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Hassan Yazdani takes freestyle gold in Rio 11 12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12629 Sunday AUGUST 21, 2016 Mordad 31, 1395 Dhi Al Qaeda 18, 1437 : Assad Tehran can be part Iran says may allow Russia insists of transition it stands period in Syria to use more air bases beside Iraq Yildirim: Ankara to take POLITICS TEHRAN — Iraqi territorial integrity more active role on The Iranian service more Russian bombers and fighters in rorist strongholds in Syria. The opera- deskdefense minister signaled the future. tions started on Tuesday as confirmed key to regional Syria in next six months on Saturday that depending on operational Russia is currently using an air base by the Russian defense ministry and Ira- demands Tehran may allow more air bases to in Hamadan, western Iran, to pound ter- nian officials. stability, Larijani says Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim POLITICS TEHRAN — On said on Saturday that his country is See page 2 desk willing to accept a role for Syrian Presi- Saturday Foreign dent Bashar Assad during a transition- Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reit- al period, but insisted that he has no erated Tehran’s position that the Islam- place in Syria’s future. ic Republic will stand beside the Iraqi Turkey is one of the main support- government and people “under any ers of rebels fighting to overthrow As- situation”. sad, and hosts more than 2.7 million “Iraq is in the frontline of fight Syrian refugees. against terrorism and extremism and “Could Syria carry Assad in the Iran will be beside the Iraqi government long-term? Certainly not,” Yildirim said. and nation under any situation,” he said “The United States knows and Russia during a meeting with Iraqi Parliament knows that Assad does not appear to Speaker Salim al-Jabouri in Tehran. be someone who can bring [the peo- Zarif also touted the new victories ple] together.” of the Iraqi army against terrorists. “We may sit and talk [with him] “We are sure that the Iraqi govern- for the transition. A transition may be ment and people will succeed in fight- facilitated. But we believe that there ing terrorists in Mosul through unity should be no [Kurdish rebels], ISIL ter- among the Iraqi religious and ethnic rorist group (Daesh) or Assad in Syria’s groups as they have been successful future,” he said. in countering extremism and terrorism Turkey to take more active role so far,” the chief diplomat noted. on Syria He also said that creating tension Yildirim also said “Turkey will take and crisis in the region will be harmful a more active role in addressing the to all the people in the region. For his part, al-Jabouri praised conflict in Syria in the next six months Samadi Faraj to prevent the war-torn country being Iran’s support for the Iraqi government and people and called Iran an influen- divided along ethnic lines.” Reuters re- IRNA/ tial country in the region. 2 ported. 9

Austrian center Over 340 companies to attend IRANTEXT intl. expo PERSPECTIVE displaying Quranic By Heydar Soheyli Esfahani ECONOMY TEHRAN — Tehran will be tic and foreign companies from over 15 coun- the countries which will participate in the exhibit. Political analyst works by Iranian deskhosting the 22nd edition of tries will exhibit their latest products, services In this year’s event, India, and Turkey calligraphers Iran’s international exhibition of Textile Machin- and achievements in the textile industry. will have their own pavilions. ery, Raw Materials, Home Textiles, Embroidery Some 140 Iranian companies will attend the Holding 15 workshops and two specialized ARTTEHRAN — Thirty Machines and Textile Products known as IRAN- event while the number of foreign exhibitors is seminars to be attended by experts and uni- Russia’s role in deskcopies of Quranic TEXT from September 3 to 6, IRIB news agency 200. , Austria, Belgium, the UK, , versity professors and arranging the visits of calligraphy works created by Iranian reported on Friday. , India, Pakistan, Spain, Italy, Turkey, several foreign trade delegations are some of Yemen conflict artists are currently on display in an Based on the report, more than 340 domes- , China, Taiwan and Germany are among the side events of the 22nd IRANTEXT. Has the final exhibition at the Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center of Vienna, Austria. 1,600 families with disabled Iran comes 3rd in countdown begun to children to receive houses informatics Olympiad end the conflict? SOCIETY TEHRAN — SOCIETY TEHRAN — ussia’s official recognition of Yemen’s “Supreme Polit- deskSome 1,600 deskIran came in R ical Council”, which is com- families with two or more disa- third in the 28th International prised of a coalition between the bled children will get houses in Olympiad in Informatics, IRIB re- Ansarullah (Houthi) movement the next three months, an official ported on Saturday. By earning and former President Ali Abdullah with Iran’s Welfare Organization two gold medals and two silvers Saleh’s General People’s Congress has said. Iran managed to achieve the third Party, was a major blow to the Based on a housing scheme place in the informatics Olympiad. The art show has been organized House of Saud and Abd Rabbuh generally some 11,300 fam- The event was held in Russia in collaboration with Iran’s Ministry of Mansur Hadi, who claims to be ilies with children with disa- ilies with two disabled chil- with 81 countries taking part in is to stimulate interest in informatics Culture and Islamic Guidance to cele- the Yemeni president. bilities are supposed to re- dren and an 80-million-rial the competition from August 12 (computing science) and informa- brate the International Day of Mosque, There were a lot of evidence that ceive houses by the March (nearly $2,300) subvention to 19. The U.S. and China came tion technology. In May 1989, UN- which is on August 21. ’s approach on Yemen was 20, 2019, YJC quoted Qasem for families with one disa- in first and second respectively. ESCO initiated and sponsored the The exhibition entitled “Art, Quran changing and the House of Saud and Abdollahzadeh as saying. bled children is also sched- The International Olympiad in In- first International Olympiad in Infor- and Mosque” will run until August 22. its allies were hoping to persuade Rus- A 300-million-rial (nearly uled to be paid, Abdollahza- formatics is one of five international matics. The 29th Olympiad in Infor- The exhibit was previously held on sians to at least keep silent; in other $8,500) subvention for fam- deh noted. science Olympiads. Its primary goal matics will be held in Iran next year. the sideline of the 4th Regional Quran words the Saudis tried to buy their si- Competition for Northern European lence. Countries in Stockholm, Sweden from Ebtekar: Not much time left to preserve water resources However many political analysts, August 12 to 14. by considering new facts on the bat- tle ground which is turning in favor SOCIETY TEHRAN — parts of the country. emotional balance”. schools where students are more desk of the Yemeni army and to the loss Iran welcomes Masoumeh “We do not have much time to Contact with the nature improves in contact with the nature there is of forces loyal to Mansur Hadi, were overtures from Ebtekar, chief of the Department preserve water resources and the passions, she said, noting that an im- “less anxiety” among students. expecting such a reaction from Rus- of Environment, warned on Friday agriculture and irrigation pattern portant part of the problems in to- She went on say that there is a sia. In addition, and in an effort to Kuwait that Iran has little time to save its in certain regions much change,” day’s world is due to “lack of emotion”. close cooperation between the Edu- tempt the Russians, Adel al-Jubeir, water resources. Ebtekar asserted. In schools, universities and cit- cation Ministry and the department the young foreign minister of the POLITICS TEHRAN — Hos- Speaking at the closing cere- She also said that the educa- ies and other places where the under her leadership for educating House of Saud, said Russia has to desksein Amir-Abdolla- mony of the Khwarizmi Festival for tion system both at schools and contact with the “balancing wheel students on how to protect the en- have a bigger share in the Middle hian, an advisor to Majlis Speaker Ali Young Adults in Mashhad, Khoras- universities should be based on of nature” has been cut for eco- vironment and student associations East. His remarks were a glimpse that Larijani for international affairs, said on san Razavi province, Ebtekar said establishing “new relationship nomic development new prob- active in environment protection Saudi Arabia was somehow expect- Saturday that Tehran has always wel- water consumption in agriculture with the nature in order to create lems have arisen, she commented. have been founded in Khoarssan ing a change in its relations with Rus- comed expanding and boosting ties must undergo changes in certain psychological, physiological, and For example, Ebtekar said, in Rezavi province. 2 sia, mush worse than before. with neighboring countries including However, it seems that the Saudi the Persian Gulf littoral states. officials are very much worried about a “Expansion of relations with the ‘Iran can be turned into hub for Halal tourism’ political disaster in their foreign policy, neighboring countries is the first pri- this time very close to them: neighbor- ority of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s TOURISM TEHRAN – Iran has the ca- as one of our main targets to boost the industry tle will introduce the place from other aspects,” ing Yemen. The Saudis wished to make foreign policy and Tehran pays atten- deskpacity to be a center for Ha- in Iran,” he added. Soltanifar added. the situation better by using their only tion to views of the Emir of Kuwait and lal tourism destination for Muslim tourists, the Soltanifar made the remarks in the city of Lalejin, another Iranian city, was named as political tool in foreign policy, spend- the country’s parliament speaker on head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Mashhad on the sidelines of a ceremony cele- World Craft City in 2016 in the field of ceramic ing money. helping settle regional crises politically,” Handicraft Organization (CHTHO), Masoud brating Mashhad as the World Craft City of Gem- and pottery. The World Crafts Council-Asia Pa- Will the situation in Yemen Amir-Abdollahian told ICANA. Soltanifar, said. He called handicraft “one of the stone on Thursday. World Crafts Council - Asia cific Region President Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi change and to what extent? Is He highlighted the importance of tourist attractions of religious tourism destina- Pacific Region (WCC-APR) designated Mashhad also attended the celebration in Mashhad. Russia really prepared to repeat “parliamentarian diplomacy” to expand tion in Iran”. as World Craft City of Gemstone this year. Last year, WCC declared Isfahan and its policies regarding Syria also in regional cooperation in the current vol- “World Muslims are searching for safe tour- “Mashhad is world-renowned city with the as the world cities of handicraft and carpet Ye m e n ? atile situation in the region. 2 ism and in our future plan we consider Muslims holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) and this new ti- weaving. 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 AAUGUSTUGUST 20,20, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Tehran insists it stands beside Iraq 1 bouri. Makarem-Shirazi He also called for expansion of ties “Another part of our talks revolved with Iran in various areas. around security issues in the region thanks Pope Francis ‘Iraqi territorial integrity key to which are not apart from Iraq’s internal for his stance on regional stability’ problems. So, we agreed upon bilateral Islam Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijai also said cooperation for political and security in- on Saturday that Iraq’s territorial integrity dependence in the region,” Larijani ex- POLITICS TEHRAN – A senior Iranian reli- is important for the stability of the Middle plained. deskgious scholar on Saturday wrote East region. Larijani went on to say that he hopes to Pope Francis, the current Pope of the Roman “Iraq is a friendly country to us and that the Iraqi parliament speaker’s trip to Catholic Church, thanking him for his recent re- the two nations’ relations have been Iran will lead to closer ties. marks that Islam is free of violence. intertwined during a period of time He also said Iraq’s war on terrorism In his letter, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi also especially in ups and downs of recent and “political convergence” among the stressed that it is necessary for religious leaders to years, and Iran has always stood be- rival Iraqi groups featured in his talks with adopt clear stances when it comes to accusing reli- side the Iraqi government and peo- al-Jabouri. gions of violence, the ayatollah’s website reported. ple,” Larijani said during a joint press Al-Jabouri also said that Iraq is seeking conference with al-Jabouri. to deepen ties with Iran. Arab journalist: Larijani also said that expansion of ties He said that Iran has stood beside his Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif hug each other. Russia-Iran co-op was discussed during his talks with al-Ja- country in the fight against Daesh. will shape Middle Iran says may allow Russia to use more air bases East future 1 “That the Russian bombers and fighters are landing POLITICS TEHRAN – The Moscow-Teh- “Currently, using more air bases is off agenda, but if in Hamadan is in line with bilateral ties between Iran and deskran-Damascus triangle has now operational conditions demand, relevant decisions will Russia, aiming at destroying equipment and gatherings the upper hand and is the stronger coalition in Syria be taken,” Hossein Deqhan said, adding the Russian for- of terrorist currents as requested by Syria,” The defense and it will be even stronger after Turkey joins it, the mation will be stationing in Iran for an unspecified peri- minister said, editor-in-chief of the Rai al-Youm newspaper wrote od, speaking to a press conference in Tehran. The minister said the alliance is aimed at bringing the in an article published on Saturday. On the services given to the Russian squadron in the Syrian conflict to a halt soon. The cooperation will “change and destroy the pri- Iranian air base, the minister said, “It may be the case to “We hope the three countries (of Iran, Russia, and orities of the Saudi regime,” Abdel Bari Atwan wrote. take care of minor repairs and even load the bombers Syria) will achieve the ultimate goal which is nothing but “The Russian bombers’ flights from the Hama- and fighters.” extermination of terrorists’ capabilities as soon as pos- dan airbase was a firm message from Iran to Saudi The defense minister also