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Tehran: Bias has ruined merits of staying in NPT U.S. must POLITICS TEHRAN — The Preparatory Committee for the 2020 deskIranian ambassador Review Conference of the Parties to the to the International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the (IAEA) has lashed out at biased approach UN office in Geneva on Wednesday, toward certain countries regarding the Reza Najafi blasted attempts by certain non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, countries to use non-proliferation as accept stressing that such prejudice has ruined a pretext to prevent other states from the merits of staying in the NPT. using nuclear technology for peaceful Addressing the second session of the purposes. 2

consequences MS drugs produced in Iran as effective as foreign ones

SOCIETY TEHRAN – All the Nabavi said these domestically produced deskrequired drugs for drugs can compete with foreign drugs. if it quits treating multiple sclerosis (MS) are Over the past two years, many MS produced domestically and their ef- drugs were granted license by the Unit- fectiveness is equal to those of foreign ed States’ Food and Drug Administration ones, prominent neurologist Masud (FDA) and European Medicines Agency Nabavi said recently. (EMA), he said, adding that Iran has also Touching on the spectacular develop- started manufacturing these drugs with nuclear deal ment of Iran in manufacturing MS drugs, high standards. 12 See page 2 Iran’s gross official reserves set to exceed $108b this year: IMF ECONOMY TEHRAN — The gross official reserves will experience a deskInternational Mon- $13.3 billion jump in the current year rising etary Fund (IMF) in its latest Region- from last year’s $95.1 billion. al Economic Outlook titled “Regional The IMF also predicted a 4 percent Economic Outlook Update: Middle real GDP growth for Iran in 2018, expe- East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and riencing a 0.3 percent fall compared to Pakistan” predicted that Iran’s gross the preceding year, while the country’s official reserves will reach $108.4 consumer price inflation will stand at 12.1 billion in 2018. percent in 2018 to register a 2.2 percent File photo According to the report, the country’s increase. 4 ARTICLE ‘Trump not saying anything in contrary to interests of Israel’ ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari Jack Perry By Maryam Khormaei ropean signatories, I mean Britain, is already it. The situation is the result of Trump coming Political analyst Author TEHRAN — Alexander Azadegan, college pro- on the exit door of EU. into power. fessor from Southern California, says “Trump Keep in mind that Trump is the first U.S. pres- Perhaps if Hillary Clinton was in the posi- From Arizona is the first U.S. president who is fully owned ident who is fully owned subsidiary of the Israelis tion, the Obama administration policy which subsidiary of the Israelis in this case.” in this case. He is not going to say anything in was based on cooperation rather than conflict A dead-end for The senior geopolitical analyst also says Trump contrary to the interests of Israeli side. would have continued. Lies of mass “is not going to say anything in contrary to the Israelis have always been very critical of I’m afraid Trump tends to pursue conflict Trump interests of Israeli side.” JCPOA. Of course this is nonsensical to me be- with Iran. We have to keep in mind that this destruction Following is the full text of the interview: cause it was a horrible deal for Iran not for the president’s foreign visit after he got elected ast August, the International Atomic Will the U.S. congress be able to reach a deal west. The Israel haven’t been so emboldened was to Saudi Arabia as Iran’s arch enemy in eeing Benjamin Netanyahu stand up Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed for on the JCPOA that can meet Trump’s demands? and now they are supporting Saudis who are the region. there and lie about Iran’s “nuclear Lthe eighth time that Iran has been What can such agreement look like? practically in a de facto coalition with Israelis. Let’s not forget $300 billion weapons con- Sweapons program” was one of the committed to the 2015 Joint Comprehen- A: I don’t believe U.S. congress can reach such They feel emboldened and untouchable. As tract was signed with Saudi Arabia making the worst performances ever given. A grade sive Plan of Action (JCPOA). According a deal. As I told you, I don’t think the European I told you this deal has already been terrible for country the third largest spender when it comes school drama production could have to the agreement, which was negotiated mechanism be helpful at all and one of the Eu- Iran and this country has no idea to renegotiate to weapons after the U.S. and China. 7 done better. And would have been more among the United States, China, France, convincing because children are better the United Kingdom, Russia, and Germany able to believe in fantasy, especially the (P5+1) and Iran, we accepted significant fantasies they tell others. constraints on our country’s nuclear ability Iran has fulfilled its obligations under JCPOA: Kimball Even worse, Netanyahu expects the world in exchange of lifting sanctions. By Javad Heirannia JCPOA,” Kimball tells the Tehran Times in an fidential session back in 2008. So, the recent to believe this, all the while IDF snipers are The fact is that many experts over- TEHRAN — Daryl Kimball, executive director exclusive interview. information couldn’t provide anything new. killing kids in Gaza. Is this not surreal? Ne- whelmingly support the JCPOA and have of the Arms Control Association in Washington, Following is the full text of the interview: A: On April 30, Prime Minister Benjamin tanyahu reminds me of Colonel Kurtz from urged all sides to continue implementing it. is of the opinion that “Iran is meeting all of its Do the documents released by Netanyahu Netanyahu of Israel — which has its own unac- the movie Apocalypse Now. All the while But the deal isn’t safe. Not by a long shot. JCPOA commitments.” include any new details about Iran’s nuclear knowledged nuclear weapons arsenal — laid out going upriver, Captain Willard thinks Kurtz On Sept. 19, the U.S. President raged “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, tes- deal? As you know Olli Heinonen the ex-Deputy detailed documentation that he said provides is on to something. But then he sees Kurtz against the nuclear deal at the United tified to Congress last month that there is no Director General of the IAEA provided these evidence of Iran’s pre-2003 nuclear weapons and is astonished by the level of madness Nations General Assembly: evidence of Iranian noncompliance with the documents to the Board of Governors in a con- design efforts. 7 Kurtz has descended into. The world is an “… (Iran has) destabilizing activities unwilling Willard to Netanyahu’s Kurtz. while building dangerous missiles, and we Even that is too simple an explanation. cannot abide by an agreement if it provides The fact is, Netanyahu is gambling with cover for the eventual construction of a his own country’s fate but doesn’t see it. nuclear program. The Iran deal was one of “Rain of Love” He thinks that if he can just convince the the worst and most one-sided transactions composer United States to attack Iran, there will be the United States has ever entered into. no consequences to Israel. It is perfectly Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment Nasser clear he is wrong. No one is going to forget to the United States, and I don’t think that it was him who needled an unstable you’ve heard the last of it. Believe me.” Cheshmazar Trump into attacking Iran. 13 Trump then announced that he’s going to walk out of the nuclear deal by May dies at 68 12. Trump has claimed that Iran didn’t Domestic comply with the JCPOA, which is in full ARTTEHRAN — Nasser contradiction with what the IAEA stat- deskCheshmazar, a promi- and Foreign ed. According to the American law, the nent Iranian composer who was best known president should confirm that suspension for his memorable album “Rain of Love” Companies of sanctions in accordance with the deal and theme music for over 20 movies, died remains vital to the national security in- of a heart attack on Friday. He was 68. Participating terests of the United States. But Trump nd Majid Niknafs He died at a Tehran hospital, filmmak- in the 23 Iran doesn’t seem to have such an intention! er Shahed Ahmadlu who is his brother- Some hawks, including former U.S. in-law told the Persian service of ILNA. International Ambassador the United Nations John Born in Ardebil, he learned the Bolton, has encouraged Trump to de- basic skills of music from his father, Oil, Gas, certify Iranian compliance and abandon

Honaronline/ Honaronline/ Esmaeil Cheshmazar, and chose to the JCPOA. For these hard-liners, that perform accordion. Refining & would pave the way for Congress and the administration to impose a “de facto global Petrochemical economic embargo” on Iran. This is in spite the fact that at a recent Senate hearing, TENDER INVITATION NO. 97/1002 Exhibition can Mike Pompeo has emphasized that he IRAN ALUMINIUM COMPANY (IRALCO) , Would like to invite eligible suppliers for the supply of 2000 MT. Silicon Metal on tender basis. advertise in the didn’t find any evidences that Iran has Interested companies are allowed to send their competitive offer till violated the nuclear deal. TEHRAN TIMES. But Trump is undoubtedly interested in 14-May-2018 based on our required instruction to following address: tearing down yet another pillar of former NO.49, Mollasadra Ave. , Vanak Square , Postal code: 1991614581 Tehran , Iran . Attention : Ms. Emadi President Barack Obama’s legacy. As U.S. Tel : +98 21 88049046-7 Fax : +98 21 88049045 Contact number is: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Fox News For obtaining tender’s documents and more information, please check: www.iralco.ir on the day of Trump’s U.N. speech, “the pres- Public Relations Department of Iran Aluminum Company +982143051450 ident really wants to redo that deal.” 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS MAY 5, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS ‘America will be Zarif: U.S. must accept slapped hard if it acts against us’ consequences if it quits nuclear deal POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program POLITICS TEHRAN — Ayatollah Mohammad Ali deskMohammad Javad Zarif warned on in 2015. We call it the JCPOA for Joint Comprehensive desk Movahedi Kermani, Tehran’s interim Thursday that the U.S. will have to accept responsibility Plan of Action. Friday Prayer preacher, has said that Iran is not afraid of for consequences if it goes ahead with its threats to In the deal my country agreed to take certain concrete the United States and should Washington decides to take abrogate the 2015 nuclear deal. steps to assuage the concerns of the United States primary. military action against Iran, it will be slapped hard. The warning by Zarif comes as U.S. President Donald The U.S. in turn committed to remove sanctions and to “God is with us and if they intend to wage a war, it won’t Trump is going to decide on May 12 whether to stay in seize impeding business with Iran. The deal was not a be against us, and those who fight God will be defeated and the multinational nuclear agreement or nix it. treaty to require signature or ratification by any side, but destroyed,” he told worshippers. “Relying on cartoonish allegations, rehashed from it became binding on all as it was unanimously adopted He added the U.S., Europe, Saudi Arabia and Israel are more than a decade ago and dealt with by the IAEA by the United Nations Security Council. seeking to harm Muslims and Islam, Tasnim reported. to make a case for nixing the deal has fooled no one. On 11 occasions, the UN nuclear watchdog has Thus the U.S. is well advised to finally start honoring confirmed that Iran has implemented all its obligations. U.S. lawmaker: its commitments, or it, and only it, will have to accept In contrast, the U.S. has consistently violated the responsibility for the consequences of not doing so,” agreement, especially by bullying others from doing Trump may the chief diplomat said in a video posted on Youtube. business with Iran. In the last year or so, we’ve been told continue Iran deal Following is full text of his remarks published by IRNA: that President Trump is unhappy with the deal. And it Hello now appears that the response from some Europeans My name is Javad Zarif, and I’m the Iranian foreign has been to offer the United States more concessions; minister. “The U.S. has consistently from our pocket. POLITICS TEHRAN — Mark Meadows, a U.S. For the first two years in my post, I spent much of This appeasement entails promises of a new deal that desklawmaker and a close ally to President violated the agreement, my time negotiating with my counterparts from the will include matters that we all decided to exclude at Donald Trump, said on Thursday that he expects the Trump especially by bullying others European Union, Russia, China, Germany, France, the outset of our negotiation, including Iran’s defensive administration will keep compliance with the landmark 2015 United Kingdom and the United States. We reached a from doing business with Iran.” capabilities and regional influence. nuclear deal, at least in the short run. 3 According to the Daily Beast, Meadows felt that Trump’s present attention lie focused on his upcoming summit with North MSC chief calls for ‘crisis summit’ if Iran says making efforts to end Korean leader Kim Jong Un and on trade policy with China. He went on to suggest that the president may not want a U.S. kills JCPOA Yemen crisis withdrawal from the nuclear deal to upset his administration’s POLITICS POLITICS ongoing discussions with China and North Korea. TEHRAN — The on Thursday. TEHRAN — Hossein According to a press release issued by deskchairman of the Ischinger on Wednesday told the deskJaberi Ansari, the Ira- the EU website, the meeting was chaired by Munich Security Conference (MSC) German daily Bild that the nuclear deal nian foreign minister’s special assistant in EEAS Secretary General Helga Schmid and Britain reiterates has called on the 5+1 group and the EU is a right agreement, urging the U.S. political affairs, said on Thursday that Iran is attended by E4 countries (France, Germany, support for to hold a “crisis summit” in case the to remain committed to it. making efforts to help end the crisis in Yemen. Italy and United Kingdom) at the level of U.S. withdraws from the 2015 nuclear He also said that the allegations by “One of the objectives behind the Islamic political directors. The Iranian delegation nuclear deal deal, IRNA reported. the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Republic of Iran’s regional policies is making was led by Jaberi Ansari. “On Iran: on German TV this Netanyahu should not be taken as a efforts to end this [Yemeni] crisis,” Jaberi Ansari “This is the second edition of talks in morning, I proposed a crisis summit reason to pull out of the deal. told IRNA after a consultation meeting in Rome this format after the meeting in the mar- POLITICS TEHRAN — British government of the 5+1 and the EU if Trump wants to Iran and six major world powers, between Iran and EU/E4 on regional issues. gins of the Munich Security Conference deskspokesman Edwin Samuel said on Thursday abandon the JCPOA. The beauty would officially called the 5+1 group, “Developments in Yemen was the main in February 2018. The discussions, fo- that his country will support the Iran nuclear deal, underlining be that this would constitute, under the signed the JCPOA in July 2015. theme of the meeting,” he noted. cused on the political and humanitarian Prime Minister Teresa May’s decision to continue backing JCPOA umbrella, a quasi G8 rebirth Under the deal, Iran agreed to curb Jaberi Ansari added, “We had good dis- situation in Yemen, were productive. The the multilateral agreement. with Russia, urgently needed to also its nuclear program in exchange cussions with the European representatives participants agreed to meet again in this Samuel said the British government’s stance vis-à-vis discuss Syria!! Ukraine!!” Wolfgang for termination of economic and about various humanitarian, political and format in Brussels in the near future,” the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu’s statements Ischinger wrote on his Twitter account financial sanctions. military dimensions of the Yemeni crisis.” statement said. is clear, noting London supports the deal as well as the institutes in charge of monitoring the implementation of the international pact, IRNA reported. Tehran: Bias has ruined merits of staying in NPT He further said that a likely withdrawal of the U.S. from 1 “Countries that have themselves built nuclear “The right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful To ensure that this right is enforced, the Iranian envoy the deal is not in the interest of the region, Persian Gulf weapons are not allowed to prevent (other) countries’ purposes and full participation in the exchange of said Article IV of the NPT has obliged the parties to facilitate littoral states and Britain. use of peaceful nuclear technology under the pretext of equipment, materials and nuclear know-how for peaceful such exchanges, therefore all NPT member states possessing The spokesman also said there are some points in the (promoting) non-proliferation,” Najafi said, according use of nuclear energy is one of the fundamental objectives advanced nuclear technology need to fully comply with deal which can be amended. to Fars news agency. of the NPT,” he said. their obligations under Article IV of the treaty.

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Reports, citing U.S. officials, revealed camps for Lebanese Christians, similar to those set up in Turkey stashed inside a network of secret under- last month that the administration of the for Syrian refugees and Palestinian refugees in Syria, solicit- ground tunnels. U.S. President Donald Trump was seeking to ing international funds for them and paving the way for Samir This is not the first time that Syrian gov- tionals, have been killed while covering the build up an Arab military coalition to replace tants were handing over their arms as part Geagea, the executive chairman of the Lebanese Forces, to take ernment forces have made such findings from developments of Syrian conflict. the U.S troops in Syria. of the deal. Around 1,650 people, including Lebanon’s top office. terrorists’ hideouts across the war-ravaged The SNHR announced in a statement that It also called on its wealthy regional allies, militants and civilians, were bussed out on Addressing an election campaign ceremony via a televised country. 64 Syrian reporters and three foreigners were including the House of Saud regime, Qatar Thursday and reached northern Syria the speech broadcast live from the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on On April 3, Syrian troops carried out killed by ISIL terrorists, and four Syrian re- and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to following morning. Tuesday evening, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan operations in the villages of al-Salihiyah, porters were killed by the U.S.-backed Kurdish increase their spending in Syria to contain “The fighters are handing over their heavy Nasrallah stated that eligible Lebanese voters must cast their al-Dweir, al-Kishma and Sabikhan in the People’s Protection Units (YPG/Yekîneyên Iran after the collapse of the ISIL terrorist and intermediate weapons to Russian and ballots in the parliamentary elections for those who spared no country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr Parastina Gel) militants. group in the country. regime forces for the second consecutive day,” effort in defending them, and not those who joined forces with near the border with Iraq, and discovered The statement added that 25 reporters were Reports said that Trump’s National Secu- the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Takfiri militant groups in hatching fiendish plots and conspir- Israeli-built chemical substances, explosive killed during heavy clashes between Syrian rity Adviser John Bolton has asked Egypt’s Rights (SOHR) said. acies against them. materials and weapons there. army soldiers and foreign-backed militants. intelligence chief Abbas Kamel to know if It included artillery and machine guns, Nasrallah then urged the Lebanese people to vote for those Syrian soldiers also uncovered several One reporter was killed by the so-called his country would contribute to the effort. said Rami Abdel-Rahman, the head of the “who made sacrifices with their blood to secure the country.” artillery shells produced by some members of U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting ISIL A spokesman for the National Security London-based observatory. Lebanon discovers Israeli spy device near border the United States-led North Atlantic Treaty Takfiri terrorist group, and 35 others lost Council declined to comment on Bolton’s Militants and civilians will be granted safe Elsewhere Lebanese authorities say they have found a spy Organization (NATO). their lives at the hands of Takfiri terrorists. call to Kamel, but other officials acknowl- passage to the town of Jarabulus in Aleppo device belonging to the Israeli regime days after Israeli abduc- An unnamed Syrian military source said On January 17, a field correspondent for edged the conversation. They also said that Province, and the neighboring province of tions of Lebanese nationals near the border with the occupied many rocket-propelled grenades were found the press office of the Syrian army has lost his the Trump administration had reached out Idlib. The Moscow-brokered deal came about Palestinian territories. inside the ISIL arms cache in Salihiyah, while life while covering territorial advances made to the Persian Gulf states as well. on Wednesday, when militants agreed to dis- The official National News Agency said on Friday that the the depot in Dweir contained rocket launchers by government forces and allied fighters from “Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have arm and return the towns of Houla, Rastan, device was uncovered in the southern district of Marjayoun. as well as mortar shells of different kinds. popular defense groups in battles against all been approached with respect to financial and Talbiseh and the villages around them It said the army took the device to a military base after a patrol In September 2016, Israeli legislator foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists on the support and more broadly to contribute,” an to government control. found it on the outskirts of the town of Tulin. Akram Hasoon accused Tel Aviv of directly eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. administration official said. The deal also provided for the return of Israel has allegedly increased espionage and reconnaissance providing military assistance to members of Syria’s official news agency, SANA, re- Back then, the Saudi regime Foreign Min- government institutions to the three towns activities along the Lebanese border and in the occupied Lebanese the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (al-Nusra Front/ ported that Lieutenant Colonel Sharaf Walid ister Adel al-Jubeir said that “discussions and the reopening of a key highway that runs territories of Shebaa Farms over the past weeks. Jabhat al-Nusra) Takfiri terrorist group, in Khalil was killed as army troops and their are underway with Washington on the type from the capital Damascus, through Homs, Lebanon’s army said earlier this week that it raised the issue the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. allies were moving deeper into the city of of troops that should be present in eastern and onto second city Aleppo, in the north. of Israel’s abduction of a Lebanese woman in the Shebaa region Hasoon, in a post published on his Face- Harasta. Syria and where these forces will come from.” Russia-mediated agreements have resulted with United Nations peacekeeping mission in the area. book page, said the extremists were shelling He was killed three months after Syrian He also expressed Riyadh’s readiness to in the restoration of government rule over The woman, identified as Nohad Dali, was abducted by Israeli the Druze village of Khadr under the generous cameraman Mohammed Milad working for send troops to Syria as part of a potential vast expanses of the country, while allowing forces on April 28 and then taken to the occupied Palestinian support and protection of Israeli Minister of state television lost his life when an explosive wider deployment led by the U.S. thousands-strong civilian evacuations from territories. Israel claimed later that the woman had been released Military Affairs Avigdor Lieberman. device went off in the central province of Homs. Riyadh, a staunch supporter of anti-Da- conflict zones. after a brief arrest. He wrote that Israel had offered advanced The ISIL Takfiris had reportedly mined mascus terrorists, fears a U.S. troop pullout Moscow has been lending anti-terror The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah also said on technological equipment to Jabhat Fateh the area heavily in an attempt to slow the may help Syria win the fight against extremist support to Damascus since late 2015. Wednesday that a villager identified as Ismail Saab was seized al-Sham militants in order to give them the advance of Syrian forces. groups that are inspired by Wahhabism, a Another evacuation deal was underway by Israeli forces in Shebaa Farms. upper hand in clashes with Syrian govern- Militants give up arms under Homs Takfiri ideology dominating the Saudi regimr. on Friday in militant-held areas south of Lebanon and Israel are technically at war as a result of Tel ment forces. evacuation deal Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed the capital. Aviv’s continued occupation of Shebaa Farms since 1967. Hez- Hundreds of journalists killed Elsewhere, militants around Syria’s third militancy since March 2011. The Syrian SANA reported buses were entering the bollah has on several occasions sought to recapture the region while covering Syria crisis city of Homs have begun surrendering their government says the Israeli regime and its towns of Yalda, Babila, and Beit Saham to while it continues to counter Israeli provocations in the area. Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Network weapons to the government and Russian forces Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri take opposition fighters and civilians north (Source: Press TV) for Human Rights (SNHR) says a total of as part of an evacuation deal with Damascus. to militant territory. terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in 682 journalists, including eight foreign na- Friday marked the second day the mili- Jaish al-Izza, one terrorist group pres- the country.

