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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13198 Tuesday SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 Shahrivar 13, 1397 Dhul Hijjah 23, 1439 Iran will cooperate ‘Armenians enjoy Esteghlal, Persepolis Art for Peace Festival with any bloc taking full religious learn fate at Iran’s to open in Tehran power in Iraq 2 freedom in Iran’ 2 Hazfi Cup 15 on Sept. 14 16

UK minister: We seek no covert operation in Iran, plan to build ties Terrorists should be the UK, along with the European Union, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW are doing all they can to provide the mech- By Mohammad Ghaderi & anism by which they can continue trade Payman Yazdani transactions with Iran. TEHRAN — UK’s Minister of State for He also stressed that the UK is prepared the Middle East, Alistair Burt, in an ex- to pay the costs of maintaining economic cleaned out of Idlib: Zarif clusive interview with the Tehran Times, relations with Iran in the face of U.S. extra- reaffirms his country’s support to the 2015 territorial sanctions, noting the importance See page 2 nuclear deal following the U.S. unilateral of having an independent foreign policy withdrawal from the agreement, saying from that of Washington. 13

2 large aluminum, copper plants to be put into operation by Mar. 2019 ECONOMY TEHRAN— Head 300,000-ton capacity aluminum plant in deskof Iranian Mines and the south of the country will be the largest Mining Industries Development and and most modern aluminum production Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) plant in Iran, IMIDRO Public Relations announced that two large plants for Department reported. production of aluminum and copper This plant will need aluminum oxide will be put into operation in the country and aluminum powder to be imported by the end of current Iranian calendar from other countries because there is year (March 20, 2019). not enough raw material in Iran, he Mehdi Karbasian also said that the mentioned.

‘Army, IRGC air forces able to foil possible adventures’ POLITICS TEHRAN — The Is- marks during a meeting with Amir Ali desklamic Republic of Iran Hajizadeh, commander of the aerospace Air Force (IRIAF) and the aerospace di- division of the IRGC, Mehr reported vision of the Islamic Revolution Guards on Monday. Corps (IRGC) can together deal with Nasirzadeh also lauded the IRGC’s any kind of threat posed by the enemies, aerospace division for its achievements IRIAF Commander Aziz Nasirzadeh said in the field of aerospace, and called for on Monday. cooperation among all military and civilian File photo General Nasirzadeh made the re- bodies for national progress. ARTICLE EU help to Iran is not serious: Hunter ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari impact of U.S. sanctions. In other words, the law Mudasir Sheikh Political analyst EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Researcher and writer By Javad Heirannia is a new version of the “Blocking Statute” that the European Union approved in 1996 to protect from Kashmir TEHRAN — Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a profes- Cuba against U.S. sanctions. In your opinion, sor of political science at Georgetown University, how much this law is effectiveness to protect Is Europe’s tells the Tehran Times that that “Europe wants to Iran against U.S. sanctions? Iran’s key role keep Iran committed to JCPOA, and thus makes A: The current laws are not very effective opposition to some vague promises, but it is not willing to give in countering American sanctions. Moreover, in fight against Iran serious help.” the real issue is that Europe does not want to America real? “It was recently reported that the EU will offer escalate confrontation with America for the America’s economic 18million euros for some projects in Iran. This sake of Iran. Economic relations between U.S. estern media has recently pub- is not serious,” Hunter tells the Tehran Times. Following is the text the interview: and Europe are very extensive and any gain terrorism lished reports on the new ap- She adds the Europe does not want to escalate Some argue that the European Union laws with Iran cannot compensate for the loss of he America’s economic terrorism proach of European authorities confrontation with America for the sake of Iran. does not have an effect to protect Iran against the U.S. markets. 13 W against the Islamic Republic of Iran over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). German Chancellor, Thas assumed alarming proportions Angela Merkel, has officially opposed to lately. But Iran stands unfazed. On August her Democrat Foreign Minister, Heiko Pakistan continues to rebuff U.S., supports Iran’s stand on JCPOA 20, 2018, Iran’s central bank-affiliated Mass. Maas recently mentioned that Eu- By Syed Zafar Mehdi wide-ranging deliberations with the top political its nuclear deal with major world powers. website took off U.S. dollar as a standard of rope and the U.S. “have been drifting TEHRAN — Much to the chagrin of hawks in and military leadership of Pakistan, including “Pakistan stands with Iran in this hour of measuring the average rate of Iran’s most apart for years” and urged Europe to Washington and Riyadh, neighbors Iran and prime minister, foreign minister, army chief and need,” Qureshi said, joining the growing tradable currencies. In February, Iran had “assume our equal share of responsibil- Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to parliament speaker. league of countries that have backed Iran’s switched from US dollar to Euro as the ity” in order to “form a counterweight bolster bilateral ties and open a new chapter in In a tweet, the social media-savvy foreign peaceful nuclear energy program and refused official reporting currency of the nation. when the U.S. crosses the line,” pull “our their relationship. minister termed the meetings “fruitful”, in which to buckle under the U.S. pressure to cut trade Recently President Hassan Rouhani weight when America retreats … [and] The ties between the two countries, although the two sides laid emphasis on “expanding bilat- ties with Tehran. announced a ‘secondary currency market’ start a new conversation.” historic, have been marked by ambiguity in eral, regional, and global partnership”, adding An official statement issued by Khan’s office and other comprehensive measures to Among his bolder suggestions on how recent years, especially during the previous that neighbors were Iran’s “priority”. Zarif’s vis- said the prime minister received the Iranian for- tackle the devaluation of Rial. According to do this, he came with the suggestion government led by Nawaz Sharif, who was it to Pakistan came at a crucial time when the eign minister for a meeting, who conveyed to him to experts, Trump’s hostile stance towards of an independent system of financial seen heavily tilted towards Riyadh. With the relations between Islamabad and Washington the greetings and best wishes of the people and Iran is a major contributing factor for the transactions that would protect European new government in Islamabad now, led by are undergoing a tectonic shift, and Pakistan leadership of Iran on assuming office. devaluation of Rial, but President Rou- companies seeking to do business with the charismatic cricketer-turned-politician is finally coming out of the ominous shadow of Zarif stated that Iran wished continued pro- hani’s recently announced policies are Iran. In response, Merkel stated that Imran Khan, Iran-Pakistan ties are expected U.S. and Saudi Arabia. gress and prosperity to the people of Pakistan going to effectively counter this economic there are many barriers to the formation to become stronger. Imran Khan led government has made a and delivered a message of Iranian President warfare. of such a system, and in the meantime, As a sign of growing proximity between the great start by outlining its foreign policies Hassan Rouhani, inviting Khan for the upcoming The monopoly of US dollar in global U.S. and Europe’s security cooperation two countries, Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif very clearly. On Friday, following the meeting Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit in trade has been effectively exploited by can’t be ignored. Many analysts believe became the first foreign official to visit Pakistan between Zarif and his Pakistani counterpart Iran in October 2018. Both Pakistan and Iran Washington to unleash its terror on that the U.S. and EU’s opposition over this week since the change of guard in Islamabad. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan said it sup- are members of ACD and Iran currently holds sovereign states and to feed its unlim- the JCPOA remains strong, although Zarif, who has been to Pakistan eight times, held ported Iran’s “principled stance” regarding the chair of the organisation. 6 ited deficits as beautifully explained there’s no guarantee that Europe would by F. William Engdahl in his book ‘A remain committed to the nuclear deal Century of War: Anglo-American Oil in the future. Politics.’ Accordingly, a review on the At- It is easy to picture that Iran is not alone lantic’s recent article is worth noting. OANA holds in this battle against American economic Emphasizing that Donald Trump and terrorism but it is on the forefront. China’s his advisers have a consistent record objective is also to push the global economy of confronting and threatening Iran, meeting in away from the slavery of petrodollar into most prominently by withdrawing from the levers of real influence. This century the nuclear deal, the article reads that has witnessed a ten-fold growth in Chi- Trump expanded the threats against Tehran nese economy thus claiming the status of Iran to all those who do business with world’s second-largest economy but Beijing Executive Board Meeting of the Organization the country, declaring on Twitter they is highly annoyed by dollar’s hegemony of Asia-Pacific (OANA) News Agencies started “will NOT be doing business with the in the global financial system. its 43rd session in Tehran on Monday. Aslan United States.” So China has now agreed on bilateral Aslanov, the incumbent president of the media If taken literally, this would mean trade agreements with other victims of alliance, called for holding educational forums a new front in America’s economic American economic terrorism like Pa- and workshops on the sidelines of OANA battle with the Europeans, who have kistan, Turkey, Russia, and Iran. The meetings in cooperation with non-OANA remained in the nuclear agreement— People’s Bank of China and European members. not to mention many other countries Central Bank have agreed on a currency Zia Hashemi, the managing director of around the world determined to do swap to facilitate bilateral trade between Mohammadreza Abbasi the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), business in Iran. EU and China, thereby dumping about delivered the inaugural speech at the event Regarding what the Atlantic and 500 million Euros worth of U.S. dollars participated by the heads of 18 news agencies. other American sources say (on to add Yuan in their reserves. China has OANA was founded in 1961 with the goal the battle of the United States and also developed a Yuan-based oil future of facilitating information dissemination in Europe over the JCPOA), there are contract bypassing the U.S. Dollar domi-

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ the region, supported by the United Nations some points that should be taken into nated Brent and West Texas Intermediate cultural entity UNESCO. consideration. 7 benchmark. 6 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Rostami named Iran says will cooperate with any head of Leader’s representatives at universities political bloc taking power in Iraq POLITICS TEHRAN — The The comments by Qassemi come as Syria POLITICS TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic desk desk Iranian Foreign Ministry is preparing to cleanse Idlib from terrorists. Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Tehran will continue Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad on Monday appointed Mostafa Rostami as head of his cooperation with Iraq no matter what Javad Zarif who visited Damascus on representatives in universities. political faction will form the administration. Monday said the Idlib region in northwestern In a decree, Ayatollah Khamenei said the appointment “Our cooperation with the future Iraqi Syria should be cleared of “terrorists.” was proposed by the council of representatives. He also government will continue no matter which Qassemi also said the Syrian government hailed Rostami’s enthusiasm and his familiarity with the faction will form the administration,” has the right to “wipe out” its entire land atmosphere in universities, Mehr reported. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram from the existence of terrorists. The Leader also thanked Mohammad Mohamadian, who Qassemi told a regular press briefing. He added, as in the past, Iran “will resigned from his job as head of the representatives, for his Qassemi added, “We are neighbors and continue its advisory support” for the Syrian compassionate efforts and kind behavior while at the job. we should respect good neighborliness and government in the fight against terrorists. protect territorial integrity of each other.” ‘Iran has given warning to Europe ‘Iran is the only He also said, “We respect the views of Iraqis over JCPOA’ and other people in the regional countries. Commenting on the ongoing talks country fully Iran’s general policy is non-interference in between Iran and Europeans to preserve regional countries’ affairs and we do not allow the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), Qassemi committed to others to interfere in our domestic affairs.” said the sides are “finding mechanisms to JCPOA’ Iraqi parliamentary elections was continue economic cooperation based on held in May. the JCPOA.” POLITICS TEHRAN — Chairman of the Majlis Na- According to the Iraqi constitution, the He said Tehran has insisted that desktional Security and Foreign Policy Commit- parliament elects the president and the Iran optimistic about Syria “I am optimistic that this summit can Europe must “clarify as soon as possible tee has said that Iran’s cooperative approach has had many prime minister from among the candidates summit in Tehran be a successful and effective summit for the remaining issues over which we have benefits for European countries, underlining that Iran is the by a two-thirds majority of its members. The Foreign Ministry spokesman also the entirety of the region, the people of not managed to agree”. only country that is fully committed to its obligations under Then, the elected president will ask the expressed optimism over the outcome of the Syria, and fighting terrorism,” he remarked. “Of course we have given due warnings the nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA. largest alliance to form a government within summit meeting between the presidents of Qassemi said the Astana talks have to the Europeans,” he added. On the other hand, the U.S. has exited the JCPOA and Eu- 30 days, according to the constitution. Iran, Russia and Turkey over Syria, which proven to be a successful process to end Europe is expected to present its practical ropean countries have not fulfilled their obligations regarding The 329-seat legislature was to come will be hosted by Tehran. the conflict in Syria and surely the leaders’ package to preserve the JCPOA before the banking transactions and oil trade with Iran, Heshmatollah together on Monday to elect a speaker and The summit is in line with a series of summit in Tehran can help take further second round of U.S. sanctions start in Falahatpisheh said, the YJC said on Monday. start the government formation process. the Astana talks on Syria. steps in this respect. November. He said the European countries are just trying to save certain parts of the deal which are to their own benefit, criticizing Iran’s Foreign Ministry for not confronting Iranian, Russian, Turkish presidents to meet on Syria in Tehran Friday them about the issue. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian and the three guarantor states of de-escalation zones in Syria Turkish counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip - held a meeting in Ankara to discuss ways for peaceful Erdogan, will discuss various issues related to the Syrian settlement of the crisis in Syria. MPs visit Natanz crisis in a summit in Tehran on Friday. The topics of dis- The three countries have so far held several rounds nuclear facility cussion will include provocations with the alleged use of of peace talks in Kazakhstan’s Astana and elsewhere chemical weapons, a Putin adviser said. to help end the conflict in Syria. The fourth round of Speaking to the Izvestiya newspaper, Yury Ushakov those talks in May 2017 produced a memorandum of pointed to the agenda of the Tehran summit saying the understanding on de-escalation zones in Syria, sharply trilateral meeting will cover a wide range of issues related reducing fighting in the country. POLITICS TEHRAN — Members of the Majlis to the settlement of the Syrian crisis and aggravating points, Diplomatic efforts to end fighting in Syria gained mo- deskNational Security and Foreign Policy including preparations for provocative moves through using mentum in 2017 with the announcement of a ceasefire in Committee on Monday morning visited the Shahid Ahmadi chemical weapons in a residential area of Idlib Province. the Arab country in early January. Roshan Research Center at the Natanz nuclear facility. The Kremlin aide further said on the sidelines of the According to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy The lawmakers visited different sections of the ura- summit, Putin will hold separate bilateral meetings with Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 nium reprocessing facility and talked with the center’s his Iranian and Turkish counterparts. people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half experts, Mehr reported. The remarks came as some Israeli reports said Tel in the Tehran summit. of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million Back in June, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Aviv believes that the fate of Idlib will be determined In April, the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey - within or beyond its borders. (AEOI) announced that it has begun work to prepare the infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges at the Natanz enrichment facility, while respecting its commit- Kerry defends Iran deal, censures Trump for ‘making things up’ ments under the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Former U.S. secretary of state John Kerry ahead of Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. national nuclear policy. policy was not a hit at Trump, but was in Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). has censured Donald Trump’s claim that from the agreement. “Just saying that doesn’t make it that,” the best interest of U.S. involvement in a the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran was the Trump slammed the ex-diplomat on he said of Trump’s criticism of the accord. positive policy. “worst ever”, saying the U.S. president Twitter, saying “John Kerry can’t get over “This is the toughest agreement in terms “I was trying to have the policy of the Parliamentary makes things up and does not often make the fact that he had his chance and blew of inspection, accountability — no country United States of America, which is part of team to meet decisions based on fact or advice. it! Stay away from negotiations John, you has had to do what Iran did in order to live the agreement, to continue, and common “Unfortunately — and I say this sadly — are hurting your country!” up to this. But to just walk away?” sense to continue,” he said. European more often than not, he really just doesn’t Commenting on the attack and whether Kerry noted that China, France, Trump announced U.S. withdrawal on know what he’s talking about,” said Kerry, he wanted “to say something at the time, Germany and Britain have all tried to May 8, pledging to reinstate sanctions on officials who led the American team in nuclear ne- tweet back at him,” the former State De- protect the nuclear pact and even some Iran and impose “the highest level” of eco- POLITICS TEHRAN — An Iranian parliamentary gotiations with Iran. partment head said, “I haven’t yet.” of Trump’s administration officials sup- nomic bans on the country, jeopardizing the deskdelegation has left Tehran for Europe to “He makes things up. And he’s making “I think America and our democracy are ported it. survival of the landmark accord. hold meetings with European parliamentary officials. that up, as he has other things,” the former more thoughtful than dishonest tweets,” “Only the United States walked away. Washington reinstated a series of unilat- The delegation is headed by head of the Parliament Re- top diplomat said in an interview with CBS’s he added. Only Donald Trump,” he said. “His defense eral sanctions against Iran in early August search Center Kazem Jalali, who is also the vice president “Face the Nation” aired Sunday. Kerry also denied Trump’s claim that secretary thought he should keep it, his in- and would re-impose a second batch in No- of Inter-Parliamentary Union, Mehr reported. Kerry angered Trump in May after re- the Iran agreement is weak and harmful telligence people thought he should keep vember, primarily aimed at undermining Lawmakers in the team includes Gholamreza Tajgar- ports said he had secretly met with world to the U.S., saying the allegation is false it. The fact is this agreement is working.” Tehran’s oil exports. doon, Kamal Dehghani Firoozabadi, Siamak Morasadegh, leaders in a bid to salvage the nuclear deal and disruptive to the possibilities of inter- Kerry added that his defense of the (Source: Press TV) and Zahra Saei. The delegation is expected to meet with European Parliament officials as well as lawmakers from Belgium Terrorists should be cleaned out of Official deplores U.S. for halting aid to and Luxembourg. Idlib, Zarif says Palestinian refugees Bishop Davidian: Armenians enjoy full religious freedom in Iran POLITICS TEHRAN — Reacting to claims by U.S. deskofficials that there is no religious freedom in Iran, chief of Armenian Catholic diocese of Iran Bish- op Sarkis Davidian said on Monday that the Armenians enjoy full religious freedom in Iran, emphasizing that such claims are “biased” and “baseless”. In a statement, Bishop Davidian said the U.S. officials’ viewpoint about minorities in Iran is in “opportunistic” one which is primarily aimed to meet the wishes of Wash- ington, IRNA reported. He also said the Armenian Catholics, like the entire POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- good victories of resistance forces against A senior international adviser to the Ira- the UN Relief and Works Agency (UN- world, are concerned about the reimposition of sanc- desk tions, which will affect the Iranian nation, including its an Foreign Minister extremist and terrorist groups, the time nian parliament speaker condemned a RWA), which operates in the occupied religious minorities. Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Mon- has come to start the reconstruction recent move by the Donald Trump ad- territories as well as Jordan, Syria and day that terrorists should be “cleaned process in Syria and end conflicts and ministration to end funding for the UN Lebanon. It described the organization out” of Idlib. take care of humanitarian issues in Syria agency responsible for providing edu- as “irredeemably flawed”. UNHCR boss The remarks by Zarif comes as the as well as the return of refugees.” cation, health care and other services The announcement sparked anger and Syrian army is preparing to recapture In his visit to Damascus, the Iranian to Palestinian refugees. concern, even though it had been widely hails Leader Idlib from the hands of terrorists. foreign minister also held a meeting In remarks released on Monday, Hos- anticipated. Critics see the move as part “In line with the Astana process with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, sein Amir Abdollahian, who is also the of a concerted plan to undermine core for his order to meeting that we will have on Friday in discussing bilateral ties, regional de- secretary general of the International Palestinian demands in peace negotia- educate Afghans Tehran, we will discuss these issues, velopments and the return of refugees. Conference on Supporting Palestinian tions and say it could further destabilize as well as how to treat the remaining Zarif also separately met with Syrian Intifada (Uprising), denounced the U.S. the Middle East. POLITICS TEHRAN — United Nations High Com- extremist groups, especially the al-Nusra Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. Zarif move to halt the Palestinian refugee aid The decision means the U.S., by far desk missioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has Front in the remaining parts of Idlib,” said that Iran supports the Syrian gov- as Trump’s yet another crime against the the biggest UNRWA donor, will withhold praised Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah he told reporters upon his arrival at ernment and people in fighting terrorists. Palestinian people and “a blatant violation” $300m in annual funds, which it had agreed Khamenei for his permission and order to the Education Ministry Damascus airport. Muallem praised Iran’s support for of the refugees’ rights. to provide only last December. Donald to pave the ground for the Afghan students to study in Iran. The presidents of Iran, Russia and Syria in the war against terrorists. He further warned the U.S. government Trump had already axed $200m in bilateral “In my view, the order by the Islamic Revolution Leader Turkey will hold talks on Syria in Tehran In a separate meeting with Syrian of the consequences of its support for the aid for Gaza and the West Bank. for the Afghan children to study in Iran is considered as one on Friday. The summit meeting is in Prime Minister Imad Khamis, Zarif said Israeli regime’s crimes and the deteriorating Palestinians have condemned the U.S. of the most progressive policies in providing service to the line with the continuation of the Astana that the private sector in Iran is ready to situation of five million Palestinian refugees. decision to halt the funding the UN agen- refugees and is an admirable measure,” Grandi said, while talks aimed at bringing an end to the participate in projects to rebuild Syria. Amir Abdollahian also said the U.S. cy that helps educate, feed and provide visiting a refugee center in Tehran on Monday, Fars reported. conflict in Syria. Foreign Minister Zarif added Iranian should be held accountable for the move healthcare for more than 5 million Pales- Appreciating Iran’s special efforts to give service to the ‘Time has come to start recon- and Syrian embassies are duty bound to that is against humanity and human rights. tinian refugees across several countries as refugees, he said, “Iran has special policies to this end and struction efforts in Syria’ facilitate the activities of Iranian private The U.S. State Department said on a “flagrant assault” on their rights. can turn into a role model for other countries.” Zarif also said, “Considering the very companies in Syria. Friday that it would no longer support (Source: Tasnim) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 INTERNATIONAL Saudi regime military denies killing Iraq factions announce schoolchildren despite admitting ‘mistakes’ alliances to form new

