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Iran to create secondary currency market by next week Seeing them home safely ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran will creation of this market, the CBI governor deskset up a secondary cur- remarked, adding that this market will Iran urges UN, EU to help Afghan refugees go home after 4 decades rency market by the next week, Central prevent the creation of indefinite rates of- Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Valiollah fered by unauthorized brokers. Seif announced on Monday. The official also announced that a See page 2 The decision was made as the Iranian system will be established to identify all rial plunged to a record low against the commodities that have been imported us- U.S. dollar in the unofficial market on ing U.S. dollars at a rate of 42,000 rials, Sunday, Tasnim news agency reported. so that importers of those goods cannot A detailed plan has been prepared for sell them at higher prices. Selling arms and talking of peace in Yemen are conflicting: Iran POLITICS TEHRAN — Hossein meeting with the ambassadors of Italy, deskJaberi Ansari, the Ira- Britain, France and German charge d’af- nian foreign minister’s special assistant faires at the Foreign Ministry. for political affairs, said on Monday that “One cannot talks about political solu- Western countries cannot talk about tion, peace and human rights but simul- peace in Yemen and at the same time taneously ink billion dollars agreement sell billions of dollars of weapons to with countries participating in the war aggressors. against Yemen,” the special assistant to Jaberi Ansari made the remarks in a the foreign minister remarked. 2 Erdogan wins re-election in historic Turkish polls Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Tur- Yüksek Seçim Kurulu), told reporters in key’s key presidential vote, electoral the capital, Ankara. officials have said, in a result that will Earlier, state-run Anadolu news agency allow him to keep his seat with increased had reported that Erdogan’s share of the powers and become Turkey’s first exec- vote stood at 52.5 percent. utive president. “Our democracy has won, the people’s will With 99.2 percent of ballots count- has won, Turkey has won,” Erdogan told a ed, Erdogan received on Sunday more crowd of enthusiastic supporters in the capital, than half the votes required to secure an Ankara, thanking the Turkish citizens who cast

moi.ir outright victory, Sadi Guven, the head their ballots in an election that saw a record of the Supreme Election Committee (YSK/ turnout of 87 percent. 3 EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (L) meeting Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli in Tehran on Monday ARTICLE Trump seems to be closer to Reagan: U.S. analyst ARTICLE Reza Simbar Syed Zafar Mehdi By Jalal Heirannia time afterwards, I found it impossible to think in financial straits; a man that appears to com- Professor of International Journalist TEHRAN — Political analyst Yuram Abdullah of him as “president,” so I would simply refer to pletely lack the smallest iota of compassion for Relations - University of Gilan from New Delhi Weiler says Trump “is a man that sees no problem him as “the current occupant of the Oval Office.” any human being outside of his family circle. with taking advantage of someone in financial Yet despite my revulsion, I forced myself to read What kind of movement can such a man lead or straits; a man that appears to completely lack Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal, in order to what political doctrine can he leave behind? Perhaps Adjustment of the smallest iota of compassion for any human gain some insight into this flamboyant bully who looking at Trump’s deal on the former Commodore UN report being outside of his family circle.” now, to the alarm of most, is commander-in-chief Hotel in New York in the late 1970s can yield insights European package “The pattern for Trump seems to be closer to of the world’s most lethal military. for his handling of the presidency. Owned by the opportunity for India, Reagan: deregulation, higher military spending As Trump discloses in his book, he loves to cash-strapped Penn Central Railroad, the famous with Iran national and tax cuts, particularly for the rich,” Weiler make deals for the sake of making deals. His hotel next to Grand Central Station in midtown Pakistan to reboot tells the Tehran Times. entire life seems to revolve around this concept Manhattan had deteriorated considerably from interests This is the text of the interview: of making a deal, which for him seems to be more its heydays, and young Trump saw an opportunity Kashmir policy Is “Trumpism” a movement, or a school of than making money. It is a strict zero-sum game to make a mint. Being close to then New York City he Islamic Republic expects the Eu- fortnight ago, the United Nations thought in the United States? Can the current where he wins and the others lose, but in the mayor Abe Beame, Trump managed to get promises ropean Authorities to put forward released its first ever report detailing president of the United States produce a political process, he is able to make the loser feel like it for huge tax breaks from the city even before he their package of proposals to save the human rights violations in Kashmir, T or philosophical doctrine in the area of American is a worthwhile bargain. This is a man who has was able to come up with the cash to secure his A nuclear agreement between Tehran and the across the Line of Control (LoC), high- social and foreign policy? evicted poor people from their apartments and option to buy the hotel from the bankrupt railroad. P5+1 from which the U.S. has withdrawn. lighting a situation of chronic impunity for A: To me Donald Trump has to be the most converted the buildings into opulent, luxurious To date, Trump has received some $400 million Given the European Union’s promises violations committed by security forces. repugnant character so far to hold the U.S. presi- palaces for the ultra-rich. He is a man that sees in tax breaks for a hotel that only cost about $100 on preserving the Joint Comprehensive The exhaustive 49-page report, which urged dency. Following his election and for quite some no problem with taking advantage of someone million to build in 1980. 7 Plan of Action (JCPOA), it is necessary all the parties to end the cycles of violence for the Iranian officials to examine the EU and ensure accountability for past and package of proposals carefully to see if it present abuses, has generated palpable is in agreement with the national interests London alarmed by threats to UAE buzz in both India and Pakistan. of our country. Given the extensive sanc- By Farzad Farhadi a threat to them and advises them to be extremely impact as the UAE it is one of the most stable The political dimensions of the dis- tions against Iran imposed by the United TEHRAN — The British Foreign Ministry has alert, this warning is not futile and is based on countries in the Middle East, with significant pute between India and Pakistan have States, these proposals should be able to issued a statement warning of an attack on the reliable security intelligence, especially as this economic prosperity and investment and tourism long been centre-stage, noted the report, fulfil our interests, especially in cases like UAE, calling on its citizens to be wary. country is the United Arab Emirates.” from all over the world. but this is not a conflict frozen in time. selling oil and petrochemical products. “Public media reported that there might The British Foreign Ministry has officially The unprecedented warnings coincide with “It is a conflict that has robbed millions Obviously, if the European govern- be attempts to launch missiles at the UAE. warned all its nationals in the UAE or those the escalation of the Yemen war in al-Hudaydah of their basic human rights, and contin- ments declare that they are not able to In any case, you should consider the local intending to travel to its cities, in particular on the western Yemeni coast after the Emirates ues to this day inflict untold suffering,” manage their companies on having trade media report and follow the advice of local Dubai and Abu Dhabi, to receive information decided to attack the city. This port receives more said UN High Commissioner for Human relations with Iran, we can no longer speak authorities. You must take precautions to on the nature of the threat against the UAE, than 70 percent of Yemen’s imports. The British Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urging the of preserving the JCPOA by European protect yourself and your property,” said the most notably the possibility of Yemeni ballistic government knows Yemen very well and has infor- UN Human Rights Council to consider governments. published statement. missiles. mation that the current conflict in al-Hudaydah establishing a commission of inquiry to The truth is that even before Donald Referring to this threat, Rai Alyoum newspaper This sudden and dangerous threat will cer- is not limited within its borders and may extend conduct a comprehensive, independent Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal wrote: “When the British government warns its tainly be harmful for the UAE for its security and even to the UAE, with missiles, as it has already international investigation into allegations with Iran, EU had not been able to meet citizens in UAE that it is aware of the existence of economic implications. It will have a negative to Saudi Arabia. 13 of human rights violations in Kashmir. our interests, let alone this time on which The main focus of the report is the there remains but a name of the JCPOA. human rights situation in Indian-con- However, we’re still waiting for the Eu- trolled-Kashmir between July 2016 – when ropean countries’ package of proposals there was a mass uprising following rebel to be reviewed by the experts. Nuclear deal commander Burhan Wani’s killing – and One of the reasons that the European April 2018. Indian security forces, the countries constantly change their decisions report notes, used “excessive force that on JCPOA is that they’re commercially ‘hanging by a led to unlawful killings and a very high dependent on the United States. The fact is number of injuries”, condemning the use that the volume of trade relations between thread’, Iran of ‘pellet guns’ and calling for abrogation of the U.S. and Europe is really high, while draconian legislations like AFSPA, which this volume between Europe and Iran is prohibits prosecution of security forces not so remarkable. Europeans are never has told EU for any human rights violation. going to choose us over the United States The report also highlights issue of POLITICS TEHRAN — if they are to take side in this equation. ‘enforced disappearances’ and ‘chronic deskMahmoud Alavi, the They will definitely go to Washington, impunity for sexual violence, citing the intelligence minister, said on Monday and their decision is based on their own case of Kunan-Poshpora mass rape 27 years that Iran has told the Europeans that the interests. Another point to be regarded ago, in which justice has been “denied and 2015 nuclear deal agreement is “hang- here is that Trump can’t accept that Eu- blocked over the years at different levels’. ing by a thread” now that the U.S. has rope has more trade relations with Iran The grave human rights violations in withdrawn from the pact. in the post-JCPOA period than that with Pakistan-controlled-Kashmir are also high- The intelligence chief said now if the the United States. Therefore, the U.S. lighted in the report, which are of “different other signatories to the agreement – the President, in addition to other aspects, magnitude and of more structural nature”. European Union especially the EU trio,

looks at this issue from the economic Ahmad Moeinijam The restrictions on freedom of expres- China and Russia – back away from perspective. Trump intends to redefine sion, peaceful assembly in Pakistan-con- their commitments under the agreement sanctions by reaping more economic, trolled-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan “have

IRNA/ Iran will resume nuclear activities with commercial, security and political ben- limited the ability to obtain information a greater speed. 2 efits from Iran. 13 about the situation.” 6 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JUNE 26, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Rouhani Nuclear deal still ‘firm’ despite U.S. congratulates Erdogan on illegal exit, FM spokesman says re-election POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign Pointing to recent talks between the POLITICS TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani deskMinistry spokesman Bah- representatives of Iran and the EU to save deskon Monday offered his congratulations ram Qassemi has said he regards the 2015 the JCPOA, Qassemi said it is possible that to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on his nuclear deal a “firm” agreement, which is the subject of the Iranian missiles has been re-election in Sunday’s presidential elections. still in place despite the U.S. government’s raised in the talks. In a letter to Erdogan, the Iranian president expressed “illegal” withdrawal from it. “I have not heard what [Mogherini] said the hope that the mutual “friendly and brotherly relations” It came days after Deputy Foreign Min- exactly, but the idea of such a dialogue is not between Iran and Turkey would develop further during ister Abbas Araqchi said the deal, formally unnatural,” he remarked. Erdogan’s new term by building on cultural, historical and known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan “In spite of the commonalities and rela- religious affinities between the two neighboring countries. of Action (JCPOA), is in the intensive care tions that we have with European countries, Rouhani also hoped that Iran and Turkey would estab- unit (ICU), and that he doesn’t see bright there may be disagreements over some is- lish closer cooperation and pave the way for finding rapid prospects for the deal. sues,” he added. solutions to regional problems. “I have my own opinion… and it does not ‘Iran in contact with other coun- Erdogan won a new five-year term after securing out- contradict with the opinion of other officials,” tries to reduce sufferings of Yemenis’ right victory in the first round of a presidential poll. He got Qassemi said on Monday at his weekly press On the Yemeni crisis, Qassemi Iran is in nearly 53% with almost all votes counted. His closest rival conference in Tehran. contact with the regional and European gov- Muharrem Ince was on 31%. On May 8, U.S. President Donald ernments in order to find a way to send relief aid Trump pulled his country out of the and other humanitarian assistance to Yemen. JCPOA, which was achieved in Vienna He called on the international commu- Interior minister in 2015 after years of negotiations among nity to intervene and stop the Saudi war on due in Kyrgyzstan Iran and six world powers. Yemen, where an ongoing offensive against Following the U.S. action, Leader of the to preserve it, Qassemi said. about Iran’s missile program, the spokesman the Mediterranean port of Hudaydah has put on Tuesday Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khame- All five countries – namely Russia, China, said holding talks with the EU about Iran’s the country on the brink of famine. nei stated that any decision to keep the France, Britain and Germany – are obligated missiles is “not something strange”. “The international community should JCPOA running without the U.S. should and have responsibilities regarding the im- Recently, Federica Mogherini, the Eu- understand the Yemeni people’s difficult POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Interior Minister be conditional on “practical guarantees” plementation of the nuclear pact, he stated. ropean Union foreign policy chief, said the conditions and the international organiza- deskAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli was expected from the Europeans. Talks with EU on missiles ‘not EU had held talks with top Iranian officials tions and the UN should make enough effort to start an official visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday in a bid to Despite the U.S. exit from the JCPOA, strange’, Qassemi says about Tehran’s “ballistic missiles, regional to end the aggression against the oppressed boost bilateral relations in diverse fields, security in particular. all other signatories to the deal are trying On talks with the European Union (EU) issues and human rights.” Yemeni people,” he added. Heading a high-ranking delegation, the interior min- ister was due to leave Tehran for the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek to hold talks with senior officials of the Central Europe should decide on nuclear deal Military advisor: Iran has practical Asian country, Tasnim reported. During his two-day trip, Rahmani Fazli is set to hold separate by end of June: Iran plan for any trans-regional threats meetings with Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Jenish Razakov, POLITICS TEHRAN — Behrooz POLITICS TEHRAN — Today’s Emergency Situations Minister Major General Nasser Boronov, deskKamalvandi, spokes- deskthreats to Iran are from and his Kyrgyz counterpart Colonel Kashkar Junushaliev. man for the Atomic Energy Organization of trans-regional sides to each of which the Iran, said on Monday that Europe should country has a practical plan to respond, Zarif, Lavrov decide about preserving the 2015 nuclear a senior Iranian military advisor said deal by the end of June now that the Trump on Sunday evening. discuss nuclear White House has walked away from the There has been no military danger deal on the phone multilateral agreement. to Iran from the neighbors since the Kamalvandi said Iran was fully pre- end of the 1980-88 Iraqi war on the pared to resume its nuclear activities with country, Major General Seyyed Yahya a greater speed prior to the nuclear agree- Rahim Safavi, the senior military advisor POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister desk ment to compensate for the time that it to Ayatollah Khamenei, said at a local Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian had put caps on its nuclear program for meeting in Shiraz. counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a telephone conversation on Mon- termination of sanctions. Having a growing geopolitical foothold day discussed the latest developments surrounding the 2015 “We are ready to compensate for re- nuclear activities with a greater speed. in the region, Iran has the final say on nuclear deal and the next summit of the Caspian Sea states. stricted action [in nuclear program] im- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas regional issues whether the enemies like regional power will then play a leading According to Sputnik news, Zarif and Lavrov talked mediately,” Kamalvandi told reporters. Araqchi said on Saturday that the three Eu- it or not, Rahim Safavi said. role in resolving the political, defense about a comprehensive bilateral roadmap to the Joint On May 8, President Donald Trump ropean signatories to the JCPOA alongside No regional issues can be solved and security issues in the region. Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the official name officially withdrew the U.S. from the with the European Union had promised without Iran’s participation, the for- About current regional developments, for the nuclear agreement. UN-endorsed nuclear agreement and to offer a package of practical steps that mer IRGC chief added. the official said the Iraqi and Syrian gov- Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the conversation revolved reintroduced unilateral sanctions on Iran. would fulfill Iran’s demands under the He predicted that West Asia will ernments have asked for Iran’s help and around Iran and Russia’s mutual cooperation as well as Iran has repeatedly warned that if its nuclear agreement. He said the package turn into the most turbulent area in “we went to help them just like what the some regional and international issues with the focus on the interests are not guaranteed under the will include Iran’s oil sales, payments for the world in the next 12 years, Rahim country does to support the oppressed JCPOA and the next summit of the five Caspian Sea nations. nuclear agreement it would resume its its oil and transportation. Safavi said the Islamic Republic as a Palestinians in the occupied lands.” Shamkhani: Iran backs Nuclear deal ‘hanging by a thread’, Iran has told EU Iraqi nation’s 1 Under the agreement, officially called the Joint Com- Ali Khamenei ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of the country, and to live on with the restrictions already prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and went into force in of Iran (AEOI) to get preparatory steps to increase ura- imposed. Let me tell these states that such disturbed dreams decisions January 2016, Iran was tasked to put limits on its nuclear nium enrichment capacity up to a level of 190,000 SWUs will not come true.” (separative work units) if the remaining sides fail to honor In an open reference to the Trump administration, In- POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian government activities in exchange for termination of economic and fi- their obligations. telligence Minister Alavi said, “Those who reneged on their deskwill stand alongside Iraqis and support nancial sanctions. “The Atomic Energy Organization is required to swiftly promises will see that what they have done will be more their decisions, Secretary of the Supreme National Security “If the other sides decide to accompany the U.S. and leave make due preparations for 190,000 SWUs, for the time being, harmful to themselves rather than Iran. Iran should move Council Ali Shamkhani said on Monday. the JCPOA, the Islamic Republic of Iran can return to the within the JCPOA framework,” the Leader said. based on its determination because the foreigners do not Shamkhani made the remarks in a meeting with Iraq’s pre-JCPOA situation and even bring the nuclear industry Ayatollah Khamenei also said, “Statements made by take a step which is beneficial to Iran.” National Security Advisor Falih al Fayyadh, as the two to more sensitive and advanced points in a short period of some European states indicate that they expect the Irani- On May 8, President Donald Trump officially withdrew sides discussed bilateral relations and regional develop- time based on the Iranian scientists’ valuable achievements,” an nation to both endure sanctions and to abandon their the U.S. from the UN-endorsed nuclear agreement and ments, Fars reported. he told reporters after visiting the Fordow nuclear plant. nuclear activities, which is the undoubtable future need threatened Iran with worst sanctions. The remarks by Shamkhani comes as Iraqi political parties On June 4, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah and factions are seeking to form a new coalition government following the recent parliamentary elections. Shamkhani also lauded the Iraqi nation’s resilience and Selling arms and talking of peace in Yemen are conflicting: Iran the Iraqi army’s bravery in the fight against terrorism. 1 The United States and certain Western ‘Failed policy’ the realities on the ground and seek their in- tarian disaster. countries including Britain and France are The Iranian foreign ministry official called terests through dialouge. He reiterated Iran’s The Saudi-led coalition backed by the U.S. New body to fight the main arms suppliers to Saudi Arabia the Saudi-led military actions against Yem- long-held policy that the Yemeni crisis can started the war on Yemen with the aim of corruption to be and the UAE which are fighting Yemen. en a “failed” policy, saying continuation of only be settled through inter-Yemeni talks. reinstating ousted president Mansour Hadi. However, Germany has stopped the sale military attacks against Yemen has brought Since the beginning of the Saudi-led ag- The war has led to famine and spread of chol- formed: MP of weapons to Saudi Arabia due to human about no “political achievements” for the gression against Yemen in March 2015, the era in the poor country. The UN is calling tragedy in Yemen. invaders and soon or late they must realize country has been grappling with a humani- it “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”