Israel declares Gaza protests ‘state of war’ Zarif: U.S. must accept Israel says protests near the Gaza fence amount to an act of U.S. buildup in Eastern Euphrates aimed at war, and thus it is right to respond fatally to the demonstrations partitioning Syria: Lavrov consequences if it quits in which 45 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks. Elsewhere, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says The daily Ha’aretz cited a regime statement as saying the United States military buildup in the eastern side of the nuclear deal that Tel Aviv sees the ongoing “March of Return” protests Euphrates River threatens Syria’s unity as it is actually aimed as “part of hostile acts by Hamas against Israel.” at partitioning the country. 1 But please understand on both issues it is Iran and not The statement came in response to a High Court petition Lavrov said the U.S. claims that it is seeking to rid Syria the West that has serious grievances and much to demand. We filed by human rights groups, declaring that Israel “opposes of terrorists, but in fact it is actively settling on the Eastern have not attacked anyone in centuries, but we have been invaded. the applying of human rights law during an armed conflict.” Euphrates in a bid to disintegrate Syria. Most recently, by Saddam Hussein, who was then backed by the “The Israeli forces’ rules of engagement comply with both The top Russian diplomat also said that the suspected U.S. and its regional allies. The West even actively prevented Israeli and international law,” Ha’aretz quoted the statement chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb town of us from buying rudimentary means of defense even as Sadd- as saying. Douma on April 7 was a “new dirty provocation made by am Hussein showered both Iranian civilians and soldiers with Gazans have been protesting each Friday at the fence since those who do not want peace in Syria.” chemical weapons. March 30, demanding the right to return to their homeland. Lavrov said Russia expects Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Despite that taunting expe- Israel’s Knesset on Monday passed a controversial law (OPCW) experts to conduct an independent investigation “Let me make rience, we still spent a fraction that allows the prime minister to bypass parliament and into the Douma incident and invites specialists from the U.S. of countries like Saudi Arabia declare war or order a major operation on his own after only and France to join the probe. it absolutely and the United Arab Emirates consulting his minister for military affairs. regarding soldiers’ actions at the Gaza fence, “but nobody He further described as “absurd” the U.S. accusations clear once on defense, and our missiles Apart from the 45 fatalities, more than 5,500 Palestini- has been listening.” that Moscow and Damascus have delayed the entry of the and for all: we have a shorter range than those ans have been injured since Israel began responding to the “We have been complaining about this, but unfortunately OPCW experts to Douma in order to cleanse the site of the of Saudi Arabia. And unlike US popular protests with lethal force. nobody believes it unless an Israeli source documents it,” alleged gas attack. will neither allies in the region, who have “The loss of life is deplorable, and the staggering number Ashrawi told AFP. “The issue of sniper fire is not something When the OPCW team was ready to depart for the Syrian outsource brainwashed, financed and of injuries caused by live ammunition only confirms the sense new at all, but it is time for the world to see and to believe capital and then for Douma, “an act of aggression was conducted armed groups such as Al-Qa- that excessive force has been used against demonstrators – what we have been saying all along.” against Syria, a sovereign state and a UN member,” he said. our security, eda, the Taliban and the ISIS, not once, not twice, but repeatedly,” UN High Commissioner Palestinians are not Saudis, we better defend U.S. training militants in Syria’s al-Tanf nor will we we had been pivotal in defeating for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said last Friday. ourselves: former Saudi gen. Separately on Thursday during a press conference with renegotiate these extremist groups. Videos of Israeli soldiers celebrating after shooting Pal- Meantime, a former Saudi regime general has added fresh Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in the Black Sea Let me make it absolutely estinian protesters have gone viral around the world and fuel to Riyadh’s campaign of defending the Israeli regime resort city of Sochi, Lavrov accused the U.S. of training an- or add on clear once and for all: we will provoked international outrage. against the Palestinians, saying Saudi Arabia is not obliged to ti-Damascus militants near its military base in the town of to a deal we neither outsource our security, A video, released by Jerusalem-based Israeli rights group defend the people of Palestine against the Israeli occupation. al-Tanf in Syria’s Homs Province. nor will we renegotiate or add B’Tselem on Tuesday, shows three soldiers discussing the Anwar Eshki, who currently serves as chairman of the Lavrov also complained that the U.S. did not provide safety have already on to a deal we have already best way to shoot at the protesters. In the video the soldiers Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Saudi assurances to allow humanitarian access to the Rukban camps. implemented implemented in good faith. To say the protesters are throwing rocks. Arabia, said on Thursday that Riyadh has no extra duty to Safadi, for his part, underlined the need for a solution in good faith.” put it in real estate terms, when One of the soldiers then fires, before laughing and saying protect the Palestinians against the Israelis, adding Pales- to the Syria crisis. you buy a house and move your “the son of a bitch.” tinians do not deserve such protection from Riyadh as much Israel convicts Palestinian poet of incitement family in, or demolish it to build a skyscraper, you cannot come It was the second video released in April showing Israe- as the Saudi citizens do. An Israeli court has convicted a renowned Arab poet of back 2 years later and try to renegotiate the price. li soldiers celebrating after shooting unarmed Palestinian However, faced with recurrent questions about Saudi using her poems to provoke violence against Tel Aviv mil- In the coming days, the United States will have to decide protesters. Arabia’s historic responsibility to counter Israeli occupation itary forces. whether to finally abide by its obligations. Iran stands firm in The first, in early April, was footage of a shooting near and aggression against the Palestinians, the former Saudi Dareen Tatour, who has been under extended house arrest the face of futile attempts and bullying. But if the U.S. continues the Gaza fence, where an Israeli sniper shoots and injures regime general clearly patronized Israel and said the regime since January 2016, was charged on Thursday in connection to violate the agreement, or if it withdraws all together, we will a Palestinian, while a voice is heard to say: “Wow, what a in Tel Aviv never invaded Saudi Arabia to deserve a response with three posts that she made on social media during a wave exercise our right to respond in a manner of our choosing, bluster video!... YES! That son of the bitch.” from the kingdom. of attacks on Israeli soldiers which began in 2015. or threats won’t get the United States new deal. Particularly as Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of education, told Hebrew The former military commander used the opportunity to In the indictment, Israeli prosecutors said they made the it is not honoring the deal it had already made. news sites at that time: “Since when do we judge a soldier heap the blame on Iran for regional conflicts, saying it was decision based on one specific poem — “Resist My People, Relying on cartoonish allegations, rehashed from more than a according to the elegance of his speech? I prefer a cheerful Iran, and not Israel, that the Saudis were supposed to counter. Resist” — which was posted on Facebook, and three other decade ago and dealt with by the IAEA to make a case for nixing soldier from a grieving father.” The comments are the latest from Saudi Arabia as the posts that Tatour made, calling on Palestinian people to rise the deal has fooled no one. Thus the U.S. is well advised to finally Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestinian Authority official, kingdom apparently seeks closer relations with Israel as a up to protect the al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem). start honoring its commitments, or it, and only it, will have to said the video showed what Palestinians have long alleged way of countering Iran which it views a regional rival. (Source: agencies) accept responsibility for the consequences of not doing so. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY MAY 5, 2018

STOCK MARKET Tehran-Mashhad TEDPIX 93612.1 IFX 1056.98 railway electrification Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir project to start CURRENCIES USD 42,210 rials within 45 days EUR 51,990 rials ECONOMY GBP 59,650 rials TEHRAN — The Man- quoted Saied Mohammadzadeh as saying. deskaging Director of Islamic In July 2017, China’s Exim Bank (the AED 11,490 rials Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Export-Import Bank of China) penned a said the electrification of Tehran-Mashhad contract with Iran’s Bank of Industry and Source: mehrnews.com railway will start by the end of spring (based Mine to finance $1.5 billion for electrifica- on Iranian calendar within 45 days). tion of Tehran-Mashhad railroad. nance $1.5 billion of the project and $200 project. “Considering the signing of the project’s As reported, the total value of the con- million will be provided by Iran. The 926-km Tehran-Mashhad railroad contract and the opening of the project’s tract, which was the first one in its kind A consortium comprising Mapna Group connects the capital city of Tehran to the COMMODITIES credit line, it is expected that the opera- during the past one and a half year, stands Company, some Iranian companies and eastern city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi WTI 68.67/b tion will begin by the end of spring,” IRNA at $1.7 billion. The Chinese bank will fi- the Chinese side are collaborating on this Province. Brent 73.85/b OPEC Basket 70.47/b Value added tax law to go under modification ECONOMY Gold $1,311.15 /oz TEHRAN – Chairman near nine years has passed since the im- more,” Pour-Ebrahimi said. deskof the Economic Com- plementation of the current law on value “In collaboration with representatives Silver $16.43/oz mittee of the Iranian parliament said the added tax. from private sector organizations, cham- committee has it on the agenda to apply According to the official, due to some bers of commerce, unions and coopera- Platinium $904.00/oz some modifications on the country’s cur- deficiencies in the implementation of tives, we have summed up a number of Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com rent value added tax law to amend its this law and the lack of necessary infra- flaws regarding this law”, he announced. flaws, IRIB news reported on Thursday. structure, the tax pressure has more been Pour-Ebrahimi noted that one of the “The modifications were supposed to be shouldered by the producers rather than most important changes in this area will Iran’s gross official reserves set made after a five-year trial to resolve the the consumers. be the creation of a tax system in which probable deficiencies,” Mohammadreza “The aim of the value added tax law the country’s Tax Organization is required to exceed $108b this year: IMF Pour-Ebrahimi said, stressing the fact that is to impose more tax on those who use to register all trade activities.

1 The report also sees a 23.8 percent increase in broad money growth this year, a slight increase from last year’s 23.5 percent. Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan discuss economic ties expansion The International Monetary Fund expects the value of Iran’s exports and imports of goods and services to increase by $20.8 ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan and Iraqi Industry Minister Mohammed Shyaa al-Sudani billion and $11.7 billion respectively. deskexplored ways of expanding mutual took part in the forum. Iran exported $109.5 billion worth of goods and services dur- economic cooperation during a two-day business forum On the sidelines of the forum, entrepreneurs of the ing 2017 while the value of imports stood at $91.6 billion in that inaugurated in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, on both sides held a face-to-face meeting to introduce their same time span. Wednesday, IRNA reported. capabilities to their counterparts. As reported, senior officials from the two sides including Shariatmadari, who arrived in Erbil on Wednesday Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, Iranian Industry, heading a delegation, mentioned the main goal of the Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan also signed an MOU on NEWS IN BRIEF Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari, forum as expansion of mutual economic ties in his first development of mutual economic relations during the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Idris Barzani, interview in the same day. event. Annual fishery output stands at EU draws up Iran plan B amid jitters over nuclear deal over 1.15m tons The EU has drawn up plans to shield its com- One senior EU official said the uncertainty U.S. to keep sanctions waivers in place. European companies, which had either panies operating in Iran should the U.S. follow around the agreement’s future was already Iran stopped enriching uranium and agreed left Iran after economic sanctions were im- through on threats to pull out of a landmark having a “chilling effect” on business in Iran, to other limits on its atomic activities under posed in 2011 or downgraded their operations, nuclear deal. intensifying the need to reassure companies the nuclear deal, which is also signed by Ger- grabbed the opportunity. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s fishery output stood at The EU proposals are part of a broader operating there. “We are having conversations many, France, the UK, Russia and China. In According to official data, EU trade with deskmore than 1.15 million tons in the past Ira- effort — even as efforts to save the deal con- obviously and we are working on a number exchange, many international sanctions were Iran has more than tripled from the pre-deal nian calendar year (which ended on March 20, 2018), Hassan tinue — to hatch a Plan B to try to limit the of proposals that could protect European lifted, paving the way for foreign companies to low of €6.2 billion in 2013 to almost €21 bil- Salehi, the head of Iran’s Fisheries Organization, announced. fallout should Washington withdraw from companies and operators,” the official said, increase trade and, to a lesser extent, invest in a lion last year. The official also put the country’s fishery exports at over the deal and reimpose “snapback” sanctions. adding that one priority was to persuade the largely untapped market of 80 million people. (Source: Financial Times) 123,000 tons worth $500 million in the past year, with a no- ticeable growth, IRNA reported. He further put the country’s fishery consumption per capita at 11.2 kilograms, indicating 500 grams rise year on year. Euro-area economy in for more weakness after Apr. slowdown The euro-area economy looks set for further weakness downturn in demand. in May after private-sector activity slowed for a third While officials have acknowledged the recent data, month in April. they’ve stuck to their view that growth isn’t under serious A composite purchasing managers’ index published threat. ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio glossed over Germany urges speedy EU Friday came in at 55.1, below the flash estimate of 55.2 the economy’s weakness in a speech in Malta on Friday. talks to reach common and the lowest since January 2017. The drag was due to “The ongoing robust recovery that the euro zone is services, where the gauge dropped more than initially experiencing is a source of optimism for the immediate position on U.S. tariffs estimated to 54.7. Readings above 50 signal expansion. future,” he said. “The euro area is much more resilient Among the region’s biggest economies, composite to possible external financial shocks.” EU member states should engage in intensive talks to reach a measures for Germany, Italy and Spain declined, while ECB chief economist Peter Praet said on Thursday common position on how to respond to U.S. tariffs on metal France recorded an increase. IHS Markit, which compiled that the region’s slowdown from the breakneck pace of imports should efforts to secure a long-term exemption fail, a the PMI, said euro-region growth remains “solid,” but 2017 was expected but has come sooner than anticipated. German government spokeswoman said on Friday. noted that two forward-looking indicators -- backlogs of He also said it’s broad-based, appearing in hard data as “I can’t speak of timetables as this must be done at the Eu- work and business expectations -- had declined. The numbers are the latest in a spate of disappointing well as surveys, and across most sectors and countries. ropean level,” the spokeswoman said. “It is clear that it is im- “Any further deterioration could herald new concerns reports that prompted the European Central Bank to hold The ECB’s next policy meeting is June 14, though most portant that speedy talks are held in order to reach a common among policy makers regarding the economic outlook,” off from discussing the end of its stimulus programs. economists see July as the more likely date to announce European position.” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Policy makers, who met last week, want time to judge that bond purchases will be wound down, probably by (Source: Reuters) Markit. whether the trend is temporary or marks a fundamental the end of the year. (Source: Bloomberg) UK to introduce greater transparency in tax havens Britain is set to enforce greater transparency offshore money laundering. That debate Global campaign group ActionAid said in tax havens after a minister for the U.K. was set to take place Tuesday before the the government’s u-turn was a “break- government announced Tuesday it would minister’s announcement. through” for those calling for greater global not oppose a legal amendment proposed The U.K. Foreign Office said Monday it financial transparency. SINGLE- STAGE INTERNATIONAL TENDER by a cross-party alliance of lawmakers. had evidence that a century-old loophole “These measures will help flush out Some overseas British territories that has been exploited by money laundering the corruption and tax evasion that keeps First Announcement GOVERNMENT TRADING CORPORATION OF IRAN are notorious for being tax havens for the schemes to move up to $80 billion out of the most vulnerable people in the world Government Trading Corporation of Iran (hereinafter referred to as GTC), affiliated to the Ministry of world’s wealthiest, such as the Cayman Russia. — including women and girls — locked in Islands and the British Virgin Islands, will Laundering schemes use Scottish poverty,” said Jon Date, senior advocacy Agriculture Jihad of the Islamic Republic of Iran, intends to purchase 20,000 M/Ts 10 pct M/L, PAKISTANI now be required to reveal beneficial own- Limited Partnerships (SLPs) and Limited manager at ActionAid UK. ers of assets held in a register available to Partnerships (LPs), both two types of busi- A report by an international corrup- SUPER BASMATI RICE(in 2 separate cargoes of 10,000 MTs 10% each, cargoes to be shipped in 2 lots) on the public. nesses often owned by legitimate firms, as tion watchdog last month criticized G-20 CFR basis, through single stage international tender. A total of 40 lawmakers, including 19 a way to pass dirty money through the U.K. countries as being “weak” and moving “too from the ruling Conservative party and Ed It also said that five men were respon- slowly” in improving transparency over All qualified companies and suppliers who are interested to bid above tender are invited to receive tender Miliband, the former leader of the Labour sible for over half of 8,800 “limited part- financial secrecy, two years after the Panama documents from 5/05/2018 until 12/05/2018 from Trades & Tenders Committee located on the 4th floor of GTC opposition party, had forced the hand of nership” businesses registered between Papers revealed how wealthy individuals Prime Minister Theresa May to debate January 2016 and May 2017, with 17,000 hide their money. building no 2 , at No 225 Fatemi Avenue Tehran-Iran. along with an official letter of introduction. an amendment on financial secrecy and companies registered at just 10 addresses. (Source: CNBC) The bidders are required to submit stamped and sealed envelopes containing their offers latest by 13:30 on U.S.-China trade talks end with key differences still unresolved 12/06/2018 to the Tender secretariat located on the 7th floor. The bid’s envelope will be opened at 12/06/2018 Two days of U.S.-China trade discussions ended the American team was scheduled to depart with the matter. By14:30 In the presents of the bidder’s representative on the 4th floor of GTC building no 2 , at No 225 Fatemi in Beijing on Friday with an agreement to keep Friday evening. The U.S. tempered expectations of a on talking, and little else. Earlier, Mnuchin said that the U.S. and major breakthrough from the discussions, Avenue Tehran-Iran. China’s official Xinhua News Agency re- China had been having a “very good conversa- which were expected to focus on concerns Bid bond: bid bond worth EUR 224,075 (IRR 12,100,000,000) for each 10,000 MT cargo ported Friday afternoon that both sides reached tion,” without elaborating. While China hasn’t over China’s state-driven economy, forced a consensus on some trade issues, without indicated any detail on what it may be prepared technology transfers and America’s widen- Bid bonds may be deposited either cash in Rials or through an unconditional bank guarantee issued in Euros by providing details. They also acknowledged to agree to, a senior official sounded a defi- ing trade deficit with China. Underscoring renowned Iranian bank located in Tehran, with three months validity and extendible for another three months. major disagreements on some matters and ant tone ahead of the meeting, and the state the friction, a U.S. report released Thursday will continue communicating to work toward news agency warned against “unreasonable showed the trade gap with China surged by Note: participates who wish to bid for more than one cargo are obliged to deposit the above mentioned bid bond making more progress. demands.” Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua 16 percent to more than $91 billion in the first The U.S. delegation, led by Treasury Secre- Chunying said at a Friday afternoon briefing quarter of this year. for each extra shipment. tary Steven Mnuchin, asked China to decrease there’s no specific information on the talks. A senior Chinese government official, who the trade deficit by at least $200 billion by the The closed-door discussions between asked not to be named, said before the talks For more information, you may refer to our website WWW.GTC-PORTAL.COM or contact us by phoneNo.00982188957477 end of 2020 compared with 2018, according President Donald Trump’s economic team the government won’t accept U.S. precondi- to a document sent ahead of the trade talks in and officials in Beijing began Thursday, amid tions for negotiations such as abandoning its ( foreign trade department) . Beijing that was seen by Bloomberg News. By a ban on China’s largest media outlets report- long-term advanced manufacturing ambitions early afternoon Friday neither side had flagged ing any material beyond official press releases or narrowing the trade gap by $100 billion. plans to give a briefing on the discussions, and related to the talks, according to people familiar (Source: Bloomberg) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y MAY 5, 2018 ENERGY 5 Oil steady as U.S. decision on Iran sanctions looms unacceptable as a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Europeans to “fix” the deal loomed. Trump has said that unless European allies rectify the “terrible flaws” in the international accord by May 12, he will refuse to extend U.S. sanctions relief for the oil-producing Islamic Republic. “Prices reflect a premium for Iran un- certainties. Investors are worried about supplies after Iran took a tough stance in its response to the United States,” said Wang Xiao, head of crude research with Guotai Junan Futures. European powers still want to hand Trump a plan to save the Iran nuclear deal next week. But they have also started work on protecting E.U.-Iranian business Oil prices steadied on Friday, consolidat- “The extent of the rally would have ties if the U.S. president makes good on ing after recent gains, as global supplies been significantly weaker if not for recent a threat to withdraw. remained tight and the market awaited tightness in the market. We expect the Iran resumed its role as a major oil ex- news from Washington on possible new market to tighten even further in H2 2018.” porter in January 2016 when international U.S. sanctions against Iran. ANZ has a 12-month target for Brent sanctions against Tehran were lifted in Brent crude oil was down 30 cents at of $80 a barrel. return for curbs on Iran’s nuclear program. $73.32 a barrel by 0900 GMT. The bench- Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao Aside from security concerns, growing mark contract hit a 3-1/2 year closing high said that the market could re-test a price U.S. crude supplies are capping price gains. of $75.17 on Monday. support level at $72.39 a barrel after peak- Surging production in the Permian U.S. light crude was 20 cents down ing around resistance at $75.45. shale basin is outpacing pipeline capacity, at $68.23. Oil traders are concerned that sanc- while local refining issues have exacerbated “Rising geopolitical risks have been tions against Iran could cut oil supplies. oversupply in the region. a big factor behind oil’s strong rise this Iran’s foreign minister said on Thurs- The United States now produces more year,” ANZ analysts Daniel Hynes and day that U.S. demands to change its 2015 crude oil than top exporter Saudi Arabia. Soni Kumari wrote in a note to clients. nuclear agreement with world powers were (Source: Reuters) Oil demand (and prices) set to drop dramatically as new technologies take hold Since the dramatic and unprecedented new technology and the dramatic drop in gas phone can hold a charge longer, wind and advances in production and manufactur- prices it has produced is the hollowing-out solar energy are fast emerging as a viable ing of the Industrial Revolution from the of the U.S. coal industry, reduced from a and reliable way of powering the entire late 1700s to the early 1900s, humans have 35 billion-dollar industry in just 2011, to a economy. been digging up coal, oil and gas for energy. 3 billion-dollar industry in 2017. Oil and gas will still have a market, though Except for the introduction of nuclear Using this dramatic shift as an example, a reduced one, in supplying feedstock to the power based on uranium in the 1950s and we can see the role cost plays in driving the petrochemical industry for making plastics, 60s, nothing has changed. Today, coal, oil and direction of the energy industry. Consider and in air and sea transportation, where gas remain the primary sources of energy, now that solar energy, which has become renewables or batteries are unlikely to be fueling human activities around the world. steadily more competitive as its scale has competitive. The drop in demand for oil and But the recent and rapid decline in grown, has gone from producing electric gas will, therefore, lower prices and drive prices of alternative energy sources like power at $179 per megawatt hour (mWh) out high-cost producers, including most wind and solar, and the plunging cost to in 2009, to $50 per mWh in 2017. deep-water wells and tar sands. store them presage a very different future At this rate, solar energy has already With power increasingly coming from a on the horizon – one in which fossil fuels undercut gas ($60 per mWh), coal ($102 large number of intermittent sources and go the way of the dinosaurs, and where in per mWh), and nuclear energy ($148 per from energy stored in batteries, and with the next 10 years we will see more changes mWh) in cost. consumers increasingly generating their to the energy industry than we have seen Similar strides have been made in har- own from solar panels, the utility model in the past 100. nessing wind energy sources, with onshore is fast-changing. To begin, America only recently achieved wind costing $40 per mWh and offshore The process of passing power from large its position as the largest producer of oil wind sources in 2017 priced at $60. generators to consumers will not support the and gas; a rise made possible by hydraulic Posing zero threat to local communities complex power systems of the future without fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking. and environments, offshore wind sourc- utilities taking a more coordinating role. “The drop in demand for oil and gas will, es are already being adopted by cities like For these reasons, it is possible and in- therefore, lower prices and drive out high- New York, where a contract was recently creasingly likely that beyond the middle cost producers, including most deep-water signed to build an offshore wind farm off of this century fossil fuels will play little TEHRAN TIMES wells and tar sands.” the coast of Long Island that will provide or no role in producing electric power in Controversial among environmentalists power to millions of homes in the nation’s advanced economies. And if electric ve- Iran’s Leading International Daily for the danger of environmental contam- most populous city. hicles gain ground, as many in the auto ination many argue it poses, fracking has Dramatic price drop industry expect, the future will be largely nonetheless revolutionized the energy Extensive use of wind and solar ener- free of fossil fuels. Advertising Dept industry by raising supply and lowering gy requires large-scale energy storage to The next decade will be an exciting gas and oil prices. handle their intermittency. The dramatic one for the energy industry, and for those This process of energy extraction in- drop in energy storage costs, from $3000/ who worry about climate change and the volves drilling down into the earth, where kWh to $170/kWh in about 20 years, has environmental impact of our energy use. Tel: 021- 430 51 450 previously inaccessible energy reserves can made increased storage capacity possible, (Source: CNBC) be harvested, essentially fracturing rock to mainly through the development of the release the hydrocarbons inside. Lithium-ion battery. One major result of the adoption of this For the same reason your new smart- LNG prices firm as fundamentals tighten, amid support from oil, coal Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) firmed over the past week, sup- ported by strong oil and coal markets and amid a structural tightening of the fuel’s fundamentals. Asian LNG prices for delivery in June were at $8.1 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), up 15 cents from last week’s value and more than 15 percent above a seasonal low from early April. Traders said prices remained firm de- spite LNG markets being in the midst of the northern hemisphere’s low-demand carriers are expected to be delivered, as spring season, during which little gas is record numbers of carriers will be required used. to meet the increased LNG output expected “LNG prices are being supported by by the end of the forecast period,” said external factors, namely oil and coal,” said energy consultancy Westwood. one Singapore-based trader. Trades and tenders Crude oil prices, to which gas markets In physical markets, Taiwan’s state util- are closely linked, are near three-year highs ity CPC bought LNG for June via a tender on expectations that the United States for about $8.30 per mmBtu, traders said. will re-introduce sanctions on major South Korea’s SK Energy is seeking exporter Iran. a cargo for early June and July delivery, Asian benchmark thermal coal prices while India’s Gail awarded 12 LNG car- are at their highest seasonal level in more goes to Dominion Energy’s Cove Point than five years at over $100 per ton, driven LNG export facility in the United States by unexpectedly strong demand. this week. Coal and gas markets are linked as Cove point started exports in March they are the main fossil fuel competitors and is the second U.S. LNG export facility in power generation. after Cheniere’s Sabine Pass in Louisiana. Overall, the LNG market in Asia has In Africa, Cameroon is preparing its tightened over the past year, with the winter first LNG cargo from the Golar LNG-built seasonal demand peak (December/Jan- Hilli Episeyo Floating LNG facility, with uary) and spring low (April/May) seeing the Galicia Spirit tanker due to load. significantly higher prices in 2017/2018 Angola also issued an LNG export than in 2016/2017. tender this week. Booming demand for LNG is also visible In the Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago in the shipping sector, where hundreds of issued a tender for cargo loading on June new LNG tankers are being built. 8, traders said. “Over the 2018-2022 period, 265 LNG (Source: Reuters) ADVERTISEMENTS

