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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12627 Thursday AUGUST 18, 2016 Mordad 28, 1395 Dhi Al Qaeda 15, 1437 Lavrov: U.S. Wang Yang: unable to Iran: Russian use of air base Iran, China differentiate economies moderates from authorized by top security body intertwined POLITICAL TEHRAN — One day after tional Security Council (SNSC) had approved the tion and within the quadrilateral cooperation terrorists deskRussia announced it was us- deployment, supplying fuel to the Russian jets. framework among Iran, Russia, Iraq, and Syria,” ECONOMY TEHRAN — The ing the Hamadan air base in western Iran to “Flying Russian jets from the Nojeh air said Alaeddin Boroujerdi said, head of the par- deskeconomies of Iran MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United pound Daesh and al-Nusra Front strongholds in base (in Hamadan) is in compliance with the liamentary committee for national security and and China are intertwined and com- States has essentially proved that it is Syria, a senior lawmaker said the Supreme Na- Supreme National Security Council’s ratifica- foreign policy. 2 plement each other, Chinese Vice Pre- unable to see the difference between mier Wang Yang said in a meeting with moderate Syrian opposition groups Iranian economy minister Ali Tayyeb- and terrorist formations, Russian nia in Beijing on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran is one of the main suppliers of Wednesday. Norway to fund €1b development projects in Iran energy to China and Beijing intends to Lavrov said Russia continues to fight bolster economic ties with Tehran, IRNA terrorism in Syria despite this situation, See page 4 quoted the Chinese official as saying. noting that counterterrorism efforts Tayyebnia, for his part, said that would soon be improved to become Iran is willing to expand cooperation more coordinated and efficient. with China in rail transport, banking “I don’t want to cast doubt on our and brokerage as well as finance. partners’ commitment to resolving The two sides also emphasized the all these issues, but this could have need for long-term joint ventures, es- been done much earlier if solemn pecially in infrastructure and energy promises to distinguish opposition projects. from terrorists, made in January and China was the leading trading part- February when the International Syr- ner of Iran in the first four months ia Support Group was meeting, had of the current Iranian calendar year, been fulfilled. It is very unfortunate which began on March 20. China im- that our partners have in essence ported $2.93 billion of non-oil goods proven that they cannot do that,” from Iran and exported $2.94 billion of Lavrov told reporters after a meeting non-oil goods in the 4-month period, with New Zealand Foreign Minister according to the Iran Customs Admin- Murray McCully. istration. Russia has repeatedly said that the Tehran, Beijing ink economic

United States has continued to fail Ashraf Tabatabaei co-op agreement to distinguish between the Jabhat Fa- Tayyebnia and Chinese Commerce tah al Sham (previously known as the Minister Gao Hucheng signed an Nusra Front) and moderate opposi- agreement in Beijing on Tuesday to tion when negotiating a deal to ﬁght bolster economic cooperation be- Daesh in Syria. Times/ Tehran tween the two countries. 4

Iranian groups First ever migraine treatment drug produced in Iran Rouhani hopes to perform at Iran-Indonesia SOCIETY TEHRAN — currency ﬂow out of the country. the drug to validate its effective- Kazakhstan Marco deskAfter 14 years He went on to say that so far all ness, he explained. ties would expand of research and 8 years of clinical the so-called drugs prescribed for Checking up on the patients’ Polo festival experiments, a drug for treatment treatment of migraine are merely status after having stopped taking POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- of migraine was produced in Iran. pain killers but “Migrie Heal” is be- the drug over a 6-month period deskan President Hassan ARTTEHRAN — Two Rouhani has congratulated the Indo- desk The newly developed drug lieved to be a certain cure which indicated that the number of the Iranian ensembles called “Migrie Heal” is a combi- guarantees that the excruciating migraine attacks were reduced by nesian National Day and expressed are scheduled to perform during On nation of Iranian traditional med- headaches would never come more than half, he highlighted, hope that relations between the two the Trail of Marco Polo, an internation- icines with modern medicine and back again. adding, it also helped in decreas- countries would be expanded. al festival of traditional music that will pharmacology, Tasnim news agen- The painkillers mostly come researchers at Tehran, Iran and Gi- ing the severity of the pain as well make its debut on Friday in Almaty, cy quoted the drug project re- with side effects while the new lan universities of medical scienc- as its frequency. Kazakhstan. searcher Saleh Ramezani as saying drug has almost no side effects es collaborated on the project, The 120-day trial costs some on Tuesday. and is approved by the Health Ramezani added. 4.5 million rials (nearly $130) and He further mentioned the 95 Ministry toxicology lab, he point- Over the experiments the pa- compared to the painkillers which percent successfulness of the drug, ed. tients’ status were both checked cost $12 each is pretty cost-efﬁ- noting that the drug can lead to less A research team comprising of before and after administrating cient, he stated.

“I hope that we would witness ex- Telowbin, a village in heaven may soon turn into a ghost town pansion of relations and cooperation in di’, an external community mobilization group various areas of politics, economy and REPORT culture through political determination,” By Marjan Golpira from Shahroud University of Technology, to ob- serve their 10-day activity in Telowbin and write he said in a message to Indonesian After a three hour-long drive on winding roads a report on it. President Joko Widodo on Wednesday. and hairpin bends from the city of Shahroud, Although I had to cut my trip short and re- In his message Rouhani congratulated we finally got to a village in Meyami County in turn after 7 days of stay due to some unfore- the Indonesian government and peo- the northeastern Iranian province of Semnan. seen circumstances, overall, the experience was ple on national day which marks the country’s independence. A poster for Kazakhstan’s Marco Polo The mountainous village embraced us with enriching, invaluable, and rewarding. music festival fresh, crisp air and a sign reading ‘Telowbin’ in Ordouye Jahadi, established back in 2001 by Indonesia declared independence the Basij Student Organization, aims at being on August 17, 1945. The declaration One of the groups is led by vocalist Farsi. A view of Telowbin village a helping hand to villagers in the unprivileged marked the start of the diplomatic and Mohammad Motamedi who will give a Once in the village, a group of cheerful kids regions across the country by providing servic- armed resistance of the Indonesian concert with his fellow musicians Meh- surrounded our two minibuses, making it very es and trainings through groups of young vol- National Revolution, fighting against di Teimuri, Milad Mohammadi, Hossein difficult for the vehicles to move ahead, while would enter some remote and isolated loca- unteers who are university students, clergymen, the forces of the Netherlands and pro- Rezai, and Ali Rahimi. waving to and looking at us curiously. tions and receive warm welcome from the and at times elder people. Dutch civilians, according to Wikipedia. The other is Aqa-ye Sama, an en- The scene seemed very familiar, remind- children. 10 semble that combines Sufi music with ed me of movies when a group of foreigners I was invited by a group of ‘Ordouye Jaha- sama dance performances by dervishes. Govt. to grant The event, which has been organ- housing loans to ized to commemorate the Venetian Iran’s 4-month petchem exports stand at $3b policemen merchant traveler Marco Polo’s visit to ECONOMY TEHRAN — The country has produced over endar month of Tir (June 21-July (which ended on March 20, 2016), Kazakhstan, will also be attended by desk Iran has ex- 17 million tons of petrochemical 21), the petrochemical exports 46 million tons of petrochemicals POLITICS TEHRAN — Cabinet renowned musicians from Kazakhstan, ported 6.846 million tons of pet- products in the mentioned period, reached near 2 million tons valued were produced in Iran by the use deskdecided on Wednes- India, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Greece. rochemical products, worth $3 according to Shana, based on the at about $731 million. of 80 percent of the capacity of day to grant housing loans to 27,000 In addition, some musicians from billion, during the first four months Planning and Development De- The total amount of Iran’s pet- domestic plants, Alimohammad police personnel, Mehr reported. France and Switzerland are scheduled of the current Iranian calendar partment of National Petrochem- rochemical production stood at Bossaqzadeh, the NPC’s control In cabinet meeting, the government to give performances during the festi- year (March 20-July 21, 2016), ical Company (NPC). 4.220 million tons by the end of Tir. manager, told the Shana news pledged to grant more than 11 trillion rival, which will take place at the Palace Shana reported on Tuesday. During the fourth Iranian cal- In the past Iranian calendar year agency in early April. als (nearly $311 million) worth of housing the Republic. The story of Marco Polo’s trip loans to the police with 4% interest rate. to the Central Asia is also slated to be staged The housing loans would be grant- by Kazakh actor Tungyshbay Zhamankulov. The Tehran Times new pocket-sized glossary is now available on the ed to 27,000 police personnel, each of whom receiving no more than 450 mil- market. The reader-friendly is a rich source of the most common lion rials (nearly $12,700). Iran’s Ministry Learn English journalistic terminology collected by the daily’s retired staff. of Transport and Urban Development It can benefit a wide range of tastes from students to professional more than two years ago proposed a Learn English with us at hike in mortgage loans. The Money and journalists. Credit Council, which is the top poli- For more information contact: cymaking body of Iran’s Central Bank, agreed to almost double the housing See page 10 (021) 430 51 603-4 loans for first-time buyers in Tehran to 800 million rials (nearly $22,592). I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 AAUGUSTUGUST 118,8, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Sanctions lifting inescapable with Tehran, Cairo can help reduce regional JCPOA implementation: Iran tensions: advisor POLITICS TEHRAN — A top Ira- ties to expand ties and Norway is ready desknian security official to use the opportunities to boost coop- POLITICS TEHRAN — A special aide to said on Wednesday that the removal of eration in various areas. deskIran’s parliament speaker has said sanctions on Iran is an “inescapable” ne- ‘Iran waiting Western side to Iran and Egypt could help reduce tensions in the cessity with the implementing of the nu- prove commitment to nuclear deal’ region by boosting their mutual cooperation. clear deal, officially called the Joint Com- In a separate meeting with the chief Through close cooperation on regional issues prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Norwegian diplomat on Wednesday, Iran and Egypt can prove effective in reducing ten- Ali Shamkhani, the Supreme National Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani sions in the region, Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Security Council secretary, made the re- said Tehran entered nuclear talks with the during a meeting on Tuesday with Khaled Ammare, marks during a meeting with visiting Nor- great power with “full sincerity” with the the head of the Egyptian interests section in Tehran, wegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende. aim of achieving a fair and logical solution Mehr reported. Under the July 2015 nuclear deal, and the conclusion of the nuclear agree- Iran is obligated to slow down its nucle- ment demonstrated the “zenith of the Is- ar activities and the 5+1 group (the five lamic Republic of Iran’s behavior”. Iran has done permanent members of the UN Security Larijani also said the Western side Council plus Germany) is tasked to termi- must practically show commitment to its nothing against intl. nate sanctions on Iran. The nuclear deal obligation under the nuclear deal, noting law: KRG took effect in January 2016. that the “Iranian nation is waiting the tan- Shamkhani said, “Tehran will not tol- gible results of the JCPOA.” commander erate behaviors that are contrary to the ‘Norway optimistic about JCPOA Ali Shamkhani (R) during a meeting with visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende implementation by each side’ POLITICS TEHRAN — A border com- spirit of the JCPOA.” deskmander of the Iraqi Kurdistan The top security official also said Iran and Security and peace can be restored in the For his part, Brende called Iran an Brende also said Norway is “optimis- has said Iran has done nothing in the border points Norway can expand economic and political Middle East by cutting intelligence and finan- important and influential country in the tic” about the full implementation of the with the Kurdistan region which may contrast inter- cooperation in the post-JCPOA atmosphere. cial help to the terrorist groups, he asserted. region and said Iran plays a “constructive” commitments by each side. national law. Elsewhere in his remarks, he it is not pos- Shamkhani also said some European role in restoring peace to Iraq and Syria. He also said Norway believes that Speaking to IRNA on Wednesday, Major Gener- sible to counter terrorism without noticing its countries’ behavior towards immigrants is Elsewhere, he said that the removal of Iran has fulfilled its obligations under the al Fakhreddine Abdullah said Iran is committed to ideological roots and its main supporters. not acceptable. sanctions has provided many opportuni- agreement. preserving security at borders and respecting the territorial integrity of Iraq. “Iran has not violated security of the Iraqi territo- ‘Zarif’s Latin America tour to mark new chapter in ties’ ries at borders with the Kurdistan region and has no military base in the region,” he stressed. POLITICS TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Moham- try’s