The House of Saud regime says a school Movement across Yemen. government bus targeted in an airstrike in Yemen last However, the Saudi regime found itself in month was a “legitimate target” after finally hot water last month when a surge in civilian Iraqi political factions, which did best in the country’s May par- admitting “mistakes” which took the lives of casualties following a series of brutal attacks liamentary elections, announce separate alliances within the scores of children. on undeniably civilian targets made it too legislature, which they claim enables them to form the country’s Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman costly for others to stay silent. new government. for the Saudi regime-led troops in Yemen, The U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis On Sunday, lawmakers following senior cleric Muqtada Sadr also denied that the vehicle hit in the airstrike even sent a representative to discuss the at- and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s lead said they had created was a school bus full of children, despite much tack and threaten Riyadh with withdrawing an alliance that would give them a majority bloc at the Parliament. evidence to the contrary. support if such attacks continued. A rival grouping led by commander Hadi al-Amiri and former Maliki told CNN in an interview on Sun- Britain took a more cautious line with premier Nouri al-Maliki responded by saying it had formed its day that intelligence information showed Saudis back then and only reacted in the own alliance, asserting it featured the lion’s share of the seats the bus was “not a school bus because there form of tweets posted by Foreign Secretary at the legislature. is no school at that time when the incident Jeremy Hunt. The 329-seat legislature is to come together on Monday to happened.” In his posts, Hunt called for investigations elect a speaker and launch the government formation process. His allegations came on the same day into the attack but defended London-Riyadh Sadr’s Sairoon bloc came first in the polls, while the Fatah Human Rights Watch called the macabre ties. (Conquest) Alliance led by Amiri, and Abadi’s Nasr finished August 9 attack in a busy market in Yemen’s The new statement from London used a second and third. A bloc led by Maliki ended in the fifth place. northern Sa’ada an “apparent war crime.” tougher language and even included references A recount was called after the polls due to allegations of elec- “We never observed any kids on the bus,” to another attack on August 23, which killed toral fraud. The procedure delayed the process of government al-Maliki said, adding the “coalition conducted 31 people, most of them women and children. formation by three months, but confirmed the primary results the attack against Houthi (Ansarullah) com- To tone down its criticism of Saudi allies, with little change. manders and some Houthi element fighters London welcomed alleged Saudi investigations The Iraqi politics has long been vulnerable to the differences in that bus.” into the attacks and blasted the Ansarullah lying along the country’s major ethnic and sectarian fault lines. The bus attacked was “a legitimate tar- for conducting retaliatory missile attacks Any new government has to move quickly to address the get,” he added. against Saudi Arabia. country’s chronic woes, including the poor quality of basic His remarks appeared to clash with bus because there is no school at that time civilian deaths in Yemen, keeps mum What the British government failed to services as well as political and economic mismanagement. It those by Mansour al-Mansour, spokesman when the incident happened.” on Saudi regime arms deals address in its statement though were its would also have to face the mammoth task of rebuilding the for the investigative Joint Incidents As- On Sunday, Human Right Watch urged Meantime, the British government has continued sales of missiles, bombs and country following three years of struggle against the Daesh sessment Team (JIAT), who earlier said a an end to all weapons sales to Saudi Arabia voiced “serious concern” over the rising num- aircraft to Saudi Arabia, which have in- Takfiri terror group. probe into the incident had found errors after it was revealed that a United States- bers of civilian casualties from the House of creased manifolds in the face of interna- (Source: Press TV) prior to the strike which “caused collat- made bomb was used in the attack. Saud regime’s years-long military aggression tional criticism. eral damage.” The Saudi regime attack “on a bus full against Yemen, even as London refuses to Faced with a pending exit from the Euro- “There was an obvious delay in equip- of young boys adds to its already gruesome end its extensive arms deals with Riyadh. pean Union that will shutter most EU markets ping the fighter jet at the right place and track record of killing civilians at weddings, “The Government expresses serious on Britain, Britain views the Saudi regime and at the right time, which caused missing the funerals, hospitals, and schools in Yemen,” concern at the tragic loss of life in Yemen other repressive Arab regimes as lucrative Kremlin rejects Macron’s opportunity to target the bus -- which was Bill Van Esveld, a senior children’s rights over the last month. In the first two weeks post-Brexit markets for British weapons and a military target -- in a clear and open area, researcher at HRW, said in a statement. of August alone, over 400 Yemenis lost their goods, even though many of them have been claim Putin wants to to avoid such collateral damages,” Mansour Since the war began, there have been nu- lives, including young children, and many blacklisted by the Foreign Office for human said on Saturday. merous Saudi strikes conducted “in violation more continue to face egregious violations of rights violations. ‘dismantle’ EU The Saudi regime air raid hit the school of the laws of war” and without adequate their basic human rights,” read a statement May and his ministers have toured the bus as it drove through a market in the town follow-up investigations, HRW said. by Prime Minister Theresa May’s office on Middle East on several occasions over the The Kremlin Monday rejected claims by French President Em- of Dhahyan, killing a total of 51 people, among It also said that it had identified U.S.- Sunday. past two years looking for possible customers. manuel Macron over the weekend that his Russian counterpart them 40 children, and injuring 79 others, made munitions at the sites of at least 24 Since the beginning of the unprovoked The House of Saud regime is currently Vladimir Putin wished to break up the European Union. mostly kids. The kids reportedly had been on other “unlawful coalition attacks” in Yemen, war in March 2015, Riyadh had enjoyed the the largest purchaser of British weapons. In an interview with the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, a much-anticipated field trip marking their warning Washington to “immediately stop unconditional support of its Western allies British officials have time and again justi- the French leader said: “I do respect Vladimir Putin ... but [his] graduation from summer school. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia” or “risk being as the Royal Saudi Air Force and its region- fied the deals, arguing there is not enough dream is a dismantling of the European Union.” Maliki claimed that intelligence informa- complicit in future atrocities.” al peers kept pounding what they claimed evidence that Saudi Arabia is using them Spokesman Dmitry Peskov however told journalists the Rus- tion showed that the bus was “not a school British gov’t ‘concerned’ by were positions of the Ansarullah (Houthi) against civilians. sian president was in fact working to develop ties with member states and strengthen the union. “With regards to respect, the president answers in kind. He 10 shot at apartment complex in San China to provide $60 bln in financial has developed a very constructive working relationship, and good Bernadino, California support to Africa: Xi personal relationship [with Macron],” Peskov said. “In terms of Putin’s relationship towards the EU, we unfortu- Ten people including children were shot at an apartment complex in San Bernadino, China will provide $60 billion in financial support to Africa, President Xi Jinping said nately must argue that it is not Russia’s doing if this relationship California Sunday night, police said, with three people in dire condition. Monday at the opening of a major China-Africa summit. The support will be provided is in rather a chilly situation,” he added. “We got a call about 10:45 p.m. for shots fired,” said San Bernadino spokes- in the form of government assistance as well as investment and financing by financial “It is in our interests that the EU is prosperous and stable. man Capt. Richard Lawhead. “We found 10 victims down at the scene. Three are institutions and companies, Xi said in a speech carried live on state television. President Putin has made this approach clear on several occasions extremely critical.” China will also expand its imports from Africa, especially for resources products, and there is no plan to change it.” The shooting happened on a hot holiday weekend in the city that is about 96 kilo- and will facilitate African financial institutions’ bond issuances in China, Xi added. Macron and Putin last met during the World Cup in Russia meters east of Los Angeles. colonialism this summer when France won the tournament. People were gathered outside playing games in a common area of an apartment South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Monday delivered a stinging rebuttal to (Source: AFP) complex of about 100 units, police said. criticism of China’s development aid in Africa, following a pledge by Chinese President Lawhead said that as of early Monday, detectives do not have a suspect or a motive Xi Jinping to invest $60 billion in the continent. in the shooting. No weapons were recovered at the scene, he said. Speaking at a summit on China-Africa cooperation, Ramaphosa said the meeting The shooting took place a week after a gunman shot nine people and killed two “refutes the view that a new colonialism is taking hold in Africa, as our detractors competitors at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Aug. 26. would have us believe.” Massive fire rips through (Source: AP) (Source: daily star) 200-year-old Rio National UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of Palestinians Museum Millions of Palestinian refugees “cannot simply be wished Palestine refugees, the undeniable fact remains that they have A massive fire has engulfed Brazil’s 200-year-old National Muse- away”, the head of a UN support agency said on Monday, rights under international law and represent a community um in the city of Rio de Janeiro, putting its valuable collection of hitting back at a U.S. aid cutoff and allegations its work only of 5.4 million men, women and children who cannot simply 20 million items, including human fossils and ancient Egyptian perpetuates their plight. be wished away,” he said. artefacts, under threat. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) The United States paid out $60 million to UNRWA in Firefighters and museum workers raced to save the historical provides services to about 5 million Palestinian refugees January, withholding another $65 million, from a promised relics from the blaze which broke out at 7.30pm (22:30 GMT) across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza. $365 million for the year. Krahenbuhl said Persian Gulf on Sunday. Most are descendants of some 700,000 Palestinians who states had injected funds but UNRWA still needed more The esteemed museum in the city’s north, which houses arte- were driven out of their homes or fled fighting in the 1948 than $200 million. facts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and some of the first fossils war that led to Israel’s creation. In Lebanon on Monday, UNRWA opened its school found in Brazil, was closed to the public at the time of the fire. The growing refugee count was cited by Washington, year as scheduled. Studies in UNRWA-run schools in the There were no reports of injuries, the museum said in a state- UNRWA’s biggest donor, in its decision last week to withhold occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip got under way ment, and it wasn’t immediately clear how the fire began. funding, and has potential ramifications for the Palestinians’ on Wednesday. Roberto Robadey, a spokesman for the fire department, said 80 firefighters were battling the blaze and that by midnight local pursuit of a right of return to land now in Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Claudio Cordone, director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, time it was “just about under control” and should be out within Successive Israeli governments have ruled out such an UNRWA on Sunday as “the refugee perpetuation agency” told Reuters that funds would last only until the end of the a few hours. influx, fearing the country would lose its Jewish majority. whose money “should be taken and be used to really help month but the agency would continue to raise money to President Michel Temer called it “a sad day for all Brazilians”. “I express deep regret and disappointment at the nature rehabilitate the refugees, whose real number is a sliver of ensure the schools remain open. “Two hundred years of work, research and knowledge have of the U.S. decision,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre that reported by UNRWA”. Washington’s move against UNRWA was the latest in a been lost,” Temer said in a statement. Krahenbuhl said in an open letter to Palestinian refugees But Krahenbuhl said “the protracted nature of the Pales- series of U.S. and Israeli policy decisions that have angered Robadey said firefighters got off to a slow start fighting the and the agency’s staff in which he pledged its operations tine refugee crisis” was not unique. He said the children and Palestinians and raised international concern. blaze because the two fire hydrants closest to the museum were would continue. grandchildren of long-displaced refugees in Afghanistan, They include Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s not functioning. Instead, trucks had to be sent to get water from Appearing to echo Israel’s view that descendants of the Sudan, Somalia, Congo and elsewhere are also recognized capital in December, the moving of the U.S. Embassy to the a nearby lake. 1948 refugees should not share that status, State Department as refugees and assisted by the United Nations. contested city in May and Israel’s adoption of a “nation-state” But he added that some of the museum’s pieces had been spared. spokeswoman Heather Nauert criticized UNRWA on Friday Schools open law in July that says only Jews have the right of self-deter- “We were able to remove a lot of things from inside with the over its “endlessly and exponentially expanding community “No matter how often attempts are made to minimize mination in the country. help of workers of the museum,” Robadey told Globo News. of entitled beneficiaries”. or delegitimize the individual and collective experiences of (Source: Reuters) The museum was founded in 1818 by King Joao VI and is considered a jewel of Brazilian culture. According to its website, the museum has a vast collection Pakistan: U.S. aid cut was money owed, not assistance related to the history of Brazil and other countries, and many The significance of United States cancelling Support Funds (CSF), which was part of the and the U.S. are currently “almost non-exist- Qamar Javed Bajwa. of its collections came from members of Brazil’s royal family. $300m in security assistance to the Paki- $1.1bn suspended in January, reassigning ent”, but he hoped this would change after For over a decade, Pakistan has received The museum’s deputy director, Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, stan has been downplayed by the country’s the funds to other projects, “due to a lack of Pompeo’s visit. CSF assistance to reimburse its military for voiced “profound discouragement and immense anger” as the foreign minister who said the amount was a Pakistani decisive actions in support of the “With the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State expenditures incurred in its war against armed treasured institution burned, accusing Brazilian authorities of reimbursement and not assistance. South Asia Strategy”. we have an opening and a beginning can be groups, including the Pakistani Taliban. a “lack of attention”. Relations between the U.S. and Pakistan “This $300m was neither any aid nor made, and we will try to build a consensus Afghanistan and the U.S. accuse the He said the museum, a former palace that was once the official have been increasingly frayed since Janu- assistance,” said Pakistan’s new Foreign in areas of mutual interest,” he said. country of offering safe haven to leaders of resident of the royal family, had never had necessary support. ary, when the U.S. President Donald Trump Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sun- “It is our shared objective to cleanse the the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network, The National Museum, which is linked to the Federal Uni- suspended more than $1.1bn in security as- day evening. region and the world of terrorism.” which have been waging a 17-year war since versity of Rio de Janeiro, had suffered from funding cuts. sistance to the country over allegations that “It is our share in CSF. This is the money “We will listen to their point of view, and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. As the fire raged researchers, professors and university students it was not acting against armed groups such which Pakistan has already spent through we will present our position to them,” he Pakistan denies that it has aided the Af- expressed a mix of sorrow and indignation, with some calling as the Afghan Taliban. its own resources and [the U.S.] was to re- said. “Our objective is that we move our re- ghan Taliban and its allies. for demonstrations on Monday in front of the ravaged building. Pakistan denies the charge, saying it has imburse it to us.” lationship forward based on trust, respect In 2016, Akhtar Mansour, then-chief of Latin America’s largest nation has struggled to emerge from conducted indiscriminate military operations The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pom- and understanding.” the Afghan Taliban, was killed in a U.S. drone its worst recession in decades. against all armed groups operating on its soil. peo, accompanied by the U.S. military chief Pompeo and Dunford are expected to strike on Pakistani territory, while travelling The state of Rio de Janeiro has been particularly hard hit in On Sunday, Pentagon spokesperson Lt- General Joseph Dunford, is due for a visit to hold talks with the newly elected govern- in the southwestern province of Balochistan recent years due to a combination of falling world oil prices, one Col Kone Faulkner confirmed that the U.S. Islamabad on Wednesday. ment, led by longtime opposition politician using Pakistani identity papers. of its major revenue sources, mismanagement and corruption. would be finally cancelling $300m in Coalition Qureshi said that ties between Pakistan Imran Khan, and military chief General (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 Austria supports STOCK MARKET TEDPIX 135257.8 expansion of economic, IFX 1527.16 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir industrial ties with CURRENCIES Iran: envoy USD 42,000 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN — Austrian official website. EUR 48,700 rials deskAmbassador to Tehran “Austrian government sees no problem in Stefan Scholz said his country supports continuing trade ties with the Iranian sides GBP 54,427rials expansion of economic and industrial re- and when it comes to the Austrian companies AED 11,437 rials lations with Iran. some strategies and resolutions should be Making the remarks in a meeting with presented so that the two sides can continue Source: isna.ir Mansour Moazami, the head of Industrial cooperation despite the U.S. sanctions”, called for more tangible and flexible meas- The documents were signed as President Development and Revolution Organization Scholz further noted. ures in this due. Rouhani was on a three-day tour of Europe (IDRO) of Iran, at the place of IDRO in Teh- Moazami for his part stressed the role In early July, Iran and Austria signed four which took him to Switzerland and Austria. ran on Sunday, the envoy put emphasis on that Austria, which currently holds the presi- cooperation documents on water resources The documents were signed at the pres- COMMODITIES the more progress of joint projects between dency of the Council of the European Union, management, renewable energy, transport, ence of Rouhani and his Austrian counterpart the two countries, IDRO published on its can play to strengthen EU ties with Iran and WTI $69.76/b and mining. Alexander Van der Bellen. Brent $78.11/b China clamps down on cryptocurrency speculation, but not blockchain development OPEC Basket $75.72/b Gold $1,200.00/oz Chinese authorities have stepped up their leaders.” pressure on domestic cryptocurrency activity Several local governments including that Silver $14.52/oz in the last few weeks. of Hangzhou — home to tech giant Alibaba While Beijing supports the development — Shanghai and Nanjing have announced Platinium $798.05/oz of the underlying blockchain technology, it blockchain investments. That makes for a Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com is still trying to limit speculation in digital total of about $3.57 billion since 2016, ac- currencies roughly one year since banning cording to estimates published Aug. 28 on their sales in “initial coin offerings.” news site SupChina by Miryam Amsili, a NEWS IN BRIEF Blockchain technology creates a secure, member of the global development team basically permanent record of transactions for Shanghai-based Neo Blockchain and a Bank loans to between two parties, eliminating the need for graduate student at Peking University. a third-party intermediary such as a bank. Throughout the regulatory changes af- agriculture sector Bitcoin is the first application of the technol- fecting cryptocurrency, private investment rise 35% in 5 ogy, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies in blockchain remains steady. have since emerged. Their prices skyrocketed BlockVC, which counts Beijing among months on year last year as investors bet blockchain could its main offices, is investing in 40 to 50 transform the world as much as the internet blockchain-related projects, according to did. While major companies and govern- Mingxuan Li, its chief operating officer ECONOMY TEHRAN – The value of facilities that Iranian desk ments — including China’s — are testing and co-founder. He said the company’s banking system paid to the agriculture sector the technology, it has yet to prove itself on focus is more on underlying technological rose 35.1 percent during the first five months of current Iranian a large scale. tory Commission, the Central Cyberspace issued a ban on shopping areas, hotels and development. calendar year (March 21-August 22), the managing director of China used to dominate bitcoin trading, Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Public office buildings hosting promotional events Anecdotally, he said, it’s typical for a Iran’s Keshavarzi Bank (literally meaning Agriculture Bank) and still accounts for a majority of bitcoin Security and the State Administration for for cryptocurrencies. Chinese news site Na- Chinese person to have one or two friends announced in a press conference on Sunday. creation through the “mining” process. But Market Regulation — issued a warning about tional Business Daily reported last week that involved with blockchain and that they will Ruhollah Khodarahmi said 150 trillion rials (about $3.5 increased regulatory scrutiny, especially as risks from illegal fundraising under the guise a special economic development zone in the not hesitate to try to convince you to join billion) of loans have been paid for implementation of 361 bitcoin’s price climbed, culminated in the of “blockchain” and “cryptocurrencies.” The southern city of Guangzhou announced a them. As a result, he said he thinks the de- agricultural projects in the country, IRNA reported. country’s central bank and other financial announcement also called out those who similar ban. velopment of blockchain will spread rapidly authorities prohibiting sales of new crypto- used overseas servers while targeting Chi- The Chinese government wants to maintain in the country, especially since China’s large ICCIMA to currencies through so-called ICOs early last nese investors. financial stability, and will regulate activity population offers the opportunity to test ap- September. Beijing also effectively banned On the same day, tech giant Tencent such as soliciting money from ordinary people plications at scale. dispatch trade domestic bitcoin-yuan trading. announced it will prohibit cryptocurrency- for investment, according to Jack Lee, manag- Cryptocurrency prices have dropped delegation to At the same time, Japanese, South Ko- related transactions through WeChat pay, ing director at HCM Capital. The company sharply from their peak late last year and rean and U.S. investors became increasingly the mobile payments function of its popular is an investor in many blockchain projects early this year. But they have remained rela- Bulgaria in interested in bitcoin, which hit an all-time Chinese messaging app. Tencent has also and the private equity arm of Foxconn, best tively steady despite the flurry of Chinese mid-Sep. high above $19,000 in December. Chinese blocked some official WeChat accounts that known as Apple’s iPhone manufacturer in government announcements, pointed out ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran Chamber of Commerce, blockchain projects sometimes moved their allegedly published information relating to China. Feng Jun, who co-founded cryptocurrency deskIndustries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) listed headquarters overseas, while devel- initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency trad- HCM doesn’t expect regulators to ease news website Hecaijing last year in Beijing. will dispatch a trade delegation to Bulgarian capital city of Sofia opment continued within mainland China. ing that violated government policy on instant restrictions around cryptocurrency investing To many, it sounds like more talk than action in mid-September, ICCIMA website reported. Trading among cryptocurrencies is still pos- messaging services, the company said in a even though the government has embraced so far, he said. The Iranian delegation’s visit will be concurrent with the sible, while bitcoin can be bought with yuan statement to CNBC. Official WeChat accounts blockchain technology, Lee said. Bitcoin’s price against the dollar lost 9 meeting of Iran-Bulgaria Joint Economic Committee chaired through over-the-counter markets. share articles and news updates with sub- In a speech in May, Chinese President Xi percent last month and was trading near by Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi which will be The persistent speculation has not gone scribers for free. Caixin first reported the Jinping called blockchain a “breakthrough” $7,300 Sunday evening New York time, ac- held in Sofia from September 17 to 21. unnoticed. block on Aug. 22. technology. The Communist Party also pub- cording to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price index. The delegates to be led by ICCIMA Vice Chairman Hossein On Aug. 24, five government bodies — the On Aug. 17, Beijing’s Chaoyang District, lished in August a book whose title translates That’s up from an August low below $6,000. Selahvarzi are active in the fields of road building and urban People’s Bank of China, the Banking Regula- which includes the central business area, roughly as “Blockchain — a reader for cadre (Source: CNBC) projects as well as technical-engineering services. Iran’s largest Brexit has already cost UK more than 2% of GDP CNG station put The Brexit vote has already cost Britain more than 2 While the UK has avoided the recession forecast by assessments done prior to the EU referendum and almost percent of economic output, even before the nation formally some in the wake of the 2016 referendum, growth has equal to the full costs of some of the more optimistic into operation in exits the European Union, according to analysis by UBS lagged behind most of its major peers. UBS said that a assessments,” wrote UBS analysts including Pierre Isfahan Province Group AG. pickup in the global economy in the past two years has Lafourcade. “But the UK has not even left the EU yet!” In a note published Monday, the bank estimated that helped mask some of the worst impacts of Brexit, allowing UBS compiled the figures by comparing the UK’s current gross domestic product is already 2.1 percent lower than “growth to move sideways rather than dive lower.” economic data with that of a “doppelganger” made up of ENERGY TEHRAN – Iran’s largest compressed natural desk where it would have been had the UK voted to remain in Still, “to put that 2.1 percent cumulative decline in real the data from other countries not affected by Brexit, in gas (CNG) station was put into operation in the EU, while investment is 4 percent weaker, inflation growth into context, that’s roughly a quarter to a third of way that mimics the UK’s performance before that vote. Na’een County in Isfahan Province, Shana reported on Monday. 1.5 percent higher and consumption 1.7 percent lower. the total Brexit costs estimated in the most pessimistic (Source: Bloomberg) Mostafa Alavi, the managing director of Isfahan Province’s Gas Company, put the capacity of this station at 10,000 cubic meters per hour and said the stations has been built at the cost of 130 billion rials (about $3.09 million). Amid a currency crisis, Turkey’s central bank vows to step in to contain rampant inflation Turkey’s central bank has promised to review showed inflation rose to 17.9 percent year- monetary policy later this month, after data on-year in August, comfortably beating market showed inflation had surged to its highest expectations and marking its highest level Asian stocks down for 3rd session level in nearly 15 years. since late 2003. In a statement likely to heighten expecta- Many emerging market participants will as trade, EM worries persist tions of a rate hike amid a currency crisis, expect Turkey’s central bank to raise interest the bank said Monday that action would be rates next week in order to tame rampant Asian stocks dropped for the third consecutive session on Monday, necessary to combat “significant risks to price inflation in the country. However, the bank hit by worries over further escalation of the U.S-China trade war stability.” opted to keep rates unchanged at 17.75 percent and unstable emerging market currencies. Turkey’s lira has lost around 40 percent in July, mystifying investors and sending the MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan of its value against the U.S. dollar so far this lira sharply lower. .MIAPJ0000PUS fell 0.7 percent while Japan›s Nikkei .N225 year, driving up the cost of basic domestic Meanwhile, President Recep Erdogan shed 0.6 percent though trade could be subdued due to a U.S. goods and prompting investor panic over — who has previously described himself as market holiday on Monday. the potential impact on the wider economy. an “enemy of interest rates” — wants to see Most European shares are expected to fall with futures in Ger- “Recent developments regarding the in- lower benchmark rates to keep credit-fueled many’s DAX .GDAXI FDXc1 and France’s CAC .FCHI FCEc1 falling flation outlook indicate significant risks to growth on track. about 0.2 percent. Britain’s FTSE futures .FTSE FFIc1 bucked the price stability. The central bank will take the Turkey’s lira was trading at around 6.6154 trend to rise 0.15 percent. necessary actions to support price stability,” against the dollar at 12:40 p.m. London time “It looks almost certain that (U.S. President Donald) Trump the bank said. (7:40 a.m. ET), recovering some of its losses will impose 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports “(The) monetary stance will be adjusted meeting in view of the latest developments,” ‘Enemy of interest rates’ immediately after the central bank’s announce- from China,” said Norihiro Fujito, chief investment strategist at at the September monetary policy committee it added. The news came just after official data ment. (Source: CNBC) Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities. Trump said last week he was ready to implement the new tariffs as soon as a public comment period on the plan ends on Thurs- day, which would be a major escalation given the United States Euro zone manufacturing growth eases on trade war worries has already applied tariffs on $50 billion of exports from China. Euro zone manufacturing growth slowed to a near two-year due on Wednesday and is regarded as a good gauge of global trade dispute. U.S. President Donald Trump has Shanghai shares .SSEC, which fell 5.3 percent last month on low in August as optimism dwindled amid growing fears of economic health, nudged up to 54.7 from 54.4. told aides he is ready to impose tariffs on $200 billion trade war worries, dropped 0.9 percent to 2,700, edging back at an escalating global trade war, a survey showed on Monday. “Euro zone factories reported a further solid production more in Chinese imports. the 2 1/2-year low of 2,653 set two weeks ago. However, this edition of the survey should be treated gain in August, but prospects dimmed further as growth So to try and drum up demand, factories increased “The markets tend to think ahead. After the tariffs on $200 with some caution. It only represents about 70 percent of new orders hit a two-year low and worries about the prices at the weakest rate in a year. Official data on Friday billion of Chinese exports, they will worry what can come next. of the usual sample size as swathes of European factories outlook deepened,” said Chris Williamson, chief business showed inflation in the bloc eased to 2.0 percent last month, Unless the trade war anxiety is dispelled, you cannot rule out the take a break over the summer months. economist at IHS Markit. supporting the European Central Bank’s assessment that possibility of shares falling further,” said Shenshen Wan, strategist IHS Markit’s August final manufacturing Purchasing Forward-looking indicators such as employment, a recent spike may only be temporary. at Tokai Tokyo Research. Managers’ Index dropped to a 21-month low of 54.6 from optimism and new orders all fell, suggesting there would Still, price pressures have built up enough for the ECB On the other hand, U.S. stocks - especially technology shares July’s 55.1, unchanged from an initial reading, yet still be little if any pick-up in activity this month. to curb some of its measures. The central bank plans to end - have fared better, thanks in part to the strength of current eco- comfortably above the 50 level that separates growth from The future output index, which measures optimism, fell its bond purchase programme this year, although interest nomic data and corporate profits. contraction. from 62.4 to 61.0 - its second lowest reading since late 2015. rates are expected remain unchanged for another year. (Source: Reuters) An output index, which feeds into a composite PMI Manufacturers are increasingly concerned about a growing (Source: euronews) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 ENERGY 5

