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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12647 Sunday SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Shahrivar 21, 1395 Dhul Hijjah 9, 1437 Iran is a ‘vital link’ Non-oil on Silk Road: expert Tehran, Moscow ties get decade- export to

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 5 northern By Javad Heirannia long boost with two nuclear plants countries TEHRAN — Gautam Adhikari, a senior fellow at the Center POLITICS TEHRAN — After a coasts of the Persian Gulf more than one of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corpo- for American Progress in Washington DC, tells the Tehran desksuccessful anti-ter- year after the landmark nuclear deal. ration (Rosatom),” Iranian nuclear chief Times that Iran is “a vital link” on Chia’s new Silk Road initi- stands at $2b rorism synergy, Tehran and Moscow “According to the timetable envis- Ali Akbar Salehi said while attending a ative, also known as “One Belt, One Road” program. on Saturday capped off relations with a aged, the first and second units will groundbreaking ceremony to mark the Under the program, announced by President Xi Jin- ECONOMY decade-long cooperation to construct be constructed respectively over 108 launch of construction of the two new TEHRAN — Iran ping in 2013, China aims to invest in infrastructure projects desk two new nuclear power plants on the and 126 months with the cooperation nuclear power plants. exported $2 billion including railways and power grids in Central, West and of non-oil goods to Russia, Turkey, Southern Asia, as well as Africa and Europe. Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan Adhikari, who also served as a senior consultant of the See page 2 in the past Iranian calendar year World Bank, says Iran’s “strategic location and its capacity (ended on March 19, 2016), Trade to supply oil and gas to China are important reasons why Promotion Organization Director Iran is a key point of the OBOR.” Mojtaba Khosrotaj said on Satur- Following is the full text of the interview: day. China is trying to revive the Silk Road. Why? “In the first four months of the cur- A: The Silk Road project is a key part of China's ambi- rent Iranian calendar year (March 20- tion to make itself a leader in the world. China wants to July 21), Iran’s exports to the named create close ties with Asia, Europe, the Middle East as well countries reached $900 million and as Africa. The Silk Road is really two 'roads'. The Chinese the figure can possibly hit $3 billion by have named the initiative "One Belt, One Road' or OBOR. the yearend,” ISNA quoted Khosrotaj The 'belt' refers to a land route linking China with Europe as saying. through Central Asia and the Middle East and this section According to Iran’s Customs Ad- in a loose sense runs along the lines of the Silk Road of ministration, the country exported medieval times. The 'road' part is actually a maritime route $42.415 billion of non-oil goods in that would extend from China's ports through East Asian the past Iranian calendar year, show- ports, and the Indian Ocean to Africa and southern Eu- ing a 16.11 percent decrease from its ropean nations. TTogether,ogether, ththee iinitiativenitiative preceding year. is called the Silk Roadoad strategy, which Iran had set a target of $77.5 billion aims to make Chinana a globalglobal power- in non-oil exports for the past year, ac- house. The initiativeve will also pproviderovide cording to Khosrotaj. outlets for surplusus Chinese man- The country is expected to reach ufactured products,cts, like $50 billion worth of non-oil exports steel of which therere iiss a by the end of this calendar year, glut in China, throughough IRNA quoted Valiollah Afkhamirad, large scale infrastruc-ruc- Mohammad Babaei the previous head of TPO as saying ture projects in var-ar- on August 9. ious countries. IRNA/ See page 13

EDITORIAL Ayyubi to give report on cinema to Supreme Leader PERSPECTIVE By Hassan Lasjerdi By Yuram Abdullah Weiler ART Tehran Times editor-in-chief TEHRAN — Cinema are being screened,” he stated. Analyst and journalist deskOrganization of Iran Ayyubi also added that he will be (COI) Director Hojatollah Ayyubi said on sending the report to the Ulema as the Saturday that he is preparing a report respected religious society to say how on Iranian cinema that will be sent to many films with what themes have been What happened to 9/11? Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolu- produced so far and how the tastes of Reclaiming the Hajj: Did the House of Saud get off tion Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. filmgoers have changed over the past Time for true Muslim scot-free from 9/11? He made the remarks in an interview few years. he had with the Persian service of ISNA, “I will also mention the number of management ahead of Iran’s National Day of Cinema, ward his concerns during the past three films produced with the central theme .S. President Barack Obama on Saturday honored the which falls on September 11 this year. years,” Ayyubi said. of religion hope and Sacred Defense nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks. “Those who have reduced hajj to a U “In this report, which I am planning “I think it is the time to do what I have in the report, since I believe the cine- religious-tourist trip and have hidden In a weekly radio and internet address, Obama to submit to the Leader as the strong long planned to do, that is to present a ma of Iran is a frontrunner against the hailed the bravery of survivors and the emergency personnel their enmity and malevolence towards supporter of Iranian cinema, I will ex- report detailing what films were best- cultural invasion of the West in Iran,” he who responded to the heart- breaking incident, and the work the faithful and revolutionary people plain how this cinema has moved to- sellers and what films with what quality remarked. of others who have worked since to keep the United States 16 of Iran under the name of ‘politicizing safe, saying: The attackers' goal was to frighten Americans hajj’, are themselves small and puny into changing how they live. ‘MKO was expelled from Iraq in disgrace’ satans who tremble for fear of jeopard- He went on say: “Americans will never give in to fear.” izing the interests of the Great Satan, POLITICS TEHRAN — Majed of attacks against the United States the U.S.” “It's our diversity, our welcoming of all talent, our treating deskGhamas, the repre- soldiers stationed in Iran and then it Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei of everybody fairly - no matter their race, gender, ethnicity, or sentative of the Supreme Iraqi Islam- was put on the U.S. State Department faith - that's part of what makes our country great. It's what ic Council in Tehran, has said that the terrorist list. makes us resilient,” said Obama. he Hajj: a symbol of the pride Iraqi nation disgraced the Mojahe- After the 1979 Islamic Revolution and unity of the Muslim Um- As Obama’s term is nearing an end, the 2016 presidential din-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) by ex- in Iran, the group resorted to bomb- T mah. A bold demonstration of race for the White House is getting hot. The two presiden- pelling their remaining members from ings and assassinations. It then sided tial nominees, the Republican and Democratic frontrunners the classlessness and universality of Iraq, Tasnim reported on Saturday. with the Saddam Hussein army the war Islam that has been commandeered Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton talked on how they would The top Iraqi envoy described the against Iran in the 1980s. handle the affairs of the country if they become president. and subsequently mismanaged by the MKO as one of the shadowy groups that “Saddam, as the key sponsor of the Backed by the Saddam regime, the descendants of Wahhabi warlords who 13 sought to launch a new wave of terrorist MKO, was ousted and then the Iraqi gov- MKO launched a military attack on Iran feign Islamic piety while seeking the activities in the region. ernment attempted to expel the terrorist in 1987, one week after UN Resolution favor of the Great Satan and its Zionist He said the MKO must stop their group from Iraq, and today, with the Iraqi 598 brought the war between the Iraq- accomplice, the Little Satan. terrorist activities as they want to enter people’s support, the MKO has been ex- Iran to a halt. Last year’s Hajj confirmed the PERSPECTIVE other countries. pelled from the country,” he added. Iran accuses the group of being re- By Harun Yahya negligent nature and administrative “The MKO reminds Iraqi people of The MKO has existed as an Isla- sponsible for 17,000 deaths. political expert incompetence of the Riyadh regime. very painful memories. This is a mutu- mist-Marxist group in Iran since 1965, Saddam also used the group against To begin with, a construction crane al feeling between Iraqis and Iranians,” when it fought against the former Shias in the south and Kurds in the near the Grand Mosque collapsed Ghamas said. Shah of Iran. It performed a number north. killing 111 unsuspecting pilgrims The West should learn from and injuring over 300 others. The Iranian trade delegation to embark for S. Africa on Monday tragedy, which to date is the worst crane accident in history, exceeded their past mistakes ECONOMY TEHRAN — Trade enterprises and companies active in African economic and trade officials, by orders of magnitude the previ- deskPromotion Or- the fields of exports of technical and hold meetings with Iran’s ambassador he post 9/11 era created an environment of fear and ous casualty record for a crane col- ganization of Iran will dispatch a engineering services, plastic and plastic as well as commercial attaché in the Af- confusion towards Islam in the minds of American peo- lapse set in 2008 when a supercrane T trade-marketing delegation to South products, petrochemicals, food pro- rican country, hold trade meetings with in New York City toppled killing six ple most of whom were not familiar with its real source, Africa on September 12 to discuss duction, drugs and medical equipment, members of the Johannesburg Cham- namely the Qur’an. During this period, in many of the West- craft workers and one bystander. The opportunities for bilateral economic construction material, automotive, car- ber of Commerce, hold B2B match ern European countries, people discriminated against Muslims Saudi royals blamed the contractor, cooperation. pet, household appliances and health meetings with South African business- and treated them as outsiders. This terrorist attack was con- the Saudi Bin Laden Group for not According to the portal of the or- tourism. men, visit industrial and production sidered to be the bloodiest terrorist act in the history and trig- respecting “the norms of safety.” The ganization, members of the delegation During the four-day visit, the Iranian centers, markets, and tourism sights of gered series of other attacks in other parts of the world. The manufacturer, Liebherr, cited a failure include representatives of economic delegation is scheduled to meet South the African country. most notorious of them were 2003 Istanbul bombings, the to properly secure the boom of the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the 2005 London bombings. model LR 11350 crawler crane. Following the 9/11 attack George W. Bush initiated his The Tehran Times new pocket-sized glossary is now available on the market. The reader-friendly is a rich source Following the world’s worst crane agenda of a “war on terror.” The U.S. invaded Afghanistan of the most common journalistic terminology collected by the daily’s retired staff. disaster two weeks later, a stampede and Iraq based on this “agenda”. In order to prevent similar It can benefit a wide range of tastes from students to professional journalists. Persian equivalents have been resulted in the deaths of at least 717 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration implemented sev- given for all entries, including idioms and expressions. The glossary also includes example sentences for entries Hajj pilgrims—other estimates run as eral far-reaching laws, mostly by executive orders. Yet, today the authors thought it would be a bit difficult to learn. high as 2,000 and among them 131 Iranians—as they made their way to many analysts and politicians criticize these post 9/11 policies For more information contact: because what we see today is a very dangerous world com- Mina for the ritual of stoning the Satan at Jamarat. pared to 2001. 13 (021) 430 51 603-4 6 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 11,11, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Building new nuclear plants shows Iran Grand ayatollah calls 2015 Mina needs new sources of energy: Jahangiri disaster a disgrace POLITICS TEHRAN – As Iran on present. to Saudis deskSaturday began the Jakahngiri also said that building of the practical step for the construction of two nuclear power plants is an indication that POLITICS TEHRAN — Grand Ayatol- desk new nuclear power plants at the site of Moscow is committed to the July 2015 lah Naser Makarem Shirazi has the Bushehr nuclear site with the Russian nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint called the 2015 Mina tragedy a stain on Saudis’ re- help, First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). cord which will remain with them for good. said Tehran is firm to use nuclear technol- The vice president called Russia a “There is no doubt that the Mina tragedy was ogy for peaceful purposes. “strategic friend and partner” and said a stain on Saudis’ record… that cannot be washed The project, with a value of $10 billion, that the two countries can cooperate in away by any water,” he said in a statement on Sat- follows Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal various spheres. urday on the occasion of the first anniversary of the with world powers last year. Jahangiri also highlighted the impor- Mina crush. “The country’s need for new ener- tance of defense cooperation between During the accident 464 Iranian pilgrims lost gies and their use in various areas such Iran and Russia in fighting terrorism. their lives. as health and industry is not something Elsewhere, he said that durability of be abandoned by the Iranian nation,” the JCPOA is contingent upon meeting Defense minister Jahangiri said during the launching the obligations under the deal by each calls Iran harbinger ceremony for the two plants that some side. of peace other officials including Iran’s atomic Salehi said the new nuclear plants will chief Ali Akbar Salehi and Russia’s Ro- add over 2,000 megawatts (MW) of nu- satom State Atomic Energy Corporation clear power generating capacity in one POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian defense Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko were decade. deskminister has hailed Iran as “mes- senger of peace” in the sweep of history, IRNA re- ported on Saturday. ‘Iran will follow up on rights of Mina crush victims’ “As an Islamic and civilized country, Iran has been the messenger of peace and friendship all POLITICS TEHRAN – Head of Hajj and Pil- we’re beginning to feel how it felt like when we lost our desk over its honorable history,” Hossein Dehqan said in grimage Organization Saeed Ow- loved ones. The sad memories of that incident are still a message to the Iranian Army Volleyball Team. hadi said on Saturday that Iran will do its utmost to haunting us,” Owhadi said. The team will be attending the 35th World Mil- follow up on the rights of the Mina crush victims, IRNA He further said that the Mina disaster occurred itary Men’s Volleyball championship in Tehran, due reported. due to the Saudis’ mismanagement and incompe- to start on September 11. Addressing the first commemoration service for the tence, adding that the Iranian people will never for- Twelve teams will be partaking in the event. Gilani martyrs of the incident in the Grand Mosalla of get the tragedy nor forgive who was responsible Tehran, Owhadi said that the Islamic Republic will pursue for it. the stampede case through legal and political channels. The Saudis committed great crimes with their mis- Official blames Arab Thousands of people, including more than 460 Ira- management and this must not go unnoticed, Owhadi League for backing nian pilgrims, lost their lives in the stampede in Saudi remarked. Saudis’ misconducts Arabia on September 24, 2015. The official death toll from the government of The disastrous incident took place when two roads Saudi Arabia remains unchanged since two days filled with masses of pilgrims converged during the sym- Owhadi says, “As we are nearing after the event, with 769 reported killed and 934 POLITICS TEHRAN — The Arab League’s bolic ceremony of the stoning of Satan in Jamarat. the anniversary of that tragedy, others injured. desksupport for Saudis’ misconducts “As the Supreme Leader had advised, the Mina trage- we’re beginning to feel how it This is while based on the total of the individual na- has disparaged the status of the body, Hossein dy must not fade into oblivion and the death of the mar- tional reports, at least 2,431 people were killed in the Amir-Abdollahian, top advisor to the Iranian par- tyrs of this disaster must be commemorated, because felt like when we lost our loved incident. liament speaker, said on Saturday, ILNA reported. this shows how innocent those martyrs were,” Owhadi ones. The sad memories of that Iran cancelled dispatching pilgrims to Saudi Arabia “Rather than backing the Saudis’ regional mil- explained. incident are still haunting us.” this year since the monarchy failed to assure the safety itary and security interferences in Yemen, Syria, “As we are nearing the anniversary of that tragedy, of Hajj pilgrims. Bahrain, and Iraq, as well as their incompetence in running the hajj ritual, the Arab League should Tehran calls Mina tragedy a ‘blot’ on Iran living up to nuclear commitments, support the oppressed Palestinian people and de- nounce Saudis’ support for terrorism,” Amir-Abdol- Saudis’ performance U.S. official says lahian said, reacting to an anti-Iranian statement by the league in Cairo on Thursday. Reformists elect election committee chief