hailed Iran’s cooperation sible.” Arabia and the (Persian) Gulf littoral states that the with Russian as one of “strategic” nature, saying the ca- Iran and Russia are backing the Syrian government in rules of the game are changing and it will be Yem- pacity will contribute to a secure region. a battle against militants which has left thousands of the en’s turn after Syria,” Atwan added. “Today, our cooperation with the Russians in fighting Syrians killed and millions displaced. instability and insecurity, establishing peace and security, Tehran takes full delivery of S300 in a month MP: Russian aircraft and uprooting terror and terrorism in the region is stra- Elsewhere in his remarks the defense minister an- to use Iranian airbase tegic…” the defense chief remarked. nounced that Tehran will be taking full delivery of the In a similar vein on Tuesday, Supreme National Se- advanced S-300 air defense missile system, days after only for refueling curity Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani saw the military the Russian Defense Ministry said it was using an air base cooperation an indication of a strategic alliance between in Iran to fly sorties over Syria. The Russian S-300 air defense missile system Tehran and Moscow. “We have taken full delivery of the S-300 missile sys- Dmitry Medvedev canceled the deal, citing the United POLITICS TEHRAN – The head of the Ira- Shamkhani said Iran and Russia “enjoy strategic co- tem. The main parts of the system have been transferred Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nu- desknian Majlis National Security and operation in the fight against terrorism in Syria, and to Iran, and the remaining parts are being loaded for clear program. Foreign Policy Committee said on Saturday the share their facilities and capacities to this end.” transfer, which will be completed in a month,” said Briga- In addition to the UN arms embargo, the U.S. and Is- country’s Nojeh Airbase serves only to accommo- Dehqan further noted, “Over the past two and a dier General Hossein Dehqan. rael heavily lobbied Russia to block delivering the system date Russian bombers for refueling while they pass half years, I met the Russian defense minister at least While Dehqan did not reveal where the air defense to Iran, saying it could be used to shield Iran’s nuclear over heading for Syria. five times and during the meetings we had serious talks battalions will be deployed, but nuclear sites are prob- facilities from possible future air strikes. Therefore, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said, the cooper- about Syria in addition to signing a defense cooperation ably a priority. Incensed by Moscow’s lack of commitment to the ation with Russia does not violate Article 146 of the document.” “Proportionate to the threats to sensitive sites of the pact, Iran sued Russia in the International Court of Arbi- Constitution which prohibits giving military bases to During the meetings, the two sides had signed agree- country, it will be decided where the system will be de- tration, asking for $950 million of compensation for the foreign countries, ISNA reported. ments to upgrade their defense collaboration so as act ployed to,” said Dehqan. contract cancelled by Russia arms export agency Rosob- in more harmony, particularly when it comes to fighting Earlier, Dehqan had noted that a home-grown air oronexport. Iranian social media terrorism. defense system named Bavar 373 (Belief) would be un- However, there was mounting evidence that the veiled this year which he touted as an Iranian match to two would mend the fences over the issue after a activists protest BBC S300. meeting in Tehran between Rouhani and Putin in Teh- role in 1953 coup With the delivery, though Iran already showed off parts of the system during ran on November 23, 2015, as confirmed by Brigadier National Army Day on April 17, where President Has- General Dehqan. belated, Russia seems san Rouhani said the country’s armed forces posed no Later on in 2015, the two sides buried the hatchet as POLITICS TEHRAN – Thousands of Iranian to be injecting a dose of threats to neighboring countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree lifting desksocial media activists showed trustworthiness into its The Russian predator will boost Tehran’s air de- the ban on the delivery. their protest at the BBC role in the 1953 coup relations with its Middle East fense capability dramatically as it is one of the most The two presidents also met each other on August against the democratically elected government of advanced systems of its kind that can engage multi- 8 in Baku. Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in favor of ally, now that the military ple aircraft and ballistic missiles around 150 kilometers With the delivery, though belated, Russia seems to be the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. collaboration between Tehran away. injecting a dose of trustworthiness into its relations with coup) and Moscow is culminating in The sale of the S-300, originally concluded in 2007, was its Middle East ally, now that the military collaboration) ﮐﻮﺩﺗﺎیThe Iranians started trending #BBC and tens of thousands of tweets pursued in a mat- repeatedly delayed over the West’s pressure on Russia. between Tehran and Moscow is culminating in the coun- ter of few hours, Fars reported on Saturday. the counterterrorism campaign. Yielding to the pressures, in 2010 then-president terterrorism campaign. Iran-Pakistan Army: Defense industry is symbol of self-confidence and self-esteem border checkpoints increase in number POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian Army issued on national and domestic capabilities” and “using It added that the defense industry has turned into a deska statement on Saturday calling the revolutionary determination and will to realize the symbol of “national power” by succeeding to develop country’s defense industry a “symbol of self-confidence talents”. technologically advanced systems. POLITICS TEHRAN – Two new checkpoints and self-esteem”. “The country’ defense industry has turned into a Elsewhere, the Army said the defense industry proves desknamed Rimdan and Pishin have The defense industry is one of the most important role model in spite of permanent and comprehensive that preemptive power and resistance are the main rea- been added to border crossings between Iran and components in protecting the country’s “independence” animosity of the global arrogance against the Islamic sons behind the “strategic defeat” of the arrogant pow- Pakistan, according to the border affairs director at and “territorial integrity”, the statement said. Revolution and the Iranian nation and imposition of ers. the Interior Ministry. It said that the national defense industry has cruel sanctions during the past 37 years,” the Army The statement also congratulated Defense Industry Before this the Mirjaveh checkpoint was the only some “valuable characteristics” such as “reliance said. Day which falls on 21 August. one between the two countries with 928 kilometers of joint border, Majid Aqababaee was quoted as saying by the YJC on Saturday. Iran’s Academy of Medical Sciences censures UN inaction on Saudi crimes in Yemen Certain military POLITICS TEHRAN — The pres- Yemen as an instance of “war crime”. I write again with reference to my pre- How long will the United Nations close deskident of Iran’s Academy On Friday the UN chief condemned a vious correspondence with you dated 18 its eyes to these continuing atrocities decisions do not of Medical Sciences on Saturday leveled reported airstrike that hit east of Sanaa in May 2015, and 14 June 2016 concerning because of the Saudi regime’s financial need Majlis approval: heavy criticism at the United Nations for Nehm, killing at least nine civilians. the failure of the United Nations to pre- clout within the organization you (take defense official its muted response to Saudi-led military Saudi Arabia’s inclusion in a United vent the criminal actions of the Saudi re- the) helm? History will not judge well a strikes on Yemen that continue to kill Nations report on armies that kill and gime in their indiscriminate killing of the United Nations which professes to be the POLITICS TEHRAN – The Defense ministry innocent civilians in the impoverished maim children resurfaced on August 2 in oppressed people of Yemen. upholder of higher humanitarian stand- deskdoes not need any approval from country. a Security Council meeting, two months Unfortunately, last week we wit- ards in the world and yet allows its silence the Majlis for some of its military backups, Dep- In his third letter to UN Secretary after the Saudis pressed Ban into remov- nessed the bombing of a hospital by the to be purchased. A silence which effec- uty Defense Minister for Legal and Parliamentary General Ban Ki-moon in 15 months, ing the designation. Saudi regime which was again followed tively denies civilians protection from war Affairs Reza Talaee Nik said on Saturday. Dr. Alireza Marandi voiced concern at Following is the text of Dr. Marandi’s by the silence of international human crimes and recourse to the very struc- Referring to Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan’s the global body’s failure to prevent the letter to Ban posted on the Tasnim web- rights organizations. A war crime was tures of justice they are entitled to under remarks to the same effect, Talaee Nik said that the indiscriminate killing of Yemenis by the site: committed when this hospital treating UN conventions. minister had meant decisions such as the one to ac- Saudi-led military campaign, Tasnim re- His Excellency Ban Ki-moon sick and injured civilians was struck, kill- Yours sincerely, commodate Russian fighters in an airbase in Iran are ported. Secretary-General of the United Na- ing children, women, men and medical Seyed Alireza Marandi, M.D. approved through some bodies other than the Majlis. He also branded a recent airstrike by tions staff, including Doctors Without Borders President the Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in Excellency, personnel. Iran’s Academy of Medical Sciences Iran welcomes Ebtekar: Not much time left to preserve water resources overtures from Kuwait 1 deal with nature. DoE intends to train students and locals classes with the consent of the Education 1 According to a plan drawn up She added even though the Education who live near the environmentally pro- Ministry. Amir-Abdollahian also said that Kuwaiti Emir Sa- jointly by the DoE and the Education Ministry has succeeded to win the first tected regions. “If we fail to guard our planet Earth bah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has “constructive Ministry students in 108,000 schools rank in efforts to protect the environment According to the plan, poachers with there will be no future for our chil- strategies” on the regional crises. across the country will get training to among state bodies there is a still a long their special uniform attend classes and dren,” she said. “We have little time to Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim guard the environment, the DoE chief way to go. give lessons about their job, wildlife, etc., guard the planet Earth and we must told Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview that Kuwait and explained. Ebtekar, who is also vice president, she explained. immediately change our view… and other Persian Gulf littoral states are interested in ex- As classic education is important it is also said in the new academic year, Ebtekar added her department is involve people in protecting the en- panding ties with Iran. also necessary that students learn how to which begins on September 22, the ready to implement such a plan in all vironment.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international AAUGUSTUGUST 21,21, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3 Millions of Yemenis rally to support Turkish parliament Supreme Political Council approves normalization deal with Israel U.S. reduces personnel partaking in Saudi war on Yemen Turkish lawmakers have approved an agreement to enable Millions of people have rallied in Yemen neighbor, Reuters reported. reconciliation between Turkey and Israel after a six-year rup- to voice their strong support for a po- According to Lieutenant Ian McCon- ture over the killing by Israel of 10 Turks. litical body recently formed to run the naughey, a U.S. Navy spokesman in Bah- The deal, which had been submitted to the Turkish par- country in the face of a Saudi military rain, there are now less than five people liament for approval campaign to reinstate a former president. assigned full-time to the “Joint Combined on Wednesday, was People took to the streets in the capi- Planning Cell,” which was established to passed on Saturday. tal in their millions before converging on coordinate U.S. support for the offensive. Reports did not specify a main square to support the Supreme At its peak, the U.S. dedicated about how many votes were Political Council, formed after peace talks 45 full-time staff members to the war cast in favor or poten- with the Saudi side broke down recently. who were deployed in Riyadh and else- tially against the deal. They waved national Yemeni flags and where, McConnaughey added. Ankara and Tel chanted slogans like “We will sacrifice our The move comes as the Saudi mon- Aviv’s then close re- souls and blood for the sake of Yemen,” archs and their allies in Washington are lations soured after as patriotic songs played. faced with growing pressure from the Israeli commandos at- They also carried placards with mes- international community to stop the mil- tacked the Freedom sages reading, “Reforms are the most itary campaign. Flotilla aid convoy in efficient popular force in the face of ene- The U.S. has specifically been criti- international waters in mies” in Arabic in an apparent reference cized for providing the Arab monarchy the Mediterranean Sea to Saudi Arabia and Abd Rabbuh Mansur with cluster bombs, illegal bombs in the on May 31, 2010, killing Hadi. form of large shell casings that contain nine Turkish citizens Hadi resigned as president in January hundreds or thousands of bomblets. and injuring about 50 other people. A tenth Turkish national 2015 and then fled to Saudi Arabia which Leading rights advocacy groups such later succumbed to his injuries. The vessel was attempting to launched a ferocious military campaign ti-armor guided missile. and threatened a total security break- as Amnesty International and the Human break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. against Yemen two months later to re- Yemen has seen almost daily mili- down in the country, where an al-Qaeda Rights Watch (HRW) have repeatedly Ankara demanded an apology, which was not forthcom- store him to power. tary attacks by the House of Saud re- affiliate is present. blasted the U.S. for selling the illegal mu- ing only until recently, as well as compensation for the