Oil steady on high OPEC supply Has China really hits its carbon renewable targets ahead of Iran sanctions 12 years early? Research shows that China may have already hit its 2030 Oil prices steadied on Monday, weighed down “supported by the notion that U.S. sanctions Paris Climate Agreement goal of reaching peak emissions, but by rising supply from OPEC and the United on Iranian crude oil exports will eventually is this the whole picture? States but supported by concerns that falling lead to constricted markets”. Publishing in the journal “Nature Geoscience“, researchers Iranian output will tighten markets once U.S. Edward Bell, analyst at Emirates NBD from the University of East Anglia demonstrate that China’s sanctions bite from November. bank in Dubai, agreed: growth has slowed somewhat since the booming years of Brent crude oil LCOc1 was up 20 cents “Iranian production is already showing the early 2000s. This means that China’s carbon emissions at $77.84 a barrel by 0745 GMT. U.S. crude signs of decline, falling by 150,000 bpd last peaked at 9.53 gigatons of CO2 in 2013 and have declined CLc1 was unchanged at $69.80. month ... (as) importers of Iranian barrels by around 4.2 percent up to 2016, which was the last year The two benchmarks have risen strongly will already be moving away from taking of this study. over the last two weeks with Brent gaining shipments.” Under the Paris Agreement, which became effective in 2016, around 10 percent on expectations that global Meanwhile, trade disputes between the one of China’s self-asserted targets was to hit its emissions supply will tighten later this year. United States and other major economies peak by 2030 and ensure reductions in emissions from then “The contracts are in a strong uptrend, but including China and the European Union on. This latest research suggests that China has already hit one that looks at the moment to be a bit tired,” are expected to hurt oil demand if they are that peak, but it’s critical to put this in perspective. said Robin Bieber, technical chart analyst not settled soon. “They [China] are able to manage quite significant economic at London brokerage PVM Oil Associates. China’s manufacturing activity grew at the growth, but have been able to stabilize their emissions over Output from the Organization of the Pe- slowest pace in more than a year in August, the past few years,” lead research Dabo Guan told the Daily troleum Exporting Countries rose 220,000 with export orders shrinking for a fifth month Beast. ”I wouldn’t call it a significant decline, but it’s stability.” barrels per day (bpd) in August to a 2018 high and employers cutting more staff, a private The researchers do warn, however, that their retrospective of 32.79 million bpd, a Reuters survey found. survey showed on Monday. analysis includes a period of slowed economic growth thanks Production was boosted by a recovery in OANDA’s Innes said it was too early to to the 2009 financial crisis. Globally, economic growth Libyan production and as Iraq’s southern say whether economic slowdown would put patterns stalled as a result of that financial meltdown. It exports hit a record. a serious dent in oil prices. appears that China’s CO2 emissions stabilizing is one such U.S. drillers added oil rigs for the first time “It isn’t at all clear that such type of eco- impact of that slowdown. in three weeks, energy services firm Baker oil production C-OUT-T-EIA by more than to curb exports from Iran, the third biggest nomic headwinds will topple oil prices given But what happens when the economy recovers? Well the Hughes reported on Friday, increasing the 30 percent since mid-2016 to 11 million bpd. producer in OPEC. ... the constant barrage of supply outages,” economy is recovering, and the news — at least in terms of rig count by 2 to 862. But investors are looking ahead to later Stephen Innes, head of trading for Asia-Pa- Innes said. CO2 output — isn’t good. The high rig count has helped lift U.S. crude this year when U.S. sanctions are expected cific at brokerage OANDA, said Brent was (Source: Reuters) Earlier this year Greenpeace warned that, after looking at official data compiled by the Chinese government, it appears there has been a dramatic surge in CO2 output through the The biggest threat to the UK’s biggest energy suppliers losing first few months of 2018, around four percent higher than oil and gas industry more customers to startups

By Nick Cunningham while the Trump administration is aiming to The latest threat to the dominance of Britain’s which could be anywhere between 50 pounds revive domestic manufacturing, users of those six biggest energy suppliers is coming from and 80 pounds. Customers can also select Trump’s trade war is taking a toll on the oil components will pay the price. The costs will small technology companies that automati- whether they want to prioritize a green tariff and gas industry. reverberate throughout the energy industry, cally switch consumers to the cheapest deal. or a supplier with good customer service. There has been some eleventh-hour dra- from upstream producers, to oilfield services, Their emergence couldn’t come at a worse Growing fast ma over the renegotiation of NAFTA, but the refiners, LNG exporters and the endless array time for the industry, which is already beset Labrador declined to provide how many energy industry is likely going to dodge a bullet of related suppliers and servicers. by lawmakers capping rates and suffering customers it has signed up, while Look After on that front, with the most contentious issues Still, things could soon get much worse. from perennial mistrust by consumers. On My Bills has about 50,000 subscribers after revolving around agriculture and automobiles. The Trump administration is reportedly on top of that, utilities are getting squeezed by starting the service in January. But even if the NAFTA renegotiation suc- the verge of moving ahead with the proposed surging wholesale natural gas and power “We’re growing very fast,” co-founder ceeds, the oil and gas industry has already $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, ac- prices. Henry de Zoete said by email. taken a hit from Trump’s broader trade war. cording to Bloomberg. The proposed duties A record 5.5 million customers switched The number of smaller suppliers have The most obvious impact comes from the 25 have to go through a public comment period, electricity supplier last year. So far, price also increased in recent years, encouraged percent steel and 10 percent aluminum tariffs but that period ends on September 6, clearing comparison websites have provided the eas- to grab a slice of a market where traditional that the Trump administration has placed on the way for Trump to proceed. iest way for consumers to compare different utilities have the lowest level of trust among the same period in 2017. Using that rate and forecasting a variety of countries, which have pushed up Some even view the progress on NAFTA tariffs. But now, companies like Labrador consumer organizations, according to the ahead, analysts have predicted that overall emissions output the cost of steel in the U.S., leading to cost as a worrying sign for the U.S.-China dispute. Ltd. and Look After My Bills Ltd. have taken UK government. could rise by five percent, the largest increase in seven years. inflation for oil and gas projects. Worse, the “So as far as China and Asia are concerned, it a step further. They move clients to the While there are now more than 70 sup- This is largely being driven by renewed fossil application system for waivers is cumbersome this new Mexico deal solves nothing,” ING best tariff automatically. pliers in the market. Two of them went into fuel production. and time-consuming, and some companies Bank NV in Singapore wrote in a note after “What we do is put pressure on the big administration in July and a third earlier this The picture is muddied somewhat, as this appears to are angry because precisely who obtains an the U.S.-Mexico bilateral deal was announced. suppliers to be competitive,” Labrador’s Chief month, just as UK wholesale power prices stem from what was intended to be a short term stimulus exemption from the federal government seems “It strengthens the U.S. position to play hard- Executive Officer and founder Jane Lucy surged to a two-year high and gas climbed drive whereby the Chinese government allowed the fossil to be arbitrary. ball with China. This doesn’t look good for said in an interview. “The real challenge we to the highest level since December. fuel industry to ramp up production. This was meant to be For instance, as Reuters reported, Chevron the region.” have is consumer disengagement -- to get One of these, Iresa Ltd. with 100,000 a boost for the economy and not a long term plan, but the received a waiver for importing a 4.5-inch steel The personnel making up the Trump people to set aside three minutes to sign up customers, was offering some of the cheapest drive has continued, resulting in this emissions increase. pipe used for oil exploration while a small com- administration are often described as being is still our hurdle.” deals. But it also had the lowest score for Does this mean that 2013 was a so-called “false peak” as pany called Borusan Mannesmann Pipe saw divided into two camps, those in favor of free Power grab customer service in a ranking carried out the Independent dubs it? That is a possibility. its application rejected by the U.S. Commerce trade and those that are more nationalistic, A recent investigation into the energy by consumer body Citizen’s Advice. Certainly, we can see how China’s CO2 emissions could Department for a similar steel pipe used in spoiling for a trade fight with China. The latter markets by the Competition and Markets “Price is not the only factor to consider continue to rise well into the next decade. And let’s be clear: well casing. The Commerce Department has group, seems to have had the upper hand as Authority found that 70 percent of customers when choosing an energy supplier,” said Gil- if China, as the biggest emissions producer in the world, been accused of not providing adequate infor- of late. “The hawks are certainly in the as- of the “Big Six” were on the most expensive lian Guy, CEO of Citizens Advice in London. doesn’t cut its output, we have no hope of hitting our Paris mation on why it rejects certain cases, offering cendancy on China trade policy,” Amy Celico, default tariff and could save 300 pounds To make sure customers get the best possible Agreement targets and keeping global temperature rise below only vague language such as the availability Principal of Albright Stonebridge Group said ($390) a year by switching. The findings led experience, these automatic services “should the 2C (35.6F) threshold needed to avoid the extreme weather of domestic steel. A common thread in the on Bloomberg TV. Prime Minister Theresa May to introduce a make sure the suppliers they recommend phenomena that scientific models predict. rejections seems to be opposition submitted That does not bode well for a resolution price cap on those contracts, starting by the provide good customer service as well as an This may cloud what at first seemed like very good from steel producers. to the trade fight. China has signaled that it end of the year. attractive price.” news. However, there is still reason to be optimistic. As Reuters says that Commerce has received won’t back down and will try to match U.S. The utilities are responding to the tougher Government deadline the researchers in this study point out in a press release, over 37,000 applications for waivers from U.S. tariffs with levies of their own. Up until now, trading environment after seeing their com- All of the big suppliers could gain new “A recent Chinese policy directive to cap coal at four billion companies, but the agency has only issued de- China has refrained from slapping tariffs on bined share of the electricity market drop customers if they offered the cheapest deals. metric tons per year requires its proportion in the energy cisions on 2,871 of those requests as of August U.S. crude oil and LNG exports, but there is a to 78 percent in the first quarter from 100 If households already have a smart meter mix to decrease from 64% in 2015 to around 58% by 2020.” 20. Roughly two-thirds of the applications were good chance that the next phase will ensnare percent seven years ago. or want one then they are valuable to some China would therefore be looking at decreasing its output approved, but nearly 1,100 were rejected. “The oil and gas. SSE Plc, the nation’s second-biggest sup- suppliers who are struggling to meet a gov- and holding its carbon footprint more steady. Commerce Department is now hard-pressed At that point, the trade war could start to plier, got approval on Thursday to merge its ernment deadline to roll out the devices to In addition, China has invested heavily in renewables, so to spend more than a few minutes reviewing affect global growth. “The scale is enormous retail arm with Innogy SE’s Npower to create everyone by 2020. much so that it stands to become a world leader in renewable each application,” said Bernd Janzen, a partner and once the tariffs materialize, they will defi- the nation’s second biggest power and gas After already spending years and millions energy within the next 50 years, so long as it continues in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, told nitely send jitters through financial markets,” distributor. The Scotland-based company boosting their brands, some of the larger down that path. This offers a neat get-out clause for China’s Reuters. In the case of Borusan, which saw its Gai Xinzhe, an analyst at the Bank of China’s has seen its customers drop to 14 percent of utilities may focus even more on standing economic growth to continue to rise because it means that, application rejected, the company expects its Institute of International Finance in Beijing, the total from 20 percent in 2011. out from their competitors in the increasingly should China end its fossil fuel-heavy stimulus now and operating costs to rise from $25 to $35 million told Bloomberg. Centrica Plc, the largest supplier, says it’s competitive market. instead bank on renewables, it may yet see the kind of growth because of the tariffs. Implementation of the $200 billion in tar- already committed to making switching faster The suppliers could be “concerned if it is clearly chasing while helping to keep the mission of the A few weeks ago, Plains All American also iffs is not a foregone conclusion. The Trump and easier. “We let customers know on their they lose that direct relationship with their Paris Agreement alive. was rebuffed by Commerce for imported steel administration could impose tariffs in incre- bills and annual statements about cheaper customers,” said Lawrence Slade, CEO of In effect, China could choose to sacrifice short-term gains for its Cactus oil pipeline in Texas. The CEO ments, delay them or hold off altogether. But tariffs available to them,” the company said lobby group Energy UK. for longer-term environmental security, and the economic of Plains called the tariffs a “$40 million tax.” should Trump choose to take the trade fight in a statement. Automatic switching could go some way to payoff could still be substantial. The Cactus pipeline is seen as particularly to the next level, he will be doing so at a time The automatic switching services are free addressing the problem of customers who just Will Chinese authorities do that? That remains to be seen, important because it will help relieve the when emerging markets are rattled by cur- for customers, instead charging suppliers don’t care enough to change provider. Even but the opportunity for a new and more sustainable future midstream bottleneck in the Permian when rency turmoil, global growth looks shaky, and a fee. Calculating how much money can be though more people than ever are switching, of economic growth without a massive carbon footprint it comes online. a growing number of economists see rising saved can be done using an old bill or, more the number is still only 18 percent of the seems tantalizingly close for this leading nation. Needless to say, steel and aluminum are potential for a recession in the U.S. over the accurately, a smart meter. The switch is only total market. (Source: care2.com) crucial materials to oil and gas projects, and next two years. (Source: oilprice.com) made once a threshold of savings is met, (Source: Bloomberg) Brazil’s Petrobras to meet Saudi Arabia may maintain Oct. light crude prices for Asia cargoes with presidential candidates’ Saudi Arabia is expected to keep prices for the light crude grades “Demand for Middle East crude is improving,” a second it sells to Asia largely unchanged in October from the previous source at a North Asian refiner said, adding that he expects aides: report month to keep its oil competitive against other suppliers, several Saudi to raise prices by 5 cents to 10 cents a barrel for all grades. trade sources said on Monday. Asia’s demand for medium-sour grades was strong last month Executives from Petróleo Brasileiro SA will meet with econom- Saudi Arabia has cut the prices for Arab Light and Arab partly as South Korea and Japan have cut Iranian crude imports ic aides to presidential candidates this month to discuss their Extra Light to Asia over the past two months as it fends off ahead of U.S. sanctions in November, the trade sources said. agenda for the state-controlled oil company, newspaper Estado competition from other Middle East oil suppliers, Europe and The October OSPs will also mark the first change in Saudi’s de S.Paulo said on Sunday. the United States. crude price benchmarks since the mid-1980s. Executives Nelson Silva, Rafael Grisolia and Eberaldo de Since June, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Saudi Aramco’s OSPs for October will be based on the aver- Almeida Neto will schedule meetings this month to showcase Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producer Russia have in- age settlement prices for the DME December Oman contract the firm’s debt-cutting and divestment efforts, the report said, creased production to make up for falling output from Venezuela, and the December Dubai cash price assessed by Platts, both of without specifying how it obtained the information. Libya and ahead of U.S. sanctions on Iran. which are set in October. Saudi crude OSPs are usually released Petrobras, as the company is known, was cast to the center The rise in exports from the Middle East and Russia, plus around the fifth of each month, and set the trend for Iranian, of political debate in the wake of a sweeping corruption scandal arbitrage flows from Europe and the United States, has kept Kuwaiti and Iraqi prices, affecting more than 12 million barrels ensnaring well-known executives and high-ranking politicians. Asia well-supplied, especially in light grades. expect the October official selling price (OSP) for flagship Arab per day (bpd) of crude bound for Asia. All candidates in this year’s presidential elections, the most “Calculations based on the Saudi price formula point to Light crude to rise by 5 cents to 30 cents from the previous State oil giant Saudi Aramco sets its crude prices based on hard-to-predict in decades, have presented some sort of plan for a small increase but because there are so many light grades month while the other half expect prices to fall by up to 30 cents. recommendations from customers and after calculating the the oil firm. Most, Estado said, would support the sale of some coming from other regions, we expect Saudi to maintain or All except one respondent expect Saudi Arabia to cut Arab change in the value of its oil over the past month, based on or all of Petrobras’ refineries. cut its prices to stay competitive,” a source at a North Asian Heavy crude’s OSP in October to track a 72 percent drop in yields and product prices.Saudi Aramco officials as a matter Petrobras representatives did not immediately respond to a refiner said. fuel oil margins last month but their view on Arab Medium’s of policy do not comment on the kingdom’s monthly OSPs. request for comment. Half of the six respondents in a Reuters survey said they OSP was mixed. (Source: Reuters) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF Bangladesh PM blasts Myanmar India to go ahead with Russia defense military for anti-Rohingya propaganda deal INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Bangladesh deskPrime Minister Sheikh INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Ahead of the U.S. govern- Hasina has blasted the Myanmar regime for deskment delegation’s visit to India, specu- spreading disinformation about Rohingya lation is rife that India will convey to the U.S. that it is Muslims presently stationed in Bangladesh’s going ahead with the ambitious Rs. 40,000 crore deal refugee camps. with Russia to procure a consignment of S-400 Triumf Addressing media-persons in Dhaka, air defence missile systems. Hasina said the Myanmar military was us- According to a report by India’s state-run news agency, ing “fake pictures” as part of their hideous quoting unnamed government officials, Indian government anti-Rohingya propaganda. has reached this decision, notwithstanding the American “This is a magical trick...What they are sanctions on military transactions with Moscow, and it will doing is disgusting,” she said as foreign media be communicated to the visiting U.S. delegation during the investigations revealed that the Myanmar upcoming ‘two-plus-two’ talks. military used fake photos to show flimsy The report quoted officials as saying that India is likely to ‘Rohingya atrocities’ on Burmese Buddhists seek a waiver from the Trump administration for the mega decades ago. deal, citing its requirement for the missile system in the The Bangladesh prime minister said wake of the evolving regional security architecture as well Myanmar committed heinous crimes by as considering its close defense ties with Russia. attacking and driving tens of thousands of The US has imposed military sanctions against Russia Rohingya Muslims out of their homeland under the stringent CAATSA (Countering America’s Adver- but “the biggest matter is that they tarnished saries Through Sanctions Act) law. their own image”. Randall Schriver, the Pentagon’s senior official han- She said the Myanmar regime had pledged dling issues relating to Asia, on Thursday said that the to take back the Rohingya refugees as part U.S. cannot guarantee that India will be exempted from of the repatriation deal, but they failed to sanctions if it purchases weapons and defense systems honor the pledge. “Myanmar is Bangladesh’s from Russia. next-door neigbour, so we never wanted any conflicting position (with them)...the Saudi military international community gave support to Bangladesh on the issue and I extend my denies killing thanks to them for it,” she said. Hasina said Bangladesh has provided schoolchildren shelter to approximately 1.1 million Rohingya Rohingya refugees presently in Bangladesh’s documented by human rights bodies, includ- “urgently refer the situation in Myanmar despite admitting refugees and made all possible arrangements Cox’s Bazar, although some human rights ing gang rapes, cold-blooded killings, torture to ICC”, which he said will “at least start for them and at the same time Dhaka was in bodies have put the figure higher, living in and destruction of properties belonging to the wheels of justice”. The ICC is currently Saudi Arabia says a school bus targeted in an airstrike in talks with Myanmar for the safe and voluntary deplorable conditions. Rohingya Muslims. Hundreds of Rohingya considering whether it has jurisdiction in Yemen last month was a “legitimate target” after finally repatriation of these refugees. The exodus of Rohingya Muslims from villages were burnt down between August the crisis. Bangladesh is a member of the admitting “mistakes” which took the lives of scores of “When talks are held with Myanmar, they Myanmar’s Rakhine state started in October 25 and November 25 in a systematic ethnic court, but Myanmar is not. children. don’t make any objection on the repatriation 2016. Almost 200,000 of them fled to neigh- cleansing. Last week, a delegation of Bangladesh Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for Saudi-led of the Rohingyas. But the reality is different,” boring Bangladesh that time and settled in In a statement ahead of the anniversary, officials led by Foreign Minister had visited troops in Yemen, also denied that the vehicle hit in the air- she said, indicating that Myanmar regime was Cox’s Bazar. However, in August last year, 132 sitting parliamentarians from five other Myanmar to resolve the crisis and facilitate strike was a school bus full of children, despite much evidence reluctant to take back the Rohingya refugees. more than 720,000 Rohingya Muslims fled countries in Southeast Asia issued a state- repatriation of Rohingya refugees but reports to the contrary. It has been one year since Rohingya Mus- to Bangladesh en masse to escape persecu- ment calling for Myanmar officials to face suggest that the two sides failed to break the His allegations came on the same day Human Rights lims were forced to leave Myanmar following tion, murder, arson and rape. trial at the International Criminal Court deadlock. It was the first high-profile visit by Watch called the macabre August 9 attack in a busy mar- brutal crackdown by Myanmar military with The savagery in Rakhine was described by (ICC). In an interview with Tehran Times, top Bangladesh officials to Myanmar since ket in Yemen’s northern Sa’ada an “apparent war crime.” tacit support of the government. As per con- the United Nations as “a textbook example of Matthew Smith, CEO of Fortify Rights, also the persecuted Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh On Sunday, Human Right Watch urged an end to all servative estimates, there are around 905,000 ethnic cleansing”. The atrocities were widely said that the UN Security Council should a year ago. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia after it was revealed that a U.S.-made bomb was used in the attack. Since the war began, there have been numerous Saudi strikes conducted “in violation of the laws of war” and without Pakistan continues to rebuff U.S., adequate follow-up investigations, HRW said. It also said that it had identified U.S.-made munitions at the sites of at least 24 other “unlawful coalition attacks” in supports Iran’s stand on JCPOA Yemen, warning Washington to “immediately stop weap- ons sales to Saudi Arabia” or “risk being complicit in future 1 Khan thanked the Iranian supreme leader’s sup- action against militants. President Donald Trump had in atrocities.” port for Kashmiris in their struggle for self-determination his New Year tweet lambasted Pakistan and threatened to (Source: Press TV) and the manner in which Pakistan’s Independence Day was withhold military aid. celebrated in Iran this year, the statement said, adding that These developments are significant and must be seen in New commander Pakistan and Iran were “connected by inseparable bonds the context of changing regional dynamics – Pakistan get- of historic, religious and cultural affinities”. ting closer to China, Iran and Pakistan embarking on a new for U.S. Zarif also held formal talks with his counterpart Shah journey, and the new government in Islamabad defying the Mehmood Qureshi during which they discussed wide-ranging coercive and manipulative tactics of Trump administration. forces in issues. Both the sides underlined the importance of deepen- Imran Khan, who has on many occasions in the past ing cooperation in areas of mutual interest. The statement criticized America’s policy for South Asia, had also op- Afghanistan issued by Pakistan’s foreign office said the two officials held posed the idea of Pakistan sending troops to Yemen INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — In a significant move at a detailed discussions on regional and global issues — includ- to fight Houthi rebels. Khan’s foreign policy, observer desktime when the U.S. is facing defeat in its ing the situation in Afghanistan and America’s unilateral believe, is rooted in pragmatism and national interest. longest war in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General Scott Miller decision to withdraw from the JCPOA. Better relations with Iran, they stress, are in Pakistan’s has assumed command of U.S. and NATO forces in the war- It was agreed that the next round of Bilateral Political best national interest. ravaged country Consultations and the Joint Economic Commission will be Following his historic victory in general election, Khan had Miller, the former commander of the U.S. military’s Joint held at early date. interests’ with Iran in the wake of re-imposition of sanctions vowed to improve ties with all regional countries, including Special Operations Command, takes over when the security While supporting Iran’s principled stance on the Iran on Tehran by U.S. “We are examining the implications of Iran. Unlike his predecessor, he has shown an inclination to situation has deteriorated and the Taliban insurgency has nuclear deal, Qureshi expressed hope that remaining par- the U.S.’ re-imposed sanctions on Iran,” he said, “however, maintain a healthy balance in ties between regional rivals got a new lease of life. Many experts have questioned the ties to the agreement would uphold their commitments in Pakistan, being a sovereign state, reserves the right to pur- Saudi Arabia and Iran. U.S. policy in Afghanistan and called for an end to this war. letter and spirit. “This is important given IAEA’s repeated sue legitimate economic and commercial interests while During the meeting between Khan and Iranian envoy “To be successful, we must continually learn and adapt verification that Iran has strictly adhered to the terms of respecting the international legal regime.” to Pakistan recently, Khan also expressed his willingness to the enemy and the environment,” Miller said on Sunday agreement,” the foreign minister said. Meanwhile, on Sunday, in a fresh blow to Pakistan-U.S. to revive the Iran-Pakistan gap pipeline project or ‘peace at a change of command ceremony at the headquarters of A few weeks ago, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson relations, the U.S. military said it has made a final decision pipeline’, which can play a key role in resolving the energy the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Kabul. Dr Muhammad Faisal had stressed that Pakistan reserves to annul $300 million aid to Pakistan that had been sus- crisis facing Pakistan. It is a historic opportunity for the two Civilian casualties are at record high and there have been the right to ‘pursue legitimate economic and commercial pended over Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive countries to transform their relationship into energy partners. repeated attacks on major cities across the country, putting a big question mark over the role of U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan. Iran’s key role in fight against America’s economic terrorism In June, a report by the Pentagon’s lead inspector gen- eral, said there was little publicly available evidence that 1 Recently German foreign minister stand against the American hegemony and “actions to increase pressure on the Taliban were having a Heiko Maas proposed an alternative to the imperialism. Once again the world is look- significant impact”. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial ing at the leadership of Iran to consider the Telecommunication system, aka the SWIFT experience from monetary history and the India prepared code, in response to the unilateral withdrawal cutting edge development into the field of of U.S. from Iran nuclear deal and to facilitate technology like blockchain and hashgraph to for fallout the operations of EU companies into Iran as design a much needed transparent and just some companies such as Total and Maersk economic system for the oppressed people of U.S. sanctions have suspended their Iranian operations due across the world. to the fear of reprisal from the U.S. Technologies like blockchain and hash- on Iran EU is not only challenging the SWIFT but graph based money, if fully redeemable in INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Even as speculation is rife back in 2017 Brussels proposed European gold, can deliver a new global paradigm of deskthat India might not stop buying oil from Monetary Fund (EMF) in order to provide financial freedom and a complete independ- Iran, according to a new report, New Delhi is fully prepared emergency financial assistance to member ence from U.S. dollar-based predatory inter- to deal with any fallout of the U.S. sanctions on Iran and has countries and to initiate a radical transfor- national monetary system. Blockchain and made necessary provisions for every scenario, a top govern- mation into the financial institution of EU hashgraph are immune to manipulation and ment adviser was quoted saying by Indian news agency IANS. so that they can cope with the petrodollar Gold is indestructible and resistant to infla- However, he said, it was better to wait till the actual events hegemony. tion as obvious from the monetary history happen and react quickly to them, rather than pre-commit According to a Wall Street Journal analyst, of last 5000 years. Additionally, blockchain to a certain sequence of actions. Gerald F. Seib, the use of petrodollar as a politi- based crypto currencies constitute the most Sanjeev Sanyal, the finance ministry’s adviser, said that cal weapon may cause its demise as obvious efficient medium of exchange and gold is an while the economy was gathering pace, there were several from the developments within Iran, Russia, unmatched commodity as for as the store of external factors which were a concern – including the U.S.- and China, which are constantly exploring value is concerned and thus a combination China trade war, tightening of U.S. monetary policy and options to develop a parallel mechanism to of these two entities is a way forward for rising oil prices, apart from the trade sanctions on Iran, facilitate global trade. Turkey’s changing attaining the financial freedom. the report said. stance and the establishment of New De- BRICS countries have established their own U.S. based VISA and MasterCard compa- Additionally BRICS, Iran, and other “We have already weighed our options ... various scenarios velopment Bank (NDB) by BRICS member bank by the name of New Development Bank nies. According to Russian National System countries can develop a common financial have been thought about and in each one, certain series of countries are also nails in the coffin of U.S. (NDB), with similar functions as that of the of Payment Cards (NSPK), Mir has issued institution that will look after the busi- sequences have been planned. Provisions have somewhat dollar standard. World Bank. more than 13.9 million cards covering 10% ness transactions within these countries been made where necessary. In many cases, you just have According to a report by Forbes, Russia China’s front to bring down the petrodollar of Russia in 2017. and with the rest of the world. A common to do it when it happens. The key is to react fast,” he said. is also trying to develop an alternative to the has started with the launch of RMB priced Now as we have observed, Iran and a large crypto-currency redeemable in gold and a “So rather than predispose ourselves to a particular line SWIFT in an attempt to break the backbone crude oil Benchmark backed by gold which number of other countries are facing the same transparent financial institution can prevent of response, what we can do is have a whole bunch of options of the western financial system. So Russia is a direct threat to current Brent and WTI problem of petrodollar hegemony and a lot concentration of power in a single entity so and then as things evolve, we know which option to take.” in consultation with China is about to in- benchmarks. Russia has also introduced its of progress has been made to eliminate it. that the petrodollar like catastrophe can be troduce BRICS SWIFT. In addition to this own payment gateway Mir to counter the Iran has always been known for its consistent avoided in the future. ساعت: امضاء صفحه آرا: ساعت: امضاء مسئول صفحه: ساعت: امضاء ادیتور: ساعت: امضاء سردبیر:

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 European army is much closer to IAG providing smokescreen for people behind Trump’s aspiration than reality: Jenkins anti-Iran policy: U.S. analyst many will find it easy to ignore British views, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A By Javad Heirannia and probably will. Some analysts have interpreted Ma- senior political expert and TEHRAN — Peter Jenkins, former UK cron’s speeches as a new Western order. activist based in the U.S. city Ambassador to the IAEA and UN says that Will the West enter a new era of order and of Atlanta described Presi- “In theory, Europe is perfectly capable of independence from the United States? dent Donald Trump’s recent forming a treaty-based collective security A: That is the direction in which France move to form an Iran Action organisation from which the United States and Germany seem to want to travel. They are Group (IAG) “a show” and and Canada (and maybe the United Kingdom) starting to imagine a world in which Europe said it is aimed at covering are excluded.” can no longer rely on or cooperate with the up people behind Trump’s Former associate fellow of the Geneva United States to the extent that has been anti-Tehran policy, includ- Centre for Security Policy also adds that “It the norm since 1945, and must therefore ing Israel’s Benjamin Net- is doubtful whether that is what France and acquire the capacity to be an independent anyahu. Germany are aiming to achieve in the near pole in a multipolar international order. But “The new group is just for to medium future, and doubtful whether at this will not come about overnight. It will show, providing a smoke- this stage pan-European political will for take many years. screen for the people behind that could be mobilised.” Macron also said that Russia should Trump who are really run- He adds that “European army is much also be involved in European security issues. ning the Iran policy, such as closer to being an aspiration than a reality.” How do you assess this position? Netanyahu and the U.S. Israel Lobby,” Jim W. Dean told Tasnim Following is the full text of the interview: A: That, too, is very significant. During the in an interview. How do you evaluate “speeches of Cold War, especially when General De Gaulle “They are not only delighting in killing the JCPOA but now Macron, President of French about that seam formation of a joint European army United States and Canada (and maybe the was president of the French Republic, France trying to eliminate Iran’s counter-terrorism activity in the re- Europe should no longer rely on America take more seriousness. What is your opinion? United Kingdom) are excluded. But it is tended to be less fearful of, and less hostile gion,” he added. In terms of security“? A: Back in the 1980s, if memory serves, doubtful whether that is what France and towards the Soviet Union than the United Jim Dean is the managing editor of VeteransToday.com and A: I think this is an important statement Germany acquiesced in a French proposal Germany are aiming to achieve in the near States and other NATO members. General a regular geopolitical commentator on various media outlets because it came only a few days after a call to form a Franco-German brigade, based to medium future, and doubtful whether at De Gaulle used to talk of a Europe stretching around the world. He and Sr. Editor Gordon Duff have begun for a more independent Europe from Germa- near Strasbourg. That initiative was rich in this stage pan-European political will for from the Atlantic to the Urals. Since 2007 their own bridge building campaign with Iranian university youth ny’s Foreign Minister, and some 15 months symbolism but of little practical significance. that could be mobilised. It is more likely this historic tendency seems to have been in via Skype conferences. Jim comes from an old military family after a similar call from Chancellor Angela Now the talk is of a joint European army. I that for the foreseeable future NATO will conflict with an un-Gaullist Atlanticism, and going back to the American Revolution. Merkel at a public meeting in Munich. His- think this has more to do with Franco-German co-exist alongside the development of a even with a certain neoconservatism imported Following is the full text of the interview: torically (by which I mean since the Second perceptions that the United States is becom- more pronounced and more practically from the United States. Now Macron seems As you know, the U.S. government’s hostility toward World War) France has championed a more ing a more erratic ally, less trustworthy than effective EU defense identity. to be reviving the Gaullist perspective and Iran has recently entered a new stage. Secretary of State Mike independent European defense policy and for most of the last 70 years, more prone to I referred just now to the United King- contemplating a European security frame- Pompeo has formed a dedicated group to coordinate and run Germany has reacted cautiously, reluctant making huge foreign policy misjudgements, dom. Historically the UK has been opposed work that would indeed stretch to the Urals. the country’s policy towards Iran following President Donald to take any step that might affect the U.S. than with Trump kicking up a fuss about the to greater European integration in the de- Defense cooperation with Russia and mutual Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with commitment, under Article 5 of the 1949 inadequacy of European contributions to fence sector, for fear of jeopardising NATO. respect for European and Russian interests Tehran. Pompeo announced the creation of an Iran Action Group North Atlantic Treaty, to come to Europe’s NATO defense. I suspect, however, that at This is likely to remain the UK position for would replace unperceptive threat assess- (IAG) at a news conference, naming Brian Hook, the Department defense in case of need. Now, it seems, France this stage a European army is much closer the foreseeable future, not least because of ments, demonization of Russia’s leaders, and of State’s director of policy planning, as its head. What do you and Germany are becoming like-minded on to being an aspiration than a reality. very close ties between UK and US military insensitivity to Russian interests. But winning think about the group and its objectives and do you think that it this crucial question. Is Europe essentially capable of being and intelligence services, although a Labour European support for this vision will not be would be able to reach its goals? With the arrival of the Trump to the independent of America in terms of security? government led by Jeremy Corbyn would easy. Poland and the Baltic states in particular A: The new group is just for show, providing a smokescreen White House and his criticism of the European If so, what will be the future of NATO? sympathise with what Macron, Maas and prefer to see Russia as an ever-present threat for the people behind Trump who are really running the Iran countries regarding NATO’s share, Europe A: In theory, yes, Europe is perfectly Merkel have been saying about Europe and to their territorial integrity or even survival. policy, such as Netanyahu and the U.S. Israel Lobby. They are not had begun its efforts to form a joint European capable of forming a treaty-based collec- implying about the United States. But, if the It will take a lot to convince them to look on only delighting in killing the JCPOA but now trying to eliminate army. According to Macron’s speeches, it tive security organisation from which the UK withdraws from the EU, France and Ger- Russia as a potential partner. Iran’s counter-terrorism activity in the region. The Iran Action Group will act as a front for a policy that has already been decided upon. Lost in all of the manufactured chaos is a big elephant in the living room. Is Europe’s opposition to America real? The U.S. is treating Iran like “it” had broken the JCPOA, along the lines of N. Korea popping up with nuclear testing and firing 1 The analysis presented by the Atlantic can be re- signals have been delivered from the White House to the viewed from different dimensions. First and foremost, there European troika in this regard. U.S. Secretary of State Mike off intercontinental missiles, to justify its current hostile actions, should be a realistic understanding of the economic conflict Pompeo said he is negotiating with his European counterparts. throwing everything it has at Iran via the escalating sanctions. But between the United States and Europe. At this critical period Without a doubt, the more European troika is affected by the problem there is that Iran has not broken the agreement. The and in examining the Europe’s package of proposals, we the United States, the farther it would get from reaching an U.S. has. So we literally are watching the geopolitical landscape need to make strategic, rational and determined distinctions agreement with Iran. Thus the European official should be turned upside down, the real aggressor playing the victim, like between the two terms of “commitment” and “guarantee”. aware that they can’t ignore the existing realities through a bad dream. Undoubtedly, the EU’s words on remaining “committed” magnifying the current gaps between EU and the United And lastly, some of this U.S. behavior is pure punishment for to the JCPOA is of no use to Islamic Republic of Iran. In States over the JCPOA. Iran’s helping Syria, like it did with Iraq, in fighting off the U.S. this period we’re exactly looking for the EU guaranteeing However, as the Iranian officials noted, it seems that coalition proxy terrorist attacks on both countries. This sets a its commitments to the nuclear deal. It should not be “Europe is not yet ready to pay the price (of truly defying dangerous precedent if the U.S. is allowed to get away with this forgotten that not only during Trump’s presidency, but the U.S.)” and “Iran can respond to Europe’s political will charade, as the tactic will be used on others in the future. also during Obama’s time, the European troika didn’t when it is accompanied by practical measures”. The Trump administration recently threatened to cut take any effective steps to lift the ban on the European We have witnessed the special resistance of Merkel and Iranian oil exports to zero, saying that other countries must stop buying its oil from Nov. 4 or face financial consequences. bank relations with Iran. the other hand, they intend to set their own policy based other European authorities to this “practical plan”. It should Washington later softened its threat, saying that it would allow They event hesitated to accuse the U.S. Treasury of violating on the results of the U.S. mid-term elections. be noted that along with the negotiations of the European reduced oil flows of Iranian oil, in certain cases. Since oil is a paragraphs 26-29 of the JCPOA, and chose to sacrifice their Accordingly, if the Republicans win the mid-term elec- Union (especially the European troika) with Iran on how strategic product and countries around the world always demand legal obligations to make a compromise with the current tions in November, the European Union will define its pol- to maintain the nuclear deal, parallel negotiations were on- it, do you think that the U.S. is able to carry out this threat at all? and previous U.S. governments. Therefore, the European icies in a way which is closer to those by Trump. However, going between the United States and the foreign ministers A: This is an overt act of war, unprecedented in peacetime Union is facing a tough test, and if it doesn’t or can’t succeed if Democrats win mid-term elections, the United Europe of the three countries of Germany, England and France. when Iran presents no threat to the U.S. at all, but only refused in this test, there will be practically no nuclear deal. This will be slightly more open to this issue. As it can be seen, The reflection of these negotiations, which are mostly held to be subjugated by the U.S. But the oil embargo is a crazy move. issue should be made clear to the European authorities by the EU hasn’t even defined its own independent approach in secret, is visible in the statements made by the senior Part of its goal is to create oil supply shortages which will drive our country’s diplomatic and foreign policy. to the nuclear deal yet, let alone its willingness to offer its European officials, including Merkel and Macron. up consumer energy prices worldwide so Trump’s oil friends can Not long ago French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian final package on the basis of this independent approach. If the European leaders do not have a real intention to get richer. But the American nemesis, Russia, will get a major said it was unlikely European powers would be able to put Moreover, European officials believe that this delay would maintain the nuclear deal and will not pay for it, there is no boost in its oil and gas revenues. together an economic package for Iran before November. As make Iran accept a minimal package of proposals, which reason for the Islamic Republic of Iran to remain committed Struggling third world countries with so many people living we can see, the European officials are following a “tactical” is not true of course! to its obligations defined under the JCPOA. The issue has on the edge would all be collateral damage when they don’t de- delay in this regard. On the one hand, they’re waiting to see On the other hand, it should not be forgotten that the been repeatedly reminded by our country’s authorities to serve having that done to them. Even the American consumer the results of imposing secondary sanctions on the Iranian economic and political interactions of the United States and the European Union, especially the three countries of the will effectively be paying a bonus to Trump’s energy buddies economy (to gain more benefits from our country), and on Europe over the nuclear deal remain strong. In recent weeks, Germany, Britain and France. through higher energy prices. Iran’s announced poison pill for the total oil sanctions is to close the Straits of Hormuz to all the other oil exporters in the Terrorists in vice: Syria ‘going all the way’ to liberate Idlib Persian Gulf, sending oil up over $200 a barrel like a rocket. TEHRAN (FNA) — According to Syrian nated terrorists have the means to “stage” That would destabilize the whole world economy with the high Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, the chlorine gas releases to simulate an attack. energy prices creating a ripple effect to drive up other products. Syrian military is ready to “go all the way” The international civil society is also in the There is a method to this madness. Trump’s rich buddies to liberate the terror-held region of Idlib. The know that Syrian troops and volunteer forces will get even richer. We suspect the Saudis have already made goal is to wipe out terrorist groups. are fulfilling their pledge to liberate Idlib. him a partner. Idlib and the surrounding area is the last At any rate, the war is nearing its end- Trump’s threat is part of his walking away from the major terrorist-held territory in Syria, and game, Idlib will be liberated, and the United Iran nuclear deal. He also plans to fully reinstate anti-Tehran Muallem has indicated that the presence States will be the first to know – seeing that sanctions from November 4. In the meantime, the EU has vowed of a large Al-Qaeda affiliate in the region it supports various terrorist groups there. to counter Trump’s renewed sanctions on Iran, including by is a particular problem. Tens of thousands After Idlib’s liberation, the US won’t be means of a new law to shield European companies from puni- of foreign-backed terrorists from different able to drag its regime-change war under tive measures. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas recently factions are still operating in Idlib and neigh- any pretext either, because that’s not what said Europe should set up payment systems independent of the boring Aleppo. Russia is expected to provide the long-suffering people of Syria and the U.S. if it wants to save the JCPOA. What do you think about the air support. Exactly when the offensive will international civil society want. EU’s role in reducing Washington’s pressures against Tehran begin is unclear, however, and there are calls So despite the grim assessments by Wash- and saving the deal? by the United States to delay out of what ington – humanitarian crisis - the Syrian A: We are really in a no man’s land here with an unpredictable Washington claims to be “humanitarian forces will launch the offensive undeterred future. Just this week the EU stated that it would sanction all concerns”!!! by the US threats and they will dislodge the of its corporations that followed the U.S. sanctions. Specifically This has of course nothing to do with so- Salafi-Takfiri militants the same way they how this would be done was not explained. called “humanitarian concerns” and everything cleaned up Lattakia, Aleppo, Deir Ezzur, Gh- So we have to ask how could the EU financially punish its own to do with the US official policy: continuing allied forces of Iran, Russia and Hezbollah. in Syria from day one. outa, Homs, Hama, Dara’a and Quneitra. business infrastructure and that be a good thing? It seems like a the protracted war on Syria. The US also All it wants to do now is dislodge the last That also says why the US keeps its threats However, liberation is just the beginning. lose-lose play to me. Maybe the EU leadership thinks it would be wants a big seat at the table for a political remnants of foreign-backed terrorist groups to intervene militarily if the Idlib offensive No effective strategy to counter terrorism a loyalty test for its business community. But we know historically settlement, which means ensuring that the from the country so that reconstruction could involves chemical weapons. Most importantly, will emerge unless the intricate issue of good that corporations are loyal only to their own interests. Benjamin war keeps going so that there is never a clear begin. Mind you, the three leaders of Iran, it is this desire that has Russia complaining governance and reconstruction in the region Franklin once addressed this, “Merchants have no country”. victor. After all, Trump administration of- Russia and Turkey are scheduled to meet in to the UN with damning evidence that the is also fully addressed. The U.S. economy is booming, the stock market has created ficials keep telling us that “right now, our the Iranian city of Tabriz next week to discuss terrorists could stage a fake chemical attack The powerful reality is that all terrorist fortunes in paper wealth, the kind that can be erased quickly job is to help create quagmires [for Russia the same issue, among others. just to suck the US into the war. At the same groups are now vulnerable to the re-empow- in a major stock market decline which will happen when the and Syria] until we get what we want.” They In other words, Syria has won the real time, the US is desperately talking about an ered central government in Damascus. The balloon bursts and we see a worldwide recession triggered by want to have a dominant position in post-war war on terror. The government has retaken imminent chemical attack despite there being Syrian government is doing everything it these reckless sanctions. negotiations, so they can dictate the form that virtually all of the terror-held territory except no reason or evidence to think Syria is poised can to also give substance to the ongoing The U.S. says these harsh sanctions are not intended for re- post-war Syria takes. This means ensuring for a far North bastion in Idlib, dominated by to launch one. intra-Syrian peace negotiations. This is a gime change in Iran, a lie of course, but to change its behavior, that the Syrian government doesn’t win the Al-Qaeda. And if the US wants to stop that Washington’s “chemical weapons attack” policy favored by Iran, Russia and Turkey, as meaning that the U.S. should be able to topple the governments war outright. from happening, that’s because it wants to concerns are unfounded. Syria has no chem- a united front against all manners of terror- it wants around Iran to replace with U.S. puppets that would But the Syrian government has already save Al-Qaeda to keep the war going, which ical weapons and the whole world is in the ism and extremism is what the negotiations allow more advanced U.S. military bases to control the region won the war with a helping hand from the has been a recurring undercurrent in US policy know that only the US-backed, UN-desig- envisage in their upcoming meeting in Tabriz. via a “soft occupation”. We are living in very dangerous times. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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Britain seeking to boost Imam Mosque: Elegant, museum cooperation with Iran iconic and visually stunning TOURISM With its perfect proportions and iconic deskblue-tiled mosaics, the Imam Mosque forms an elegant, visually stunning historical monument, which stands tall at the southern side of a massive square of the same name; the UNESCO-registered Imam Square of Isfahan in central Iran. Visitors to the mosque are mainly overwhelmed with good views of the main dome with its glorious profusion of turquoise-shaded tiles. Originally named Masjed Shah (“the Shah Mosque”), its construction began in 1611 during the rule of the Safavid King Shah Abbas the Great who reigned from 1588 to 1629. The mosque’s topmost dome was completed in the last year of his sovereignty. A very picturesque huge entrance portal welcomes people Alistair Burt (L) shakes hands with Jebrael Nokandeh at the to the mosque. It is built to face the square though the mosque National Museum of Iran on September 1, 2018. is oriented towards Mecca. A short corridor connects the square to the inner courtyard that is surrounded by four imposing iwans (porticos) with a pool dedicated to ritual HERITAGE TEHRAN — A high-ranking British dele- ablutions nesting in the middle. deskgation visited the National Museum of Iran The walls of the courtyard feature sunken porches framed in Tehran on Saturday, seeking to step up bilateral contacts in by seven-colored tiles of deep blue and yellow. Each iwan museum spheres. leads into a vaulted sanctuary covered with particularly fine UK Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and floral motifs on a blue background. Commonwealth Office Alistair Burt, and London ambassador to Many believe each of the mosque’s parts is a masterpiece Tehran Rob Macaire and the National Museum of Iran’s director that leaves a lasting impression. This palace of devotion owes Jebrael Nokandeh exchanged views on expanding cultural ties its splendor mostly due to being covered with seven-color A painting by the French architect Pascal Coste, who visited Isfahan in c. 1840, depicts the main courtyard and two and holding joint exhibitions in the two countries, Mehr reported. mosaic tiles and symmetrical calligraphic inscriptions. iwans of the Imam Mosque. Burt touched upon the role of museums on developing close On other side of the square stands the very delicate Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque which was dedicated the ruler’s father-in- and ceilings, covering the domes and also the minarets was relations between the two nations, saying he was among those law, Sheikh Lotfollah, a revered Lebanese scholar of Islam breathtaking. Much of the internal courtyard was fenced who had issued the license of releasing Cyrus Cylinder for its who was invited to oversee construction of the Shah Mosque. off, but this did not matter as plenty of the mosque was exhibition in Tehran. Isfahan is Iran’s top tourist destination for good rea- still observable. Truly magnificent! (R0hanL from Amman Nokandeh, for his part, hailed an upsurge in the museum-related sons. Its profusion of tree-lined boulevards, Persian gardens Governorate, Jordan; Reviewed June 2018) cooperation. He expressed hope that the UK government would and important Islamic buildings gives it a visual appeal “Grand and impressive” provide special support for showcasing antique items in Iran. unmatched by any other Iranian city. In addition, Isfahan’s This is such an impressive, grand and large mosque com- many artisans underpin its reputation as a living museum plex. It is vast in size/scale and very beautiful. It is also very of traditional culture. different to the much smaller Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque which Under tourists’ eyes is nearby (also off the main square), so you should definitely Brazil museum fire: Here is a select of comments that visitors to the mosque visit both mosques, one will not suffice! have posted to TripAdvisor, one of the most popular travel When I visited, I found in one of the courtyards there was ‘Incalculable’ loss as 200-year- websites in the world: a “Free Friendly Talks” stand with seating where visitors “Beautiful mosque” are able to speak with mosque staff, volunteers and clerics. I old Rio institution gutted This mosque an architectural masterpiece. The entrance had a lovely talk with a very kind and informative gentleman to the mosque is not direct, but through an offset vestibule, who was eager to answer any questions and also provided Brazil’s oldest and most important historical and scientific mu- with the effect that the grant interior courtyard opens up me with yummy sweets while we chatted. Our conversation seum has been consumed by fire, and much of its archive of 20m all at once as you turn the corner. Grand in scale. (Peter K. was one of mutual sharing and education, rather than any items is believed to have been destroyed. from Sydney, Australia; Reviewed in July 2018) attempt at conversion. I came away feeling I had learnt more The fire at Rio de Janeiro’s 200-year-old National Museum “A lesson in preservation” about the lovely local people, their culture and their faith began after it closed to the public on Sunday and raged into the At the end of the main square stands this big mosque, and had also made friends. (NatashaC33 from Melbourne, night. There were no reports of injuries, but the loss to Bra- which is not only impressive because of its sheer size and Australia; Reviewed June 2018) zilian science, history and culture was incalculable, two of its incredible decorations, but also helps to get a good impression “Come early vice-directors said. of the needs and challenges of always on-going restoration Very beautiful mosque... Amazing mosaic tiles on all 4 “It was the biggest natural history museum in Latin America. works. The craftsmanship continues and is amazing! (rob- Iwans.. For nice shots come very early before the tours and We have invaluable collections. Collections that are over 100 ert_bos53 from Geneva, Switzerland; Reviewed June 2018) school trips arrive. (JD. D. from Prague, Czech Republic; years old,” Cristiana Serejo, one of the museum’s vice directors, “Stunning mosque on Imam Square” Reviewed May 2018) told the G1 news site. Initially, this mosque was closed as it was a public holiday. “Amazing!” Marina Silva, a former environment minister and candidate in We could only see the outside entrance way, which itself The symbol of Isfahan - this is an impressive mosque October’s presidential elections said the fire was like “a lobotomy was beautiful with ornate tiles and Quranic script. We came from outside and inside! So many great details, so many of the Brazilian memory”. back later in the day and the mosque had been opened. We small rooms to discover and enjoy. Looks good during the Luiz Duarte, another vice-director, told TV Globo: “It is Imam Mosque boasts glorious profusion of turquoise- walked inside to find that the same detail and beauty existed day and in the evening. I guess everyone will see/visit it while an unbearable catastrophe. It is 200 years of this country’s shaded tiles. throughout the mosque. The exquisite artwork on the walls in Isfahan. (Bob R. from Nis, Serbia; Reviewed April 2018) heritage. It is 200 years of memory. It is 200 years of sci- ence. It is 200 years of culture, of education.” TV Globo also Restoring UNESCO-registered garden Iranian airline starts Tehran-Kazan reported that some firefighters did not have enough water to battle the blaze. nears completion direct flight It wasn’t immediately clear how the fire began. The mu- seum was part of Rio’s Federal University but had fallen into disrepair in recent years. Its impressive collections included items brought to Brazil by Dom Pedro I – the Portuguese prince regent who declared the then-colony’s independence from Portugal – Egyptian and Greco-Roman artefacts, “Luzia”, a 12,000 year-old skeleton and the oldest in the Americas, fossils, dinosaurs, and a meteorite found in 1784. Some of the archive was stored in another building but much of the collection is believed to have been destroyed. (Source: The Guardian)