ties with the outside world, however the Latin Amer- deskmad Javad Zarif is scheduled to start a ican countries are aware of the fact that their relations tour of Latin America on Sunday, a trip which his depu- with Iran have positive results. ‘Russian planes fly ty Majid Takht-Ravanchi said on Wednesday will open a Takht-Ravanchi, a negotiator in nuclear talks with “new chapter in Iran-Latin America relations”. great powers, said after the conclusion of the nuclear from Iran to bomb “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the Latin deal some countries have a feeling of “loser” and seek to 150 Daesh militants American countries its friends and given both sides’ in- take actions against Iran and ruin its international image. terests, we think the trip will provide a very good oppor- “Our policy towards Latin America is totally transpar- in Syria’ tunity to expand ties especially in economic area,” said ent and based on mutual interests and a focus on econ- “Russia’s Sukhoi-34 bombers from the Hamadan Takht-Ravanchi, the deputy foreign minister for Europe- omy in the post-JCPOA period,” he stated. POLITICS airdrome in Iran dealt a mas- an and American affairs. Iran and the 5+1 group - the United States, Britain, desksive air strike against facilities of The trip will boost political ties and will be fruitful in the France, China and Russia plus Germany - finalized the the terrorist organization of Islamic State (Daesh) sphere of economy, the deputy foreign minister added. text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Deir ez-Zor province. The planes carried the Elsewhere, he said that some countries seek to por- in Vienna in July 2015. The nuclear agreement went into maximum payload of high explosive fragmentation Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi tray a negative image of Iran and undermine the coun- effect in January 2016. bombs OFAB-500,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “As a result of the strike two command centers and large field training camps of the Islamic State Iran: Russian use of air base authorized by top security body near Deir ez-Zor were destroyed. More than 150 air force to operate more efficiently in its The objection drew an explanation militants, including foreign mercenaries were killed,” Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says, “Under Article war on terrorism. from Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani. the Defense Ministry said, Tass reported. 146 of the Constitution, the establishment of Iran and Russia have been assisting “Under Article 146 of the Constitution, “After accomplishing their mission all Russian any foreign military base inside the country is the Syrian government in fight against the establishment of any foreign military planes returned to base,” the ministry said. the foreign-backed militancy which has base inside the country is forbidden, and it forbidden, and it is worth mentioning that Iran has been holding swathes of territory in the is worth mentioning that Iran has not given not given such a base to any country.” country as well as in Iraq. such a base to any country,” Larijani stated. The Iranian Constitution and the Iraqi parliament 1 The difference has to do more with He also stressed that Iran only Former Iranian foreign minister Ali air base deployment speaker to visit provides fueling services to the Russian Akbar Velayati also deemed the military different possible interpretations of the squadron in the Iranian airbase and this is synergy as the beginning of a new ap- While some Iranian officials have constitutional principle, which distin- Iran soon in line with the anti-terrorism cooperation proach to the Eastern bloc by Tehran. strongly backed the new addition to guishes deployment from establishment. between the two countries. “Having strategic relations necessitates already strong Russian-Iranian bonds, While it allows no permanent or tem- some others have come to censure it, porary establishment of military bases in TEHRAN On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Min- cooperation such as counterterrorism at- POLITICS — Iraq’s Parliament tempts,” said Velayati, who currently acts seeing it in breach of the Iranian Con- the Iranian territory, it allows for deploy- desk istry announced that its Tu-22M3 long- Speaker Salim al-Jabouri will range bombers and Su-34 tactical bomb- the top advisor to the Leader. stitution. ment of foreign forces depending on ap- travel to Tehran within the next few days for talks ers were launching sorties over Syria from “The approach to the East does ne- “The deployment of Russian jets in the proval of the SNSC. with senior Iranian officials on the latest situation in the Hamadan air base. cessitate some components, including Martyr Nojeh air base should be con- Larijani further said Iran is cooperating his country, Tasnim reported on Wednesday. The statement said, “On August 16, having strategic relations with countries sidered in the light of Article 146 of the militarily with Russia as an ally in the Mid- During his visit the top Iraqi lawmaker is scheduled 2016, Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and such as Russia and China,” explained Constitution…,” said Heshmatollah Fala- dle East and this does not mean that Iran to hold talks with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Lari- Su-34 tactical bombers took off from the Velayati. hatpisheh, a member of the national se- is giving Russia a military base. jani and Supreme National Security Council Secretary “Hamedan” airbase (the Islamic Republic “Over the past months, Iran and Rus- curity committee of the parliament. “Iran has cooperation with Russia be- Ali Shamkhani, among other authorities, about the of Iran) and carried out a concentrated sia have made a number of arrangements Under theteatce,o article, no foreign oeg army a ys is cause oof a teterrorist o st ccrisis s s which c has as beebeen newest advances in Iraq’s war on Daesh militants and airstrike on objects of the ISIS and Jabhat to stand up to the invasion (against Syr- allowed deploymenteployment in tthehe Iranian createdcreated by tthehe U.S. anandd some re- also the political developments in his country. al-Nusra terrorist groupings in the prov- ia). The recent defensive cooperation is in soil even foror peacefulpeaceful purposes.purposes. gionalgional countries.” inces of Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor and Idlib.” line with the arrangements…. Therefore, However,er, an amenamendmentdment to “Our cooperating witwithh Rus- Boroujerdi made the case that the de- Iran’s approach to Russia is strategic and the principleple givesgives thethe leewayleeway sia on reregionalgional issues sucsuchh as Britain says ‘seeking ployment contributes to counterterrorism all-encompassing,” he stated. to the SNSCSC to act differentldifferentlyy SyriaSyria does not mean that we just in case.e. havehave given a mimilitarylitary basebase information’ about attempts in the region. Iran had already opened its airspace Other Iranian officials, including SNSC to Russian fighters as well as missiles “The foreignoreign policpolicyy of to Russia,” LariLarijanijani remarked.remarked. dual national Secretary Ali Shamkhani, have backed fired from its Caspian Sea flotilla in Oc- Russia is widelydely turbulent and nabbed in Iran the decision, seeing it as an indication of tober 2015, when four Russian warships at times, ffullull of fluctuationsfluctuations,”,” a strategic alliance between Tehran and launched a total of 26 Kalibr cruise mis- the parliamentarianamentarian said, POLITICSTEHRAN — Britain’s Foreign Of- Moscow. siles from the Caspian Sea, training on questioningg trustworthiness deskfice said it was “seeking informa- Iran and Russia “enjoy strategic coop- target in Syria. of the country.ntry. tion” about a dual national who was recently arrest- eration in the fight against terrorism in This is, however, the first time Iran is ed in Iran over links with spy agency MI6. Syria, and share their facilities and capac- cooperating with Russia in such capacity, “We are seeking information following the “re- ities to this end,” Shamkhani noted. acting as a springboard for the Russian ported detention of a dual Iranian-British national in Iran,” the Foreign Office said in a statement on Tuesday, Providence Journal reported on Tuesday. “The approach toward the East does necessitate some components, including having strategic relations with countries such Iran dismisses as Russia and China,” Ali Abar Velayati notes. detention of two European diplomats Interior Ministry says prepared to hold online voting POLITICS TEHRAN — The Interior Ministry is So far the Council has twice cancelled plans to use TEHRAN — An informed source POLITICS deskprepared to use electronic voting ma- electronic voting machines, citing technical pitfalls or deskat the Iranian Foreign Ministry chines in the upcoming presidential elections, a ministry data security. on Tuesday dismissed reports that police have de- official said on Wednesday. Presidential elections are scheduled to be held on tained two European diplomats on their trip to one Deputy Interior Minister for Political Affairs Moham- May 19, 2017, a date that the ministry and the Guardian of the western cities in Iran. mad Hossein Moghimi said the ministry has informed Council have agreed on. The Foreign Ministry was informed about the the Guardian Council about the possibility of holding The Interior Ministry decided to hold the elections two diplomats’ visit, the source said, ILNA reported. electronic voting. earlier so as not to coincide with the holy month of Ram- “The police force had stopped the two diplo- “We’re holding bilateral meetings with the Guardian adan which begins later in May. mats’ vehicle to review their documents and they Council so that our experts could examine the facilities The Guardian Council, which consists of a body of continued their journey after identification,” the needed for an electronic election,” Moghimi explained. religious scholars and jurists, oversees elections and leg- source added. He further said if the Guardian Council confirms, elec- islations passed by the parliament. It was initially claimed that Iran had arrested two tronic machines will be used for counting votes in a third All candidates of parliamentary and presidential unnamed European diplomats. Experts also need to be qualified by the Guardian of polling stations. elections, as well as candidates for the Assembly of Council. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international AAUGUSTUGUST 18,18, 22016016 INTERNATIONAL 3 Berlin sees Turkey as Middle East terrorism China ‘to upgrade Syria hub, refuses to admit it publicly: report military ties’

German security officials see Turkey as a China is to provide enhanced military cooperation with “central platform” supporting extremist Syria, whose own military is involved in fighting a for- and terrorist organizations in the Middle eign-backed militancy in the country. East, according to a TV report which cit- Guan Youfei, the Chinese military official charged with ed a leaked internal document that ac- overseeing international cooperation. cused Ankara of breeding radicalism in The official, who visited Syria for talks with Syrian De- the region. fense Minister Fahad Jassim al-Freij, said Beijing was seeking German broadcaster ARD published closer military ties with Damascus. part of a confidential document allegedly “The Chinese and Syrian militaries traditionally have a written by the Interior Ministry, which ac- friendly relationship, and the Chinese military is willing to cused the Turkish president of support- keep strengthening exchanges and cooperation with the ing the European Union- and the United Syrian military,” he said. States-recognized terrorist groups based Youfei also said the two sides had “reached a consensus” on ideological affinity. on the Chinese military providing humanitarian aid to Syri- “The many expressions of solidarity ans, without elaborating. and support actions by the ruling AKP The Chinese official and al-Freij also discussed the en- and President Erdogan for the Egyptian hancement of training for Syrian soldiers by the Chinese MB (Muslim Brotherhood), Hamas and military. groups of armed extremist opposition in The visit marks a new precedence, given China’s refus- Syria emphasize their ideological affini- al in the past to proactively concern itself with the Syrian ty with the (broader) Muslim Brother- conflict. hood,” ARD cited the government report China has, meanwhile, been vocally backing Russia’s an- as saying. ti-terrorism efforts in Syria, which has seen Moscow carry- Furthermore, the leaked report said ing out large-scale bombings of Takfiri militants there. that Turkey, for years, engaged in a poli- The visit also featured a meeting between the Chinese cy of deliberately financing extremist and official and a Russian general, Russia Today reported. terrorist organizations with the direct The foreign-backed militancy in Syria, which enjoys vig- consent of Erdogan. for extremist and terrorist groups. government, killing 240 people. home. It believes European governments orous Western support, has been plaguing the country for Turkey lashes out at Germany The report said Turkey had become Ankara has been incensed by what it should be a stronger partner in its fight the past five years, killing thousands and displacing millions. Meantime, Turkey lashed out at Ger- “the central hub for extremist groups in sees as an insensitive response from its against the militant Kurdistan Workers Youfei, the Chinese official, meanwhile, reminded that many on Wednesday, saying that alle- the Middle East”, ARD reported. Western allies, accusing them of only Party (PKK), seen as a terrorist group by his country, a permanent United Nations Security Council gations that Turkey had become a cen- In a statement, Turkey's foreign minis- showing concern for the crackdown that Turkey, the European Union and the Unit- member, was insistently exploring diplomatic channels to tral hub for terrorist groups reflected a try said: “The allegations are a new man- has followed the coup. ed States. find a political solution to Syria’s crisis. “twisted mentality” that has been trying ifestation of the twisted mentality, which The West worries Erdogan is using the “It is obvious that behind these allega- (Source: Xinhua) to target President Tayyip Erdogan, Reu- for some time has been trying to wear coup to stifle dissent. More than 35,000 tions are some political circles in Germa- ters reported. down our country, by targeting our pres- people have been detained in the purge, ny known for their double-standard atti- German broadcaster ARD this week ident and government.” and tens of thousands of civil servants tudes in the fight against terror, including published part of a confidential German Tensions between Ankara and the dismissed or suspended from the police, the bloody actions of the PKK terror Hollande warns against government report, which it said marked West have been aggravated by the failed judiciary and schools. group which continues to target Turkey,” the first official assessment linking Erdo- coup attempt on July 15, when a group Ankara has also accused Europe of not the foreign ministry said. 'escalation' of Ukraine gan and Turkey's government to support of rogue soldiers tied to overthrow the doing enough to tackle militant groups at (Source: agencies) conflict