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Congress withholds Egypt aid The Saudi-Israeli embrace will over injured American By Jack Detsch doom both regimes The top Democrat on the Senate’s powerful spending panel is By Asa Winstanley holding up $300 million in U.S. military aid to Egypt until Cairo helps pay for an injured American tourist’s medical bills and Last month The Intercept came out with an meets several human rights conditions, Al-Monitor has learned. interesting report which suggested that U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick presidential advisor (and son-in-law) Jared Leahy, D-Vt., a persistent critic of President Abdel Fattah al- Kushner was even closer to the ruling elite Sisi’s government, has shared several conditions with the State in Saudi Arabia than previously thought. Department for the aid to be released, his office confirmed. These According to the website’s sources, Crown include providing compensation for April Corley, a U.S. citizen Prince Mohammed bin Salman boasted that who was grievously injured when Egyptian forces mistakenly Kushner was “in his pocket”. bombed a group of tourists in Egypt’s western desert in 2015. Kushner allegedly used his White House The strike killed eight Mexican nationals and four Egyptians. security clearance (which has since been revoked) to hand intelligence over from the presidential daily briefing, described by The Intercept as “a highly classified rundown of the latest intelligence intended only for the president and his closest advisers”. It was reported that Kushner gave Mohammed bin Salman – the next in line to the throne and who, according to many, is the real ruler of the vicious, human rights Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) discusses Middle East peace with Senior Advisor to the U.S. President abusing kingdom – the names of people who Jared Kushner in Washington. had opposed his ouster of the previous crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef. Whatever the full truth, it seems pretty clear that U.S. and Saudi Bin Salman then used this information to elites are working closely hand in hand. purge these elements, under the rubric of an “anti-corruption” push. The website reports Israeli interests that late last year he was son-in-law. Israeli demands and accept a “state” in name The tourists and tour company workers were killed by U.S.- that the crown prince “would have known who profusely thanked by Israeli lobby billionare This is the man who Mohammed bin only. According to Israeli press sources, he made Apache attack helicopters, and Leahy is also demanding his critics were without Kushner mentioning Haim Saban for his efforts to promote Israeli Salman reportedly boasted is “in his pocket”. told this to an invited audience consisting that U.S. officials and the media have access to Sinai and other them”, and that his boasting about this alleged interests at the top echelons of U.S. power – How can this be possible when Saudi Arabia of leaders of the U.S.-Israel lobby. The areas where U.S. military equipment is used. He is also raising contact with Kushner may have been a way even while Trump was only President-elect. does not have diplomatic relations with Israel? gathering reportedly included AIPAC, the concerns about the fairness of Egyptian criminal trials, calling of giving his purge the appearance of having Kushner led efforts to scupper Because, as I’ve written here many Anti-Defamation League and the Conference on Cairo to dismiss the 2013 convictions of 43 U.S. and Egyptian the seal of Trump’s approval. condemnation of Israel at the UN Security times over the last few years, and as has of Presidents of Major American Jewish nongovernmental organization workers or pardon them and Whatever the full truth, it seems pretty clear Council for its ongoing project of illegal Israeli become increasingly open, the Israeli Organizations. dismiss a 2017 law on associations that is seen as cracking down that U.S. and Saudi elites are working closely settlements. This was collusion with a foreign regime and the Saudi regime are now in It does not bode well for the long-term on civil society. And he wants a transparent investigation into hand in hand. The main victims are normal state to work against established U.S. policy a strategic alliance. survival of the Israeli regime of apartheid and abduction and murder of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni Saudis who suffer under the undemocratic at the highest level. The latest sign that the Saudis have dropped occupation that it relies on regional tyrants in Cairo, who was under police surveillance when he disappeared regime and the tens of thousands who have But Saban said to Kushner, “you’ve been any presence of lip-service support for the like the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to shore in January 2016. died in the Saudi-led war on Yemen. in the news about an issue that I personally Palestinian struggle and have fully embraced up its support in the region. The hold follows Sisi’s re-election last month in presidential But another victim of such machinations want to thank you for because you and your the Likud agenda is the newest statement of In the long-term, such actions are a sticking elections that drew congressional criticism after all but one potential is the Palestinian liberation struggle. team were taking steps to try and get the bin Salman on Palestine. of the finger in the dam. It will not stop the candidate left the race, citing concerns about intimidation and Kushner, the man who Trump laughably United Nations Security Council to not According to reports this week, he told a coming flood. fairness. But many of the issues raised by Leahy have upset wanted to devise “the ultimate deal” between go along with what ended up being an closed door meeting in New York, “it is about Israel’s regime will not last if – as is inevitable America’s alliance with Egypt for years. the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority, is, abstention by the U.S.”. time the Palestinians take the proposals and under Zionism – it has such a democratic deficit. “No doubt, the Egyptians are going to feel unfairly treated,” in fact, a fanatical anti-Palestinian ideologue, Although Saban is a big funder to the agree to come to the negotiations table or The Saudis are a powerful force in the region, said Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies whose family has made donations to Israeli Democrats, as he told The New York Times shut up and stop complaining”. there is no doubt. But power that relies on such at the Council on Foreign Relations. “This is pretty much a settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. in 2004: “I’m a one-issue guy and my issue He was denouncing the refusal of the tyranny is fleeting, and will not last. self-inflicted wound. They had so many opportunities to solve Kushner is such a dedicated partisan for is Israel.” Hence his support for Trump’s Palestinian Authority to totally capitulate to (Source: Middle East Eye) these problems.” Egypt is eligible for up to $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid every year, but former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced last Why are American troops in the Yemen war? Is the end of Trump’s presidency near? year that the United States was withholding $195 million — or 15% — of that amount because Cairo did not meet congressional human rights requirements. Leahy’s hold represents an additional $105 million, for a total hold of $300 million in fiscal year 2017 foreign military financing. Egypt has just five months to meet the new conditions before the aid expires in September. Leahy’s office told Al-Monitor that the new constraints are in line with U.S. positions on Egypt, and that they had been communicated to David Satterfield, the State Department’s top- ranking Middle East diplomat. Experts say the move likely stems from longstanding congressional frustration over the country’s lack of transparency on human rights. “This is something that’s rooted in the type of governments that Egypt has,” said Michele Dunne, director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Foundation for Middle East Peace. “These are military dominated governments and they’re very resistant to transparency.” Leahy is a longtime human rights champion and the author The Pentagon and the Trump administration the authority of commanders to make By Ronald L. Feinman through some form of arranged “deal,” is of the Leahy Law, which codifies the acceptable use of U.S. military apparently have misled Americans about some war-fighting decisions independent not beyond imagination. If the Democrats assistance. Last year he helped craft new restrictions to Egypt aid growing military involvement in a war in of the White House, rarely speaks about The scandals surrounding President Donald win control of the House of Representatives for fiscal 2018 that block the release of $300 million in military Yemen that we should have nothing to do with. military operations publicly and has not Trump are metastasizing rapidly, much in November, impeachment action seems assistance unless Cairo improves its human rights record and In the latest expansion of America’s secret articulated an overarching strategy for what more than anyone would have thought highly likely in 2019, although conviction in releases political prisoners. wars, about a dozen Army commandos have the worldwide antiterrorism campaign is just a few months ago. the U.S. Senate would be nearly impossible. The new hold, however, goes beyond existing law, notably by been on Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen intended to achieve and how long it will last. The investigation by Robert Mueller, However, there is a scheduled meeting singling out the Regeni and Corley cases for special attention. since late last year, according to an exclusive The Saudis’ brutal campaign in Yemen now 11 months in duration, has been of right-wing Evangelical leaders with Corley, a champion roller report by The Times. The commandos are has created one of the world’s worst accumulating evidence of possible Russian President Trump on June 19, to consider skater who worked on Suspending helping to locate and destroy missiles and humanitarian crises, with at least eight collusion, obstruction of justice, abuse of strategy for the midterm elections, as Madonna and Chet Faker launch sites used by indigenous Houthis million people on the brink of famine, one power, violation of the emoluments clause this group is alarmed at the thought that videos, will never be able to do military aid to in Yemen to attack Saudi cities. million suspected of being infected with of the Constitution, and the corruption the Trump scandals could cost them the such work again, Leahy aides Egypt could This involvement puts the lie to Pentagon cholera and two million displaced from their surrounding many members of the Trump advancement of their religious agenda. told Al-Monitor. Her family hurt Trump’s statements that American military aid to the homes. Legal and human rights experts say circle, including his own children and his It could be, two months from now, that has set up a crowdfunding Saudi-led campaign in Yemen is limited to the killing of thousands of civilians and the son-in-law, Jared Kushner. gloom and doom will set in, and cause these site to help cover her hospital campaign aircraft refueling, logistics and intelligence, humanitarian aid deprivations, most blamed But then the Stormy Daniels scandal, pastors and ministers and their allies to bills and medical evacuation trail hopes of and is not related to combat. on Saudi Arabia, could be war crimes in and other related shameful episodes consider Trump’s resignation as preferable, but have only raised $48,000 When senators at a hearing in March which the United States would be complicit. involving other women became part of as it would bring a “true believer,” Vice of their $400,000 goal. normalizing demanded to know whether American troops The war began in 2014 when the Houthis the equation, and the business dealings President Mike Pence, to the Presidency. Secretary of State Mike relations with were at risk of entering hostilities with the Houthis, and forces loyal to former President Ali of Donald Trump in New York State were One would think behind the scenes Pompeo can legally override Cairo. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of the Central Command, Abdullah Saleh took control of the capital, added to the complicated situation. And that many congressional Republicans congressional holds on assured them, “We’re not parties to this conflict.” Sana, and much of the rest of the country. In now, the seizure of materials and records and conservatives would clearly prefer military assistance, but doing so would spark congressional ire In at least 14 countries, American 2015, a Saudi-led coalition, with President of Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen Pence, who is religiously devout, and does and risk future funding cuts. The Donald Trump administration troops are fighting extremist groups that Barack Obama’s backing, launched blistering raises the ante on the troubles and turmoil not have the drama and controversy that has so far respected such holds, while keeping in place Barack are professed enemies of the United States or attacks, including thousands of airstrikes, surrounding Donald Trump. At the same Donald Trump constantly presents. With Obama-era rules that constrain the use of Egypt’s military aid are connected, sometimes quite tenuously, against the Houthi-Saleh forces in support time, Trump is without stable advice from his Pence, the right-wing would not lose, but for expensive defense purchases. to such militants. Such significant military of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi. cabinet or others, due to the chaotic nature instead gain a great deal of comfort. This Yet suspending military aid to Egypt could hurt Trump’s decisions require public debate to force While the war is effectively stalemated, of a constantly changing set of advisers, and makes it conceivable that we’ll see a repeat campaign trail hopes of normalizing relations with Cairo. The presidents and their generals to justify their Saudi Arabia’s rising new leader, Crown Prince his tendency to “shoot from the hip” not only of history. When Richard Nixon proved toxic U.S. president notably resumed the long-paused Operation decisions and be held accountable for the Mohammed bin Salman, seems committed to in tweets, but in constantly evolving views in July 1974 a delegation of congressional Bright Star military exercise last year, but relations wavered after consequences. But checks and balances have a military victory despite the horrors caused on domestic and foreign policy challenges. Republicans marched to the White House Sisi last year signed the NGO law, which leading U.S. senators eroded since Sept. 11, 2001, as ordinary by the fighting. He has been emboldened With the midterm congressional to let him know his base of support on denounced as “draconian.” Americans became indifferent to the by Trump, who has been willing to sell the elections now less than seven months away, Capitol Hill had collapsed. Similarly, the Associated Press reported last year that then- country’s endless wars against terrorists and kingdom almost any new military hardware and with the Republicans running scared No matter what the future scenario, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Congress that Egypt had Congress largely abdicated its constitutional it wants. Only a peace agreement is likely to about potential massive losses, and with America is in a constitutional crisis of greater failed to protect free speech, grant U.S. monitors access to Sinai role to share responsibility with the president bring the fighting and the killings to an end. more criticism emerging from not only proportions than Watergate, and with the or probe abuses by the army. And Vice President Mike Pence’s for sending troops into battle. Although neither Prince Mohammed nor respectable conservatives, but also from attendant danger of a Great Recession or visit to Cairo in January appeared to be overshadowed by Trump’s The United States initially deployed Trump seem seriously interested, the United some of his own loyalists, Donald Trump’s a third World War, caused by a mentally decision to declare Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and Egypt’s ongoing troops to Yemen to fight Al Qaeda’s forces Nations is planning to put forward a new proposal to time in the Presidency seems rapidly coming unstable and highly stressed President. So detention of two U.S. citizens. there, under post-Sept. 11 congressional restart peace negotiations. Congress could improve toward a sudden end. while it now seems likely that Trump will The proposed freeze is not the first time Leahy has put Egypt’s authorization measures. But Congress never the chance of success by cutting off military aid to While Republican members of Congress outlast the 492 days of President Zachary human rights record under the microscope. In 2015, he placed a specifically approved military involvement Saudi Arabia and voting to bar the use of American look unlikely to abandon him before the Taylor, to be reached on May 27, 2018, once hold on nearly $66 million in military aid over potential violations in the Saudi-Houthi civil war. troops against the Houthis in Yemen. midterm elections, it could still happen if thought by this scholar to be the end point of by Egyptian units fighting in Sinai, after U.S. officials said the President Trump, who has broadened (Source: The NYT) Donald Trump fires Robert Mueller, Rod the Trump Presidency, it seems evident that U.S. defense attaché had been denied access to the area after Rosenstein, Jeff Sessions, and others, a Trump will leave office before the 4th shortest reports of human rights abuses. Legal and human rights experts say the constant threat. New indictments by Presidency, that of Warren G. Harding from Experts say that Egypt will likely continue to shun calls to probe Mueller, and the possibility of such action 1921-1923, a total of 881 days. This would human rights abuses or accept blame for civilian deaths, frustrating killing of thousands of civilians and the by the New York State Attorney General Eric be Thursday, June 20, 2019. U.S. officials. humanitarian aid deprivations, most blamed Schneiderman could be in the offing very So with 15 months down in the Trump “They regard it as an infringement on their sovereignty,” soon. And if Trump family members were Presidency, the chance of his leaving in the Carnegie’s Dunne told Al-Monitor. “They just won’t come clean.” on Saudi Arabia, could be war crimes in to be indicted, it could put Trump under next 14 months at the most is on the horizon. (Source: Al Monitor) which the United States would be complicit. such pressure that possible resignation, (Source: Newsweek) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y MAY 5, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 ‘Trump not say anything in contrary to interests of Israel’