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Lakes of Ounianga HERITAGE TEHRAN — Restoration work on the UNESCO-inscribed Dolat Abad TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran’s ATA Airlines on Sunday launched the first deskGarden in the central city of Yazd will be completed within a month. deskdirect flight connecting Tehran to Kazan, the capital of the Republic The renovation project commenced in early April, as part of efforts to reno- of Tatarstan. Located in northeast of Chad, in a hot and hyper-arid desert vate landscaping and to reinforce its octagonal pavilion which is surmounted by The flight is carried out two times a week on Sundays and Thursdays with a duration setting with less than 2mm rainfall per year, the Lakes of an imposing wind tower, said director of the World Heritage site Majid Oloumi, of about 3 hours and 20 minutes, IRNA reported. Ounianga comprises a total of 18 lakes, in two groups, dis- ISNA reported. “This is a historic event and a major accomplishment for us, which will create the playing a variety of sizes, depths, colorations and chemical The property together with eight others across the country have been inscribed on prospect of attracting tourists to Tatarstan,” IRNA quoted Sergei Ivanov, the head of compositions. the UNESCO World Heritage list under the title of “The Persian Garden.” the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, as saying on Saturday. The property, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list, The concept of the Persian Garden interweaves natural elements with manmade “We hope to see Russian and Iranian tourists would travel through this flight,” the covers 62,808 ha and has a 4,869 ha buffer zone. components to embody an idea of creating a paradise on Earth by the means of artistic, official said, adding the Islamic Republic of Iran has recently established close ties The Lakes of Ounianga ensemble is located in a basin philosophical, figurative, and religious notions. with Tatarstan with several delegations travel to this area of Russia. which, less than 10,000 years ago, was occupied by a much larger lake and has a globally unique hydrological system, sustaining the largest permanent freshwater lakes system in the heart of a hyperarid environment. Solid traffic growth, record load factor, for air travel The property also displays a range of striking aesthetic The International Air Transport Association (IATA) an- 85.0%. All regions reported growth, led by Asia-Pacific for pacity climbed 6.5% compared to a year ago and load factor features, with varied coloration associated with the different nounced healthy global passenger demand for July with the first time in three months. dropped 1.3 percentage points to 80.3%. all regions reporting growth. Asia-Pacific airlines’ July traffic rose 7.5% over the year- North American airlines’ traffic climbed 4.1% compared Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.2%, ago period, a slowdown compared to June growth of 9.6%. to July a year ago. This was down from 6.0% growth in compared to the same month last year. While this was down Capacity increased 6.0% and load factor rose 1.1 percentage June, but still ahead of the 5-year average pace for carriers from 8.1% year-over-year growth in June, it nevertheless points to 82.1%. Growth is being supported by a combination in the region as strong momentum in the U.S. economy is marked a solid start to the peak passenger demand season. of robust regional economic growth and an increase in route helping underpin a pick-up in international demand for Monthly capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) in- options for travelers. airlines there. July capacity rose 2.8% with the result that creased by 5.5% and load factor rose 0.6 percentage point European carriers posted a 4.4% rise in traffic for July load factor climbed 1.1 percentage points to 87.2%, second to a record high for July of 85.2%. compared to a year ago, down from 7.1% annual growth in highest among the regions. “The industry posted another month of solid traffic June. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, passenger volumes Latin American airlines experienced a 3.8% rise in traffic growth. And the record load factor shows that airlines are have been tracking sideways for the past three months, re- in July, the slowest growth among the regions and a decline becoming even more efficient in terms of deploying capacity flecting mixed developments on the economic front and from 5.6% year-over-year growth in June. Capacity rose to meet demand. However, rising costs -- particularly fuel possible traffic impacts related to air traffic control strikes 4.6% and load factor slid 0.6 percentage point to 84.2%. - will likely limit the stimulus we would expect from lower across the region. Capacity rose 3.9%, and load factor climbed Signs of softening demand have come alongside disruption airfares. Therefore, we do expect to see a continued slowing 0.5 percentage point to 89.1%, highest among the regions. from the general strikes in Brazil. lakes and their vegetation, and the presence of dramatic nat- of growth compared to 2017,” said Alexandre de Juniac, Middle East carriers had a 4.8% increase in demand African airlines’ July traffic rose 6.8%, second highest ural desert landforms that all contribute to the exceptional IATA’s Director General and CEO. for July, well down on the 11.2% growth recorded for June, among the regions. Although this represented a decline from natural beauty of the landscape of the property. International passenger markets although this mainly is attributable to volatility in the data 11.0% growth recorded in June, the seasonally-adjusted trend The shape and distribution of the lakes, combined with the July international passenger demand rose 5.3% com- a year ago, rather than any major new developments. The remains strong. Capacity rose 3.9%, and load factor jumped effect of the wind moving the floating vegetation in the lakes, pared to July 2017, which was a deceleration compared to region has been negatively impacted by a number of policy 2.1 percentage points to 76.0%. Higher oil and commodity gives the impression of’ waves of water flowing in the desert’. the 8.2% growth recorded in June. Total capacity climbed measures over the past 18 months, including the ban on prices are supporting economies in a number of countries. (Source: UNESCO) 4.7%, and load factor edged up half a percentage point to portable electronic devices and travel restrictions. July ca- (Source: Travel Daily News) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 SCIENCE 11 Earth’s oxygen increased in gradual steps Researchers suggest that a Dyson sphere could potentially rather than big bursts, new study suggests be made from a material