French President Francois Hollande warned on Tuesday U.S.-backed forces give hundreds of Australia to close Manus Island against any “escalation” of the Ukraine conflict after tele- phone talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshen- ISIL terrorists safe passage refugee prison camp ko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The consultation, at Poroshenko's request, followed ac- Several hundred vehicles containing 100 Garver. Australia and Papua New Guinea have there have been reports of refugees cusations by Moscow last week -- firmly denied by Ukraine to 200 of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant Associated Press reported U.S. mili- agreed to close a controversial Aus- being attacked by locals. -- that Kiev's forces had attempted armed incursions into (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group fighters were tary officials said some of the ISIL ter- tralian-funded prison camp for asylum Australia says the policy is needed Russian-annexed Crimea. given safe passage by the United States- rorists had already made their way into seekers on Manus Island, although the to stop asylum seekers dying at sea on Hollande reaffirmed France's rejection of the 2014 an- based forces, out of the northern Syrian Turkey, and many were still in Syria. ultimate fate of 800 refugees held in the the dangerous boat journey from Indo- nexation, saying it would never recognize Russia's claim city of Manbij, after surrendering their U.S.-led coalition forces had sus- camp remains unclear. nesia to Australia. Hundreds of people over the peninsula, and urged both sides to respect the weapons, according to defense officials. tained three months of aerial bombard- Under Australian law, anyone inter- died attempting the trip in the years February 2015 Minsk ceasefire accord, his office said in a U.S. Army Col. Carver, a spokesman ment and fighting on the northern Syri- cepted trying to reach the country by before the policy was put in place. statement. for the U.S.-led coalition fighters, told an city of Manbij, an ISIL stronghold. boat is sent for processing to detention Following his meeting with the PNG The French leader urged continued efforts to implement Pentagon reporters the decision to let In July, coalition warplanes dropped centers on Manus Island, off Papua leader, Dutton reiterated Australia's po- the Minsk agreement under the so-called Normandy for- ISIL convoys leave the city was made by more than 1,000 munitions, includ- New Guinea (PNG), or the Pacific island sition that it would not accept any of mat, which groups Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. commanders of the Syrian Democratic ing bombs, rockets and strafing runs of Nauru. the refugees held in Manus. Hollande said any new hostilities would hamper pros- Force (SDF). (low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mount- They are never eligible to be reset- The announcement came after a pects of elections in the rebel east of Ukraine. Col. Carver described how ISIL had ed automatic weapons) on militants in tled in Australia. newspaper published leaked docu- The deadline for a permanent solution to one of Eu- civilians in each of the vehicles, and the the area. U.S. officials reported roughly “Both Papua New Guinea and Aus- ments detailing more than 2,000 inci- rope's deadliest conflicts since the 1990s Balkan wars has military wanted to avoid casualties. He 2,000 ISIL terrorists were killed by air- tralia are in agreement that the center dents of sexual abuse, assault and at- now been extended from the end of last year to the start didn’t know how many of the civilians strikes. is to be closed,” Papua New Guinea tempted self-harm, reported over two of 2017. had been in the cars voluntarily but said Syrian Democratic Forces seized Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said in a years at the Nauru detention center. The conflict has claimed more than 9,300 lives since it some were likely hostages. control of the city on Friday and are now statement on Wednesday, following a The harsh conditions and reports erupted in April 2014. The 100 to 200 terrorists left the city clearing the neighborhoods, looking for meeting with Peter Dutton, Australia's of systemic child abuse at the camps (Source: AFP) of Manbij last Friday under watch of militants and bombs. immigration minister. have drawn wide criticism at home and coalition drones to ensure the militants The Pentagon said the ISIL had laced There was no mention of a closing abroad. didn’t regroup and try to return to the the city with improvised explosives and date. Also on Wednesday, protesters in city. rigged entire buildings to detonate as Some asylum seekers have spent Sydney interrupted a speech by Aus- It was the first such agreement with they withdrew into the center of the city. years in the camps, which have been tralian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Man killed as 500,000 join the terrorist group. ISIL terrorists were al- Manbij is a key victory for the SDF criticized by the United Nations and demanding the closure of offshore pris- Guinea opposition rally legedly using civilians as human shields and the coalition, because it lies on a human rights groups, with numerous on camps. to escape. major supply route between the Turkish reports of abuse and self-harm among Numerous people in the audience A man has been shot dead by police at an anti-government “They kept throwing civilians to ba- border and the city of Raqqa, the defac- detainees, including children. shouted “Shame on you” and “Shut rally in Guinea's capital, according to officials, as more than sically walk into the line of fire, trying to to capital of the ISIL group's self-styled Some in PNG are unhappy at the down Manus and Nauru”, before they half a million people protested against alleged state corrup- get them shot to use that potentially as caliphate. prospect of hundreds of asylum seekers were escorted out of the event by se- tion. propaganda, we think,” said Col. Chris (Source: RT) being resettled into their country, and curity. (Source: agencies) At least 12 others were injured in Tuesday's demonstration in Conakry, and six were taken for questioning, government officials told the AFP news agency Opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo said 700,000 peo- India ready for Pakistan talks; UN alarmed by Kashmir violence ple had joined a 15km procession from the suburbs to the 28 September stadium in the west African nation's capital. India is ready to send its top diplomat to Pakistan for In the latest violence on Wednesday, militants killed Security forces said the number was closer to 500,000, talks focused on fighting cross-border terrorism, sources three members of the Indian security forces when they according to AFP. at India's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after a ambushed an army convoy and then fired on a police The dead man, named as Thierno Hamidou Diallo, 21, was spike in tension in the disputed northernmost region of jeep that came to the scene. shot in the chest by a police officer “as he was sitting on Kashmir. In a worrying escalation the previous day, Indian se- the balcony of his apartment” in the suburb of Bambeto, his Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar curity forces fired live rounds at a crowd of stone-throw- brother Mamadou Dian Diallo said. was willing to attend talks on the invitation of his Pa- ing protesters in Kashmir's Baramulla district, killing five Security Minister Abdoul Kabele Camara said that vio- kistani counterpart, the sources said, adding that they and wounding 10. lence had broken out in late afternoon, leading to a police should focus on the situation in Kashmir. Earlier, police and troops trying to control crowds intervention in which “gunshots caused one serious injury The olive branch comes after 40 days of violent pro- had resorted to the use of shotguns, whose pellets are and one fatality”. tests in Indian-ruled Kashmir that were sparked by the meant to incapacitate but not kill. The police captain suspected of firing the shots had been killing by security forces of a field commander of Paki- But residents of Kashmir say the shotguns have in- identified and questioned, the minister said. stan-based group Hizbul Mujahideen who enjoyed wide flicted severe injuries and even blinded hundreds of The government of President Alpha Conde, who was support. people including bystanders. re-elected last year, is blamed for mishandling the massive At least 64 people have died and thousands been “deep regret” at the failure of both the Indian and Paki- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ratcheted up Simandou iron ore project in the south of the country man- injured in clashes with security forces that have been de- stani authorities to grant access to the separate parts tensions in his annual Independence Day speech on aged by British-Australian firm Rio Tinto. nounced by Pakistan, which also claims the right to rule of Kashmir that each run to investigate allegations of Monday, accusing Pakistan of glorifying terrorism. Guinea's constitutional court in November 2015 formally Jammu & Kashmir in a territorial dispute that dates back serious human rights violations. In a tit-for-tat escalation in the war of words be- confirmed Conde's re-election, dismissing opposition claims to partition in 1947. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad tween the nuclear-armed neighbors, Modi said he had of vote-rigging and fraud. The Indian sources, who declined to be identified, Al Hussein said in a statement issued in Geneva it was received messages of support from leaders in restive It was only the second democratic presidential poll since made it clear, however, that India “rejects in their entire- unfortunate that sincere attempts by the United Nations regions of Pakistan, in particular the troubled south- Guinea gained independence from France in 1958. ty the self-serving allegations regarding the situation in to independently assess the facts in relation to reports of western province of Baluchistan. In addition to focusing on the economy, rights campaign- J&K, which is an integral part of India.” human rights violations had failed. India accuses Muslim Pakistan of supporting Kash- ers have urged Conde to use his second term to intensify the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is the name of India's only “Without access, we can only fear the worst,” said miri fighters while Pakistan accuses India of meddling fight against impunity, strengthen the judiciary and promote Muslim-majority state that includes the disputed Kash- Zeid. in Pakistani trouble spots, in particular of helping sep- equal respect for the rights of all Guineans. mir region. Deadly ambush aratists fighting the Pakistani state in resource-rich Bal- Despite the country being rich in minerals, most of the No comment was immediately available from Paki- The nuclear-armed neighbors, which have fought uchistan. population in Guinea live in poverty and survive on less than stan's foreign ministry. three wars since independence in 1947, both claim Kash- Both sides deny the accusations. one euro ($1.08) a day, according to the United Nations. A top United Nations human rights official expressed mir in full but rule it in part. (Source: Reuters) (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AAUGUSTUGUST 118,8, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

SNIPPETS Norway to fund €1b development Siemens to collaborate in power plant projects in Iran expansion in Iran ECONOMY TEHRAN — Norway the post-deal situation to expand co- ECONOMY TEHRAN — The CEO of Power deskhas opened a line of operation in various fields,” Brende said, deskGeneration Management Com- credit worth €1 billion aimed at funding AFP reported. pany of Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan development and infrastructure projects A landmark deal between Tehran and announced that his company has finalized a con- in Iran. world powers, which was signed in July tract with the German Siamese AG on develop- The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran last year and came into force in January, ment of a power plant in the provincial capital of and the Norwegian Export Credit Guar- saw many international sanctions on Iran Bandar Abbas. antee Agency signed three deals in the lifted, reopening the country’s economy According to Shana news agency, “The de- presence of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mo- to a stream of investments across a range velopment plan of the intended power plant has hammad Javad Zarif with his Norwegian of industries including financial services, been prepared and some equipment has been counterpart Borge Brende in Tehran on consumer electronics, and renewable transported to the plant’s location,” Bahman Niki Wednesday. energy, according to fDi Markets. told reporters. The two sides underscored collabora- The primary investing countries in Being implemented, the plan will add 900 tion in all spheres of economy and trade, Iran during this period were South Ko- megawatts to the current capacity of the plant, he particularly in monetary and banking rea and Germany, which together have a added. areas, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a capital expenditure of $2.15 billion. statement following a meeting between Iran has attracted $5.168 billion in Tehran-Muscat the two ministers. foreign direct investment after the im- “After the lifting of sanctions, good plementation of the nuclear deal, gov- banking ties opportunities have emerged for coop- ernment spokesman Mohammad-Baqer lubricated eration and Norway is ready to utilize Nobakht said on August 8.

