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Islamic division Iran’s post-sanction Rio Olympic will be Joint album by Iranian, benefits Islamophobia economy is on better for me than Azerbaijani musicians 21112project: Rouhani 4 the mend London: Leyla Rajabi “Banafsheh” released NATION ECONOMY SPORTS ART& CULTURE WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y MohammadiMo appointedapp newnew head of Iran’sIran SEO 4 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12610 Thursday JULY 28, 2016 Mordad 7, 1395 Shawwal 23, 1437 Tehran says Iran’s long walk to State Department, OFAC must stop 4-month diplomatic non-oil trade handshake with contradicting each other: Iran stands at $28b POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran says good albeit at a sluggish pace. “As of the implemen- banking and financial ties,” Majid Takh-Ra- Washington deskprogress has been made tation of the JCPOA, good progress has been vanchi, the deputy foreign minister, told ISNA in ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s desk regarding financial and banking interactions, made regarding the removal of Sanctions and an interview published on Wednesday. 2 non-oil trade dur- POLITICAL TEHRAN — The ing the first four months of current deskIranian Foreign Min- Iranian calendar year (March 20- July istry spokesman has put the prospect 21, 2016) stood at $28 billion, accord- of an all-out diplomatic thaw between ing to the latest report published by Washington and Tehran too distant, Protests force Bahrain to delay trial of top cleric Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Ad- citing numerous hurdles on the path ministration (IRICA), Fars news agency to normalization. reported on Wednesday. Bahram Qassemi made the remarks See page 9 The country’s non-oil exports to- on Tuesday when asked by Kyodo taled $16.308 billion in the said period, news agency senior journalist Hiroki rising 21.11 percent compared to sim- Sugita about the possibility that Iran ilar timespan in the previous year. and the U.S. open embassies in Wash- Some 41.161 million tons of goods ington and Tehran. were exported during the period, “Naturally, there may have been showing 36.37 percent rise compared some convergence on regional issues, to similar period last year. but negotiations have been solely on Some 9.958 million tons of goods the nuclear issue,” he said. worth $12.865 billion were imported Tehran and Washington have had recording drop of 12.79 percent and no political exchange since November 7.12 percent respectively in terms of 1979 when the U.S. embassy in Tehran weight and value, compared to similar was stormed by a clutch of students on period last year. revelations it was used by Washington The worth of Iran’s non-oil exports as an “espionage den”. was $4 billion more than that of non- To understand how long it takes for oil imports during the first four months a thaw, the nuclear deal is a good yard- of the current Iranian calendar year. stick, a point referred to by Qassemi. Therefore, Iran’s trade balance regis- “The lengthy nuclear negotiations, tered a positive record. as an example, can show how bumpy According to IRICA, in the past Irani- the path to establishing relations is and an calendar year, which ended on March how long it takes to normalize ties.” 19, 2016, the value of the country’s non- Unlike optimism about closer bonds oil trade reached over $83 billion. in the wake of the successful nuclear In the past year, the Tasnim news deal, it will not be possible to bring down agency reported, Iran exported the wall of mistrust so easily. 2 $42.415 billion worth of goods while its imports reached $41.499 billion, showing a 16.11 percent decrease in HUMAN INTEREST the value of exports and a 22.53 per- By Marjan Golpira cent decline in the value of imports when compared to its previous year. Diplomatic policeman Abbas Syria calls Iran Saraei saves the day Iran sets May 19 for presidential election best friend of difficult days POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iran that it had agreed on a date of announced as the definite date Iranian officials have said TEHRAN — The other day, on the desk way to the gym in the morning, I wit- will hold its next May 19 proposed by the minis- for the 12the presidential and fifth that the election would be held POLITICAL TEHRAN — Syrian nessed a horrifying accident. presidential election on May 19, try, the ministry confirmed late city and village council elections to earlier than usual so as not to deskPrime Minister Imad I had just turned onto the main 2017. Wednesday. the Interior Ministry by the Guard- coincide with the Muslim fast- Khamis said on Wednesday praised road when I heard a man shouting at The Guardian Council