POLITICS TEHRAN — Reformists have deskelected Hojatoleslam Mohsen Rahami as the head of election committee as the next year’s presidential election is approaching, a reformist figure said on Saturday. Arash Habibi, head of the reformists’ election com- mittee’s secretariat, said that Rahami will hold the of- fice in line with strengthening the role of the reformist faction in the next presidential election.Iran will hold its POLITICS TEHRAN – A top litical experts of the Supreme National By staff and agencies had no more than 130 metric tons of next presidential election on May 19, 2017. deskIranian security of- Security Council, Shamkhani suggested Chris Backemeyer, the deputy assis- heavy water...Iran’s total enriched ura- The election would be held earlier than usual so ficial said on Saturday that the 2015 that it is essential to take practical steps tant secretary of state for Iran, has nium (up to 3.67 percent purity) stock- as not to coincide with the Muslim fasting month of Mina tragedy coupled with the Sau- to pursue the rights of the families of said that Iran is living up to the com- pile did not exceed 300 kg,” citing the Ramadan which starts in late May. dis’ incompetence to help the pil- the victims and to bring those respon- mitments it made as part of a nucle- nuclear deal’s limits on heavy water grims caught in the stampede are sible to the book. ar agreement reached with six world and enriched uranium. GC spokesman: “blots” on the performance of the “Mossad’s security doctrine to mar- powers in 2015. Iran and the 5+1 group - the United Saudi kingdom. ginalize the issue of Palestine in the “On the nuclear side, so far, Iran has States, Britain, France, China and Rus- FATF needs approval Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s world of Islam and diminishing the lived up to its commitments, and that’s sia plus Germany - finalized the text from parliament Supreme National Security Council power of the Saudis due to Yemen’s war a good thing,” Backemeyer said in a of the nuclear deal, officially called the Saudi Arabia, said Saudi Arabia even can be considered the main reasons panel discussion at the Atlantic Council, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action failed to respect the most “basic human behind the incompetence in managing the Council reported on Friday. (JCPOA), in Vienna in July 2015. POLITICS TEHRAN — Legitimacy of any and legal principles” to ease the suffer- Hajj rituals and the Mina incident,” the Backemeyer’s comments are in In July 2015, the UN Security Coun- desksort of agreement with foreigners ings of the families of victims. security official remarked. sync with recent findings by the Unit- cil turned the JCPOA into international will be subject to the parliament’s approval and this In the stampede in Mina on Sep- Shamkhani also called the Takfiri ed Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the law by endorsing a resolution, setting applies to the Financial Action Task Force on Money tember 24 last year, hundreds of pil- terrorists “Saudi soldiers” and said International Atomic Energy Agency the stage for the lifting of the Security Laundering as well, according to Guardian Council grims were killed. Among the dead that Saudis implement the region- (IAEA). The IAEA’s confidential report, Council sanctions against Iran. spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei. were 464 Iranians. al policies of the Zionist regime of which was reported by Reuters, found: The nuclear deal went into effect in “For any agreement to get finalized, it has to be Speaking at a gathering of the po- Israel. “Throughout the reporting period, Iran January 2016. approved by the Majlis (parliament) and the Finan- cial Action Task Force on Money Laundering is no exception,” Kadkhodaei said during a press confer- Tehran, Moscow ties get decade-long boost with two nuclear plants ence in Tehran on Saturday. 1 “Where we stand now is the outcome of the JCPOA,” of nuclear power generating capacity over a ten-year The agreement with Russia’s State Atomic Energy Cor- Salehi underscored, expressing thanks to Foreign Min- period, according to Salehi, a project which will require a ‘Mina martyrs are poration marks the second cooperation between the two ister Mohammad Javad Zarif and all others for nuclear whopping amount of $10 billion. victims of Al Saud countries since 1992 when the Russian company started negotiations with world powers. Also, the units once constructed will help Iran curb completing the Bushehr nuclear power plant, first initiated The nuclear compounds benefit Iran economically greenhouse gas emissions to the equivalent of 14 million stupidity’ by a German partner before the 1979 revolution. and environmentally in the long-term. tons, what Salehi, a nuclear physicist, hailed as “environ- The 1,000-megawatt plant, which is operating under The two units will add over 2,000 megawatts (MW) mentally important.” the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy As a spin-off of the project, desalinations facilities with a TEHRAN — The Qom Seminary POLITICS Agency, reached its maximum power generation capac- daily capacity of 200,000 cm will be established, which can deskTeachers Society issued a state- ity in August 2012. Iranian nuclear chief says, lower costs affiliated with water supply for southern cities of ment on Saturday saying the martyrs of the Mina Two year after the successful operationalization of “In 2014, Iran and Russian the semi-arid country, the nuclear chief pointed out. incident are “victims of Al Saud stupidity”. the project, Tehran and Moscow showed more serious- The event comes days after a confidential report by The statement also highlighted the importance signed three documents, ness to start new projects. the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by of forming an international Islamic fact finding “In 2014, Iran and Russia signed three documents, one contract, one protocol, Reuters says that Iran has kept to the nuclear deal it group to investigate the issue. one contract, one protocol, and one memorandum of and one memorandum of clinched with six world powers last year. The statement added the Saudi regime does not understanding, in Moscow to construct the new units, While closer relations between Tehran and Moscow deserve managing the Hajj rituals. understanding, in Moscow to paving the way for peaceful nuclear cooperation be- do benefit the sides, Iranians would expect a different The statement also said that Muslims are reli- construct the new units, paving tween the two countries to enter into a strategic, new face of Moscow, a more committed and less opportun- giously duty bound to launch an “ideological and phase,” Salehi explained. the way for peaceful nuclear istic one. political fight” against the Al Saud family. However, no concrete steps were taken, influenced by Unlike the sanctions era, analysts say, Moscow is not In a stampede at the holiest Muslim pilgrimage site cooperation between the pressure on the Kremlin by the West, until the situation the only partner Tehran has at its disposal now that the on September 24 last year, thousands of pilgrims were two countries to enter into a changed as Iran and six global powers thrashed out a nuclear pact has given Iran more leeway to pick nuclear killed. Among the dead were 464 Iranians. deal on Tehran’s nuclear program in July 2015. strategic, new phase.” partners. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 11,11, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3 U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for North Korea: Nukes are defence against U.S. truce from Monday ‘blackmail’ EU welcomes deal, wants political transition plan North Korea on Saturday sought to justify its weapons program The United States and Russia hailed a long been skeptical of Moscow’s inten- as a defense against the United States nuclear “blackmail” as breakthrough deal on Saturday to put tions in Syria. world powers debated ways to punish Pyongyang for its fifth Syria’s peace process back on track, in- The Pentagon said in a statement it and most powerful atomic test. cluding a nationwide truce effective from would carefully monitor the “prelimi- South Korea said the nuclear threat from its wayward neigh- sundown on Monday, improved human- nary understanding” agreed on Friday bor was growing fast and called for tough new sanctions from itarian aid access and joint military tar- and cautioned the Assad regime and its the United Nations Security Council to force it to change tack. geting of banned extremist groups. backer, Russia, to stick to deal require- The yield from Friday’s test, which sparked international shock- “Today, Sergei Lavrov and I, on behalf ments. waves, was estimated at 10 kilotons -- almost twice as much as the of our presidents and our countries, call “Those commitments must be fully one Pyongyang conducted only eight months ago. on every Syrian stakeholder to support met before any potential military coop- The North also boasted that the test was of a nuclear war- the plan that the United States and Rus- eration can occur,” Pentagon spokesman head that could be mounted on a missile. sia have reached, to ... bring this cata- Peter Cook said. “We will be watching “It is believed that the North’s nuclear capability is becoming strophic conflict to the quickest possible closely the implementation of this un- more advanced to a considerable level, and at a faster pace,” end through a political process,” U.S. derstanding in the days ahead.” Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se told senior ministry officials, call- Secretary of State John Kerry told a news The United States and Russia have ing for “more and stronger sanctions”. conference after marathon talks in the backed opposite sides in Syria’s civil war, The UN Security Council agreed to start work on just that -- Swiss city. with few signs of an end in sight to more even though five sets of UN sanctions since the first nuclear test a Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lav- than five years of conflict, which killed decade ago have failed to halt the North’s drive for what it insists rov said that despite continuing mistrust, more than 400,000 people and drove are defensive weapons. the two sides had developed five doc- tens of thousands of refugees into Eu- During a closed-door meeting on Friday, the council strongly uments that would revive a failed truce rope. condemned the test and agreed to begin drafting a new reso- agreed in February and enable military sions in an agreed area on the pretext of unhindered access via Ramouseh in the The United Nations said on Friday lution under Article 41 of the United Nations charter, which pro- coordination between the U.S. and Rus- hunting fighters from the banned Nusra south of the city. the Syrian government had effectively vides for sanctions. sia against militant groups in Syria. Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. “We must go after these terrorists,” stopped aid convoys this month and the “The members of the Security Council will begin to work im- Both sides agreed not to release the “That should put an end to the barrel Kerry said. “Not indiscriminately, but in besieged city of Aleppo was close to run- mediately on appropriate measures under Article 41 in a Secu- documents publicly. bombs, and an end to the indiscriminate a strategic, precise and judicious man- ning out of fuel, making the talks even rity Council resolution,” New Zealand’s Ambassador Gerard van “This all creates the necessary condi- bombing, and it has the potential to ner so they cannot continue to use the more urgent. Bohemen, who holds the council’s rotating presidency, told re- tions for resumption of the political pro- change the nature of the conflict.” regime’s indiscriminate bombing to rally The UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan porters. cess, which has been stalling for a long Under the agreement, Rus- people to their hateful crimes.” de Mistura, welcomed the announce- South Korea, the United States, Japan, Russia and China all time,” Lavrov told a news conference. sian-backed government forces and op- All sides in the conflict would need ment, saying in a statement that it had condemned the blast at the Punggye-ri nuclear site. The deal followed talks that stretched position groups, supported by the Unit- to adhere to the nationwide truce, Ker- provided “clear rules” for a cessation of In Seoul, dozens of protesters burned an effigy of the North’s late into Friday night and several failed at- ed States and Persian Gulf Arab States, ry added, cautioning opposition fighters hostilities and would allow warring sides leader Kim Jong-Un and called for “strong retaliation”, including tempts to hammer out a deal over the past would halt fighting for a while as a con- that if they did not separate from Nusra to resume political talks on a transition. pre-emptive attacks on the North’s nuclear complex. two weeks. The announcement on Friday fidence building measure. During this they would not be spared from air at- Mogherini welcomes deal Some newspapers were equally scathing. “South Korea left was delayed as Kerry and U.S. negotiators time, opposition fighters will have the tacks. European Union’s top diplomat Fed- unguarded before nuclear maniac,” read the banner headline of consulted with officials in Washington. chance to separate from militant groups “This requires halting all attacks, in- erica Mogherini welcomed the Syria the top-selling Chosun Ilbo. “The Obama administration, the Unit- in areas, such as Aleppo, where they cluding aerial bombardments, and any truce deal announced by Russia and the But the North’s ruling party newspaper vowed on Saturday ed States, is going the extra mile here have become intermingled. attempts to gain additional territory at United States on Saturday and called on not to submit to U.S. nuclear “blackmail”, and described the because we believe that Russia, and my We must go after these terrorists: the expense of the parties to the ces- the United Nations to prepare proposals South’s President Park Geun-Hye as a “dirty prostitute” for work- colleague (Lavrov), have the ability to Kerry sation. It requires unimpeded and sus- for political transition talks in Syria. ing with U.S. forces. press the Assad regime to stop this con- If the truce holds from Monday, Rus- tained humanitarian access to all of the “The agreement... is very welcome. All “Gone are the days never to return when the U.S. could make flict and to come to the table and make sia and the United States will begin sev- besieged and hard-to-reach areas in- parties to the conflict, other than groups a unilateral nuclear blackmail against the DPRK (Democratic Peo- peace,” he said. en days of preparatory work to set up cluding Aleppo.” designated as terrorist organizations ple’s Republic of Korea),” said Rodong Sinmun, using the coun- Previous efforts to forge agreements to a “joint implementation center”, where Pentagon and U.S. intelligence offi- by the United Nations Security Council, try’s official name. stop the fighting and deliver humanitarian they will share information to delineate cials have spoken out against the idea of must now ensure its effective implemen- “The U.S. is exasperated by the strong military steps being aid to besieged communities in Syria have territory controlled by Nusra and oppo- closer military cooperation with Russia, tation,” Mogherini said. taken by the DPRK in a phased way.” crumbled within weeks, with the United sition groups. in particular the sharing of locations of She also said in a statement that the The U.S. stations 28,500 troops in the South. The Joongang Ilbo States accusing Assad’s forces of attacking Both warring sides would pull back opposition groups that have fought to EU joined others “urging the UN to pre- newspaper recommended they should be armed with tactical nu- opposition groups and civilians. from the strategic Castello Road in Alep- topple Assad. pare a proposal for political transition” to clear weapons, as they were until the early 1990s. Kerry said the “bedrock” of the new po to create a demilitarized zone, while U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, serve as “the starting point for resump- The Security Council met at the request of Japan, South Korea deal was an agreement that the Syrian opposition and government groups who only days ago delivered a forceful tion of the intra-Syrian talks.” and the United States to agree on a response, despite resistance government would not fly combat mis- would both have to provide safe and speech in England criticizing Russia, has (Source: agencies) from Pyongyang’s sole ally China to calls for tougher measures. After Pyongyang carried out its fourth nuclear test, the council in March adopted the toughest sanctions resolution to date, targeting Obama on 9/11 anniversary: We never give in to fear North Korea’s trade in minerals and tightening banking restrictions. But since that measure was adopted, North Korea has car- Hailing the values and resilience that he says both define ident, whose term ends in November. ried out 21 ballistic missile launches, U.S. ambassador Samantha and sustains Americans, President Barack Obama on Nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York City, Power said. Saturday honored the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sep- Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon when hijacked com- “North Korea is seeking to perfect its nuclear weapons and tember 11, 2001, attacks. mercial airliners were slammed into all three locations in their delivery vehicles so they can hold the region and the world In his weekly radio and internet address, he also attacks that were planned and carried out by the al-Qa- hostage under threat of nuclear strike,” Power said. hailed the bravery of survivors and the emergency per- eda group. Pyongyang’s state media said on Friday the nuclear test had sonnel who responded, and the work of scores of others Al-Qaeda Leader Osama bin Laden was killed nearly realized the goal of being able to fit a miniaturized warhead on who have worked since to keep the United States safe. a decade later by U.S. forces during a May 2011 raid on a rocket. “In the face of terrorism, how we respond matters his Pakistani hideout that Obama authorized. North Koreans gathered around public screens to watch the ... We cannot give in to those who would divide us. We Obama noted in his address that the threat has official announcement of the test. cannot react in ways that erode the fabric of our society,” evolved since September 11, 2001, “as we’ve seen so The nuclear program has accompanied a series of ballistic he said. tragically from Boston to Chattanooga, from San Ber- missile launches, the latest of which took place on Monday as The attackers’ goal was to frighten Americans into nardino to Orlando”, cities that suffered headline-grab- world powers gathered for a G20 meeting in China. changing how they live, Obama said, adding: “Ameri- bing attacks. China has long been under pressure to rein in its increasingly cans will never give in to fear.” He pledged that the U.S. will stay relentless against ma said. aggressive neighbor. “We’re still the America of heroes who ran into harm’s attacks from al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Obama will mark Sunday’s anniversary by observing Beijing strongly condemned the test. But its priority is to avoid way, of ordinary folks who took down the hijackers, of the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group, which is spread- a moment of silence in the privacy of the White House the regime’s collapse, which would create a crisis on its border families who turned their pain into hope,” Obama said. ing its mayhem across the Middle East and the West. residence at 8:46am EDT, when American Airlines Flight and potentially shift the balance of power on the Korean penin- “It’s our diversity, our welcoming of all talent, our “So in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and beyond, we’ll stay 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade sula toward the United States. treating of everybody fairly - no matter their race, gen- relentless against terrorists like al-Qaeda and ISIL.” Center, before delivering remarks at a Pentagon memo- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter called for further pres- der, ethnicity, or faith - that’s part of what makes our “We will destroy them. And we’ll keep doing rial service. sure on North Korea, but said China bore responsibility for tack- country great. It’s what makes us resilient,” said the pres- everything in our power to protect our homeland,” Oba- (Source: AP) ling the problem. (Source: AFP)

France: Female Paris attack plotters ‘directed by ISIL’ Internaonal Call for Supplies’ RFQ (Request for qualificaon) French authorities have said that three police said. (Number 95/16) women arrested for planning an at- The car had no number plates and tack in French capital, Paris were being its hazard lights were flashing. Subject: Supply and maintenance of 250 sleeping, Bus type, and directed by the Islamic State in Iraq Although the cylinder on the back restaurant passenger coaches (CBU, CKD, PLB) and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist seat was empty, five full cylinders were group. discovered in the boot. Three bottles Raja Rail Transportaon Company plans to award the supply and maintenance of 250 sleeping, Bus type, and Anti-terrorism prosecutor Francois of diesel fuel were also discovered in restaurant passenger coaches (CBU, CKD, PLB) to qualified companies through a tender. Therefore, all companies Molins said on Friday that the three the vehicle, but police found no det- with good experiences in this regard are invited to submit the documents required for RFQ. suspects were determined to carry onators. out ISIL’s “deadly ideology”, and had “If it was an attack plot, the method General descripon of the tender is as follows: been given direction by ISIL terrorists was very strange,” a police source said Holder of the Tender: Raja Rail Transportaon Company in Syria. on Thursday. The women, aged 39, 23 and 19, France is on high alert following Deadline for obtaining RFQ documents: Applicants can refer to www.raja.ir to download RFQ documents at most were arrested on Thursday night as the thigh and the ankle. a string of attacks claimed by the no later than Monday, 10/17/2016. part of a probe into a car, loaded with According to Interior Minister Ber- ISIL terrorist group, including last All applicants, aer preparing the documents, are required to submit their contact informaon (Company name, six gas cylinders and three cans of die- nard Cazeneuve, the women were November’s coordinated attacks in Telephone number, Fax number, Email address, Address) to email address [email protected] or fax number sel that was found on Sunday parked preparing “new violent ... and immi- which assailants killed 130 people in +98(21)88848755 near the renowned Notre Dame ca- nent actions”. Paris. thedral. Four other suspects linked to the Speaking on Thursday, President Deadline for subming applicaons: Applicants can submit their applicaons no later than Wednesday , During the arrest one of the wom- alleged attack plot - including two Francois Hollande referred to attack 11/30/2016 at 16 o’clock to the following address: en, identified as Sarah H., 23, stabbed brothers and their girlfriends who plots that have been foiled “in recent Foreign Purchases Group, Procurement Management, Second Floor, 105, Corner of Sanaie St., Karimkhan Zand a policeman in the shoulder who had are aged between 26 and 34 - were days”, without elaborating. Blvd., Tehran, Iran been keeping watch on them from an arrested separately on Tuesday on Cazeneuve on Friday told French Note: In case of having any queson or problem related to the preparaon of documents, applicants can contact unmarked car near the apartment, the Wednesday. daily La Presse that 260 people have investigator said. A bar employee working near No- been arrested in connection with ter- the abovemenoned email or fax number. Teams of police then swooped on tre Dame had first raised the alert on rorist networks or operations since the Other related informaon and details are included in the call documents the women and in the struggle, the Sunday after noticing a gas cylinder beginning of the year. Raja Rail Transportaon Company 19-year-old Ines Madani was shot in on the back seat of the parked car, (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 11,11, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Kish Island to host intl. The G20 and the world economy: agreeing to disagree food exhibit in late Sept. At its first leaders’ summit, the Group of 20’s raison d’être was clear. Held shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran’s Persian country and also increasing the exports in late 2008, the forum of big economies reassured a worried deskGulf island of Kish will hold this sphere. world simply by putting on a show of unity. But as the worst its first edition of International Food, Bever- “Beverage and food producers could also ravages of the financial crisis have faded, the G20 has strug- age and Related Industries Exhibition (KISH get acquainted with each other’s achieve- gled to find the same sense of purpose. This year’s summit in FOODEX 2016) from September 28 to Octo- ments and products in the event,” he said Hangzhou, in eastern China, which ended on September 5th, ber 1, IRNA reported on Saturday. adding that “Inviting foreign investors and pulled leaders’ attention in many different directions. Based on IRNA, according to Iran’s Bev- companies to enter Iran’s flourishing market It was preceded by another display of co-operation: erage and Foodstuff Association Chairman which ultimately results in a higher quality of America and China ratified the Paris climate-change agree- Alireza Managhebi more than 50 domestic domestic products is also among the main ment. Then work began on a long list of problems, includ- and foreign companies will attend the exhi- goals of this exhibition.” ing simmering trade disputes, overstretched central banks, bition and the event is sponsored by Bever- About 40 foreign companies from various corporate tax avoidance and a populist backlash in several age and Foodstuff Association in collabora- countries including Germany, Italy, Turkey, countries against globalization. The final communiqué ran to tion with Kish Free Zone Organization. Britain, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UAE, more 7,000 words, not counting several lengthy appendices. Managhebi told IRNA that the exhibition India, Poland, Japan, France, Austria, and This sprawl frustrated some participants, who wanted a is aimed to pave the way for transferring Belgium will showcase their latest achieve- sharper focus on growth. The IMF noted that 2016 will be new technologies in the food industry to the ments and products in the exhibit. the fifth straight year of global growth below 3.7 percent, its average for nearly two decades before the crisis. The G20 economies are likely to miss a target they set themselves in 2014, of lifting their combined output by 2 percent over the IMF’s then forecast for 2018. Bosnia and Herzegovina: turning the economy around Judging the G20’s success by growth outcomes is unfair, though, when most of its big members are holding back. Bosnia and Herzegovina will have access to a three-year, or selling large and often inefficient state-owned enter- America is contemplating a second interest-rate rise. Ger- $608 million IMF loan under the Extended Fund Facil- prises; and many remains skeptical of stimulus. China is at present more ity (EFF) to support a more competitive economy that • lowering the distortive tax on formal sector em- intent on defusing financial risks than on ginning up GDP. can attract investment and create jobs in the private sec- ployment—the labor tax wedge—and reducing intra- And there is a more positive reading of the G20’s spread: tor. While the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina has country fragmentation by harmonizing tax laws among that it is evolving to tackle, if not quite solve, the range of continued to recover from the global crisis to reach a entities. problems that bedevil the global economy. Although the G20 GDP growth rate above 3 percent in 2015, and its budget Second, improve the quality of government spending seems unwieldy, it also has an advantage: flexibility. Lacking was close to balance in 2015, the country is still lagging and make it pro-growth by a permanent bureaucracy, it can switch emphasis annually, behind its regional peers in catching up with Western • lowering public employment and the public wage depending on which country is in the chair. Europe. bill, and allowing the private sector to become an im- China put “innovation” at the heart of its G20 agenda. Despite the recent recovery, per capita income re- portant player in the labor market; Vague as that sounds, it was sensible. First, debating wheth- mains only one quarter of that in the countries of the • improving tax collection through better coordina- er to rely more on fiscal or on monetary policy to promote European Union. An oversized public sector, with one tion among the tax authorities; growth only gets you so far. In the longer term, progress de- of the highest levels of public employment in Eastern • spending more on infrastructure, health care, edu- pends on improved productivity—getting more out of exist- Europe, has elbowed out productive public infrastruc- cation, and investment; ing resources. Second, at least some of the anger directed ture spending. The country has found it difficult to obtain • more focused targeting of social spending, includ- at globalization stems from anxiety about new technologies, financing from international markets. ing through pension reform; and such as artificial intelligence, that threaten established pat- With structural reforms left unfinished, the private • introducing fiscal and financial discipline in lower terns of employment. There is no simple answer: the G20 sector has struggled to drive economic growth. Private Bank as well as bilateral donors. levels of government and state owned enterprises. promised to share technology with poor countries and to investment is low and foreign investors have gener- “The Reform Agenda is a welcome development, Third, safeguard financial stability and revive bank develop training for workers. But getting the world’s leading ally stayed away. As a consequence, unemployment is but successful implementation would depend on lending by economies to think collectively about the downside of inno- running high—youth unemployment rate exceeds 62 tackling entrenched interest groups that often oper- • preserving central bank independence and the cur- vation was better than nothing. percent. Not surprisingly, a large number of educated ate along ethnic lines. It would also require improved rency board arrangement, which provides a fixed ex- On specific disputes, alas, little progress was made in young people have left for Western Europe over the coordination and cooperation among governments change rate anchor to policies; Hangzhou. Both America and Europe pushed China to do past two decades, further affecting the potential for fu- within the decentralized administrative structure. • tackling vulnerable banks and improving the non- more to curb its industrial overcapacity, especially in steel. ture growth. The new IMF program helps carrying out the much- performing loan recovery and resolution framework to China countered that weak global demand was as much the Policymaking is difficult in the heavily decentralized needed structural reforms and contains measures to revive bank lending; problem as oversupply. The proposed solution—to establish country, which comprises the Institutions of Bosnia and strengthen the single economic space,” said Nadeem • harmonizing banking legislations across the two a forum to monitor global excess steel capacity—was a clas- Herzegovina, two main entities, 10 cantons, and an in- Ilahi, the IMF’s mission chief for Bosnia and Herzego- entities; sic example of agreeing to disagree. dependent district. This administrative structure, put in vina. • enhancing coordination and cooperation among Yet the summit was also a timely reminder of why there is place following the Dayton Peace Accords, has made Overhaul state ownership, make economy nimble the bank supervisory and regulatory agencies; and no substitute for such gatherings. Days before it began the preserving a single economic space an ongoing chal- The government economic program supported by • lowering the fiscal risks from the operations of pub- European Commission ruled that Apple had underpaid taxes lenge. the IMF has three main objectives. lic development banks. in Ireland, by up to €13 billion ($14.7 billion). That has raised Reform agenda First, enhance the business environment to attract in- The IMF program, approved on September 7, 2016, the prospect of a transatlantic tax war, with America hinting at In early 2015, the incoming governments adopted a vestment, create private sector jobs, and raise the econ- enables further financial assistance from the World retaliation. Such a conflict would undermine one of the G20’s reform agenda with plans for economic and social re- omy’s growth potential by Bank, the European Union, and other international main achievements: it was a request from the group in 2012 forms, strengthening the rule of law, tackling corruption, • carrying out the recently approved labor market re- partners to help Bosnia and Herzegovina turn around that led the OECD, a club of rich countries, to draft guide- and improving public institutions. The plan has the full forms to make the labor market more flexible; its economy. lines that make it harder for companies to shift profits to their support of the European Union, the IMF, and the World • boosting the economy’s potential by restructuring (Source: International Monetary Fund) favored tax regimes. The Apple case will roll on, but in the meantime the G20 committed itself to more co-ordination on taxes. Within two years, most countries will automatically ‘Times are changing, pay your taxes’, euro zone chief tells corporations share information about taxes levied on non-residents, nar- Multinationals should refrain from tax (AMZN.O) and hamburger group Mc- terpretation of the rules,” he told report- rowing the scope for evasion. avoidance practices and pay their fair Donald’s Corp (MCD.N) face Europe- ers ahead of the meeting. To those visiting for the summit, China sought to present share of taxes, the head of euro zone an Commission’s probes over taxes in Tax issues will be the main topic at the finance an image of strength. The government shut down factories, finance ministers said on Saturday, in a Luxembourg, while coffee chain Star- ministers’ meeting in Bratislava where national near and far, to ensure the air was clean. It blanketed Hang- new endorsement to the European Union bucksCorp (SBUX.O) has been ordered delegates will discuss a paper presented by the zhou with security. And it put on a grand evening gala, fea- fight against tax dodging. to pay up to 30 million euros ($33 million) Slovak presidency of the EU calling for more tax turing a dazzling light show and ballerinas dancing on water. In the wake of the ‘Panama Papers’ in back-taxes to the Dutch state. certainty for multinationals. The substance of the meetings was much duller. But the sum- revelations of widespread tax avoidance The Netherlands has appealed against The proposal aims at stepping up co- mits will, indeed must, go on. practices, Brussels has toughened up its the Commission’s decision on Starbucks, operation among EU states to reduce tax (Source: The Economist) drive for tax fairness by tightening con- and Ireland did the same in the Apple avoidance, while making tax bills more trols and adopting stricter rules. The re- case, fearing that this may undermine the predictable for corporations. cent shock multi-billion euro tax demand country’s long-established policy of at- The Commission will also brief ministers on Apple (AAPL.O) was part of that trend. tracting multinationals with low taxes. on plans to set up a common corporate tax Deutsche Bank sees world “My message to those companies is Dijsselbloem said the Commission was base and a single European blacklist for tax you are fighting the wrong battle. You right in investigating possible illegal state havens, in a further effort to counter tax economy, investment have to move on. Times are changing,” The head of the euro group and Dutch Finance aid, but added that he thinks the Neth- avoidance and make companies pay taxes the head of the euro group and Dutch Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem erlands has the right to ask the EU court where they generate profits. reversing for the next 35 years Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem told whether rules are applied correctly by the “It is very clear that we can only do The Commission, which is in charge of Global economic growth will be so slow over the next 35 reporters on his arrival to a meeting of EU European Commission. this by working together within Europe protecting market competition in Europe, years that policymakers will struggle to meet the signifi- finance ministers in Bratislava, which will Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre and beyond Europe to make sure that is investigating multinationals’ tax arrange- cant economic, social and political challenges that results, discuss tax policies. Gramegna also showed skepticism international corporations pay the right ments in several EU countries to assess Deutsche Bank said on Friday. “You need to pay your taxes in a fair against the Commission’s ruling. amount of tax in the right place,” British whether, by lowering corporations’ tax bills, And unlike the past 35 years, inflation and bond yields will way. Part of that would be in the U.S., part “We are talking about the past, things Finance Minister Philip Hammond said illegal state aid may have been given. rise over the next three decades, said the report, which was cited of that would be in Europe. So get ready that happened 5 or 10 years ago, and arriving to the meeting. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc by bond traders on Friday as a reason for a sell-off in fixed in- to do that,” Dijsselbloem added. there are different opinions about the in- (Source: Reuters) come markets that pushed bond yields up to levels not seen for months. Stock markets around the world also fell. The detailed annual study from one of the world’s biggest Nissan recalls 120K German trade Obama’s easing of banks argued that all the conditions underlying the previous vehicles; fluid leaks slowdown raises cooling trade embargo has not 35 years of rising global growth and prosperity are fading. “We’re about to see a reshaping of the world order that can cause fires economy concerns helped Cuban economy has dictated economics, politics, policy and asset prices from around 1980 to the present day,” Deutsche’s report said. Nissan is recalling over 120,000 cars and SUVs in Trade activity in the largest European economy signifi- Presenting Cuba’s annual report ahead of a UN “Given that this current cycle has lasted around 35 years, the U.S. because brake fluid could leak and cause cantly shrank in July, according to Germany’s Federal vote on condemning the embargo, foreign min- it’s possible that the next cycle ... will also last many decades. fires. Statistical Office. Exports showed their biggest decrease ister Bruno Rodriguez said the sanctions cost his Extrapolation of the last 35 years could be the most danger- In some cases owners should park their vehicles in seven years, down by ten percent against the same country 4.6 billion US dollars (£3.5 billion) last year. ous mistake made by investors, politicians and central bank- outside until they are fixed. period a year ago, while imports dropped 6.5 percent. The total cost of the 55-year-old embargo stands ers,” it said. The recall covers certain 2015 to 2017 Murano Both exports and imports were much lower than at 125.9 billion dollars (£95 billion), he added. It said asset valuations in major developed countries had SUVs and 2016 to 2017 Maxima large cars that are expected. In the month, exports shrank by 2.6 per- Cuba’s update on the embargo is an annual never been higher, for reasons unique to the 1980-present equipped with intelligent cruise control. Also in- cent to €97.1 billion against a projected growth of ritual driving home to a mostly domestic audience day period. cluded are some 2015 and 2016 Murano hybrids. 0.4 percent. Imports fell by 0.7 percent to €77.7 bil- Havana’s message that U.S. sanctions are to blame The 10-year US Treasury yield, effectively the global Nissan says seals on antilock brake pumps can lion with experts expecting a 0.5 percent increase. for most of the country’s problems.Rodriguez said, benchmark interest rate, leapt to 1.67 per cent, its highest leak fluid onto a circuit board. That can cause an Earlier this week, the German Economy Ministry re- “There’s been no fundamental change in the applica- since Britain voted on June 23 to leave the European Union. electrical short, which could lead to a fire. If fluid ported a sharp decline in industrial output in the first sum- tion of the blockade, and because of that, I can say, Germany’s 10-year yield rose sharply too, popping above leaks, the antilock brake warning light could stay mer month. Production in industry excluding energy and there hasn’t been a greater economic impact of the zero for the first time since the Brexit vote. Wall Street slid on for 10 seconds after startup. Owners who see construction dropped 2.3 percent, while the production of executive actions until now and there won’t be until more than 1 per cent, also the biggest decline since June. NEWS IN BRIEF IN NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF IN NEWS that should park outside and call their dealer. capital goods saw the largest drop of 3.6 percent. we see bigger steps”. (Source: The Sunday Morning Herald) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 11,11, 20162016 HERITAGE & TOURISM 5

