The objective of the Syrians and hostilities in the region. idency. What is your opinion about this and who has a better chance to get this post? A: Our brothers in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan have cho- sen Barham Salih as their main candidate to go for the position. Ambassador: Norway working closely with Iran, However, I still insist on the necessity of agreeing on a single nominee from the Kurds. Personally, I believe that someone who is consensus-minded and presented to the parliament by all Kurds will have a greater EU to help preserve JCPOA chance of holding this post. This is one of the reasons why I invited Kurdish parties to unite about this. Iran has a comprehensive plan to harness the large, multinational corporations. 1 Regarding the coalition formation for the next Iraqi’s renewables, and Norway seems to be very keen on aiding And how do you describe the overall attitude of government, Al Eslah and Al Bana have called on the Kurds to the country to achieve that. Norway’s Saga Energy and Norwegian companies for continuing their business with join their ranks. What’s the Kurdish position in this regard? Scatec Solar have been in talks to build solar energy plants Iran? Are they too much concerned over US sanctions or A: The important point is that if Kurdish parties and groups in Iran. Are those plans still on track? What other projects are they actually more optimistic? introduce a single candidate for presidential post, it is obvious does Norway have in store for increasing Iran’s renewable A:It’s a mixed picture. I think many companies are de- that the process of forming a new government with the presence of energy capacity? termined to stay and make it work despite the US sanc- all the Kurds will take an acceptable and unobjectionable course. A:There are Norwegian companies in the field of tions. Other companies have large interests in the US and renewable energy, be it solar or wind, that are still are naturally very worried about the consequences for that interested in doing business in Iran. I will not com- business. So it’s a very mixed picture, but I’m confident that ment on any specific plans. I am confident that this we will be able to keep many Norwegian companies here will remain an important sector for Norwegian-Iranian in important sectors. Yemen’s resistance cooperation going forward. Back in June, Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Sale- What is Norway’s share in Iran’s oil and gas projects? hi visited Norwegian nuclear centers and held talks with achievements hurting Saudis A:I am not sure what that share might be. To protect our relevant authorities there. What were the achievements of companies, I will not go into detail of their engagement. I that visit in regard to Iran-Norway’s nuclear cooperation? 1 Mohammad Qaderi, , commander of Yemeni coastal can, however, say that Norway and Iran have a long history A:Vice President Salehi had an extensive visit to Oslo defense forces affiliated with Ansarullah, in an interview with of cooperation in this field, and I am hopeful that some in June, and I went along with him. Among many things Al-Jazeera said that if the aggressors were to block the opera- Norwegian companies will be able to continue to work in on his agenda was possible continued cooperation in the tion of the Al-Hudayda and Jebel Ali ports in Dubai and Jeddah Iran despite the difficult situation we’re about to enter into. nuclear field. Norway played an important role prior to the respectively, the Yemeni forces will give Saudi–led coalition a How about the South Pars gas project, considering EU efforts to make this work. implementation of the JCPOA in replacing highly enriched taste of their medicine. the fact that France’s total has withdrawn from its 50% What other plans, apart from the EU collective efforts, uranium with natural uranium. The two agencies are now Qaderi asserted that Yemeni resistance forces reactions would share over US sanctions? does Norway have to maintain and develop its economic talking to each other about how to possibly continue and be “intense” and “unpredictable “as their missiles can target the A:I won’t go into companies’ specifics or projects’ spe- relations with Iran in the face of US sanctions? follow up this cooperation. depth of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates through cifics, but we have companies in this sector active in Iran A:As an ambassador, it is my top priority to help Norwe- What is Norway’s stance toward US’ unilateral meas- the harbor of Al-Hudayda. and I’m doing everything I can to help them continue their gian businesses in Iran. Currently financial transaction is a ures, particularly with respect to its withdrawal from the Qaderi pointed that the Yemeni naval and coastal defense work in Iran beyond November 4th. big challenge. I hope we can overcome this. We are working nuclear deal and its pressure on other countries to stop forces have not really entered the war yet; a war affects the en- EU has promised the establishment of a “Special closely with the EU to find solutions for our businesses. doing business with Iran? tire world. The Yemeni commander called on the international Purpose Vehicle” to facilitate trade with Iran. Given that Can the two countries rely on the potential of the A:We regret the US decision to pull out of the JCPOA community to act and stop the aggressors in the Yemen war. Norway is not a member of EU, would your country still private sector and SMEs to make up for any limitations and are determined to keep our end of the deal. My Prime Another issue is that authorities of the Saudi regime know that support and implement this promised measure? and deficiencies in trade ties in the face of the impending Minister reaffirmed this in a meeting with President Rouhani they have not been able to achieve their objectives in the Yemen A:Norway is fully committed to the JCPOA and fully US sanctions? last week in New York. We are fully committed, and our end War, despite all assistance they have received from a number of supports EU efforts to preserve the agreement. I would say A:I believe the SMEs are crucial. In Norway’s case, the of the bargain is to try to make the business cooperation their allies and mercenaries all over the world. that we have the same policy as the EU when it comes to the vast majority of companies fall into the SME category. It is work as best as possible, and that is my number one priority Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered a total of 189 military JCPOA. There was very promising news coming from the my hope that many of them can continue doing business as an ambassador to Iran. officers and military personnel affiliated with the Saudi Ministry JCPOA meeting in New York last week and Norway is work- in Iran despite US sanctions. What is in store for the future of Iran-Norway’s of Defense a medal for their achievement in the military operation ing closely with Iran and the EU to help preserve the deal. Do these SMEs have connections with US which economic cooperation? against Yemen. The king of Saudi Arabia has already been trying What is your opinion about the overall effectiveness could still affect their business with Iran? A:I am optimistic when it comes to the future of our to boost the morale of his failed militants by giving privileges to of this mechanism in escaping US sanctions? A:Some of them have business in the US, and some do economic cooperation with Iran. I will not hide the fact Saudi troops involved in the Yemen War. A:The details are not clear yet, and we haven’t passed the not. I am trying to help as best as I can. But I think it’s that we are faced with many challenges and hurdles there What seems clear is that Saudis and their allies are facing a Nov. 5th, so I won’t speculate. Time will tell how effective important for my country since most of our companies are days. But despite these and in the long run, I am absolutely major defeat in the Yemen war. Riyadh knows all too well that the different measures are. But we have to make every effort SMEs, and in this situation that might be an advantage confident that economic relations between our countries the only way to save his face in Yemen is to stop the ferocious to make it an effective vehicle. We are very supportive of the because it might be easier for SMEs to remain in Iran than will flourish. war against innocent people of Yemen soon. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS OCTOBER 2, 2018

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By Anna Kucirkova hundreds of times. Your mind wanders, and sud- experience. This power of suggestion when used denly you’re home. How did you get there? Do as a part of psychotherapy by a qualified psycho- The word hypnosis often evokes strong, comical you remember turning left at the light? Applying therapist can help with a whole host of problems. images stemming from B-movies and antiquated the brakes? Putting on your turn signal? Do you Breaking bad habits such as smoking, drinking, sitcoms. A shady hypnotist with a skinny mustache remember the houses you drove by or the lady and overeating can often be helped by hypnotherapy and evil smile dangles a pocket watch in front of walking her dog or the posted speed limit sign? utilizing this power of suggestion. For example, his hapless subject. You definitely did and saw all of those things, while the patient is in a hypnotic trance the hypno- “You’re getting sleepy…” he slowly repeats as his but your relaxed state brought on by familiarity and therapist might suggest that smoking will induce victim’s eyes grow heavier. Within moments the tiredness allowed your subconscious mind to take nausea. The patient when out of the trance may subject is fully hypnotized, and in his entranced, over, kicking you into auto-pilot and getting you experience nausea when they think about smok- zombie-like state, he is bound to do the evil, or home, seemingly without even thinking about it. ing, causing them to refrain and break the habit. silly, bidding of the villainous hypnotist. Compare that to driving in an unfamiliar city to a Hypnosis might also be used to treat phobias, This cartoon version of hypnosis couldn’t be new destination. You’re conscious mind is in a state of as the hypnotist goes right to the patient’s subcon- further from the truth, yet many of us are skep- high alert, actively thinking and making decisions as scious to override the irrational fear. Repressed tical of hypnotism, finding it hard to believe that you navigate unfamiliar territory. You are profoundly memories and unresolved trauma can be brought hypnosis is real, let alone beneficial. aware of every bump and turn, remembering it all! out during hypnotherapy, allowing a patient to deal Whether our disbelief is owed to cinematic misrep- Tapping into the subconscious mind and tuning with a deep wound that they have been unable to resentations, our own ignorance, or a combination of out the conscious is exactly what happens during cope with using their conscious mind. Hypnosis the two, it’s worth exploring the truth about hypnosis hypnosis. The conscious takes a rare back-seat can be used to manage pain, as well as a host of and its value as a legitimate form of therapy. to the subconscious, allowing you to access the physical symptoms like hot flashes. What is hypnosis? deepest reaches of the brain. In this state with Is hypnosis dangerous? The word hypnosis has its root in the Greek the help of a professional hypnotist, work can be One of the myths of hypnosis is that it is mind word “hypno” which means sleep, though this is done to solve problems deep within. control, with a helpless patient in a trance and under terribly misleading. While a person under hypnosis Hypnosis should not be confused with medi- the power of a hypnotherapist who can control may have their eyes closed and appear to be asleep, tation. While meditation can be therapeutic and their every move and get them to do anything. they are very much awake. In fact, they might be beneficial, it does not employ the power of suggestion This is completely false. Since the therapist is only more awake than usual! and accessing of the subconscious as does hypnosis. helping the person access their own subconscious Hypnosis is the process by which a person is Meditation can be effectively done while alone in Hypnosis may not be for everyone, but it is a safe, mind, they cannot get them do anything that is guided into a relaxed state where focused attention the quiet of your own home, while hypnosis should proven, and effective method for helping people against their will, since that very will exists within and intense concentration allow them to enter into a be aided by a professional therapist or doctor with the subconscious mind. trance where their subconscious can be accessed. The professional training and experience. with everything from breaking a habit, to controlling But is it safe? Does it harm the brain or cause person is so focused in this naturally occurring state, Methods of hypnosis pain, to confronting past emotional wounds. The any lasting damage? that they are undisturbed by things going on around There are several prerequisites in order for a People with extreme forms of mental illness them and can completely focus on the work at hand. person to undergo hypnosis successfully. They cartoonish, villainous hypnotist with his dangling should not undergo hypnosis. Additionally, peo- People in a hypnotic state are not unconscious. must want to be hypnotized and believe that it will watch is far from reality, but hypnotism itself is a ple seeking help for pain management through On the contrary, they are completely alert but are happen. They must be able to get into an incredibly hypnotherapy should seek counsel from a medical able to tune out all of the external stimuli around relaxed physical, mental, and emotional state. And legitimate form of therapy that when professionally doctor first to ensure there are no underlying issues them and intensely focus on the subconscious parts most importantly, they must be under the care of applied can be beneficial for many people. that should be addressed medically. of the brain where things like repressed memories, a professionally trained hypnotherapist. For most people however, hypnosis is a safe addictions, and phobias reside. Anyone can take an online course, get a certif- as effective as personal, customized hypnosis Loss of Balance is similar to what all of us ex- and effective method for addressing certain issues. How does hypnosis work? icate, and call themselves a certified hypnother- under the care of a professional. perienced as a child when we were rocked to sleep Side effects are minimal and rare, but may include As much as the human brain has been studied apist. Since there is no official regulating body Fixed-Gaze or Eye-Fixation Induction is the by a parent. The loss of equilibrium created by headaches, drowsiness or dizziness, anxiety, or for centuries by the most brilliant doctors and for hypnotherapists, steer clear of such claims method seen in those B-movies and sitcoms men- slow, rhythmic rocking back and forth can induce false memories, according to the Mayo Clinic. scientists, there is still so much we do not under- and look for a doctor who is a member of the tioned earlier. The idea is that getting the patient a hypnotic trance. Studies have repeatedly shown that hypnosis stand. Hypnosis is no exception, and while we may American Psychiatric Association or American to focus on an object intently will force them to How does hypnosis help? has no negative effects on the brain. not fully understand how it all works, science is Medical Association. tune out everything else and enter a state of ex- The conscious part of the mind is our great Conclusion expanding our understanding of it and confirming There are several methods for hypnosis that treme relaxation. It was utilized in the early days inhibitor, putting on the brakes when our impulses Hypnosis may not be for everyone, but it is a its validity as an often successful part of psycho- a qualified hypnotherapist will utilize. Here are of hypnotism but has been found to be ineffective might put us in danger, or make us look ridicu- safe, proven, and effective method for helping therapy, helping millions of people with a host of a few examples. for most people. lous. The subconscious on the other hand controls people with everything from breaking a habit, to physical, emotional, and psychological problems. Progressive Relaxation and Imagery is the Rapid hypnosis is designed to bombard the mind imagination, emotion, and creativity. When the controlling pain, to confronting past emotional This concentrated state of focused relaxation most often utilized method of hypnosis used by with fast, forceful commands so that the patient subconscious is at the wheel without the conscious wounds. The cartoonish, villainous hypnotist that taps into the unconscious mind is actually very psychiatrists today. The hypnotist will slowly gives up his conscious control. This is most often filtering those things, we are truly uninhibited. with his dangling watch is far from reality, but natural. In fact, scientists argue that we enter into guide the patient into a state of total focus and seen in “hypnosis shows” where a subject is on a That is why people under a hypnotic trance are hypnotism itself is a legitimate form of therapy a hypnotic trance daily without even realizing it. relaxation by speaking slowly in a soothing stage and seemingly nervous, making them more so prone to suggestion. In fact, hypnosis “shows” that when professionally applied can be beneficial Think about it. You’re driving home from a voice. This is the method used in self-hypnosis apt to obey the commands of the hypnotist. It is make great entertainment with subjects under a for many people. busy day of work taking the route you’ve driven audio materials, although they are not nearly also more entertaining! trance dancing ridiculously or having an imaginary (Source: doublewoodsupplements.com)

