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Iran ranks 27th among world’s biggest economies: WB Drone strikes disrupt almost TEHRAN — Having a 0.53 percent share South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, and of the global economy, Iran holds the 27th Finland, IRIB reported on Sunday. place in the list of world’s top economies, According to WB, the United States according to the World Bank (WB). and China are the world’s most powerful Based on the latest data released by economies, accounting for 23.89 percent WB, Iran’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15.86 percent of the world’s economy, half of Saudi oil capacity tops that of many other countries in the respectively, followed by Japan, Germany, U.S. may tap emergency oil reserves to cover supply disruptions region and world including Norway, UAE, Britain, France and India. 4 See page 4 U.S. maximum pressure has turned into ‘maximum deceit’: Iran TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister oil installations in Saudi Arabia on Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday Saturday. that the United States’ failed policy of “Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks maximum pressure on Iran has turned on Saudi Arabia” and that “there is no into “maximum deceit”. evidence the attacks came from Yemen,” “Having failed at ‘maximum pressure’, Pompeo tweeted. Secretary Pompeo is turning to ‘maximum Pompeo added, “The United States deceit’,” Zarif tweeted. will work with our partners and allies to Zarif’s comments came as U.S. Sec- ensure that energy markets remain well retary of State Mike Pompeo blamed supplied and Iran is held accountable for Iran for the Yemeni drone attacks on its aggression.” 2 Iraqi forces dismantle terror group ahead of Arba’een TEHRAN—Iraqi security forces have Saturday that security forces within dismantled a terrorist group as it was the Samarra Operations Command planning attacks on Shia Muslims during managed to detain the six members mourning rituals on Arba’een, which of the terror outfit. marks 40 days after the anniversary of the “Their arrest was made following a

martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), qualitative and proactive operation, and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad based on accurate information. Among the (PBUH). detainees is a woman, who is the wife of a Iraq’s Security Media Cell an- known terrorist in Syria,” the statement File photo nounced in a statement released on noted. 13 ARTICLE Controversial movie “Hussein, Who Said No” illegally uploaded on YouTube, Facebook, EarthLink ARTICLE Ramin Hossein Abadian By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet Ministry, Legal Department of the Presidential Hazrat Abbas (AS), the brother of Imam Hus- Hanaa Saada Mehr News Agency TEHRAN — The Arabic version of “Hussein, Who Office and other relevant organizations to in- sein (AS), Hazrat Ali-Akbar (AS) and Hazrat Journalist journalist Said No”, Iranian director Ahmadreza Darvish’s vestigate the issue and to stop illegal copying Ali Asghar (AS), the sons of the Imam, and controversial movie about the uprising of Imam of his film. Hazrat Qasim (AS), the son of Imam Hassan Hussein (AS) against the Umayyad dynasty in He also called on people to not watch, (AS), have been depicted graphically in scenes The new Saudi- 680 CE, has illegally been uploaded on YouTube, download, and/or copy his film and also to of the film. Algeria’s political Facebook and EarthLink. prevent others from doing these “haram and In a letter sent to the Cinema Organization American plan The Arabic version entitled “Alqorban” was illegal actions.” of Iran at that time, the Muslim cleric Ayatollah impasse: What is next? available for download on the websites last Darvish spent 11 years making the film, which Nasser Makarem Shirazi censured the screening in eastern Syria Tuesday. was completed in 2013. Its premiere during the of the film. ALGERIA — Seven months after a wave Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation, as one of 32nd Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran “We know that this action will cause a negative of protests began in Algeria; people are doomed to fail the main shareholders of the movie, which was in February 2014 sparked a storm of protest from impact… Does the Iran Cinema Organization still pilling onto the streets of the Algerian officially banned in 2015, announced on Saturday some ulemas over its depiction of Shia saints. plan to infringe upon sanctities and ignore the capital “Algiers” and other cities nation- TEHRAN — The U.S. and Saudi Arabia that it will take legal action against those who Meanwhile, the film was honored at the fes- redlines?,” he wrote. wide every Friday, reiterating their main have just begun new actions in eastern are involved in this piracy. tival with Crystal Simorghs in eight categories, The depiction of Prophet Muhammad (S) demands: the departure of the regime and Syria. Meanwhile, a leaked audio from a In a statement published on Sunday, Darvish including best film and best director. and his household in any art production is not its symbols and the application of Articles Syrian opponent reveals that Riyadh and also asked Iran’s police, Foreign Ministry, Interior The faces of the actors playing the roles of allowed by ulemas. 16 7 and 8 of the Constitution stating that the Washington are launching a new plan in constituent power belongs to the people. eastern Syria. The demonstrations have gained a fa- The leaked audio, in which Michel Kilo, one miliar rhythm and worldwide admiration of the Syrian opposition leaders, is speaking, Who’s the terrorist now — MBS or the Houthis? since tens of thousands of Algerians first shows that these parties intend to launch a By Hossein Askari ates, intelligence and mid-air refueling supplied MBS for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi who was took, peacefully, to the streets on 22 Feb- specific plan in eastern Syria. In the audio, The recent drone attack on Saudi oil facilities, by the United States and sophisticated military a legal resident of the United States and a contrib- ruary. Thousands of students turn out on he emphasizes that Riyadh and Washington attributed to and acknowledged by the Houthis, hardware bought from the United States, the utor to the Washington Post. The United States Tuesdays and there are larger protests each have formed a group called “Tribal Council” has brought out the same accusations as usual United Kingdom and France have been well has enabled MBS’ war crimes in Yemen and yet Friday revolting against former opaque throughout Syria. Kilo stated: “the Geneva from MBS, Trump and Pompeo. documented by the United Nations. condemns the Houthis who are after all Yemenis group of power-brokers that have run the process faces international disregard, the MBS, the man who undoubtedly ordered All the while, the Trump Administration has fighting for their cause, whether we agree or disagree country since decades. weakness of the United Nations, and the lack the kidnapping, murder and dismemberment given its wholehearted support to this same MBS. with their cause and tactics. If Saudi Arabia bombs After weeks of mass demonstrations, of Russian-American agreement.” He added, of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, has imprisoned And on September 14, Secretary of State Pompeo the Houthis and their civilian families, surely one President of the Republic Abdelaziz “Tribal Council was formed due to disapproval and tortured Saudi citizens, has victimized the took his wholehearted support of MBS one step can understand the Houthis for retaliating against Bouteflika stepped down, ceding power of Kurdish political project by the U.S.” 12 percent of Saudis who belong to the Shia sect further by attributing the attack on Saudi oil facilities Saudi Arabia in any way that they can? If the Unit- after 20 years of rule and abandoning his Noting that Saudi Arabian and U.S. of Islam, has plundered the state treasury to fi- to Iran. The Trump Administration’s hubris and ed States supports Saudi military intervention in re-election bid. The protesters pressured officials did not directly enter the areas nance the lavish lifestyle of his tribe and who has sanctimonious lectures on who is and who is not Yemen and its indiscriminate bombing, surely the authorities, again, to cancel presidential controlled by the Kurds during their visit to relentlessly bombed dissident Yemeni Houthis a terrorist and on the sanctity of human rights will Iran has the right to support its Houthi allies? As elections originally scheduled for April. eastern Syria, he called the action a “clear and their civilian families for over four years, now fall on deaf ears. The Trump Administration should an aside but in the same region, the United States Despite the postponement of the elec- message” from the U.S. to the Kurds. He condemns the Houthis and their Iranian backers well remember that a country is judged by what also supports Netanyahu’s crimes, internationally tion, the public anger continued to mount. declared that Washington told the Kurds as terrorists. The horrors of Saudi war crimes, it does and who it supports, not by what it tweets. illegal on many counts, against Palestinians and Thus, Army chief Gaid Salah emerged as that they are not in charge of this area. Kilo with military support of the United Arab Emir- The United States has been unwilling to blame their human rights. 13 the key powerbroker positioning himself pointed out, “The U.S. and Saudi Arabia in favor of El Hirak “Popular movement”. are trying to organize the area to form He publicly disavowed the former leader a political reality based on Arab tribes.” and called for his impeachment, winning These statements come as news sources legitimacy in the streets. announced in mid-June that the Saudi Purging Corruption Minister of State for Arab (Persian) Gulf Italian Gaid Salah responded favorably to pro- Affairs Thamer Al Sabhan , the U.S. Un- testers’ demands, launching a sweeping dersecretary of State Joel Rubin and for- ambassador anti-graft campaign targeting high-ranked mer U.S. ambassador to Bahrain William officials that have served the Bouteflika Roebuck arrived in Deir Ez-Zor, east of government as well as influential tycoons Syria and met with some of the sheikhs and visits Tehran and businessman. tribal figures in the area. At the meeting, Two Prime Ministers, namely; Ahmed apparently, the preparations for forming Times, Mehr Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal, the deposed the council were discussed. President’d brother Said Bouteflika, tens of The fact is that the U.S. is working to news agency ministers, leading industrialists, tycoons, key reinforce its policies in the eastern Euphra- businessmen, Governors, and two former tes, east and north of Syria. In this respect, Giuseppe Perrone, Italy’s ambassador to Teh- Intelligence chiefs, have been remanded in the U.S. seeks to turn the situation in the ran, visited the Tehran Times and Mehr news custody for accusations ranging from money area in its own favor, so that its interests agency on Sunday morning. laundering, embezzlement, misuse of public are not affected by further changes.

Mohammadreza Abbasi Ambassador Perrone exchanged views with money to using officials posts to influence Therefore, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia journalists on cultural and touristic issues in industrial and commercial contracts and have agreed on a joint plan to form a “proxy view of the fact that Iran and Italy are consid- granting undue privileges, affiliation to state” in eastern Syria. In this plan, Saudi ered rich countries in terms of cultural and suspicious parties that plot to destabilize Arabia should pay all the expenses of the artistic heritage. the country, plotting against the army, proxy state, and in return the U.S. will The ambassador submitted his credentials and instigating the opposition to call for Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ perform all necessary administrative to President Rouhani on August 18. a transitional phase before holding any measures to achieve the goal. 6 election. 13 II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY POLITICSPOLITICS SEPTEMBER 16, 16, 2019 2019 ELECTION COUNTDOWN Reuters scraping the barrel U.S. maximum pressure has implicating Iran in Yemeni drone attacks turned into ‘maximum deceit’: Iran It appears the western MSM have found a new pretext to further their pro-war line on Iran, this time using a Yemeni drone attack into key Saudi oil installations to provoke anti-Iran sentiment. Tehran reiterates its proposal to end the Yemen crisis The strike was carried out by 10 unmanned aerial vehicles, who 1 Zarif said blaming Iran for the “Such remarks and actions resemble targeted the globe’s largest oil-processing facility in Abqaiq and dangers ensuing the Saudi-led war on Yemen intelligence organizations’ planning to the kingdom’s second-biggest oil field in Khurais on Saturday. “won’t end the disaster”. tarnish a country’s image and lay grounds The attack, slashing about 6 percent of world oil supply, has Iran’s four-point plan put forward in for future moves,” Mousavi said. already rattled the markets, with the kingdom’s benchmark stock April 2015 is the remedy for the current He also said that the only way to ease index falling as much as 3.1 percent on Saturday in Riyadh. situation, Zarif insisted. tension in the region and end the Yemeni Yemen’s Houthi forces have taken responsibility for the strike, “Blaming Iran won’t end disaster. Ac- crisis are stopping the Saudi-led attacks on which came as the latest in a series of assaults against the Saudi cepting our April 15 proposal to end war Yemen, ending Western countries’ political economic infrastructure this year. and begin talks may,” Zarif pointed out. and arms aid to aggressors and also finding But the western governments, and the western mainstream In April 2015, Zarif submitted a letter to a political solution. media, seem bent on implicating Iran in the case, preparing the Ban Ki-moon, then UN secretary general, Drone attacks by Yemenis struck two ground for ratcheting up pressure on Tehran. outlining Iran’s four-point peace plan for key oil installations inside Saudi Arabia on Change of tack Yemen. Saturday, damaging facilities that process The Yemeni movement has admitted to launching similar The plan calls for an immediate cease- the vast majority of the country’s crude out- drone and rocket attacks against Riyadh and its allies, some of fire and end of all foreign military attacks, put and raising the risk of a disruption in which have targeted oil pumping stations. humanitarian assistance, a resumption of world oil supplies. These attacks have so far been widely under-reported by the broad national dialogue and establishment Writing on his Twitter account, U.S. Sen- Saudi-led coalition and the western MSM, perhaps as part of a of an inclusive national unity government. ator Chris Murphy said Pompeo’s claim is strategy to reduce the psychological effect of the attacks and Iran’s chief diplomat went on to say that “irresponsible simplification and it’s how boost morale of the Saudi-led coalition. the United States and its “clients” in the we get into dumb wars of choice.” Notably, several MSM outlets reported as unchallenged facts the region are caught in the Yemen quagmire Saudi Arabia launched military campaign UAE denial of Houthi attacks against Abu Dhabi airport last year. because they suffered from the illusion that against Yemen in March 2015 with the aim The same outlets preferred to ignore videos published by possession of sophisticated arms would lead Mousavi said, “Even in the international The Foreign Ministry spokesman likened of eliminating the Yemeni Houthi Ansarul- Houthis late May documenting the airport attack. to victory. relations, hostility has some logical frame- Pompeo’s remarks to plots by spy agencies lah movement and reinstalling the Yemen’s However, the coalition and its western backers are blaming “The U.S. and its clients are stuck in work which has been trespassed by the U.S. to discredit a country in order to pursue former President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, some of the attacks on Iran in recent months, as Yemeni strikes Yemen because of illusion that weapon officials.” their goals. who has close ties with the Saudis. against Saudi facilities have become more frequent and lethal. superiority will lead to military victory,” Failing to achieve either of its goals, And the latest attack on Saudi oil facilities is no exception, Zarif stated. Riyadh has not stopped bombing Yemeni despite all the evidence suggesting it is a Yemeni job. “The U.S. and its clients are stuck in Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman targets, creating a protracted conflict which Was it really Iran? Abbas Mousavi also responded to Pom- Yemen because of illusion that weapon has so far led to the killings of over 12,000 Yemeni people have every reason to retaliate against Saudi peo’s claims, saying, “Such accusations superiority will lead to military victory,” Yemenis, starvation of 14 million people, Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition has been waging a devastating and unfruitful remarks are meaningless and the destruction of the poor country’s aerial bombing operation in Yemen for years as part of a “de- Zarif states. within diplomatic framework.” infrastructure. mocracy-promotion” campaign. The world has kept mum on the plight of the Yemeni people, and the western media outlets have done their best to veil the truth in Yemen. By the way, the UN investigators have reported some Houthi Through seeking talks with Iran, Trump intends the region to recognize Israel: ex-diplomat drones are likely to have a range of up to 930 miles. That puts most of Saudi Arabia in their range, including the POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ahmad Dastmalchian, Rouhani noted that the U.S. refrained from fulfilling its at bi-monthly intervals. desk Abqaiq plant, which is located some 500 miles from Yemeni Iran’s former ambassador to Lebanon, commitments by withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, In follow-up to that deadline, on July 7 Iran announced soil and has been targeted by Houthis several times in the past. has said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s objective in formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. that it has started enriching uranium to a higher purity than Moreover, Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected the claims as “blind seeking talks with Iran is a recognition of the Zionist regime Pointing to Iran’s third step in reducing its commitments the 3.67% as the Europeans missed the 60-day deadline to and fruitless accusations”. of Israel in the Middle East. under the deal, he said that the action has been done under devise a concrete mechanism to protect the country from Separately, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif “The United States seeks recognition of the Zionist regime the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency the U.S. sanctions. dismissed the U.S. allegations on Sunday, saying the U.S. and in the region and uses various countries as slave on this (IAEA) and is reversible. In a letter to European Union foreign policy chief its allies were “stuck in Yemen” and that accusing Tehran “won’t path such as the view it has about Saudi Arabia, and seeking Rouhani said on September 3 that holding “bilateral” Federica Mogherini on September 5, Foreign Minister end the disaster”. talks with Iran is in line with this objective of the United talks with the U.S. is not on the agenda. Mohammad Javad Zarif announced that as a third step Iraq has also denied media reports claiming its soil was used States,” ISNA quoted Dastmalchian as saying on Sunday. “We’ve said it before time and again, and we say it again Iran stops implementing all commitments related to nuclear to launch the drones. “However, the resistance front counters them. The that we have no intention to hold bilateral talks with the research and development (R&D) under the JCPOA. Of note, a Saudi Interior Ministry statement carried by the United States seeks to divide the regional countries, but United States,” Rouhani told the parliament as he was “The Iranian foreign minister sent a letter to Mogherini, state-run Saudi Press Agency blames nobody for the attack and the resistance front makes efforts for the countries to be defending his nominees for the post of education and announcing that the Islamic Republic of Iran stops all says an investigation is underway. independent from the United States and the Zionist regime,” tourism ministers. commitments in the area of research and development It’s Iran! he remarked. Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in May 2018 and under the JCPOA because of consequences of the United Yet, U.S. State Secretary Michael Pompeo, who is famous In a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel imposed the harshest ever sanctions on Tehran. However, States’ withdrawal from the deal and the three European for his hawkish stance on Iran, pointed the finger squarely at Macron on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani said it Trump has been repeatedly calling for dialogue with Iran. countries’ failure to implement their commitments,” Foreign Tehran, for the first time. makes no sense to hold talks with the United States when Trump has announced that his administration is putting Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said. The top U.S. diplomat said there was no evidence the attack sanctions against Iran are in place. “maximum pressure” against Iran to bring Tehran to the “In this letter, it has been said that this action is in was launched from Yemen, so the world must join hands to “From the viewpoint of the government, parliament negotiating table. line with Iran’s rights under the JCPOA and within the ensure “Iran is held accountable for its aggression”! and the people of Iran, negotiations with the United States On May 8, exactly one year after the U.S. withdrawal, paragraph 36 of it and is in response to violation of the Despite all the evidence, many western outlets listened to make no sense when sanctions remain,” Rouhani said. Tehran began reducing its commitments to the agreement JCPOA during the past 16 months.” Pompeo and refused to point to the Yemeni origin of the attacks in their headlines, referring to them by the likes of “Saudi oil attacks” or “drone strikes”. This is while even some politicians in the U.S. have moved Zarif meets Indian to cast doubt on Pompeo’s allegations. “This is such irresponsible simplification and its how we get foreign secretary, expresses into dumb wars,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy tweeted. Some public figures have pointed the biggest beneficiary of concern over Kashmir the drone attacks is the U.S. Second Announcement POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign The Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom tweeted on Sunday deskMinister Mohammad Javad Zarif INTERNATIONAL CALL OF REVISED ONE STAGE TENDER that the incident will have a number of positives for President met with Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Donald Trump, as “Saudi will have to increase security supplied in Tehran on Sunday. by the U.S.” and the “oil prices will rise and the U.S. is now a FOR PURCHASE OF 1000 MT CRUSHED BATH The officials discussed bilateral relations and large exporter of oil”. cooperation in various areas. According to Dotcom, blaming Iran will allow the U.S. to Zarif expressed concerns over situation of the FOR ALUMINUM INGOT SMELTER PLANT then “go to war, take control of Iran’s oil which pays for the war.” people in Kashmir and expressed hope their con- Linguistic gymnastics Th dition would improve. TENDER No.: 98/367 DATE.: 14 ,Sep.,2019 But on Sunday Reuters scraped the very bottom of the barrel trying to implicate Iran in the case, resorting to linguistic gym- 1.Subject.: Iran Alumina Company (IAC) intends to purchase the following high quality Crushed nastics to show the country as the main culprit. India’s ruling BJP ideological The title of a major Reuters piece reads, “Iran dismisses U.S. Bath via one stage Tender according to following conditions as mentioned in the relevant Tender claim it was behind Saudi oil attacks, says ready for war”. allies advise Modi to ignore documents .: The headline has mixed two separate accounts by Iranian officials to advance its pro-war agenda. U.S., go for Iranian oil 2. Bid Bond Gurantee(BBG): 35,000( thirty five thousands) Euro/or 4,400,000,000 Rials The first part of the headline refers to remarks by Iran’s Foreign (FNA) — An ideological affiliate of India’s governing Ministry on Sunday, but the second part refers to statements 3. Tender proposal.: Since the tendering is to be done in one stage ,thus the eligible Bidders by a senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander in a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now come out and pre-recorded, subtitled interview published on Sunday. advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider should follow and regard the relevant Tender instructions and present and submit all of required In the talk, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, New Delhi’s decision, to ignore U.S. demands not justified documents and the mentioned Tender envelopes in one package for each Good Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, warned that Tehran is to purchase oil from Iran as it would represent a fully prepared to retaliate if attacked. strategic setback for India. together.The eligible Bidders may propose for one or all of the above mentioned raw materials “Everybody should know that all American bases and their “By its decision (not to purchase oil from Iran) separately according to the relevant tender documents and requirements according their vessels in a distance of up to 2,000 kilometers [from Iran] are India is on the way to losing the Chabahar port to capabilities. within the range of our missiles,” he said, in remarks similar to China, which has continued to purchase Iranian those made by IRGC commanders once and often. crude oil, ignoring the U.S. Losing Chabahar would 4. Closing Date.:The eligible Bidders should submit their Bids/proposal to the central Dozens of references to Iran could be found in the article, be a major strategic setback,” said Ashwini Maha- pushing the reader to believe Iran has something to do with jan, national co-convener of the Swadeshi Jagaran administration office as mentioned below and also in the Tender documents before 14:00 pm the attacks. Manch (SJM), or Forum for National Self-Reliance, ,local time , on the day, 13th October ,2019 . Reuters also describes Houthi forces as “Iran-backed” or an affiliate of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), “Iran-aligned”. Can’t one argue the Saudi forces are also “U.S.- according to Russia’s Sputnik News. 5. Opening Date.: 15th October , 2019 backed”, considering the vast U.S. support offered to the kingdom’s India’s strategic relations with Iran go beyond expensive war machine? Why doesn’t Reuters mention that? the oil trade. New Delhi is developing the strategic 6. Contact information .: For more details and receiving the relevant Tender documents , the Of note, both Iran and the Houthis deny allegations that Chabahar port, considered a golden gateway for Tehran is arming Yemenis. its trade with Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asian Bidders can refer to the following contact information. Separately, Bloomberg on Sunday claimed the attack is “set countries. The port, situated on the Indian Ocean to escalate a showdown pitting Saudi Arabia and the U.S. against in Iran›s Sistan and Baluchistan province, is easily Add : Km 7 of Sankhast Road ,city of Jajarm , Northern Khorasan Province,IRAN,P.O.Box:1135- Iran, which backs proxy groups from Yemen to Iran to Lebanon”. accessible from India’s Western coast. It is seen as 94415 ,Commercial department / legal and contractual Affairs . 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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 Kadkhodaei: Seizure of Iran’s assets in Rouhani felicitates Nicaragua Canada is an example of ‘economic terrorism’ on Independence Day POLITICAL TEHRAN — Abbasali Superior Court of Justice in August reveals. deskKadkhodaei, the spokes- The valuable Ottawa property, sold for POLITICAL TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has man for the Guardian Council, has de- $26.5 million, was used as the Iranian deskoffered his congratulations to the Nicaraguan scribed the recent move by Canada to sell Cultural Center, and the Toronto build- people and government over the country’s Independence Day. $30 million worth of Iranian assets as a ing, sold for $1.85 million, served as the In a message to his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega blatant example of “state-run economic Center for Iranian Studies, the Global Saavedra on Sunday, Rouhani congratulated the 198th anniversary terrorism.” News reported. of the Central American country’s independence, Tasnim reported. “Economic terrorism is a method in In addition to the $28 million earned He also expressed Iran’s willingness to strengthen friendly which Western governments seize or from the sale of the two properties, the ties between the two countries. confiscate other nations’ economic re- victims were also awarded a share of Rouhani hailed the recent “serious steps” taken by the two sources and interests through misusing some $2.6 million seized from Iran’s countries to boost cooperation in all areas, including bilateral trade. legal tools without fair legal procedures,” bank accounts. Documents also list a Nicaragua declared independence from Spain on Septem- Kadkhodaei tweeted on Saturday evening, Toyota Camry and Mazda MPV. ber 15, 1821. Tasnim reported. In particular, they include the family Promotion of ties with Latin American countries has been “Canada’s seizure of Iranian state of Marla Bennett, a U.S. citizen killed in among the top priorities of the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy properties is a blatant example of state- a 2002 bombing that rocked the Hebrew over the past decades. run economic terrorism,” remarked University in Jerusalem al-Quds. Kadkhodaei, a law expert. The attacks are mostly blamed on “Canada’s action is contrary to generally Palestinian and Lebanese resistance recognized principles of international law, movements Hamas and Hezbollah. U.S. bases, vessels within including the principle of sovereignty,” The families claimed that the Iranian the Guardian Council spokesman added. government supported the two organ- Iran’s reach: commander He also called on Iran’s Judiciary to izations and was therefore responsible take a countermeasure against the Ca- for their actions. POLITICAL TEHRAN — U.S. military bases and vessels nadian government. victims of terrorist attacks in which Iran have received their share of the money Iran has denied any role in the attacks, deskin the region are within the reach of Iranian The comments came after a report by says has not been involved, according earned through the sale of two Irani- saying the court ruling is an unlawful missiles, says commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Global News said Canada had gifted some to Press TV. an-owned buildings in Ottawa and To- move that will have consequences for (IRGC) Aerospace Force. $30 million worth of Iranian assets to the According to the report, the victims ronto, a document filed in the Ontario the Ottawa government if not revoked. For example, U.S. destroyers and frigates, which are stationed up to 2,000 kilometers from the Islamic Republic are within the reach of Iran, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said on Sunday. The commander said that after Iran shot down a U.S. spy Iranian supertanker’s oil sold to private entity: official drone over the Persian Gulf in July, the IRGC Aerospace Force POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador to the Tehran, however, rejected London’s claim about the tanker’s was on high alert in a way that Iranian missiles were zeroed in deskUK has said that his country’s decision to destination and slammed the seizure as “piracy.” on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Al Dhafra Air Base in the United deliver oil to a private company in Syria by Adrian Darya-1 According to Spain’s Foreign Ministry, the UK had seized Arab Emirates, and an American warship in the Sea of Oman, supertanker was in no contrast to an agreement to not sell the the vessel at the request of the U.S., which has been trying to Mehr reported. cargo to a country under European Union sanctions. trouble Iran’s international oil vessels as part of its campaign Hamid Baeedinejad’s remarks came after Gibraltar’s of economic pressure against the Islamic Republic. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said that Iran had announced Late last month, the United States blacklisted the vessel that its oil would not be transferred to countries under and put its captain on the sanctions list, according to the U.S. EU sanctions. Treasury Department. Iran had not undertaken any commitment, so by selling A report by The Financial Times revealed on September Iranian oil to private company even if it is transferred to Syria, 4 that four days before the U.S. imposed sanctions on the the EU cannot accuse Iran of breaching its official position, tanker, the vessel’s Indian captain received an unusual email Baeedinejad wrote on his Twitter page on Sunday. from Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran at He reiterated that Picardo’s remarks are exactly the same the Department of State. as Iran’s stances. On September 7, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad The envoy expressed happiness that it is now clear to will identify its destination. Javad Zarif posted a tweet where he asked his American coun- everyone that by Iran’s commitments, the UK meant those He referred to his meeting with the top UK diplomat, say- terpart Mike Pompeo if extortion meant “offering bribes for official remarks and the official written note of the Iranian ing the UK’s measures against Adrian Darya were against theft of oil & designating those who refuse?” diplomatic mission. international regulations. On September 6, Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organiza- Earlier, Western media quoted Picardo as saying, “You The EU sanctions cannot be extended to third countries, tion Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali said that the U.S. can see from the images that the oil has ended up in Syria, he added. is not as strong as it has been instilled in the minds of some “We would have hit those targets if the U.S. had shown a but that’s not to say that there’s a breach of the undertaking Despite, the U.S. threats, oil tanker sold its oil to a private people, adding that Washington is even unable to detain the reaction,” he said. [by Iran].” company and has violated no rule, he reiterated. Iranian-flagged oil tanker which was at the time sailing near “We have been constantly preparing ourselves for a full-fledged He added, “We did not have an undertaking that the oil On July 4, Britain’s naval forces unlawfully seized super- the waters of the occupied Palestine. war,” Hajizadeh added. would not end up in Syria.” tanker Adrian Darya 1, then known as Grace 1, and its cargo in “America’s power is not as much as it has been said to us. Tensions started to build up between the U.S. and Iran after Baeedinejad had earlier said in a message that the su- the Strait of Gibraltar on the pretext that it had been suspected Because if it was so, then Adrain Darya 1 was not wandering U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the pertanker Adrian Darya’s cargo had been sold to a private of carrying crude to Syria in violation of the European Union’s around the occupied Palestine,” Jalali said, casting doubt on 2015 deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of company and has been delivered at sea, adding that its owner unilateral sanctions against the Arab country. Washington’s self-proclamation as the world’s superpower. Action (JCPOA), in May 2018 and imposed the harshest ever sanctions against Tehran in line with Washington’s “maximum Hawkish U.S. senator urges attack on Maximum pressure on Iran has failed: pressure” on the Islamic Republic. Tehran has slammed the sanctions, which have affected the lives of thousands of Iranians, as Iranian oil refineries National Interest “economic terrorism”. On June 20, amid escalating tensions between the two sides, the IRGC Aerospace downed an American RQ-4 Global Hawk drone over the Strait of Hormuz after it violated Iranian airspace. Despite the U.S. claims that the drone had been flying over international waters, Iran said it had retrieved sections of the drone in its own territorial waters where it was shot down. The drone was shot by Iran’s homegrown air defense missile system “Khordad-3rd”. In remarks last month, Hajizadeh said the shooting down of the intruding U.S. drone shattered the specter of war against the Islamic Republic. The enemies had launched an extensive propaganda campaign to threaten Iran with a war, in such a way that even the intelligence services of the friendly countries were warning Tehran about a looming military action, he said. “We were confident that if they (enemies) had made the first mistake, we would have attacked their bases around us,” the commander stated.