fami- Earlier in the day, Yemeni soldiers, gime since late March 2015, with internal U.S. pulls out of troops from nitions to Saudi Arabia, urging Riyadh to lies of the victims of the Israeli raid. backed by fighters from allied Popu- sources putting the toll from the bloody Saudi Arabia stop using them as some of the bomblets The two sides gradually engaged in almost secret talks to lar Committees, launched a number of aggression at about 10,000. The offensive Meantime, the United States military fail to explode on impact and may go mend relations, and came out announcing the reconciliation artillery rounds at the Nahouqah mil- was launched to restore power to the has withdrawn from Saudi Arabia its unnoticed for years before killing unsus- deal on June 27. itary camp in Saudi Arabia’s southern resigned Yemeni President, Abd Rabbuh troops who were helping the Kingdom pecting civilians. Turkish and Israeli officials have both defended the deal, border region of Najran. There were no Mansur Hadi, and to crush the Ansarullah with its aggression against Yemen, a new However, the U.S. has continued its under which a main Turkish condition for the normalization immediate reports of casualties and the (Houthi) movement and their allies. report shows. unconditional support for the House of ties remains unmet, namely Israel’s lifting of the blockade extent of damage inflicted. The Ansarullah fighters took state Washington has also dramatically re- of Saud regime. In November last year, on the Gaza Strip. A Saudi military vehicle was also de- matters into their own hands after the duced the number of its staff members Washington approved a USD 1.29 billion But the Israeli regime is obliged to pay USD 20 million in stroyed east of al-Rabouah city in Asir resignation and escape of Hadi, which that are helping the Riyadh regime with rearming program for Riyadh. compensation to the families of the Turkish activists killed in region when Yemeni forces fired an an- threw Yemen into a state of uncertainty the month-long war against its southern (Source: agencies) the Gaza aid vessel incident. The agreement further allows Turkey to send aid for Pal- estinians via the port of Ashdod in the occupied territories will defeat Israel in any new war: Nasrallah rather than directly to Gaza. Lawmaker Burhan Kuzu, with the Turkish ruling Justice and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hez- cuse each other of various faults after the defeat in the Development Party (AKP/Adalet ve Kalk?nma Partisi), said bollah, says the Lebanese resistance movement will de- war. the rapprochement has been partly driven by the prospect of feat Israel in any potential new military confrontation Hezbollah fighters as well as the Lebanese military Ankara joining Tel Aviv in exploring gas in the Mediterranean waged by the Tel Aviv regime. have been defending on the country’s east- Sea and helping the regime sell it to Europe. Speaking in an exclusive interview with al-Manar, ern border against foreign-backed terrorist groups from “I don’t think there will be a problem during its (the deal’s) Nasrallah said he is “confident” that Hezbollah “would neighboring Syria. implementation,” he said. emerge victorious from any new war with Israel.” Israel plotting another war? “There are natural gas resources in the Mediterranean “After the (2006) war, I visited the Bekaa Valley and Israel has launched two wars on Lebanon — one in that they are pursuing and we want to be a part of it. The southern Lebanon. They (Israelis) say their achievement 2000 and another in 2006. shortest and safest route to transport natural gas to Europe, is that they forced me to hide in a bunker. That’s not About 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians, lost is through Turkey,” he said. true; I’ve met with many people away from the spotlight. their lives during the 33-day war in the summer of 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some Is- I live and get around in a natural way. I do not live in a Hezbollah is credited with driving Israeli troops out of raeli officials have likewise defended the accord, saying it will bunker,” the Hezbollah chief said. southern Lebanon. have a positive impact on the Israeli economy and invite lu- He said the missiles that Hezbollah fired against Israel Earlier, in 1967, the Israeli regime fought with Egypt, crative Mediterranean gas deals for the regime. during the 2006 war came from the Syrian military in- including the Future Movement (Tayyar Al-Mustaqbal). Jordan and Syria. During that war, the regime also occu- The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli siege since June dustry, and they were not manufactured in Iran. About 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians, lost pied the nearby Lebanese territory of the Shebaa Farms. 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of “The war was aimed at eliminating the resistance in their lives during Israel’s 33-day war on Lebanon back in On Thursday, Hezbollah warned against the ongoing living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, and eventually isolating the summer of 2006. construction of a road by Israel in the Shebaa Farms. A unrelenting poverty. Iran. What is happening in Syria is a form of revenge for According to the 629-page Winograd Report by the day later, people from southern Lebanon entered the (Source: Reuters) that war,” he said, referring to the foreign-backed mili- Israeli regime itself, Hezbollah fighters involved in de- Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms and raised the Lebanese tancy against the government of Syrian President Bashar fending Lebanon against the Israeli war defeated the flag in protest at the construction of the road. al-Assad. enemy and Tel Aviv was compelled to withdraw without Forces from the UN, which are stationed in the “The Israelis knew that a direct military confrontation having achieved any of its objectives. area to monitor a ceasefire, as well as the Lebanese would not lead to Hezbollah’s defeat and that a war with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, and Israeli military forces went on high alert as the Ukraine complains to UN Iran was not helpful. That is why they chose to take out which brokered a ceasefire in the 2006 war, calls on Israel demonstrators crossed into the occupied territory. about Putin’s trip to Crimea Syria from the axis of resistance,” Nasrallah said. to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Israeli regime deployed around 500 Israeli troops Earlier, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of He said some parties in Lebanon “tried to confine the to an area about three kilometers away from the pro- Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations Lebanese army” during the 2006 war. Lebanon’s victory against Israel in the 33-day war last testers. Israeli snipers were also seen positioned in the Saturday, Nasrallah said the Israeli military was shaken Vladimir Yelchenko on Friday met with UN Deputy Sec- Nasrallah reiterated Hezbollah’s commitment to Leb- area, raising the likelihood of a potential new war on retary General Jan Eliasson to discuss Russian President anon’s national unity and the formation of a government after the 2006 war. Lebanon. He said generals in the Israeli military began to ac- Vladimir Putin’s visit to Crimea, the Ukrainian permanent that included all Lebanese political parties and factions, (Source: Press TV) mission said. “Vladimir Yelchenko ‘U.S. to send team to Turkey’ for Fethullah Gulen probe met with UN Depu- ty Secretary General The United States Department of Jus- the evidence”, according to the justice Jan Eliasson. They dis- tice will dispatch a team to Turkey in the department official. cussed Vladimir Putin’s coming days to pursue allegations by the “If there is probable cause for extra- illegal stay in Crimea. Turkish government of criminal activity dition, ultimately a court will determine Yelchenko also drew by Fethullah Gulen, according to a U.S. whether the evidence is sufficient. ... We Jan Eliasson’s atten- media report. are still a way down the line from even tion to concentration If true, the move, first reported on knowing whether that’s possible.” of Russian arma- Friday by Bloomberg News citing a U.S. U.S. officials have said that even if the ments along the Rus- administration official, would mark the justice department decides extradition is sian-Ukrainian border first sign of progress in Turkey’s attempts warranted, a court case and possible ap- in Crimea and Don- to have the Pennsylvania-based Turk- peals could take years. bass,” the mission said ish-born religious leader extradited. Arrests in Azerbaijan on Twitter. The government of Turkish President In another development on Friday, Putin arrived in Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Gu- officials in Azerbaijan said they had ar- Crimea on Friday to len’s network of being behind a coup at- rested four men over suspected ties to meet with permanent members of Russia’s Security Council tempt last month, a charge he has stren- Gulen. after a recent attempt of an act of sabotage on the peninsula uously denied. The four are accused of an “abuse of on the part of Kiev. “Sooner or later, the U.S. will make a power” while working for a mobile phone Kiev believes such visits by Russian officials are illegal and choice. Either Turkey or FETO,” Erdogan company for having passed on private the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expressed protest. said last week, referring to Gulen. information about subscribers and their Putin held talks with his top security officials on Friday However, the Washington Post news- call history, Azeri prosecutors said. Reports from Denmark Gulen’s Hizmet organization has in Crimea, amid a sharp rise in military activity in and around paper, quoting an official at the U.S. jus- During a search of the home of one The Azeri move came shortly after affiliated schools around the world, the Black Sea peninsula and fresh Ukrainian warnings that tice department, reported on Friday that of the accused, investigators discovered Danish media reported that hundreds including in the former Soviet Ka- Moscow could trigger all-out war. the extradition request refers only to “religious literature, disks, brochures con- of Turks in Denmark had withdrawn their zakhstan, normally funded by wealthy Putin again accused Kiev’s forces of launching a raid into alleged activities before the failed coup taining speeches by Fethullah Gulen and children from schools with alleged links Turkish businessmen. Crimea a fortnight ago that allegedly killed two Russian ser- attempt. other documents”, they said in a state- to Gulen. Mohammed Fethullah Gulen (born 27 vicemen, but he said the Kremlin would not formally sever “It’s actually tied to allegations of cer- ment. A document circulating on Facebook April 1941) is a Turkish preacher, former diplomatic relations with Ukraine over the “provocation”. tain alleged criminal activities that pre- A close ally of Turkey, Azerbaijan earli- listed 14 private schools in Denmark as imam, writer, and political figure. He is the “I hope this won’t be the final choice of our partners, and date the coup,” the official said. er this week opened a criminal investiga- being linked to Gulen and urged parents founder of the Gulen movement (known that common sense will prevail,” he said before discussing “At this point, Turkish authorities have tion into supporters of Gulen. to “Save your children from Fethullah as Hizmet meaning service in Turkish), how to boost security measures in Crimea with senior offi- not put forward a formal extradition re- Azerbaijan last month shut down a Gulen’s terror organization’s schools”, ac- and the inspiration figure for its largest cials. quest based on evidence that he was in- private television channel over plans to cording to a translation from Turkish by organization, the Alliance for Shared Val- “We’re not ready to cut our ties, despite the unwillingness volved in the coup.” broadcast an interview with Gulen, “in or- broadcaster TV 2. ues. He currently lives in self-imposed of the current authorities in Kiev to have full diplomatic rela- U.S. officials are “working alongside der to avoid provocations aimed at dam- A total of 366 students had been exile in the United States, residing in Say- tions at the ambassadorial level. We will nevertheless create their Turkish counterparts to make sure aging the strategic partnership between pulled out of the schools after the sum- lorsburg, Pennsylvania. opportunities for the development of contacts,” he added. we understand everything contained in Turkey and Azerbaijan”. mer break, the broadcaster said. (Source: agencies) (Source: TASS) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AAUGUSTUGUST 221,1, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