ECONOMY TEHRAN — “The banking rela- desktions between Iran and Oman Wang Yang: Iran, China economies intertwined has been facilitated during the recent months,” the 1 Financing projects in the long-run, seizing opportuni- rived in the Chinese capital on Monday. Deputy Head of Iran-Oman Chamber of Commerce The agreement was signed at the end of the first day of ties for collaborating in various fields including railway, en- Iran’s finance ministry, China Development Mohammad-Amin Sabaqizadeh announced. the 16th meeting of the Iran-China Joint Economic Commit- ergy, power plants as well as issuing permits for re-opening Bank ink MOU As Tasnim news agency reported, "Thanks to the tee, IRNA reported. branches of Iranian banks in China were among the issues The Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry and two countries’ warm economic and political rela- On the sidelines of the meeting, Tayyebnia noted that Iran addressed by Tayyebnia in the meeting. China Development Bank (CDB) penned a memorandum tions and the taken steps by the affiliated chamber and China can start a new chapter in their relations following Hucheng, for his part, referred to the taken measures on of understanding (MOU) on financing economic projects, in of commerce, the mutual banking ties has been the removal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic. the way to enhance bilateral economic relations admitting particular infrastructure ones, on Wednesday. eased in the past recent months," he said. The Iranian minister also highlighted the significance of that there are still untapped areas for tightening common The MOU was signed by the Iranian deputy finance min- Earlier in March and in the visit of a high-rank- establishing brokerage relations between the two countries’ ties in the future. ister Mohammad Khazaei and the CDB executive vice presi- ing Omani delegation to the Islamic Republic, led major banks on the way to bolster economic growth. Tayyebnia, leading an economic-cultural delegation, ar- dent Zhang Xuguang in Beijing. by the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah and Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy, the Iranian and Omani officials stressed bolstering of bilateral eco- Studies on Iran-Oman gas pipeline underway nomic ties. Studies have begun on the Oman-Iran to change the route and design of the un- National Iranian Gas Exports Company and would not need permission from a deep-water pipeline route to transfer Ira- dersea pipeline, avoiding under the control managing director Alireza Kameli told Irani- third country and studies would look into 4-month exports of nian natural gas to the Sultanate, according of the United Arab Emirates. an news agency Shana that two routes had the matter. Iranian hand-woven to a senior Iranian official. The pipeline is to connect Iran’s gas re- been considered for gas transfer from Iran “Instead of the shallower option around It was only recently that Minister of Oil serves with Sultanate’s Liquefied Natural to Oman which include deep-water and 300 meters deep, the pipeline is to plunge carpets near $83m and Gas HE Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Gas consumers as also plants and help re- shallow-water paths. close to 1,000 meters below the sea’s surface,” Rumhy said the two countries had agreed export The deep-water route would be shorter Rumhy had said. (Source: Oman Tribune)

ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran exported $82.9 deskmillion of hand-woven carpets, registering 39.5 percent rise, in the first four months Burundi eyes importing oil products from Iran of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20- July ECONOMY TEHRAN — In a meeting with reported on Wednesday. 21, 2016), compared with the same period last year, deskIran’s Deputy Oil Minister for In- Zamaninia, for his part, expressed Iran’s posi- according to the Head of Iran National Carpet ternational Affairs Amir-Hossein Zamaninia in tive attitude toward African countries and noted Center. Tehran on Tuesday, Burundi’s Minister of Foreign that the oil ministry is ready to cooperate with “In the said time, 1,428 tons of hand-woven car- Affairs and International Cooperation Alain Aimé Burundi in energy sector. pets were exported, showing 38.1 percent increase, Nyamitwe declared his country’s willingness to He also mentioned holding technical and pro- compared to the same period in the preceding import oil products from Iran. fessional courses for Burundi’s oil and gas experts year,” IRIB news quoted Hamid Kargar. He said that his country hopes to meet some as a step toward strengthening ties between the “Iran targets exports of $400 million of hand- of its energy supply needs through Iran, Shana two countries. woven carpets by the yearend (March 20, 2017),” Kargar added. Exports from Iran to S. Korea’s imports of Iranian crude in Q2 more than double South Africa up 70% Importsof Iranian crude oil to Korea more oil was imported from Iran during the April- oil exporters to South Korea, which imports oil, which is cheaper than that of other oil- in 4 months than doubled on-year in the second June period, soaring 123.3 percent from nearly all of its oil, until the international rich countries. quarter this year, as international sanc- 11.35 million barrels tallied over the same community imposed economic sanctions With the sharp increase in Iranian crude, tions against the Middle Eastern country period last year, according to the data com- on it over its nuclear program in 2012. South Korea’s overall oil imports increased ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s exports to were lifted, government data showed on piled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and As Washington and Tehran reached a 4.5 percent on-year to 266.38 million bar- deskSouth Africa have risen by 70 Wednesday. Energy. landmark nuclear deal in January, South rels during the three-month period. percent in the first four months of the current A total of 25.35 million barrels of crude Iran had been one of the biggest crude Korea sought to expand imports of Iranian (Source: The Korea Herlad) Iranian calendar year (March 20- July 21, 2016) compared to the same period last year, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the report, based on the data Iran says new oil contracts need more amendments released by Islamic Republic of Iran customs Ad- Iran's new oil and gas contracts will need amend- have asked for more changes. ministration (IRICA), in the first four months of ments, its oil minister said on Tuesday after a meet- "Yesterday afternoon we had a meeting with Ali the last calendar year Iran exported $8.4 million ing with the speaker of parliament, adding that the Larijani (the speaker of the parliament) on the new worth of goods to the African country while this new contracts will not be sent to the assembly for oil contracts in which some issues were raised. It year the figure stood at $14.3 million. final approval. was decided to make some amendments in the Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah contracts," Bijan Namdar Zanganeh was quoted as Ali Khamenei, said last month that no new oil and saying by the parliament's news agency ICANA. gas contracts for international companies would be Zanganeh added the IPC will not be sent to the awarded without necessary reforms. parliament for final approval. NEWS Iran's cabinet approved this month an amend- The Islamic Republic is ramping up oil produced draft for the IPC and sent it to the parliament. tion and reclaiming market share after the lifting of Iran bumps up oil output However, the latest comments from the oil minister Western sanctions in January. to 3.85mbpd showed the lawmakers and other advisory bodies (Source: Reuters) Iran is pumping 3.85 million barrels of crude oil per day Target cuts profit Lowe's profit and Investors cool on (bpd) and exporting 2.2 million bpd, Ali Kardor, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), forecast as same- sales fall short of Hong Kong stock was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA on store sales decline estimates market link with 'Wild Tuesday. West' Shenzhen

Target Corp's quarterly comparable sales fell Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos Inc A plan to connect the giant stock markets of more than expected and the retailer slashed its reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales Shenzhen and Hong Kong offers global investors full-year proﬁt forecast as it faces increased com- and proﬁt and cut its full-year earnings forecast, tempting access to China's fast-growing tech sec- petition from online rivals and demand eases for sending its shares down in premarket trading on tor, but high valuations and a reputation for wild clothes and electronics. Wednesday. speculation are likely to keep many buyers at bay, Target's sales, like those of its rivals, have suf- Analysts had expected a stronger performance money managers said on Wednesday. fered as shoppers increasingly use online retailers due to the strength in the housing market and China's cabinet approved the long-awaited such as Amazon.com and focus their spending on higher spending on home renovations. scheme on Tuesday, marking one of the coun- home renovations and big items such as cars rather Larger rival Home Depot Inc boosted its full- try's biggest capital market reforms in over a year, than on clothes and electronic gear. though a launch date has yet to be set. Iran pumped 3.62 million bpd in July, according to a year earnings forecast on Tuesday. The Minneapolis-based retailer's shares were But the scars from last year's stock market Reuters survey. Lowe's, whose shares were down 6.7 percent down 2.6 percent at $73.50 in premarket trading crash are still fresh, and analysts say an avalanche Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told parliament last week in premarket trading, earned $1.37 per share, on Wednesday. of foreign funds is unlikely as the world's second- that he wanted to raise output to 4.6 million bpd within excluding items, below the average analysts' Up to Tuesday's close, they had risen nearly 4 largest economy continues to slow and the yuan five years, well above pre-sanction levels of 3.8-4 mil- estimate of $1.42, according to Thomson Reuters. NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF percent since the start of the year. currency hovers near six-year lows. lion bpd. (Source: Gulf News) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com AAUGUSTUGUST 18,18, 22016016 ADVERTISEMENT 5 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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The soft pinch of austerity in NEWS IN BRIEF Britain targets financial Saudi Arabia could backfire advisers with new tax-avoidance fines Fahad bin Raja sells cars for a living in Saudi Arabia’s capital. Abdullah Saeed drives them. In the kingdom’s new Britain set out plans on Wednesday to punish financial advisers age of austerity, both men are finding it harder to make who tell their clients how to avoid paying tax, including hefty fines ends meet. designed to target what it called the "supply chain of tax avoid- Saudi consumers are getting squeezed by the govern- ance". ment’s master-plan to rein in spending and reduce de- The plans, set out in a document inviting industry feedback, pendence on energy exports after a two-year oil slump. are the first action by Prime Minister Theresa May on a promise Subsidies for gasoline, electricity and water have been made before she took office to clamp down on legal tax avoid- slashed, and there’s more to come. Deputy Crown Prince ance and illegal tax evasion by corporations and wealthy indi- Mohammed bin Salman, the program’s architect, is prom- viduals. ising to curb public-sector wages, and visa fees have been "People who peddle tax avoidance schemes deny the coun- increased, raising the cost of importing home help. try of vital tax revenue and this government is determined to Welfare for loyalty make sure they pay," Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Jane The new changes are a radical shift for a ruling family Ellison said in a statement. that gives its citizens no say in public affairs, instead offer- Recouping revenue lost to tax avoidance and evasion has ing welfare in exchange for their loyalty. Any changes to become an important part of efforts to balance Britain's public that formula represent a gamble -- in this case, by Prince finances, as well as a political necessity to respond to voter out- Mohammed. rage at perceived injustices in the tax system. “The risk is that the reform package will not reduce Despite years of trying to clamp down, opposition lawmakers Saudi dependence on oil income, which it almost cer- and campaign groups say the government has failed to bring tainly won’t,” said Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at the the problem under control. (Source: Reuters) Brookings Institution who spent 30 years at the Central Intelligence Agency. “Then the kingdom remains vulner- able to sharp drops in the price of oil. That could create instability.” Mohammed and his team. If that mood spreads, it could spell trouble for the Consumer spending growth is already weakening Their National Transformation Program envisages 31-year-old Prince Mohammed. He heads the Defense OPEC production may as the fiscal retrenchment bites. It’s forecast to slow to cutting public wages to 40 percent of spending by 2020, Ministry, making him responsible for the bogged-down slip in August after July’s between 2 and 3 percent in 2017 and 2018, from 6 to from 45 percent today. Other elements include selling war with Shiite rebels in Yemen, as well as the Economic 7 percent during the past decade, according to Lon- shares in state companies -- including the crown jewel, and Development Affairs Council. Failure to achieve the record-high, warns UBS don-based Capital Economics. Imports from the Euro- oil giant Saudi Aramco -- setting up the world’s biggest plan’s targets, or rapid adjustments that provoke a back- pean Union dropped by about 10 percent in the first sovereign wealth fund, and a bonfire of regulations that lash, could hurt his image among the Saudi public and OPEC crude oil production hit an eight-year peak in July, but may quarter. ATM cash withdrawals and point-of-sales trans- hold back private business. also within the Al Saud dynasty. fall this month amid turmoil in major member countries, UBS said actions also fell, central bank data show. Trouble ahead? Yemen war on Tuesday. This year, the economy is forecast to grow 1.5 percent, Businessmen are also concerned. Over a recent din- The Yemen war isn’t going that well. If he does not OPEC output rose by 150,000 barrels per day (kb/d) to 33.39 according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Excluding the ner in Riyadh, a group complained privately that it was succeed here, my assumption is that his standing in the million barrels per day (mb/d) last month, as Saudi Arabia pushed 2009 global recession, that’s the slowest pace for more becoming more difficult to operate after the government family goes down.” said Gregory Gause, a professor of in- its production to a new high and Iraq pumped more, according to than a decade. The IMF estimates medium-term growth started delaying payments to contractors. ternational affairs at Texas A&M University. the International Energy Agency. would settle around 2.5 percent, hardly enough to lower Gause cites examples in the Middle East of austerity However, UBS forecasts a drop in Iraqi oil production following one of the world’s highest youth unemployment rates. “The risk is that the reform plans that have backfired. In oil-rich Algeria in the mid- militant attacks at the Bai Hassan field in northern Iraq on July 31. The impact could have been worse. “The Saudis have 1980s, the International Monetary Fund imposed spend- The bank also expects a decline in output from Nigeria, since avoided a crisis so far because of large reserves,” Riedel package will not reduce ing cuts during an energy-price crash. militant activity restarted there, and no increase in Libyan produc- said. 