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM OCTOBER 2, 2018 Zoroastrians to observe Mehregan Visa agrees to facilitate DCC at ATMs globally aimed to cement friendships Visa has reportedly agreed to allow dynamic currency conver- HERITAGE TEHRAN — This evening, clusters of sion (DCC) for its cardholders carrying out international ATM deskIranian Zoroastrians are to hold reunions transactions globally. in celebration of Mithra, an ancient goddess of friendship, DCC is a service that offers cardholders with an option for affection and love. payment in their billing currency when making an international The celebrations are usually opened up with keynote transaction. It is provided by acquirers/ATM operator and their speeches by Zoroastrian religious figures and officials, fol- merchants. lowed by Shahnameh recitations, exciting contests and other Mastercard permits DCC at U.S. ATMs, while previous Visa joyful customaries. network rules prohibited such services. A key feature for the event is large spreads in purple Visa’s latest decision comes after the US National ATM Council laden with various ingredients, dishes and elements each on (NAC) submitted a public petition in February this year seeking behalf of a particular belief. Fruits, vegetables, dried nuts, DCC services to international VISA cardholders who use ATMs sweets, rosewater, grilled lamb meat, lotus seeds and silver in the country. coins and a scale are typically placed, the latter symbolizes During its petition, NAC provided Visa with data indicating autumnal equinox. successful DCC for Mastercard transactions at U.S. ATMs. It also Mehregan falls on the 196th day of the Iranian calendar highlighted the benefits for Visa cards in markets where the firm year that usually equals to October 2 in the Gregorian calendar. allowed the services. Mehregan was used to be a traditional autumn harvest Additionally, the ATM council provided information on signif- festival with several accounts on its origins. icant percentage of cardholders who repeatedly use DCC services During Achaemenid era (c. 550–330 BC), Mehregan was wherever they are permitted. observed in an extravagant style in Persepolis at a time for NAC executive director Bruce Renard said: “DCC services harvest when taxes were collected. provide the transparency and real-time information needed by Avestan texts divide the Iranian year into two equal parts consumers from abroad to better understand their cash withdraw- or seasons; summer and the winter. The advent of the two als from US ATMs in terms of the cardholder’s home currency.” seasons are celebrated in Noruz and Mehregan. After considering the petition, Visa agreed to permit DCC The legend says Mehregan was a day of victory for Ferey- services at worldwide ATMs. The revised rules are set to be ef- doon and Kaveh, who overcame Zahak. They imprisoned fective from 13 April next year. him in Mount Damavand where he later died of his wounds. (Source: verdict.co.uk) After the capture of Zahak, Fereydoon was nominated as the king and the people celebrate this occasion with great fervor. The story has been narrated in Shahnameh, a long epic poem by the illustrated Persian poet Ferdowsi (940-1020 CE). A typical spread dedicated to Mehregan celebrations Croatia Airlines achieves Foreign tourist arrivals in Golestan highest safety rating Tabriz hosting intl. conference on province surge 113% in H1 safeguarding cultural heritage TOURISM TEHRAN — The TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran’s desknumber of interna- deskcity of Tabriz is play- tional tourists visiting Iran’s northern ing host to an annual CIAV (International province of Golestan rose sharply by 113 Committee of Vernacular Architecture / percent in the first six months of the current Comite International d’Architecture Ver- Iranian calendar year (started on March naculaire) international conference from 21) from a year earlier, provincial tourism October 1 to 3. chief has said. Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts A total of 2,986 foreign travelers “visited and Tourism Organization is holding the and accommodated” in Golestan province event in association with the ICOMOS (In- in the six-month period that shows 113 ternational Council on Monuments and percent year-on-year increase, CHTN quot- Sites), CHTN reported. ed Ebrahim Karimi as saying on Sunday. “Cultural Heritage and Sustainable De- “The tourist industry has contributed velopment” has been selected as the theme to the growth of economic indicators in the for the conference, which will be followed Croatia Airlines has been awarded the highest ranking for safe- province, especially in terms of job creation by excursion tours on October 4 and 5. ty with 7-stars from the world’s only safety and product rating and cultural and social development…,” The ICOMOS (Conseil international des agency AirlineRatings.com he explained. monuments et des sites) is a professional After careful evaluation and feedback from the airline and Golestan province embraces some 2,500 association that works for the conservation aviation industry AirlineRatings.com has upgraded its seven-star historical and natural sites, Karimi said. and protection of cultural heritage places safety rating system to give more importance to IOSA and this Elsewhere in his remarks the official UNESCO-registered Gonbad-e Qabus around the world. Now headquartered in A poster for the 2018 CIAV conference move elevates Croatia Airlines up to 7-stars – the highest ranking. attached great importance to eco-lodges, Paris, ICOMOS was founded in 1965 in governor announced that 200 eco-lodg- IOSA – the International Air Transport Association Oper- which are being more and more prevalent Warsaw as a result of the Venice Charter Tabriz was also declared a world craft es would be opened to the public during ation Safety Audit – was first introduced in 2003 to curb the across the province, saying, “[accommo- of 1964, and offers advice to UNESCO on city of carpet weaving by the World Craft the next couple of months to cater to the disturbing trend in airline accidents that could be attributed to dation in] eco-lodges have been highly World Heritage Sites. in 2016. Soaked in history and culture for hospitality industry in northern Iran. simple processes and maintenance programs. welcomed by foreign travelers.” Capital of East Azarbaijan province, millennia, Tabriz hosts abundant histor- The one-millennium-old, UNESCO-reg- Since it was introduced airlines that have completed IOSA “There are currently 35 eco-lodges that Tabriz is currently holding the title of ical, natural and religious sites, including istered Gonbad-e Qabus is one of the most have up to a four-fold safer safety record than airlines that do are active while the same number are due 2018 Islamic Tourism Capital which was Jameh Mosque of Tabriz, the Arg of Tabriz significant tourist destinations in Golestan not do the audit. to be inaugurated.” approved by the inter-governmental Or- and UNESCO-registered Tabriz Historic province, neighboring the Caspian Sea. AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas con- In September, Golestan province’s ganization of Islamic Cooperation in 2015. Bazaar Complex. gratulated Croatia Airlines on this achievement. “Croatia Airlines“ has been a major force in the economic life of Croatia since 1990,” said Thomas. Being single costs £2,049 a year and travel is the main “The airline has a modern fleet of Airbus and Bombardier aircraft and operationally is now up there with the very best.” The rating agency has reduced the stars allocated for ICAO reason – this needs to change compliance from two to one. Being single, it seems, is the most indulgent of 21st-century that they feel penalized for making this choice,” said Joel (Source: airlineratings.com) luxuries, a position of envy, privilege… and expense. Earlier Brandon-Bravo, Travelzoo’s general manager. this year Good Housekeeping magazine crunched the numbers “The traditional view of a solo traveler as a 20-some- and put the cost of being single at an additional £2,049 per thing backpacker hopping from hostel to hostel is no longer year, totting up charges including council tax, insurance, true. The modern solo traveler is older, wealthier and may ROUND THE GLOBE holidays and memberships of anything from Netflix to the be travelling by themselves simply because they and their gym. Freedom has a price, and it’s around two grand a year. partner have different interests in a trip abroad. Angra do Heroismo Depressingly, travel was the expense with the biggest price “It’s time to break down barriers to solo travel, to re- difference between a single traveler and a couple sharing. duce the cost of travelling alone and to increase the range A cab to the airport for one, a double room to oneself, the of experiences that are open to people travelling without Situated on the mid-Atlantic island of Terceira within the single supplement and unsplit booking fees all mount up. partners or families.” Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores, Angra do Her- Depending on the trip, individuals can wind up paying an This is exactly the thinking that underlies Telegraph oismo was an obligatory port of call for the fleets of equatorial extra 50 per cent to 80 per cent more than travelers who book Travel’s own attempts to draw attention to the unfairness Africa and of the East and West Indies routes during their as a duo. For couples, this sort of saving makes tolerating of single supplements and to make the abolishment (or dras- voyages to and from Europe from the 15th century until the even the most tiresome of companions seem worthwhile. tic reduction) of them one of the 10 demands in its “Safer, advent of steamships in the 19th century. For individuals, the price hike can push a trip beyond the fairer, better” campaign for 2018. The port of Angra is also the eminent example of a creation budget of the solo traveler. So what about solo October and solo November? On top linked to the maritime world: It is directly and tangibly asso- Despite the recent and well-documented rise of solo trav- of campaigns like Travelzoo’s, a few other forward-thinking ciated with a development of a universal historic significance, el, we’ve yet to see tour operators and hoteliers respond But despite the fact that travelling solo is no longer a niche operators and hoteliers are responding to the needs of solo the maritime exploration that allowed exchanges between adequately to this growing demographic. pursuit, more than a third of those surveyed said the worst part travelers. Escorted tour operator Voyages Jules Verne (vjv. the world’s great civilizations. The biggest single tax within travel, of course, is accommo- of travelling by themselves was having to pay single-person com) has a dedicated “no single supplement tours” category dation. The “single supplement” applied by hotels, booking supplements. Indeed, when I book a trip alone, it’s hard not on its website. sites and tour operators that list their prices per person is to think: “Ah, lovely, I can afford a holiday approximately High-end adventure travel company Flash Pack (flash- so poorly worded it might as well be called “lone loser tax”, half as good as the one I could book with my boyfriend.” pack.com) pairs solo travelers up on group tours so that and the fact that it’s whacked on after you’ve been reeled We’ve come to the end of Travelzoo’s #SoloSeptember they share rooms in luxury lodges. Travelers can opt to have in by this particular hotel or holiday adds insult to injury. campaign, which saw the travel deals publisher join forc- their own room, but 80 per cent are happy to share, rather Of course, it’s not just single people who travel solo. In June, es with Cox & Kings Travel, STA Travel and Saga Cruises than paying twice as much, or staying in a room half as nice. a Travelzoo survey revealed that more than three quarters of to offer travelers a month of solo holidays without single Solo travel is no fleeting fad. Hoteliers and tour operators Britons have either travelled solo or are considering doing supplements and fees. need to start treating solo travelers less like an anomaly, and so, and, interestingly, more than half (60 per cent) of those “More and more people across Britain are choosing to more like the customer base of the future. travelling alone were either in a relationship or married. travel on their own, yet we often hear from our members (Source: The Telegraph)

