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Iran: Nuclear deal is in ‘the ICU’ POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian the 2015 landmark pact following the U.S. deskDeputy Foreign Minister decision to unilaterally withdraw and re- Abbas Araqchi has said that the nuclear impose sanctions on Tehran. OPEC output gain agreement, formally known as the Joint According to Euro News, at Iran’s request, Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), delegates from China, Russia, France, Britain, is in the intensive care unit (ICU), and that Germany and the European Union gathered he doesn’t see bright prospects for the deal. on Friday in Austria’s capital, Vienna, where The remaining signatories of the JCPAO they reaffirmed their commitment to the ‘nominal’ have met for the first time in a bid to save agreement. 2 Zanganeh: OPEC decision based on 2016 output reduction agreement Iran-Europe technological co-op greatly benefits both sides: VP See page 4 TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Coop- ment, we pave the way for boosting ties deskeration between Iran between Iranian and European startups and Europe for development of startups and innovation companies,” he said, ISNA and technology has great advantages for reported. both sides, Sourena Sattari, Iran’s vice He pointed to financial transactions president for science and technology, said between Iran and European countries as on Thursday. an important part of cooperation. He made the remarks at the Iran-Europe Iran is ready to open up effective Cooperation Conference, which was held channels and establish infrastructures from June 21 to 22 in Brussels, Belgium. to facilitate financial transactions with “As representative of Iran’s govern- European countries, he added. 10

‘Dozens of Saudi troopers, mercs slain in western Yemen’ Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fight- told Arabic-language al-Masirah tele- ers from allied Popular Committees, vision network that Yemeni troopers have launched a major operation and allied fighters launched separate against Saudi troops and pro-Saudi attacks against Saudi soldiers and militiamen loyal to resigned Yemeni their mercenaries north of al-Majlis president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in and al-Durayhimi districts on Friday, the country’s western coastal province dealing stinging blows to them. of Hudaydah, killing and injuring tens The source added that at least 11 ar- of them in the process. mored vehicles were destroyed during Bloomberg An unnamed Yemeni military source the offensives as well. 13 ARTICLE IHRC condemns police killings of peaceful pro-Zakzaky protestors ARTICLE Hanif Ghaffari KADUNA, NIGERIA — IHRC strongly condemns attack which is now the subject of a preliminary Sondoss Al Asaad Political analyst the killings by armed police yesterday of two pro- investigation by the International Criminal Court. Political analyst from Beirut testors in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna. Police violence against the supporters of Sheikh The dead were among thousands who had turned Zakzaky is nothing new. In April police snipers in out to protest against the ongoing detention of the leader the centre of the Nigerian capital Abuja opened Merkel lost the of the country’s Islamic Movement, Sheikh Zakzaky. fire at a Free Zakzaky protest killing at least one Why Hudaydah, It was the second day in succession that armed and injuring two. game! police had opened fire with live ammunition on Since 8 January 2018 at least six protestors is overwhelming peaceful pro-Zakzaky protestors. have been killed by security forces. Hundreds erman Chancellor Angela Merkel On Wednesday at least three people were more have been arrested and sustained injuries question attacked Iran’s regional policy in wounded, one of them critically in another protest. from beatings during their detention. The major- G his most recent statement. This The Islamic Movement has issued a statement on the sheikh designed to cripple the Islamic ity of those freed were released without charge. or three consecutive years, the king- is while the German government is one accusing the security forces of planning to sabotage the Movement of Nigeria which he leads. The sheikh’s ordeal began after he was shot dom of despotism, which leads the of the main supporters of the terrorist demonstrations and also attack pro-Zakzaky protestors The authorities allege that the sheikh and along with his wife, Zeenah, and arrested during FArabs collation, has imposed an and takfiri groups in the West Asian in their own homes in cahoots with hired thugs. The supporters of his group abetted the commission an orgy of violence unleashed over three days unjustified blockade on Yemen. The Sau- region. Many analysts of international Movement reminded people that is is committed to of culpable homicide when they blocked roads in in December 2015 on supporters of the Islamic dis have earmarked this impoverished affairs believe that Germany will sup- upholding the law at all times and that in its 30 years the city of Zaria in December 2015. In reality the Movement of Nigeria in what was widely seen as country for a brutal military attacks, port the killing of the Yemeni people it has never avocated or employed violence. charges seem to be designed to deflect government a bid to curb the movement’s growing popularity. since the onset of their offensive war in by exporting arms to Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife were responsibility for a planned and systematic attack At least 1000 civilians, mostly Islamic Move- March 2015. Since then, Yemen has been Also, many of Germany’s export arms arraigned by the state High Court in Kaduna in by soldiers on the Islamic Movement that left at ment supporters, were killed in the attacks and witnessing the worst humanitarian crisis to the Middle East are in the hands May in the latest in a long line of blows inflicted least 1000 civilians dead in December 2015, an hundreds arrested in the attacks. in the world, amid the silence of the so- of terrorist and takfirist groups such called International Community and the as ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra. Angela Western capitals, which claims to be the Merkel knows well that German ex- Normalization of relations with Zionism at new station beacons of democracy and human rights. ports of weapons to Saudi Arabia were By Ramin Hossein Abadian About four months ago, the king of Bahrain relations between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the The Saudis, obviously, are leading a racist carried out by terrorist groups in the TEHRAN — The process of normalizing the officially signed a decree to normalize relations UAE with the Israeli regime.” Takfiri criminal theocracy; known for the region, but it should not be forgotten relations between Arabs and the Zionist regime with the Zionist regime. He also ordered the es- “The last few months of 2017 are full of amazing spread of radicalism through founding that the goal of Germany is to insecure has entered a new phase, and Al-Khalifa and tablishment of so-called “The King Hamad Global developments in relations between the Persian and backing various terrorist groups, the West Asian region. Al Saud regime officials stand in the forefront Centre for Peaceful Coexistence” in the presence of Gulf Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia, the UAE i.e. al-Qaida, the Taliban, Boko Haram As reuters reported, German Chan- of it with Tel-Aviv. members of the board of directors for that purpose. and Bahrain, with the Israeli regime. Although and ISIS. cellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said Director of the Arab Regional Centre for World Qatar’s Al-Sharouq newspaper also issued a report they did hold relationship with Tel-Aviv, it was all In fact, the West frequently hails the European countries shared concerns over Heritage based in Bahrain, Mounir Bouchenaki has about the process of normalization of Arab coun- behind closed doors. In the last months of 2017, Saudis as the models of steadfastness Iran’s ballistic missile program and called recently announced the official participation of a -Zi tries, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain however, the three Arab countries broke all the against Terror while it is clear enough for solutions to its “aggressive tenden- onist delegation in a cultural conference in Bahrain. and Saudi Arabia, with the Zionist regime about 6 red lines in the normalization of relations with enough that the reason behind attacking cies” in the Middle East.“Iran’s aggressive “An Israeli delegation will attend the meetings. This months ago. The paper focused on developments the Israeli regime” the newspaper continued. the Yemenis are their hatred of religious tendencies must not only be discussed, is an international meeting organized by UNESCO, in 2017, in particular the foreign policy of the three Al-Sharouq also said: “We are all witness to freedom and their geopolitical interests. but rather we need solutions urgently,” held June 24-July 4, and Bahrain is just the host”. countries - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates bilateral meetings that nobody could have imag- In the first place, the Yemenis, as far as she said after meeting Jordan’s King He added, “Any country in the UN has the and Bahrain - in response to the Palestinian issue ined until now. The Israeli prime minister told the the Saudis are concerned, are [Kafer] i.e. Abdullah in Amman. She announced 384 right to attend the meetings. There will also be and wrote: “The year 2017 in history certainly will British prime minister that many Arab states regard infidels, dissents and apostates. They are million euros ($445 million) of aid to a Palestinian delegation attending.” be mentioned as the year of the normalization of Israel as a vital alliance and not an enemy. 7 referred to as Iranians, traitors and Majoo- Jordan this year. Germany has remained sis and therefore eligible to be murdered. party to the Iran nuclear deal, which Relief foundation On the other hand, Yemen, and lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange particularly its Hudaydah, the Red Sea for curbing its atomic program, after inaugurates city, which is home to 600,000 people U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew over 500 houses and the entry-point for the vast aids is from it in May. now under the mercy of a new assault. The fact is that the Chancellor of in quake-hit The city has been regarded as Yemen’s Germany has deliberately closed his Kermanshah fourth-largest city and a major economic eyes to the facts and facts in the world. dry cargo imports. Its strategic location Undoubtedly, Merkel must respond to The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, has given it great significance, as it is Berlin’s support for Saudi Arabia and the a 4-decades old charitable organiza- located 140km west of the capital Sanaa. Zionist regime instead of condemning tion, inaugurated over 500 houses in To the north is the Ras Isa oil terminal, Iran. So far, many Palestinians, Yemeni quake-stricken Kermanshah province, which served the Marib oilfields and people, Syria and Iraq have fallen vic- western Iran, on Thursday. was the main export terminal and the tim to the Tel Aviv and Riyadh crimes The inauguration ceremony was at- nearby port of Saleef. To the east is the in the region. Meanwhile, the German tended by Parviz Fattah, the foundation’s fertile Tihama plain, the most important government has not only failed to take chief. The houses will be given to the agricultural region in Yemen. To the action against Saudi Arabia and Tel Aviv, underprivileged families. west, the Red Sea and major interna- tional shipping lanes that are used to but has supported its crimes. On November 12, 2017 a destructive On the other hand, these days, few magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Kerman- trade goods between Europe, Asia and people mention the German Chancellor shah. Some 90,000 houses were partly Africa through the Suez Canal. as a powerful politician in the world. In Bahman Zarei or completely damaged by the tremor On 13 June 2018, the hostile Saudi-led his recent trip to Jordan, Angela Merkel in urban and rural areas of the region. coalition have launched an offensive against also failed to analyze the realities of the Hudaydah in defiance of warnings of massive

IRNA/ The quake took over 660 lives and left world as an independent and powerful more than 10,000 injured. human casualties, by the UN and interna- politician. 7 tional rights organisations. 13 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JUNE 23, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS ‘Sanctions will Sanctions ‘unacceptable’ while only disgrace you, Mr. Trump’ Tehran honoring JCPOA: Salehi POLITICS TEHRAN — The Islamic Schmid, for her part, reassured Iran of deskRepublic deems “unac- the efforts to save the JCPOA and secure POLITICS TEHRAN — Ayatollah Mohammad Ali desk ceptable” the continuation of sanctions Tehran’s economic benefits under the accord. Movahedi Kermani, Tehran’s interim Friday while Tehran honors the 2015 nuclear pact, She said under a new initiative for co- Prayer preacher, has warned U.S. President Donald Trump Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief operation between Iran and small and me- against anti-Iran measures, saying imposing sanctions on Ali Akbar Salehi warned in a meeting with dium-sized companies from the EU, 100 Iran will only harm Trump himself. Secretary General of European External European industrial enterprises are going “Mr. Trump, impose as many sanctions as you can, but Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid in to hold business talks with Iranians. beware that the result of sanctions is your own disgrace,” Norway on Wednesday. Since more than 60 percent of European Ayatollah Movahedi Kermani said, addressing worshippers Salehi called for genuine and practical industries are categorized at that level, the in Tehran on Friday. measures by the European parties to the Joint upcoming trade negotiations are expected to He also warned Muslims around the world not to be de- Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to provide a proper framework for direct cooper- ceived by the enemies, especially the U.S. and the Zionist save the nuclear agreement, Tasnim reported. ation between Iran and the EU, Schmid added. regime. “The world of Islam is facing a widespread assault The nuclear deal was clinched between The remarks come as concerns over the by the enemies, America and the Zionist regime of Israel in Iran, the European Union, Germany, France, fate of the JCPOA has soared since Trump’s particular,” he said, Fars reported. Britain, Russia, China and the United States. decision last month to withdraw the United However, last month Donald Trump walked States from the multilateral deal. out of the agreement and plans to re-impose Iran has warned the remaining parties to Hands at work sanctions on Iran. the deal that if they do not provide assurances to undermine Under the agreement, which went into to protect Tehran’s economic interests, it can force in January 2016, Iran lowered its nu- return to pre-JCPOA conditions. Judiciary: clear activities in exchange for termination In his trip to Oslo, Salehi held meet- of economic and financial sanctions. ings with top officials from Norway, the prosecutor general “In order to preserve BARJAM (a Per- EU and the UN. POLITICS TEHRAN — Prosecutor General Mo- sian acronym for the JCPOA), we need On Tuesday, the Iranian nuclear chief deskhammad Jafar Montazeri said on Friday our expectations and needs to be met and Europe, he said, has taken “good steps” the European Union. met with the UN Secretary General Antonio “certain hands” are at work to undermine the Judiciary, cruel sanctions to be lifted permanently,” to save the JCPOA but the focus should be 100 European firms to enter talks Guterres for talks on preventing a collapse ISNA reported. Salehi asserted. on the end result of the policies adopted by with Iran: Schmid of the international deal. “We do not deny that there are flaws and shortcomings, however, generalizing (accusations) against all the hard- working judges based on the corruption of a few of them shows that there are certain hands who strive to undermine Shinzo Abe may visit Iran in July the Judiciary to pursue their own agenda,” Montazeri said, By staff and agency the U.S. from the UN-endorsed nuclear agreement and plans remain committed to the multilateral agreement. addressing worshippers in Tehran. to reimpose sanctions on Iran. On May 23, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali He stressed that the biggest characteristics of the Islamic Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran has warned the remaining parties to the nuclear Khamenei issued a set of demands from Europe to save the Republic is bringing justice based on Islamic rulings. Iran in July for talks with President Hassan Rouhani. agreement – the European Union, E3 (Germany, France nuclear deal. He warned that Iran would restart its nuclear According to Kyodo News, the envisaged visit would be part and Britain), Russia and China – that if its interests are not activities if they failed to act swiftly. of Abe’s trip to Europe and the Middle East slated for mid-July. guaranteed it will not remain in the deal. Ayatollah Khamenei said the JCPOA could only continue General: Iran’s Abe is expected to convey Japan’s continued support for On May 11, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono ex- if the Europeans fulfill these conditions including: Promis- the 2015 nuclear deal. pressed support for preserving the JCPOA, the official name ing not to ask Iran about its ballistic missile program or its spiritual influence Tokyo is also seeking to strengthen economic ties with for the nuclear agreement. regional activities; guaranteeing that Iran’s oil will continue cannot be wiped out Tehran, a major producer of oil and natural gas. In phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister to be sold; and having European banks guarantee financial On May 8, President Donald Trump officially withdrew Mohammad Javad Zarif, Kono urged all other parties to transactions with Iran.