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Hawk- attack on Saudi Arabia’s huge Aramco oil What neither the Trump administration for Near East Policy debunk this notion deskish American Senator facilities in retaliation to persisting Saudi nor pressure advocates are prepared by describing how and why a financial Reformists won’t boycott Lindsey Graham has urged the U.S. lead- aerial strikes mostly against Yemeni pop- to acknowledge is that the way out of pinch on Iran does not translate into ers to consider an attack on Iranian oil ulation centers and public infrastructure. the current U.S.-Iranian impasse is re- retrenchment in Iranian regional ac- upcoming parliamentary refineries in response to new attacks on “Air Force of the Yemeni Army and turn to compliance with the JCPOA or tivity,” he added. Saudi oil refineries. Popular Committees, Saturday morn- something very much like it, according Pillar then argued that the Iranians elections: MP “It is now time for the U.S. to put on ing carried out a large-scale operation to the National Interest. in particular have strong political and the table an attack on Iranian oil refineries with 10 drones, targeting Abqaiq and In an opinion piece published on diplomatic incentives not to be seen POLITICAL TEHRAN — MP Mostafa Kavakebian has if they continue their provocations or Khurais refineries east of Saudi Arabia,” Saturday, Paul R. Pillar argued that it as caving. desksaid reformists would not boycott the up- increase nuclear enrichment,” Graham said Yemen’s Brig. Gen. Yahya Sare’e. is a sure sign that the Trump admin- “Trump also doesn’t want to be seen coming parliamentary elections even if they see that their said in a tweet on Saturday. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo istration’s campaign to squeeze Iran backing down, but he clearly wants a chances of victory is low. “Iran will not stop their misbehavior also took to Twitter to put the blame for into submission is a failure when those deal and will want one more than ever as until the consequences become more real, Saturday’s operation on Iran, claiming, who customarily favor pressuring Iran the U.S. election gets closer—especially like attacking their refineries, which will “Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks acknowledge that failure. if a failure to gain a trade agreement break the regime’s back,” he added. on Saudi Arabia” and that “there is no “Take what has become the ad- with China makes him even hungrier The U.S. senator also claimed, “Iranian evidence the attacks came from Yemen.” ministration’s go-to rationale for the for something that he can describe as supported Houthi rebels who attacked “The United States will work with our campaign in the face of other evidence a foreign policy accomplishment,” he Saudi oil refineries is yet another exam- partners and allies to ensure that energy that it is not working: the claim that said, concluding, “Perhaps the biggest ple of how Iran is wreaking havoc in the markets remain well supplied and Iran is held U.S. sanctions have undercut Iran’s element of flexibility in all this is Trump Middle East. The Iranian regime is not accountable for its aggression,” he added. ‘malign’ activity in the Middle East by having no qualms about inaccurate interested in peace - they’re pursuing nu- However, Tehran has rejected the reducing the funds available for such descriptions, which in this case could clear weapons and regional dominance.” claims, saying it is part of Washington’s activity,” Pillar said. mean describing a deal very similar The anti-Iran remarks came after new policy of “maximum deceit” against “In a recent op-ed, Dennis Ross and to the JCPOA as something quite dif- Yemeni forces staged a massive drone the Islamic Republic. Dana Stroul of the Washington Institute ferent.” “If for any reason we felt that we cannot have a serious competition and introduce candidates for all the seats, we will not boycott the elections and will announce to the people that they Europe to pay $15b to fund INSTEX: MP should participate and vote for any of the existing candidates they TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Chairman of the Parliament’s have agreed to deposit $15 billion in the Instrument in commitments was to bring Europeans to their senses,” wish,” Kavakebian said, Mosalas Online reported on Sunday. National Security and Foreign Policy Commitee Mojtaba Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX). he stated. He also ruled out the possibility of forming a coalition between Zonnour has said the European parties to the 2015 nuclear The payment will be made in three five-billion-dollar “With the active resistance of Islamic Iran, good things reformists and other factions for the elections, saying, “Our ex- deal plan to pay $15 billion to fund the long-awaited finan- instalments, he said, adding that all economic problems will happen, the conditions of the country will improve perience says that it is useless. In the elections of 1394 (2016) cial mechanism for trade with Iran, known as INSTEX. facing the sale of Iranian oil are slated to be resolved. and we will have a better future,” Zonnour said. we put some people in our list but later regretted.” In a speech in the central city of Qom on Sunday, “The Islamic Republic tolerated (Europe’s failure to INSTEX is a payment channel that France, Germany Parliamentary elections will be held on Feb. 21, 2020. Zonnour pointed to the recent talks between the Islamic meet JCPOA obligations) for a year and negotiated with and Britain - the three European signatories to the JCPOA The midterm elections of the Assembly of Experts will also be Republic and the European parties to the Joint Compre- the Europeans,” the MP noted. - have devised to continue trade with Tehran and bypass held on the same date in Tehran, Khorsan Razavi, North Khorasan, hensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and said the Europeans “After a year, the result of our moves to reduce (JCPOA) the U.S. embargoes. Fars and Qom provinces. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

STOCK MARKET Monthly steel exports TEDPIX 302395.7 IFX 3930.11 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir up 37% yr/yr CURRENCIES ECONOMY TEHRAN — Crude steel Rahmani said the country has achieved a deskexports by Iran’s major proper self-reliance in steel industry. USD 42,000 rials steel producers during the fifth Iranian Steel industry is one of the industries EUR 46,513 rials calendar month of Mordad (July 23-August in which some good investment has been 22) rose 37 percent compared to the same made and today it has become a production GBP 52,507 rials month in the previous year, IRIB reported advantage, the minister further underscored. citing the data released by Iranian Mines Iran’s annual steel production is planned AED 11,437 rials and Mining Industries Development and to reach 45 million tons by the Iranian Source: cbi.ir Renovation Organization (IMIDRO). calendar year 1400 (March 2021-March IMIDRO data show that the major 2022), according to Sarqini. producers exported 633,050 tons of steel Referring to the sanctions, the official in the fifth month of this year, rising from said, “All those who have imposed sanctions COMMODITIES 462,000 tons in the same month of the past against Iran aim to destroy he country’s year. production capabilities; therefore, the Brent $60.22/b Exports by these producers during the first Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade WTI $54.85/b five months of the current Iranian calendar prefers that the steel producers focus first year (March 21-August 22) have fallen four on production and in this due development OPEC Basket $60.51/b percent to 2,792 million tons from 2,904 projects with the physical progress of over Gold $1,490.55/oz million tons in the same time span of the 70 percent will also help achieve this target.” previous year. On June 15, the official had announced that Silver $17.52/oz In a press conference on June 8, Iranian the country’s annual crude steel production deputy industry, mining and trade minister is planned to reach 30 million tons in the Platinium $951.60/oz said the ministry has taken necessary current Iranian calendar year. Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com measures to maintain the country’s metal He put Iran’s crude steel production at exports despite U.S. sanctions. U.S. sanctions,” Jafar Sarqini told the Tehran by the end of the current Iranian calendar 25 million tons in the past year. “We have established a special working Times in the press conference. year (March 2020). Sarqini had also announced that Iran will group in the ministry which is closely The official noted that it is expected for Also, during a meeting with the members inaugurate steel projects with the capacity How to succeed doing assessing the situation and making necessary the exports from the country’s mining sector of Iran Steel Association on August 25, Iranian of at least 10 million tons during the current business within the African arrangements to mitigate the impact of the to, at least, reach the last year’s $8.5 billion Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Iranian calendar year. economy By Davis Austine Iran to hold exclusive expo of products E-Commerce Development Center to The ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Sulaymaniyah in late Dec. launch electronic signature next month is a major milestone in the integration of Africa’s markets – and a big opportunity for business. Provided critical parts of the ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s ECONOMY TEHRAN — desk agreement are finalized in time, countries are due to commence deskTrade Promotion E-Commerce trading under the AfCFTA on 1 July 2020. That will create new Organization (TPO) will hold an exclusive Development Center of Iran will launch impetus for investment, trade and industrialization across Africa. exhibit of Iranian products in Sulaymaniyah in electronic signature system for order The AfCFTA builds on years of effort by African governments Iraqi Kurdistan from December 24 to 28, registration process in the next Iranian to accelerate regional integration – and past progress provides an TPO portal published. calendar month (starts on September 23), encouraging indicator of the opportunities ahead. For example, the Holding this exhibition titled Sulaymaniyah the chairman of the center announced six-member East African Community and the 15-member Southern EXPO 2019 will be another step to expand in a press conference held at the place African Development Community have both seen their intra-bloc trade ties between the two neighbors. of the Ministry of Industry, Mining and trade grow at around 15% a year over the past decade. Iran and Iraq have been taking significant Trade on Sunday. How can companies capitalize on Africa’s economic integration steps for boosting economic relations in the Elaborating on the activities of to build successful regional or pan-African businesses? In our past few years. E-Commerce Development Center, Ali book, Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s The two countries are following up plans Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Rahbari said this center is active in three And for the third sector, the official Next Big Growth Market we point to four core tools to guide a for increasing their bilateral economic trade (ICCIMA) on April 7. sectors of e-commerce, e-government, said that developing application of company’s expansion in Africa. to over $20 billion. On August 30, the new acting head of TPO and electronic certificate. electronic signature and facilitating Set a clear aspiration to guide your expansion. The most successful In early March, Iranian President Hassan said Iran has dispatched a second commercial Mentioning the first sector, which is signature process are the major parts pan-African firms have been deliberately bold. Rouhani headed a high-ranking political and attaché to Iraq’s Basra City. e-commerce, the official said that policy of this sector. Consider the example of Saham Finances: in little over a decade, trade delegation in a visit to Iraq, during which Mentioning the country’s plan for making and setting regulations are two Complaining about high use of paper the Morocco-based company grew from a small local firm into the two sides inked several agreements and increasing the number of commercial pillars of this sector for which platforms in the administrative processes in the a leading African insurance company operating in 23 countries emphasized expansion of trade ties. attaches in the region, Hamid Zaboum noted bylaws have been already approved. country, he said that to tackle this across the continent. Less than a month after President that considering the importance of Iran’s About the second sector, Rahbari said problem, E-Commerce Development Saham’s strategy included buying stakes in existing insurance Rouhani’s visit to Iraq, an Iraqi delegation economic relations with the neighboring that some pillars such as integrated system Center is acting as a pioneer to omit firms in countries ranging from Angola to Madagascar, then visited Tehran to attend an Iran-Iraq business Arab country, a third attaché will also be of commerce and electronic logistic system paper in such processes through applying overhauling their management and rapidly growing their sales. forum which was hosted by Iran Chamber of send to Sulaymaniyah soon. have been defined. electronic signature. In 2018, Saham merged with Sanlam, a long-established South African insurance company that had also made Africa its major growth focus and was operating in 34 countries. Prioritizing the markets Drone strikes disrupt almost half of Saudi oil capacity Prioritize the markets that matter most. In a continent with such scale and geographic complexity, companies need to be clear Drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck in Abqaiq is both the company’s largest oil rumored initial public offering of 5% of Ara- of Energy said that the United States was in prioritizing markets. Coca-Cola provides a compelling example. two key oil installations inside Saudi Arabia processing facility and the largest crude oil mco’s stock, for which the company had hired prepared to tap U.S. emergency oil reserves Even though it is present across the continent, it picked 10 countries on Saturday, damaging facilities that pro- stabilization plant in the world, playing a nine banks, including JPMorgan Chase & if necessary to cover supply disruptions. as priorities for growth – and within each of those countries, it cess the vast majority of the country’s crude “pivotal role” in the company’s operations. Co and Morgan Stanley, Reuters reported. “Abqaiq is perhaps the most critical fa- focused on the big cities that accounted for the lion’s share of GDP. output and raising the risk of a disruption Bob Tippee, editor of the trade publica- Tippee said the offering, which is expected cility in the world for oil supply. Oil prices In the other 44 African countries and thousands of smaller towns, in world oil supplies. tion Oil and Gas Journal, said that the facility to raise $100 billion, is part of Crown Prince will jump on this attack,” Jason Bordoff, the company offers a simpler portfolio of products and packaging. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal report in Abqaiq held light crude oil as opposed to Mohammed Bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan founding director of the Center on Global In constructing a successful pan-African portfolio like Coca- that about half of the country’s oil production heavy crude oil, which requires more in- to reduce the kingdom’s dependence on the Energy Policy at Columbia University, said Cola’s, companies need to look not just at the spending power of has been disrupted, or 5 million barrels a day. tense refining to remove sulfur and other price of crude oil. in a statement. countries today, but also at the fast-growing countries that will Saudi Arabia produces approximately impurities. He said that factories that are An Aramco statement said production of If the disruption in Saudi Arabia is pro- be home to tomorrow’s consumers. one-tenth of the world’s crude oil. built to refine only light crude oil may not 5.7 million barrels of crude was suspended longed, “sanctioned Iran supplies are another Define how you’ll achieve scale and relevance. Companies need Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed the be able to find another crude exporter to fill by the attack from “projectiles.” That repre- source of potential additional oil,” Bordoff a clear plan for how they will achieve scale and customer loyalty in strikes on the oil-processing facility in Abqaiq the gap during the disruption. sents more than half of the kingdom’s output said. “But [U.S. President Donald] Trump every territory they play in. One essential component is a company’s and an oil field in Khurais, both owned by “If the light crude that’s been disrupted and about 6 percent of global oil supply — a has already shown he is willing to pursue a brand: Because African consumers must navigate greater uncertainty state-owned Saudi Aramco. Abqaiq is about cannot be replaced with light crude of sim- shortfall that could send oil prices sharply maximum pressure campaign even when in their daily lives than their counterparts in developed markets 230 miles away from the Saudi capital of ilar grade and similar quality immediately, higher. oil prices spike. If anything, the risk of tit- do, they place great value on brands they can trust. Riyadh, and the field in Khurais is 100 miles which it probably cannot, there will be some The Aramco statement did not give any for-tat regional escalation that pushes oil A further step is to tailor your offering to Africa’s diverse away. problems in the market,” Tippee said. timetable on how long the production could prices even higher has gone up significantly.” consumers, country by country and city by city. Companies such According to Aramco’s website, the facility The attack also throws into question a be curtailed. In Washington, the Department (Source: agencies) as Coca-Cola have conducted careful customer segmentation exercises, then evolved their traditional products and created new ones to target each segment. th Shape the ecosystem you need to thrive. The guiding question Iran ranks 27 among world’s biggest economies: WB here is: Who will we work with to win? A company’s ecosystem must be broad enough to provide all the elements it needs to 1 The data, however, indicates that amounted at $85.8 trillion. following two years. The World Bank said the outlook for the global run its business in Africa. These include reliable power and the gap between China and the U.S. is gradually Back in January, WB predicted a 1.1 percent Global economic growth is projected to slow economy “has darkened” as global financing water supply, appropriately sited land, a robust supplier base decreasing. GDP growth for Iran in 2020 and 2021. to 2.9 percent in 2019 from a downwardly revised conditions have tightened, trade tensions “have for everything from raw materials to business services, and a The world’s top 15 countries account for 75 The bank saw a -3.6 percent growth for 3 percent in 2018 amid rising downside risks, intensified,” and some large emerging markets distribution network that can get its product into towns and percent of the total global GDP, which based the country’ GDP in 2019 but expected it to the World Bank said in its Global Economic and developing economies have experienced villages across the continent. on the WB report on global economy in 2018, experience 1.1 percent of GDP growth in the Prospects report published that month. significant financial market stress. Integration of Africa’s economies The integration of Africa’s economies – many of them rapidly growing – offers exciting opportunities for companies that craft bold yet wise geographic expansion strategies. It also opens up the potential for more large-scale African corporations to emerge. Eurozone plans no joint fiscal stimulus, but ready if economy gets worse Research shows that Africa is already home to more than 400 Eurozone finance ministers are not planning proposing a ‘growth compact for the eurozone late 2008 agreed on a coordinated stimulus companies with annual revenues of $1 billion or more, but this is any joint fiscal stimulus to complement the that would focus on investment, reforms and of €200bn, or 1.5% of EU GDP at the time. just 60% of the number one would expect if Africa were on a par European Central Bank’s monetary package, debt reduction. But no joint fiscal action was The European Economic Response Plan, as with peer regions. but they are ready to act if the economy takes discussed at the meeting of the 19 finance it was called, did not prevent a recession in We might think of big companies as the baobabs of the a turn for the worse, their chairman said on ministers representing countries that share 2009 but helped a recovery in 2010. business landscape: Not only do they tower above the rest, they Friday. the euro. ‘In the last crisis, we were able to find a also have deeper roots and longer life spans. Known as the tree According to menafn.com, economic growth The economy still growing balance in our comprehensive response, of life, the baobab produces highly nutritious fruit that sustains in the 19 countries sharing the euro halved to They said the economy was, after all, still combining fiscal policy, structural reforms many communities. Business baobabs, too, enliven their local 0.2% in the second quarter compared with growing. ‘We … stand ready to act if risks at national and EU levels and also monetary economies: They contribute disproportionately to higher wages the first. materialize and things get worse, Mario Centeno, policy, Centano said. ‘Going forward, in the face and taxes, productivity improvement, innovation, and technology The eurozone’s biggest economy, Germany, the chairman of eurozone finance ministers, of a downturn, we need to find a new balance, dissemination. is on the brink of a recession, contracting 0.1% a new round of bond purchases. the Eurogroup, told a news conference. ‘At the and fiscal policy will surely play a part on this. Like baobabs, large firms create their own ecosystems, fostering in that period. He urged governments to spend their way Eurogroup, we will coordinate our response. Centeno, as well as European Commission small-business creation through their supply chains and distribution ECB president Mario Draghi said the out of the slowdown and use fiscal policy to help I should add that overall, and despite all the vice president for the euro Valdis Dombrovskis networks. They are also better able to attract capital, which means eurozone economy was in a period of ‘protracted the ECB’s stimulus. He singled out Germany, uncertainty, we remain positive about the euro and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, they are much more likely to compete on the global stage. We are economic weakness, with inflation low and which is committed to running a balanced area economy, which is still growing, albeit at pointed to ‘countries with fiscal space as those confident that regional integration will help spur the growth of the balance of risks tilted to the downside, as budget. French Finance Minister Bruno Le a slower pace, he said. who should spend more to help revive growth. many more business baobabs across Africa. he announced a fresh stimulus package on Maire, arriving for informal eurozone finance To counter an economic slowdown after In EU code, that means Germany and the (Source: deythere.com) Thursday, cutting interest rates and beginning ministers’ talks in Helsinki, responded by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the EU in Netherlands. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 ENERGY 5 IRENEX to hold 15th round of OPEC slides closer to collapse as an oil glut overpowers the oil price offering light crude oil on Tuesday Three days of falling oil prices is not a crisis for OPEC, the weak- ening oil producer’s club, but forecasts of a continuation of the price decline could sap what strength remains in an organization ENERGY TEHRAN — National effect (November 4). In the first round, NIOC once able to dictate the direction of the global economy. deskIranian Oil Company could sell some 280,000 barrels of crude oil As per hellenicshippingnews.com, a series of reports released (NIOC) will offer two million barrels of light at $74.85 per barrel. With the daily supply over the past few days threw fresh light on the existential crisis crude oil at the international ring of Iran amount of one million barrels, the market confronting the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Energy Exchange (IRENEX) on Tuesday, wrapped up by selling eight 35,000-barrel which has been explored here before OPEC is not dead yet, but IRNA reported. cargos of oil on the day. it has lost control of the oil market, July 2. The base price for this round of offering, NIOC’s representative in IRENEX has The most alarming comments for members of OPEC, especial- which is the 15th round since beginning of said that the company will continue offering ly the cartel leader, Saudi Arabia, came from the International offering light oil at IRENEX, and the eighth oil at IRENEX, Mehr news agency reported. Energy Agency in its monthly Market Report which warned of a round in the current Iranian calendar year “Offering oil and gas condensate in the growing oil surplus which will get worse next year. (started on March 21, 2019), is $56.78 per international ring of IRENEX has become “While the relentless stock builds we have seen since early barrel. a legal obligation, and it will definitely be a 2018 have halted, this is temporary,” the IEA said. Buyers can receive their cargo up to three lasting move,” Amir Hossein Tebyanian said “Soon, the OPEC+ producers (OPEC and Russia) will once months after the transaction, and the delivery in a press conference hosted by Mehr news again see surging non-OPEC oil production with the implied market of the cargo in other regions is subject to agency at the place of the agency in early July. balance returning to a significant surplus placing pressure on prices. NIOC approval. According to the official, IRENEX was The “challenge of market management remains a daunting According to Iran’s current year budget initially founded in an attempt to permit the one well into 2020.” law, NIOC is obliged to offer two million bar- Iranian private sector export crude oil since The club’s members rels of heavy crude oil, two million barrels Washington aims to cut Iran’s oil sales. By market management the IEA means production cuts by of light crude and two million barrels of gas However now, foreign buyers have also members of the club, especially Saudi Arabia. condensate every month. expressed willingness to engage in IRENEX Cuts, however, will not be easy or welcomed by the Saudis In this regard, the company has been oil offerings and welcoming the idea, NIOC who are finalizing the listing of their national oil champion, Saudi offering various grades of crude oil almost Iranian calendar year. on October 28, 2018 just few days before new is preparing necessary bases for them to be Aramco, on the Tadawul (Saudi Stock Exchange). every week since the beginning of the current Light crude oil was offered at IRENEX first U.S. sanctions on Iran’s petroleum sector took able to do so. Oil prices around their current level are already testing the finances of most OPEC members who need a price close to $70 a barrel just to balance their budgets. But to get back to $70/bbl from the current $55/bbl one of two ‘All remaining South Pars platforms to be installed by March 2020’ things needs to happen. Either there is a surge in demand, which is unlikely, or a meaningful cut in supply from OPEC members ENERGY TEHRAN – Head of Pars Oil and Gas According to the official, although there has been no who are already under financial pressure. desk Company (POGC), which is in charge noticeable decrease in the field’s recovery factor so far, That means the burden of production cuts falls on OPEC mem- of developing Iran’s South Pars gas field in the Persian but it is anticipated that it will decrease within the next bers, an unwelcome possibility as most are already being squeezed Gulf, said all the remaining platforms of the field will be three to four years. by the last round of cuts which might have helped stabilize the oil installed by the end of the current Iranian calendar year “Focusing on the blocks [like Belal gas field] around price, but did not deliver the price boost hoped for. (March 19, 2020). the South Pars field is one of the long-term solutions for The oil-glut problem of today, with more to come next year Speaking to the state TV on Saturday night, Moham- maintaining the field’s recovery factor,” he said. according to the IEA, can be attributed to a number of factors such mad Meshkinfam said “By the end of this year, the five Meshkinfam further pointed to drilling exploration as slower global economic growth, rising non-OPEC production remaining South Pars platforms at Sadra industrial Yard wells in the Yalda gas field, starting development opera- (particularly by the U.S.), and the surge in the production of will be installed [on their designated offshore spots] and tions in the northern areas of South Pars field [known as natural gas in its pipeline and liquefied form (LNG). recovery from all South Pars gas blocks (except for phase North Pars], and the design and installation of gas pressure McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm, explained 11) will be realized.” boosting platforms as the POGC’s next steps in production the growing importance of LNG in the energy market earlier last The development of South Pars Field started 22 years maintenance. week in its Global Gas And LNG Outlook To 2035. ago and 29 different phases were defined for the project He went on mentioning the share of Iran in the joint gas Meshkinfam also mentioned development of the phase The key findings were that gas would be the only fossil fuel along with a separate oil block. field, saying that “Geographically, one-third of the South 11 of South Pars field, noting that Iran is not going to wait to grow continuously to 2035 and that the major contributor to “After the full development of the South Pars joint field Pars field is in Iran’s possession, while today Iran’s gas for CNPC and “If the Chinese company does not make a that growth would be the U.S. [Iran shares with Qatar], we should consider maintaining production from this joint field is equal to Qatar. In fact, decision to participate, Petropars as the third member McKinsey said the U.S. “is poised to ”become the largest LNG production based on the prospect of supplying 75 percent having just one-third of the field, we are producing an of the consortium (it was comprised of Total, CNPC and exporter globally by 2022, overtaking Australia and Qatar”. of the country’s gas consumption for 25 years,” Meshkin- equal amount of gas with Qatar; in other words, we can Petropars) must take over and begin operations in Mehr The rush into gas fam said. say that our production is more than the Arab country.” [seventh Iranian calendar month starting on September 23].” The rush into gas is largely explained by the fuel being significantly less polluting than oil or coal but the liquefaction and transport technologies which have unleashed gas have only just started to influence the global energy market and while many OPEC members are LNG producers it is non-members such as Lower oil prices ends oilfield services growth in 2020 Australia and the U.S. which are driving the industry. Lower oil prices will push the global service market stood around $70 for 2020. At that oil price, the McKinsey’s view of the LNG sector could be underestimating into a recession in 2020 after three successive years service market was expected to grow by 2%, held up the impact of the fuel because there are many more potential of growth, according to Rystad Energy. by offshore and shale. However, downside risks have projects on the sidelines with the capacity to create a gas glut As stated by oilprice.com, in a new sector outlook been mounting in the oil market, and we could face which would bear down on prices for both gas and oil. update, Audun Martinsen, head of oilfield services additional headwinds in 2020,” Martinsen said with One paragraph in the McKinsey report demonstrates the research at Rystad Energy, forecasts a 4% decline in reference to a recent update by Rystad Energy’s oil emerging power of LNG in the global energy market. It reads: global oilfield service revenue if oil prices stay flat market team (link). “Over 100 LNG projects totally 1100 million tons a year of next year. Looking further ahead, Rystad Energy forecasts a capacity are competing to fill the 125 million tons a year supply “Lower oil prices call for negative growth in the positive outlook for the global oilfield services market. gap by 2035; many of the marginal projects are from the U.S.” service market in 2020,” says Martinsen. “For suppliers, “In 2021 we will see the long cycle effects manifesting With potential supply close to 9-times bigger than the forecast in this means that a three-year growth story will come into a greenfield, exploration and brownfield wave, demand growth it is likely that many of the proposed LNG projects to an end regardless of which market segment you which will come into play and initiate a 5% growth will not proceed, but it’s also possible that too many will be developed, crowding the market and killing the LNG price. look at.” back investments to curtail output. as the oil market sees relief and investments follow,” In other words, not only is there an oil glut today but there’s the The service market will likely achieve 2% growth in The offshore drilling Martinsen remarked. possibility of a gas glut tomorrow, which is very much not something 2019, to $647 billion. In 2020 this number will fall to However, due to the existing backlog, some service Looking towards 2023, offshore market segments, OPEC members want to hear about. $621 billion with an oil price of $60 per barrel (Brent). segments can still realize positive revenue growth. shale and other onshore segments are likely to realize Looking at the various market segments, the shale Subsea equipment, SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers, an average compounded annual growth rate of 2% to industry will likely drag down oilfield service purchases and flowlines) and offshore drilling can still accelerate 3%. Subsea purchases, construction and installation, as it contracts by 6% next year. Offshore will fall 1% as in 2020, but growth will fall from the double-digits and equipment seem even more robust at 7% due to Oman to host conference oil companies cut brownfield and exploration activity in to the single-digits. the massive influx of large offshore and LNG projects an attempt to reduce spending. Other onshore activity “This new market view stands in stark contrasts to and the fact that subsea developments see a new over role of natural gas in will see revenues slashed by around 5% as OPEC scales what we previously forecasted when oil price estimates renaissance, according to Rystad Energy. sustainable future

