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12 Pages Price 10000 Rials 37th year NO.12268 Wednesday MAY 13 2015 Ordibehesht 23 1394 Rajab 24 1436 Majlis speaker congratulates Lebanon on Liberation Day 2 Iran’s mining Iran nuclear sector in Talks should be based on deal could high demand mean 1 million for foreign Lausanne statement: Araqchi more barrels TEHRAN — A senior Irani- eign minister for legal affairs, made the re- Germany). investment Political Desk an nuclear negotiator has marks upon arrival in Vienna on Tuesday to Iran and the six major powers are expect- of oil a day TEHRAN — said that nuclear talks should be within the hold new round of talks with negotiators ed to iron out the details of a comprehen- The nuclear framework agreement Economic Desk framework of the Lausanne statement. from the 5+1 group (the five permanent sive nuclear deal by the end of June. There is a high Contd. on P. 2 reached with Iran in Lausanne, Swit- demand for foreign investment in Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian deputy for- members of the UN Security Council plus zerland, was an important milestone. Iran’s mining projects, so that many Now detailed negotiations will focus multinational companies have put in on crucial details relating to safe- their investment requests, according guards and lifting international sanc- to Iranian Deputy Industry, Mining, Iraqi president makes first visit to Iran see page 11 tions. Ending sanctions, however, and Trade Minister Mehdi Karbasian. leads to another critical part of Iran’s Companies from Germany, Spain, energy equation: new investments Denmark, Belgium, England, France, in its nonnuclear energy sector that Switzerland, Canada, South Korea, could boost its oil and gas exports. India, Kazakhstan, Oman, and Kuwait Under favorable scenarios, Iran have so far requested for making in- could increase its oil exports of vestment in the Iranian mining pro- 1.2 million barrels a day by about jects, Karbasian, who is also the direc- 300,000 barrels a day, drawn from tor of the Iranian Mines and Mining its floating storage. That could add Industries Development and Renova- 1 million barrels a day to global sup- tion, known as IMIDRO, said. ply within 12 months to 18 months. In order to attract foreign inves- Low global growth forecasts indi- tors, they will be given the right to cate that this prospect would add, operate Iranian mines for 25 years, longer term, to downward pres- the Mehr News Agency quoted Kar- sures on oil prices. basian as saying on Tuesday. Iran would also likely accept low- Iran is believed to hold more than er prices in return for badly needed 7 percent of the world’s total miner- revenues and as a means to rebuild al reserves. It ranks at the 10th place its share of the global oil market. in terms of the variety of mineral re- Tehran would likely need an in- sources. Key large deposits that still crease of tens of billions of dollars remain underdeveloped are zinc, each year to reverse the 15 percent copper, iron, uranium, and lead. rate of decline in output from its ag- Contd. on P. 4 Contd. on P. 4 Tasnim ing fields.

Nicoullaud: Iran needs not to worry NEWS about French position toward nuclear talks NEWS Syrian army By Zahra Khodaee Arabia confirmed the necessity to reach a ro- Air strikes hit makes gains bust, lasting, verifiable, undisputed and bind- Yemen capital, TEHRAN — Last week, French President ing deal with Iran”. Who can oppose such a across country, François Hollande met with King Salman of statement? It is also in the Iranian interest UN envoy arrives Saudi Arabia and other leaders of the Persian to reach a robust and binding deal with the recaptures key Gulf Arab states, some days before a U.S.-Ar- U.S. and the others! In this case, please take hours before points in Qalamoun ab summit in Camp David in which President note that the French have in fact convinced truce Barack Obama will try to win support for a the Saudis to take their first public position in The Syrian army carried out a se- nuclear agreement with Iran by the end of favor of a good deal with Iran, and this goes Saudi-led air strikes pounded Yeme- ries of military operations against June. emotions felt at the time of the Bam earth- into the right direction. ni capital Sana’a on Tuesday and the terrorists’ strongholds in different Mr. Hollande’s presence at the (P) GCC quake and the splendid reaction deployed by Precisely, Mr. Hollande’s visit to Saudi new United Nations envoy to the parts of the Arab country, including meeting was a message to Washington by the the personnel of the French Embassy when Arabia comes ahead of U.S.-Arab summit in country arrived there hours before the mountainous Qalamoun region Saudis and other Arab states, who have de- coming to the rescue of the people of Bam. which Obama will aim to sell Iran nuclear a five-day ceasefire after over six near the border with Lebanon. clared their uneasiness about the nuclear diplo- France is again adopting the toughest deal. How do you analyze this visit? weeks of war was set to begin. The army managed to recap- macy of the Obama administration with Iran. line against Iran in nuclear negotiations, po- A: President Hollande was invited by the Seeking to restore exiled Presi- ture the al-Kherbeh crossing in Qa- France has also taken a tough approach tentially placing Paris at odds with the Oba- (P)GCC leaders to join them at their summit dent Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, an lamoun, killing dozens of terrorists in nuclear talks between Iran and the six ma administration as a diplomatic deadline meeting, and this was the first time that a alliance of Persian Gulf Arab nations in the area and hunting down the major powers. This is while Paris has signed to forge an agreement. What do French ne- Western leader was invited at such a meet- has since March 26 been bombing remaining, a military source told the a number of major arms deals with Persian gotiators seek in nuclear talks? ing. This is not the kind of invitation that you the Yemen. Syrian news agency, SANA. Gulf Arab countries in recent months. A: I do not believe that there is a serious can decline... It is true that this invitation was Saudi-led airstrikes on a rock- The al-Kherbeh crossing was Khabaronline press agency has talked to rift between the U.S. and the French positions a signal sent by the (P)GCC leaders to Oba- et base in the Yemeni capital Sa- used by terrorists to infiltrate from François Nicoullaud, France’s ambassador to in the negotiation on the Iranian nuclear file. ma before their upcoming meeting at Camp na’a Monday killed 90 people and Lebanon and join the al-Nusra Front Tehran from 2001 to 2005, about Hollande’s The French let clearly the Americans take the David, conveying the message: “look, you wounded 300, a local official was and other terrorist organizations in visit to Riyadh and the French position to- lead, intervening eventually when they feel are not the only friend we have in the world, quoted as telling the state news the Qalamoun region, where battles ward the nuclear talks. that there could be some flaws in the archi- there are other people who like us and on agency Saba. with militants are raging on. Following is the text of the interview: tecture of the agreeement, thus contributing which we can also rely”. This is good diplo- Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Dozens of terrorists were also As always, I would like to start the to produce the best possible deal. All in all, up matic game but it does not mean that France Cheikh Ahmed said he had arrived to confirmed dead during the army op- interview with a question about your man- to now, the result has not been so bad! has been invited, or is ever imagining, to re- prepare for the humanitarian truce erations in the region. date when you were ambassador in Iran. For Iranians people, the French po- place the U.S. in the Middle-East, This is far and jumpstart stalled political talks Homs Province Do have any memorable experiences that sition is unfriendly and unjustified when beyond its capacity, France knows it and the among Yemen’s civil war factions. In Homs Province, the army’s air would be interesting for our readers? French diplomats have been publicly press- (P)GCC countries know it also. And by the “We are convinced there is no force targeted ISIL terrorist group A: It has been ten years since I left Iran af- ing the U.S. and other world powers not to way, I am absolutely convinced that the U.S. solution to Yemen’s problem except strongholds in Ber Hawaya in Homs ter having spent almost five wonderful years give ground. What’s your message for Irani- has no intention to reduce its presence in through a dialogue, which must be countryside, killing a number of as French Ambassador in your country, but an people about this political behavior? the Persian Gulf as it rightly perceives this re- Yemeni,” the envoy was quoted by terrorists and inuring many others. since then I have had many opportunities to A: My message to the Iranians is quite gion as a kind of “Global Hub” between East revolutionaries -controlled state The army units also destroyed mili- come back on short visits. It has been very clear : do not worry, whatever the percep- and West, and therefore as a crucial place news agency Saba as saying. tant equipment and vehicles. rewarding for me to see on each time the tion you can have of France as the “Bad Cop” for World balance. But it is true that Obama Sana’a residents said there were Earlier, units of the army killed progress of the Iranian society, which goes in this negotiation, the French have no inten- would wish to be less entangled in Middle three air strikes on a base for army and wounded scores of ISIL terror- forward with an irrepressible energy. As for tion whatsoever to kill the chances of an East crises inherited from his predecessor’s contingents aligned with the revolu- ists in separate operations to the memorable experiences of my time in Iran agreement. Look at the last joint statement policies, and then freer to engage into more tionaries in the north of the capital, northwest of the al-Sha’air oilfield as ambassador, I have plenty which come to produced by President Hollande and King positive entreprises.This is all the meaning of sending up a column of smoke. as well as in Rahoum village. my mind, the strongest being perhaps all the Salman of Saudi Arabia: “France and Saudi the negotiation with Iran. Contd. on P. 11 In the southern port of Aden, Meanwhile, At least four people witnesses said the alliance bombed were killed and 17 wounded in a revolutionaries positions and local double bomb blast in Syria’s central Nuclear chief Salehi undergoes intestine surgery armed groups were still fighting the city of Homs on Tuesday, the pro- TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Salehi’s spokesman. rebels in the city and throughout vincial governor said. Political Desk Salehi, who serves as His operation was over after the midnight Yemen’s south. Governor Talal Barazi said the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organiza- and he was transferred to the recovery ward. On Monday, the revolutionaries blasts were caused by motorbikes tion, underwent a surgical operation late The doctor has said that Salehi’s operation and Saudi forces exchanged heavy rigged with explosives in the Wadi on Monday. was done at the right time and was successful. artillery fire along the two coun- Dahab and Al-Zahra neighbor- Salehi went to the doctor for a problem in A part of the intestine has been re- tries’ rugged desert border. hoods of the city, AFP reported. He the intestine when he was sent for a colonosco- moved. The ceasefire set to take effect said four people were killed and 17 py, the Mashreq website reported on Tuesday. The cause of Salehi’s initial referral to the at 11 p.m. (04:00 p.m. EDT) to allow wounded in the two districts which But during the colonoscopy, his intestine doctor was an intestine polyp. the shipment of food and medicine are both predominantly Alawite - was torn and doctors decided that he should A number of officials including interior and to the blockaded country, which aid the sect to which President Bashar go to the operating theater for an open op- health ministers as well as Ayatollah Hashemi groups warn faces a humanitarian Assad belongs. Contd. on P. 11 eration, according to Behrooz Kamalvandi, Rafsanjani visited Salehi on Tuesday. catastrophe. Contd. on P. 11 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 2 NATION MAY 13, 2015 http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics

MEDIA MONITOR U.S. plan to split Iraq will finally spread Saudi TEHRAN — Grand Ayatollah invasion Hossein Nouri Hamedani said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia: ex-diplomat of Yemen IRNA invaded Yemen to create a aimed at safe border for the Zionist regime TEHRAN — The for- sein, referred to the 2003 U.S. invasion protecting and the U.S. Po l i t i c a l D e s k mer Iranian ambassa- of Iraq as the turning point in Iraq’s secu- Addressing a group of Defense dor to Iraq says Saudis may not be aware rity and political affairs, saying the U.S. of- Israel: Ministry personnel, he said war of the repercussions of the U.S. govern- fensive on Iraq gave rise to violence and ayatollah between right and wrong is a con- ment’s scenario to split Iraq into three insurgency in the country. stant battle, IRNA reported. smaller states, but if the plot proceeds, He said the Iraqi nation’s resist- The enemies provoked Saudi it would engulf Saudis as well. ance against the U.S. bullying and their Arabia to attack Yemen in the In an interview with the Mehr news struggle to maintain the unity made same way the Islamic State of Iraq agency published on Tuesday, Hassan Washington resort to the use of ter- and the Levant (ISIL) targets oth- Kazemi-Qomi said the U.S. plan to dis- rorism as a tool to weaken and disin- ers, Nouri Hamedani said. integrate Iraq is in line with Washing- tegrate Iraq. The ayatollah added the House ton’s policy to safeguard the security “Indeed, if Iraq had succumbed to of Saud have recruited 10,000 bod- of the regime of Tel-Aviv. the Americans’ demands, issues such yguards to protect themselves. “In the perspective of the Zionist re- as terrorism might not have been pre- The House of Saud spent a huge gime and Americans, maintaining the sent in Iraq now,” he highlighted. amount of money to serve the U.S. security of Israel translates into the “Americans gave rise to terrorism but this era will end soon, he said. destruction of the armies of the coun- streams in Iraq and they are even re- World Muslims should forge tries around the occupying regime [of sponsible for the formation of Daesh unity in the fight against their en- Israel],” he added. [an Arabic acronym for ISIL]. Along emies, the ayatollah stated. “In principle, Americans are dis- with Saudis and the British, they are mayed with the emergence of the Is- its path of resistance and development, ferent in the face of the region’s cultural also responsible for the formation of lamic Republic [of Iran] and since 2003, and today, given this fact that the world norms,” the former diplomat stated. the Taliban in Afghanistan,” the for- Iran spares TEHRAN — The secretary gen- they have faced many failures in their has also confessed to, it is an influential Kazemi-Qomi also touched on Iraqi mer diplomat commented. no effort to eral of Iran’s Red Crescent So- policies in the region. player in the region,” the former Iranian President Fouad Massoum’s first-ever He, however, spoke of Iran’s inter- ciety says Tehran will do its “In relation with the Iranian nation, ambassador to Baghdad added. trip to Iran, saying the visit is in line ests in having a stable and flourishing deliver aid best to deliver humanitarian they [the Americans] have used every He also referred to the failed U.S. poli- with the two countries’ interests and Iraq as its neighbors. to Yemenis: aid to war victims in Yemen. possible tools, from cultural attacks to cies in Syria, Lebanon, and its support for capabilities. “It is one of the wishes of the Is- IRCS official TASNIM “The Iranian nation will employing anti-revolution elements the “killing of children by the occupying “The trip is in line with development lamic Republic [of Iran] that Iraq main- not hesitate to take any action to to threats… to economic sanctions, regime of the al-Quds [Israel]”. of cooperation and implementation of tains its stability, independence and deliver its (cargos of) humanitar- which they themselves say have im- “One of the reasons for the failures of agreements,” he stated. security. For this reason, Iran is gener- ian assistance to the oppressed posed the most complicated sanctions Americans is that they have constantly Kazemi-Qomi, who was the first Irani- ously helping in the transfer of its ex- people of Yemen,” Ali Asghar against the Iranian nation. been ignorant of the interests of re- an ambassador to Iraq following the fall perience and expertise [to Iraqis],” he Ahmadi said in an interview with “Iran, however, would keep up taking gional nations and they have been indif- of Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hus- reaffirmed. the Tasnim news agency on Mon- day evening. Pointing to a cargo ship carrying Iran’s humanitarian assistance to Nuclear talks should be within framework of Lausanne statement: Araqchi Yemen, he said the ship’s mission Contd. from P. 1 This draft is based on what had been agreed on in He expressed hope that a final agreement would is to deliver the Iranian nation’s Araqchi stated that the sides started writing draft Lausanne, Araqchi stated. be reached before the deadline. humanitarian aid to Yemenis. of the nuclear deal in the previous round of talks in Araqchi also said that there is a “text” that the The Iranian negotiator said that this round of talks He said the IRCS has done nec- New York and they will continue to work on it in this sides have agreed on most of its phrases and there is is at expert level. essary coordination with the In- round of talks. difference only about one part of it. Araqchi added that bilateral meetings with the ternational Committee of the Red On April 2, Iran and the six major powers agreed He added thhis round of talks, with the presence U.S. and China will be held on Thursday. Iranian Cross (ICRC) and the Red Crescent on a framework deal in the Swiss city of Lausanne of deputy foreign ministers and political directors, is negotiators will also meet with representatives of societies of Oman, Djibouti and according to which the sides must draft a final deal a good opportunity to reduce the differences in or- Russia and the European Union trio (Britain, Ger- Saudi Arabia over the dispatch of by June 30. der to reach a “single text”. many and France). the cargo ship. The Nejat cargo ship, which be- longs to Valfajr Shipping Company, set sail on Monday for the Yemeni Regional instability has roots in Supporting Syria is Iran’s strategic port of Hodeida. ‘foreign interference’: Iran decision: diplomat It is carrying 2,500 tons of hu- manitarian aid, including food TEHRAN — Iranian of Yemen’s blockade by Saudi Arabia TEHRAN — A top supporting Syria in fight against ter- and medicine, for the war victims Po l i t i c a l D e s k Foreign Ministry are actually new examples of U.S. Po l i t i c a l D e s k Iranian diplomat rorism and a victorious passing of in Yemen. spokeswoman Marzieh Aham said “illegal interferences” in other coun- has said that the policy to continue sup- this imposed crisis,” he stated. on Tuesday that instability in the tries’ affairs, she said. porting Syria in the fight against terror- Amir-Abdollahian stated that the Mideast region has roots in “foreign Aham went on to say that the U.S. ism is a “strategic decision” by Tehran. “resistance” of the Syrian people Iranian Army TEHRAN — A senior Iranian interference”. has adopted double standards toward Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein and army and “wisdom of the coun- to stage military commander says the Foreign interference in regional af- terrorist groups and organizations. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks try’s leadership” are main factors in missile drill Army’s Ground Forces will fairs also prevents countries in the “Providing support for the gov- during a meeting with some Syrian countering plots. stage a major missile exercise region to have “strong and construc- ernments that are among the finan- political, social, and economic activ- Amir-Abdollahian also said that in May in the central province of Isfa- tive” interaction, she stated. cial and intelligence supporters of ists in Tehran on Tuesday. the Syrian people will not let en- han in late May.