POLITICS TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution deskGuards Corps deputy chief said on Thursday Parliament to decide on FATF based on Leader’s guidelines: Larijani that Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East cannot be POLITICS TEHRAN — The par- the Leader’s view and his guidelines,” laundering according to its own criteria. ing,” the leader.ir quoted him as saying. eliminated because of its spiritual nature. deskliament will decide on he told reporters on the sidelines of “As we have stated about some ‘in- He added, “Of course, some provi- Brigadier General Hossein Salami also deplored recent the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) a meeting of the Supreme Council of ternational conventions recently raised sions of international treaties may be calls for negotiations with the U.S., saying, “Today, some based on the guidelines set by the Leader Provinces. in the Majlis,’ the Islamic Consultative good, but there is no necessity to join are seeking to nurture the minds of the (Iranian) youths of the Islamic Revolution, Majlis Speaker In a meeting with the Majlis speaker Assembly, which is cultivated, matured conventions whose underlying objectives with the idea that bowing to the enemy can repel threats,” Ali Larijani said on Thursday. and lawmakers on Wednesday, Aya- and prudent, must make laws inde- we are not aware of or know that they Tasnim reported. “The Islamic Consultative Assembly tollah Khamenei said that parliament pendently on issues such as combating have some problems by citing these “This is while, so far, we have been successful through will take action in this respect based on should pass legislation to combat money terrorism or battling money-launder- provisions.” resisting and building power structures,” he said, stressing that the enemy will attack Iran as soon as it loses its power. Zarif lists Iranian demands from U.S. U.S. not U.S. should acknowledge ‘unwarranted’, ‘unlawful’ acts against Iranians, Zarif demands committed to POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister persistent economic aggression against the Iranian people its policy of apartheid and gross violations of human deskMohammad Javad Zarif has written a which has continued over the past four decades; nullify the rights, and support the rights of the Palestinian people, international long article enumerating the list of Iran’s demands from cruel and extensive primary and extraterritorial sanctions, including their right to self-determination and the es- deals: advisor the United States. rescind hundreds of legislations and executive orders tablishment of an independent Palestinian State with Zarif’s article followed a list of demands from Iran by aimed at disrupting Iran’s normal development which al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital. POLITICS TEHRAN — By exiting the 2015 nuclear U.S. Secretary of States Mike Pompeo on May 21 in which are in flagrant contravention of international law and 12- The U.S. government should stop selling hun- deskdeal the United States has proven that he demanded Tehran to fully halt its nuclear enrichment have been universally condemned, and compensate the dreds of billions of lethal—not beautiful—military equip- it does not abide by international agreements, Hossein program among other things. Iranian people for the enormous damages to the Iranian ment every year to regions in crisis, especially West Asia, Amir-Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a baseless economy and its people. and instead of turning these regions into powder kegs it Iranian parliament speaker, said on Friday. and insulting statement, issued a number of demands 6- The U.S. government should immediately cease should allow the enormous amount of money spent on In a meeting with Swiss Secretary of State for Foreign of and threats against Iran in brazen contravention of its violations and breaches of the JCPOA , which have arms to serve as funding for development and combating Affairs Pascale Baeriswyl, Amir-Abdollahian said the Is- international law, well-established international norms, caused hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and in- poverty. Only a fraction of the money paid by U.S. arms lamic Republic expects Europe to respond to Washington’s and civilized behavior. His statement reflected a desperate direct damages for disrupting trade with and foreign customers could alleviate hunger and abject poverty, lack of commitment and that Tehran is carefully observing reaction by the U.S. administration to the overwhelm- investment in Iran, compensate Iranian people for these provide for potable, clean water, and combat diseases European countries’ decisions and actions. ing opposition of the international community to the damages and commit to implement unconditionally and throughout the globe. On regional issues, he said Tehran has always support- persistent efforts by the White House to kill the JCPOA, verifiably all of its obligations under the accord, and re- 13- The U.S. government should stop opposing the ed diplomatic channels to resolve the issues and opposes and the ensuing Washington’s isolation,” Zarif has said. frain (in accordance with the JCPOA) from any policy efforts by the international community for the past 5 foreign intervention in regional countries, including Syria Zarif has demanded the U.S. government should or action to adversely affect the normalization of trade decades to establish a zone free from weapons of mass and Yemen. openly acknowledge its “unwarranted and unlawful” and economic relations with Iran. destruction in the Middle East. It should compel the Zionist actions against the people of Iran over the past decades. 7- The U.S. government should release all Ira- regime—with its history of aggression and occupation—to Following is an excerpt of the article posted on the nians and non-Iranians who are detained under cruel de-nuclearize, thus neutralizing the gravest real threat ‘Iran adamant Foreign Ministry website: conditions in the U.S. under fabricated charges related to regional and international peace and security, which A short list of the rightful demands of the Iranian people to the alleged violation of sanctions, or apprehended emanates from the most destructive arms in the hands supporter of talks from the U.S. government could include the following: in other countries following unlawful pressure by the of the most warmongering regime in our time. 1- The U.S. government must respect Iran’s in- U.S. government for extradition, and compensate for 14- The U.S. government should stop increasingly on Yemen crisis’ dependence and national sovereignty and assure Iran the damage inflicted on them. These include pregnant relying on nuclear weapons and the doctrines of using that it will end its intervention in Iran’s domestic affairs women, the elderly and people suffering from serious nuclear weapons to counter conventional threats —a policy in accordance with international law in general, and the health problems; some of whom have even lost their that is in flagrant contravention of its commitment under POLITICS TEHRAN — Former Iranian Ambas- 1981 Algiers Accord in particular. lives in prison. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the advisory desksador to Kuwait Reza Mirabian says the 2- The United States must abandon its policy of 8- The U.S. government should acknowledge the opinion of the International Court of Justice, the 1995 Islamic Republic has been strongly supporting political talks resorting to the threat or use of force – which constitute consequences of its invasions and interventions in the NPT Review Conference Declaration, and UN Security to settle the Yemen conflict, criticizing Riyadh for military a breach of the preemptory norms of international law region, including in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Council resolution 984. The U.S. should comply with its involvement in Yemen. and principles of the Charter of the United Nations – as Gulf region, and withdraw its forces from and stop in- moral, legal and security obligations in the field of nuclear “Iran always places special emphasis on the point that an option in the conduct of its foreign affairs with or terfering in the region. disarmament, which is a near unanimous demand of all solution to the Yemeni crisis is political not military but the against the Islamic Republic of Iran and other States. 9- The U.S. government should cease policies United Nations Member States, and virtually all people Saudi government does not accept it,” Mirabian said, Mehr 3- The U.S. government should respect the State and behavior that have led to the creation of the vicious across the globe, including even former US Secretaries of reported on Friday. immunity of the government of the Islamic Republic of DAESH terrorist group and other extremist organiza- State. As the only State that is stamped with the shame of With regard to the measures taken by Iran on the conflict, Iran, which is a fundamental principle of international tions, and compel its regional allies to verifiably stop ever using nuclear weapons itself, it is incumbent on the he said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran will make its utmost law, and, while rescinding previous arbitrary and unlawful providing financial and political support and armaments U.S. to relieve humanity from the nightmare of a global effort to restore peace and security to Yemen.” financial judgments, it should refrain from executing to extremist groups in West Asia and the world. nuclear holocaust, and give up on the illusion of security them in the U.S. and extra-territorially. 10- The U.S. government should stop providing based on “mutually assured destruction” (MAD). 4- The U.S. government should openly acknowl- arms and military equipment to the aggressors—who 15- The U.S. government should once and for Two Iranian edge its unwarranted and unlawful actions against the are murdering thousands of innocent Yemeni civilians all commit itself to respect the principle of pacta sunt people of Iran over the past decades, including inter and destroying the country — and cease its participa- servanda (agreements must be kept), which is the border guards alia the following, take remedial measures to com- tion in these attacks. It should compel its allies to end most fundamental principle of international law and killed pensate the people of Iran for the damages incurred, their aggression against Yemen and compensate for the a foundation for civilized relations among peoples, and and provide verifiable assurances that it will cease and enormous damage done to that country. discard in practice the dangerous doctrine which views desist from such illegal measures and refrain from 11- The U.S. government should stop its unlimited international law and international organizations as ever repeating them: and unconditional support for the Zionist regime in line merely “a tool in the US toolbox” POLITICS TEHRAN — Two Iranian border guards 5- The United States government must cease its with its obligations under international law; condemn (See the full text on the Tehran Times website) deskwere killed and three others sustained in- juries in armed attacks at a border post in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Wednesday night. They were killed as a police station in the border with Iran: Nuclear deal is in ‘the ICU’ Afghanistan and Pakistan came under an attack by a group 1 “I told the conference today that the other signatories “to see if they Iran needed specifics on how that would of gunmen, but the Iranian forces foiled their attempt to the JCPOA is in the intensive care unit can provide us with a package which happen by the end of May. intrude into the country, Mehr reported. because it has lost its balance as a result of can give Iran the benefits of sanctions Since the U.S. exit from the JCPOA, the Iranian military forces along the southeastern border U.S. withdrawal from the deal,” Araqchi lifting.” Islamic Republic has repeatedly threat- areas are frequently attacked by terrorist groups coming told reporters. “The next step is to find guarantees ened it will pull out from the deal as well from Afghanistan and Pakistan. He said Tehran was negotiating with for that package,” he said, adding that if its economic interests are not met. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 23, 2018 INTERNATIONAL #OccupyICEPDX: Protesters ‘occupy Russia skeptical about UN report on Syria’s Eastern ICE’ over U.S. immigration policy Ghouta: Lavrov Dozens of protesters have occupied the grounds of the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Portland, Oregon to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies, including the separation of thousands of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The group, calling it itself #OccupyICEPDX, set up camp on Sunday, calling for the abolition of ICE and an end to government’s “zero tolerance” approach to immigration. The protesters vowed to remain on Thursday after it successfully shut down the office a day earlier. Since the camp was erected, up to 400 people have shown up for nightly vigils. Individuals stand by the road holding signs such as “Every- one is Welcome Here”, “Stop Child Abuse - Abolish Ice” and “Close the Trump Concentration Camps”. Roberta, who asked not to use her surname, held a sign reading: “Truth, Freedom, and Justice for all.” She told Al Jazeera: “We’ve gotten lots of honks and only a few fingers.”” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he is “skeptical” #OccupyICEPDX comes amid a widespread outcry over about a United Nations report accusing the Syrian government the government’s “zero tolerance” approach towards migrants of committing alleged crimes against humanity when its troops and refugees who cross the U.S. southern border without carried out a military operation in Eastern Ghouta earlier this year. documents. The approach included a practice of separating “We are in principle very skeptical towards the methods of children from parents who were held. this sort of work, whether it comes to war crimes or the use of After repeatedly saying only legislators could end the chemical weapons,” the top Russian diplomat said at a joint controversial tactic, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an press conference with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres executive order on Wednesday, to keep families together. It in Moscow on Thursday. remains unclear, however, what will happen to the children Lavrov’s comments came a day after the world body released who have already been separated from their families. a report alleging that forces loyal to the government in Damascus According to the Associated Press, about 500 of the 2,300 had “deliberately” starved civilians during the operation between children separated have been reunited with their parents, February and April this year. but it was not clear if they remained in detention. Lavrov further cast doubt on the validity and reliability of the While the executive order ends the separation of families, UN report, saying the research committee behind the report had many fear the practice will only shift to detaining families neither visited the area nor carried out any investigations on the for long periods of time - a tactic likely to be challenged in ground, and had based their report on “data obtained through social networks” and “videos filmed by witnesses.” the courts. On Monday evening, as ICE employees in cars tried to Portland police have not been present at the protests. He also said that they had “allegedly interviewed with 140 ’Occupy with a purpose’ leave work, 20 people locked arms and blocked the driveway, On Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler stated that he does people,” adding that Moscow did not trust any information ob- The scene in Portland is a throwback to the 2011 Occupy according to organiser Jacob Bureros. not want the Portland police “to be engaged or sucked into tained through “such remote methods.” Wall Street movement. That movement made income ine- The vehicles went back inside the facility and two police a conflict, particularly from a federal agency that I believe Militants belonging to a number of factions had held the quality a national issue but it lacked any concrete demands, officers with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is on the wrong track.” Eastern Ghouta, an enclave in the vicinity of the capital Damas- and it fizzled out within months. under which ICE operates, tried to negotiate with protesters. At the time of publishing, ICE had not responded to Al cus, since 2012 and had practically held hostage its inhabitants, The difference this time is “it’s Occupy with a purpose - Bureros said police asked the protesters for “reasonable Jazeera’s repeated requests for comment. According to local some 400,000 people. Abolish ICE,” said Amina Rahman, a labor organizer and accommodation,” explaining that “nine of the employees reports, ICE said it will not resume operations at the Portland Syrian troops and allied fighters from popular defense groups Portland native . inside need to go home to their families.” office until “there are no longer security concerns resulting managed to fully liberate the enclave from the clutches of mili- The camp, which now includes about 50 tents, has a He said protesters started yelling: “What about the fam- from the ongoing protests there.” tants in early April, after months of intense fighting with terror kitchen feeding hundreds, security patrols, media represent- ilies you are holding?” The ‘Occupy ICE’ protests have since spread to other cities, groups, which had used the area as a launch pad for deadly rocket atives, medical care, a library, a children’s area that includes The ICE facility includes a jail area meant for temporary with demonstrators setting up camp outside ICE offices in attacks against residents and civilian infrastructure in the capital. storytelling and care for infants, and nightly entertainment detention before immigrants are shipped off to long-term New York, Los Angeles and other places. For his part, Guterres stressed the importance of joint efforts such as a troupe of Aztec dancers. holding facilities in the Pacific Northwest. Back in Portland, protesters vowed to remain. aimed at resolving the years-long crisis in the Arab country. He Locals drive up and unload trays of food and cases of DHS police threatened to arrest protesters, but has not “We need to make this a national movement,” Jenny said that work was underway to create suitable conditions for bottled water alongside the three-story ICE building that’s carried out the threat. Nickolaus told Al Jazeera. settling the crisis in Syria, and that the world body was in close surrounded by an eight-foot metal fence and security cameras. On Tuesday, protesters said about a dozen DHS police “We are staying here until ICE is abolished or until we contact with Moscow to safeguard Syrian territories. A local ice cream shop sent its truck to hand out treats to arrived and created a area to allow the remaining employees are physically removed.” Russia has backed Syria’s fight against terror since late 2015 protesters, and a pizzeria owner hand-delivered a stack of pies. to leave. (Source: Al Jazeera) when its air force and troops arrived in the Arab country at an official request of Damascus to help the government fight against EU leaders set to prolong Russia Taliban kill 16 Afghan soldiers, kidnap ISIL (Daesh) and other Takfiri militants. Russia’s assistance has proved to be a major success as Syria sanctions again engineers after ceasefire ends has managed to liberate key areas over the past years, including the second largest city of Aleppo, by relying on Russia’s air cover European Union leaders will next week year, they called on Moscow to stop un- Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan peatedly claimed attacks against Afghan and military advice. extend until the end of January economic dermining democracies and said in their police and two civilians in western Badghis security forces there. (Source: Press TV) sanctions against Russia over its interven- statement: province after their three-day ceasefire for Ghani extended by 10 days his unilateral tion in Ukraine, diplomats and officials said. “We recall that the continuation of sanc- the Eid al-Fitr holiday ended at the week- ceasefire, initially due to end on Wednesday. The curbs on Russia’s energy, defense tions is clearly linked to Russia’s failure end, officials said on Friday. The Taliban observed a ceasefire over the and financial sectors have been prolonged to demonstrate complete implementation The Taliban, fighting to impose strict three-day holiday but rejected the govern- every six months since first being slapped of its commitments in the (peace) Minsk law after their 2001 ouster, resumed their ment’s request to extend it. mid-2014 after Moscow annexed the pen- Agreements and respect for Ukraine’s campaign on Thursday after rejecting Pres- Some critics have said Ghani’s ceasefire Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi insula of Crimea from Kiev and backed sovereignty.” ident Ashraf Ghani’s request to extend their allowed the Taliban to freely enter govern- rebels fighting government troops in east Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ceasefire beyond Sunday. ment-held areas and plan attacks. pledges ‘suitable’ response to Ukraine. EU leaders meeting in Brussels on has said he wanted to re-admit Russia but On Wednesday, they killed at least 30 In the Spin Boldak area of the south- June 28-29 will agree another six-month also signed up for another sanctions ex- soldiers and captured a military base in ern province of Kandahar, on the border deadly Syria strike extension of the curbs on doing business tension at the meeting in Canada, the first Badghis. with Pakistan, the Taliban attacked a road with Russia currently in place until the major international gathering for the head A senior security official in Kabul said construction company compound late on The Iraqi voluntary and pro-government Popular Mobilization end of July. of the new populist government. the Taliban were fighting to capture eight Thursday, a local government official said. Units have pledged to get revenge for a deadly air raid on their Moscow vows to never return Crimea “Italy thinks it is important to have checkpoints in Badghis. On Thursday, they They abducted 13 engineers and 20 fellow fighters in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr earlier and the east Ukraine conflict has killed a dialogue with Russia but this does not gained control over two checkpoints and security guards, the official said. Four se- this week, blaming the United States or Israel for the attack. more than 10,000 people and turned into mean that the system of sanctions can be ambushed arriving reinforcements. curity forces were killed when they tried to Hezbollah Brigades spokesman Jaafar al-Husseini said it a frozen confrontation, with low-intensity, overcome overnight,” Conte has said. Haji Saleh Bek, governor of the Abkamari rescue the hostages, all Afghan nationals. was still too early to say definitively whose forces carried out sporadic fighting still taking place regularly. The EU is also at loggerheads with Russia district, said 16 police were killed. The Taliban did not immediately comment the late Sunday strike against the border town of al-Hari near The decision follows talks between the over its role in the war in Syria and else- Another government official, Moham- on the attack. the frontier with Iraq but insisted it “could only have been” the world’s seven most industrialized countries where in the Middle East, as well as the mad Naser Nazari, said the Taliban had Last month, seven Indian engineers and Americans or Israelis. (G7) who met in Canada earlier in June. Kremlin’s track record on human rights. planted a bomb on the body of a soldier an Afghan national working for a power “When it becomes known who was responsible then there will The format used to be held as G8 but Russia It also blames Moscow for a March attack that exploded when people attempted to plant were kidnapped in Baghlan province be an appropriate response and the hand of the resistance will was kicked out in 2014 over Crimea. in the British town of Salisbury on a former retrieve the bodies. Two civilians were killed. in the north, prompting several private strike anywhere,” Husseini said during a memorial ceremony Since then, the leaders of the world’s Russian spy using a Russian-made military No one immediately claimed respon- international companies to reduce their for the fallen fighters at a mosque in Baghdad. leading powers have used their annual grade nerve agent. Moscow denies guilt. sibility for the most recent attack, but the presence in Afghanistan. Both the Syrian government and Iraqi Popular Mobilization meetings to coordinate their stance. This (Source: Reuters) Taliban are active in Badghis and have re- (Source: Daily Star) Units – commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, initially pinned the blame on the U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting the ISIL (Daesh) Takfiri terrorist group. “We have reasons to believe that it was an Israeli strike,” a U.S. official later told AFP on condition of anonymity. Israel has Trump weighs meeting with Putin so far declined to comment. U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering meet- Meanwhile, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry has denounced the ing with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and is sending his deadly airstrike in Syria, saying it “expresses rejection and national security advisor to Moscow to discuss the idea. condemnation of any air operations targeting forces in areas National Security Advisor John Bolton will travel to Mos- where they are fighting Daesh, whether in Iraq or Syria or any cow next week, the White House said Thursday. other area where there is a battlefield against this enemy that “We are looking at the possibilities,” Trump said when threatens humanity.” asked about a possible face-to-face with Putin. Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since Such high-level talks would be scrutinized in the wake of March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and the wide-ranging probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups U.S. presidential election and possible collusion with the that are wreaking havoc in the country. Trump campaign. Russia has been helping Syrian forces in an ongoing battle Speculation has been rife in Russian and Western media in the province of Dayr al-Zawr as the Daesh terrorist group on the highly anticipated summit between the presidents, struggles to keep its last positions in eastern Syria. which they first discussed in March. The Russian military assistance, which began in September The announcement of Bolton’s visit came almost two 2015 at the official request of the Syrian government, has proved weeks after Trump said that Russia should be re-admitted effective as the Syrians continue to recapture key areas from to the G7, from which it was suspended for its annexation Daesh and other terrorist groups across the country with the of Crimea in 2014. backing of Russian air cover. The White House said Bolton would travel June 25-27 On May 21, the General Command of the Syrian Army and to meet with U.S. allies in London and Rome, followed by Earlier this month, Putin said he was ready to meet his in Britain. Armed Forces announced in a statement that complete security a trip to Moscow. U.S. counterpart as soon as Washington gave the green light, Ties between Washington and Moscow have been strained was restored to Damascus and its countryside after al-Hajar On Tuesday, the Kremlin said there were no plans for adding that Vienna could be a possible venue for such a by the Russia probe, as well as the poisoning case and Trump’s al-Aswad district and al-Yarmouk camp had been totally purged the meeting before the July 11 NATO summit in Brussels, summit. decision to pull out of the Iranian nuclear deal. of Daesh terrorists. which Trump is expected to attend. Despite European sanctions against Moscow, Austria The last, brief meeting between Putin and Trump took The development was preceded by flushing the Takfiris out Trump is due to participate on July 11-12 in the summit has remained close to Russia and - unlike several other place in November 2017 in Vietnam during an APEC leaders of the towns of Yalda, Babbila and Beit Sahem on the southern before heading on to Britain to meet with Prime Minister European countries - has not expelled Russian diplomats summit. outskirts of Damascus. Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II. after an ex-Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned (Source: AFP) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JUNE 23, 2018