Oman will be the first Middle Eastern country to hold the Inter- national Gas Union’s research conference in 2020, to look at what role natural gas will play in a future that looks towards sustainable Wind power sources remain more fantasy than reality development. By William F. Shughart II their air quality. According to timesofoman.com, organized by the Ministry of The single biggest addition Oil and Gas, the three-day event that runs from 24 to 26 February, At first glance, wind power seems to be the Shale has been the single biggest addi- will see more than 1000 participants come to Oman, representing path to a carbon-free energy future. Once tion to the nation’s energy supply in many more than 40 countries. This is a triennial event that is organized harnessed, it’s clean and abundant. Larger decades. Renewables at the moment offer by the IGU. turbines have enhanced wind’s power-gen- more promise than reality. Even with lavish On the subject of Oman hosting the conference, Joe Kang, IGU’s erating capacity. subsidies, wind and solar power together president said: “Research, development and innovation are funda- But contrary to its supporters, wind en- account for slightly more than 10 percent mental to the future of the natural gas industry and it is particularly ergy has grown thanks largely to production of the nation’s electricity. In contrast, gas exciting to bring the International Gas Union’s Research Conference tax credits (2.3 cents per kilowatt hour) provides nearly 35 percent; it is indispen- (IGRC) to this region for the first time. I extend IGU’s thanks to the totaling billions of dollars. However, those sable for generating backup power on days Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas under His Excellency credits are being phased out, and without when the wind doesn’t blow, or the sun Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhi, who are patrons of IGRC such generous subsidies, wind energy will doesn’t shine. 2020, and our member Oman LNG and its CEO Harib Al Kitani, not make much of a dent in power production Because of rising electricity demands and who is our host. or carbon mitigation for at least a decade. the retirement of coal and nuclear plants, “With Muscat’s easy accessibility, and with so much natural gas The amount of wind energy has tripled many states are planning for more wind-pow- and LNG activity and opportunity in the region, we look forward to in the past 10 years, growing to 97,223 meg- ered electricity production. Under present the support and participation of regional and global stakeholders,” awatts in 41 states. Half of that generating huge wind turbines off its coast, carried to is to expand the use of the combined-cycle regulatory regimes, most of the capital and he added. capacity is located in five of them: Texas, the mainland by underwater cables, with natural gas plants, which have smaller car- operating costs of new wind farms will end The LNG industry is a significant contributor to a steadily in- Iowa, Oklahoma, California and Kansas. the cost passed through to households and bon footprints than coal plants and have up being added to consumers’ utility bills. creasing quality of life for citizens and residents in the Sultanate Because seasonal wind patterns vary con- businesses. reduced such emissions to levels not seen So, too, in some states are the “stranded through its execution of a wide swath of social investment programs siderably across the country, wind’s contri- According to the Institute for Energy since the early 1990s. costs” of mothballed power plants. through the Oman LNG Development Foundation that addresses bution to the grid represents just 8 percent Research, offshore wind energy is “very, The shale revolution has made that Unsubsidized wind energy simply is many economic and social needs. of power production nationwide. very expensive,” costing 2.6 times more possible, greatly strengthening economic too expensive to become a major source Oman’s first cargo Despite all the hoopla over wind energy, than onshore wind power and 3.4 times incentives to substitute natural gas for coal in of electricity in most states. (In 2016, wind The export of Oman’s first cargo was in 2000 and since then, the nation’s only offshore wind turbines more than power produced by a natural power production. Nowadays, data analytics represented just seven-tenths of 1 percent proceeds from the blossoming trade have supported, what some are located in coastal waters near Rhode gas combined-cycle plant. Of course, the and complex algorithms make it easier to of Massachusetts’s power production.) The observers have described as an ambitious diversification program Island. The Block Island Wind Farm, which cost of wind farms surely will fall as more find natural gas and boost the productivity inability of grid operators to manage the that has spurred growth in other important sectors of the economy, went into operation in late 2016, cost $2 are built, and perhaps ways will be found of shale fields. variations in power from wind and solar including tourism, agriculture and the spread of vital infrastructure billion, plus $16.7 million to compensate to reduce the dangers wind turbines pose The surge in America’s natural-gas energy is creating new headaches. that supports business and daily life. companies that lost access to fishing grounds. to birds, bats, and other wildlife. production also helps to reduce carbon Americans need a reliable supply of af- Khalid Al Massan, CEO of Oman LNG Development Foundation Operating and maintenance expenses for In the meantime, if we are serious about emissions in other countries. Exports of fordable electricity. But if too much weight and chair of the IGRC 2020 national organizing committee, stated,” wind farms currently add about $48,000 reducing energy costs and carbon emissions, liquefied natural gas (LNG) are projected is placed on wind and solar systems and not We are delighted to host such a prestigious event to Oman. The IGRC per megawatt generated. we need to be realistic about the limitations to double by the end of this year. Asian enough on conventional power plants, the 2020 will captivate the attention of thousands of senior leaders, From huge turbines of power generated by the wind and other countries that still rely heavily on coal are result will be far too little electricity, with partners and experts of the gas industry together. Such a conference Massachusetts likewise is preparing to renewables. the largest purchasers of American LNG, potentially grievous economic consequences. will accommodate a great atmosphere of sharing invaluable insights obtain power from more than a score of A more practical environmental approach using the clean-burning fuel to improve (Source: catalyst.independent.org) on the role of natural gas today, and in the future. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

EU’s Opposition to Trump’s Reason for optimism in gloomy policies not for moral reasons: Russian analyst trade war:Stephen Orlins TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A political commentator based in Mos- cow highlighted the reasons behind recent disputes between the GLOBALTIMES — As trade tensions tens of thousands of Americans here. We European Union and the US administration and said the EU between China and the US escalate and have numerous kinds of relations between leaders are not opposed to President Donald Trump for moral an increasing number of analysts tend to Chinese and the American people. And reasons but because he has not been certified by them. believe that no silver lining can be seen in in the end, they are going to come to the “So, the EU is demonizing Trump and blames him for all the years to come, Stephen Orlins (Orlins), conclusion that a cooperative relationship conflict that we see inside the Western world,” Dmitry Babich said president of National Committee on US- is necessary to deal with the threats to in an interview with the Tasnim News Agency.“The EU’s politicians China Relations, noted he is still optimistic their lives. and the pro-Obama liberals in the US are not doing this for moral about the bilateral relationship in the long What I always say is a mother in reasons,” he said, adding, “They do it simply because Trump was run. Why is he an optimist against the Shanghai and a mother in New York not ‘certified’ by them, he was not handpicked and approved by gloomy backdrop? What can both sides do have the same fears for their children. I the ultra-liberal establishment, as Hillary (Clinton) had been.” to ease tensions? Orlins shared his views was driven out of my home by a climate “If Hillary had won in 2016 and decided to start a war against with Global Times (GT) reporter Li Aixin change storm called Sandy that flooded my Iran, 99 percent of the American media would support that war, on these issues in an exclusive interview home and affected my life, the life of my and the EU (via NATO) would send reinforcements for the Amer- during The Third Taihe Civilizations Forum children. I lived through 9/11 terrorism. ican attack,” the analyst added. held in Beijing over the weekend. The Chinese lived through the massacre China and the US have begun in the Kunming rail station. Terrorism imposing additional tariffs on each other’s is a common fear. We all lived through goods since September 1. Some say that Ebola. We saw how American and Chinese the two countries are running out of tariff scientists jointly fought this pandemic, cards, do you think the tariff war might which could have really done damage to spill over to other fields? the whole world. And then the economic A: I think it’s the opposite. I think crisis of 2008 kind of made mothers fear the other fields have affected the trade lot of money in the strategic competition our defense budgets. for the economic opportunity for their discussions. I think that the deterioration with China without really defining where When I go to airports around the US, children. And those are the real threats, in the national security relationship, the it is. The assertion is China is trying to be when I take the trains in the US, I commute not the South China Sea, not Taiwan, not decision in December of 2017 to brand a hegemony in East Asia, and my response on the subway every day to work in the a strategic rivalry. People will ultimately China a strategic competitor, and China’s to that - really? It’s not quite the case.I US in New York, I see the failure to fund realize that.I have great confidence in the response to that has led to the trade war guess the administration would argue its infrastructure. America’s infrastructure people. The way it works in the US is that being more intense. policy is to give US companies fairer access is pathetic. It dates from the 1950s and democracy works slowly, but it ultimately If you look at the Huawei ban, it’s a to the China market. 1960s and doesn’t have new technology. reaches the right conclusion. And the right trade issue, but the president of the US The Wall Street Journal recently The signaling systems in the New York conclusion is going to be a cooperative said that the sale of Huawei goods in the published an article entitled “Has America’s subway system date back decades. When I relationship between the US and China, Dmitry Babich, born in Moscow, has been an active journalist US was a national security issue. Then it China Backlash Gone Too Far?” How do take the train to Washington, the track is not this decoupling, not the creating of two for over 25 years, focusing on Russian politics. Graduating from became a trade issue. I think that both you comment on the view? Do you think so bad that it shakes and I get dizzy by the technological ecosystems. Because that’s Moscow State University, Babich has had a successful career in the national security issues, the political it has gone too far? time I arrive in Washington three hours going to slow economic development in Russian journalism. He has previously been a senior correspondent issues flow on to the trade issues and they A: I think US policy toward China later. If that were in China, I would arrive in both China and the US. People are going at the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, RIA Novosti, and Russia flow back. It’s really not one way or the damages the American people. I think our less than 45 minutes. Washington to New to recognize that and it’s going to happen Profile magazine. Between 1999 and 2003, Babich was a foreign other. It’s both ways. current policies toward China are bad for York takes me three hours. I would take the while I am still alive. editor at The Moscow News before returning to Russia Profile in What do Americans and US the overwhelming majority of Americans. money that we’re spending unnecessarily This year marks the 70th anniversary 2009 as acting editor-in-chief. His core areas of focus include companies think of President Trump’s They may be good for a tiny segment on the strategic competition and direct it of the founding of the People’s Republic Russia’s modern political history and international relations. move to escalate the trade war? of America, but they’re bad for most into things that help the people. What’s of China. What do you think is the biggest Babich is currently working as a political analyst at Sputnik A: Clearly, the common person in Americans. So I see actions that are taken happening in this policy is it has lost sight change in China over the past 70 years? International and is a frequent guest on BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN the US does not benefit from the trade that I find very difficult to understand. of the people. A: I wasn’t here in the beginning, but commenting on international affairs and history.The following war. But there is, especially among the It’s difficult to understand. In part it’s I am tough on the US government I’ve been here 40 years. Next month will is the full text of the interview: political base of President Trump, there driven by Chinese government’s policies is because I believe that a constructive be the anniversary of my 40th year in Some analysts and media reports suggest that the recent is a belief that even though they have to that have gradually frustrated people in US-China relationship helps the people of China. I arrived on October 19, 1979. I still G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, ended in failure as deep divisions eat bitterness, they have to lose sales of the Congress, in the business community, the US. It also helps the people of China. remember that I arrived about one o’clock between the US under Donald Trump and its closest allies became soybeans or corn or grain to China. They in NGOs, in academia. So those policies But my priority is the people of the US. in the morning and my host organization more evident. For example, the US-Europe dispute over Trump’s feel it’s worth it in order to have a level have put a foundation under those who People always ask me, who do I represent? was there to pick me up and take me to the trade war with China was not bridged even a bit in the summit. playing field with China. want to get very tough with China. The American people. Who speaks up for Peking Hotel, where I lived the next two Do you not think these disputes indicate that the US allies are Will it play a role in Trump’s next But these tariffs hurt average Americans. the American people today, as our social years. At one o’clock in the morning on distancing themselves from Trump and his shifting policies? move? If they are increased on December 1, they programs, our infrastructure, our education the drove from the old Beijing airport to A: I think that the real reason why both the US and the A: Yes, it will affect the decision of will significantly affect poor Americans. If are all underfunded? My daughter is a the Peking Hotel, we passed no other cars. EU are so aggressive towards some Middle Eastern countries, President Trump, whether to roll back you think about tariffs on consumer goods, teacher in the Baltimore county school We passed carriages, we passed bicycles, China and Russia is not a national interest of the US or of any the tariffs, to maintain the tariffs, or to ultimately the price has to be passed on to in the city that really doesn’t have much but no other cars. European country. The reason for this aggressiveness is the new increase the tariffs. I think it’s going be the consumer, despite what the president money. The way it’s funded is really sad. The economic development that has ultra-liberal ideology, which took hold of the Western world a combination of the political pressure says about China paying those tariffs. You said that we should be more occurred in the last 40 years is simply (both the US and the EU) in the postwar period, especially that is brought on him and the trade war’s Ultimately the Walmart customers, the optimistic about the China-US relationship a miracle. China is not the same place during the last 30 years. The European Union is following this effect on the US stock market. Costco customers have to pay more. The even if it is going through hard times now. that it was when I arrived. China has ideology with even greater zeal than the US. And the EU can’t get The president speaks about it very estimates are now that they’re going to In what ways do you think can the two start fundamentally changed. The people, over the fact that not the ultimate ultra-liberal Hillary Clinton often. He uses the Dow Jones Index and have to pay about $800 to $1,000 more for getting out of the current predicament? because of the increase in calorie intake, won the election in 2016, but the brutal and stupid American the S&P 500 Index as his grade for how he’s per family. Now if you’re rich Americans, A: There are a lot of little things that the increase in healthcare provision, the nationalist Donald Trump (did). So, the EU is demonizing doing. When we break new records in the $800 or $1,000 doesn’t really matter. But can be done that could then begin to people have physically changed. If I look at Trump and blames him for all the conflict that we see inside stock market, he says, you see, I’m doing if you are making $15,000 or $18,000 a improve the relationship. There are many Chinese people today, they look different the Western world. The EU’s politicians and the pro-Obama a great job, the stock market is reaching year, an increase of $1,000 means you problems that exist today in China, your from the way they looked 40 years ago. liberals in the US are not doing this for moral reasons. They do a new high. Then when he spoke about cannot buy all the goods. You gotta make publication and other publications refer The houses are different. There are terrible it simply because Trump was not “certified” by them, he was not the tariffs, we saw the stock market go a choice. Do I buy a new pair of pants? Or to the US as the black hand in a lot of traffic jams (now). There were no cars handpicked and approved by the ultra-liberal establishment, way down. And now it’s starting to creep do I buy a new pair of shoes? So I think its problems. That’s not the case, but it then. It’s quite extraordinary. as Hillary had been. So, ultimately, the American election of back up again, as people believe we may these policies are terribly unfair to poorer becomes the narrative. In the US, the When I first went to Harbin and some 2016 had some positive consequences. Not because Trump have some progress in the talks in early Americans.I think the National Defense narrative is everything that China does is places in 1979, there was no running water, is good, he is a brutal bastard and a moving caricature. But October. Strategy, which defines China as a strategic bad - it’s trying to kick the US out of East there was no indoor plumbing, there was no because there was a SPLIT in the American elite. As a result, What do you think is Trump’s strategic competitor and has now led to our spending Asia; it’s hurting all of these businesses. electricity. It was amazing. Now there are some of the American media objected to Trump’s provocations goal in his China policy? $750 billion on defense, and has led China The positive stories in both China and the skyscrapers and air conditioning, there’s against Iran – again, not because these American media outlets A: I’m not sure. The administration has to respond by increasing its expenditures US are never told. What the governments obviously heat all the time, and the children were objective or kind, they just did not want Trump to get the not clearly defined what its strategic goals on defense, hurts both societies. need to do, what organizations like ours look better. They are all healthier and political profit from what they thought could be a winning war are with China. We have a National Security When you spend so much on defense, need to do is to create positive news.There happier. They travel and they decide life against Iran. It is the same reason that is pushing the EU to Strategy, which considers China a strategic where do you get the money to rebuild are a lot of little things that could be done issues themselves or with their families. object to Trump’s war-mongering against Iran. If Hillary had competitor of the US and considers China a your infrastructure? Where do you get to create kind of a positive momentum Then, when you graduated college, your won in 2016 and decided to start a war against Iran, 99 percent revisionist power. I don’t really understand the money to fund education? Where do in the short term. The reason why I’m an job would be assigned, you didn’t decide of the American media would support that war, and the EU (via the concept of China being a revisionist you get money for poverty alleviation? optimist in the long term is because of what you would do, you were told what NATO) would send reinforcements for the American attack. power, and I have not been able to get a Where do you get money for all of these the American and Chinese. The people you would do. So the changes in China It seems that even Asian allies of the US have also distanced clear explanation from the administration things? What’s happening is we’re seeing of each country still have strong bonds. over the 40 years that I’ve been here have themselves from the Trump administration. In the latest instance, of what that means. Then the National a diversion of resources from where the We have 360,000 Chinese college and been fundamental, whereas America has Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared in early August Defense Strategy says we need to spend a US needs it and where China needs it into graduate students in the US. We have remained relatively the same. that his country would never allow the United States to deploy missile systems on its soil. Although there exists the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States, Duterte said that he would bar the entry of foreign weapons, including nuclear arsenal in the country since this is considered The new Saudi-American plan in eastern Syria doomed to fail a violation of the Philippine Constitution. What is your take 1 The U.S. and Saudi Arabia their trained Takfiris to the area whenever on that? How do you assess the future of US relations with its have united the tribes and local figures they wish. Asian allies? to achieve their goal. They are seeking to The U.S. has repeatedly claimed that A: In Asia, Trump continues the disastrous Obama policy form an independent state by convincing it has spent more than 7 trillion dollars of alienating China and Russia. Obama did not include the sheikhs and local figures in Deir ez Zor. in the region without any rewards. This is two “elephants” of the Pacific region, Russia and China, into This is exactly what was mentioned in the the point that Donald Trump always men- his Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which was a globalist leaked audio. In the audio, Kilo explicitly tions. Therefore, Americans have no desire ultraliberal project. Trump went even further. He dismantled pointed to the new plan. to leave Syria without any achievement. TPP and started a trade war with China, replacing Obama’s The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are trying to That is why Washington has not taken any “soft” ultraliberal globalist approach with brutal economic form Tribal Council and also think about serious step to remove its military from aggression. creating self-governing system for the Kurds Syria, despite making successive decisions. However, people in Asia are becoming fed up both with the in eastern Syria. In this regard, the Ara- On the other hand, after experiencing globalist dictate of Obama-EU-Clinton ultraliberals and Trump’s bic-language Al-Araby Al-Jadeed )The New various defeats in the region, especially in brutal plunder. The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Arab( said in a statement, “One of the main Yemen and Iraq, Saudi Arabia’s officials is just one manifestation of this trend. Let me remind you how goals of Riyadh and Washington in eastern found themselves facing another major South Korea had a “joint” team with North Korea during the Syria is forming a self-governing system defeat by clearing the southern areas and Olympic Games in Pyeongchang - despite American objection. for the Kurds to protect their interests on consequently reducing Riyadh’s influence. Even Japan is showing some signs of softening towards Russia behalf of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.” That is why they oblige themselves to sup- – obviously against the globalist line of the EU and Trump’s The source also quotes Abdul Hamid opposition group, was formed with the eastern part of Syria will be completely port a series of Washington’s adversarial brutal America-above-all Russophobia. Al-Mohammadi, one of the native activists assistance of Washington and Riyadh. governed by Damascus, with tripartite plans on the eastern part of Syria. The Trump administration has walked away from various in eastern Syria, as saying “the purpose of The main purpose of the movement is to agreement of Iran, Turkey and Russia. To Washington and Riyadh do not appear to international agreements, ranging from the Iran nuclear deal to U.S.-Saudi Arabia meetings in Deir ez-Zor legitimize the Kurds’ dominance in eastern this end, the U.S.-Saudi Arabia coalition reach their desired result through the new the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. In early August, in recent months is to impose Kurdish areas of Syria, so that their self-determi- is expecting to face Turkey if it continues plan, especially as the war is almost over. the US formally withdrew from the Intermediate-range Nuclear sovereignty on the inhabitant of eastern nation does not face fierce protests by the its movements in eastern Syria. It means that the Takfiris have no place in Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia which was signed by the former areas, however they disagree with this regional inhabitants. One of the serious consequences of the country. The history has proved that Soviet Union and the United States back in 1987. What is your sovereignty.” Riyadh and Washington’s officials be- U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s actions in Syria using Syrian Kurdish Democratic Forces assessment of Trump’s policy on international agreements? Are The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are attempt- lieve that Turkey may act against them if is preparing the ground for terrorism. to put pressure on Damascus and violate the US moves to renege on its international promises aimed at ing to establish self-determination for the they do not support the Kurds of eastern The consolidation of U.S.-Saudi backed Syria’s sovereignty is a futile attempt that boosting its global hegemony, which has recently been declining Syrian Kurdish Democratic Forces, while Syria. Regarding Ankara’s cooperation Kurdish group provides this opportunity has never been in the interests of Saudi very fast? 13 “the independent Arab movement”, an with Tehran and Moscow, it is likely that for Riyadh and Washington to dispatch Arabia and the United States. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