SNIPPET Iranian crude up $2.11 a barrel New SCI head ECONOMY TEHRAN — After ex- tional affairs, said on July 11, Bloomberg appointed deskperiencing a six-week reported. downward trend, Iran’s light crude oil The country exports about 2 million price increased by $2.11 per barrel in barrels of its daily output of 3.8 million, the week ended on August 12, Shana the official added. news agency reported on Saturday. Sanctions were eased in January, and ECONOMY TEHRAN — Mohammad Baqer Iran sold light crude oil at $41.52 per Iran plans to double crude exports. desk Nobakht, the head of Manage- barrel in the said week, according to the “Our exports peak is above 4 million ment and Planning Organization, appointed report. barrels a day, and we have plans for Omid-Ali Parsa as the new head of Statistical The country’s light oil price stood at that and are waiting for the right condi- Center of Iran (SCI). $37.71 on average since the beginning tions,” Qamsari said in an interview in As Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday, of the current Iranian calendar year Tehran, without elaborating on the tim- Parsa, who is the ex-head of Management and (March 20, 2016). ing for such an increase. Planning Department of the northern province of Also, Iran sold heavy crude oil at The Persian Gulf nation is seeking Mazandaran, will take office on Monday morning. $39.92 in the mentioned week, with more than $100 billion in investment SCI’s previous head Adel Azar is selected as the $1.98 rise from its preceding week. from international partners to upgrade head of Iran’s Supreme Audit Court. The country’s heavy oil price stood its oil industry and reclaim its position at $35.45 on average since the start of as the second-biggest producer in this calendar year. OPEC, after Saudi Arabia. Iran targets Meanwhile, Organization of Petrole- 5.8 million barrels a day in combined um Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s basket production of crude and condensates NEWS price was $41.19 per barrel on average by 2021. It defied skeptics with a 25 per- in the week ended on August 12, with cent surge in production so far in 2016 Austrian Airlines to add $2.9 increase from its preceding week. and aims to reach an eight-year high new flights to Iran Iran has regained about 80 percent U.S. and European Union tightened Mohsen Qamsari, National Iranian Oil for daily output of 4 million barrels by of the market share it held before the sanctions on its oil industry in 2012, Company (NIOC)’s director of interna- the end of the year. Austrian Airlines is increasing its flight offering to Iran in 2016. Austria’s national carrier has been offering its passengers an ad- ditional daily flight to Teheran since March 2016, and flies to the Cement, clinker exports from Iran above 4.4m tons in 4 months Iranian capital up to twice each day. Flight service will also be offered to Isfahan, with the initial ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran ex- said. tering a 20 percent decrease compared to 12-13 percent decrease. flight taking off on September 4, 2016. At the beginning three deskported 4.4 million tons Some of the 70 cement production its preceding year due to insecure condi- According to Sheikhan, with the capac- weekly flights will be operated to Iran’s commercial hub, and of cement and clinker in the first four factories across Iran produced 18.752 mil- tions of neighboring countries. ity of producing 75 million tons of cement four flights per week starting with the summer 2017 flight sched- months of the current Iranian calendar year lion tons of cement in the said time span, In 1393, the Islamic Republic could ex- and clinker in 2014, Iran was the fourth ule. (March 20- July 21), Secretary of Cement Sheikhan added. port 18.5 million tons of these products, 60 major cement producer in the world, the On balance, Austrian Airlines will operate up to 17 weekly Industry Employers Association Abdolreza As the official explained, exports of ce- percent of which were exported to Iraq. third producer in Asia, and the first one flights to Iran as of September 2016. The underlying reason Sheikhan told IRNA on Saturday. ment and clinker in the past Iranian calen- Being compared to the production level among the Middle East countries. for the expanded flight offering is a new bilateral air transport From the said amount, some 2.57 mil- dar year 1394 (ended on March 19, 2016) in 1393, Iran’s output of cement and clinker The country plans to produce 120 mil- agreement between Austria and Iran, which could be renegoti- lion tons belong to exports of cement, he stood at more than 15 million tons, regis- reached 60 million tons in 1394, showing a lion tons of cement per year in a decade. ated for the first time in 30 years. Due to the ongoing coordination process, Austrian Airlines recently had to delay the planned commencement of flight ser- vice to the new destination of Isfahan from April 2016 to Septem- Iran's June crude oil exports steady at 2m bpd: JODI ber 2016. (Source: austrianairlines.ag) Iran's crude oil exports were flat in June Iran has been the main block in a global Before sanctions were enforced in mid- Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). at just over 2 million barrels per day and production freeze initiative, insisting it will 2012, Iran was exporting about 2.2 million Production in June was steady from 3.6 production at 3.610 million bpd was steady be ready for joint action only once it re- bpd of crude, according to the Interna- million bpd in May. It pumped 3.5 million from the previous month, official data gains output levels seen before sanctions tional Energy Agency (IEA). bpd in April, 3.4 million bpd in March, and Exports to China vital for showed on Friday. of 4 million bpd. It shipped 1.9 million bpd in April, 1.710 3.385 million bpd in February, the data sh Tallies for both exports and production OPEC's third-biggest producer shipped million bpd in March, and 1.685 million owed. US economy, jobs show a rise since January, when Tehran set 2.005 million barrels per day in June from bpd in February, according to JODI, which In January, production was 3.370 mil- about recouping market share lost under 2 million bpd of crude in May, data pro- compiles data supplied from oil-producing lion bpd, with exports at 1.550 million bpd, Exports of goods and services to China continue to play an es- international sanctions that were mostly vided by the Joint Organizations Data Ini- members of global organizations includ- the JODI data showed. sential role in the US economy and job growth, according to a lifted at the start of the year. tiative (JODI) showed. ing the IEA and the Organization of the (Source: Reuters) report released on Thursday by the US-China Business Council. US goods exports to China totaled $113 billion last year, down from the previous two years, but China remained the third-larg- PICTURE OF THE DAY SHANA/ Nazila Haghighati Oil hits $51 as est export market for American goods, the council said in an annual report on US exports to China. Iran, Morocco back The report noted that the rapid growth in US services exports to China is an important new development of bilateral economic Barkindo’s OPEC relationship. In 2014, the most recent complete year of available data, exports of US services to China reached $42 billion, mak- leadership ing China the US’ fourth-largest services export market. Despite a slowdown in China’s economy and trade growth, Oil prices climbed to $51 per barrel on Friday, “US exports of goods and services to China have grown faster as Mohammad Barkindo, secretary-general than exports to any other major US trading partner over the past of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting decade,” the report said. Countries (OPEC), met envoys from Iran and Exports of US goods to China surged 115 percent from 2006 Morocco over oil market stability and COP 22 to 2015, while US services exports to China soared over 300 per- climate change. cent from 2006 to 2014, according to the council. Reza Najafi, ambassador of the Islamic Re- “Most states have seen significant increases in exports of public of Iran to the United Nations and other goods and services to China since 2006,” the report said, adding international organizations, met with Barkindo that 31 states posted at least triple-digit jump in goods exports to express Iran’s support in maintaining a to China in the past decade. Every US state posted triple-digit steady oil market through both challenging growth in export of services to China over the same period. times as well as during periods of prosperity. The report also noted that exports of goods and services to Oil prices rallied at an eight-week old of China supported several industries including transport equip- $51 for Brent crude, and $48 per barrel for ment, agriculture, computers and electronics, chemicals, travel West Texas Intermediate (WTI). and education, business and professional services, and financial Ali El Mhamdi, Morocco’s ambassador/ services in the US. permanent representative in Vienna, Austria, While China is a significant market for American exports, the also visited Barkindo, promising his country’s US has a small share of China’s overall market. US goods ac- support for OPEC and Barkindo’s leadership. counted for only 6.5 percent of China’s total imports last year, “I feel that OPEC is in the best of hands. the report said, urging the US to promote talks with China on a We are facing challenging times and we need high-standard bilateral investment treaty, which would facilitate experience and a high profile, both of which and expand US exports to China. you have,” he said. The two countries have held 26 rounds of talks on an invest- El-Mhamdi said that apart from wanting ment treaty talks since negotiations started in 2008. China and to wish Barkindo well in his new responsibili- US officials have signaled a willingness to finalize a deal before ties, his visit was also in connection with the us President Barack Obama leaves office in January 2017. The project of constructing Persian Gulf Refinery in Iran’s southern city of Bandar Abbas is 86 percent complete at the moment. upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP 22) (Source: Shanghai Daily) Completion of the first phase of the project, which has 90 percent progress currently, will make Iran self-sufficient in gasoline production, meeting to be held in Morocco between No- according to Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. vember 7 and 18, 2016. (Source: Financial Watch) Ankara, Moscow resume Vitol says Exxon VW eyes Viacom boss set to talks on Turkish Stream Mobil lacked transportation deals depart following 'transparency' during to boost self-driving $72m settlement Russia’s strategic energy project Turkish Stream could soon be Torrance outage car plans revived amid the improving ties between Ankara and Moscow. Turkey and Russia have started negotiations to resume the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, said Turkish Min- Swiss commodity trader Vitol SA criticized Volkswagen is planning further acquisitions The chief executive of Viacom is expected ister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak in his inter- Exxon Mobil Corp this week for failing to be in the market for new transportation technolo- to depart following a fraught, familial battle view with TRT Haber news channel. transparent about maintenance at its Los An- gies and services, a leading manager at the for control of the U.S. media giant. The minister believes the relations between Ankara and Mos- geles refinery following a February 2015 blast, German carmaker said, as it seeks to make up Philippe Dauman is set to step down next cow will return to their previous, pre-crisis level. which contributed to tighter gasoline supplies ground after its emissions scandal. month with a $72m (£55m) payoff as part of a Albayrak said the normalization of bilateral relations will ben- and higher prices. Europe's largest automaker, which had been settlement with the company. efit both countries. Speaking before a committee of the Cali- reluctant to commit to new industry trends like Before leaving, he is expected to present The Turkish Stream pipeline is intended to deliver gas from fornia Energy Commission on Tuesday, Brad car sharing, is also looking for more alliances a plan to sell a small stake in Paramount Pic- the Russian Black Sea coast to Turkey and on to Greece. The Lucas, a West Coast trader for Vitol, said that with technology firms as it tries to capture new tures. project was to replace the abandoned South Stream pipeline lack of information from Exxon made it difficult business post-Dieselgate, Volkswagen digital The settlement follows a battle between through . to time cargo deliveries into the West Coast chief Johann Jungwirth said. Dauman and Viacom's controlling sharehold- The project was suspended in late 2015 due to the dispute market. er, Sumner Redstone. between Moscow and Ankara after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane in Syria. NEWS IN BRIEF (Source: azernews.az) NEWS IN BRIEF I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com AAUGUSTUGUST 21,21, 20162016 ADVERTISEMENTS 5 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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The Bank of England will draw some ence just how far the BoE pushes the The economic outlook for Turkey has been revised to nega- comfort from signs that Britons took boundaries of British monetary pol- tive from stable amid the complicated political situation in the the initial shock of June's Brexit vote in icy. country following a recent coup attempt, Fitch Ratings agency their stride, but will see little to lessen Consumer credit figures and a said in a press release. the concern that prompted its huge measure of industrial orders next Turkish authorities have already removed thousands of offi- stimulus announcement this month. week and the next batch of Markit/ cials from their posts over links to coup perpetrators and to the The first official data covering the CIPS PMI business surveys in early movement of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen. post-referendum period, published September will offer the next insight "An unsuccessful coup attempt in July confirms heightened this week, has shown no immediate for the Monetary Policy Committee. risks to political stability," the release stated on Friday. "Political big hit to Britain's economy as retail BoE Deputy Governor Ben Broad- uncertainty is expected to impact economic performance and sales surged in July and claims for bent cited the PMIs, which showed the poses risks to economic policy." unemployment benefits fell. steepest downturn in corporate activity The agency affirmed Turkey’s long-term financial risk rating Sterling hit a two-week high since the depths of the 2009 recession, at ‘BBB-. against the dollar on Thursday after as a key indicator for the Bank. Fitch said those removed include around 70,000 public sec- the signs that consumers were un- His boss Mark Carney - who has in tor workers across the country. The agency underscored, how- fazed - at least initially - by the vote, the past criticized the quality of Brit- ever, that "overwhelming" public opposition to the coup could raising questions about the likeli- ish official data - also appeared to lessen political fractures. hood of a further interest rate cut as throw his weight behind the surveys. However, Fitch said the removal of senior military officials suggested by the BoE on Aug. 4. "We are seeing these risks mani- from their posts could undermine Turkey’s ability to address such But for the Bank's policymak- fest in a wide variety of indicators ... security challenges as continuous terrorist attacks. ers who surprised investors with a which in many cases are better indi- Fitch said Turkish growth will likely dip in the near future due to "sledgehammer" stimulus plan this cators of what is actually happening dropping investment. However, the agency expects the country’s month, the early readings of the in the economy, rather than what we GDP to grow at about 3.4 percent in 2016. (Source: Sputnik) economy offer only a narrow snap- call hard data," Carney said on the shot compared with the years of eco- day of the BoE decision. nomic uncertainty they see facing Most big retailers have reported Britain as it reworks its relationship "This is likely to limit retail sales cluding a shot-in-the-arm for Brit- little impact from the referendum Wall St. dips as investors with its main trading partners in the growth in coming quarters," said ING ain's economy of up to a 170 billion as yet, although many property and European Union. economist James Knightley. pounds. But they will have to wait un- building companies say they have assess rate outlook Think of it as the 1939 "phoney war" Individual accounts from major til next month to see if the next batch been hit hard. Carmaker Nissan said before five years of the real thing. companies about the impact of the of official data backs up