STOCK MARKET Stock market index TEDPIX 108872.9 IFX 1241.61 gains 12,583 points Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir

CURRENCIES in 55 days USD 42,4600 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN — Tehran in the 50-year history of the country’s stock EUR 49,163rials deskStock Exchange (TSE)’s market. GBP 55,885 rials main index (TEDPIX) gained 12,583 points As reported, 1.821 billion securities worth to hit 108,872 points during 55 days since 5.49 trillion rials (about $130 million) were AED 11,562 rials the beginning of current Iranian calendar traded through 100,000 deals in a day. year (March 21), Mehr news agency reported Also, IFX, the main index of Iran’s over- Source: mehrnews.com on Friday. the-counter (OTC) market known also as As reported, 58.555 billion securities Iran Fara Bourse (IFB), rose 37.6 points to of purchases in that day. political and economic status of the country, worth 156.957 trillion rials (about $3.719 stand at 1,191 points. The historical increase in the stock ex- but a 2,767-point growth in a single day was billion) were traded through 3.629 million As reported, 613 million securities worth change index had begun on June 13, which beyond the expectations. COMMODITIES deals in the stock market. 1.26 trillion rials (about $29.8 million) were was named ‘Golden Wednesday of Stock The experts of capital market say some WTI $67.10/b Players in Iran’s capital market witnessed traded through 58,000 deals in a day. Market’, when TEDPIX gained 2,767 points factors such as turbulences in the markets a historical record in growth of TEDPIX Shares in different groups of commodi- to stand at 99.146 points. of foreign currency, gold coin, and housing Brent $74.77/b which gained 3,306 points to hit 102,452 ties including base metals, chemical prod- Rise in stock exchange indexes was antici- and also entrance of new liquidity is the pated given the recent issues related to the main reason for such unprecedented rise. OPEC Basket $72.48/b points on June 17, something unprecedented ucts, and minerals witnessed stable status Gold $1,268.75 /oz Silver $16.40/oz Iran, Serbia ink trade, aviation & agro co-op MOUs ECONOMY TEHRAN — During the 15th meeting of the report said. In a joint meeting with Shariatmadari, the Serbian minister Platinium $870.85/oz deskIran-Serbia Joint Economic Committee The agreements on aviation and agriculture sectors were of trade and tourism underlined the significance of expansion Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com in Belgrade on Thursday, the two countries signed three respectively signed between Shariatmadari and Serbian Minister of energy, agricultural, tourism, road, and construction memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on trade, aviation, of Construction, Transportation, and Infrastructure Zorana cooperation between the private sectors of the two countries. and agricultural cooperation, Shata news agency reported. Mihajlovic and Serbian Minister of Agriculture Branislav Addressing a press conference, the Iranian minister NEWS IN BRIEF The meeting’s final agreement was signed by Serbian Minister Nedimovic. described the future of Iran-Serbia cooperation bright of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic and Some senior officials from both countries were reportedly calling for removal of some present obstacles such as those Tehran, Iranian Minister of Industry Mohammad Shariatmadari, present at the signing ceremonies of the agreements. in banking sector. Bratislava confer on boosting OPEC output gain ‘nominal’ economic ties OPEC agreed on Friday to raise oil production And Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar who is also OPEC president, said OPEC had organization and nothing more,” Zanganeh by around 1 million barrels per day (bpd) Zanganeh said the deal added up to “less made “the best choice”, balancing the interests stated. ECONOMY TEHRAN — In his one-day trip to Slova- from July for the group and its allies, an than 700,000 barrels per day” in practice, of its members and other producers. “We agreed on this issue and nothing deskkia on Thursday, Iranian Economy Minister OPEC source said. the Guardian reported. OPEC will meet again on Saturday with more. I think that the OPEC decision is Masoud Karbasian explored development of mutual economic The output gain is nominal. The real OPEC is not expected to actually release non-members, including Russia, to ratify acceptable and reasonable. It is also legal, ties with his Slovakian counterpart Peter Žiga. increase will be smaller because several a hard target, but the figures align with Friday’s agreement. because we have a valid resolution by the end As Shada news agency reported, the Iranian minister called countries that recently underproduced oil comments from ministers that the group will Outcome of OPEC meeting was of September,” the minister told reporters. for ever-increasing economic and trade ties between the two will struggle to return to full quotas while strive to stop overshooting its 18-month-old what I said upon my arrival to Vienna: He refused to give any number for the sides in this meeting and named expansion of bilateral coop- other producers will not be allowed to fill deal to keep 1.8 million bpd off the market. Zanganeh amount of increased production. eration in banking, industrial, and trade sectors as the two the gap, OPEC sources have said, Reuters Output among the 24 nations has actually Oil Minister Zanganeh said the group “I think only a few OPEC members are able sides’ priorities. reported. fallen by about 2.8 million bpd, due largely reached a consensus to stick to the body’s to enhance their output. Some countries may “Slovakia stands among one of the main economic partners Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Khalid to cratering production in Venezuela and output reduction agreement it struck back be unable to fully deliver the agreed levels of Iran in East Europe,” Karbasian said. al Falih, said the agreement would allow supply disruptions elsewhere. in 2016 to cap production by 1.2 million bpd but we have agreed on full compliance of Several Slovakian senior economic officials took part in countries with spare production capacity The accord is a much-needed show of after the 174th OPEC meeting, Shana news the pact. As I had predicted, some member this meeting, the report confirmed. to boost output. unity from the Organization of Petroleum agency reported. countries did not want to say anything against Analysts say supply increases are more Exporting Countries and allies including “As I said on the minute of my arrival U.S. interests or discuss de-politicization of likely to fall in a range between 600,000 to Russia., Bloomberg reported. in Vienna, we needed to fully comply with the market. I already knew this.” U.S. sanctions 800,000 bpd. UAE’s energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei, the output reduction agreement of the (Source: Agencies) wont affect Tehran-Baghdad Chinese media says U.S. has ‘delusions’ Largest banks clear U.S. Fed’s oil swap deal: Iraq as impact of trade war spreads toughest annual stress tests

ENERGY TEHRAN – Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi U.S. protectionism is self-defeating The 35 largest U.S. banks are poised to put test and had their results publicly released desksaid the future U.S. sanctions on Iran will and a “symptom of paranoid delusions” more money toward dividends, share buy- for the first time. not affect the oil swap agreement reached in December 2017 that must not distract China from its backs and business investments, after clearing Deutsche Bank, whose U.S. operations between the two countries, Reuters reported. path to modernization, Chinese state the first stage of an annual regulatory stress have been under intense regulatory scrutiny, The minister made the remarks on the sidelines of on OPEC media said on Friday as Beijing kept up test on Thursday, showing they have enough also easily met all the minimum capital re- meeting in Vienna on Friday. with its war of words with Washington capital to withstand an extreme recession. quirements, as did Credit Suisse and UBS, Based on the agreement, Iraq is going to send 60,000 barrels over trade. Although the lenders would suffer $578 the results showed. per day (bpd) of oil from the northern Kirkuk fields in return U.S. President Donald Trump billion in total losses in the Federal Reserve’s Other banks tested include household for Iranian oil which is going to be delivered to southern Iraq, threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion most severe scenario to date, their level of names like JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup with the crude trucked to Iran’s Kermanshah. of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs high-quality capital would be greater than Inc, Bank of America Corp and Wells Fargo damage being done to China-U.S.- For the time being, the minister said crude being shipped if China retaliates against his previous the threshold that regulators demand - and & Co, as well as major regional lenders like trade relations ... by the trade crusade to Iran was being made in payment for electricity Iraq had targeting of $50 billion in imports. above levels seen immediately leading up to Capital One Financial Corp, PNC Financial of Trump and his trade hawks,” it said. received, rather than as a crude swap. China’s commerce ministry accused the 2007-2009 crisis, the Fed said. Services Group Inc and U.S. Bancorp and The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial “We have just started really small quantities for their re- the United States on Thursday of being Thursday’s results are the first of a two- Wall Street banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc Average slumped for an eight consecutive fineries, not on a swap basis,” he told reporters. “capricious” over bilateral trade issues part exam, showing whether banks would and Morgan Stanley. session on Thursday as shares including The transportation was to start in late January and oil of- and warned that the interests of U.S. meet minimum requirements under the Fed’s Banks investors view the test as a hurdle Caterpillar Inc and Boeing Co wilted. ficials have declined to give reasons for the delay other than it workers and farmers would ultimately methodology, using materials they submitted. for capital returns through stock buybacks Big U.S. manufacturers and was technical in nature. be hurt by Washington’s penchant for Some might still stumble in next week’s sec- and dividends. It could also boost the case brandishing “big sticks”. automakers were also under pressure ond, tougher test, which includes operational for regulatory relief promised by the Trump The official China Daily said in an after Germany’s Daimler cut its 2018 factors like risk management. administration. editorial the United States had failed to profit forecast and BMW said it was “This is the science and next week is the The Fed increases the difficulty of the Tehran, Dushanbe discuss understand that the business it does with looking at “strategic options” due to art,” said Mike Alix, financial services risk test as the broader economic environment China supported millions of American the Sino-U.S. trade war. leader at PwC. “This is the mathematical cal- improves. This year the test features a severe Iranian companies’ jobs and that the U.S. approach was Shares of Apple Inc, whose iPhones culation that shows there are robust levels global recession with the U.S. unemployment self-defeating. are assembled in China by Foxconn, of capital for most firms. Next week will be rate rising by almost 6 percentage points to contribution to Tajikistan’s The English-language paper cited also declined. the judgment.” 10 percent, accompanied by a steepening road-building projects research by the Rhodium Group saying Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou said on The Fed introduced the stress tests during Treasury yield curve. that Chinese investment in the United Friday the U.S.-China trade war is the the financial crisis to ensure the strength of Some banks’ results were hurt this time ECONOMY TEHRAN— In a meeting between Iranian States declined 92 percent to $1.8 billion Taiwanese company’s biggest challenge. the banking industry, whose ability to lend is by the new federal tax law, which changed the deskenergy minister and Tajik transport minis- in the first five months of the year, its “What they are fighting is not really considered crucial to the health of the economy. impact of past losses on hypothetical tax bills ter in Dushanbe, the two sides discussed the issue of Iranian lowest level in seven years. a trade war, it’s a tech war. A tech war Since the first test in 2009, banks have under the scenarios, senior Fed officials said. companies’ presence in the road-building projects in Tajikistan. “The woes the administration is is also a manufacturing war,” Gou said. seen losses abate, loan portfolios improve and The second portion of the test will be inflicting on Chinese companies do A Sino-U.S. trade war could disrupt profits grow. The banks that now undergo the released on Wednesday. Those results not simply translate into boons for U.S. supply chains for the technology and exam have also strengthened their balance will determine whether the Fed approves enterprises and the U.S. economy,” it said auto industries - sectors heavily reliant sheets by adding more than $800 billion in or denies capital plans. Banks now have an in an editorial headlined “Protectionism on outsourced components such as those top-notch capital, the Fed said. opportunity to resubmit those plans if they symptom of paranoid delusions”. supplied by Foxconn - and derail growth U.S. subsidiaries of six foreign lenders, find their own projections were much sun- “The fast-shrinking Chinese for the global economy, analysts say. including Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Group nier than the Fed’s. investment in the U.S. reflects the (Source: CNBC) AG and UBS Group AG, also go through the (Source: Reuters) EU’s retaliatory tariffs on Turkish Lira traders brace for a U.S. products come into effect tumultuous week after elections The EU has officially imposed tariffs on rolled steel, stainless steel, wire, tubes, Investors are bracing for a big move in the lira options climbed to 36 percent on Thurs- US jeans, motorbikes, bourbon and other chain, pipes and scaffolding, as well as Turkish lira after this weekend’s election day, close to May’s almost 10-year high of items in response to a similar move from kitchen appliances, ovens, ladders and and they’re paying to protect themselves. 39 percent. Bloomberg pricing suggests Expressing his satisfaction over the performance of Iranian the U.S. The measures have some experts washbasins. As Turks prepare to go to the polls on buyers of straddles that expire on Monday companies in building a tunnel in Tajikistan, the Tajik minister worried the world could be heading toward Clothing and textiles such as jeans, Sunday, the cost of hedging against fluc- have a breakeven of around 1,000 lira pips, called for these companies’ cooperation in the next phase of the a trade war. men’s leather shoes and bed linens. tuations in the currency over a one-week which corresponds to around 4.85 and project which is installing equipment inside the tunnel, Iranian European Union retaliatory tariffs Eye make-up and lipstick. period is trading close to the highest since 4.65 per dollar, while local Turkish banks Energy Ministry’s news portal, PAVEN, reported on Thursday. on U.S. goods came into force on Friday, Motorbikes and mopeds “with recipro- the global financial crisis. Options that are offering protection at a breakeven of The five-kilometer tunnel shortens the distance between in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and cating internal combustion piston engines” expire on Monday are pricing in at least a 2 around 1,500 pips. Dushanbe and Khujand, the official noted. aluminum. of 500 cc capacity as well as some boats, percent move in the lira in either direction. Part of the reason the market is prepar- Iranian energy minister, for his part, expressed satisfaction The EU said it has no choice after failing yachts, canoes and rowboats. While it’s “fair” to expect a move of that ing for turbulence is because the outcome over the current level of cooperation between the two countries to secure an exemption to U.S. President Food products including maize, rice, magnitude in the lira initially as investors is too close to call. Further clouding the and said Tajikistan can benefit from Iran’s good experiences in Donald Trump’s tariffs, but the response cranberries, cranberry juice, orange juice, digest the election result, it could become outlook is that there’s a good chance the the field of building freeways and tunnels specially in moun- has raised fears of a global trade war. sweetcorn and peanut butter. even more pronounced in the following first round of voting will not be conclusive, tainous areas. What the EU is targeting Vice products such as bourbon, whis- days, according to Henrik Gullberg, a which could extend the political uncertainty He also expressed hope that the second phase of the tunnel The tariffs target $3.4 billion (€2.9 bil- key, cigarettes, cigars, cheroots (a type strategist at Nomura International Plc that’s been weighing on markets until a in Tajikistan will be started soon by participation of Iranian lion) worth of American imports including: of thin cigar) and other types of tobacco. in London. second poll on July 8. companies. Steel products such as bars and rods, (Source: www.dw.com) One-week implied volatility on dollar- (Source: Bloomberg) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 23, 2018 ENERGY 5