PREES TV PREES Washington’s support for military the terrorist groups has fueled inse- “Strategic decision of the Islamic emies achieve their goals through “The exercise, codenamed attacks on Yemen and prolongation curity and instability,” she stated. Republic of Iran is continuation of psychological warfare. Beit-ul-Muqaddas 27, will be held in Kashan’s Maranjab and Isfahan’s Nasrabad on May 23-24,” Ground Forces Commander Brigadier Gen- eral Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said. Armenian and Bulgarian ambassadors meet Rouhani He added that the ground forces TEHRAN — In separate meetings Tumanyan stated that there are many capacities have improved their rocket and mis- Po l i t i c a l D e s k on Tuesday President Hassan Rou- in the two countries to expand relations. sile capabilities which would be put hani received the credentials of the new Armenian In his meeting with Christo Polendakov, the new Bulgar- to the test during the maneuvers, and Bulgarian ambassadors to Tehran. ian ambassador to Tehran, Rouhani said that Bulgaria can Press TV reported on Tuesday. In his meeting with Armenian Ambassador Artashes serve as a bridge between Iran and European countries in “Given the conditions of the Tumanyan, Rouhani stated that nothing can obstruct various areas, specifically in transferring Iranian gas. region, missile units of the Army’s expansion of ties between the two countries. He also said that Iran is ready to expand econom- Ground Forces will take part in the “There is no doubt that expansion of cooperation ic, political and cultural ties with Sofia. exercise with full force,” the com- in various economic, cultural and political spheres Polendakov stated that senior Bulgarian officials mander said. would benefit both countries,” he stated. seek to strengthen relations with Iran. Pourdastan further said that The Iranian president described the Armenian com- He also said due to “strategic” location of Bulgar- the forces will also stage electron- munity in Iran as “good, active and committed” people. Bulgarian Ambassador Christo Polendakov submits credentials to Rouhani ia, the country can be a transit route for transfer of ic warfare in Isfahan. Rouhani expressed hope that relations would be expanded during tenure of the new ambassador. Iranian gas to Europe.

Majlis TEHRAN — Iranian Parlia- speaker ment Speaker Ali Larijani ‘Nuclear talks must be track-laid anew’ congratulates the Lebanese TEHRAN — The well, even if the negotiating party his team are capable people. … I have congratulates people and the Hezbollah Po l i t i c a l D e s k head of Iran’s In- has the ultimate inimical outlook, we known them for many years,” he said. Lebanon on resistance movement on the

TASNIM stitute for Research in Fundamental will have a clear idea who we are fac- Larijani added that his second rea- anniversary of the liberation Liberation Sciences has said that the ongoing ing,” he said. son is that the U.S. in general and the of South Lebanon from the Israe- nuclear talks must be “track-laid” He nevertheless stated that he is Obama administration in particular Day li occupation. afresh. hopeful about the talks. “My hope- need an agreement with Iran. In separate messages to Hez- “We did not define [the other] nego- fulness is not founded on nothing; “The national interests of Ameri- bollah Secretary General Seyed tiating party well and there are serious rather, there are two bases for it,” cans -Democrats and Republicans – Hassan Nasrallah and Lebanese vulnerable points in the talks the way he stated. lie in an agreement with Iran because Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on they have been track-laid,” Mohammad the Tasnim news agency on Tuesday. “The first reason is that Mr. Rouhani is their sanctions to cripple Iran have Tuesday, Larijani offered congratu- Javad Larijani said in an interview with “Once we have track-laid the talks an intelligent person … and Mr. Zarif and failed,” Larijani asserted. lations on the Lebanese Libera- tion Day on behalf of the Iranian lawmakers and hailed the event as “indelible and memorable”. He said the victory could not U.S. Senate passes resolution for release of Americans in Iran have happened without the en- The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously passed eight-year sentence for undermining state security. Dur- Iranian officials later reduced the sentence to 10 deavors of the resistance move- a resolution calling on Iranian officials to immedi- ing a trial in January, he was convicted of trying to es- years in prison. ment fighters and the unity of the ately release three Americans held in Iran and help tablish a network of Christian churches in private homes. “This resolution is a clear message to the Iranian Arab country’s people. locate a fourth. Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, who introduced the government: If you want a seat at the table with Larijani further whished hap- The measure, which passed 90-0, calls for Iran to measure, argued that the four should have been re- the rest of the international community, free Amir piness and dignity for the Leba- free Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati and Jason Rezaian leased before the U.S. started negotiating a nuclear Hekmati now as well as all of the other U.S. citizens nese nation. and cooperate with the U.S. government to locate agreement with Iran. who are being held as hostages,” said Democratic Hezbollah forced the Israeli mili- and return former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who is Hekmati, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen born in Arizo- Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. tary out of the southern parts of Leb- believed to be missing in Iran. na, was arrested on spying charges in August 2011. Rezaian, The Washington Post’s bureau chief in anon on May 25, 2000, after more Abedini, a Christian pastor from Idaho, has been in Hekmati, who has family in Michigan, was convicted Tehran, has been held since July 2014. than two decades of occupation. Iranian custody since September 2012 and is serving an of spying for the CIA and sentenced to death, but (Source: AP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international MAY 13, 2015 INTERNATIONAL 3 Kerry meets Putin amid Ukraine, Saudi beheads 80th person Syria tensions this year Saudi Arabia on Tuesday carried out its 80th beheading U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Facebook page. of the year, edging closer to the 87 executions it carried Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Improving ties, however, hinges out during all of 2014. Putin in a bid to ease badly strained re- largely on violence decreasing in Amnesty International ranked Saudi Arabia among the lations over the conflicts in Ukraine and Ukraine, however. world’s top three executioners of 2014. Syria, but the tone ahead of the meeting The Western-backed government On a visit to Riyadh this month, French President Fran- didn’t augur well for a breakthrough on in Kiev continues to be embroiled in a cois Hollande said that capital punishment “should be any of the many issues dividing the two sporadic conflict between government banned,” and his country is campaigning around the powers. and separatist rebel forces despite a world for its abolition. On his first trip to Russia since cease-fire agreement sealed in mid- (Source: AFP) the Ukraine crisis began, Kerry held more February. Russia was party to that deal; than four hours of talks with Russian For- although the U.S. was not, one State De- eign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a hotel in partment official said it is important for the Black Sea resort of Sochi before see- Putin “to hear directly from the United ing Putin at his presidential residence in States that we are firmly committed to Pakistan’s PM visits the city. Putin is in Sochi meeting with [its] implementation.” Afghanistan as Taliban Russian defense officials for a week. Western nations say Russia supports The top U.S. diplomat plans to test the separatists with arms and manpower, ramp up attacks Putin’s willingness to make separatists and even directs some battlefield opera- in Ukraine comply with an increasingly tions - all claims Moscow denies. In return, Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, together fragile ceasefire agreement, according the Russians bristle at Washington’s pro- with his military chief and other top government to U.S. officials traveling with him. before he arrived in Sochi, a full day af- Obama’s first-term effort to “reset” ties visions to Ukraine of military assistance in officials, arrived in Kabul Kerry also seek to gauge the status ter U.S. officials had announced it. And with Moscow. the form of hardware and training. on Tuesday for talks with of Russia’s support for Syrian President Russia’sForeign Ministry had previewed Kerry began his short visit to Sochi by Diplomats in Moscow and Washing- Afghan leaders. Bashar Assad, whose forces have been the talks by blaming Washingtonfor the laying a wreath at a World War II memo- ton are also at odds over an announce- The visit took place losing ground to rebels, and press Mos- breakdown in relations. rial with Lavrov, with whom Kerry has ment last month that Russia would lift as concerns grow that cow to support a political transition that Putin’s spokesman welcomed Kerry’s had a warm personal relationship de- a five-year ban on delivery of an air de- the spike in Taliban-led could end that war, the officials said. decision to travel to Russia but with a spite tensions over policy. fense missile system to Iran, drawing a violence in Afghanistan In addition, Kerry make the case to point. “We have repeatedly stated at vari- At a working lunch, Lavrov presented hasty rebuke from the United States. threatens a recent Putin that Russia should not proceed ous levels and the president has said that Kerry with tomatoes and potatoes that The White House said the missile sys- thaw in the traditionally with its planned transfer of an advanced Russia never initiated the freeze in rela- were “distant” descendants of the two tem would give the Islamic republic’s troubled relationship. air defense system to Iran. tions and we are always open for displays Idaho potatoes that Kerry gave him last military a strong deterrent against any It was Sharif’s first Kerry’s trip comes at a time when re- of political will for a broader dialogue,” year, a spokeswoman for Lavrov said. air attack. The Kremlin argues that the visit to Afghanistan lations between Washingtonand Mos- Dmitry Peskov told journalists in Sochi. For his part, Kerry “presented the Rus- S-300 is a purely defensive system that since President Ashraf cow have plummeted to post-Cold The rhetoric signaled there would be sian side with a list of quotations from won’t jeopardize the security of Israel or Ghani’s national unity War lows amid the disagreements over few breakthroughs if any on the many the Russian media that in his view don’t any other countries in the Middle East. government assumed Ukraine and Syria. issues dividing the U.S. and Russia. Nev- reflect the real potential of broad Rus- On Syria, Russia has defied a chorus charge in Kabul. In a sign of the considerable strains, ertheless, both sides stressed the impor- sian-American relations, which he is con- of international condemnation to re- Sharif’s delegation had separate meetings with the Kremlin would not confirm Kerry’s tance of trying to work through some of vinced need to be improved,” spokes- main allied with Assad. both President Ghani and Afghan Chief Executive meeting with Putin until just an hour the rancor that buried President Barack woman Maria Zakharovawrote on her (Source: Reuters) Abdullah Abdullah. Foreign Ministry spokesman Khalilullah Qazi said Pakistan enjoys “very close, cordial and brotherly” relations with Afghanistan. Nusra vows to eradicate ISIL from Qalamoun “High-level exchanges between the two countries are frequent and the objective of these visits is The Nusra Front and its allies in Syr- led by Nusra, announced that they had members that the Nusra-led coalition tempted to arrest a extremist at the to promote relations between the two countries, ia’s Qalamoun region vowed Tuesday to been fighting with ISIL in west Qalam- said stirred the conflict. checkpoint, and escalated when they promote better understanding and see where both “eradicate” ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and oun. The long statement highlighted Among the most notable reasons positioned themselves on nearby hills the countries can cooperate further,” said Qazi. the Levant) terrorist group, as Hezbol- that its fighters were against inter-ex- was ISIL’s killing of four extremist lead- and started firing at other fighters. Sharif’s visit takes place at a time of increased lah and the Syrian army captured new tremist conflict, especially since the area ers, identified as al-Sheikh Moatasem, Meanwhile, the statement explained, territory from the terrorists, the latest in is surrounded by Hezbollah from the al-Mouqannaa, Abu Osama al-Banyasi pressure by Hezbollah increased in the criticism in Kabul of President Ghani’s policy toward a series of gains following more than a east and the Syrian army from the west. and Gen. Yehya Zahra. The statement area, which motivated some ISIL mem- ending the Afghan conflict and placing too much week of clashes in the border area. The statement said that clashes be- also told the tale of events that occurred bers to join Nusra in the battles. How- trust in Pakistan for achieving that objective. Al-Manar TV reported that the tween ISIL and other Syrian rebels in the over the last two months that led to the ever, another group of ISIL militants The criticism stems from the increase in Taliban group’s fighters took control of the past had been thwarted. current battles. It began when ISIL erect- imposed a checkpoint to force travelers attacks across Afghanistan as part of the insurgent Mashrouh Haql Zeaiter hillop and the It said the militants who still belonged ed a checkpoint on the main road that to pledge allegiance to ISIL, then kid- group’s annual spring offensive. There had been area of Jour Beit Abdel-Haqq. to ISIL were either suspects of treason, Syrian rebels used to arrive to the bat- napped the commander of one jihadi hopes among Afghan political circles that peace talks The two areas are located between bandits, or people who “are being ex- tlefield, prompting the jihadis to take an- group and his fighters. with the Taliban through Pakistan’s mediation would the western outskirts of the Syrian town ploited [in return] for food and clothes.” other road to avoid fighting, it explained. The statement said ISIL militants help dampen the spring offensive this year. of Ras al-Maara and the eastern outskirts “A decision has been made by the The second road was then shut by threatened to behead him and all mem------Pakistan says ‘doing all it can’ of the Lebanese village of Nahleh. working factions to eradicate this cor- ISIL using mounds of soil, which forced bers of his unit, and tortured them by But Foreign Ministry spokesman Qazi dismissed The report came hours after the Twit- ruptive group because there is no longer Army of Conquest jihadis to take a third beating them with rifles. At this point, criticism that Pakistan is not doing enough to help ter accounts of the Nusra Front and any other option, and Allah be the help- road that is exposed to “enemy out- the Army of Conquest rushed in and be- the Afghan peace process. the Qalamoun branch of the Army of er,” the statement said. posts,” the statement added. gan the current battle with ISIL. “Pakistan is doing all it can to promote [the] peace Conquest, a coalition of terrorist parties It also detailed all the actions by ISIL The first clash erupted when ISIL at- (Source: The Daily Star) and reconciliation process in Afghanistan that is Afghan-owned and Afghan-led, and we will continue with this policy,” said Qazi. Philippines, Japan hold navy drills French president meets Fidel Castro Afghan officials worry that if the level of violence worsens in this fighting season, it could halt Ghani’s amid disputes with China during Cuba visit efforts to repair relations with Pakistan. Critics say they fear it could also revive the spate of mutual allegations after months of relative calm. In Kabul Sunday, Ghani suggested he needed Pakistan to do more, even though he underscored that “some patience” is required about the prospects of promoting peace with the Taliban. “We are not the battle ground for any proxy wars. We will not allow our territory to be used to destabilize any one of our neighbors or any one of our partners, or any people anywhere in the world. In return, [we] expect the same reciprocity,” said Ghani. But some political analysts point to differences President Ghani has with Chief Executive Abdullah, who at times appears less keen than Ghani regarding The Philippine and Japanese navies time cooperation,” he said. The naval Francois Hollande became the first European leader in almost 30 years unconditional talks with the Taliban. held their first joint naval exercise on exercise is the first with Japan in the French president to visit Cuba since and, more significantly, the first since Professor Anatol Lieven, a senior fellow at Tuesday in waters adjacent to the dis- Philippines, but the two navies took 1898, holding talks with revolution- the EU froze political and cultural ties Washington’s New America Foundation, said much puted South China Sea in what politi- part in drills in Australia last year. ary leader Fidel Castro in the capital with Cuba’s government in response depends on whether the Afghan unity government is cal analysts see as Japan’s move to in- Some 600 Japanese personnel on Havana. to the arrest of 77 dissidents in 2002. capable of talks with the Taliban. crease its security role in the region. two navy destroyers - JS Harusame and The French leader is using a one- Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor “Because it is so internally divided and there are Philippine Navy spokesman Com- Amigiri - were on their way home after day trip to the island to build business Lucia Newman, reporting from Ha- so many people, of course especially on Abdullah’s mander Lued Lincuna said the “pass- a 4-day visit when the “passing” exer- and diplomatic relations, five months vana, said France clearly wanted to side, who are opposed to talks with the Taliban. So, ing exercise” and on-ship helicopter cise was held with some 100 Philippine after a detente between the Carib- take a leadership role in “untying the I am afraid one would probably see a long period of landing and cross-deck training that navy complement of the Filipino war- bean nation and the U.S. ideological knot”. uncertainty and division before there is a possibility were conducted have nothing to do ship BRP Ramon Alcaraz. The exercise Hollande also on Monday held pri- “It believes the EU needs to posi- of a new political departure,” said Lieven. with the territorial dispute with China also involved landing a Philippine heli- vate talks with President Raul Castro, tion itself politically and economically Pakistani military and civilian leaders insist they in the South China Sea, which the Phil- copter on one of the Japanese ships. Fidel’s brother. ahead of the U.S. when it eventually have thrown all support behind Ghani’s efforts to ippines refers to as West Philippine Richard Javad Heydarian, political sci- Earlier, Hollande addressed the lifts the economic embargo against bring peace to his war-ravaged country. Officials say Sea. Japan also has a dispute with Chi- ence assistant professor at Manila’s De University of Havana saying, “to be in Cuba,” she said. security forces have uprooted insurgent bases on the na over the Senkaku Islands in the East La Salle University, said the bilateral naval Cuba is to be in a country that in Latin Hollande, who brought along ex- Pakistani side of the border. China Sea. exercise is a milestone in the burgeoning America has represented dignity and ecutives from French multinational And late last month, for the first time, Pakistan The drill site was adjacent to the Philippine-Japan strategic relations and independence”. hotel, airline, supermarket, liquor publicly denounced this year’s Taliban spring South China Sea, but still within inland a reflection of Japan’s emergence as a He made no allusion to the more and telecommunications firms, said offensive and urged the Taliban to cease hostilities waters 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilom- contributor to regional security under than decade-long freeze in ties be- France would be a “faithful ally” of and engage in peace negotiations with the Afghan eters) west of Corregidor Island at the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. tween Cuba and the European Union Cuba as it re-entered the global eco- government. tip of Manila Bay, Lincuna added. “Tokyo has made significant strides and no mention of human rights is- nomic system. Politicial analysts and government officials in He said the training put into practice in overcoming its long term strategic sues that led to that freeze in 2003. The visit follows an announcement Pakistan, however, caution that while Islamabad has the Code for Unplanned Encounters stupor and thanks to its recently re- “A country with culture is a strong in December that the U.S. would start some influence with the Afghan Taliban, it has no at Sea forged last year by 21 Pacific na- vised defense guideline with the U.S., it and free country, and we [Cuba and to ease restrictions on Cuba after control over the Islamist insurgency. They describe tions, including China. is in a better position to contribute to France] want to be increasingly more than a half-century of hostility, as “unrealistic” Afghan expectations that Pakistan “Our aim is to foster camaraderie regional maritime security,” he said. strong and free,” he said. opening opportunities for business. holds the key to ending the violence in Afghanistan. and interoperability and enhance mari- (Source: AP) The visit is the first by a Western (Source: Al Jazeera) (source: APP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY MAY 13, 2015 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