UNESCO Seal of Excellence granted IN THE NEWS Tourist guides line up to 10 Iranian handicrafts for attending WFTGA Convention in Iran

TOURISM TEHRAN — So far, over 20 tour guides deskfrom 10 countries have applied for tak- ing part in the 17th World Federation of Tourist Guide Association (WFTGA) Convention which is to be held in Tehran from January 28 to February 1, 2017. The registration began on August 2 and those par- ticipants who apply until October 30, 2016 will be grant- ed discount prices during their stay in Iran, Mehr news agency quoted Mohsen Haji-Saeid, the secretary of the event, as saying.

This combination photo shows a select of high-quality works by Iranian artisans that have been stamped with the UNESCO Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts in early September 2016. HERITAGE TEHRAN — A total of and Oceania were stamped with the amongst the prize-winning items. stance, in 2010, a total of 65 handicrafts desk10 high-quality works seal of jurors of the World Crafts Coun- The awards are mainly given to on various themes including enamel, tile, by Iranian artisans have been inscribed cil-Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR), who crafts that are produced out of natural metalwork, leatherwork, wood carving on the list of UNESCO Seal of Excel- convened in Kuwait from September 3 recyclable substances with innovative received the privilege. lence for Handicrafts, Omid Shiva, an to 8, Mehr news agency quoted Shiva manners and yet represent the national In a close collaboration between the official with the Cultural Heritage, Tour- as saying. identity of their native countries, the of- UNESCO and the ASEAN Handicraft Pro- ism, and Handicrafts Organization of Ranging from potteries to handwo- ficial explained. motion and Development Association However, the official registration will begin in No- Iran said on Friday. ven products, the ceramic-like “Bird of Over the past couple of years, doz- (AHPADA), the scheme was originally vember and continue until the end of December, Haji- Overall, less than two-thirds of 250 Paradise”, defined as a legendary bird ens of Iranian handicrafts have gained launched in 2000 as a pilot project for the Saeid added. nominees from various Asian countries based on ideal imagination of heaven, is the UNESCO Seal of Excellence. For in- Southeast Asia region. Iran is ready to host 350 tour guides during the WFTGA Convention. More details are available on wftga2017.com. Iran Federation of Tourist Guide Association (IFTGA) is Iran-Netherlands Trade and Cultural the host of the convention. This is the first time Iran will host the event, which is a biannual gathering of tourist Center opened in Hague guides from more than 70 countries. The association aims to establish contact with tour- TOURISM TEHRAN — The Iran-Netherlands The center, established by the private sector, offers ist guide associations throughout the world, to reinforce deskTrade and Cultural Center opened its variety of Iranian products such as handicrafts, furni- their professional ties and to protect the interests of pro- doors to the public in The Hague on Friday. ture, carpets, and potteries as it also seeks to fertile the fessional tourist guides. The director of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism, ground for facilitating trade between the two sides. The registration process of WFTGA 2017 Convention in and Handicrafts Organization, Masoud Soltanifar, the Meanwhile, Soltanifar met with Dutch Minister of Iran is going to be supported by Mondial DMC, founded in Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands, Alireza Ja- Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker upon his 1966 and a well-known brand in tourism industry. hangiri, and the vice chairman of the Iranian chamber arrival in The Hague on Thursday. WFTGA is a nonprofit professional organization dedi- of commerce, Farhad Sharif, as well as several officials, The officials discussed a range of subjects includ- A number of cultural officials, diplomats, merchants, and cated to the promotion of high standards of training and diplomats, merchants, and artists from both nations ing tourism, handicrafts, conservation of cultural herit- artists largely from Iran and the Netherlands convene at ethics within the profession. attended the inauguration ceremony, ISNA reported age, and museum curating as they explored avenues to the opening ceremony of the center in The Hague on The motto of the convention is “Iran; Friendly Faces, on Saturday. broaden ties in those regards. September 9, 2016. Open Arms, Ancient Cultures, Timeless Charms”. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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By Rich Higgins National security officials icture a breakfast meeting on the National Security officials are pro- morning of September 11, 2001 Could the hibited from developing a factual un- P derstanding of Islamic threat doctrines, JUMP between Mullah Omar, Ayman al Zawahiri, and Osama bin Laden, the preferring instead to depend upon 5th Reclaiming the Hajj: Time three leaders of al-Qaeda. While eating column. for true Muslim management their yogurt and fruit, they discuss the September 11 If you could go back in time and tell successful September 9th assassination Messrs. Omar, Zawahiri and bin Laden this would be the outcome in just 15 short 1 One report stated the crush occurred on Street of Ahmed Shah Massoud and the im- 204 near Mina, a few kilometers from Mecca, when security minent strikes in Washington and New years, do you think they would believe you? forces directed opposing crowds on Street 206 bound for Yo r k . masterminds Do you think that they would think that Jamaran into the same street. Other reports suggested the Iraq in sectarian civil war and Af- their side is winning? disaster propagated when crowds collided at the intersection ghanistan under increasing Taliban Is- When a tactical fire-team breaches a of Streets 204 and 223. lamic State (the terrorist group) control door expecting four bad guys on the other While Saudi authorities were quick to blame the pilgrims would both have Constitutions plac- side, but they find forty, what do they do? have imagined Do they keep going in? That’s a one- themselves for causing the catastrophe, Al-Arabiya corre- ing those Republics under Sharia Law, spondent Saad Al-Matrafi pointed a finger of blame at au- and U.S. ally Turkey would be moving way trip. thorities, who apparently directed a group of pilgrims towards quickly into the Muslim Brotherhood Do they ask one of the bad guys why there Jamarat at a time not allocated to them. In any case, the dis- (MB) camp. are so many of them in the room? Probably Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak today’s world? wouldn’t be a smart move to hang around for aster evidently stemmed from the Saudi authorities’ failure to coordinate access times for the ritual. Yet similar stampedes would be removed from power in Egypt, the answer. Not smart at all. have happened before, repeatedly. In 1990, over 1,400 pil- replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood, Ideally, the team backs out quickly and grims were crushed to death, and again in 1994, 1998, 2004 then replaced by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and moves off the target. This is called a tacti- and 2006 for a total of almost 3,000 killed since 1990. And let the U.S. would support the MB. cal pause and that is basically what Don- us not forget that in 1987 Saudi security forces gunned down Abidine Ben Ali would be removed in ald Trump has proposed in the form of a 402 peaceful demonstrators of whom 275 were Iranian. Tunisia, Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen and halt on immigration. Moammar Quadaffi in Libya, the latter After getting out of danger, the tacti- two states descending into civil war, as cal team will do a reassessment of what a Syrian civil war rages with no coherent happened. Was their information wrong? U.S. strategy and no end in sight. Did they go to the wrong house? Did Nigeria, West Africa (Boko Haram) and somebody purposefully give them bad Somalia (al Shahbab) under threat. information? Can they call in an air strike? Saudi Arabia builds hundreds of Wah- All of these things need to be considered. habi mosques in Indonesia and in South Strategic reassessment America. A strategic reassessment of the entire Nascent insurgents combating terrorism effort that is free Nascent insurgencies in France, Italy, from politically correct nonsense is long Germany, England, Belgium and other overdue. European countries fueled by millions of The “Islam has nothing to do with ter- inassimilable Islamic immigrants who re- rorism” narratives have effectively shut side in “no-go zones” and who are flood- down the intelligence process for the war Clearly, this is not a record indicative of responsible man- ing into Europe as well as the U.S. receiv- in any meaningful sense. agement. Ayatollah Khamenei urged the recalcitrant Saudi ing social welfare benefits paid for by the Sure, we CT officers could look at rulers to accept responsibility for the calamity. “The Muslim citizens of those counties. organizations and people and places, world has many questions in this regard,” the Leader said, The Islamic State (the terrorist some of which had Islamic names, but adding, “The Saudi rulers, instead of shunning [responsibil- group) would be armed the Ameri- we could never dig into the political and ity], must accept their responsibility in this grave incident by can weapons and declare itself the ideological reasons the enemy was at- apologizing to the Muslim Ummah and bereft families.” The Caliphate, spreading across the globe tacking us — which is supposed to be reaction from Riyadh was disappointing but predictable. “This using videos of Christian beheadings The Islamic State (the terrorist group) would the first order of business in any stra- tegic threat assessment. At present, Mr. is not a situation with which to play politics,” Saudi Foreign and other atrocities broadcast on dig- be armed the American weapons and declare Minister Adel al-Jubeir retorted. ital media to recruit thousands of ter- Trump’s proposed course of action per- Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah rorists worldwide, including open FBI itself the Caliphate, spreading across the globe taining to the terrorist threat is a tacti- also placed the responsibility for the carnage squarely on the cases in all 50 states. using videos of Christian beheadings and other cal pause and a strategic reassessment. shoulders of Saudi Arabia, and that the unfortunate event U.S. presidential candidates from both atrocities broadcast on digital media to recruit This proposal isn’t rhetorical, alarmist or showed “there is a major problem in Saudi’s management political parties saying the “Islamic State ill-conceived. This is smart tactics being of the pilgrimage.” Furthermore, the leader of the Lebanese is not Islamic” while U.S. and European thousands of terrorists worldwide, including applied to a strategic issue. Resistance Movement suggested that a Muslim committee patriotism is considered racism. open FBI cases in all 50 states. (Source: The Washington Times) be formed to oversee the management of the Hajj. But to date, no such committee has been formed and there has been no official apology. How do you solve a problem like Duterte? Moreover, the Saudis have even refused to allow an in- dependent Islamic inquiry into this terrible tragedy to take By John Lloyd In any event, he’s identified an audience of many mil- place. “Instead of apology and remorse and judicial pros- lions, a movement of the disgruntled who love his prom- ecution of those who were directly at fault in that horrifying learly, he’s a colorful guy,” said President Bar- ises to build a wall to stop undocumented Mexican mi- event,” the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution noted, “Crack Obama of his opposite number in the grants, end Muslim immigration and dismantle Obama’s “Saudi rulers—with utmost shamelessness and insolence— Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. efforts to extend health insurance to all Americans. refused to allow the formation of an international Islamic fact- Obama expressed his observation in a mildly amused The colorful guys in Europe – such as France’s Marine finding committee.” way, the way one does when one is largely in control in Le Pen of the far-right National Front, Geert Wilders of Joining the leader in his call to Saudi officials for an un- a world that contains exotic characters with whom one the far-right Dutch Freedom Party, Beppe Grillo of the biased investigation into the Mina incident is Pakistani Sunni has to deal – even if that character has just called one populist Five Stars Movement in Italy, and Jimmie Akes- leader Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, the head of the “son of a who**.” son of the far-right Swedish Democrats – are winning the Pakistan National Solidarity Council. “They should carry Open indignation would have flattered the guy, though seats in parliaments and local councils everywhere by out a transparent investigation of the incident and punish he didn’t get a meeting. The better putdown is to say, as feeding on the popular backlash against surges in im- those who are found responsible for the loss of lives of in- Obama did, that a future meeting might be arranged if migration and fears of terrorism. nocent Muslims,” said.Zubair, who also echoed Sayyid Nasral- some real business could be done. All these parties fare well in the polls in their own lah’s remarks regarding the formation of a committee from Earthy insults are relegated to a lower category, countries, even as the establishment parties, the main- other Muslim nations to help manage the Hajj. which excites the news media, and are swatted away by stream media and the main institutions of the state ei- To illustrate the ineptitude of Saudi management, let us a serious leader. ther attack them or try to ignore them. briefly compare the Hajj with Arba’een, the annual commem- The “colorful” guy has threatened to eat the Islamist In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Dem- oration of the 40th day of mourning for Imam Hussein (AS). terrorists whose bombing last week in Duterte’s home- ocrats finished third, behind the far-right Alternative fur Last year, the Hajj had some 2 million pilgrims while Arba’een, town of Davao killed 14 and injured more than 65: “I Deutschland party, in the regional election in Mecklenburg- the largest annual religious ritual in the world, attracted some will really carve your torso open. Give me vinegar and Vorpommern last week – Merkel’s own political base. 20 million, an order of magnitude more, and is growing in salt and I will eat you. I’m not kidding,” he said. He may In Hungary, the openly racist, anti-Semitic Jobbik numbers every year. Feeding such a mass of pilgrims in itself indeed not be kidding: His promise to make war on drug party is a major force. The leader of Austria’s far-right is a logistical miracle, with over 50 million meals served each dealers and users has encouraged his police force to Freedom Party, Norbert Hofer, is likely to win the presi- day. While there have been unfortunate attacks on pilgrims launch a crackdown that has, by this week, killed more dential palace after a rerun of the presidential vote later over the years, deaths and injuries have remained orders of than 2,400 people. He has pronounced the campaign a this year. magnitude lower than the carnages during the Hajj. success, and that it will continue. The main losers Certainly, the Saudis could benefit from the accumulated Philippines’ foreign policy The main losers in this rightward shift in Europe are knowledge and experience of those Muslims responsible for Much less publicly, Duterte appears to be consid- In Germany, Chancellor the center-left parties. maintaining the highly effective security for Arba’een, which ering a recalibration of the Philippines’ foreign policy, Angela Merkel’s Christian Frank Field, a sparky, veteran British Labour parlia- includes members of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Repub- which makes it imperative that Obama does meet with mentarian who backed Brexit, believes that the working- lic of Iran. But instead of welcoming such cooperation and him. Democrats finished third, class base of his party is deserting it in favor of the right- council, not only have the Saudis rejected such managerial Soon after the Filipino president’s election in May, behind the far-right Alternative wing, anti-European Union, UK Independence Party. assistance but also have blocked the way for Iranians to go he made clear that he was not going to be the usual fur Deutschland party, in Beyond Europe, the colorful guy in the Kremlin, Vladimir to Hajj, by placing extraordinarily complex and unnecessarily close-to-America leader to which Filipinos are accus- Putin, has grabbed Crimea from Ukraine and continues to restrictive conditions on the issuance of visas. tomed. the regional election in destabilize the fragile economy of its neighbor – with some By insisting on overproduction of oil, Riyadh has effectively “I will,” he said, “be charting a (new) course [for the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern last implicit encouragement from the colorful Trump. shot itself in the financial foot, not only causing grave dam- Philippines] on its own and will not be dependent on the week – Merkel’s own political Putin enjoys 80 percent-plus ratings, even though age to the country’s own economy, but also to the world’s United States.” base. most Russians are significantly worse off than they economy, which is still struggling to recover from the 2008 That new course is likely to be set in the general di- were three years ago. Like Duterte, Putin and his financial collapse. With a 2015 budget deficit of $135 billion, rection of China. Duterte’s slur circle of leadership never cease to proclaim Russia’s the Saudis, perhaps now more than ever in their long history Duterte has not joined the chorus from Washington and Obama may have appeared mildly amused at Du- greatness, independence and opposition to the Unit- of relations with Washington, are dependent on U.S. favor to Southeast Asian nations voicing concern about the Chinese terte’s slur, but he knows better than that. There have ed States. keep their regime afloat in their self-created glut of crude oil. claim to disputed islands in the South China seas. been leaders like Duterte before, who pursue popularity The United States has been the lynchpin of the world Likewise, the takfiri terrorist armies funded by Riyadh to fight He has also encouraged Chinese investment in the and pump themselves up by defying the United States. order for many decades, an order constantly contested, U.S. proxy wars are now threatening their chief benefactor Philippines. The difference is that there are so many of them now. never toppled. with blowback. Saudi desperation has even reached a point Abrasive to the United States, he told its ambassador The post-war order, such as it was, saw Washington as It depended on strong allies, a contained Russia and where its oil minister, Ali Al-Naimi, has publicly declared the to “shut up” when he voiced concerns about the bru- the leader of the West. a weak China. None of these conditions are presently kingdom’s readiness to sell oil to the Israeli entity. tality of the anti-drug war and warned the country, for The United States became a global hegemon af- met. This does not lead inevitably to U.S. helplessness, or Sounding an alarm over the Saudis’ barring Muslims from decades one of its closest allies, to stay out of Filipino ter the Soviet Union dissolved in 1989, but much has global disaster. It does point up the fragility of the liberal Hajj and negligence in managing the holy places, the Leader business. changed since then. As that order has weakened, so democracies, and calls on them to address it. has said in his message to Hajj pilgrims, “Because of these Duterte has been rewarded with popularity ratings have the anti-order, “colorful” leaders waxed stronger, “Too much of the Europe of today,” wrote former U.S. rulers’ oppressive behavior towards God’s guests, the world above 90 percent, according to polls taken in July, and gained support. secretary of state Henry Kissinger in June, “is absorbed of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of and though no surveys have been done since then, Obama’s remark probably applied, in his mind, at in management of structural problems rather than the the two holy places and the issue of hajj. Negligence in this there are no indications of a gathering opposition to least as much to a colorful guy nearer home, whose elaboration of its purposes.” regard will confront the Islamic Ummah with more serious his policies. name he rarely utters. Shorn of its idealism and purpose, the EU drifts. problems in the future.” Now, more than ever, the time has Indeed, he was treated like a “rock star” when he Donald Trump, as I wrote last week, may be building The colorful guys parade their prejudices, destroy come to reclaim the Hajj by placing the pilgrimage and the spoke at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian an audience for a new news network if he fails to win the agreements on borders and ignore law’s due processes sacred sites under the supervision and control of a consor- Nations in Vientiane, Laos, this week -- at least according presidency. with impunity. The post-war world looks enfeebled. tium of Muslim leaders. to his communications director, Martin Adanar. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Iran, China finalize deal on NEWS Iran shows interest in CPEC, $1.2b refinery project energy supplies to Pakistan Iran is desirous of participating in the China-Pakistan Econo- ECONOMY TEHRAN — China’s Sinopec and mic Corridor (CPEC) which is one of the greatest projects in deskIran’s Oil Ministry have finalized an the history of the region, Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honar- agreement regarding the development project of doust said on Friday. Iran’s Abadan refinery, Mehr news agency reported During a visit to the capital office of Federation of Pakistan on Saturday. Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), the Iranian Based on the report, according to Iranian Deputy Oil envoy said his country has the capability to help the devel- Minister for Refining and Distribution of Oil Products Ab- opment of Pakistan’s economy bas Kazemi, the first phase of the $1.2 billion project will through energy supply and start in the near future. construction of roads, railways “The project includes the development, optimization dams and others area. and improvement of production processes in Abadan re- Honardoust acknowledged finery as the largest oil refinery in Iran,” Kazemi told Mehr. that trade and commerce be- Deputy oil minister noted that based on this agree- tween the two countries has ment one of the Sinopec’s subsidiaries will be responsi- been restricted due to lack of ble for the implementation of the first phase. “Reducing banking channels. fuel oil production to less than 10 percent and increas- During his first visit to the ing production capacity for gasoline and diesel based on FPCCI’s Islamabad office, the Euro4 standard are among the most important goals of Iranian ambassador was wel- the project,” he said. comed by President FPCCI Ab- Elsewhere in his remarks, Kazemi mentioned that the dul Rauf Alam, VP FPCCI Zafar talks for opening a credit line for this project are underway Bakhtwari, former presidents ICCI Khalid Jaweed, Ijaz Abbasi, with China’s central bank and noted, “It is anticipated that Chairman Coordination FPCCI Malik Sohail and others. the Chinese company will start the project in the Iranian Honardoust said that Iranian gas is the cheapest, fastest and ninth month of Azar (November 21-Decemebr 20).” most dependable source of energy for Pakistan. “This project Iran is aiming to increase export volumes of cleaner should be initiated at a fast track and soon Iran would complete diesel in upcoming years as its refineries are being up- its part of the pipeline at the cost of $2 billion,” he said. graded. Honardoust dispelled the impression that international sanctions would restrict the IP gas pipeline project and said that many countries including China, India, Turkey, Japan and South Korea continued to buy energy from Iran during OPEC focus moves from freeze to output ceilings and after sanctions. Speaking at the occasion, Alam said Pakistan and Iran has As OPEC officials shuttle between Teh- level which includes some room for ing any deal until OPEC gathers in late Iran is determined to raise pro- already decided to increase annual trade volumes between the ran, Moscow and Paris in preparation continued increase.” November in Vienna. Saudi Arabia and duction to 4 million barrels a day this two countries to $5 billion by 2021 for which efforts are needed. for an informal meeting in Algiers, the Overcoming opposition Russia have scheduled bilateral talks for year, from about 3.8 million currently, Gwadar and Chabahar Ports are not rivals but they would focus of their efforts appears to be “All the solutions are possible,” Algeri- October, which could help to fine-tune as it recovers from sanctions. Nigeria, supplement each other making the region center of maritime moving from a production freeze to an Energy Minister Noureddine Bouterfa negotiations. which produced 1.44 million barrels a trade, he said. “Besides Pakistan can increase electricity im- voluntary output caps. said Friday in Moscow when asked if ma- A freeze in production by OPEC and day last month, is seeking to end mil- ports from Iran but for which Tehran must reduce the price to OPEC and other producers are con- jor producers could have the opportunity Russia would be the most effective way of itant attacks on pipelines and get back make it competitive and attractive,” he added. sidering a route to a deal in the Algeri- to raise output within the framework of stabilizing the market, Alexander Novak, to the 2 million barrels a day it pumped (Source: Daily Times) an capital this month that involves each a freeze. the Russian energy minister, said in a joint in January. Libya is working to reopen country agreeing it won’t raise its pro- Iraq said earlier this week that it has press conference at the G-20 summit in its main export terminals, which could duction above a certain ceiling, instead already told officials at the Organization China with his Saudi counterpart on Sept. boost output by 900,000 barrels a day of freezing at current levels. The option, of Petroleum Exporting Countries a level 5. Novak said his country is ready to cap by the end of the year. one of the several under consideration, at which it is prepared to cap output. output at the level of any month in the If those nations and several others Iran has right to raise oil could be a way to overcome opposition The ceiling option is one of sever- second half of this year, a period that so were allowed to restore halted produc- from members including Iran by allowing al that countries are discussing in the far has delivered record volumes from tion within the framework of a deal in Al- output, Algiers host says them to join an agreement while fulfilling lead up to the informal talks on the both Russia and OPEC. giers, OPEC could in theory get to pump plans to boost production. sidelines of the Sept. 26-28 meeting of A freeze at July levels, the most recent as much as 36.2 million barrels a day by OPEC and other producers can reconcile talks aimed at stabi- “The freeze negotiations are mor- the International Energy Forum in the month for which data is available, would next year, about 2.7 million more than the lizing the oil market with the prerogative of Iran, Nigeria and phing into negotiations about produc- Algerian capital. mean OPEC keeping production at 33.4 IEA’s estimate of demand for the group’s Libya to boost output, according to Algeria’s energy minister. Weaker freeze tion quotas,” said Olivier Jakob, manag- million barrels a day, roughly in line with crude in 2017. That’s a bigger surplus “Iran has the right to increase production to the pre-sanc- ing director of Zug, Switzerland-based While individual output ceilings are demand for the group’s crude in the than in 2015, a year in which oil prices tions level,” Algeria’s Noureddine Bouterfa said in an interview consultant Petromatrix GmbH. “Most one route, other options remain includ- fourth quarter, according to data from dropped more than a third. in Moscow Friday, after meeting his Russian counterpart Alex- countries are asking for a production ing a stricter freeze, or even postpon- the International Energy Agency. (Source: Bloomberg) ander Novak. “It is also the right of Libya, Nigeria to increase.” Bouterfa was shuttling between Moscow and Paris on Friday as he prepares to host talks between the Organiza- PICTURE OF THE DAY SHANA/Nazila Haghighati tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major oil exporters in Algiers later this month. Discussions aimed at freezing production failed in April after Saudi Arabia insist- ed on the participation of its Persian Gulf rival Iran, which said it would keep increasing output after the lifting of in- ternational sanctions. Iran’s modern north Iran has said it’s too soon to cap its output as the nation Oil Terminal located bids to regain its pre-sanctions share of OPEC production, while Nigeria and Libya are looking to pump more barrels in the northern city after political turmoil and violence disabled pipelines, ports of Neka has been and other oil infrastructure. established aiming to Anything possible “All the solutions are possible,” Bouterfa said when asked if receive, store, process higher output from those countries could be accommodated and transport crude within a freeze deal. oils of Caspian Sea Russia reiterated its support for a freeze deal to balance literal states under markets, and its readiness to join in a consensus, calling the Algiers meeting the appropriate place for discussion, Novak SWAP (exchange) said in a statement on his ministry’s website following the plan. The project meeting with Bouterfa. is planned to be “We hope that the divisions within OPEC will soon be over- come and a compromise solution would be found,” Novak said. completed in three The Algerian minister said he’s next heading to Paris to meet phases, it will have the with his Saudi counterpart Khalid Al-Falih and Mohammed capacity of receiving Barkindo, secretary-general of OPEC, to evaluate actions by Iran, Russia, Algeria and Qatar in preparation for Algiers. and transferring Should an agreement fail to materialize in Algiers, the dia- 50000, 120000 and log would continue at OPEC’s next official meeting in Vienna, 370000 barrels per Bouterfa said. day (bpd), in the first, “If we have an agreement in Algiers it’s very good but if we don’t have an agreement, it’s also good,” he said. second and third (Source: Bloomberg) phases respectively.