POLITICS TEHRAN — Hassan Norouzi, a spokes- deskman with the Majlis Legal and Judicial Seeing them home safely Committee, said on Monday that a new organization with the aim of fighting economic corruption is set to be formed. Iran urges UN, EU to help Afghan refugees go home after 4 decades Norouzi said the plan was discussed with the presence of Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. Under the plan, an in- POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Interior Minister The UN official added that besides the Leader’s decree dependent organization headed by one of the most experi- deskAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Monday on education for refugees, Iran’s healthcare and insurance enced judges will be formed, which will operate under the that the United Nations and the European Union should services for refugees has “turned Iran into a leading country Judiciary, he added, IRNA reported. provide the ground and help the Afghan refugees return regarding refugee affairs”. The organization, he said, will act separately from other to their country voluntarily. Iran’s policy to collect documents over groups who had no judicial bodies and will handle economic cases that involve The Afghan refugees were the relic of the Soviet invasion identification documents is another noteworthy policy, he pointed over 50 billion rials (nearly $1,176,000). of their country in the 1980s. Iran has been home to 2 to out. “This process has started recently and is a very positive policy. 3 million Afghan refugees, who have been receiving edu- We try to help Iran reach its goals more and more effectively.” Police officers cation and healthcare services, and almost monopolized In late 2016, Sivanka Dhanapala, the then UNHCR the labor market in the construction sector. representative in Tehran, said the Islamic Republic has being equipped “The United Nations and the European Union are expect- been hosting refugees for almost four decades. ed to make efforts to provide living situation for Afghans “The Islamic Republic of Iran generously hosts one of with body [in Afghanistan] in a way that they return to their coun- the largest and most protracted refugee situations in the cameras try voluntarily and also provide them with humanitarian world. Estimates from the Government of Iran indicate aid in areas of education and medicine while they reside EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Cit- that 951,142 Afghan refugees and 28,268 Iraqi refugees POLITICS TEHRAN — Officers in all of Iran’s po- in Iran,” he told reporters after a meeting with Dimitris reside in Iran, in addition to 620,000 Afghans who hold desk izenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (L) meeting Interior lice stations are being equipped with body Avramopoulos, the European commissioner for migration Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli in Tehran on Monday Afghan passports and Iranian visas. The government also cameras, a commander said on Monday, Tasnim reported. and home affairs, in Tehran. estimates that there are approximately 1.5-2 million un- General Mohammad Sharafi, commander of an Iranian Rahmani Fazli noted that Iran is ready to cooperate UN: Ayatollah Khamenei’s order to grant documented Afghans also living in Iran,” Dhanapala said. police department tasked with prevention of crimes, said the with the EU in helping the refugees. refugees education was extraordinary In May 2015, Ayatollah Khamenei issued a decree to process of equipping police officers with body worn videos Elsewhere, he said that as a neighboring country An order by Ayatollah Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic the Ministry of Education allowing all Afghan children of (BWV) will be finished by the end of summer. to Afghanistan, Iran has been harmed the most in Revolution, to grant refugees education was “extraordinary”, school age, regardless of documentation status, to attend Mounted onto the officers’ uniform, the body cameras fighting drug trade and also preventing trafficking Nicolas Oberlin, the deputy regional director of the United primary and secondary school education, resulting in over record footages during the operations which can be moni- of drugs to Europe. Nations World Food Program, told ILNA news agency in 350,000 Afghan and Iraqi children being enrolled in the tored online from a central department. He called for expanding cooperation with the EU an interview published on Monday. 2015-2016 school year. In addition, all refugees of school-age Police officials say evaluation of footage from the body in fighting drug trafficking. The interior minister also “The policy of supporting refugees is growing in Iran are now exempt from paying costly refugee-specific tuition cameras would help optimize operational tactics in dealing said that Iran and Europe will expand cooperation in and we are happy to see how well Iran is doing its job fees, which encourages even vulnerable and economically with crimes. countering terrorism. regarding refugees,” Oberlin said. challenged families to send their children to school. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 26, 2018 INTERNATIONAL Erdogan wins re-election in U.S. using chemical weapons as pretext for intervention in historic Turkish polls Syria: Assad 1 The 64-year-old also declared victory for the Peo- ple’s Alliance (Cumhur gttifakg), a bloc between his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP/Adalet ve Kalkgnma Partisi) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP/Na- tionalist Action Party/Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi), saying they had won a parliamentary majority in the legislative elections, also held on Sunday. Before heading to capital Ankara, Erdogan, who has governed Turkey for more than 15 years as prime minis- ter and president, had also addressed a crowd of cheering, flag-waving supporters from the top of a bus in the country’s largest city and tourist hub of Istanbul. Erdogan’s closest rival, Muharrem Ince, of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP/Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), received 30.6 percent of the votes, according to Anadolu. He was followed by Selahattin Demirtas, of the pro-Kurdish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the United States is using Democratic People’s Party (HDP/Halklargn Demokratik the issue of chemical weapons as a pretext to carry out an attack Partisi), at 8.4 percent and debutante right-wing IYI Party’s against the Syrian army. (Good Party) Meral Aksener, at 7.3 percent. Assad said in an interview with Russian television channel At a press briefing on Monday, Ince conceded defeat, NTV on Sunday that such allegations were being used as an however, called the elections “unjust” and the executive excuse for an intervention. presidential system a dangerous “one-man rule”. “The story with chemical weapons is a pretext for a direct “I accept these election results,” Ince said, adding Erdogan military intervention and attacks on the Syrian army,” the pres- should “represent 80 million” and be “president for us all”. ident said, adding, “We fully eliminated chemical weapons. We But Ince, who had faced limited airtime on television in haven’t had them in Syria since 2013.” the campaign and a near boycott by state media, said the The Syrian government surrendered its stockpile of chemical run-up to the election had been unfair. weapons in 2014 to a joint mission led by the United Nations and “This election was unjust until the results were announced,” the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), he told a news conference at CHP headquarters after ordering which oversaw the destruction of the weaponry. out crews from state-run TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Washington and its allies have often pointed the finger at Corporation/Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu) over the Syrian government over chemical attacks. Damascus has their campaign coverage. consistently denied the claim. Ince vowed to “continue our fight until Turkey is a Turkey “These provocations have nothing to do with reality. This for everyone”, expressing alarm over the powers Erdogan is the result of their own imagination, and that of the media, assumes under the new system which he described as “a and something ... invented by their mass media is further one-man regime”. executive presidential system. political background and as a self-described conservative disseminated across the world through the Internet and other All three major opposition parties accused Anadolu of The opposition CHP and IYI parties, along with the ul- democrat, he has promoted socially conservative and liberal media. That’s why it is impossible to prevent this provocation. manipulating the results and releasing them selectively, a traconservative Felicity Party (SP/Saadet Partisi), formed economic policies in his administration. Americans constantly lie and attack immediately,” the Syrian claim dismissed by the government. the diverse Nation Alliance (Millet gttifakg) to challenge Erdogan played football for Kasgmpaga before being president stated. “I hope nobody will try to cast a shadow on the results Erdogan in the parliamentary polls. elected in 1994 as the Mayor of Istanbul from the Islamist “When there is no respect for international rules, when and harm democracy in order to hide their own failure,” According to Anadolu, the CHP acquired 22.7 percent of Welfare Party. He was stripped of his position, banned from there are no efficient UN bodies, you may not speak about Erdogan said in his speech. the ballots, while its ally, IYI Party got 10.1 percent. They are political office, and imprisoned for four months, for reciting a preventing provocations and the world lives upon the jungle Official results are to be announced in a few days. expected to have 146 and 45 seats in parliament. poem that promoted a religious point of view of government law,” he said. More than 56 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots The pro-Kurdish HDP set to secure 67 seats after re- during a speech in 1998. Erdogan abandoned openly Islamist In June, the Russian Defense Ministry said the U.S. Special in the elections, which were brought forward by more than ceiving 11.1 percent. politics and established the moderate conservative AKP in Forces were aiding militants to engage in “chemical attack prov- 18 months by the AK Party-controlled parliament in April. Erdogan entered the race in the face of a depreciating 2001. Following the AKP’s landslide victory in 2002, the ocation” via chlorine gas to provoke Western airstrikes against Twin polls lira and straining relations with the West amid an ongoing party’s co-founder Abdullah Gül became Prime Minister, Syrian forces. The voting marked the first time Turkish voters cast their state of emergency. until his government annulled Erdogan’s ban from political Assad also said in the same interview that Syria would not ballots in simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elec- The state of emergency has been in place since July 2016 office. Erdogan became Prime Minister in March 2003 after accept any Western money to help rebuild the country. tions, in line with the constitutional changes approved in a following a failed deadly coup, which the government blamed winning a by-election in Siirt. “We have enough strength to rebuild the country. If we don’t referendum last year that will transform the country’s par- on the movement of Muhammed Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi Erdogan’s government oversaw negotiations for Turkey’s have money, we will borrow from our friends, from Syrians liv- liamentary system to an executive presidential one. (Hoca Efendi/respected teacher) - a United States-based membership in the European Union, an economic recovery ing abroad.” The new system is set to hand the next president sig- self-exiled religious leader. following a financial crash in 2001, changes to the constitu- Elsewhere in the interview, Assad said that the Syrian army nificant executive powers, as well as abolish the prime Turkey’s Western allies have repeatedly condemned the tion via referenda in 2007 and 2010, a Neo-Ottoman foreign would regain control of the country’s north by force if militants ministry and remove the monitoring role of parliament, Turkish government’s detentions and purges after the coup policy, and investments in infrastructure. With the help of there refused to surrender. among others. attempt. the Cemaat Movement led by Gülen, Erdogan was able to “We have chosen two paths: the first and most important In the new era, the presidential office will have the power Local and international rights groups accuse the govern- curb the power of the military through the Sledgehammer one is reconciliation... The second path is to attack terrorists if to appoint vice presidents, ministers, high-level officials and ment of using the coup bid as a pretext to silence opposition and Ergenekon court cases. In 2016, a coup d’état was un- they don’t surrender and refuse to make peace,” Assad said in senior judges. The president will also be able to dissolve in the country. successfully attempted against Erdogan and Turkish state the interview. “We will fight with them (militants) and return parliament, issue executive decrees, and impose a state of Erdogan’s government says that the purges and detentions institutions. This was followed by purges and an ongoing control by force. It is certainly not the best option for us, but it’s emergency. are in line with the rule of law and aim to remove Gulen’s state of emergency. the only way to get control of the country.” On the parliamentary front, Erdogan’s AK Party got 42.4 supporters from state institutions and other parts of society. Following a split with Gülen, Erdogan promulgated Damascus recently said it rejected the presence of Turkish percent of the votes, while its far-right MHP secured 11.2 Erdogan, neo-Ottoman foreign policy sweeping judicial reforms he insisted were needed to purge and the U.S. forces around the northern Kurdish town of Manbij. percent. Erdogan born on 26 February 1954 is a Turkish politician Gülen’s sympathizers, but which were criticized for threat- The United States and its allies have been bombarding what they The two parties are predicted to claim 293 and 50 seats serving as the current President of Turkey, holding the position ening judicial independence. A US$100 billion corruption call positions of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ in the 600-member parliament respectively, with almost all since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from scandal in 2013 led to the arrests of Erdogan’s close allies, Daesh) terrorists inside Syria since September 2014 without of the ballot boxes opened, according to Anadolu. Erdogan 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. and incriminated Erdogan. His government has since come any authorization from the Damascus government or a United was their joint presidential candidate. He founded the AKP in 2001, leading it to general election under fire for alleged human rights violations and crackdown Nations mandate. The strikes have on many occasions result- A majority of 360 votes in parliament are required to victories in 2002, 2007 and 2011 before standing down upon on press and social media. ed in civilian casualties and failed to fulfill their declared aim take a constitutional change to a referendum in the new his election as President in 2014. Coming from an Islamist (Source: agencies) of countering terrorism. The Israeli regime, one of the United States’ top allies, has even set up field hospitals to treat wounded militants evacuated from Syria. Furthermore, the Syrian army has repeatedly seized huge quantities of the U.S. and Israe- PA: U.S. ‘working hard’ to topple Mahmoud Abbas li-made weapons and advanced military equipment from the A senior Palestinian negotiator has accused better economic situation by pulverizing foreign-backed militants inside Syria. the United States of trying to topple the gov- the political rights” of Palestinians. (Source: Press TV) ernment of Authority President Mahmoud “This is an attempt to push forward a Abbas, insisting that Washington has dis- plan that consolidates Israel’s colonial con- qualified itself from any possible role in the trol over Palestinian land and lives while Palestinian-Israeli peace process. telling the Palestinian people that money Saeb Erekat’s comments on Sunday came will compensate for our inalienable right,” Bahrain prominent Shia after Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald he added. Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim White House envoy Jason Greenblatt held Abu Rudeina meanwhile said on Saturday meetings with the leaders of Israel, Jordan, that U.S. efforts, which “ignored” Pales- hospitalized Qatar, Egypt and the House of Saud regime tinian positions on issues such as al-Quds during a weeklong trip around the Middle (Jerusalem), statehood and refugees, were Supporters of a prominent Shia cleric in Bahrain who has lost East. doomed to fail. his citizenship and is under house arrest say he has been taken In an interview published in the Arabic Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett, reporting to a local hospital. language al-Quds newspaper on Sunday, from West al-Quds (Jerusalem), said that Sheikh Isa Qassim was taken to the hospital on Sunday night Kushner said the U.S. administration will the Palestinian leadership’s reaction made after suffering hip and leg problems that are making it difficult soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace it clear that there was “no prospect at this for him to walk. plan, with or without input from Abbas while stage” that they want “anything to do with Sheikh Maytham al-Salman of the Bahrain Center for Human also questioning the Palestinian Authority the U.S. administration or its plan, even Rights said on Monday Qassim needs further medical care. president’s ability to make a deal. ahead of its publication”. Bahrain’s rulers are cracking down on all dissent on the “Mr. Kushner’s interview further clarified While the details of the so-called “deal of Shia-majority tiny Persian Gulf island, imprisoning or forcing that the United States administration of the century” have not officially been released, politicians and activists into exile. President Trump has actually moved from leaks have suggested that the Palestinians Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations the squares of negotiations to the squares would initially control the Gaza Strip and in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising of dictations. They are determined to dic- Kushner interview has the ability to, or is willing to, lean into less than half of the occupied West Bank, began in the country in mid-February 2011. tate a solution,” Erekat told reporters in Trump has called peace between Isra- finishing a deal,” he added. while a Palestinian capital would be cre- They are demanding that the House of Khalifah dynasty relin- Ramallah. el and the Palestinians the “ultimate deal” “He has his talking points which have ated from villages surrounding al-Quds quish power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis “They are working and trying to work and has tasked Kushner with formulating not changed in the last 25 years. There has (Jerusalem). to be established. hard in a regime change, because Pales- a plan to that end. been no peace deal achieved in that time.” The Israelis would retain security con- Manama has gone to great lengths to clamp down on any tinian leadership under the leadership of In his al-Quds interview, Kushner said “To make a deal both sides will have to trol over the Jordan valley and have total sign of dissent. On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia President Abbas wants genuine, lasting, they were “almost done” preparing the plan. take a leap and meet somewhere between control over Palestinian travel between the and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were deployed to assist comprehensive peace, based on interna- He offered, however, few details, saying only their stated positions. I am not sure President West Bank and Gaza, while a corridor will Bahrain in its crackdown. tional law,” Erekat added. the White House would present an economic Abbas has the ability to do that.” be created between Palestinian territory Scores of people have lost their lives and hundreds of others Abbas cut communications with the plan to promote “massive investments” in Kushner said the Palestinian leadership and Jerusalem’s holy sites. sustained injuries or got arrested as a result of the House of Trump administration after it recognized al- the Palestinian territories and the region. is “scared” that the Palestinian public may It appears meanwhile that Palestinians Khalifah regime’s crackdown. Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel in In his rare interview, Kushner questioned approve of the U.S. peace initiative and called would have to surrender the principle of On March 5, 2017, Bahrain’s parliament approved the trial December 2017. the ability and willingness of Abbas to make on Palestinians to not “let your leadership the right of return of Palestinian refugees of civilians at military tribunals in a measure blasted by human The Palestinian leadership see East al- concessions for a peace agreement with Israel. reject a plan they haven’t even seen”. expelled during the creation of Israel, while rights campaigners as being tantamount to imposition of an Quds (Jerusalem) as their future capital, “President Abbas says that he is com- Deal of the century the future of illegal Israeli settlements and undeclared martial law countrywide. insisting the status of the disputed city is mitted to peace and I have no reason not His comments were met with a fierce the final border between Palestine and Israel Bahraini monarch King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah ratified an issue to be negotiated between them to believe him,” Kushner said. “However, response from Erekat, who said the U.S. would be decided at a later date. the constitutional amendment on April 3 last year. and the Israelis. I do question how much President Abbas administration believes “there will be a (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JUNE 26, 2018