Oil prices rise as Oil CEO claims industry needs ‘another Iraq’ to satisfy demand OPEC meets Global demand for oil is so high at present that the world needs to find another Iraq or North Sea to make up the shortfall, Crescent Petroleum’s chief executive told CNBC on Thursday. Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on as well as the risk of lower output from Iran as Speaking at the OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, Majid Jafar, Friday as OPEC held a meeting to reach a result of U.S. sanctions, have all increased CEO of the United Arab Emirates-based oil and natural gas pro- a deal to increase output to compensate market worries of a supply shortage. ducer, said it was clear that too much industry cash was going out for losses in production at a time of rising Another big uncertainty for oil is the es- in dividends when firms need to be building more infrastructure. global demand. calating dispute between the United States “The big message here has been the industry is not investing Benchmark Brent crude was up $1.05 a and its trading partners, which could hit U.S. enough. Investment is down 50 percent from where it was three barrel at $74.10 by 0925 GMT. U.S. light crude oil exports to China. or four years ago and hasn’t really recovered,” he added. crude was 80 cents higher at $66.34. Asian shares hit a six-month low on Friday Projections suggest that the global demand for oil will exceed The Organization of the Petroleum Ex- as tariffs and the U.S.-China trade battle start 100 million barrels per day in 2019. porting Countries met in Vienna together taking their toll. “Actually, what we have seen in this meeting is we need to add with non-OPEC oil producers to discuss If a 25 percent duty on U.S. crude im- another Iraq or North Sea every year and it is not clear where it output policy. ports is implemented by Beijing, American is coming from,” Jafar said. Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster oil would become uncompetitive in China, The petroleum boss said the oil industry currently had an ride over the last few years, with the interna- forcing it to seek buyers elsewhere. image problem where the public thought it was “dying and not tional marker, Brent, trading above $100 a Chinese buyers are already starting to important anymore.” barrel for several years until 2014, dropping scale back orders, with a drop in supplies He added that the rise of renewable energy was important, to almost $26 in 2016 and then recovering expected from September. but only accounted for 3 percent of the total energy output with to over $80 last month. “If China’s import demand dries up, more 60 percent still provided for by oil and gas. The most recent price rally followed an than 300,000 bpd of U.S. crude will have to Jafar said he remained bullish on the Middle East as an energy OPEC decision to restrict supply in an effort find a new destination,” energy consultancy producer as it had half the world’s oil and gas but only a third of to drain global inventories. 2017 and this year, amid strong demand, the by consumers for higher supply. FGE said. the world’s production. (Source: CNBC) The group started withholding supply in market tightened significantly, triggering calls Falling production in Venezuela and Libya, (Source: Reuters)

Turkey announces deadline for Libya clashes at oil ports cut Permian bottlenecks offshore wind farm bids output by nearly half begin to bite

The pipeline constraints in the Permian are finally starting to bite, threatening to derail the extraordinary production boom that has been underway for the last few years. Permian drillers are “quitting new wells at a record pace,” according to Bloomberg. The region’s pipeline network is already just about full, forcing steep and ever-widening discounts for oil coming from West Texas. The number of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) remains very high, evidence that companies are drilling wells but deferring completions, likely because they have no way of shipping the oil. As a result, they are leaving it in the ground. Last week, the Permian rig count fell by four. The EIA says that the number of DUCs in the Permian jumped by 100 in May, which is actually a bit below the average monthly increase over the past year, but still up 90 percent from a year earlier. Every month, the DUC list in the Permian jumps to a new record high. Moreover, the price discounts and the lack of pipeline space could force companies to begin shutting down older wells. “I think without a doubt you’re going to see shut-in wells,” Judy Stark, president of The Ministry of Energy and Natural Re- ed all the necessary work to build its first Libya’s oil output has dropped by nearly the aftermath of the blaze and are trying to the Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association, an industry sources on Thursday said it will accept offshore wind farm. half following clashes between rival groups ascertain the extent of the damage to the group, told Bloomberg. applications for a 1,200-megawatt (MW) The new plant will have an installed in the country’s key oil export ports, the terminal,” Sanalla said. The CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, Scott Sheffield, said in offshore wind plant which will be the biggest capacity of 200 megawatt-hours, becoming head of the National Oil Company said on Aside from oil infrastructure damaged a Bloomberg interview that the Permian pipelines would be totally in the world and the first of its kind in the the largest offshore wind farm in the world. Wednesday. by conflict, Sanalla said Libyan authorities full in the next three to four months, which could mean a shutdown country till Oct. 23. Around 60 percent of the turbines for “Production has seen a reduction by were also struggling to “conquer the shocking of a growing number of wells. “Some companies will have to shut in According to the announcement in the the plant will be domestically manufactured 450,000 barrels per day, plus 70 million scale” of fuel theft. production, some companies will move rigs away, and some companies Official Gazette, the Renewable Energy in partnership with Turkish organized in- cubic feet of natural gas, equivalent to $33m “The smugglers think they can oper- will be able to continue growing because they have firm transporta- General Directorate of the Ministry will dustrial zones, the minister said. in sales based on market prices,” Mustafa ate with impunity -- to the extent that the tion,” Sheffield said. start assessing applications the same day “A total of 80 percent of the engineers Sanalla told AFP news agency. country is losing more than $750 million and will inform applicants about the date working in the project will be Turkish,” The Ras Lanuf and Al-Sidra terminals a year through domestic fuel smuggling and place of tender. The applicants will he added. have been closed since last Thursday when alone,” he said. be able to form a consortium to attend. The energy minister had announced the armed groups attacked oil facilities held by Libya’s economy relies heavily on oil, The ceiling price for one megawatt-hour project in February. The candidate regions forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa with production at 1.6 million barrels a day has been set as $8 and applicants will com- for the power plant were named in March as Haftar in eastern Libya. under long-time Libyan ruler Muammar pete for the lowest bid in a reverse auction. Saros and Gallipoli in the Marmara region Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army Gaddafi. The investor who submits the lowest and K?y?koy in the Thrace region. has since launched an offensive to push the The 2011 uprising against Gaddafi saw bid will sign an energy purchase agreement Since offshore wind farms are more militias out of the area, with the violence production fall to about 20 percent of that including the first 50 terawatts-hour of efficient, Turkey is looking to use its Ae- causing “catastrophic damage”, according level, before recovering to over one million electricity production starting from the gean, Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. to the state oil company. barrels a day by the end of 2017. first commissioning of the plant. Turkey held a 1,000-megawatt solar Sanalla said the clashes “will ultimately “Those that seek to disrupt NOC op- Energy Minister Berat Albayrak said Renewable Energy Resource Zones (YEKA) result in the loss of hundreds of millions of erations and sequester facilities for their Wednesday that the tender specifications tender in 2017 with a winning bid of $6.99 dollars in construction costs, and billions own gain should be seen for what they are His assessment backs up the conclusion of an increasing number required 60 percent local equipment pro- for one megawatt-hour and $3.48 for in lost sales opportunities”. -- criminals,” Sanalla said. of analysts, who have described the state of the industry as one of duction and employment of Turkish en- 1,000-megawatts. On Monday, the NOC said fires caused by “Libyan natural resources and oil and gas “Haves” and “Have Nots” – those with pipeline space under contract, gineers at a rate of 80 percent. The country plans to increase its wind the clashes had destroyed two crude tanks, revenues must be a catalyst for reconstruc- and those without. Albayrak said that Turkey’s energy sector and solar capacity by 10,000 megawatts reducing storage capacity at the Ras Lanuf tion and national prosperity, not conflict,” Evidence of a slowdown is starting to multiply. Halcon Resources has accomplished key projects in energy each in the coming decade. terminal by 400,000 barrels. he added. Corp. said on Tuesday that beginning in July it will idle about a quarter technology and the country has complet- (Source: Daily Sabah) “Maintenance teams are still dealing with (Source: Aljazeera) of its drilling fleet because of “lower near-term realized oil prices in the Midland market.” C&J Energy Services Inc., a drilling services company, suspended plans to expand its fleet. Venezuela says oil output recovery by end of 2018 will be ‘a challenge’ The pipeline problem is expected to grow worse over the course of the year and into at least the first half of 2019. Ryan Smith of East Venezuela has the ability to boost crude output by 1 million the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries “This is a goal for 2018 that is very challenging for PDVSA Daley Capital told Reuters that pipelines could start rejecting new barrels per day (bpd) by end of the year in its bid to recover in Vienna. ... but it’s the goal we’ve set ourselves,” Quevedo said. customers as early as next quarter (which begins in a few weeks). lost production, although the oil minister also said on Friday President Nicolas Maduro said last month PDVSA would The minister earlier said Venezuela was pumping about “We have started to see some producers drop rigs in the basin this goal would be “a challenge” for state oil firm PDVSA. seek to boost oil production by 1 million bpd this year, and 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil. The country had and would think investors will focus on these issues on upcoming “We hope that by year-end, we will have recovered would seek help from Russia, China and OPEC if needed. been producing about 2.373 million bpd as recently as 2Q calls and into the fall as E&P budgets are put together,” Barclays the lost production, we have the capacity to do so, we’ve Output has plummeted under U.S. sanctions and due to 2016, Thomson Reuters data shows. wrote in a note. “As a result, we think producers may slow down said so,” Manuel Quevedo told reporters at a meeting of an economic crisis. (Source: Reuters) growth in the Permian and build up drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells and/or reallocate resources elsewhere until the constraints are worked out.” The pipeline bottlenecks are unfolding alongside other problems Australia no longer expects gas shortfall before 2030 cropping up in the Permian. Barclays noted that “productivity im- Australia no longer faces a looming gas short- for the local market as a global LNG glut has provements are slowing and the decline rate is accelerating in the age, thanks to government pressure on ex- given overseas buyers more supply choice, Permian,” even as absolute production is still expected to rise 600,000 porters to divert the commodity into local AEMO said. bpd year-on-year in both 2018 and 2019. markets and a reduced demand forecast for While producers told the market oper- The bank downgraded its projection for Permian supply growth by gas-fired power, according to estimates from ator output would increase from southern 50,000 bpd this year and next because the estimated ultimate recovery the nation’s energy market operator. gas fields, AEMO’s forecasts “still show that from the average Permian well is not increasing at the same rate as it “No supply gaps are forecast before 2030 further exploration and development will once was, “despite the continued increase in proppant intensity and under expected market conditions,” the Aus- be needed to meet demand from as early as average lateral lengths,” a situation likely the result of “parent-child tralian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said 2022”, Swift said. well interference and expansion into less-lucrative acreage.” In other on Friday in its annual outlook for gas. Production forecasts from gas producers words, the shale industry dramatically ramped up the intensity with That is starkly different from a year ago, show an increase in output of 144 PJ between which it drilled shale wells, but they have nearly picked just about all when dire warnings from the body about po- 2019 and 2022, AEMO said, while flagging of the low-hanging fruit in terms of productivity gains. tential shortfalls in eastern Australia from 2018 those new supplies will be more costly to pro- The pipeline constraints and the subsequent drilling and completion onward prompted the government to threaten duce than existing production. slowdown could result in the Permian producing 200,000 to 300,000 to curb liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The sharply changed view has not deterred bpd less than originally expected in 2019. Barclays says that scenario The nation’s three east coast LNG plants, groups considering importing LNG to south- is not necessarily the most likely, but if it came to pass, it could be felt operated by Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips, eastern Australia within the next two years, globally, pushing oil prices up by 5 to 10 percent. and Santos , averted those curbs by promising as they see the assumptions on future gas Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs said that Permian-exposed refiners to plug the expected deficit. production as bullish and view LNG import will enjoy a windfall from the enormous price discounts for Midland Their moves, combined with greater availa- sources have resulted in a favorable increase AEMO cut its gas consumption forecast for terminals as much cheaper to install than crude. The investment bank said that after its tour of the Permian it bility of LNG on the global market, the start-up of gas availability for the east coast market,” 2019 by 55 petajoules from its last estimate developing new gas fields. came away with “increased confidence around the view that Permian of a new pipeline from the Northern Territory AEMO executive general manager David Swift made in September, while increasing its gas “For the sake of a new entrant and a com- crude differentials need to widen further.” to Queensland, and growth in wind and so- said in a statement. production outlook from fields in the southern pelling, certain product, I just think imports So, while the “Haves” should come out okay, and the “Have Nots” lar power diminishing the need for gas-fired More than 4,000 megawatts of wind and states by 16 PJ. win, hands down,” said James Baulderstone, might be forced to curtail production, the undisputed winners of this power, have eliminated the feared shortage, solar power are due to start up in the next two In September, it had predicted a supply chief executive of Australian Industrial En- predicament are refiners who can gain access to heavily discounted AEMO said. years, which should ease demand for gas-fired gap of between 54 PJ and 107 PJ for 2018, or ergy, one of at least three groups considering Permian oil. Goldman likes Delek US Holdings, who sources 70 percent “Alongside international market changes, power except when renewable generation is up to 17 percent of market demand. importing LNG. of its oil throughput from the Permian. newly committed electricity generation re- low, he said. An extra 8 PJ of gas has also been freed up (Source: Reuters) (Source: oilprice.com) ADVERTISEMENTS