Trump’s defeat in the trade war Trump, the New York Times, and John Bolton with the red dragon By David Bromwich By Saeed Sobhani ANTIWAR — The New York Times on September 10 ran six articles with the word Trump in the headlines. Two of the TEHRAN — The U.S.-China trade war has reached stories were clearly warranted – one on Trump’s continuing a critical stage. Although the US president believes resolve to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan, and one one of the main reasons for John Bolton’s dismissal on the way the commerce department played along with from power was his disagreement with Trump over Trump’s false message about the Alabama destination of Beijing, the claim is completely false. Continuing a the recent hurricane. The other stories were tabloid-fodder. trade war with China is one of the issues that President Then midday September 10 came the news that John Donald Trump has. America will continue to insist on Bolton had been sacked. That deserved a story, so it was it. Here’s a look at the latest news and analysis on the fair to predict the Times would run three: one on the event, Washington-Beijing trade war: one on the history of a memorable relationship, and one The U.S. and China have appeared to dial down on “possible consequences.” their trade fight by announcing some concessions on The Times on September 11 ran four stories on Bolton. tariffs — but experts warned that it’s not yet time to pop News analysis on page one, by Michael Crowley and Lara the champagne.Markets in Asia rose on U.S. President Jakes, opened with this sentence: “On one foreign poli- Donald Trump’s tweet that he will delay increasing tariffs cy issue after another, John R. Bolton was the in-house on $250 billion of Chinese goods from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15 skeptic who checked President Trump’s most unorthodox as “a gesture of good will.” His announcement followed instincts.” The word unorthodox is doing a lot of work there. an earlier move by Beijing on Wednesday to exempt It would be truer to say that Trump cut down Bolton’s most 16 types of American products from additional tariffs. dangerous initiatives: for example his idea of starting a But, while such de-escalation in tensions between war with Iran by an immediate violent retaliation after the the two countries is welcomed, it’s still difficult to see bloodless downing of a US surveillance drone. both sides reaching any “real resolution” anytime soon, Was John Bolton a “skeptic”? An “adult in the room”? said James McCormack, Fitch’s global head of sover- Bolton’s best-known policies have been to bomb Iran eign ratings.“Things change very quickly, it’s hard to and replace the Mullahs with a US puppet government; know what motivation there is — to be honest — on the turn Venezuela into an American oil well; exit the UN; U.S. side. So, I wouldn’t want to read too much into and start World War III soon while the US can win (if we a small concession suggesting that we’re on the road don’t tie our hands). And meanwhile withdraw from none to this being resolved,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” of the following countries: Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, on Thursday.“I think there’s a couple more chapters The White House confirmed reports last week that the relationship with China, with $1.2 billion comprising Afghanistan.In an administration pledged to withdraw yet to be written in the trade war,” McCormack added. two sides would hold high-level trade talks in Wash- car parts. The Wolverine State contains 75 percent of from unnecessary wars, why is the US still in Afghanistan? China, too, may not necessarily be softening its stance ington early October. The two sides last met in July. North America’s auto R&D, and China is, by volume, the Why have we pulled out of the INF treaty? Why are there on trade with its move to exempt some U.S. goods from President Trump announced Wednesday that he world’s largest automaker. The Alliance of Automobile more trip-wires than ever to set off a war with Iran in the additional tariffs, according to Iris Pang, greater China would delay the implementation of tariffs hikes to 30 Manufacturers says higher-priced cars resulting from Persian Gulf, or with Russia in Eastern Europe? These are economist at Dutch bank ING.She said in a Wednesday percent from 25 percent on $250 billion in Chinese the tariffs could potentially lead to the loss of 700,000 the strategic triumphs of John Bolton. note that Beijing had, in fact, been considering such a goods in what he referred to as a “gesture of goodwill.” American jobs. Bolton was originally appointed by Trump at the request move since May. So, the tariff exemption was aimed Chinese importers showed signs of ramping up pur- It’s not just cars. Over half of all U.S. soybeans are of the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson. It was Bolton’s more at supporting the Chinese economy, and less of chases of U.S. soybeans and other farm products.“I did exported, with 60 percent of them going to China and advocacy of Israeli expansion, and his detestation of the “a gesture of sincerity towards the U.S.” ahead of next the little bit of a delay in honor of President Xi because $700 million coming from Michigan. “The noose is very idea of a Palestinian state, that prompted both Adelson month’s trade talks, she explained. it’s their 70th anniversary [of the People’s Republic of getting tighter,” Jim Byrum, president of the Michigan and Benjamin Netanyahu to recommend him as the the “There are still many uncertainties in the coming China],” Trump added. Agri-Business Association, told the Detroit Free Press best choice for Trump’s third national security adviser. trade talks. An exemption list of just 16 items will not The U.S. and Chinese governments have imposed in May. “We have lost market opportunities. We’re not His sacking in turn was effected on schedule to coincide change China’s stance. We believe that China will stand hundreds of billions of dollars in punitive tariffs in shipping soybeans around the world like we normally with Netanyahu’s sinking popularity in Israel. The name very firm in the negotiations, which will be similar to recent months amid continued disagreements over would. We’re not shipping them to China. China was of Adelson goes unmentioned in all the Times articles.It the last round of talks,” Pang said. trade policy. Trump administration officials have sought our biggest soybean consumer, and they’re not moving.” appears that anyone (no matter how devious and reckless) Unpredictable trade war assurances on the protection of U.S. intellectual prop- Ohio’s exports to China total $3.9 billion, with more who opposes Donald Trump can now expect to be rewarded From an investment standpoint, the U.S.-China erty, an end to industrial subsidies and agreements than $691 million worth of soybeans—the state’s top with the honorific title “skeptic” – a word often used in the trade war remained unpredictable, according to Daniel to purchase American-made agricultural products. agricultural export—shipped to China in 2017. “This past to describe a doubter rather than a fanatical supporter Gerard, head of investment and risk advisory for Asia With an Economy This Strong, No Democrat Can will be tough to take. China takes one out of every three of an insane orthodoxy.We are through the looking glass. Pacific at State Street Global Exchange.That means it’s Defeat Trump—but the Trade War With China Might rows [of soybeans],” Bret Davis, a Delaware County still too early for investors to put more money into risk Newsweek reported that Donald Trump planned on farmer and governing board member of the American assets such as stocks, he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on seeking a second term based largely on the strength Soybean Association of China, told The Columbus Dis- Thursday. That’s especially the case as the trade war of the economy. Unemployment is down to a 50-year patch about proposed tariffs in 2018. An Ohio Man- U.S. disgraces world since has come at a time when developments such as the low. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the crea- ufacturing Extension Partnership survey of 457 Ohio Brexit crisis also added to uncertainties worldwide, tion of nearly 6 million new jobs since he came into manufacturers conducted in January found that 14 9/11 attacks he added.The trade conflict, which started last year, office. Wages and profits and revenues to the federal companies were hurt by tariffs for each it helped.The has escalated multiple times this year with both sides Treasury are up. The stock market is generally surg- Trump tariffs have already impacted negatively states GLOBALTIMES — 2 days ago was September 11. Many repeatedly increasing tariffs on each other’s goods. ing, and economic growth is once again the order of that were key to him winning the presidency in 2016 US media are reflecting on the country’s counter-terrorism The latest tariff increases took place earlier this month the day.It’s an enviable economic record, especially and will be just as important in 2020. If the president war, as well as on the advantages and disadvantages of before the two countries agreed to meet in October for when compared with his two most recent predeces- wants to continue his record of economic success, he current US foreign policy. Generally, such a review is good. another round of negotiations. sors. Things are going so well, some of the president’s should focus on ending the trade war before Florida, From the US standpoint, the counter-terror war has been Still, analysts from Citi Research wrote in a note that bitterest foes predict it’s strong enough to carry him Michigan and Ohio swing in the other direction. effective. It has overthrown or contained the ability of terror- the latest “goodwill gestures” by the U.S. and China across the 2020 finish line first. Trump trade war with China has cost 300,000 U.S. ist organizations to launch 9/11-style mass attacks. The US is have “induced hope for a respite in US-China tensions The naysayers—those who’ve never liked Trump— jobs, Moody’s estimates relatively safe. But, on the other hand, terrorism has spread even as structural differences” have persisted. point to a few statistics to suggest the fundamentals of As CNBC reported, Although U.S. unemployment across the world and taken advantage of regional issues for China wants a two-track approach to the trade talks the economy are softer than they appear. The inverted may be at its lowest level in nearly 50 years, the job- more specific goals. China wants to draw a line between negotiations yield curve that appeared this week, now that the yield less rate would be even lower if not for the U.S.-China More importantly, hatred and misunderstanding didn’t shrink about trade and talks about other foreign affairs, the on 10-year U.S. government bonds is lower than that trade war, Moody’s Analytics said in a recent analysis. in the world, which makes it harder to uproot terrorism. There- Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.In order for two-year notes, has some people saying a recession The White House’s imposition of tariffs on hundreds fore, various countries have spent a lot on countering terrorism. to streamline trade talks between Washington and sometime in the next two years is possible.The U.S. of billions worth of Chinese imports has resulted in Global governance would have made greater achievements if Beijing, China is looking to weed out other topics of economy is the world’s strongest right now but, says 300,000 fewer jobs being created and reduced U.S. these resources were used to develop the economies in under- conversation that come up between the world’s two the president, would be even stronger had the Feder- gross domestic product by an estimated 0.3%, Moody’s developed countries and regions. largest economies during negotiations, like national al Reserve not raised interest rates too high too fast. Analytics’ chief economist Mark Zandi said in the report. The US is the most powerful country in the world. We believe security threats, the WSJ said. Others say if things head south, it will be because of That estimate is based on the difference between it has special responsibilities in making the world more peaceful Tensions between the world’s two largest economies the ongoing trade war with China. actual nonfarm employment and projections of what and orderly. Regrettably, Washington has failed to do so, and has have gone on for more than 18 months as China and “I think we’re going to have a very long period of employment would have been as of June 30 if not for set a bad example for the world by being selfish, capricious and the U.S. engage in a tariff war that is pressuring both wealth and success,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. the U.S.-China trade war.If the U.S. tariffs stay in place even rude.Looking back at the counter-terrorism war, people will the country’s economies. On Wednesday, President “Other countries are doing very poorly, as you know. at current and intended levels, some 450,000 fewer find out that the US didn’t get at the root of eliminating terrorism. Donald Trump delayed tariffs on $250 billion worth China is doing very, very poorly. The tariffs have really jobs will be created by year-end — that figure would In recent years, terrorist activities have more frequently occurred of Chinese goods for 15 days as a good will gesture to bitten into China. They haven’t bitten into us at all.” rise to 900,000 if the trade dispute carries on through in a larger range of places, involving increasingly diverse radical China.The two countries are set to meet early next In response to the U.S. imposition of tariffs on its next year, Zandi told CBS Money Watch in an email. people. The situation in the Middle East has changed, while month led by Vice Premier Liu He and Trade Repre- exports, Beijing weakened the yuan, effectively blunting Trump and China Premier Xi “have embarked on a partisan conflicts in the Islamic world have become serious. sentative Robert Lighthizer. China wants Liu to lead their effect. Trump countered by delaying until De- dangerous game of economic chicken,” Zandi wrote in The US has changed its policy from supporting Israel against the talks about trade and a separate team to discuss the cember the next round of tariffs, mostly on consumer the report. “Both claim that their economies are strong Arab countries to overtly backing up some and opposing others broader geopolitical concerns, people familiar with the goods, scheduled to take effect on September 1 until enough to withstand the trade turbulence, but they are in the Middle East as well as selectively supporting so-called talks told the WSJ.It is unclear whether Trump will go mid-December.That’s right in the middle of U.S. re- pursuing policy stimulus to offset the costs of the war.” democratic activities in the region. Washington has gained in for China’s new plan. Trump has been vocal about his tailers’ most profitable period and could cause trouble More than $100 billion in new American tariffs the short term but left the region in chaos. distrust of China regarding national security threats, at home. These and other moves have caused dramatic on Chinese goods took effect this week, with another Washington has been upholding the “America First” policy like 5G wireless provider Huawei Technologies, which fluctuations in the stock market. The U.S. Trade Rep- $200 billion set to hit in December. By year’s end, and taking subversive action in recent years. This has seriously is blacklisted by the U.S. administration. resentative says everything’s just “next steps” in the nearly every good imported from China will be taxed impacted the fragile world order, and allowed various risks to Deputy-level talks next week will surround “issues of process of getting China to do a deal.Whether that’s by the U.S. government — about $550 billion worth peace to grow. common concern such as trade balance, market access true is a subject for debate. Capital Alpha Partners’ of total goods — paid for by American companies. First, the US has seriously undermined the post-Cold and investor protection,” according to Chinese news James Lucier counseled investors to view the delay Mr. Trump hiked the tariffs last month after China War major power relations centered on cooperation. It de- outlet Xinhua. The meeting in October will mark the of the tariff imposition as being as advertised and not raised duties on $75 billion in U.S. goods amid an clared that China and Russia are two strategic competitors 13th round of trade negotiations between the U.S. and as “backtracking in policy or a ‘blink’ by the U.S.” and escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest and launched an insane trade war against China, leading to China. The talks could fall apart like they did in May “a case of the White House and President Trump, in economies. unprecedented tensions in the world.Second, Washington but the editor-in-chief of the Global Times Hu Xijin particular, getting ahead of his own administrative U.S. employers hired 130,000 workers in August refused to fulfill its responsibilities and obligations as a su- said last week this round of talks could leader to a machinery.” amid signs of slowing job-creation, leaving the jobless perpower, and withdrew from several international treaties “breakthrough.” If the economics are sound, the politics are shaky. A rate at 3.7%. Tariffs on imported Chinese goods are paid and mechanisms, leaving the already formed major global Running up to the talks in October, sources said second Trump term depends on Midwestern farmers for by U.S. companies, not China as President Donald cooperation incomplete, stagnant, and paralyzed.Third, the China is planning to boost agricultural buying. and industrial workers and others whom the tariffs Trump has erroneously claimed. In July alone, tariffs White House has applied extreme pressure and reneged on Trump says he ‘would consider’ an interim trade potentially affect adversely in critical states like Florida, cost American businesses $6.8 billion, according to its words as overt negotiation strategies, severely eroding deal with China Michigan, and Ohio.These are places where the econo- figures released Wednesday by Tariffs Hurt the Heart- some basic norms of international relations. Foxbusiness reported that President Trump signaled my is always issue No. 1, where the three things voters land, a coalition of companies and trade associations The US wishes to reshape international relations and global Thursday that he is open to the possibility of an interim care about most are jobs, jobs and more jobs. And, as that oppose the taxes. Rising trade uncertainty can interest distribution in accordance with its own will, in a bid agreement to resolve a lingering trade dispute with of now, the tariffs are not working to the president’s hurt companies’ ability to plan and hold back spending, to put its “America First” principle into practice. As the world China until a permanent deal can be reached. advantage. As much as the China-bashing rhetoric may which in turn can slow economic growth. with modern technology becomes increasingly chaotic, the US “A lot of people are talking about – and I see a lot of excite his base, it’s not helping them make ends meet. “The data speaks for itself — the trade war is hav- can hardly control such chaos and establish an orderly structure analysts are saying – an interim deal, meaning we’ll do Florida’s exports to China total about $1.6 billion ing a serious negative impact on the U.S. economy,” conducive to maximizing its interests.Turbulence and uncertainty pieces of it, the easy ones first, but there’s no easy or annually. That includes $533 million in gold because Deutsche Bank economist Torsten Slok said in a note have surfaced where the US has stirred things up. The free and hard,” Trump told reporters ahead of his appearance Miami is now the leading hub for refiners and processors to investors this week. That impact includes a drop in open global economic order, as well as the international security at a congressional retreat in Baltimore. “There’s a deal who then sell to China for use in manufacturing. Civil firms planning capital expenditures in the next three structure based on disarmament and arms control, are becoming or there’s not a deal. It’s something we would consider, aircraft parts, the state’s second-biggest export, brings to six months, falling CEO and business confidence, fragmented. Washington is living off its past gains and creating I guess, but we’re doing very well.” in $126 million now and more in the future as China and a decline in job openings. U.S. economic growth, new dissatisfaction, and even hatred, in almost all directions. Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NAS- becomes, over the next 20 years, the world’s largest in the midst of a record expansion that has lasted for Washington’s policymakers are supporting such an irrational DAQ futures each ticked slightly higher on Trump’s single market for civilian aircraft sales. more than a decade, is starting to slow. The Congres- strategy by inciting American nationalism. remarks.The U.S.-China trade dispute has weighed on The Miami Customs District alone did $7 billion sional Budget Office this week forecast GDP of 2.3% The 9/11 attacks were a huge tragedy. It is hoped that Wash- global markets and stoked fears of a looming recession. worth of business with China in 2017. In South Florida, for 2019, compared with 2.9% last year. 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MIT engineers report today that they have cooked up a material that is be 2 billion years younger 10 times blacker than anything that has previously been reported. The material is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, or CNTs— The universe is looking younger every day, in recent years, reopening a simmering microscopic filaments of carbon, like a fuzzy forest of tiny trees, that it seems. astronomical debate of the 1990s that had the team grew on a surface of chlorine-etched aluminum foil. The foil New calculations suggest the universe been seemingly settled. captures more than 99.96 percent of any incoming light, making it the could be a couple billion years younger than In 2013, a team of European scientists blackest material on record. scientists now estimate, and even younger than looked at leftover radiation from the Big The researchers have published their findings today in the journal suggested by two other calculations published Bang and pronounced the expansion rate ACS-Applied Materials and Interfaces. They are also showcasing the this year that trimmed hundreds of millions a slower 67, while earlier this year Nobel cloak-like material as part of a new exhibit today at the New York Stock of years from the age of the cosmos. Prize winning astrophysicist Adam Riess of Exchange, titled “The Redemption of Vanity.” The huge swings in scientists’ estimates the Space Telescope Science Institute used — even this new calculation could be off by NASA’s super telescope and came up with a billions of years — reflect different approaches number of 74. And another team earlier this to the tricky problem of figuring the universe’s year came up with 73.3. real age. Jee and outside experts had big caveats for “We have large uncertainty for how the stars her number. She used only two gravitational are moving in the galaxy,” said Inh Jee, of the lenses, which were all that were available, Max Plank Institute in Germany, lead author and so her margin of error is so large that of the study in Thursday’s journal Science. it’s possible the universe could be older than Scientists estimate the age of the universe calculated, not dramatically younger. by using the movement of stars to measure Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who how fast it is expanding. If the universe is wasn’t part of the study, said it an interesting expanding faster, that means it got to its and unique way to calculate the universe’s The artwork, a collaboration between Brian Wardle, professor of current size more quickly, and therefore must 13.7 billion years, based on a Hubble Constant makes far away objects look closer. They expansion rate, but the large error margins aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and his group, and MIT artist-in- be relatively younger. of 70. rely on a special type of that effect called time limits its effectiveness until more information residence Diemut Strebe, features a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond, The expansion rate, called the Hubble Jee’s team came up with a Hubble Constant delay lensing, using the changing brightness can be gathered. estimated to be worth $2 million, which the team coated with the new, constant, is one of the most important numbers of 82.4, which would put the age of the universe of distant objects to gather information for “It is difficult to be certain of your ultrablack CNT material. The effect is arresting: The gem, normally in cosmology. A larger Hubble Constant makes at around 11.4 billion years. their calculations. conclusions if you use a ruler that you don’t brilliantly faceted, appears as a flat, black void. for a faster moving — and younger — universe. Jee used a concept called gravitational But Jee’s approach is only one of a few fully understand,” Loeb said in an email. Wardle says the CNT material, aside from making an artistic statement, The generally accepted age of the universe is lensing — where gravity warps light and new ones that have led to different numbers (Source: AP News) may also be of practical use, for instance in optical blinders that reduce unwanted glare, to help space telescopes spot orbiting exoplanets. “There are optical and space science applications for very black materials, and of course, artists have been interested in black, going Methane-filled lakes on Saturn’s moon The rare molecule weighing in on the back well before the Renaissance,” Wardle says. “Our material is 10 times blacker than anything that’s ever been reported, but I think the Titan are explosion craters birth of planets blackest black is a constantly moving target. Someone will find a blacker According to a new model developed by Astronomers using one of the most advanced material, and eventually we’ll understand all the underlying mechanisms, planetary scientists in Italy and the United radio telescopes have discovered a rare and will be able to properly engineer the ultimate black.” States, many of the methane-filled lakes on molecule in the dust and gas disc around a Wardle’s co-author on the paper is former MIT postdoc Kehang Cui, Titan were likely formed after explosions of young star -- and it may provide an answer to now a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. warming nitrogen left dozens of empty craters one of the conundrums facing astronomers. Wardle and Cui didn’t intend to engineer an ultrablack material. dotting the surface of Saturn’s largest moon. The star, named HD 163296, is located Instead, they were experimenting with ways to grow carbon nanotubes Outside of Earth, Titan is the only planetary 330 light years from Earth and formed over on electrically conducting materials such as aluminum, to boost their body in the solar system known to host stable the last six million years. electrical and thermal properties. liquid on its surface. While Earth hosts bodies It is surrounded by a disc of dust and gas But in attempting to grow CNTs on aluminum, Cui ran up against a of water, Titan’s lakes are filled with liquid -- a so-called protoplanetary disc. It is within barrier, literally: an ever-present layer of oxide that coats aluminum when methane and ethane. On Earth, methane these discs that young planets are born. Using a it is exposed to air. This oxide layer acts as an insulator, blocking rather and ethane typically exist in gas form, but radio telescope in the Atacama Desert in Chile, than conducting electricity and heat. As he cast about for ways to remove subzero temperatures on Titan allow the researchers were able to detect an extremely aluminum’s oxide layer, Cui found a solution in salt, or sodium chloride. hydrocarbons to exist in liquid form. faint signal showing the existence of a rare At the time, Wardle’s group was using salt and other pantry products, Previous models suggested Titan’s lakes worlds -- thanks to its greenhouse gas form of carbon monoxide -- known as an light given off by more common forms of such as baking soda and detergent, to grow carbon nanotubes. In their tests were formed over thousands of years as the atmosphere. Scientists estimate the moon isotopologue (13C17O). carbon monoxide -- and that could result with salt, Cui noticed that chloride ions were eating away at aluminum’s liquid methane and ethane precipitated by has experienced alternating epochs of warm The detection has allowed an international in scientists underestimating the mass of surface and dissolving its oxide layer. Titan’s clouds dissolving the moon’s bedrock and cold temperatures. During colder periods, collaboration of scientists, led by the the gas present. “This etching process is common for many metals,” Cui says. “For of ice and rock. scientists estimate larger amounts of liquid University of Leeds, to measure the mass “This study has used a technique to instance, ships suffer from corrosion of chlorine-based ocean water. Creators of the new model acknowledged methane and ethane rained down onto the of the gas in the disc more accurately than observe the much rarer 13C17O molecule Now we’re using this process to our advantage.” that such a scenario is plausible for some of the moon’s surface. The liquid hydrocarbons ever before. The results show that disc is — and that’s allowed us to peer deep inside Cui found that if he soaked aluminum foil in saltwater, he could lakes on Titan, specifically those with sharp likely collected to form subsurface lakes, much heavier — or more ‘massive’ — than the disc and find a previously hidden reservoir remove the oxide layer. He then transferred the foil to an oxygen-free boundaries. These lakes resemble Earth’s much like melt water pools deep beneath previously thought. of gas.” environment to prevent reoxidation, and finally, placed the etched karstic lakes, or karst lakes, which form as polar glaciers. Alice Booth, a PhD researcher at Leeds who The researchers made use of one of the aluminum in an oven, where the group carried out techniques to grow rain dissolves large cavities in limestone “These lakes with steep edges, ramparts led the study, said: “Our new observations most sophisticated radio telescopes in the carbon nanotubes via a process called chemical vapor deposition. formations. and raised rims would be a signpost of periods showed there was between two and six times world — the Atacama Large Millimetre/ By removing the oxide layer, the researchers were able to grow carbon According to researchers, the karstic model in Titan’s history when there was liquid more mass hiding in the disc than previous submillimetre Array (ALMA) — high in nanotubes on aluminum, at much lower temperatures than they otherwise fails to explain many of Titan’s smaller lakes, nitrogen on the surface and in the crust,” observations could measure. the Atacama Desert. would, by about 100 degrees Celsius. They also saw that the combination especially those that boast tall, steep rims said Cassini scientist Jonathan Lunine, “This is an important finding in terms ALMA is able to observe light that of CNTs on aluminum significantly enhanced the material’s thermal that rise several hundred feet above sea level. study co-author and a researcher at Cornell of the birth of planetary systems in discs is invisible to the naked eye, allowing and electrical properties—a finding that they expected. The discrepancy between the karstic University. -- if they contain more gas, then they have astronomers to view what is known as the What surprised them was the material’s color. model and Titan’s steep-rimmed lakes, like During periods of warming, these pockets more building material to form more massive ‘cold universe’ -- those parts of space not “I remember noticing how black it was before growing carbon nanotubes Winnipeg Lacus, was brought into sharp of liquid methane and ethane could have planets.” visible using optical telescopes. on it, and then after growth, it looked even darker,” Cui recalls. “So I contrast by radar images collected during vaporized, expanded and ultimately exploded, The scientists’ conclusions are well timed. Booth said: “Our work shows the amazing thought I should measure the optical reflectance of the sample. the final Titan flyby executed by NASA’s leaving cavities that could be filled by more Recent observations of protoplanetary discs contribution that ALMA is making to our “Our group does not usually focus on optical properties of materials, but Cassini Saturn Orbiter. liquid hydrocarbons during subsequent have perplexed astronomers because they understanding of the Universe. It is helping this work was going on at the same time as our art-science collaborations “The rim goes up, and the karst process periods of cooling. did not seem to contain enough gas and dust build a more accurate picture of the physics with Diemut, so art influenced science in this case,” says Wardle. works in the opposite way,” Giuseppe Mitri of Researchers described their new model to create the planets observed. leading to the formation of new planets. This Wardle and Cui, who have applied for a patent on the technology, Italy’s G. d’Annunzio University said in a news Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. Dr. John Ilee, a researcher at Leeds who of course then helps us understand how the are making the new CNT process freely available to any artist to use for release. “We were not finding any explanation “This is a completely different explanation was also involved in the study, added: “The Solar System and Earth came to be.” a noncommercial art project. that fit with a karstic lake basin. In reality, for the steep rims around those small lakes, disc-exoplanet mass discrepancy raises serious The researchers are already planning the Cui measured the amount of light reflected by the material, not just the morphology was more consistent with an which has been a tremendous puzzle,” said questions about how and when planets are next steps in their work. from directly overhead, but also from every other possible angle. The explosion crater, where the rim is formed by Cassini scientist Linda Spilker of NASA’s Jet formed. However, if other discs are hiding Booth added: “We suspect that ALMA results showed that the material absorbed greater than 99.995 percent the ejected material from the crater interior. Propulsion Laboratory. “As scientists continue similar amounts of mass as HD 163296, then will allow us to observe this rare form of of incoming light, from every angle. In essence, if the material contained It’s totally a different process.” to mine the treasure trove of Cassini data, we may just have underestimated their masses CO in many other discs. By doing that, we bumps or ridges, or features of any kind, no matter what angle it was Mitri and his research partners in the we’ll keep putting more and more pieces of until now.” can more accurately measure their mass, viewed from, these features would be invisible, obscured in a void of black. United States worked to develop an alternative the puzzle together. Over the next decades, we “We can measure disc masses by looking and determine whether scientists have The researchers aren’t entirely sure of the mechanism contributing model. will come to understand the Saturn system at how much light is given off by molecules systematically been underestimating how to the material’s opacity, but they suspect that it may have something Though Titan is cold compared to Earth, better and better.” like carbon monoxide. If the discs are much matter they contain.” to do with the combination of etched aluminum, which is somewhat it’s warm compared to similarly distant (Source: UPI) sufficiently dense, then they can block the (Source: Science Daily) blackened, with the carbon nanotubes. Scientists believe that forests of carbon nanotubes can trap and convert most incoming light to heat, reflecting very little of it back out as light, thereby giving CNTs a particularly black shade. Alien comet speeding towards Earth could be visitor from another solar system, say scientists “CNT forests of different varieties are known to be extremely black, but there is a lack of mechanistic understanding as to why this material Astronomers might have spotted an interstellar visitor to our what it is and where it came from. is the blackest. That needs further study,” Wardle says. solar system, for only the second ever time. For now, the object is called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the Minor (Source: phys.org) A mysterious rock, which has been speeding through space Planet Center said. Further observations will be required to confirm towards Earth, might have made its way from an entirely different that it is indeed an interstellar traveler, at which point it will be star. given an updated name. The object appears to be taking a bizarre orbit that suggests Michele Bannister, a scientist from Queen’s University Belfast Physicists may be a step it has arrived here from elsewhere, scientists said. Rather than who worked on the discovery and examination of Oumuamua, closer to solving the mystery the elliptical orbit that objects in our own solar system have tweeted to warn that objects with similar orbits had been spotted as they fly around the Sun, the new object’s movement has a before – and then found to be more normal than we had realized. of proton size hyperbolic shape, suggesting it is on a journey through the solar “This is not the first object since 2017/1I, better known as system rather than around it. ?Oumuamua, to show a hyperbolic orbit,” she wrote on Twitter. If protons wore clothing, the label might read “XXS.” The rock would follow ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object “Several short-arcs have flourished and slid slowly into the demise For nearly a decade, scientists have been arguing over the size ever observed in our solar system, which was first spotted in of straightforward parabolas. of the puny subatomic particles: extra small, or extra extra small. 2017 and has been mystifying scientists ever since. Scientists “What it took? More observations.” A new measurement bolsters the case that protons are more petite still know very little about the unusual object, and its strange Astronomers have long said that more visitors should be than once thought, researchers report. behavior was so unusual that it even led some to suggest it could “Based on the available observations, the orbit solution for spotted fairly regularly in the future, and that they will finally Until 2010, the proton’s radius was measured at about 0.88 actually be an alien spacecraft. this object has converged to the hyperbolic elements shown help us understand where these objects are coming from and how femtometers, or millionths of a billionth of a meter. But then a new If the new object is in fact another interstellar visitor, it could below, which would indicate an interstellar origin,” it wrote. “A unusual they are. In 2022, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope type of measurement — based on exotic atoms made with muons, shed light on that mysterious object. And it would mark a major number of other orbit computers have reached similar conclusions, will be switched on and allow them to see many more, they hope. the heavy cousins of electrons — clashed with that figure, registering breakthrough in our understanding of how such objects are initially D. Farnocchia (JPL), W. Gray, and D. Tholen (UoH). “In the next 10 years, we expect to begin seeing more objects a proton size of about 0.84 femtometers. flung through the universe. “Further observations are clearly very desirable, as all like ‘Oumuamua. The LSST will be leaps and bounds beyond One way to test the proton’s radius is by measuring the separa- The new object was first spotted at the end of August, by an currently-available observations have been obtained at small any other survey we have in terms of capability to find small tion between the energy levels in which hydrogen atoms can exist amateur astronomer called Gennady Borisov who saw it through solar elongations and low elevations. Absent an unexpected interstellar visitors,” said Matthew Knight, an associate research — different states in which the atom’s electron carries a certain a telescope he made himself. He posted the possible discovery fading or disintegration, this object should be observable for scientist in the University of Maryland’s department of astronomy, amount of energy. That energy difference depends on the size of online and other researchers rushed to confirm it. at least a year.” earlier this year. the proton. It has now been spotted through other observations, which One of the things that made ‘Oumuamua so inscrutable to “We may start seeing a new object every year. That’s when By measuring the separation between two such energy levels, have allowed astronomers to learn more about it. That extra scientists was that it was spotted on its way out of the solar system, we’ll start to know whether ‘Oumuamua is weird, or common. If physicist Eric Hessels of York University in Toronto and colleagues work did indeed suggest that it was another visitor to our solar giving them only a very limited time to make any observations of we find 10-20 of these things and ‘Oumuamua still looks unusual, have pegged the radius at about 0.83 femtometers, in good agree- system, prompting Harvard’s Minor Planet Center to release it. The new object looks as if it will be around for longer, giving we’ll have to re-examine our explanations.” ment with the 2010 value. an official report on the object. astronomers much more of an opportunity to try and understand (Source: The Independent) (Source: sciencenews.org) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Elderly couple says United Visit mysterious Katale-Khor kicked them off flight