Oil falls 4%; U.S. crude draw LNG prices edge up as old and new China’s oil imports jump to seen as glitch buyers seek spot supplies four-month high Oil prices fell 4 percent on Friday, par- Oil prices shot up on Thursday af- Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices domestic demand in recent years, has ing most of the previous session’s rise ter U.S. government data showed the edged up on a crop of fresh tenders ex- re-emerged to scout for winter spot ship- China imported the equivalent of around 7.77 million barrels as traders noted that a tropical storm biggest weekly drop in stockpiles last pected to add to already brisk demand ments, helping tighten supply outlooks. of oil a day in August, the highest crude import trend since was behind this week’s unexpected week since January 1999 as Gulf Coast from Indian and Middle Eastern importers. Egypt is also gearing up to launch its April this year, on the back of declining domestic production slump in U.S. crude inventories. imports slumped to the lowest on re- Prices for October and November keenly-awaited 120-cargo buy tender and increased demand from small refineries, according to The market ended up around 3 per- cord. Traders said imports fell as ships delivery traded at around $5.55 per catering for deliveries across 2017, now data by the General Administration of Customs. cent, its first gain in three weeks. Trad- delayed offloading cargoes due to million British thermal units (mmBtu) expected after the Muslim religious holi- China’s oil imports rose by some 1.5 million bpd com- ers cited hopes for a global deal on sta- Tropical Storm Hermine. this week, up from $5.30 per mmBtu day Eid al-Adha on Sept. 12, traders said. pared to August last year, also buoyed by higher demand bilizing crude output after Saudi Arabia “Most of yesterday’s increase was on for October delivery last week. Pakistan plans to issue two tenders for from the independent refineries, the so-called teapots, which and Russia, the biggest producer out- a false reading on a drop in crude oil India’s GSPC and Kuwait are seeking one 750,000 tons per year of LNG each in the hasten to cash in on low crude prices ahead of import quotas side the group, agreed on Monday to stocks. But a closer look showed that it cargo each for November delivery, while coming month, the head of the country’s expiry in December, according to Forbes. cooperate in oversupplied markets. was mostly due to the storm delaying Egyptian Natural Gas Holding wants three state-owned LNG Company said. In the first half of 2016, China’s crude oil imports rose Brent crude settled down $1.98 at imports,” said James Williams, president cargoes in total spread across October, No- Russia and Bahrain agreed to expand 14.2 percent on the year, alongside import increases of other $48.01 a barrel after rising above $50 for of energy consultant WTRG Economics vember and December, trader sources said. cooperation in LNG on Tuesday, with commodities such as iron ore and copper, with their prices the first time in two weeks on Thursday. in Arkansas. On top of that, traditional buyer Korea Moscow considering LNG supplies to the remaining low, the customs administration has said. U.S. crude was down $1.74 at $45.88. (Source: Reuters) Gas Corp, stung by oversupply and weak kingdom. (Source: Reuters) (Source: oilprice.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

8 INTERNATIONAL SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 11,11, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com Donald Trump’s ‘big liar’ technique By Paul Krugman of his own claims. His Iraq lie? His praise for Vladimir Putin, who “has an 82 And over all, her record on truthfulness, as compiled by percent approval rating”? His denigration of the American Long ago, you-know-who suggested that propagandists PolitiFact, looks pretty good for a politician — much bet- military, whose commanders, he says, have been “reduced should apply the “big lie” technique: make their falsehoods ter than that of any of the contenders for the Republican to rubble”? so huge, so egregious, that they would be widely accept- nomination, and for that matter much better than that of There’s also a deep diffidence about pointing out un- ed because nobody would believe they were lying on that Mitt Romney in the last presidential election. comfortable truths. Back in 2000, when I was first writing this grand a scale. And the technique has worked well for des- Mr. Trump, on the other hand, is in a class of his own. He lies column, I was discouraged from using the word “lie” about pots and would-be despots ever since. about statistics like the unemployment rate and the crime rate. George W. Bush’s dishonest policy claims. As I recall, I was told But Donald Trump has come up with something new, He lies about foreign policy: President Obama is the “founder that it was inappropriate to be that blunt about the candidate which we can call the “big liar” technique. Taken one at a of ISIS.” But most of all, he lies about himself — and when the of one of our two major political parties. And something similar time, his lies are medium-size — not trivial, but mostly not lies are exposed, he just keeps repeating them. may be going on even now, with few people in the media will- rising to the level of blood libel. But the lies are constant, One obvious question going into Wednesday’s forum was ing to accept the reality that the GOP has nominated someone coming in a steady torrent, and are never acknowledged, whether Mr. Trump would repeat his frequent claim that he whose lies are so blatant and frequent that they amount to simply repeated. He evidently believes that this strategy will opposed the Iraq war from the start. This claim is demonstra- sociopathy. keep the news media flummoxed, unable to believe, or at cagey about her email arrangements when she was sec- bly false: His only documented prewar remarks on the subject Even that observation, however, doesn’t explain the least say openly, that the candidate of a major party lies retary of state. But when you look at what the independ- support the war, and the interview he likes to cite as evidence asymmetry, because some of the same media organiza- that much. ent fact-checkers who have given her a “pants on fire” or of his prescience took place more than a year after the war tions that apparently find it impossible to point out Mr. And Wednesday night’s “Commander in Chief” televised “four Pinocchios” rating on this issue actually have to say, began. But he keeps saying it anyway; if he did it again, how Trump’s raw, consequential lies have no problem harassing forum suggested that he may be right. it’s remarkably weak: She stands accused of being overly would Matt Lauer, the moderator, respond? Mrs. Clinton endlessly over minor misstatements and ex- Obligatory disclaimer: No, I’m not saying that Mr. Trump legalistic or overstating the extent to which she has been Well, he did do it again — and Mr. Lauer, who used about aggerations, or sometimes over actions that were perfectly is another Hitler. More like Mussolini. But I digress. cleared, but not of making major claims that are completely a third of his time with Mrs. Clinton talking about emails, let innocent. Is it sexism? I really don’t know, but it’s shocking Back to the issue: All politicians are human beings, which at odds with reality. it stand and moved on to the next question. to watch. means that all of them sometimes shade the truth. (Show Private email Why is it apparently so hard to hold Mr. Trump account- And meanwhile, if the question is whether Mr. Trump can me someone who claims to never lie, and I’ll show you Oh, and it barely got covered in the media, but her claim able for blatant, in-your-face lies? Part of the answer may really get away with his big liar routine, the evidence from someone who is lying.) The question is how much they lie, that Colin Powell advised her to set up a private email account be that journalists are overwhelmed by the sheer volume Wednesday night suggests a disheartening answer: Unless and how consequentially. was … completely true, validated by an email that Mr. Powell of outrageous material. After all, which Trump line should something changes, yes he can. Not to put too fine a point on it, Hillary Clinton has been sent three days after she took office, which contradicts some be the headliner for a news analysis of Wednesday’s event? (Source: The NYT)

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The long-lasting autoimmune disorder affects 3 out of weight under control, improve your bal- 5- Kegel exercises. These exercises every 10 people, i.e. 0.3 to 1 percent of the population, IRNA ance and range of motion, strengthen won’t help you look better, but they do quoted Faraneh Farsad as saying. your bones, protect your joints, prevent something just as important — strength- bladder control problems, and even ward en the pelvic floor muscles that support off memory loss. the bladder. Strong pelvic floor muscles No matter your age or fitness level, can go a long way toward preventing these activities can help you get in shape incontinence. While many women are and lower your risk for disease: familiar with Kegels, these exercises can 1- Swimming. You might call swimming benefit men too. the perfect workout. The buoyancy of the wa- Because the classes are offered at various Muscle also helps burn calories. “The To do a Kegel exercise correctly, ter supports your body and takes the strain levels, tai chi is accessible — and valuable more muscle you have, the more calories squeeze the muscles you would use to off painful joints so you can move them more — for people of all ages and fitness levels. you burn, so it’s easier to maintain your prevent yourself from passing urine or fluidly. “Swimming is good for individuals with “It’s particularly good for older people be- weight,” says Dr. Lee. Similar to other ex- gas. Hold the contraction for two or three arthritis because it’s less weight-bearing,” ex- cause balance is an important component ercise, strength training may also help seconds, then release. Make sure to com- plains Dr. I-Min Lee, professor of medicine at of fitness, and balance is something we lose preserve brain function in later years. pletely relax your pelvic floor muscles af- Harvard Medical School. as we get older,” Dr. Lee says. Before starting a weight training pro- ter the contraction. Repeat 10 times. Try Research has found that swimming Take a class to help you get started and gram, be sure to learn the proper form. to do four to five sets a day. can also improve your mental state and learn the proper form. You can find tai chi Start light, with just one or two pounds. Many of the things we do for fun (and put you in a better mood. Water aerobics programs at your local YMCA, health club, You should be able to lift the weights 10 work) count as exercise. Raking the yard is another option. These classes help you community center, or senior center. times with ease. After a couple of weeks, counts as physical activity. So does ball- burn calories and tone up. 3- Strength training. If you believe increase that by a pound or two. If you room dancing and playing with your kids that strength training is a macho, brawny can easily lift the weights through the en- 2- Tai chi. This Chinese martial art that or grandkids. As long as you’re doing Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive disease activity, think again. Lifting light weights tire range of motion more than 12 times, combines movement and relaxation is some form of aerobic exercise for at least causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful de- won’t bulk up your muscles, but it will move up to slightly heavier weight. good for both body and mind. In fact, it’s 30 minutes a day, and you include two formity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, keep them strong. “If you don’t use mus- 4- Walking. Walking is simple, yet pow- been called “meditation in motion.” Tai chi is days of strength training a week, you can and ankles. cles, they will lose their strength over erful. It can help you stay trim, improve made up of a series of graceful movements, consider yourself an “active” person. Farsad noted that RA can also affect other organs in the time,” Dr. Lee says. cholesterol levels, strengthen bones, keep one transitioning smoothly into the next. (Source: health.harvard.edu) body such as skin, lungs, heart, etc. “Most commonly”, she underscored, “the wrist and hands Your gluten-free diet isn’t necessary. At all. are affected by the disease, with the same joints typically in- volved on both sides of the body.” (0.7 percent of Americans in 2009–10, and If we’ve learned anything from frantic ther. If we could just think about diversifying By Dana Eisenberg Pain and stiffness often worsen following rest. 0.58 percent in 2013–14) the number of peo- late-night WebMD searches, it’s that self- our diets, like we do with our portfolios, we’d Onset is most frequent during middle age and up to the You can start eating regular bread and pas- ple following gluten-free diets has increased diagnosis is good for almost nothing ex- all be a lot happier and our bodies might feel age of 60, she said, while factors like “genetics, environment, ta now, people. New research has shown (0.5 percent of Americans in 2009–10 vs. 1.7 cept for inducing massive panic. better too. psychological and biological stress” are thought to cause or that, as we suspected, if you don’t have ce- percent in 2013–14). The findings indicate I just think, don’t eat white pasta every It doesn’t matter much. The gluten-free intensify the disorder. liac you really don’t need to be following a that the reasons people follow the diet can day. And if you really, really have a problem trend is great for business, so expect com- Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) can gluten-free diet. be anything from “public perception that it with gluten, don’t eat it, but all the other stuff panies, including the Girl Scouts to keep slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis and save the The study shows that over a five year may be healthier, the growing availability of that they’re substituting for it isn’t any better promoting their offerings. At least for now, joints and other tissues from permanent damage. period, while the number of people in the gluten-free products, and a self-diagnosis of for you. The first ingredient in many gluten it’s here to stay. 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ajj 2016 is proceeding while Ira- After that, thousands of Iranians protest- Hnian pilgrims didn't attend one of ed outside Saudi Arabian embassy in Teh- the biggest Muslim ceremonies. ran over the abuse of these two Iranian COMMENT Meanwhile, some pilgrims from Syria, pilgrims. On April 13th, Iran suspended Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq were also pre- 5 reasons minor hajj trips to Saudi Arabia until the Will U.S.-Russia fragile deal vented from travel to Mecca because of Saudi government "applies a strong at- on Syria survive? harsh policies of the new generation of titude" to the case. Although Saud al- Saudi rulers. Since 2011, Saudi Arabia has Faisal, FM of Saudi Arabia, has pledged By: Hamid Reza Gholamzadeh been supporting salafist groups in Syria to Iran's ambassador that his government and Iraq and tried to spread insecurity to Iranians will punish the two Saudi policemen very Lebanon and Iran as well. Consequently, soon, nothing has happened yet! n early hours of Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John in December 2015 German intelligence 3) On 31 July 1987 around 400 pilgrims, Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ap- had warned that Saudi Arabia was at risk out of which two thirds had Iranian nation- I of becoming a major destabilizing influ- ality were killed by Saudi security forces peared in front of media representatives and announced that they had finally reached an agreement on ceasefire in ence in the Middle East. during a gathering. Iranian officials main- Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader on hate Saudi tain that the Saudis had opened fire on the Syria. The surprising news came out just less than a week after U.S. President Obama and his Russian counterpart Monday September 5 issued an impor- demonstrators without provocation, and Vladimir Putin failed to reach any deal on the sidelines of tant message to all Muslims around the that the demonstrations had been peace- G20 summit in China. Russia represented Syrian government world in which he paralleled Saudi Arabi- ful. For people of Iran and perhaps for the and its supporters in the negotiations while the United States an authorities with the Quranic term “evil families of martyrs in other countries, that represented so-called ‘moderate’ terrorist groups fighting in progeny of the taghut” which refers to rulers event is a sad event and that year’s Hajj is Syria, connected to Al-Qaeda. Umayyad dynasty in Islamic history. The known and recalled as ‘Bloody Hajj’. The deal which is clinched after months of negotiations message and its harsh rhetoric reflects 4) As the leading global exporter of oil, between Russia and the United States is so fragile that both deepened conflict between Tehran and Saudi Arabia has refused to cut produc- diplomats in several cases during the joint press conference Riyadh. The conflict, however, doesn’t tion in the face of plummeting oil prices cast doubt on its endurance. seem to be only at political levels and to defend its market share. As a result, According to the reports, majority of Iranians are strongly opposed the world is now awash in cheap oil. The If ‘cessation of to the Saudi regime. drop in prices already has forced Iran to the deal includes seven days hostilities’ can of ceasefire scheduled to be Here are five major reasons Iranian splash its government budget. Saudi Ara- placed on Monday and on last for seven people hate Saudi rulers: bia has used the oil price as a leverage the condition that the ‘ces- days, Moscow 1- The hajj stampede in 2015 caused a to put pressure on Iran’s economy just at new flare-up in tensions between Iran and a time when the sanctions were imposed sation of hostilities’ can suc- and Washington ceed to last for seven days, Saudi Arabia. The September 2015 stam- on Iran’s economy. Moscow and Washington will then pede and crush of pilgrims killed at least 5) About a mount ago, Saudi Arabia will then launch airstrike launch airstrike 7,477 people, according to a list that was hosted Mujahedin Khalq Organization against terrorist positions against terrorist published by Saudi Ministry of Health. Teh- (MKO) leader Maryam Rajavi and sup- on which they have reached ran has said 464 of the dead were Iranian ported the militia group’s gathering in an agreement. Russia has of positions which and those who survived blame the catas- France. This group initially did find its course emphasized that the they have already trophe on Saudi mismanagement of the place on some Western state’s terror list. air strikes will not be joint agreed on. annual pilgrimage. Iranian President Hassan The MKO terrorist organization has a missions and the two sides Rouhani called on the United Nations to in- long record of assassinations taking lives will only coordinate missions and targets. vestigate the incident. Iran has urged Saudi of around 12000 high ranking Iranian of- The fact that neither sides is confident that the deal would Arabia to apologize for the disaster and ficials and civilians. One of the most ter- last for even a week is due to the prior experience when form an international Islamic fact-finding rible of such terrorist attacks by the MKO the hold of fire on both sides led to an attack by terrorist committee, but it has so far been refuted was the bombing of the Islamic Republic groups inflicting casualties on pro-Syrian government forces. by Saudi rulers. In his recent message, Iran’s Party’s headquarters. During this terror- The Americans, however, allege that Assad forces had also Supreme Leader highlighted this problem; ist attack then-Head of Iran’s Supreme breached the ceasefire then; a claim they never provided “instead of apology and remorse and judi- Court, Ayatollah Beheshti along with 72 evidence for and is similar to other claims by U.S. officials cial prosecution of those who were directly of Iranian ministers, MPs and politicians accusing Syrian government. Even on Friday night in Geneva, at fault in that horrifying event, Saudi rulers were killed. Saudi Arabia is trying to rein- John Kerry repeated such previous allegations where he was – with utmost shamelessness and insolence vigorate MKO and other terrorist groups describing how the ceasefire would work; “that should put an – refused to allow the formation of an in- against Iranian People. Moreover, Saudis end to the barrel bombs, an end to the indiscriminate bomb- ternational Islamic fact-finding committee.” have long supported separatists groups ing of civilian neighborhoods.” 2) In April 2015, 2 Iranian teenage such as ‘Pan-Turkism Party,’ ‘Democratic pilgrims were sexually harassed by two Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz,’ ‘Jundallah,’ Saudi security officers at Jeddah Airport. etc. US, Turkey annexation of Syria aimed at pressing Russia on regime change