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Who is behind the wheel in a A world of right-wing populism changing Saudi Arabia? By Adam Taylor suits Israel’s colonial plan perfectly For decades, if a critic of Saudi Arabia wanted a simple shorthand for what he thought was wrong with the country, there was Neither reasonable voices within Israel, nor global criticism, have hindered the ambitions of one obvious example: Saudi women were not allowed to drive. The restriction was without parallel in the modern world, and its ‘occupation geopolitics’ to many it showed that while Saudi Arabia was a wealthy and By Taha Ozhan the post-Arab Spring period, reducing the seemingly modern U.S. ally, its society was fundamentally prospects for an end to the occupation. stuck in the past. Israel’s strange influence in Washington and The state of Palestinian factions also invites the Arab region entered a new stage with U.S. pessimism. To guarantee that a meaningful President Donald Trump’s ascent to power. negotiations process will not start, Israel has Already exploiting the vacuum left by Arab gone to great lengths to ensure that Palestinian uprisings to cement its occupation, Israel groups do not transform from resistance received open-ended, irrational support for movements into representative political actors. the occupation from Trump. Such primitive reasoning guided efforts by Israel Israel is routinely trampling Palestinians’ and the U.S. to prevent Hamas from taking rights under the almost-free political insurance power after it won the 2006 elections. policy provided by the White House. Israel However, there is no excuse for the has built a geopolitical fantasy upon the failure of Palestinian groups to become more fictional premise that Palestinians will politically mature. The crisis of representation someday renounce all of their rights - even after Yasser Arafat’s death threw all Palestinian that they will leave their land. groups into a vicious cycle. In the meantime, No one has faith anymore that this Arab governments who viewed the Palestinian approach, which insists on the present problem as a burden after the Arab Spring Israeli occupation as the de facto starting made matters worse. point in meaningless negotiations with the Radical democratic shift Palestinians, will foster peace. At this point, we cannot expect a paradigm As of this weekend, that example will no longer stand. Sunday Rising populism shift in Israel/Palestine. After the Trump will be the first day in Saudi history that women will legally Over the years, Israel has developed a administration’s ‘human rights exit” at the be allowed to drive, a symbolic milestone for the kingdom distinct logic of occupation beyond historical, UN, the U.S. has officially declared that it and its 32-year-old crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, fundamentalist Zionism. Neither reasonable cannot be an honest broker for Palestinians. often known as MBS. voices within Israel, nor global criticism, have Israel has been aided by the rising wave Furthermore, the U.S. , EU, UN and regional The move to allow Saudi women to hold driver’s licenses was hindered the ambitions of this “occupation states have neither the vision nor the announced in a royal decree last September. Though signed by geopolitics” and theology. of populism and the far-right in Europe motivation to navigate towards a solution. King Salman, it was widely attributed to MBS’s influence, part of Israel has been aided by the rising wave of and the U.S., along with the wave of Only one actor can make revolutionary a grander plan the millennial crown prince is implementing to populism and the far-right in Europe and the strides towards solving the problem: the move Saudi Arabia into the future. U.S., along with the wave of totalitarianism totalitarianism that swept through the Palestinians. Notwithstanding the heavy But nine months later, it’s apparent that things aren’t quite that swept through the Middle East after Middle East after status-quo actors defeated cost of the occupation, a democratic shift in as simple as just issuing a proclamation. Though women will status-quo actors defeated the Arab uprisings. Palestine’s political representation could upset be allowed to drive, it’s unclear how many actually will. A relatively To the Israeli geopolitical mentality, the the Arab uprisings. the Trump-Netanyahu axis. If their vision small number of women have received licenses, and many more zeitgeist in the region and the wider world is limited to maximizing power, Palestinian women may be nervous to join them — plenty of Saudi men are presents a vulgar, but fertile, ground for status quo will persist. in the past. factions will be unable to pull out of their not fully on board with the policy. deepening the occupation. Israel does not see the vicious cycle that Palestinian politics current skid. “Many men have vented their opposition to the decision to This backdrop has facilitated the U.S. other actors are warning about, because it Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister The worn-out perspective of “unifying” lift the ban using a Twitter hashtag that translates to ‘you will embassy move to Jerusalem, routine is mired in a problematic mental state that Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump can disparate Palestinian groups has lost its never drive,’” reported Margherita Stancati and Donna Abdulaziz massacres in Gaza, and the disregarding has worsened since Trump took office. This present the occupation as a success story, meaning. Palestinians are in urgent need of the Wall Street Journal. “After the ban’s planned lifting was of Palestinians as interlocutors. Israel has schizophrenic condition allows Israel to as such a shallow perspective has not met of meaningful political representation and announced in September, a man was arrested for posting a video reduced the entire problem to a simple cost- mentally live in Washington but physically wide opposition in an era when geopolitics a radical democratic shift. Building a new online in which he threatened to set fire to women and their cars benefit analysis, allowing the status quo to reside in the Middle East. have been reduced to the issue of post-9/11 Palestinian political language will be the first if they dare to drive.” survive in its favor. Unless Israel, which In an age where conquests have become “terrorism”. step towards breaking Israel’s approach, And in recent weeks the government has arrested some of has succumbed to a prison administration obsolete, Israel, which has maintained the Motivated by a blind “Islamist-phobia”, which is to deepen the occupation and kill the most prominent female campaigners who had pushed for mentality, faces a new intifada or receives longest occupation in the modern era, can the Persian Gulf and Egypt have positioned all hopes for peace. women on the roads. As one activist told The Washington Post’s serious pressure from regional states, the be at peace with this condition only if it lives themselves in the Trump-Netanyahu axis in (Source: Middle East Eye) Loveday Morris, the “arrest campaign is an arrest campaign against feminism in Saudi [Arabia].” The arrests showed that for all the talk of a new, “normal” Saudi Arabia, the country’s reinvention is, in many ways, skin- Four things to watch in Turkey’s elections deep. MBS may have opened the door to female drivers and previously restricted forms of entertainment, including cinemas, By Soner Cagaptay even more authoritarian in the aftermath of the elections, but major political reform is not on the agenda anytime soon. And knowing that many of his citizens no longer support him. the changes are primarily driven by economic considerations, This Sunday, June 24, Turkey’s citizens will cast two ballots, His populist brand of politics will continue to divide Turkey. even those surrounding women’s rights. one for the presidency and other for the parliament. Opinion 3. Erdogan will face a (nearly) united opposition The country’s state-run economic giant, Saudi Aramco, has polls suggest a tight race for what is a historic election for Erdogan has won 12 electoral victories nation-wide, long given women Western-style freedom within its compounds. both Turkey and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. in part because he was blessed with a divided opposition. As he announced the royal decree about driving last September, In April 2017, Erdogan won — with a narrow 2 percent The anti-Erdogan camp used to be composed of disparate then-Saudi ambassador to Washington Prince Khaled bin Salman margin — a referendum to change Turkey’s constitution. groups, including Turkish and Kurdish nationalists, said that women “need to drive themselves to work.” This ushered in an executive-style presidential system, with seculars and even some Islamists. Erdogan’s luck was That idea fits in with the much-hyped Vision 2030 plan first Erdogan at the helm. Now, in the snap elections he called that the gap between those opposition factions was often unveiled by MBS in April 2016. The plan, launched as a dip in for June 24, he is hoping to win and assume the powers set wider than the gap separating them from Erdogan. That oil prices made Saudi Arabia’s economic future look precarious, out in that referendum. is until now. calls for Saudi Arabia to diversify its economy away from energy If Erdogan wins the elections, he will not just be the This has changed because of a rare electoral mistake by and cut the economic flab accumulated after living for decades on head of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Erdogan. Turkey has a high 10 percent electoral threshold, a diet of petrodollars. One goal listed in that plan is to increase and head of state. The executive presidency will also make which means that parties that do not receive over 10 percent female participation in the workforce from 22 percent to 30 him the head of government (currently nominally held by of the national vote tally cannot win seats in the parliament. percent by the year 2030. Prime Minister Binali Y?ld?r?m), as well as cementing his Turrkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and the leader In the run up to the June 24 polls, Erdogan invented the MBS is clearly not afraid to upend things, as evidenced by the rule over the military and the police, which is a national of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli “electoral pact” idea to help his ally and fledgling Nationalist widely criticized anti-corruption drive in which he placed some force in Turkey. Erdogan already appoints a majority of the Action Party (MHP), currently polling around five percent, of his fellow royals under house arrest at the Ritz Carlton Riyadh. judges to the high courts, and if he scores a double victory If Erdogan wins on to cross the 10 percent threshold. In addition to his domestic reforms, he has pushed an aggressive in the two polls this Sunday, both the parliament and the Enter the law of unintended consequences: opposition and certainly risky foreign policy that sees Saudi Arabia facing executive branch will fall into his hands. Sunday, he will become parties have realized that they, too, can take advantage of the off against Iran, and isolating Qatar, an old ally. In other words, if he wins on Sunday, Erdogan will become Turkey’s most powerful “electoral block” to synergize their support. Subsequently, MBS’s social-policy moves have also hit at the power of Turkey’s most powerful leader since Mustafa Kemal Atatürk leader since Mustafa they have formed an anti-Erdogan block, composed of four the country’s conservative Islamists. “We don’t know what’s established the country in 1923. unlikely bedfellows, namely leftist-secularist CHP, centrist- happening,” said one man in Riyadh who described himself to Here are four things to remember ahead of Sunday’s vote: Kemal Atatürk established Turkish nationalist IYI, center-right Democrat Party (DP), my colleague Kareem Fahim as a Salafist, a member of a strict 1. The race will be unfair the country in 1923. and Islamist Felicity Party (SP). After the election, Erdogan conservative strain of Islam. “It’s like we’re becoming strangers.” This will be Turkey’s first truly unfair election campaign since may try to divide the opposition as he has done in the past. Between considerable palace intrigue and rampant rumors the country became a multi-party democracy in 1950. Votes 2003-2014, and as president since, Erdogan has become However, the nature of the opposition coalition suggests that online, there are fears that this segment of society could pose a will be cast under the state of emergency, which was declared in increasingly conservative and populist. He has demonized the fault line of Turkish politics no longer runs through the threat to the Saudi government. “The religious people are quiet for the aftermath of a failed coup in 2016. Erdogan’s government and cracked down on various constituencies and minorities, traditional right vs. left or conservative vs. secular divides, now. Will they continue to be quiet, or will they react violently?” has extended the state of emergency seven times since then. ranging from Kurdish nationalists and social democrats but rather that being pro-or anti-Erdogan trumps all now. one ex-official wondered while speaking to the Economist. The government is also censoring online content, with to leftists and liberals, which are not likely to vote for him. It will be tough for Erdogan to undo his biggest electoral That may help explain why the Saudi government is willing pro-Erdogan businesses now controlling around 90 percent This has helped Erdogan boost his right-wing, Islamist, mistake to date. to do things like arresting female activists only weeks before of all media in the country. Coverage is unilaterally stacked in and nationalist base. 4. The Kurdish nationalist vote will be kingmaker women are allowed to drive — it not only taps the brakes on a Erdogan’s favor. For instance, Turkey’s publicly-funded TRT Coupled with strong economic growth, Erdogan’s electoral The opposition block has excluded Kurdish nationalist social reform that is unsettling for many in the country, but also network gave Erdogan 31 hours and 25 minutes of airtime strategy has managed to deeply entrench polarization in HDP in order to avoid alienating the Turkish nationalist CHP reminds Saudis who is in charge. between May 1 and May 25. The candidate for the main Turkey. His conservative supporters, constituting about and IYI voters. As a result, the HDP is running on its own. For Saudi women hoping for reform, it puts them on unsteady opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Muharrem half of the country, have zealously rallied around him in his Currently, support for the HDP is hovering around Turkey’s ground. The rules that prohibited women from getting driver’s Ince, got only 3 hours and 38 minutes, the IYI (Good) Party defense; the other half of the country, brutalized by Erdogan, ten percent threshold. If the HDP had enough support to cross licenses were just one leader Meral Aksener 9 minutes, and the jailed pro-Kurdish profoundly resents him. the threshold, the opposition parties together would deny restriction among the Between Peoples Democracy Party’s (HDP) candidate Selahattin In an unfair race, Erdogan may indeed win the presidential the AKP legislative majority and would even force Erdogan many placed on Saudi Demirtas received 0 minutes. elections on Sunday, or in the run-off to be held on July 8 into a run-off in the presidential race. In both cases, the women. Some of these considerable 2. Turkey will remain deeply polarized between the top two candidates if no candidate acquires over bloom would be off the rose for Erdogan. other rules are also starting palace intrigue During his time as prime minister of Turkey from 50 percent of the vote this Sunday. Erdogan will become (Source: Time) to shift: The Post’s Liz Sly recently reported that in and rampant the comparatively liberal rumors online, After a long war, Colombia embraces peace at the ballot box city of Jiddah, some there are fears The election of a new president after a 2016 Iván Duque, won with an 11-point margin. more than 200,000 Colombians were killed. women have started to peace pact was marked with historic firsts In his victory speech, he acknowledged that Duque will need to govern from the center abandon the head-to-toe that this segment that can help reconcile Colombians. “peace has to be above political calculations.” to help consolidate the gains of the peace abayas that previously of society could After ending a half-century of civil war He will need to keep that promise in order pact as well as finish up negotiations with covered them, and cafes pose a threat with a peace pact two years ago, Colombia to fully implement a peace settlement that a smaller rebel group called the National are removing the sections held its first presidential election last Sunday. found the right balance between justice and Liberation Army (ELN). Voters are most that divided men from to the Saudi The presence of peace was palpable. mercy for the war’s combatants. concerned about corruption, the economy, women. But such changes government. For the first time in generations, there Duque was born before the war even began and urban security. And they mostly accept are spread unevenly. was no political violence on voting day. The in the 1960s between the government and the the reintegration of former FARC rebels into Perhaps the most onerous of all — the male guardianship system use of misinformation in the campaign was Marxist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed society and into politics. that legally puts every Saudi woman under the authority of a male minuscule. The ballot count was finished in less Forces of Colombia (FARC). When he takes With its new peace, Colombia is now relative — remains in place. As one anonymous Saudi woman told than an hour. Most of all, many Colombians office in August, he will become the country’s opponent, Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and searching for unity. “No more divisions,” Duque Agence France-Presse: “I can drive in my own country, but I cannot voted for a leftist candidate for the first time youngest elected president. His running mate, former Bogotá mayor, garnered 42 percent of said after the election. “I will not govern with leave my own country unless my own son permits it?” For now, at without fear or shame, a sign of an emerging Marta Lucía Ramírez, will become the first the vote. In conservative Colombia, this was hatred.” If he succeeds, it will help show that least, much in MBS’s ambitious kingdom is still the same. national reconciliation. female vice president. quite a feat. It shows a new sense of freedom peace is far more than an absence of conflict. (Source: The Washington Post) In the end, the right-leaning candidate, Just as historic was the fact that his and a desire for peace after a war in which (Source: The CSM) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 23, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

The vivid dangers of our Merkel lost the game!