the findings. its investment plans in Britain hinged U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday, led by declines in utility shares "(The) retail sales data tell us next vote to leave the EU, meanwhile, BoE Chief Economist Andy Hal- on the country's future trading ar- as investors weighed prospects for an interest rate increase in the to nothing about the health of the paint a mixed picture, so BoE poli- dane has said the measures were rangements, but others have pressed coming months. UK economy after the Brexit vote," cymakers are likely to put their faith only a "short-term balm" for social ahead with investment. Energy shares also weighed on the market, even though U.S. Andrew Brigden, chief economist at into broader surveys of businesses. and political questions about Britain's Online retailer Amazon said on crude oil prices settled higher. Fathom Consulting, said. It was a plunge in sentiment re- future after Brexit. Thursday it would create 1,500 new The S&P utility index, which tends to fall as investor rate hike ex- By contrast, Tuesday's inflation flected in July's purchasing man- Clearer picture jobs in 2017 at a new distribution pectations rise, ended down 1.2 percent. The telecommunications data offered a sign of the challenge ager indexes that set off the Bank's Nonetheless, the trickle of data center in south-east England, adding index, also sensitive to changes in interest rates, fell 0.9 percent. to come for Britain's consumers who aggressive stimulus approach - in- over the next few months will influ- to its investment in Britain. San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams late drove the country's economic recov- But even if the dire warnings about on Thursday said if the U.S. central bank waited too long to raise ery over the past three years. For the Bank's policymakers who surprised Brexit that the Remain camp promul- rates, it could be costly for the economy and that a possible rate hike Price pressures in factories - which gated - known as "Project Fear" by in September should be in play. Investors also are bracing for next eventually feed through into con- investors with a "sledgehammer" stimulus its opponents - do not come to pass, week's meeting of global central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, sumer prices - shot higher in July, plan this month, the early readings of the BoE policymakers are unlikely to re- where Fed Chair Janet Yellen may provide insight on the rate outlook. reflecting the pound's plunge since economy offer only a narrow snapshot gret their stimulus blast. The market's recent run-up to record highs has been partly sup- the Brexit vote, and posing a threat compared with the years of economic At worst, it could be a case of bet- ported by expectations that the Fed will continue to keep rates low, as to the future spending power of con- ter-safe-than-sorry. well as by some upbeat earnings and economic news. sumers. uncertainty they see facing Britain. (Source: Reuters) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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NEWS What is cupping therapy, and why Scientists to probe ways of meeting tough global warming goal does Michael Phelps swear by it? It’s all due to a technique called cupping bromyalgia. Scientists on Thursday set the outlines of a report on how to therapy. But is there actually any science For athletes who aren’t hurt, the in- restrict global warming to a limit agreed last year by world behind it? creased blood flow from cupping is leaders - even though the temperature threshold is at risk of Competing in the Olympics is defi- thought to help repair muscle fibers af- being breached already. nitely grueling, but it’s not the sports that ter a tough workout. The UN-led study, due to be published in 2018 as a guide are responsible for some of the bruises The risks associated with cupping for governments, will look into ways of cutting greenhouse on several of the top athletes. therapy are minor, and include notice- gas emissions to cap the rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahr- For instance, swimmer Michael able, hickey-like bruising that occurs due enheit) above pre-industrial levels. Phelps and gymnast Alex Naddour— to damage to your blood cells. It will examine impacts of a 1.5C rise on vulnerable among other competitors—have been “The blood oozes from the ves- parts of the world including seen with round, purple marks across sel and into the tissue, which is what Greenland's ice sheet and their bodies. you’re seeing,” Dr. Blackwelder says. “It’s coral reefs. So what’s going on? a very normal part of therapy, and it Thelma Krug, a Brazilian It’s called cupping therapy, and it’s a isn’t painful.” scientist who led the four-day form of ancient Chinese medicine pur- But does cupping therapy really meeting in Geneva, said it ported to treat athletic aches and other work? will also cast the fight against pains. Separate studies have suggested that climate change as part of a How does cupping therapy cupping therapy may help reduce pain wider struggle to end pov- work? associated with conditions like carpal erty and ensure sustainable In cupping therapy, an acupuncturist tunnel syndrome, persistent low back growth. soaks a cotton ball in alcohol and lights pain, and chronic neck pain. World leaders agreed to it on fire inside a glass cup. of Family Physicians. area to try to heal it. There’s little research that proves that work towards that target at a He or she removes the flame, and That’s because the cupping process That may be why cupping is touted any healing actually takes place with meeting in in December, quickly places the cup on a patient’s skin, draws blood from your vessels and into to treat a lot of pain-based conditions. cupping, Dr. Blackwelder says. So should you try cupping ther- also requesting the report as creating a vacuum that draws up the skin your tissue. Your body thinks it’s been in- Along with boosting athletic recovery, apy? part of a global agreement tissue, says Mark Perido, an educator jured, so it jumpstarts an inflammatory it’s also been used to manage things like to phase out greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning with the International Cupping Therapy response, mobilizing antibodies to the lower back pain, plantar fasciitis, and fi- Though the actual science behind fossil fuels, in the second half the century. Association. cupping remains hazy, athletes like The global rise reached 1.3C in the first half of 2016, which When the skin seals the hot air in Phelps continue to use it to help quicken is almost certain to be the warmest year since records began the vessel, the air inside begins to cool, their recovery. in the 19th century, beating 2015. causing the skin to contract. So if you want to give it a shot, go Some studies indicate emissions could breach levels con- Advocates of cupping say it’s this ahead: Just consider it a second-line sistent with 1.5C within about five years. Many show tempera- stretching and contraction of the skin move if you don’t feel like you’re getting tures overshooting that limit and then being reduced later by that makes cupping effective, since it in- relief from a conventional treatment op- extracting greenhouse gases from the atmosphere with yet- creases blood flow. tion like physical therapy or medication to-be developed technology. “Blood flow is the body’s way of natu- that your physician recommended, says "It will be difficult, but there are also opportunities," said rally healing,” says Houman Danesh, Dr. Blackwelder. Sabine Fuss, a delegate at the Geneva meeting from the Mer- M.D., an assistant professor of anesthe- “It can definitely be a good add-on cator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. siology and rehabilitation medicine at therapy,” says Dr. Blackwelder. “The risks Costly action now could help avert even more expensive Mount Sinai Hospital who frequently involved are small.” damage from floods, heat waves, extinctions and rising ocean combines cupping with mainstream pain Still, if you have a bleeding disorder, levels, she said. therapy techniques. “Increased blood or take medicine like aspirin or ibuprofen The Geneva talks of experts from the Intergovernmental flow can be beneficial to jumpstart or re- where bleeding is a potential side effect, Panel on Climate Change agreed the chapters in the report start a blunted healing response.” you might want to skip cupping, he says. and sketched out the content. Their conclusions will have to You can also think of it as a “sterile in- That’s because it can do further dam- be formally approved by a wider IPCC meeting in October. flammation,” says Reid Blackwelder, M.D., age to your blood vessels. (Source: Reuters) past president of the American Academy (Source: menshealth.com)

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1 Yildirim also told a group of re- an government control, marks the most porters in that while Syrian Pres- Turkey: Assad can be part violent confrontation between the Kurdish ident Bashar al-Assad could have a role YPG militia and Damascus in the civil war. in the interim leadership, he must play no It came a week after Turkey and Rus- JUMP part in its future. of transition period in Syria sia, Assad’s strongest military backer, re- Syria’s more than five-year foreign paired ties following Turkey’s downing of Russia’s role sponsored conflict has taken on an ethnic a Russian jet late last year. in Yemen conflict dimension, with Kurdish groups carving The YPG and Syrian government forc- out their own regions, and periodically es had mostly left each other to their 1 It doesn’t seem so! The so-called coalition forces battling groups from Syria’s Arab major- own devices in the conflict, during which led by Saudi Arabia fighting Yemen were already in quag- ity whose priority is to overthrow Assad. Kurdish groups have exploited the col- mire in Yemen and there is not any intention on the side of Turkey fears the strengthening of lapse of state control to establish auton- the Yemeni army and its paramilitary allies to set foot on the Kurdish militant groups in Syria will fur- omy across much of the country’s north. southern tip of the country which was an independent state ther embolden its own Kurdish insurgen- The Kurdish YPG militia is an inte- until 1990. cy, which flared anew following the col- gral part of the United States-backed Can one say the continuation of the current trend in lapse of a ceasefire between militants and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which Yemen may impose the disintegration of Yemen to the two the state last year. are at the heart of Washington’s mil- sides of the conflict? There are plenty of evidence in this “Turkey we will be more active in the itary campaign against the Islam- regard and the fact that a deadlock in the Yemeni crisis Syria issue in the coming six months as a ic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ may also help. regional player. This means to not allow Daesh) terrorist group and last week Syria to be divided on any ethnic base, seized the northern town of Manbij for Turkey this is crucial,” Yildirim said. from the militants. U.S. sailor lands in prison On Friday Syrian Kurdish authorities Despite the intensified military in- evacuated thousands of civilians from volvement of world powers, including the for taking classified photos Kurdish areas of Hasaka following Syr- former Cold War foes, Yildirim said he ian government air strikes, the Kurdish was optimistic that the Persian Gulf pow- of nuclear sub People’s Protection Units (YPG/Yekîneyên erhouse Iran, Persian Gulf Arab states, A federal court in the United States has sentenced a Navy Parastina Gel) militia said. Russia and the United States, could work sailor to a year in prison for taking photographs of classified The fighting this week in Hasaka, which jointly to find a solution. areas inside a nuclear attack submarine while it was in port in is divided into zones of Kurdish and Syri- (Source: agencies) the state of Connecticut. Kristian Saucier, of Arlington, Vermont, pleaded guilty in May to “foolish mistake” of unauthorized detention of mili- tary information, according to the Guardian. World’s largest Muslim bloc concerned by Kashmir violence He was facing five to six years in prison under federal sen- tencing rules and regulations, but on Friday, when the verdict The world’s largest bloc of Muslim countries expressed leading anti-India protests in the southern Tral area, po- was announced, he got away with only one year in prison for concern on Saturday over alleged human rights viola- lice and locals said. taking six pictures of classified areas inside the USS Alexan- tions in Indian-controlled Kashmir, which has seen weeks A police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity dria in 2009 when he was a 22-year-old machinist mate on of deadly clashes between Muslim protesters and police. in keeping with department policy said the raiding party the submarine. Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the 57-member “accidently fired” at the couple and “regretted” the incident. A judge also ordered Saucier to serve six months of Organization of Islamic Cooperation, said at a news In signs of an intensified crackdown against protest- home confinement with electronic surveillance during a conference in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad that the ers in Indian-held Kashmir since last week, local residents three-year period of supervised release after the prison situation in Kashmir was deteriorating and urged the in- have increasingly accused counterinsurgency police and term. Saucier did not speak during the court proceeding ternational community to act. army soldiers of systematically raiding neighborhoods, on Friday. “The situation is getting worse rather than better and ransacking houses and beating residents to intimidate Prosecutors said his photographs described the nuclear this cannot continue,” Madani said after meeting with protesters. reactor compartment, the auxiliary steam propulsion panel Sartaj Aziz, the foreign affairs adviser to Pakistan’s prime More than 2,000 people have been arrested for par- and the maneuvering compartment. minister. ticipating in protests and clashes in recent weeks, state His lawyers said Saucier knew about the classified ar- Kashmir, a predominantly Muslim region, is divided government officials said. eas of the submarine but took pictures to be able to between India and Pakistan but claimed in its entirety Earlier in the week, Indian army soldiers beat a young show his family and future children what he did while he by both. Most Kashmiris want an end to Indian rule and Iyad Madani college teacher to death and injured dozens of other was in the Navy. favor independence or a merger with Pakistan, which people in a raid in the southern Khrew area. The army “It was a foolish mistake by a very young man,” his lawyer, has long called for a referendum on the region’s future. groups began fighting Indian forces in 1989 and in the later said that it regretted the incident. Greg Rinckey, said after the sentencing. “It’s a very sad case Hindu-majority India has refused to hold such a vote. subsequent Indian military crackdown. India accuses Pa- A security lockdown and protest strikes have shut the because Kristian Saucier is a fine young man. We don’t be- “We should not be afraid of referendum,” Madani kistan of arming and training rebels, a charge Islamabad Indian portion of Kashmir since the killing of a popular lieve this was really his true character.” (Source: Press TV) said, adding that it was up to the Kashmiri people to denies. rebel commander on July 8 sparked some of Kashmir’s decide their future. Meanwhile, a Kashmiri couple in their late 70s was largest protests against Indian rule in recent years. Standing next to him at the news conference, Aziz injured in firing by Indian forces who have intensified A strict curfew and a series of communication black- Sexually abused Philippine accused Indian forces of using lethal force against Kash- nocturnal raids to arrest protesters in the region, police outs have failed to stop the protests, as residents have miris protesting peacefully over extrajudicial killings. He said on Saturday. struggled to cope with shortages of food, medicine and worker dies in Saudi Arabia said a peaceful solution to the dispute over the region The husband and wife were injured on Friday night other necessities. “is an imperative for regional peace and stability.” by pellets from a shotgun fired as they tried to resist a At least 63 civilians have been killed and thousands A Philippine worker, who was allegedly raped by her More than 68,000 people have been killed since rebel police party looking for one of their sons for allegedly injured in protest-related violence. (Source: AP) Saudi employer, has succumbed to her wounds while in a coma. Philippine Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre “Be- bot” Bello III said in a radio interview from Jeddah on Friday Taliban seizes Khanabad in Afghanistan’s Kunduz that 35-year-old Irma Avila Edloy died at the King Salman After days of heavy fighting, the Taliban has taken con- saying the fighters are becoming better trained and Hospital in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, because of severe in- trol of another of the five districts in the northern Afghan equipped. juries. province of Kunduz, according to provincial authorities. “It seems like the morale of the Afghan national se- “The latest news is she passed away,” Bello said, adding, The fighters seized the district of Khanabad, which curity forces is quite low in Kunduz province. There is a “I tried to talk to her. I introduced myself and whispered to connects Kunduz to Takhar and other northern provinc- lot of political disagreement among our political leaders her to move her fingers if she can hear me but there was no es, on Saturday morning, with heavy clashes reported in in Kabul and this is having a severe impact on our forces response.” several other districts. on the ground,” Wardak, the activist, told Al Jazeera. Edloy had implicated her employer in the sexual assault “The Taliban attacked the district from different po- “It looks like the government is yet to get its act to- when asked by a nurse, Bello noted. sitions and we resisted for hours but we received no gether and fight effectively against the Taliban. The only “Before she went unconscious, the nurse told me that the support. The district fell to the Taliban,” said Hayatullah thing that offers hope to the Afghan security forces is employer went there which elicited a reaction from Irma. The Amiri, the Khanabad chief. the commitment of the international community, with a employer allegedly appeared tense and left. And when the The Taliban has intensified its attacks in Kunduz and lot of aid and support coming from the U.S. military.” nurse asked her if she was maltreated, she pointed to her also carried out attacks on other key districts in the prov- Taliban strongholds employer,” the official said. ince in the past weeks. The provincial capital, Kunduz, fell to the Taliban for Elsewhere in his remarks, the Philippine labor chief raised “The reports that I have by talking to people in Kun- the first time in September last year, one of the biggest the suspicion that Edloy may have been a victim of gang rape duz is that the district fell into the hands of the Talib- victories for the fighters since they were toppled from due to the extent of her wounds. an without any combat or conflict,” Habib Wardak, who Fighting has escalated in Afghanistan as the Taliban power by U.S. and coalition forces in late 2001. Meanwhile, Congressman Aniceto “John” Bertiz, of campaigns for good governance, told Al Jazeera from campaign spreads from its traditional strongholds in the Fighting has also escalated in other Afghanistan ACTS-Overseas Filipino Workers (ACTS-OFW), said that Ed- the Afghan capital Kabul. south and east of the country to once peaceful regions provinces. loy had a stroke when her employer visited her at the hospi- “It looks like the capture of the district Khanabad will in the north. Major Taliban offences have taken place in neighbor- tal, calling for efforts to prevent her case from being “buried have severe repercussions on the socio-economic, po- Political crisis ing Baghlan province, as well as in the southern province and forgotten.” (Source: Press TV) litical and security situation not just in Kunduz but the The security problems facing Afghanistan are being of Helmand, where the Taliban has encircled the capital, entire northern part of the country.” compounded by a growing political crisis within the Ka- Lashkar Gah. The fall of Khanabad comes only five days after bul government. The Taliban government collapsed after the U.S. in- The Trump campaign the Taliban captured a district in neighboring Bagh- Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s chief executive, vasion of 2001; since then the group’s control over parts shakeup: Going to the lan province, seizing a number of government forces’ recently criticized President Ashraf Ghani for failing to of Afghanistan has fluctuated wildly. vehicles and ammunition. work collaboratively and deemed him undeserving to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) officially mattresses The fighters launched a coordinated attack on Da- serve the government. ended its combat mission in December 2014, but U.S. hana-e-Ghori on August 12, leading to heavy clashes in Despite air support from the United States and Af- forces were granted greater powers in June this year to So, Conway says, we’re going to let “Trump be Trump” so he the area until the fighters took control of the district on ghan warplanes, government troops are struggling strike at the Taliban as President Barack Obama pledged feels “comfortable in his own skin.” He’ll go back to doing the August 15. against the Taliban, with senior government officials a more aggressive campaign. (Source: Al Jazeera) raucous rallies featured in his primary campaign. We’ll see a return to attack tweeting. He will wage a campaign of insults, not ideas, in seeking to make Hillary Clinton’s character and record the centerpiece of the campaign. Sarmayeh Bank Awarded with Top Three Badges in 7th ITEC Summit Clinton’s response to the Trump shakeup was to keep the spotlight on him. “There is no new Donald Trump,” she as- ECONOMY In 7th ITEC Summit special of manag- As Supporter of Customer Welfare, international held in the presence of Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade serted. “This is it.” deskers and heads of exemplary industri- banking award was granted by Germany to Sarmayeh Eng. Ne’matzadeh, industrialists and representatives of Trump agrees with her. There will be no “pivot,” no “more al and production units across the country, top three Bank due to its brilliant and eye-catching activities and public, private and cooperatives sectors. presidential” Trump to appeal to the general electorate. In- badges were awarded to Sarmayeh Bank in the field of credits coupled with constructive performance of the It is worth mentioning that top national badge of stead, expect new Breitbart exposes that provide grist for excellent management in banking industry, providing bank in relevant field. knowledge-based public relations n banking industry Trump’s mill. welfare for customers in banking services and boosting As held in IRIB Intl. Conferences Center in cooperation was granted to the Public Relations Department of Sar- Trump’s attack lines will likely be echoed by the Bre- effectiveness of public relations in pertinent sector. with Iran Chamber of Cooperatives, 7th ITEC Summit was mayeh Bank. itbart right-wing media Wurlitzer. Just as the Wall Street Journal and the American Spectator invented or inflated scandals about Whitewater, women and Vince Foster in SINA BANK Chief Executive Awarded with the early years of Bill Clinton’s presidency, now Bannon will likely ensure that Breitbart and other right-wing news outlets will gear up to trumpet a new round of Excellent Management Badge in Banking Industry scandal and innuendo. ECONOMY In 7th ITEC Summit spe- Pishro was awarded with excellent man- of Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Center with the aim of supporting pro- Trump is probably betting that if he can’t convince a deskcial of managers and agement badge in banking industry of Parliament also called Majlis), senior man- duction sector and national services, at- majority to vote for Donald Trump, he may just be able to heads of exemplary industrial and produc- country in the presence of Minister of agers and heads of exemplary industries. tracting foreign investment in the course convince them to vote against Hillary Clinton. tion units across the country, Chief Execu- Industry, Mine and Trade Eng. Moham- This prestigious award-granting cere- of national production and developing Get ready. They’re going to the mattresses. This race is tive of SINA BANK Eng. Mohammad-Reza mad-Reza Ne’matzadeh, representatives mony was held in IRIB Intl. Conferences spirit of entrepreneurship, etc. going to get far uglier than it already is. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY AAUGUSTUGUST 221,1, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

NEWS IN BRIEF Iran to initiate watershed management, Iranians spend $285m on cigarettes desert greening projects by March 2017 annually SOCIETY TEHRAN — Two pro- jects would not only help in saving some desk SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iranians spend some 100 jects of watershed 520 cubic meters of water per hectare but desktrillion rials (nearly $285m) on ciga- management and desert greening will be also it results in better rainwater harvesting rettes annually, the deputy health minister said on Friday, undertaken over a land area of 740,000 and recharging groundwater resources, he Fars news agency reported. hectares in Iran by March 2017, the director highlighted. Ali-Akbar Sayyari noted that smoking is one of the of the Forests, Range, and Watershed Man- Mentioning the average 16.5 tons of soil most important threats to the human health and that the agement Organization said. loss due to erosion Jalali also noted that health officials are required to take measures and create Khodakaram Jalali told IRNA news watersheds management would also con- culture to decrease the number. agency that regarding Iran’s climate, con- tribute to saving at least nine tons of soil Smoking can trigger health conditions which finally sistent drought spells, water shortage, from erosion per hectare. result in premature death in a long run and needs to be ground water depletion, destroyed aq- In order to finance the watersheds man- dealt with immediately, he added. uifers, and land subsidence two projects agement scheme some 3 trillion rials (near- of watersheds management and desert ly $85m) is required, he explained, “in case greening will be implemented over a land we succeed in financing the project it will Air units to support area of 650,000 hectares and 90,000 hec- be launched by the end of the current year tares respectively. (March 20).” firefighters in Tehran Water, air and soil are three essential and The fund allocated to the desert green- basic elements, Jalali said, adding, “Should we ing project is also some 30 million rials succeed in managing and protecting these (nearly $850) per hectare and if the project three we would be able to move towards sus- is fully funded the project would be entirely SOCIETY TEHRAN — Air units will be launched tainable economic growth.” executed by March 20, he added. deskin Tehran to support firefighters at “According to the figures we have to “We are located in an arid area and the operational incidents, Tehran’s Fire Department director carry out watersheds management pro- per capita desert in Iran is as twice as that of general has said. jects on some 125m hectares of land,” he the world,” Jalali warned, stating, 20 million The idea of the air unit was proposed last Septem- noted, “some 26m hectares of the lands are remaining.” projects on at least 3m hectares of land per hectares of the lands in Iran are affected by ber by Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Sa’eed are covered since the 1979 Islamic Revo- To resolve the current problems it is annum, he suggested. land erosion and 3 million hectares are hot- Sharifzadeh told Fars news agency. lution up to now and some 99m hectares required to lead watershed management Running watershed management pro- spots for dust storms. “We have discussed different aspects of this scheme and we are now attempting to finance this project,” Shar- ifzadeh said, adding “We need some 2 trillion rials (nearly A record 130 million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance: UN chief $57m) to buy four helicopters with equipment and main- tenance expenses as well.