STOCK MARKET Iran’s 1st intl. gas TEDPIX 115174.5 IFX 1317.34 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir exhibition slated CURRENCIES USD 42,510 rials for early Sep. EUR 49,544 rials ENERGY TEHRAN – Iran’s Conservation Company (IFCO), mentioned GBP 56,371 rials deskfirst international gas providing a stage for introducing Iran’s exhibition (IRGS 2018) is due to be held at gas industry and its potentials, facilitating AED 11,578 rials Shahr-e-Aftab Complex in Tehran during communication among Iranian and foreign growth and development in this area. technology and training, detection and Source: mehrnews.com September 1-4. companies active in this area, attracting foreign “Iran has 15 neighboring countries and evaluation, health, safety and environment In this regard, attended by a number of investment and improving Iran’s position as an this gives Iran a significant strategic and and etc. and over 80 subsectors for products officials and over 100 journalists a press energy hub in the region as well as technology geopolitical significance in the region; Iran and services. conference was held at Espinas Hotel in transfer as some of the exhibition’s main goals. could be the main gas hub in the region,” Seifi According to the Iranian Oil Ministry, Tehran on Monday to promote and introduce According to the official, such events and told Tehran Times. the country’s proved natural gas reserves are COMMODITIES the exhibition. exhibitions could pave the way for foreign IRGS 2018 will cover 12 specialized sectors about 1,201 trillion cubic feet (34.0 trillion WTI 68.89/b Speaking at the press conference, Nasrollah companies and investors to enter Iran’s including drilling and exploration, gas supply, cubic meters) that is about 17.8 percent of Brent 74.25/b Seifi, former managing director of Iran Fuel lucrative gas industry and therefore facilitate storage, distribution and transmission, the world’s total reserves. OPEC Basket 70.94/b 140 companies to attend intl. Digging operation of 43 oil, Gold $1,269.50 /oz electricity expo in Isfahan gas wells conducted in 3 months Silver $16.43/oz ENERGY TEHRAN — The 9th ENERGY TEHRAN — National Platinium $875.05/oz deskInternational Biennial deskIranian Drilling Com- Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com Exhibition of Electricity Industry of Iran is pany (NIDC) dug and completed digging to be held on June 27-30, 2018 at Isfahan operation of 43 oil and gas wells dur- International Exhibition Fairground with ing the first quarter of current Iranian Expansion of economic participation of 140 domestic and foreign calendar year (March 21-June 21), ac- companies, ILNA reported on Monday. cording to an official with the NIDC. co-op discussed between Companies, producers and indus- Hamidreza Khoshayand, the deputy Iran, Georgia trialists from Iranian electricity sector managing director of NIDC, said some besides their foreign counterparts will eries, parts, and services in the exhibition, 57,418 meters of digging has been con- and offshore wells, IRIB reported on ECONOMY TEHRAN— In a meeting between the showcase their latest equipment, machin- the report said. ducted for the mentioned onshore Monday. deskmembers of Iran-Georgia parliamentary friendship group and Iranian Finance Minister Masoud Karbasian in Tehran on Sunday, the two sides stressed EU watchdog tells banks to speed up Brexit preparations expansion of bilateral Banks have failed to make enough progress “This should be a wakeup call. Time is the first day after Britain’s withdrawal on tinuity in contracts that span many years in economic ties and cooperation. on their Brexit preparations and should not running out, in some cases it has run out, March 29, 2019, and financial stability must some cases. The EU has shown no willingness In the meeting, expect “miracle” public intervention to help and don’t assume there will be a transition not be put at risk because lenders want to to legislate, and the EBA said no public solu- Karbasian said that some them, the European Union’s banking watch- period,” said Piers Haben, EBA director of avoid costs. tion may be proposed or even agreed in time. good agreements have been dog said on Monday. banking markets, innovation and consumers. The EBA - itself relocating from London to The European Central Bank and BoE are in signed by Iran and Georgia While Britain and the EU have agreed in Banks in Britain are submitting applica- Paris by March due to Brexit - said prepara- talks on how to keep markets orderly around on customs cooperation, principle on a transition deal lasting from tions for licenses to set up or expand op- tions by banks must advance more rapidly Brexit Day next March, raising expectations double taxation avoidance, Brexit next March to the end of 2020, it is erations in the EU to ensure continuity of in a number of areas without further delay. that some public action will take place. and attracting and supporting part of a broader divorce settlement that service after March. UK branches of banks No miracle coming “There is widespread perception there investment making in both has yet to be formally adopted. from the EU need permission to continue Lenders in Britain and the EU should will be a public policy miracle. I don’t think countries; adding “We are Banks’ preparations for the potential serving customers in the United Kingdom. quantify exposures to counterparties in each banks can rely on a general, catch-all public ready to negotiate about departure of Britain from the EU without a “Big banks can’t assume they can put off other’s jurisdictions, including the billions of intervention,” Haben said. cooperation in other economic ratified withdrawal agreement are inadequate, the full application process,” Haben said. euros in cross-border derivatives contracts. The watchdog sets out a “sequence” of sectors with the Georgian officials”, Shada news agency the European Banking Authority (EBA) said The EBA said banks must have enough The Bank of England (BoE) has said UK tasks banks must complete. reported. in a statement on Brexit. staff at new operations to manage risks from and EU legislation is needed to ensure con- (Source: Reuters) Japan seeks to secure ‘early’ U.S. exemption for Iran oil imports: source Japan is seeking an “early” exemption aims to shut down Iranian exports. developments in the next month and a from the U.S. on sanctions against Iran “We will have to take certain measures half,” he added. to facilitate oil shipping arrangements, a if things move because the U.S. wants to Japan’s largest refiner JXTG Nippon Japanese government source said Monday. take [Iranian oil] to zero,” Tsukioka told Oil & Energy said Monday it is aware of The source declined to comment on a news conference in Tokyo. reports about the U.S.’ request to slash the outlook for securing the U.S. sanctions Tsukioka said refiners’ purchases of Iranian oil imports to zero but said it waiver or if Washington had asked Japan Iranian oil imports in August could be “the had not received any guidance from the to stop its Iranian oil imports. last” without securing waivers as oil loaded Japanese government over the imports. Petroleum Association of Japan after September would be subject to U.S. “We will closely monitor and ascertain IN THE NAME OF GOD President Takashi Tsukioka said Friday that sanctions. He added that October-loading the situations,” a company spokesman said, Second Announcement Japanese importers of Iranian oil would barrels would be paid for in November. declining to comment on its impact on need U.S. sanction waivers by November “This means it will be difficult for Iranian oil imports and possible alternative ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING 4 to continue imports because the U.S. us to gain a clear overview of all these supplies. (Source: Platts) INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-03/127 Half of major EU companies’ investments in UK shrink as Brexit looms: poll The majority of top managers, who took part in a recent survey Tender Holder: by Baker & McKenzie, have complained that they have not been properly consulted about the trade conditions of the UK-EU ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) divorce deal amid the current talks. Every second business has cut its investment in the UK as Subject of Two-Stage Tender: the country’s departure from the bloc, scheduled in less than a Supplying Audio Equipment for HD Making Channels 1, 2 and 3 (Tehran IRIB Center) according to the year, approaches. According to Baker & McKenzie, especially German companies think that Brexit is bad for business. tender documents The majority of 800 executives, involved in the survey, also claimed that they had not been consulted and their position had Deadline of Receiving Documents: not been taken into an account by EU negotiators, who have been striving to forge the post-Brexit trade deal. Ninety-six As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on Monday June percent of the respondents have slammed attempts to “punish” 25, 2018. the UK for leaving the union rather than working out preferable brighter economic prospects. terms for post-Brexit trade, while around 75 percent of them Meanwhile, thousands of people took part in an anti-Brexit Place of Receiving Documents: insisted on concessions from Brussels for the sake of a prefer- rally in London this weekend, exactly two years after the his- able business environment. toric Brexit vote. The protests were organized by the “People’s Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and Development Over half of the businesspeople also advocated for a free trade Vote” campaign, which has been calling for a new referendum Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran agreement; the support of a customs union has not exceeded on the divorce deal. 45 percent of the poll’s participants. On June 20, Prime Minister Theresa May won a vital vote in The survey involved 800 top managers of companies with Parliament, defeating Tory rebels that could have potentially Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: annual sales starting from $330 million, based in France, Ger- acquired the power to stop Britain from leaving the EU without The amount of USD 121,055 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee many, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands. a deal. The PM promised that more details of UK-EU post-Brexit British trade secretary Liam Fox recently said that the UK has links would come soon. Britain’s departure from the European Union is scheduled Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: remained Europe’s number one destination for international investment, despite a slowdown in GDP growth, and a simul- for March 29, 2019. A transition period, which will see the UK The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked with tender taneous acceleration of economic expansion on the European remain in the single market and customs union, is to last until number no later than 15 p.m. on Wednesday August 1, 2018 and submitted to the Secretariat of Commission continent. According to him, investors are still confident in the the end of 2020. UK due to the structural strength of Albion’s economy, and its (Source: Sputnik) of Tenders. German business morale hits lowest in more than a year Time and Place of Opening Envelopes German business confidence ebbed in June to its lowest in more to a normal growth level,” Uwe Burkert of LBBW bank wrote in a The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday August 5, 2018 in the office of Vice President than a year, suggesting the mood among company executives note. “This is however no downturn and certainly no recession.” of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C will be after technical evaluation. in Europe’s biggest economy is darkening as the world edges Much of the German data published this year has pointed to towards a full-blown trade war. a cooling economy. It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. Activity in all four economic sectors measured by the Munich- Industrial activity and exports were weak in the first four based Ifo institute in Monday’s survey - manufacturing, services, months, and U.S. President Donald Trump is now threatening trade and construction - fell, adding to signs the economy is cool- to impose hefty tariffs on car imports from Europe - a trade that For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 ing after a boom last year. Germany dominates - on top of unilateral duties on metals. It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. Ifo said its business climate index fell to 101.8, the lowest level German business leaders are also worried that a parallel since May 2017. The reading was slightly stronger than predicted trade confrontation between Washington and Beijing could Public Relations Dept. of IRIB in a Reuters consensus forecast of 101.7. harm exporters that rely on the world’s two largest economies “The tailwind enjoyed by the German economy is (easing),” for growth. Ifo chief Clemens Fuest said. “The boom is over. The German economy is heading towards But economists ruled out a recession and predicted the economy normalisation,” Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told Reuters. would continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace than last year’s “The discussion about a trade war, unleashed by Trump, is 2.5 percent. weighing on the mood. Uncertainty has increased slightly.” “The modest fall reaffirms our ...narrative of an economy slowing (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 26, 2018 ENERGY 5 Oil prices drop on OPEC’s output EU challenges China on solar tech, ‘developing market’ status deal, but markets to stay tight The future of European solar manufacturers hangs in the balance this summer, with two separate but overlapping policies on Europe-China Oil prices fell on Monday as traders factored bank added. climate policy under review by delegations from the EU and China. in an expected 1 million barrels per day (bpd) Dutch bank ING said “the 1 million bpd Representatives from both sides will meet in Brussels this week output increase in the wake of an Organization increase announced gives us confidence in to try and resolve disagreements over China’s status as a “develop- of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) our view for lower prices.” ing” country in the Paris climate agreement. This matter of status meeting in Vienna last week. Edward Bell, commodity analyst at Dubai’s is a significant one because it could require partner countries, like Despite this, analysts said global oil markets Emirates NBD bank said, when the Vienna Germany, to transfer valuable technology to China. would likely remain relatively tight this year. agreement was priced into the market, he As the world’s preeminent solar producer, China is already selling Brent crude futures were at $74.25 per expected prices “in a range between $65- hi-tech, low-cost solar panels that have been slapped with import barrel at 0636 GMT, down 1.7 percent from $70 per barrel for Brent for the remainder controls which allow European solar manufacturers to remain com- their last close. of the year”. petitive in their home market. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude In the United States, U.S. energy companies The European Commission has also begun a review of those futures were at $68.42 a barrel, down 0.2 last week cut one oil rig, the first reduction in import controls this week, and may extend them beyond September, percent, supported more than Brent by a slight 12 weeks, lowering the total rig count to 862, when they would have originally expired. The controls, which went drop in U.S. drilling activity and a Canadian Baker Hughes said on Friday. under review at the request of EU manufacturers, sparked tension supply outage. That put the rig count on track for its small- with Beijing in 2013. Prices initially jumped after an OPEC deal est monthly gain since declining by two rigs By the end of summer, the two separate policies will determine to increase output was announced late last in March, with just three rigs added so far in the path forward both for Europe’s solar manufacturers and for the week as it was not seen boosting supply by June. However, the overall level remains just EU-China partnership at the center of the Paris climate agreement. as much as some had expected. one rig short of the March 2015 high from the Developing or developed? OPEC and non-OPEC partners including previous week. The Paris climate agreement currently relies on a 1992 United Russia have since 2017 cut output by 1.8 million Goldman Sachs also warned that an “outage Nations Framework to distinguish between developed and devel- bpd to tighten the market and prop up prices. at Syncrude Canada’s oil sands facility could oping countries. The climate accords now list six of the world’s ten Largely because of unplanned disruptions in capacity for large-scale output increases. production, with guidance for a full 1 million leave North America short of 360,000 bpd richest countries as “developing,” China included. places like Venezuela and Angola, the group’s After officially meeting on Friday, OPEC bpd ramp-up in 2H18,” Goldman Sachs said of supply for all of July”. The agreement requires developed countries to help finance green output has been below the targeted cuts, which gave a press conference on Saturday that in a note on Sunday. It added that this “will exacerbate the energy projects. China already does that, mainly through the Belt it now says will be reversed by supply increases, implied a bigger increase in supply. “This is a larger increase than presented current global deficit, making the increase and Road Initiative. But the agreements also require developed especially from OPEC leader Saudi Arabia. “Saturday’s OPEC+ press conference pro- Friday although the goal remains to stabilize in OPEC production all the more required”. countries to share technology with developing countries. And for Although analysts warn there is little space vided more clarity on the decision to increase inventories, not generate a surplus,” the U.S. (Source: Reuters) Germany, that means sharing innovation with a direct competitor to its own solar industry. German solar manufacturers would share new technology with companies that, at present, can price them out of their own market. Forced technology transfers have been a longstanding complaint Issues beyond OPEC will drive oil prices in coming years made by foreign companies operating in China. But in this case, The latest OPEC meeting ended in some a day in May, 600,000 b/d down from its for the gas market and then for oil. The U.S. significant economic activity across the Chinese companies would enjoy access to foreign technology while confusion on Friday with different numbers level a year ago. The International Energy is now an exporter of both oil and gas and is country. The volumes involved will further operating overseas rather than from its own domestic market. quoted for the planned production increase. Agency has raised the possibility that output no longer dependent on imports from the reduce the unit of production, probably to Alex Shoer, the CEO of Shanghai-based Seeder Clean Energy, It appears that a target increase of 1m barrels could fall to 800,000 b/d next year. Given Middle East — a shift with major political below $25 a barrel. The study estimates the which offers advisory services for foreign companies seeking re- per day has been set but that some countries the dramatic collapse in Venezuelan living implications. total investment needed to deliver the new newable energy procurement inside China, says that the label of will be unable to meet that level, making a standards, it is hard to imagine that the But that, it seems, is just the prelude. Ac- supplies will be some $300bn. “developed” or “developing” could both apply to China. net increase of about 700,000 barrels per government can remain in power. But so cording to an authoritative study from IHS For the global oil market the effect will be “I don’t think China personally cares about the label as much as day coming largely from Saudi Arabia the far predictions of political change have not Markit — a leading industry consultancy with dramatic. The U.S. will become a significant the practical outcome,” Shoer said. most likely result. been fulfilled. access to detailed data sources — the Permian exporter. The IHS Markit paper suggests Question left unanswered The outcome of the meeting, however, The second, and potentially more desta- Basin in Texas and New Mexico, which is that by 2023 the country will be exporting At the initial Paris agreement talks in 2015, this distinction of does nothing to address two uncertainties bilizing, issue in the longer term is the pros- now the core of the U.S. shale business, is around 4m barrels a day. That will absorb what constituted a developing or developed country was left open that will shape the oil market over the coming pect of a sharp increase in the production of about to deliver even more. much of the expected growth in demand. to further discussion. months and years. so-called “tight oil” from shale rocks in the On the IHS Markit projection, by 2023 The ambitions of countries such as Kuwait, Since U.S. President Donald Trump announced America’s with- The first is the situation in Venezuela, U.S. Tight oil production is now running at the Permian is likely to be producing an ad- Iraq and Iran to increase their output could drawal from the accord in June 2017, a coalition of 130 middle- to which has gone from bad to worse over the more than 5m barrels a day and will this year ditional 3m b/d of oil, along with an extra 15 be constrained. Continued management of low-income countries, centered around China, South Africa, India past two months. In the short term, the lift total U.S. oil output to over 11m b/d — bcf of gas. For the U.S. economy this news is supply by OPEC and other producers such and Brazil, has gained momentum and drafted new language to situation remains the greatest uncertainty the highest figure for almost 50 years. The positive. America will have a secure source as Russia will be needed to avoid another amend the agreements. The addition of sharper distinctions between hanging over the oil market. The country’s growth in shale production over the past 10 of supply that, through its production, dis- sharp price fall. a country’s income levels and their responsibilities to the agreements production of crude oil fell to 1.36m barrels years has been profoundly disruptive, first tribution and consumption, will generate (Source: Financial Times) would need to be ratified this year. (Source: Forbes) ADVERTISEMENTS