1 The German Chancellor has given many concessions to his rival party in the formation of a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party. Undoubtedly, now no one else will remember indifference to Yemen conflict Merkel as a powerful politician in Germany and Europe. TEHRAN (FNA) — The world community Another major error of the German Chancellor is his attempt to continues to ignore the ongoing U.S.-backed, get close to the Trump government. So far, many European officials Saudi-led war on Yemen and that’s the most have shrugged Merkel for this inaccurate approach. Merkel’s rivals morally wrong thing the world could do. Merkel and the Christian Democrat also criticized the German Chan- Basically, if the United Nations doesn’t act cellor’s approach to Tramp during the national election race last year. to end the pointless conflict, then no other The German Chancellor has now spoken out against the regional world body can act, and the more internation- policies of Iran in order to satisfy Tramp. Without a doubt, Tramp al bodies actively do nothing, the worse the will eventually quit power, but no one will forget Merkel’s remarks! humanitarian situation is going to be in the The president of the United States is extremely worried about poorest country in the Arab world. his country’s presidential election in 2020. Surveys in the United A healthy world isn›t one that basks in States show that his popularity has fallen to public opinion. In such ignorance and indifference, that glorifies those a situation, the introduction of a credible Democrat nominee (whose who avoid taking a stand against regime-change popularity is more than Hillary Clinton) will lead to the victory of wars and occupation, and fosters the gaping the rival Trump party in the upcoming presidential election. black-hole of absence of international law. Merkel lost the game during his trip to Jordan! He showed that Many UN member states are shamelessly he could not continue as an independent and powerful politician in making the choice to ignore the war and do his political life in Berlin. During his trip to Jordan, the Chancellor of nothing. This business-as-usual mentality Germany did not say the least of the crimes of the Zionist regime and as a whole is one where many believe that Saudi Arabia in Palestine and Yemen because he is also a partner in accommodating themselves to rife injustice these crimes! Angela Merkel’s regional policy has repeatedly faced is a way to look after themselves. But in fact, protests in Germany. The Green Party in Germany is among the adjusting to injustice is unhealthy for both parties that has challenged Merkel’s regional actions. On the other the UN and the member states. hand, social democrats often criticized Merkel’s foreign policy when Sadly, those who have power are taking the they were not in coalition government. lead in doing nothing – even taking a direct role Finally, the Chancellor of Germany and many European officials, in the conflict. And those who have no power as a result of their dependence on the United States and the Zionist struggle to unite to end the war. Member states regime, can not yet become independent actors in the world. Recent have met repeatedly to discuss ways to end the comments by Angela Merkel in Jordan have shown this very well. conflict, but failed to do anything. A big part Will in the future see a change in the behavior of European politicians of that is that those who have economic and or the presence of independent European politicians in power? political power are governing for themselves and their allies, rather than for humanity. Here, ending the war is someone else›s responsibility, and while the UN Security Normalization of relations Council members are inactive, so are the with Zionism at new station rest of the UN agencies, such as the Human It is seen as something that is basically deserved and Rights Council. The daunting abyss between normal for in the end “there is freedom and democracy to 1 Netanyahu also said that the happy news is that Arab coun- what is wrong with the Council and what its be had.” tries, in an unprecedented way, are backing Israel. This is something officials think they are able to do about it, is a I never imagined in my life.” result of the economic and political pressures in Yemen. In consequence, humanitarian crisis medical aid for 8.4 million people living in The disturbing truth is this: The U.S. and its In an interview with Army Radio, Yuval Steinitz, Israel›s Minister by certain member states not allowing even has become natural phenomenon. Unlike an pro-Ansarullah northern Yemen. The UN has European partners are accountable for much of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources said that measly scraps of power to trickle down to a earthquake which surprises unlucky victims warned the fall of the city could precipitate a of the mayhem. They may wish to omit that Israel has had covered contacts with Saudi Arabia amid common resolution that could possibly stop the conflict and is framed as a tragedy by the Western famine, and has been in talks trying to prevent part of the debate altogether, but facts will concerns over Iran. In addition to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia is also and hold to account those who started this media, the suffering, the death and the hunger this invasion, but only talks and no action. not simply disappear when ignored. Western trying to get ahead in normalizing relations with Tel Aviv compared whole mess in the first place. Encumbered of millions of people in the besieged country, - The International Rescue Committee leaders should honestly confront the question: with other Arab states. About two years ago, Saudi retired general with powerful American-Saudi-Israeli lob- particularly in the port city of Hodeidah, is has dismissed Saudi coalition “relief” plan what are the reasons for their support of a and head of the Saudi Strategic Research Center, met with several bies, the Human Rights Council puts up with not a tragedy. Instead, it is seen as something for Yemen as a public relations gimmick. The conflict that has only destroyed the lives of officials from the Zionist regime while visiting Tel Aviv injustice because it believes that something that is basically deserved and normal for in “relief” plan announced by Saudi Arabia and millions of people? The visit of the Saudi official to the occupied territories, his better isn›t possible and that it is powerless. the end “there is freedom and democracy the United Arab Emirates to protect civilians The entire West has a responsibility to stop meetings with the Zionist authorities, and the memorable photos At the same time, the prevailing mentality to be had.” Ironically, it is the U.S.-backed, living in Hodeidah as they attack the port city this mayhem – in collaboration with the UN. led to numerous reactions from the Arab and international media. at the Security Council is that the Middle East Saudi-led airstrikes targeting the defenseless is a publicity stunt by the Saudi-led coalition It’s partly due to their shameless actions – What is most apparent here is that Arab countries have acceler- is there for the U.S. and its allies to invade, to civilians that is right and there is little the UN meant to draw attention away from the un- and inactions - that people are suffering. The ated the process of normalizing ties with the Zionist regime as Saudi be occupied, and to be used (take its energy). can do about it, whereas targeting the civil- due suffering the attack is causing. Attacking U.S., Britain and France tell the UN they are Arabia is trying to exploit the bond to form an Arab front and an axis The culture of indifference negates the idea ian population is not right. It is a conscious Hodeidah won’t bring Yemen’s population far away and not responsible, but they are all against the Islamic Republic of Iran, an attempt that, of course, does that the world is in fact Council’s business murderous policy. relief, nor will seizing the port. taking part in the fighting. They are all part not seem to gain much success. The Saudis have also made efforts and it should have a mutual relationship with This should be overwhelming: Here, the severe absence of action by the of the problem. to create an international consensus on Iran, but they have not both its permanent members and with those - The fate of millions of Yemeni civilians is UN is dangerous both to those directly affected Until this fact is recognized by Western succeeded. It is therefore clear that the recent attempt by the Saudi people who help ensure international peace up in the air amid the Saudi-led invasion of the by the Saudi-made tragedy and famine, as governments, until the UN does something authorities to form an Arabic front against Iran has failed, especially and security. Instead, there is a sense of en- nation’s main aid port, Hodeidah. Fighting is well as to those who are supporting it, mainly about it, this man-made humanitarian crisis, since Arab countries such as Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and titlement, especially to veto any resolution now a more immediate threat to the civilians the United States, Britain and France. The this forgotten conflict will continue, raising Oman are also not ready to join hands with the Saudis. Some other that dares to confront them. living in the city itself. Hodeidah is held by biggest, most obvious consequence is that regional tensions and contributing to the tragic Arab countries like Egypt have also shown that Saudi Arabia does It is this kind of mentality and injustice that the Ansarullah (Houthi) resistance fighters, many more civilians will die and the West can loss of lives of many more people, whose only not play a role in anti-Iranian schemes. Therefore, the formation has normalized suffering, death and destruction and subsequently the lone source of food and and will be held to account for its complicity. hope is merely to survive. of such a front seems far removed from the mind.

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23, 2018 The dystopia is here By Daniel A. Olivas or reporting a crime, lest they become vulnerable defended the “zero-tolerance” policy — which has When Donald Trump was announced the winner to a sweep by immigration agents. separated some 2,000 children from their parents of the Electoral College — but not the popular vote No one is safe. Just this week we learned of Jose — by pointing to Scripture and blaming their po- — I was just finishing a book of short stories. They Luis Garcia, a grandfather and authorized resident litical opponents. Mr. Trump himself is — worse addressed many difficult issues, like poverty, big- since the 1980s, who was handcuffed and taken by yet — openly using the children’s suffering as a otry and violence. But as the grandson of Mexican federal immigration officers while he watered his bargaining chip to get funding to build his wall. immigrants, I felt I had to write one last story, lawn in front of his home in Southern California. The “Democrats are forcing the breakup of one that would confront this man who got himself We also learned of Elsa Johana Ortiz Enriquez families at the Border with their horrible and cruel elected on a platform of hate and a promise to wall of Guatemala, who traveled through Mexico and legislative agenda,” he tweeted, before demanding off the country of my grandparents. crossed the border into the United States with her that they agree to an immigration bill that pays for So I wrote “The Great Wall.” In the dystopian 8-year-old son, Anthony, only to be arrested and the wall. He capped his tweet with a rallying cry future of the story, the wall is a golden, gaudy then separated in the most horrifying of ways: After apparently aimed at supporters of his immigration monstrosity decorated with bas-relief scenes from pleading guilty to unlawful entry, Ms. Ortiz was policies: “Go for it! WIN!” the president’s life, from his childhood to his TV put on a plane back to Guatemala while her son A dystopia is an imagined, horrific place where career to him signing executive orders. was transferred to a shelter for migrant children. people’s humanity is replaced by fear. That’s what But the real monstrosity of the story is the de- If you live in a city like Los Angeles, the odds are I thought my story depicted — a place where my tention center in San Diego, Calif., just inside the that the victims of these policies are your neighbors characters were stripped of their humanity and wall where the children are kept until they are and co-workers, the classmates of your children security, a place that was not yet real. I had hoped allowed to wave goodbye to their parents through and the families who worship with you. You can- it would sound a warning about what our country cloudy plexiglass, before the parents are loaded immigration policies were fully realized. But now frightened children. not pretend this is not happening here, now, and could become if no one stood up to Mr. Trump. I into black buses and deported. this is our reality: Sons and daughters are being In immigrant communities, the fear is palpable, to people you know. am sickened to admit that — in its essential details I wanted my story to serve as a cautionary tale of ripped from their parents’ arms — in some cases, with parents asking themselves if they should risk Trump’s zero-tolerance policy — my dystopian tale has come true. what our country could devolve into if Mr. Trump’s literally — and detention centers are filled with taking their children to school, or going to work Some people in the Trump administration have (Source: The NYT)

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‘Private sector plays great role in Iran-Europe technological co-op development of Iranian space tech’ TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Private sector has a great role greatly benefits both sides: VP deskin development of space-based technology in Iran, the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) director has announced, 1 Sattari said Iran is very rich in ILNA reported on Monday. natural resources, however, human resources Morteza Barari made the remarks during a meeting with man- have become important in recent years in agers from the private sector active in space industry. the country, he said. ISA and National Center for Space plans to attract investors From 2005 to 2016, Iran made a great and private sector to enhance space industry. development in the field of science technology innovation (STI), improving its ranking in international science from 34 to 16, he stated. In the year 2016, Iran, with publication of 51,187 articles in the Scopus database, acquired 16th world-wide place in Inter- national Science Ranking. Iran has made a great progress in bi- otechnology, nanotechnology, renewable energy, cognitive science and stem cells, the vice president added. “Regarding its improvement in science and technology, Iran eyes innovation-based economy in the near future.” “As a country with educated people, Iran has a great potentialities for entre- preneurship.” Morteza Barari (first from right) attends a meeting of managers “There are over 47 million mobile internet from the private sector active in space industry on June 18, 2018 users in Iran and a total of 33 million Irani- ans, aged between 20 to 40 years old, use “Today, the emerging commercial space industry is prevailing smartphones, which provide a great market in all parts of world. We aim to increase business security in for emerging startups” he said. space industry in order to develop its efficiency,” Barari stated. Statistics by Iran’s Ministry of Infor- According to statistics, the commercial space sector accounts mation and Communications Technology, Iran’s vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari makes speech at the Iran-Europe Cooperation Conference on June for an estimated $262 billion of the annual global space economy published in September 2017, shows that 21 in Brussels, Belgium and the private sector share is about 345 billion dollars, he added. there are over 47.332 million mobile in- ISA has taken steps to end the monopoly of the government in ternet users in the country. Iran is ready to open up effective channels and establish space technology and the permission for communication satellite Sattari said Iran has launched 66 inno- operating by the private sector companies is one of the plans. vation centers in universities and academic infrastructures to facilitate financial transactions with ISA also supports startups active in this field in order to pro- centers to improve entrepreneurship. European countries mote job creation and address challenges, he said. Sattari also pointed to establishment of The agency is a government organization. Iran became an 39 technology and science parks in Iran. nies are identified over the past six years Cafe Bazaar, the biggest ecommerce startup like economic development, startup im- orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. The country is one of the Pardis Technology Park hosts over 200 in the country which are supported by the in Iran Digikala, the Iranian ride-hailing provement and internationalization of 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the companies, some of them export technologi- government, he said. company Snapp and Asan Pardakht AKA knowledge-based companies. Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1958. cal products to European countries, he said. The companies have an annual 12 billion AP (pronounced as UP), and Iran’s mobile Startup scene in Iran, finance & finan- A new business ecosystem is forming in dollar turnover and create about 300,000 job payment company as leading successful cial technology investment and marketing Iran for startups which facilitate investment opportunities in Iran, the official explained. Iranian startups. as well as venture capital funds in Iran and financial issues, he said. He named the Iranian video sharing ser- With the theme of New Horizon, the featured in the talks on the sidelines of Ohio wants to use camera Over 3,500 technology-based compa- vice Aparat, the Iranian Android marketplace conference focused on different issues the event. drones to monitor highway traffic Iranian Space Agency seeks further ICT Faculty to provide free courses for co-op with APSCO job seekers Drone technology is continuing to find multiple uses beyond snapping fancy photographs from up high and shooting gor- geous tracking shots for filmmakers. The latest initiative to hit our radar is taking place in Ohio, which will look into the idea of using the remotely controlled flying machines to monitor traffic conditions along a stretch of highway. Such work is usually carried out by fixed ground-based cameras, but their viewing range is limited. Helicopters, too, can be called upon, but with pilot and fuel costs to consider, such aircraft can be hugely expensive compared to a dimin- utive, battery-powered drone. The Ohio Department of Transportation’s DriveOhio Division, which coordinates “smart mobility” initiatives, is working with Ohio State University’s College of Engineering on a three-year, $6-million project to learn more about how drones can be used to effectively monitor traffic conditions. The research will take place along the Smart Mobility Cor- ridor, a 35-mile stretch of U.S. Route 33 that already hosts TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Iran Object Observation System (APOSOS). a range of initiatives for connected roadway infrastructure. desk The planned system would see data from drones sent to insists on expanding APSCO is an inter-governmental organi- cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Space zation dedicated to promote and strengthen TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Iran’s Considering the emergence of start- the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Traffic Manage- desk ment Center, where it can be assessed and, if necessary, acted Cooperation Organization (APSCO), Ira- the development of collaborative space Faculty of Applied ups and knowledge-based companies in upon to keep traffic flowing. The ground-based cameras would nian Space Agency (ISA) chief Morteza programs among its member states by Science in Telecommunication, known the field of ICT, there is a great potential continue to operate, and also be used to help build a broad Barari said during a meeting with APSCO establishing the basis for cooperation in as ICT Faculty, provides free ICT cours- for job creation, he said. picture of what’s happening on the road. Secretary General Li Xinjun on Thursday, peaceful applications of space science and es for job seekers. He also explained about sustainable job The team, however, has plenty of prep work to be getting ISA website reported. technology. It is headquartered in Beijing, The faculty aims to increase ICT skill creation plan (known by its Persian acronym on with before it can launch its first drone over the highway. The meeting was held on the sidelines People’s Republic of China. and improve educational infrastruc- Takapu), which is held by the Ministry of This includes building a safe and reliable platform that would of the 61st Committee of the United Na- The mission of COPUOS is to review tures for 90,000 ICT-related jobs, the Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare. allow the drones to be flown beyond the operator’s line of sight, tions on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space the scope of international cooperation dean of the faculty Vahid Yazdanian The plan surveys market and infra- which, in most cases, current regulations forbid. (COPUOS), which started on June 20 and in peaceful uses of outer space, to devise told Mehr on Wednesday. structure potentials for each field of Ohio State professor and Aerospace Research Center director lasts until June 29 in Vienna, Austria. programs in this field to be undertaken un- The one-year course is supported employment in different regions of Iran. Jim Gregory promised the platform will be able to achieve During the meeting, Barari pointed der United Nations auspices, to encourage by the Ministry of Information and “According to Takapu plan, the ICT its safety goals, saying, “Our collaborative work will pave the to active role of Iran in several APSCO continued research and the dissemination Communications Technology, he said. job creation in all Iranian provinces way for the ultimate vision of safe flight of unmanned aircraft projects like Small Student Satellite (SSS), of information on outer space matters, The ministry plans to create ICT-re- has competitive advantage, however, systems throughout Ohio and beyond.” Small Multi-Mission Satellite (SMMS) and and to study legal problems arising from lated jobs in all provinces across the its priority is different in each region,” Although not part of the Ohio trial, drones could also be Asia-Pacific Ground-based Optical Space the exploration of outer space. country, he added. he said. placed at multiple points along a highway, with each one hooked up to a power cord. This would enable them to fly around the clock, albeit from a fixed position. Such technology A point checklist for your startup Angel investor: A right choice for your small business? is already available and being used in a number of settings. (Source: digitaltrends.com) So you want to start a business – congrat- An angel investor is a person who invests ulations! Once you get over the initial in a business venture, providing capital excitement, it’s time to break down the for start-up or expansion. Angel investors process of launching your startup into are typically individuals who have spare Socially safe: Things you manageable chunks. cash available and are looking for a higher You might get overwhelmed with the rate of return than would be given by more should never share sheer number of items on your to-do list. traditional investments. But not to worry; I’ve broken down this An angel investment is a form of equity Social networking means opening up and sharing information startup checklist into the primary tasks financing–the investor supplies funding online with others, but there’s some information you should you need to do now, and those that you in exchange for taking an equity position never share online. Protecting yourself from sharing Too Much can defer until later. in the company. Information (TMI) can save you from identity theft and even Do the following tasks either before The big advantage is that financing from protect your physical safety. launch or during the early days of your angel investments is much less risky than So let’s start with the obvious … never share your social secu- startup. debt financing. Unlike a loan, invested cap- rity number (including even just the last four digits), your birth Determine viability ital does not have to be paid back in the date, home address or home phone number (although sharing Be brutally honest. Your startup needs event of business failure. your business phone is ok). Of course, you should protect all of to be something you can make a profit doing What is your customer acquisition The primary disadvantage of using angel doctors, lawyers, and others that have a your passwords, PIN numbers, bank account and credit card or delivering. Ask yourself: would you buy cost? investors is the loss of complete control high net worth and are willing to invest information. it? Run the numbers: will customers pay How many sales do you need to make as a part owner. Your angel investor will up to (typically) $500,000 in return for Never share the state where you were born as this information enough so that you can cover costs and to break even? have a say in how the business is run and equity. can be used to obtain your social security number and other identity make a profit? When will you break even? will also receive a portion of the profits Groups – angels are increasingly information. Facebook, for example, allows you to restrict who The legalvision website provide What is the cost of goods or services when the business is sold. operating as part of an angel syndicate can see your birthday or your hometown (often times the same as some following questions for when sold, per item? Sources of Angel Investors (a group of angel investors), which raises your city of birth.) But not every site has these options. assessing your cost structure and What is the lifetime value of a cus- Family and friends – this is by far their potential investment level accordingly. In those cases avoid the problem altogether by not en- revenue stream: tomer? the most common source of funding for Crowdfunding – a form of an online tering information you don’t want to share. If the sites you How will you pay fixed operation- When will an investor get a return business startups. Given the high rate of investing group, crowdfunding involves are using don’t offer these kinds of protections, e-mail them al costs and variable expenses until you on their investment? failure, it is also risky in terms of the possi- raising funding by having large groups and request these features. If enough of us make the request, generate cash flow from sales? What is your contribution margin? ble impact on family/friend relationships. of individuals invest amounts as small they’ll get the message. How much working capital do you What is your exit strategy? Wealthy individuals – another good as $1,000. (Source: networkworld.com) need? (Source: smallbiztrends.com) source are successful business people, (Source: thebalancesmb.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 23, 2018 SCIENCE 11 Solar tower exposes materials to Researchers achieve unprecedented control intense heat to test thermal response of polymer grids