JUMP Iran plane deal show sanctions Iran’s mining sector in high demand for foreign investment collapsing Contd. from P. 1 Global media are assessing Iran's recent “Mahan Air’s case shows that U.S. Western companies are one after the other engaged announcement over the purchase of sanctions no longer deter Western in talks with Iran to resume their delayed activities or several commercial airliners as a sign companies from doing big business with make new investments in the Islamic Republic. that the crippling sanctions against Iran Iran," Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior The recent developments came as world powers and are already beginning to collapse. fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Iran reached a framework agreement in the Swiss city of Bloomberg in a report says the Democracies, a Washington think tank Lausanne in early April. Iran and the P5+1 group of coun- delivery of the planes – that come at a that has advocated for tough sanctions tries have reached a mutual understanding on ironing crucial moment of nuclear talks between on Iran, has told Bloomberg. out their differences over Tehran’s nuclear program and Iran and P5+1 – have added to several Earlier in April, head of Iran Civil reaching a final deal by the end of June. other emerging signs that the world is Aviation Organization (ICAO) said On May 9, Iran’s Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri point- impatient with the removal of the U.S.- the country needs to buy up to 500 ed to the growing number of Western companies at- engineered sanctions. passenger planes in the next 10 years to tempting to return to Iran following the possible removal “Last month Russia's president renovate its aging fleet. of sanctions against the country and said Tehran would Vladimir Putin announced he would Ali Reza Jahangirian added that rather support foreign investment. resume the sale of a sophisticated air Iranian airlines are currently operating defense system, known as the S300, to with a fleet of about 140 aircraft, which Iran,” it said in its report. is “very lower than average international “Western oil companies are already norms in terms of international indexes meeting with Iranian officials to discuss of population and area.” Iranian bank suing how to get back into the country's On May 4, vice president of Boeing British government for lucrative oil and gas markets.” for sales in Middle East, Russia, and On Sunday, Iran's Minister of Central Asia, told a United Arab Emirates £2.3b over losses from Road and Urban Development Abbas “We have conducted extensive Iranian companies and plane makers are newspaper that his company has set its nuclear sanctions Akhoundi told reporters that the country negotiations with companies supplying thus prohibited from any dealings with sights on the Iranian aviation market and is in the process of buying a number of planes … so that when sanctions are it. expects a “very strong” demand in the An Iranian bank sanctioned by the UK for allegedly new planes. removed, contracts can be signed Bloomberg has quoted analysts country. funding Tehran’s nuclear weapons program is suing the The new purchases, he said, are in immediately,” said Akhoundi. as saying that news over Mahan Air’s “We’ve done a pretty good British Government for £2.3b – claiming it breached its order to renovate the sector despite Mahan Air has been quoted in the emerging plane purchase deals show assessment on our side and we think the human rights. international sanctions imposed on media as the Iranian airline that will how the sanctions against Iran were demand, should things open up, would Bank Mellat is demanding compensation for lost the country over its peaceful nuclear acquire most of the new planes. This is collapsing ahead of the June 30 deadline be very strong,” Martin Bentrott added. (Source: Press TV) business and damage to its reputation caused by the program. while it is already in the list of sanctioned for a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1. Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions against it in 2009 which banned UK firms from dealing with the lender. Sanctions have been imposed on Iran because authorities, including the UK, the U.S. and Europe, Iran plans to build medicine, cement factories in Iraq: minister believe it is trying to enrich uranium for use in atomic TEHRAN — Iran Rabiei will meet the Iraqi deputy field of social welfare with the Iraqi Iraq was the second biggest bombs, rather than for its energy needs. Economic Desk plans to build a prime minister for economic affairs, officials. importer of Iranian non-oil goods in Mellat, which describes itself as Iran’s largest private pharmaceutical factory and a cement as well as finance and trade ministers He referred to the exports the previous Iranian calendar year, bank and denies the accusations, said the Treasury also plant in Iraq soon, Iranian Minister of during his three-day stay in Iraq, of services as well as exchange which ended on March 20, according lobbied ministers in Brussels to introduce an EU-wide ban. Cooperatives, Labor, and Social according to the Islamic Republic of of technical and occupational to the Iran Customs Administration. (Source: thisismoney.co.uk) Welfare Ali Rabiei said in Baghdad on Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). knowledge in addition to teaching the Iran exported $6.182 billion of Tuesday. Rabiei said that he will discuss Iraqi trainers as the other subjects he non-oil goods to Iraq and imported The official said that Iran also plans exchange of knowledge and skills will discuss with the officials of the $60.369 million of non-oil goods from to dispatch skilled workforce to Iraq. as well as making investment in the neighboring country. the country. Iran’s Bank of Industry & Mine finances Eram Businesses see opportunities in Iran Iran nuclear deal could mean 1 Ardakan Tile Company if sanctions are eased million more barrels of oil a day TEHRAN — Iran’s Bank of Industry & Mine paid 67 billion ri- As the United States and five major Millard was speaking to Gulf Contd. from P. 1 Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. als (about $2.022 million) facilities for establishment of Eram world powers hold talks with Iran News on the sidelines of Abu Both Tehran and international oil Similarly, Central Asian oil and Ardakan Tile Company. to ease sanctions over its nuclear Dhabi International Downstream companies already are anticipating gas producers have long supported The company was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by enrichment program, petrochemical conference on Monday. negotiations for lucrative business swaps whereby oil and gas supplies Iran's First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri. companies see opportunities in the He said there would be massive deals that were banned under would go to northern Iran and The company’s annual output stands at 3 million square Islamic republic to expand their investment in the upgrade of refineries sanctions. For Tehran, this would equivalent amounts would be shipped meters of tile, that some main part of it will be exported. business. once sanctions are removed. require competitive commercial from its south. Kazakhstan, in oil, The executive operation of building the company’s fac- A top executive of the U.S.-based “There hasn’t been any upgrade in conditions going beyond its traditional and Turkmenistan, in gas, see clear tory was started in the Iranian calendar year 1389 (March Honeywell UOP, which is involved the last twenty years. They are very revenue-sharing schemes. For oil advantages in diversifying from the 2010-March 2011) in a 20-hectare land in Ardakan. in delivering technology to the inefficient. All those refineries in Iran companies, they would need to be now dominant Russian and Chinese The company will create direct jobs for 176 persons. petrochemical industry said that if were designed by UOP twenty or satisfied that these conditions are routes. Again, sanctions have deterred sanctions are eased, there will be thirty years ago. They already have viable and can translate into profitable these proposals; their lifting could plenty of opportunities for companies. existing infrastructure.” investments that compare favorably make them another positive part of “If the deal is reached, there would A senior representative of French with others on their business docket. a new regional commercial-energy TEHRAN STOCK EXCHANGE be a lot of potential. We started oil company Total said it would be too The nonnuclear energy equation agenda. contingency plans to look at what early to comment on whether they has a critical regional dimension as well. And then there is the European the opportunities will be and how we would be investing in Iran. Union, which has long sought to Index Value Change Percent With the world’s third-largest natural- would mobilize our sales and market “We would consider if sanctions gas reserves, Iran has long proposed reduce its dependence on Russian Main Board forces. We don’t have any contacts are lifted but it is too early to talk natural gas. Over time, Iran could 45750.7 254.9 0.56 natural-gas pipelines to alleviate Index or sales in the country but we know about it,” said Jean Viallefont, vice- severe shortages in India and Pakistan. supply increasing quantities of its gas Industry Index 51895.6 89.3 0.17 who the players are,” said Michael president for the Orient zone, refining Sanctions made this hard to execute, through Turkey, adding to the supplies Overall Index 63316 246.2 0.39 T Millard, senior vice-president & petrochemicals at Total. but these pipelines could become part already reaching that country from Free Float Index 72854.2 463.2 0.64 and general manager of catalysts, The group of six world powers of a win-win commercial-energy agenda Azerbaijan. Here again, the prospects absorbents and specialties in UOP. including the U.S., China, France, for Iran and its neighborhood once for win-win solutions would be Secondary Index 130232.9 21.9 0.54 “We have not been involved in Iran Germany, the United Kingdom restrictions are lifted. The pipelines’ enhanced by a successful nuclear deal for about twenty years and we don’t and Russia reached a framework feasibility could compare favorably — and undermined even by the risk of know much about the industry. A lot agreement with Iran in Switzerland with the longstanding proposal of a reimposed sanctions. (Source: Gulf News) (Source: Reuters) OVERALL INDEX DETAILS of technology in Iran is UOP based.” last month. pipeline from Turkmenistan through