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL JUNE 26, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF Campaigning for India mulls rupee payment for general elections kicks off in Iran’s oil, to avoid U.S. sanctions Pakistan INTERNATIONAL In a bid to avoid Ameri- nomic sanctions against Iran and go ahead desk INTERNATIONAL Ahead of general election, intense cam- can economic sanctions with the mutually agreed plan. deskpaigning by different political parties kicked on Iran, India is planning to revive a rupee In the wake of new economic sanctions, off in Pakistan on Sunday. Pakistan Muslim League (N), led trade mechanism to settle part of its oil Iran has been looking for alternative sources by Nawaz Sharif, was set to start its electoral campaign from payments to Iran, according to Indian of financing its energy projects. According the port city of Karachi while Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI), government sources. to Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh, led by Imran Khan, was to kick off its campaign in Mianwali. During Iranian President Hassan Rou- almost 75 percent of the $200 billion Iran The election is taking place amid simmering political tension hani’s historic visit to India in February, needs for its oil and gas production were following the ouster of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif the two sides had agreed on ‘rupee-rial expected to come from foreign investments. from office. Sharif was the 15th Prime Minister in Pakistan’s mechanism’ to evade banking problems The U.S. decision to quit the nuclear deal history to be ousted before finishing his term. This election caused by the U.S. sanctions. and re-impose sanctions on Iran have will pit Sharif’s PML (N) with its main rival Khan’s PTI. “We are looking at reviving a rupee complicated matters. According to political observers, Khan-led PTI has emerged mechanism… we have to prepare our- Some sanctions take effect after a 90- as a powerful force in recent years and is expected to better selves,” a source told Reuters, adding day ‘wind-down’ period ending on August its tally in this election. In a statement, cricketer-turned- that after meeting French, German and 6, and the other sanctions, mainly affect- politician Khan said his party would transform Pakistan UK bankers, an Indian delegation found ing the petroleum sector, come into force according to the vision of the country’s founding fathers that it would be “almost impossible to use on November 4, after a 18—day period. Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal and root out cor- European banks for payment to Iran.” Now, Iran plans to issue bonds to fund ruption by strengthening institutions of governance. “So far we don’t know what we are its oil projects both in national and foreign Khan, a firebrand politician, has been scathing in his expected to do. We have not asked re- currency-denominated bonds. criticism of American drone attacks inside Pakistan and has finers to cut imports,” the source said, Iran remains India’s third-largest oil often criticized Donald Trump administration for its flawed referring to the situation that is likely to supplier, with both private and public regional policy. While he has been embroiled in many contro- arise when India’s oil imports from Iran Indian oil refiners heavily dependent on versies, his popularity among Pakistani youth is astounding. could potentially be hit from August 2018. Iranian crude. Indian refiners bought a During a meeting with her Iranian record 27.2 million tons of Iranian crude counterpart Javad Zarif late last month, during the previous financial year, which Top ISIS leader Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj ended in March 2018, marking a massive in Afghanistan said her country would ignore U.S. eco- 114 percent jump. killed in an operation U.S. war machine has found a convenient scapegoat in the INTERNATIONAL A senior leader of the Islamic State group’s deskoffshoot ISIS Khorasan, who was reportedly shape of Pakistan to hide its failures in Afghanistan involved in the recent attacks in Jalalabad city, was killed during an operation of Afghan intelligence. By Seyed Zafar Mahdi Identified as Adam Khan, the ISIS-K leader was killed on Saturday night in the vicinity of Chaparhar district in Nan- Raza Rumi is a leading Pakistani journalist, political analyst, garhar province, Afghan media reported, citing a statement and author, currently based in the U.S. He is the editor of issued by provincial government media office. Daily Times, Pakistan and the Visiting Faculty at Cornell According to the provincial government, the recent Institute for Public Affairs, U.S. and Scholar in Residence deadly attacks in Jalalabad (cricket ground, customs de- at Honors Program, Ithaca College, U.S. partment, medical faculty, and education directorate) were In his hyperbolic New Year tweet, U.S. President planned and carried out under the leadership of Adam Donald Trump threatened to withhold military aid to Khan, the report stated. Pakistan for not doing enough to dismantle terrorist Some weapons, motorcycles and munitions were con- sanctuaries. Some political leaders and analysts in fiscated during the operation, said the report. Pakistan believe the U.S. President needs a scapegoat On May 27, at least two back to back explosions were (Pakistan) to hide America’s failures in Afghanistan. reported in Jalalabad city, which came barely a few days Do you agree with that argument? after three multiple explosions at a cricket stadium in the A. It is indeed the case that the U.S. war machine has city killed at least eight people. found a convenient scapegoat in the shape of Pakistan. The On May 13, at least six people were killed and nearly 20 truth is that the Afghan war is the longest engagement that others were wounded in a suicide attack in Jalalabad near the U.S. has had in a foreign country in its recent history. the gate of the finance department. Its strategy and aims have been shifting and a disregard ISIS has gained strong foothold in some parts of eastern for Afghan history has brought things to such a pass. Ad- Afghanistan, especially Nangarhar, and have been carrying mittedly, Pakistan has also kept its security concerns over out attacks across the country. Many of their leaders have and above its relationship with America but it is after all been killed in joint operations of Afghan security forces and a smaller power and the primary responsibility of U.S. Afghan intelligence agency. failures must be borne by U.S. war strategists. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have worsened in recent years with both countries accusing Bangladesh with each other of sponsoring cross-border terrorism. Afghan UN to establish government accuses Pakistan of sheltering Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network, an accusation also made by some global peace U.S. officials. What’s your take on this? A. Every nation state has to keep its interests in view while dealing with external actors. Pakistan’s security para- There is an urgent need to address the issue of Jammu INTERNATIONAL Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina noia is linked to Indian efforts to gain greater influence in and Kashmir as a means to normalize relations deskon Sunday reaffirmed Bangladesh’s firm Afghanistan. Keeping that in view, the strategy to support between India and Pakistan but more importantly to commitment to remain engaged with the United Nations the Haqqanis has its own logic. However, there are voices in its efforts towards preventing conflict and establishing within Pakistan that have urged the state to find alterna- give reprieve to the people of Kashmir who have been peace in the world. tive allies within Afghan political spectrum. As a tit-for-tat suffering for years. “Bangladesh always remains ready to contribute troops and policy, the Afghan authorities have also tolerated the havens police in response to UN’s call for strengthening world peace of Pakistani Taliban who attack Pakistani state as well as the process has been stalled for a decade. Recent gestures at a cultural and economic level. Pakistan and Iran need and stability,” Hasina told UN Under Secretary General Jean its people. In addition, Pakistan also complains that the by the Pakistan Army have been encouraging wherein a to trade more. They also have common interests of sta- Pierre Lacroix when he paid a courtesy call on her in Dhaka. Baloch separatists find support within Afghanistan. So this readiness has been shown to open up dialogue with India. bility in Afghanistan and enhancing economic ties with Hasina said Bangladesh also remained prepared to sup- is a pretty complex scenario that can only be resolved with a The elections are fast approaching in Pakistan. Which Central Asia. It is time that both the countries work to port the UN peacekeeping capability readiness steps. As per larger settlement between Pakistan, Afghanistan, the U.S. party do you think has maximum chances of forming the deepen this historic relationship. the UN’s request, she said, the government was also ready and regional actors like Iran and India. government? How strong is Imran Khan’s party PTI at China seems to have quietly replaced U.S. as Pa- with “rapid deployment battalion” for MONUSCO in Congo. Recently the UN human rights body published its first the grassroots level? kistan’s top ally, with Beijing’s massive investments in The Prime Minister also underscored implementation of report on Kashmir, urging both India and Pakistan to stop A. The elections are bitterly contested. And the results Pakistan. Do you think Americans should be worried with a nine-point reform agenda for the UN peacekeeping opera- human rights abuses and work towards conflict resolution. are expected to throw up a hung parliament. Imran Khan’s this growing proximity between Islamabad and Beijing? tions presented by the UN secretary general and assured the Do you think the peace process between the two countries party is expected to do better but it is not likely to get an A. There are few policy quarters within Pakistan who UN of Dhaka’s support in this regard. could be resurrected and the issue of Kashmir can be resolved? absolute majority. The good thing is that this will be a third view this as a zero sum game. But the reality is that Paki- While talking about the Rohingya issue, she pointed out A. Absolutely. There is an urgent need to address the issue democratic transition in the coming years. stan needs to maximize on its long standing relations with Bangladesh’s foreign policy of “friendship to all, malice to of Jammu and Kashmir as a means to normalize relations Pakistan and Iran share deep historical, cultural both the countries. There is no question that Pakistan is in none” and said her country wanted to maintain peace with between India and Pakistan but more importantly to give and diplomatic ties. How do you see the future of Iran- a long-term, economic engagement with China and this all. “Accordingly, the government opened dialogue with reprieve to the people of Kashmir who have been suffering Pakistan relations? relationship is growing and giving Pakistan more confi- Myanmar to solve the Rohingya issue,” she noted. for years. Truth be told that headway was made under A. This is one relationship which despite so many dence to handle its foreign affairs. In terms of economic former Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf?s tenure but setbacks has survived rather well. But it needs to improve future, this is a positive development. Indian PM Modi pitches for UN report opportunity for India, Pakistan to reboot Kashmir policy double-digit GDP 1 While Pakistan’s permanent and abandoned their dreams. Hospitals representative in the UN Farukh Amil today are filled with young boys who have growth welcomed the recommendations made been blinded by pellet shotguns. Funerals in the report to form a Commission of of young Kashmiri rebels killed in encoun- INTERNATIONAL India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi ters come alive with thunderous slogans desk Inquiry to investigate human rights has called for targeting double-digit GDP abuses in Indian-controlled Kashmir, of ‘Azadi’ (freedom) almost every day. If growth rate for breaking into the $5 trillion economy club India reacted sharply to it, terming it that is ‘fallacious’, then what is the truth? and expressed hope that India’s share in world trade will “fallacious, tendentious and motivated,” Pakistan also needs to address lo- double to 3.4 percent. He made these remarks while inau- a lodging a formal complaint with the cal grievances in Pakistan-controlled- gurating new office complex of India’s Ministry of Com- world body. Taking the higher moral Kashmir and play a constructive role in merce in New Delhi. ground, Pakistan offered to facilitate the resolution of Kashmir dispute. Both Modi, who heads the BJP-led government in India, said the UN inquiry on Pakistan-controlled- parties must realize that their obstinacy his government has taken many steps in four years to ease the Kashmir provided India was ready to and self-interest has wreaked havoc in process of doing business in India while maintaining macro- allow access to the UN team to Jammu Kashmir and claimed thousands of in- economic indicators like inflation, fiscal deficit within limits. and Kashmir. nocent lives over the years. They need to India’s growth rate, he stated, has touched 7.7 percent The report should be seen as a ‘wake- immediately revive the dialogue process in the last quarter of 2017-18 but they are aiming beyond up call’ for all the parties. If they are and make the people of Kashmir ‘primary 7-8 percent growth and ultimately double-digit expansion. indeed serious about resolving this long- stakeholders’ in the dispute. “The need of the hour is that we should work towards standing dispute, which has become a The UN report provides an oppor- achieving the target of double digit figure from 7-8 percent nuclear flashpoint between them, they tunity to both the parties to do some currently,” Modi said, adding that the world was watching need to welcome the UN report and fa- soul-searching and reboot their flawed as to when India will break into the $5 trillion economy club cilitate inquiries in their respective areas, Kashmiri policy. Taking into account the by doubling its economy. keeping aside their parochial ‘national aspirations of Kashmiris, New Delhi and Modi also emphasized the importance of foreign direct interests’. India, by rubbishing the report Islamabad must shun their obduracy investment inflows and foreign exchange reserves, which and terming it “fallacious”, is simply liv- The situation in Kashmir has alarm- is evident from the number of educated and work towards the final settlement he said were are at record highs. ing in denial. ingly deteriorated in recent years, which Kashmiri youth that have taken up arms of this dispute. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 26, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Trump seems to be closer to Reagan: Should Kim Jong-Un trust U.S. analyst Trump? 1 So if Trump’s handling of the presidency is similar, he will view everything from the perspective of a dealmaker, who is out to make the most for himself while convincing his gullible supporters that they are getting the best deal possi- BY Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm ble. We can expect him to see him extract huge tax breaks for himself and his billionaire friends while the American taxpayer foots the bill. Already we see this with the passage TEHRAN (FNA) — North Korea›s Kim Jong-un must have watched of tax cuts, which really benefit the very rich while actually closely how Trump dismantled the Iran nuclear deal, and now the increasing the tax rate on lower and middle income folks. question is if that experience has left any impact on the Korean And above all, he will use the presidency to market the Trump leader›s mindset on a deal with the United States. brand worldwide, while callously disregarding the plight of Denuclearisation is an essential requirement for global peace the poor and struggling who did not have the advantage of a and security, but it doesn›t seem likely to happen any time soon. privileged upbringing. I’m afraid there is no deep political Global efforts, including international treaties such as the philosophy in the making in the wings with this scoundrel. Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), have failed not only to lead to a Trump has repeatedly stated that he is not a Republi- drastic reduction in the number of nuclear weapons but also to can. In your opinion, what is the current political affiliation stop proliferation. of Trump himself? The recent statements and actions of U.S. President Donald A: It is necessary to unpack the question here, because in Trump have contributed to this reality. asking about political affiliation there is the hidden assump- In his first official phone call with Russian President Vladimir tion that first, there is a difference between Republicans and Putin, Trump called the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New Democrats and, second, that other parties, such as Green, START) signed less than a decade ago a «bad deal», provoking Libertarian, Socialist Workers, etc. are irrelevant in the U.S. speculation on whether he intended to cancel it. Then, in February political duopoly. As Noam Chomskey has pointed out, this year, his administration announced that it was going to allocate there is one corporate party with two factions, Republican $11bln in the 2019 budget to modernise the U.S. nuclear arsenal. and Democrat. Looking at campaign positions of various In May, after months of threats and hostility, Trump decided Democratic and Republican candidates reveals a remarkable to pull out of the JCPOA - Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - lack of differences and virtually lockstep agreement in the pushed for national health care, but his efforts were stifled caused by tariffs will lead to higher prices, which will have a non-proliferation agreement concluded with Iran, despite the area of foreign policy and military spending. Trump has by the insurance and pharmaceutical companies’ lobby- the greatest impact on the people in the lowest tiers of the protests of his European allies. been a Democrat and is now a Republican, but what this ing efforts. Eisenhower addressed healthcare in 1955 and economy who can least afford it. Despite his questionable commitment to non-proliferation, in change means in concrete terms is difficult to determine, suggested expanding access to health insurance through a There are additional problems as well, such as a lack of June, the U.S. president embarked on a long process to negotiate and may even mean nothing at all. federally-subsidized program, much the same as Obama’s investment in infrastructure, research and development, the denuclearisation of North Korea. He met North Korean leader The president of the United States has used his own program a half a century later. and education and training of the workforce. Likewise, Kim Jong-un in Singapore and, of course, did not hesitate to make cabinet of neoconservatives, such as John Bolton. This is while So where does Trump fall on the political spectrum? The lowering the rock bottom interest rates, as in the 1930s, is grand declarations and take credit for an historic «breakthrough». he previously described himself as one of George W. Bush›s pattern for Trump seems to be closer to Reagan: deregula- not an option now either, as years of quantitative easing by But does he really think that North Korea did not watch close- sharp opponents. How do you evaluate this contradiction? tion, higher military spending and tax cuts, particularly for the U.S. Federal Reserve has shown. If effectively negative ly what happened with Iran? And does he expect Pyongyang to A: Examining Trump’s campaign promises shows that the rich. Yet as recently as 2009, Trump was a registered interest rates accompanied by injecting nearly $85 billion actually trust him, given the track record of his and previous U.S. there have been a number of contradictions. For example, Democrat, and reportedly has donated more money to the a month in liquidity into the economy could not stimulate administrations? while campaigning, he referred to NATO as obsolete, but after Democrats than to the Republicans. Trump even backed growth, it would be magical thinking to believe that tariffs Washington›s double standards being in office and having a meeting with NATO Secretary his presidential contender, Hillary Clinton, and has given would. If anything, due to the service nature of the U.S. A glance at so-called denuclearisation efforts reveals that the General Jens Stoltenberg, he concluded that NATO was $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation, which he denigrated economy, Trumps tariffs and inevitable retaliatory responses U.S. has long been exercising double standards when dealing with not obsolete and was fighting terrorism. Trump had held as a “pay for play” criminal enterprise during his campaign. by other countries could trigger a worldwide recession. The different states. Otherwise, why would Washington not ask Israel to Steve Bannon in high esteem until he fired him, at which Frankly, with the massively corrupt state of U.S. politics where good news is that countries like Iran with highly devalued open its clandestine nuclear weapons programme to international time Trump said Bannon had lost his job and his mind. He one dollar equals one vote, political labels are becoming currencies will likely see a minimal impact. monitoring and inspection? accused China of being a currency manipulator and then meaningless. It is far more instructive to investigate who Is the election of Trump as the president of the Unit- Israel is not even a signatory to the NPT or any other interna- denied that when China was engaging with North Korea in is backing the candidates, for once in office, a politician will ed States in 2016 a symbol of American citizens’ tendency tional agreement or pact that brings its nuclear undertakings under a manner to his liking. On the campaign trail, Trump as- strive to do the bidding of the largest campaign contributors. towards populism? If not, how can such a phenomenon be scrutiny. It has always been at war with its neighbours and has sured voters that he would not be spending his time playing With Trump, this is casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, Home interpreted? been massacring Palestinians for seven decades now. It is currently golf like Obama, but has spent something like 3 times the Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, and hedge fund manager A: While appearing to be a populist revival, Trump’s believed to be in possession of several hundred nuclear warheads. amount of time playing the game. Trump first endorsed Paul Singer. Trump’s pro-Israeli, anti-Iran policies reflect election is more likely a symptom of the economic and po- Iran, on the other hand, has not attacked another country in its Mitt Romney and then called him a failed politician. So the wishes of these three men. litical frustration of voters, as well as disappointment with recent history and has been under a record number of inspections his having been a hypercritic of George W. Bush and then Is Trump›s protective approach to the economy or Obama’s failure to deliver significant change in their eco- by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). adopting his methods should come as no surprise. his special emphasis on «American values» can be a sign of nomic situation. Trump is a logical outcome of a political While the U.S. has shown an encouraging silence on Israel›s If we think of Trump as a Republican, what is his his influence on a particular economic and political school system that is awash in corruption and leaves the voter with military nuclear capability that has, one way or another, persuaded ideology that, in the political spectrum, is closer to this party of thought? a choice between two candidates with virtually identical the country to continue developing its atomic arsenal, it has put inten- (T-party, Neoconservatives or Traditional Republicans)? A: Historically, protectionism through imposing tariffs campaign platforms, carefully vetted by the moneyed elite, sifying pressures on Tehran over alleged nuclear proliferation plans. A: If we consider that Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon has been at a minimum counterproductive and at worst an as well as the Zionist lobby, of course. Trump, as vulgar and When Iran finally negotiated a deal to lift some of the pressure, and Ronald Reagan were all “Republicans,” it becomes difficult economic disaster. When the U.S. stock market crashed in repulsive as he may be to some, represented a departure the U.S. found it hard to keep to its commitments. Despite claims to pin down exactly what is traditional Republican. One of the 1929, protectionist trade policies were implemented shortly from the typical politicians American voters have seen in that Trump›s predecessor, President Barack Obama, was seeking a key features of Eisenhower’s economic policy was a reduction thereafter with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Instead of stim- past elections. Using a carefully crafted verbal approach, win-win deal for all parties involved, Washington started violating in military spending, following Democrat Harry Truman’s post ulating local production, the tariffs and retaliatory responses which featured simple, short words, a restricted vocabulary the agreement right from the start. World War II increase due to the “communist threat,” and he at a minimum exacerbated the Great Depression. The slow and familiar phrases, Trump has managed to craft a political First, in December 2015, just months after the signing of the refused to cut taxes. Nixon signed into law the Environmental and sometimes nonexistent recovery following the global persona that has alarmingly wide appeal. In addition, he JCPOA, Obama started implementing a law which prevented for- Protection Act creating the EPA, the Occupational Safety and financial crisis of 2008 has created a similar atmosphere managed to convince a sufficient number of the electorate eign citizens who have been to Iran from entering the U.S. without Health Act creating OSHA, instituted wage price controls to that is conducive to reviving protectionist trade policies. that he was immune to the corrupting influence of money a visa, which went against the principles of the deal. Then, a year reduce inflation, and effectively canceled the Bretton Woods Therefore, in Trump’s thinking, protectionist tariffs will in politics since he was a billionaire. later, Obama allowed the Iran Sanction Act to become a law - again Agreement, which had permitted a direct gold exchange for help stimulate a recovery in the manufacturing sector of Looking back 10 years, we see that Obama capitalized on in flagrant violation of the JCPOA›s provisions. U.S. dollars. Reagan was a champion of deregulation, reduced the economy. However, in the 1930s, the U.S. dollar was the global financial crisis in 2008, which was triggered by the Then Washington›s closest ally, the UK, also reneged on its taxes, government spending and regulation, and advocated tied to the gold standard, so the lowering of interest rates sub-prime mortgage crisis, which in turn was precipitated promise and obligation to supply yellowcake to Iran. tightening the money supply to control inflation. Reagan also to stimulate growth was not an option. by the bundling of mortgages into arcane financial instru- That Trump eventually discarded an internationally-endorsed struck a devastating blow to the labor movement by firing the Today, with the U.S. economy composed of 90% ser- ments, allowing the original sellers of the mortgages to avoid nuclear deal without the other side committing a single violation PATCO union air traffic controllers, but allowed the Federal vice and manufacturing less than 9%, there is scant local risk of foreclosure. But an economic downturn resulted in perhaps should not come as a surprise to us. Railroad Administration to increase in size. industry to make up for the shortages of goods caused by defaults on mortgage payments, which led to foreclosures, After all, Trump is a true manifestation of Washington›s maxi- Likewise, the mantra of “fiscal conservative” does not seem protective tariffs. Also, the U.S. manufacturing sector has which left investment bankers scrambling to assess the value malist approach to foreign policy - in both relations and deals - which to have much applicability, as the U.S. transitioned from not recovered at the same rate since the global financial of their derivatives and other mortgage-backed securities. entails receiving all the benefits and granting no concessions. a net creditor nation to a net debtor nation under Reagan, crisis of 2008 and therefore, the trade deficit has grown, Unlike U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, who placed a A brief look at his administration›s list of 12 demands from whose tax cuts and military spending broke the budget. It which Trump has blamed on China’s alleged currency ma- moratorium on home foreclosures and forced bankers to Tehran, issued after withdrawing from the nuclear deal, shows his is worth noting that the last U.S. budget surpluses occurred nipulation. However, a deeper look would show that the renegotiate terms, Obama chose to bail out the banker and appetite for catastrophic success in diplomacy. under Democrat Bill Clinton, but he was responsible for U.S. trade deficit is a result of weak domestic demand due to let the hapless homeowners fend for themselves. Naturally, This has been undoubtedly taken into consideration by the doing away with the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated chronically depressed wages and the declining purchasing this fostered a huge amount of anger and resentment, which North Koreans. investment banks and commercial banks. Clinton also power of the average American worker. Decreases in supply Trump merely played to his advantage. Why North Korea should distrust the U.S. Trump›s whimsical decision to kill the Iran nuclear deal adds to a long list of cases which show that international respect for Cinema can engage philosophical questions: Kevin Richards non-proliferation as a crucial requirement for the promotion of global peace and stability fails to cross the boundary of words at EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW eXistenZ relates to his earlier film Videodrome, UN-related summits or scholarly events. By Jalal Heirannia framing my reading of these films around ques- In this sense, it is important to note that North Korea›s leader Kim tions concerning selfhood and technology within Jong-un is stepping into protracted talks with the U.S. after having TEHRAN — Professor Kevin Richards, chair the early twenty-first century. In this context, witnessed its disloyalty to a hard-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran. of Liberal Arts Department at Pennsylvania I propose that cinema becomes a medium There might have been big words and promises made at the Academy of the Fine Arts, tells the Tehran Times through which to speculate and potentially Singapore meeting, but Kim is not naive. Undoubtedly, it is clear that “cinema becomes a medium through which perform philosophical questions, especially to him that the U.S. - like other nuclear powers - pushes for denu- to speculate and potentially perform philosoph- when considering a filmmaker like Cronenberg. clearisation and non-proliferation in order to wear out its perceived ical questions, especially when considering a What is the necessity of writing this adversaries and not because its leadership is truly committed to filmmaker like Cronenberg.” book? achieving a nuclear-free world. He also adds that “philosophy can be used A: In regards to Van Gogh among the In fact, North Korea itself has a long history of being let down to understand works of cinema.” Philosophers, my essay and the other essays by successive U.S. administrations - most recently by the Clinton Following is the text of interview: in the collection, help to continue the ongoing administration and its six-party talks that amounted to nothing What will be your forthcoming book relation between philosophy and the visual in the end. and which publisher may publish it? arts. While this may be most obvious in the By cancelling war games with South Korea, Trump is perhaps A: My most recent publication is an essay field of aesthetics, one of my central areas hoping that Pyongyang will reciprocate with some major concession. in the volume Van Gogh among the Philos- of concern, it is also important to see how But confidence-building doesn›t happen with a single gesture and ophers. The book, published by Lexington major modern philosophers have considered a Trump-style charm offensive. Books, is an anthology of recent essays on What is your main question in that book? used for questions pertinent to speculative the work of one of the most important and U.S. foreign policy is seriously lacking in trustworthiness and philosophers writing about the work of Vin- A: In my essay “Pointure mal,” I try to philosophy. popular modern artists in the West. credibility on the international scene and Trump is the last person cent van Gogh. My essay, “Pointure mal or situate Derrida’s essay within the context of What Hypothesis will you use to answer Cinema and Transcendence helps to in the world that can fix that. if the shoe doesn’t fit…,” considers Jacques his larger intellectual development, pointing this question? consider the relationships between cinema Kim knows, probably better than anyone else, that once he drops Derrida’s essay “Restitutions de la vérité en to how it stylistically relates to texts written A: In my essay in Van Gogh among the and philosophy. In the process, the essays his trump card, he will be left with no other means to prevent the pointure,” a text that considers Martin Hei- proximate to it, while also looking to how Philosophers, I rely heavily on some lesser help to show how cinema can do the work of U.S. from pursuing regime change in his country. degger’s essay “The Origin of the Work of it opens up questions that he subsequently known texts. In particular, a text on Cezanne philosophy, while also pointing to the way The truth is, the White House and the Pentagon have never Art” and the art historian Meyer Schapiro’s explores in later works. At the same time, I by Schapiro, written in the same year as his that philosophy can be used to understand dropped their commitment to the Paul Wolfowitz Doctrine. Contain- short response to Heidegger’s reading of van pay particular attention to questions of gen- essay on Heidegger and van Gogh, points to works of cinema. In this way, the field of ment followed by bullying and pressure through sanctions, threats Gogh, “The Still-life as Personal Object- A der and sexual identity that pass through a number of contradictions within his texts, philosophy shows it relevance to new pop- and excessive use of force to undermine so-called rogue states and Note on Heidegger and van Gogh.” I also have Derrida’s considerations of Heidegger and helping to support some of Derrida’s com- ular visual forms, while providing insight- eventually enforce regime change in them has always been the main, an essay forthcoming in another anthology his reading of van Gogh. ments in regards to Schapiro’s misreading of ful readings of some well-known works of or rather, the only agenda of successive U.S. administrations. to be published by Lexington Books, Cinema In my essay on David Cronenberg’s eX- Heidegger. I also rely on a few shorter texts cinema, spanning the early twentieth to the Holding a deterrent force is the only means to resist U.S. plots and Transcendence. This will be a collection istenZ, I look to how this film, when juxtaposed by Derrida on Heidegger that help to point to early twenty-first century. and hostile agendas based on its profound belief in the «rule of of essays considering cinema through the with philosophical texts, helps to frame the ways of thinking beyond binary constructs In both essays and collections, I am the jungle». lens of philosophy. My essay, “eXistenZ or way cinema can engage questions pertinent around gender and sexuality. All of this helps compelled to explore the way that the arts And if nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles are Existenz: Transcendence in the early 21st to philosophical discourse, especially as it to frame Derrida’s reading of Heidegger’s are an invaluable aspect to thinking about your only deterrent, you would be a fool to give it up for a dubious century,” looks to David Cronenberg’s film relates to questions around existentialism. It “The Origin of the Work of Art.” what it means to be human, in all its diverse, deal, especially if the other side is as untrustworthy as Washington. eXistenZ. also considers how cinema can be a medium In my essay on Cronenberg, I look to how different, and complex forms. And Kim Jong-un probably knows this all too well. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 INTERNATIONAL JUNE 26, 2018 Migrant misery, from Europe to the U.S. By John Lloyd minorities there worry about strains on health and is hard-pressed by the anti-immigrant Alternative Mediterranean or live in “unworthy” conditions, This toughening stance begins to move the West- It’s an increasingly hard world for those seeking a welfare systems.) The devolved administration of for Germany (AfD) ahead of October state elec- but his proposal would mean that France follows ern European EU members closer to the Central better life in richer countries. Immigrants aren’t Scotland – concerned about its aging population tions in Bavaria and can’t afford to back away from Italy in banning entry to migrant ships. At the same Europeans – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland welcome in most states, even where demographic and shrinking work force – has for some years its threat to unilaterally close German borders. time, however, France criticized Italy’s decision to and Slovakia – all of which have refused to take trends reflect the need to expand the labor force to proclaimed itself more welcoming to immigrants EU-wide agreement refuse permission for the Aquarius to dock – and the quota of migrants decided for them by the EU. levels able to sustain and support aging populations. than the British government in London. Merkel hopes to find an EU-wide agreement. An accepted some of the migrants on board. In a powerful essay, Branko Milanovic, a former While both Europe and the United States will But the movement remains towards exclusion. “informal meeting” of several leaders – including those Insofar as there is European agreement on im- economist at the World Bank, argues that for these have to face the need for younger workers in the In Germany, Europe’s leading economy and most from Austria, France, Germany and Italy, chaired by migration, it is coming from the anti-immigration states, liberated from communism and control by coming decades, citizens in the wealthy nations, no powerful nation, Chancellor Angela Merkel dif- the EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker wing of the Union. Earlier this week, a meeting the Soviet Union (and before Moscow, from the matter what their ethnic backgrounds, dislike mass fers sharply with her Interior Minister, Horst – will take place Sunday to seek some form of agree- between Germany’s Seehofer and Austrian Chan- Austro-Hungarian empire), are deeply opposed immigration and punish politicians who allow it. Seehofer, on the latter’s call to block migrants ment before a June 28-29 EU summit – a sign that cellor Sebastian Kurz produced an agreement to to a migration which would dilute their ethnic In Europe especially, immigration is the main already registered in another EU country from the issue now dominates the politics of all of them. create an “axis,” not so much, as Kurz put it, “of homogeneity and new-found national freedom. driving force for nationalism, for the rise of popu- entering Germany. Merkel’s closest EU ally, France’s President the willing,” but of those states – including Ger- Milanovic writes that “ethnic heterogeneity list parties and for the decline of the center left. Seehofer is chairman of the Bavarian Chris- Emmanuel Macron, has himself hardened his many, Italy and Austria – unwilling to accept more would … come from within in the form of migrants, There are exceptions. Spain, which has had tian Social Union, in what has been a permanent stance on migrants, telling Italian Prime Minis- migrants. Merkel is thus challenged not only by people of different culture, religion, and most scary relatively low immigration from North Africa, ac- coalition with Merkel’s Christian Democrats. The ter Giuseppe Conte that those requesting asylum Italy, whose new populist government sees her in the eyes of the locals, people whose birth rates cepted over 600 migrants from a stranded ship, the CSU has given her till early next month to come should be handled by centers established outside insistence on open borders coupled with pressure significantly outstrip the anemic, or even negative, Aquarius that Italy and Malta had turned away. Ire- up with a compromise; most Germans presently of Europe. Macron framed it in humanitarian lan- to cut Italian public spending as intolerable, but growth rates of the native population. Migration land has been notably more sympathetic than most believe she will fail to do so. Such a failure would guage, saying that it’s not right for those with no also by her ally Macron, by her neighbor Austria thus appears as a threat to the hard-won national to the plight of Syrian refugees (though substantial endanger her coalition government, but the CSU chance of getting asylum in Europe to die in the and by her own interior minister. independence.” 13