A carbon cycle anomaly discovered in car- As oxygen levels in the ocean increased, Scientists in the field of SETI (Searc for Extraterrestrial Intelli- bonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Hüttenberg sulfides were converted to sulfates, which some gence) have carried out a number of searches for a Dyson sphere Formation of north-eastern Namibia follows microbes use in their metabolism to digest and -- a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a a pattern similar to that found right after the recycle organic carbon on the seafloor. The star and, which could be constructed using material harvested from Great Oxygenation Event, hinting at new ev- isotopes of oxygen, carbon, and sulfur moved dismantled planets — without uncovering any compelling evidence. idence for how Earth’s atmosphere became in tandem during the Hüttenberg Anomaly, Now, in a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, fully oxygenated. convincing the scientists that what they were researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, and Heidelberg By using the Hüttenberg Formation, which seeing wasn’t just a coincidence. University, Germany, have proposed a new way to look for Dyson formed between a billion and half a billion Global carbon spheres that may have some advantages over previous attempts. years ago, to study the time between Earth’s Although it has long been accepted that So far, these efforts have focused on finding signs of excess change from an anoxic environment (i.e. one high levels of atmospheric oxygen paved the infrared light, Astrobites reports. This is because the spherical lacking oxygen) to a more hospitable envi- way for animals to populate the Earth, global structure would likely block out most of the visible light from the star. ronment that heralded the animal kingdom, carbon and oxygen cycles fluctuated wildly It is estimated that a Dyson sphere would be heated to tempera- a team of researchers led by Dr. Huan Cui of during the Proterozoic, between the time when tures between 50 to 1,000 Kelvin (-370 to 1300 degrees Fahrenheit), the NASA Astrobiology Institute at the Uni- billion and 541 million years ago). associated with the Hüttenberg Anomaly and oxygen first accumulated in the atmosphere generating infrared light, which scientists think they might be able versity of Wisconsin–Madison discovered a Rise of oxygen the Neoproterozoic Oxidation Event or NOE during the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) to detect the signature of, (although this has not yet been achieved). sustained, high level of carbon. This influx The University of Maryland’s Dr. Alan J. at the end of the Proterozoic.” around 2.4 billion years ago, and the time in The new paper, however, suggests that a Dyson sphere could of carbon, coupled with changes in other Kaufman, who is the second author of the The anomaly shows how the carbon isotope which they stabilized near to modern levels potentially be made from a material that hasn’t been considered elements, indicates how changing levels of study and the lead author of the 2009 car- ratios (13C/12C) experienced a sustained 12 to once animals took the world stage following in previous searches, which would be capable of dimming the oceanic oxygen may have lent a helping hand bon isotope study, says that the paired data 14 parts per thousand increase in abundance the NOE, around 500 million years ago. star’s light equally across all wavelengths. to early animal evolution. “suggest that the rise of oxygen was oscillatory for roughly 15 million years before returning During the time between those two events, This could hamper the search because previous efforts have The study, published in the journal Precam- through this 50- to 75-million year interval to prior low levels. pulses of unicellular life and variable levels tended to look for Dyson spheres using an analysis method known brian Research, paired new oxygen, sulfur, and of oxygen in the oceans are thought to have as spectrophotometry which looks at the light properties of stars. strontium isotope data, with carbon isotope As oxygen levels in the ocean increased, stimulated the evolution of more complex life. If the structure was made of a material like the one proposed in data published in 2009, obtained from drill These ancient oxygen swings were crucial to the new study, the observations would show that the star is further core samples from the Hüttenberg Formation. sulfides were converted to sulfates, the evolution of multicellular life at the Pre- away than it is. Together, the data provides further evidence which some microbes use in their cambrian–Cambrian boundary (541 million (Source: Newsweek) that Earth’s oxygen increased in a stepwise years ago; the Cambrian is a geological period fashion, as opposed to being constrained to metabolism to digest and recycle organic that marked the origin and diversification two major events capping the Proterozoic carbon on the seafloor. complex animal life on Earth). (a geological epoch that lasted between 2.5 (Source: space.com) Are vulnerable lions eating endangered zebras? Scientists find out how lava Team hunts mysterious ‘dark force’ to Are Laikipia’s recovering lions turning to endangered Grevy’s zebras (Equus grevyi) for their next meal? happens -- melting the Earth explain hidden realm of the cosmos That’s what a team of researchers led by WCS and WWF set out to discover -- whether the comeback of a top predator -- in this case lions in Laikipa County, Kenya -- were recovering at the expense of Grevy’s zebras, which number only around 2,680 individuals with half of those living in Likipia. In recent years, lion numbers have slowly recovered in this region as livestock ranching -- which commonly practiced shoot- ing or poisoning lions -- has given way to wildlife tourism. Lions (Panthera leo) are classified as Threatened by IUCN. Publishing their results in the journal PLOS ONE, the team used satellite telemetry to track the movements of both lions and zebras. The team found that lions preyed on both Grevy’s and plains zebras (Equus quagga) far less than expected. Their data showed that the population of Grevy’s zebra populations may in fact be stabilizing with recruitment into the population tripling since 2004. The researchers did conclude that competitive displacement by livestock and interference competition for grass from plains zebras, which are 22 times more abundant than Grevy’s, are After spending the last few months watch- eruptions. They definitely noticed the Scientists are about to launch an ambitious havior of the so far unknown particles that most likely the predominant threat to Grevy’s zebras’ recovery. ing bright red-orange lava fountain out correlation between increasing earth- search for a “dark force” of nature which, constitute dark matter, and could potentially (Source: Science Daily) of Kilauea’s Lower East Rift zone and quakes followed by mountains going if found, would open the door to a realm exert the most subtle effects on the forces promptly turn into dark black basalt rock, boom. And their ideas on how and why of the universe that lies hidden from view. we are more familiar with. you may be somewhat astonished to learn these happened persisted for well over a The hunt will seek evidence for a new fun- This month, Raggi and his colleagues how recently it was that scientists were thousand years in some scholarly circles. damental force that forms a bridge between will turn on an instrument at the National Machine learning technology bitterly divided over the origin of basalt. Then we come to the Christian era, when the ordinary matter of the world around us Institute of Nuclear Physics near Rome But there was quite a bit of debate over volcanoes could be easily explained away and the invisible “dark sector” that is said which is designed to hunt down a possible could lead to more accurate hundreds of years. as “chimneys of Hell,” with a brief stop by to make up the vast majority of the cosmos. fifth force of nature. Known as Padme, for earthquake predictions Plenty of reputable men of science alchemy, in which the ancient Greek ideas of The chances of success may be slim, but Positron Annihilation into Dark Matter even believed, passionately, that basalt is underground winds and fires are reprised. should such a force be found it would rank Experiment, the machine will record what Researchers have found a way to predict where aftershocks will strike deposited by water. And we’re not talking These ideas persist into the Renaissance, among the most dramatic discoveries in the happens when a diamond wafer a tenth of a after an intense earthquake through an artificial intelligence machine. hot water, either! when folks in Italy get to watch a volcano history of physics. The best theory of reality millimeter thick is blasted with a stream of The study analyzed more than 131,000 mainshock and aftershock Unfortunately, the book heavily fo- being born (Monte Nuovo). Now we see that physicists have explains only 4% of the antimatter particles called positrons. earthquakes including the 9.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan and cuses on European male naturalists and people beginning to perform practical observable universe. The rest is a mystery Merging with electrons other major earthquakes in history. By using data on past earthquakes, scientists. I’m sure there were plenty of experiments, like melting volcanic rocks made up of dark matter, the strange material When positrons slam into the diamond researchers harnessed a better predicting method which made use women who had opinions on the subject, to see what would happen, and poking active that lurks around galaxies, and the even more wafer, they immediately merge with elec- of a learning machine. and indigenous people on volcanic is- lava flows with sticks to test viscosity. In baffling dark energy, a substance called upon trons and vanish in a faint burst of energy. The team trained a neural network to understand earthquakes lands and such who could have advised addition to learned folks trying to figure out to explain the ever-accelerating expansion Normally, the energy released is in the form more and identify a pattern. The machine could also immensely aid the Europeans on the precise origin of what makes volcanoes tick, we get to see of the universe. of two particles of light called photons. But in finding out new methods to assess seismic risk. Through the study, this common black rock. It would have some of the impacts of Etna and Vesuvius The Particles and forces if a fifth force exists in nature, something the researchers surpassed the standard method of predicting the next been nice to hear from scientists in other on Renaissance citizens, with plenty of “At the moment, we don’t know what more different will happen. aftershock’s location. civilizations on the matter. And I could very excellent contemporary illustrations than 90% of the universe is made of,” said Instead of producing two visible photons, According to Phoebe DeVries, a seismologist at Harvard University have done with a lot more focus on Ice- of eruptions. Mauro Raggi, a researcher at the Sapienza the collisions will occasionally release only and a part of the team of researchers who presented their findings in land. But these drawbacks don’t detract By the Enlightenment, people University of Rome. “If we find this force one, alongside a so-called “dark photon”. the journal Nature on Aug. 29, they have just scratched the surface of too much from the book. So don’t let were starting to figure that ordinary it will completely change the paradigm we This curious, hypothetical particle is the dark what the device can contribute for aftershock forecasting. them stop you from picking it up and combustibles like bitumen, coal, and have now. It would open up a new world sector’s equivalent of a particle of light. It The “application of machine learning to high-quality earthquake thoroughly enjoying it. sulfur weren’t powerful enough to fuel and help us to understand the particles and carries the equivalent of a dark electromag- datasets is a big step beyond what has been done in the past,” said Tectonic setting volcanoes, so we get a very neat chapter forces that compose the dark sector.” netic force. Professor Mark Stirling, who serves as the chair of earthquake science After a brief survey of volcano myths on pre-radioactive theories such as Earth Physicists, to date, know of only four basic Unlike normal particles of light, any at the University of Otago. from around the world, Sigurdsson set- maybe being a cooling star. forces of nature. The electromagnetic force dark photons produced in Padme will be tles into ancient Greece and environs. Afterwards, we get to the real silliness: allows for vision and mobile phone calls, invisible to the instrument’s detector. But He describes the tectonic setting for a Neptunists. Yes, my friends, despite but also stops us falling through our chairs. by comparing the energy and direction of the fascinating chapter before getting down thousands of years of people witnessing Without the so-called strong force, the in- positrons fired in, with whatever comes out, to what ancients believed caused all this molten rock emerge from volcanoes nards of atoms would fall apart. The weak scientists can tell if an invisible particle has burning and exploding: wind. Well, that and cool into basalt, there was still a force operates in radiation, and gravity – the been created and work out its mass. Though and underground fires. Many ancient respectable group of scientists in the most pervasive of nature’s forces – keeps normal photons are massless, dark photons thinkers, it turns out, figured that a combo Age of Reason who decided basalt is our feet rooted to the ground. are not, and Padme will search for those up of winds and combustible materials in sedimentary. But there may be other forces that have to 50 times heavier than an electron. passages underground led to volcanic (Source: The NYT) gone unnoticed. These would shape the be- (Source: The Guardian) Rutgers researchers identify protein that may have existed when life began How did life arise on Earth? Rutgers researchers have found that synthesize millions of different proteins needed for specif- The metal cluster among the first and perhaps only hard evidence that simple ic body functions), it is very short and it could have emerged The metal cluster at the core of this peptide resembles the “With evolving methods like this, we stand to gain a better un- protein catalysts - essential for cells, the building blocks of life, spontaneously on the early Earth in the right conditions. The structure and chemistry of iron-sulfur minerals that were abun- derstanding of how this method can contribute to the ensemble of to function - may have existed when life began. metal cluster at the core of this peptide resembles the structure dant in early Earth oceans. The peptide can also charge and existing earthquake forecasting methods,” Stirling added. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the chemist Günter Wächter- and chemistry of iron-sulfur minerals that were abundant in discharge electrons repeatedly without falling apart, according Aftershocks can be similarly damaging as the main earthquake. shäuser postulated that life began on iron- and sulfur-containing early Earth oceans. The peptide can also charge and discharge to Nanda, a resident faculty member at the Center for Advanced For example, New Zealand was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks in the ocean. Wächtershäuser and others predicted that electrons repeatedly without falling apart, according to Nanda, a Technology and Medicine. in 2010. The earthquake did not kill anyone; however, the 6.3-mag- short peptides would have bound metals and served as catalysts resident faculty member at the Center for Advanced Technology “Modern proteins called ferredoxins do this, shuttling elec- nitude earthquake, which hit 5 months after the initial earthquake, of life-producing chemistry, according to study co-author Vikas and Medicine. trons around the cell to promote metabolism,” said senior author killed 185 people. Nanda, an associate professor at Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson Human DNA consists of genes that code for proteins that Professor Paul G. Falkowski, who leads Rutgers’ Environmental Currently, seismologists can predict how intense the aftershock Medical School. are a few hundred to a few thousand amino acids long. These Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory. “A primordial can be; however, they cannot figure out where it will happen. This is Human DNA consists of genes that code for proteins that complex proteins - needed to make all living-things function peptide like the one we studied may have served a similar function calculated by using a method that finds out how earthquakes change are a few hundred to a few thousand amino acids long. These properly - are the result of billions of years of evolution. When in the origins of life.” the stress in rocks. complex proteins - needed to make all living-things function life began, proteins were likely much simpler, perhaps just 10 to Falkowski is the principal investigator for a NASA-funded Following this, seismologists assess if it would result in an after- properly - are the result of billions of years of evolution. When 20 amino acids long. With computer modeling, Rutgers scien- ENIGMA project led by Rutgers scientists that aims to under- shock. Although this method can explain the patterns of aftershocks life began, proteins were likely much simpler, perhaps just 10 to tists have been exploring what early peptides may have looked stand how protein catalysts evolved at the start of life. Nanda for intense earthquakes, it is not foolproof. 20 amino acids long. With computer modeling, Rutgers scien- like and their possible chemical functions, according to Nanda. leads one team that will characterize the full potential of the The scientists tested their findings on 30,000 mainshock and after- tists have been exploring what early peptides may have looked The scientists used computers to model a short, 12-amino primordial peptide and continue to develop other molecules shock events where the neural-network forecast managed to predict like and their possible chemical functions, according to Nanda. acid protein and tested it in the laboratory. This peptide has that may have played key roles in the origins of life. the locations of the aftershock more accurately than the past method. Scientists use computers several impressive and important features. It contains only two With computers, Rutgers scientists have smashed and dis- Additionally, the network also found out the physical changes that The scientists used computers to model a short, 12-amino types of amino acids (rather than the estimated 20 amino acids sected nearly 10,000 proteins and pinpointed four “Legos of happened in the ground after the first earthquake. Though the study acid protein and tested it in the laboratory. This peptide has that synthesize millions of different proteins needed for specific life” - core chemical structures that can be stacked to form the is a fresh way to look at aftershocks, it would not be the final study several impressive and important features. It contains only two body functions), it is very short and it could have emerged spon- innumerable proteins inside all organisms. about the mainshock and aftershock relationship. types of amino acids (rather than the estimated 20 amino acids taneously on the early Earth in the right conditions. (Source: eurekalert.org) (Source: Tech Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 WOMEN SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Ebtekar calls for Cooperative company for improving food, water consumption patterns WOMEN women vendors to be formed TEHRAN — The pattern of food and water deskconsumption is wrong among Iranian fami- WOMENTEHRAN — A cooperative com- lies and it needs to be improved, Masoumeh Ebtekar, the vice deskpany is to be formed in order to president for women’s and family affairs, said here on Monday. organize activities of female vendors, Seyed Hamid The improve of food and water consumption in line with Kalantari, deputy minister of cooperatives, labor resistance economy will certainly lead to a decrease in social and social welfare, said here on Sunday. vulnerabilities, Donyaye Eqtesad Persian language daily quoted Unfortunately, many women do not gain the Ebtekar as saying. opportunity to take advantage of their field of The presidential department for women’s and family affairs education for finding a job, Mehr quoted Kal- enjoys a good relationship with the Ministry of Energy in order antari as saying. to improve the consumption pattern, especially regarding water, Moreover, Kalantari added, women have to spend she stated, adding more than one third of food supplies and 28 hours on raising children and dealing with home billion cubic meters of water is wasted in Iran due to using bad affairs, therefore, working in a cooperative com- consumption patterns. pany provides them the opportunity to show more The VP further emphasized women’s vital role in implementing successful presence both at home and in society. the Resistant Economy adding the workgroup for modifying the Women cooperative companies can play role consumption patterns has started its work about one year ago. in international affairs, stressed Kalantari adding All workgroups related to the women and family affairs de- there exist many women who are active in hand- partment are bound to observer gender equality Ebtekar noted icraft section and organizing their activities in a adding women enjoy a great share in implementing the resistant cooperative company leads them to present their economy. products in international trade fairs. The department pays special attention to families because a The official further called for women’s activ- healthy family has a vital role in decreasing social and economic ities in information technology, trade in virtual vulnerabilities, she concluded. world, floriculture at home, making and selling home-made foods to be organized in the form of cooperative companies. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Currently, 2,480 women›s cooperative compa- nies are active in different provinces and a number Lemon zucchini bars of 29,870 women are active in these cooperative companies. “This snack cake is a good use for that bumper zucchini crop!” Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups white sugar This American woman swapped Tulsa for Tehran 1 cup vegetable oil Katayoun “Kat” Khosrowyar, 30, was born news, and everyone wanted the wrestlers’ 3 eggs and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has signatures and wanted to show them what 2 teaspoons lemon zest also lived in Houston and has a master’s Iranian hospitality is like. 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice degree in chemical engineering from the 1 3/4 cups grated zuc- What is the women’s soccer culture University of Birmingham in the Unit- chini in Iran like? ed Kingdom. She describes herself as a 2 cups all-purpose flour Khosrowyar: Women’s indoor soccer “Midwest girl.” 1/4 teaspoon baking (futsal) has created a strong atmosphere Since 2005, she has been living in Iran, powder for women to get involved in sports more the birthplace of her grandparents. In Iran, 2 teaspoons baking soda especially as they (Iran) are back-to-back she’s the head coach of the country’s U19 1 teaspoon salt Asian champions in this. Soccer, on the women’s national soccer team. The fol- 1 cup chopped walnuts other hand, has taken some time to get to lowing text is an edited version of a recent 1/3 cup confectioners’ the same level because building the base email exchange between USA TODAY and sugar for decoration and infrastructure has been challenging. Khosrowyar: Although women would prefer to play soccer Directions: Kat, why did you move to Iran? rather than futsal, futsal has more fields, Preheat oven to 350 de- Khosrowyar: I’m here to grow women’s sponsors and leagues than soccer. grees F (175 degrees C). soccer and to learn about my Iranian culture Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. How big is the soccer in Iran compared and traditions. Iran is an extremely vibrant In a large bowl, combine sugar, oil, eggs, lemon rind, with other Middle East countries? place, and I want to make a difference here. It’s and lemon juice; mix well. Stir in shredded zucchini. Khosrowyar: Huge! To be honest, the Ira- very different (than) Oklahoma. Everything In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking nian population gets very emotional when is open 24/7, traffic is continuous throughout soda, and salt. Gradually add this mixture to the zucchini their teams win/lose. Either we block the the day, people are (varied) and open to new all my interests to life more simply in Iran. the procedures change daily. I miss the big mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined; mix in the walnuts. streets and highways and celebrate standing information and customs. I love that women are extremely strong- roads and pickup trucks (Ford!) and definitely Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a tester on our cars blasting Iranian music, or we The hospitality is unbelievable in Iran, willed here, and as I am writing this to you I Whole Foods! I also miss the American work inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. complain for an entire week about how bad and I think this is what caught my attention am at a conference where one of the (female) ethic and standards. Cool. Sprinkle cake with sifted confectioners’ sugar and the team played/how unlucky they were/ in the first place. Iranians are extremely speakers is a Harvard graduate who is also Do you know any other Americans cut into bars. how bad the refs were. friendly and giving and want to invite you an adviser to Iran’s vice president of science who live in Iran? Sprinkle top with sifted confectioners’ sugar and cut How does the hijab affect the women’s home for lunch/dinner within two min- and technology. Khosrowyar: I don’t know of full into bars. game, and what are the specific rules around utes of meeting them. Tehran is a huge city What do you do for fun? Americans (those without dual Iran-U.S. it? Has it been a disadvantage when playing (12 million people) and Tulsa was just a Khosrowyar: One of my main entertain- nationality) living here, but I know they competitors around the world? LEARN ENGLISH couple hundred thousand, and adapting ments in Tehran is going out to restaurants exist and go to college here. I mainly Khosrowyar: If the material would change to the Tehran lifestyle was difficult at the and coffee shops, so I am always on the lookout know Iranian-Americans, Canadians and to a proper sports material, it would be much Volleyball beginning. Now I consider myself a Tehran for somewhere new. Over the last 10 years, all Europeans who regularly come and go better, rather than the 100% polyester we guide for visitors. types of restaurants have opened in Tehran to and from Iran. currently use. In 2011, we were disqualified A: It’s a beautiful day here in New Zealand at the Men’s What’s your favorite thing about liv- that cater to a large Iranian diaspora who have What are some of the challenges from the second round of Olympic qual- Volleyball world championship. My name is Rick Fields ing there? come back to Iran from all over the world. On of living and working in Iran? ifications because of the hijab. However, Khosrowyar: I love how every day is dif- the weekend, my friends and family gather Khosrowyar: Besides food, the lifestyle in 2013 that ruling was overturned, and and I’m joined by the man with the plan, Bob Copeland. ferent from the previous day. The fashion in a city outside of Tehran where there is a in Tehran is quite expensive. Apartments we were allowed to play again. I hope one B: Thank you, Rick. We’ve got a very exciting encounter is unique, not like in other Middle Eastern pool, we go to the mountain to pick Damavand and cars are more expensive than in some day Nike will have Iranian women who ahead of us today as two powerhouse teams, Brazil and countries. Extremely colorful and modern. for fresh fruit, to the city of Shemshak for European cities, and since everything is im- have won Olympic medals and Asian game China, face off against each other and try to qualify for It’s so easy to go to Tajrish Square (in north kebabs and continuous servings of black tea ported, the tax on the products can be three medals take part in an ad campaign for the next round. Without a doubt, both teams are in top Tehran) to the fabric market and to (order) while playing backgammon outside during times more. Laws and regulations change the hijab, but politics has played a huge shape and this will prove to be a competitive match. as many montos (long overcoat) and dresses the summer, and in the winter, skiing. Family often, and you need to always be aware of role in not having strong Iranian women A: The ref signals the start of the game and here we go. I want and the seamstress will make and gatherings are very important for Iranians, the changes. And most importantly in this athletes take part. In any case, we are still Ribeiro serves and China quickly receives the ball. Chen design them within two hours. I know the and this is something that I felt like I was day and age, the Internet is slow, which in thriving and determined to win, no matter bumps it to the setter, and... a very nice set by Chen! guy who owns the fruit shop next to my house missing back in Oklahoma. My favorite Iranian some cases it is good because you can log what we are wearing. B: Xu spikes it! Wow, what a great hit! The Brazilian and he delivers fresh fruit without me even dish is the Azeri version of Ghormeh sabzi out and just be at ease for a few days before Women in Iran were recently allowed blockers anticipated the play and tried to block him but asking every Thursday. One of my favorite (a herb stew popular in Iran). My father’s you want to reconnect to the world again. to watch a men’s soccer game at a stadium he managed to get the ball in! Great play. things to do every day is to walk to the barbari side of the family is from Tabriz (in Iran’s Have sports acted as a diplomatic bridge in Tehran during the World Cup. That has bread (an Iranian flatbread) shop and have northeast), and they are known for having between Iran and the U.S. at all? A: It’s China’s service now. What a superb jump serve never happened before. Are the restrictions my breakfast with the locals. Here, I am able the best version of Iranian dishes. Khosrowyar: Not yet for soccer, but for on women in Iran loosening over time? by Li, oh, and we have a let serve. The ball was coming to work in different fields (I am busy with a What do you miss about living in the wrestling it surely has because Americans Khosrowyar: Yes! However, this is not a in fast and almost made it over the net. startup and coaching the national under-19 U.S.? have come to Iran to compete, and a lot of simple subject. In one day, one person can’t B: Brazil calls for a time out and we’ll be right back, after soccer team and now working on an athlet- Khosrowyar: The ease of how work is done Iranian fans came to support the Americans! change the rules. It has been a long process. a short commercial break. ic leisurewear brand) and still have time to and of course Chick-fil-A. Everything has a (They visited Iran in February last year for We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Key vocabulary spend with my family and friends. I can bring certain procedure in the U.S., whereas in Iran the Freestyle World Cup.) It was all over the (Source: WLTX.com) encounter: meet for a game or battle ahead of (someone): in the future powerhouse: a highly energetic, strong team ENGLISH IN USE qualify: to reach the later stages of a selection process or contest by competing successfully in earlier rounds LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION in top shape: in their best condition serve: hits the ball to start a set of the game bump: to pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the Iran dispatches aircrafts to contain ایران برای خاموشی آتش تاالب هورالعظیم بالگرد forearms set: the action of putting ball in the air so as to be driven wildfire in Hour al-Azim اعزام کرد to opponents’ court مدیــرکل مدیریــت بحــران خوزســتان از اعــزام یــک فرونــد بالگــرد آبپــاش بــا هماهنگــی ســازمان spike: strongly hit the ball to opponents’ court using the National Disaster Management Organization of Iran have sent aircrafts to palm of the hand extinguish the wildfire hitting Iraqi part of Hour al-Azim wetland, director مدیریــت بحــران کشــور بــرای خاموشــی آتــش در بخــش عراقــی تــاالب هورالعظیــم خبــر داد. anticipate: to foresee and act in advance of general of disaster management department of Khuzestan province has said. jump serve: a serve with the ball firstly thrown overhead کیامــرث حاجـ ـیزاده در گفتگــو بــا ایســنا اظهــار کــرد: آتشســوزیهای گســترده و وســیع در The smoke rising from the raging fire in Hour al-Azim wetland is threatening and then the player jumping to hit it تــاالب هورالعظیــم در بخــش عراقــی و ایجــاد بــار آلودگــی، دود تاثیــر منفــی بــر ســامت مــردم ,let serve: the ball touches the net in a serve but still crosses people’s health in southern cities of southwestern province of Khuzestan شــهرهای جنوبــی اســتان خوزســتان داشــته اســت. .into the opponents’ court ISNA quoted Kiamars Hajizadeh as saying time out: a pause during a game Supplementary vocabulary side out: when the team that served the ball loses the PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM rally, causing the other team to serve the next point whiff: a mishit when a player attempts to hit (or spike) “-cele, -coel, -coele” Kill something off Caught unawares the ball with the open hand and nearly misses the ball dig: the ability to prevent the ball from touching one›s Meaning: tumor or swelling Meaning: to cause the death of a lot of living things Explanation: to be surprised and unprepared for court after a spike or attack, particularly For example: A cystocele is mild when the bladder For example: Pollution is rapidly killing off what happens coin toss: the practice of throwing a coin in the air to droops only a short way into the vagina. plant life. 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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 13 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 We seek no covert operation in Iran, plan to build ties Alistair Burt urges respect for JCPOA 1 “We will make our own de�- time when there is not a conclusion to the These are all fundamental of relationship. to friends to support that in Yemen. It’s cision,” he said. However, he added, Middle East peace process, we thought So the short answer to your question is essential that conflict comes to an end as finding a technical mechanism to allow that it was wrong. We are prepared to that “how do I see the relationship”: good. quickly as possible. We strongly support the continuation of banking transactions say so. But the EU and the United States If we could not talk about things we do the efforts of the UN special envoy, Martin with Iran would not be an easy task and will remain good friends. But this is not not see the same way, well that would be Griffiths, and again, everyone knows the it would take time. a zero sum game. Remaining in a close illustration of poor relationship. It is not conflict has been deeply distressing for The British diplomat further maintained relationship with the United States is not at illustration of poor relationship to have the people of Yemen, and we must do all that the EU and the U.S. will remain “good the expense of the relationship we wished disagreement. It is the illustration of poor we can to end the conflict. All of us with friends”, but the UK is committed to main- to have with Iran. And we will work on relationship if you cannot talk about them. influence on different parties there should taining a relationship with Iran. that. That relationship is dependent on And we can. But we should not magnify seek to do so. Middle East peace process About a belief among Iranians that Brit- the whole series of other things. So, do those, we should look at those areas of is fundamental to the United Kingdom. ain is seeking to stir up unrest in Iran, not confuse the two. We can maintain conflict in the region and say what we can Of course, we have a long engagement especially through media outlets such as relationships with the United States and all do to try to deescalate the conflict and with Israel and the Palestinians, as is well the BBC Persian, Burt said the UK is not relationship with Iran. And that is what the risks that we share together. known. So it matters to us fundamentally seeking to do “covert operation” in Iran. we will continue to do. As you know the relations between that there is a just settlement to the issues Instead, Burt said he is being given the Khodabakhsh Mohammad How do you see the future of the Iran and the UK has had ups and downs and between them. We support the two-state mission by the prime minister and foreign JCPOA and relations between Iran and this relationship has been suffering from solution. The issue of Jerusalem is for secretary to “build relationship” with Iran. the EU, especially with the UK? historical distrust. In recent years, many negotiations between the Palestinians The following is the text of Tehran Times’ Firstly, my sense is that there is a de- believe that the UK tries secretly to affect and Israel. We do not accept the United interview with Burt: termination all around to work to keep the Iranian internal affairs in different ways States position that is somehow off the

Would you please tell us that what Tehran Times/ JCPOA in place. I think it is understood like supporting unrest in Iran by media table. We will continue our support to issues were raised during your talks with here as in London how important it is. outlets like the BBC Persian to weaken the Palestinian people through bilateral Iranian officials in Tehran? I don’t think you build a relationship businesses to be involved. They have It is under pressures and restraints; we Iranian establishment and pave the way programs. But we don’t regard the Middle This is my third visit to Tehran in round on a series of outputs. The fact that I difficult commercial decisions to make; know that. for regime change. What do you think East peace process as something that has about a year. The fact that I’ve been here count my contacts as friends, those who I understand that but our determination Iranians are doubtful of the will of of this? Is there a program in London to been going on a long time and can go on three times means that the relationships I would meet in street anywhere and ex- remains as it was when we signed JCPOA. the EU to keep the JCPOA alive. Given all boost trust between London and Tehran? forever; it’s essential to us that it comes I’m building gets stronger each time. I change word with. I think it is extremely This matters and when you give support these obstacles that are on the way, how Well, firstly, let me give a short answer to an early conclusion, and we will work have lost count of the number of meet- important the fact that we understand to something, then you should stick to it. feasible is it to keep it alive? And, how to the allegations that are made and be really hard for that. ings I had with Deputy Foreign Minister each other. I think trust is important. What are the economic, political do you see the future of the agreement? very clear. We do not do what was alleged Now in each of these areas, we join with Araghchi because we meet here, we meet And we will say things about which we and security importance of the JCPOA I would suggest your readers, if they in your question. We have no plans to do the United States in a broad determina- in Europe, and we speak on the phone. Dr. disagree. That’s inevitable. But that we for the UK and EU? doubt the sincerity of the EU. We had so and we have no covert operation to tion that these areas should be secure and Kharrazi, whom I met again this morning, say those things with sincerity, and the It is very important. We are all aware I met him before. And I met, for the first position is accepted as not being hostile that this was not an agreement signed in time, the chairman of foreign relations but in explanation of position, I think is haste as a whim; it took years of negoti- committee. So the familiarity that we gain important. Now if you measure success in ation. There were difficult calculations with each other is important to the United terms of building relationships, then those on both sides but nuclear proliferation is Kingdom and my approaches on behalf of are positive outcomes and achievements fundamental to the security of the world. the prime minister and foreign secretary from the conversations we have here, I The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are much about building relationship and go away with a clear sense of what is very has been a success at a time when the being able to have through that relation- much on the mind of the government and world is looking for international norms ship and the ability to look at those things I hope my interlocutors have a clear sense to cling on to, like the Organization for that we share in common which are more of the responses of the United Kingdom. the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons than what people would think sometimes. And we have all channels open as we look which of course must mean a great deal And also provide the right platform for at a region and look forward to what we to Iran having suffered from that during what we do disagree to be able to talk it can do to deescalate tensions in the region the Iran-Iraq war. So the Non-Prolifer- through. And this is a region that matters and build on things that we can work on ation Treaty is important. Making sure