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Min Value 63112.5 TEHRAN — Head of Procurement & Speaking on a news conference, national oil equipment suppliers. solar turbines for the first time. Goods Affairs at National Iranian South Naser Kheradmand noted, during a four Saying that once the sanctions were He concluded, ordering 75% of Closing 63316 Oilfields Company announced, in the – year period of time, fabricating 8000 removed, procedure of purchasing high- required tools, including wellhead Variety 246.2 current Iranian calendar year, 4000 items of company's strategic tools has tech parts will be feasible, he added, facilities and different types on industrial Change end of year(%) 694.78% items of goods will be manufactured been indigenized successfully, which imposing sanctions on us led to acquiring valves has been announced to Iranian oil Historical highest 89500.6 (2014/01/05) domestically. shows our commitment to supporting technical know-how of manufacturing equipment suppliers. Source: tse.ir Chinese China’s e-commerce Australia to The Australian Spain Spain has withdrawn giant Alibaba Group is government on Monday permission for test flights Alibaba expanding its acquisitions crack down announced a world- withdraws of Airbus A400M planes boosting of overseas companies in on alleged leading crackdown on permit until an investigation MAJOR CURRENCIES investment a bid to increase its share tax avoidance alleged tax avoidance for Airbus determines the cause in the global market. by 30 multinational of a crash last weekend To U.S. To IR. To U.S. To IR. Currency Currency in U.S. The conglomerate has by 30 companies in a move A400M test Dollars Rial* Dollars Rial* near the southern city market purchased a major stake multinationals that could force the flights of Seville that killed two US dollar 1 33080 UAE dirham 0.272 9070 in the U.S. online retailer likes of Apple Inc pilots and two flight British Pound 1.568 51400 EURO 1.125 37300 Zulily for $56 million. and Microsoft Corp test engineers, Defense *The free market rates (Sources: Mehrnews.com & xe.com) The move would allow to restructure their Minister Pedro Morenes the company to bolster businesses to escape said Tuesday. its positions across the huge penalties. Speaking on Onda Cero Pacific. Alibaba has “These companies are radio, Morenes said, MAJOR COMMODITIES actively invested in U.S. diverting profits earned “it’s not a good idea e-commerce companies, in Australia away from for those planes in Light Crude $ / barrel 59.25 Silver $ / troy ounce 16.31 including luxury shopping Australia to no-tax or production phase, and Gold $ / troy ounce 1.183.00 Platinum $ / troy ounce 1,127.30 website 1stdibs and low-tax jurisdictions,” about to do tests, to fly ShopRunner, a shipping Treasurer Joe Hockey without knowing what Copper $ / pound 2.9 Wheat ¢ / bushel 481 service provider for told reporters in really happened with the Source: cnnmoney.com NEWS IN BRIEF retailers. Canberra. (crashed) plane.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com MAY 13, 2015 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