said in “The 29th of Ordibehesht of ian Council,” Salman Samani told ing month of Ramadan which Iran’s support for the Syrian people the top of his lungs. a letter to the Interior Ministry 1396 (May 19, 2017) has been IRNA. starts in late May. and government, noting that Iran has Looking closer, I noticed a man be- been the “best supporter” of Syria in ing dragged behind a motorcycle. It Toronto Intel. Film Festival India’s Essar Oil imports from the most difficult times. truly looked like a horror movie except Khamis made the remarks during a that I was living it at far too early of to screen “Salesman” Iran in H1 up 55% y/y meeting in Damascus with Ayatollah an hour. Mohsen Araki, secretary general of the Half awake and baffled, I sought ARTTEHRAN – India’s Essar Oil Company’s desk World Forum for Proximity of Islamic assistance and immediately spotted a Iranian direc- crude imports from Iran rose by Schools of Thought. diplomatic police booth at the south tor and writer Asghar Farhadi’s more than 55 percent in the first gate of the Russian Federation Embas- latest blockbuster “Salesman” six months of 2016 compared to sy. will go on screen in the spe- the same period last year. Fortunately, Neauphle-le-Chateau, cial presentations section of Based on tanker arrival data the street where the accident occurred, the 41st Toronto International obtained from trade sources is sandwiched between the British em- Film Festival, which will be held and ship-tracking services on bassy on the left and Russian embassy in the Canadian city from Sep- the Thomson Reuters terminal, on the right and has diplomatic police tember 8 to 18. the top Indian buyer of Iranian booths in a few areas. The social media scooped crude imported about 154,200 I ran across the street to get the the awards for best screenplay “Salesman” is about Emad barrels of Iranian crude during first six months of 2016 while it diplomatic police officer’s attention, by Farhadi and best actor, won (Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh the mentioned period which is was only 29 percent in the same The prime minister said that the whose name later I discovered was by Shahab Hosseini, at the 69th Alidusti) who move into a new 55,000 barrels more compared period last year. Syrian religious scholars back moder- Abbas Saraei. Cannes Film Festival. flat in the center of Tehran. An to the 99,200 barrels of 2015. In June 2016 the company im- ate Islam and proximity among differ- The diplomatic policemen in Iran Early in July, the film also won incident linked to the previous The data shows that Iran’s ported 178,100 barrels of crude ent Islamic denominations. had never impressed me much, and the ARRI/Osram Award at the Mu- tenant dramatically changes share of Essar’s total import has oil from Iran, the data shows. (Source: Reuters) Iran has been supporting Syria quite frankly, my previous experiences nich International Film Festival. the young couple’s life. reached 44 percent during the against militants especially after the with them were mostly sour. emergence of ISIL which its extreme- I found them to be indifferent to ly horrific crimes have shocked the the accidents around them. Their rea- Iran beats Lebanon at FIBA Asia U18 Basketball Championship world. soning normally is “We are supposed Ayatollah Mohsen Araki also pre- to be protecting the embassy and SPORTS Host Iran defeated Lebanon 86-83 in Group B. dicted that the Syrian government and desk cannot respond to the incidents in our 76-54 at the 2016 FIBA Asia Ehsan Samadi led Iran with 13 points people will win the battle against ter- surroundings.” If you ask me, it is noth- U18 Basketball Championship here at the Azadi and Lebanese Mark Alkhoury scored 14 rorists soon. ing but a lame excuse. Hall on Wednesday. points. A new important chapter, which will Having had that background in The Iranian team, who had already defeat- Iran will play China on Friday. be “promotion of true Islam” will be mind, I approached officer Saraei. Be- ed Indonesia (106-40) and Kazakhstan (90-59) The top three teams from the 24th FIBA opened in the history of Syria after the fore I get to him, he had already taken in its first two matches, suffered two successive Asia U18 Championship will represent Asia at victory over terrorism, the ayatollah the initiative to step out of the booth, defeats against Japan 81-77 and South Korea the 2017 FIBA U19 World Championship. remarked. of course, with a walkie-talkie in his The top cleric said religious scholars hand. shoulder heavy responsibility in present- Desperate, I said please call 911, The Tehran Times new pocket-sized glossary is now available on the ing a true image of Islam to the world.

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