1 So all these signals are out there and guaranties can be offered to Iran from EU? be implemented nevertheless it is going to I don’t believe that it is just symbolic but A: There will be a transitory period in Iran be quite difficult because of the financial and A Dead-End for Trump they are preparing for war with Iran. The if Trump doesn’t certify the nuclear deal this the banking arrangements as well as the sit- coming into power of John Bolton a neocon May. There will be many challenges for the uation that exists between EU and the U.S. It 1 Since the beginning of his presidency, Trump tried his best warmonger is an important sign. As you know European if they want to pursue their own is going to be quite difficult maybe because to stand against the nuclear accord. He also tried the strategy of Republicans has a majority in U.S. congress. policies when it comes to this. the parameters for such steps could be taken «decertification and renegotiation» over the JCPOA. In this way, he Of course we have the November election My prediction is that Europeans will do so that Europe would not be bullied so much could turn the nuclear deal into an accord which was completely to later in this year which would be basically an everything possible and they are actually or be taken hostage by the U.S. in the future. the benefits of the United States and of course, Israel. His approach, election that presents the approval and dis- doing it right now and they also have the Maybe reneging of Trump and the exit of was self-contradictory anyway. Although he had to certify that Iran approval of American voters feeling towards contingency plans and they are having this Washington from JCPOA would create that was complying with the JCPOA under INARA, he has made no secret Trump. So even if Democrats regain seats in for 2 years now ever since Trump nominated opportunity for EU to pursue more independ- of his frustration with this outcome. During an interview with the the House of Representatives, I don’t think himself as a candidate for the presidency ent policy. Let›s not forget that the biggest Wall Street Journal in July, Trump said he’d be «very surprised» if there would be any change in policy. This in 2015 and Europeans had enough time to ally for Germany and Britain will continue Iran were found in compliance next time, noting, «If it was up to me, is the sad situation Iran is facing right now. come up with contingency plans in order to be the U.S. in the decades to come and I would have had them noncompliant 180 days ago.» Afterwards, What can be the EU alternative be- to deal with the U.S. possible exit that now these are the 2 out of 3 signatories of the negotiated- a red line for Iranian side that U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley presented the case for cause if the U.S. withdraws from JCPOA, seems to be very much probable. JCPOA from the European side. Franc has is never going to happen and I think that decertification in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute the investment and working situation in Iran It is possible that the contract they signed already given some hints that perhaps the Emmanuel macron French president should on Sept. 5, 2017. Shortly after, Trump told reporters: «You’ll see will be worsening? In this case, what real with the Iranian counterparts could actually Iranian missile technology program can be come in terms with reality. what I’m going to be doing very shortly … They’ve violated so many different elements and they’ve also violated the spirit of that deal.» By going forward with decertification of the nuclear deal, Trump’s goal is to refashion the JCPOA to address its supposed «flaws», Iran has fulfilled its obligations under JCPOA: Kimball most notably by making permanent constraints on Iran’s uranium 1 Concerns about Iran’s nuclear weapons potential tion, Tehran agreed to take several steps to address IAEA of for many years, Netanyahu may also be seeking to create a enrichment capacity, elements of which loosen at the 10-year and are not new. For more than a decade, the expert community, concerns, including providing information and access to pretext for special IAEA inspections of sites in Iran that may 15-year marks of the deal. Under this scheme, the administration Western governments, and the IAEA have understood that research reactors and production plants. have been involved in certain sensitive research experiments. would also seek to expand the contours of the deal beyond the nuclear Iranian scientists and technicians had conducted experiments The 2013 Framework for Cooperation was superseded by It will be up to the IAEA to determine whether this informa- domain to place limits on Iran’s conventional ballistic-missile arsenal. with potential military dimensions – activities related to the 2015 Roadmap for the Clarification of Past and Present tion is credible or new and whether there are questions or But Iranian authorities would never accept and yield into the nuclear weapons design and development – prior to 2004. Outstanding Issues regarding Iran’s Nuclear Program. The sites that require further examiniation to ensure that Iran US-Israel tricks. If Washington doesn’t comply with its obligations In 2007, the United States released an unclassified sum- roadmap required Tehran to provide information on all the continues to meet its NPT and its JCPOA commitments. under the nuclear deal, it gives us an excuse to do the same. Iran mary of an updated National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s concerns the IAEA had identified in the 2011 report. Sanc- As the White House assessed the newly released doc- could withdraw from the JCPOA and resume its previous activities nuclear program. It assessed “with high confidence” that tions relief in the nuclear deal was contingent upon Iranian uments were authentic, shall we think of Netanyahu’s claims and peaceful nuclear program. Iran halted its nuclear weapons design and weaponization cooperation with the agency’s investigation. as a prelude to trump’s withdrawal from JCPOA? In the meanwhile, European authorities tried to play a dual role work and clandestine uranium conversion and enrichment The IAEA’s completed assessment, released on December A: How Netanyahu’s presentation affects decision in regarding the JCPOA. In other words, The U.S. breach of the nuclear in the fall of 2003. Additionally, it assessed with “moderate 2, 2015, concluded that Iran had pursued an organized nu- Washington is not clear. If anything, it should serve as a deal and the dual approach of Europeans towards the JCPOA are confidence” that the weapons program had not resumed as clear weapons research program prior to 2003, including a reminder to those concerned about Iran’s future capability considered the two main pieces of the same puzzle set by Wash- of mid-2007. coordinated “range of activities relevant to the development to build nuclear weapons of how important it is for all parties ington and the European Troika. The United States and the EU are On November 8, 2011, the IAEA released a report detailing of a nuclear explosive device.” Some activities continued to fully implement the JCPOA. using a leverage called «the JCPOA» to lead regional negotiations a range of activities related to nuclear weapons development, through 2009, according to the report. But they “did not Netanyahu claims that Iran isn’t complying with nuclear with Iran, and press our country to address U.S. regional demands. most of which occurred before 2004. It raised concerns that advance beyond feasibility and scientific studies, and the deal. Now the question is which one has the right to assess In other words, the JCPOA, instead of remaining as an independent some weapons-related activities occurred after 2003. The acquisition of certain relevant technical competences and Iran’s compliance or violation, Israel or IAEA? legal document, has become a political tool to exert pressure on Iran. information in the report was based primarily on information capabilities.” The agency found “no credible indications” that A: Presently, Iran is meeting all of its JCPOA commitments. Here, the diplomacy apparatus and foreign policy of our country received from other countries, likely including Israel, but also nuclear material was diverted to the weapons program or The IAEA has reported Iran’s compliance with the accord in should be very smart. Meanwhile, we should be extremely careful included information from the agency’s own investigation. that any undeclared activities had taken place since 2009. 10 consecutive reports. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, not to cross the red line of our foreign policy which is «preserving Even if the documents assembled by Israel are genuine, Following a meeting on December 15, 2015, the 35-mem- testified to Congress last month that there is no evidence of the regional authority of Iran» rather than «preserving the JCPOA.» they do not appear to reveal that prohibited nuclear weapons ber IAEA Board of Governors voted unanimously to close Iranian noncompliance with the JCPOA. It is not up to Prime Obviously, no one can bargain on our strategic principles in the region research and design activities continued in an organized the investigation into Iran’s past weaponization work while Minister Netanyahu, the leader of a nuclear-armed state and this should be exactly understood as a definite proposition by fashion beyond 2003. continuing to report on Iran’s implementation of the JCPOA. outside of the NPT, to determine whether Iran is currently the opposite side (Washington and the European Troika). Instead, it is essential to ensure that Iran is no longer According to IAEA inspection team, the so-called Amad violating its nuclear nonproliferation commitments, but its European leaders have suggested that they are open to consid- engaged in nuclear weapons research and design activities, plan was stopped abruptly by Tehran in late 2003. So, why up to the IAEA and the JCPOA Joint Commission. ering «supplemental» arrangements to address issues not covered that there is robust monitoring of Iran’s ongoing nuclear does Netanyahu revive a scenario already rejected by IAEA? Given Iran’s history, it is prudent to assume that Iran by the nuclear accord, that is, changing the JCPOA. As noted, Iran activities, and that Iran’s nuclear program is constrained A: Netanyahu’s presentation is clearly designed to to raise has the know-how to design and build a nuclear device. This isn’t going to accept this «plan». Iran will never re-negotiate over in ways that prevent it from being able to quickly amass fresh concerns about Iran’s future nuclear weapons ambitions makes essential to ensure that Iran cannot amass enough the JCPOA. For us, change of the nuclear deal means nothing other enough weapon-grade material for even one nuclear bomb. and to build a case for scrapping the JCPOA — even though fissile material necessary to build nuclear weapons and that than its breach. Beside Iran, China and Russia had also confirmed One step in this multi-pronged strategy has already been all parties, including the U.S. government, have agreed that the IAEA maintains robust monitoring and verification sys- that the outcome of Europeans and American negotiations on the undertaken. The IAEA conducted a detailed investigation Iran has met its commitments. His briefing was, however, a tem to detect and deter potential violations of iran’s solenm nuclear deal isn’t considered legal and authentic. Consequently, into Iran’s activities with potential military dimensions be- stark reminder of the JCPOA’s value. commitment not to pursue nuclear weapons. This is precisely a U.S. threat to exit or dismantle the deal will leave the Trump ginning in 2013. Under the Joint Framework for Coopera- By revealing pubicly details that the IAEA has been aware the JCPOA remains necessary. administration, not Tehran, diplomatically isolated.

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قم Islamic Republic Of Iran ردخواست ارباز عال نقدمي - نوبت سوم Islamic Republic Of Iran ردخواست ارباز عال ندي - نوبت سوم Gharesoo – Zaringol Irrigiation and Drainage Network Project Gharesoo – Zaringol Irrigiation and Drainage Network Project جمه جم س م ورهوير اي الاسيال ماريي اارينا ن Project Management Unite (PMU)(PMU) هکش گ Mode of Financing: Istisna’a رپوژه شبکه شبآبکیاربي و ز هکي شقرهقسوس- زرینی گل Mode of Financing: Istisna’a رپوژه ه آیاري و ز ي ره و- زرن ل Financing No. IRN 00108 PMU PMU ی ی واحودا محدد ريمدريت رپت وژرپهو ژ)ه ) ) ) The Islamic Republic of Iran has received financing in the amount of Euro 92.2 million from Islamic IRN00IRN0010108 8 رو رشو تأميش تأنم ياعتن باارعت-با ارس-ت صانساتصع ن ا- ع شم-ا رشهم اتأرميه تأمن يمالن يم ال:ي : The Islamic Republic of Iran has received financing in the amount of Euro 92.2 million from Islamic DevelopmentDevelopment BankBank towardstowards thethe costcost of the Gharesoo – Zaringol IrrigiationIrrigiation andand DrainageDrainage Network Network Project, Project, جمهوري جمهوري اسالمي ايراناسالمي ايران اعتباري به اعتباري بهميزان /ميزان / ميليون ميليونيورو يورو جهت جهت اجراي اجراي پروژه پروژه شبکه شبکه آبياري و آبياري و زهکشي قرهزهکشي سوقره- سو- زرينگلزريناز گل ازبانك بانك توسعه توسعه اسالمي اسالمي دريافت دريافت نموده و نموده ودر در نظر نظر دارد دارد بخشي ازبخشي از مبلغ مبلغ وام وام براي براي صرف صرف and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing for payment to the Project Management Unite and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing for payment to the Project Management Unite 92 292 2 (PMU)(PMU) staffs staffs. . PMU پرداخت به پرداخت به کارکنان کارکنانواحد واحد مديريت پروژمديريت ه پروژه PMU هزينه هزينهشود: شود: Golestan Golestan RegionalRegional WaterWater CompanyCompany (GRWC) as an executing agencyagency forfor constitutionconstitution ofof PMU PMU invites invites the the ( ( ( ( شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان به عنوان مجري پروژه براي تشکيل واحد مديريت پروژه )PMU( از افراد ذيل دعوت به همکاري مي نمايد: شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان به عنوان مجري پروژه براي تشکيل واحد مديريت پروژه ) PMU( از افراد ذيل دعوت به همکاري مي نمايد: :following individuals for co-operation following individuals for co-operation: )1( مدیر واحد مدیریت پروژه : داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس مهندسي در رشته عمران يا مشابه با حد اقل سال سابقه کار در اجراي پروژههاي مشابه مثل سدسازي، شبکه آبياري و زهکشي، ,PMU Manager- The PMU Manager shall have at least a B.Sc. degree in engineering, in Civil or similar fields (1) )1( مدیر واحد مدیریت پروژه : داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس مهندسي در رشته عمران يا مشابه با حد اقل 20سال سابقه کار در اجراي پروژههاي مشابه مثل سدسازي، شبکه آبياري و زهکشي، ,PMU Manager- The PMU Manager shall have at least a B.Sc. degree in engineering, in Civil or similar fields (1) with at least 20 years of experience in the field of similar project execution i.e, Dams, Irrigation and Drainage 20 مذاکرات قراردادي يا نظاير آن.)يك نفر( with at least 20 years of experience in the field of similar project execution i.e, Dams, Irrigation and Drainage مذاکرات قراردادي يا نظاير آن.)يك نفر( (schemes, contract negotiation, (one person )2( کارشناس قرارداد/ متخصص تدارکات: داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس در مهندسي/ اقتصاد/ مديريت کسب و کار/ حسابداري/ حداقل سال تجربه مشابه در تدارکات، مديريت قرارداد، (schemes, contract negotiation, (one person 10 )2( کارشناس قرارداد/ متخصص تدارکات: داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس در مهندسي/ اقتصاد/ مديريت کسب و کار/ حسابداري/ حداقل سال تجربه مشابه در تدارکات، مديريت قرارداد، Contract Expert/ Procurement Specialist- A bachelor degree in Engineering/ economics/ business (2) 10 مديريت ساخت. داشتن تجربه در روش و اصول تدارکات بين المللي. )يك نفر( administration, Contract Expert/ accounting Procurement degree in publicSpecialist procurement/- A bachelor or equivalent. degree inAt leastEngineering/ 10 years ofeconomics/ relevant experience business(2) مديريت ساخت. داشتن تجربه در روش و اصول تدارکات بين المللي. )يك نفر( administration, accounting degree in public procurement/ or equivalent. At least 10 years of relevant experience ) ( مهندس عمران/ مهندس آبیاری و زهکشی/ ژئوتکنیک: داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس در مهندسي عمران يا آبياري و يا ژئوتکنيك. حد اقل سال تجربه در طراحي و ساخت با تجربه in procurement matters, contract management, and project/construction management 8 3 ) ( مهندس عمران/ مهندس آبیاری و زهکشی/ ژئوتکنیک: داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس در مهندسي عمران يا آبياري و يا ژئوتکنيك. حد اقل سال تجربه در طراحي و ساخت با تجربه in procurement matters, contract management, and project/construction. management 3 گسترده در آبياري و ساختمان. )يك نفر( Experienced in international procurement procedures and principles (one person) 8 . گسترده در آبياري و ساختمان. )يك نفر( Experienced(3) Civil Engineer/in international or Irrigation procure andment Drainage procedures Engineer/ and principlesGeotechnical (one - A person) bachelor degree in civil engineering ) ( منشی: داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس با سال تجربه مورد نياز )يك نفر( (3)or irrigationCivil Engineer/-network, orGeotechnical Irrigation and. A Drainageminimum Engineer/ of 8 years Geotechnical of experience - Aboth bachelor in design degree and in construction civil engineering site 5 4 ) ( منشی: داشتن حداقل مدرک ليسانس با سال تجربه مورد نياز )يك نفر(  4 حداقل شرایط مورد نیاز:orwith irrigation extensive-network, experience Geotechnical in irrigation. A andminimum building of .8(one years person) of experience both in design and construction site 5  - داشتن حداقل تجربه مورد نياز) همانطور که براي هر سمت مربوطه در باال ذکر شد ( درپروژه هاي بانك توسعه اسالمي يا بانك جهاني. (Secretary – A bachelor degree with a 5 years of experience is required. (one person (4) حداقل شرایط مورد نیاز: (with extensive experience in irrigation and building .(one person  The minimum required qualification - - داشتن آشنايي حداقل کامل تجربهبه مورد نياز) دستورالعمل هاي همانطور بانكکه براي توسعه هر سمت اسالمي و يا مربوطه در بانك باال جهانيذکر در شد ( مورد درپروژه آيتمهاي هاي وبانكو . توسعه اسالمي يا بانك جهاني. (Secretary – A bachelor degree with a 5 years of experience is required. (one person (4) 3 2 1  -The Having minimum at least required the required qualification number of years of experience (as mentioned above for each respective - -آشنايي تسلطکامل به به زبان دستورالعملانگليسي و هاي بانكفارسي توسعه اسالمي و يا بانك جهاني در مورد آيتمهاي و و . Havingposition at of least similar the experience required number in IDB or of WB years Projects. of experience (as mentioned above for each respective 3 2 1 - درج عبارت "درخواست همکاري براي واحد مديريت پروژه شبکه آبياري و زهکشي قره سو- زرينگل" با ذکر عنوان سمت درخواستي روي پاکت ضروري ميباشد. - - تسلط به زبان انگليسي و فارسي Fully familiar with IDB or WB Guidelines for items 1,2 &3 - position of similar experience in IDB or WB Projects. - لذا از مشاورين "حقيقي ايراني عالقمند که داراي حداقل شرايط فوق باشند دعوت ميشود تا مدارک خود شامل" سوابق تحصيلي، تجارب کاري و اطالعات مرتبط ديگري که نشاندهنده توانايي فرد در .fluent in verbal and written English and Persian language درج عبارت درخواست همکاري براي واحد مديريت پروژه شبکه آبياري و زهکشي قره سو- زرينگل با ذکر عنوان سمت درخواستي روي پاکت ضروري ميباشد. Fully familiar with IDB or WB Guidelines for items 1,2 &3 - the- envelops should be clearly marked “Request for co-operation for the Gharesoo – Zaringol Irrigiation and pdf لذا از انجام مشاورين خدماتحقيقي محولهايراني باشد را عالقمند حد که اکثر تا داراي ساعت حداقل :شرايط فوق مورخ باشند دعوت ارديبهشتمي شود تا مدارکتحويل خود دبيرخانهشامل سوابقشرکت آب تحصيلي،منطقه اي تجارب گلستان کاري و نمايند. ارسالاطالعات مرتبط مدارک در ديگري که فرمت نشان دهنده به توانايي آدرس فرد در پست Drainage- fluent Network in verbal project and PMU”. written English and Persian language. 1397 28 13 00 الکترونیکی ذیل الزامی میباشد. انجام خدمات محوله باشد را حد اکثر تا ساعت : مورخ ارديبهشت تحويل دبيرخانه شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان نمايند. ارسال مدارک در فرمت pdf به آدرس پست the envelops should be clearly marked “Request for co-operation for the Gharesoo – Zaringol Irrigiation and Thereafter, Iranian interested individual consultant having the following minimum qualification are invited to 1397 28 13 00 Drainagesubmit their Network documents project latestPMU”. by first May 2018 (13:00 PM) to the sectorial of GRWC. These documents انتخاب افراد الکترونیکی ذيصالحذیل مطابق الزامی میدستورالعملباشد. بانك توسعه اسالمي براي انتخاب مشاوران ) نسخه مي ( انجام خواهد شد. Thereafter,include: Academic Iranian backinterested ground, individual experience consultant and any havingother information the following indicating minimum they qualification are qualified are to invitedperform to 2012 شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان submitthe services. their documentsThe applications latest shall by firstbe submitted May 2018 in (13:00 pdf format PM) to thethe emailsectorial address of GRWC. given below.These documentsindicating انتخاب افراد ذيصالح مطابق دستورالعمل بانك توسعه اسالمي براي انتخاب مشاوران ) نسخه مي ( انجام خواهد شد. include:the title Academic of position back to be ground, applied experience for. and any other information indicating they are qualified to perform 2012 نشاني: گلستان، گرگان، ابتداي جاده آققال، شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان، کد پستي: 4913933165 شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان the The services. selection The will applications of the competent shall be ind submittedividual will in be pdf carried format out to in the accordance email address with thegiven producer below. set indicating out in تلفن و نمابر: thethe title guidelines of position for the to beuse applied of consultant for. under Islamic Development Bank financing May 2012 نشاني: گلستان، گرگان، ابتداي جاده 01732627885آققال، شرکت آب منطقهاي گلستان، کد پستي: Golestan Regional Water Company (GRWC) 4913933165 The selection will of the competent individual will be carried out in accordance with the producer set out in gsrw.ir سايت الکترونيکي: Address: Golestan regional water co, first Aghghalla road, Gorgan, Iran, postal code: 4913933165 تلفن و نمابر: the guidelines for the use of consultant under Islamic Development Bank financing May 2012 [email protected] پست الکترونيکي: Phone & Fax: (+98)1732627885 01732627885 همچنين جهت دريافت اسناد و مدارک و اطالعات بيشتر در باره شرح خدمات جهت شرکت در EOI به شرکت مهندسين مشاور پارسپياب به نشاني تهران، خيابان شهيد بهشتي، خيابان انديشه ششم غربي (Golestan Regional Water Company (GRWC سايت الکترونيکي: Website: gsrw.ir gsrw.ir Address: Golestan regional water co, first Aghghalla road, Gorgan, Iran, postal code: 4913933165 )شهيد گودرزي(، شماره بين ساعات الي [email protected] مراجعه فرماييد.و يا با شماره تلفن خانم مهندس حسن زاده تماس حاصل نمايند Email: [email protected] پست الکترونيکي: Phone & Fax: (+98)1732627885 09122655416 14:00 8:00 14 The documents for application and further information on TOR can be obtained from, please contact Pars Peyab EOI همچنين جهت دريافت اسناد و مدارک و اطالعات بيشتر در باره شرح خدمات جهت شرکت در به شرکت مهندسين مشاور پارسپياب به نشاني تهران، خيابان شهيد بهشتي، خيابان انديشه ششم غربي Website: gsrw.ir Consulting Engineers(Ms . Hassanzadeh) at No. 14, 6th west Andisheh (Shahid Goodarzi) Street, Shahid Beheshti )شهيد گودرزي(، شماره بين ساعات الي مراجعه فرماييد.و يا با شماره تلفن خانم مهندس حسن زاده تماس حاصل نمايند [email protected] Street ,Email Tehran,: Iran. from 8:00 am to 14:00 pm. Tel :+98-9122655416 . 09122655416 14:00 8:00 14 The documents for application and further information on TOR can be obtained from, please contact Pars Peyab Consulting Engineers(Ms . Hassanzadeh) at No. 14, 6th west Andisheh (Shahid Goodarzi) Street, Shahid Beheshti Street, Tehran, Iran. from 8:00 am to 14:00 pm. Tel :+98-9122655416 .