Taste of Iran: A complete guide to Iranian Kebab SIGHTSEEING

deputy general of the Tehran police used Being an Asian dish, chelo-kebab was their plates. Some of must-see places to pay maximum 4 to 5 IRR for each meal well received in Iran and now has turned First, the customers used to sit on in Kabul of chelo-kebab that he ordered for his re- into the most delicious Iranian dish. benches but later they were served at spected and disrespected (the criminals Feeding a Battalion or a Regiment tables. The restaurant did not mind how The important historical places in Afghanistan offer you who confessed to their crimes but prom- Nasser al-Din Shah had 87 wives, four of many kebabs a customer would eat and glimpse of the past heritages and its various cultural aspects. ised to cooperate with the police) guests. whom in permanent and the rest in tem- used to charge everybody the same, a One of the major aspects of the historical places of Afghani- Chelo-kebab used is a very popular and porary marital conditions, as well as 300 generous manner that was characteristic stan lies in the fact that they stand tall, vividly representing the most common national dish. slave girls who together with the female of Iranians at that time, because of which the events that reshaped and modified the country. During his tour of Russia, Caucasus and and male servants formed a battalion or, it managed to run a brisk business. Babur Gardens European countries, Nasser al-Din Shah better to say, a 1000-strong regiment. Talking about the generosity and kind- Babur Gardens was originally designed by the Mughal enjoyed three things: the elegant cloth- Writing about Nasser al-Din Shah, ness of Mr. Nayeb, a gentleman who was ruler, Babur, and currently houses his tomb. Recently re- Kebab Kubideh Dust-Ali Khan Moayyer-ul-Mamalek, a the boss boy of a stingy merchant when a stored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the garden is the descendent of the Shah, narrates that young boy, said that he used to go to the Iranian chelo-kebab was, for the first largest public park in Kabul. on Fridays whenever he wished to pil- Nayeb restaurant in the bazaar every day Laid out in the traditional four-garden pattern, Babur time, prepared according to a Cauca- grim the holy shrine of Hazrat Abdul- to buy chelo-kebab for his boss who never sian recipe at the time and by the order features a series of quartered rising terraces and a central Azim in Shar-e Ray, then a village in the thought that he was hungry too and that water-course. Surrounding building feature traditional of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar (1821-1900). south of Tehran, his servants used to he wished to have lunch too. The first chelo-kebab restaurant, Nayeb, crafts for sale and an exhibition of the archeological finds rush to the village one day earlier and But Mr. Nayeb, realizing that the boy discovered prior to the renovation. was inaugurated in Tehran traditional order 1,000 to 2,000 kebab kubideh. was hungry, used to treat him with bread bazaar 121 years ago. National Gallery of Art Kebab was a dish not in the court menu and kebab before he prepared the chelo- Afghanistan’s most famous art gallery, the National Gallery Haj Hassan Shamshiri chelo-kebab but loved by his wives. Thus, whenever kebab for the merchant and kept men- restaurant, one of the most famous, was of Art contains a mix of ancient and modern paintings. Dis- they planned to go there, they did not tioning to his workers that he was only a plays include watercolors of Kabul life, including the crowning opened at the eastern wing of Sabzeh- child and that the smell of kebab made his meydan square, in downtown Tehran, of Ahmad Shah Durrani; and the gallery of Afghan leaders. The Kebab Barg mouth watery. museum also houses Remnants of an Army by Lady Elizabeth when Reza Shah was in power (1925-1941). Etemad-ul-Saltaneh, in his notes, men- In 1973, a meal of chelo-kebab barg ing of the Russian Kazak, the Saint Peters- Butler showing the last survivor of the British retreat. Contem- burg’s and Muscovite ballerinas’ pants, tions of a shop in the bazaar which like Eu- porary works are for sale in the outside gallery. (made of mutton fillet and grilled on skew- ropeans served food at tables, a reference er) served together with butter, grilled to- and finally Caucasian chelo-kebab which Many pieces of the gallery’s collection were destroyed was different from Iranian kebab mainly most probably to the Nayeb restaurant as during the Taliban occupation, but the staff managed to mato, raw onion, and sumac would have the first chelo-kebab restaurant. However, cost 60 IRR for those who were at work prepared from chops of veal, mutton and hide or disguise some of the works. Images of living things hunted birds and grilled on skewers. chelo-kebab restaurants were most likely – prohibited under Taliban law - were painted over with and could not go home for lunch. Some- first established in the northwestern city times when a number of colleagues were The Caucasian chelo-kebab is what is water colors and only recently restored. now known as kebab barg, sultani and of Tabriz which borders with Caucasia. Kabul Museum on leave, others had the chance to order Nowadays, chelo-kebab is a national Ira- jujeh-kebab (roast chicken) which would luleh or kubideh. The Kabul Museum showcases Afghanistan’s location on the crossroads of ancient empires. While less than a have cost 120 IRR. Not before Qajar era Kebab Shishlik In their writings about Iran, the Euro- third of the original collection survived the Soviet and Tali- Thirty two years earlier in 1941, the want to lose the chance to have kebab Iranian daily Ettela’at wrote that Tehran pean explorers who visited Iran during Sa- ban occupations, what remains is nevertheless magnifi- favid era (1500-1736), though mentioned a served with basil, onion, and spring on- cent. Greco-Bactrian Buddha statues, carved wooden and restaurants would charge 5 IRR for a meal ion on copper platters. of chelo-kebab including an extra large ke- lot about different kinds of chelos (cooked marble doors, and Nuristani wooden carvings make this and drained rice) and polos (cooked rice), Oldest Chelo-Kebab restaurant in one of the most unique museums in the world. bab barg, butter, 330 grams of rice, onion Tehran and bread as much as demanded. At the stews, pickles, and jams, but wrote noth- Royal Palace of Dar-ul-Aman ing about chelo-kebab in the sense that Nayeb Chelo-Kebab Restaurant was The structure is not open to tours, but can be viewed same time a meal of chelo-kebab kubideh the oldest one established in the Teh- (made of minced meat) cost 4 IRR. we talk about it today. from the grounds. Most probably the recipe of chelo-ke- ran bazaar 120 years ago. Since its es- Dar-ul-Aman Palace (“abode of peace”) is a 150-room Fifty Years Earlier tablishment n, to please the customers, Eetemadosaltaneh, Nasser al-Din bab has been given to the Iranian people European-style palace located about sixteen kilometers either by the Caucasian people or by the Nayeb waiters used to serve the extra- (ten miles) outside of the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. Shah’s minister of publications and head filled plate of pyramid-shaped hot rice Kebab Bakhtiari of translation office, used to order a highly Iranians visiting the region, or as written When it was designed in the 1920s by 22 European by Mirza Mohammad Reza Motamed-ul- crowned with the melting butter while nian food in Tehran and other cities. architects, the structure was meant to symbolize King qualitative take-out chelo-kebab in Nayeb kebabs on skewers were served by a The reputation of the Nayeb chelo-ke- restaurant, which had just opened in the Ketab Shams Larijani, an author of Qa- Amanullah Khan’s plans for democratic modernization -- jar era, Nasser al-Din Shah has been de- waiter who used to go from one table bab restaurants has crossed the borders plans that ultimately failed when Islamic conservatives led Tehran bazaar and furnished with dining to another and provide customers with and now tens of them have been founded tables and chairs as in European restau- manded by himself from the Caucasians a series of uprisings against him in late 1928 and he fled to and soon learned by Iranians all over the extra kebabs as soon as they ran out of in other countries. Europe. The palace currently lies in ruins. rants, for 3 to 5 IRR. them and as long as rice was still left in (Source: dreamofiran.com) (Source: Kabul Municipality) Also in 1916, Abdollah Bahrami, the country. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Was there a cover-up in COMMENT bin Laden killing? By Aimal Faizi By Peter Bergen The manufactured myth of eymour Hersh is one of the giants of investigative ISIL in Afghanistan Sjournalism. Early in his career he broke the story of the My Lai massacre during which hundreds of evermind the assurances, the U.S. is determined unarmed civilians were killed by U.S. soldiers in Nto prolong its stay in Afghanistan for its own Vietnam in 1968. geopolitical interests. Hersh was still going strong after 9/11, breaking Afghanistan is experiencing an unprecedented level (along with "60 Minutes") the story of the prisoner of increased violence and armed conflict by the Taliban abuses by U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison in and foreign fighters, further deteriorating the already Iraq for The New Yorker in 2004. fragile stability and security of the country. Hersh's article appeared in the London Review Afghanistan's National Security Adviser, Hanif of Books, not in The New Yorker where he has been Atmar, warned this a contributor since 1993. week that Afghanistan is Because of Hersh's stature his article about the facing "serious security bin Laden raid attracted so much attention Sunday threats" from foreign when it first appeared that the London Review of terrorist groups such as Books' website crashed. al-Qaeda, ISIL, Lashkar- Allegations of massive cover-up e-Tayyiba, Islamic Hersh's major argument in his new report is Movement of Uzbekistan, that quite contrary to what Obama administration East Turkestan Islamic officials claimed in the wake of the bin Laden raid, Movement and Ansarullah U.S. and Pakistani officials were fully conversant of Tajikistan. about bin Laden's whereabouts in the northern city Atmar also said that of Abbottabad, cooperated in his capture and then the Islamic State of Iraq engaged in a massive cover-up of all this, involving and the Levant (ISIL) is officials at many different levels of government in seeking to "get access both nations. to the drugs market in The principal claims that Hersh's article makes, Afghanistan" to finance A U.S. soldier keeps watch in front of which largely rely on the assertions of a single, its activities and infiltrate the Iranian embassy in Kabul. unnamed, retired senior U.S. intelligence official, lied about pretty much everything concerning Pakistanis were holding bin Laden and the U.S. Central Asia. are: what is considered one of the President's signal government had found out this fact, the easiest The sharp degradation of the security situation • That the 2011 U.S. Navy SEAL raid on the accomplishments: authorizing the raid in which bin path for both countries would not be to launch a and the current state and nature of armed conflict in Abbottabad compound where bin Laden was Laden was killed. U.S. military raid into Pakistan but would have been Afghanistan is no doubt preparing the ground for the hiding in northern Pakistan was not a firefight in The evidence to hand bin Laden over quietly to the Americans. U.S. to continue its military presence and its unfinished which SEALs went into a dangerous and unknown Hersh's account of the bin Laden raid is a farrago Indeed, the Pakistanis have done this on several war in the country beyond 2017. situation, but a setup in which Pakistan's military of nonsense that is contravened by a multitude occasions with a number of other al Qaeda leaders Prolonged U.S. presence had been holding bin Laden prisoner in Abbottabad of eyewitness accounts, inconvenient facts and such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the operational From Kabul's perspective, U.S. financial support to for five years and simply made him available to the simple common sense. commander of 9/11, who was handed over to the Afghan national security forces and the increasing SEALs who flew in helicopters to the compound on Let's start with the claim that the only shots U.S. custody after a raid in the Pakistani city of insecurity and level of threats from "foreign terrorist the night of the raid. fired at the Abbottabad compound were the ones Rawalpindi in 2003. So too was Abu Faraj al-Libi, groups" such as ISIL are the main factors behind • An officer from Pakistan's powerful military that killed bin Laden. That ignores the fact that two another key al Qaeda leader who was similarly the need for a prolonged U.S. military presence in intelligence agency ISI accompanied the SEALs on SEALs on the mission, Matt Bissonnette, author of handed over by the Pakistanis to U.S. custody two Afghanistan. the raid and showed them around the Abbottabad "No Easy Day," and Robert O'Neill have publicly said years later. Since the establishment of the new government in compound, and the only shots fired that night were that there were a number of other people killed Why cover it up? Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani and other senior the ones that the SEALs fired to kill bin Laden. that night, including bin Laden's two bodyguards, Common sense would also tell you that if U.S. officials have repeatedly expressed their wish to • A "walk in" to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad one of his sons and one of the bodyguard's wives. officials had found out that the Pakistani officials Washington to have more "flexibility" regarding the tipped off the CIA that bin Laden was living in Their account is supplemented by many other U.S. were hiding bin Laden there is no reason the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. the Abbottabad compound, and it was not true officials who have spoken on the record to myself Americans would have covered this up. After all, Atmar recently said that "Afghanistan is satisfied -- despite the statements of multiple U.S. officials or to other journalists. around the time of the bin Laden raid, relations with the security pact" signed with the U.S. The after the raid -- that the CIA had traced back one of I was the only outsider to visit the Abbottabad between the United States and Pakistan were at bestselling argument in defense of the Bilateral Security bin Laden's couriers to the Abbottabad compound compound where bin Laden lived before the an all-time low because the Pakistanis had recently Agreement - as this senior Afghan official puts it - is that and built a circumstantial case that bin Laden was Pakistani military demolished it. The compound was imprisoned Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who "the U.S. provides $12m to the Afghan security forces on living there. trashed, littered almost everywhere with broken had killed two Pakistanis. What did U.S. officials a daily basis", that's an annual aid of $4b. • Saudi Arabia was financing bin Laden's upkeep glass and several areas of it were sprayed with have to lose by saying that bin Laden was being However, it creates a complete state of dependency. in his Abbottabad compound. bullet holes where the SEALS had fired at members protected by the Pakistanis, if it were true? The U.S. has intentionally failed to equip Afghan national • A Pakistani army doctor obtained DNA from of bin Laden's entourage and family, or in one The fact is that the senior Pakistani officials security forces with modern weapons. bin Laden that proved he was in Abbottabad, case exchanged fire with one of his bodyguards. Hersh alleges were harboring bin Laden were as The Afghan president and his national security adviser proof that was provided to the States so that The evidence at the compound showed that many surprised as the rest of the world that al Qaeda's have both stuck to their narrative about the growing all the supposed uncertainty -- cited by Obama bullets were fired the night of bin Laden's death. leader was living in Abbottabad. The night of the threat of "international terrorism", in particular, the administration officials after the raid -- about Common sense would tell you that the idea that bin Laden raid, U.S. officials were monitoring the presence of ISIL in Afghanistan. whether bin Laden was actually living in the Saudi Arabia was paying for bin Laden's expenses communications of Pakistan's top military officials But in Afghanistan, is ISIL a myth or reality? compound was a lie. while he was living in Abbottabad is simply risible. such as Kayani and Pasha and their bewildered Despite the U.S. administration's statements about • The "most blatant lie," according to Hersh, Bin Laden's principal goal was the overthrow of reactions confirmed that the Pakistanis had not had the end of its combat mission in Afghanistan, U.S. was that "Pakistan's two most senior military the Saudi royal family as a result of which his Saudi a clue about bin Laden's presence there, according forces have continued to carry out regular missions leaders -- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of citizenship was revoked as far back as 1994. to a number of U.S. officials I spoke to in the course against the Taliban and other terrorist groups said to be the army staff, and General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Why would the Saudis pay for the upkeep of of reporting "Manhunt," a book about the hunt for threatening U.S. troops and the Afghan government. director general of the ISI -- were never informed" their most mortal enemy? Indeed, why wouldn't bin Laden. Myth or reality? in advance of the U.S. raid on the bin Laden they get their close allies, the Pakistanis, to look In his article, Hersh correctly points out that in Ghani has stated on a number of occasions both to a compound. the other way as they sent their assassins into the immediate aftermath of the bin Laden raid, domestic audience and on the international stage that In short, according to Hersh's account, President Pakistan to finish him off? White House officials initially made some false ISIL is worse than al-Qaeda and poses a serious threat Barack Obama and many of his top advisers Common sense would also tell you that if the statements about the raid -- for instance, that bin to Afghanistan. Laden was using his wives as human shields In his recent address to a gathering of the country's during the raid -- but these were quickly political and religious leaders, Ghani said "international IraniaHOME corrected. terrorism wants to deny Afghanistan a stable future, The only source Hersh refers to by name in and is attempting to disrupt the state system in the region, and the world". his 10,000-word piece is Assad Durrani, who Real Estate Such statements on the escalation of insecurity in was the head of ISI during the early 1990s, the country from the leadership of the National Unity SH.LAVASANI around two decades before the bin Laden raid “25 years of experience” Government are alarming for public opinion, both inside “25 years of experience” 1200-Sq.m Mansion in Velenjak occurred. Hersh portrays Durrani as generally Afghanistan and also in the West. supportive of Hersh's various conclusions. Registered & Authorized Office Renting, buying & selling houses On the other hand, despite the U.S. administration's When I emailed Durrani after the Hersh statements about the end of its combat mission in Mobile: 09123103526 & lands, Proper for ambassadors, piece appeared, Durrani said he had "no foreign tourists & guests Afghanistan, U.S. forces have continued to carry out Tel: 88888007 evidence of any kind" that the ISI knew that regular missions against the Taliban and other terrorist Namad-e Elahieh Real Estate bin Laden was hiding in Abbottabad but he Fax: 88675936 groups said to be threatening U.S. troops and the Tel: 26204636 still could "make an assessment that this Afghan government. E-mail: [email protected] could be plausible." This is hardly a strong U.S. jets and bombers are supporting Afghan national endorsement of one of the principal claims of security forces in their combat missions. The ongoing ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻴﻦ ﻣﺤﺘﺮﻡ: ﻭﻳﻼ ﻭ ﺁﭘﺎﺭﺗﻤﺎﻥ ﻣﺒﻠﻪ ﺷﻤﺎ Hersh's piece. military operations in Kunduz province of Afghanistan ﺭﺍ ﺟﻬﺖ ﺍﺟﺎﺭﻩ ﺑﻪ ﺩﻳﭙﻠﻤﺎﺗﻬﺎ ﻧﻴﺎﺯﻣﻨﺪﻳﻢ Durrani added that he believed that the bin are a good example. Farmanieh – Villa $8000 Laden "operation could not have been carried Since January, there have also been more drone 1000 SQm Land, 400 SQm built up out without our cooperation." This glosses over and air strikes as well as operations by special forces 5 big rooms, and master, the fact that the SEALs were flying in stealth as part of the U.S.-led counterterrorism mission named 4 car parking’s -F.F, helicopters through blind spots in Pakistan's "Freedom Sentinel" in Afghanistan. S/P (No over look) garden radar defense and the Pakistani air force had Furthermore, the U.S. and its NATO allies have not AHRABI 09192571076 Jordan:140 sq.m, 2 bedrooms, virtually no capacity to fly at night when the decided on a plausible end date for their ongoing mission raid took place, so in fact the bin Laden raid was in Afghanistan. The wide-ranging goals for the U.S.-led Villa Niavaran, $20000 brand new, nice view, furn. 2000$ relatively easily accomplished without Pakistani foreign military presence in Afghanistan, as declared, A private villa of 2 floors. cooperation, according to multiple U.S. officials include "stability, fighting terrorism, training Afghan totally 1000 sqm b/up, 10 bedrs, Jordan: 165 sq.m, 2 bedrooms, marble floor, furn. 2300$ with knowledge of the bin Laden operation. National Security Forces, protecting the population and 1000 sqm land, indoor S/P Elahieh: 175 sq.m, 3 bedrs, indoor s/p, furn. 2700$ All sorts of things are, of course, plausible, the country from outside attacks", etc. but in both journalism and in the writing of Current military strategy FARSHID: 09125540877 Zafranieh:150 sq.m, 2 bedrooms, history one looks for evidence, not plausibility. None of the above U.S.-NATO goals in Afghanistan Hersh has had a storied career. One hopes seem to be achievable with the current military strategy. nice view, s/p, f.furn. 2500$ that he won't end it with a story about the With around 9,800 U.S. troops and tens of thousands Obama administration and the bin Laden raid of military contractors, the U.S. military mission in that reads like Frank Underwood from "House Afghanistan is going to be an open-ended war for years of Cards" has made an unholy alliance with to come. It is actually much broader and well beyond Carrie Mathison from "Homeland" to produce a the scope and nature of what was agreed in the Bilateral Pakistani version of Watergate. Security Agreement between Kabul and Washington. (Source: CNN) Contd. on P. 11 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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IN THE NEWS The Middle East runs out of water Iranian researchers By Daniel Pipes develop technique for ranking Iranian political figure, producing Artemia A Issa Kalantari, recently warned enriching liquid that past mistakes leave Iran with water supplies so insufficient that up TEHRAN (ISNA) — Scientists at Iranian Artemia Re- to 70 percent, or 55 million out of 78 search Center have developed a formulation for Arte- million Iranians, would be forced to mia enriching liquid, using reverse engineering. abandon their native country for parts Artemia, as a living foodstuff, is widely used in aq- unknown. uaculture industry. It meets larval needs of all aquatic Many facts buttress Kalantari’s creatures. However, it is weak in terms of long-chain apocalyptic prediction: Once lauded in polyunsaturated fatty acids of Omega 3, Omega 6 and poetry, Lake Urmia, the Middle East’s even Omega 9. largest lake, has lost 95 percent of its To settle the issue, different ways of enriching are water since 1996, going from 31 billion used given biological conditions of Artemia. cubic meters to 1.5 billion. What the Artemia enriching emulations is one of the business- Seine is to Paris, the Zayanderud was es linked to aquaculture industry. to Isfahan – except the latter went The success of the field tests show that semi-indus- bone-dry in 2010. Over two-thirds of trial production of the material is possible in Iran with Iran’s cities and towns are “on the the cost are considerably lower comparing to the for- verge of a water crisis” that could eign models. result in drinking water shortages; al- ready, thousands of villages depend on water tankers. Unprecedented dust storms dis- rupt economic activity and damage Sea levels are rising fast, health. Nor are Iranians alone in peril; many study finds others in the arid Middle East may also Sea levels are rising and a new analysis shows that be forced into unwanted, penurious, they are rising fast, according to a recent analysis desperate exile. With a unique, mag- conducted by the University of Tasmania and Aus- nificent exception, much of the Mid- tralia’s national science dle East is running out of water due to agency CISRO which in- such maladies as population growth, dicates sea levels have short-sighted dictators, distorted eco- Drinking water “is down to less than tes River’s waters soon halved (refer Israel provides the sole exception risen within the last two nomic incentives, and infrastructure- one quart per person per day” in many to Revelations 16:22 for those implica- to this regional tale of woe. It too, decades at a rate of ap- destroying warfare. Some specifics: mountainous areas, reports water tions). Already in 2011, the Mosul Dam, as recently as the 1990s, suffered proximately 2.6 to 2.9 Egypt: Rising sea levels threaten specialist Gerhard Lichtenthaeler. Spe- Iraq’s largest, shut down entirely due water shortages; but now, thanks to millimeters per year. not only to submerge the country’s cialist Ilan Wulfsohn writes that Sana’a to insufficient flow. Sea water from a combination of conservation, re- While this may seem coastal cities (including Alexandria, “may become the first capital city in the Persian Gulf has pushed up the cycling, innovative agricultural tech- small, it adds up, espe- population 4 million) but also to con- the world to run out of water.” Shatt al-Arab; the resulting briny water niques, and high-tech desalination, cially when their new taminate the Nile Delta aquifer, one Syria: The Syrian government has destroyed fisheries, livestock, and the country is awash in H2O (Israel’s analysis of satellite re- of the world’s largest groundwater wasted $15 billion on failed irrigation crops. In northern Iraq, water short- Water Authority: “We have all the cords showed that sea reservoirs. The Ethiopian government projects in 1988-2000. Between 2002 ages have led to the abandonment water we need”). I find particularly level rise has increased finally woke to the hydraulic potential and 2008, nearly all the 420,000 illegal of villages, some now buried in sand, striking that Israel can desalinate in speed since 1993; this of the Blue Nile that originates in its wells went dry, total water resources and a 95 percent decrease in barley about 17 liters of water for one U.S. in relation to the slower country and is building massive dams dropped by half, as did grain output, and wheat farming. Date palms have penny; and that it recycles about five rate over the prior dec- that may severely reduce the flow of causing 250,000 farmers to abandon diminished from 33 million to 9 million. times more water than does second- ade. river water reaching Egypt (and Su- their land. By 2009, water problems Saddam Hussein drained the marshes ranked Spain. Using tide gauge data and GPS measurements of dan). had cost more than 800,000 jobs. of southern Iraq, at once destroying In other words, the looming land movement, the scientists behind the study ana- Gaza: In what’s called a “hydrologi- By 2010, in the hinterland of Raqqa, a wildlife ecology and depriving the drought-driven upheaval of popula- lyzed satellite data from 1993 to 2014. Their analysis cal nightmare,” seawater intrusion now the Islamic State’s capital, the Marsh Arabs of their livelihood. tions – probably the very worst of found and corrected small inaccuracies in existing sat- and the leakage of sewage has made New York Times reports, “Ancient ir- Persian Gulf: Vast desalination ef- the region’s many profound prob- ellite data. The results were published in the journal 95 percent of the coastal aquifer unfit rigation systems have collapsed, un- forts, ironically, have increased the lems – can be solved, with brainpow- Nature Climate Change. for human consumption. derground water sources have run salinity level of Persian Gulf sea water er and political maturity. Desperate Lead author Dr. Christopher Watson said that their Yemen: Oil remittances permit dry and hundreds of villages have from 32,000 to 47,000 parts per mil- neighbors might think about end- research showed a small overestimation of sea level Yemenis to indulge more heavily than been abandoned as farmlands turn lion, threatening fauna and marine ing their futile state of war with the rise from 1993 to 1999 had distorted previous trends. ever before in chewing qat, a leaf to cracked desert and grazing animals life. world’s hydraulic superpower and whose bushes absorb far more water die off.” Nearby Pakistan may be a “water- instead learn from it. Watson went on to refer to the study’s “consistency (Source: The Washington Times) with future projections of sea level in the IPCC” as than the food plants they replaced. Iraq: Experts foresee the Euphra- starved country” by 2022. “striking”. According to a report on USA Today, sea levels rose about 1.7 millimeters a year throughout the 20th cen- NASA space probe unlocks mysteries Antibiotic-resistant typhoid spreading tury. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that sea levels have risen of Mercury’s magnetic field in silent epidemic, says study nearly 8 inches since 1880. (Source: Immortal News)