Angra do Heroismo’s port comprises two natural basins protected by a series of hills, being a distinctive example of the UNWTO selects Thessaloniki to adaptation of an urban model to particular climatic conditions: the gridiron plan typically used in new cities was skewed to take into account the prevailing winds. host meeting on Silk Road tourism It has been conjectured, and not without reason, that this The UNWTO Silk Road Programme has loniki Convention Bureau for successfully choice was imposed by the navigators and their cartographers. announced the selection of Thessaloniki winning the tender process for the event An extensive defensive system was installed following the in ’s Macedonia region, as the site with the support of the Ministry of Tour- town’s foundation. of the 8th UNWTO International Meeting ism of Greece. Even following a devastating earthquake on 1 January on Silk Road Tourism. It was decided that Greece would host 1980, the central zone of the town of Angra do Heroismo has Slated for October, the event will run the event after Tourism Minister, Elena preserved the better part of its monumental heritage and its from October 10 to 12. Kountoura and the General Secretary of the original vernacular architecture, and remains a homogenous Officials at UNWTO congratulated the Organisation, Zurab Pololikashvili, signed urban ensemble. Region of Central Macedonia, Aristotle the relevant agreement in May 2018. (Source: UNESCO) University of Thessaloniki, and Thessa- (Source: argophilia.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 2, 2018 SCIENCE 11 Fewer biofuels, more green space: Climate Massive dinosaur discovered named action researcher calls for urgent shift ‘giant thunderclap at dawn’ Growing and harvesting bioenergy crops -- resource. For reducing atmospheric CO2, the corn for ethanol or trees to fuel power plants, most efficient use of ecologically productive Scientists have unearthed a new dinosaur species in South Africa for example -- is a poor use of land, which is land is to leave it alone, or reforest it. Let it act that is a relative of the brontosaurus. The massive ancient ani- a precious resource in the fight against cli- as a natural, long-term carbon sink.” mal has been named Ledumahadi mafube, which means “giant mate change, says a University of Michigan The new opinion piece expands on DeCicco’s thunderclap at dawn.” researcher. earlier findings that biofuels are not inherently A massive, new dinosaur that was discovered in South Africa Untampered green areas like forests and carbon-neutral, as they are widely purported was given a name that means “giant thunderclap at dawn,” which grasslands naturally sequester carbon dioxide, to be, and Schlesinger’s long-time research is very much appropriate for an animal that may have been the and they are one of society’s best hopes for as a leading ecologist and biogeochemist. largest during its time. quickly reducing the greenhouse gas in the The assumption that bioenergy simply recy- The recently unearthed fossil is a relative of the brontosaurus, atmosphere, says John DeCicco, research cles carbon -- which DeCicco and Schlesinger and its size brings to mind recent dinosaur discoveries such as professor at the U-M Energy Institute. call a major accounting error -- is built into the largest dinosaur foot fossil ever excavated and the “amazing DeCicco and William Schlesinger, president the lifecycle assessments used for energy pol- dragon” fossils found in China. emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem icy as well as the protocols for international A new dinosaur species that was recently discovered in South Studies have authored an opinion piece in the carbon accounting. Africa is believed to have weighed 26,000 pounds, double the current edition of Proceedings of the National Producing biofuels size of a large African elephant and possibly the largest dinosaur Academy of Sciences. The core of that assumption is the idea when it lived 200 million years ago. The researchers call for policymakers, that producing a biofuel and then burning it Researchers have given the dinosaur the name Ledumahadi funding agencies, fellow academics and in- for energy moves a given amount of carbon mafube, which means a “giant thunderclap at dawn” in the in- dustry leaders to urgently shift their focus from the biosphere to the atmosphere, and digenous South African language of Sesotho. from bioenergy to what they call “terrestrial back again in an unending and stable cycle. Ledumahadi mafube was an herbivore that stood at 4 meters carbon management,” or TCM. That strategy But here’s where DeCicco sees a problem: high at the hips, and is among the closest relatives of sauropods, emphasizes planting more trees and conserving For bioenergy to be actually carbon neutral, which are characterized by their long necks and tails. However, more wild areas that feed on carbon dioxide. harvesting the biomass to produce it would the new dinosaur evolved to its giant stature independently from How to use biosphere have to greatly speed up the net flow of carbon sauropods, and while it stood on four legs, its forelimbs were The “world needs to rethink its priorities from the atmosphere back into vegetation. more crouched. This is why scientists view Ledumahadi mafube about how to use the biosphere given the ur- Otherwise, many decades can pass before as an “evolutionary experiment.” gency of the climate problem and the risks to the “carbon debt” of excess carbon dioxide The fossil of the Ledumahadi mafube revealed several other biodiversity,” DeCicco said. Untampered green areas like forests and in the air is repaid by future plant growth. interesting tidbits, such as the “incredible robustness of the limb The biosphere encompasses all life on Earth, “All currently commercial forms of bio- bones,” according to Blair McPhee, the lead author of the study on and for climate protection, it particularly refers grasslands naturally sequester carbon dioxide, energy require land and risk carbon debts the dinosaur that was published in the Current Biology journal. to trees, plants and the living carbon – mi- and they are one of society’s best hopes for that last decades into the future. Given the (Source: Tech Times) croorganisms -- in soils. urgency of the climate problem, it is puz- “Current policies advancing bioenergy quickly reducing the greenhouse gas in the zling why some parties find these excess contribute to the pressure to convert natu- atmosphere, says John DeCicco, research near-term CO2 emissions acceptable,” the New electro-optic laser ral land into harvested forest or cropland,” researchers write. DeCicco said. “But high quality land is a limited professor at the U-M Energy Institute. (Source: eurekalert.org) pulses 100 times faster than usual ultrafast light

Researchers say light pollution For collecting weather data, tiny satellites Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology threatens ecosystems measure up to billion-dollar cousins (NIST) have used common electronics to build a laser that pulses 100 times more often than conventional ultrafast lasers. The advance could extend the benefits of ultrafast science to new applications such as imaging of biological materials in real time. The technology for making electrooptic lasers has been around for five decades, and the idea seems alluringly simple. But un- til now researchers have been unable to electronically switch light to make ultrafast pulses and eliminate electronic noise, or interference. As described in the Sept. 28 issue of Science, NIST scientists developed a filtering method to reduce the heatinduced interfer- ence that otherwise would ruin the consistency of electronically synthesized light. “We tamed the light with an aluminum can,” project leader Scott Papp said, referring to the “cavity” in which the electronic As darkness fell over Manhattan on the ninth affected by Earth’s unnatural glow is Big storms are getting bigger. Typhoon in space, while CubeSats can be built and signals are stabilized and filtered. As the signals bounce back and anniversary of the September 11 attack, two growing right along with it. Jebi became the strongest tropical cyclone deployed in a year or two. forth inside something like a soda can, fixed waves emerge at the beams were shot into the sky at the site where In 2002, the University of Southern Califor- to hit Japan in 25 years and killed at least “You can build them faster, which strongest frequencies and block or filter out other frequencies. the Twin Towers once stood. The commem- nia geographer Travis Longcore, also science 10 people this past summer. Hurricane means you can put new technology on Ultrafast refers to events lasting picoseconds (trillionths of orative lights had appeared annually since director of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Florence awed even veteran meteorologists quicker instead of waiting 10 years for a second) to femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second). This is the towers fell, but in 2010 onlookers noticed The Urban Wildlands Group, and colleagues with its powerful combination of high winds new technology infusion on a government faster than the nanoscale regime, introduced to the cultural lexicon something unusual: countless white sparkles organized the first North American confer- and extreme moisture when it made landfall program,” Cahoy says. some years ago with the field of nanotechnology (nanoseconds glittering within the white beams. ence on the ecological consequences of light in North Carolina on Sept. 14. Big satellites also need their own are billionths of a second). The mysterious white objects turned out to pollution. This inspired a growing interest Now, some MIT researchers say that dedicated launch vehicle, but CubeSats The conventional source of ultrafast light is an optical fre- be thousands of migrating birds. Although the in the scientific community that eventually the best way to study and understand these can stow away as secondary payloads quency comb, a precise “ruler” for light. Combs are usually made public had just taken notice of this spectacle, led to a handful of large-scale projects that monster storms is to make the satellites whenever a launch vehicle has a little with sophisticated “mode-locked” lasers, which form pulses from conservationists had been aware of the phe- launched in Europe around 2010, says Thomas that track them smaller. extra payload space. many different colors of light waves that overlap, creating links nomenon for several years. Shortly after the Davies, a postdoctoral ecologist at Bangor A group of researchers from MIT’s CubeSats do have some drawbacks when between optical and microwave frequencies. Interoperation of tribute first appeared, New York City Audubon, University in the UK. Department of Aeronautics and compared with their larger kin, such as optical and microwave signals powers the latest advances in a conservation group, helped initiate a program We have nothing in our genetic make-up Astronautics, led by Ph.D. candidate Angela a shorter lifespan and the fact that they communications, timekeeping and quantum sensing systems. to monitor the installation and temporarily that has been exposed to this type of challenge. “Angie” Crews and Associate Professor carry a more limited array of instruments. (Source: Science Daily) shut off the lights whenever too many birds It’s completely unprecedented in the history Kerri Cahoy, in collaboration with Vince The MicroMAS-2 satellite, which measures got caught in the beams. In a later analysis of the Earth. Leslie and William Blackwell at MIT Lincoln temperature, water vapor, and cloud ice in of the bird populations on memorial nights Effects on ecosystem Laboratory, have published a new study the atmosphere, is basically a platform for between 2008 and 2016, researchers found Over the last 16 years, researchers have comparing weather data collected by a a single 10-channel scanning microwave Fruit has been so sugary that that, although the short-term shutdowns were uncovered the many nuanced ways that CubeSat — a low-cost satellite about the size radiometer mounted in a rotating cube at effective, approximately 1 million animals light can affect individual species and have of a shoebox — with data from a traditional one end of the satellite. animals can’t it, study finds Yet the most important thing about had been attracted to the glowing memorial started to build a bigger picture of the effects weather satellite. Zookeepers in Melbourne have had to wean their animals off whether CubeSats isn’t necessarily what and had become distracted from their normal on ecosystems. “It’s become clear that light The “bottom line is that this tiny satellite fruit -- which is now so full of sugar that it has made them fat they can do alone, it’s what multiple CubeSats migratory routes. pollution is a major anthropogenic pressure collected data that is as good as the data and rotted their teeth. can accomplish in concert. When oxygen Artificial illumination on the environment,” says Kevin Gaston, an from a billion-dollar government satellite,” The cultivation and selective breeding of fruit has made fruit and water vapor naturally emit signals in the This annual demonstration of how artificial ecologist at the University of Exeter in the UK. says Crews, the lead author of the paper, so sugary that they are now too unhealthy for the animals. This microwave portion of the electromagnetic illumination can influence animal behavior And it’s a uniquely disruptive pressure in “Calibration and Validation of Small is why Melbourne Zoo has decided to switch its animals’ diet spectrum and those signals are measured is but one instance of a much bigger - that life on Earth evolved to the beat of the Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometers: towards green leafy vegetables and red pandas are given “panda at different heights by multiple satellites in lem. Around 80 percent of all humans—and circadian cycle, and bright, constant light at MicroMAS-2A and TROPICS.” pellets” that are packed with vitamins and minerals. a low-earth orbit constellation, they have more than 99 percent of people in the U.S. night is a very recent phenomenon in evolu- Over larger cousins Melbourne Zoo’s head vet Michael Lynch told the Melbourne the combined impact of the instruments and Europe — now live under light-polluted tionary time, adds Therésa Jones, a behavioral CubeSats have a number of advantages Age that its monkeys do not get any bananas at all. on a larger satellite, and fed into weather skies. In addition to direct lighting from urban ecologist at the University of Melbourne in over larger cousins like the NOAA-20 “Fruit is a highly desired item because of its sugar content. infrastructure, light reflected from clouds and Australia. “We have nothing in our genetic satellite, which weighs nearly 2,300 models where the data are used for enhanced aerosols, known as skyglow, is brightening make-up that has been exposed to this type kilograms, while the diminutive MicroMAS- modeling and forecasting of hurricanes, nights even in unlit habitats. As electric lights of challenge. It’s completely unprecedented 2A weighs less than 4 kg. NOAA-20 took tropical storms and thunderstorms, become more energy- and cost-efficient, the in the history of the Earth.” eight years from the time the contract including 3-D reconstruction. proportion of lit surfaces keeps rising. (Source: the-scientist.com) was awarded to when it was operational (Source: phys.org) Mashhad Telecommunications Station Digital Radio Link Commissioned Digital radio transmission link of liquefied With the provision of required telecom- At the unflinching support of engineers in of digital transmission systems as follows: oil gas warehouse of Sang Bast Telecommu- munication antennas and installation of radio Tehran Telecommunications Terminal, the increasing the quality and bandwidth, vari- nications Station was put into operation, the equipment, max and antenna in Sang Bast Tel- operation of installing and commissioning was ety of telecommunications services, remote Public Relations Dept. of (Iranian Oil Pipeline ecommunication Station, Wide Area Network conducted by the expert team in the shortest control systems and SCADA, comprehensive and Telecommunication company (IOPTC) (WAN) became operational, the deputy IOPTC time possible, he maintained. administrative an d financial systems, distance reported. of the region Hossein Matvaei announced. In conclusion, he pointed to the advantages learning, office automation, etc. So many animals, especially primates and red pandas, they will selectively eat the fruit but not other elements. A monkey eats a banana as it takes a break from performing Risk of Bankruptcy of Export Units ‘Very Likely’: OPEX Believes at a cultural center in Islamabad, Pakistan October 22, 2016. Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ The Union is of the opinion that private sector has high Union also believes that private sector should not be Melbourne Zoo is weaning its monkeys off fruit because of their Union dubbed ‘OPEX’ is the largest privately-funded export potential and capability that can improve the relevant pressurized, so that petrochemical units should import higher sugar content. organization which is running independently without any situation at the market considerably. The way of supplying currency into the country easily in order to spur production The “issue is the cultivated fruits have been genetically modified governmental financial support. and injecting private sector’s export currency into an and export activities. to be much higher in sugar content than their natural, ancestral Trade and business activities should be created in an equal Integrated Currency Regulation System dubbed NIMA is The government is expected to use constructive viewpoints fruits,” he said. condition in the country and exports and export activities not economically justified. of private sector in order to resolve shortfalls and bottlenecks Fruit for humans is linked to reducing risks of heart disease, should also be done within the framework of justice. Complexities in the field of interpretation of government’s facing the economic situation of country. cancer and stroke. Moreover, notification of numerous and ambiguous different directives are of the other challenges that exporters Lack of existence of a regulator in the country has It contains fructose and its fiber, water and chewing resist- directives cause confusion between exporters and producers of oil products acknowledge it frankly. led to economic chaos. For the accurate implementation ance mean that the sugar it contains hits the liver more slowly which is contradictory with booming and strengthening Given the above issue, the Union expects the respected of regulatory system, constructive views of university than the free sugars in soft drinks, according to healthline.com exports, Public Relations Dept. of the Union reported. government to take advantage of high potential of private lecturers, representatives of three branches of government which says that this makes it almost impossible for humans to OPEX Union believes that oil, gas and kerosene prices sector along with the capabilities of public sector for solving and also representatives of the private sector, etc. should consume enough fructose to cause harm, should be liberated and any rent measures should also be problems facing exporters and producers in the country. be used optimally, Public Relations Dept. of the Union But the fruit-based diet of some animals at Melbourne Zoo removed for productions. Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ concluded. is posing problems for their health. (Source: Newsweek) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 WOMEN OCTOBER 2, 2018 RECIPE OF THE WEEK Granny Kat’s pumpkin roll Girl students to write heartfelt

“This moist rolled cake has a rich cream cheese filling. Serve it cold. This will be a hit! It has a pinwheel look.” Ingredients: letters to vice president 3/4 cup all-purpose flour WOMENTEHRAN — The Iranian vice presi- 1 cup white sugar deskdent for women’s and family affairs, 1 teaspoon baking soda Masoumeh Ebtekar, in a new initiative, invited girl 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice students, to write about their problems in heartfelt 1 cup pumpkin puree letters to her. 3 eggs The female vice president have made such a pro- 1 teaspoon lemon juice posal, to provide the opportunity for Iranian girls to 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar raise their problems and let the officials, and herself 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened as a leading listener, to hear the voice of girl students, IRNA reported on Sunday. Ebtekar is hoping to raise the problems in gov- ernment meetings and come up solutions for them. The Presidential Department for Women’s and Family Affairs called for girls studying in secondary schools to write their heartfelt letters entitling “Write, the girls of Iran” and sent it to the email address wom- [email protected]. The letters should be written in max. 500 words, and the best letters will be honored, Ebtekar promised. The rate of female students’ dropout from secondary schools in 1396-1397 school year (beginning Sept. 23, 2017) stands at 151,046 people, IRNA quoted Abbas Soltanian, deputy minister of training and education for secondary schools. 1/4 cup butter The number of girl students aging 15 and 16 stays 1 teaspoon vanilla extract at 1,007,002 students. 1 cup confectioners’ sugar Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and Number of female faculty members up flour a 9x13 inch jelly roll pan or cookie sheet. In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice. Stir in pumpkin puree, eggs, and lemon juice. 17 times in 40 years Pour mixture into prepared pan. Spread the mixture evenly. WOMENTEHRAN — Women made up 1.4 percent Sunday, speaking in the meeting of Saturdays of Revolu- Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 15 minutes. deskof faculty members of universities before tion, as saying. Lay a damp linen towel on the counter, sprinkle it with confec- the Islamic Revolution (1979), while this number shows a The greatest increase in the number of university stu- tioner’s sugar, and turn the cake onto the towel. Carefully roll the growth of 17 times reaching to 24 percent, Rajabali Borzooei, dents happened in Iran between 2005 and 2010, he added. towel up (lengthwise) with the cake in it. Place the cake-in-towel an official with Shahid Beheshti University, has said. Currently, there exists a total number of 2,468 universi- on a cooling rack and let it cool for 20 minutes. Currently, about 4,150,000 students are studying in Ira- ties in Iran comparing to 232 universities in 1979, Borzooei Make the icing: In a medium bowl, blend cream cheese, butter, nian universities showing a growth of 23 times comparing announced adding that currently 22.7 of Iranian women vanilla, and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer. with the same number in 1979, Mehr quoted Borzooei on enjoy a college degree. When the cake has cooled 20 minutes, unroll it and spread icing onto it. Immediately re-roll (not in the towel this time), and wrap it with plastic wrap. Keep the cake refrigerated or Varzaneh hosts congress on women, chastity and white chador freeze it for up to 2 weeks in aluminum foil. Cut the cake in WOMEN slices just before serving. TEHRAN — The muse- war against Iran on September 22, 1980. For an Islamic society, observing hijab is a deskum of anthropology of the The congress followed the goal of preserv- value rather than an old custom. Hijab takes desert city of Varzaneh, hosted a congress ing and reviving the old and unique ancient its root from the role model of Muslim women, LEARN ENGLISH on chastity and white chador for women, tradition of hijab and chastity among women, Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA), he concluded. marking the Sacred Defense Week (September said Hojjatoleslam Sheikh Ahmad Bagheri, Unique to Varzaneh, are the local wom- 23-September 28) and the World Tourism a university professor. en’s costumes. They wear completely white Global Warming Day, September 27, IRIB reported on Friday. Hijab for women is not merely observ- chadors, while women in the rest of Iran, The Sacred Defense Week honors eight ing the Islamic dress code, but it is breeding mostly wear black chadors. A: And therefore, global warming is the greatest deception years of resistance against former Iraqi dic- pious children who play a valuable role in Varzaneh is located 105km southeast of of the early 21st century. Questions? tator Saddam Hussein whose army launched preventing social vulnerabilities, he added. Isfahan and 240km away from Yazd. B: Uh… yeah. In the lecture you said there’s more evidence in the scientific record supporting global cooling? A: Well, yes, essentially, the historical record supports a theory of climate cycles. Warming and cooling are cooperating processes Happiness levels of girls and young women have dropped drastically in the planetary eco-system. B: If that’s true and the planet is getting cooler, what explains in a decade, new research reveals the rapid melting of the polar ice caps and the dramatic rise in Exam stress and the pressures of social media have made women about the seriousness of the issues they’re facing the global average temperatures? girls and young women feel far less happy than they did 10 daily and the negative impact on their lives,” Medler says. A: But are global temperatures rising? If you look at the data years ago, a new study has discovered. “It’s not good enough that today girls are unhappier and from nineteen seventy-five you’ll… Over the past decade, social media platforms such as more of them are experiencing problems with their mental B: You’ll be misled. If you were serious, you would look at the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have boomed in popular- health than in previous years. record starting in the 1880’s. Then you would see how dramat- ity, with the average Brit becoming so dependent on their “So now is the time for action, to listen to girls and re- ically the earth’s temperature has changed. smartphone that they check it 28 times a day. spond, and for all organizations, government, schools and A: Young lady, I beg to differ. Look, the point of the lecture was to This fixation on social media has taken its toll on the parents to work together to improve the lives of all girls emphasize that there is evidence for both sides, and I’m putting mental health of many girls and young women, as outlined and young women.” forth the argument that there’s greater evidence in support of by research conducted by charity Girlguiding. Izzy, a 17-year-old member of Girlguiding’s advocate pan- the global cooling hypothesis. Look, it’s an indisputable fact According to the organization, only a quarter of girls and el, believes that girls who are feeling unhappy need to be that the public is being manipulated and scared into believing young women aged between seven and 21 years old would reassured that their voices will be heard and taken seriously. there’s some kind of climate crisis; this scaremongering is describe themselves as very happy. “The research from the last 10 years doesn’t paint a great done, quite simply, for political reasons. This is a stark contrast to the 41 per cent who said the picture for girls and young women, but it’s reassuring to see B: But even without the uncomfortable reality that greenhouse same thing in 2009. past 10 years. some positive signs,” she says. gases like carbon dioxide contribute to global warming, isn’t Furthermore, 59 percent of girls and young women aged The findings from the new research have highlighted “Girls feeling more able to talk more openly about mental the topic appropriate for politicians to discuss? between 11 and 21 years old said that social media is one the impact that stress can have on the mental health of girls health makes me optimistic for the future, as does the increase A: Not if they want to use your tax dollars and mine to fund of the main causes of stress among girls in their age group, and young women, with 50 percent of the participants aged in the number of girls who are speaking out on all issues. completely unnecessary initiatives. with 69 percent attributing the pressure of taking exams between 11 and 21 saying that feeling unhappy negatively “But the fact only 60 percent of girls who spoke out felt B: Yeah, like conservation, protecting endangered species and tests as the main reason for stress. affects their health. their voice was heard and made a difference shows more and investing in renewable energy. At the very least, you have to Girlguiding surveyed 1,903 girls and young women aged Amanda Medler, chief guide at Girlguiding, says that needs to be done to ensure girls and young women are lis- concede that this debate has the potential to end our dependence between seven and 21 between March and May this year as action needs to be taken in order to take better care of the tened to by decision makers and the issues they raise are on foreign oil. Buying oil supports autocratic countries that use part of its research. mental health of girls and young women who are regularly taken seriously, so they have the confidence to speak out these revenues to devastating ends. The charity then compared the answers that they received feeling unhappy and stressed. and know their views and opinions matter.” A: Why, I’ve never been so disrespected in all of my days. I’m a to previous questionnaires that it had conducted over the “The message could not be clearer from girls and young (Source: independent.co.uk) professor, a scientist and researcher of high regard. B: Yeah, and a duplicitous one at that. Everyone knows you’re in the pocket of the oil lobby. Why should we trust your so- ENGLISH IN USE called findings more than tobacco institute studies which say smoking doesn’t harm health? You’re full of it. LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION A: Some people just cannot handle civil debate! Key vocabulary global warming: a general increase in world temperatures caused درخواست سازمان حفاظت محیط زیست از دولت برای around the Earth DOE asks govt. body to help restore by increased amounts of carbon dioxide deception: the act of making others believe something false حمایت مالی از طرح محققان کشور جهت احیای تاالب انزلی planetary: of or relating to planets Anzali wetland eco-system: everything that exists in a certain environment دکتــر عیســی کالنتــری، معــاون رئیــس جمهــور و رئیــس ســازمان حفاظت محیط زیســت polar ice cap: the thick layer of ice or snow on the poles The chief of the Department of Environment (DOE) Issa Kalantari has put in mislead: be led to make believe something not true a request to the head of the Budget and Planning Organization Mohammad در نامـ ـهای خطــاب بــه محمــد نوبخــت رئیــس ســازمان برنامــه و بودجــه کشــور با اشــاره به beg to differ: a polite way to show you do not agree with someone Baqer Nobakht to financially support a scheme proposed by researchers to ارائــه طــرح طــرح محققــان کشــور احیــای تــاالب انزلــی تخصیــص بودجــه الزم بــه منظور .emphasize: highlight revive the endangered Anzali wetland حمایــت از طــرح و آغــاز فراینــد احیــای تــاالب انزلی را خواســتار شــد. ”put forth: give out, announce the public “Restoration of Anzali Wetland by means of bioremediation using domestic technologies indisputable: so true that does not need to be discussed anymore the is scheme proposed by researchers at Isfahan Science and Technology Town بــه گــزارش ایســنا محققــان شــهرک علمــی و تحقیقاتــی اصفهــان طــرح » احیــای تــاالب manipulate: influence someone›s ideas for your own benefit انزلــی بــه روش زیســ تپاالیی بــا فن اوریهــای بومــی« را بــه ســازمان حفاظــت محیــط .scaremongering: saying something so as to frighten people which is approved by DOE, ISNA news agency reported on Saturday زیســت ارائــه ک ردهانــد کــه مــورد پذیــرش ایــن ســازمان قــرار گرفتــه اســت. greenhouse gas: a gas that increases the global temperature In a letter to the head of Budget and Planning Organization, Kalantari has endangered species: type of animal in danger of dying out requested the organization to allot necessary budget to get the project off در نامــه رئیــس ســازمان حفاظــت محیــط زیســت بــه نوبخــت آمده اســت: »مشــکل تجمع concede: to say that you do not deny something›s true the ground to restore the wetland. “Sediment deposition in the wetland رســوبات آلــی و معدنــی یکــی از مهمتریــن تهدیدهــای