Sandia National Laboratories is using its solar close very quickly to produce the heating Synthetic polymers are ubiquitous — nylon, polyester, Teflon and tower to help assess the impact of extreme curves needed on the sample. epoxy, to name just a few — and these polymers are all long, linear temperature changes on materials. At the same time, a wind tunnel with a structures that tangle into imprecise structures. Chemists have long The tests, now in their second year, take blower on one end forces air across the sample, dreamed of making polymers with two-dimensional, grid-like struc- advantage of the ability of Sandia’s National simulating convective cooling. Convective tures, but this goal has proven challenging. Solar Thermal Test Facility to simulate a very cooling impacts the heating rate since with The first examples of such structures, now known as covalent rapid increase in temperature followed by convective cooling, materials survive longer organic frameworks (COFs), were discovered in 2005, but their an equally rapid decrease. The testing is for under intense heat. quality has been poor and preparation methods are uncontrolled. the Air Force and will continue for at least Before and after a test, another Sandia Now a Northwestern University research team is the first to produce another year. team checks the sample with a 3D scanner, high-quality versions of these materials, demonstrate their superior Researchers put a 4-by-4-inch sample which determines whether the heat produced properties and control their growth. of composite material, called a coupon, into bubbles or texture changes in the material, The researchers developed a two-step growth process that produces a test chamber, then expose it to a burst of Christian said. organic polymers with crystalline, two-dimensional structures. The intense heat. Different coupons are made Light reflected from the surface precision of the material’s structure and the empty space its hexag- of different types of materials. Still another group of Sandia researchers onal pores provide will allow scientists to design new materials with Specialty ovens can reach the temper- takes reflectivity measurements -- how much desirable properties. atures needed, but ovens can’t heat up or light is reflected from the surface. For example, Even low-quality COFs have shown preliminary promise for water cool down rapidly. “And it’s hard to just if a sample absorbs 90 percent of the light purification, storing electricity, body armor and other tough composite stick a coupon in real fast and then take and reflects 10 percent, then 10 percent of the materials. Once developed further, higher-quality samples of these it out,” test engineer Josh Christian said. light did not heat it. Josh said that’s important materials will enable these applications to be explored more fully. “Our facility is really good at providing a fast because in real life, materials with a high “These covalent-organic frameworks fill a century-long gap in ramp rate for these heating curves, and we reflective value heat up slower. polymer science,” said William Dichtel, an expert in organic and also can produce a trailing curve by moving focuses reflected light from the heliostats sample. Then they move that reflected light A third team uses nondestructive methods polymer chemistry who led the study. “Most plastics are long, lin- our mirrors in such a way to remove the onto a calibration panel and uses a heat flux onto the shutters. to look inside the sample after a test, check- ear structures that tangle up like spaghetti. We have made ordered heat from the sample.” gauge to measure the power that will hit the When ready, the shutters slide open and ing for changes below the surface, which is two-dimensional polymers where the building blocks are arranged Changing heat levels particularly important for complex structures in a perfect grid of repeating hexagons. This gives us precise control The coupon is placed flush to a wall of a Researchers put a 4-by-4-inch sample of made of several different materials. of the structure and its properties.” test chamber, basically a box, facing a quartz Tests go on year-round, but the Air Force In the two-step process, the scientists first grow small particle window that allows in the heat produced composite material, called a coupon, into program does not test every day since the “seeds” to which they slowly add more of the building blocks, under by the mirrors. The tests, which use about a test chamber, then expose it to a burst of solar tower also does tests for other pro- carefully controlled conditions. The slow addition causes the building a quarter of the heliostat field, can change grams. Last summer, for example, Christian blocks to add to the seeds instead of creating new seeds. The result heat levels as needed. intense heat. Different coupons are made of estimated 30 to 40 days were devoted to is larger, high-quality particles made up of large, hexagonal sheets Initially, sliding shutters in front of the different types of materials. the project. instead of a bunch of aggregated crystals. (Source: phys.org) window are closed. The solar tower team (Source: eurekalert.org) A rising bedrock could be the Scientists confirm general relativity Researchers just discovered how water key to saving the ice in west works with distant galaxy gets from blood into the brain Antarctica: study

Although there is a growing concern that the West Antarctica ice sheet will eventually collapse, a new study has some good news about the situation. In West Antarctica, part of the bedrock underneath the ice sheet is moving at a fast rate. Scientists say that this could increase the stability of the ice sheet. The Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica is where the Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers are located. Due to the warm waters, the glaciers are quickly melting. Scientists have been concerned that this could raise global sea levels by many feet. Previously, the thought was that the ice sheet in Antarctica would remain stable for many centuries. The news of the rapid loss off the ice sheet proves that theory wrong. The bedrock underneath the ice sheet might be what saves the day. The bedrock is rising at an average rate of 1.6 inches each year. This could counter the loss from the ice sheet to balance it all out. Over the next century, the increase is projected to be 2.5 to 3.5 times more rapid. This study supports our current Verifying general relativity “at all Scientists have identified the means by be manipulated in humans, it could Ohio State University Professor Terry Wilson led a group of understanding of gravity and provides possible scales (especially the largest which water in our blood supply crosses provide a revolutionary way of accessing researchers in this study. They attached six GPS stations to the more evidence for the existence of scale) is fundamentally important to over to the brain, where it becomes the and controlling the water system of the bedrock in Antarctica. Using a series of computer models, the dark matter and dark energy — two physics as a whole, and to cosmology cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and brain, easing pressure without resorting researchers measured how the area is rising despite the rapid mysterious concepts that scientists in particular,” added Oswalt, who was protects one of our most precious organs. to invasive surgical operations – such as loss of the ice sheet. know about only indirectly by observing not involved in the new study. Every day, about half a liter of water is drilling holes in the cranium to drain fluid, The researchers hope that this study will help scientists under- their effects on cosmic objects. Galaxy clusters transported from our blood in this way, and even removing pieces of the skull. stand more about Earth’s bedrock, the status of the ice in West Albert Einstein’s theory of general Dark matter appears to be spread but while researchers knew a thin tissue “If we are able to target this ion and Antarctica, and how melting ice can impact the entire planet. relativity, published in 1916, explains across the cosmos in a network-like in the brain called the choroid plexus water transporter with medicine, it would The findings also shed light on the importance of enhancing ice how gravity is the result of a concept pattern, with galaxy clusters forming was involved in this process, they didn’t affect a number of disorders involving models to accurately predict what will happen. The data could also known as the fabric of space-time. at the nodes where fibers intersect. understand how so much cerebrospinal increased intracranial pressure, including be used to help scientists measure ice loss at a more precise rate. Simply put, the theory predicts how By verifying that gravity acts the fluid (CSF) could be produced. Now, we brain hemorrhage, blood clots in the (Source: Tech Times) much the mass of an object — in this same both inside and outside our may finally have the answer. brain, and hydrocephalus,” MacAulay case, a galaxy — curves space-time. Solar System, researchers provide “It is brand-new knowledge on a says. Since the theory was first published, additional evidence for the existence very important physiological process Of course, it’s always impossible to This speedy genetic tool it has been tested a number of times of dark matter and dark energy. involving by far the most complex organ guarantee that the results seen in animal within our Solar System. But this new The standard model is a theory in the human body,” says neuroscientist studies will be replicated in research with might soon let scientists study, conducted by an international which describes how fundamental Nanna MacAulay from the University of human patients, but here the team is team of astronomers led by Thomas forces and particles in the universe Copenhagen in Denmark. hopeful, mainly because the protein create new genes ‘overnight’ Collett of the Institute of Cosmology work and behave together, and it It used to be thought that osmosis structure of the choroid plexus is similar. Two graduate students developed a method for synthesizing DNA and Gravitation at the University of aims to explain our observations and and associated forces regulated how Treating brain pathologies that could make it much faster, cheaper and easier for biologists to Portsmouth in the UK, is the first experiments. However, our lack of water passed into the brain to produce If they’re right, it could result in what create synthetic DNA sequences. precise test of general relativity understanding and explanation of cerebrospinal fluid, but as MacAulay’s the researchers describe as a “paradigm on a large astronomical scale, the dark matter and dark energy, the team explains, a number of existing shift in the field”, giving us a therapeutic researchers said. “two biggest mysteries in cosmology studies have helped demonstrate that target to treat brain pathologies involving Using data from NASA’s Hubble today,” according to Oswalt, lead some “osmotic water transport does not suffice increased pressure in events such as Space Telescope and the European to question the standard model. to sustain the rates of CSF production strokes, along with other serious cases Southern Observatory’s Very Large “I doubt astronomers will be giving consistently observed in mammals”. where patients currently have few (or Telescope in Chile, the research team up the standard model of cosmology Osmotic water transport zero) non-invasive options. found that gravity behaves the same anytime soon,” Oswalt said. So, instead To investigate what mechanism could “Of course, it would be ground- way in a faraway galaxy as it does in of abandoning the standard model, be driving the phenomenon, MacAulay breaking if we were able to use this our Solar System — just as Einstein’s researchers look to “make the models and fellow researchers studied a mouse mechanism as a target for medical theory predicts. more precisely explain the observed model where the conditions required for treatment and turn down the in-flow of The researchers tested the data,” he added. osmotic water transport were absent. water to the brain to reduce intracranial assumption that the “same laws In the standard model, dark matter By inhibiting osmotic water pressure,” MacAulay says. Right now, if you want to create a new gene — maybe to make a of physics we see working here on is required to explain how fast stars transporters in the brains of live mice, “At worst, the patient may suffer tomato plant more bug resistant or to add a modification to your army Earth are true anywhere else,” Terry orbit around galaxies and dark energy the team found a previously unknown permanent damage and even die as a of supersoldier goats — the process is slow and expensive. Bases, the Oswalt, an astronomer and chair of is required to explain why the universe ion transporter called the NKCC1 co- result of increased pressure. Therefore, building blocks of genetic code, get added one at a time to a growing physical sciences at Embry-Riddle is expanding faster, according to transporter; it turned out to be responsible this basic mechanism is an important strand of DNA. The process sometimes fails, and it always runs out Aeronautical University in Florida, Collett. for approximately half of CSF production. find to us.” of juice once a sequence reaches just 200 bases (a very short patch of said in an email to space.com. (Source: space.com) If the same molecular channel can (Source: sciencealert.com) code in genetic terms), according to a statement from the researchers. Want to go longer? Better to write lots of different bits of genetic code and then stitch them all together using enzymes — chemicals Fishermen Put under Insurance Coverage of SARMAD Insurance Co. that living things produce to help along the chemical reactions in their bodies — even knowing how likely that is to fail. The new method For the first time, country’s fishermen were put under Chairman of the Board of Directors of SARMAD could eliminate many of those problems. reinsure coverage of SARMAD Insurance Company, Insurance Company Mojtaba was the first speaker who The old method for synthesizing DNA dates to the 1970s. It’s a Public Relations Dept. of the company reported. said, “support of Iranian Fisheries Organization on slow, cumbersome process that slows down genetics labs even as new For this purpose, a Memorandum of Understanding the treatment reinsurance indicates the tendency of technologies, like CRISPR, speed up other parts of the gene-editing (MoU) was inked yesterday between SARMAD Insurance this organization to solve problems facing fishermen.” process. Company and Nationwide Fishermen Trade Union in SARMAD Insurance Company has thrown its This new method, developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National the presence of Dr. Mojtaba Kateb Chairman of the heavyweight on the fishermen wholeheartedly. For Laboratory, takes a brute force approach: Enzymes physically bind Board of Directors of SARMAD Insurance Company, this purpose, SARMAD Insurance Company will spare each new bit of DNA to the sequence, before getting shorn off the Dr. Shapour Kakoulaki Deputy CEO of Iranian Fisheries no efforts to insure fishermen under its insurance sequence and discarded. This is a process that could in principle go Organization for Fishing Affairs and Yaghoub Doji coverage.” on forever, without an arbitrary cut-off at 200 bases. CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Iranian So far, fishermen in seven provinces in the country It does use up a lot of enzymes, the researchers said in their state- Fishermen Trade Union. including Sistan Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, ment. But, fortunately, enzymes are cheap. The researchers said they Under the contract, in addition to treatment, life Golestan, Mazandaran, Gilan and Khuzestan have been initially had some trouble convincing other biologists that the idea and incident insurance coverage, fishermen will be put and vessels belongs to the fishermen and owners of put under reinsurance coverage, he maintained. would work, though, because researchers just aren’t accustomed using under the reinsurance services in the field of liability vessels, the report added. He reiterated, “ enzymes to directly bind DNA together. (Source: Live Science) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY JUNE 23, 2018

Cabinet disapproves production Environmentalists strive to save of carbureted motorcycles