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Iran’s Zare wins gold in Asian Youth FOOTBALL Real Madrid season on line Athletics Championships against Pogba-boosted Juventus Sajjad Hassan Zare snatched a Madrid (AFP) — Real Madrid must overcome a 2-1 first-leg def- Sport D e s k gold medal at the First Asian icit to keep their season alive when a Juventus side boosted Youth Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on by the return of Paul Pogba visit the Santiago Bernabeu in the Monday. return of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday. The 17-year-old Iranian thrower came up with a Los Blancos’ La Liga title hopes are all but over despite 53.06m throw, well behind his 57.86m personal best, coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Valencia on Satur- but he was still in a class of his own. day as Barcelona moved four points clear at the top with Eric Yee from Singapore won the silver medal with just two games remaining. a throw of 52.55m and Chinese Du Haonan came However, Carlo Ancelotti’s men recovered from exactly third with 48.99m. the same result against Valencia that proved an almost fa- Zare regards Ehsan Haddadi, the 2012 Olympic tal blow to their title hopes at the same stage last season Games silver medallist and 2011 World Champion- to go on and win the club’s 10th European Cup in Lisbon a ships bronze medallist, as his role model. few weeks later. “It’s been only three years since I started training. Defensive lapses have cost Madrid in recent weeks as I have met Haddadi once. He came to see me training they have conceded twice in four of their last five matches and advised me to improve my technique and work and right-back Dani Carvajal insists they can’t go for a clini- on my speed, to become a champion like him,” said cal Juventus side from the off and risk being caught on the Zare, who had never competed outside Iran before. counter-attack. “I have already qualified for the World Youth “We need to win, that is fundamental. However, above Championships in Cali. I know I can better my record all, we need to have a cool head, be patient and not go and fight for gold in Colombia. I dream of seeing my- crazy,” he told the club’s website. self winning the Olympic gold medal one day,” Zare “The game is 90 minutes long and we need to make added. that seem like a long time for Juventus and make them suf- Iranian hammer thrower Amineh Kashiri claimed a lun came second with 60.16m. Bahrain finished in third place with three gold fer without the ball.” bronze medal in the competitions. China finished with 31 medals, including 15 gold in medals and one bronze. Carvajal gave away the penalty, converted by Carlos She threw 48.25m and won the bronze medal. the first Asian Youth Athletics Championships. Overall, a total of 16 countries won a gold medal, Tevez, at the end of a counter-attack which gave the Ital- Shang Ningyu from China seized the gold medal with Chinese Taipei came second with four gold med- while 27 saw at least one of their athletes stepping ian champions the advantage in last week’s first leg. a throw of 66.59m and her countrywoman Yao Kai- als and one bronze medal. on the podium. And he believes Madrid will not be so generous in front of a packed house at the Bernabeu. “They created danger from us giving the ball away or Shot putter Leila Rajabi to miss Asian Iran’s Safarzadeh to referee in NBA our errors. I think if we stay calm, have patience, move them around, then we will win the game. Athletics Championships Summer League “After the first leg the feelings of the coach and the players were clear. We cannot commit so many errors in easy passes because that breathed life into them.” - Close to full strength - Madrid could be back close to full strength as Toni Kroos is expected to shrug off a hip injury picked up against Valencia, while Karim Benzema is set to feature up front after a month out with a knee problem. Benzema’s French international teammate Pogba is certain to play a part after making a goalscoring return from a near two-month injury layoff in a 1-1 draw at home to Cagliari on Saturday. Juventus have waited 12 years to get back to the biggest game in European football, when they also beat Real in the Iranian shot put- qualification standard is 17.80 Iranian basketball Safarzadeh, who became a FIBA Sport D e s k Sport D e s k semi-finals in 2003, and defender Giorgio Chiellini described ter Leila Rajabi meters,” said the shot putter of referee Amir Hos- referee in 2004 when he was just 20 the game as the biggest in his 10 years with the club. is not able to compete at the 21st Belarusian origin. sein Safarzadeh has been selected as years old, has participated in notable “We can’t wait for Wednesday evening to come. This is Asian Athletics Championships The 2015 Asian Athletics Cham- one of eight referees to take part in the international competitions including the most prestigious and important game I’ll be playing in due to injury. pionships will be held in Wuhan, 2015 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013 FIBA since I joined the club,” he said. The 32-year-old thrower, who capital of central China’s Hubei International Basketball Federation Asia Championship. He has also refer- “I’ve been here for 10 years and 12 have gone past since won the silver medal at the Province, from June 3 to June 7. (FIBA) has signed an agreement with eed Iranian Basketball Super League we last reached a semi-final. Incheon As the highest level of its kind National Basketball Association (NBA) Final for ten consecutive years. “We’ve got better and matured as the competition has Asian Games with a throw of in Asia, the 2015 Wuhan Asian to use eight international referees in “I wish to be a deserved representa- worn on and getting past the last 16 and then the quarter- 17.80 meters, is suffering from Athletics Championships is esti- 2015 NBA Summer League. tive for the Iranian referees in the NBA finals gave us added awareness in our own abilities. left shoulder injury. mated to attract about 800 ath- There are referees from Spain, Summer League competitions. I also “We’ve never been as close as we are now, but we’ve still “I liked to participate in the letes from 45 countries and re- France, Mexico, Australia, Lebanon would like to thank President of Iran Bas- got 95 really tough minutes to get through. The final is still a long competitions but I have an old gions at the Wuhan Sports Centre and Cameroon as well. ketball Federation Mahmoud Mashhoon way away and we’ll need a super performance to get there.” injury in my left shoulder. With Stadium. This is the first time that NBA will use who had helped me a lot over the past Juventus’ biggest threat could come from a very famil- a personal best of 18.18meters, There will be 42 competition non-American referees in its competitions. years,” Safarzadeh who is also a mem- iar source for the Madrid faithful as Real academy product I could book a berth in the 2016 events in Wuhan Asian Athletics The Summer League camp will ber of regulations and Legal committee Alvaro Morata returns to the Bernabeu after scoring the Olympic Games because the Championships. start on July 6th in Las Vegas. in FIBA Asian told the Tehran Times. opener in the first leg. The Spanish international joined the Bianconeri last summer and could still return to his boyhood club should Eden Hazard wins Football Writers’ Hold your tongue, Real Madrid coach they exercise a buy-back clause at the end of the season. Association Footballer of the Year award Carlo Ancelotti tells Gareth Bale agent Lewis Hamilton 'to announce new £120m Mercedes deal in Monaco'

The seemingly interminable contract negotiations between Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are reportedly set to finally reach a very lucrative conclusion. Hamilton, who has previously said that a new deal with the team was “99.6 per cent done” only to see talks drag Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has ship that make Hazard such an invalu- Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has "So too many words and it would on for longer than anticipated, is finally set to agree a mas- been named the Football Writers’ able component of Jose Mourinho's hit back at Gareth Bale's agent for have been better to stay quiet. We are sive £120 million contract, according to widespread reports. Association Footballer of the Year, Chelsea squad, it is his durability. suggesting the Wales winger's team- happy with Bale's season." The double world champion is set to pocket £40m-a- chalking up another accolade to add "Hazard has started all 36 Premier mates do not pass to him enough, Ancelotti confirmed Real would year as part of the new deal and will sign it before the to his PFA Player of the Year award. League matches and, considering the telling Jonathan Barnett it would have have forward Karim Benzema availa- start of the Monaco Grand Prix, reports the Daily Mail. The Belgian, 24, is the first Chel- particularly close attention he receives been better to keep quiet. ble on Wednesday when they will seek At the world’s most glamorous F1 race, Hamilton - who sea player to scoop the award since from opponents, that is a feat in itself. Bale's disappointing second sea- to keep alive their hopes of a record- leads German team-mate Nico Rosberg by 20 points in the Frank Lampard in 2004/05 after col- "But, of course, it is his electrify- son in Spain hit a new low with a extending 11th European Cup crown. championship after five races - is set to become the highest lecting 53 per cent of the vote. ing, attacking talent that has made poor performance for the holders in Benzema has been sidelined for paid driver on the grid, alongside Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Tottenham’s breakthrough act Eden the first Belgian to win the last week' Champions League defeat around a month with a knee problem Nico Rosberg's Spanish smile is perfect riposte to Lew- Harry Kane polled second, with Haz- Footballer of the Year award. at Juventus and he again failed to and Real have lacked potency in attack is Hamilton taunts ard’s team-mate and captain John "He is a brilliant successor to Luis spark in Saturday's 2-2 La Liga draw without the France international. The Mail’s Jonathan McEvoy quotes Hamilton as say- Terry finishing third. Suarez and we just hope he stays in the at home to Valencia. "He has recovered well but he is ing after the Spanish Grand Prix, “I will have some news Hazard has scored 19 goals across all Premier League for a lot longer than The 25-year-old has been whistled a player who hasn't featured for a for you in Monaco”, and concludes that the contract saga competitions for his club this season, Luis did after collecting the trophy." by disgruntled fans at the Bernabeu, a month," said Ancelotti. will duly be over. starring as the Blues clinched a Premier Hazard will be honoured at a gala startling turnaround for a player who "That's the doubt I have, whether The 30-year-old has reportedly asked to keep his im- League and League Cup double. dinner at the Landmark London Ho- scored in the finals of the Champions to put him on for the start or after the age rights, his trophies and his winning F1 cars, which He arrived at Stamford Bridge in a re- tel on May 21. League and the King's Cup last term, game has begun, in the second half would be very unusual given that teams tend to keep ported £32 million switch in the summer Kane has also enjoyed a remarka- but has a chance to redeem himself when the rhythm of the match has them in a trophy cabinet at their main offices. of 2012 from Lille, where he was twice ble season, displacing Emmanuel Ade- when Real host Juve for the return leg dropped a bit." Hamilton, who is looking after his own negotiations crowned Ligue 1 player of the year. bayor and Roberto Soldado as Totten- on Wednesday. Ancelotti also had words of sup- with the help of a lawyer, has in the past been "'resent- FWA chairman Andy Dunn, of the ham’s leading striker, and becoming "This is a world in which a lot of port for goalkeeper and captain Iker ful of having to give back annual prizes', according to the Sunday Mirror, said: "The list of truly the first Spurs player since Gary Linek- people talk and sometimes they talk Casillas who has been blamed by some Mail, and is not happy to settle for replicas. world class players on the Football er to fire 30 goals in a season. too much," Ancelotti told a news con- fans for Real's recent woes. The reports of Hamilton being poised to finally end his Writers' Association roll of honour is Terry, meanwhile, was pivotal to Chel- ference on Tuesday. "It's a shame but Casillas has a lot of torturous negotiations with Mercedes come after Ferrari a long one and Eden Hazard is a wor- sea’s title challenge as he marshalled his "Bale's agent spoke who has never experience and is used to it and I don't team principal Maurizio Arrivebene categorically ruled thy addition. defence throughout the season - chip- been to one of our training sessions, think it will affect him but will motivate out signing the Brit, leaving him without a potential con- "A creator, a goalscorer and the ping in five goals - without missing a who doesn't know the atmosphere him more," he said. tender for his services. hardest of workers, Hazard has been minute of Premier League action. we have, who spoke from outside," "Sometimes it's understandable but In what is an unusual deal with Hamilton having ne- a constant source of threat for the Fellow Blues players Cesc Fabre- added the Italian. other times not and I think tomorrow gotiated the terms of the contract without the help of Barclays Premier League champions. gas, Branislav Ivanovic and Thibaut "Bale has never had problems with will be different. All the fans will under- former manager Simon Fuller, the Championship leader "But it is not just his trickery, his Courtois also polled in the top 10. his team-mates and his team-mates stand how important this match is." will not have to share his very substantial earnings. pace, his artistry and his marksman- (Source: Eurosport) have never had problems with Bale. (Source: Reuters) (Source: PA Sport) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY MAY 13, 2015 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Tradition can be used for dangerous conservative agendas: professor Kevin Richards says principle of understanding tradition is critical to fulfillment of our needs in modern world especially in areas experiencing rapid modernization such as the Middle East