Two years after the infamous incident in which United Airlines had an elderly passenger physically dragged off a flight, the carrier in western Iran is being accused of a similar episode. TOURISM TEHRAN – Iran has to the extinguished generations of the Married couple Drs. Jessie Au and her husband, M.G. Wientes, deskmany caves, some of past ages. say they were kicked off a late-night United flight in July. The which are unique and special. Situated It’s good to stay in Zanjan’s hotels, couple, ages 68 and 66, respectively, are retired professors from in Zanjan province, Katale-Khor cave plan one day trip to Cave and back to Ohio State University. They were traveling on June 24 from Wash- offers its visitors breathtaking scenes Zanjan again. It will take about 6 hours ington D.C., where they were seeking grants for further personal of natural crystals and rock formation. ( 2 hours driving there ,2-3 hours visit research, to Los Angeles. Katale-Khor, literally meaning the Cave , 2 hours drive back to Zanjan). “Mountain of Sun”, is said to date back (Rich C.; Reviewed March 2016) to Jurassic period (some 120 million “Beautiful but less-visited” years ago), however, it has embraced This cave system is much less popular lots of natural and artificial changes than Ali-Sadr Cave further south - which during this lengthy period. The cave is a shame, given the extent and quality was reportedly discovered some seven of the grottos. There is the (unfortu- decades ago by a group of Iranian cavers. nately expected) colored lighting, but Katale-Khor is estimated to date even that cannot hide magnificence of from tens of million years ago. It fea- the glaze-like stalactites. tures millions of lime stalactites and Getting there can be a bit complicated stalagmites. without a private car: Shared taxis might The cave interiors embrace huge take you as far as Garmab from either hallways and corridors, which are im- Bijar (changing at Khoorkhoreh and The incident was allegedly over a boarding pass issue. Once pressively lit by flashlights. Tatardeh) or Zanjan (probably changing the couple found their seats, another passenger claimed they Some three-seventh of the prolonged in Qeydar), from where you can hire were sitting in the same seat and had the same boarding pass. cave have been explored so far. A length a taxi. Alternatively, hire a taxi for a An argument ensued, and Wientes claims one of the flight of about 3km of the cave is open to the day - we paid appr $15 Bijar return. attendants took his boarding pass toward the back of the plane public while a 4km-route is accessible This would allow for a combined visit and then lost it. Although it was returned, the couple claims it to experienced cavers and researchers. with Takht-e Soleyman. (a_appelt from was too late – by that time, a flight attendant began screaming Exploring a cave may not be on the A view of Katale-Khor cave in western Iran Aarhus, Denmark; Reviewed June 2016) “You’re coming out.” “to-do list” of travelers in Iran. How- “mountain of the sun” When the couple tried to show one of the flight attendants ever, Karaftu, Ali-Sadr and Quri Qaleh, recorded levels and a visit takes one to (c. 100,000 BC). The name, Katale Khor, means their boarding passes, they grabbed the elbow to get the attention and Katale-Khor are amongst the most two hours. There’s no public transport Under tourists’ eyes “mountain of the sun”. Geological studies of one of the attendants and chaos ensued. visited caves, the latter is situated some to the site; hire a taxi. Here is a select of comments that in 1984 showed that the cave formation Au says, “The flight attendant and gate (agent) both yelled 150km south of Zanjan, off a road that Iran is geologically a part of the Al- visitors to the cave have posted to Tri- dates back to the Jurassic period. It is at us. We were traumatized. You could hear them screaming connects Soltaniyeh to Hamedan. pine-Himalayan organic belt. According pAdvisor, one of the most popular travel believed that the cave is connected to Ali throughout the plane. “Don’t touch me! You are coming out! The extensive Katale-Khor cave to Britannica Encyclopedia, the enig- websites in the world: Sadr Cave in Hamadan province. The I’m going to kick you off the plane.” system, rated by locals as the best in matic evidence of human presence on “Stalagmites and stalactites” road from Zanjan to Katale Khor passes Forbes.com said it contacted United Airlines multiple times western Iran, is 150km south of Zanjan, the Iranian plateau is as early as Lower The existence of nature’s carvings Soltaniyeh, an ancient Ilkhanid city. The to hear their side of the story, but has yet to receive a response. off the Soltaniyeh–Hamadan road near Paleolithic times. through million years in the beautiful cave was discovered about 90 years ago. Au said the incident reminded her of what happened two Garmab. According to Lonely Planet, The first well-documented evidence form of stalagmites and stalactites in It has many remarkable scenes that is years ago on a United flight. less visited than the more famous Ali of human habitation is in deposits from the corridors and halls is showing off rare to see in other area even if exist. I In April of 2017, passenger Dr. David Yao was, literally, Sadr caves, which it is thought to even- several excavated cave and rock-shel- and adds to the beauty of the Cave. took several photo from the different dragged off a United plane after refusing to give up his seat on tually join, Katale-Khor has 3km open ter sites, located mainly in the Zagros In some corridors animals’ skele- part of 2500 meters walking distance an overbooked flight. He suffered cuts and bruises; the damage to the public and another 4km available Mountains of western Iran and dated to tons were found which are not similar within the cave. (Kaveh H. from Ottawa, to United’s reputation was severe. for experienced cavers. There are six Middle Paleolithic or Mousterian times to nowadays animal and probably belong Canada; Reviewed April 2016) (Source: MSN) ROUND THE GLOBE ICOMOS to assess Iran’s cross-country railways for UNESCO tag Historic Centre of Morelia HERITAGE TEHRAN — A team of experts from the a wide spectrum of various economic, commercial, social, deskInternational Council on Monuments cultural and even political aspects in a sensitive and important A World Heritage, the Historic Centre of Morelia is located in and Sites (ICOMOS) is scheduled to visit Iran late Sep- period of contemporary world history. Consequently the central Mexico, at the foot of the Sierra Madre Occidental and tember in order to assess Iran’s cross-country railways 1394 kilometers long Trans-Iranian Railway was built with near the agricultural valley of Morelia-Querendaro. for a possible UNESCO registration. a width of 1435mm and 90 working stations along its route. Built in the 16th century according to a “checkerboard” “The assessors will arrive in Iran early in Mehr (Sep. 23- It starts at a point north of Torkaman port located southeast layout, Morelia is an outstanding example of urban devel- Oct. 22) and they intend to conduct field surveys for about of the Caspian Sea. After going through Sari and Qaem-shahr opment combining town planning theories of Spain and two weeks,” deputy tourism minister Mohammad-Hassan cities, the railway enters the mountainous region of Alborz the Mesoamerican experience. Talebian said on Sunday, CHTN reported. through the high Firooz-kooh Pass which is linked with Teh- “Evaluators will inspect all railway-related sites, in- ran and Varamin Plain by numerous bridges and tunnels. cluding museums, stations, tunnels, bridges, railways, Further on after crossing flat lands of Qom and Arak, the and natural and cultural heritage located in the railway Trans-Iranian Railway penetrates into Zagros highlands in corridor,” the official added. Lorestan Province and passing through a large number of In 2017, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and tunnels and bridges reaches Andimeshk situated in the low Tourism Organization, which has recently turned to a Khuzestan Plain. Finally extending to the vicinity of Dezful, ministry, in close collaboration with the Islamic Republic Ahwaz and its grand bridge on Karoon, the Trans-Iranian of Iran Railways submitted to UNESCO a preliminary Railway is divided into two branches ending separately at dossier titled “Trans-Iranian Railway”. Khoram-shahr and Imam-Khomeini ports on the Persian Gulf. The industrial heritage, which dates from the World Such bridges are the first of their kinds in the country Moreover, Trans-Iranian Railway features a complete War I and II, contains expanded railway networks mainly which were constructed based on modern technical and collection of beautiful natural resources including mountain stretched from south to north. It also includes a variety engineering calculations and from materials like metal ranges, ponds, peaks, slopes, forests, plains and grasslands of monuments such as Tabriz railway station as well as and concrete. as well as deserts and steppes can be seen on this course Veresk and Sekhat-tala bridges built at hard-to-access Railway can be regarded as a turning point for compre- belonging to a variety of weather conditions such as tem- Well suited to the slopes of the central hill of the valley, points of deserts or highlands. hensive developments in Iran. These developments include perate, humid, arid and hot. its streets follow the original layout. The city has major axes, numerous urban squares, of which the vast rectangular Zocalo Plaza, and gardens that create an open, airy ensemble with magnificent vistas of the surrounding hills. The future of travel: hotel game-changers The central part of the Historic Centre of Morelia Those wanting to know more about the “Train travelers usually only capture a International; Wing T. Chao, founder, Wing includes 249 monuments of prime importance, of which shape of the travel industry of the future, glimpse of the immense beauty that passes T. Chao Global Advisors; John Hardy, 21 churches and 20 civil constructions, which crystallize should look to the finalists of the Radical by outside their window, but imagine if president/CEO, The John Hardy Group; the architectural history of the city. The sobriety of the Innovation competition, which is gearing you could step out of your cabin into the Michael Medzigian, chairman & manag- urban townscape is enhanced by many Baroque facades up to announce its winner next month on wilderness to feel, touch, and smell it? Each ing partner, Watermark Capital Partners, characteristic of the religious foundations, including 16 October 2019. The yearly competition stop along the route is unique and designed LLC; Jena Thornton, principal, hospitality, the cathedral and the churches of Santa Rosa, de las challenges designers, hoteliers, and stu- with an immersive program of activity, in- Kinzer Partners; Simon Turner, managing Monjas and Guadelupe. dents to pioneer compelling ideas in travel. cluding outdoor adventures, wellness and director, Alpha Lodging Partners, LLC; and Although the majority of the monuments were erected Three finalist companies will be competing dining; designed to astound, delight and James Woods, WeWork. in the 17th and 18th centuries, styles of earlier and later for the prize in a live pitch presentation at the capture the guest’s imagination at every In addition to the three professional periods (Middle Ages, Renaissance and Neoclassicism) New Museum in New York, with an audience turn. The Infinite Explorer is a one-of-a-kind Infinite Explorer aims to bring the American finalists, the jury selected one student merge in the creation of the “Baroque Moreliano”. To- vote (made up of industry influencers and hospitality experience. One train, infinite West’s defunct passenger rail lines back to life. submission from among the many entries. gether, they form a harmonious unity that reinforces the investors) deciding the winner, who will re- possibilities,” explains the company. This year’s student winner is Rooftop Hotel measured use of architectural elements in pink stone, ceive $10,000 and access to industry experts Next up is New York’s Danny Forster on what’s being built. Furthermore, this Gardens by Ruslan Mannapov and Airat the numerous arcades and imposing towers and cupolas who can further their concept. & Architecture’s Volumetric High Rise technology syncs those images to the VR Zaidullin from Kazan State University of covered with azulejos that dominate the city. The idea behind the award is to challenge Modular Hotel. AC by Marriott at 842 6th plans, which means off-site stakeholders Architecture and Engineering (KSUAE) Integrity the hotel industry to elevate the guest ex- Avenue, New York City, will be the tallest and on-site factory workers can compare in Russia. The original model of urban development, which is perience by calling for new ideas in design modular hotel in the world when it opens what a module looks like at a particular “Rooftop Hotel Gardens offers a hotel con- one of the universal values of the Historic Centre of and operations. Since its founding, it has in early 2020. But it won’t just be a step up stage to what it should look like.” cept placeable in any city that gives guests a Morelia has been maintained. In addition, the urban handed over $150,000 to progressive archi- for modular design, it will be a step forward. Finally, Connectic by New York’s Coop- chance to experience skyline of cities in an public space has preserved its integrity and the streets tectural and hospitality-minded thinkers. The building leverages the advantages of er Carry, employs modular construction isolated peaceful space fully merged with an still follow the original layout. This year, the 13th of the competition, modular construction, uses cutting-edge techniques to fill underutilized spaces by urban environment” the students explain. Despite the changes of use required to meet the needs the three finalists were selected from over proprietary technology to address potential way of collapsible, modular units that are “The conceptual hotel chain provides loca- of civil society, the monumental Baroque style buildings 50 entries, submitted from 20 different drawbacks, and, most importantly, put to flexible and adaptable to respond to vari- tions on rooftops and services throughout have preserved their own architectural characteristics. countries. Fighting it out are Infinite Ex- rest the idea that a modular building can ety of environments. This concept could the city. Each guest can reserve a room on The transformation of old residential buildings to new plorer by SB Architects, San Francisco, only be the sum of its factory-made parts. be used to build a pop-up hotel in remote the open roof of any participating building. uses related to tourism has been achieved in respect of Volumetric High-Rise Modular Hotel by “It’s stylish and architecturally expres- area or to help solve problems of space Thanks to a network throughout the city, if the integrity of the inscribed site. Danny Forster & Architecture, New York, sive. And, yes, 80 percent of the building’s and density in urban cores. guests want, they have the opportunity to It should be noted, however, that built heritage in good Connectic by Cooper Carry, New York. square footage will be shipped in – precise- “Interstitial spaces between buildings, change place and module during the entire condition is found mainly in the heart of the historic centre. Based in San Francisco, SB Architects’ ly constructed and complete down to the parking lots, forgotten pocket parks, and period of their stay.” Conservation of the built heritage of traditional and neigh- Infinite Explorer is a hospitality concept curtains, TV, sconce and even art – from a above buildings offer an opportunity for Whether it’s a sky-high room for the night bouring quarters has received less attention and the number that helps travelers connect with remote factory in Poland” says the company. “The hotels of the future to use Connectic’s model or a new way of conceiving disused spaces, of buildings in poor condition has increased. destinations using the American West’s perfect marriage of modular construction to increase volume of available keys and the award is one way of looking ahead to Authenticity defunct passenger rail lines which now and inventive architectural design, this amenities and connect neglected spaces to the future of travel, revealing exciting and Restoration work on the monumental ensembles, especially span the nation. What were once bustling Manhattan AC points the way to the fu- existing hotels,” says the company. “This innovative ideas for the shape of travel. religious, was carried out in accordance with the criteria of railways are now silent and forgotten ves- ture by using accelerated design processes would become an aggregation that can swell “We mobilize disruptors from around the authenticity of the site. The recuperation of urban areas for tiges of our past. Many of these railways through VR software and off-site quality and shrink as needed. A collective of modules world with the ideas to propel the industry community purposes has enabled an appreciation of all their span untapped, truly breathtaking, loca- control to streamline the building process that are at once collapsible and reusable. forward,” says Radical Innovation. “The wealth, while promoting their conservation. Dissemination tions, but provide no footing for hospi- for builders anywhere in the world. DF&A Conflating multiple revenue streams into a result is a creative community gathered campaigns on the important historical events of Morelia help tality development. The Infinite Explorer and its tech partner patented a ‘Time Ma- single solution. And, a kinematic proposal by the same passion for innovation, in- to strengthen the memory of the Historic Centre. In this re- provides a unique opportunity to embrace chine’ technology that trains 3D cameras to temporary events.” troducing the dreamers to those equipped gard, various events have been staged to commemorate the and transform the existing infrastructure on each module at five different points in Finalists were selected by a jury of hos- with the necessary resources to bring such Bicentennial of Mexican Independence. of these underutilized spaces, making the the construction process, so that clients, pitality and design experts: Claude Amar, concepts to life.” (Source: UNESCO) unreachable, reachable. contractors, and architects can keep an eye managing director, The John Hardy Group (Source: Forbes) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 INTERNATIONAL 11