تــاالب انزلــی اســت کــه بــا ســرعت autocratic: with total power is posing a significant threat to it, and is increasing chances of its total end: result or outcome disappearance in the near future,” the letter reads. رســوبگذاری موجــود، احتمــال خش کشــدن کامــل تــاالب در آینــده نزدیــک وجــود دارد. duplicitous: deceiving, dishonest in the pocket of: being illegally bribed or paid by someone so-called: used to show the name is not really suitable Supplementary vocabulary PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM climate change: the change in the world›s temperature and weather patterns “-ate” Fix somebody/something Miss the boat fossil fuel: fuel made with dead animals or plants such as oil, gas, natural gas Meaning: state or quality of up with Explanation: to fail to take an opportunity that will deforestation: the action of cutting down forests For example: David was desolated by his wife’s give you an advantage: emission: the act of producing gas death. Meaning: to provide someone with something they want For example: You’ll miss the boat if you don’t buy endorse: support a point of view For example: Can you fix me up with a bed for the night? shares now. (Source: irlanguage.com) ساعت: 19:40 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 OCTOBER 2, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Turkey will resist U.S. sanctions Catalans block roads & railway station on the over pastor: Erdogan anniversary of Turkey will resist the United States efforts to it is not at the desired level,” he said. impose sanctions on Ankara over the trial of He also repeated Turkey’s accusation that independence vote a Christian pastor who has been detained for Washington is protecting Gulen, who has been Tens of thousands of Catalans filled central Barcelona on Mon- two years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan based in the United States for two decades, day to mark the first anniversary of an ill-fated independence said on Monday, accusing the preacher of and said the conviction in a New York court referendum, as protesters made short-lived attempts to block having “dark links with terror”. of an executive of state-owned Halkbank for The case of evangelical pastor Andrew violating the U.S. sanctions on Iran was “an Brunson, whose next court hearing is on example of unique unlawfulness”. Oct. 12, has plunged ties between Ankara Tensions with Washington contributed and Washington into crisis, leading to the to a meltdown in the Turkish lira in August, U.S. sanctions and tariffs which helped push when the currency hit a record low of 7.20 Turkey’s lira to record lows in August. to the dollar. It had already weakened over Brunson is charged with links to Kurd- concerns at the extent of Erdogan’s control ish militants and supporters of Fethullah of the economy and opposition to raising Gulen, the cleric blamed by Turkey for a interest rates to combat double-digit inflation. failed coup attempt in 2016. He has denied Erdogan said Turkey’s economy was the charges and Washington has demanded overcoming what he described as “midnight his immediate release. operations” designed to break it. Relations between the two NATO (North “Our economy started rebalancing with Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies were measures we have taken, meetings we have already strained by disputes over the U.S. realized and programs we have developed,” support for Kurdish fighters in northern works, “this crooked understanding, which 35 years in jail if convicted. Last month the he told parliament. Syria, Turkey’s plans to buy a Russian imposes sanctions using the excuse of a pastor main prosecutor in his trial was replaced, The lira TRYTOM=D3 firmed more than roads and train tracks in the northeastern region. missile defense system, and the jailing of who is tried due to his dark links with terror a move which his lawyer cautiously wel- 2 percent on Monday, reaching its strongest Crowds of students filled the city’s central square, waving a Turkish bank executive for violating the organizations.” comed, saying it might be a sign of changing level in more than six weeks, on growing yellow, red and blue separatist flags and chanting ‘October 1, U.S. sanctions on Iran. Brunson’s case has become the most di- political will. optimism that Brunson might be released no forgiving, no forgetting’. Nearby, others let off smoke bombs “We are deeply saddened by the current visive issue between the two countries. The In his speech to the first session of parlia- and following a hike in interest rates and and fireworks. U.S. government, a strategic partner, targeting U.S. President Donald Trump believed he ment since its summer recess, Erdogan held the government’s new economic program. Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia after it declared our country without any logical, political and Erdogan had agreed a deal to release him out the possibility of better relations, while Turkey’s exports also rose sharply in Sep- independence following the referendum. Elections later returned and strategic consistency,” Erdogan said in July, but Ankara has denied agreeing to adding that there was still much work to do. tember, the trade ministry said, but Turkish a regional government favoring a split with though a party in a speech to a new session of parliament. free the pastor as part of a wider agreement. “We can say that we started to make pro- manufacturing activity slid to its lowest level supporting union won most votes. Erdogan said Turkey was determined Brunson, who has been jailed or held under gress towards reaching a common under- in nine years, a business survey showed. Polls in Catalonia show a fairly even split between those who to fight, within legal and diplomatic frame- house arrest since October 2016, faces up to standing (with the United States), although (Source: Reuters) favor remaining in Spain and those who want to secede, while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said he favors dialogue on the region’s future but has ruled out any moves toward independence. Monday’s protests showed the independence movement was Main party rejects election results in Iraqi Kurdistan not beaten, said 57-year-old warehouse worker Marcal Mata. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK/Yekêtiy Barzani has reportedly managed to retain a support base. “We want to send the message that it didn’t end on that day Ni?tîmaniy Kurdistan), one of the main parties in The region suffered heavily after the secession vote last (last year). And although the world’s eyes are no longer on us, northern Iraq, says it will not recognize the results September, which led to a crisis in ties with the federal we will push on,” he said. of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in the semi-au- government in Baghdad. Maria del Mar Lladro, 55, walking her dog in a Barcelona park tonomous region, claiming fraud. After the referendum, Baghdad banned flights to the on Monday said she was in the pro-union camp. “There are a lot The preliminary results of Sunday’s parliamentary elec- region and imposed economic penalties. It also retook the of us but we don’t make much noise. It could be seen badly, you tions, the first since a disastrous separation referendum control of the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, which had could be singled out,” she said. last year, are expected within 72 hours. been overrun by Kurdish militants. Elsewhere in the region, hundreds of protesters attempted The PUK, the traditional rival of the Kurdistan Democratic Since 2014, the Iraqi Kurdistan region has borrowed to block train tracks and roads, with some laying tires across a Party (KDP/Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê) of Massoud more than $4 billion to stay afloat, according to some ex- motorway, but they were quickly dispersed. Barzani who was Kurdistan’s president from 2005 until perts. Before the failed referendum, it had built up a debt Events also passed off with little drama in Sant Julia de Ramis, 2017, said it made the decision because the voting process of around $12 billion. a village where violent clashes broke out a year ago between riot was marred by fraud. A weak participation in the election was reported. The police and those attempting to vote. The KDP currently holds 38 seats in the 111-member turnout has dropped in recent elections due to the region’s man who voted in Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan’s second city. People queued there on Monday to re-enact the ballot - which chamber, while the PUK has 18 at the local legislature. stagnant politics, unpaid public sector salaries and corrup- Hikmet Hakim, another voter in his late 40s, agreed, Madrid banned as anti-constitutional - while regional leaders gave With a weak opposition, the political dynasties were tion which undermined the population’s faith in politics. saying “We demand from the new government security and speeches. “The first of October will be the seed of the republic,” expected to extend their power-sharing arrangement. “The future authorities must look after the people, that they deal well with the economic situation.” said regional parliament speaker Roger Torrent. Despite last year’s disastrous separation referendum, especially the poor,” said Soran Rassoul, an unemployed (Source: Press TV) On Saturday, six people were arrested in Barcelona after pro-in- dependence protesters clashed with police, as thousands joined rival demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the polarizing vote. U.S. military constructing new base in western Iraq near Syria border: Kurdish official (Source: RT) The United States military is reportedly build- the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) Takfiri terrorist hideout in a Syrian village late last week. the mountains and the desert,” Abadi said. German parties edge ing a new base in Iraq’s western province of group stated that American forces will re- Three ISIL terrorist killed in Abadi declared the end of military op- Anbar as part of attempts to perpetuate its main in Iraq as long as there is a need for security operation west of Anbar erations against ISIL in the country on De- towards compromise deal on occupation of the conflict-ridden country them. The announcement runs contrary Separately, three ISIL Takfiris were killed cember 9, 2017. immigration law indefinitely, regardless of all opposition to Pentagon’s earlier pledges that the U.S. when Iraqi security forces launched a coun- On July 10 that year, the Iraqi prime from religious figures and people from all troops will withdraw from Iraq once the ISIL ter-terrorism operation in the town of al-Qa’im. minister had formally declared victory German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Monday some walks of life. Takfiri terrorist group is defeated. Government troops also uncovered a over ISIL in Mosul, which served as the refugees should be allowed to shed their asylum seeker status Khalil Serfan, an official from the so-called ISIL ringleader’s youngest secret tunnel, which the terrorists appar- terrorists’ main urban stronghold in the if they find a job and learn German, signaling his readiness to Syrian Democratic Forces, told the Arabic son slain in Syria ently used to carry munitions and transfer conflict-ridden country. compromise in a coalition dispute about a new immigration law. service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency that Meanwhile, an Iraqi commander said reinforcements to the area and to flee in the In the run-up to Mosul’s liberation, Iraqi the base is being constructed in the vicinity the youngest son of purported ISIL leader wake of army advances. army soldiers and volunteer PMU fighters had of al-Qa’im town, located nearly 400 kilo- Ibrahim al-Samarrai, aka Abu Bakr al-Bagh- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who made sweeping gains against ISIL. meters northwest of the capital Baghdad. dadi, has been killed in Syria. is also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul Serfan noted that the construction of Jabbar al-Mamouri, a commander of the pledged on June 30 to hunt down ISIL ter- in January 2017 after 100 days of fighting, and such a military site in such a strategically pro-government Popular Mobilization Units rorists across Iraq after a series of attacks and launched the battle in the west on February important region is in line with the U.S. (PMU/Al-Hashd Al-Sha’abi), told Arabic-lan- abductions carried out by the terrorist group. 19 last year. ISIL began a terror campaign bids to assert its military presence there. guage Baghdad Today news agency that the “We will chase the remaining cells of in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes In August, the U.S.-led coalition purport- unnamed high-profile militant was eliminated terrorism in their hideouts and we will kill in lightning attacks. edly fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and during a Russian airstrike against a militant them, we will chase them everywhere, in (Source: Press TV)

North and begin demining the border Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to help companies struggling with massive labor shortages by lowering the hurdles for skilled Troops from North and South Korea are removing land- retain major roles, especially at the JSA, where an American workers from outside the European Union. mines along their heavily fortified border in a pact to reduce commander and a South Korean deputy lead the security But the planned immigration law, due to be discussed at tension in the divided Asian peninsula. battalion. high-level coalition talks on Monday, risks angering those voters The 20-day exercise that began on Monday saw South UNC spokesman Colonel Chad Carroll declined to confirm who feel neglected after Merkel’s 2015 decision to admit more Korean troops clearing landmines in the Joint Security if the command would also withdraw any weapons from than a million refugees and migrants, mostly Muslims from the Area (JSA). the JSA but said American forces would provide support Middle East. A South Korean defense ministry spokesperson said for the demining operation. While a growing number of the refugees are finding jobs, the the operation had begun on both sides, though there has “United States Forces Korea will perform a support role process is slow given the urgency of the need for skilled workers. been no confirmation by the North. - to include having air medical evacuation assets available It takes up to five years for a low-educated Syrian or Iraqi to learn The agreement between the nations - which are tech- to respond within minutes of any potential medical emer- German and get a professional qualification. nically still at war - to demine was reached at a meeting in gencies,” he told Reuters in a statement. The coalition parties disagree over whether refugees who are Pyongyang last month between South Korean President Since the Korean War ended in a stalemate, at least nine already living in Germany should be allowed to shed their asylum Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un. soldiers have been killed in incidents with North Korean status if they have found a job and learned German. More than 800,000 mines are believed to have been It is often used as a venue for talks between the two troops, including the killing in 1976 of two the U.S. soldiers. Koreas, including the two summits between Kim and Moon Seehofer, head of Merkel’s more conservative Bavarian sister planted along the border during and after the 1950-1953 In April, the neighbors announced their intention to party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), said he had worked out Korean War to defend against infiltration. this summer. turn the DMZ - long a symbol of tension