By Javad Heirannia

TEHRAN — Professor Kevin Richards says tradition can be used for “poten- tially dangerous conservative agen- das”. For example, Richards, chair of Lib- eral Arts Department at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, tells the Teh- ran Times that “a number of far right “Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.” Wayne Dyer political groups have co-opted Tradi- tionalism for their political gain.” Following is the text of interview: A central concept of the Tradition- alist School of thought is that of the perennial philosophy based upon an LEARN ENGLISH ancient belief that all the world’s great religions share the same origin and are, Guessing a Number at root, based on the same metaphysi- cal principles. Do you agree with this Angela: Hey, look at this. This restaurant is holding view? a contest. If you can guess the number of marbles in A: While I think there are a number this bowl, you’ll get a free meal every day for one year! of interesting ideas and important ques- Dwight: I’ll take a stab at it. tions raised by the Traditionalist School Angela: So will I. Let’s see, I think there must be of thought, I am not wholly convinced new society built on speculative capital needs in the modern world? tradition remains important, we have to close to 1000 or 1200 marbles in there. What are you by their concept of a primordial origin came to prominence, reflected in the A: While I am skeptical about some think about the particularity of the here doing? to the ideals shared by all the major ascendancy of the bourgeois class and of the tenets of Traditionalism, I think and now, especially given the impact of Dwight: I’m doing some calculations in my head. religions. It is not so much a question its values. the principle of understanding tradition technology. In this regard, one could The bowl is about 75 percent full, and it’s 15 inches by of the points of commonality between The rise of modernity was not met is critical to the fulfillment of our needs compare the Traditionalist School with 12 inches by 6 inches (15”x12”x6”). The marbles are major religions that I question, but the without opposition. Marx, for instance, in the modern world, especially in areas the work of a philosopher proximate about ¾ of an inch in diameter.... concept of a singular origin. In part, my develops his critique of capitalism experiencing rapid modernization such in time to their intellectual movement, Angela: Are you actually trying to figure out the position is influenced by the thought through observing the changes brought as the Middle East. Tradition is not suf- Martin Heidegger. Heidegger’s philoso- capacity by crunching the numbers? This is a game. of Jacques Derrida, who always ques- about by industrialization, while artists ficiently understood, on a number of phy questioned the dangers of moder- You’re supposed to guess. tioned the notion of a singular, pure of the avant-garde present their com- levels. First, we may not have a strong nity in the form of technology and the Dwight: I know it’s a game, but I want to increase origin. For Derrida, the origin hides an mentary on the changing social fabric enough understanding of the tradition way modern technology challenges my chances by making an educated guess. Hold on, I originary violence, a violence that may through their works of art and litera- to which we adhere. Our understand- the earth. Heidegger’s thought, inter- just need to do one more calculation and I’ll have the only be conceptual, but that marks a ture, from Manet’s painterly explora- ing of the tradition to which we attach estingly, is also built upon an idea that magic number. repression of a previous time, a past tion of the contingent identities formed our identity may always be marked by tradition has not been properly under- Angela: That’s cheating. before the ‘pure’ origin. So if Tradition- in the public spectacles of speculative a lack of understanding, of something stood and that to properly understand Dwight: No way! I’m just using what God gave me to alism posit a singular origin leading to capitalism to Flaubert’s literary inves- that remains to be understood. Our our present fallen state, we must move beat you out of a year’s worth of meals. the diversity of belief systems today, tigation of the alienation produced by understanding of tradition is built upon from our contemporary understanding Angela: Bring it on. I’ll pit my random guess against I would suggest that these different ennui within the private world of the the possibility of misunderstanding. of philosophical concepts to a more your educated guess any day! systems emerge out of different histori- bourgeoisie. Misunderstanding is the condition of truthful understanding to be found in (Source: eslpod.com) cal situations, evolving in the particular In this historical context, we see possibility for understanding. Secondly, pre-Socratic thought. Words & Phrases manners that they have come down to large sectors of culture interested in we do not understand the traditions of While Traditionalism may place faith contest: a competition to do better than other peo- us. At the same time, this does not dis- universal ideals as a reaction to moder- others well enough. If we cannot ever in the endurance of a proper under- ple, usually in which prizes are given. count the importance of finding where nity. For instance, a number of progres- truly know the other, how can we un- standing of tradition, one that will ulti- there are points of connection. The to guess: to give an answer to a particular question sive artists and thinkers became fas- derstand the tradition of the other. This mately win out over time by enduring, question then is to not mitigate the im- when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be cinated with theosophy, a system like is a condition that today is exacerbated I would suggest that there are other portance of the different contexts out Traditionalism that sought universal val- by the media. For instance, a recent re- ways of thinking about tradition and its certain if you are correct. of which the world’s different religious marble: a small ball, usually made of colored or ues beneath the major belief systems of port from the Center for American Pro- role in helping us come to terms with and belief systems emerge. the world. Moreover, across an array of gress, titled “Fear, Inc. 2.0,” focuses on the present. Again, this more reflects transparent glass, that is used in children’s games. What does “tradition” mean in take a stab at something: make an attempt, try to different European cultures, a desire to the construction of Islamophobia in the my own investment in a material prac- Traditionalism and what things does it United States. Tragically, this report ap- do something. find universal forms of expression and tice of deconstruction, rooted in a close refer to? values emerges, as both a reaction to pears in the midst of the killing of three reading of texts, often traditional texts, calculation: the process of using information you A: One of the compelling aspects to the new world and also from a desire to Muslim students at the University of as opposed to a faith in forms of ideal- already have and adding, taking away, multiplying, or Traditionalism is the concept of tradi- preserve something of the past in the North Carolina and an arson attack on ist thought. Likewise, I am suspicious of dividing numbers to judge the number or amount of tion expressed in this school of thought. midst of this change. So, in part, it is the an Islamic center in Houston, Texas, the the singular origin posited by the Tradi- something. While for many the English word ‘tradi- historical context of early modernity in grave, material evidence of what the re- tionalist school and what can seem to percent: for or out of every 100, shown by the sym- tion’ implies a conservative nostalgia Europe that provides insight into the port covers, a strategic misunderstand- be an erasure of difference in the name bol %. for a world of the past, Traditionalism roots of the Traditionalist School. While ing of the tradition of Islam that leads of the primordially pure. by: used to show the degree or amount of some- transforms the idea of tradition, point- some of these cultural phenomena em- to violence. Conversely, in the Middle Traditionalism puts emphasis on thing. ing less to the content of tradition, the brace the modern, the Traditionalist East and North Africa, we see how ISIL pluralism. But pluralism in the mind of diameter: (the length of) a straight line that reaches figures of tradition, and pointing more School rejected the perceived corrup- uses modern means of communication traditionalism is different from plural- from one point on the edge of a round shape or object, to an understanding of tradition. In tion of the modern world. and the anxieties of the modern world ism in the view of John Harwood Hick. through its centre, to a point on the opposite edge. this way, tradition, properly under- At the same time, Traditionalism, to foreground their misreading of the What are the similarities and differ- capacity: the number of things or people that a con- stood, reveals something timeless and in its emphasis on ideals and what is tradition of Islam. Given how danger- ences? tainer or space can hold. transcendent within the belief system shared by all universally, reflects a con- ous the misunderstanding of tradition A: While Traditionalism and the work crunch the numbers: to make a mathematical calcu- under consideration. It represents a tinuation of principles found in German is today in our world, it seems impor- of John Harwood Hick both incorporate lation, to deal with data by performing a large number deep engagement with the concepts idealism of the late eighteenth and early tant that time is given to understand pluralism, there are significant differ- of calculations. embedded in the texts of tradition. It nineteenth century. In this regard, Tra- tradition and its relevance to the con- ences in how pluralism is treated. In increase my chances: to increase the possibilities to also poses a confrontation with tradi- ditionalism, like German idealism, focus- temporary moment. The stakes posed the Traditionalist School, pluralism leads win, to be successful. tion that I think can be valuable and es on how things ought to be, instead of by the willful abuse of tradition makes back to universality, to shared ideas that educated guess: a guess based on knowledge and can be found in more radical Western necessarily considering the particularity the authentic confrontation with tradi- form a common origin. While many of experience and therefore likely to be correct. thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche. of the ‘here and now.’ While I think it tion posed by Traditionalism almost a the figures share an interest in different to use what God gave me: take advantage to use Indeed, we could compare the notion is important to consider how things prerequisite to engaging the modern religious systems, in a number of cases intelligence and talent one was born with. of ‘tradition’ in Traditionalism with Ni- ought to be and what we share univer- world. opening up Eastern forms of thought, to beat someone out: to defeat someone or do bet- etzsche’s ‘trans-valuation of values,’ a sally, I think it is critical to keep an eye Traditionalism is reflection to such as Sufism and Buddhism to West- ter than them in a competition, sport, or business. process for Nietzsche where we take on material reality as a means of under- modernity. How can traditionalism rec- ern audiences, ultimately these bridges to bring something on: in this dialogue it means I traditional values and challenge them, standing the present, even if tradition is oncile between tradition and new age lead to one connected path. Hick, who am ready to enter this game and beat you. question them. If the traditional value important in providing the framing con- (such as technology)? also shares an interest in non-Christian to pit something against something: to test one holds up after such a form of analysis, texts to understand the present. I also A: Traditionalism, at one level, re- traditions, arrives at a position where thing against another. Nietzsche suggests that the value may worry about how tradition can be used sponded to the rise of modernity by universality gives way to an emphasis random: happening, done, or chosen by chance be re-affirmed. Where the value does for potentially dangerous conservative turning to tradition, to what endures on the different spiritual paths taken rather than according to a plan. not hold up to such a process, it gets agendas, something that has happened beyond the material changes of histo- around a similar ideal. Hick offers a transformed, replaced. with Traditionalism in Europe, as a num- ry. In this regard, traditionalism, while greater emphasis and respect for the What are the roots of traditional- ber of far right political groups have co- never embracing the present, looks to role of difference in forming our differ- ism in the West? opted Traditionalism for their political what still endures through tradition, ent belief systems, respecting the differ- A: Traditionalism in the West emerg- gain. At the same time, a number of the even if it privileges a primordial past as ent ways we travel spiritually around WORD OF THE DAY es out of the late nineteenth and early leading figures, Guenon in particular, bearing the ideal. The ideal is shared the globe. In this regard, Hick’s work is twentieth century, a time of incredible have done an excellent job of affirming by all the different religions universally, more proximate to Derrida’s own work riparian \ruh-PAIR-ee-un\ change due to the rise of modernity, the progressive ideals of their way of at least when understood in the way on theology with its emphasis on differ- the society produced through the mod- thinking. proposed by the Traditionalist School. ence. Hick also materially put his ideals DEFINITION ernization of means of production and How can traditionalists fulfill our While questioning our understanding of into practice, helping to build communi- (adjective) consumption. The process of industri- ties structured upon a progressive con- alization in the West led to a dramatic In the Middle East and North Africa, we see how cept of pluralism that is markedly differ- relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural shift in the nineteenth-century, a trans- ent than what we see in Traditionalism. watercourse (such as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a formation from an agrarian society to ISIL uses modern means of communication and the At the same time, both ways of thinking tidewater an urban society. This also entailed the anxieties of the modern world to foreground their offer opportunities to think about the gradual disappearance of the vestiges misreading of the tradition of Islam. challenges posed to religious traditions EXAMPLES of aristocratic European society as a within the contemporary world. When the students were studying riparian habitat de- velopment, their teacher took them on a field trip to a nearby creek. Armed bank robbery in Mashhad

“But invasive plants slowly overtook the native savan- TEHRAN — Two bikers hit a bank One of the two thieves was wearing a helmet and car- the Koohsangi neighborhood of Mashhad. nahs, prairie and riparian forest that soil samples have Social Desk in the city of Mashhad, Razavi ried a handgun as he broke into the bank and forced the The police reached the scene 6 minutes after the proved were there first.” Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran and robbed money out of the clerks, the Fars reported on Sunday. thieves had run away. (Source: merriam-webster.com) some $19 thousand. The robbery took place at a Bank Mellat branch in No further report has been released on the subject. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international MAY 13, 2015 WORLD IN FOCUS 11

Palestine issue has become a second-class JUMP priority for Arab world: Palestinian official The manufactured myth Political Desk TEHRAN — The representative been put on the agenda on the Camp David meeting of the Palestinian Jihad Move- of Arab heads of state in which U.S. President Barack of ISIL in Afghanistan ment and the head of the political and internation- Obama will also participate, Abu Sharif regretted. Contd. from P. 7 al commission for defending the rights of Palestin- The main aim of the enemies in occupying Pales- ians has called for a global focus on the Palestinian tine, he said, is to prevent the unity of the Arab and The rapid deterioration of the security situation issue. Muslim community, he added. caused by new and old brands of terrorists groups in Af- Talking during a summit entitled “67 Years of The conference was held ahead of the Nekba ghanistan and the alarming political messages of the cur- Occupation, Resistance and the Horizons Ahead”, Day, which is to be marked on Thursday. It is an an- rent Afghan leadership are making the ground smoother Nasser Abu Sharif regretted that the Palestinian is- nual day of commemoration of the displacement of for the U.S. determination to stay in Afghanistan for its sue has become a second-class priority in the Arab Palestinians that preceded and followed the Israeli own geopolitical interests. world. Declaration of Independence in 1948. Nakba Day is But the National Unity government of Afghanistan Unfortunately, the Palestinian issue has not even generally commemorated on 15 May. must attain a countrywide consensus in this regard. Afghan MPs have already started a series of heated debates in parliament and on TV talk-shows criticizing the Saudi says absence at Camp David ‘not a snub to U.S.’ security agreement with the U.S. and demanding Afghan government “reconsider and review” the pact. They Saudi Arabia’s new foreign minister But Jubeir, until recently the Saudi arately that its delegation would be the official Kuwait News Agency re- stress that ISIL is not an indigenous force in Afghanistan said that King Salman’s last-minute ambassador to Washington, said this headed by the country’s crown prince, ported. but “an intelligence project”. decision not to attend a Camp David idea was “really off base” and that Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin If the U.S. administration foresees a longer stay, it summit of U.S. and allied Arab leaders the replacement delegates were “the The sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Hamad Al Thani, is scheduled to must find ways to end the growing suspicion about its later this week was not intended as a right people” to represent Riyadh at Said, is among those staying away. depart Monday to take part in the objectives in Afghanistan among Afghans. Afghans snub to Washington. the meeting in Maryland. The sultanate will be represented meeting. would not oppose an extended U.S. military presence in “This is not related in any way, The foreign minister said Crown instead by the deputy prime minister, ’No substantial disagreement’ Afghanistan but only so long as it brings them peace and shape or form to any disagreement Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who is Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, and The White House said on Sunday it stability. (Source: Al Jazeera) between the two countries,” Foreign also interior minister, would lead the other officials, the country’s official did not take the Saudi king’s decision Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters Saudi delegation and the king’s son, news agency announced. to skip the summit as a sign of any sub- on Monday at Saudi Arabia’s embassy Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Health issues will also keep the stantial disagreement with the US, but in the U.S. capital. Salman, who is defense minister, will president of the United Arab Emirates, some commentators called the king’s Air strikes hit Yemen In a statement on Sunday, Jubeir also attend. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, cancellation a snub. had said Thursday’s summit coin- In a statement on Monday, the from attending. He suffered a stroke The New York Times said: “The de- capital, UN envoy arrives cides with a humanitarian ceasefire White House said the king had called in January last year and has not been cision appeared to be a signal of Saudi hours before truce in the conflict in Yemen, where a co- U.S. President Barack Obama to “ex- seen publicly since. Arabia’s continued displeasure with alition of Arab nations are fighting press his regret at not being able to The influential Abu Dhabi crown the Obama administration over United Contd. from P. 1 Houthi rebels. travel to Washington”. prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed States relations with Iran, its rising re- Adrian Edwards, a spokesman for UN refugee agency The announcement was interpret- Presidential retreat Al Nahyan, will lead the Emirati dele- gional adversary.” UNHCR, said planes were poised to take off from Dubai in ed by some as a deliberate rebuff to Obama had planned to meet King gation. King Salman, who took power in the United Arab Emirates bearing 300 tonnes of sleeping U.S. President Barack Obama, at a Salman one-on-one a day before the Among those who will be at the January after his brother King Ab- mats, blankets and tent material. time when ties between the allies have gathering of leaders at the presiden- summit is the Kuwaiti emir, Sabah dullah died, has not travelled abroad “The UNHCR is making final preparations for a huge air- been strained by Saudi opposition to a tial retreat. Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who arrived at since his ascension to the throne. (Source: agencies) lift of humanitarian aid into Yemen’s Sana’a, to take place proposed U.S. nuclear deal with Iran. The Kingdom of Bahrain said sep- Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, over the next days if today’s proposed ceasefire comes into effect and holds,” he told a briefing in Geneva. As of Wednesday, the UN agency OCHA said 1,527 peo- Iraqi president makes first visit to Iran ple have died in the Arabian Peninsula country’s conflict, among them 646 civilians, and 6,266 have been wounded. TEHRAN — Heading a high-rank- dustry and Mine Minister Mohammad-Reza Official welcome to the Iraqi president will be held (Source: Reuters) Political Desk ing delegation Iraqi President Nematzadeh. on Wednesday. Fouad Massoum arrived in Tehran on Tuesday after- Massoum is visiting Tehran upon an invitation by Prior to his visit to Tehran Masoum had de- noon. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. scribed Iraq’s relations with Iran as “strate- This is the first visit to Iran by Massoum since he During a visit to Baghdad last winter, Iranian First gic”. He had also said a nuclear deal between Syrian army makes gains took over as Iraqi president. Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri extended Rouhani’s Iran and major powers will benefit the entire He was greeted at Mehrabad Airport by In- invitation to Massoum. region. across country, recaptures key points in Qalamoun Nicoullaud: Iran needs not to worry Contd. from P. 1 “The attacks are intended to disrupt security and sta- about French position toward nuclear talks bility in Homs,” Barazi said, accusing the perpetrators of Contd. from P. 1 wanting “to target the city at all costs.” produced the jet fighter Rafale for the the biggest provider of defense equip- fruitful tradition, certainly in industri- Barazi said motorbikes rigged with explosives had France has signed a number of French Air Force, it had also to sell this ment to the (P)GCC countries! al ventures, and I am thinking of the been used in a bid to “evade checkpoints” set up in the major arms deals with Persian Gulf plane abroad in order to maintain its What is your prediction of the automotive industry, aeronautics, city to defend it from would-be attackers. Arab countries in recent months, in- production line in the long run and to quality of relationship between Iran transportation, telecommunications, Both Wadi Dahab and Al-Zahra have been targeted in cluding a $7 billion deal to sell 24 Ra- be able to invest into the development and France? What are the most impor- food industry... I am thinking also of previous bombings, along with several other Alawite-ma- fale fighter jets to Qatar. What do you of the next generation of jet fighters. tant areas of cooperation between sustainable urban development and jority districts of Homs. think of this policy? With Qatar, France has a long tradition the two countries? natural resources preservation, which The city was around 25 percent Alawite before the A: The French military establish- of cooperation in defense, as Dassault A: Once a comprehensive nuclear are obviously two of the biggest chal- conflict began in March 2011, with most of the communi- ment needs to sell at steady rate a sold its first Mirage fighter planes to agreement is signed and faithfully im- lenges that Iran will have to face in the ty living in its southern and southeastern neighborhoods. significant quantity of arms abroad in Doha 35 years ago. But this is true plemented by both sides, I see no limit upcoming years. In these fields France All but one district of Homs are under government order to maintain its defense industry, also with Saudi Arabia, with which we to the development of cooperation in can help a lot. There is also a vast field control after rebels withdrew from the area following a as the French army does not offer to have a strong cooperation in naval ar- almost all fields between France and of cooperation opening up in interna- punishing regime siege. its industry a market big enough for mament, or the UAE, which possesses Iran: certainly in the fields of culture, tional life, as the Middle East needs Dara’a Province its survival and development. To take about 400 French tanks... All this said, science, medicine and higher educa- the participation of all to regain peace The Syrian army also killed several Jabhat al-Nusra ter- the example of Dassault, which has do not forget that the U.S. is by far tion, thus renewing a glorious and and prosperity rorists and destroyed their vehicles in Kafar Shams and Zamrin villages in the countryside of Dara’a Province. A number of terrorists were also killed while others Powerful new earthquake hits devastated Nepal injured when the army launched operations in the al-Min- A deadly magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck Ne- A woman who works for a finance company in shia area of the Dara’a al-Balad neighborhood. pal, two weeks after a devastating quake killed more Thamel, in Kathmandu, told Al Jazeera that she Syria has been struggling with a deadly crisis since than 8,000 people in the Himalayan nation, the USGS had clung on to a pillar inside her building when the March 2011. The violence fueled by Takfiri groups has so has reported. quake struck. far claimed the lives of over 222,000 people, according to Officials said at least 50 people had been killed in “I was screaming. It felt like the house was fall- the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. the new quake, which the USGS initially reported as ing,” she said. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees magnitude 7.1, before later upgrading it to magni- Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons, also reporting (UNHCR) says over 7.2 million people have also been in- tude 7.3. from Kathmandu, said the quake was so powerful ternally displaced, while more than 3 million others have fled the country due to the crisis in the Arab country. The quake, which struck 18km southeast of Kod- that it made the building he was in “feel like jelly”. (Source: agencies) ari, near the base camp for Mt Everest, was meas- Tremors were felt in northern parts of neighbour- ured at a shallow depth of about 18km. A series of ing India, Afghanistan and Indonesia. aftershocks - including one 6.3 magnitude tremor - Two hours after the quake struck, our corre- later hit in the same area, the USGS reported. to stay in open areas and to send text messages in- spondent Ekin said that no one in Kathmandu ap- The Ministry of Home Affairs reported that at stead of making calls, to prevent the network from peared willing to go back indoors. Lebanon, Israel committed least 16 people have been killed in the quake. becoming jammed. “Everyone is outside in the streets. At my hotel, Among those, four people were killed in Kath- ’Utter panic’ all of the staff and guests are sitting around outside, to border calm: UNIFIL mandu, two were killed in Sindhupalchowk district, Al Jazeera’s Annette Ekin, reporting from Kath- waiting for more information,” she said. eight were killed in Dolakha district and two people mandu, said that there was “utter panic” in the cap- Kathmandu’s airport has been closed, following Head of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Maj. died in Sindhuli district. ital following the quake. the quake. Gen. Luciano Portolano, said Lebanon and Israel have At least 641 people were injured in the Kathman- “The earth just started rolling. Everyone ran out A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on April 25, showed willingness to maintain stability along the bor- du Valley, police said, and at least four buildings are onto the streets and all of the shops are now shut- killing at least 8,046 people and injuring more than der. believed to have collapsed in the east of Kathmandu. tered,” she said, adding that the quake seemed to 17,800. “I was encouraged to see the interest and commit- Police issued a public warning, calling for people last about 30 seconds. (Source: Al Jazeera) ment of both sides to use the tripartite mechanism to en- sure good liaison and communication,” Portolano said in remarks published Tuesday. “This is the bedrock of guaranteeing that the cur- Egypt justice minister quits over social class remarks rent calm continues. I am grateful for the constructive Egypt’s justice minister resigned after raising a pub- TV channel 10, Saber was asked about charges of fa- ally suffer from depression and leave. approach demonstrated by both parties to improve the lic uproar by saying in a TV interview that the chil- vouritism in the appointment of judges. On Monday, Shahata Muqdis, the head of Cairo’s situation on the ground, to minimize and halt violations dren of rubbish collectors workers are too lowly to When he said appointments are made according rubbish collectors, told the Youm Al-Sabea newspa- and to build on what has been achieved through the become judges. to objective standards, the interviewer said: “So the per: “The son of a garbage man can be smarter than tripartite arrangements,” he said in the press release. The comments by Mahfouz Saber brought a son of a sanitation worker could be made a judge?” your son. And the son of a garbage man won’t be Portolano said he was “pleased to report that the peri- heavy backlash on social media from Egyptians de- “Let’s not go too far,” Saber replied. “With all ashamed of his father.” od since our last meeting has been calm in our area of nouncing elitism and what some saw as the arro- due respect to cleaners and those above or beneath ’Realistic comments’ operations.” gance of Egypt’s judiciary, already under criticism them, a judge must hail from an appropriate environ- There were multiple calls for Saber’s resignation. His comments came after a tripartite meeting at for harsh sentences against government opponents. ment... Thanks are due to a cleaner who raises and A group of activist lawyers, called Haqaniyah, de- the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquar- Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said in a statement educates his children, but there are other jobs that manded prosecutors investigate Saber on criminal ters in Naqoura Monday. The meeting gathered sen- on Monday that Saber resigned out of “respect for they can take.” charges of inciting hatred and violating the consti- ior officers from the Lebanese and Israeli armies, in public opinion”. He said if the children of rubbish collectors be- tution. separate rooms. In an interview late on Sunday with the private came judges they would face problems and eventu- (Source: Agencies) (Source: The Daily Star) b