a great deal to the United Kingdom, and together. that nations abide by it, to have access to Khodabakhsh Mohammad Iran matters to United Kingdom. In terms What is the approach of London peaceful use of nuclear energy but do not of the questions that they covered, as you toward the JCPOA and President Trump’s do anything else, is really important. So would imagine, they covered JCPOA and withdrawal from the agreement? for us the signing of this treaty was very United Kingdom’s position and relations to We made very clear both before the important and I know that for my EU that, bilateral relationships which covers American announcement and after, that colleagues as well. The meetings we had issues like consular matters, visas and we regarded the JCPOA as a commitment since the American decision and recently Tehran Times/ issues such as that a look around in the to honor. We recognized that Iran has met in Vienna with Foreign Minister Zarif and region and what’s happening in terms of the compliance conditions in relation to Deputy Foreign Minister Araghchi where weeks to walk away. We could simply do it. And we reject very fundamentally conflict should end. We may have some events in Syria, Yemen, the Middle East its nuclear program. We strongly support we recommitted our political determina- have accepted the Americans’ leaving the allegations in relation to specifically BBC differences in position, but essentially we peace process. I was able to see a little bit the work of the IAEA. We regarded as tion to keep things going. So it is of great agreement and it would have no longer Persian Service. It does a first rate job. see that the same. But we don’t see that of culture when I met the director of the significant that Iran has met its obliga- importance to us both in economic and mattered. We could have said there and It works to convey the news to people. our partners in Iran are fundamentally national museum because the cultural tions. I’m also regarded that it’s extremely security terms. then, well we are very sorry there we are. And there is no evidence and no desire in in a different place. We all want to see a relationship between the United Kingdom important that Iran continues to meets To what extent is the UK ready to We did not, we have had time over the the United Kingdom to do anything that resolution of the conflict, and an oppor- and Iran is very good. At a very sensitive its obligations; that’s fundamental to re- pay for the costs of keeping the JCPOA last few weeks. We could have said, well would fuel these concerns that people have, tunity where extremism and terrorism time in our relationship indeed, when we lationships built around it. We are doing alive despite the U.S. pressure? we worked very hard, we are not going quite the contrary. So you ask “what’s our does not flourish, as it threatens us all. did not have diplomatic relations, I was all we can in the European Union to make On this issue the UK as the U.S. ally to continue. But we have not. There is program to build up trust”. You know, I And we want to work together. And we are responsible for signing the order to re- sure we can provide the mechanisms by pays the costs of the disagreement. It is no reason to doubt the sincerity and the suppose you can. My engagement, the very keen to see when that can be done. lease the Cyrus Cylinder for the exhibition which our trade can continue. This is not very clear that the U.S. would like all to determination of the EU to fulfill as China engagement of Boris Johnson and when You talked about Yemen, but I know

here. Because for me, personally, it was easy. We know that there is frustration. follow their lead and abandon the JCPOA and Russia. But it remains fundamental. he was the foreign secretary to make a that the UK government continues to sell very important to our cultural relations It is not an easy time for the economy in and we are pressed to do so. It is not our We must all do our best to fulfill the provi- visit here and see foreign minister Zarif. weapons to the Saudi regime. There is a continued even at a difficult time between Iran, we understand this. There are other view so we are very clear that we will sions. That includes compliance with the There is the upcoming visit of my own difference between the statements of the nations. So the questions on the discussions issues going on, there are reforms that make our own decision and we are very nuclear arrangements as certified by the foreign secretary who would be coming in UK regarding Yemen and the human rights and international issues came up; these are needed in banking. The decision of determined to do so. We are working on IAEA. But there is no reason to doubt the here with the opportunities in New York issues and the European country’s behavior. were the main topics of conversations as the United States doesn’t make it easier. the economic side of it. We are working sincerity and the determination of the EU when people get together. These are op- And what is the general approach of Lon- we went round the discussions. We are very determined in the European to find a technical mechanism that will to continue with this. I see no evidence; portunities where people meet up and don toward the developments in Bahrain Any special achievements? How Union to find mechanisms and at the allow the banking system to continue. I see a lot of hard work by my colleagues discuss their opportunities to build trust. and the democratic demands of its people? successful do you assess your visit? same time we are still encouraging our This is not an easy process. It does take trying to find the mechanism that will And we should all do our best and try to Bahrain has been in the process of time. It cannot be achieved very quickly. assist in terms of the economies. I do not deescalate the allegations of mistrust that reform for many years and prior to the We are working very honestly on that. see any lack of will. I do not think that are too easy to run these days. We live in events of 2011; since 2011, we have Second Announcement Permit No. 1397.2556 We have realized that there is cost in our will be detected by any of your readers. a world of fake news and everything else worked with the government of Bahrain relationship but we are prepared to pay Germany and France have announced where it is easy to run suspicions. Let’s on this reform program with providing the cost because it is the independence that they are going to establish a new fi- look at facts and evidence and I would technical assistance; we believe it is im- ask readers to say. There is no evidence portant how that reform program goes of foreign policy matter. nancial mechanism to deal with Iran. Does 1397/2556 to suggest that this sort of worries, that on; it is important that the process goes N.I.S.O.C Why do you think that this process the UK support it too? NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY N.I.S.O.C is not easy? We are working collectively to find people may have, have any foundation. without violence being directed against NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTHAHVAZ OILFIELDS-IRAN COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN I am not a technical expert to talk about mechanisms to support our businesses. Yes. Are there any differences between the Bahraini government and against the TENDER NO. : 31-32-95304-44-001 this. They are trying to put together a bank- How do you see the future of the the U.S. and the UK regarding the de- Bahraini people; and we will continue to ing mechanism in Europe. And remember relations between Iran and the UK? In velopments in the Middle East, I mean work with Bahrain as a good partner and TENDER NO. : 31-32-95304-44-001 National Iranian South Oilfields Company(NISOC)intends to that the world banking system is intercon- which way do you think it can be much Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain and the Deal strong partner of the United Kingdom; National Iranian Southpurchase Oilfields Company the(NISOC) followingintends to purchase goods the following goods nected, and the reach of American financial better than now? of Century? and we want the reform program will institutions is very long, and people have Good, remember it is not that long ago Well, look! We can have half an hour continue to make sure that Bahrain’s Items Material Description Quantity. mutual obligations trying to find a path I could not have been sitting here to have on each one of those. There are, to trying government works with all its people through those that secures those banking this interview as you know. It has been answer it shortly, differences of policy be- who count on their identity strongly as 01 COMPLETELY NEW “RUSTON“ GAS TURBINE 2 arrangements to make sure that they can within my time as a foreign minister that tween United Kingdom and United States Bahraini rather than anything else; we will continue to support that. TYPE: TB 5000 be fulfilled in relation to European, and we have been up and down and back up but there are many areas of agreement. Iranian connections outside the reach of again. So it is good that I am here. I like my We’ll want to see a stable and secure Middle Is there anything else that you like INCLUDING SPARE PARTS, PACKING, LOADING, TRANSPORTATION any U.S. sanctions is not technically easy. conversations here. I like an opportunity East. We are very aware of the potentials to add at the end of this interview? AND INSTALLATION ON THE PROJECT SITE Does the UK exit from the EU affect to discuss with a state with a country that of confrontations now between different No. I think you asked a good ques- the UK relations with the U.S.? has such an extraordinary history, three elements in the region. And we all want tion at the beginning that gave me the PRESONNEL TRAINING AND SITE VISIT ARE REQUIRED Not really. There is a difference of thousand years of history and influence to work actively to deescalate those ten- opportunity to express my thanks to our opinion and difference of policies be- in the region. How it sees the region and sions. And they are different in each place. interlocutors here in the government; Two or three as an example; Syria: Syria they have been very generous as I see a Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their Intention to participate tween the United Kingdom and the EU how that history is used in contemporary Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested will come to a conclusion. The fighting lot you minister in different places and letter via fax to the following number not later than 14 days after the second announcement. The applicants and the United States. It is not the end of sense, bearing in mind the nature of the to send their Intention to participate letter via fax to the following government here and the nature of the is likely to be ended relatively soon. We I appreciate that and that’s good and should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide and submit a bid relationship between the EU, the UK and number not later than 14 days after the second announcement. The the United States. It must not be consid- government in state roundabout. I have strongly support a political agreement I was also able to make references to bond of Euro 83,471 or Rls 4,300,000,000 in favor of NISOC Kindiy note that NISOC will not make any applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required ered as a possibility of that. We disagree colleagues in the parliament who have and settlement that would mean the the other meetings that I had here; so advance payment to the winner of thetender. future of Syria for its people and those I am going to see the programs in Iran goods and capability to provide and submit a bid bond of Euro 83,471 with our partners on important issues. been here regularly. The Anglo-Iranian Iranian vendors shall submit their resume according to Quality Assessment Forms available at www.nisoc.ir The United States is still a great partner business and corporation, we have the refugees returning will be secure. That to talk about the works done here for or Rls 4,300,000,000 FOREIGN in favorPURCHASING of NISOC DEPAR KindiyTMENT note that NISOC will of the United Kingdom in a whole variety cultural relationship. And, you know, would mean the present regime cannot the Afghans which again is not easy for not make any Bldg advance NO 104, Material payment procurement to the Management winner of Complex thetender. of ways. But when we think something is we have a first rate ambassadorial team operate as it did prior to 2011, and has your government. So you gave me good Iranian vendors Kouy shall-e-Fadaeian submit Islam their (New Site) resume Ahvaz, Iranaccording to Quality wrong, say the example of United States’ and colleagues who work right across the got to operate in a way which its people opportunity to answer your questions, Tel. No.: +98-61 -34123455 fax NO.: +98-61 -34457437 moving of its embassy to Jerusalem. At a board in the things that we can do together. feel secure and safe, and we would look thanks you very much. Assessment Forms available at www.nisoc.ir Public Relations FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Bldg NO 104, Material procurement Management Complex Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site) Ahvaz, Iran EU help to Iran is not serious: Hunter 1 I believe Europe is using the Iran issue to America was not so keen in getting European coopera- over, given the current conditions, European governments Tel. No.: +98-61 -34123455 fax NO.: +98-61 -34457437 discredit Trump and increase its own bargaining power tion regarding Cuba than it has been vis a vis Iran. The are not themselves interested in seriously helping Iran. It in matters more important for Europe. Iran is becoming main issue is that Europe does not want to endanger its was recently reported that the EU will offer 18million euros Public Relations a tool inn Europe’s hands in confrontation with Trump. economic interests in America for Iran’s sake. for some projects in Iran. This is not serious. Europe wants www.shana.ir Previously, in 1996, without the Europe support, In Europe, economic companies have the right to to keep Iran committed to JCPOA, and thus makes some www.nisoc.ir America put sanction on Cuba, and Europe did not accept choose and freedom, and the EU also does not want to vague promises, but it is not willing to give Iran serious these sanctions. Nowadays Is Europe still able to resist restrict this freedom. Does the EU can push the com- help. This is because Europe, too, is unhappy with many http://iets.mporg.ir U.S. sanctions against Iran? panies to work with Iran? How the EU can force the aspects of Iran’s foreign policy behavior. The fact is that A: Iran issue is more complicated than Cuba because companies to cooperate with Iran? Iran’s options are very limited. If it exits JCPOA, it could it is linked to other Middle East -related issues. Europe A: European countries can encourage their companies to face military attack or more severe sanctions and other روزنامه : تهران تایمز نوبت اول 10/6/97 نوبت دوم :97/6/13 has very little economic relations with Cuba. Moreover, invest in some countries, but they cannot force them. More- economic pressures. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 South Korea may seek change in Ronaldo buys controlling stake in Real Valladolid controversial military exemption for athletes

Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldo has become the majority share- South Korea may seek to revise its military exemption pro- holder of Real Valladolid, after purchasing a 51% controlling gramme for athletes amid calls for stricter rules after the stake in the Spanish club. country’s football and baseball teams earned the reward The 42-year-old played for Real Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan with gold medals at the Asian Games over the weekend. and Barcelona in an 18-year playing career. Military service is a highly contentious issue in South Korea, Valladolid are 16th in La Liga and yet to win a game this season. where all able-bodied men must complete about 21 months “The arrival of Ronaldo puts Real Valladolid on the map and of service as part of efforts to maintain a deterrent against the will allow the club to take a leap in quality,” said president Carlos North. Exemptions are offered to athletes who win titles at the Suarez. Asian Games or medals of any colour at the Olympics, however, Ronaldo scored 62 times for Brazil, including both goals when and Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min along with they beat Germany in the 2002 World Cup final. his team mates earned that right when they struck gold on Speaking at a news conference on Monday, he said: “I have Saturday. Nine baseball players who had not yet completed gone through many stages in my training in football to prepare. their service also received the exemption after winning the Football is a passion. Asian Games title in Jakarta on Saturday, but they could be “This new management will be defined by four words: com- among the last athletes to be so rewarded. petitiveness, transparency, revolution and social.” Ki Chan-soo, commissioner of the Military Manpower Ronaldo won two La Liga titles with Real Madrid and the Administration, an arm of the Defence Ministry in charge of Uefa Cup with Inter. He was part of the Brazil squad who won conscription, said on Monday that the rule could be amended. the 1994 World Cup - although he did not play - and helped them “We’re planning a comprehensive re-examination of reach the 1998 final. the system in the areas of sport and art,” Ki told Yonhap. He picked up the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the “We’re already running short of military personnel re- world in 1997 and 2002. sources so we’ll start by looking into whether the exemption Last month, he was admitted to hospital in Ibiza with pneumonia. programme is fair.” (Source: BBC) An official at the conscription agency told Reuters that Ki was speaking “in principle” in light of recent media and parliamentary inquiries, and no specific plan for a review had been set up. The Defence Ministry also said in a statement Denmark’s Euro 2020 that it was not considering any change in the system for now but would have intra-agency consultation on the issue. “I don’t really think it’s unfair ... he is one of the most confined to classical music and dance. campaign at risk due to The incentive was introduced in the 1970s as part of famous South Korean stars in the world,” Jang Ji-hoon, who Ha pointed out that the BTS band topped the Billboard Seoul’s drive to become a world sporting power and raise its is currently serving in the military, said of Son. 200 albums chart for the second time this year on Sunday player contract dispute profile on the global stage but it has come in for criticism in “I just hope that he does not go into the service and de- with its latest album “Love Yourself: Answer” — an unprec- recent years as the country rebalances its priorities. velops himself during that time instead.” edented feat in K-pop history. The Danish Football Association (DBU) is looking for replace- Some have called for the exemption system to be abol- According to a survey in July by pollster Realmeter, nearly “The programme should be open to other areas but with ments for regular national team players for this month’s matches ished altogether, questioning its fairness in an era where 48 percent supported scaling up the incentive for athletes, a higher threshold, say, number one worldwide, not Asia,” against Slovakia and Wales after contract negotiations broke down. the South Korean public have been yearning for an end to while 44 percent were opposed. Ha told Reuters. If the DBU fails to recruit players for the games, Denmark, privilege and lopsided advantages in all walks of life. K-POP BOYBANDS Ha and some other experts have proposed a scheme who are ninth in the FIFA world rankings and reached the last The baseball team was at the centre of the latest controversy Ha Tae-keung, an opposition lawmaker, said the pro- under which athletes acquire a certain amount of points 16 at this year’s World Cup, could face expulsion from the 2020 as it consisted of top professionals and the national league gramme should also be expanded to include other professions from international competitions to qualify for exemption. European Championship. was put on hold during the Games, while other countries such such as K-Pop boybands. Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic “UEFA has been pretty clear about this,” a DBU spokeswoman as Japan and Chinese Taipei sent more amateurs than pros. An artist who takes first or second place in a govern- Committee, expressed support for the idea on Sunday, saying said. “That would be the worst-case scenario”. Others, though, believe the system fosters athletic ex- ment-designated international contest can be granted an he would raise the issue for discussion. She could not say if the association had been successful in cellence and boosts the country’s image. exemption but the fields eligible for the benefit are largely (Source: Reuters) attracting lower-tier players to play in the team’s matches this month. The dispute is chiefly over the rights of players, including Amateurs vow no easy ride for Bolt ‘My desire has not gone down at all’ - Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen, to make in- dividual sponsorship agreements with companies competing ahead of Mariners debut Williams after reaching last eight with national team sponsors. The players’ travelling conditions are also an issue. The DBU on Sunday rejected the players’ offer to extend their existing contracts for the next two games which would have post- poned further negotiations until after those matches. The team are scheduled to play Slovakia in a friendly on Wednesday and Wales in a Nations League group stage match on Sunday. Coach Aage Hareide will not be in charge of the team for the games as the FA does not want him to manage a side he did not pick himself, the DBU said. The DBU last year had to cancel a World Cup qualifying match for the women’s national team against Sweden, also due to a contract dispute. (Source: Eurosport)

Ventura avoids IKEA, will Usain Bolt’s Central Coast Mariners debut tackle). But I don’t think anyone will be Serena Williams says her motivation to win ibly high level to compete and to want to will pit him against a grab bag of office dirty, either. It’ll be a really good natured major trophies remains as high as ever in win,” Williams said. never get over Italy’s World workers, students and factory hands in game.” motherhood after reaching the US Open “It would be wonderful to win a Grand an amateur side that have no intention Eight-times Olympic gold medalist Bolt quarter-finals. Slam while having a daughter, but it’s a Cup failure of giving the Olympic sprint champion an had his first training with the A-league team Williams, whose daughter Olympia lot of work. easy ride, their captain Matt Page has said. only a week ago and said he expected to turned one on Saturday, is aiming to win “It takes a lot of work to win those tour- Former Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura, in charge last year when The Jamaican’s hopes of winning a feel “nerves” at the trial match. a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title naments. I’m only in my third one back. they lost to Sweden and missed out on the World Cup, said he professional contract in the Australian He has admitted he lacks fitness and in New York. The 36-year-old American I’m going to continue to grind and see what would never get over their “momentous” failure and joked that top flight will be tested on Friday when is still struggling with the “stop and go” former world number one is playing her happens.” he had avoided shopping at IKEA. the Mariners play an amateur select side nature of football. seventh tournament since giving birth. Meanwhile, Williams says she hopes The 70-year-old has kept a low profile since he was sacked at their sleepy base in Gosford, north of With speed his obvious asset, the “That desire has not gone down at all,” to have more children in the future - but in November, shortly after Italy were beaten 1-0 in a two-leg Sydney. [nL3N1VJ1PB] 32-year-old has trained as a left winger she said. maybe not until after she finishes playing. playoff by Sweden and failed to qualify for the World Cup for The pre-season match will be televised and will hope to get on the pitch for the “And I don’t think it was capable of going “Right now is not the time,” she said. the first time since 1958. live by a local broadcaster and could draw last 15-20 minutes. up, because if it was at a 10, I was at a 15 “I’m thinking about playing tennis and “It was a long summer for me,” Ventura told state broadcaster over 12,000 paying fans to the Mariners’ Marking the speedster could be a or a 20 - and I’m still there.” enjoying this time with Olympia. RAI in a radio interview. “It had been many years since I had a full home stadium, where they can expect fire- challenge but the amateurs’ coach Chris Williams, seeded 17th, has been in fine “I’ll have plenty of time in the future.” summer, but it gave me the opportunity to reflect and regenerate.” works, a DJ and at least a cameo appearance Ackerley said he had the perfect man for form at Flushing Meadows, dropping her Williams cruised to the first set in 18 min- “Have I got over the disappointment with the Blues (Italy)? It from the athletics superstar. the job at right back — a “thick-set lad” first set of the tournament before recovering utes against Kanepi, only to see the world is difficult because what happened was something momentous.” Once the entertainment makes way for by the name of Bryce Fielder from local to win 6-0 4-6 6-3 against Estonia’s Kaia number 44 fight back to level in the second. “After the Sweden-Italy match, I don’t go to IKEA any more,” the sport, Bolt can expect to face a set of champions Killarney District FC. Kanepi on Sunday. The Estonian missed two break points in he added, referring to the iconic Swedish flat-pack furniture willing opponents bent on making their “I think Usain Bolt will know he’s been Winning the US Open for a seventh time the first game of the third set, allowing company. Ventura, who has spent much of his career in the lower own impression in front of a prime-time in a game, especially if he gets a few tackles would see her level Australian Margaret Williams to fight back and hold serve with divisions and coached nearly 20 clubs, still wanted to manage audience. “Everyone’s buzzing. Most of in on him because Bryce has got tree-trunk Court’s all-time record of 24 majors. a backhand winner, which brought out a again and received an offer from one Serie A club during the the guys wouldn’t have played in front of thighs,” said Ackerley, whose father Stan Williams returned to Slam competition loud yell of “come on” from her. summer but the deal fell through. a big crowd like this before, myself includ- captained Australia’s national Socceroos at the French Open in May, only to with- “It was a Serena scream,” Williams said “I have found the adrenaline again. I feel an inner necessity, ed,” 34-year-old skipper Page, a former side in the 1960s. draw before her last-16 match against Maria with a smile. “I don’t try to do it. It just a ferocious desire to show what I can do,” he said. groundsman at the local soccer association, Bolt may also meet a fellow Caribbean Sharapova of Russia because of injury. comes out. (Source: Goal) told Reuters by telephone. in 45-year-old forward Keith Gumbs, who She then reached the Wimbledon final “Winning a big game and a very impor- “If he wants to make it at this level, no played over 100 times for the tiny island in July but lost to Germany’s Angelique tant game and a really tight game, I think one’s going to take it easy on him. I don’t nation of St. Kitts & Nevis. Kerber. it was just a relief.” envisage any of the boys pulling out (of a (Source: Mirror) “My desire still remained at that incred- (Source: BBC) Ex-head of South American soccer governing body Modric, Ronaldo, Salah named FIFA The Best finalists sentenced to nine years Lionel Messi has failed to make the world player of the year third successive season. shortlist for the first time since 2006, with Luka Modric And, while he would have expected to make a bigger A former head of the governing body for soccer in South America and Mohamed Salah making their first appearance in the impact in Russia, he still hit a hat trick again Spain, which was sentenced to nine years in prison by a U.S. judge on Wednes- final three alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. included one of the goals of the tournament with a stunning day for crimes stemming from the bribery scandal that engulfed Messi and Ronaldo have been the only winners of world late free kick. the sport three years ago, prosecutors announced. soccer’s main individual award from FIFA since 2008. Mohamed Salah’s impact on the world stage may have Juan Angel Napout, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge The award, created in 2016 following FIFA’s split with been minor, but his exploits in the Premier League and Pamela Chen in Brooklyn, New York, who also ordered him to the Ballon d’Or, will this year honour the standout player Champions League for Liverpool made him a certainty for pay more than $4.3 million in financial penalties, according to from July 3, 2017 to July 15, 2018 -- and in that period, this list. He became the first player to score 32 in a 38-game a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue. Modric won the Champions League with Real Madrid, while season, while also contributing a further 10 in Europe -- while “Napout’s conviction, as well as the successful prosecution of also helping Croatia reach the World Cup final where his he won all the individual awards in England. other high-level soccer officials, has struck at the core of corruption performances earned him the Golden Ball. Meanwhile, FIFA also announced the three finalists for in soccer and underscores the need for continued vigilance against Ronaldo, who has won this honour in both years of its The Best Men’s Coach award with Zinedine Zidane, Didier fraud and bribery in the sport,” Donoghue said in a statement. existence, is once again among the final three, but faces Deschamps and Zlatko Dalic making the cut. “Of course we are disappointed with the nine-year sentence arguably his toughest challenge yet, following so many Zidane led Madrid to a third successive Champions League and plan to appeal both the verdict and sentence,” Silvia Pin- impressive performances in Russia. title, while Dalic led Croatia to the World Cup final where era-Vazquez, Napout’s lawyer, said in an email. However, the Juventus forward will still be confident scorer in the Champions League. His 15 goals -- five more they were beaten by Deschamps’ France. (Source: Euronews) of making it three in a row, as he once again finished top than anyone else -- helped Madrid win the trophy for a (Source: ESPN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 SPORTS 15