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Prehistoric Persian jar head Archaeology team probe to auction at Christie’s Amlash settlements HERITAGE TEHRAN — On July 3, Christie’s in London desk HERITAGE TEHRAN — A team of will auction tens of historical relics that in- desk cludes a large Persian pottery Iranian archaeologists jar, which dates from circa 3rd and researches have resumed exploration millennium BC. activity in the Amlash region to find further The jar is estimated to fetch clues about its ancient culture. a value of 21,000 to 27,000 Located in Gilan province, northern Iran, USD, according to the Chris- the site is filled with ancient and prehistoric tie’s website. settlements and cemeteries. The object measures by “Liar-Sang-Bon, an archaeological site 24.2 by 8 inches with some in Amlash, is urgently being excavated for high 25 inch in height. the third consecutive year,” IRNA quoted A wood mask, alabaster the project’s leader Vali Jahani as saying on cosmetic vessel, terracotta Monday. “The site was initially identified female figure, blue faience in (the Iranian calendar year) 1391 (Mar. bowl and a wood duck-shaped 2012-Mar. 2013) while its related mapping cosmetic vessel are amongst and demarcating projects were completed relics to be put up for the auc- in 1393. Furthermore, the first season of tion, all from ancient Egypt. excavation commenced in 1395,” Jahani Founded in 1766 by James explained. The site was partly looted by an- Christie, Christie’s is a British auction house. Its main premises tique seekers due to a two-year gap between are in London and the New York City. archaeological projects, he said. So far and over the course of previous explorations, valuable cultural information has been collected through studies conduct- ed by archaeologists, anthropologists and ancient botanists, Jahani added. Under restoration: Historical A field research in 2016 led to the discovery of funerary and stone architectural objects and Sassanid eras. relics such as animal figurines, human statu- the late second millennium BC through the bridge in Langarud and that estimated to date from the Parthian Some sources say that the site has yielded ettes and potteries, which mainly date from Partho-Sasanian period. Festival to promote usage of handicrafts in construction industry HERITAGE TEHRAN — Iran’s Mahmoudian used the context of deskCultural Heritage, Iranian Home to discuss the signifi- Tourism and Handicrafts Organiza- cance of handicrafts in embellishing tion will hold a special crafts festival internal designs. with the aim of spurring the use of Iranian Home made its debut at handicrafts in decorating high-rise the 28th National Crafts Exhibition, buildings. which was held in Tehran last August, The organizing plans to run a special she said. festival dedicated to Iranian handicrafts The initiative features advantages of and ways of their usage in decorating embedding traditional handicrafts in high-rise buildings, CHHTO Director modern homes through presentation HERITAGE TEHRAN — A centuries-old brick bridge in Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Sunday. of their usefulness in practice. deskLangarud, northern Iran, is being restored, He made the remakes in an address Iran exported $280 million worth of CHTN reported on Sunday. to a gathering of builders, architects handicrafts during the past Iranian cal- Some 70 percent of the rehabilitation project, which commenced and designers who are running busi- endar year, which ended on March 20. some 20 days ago, has been completed so far and restores are to nesses in districts 1 to 3 of Tehran, Traditional ceramics, pottery vessels, take down scaffolding poles, the report said. IRNA reported. handwoven cloths as well as person- The arch bridge, made over the Langarud River, dates from “Handicrafts can benefit construc- al ornamentations with precious and the Safavid era (1501–1736). tion industry of the country by creat- semi-precious gemstones are among ing lavishly decorated structures and Iranian exports to Iraq, Afghanistan apartments.” and Germany, the U.S., the UK and Mounesan, who doubles as vice other countries. ROUND THE GLOBE president, didn’t mention an exact Dozens of Iranian handicrafts have time for the festival. gained the UNESCO Seal of Excellence Durham Castle and An interior design that revolves around ‘Iranian Home’ as its theme. Mounesan’s deputy Pouya during the past couple of years. Cathedral Tourism preventing Kenya’s cheetahs from raising young, study finds Durham Cathedral was built between the late 11th and early High levels of tourism can lead to a dramatic likely to be able to provide for her young. 12th century to house the bodies of St. Cuthbert (634-687 CE) reduction in the number of cheetahs able Broekhuis said it was “crucial that strict (the evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede to raise their young to independence, new wildlife viewing guidelines are implemented (672/3-735 CE). It attests to the importance of the early Ben- research has found. and adhered to,” and suggested limiting the edictine monastic community and is the largest and finest A study in Kenya’s Maasai Mara savannah number of vehicles around a cheetah to five example of Norman architecture in England. found that in areas with a high density of and not allowing them to get any closer than The innovative audacity of its vaulting foreshadowed Gothic tourist vehicles, the average number of cubs 30 metres. architecture. The Cathedral lies within the precinct of Durham a mother cheetah raised to independence Dr Sarah Durant, a cheetah ecologist from Castle, first constructed in the late eleventh century under was just 0.2 cubs per litter – less than a tenth the Institute of Zoology and the Zoological the orders of William the Conqueror. of the 2.3 cubs per litter expected in areas Society of London, who was not involved The Castle was the stronghold and residence of the with low tourism. in the study, suggested “off-road driving Prince-Bishops of Durham, who were given virtual autonomy Dr Femke Broekhuis, a researcher at should also be banned and enforced, as in return for protecting the northern boundaries of England, Oxford University and the author of the this enables cheetahs to avoid tourist ve- and thus held both religious and secular power. study, surveyed cheetahs in the reserve hicles should they wish to. What is needed between 2013 and 2017 to assess how the is sustainable tourism that does not come frequency of tourist vehicles affected the at the price of the very species these parks number of cheetah cubs that survived to are designed to protect”. adulthood. But Broekhuis is keen to stress that the “During the study there was no hard evi- increasing a cheetah’s stress levels or by min- two-hour period,” she said. tourism industry should not be demonised. dence of direct mortality caused by tourists,” imising food consumption.” Too many tourist vehicles can reduce a “Tourists can play their role in conservation such as vehicles accidentally running over Broekhuis said she has seen as many as 30 cheetah’s hunting success rate, the study by respecting wildlife and minimising dis- cubs, Broekhuis said. “It is therefore possible vehicles around a single cheetah at the same suggests, and even if the hunt is successful, turbance at sightings, especially of parents that tourists have an indirect effect on cub time. “The most vehicles that we recorded the disturbance from tourists could cause a with young,” she concluded. survival by changing a cheetah’s behaviour, at a cheetah sighting was 64 vehicles over a female to abandon her kill, making her less (Source: The Guardian) All-you-can-eat restaurant forced to close after customers ate too much An all-you-can-eat restaurant in China has shut its doors customers a day, they never made up the financial ground after customers ate too much food, driving the establishment they were losing with the promotion. Long lines developed into $80,000 worth of debt. outside the restaurant and the hours of the establishment Jiamener, a hot pot restaurant in the Sichuan province were forced to get longer due to demand. city of Chengdu closed its doors last week after customers The owners were hoping to gain loyal customers from An exterior view of the Durham Castle and Cathedral took advantage of their $19 all-you-can-eat deal, according the deal and knew they would lose some money, but they to reports. The establishment, which opened in December, did not anticipate the $80,000 in losses. Within the Castle precinct are later buildings of the Durham wanted to get a leg up on the competition, so on June 1 they The owners told the South China Morning Post that due Palatinate, reflecting the Prince-Bishops’ civic responsibil- created a promotion in which customers paid a low fee for to their lack of business skills and “uncivilized behavior of ities and privileges. These include the Bishop’s Court (now a membership card that allowed them to chow down on as the diners,” the restaurant had to shutter. a library), almshouses, and schools. Palace Green, a large much food as they wanted for a month. Hot pot restaurants are reportedly very popular in Cheng- open space connecting the various buildings of the site once But just two weeks into the promotion, they priced them- du, which has a population of more than 10 million people. provided the Prince Bishops with a venue for processions selves right out of business. Some customers reportedly There are more than 20,000 hot pot restaurants estimated and gatherings befitting their status, and is now still a forum passed their membership card around to family and friends, to be in the area. for public events. causing the volume of consumed meals to hit a fever pitch. While the restaurant was busy with an average of 500 (Source: Inside Edition) The site is significant because of the exceptional architec- ture demonstrating architectural innovation and the visual drama of the Cathedral and Castle on the peninsula, and for the associations with notions of romantic beauty in tangible Alexandria to seek tourist-only beaches to ensure privacy for expats form. The physical expression of the spiritual and secular CAIRO (Arab News) — An Egyptian of- Travel Agencies was quoted by Al-Masry El- Italy in efforts to promote tourism in Alexan- and will create an opportunity to promote powers of the medieval Bishops’ Palatinate is shown by the ficial in Alexandria said the coastal city is Youm saying that the future of tourism in dria among the citizens of its Mediterranean beach tourism in the city alongside its his- defended complex and by the importance of its archaeological considering to establish tourist-only private the city will be “very promising within the neighbors. torical and cultural aspects. Al-Manesterly remains, which are directly related to its history and continuity beaches to offer its foreign visitors “the pri- coming period.” He also pointed out that the city is con- said the idea of allocating beaches to foreign of use over the past 1000 years. vacy that suits their needs.” Ali Al-Manesterly noted the government’s sidering to establish tourist-only beaches tourism in return for fees is not strange for (Source: UNESCO) The chairman of Alexandria Chamber for recent agreements with Greece, Cyprus and “to suit the needs of foreign nationalities” most touristic cities I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 26, 2018 SCI/MED 11 Could herpes viruses play a role in Great white sharks are uncannily attracted to these Alzheimer’s? New study backs theory specific ocean features

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people er’s disease from multiple brain banks. They Marine biologists studying the movements of adult female white around the world, but what ultimately causes sifted through raw RNA and DNA sequences sharks in the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Ocean have dis- the debilitating dementia remains unknown. taken from these brain tissues and identified covered, to their surprise, that they prefer warm-water eddies One controversial theory, however, holds that which of these genetic sequences were human — ocean whirlpools that spin clockwise north of the equator. the disease might be the result of a virus, or and which were not. The non-human genetic “We’ve decimated some open-ocean shark populations to a multiple viruses, infecting the brain. sequences were compared to a database that fraction of what they were 100 years ago. And yet we don’t know Now, a new study offers more evidence to contained genetic data for more 500 differ- the basics of their biology,” says lead author Peter Gaube, a sen- bolster this theory. In the study, published ent viruses that researchers know can, or are ior oceanographer at the University of Washington’s Applied on June 21 in the journal Neuron, research- thought to, affect humans. Physics Laboratory. ers found that the brains of deceased people And while it may sound startling to learn “If we know where those sharks, or turtles, or whales might with Alzheimer’s disease had higher levels that there are strains of herpes in the brain, be in the open ocean, then the fisheries can avoid them, and of viruses than the brains of deceased people the “thing to say about these viruses is that limit their bycatch.” without Alzheimer’s. Specifically, the Alzheim- they’re very, very common,” Readhead said. Gaube investigates how ocean eddies, or whirlpools, influ- er’s brains had up to twice as much of two (Nearly everyone carries these herpes strains ence the behavior of marine animals. A previous study found common strains of herpes viruses than the in their bodies because they are infected with that loggerhead sea turtles also prefer the anticyclonic, or clock- non-Alzheimer’s brains. them in infancy. However, the strains don’t wise-spinning in the Northern Hemisphere, eddies. These features The theory that viruses or other patho- typically cause problems other than rashes trap large amounts of water at the ocean’s surface and are most gens could play a role in the development of in young children.) often warm, clear, and low in nutrients. Alzheimer’s “is actually a pretty old idea,” said In fact, the researchers detected the The new study analyzed movements of two female great white lead study author Dr. Benjamin Readhead, presence of these viruses in about 40 to 50 sharks tagged in September 2012 off Cape Cod and in March an assistant research professor at Arizona potential treatments for the disease. “That Live Science. percent of the brain tissues examined in the 2013 off Jacksonville, Florida. OCEARCH, a nonprofit group State University and adjunct faculty member actually kind of led us down this rabbit hole In the study — one of the most detailed study. But the Alzheimer’s brain samples had that focuses on tagging and tracking sharks, did the tricky job at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount where we started suspecting that viruses could analyses of Alzheimer’s brain tissue done to date many more copies of these viruses than those of tagging the animals. Sinai. “Even as early as the 1950s, people have (explain) some of what we were seeing in these — the team analyzed nearly 1,000 postmortem without, he said. One shark just had a position tag, while the other had a second been … positing the potential for some kind Alzheimer’s disease networks,” Readhead told brains of people with and without Alzheim- Because viruses were found in both tag that also recorded temperature and depth. The group tracked of pathogen to be contributing to Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s brain tissue and non-Alzheim- the sharks for nearly 6 years, with one still reporting its position disease.” Still, these ideas have received much er’s brain tissue, the researchers can’t “simply regularly, as they swim north with the Gulf Stream and then out backlash from scientists and medical experts The non-human genetic sequences were say that infection with these viruses causes into the open ocean. (Source: sciencealert.com) throughout the years. compared to a database that contained Alzheimer’s disease,” Finding brain networks Readhead said. “There’s obviously some Readhead and his team didn’t set out to genetic data for more 500 different viruses other important mechanisms that change why look for possible viruses; rather, at first they that researchers know can, or are thought some people would have a different response Chemists report were trying to find brain networks that ex- to the presence of a virus.” isting drugs could be repurposed to target as to, affect humans. (Source: Live Science) biorenewable, biodegradable plastic alternative Engineering bacteria to exhibit stochastic Mars had a seriously crazy volcanic past, Colorado State University polymer chemists have taken another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable, bio- Turing patterns, study finds new study reveals degradable plastics. Publishing in Nature Communications, the team led by Pro- fessor of Chemistry Eugene Chen describes chemical synthesis of a polymer called bacterial poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) – or P3HB. The compound shows early promise as a substitute for petroleum plastics in major industrial uses. P3HB is a biomaterial, typically produced by bacteria, algae and other microorganisms, and is used in some biomedical ap- plications. Its high production costs and limited volumes ren- der the material impractical in more widespread commodity applications, however. The team, which includes the paper’s first author and research scientist Xiaoyan Tang, used a starting material called succinate, an ester form of succinic acid. This acid is produced via fermen- tation of glucose and is first on the U.S. Department of Energy’s list of top 12 biomass-derived compounds best positioned to replace petroleum-derived chemicals. The researchers’ new chemical synthesis route produces P3HB A new study has brought science one step would have countless potential medical ap- Today’s Martian weather forecast calls Medusae Fossae stretch more than 2 that’s similar in performance to bacterial P3HB, but their route closer to a molecular-level understanding plications, but in order to synthesize liv- for a hat, sunglasses and anything that million square miles (5 million square is faster and offers potential for larger-scale, cost-effective pro- of how patterns form in living tissue. The ing tissues, scientists need to understand will protect you from a planet-wide storm kilometers) across Mars’ equator. duction for commodity plastic applications. This new route is researchers engineered bacteria that, when the genesis of pattern formation in living of hellish dust. But a few billion years Scientists think it was once twice as big. enabled by a class of powerful new catalysts they have designed incubated and grown, exhibited stochastic systems. ago, you might’ve been able to get by The bubbling dunes and mesas of and synthesized. They have filed a provisional patent through Turing patterns: a ‘lawn’ of synthesized bac- A new study by researchers at the Uni- with just a pair of galoshes. Medusae Fossae stretch more than 2 CSU Ventures for the new technology. (Source: phys.org) teria in a petri dish fluoresced an irregular versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, According to a new study published million square miles (5 million square pattern of red polka dots on a field of green. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 22 in the Journal of Geophysical kilometers) across Mars’ equator. Representative fluorescent image of and the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Research: Planets, the entire surface of Scientists think it was once twice as big. a stochastic Turing pattern of signaling Hopkins University has brought science one the Red Planet may have been covered “This is a massive deposit, not only Severity of mom’s diabetes may molecules in a biofilm of forward-engi- step closer to a molecular-level understand- in a single ocean about 3 billion years on a Martian scale, but also in terms of neered E. coli cells. The field of view is ing of how patterns form in living tissue. The ago. The water would have been shallow the solar system,” Ojha said. up autism risk in their kids about 300 microns across. Right: Com- researchers engineered bacteria that, when — only about 4 inches (20 centimeters) This unusual region stretches along puter simulation of a stochastic Turing incubated and grown, exhibited stochastic deep, the study authors wrote. But Mars’ Mars’ equator over an area about one-fifth Maternal diabetes may increase autism risk among offspring, re- pattern with parameters corresponding Turing patterns: a “lawn” of synthesized “Waterworld” phase would have been the size of the United States, standing in searchers reported here. to the experimental conditions. The sim- bacteria in a petri dish fluoresced an irregular just one consequence of a much larger stark contrast to the flat crust nearby. Compared with mothers without diabetes, in utero exposure ulation region is smaller than that of the pattern of red polka dots on a field of green. phenomenon. The rocks there are also significantly to the main diabetes types -- type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes experiment, but the statistical properties What are classic Turing patterns? Beginning about 3.5 billion years ago softer than regular Martian crust and mellitus (GDM) -- was tied to a heightened risk for autism spectrum of the patterns are in agreement with those Turing patterns can be stripes, spots or and continuing for up to 500 million have eroded into strange patterns over disorder (ASD) in the offspring, according to Anny H. Xiang of the experiment. spirals that arise naturally out of a uniform years after that, an outbreak of massive time, the researchers said. GDM diagnosed after 26 weeks of gestation was not linked to a How did the zebra get its stripes, or the state. In 1952, the British mathematician, volcanic eruptions may have changed Conspiracy theorists like pointing to significant increased for ASD, however (aHR 0.99, 95% CI 0.88-1.12, leopard its spots? Humankind has been computer scientist, and theoretical biologist every aspect of the Martian geosphere, Medusae Fossae as the site where an P=0.89). And interestingly, this associated risk was not significantly trying to answer such questions since our Alan Turing proposed a mechanism for how the authors wrote. alien vehicle crashed. But scientists prefer different among mothers with GDM on antidiabetic medications earliest recorded days, and they resonate patterns form, theorizing that it’s due to a “(These eruption) would have marked simpler explanations for the anomalous compared to those not on medication (aHR 1.18, 95% CI 0.97-1.43, throughout the extant mythologies and very general kind of instability, which he a pivotal point in the atmospheric, surface terrain: Perhaps the rolling rocks are P=0.10), they reported at the American Diabetes Association annual folklores of an earlier world. In modern worked out mathematically. and interior evolution of Mars,” lead study partially made of ice, or perhaps they meeting and in the Journal of the American Medical Association. times, we’ve looked to mathematical models At that time, biology had not yet uncov- author and famed Mars-water-finder are porous leftovers of past volcanic and most recently to genomic science to ered the complexities of gene regulation, Lujendra Ojha, a planetary scientist at eruptions. uncover the explanation of how patterns and it’s now clear that the model Turing Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, To get a clearer answer, Ojha and Lewis form in living tissues, but a full answer has proposed is overly simplified to describe said in a statement. compared a slew of radar and gravity proven particularly hard to get at. the multitude of parameters at work in Mars’ eruptive past data taken during several previous Mars The mechanism of pattern for- animal-skin pattern formation. And, unfortunately for conspiracy orbiter missions. From these combined mation So while Turing patterns have been enthusiasts, Mars’ eruptive past may measurements, they found that Medusae The mechanism of pattern formation observed in certain chemical reactions, also mean the famed site of a suspected Fossae was far less dense than the rest in living systems is of paramount interest such patterns have proven very difficult UFO crash landing is merely the result of the Martian crust — about two-thirds to bioengineers seeking to develop living to demonstrate in biological organisms. of ancient, world-shattering volcanoes. as dense, to be exact. tissue in the laboratory. Engineered tissues (Source: Science Daily) The bubbling dunes and mesas of (Source: space.com) Body positivity promotes unhealthy habits, study says The body-positive movement has prompted an advent of body image woes: studies found up to 84 percent of Amer- self-love and improved body satisfaction among women ican women and 43 percent of men are unhappy with their and men of all sizes, but new research suggests that what bodies, which lends itself to greater risk of eating disorders, “We weren’t surprised that there was an association between type feeds the soul may endanger the body. depression and poor self-esteem. The average American 1 diabetes and autism, based on our prior work on type 2 diabetes Wider plus-size acceptance might prevent overweight woman wears a size 16, but models in nearly every clothing and gestational diabetes. But we hadn’t anticipated the greater mag- adults from recognizing the extent of their weight gain and campaign wear between a double-zero and zero. nitude of risk associated with type 1 diabetes,” Xiang explained to promote unhealthy habits, says a study published Friday The body positivity movement is proven to significantly MedPage Today. “While we haven’t proven that good glucose control in the journal Obesity. improve women’s self-image: as women see increased rep- will reduce the risk of autism, the association we identified with Researchers surveyed more than 23,000 British over- resentation in average- and plus-size models, they feel deeper autism is one of the many reasons to ensure good glycemia control weight or obese adults and gauged their perception of their satisfaction with their own bodies and stopped comparing prior to conception and continued during pregnancy” she added. weight against how much they actually weigh. Men were themselves to thinner women. The retrospective cohort analysis assessed outcomes on 419,425 more likely to underestimate their weight — almost 60 per- Mental and physical health are growing in opposite di- children. This included 621 children exposed to maternal type 1 cent — compared to 30 percent of women. rections, though: the Centers for Disease Control said more diabetes, 19 of whom were diagnosed with ASD. There were 9,453 Fighting the plus-size stigma hasn’t halted physical health than 70 percent of American adults are overweight or obese, offspring exposed to maternal type 2 diabetes, with 233 cases of declines: people who misperceived how much they weighed tions, health literacy and adequate access to healthcare are though it’s the 18th most obese country in the world. ASD. A total of 11,922 offspring were exposed to gestational diabetes were 85 percent less likely to attempt to lose weight than all tied to health outcomes, and unequal access reinforces Critics of the body positive movement have shredded the that was diagnosed by week 26 of gestation, with 253 subsequent those who recognized their weight status. health disparities among those demographics. “unrealistic expectations” it creates, like the idea weight cases of ASD. People of lower levels of education and income, two primary This combination photo shows overweight and obese and health aren’t correlated. At worst, it’s been called an The children were then tracked through their electronic health determinants of health, were more likely to underestimate people in July 2003 in Los Angeles, May 2013 in Mexico “excuse” for overweight people to stay complacent about records for a median of nearly 7 years. An ASD diagnoses included their weight and less likely to lose weight as a result. Minority City and October 2006 in Manchester, England. Researchers the extra pounds. The “wrong” kind of body positivity autistic disorders, Asperger syndrome, as well as pervasive devel- groups were also more likely to underestimate their size. blame the body positive movement for normalizing unhealthy blinds followers from recognizing the health consequences opmental disorder not otherwise specified. Socioeconomic indicators of obesity behaviors that promote obesity. of being overweight, Kelly deVos wrote in the New York Even after further adjustment for pregnancy maternal BMI and These inequalities reflect socioeconomic indicators of Though body image is traditionally considered and studied Times. smoking status, these associations remained significant. obesity, lead author Raya Muttarak wrote. Working condi- as a gendered issue, men and women are both plagued by (Source: Newsweek) (Source: MedPage Today) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 WOMEN JUNE 26, 2018