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Private Iranian, Korean Ride hailing apps in Iran: nanotechnology sectors team up TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — On Monday, Private sectors from An alternative or an option? desk Iran and South Korea discussed joint projects in By Setareh Behroozi slowing growth, ride-hail companies very nanotechnology during a meeting at the venue of Iran’s National quickly performed about five million more Library and Archive. The high speed of technology is taking over monthly pickups that taxi drivers did. The sides plan to establish a joint club to expand cooperation taxis and telephone taxis in Iran. Ride hailing Uber, the famous peer-to-peer rideshar- in the field of nanotechnology, the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative startups, which began their activity in Iran ing, food delivery, and transportation Council announced in a press release, ISNA reported. in 2014, were soon accepted as an alternative Network Company headquartered in San The South Korean part - Korea Institute of Science and Tech- for traditional taxi services. Francisco, California, with operations in nology (KIST) - aims to use potentials of Iranian companies in However, as for most new emerging 633 cities worldwide, has been the subject global market and share knowledge with each other. events, they face several social and economic of protests and legal action from – among KIST has been actively promoting international cooperation challenges in the society. Traditional taxi others – taxi drivers and taxi companies through joint research projects, scientist exchange programs, services struggle for retaining their share around the world. and the sponsorship of international workshops and symposia. of customers, which seems very hard with These groups allege that Uber bypasses Cooperative agreements exist with over 70 research institutes emergence of new rivals. local licensing and safety laws and amounts in 27 different countries and this number is expected to expand The e-hailing services solve the problem to unfair competition. Taxi drivers in London, significantly in coming years. of haggling for the price between drivers Berlin, Paris and Madrid staged a large- “Iran is ready for establishment office for joint projects and and passengers, which was very common scale protest against Uber on June 11, 2014. sharing experience,” Ali Morteza Birang, the deputy vice president in Iran. In some countries, Uber drivers were also for international and technological affairs, said during the meeting. The low price, accessibility and time-sav- targets of attacks by taxi drivers. KIST aims to promote a win-win cooperation between Ira- ing system, which is beneficial both for driver On March 22, 2016, thousands of taxi nian and Korean companies through this joint project, KIST’s and passengers are factors, which makes drivers in Jakarta demonstrated against Uber Technology Policy Research Institute chief Kyung-Ho Shin said ride hailing applications successful in Iran. and a similar service, Grab. Several places during the event. You can find the nearest car by a touch were targeted during the protests, includ- It provides an opportunity for both Iranian and Korean en- of finger on your mobile screen and this is a ing the Indonesian Presidential Palace, the terprises to render their products in global market, he explained. great option both for passengers and riders. People’s Council Building, and the Ministry He said the two sides will also establish joint investing com- Besides, shared taxi is common type of of Communication and Informatics central panies in the near future. taxi riding in Iran. Otherwise you should office. Taxi drivers accused that Grab and The plan includes organization, development, learning and call a taxi for ‘darbast’, which literally jected e-hailing system as they lost their not only have any conflict with technology Uber were causing them to receive smaller global marketing, he added. means ‘closed doors’, which costs much market share. but also can be more widespread through daily incomes due to the rising number of Nanotechnology enterprises is composed of companies that more. However by the e-riding apps you Telephone taxis are main protesters, new application and facilities. app users. The demonstrators also demand- are involved in producing products that involve nanotechnology can enjoy private taxi with reasonable price. who believe that e-riding services do not Tradition vs. technology all over ed that the government ban the apps and or nanomaterials or equipment useful to nano manufacturers. The proficiency of these companies is offer true price and they provide services the world! issue a governmental decree concerning The Korea Institute of Science and Technology is a multi-dis- a great motivation for them to increase. with cheap fare. Ride hail apps first overtook taxis in Feb- this problem. ciplinary research institute located in Seoul. Founded in 1966, Nowadays several ride hailing companies In many neighborhoods, telephone taxi ruary 2017 at more than 10 million rides In Cape Town, South Africa on June it was the first multi-disciplinary scientific research institute in are active in Iran. drivers are accepted as a part of social com- a month but quickly grew to a little more 3, 2016, metered taxi drivers blockaded Korea and has contributed significantly to the economic develop- In addition, according to Tehran Traffic munities. They know their customers and than 15 million monthly rides by the end the road to the city’s airport and forced ment of the country, particularly during the years of accelerated Police Chief Mohammad Reza Mehmandar, some habitants prefer some passengers for of 2017, according to new analysis of data passengers out of vehicles while attacking growth in the 1970s and 1980s. 18 million trips take place per day in Tehran. riding. However with car hailing apps, there from the Taxi and Limousine Commission Uber drivers. It has a research staff of over 1,800 research scientists, visiting Considering the 60 percent market is a little chance for this bonding. from blogger Todd Schneider. Uber has been prominent in the sharing scientists, fellows and trainees, and foreign scientists involved share of public transportation system, we With domination of technology in all By December 2017, drivers using ride- economy, so much so that the changes in in basic research in various fields of science and technology. would have 7.2 million trips left for Taxi parts of our daily life, it is unavoidable to hail apps — Uber, Lyft, Gett, Via and Juno industries as a result of it have been referred organizations and ride-hailing apps, which preserve all our habits and lifestyle. Maybe — performed 65 percent more rides per to as Uberisation. Uber has also been the provides a great chance for tech companies it is the time to accept and benefit from month than taxi drivers did in New York City. subject of protests and legal actions and in transportation market. facilities that technology brings to us and The rise of Uber, Lyft and their cohorts the subject of a criminal investigation for The parent’s guide to However, traditional taxi services ob- be aware that moral values and altruism isn’t exactly surprising, but even with Uber’s its use of Greyball. educational technology Ardabil to host startup event for rural Iranian universities to join academic We all know children use devices like smartphones, tablets, innovation network Chromebooks, and laptops at school and they also often use a vocabulary full of technology jargon that may seem completely TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — The first TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — In the com- foreign. One reason is that both tech-savvy and tech-hesitant deskrural innovation startup desking two weeks a number parents are not always familiar with the world of education meeting will be held in the northwestern of 30 Iranian universities across the country technology, or “edtech.” The truth is that education technology city of Ardabil from May 9 to 11. will share their knowledge through joining is an important part of education today and parents should feel The Ardabil Islamic Azad University an academic network, Mehr reported on excited – not intimidated – by what their children are able to will host the event, ISNA reported on Wednesday. learn and do. Wednesday. Through the network, the universities Education technology, or “edtech,” is the study and practice “The event aims to recognize novel are able to share academic findings, Infor- of teaching and learning processes and strategies that incorpo- ideas, which promote occupation in vil- mation Technology Organization of Iran rate devices, apps, programs, and media. Edtech can be used lages to stop migration of villagers to big (ITO) chief Rasoul Saraeian told the Mehr in traditional classrooms, at home, and as part of learning in cities,” Ardabil Technology Park director news agency. almost any setting. Abdolqayum Golipuri announced in a “This is the first phase of this national Many adults use technology tools and programs as an integral press release. project, which is supported by the Ministry part of both their personal and professional lives. They get their The five top ideas receive 50 million of Communication and Information Tech- news, share ideas, and connect and collaborate with friends and rial (about 1200 dollars) award and will be nology and Iranian Research Organization co-workers using devices and apps every day. Our children are also introduced to investors from the private for Science and Technology,” he explained. using technology in both their personal and educational lives. They sector, he explained. economic development. The project was proposed by the Ira- implemented. need to learn how to properly and responsibly communicate via Other Iranian big cities plan to host some “A total of 21 knowledge enterprises nian Research Organization for Science In 2006, the project was again intro- text, audio, video, and digital image creation because the careers similar events to attract educated villagers have been established in Ardabil up to and Technology in 1994 under the title of duced under the title of “Academic Net- of today and of the future demand it. The same is true for college. in their own hometown and promote their now,” he added. “university network”, however it was not work”, but it was not implemented. More than a quarter of college students are enrolled in at least one online course and K-12 schools must prepare their students to be successful in that hybrid virtual/in-person environment. Tinker, tailor, robot maker: In China, trade war threat casts long shadow A very high percentage of today’s jobs require technology skills and that’s only going to increase. At its high-tech laboratories in the Chinese manufacturing trans-shipments, whereby products avoid tariffs by being Children are also using technology for fun and to socialize with hub of Shenzhen, Beike Biotechnology is developing medical sold to middlemen in a third country before being shipped their friends and they need to learn how those same tools are just as robots that could help treat cancer. It has big plans to export to the United States. useful in academics. They may be experts at using apps, accessing these to markets like the United States. In the southern city of Dongguan, another firm, Wagon websites, and navigating streaming services in their personal lives. Those plans are now under threat. The robots, which International Co Ltd, is seeing a weaker performance from They should be just as skilled at navigating those platforms and help develop cell cultures used in stem cell therapies, are U.S. sales of its metal accessories for luxury brands and its the broader internet for the information they need to be successful on a sprawling list of products threatened with steep U.S. soccer merchandise that it makes as an authorized partner students and become well-informed and productive adults. tariffs amid a simmering trade stand-off between Wash- of FIFA - although it’s not all trade related. There is a common assumption that because children and teens ington and Beijing. “Because they didn’t get into the World Cup, sales fore- are “digital natives” they are more knowledgeable about how to The company is already factoring U.S. tariffs into its plans casts there are about 60-70 percent lower than what we had best use that technology than adults. But that’s not necessarily and order pipeline for next year and has tasked its sales estimated,” Perry Chou, Wagon’s vice president told Reuters, true. Even children who are very comfortable trying out new teams with finding new markets to make up an expected attends a Biotech summit in Shenzhen, Guangdong prov- referring to the United States. He added that trade frictions devices and apps need the guidance of their parents and teach- shortfall from the United States. ince, China September 10, 2014. Picture taken September would however hit others areas of the firm’s business. ers on how to use those tools in a positive, safe and productive Beike, a domestic leader in stem cell technology with 10, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer “GOING TO WAR” manner. Parents and teachers, even those who may not be all government support and long-standing ties overseas, il- The U.S. tariffs could go into effect in June following In the port city of Ningbo, Joan Lu is anxious about rising that tech savvy, have something to offer young people in terms lustrates the stakes for China Inc after Washington and the completion of a 60-day consultation period. China has pressures on the price of the fabric printers her company of how to appropriately use technology. Beyond just technical Beijing kicked off trade talks on Thursday and ended Friday. threatened retaliation in equal measure, including tariffs sells - 40 percent of which go to the U.S. market - as clients skills, healthy technology use also requires media literacy; an Led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chi- on major U.S. exports like soybeans and aircraft. look for discounts to offset higher import levies. understanding of how to protect privacy, security, safety; and nese Vice Premier Liu He, the talks were aimed at defusing Beike is not alone. Interviews around China with business “The whole industry is worried,” Lu said. “Future orders even when to put down the device to engage in other activities tensions between the world’s top two economies and avert leaders in medical devices, apparel, manufacturing, steel from clients will certainly come under pricing pressure, that’s and face-to-face conversations. Children need guidance from a full-blow trade war that could rattle companies in the products, printing and others underscore how broadly the for sure.” Lu added: “It’s not just a little extra - it’s 25 percent. their parents and teachers to learn these skills. A bit of adult United States and China. trade war threat is being felt. If we’re talking a $10,000 deal then you’d be adding $2,500.” wisdom and common sense also come in handy. Officials from both countries reached a consensus on Some are already seeing tangible impacts and are shifting Lu said her company would not abandon the U.S. market, The influx of education technology in schools is not just about some aspects of the trade dispute, but disagreements over sales elsewhere or scrapping factory expansion plans as “but we are putting all our energy into developing other replacing printed textbooks with ebooks. While ebooks can be other issues remain “relatively big”, China’s Xinhua news U.S. orders drop. Others are grappling with the uncertain markets”. more interactive for students and help lighten their backpacks, agency said. outlook the trade war threat brings. The United States is China’s largest trading partner with they are just the tip of the proverbial edtech iceberg. Here are a The talks were held amid signs that trade frictions are China’s state media said on Friday that reaching a deal to $506 billion worth of U.S. imports from the country last year, few examples of how edtech is changing the way students learn: growing. China’s major ports of entry have increased checks avert a trade war would not be easy and “failure would herald according to U.S. trade data. A large trade surplus with the Find and analyze resources and materials: An online search on fresh fruit imports from the United States, five Chinese a slugfest of tariffs that would leave global trade reeling”. United States is partly behind recent tensions. is a good start, but learning how to create accurate search terms industry sources told Reuters. Other companies that could be hit include the likes of In Yiwu - a sprawling city known for exporting huge and how to comb through the results is a skill that all internet In the meantime, manufacturers are watching develop- Hebei Huayang Steel Pipe Co Ltd, a manufacturer in the city volumes of gadgets, toys and Christmas decorations - mer- users should strive to master. Perhaps even more important, ments nervously. of Cangzhou in eastern Hebei province that has seen U.S. chants were more circumspect about the impact, but were learners need to find out how to do research using scholarly da- “The trade sanctions between China and the U.S. will cer- orders dry up over the last few months as trade tensions keeping close tabs on developments. tabases, research studies, and reliable news sources. Once they tainly have a huge impact on us,” Hu Xiang, Beike’s founder have risen. “We’ve been following the news on our phones,” said have discovered a resource that they determine to be authentic and chairman, said at the firm’s Shenzhen headquarters. The firm makes metal pipes used for transporting things Yang Dingju, a manager at Zhejiang Bote Sewing Machine and reliable, students should learn how to effectively analyze “We are developing a completely automated cell culture like oil, gas or water which it said normally take three months Co Ltd, as he peeled an orange inside his store in a cavern- and report their findings. robot, which comes within the scope of the tariffs,” he said. to produce and ship to clients. ous trading hall. Keep learning organized: Many students struggle with or- He added that the company had received significant pur- U.S. buyers were worried about paying extra tariffs if He added, however, that most of his buyers were in less ganization and it shows when their binders and lockers are chase intent orders from U.S. buyers that could be hit hard. the policy came into effect, Steven Yue, a sales manager at developed markets like the Middle East and Africa, which bursting with crumpled papers that are out of order. With The machines have various robotic parts which move the Hebei-based firm, said at the company’s manufacturing would dull any impact. some help from adults, digital notetaking programs can allow the cell cultures and keep them in a controlled environment facility. Chen Haiying, who worked for another Yiwu firm selling these students to learn to color code, tag, and file their school as they grow. “We were planning to expand in the United States this sewing scissors and sewing machine parts, was at a loss as work in a way that will build organization skills they need to The United States is threatening to slap tariffs of 25 percent year,” he said. Yue added that the company would now look to why sewing machines were on the U.S. list, but said a be successful students and productive adults. And it is usually on over 1,300 Chinese products, including medical devices, to adjust its plans for the U.S. market in the expectation that full-blown trade war would have a wider ripple effect. a lot easier to find a digital file than a crumpled piece of paper robots and sewing machines, valued at around $50 billion. a new tariff policy would come into effect. “If we really go to war with the United States then it will or that book you misplaced. That follows levies on aluminum and steel. Yue said U.S. buyers would still need to buy the prod- affect everyone,” he said. (Source: connectsafely.org) Hu Xiang, founder and chairman of Beike Biotechnology, ucts from somewhere, and there would likely be more (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y MAY 5, 2018 SCIENCE 11

Solar-powered sea slugs shed light NASA successfully tests nuclear reactor to power on search for perpetual green energy future missions Most space missions rely on solar power, but a few that demand In an amazing achievement akin to adding (like the organs in animals and people) with maximum reliability have a thermal nuclear power system. Human solar panels to your body, a Northeast sea chlorophyll, a green pigment that absorbs spaceflight and colonization efforts will require a lot of power that slug sucks raw materials from algae to provide light. works no matter the conditions. That’s why NASA has been devel- its lifetime supply of solar-powered energy, This particular alga is an ideal food source oping small-scale nuclear fission reactors. The space agency now according to a study by Rutgers Universi- because it does not have walls between ad- reports that the delightfully named KRUSTY (Kilopower Reactor ty-New Brunswick and other scientists. joining cells in its body and is essentially a Using Stirling Technology) reactor has passed a vital ground test. “It’s a remarkable feat because it’s highly long tube loaded with nuclei and plastids, This could be the first prototype of reactors that power future unusual for an animal to behave like a plant Bhattacharya said. “When the sea slug makes human settlements on the moon or Mars. and survive solely on photosynthesis,” said a hole in the outer cell wall, it can suck out NASA isn’t looking at sending nuclear reactors into space just Debashish Bhattacharya, senior author of the cell contents and gather all of the algal for fun — it’s simply the best option available to us. Solar power is a the study and distinguished professor in the plastids at once,” he said. cheap and easy way to power a spacecraft, but the efficiency drops Department of Biochemistry and Microbi- Storing plastids as food off sharply as you get farther from the sun. On Mars, for example, ology at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Based on studies of other sea slugs, some solar panels produce much less power than they do on Earth. The The “broader implication is in the field of scientists have argued that they steal and radio thermal generators used on rovers like Curiosity are more artificial photosynthesis. That is, if we can store plastids as food to be digested during reliable, as they convert heat from radioactive decay directly into figure out how the slug maintains stolen, hard times, like camels that store fat in their electricity. However, they don’t produce very much power. isolated plastids to fix carbon without the humps, Bhattacharya said. This study showed A Kilopower reactor like KRUSTY is designed to generate up to plant nucleus, then maybe we can also har- that’s not the case for solar-powered Elysia 10 kilowatts of electricity, which is enough to run several typical ness isolated plastids for eternity as green chlorotica. households. NASA estimates four such reactors would enough to machines to create bioproducts or energy. “It has this remarkable ability to steal power a human outpost on the moon or Mars, and they reactors The existing paradigm is that to make green these algal plastids, stop feeding and survive Vaucheria litorea and become photosynthetic the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution. would operate for at least 10 years before needing more nuclear fuel. energy, we need the plant or alga to run the off the photosynthesis from the algae for the -- or solar-powered -- after stealing millions Photosynthesis is when algae and plants In cooperation with the National Nuclear Security Adminis- photosynthetic organelle, but the slug shows next six to eight months,” he said. of algal plastids, which are like tiny solar use sunlight to create chemical energy (sugars) tration (NNSA), NASA has successfully tested the reactor at a us that this does not have to be the case.” The team of Rutgers and other scientists panels, and storing them in their gut lining, from carbon dioxide and water. The brown Nevada facility in four distinct phases. The first two were conducted The sea slug used RNA sequencing (gene expression) to according to the study published online in alga’s plastids are photosynthetic organelles without power to ensure the physical components operated as The sea slug Elysia chlorotica, a mollusk test their solar energy supply hypothesis. The expected. Then, the core was powered up in stages to ensure it that can grow to more than 2 inches long, has data show that the slug responds actively to remained stable. In the final phase, NASA cranked the KRUSTY been found in the intertidal zone between Photosynthesis is when algae and plants the stolen plastids by protecting them from to full power for 28 hours to simulate operation on a real mission. Nova Scotia, Canada, and Martha’s Vineyard, use sunlight to create chemical energy digestion and turning on animal genes to (Source: extremetech.com) Massachusetts, as well as in Florida. Juve- utilize the algal photosynthetic products. nile sea slugs eat the nontoxic brown alga (sugars) from carbon dioxide and water. (Source: Science Daily) Mantis shrimp have the Scientists may have found time crystal in strange place weirdest eyes of all animals, Time crystals are a true anomaly as they violate the law of atoms or molecules that form a regular, repeated pattern “Our crystal measurements looked quite striking right off study shows conservation, which states that energy cannot be created in time that oscillate or move back and forth at a set pace. the bat,” said Yale physics professor Sean Barrett, principal Mantis shrimps throw the fastest punches in the ocean. Using or destroyed. The crystals are incredibly rare, but now Time crystal atoms derive their movement not from stored investigator for the two new studies, phys.org reported. their forelimbs like clubs, the small crustaceans deliver blows scientists at Yale University have identified signs of the energy but from a break in the symmetry of time. For this “Our work suggests that the signature of a DTC could so quickly and forcefully that pockets of seawater vaporize in crystal’s existence inside of grown crystals, similar to those reason they break the law of conservation of energy. In be found, in principle, by looking in a children’s crystal implosions of light and heat. found in children’s science projects. addition, prior to their discovery, all symmetry found in growing kit.” The shrimp leave ruin in their wake, cracking into snail shells, For years, time crystals remained only a theory on paper nature had been broken somehow except for symmetry of In addition to a signature for a discrete time crystal, panes of aquarium glass and human thumbs. until scientists were able to create one in a lab in 2016. conservation. Now, time crystals have reportedly broken the team also used a crystal echo to reveal the hidden Of the more than 450 species of mantis shrimp (distant rel- Although they look like ordinary crystals at first glance, this symmetry. coherence, or quantum order, within the system. This atives of the kind that hang around cocktail glasses), one of the on a molecular level, when exposed to an electromagnetic The researchers found hints of time crystals inside is another strong clue to the existence of a time crystal. best-studied species is the peacock mantis shrimp, Odontodac- pulse, their atoms oscillate and move in new directions, of grown monoammonium phosphate (MAP) crystals. Time crystals aren’t just cool in concept, they could have tylus scyllarus. Science Alert reported. Time crystals have not been found They are commonly made in science class and commercial real life applications. For example, according to phys.org, A 6-inch (15 cm) peacock mantis shrimp packs a 50 mph (80 naturally without having to be created by scientists just yet, children’s at-home crystal growing kits. In other words, the crystals may lead to improvements in atomic clocks, km/h) punch, and it’s for that reason biologist Ilse Daly, at the but two new studies published online in Physical Review they not very special. However, when the researchers an extremely accurate type of clock that is regulated by University of Bristol in Britain, wears thick gardening gloves Letters and Physical Review B suggest this may soon change. used a tool called nuclear magnetic resonance to further atom vibrations, gyroscopes, a device that helps determine when handling the little pugilists. By definition, traditional crystals are an arrangement of analyze these ordinary crystals, they found something orientation by using gravity, and magnetometers, which She respects the crustaceans’ truncheons, but her scientific atoms or molecules in a regular repeated pattern in space, truly extraordinary. They found a signature for a discrete are used to measure magnetic forces, phys.org reported. interests concern their other amazing features - their eyes. space.com reported. Time crystals are an arrangement of time crystal — a strong clue to the time crystal’s existence. (Source: Newsweek) Peacock mantis shrimp eyes perch on the end of stalks. The compound eyes rotate independently in all directions, like ball bearings in greasy sockets. Toothy beak bridges gap between Researchers levitate water droplets And even when these eyes are spun completely sideways, the dinosaurs and birds, scientists say to improve contaminant detection animals still know that up is up, according to new research by Daly and her colleagues published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The wandering gaze gives Odontodactylus an air of intelli- gence, she said, at least compared with the dull forward stares of other crustaceans. (In reality, mantis shrimps may not be smarter than the average crab.) “Their eyes are built in a really odd way, unlike any other animal eyes,” said University of Maryland Baltimore County biologist Thomas Cronin, who has studied the vision systems of mantis shrimp since 1983 and was not involved with this research. (Source: sciencealert.com)