How the media encourages, “The truth” is no longer “important” for mainstream media sustains political warfare The New York Times unveiled a new slogan early in 2017 titled, “The truth is more important now than ever.” It Since his inauguration, President Donald To support his argument, he cites Bob has acquired a seemingly noble motto but a perhaps Trump has been waging war against the Bauer, a former White House counsel to contentious one if we examine the Times’ recent history. American press by dismissing unfavorable President Barack Obama, who has argued Two international law specialists, Howard Friel and Richard reports as “fake news” and calling the me- that the campaign finance violations aren’t Falk, published a book after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq dia “the enemy of the American people.” very significant but are instead being used called The Record of the Paper, which has scarcely been As a countermeasure, The Washington as a political cudgel. reviewed. Post has publicly fact-checked every claim Fund admits that Cohen’s guilty plea Friel and Falk focused on the Times due to the that Trump has labeled as fake. In August will hurt Trump and make things tougher newspaper’s importance. The authors point out that in 2018, The Boston Globe coordinated edito- for his supporters, requiring them “to do a 70 Times editorials on Iraq – from September 11, 2001 rials from newspapers across the nation to lot of heavy lifting when they come to his to March 20, 2003 – the words “international law” and push back against Trump’s attacks on the defense.” Fund’s editorial also admits to “UN Charter” were never mentioned. The “truth” did not press. The Associated Press characterized minor lapses in Trump’s judgment – par- seem terribly “important” as the Times stood idly by in this effort as the declaration of a “war of ticularly in hiring Cohen, Manafort and the destruction of Iraq. words” against Trump. Omarosa Manigault Newman. It thus yielded Such was the barrage of propaganda directed at the News organizations might frame them- to popular criticisms of Trump. American public that 69% believed Saddam Hussein was selves as the besieged party in this “war.” But this admission is not a call for ac- “personally involved” in the September 11 attacks. That But what if they’re as much to blame as the countability; it is a call to arms. Fund ulti- is a significant achievement in manipulation. The poll president in this back-and-forth? And what mately argues that if Trump is indicted, it results must have been news to the Iraqi dictator himself, if readers are to blame as well? will not be because he is guilty of violating a forgotten one-time American ally. In an unpublished manuscript titled a serious law. It will be because his oppo- “The War of Words,” the late rhetorical nents seek to vanquish him. theorist and cultural critic Kenneth Burke Indictment or not, Fund seems to be cast the media as agents of political war- saying, Trump supporters should be ready fare. In 2012, we found this manuscript in The thesis of “The War of Words” is publican Party. The first implies that the for a ferocious political fight come 2020. Burke’s papers and, after working closely simple and, in our view, holds up today: Republican Party, because it holds a majority Again, the lines are drawn. with Burke’s family and the University of Political warfare is ubiquitous, unrelenting in Congress, is responsible for upholding How to survive the ‘war of words’ California Press, it was published in Oc- and inevitable. News coverage and com- justice – and if they don’t indict Trump, Burke once wrote about how rhetori- tober 2018. mentary are frequently biased, whether they’re clearly protecting him to preserve cal devices like those explored above can In “The War of Words,” Burke urges journalists and readers are aware of it or their political power. sustain division and polarization. readers to recognize the role they also play not. And all media coverage, therefore, The second headline might seem less “Imagine a passage built about a set in sustaining polarization. He points to how demands careful scrutiny. malicious than the first. But think about of oppositions (‘we do this, but they on seemingly innocuous features in a news story To Burke, you don’t have to launch social the underlying assumption: Republicans the other hand do that; we stay here, but can actually compromise values readers media missives in order to participate in are only urging “embattled” elected officials they go there; we look up, but they look might hold, whether it’s debating the issues sustaining a polarized political environment. to speak out against Trump. down,’ etc.),” he wrote. “Once you grasp further, finding points of consensus, and, Instead, the quiet consumption of news The directive, therefore, isn’t born out of the trend of the form, [you see that] it in- ideally, avoiding war. reporting is enough to do the trick. political principle. Rather, it’s being made vites participation regardless of the subject A book born out of the Cold War Pick a side because the party needs to preserve its ma- matter … you will find yourself swinging In 1939 – just before Adolf Hitler invaded along with the succession of antitheses, Most people might think that the content jority and protect vulnerable incumbents. Sceengrab from The Independent Poland – Burke wrote an influential essay, of media coverage is the most persuasive The unstated claim in this headline is that even though you may not agree with the “The Rhetoric of Hitler’s ‘Battle,’” in which component. They assume what gets reported the Republican Party exhibits political vir- proposition that is being presented in Why Hussein would take it upon himself to orchestrate he outlined how Hitler had weaponized matters more than how it gets reported. tue only when it’s needed to quell threats this form.” a surprise attack on the United States, of all nations, is language to foment antipathy, scapegoat But according to “The War of Words,” this to its power. Burke calls this phenomenon “collabo- anyone’s guess. Perhaps if he had a death wish but as later Jews and unite Germans against a com- assumption is backwards: An argument’s If you side with The New York Times, you rative expectancy” – collaborative because events proved he was not the suicidal type. mon enemy. form is often its most persuasive element. may be heartened by its efforts to position it encourages us to swing along together, The Times was not alone in its position of selling the After World War II ended and Ameri- Burke takes pains to catalog the various the Republican Party as craven in its lust and “expectancy” because of the predict- Iraq war to the American people, as television networks ca’s leaders turned their attention to the forms that news writers use in their work for power. If you side with the Republican ability of each side’s argument. from Fox News to CBS and CNN were overwhelmingly pro- Soviet Union, Burke saw some parallels and calls them “rhetorical devices.” Party, you are probably disgusted with the This predictability encourages readers war. Fox News, owned by Rupert Murdoch – who strongly to Hitler in the way language was being One device he calls “headline thinking,” paper for claiming that its representatives to embrace an argument without consid- backed the illegal conflict – placed a permanent US flag in weaponized in the U.S. which refers to how an article’s headline lack moral virtue. ering whether we find it persuasive. They the corner of the screen. Fox employees were compelled He worried that the U.S. might remain can establish the tone and frame of the Either way, the line is drawn: The New simply sit on one of two opposing sides to describe the invasion as “Operation Iraqi Freedom”, on a permanent wartime footing and that issue being discussed. York Times is on one side, and the Repub- and nod along. with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis later being killed. a drumbeat of oppositional rhetoric di- Take, for example, an Aug. 21 article The lican Congress is on the other. According to Burke, if you passively The pattern continues into other illegitimate rected at the Soviet Union was making New York Times ran about how Michael A rhetorical ‘call to arms’ consume the news, swinging along with interventions as the liberal Guardian newspaper championed the nation susceptible to slipping into yet Cohen’s indictment might affect the 2018 Another device Burke explores is one headlines as the midterms unfold, political the demolition of Libya in 2011, with editorials imploring, another war. midterms. The headline read: “With Cohen that he calls “yielding aggressively,” which divisions will likely be further cemented. “The quicker Muammar Gaddafi falls, the better.” The Tormented by this possibility, he pub- Implicating Trump, a Presidency’s Fate involves accepting criticism in order to lev- However if you become aware of how Guardian encouraged NATO “to tip the military balance lished two books, “A Grammar of Motives” Rests With Congress.” erage it to one’s own benefit. the media reports you’re consuming seek further against Gaddafi”, while later that year summarising and “A Rhetoric of Motives,” in which he The next day, the Times ran another We see this at play in an op-ed piece to subtly position and influence you, you’ll that “it has turned out, so far, reasonably well” – by that sought to inoculate Americans from the article on the same topic with the following published on Fox News on Aug. 22, 2018. likely seek out more sources and become point thousands had been killed. sort of political speech that, in his view, headline: “Republicans Urge Embattled The writer, John Fund, concluded that Mi- more deliberative. You might notice what’s In 2015 Ian Birrell, then deputy editor of the Independent, could lead to a nuclear holocaust. Incumbents to Speak Out on Trump.” chael Cohen’s guilty plea will “likely” not missing from a debate, and what really still assured his readers, “I would argue that Britain and “The War of Words” was originally sup- Both headlines seek to assail the Re- lead to an indictment of President Trump. might be motivating the outlet. France were right to step in [in Libya]. The failures came posed to be part of “A Rhetoric of Motives.” To avoid getting sucked into a dynamic later on.” Apparently it was fine for two old imperial powers But at the last minute, Burke decided to set of two opposing, gridlocked forces, it’s to “step in” to shatter a sovereign nation, then afterwards it aside and publish it later. Unfortunately, The quiet consumption of news can sustain a important for all readers to make their absolve the invaders of blame with “the failures” only coming he never ended up publishing it before his polarized political environment consciousness a matter of conscience. “later on”. death in 1993. (Source: salon.com) It’s a rare thing indeed to hear a prominent commentator question the balance of Western mainstream coverage. The same voices can be heard piping up when alternative news sources take a different line not so palatable to their tastes. Do debate questions reflect concerns of democratic voters? Nick Cohen, writing in the Guardian, accused the network Russia Today (RT) of being a “propaganda channel” and With the Democratic primary debates TOPIC NUMBER PERCENT that Russia was “prostituting journalism”. In the following underway, it’s worth looking back at sentence, Cohen describes the BBC and New York Times what was asked in the first round to see Economic 24 19 as being “reputable news organisations”. whether the issues of most concern to Cohen firmly supported the Iraq war, writing at the Democratic voters are being addressed. Healthcare 22 18 time that “the Left betrays the Iraqi people by opposing The initial debates, hosted by NBC, war”, and “an American invasion offers the possibility of focused heavily on the economy (19% Immigration 22 18 salvation”. He was deemed not to be “prostituting journalism” of questions), healthcare (18%) and in backing this violation of international law, nor when immigration (18%) — central issues International 14 11 later supporting other interventions in Libya and Syria. to many voters, to be sure. But other The BBC’s reputation, which Cohen previously claimed issues that Democrats want to hear Guns 11 9 to be “reputable”, was dealt a blow when it was revealed by about got short shrift. Climate change, Cardiff University that the network “displayed the most which multiple polls put second only to Environment 10 8 ‘pro-war’ agenda of any broadcaster” with its coverage healthcare as a top issue for Democratic on the Iraq invasion. voters, got only 10 questions (8%), while Governance 10 8 Steven Erlanger of the New York Times described RT as core issues around race and women’s rights “an agent of Kremlin policy” used to “undermine Western got eight (6%) and five (4%), respectively. Race 8 6 democracies” and to “destabilise the West” – failing to back Two questions were asked about LGBTQ up the claims with any evidence. To gain perspective on these concerns. media questioners—would haunt much concerned about insufficient government Women 5 4 attacks, it may be worth pointing out a key excerpt from the The first question on the first night of the debate. action on climate. The Green New Deal First Amendment of the US Constitution: “Congress shall 3 2 (6/26/19) gave a pretty good sense of A single question was asked about was not mentioned at all. Non-Policy make no law… abridging [curtailing] the freedom of speech, the network’s approach to the debates. education, but “free college” was Questions about organized labor were LGBTQ 2 2 or of the press.” Turning to Elizabeth Warren, NBC‘s mentioned among other social welfare also notably absent, as were the issues of This law does not exist in Western democracies but Savannah Guthrie asked: policies in four other questions, all of which campaign finance and Citizens United—a Education 1 1 attempts at limiting freedom of expression continue apace, You have many plans — free college, were framed around cost, or supposed noteworthy omission, when several of the while attacks on alternative media outlets by institutions free childcare, government healthcare, pragmatism, rather than benefits—e.g., candidates have made a point of swearing Total of power grow. It has reached a point whereby the French cancellation of student debt, new taxes, 124 asking whether such policies give “a false off money from various corporate interests Questions president Emmanuel Macron, shortly after assuming office, new regulations, the breakup of major sense of what’s actually achievable,” or or Super PAC money. publicly attacked legitimate news sources of “behaving like corporations. But this comes at a time whether “Democrats have a responsibility The foreign policy questions, 11% of the Compared to the questioning in the early deceitful propaganda”. when 71 percent of Americans say the to explain how they will pay for every total, were notably bellicose, with Lester Democratic presidential primaries for the Perhaps the hidden concern about RT, for example, economy is doing well, including 60 proposal they make along those lines” Holt asking three different candidates, 2016 election, there was a dramatically is its continued increase in both popularity and scope – percent of Democrats. What do you say (6/27/19). “How would you stand up to China?” greater focus on healthcare (from 2% to with the channel enjoying a total weekly viewership of to those who worry this kind of significant Climate, too, got the “how will you and Chuck Todd asking everyone in the 18%) and immigration (from 6% to 18%). 70 million people and rising. RT is available to viewers change could be risky to the economy? pay for this” treatment in two of its 10 first debate to give a one-word answer Questions about foreign policy dropped in Western heartlands such as Britain and the US, with Who, exactly, is worrying about these questions, in addition to a question asking for “greatest political threat.” significantly, from 25% to 11%. Non-policy eight million Americans watching the station each week. plans being risky? Guthrie’s sleight-of- Beto O’Rourke to respond to a hypothetical The threat the US poses to the world questions, which often eat up an outsize It represents quite an achievement that a channel with the hand suggests it’s Democratic voters, when voter who—in response to “big changes,” might have been a relevant issue, given portion of debate time with a focus on non- word “Russia”, featured in its title, can attract viewers in in fact they overwhelmingly support pretty like “switching to renewable energy that the US is involved in ongoing drone substantive issues like electability, personal their millions, despite the growing anti-Russian sentiment much all of the plans she listed. (Warren’s [and] pushing to replace gas-powered wars in at least six countries, and at least questions or general questions about other espoused by the powers-that-be. “new taxes” are highly popular wealth and cars in favor of electric ones”—”feels 5,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria have been candidates, also dropped significantly, It is revealing that elite figures like Hillary Clinton have corporate taxes.) And, in fact, even the as if government’s telling them how killed in drone attacks and other US and from 21% to 2%. New this year were a lamented in the past, “We are in an information war and we general population tends to support such to live and ordering them how to live.” US-allied airstrikes since the beginning of series of questions about governance: ten are losing that war.” For the first time in history, populations policies. But the fiscally conservative, risk- Meanwhile, none of the environment- Trump’s presidency. But the only drone questions about bipartisanship, gridlock, have broad access to alternative news angles – points of averse, largely-happy-with-the-status- related questions raised the issue of how question asked in the first debates was court-nominee obstruction and damage view that they likely find of a more balanced nature. Gone quo voter—which, by the way, probably much not addressing the climate crisis will about worries that drones will take over to our political institutions. is the unchallenged monopoly on the public mind. fits the profile of most of the corporate cost, or foregrounded the fears of voters domestic jobs. (Source: FAIR.com) (Source: globalresearch.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

22 school bus lines set up Over 9,000 in Tehran SOCIETY TEHRAN – Twenty two lines for school buses Tehrani children deskhave been established in the city of Tehran, aimed at providing students with transportation services to ensure that they can attend schools safely, Tehran bus operating company’s managing director Peyman Sanandaji has said. attend “The city I love” competition SOCIETY TEHRAN — Some 9,400 initially need to reach a common context deskchildren in Tehran have which id formed by the children’s needs, participated in a painting contest called adding, many social and psychological “The city I love” on issues related to life in experts believe that using imagery and the metropolis, including environment and painting is one of the best ways to better green spaces, transportation and traffic, urban understand children’s expectations from services, cultural and social issues, recrea- the city,” he explained. tional facilities, sports, and entertainment. The painting competition was organized by Held from August 29 to September 6, the the Municipality in partnership with Tehran painting contest was open to children and Department of Education, and Institute for teenagers aged 4 to 14, Mojtaba Daneshvar, Intellectual Development of Children and director of citizenship education of Tehran Young Adults, he added. The painting contest called “The city I Municipality, said, adding that the number of “The drawings or paintings will be sub- love” focused on issues related to life in Pointing out that with the beginning of the new school year participants indicate the success underlying mitted by a group of artists, then the best (September 23) the number of passengers will increase by 20-30 popularity peaks of such cultural-educational art work of each age group will be chosen the metropolis, including environment percent, he said that to meet the transportation needs of students events, ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. and the winners will be granted awards.” and green spaces, transportation and attending schools and educational centers, school bus lines have The competition was an attempt to create An exhibition will be held in Tehran con- been set up in all parts of the city. an intellectual challenge for children and current with the International Children’s Day traffic, urban services, cultural and The buses running in these lines are labeled with a specific teenagers to address their demands from to showcase the selected paintings in order social issues, recreational facilities, logo to be at service during the school’s opening and closing urban managers and mayors, he noted. to be noticed by art enthusiasts across the sports, and entertainment. hours, he stated, IRNA reported on Sunday. “To build a more child-friendly city, we country, he concluded. Along the bus line routes, special stations are exclusively ded- icated to the school buses which are solely used for the students to ensure their safety, he highlighted. Hundreds of fish found dead Highest levels of mercury ever recorded are He went on to say that “with the universities and school open- after UK river dries up found in blubber of dolphins in English Channel ings, transportation needs increases and we decided to increase the number of buses in populated parts of the city and dispatch some traffic police forces to those areas.”