and division - into Thaw in relations a compromise deal with Labor Minister Hubertus Heil from the The JSA, also known as the truce village of Panmun- a “peace zone”. center-left Social Democrats (SPD) ahead of Monday’s talks. South Korean troops have gradually taken over most jom, is the only spot along the tense, 250km “demilitarized They have already dismantled propaganda loudspeakers Seehofer insisted that asylum seekers whose request had been operations along the DMZ, but international forces under zone” (DMZ) border where troops from the two countries and some guard posts along the border. rejected would have to leave Germany, regardless of whether they the United States-led United Nations Command (UNC) stand face to face. (Source: Al Jazeera) had found a job and learned German in the meantime. However, there should be an exemption for those asylum seekers who cannot be deported because they would face a threat Pakistan cuts Chinese ‘Silk Road’ rail project by $2 billion due to debt concerns such as torture in their home country, Seehofer said. Islamabad has cut the size of the biggest (BRI) projects in Pakistan, where Beijing Rasheed said the government remains debt traps for poor countries unable to pay “People say: Before they sit around, let them work,” said See- Chinese “Silk Road” project in Pakistan by has pledged about $60 billion in financing committed to the Karachi-Peshawar Main them money back. Beijing denies the claims, hofer, whose CSU fears losing voters to the far-right in a regional $2 billion, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed but the new government of populist Prime Line-1 (ML-1) project but added that he saying the loans are a win-win situation for election later this month. said on Monday, citing government concerns Minister Imran Khan appears to be more wishes to further reduce the cost to $4.2 both countries. Employers’ associations and the center-left SPD want the new about the country’s debt levels. cautious about the Chinese investment. billion from $6.2 billion. “CPEC is like the back bone for Pakistan, immigration law to include the possibility for refugees to shed their The megaproject to revamp the colo- “Pakistan is a poor country that cannot Islamabad has balked at the financing but our eyes and ears are open,” Rasheed said. asylum status once they have found work and learned German. nial-era line stretching 1,872 km (1,163 afford huge burden of the loans,” Rasheed terms and has pushed for deeply concessional The ML-1 is the spine of the country’s “It’s about preventing a situation where we send back the miles) from Karachi to the northwestern told a news conference in the city of Lahore. loans for ML-1. It also invited third countries dilapidated rail network, as well as the biggest right people - and then have to painstakingly search for skilled city of Peshawar was initially priced at $8.2 “Therefore, we have reduced the loan to join or for the Chinese to be investors in the source of revenue. Pakistan’s rail system workers abroad,” Heil told Reuters in an interview last month. billion, but wrangling over costs has led to from China under CPEC for rail projects project through the build-operate-transfer has struggled to break even for decades as Seehofer had previously opposed the ‘Spurwechsel’ (lane change) delays. from $8.2 billion to $6.2 billion,” he added, (BOT) model that would rely less on debt. passenger numbers plunge, train lines close proposal because he feared it would encourage immigration by The changes are part of Islamabad’s ef- referring to the China-Pakistan Economic The United States has criticized BRI proj- and the vital freight business nosedives. asylum seekers without the right skills. forts to rethink key Belt and Road Initiative Corridor (CPEC). ects, warning that the loans could turn into (Source: Reuters) (Source: Daily Star) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS OCTOBER 2, 2018 LeBron James creates first highlights Madrid’s Bale set for weekend return, say Spanish media as Laker in preseason debut Gareth Bale has not suffered a thigh injury and will return to La Liga action for Real Madrid at the weekend, Spanish media LeBron James’ first game with his third fran- reported. chise opened up with a pair of highlight-worthy The Welsh winger was taken off at half-time during Satur- plays in the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason day’s goalless derby draw with Atletico Madrid after suffering debut against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. discomfort in his thigh, according to coach Julen Lopetegui, True to form, James’ first tally in the stat who left him out of the Champions League squad to face CSKA book as a Laker was an assist off a no-look, Moscow on Tuesday. wraparound bounce pass that found Brandon Madrid sports newspapers AS and Marca said tests on Ingram for a dunk. Monday showed Bale had no serious injury, adding he was Less than a minute later, following a Ra- expected to return to training on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s jon Rondo offensive rebound and pitch out, game at Alaves. James stroked a 26-foot 3-pointer with 9:12 After Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Juventus in the summer, remaining in the first quarter, securing his the onus has been on Bale to take the playing reins at Real. The first bucket with his new team. forward has responded with four goals in eight games across “It was great to get back on the floor and all competitions. start a new journey for myself,” James said (Source: Reuters) after the Lakers’ 124-107 loss was over. Before tipoff, there was framed artwork stationed outside the Lakers’ locker room at the Valley View Casino Center drawn up like a concert poster commemorating “LeBron Gerrard condemns missile- James’ Los Angeles Lakers Debut,” with James’ image front and center, flanked by throwing incident after an artist’s rendering of Lonzo Ball, Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart around him. linesman hurt While James was the featured player on the poster, it was Ingram, not the four-time Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has said there is no place in MVP and three-time champion, who filled football for the kind of incident that saw an assistant referee up the stat sheet in the first half, as the third- struck by a missile thrown from the crowd during Sunday’s match year forward put up 13 points, 4 rebounds at Livingston. and 2 steals to James’ 9 points, 3 assists and The Scottish Premiership game was held up for several 3 rebounds. Ingram would finish with 16 minutes in the second half to allow treatment to be given to points on 7-for-14 shooting. on 4-for-13 shooting) started in his place in struggled mightily whenever James was off and it’ll take a little bit of time getting used to.” Calum Spence. “I find rhythm with anybody who’s very the third quarter. the court in the last four seasons. Laker Nation isn’t waiting to embrace Television pictures showed Spence bleeding from a cut to energetic offensively, and that’s a guy who Not that James didn’t make his impact Whatever similarities can be drawn to his the team, however. The excitement for this the back of the head after being felled by an object thrown from moves without the ball,” James said of Ingram. felt outside of the dazzling plays that brought past experiences, James couldn’t deny the Lakers group that is clearly a work in progress a section housing Rangers supporters. JaVale McGee led L.A. in scoring with the sellout crowd of 13,565 to its feet. significance of the night as a new milestone was palpable from the start on Sunday. Close Local media said Rangers would work with Livingston and 17 points on 8-for-10 shooting, opening Case in point: When James checked out in his career. to 300 fans attended the team’s morning Police Scotland to identify the culprit. the night with a dunk off a lob from Rondo of the game with 3:02 remaining in the first “It always feels different for me anytime shootaround in Temecula, about an hour from “I don’t think that belongs in football, does it?” Gerrard told for the first of the point guard’s 11 assists. quarter, the Lakers led by one. When he came you change uniforms,” he said. “It felt different San Diego. And there was such a crowd of reporters after the game, which Rangers lost 1-0. James’ night was finished after 15 first-half back in with 7:21 remaining in the second when I changed from a St. Vincent-St. Mary cameras in the Lakers locker room before the “I think we all know that’s not right. He’s trying to do a job minutes, which he said were a little bit more quarter, L.A. trailed by 13. jersey to a Cavs jersey, from a Cavs jersey to game that the Nuggets’ defenders weren’t the so that’s not right.” than he expected to play, but he came out The more things change, the more they a Heat jersey, back to a Cavs jersey and now only bodies James found himself navigating. A professional trade union for senior football referees in Scot- feeling good regardless. Kuzma (15 points stay the same, as the Cleveland Cavaliers being a Laker. So, it definitely feels different, (Source: ESPN) land condemned the incident and called on the Scottish Football Association (SFA) to launch an investigation. “We strongly condemn the unacceptable incident at today’s Roger Federer reveals why he has no Mourinho on Manchester United trouble: game. This cannot be tolerated,” Prospect Scotland Football Referees Branch said on its Twitter page. friends in tennis ‘I think some care more than others’ “We call on the Scottish FA to carry out an urgent full investi- gation. Referees & officials are entitled to a safe workplace, free from intimidation and violence.” Livingston’s shock win saw them move above both Rangers and champions Celtic into third place in the table. (Source: Eurosport)

Kevin de Bruyne back in training for Manchester City

Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne has returned to training fol- lowing his knee injury sooner than expected. It was thought the midfielder would be out for three months when he picked up a lateral collateral ligament lesion in his right Roger Federer is ever-popular at most tennis Despite what can often be a lonely time Jose Mourinho criticised some of his Man- the pitch is down to many factors. knee just over six weeks ago. around the world. on tour, Federer has still managed to rack chester United players on Monday and said “I see different reactions, but sometimes But the 27-year-old, who did not require surgery, has stepped However, the Swiss star says it is difficult up 20 Grand Slam titles over his illustrious “some care more than others,” following what you see is different from the inside. up his recovery before City face Hoffenheim in the Champions to make friends with other top players for career. the club’s poor run of form -- but denied You see some people on the outside look League on Tuesday. various reasons. The 37-year-old got his breakthrough his job was on the line. like they haven’t lost a game, but in training City then visit rivals Liverpool in the top-flight on Sunday. Federer is often spotted with fellow over two decades ago and he has seen the United lost 3-1 at West Ham on Saturday they are working hard.” The international’s only appearance so far was as a countryman Stan Wawrinka off the court game chance in so many ways. to make it the club’s joint worst-ever start Mourinho was also asked if his job was on substitute in City’s opening-day league win over Arsenal. as they often spend their free time together. “It’s totally different now to the begin- to a Premier League . In the after- the line following three defeats in United’s De Bruyne was City’s player of the season last term, scoring But the logistics of the remaining stars’ ning,” he added. math of the result at the London Stadium, opening seven Premier League fixtures. 12 goals and providing 21 assists as his side won the Premier schedules makes it difficult to build rela- “In the beginning you’re trying to feel sources told ESPN FC any link to Zinedine “No, I don’t think so,” he said. League and EFL Cup. tionships. your way into the tour, trying to look for Zidane and the United job was “nonsense.” Nemanja Matic spoke alongside Mour- He helped Belgium finish third at the World Cup in July, the Some players may only be in a city for a friends, trying to understand the way it run. Mourinho, speaking ahead of United’s inho at the news conference and admitted country’s best ever finish at the . few days if their tournament ends prema- “Trying to get to know the center courts, Champions League clash with Valencia on United need to improve quickly during a (Source: BBC) turely, while other may simply not speak the fans, how does the whole thing work. Tuesday, refused to answer whether he difficult period for the club. the same language. “By the time you find out, you’re in the had spoken to executive vice-chairman Ed “Saturday was one of my worst games “I agree, it is very difficult because usually early 20s, and then the pressure builds up Woodward following the defeat to West Ham. since I joined Man United, I look in the we stay at different hotels or we’re very on you, you know. “That’s a private matter, I don’t ask mirror and ask where I need to improve,” busy,” Federer said. “Through the media, they want you you who your last phone call was with Matic said. Australia’s Jedinak “We’ve got our own people around us. I to have results and everything, so you’re this morning,” he said. “It’s always difficult when you lose games announces international go out with the Swiss players; he probably more thinking about these kind of things. On United’s plight this season, Mour- and especially when you play for a big club goes out with the Americans or his clan. “Whereas now, I really concentrate on inho added: “I think that some [players] that wants to win trophies. It’s very hard retirement “I’m talking about any player now. You how I need to get ready for a tournament. care more than others. but this is football, this is life. Everybody know, it’s a professional sport so you want “I know exactly what to expect. So it’s “The reason why we don’t win matches wants to do better, everyone is trying to to do everything just for that day so you’re a whole lot easier now than it used to be.” is the same as why we win matches. It’s resolve this situation. Australian midfielder Mile Jedinak announced his retirement ready.” (Source: Express) down to everybody. The performance on (Source: Soccerenet) from international football on Monday, bringing the curtain down on a 79-cap career which included leading the Socceroos at two World Cups. The Aston Villa player led his country at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and this year’s tournament in Russia, having Ryder Cup the winner as Paris hits hole in one also captained the side to an Asian Cup triumph on home Thomas Bjorn’s superb European team won it, but this Stadium course soil in 2015. was a triumph for golf and more especially the Ryder Cup. The beauty was you did not need a grandstand ticket though. The 34-year-old announced his decision in a lengthy Instagram Peace returned to Le Golf National, just west of Paris, Le Golf National, designed by Hubert Chesneau and post, three months before Australia launch their continental title on Monday after three unforgettable days of raw sporting constructed 30 years ago on a former landfill site, was created defence in the United Arab Emirates. theatre played out on the most spectacular of stages to huge as a ‘stadium course’ with each hole flanked by steep banks “I can confirm that after much deliberation I have made the galleries. and raised walkways offering sweeping views of the action. decision to retire from playing international football,” Jedinak A quarter of a million