Conference held on women’s 83% of Iranian single-parent role in economy WOMENTEHRAN – A conference on women’s role families headed by women deskin the national economy was held in Tehran on June 20. WOMENTEHRAN — About 83 a general increase worldwide in children living desk The congress pivoted on “past, present and future”, discussed percent of Iranian families in single parent homes. Single parenting has women’s role in economy, the world experiences, exchange of are parented by women and 17 percent by become a norm in the United States and is a views in women’s employment, economy of the family, wom- men, the Statistical Center of Iran reported. trend found in many other countries. en’s economic or job security A total number of 1.77 million Iranian Of the world’s 2.3 billion children 14 and realities about women’s families, equaling 7.2 percent of the total percent - or 320 million - are living in sin- employment at present time, population of the country are single-parented. gle-parent households, most often headed Mehr reported. Based on census results made in the Ira- by single mothers. Since there exists relation- nian calendar year 1395 (March 2016-March Those children aged 0 to 17 years and their ship between economic culture 2017) out of the total number of 24 families single mothers and single fathers face special of the family and strengthening living in Iran, 87 percent of heads of families challenges, including economic hardships, the foundation of family, stud- are male and 13 percent enjoy a female head. social stigma and personal difficulties, that ying economic changes in fam- Another census result made in 1390 (March require society’s attention and assistance. ily is an essential in researches 2011-March 2012) shows that out of about 21 While raising children is a major responsi- based on gender and family. million families, 7 percent were single parent bility and protracted undertaking for couples, However, growing number families; 14.48 percent headed by fathers and it becomes markedly more demanding and of working women have not di- 85.52 percent headed by mothers. often onerous for lone parents. minished their traditional du- Therefore, there exists a growth of about Children raised in single-parent house- ties as housewives, spouses and 19 percent in number of single parent families holds generally do not have the same financial mothers. In other word, women during a five-year period. means, personal care and parental support are burdening the outside duties According census results made in 1395, the available to them as those brought up in besides the home responsibilities. total population of Iran is 79 million which two-parent families. Consequently, children Women make up half of the country’s population and their consists 51 percent of men and 49 percent in single-parent families are frequently dis- share in Resistance Economy is as much as men’s share. of women. advantaged due to comparatively high levels There should exist logical frameworks in direction of religious Iran population is equivalent to 1.07% of of unemployment, poverty and poor health principles for women’s employment, the report concluded. the total world population. parent to the child, responsible for all financial, is the main stressor for majority of the sin- among such households. Single-parent families are families with material, and emotional needs. gle mothers. The emotional life of the single The primary cause of single-parent house- children under age 18 headed by a parent who In 2017, about 19.97 million children mother is also affected by their single status. holds is parental death due to disease, war, RECIPE OF THE WEEK is widowed or divorced and not remarried. in the United States lived with one parent, Majority of the single mothers reported that maternal mortality and accidents. As a result A single parent is a parent that parents approximately 16.77 million of them with they felt lonely, helpless, hopeless, lack of of those high adult mortality rates, it is esti- Fresh cherry cake alone without the other parent’s support, their mother only. identity and lack of confidence. mated that at least one-third of the children meaning this particular parent is the only A study revealed that financial problem The demographics of single parenting show had lost a parent during childhood. “A white cake made with fresh cherries and cherry juice. My wife’s favorite!” Ingredients: ‘More social support for drug-addicted women needed’ 2 cups all-purpose flour WOMENTEHRAN — More women are referring The government has predicted about 25 percent decrease 2 teaspoons baking powder deskto rehab centers and this means that so- in drug addiction both among men and women according to 1/2 teaspoon salt cial support for drug-addicted women is vital, said Saeed the sixth five-year development plan (2016-2021), hence, 1 1/2 cups white sugar, divided Sefatian, head of the drug demand reduction working group there should be about 2.5 present decrease in female addicts. 1/2 cup butter, softened at the Expediency Council. In July 2017, Sefatian announced that the increasing 1 cup milk Increasing the number of drug rehab centers and growing population of drug addicts imposes a financial burden of 1 teaspoon vanilla extract number of addicted women referring to these centers, has 500 trillion rials ($13.2 billion) on the treasury every year, 4 cups halved and pitted cherries led to more realistic statistics about women’s addiction in ISNA reported. 1 1/4 cups cherry juice Iran, IRNA quoted the official as saying. Based on a recent survey, 17% of Iranians have a ten- Directions: Based on statistics released in the Iranian calendar year dency to experiment with drugs. “From among them 12% Preheat oven to 375 degrees F 1390 (March 2011- March 2012), 5 percent of drug addicts in are at high risk of addiction if nothing is done to control the (190 degrees C). Grease a deep Iran were women; the number has increased to 10 percent problem,” he added. 9x13-inch baking dish. in 1395 (March 2016-March 2017), he announced. According to official figures, there are at least 2.8 mil- Whisk flour, baking powder, and However, the statistics does not mean that the number lion drug addicts in Iran and the Law Enforcement Forces salt together in a bowl. of addicted women has been doubled, but other factors are said recently there are between 220,000 to 250,000 people Place 1 cup sugar and butter considered in reaching this number, Sefatian noted. short period by using the drug, he explained. involved in drug smuggling. in a separate bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and There exits an interest in over-20 women for consum- Though, opium continues to be the leading drug used among Each year around 600-700 tons of illegal substances are fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in milk and vanilla extract. Add flour ing “crystal meth”, because they are deceived by unofficial the addicted women, and currently women make up about seized by police. Also, around 500,000-700,000 people mixture to butter mixture; mix until batter is well blended and commercial advertisement that they will lose weight in very 10 percent of drug addicts in the country, the official stated. annually receive rehab services. thick, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread batter in the prepared baking dish; arrange cherries on top. Drizzle cherry juice over the cherries. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup sugar over the surface. Recycling rubbish into revenue - the scheme bringing hope to women in Jordan Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the Sameera Al Salam folds a discarded piece collect and sort waste from the streets and a day, plus training and social security pro- center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. of newspaper into a long strip then loops it provides temporary work permits to refugees visions. Some of the waste was sold to scrap Cook’s note: round her finger to form a tight circle, the who take part. dealers for extra cash. The most time-consuming part of the prep work is pitting first stage of making the upcycled handbags, Nearly half the participants are female in Al Salam was among a group of women the cherries. This is easily done by slicing the cherry along its trays and bowls the Syrian refugee hopes will a country where women can face cultural and who started an upcycling project, turning equator with a sharp knife and twisting the two halves. To help her earn a living. family obstacles to employment, including a the waste paper and plastic they collected remove the pit from the half with the cherry, put the edge of Al Salam, 55, was a hairdresser with a culture of shame around going out to work. into objects to sell. the blade into the pit and pull it out. passion for “art and making things” before One in three Syrian refugee households Action Against Hunger, which has managed she fled her war-torn homeland for Irbid in in Jordan is headed by women and more the waste project since 2017 with German gov- LEARN ENGLISH northern Jordan with her family in 2012. and more are now seeking jobs in an already ernment funding, is now setting up a second Now she has two teenagers and a hus- crowded market. phase focusing on equipping cooperatives Syrian refugee Sahira Zoubi works on a band left paralyzed by a stroke to support in More than 80 percent of the Syrian ref- and workers to continue waste processing new handbag, made from recycled news- You Are Fired! a country where she has no automatic legal ugees in Jordan live below the poverty line, and upcycling unaided. papers, at an up-cycling workshop in Irbid right to work, and they are three months according to Care International. “First there was a focus on breaking the city, northern Jordan, May 9, 2018. A: Hi Isabel! You wanted to see me? behind on their rent. Awsaf Qaddah, a 39-year-old Syrian culture of shame for women. Then we wanted B: Yes Anthony, come on in. Have a seat. “We were living a really happy life. I had widow, said working as a rubbish collector ideas of how they could benefit from waste,” gold handbag she made. A: Is everything okay? You seem a bit preoccupied. a garden where I grew everything,” Al Salam initially felt like “a kind of shame”, but she said Sajeda Saqallah, program manager with Zoubi, who has not seen her husband since B: Well, Anthony, this is not going to be an easy conversation. told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. now feels only pride. Action Against Hunger. the Syrian Army captured him in 2012, has The company has made some decisions which will have a direct “We had to leave because of the airstrikes. “The job took me out of this atmosphere I “Upcycling is a new concept here, so we made close friends through the project from impact on your employment. We were always trying to put things in front was living in at home. Women can and should took them to Amman to learn about it.” both Syria and Jordan who she says are “like A: Okay... of the door to protect the children. Whenever go out and work, especially with the circum- Al Salam said her husband did not object siblings”. B: I don’t want to beat around the bush so I’m just gonna I remember, it breaks my heart.” stances we’re facing,” she said. “I have no to her taking part in the scheme. She now “Doing this project is so joyful because come out with it. We are going to have to let you go. Like most of the more than 655,000 Syrian husband or father or brother to help – I’m hopes she will get training on marketing and you come here and forget about your prob- A: What? Why? I mean... just like that? I’m fired? refugees living in Jordan – and many Jor- proud to do it.” trademarking and win one of a number of new lems,” she said. B: I’m sorry but, to be honest, you are a terrible employee! danians – poverty, debt and unemployment Fellow worker Berwen Misterihi, who contracts Action Against Hunger is providing Al Salam breaks down as she tells how A: What! I resent that! dominate the family’s existence. is Jordanian, was forced to earn after her to carry on upcycling for wages. the project has allowed her to overcome her B: Anthony, you were caught making international calls from Al Salam hopes her involvement in husband left her and their four children. The women in her upcycling group meet fears of being a refugee in a strange country. the office phone, youcalled in sick eight times this month and a new rubbish collection and recycling “Women and men would make comments regularly and share ideas and news in a “I never really mixed with people before you smell like alcohol! scheme that aims to alleviate the poverty about me picking up waste,” she said. WhatsApp group. this. I was afraid to go outside, I wasn’t in- Key vocabulary of both refugees and locals and bring the “I said to one man, ‘I’d rather work than At a workshop filled with their creations volved in the community,” she said. preoccupied: worried; thinking about something else two communities closer will help turn come to you for the money’ and he apologized.” - from handbags to light shades to side ta- “I was from a different country. I didn’t direct: connected to, related to things around. ‘LIKE SIBLINGS’ bles, all made from recycled newspaper and know what people were going to do to me or impact: strong influence or effect The scheme, managed by charity Action The project workers were given 50-day cardboard - Sahira Zoubi, a Syrian refugee what they would say. Now I like to mingle.” beat around the bush: avoid saying something by talking Against Hunger, employs 1,200 people to contracts paying 12 Jordanian Dinar ($16.90) and mother of five excitedly points to the (Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation) about other things come out with it: say something directly let (someone) go: have someone fired or dismissed to be honest: used to say something directly Women’s health survey reveals rise in stress levels resent: find something very insulting The Women’s Choice Award, a national research firm rep- also very satisfied with the amount of patient education call in sick: call the office to say you can›t come to work because resenting the collective voice of women, recently conducted received from their healthcare provider. you’re sick a healthcare survey among 1264 women ranging from 18 Asked to rate a health category that concerns them the most, Supplementary vocabulary – 75+ years. The survey was designed to identify trending women 75 and under all said that cancer was their leading con- severance package: money or benefits you give someone issues and gain insight on how women feel about their own cern. Women 75 and above indicated that heart care was their when they are fired health and their opinions on U.S. healthcare. utmost concern. Choices included infectious disease, heart, lay off: end an employment be- cause of business reasons, not Overall, the survey found that women and their families breast care, gynecology, osteoporosis, cancer and depression. performance are making lifestyle changes to maintain a healthier life. When asked what type of changes were made to keep layoffs: the action of ending employment because of business The vast majority of women are more health conscious and themselves and their family healthy, all age groups except reasons dissatisfied with the healthcare administration in the society. 35-44 and 45-54 said that they ate more fruits and vegeta- dismissal letter: a letter written to tell an employee his is fired They are open to alternative forms of treatment for health bles. Respondents in age groups 35-44 and 45-54 reported terminate: end the employment of a person; fire conditions even if it has not been approved by the FDA. And adding more water to their diet to stay healthy. For all age (Source: irlanguage.com) despite the rapid increase in mobile communication, women groups except 18-24, the factors that prevent women from lack confidence when using telemedicine for a diagnosis. a healthier lifestyle were: lack of willpower, time to exercise Survey highlights include: and costs associated with eating healthier. 89% of all women consider themselves more health con- 41% of all women believe that we have better healthcare The main obstacles for women ages 18-24 were the costs Every action has a scious than 5 years ago under our present administration associated with eating healthier as well as finding the time 78% of all women believe that healthcare has progressed 6% of all women feel extremely confident using telemed- to exercise. reaction. We have in the last 5 years icine for medical diagnosis. Women were asked to select the top three factors that 60% of all women would consider using an alternative When looking more closely at the individual age groups, were most challenging to their health. All six age groups one planet; one form of healing to treat their medical condition if it was not increasing trends were observed for three categories. with the exception of the 75+ group reported that stress was FDA approved. Women 25 and older, who were more committed to annual the #1 factor challenging their health, with insurance costs chance. 60% of women claimed that they have increased stress examinations, felt that their healthcare provider was more and hereditary / family history following behind. levels compared to last year. actively involved in supporting their well-being and were (Source: GLOBE NEWSWIRE) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 26, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Sanders’ restaurant booting London alarmed by threats prompts hot debate to UAE 1 Ansarullah has launched more than 120 missiles at Saudi The United States White House press sec- called Wilkinson a “force of nature” and “one Arabian cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah, Ta’if, Khamis Mushait, retary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted of the biggest drivers of the downtown.” Jizan and Najran. Did the British government got knowledge that from a Virginia restaurant because she works “We support our own here, great little Ansarullah’s patience has come to an end? Perhaps. for the U.S. President Donald Trump, setting community we have,” he said. Emirati cities are allegedly protected by Patriot missile defense off a fierce debate about whether politics Stephen Russek, a former restaurant systems but the system is not trusted and the psychological impact should play a role in how administration owner in the area, said, “They had no right of Yemeni missiles striking the UAE would be huge, especially if officials are treated in public. to do that.” the targets are Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Sanders tweeted that she was told by “You have your political opinions, you A Bahraini human rights activist, Nader Mansour al-Ghamar, the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, don’t throw somebody out of your restau- wrote on Facebook: “The Houthis have sent a message to the Virginia, that she had to “leave because I rant,” Russek said. Sultanate of Oman with a view to transferring it to the Emirates. work for @POTUS and I politely left.” She “They ought to be shut down.” It has been emphasized that it will soon target the UAE with said the episode on Friday evening and said The separation of families trying to ballistic missiles.” far more about the owner of the restaurant enter the U.S. at the southern border has The Houthis have said that the Saudi-led coalition crossed a than it did about her. intensified political differences and pas- red line by using forbidden bombs, perhaps tiny nuclear bombs, “I always do my best to treat people, in- sions that were already at elevated levels that caused many casualties. cluding those I disagree with, respectfully during the Trump presidency. Earlier in The British advised their nationals in the United Arab Emirates and will continue to do so,” Sanders said in the week, Trump’s Homeland Security to immediately leave this country. Other countries are expected the tweet from her official account, which Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen cut short a to have similar recommendations to their nationals to leave the generated 22,000 replies in about an hour. working dinner at a Mexican restaurant UAE. Over one a million British tourists go to the UAE every year The restaurant’s co-owner Stephanie in Washington after protesters shouted, and 100,000 British citizens live in the UAE. If many British and Wilkinson told The Washington Post that Wilkinson said that she talked to Sanders presidential candidate. “Shame!” until she left. other foreigners leave the UAE, it could impact the economy. her staff had called her to report Sanders was privately and that Sanders’s response was “Bigotry. On the menu at Red Hen Res- Ari Fleischer, who was a press secretary Yemen’s army spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf Loghman in the restaurant. She cited several reasons, immediate: “That’s fine. I’ll go.” taurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for for President George W. Bush, tweeted Satur- announced that the UEA’s recent move in al-Hudayda faces a including the concerns of several restaurant Employees at the restaurant told the the ‘Hate Plate,’” Huckabee said in a tweet, day: “I guess we’re heading into an America strong reaction. He warned investors in the Emirates that it is employees who were gay and knew Sanders Associated Press that Wilkinson wasn’t quickly generating 2,000 replies in about 30 with Democrat-only restaurants, which will not a safe place to be. had defended Trump’s desire to bar trans- available for further comment. Sanders’ minutes. “And appetizers are ‘small plates lead to Republican-only restaurants. Do the The leader of Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah move- gender people from the military. treatment created a social media commo- for small minds.’” fools who threw Sarah out, and the people ment, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, recently called on foreign “Tell me what you want me to do. I can tion with people on both sides weighing Tom Lomax, a local business owner, who cheer them on, really want us to be that companies to shut down investment in the UAE and leave ask her to leave,” Wilkinson told staff, she in, including her father, Mike Huckabee, brought flowers to the restaurant on Sat- kind of country?” the country. said. “They said yes.” a former Arkansas governor and Republican urday afternoon as a show of support. He (Source: AP) The head of the Human Rights and Legal Department of the Political Bureau of Ansarallah, Abdul Wahab al-Mahbashi, said: “Strategic plans, especially military and economic, in the UAE are targeted by Yemeni forces and missiles. Yemeni missiles are France hands over war crimes suspect to Bosnia capable because a nuclear power plant was previously targeted An ex-Bosnian Serb soldier suspected of taking part in an accelerant and explosives. Bosnian Serb forces, helped by the now-defunct Serb-dom- in Abu Dhabi and the plant inauguration, scheduled for last year, an operation in which 57 Muslim Bosniaks were burned Susnjar and other Bosnian Serb Army troops and mem- inated Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) and Serbian para- was postponed to 2019, following a Yemeni missile strike.” alive in the country’s 1992-95 war appeared in court on bers of paramilitary groups also opened fire at the house to militaries, committed the worst atrocities against Muslim The UAE may be in for a very hot summer indeed. Monday after being extradited from France, the Bosnian prevent the civilians from fleeing, the Bosnian prosecutor’s Bosniaks in eastern Bosnia early in the conflict as part of prosecutor’s office said. office, who sought his extradition, said in a statement. their bid to create exclusively Serb territories. Radomir Susnjar, 63, also known as Lalco, is charged Susnjar lived in France for many years before being Around 100,000 people died in the 1992-95 war, a large Adjustment of European also with robbery and illegal detention of civilians near the tracked down, the office said. majority of them Bosniaks. eastern town of Visegrad in 1992, the office said. Bosnian Serbs Milan and Sredoje Lukic were sentenced The ICTY, set up in The Hague to prosecute atrocities package with Iran national The group of 57 Bosniak Muslims are alleged to by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yu- committed during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, have been seized in the village of Koritnik and were goslavia (ICTY) to life and 27 years in prison in 2012 for closed its doors last December, having tried 161 suspects. interests later burned alive in a house that was set ablaze with the same crimes. (Source: Daily Star) 1 On the other hand, there have recently raised conflicts between the United States and the European Union over the transatlantic economic relations. The imposition of tariff on the imported steel and aluminum from Europe by the United States U.S. to give North Korea post-summit timeline with ‘asks’ soon: official can be analyzed in the same vein. With the emergence of Trump- The United States will soon present a Korea “before too terribly long” to try to ism inside America, The United States has moved to redefine its timeline to North Korea with “specific flesh out the summit commitments. economic relations with other countries (and especially with Eu- asks” of Pyongyang after a historic sum- At the Singapore summit, the first meet- rope) based on protectionism. Washington’s confrontation with mit between the United States President ing between a serving U.S. president and the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Donald Trump and North Korean lead- a North Korean leader, Kim reaffirmed a Fund also indicate this issue very well. With his decisions, Trump er Kim Jong Un, a senior U.S. defense commitment to work toward complete denu- has challenged the “free trade” in the international system. The official said. clearization of the Korean peninsula, while crisis that has already been created by Trump, and the subsequent The official, who spoke to a small Trump said he would halt joint U.S.-South strengthening of the nationalist approach in the United States group of reporters ahead of a trip to Korean “war games.” have targeted the liberal order of the Western world. Asia this week by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, at the start of a week-long trip that In the second half of the twentieth century, we saw that the Mattis, did not specify details but sug- includes stops in China, South Korea and United States, in cooperation with institutions such as the Inter- gested that the timeline would be rapid Japan, said Trump’s guidance on suspending national Monetary Fund and the World Trade Center, formed a enough to make clear Pyongyang’s level military drills applied not just to the major kind of economic and liberal order in the international system. of commitment. Freedom Guardian exercise in August but Even the United States supported ideas such as eliminating tolls “We’ll know pretty soon if they’re going also to two smaller Korean Marine Exchange and tariffs in line with the continuation of this liberal order. to operate in good faith or not,” the official Program training exercises. But the protectionist strategies which are now dominant in the said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “The large, joint, combined exercises White House are in conflict with this institutionalized order. The “There will be specific asks and there will have been suspended. ... We’ll see if the crisis that Trump has created in the Western world is a serious be a specific timeline when we present the continuing negotiations keep them that challenge. This kind of approach is backed up by many within North Koreans with our concept of what way,” Mattis said, adding that he was in the United States, though it has some opponents as well. What implementation of the summit agreement frequent contact with Pompeo. the top items on Mattis’ agenda during his Pompeo told reporters on a visit to Seoul is certain is that this crisis isn’t going to come to an end in near looks like.” Mattis arrived on Sunday in Alaska, talks with senior Chinese officials. He will earlier this month he would take the lead future, but will develop and extend. Trump has drawn some criticism from where he will visit Fort Greely and Eielson then travel to South Korea and end his trip role in driving the North Korea negotiation national security analysts for an agreement Air Force Base, before continuing to China. with talks in Japan on June 29. process forward following the summit. that emerged from his June 12 summit with His trip there from June 26-28 will be Last week, China hosted North Korea’s He said Washington hoped to achieve Migrant misery, from Kim that had few details on how Pyongyang the first by a U.S. defense secretary since Kim. North Korean media said Chinese major disarmament by North Korea within would surrender its nuclear weapons and 2014, and comes as Sino-U.S. tensions have President Xi Jinping and Kim reached an the next 2-1/2 years, within Trump’s cur- Europe to the U.S. ballistic missiles. heightened over trade and China’s muscular understanding on the denuclearization of rent presidential term, which ends on Jan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last military posture in the South China Sea. the Korean peninsula after discussing the 20, 2021. 8 Immigrant children, many separated from their parents week he would likely travel back to North North Korea is expected to be among outcome of the U.S.-North Korea summit. (Source: Reuters) under the “zero tolerance” policy by the Trump administration, walk in single file between tents in their compound next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018. A dilution of national ethnicity In many minds, “threat” is now an indivisible companion Italy calls for migrant centers south of Libya to “migrant.” To opponents, the new arrivals threaten crime; a dilution of national ethnicity and a claim on services paid for by Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called camps on its own territory and that his country would in- La Repubblica, Libya’s Maiteeq said he hoped to work with the taxes of the native population. Europeans especially don’t like Monday on a visit to Tripoli for processing centers to be vite European nations bordering the Mediterranean to a the Italian government on the crisis. immigration of Muslims, fearing the new arrivals might include set up south of Libya’s borders as a way to block attempts summit on migration to be held in Tripoli in September. “The cooperation between Italy and Libya is crucial,” he militants planning acts of terror. by migrants to cross the Mediterranean. Salvini also held talks on his brief visit with the GNA said, adding that the arrival of migrants was also “a major The advantages of a young and usually hard-working cohort “On Thursday in Brussels, we will jointly support chief, Fayez al-Sarraj, and the interior minister, Abdes- problem” for his country. who will themselves pay taxes, take jobs no longer attractive to with Libyan authorities the setting up of reception and salam Ashour. “Traffickers who bring migrants to Italy are dangerous existing citizens and provide cultural diversity are either less identification centers south of Libya, on the external Italy, on the frontline of Europe’s migrant crisis, has criminal groups for us, who prevent Libya from taking a visible or increasingly ignored. In France, the Malian migrant border of Libya, to help Libya as well as Italy block turned away rescue vessels with its new populist govern- step toward a difficult normalization.” Mamoudou Gassama, who climbed up to a fourth-floor balcony migration,” he said, referring to an European Union ment demanding greater solidarity from reluctant fellow “All of Europe must think of structural measures to take to save a four-year-old child in danger of falling, was granted summit this week. EU states. in African countries to stop migrants.” French citizenship and time with President Macron for an act Salvini, addressing a news conference alongside Ahmed Salvini, who was the first member of the new gov- On Sunday, 16 of the EU’s 28 leaders held emergency of courage – an opportunity unlikely to come the way of others Maiteeq, deputy premier of Libya’s Government of National ernment to visit Libya, on Sunday bluntly told foreign talks in Brussels to find a way forward despite a longstanding seeking nationality. Accord (GNA), did not specify which African countries charities to stop rescuing migrants off the North Af- deadlock over who should take in migrants and refugees U.S. President Donald Trump is one who sees migrants all should host the centers. rican coast. who land in Italy and other European countries. but wholly through the prism of “threat.” He is unremittingly Maiteeq said Libya “categorically refuses” to set up such In an interview published Monday with the newspaper (Source: AFP) harsh, using terms like “infest” and “animals” in his references to those trying to enter the United States without documentation. His enforcement of a policy that led to children being separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexican border was widely seen, even in his own Republican Party, as an abomination, and – after Over 50 Tory MPs ready to defy no-deal Brexit: Tory MP falsely accusing Democrats of being responsible for the policy – More than 50 Members of Parliament from cerns that May would insist on leaving without remained an option. if the country exits the EU’s single market he signed an order ending the separations. the ruling Conservative Party are ready to any agreement despite warnings by her own “We’ve got to be free in the negotiation and customs union without a transition deal. The pressure of the poor on the rich world is one of the sorriest rebel against Prime Minister Theresa May government officials about potential food to say if we don’t get the deal we want, there But the former Cabinet minister was con- sights of the past few years. The pressure will not go away; neither in case she decides to pull the UK out of the and medicine shortages and huge tailbacks won’t be any agreement,” he told Sky News. fident that parliament would find a way to will the resistance to it. Africa and the Middle East, especially its European Union (EU) without striking a deal. at Britain’s borders. Meanwhile, 60 politicians and business stop May if necessary. war zones, will continue to pour forth tired, poor and huddled A former cabinet minister told The In- Earlier this month, she was able to talk figures, including former chancellor Nigel “In the end, parliament will find a way masses, and they will continue to be pushed back. Leaders, liberal dependent on Sunday that the Tories would her way past a Tory revolt in the parliament Lawson, vocal Brexiteer John Redwood, and to stop a no-deal Brexit happening if that’s and conservative, will have little choice but to join the push-back thwart the PM if she decides to push ahead that sought a “meaningful vote” to block Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, have what it takes, including Conservative MPs party if they wish to remain in office. with of a “no deal” Brexit in case EU talks fail. no deal Brexit. May has so far been able written a letter to May asking her to push like myself,” they said. These leaders must now get smarter – rather than more re- “There are at least 50 Conservative MPs to enforce her mantra that “Parliament forward with her plans. Former British attorney general Dominic actionary. The poverty and conflict that increasingly divides the who would be prepared to vote to stop it hap- cannot tie the hands of government in They urged the government to speed up Grieve, who is also a rebel Tory MP, said this world must be addressed more comprehensively than it has been pening, which would be more than enough negotiations.” plans to switch to World Trade Organization week that the rebellion could bring down so far. The effects of its misery can no longer be confined with- to force the government to take notice,” the Liam Fox, the International Trade Sec- (WTO) rules, a decision that many businesses the government if May insisted on her no in poorer borders: it more and more becomes the rich world’s unnamed ex-minister vowed. retary, infuriated government critics over including Airbus say would be disastrous. deal threat. emergency too. The warning comes amid growing con- the weekend after insisting that “no deal Airbus has warned it could leave Britain (Source: agencies) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JUNE 26, 2018 Mikel aiming to turn tables 13 years Harry Kane leads England after Messi took his Golden Ball into World Cup 2018 knockouts