chemical weapon attack, allegedly carried out by Syr- By: Finian Cunningham ian government forces in “rebel-held” Aleppo. Graphic wo weeks after US-backed Turkish military forces video footage of children suffocating was supplied to Tinvaded Syrian territory, plans are underway to Western media outlets by the White Helmets network. expand the incursion. This is nothing other than The network is implicated in furnishing propaganda vid- the annexation of Syria by foreign forces. eos in collusion with terrorist groups in Aleppo, such as It is no coincidence US Secretary of State John Kerry is the video that went viral last month in Western media ‘Barrel bombs’, ‘chemical weapons’ ‘civilians’, ‘humanitar- at the same time pushing his Russian counterpart Sergey of the little boy with bloodied head sitting dazed and ian crisis’, etc. are terms U.S. officials use frequently to add to Lavrov to accept some kind of American deal, purport- confused in an ambulance. their pressure on Assad and depict their campaign in Syria edly for a ceasefire in Syria. A second related development was the high-profile as humanitarian. But the facts and figures prove vice versa. The details of this “deal” remain sketchy, but Wash- launch this week in London of a “peace road map” by A recent brutal and ruthless beheading of a teenage refugee ington has said it wants Syrian-Russian forces to “lift the so-called Syrian opposition group, the High Nego- by Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki group which is supported the siege” on the strategic city of Aleppo, as well as for tiations Committee (HNC). Surrounded by Britain’s For- by the U.S. was heartrending and stirred much controversy American “core objectives” to be met. Presumably, the eign Secretary Boris Johnson and his counterparts from around the world, however Washington refused to comment latter is a veiled reference to Russia acquiescing to a po- Turkey and Saudi Arabia, the HNC put forward the same on the issue. Over the years of conflict and war in Syria which litical transition in Syria involving regime change. old proposition of a ceasefire, political transition and in- has displaced millions of people, the United States ash failed The ironies abound. For a start, Kerry and Lavrov are cumbent, elected Syrian President Bashar Assad to stand to address the refugee crisis properly and more often has meeting in Geneva’s President Wilson Hotel. It’s named down. paid lip service to it. Aleppo is also no different story and af- after Woodrow Wilson, the US president (1913-1921) A third pertinent issue was the announcement this ter five years of fight in the country and with all brutalities and who championed the right of small nations to self-deter- week by the Obama administration that it was extending pressures armed groups have had on civilians in the second mination, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The exact economic sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict. largest Syrian city, the human rights outcries and humanitari- opposite of what Washington is doing in Syria. ISIS/ISIL). But that objective is dubious, given that Tur- Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov reportedly chafed an concerns just appeared when Russia and Iran-backed Syr- More irony still. For two years, Washington and its Eu- key’s military has concentrated its efforts on pushing out at that development in discussions with Kerry over Syria, ian Army forces could impose siege on terrorists in the city. ropean allies have vilified Russia for allegedly “annexing” Syrian Kurdish militants, who have been effective com- saying that it was hardly conducive to productive dialog. Noteworthy enough, a recent report has shown that Obama Ukrainian territory. Yet, the United States and its NATO batants against IS. It’s not conducive, it’s coercive. administration has sold the highest amount of weapons to ally Turkey are flagrantly annexing swathes of Syria’s Also, the Syrian militias working with Turkish mili- Ahead of the talks this weekend in Geneva, Washing- Saudi Arabia which is supporting terrorists in Syria and has northern provinces, setting up no-fly zones and build- tary forces comprise the so-called Free Syrian Army ton appeared to be equivocating in order to put more invaded Yemen. The humanitarian concerns of U.S. thus are ing walls along the border – and there is not a single and Turkmen tribes, both of which are implicated in pressure on Russia. After Moscow declared the negotia- nothing but word game. mention in Western public discourse of this blatant “re- atrocities every bit as barbaric as IS and other Al- tions were going ahead, the US State Department de- During the talks to the media in Geneva, despite John drawing of territory by force.” Qaeda-linked brigades. It was Turkmen militia, for ex- clined to confirm Kerry’s attendance. Kerry reportedly Kerry’s concerns, Russian FM Lavrov confirmed that his gov- The European Union has remained mute, while NATO ample, who butchered two Russian servicemen during showed up in the Swiss city late for the scheduled meet- ernment has informed Bashar Assad of the details of the deal civilian chief Jens Stoltenberg on a visit this week to Tur- the shooting down of a Russian Su-24 fighter jet last ing with Lavrov. and that he had accepted the terms. In the meantime, State key endorsed the land grab under the guise of it being November. Conveniently, the Washington Post reported that the US Secretary John Kerry called on armed groups in Aleppo to a “security measure.” This is in spite that neither Turkey According to Turkish media reports, Ankara and “patience was limited” for a deal with Russia over Syria. ‘distance themselves from nor the US has a legal mandate for their troops and war- Washington are planning to extend the military incur- “The Obama administration has told Russia that it is ISIL and Al-Nusra’ – which Moscow planes operating in Syrian territory. sion further into Syrian territory. Pentagon chief Ashton at the end of its patience in trying to arrange a ceasefire has rebranded itself as Fath emphasizes it will But beyond the double think and double standards Carter has already held talks with Turkish Defense Minis- in Syria, along with proposed joint US-Russia counterter- al-Sham Front. Al-Nusra not hold joint with regard to Russia and Crimea, what this de facto an- ter Fikri Isik on how their joint forces can take the city of rorism operations, and that it expects a decision from has been under support of nexation in Syria seems to be about is the US-led covert Raqqa. Again, the pretext is one of defeating IS terrorists, Moscow in the next several days,” reported the Post. Washington as moderate air strikes with war for regime change in Syria has now become overt. but the more important reality is that the US and Turkey A recap on reality is this: the US-led covert war for fighters but it turned out later Washington and For months, Washington has been haggling with Rus- are deepening their hold on Syrian territory. regime change in Syria is facing defeat. The Syrian Arab to be affiliated with Al-Qaeda the two sides will sia over a political process in Syria, involving the sup- Both Syria and Russia have expressed alarm at these Army along with its Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah allies in Syria. Almost everyone ad- posed implementation of a ceasefire and a euphemisti- developments, pointing to a grave violation of Syrian have liberated more towns and suburbs around Damas- mits that it is very confusing only coordinate cally termed “political transition.” sovereignty. cus, and are now closing the net on the myriad terrorist to define who is who in Syria missions and All the while though, the Obama administration has The US-Turkey incursion appears to be part of a militia holed up in eastern Aleppo. and armed groups fight- targets. menacingly hinted at a ‘Plan B’ action if Russia does choreographed sequence. Over the past week, other Kerry’s febrile appeal to Russia is for the offensive ing against Assad are also in not go along with US political demands. Many ob- pertinent developments included another suspicious on Aleppo to be halted, under the palatable-sounding some cases fighting against one another and even unite against servers have assumed that ‘Plan B’ meant some form terms of “ceasefire” and “humanitarian aid.” On the short- each other! So in such a situation, the fact that US has sufficed of increased American military intervention, directly or The US-led covert war for term, the “deal” is aimed at saving the necks of the US to only invite armed groups to detach themselves from their indirectly through greater weapons supply to its proxy terror assets. On the longer-term, the aim is to get a allies doesn’t seem to be practical as the groups have proved anti-government militias fighting in Syria. regime change in Syria is political process going that would see Russia conceding to be irrational actors and the scene is so complicated that it Now it seems that ‘Plan B’ is indeed underway with US facing defeat. The Syrian Arab to regime change. is hard to believe that they can hold the fire either on Syrian and Turkish forces occupying Syrian territory stretching Army along with its Russian, Because Russia has up to now not fallen for this Army or other groups. The previous ceasefire, however, brings some 90 kilometers from the Euphrates River westwards Iranian and Hezbollah allies American trap, the military lever of ‘Plan B’ is looming this possibility to mind, too, that Washington is well aware that toward the town of Azaz, located near the battleground into play, in the form of US and Turkish annexation of armed fighters and terrorist groups are not easily giving up city of Aleppo. have liberated more towns and Syrian territory. with their ideological affiliations and no separation from Al- Part of the obfuscation over this annexation is that suburbs around Damascus, and Unmistakably, this contingency conveys a reckless Nusra or ISIL would happen there on the ground, but the U.S.- it is referred to by Washington, Ankara and the dutiful are now closing the net on the threat of all-out war with Russia. Desperate for its “core brokered ceasefire will buy them time to rearm and reorganize Western news media as an “anti-terror operation.” US objective” of regime change in Syria, the US ultimatum their forces to continue their proxy war on Bashar Assad gov- and Turkish forces are ostensibly “cleansing” the border myriad terrorist militia holed to Russia is: ditch your Syrian ally or face war. ernment on behalf of the United States and its regional allies. area of terrorists belonging to Islamic State (IS, formerly up in eastern Aleppo. (Source: RT) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Climate change has increased the likeli- essentially no greenhouse-gas emissions, Ships around the world will have to carry ballast water treat- hood of torrential downpours along the and now, when the world is putting tens ment facilities on board from next year to prevent the spread Gulf Coast like those that led to deadly of billions of tons of carbon dioxide into of potentially invasive aquatic species, under a new interna- floods in southern Louisiana last month, the air each year. tional treaty. scientists said Wednesday. Normally such studies can take Using historical records of rainfall and months, largely because of the computer computer models that simulate climate, time required to run climate simulations. the researchers, including several from But the Louisiana study is the latest “rap- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric id-response” research intended to deter- Administration, found that global warm- mine the effect, if any, of climate change ing increased the chances of such intense as close to the event as possible, to help rains in the region by at least 40 percent. inform policy makers and the public. “But it’s probably much closer to a To speed the research, World Weather doubling of the probability” of such an Attribution, the loose-knit research team event, or a 100 percent increase, said that conducted this study, used models Heidi Cullen, chief scientist for Climate that have already been run. They were Central, the research organization that developed by NOAA scientists at the coordinated the study. “Climate change Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory played a very clear and quantifiable role,” in Princeton, N.J., and are sophisticated she added. enough to capture the many different According to green group WWF, over 10 billion tons of A storm carrying large amounts of elements that contribute to weather in water are moved around the world in ballast tanks every year moisture from the Gulf of Mexico stalled warming atmosphere and oceans should any single event to climate change. the Gulf Coast region, said Karin van der -- pumped in at Shanghai or Tangiers and dumped in the over southern Louisiana in mid-August, lead to more intense and frequent rain- That is changing with the development Wiel, a research associate at the labora- harbors of Rotterdam or Valparaiso to rebalance the ships as bringing several days of apocalyptic storms, because there will be greater of attribution studies, which use statistical tory. they load or unload cargo. rain — up to two feet in 48 hours — evaporation, and warmer air holds more analysis and climate modeling to com- World Weather Attribution has con- In this way, around 7,000 species of fish, crustaceans, al- that caused record flooding in Baton moisture. But until recent years most sci- pare the likelihood of an event occurring ducted several similar studies in the past gae, invertebrates and even viruses and bacteria, travel un- Rouge and elsewhere. The authorities entists have said it was not possible to link before industrialization, when there were two years, including one earlier this year noticed across the world's oceans every day. said 13 people were killed and about that linked floods in France in April to The deal comes into force on September 8, 2017 after Fin- 55,000 homes and 6,000 businesses were Climate scientists have long said that a climate change. But the Louisiana study land ratified it on Thursday -- 12 years after it was adopted. damaged in what is now considered was the most difficult one yet because "This is a truly significant milestone for the health of our the nation’s worst natural disaster since warming atmosphere and oceans should lead of the many factors involved for the Gulf planet," International Maritime Organization secretary-general Hurricane Sandy, the storm that hit the to more intense and frequent rainstorms, Coast, said Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Kitack Lim said in a statement. The "spread of invasive species Northeast in 2012. because there will be greater evaporation, a member of the team from the Royal has been recognized as one of the greatest threats to the eco- logical and the economic well-being of the planet," he said. Warming atmosphere and warmer air holds more moisture. Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Climate scientists have long said that a (Source: The NYT) Sometimes microscopic in size yet devastating in impact, in- vasive hitchhiker species can swiftly colonize new marine habi- tats, wrecking ecosystems on which humans also depend. Scientists can identify you How to spot an In the early 1980s, the North American comb jellyfish quit based on the unique pattern asteroid with mobile its Atlantic home, hid away in the belly of a cargo ship and headed for the Black Sea. of proteins in your hair astronomy apps By just over a decade later, its descendants had decimated the anchovy population in their new surroundings. The IMO's Convention on the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments was adopted in 2014 but had not been ratified by enough sea-faring countries to enter into force. (Source: AFP)

Experts weigh in why river turned blood red

The Siberian Times reported on Sept. 7 that the Daldykan A strand of hair at a crime scene, or a seeming match under the micro- As they orbit the sun, the larger as- Solar System, as the primordial gas River near the city of Norilsk had turned the color of blood, clinging to human remains unearthed scope would not be accepted as proof teroids in the main belt between the cloud collapsed and the density of ma- with locals pointing fingers at the nearby Nadezhda Metal- by archaeologists, could hold new that two different shafts of hair came orbits of Mars and Jupiter can be terial increased, atoms and molecules lurgical Plant, owned by the company Norilsk Nickel. In fact, a promise as a means to identify its from the same person. viewed in backyard telescopes, if you of heavy elements (i.e., heavier than broken pipeline at the plant may be the culprit, according to unique owner and unravel mysteries Every strand of hair is made up of know where to look. The SkySafari 5 helium) clumped together into small a statement from the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources. sealed by the passage of time. proteins. In addition to being more app allows you to search for asteroids fragments. These in turn attracted more The company, however, has denied any accidental discharge In research published this week, resilient to environmental damage by name and display their location on material through mutual gravitation. of pollutants. The company did not respond to Live Science's scientists from Lawrence Livermore than DNA, those proteins are like an any date. In September 2016, aster- Most of the growing lumps of matter request for comment. National Laboratories reported they echo of a person’s DNA, said Brad oid Pallas — indicated by the white coalesced into planets or moons, while Norilsk Nickel does have a history of environmental prob- are devising a test of human hair that Hart, co-author of a paper and di- crosshairs — is traversing the small the rest became inert fragments orbit- lems, however. In 2014, a company plant in Harjavalta, Fin- could fingerprint its owner in cases in rector of Livermore’s Forensic Science constellation of Equuleus, located ing the sun in interplanetary space. It land, released 66 metric tons (72.7 U.S. tons) of nickel into the which DNA evidence is fragmented, Center. in the eastern evening sky. Its loop- turns out that the maximum size for the Kokemäenjoki River, sending nickel levels soaring far above damaged or nowhere to be found. Like It’s a simple but ingenious idea, con- ing trajectory is shown here for an objects is about 1,000 kilometers (620 safe limits. Finland Times reported at the time that levels in DNA sequencing, the test they have ceived in 2013 by the paper’s lead au- 18-month period. miles), and there are relatively few of the river in the city of Pori reached 530 micrograms per liter. devised not only could identify an in- thor, Glendon Parker, then a biochem- NASA launched its OSIRIS-REx mis- those. Safe drinking levels are below 20 micrograms per liter. The dividual but trace his or her ancestry. istry professor at Utah Valley University sion to visit asteroid Bennu. Once there, A large percentage of the bodies water in the Kokemäenjoki did not turn red, however. The researchers’ discovery, reported and now a scientist at Livermore: DNA its spacecraft will take a sample of the ended up orbiting in a large belt be- Norilsk is no stranger to struggles with pollution. In 2007, Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, provides the blueprint for proteins. So asteroid and return the material to Earth. tween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. the city appeared on the top 10 list of worst-polluted plac- addresses one of forensic scientists’ the coding quirks found in an individu- In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll Those are the ones we refer to as as- es on Earth, in a report released by the environmental group most pressing needs: a reliable alterna- al’s DNA (called single nucleotide poly- focus on asteroids, and how you can see teroids. Other pieces were eventual- the Blacksmith Institute. The city also consistently ranks as the tive to DNA identification. DNA is ac- morphisms, or SNPs) will translate into one in a backyard telescope with the help ly shepherded into the stable gravity most-polluted city in Russia, according to government statistics. tually quite fragile and notoriously vul- recognizable variants in the proteins, of an astronomy app. wells, called Lagrange points, around According to the Blacksmith Institute, Norilsk is home to the nerable to degradation with time and known as single amino acid polymor- Our Solar System is littered with bits planets. world's largest heavy metals smelting complex, and is the source exposure to the environment. It’s tricky phisms (SAPs). and pieces of rocky and metallic ma- Jupiter, with its huge mass, has col- of all this pollution. The soil around Norilsk has been so polluted to coax a full sequence from an old bi- These SAPs are the protein markers terial that either was never used up lected a great many of them, known as that, according to NASA, it can actually be mined: It contains ological sample or one that’s been bur- that could guide future forensic scien- during the initial planets' formation 4.6 Trojans. The rest orbit the sun in rough- economically useful levels of palladium and platinum. ied, frozen or baked in the sun. tists in identifying an individual even billion years ago, or that has broken ly circular orbits of various sizes and (Source: Live Science) While a shaft of hair often is present- when DNA is not available. off of larger bodies during subsequent tilts, occasionally being redirected into ed as evidence in an old-fashioned who- In an effort to discern how specific SNPs collisions. The sizes range from small a new orbit by a close encounter with a dunit, it does not actually contain nuclear became recognizable SAPs, researchers particles up to individual objects that larger object or violently crashing into DNA, the chemical blueprint an individ- from seven universities collected and ana- are 1,000 kilometers in diameter. the surface of a planet or moon. NASA’s Curiosity Mars ual inherits from both parents. It does lyzed male and female hair samples from The larger bodies are of most inter- Researchers refer to all of these bod- contain mitochondrial DNA, but because 82 people of varying ethnicities. est for several reasons: We might wish ies as minor planets, regardless of where rover views spectacular that is passed down matrilineally, it has In the hair samples of 66 Europe- to visit them to harvest the minerals they are located. Because some objects, layered rock formations limits as a means of identification. an-Americans, five African Americans, they are made of, and we would want called Near Earth Objects or NEOs, pose Forensic science five Kenyans and six skeletal remains our spacecraft to avoid accidentally a small risk of striking the earth, amateur "Curiosity's science team has been just thrilled to go on this In quainter times, investigators from the 1750s and 1850s, they iden- colliding with one. and professional astronomers have been road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on might put a hair under a microscope tified 185 protein markers that could What's an Asteroid? detecting, tracking and tabulating them Mars," said Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada, of and compare it to, say, that of a de- collectively be used to tell one person Formation of Solar System for many years. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. fendant. But in current forensic science, from another. (Source: LAT) During the early formation of the (Source: space.com) The Martian buttes and mesas rising above the surface are eroded remnants of ancient sandstone that originated when winds deposited sand after lower Mount Sharp had formed. Largest National Plan Unveiled in 3rd Medicinal Plants Festival "Studying these buttes up close has given us a better under- standing of ancient sand dunes that formed and were buried, The largest nationwide plan entitled “Technical Kno- and production units with the daily production capacity chemically changed by groundwater, exhumed and eroded to whow of Producing Extracts and Encapsulation Active of several tons of encapsulation herbal active ingredi- form the landscape that we see today," Vasavada said. Ingredients of Medicinal Herbs Using Modern Ultra-Ex- ents and extracts. The new images represent Curiosity's last stop in the Mur- truder Technology” was unveiled at 3rd Medicinal Moreover creating several currency-yielding oppor- ray Buttes, where the rover has been driving for just over one Plants Festival in the presence of Interior Minister Dr. tunities and playing constructive role in international month. As of this week, Curiosity has exited these buttes toward Abdol-Reza Rahmani-Fazli, Foreign Minister Dr. Mo- markets, this national project will be able to generate the south, driving up to the base of the final butte on its way out. hammad-Javad Zarif, Head of the Department of En- more job opportunities both in national and interna- Curiosity will continue farther south and higher up Mount vironment (DoE) Dr. Ma’soumeh Ebtekar and a number tional levels in line with meeting objectives of resistance Sharp, leaving behind these spectacular formations. of senior managers and deputies. economy, the report added. Curiosity landed near Mount Sharp in 2012. It reached the It should be noted that the said nationwide plan was It is for the first time that technology of producing base of the mountain in 2014 after successfully finding evi- launched by researchers of knowledge-based Magno- encapsulation herbal active ingredients and extracts, dence on the surrounding plains that ancient Martian lakes lia Flavor and Fragrance Company, the report added. using most modern Ultra-Extruder technology, is con- offered conditions that would have been favorable for mi- This unique nationwide plan has been defined in a ducted in Iran and Asia by researchers and expert en- crobes if Mars has ever hosted life. Rock layers forming the way that can provide feedstock for tens of industrial gineers of the company. base of Mount Sharp accumulated as sediment within an- cient lakes billions of years ago. (Source: Boing Boing) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SOCIETY 12 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 111,1, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