Mineral found in meteorite from the moon shows it once had water

Researchers have pieced together the 3D tant curator in geology and geophysics. In a new study, researchers showed that concentration of contaminants in the In a new study published in Science Advances, scientists discovered skull of an iconic, toothed bird that repre- The “remainder of the jaw was filled with using sound waves to levitate droplets of sample and makes it easier to perform moganite in the lunar meteorite. Moganite forms in the presence sents a pivotal moment in the transition teeth. At its origin, the beak was a preci- water in midair can improve the detection LIBS analysis. of water, which suggests that there may be frozen water on the from dinosaurs to modern-day birds. sion grasping mechanism that served as a of harmful heavy metal contaminants The researchers showed that their new surface of the moon. Ichthyornis dispar lived nearly 100 mil- surrogate hand as the hands transformed such as lead and mercury in water. De- approach can reliably detect very low The team was led by Masahiro Kayama from Tohoku Univer- lion years ago in North America, looked into wings.” tecting small amounts of heavy metals levels of the heavy metals like barium, sity. They were able to take a sample of the meteorite NWA2727. something like a toothy seabird, and drew The research team conducted its analysis in water is important because these cadmium and mercury with analysis NWA2727 is the only lunar meteorite in which moganite was the attention of such famous naturalists using CT-scan technology, combined with contaminants are harmful to human times of just a few minutes. found by the researchers. Moganite, which looks like crystal, is as O.C. Marsh (who first specimens from the Yale Peabody Museum health and the environment. The researchers used LIBS because it found in the cracks and fractures of rocks. It appears due to brec- named and described it) and Charles of Natural History; the Sternberg Museum The new technique could eventually offers a fast and straightforward way to ciation, a process that creates a mass of rocks created from older Darwin. of Natural History in Hays, Kansas; the lead to instruments that perform re- identify several elements simultaneously. rocks. Brecciation only occurs in the presence of water. Yet despite the existence of partial Alabama Museum of Natural History; the al-time, on-site contaminant monitoring, LIBS works by focusing a high energy specimens of Ichthyornis dispar, there University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute; which could help prevent future lead laser pulse onto a sample, which vaporizes has been no significant new skull mate- and the Black Hills Institute of Geological contamination problems like the Flint, the material and generates a plasma. rial beyond the fragmentary remains first Research. Michigan, water crisis or detect contam- The chemical compounds found in the 1870s. Evolutionary transformations inated wastewater from industrial sites. Because the light emitted by the plas- Now, researchers report on new spec- The “fossil record provides our only “Despite the large variety of water ma contains the atomic fingerprints of imens with three-dimensional cranial re- direct evidence of the evolutionary trans- sensors that offer continual monitoring, the material, it is possible to identify the mains—including one example of a complete formations that have given rise to modern detection of multiple heavy metals dis- chemical components of the sample by skull and two previously overlooked cranial forms,” says Field. “This extraordinary solved in water can only be performed analyzing the emitted light. elements that were part of the original new specimen reveals the surprisingly by sending samples off for specialized It is a straightforward process to specimen—that reveal new details about late retention of dinosaur-like features laboratory analysis,” said the research use LIBS analysis on solid samples. In one of the most striking transformations in the skull of Ichthyornis — one of the team leader Victor Contreras, from Insti- fact, several commercially available in evolutionary history. closest-known relatives of modern birds tuto de Ciencias Físicas UNAM, Mexico. handheld devices are available for this Transitional bird from the Age of Reptiles.” “Our new technique is one step toward type of analysis. However, it is difficult “Right under our noses this whole time The researchers say their findings of- the development of a simpler analysis to use this method to directly analyze was an amazing, transitional bird,” says fer new insight into how modern birds’ approach that could be applied on-site liquids because the plasma formed in Researchers propose that the water on the moon could have paleontologist Bhart-Anjan Bhullar of skulls eventually formed. Along with its and in real time. This type of water liquids cools down faster and lasts a been delivered through asteroids and comets three billion years Yale University, principal investigator of a transitional beak, Ichthyornis dispar had analysis could be used by agricultural, very short time. In addition, producing ago. During this period, liquid water existed on the surface of the study in the journal Nature. “It has a mod- a brain similar to modern birds but a tem- pharmaceutical, water purification and a plasma on a liquid surface produces moon. It became trapped after it was soaked into the surface and ern-looking brain along with a remarkably poral region of the skull that was strikingly other industries to monitor water for water splashes that directly affect the then cooled. Another asteroid or comet struck the moon and sent dinosaurian jaw muscle configuration.” like that of a dinosaur—indicating that contaminants.” spectroscopy reading. those water-soaked rocks into space and towards Earth. Perhaps most interesting of all, Bhullar during the evolution of birds, the brain Using sensitive technique With liquid samples, creating a plasma Scientists were able to determine that the moganite didn’t form says, is that Ichthyornis dispar shows us transformed first while the remainder of In The Optical Society (OSA) journal that provides a good signal for chemical on Earth because of terrestrial weathering. The lunar meteorite was what the bird beak looked like as it first the skull remained more primitive and Optics Letters, the researchers detail detection requires high levels of laser found in the desert which lacks water. Due to the small sample of appeared in nature. dinosaur-like. their new approach, which uses a sen- energy, which can only be provided by moganite found on the meteorite, researchers say that further moon At its origin, the beak was a precision “Ichthyornis would have looked very sitive technique known as laser induced bulky, non-portable lasers. To circum- missions are required to retrieve more samples with moganite. grasping mechanism that served as a sur- similar to today’s seabirds, probably very breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to ana- vent this problem, liquid samples are Lunar geologist Noah Petro states that lunar rock samples from rogate hand as the hands transformed into much like a gull or tern,” says Hanson. The lyze heavy metals present in levitating typically analyzed by placing a drop on the Apollo missions should be studied using modern techniques wings. “teeth probably would not have been visible drops of water. a substrate and waiting for it to dry in to test for the presence of moganite. Petro says that the discovery The “first beak was a horn-covered pin- unless the mouth was open but covered Levitating the water droplets allows order to concentrate the elements of of moganite on the lunar meteorite shows that scientists still have cer tip at the end of the jaw,” says Bhullar, with some sort of lip-like, extra-oral tissue.” the water to evaporate in a controlled interest in the sample. a limited understanding about the surface of the moon. who is an assistant professor and assis- (Source: futurity.org) position, which increases the mass (Source: eurekalert.org) (Source: Tech Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY MAY 5, 2018

Welfare Organization to Asthma rate on the rise in Iran implement online screening SOCIETY TEHRAN – According be cured but should be controlled. deskto a national survey, the An initial plan has been designed and for autism rate of people suffering from asthma in Iran it is being tested in some medical univer- is roughly equal to global average but it has sities, he said SOCIETY TEHRAN –Iran will provide online autism sped up compared to previous decades, the If successful, it will be implemented deskscreening programs in the current calendar director of Health Ministry’ asthma and al- across the country, Najmi added. year 1396 which started on March 20, 2018), an official at the lergy department has said. The World Health Organization defines Welfare Organization said on Thursday. The survey demonstrates that some 11 asthma as a chronic disease characterized The aim of the plan is to foster the diagnosis of the disease in percent of children and 9 percent of adults in by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and children and provide subsequent rehabilitating services, Afrouz Iran are suffering from this chronic disease, wheezing, which vary in severity and fre- Saffari-far said, according to Fars. Mahdi Najmi said, ISNA reported on Friday. quency from person to person. Symptoms This nationwide survey has been carried may occur several times in a day or week in out using standard questionnaires and in affected individuals, and for some people both rural and urban areas, Najmi added, become worse during physical activity or according to ISNA. at night. The survey also reveals that the spread During an asthma attack, the lining of of asthma in Khuzestan Province is twice the bronchial tubes swell, causing the air- the national rate, he highlighted. ways to narrow and reducing the flow of air It is more than a decade that Iran’s south- into and out of the lungs. Recurrent asthma western provinces, especially Khuzestan, symptoms frequently cause sleeplessness, Among 110,000 children which have been screened till date, have been grappling with sand and dust daytime fatigue, reduced activity levels and 620 cases of autism have been diagnosed, she added. storms, mostly originating from Iraq, Saudi school and work absenteeism. Asthma has Touching on other rehabilitation services provided for autistics, Arabia and Syria. a relatively low fatality rate compared to she went on to say that the Welfare Organization will establish Also, other industrial and polluted prov- other chronic diseases. special centers to train autistics above 14 years to take a job. inces such as Tehran, have a higher asthma According to The Global Asthma Report Recent estimations show that one percent of Iranian children rate compared to the national average, he 2014, 14 percent of the world’s children are suffering from autism spectrum, she highlighted, adding that regretted. and 8.6 percent of young adults experience the global rate of this disorder is nearly 1.5 percent. The Health Ministry official went on to The first signs of asthma appear in child- He said a comprehensive plan for diag- asthma symptoms globally. However, only Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is defined as a say that the main causes of asthma are air hood, Najmi said, adding that it is rare that nosing, treating and controlling asthma is 4.5 percent of young adults are being diag- wide range of conditions characterized by challenges with speech pollution and environmental allergens which individuals catch this chronic disease in being formulated which primarily focuses nosed with asthma and take the required and nonverbal communication, repetitive behaviors and social have increased in recent years. adulthood. on control measures since asthma cannot treatment. skills. ASD is a “spectrum condition” that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees. Lack of or delay in spoken language, lack of spontaneous or make-believe play, lack of interest in peer relationships, and MS drugs produced in Iran as effective as foreign ones persistent fixation on parts of objects are among other signs of 1 There was no special drug and treatment for MS MS is a disease of brain and spinal cord which can potentially this disorder. some 25 years ago, however, many effective drugs are now lead to disabling patients. The immune system of an MS patient produced for the disease globally, IRNA quoted him as saying. attacks the protective sheath (myelin) which covers nerve fibers LEARN ENGLISH Domestic production doesn’t mean that the country and hence, causing communication problems between brain doesn’t need to import any further drugs, he said, adding and rest of the body. Eventually, the disease can cause the nerves Car Trouble manufacturing some MS drugs requires more time, higher themselves to deteriorate or become permanently damaged. technology and larger budget. Depending on the amount of nerve damage, signs and symp- toms of MS widely vary. Some patients suffering from severe A: Car trouble center. How may I help you? “We should continue importing drugs until we reach the required technological level.” MS may lose the ability to walk and while others may experience B: My car won’t start! Stupid old car! He also said more than 90 percent of domestically pro- long periods of remission without any new symptoms. A: Hold on, before you kick your car let’s go through some duced and some 70 percent of foreign MS drugs are covered There’s no cure for multiple sclerosis. However, treatments possible problems. by insurance. can help speed recovery from attacks, modify the course of B: Fine. Nabavi, who is also the director of the Royan Institute’s the disease and manage symptoms. A: Ok, first of all, can you turn the key in theignition ? cognitive department, went on to say that some 80,000 Common early signs of MS include weakness or fatigue, B: Yeah! I am here with my friend and he thinks it may be the individuals are suffering from MS in Iran and almost half vision problems, tingling and numbness, bladder issues, spark plug or the starter motor. of these patients take medicine. balance problems or dizziness and pains and spasms. A: Those are possible problems, but tell me, when you turn the key, do you hear the starter motor crank? B: Yeah, it sounds like it usually does when I start the car, but nothing else happens. The engine won’t start. Should I maybe Air pollution inequality widens between rich and poor nations press the accelerator? Pollution inequality between the world’s rich and health concerns. A: No. If you step on the accelerator pedal you can flood the and poor is widening, according to the latest “One of the reasons for that, is the health carburetor and your car will never start. global data from the World Health Organ- argument is strongly presented and citizens B: So what do you think it is? isation (WHO) which shows that 7 million felt the link between air pollution and their A: I know this may seem like a silly question, but does your car people – mostly in developing nations – die own health,” said Dr Maria Neira, director have gasoline? every year from airborne contaminants. of public health at WHO. “We’d like to see B: Umm. yeah! Right! I got the car started! Thanks for your help! Overall, nine in 10 people on the planet the same movement now in India, which is live with poor, even dangerous, air, says the a country of particular concern.” I told you to fill the tank! WHO report, which is considered the most WHO cautions that its data remains Key vocabulary comprehensive collection of global air qual- incomplete. More than 4,300 cities in 108 go through: look at (something) in a careful way ity data. But levels of contamination vary countries now provide ambient air quality ignition: a device to start up the car widely depending on government actions information, a rise of more than 30% from spark plug: electrical device that ignites the gas by electric and financial resources. 2016. This is supplemented by satellite, but starter motor: an electric motor for starting an engine For the first time, the report included there are relatively few data collection points crank: to start (an engine, motor, etc.) regional historic data, which showed that in Africa, standards vary from country to

engine: the device which helps cars getting running more than 57% of cities in the Americas and Money Sharma country, yearly variations can be affected by accelerator: a pedal that controls the throttle valve more than 61% of cities in Europe had seen climate, and there is currently little to dis-

carburetor: mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion a fall in PM10 and PM2.5 particulate matter AFP/ tinguish between airborne sand from desert Supplementary vocabulary between 2010 and 2016. regions and toxic particulates in big cities. to stall: when a car’s engine will not start But these gains were set against a wors- The most recent WHO data highlights rising pollution in poorer cities, such as in India, But the overall picture is clear. WHO says brakes: the mechanism which stops the car ening trend in other regions. but cleaner air in richer nations. the threat remains enormous across the globe gas tank: the tank which carries the car’s gasoline The most rapid deterioration was in south contributed to 3.8m deaths, the gap is also dangerously high levels.” with the worst impacts hitting the poor. seat belt: the strap which protects from an accident and south-east Asia, where more than 70% wide because families in poorer nations are More than 90% of air pollution-related deaths “Air pollution threatens us all, but the tow truck: a service which repairs or retrieves a broken car of poor cities suffered worsening air quality. more dependent on burning wood, coal and occur in low- and middle-income countries, poorest and most marginalised people bear The Middle East was also badly affected. the brunt of the burden,” says Dr Tedros (Source: irlanguage.com) kerosene for cooking and heating. mainly in Asia and Africa, followed by low- and Delhi and Cairo are by far the most polluted Overall, the authors said the global annual middle-income countries of the eastern Med- Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of mega-cities in the world with average PM10 death toll of 7 million is largely unchanged iterranean region, Europe and the Americas. WHO. “It is unacceptable that over 3 billion levels more than 10 times the WHO guidelines. from the previous 2016 air pollution report by Airborne contaminants from cars, factories, people – most of them women and children They are followed by Dhaka, Mumbai and the WHO, despite growing awareness of the wood fires and other sources cause a quarter – are still breathing deadly smoke every day Beijing, each with particulate concentrations problem and government promises of action. of fatal heart attacks and strokes, 29% of lung from using polluting stoves and fuels in their Without water, about five times the recommended level. “There are cities and regions where im- cancer deaths and 43% of mortalities from homes. If we don’t take urgent action on air The Americas, principally the US and provement is happening,” said Sophie Gumy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the pollution, we will never come close to achieving Canada, was the only region where a sizea- one of the authors of the report. “But even report shows. sustainable development.” everything ble majority of people – 80% – breathe air if things have started to move, they aren’t Reducing these risks depends on public As well as governments, WHO are en- that meets WHO guidelines on particulates. moving quickly enough. Seven million deaths awareness and political will, as well as income. couraging individuals to do more to reduce withers In Asia and the Middle East, the figure was is a totally unacceptable figure. The fact that The authors of the report praised China, which air pollution with a campaign to promote close to zero. 92% [of people] are still breathing unaccept- has tightened pollution controls in the wake greater use of public transport and bicycles. In terms of household air pollution, which able air is the news. Pollution remains at of “airpocalypse” scandals, public protests (Source: The Guardian) ENGLISH IN USE Second Announcement LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION INTERNATIONAL NOTICE Ideal Iranian Tobacco Company intends to supply Brazilian, Chinese,Malawean, Zimbabwean, Thai, Italian تالش مجلس برای کاهش تصادفات در کشور Minimizing car accidents on agenda: MP Disabilities incurred by car accidents in Iran are shockingly high and Homogenized tobacco for the IRAN TOBACCO COMPANY FACTORIES in the year 2018. 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Months after being ravaged by a deadly cholera half of Yemen’s districts - home to nearly 14 LONDON — IHRC has again written to the Mayor of London outbreak that killed thousands of people, Yemen million - are at risk this year. Sadiq Khan accusing him of kowtowing to Zionist and far right is now faced with the risk of a second wave of Cholera is spread by consuming contami- extremists in his continuing endeavours to control what is dis- the disease as a new rainy season approaches. nated food or water. The diarrheal disease can played at the annual Al-Quds Day demonstration in London. The war-torn country, which has lost much of kill within hours if the person is left unattended. It follows a reply from the Mayor to concerns raised by mem- its infrastructure due to ruthless airstrikes by The outbreak has been exacerbated by the bers of the public that failure to curb the extremists could lead the House of Saud regime over the past three Saudi regime-led war, which has destroyed to another terrorist attack of the kind carried out by Darren years, is still reeling from one of the world’s Yemen’s health services and water supplies, Osborne against Muslims last summer. worst outbreaks of the killer disease, scientists displaced over two million people and driven Pro-Israel advocates have been applying pressure on Khan to warned on Thursday. the country to the brink of famine. Saudi Ara- ban the annual Al-Quds day march in London which highlights Since 2016, roughly a year after the attack bia’s years-long siege on the country’s main air the continuing oppression of the Palestinians on the grounds that began, one million suspected cases of cholera and seaports has also led to a severe shortage many of the participants carry Hezbollah flags as an expression have been reported in Yemen while more of medicines. The research has mapped the of support for the pro-Palestinian group. than 2,000 people have been killed by it. outbreak and analyzed rainfall patterns, al- The smear campaign was responsible for inciting Darren Os- “We expect to see a surge of cases during lowing health officials and the World Health borne to drive a van into worshippers leaving late night Ramadan the rainy season,” Anton Camacho, lead author The rainy season is expected to begin from Contamination of water resources during Organization (WHO) to more easily identify the prayers in the Finsbury Park area of north London on 19 June of a study on the epidemic published in The mid-April and last until the end of August. the season and changing levels of zooplankton places that need cholera vaccinations the most. 2017. Osborne’s intended target had been the Al-Quds day pro- Lancet Global Health journal, told Reuters. The first four weeks of last year’s rainy season and iron in water, which help cholera bacte- According to the United Nations, some test that took place the day before, but he was unable to reach it. “If something is going to happen it will saw the daily number of cholera cases increase ria survive, were some of the main reasons 22 million of Yemen’s 25 million population The letter from the Mayor’s office ignores the legitimate con- happen now so everyone should be aware and 100-fold, accelerating the spread of the disease behind the cholera epidemic. need humanitarian assistance. cerns of racist abuse and violence on the streets of London and respond quickly. The risk is high,” he added. across the poverty-stricken country. According to the researchers, more than (Source: Press TV) instead states that Khan remains committed to pressuring the government to ban the raising of Hezbollah flags which it says is only possible because of a “legal loophole”. It also makes the ridiculous suggestion that the displaying of the flag amounts to Taliban fighters seize district in northern Afghanistan an expression of anti-Semitism. Taliban fighters seized a district in Afghanistan’s remote south of Fayzabad, were also abandoned to the insurgents, which are exploited by local commanders and the Talib- Due to the complete lack of acknowledgement by the Mayor’s northern province of Badakhshan after several days of fierce who were stepping up pressure in the area, he said. an, according to local officials. Voter registration has been office of the concerns raised by members of the public about rac- fighting, officials said on Friday, as the insurgents pushed Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said 15 members underway across Afghanistan but many people have been ist abuse and violence on the streets of London, IHRC took the forward their annual spring offensive launched last month. of the security forces had been killed and 14 wounded with reluctant to sign up for fear of attacks on voter centers or unprecedented step of replying to this external communication. Fighting across Afghanistan has picked up in recent weeks three pickup trucks and a large number of weapons seized, retaliation by the Taliban, which is opposed to the elections. In its reply to the letter we reiterate our belief that in supporting with the return of warmer weather, putting government while two Taliban fighters were killed. The United States military estimates show the West- calls for a ban on Hezbollah flags the mayor is giving oxygen to forces under pressure in several areas, underlining the risk to Although Badakhshan, which shares a border with ern-backed government in Kabul controls areas with about extremists who want to sabotage and/or attack the Al-Quds Day parliamentary and district council elections due in October. Tajikistan, China and Pakistan, is not one of the Taliban 65 percent of the population. protest. IHRC condemns the response as a dereliction of the Mayor’ Thursday night’s loss of Kohistan, north of Fayzabad, the capital heartlands, the insurgents have been making gains there and In terms of districts, the government controls or influences duty to protect innocent people from racist and extremist abuse. of Badakhshan, came after security forces failed to receive supplies the loss of Kohistan brings to three the number of districts 56.3 percent of the country, the second lowest level since at “Instead of seeking to alleviate the legitimate fears and con- or reinforcements and pulled out of district police headquarters, they control in the province. least 2015, the latest report from the Special Inspector Gen- cerns of your constituents, your office decided to expound on provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said. Mountainous and remote, the region contains rich min- eral for Afghanistan, a U.S. congressional watchdog, shows. your political views, in the process diminishing and even ignoring A number of security posts in Teshkan district, to the eral reserves and numerous unregistered gemstone mines (Source: Reuters) their primary concerns: racist abuse and extreme racist violence on the streets of London,” states IHRC’s letter. “Your office’s continued support for the far-right and Zionist Nobel Prize for literature postponed in wake of sex scandal led campaigns against al-Quds Day makes you complicit in the violence against innocent people on the streets of London that The Swedish Academy has announced that tural institutions. The Academy cut ties with Arnault in 2017, ed by Arnault and Frostenson in an apparent results from that campaign, including as evidenced last year, no Nobel Prize for literature will be award- Arnault has been accused of multiple shortly after the allegations became public. breach of conflict of interest regulations. murder at the hands of right-wing zealots.” ed this year, in the wake of a financial and acts of sexual assault and harassment, in- Bjorn Hurtig, the lawyer representing Ar- An independent investigation commis- sexual scandal that has engulfed the body cluding one incident in which he allegedly nault, has said his client denies the allegations. sioned by the Swedish Academy found ev- responsible for selecting the winner. touched Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria The decision to postpone naming a Nobel idence of financial misconduct and “unac- The Academy said on Friday that it aimed to inappropriately. laureate was taken at a meeting by the com- ceptable behavior” by Arnault “in the form of Lies of mass destruction award two prizes, including for this year, in 2019. Six members of the group have resigned mittee’s 10 remaining members on Thursday. unwanted intimacy, but the knowledge was The controversy comes from Jean-Claude in recent weeks, including Katarina Frost- The foundation has faced further criticism not widely spread in the Academy”. 1 But should Israel join a U.S. coalition, it certainly will Arnault, a prominent figure in Swedish cul- enson, Arnault’s wife. for providing funding to a cultural center head- (Source: Al Jazeera) not escape. Be that as it may, Netanyahu thinks the U.S. can launch its famed Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iran and run, as it did in Syria. Not so fast! Syria air defense shot down most of the Tomahawks Tehran sends off the INSTC Friendship Motor Car Rally in the last attack on Syria, which the U.S. government has been TEHRAN — On Friday, some 18 Mahindra cars began and great economic “potential”. worked feverishly to deny. There is no solid evidence Tomahawks rolling down in the streets of Tehran from the Homa Hotel, Praising Iranian people as extremely friendly, Am- launched into Iran will reach their targets. Therefore, it would where Indian and Azerbaijani envoys to Iran along with bassador Kumar said that participants in the rally had take aircraft to attack Iran. But the truth is, the U.S. military has some Iranian senior officials at the Ministry of Roads and named the Iranians the best and most hospitable people not taken on an air attack where it will face vast surface-to-air Urban Development and the Federation of Automobiles they have ever met. missile batteries and fighter/interceptor aircraft since the Vietnam flagged off the Indian made sports utility vehicles in a “Iranians demonstrated a genuine feeling towards War. Where, by the way, it lost quite a few aircraft which is how ceremony. Indians and the motor rally drivers.” Senator John McCain was captured in his days as a navy aviator. The International North-South Transport Corridor The Indian diplomat noted that the rally was aimed at Let’s not forget that Russian air defense radar operating in Syria (INSTC) Friendship Motor Car Rally reached Tehran on promoting and popularizing INSTC and boosting friend- could track incoming U.S. warplanes and pass the information May 2, 2018. Participants in the rally from India to Russia ship among the participating countries in the rally: India, on to Iran. The U.S. could do nothing about it without provoking started a 9,000 km route leg in India, pushing through Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan. the Russians and possibly losing the host aircraft carriers that 12 locations there. Ambassador Kumar hoped that the momentum picks launched the warplanes to begin with. Of course, the United States The cars were then shipped from India to Bandar Ab- up because of INSTC and provides more opportunities and could send out strategic bombers such as the B-1 and B-52s. But, bas, a city in southern Iran, and on April 29 Indians and possibilities for closer cooperation between the countries again, the U.S. lost B-52s to enemy fire in the Vietnam War so Russians along with Iranians, too, set off on their journey in the future. even that option is not without serious risk. Again, these planes north to Tehran. From Iran the rally cars will head to Baku, The International North-South Transport Corridor are not invisible to radar. Yes, the U.S. has stealth aircraft. But Azerbaijan, where they will have Azerbaijani participants envisages a multi-modal transport corridor between In- after they drop bombs, they’re no longer hidden. They might get joining the group and finally to St. Petersburg in Russia for the event was rooted in 70 years of diplomatic relations dia, Iran, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Central Asia and in, but will they get out? via Astara, Volgograd and Moscow. On their return, after between India and Russia that was celebrated last year. Europe to promote access to the international markets Netanyahu also assumes Russia will continue to sit this out. covering a distance of more than 19,000 km, they will Ambassador Kumar then pointed to the various back- through rail, road, sea, river and air and assist in increasing At some point, Russia and probably China are going to have conclude the rally at Chabahar, Iran’s southernmost city grounds of the Indian adventurists of the rally cars which the volume of international transport of passengers and had enough of the U.S. and Israel sowing discord and conflict on the Gulf of Oman. included sportsmen, MPs, former ministers of state, mil- goods by reducing transit time and costs. An agreement in a region they are hoping for closer trade relationships with. The entire motor rally will last around 61 days. itary officials and so on. was signed between India, Iran and Russia in September Russia and China want peace and harmony in the Middle East The keynote speaker at the ceremony was Saurabh Ku- The Indian envoy called the North-South transport 2000 as the founding members of the corridor. Later, ten because that is necessary for the trade relationships they desire. mar, Indian ambassador to Tehran, who said the initiative corridor an “important corridor” with “economic viability” more members were added to the corridor. The United States and Israel want discord and conflict because it keeps the region from uniting together in their own interests which do not include the United States and Israel. Of all the Netanyahu failed: Majority of Americans want to keep JCPOA nations in the region, Iran holds the most promise of becoming a regional superpower that could challenge American hegemony. By Adam Garrie fighting one of its battles. Buchanan further stated that a And that is what frightens the United States. A new poll from Morning Consult and Politico has found war with Iran would be of no benefit to the U.S. Jones who Netanyahu might be saying this from his own Kurtz-like per- that a majority of Americans are in favour of keeping the has been criticised for ignoring “Israel’s” role in pushing the sonality. Or he could be saying this at the behest of U.S. interests. JCPOA (aka Iran nuclear deal) in its current form. This U.S. to war in the Middle East came out in condemnation of Maybe it was the price for the release of the jailed spy Jonathan means that the views of most Americans surveyed are in Netanyahu’s remarks and associated himself instead with Pollard, who funneled U.S. nuclear secrets to Israel for years. line with those of the United Nations, International Atomic long time “Israel” sceptic Patrick Buchanan. Either is possible. Or, perhaps, both are. The madness of Net- Energy Agency, Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain This is all the more meaningful as many in the U.S. continue anyahu is clear, given the actions of the Israeli military in Gaza and the European Union. All of these states and bodies have to harbour ill-will towards Iran due to the hostage incident who are certainly acting upon his orders. The world watches found that Iran is in full compliance with the deal and that of 1979/80 that was largely seen as an embarrassment for IDF snipers shoot children and giggle about it. The world sees any tampering with the agreement could raise the risk of the U.S. But as younger generations of Americans have no this, fidgets in its chair, and does what? Worries about whether further tensions. This also means that the world leader who recollection of the events of 1979 but are aware of America’s Trump paid off Stormie Daniels to keep quiet a rather distasteful has argued the most vociferously for scrapping the deal, disastrous interventions in the Middle East beginning with peccadillo. An affair that, honestly, didn’t kill anyone so why get “Israeli” regime leader Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to the Iraq invasion of 2003 become more politically active, so focused on it? persuade ordinary Americans that Iran is in violation of the popularity of withdrawing from the JCPOA which is The movie Apocalypse Now didn’t intend to portray the mad- the deal and that he has furthermore failed to convince a seen by many as a first step towards commencing war on ness, hypocrisy, and insanity of war. But it did. It came at a time majority of Americans that Iran poses a threat to the world. Iran, is dwindling in America. Americans to the conclusion that provoking Iran and running that the United States still hadn’t recovered from the way the This comes as more and more American media figures While CNN’s Chris Cuomo and Infwars’ Alex Jones can the risk of yet another war for “Israel” in the Middle East Vietnam War tore the social fabric here. It literally ripped the from all sides of the political divide have expressed scepti- be accused of many things, they cannot be accused of being is simply not worth it. This is of course the view of Patrick scab off and forced the United States to confront what it had done. cism regarding “Israel’s” vulgar campaign to persuade the on the same side as Iran as both news outlets have issued Buchanan who is neither a Zionist nor a supporter of the But it didn’t stay that way. Because it was only a couple years U.S. to back their government’s possible withdrawal from a great deal of anti-Iranian commentary in recent months Islamic Revolution in Iran. later Reagan told us, no, the Vietnam War was a “noble cause” the agreement. CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo, an ardent and years. Nor can CNN and Infowars be accused of having After decades of being able to sway the U.S. public into and movies appeared to cast a heroic light on the war not a few critic of Donald Trump, has conducted a hard-hitting (by the same political slant as one another. Both media outlets backing Middle East war after Middle East war, it would years after that. And now even Apocalypse Now has flipped from U.S. mainstream media standards) interview with Benjamin are major rivals with a history of animosity. Furthermore, appear that more Americans are becoming informed about unintended antiwar movie to being watched by pro-war people Netanyahu in which he challenged Netanyahu’s hypocrisy as Jones came out in support of Pat Buchanan’s statement, the “Israeli” agenda which has nothing to do with the safety who actually think Kurtz is the hero and not a tragic character for condemning Iran’s alleged nuclear ambitions while fail- self-proclaimed Zionist and right-wing U.S. commentator of the American public, the security of the U.S. nation and who lost the battle for his own mind and took all his followers ing to disclose “Israel’s” infamous illegal nuclear weapons figure Ben Shapiro began a public smear campaign against nothing to do with protecting the U.S. from losing money along with him. programme. Cuomo further grilled Netanyahu on why he Jones making it all the more clear that the issue is one of those and soldiers in another Middle East war. History is a tragedy but when it repeats itself it’s a farce. gave his recent anti-Iranian speech in English, the clear who put America first versus those who put “Israel” first. Donald Trump must now choose his next move wisely. And no one knows that better than Israel and the United States implication being that Netanyahu was trying to persuade It would appear that more and more Americans are re- Is he the President of the United States, a country where who accuse every nation of having nuclear weapons programs a U.S. audience to adopt a policy of hostility towards the alising the obvious reality that the U.S. is neither Iran nor the majority of people want to keep the JCPOA and avoid when the only country to use them against people was the United JCPOA in an over the top fashion. “Israel” and that because of this, the security of the American war with Iran? Or is Trump merely a foreign emissary of the States. And the only nation in the Middle East who has nuclear On the other side of the U.S. mainstream media spec- people has little to do with the politics of the Middle East. “Israeli” regime who is willing to disregard American public weapons is Israel. So it goes that Iraq went down and no one was trum, Trump supporter Alex Jones of Infowars broadcast While American supporters of the Islamic Revolution in opinion and the opinion of the wider world in following really surprised when it was revealed they didn’t have a nuclear an interview of former White House adviser to Richard Iran would be vociferously opposed to anything that could “Israel” towards a path of danger and possible destruction? weapons program. Well, Israel knew it already before 2003. Nixon and Ronald Reagan and former U.S. Presidential harm Iran and while Zionists in the U.S. would naturally As someone who will likely seek re-election in just over two Because it was them who destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at candidate Patrick J. Buchanan in which Buchanan stated support the “Israeli” regime, for the majority of Americans, years time, the choice should be obvious. Osirak in 1981. But no one has learned that the United States and that “Israel” was trying to once again to lead the U.S. into the issue is one of pragmatism. This has led more and more (Source: Rurasiafuture) Israeli “lies of mass destruction” programs are alive and well. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS MAY 5, 2018 Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil not ‘fit to wear the shirt’ Gerrard agrees Rangers deal in Europa League defeat - Martin Keown Former Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard has agreed a deal to become the manager of Scottish club Rangers, Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown blasted Mesut Sky Sports reported on Friday. Ozil following Arsenal’s Europa League semifinal defeat The former England captain, who has coached Liverpool’s to Atletico Madrid, saying on the BT Sport broadcast that Under-18s since hanging up his boots two years ago, agreed the Germany international “wasn’t fit to wear the shirt.” to a three-year deal replacing Graeme Murty, the report said Diego Costa scored the only goal on the night to seal a citing “sources”. 2-1 aggregate win for Atletico, and an Arsenal defeat means Reinvigorating Rangers will be a huge challenge for Gerrard Wenger will leave at the end of the season without silverware in his first management role. The club have won a record 54 and with the club likely to finish sixth -- the lowest position Scottish league titles but are still struggling to recover from the since he arrived 21 years ago. financial problems that saw them reformed in the bottom tier Keown, a BT Sport analyst, said that he hasn’t “been of Scottish football in 2012. happy with [Ozil] for some time” and that it looked like It will also put him up against his former Liverpool manager Arsenal “had been carrying him.” Brendan Rodgers, who is now in charge of ‘Old Firm’ rivals Celtic “Show some drive,” Keown said. “Show some energy. and is on the brink of completing a double-treble. He’s on the edge of it. It’s almost like his hand’s in the air (Source: Reuters) -- ‘Look at this group. [They] aren’t as good as me.’ And somebody needed to grab him a long time ago, to give him a shake and say, ‘We’re trying to get the ball to you. We are working for you, but you’re not working for us.’ “I bet he doesn’t play again this season. He’ll have some Roger Federer could achieve emotional breakdown and won’t be able to play at the weekend. I don’t know how many illnesses he’s had this season, but the one of the craziest records at fella is not kidding me. That is not a proper performance.” Ozil, who was to be out of contract this summer, signed Wimbledon a three-year extensionin January. And Keown said that he hopes the manager who replaces Wenger will be able to get more out of Ozil than the midfielder has shown in recent games. “It’s a big problem for the new manager because Wenger’s invested an awful lot of money in this player and I’m not seeing a performance to go with it,” Keown said. “He wasn’t fit to wear the shirt for me tonight, and I’ve seen this a lot this season and it needs to be said because he needs to be dug out because we expect more from him. He’s a World Cup winner. These are crocodile tears that I’m seeing from the player. He’s not conning me.” Keown then said that Wenger should “say a little bit more mance, that he gave a lot tonight,” Wenger said. “It was a we lose as a team. I don’t agree with that coming out now about some of these players that should have performed difficult game, physically very intense, and I am convinced straight away. When you want to be listened to now, you for him,” but Wenger responded to Keown’s comments by that Ozil should not be now victimised by anyone because always have to be extreme. But football is more complicated defending Ozil. we did not score. and complex than that.” “You will see that when you analyse his physical perfor- “We had plenty of opportunities in the two games and (Source: ESPN)