Captain Kane scores a hat-trick as England ease past hapless Panama to reach the knockout round at Russia 2018. Harry Kane struck a hat-trick as England marched into the round of 16 of the World Cup after with a record 6-1 win over a woeful Panama in their World Cup Group G match. Sunday’s result, a record win for England in a World Cup match, means England qualify for the knockout stage with a game to spare, along with Belgium who also have six points. Tournament debutants Panama are eliminated along with Tunisia. England were 5-0 up at halftime after taking full advantage of a poor Panamanian defense. A header from a corner by John Stones, a penalty from Kane and a beautiful strike from the edge of the box by Jesse Lingard set them on their way. A Stones header from a well-worked free-kick routine and a second Kane penalty gave them a 5-0 lead going into the break. The England captain, now the tournament’s top scorer with five goals, completed his hat-trick when a shot from Ruben Lof- tus-Cheek deflected in off the Tottenham forward in the 62nd minute. Kane became just the third England player to score a hat-trick “Feel the power of dream at in a World Cup game following Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final and Gary Lineker against Poland in the 1986 tournament. 2018 World Cup” Panama pulled a goal back in the 78th minute through Felipe Baloy - the Central American nation’s first goal at a World Cup. Nigeria v Argentina has rich World Cup history and this won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when they beat Ni- the Brazil World Cup. Without him, they are definitely less (Source: Al Jazeera) meeting falls more than a decade after the captains met in geria in the final, with Ángel Di María scoring the only goal. of a team. We can’t put all our attention on Messi but he is a youth final. Nigeria can point to the 1996 Atlanta Games, when they the man that we need to stop. Do we have to put somebody Mikel John Obi smiles. “Yeah, Messi stole the Golden beat Argentina 3-2 in the final. That team were from the to mark him? Maybe yes, maybe no because when you do Ball off me,” the Nigeria captain says, and he remembers golden age of Nigerian football and featured Kanu, Jay- that you are playing with less balance.” how it happened as if it were yesterday. The story comes Jay Okocha and Sunday Oliseh, among others. Emmanuel Nigeria played with great balance and purpose against Sweden’s Durmaz subjected from the World Youth Championship of 2005, when Mikel Amunike scored a stoppage-time winner. The triumph is Iceland, when Ahmed Musa scored both of the goals, af- to racist abuse after drove Nigeria to the final, where they faced a Lionel Mes- fondly remembered but, in terms of tournament successes ter the manager, Gernot Rohr, made a tactical change. He si-inspired Argentina. against Argentina, it stands in glorious isolation. abandoned his usual 4-2-3-1 formation and went with 3-5-2. Germany defeat “Before the game people said that I was going to win the Mikel and his teammates are determined to break the Mikel, who made his name as a defensive midfielder over Golden Ball for being the player of the tournament,” Mikel World Cup jinx when they take on Argentina in Tuesday’s 10 and a half seasons at Chelsea and plays for Tianjin Teda says. “But then Messi scored twice, both of them penalties, Group D finale in St Petersburg and it has the ingredients in China, has typically operated as a No 10 at international Argentina won 2-1 and I got the Silver Ball. Messi has kept of the most decisive meeting between the countries yet. level. It was where he played in the opening group tie against on stealing awards from me!” Nigeria know that after the 2-0 win over Iceland, another Croatia, which Nigeria lost 2-0. Cue more laughter. The serious point is that Messi victory would ensure qualification to the last 16 while a draw “I was playing as a No 10 before I went to Chelsea but has been messing with Nigeria and Mikel for too long. would be enough as long as Iceland do not beat Croatia by [José] Mourinho converted me to a holding player,” Mikel Indeed, Argentina have held an Indian sign over Nige- a couple of goals. Even then Nigeria could go through on says. “I enjoy it. When I was at Chelsea and there was a ria at World Cups going back to 1994, when the African goals scored. For Argentina, the equation is simple. Only a national team break, I’d go there and I’d enjoy it. I’d have nation first qualified. win would keep their hopes alive. this one or two weeks of freedom – to express myself and Nigeria are contesting their sixth World Cup and it is a The subplots are numerous and mouthwatering and yet play the way I want. But at Chelsea, I did a job.” remarkable detail that they have been drawn to face Argen- Messi, inevitably, feels like the central figure. His travails Mikel did likewise against Iceland. Rohr started him in the tina at the group stage in all but one of them. against Iceland and the horror-show loss to Croatia have central holding role, although he and the midfielders either In 1994 they lost 2-1 to a pair of Claudio Caniggia goals been well-documented but Mikel knows better than to view side of him – Oghenekaro Etebo and the impressive Wilfred in a game that saw the biggest bang come afterwards, when him as anything other than the player he and his teammates Ndidi – did get up and down the pitch. Rohr will weigh up Sweden’s Jimmy Durmaz was subjected to a torrent of online Diego Maradona failed a drugs test, was sent home and must stop. whether to continue with the approach against Argentina. racist abuse in the aftermath of his side’s dramatic World Cup banned. He would never play for Argentina again. Nigeria Nigeria beat Argentina 4-2 in a Krasnodar friendly last And so here Nigeria are once again, confronted by the defeat by reigning champion Germany Saturday. suffered 1-0 defeats in 2002 and 2010, on the back of goals November and they draw a measure of strength from the opponents who have become their nemesis. “We knew we The 29-year-old substitute was targeted after giving away a from Gabriel Batistuta and Gabriel Heinze respectively, and result. But it was significant that Mikel highlighted how would get them,” Mikel says. “I said to a friend of mine: free kick deep into stoppage time that led to Toni Kroos firing in 2014 they lost 3-2. Messi had not featured on that occasion. ‘Trust me, Argentina are going to be in the same group as home a spectacular German winner. Mikel played in that game, having missed 2010 through “A certain human being wasn’t playing,” Mikel says. “Ac- us.’ It’s crazy. I don’t know why but it keeps happening.” Durmaz, born in Sweden to Assyrian parents who had emi- injury, and so did Messi, who scored twice. Messi had also tually, is he even a human being? Messi is Messi. He decides Mikel and Nigeria crave a different ending. grated from Turkey, played down the abuse that had appeared played in 2010 and he was a star of the Argentina team that games and the last time we met he scored two against us at (Source: The Guardian) on his Instagram account after the 2-1 defeat. “It’s nothing I’m bothered about,” he told reporters. “I’m here proud and representing my country.” Durmaz’s teammate John Guidetti hit out at those responsible Real Madrid wants Chelsea star, Manchester clubs for the racist posts. “He ran and fought the whole game, it’s unlucky -- it’s completely idiotic to subject him to hate for that,” Guidetti told reporters. Sweden had taken a first-half lead against Germany courtesy to battle for Kylian Mbappe of Ola Toivonen’s neat finish. The World Cup might be in full swing, but while Manchester United could send Anthony Defeat for Germany, which lost its opening group game against that is not going to stop transfer rumors Martial to France in a bid to lure Mbappe. Mexico, would have led to it failing to make it past the opening from hogging the headlines. The 20-time champions of England could round for the first time since 1938. Many of the stars currently in Russia also soon wave goodbye to Marouane Fellaini. But Marco Reus equalized soon after the break to drag Ger- could well be plying their trade for differ- The Belgian is out of contract at the end of many level, and even though the Germans were reduced to 10 ent clubs by the time next season kicks off. the month and The Independent reports men when Jerome Boateng was sent off for two yellow cards, the Here, Newsweek takes a look at all the news, his future will be resolved soon. He turned reigning champions prevailed. rumors and gossip swirling around the big- down two offers from United amid interest Kroos’ late strike led to angry scenes between the two bench- gest tournament in the world. from a number of clubs. es, with Sweden coach Janne Andersson accusing Germany of Let’s start with Eden Hazard. The Chelsea Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho’s search for taunting his side. maestro will come up against familiar faces a new midfielder is set to continue, with “Some of them celebrated in a disrespectful way in my opinion,” when Belgium takes on England Thursday, The Sun suggesting the United manager Swedish substitute Pontus Jansson told reporters. but he might not be in the Premier League has identified Roma midfielder Lorenzo “There was a lot of feelings, we had just let in a goal and lost next season. Pellegrini as an alternative to Lazio’s Sergej the game, so it was pretty sour. Maybe there was unnecessary Spanish newspaper Marca suggests Milinkovic-Savic, whose $116.4 million price anger (from me), but they apologized afterward so it’s just a Real Madrid are keen to bring the Belgian tag is considered prohibitive. case of accepting it. There were a lot of feelings in the heat of to Spain and were encouraged to approach Elsewhere, The Sun believes Jack Wil- the moment.” the 27-year-old by his father, Thierry. shere will turn down a move to West Ham. (Source: CNN) Landing Hazard, however, would cost The former Arsenal midfielder was offered the 13-time European Cup winners around a one-year deal but is looking for a longer $140 million. seasons under Sarri at Napoli, has impressed chester clubs could go head-to-head to sign agreement, while The Times claims Liver- While the Belgian could be on his way out at the World Cup so far—but could cost as France star Kylian Mbappe. The teenager pool could resurrect their hopes of signing of Stamford Bridge, the Blues’ soon-to-be much as $116.4 million. was due to make his loan move to Paris Nabil Fekir. Honda leads Asia’s top new manager Maurizio Sarri is planning to Sarri is yet to be formally appointed but Saint-Germain permanent, but Financial The Reds’ deal for the Lyon captain looked scorers strengthen the team’s defense. According to the Daily Mirror reports the Italian will be in Fair Play sanctions could scupper any $219.6 dead and buried earlier this month but the The Sun, the Italian has identified Kalidou London early this week. He is expected to sign million transfer. French club’s president, Jean-Michael Aulas, Koulibaly as a key priority. a two-year deal with the option for a third. Manchester City manager Pep Guardi- has now said “anything’s possible.” Ekaterinburg: Japan’s Keisuke Honda’s strike against Senegal The Senegal international, who spent three The same paper reports the two Man- ola is a known admirer of the 19-year-old, (Source: Newsweek) on Sunday earned him two records - as the leading all time Asian scorer and the first Japanese to score in three editions of the FIFA World Cup. Honda struck Japan’s equaliser just six minutes after coming on Russia put in the hard yards as the World Cup’s running men for Shinji Kagawa in the 72nd minute with the match finishing 2-2. The lowest-ranked team coming into their own World Cup, accumulating distance by ambling around the pitch. In Honda’s FIFA World Cup debut in 2010, he scored against Russia have sparkled since the action began – and perhaps Any doubts that the stats for distance covered provide an Cameroon and Denmark as Japan advanced to the Round of 16. the secret to their success is not just their ability on the ball accurate picture of effort are dispelled when you look at the In Brazil 2014, Honda found the back of the net in the group but good old-fashioned industry. figures for the number of sprints made, with Russia again stage match against Ivory Coast. No other team has matched the hosts’ Stakhanovite work leading the way having completed 824 in their two matches. Australia’s Tim Cahill, Saudi Arabia’s Sami Al Jaber and Korea rate in their opening matches – both of which Russia won Those looking for the source of Argentina’s struggles at Republic’s Ahn Jung-hwan and Park Ji-sung are the next leading by healthy margins – nor even come close when it comes this tournament might be interested to see that the South Asian scorers with three goals each. to putting in the hard yards. Americans completed only 604 sprints in their draw with On Sunday, Sadio Mane had given Senegal the lead in the 11th According to FIFA’s statistics, Russia, who play Uruguay Iceland and defeat to Croatia. minute but Takashi Inui found the back of the bottom right net in their final group game Monday, have, by a startling This may go some way towards explaining how a Russian with a strike from inside the box in the 34th minute to level the margin, covered more ground than any other team, with team, who had won just one of their last nine matches at scores going into the break. their opening 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia seeing them previous tournaments and none of their last seven warmup Senegal regained their goal advantage through Moussa Wague run a collective 118 kilometers. To put that into context, games, have now breezed into the knockouts with a game in the 71st minute, but Honda’s equaliser meant Japan stayed in the second highest distance covered in the first round to spare. contention for a third appearance in the Round of 16. of matches was 112 kilometers by Egypt in their defeat Undoubtedly fueled by the adrenaline that comes from “Inui’s ball fell in a great position for me,” said Honda, who to Uruguay. being roared on by a passionate home crowd, Russia face appeared in his ninth FIFA World Cup match. In their second match, a 3-1 victory over Egypt, Russia Uruguay at the Samara Arena to decide who will finish top “I knew if I missed, it would be a horrible scenario, so I am took their total over two games to more than 233 kilome- of Group A, which carries the incentive of avoiding the vic- happy I scored. I wanted us to seal qualification (but) this shows ters, which, after Friday’s action, was around 8 kilometers tors in Group B. how tough the World Cup is.” more than any other two-match team, with workmanlike With Uruguay having edged into the last 16 with narrow Akira Nishino’s charges will go up against Poland in their final Australia their nearest challengers. midfield talent, but also as the most hardworking player at 1-0 victories over Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the impressive group stage match on June 28 at the Volgograd Arena. This ferocious industry has been spearheaded by Al- the tournament, covering an impressive 25.15 kilometers. Russians will be keen to finish the group with a perfect record. (Source: the-afc.com) eksandr Golovin, who has not only stood out as a shining And Golovin, like Russia’s other players, is not simply (Source: The Daily Star) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 26, 2018 SPORTS 15

Asia and Africa being Cristiano Ronaldo reacts to Iranian fans outside left behind - Queiroz Portugal’s Hotel TASNIM — Iranian football enthusiasts decided to make sure of getting one-up on their opponents by standing outside Portugal’s hotel in the Russian city of Saransk and making a whole lot of noises. The Real Madrid star Cris- tiano Ronaldo came to the win- dow and politely asked them to keep the noise down, even gestured a ‘go to sleep’ motion. Iran and Portugal are set to square off on Monday, with Iran’s only chance of advanc- ing to the Round of 16 coming via a win. Portugal only needs a draw, but also aims to take the top po- sition in Group B ahead of Spain. In March, PSG fans attempted to disrupt Ronaldo’s sleep before their Champions League clash by making noise outside the Real Madrid hotel.