NEWS 3 signs of self-love Breakthrough iPad app By Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD ing how they are so much more that this can spot autism with 93% problem. Allow yourself to empathize accuracy f you really want to be happy, you with, and have compassion for, their Ineed to be happy with who you struggle. Now practice doing the same are – you need to love yourself. But with yourself. Some people find it help- knowing self-love when you see it – or ful to imagine a friend facing the very The breakthrough app is able to identify autism earlier than feel it – may not be as straightforward problems that they are facing – they can standard diagnosis methods, which in turn means earlier as it seems. People who talk about their experience compassion for their friend treatment. The app tracks and records the force and move- many gifts and accomplishments do not in a way they don’t do for themselves. ment of fingers across the screen. necessarily love themselves. And people Then they can apply this way of thinking Dr. Jonathan Delafied-Butt from the University of Strath- who go about their daily life quietly and and feeling to themselves. clyde says it’s a major breakthrough in the diagnosis of autism with humility may be filled with self-love. Another exercise that can help nurture in children.‘This is potentially a major breakthrough for early So, what does self-love look like? your self-love is thinking about things identification of autism, because no stressful and expensive Here are 3 qualities you might expect that make you feel good about you. tests by clinicians are needed. to see in people who love themselves: Importantly, you are not just looking for ‘This new ‘serious game’ Think positively of themselves: Peo- activities that feel good, but rather ones assessment offers a cheaper, ple who love themselves hold a positive that leave you with a positive experience faster, fun way of testing for image of themselves. They do not need of yourself. They might include cooking autism. to prove their self-worth to themselves for others, expressing yourself artistically, ‘But more work is needed or others. or meditating. Next, make these things a to confirm this finding, and Many people are hesitant to experi- regular part of your life. By engaging in to test for its limitations.’ ence themselves in a positive light, fear- and living your life. If you struggle with these activities frequently, you are nurtur- The app is able to meas- Are resilient after difficulties: Be- ing that it would make them self-centered loving yourself, you might find it helpful ing and reinforcing self-love. ure movements and gestures cause they accept their humanity, they and selfish. This is simply not true. You to practice viewing others from a lov- At center of self-love are self-accept- by children using the smart feel empathy and compassion for their deserve love just as much as anyone else. ing perspective. Think about someone ance and self-compassion. When you tablet. Greater forces of con- own struggles. This perspective sup- Accept personal imperfection: Hu- you care about and respect. Imagine (or see people who possess these qualities, tact and disruptive move- ports them during troubled times, ena- mans are, by nature, imperfect. People remember) them showing a weakness, you know that they love themselves. Sur- ments on the screen will get bling them to accept support and help who love themselves understand this like inappropriately snapping at you, or round yourself with these people, and an autism diagnosis. from others, and to do what is necessary and genuinely view themselves positive- failing at something, like losing their job. you will feel better for it… especially if you The Nature group of Sci- move forward. ly even as they face their weaknesses Take a bird’s eye view of that person, are one of them. entific reports states, ‘We de- Self-love is not like a race with a fin- and mistakes. seeing the problem in context and not- (Source: WebMD) cided to test whether or not we could identify autism-specific ish line. It is a way of viewing yourself motor patterns in the gameplay of children as they engaged with a smart tablet computer (iPad mini) under natural con- ditions and with minimal instructions. A reel honor: Scientists name new fish after Obama The data for the research was compiled when the team added two commercially available games on an iPad for the It isn’t exactly a squid pro quo, but scientists are nam- Richard Pyle, a marine biologist, told the magazine. children. The iPads had touch-sensitive screens with embed- ing a new fish after President Barack Obama partly as a “How appropriate that a fish we were thinking about ded movement sensors that capture the children’s fingertip way to say thanks for his decision last month to create a naming after him anyway, just to say thank you for ex- movements as they played the games. The iPad was placed new protected area off the Hawaiian coast. panding the national monument, happens to have a on a desk in front of a child so it would only record the fingers National Geographic reported Friday that the maroon feature that ties it to the President.” being pushed across the screen. Researchers examined the and gold creature, which was discovered 300 feet deep The species was discovered this past June during a movement data on 37 children with autism aged three to six in the waters off Kure Atoll, is the only known fish to live research trip to Kure, the world’s northernmost atoll, Na- years and 45 children without the disorder ranging from ages within Papahanaumokuakea, an expanse of coral reefs tional Geographic reported. four through seven. and seamounts home to more than 7,000 species. Pyle and his colleagues later confirmed that the fish Once the children completed the games, the data was put One looking for the fish’s official name, however, is was a new species -- the first member of the genus Tos- through a machine learning algorithm and the touch sensors were likely to stay hooked -- a formal description of the spe- anoides found outside of Japanese waters. analyzed and compared between the two groups of children. cies isn’t expected to be published until later this year. This is not the first time Obama has had a fish named The study found ‘Machine learning analysis of the chil- Last week, Obama established the largest protect- after him.Scientists named an aqua and orange speckled dren’s motor patterns identified autism with up to 93% ed marine sanctuary in the world when he more than 582,578 square miles. freshwater darter found in the Tennessee River Etheos- accuracy. quadrupled the size of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine The dorsal fin coloration of the male is a circular red toma Obama in 2012. At the time, scientists named oth- (Source: mumslounge.com.au) National Monument to protect reefs, marine life habitats spot ringed with blue which scientists said reminded ers of the more than 200 species of darters discovered and other resources. The expansion will add 442,781 them of Obama’s campaign logo. after other presidents. square miles to the monument, making it now a total of “It’s very reminiscent of Obama’s (campaign) logo,” (Source: CNN)

LEARN ENGLISH IN FOCUS Tehran Times/ Mohsen Noferesti Types of Shopping Areas

Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close and I want to make it to the outlet stores. Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out. Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland! Aidan: This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. Sara: Just look. You have two shopping malls, retail stores, outlet stores, department stores, and specialty stores. What more could you want? Aidan: That’s great for you, but what am I supposed to do? Sarah: You can come with me, watch me try on clothes, and help me decide what to buy. Come on, I want to go to those stores in the strip mall over there. Aidan: Why don’t I just find a place to get a snack and wait for you? I’m just dead weight when it comes to shopping. Sarah: But I thought you wanted to spend the day together. Aidan: I did, but I didn’t know I’d have to go to shop- ping hell to do it. A team of top dentistry students and professors from the Islamic Azad University provide healthcare services to people in an underprivileged village in (Source: eslpod.com) South Khorasan province. Words & phrases outlet store: a store where clothes or other goods are sold for less than the usual price, often because they are no longer fashionable or are slightly damaged, or because the factory ENGLISH IN USE made too many of them to sell in normal stores LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION hang out: to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people shopping center: a group of shops together in one area, اﺳﺎﻣﻰ ﻧﻔﺮات ﺑﺮﺗﺮ ﮐﻨﮑﻮر اﻋﻼم ﺷﺪ often in one large building Iran’s university entrance exam announces top shopping mall: a group of shops together in one large cov- scoring students ered building اﺳــﺎﻣﻰ ﻧﻔــﺮات ﺑﺮﺗــﺮ آزﻣــﻮن ﺳﺮاﺳــﺮى ﮐﻨﮑــﻮر در ﺳــﻪ ﮔــﺮوه اﺻﻠــﻰ رﯾﺎﺿــﻰ و ﻓﻨــﻰ، ﻋﻠــﻮم ﺗﺠﺮﺑــﻰ و ﻋﻠــﻮم Results for the top students in the Iranian university entrance exam, also known as retail store: a place of business usually owned and oper- اﻧﺴــﺎﻧﻰ روز ﺳــﻪ ﺷــﻨﺒﻪ اﻋــﻼم ﺷــﺪ. ,ated by a retailer but sometimes owned and operated by a Konkur, in the three main groups of mathematical sciences, experimental sciences ﺑــﻪ ﮔــﺰارش ﺧﺒﺮﮔــﺰارى ﺗﺴــﻨﯿﻢ ﻫﻤﭽﻨﯿــﻦ اﺳــﺎﻣﻰ ﺳــﻪ ﻧﻔﺮ ﺑﺮﺗــﺮ ﮔــﺮوه زﺑﺎن ﻫــﺎى ﺧﺎرﺟــﻰ و ﻫﻨﺮ ﻧﯿــﺰ اﻋﻼم .manufacturer or by someone other than a retailer in which and human sciences were announced on Tuesday The top three students of arts and foreign languages groups are announced as ﺷــﺪه اﺳــﺖ. ﮐﻠﯿــﻪ ى ﻧﺘﺎﯾﺞ روز ﭼﻬﺎرﺷــﻨﺒﻪ ﺻﺒــﺢ اﻋﻼم ﺧﻮاﻫﻨﺪ ﺷــﺪ. merchandise is sold primarily to ultimate consumers department store: a large shop that is divided into separate well; the overall results are scheduled to be announced on Wednesday morning, در ﻣﯿــﺎن 36 ﻧﻔــﺮ ﺑﺮﺗــﺮ 26 ﻧﻔــﺮ از ﻣﯿــﺎن ﭘﺴــﺮان و 10 ﻧﻔــﺮ از ﻣﯿــﺎن دﺧﺘــﺮان ﻫﺴــﺘﻨﺪ. ﻧﮑﺘــﻪ ى ﺗﻌﺠــﺐ آور .departments, each selling a different type of goods Tasnim news agency reported اﯾﻨﮑــﻪ ﻫﯿــﭻ داﻧــﺶ آﻣــﻮز دﺧﺘــﺮى در ﻣﯿــﺎن ده ﻧﻔــﺮ ﺑﺮﺗــﺮ رﺷــﺘﻪ ى رﯾﺎﺿﻰ و ﻓﻨــﻰ وﺟــﻮد ﻧــﺪارد در ﺣﺎﻟﻰ ﮐﻪ specialty store: retail businesses that focus on specific prod- Among the top 36 students, 26 are male and 10 are female. Surprisingly there is no female among the top 10 admitted for the mathematical sciences group while ﺳــﻪ ﻧﻔــﺮ ﺑﺮﺗــﺮ ﮔــﺮوه ﻫﻨــﺮ از ﻣﯿــﺎن دﺧﺘــﺮان ﻣﻰ ﺑﺎﺷــﻨﺪ. uct categories, such as office supplies, men’s or women’s clothing, or carpet all the top three in arts group are female. suppose to do: an obligation; something that you should do, or something that another person expects you to do. try something on: to put on a piece of clothing to see if it ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM fits you or if it suits you, especially in a shop strip mall: a row of shops built together, with a large area for Many hands make light Bash something out All thumbs parking cars in front of it be dead weight: work something or someone who prevents oth- Meaning: to produce something quickly or in Explanation: if you are all thumbs, you are awk- er people from making progress great quantities but without much care or thought ward and clumsy and do things incorrectly when it comes to: as regards, when the situation entails, as Explanation: sharing work makes the task easier For example: For example: For example: I bashed out replies as fast as I Would you mind wrapping this for for something; speaking about something Cleaning up the banquet room won’t could. me? I’m all thumbs! hell: a situation, experience, or place that is very un- take long if we all help; many hands make light work. pleasant I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Turkey and the European Union agreed cess. So far, only 16 chapters have been to inject new momentum into Ankara's Turkey, EU agree to ease post-coup opened. faltering bid to join the bloc, pledging "Turkey is a European country, a Eu- more cooperation and less acrimony tension, push membership bid ropean democracy. Europe's future is our JUMP following bitter rows in the wake of the future," he said. country's failed coup. 'Strong Turkey essential' - The West should learn from EU foreign policy chief Federica The unresolved situation in Cyprus their past mistakes Mogherini and Enlargement Commis- -- which is divided between the Greek- sioner Johannes Hahn -- making the ruled, internationally-recognized south 1 According to the Terrorism Index 2015, the total highest-level EU visit to Turkey since the and the Turkish north -- remains a huge number of deaths from terrorism increased by 80% in 2014 July 15 putsch attempt -- said that new obstacle to Turkey's membership bid, compared to the previous year. This is the biggest annual rise chapters in Ankara's long-running acces- with the Republic of Cyprus blocking the in the last 15 years. There has been over a nine-fold increase sion process should be opened and that opening of several new chapters. in the number of deaths from terrorism, rising from 3,329 in visa liberalization was still on the table. Mogherini said there was a "window" 2000 to 32,685 in 2014 since the start of this century. Several Turkish and EU officials had of hope for Cyprus and expressed confi- As a consequence of this 9/11 trauma many extreme, engaged in a war of words after the dence there would be a solution "in the offensive and rights-intrusive acts consisting of restrictions coup, with Brussels slamming the en- near future". on freedom were implemented, essentially turning regular suing crackdown and Ankara unhappy She said the issue of visa liberalization people’s private lives into some kind of nightmare. The acts with an apparent lack of solidarity from had been raised in "constructive" talks included Homeland Security Act, Patriot Act, Freedom Act the bloc. with Erdogan at the G20 in China. and many more. In light of all these developments, many "The key element which we agreed A key problem in visa liberalization people especially Muslims felt and still feel as though they to was that we talk more to each oth- has been anti-terror laws in Turkey, which are trapped. The photos of Abu Ghraib prison that were re- er and a little bit less about each other, Brussels says need to be narrowed. But vealed in 2004 stirred an intense global reaction and hatred. showing full respect," Mogherini said is a problem, we must mutually solve it." After the attempted coup, Erdogan Celik said Turkey could make a "commit- 'A candidate country' - mulled bringing back capital punish- Tens of thousands of Muslims were interrogated, prisoned or after talks with Turkey's Foreign Minis- ment" at the appropriate time overseen tortured on the grounds that they were affiliated with al-Qa- ter Mevlut Cavusoglu and EU Minister The comments signaled a desire to ment, a move which would spell an by the Council of Europe. keep the momentum in Turkey's EU bid, end to the bid. The issue of the death eda. Today, al-Qaeda has almost but disappeared and many Omer Celik. Later on Friday, Cavusoglu met with emerging terrorist groups with different names are on the Mogherini unequivocally condemned which sometimes looked to have severely penalty was not raised at the press con- NATO Secretary General Jens Stolten- stumbled in the wake of the coup. ference. rise. the coup aimed at ousting President Re- berg, who is also making his first visit to In the name of “war on terror,” many innocent Muslims have cep Tayyip Erdogan, saying: "There is no Hahn acknowledged there had been Hahn emphasized that visa liberaliza- Turkey since the attempted putsch. "many irritations" on both sides following tion for Turks travelling to the EU -- which been blacklisted and in September 2014, TSC (Terror Screen- space whatsoever... for any attempt at a Turkey joined the Western military alli- ing Center) Director Christopher Piehota testified to the House coup." the coup, emphasizing that Turkey had to Ankara wants completed this year -- was ance in 1952 shortly after World War II, at behave in a manner befitting of a candi- still on the agenda. Homeland Security Committee that the list “currently stands at She said the sides had an "in-depth the start of the Cold War. Its membership about 800,000 identities.” It turned out to be very difficult for discussion" about ensuring the rule of law date member. He said chapters 23 and 24 of the has traditionally been a cornerstone of "Turkey was, is and will be a candidate accession process -- covering justice Muslims to enter the U.S. and those who enter and leave the was protected following criticism of the Turkish foreign policy. country were being monitored through the use of No Flight crackdown in which tens of thousands of country. And as a candidate country we and rights and freedom and security -- "Turkey is and will remain a strong and have to apply higher standards." should be opened as soon as possible Lists. With a new law, the U.S. announced that those who have people have been arrested or dismissed highly valued member of NATO," said visited Iraq, Syria and Sudan in the last three years will not be over alleged links to the putsch. Turkey's bid to join the EU dates back and that a settlement to end the division Stoltenberg. "A democratic, strong and to the 1960s with formal talks starting in of Cyprus would help this. permitted to enter American soil without a visa. Cavusoglu added: "We must work to- stable Turkey is important for our shared Through these practices, the U.S. is violating the right to gether because there are problems that 2005 but the duration of the process has Celik said Ankara was ready to open security." caused severe rancor in Ankara. all 35 chapters of the EU accession pro- privacy and restricting the basic rights of people such as right emerge that affect all our people. If there (Source: AFP) to travel and freedom of expression. CIA black lists and kills people through the use of drones without discriminating whether these people are guilty or not. This particular pol- What happened to 9/11? icy has not served their causes and has provoked a furious backlash. As a result, terror acts skyrocketed in number let 1 That’s exactly when I recall en place between the Afghan govern- The whole world knows that nei- The 19 hijackers in the September 11 coiffed Trump, reading a statement is- ment and the Taliban! ther the Afghans, nor the Iraqis ben- attacks were affiliated with al-Qaeda. 15 alone cease and anti-Americanism sentiment escalated enor- sued by his campaign office, calling for a What happened in Iraq? efitted from the invasions and the of them were Saudi citizens. mously. “total and complete shutdown” on Mus- The 2003 invasion of Iraq signaled the pursuing wars. Well who benefits For more than 13 years, 28 pages It is crystal clear that these practices that have been ongo- lims entering the U.S. Stating that “we start of the Iraq war, which was dubbed from any war except the ones who documenting specific indications of for- ing for years are not the solution to remove the entrenched have no choice”, Trump went on to say Operation Iraqi Freedom. The U.S. de- get richer? eign government support for the 9/11 horror from western societies. It also does not eliminate the that the authorities should be looking at posed the longtime dictator Saddam Were there WMDs in Iraq in the first hijackers were hidden from the American anger of the people who are treated as terrorists only be- mosques as there is “hatred” within them. Hussein. place? Saddam was ousted and killed people. cause of their names and Trump has proposed, in various forms According to George W. Bush and but the country is plagued by terrorism. Declassified on July 15, 2016, the 28 In the name of their religion. It is again and iterations, banning Muslims from en- British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the coali- Are the Iraqi people free now? They do pages revealed a web of interconnec- “war on terror,” the same fear that causes tering the U.S. “until we figure out what’s tion mission was “to disarm Iraq of weap- not know the next morning that they tions linking Saudi government officials, many innocent an American presidential going on”. ons of mass destruction, to end Saddam wake up and go to work, school… they members of the Saudi royal family, sus- candidate to continuously Well I hope that is not the diversity, Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to come back alive or not! Iraqi women pected Saudi intelligence operatives and Muslims have express anti-Islamic senti- welcoming of all talent, treating of every- free the Iraqi people.” are slaves of ISIL militants and the boys 9/11 hijackers. been blacklisted ments, or some of the EU body fairly - no matter their race, gender In a January 2003 CBS poll, 64% of are recruited as child soldiers for acts Among those revelations: member states refusing to and in September give a right to live in their or faith that President Obama said in his Americans had approved of military ac- of terror and the girls are kept as sex The first page of the declassified 28 2014, TSC (Terror address. tion against Iraq; however, later on 63% slaves or sold. Iraqi men are killed in pages on the Saudi government links to homelands to the people Why “Muslims” might not be interest- wanted Bush to find a diplomatic solution masses. Is this freedom? 9/11 involves Saudi Prince Bandar — the Screening desperately seeking to ed about the U.S. policy in the Middle rather than go to war. Polls also showed However, Obama pledged relentless former Saudi ambassador to Washington Center) Director take refuge not because they do not have the East? Let me draw your attention to the that 62% believed the threat of terrorism attacks against al-Qaeda and ISIL, whose — who made payments to an avowed Christopher wars that the United States has started in directed against the U.S. would increase acts of terror have reached the West. supporter of bin Laden who boasted of means but only because countries in the Middle East and Central due to war. The House of Saud links to 9/11 helping two Flight 77 hijackers in San Piehota testified they are Muslims. These Asia, claiming they are fighting terrorism The invasion of Iraq was strongly shouldn’t remain secret Diego. to the House unethical attitudes will and bringing democracy. opposed by some long-standing U.S. President Obama said in his address An unlisted phone number linked Homeland likely result in un-wanted Why after more than a decade since allies, including France and Germany. that the U.S. will fight terrorism relentless- closely to Bandar was found in the phone ramifications. the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, war and Their leaders argued that there was ly. The world knows that the U.S. military book of al-Qaeda associate Abu Zubay- Security Indeed, the West chaos is still taking toll in the country and no evidence of WMDs in Iraq and that is powerful and is equipped with sophisti- dah in Pakistan. Committee should realize that radi- the blood of Afghans is shed? invading the country was not justified cated weaponry. Why, despite all this mil- Zubaydah also had a phone number calism, not Islam, is one of that the list the biggest threats in the The U.S. aims were to dismantle in the context of UNMOVIC report re- itary prowess, have they not been able to for a bodyguard at the Saudi embassy in “currently stands al-Qaeda and deny it a safe haven for leased on February 12, 2003. On Feb- uproot ISIL?! Washington who was under an FBI inves- world and it is totally di- operations in Afghanistan by removing ruary 15, 2003, a month before the Does it downgrade the U.S. to co- tigation. at about 800,000 vorced from the accurate the Taliban from power. Was the U.S. suc- invasion, there were worldwide pro- operate with other countries in the The U.S. and Saudi governments claim identities.” teachings of Islam. Ac- cessful? tests against the Iraq war, including a fight against terrorism? As many world there are no clear evidences for these cording the to the Qur’an, At the time President George W. Bush rally of three million people in Rome, leaders including President Obama say, and many other disturbing coincidences killing one person is like killing whole humanity and therefore demanded that the Taliban hand over which is listed in the Guinness Book of fighting terrorism is a collective effort found in the 28 pages and other declas- a Muslim who abides with the Qur’an would never approach Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda. Records as the largest ever anti-war and the results have proven to be much sified documents. If so, the people of the such an evil act forbidden by God. However, it is also es- The Taliban declined to extradite him un- rally. According to the French academic better when powers join hands in the United States and the entire world de- sential that Islam should not be left in the hands of ignorant less given what they deemed convincing Dominique Reynié, between January 3 face of the ugly phenomenon of terror- serve to see the full evidence for them- people. Such ignorant people often turn radical and they will evidence of his involvement in the 9/11 and April 12, 2003, 36 million people ism. selves. start to kill, bomb and create disorder in the name of Islam. attacks. The request was dismissed by the across the globe took part in almost What happened to the role of Saudi Terrorism is a heinous act and there is These fanatics deliberately use the Qur’an to act out their ha- U.S. as a delaying tactic, and on October 3,000 protests against the Iraq war. Arabia and the terrorists who have links no such a thing as good or bad terrorism. tred. It is noteworthy to remember that God tells Muslims to 7, 2001 it launched Operation Enduring Iraq was invaded at last! to the House of Saud? Terrorism is ugly in any form. It has many forgive people who have deliberately committed murder, an Freedom with Britain. roots. Terrorism, whether in form of a example of compassion shown in the face of a very terrible crime. This attitude very well explains how a Muslim should However on May 2, 2011, U.S. Saddam was ousted and killed but the country proxy war or in form an alliance between Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden certain groups and countries, does not act in the face of such a condition. in Abbotabad, Pakistan. United Na- is plagued by terrorism. Are the Iraqi people benefit the people who are just bearing The West should learn from their mistakes in the past and tions-backed peace talks have since tak- free now? its brunt. put an end to methods that may risk the lives of innocent people. They should be in intellectual cooperation with the leaders who have embraced Islam based on the Qur’an and who will direct the world with wisdom and reason. Radicalism is based on a false religion that has been ongoing for hun- Iran is a ‘vital link’ on Silk Road: expert dreds of years. The Islamic world has been kept in this fanatic 1 China has actively invited countries in Asia, Af- and Tehran. It has slashed time between Shanghai and A: This is difficult to surmise at this point. I would swirl either with internal or external interference. rica and Europe to become partners in OBOR and many Tehran to just two weeks compared to the 45 days it speculate that the EU attitude towards the Silk The fact remains that war and violence have never been a countries have already done so. OBOR, if successfully takes for goods to be ferried by sea between Shanghai Road is simultaneously a desire to benefit from the solution for this and terror has not ended. Every bomb dropped implemented and after it becomes fully operational, can and Bandar Abbas. economic bonanza that such a link can provide in in the Islamic world will return to the West as more hatred and expand China’s global influence enormously to pose a Ironically, the partial lifting of sanctions on Iran Central Asian and Chinese markets, and an uneasy more radicalism. The war on terror has only brought blood challenge to the current Western liberal world order. But following the nuclear agreement with the U.S. seems apprehension about the long term implications of and pain for the last fifteen years. What needs to be done is many countries in Asia, India and Vietnam among them, to be helping Iran-China economic cooperation; EU what would clearly be a vast expansion of China’s to conduct an effective education program against the ideo- view the initiative with suspicion though publicly most nations are still somewhat wary of vigorously expand- economic might and global influence at, many fear, logical root of terrorism. At the end of 2015 the estimated cost Asian nations want a slice of the pie. Interestingly, the ing economic ties with Iran but China is not. China’s the expense of existing global institutions and the of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq had reached approximately initiative leaves out Japan and South Korea, two of the economic cooperation with Iran expanded during the international order which the West has supervised 6 trillion dollars including future expenses for veterans and world’s largest economies. With the future of the Trans sanctions era with bilateral trade between the two na- for the last 70 years. interest payments calculated by Harvard University’s Kenne- Pacific Partnership in the balance because of internal tions growing from $4 billion in 2003 to well over $50 Can this road result in an improvement of Iran- dy School of Government. If only a fraction of the funds that politics in the U.S., the regional leverage that OBOR can billion in 2013. EU relations? have been invested on global armaments were to be invest- potentially provide China must be taken into account. What is the European Union’s view toward ef- A: China plans to build high-speed rail links to Iran. ed on joint educational programs, terror would be eliminated One other regional nation that will gain and is al- forts being made by China to revive the Silk Road? It will, of course, further boost Iran-China trade but it easily. In a similar fashion, Western countries should end the ready benefiting hugely from the OBOR project is Pa- Does the EU consider it a threat to itself? can also help Iran’s importance as a hub between Eu- negative policy of discrimination against Muslims by embrac- kistan. China already has a ‘corridor’ initiative with Paki- rope and China. Not only can it generate income for ing them as is so often customary. Such an attitude would stan and Beijing helps Islamabad crucially with economic “China plans to build high- Iran, it can help the country develop closer ties with the prevent them to feel isolated amongst communities. Carrying and military-related support. This has significance for economies of East Asia, Central Asia and Europe. But, out intense educational programs against terror for the young neighboring Iran as well as India. speed rail links to Iran. It will, I would caution, these are mere possibilities on which generation will no doubt create a generation that would con- What can be the importance of Iran in this project? of course, further boost Iran- we can base cautious assumptions. We’ll have to wait sider themselves peaceful and faithful. The West should gain A: Iran is a vital link on the Belt. Its strategic location China trade but it can also help to see how exactly OBOR turns out in practice, to say Muslims’ support in this new era and form various joint co- and its capacity to supply oil and gas to China are im- nothing of the watchful anxiety the initiative generates operation models vis a vis the war on terror. It should not be portant reasons why Iran is a key point of the OBOR. A Iran’s importance as a hub in the region as well as in the United States, Europe, and forgotten that terrorism and radicalism will only be eradicated train line is now operational between Chain’s east coast between Europe and China.” East Asia. by Islam based on the Qur’anic morality. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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FOOTBALL City use fast start to edge United The Week in Quotes