How skillful driving can reduce toxic fumes

Local authorities are encouraging people not to leave their cars idling as tests show we can reduce air pollution by changing the way we drive. Scientists in Utah measured exhaust emissions from a test car driven by volunteers over a set route. Contrary to the stereo- typical view of the “boy racer”, the study showed the older male participants were the most polluting drivers. Experienced motorists produced about 50% more hydrocarbon A picturesque small river in the Chil- used as swimming spots, but also added Bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel Sea and Florida Everglades. and nitrogen oxides compared with younger drivers, who acceler- terns has dried up, leaving hundreds that low water levels had been a problem have among the highest levels of toxic mer- Scientists believe the pollutants could ated more gently and used less power on hills. This demonstrates of fish and shrimp dead, with experts centuries ago. cury ever recorded in their blubber and weaken their immune system and mean the that more skilful driving can help reduce air pollution. and local action groups blaming climate “Mill owners in 1774 were complaining it skin, scientists have found. dolphins face higher rates of illness and Other studies have shown motorists who are inexperienced at change for reduced water levels. had dried up on one occasion,” he said. “But They also have high levels of other toxic disease than their captive counterparts. driving electric vehicles tend to accelerate faster than petrol and Alarming photographs show the wa- we also have plenty of records of floods. The organic pollutants known as PCBs (poly- Previous research on the effects of PCB diesel drivers, leading to more energy use and greater particle terless muddy bottom of the River Mis- river couldn’t possibly sustain mills today. chlorinated biphenyls) that were banned in exposure has linked it to reduced survival pollution from tyre wear. bourne in Buckinghamshire strewn with “There’s an indication climate change the 1970s and 1980s because of the risk rate of calves. This is because electric motors respond quickly when the decomposing corpses. is making things worse. they posed to wildlife and humans. The Dr Das said: “The reported concentra- accelerator is pressed. When retested after five months, how- The river is one of 260 chalk streams “Flash floods are no good. We need the chemicals – often used as refrigerants tions are among the highest reported for ever, electric vehicle owners had optimised their driving and in the world, nine of which are in the water to settle down through the soil to reach – are extremely durable, which is why cetaceans. were less polluting. Chilterns – a designated Area of Outstand- the aquifer. Lots of rain doesn’t necessarily they have remained in the ecosystem four “We strongly recommend the Nor- A study of hybrid vehicles showed how technical knowledge ing Natural Beauty. They are notable for help. We really need the rain to come during decades after being outlawed. manno-Breton Gulf be a special area of and dashboard feedback enabled drivers to use less fuel and being very clear, and supporting a large the winter recharge period rather than the “These organic compounds are able to conservation candidate because it contains produce less pollution. diversity of wildlife. summer because otherwise the grass and dissolve in fats and oils, and consist of the the last large European population of bot- However, with 40% of car journeys in England being less Conservationists at the Chiltern Chalk the trees mop it all up.” by-products of various industrial processes tlenose dolphins.” than two miles, the best behaviour change is to walk or cycle Streams Project have called for a drought He also said since the 1990s water and pesticides, among others,” said lead About 420 coastal bottlenose dolphins on short trips. to be declared to prevent more creatures abstraction had decreased substantially, researcher Dr Krishna Das, a zoologist at live in the the Normanno-Breton Gulf (Source: The Guardian) from suffering the same fate. indicating the river could be getting drier the University of Liege in Belgium. around the Channel Islands. Project officer Allen Beechey said: despite less water being taken from it. “Bottlenose dolphins are often used to “The bottlenose dolphins in European WORDS IN THE NEWS “Our chalk streams are in crisis and Calling for a long-term water strategy for study levels of environmental pollutants, as waters are protected by the Habitats Di- facing a fight for survival. the southeast, Mr Olden said the threat of the the organic compounds accumulate within rective. Their conservation requires the “A combination of climate change and river’s disappearance represented the “loss their thick layer of fatty tissue,” she said. creation of special areas of conservation and Pope urges harmony over-abstraction to supply our ever-rising of something nice to have. It’s the difference Researchers took skin biopsies dur- the need for strict protection,” Dr Das said. between faiths demand for water has left chalk streams between a ditch that’s overgrown and full of ing boat surveys of 82 wild dolphins “Despite this European directive, hu- like the River Misbourne in a dire state.” Tesco trollies, or a nice stream full of fish.” living in the Normanno-Breton Gulf in man activities are increasing in the Nor- (September 24, 2001) Bob Olden, founder of the Misbourne Conservationists have called for govern- the English Channel. They found chlo- manno-Breton Gulf. The potential threats River Action group, told The Independent: ment action to avoid “irreparable damage” ride-containing compounds (PCBs) from include pollutants, noise pollution, par- At a mass in the Kazakh capital Astana the Pope called for harmony “The Misbourne is dry for an exceptional to Britain’s surviving chalk streams, and industrial fluids made up more than 91 ticularly construction noise, disturbance by between Christians and Muslims. He urged them to pray for amount of its length at the moment.” avoid taking any further water from them. per cent of organic chemicals in their tourism activities and by-catch,” she said. peace as the US continues preparations for military action to The same thing happened in 2017, he Mr Beechey said: “These rare rivers have skin, according to the paper published This latest research follows a study from combat international terrorism. This report from David Willey: said, though not to the same extent. suffered at the hands of abstraction, which in Scientific Reports. March this year which found levels of mer- The turnout at the Pope’s mass was disappointing - perhaps “It’s unusual, and possibly getting to has increased significantly ever since the Mercury levels were similar to lev- cury, arsenic and lead at shockingly high 20 or 30 thousand out of an expected 50 thousand people. But be more frequent.” end of the Second World War to supply els described in the bottlenose dolphin levels in the blood of great white sharks it was a major event in this new capital of an independent state He said that a generation ago, sev- water to an ever-growing population. populations living in notoriously con- swimming off the coast of South Africa. of 15 million people. Kazakhstan, a vast territory, broke away eral sections of the river were regularly (Source: The Independent) taminated areas in the Mediterranean (Source: The Independent) from the former Soviet Union only ten years ago and is rarely in the international limelight. During his homily, the Pope switched from Russian to English ENGLISH IN USE in a heartfelt call to both Muslims and Catholics to pray for peace at this moment of international tension. «We mustn’t let what’s LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION happened lead to a deepening of divisions,» the Pope said. «Religion must never be used as a reason for conflict.» But the Pope made no specific reference to the United States, Water ambulances to join medical شناورهای دریایی به اورژانس کشور می پیوندند which continues to build up military forces within striking distance of Afghanistan. emergency fleet Relations between Muslims - who are the largest group of رییــس ســازمان اورژانــس کشــور بــا بیــان اینکــه در حــال توســعه اورژانــس دریایــی believers in Kazakhstan - and Christians are free of tension here. Five water ambulances will be added to the current medical emergency هســتیم، گفــت: در حــال حاضــر اضافــه کــردن پنــج فرونــد شــناور دریایــی اورژانــس Catholics are a tiny minority, but they include the descendants fleet in provinces neighboring the Persian Gulf, southern coast of the بــه اســتان هــای همســایه خلیــج فــارس در دســتور کارمــان قــرار دارد. of hundreds of thousands of Polish, German and Ukrainian country, head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services Organization دکتــر پیرحســین کولیونــد در گفتوگــو بــا ایســنا، گفــت: همانطــور کــه نــاوگان هوایــی .families uprooted by Stalin and sent into exile in the 1930s Pir Hossein Koulivand, said on Wednesday and ‹40s to colonize the barren steppe land of Kazakhstan. اورژانــس را توســعه دادیــم، در حــال حاضــر هــم بــه دنبــال تکمیــل و توســعه نــاوگان Words Since air emergency fleet have been developed, the Organization is دریایــی اورژانــس هســتیم. بایــد توجــه کــرد کــه در گذشــته فقــط پنــج بالگــرد اورژانس turnout: the turnout at an event is the number of people who looking forward to develop the marine medical fleet, he said, adding داشــتیم، امــا در حــال حاضــر بــا اقداماتــی کــه انجــام شــده ۴۰ بالگــرد و پایــگاه اورژانس go to it that in recent years, there were only five helicopters in service of broke away: became independent the Organization, which have already added to 40. هوایــی تامیــن و ایجــاد شــده کــه واقعــا افتخــاری بــرای کشــور اســت. rarely in the international limelight: not often mentioned in the international mass media reports homily: a speech in which someone tells people how they ought to behave (a formal word) PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM made no specific reference:did not mention directly to build up: to increase “-logy, -ology” Nip something off Creature comforts within striking distance: close enough to be able to attack descendants: your descendants are the people in later generations Meaning: knowledge or collection Meaning: to remove a small part of something, by Explanation: modern conveniences that make life who are related to you For example: Our biology requires us to breathe air. pressing it tightly between your finger and thumb comfortable and pleasant uprooted: forced to leave home For example: She nipped off a dead flower. For example: I need my creature comforts. I don’t know (Source: BBC) how I’d survive without air-conditioning in this climate! I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Iraqi forces dismantle terror group Algeria’s political impasse: What is next? ahead of Arba’een 1 Bouteflika’s resignation puts Abdelkader Bensalah, Speaker of the upper house of parliament, in charge as caretaker 1 “Their arrest was made following a quali- Head of State for 90 days until elections are held. However, elec- tative and efficient operation, and based on accurate tions (scheduled for July 4th) have been postponed for a second information. Among the detainees is a woman, who time and protesters are demanding his departure. is the wife of a known terrorist in Syria,” the state- For his part, Bensalah, and in a bid to calm them, set a ment noted. Panel of Dialogue and Mediation, composed of political ac- It added that the terrorists were nabbed in Samarra tors, the civil society, the representatives of the trade union city, located 125 kilometers (78 miles) north of the organizations and many citizens, with the aim to mediate be- capital Baghdad, and nearby al-Jallam district, em- tween public authorities and people and hold a “serious and phasizing that proper legal actions have been taken responsible” dialogue to reach a national consensus which against them. would help resolve the political crisis in Algeria, through the Arba’een marks 40 days since Ashura, when Imam organization of a fair and transparent presidential election, Hussein (PBUH) was martyred in a battle with the as soon as possible.” massive army of Yazid ibn Mu’awiya, commonly However, the Panel itself is facing rejection by protesters who known as Yazid I, in the desert plains of Karbala are taking into the streets denouncing its formation, saying it does along with his 72 companions approximately 14 not represent them along other claims, such as the departure of centuries ago, after refusing allegiance to the ty- Bensalah, a former head of the upper house of parliament, and rant caliph. Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui, who are regarded by them The occasion has found additional significance as part of the old guard. in recent years as it has become a rallying cry for Despite all these arrangements, Algeria is still at an impasse, the campaign against Takfiri terrorists, who have with two camps facing each other in seemingly irreconcilable frequently targeted the pilgrims. positions. The pilgrims show their commitment to the To resolve this stalemate, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaïd Shia imam by walking tens of miles, a large num- walk toward Karbala, which lies 80 kilometers Arba’een, which in Arabic means forty and falls Salah, Deputy Minister of National Defence, Chief of Staff of ber of them barefoot. Mourners clad in black (50 miles) south of Baghdad to commemorate on October 19 this year. the People’s National Army (ANP), launched, last week, a call, saying that it would be “appropriate” to convene the electorate on the 15th of September, and that the elections could be held Biden looks like Democratic Protesters in Hong Kong call for UK within the deadlines set by law. In my previous speech, “I have spoken about the prior- front-runner, until he doesn’t meddling in unrest ity to seriously launch the preparation of the presidential elections within the coming weeks, and today, based on our missions, prerogatives and our compliance with the Constitution and the laws of the Republic as well, I confirm that we regard as appropriate to summon the Electorate on September 15th and the elections can be held within the deadlines provided for by the law. Reasonable and accept- able deadlines which respond to the insistent demand of the people,” said Lieutenant General. Theoretically, if the head of state, Abdelkader Bensalah, sum- mons the electorate on September 15, 2019, as desired by the head of the army, the presidential election should take place before the end of the current year (mid-December). The Organic Law No. 12-01 2012 (Electoral Code) provides in article 25 that “Subject to the other provisions of this organic law, the electorate shall be convened by presidential decree within three (3) months preceding the date of the elections “. As a response, Algerian street has expressed its rejection of elections in the current political conditions. According to demonstrators, no election should take place as long as Bouteflika-era officials remain in positions of power. For their parts, the opposition parties and civil society groups TEHRAN — Joe Biden is the Democratic despite his lead in most national polls TEHRAN — Anti-government protesters tions and said it was fully committed to have also demanded the resignation of the government which front-runner. And there were moments in and early state surveys. Most glaringly: in Hong Kong have staged a rally outside the joint declaration, which ensures spe- constitutes “a popular demand”, voicing rejection of the holding Thursday night’s debate when he looked a meandering answer near the end of the British consulate in the Chinese city, cial freedoms for the city after its return of the elections. the part. the debate about his past statements on calling for support from the territory’s to China in 1997.Earlier this month, the The people are determined to pursue the hirak until the estab- Standing between a pair of liberal racial inequality. Biden said poor parents former colonial ruler. protesters marched on the U.S. consulate, lishment of a state of institutions, widening gap between them senators offering radical change, he should play the “record player” for their The protesters, in their hundreds, de- calling on Washington to intervene in the and the power constrained, for lack of serious candidates, to unabashedly embraced his more mod- children before veering off into comments manded on Sunday that London meddle in ongoing political standoff. cancel the vote twice. erate position on health care, forcefully about Venezuela. the crisis that has crippled the international According to Press TV, the protests According to observers, this presidential elections are un- pressuring Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth According to AP, Biden’s standing in hub over the past months. initially began in June over a bill, which achievable for the moment because the approach advocated by Warren to level with Americans about the Democratic contest is the source of Waving Union Jack flags and chant- would have allowed criminal suspects to Ahmed Gaid Salah “ requires the revision of some texts of the the steep cost of implementing a fully much debate within the party. Is he an ing “God Save the Queen,” the protesters be extradited to mainland China. electoral law to adapt to the requirements of the current situation, government-run system. He was more experienced elder statesman who can claimed that China was not honoring the The bill was suspended later that and not a total and profound revision that would affect all texts, polished and practiced than in previous calm an anxious nation and peel back 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and month, but the agitation has expanded as claimed by the demonstrators. The partial amendment means contests. And he repeatedly leaned on some of the white working-class voters that the “one country, two systems” policy into a broader unrest amid calls for the the holding of elections basing on the same mode of organization. the legacy of former President Barack who helped send President Donald Trump did not work anymore. city’s pro-China leader to step down. This is likely to trigger the street again as the popular movement Obama, who remains the most popular to the White House? Or is the 76-year-old “We ask UK to take immediate action China has said foreign countries, mainly with its magnitude unparalleled in the contemporary history of Democrat in the nation. past his prime and out of step with a party on China not honoring the Sino-British the United States and Britain, have been the country will, likely, sabotage the preparations for this elec- But the debate was punctuated by mo- that’s growing younger, more diverse and Joint Declaration and acknowledge one provoking the unrest by issuing state- tion. The political climate also does not allow the organization ments that highlighted why Biden can’t more liberal? Thursday night’s contest country, two systems is not functioning,” ments of support. Beijing has asked the of such an election with the absence of total trust between voters shake questions about his consistency provided fresh fodder for each of those the rally organizers said. two countries to stop meddling in Hong and the political class. and whispers about his fitness for office, theories. Beijing, however, rejected the accusa- Kong’s domestic affairs. However, it is imperative to go quickly to a presidential election provided that it is transparent, where the mediation initiatives of the Panel or other organizations, can lead to a consensual platform far from the occult practices of the past which saw the Israeli drone downed in Gaza, seized by Palestinian fighters majority of the population sulking the ballot boxes, reflecting TEHRAN — Palestinian resistance forces have shot down carried out a fresh wave of air raids against the besieged launched a drone operation targeting Israeli military equip- the state-citizen divorce, noting that another Israeli drone in the Gaza Strip, the third unmanned coastal enclave. ment stationed along the border with the occupied Pales- an independent election monitoring commission and the aerial vehicle the regime has lost over the past few days. Earlier on Monday, the Lebanese resistance movement tinian territories following a wave of Israeli aerial assaults. departure of the Bedoui government are two prerequisites for a Palestinian media reported that the Abu Ali Mustapha Hezbollah said its air defense forces had shot down an Is- The Hamas raids have come in response to the regime’s transparent presidential election. Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the raeli military drone outside the southern town of Ramyah. killing of Palestinian protesters marching along the fence This necessarily implies the cleaning up of the electoral file, Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), downed and captured the The latest development comes amid recent exchanges separating Gaza from the Israeli-occupied territories. the creation of an independent election supervision body where device in the east of the besieged territory near the city of of fire between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. According to Press TV, Israeli troops have killed at neither the executive (the government - especially the Ministry Khan Yunis on Saturday evening. Palestinian news agencies said last Saturday that Is- least 307 Palestinians since the beginning of the rallies of the Interior and the Walis), nor the deputies / senators and The Israeli military has not yet commented on the report. raeli airstrikes had targeted positions allegedly held by and wounded more than 18,000 others, according to the representatives of the current APCs denounced by Al Hirak, will The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement on Hamas inside the enclave. Health officials said there were Gazan Health Ministry. be stakeholders. Monday night shot down an Israeli drone east of Rafah no casualties from the attacks that lasted nearly an hour. Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, which Only a democratically elected legitimate president, elected in southern Gaza Strip, a day after the Tel Aviv regime The relentless Israeli bombardment came after Hamas has caused a decline in living standards. on the basis of a transparent agenda, pledging to include the legitimate demands of Al Hirak including a new balance of power and the moralization of management (fight against corruption and embezzlement), can amend the constitution and carry out Tunisia held second free presidential election the profound political and economic reforms to bring Algeria to the new world and make it an emerging country: a pivotal TEHRAN — Tunisia held its second free largely maintaining stability in the country win the election. If no-one gets a majority country regionally and internationally. presidential poll since the 2011 uprising that during his almost five-year rule. in the first round, the two candidates with Economically, it is imperative to quickly resolve the political toppled ex-president Ben Ali and sparked At 92, he was the oldest sitting president most votes will face a second, decisive round. crisis before the end of 2019 or at most the first quarter of 2020, the Arab Spring. in the world at the time of his death. Mr The winning candidate will be appointed to avoid It was brought forward from November af- Essebsi had previously confirmed that he to office for a five-year term. towards a cessation of payments at the end of 2021 and be- ter the death in July of Beji Caid Essebsi, was not planning to run for re-election. His The constitution states that Tunisia’s ginning of 2022, and prevent Algeria the depletion of its foreign the first democratically elected president, wife, Chadlia Saida Farhat, died on Sunday president has control over defence, foreign exchange reserves which would culminated in the economic, who took office in 2014. morning, aged 83, their son announced on policy and national security. The prime min- social, political insecurity. Twenty-six candidates, including two Facebook as voting was getting under way. ister, chosen by parliament, is responsible women, are running in the election. Parliament speaker Mohamed Ennaceur for other portfolios, BBC reported. Mr. Essebsi won Tunisia’s first free presi- is currently acting as interim president. Parliamentary elections are scheduled dential elections in 2014 and was credited with A candidate needs a majority of votes to to take place in October. Who’s the Terrorist Now — MBS or the Houthis?

1 Sadly, the Trump Administration has squandered all EU’s Opposition to Trump’s policies not for moral reasons: Russian analyst the goodwill, admiration and respect that the United States may 1 A: The policy line of the US and its European This ideology wants to replace the traditional family and the Baltic countries – now open enemies of Russia – were have accumulated over the years. Trump’s sanctimonious lectures allies towards exiting the existing arms control agreements traditional market economy by some new “experimental forms” formal allies of the Soviet Union or even its parts (the Baltic and tweets are falling on death ears. The company America keeps started long before Trump. Under Bill Clinton, the US of family (same-sex marriages, polyamorous communities, states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia). in the Middle East region — MBS, Sisi and Netanyahu — and the Congress never ratified the START II agreement, George etc.) and by the monopolized global economy in the interest So no wonder that Russia is building new missiles to com- actions that it supports — the suppression of human rights — Bush the Junior exited the anti-ballistic missile agreement of huge global corporations. This ideology is utopian and pensate for the new American advantage (American missiles are odious and reflect deep-seated American values focused on of 1972, signed between the then Soviet Union and the U.S. revolutionary, and it won’t stop at using war for its final victory. from Estonia can hit St. Petersburg after a 1-minute flight). business interests alone. The true reason for these exits was the modern ideolo- So, the West is dismantling arms agreements, because they So, Trump just wants full superiority, in order to have absolute America has dissipated its soft power. Military power can be gy of the modern West (which includes the US, the EU, all limit its huge military superiority. But Clinton and Obama dictate. As for “democracy,” the West lost it when it became readily acquired and bought but the acquisition of soft power NATO countries, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zea- were hypocritical about exiting arms agreements, and Trump is so aggressive. Democracies do not invade countries that don’t takes dedication, integrity and years to accumulate. The loss land). This ideology divides the world into “democracies” not. When exiting INF because of Russia’s “breaches” Trump attack them (Iran, Libya, Syria) and democracies do not get of soft power will haunt the United States for years to come as and “non-democracies” – and openly roots for the victory of knew he was not fair. all paranoid about their citizens’ contacts with other countries it looks back and appreciates what it lost in the span of a few “democracies,” even by military means. The INF was signed in 1987, when Poland, Rumania and (Russiagate). myopic years. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 Luis Suarez dedicates goal against Valencia German super-coach ‘Restless Rudi’ dies at 93 to Luis Enrique’s late daughter Xana Rudi Gutendorf, the tireless soccer manager who guided a world record 55 teams, including 18 national sides, has died at 93, German media Barcelona’s up-and-down La Liga campaign Spain coach less than a year into the job in reported. hasn’t been helped by Luis Suarez’s unavail- order to spend more time with and help take Born in Koblenz on the banks of the Rhine, the man dubbed ‘Restless ability for selection at times due to injury. care of his daughter. Rudi’ started his football career as a player for home-town club TuS The striker, who scored 25 goals last sea- Suarez dedicates goal to Xana Neuendorf before taking his first management role with Swiss side son, suffered calf damage in the 1-0 loss at After scoring against Valencia at the Nou Blue Stars Zurich in the 1950s. Athletic Bilbao in Barca’s league opener last Camp, Suarez devoted the goal to the late Coaching proved infectious, and after building an impressive CV with month and was forced off after 37 minutes. Xana Enrique in what was a truly touching top flight teams in West Germany, Gutendorf criss-crossed the globe, However, he returned following the inter- gesture. taking up roles with Chile (1972-73), Australia (1978-79), China (1988, national break and scored twice off the bench The 32-year-old looked to the sky and 1991-2) and others in a management career spanning half a century. as Ernesto Valverde’s men beat Copa del crossed his two index fingers together to His wanderlust and the support of the German government saw Rey holders Valencia 5-2 on Saturday night. create an ‘X’, which, of course, represents him become a global soccer ‘missionary’ and guide some of the world’s With the score at 3-1, Suarez replaced the ‘X’ in the name Xana. most humble national teams in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. the dazzling Ansu Fati in the 61st-minute Not only did Suarez play under Enrique He coached Rwanda in 1999-2000 as the country was recovering and made his mark in a matter of seconds for the first three years of his Barcelona ca- from the 1994 civil war in which up to a million people were slaughtered through a lovely Ronaldinho-esque strike reer, the Uruguayan is also very close with in genocidal massacres. which went in off the post. his former manager’s family. “Such hate, you cannot believe. I was able to unite these two tribes The former Liverpool star bagged Barca’s Suarez has two sons but his daughter to play football, and good football,” he said in a 2013 BBC interview of fifth eight minutes from time but he took Delfina went to the same school as Xana the mixed Rwandan team of Hutu and Tutsi players. the time to dedicate his first goal to Xana - and the two girls shared a good relationship. His last national job was at Samoa in 2003 but he still yearned to the daughter of Luis Enrique - who recently Barca’s motto is “Mes que un club” (more manage teams deep into this eighties. passed away. five-month battle with bone cancer and had with her father many times during trophy than a club) and it was heartwarming to see “I’m just your typical cheery soul from the Rhineland,” the European RIP Xana Enrique died from the illness aged nine. celebrations such as the 2015 Champions Xana remembered by Suarez in the Catalans’ soccer governing body UEFA quoted him as saying in 2015. Back on August 29, Enrique announced The 49-year-old managed Barcelona be- League triumph. first home game since the news of her passing. “When I kick the bucket, I want my life to have been worth it. That’s the heartbreaking news that Xana lost her tween 2014 and 2017, and Xana was seen In June, Enrique chose to step down as (Source: Caught Offside) why I enjoyed taking the biggest risks.” (Source: Reuters) Neymar booed by own fans Test marathon gives Tokyo a taste of Amid talk of revamp, Europe’s giants on PSG return what to expect at 2020 Games begin Champions League assault

Neymar was booed by his own fans throughout his Paris St-Germain return against Strasbourg - then scored an injury-time overhead-kick winner. The Brazil forward missed the opening five games as he tried and failed to seal a move back to Barcelona. “It is not the first time I have been booed by everyone,” said the 27-year-old. “It is sad but I know that, from now on, every game I play will be an away game.” PSG ultras booed Neymar when his name was read out before the game, when he touched the ball, when he took a corner and when he shot wide. There was a mix of cheers and boos after he scored the late winner. Neymar added: “I made it clear I have nothing against the fans, nothing against Paris St-Germain as a club. “Everyone knows I wanted to leave. I am not going to get into the details of what happened. “It is time to turn the page. Today I am a Paris St-Germain player and I am going to give everything on the field.” Neymar’s goal - earning his side a 1-0 victory - was a sensational Tokyo held a marathon on Sunday as a test organizer say will reflect infrared rays to cut While the battle for the Champions League For now, the Champions League winners acrobatic volley from Abdou Diallo’s cross which went in off the post. case for whether organizers, athletes, and temperatures as much as eight degrees Celsius. of the future is fought behind the scenes, this stand to take home around 75 million euros Neymar had the ball in the net for the second time moments later spectators can cope with sweltering tempera- Sunday’s test race began at around 8:50 week the continent’s biggest clubs begin their ($83 million; £66.6 million). On top of that but it was disallowed by the video assistant referee for offside. tures expected during next year’s Summer a.m. for men and 9:10 a.m. for women. latest quest for European glory with holders will be added considerable sums from televi- There were also chants and banners using vulgar language about Olympics and Paralympic Games. Last month, heat concerns prompted the Liverpool dreaming of reaching another final sion along with money depending on each Neymar, including a reference to the 20m euros he had reportedly Sunday’s race featured tents equipped International Triathlon Union to shorten in Istanbul. team’s UEFA ranking. said he would pay in order to join Barcelona. with mist machines for spectators. Officials the distance of the run segment in a quali- The current 32-team group stage format This rewards past success, guaranteeing The forward wanted to move back to Catalonia in the summer, but handed out ice cubes and ice scarves to families fying event in Tokyo for the July 24-Aug. leading to a knockout round of 16 was intro- the top-ranked team, Real Madrid, a further Barcelona were unable to reach an agreement with PSG. waiting in the sun. At some of the rest stops 9 Olympics. duced in 2003. Since then, an ever smaller 35.46 million euros. For holders Liverpool He missed the Trophee des Champions and opening four Ligue 1 officials said they also planned to give out Hideo Nakatani and his wife Kuniko group of clubs has competed to win the tro- that added figure is nearer 27 million euros. games, only returning after the close of the transfer window. plastic hand-held fans. had travelled from their neighborhood in phy, with the last 15 champions coming from The financial strength of the Premier (Source: BBC) Runners were optimistic that the athletes Machida in Tokyo to cheer on the runners Spain, England, Germany or Italy. League’s top clubs means they are less eager would be able to deal with the heat during in the marathon Sunday morning. There is a consensus that it is time for a for change to the Champions League, and next year’s Olympics, but some spectators Both are avid runners and worried that change, and the European Club Association, it also helps explain why all four European Messi trains ahead of UCL opener expressed concerns about cheering runners Tokyo’s summer temperatures might affect chaired by Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli, has finalists last season were English. in sweltering conditions. the runners next year. been busy working with UEFA on plans to After beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Lionel Messi handed Barcelona a fitness boost on Sunday as he re- “Yesterday it was cool, but near the end (of “I know the actual event will be held ear- completely revamp the competition from 2024. Madrid to lift their sixth European Cup, can turned to full training ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League opener the race) the sun came out,” said Rei Ohara, lier in the day next year but it’s still going to Moves towards even more of a closed shop Liverpool reach a third straight final? This against Borussia Dortmund in Germany, a source has told ESPN FC. who collapsed after finishing third in the be humid and really hot,” said 66-year-old for the elite have stalled because of dissent season’s showpiece will be played in Istanbul, The source also revealed that Messi took part in a mini-game with women’s race. Hideo, who wore a hat, sunglasses and iced from some clubs and from domestic leagues, scene of their remarkable triumph in 2005. his teammates on Friday, too. The Argentine wasn’t present for the “Then I felt the heat but the organizers scarf around his neck. but change is coming. “We have the same chance like everyone 15 minutes which were open to the media, but did emerge afterwards gave us ice and water so I think it was a race “We will probably have to be really pre- “We are confident of finding a good for- else, but that is all, and I don’t see us, the as he stepped up his recovery from a calf injury. that was easy to run for everyone.” pared for the sun when we come as specta- mat for after 2024 that includes of course English teams, dominating. I really think a Messi, 32, injured his calf in his first training session of preseason Organizers have been sweating over how tors next year.” the big clubs, mid-size countries and also a lot of teams have a good chance,” insisted on Aug. 5, ruling him out of the club’s tour of the United States. Barca to protect athletes from heat stroke and keep Heat was not a problem last time Tokyo possibility for, let’s say, the smaller countries Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. initially expected him to be out for three weeks but he has still not spectators cool during Tokyo’s notoriously hosted the games in 1964 because it opened but also with history to find their place in Liverpool begin their campaign in Italy returned and has not featured in any of their four league games to date. hot and muggy summers. in October. Since 1976, however, most sum- the European football scene,” said Ajax CEO against Napoli in one of the standout early ties. As Ernesto Valverde said on Friday, he’s unlikely to be rushed Temperatures in Tokyo during July and mer games in the northern hemisphere have Edwin van der Sar last week. There are plenty of games to whet the appetite, back or risked against Dortmund, but he is in line to make his first August, when the city will host the Olympic been held in the middle of summer to fit with Of course Ajax have extra determination although the genuine, meaningful drama will appearance of the season against Granada next Saturday. and Paralympic Games, commonly exceed 30 global broadcasting schedules. to ensure their voice is heard. The Dutch not arrive until the knockout rounds. However, he could still travel to Germany this week -- although degrees Celsius (86°F), with high humidity At a beach volleyball test event in July champions enchanted Europe on their run The latter stages have arguably become that doesn’t mean he will play. Barca fly to Dortmund on Monday, adding to people’s discomfort. the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), to the semi-finals last season but entered this more exciting than ever, epitomized by last with the squad expected to be announced by Valverde as close to On Sunday, temperatures were as high as which factors in temperature, humidity, wind season’s tournament in the third qualifying season’s semi-finals and sensational come- their flight as possible. 30 degrees, but hovered around 22 degrees speed and solar radiation, as rising as high round. There was no special treatment for backs by Liverpool and Spurs against Bar- Ousmane Dembele is also closing in on a return to action. The in shaded tents next to the road. as 31.7, exceeded 31, a threshold at which them. celona and Ajax. France forward did some light training with his teammates on Sunday “We will analyze all of the know-how and authorities urge citizens against exercise. Meanwhile, for the likes of Agnelli’s Juven- There have been more than three goals but is still a week or so away from a first-team comeback. measurements we were able to gain today The top two finishers in Sunday’s race tus, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, per game on average in the knockout rounds Dembele injured his hamstring in the opening day defeat at Athletic to improve our measures to combat heat,” won spots at next year’s Summer Games. the Champions League has become the be in each of the last three seasons. Bilbao and was ruled out for five weeks. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told reporters. In the men’s race Shogo Nakamura came all and end all due to a lack of competition But while Ajax’s performance has shown (Source: ESPN) Organizers plan to start the marathons first ahead of Yuma Hattori. Honami Maeda domestically. the way forward for clubs from smaller leagues, at 6 a.m. next year to avoid midday heat, won the women’s race with Ayuko Suzuki It is easy to see why they might like more predicting who reaches the last 16 this season with major roads on much of the 26-mile coming in second. games against the best teams from around may not prove too challenging. Marquez wins San Marino MotoGP (42 km) course painted with a resin that the (Source: Reuters) Europe, along with more money. (Source: AFP) Spaniard Marc Marquez snatched victory on the final lap at the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday to close in on a sixth world title. The Honda rider, starting on the second row, took a third MotoGP Tyson Fury defeats Otto Wallin in brutal Las Vegas fight win in Misano ahead of France’s Fabio Quartararo, on a Yamaha-SRT, who had the lead for most of the race. Tyson Fury battled to a rugged points win over Otto Wallin WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, but the Swede’s “At the end I just decided to go for it,” said Marquez, who had been as he fought for over nine rounds with heavy cuts to maintain come-forward tactics delivered a true scrap. pipped at the line at the last two races in Silverstone and the Dutch GP. his unbeaten record in a dramatic bout in Las Vegas. Had the bout been stopped because of the cuts, Wallin Five-time world champion Marquez won the 77th Grand Prix The 31-year-old Briton, a 1-25 favourite with bookmakers, would have won by technical knockout, and with ringside of his career in all categories to overtake British legend Mike ‘the was expected to walk through Sweden’s Wallin but a deep medics checking the gash during the sixth and before the bike’ Hailwood. wound above his right eye was repeatedly checked by the seventh round, Fury was nearing a crisis scenario. The 26-year-old has won 51 MotoGP races, 16 Moto2 and ten Moto3. ringside doctor, prompting moments of stunned silence at Just as he did when he climbed from the canvas to force Marquez now has a 93-point lead on Italian Ducati rider Andrea the T-Mobile Arena. Wilder backwards in the final round of their December thriller, Dovizioso with six races left this season. Dovizioso finished sixth on It was a punch in the third round that drew blood above the Briton fought fire with fire. His punches became menac- Sunday on front of his home crowd. the eye and Fury displayed greater urgency when officials ing, his face filled with anger rather than poise and two huge Pole sitter Maverick Vinales completed the podium for Yahama. began to show concern, switching from patient boxing to right hands sent Wallin backwards in the seventh. “It was a very tough race,” said Quartararo, 20. “It was the first planting his feet in a bid to land heavy, destructive shots. A hard hook on the ropes in the ninth began another on- time that I battled like that with Marquez.” A barrage in the ninth forced Wallin to sway, before a slaught, with Fury glaring into the eyes of his resilient rival Marquez has won five times in Misano and twice before in the hard right hand piled him into the ropes in the 11th as Fury determination - if I can keep going I will do. He was 20-0 and on the bell like a man possessed. MotoGP category in 2015 and 2017. came through the type of examination few expected with a didn’t know how to lose, but I was the better man.” Wallin’s trainer, Joey Gamache, clutched his towel in the He matches Italian star Valentino Rossi’s record of three wins at unanimous 116-112 117-111 118-110 points win. Wallin said: “I did everything I could, I tried my best and 10th and the concern on his face made it appear he may draw the San Marino MotoGP. Fury was taken to hospital after the fight, with promoter Tyson is a great champion. Nobody can question my heart an end to proceedings. His charge deserves immense credit Former seven-time world champion Rossi -- who last won in Frank Warren confirming he was set to have micro-surgery or question that I’m a good fighter.” after what was his first bout since the death of his father. Misano in 2014 -- finished fourth in his home race. on the cuts - one above the eye and one on the eye-lid. A heavy shot from Wallin in the 12th offered one more threat And Fury, too, deserves plaudits as he showed an orthodox In Moto2, Spaniard Augusto Fernandez also snatched victory on “It was a great fight,” said Fury afterwards. “I got caught at the end of a tussle which thrilled those in the arena. With stance, southpaw stance, hit and move tactics, and, ultimately, the final lap to make it back-to-back wins after Silverstone. on the eye and that changed the fight. For the majority, I Fury bloodied and grinding out shots, cries of “Tyson, Tyson, immense grit in his fifth bout since a 30-month spell out of The 21-year-old Kalex rider audacious overtaking move on the final could not see out of the eye, then there was a clash of heads Tyson” poured down to ringside, dragging more from him. the sport. Not for the first time in recent memory, he served lap gave him victory over Italian pole sitter Fabio di Giannantonio. and I got cut again. Wallin, who lost for the first time in 21 outings, was seen up a compelling watch in testing circumstances. (Source: Guardian) “It was a good 12 rounds, he was tough. It’s all heart and as an easy night’s work on Fury’s route to a rematch with (Source: BBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 SPORTS 15