Ali Daei: The Iran hero who “80 Million People, bagged 109 international goals

One Nation, One Heartbeat” These Football Times – LONDON, Pelé trails him by 32 goals, Carlos Queiroz said that the qualifying process for Asian and Portugal, but Queiroz did not give a positive assessment when World Cup in the Asian Football Confederation section, Cristiano Ronaldo by 24, and Messi by 45. Indeed no football- African teams puts them at a disadvantage when compared asked whether Asian football was catching up on Europe. whereas European teams played just 10 games to determine er, past or present, can dream of matching Ali Daei’s tally of to European nations. “I have exactly the opposite opinion,” he said. “Two who would go to Russia. international goals. The Iranian legend’s career is defined by Carlos Queiroz has called for rule changes that would years ago I said European football has taken off far away Queiroz lamented the widening gap between wealthy numbers. From 1993 until his retirement in 2007, Daei plun- allow Asian and African football to develop, saying the from other the other countries and continents. European football associations and the struggling Asian dered an astonishing 109 goals for his country, making him the gap between Europe and other continents is getting wider. “Other continents are struggling. Only the nations that equivalents. only player to break the century mark at international level. Queiroz saw his Iran side narrowly beaten by Spain have the opportunity to bring players to Europe have a “Four years ago the gap between Asia and Africa was Daei was one of those in their second World Cup Group B fixture, courtesy of chance to be closer. For Asia the gap is higher, for Africa big, eight years ago it was big and it’s still growing, World special breed of players, like Diego Costa’s 54th-minute goal, and he told reporters af- the gap is higher. Cup after World Cup, if the rules don’t change,” he said. Gheorghe Hagi, Hristo Stoich- ter the game that many Asian and African nations are at “There are some teams like Morocco or Senegal we say “The development plans for Asia and Africa cannot be kov and Diego Maradona, who a disadvantage when it comes to developing for success are African teams, but they’re not African teams. They’re exactly the same as for Europe. grew in stature the moment on the world stage. African players playing in Europe, so all the players who “You cannot ask Iran to prepare a World Cup [qualifying] they donned their country’s Having beaten Morocco 1-0 in their opening game, Iran benefit from being in Europe can help national teams, but game in four days with the same rules as Germany, Brazil colours. Incredibly, while still stand a chance of reaching the World Cup knockout my opinion, having been in the game 37 years, it is clear.” and Portugal, it makes no sense.” Daei scored those 109 goals stages by taking points from their final group game against Iran played 18 qualifying matches to reach the 2018 (Source: sportskeeda.com) in 149 international matches, he only scored three more in 287 league matches for his various clubs. Iranian Paralympic athletes earn 18 Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers get five Unlike many Asian and Middle Eastern players of medals at 12th Tunis International Meeting medals in Hungarian Grand Prix that era, Daei was not afraid to try his luck in Europe – even if he did not hit the heights in Germany – but most of his domestic goals were scored in the relative familiarity of his nation’s grounds. He started his career at 19 at his hometown club of Esteghlal Ardabil, where he had spent five years in several age group teams. After only one senior season, he joined Taxirani where he also lasted one campaign, before moving to Bank Tejarat. The short spells set the tone for the rest of his career. Curiously, Daei never racked up too many appearances in a single season, very often due to prioritising internationals. In four seasons at Tegarat he played only 46 matches, though the goal return was an impressive one every other game. It was only in 1994 when he moved to his next club, Perse- polis that his career genuinely took off, especially with Iran. That year he scored an incredible 22 goals in 18 internationals, which later earned him a move to Qatar’s Al Sadd. Press TV — Iranian male and female throw F37, F55 and F56 classifications Press TV — Iranian Greco-Roman wres- outmuscled a Chinese wrestler 14-3 in the Eight of those goals came in December’s AFC Asian Cup Paralympic athletes have scooped eight- respectively. tlers have shown admirable displays of repêchage round and claimed a bronze medal. in the UAE, including four in the match of the tournament, een medals, including eleven precious gold Shahla Hadidi registered 14.99 meters gripping skills and muscular strength at Yousef Qaderian claimed Iran’s second a famous 6-2 win over South Korea. Iran lost the semi-final ones, at the 12th edition of Tunis Interna- in the women’s F54 discus throw compe- the 2018 edition of Hungarian Grand Prix gold medal after he overcame a Hungarian on penalties to Saudi Arabia, but his standout performances tional Meeting. titions, and took the top honors. Imre Polyák Memorial, and grabbed five opponent 6-3 in the final contest of the earned him the runner-up spot in the Asian Footballer of the On Sunday, Farhad Kahrizi com- Payman Nasiri also stole the show in medals, including two gold ones, at the 82-kilogram division. Year award, behind teammate Khodadad Azizi. peted in the men’s 2x100 meter relay the final contest of men’s 1,500-meter T20 event. The 2018 edition of Hungarian Grand Prix In Qatar, Daei racked up 10 goals in only 16 league matches, F36 race at the multi-purpose Stade race, and grabbed another gold medal for Mohammad Reza Garaei fell to a Kazakh Imre Polyák Memorial kicked off in Gy?r city before, ever the journeyman, he was on the move again. This Olympique de Radès stadium in Rades, the Islamic Republic of Iran. contestant in the final bout of the men’s 67-kilo- on June 23, and wrapped up on June 24, 2018. time it was the big one – to Arminia Bielefeld in Germany located about 10 kilometers southeast Additionally, Ali Olfatnia and Mehdi gram weight division, and collected the silver. Dozens of Greco-Roman wrestlers from in 1997. As Iran eyed the 1998 World Cup in the USA, Daei of the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, Alizadeh claimed two silvers in the men’s Mehdi Fallah, who routed a rival from various countries, including Algeria, Brazil, scored seven goals in 25 Bundesliga matches, but as usual and recorded 26.32 seconds to snatch 2x100 meter relay F37 race and men’s javelin the host nation 3-0 in his opening round China, Egypt, Hungary, the Islamic Republic he saved his real heroics for his country. the gold medal. throw F33/34 sections. contest of the 87-kilogram weight category, of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania Daei scored nine in 17 in 1997, as Iran progressed to a win- Ali Ojaghlou, another Iranian represent- Batoul Jahangiri and Davoud Ali Gha- defeated an Uzbek contestant 3-1 in the and Serbia, took part in the tournament. ner-takes-all two-legged tie against OFC qualifiers Australia, ative, managed to earn gold in the men’s semi settled for two bronze medals at the second showdown. The event was in honor of featherweight with a place at France 1998 up for grabs. In front of 128,000 2x100 meter relay F46 category, having women’s javelin throw F33/34 and men’s Fallah, however, lost to a wrestler from Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler Imre fans at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran managed only a 1-1 set the time of 22.64 seconds. 2x100 meter relay F37 race. Hungary by 1 point to 3 in the last contest Polyák. He competed in the 1952, 1956, draw with Terry Venables’ men. The real drama, however, In the men’s javelin throw F33/34 final, Earlier, Iranian athletes had clinched and received the silver medal. 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won three came in the second leg as Iran pulled off one of their greatest Iranian pitcher Mohsen Kaedi took the gold three gold, one silver and two bronze medals Earlier, Mohsen Hajipour prevailed over silver and one gold medal. He won the world ever results in front of a crowd of over 95,000 in Melbourne, medal with his best effort of 34.94 meters. on the first day of the tournament. his Egyptian rival 3-2 in the finale of the title in 1955, 1958 and 1962, and placed storming back from two goals down to qualify on away goals. Additionally, Hormoz Seyyedi, Khaled The 12th edition of Tunis International men’s 63-kilogram weight division, and second in 1961 and 1963. Nationally Polyák Daei, Azizi, the emerging Ali Karimi and the rest of the Khaziri and Mohammad Alvanpour picked Meeting started on June 23, and finished snatched the gold medal. won 12 Hungarian titles and was named squad earned hero status in Iran. In France, Jalal Talebi’s up three gold medals in the men’s javelin on June 24, 2018. In the 72-kilogram weight class, Ali Arsalan Sportsman of the Year in 1958 and 1962. team exited at the group stage but still managed to record arguably the most famous result their history, a fabled 2-1 win over the USA. Daei was at the peak of his career, and that summer Iran beats Germany in 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League, gains 3rd consecutive win Bayern Munich came calling. In Bavaria, he won a Bunde- Press TV— The Iran men’s national volleyball team has sliga title but was an unused substitute in the heartbreaking overpowered Germany for the third straight victory at the Champions League final loss to Manchester United at the fifth week of the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Camp Nou. Still, Daei was named Asian Player of the Year (FIVB) Volleyball Men’s Nations League. for the only time in his career. After one season, naturally, The Iranian outfit managed to beat the German side 3-2 at Bayern, three at Hertha Berlin produced only six league (25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 15-11) at the end of a Pool goals and 12 in total. With his German odyssey over, he 19 match played at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in western joined Al Shabab in the UAE for two seasons before finishing Tehran on Sunday evening. his career in Iran. The Iranian volleyball players, inspired by a vocal home The year 2000 saw another remarkable haul of 20 goals in 19 crowd, started the game vigorously, scoring four of the first internationals, including three at the AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon. five points. The hosts then went on accumulating points In 2003 against Lebanon he surpassed Ferenc Puskás’ 84-goal and deservedly claimed the first set 25-20. record, and the following year scored his 100th against Laos in a Germany started the second set sharper in the hope four-goal performance. In a race only with himself, he eventually of shrugging off a lackluster opening. It was a see-saw- hit his 109th against Costa Rica in March 2006. ing battle mid-set with both teams following each other By the time the World Cup in Germany came around, Daei point by point. Germany finally took the second set by was 36 and clearly past his best, with critics claiming he had 25 points to 22. no right to make the Iranian squad. Daei, though, did get Iran regained composure and opened the third set with the support of Franz Beckenbauer who called him “a great a blistering start. The hosts thundered home spikes and period 15-11. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the ambassador and one of the best players Bayern Munich had”. skipped out to a 25-22 result at last. The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League kicked host of the final round to compete in the last stage. But there would be no fairy-tale ending in Germany. Iran The Germans came from behind in the fourth set to steal off on May 25, and will run through July 8 in 22 host cities. The relegation takes in consideration only the 4 chal- exited the group stages with a single point, and with that the show. Their frontline did well thwarting the attacks and A total of 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with lenger teams. Daei’s amazing international journey had come to an end. took the set 25-23. every core team hosting a pool at least once. The last-ranked challenger team plays the promotion Today, Iranians still look up to Daei as the country’s greatest The finale was marked by energetic play amid a tense The teams are divided into four pools of four teams at play-off against the Challenger Cup winners. The winners player, while international forwards will likely be looking up atmosphere. Iran withstood a last-gasped gusty German each week and compete five weeks long, with a total of 120 of the play-off will qualify for the next edition as a chal- to his goal scoring record for years to come. run, and ensured its home dominance by clinching the matches. lenger team. (Source: persianfootball.com) Prayer Times Noon:13:07 Evening: 20:45 Dawn: 4:04 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:50 (tomorrow) JUNE 26, 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 Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 Astana festival of ethnic music [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 to host Iranian orchestra www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 ARTTEHRAN – An Webmaster: [email protected] deskIranian orchestra Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 will perform with traditional Iranian No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran instruments during two concerts at P.o. Box: 14155-4843 the Spirit of Astana, an international Zip Code: 1599814713 festival of contemporary ethnic music in the capital of Kazakhstan in July. Vahid Taj and conductor Ali-Akbar Qorbani will accompany the orchestra during the concerts, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance announced in a press release on Monday. Rehearsals are underway at Tehran’s Rudaki Hall under the supervision of maestro Farhad Fakhreddini, the former conductor of the National Orchestra. Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Photo exhibit to explore Affairs Mojtaba Hosseini attended a rehearsal of the orchestra on Sunday and life in Tehran, Kabul held talks with Qorbani and Fakhreddini. “The skills of the master ARTTEHRAN – A collection of photos [Fakhreddini] and the commitment deskdepicting scenes of daily life in Kabul of Mr. Qorbani have allowed them to and Tehran will be showcased in an exhibition at Tehran’s prepare a repertoire that will well- Shalman Gallery. represent Iranian music in Kazakhstan,” The collection contains Hosseini said in briefing on the photos from a number orchestra’s program. of Iranian and Afghan Part of the soundtrack from photographers. Pejman “Avicenna”, director Keyhan Rahgozar’s Dadkhah and Fatima 1985 TV series on the Iranian scientist Hosseini are the curators who lived during 10th and 11th centuries, Ali-Akbar Qorbani conducts an orchestra performing traditional Iranian instruments during a rehearsal at Tehran’s Rudaki Hall of the exhibition entitled is one of the highlights of the repertoire. on June 24, 2018. (Honaronline/Mahdieh Babai) “Tehran-Kabul, Review of The performances will be carried Two Capitals”. out based on a memorandum of and Kazakhstan during August 2017 and Sports, Arystanbek Mukhamediuly, The Spirit of Astana will be held Among the photographers understanding signed between Iran when Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture paid a visit to Tehran. from July 6 to 8. are Arman Estapanian, Musa Akbari, Nasser Bayat, Majid Saeidi, Dawood Helmandi, Rahman Hak- Tehran gallery holds art exhibit in National library to scrutinize role of Hagir, Wasim Mirzaie and memory of Abbas Kiarostami art in child abuse prevention Fatima Hosseini. A poster for “Tehran-Kabul, The exhibit opens on Review of Two Capitals” Friday and will run until July 4 at the gallery located at 27 Kavusi Alley, West Rudbar St., off Mirdamad Blvd. NEWS IN BRIEF Tehran short film festival receives over 5000 foreign submissions

CULTURE TEHRAN – Filmmakers from 120 countries deskhave applied to the 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival with 5050 submissions, the organizers announced on Monday. A poster for “Beyond the Wall”. A poster for the NLAI session “The Role of Education, Art and Literature in the Most of the submissions are coming from France, India, ARTTEHRAN — Tehran’s venaz in Shiraz, Diba in Kerman, Marlik Prevention of Violence against Children” Spain, Italy, Brazil, Russia and several other countries. deskDaargoun Gallery is in Yazd and Aknun in Isfahan. The Iranian Youth Cinema Society is the main organizer playing host to a group exhibition of li- Veteran artist Ahmad Vakili is the curator CULTURE TEHRAN – The Na- Mohammadreza Zaeri, and filmmaker desk of the event, which will take place in the Iranian capital from thography in memory of late filmmaker of the exhibit, which opened on Friday and tional Library and Ar- Mohammadreza Kherdamandan are November 9 to 13. Abbas Kiarostami under the title “Beyond will be running until Kiarostami’s death chives of Iran (NLAI) will be playing host scheduled to deliver speeches at the the Wall”. anniversary on July 5 at Daargoun Gallery to a panel discussion today to scrutinize session. The works have been inspired by poems located at 14 Bashardoost Dead End, Kusha the role of education, art and literature The meeting will also be attended by from Kiarostami’s collections “A Wolf Lying St. off Shariati Ave. in child abuse prevention. psychologist Shiva Dowlatabadi and MPs Prolific, painfully candid in Wait” and “Wind and Leaf”, the gallery The director of “Certified Copy”, “Taste “The Role of Education, Art and Farideh Oladqobad and Mahmud Sadeqi. has announced. of Cherry”, “Through the Olive Trees” and Literature in the Prevention of Violence The session will end with unveiling ex-poet laureate Donald Hall dies In addition, the exhibit takes its title from “Where Is Friend’s Home”, Kiarostami died against Children” is the subject of the Bozorgmehr Hosseinpur’s painting “Nail”

a poem of the same title from Kiarostami. in 2016 at the age of 76. He was a filmmaker, session, which will begin at 4 p.m., the that has been dedicated to the NLAI on the NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Hall, a prolific, award-winning poet The copies of the works are on display photographer, poet, graphic designer and NLAI announced on Monday. occasion of World Day for the Prevention and man of letters widely admired for his sharp humor and painful during exhibitions at the galleries of Sar- a video artist. Writers Farhad Hassanzadeh and of Child Abuse. candor about nature, mortality, baseball and the distant past, has died at age 89. Hall’s daughter, Philippa Smith, confirmed Sunday that her father “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” feasts on $150 million opening died Saturday at his home in Wilmot, New Hampshire, after being in hospice care for some time. LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Dinosaurs are ruling Village Roadshow Pictures film pocketed $11.6 million this “He’s really quite amazingly versatile,” said Hall’s long-time friend the box office again. weekend. Overseas, the heist movie stole $26.9 million for a Mike Pride, the editor emeritus of the Concord Monitor newspaper “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” topped estimates to global total of $171 million. and a retired administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. He said Hall would devour $150 million from 4,475 locations in North America this Another Warner Bros. title, “Tag”, landed in fourth with occasionally speak to reporters at the Monitor about the importance weekend. While it fell short of its predecessors’ record-shattering $8.2 million. The comedy has brought in $30 million domes- of words. $208.8 million launch, the dinosaur sequel is off to a mighty tically, officially clearing its $28 million production budget. Hall was the nation’s 2006- start. The Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard-led tentpole has Rounding out the top five is Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool 2” 2007 poet laureate. already amassed $711.5 million worldwide, including $561.5 with $5.2 million. The 20th Century Fox sequel passed the Starting in the 1950s, Hall pub- million overseas. $300 million mark domestically and $700 million globally. lished more than 50 books, from “Fallen Kingdom” easily led the weekend as the lone wide The original “Deadpool” finished its box office run with $363 poetry and drama to biography release, though “Incredibles 2” enjoyed a heroic second week- million in North America and $783 million worldwide. and memoirs, and edited a pair of end. The Disney-Pixar sequel picked up another $80 million, Elsewhere, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” reached $200 mil- influential anthologies. He was an bringing its domestic total to $350.3 million. The superhero lion in North America five weeks in. With another $2 million avid baseball fan who wrote odes to blockbuster, directed by Brad Bird, launched with $182.7 mil- internationally, the Disney and Lucasfilm picture’s worldwide lion, making it the best opening for an animated feature and total sits at $353.5 million. his beloved Boston Red Sox, com- Executive producer Steven Spielberg poses at the premiere the eighth-biggest debut of all time. At the specialty box office, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” pleted a book on pitcher Dock Ellis of the movie “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” at Walt “Incredibles 2” also earned $56.8 million overseas, taking pocketed $1.8 million and expanded to 348 theaters. Morgan and contributed to Sports Illus- Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June the international tally to $134.6 million. With a global total of Neville’s documentary on Mister Rogers, which secured the trated. He wrote a prize-winning 12, 2018. (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) children’s book, “Ox-Cart Man”, $485 million, “Incredibles 2” has already surpassed the entire 10th spot at the domestic box office, has earned an impressive and even attempted a biography run of the original film, “The Incredibles.” chise. The film has received a mixed critical response with a 50 $4.1 million in three weeks. The biopic will expand to 500 of Charles Laughton, only to have Universal, the studio behind “Fallen Kingdom”, is celebrat- percent average on Rotten Tomatoes and an A- CinemaScore. theaters next weekend. his actor’s widow, Elsa Lanchester, ing its second-best opening ever, only behind 2015’s “Jurassic Moviegoers under the age of 25 accounted for 56 percent of Thanks to the roaring success of “Fallen Kingdom” and kill the project. World”. audiences, while 54 percent were males. “Incredibles 2,” the box office is 97.3 percent bigger than the In this 2011 photo, President But the greatest acclaim came “We are obviously thrilled with our opening at the North Of “Fallen Kingdom’s” $711 million haul, $380 million same weekend last year, according to comScore. Overall, the Barack Obama presents a 2010 for his poetry, for which his honors American box office,” Jim Orr, head of domestic distribution came from 3D ticket sales, along with $105 million from box office is up 8.5 percent in 2018. National Medal of Arts to poet included a National Book Critics at Universal, said. “We found that we are playing very broadly RealD. It also opened on 410 Imax screens, where it brought “Notably, the $150 million earned by ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Donald Hall, during in a cere- Circle prize, membership in the in all four quadrants. [J.A. Bayona] really crafted an extraor- in $13 million. Kingdom’ is more than the $141.9 million generated by the mony in the East Room of the American Academy of Arts and dinarily intense film. I expect word of mouth to be stellar.” Meanwhile, “Ocean’s 8” has crossed a major milestone of entire marketplace of 105 films (led by ‘Transformers: The Last White House in Washington. Letters and a National Medal of The tentpole, co-produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin its own. In its third weekend, the female-led spinoff hit the Knight’) over the comparable weekend last year,” said Paul (AP/Charles Dharapak) Arts. Although his style varied from Entertainment, is the fifth installment in the “Jurassic” fran- $100 million mark in North America. The Warner Bros. and Dergarabedian, a box office analyst at comScore. haikus to blank verse, he returned repeatedly to a handful of themes: his childhood, the death of his Rattle bids Berlin Philharmonic farewell as chief conductor parents and grandparents and the loss of his second wife and fellow poet, Jane Kenyon. BERLIN (Reuters) — Simon Rattle con- The British-born maestro, now 63, has al- gigantic string quartet, with all the arguments diverse”, Berlin’s Tagesspiegel newspaper said. “Much of my poetry has been elegiac, even morbid, beginning with ducted his final concert in charge of the Berlin ready started a new job as music director of the and verbal violence and frustrations”. “The world has changed an enormous laments over New Hampshire farms and extending to the death of my Philharmonic on Sunday after 16 years that have London Symphony Orchestra, but will continue Even after a decade-and-a-half in charge, amount. And they are in an incredibly privileged wife,” he wrote in the memoir “Packing the Boxes,” published in 2008. revamped the image of the prestigious orchestra. to live in Berlin with his family. Rattle said it was still a mystery to him how the position, whether they realize it or not. I think In person, he at times resembled a 19th century rustic with his Rattle was joined by his Czech-born wife, The Berlin orchestra was “born in struggle orchestra worked, but it had ultimately embraced they are now more part of the beating heart untrimmed beard and ragged hair. And his work reached back to the mezzo-soprano, Magdalena Kozena, in a and will always be in that state”, Rattle said in more educational outreach, a wider repertoire of the city,” Rattle said of the Philharmonic. timeless images of his beloved, ancestral New Hampshire home, Eagle program at Berlin’s wooded outdoor amphi- an interview published on the Philharmonic’s and new programming. The conductor thanked “my wonderful Pond Farm, built in 1803 and belonging to his family since the 1860s. theater, the Waldbuehne, that included works website. With live streaming and an appeal to stu- orchestra” and “my dear Berlin public” at a He kept country hours for much of his working life, rising at 6 and by George Gershwin, Joseph Cantaloube, and He said the orchestra was unlike any other dents, the orchestra had shed its elite image performance on Wednesday at the orchestra’s writing for two hours. Aram Khachaturian. he had worked with, more like “an absolutely and opened itself to be “more cosmopolitan and concert hall.