Esteghlal, Persepolis learn fate Ali Ghorbani joins Spartak Trnava

IRNA — Ali Ghorbani joined Slovak football team Spartak Trnava at Iran’s Hazfi Cup from Esteghlal on Monday. The 28-year-old player has joined Spartak Trnava on a two- SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian football year contract for an undisclosed fee. deskgiants Esteghlal and Persepolis learned their fates in Iran’s Hazfi Cup Round of 32 on Monday. Reigning champions Esteghlal will face Naft Masjed Soleyman in Masjed Soleyman whil Persepolis host first tier Navad Urmia in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The Iranian football league was not being held during the 1980s, hence the winners of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Championship. After the revive of the league system, the cham- pions of Iranian league qualified for Asian Club Championship and the winners of Hazfi Cup par- ticipated at the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup. However, Ghorbani started his playing career with Nassaji in 2010 the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup merged with the Asian and has also played at Iranian football clubs Gahar, Mes Champions Cup in 2002-03 to form the AFC Cham- Sarcheshmeh and Naft Tehran. pions League and Iran had been initially given two Ghorbani joined Esteghlal in 2016 and scored 18 goals in 68 (and later four) slots in this competitions. matches for the Blues. He scored against Persepolis in Tehran The Iranian football federation decided to award derby in his first season in Esteghlal. one of Iran’s AFC Champions League spots to the FC Spartak Trnava is a Slovak professional football club based winner of the Hazfi Cup, and since then, the winners in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in of Hazfi Cup have always been allocated a spot in the country, having won both the Czechoslovak First League and the AFC Champions League. the Czechoslovak Cup five times, and reaching the semi-final of The competition was founded in 1975. Estegh- the European Cup once and the quarter-final twice. lal are the most successful club with seven titles. Esports: Move to less violent games for 2022 Asiad - Alisport CEO Women volleyball team to JAKARTA (Reuters) — Esports will With the development of smart technology, participate at Szeles Péter shift away from violent content and to- there will be more ways to play esports ward sports- focused titles for the 2022 that will require physical efforts,” he said, Memorial Asian Games, the CEO of Chinese tech noting that he had emphasized this to Bach. giant Alibaba’s sports arm told Reuters “The shape of esports players right now TASNIM — Iran’s women’s volleyball team will take part on Sunday. is not so good, but in the future, they will at the Szeles Péter memorial as part of preparation for the Alisports CEO Zhang Dazhong, who have muscles!” 2018 AVC Cup. partnered with the Olympic Council of HANGZHOU 2022 The tournament has brought a total of six teams together. Asia (OCA) to feature electronic sports Alisports is taking an active role in the Team Melli will start the competition with a match against as a demonstration event in the 2018 Asian 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China Hungary national team on Thursday. Games, said the discipline would need to where Alibaba has its headquarters. The Iranian team is preparing for the 2018 Asian Women’s evolve to earn Olympic inclusion. Esports was originally announced as a Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women, scheduled “The Asian Games is the first step. We medal event for the 2022 Games. But the for September 17 to 23 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. are working towards meeting the standards OCA told Reuters it had put those plans on set by the International Olympic Committee hold until it acquires a recognized world (IOC),” he said. federation and Asian body. Players from 18 nations competed Although the Asian Electronic Sports Abdollah Veisi quits Iran’s across six different games at the 18th Federation (AESF) claims to be the “sole Asian Games, which ended on Sunday, competent authority for electronic sports” Naft Masjed Soleyman in competitive video gaming’s debut at a in the region, South Korea’s Internation- major multi-sport event. al esports Federation organizes separate Persian Football — Abdollah Veisi left Naft Masjed Soleyman Recognised by the IOC as a sport, the entertainment and about the honor of rep- supportive of e-sports,” Zhang said.”Right world championships and there is no single football team after five weeks in charge. Jakarta event was also a trial run for esports resenting your country,” he said, noting that now, there haven’t been very serious reg- international body. Veisi replaced Mahmoud Fekri in late June but parted company to be included as an exhibition event in both the OCA and IOC were hopeful that ulations towards electronic games and on Alisports will be making Chinese female with the Masjed Soleyman based football team due to financial the 2024 Paris Olympics. esports titles would become sports focused. content. We anticipate that in the future athletes a priority, Zhang said, starting issues. Professional electronic gaming boasts an The CEO said “a move in the direction this will change and that there will be a with assistance for the country’s women’s Under guidance of Fekri, Naft Masjed Soleyman won pro- estimated 250 million players worldwide of sports-focused esports” was happening clear line on what is esports content and national soccer team who won the silver motion to the Iran Professional League (IPL). in a growing market worth about a billion globally, referencing a crackdown in China what is video games content.” medal at the Asian Games. Former Esteghlal coach Parviz Mazloumi is among the can- dollars a year. on mobile gaming. Zhang cited Tencent’s Honor of Kings, “We are looking to help (Chinese) female didates to take charge of Naft Masjed Soleyman. But the inclusion of battle games like Beijing announced on Thursday it would which has more than 200 millions players athletes. More than 70 percent of Alibaba’s Naft Masjed Soleyman sit one place above bottom in IPL table. the popular League of Legends is unlikely limit the number of new online video games, in China as an example of “violent content” customers are young women,” he said. to convince IOC President Thomas Bach, take steps to restrict the time young peo- that would probably not be part of the 2022 The CEO said Alisports would be pro- who said in April that the violence in some ple spend playing games and explore an Asian Games. viding financial and logistical help to the games went against Olympic values. age-appropriate system for players. Honor of King’s international version, team, including for the 2019 FIFA Women’s Iran participate in World Zhang said the titles for the 2022 Asian The announcement led Tencent Hold- known as Arena of Valor, was played in World Cup. The company will also support Games would be more similar to foot- ings’ (0700.HK) market value to slump by the 2018 demonstration event. female esports players. Nomad Games ball-themed Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), around $20 billion. In the long term Zhang sees the lines “The equality between men and women which was part of the 2018 demonstration “The (Chinese) government is concerned between electronic and physical sports is important and they should be able to IRNA — The opening ceremony of the 2018 of World Nomad event and which Alisports helps promote. that the content is too violent and unhealthy blurring. have the same opportunities in sports,” Games was held at Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. “Esports should be about sports, not for young people, but the government is still “Esports is the result of the digital age. Zhang said. Political figures, including the Presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Tatarstan also attended the opening ceremony on Sunday. More than 2,000 athletes from 12 countries participate in Asian Games stir Indonesia’s pride, boost Jokowi’s campaign the event, including 24 Iranians. This edition of the Nomad Games kicks off officially on Mon- JAKARTA, Indonesia (?AP) — Indonesia’s hosting of flabby Subianto against the washboard abs of an Indonesian day, Sept 3 and will wrap up on Saturday, Sept 8. the Asian Games and a record haul of gold medals have heartthrob who jubilantly tore off his shirt after winning Previous editions of World Nomad Games (2014, and 2016) swelled national pride, boosting the re-election campaign gold in the men’s badminton singles. took place in and were won by Kyrgyzstan. of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Young Indonesians make up 35-40 percent of voters The World Nomad Games was the initiative of the former The 2-week games ended Saturday with Indonesia fourth and will play a “decisive” role in the 2019 presidential race, Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev and is intended to on the medal table behind China, Japan and South Korea. said Hugo Brennan, Asia analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, a create relationships between ethnic games and cultures and to A good chunk of its 31 gold medals were in obscure sports business and political risk consultancy. revive the historical and cultural heritage of different nations held only at the Asian Games, and none was from swim- “Jokowi’s motorcycle stunt during the opening cer- around the world. ming or athletics. emony was widely shared on social media and will have But for Indonesia, which has won only seven Olympic burnished his ‘cool credentials’ among this important gold medals — all in badminton — it was a landmark constituency,” he said. haul that outdid its modest ambition of sneaking into The PR win comes less than a month after Jokowi un- Japan’s Takakura among the top 10. expectedly chose a conservative cleric, Ma’ruf Amin, as A well-received opening ceremony, an absence of major his running mate, dismaying moderate and liberal sup- finalists for FIFA’s The Best organizational problems and Jokowi’s surprise announce- to thunderous applause. porters but likely neutralizing damaging criticism that he award ment Saturday that Indonesia would bid for the 2032 Olym- It resembled part of the opening of the 2012 London isn’t sufficiently Islamic. pics have fueled feel-good nationalism that analysts say Olympics, where Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond ap- Most of his five-year term has been spent balancing is likely to lift Jokowi in voters’ sentiments heading to an peared to skydive into the stadium. the demands of his moderate base, powerful Islamic con- Japan’s Asako Takakura remains in the running to add The Best April election. In another moment that riveted Indonesians, Jokowi was servatives, a complicated parliamentary coalition and the FIFA Women’s Coach Award to her five AFC Female Coach of That would widen his already substantial lead over former shown enthusiastically grooving to music blasting across military, which has never completely accepted its dimin- the Year honours, after being named as one of three finalists general and ultranationalist politician Prabowo Subianto, the stadium, a stark contrast to the morbid formality of ished role following the end of the Suharto dictatorship on Monday. Jokowi’s challenger for a second time. most Southeast Asian leaders. two decades ago. Takakura was named alongside Olympique Lyon’s UEFA The games will “certainly have a positive impact on Haris said the games also positively highlighted ethnic Improving Indonesia’s creaking infrastructure has been Women’s Champion League-winning head coach Reynald Pe- Jokowi’s electability,” said Syamsuddin Haris, a political and religious differences in Indonesia, the world’s most Jokowi’s signature policy — the Asian Games indirectly dros and Sarina Wiegman, who led her native Netherlands to analyst from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. “The populous Muslim-majority nation, with more than 260 highlighted some of the progress — and he enters the cam- the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 title. spectacular opening ceremony became a successful cam- million people, making it harder to exploit those divisions paign the clear but not unbeatable front-runner. Australia’s Alen Stajcic was one of seven previously shortlisted paign for the incumbent, especially to attract swing voters during the election campaign, he said. If it’s any consolation for Prabowo, who was narrowly candidates to miss out on a nomination for the final three. and millennials whose numbers are very significant.” “The Indonesian people saw how the athletes are defeated by Jokowi in 2014, the games afterglow will fade 2018 has been a memorable year for Takakura, who guided Jokowi was compared to Barack Obama when first fighting for victory, for gold medals, and the winners are and is unlikely to be a decisive factor when the world’s third the Nadeshiko to April’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup with a 1-0 elected in 2014, and he and his advisers have cultivated a not only Muslim, but also of Chinese descent, Christian, largest democracy votes in April, analysts said. over Australia in Jordan, before claiming gold at the 2018 “cool cred” around his presidency. Hindu and Buddhist,” Haris said. “This will certainly “I think Jokowi’s and Indonesia’s performance in Asian Games with a win by the same margin against China That was evident two weeks ago in his cameo at the dampen the sectarian and ethnic issues used in the 2014 the Asian Games will give the president a bit of a bump PR just last Friday. opening ceremony before a crowd of 40,000 and a national presidential elections.” in the polls but I’m not sure it significantly changes If the 50-year-old is successful at the official ceremony, to television audience. Despite Jokowi’s prominence, Subianto wasn’t totally his odds of re-election,” said Eurasia Group analyst be held in London on September 24, she will join the man she A slickly choreographed video showed Jokowi stuck in deprived of oxygen. Peter Mumford. replaced - 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup-winning head coach traffic — a humorous nod to one of Jakarta’s major chal- As chairman of the Pencak Silat association — a local “Any benefit from the Asian Games may have dissipated Norio Sasaki - as the second Japanese head coach to have won lenges in hosting the games. He donned a black helmet martial art included in these games — he was shown on by then. But certainly doesn’t do him any harm,” he said. FIFA’s highest coaching honor. and raced through the city’s backstreets on a motorbike national television presenting some of the 14 gold medals Jokowi, however, appears intent on extending its shelf While Takakura remains in contention, fellow Asian hopefuls to reach the stadium on time. that Indonesia won in the discipline, and in a group hug life, announcing alongside the president of the Interna- Sam Kerr and Saki Kumagai were eliminated from The Best FIFA Then the motorbike shown in the video sped into the with Jokowi and one of the winners. tional Olympic Committee on Saturday that because of Women’s Player category, with Brazil star Marta and Lyon duo stadium and its helmeted driver disappeared into a tunnel But he was also mocked online with a mercilessly effec- the success of the Asian Games, Indonesia will bid for the Ada Hegerbeg and Dzsenfier Marozsan reaching the final three. moments before the real Jokowi appeared in the VIP area tive meme that juxtaposed a recent image of a shirtless and 2032 Olympics. (Source: the-afc) Prayer Times Noon:13:03 Evening: 19:46 Dawn: 5:13 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:39 (tomorrow) SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Ehsan Yarshater, founder of Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 Encyclopedia Iranica, dies at 98 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 Webmaster: [email protected] CULTURE TEHRAN – The U.S.- Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 deskbased Iranian scholar Eh- No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran san Yarshater who spent all his life creating P.o. Box: 14155-4843 his magnum opus, Encyclopedia Iranica, a Zip Code: 1599814713 complete encyclopedia of Iranian culture and history, passed away on Saturday, a number of his fellow colleagues announced in posts published on social networks. He was also a professor and the founder of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University in New York. Born in Hamedan in 1920 he got a Ph.D. in Persian language and literature at the University of Tehran in 1947. He then moved to England to pursue his studies at London University, where he received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Old and Middle Art for Peace Festival to open Iranian in 1960. in Tehran on Sept. 14 In 1961, he was appointed to the Kevork- ian Chair of Iranian Studies at Columbia ARTTEHRAN – The Mellat Cineplex in Tehran University. He was the first full-time pro- deskwill be hosting the 6th edition of the Art for fessor of Persian at an American university Peace Festival from September 14 to 28, the organizers announced since World War II. In 1968, he established on Sunday. the Center for Iranian Studies. “The festival has been organized to bring hope, peace and He founded Encyclopedia Iranica in happiness to the everyday life of people but perhaps this would 1973 and was the editor-in-chief of the not come true due to the current economic and financial issues encyclopedia until his death. Yarshater in the country,” the director of looked for a successor several times, but Iranologist Ehsan Yarshater in an undated photo the festival, Fereidun Farbud, failed in his attempts to find one. said in a press conference at “He has worked to create the most com- wrote about Iranica in a report published the Middle East Studies Association of the Cambridge History of Iran. the cineplex. prehensive account of several millenniums on August 12, 2011. North America. He married Latifeh Alvieh, a cultural “Like the previous editions, of Iranian history, language and culture “There is nothing like it” in scope or He was the general editor of a 40-vol- advisor at the Cultural Bureau of the U.S. the festival concerns world peace in the Middle East, the Indian subconti- quality, said Ali Banuazizi, a professor at ume translation of al-Tabari’s 10th-century embassy in Tehran. She died in 1999, and and environmental issues such nent and Central Asia” the New York Times Boston College and a former president of history of the world and editor of some of the couple had no children. as the water crisis in the coun- try,” he added. The Art for Peace Festival “The Last Fiction” to compete “The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” will be showcasing a variety of artworks by Iranian and inter- in Korea Bucheon festival to go on stage in Tehran national artists in the media of painting, photo, sculpture, in- stallation, video art, cinema and theater to promote the culture of peace and a world without A poster for the 6th edition of the violence. Art for Peace Festival About 300 artworks creat- ed in various media have been selected to be showcased during the festival. A lineup of 41 films produced in 2017 and 2018, out of which 20 are debut films, will be screened during the event. In addition, 17 theatrical performances will go on stage at Baran Theater.

Tehran exhibit displays 150 years of Iranian political history

ARTTEHRAN – An exhibition displaying 150 years A scene from “The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” directed by Ehsan Falahatpisheh at deskof the Iranian political history opened at the A scene from “The Last Fiction” by director Ashkan Rahgozar. Nazerzadeh Kermani Hall in Tehran during September and October 2015 (Twall/ Saba Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran on Monday. ARTTEHRAN – Iranian Vocalist Shahram Nazeri has sung the Ziaeddin Safavian) A collection of 125 photos and documents about various histor- deskanimator Ashkan closing credits song in “The Last Fiction”. ical events in the country from Rahgozar’s “The Last Fiction” will be In addition, an all-star cast including ARTTEHRAN – Iranian at the Nazerzadeh Kermani Hall of the desk the Constitutional Movement competing in the 20th Bucheon International Parviz Parastui, Leila Hatami, Hamed Beh- director Ehsan Iranian Artist Forum in Tehran. between 1905 and 1911 to the Animation Film Festival in the South Korean dad, Baran Kowsari, Askhan Khatibi, Akbar Falahatpisheh plans to restage Swiss The comedy play is about Florestan Islamic Revolution in 1979 can city during October. Zanjanpur and Farrokh Nemati have lent writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Mississippi, a public prosecutor and a be viewed at the exhibit, the in- The movie is based on a story from the their voices to the characters in the project. Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” at the main fanatical exponent of Mosaic law who has stitute announced. Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of the The festival, which will be held from hall of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on murdered his wife. He visits Anastasia, who The exhibit is also showcas- Persian poet Ferdowsi. October 19 to 23, will also screen eight other September 27. confesses to having murdered her husband. ing materials on top political It is about Zahak’s treacherous rise to movies in the official competition. The play will be performed based on After Mississippi has persuaded Anastasia events such as the early years of the throne in Jamshid in Persia. The young Among the animated films are “A Man Is a translation by the renowned Iranian to marry him as a gesture of grotesque the reign of Qajar king Nasser and naive hero Afaridoun will have to save Dead” by Olivier Cossu from France, “This playwright and drama theater director retribution, the two dedicate themselves to ad-Din Shah (1821-1900), the the kingdom and its people from darkness. Magnificent Cake” by Emma DE Swaef from Hamid Samandarian, a public relations presiding over a governmental system of nationalization of the oil indus- But he must first conquer his own demons Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, and team announced on Monday. “absolute justice” under which Mississippi try and the demonstrations of in this portrayal of Persian mythology that “Funan” by Denis Do from France and Earlier in September and October 2015, sentences victims to death and Anastasia June 5, 1963, known as the 15 reveals human nature. Belgium. Falahatpisheh staged the comedy play presides over their execution. of Khordad Uprising. The exhibit has been organ- ized to familiarize the younger Brothers called Sisters show no mercy “Crazy Rich Asians” heads for huge A poster for an exhibition of generation of Iranians with the in star-studded Western Labor Day weekend photos and documents about political history of their country the Iranian political history over the past century. VENICE, Italy (Reuters) — “We’re good LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — The underway at the Saba Art and The institute will host the at what we do,” Joaquin Phoenix tells his summer 2018 box office is officially ending Cultural Institute in Tehran. exhibition until September 10. partner-in-crime John C. Reilly after they on a high note. have killed so many cowboys they have An August surge is thanks partially to lost count, in the comedy Western “The “Crazy Rich Asians”, the Warner Bros. Sisters Brothers” that premiered at the romantic comedy that is still doing crazy “Charlie Says” tells Manson Venice Film Festival on Sunday. good business in North America. Jon M. story from view of women The reason they are so good, apart from Chu’s film will top the domestic box office being handy with a pistol, is their complete for the third week in a row with estimates he sent to kill lack of conscience in taking a man’s life, showing it could make another $27 million something Phoenix’s character Charlie to $30 million over Labor Day Weekend. It VENICE, Italy (Reuters) — Charles Manson did not wield the Sisters attributes to the genes the broth- Director Jacques Audiard with John C. generated a three-day tally of $22 million “Crazy Rich Asians” premiere at TCL Chinese knives in the 1969 murder spree that ended the Californian hippy ers inherited from their abusive father. Reilly, Thomas Bidegain and Alexandre in 3,865 locations, dropping just 10 percent Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, California. dream, so what drove the people who did so on his orders? That In the first English-language film by Desplat attend the photocall for the film in its third outing and bringing its domestic (Getty Images/AFP/Emma McIntyre) is the question posed in “Charlie Says” which premiered in Venice Jacques Audiard, the French director “The Sisters Brothers” competing in the total to $110 million. locations. Lionsgate’s sci-fi action film — on Sunday. of “Dheepan”, “Rust and Bone” and “A Venezia 75 section at the 75th Venice In- Following “Jumanji: Welcome to the starring Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Carrie “Doctor Who” star Matt Smith plays Manson, a wild-eyed petty Prophet”, the brothers have a contract to ternational Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Jungle”, “Black Panther”, and “Avengers: Coon, Dennis Quaid, and James Franco criminal who sets up a hippy commune where his followers wor- kill a gold prospector being tracked by September 2, 2018. (Reuters/Tony Gentile) Infinity War”, “Crazy Rich Asians” is the — is on track to make $3.6 million over ship him like a messiah, clinging to every word of his incoherent Jake Gyllenhaal’s John, a more cerebral this sort of crisis point, similar to the way fourth film this year to top the domestic the four-day period. prophecies of Armageddon. bounty hunter who does not have what it we are now,” Reilly said. box office three weekends in a row. Meanwhile, Sony’s “Searching” found Directed by Canadian Mary Harron, who made the 2000 Chris- takes to finish the job himself. “We founded the West by murdering all Warner Bros. also nabbed second $5.6 million when it expanded to 1,207 tian Bale movie “American Psycho”, “Charlie Says” is set three years For Reilly, a familiar character actor the Indians and destroying all the buffalos, place as “The Meg” picked up another locations. The thriller featuring John after the murders of, among others, Roman Polanski’s actress wife who rarely gets big lead roles, playing and largely a lawless society was set up,” $10 million on 3,761 screens. That takes its Cho, Debra Messing, and Michelle La, Sharon Tate and her unborn child. opposite Phoenix was daunting. he told a news conference. North American cume to $120.5 million. has earned $6.5 million to date. Cho and Serving life in jail are three women, still in thrall to Manson and “The challenge was working with some- “The strongest prevailed over the weak. Newcomer “Operation Finale” fellow “Crazy Rich Asians” stars, including clinging to his promise that they will all live out the coming race one as amazing as Joaquin Phoenix, some- But that is not a sustainable plan for the launched at No. 4 with $6 million in Henry Golding, helped rally support by war in a hole in the desert from which they will emerge to populate one I hold to be the greatest actor working, future. That is a self-destructive plan, so I 1,818 locations. MGM’s political thriller buying out screenings of the film. a glorious new world. I think he’s peerless,” Reilly, who is also think that’s one of thing the film is looking debuted on Wednesday and is expecting Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible - Trying to reverse the brainwashing is a prison teacher who is a producer of the movie, told reporters. at ... that makes the film very relevant: to earn between $8 million to $10 million Fallout” continues to stay in the top five. astonished that the bright-eyed young women seem untroubled by At a key point in the film, his character, Where do we go from here?” over the six-day period. Chris Weitz, the This weekend, it looks to clock in at No. 3 their crimes and the fact they will die in jail. Eli, tells Charlie he would like to open a For all the brutality, Audiard said the filmmaker behind “American Pie”, “About with $6.9 million in 2,639 locations and “That’s a perspective that no one has seen and no one has really shop when their career as killers is over, movie “is about nothing other than love”. a Boy”, and “Rogue One: A Star Wars a four-day total of $9 million. The sixth focused entirely on: their story or their journey about how they something Phoenix’s character mocks, “In ‘The Sisters Brothers’, it’s a story Story”, directed the movie, which cost installment in the Ethan Hunt spy series has ended up there and why they did the things they did,” Harron told but soon he too is wondering whether about going home, going back to mother, $20 million. It stars Oscar Isaac, Ben generated $206 million in North America. Reuters in an interview. there might be more to life and is forced that home, without the disruptive influence Kingsley, and Nick Kroll. Disney’s “Christopher Robin” will be “To me that’s the great mystery. You know Charles Manson was to question his version of masculinity. the father had been. So it’s a film full of The weekend’s final wide release, “Kin”, facing off against “Searching” for fifth insane, but they were not, so how did he get them to do these things?” “In the 1850s in America we were at optimism.” opened with a dismal $3 million in 2,141 place.