fans from across Europe and the At various points, thousands of fans massed on ridges wrote. Atlantic descended on the course close to historic Versaille where they were able to watch multiple tees and greens “As a young boy growing up, it was my dream to play for during the week — with the competition days sparking a frenzy without moving, while 18 huge video screens meant spec- Australia and to pull on the famous green and gold shirt to rep- of noise and colour more in keeping with a soccer match. tators could watch every ball. resent my country. Some had questioned the wisdom of taking the 42nd Le Golf National director general Paul Armitage promised “To have been given the opportunity to not only fulfil that edition of the biennial team event to France for the first beforehand it would be the best course to host the Ryder Cup. dream, but to have done it 79 times, and many of which as captain, time, away from the sport’s European heartland of Britain Few would disagree. makes me incredibly proud and thankful.” and . “The amphitheatre here, the venue, the golf course, the Jedinak, who also played at the 2010 World Cup in South Any lingering doubts evaporated during a sun-drenched Every day, a wall of noise welcomed players to the tee fans, I really can’t imagine if you could ever have a better Africa, scored 20 goals for his country, a majority of them from weekend on a stunning course that raised the bar consider- with the yellow-and-blue clad “Guardians of the Ryder Cup” venue or better place to play or better crowd to play in front the penalty spot, including both of Australia’s tallies in their ably when it comes to staging future Ryder Cups. group orchestrating the chanting and the “thunder-clap” of,” beaten American captain Jim Furyk said on Sunday.” group stage exit in Russia. The narrow and beautifully manicured fairways, lush popularised by Icelandic soccer fans during the 2016 Eu- Despite the lack of a single home player, French fans, who “It is an enormous privilege to represent your country and rough and gleaming expanses of water were easy on the ropean championship. snapped up 45 percent of the tickets, joined the party and one I did not take lightly,” Jedinak said. “Words will never be eye but the course, while pretty, packed a punch as the “That first tee shot was not like anything I’ve been in- the hope is the success of the Ryder Cup will spark a wave able to do justice the feeling of immense pride I felt when rep- Americans discovered to their cost in a 17.5-10.5 defeat. volved in before, it was like an NFL game back in the States,” of interest across a nation where soccer and cycling rule. resenting Australia. What set Le Golf National apart, however, was the American rookie Tony Finau said. That remains to be seen, but what is certain is that Rome, “I gave everything I had in every single game I played to try unrivalled viewing experience for the fans — most spec- “And I have to hit a tee shot — I have to make a golf swing the next European host of the Ryder Cup in 2022, will have and achieve success for our nation. tacularly the 7,000-capacity grandstand looming over with all that type of adrenaline. It was incredible. Just to a lot to live up to. (Source: Goal) the first tee. be in that atmosphere, it’s electric.” (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 2, 2018 SPORTS 15

Tough task ahead of Iran to win Mehdi Taj meets with FIFA president Infantino

TASNIM — Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) AFC Asian Cup: Carlos Queiroz President Mehdi Taj met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich on Monday. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national football team Taj spoke about football issues of Iran in the meeting. deskhead coach Carlos Queiroz says the AFC He talked about proceeds of Iran from the 2018 World Cup Asian Cup is completely different with the FIFA World Cup in Russia, where Team Melli narrowly missing out on a place in but winning the title will be a tough task for Team Melli. the knockout stages. The Portuguese coach said they are going to end their Taj also spoke about hosting of the 2020 FIFA Futsal World 43-year wait to become champions of Asia. Cup in Iran. Iran have not won the title since 1976 where Team Melli Infantino also talked about bilateral relations with the Ira- crowned champions for the third time in a row. nian federation. Iran are pitted against Iraq, Yemen and Vietnam in the competition which will be held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 February 2019. “Football is an easy game and I have always tried to get Petrochimi advance to FIBA things easily in my life. Football is an easy game and behaviors Asia Champions Cup final and decision should be easy. I wake up every morning trying to be a better person and a coach, making fewer mistake than previous day,” Queiroz said in an interview with Iran IRNA — Petrochimi of Iran booked a place at the 2018 FIBA Football Federation’s website. Asia Champions Cup final match on Monday. “How can I become a better person? The question is. The The Iranian team defeated Meralco Bolts from the only way to be a better person is to know each other well. 79-74 in the competition’s semi-final. When we wake up in the morning we must be determined Behnam Yakhchali led the Iranian team with 28 points and to succeed and say ourselves we have a more knowledge eight rebounds. about the way ahead of us and our teamwork. If we want to Petrochimi will play the winners of from Japan progress we need to know more about our opponents and and South Korean Seoul SK Knights on Tuesday. what they experience,” the Portuguese added. The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the 27th staging of “Time to wake up. My responsibility as a coach is to an- the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club nounce a make-up call and my responsibility is to lead my tournament of FIBA Asia. organization to our target. My wake-up call is to say the The tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted issues. Our biggest challenge in the UAE is winning the title by China, takes place in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 27 September after 43 years. We’ve not won the title since 1976,” ex-Real to 2 October 2018. Madrid coach said. “We had a good performance at the 2018 World Cup but it will be very funny saying that to win the title in the Asian Cup is easy. Don’t forget that Australia, South Korea, Japan win FIVB Men’s and Saudi Arabia will participate in the Asian Cup and are favorites to win the title,” Queiroz said. Volleyball World Championships

Poland have won the final of the International Volleyball Fed- Reaching to AFC Champions League final Iran unchanged at world eration’s (FIVB) Men’s Volleyball World Championships at the Pala Alpitour in Turin. is a dream for us: Jesualdo Ferreira rankings The defending champions proved triumphant over Olympic champions Brazil here in a repeat of the 2014 final. Despite the Poles finishing a five set match less than 10 hours previously, they beat Brazil 28-26, 25-20, 25-23. The atmosphere in the Pala Alpitour was electric, with a sell- out crowd of 15,000. Bartosz Kurek was the star man for the Poles but Artur Szalpuk and libero Pawel Zatorski also performed strongly. Kurek bagged 24 points and was named as the tournament’s MVP as Poland won a third world title to move level with Brazil’s number of wins. Earlier in the day, the United States beat to claim third place. The Americans won 23-25, 25-17, 32-30, 25-19. With the men’s competition over, the Women’s champion- ships continue in Japan. (Source: Insidethegames.biz) SPORTS TEHRAN — Al Sadd task in the second leg in Tehran,” Ferreira Iran beach soccer team are unchanged champions Russia, who drop a place into fifth. deskcoach Jesualdo Ferreira said in the pre-match news conference. in third place behind Brazil and Portu- Despite losing in the final, Spain picked says that to book a place in the final match “We played Persepolis twice in the group gal in the World Rankings published by up points in the Sardinia too, making it of the 2018 AFC Champions League is like stage but we know that they are a better beachsoccer.com. into the top ten by swapping positions with Mkhitaryan will not travel to a dream for them. team at the moment. To book a place in Italy are September’s Movers of the Month UAE, who move down to eleventh. Al Sadd will host Persepolis in the first the final match is like a dream for us,” the following a string of dramatic victories in After their success in the Promotion Qarabag Europa League game leg of the AFC Champions League semi-fi- Portuguese coach added. the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal. Final, Germany climb two to take up 32nd nals on Tuesday at the Jassim bin Hamad Al Sadd and Persepolis met in the AFC The Azzurri played some top drawer position, while their groupmates in Sardinia, Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not travel to Azer- Stadium in Doha. Champions League for the very first time beach soccer to pick up an amazing 107 , climb an impressive four places. baijan for Thursday’s Europa League game at Qarabag amid the “In the match with Persepolis, we should in this year’s group stages. Both sides won points and climb to fourth in the World Playing in the Euro Beach Soccer League country’s conflict with his native Armenia over the Nagorno-Kara- be wary of conceding a goal in our home their respective home games. Rankings, just behind Iran. meant that Georgia picked up 27 points, bakh region, sources have told ESPN FC. match. We know that how strong Persepolis Al Sadd have reached the AFC Cham- Italy saw off their Spanish rivals in a which down at their end of the table, was Mkhitaryan would have needed a special permit to enter Azer- are. Our goal is to defeat Persepolis with pions League semi-finals for the second nail-biting penalty shootout to lift the pres- enough to launch them a whopping 11 po- baijan because of its ban on Armenians but has opted not to apply many goals as well as not conceding a goal. time after 2011, when they eventually went tigious trophy for the first time in 13 years. In sitions, moving from 81st to 70th. for one, the sources said. He also missed a trip to in We know that Al Sadd will have a difficult on to win the competition. doing so, they leapfrogged last year’s EBSL (Source: beachsoccer.com) 2015 when with Borussia Dortmund. Arsenal coach Unai Emery said last month that he hoped Mkhitaryan could make the trip despite the political situation, Familiar foes re-unite in last-four meetings but sources said both the player and his family were against going and the club have respected their wishes. Re-matches take centre stage in Asia as the 12 goals. While the thirteen-time Qatari Champions League, eight-time Japanese being their best performances in the com- The Nagorno-Karabakh region, along with adjacent territory, 2018 AFC Champions League semi-finals champions can expect strong home sup- champions Kashima can boast a FIFA Club petition thus far. has been under the control of Armenian soldiers and local ethnic kick-off on Tuesday. port at Doha, they will be wary of their World Cup appearance, having played at This year’s competition saw Persepolis Armenian forces since a 1994 ceasefire ended a six-year war, but Qatari giants Al Sadd welcome Persep- resilient Iranian opponents, who knocked Japan 2016 representing the host country reach the semi-final stage for the second violence continues to break out. olis aiming to continue their strong home out another Qatari side Al-Duhail to reach as J.League champions. And they defied consecutive time, another sign of the Teh- The dispute could also affect Mkhitaryan’s availability for the form which saw them garner four wins the last four. all the odds to finish as runners-up behind ran giants’ powerful return to their heady Europa League final, should Arsenal reach it, with the game to and a draw at home, including a victory Shouldering the goalscoring tasks for Real Madrid, a result which remains the days in the 1990s when they dominated the be played at the Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan’s capital, . over the same opponents in the closing Suwon is, of course, the evergreen Dejan best achievement at the global showpiece domestic stage, while winning the Asian (Source: Soccernet) group fixture. Damjanovic who netted the match-win- for an Asian club. Cup Winners’ Cup 1991. Suwon Bluewings, meanwhile, travel ning goal at Kashima in the last meeting. Suwon enter this year’s campaign aim- Al Sadd are the only side among the to Japan hoping to repeat their previous However, they can’t afford to underestimate ing to relive their past glory on the Asian semi-final quartet to have won the compe- victory at Kashima Antlers during the the firepower of the Japanese hosts, who scene, having twice lifted the Asian Club tition under its current guise. The Qataris UMass suspends coach for group stage. are one of the tournament’s best scorers Championship trophy in the early 2000s. claimed a memorable penalty shoot-out Al Sadd will look to their Algerian striker with 17 goals. Since the inception of the AFC Champions win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in Korea rape analogy Baghdad Bounedjah who is currently top- Do you know? League in 2003, however, they have never Republic seven years ago. ping the tournament scoring-chart with Despite having never won the AFC made it to the final with the semi-finals (Source: FIFA) University of Massachusetts head football coach Mark Whipple was suspended without pay for one week by the school on Sun- day, a day after he drew an analogy to rape while discussing a Semi-final 1st Leg – Preview: Al Sadd vs Persepolis sequence in his team’s game. Al Sadd host Persepolis in the first leg of the West Asia win at home over Persepolis, which was their ninth victory On UMass’ radio broadcast after the Minutemen’s 58-42 semi-final of the 2018 AFC Champions League on Tuesday, in as many games this season. In the end, it only served to loss at Ohio University, Whipple referred to a play on which he with a spot in the final of the continent’s premier football motivate the IR Iran outfit as they came roaring back from 0-1 believed the Bobcats should have been flagged for pass interfer- competition at stake. down at half-time and clinch a 3-1 win at the Azadi Stadium. ence, saying, “We had a chance there ... and they rape us, and This is the third IR Iran-Qatar match-up in the 2018 AFC Captain Seyed Jalal Hosseini equalised for Persepolis (the referee) picks up the flag.” Champions League knockout stages. The quarter-finals saw early in the second half to spark their comeback, before Whipple was suspended for UMass’ home game this Saturday Al Sadd defeat Esteghlal 5-3 on aggregate, while Persepolis Sultan Al Brake inadvertently directed the ball past his against South Florida, and he was ordered to undergo a sensitivity mounted a thrilling comeback in the second leg to eliminate own goalkeeper in the 76th minute to hand the hosts the training program, the school announced. the previously rampant Al Duhail side. lead. Al Duhail still led on away goals with time running Athletic director Ryan Bamford said in a statement, “On behalf Al Sadd out, but Persepolis struck again within two minutes to of our department, I deeply apologize for the comments made by Following a 3-1 win away from home against Es- book a spot in the semi-final. head coach Mark Whipple on Saturday after our game at Ohio. teghlal in the previous round, Al Sadd faced a scare in Godwin Mensha popped up with the crucial goal for the His reference to rape was highly inappropriate, insensitive and the second leg when they fell behind before half time Tehran giants, his third strike of the