Iranian female weightlifters to Mr. Olympia 2019: Hadi Choopan of Iran Wins make history at IWF Worlds People Choice Award Professional bodybuilder Hadi Choopan, also known as the Ira- SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran will send four wom- desken to the International Weightlifting nian Wolf, has stunned the world by claiming the third overall Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships title and the people’s choice award at the 2019 Mr. Olympia for the first time ever. competition held in Las Vegas. The prestigious competition will kick off on Sept. 18 and will run for nine days in Pattaya, Thailand. The entry list showed record-setting numbers, including a total of 734 athletes from 105 nations. Out of those athletes, 339 women are set to compete alongside 395 men. This number of female weightlifters participating is a promising sign ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where gender equality is at the forefront. At the 2020 Tokyo Olym- pic Games, the number of male and female weightlifters will be equal for the first time ever in Olympic history, barbend.com reported. According to the IWF, there are some countries that include more women athletes than men. Some of these teams with more women representing them include Brazil, Denmark, Great Britain, and Ecuador. For context, in 2017, the Iranian Weightlifting Fed- By winning the people’s choice award, Choopan dethroned eration announced that women weightlifters from the 2018 winner Roelly Winklaar in the 55th Mr. Olympia compe- country could officially compete in the sport, and now tition, a weekend-long bodybuilding contest. two years later Iranian female weightlifters will make Brandon Curry won the overall title and became the new Mr. history at the IWF Worlds. Olympia. William Bonac also won the second title. The fourth Poupak Basami, who wrote her name into the history and fifth places also went to Dexter Jackson and Roelly Winklaar. book as the first Iranian woman to participate at the Asian In his first ever Olympia 2019 posing routine, Choopan started Weightlifting Championships, will represent the country out impressively in the Men’s Open during the Friday night’s in the 55kg weight category. prejudging, where he surprised the judges and spectators by Abrisham Arjomandkhah (64kg), Elham Hosseini (71kg) standing among the top 4. and Parisa Jahanfekrian (87kg) are the other Iranian women Only one Iranian bodybuilder had succeeded to compete participating in the competition. in Mr. Olympia games before Choopan. Late athlete, Beitollah The Iranian female team will be headed by Maryam Abbaspoor, had ranked 5th in 2014. Amrollah in the competition. (Source: IFP) The Iranian sportswomen have shown that they have the potential to make the nation proud after shining in the international events in the last years. Branko Ivankovic sacked by Al Ahli Iranian football commentator suspended Reza Ghoochannejhad scores four until further notice for awful blunder goals against RKC Waalwijk PLDC — Saud Arabian football club Al Ahli sacked Branko Ivankovic following poor results in the Saudi Professional League. Ivankovic was appointed as Al Ahli coach on a two-year con- tract in June after parting company with Iranian football club Persepolis. The 65-year-old replaced local coach Yousif Anbar who had been installed as caretaker in April following the dismissal of Uruguayan manager Jorge Fossati who lasted just over two months at Al Ahli. Under coaching of Ivankovic, Al Ahli failed to book a place at the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League 2019 after losing to Al Hilal. The Croat coach has reportedly reached an agreement with a Chinese club.

Vice-president says stadiums prepared for entry of women

IRNA — Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Hossein Ali Amiri said on Sunday that the Government has carried SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian across social media. SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian Ghoochannejhad joined Dutch Ere- out preparatory works for entry of women to the stadiums desklong-standing football Public relation of Islamic Republic of Iran deskZwolle forward Reza divisie side PEC Zwolle from APOEL in as soon as possible. commentator Alireza Alifar has been sus- Broadcasting made an announcement that Ghoochannejhad scored four goals in less early September. Amiri said that women’s presence in the stadiums need some pended until further notice after making an Alifar will no longer commentate in the TV. than half an hour against RKC Waalwijk He is the first player in Eredivisie his- special arrangements like special separate gates, special area awful blunder during live coverage of La Liga Alifar is an Iranian football commen- in Eredivisie on Sunday. tory with four goals after coming on as a for women, and services, which are being prepared in all big game Real Madrid and Levante. tator. In football broadcasting, a football He came off the bench in the 56th min- substitute. Ghoochannejhad represnted stadiums of the country as per the guidelines of Minister of Sport Alifar said Levante’s No. 17 player is Seyed commentator (also known as football an- ute as a replacement for Dennis Johnsen. Iran national football team in the 2014 and Youth Masoud Soltanifar. Jalal Hosseini while Nikola Vukcevic plays nouncer, sportscaster and also play-by-play Gucci scored his first goal four minutes and 2018 FIFA World Cups. Amiri said that Iranian women will definitely practice Islamic with this number in the La Liga side. announcer) explains a running commentary after his arrival.He also scored in 81st, 83rd He remained an unused substitute in values in the stadiums as well. He hoped that women can watch Jalal Hosseini is Iran’s Persepolis cap- of a football match in real time, always and 88th minutes. Zwolle defeated RKC all three matches against Morocco, Spain sports events in the stadiums in the near future. tain and the mistake quickly went viral during a live broadcast. Waalwijk 6-2 in sixth week. and Portugal in 2018 World Cup. He said that decision has been communicated to the stadiums as an administrative guideline and doesn’t need a parliament bill or law to be passed. Entering stadiums was among the demands of women and Iran Greco-Roman wrestler Abdvali wins bronze at world championship could not be neglected, he said. SPORTS TEHRAN — Saeid Abdvali from Iran class bronze medal match. The top six finishers in each weight class will earn the Women will go to watch the game between Iran and Cam- deskclaimed a bronze medal at the 2019 Qian Haitao from China also won a bronze after defeating Olympics berth. bodia due to be held on October 10 in Azadi Stadium of Tehran. Wrestling World Championships (WWC) in Nur-Sultan, Nurbek Khashimbekov from Uzbekistan. The 2019 World Wrestling Championships are being Iranian women also came to the stadium to watch Iran-Bolivia Kazakhstan on Sunday. Gold medal went to Georgian Lasha Gobadze who defeated held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 match last year and also the match between Iran’s Persepolis He defeated Ukraine’s Iurii Shkriuba 7-0 in the 82kg Azerbaijan’s Rafig Huseynov 5-3 in the final. September, 2019. and Japan’s Kashima. The President of Fédération Internationale de Football As- sociation (FIFA) Gianni Infantino came to Iran before Noruz, calling for the women be allowed to go to stadiums in his meeting Spain beat Argentina 95-75 to win FIBA World Cup with President Hassan Rouhani. Three-time All-Star Marc Gasol became only the second Spain’s previously mighty lead. man to win an NBA crown and the World Cup in the same Fans of both teams had made it feel more like a football year after Spain brushed aside Argentina 95-75 on Sunday. match, decked out in their national colours, chanting loudly Padideh move top of IPL Spain, who survived double overtime against Australia and refusing to sit down. to reach the final, led throughout in Beijing to win interna- Spain, for whom Ricky Rubio of the Phoenix Suns have TASNIM — Padideh football team edged past Machine Sazi 1-0 tional basketball’s biggest prize a second time. been one of the leading players of the tournament in China, and moved top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) on Saturday. The only previous occasion was in 2006 with the two surged into a 14-2 lead. Hossein Mehrban scored the only goal of the match in the Gasol brothers, Marc and older sibling Pau, on the team. In front of a capacity crowd, Argentina’s 39-year-old 26th minute for the visiting team. Pau did not feature in China because of injury. talisman Luis Scola could not escape the attentions of In Ahvaz, Sepahan and Foolad played out a goalless draw. The latest triumph was particularly sweet for the 34-year- Pierre Oriola. On Sunday, Zob Ahan will host Tractor, Naft Masjed Soley- old centre Gasol, who three months ago also played a key Led by their slick-haired Italian coach Sergio Scariolo, man play Esteghlal, Shahin Bushehr meet Paykan and Saipa part in the Toronto Raptors’ run to the NBA title. Spain were up 21-14 going into the second quarter and face Nassaji. Gasol, who had 14 points, seven rebounds and seven increased their advantage to 43-31 at half-time. Padideh sit top of the table with nine points from three matches. assists, joins Lamar Odom, a double winner in 2010 with With Rubio prominent, drilling 20 points, Spain never Sepahan are second with seven points. the United States and Los Angeles Lakers. looked like surrendering their lead, repeatedly thwarting Surprise finalists Argentina had not triumphed since As a contest, the final was over by the fourth quarter Argentina’s suffocated offence. they hosted the inaugural World Cup in 1950. -- although the Argentines did rally belatedly to reduce (Source: beinsports.com) Alireza Beiranvand says goodbye to Iran’s football All to play for on final day Islamic Republic of Iran are in pole posi- to claim the title – could open the door for in her side’s opening 4-0 win over Tajik- were dashed once and for all when Tajikistan’s PLDC — Persepolis goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand reacted to tion, but three teams remain in conten- either Kyrgyz Republic or Tajikistan, who istan on Friday, before scoring the winner Rukhshona Fayzulloeva netted a brace to help his suspension. tion ahead of the decisive day of the 2019 play earlier on Monday. in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Kyrgyz Republic. her side claim a 2-0 win the following day. The suspension will be no longer than one game. CAFA U-15 Women’s Championship in Should the match between Kyrgyz Kyrgyz Republic began their tournament While the hosts can no longer challenge Beiranvand has been handed the suspension by Discipline Uzbekistan on Monday. Republic and Tajikistan end in a draw, with a superb 6-2 win over Uzbekistan, with for the top honor in the tournament, both Committee of Iran Football Federation for inappropriate behavior Back-to-back wins mean Shadi Mahini’s Iran – who already have six points - will Alana Karateva helping herself to four goals Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan will be hoping with Tractor’s fans in Tabriz. side need only a point against Uzbekistan in be crowned champions regardless of their as Zamir Igrebaev’s charges stunned the their neighbors can do them a favor as the In response to his suspension, Beiranvand has said he is going the sixth and final match of the competition result against Uzbekistan. hosts on Friday. race to become regional champions goes to leave Iran football. to be champions, but a defeat against the Captain Mohaddesh Zolfi has been key Uzbekistan’s chances suffered a blow as down to the wire. “From now on, I turn my phone off and go to my city,” Bei- hosts – who are the only side without a chance to Iran’s success in Tashkent, scoring twice a result of that defeat, and their title chances (Source: the-afc) ranvand said. Prayer Times Noon:12:59 Evening: 19:42 Dawn: 5:27 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:49 (tomorrow) SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 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 Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Iran, Turkey to produce Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 movie on Rumi, Shams Webmaster: [email protected] ARTTEHRAN — Iran and Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 deskTurkey will collaborate on a joint film project, which will focus on the Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily lives of the Persian poet and mystic Molana No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Jalal ad-Din Rumi and Shams-i Tabrizi, the P.o. Box: 14155-4843 wandering sage who later became the mentor Zip Code: 1599814713 of Rumi in the 13th century CE. Hassan Fat’hi, director of the popular Iranian TV series “The Tenth Night”, “Zero Degree Orbit” and “Shahrzad”, will direct the movie titled “Drunk on Love”, a public relations team for the movie announced on Sunday. Palme d’Or winning actor Shahab Hosseini from Iran is due to play the role of Shams. He was named best actor for his role in Asghar GUIDE TO Farhadi’s “The Salesman” at the Cannes Film SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Festival in 2016. A cast and crew of A-list Iranian and There are two types of subsistence, a subsistence Turkish actors will join the project in the near future. that you seek, and a subsistence that seeks The entire film will shot in Konya, a Turkish you. If you do not seek it, it will seek you. town that is home to the mausoleum of Rumi. Imam Ali (AS) Fat’hi and Farhad Tohidi are co-writing the screenplay, and Mehran Borumand from Iran and an unnamed person from Turkey will collaborate as producers on the project. Controversial movie “Hussein, Rumi (1207-1273) undertook one or two journeys to Syria, during one of which he Who Said No” illegally uploaded met the dervish, Shams. However, he was deeply influenced by on YouTube, Facebook, EarthLink Shams during their second visit in Konya on November 30, 1244. 1 The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance promised For months, the two men constantly the clerics that it would only authorize the movie after some interacted, and as a result, Rumi neglected modifications. As a result, over 40 minutes of the original his disciples and family, who could not tolerate film were cut out. the close relationship. One night in 1247, Shams disappeared forever. This experience turned Rumi into a poet. The Divan of Shams is a true translation Iranian filmmaker Hassan Fat’hi (R) directs Shahab Hosseini (L) and Taraneh Alidoosti in a scene from the popular of his experiences into poetry. romance series “Shahrzad”. Vancouver festival picks Iranian films ARTTEHRAN — Five Iranian films will Short movies and animations “Freedom of Breath” by deskgo on screen in various sections of the Yasin Farrokhi about a young woman’s life in Iran and Vancouver International Film Festival in Canada. “Tangle” by Maliheh Gholamzadeh about a woman who Reza Mirkarimi’s acclaimed drama “Castle of Dreams” flees her bombed-out home in a war-torn city will also and Ali Jaberansari’s film “Tehran: City of Love” will be go on screen. A scene from Ahmadreza Darvish’s movie “Hussein, Who Said No”. screened in the official competition of the festival, which “Song Sparrow”, a co-production between Iran and However, the alterations failed to placate the clerics and the will be held from September 26 to October 11. Denmark by Iranian director Farzaneh Omidvarnia about culture ministry stopped screening the film hours after its premiere “Castle of Dreams” is about two young children whose a group of refugees who by themselves try to reach a safe at Iranian theaters on July 15, 2015 following protests by them mother has just died, and their father, Jalal, after long country in search of a better life, will also compete in the and certain people. years of absence, returns to sort things out, but he does short film section. The culture ministry then announced that the film would be not want to take the children with him. The festival will also screen “Coup 53”, a decade-long screened at Iranian theaters in the near future after additional “Tehran: City of Love” follows the stories of Mina, who is investigation into the U.S.-designed 1953 coup against the modifications were made to the production. However, the film unhappy about her weight, Hessam, a retired bodybuilder government of Mohammad Mosaddeq in Iran. never hit the silver screens again. who trains older men, and Vahid, who sings at funerals Directed by Taqi Amirani, the documentary is a co- Darvish and his producer filed a lawsuit against the culture A scene from “Castle of Dreams” by Reza Mirkarimi. and weddings. production between Iran and the UK. ministry in a Tehran court, which ruled that the culture ministry must buy shares in the movie as compensation. Consequently, the Farabi Cinema Foundation and Iranian Visual Media Institute, two organizations affiliated with the Tehran’s Book City to review C. Beiser’s culture ministry, bought shares in the production. The ministry allowed the film to be screened in international studies on German Romanticism events. It won the grand prize for the best full-length feature at the TEHRAN — Tehran’s Book City “The Early Romantics met resistance from artists 7th Baghdad International Film Festival in Iraq in October 2015. CULTURE deskInstitute will organize a session on and academics alike in part because they defied the Tuesday to review German scholar Frederick C. Beiser’s conventional wisdom that philosophy and the arts must book “The Romantic Imperative: The Concept of Early be kept separate,” Amazon has written on its website Literati to commemorate German Romanticism”. about the book. The book has been translated into Persian by Masud “Indeed, as the literary component of Romanticism Shahriar in Tabriz, Tehran Azarfaam and published by Qoqonus Publications in Tehran. has been studied and celebrated in recent years, its Translator Azarfaam along with experts Meysam philosophical aspect has receded from view. This book, CULTURE TEHRAN — Literati will gather in Tehran Sefidkhosh and Masud Hosseini will be delivering lectures by one of the most respected scholars of the Romantic deskand Tabriz to commemorate Iranian poet at the review session. era, offers an explanation of Romanticism that not only Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (1906-1988), who wrote Beiser is a professor of philosophy at Syracuse University restores but enhances understanding of the movement’s The front cover of the Persian translation of Frederick C. under the pseudonym Shahriar. in New York. He is one of the leading English-language origins, development, aims, and accomplishments, and Beiser’s book “The Romantic Imperative: The Concept Iranians commemorate Shahriar on his death anniversary, scholars of German idealism. of its continuing relevance,” it adds. of Early German Romanticism”. September 18, which is also Iran’s National Day of Poetry and Literature.The program will begin on Tuesday at the mausoleum of Shahriar in his birthplace Tabriz, the organizers announced on Sunday. The program will continue at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Eddie Money, rock ‘n’ roll hitmaker and reality TV star, dies at 70 Wednesday. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed NEW YORK (Reuters) — American rock knows, it’s in God’s hands. But you know more than 28 million records, his website said. Abbas Salehi is expected to deliver a speech. star Eddie Money, whose hits including “Two what? I’ll take every day I can get. Every day His 1982 hit “Think I’m in Love” was Shahriar, who also composed works in Azerbaijani, was mainly Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On” above ground is a good day,” Money said. also a breakthrough video in the early days influenced by the poetry of Hafez. formed part of the power pop soundtrack Money was born Edward Joseph Mahoney of MTV, and the 1986 album “Can’t Hold He published his first book of poems in 1929 with prefaces of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died in on March 21, 1949, in Brooklyn, according Back” featured the No. 4 hit “Take Me Home by Persian literature scholars Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Saeid Los Angeles on Friday at age 70, his family to his website. Tonight” in which Money sings a duet with Nafisi and Pejman Bakhtiari. said in a statement. His father was a police officer, and the Ronnie Spector, helping revive the career “Heidar Babaya Salam” is Shahriar’s most famous Azerbaijani A joke-telling rocker with a New York website said Money served as a New York of the former Ronettes singer. poetry collection, which highlights his birthplace, the village of swagger and a heart of gold, Money recently City police officer for two years, although in a Despite spending most of his life on the Heidar Baba. revealed on his reality television series “Real 2018 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, West Coast, where he became a fan of the Money” that he had esophageal cancer. The Money agreed he only entered the police Los Angeles Dodgers, Money retained some remaining five episodes of the show, in its training program. of his Brooklyn accent and carried himself Tehran short film festival second season on AXS TV, deal with his cancer. “I would have been a very lenient cop,” as a wisecracking New Yorker. “I thought I was just going in to get a said Money, who played a cop in the video (An undated handout photo of Eddie Money “His one-of-a-kind sense of humor unveils intl. lineup checkup, and he told me I got cancer,” Money for his 1983 hit “Big Crash.” released to Reuters on September 13, 2019. endeared him instantly to everyone he said in an episode that was taped in August In 1968 he moved to Berkeley, California, (Kevin Foley/Handout via Reuters) met,” Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor ARTTEHRAN — A lineup of 50 movies from 25 and aired on Thursday. where he began performing in local clubs, and founder of AXS TV, said in a statement. deskcountries will go on screen in various sections Money said the news hit him “really, the website biography said. acts. Graham would serve as mentor and He was also known to be generous with of the international competition of the 36th Tehran International really hard” but that he decided to reveal After changing his name to Eddie Money manager to Money. up-and-coming rockers. Short Film Festival (TISFF), the organizers announced on Sunday. the diagnosis because “I want to be honest in 1976, he met rock promoter Bill Graham, His debut album “Eddie Money” came Money is survived by his wife, Laurie The films will be competing in the four categories of animated, with everybody.” who helped the careers of the Grateful out in 1977 with the big hits “Two Tickets to Money, daughter Jessica, and four sons: fiction, experimental and documentary films. “Am I going to live a long time? Who Dead, Jefferson Airplane and other major Paradise” and “Baby Hold On.” In all he sold Zachary, Joseph, Desmond and Julian. “Monsieur Henderson” by Thomas Scohy from France, “Cowboy” by Frederic Zeimet from Luxembourg, “Brotherhood” by Meryam Joobeur from Canada and “Ashmina” by Dekel Berenson from Nepal will be screened in the fiction section. Springsteen’s “Western Stars” scores standing ovation at Toronto Film Festival “Atomkraftwerk Zwentendorf”, a co-production between Austria TORONTO (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen’s concert as inspiration. American blue-collar lives for the themes of his music. and the U.S. by Hope Tucker, and “Grandfather Fire” by Emir movie “Western Stars” received a standing ovation at Popularly known as “The Boss”, Springsteen also Co-director Thom Zimny described how he used the Luciano Tlachi from Spain are among the films to compete in its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday, narrates in parts. emotion of the music to frame the film’s evocative images. the documentary section. with the rock star describing it as a “continuation of the “It’s just a continuation of the stories I’ve been writing “I was really responding to the sonic qualities of “Armed Lullaby” by Yana Ugrekhelidze from Germany will stories” he has told throughout his career. my whole career,” he told journalists on the red carpet the strings, and the sonic qualities that I found on the compete with nine other films in the animation section, while In Western Stars, Springsteen performs songs from his before the screening. “And I hope that it’s something, album I thought would translate into a great cinematic five films will be screened in the experimental section. latest album of the same title, but the film also features that it’s inspiring and fun and people enjoy it.” experience,” Zimny said. The 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival will take clips from his earlier years, and wide, sweeping shots Throughout his career, the New Jersey-born singer- The film will be released in the United States on place in the Iranian capital from November 10 to 15. of the landscape of the American West which served songwriter has repeatedly returned to the experience of Oct. 25.