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Brookings, “That could create cent of the country’s 21 million citizens are under the age some members were once again trying to engineer a production It was the sheer pace at which reserves were disap- of 30. freeze between OPEC and non-OPEC members like Russia. pearing that made action so urgent, according to Prince instability.”! (Source: Bloomberg) (Source: CNBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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The new meth- nounced at a press conference in Palo to ramp up its Silicon Valley operations, od does not damage healthy cells comparing to chemotherapy Alto on Tuesday. doubling its employee population in the which targets both healthy and cancer cells. 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For climate. Now a start-up venture called Air Ink has found a good we have with much lower rates of a range of heart condi- example, the risk of death from heart disease was 20% use for some of that extra carbon: a line of pens whose ink is tions and some cancers. lower for each decade that at least one parent lived made of recycled air pollution. The major study, funded by the Medical Research beyond the age of 70 years. In addition, those with Air Ink is the brainchild of an Indian collective known as Gra- Council and involving almost 190,000 participants in longer lived parents also had reduced risk of cancer; viky Labs. According to the company's website, "We complain the UK Biobank, is the largest of its kind. It found that 7% reduced likelihood of cancer in the follow-up per about air pollution. What if we had a way to capture, clean, and our chances of survival increased by 17 per cent for longer-lived parent. repurpose it into a means of expression?" each decade that at least one parent lives beyond the Although factors such as smoking, high alcohol con- Each pen contains the equivalent of between 30 and 50 minutes of age of 70. sumption, low physical activity and obesity were important, air pollution generated by car exhaust. Artists have already begun using The study in the Journal of the American College of Car- the lifespan of our parents was still predictive of disease the pens to create some eye-popping works, sponsored by Tiger Beer. diology, was led by the University of Exeter and involved onset after accounting for these risks. The founders got the idea several years ago during conversa- an international team of academics from the University Dr. Janice Atkins, a Research Fellow in the Epide- tions with the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab, and pre- of Cambridge (UK), UConn Center on Aging at UConn miology and Public Health group at the University of sented their vision at the 2013 INK conference. The collective spent Health in Connecticut, USA, the French National Institute of Exeter Medical School and lead author on the pa- the last several years conducting their own research into the chemi- Health, and the Indian Institute of Public Health. Longer lived parents per, said: "To our knowledge, this is the largest study cal processes required for extracting carbon from car emissions and It found evidence showing for the first time that know- The researchers used data on the health of 186,000 to show that the longer your parents live, the more recycling it into usable ink. Once they receive certification, Air Ink ing the age at which your parents died could help predict middle-aged offspring, aged 55 to 73 years, followed likely you are to remain healthy in your sixties and should begin scaling up production of the pens for commercial use. your risk not only of heart disease, but many aspects of over a period of up to eight years. The team found seventies. (Source: Gizmodo) heart and circulatory health. that those with longer lived parents had lower inci- (Source: EurekAlert)

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Donald Trump on Tuesday accused rival Sheriff David Clarke, who penned an Hillary Clinton of “bigotry” and being Trump accuses Clinton of ‘bigotry,’ op-ed on Monday blaming liberal Dem- “against the police,” claiming that she and ocrats and the media for the unrest that other Democrats have “betrayed the Afri- says she opposes police has rocked the city. NEWS can American community” and pandered He told Fox News that the shooting in Man in U.S. killed in suspected for votes. FBI defends decision not to charge Clinton Milwaukee may have occurred because “We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clin- the officer had a gun to his head. ‘anti-Muslim hate crime’ ton, which panders to and talks down to Trump’s campaign also announced communities of color and sees them only on Tuesday that it will finally begin airing Arab communities in the United States are in shock after a as votes — that’s all they care about,” the its first ads of the general election next Lebanese-American man was shot and killed by a neighbor GOP (Grand Old Party) nominee said in week in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and who had allegedly used violence and racial slurs against the remarks delivered not far from Milwau- Pennsylvania. family for years. Khalid Jabara, 37, was shot and killed on his kee — the latest city to be rocked by vi- While polls have shown Clinton build- front porch in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday. olence in the wake of a police shooting. ing a lead following the Philadelphia The family’s neighbor, 61-year-old Stanley Vernon Majors, Trump, who is lagging behind in the convention, Democrats are fearful that a was arrested and he is expected to be charged with first-degree polls, accused Clinton of being on the depressed voter turnout might diminish murder later this week, Tulsa police said in a press release. side of the rioters, declaring: “Our op- support among the minority, young and “My family lived in fear of this man and his hatred for ponent Hillary would rather protect the female voters who powered Obama to years,” read a family statement shared online by Jabara’s sis- offender than the victim.” two victories. ter, Victoria Jabara Williams, on Monday. Clinton campaign spokeswoman Jen- FBI defends decision not to Majors was awaiting trial for aggravated assault after alleg- nifer Palmieri responded with a statement charge Clinton as it submits probe edly hitting Jabara’s mother, Haifa, with his car last September, early on Wednesday accusing Trump of documents to Congress which caused her numerous injuries. He was released on bond being the bigot instead. Meantime, the FBI (Federal Bureau in May. “Only 30 minutes prior to my brother’s shooting, Khalid Trump’s remarks, delivered via tele- of Investigation) on Tuesday forcefully called the police stating this man had a gun and that he was prompter in a rare departure from his defended its decision not to criminally scared for what might happen. The police came and told him usual freewheeling rally remarks, came charge Hillary Clinton in connection with there was nothing to be done,” the family’s statement said. after Clinton vowed on Tuesday to con- her use of a private email server as secre- The family said Majors repeatedly used anti-Arab slurs duct a national security and foreign tary of state in a letter to lawmakers that against them, including calling them “dirty Arabs”, “filthy Leb- policy that Americans could be proud Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighbor- future.” laid out its rationale for refusing to do so. anese”, “Aye-rabs”, and “Mooslems”. of. hood erupted in chaos on Saturday night Democrats, he claimed, have pushed The letter was sent to House Over- Police confirmed in a statement that officers had respond- Trump said in a speech on Monday after a black suspect was fatally shot by a policies that exacerbate poverty and sight Committee lawmakers the same ed to a call from Jabara the evening he was killed. “Officers that the country’s national security re- black Milwaukee police officer. Businesses crime. day that the bureau released to the arrived at the location and were unable to locate any criminal quirements demanded “extreme” vetting burned, gunshots rang out and police in “The Democratic Party has failed and GOP-controlled Congress a variety of activity. Officers then left the scene,” the police said. of immigrants seeking admission to the riot gear were pelted with rocks and oth- betrayed the African American commu- material from its investigation. Tulsa police also confirmed that Jabara’s mother had a United States, pointing to the threat of er objects. The violence continued, to a nity,” he said. FBI Director James B. Comey an- protective order out against Majors, which ordered him to the Islamic State group and terrorist el- lesser degree, on Sunday night. Trump has stoked tensions during his nounced in early July that he was rec- stay away from her and her home, and that he had “a crim- ements. On Tuesday, Trump seized on the riots, campaign. He has accused Mexico of ommending Clinton not be charged, and inal history” with his neighbors. Veronica Laizure, civil rights Clinton had said Monday that the Mil- accusing Clinton of sympathizing with sending rapists across the border, has the letter, which was released on Tuesday director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) waukee protests showed that the nation protesters, who have complained of sys- feuded with the Muslim-American par- by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), largely Oklahoma chapter, said the shooting was probably motivat- had “urgent work to do to rebuild trust temic racism and inequality at the hands ents of an Army captain killed in Iraq and repeated statements he had made previ- ed by anti-Arab bigotry and it is indicative of a larger prob- between police and communities” and of police. has proposed to suspend immigration by ously in public. But it also notably seemed lem of anti-Arab xenophobia in the United States. said “everyone should have respect for Trump, who has so far proven deeply Muslims. to take aim at some ongoing conserva- In February 2015, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor the law and be respected by the law.” unpopular with black voters, made a di- Trump began his visit to the city with tive criticisms of Clinton – particularly that Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Moham- In an interview on Fox News Chan- rect appeal to them Tuesday: “I’m asking a meeting with local law enforcement of- she was negligent in her handling of clas- mad Abu-Salha, 19, were shot and killed in their home near nel, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker accused for the vote of every African American ficers at the Milwaukee County War Me- sified information and thus deserving of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Clinton of “inflaming the situation” with citizen struggling in our country today morial Center on Lake Michigan. Among criminal charges. Over the weekend, an imam and his friend were shot and her comments. who wants a different and much better those present were Milwaukee County (Source: agencies) killed in broad daylight in New York City as they left a mosque after mid-afternoon prayers. Anti-Muslim hate crimes have also risen alongside anti-Muslim rhetoric linked to the United States presidential election campaign, according to a recent N. Korea deputy ambassador in London defects to South report put out by The Center for Muslim-Christian Under- standing at Georgetown University. North Korea’s deputy ambassador in London has de- Thae’s defection follows a string of recent such flights Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has advo- fected with his family to South Korea, making him the by North Koreans, including 12 waitresses at a North cated a ban on all Muslims entering the country, for instance. highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to flee the Korean restaurant in China who defected to South Korea Last year, 174 instances of anti-Muslim violence were re- isolated regime for the democratic South, South Korea earlier this year. ported across the U.S., signaling that “the 2016 U.S. presi- said on Wednesday. Those waitresses have finished a prolonged period dential season began against a backdrop of already rising The Unification Ministry in Seoul declined to say of investigation and have entered into normal society, Islamophobia”, the report found. (Source: Al Jazeera) when or how Thae and his family arrived, or how many an official at South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on relatives accompanied him. Wednesday. Thae defected due to discontent with the regime of The number of defections by North Koreans to the Libyan forces retake central Kim Jong Un in North Korea and for the future of his South this year through July totaled 814, an annual child, ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told a news increase of 15 percent, a ministry official told Reuters. Sirte district from ISIL conference. Several diplomats from North Korea have defected Jeong said Thae and his family were under govern- to the South over the last two years, including one from Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally backed government say ment protection. Thailand, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported they are close to retaking Sirte from the Islamic State in Iraq Impoverished North Korea and prosperous on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with North Ko- and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group after capturing a South Korea are technically still at war after their rean affairs. key neighborhood in the heart of the coastal city. 