“I’m world champion with Brazil [in 2018]. We have what it takes in the team. There is a big quality with players like Neymar and in Manchester derby [Philippe] Coutinho. The new coach is also good. If we find our- selves as a team, we are among the favourites.” Pep Guardiola got the better of old rival Bayern Munich winger Douglas Costa believes Brazil can win the Jose Mourinho as Manchester City used 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ in an interview with Munich-based a fast start to beat Manchester United 2-1 daily Abendzeitung. in an early-season clash of the Premier “I’m old. I’m 36 years old, I’m not 26 anymore and I’m looking League title favourites on Saturday. at what I want to do when I finish my career. The idea is to play Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho for another year. I’m involved in new projects, related to music and set each other up for goals in the first 36 football. As you know, they’re my two great passions. It was a dream minutes, during which Guardiola’s City life. I won everything,” team gave a footballing clinic in passing Brazilian legend Ronaldinho hints he may soon hang up his and movement at Old Trafford. boots following the opening of Barcelona’s new office in New York. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replied for United in «I see that he doesn›t like football that much so I leave it. I›m not the the 42nd minute, volleying home after City type to buy him footballs or force him. [But] now the club has started debutant Claudio Bravo dropped a cross, something for the children and we›ll see if he gets hooked. He wants to set up a thrilling second half of furious, to win at everything. I also like to win, so I don›t let him. Even when we end-to-end action during which De Bruyne climb the stairs and he wins, he makes sure to tell me.» struck the post. Barcelona star Lionel Messi talks with Argentinian comedian City ended United’s winning start to Mingo on Telefe›s ‹Polemica en el bar› about his son the season under Mourinho with its fourth «I›m going to a Justin Bieber concert on my birthday. I just got straight victory. them [tickets] actually, so I›m excited.» Guardiola has won all six of his games Midfielder Christian Pulisic tells reporters his 18th birthday plans in charge of City but this will be the sweet- after USA›s 4-0 rout of Trinidad and Tobago in World Cup qualify- est of them all, coming at the expense of ing. Pulisic became USA›s youngest ever player to start in a World Mourinho in the latest instalment of their Cup qualifier in that match. coaching rivalry. “I had the privilege and the luck of having him in my life. I am After three years of bitterness and spats in very grateful because he looked after me. We also had plenty of their years in Spanish football with Real Ma- arguments because he acknowledged my opinion—even if Johan drid and Barcelona, Mourinho and Guardiola always wanted to be right. He was like a genius kid of 12 who had have established a cordial relationship now to go to university because he was cleverer than the professors. He they are together in the same city in England. was thinking so many steps ahead that, for many people, it was Guardiola greeted Mourinho with a almost difficult to follow. Johan was unique.» handshake and a hug before kickoff. Then Former AC Milan and Netherlands star Ruud Gullit tells The his team set about delivering a footballing Guardian about his relationship with the late Johan Cruyff. lesson to United in the first half. José Mourinho: Claudio Bravo should have seen red for Rooney tackle «Ronaldo is a player of his time, the problem is that there is an- City’s movement and technical prow- José Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction For sure outside the box it is a free-kick managers. It’s my fault because I’m the other who has been pretty much the best player in history. Ronaldo ess were too much for a sluggish United with the referee, Mark Clattenburg, after and a red card. Inside the box it has to manager and it’s always my fault because is extraordinary but compared to Messi, for me and for everyone side and De Bruyne capped the visitors’ Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to neigh- be the same, but obviously even the best it’s my choice. who likes football, there can be no comparisons. Messi will be num- dominant start by reacting to Iheanacho’s bours City in the derby. The Portuguese felt referees make mistakes.” “I think in the first half they were much ber one until he wants [to stop]. He›s superior to everyone and is flick-on from a long clearance, poking the a second-half sliding challenge from Claudio On the performance of his side, Mour- better than us. We started the game bad, the best in the world, unless you are Real Madrid.» ball past Daley Blind and running through Bravo on Wayne Rooney in the penalty area inho admitted he would not have chosen with some players really below their nor- 2010 World Cup winner Xavi tells Marca why former Barce- to beat goalkeeper David de Gea from the warranted a spot-kick for the home team the same starting lineup given the benefit mal level in terms of their concentration. lona team-mate Lionel Messi remains the best player in world edge of the area. and a red card for the Chilean. of hindsight. “The second half was completely dif- football in his opinion. Wayne Rooney was among the United Mourinho said: “We are very disap- He added: “I had two or three players ferent. We were in control, we were much «He is the Messi among the goalkeepers. Someday, I will players looking off the pace and frustration pointed with the result, but I am very dis- in the first half that, if I know what is going more dangerous and we had chances to tell my children that I have played together with Neuer. He is got to the United captain when he gave appointed with two decisions of Mark. It to happen, I don’t play them. But this is equalise and who knows what would have actually a football legend.» Guardiola a little push as he attempted to was a penalty and a red card for Bravo. football and sometimes players disappoint happened.” Germany and Wolfsburg striker Mario Gomez on new national take the ball off the City manager, who was team captain Manuel Neuer, in an interview with Kicker. holding onto the ball at a United throw-in. out to Iheanacho, who sidefooted into the Stones. Ibrahimovic was clinical with his taking a more direct approach in search of «Antoine knows he›s in a wonderful club, a club that grows up De Bruyne was at the heart of City’s net from six meters out. reaction, volleying first time into the net an equalizer, but City looked more danger- every day, a club that has given him the chance to be the player attacks and he was the provider for Ibrahimovic’s reply settled United — from just inside the area. ous on the counter-attack. he is, and in this club he has found a coach who loves him, team- Iheanacho’s goal, finding space in United’s and it sprang from an error from Bravo, Mourinho mixed things up for the sec- It was Guardiola’s eighth win in 17 mates that have given him the chance to develop all his talent. In area to drift on to his left foot and shoot who dropped Rooney’s free kick while ond half, throwing on Marcus Rashford, An- meetings with Mourinho. my opinion, he›s destined to become a Messi, a Ronaldo, one of the low against the post. The ball rebounded being impeded by his own defender John der Herrera and later Anthony Martial and (Source: AP) best players in the world.» Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone believes his star forward Antoine Griezmann can be one of the best, speaking with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp Antonio Conte on David Luiz: ‘I have a reporters at the launch of his new book. «We want to win everything. If I had to decide between Bun- happy with summer transfer business great responsibility to improve him’ desliga and Champions League, I would choose the Champions League because it›s a bit more special, even if the Bundesliga is a great thing. I hope we will win all the titles this season.» Franck Ribery tells Goal.com that the UEFA Champions League is the title he desires most to win with Bayern Munich. “Conte puts trust in his players and now we are good after an ugly season last year. I’ve always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highest level himself.” Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard reveals to the Daily Mirror how life has been under new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. «In the two years at Juventus, I learned so much about what I should not do when I was in Madrid: get onto the pitch anxious to try to prove everything in a few minutes. Since that first expe- rience in Madrid, I have grown so much. [Fernando] Morientes, who was my idol, he told me that I had to leave and then return. I listened to him and I did well. It is clear that if I had gone to another team, I would have played more, but Real is my dream Jurgen Klopp maintains he is hap- “If you sell a player and he really Antonio Conte says it is his responsibility game, my task is to improve him in that as- and I want to try to make it happen.» py with the business Liverpool did in performs for the next club you just say: to help David Luiz iron out his defensive pect. I’m not afraid about this. Spain forward Alvaro Morata tells Gazzetta dello Sport that he is the summer transfer window and has ‘sorry, we didn’t see it or whatever’. You weaknesses at Chelsea, but warns he will “If he must improve in some aspects, I’m ready to fight for a starting spot in his second spell with Real Madrid. shrugged off criticism over the positive have to be ready for that. not be happy if the Brazilian loses con- here for this reason -- to improve my play- «There›s no doubt, nobody can argue that Manchester United is net spend the club recorded. “But a busy transfer window like centration or discipline on the pitch. ers. To work on any weaknesses and make not the biggest club in the world. It is. It›s the club with the most fans, Liverpool found themselves in the that shouldn’t happen too often. And Luiz began training with the rest of them stronger. It’s important. If it happens supporters and there are numbers out there which are official numbers black when the window closed on Aug. it will not happen. But we all agreed the Chelsea squad at Cobham on Tues- that, during a game, a player loses concen- so you can›t argue that. But is it the best club in the world? It hasn›t 31 as Klopp trimmed the squad he in- on this. I’ve been here 11 months now day after finalising a reported £34 million tration, I don’t like this. But he’s my player.” been for three years, it hasn›t been even anywhere near the best club herited from Brendan Rodgers, letting and this is what we needed to do in move from Paris Saint-Germain on dead- Conte enjoyed considerable success in England. Manchester City have been there or thereabouts, so you 13 players depart the club on a perma- the summer.” line day, only two years after the Ligue 1 working with defenders at Juventus, re- can argue that they are the bigger club in Manchester at the moment nent basis -- receiving significant fees Liverpool take on champions Leices- champions paid £50m to take him from fining the complementary skills of Giorgio in terms of results. But in terms of popularity, they›ve got no chance of from the sales of Christian Benteke, Jor- ter City at Anfield on Saturday evening Stamford Bridge. Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea being anywhere near the biggest in the world.» don Ibe and Joe Allen. -- the Reds’ first home game of the The Brazilian attracted criticism through- Barzagli into a formidable three-man de- Ahead of this weekend’s Manchester Derby, former Denmark However, Liverpool did welcome season due to the redevelopment of out his first spell at Chelsea, with many ob- fence that has underpinned five consecu- goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel compares the global standing of seven new faces to Anfield this summer the Main Stand. servers and pundits accusing him of being tive Serie A title triumphs, and he says he his old club Manchester United and their local rivals Manchester and the Reds boss is satisfied with his Klopp believes the Foxes’ title-win- erratic and unreliable in his defensive posi- sees similar potential for growth in Luiz. City in an interview with Omnisport. options for the season. ning campaign in 2015-16 is further tioning and decision-making. “It’s important to remember that when “Since my retirement, I have remained in close contact with “Nobody has congratulated me [on evidence that spending money does Speaking at a press conference on Fri- I started at Juventus, with Chiellini, Bonucci many of the staff and players on the [LA] Galaxy. I spoke with some returning a profit],” Klopp joked. “To be not lead to guaranteed success. day to preview Chelsea’s Premier League and Barzagli, the defence of Juventus had of them and they jokingly asked if I was ready to make a return to honest, I’m not interested in expecta- “Leicester deserved it,” he added. clash with Swansea City, Conte was keen been conceding a lot of goals,” Conte added. the field to help fill some of the void left by injuries and departures. tions and opinions from outside. We “They were not a one-hit wonder or to focus on the qualities that Luiz will “I remember that, before my arrival, I reminded them that I haven’t played a meaningful soccer game in did our job and we all think we did it something. Everybody at a specific bring to his squad, but added that he ex- many people told me: ‘No good, these almost two years and I certainly couldn’t fill the holes left by those really good. Now we have to prove it. point thought they were strong and the pects the 29-year-old to put in the nec- defenders. No good.’ But then I started to players. Over the ensuing days, I began to think about their inquiries “The thing is it was really busy and team to beat. They stuck to their plan essary work to curb his wilder impulses work with them, I found a great commit- and it struck me that perhaps this is something I should consider.” it should not be that busy. Our squad and didn’t think for a second about during matches. ment and attitude. Former USA international Landon Donovan reveals on his was not too small, not too big, but we changing. Asked about the mixed public reaction “Then, through the work, I think that Facebook page why he made the decision to come out of retire- found a few really good young play- “You could ask whether against to Luiz’s return, Conte replied: “I’m a bit now we are talking about three of the ment and re-join his former club LA Galaxy for the remainder of ers in this preseason where it was like deep defending teams it’s a good idea surprised with this situation. I think David best defenders in the world when we talk the 2016 Major League Soccer season. ‘wow’. It’s maybe a little bit too early for to be counter-attacking but they have is a good player and he showed this in his about Chiellini, Bonucci and Barzagli. But «Pep knows how to adapt and I›m sure he›ll do so in England. He›s them, but not much too early. They are their set-pieces and shots from outside career. He won a lot. Also, in some situa- remember, when we started in that first also got staff like Mikel Arteta who›ll help that process, who know the close. the area. tions, he lost. But I think that David Luiz is year at Juventus, it wasn’t so.” league. City have signed well and have a very competitive squad. I “I had to make hard decisions be- “You can develop quality and that a good defender, a good centre-back. I’m Luiz could be in line to make his first know Nolito well because he was a team-mate here at Barcelona and cause we had too many players. If we is what Leicester did. They are really very happy that he’s here. Chelsea appearance since returning at with Spain. He›s had a great start and hopefully can continue. I›ve ad- couldn’t sell them then we did loans strong and hard to beat. “I don’t like to speak about the past. the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, though mired David Silva for years: I think he›s exceptional. Players learn day- because that’s how it was. Otherwise “I’m really looking forward to it -- Now I’m the coach of David Luiz. Also, I Conte has revealed that he and fellow to-day, from experience, team-mates and managers. I learnt a lot with we’d be standing here talking about the first home game for a really long have a great responsibility to improve him deadline-day signing Marcos Alonso are Pep; he helped me to improve and he›ll do the same at City.” thirty-something players. You have to time. Let’s really go for it.” in these aspects. If someone thinks that this unlikely to start the match. (Source: FIFA) make decisions. (Source: Soccernet) player loses his concentration during the (Source: ESPN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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SPORTS There was aann hihistoricstoric deskgold for Iran’sran’s Sareh Iran’s Javanmardi Javamardi Dodmani and a coconvinc-nvinc- FIFA ing win for China’s Chao YYangang on the second day of competitionpetition Blatter and two others at the Olympic Shooting facing FIFA investigation Centre in Deodoro. wins gold at shooting over salaries Javanmardi made his- tory by becoming Iran’s’s Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general first ever female gold mmedallistedallist Jerome Valcke, already banned from football for ethics vio- in shooting para-sport w winninginning the lations, are facing a fresh investigation over the salaries and P2 (women’s 10m air pistoltol SH1) event. bonuses they received in office. Olga Kovalchuk of Ukrainenee secured silvsilverer In a separate decision, former FIFA vice-president Jeffrey and Turkey’s Aysegul Pehlivanlarlivanlar collected Webb was given a life ban from any soccer-related activity bronze on debut. and fined one million Swiss francs ($1.02 million). “I am very happy that I couldcoould getget the veryvery FIFA’s ethics committee said its investigators had opened formal proceedings against both Blatter and Valcke, along first quota for the Islamic RepublicRepublic of Iran and with former finance director Markus Kattner, for possible the very first gold medal foror mmyy deledelegation,”gation,” said ethics violations which included bribery and corruption. Javanmardidodmani. The suspected violations Poised from the get-go, JJavanmardidodmaniavanmardidodmani was were “in the context of sal- in control from start to finishsh scoringscoring a total of 193.4. aries and bonuses paid to Kovalchuk (191.2) wasn’t far behind nor was Peh- Mr Blatter, Mr Valcke and livanlar, who finished with 172.3172.3 points.points. Mr Kattner as well as other Improving on her bronzezee medal from London, Javan-Javan- provisions included in the mardi was overjoyed with herher historical achievements fourfour contracts of these three in- years on, paralympic.org wrote.wrote. dividuals,” it said. They are also suspected “I have done all that I canann dodo to telltell my peoplepeople thatthat disabilitydisability of having breached rules has no limitations,” she said.dd. on general conduct, loyalty, “I can say these words confidentlyconfidently to the people of mymy countrycountry conflicts of interest and “of- after winning here today.” fering and accepting gifts Javanmardi’s triumph inn Rio addsadds to herher remarkableremarkable P2 repertoirerepertoire and other benefits.” as the Paralympic, world andnnd Asian Games champion,champion, as wellwell thethe qual-qual- Valcke’s lawyer declined ification and finals world recordecord holder.holder. comment while Blatter and “I will do my best to improvempprove mmyy records in future competitions and Kattner could not immediately be reached although they make the people of my countryouuntry happhappy,”y,” she added.added. have previously denied wrongdoing. Blatter has said his earnings were in line with top officials from professional sports leagues around the world. Soccer’s global governing body is attempting to recover Persepolis grabbsabbsva valuableluablepo pointint Rio Paralympic 2016: Iran loses to from the worst graft scandal in its history which has seen in Tabriz Great Britain 42 people, including former FIFA executive committee mem- bers, indicted in the United States since May last year. SPORTS Iran Professional Iran wheelchair basketball team suffered Criminal investigations are also under way in Switzerland, deskLeague leaders Perse- a loss to Britain in its second match of the where FIFA has its headquarters. polis held to a goalless draw against 2016 Paralympic Games. Those 42 include Webb, ex-president of the confedera- second place Tractor Sazi in Tabriz in the The Persians, who had started the tion covering North and Central America and the Caribbe- fifth week of the IPL on Saturday. competition with a 69-63 victory over an, who has pleaded guilty in the United States to offences Germany, lost to powerhouse Britain 84- In the first half neither team could linked to racketeering, fraud and money laundering. 60 in Group B. FIFA’s ethics committee has conducted its own investiga- create goal scoring opportunities. In Iran has been scheduled to face the tion into the Cayman Islander and announced on Friday that the second half Tractor Sazi played USA on Saturday. was guilty of breaking ethics violations, including bribery better and they could have opened “We have to accept they were a better and corruption. the deadlock in a couple of scene but team than we are. We know it’s so difficult FIFA said in June that an internal investigation revealed Team Melli keeper Alireza Beiranvand to book a place at the next stage,” Iran that the three officials had received 79 million Swiss francs was the hero for Persepolis as they coach Abbas Aghakouchaki said. ($81 million) in compensation over five years, calling them grabbed a valuable point. Iran has participated at the 2016 “massive payouts”. Persepolis remain top with 11 points Summer Paralympics with 111 athletes FIFA’s lawyers Quinn Emanuel, which conducted the in- from five games while Tractor stands in in 12 sports. vestigation, said the evidence revealed a coordinated effort The Iranian delegation finished in 11th second with 9. by the three to “enrich themselves through annual salary in- place in the previous edition, winning creases, World Cup bonuses and other incentives.” Perseplis will next take on arch ri- 10 gold medals, seven silvers and seven Blatter, 80, who led FIFA from 1998 until 2015, has already vals Esteghlal in the 83rd Tehran derby bronze medals. been banned for eight years, later to reduced to six following on Friday. (Source: Tasnim) an appeal. The ban was imposed for ethics violations related to a payment of 2 million Swiss francs that FIFA made to then European soccer boss Michel Platini with Blatter’s approval Iran, Turkey 5-a-side footballers tie goalless in Rio Paralympics in 2011 for work done a decade earlier. He has appealed to sport’s highest tribunal, the Court of Iran’s national 5-a-side football team has been held to a Paralympic Games started on September 8, and will finish Arbitration for Sport, and is awaiting a verdict. goalless draw against Turkey in its opening encounter at on September 16. Valcke was fired in January and has since been banned the preliminary round of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in The Islamic Republic of Iran National Paralympic Com- for 12 years, reduced to 10 on appeal, for ethics violations Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. mittee has dispatched a 111-strong delegation, dubbed which included using FIFA expenses for sightseeing trips and On Friday afternoon, the visually-challenged Iranian the Mina Caravan, to the 12-day sporting event. Iranian destruction of evidence. sportsmen started the Pool A match at the Olympic Tennis sportsmen and women are in action in 12 different fields. Kattner, who took over as acting secretary general after Center in a better fashion, and threatened the opposite Iranian athletes have so far collected two medals — one Valcke’s dismissal, was fired by FIFA in May. side’s goalpost on a number of occasions. They, however, gold and one silver — and the Islamic Republic is in the (Source: Reuters) failed to score a goal and both teams went into the cloak- 20th slot of the medal count table. rooms tied at nil. China is on the top of the medal count table with 49 The Persians had a vast array of scoring chances after medals (20 golds, 17 silvers and 12 bronzes). the break, though they squandered the opportunities. Great Britain has claimed the second spot with 27 med- Iran will play against Morocco in its second match at the als (12 golds, six silvers, nine bronzes), and Ukraine is on Iran v-ball team group stage of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games on Sunday. the third with a total of 26 medals (seven golds, six silvers The Islamic Republic of Iran has been drawn in Pool A and 13 bronzes). overpowers Philippine alongside Brazil, Morocco and Turkey. Argentina, China, semi-circular in shape. There are no offside rules and head- The United States, Brazil, Australia, Uzbekistan, Canada, Mexico and Spain form Pool B. ers are not allowed. Players are also required to wear shin South Korea and New Zealand have earned the 4th to 10th side 3-1 in AVC club Five-a-side football includes a smaller pitch, smaller guards but this is usually at the discretion of the referee. places respectively. championship goals, and a reduced game duration. The penalty area is The five-a-side football competitions at the 2016 Rio (Source: PressTV) Iranian professional volleyball team Sarmayeh Bank has pulled off a thrilling victory against Foton Pilipinas of the Philippines at the 2016 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship. Wawrinka tops Nishikori to reach final versus Djokovic On Saturday, Sarmayeh Bank players could establish their Stan Wawrinka outslugged Japanese “And he also started to get tired a little Wawrinka saved four break points in the dominance on the court early into the 5th-8th semifinal match sixth seed Kei Nishikori 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 bit. That’s when I started to get aggressive.” seventh game of the second set to stay on played in the city of Binan, about 34 kilometers (21 miles) south in energy-sapping humidity at Flush- The Swiss has lost 19 of 23 matches serve at 4-3 and saved two more in the of the Philippine capital, Manila. ing Meadows on Friday to set up a U.S. against defending champion Djokovic, ninth game before levelling the match. The Iranian sportswomen could accumulate points and Open final against world number one who beat French 10th seed Gael Mon- Nishikori, who looked fatigued, fell surge ahead in the wake of the Foton Pilipinas team’s not Novak Djokovic. fils in his semi-final, but Wawrinka has behind 3-1 in the third set but rallied to much gutsy performance. They rolled to a 25-18 win at the The third-seeded Swiss took a while to beaten the Serb on his way to both of his bring it back on serve at 4-3 and ap- end of the first set. get untracked as 2014 U.S. Open runner-up grand slam titles. peared to gain a respite when rain forced Sarmayeh Bank volleyball players kept up the momen- Nishikori played a near flawless opening set “To tell myself I’m going to be in the fi- a delay to shut the roof. tum in the second set, and could claim the set by 25 points of the semi-final with just two errors. nal is something crazy,” he said. Once again, Wawrinka clinched the set to 18 at last. The Japanese broke Wawrinka to start “I’m really excited. I watched the final so on Nishikori’s serve when the Japanese The Foton Pilipinas players, having lost two consecutive the second set, but the Swiss started rolling many times here. Roger (Federer), Novak, lunged to hit a forehand volley on a rifled sets and fearing a straight-set defeat against Sarmayeh Bank, after breaking back in the fourth game and Rafa (Nada) they are amazing champions. passing shot and sent it long. bounced back in the third set and began to notch up point after Nishikori, who went five tough sets to upset To play Novak in the final... is going to be Nishikori, whose 2014 New York cam- another. They finally went into the final set 25-12. second seed Andy Murray in a four-hour something special.” paign made him the first player from an The Iranians retook the lead after the interval, and managed quarter-final, began to wither. Djokovic, a 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-2 winner Asian country to reach a grand slam final, to win the decider 25-22. Wawrinka, the 2014 Australian Open against Monfils, is prepared for a sterner where he fell to Marin Cilic, lost serve three “We knew that the showdown against the Philippine team winner and 2015 French Open champion, test from Wawrinka. times in the final set to end the three hour, would be difficult. The team played rather well and it was fairly broke Nishikori in the last game of the sec- “Stan is a big match player,” Djokovic seven-minute match. tough to overcome it,” Sarmayeh Bank’s captain Zaynab Giveh ond, third and fourth sets to reach his first said when asked about the Swiss, who has “I was definitely a little bit tired, especial- said after the match. U.S. Open final. won his last 10 finals. ly in the end,” the 26-year-old Nishikori told Sarmayeh Bank women’s volleyball team is scheduled to face “He was playing really good from the The hard-working Wawrinka stayed reporters. “I think also he was stepping up Vietnam’s Lien Viet Post Bank outfit in the 5th place match on beginning, he was dictating,” Wawrinka on track by coming up big on key points, a little more from the second set. Sunday. said. “He was putting pressure on me, saving 11 of 15 break points held by the “It’s not easy after playing Andy five The 2016 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship started didn’t give me any time. I had to wait. I talented Japanese at the Arthur Ashe sets.” in Binan on September 3 and will finish on September 11. had to fight. Stadium. (Source: Reuters) (Source: PressTV) b