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his tions “World You’d Rather” campaign. As well as rais- “Currently we are holding talks with Tehran’s Munici- message on World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2016, ing awareness and building empathy, the campaign has pality to buy two helicopters for this unit,” he highlighted. said a record 130 million people are dependent on hu- a concrete goal: to raise money for the UN’s Central The Velayat Park, southern Tehran, and the Milad Tow- manitarian assistance to survive. Emergency Response Fund and to enroll the support er, northern Tehran, are considered as the airports for the The full text of his message reads: of individuals everywhere as Messengers of Humanity. helicopters to land and takeoff, he noted. A record 130 million people are dependent on hu- We need everybody to demand that their societies and He further expressed hope that the air unit scheme manitarian assistance to survive. Grouped together, governments put humanity first. gets off the ground by the end of the current Iranian cal- these people in need would comprise the tenth most Earlier this year, 9,000 participants gathered in Istanbul endar year falling on March 20, 2017. populous nation on Earth. for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit. World leaders These figures are truly staggering, yet they tell only a committed to transform the lives of people living in conflict, fraction of the story. Hidden behind the statistics are individ- disaster and acute vulnerability. They rallied behind the Agen- uals, families and communities whose lives have been devas- da for Humanity and its pledge to leave no one behind. tated. People no different to you and me: children, women This promise is also at the heart of the Sustainable Devel- and men who face impossible choices every day. They are Somalians queue for food opment Goals. With their focus on human rights, resilience LEARN ENGLISH parents who must choose between buying food or medicine and poverty eradication, these 17 global goals offer a 15-year Trying to Locate Someone for their children; children who must choose between school against injustice, and we can work for change. plan to reduce needs and vulnerability and promote a world or working to support their families; families who must risk World Humanitarian Day is an annual reminder of the of peace, dignity and opportunity for all. To succeed on this Carmen: Hi, I’m looking for Waldo. I was told that he comes bombing at home or a perilous escape by sea. need to act to alleviate the suffering. It is also an occasion to collective journey, we need everyone to play their part. Each in here from time to time. Have you seen him? The solutions to the crises that have plunged these honor the humanitarian workers and volunteers toiling on the one of us can make a difference. On this World Humanitarian Antonio: Waldo? I haven’t seen him in a while. He comes in people into such desperate hardship are neither simple nor frontlines of crises. I pay tribute to these dedicated women Day, let us unite in the name of humanity and show that we sometimes, but it’s pretty hit-and-miss. quick. But there are things we can all do – today, and every and men who brave danger to help others at far greater risk. cannot and will not leave any one behind. Carmen: I can’t seem to pin him down. Every time I think day. We can show compassion, we can raise our voices Today, I urge everyone to sign on to the United Na- (Source: UNIC) I’m hot on his trail, I’m too late. He’s skipped town or has gone underground. IN FOCUS ISNA/ Zakieh Babajani Antonio: That’s Waldo. He’s the most elusive person I know. I think he actually enjoys playing a game of cat and mouse with people who are trying to locate him. Carmen: I’m starting to get that feeling. I’ve been trying to track him down for over two months. Antonio: He does seem to have a sixth sense and knows when to vanish. Carmen: I’m starting to think he doesn’t really exist and that he’s just a figment of my imagination. Antonio: It’s funny you should say that. I think his ultimate goal is to be invisible, just another face in the crowd. (Source: eslpod.com) Words & phrases from time to time: sometimes, but not regularly or very often hit-and-miss: done in a way that is not planned or or- ganized pin somebody down: to make someone unable to move, to stop someone from escaping be hot on your trail: they are close to finding them skip the town: to leave a place suddenly and secretly, es- pecially to avoid being punished or paying debts go underground: to start doing something secretly, or hide in a secret place A festival of sand sculptures was held on Friday at the Khazar Abad coast, . elusive: an elusive person or animal is difficult to find or not often seen play a game of cat and mouse: to pretend to allow ENGLISH IN USE someone to do or have what they want, and then to stop them from doing or having it LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION locate: to find the exact position of something track somebody down: to find someone or something ﻛﻤﻚ 4 ﻫﺰﺍﺭ ﻣﻴﻠﻴﺎﺭﺩ ﺗﻮﻣﺎﻧﻰ ﺧﻴﺮﻳﻦ ﺑﻪ ﺣﻮﺯﻩ ﺳﻼﻣﺖ ﺩﺭ 8 ﺳﺎﻝ ﺍﺧﻴﺮ that is difficult to find by searching or looking for informa- Iranians donate $1.1b to healthcare over 8 years tion in several different places ﻳﻜﻰ ﺍﺯ ﻣﺴﻮﻭﻻﻥ ﻣﺠﻤﻊ ﺧﻴﺮﻳﻦ ﺳﻼﻣﺖ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﺍﺯ ﻛﻤﻚ 4 ﻫﺰﺍﺭ ﻣﻴﻠﻴﺎﺭﺩﻯ ﺧﻴﺮﻳﻦ ﺑﻪ ﺣﻮﺯﻩ ﻯ ﺳﻼﻣﺖ -sixth sense: a special ability to know things without using Some 4 trillion rials (nearly $1.15b) has been donated since 2008 by philanthro ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﺍﺯ ﺍﺑﺘﺪﺍﻯ ﺳﺎﻝ 87 ﺗﺎﻛﻨﻮﻥ ﺧﺒﺮ ﺩﺍﺩ. any of your five ordinary senses such as your hearing or pists in Iran to healthcare services in the country, an official with the health ﺑﻪ ﮔﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺭﻭﺯ ﭼﻬﺎﺭﺷﻨﺒﻪ ﻯ ﺧﺒﺮﮔﺰﺍﺭﻯ ﻓﺎﺭﺱ ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ ﻏﻨﻴﺎﻥ ﮔﻔﺖ: ﺑﺎﻟﻎﺑﺮ 70 ﻫﺰﺍﺭ ﺧﻴﺮ .sight philanthropists society has said ﻧﻴﻚﺍﻧﺪﻳﺶ ﺍﺯ 240 ﻣﺠﻤﻊ ﺧﻴﺮ ﺩﺭ ﺷﻬﺮﺳﺘﺎﻥ ﻫﺎﻯ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﺗﺎﻛﻨﻮﻥ ﺑﺎﻟﻎ ﺑﺮ 4 ﻫﺰﺍﺭ ﻣﻴﻠﻴﺎﺭﺩ ﺗﻮﻣﺎﻥ ﺑﻪ vanish: to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that More than 70,000 philanthropists from 240 charity societies nationwide have donated ﺣﻮﺯﻩ ﺳﻼﻣﺖ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﻛﻤﻚ ﻛﺮﺩﻩ ﺍﻧﺪ. .cannot be easily explained some 1.15 billion dollars, Esmaeil Ghanian said, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday figment of your imagination: something that you im- Last year (March 21, 2015 to March 19, 2016) about 4,000 healthcare centers including clin- ﻭﻯ ﺧﺎﻃﺮ ﻧﺸﺎﻥ ﻛﺮﺩ: ﺩﺭ ﺳﺎﻝ ﮔﺬﺷﺘﻪ 4 ﻫﺰﺍﺭ ﻭﺍﺣﺪ ﺩﺭﻣﺎﻧﻰ ﺍﺣﺪﺍﺙ ﻳﺎ ﺑﺎﺯﺳﺎﺯﻯ ﺷﺪﻩ ﻛﻪ ﺍﻳﻦ ﻣﺮﺍﻛﺰ agine is real, but does not exist ics, hospitals, emergency rooms etc. were either rebuilt or constructed, he highlighted ﺩﺭﻣﺎﻧﻰ ﺷﺎﻣﻞ ﺩﺭﻣﺎﻧﮕﺎﻩ، ﭘﺎﻳﮕﺎﻩ ﺍﻭﺭژﺍﻧﺲ، ﺑﻴﻤﺎﺭﺳﺘﺎﻥ ﻭ ... ﺍﺳﺖ. ultimate: someone's ultimate aim is their main and most It is projected that the contributions which will be made this year would total ﻏﻨﻴﺎﻥ ﺍﻓﺰﻭﺩ: ﭘﻴﺶﺑﻴﻨﻰ ﺷﺪﻩ ﻫﺰﺍﺭ ﻣﻴﻠﻴﺎﺭﺩ ﺗﻮﻣﺎﻥ ﻛﻤﻚ ﺧﻴﺮﻳﻦ ﺩﺭ ﺳﺎﻝ ﺟﺎﺭﻯ ﺟﻤﻊ ﺁﻭﺭﻯ ﺷﻮﺩ. .important aim, that they hope to achieve in the future some 1 trillion rials (nearly $285m), Ghanian added invisible: something that is invisible cannot be seen face in the crowd: not famous or well-known ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM Every action has Let bygones be bygones Back down All along

a reaction. We Explanation: let’s forgive and forget past Meaning: retract or withdraw your position or pro- Meaning: if something has existed or been somewhere have one planet; quarrels posal in an argument all along, it has been there all the time, from the beginning For example: Jane: She was rude to me at the office For example: Both sides have refused to back For example: I had been looking for my keys for one chance. picnic. Jill: But that was six months ago. Let bygones be down. some time before I realized they had been in my bygones. pocket all along. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/sports AAUGUSTUGUST 21,21, 22016016 SPORTS 11 IIran’sran’s HassanHassan YYazdaniazdani ttakesakes ffreestylereestyle wrestlingwrestling ggoldold iinn RRioio SPORTS – After winning bronze in three Unbeatable Bolt signs off deskdifferent wrestling classes, claimed first wrestling gold medal of these for Iran. with triple-triple Yazdani scored the winning points just seconds from the end of the under-74kg title bout against Russian opponent Aniuar Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career Geduev who had been bleeding heavily throughout the contest. by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Due to a cut above Geduev’s eye suffered in a previous bout, Games when Jamaica successfully defended the 4x100 meters the Russian came out with a bandage around his head. relay crown in Rio on Friday. The match had to be stopped several times for Geduev to Two days shy of his 30th birthday, Bolt anchored his country receive treatment. to victory in 37.27 seconds so adding the relay crown to the 100 In between the stoppages, Geduev posted three take- and 200 meters titles he has owned since exploding onto the downs worth two points apiece in the opening period. Yazdani Olympic stage in Beijing in 2008. battled back in the second period to cut the score to 6-4, He will depart that stage never having tasted defeat in a fi- then got a two-point takedown inside the final five seconds to nal, his nine gold medals a joint record in athletics with Finnish make it 6-6. By virtue of getting the final score, Yazdani gained distance runner Paavo Nurmi and American sprinter and long the advantage on criteria and sealed the comeback win. jumper Carl Lewis. Jarayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan beat ’s Bekzod In the eight years since Abdurakhmonov 8-7 for bronze. European champion Son- Beijing, the 11-times world er Demeritas won a battle of the bushy beards to snare the champion has become one other bronze medal, beating Galymzhan Usserbayev of Ka- of the best known sports- zakhstan 6-0. men on the planet and with Iranian weightlifters Kianoush and the 'triple-triple' has a legit- have already won two gold medals in the 85kg and 94kg imate claim to the title of weight categories respectively. greatest Olympic track and In Greco-Roman wrestling, Saeid Abdevali and Ghasem field athlete ever. Rezaei have claimed two bronze medals in the 75kg and 98kg. There has never been has won a bronze medal in the women’s -57kg any doubt in the Jamaican's . Freestyler also snatched a bronze own mind. medal in the 57kg. "There you go, I am the greatest. I've worked hard every Olympics to win three gold medals... so I'm just happy that I've accomplished so Iran’s Rahimi seizes bronze in 57kg much," Bolt told reporters. "It's a relief but I'm also sad that I have to leave. This is my last freestyle wrestling one... It's just so many special feelings I'm feeling." There is no doubt that Bolt has transformed his sport, if only SPORTS Rio de Janeiro – Hassan Rahimi from final ended 3-3. by almost single-handedly displacing the United States as the deskIran snatched a bronze medal at the Iranian weightlifters and Sohrab superpower of men's sprinting. men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling in Olympics on Friday. Moradi have already won two gold medals in the 85kg It was only almost single-handedly, though, as his three Rahimi, who lost to Japan’s Rei Higuchi in the semi- and 94kg weight categories respectively. Olympic relay titles, two in world record times, always required finals, defeated Cuba’s , the world No. 3, In Greco-Roman wrestling, Saeid Abdevali and the input of his fellow Jamaican speedsters. 5-0 to win the bronze medal in the division. Ghasem Rezaei have claimed two bronze medals in the Again on Friday, former world record holder Asafa Powell, Gold medal went to , who 75kg and 98kg. Bolt's training partner Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade gave beat Higuchi in the final match. Kimia Alizadeh has also won a bronze medal in the the double sprint world record holder the lead at the final ex- The Georgian wrestler won on countback after the women’s -57kg taekwondo. change, albeit an extremely slim one. That was always going to be enough for Bolt in his final Olympic race, however, and he powered down the straight to finish five meters clear of Japan's Aska Cambridge. Iranian players are oppressed in Europe: Alireza Haghighi "I told the guys, 'don't give me too much work to do, make it easy'," Bolt said. "And they did exactly that, I had no work to do, SPORTS Iran’s Alireza Haghighi, who has recently window closes,” Haghighi said. just to run to the line." deskterminated his contract with Portuguese Haghighi became the first Iranian goalkeeper to join a STUNNING SILVER side Maritimo, believes that Iranian players have very tough European club when he signed for Russian outfit Rubin Ka- Ryoto Yamagata had run a blistering opening leg for Japan, who job in order to make it to the play regularly in a Europe. zan back in 2012 although he failed to make a single top won a stunning silver for their first Olympic medal in the sprint relay “When I signed a three-year contract with Maritimo team appearance in an ill-fated two-year stint. in 37.60, improving the Asian record they set in qualifying. there was a term in my contract which allows me to leave A move to Portugal was greeted with more success as Trayvon Bromell's dip for the line was so aggressive that he the club if the head coach do not put me in the starting he enjoyed reasonable spells with both Covilho and Pe- tumbled over but the United States still thought they were set- line-up. When Paulo Cesar Gusmao took charge of Mariti- nafiel without ever being able to truly establish himself as tling for bronze in 37.62. mo he told me he is not going to use me as the first choice first choice at the same time as he was performing with Since 1995, though, the Americans had failed to get the baton keeper so according to that term I asked to terminate my distinction for the Iranian national team. around or been disqualified eight times in sprint relays at the Olym- contract,” Haghighi said. Starting all three of Team Melli’s matches in , pics or world championships and calamity struck for a ninth time “If you play in midfield or as a defender you have the Haghighi was a standout throughout before returning to on Friday. The handover between lead-off runner Mike Rodgers and chance to prove yourself during the season but as the Kazan but once again failing to establish himself. Justin Gatlin was adjudged to have started before the exchange zone second choice keeper you might play zero games in a That prompted a move back to Portugal where he fea- and the Americans were disqualified as they were on their lap of honor. whole season. This is exactly what has happened to Joe six Portuguese and the other are from different Europe- tured sporadically for Maritimo after joining the club in "It was the twilight zone," said Gatlin. "It was a nightmare. You Hart in Manchester City or Marc-Andre ter Stegen at an countries,” he added. January this year earning both praise and raising eyebrows work so hard with your team mates, guys you compete against Barcelona,” he added. “However I won’t give up as I’m going to contin- in equal measure. almost all year long. All that hard work just crumbles." “Iranian players have very tough job in order to make ue my career as a first choice keeper in Europe. I’m After having appeared to claim the starting job in Canada were elevated to bronze after their run of 37.64, a it to the starting line-up in a European team. Currently, currently training with Iran national team in Italy but pre-season the recent arrival of Brazilian Eduardo Gottardi national record which gave Andre de Grasse his third medal of there are 15 or 16 Brazilian players in Maritimo, five or I’ll choose my new team before the summer transfer