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a Overall, the number of defectors, mostly from the The fighters, mainly from the nearby city of Misrata, said peace treaty. area near North Korea’s border with China, has de- they were advancing on ISIL-held “District One”, after seizing The announcement came a day after media reported clined since Leader Kim Jong Un, a third-generation “District Two” on Tuesday. that a high-profile North Korean diplomat, later identi- dictator, took power following his father’s death in “District Two has been liberated,” Reda Issa, a spokesman fied by the BBC as Thae, had defected. late 2011. for the pro-government forces, told the Reuters news agency. Quoting an unnamed source, South Korea’s Joon- North Korea has become increasingly isolated af- “The neighborhood is now completely under control of gAng Ilbo newspaper had said the diplomat embarked would not confirm the defection on Tuesday, describing ter conducting its fourth nuclear test in January and our forces,” he said, adding that his side had overcome fierce on a defection journey “following a scrupulous plan” and reports of the event as “quite sudden”. numerous ballistic missile launches this year, which opposition from ISIL snipers and car bombs. was in the process of “landing in a third country as an Further calls to the embassy went unanswered. Calls resulted in tightened United Nations Security Council The advance came a day after loyalists cleared and dem- asylum seeker”. to Thae’s mobile phone were redirected to a voicemail sanctions. ined areas captured in earlier clashes. An official at the North Korean embassy in London inbox. (Source: Reuters) ISIL, seized control of Sirte, the birth place of Libya’s over- thrown Leader Muammar Gaddafi, last year and controlled about 250km of the country’s Mediterranean coastline before forces aligned to the nascent, United Nations-brokered Gov- AIC Compensates 10b Rials Worth of ernment of National Accord (GNA) began operations against Fire Incidence to Jahan Setareh Aria Co. it in May. (Source: agencies) Persia Khodro Named Sponsor ECONOMY Asia Insurance Com- Chief Executive of Jahan Setareh Aria sation” deskpany (AIC) compen- Company. For their parts, Chief Executive and Fi- of Iran Cycling School sated fire incidence broke out in Ja- The damage, happened in macaroni nancial Affairs Manager of Jahan Setareh han Setareh Aria Company, worth 10 warehouse of the company, was deter- Aria Company expressed their satisfac- ECONOMY As an exclusive representative of Sales billion rials. mined in an expert-level session and tion on the salient performance of Asia deskand After-Sales Service provider of luxury Given the above issue, banking Asia Insurance Company dispatched its Insurance Company in following up the BMW cars in Iran, Persia Khodro Company has taken giant check, worth 10 billion rials, was sub- expert insurance assessors to the loca- case meticulously and pledged to stay stride in line with preserving environment and virgin nature mitted by the Technical Deputy Man- tion of incident, he said, adding: “Upon with Asia Insurance Company for insuring of Iran with breathtaking views. aging Director of ASI for Property In- several inspections of the site, the dam- all its facilities from the earliest existence surance Affairs Faramarz Khajir to the aged part was estimated for compen- up to the final stage. Bank Shahr Managing Director Wins ITEC Management Award ECONOMY At 7th ITEC Bankers Conference, the With the evaluation of organization with regard to pointed to the role of companies and economic en- deskhighest badge of honor for excellent their credits and honors in accordance with indicators terprises in boosting economic status of the country management in banking industry of the country was such as “Supporter of Customer Welfare”, international and said: “With the studies made in this regard, 15% awarded to the Managing Director of Bank Shahr Dr. banking services award was submitted by Germany to compnaies and financial enterprises of the country Hossein Mohammad Pour-Zarandi. senior official of Bank Shahr. accounts for 85% of gross national product (GNP), As held in IRIB Intl. Conferences Center at the initi- Moreover, the bank was awarded with top national the report added. ative of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives, the prestigious knowledge-based organization in banking industry of In the end, enterprises enjoy high capability in fi- conference was attended by the Minister of Industry, country due to its influential activities and winning inter- nancing projects and called for supporting small- and On August 15 concurrent with unveiling New Jersey of Mine and Trade Eng. Ne’matzadeh, economic and co- national prestige. medium-sized enterprises in line with materializing most Iran Cycling School, Persia Khodro Company, as nature and operatives activists and experts. In this prestigious conference, Industry Minister objectives of the country. sports-friendly body, was introduced as chief sponsor of Iran Cycling School at the threshold of dispatching cyclists to 48th World Master Competitions (Radweltpokal) in Austria. BIM Chief Executive Awarded “ITEC” Badge of Honor in Banking Industry It should be noted that this prestigious ceremony was held in the Central Office of Persia Khodro Company in the ECONOMY At 7th ITEC and Man- This awarding ceremony was attend- The Industry Minister was the first It should be noted that the Confer- presence of senior officials of I.R. of Iran Cycling Federation, deskagers Conference, ed by the Minister of Industry, Mine and speaker in this prestigious ceremony who ence was held in cooperation with Iran veteran cyclists and athletes of this popular course as well as Chief Executive and Chairman of the Trade Eng. Mohammad-Reza Ne’matza- expounded on the barriers of economic Chamber of Cooperatives with the aim senior managers of the company. Board of Directors of Bank of Industry & deh, economic activists, senior managers growth in the country and placed spe- of creating a suitable space for strength- Moreover offering super luxury cars worldwide, observing Mine (BIM) Ali Ashraf Afkhami received and directors of exemplary industrial and cial emphasis on the significant status of ening synergy and collaboration towards requirements of international standards, the company has top and excellent management badge of production companies in banking indus- Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises materializing most objectives of resist- taken giant strides to safeguard environment and virgin na- honor in banking industry of the country. try of the country. (SMEs). ance economy in the country. ture of Iran, the report ended.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY AAUGUSTUGUST 118,8, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society Telowbin, a village in heaven may soon turn into a ghost town The village residents believe that with proper planning lucky farm owners. Birth rate and technology, the spring waters can come to resolve the Drug abuse water issue of the village. The threat of illicit drugs is very real in the village. Poverty, Telowbin enjoys an unknown number of springs both in unemployment, lack of entertainment, etc. have all led vil- and around it, flowing from each hilltop or their proximity. lagers, mainly men, to experiment with drugs and eventually According to Vaziri, a proposal was made and submitted become addicts. to responsible bodies two years ago to construct a dam in Use of opium has somewhat become a tradition. Senior the village in order to save the community from water dis- citizens tend to use it in case of any ache in body. tress, but they are yet to hear from authorities. But that’s not all. Psychedelic drugs like crystal metham- phetamine, known also as meth, have also found their ways into the homes of villagers, particularity targeting men, leaving women to take the driver’s seat. It is not uncommon in the village to meet a family whose wife works extra hard not just to run the household, but to 1 The volunteer groups help train the locals in improv- put bread on the table, when the man of the house simply ing their skills and knowledge, and aid them in various con- does nothing but drugs. struction and development projects without any cost to the I came to know Marzieh, who was the man and the wom- The older generation has around 5-6 children whereas locals. an of her family, while her husband was a stay-at-home dad, the rate has dropped to 2 to 3 kids with the rising gen- Each Jihadi group provides assistance to the villagers in taking the chores out, of course. eration; although viewing children as a source of income healthcare, animal husbandry, agriculture, and cultural affairs Marzieh made and sold butter, yogurt, curd, and other especially in poor families has remained intact. for a period of 10 days. The team may choose to return to the dairy products from sheep and cow milk in her husband’s Divorce village to be of further assistance to locals in the same year, shop, physically a very demanding job. With an early marriage, not surprisingly comes a high go back there in the following year, or just call the mission Meyami governor Mohammad Mehdi Karimi, who was Early marriage; or better said child marriage rate of divorce. These days separation shows a growing accomplished and have a fresh start elsewhere. among those paying a visit to the Ordouye Jahadi group, trend in Telowbin. It was our group’s third consecutive year, yet my first, however, was not optimistic about solving the water short- Forced marriages at young age, addicted and abu- in Telowbin, as they had made a pledge of aid to locals age in the village. He believed Telowbin residents have to sive husbands, lack of steady income, and so on leave for five years. use what’s available to them until all water resources are de- women with no option but to file for a divorce. Our team consisting of 50 female volunteers was settled pleted. Healthcare in a boys’ school where we quickly discovered there was not “The village doesn’t have sufficient water, this is all water There is no pharmacy in the village. Some grocery enough water in the village. they have for consumption; their water resources are drying stores in Telowbin, resembling a tiny shop in cities, deliv- up,” the official said. er some over-the-counter medicine and painkillers. A few years back, Karimi said, there was a talk of relocat- Only one general practitioner serves the entire vil- ing Telowbin residents elsewhere, a costly plan that eventual- lage. If that is not bad enough, he comes in just once ly fell through. a week, on Tuesdays, for only a few hours, from 8 a.m. Lack of bathing area till noon. Many locals we ran across complained about not having In wintertime when heavy snowfalls block roads, the a wet room at home. According to Vaziri, roughly 50 percent doctor many not make it to the village, leaving the res- of households are without a shower room in their residence. Young girls of Telowbin are married off at age 12, 13, or idents desperate. There used to be a public bath, a large bathing facility, in as young as 7 in some rare cases, and the average age of the village, but as of a year ago, it was shut down because of marriage for boys is 17 to 20. a hefty gas bill, amounted to 70 million rials ($2,000), making The girls confirmed that not all marriages are forced but it not worthy running the facility any longer. some are arranged. “Some girls, mainly in the new genera- Now, locals have to take a bath in a bucket inside their tion, have freedom to choose among their suitors,” they said. house, a task which seems quite unthinkable to many of us. The custom of getting engaged far too early goes on in The village itself The community begged us to convey their message to the village, as it has simply turned into a learned behavior; The first look of the village was very impressive. It faces authorities so that they could have their public bath back. girls watch other young girls tie the knot and are afraid of the mountainous green forests of Mazandaran Province Landslide remaining a frustrated old maid! to the west, and from the east, it overlooks the Zagros The young married women normally stay in their par- Mountains. ents’ a couple of years before living with their husband and According to Mohammad Esmaeil Vaziri, a local school walking into their own homes, which is usually a room in the janitor whose past three generations have lived there, the residence of their in-laws. village was named Telowbin because from every hilltop, one Low level of education can see the sunrise. Upon moving with their spouse, now, the young house- In the afternoon of our second day, the beautiful village wives are usually told to quit school by their men and/or The village also has two behvarzes, rural health got covered in beautiful fog, giving the area a mystical, in-laws, leaving them with no rights to further education and workers who work in the “house of hygiene”, a health- dreamy effect. social circles. care center, every day except for Fridays. On the very night, the village had its fair share of rain and On days the doctor visits Telowbin’s patients, he a fall