Roger Federer could improve an amazing record in the grass- court season this year. The Swiss player is committed to play IAAF suspends five Russian walkers We are Liverpool, we don’t fear anyone - three tournaments: Stuttgart and Halle back to back prior to Wimbledon. At the Mercedes Cup Federer will seek his first title from competing over banned coach Mane ever, while in Halle he already won nine times and at Wimbledon eight times. By winning up to all the 16 matches he would play in the three tournaments combined, which means winning the title in each of them, Federer would break the 100 titles barrier, setting his second Open Era record just on 100, nine less than the American Jimmy Connors who leads the way with 109 triumphs. In this list Ivan Lendl is third with 94, he was passed by Feder- er last year. The title No. 100 would come just at Wimbledon, probably the most important event in his career. (Source: Tennis World)

Neymar returns to Paris Saint-Germain following treatment in Brazil The governing body of world athletics has if they demonstrate that their training en- Liverpool feel they can beat any team in an Cup four times in their heyday of the Neymar is back in Paris after undergoing treatment on his injured suspended five Russian race walkers from vironment meets the required anti-doping the world at the moment and will play 1970s and 1980s but their Champions foot in Brazil, sources have told ESPN FC. competition pending further investigation standards. The IAAF said it would review the without fear in the Champions League League triumph of 2005 bucked a trend The forward flew to Paris on a private jet with friends while of their participation in a training camp with race walkers’ status for further competitions final against 12-times winners Real of underperformance by the club at the the three staff members returned commercially via Air France a banned coach. The decision to revoke the this year once it had received more infor- Madrid later this month, winger Sadio very highest level over the last couple from Rio de Janeiro, as was initially planned. neutral status of Klavdiya Afanasyeva, Olga mation from Russia’s anti-doping agency Mane has said. of decades. He will report to PSG’s Camp des Loges training centre, where Eliseeva, Yuliya Lipanova, Sergey Sharypov RUSADA and knew the outcome of further The Spanish giants are chasing their Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has he will undergo examination, but will probably not have enough and Sergey Shirobokov, a silver medalist from investigations. Chegin, who was banned from third European title in four years but hailed Juergen Klopp for transforming time to get to Amiens to watch his teammates in a Ligue 1 game the 2017 world championships, means they the sport for life in 2016, had coached prom- Mane said Liverpool, who have scored the club as they target their first piece of on Friday night. The Brazil international is still aiming to be will not be eligible to compete at the race inent race walkers including Olga Kaniskina, 40 goals in this year’s competition, were silverware under the German manager. cleared to return by May 17, meaning he could feature in the walking team championships in China lat- Sergei Kirdyapkin and Elena Lashmanova. charged with confidence heading into Klopp’s side lost the final of the final match of the season at Caen. er this week, the International Association These athletes all won Olympic gold medals the finale in Kiev on May 26. League Cup and Europa League in 2016 He also has commercial obligations to fulfil before the end of of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in a but later served doping bans. “We honestly believe we can beat but Lovren reckons the manager has the campaign. Recently, PSG coach Unai Emery said Neymar had statement on Friday. The IAAF said the de- The IAAF in March extended the Russian them,” the 26-year-old Senegalese told already forged a winning mentality at been the leader of the teamsince his arrival from Barcelona last cision had been made pending a probe into athletics federation’s suspension and warned British media. the club. summer, but played down talk that he would make an immediate “a number of serious issues” related to their that the country could face further sanctions. “I can say at this moment we do have “He has changed many things in the return to training. participation in a training camp in Kyrgyzstan RUSADA and the country’s Paralympic Com- a lot of respect for Madrid, they are one club, not just the players but things around Striker Edinson Cavani also revisited the dispute between last month with coach Viktor Chegin, who mittee remain suspended over allegations of the best teams in the world, but we the club - people, he has changed the the pair over a penalty earlier in the season and said there was was banned for life from athletics over the of state-sponsored doping. are Liverpool – we are strong and we mentality, how we think,” the Croatian a “problem” between them at the time. Russian doping scandal. For Russia’s suspended sports bodies to can beat any team in the world. told reporters. (Source: Soccernet) Russia’s athletics federation was suspend- regain their accreditation, Moscow must ac- “We are going to go there and fight “He deserves this. It is not accidental ed by the IAAF in 2015 following a World knowledge the findings of the WADA-com- for the fans, for the club, fight without that he already reached the final of the Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report con- missioned report that found more than 1,000 fear and win the final. Champions League in 2013 with Borussia taining allegations of state-supported doping, Russian athletes benefited from a state-run We have the players. We can score Dortmund. He has given the club pride which Moscow has denied. scheme to conceal positive tests over a five- goals, we have shown that and there is back. Everyone should be proud that we Bayern Munich chief indicted The IAAF has cleared some Russians to year period. nothing to be afraid of for us.” have a manager like him.” compete internationally as neutral athletes (Source: Reuters) The Merseyside club won the Europe- (Source: Mirror) by U.S. federal grand jury