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NEWS ‘Poet of Tehran’, Mohammad-Ali Iran’s Penelope on display at Italian exhibit Sepanlu dies at 75 TEHRAN — Fragments of Iran’s Culture D e s k TEHRAN — Iranian poet and life-size marble statue of Penelope Culture D e s k excavated in Persepolis in 1945 along with its other translator Mohammad-Ali Roman counterparts are currently on display at Sepanlu, who was dubbed as ‘the poet of Tehran’ Milan’s Prada Foundation. due to the frequent references that he made to the Earlier in March, city in his works, died at Tehran’s Sajjad Hospital on Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Monday night. He was 75. Mohammad- Tourism and Handicrafts Sepanlu, who had been suffering from lung Ali Sepanlu cancer for several years, was hospitalized for attends a Organization Director screening Masud Soltanifar respiratory problems last week, his close friend, “Sailing announced Iran’s plan to Mehdi Okhovvat, told the Persian media. across lend the statue for a four- Born in Tehran, Sepanlu studied law at the Tehran”, a month exhibit based on University of Tehran. However, he chose to become documentary an agreement with the a poet. directed by Italian government. He observed father of Iranian blank verse poetry Salaheddian The statue belongs to Nima Yushij’s style in his works and the stories in Karimzadeh the National Museum of his poems were mostly set in modern urban places. about the In his books and articles, he tried to introduce life story of Iran. the poet, at “Reciprocating, modern advanced Persian literature. He was the the Iranian Italy will lend four author of “The Avant-garde Writers of Iran”, in Artists historical statues to Iran which he surveyed a number of writers and their Forum in The statue of Penelope is on display at for a showcase after exemplary stories. Tehran on the National Museum of Iran. the exhibition ends,” Sepanlu was the first Iranian poet to compose a November Mahnaz Gorji the former director of the National poem in support of the Palestinian people. 19, 2013. Museum told Persian service of ISNA on Tuesday. He always felt a certain pride in his poem entitled (IAF/Leila It is surmised that the artifact was brought back to “Arab Guerrilla” that he published in solidarity with Ebrahimi) the Persian capital of Persepolis by Xerxes after the Palestinians shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967. “Streets, Deserts”, “Autumn on the Highway”, His translation of American author Horace sacking of Athens. “The Iranian intellectuals didn’t care about the “The Explorer of the Forgotten” and “Sailing McCoy’s novel “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” It lay scattered in three fragments in the ruins Palestine issue under [Mohammad Reza] Shah,” across Tehran” are some of his poetry collections. was published last week in Tehran. of the Persepolis Treasury, a headless torso lying in Sepanlu said once in an interview. He also pursued a career in translation. Several He also tried his hand at cinema by playing a Corridor 31, with its shattered right hand in Hall 38. “I raised the poem as a flag in support of prominent European writers’ works, including cameo role in director Dariush Mehrjuii’s “The The circumstances of discovery recall the Palestine in a period of time when the Shah’s Jean-Paul Sartre’s “The Childhood of a Boss”, Cow”, Nasser Taqvaii’s “Tranquility in the Presence destruction of Persepolis by Alexander the Great in regime fully backed Israel,” he added. Graham Greene’s “The Comedians” and Albert of Others”, Ali Hatami’s “Sattar Khan”, Masud spring 330 BC. Before torching the palace, Alexander “Invasion”, “I Take My Homeland’s Pulse”, “Lady Camus’ “The Just Assassins” were rendered into Kimiaii’s “Qeisar” Amir Qavidel’s “Rokhsareh” and removed the gold stored in the Treasury and allowed Time”, “Exiled in Homeland”, “The Hope Hour”, Persian by Sepanlu. several other movies. his army to plunder the rest of its contents. Penelope is a character of Homer’s Odyssey, one of the two great epic poems of ancient Greek literature. Penelope is the wife of the main Avaye Mahan preparing for Spanish choral festival character, the king of Ithaca, Odysseus (also known TEHRAN — to romantic and classical pieces,” will be performed at the open-air Alber Deprius from Spain, Rosalind as Ulysses), and the daughter of Icarius and his wife Art Desk The Iranian group Fatehi told the Persian service of concerts, he added. Hall form the U.S., and Christophe Eurynome. Avaye Mahan led by Nima Fatehi MNA on Tuesday. All performances arranged by Mc Carty from the Netherlands, will She waited twenty years for the final return of her will compete in the Canta Al Mar He said that the group is also groups from around the world will be assess the performances. husband from the Trojan War, while she had hard International Choir Festival, which scheduled to give some open-air held at the Santa Maria de Montserrat Avaye Mahan was crowned best times in refusing marriage proposals from several will be held in Calella, Spain from concerts if the weather permits. Abbey, Barcelona Cathedral, and the vocal ensemble in the Western princes for four years after the fall of Troy. For this October 21 to 25. Combinations of Omar Basilica of Santa Maria del Pi, the classical music section at the 30th Fajr reason, she is often regarded as a symbol of connubial “The choir plans to perform a wide Khayyam’s poems and Liza organizers have said. International Music Festival, which fidelity. repertoire of songs from medieval Lehmann’s vocal compositions, A jury composed of five members, was held in Tehran and several other Baroque and Renaissance concertos and selections of Iranian folk songs namely Oscar Boada, Javier Busto and Iranian cities in February. Tehran exhibit to explore ‘World organizations can By Mohammad Hassanzadeh/Tasnim PICTURE OF THE DAY Iranian historical be role models for Sadi Foundation’ female fashions TEHRAN — An TEHRAN — Tobias Voss, the Culture D e s k Culture D e s k president of the International exhibition of Markets Department of the Frankfurt Book Fair, remade Iranian female costumes dating said that Iran’s Sadi Foundation can follow some back to 5000 years ago will open in the successful organizations of the world in its mission Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex on to promote the Persian language around the globe. May 15. Voss, who is visiting Tehran, proposed that About 30 sets of clothes recreated Iranian managers also visit the Frankfurt Book Fair based on ancient images and historical or the Goethe Institute in Munich to make better documents will go on display at an use of their experience. exhibition entitled Farafarin, the He made the statements during a meeting he had Persian service of ISNA reported on with officials of the Sadi Foundation at the Tehran Tuesday. International Book Fair on Monday. The oldest set has been remade from He also said that the Goethe Institute is seeking an image engraved on a 5000-year- new methods to attract youth and is making use of old Elamite silver cup on display at the the latest educational methods for teaching. National Museum of Iran. The German manager suggested that the Sadi Other fashions date back to different Foundation and the Goethe Institute collaborate in historical periods from the first making use of new methods and further exchange millennium BC until the Qajar era (1796- their experience. 1925). However the Qajar era costumes He also talked about the influence of languages are the original ones. in cultural relations between the countries and In addition, a meeting on traditional said when an individual learns a new language, he costumes of different Iranian regions is actually enters the world of new literature, which scheduled to be held on the sidelines of helps expand his mind. the exhibit on May 19. Claudia Dobry, the manager of international The costumes have been produced projects of the Frankfurt Book Fair, was also by Farin Noruzi and her colleagues with accompanying Voss during the visit. the aim of displaying the rich culture The 28th edition of Tehran Book Fair will be and history of the country. running until May 16. A woman takes shots from her husband during the 13th International Flowers and Plants Exhibition in Tehran’s Goftogu Park on May 11, 2015. The exhibit will be running until May 21.

NEWS IN BRIEF Picasso painting sells for $179.4 million, smashing art auction record NEW YORK (Reuters) — A Picasso just over 12 percent. Giacometti’s 1947 sculpture, took in a total of $705.9 million, New Persian A new Persian version of oil painting from 1955 smashed The buyer of the vibrant cubist “L’homme au doigt” (Pointing far above the pre-sale estimate of version of the epic poem “The Divine the record for the most expensive work was not identified. man), set a world record for a $578 million to $668 million. Only Comedy” has recently artwork ever sold at auction when The most expensive work of sculpture, selling for $141.3 million, one of the 35 works failed to sell. “The Divine been released by Sepas it soared to $179.4 million at art previously sold at auction had in line with the pre-sale estimate “The results really speak for Comedy” Publications. Christie’s on Monday. been Francis Bacon’s triptych of about $130 million. The previous themselves,” Pylkkanen said. published Translated into Persian The auction house had “Three Studies of Lucian Freud,” record of $104.3 million had been The record-setting Picasso was by Kaveh Mirabbasi, the estimated “Les femmes d’Alger which sold for $142.4 million at held by Giacometti’s “L’Homme last auctioned in 1997, selling for book consists of 14,233 lines (Version ‘O’)” would sell for about Christie’s in November 2013. qui marche I” since 2010. $31.9 million or nearly three times by the Italian poet of the $140 million, but several bidders “It will be fascinating to see how Ten artists’ records were set at its pre-sale estimate. Bidding late Middle Ages, Dante competing via telephone drove long it holds,” Jussi Pylkkanen, Christie’s special “Looking Forward started this time at $100 million, Alighieri. the winning bid to $160 million, Christie’s global president who to the Past” sale, which spanned with deep-pocketed collectors for a final price of $179,365,000 also served as auctioneer, said of collecting categories to include driving the price upward in $1 including Christie’s commission of the record price. artists from Monet to Warhol and million increments.