in temperature, having us wear sweatshirts and jackets, brings along some most commonly prescribed drugs what seemed quite bizarre in the middle of summer. with him, which a behvarz, taking up the role of a med- Today, Telowbin is home to some 590 families or 2,300 ical assistant and pharmacy technician, helps dispense people, having lost residents over the years. In 2011, for the first time, a landslide occurred in the vil- the medicine to patients. The village’s natural resources were impeccable; though lage which some residents relate to digging gas canals, a When there is no doctor in the village, should there soon we discovered the impact of environmental disasters common belief which is difficult to prove scientifically. be an emergency case, let’s say a motor bike or car acci- both man-made and natural. That very same year, copious snow, a source of blessing dent, the residents will have to travel to either Shahroud, for water shortage, doubled the effect of landslide and dest- the closet city to Telowbin 110 kilometers away, or to an- abilized the fragile slopes of the village. other village, Nardin, within 8 kilometers from Telwobin, That year some villagers lost homes to landslip, but fortu- to seek medical treatment. nately the disaster claimed no life. Abandoning the village not on the menu Landslides remain a lurking shadow in the village, threat- ening the life of villagers particularly in the old houses, con- stituting 50 percent of the residences, Vaziri said. With no psychological preparation, not to mention physical strength, the young women have to quickly adapt to the role of a housewife, and soon a mother. Boys, too, stop going to school early on to be a helping hand to their families by either working on farms or planta- tion crops, or breeding and raising livestock. Dealing with abuse Many of the housewives have to grapple with psy- Water shortage chological trauma of early marriage, raising a child, and Despite having a good bit of rainfall years ago, the vil- at times, dealing with domestic violence, be it their hus- lage now suffers serious water shortage. According to locals, bands, in-laws, or both. from 2006 to 2014, global warming had taken its toll on the village as well. Drought and water overuse have dried up or dropped the water level in some of the springs. With many problems cited and to my amazement, Two years ago, to tackle water shortage, locals dug a well except for one young boy, all villagers, men, women, to draw up water by a water pump from a valley where the Ever since 1989, around 5 to 6 families per year have left young, old whom I spoke to unanimously agreed they remaining water of some springs merges together. their ancestral land permanently, of course against their wish. would always stay in the village, the land of their ances- Although the problem was solved to some extent, the Water scarcity, threat of landslide, lack of income, etc. tors, their roots, and their place of birth. water pump has to work against the gravity to draw the wa- have all acted as grounds to dislocate villagers to either Abandoning it was never on the agenda and pretty ter up, resulting in loss of desirable water pressure. Besides, nearby cities or other villages. much out of sight. Some youngsters who had left the the water travels kilometers to reach the valley, washing dirt Meager income village earlier returned, saying they would never consid- and mud along the path; at times it looks brown and murky, er leaving it again. making it not quite potable. However, the fear of landslide and water crisis Today, a water tanker also takes water door to door in the remains very true. May God forbid, a blizzard or village, allowing residents to store water in their metal tanks, heavy rainfall can create catastrophic effects in the not an appropriate place to keep water, on their rooftops. village, taking many lives and leaving the village a Water scarcity can be solved An 18-year-old mother, Zahra, came to us for coun- ghost town. seling while she had her 6-month baby in her arms. Zahra I left the village, trying to reason out in my head why had lost her mother when she was only two and at 13 her the village locals weren’t willing to give up and leave father had married her off. their village to larger cities. Suddenly a voice came, re- Desperate, she needed guidance on how to set herself affirming for the same reason I returned to my coun- free from the hands of her troublesome mother-in-law, who try, IRAN, despite having much better living conditions treated her like a maid for five years. Her husband would also elsewhere. beat her up for slightest mistakes, influenced by his mother. I certainly hope the report would be an eye-open- According to Vaziri, around 20 percent of the villagers rely Bigamy er to those of us, including myself, who don’t have on agriculture and livestock as their main stream of income, Getting a second wife has also become a common prac- the slightest clue about the destitute and unprivi- and the rest of population has no continuous source of cash. tice among the men of the village. They incline to find and leged people of Telowbin, and perhaps many more The latter group has to either move, a few months at marry another woman and have more children with the sec- villages in Iran. a time, to cities to work mostly as construction workers, ond wife. Perhaps brining on an extra emotional distress for I lose no faith believing with each other’s help, we when the weather permits, or help harvest crops for some women. can make not just a better Telowbin, but country. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/sports AAUGUSTUGUST 18,18, 22016016 SPORTS 11 IIranianranian coachcoach accusesaccuses wweightliftingeightlifting oofficialsfficials ooff conspiracyconspiracy SPORTS Rio de Janeiro – Iranian Brazilian police arrest Irish deskweightlifting coach Sajjad Anoushiravani says that judges’ decision was IOC member in touting probe unfair after they ruled that Behdad Salimi failed to register a total in the clean and jerk in the Brazilian police arrested a member of the IOC’s executive men`s +105kg class at Olympics. board, Ireland’s Patrick Hickey, in his hotel in Rio de Janeiro Salimi set a new world record of 216kg in the on Wednesday in connection with an investigation into ticket snatch to lead Georgian lifter Lasha Talakhadze touting at the Olympics, a spokesman said. by 1kg going into the clean and jerk. Police said in a statement they had discovered evidence link- Judges ruled that the 26-year-old super ing Hickey, who heads the European Olympic Committee that heavyweight’s first jerk was a no lift. The jury includes all the national committees on the continent, to an in- then dramatically over-ruled the judges’ deci- ternational scheme to illegally pass Olympic tickets to touts who sion that his second lift had been legitimate. were reselling them at well above their original price. Salimi thought he had successfully raised 245kg above his head but the panel of referees on the jury ruled that his left arm had not been straight, AFP wrote. “There’s a conspiracy. Our enemies were on the jury,” an irate Iranian coach Sajjad Anoushi- ravani told reporters, appearing to be referring to a judge from Iraq. “It’s obvious they took the medal from Sal- imi. The jury was selected for this to happen. “He is a gold medallist from London. He broke the world record here. They may as well throw the whole thing in the trash,” Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestler Rezaei wins Brazilian media reported that Hickey was detained at his son’s room in the hotel and was taken to hospital after his arrest. bronze at Olympics The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said in a statement it SPORTS Rio de Janeiro - Ghasem Rezaei Cenk Ildem of Turkey earned another bronze was aware of media reports of Hickey’s arrest and was seeking deskfrom Iran claimed a bronze medal medal in the division, taking down Alin Alexuc Ciu- clarity on the situation before commenting. in the men’s Greco-Roman 98kg division at the 2016 rariu of Romania. An International Olympic Committee source told Reuters the Rio Olympic Games. Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia beat Yasmany Daniel organisation was also still establishing the facts in the case. The London gold medalist defeated Carl Fredrik Ste- Lugo Cabrera of Cuba, earning the gold medal. Lugo Hickey did not respond to calls for comment. fan Schoen of Sweden. Schoen was a loser in the second Cabrera took home the silver medal for that match. He was a member of the IOC’s coordination commission for semifinal match, while Rezaei made his way up through Saeid Abdevali had already won a bronze medal the Rio Games, the body in charge of overseeing preparations the repechage rounds to win his bronze. in the 75kg. for the first Olympics held in South America. His arrest comes after police detained last week a director of international sports hospitality company THG Sports, Kevin Mallon, and a translator employed by the company, alleging that Maritimo terminates contract with Iranian keeper they could have made 10 million reais ($3 million) from buying tickets and reselling them at a higher price. SPORTS Portuguese side Maritimo has terminat- team. The latest pre-season friendly against Las Palmas A Brazilian judge on Monday also ordered the arrest of four desked its contract with Iranian internation- didn’t go well for Haghighi as he left out the starting line- more THG Sports executives on accusations of fraudulent ticket al goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi with just six months after up by the new head coach Paulo Cesar Gusmao. sales at the Olympics. A police spokesman, however, said the signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with him. Following the arrival of Brazilian keeper Eduardo Got- four men could not be detained because they were not in Brazil. The 28-year-old keeper joined Maritimo from Rubin tardi and Gusmao’s dissatisfaction with Haghighi’s perfor- THG has rejected the accusations against the company and Kazan in January 2016 to reuniting with his former coach mance, the club has terminated contract with the Iranian Mallon, saying that more than 1,000 tickets seized by police Nelo Vingada. keeper by mutual consent. were being held legally on behalf of authorised Irish reseller Pro Last season he made four appearances in the league Haghighi had loan spells at Sporting Covilha and Pe- 10 and criticising local Olympic organisers. and conceded five goals while in the League Cup final he nafiel as well. Hickey, a white-haired sports administrator, is a former judo- had a poor performance in the 6-2 defeat against Benfica. Haghighi, who is currently Iran national football team ka and is honorary life president of the Irish Judo Federation. He Haghighi expected to be Maritimo’s No. 1 keeper this first choice keeper, has represented Iran at the 2014 FIFA has been head of the OCI since 1989. season as he started all the pre-season matches for the World Cup and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Hickey is also a senior vice president of the Association of National Olympic Committees. (Source: Reuters) Real Madrid move for Cesc Fabregas Riyad Mahrez would only leave ‘complicated’ - Zinedine Zidane Leicester City for ‘two or three clubs’ said: “If you want to put another central stand what I am trying to say.” Rio Olympics 2016: Renaud midfielder into the mix then it becomes Mahrez also erased any doubt of a Lavillenie being booed complicated. link to Chelsea, after he had been seen “Cesc is a great player but it is not at the same hotel as Blues boss Antonio ‘shocking’ - Thomas Bach very straightforward. I am going to end Conte last week. up with a squad where three or four play- Asked about that report, Mahrez Pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the ers do not get selected. To therefore put said: “I don’t think about [the tab- Rio crowd for a second time in 24 hours - with Olympics chief another player in there makes it difficult.” loids] too much. I’m not part of that Thomas Bach calling his treatment “shocking”. Zidane left James out of his starting world. I play football and then I go The Frenchman, 29, was in tears as he was barracked on lineup for the recent European Super home. the podium on Tuesday. Cup win over Sevilla, fuelling specula- “It’s true that, in England, they’re crazy On Monday he was booed by the partisan home tion he was surplus to requirements, but about it. Last Sunday, after a game, we crowd before his final vault - losing out to home favour- the Colombia international started and were in the same hotel as Chelsea and ite Thiago Braz da Silva in a scored in the victory over Reims and now that was a story. They find the smallest dramatic final. Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has appears set to stay. Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez says only detail to be a part of your life. Bach said the crowd’s be- said a deal for Chelsea midfielder Cesc “James is here, I am happy with how “two or three clubs” in the world could “I know how to deal with it. After all, haviour was “unacceptable at Fabregas is “not very straightforward” he played and he will be staying here,” tempt him to leave the Premier League I’m not David Beckham.” the Olympics”. and insisted James Rodriguez will stay Zidane said. “I will always respond in the champions. Mahrez also had words of praise Lavillenie held his head in at the Bernabeu. same way to that. I’m tired of having to Mahrez had been linked with a move for Ranieri, who guided Leicester to the his hands on the podium and Antonio Conte left Fabregas on the give a response. My stance is not going to Arsenal earlier this summer, though unlikeliest of Premier League titles last was later consoled by Brazil- bench for Chelsea’s 2-1 win over West to change.” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has season. ian gold medallist Da Silva, Ham on Monday and, while the new The European champions have had been confident the Algerian would stay “He immediately took me under his IAAF president Lord Coe and Blues boss says the 29-year-old can force an uncharacteristically quiet summer in with the Foxes. wing and gave me a lot of confidence,” former Olympic and world his way back into the team, his omission the market, with Alvaro Morata, who was In an interview with France Football, Mahrez said. “And he has brought me pole vault champion Sergey has raised doubts over his future. repurchased from Juventus, and Marco Mahrez said he would prefer to stay in to be more rigorous with my game. The Bubka after the ceremony. A number of clubs around Europe Asensio, back at the club after loans with England, though he could be tempted result of that: last year, I defended like a London 2012 champion have been linked with Fabregas, includ- Real Mallorca and Espanyol, the main ad- abroad by a select few teams. crazy person. Lavillenie told French televi- ing Madrid, but Zidane said a deal for ditions ahead of the new season. “[The Premier League] is a super “He made me understand that if one sion: “It’s disgusting, there is the former Barcelona player may not Zidane said Madrid would not know league and I would like to stay here as of us did not defend, we were dead. With a total lack of fair play and I want to stress that the Brazilian is be practical. their final squad until the window closes long as possible,” he said. him, I also timed better the moments not involved at all.” Speaking to reporters after Madrid’s on Aug. 31 but added: “I don’t think we “Now, there are two or three clubs where one needs to press, when one Da Silva claimed a shock gold with his second attempt at win over Reims in the Santiago Berna- will be bringing players in. in the world, that if they come for me, it needs to peel off, things like that.” 6.03m to win Brazil’s second gold of the Games. beu trophy match on Tuesday, Zidane (Source: Soccernet) definitely makes you think, if you under- (Source: ESPN) But world record holder Lavillenie said the “nastiness” of the crowd had “really disturbed” him and compared his treatment to that of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the Conte wants Chelsea renaissance to emulate Juventus revival Nazi-era Berlin Games of 1936. He later apologised, saying he made the Owens compari- Antonio Conte believes Chelsea can emulate his former and at the start it did not appear easy,” Conte told Chel- for the players, confidence was low and the fans weren’t son immediately after the competition when very upset. club Juventus as he looks to make them title contenders sea magazine. “Confidence was low and the players happy with this situation. Rio 2016 chief spokesman Mario Andrada said: “As citizens again, but warned that success will take time. didn’t trust themselves. “But I know only one word that we must follow and that of Brazil and as sports fans, we don’t think booing is the right Chelsea won the Premier League in 2015 but “It’s important to work in that situation and I remember is to work, and to work very hard. If we stay together, in attitude, even when you are in a one-to-one competition and slumped to a 10th-placed finish last season, with coach we worked very hard.” bad and in good situations, very, very soon we will try to a young Brazilian has the chance to beat the world champion. Jose Mourinho replaced by Guus Hiddink in December Conte took over at Juve in May 2011, replacing Luigi go back to playing for the title.” “We plan to intensify our dialogue with Brazilian fans following an astonishing decline. Delneri who finished seventh the season before. Conte’s reign at Stamford Bridge began with a 2-1 vic- through social networks to make sure that we behave as fans Conte arrived at Stamford Bridge this summer after He guided the ‘Old Lady’ of Italian football to the Serie tory over West Ham United on Monday evening, and they in a proper and elegant manner, without losing the passion leading Italy to the quarter final of the European Cham- A title in his first season at the club and won two further continue their campaign at Watford on Saturday. for sport.” pionship, and thinks his previous experience with Juventus Scudetti before resigning in 2014. “It’s not easy, but we must try and we must find the right Appeals for silence were made before each race at the has prepared him to lead Chelsea’s revival. “We can see a bit of the same situation now, no?” Conte motivation, the right spirit to fight.” Olympic stadium on Tuesday night. “Juventus hadn’t won the title for many, many years continued. “After a bad season, 10th place was no good (Source: Reuters) (Source: BBC) b

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CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian filmmaker Moin deskKarimeddini’s acclaimed documentary hometown meeting “Atlan” will go on screen at the 9th edition of the Kosovar film Festival -- The Goddess on the Throne, which will be held in CULTURE TEHRAN — In a press release published on Pristina from August 31 to desk September 4. A number of Tuesday, the organizers announced Produced by the academics and scholars from that 60 articles out of 307 submissions Documentary and Iran and neighboring countries is will be presented during the event. Experimental Film Center, commemorating Nur ad-Din Abd They also plan to publish a collection of “Atlan” tells story of Ali, an al-Rahman Jami during a two- the essays both in Persian and English. Iranian Turkmen horse-riding day conference, which opened on The conference has been instructor, and his horse Ilhad. Thursday in the northeastern Iranian organized jointly by the Ferdowsi Earlier in 2014, the film town of Torbate Jam, the homeland of University of Mashhad, Torbat-e Jam won the award for best the 15th century Persian poet. Municipality and the Torbate Jam film at Cinéma Vérité, an Scholars from Iran, Russia, Turkey, branch of the Islamic Azad University. international festival for South Korea, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jami was primarily an outstanding documentaries in Iran. Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Iraq are Sufi poet and theologian who is often In the Turkmen language, exchanging views on Jami’s poetry credited for his eloquent tongue and Atlan means “get on your and his personality. readiness in repartee. horse and get going.” The conference is also playing Jami wrote approximately eighty host to guests from the United books and letters, some of which Nations Educational, Scientific, and have been translated into English. Cultural Organization (UNESCO), He is also author of some works on Book on Islamic International Institute for Central history and science. Asian Studies (IICAS), Iran-Tajikistan Amongst his famous works are “Haft manuscripts in Russia Friendship Society, Asian Cultural Awrang”, “Tuhfat al-Ahrar”, “Layla wa Documentation Center, and ECO Majnun”, “Fatihat al-Shabab”, and “Al- publishes in Tehran Cultural Institute. Durrah al-Fakhirah”. A poster for an international conference on Persian poet Jami CULTURE TEHRAN — A book on rare Islamic deskmanuscripts kept at various libraries and cultural institutes in Russia has recently been published in Tehran. Iranian Pottermaniacs to roll out red carpet for “Cursed Child” The materials for the book titled “Islamic Manuscripts ARTTEHRAN — Iranian series, will also attend the celebration district on July 30, Reuters reported. in Russia” have been compiled by Iranian scholar Hossein desk Motaqqi. Pottermaniacs are to autograph copies of the book for the During a standing ovation at the end The National Library and Archives of Iran has published the scheduled to come together at fans, Tandis Publications announced on of the show, Rowling who appeared on book in collaboration with the Islamic Culture and Relations Tandis Bookstore in Tehran today and Wednesday. stage said that the story is the end of Organization. tomorrow to celebrate the release of Rowling penned this book in two the journey for the beloved boy wizard. Motaqqi has also collected some of the information for the the Persian version of “Harry Potter parts featuring the life of Harry Potter “(It) chimed perfectly with the book from Russia’s autonomous republics of Tatarstan and and the Cursed Child”, the eighth nineteen years later in the post- material I had about the next Dagestan. installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Voldemort wizarding world. generation and I could see it would Potter series. Playwright Jack Thorne and director work perfectly,” she said. “So, I never Translator Vida Eslamieh, who has John Tiffany premiere a play based on wanted to write another novel, but this The cover of the Persian version of “Harry Potter rendered the previous episodes of the the story in London’s West End theater will give the fans something special.” and the Cursed Child” NEWS IN BRIEF PICTURE OF THE DAY Honaronline/Alireza Farahani “The Cemetery Men” “A Star is Born” to compete in Thai festival again with Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian director LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — desk Pop Ali Mardomi’s short film “The singer Lady Gaga and Oscar-nominated Cemetery Men” will go on screen at the 20th Thai actor Bradley Cooper are joining forces Short Film and Video Festival, which will be held at to remake classic Hollywood musical the Bangkok Art and Culture Center from August drama “A Star is Born”, Warner Bros said 20 to 28. on Tuesday. Produced by the Uremia branch of the Iranian Cooper, 41, who has been nominated Youth Cinema Society, “The Cemetery Men” is the for four Oscars including acting and story of an old man working in a cemetery. He is producing 2014’s “American Sniper”, the only one there who say prayers for the dead will make his directorial debut on the until a young man with a beautiful singing voice movie, while Lady Gaga, 30, will make comes to the cemetery. her feature film lead acting debut. Warner Bros did not give a release “Donkey” to go on date for the project. screen at Estonian “A Star is Born”, the story of an festival aspiring young starlet who arrives in Hollywood and is helped by an aging leading man, was first told on the big screen in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian director Arash Fredric March. desk Es’haqi’s acclaimed documentary It was remade with Judy Garland and “Donkey” will be screened in the Man and Nature James Mason in 1954 and with Barbra section of the Matsalu Nature Film Festival, which will Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976. be held in the Estonian cities of Lihula, Haapsalu, and In the new film, Grammy-winning Tallinn from September 21 to 25. A troupe led by director Mehdi Alinejad performs U.S. playwright Arthur Kopit’s “Chamber Music” at Tehran’s Fannizadeh Theater on August 16, 2016. Lady Gaga will compose and perform The film tells the story of a man who has isolated The play runs until September 10. new songs. himself from the world of human existence, taking refuge in the world of his donkeys. “Donkey” won the best documentary prize at the Vacaville International Film Festival in California in No stone left unturned in Italian Hollywood classic “Ben-Hur” gets 2012. artist’s workshop modern remake VERONA, Italy (Reuters) — Luigi independent verification of whether the LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — “Being a beautiful action Lineri’s home workshop is covered in stones are indeed prehistoric sculpture “Ben-Hur”, the 1959 movie epic movie with all of the thrills and stones -- tens of thousands of them. and has not sought one, being more that won 11 Oscars, has received excitement, it’s still a very serious NEWS They resemble animal heads, human interested in them as “a work of art”. a Hollywood revamp -- but its movie for our time.” faces and other forms, and the artist “When I found one and picked it up, makers say the famed chariot Producer Mark Burnett said that Iran’s Resistance festival to and poet believes may have been I was overcome with emotion - who race still relies on humans and for the chariot-racing sequence -- hold film week in Lebanon shaped by prehistoric humans. was this, how did he live, what was he horses, not special effects. nine minutes long in the original Lineri has built his vast collection thinking when he made this beautiful “Boardwalk Empire” actor Jack -- special effects had been used ARTTEHRAN — Iran’s International Resistance over the last 50 years, making his finds thing. It all began then and I started Huston takes on the role for only for crash scenes. deskFilm Festival (IRFF) plans to organize a film along the Adige river, near Verona in reading and learning about prehistoric which the late Charlton Heston “The actual horses were ridden festival in Lebanon during November. northern Italy. mankind.” was named Best Actor, playing and driven by the actors. It was The plans was announced during a meeting between “I haven’t counted them and don’t “I don’t make any changes (to the the young Jewish noble Judah 32 horses, eight chariots round the secretary of festival, Mohammed Khazai, and Lebanon’s intend to do so but the quantity is stones), they are all authentic,” he said. Ben-Hur, who is sent into slavery and around that arena at full Hezbollah top cultural official, Sheikh Ali Zahir, in Beirut on significant,” Lineri said. “Someone told me I was obsessed but if by Roman occupiers but returns speed, sometimes on one wheel,” Tuesday. “At first I thought that a few stones I am it is to better understand the mind to take his revenge. he said. The 14th edition of the IRFF will be held in Tehran from for each different shape would be of the primitive man.” “If you think about the climate “When the horses have crashes, September 23 to 30. The festival is being organized during the enough and then I understood that Among the forms on display are of the world today -- and this that’s all special effects -- but the Sacred Defense Week to commemorate the anniversary of the in their thousands, they give a sense fish, dog and sheep heads and female movie is set 2,000 years ago rest of the racing is all the real 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. of community… For me the quantity is body forms. Visitors have come to see -- you realize the world hasn’t horses with the actors.” Documentaries by international filmmaker, including Michael sacred: it takes a lot to build a cathedral.” the collection and he has also exhibited changed that much,” Huston said “Ben-Hur” hits cinemas Moore and Oliver Stone, will be screened during the festival. Lineri says there has been no some of it. at the film’s Tuesday premiere. worldwide from Wednesday.