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been indicted China still forced to settle for replica World Cup dreams by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges stemming from the emissions scandal which broke in 2015. President Xi Jinping’s dream of China hosting and ultimately Although many of the replicas will be sold online, they The 70-year-old remains on FC Bayern Munich’s supervisory winning the World Cup may be as far away as ever but that will also be available at retail stores like the “Fans Shop” board. does not mean the country will have no involvement when of Chinese Super League (CSL) club Beijing Guoan in the Winterkorn has been charged with three counts of wire fraud soccer’s elite meets in Russia later this year. heart of the capital. and one of conspiring with other senior VW executives and em- China’s enthusiasm for the global game, undimmed by Shop manager Su Meng said he expected sales of offi- ployees to violate the Clean Air Act. years of underperformance and corruption scandals, has cial FIFA World Cup merchandise, including mascots and He faces up to 25 years in prison and a €275,000 fine.. Cur- always reached fever pitch during World Cup finals and that the Wagon-made replicas, to be up around 20 percent on rently believed to be in Germany, Winterkorn is not in custody. might be even more the case this year with the domestic 2014, thanks in part to the growing popularity of the CSL. With Germany’s constitution forbidding extradition of its game finally on the rise. One 37-year-old Guoan fan, however, was skeptical citizens other than to another EU member state or to an inter- And at a factory in Dongguan in the heart of the country’s about the value of replicas and said he would not consider national court, he is unlikely to see a U.S. courtroom. southeastern workshop, workers are busy transforming purchasing such a souvenir of the tournament. Winterkorn also remains on German powerhouse FC Bayern pieces of zinc alloy into thousands of replica World Cup “Only the real World Cup trophy has genuine value,” Munich’s supervisory board, where he first represented stake- trophies, badges and key-rings for football fans in China banker Sun Wei told Reuters. holder Audi, a VW subsidiary. and around the world. “This kind of imitation product, I think, isn’t worth But after his resignation from Germany’s biggest car man- It takes at least three days of filing, polishing, electro- must be involved when electroplating. So within these rules, spending money on.” ufacturer amid the unfolding scandal in September 2015, he plating, heating and decorating to produce the replicas with we are very careful to meet FIFA’s demands on Cup design Wang Boqian, though, was far more enthusiastic about received the backing from then-president Karl Hopfner, and football’s world governing body FIFA insisting on exacting each time we send our cup designs for to FIFA for review.” the copies of the 36.8-centimetre tall, 18-carat gold trophy later also from returning Uli Hoeness. standards for licensed products. Taiwan-based Wagon had FIFA certification for their which has represented the highest ambition for professional “I can’t gauge what happens at VW, but Martin Winterkorn “All Replica World Cups are limited to 15cm in height products for the last two World Cups in 2010 and 2014 but footballers since it replaced the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1974. is a wonderful person, and a personal friend of mine,” Bayern ... all Cup replicas higher than 15cm in markets are defi- were restricted to East Asia and North America. “I think it’s the most beautiful trophy in the world,” president Uli Hoeness told Manager Magazin in May 2017, adding nitely fake products that haven’t been certified by FIFA,” This year the company can sell to all markets outside Wang said. “I’ve always really liked this gold trophy. Every that it was “never in doubt” that the former VW boss remained said Perry Chou, vice-president of the Wagon Group that Europe but still expects a quarter of the replicas to find a World Cup year, ever since 1998, for each one I’ve bought on the Bundesliga club’s supervisory board. owns the factory. home in China, where they will range in price from little more a (replica) gold trophy.” (Source: ESPN) “Secondly, they must be a certain weight. Thirdly, gold than a dollar to 5,680 yuan ($895) for the biggest models. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y MAY 5, 2018 SPORTS 15 Ali Daei believes Iran’s wait will end SPORTS Ali Daei is confident Islamic Republic Iran rout Turkmenistan deskof Iran will win the AFC Asian Cup in AFC Women’s Futsal UAE 2019 title. he legendary Daei, who attended the Final Draw Championship of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 at the Armani Hotel in the iconic Burj Khalifa on Friday, explained his Iran began their AFC Women’s Futsal Championship 2018 conviction: title defense with an emphatic 14-0 win over Turkmenistan “Iran have been Asia’s top team for the last few years on Thursday. for a reason - the consistency of the technical team. As expected from the title holders, Iran showed their prow- “There have been very few changes in the technical ess from the first blow of the whistle with Fatemeh Etedadi team’s set up and the stability has allowed coach Carlos finding the back of the net just Queiroz to focus on building a formidable squad. seven seconds into the game, “Queiroz has also looked far and wide for the best courtesy of Fareshteh Karimi’s players and this has had a positive effect on the national pass into the box. team,” said the former Iran captain. After conceding the early Iran are Asia’s top side in the FIFA World Ranking goal, Turkmenistan tried to and were also the first team from the Continent to seal play a more compact game, a place in the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, confirming tightening their defences as their place last June. Iran had free reign of the ball. They finished the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers un- Kamil Mingazov’s side beaten and Daei is expecting the form to be carried into showed moments of brilliance, the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, with Iran lifting the trophy. pushing the Asian champions The last of Iran’s three triumphs in the AFC Asian back into their half, but Iran eventually doubled their lead Cup was in 1976, meaning that it will be 43 years since In emerging topscorer in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, also and Hertha BSC. when Turkmenistan goalkeep- they last won the title by the time the action in UAE hosted by the United Arab Emirates, Daei hit four of his Plying his trade in Europe brought much success to one er Malika Eminova blocked 2019 kicks off in January. tournament haul of eight goals in the 6-2 win over Korea of Iran’s prodigal footballing sons and Daei is hoping that Fareshteh Khosravi’s shot but “I am confident that Iran will win this time around. We Republic in the quarter-finals. come the AFC Asian Cup 2019, not only will more of his the ball fell right in front of Fahimeh Zarei for a simple finish, have always been a force to be reckoned with in the AFC “There was a Korean player who was playing in Germany compatriots secure moves to the big European leagues but before scoring her second of the night moments after the restart. Asian Cup but the recent results give me confidence that we at that time and he convinced several coaches to scout for Iran lift a long overdue title. Karimi etched her name on the scoresheet in the eighth min- will win the title for the fourth time,” said Daei. players during the 1996 AFC Asian Cup. “I missed a penalty in the semi-final against Saudi ute, before Etedadi earned her second 12 minutes into the game The AFC Asian Cup may have eluded Daei as a player “The four goals I scored in that match played a pivotal Arabia and we lost but I know that it can be different from a set-piece, shooting into the top left goal. but it is a tournament which is dear to his heart as it paved role in me signing for Arminia Bielefeld.” this time around.” After four fouls, Bangladesh were more hesitant in their move- the way for his big move to Germany in 1996. His stay in Germany also saw stints with Bayern Munich (Source: the-AFC) ment, which Iran exploited and Fatemah Papi made it 6-0 in the 16th minute, while Karimi increased her personal tally to two goals within the same minute. Iran showed that they weren’t just deadly in their set-piec- Esteghlal FC win Iran’s Hazfi Cup es, as every player had the ability to score from distance and SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran’s Esteghlal FC claimed Champions League campaign, where they finished unbeaten Seyedehnastaran Moghimidarz unleashed a crackling strike two deskthe Hazfi Cup for a record seventh time as Group D winners. minutes from the half-time whistle to give Iran an eight-goal on Thursday in Khorramshahr. “Now, we are just thinking about Zob Ahan match. I lead going into the break. The Iranian giants edged past Khooneh be Khooneh 1-0 am not satisfied with playing an Iranian team in this stage Karimi completed her hat-trick three minutes into the restart, thanks to Mame Baba Thiam’s 35th minute goal. but we are well-prepared for the match,” Esteghlal coach and Arezoo Sadaghianizadeh pushed the scoreline to 10 when The Senegalese forward Mame Thiam rose to the occa- Winfried Schaefer said. she intercepted a pass forward and her left-footed strike gave sion to score courtesy of Khosro Heydari’s cross into the “Khooneh be Khooneh showed how strong they are. We no time for Eminova to react. box which proved to be enough to beat the Babol-based won a difficult match and I am very happy at the moment,” The tournament debutants, however, continued working club in an exciting final. the German coach added. hard in defense but Sara Shirbeigi scored again for Iran in the Esteghlal, who were ensured a place in the 2019 AFC Esteghlal are capable of winning the AFC Champions 32nd minute, after a quick one-two between her and Papi in Champions League after finishing third in the Iran Pro League League, the German coach added. the final third. in April, will continue their pursuit of a third Asian club Winfried Schaefer’s charges take on compatriots Zob Etedadi scored in the 35th and 38th minutes, before Zarei Continental title after an impressive run in their 2018 AFC Ahan FC in the Round of 16, on May 8 and 15. ended proceedings in the final minute of the game to power Iran to a 14-0 win. Prize money to increase stakes at AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 (Source: AFC) Dubai: The biggest-ever AFC Asian Cup is set to become Asian Cup 2019 will collect 5 million dollars.” the richest-ever edition after AFC President Shaikh Salman In addition to the purse prize for the winners, the AFC Iran U16 runners-up at bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa announced the introduction of President also announced the runners-up will receive Aspire Academy Tri-Series USD$14.8 million in total prize money for the AFC Asian USD$3 million, with the two losing semi-finalists pock- Cup UAE 2019. eting USD$1 million each. All 24 participating teams The ultimate winners at the Zayed Sports City Sta- will also receive USD$200,000. TASNIM — Iran U16 football team became vice-champions at dium on February 1, 2019, will receive an impressive The prize money is just a host of enhancements intro- the Aspire Academy Tri-Series in Doha, Qatar. USD$5 million. duced to strengthen the stature of Asia’s most prestigious Iran defeated Tunisia and was held to a 1-1 draw by Aspire The AFC President, who made the announcement competition, which also has a new trophy for the first time Academy U-16 and came second. during the dazzling AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Final since the inaugural edition in 1956. Tunisia won the tournament. Draw at the United Arab Emirates’ Burj Khalifa, said: The AFC President added: “I have no doubt that the UAE, Aspire Academy Tri-Series plays a major role in the devel- “We celebrate a new chapter in the glorious history of one of the Continent’s most dynamic and visionary countries, opment of elite players. the Asian Cup here in the UAE. will be the perfect stage for this historic tournament. Aspire Academy regularly hosts the best youth teams from “This is the second time the UAE has staged this “We are all determined that the AFC Asian Cup UAE all over the world. competition and the fact that the competition has now 2019 will be the greatest tournament we have ever held. The opponents are selected according to precise criteria such doubled in size demonstrates how far Asian football AFC wants to reward success. I am pleased to announce And tonight is the perfect way to kick off the new era of as the standard of the youth development program in the visiting has progressed in 22 years. that the prize money for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 will Asian football.” nations, their profile and background. “In addition to more teams and more opportunities, the total almost 15 million dollars and the winners of the AFC (Source: the-AFC) Iran are preparing for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, which will be held in Malaysia from Sept. 20 to Oct. 7. Abbas Chamanian’s team have been drawn along with Indo- The ‘Iranian Messi’ set to light up the World Cup and Premier League nesia, Vietnam and India in Group C. One of the main issues surrounding Iran’s Sardar Azmoun Perhaps the way he ghosts into dangerous positions is is whether he should be compared to Lionel Messi or Zlatan Messi-like, but Arya Allahverdi of Iranian football podcast Ibrahimovic. Gol Bezan said: “If anything, the comparisons to Ibrahimovic Iran fail to reach Asia The forward is so highly rated that fans back home are are more credible.” expecting him to become Iran’s most successful footballer, Ready for the Big Time Pacific Deaf Football and when his nation takes to the pitch at this year’s FIFA It’s difficult to prove you are capable of playing like Messi World Cup, his name is likely to linger on the lips of spec- or Ibrahimovic in the Russian Premier League, but given Championships final tators and commentators. his opportunity, Azmoun has shown his quality. Azmoun is a forward who can head like Zlatan and run Terrific goals for Rostov against Bayern Munich and Press TV — The Iran men’s national deaf soccer team missed like Messi, but he is playing for Rubin Kazan in the Russian Atletico Madrid in last season’s UEFA Champions League out a place in the final showdown of the fourth edition of Asia Premier League rather than in one of Europe’s big leagues—a escalated claims Azmoun can become a world-beater. Pacific Deaf Football Championships in South Korea, after the fact that should change this summer. Liverpool scouts were at the Bayern game, and they remain team could not triumph over the hosts in the semi-finals. In the past two years, Liverpool, AC Milan and Lazio have one of the clubs keeping tabs on his progress. On Friday afternoon, the South Korea men’s national deaf been linked with him. The time is fast approaching for him “The biggest problem right now is his foggy future and soccer team edged past Iran 4-3 at the Changwon Center Stadium to make a leap away from Russian football. his sticking with the Russia league,” explained Iranian in South Korea’s southeastern city of Changwon. The World Cup is likely to provide the springboard for football writer Poorya Tabatabaee, a journalist for isport. and decided to work with Kurban Berdyev, who somehow Iranian skipper Shahin Fasihi scored Iran’s first goal in the a move to the Premier League, but where will he land? ir. “Everybody would like him to be in a greater league and is his greatest influencer in football. 13th minute. Judging His Talent at a bigger team. Every season, the links to big clubs like “I think it’s time for him to pack his bags and get ready Alireza Basih hit the ball at the back of South Korea’s net in Since making his mark as a teenager, journalists began Arsenal or Liverpool arrive. But then he is playing in Russia for a big move, especially as we are getting closer to the the 22nd minute; and Abdulmahdi Hamouri got the Iranian to build the hype around Iran’s prodigy. again—people are tired of this. World Cup. He could have one of those performances that squad’s third in the 70th minute. Type “Iranian Messi” into a search engine, and you will “We are worried about his golden years as a young player really grabs people’s eyes like he has in the past.” In another semi-final match of the day, Japan powered past immediately come across a lookalike who does have a re- and really want to see him at a great club after Russia 2018. Heading to the Premier League? Thailand 6-1. markable resemblance to the Argentinian superstar. But We have so many bad memories like that: talented players He may have been linked to big clubs like Liverpool The Iran men’s national deaf soccer team will face Thailand dig a little deeper, and the articles speak of Azmoun. who made bad choices or weren’t strong enough to have a and Lazio, but sources close to the situation believe such a in the third place play-off on Sunday. His goal record for the national team is impressive, with hard-training lifestyle. transfer is unrealistic at this stage. The fourth edition of Asia Pacific Deaf Football Champion- 23 from 31 caps giving him the best goals-per-game ratio Making the Jump They believe the most likely chance of him moving to ships kicked off on April 23, and will wrap up on May 7, 2018. of any footballer in Iran’s history. And the big clubs have “There has been a lot of hype around Azmoun, but in my England would be a switch to Leicester City, Everton or been watching. opinion, he hasn’t lived up to it yet,” explains Toke Theilade, Wolverhampton Wanderers—with the newly promoted “He has been linked several times to big teams like Arsenal, editor at Russian Football News. side looking his best shot. Liverpool, Milan and, more recently, Lazio,” journalist Alireza “He has shown promise, but not enough for the enormous Wolves have been scouting Azmoun this season and are Persepolis to meet Esteghlal Ashraf explained. “But none of them have yet led to a move. hype. I think the Messi nickname has put a lot of pressure confident that, despite reservations in Iran that he may not in Iranian Super Cup “I think it was an exaggeration at first when some jour- on him, which he doesn’t handle well. It would be better for have the mentality for top-level football, he can prosper in nalists compared him—and his style of play—with Messi, him if he could play without all the attention and pressure, the Premier League. although it was widely spread in sports media around the but that’s of course a part of football. It is expected they will look into the details of a deal PLDC — Persepolis football team will face its arch-rival Esteghlal world. He is a target forward who always tries to make the “When he eventually leaves Rubin Kazan, I predict he’ll before the World Cup so that a transfer can be wrapped up in Iranian Super Cup. defenders tired and tries to find a way through them to move to a lower-ranked club in one of the big countries. quickly if they decide to go ahead with a bid. The match has been scheduled to take place on July 20 in score a goal. He rarely does take-ons and likes direct play. At some point, someone will take a chance with him, and There is also a feeling Celtic could also emerge as serious Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. “He has had many nicknames in recent years after shin- then it’ll be up to him to prove that he has what it takes.” contenders for his signature. Persepolis is titleholder after the Reds defeated Naft Tehran ing for Iran and his clubs in the Russian League. Iranian Azmoun was heading for a life in professional volleyball Azmoun is believed to have some concerns about Brit- 3-0 in the third edition on July 21, 2017. Messi and Iranian Zlatan are the most used—interestingly, until his head was turned by football, and he moved to ish football, though. Sources say he is unsure he has the The Iranian Super Cup is an Iranian association football trophy he picks the last one and has said he loves Zlatan and his Kazan at the age of 17. physique to fit in. awarded to the winner of a match between the Persian Gulf Pro style on the pitch. There has been great hope—perhaps even expectation— The World Cup is going to prove one way or the other League’s season champion and the winner of the Hazfi Cup. It “Azmoun believes that his football doesn’t look like Messi’s that he would exceed the success of Ali Daei, Iran’s 109-goal which way his career is heading. is similar to numerous other Super Cup tournaments held in at all, and he doesn’t know why people chose the name of record scorer. “Azmoun is a big-game player for Iran,” says Gol Bezan’s other countries. great Argentinian for his nickname.” But there remains some fear he has settled into a comfort Allahverdi. “He comes alive in big games. When he puts on The first edition was held in 2005, where Hazfi Cup champion Heading is a major strength of his game, while he is also zone, as explained by Iranian football expert Ashraf: “Some the national team shirt, he just can’t stop scoring. I feel like Saba Battery defeated league champion Foolad 4–0. capable of superb close control. His finishing is as good as believed that Azmoun should have left Russia at the beginning he has the potential to cause real issues at the World Cup.” Zob Ahan claimed the second edition, defeating Esteghlal you could expect of a forward earning such comparisons. of this season for a bigger league, but he remained there (Source: BleacherReport) Khuzestan 4-2 in 2016. Prayer Times Noon:13:01 Evening: 20:13 Dawn: 4:33 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:07 (tomorrow) MAY 5, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Book on Persian impact on English Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 literature introduced in Tehran Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. CULTURE TEHRAN – “Persian Lit- Tel: 88911433 deskerary Influence on English Webmaster: [email protected] Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 Literature”, a book by Persian scholar Hasan Javadi, was introduced during the 31st Teh- No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran ran International Book Fair on Thursday. P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 The book has been published by SAMT, an Iranian publisher that provide books for university students, while the English version of the book was published by the U.S-based Mazda Publishers in 2005. A number of scholars attended a meeting SAMT organized to introduce the book and SAMT director Ahmad Ahmadi and scholar Nahid Hejazi from the Academy of Persian Language and Literature elaborated on the book. “The Persian language is like a big caravan, which has had great influences over history “Rain of Love” composer and is readily observed in the literature of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan,” Nasser Cheshmazar dies at 68 Ahmadi said. In this book, Javadi, a former professor 1 Maestros Morteza Hannaneh and Melik Aslanian at the University of Cambridge and the Uni- were other teachers of Cheshmazar, who composed theme mu- versity of California at Berkeley, presents sic for over 20 films, including “Hamun” by Dariush Mehrjui, a survey of the subject often mentioned in “The Stories of Majid” by Kiumars Purahmad and “Ceasefire” many histories of English literature. by Tahmineh Milani. Students of that literature know about Cheshmazar also recorded numerous albums such as “The “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” through Blossoms of Iran”, “Tehran Nights”, “The Rain of Happiness” the translation of the English writer Edward and “The Rise of Love”. However, his album “Rain of Love”, Fitzgerald, but many are unaware of the fas- which was released in 1994 with eight ambient pieces, became cination that the East, including Persia, has hugely popular. exercised over European minds, the author He made his last public appearance along with the Istgah Or- writes in this book. chestra and singer Askan Khatibi during the “Nostalgia” concerts The Tehran International Book Fair, which at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on March 15 and 16. is currently underway at Imam Khomeini He is survived by his wife Shirin and a son and a daughter. Mosalla, will run until May 12. The cover of the Persian version of “Persian Literary Influence on English Literature” written by Hasan Javadi. WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES Painting Composer Hormoz Farhat honored in homeland Iran Paintings by Roya Najafzadeh ARTTEHRAN – The Ireland- Tehran,” he said. are on display in an exhibition deskbased Iranian musician He added music has made good progress entitled “Sensational” at Daargoun Hormoz Farhat, who is most famous for in the country and that people must learn Gallery. theme music for director Dariush Mehrjui’s that music is an important art. The exhibit will continue until 1969 cult film “The Cow”, was honored during “However, the art will find its high status May 9 at the gallery located at 14 a ceremony organized at the Iranian Artists when we can create a new school in Iranian Bashardoost Dead End, Kusha St. Forum last Tuesday. music,” he noted. off Shariati Ave. Farhat who was once the dean of the Farhat has studied music at the University Music Faculty of the University of Tehran of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Illustration returned home after about 40 years to Mills College, California, graduating with Emad Seyyedena is showcasing attend the ceremony, where maestros the degrees of BA in music, and MA and a collection of his latest illustrations Loris Tjeknavorian and Hushang Kamkar Ph.D. in composition and ethnomusicology. in an exhibition at Shalman Gallery. delivered speeches. After holding a number of academic music The exhibit titled “You Tell Tjeknavorian said that those who follow posts in the USA and Iran, he took up the My Tale” will run until May 9 at music in the country have organized the post of professor of music at Trinity College the gallery that can be found at 27 gathering. Dublin in 1982 until his retirement in 1995. Kavusi Alley, West Rudbar St., off Kamkar called Farhat an honorable As a composer, he has written a sizeable Mirdamad Blvd. musician who has trained many great students. body of works including concertos for piano, Composer Shahin Farhat who is Hormoz’s flute and clarinet, six string quartets and Photo-collage cousin said, “He still needs to write more. numerous chamber works. An exhibition of photo-collages He owes a lot to Iran’s music. His works Farhat collaborated with Mehrjui by Mohsen Ehteshami is currently are unforgettable.” in “Cow”, which won the International For his part, Hormoz, 90, expressed great Hormoz Farhat speaks at a ceremony organized by the Iranian Artists Forum on May 1, Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) underway at Afrand Gallery. 2018 to honor the composer for his professional career. (Mehr/ Mohammadreza Abbasi) Ehteshami has used a number of thanks to the organizers and also musician Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1971. Iranian historical photos to create the Amir-Mahyar Tafreshipur for the help and him to return home after all these years. and received positive energy from every It was the first award that Iranian cinema collection for the exhibit, which will words of encouragement he gave to convince “After all these years I have enjoyed single thing here except the traffic jams of received in an international event. run until May 18 at the gallery located at 48 Jalal Hosseini St., Jahan Ara St., off Jalal Ale-Ahmad Highway. Nobel prize in literature 2018 Under fire, Academy of Motion Pictures cancelled after sexual assault scandal expels Cosby, Polanski Photo Arte Gallery is playing host LONDON (The Guardian) — The LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The to an exhibition of photographs by Swedish Academy announced on Friday Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Zohreh Solati. morning that there would be no Nobel Sciences expelled television’s Bill The exhibit entitled “Self- laureate for literature selected in 2018, as it Cosby and Oscar-winning director Finding” will continue until May attempts to come to terms with controversy Roman Polanski on Thursday as the 13 at the gallery that can be found over its links to a man accused of sexual Academy Awards presenter responded at No. 3, 2nd St. off Golestan St., off assault. to sexual misconduct allegations Alikhani Blvd. For the first time since 1949, the roiling Hollywood. secretive jury that hands out the world’s Cosby and Polanski are the first Sculpture most prestigious literary award will not known members expelled for violating A collection of sculptures unveil a winner this autumn, instead a conduct code the Academy adopted made of scrap materials by Mehdi revealing two winners in 2019. The in December following intense public Sahabi is on display in an exhibition decision, announced at 9am Swedish time pressure from hundreds of accusations Protesters outside the Swedish Academy Film director Roman Polanski arrives at at Atbin Gallery. following a meeting on Thursday, comes of harassment or assault in the building in Stockholm on April 19. The the Madeleine Church to attend a cere- The collection titled “Lovely after a string of sexual assault allegations entertainment industry. mainly female crowds were showing their mony during a ‘popular tribute’ to late Scraps” will run until May 15 at the made against the French photographer The Academy said in a statement its support for former permanent secretary French singer and actor Johnny Hally- gallery located at 42 Khakzad Alley, Jean-Claude Arnault, the husband of Board of Governors met on Tuesday Sara Danius who had stepped down. (Fre- day in Paris, France, December 9, 2017. Vali-e Asr Ave near the Parkway academy member and poet Katarina and voted to remove Cosby and drik Persson/EPA) (Reuters/Charles Platiau) Intersection. Frostenson. Polanski, who had been members The Swedish Academy said that it after a three-hour meeting. since 1996 and 1969, respectively. following pleading guilty for fear Drawing took the decision “in view of the currently Membership of the academy, which was “The Board continues to encourage his deal with prosecutors would be Haft-Samar Gallery is playing diminished academy and the reduced established in 1786 by Swedish king Gustav ethical standards that require members overruled and he would get a lengthy public confidence in the academy”. to uphold the Academy’s values of host to an exhibition of drawings by III, is intended to be for life, resulting in prison term. Polanski’s case is ongoing. a group of artists, including Parastu “The active members of the Swedish any resignations leaving an empty chair respect for human dignity,” the body His attorney Harland Braun said Maqsud, Zohreh Abbasian, Sara Academy are of course fully aware that the until the jury member’s death. Following whose 8,000 members vote on the Polanski was not given the chance to Saberi, Mahdieh Sohrabi, Amin present crisis of confidence places high the spate of recent departures, Sweden’s Oscars said in the statement. present his case before the Academy. Aqai and Sadeq Adhami. demands on a long-term and robust work King Carl XVI Gustaf announced he would The expulsion comes as the “It’s just shocking that the Academy The exhibit will run until May 9 for change. We find it necessary to commit change the rules, allowing new members entertainment industry grapples with would expel someone without a fair at the gallery located at No. 8, Fifth time to recovering public confidence in to be appointed to replace resigning misconduct allegations that have led hearing,” Bruan said in a telephone Alley, Kuh-e Nur St., Motahari Ave. the academy before the next laureate can members. to dozens of politicians, businessmen interview. be announced. This is out of respect for With only 10 active members on and entertainers stepping down or In response, the Academy pointed previous and future literature laureates, the 18-person jury, the academy said being dropped from creative projects, to its conduct code, which says the the Nobel Foundation, and the general it would spend the year rebuilding its sparking the #MeToo social movement board “retains its independent duty public,” said Anders Olsson, interim membership and overhauling its practices, and the Time’s Up campaign against and authority ... to address and take “Black Panther” knocks out permanent secretary of the academy. including “modernizing” its statutes. It workplace harassment and equal pay. action on any matter.” “Infinity War” in MTV movie After the allegations against Arnault also said that “routines will be tightened Cosby, 80, who was known as The Academy declined to say if were made public in November, three regarding conflict-of-interest issues and “America’s Dad” for his role on popular Cosby and Polanski’s convictions nominations members of the 18-strong jury that selects the management of information classified 1980s TV comedy “The Cosby Show,” played a role in their expulsion. the literature laureate resigned in protest as secret”. was convicted last week of drugging A Cosby representative did LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Superhero movie “Black Panther” over the decision not to expel Frostenson. How the academy chooses the winner of and sexually assaulting Andrea not respond to a requests seeking scored a leading seven nominations on Thursday for the MTV Arnault was also accused of leaking the the literature award has remained opaque Constand in 2004. He faces up to 30 comment. Movie & TV awards, delivering a knockout punch to box-office names of seven former Nobel winners. over the last century. Each February, years in prison, and his attorney has Four Academy members are now blockbuster “Avengers: Infinity War.” He denies both claims. academy members review around 200 vowed to appeal the conviction. known to have been expelled. Once Supernatural television show “Stranger Things” landed six With academy members engaging nominations, coming up with a shortlist Polanski, 84, who won the best powerful producer Harvey Weinstein nods, MTV announced, including a best performance nomination in unprecedented fights in the Swedish by May, and then reading up on the five director Oscar in 2003 for “The was expelled in October after numerous for 14-year-old Millie Bobby Brown. press, permanent secretary of the academy authors still in the running for the prize Pianist”, in 1977 admitted to having women accused him of decades-long The youth-oriented TV network, known for its irreverent award Sara Danius resigned on April12 – to over the summer. The winner is the author unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl sexual misconduct. shows, again dispensed with gender classifications, placing men widespread protests in Sweden over the deemed to best fulfil Alfred Nobel’s desire in Los Angeles. Actor Carmine Caridi was expelled and women together in performance categories in a move to implication that she was taking the hit for to reward “the most outstanding work in The French-Polish director lives in 2004 for distributing copies of films embrace equality and gender fluidity. male misbehaviour – as did Frostenson, an ideal direction”. in France and fled the United States that are sent to members.