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NEWS Afghan-Iranian joint production Ayyubi to give report on cinema to Supreme Leader represents Afghanistan at Oscars 1 Moreover, Ayyubi met several veteran actors on Fri- day ahead of Iran’s National Day of Cinema. ARTTEHRAN -- “Parting”, an Af- He visited actor Ezzatollah Entezami, who is known in deskghan-Iranian joint production Iran as the “master actor”, in his home, and held talks with about love and migration, was submitted to the the actor. 89th Annual Academy Awards to represent Af- Entezami, 92, said that he spends his time reading books ghanistan in the best foreign language film cate- and thinking of those who were once his coworkers and are gory at the 2017 Oscars. not living in proper conditions these days. Directed by Navid Mahmudi, the film is about He expressed happiness that the youth are working un- teenage lovers Nabi and Fereshteh who are sepa- der better conditions these days. rated by her family’s flight from Afghanistan. After Ayyubi next met Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz in his home. years apart, Nabi decides to find Fereshteh and risk Pointing to the recent favorable changes in Iran’s cine- the hardship of flight and resettlement in Europe ma, Keshavarz said that cinema of Iran has been making with a hope of a better life. good progress, adding, “We all need to create a good at- Starring Reza Ahmadi and Fereshteh Hosseini, mosphere for the youth to continue their artistic careers in the movie has been produced by Mahmudi’s our own country.” brother, Jamshid. Actor Ali Nasirian, 81, was the next to visit Ayyubi on “Parting” is scheduled to have its world pre- Friday. Nasirian called the opening of the Art and Experi- miere in the New Current section of the 21st Bu- ence Cinemas, in which the late Abbas Kiarostami was also san International Film Festival, which will be held interested, a good event, adding, “I believe cultural cinema from October 6 to 15. must be separated from general cinema.” The Tehran-based Afghan filmmaking duo Ayyubi also met filmmaker and producer Manijeh Hek- made “A Few Cubic Meters of Love”, another mi- mat who recently had heart surgery. Hekmat who was gration and love drama that was Afghanistan’s delighted to see Ayyubi asked for the reasons behind the submission to the 2015 Oscars. A poster for “Parting” by director Navid Mahmudi establishment of so many cinematic festivals that are held every year. The COI director also appeared in the house of veteran actor Davud Rashidi, who died of heart failures at his home Tehran art film theaters to commemorate Abbas in Tehran in August at the age of 83. He paid his respects and held talks with the family of the Kairostami on National Cinema Day late actor. Filmmaker Kiumars Purahamd was also accom- ARTTEHRAN — The Art and Experience life, 76 years and 15 days. panying Ayyubi in this visit. deskCinemas in Tehran are scheduled to cel- The other film is “Once Upon a Time in Marrakech”, an- ebrate today as Iran’s National Cinema Day by screening other documentary by Samadian about joint workshops two documentary films in commemoration of recently-de- held by Kiarostami and Oscar-winning director Martin ceased filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. Scorsese for 16 film students from New York City and Mo- NEWS IN BRIEF “76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Kiarostami”, a mon- rocco. The students converged on Marrakech as guests of tage film made by Kiarostami’s close friend and collabora- the Tribeca Film Institute, Tribeca Film Festival and the Mar- tor Seifollah Samadian, is one of the films that will be shown rakech International Film Festival Foundation in 2005. Section for Iranian at the cinemas, which are dedicated to screening art films Samadian accompanied Kiarostami on some of his pro- studies opens at and other movies aimed typically at a limited audience. jects over the past 25 years. He collaborated as a cine- The idea to make the film was offered by Kiarostami’s son, matographer in Kiarostami’s documentaries “ABC Africa”, South Korea library Ahmad, after his father’s death on July 4 and the 73rd Venice “Roads of Kiarostami” and “Five Dedicated to Ozu”. A poster for “76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Kiarostami” by Film Festival screened it during a commemoration for Kiarostami. He also accompanied Kiarostami in numerous travels Seifollah Samadian The title of the film refers to the duration of Kiarostami’s that he made to create his photo collections. CULTURE TEHRAN — The National Library deskof Korea (NLK) opened a section for Iranian studies on Friday. “Lost in Yonkers” to go on stage in Tehran The section named “Window on Iran” was an outcome of a memorandum of understanding ARTTEHRAN — Iranian di- Fannizadeh Hall of the Iranshahr Theater teenage boys who have just lost their mother. Mehdi Alinejad, Sahar Aqasi and Mar- desk signed on Friday between the National Library and rector Sara Daruforush Complex in Tehran tonight. Their father needs to take a job as a traveling jan Bahrami are the main members of the Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the NLK, the NLAI re- plans to stage American playwright Neil Translated by Mina Rezapur and Behruz salesman so they have to stay with their stern cast for the play, which will be on stage until ported in a press release. Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” at the Parviz Mahmudi-Bakhtiari, the play is about two and straight talking grandmother. September 21. NLAI Deputy Director Shahram Yusefifar, NLK Chief Executive Lim Won-sun and several other cul- PICTURE OF THE DAY Tehran Times/Mohammadreza Abbasi tural officials attended the opening ceremony of the Andrew Lloyd department. Based on the MOU a similar section will also be set Webber brings up for Korean studies at the NLAI in the near future. The Iran room, which was named “Window on “School of Rock” Iran”, displays about 300 books on Iran, Islam and the Islamic Revolution. to West End stage LONDON (Reuters) — Prolific British An- ICRO director visits drew Lloyd Webber is bringing the Broad- way stage adaptation of the Jack Black African countries comedy “School of Rock” to London’s famed West End, hoping to show people the power of music in children’s’ lives. Lloyd Webber, the composer of “The CULTURE TEHRAN — The director of Iran’s Phantom of the Opera,” and “Cats,” said the deskIslamic Culture and Relations Or- play shows how the lives of people can be ganizations (ICRO), Abbuzar Ebrahimi-Torkaman, has enriched and changed through music. visited Zanzibar, Tanzania and South Africa. “Every character in this show is somehow Ways to expand cultural relations were discussed transformed through music and for me, who during the visits, which were arranged from August really believes that music is a key part of our 30 to September 8. education and finds it disgraceful the cuts that “African countries are capable of understanding have been going on in schools ... to actually Iranian culture and we need to seize the opportuni- be able to show what kids can do when they ty to develop our cooperation and cultural relations.” play - these kids play live,” he told Reuters. Ebrahimi-Torkaman said press release published by The 2003 film starred actor-musician the ICRO on Saturday. Jack Black as wannabe rock star Dewey Finn, who forms a band with his young pu- pils while he poses as a substitute teacher. Hossein Alizadeh British actor David Fynn has been cast as takes “Heart Strums” Dewey Finn and said he is having to learn to tour of U.S. how to play guitar for the role. “I learned a couple of terrible Oasis songs Fans and friends carry the coffin of tar virtuoso Farhang Sharif at his funeral procession held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on September 10, 2016. Sharif died when I was a teenager to impress girls but it was four chords. So, yeah, I just had to start ARTTEHRAN of respiratory problems at his home in Tehran on Wednesday. He was at 85. — Iranian tar virtuoso from scratch a few weeks back,” he said. deskHossein Alizadeh and his fellow musicians Hossein Behruzinia, Behnam Samani and Saba Alizadeh have begun their tour of the United States entitled “Heart Strums”. Emir Kusturica says “Na Mlijecnom Putu” his last competition film Their first performance took place in Gerrard Hall VENICE (Reuters) — A wartime love story is Emir Kusturi- more competition,” he said. by Kusturica, it is his first film in nine years and took nearly of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on ca “political testament” and his last entry in a film festival Kusturica won a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fes- four to make. Friday, followed by their performance in Columbus on competition, the award-winning Serbian director said in tival in 1981 with his first feature film, “Do You Remem- “I call it my political testament because I have mixed two Saturday and their Sunday performance at Washing- Venice on Friday. ber Dolly Bell?”, when he was only 27. He later won the major generators of human life: love and the war,” he said, ton University in St. Louis, Missouri. Kusturica returned to the world’s oldest film festival with “Na Palme d’Or in Cannes twice, took a Silver Bear home adding he was saddened to see people still killed in masses, They will next be traveling to many other cities in- Mlijecnom Putu” (On The Milky Road), a story about a milkman from Berlin and received an Academy Award nomination 20 years after the Balkan conflict he lived through. cluding Atlanta, Houston and Boston. on the front lines of an unspecified war whose life is turned for Best Foreign Language film. Bellucci, who had to learn Serbian for her role, said the mov- Their tour of Europe will begin with Berlin on Oc- upside down by the arrival of a mysterious Italian woman. The multitasking artist said he now wants to devote his ie’s portrayal of love between two adults resonated with her. tober 8, and then move on to Cologne, Rotterdam, “I want to be out of this sporting film life where it’s im- energy to growing organic fruits and making juice on his “They have nothing to lose, are not young anymore and Zurich, Venice, Madrid and several more cities in the portant if you win or not,” the 61-year-old told Reuters in farm and making a movie when “I feel like I have to”. they still believe in love, that something magical can still European countries. an interview, adding he found the experience too stressful. In his Venice entry, Kusturica stars as the milkman, op- exist,” the 51-year-old actress said. “We have to think that “It doesn’t mean I won’t make another few films, but no posite Italian actress Monica Bellucci. Written and directed love is a matter of energy, not age.”