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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, China 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. France, Austria, Belgium, the UK, Thailand, versity professors and arranging the visits of calligraphy works created by Iranian reported on Friday. South Korea, 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- Japan, 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. Moscow’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.