led him to terminate his contract with the club. the Games after a bronze in the 100m and silver in the 200m. De Grasse is considered one of the men most likely to step into the huge void left by Bolt when he retires after next year's Iran football team defeats Spal in friendly world championships in . "I'm definitely going to miss the crowd and the energy and just the competition," Bolt said. "I love competing. So I'm going Iranian national football team beat newly will be played behind closed doors. Tehran. to miss all of that. But it's been a great career, I've done great, I'm Serie B promoted side Spal 3-0 in a friendly The visit came ahead of round three of Iran has been drawn in Group A just happy with myself." American Tyson Gay was the last man match on Friday. the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. along with , South Korea, Uzbeki- to beat Bolt in a major championship final - in the 200 meters at Team Melli will also face the B Italia rep- Iran’s first game at this stage will take stan, China and Syria. the 2007 worlds in Osaka - and, like many of the other sprinters resentative on Tuesday. The second game place on September 1st against Qatar in (Source: Tasnim) in the final, he had nothing but praise for the Jamaican. "He's a great sprinter," Gay said. "That's just self-explanatory. Words can't describe that type of a guy and what he's done for President lauds Iranian athletes’ performance in Olympic Games the sport. Everybody just appreciates what he's done." (Source: Reuters) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the country’s weightlifter for winning the hearts of Ira- athletes in the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio for bring- nian people and proving to be a real hero. ing glory to Iran, extending special thanks to 18-year- Salimi set the world record for the snatch with 216 old taekwondo player Kimia Alizadeh for winning the kg, but his lift in the clean and jerk was deemed to be Faghani becomes first first-ever Olympic medal by an Iranian lady. invalid by the jury panel despite getting three straight Asian to referee an In a message on Friday, President Rouhani said he white lights from the judges. could not wait for the competitions to end to praise the The Iranian athletes have so far won three gold and Olympic final Iranian athletes for their glorious presence. four bronze medals in the games. He also hailed Kimia Alizadeh for displaying the Ira- Still, freestyle wrestlers, a taekwondo player and a Rio de Janeiro — Iranian Alireza Faghani made history by becom- nian and Islamic culture to the world and proving the marathon runner from Iran are going to compete in the ing the first Asian referee to officiate the final of a Men's Olympic Iranian women’s courage and competence. Olympic Games. Football Tournament when he takes charge of the Brazil ver- The president further applauded super heavyweight (Source: Tasnim) sus Germany gold medal match on Saturday (local time). Since becoming a FIFA International referee in 2011, Faghani (centre) has been entrusted with a host of high profile matches. Benteke completes Palace switch, signs four-year deal He was named the fourth referee for the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between Brazil and Croatia. He was also Belgium striker Christian Benteke has the Belgian never won a regular starting most of the 32.5 million pounds they spent tasked to officiate the 2014 AFC Champions League Final first signed for Crystal Palace from Liverpool, place under him or his successor, German to sign him from Villa. leg match between Al-Hilal and Western Sydney Wanderers. the Premier League rivals announced on Juergen Klopp. He becomes Palace's fourth sign- During the hugely successful Asian Cup 2015 Australia, Saturday. "I'm very happy to commit my future ing of the transfer window after Andros The clubs did not disclose the transfer to Crystal Palace and I'm looking forward Townsend, James Tomkins and Steve Faghani was appointed to officiate the final match between Ko- fee for the four-year contract but British to meeting the manager, the players and Mandanda. rea Republic and host nation Australia. Faghani also refereed the media have said it was 27 million pounds the staff," Benteke, 25, said in a statement Palace will play at London rivals Tot- 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final, which saw Barcelona take on plus extras that could see the deal rise to issued by his new club. tenham Hotspur later on Saturday after Argentina’s River Plate. more than 30 million. Benteke scored 10 goals in 42 games losing their opening game of the season The 38-year-old Faghani will be joined by assistant referees Former Liverpool manager Brendan for the Anfield club and according to me- 1-0 at home to West Bromwich Albion and compatriots Reza Sokhandan and Mohammadreza Man- Rodgers signed the player from Aston Vil- dia reports Liverpool rejected two previous last weekend. souri as well Ghanaian fourth official Joseph Lamptey. la at the start of the 2015-16 season but bids from Palace in an attempt to recoup (Source: Reuters) (Source: AFC) b

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NEWS Iran, Oman sign MOU on cinema Tehran museum ARTTEHRAN — A memorandum of to review Peter Watkins’s deskunderstanding has been signed between Iran and Oman to boost ties on film “La Commune” industry. The MOU was inked by Oman Film Society ARTTEHRAN — France-based British director Director Faiz Alkindi and the director of Iran’s Farabi deskPeter Watkins’s 2000 historical drama “La Cinema Foundation, Alireza Tabesh on Friday during Commune (Paris, 1871)” will go on screen today at 1 p.m. at the the Third Dhofar Arab Film Forum, which took place cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Salalah, Oman from August 15 to 20, the Farabi (TMCA). Cinema Foundation announced in a press release The 375-minute movie on Saturday. shot in black and white and Oman TV Assistant Director-General Khalid Abdul blurring the lines between Rahim Al-Zadjali and Cinema Organization of Iran documentary and fiction, Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi were also in attendance is named after the Paris at the meeting, during which the MOU was signed. Commune, a radical socialist Based the MOU, the Omani society undertook to and revolutionary government help Iranian films premiere in the country. that ruled Paris from March 18 In addition, the two side are scheduled to facilitate to May 28, 1871. the exchange of film delegations and working on The Movie centers on the joint film productions. working class as well as the “The Islamic world is being threatened by dark bourgeoisie of 19th-century extremist and cruel movements of some people,” Paris, which are interviewed Tabesh said at the meeting. and covered on television, “By exploiting the potential of cinema, we can before and during a tragic present the human and moral teachings of Islam workers’ class revolt. and the true character of Prophet Muhammad (S) to “La commune (Paris, 1871)” is widely noted for its huge the world,” he added. cast, most of whom were non-professionals, including many A lineup of Iranian films, including “Colorful immigrants from North Africa. It was shot within just thirteen days Island” directed by Khosro Sinai, “The Long Farewell” in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Paris. by Farzad Motamen, “Sweet Taste of Imagination” by Kamal Tabrizi, “Reclamation” by Ali Ghafari and “Princess of Rome” by Hadi Mohammadian, was screened in a special section during the Third Dhofar Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi (3rd L) receives presents from some Omani officials during a visit to the Third NEWS IN BRIEF Arab Film Forum. Dhofar Arab Film Forum on August 19, 2016. “Skipper Soleiman” to go on screen at Korean festival Tehran center to host Chinese cultural week CULTURE TEHRAN — A Chinese Some cultural officials and diplomats, Embassy and the Artistic 40 different ethnic groups, the largest of deskcultural week will and groups of Chinese and Iranian artists Creations Foundation, the event will be which are the Uighurs and the Han. CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian director Saadat- tomorrow open its doors to the public have been invited to attend the opening running until August 28. The ancient Silk Road traverses the deskAli Saeidpur’s short documentary at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center to ceremony of the event that is scheduled Exhibitions of traditional costumes, whole Xinjiang region that is home “Skipper Soleiman” will be screened at the Asia present aspects of its ethnic heritage to start at 10:30 a.m. at Gallery No. 1 of local musical instruments, and photos will to unique natural attractions, cultural Competition of the DMZ International Documentary native to Xinjiang region in the northwest the center. also be arranged during the festival. heritage sites, and colorful ethnic Film Festival which will be held in the Korean cities of the country. Jointly organized by the Chinese Xinjiang is inhabited by more than groups. Goyang and Paju from September 22 to 29. The film tells the story of Captain Soleiman who PICTURE OF THE DAY Honaronline/Ehsan Neqabat worked on a ship on Lake Urmia but now because Calligraphic the lake has shrunk to 10 percent of its former size, he has to farm. painting by Over 100 films from 36 countries will compete in the festival. Mohammad Ehsai Iranian shorts to top seller at Tehran compete at Armenian festival art show

ARTTEHRAN — A desk CULTURE TEHRAN — Two Iranian short calligraphic painting by deskfilms will go on screen at the veteran artist Mohammad Ehsai was the Sose International Film Festival, which will be held in most expensive work sold at 100 Works, Yerevan, Armenia from September 23 to 30. 100 Artists, an exhibition that is annually “Hasti” directed by Kamal Parnak will go on screen organized by Golestan Gallery in Tehran. in the Student Competition while “Ardak” by Esmaeil The artwork fetched 300 million rials Monsef will compete in the Independence Special (about $8,500), the gallery announced Competition. on Saturday. Over 100 films from 38 countries will be shown The exhibition, which showcased 220 during the 7-day event. artworks from 195 artists from July 22 to August 17, grossed 2.4 billion rials (about $68,000). “The highest-priced items sold so far WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES belong to artworks by Mohammad Ehsai worth 300 million rials (about $8,500) Painting and Masud Arabshahi (about $7,900),” Vista Gallery is hanging paintings by Neda Golestan said. Azami in an exhibition titled On August 9, the gallery refreshed the “Forgotten House”. exhibition by replacing sold items with The exhibit will be running until some new artworks. However, only nine Shahrdad Rohani conducts the Tehran Symphony Orchestra during a concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on August 19, 2016. August 29 at the gallery located at more works were sold. No. 11, 12th Alley, Mir Emad St. Paintings by Leila Sharif are I love taking risks with my work, says “War Dogs” finds drama, humor in on show in an exhibit at Golestan Gallery. Indian actor Anil Kapoor Afghan arms deal The exhibit runs until August 24 LONDON (Reuters) — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — at the gallery located at 34 Kamasai Not many a show at the Royal Albert Hall. Since A true "I think there have been a lot of St. in the Darus neighborhood. Bollywood film stars go from the big then, he has acted in more than 100 story centered on the business of movies recently about the system Photo screen to television, but the Indian films, including "Mission Impossible: war gets a humorous twist in the is kind of rigged, and it's rigged actor and producer Anil Kapoor has Ghost Protocol" with Tom Cruise and movie "War Dogs," in which Jonah against the little guy and I feel like, An exhibition displaying photos of Tehran not had a traditional career. numerous Bollywood hits like "Mr Hill and Miles Teller play a hapless hopefully it fits into that kind of during the late 19th and early 20th Kapoor acted in the Oscar-winning India" and "Taal". He also acted in the pair of Americans who land a $300 pantheon," Phillips said. centuries is currently underway at "Slumdog Millionaire", and now he's American "24". million deal to supply the Afghan The movie showcases another, Axkhaneh Shahr, a photo museum back with a second season of "24", the The second season of India’s "24", military with arms. more serious, side to Hill, 32, who in Tehran. Indian remake of the U.S. television which will also air in London on Colors The film ranges from drama to made his name in comedies like The photos taken by Mirza- series about a counter-terrorism TV, is a 24-episode series representing action, crime and dark comedy. "Superbad." Abolqasem Nuri will be on show agent. He stars as Jai Singh Rathod, 24 hours in Rathod's life as he races to "There are, like, gangster "What I found really interesting until September 17 at the museum, which can be the Indian equivalent of Jack Bauer. save civilians from becoming collateral elements to it," said Teller, best was the idea that although I love found at the intersection of Bahar St. and Bahar "People say that movie stars and damage in a medical terrorism plot. known for the young adult sci- living in America and wouldn't Shiraz St. near Haft-e Tir Square. big movie stars don't do television Kapoor said the story is relevant in fi movie franchise "Divergent." want to live anywhere else, that because from the big screen you're today's world, where terrorism is the "There's, like, heist, suspense even with such a great country A collection of photographs by Alireza in everybody's bedroom, it's small biggest threat. elements of it. Definitely some there are massive flaws with our Allahbakhshi is currently on display screen. So that risk was there," "The content has to be great and action elements of it." government and our laws and stuff in an exhibition at Arteh Gallery. Kapoor told Reuters in an interview I felt that '24' has that potential. It's Director Todd Phillips, who like that," he said. "And these guys The exhibit titled “The World in London. "But I've always taken risks a great story, it's great content ... found fame through raunchy male really found a loophole in order to That I Know” runs until August 25 in my career, and I love playing with Initially, yes, when I was doing it, there comedies such as "The Hangover," hustle their way to success in their at the gallery located at No. 3, fire." was a risk, but in my mind I was very said the heart of "War Dogs" is minds." 2nd 12-Meter St., off Golestan St., The 59-year-old actor first came to confident that people are going to like the plight of people caught in the "War Dogs" opens in U.S. Alikhani Blvd., off South Shiraz St. London in 1979 as a backup dancer in it," he said. middle of huge events. theaters on Aug. 19.