competition so far. The inexcusable under any circumstance. Coach Whipple’s comments despite scoring first. With the score at 2-1 to the Ira- Tehran, and unsurprisingly the Algerian poacher was on Nigerian also scored a crucial away goal againt Al Jazira in don’t reflect the values of this institution, our athletics depart- nians, however, Rouzbeh Chesmi picked up a second target once again in the second leg; he calmly slotted home the Round of 16 first leg, helping his side progress on away ment or football program. Mark is disappointed in himself and yellow card in the 50th minute to put a dent in his side’s from 12 yards after referee Muhammad Taqi pointed to the goals. Mensha hit the target with 53 percent of his shots understands his serious error in judgment.” newfound momentum. spot in second half added time. so far, and has also provided three key passes in the AFC Whipple, 61, said in a statement released by the athletic de- Al Sadd were buoyed by their numerical advantage, but That goal took Bounedjah’s season tally up to 12, just one Champions League this season. partment, “I am deeply sorry for the word I used on Saturday needed a late equaliser to kill off the tie and see off their goal short of equalling the all-time record set by Muriqui The 29-year-old will be a serious threat to the Al Sadd to describe a play in our game. It is unacceptable to make use spirited opposition. The draw means that Al Sadd’s last in 2013. The 26-year-old has managed 23 shots on target backline, and has already showed a penchant for scoring of the word ‘rape’ in the way I did and I am very sorry for doing defeat in this year’s competition remains, coincidentally, in 10 appearances, beating the opposing goalkeepers with in the semi-finals, having netted twice against Al Hilal at so. It represents a lack of responsibility on my part as the leader a 1-0 reversal against upcoming opponents Persepolis on more than half his efforts on goal. the same stage last year. This time around, Mensha will be of this program and a member of this university’s community, matchweek six, when their qualification from Group C had Persepolis hoping to progress to the final, and another couple of goals and I am disappointed with myself that I made this comparison already been sealed. Al Duhail were slight favourites to qualify for the Cham- could go a long way to making that happen. when commenting after our game.” Baghdad Bounedjah scored twice to clinch the win in pions League West Asia semi-final when they sealed a 1-0 )Source: the-afc) (Source: Reuters) Prayer Times Noon:11:54 Evening: 18:05 Dawn: 4:37 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:01 (tomorrow) OCTOBER 2, 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 Tehran exhibit explores docs, photos on Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Iran-Australia diplomatic relations Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 ARTTEHRAN – An exhibition of photos and www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. desk Tel: 88911433 documents on the diplomatic relations Webmaster: [email protected] between Iran and Australia opened at the Iranian Artists Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 Forum (IAF) in Tehran on Sunday. Australian Ambassador Ian Biggs, IAF director Majid No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Rajabi-Memar and foreign diplomats attended the opening Zip Code: 1599814713 ceremony of the exhibit, which has been organized to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Mahmud Farazandeh, the director general for East Asia and the Pacific at Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also attending the ceremony, said that Iran and Australia have long had good relations and that Australia was the first country that supported the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. “I am so thrilled to see the photos. They are historical documents, and I hope the good relations of the two countries develop further in the coming years,” he added. Organized by the Embassy of Australia in conjunction with the Institute for Political and International Studies Ahmad Nasrollahi hangs of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the exhibit will run paintings at Melbourne exhibit until October 9. The Forum is also scheduled to host a five day festival ARTTEHRAN – Ladder Art Space, a venue of films from Australia by screening a lineup of six movies deskfor exhibitions and art workshops in the beginning October 5. Melbourne suburb of Kew, is hanging a selection of works The lineup includes Warwick Thornton’s drama “Sweet by Iranian painter Ahmad Nasrollahi. Country”, Gregory Erdstein’s comic movie “That’s Not The event, which opened Me”, Cecil B. DeMille’s action drama “Samson and Delilah” on September 4, has been or- and Jeremy Sims’ romance “Last Cab to Darwin”. ganized by the Pomegranate “The Song Keepers”, a documentary by Naina Sen, will Cultural Group, the Ladder also be screened in the program. The documentary covers Art Space has announced on the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir’s tour its website. of Germany to perform German hymns in their traditional The gallery also screened language. “I’m a Sign”, a documentary The program also is screening Australia-based Iranian about Nasrollahi directed by filmmaker Farshid Akhlaqi’s documentary “From Music Iranian diplomat Mahmud Farazandeh (L), IAF director Majid Rajabi-Memar (C) and Australian Ambassador Ian Meysam Shahbabai, on Sep- into Silence” about Australian musician Peter Roberts who Biggs cut the ribbon to launch an exhibition of photos and documents on Iran-Australia diplomatic relations at the tember 21. changed his life to offer peace and calmness to people. Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on September 30, 2018. (Honaronline/Majid Niknafs) In an article previously published by the Guardian, the British newspaper called “All Mama’s Babies” to screen at Trio Joubran’s new album coming with the 67-year-old Nasrollahi one of Iran’s most influen- Cinema Verite title track by Mohammad Motamedi tial painters. A painting by Ahmad Nasrollahi. “His work has been exhib- ited and sold internationally. His work is innovative in technique and content. Subtly draw- ing Iranian legends, archetypes, and ancient visual motifs into contemporary life, Nasrollahi’s work is often concerned with profound psychological questions,” the Guardian wrote. “The role of tradition in identity formation, the borders between the material and the spiritual, and the mixing of belief and logic have consistently figured as themes in his paintings.” The exhibit will be running until November 4. NEWS IN BRIEF “Sistan” to compete in Mallorca festival “All Mama’s Babies” directed by Rezvan Sarmad. “The Long March” by the Joubran Trio. ARTTEHRAN – “All taking great care of them. She realizes ARTTEHRAN – The Mahmoud Darwish. deskMama’s Babies” by that the garden will be destroyed to deskTrio Joubran, the The album also contains “Carry the Rezvan Sarmad will be screened in make way for the new building, and Palestinian brothers and masters of oud, Earth”, co-written by Pink Floyd legendary the national competition of the 12th wants to save the trees, which she sees will release their new album “The Long singer and activist Roger Waters. Cinema Verite, Iran’s major international as “her babies.” March” on October 12 with the title track The song is has been dedicated to all ARTTEHRAN – The music video “Sistan and festival of documentary cinema, which The documentary had its world by Iranian singer Mohammad Motamedi, those who die for their land but especially deskBaluchestan” by Iranian director Meisam is scheduled to be held in December. premiere at the Montreal World the trio has announced on their website. to four young cousins who were murdered Babai will be competing in the 7th Evolution Mallorca Inter- The documentary covers a story about Film Festival, which took place in Motamedi has selected a poetry from in a tragic event while playing football on national Film Festival, which will be held in the Spanish city Sarmad family. The filmmaker’s parents the Canadian city from August 23 to Khaju Kermani, the Persian poet and a beach in Gaza in 2014. from October 25 to 31. decide to transform their house into September 3. mystic who lived during the 13th and Mixed by the famous Parisian producer The music video features scenes from the ordinary life in a 9-floor apartment building to help However, “Dying to Tell” by Hernán 14th centuries. Renaud Letang, “The Long March” opens a the southeastern Iranian region of Sistan and Baluchestan support their children. His mother has Zin from Argentina won the award for The album opens with a statement new direction for the music of the Joubran with music by French composer Pascal Lamarche, the House planted many fruit trees in the garden, best documentary at the festival. by Palestine’s national poet and author Trio, Samir, Wissam and Adnan Joubran. of Documentary in Tehran announced on Monday. Tehran museum Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly goof CNN founder Ted Turner says he’s displays photos of around in ‘Holmes and Watson’ trailer suffering form of dementia Palestinian children LOS ANGELES (Hollywood LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Ted under attack by Reporter) — Elementary! Sherlock Turner, the billionaire founder of cable Israelis Holmes and Dr. John Watson are back news channel CNN, says he is suffering to solve more crimes. from a form of dementia that leaves him ARTTEHRAN — The Palestine Museum of Con- desk Columbia Pictures unveiled the exhausted and forgetful. temporary Art in Tehran is playing host to first trailer to “Holmes and Watson” Turner, 79, told CBS television in an an exhibition of photos depicting child victims of the Israeli on Friday. The film sees Step Brothers interview that he had been diagnosed with war against Palestinians. co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain The exhibit named “For What Sin?” opened on Monday reuniting, this time in Victorian London, disorder. and will run until October 3. as the legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes “It’s a mild case of what people have as Ted Turner, founder of CNN, speaks on a The photos have been selected from a collection kept by the and his esteemed companion, Dr. John Pascal Le Segretain/John Phillips (Getty) Alzheimer’s. It’s similar to that. But not Society for the Defense of the Palestinian Nation in Tehran. panel after the screening of “Cold War”, Watson. ahead of the times when Watson asks nearly as bad. Alzheimer’s is fatal,” Turner a documentary chronicling the events This version of Sir Arthur Conan the queen if he could take a picture of told journalist Ted Koppel in an interview that fuelled the war between the United Doyle’s story takes on a lighter, more all three of them. The queen proceeds to be broadcast on “CBS Sunday Morning.” States and the Soviet Union, at the Paley comedic tone. In the trailer, Ferrell to ask “who’s going to take the picture” CBS on Friday released advance excerpts Center for Media in New York April 29, L’Oreal looks to make a and Reilly gush over Queen Victoria to which Watson responds, “I will take of the interview, which was conducted at 2012. (Reuters/Allison Joyce) (played by Pam Ferris) and unleash a it. You see its sort of a self-photograph.” Turner’s ranch in Montana earlier this year. splash on the Seine colony of bees, while a child proclaims The comedy also stars Rebecca Hall Turner’s office confirmed the diagnosis “Dementia. I can’t remember what my the infamous line — “No shit, Sherlock.” to Reuters. disease is,” he added. PARIS (Reuters) — Boat traffic on the Seine came to a as Dr. Grace Hart and Ralph Fiennes as Even through the goofy antics of “Thank goodness I don’t have that. But, Asked what his symptoms are, Turner standstill on Sunday to make way for a floating runway featuring Holmes’ archnemesis Professor Moriarty. both actors, the famous detective and I also have got, let’s - the one that’s - I can’t told Koppel, “Tired. Exhausted. That’s the movies stars and models in an extravaganza orchestrated by “Holmes and Watson” will open in his partner-in-crime still manage to be remember the name of it,” Turner said. main symptoms, and forgetfulness.” cosmetics company L’Oreal to coincide with Paris Fashion theaters Dec. 25. Week. Luxury clothing brands from Chanel to Kering’s Gucci have for years picked increasingly elaborate settings to present their Cottingley Fairies hoax pictures expected to fetch £2,000 at auction collections, and now beauty firms are getting in on the act. LONDON (The Guardian) —- Photographs fairies and two months later photographed became aware of the photographs and wanted Actors Eva Longoria and Elle Fanning were among the of what is considered to be one of the greatest Elsie seated with a one-foot tall dancing gnome. to use them for an article on fairies he had famous faces marching down the 60-metre catwalk along hoaxes of the 20th century are expected to While Elsie’s father, a keen amateur pho- been commissioned to write for the Strand with models such as Duckie Thot and Soo Joo Park as crowds fetch more than £2,000 when they are sold tographer who developed the prints, never Magazine. of spectators gathered on nearby bridges. at auction. doubted they were fakes, his wife Polly was Gardner and Doyle sought further expert River traffic in front of Paris’ Quai D’Orsay museum was The two images of the Cottingley Fairies a believer and in 1919 she took prints of the opinions from the photographic companies, stopped for 30 minutes for the event to celebrate the cosmetics were taken in July and September 1917 by two photographs to show members of the while Gardner met the Wright family and or- mass market L’Oreal Paris brand. 16-year-old Elsie Wright and her nine-year- Theosophical Society in Bradford, where they ganized a camera and plates for the girls to try “We wanted to create something new, that would be old cousin Frances Griffiths, in the village of were giving a lecture on fairy life. and capture more photographs of the fairies. accessed by the widest possible audience and at the same Cottingley, near Bingley in Yorkshire. From there things spiralled out of control, During the summer of 1920 the youngsters time highlight our Parisian DNA,” said Pierre-Emmanuel The two girls, like so many children then first through the enthusiastic belief of a leading managed to “capture” three more images of Angeloglou, global brand president of L’Oreal Paris. and now, believed in fairies and set out to Elsie Wright with a dancing gnome. society member, Edward Gardner, who used themselves with fairies. The show was broadcast on Tmall, owned by Chinese prove their existence, little knowing that their ter-plate camera, and with the use of color- the photography expert Harold Snelling to Following the publication of Conan Doyle’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, and other shopping platforms practical joke would stir such controversy ed paper cutouts and hat pins, they staged produce photographic prints of them to be sold article a great public controversy raged, with after last year’s L’Oreal runway display spurred a spike in and fool such eminent figures as Sherlock their scenes near the stream at the end of at Gardner’s theosophical lectures in 1920. leading scientists and writers voicing their web traffic on the day. Holmes’s creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Elsie’s garden. It was during 1920 that Conan Doyle, a opinions in support of and against the truth- Paris Fashion Week runs until Oct. 2. Borrowing Elsie’s father’s Midg quar- They first showed Frances with four dancing committed and leading spiritualist believer, fulness of the photographs.