SOCIETY TEHRAN — While the ministries of in- desk ranger from death row dustry and interior have demanded the cabinet to reconsider its decision to ban the production of ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Environ- the losses,” he stated. carbureted motorcycles and allow issuance of license plates, deskmentalists are soliciting Based on the bill, rangers are covered by the cabinet of ministers rejected the proposal on June 17, contributions from the public in an attempt articles 12 to 15 of the law concerning the use ISNA reported on Friday. to save Iranian ranger, Vatan Norouzi, from of weapons in emergencies by armed forces The national working group for air pollution mitigation, affiliated death row. meaning that if the court concludes that a ranger to the Department of Environment (DOE), made a proposal to bring Norouzi, a ranger in Fras province, was found involved in an accident has abided by the law, production of the pollutant carbureted-engine motorcycles to a halt guilty of involuntary manslaughter four years the government should bear the financial costs some two years ago. The cabinet approved the proposal in June 22, ago after he got involved in an armed conflict incurred by the ranger, ranging from legal fees 2016 which went into effect as of September 2016. with a poacher, Mahmoud Behzadi. to possible monetary compensation demanded However, in a letter written jointly by Interior Minister Abdolreza Norouzi, father of two, was sentenced by the family of a poacher because of bodily Rahmani-Fazli and Industry Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari, the to death (also known as qisas in Islamic harm or loss of life. The bill also proposes harsh two have appealed to the First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri to revise law) by the court. punishments for poachers who attack rangers the decision and allow 10,000 motorcycles to be given license plates. In the case of murder, qisas means the and help to expedite the decision-making pro- “The cabinet of ministers didn’t vote for resuming the production right of a murder victim’s nearest relative cess for the cases involving rangers. of the carbureted-engine motorcycles and has dropped the subject,” (legal guardian) to, if the court approves, take Multiple deaths and injuries of the rangers deputy environment chief Masoud Tajrishi said. the life of the killer. However, the law also occur while trying to safeguard the environment Resuming the production of carbureted-motorcycles and issu- allows aggrieved parties to receive monetary and wildlife. Rangers who risk their lives pro- ing license for carburetor motorcycles is against the law, Tehran city compensation (blood money) instead of qisas. tecting the environment and wildlife sometimes councilor Zahra Sadr-Azam Nouri has said. With the help of environmental officials and fall victims by getting into fight with poachers According to the proposal approved by the cabinet since activists the victim’s family agreed to receive and may either suffer severe wounds, get killed, 2016, no license plate for carbureted-engine motorcycle 7.5 billion rials (nearly $180,000) instead of or charged with involuntary manslaughter. should be issued, she said. qisas, Ahmad Bahri, a ranger, has said. In April 2018 three rangers were wound- Referring to the fact that the interior and industry ministers’ request So far the Department of Environment ed in an armed conflict with poachers in the was against the law, she said it seems that supporting the private sector has paid 2.1 billion rials (nearly $50,000) to southwestern province of Khuzestan while and manufacturers as well as employment and income generation is the victim’s family and environmentalists are Rangers who risk their lives protecting the patrolling Dez National Park. The three rangers prioritized over public health. soliciting donations from the public and envi- who didn’t wear bulletproof vests were shot “Each carburetor motorcycle causes four times more pollution ronment lovers to help free ranger Norouzi, environment and wildlife sometimes fall in the arm and shoulder. than a car,” Sadr-Azam Nouri stated, adding that today Tehran is Bahri added; however, he didn’t provide any victims by getting into fight with poachers In June 2016, two rangers named Mo- suffering from air pollution caused by vehicles which leads to severe further information on the amount of contri- and may either suffer severe wounds, hammad Dehqani and Parviz Hormozi were problems and diseases. butions collected so far. killed during an armed conflict with poachers. “We call on the government, ministries of interior and industry, Bahri also commented on the bill to support get killed, or charged with involuntary Moreover, ranger Asadollah Taqizadeh was mining and trade to pay more attention to the public health, and we rangers drafted by the Department of Environ- manslaughter. sentenced to death for killing a poacher in July urge the minister of health to prioritize public health” she concluded. ment in July 2016, which is still being hammered 2007 in Dena forest. Fortunately in Taqizadeh’s According to a report by the World Bank, motorcycles are the out in Majlis [Iranian Parliament]. rangers will not be convicted of such crimes guilty the Department of Environment case the deceased family spared his life and he second largest contributor to PM in the capital, even before cars which “If the bill is approved by the Majlis the as much and even when they are found will be legally bound to compensate for got released from the prison in March 2016. greatly outnumber them. There are less than 1 million motorcycles in Tehran which contribute to about 12 percent of the total mobile PM emissions. On the other hand with a total fleet of 3.37 million, or 80 percent of all vehicles, cars only account for about 3 percent of Fire in forests in northeastern Iran extinguished ENVIRONMENT the city’s mobile PM pollution. TEHRAN – A fire which swept through started a campfire, bonfire or burn pile, someone must desk One of the main reasons behind their high contribution to emis- some three hectares of forests in northeast- monitor the fire at all times. sions is that a large part of the fuel consumed in motorcycles burns ern Iran has been put out successfully, an official at the Forests, Be cautious with heat and fire: If you have a fire going, it’s incompletely. The Tehran motorcycle fleet consists mostly of carbu- Range, and Watershed Management Organization has said. important to be cautious handling the fire. If you’re using a stick retor-equipped motorcycles which are typically less fuel efficient and The fire broke out in the protected areas of North Khorasan or poker to move the combustibles around, do so cautiously. emit more emissions compared to newer, fuel injection technology. Province, IRNA quoted Hassan Vahid as saying. Factor in the wind: If you’re experiencing strong winds, Rescuers from provincial department of environment and you might want to wait to start your fire another time. Winds natural resources organization as well as the locals helped to can blow hot combustibles around, which can act as the heat put out the fire, Vahid stated. source for nearby brush and vegetation. Mayor seeks govt., Some three hectares of forests, which mainly consisted of Have a fire extinguishing solution: If you’re lighting a camp- various tree species, including Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), fire or doing a burn, make sure to have a fire extinguisher or parliament’s financial Hawthorn, Christs thorn (Paliurus spina-christi), and Coto- a full 5-gallon bucket of water available. support to manage Tehran neaster and Rosa canina, burnt in fire, he lamented. Attend the fire until it’s fully out: It’s critical to stay with He said as soon as summer begins, wildfires start increasing. the fire and watch it until you know for sure it’s complete- SOCIETY TEHRAN — Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Vahid went on to say that some 180,000 hectares of ly extinguished. If the fire remains hot, it can still ignite deskAfshani has urged the Rouhani administration the forests in the province are among the most prone nearby dried leaves or wood. and Majlis (parliament) to mobilize more financial support for urban areas to wildfire. Use no-burn options: While you can’t argue the beauty of human-started forest fires, they’re still far too prevalent. Re- management in the capital, IRNA reported on Thursday. Earlier in April, Qasem Sabz’ali, commander of the forest a natural campfire, protecting our forests is still more impor- searchers say that there are almost 10 times more human-caused “Urban management in the capital is very much expensive and protection unit of the Forests, Range, and Watershed Man- tant. Consider using no-burn options like battery-powered forest fires than lightning-caused forest fires. During a 10-year the administration and legislative body should provide the munic- agement Organization, said some 15,000 hectares of forests candles and other flameless products. average, 88% of U.S. forest fires are human-caused, while the ipality with financial support,” Afshani suggested. burn in wildfires annually in Iran that 95 percent of them are Clear your burn pile area: If you’re starting a burn pile after remaining 12% are lightning-caused. The administration should pay some of the expenses for caused by humans, ISNA reported. receiving the appropriate permits, then be sure to manage the equipment and development of the Tehran subway, he said, According to Richards Tree Service website, a 10-year av- Tips to prevent forest fire fire responsibly. Remove any potentially combustible debris You can adopt the following measures to prevent wildfires. adding that increasing the budget for the subway would help erage of U.S. forest fires indicates that lightning-started fires such as piles of leaves, grass, wood or other dried out materials. complete some of the projects. burned 2.1 million acres, and human-started fires burned 1.9 Never leave a fire unattended: This is the most impor- Call emergency services: If a fire has gotten out of control, tant rule when it comes to preventing forest fires. If you’ve Elsewhere in his remarks, Afshani highlighted that the municipality million acres. Despite the potentially less destructive nature of you must call the emergency services immediately. would keep on issuing construction permits in the city; however, he stated that the municipality disapproves construction of towering Helicopter emergency buildings in the capital. medical service

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 23, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Syrian government forces besiege Why Hudaydah, is U.S. base in al-Tanf overwhelming question Syrian government forces have reportedly Damascus government or a UN mandate.  The United Arab Emirates had set a deadline for the encircled a U.S. military base at the al-Tanf The military alliance has repeatedly Houthi Ansarullah resistance to pull out of the city. They have border crossing with Jordan, after recap- been accused of targeting and killing been storming the southern part of Hudaydah’s airport, alleg- turing large parts of the Badyia region from civilians. It has also been largely inca- ing that the Houthis are using it to smuggle arms. The UAE’s ISIL (Daesh). pable of achieving its declared goal of assault is said to be the largest military campaign, and thus its As part of an anti-terror operation that destroying Daesh. catastrophic repercussions could lead to the murder of nearly was launched from the Hamimeh region in Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ex- 250,000 civilians, due to the intense airstrikes. southern Aleppo and the second and third patriates, in two separate letters addressed The current assault on Yemen is not purely an Emirati military oil pumping stations in Badiya a few days to United Nations Secretary General Antonio campaign, it is a global war, which seems no different from the ago, Syrian forces and allied popular fighters Guterres and the rotating President of the UN one that has been waged against Syria. Several Arabs and West- liberated an area that ran 45 kilometers wide Security Council Vasily Nebenzya on June ern countries including France and the U.S. back the coalition, and 60 kilometers deep towards the border 5, condemned the continuing attacks by the in addition to the Egyptian Navy, mercenaries from Sudan and with Iraq. The area includes the city of Abu U.S.-led coalition against innocent Syrians, several other African countries. Advanced warships and Apache Kamal and U.S. base of al-Tanf, sources on and its assaults on the sovereignty, unity and aircrafts are intensely bombarding civilian structures. Dozens the field reported Friday. territorial integrity of the conflict-plagued of satellite TV channels are covering the battle and various so- The U.S. is believed to be regularly training Arab country. phisticated intelligence agencies are there too. However, all the terrorists at the base. The letters further noted that the “illegal” theoretical military calculations and fabrications have failed in Washington described the area, which U.S.-led coalition continues to perpetrate Hudaydah, the historical city that has defeated the Ottomans lies at the ultra-strategic intersection of the massacres against Syrian civilians, leaving and the Egyptians in 1962. Syrian, Iraqi, and Jordanian borders, as its scores of people, including elderly people, The capitalist hegemony-imperialism aims at enslaving and “red line.” women and children, dead over the past subjugating the Yemenis. It is the well-known American unfettered The U.S. has unilaterally declared a few days and destroying homes as well as capitalism; hidden under the flag of counter-terrorism, national 55-kilometer red zone around the base, and civilian properties and infrastructure in security, democracy building and many other slogans that sovereign threatened to target Syrian forces within targeted villages. nations have fallen prey to, over the five past decades. However, the area. “One serviceman was killed and several in some desert regions. The Syrian foreign ministry added that the case in Yemen is thoroughly different; for Yemen and the The cordoned off area also contains the others wounded,” the unnamed official added. U.S.-led airstrikes leave 8 the U.S.-led coalition is devoid of any in- Yemenis are a legendary case. Historically speaking, this great Rukban refugee camp, which according to According to the field commander, the civilians dead in eastern Syria ternational legitimacy, and has bombarded nation have registered a bright heroic history of determination, Syrian and Russian officials is home to ter- attack was allegedly carried out when the Meanwhile, a t least eight civilians have people in the provinces of Hasakah, Raqqah perseverance, resistance and triumphant. rorists, including those of al-Qaeda-affiliated army responded to U.S.-led coalition’s attack lost their lives and several others sustained and Dayr al-Zawr after they did not agree Yemen, and this is not an emotional prediction, will put an Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. on Syrian troops. injuries when the U.S.-led coalition pur- to support U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic end to the Wahhabist conspiracy, which was founded through Tensions have been running high between The Pentagon, however, denied the portedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist Forces (SDF) militants. bloodshed and oppression, by the British, in the 18th century, American and Syrian forces in the region casualties and said that a U.S.-backed an- group carried out a string of airstrikes against “The United States has organized these to control the Arabs Peninsula and the Persian Gulf, particularly following several U.S. airstrikes on positions ti-government militant group stationed in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr. militants in a bid to target the positions of the the coastal line and the holy lands of Mecca and Hejaz. Yemenis of pro-government forces. the al-Tanf base had engaged an “unidenti- Local sources, requesting anonymity, told Syrian army, and recapture areas liberated are determined to confront the foreign invaders since never once The National Defense Forces, a popular fied hostile force” outside a “deconfliction Syria’s official news agency SANA the airborne by the Syrian army soldiers and their allies was the Yemeni nation tamed. They are the same example of the militia supporting the Syrian government, zone” around the base, forcing it to retreat. assaults targeted residential buildings in from the menace of terrorism,” the letters Lebanese resistance of Hezbollah as they have been globally at- announced Friday that U.S.-led warplanes The recent anti-terror operations in Homs, the al-Shaafah town on Thursday evening. pointed out. tacked and plot against, through all the possible means, yet they had bombed the Syrian army’s outpost in Dayr al-Zawr and the suburbs of the capi- The sources further noted that the air- They noted, “The United States has on are frequently celebrating victories after victories and putting the village of al-Halba, 70 kilometers away tal Damascus have seen over 4,500 square strikes caused great destruction in targeted occasions offered direct support to Daesh the imperialist dirty plots and faces into the dirt. from the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur) kilometers of the Syrian Desert being freed areas, forcing many families to leave their Takfiri terrorist group – the latest of which The Yemenis, the Lebanese, the Iraqis and the Iranians have in Homs province. from the clutches of Daesh and other Takfiri homes in the village to escape the heavy was on May 24 when U.S.-led fighter aircraft a firm solid doctrine of martyrdom.Nor do they fear the enemies, “The combat planes belonging to the co- terrorist groups. bombardment of the U.S.-led coalition struck Syrian army military sites between neither do they rely on advanced arms. Their slogan is “NEVER alition led by the United States, attacked the The Syrian forces had earlier surrounded military aircraft. Albu Kamal border town and Hmeimim Air TO HUMILATION.” Fortunately enough, the imperialist powers army position in Jabal Ghurab, some 150 Daesh in Badiya region and forced the ter- The U.S.-led coalition has been conduct- Base less than 24 hours after government do not bother themselves to review history, they ignore who are kilometers east of Palmyra near the border rorists to retreat. The terror group has lost ing airstrikes against what are said to be forces thwarted Daesh assaults on its po- the students of Karbala School of victory. 14 hundred centuries with Iraq,” a Syrian Arab Army commander much of the areas it previously controlled Daesh targets inside Syria since September sitions.” ago, their spiritual Leader; Imam Hussein who had an army of told Russia’s Sputnik. in Syria and is now holding pockets of land 2014 without any authorization from the (Source: agencies) only 70 devotees and his sister, Sayedah Zainab, have all refused to be subjugated by the despotism of that time, and achieved a phenomenal historical victory that echoes until today. They were under the same blockade of Hudaydah, they were not allowed to ‘Dozens of Saudi troopers, mercs slain in western Yemen’ access water, their infants were slaughtered, their followers were conspired against, yet they were not defeated. Beyond doubt, Houthis still in control of Hudaydah airport righteous and oppressed people can never be defeated as the Syria and Gaza’s example are very fresh and vivid on this matter. 1 He further stated that the operations were The UN says fierce clashes in the port city have The Yemeni brutal, genocidal and bloody war has reflected carried out following a series of surveillance and moni- driven 5,200 families from their homes. how resistance and bravery are the only means to maintain your toring the movements of Saudi invaders and their agents. The Saudi-led coalition, which has been waging a right of free will. The West and its hypocrite mainstream media The development came just a day after Yemen’s air war against Yemen since early 2015, claims that the must perceive that the Yemeni Huthis Resistance are Yemenis, defense system had shot down an enemy spy drone in Houthis are using Hudaydah for weapons delivery, an purely Yemenis and they are courageously fighting the imperi- the northwestern Sa’ada province. allegation rejected by the fighters. alists. Their misapprehensions and labels, such as Iran-backed The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in Saudi Arabia has also imposed a blockade on Shiite rebels will not affect the mobility and persistence of the a statement on March 25 that the Saudi-led war had left Yemen, which has smothered humanitarian de- pluralist and multi-coloured resistance of the Yemenis patriots, 600,000 civilians dead and injured since March 2015. liveries of food and medicine to the import-de- whose allegiance is primarily to their homeland. Consequently, The United Nations says a record 22.2 million Yemenis pendent state. the hostile coalition’s cluster munitions and restrictions on import are in need of food aid, including 8.4 million threatened Several Western countries are supplying the Riyadh will obviously worsen the dire humanitarian situation, but never by severe hunger. regime with advanced weapons and military equipment. put the determination of the resistance down. A high-ranking UN aid official recently warned against (Source: agencies) the “catastrophic” living conditions in Yemen, stating that there was a growing risk of famine and cholera there. “People’s lives have continued unraveling. Conflict has escalated since November driving an estimated His remarks came after Saudi commander Brigadier 100,000 people from their homes,” John Ging, UN Abdul Salam al-Shehi claimed on Wednesday that the director of aid operations, told the UN Security Council Hudaydah airport had been “completely cleared” and on February 27. was “under control” of his forces. N.I.O.C National Iranian First Announcement Ging said cholera had infected 1.1 million people in Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam stressed 1397.1293 Drilling Company

Yemen since last April, and a new outbreak of diph- that the aggressors had been defeated in Yemen’s west- Public Calls For Quality Evaluating Of Tender(First Publish/Seconed Publish)- Retender theria had occurred in the war-ravaged Arab country ern coast despite possessing numerous weapons and One-Stage(compressed) since 1982. enjoying financial and media support.

Amnesty accuses Saudi-backed forces of He further described the invaders’ battle as “a mass TENDER GUARANTEE ESTIMATED Tenders Portal TENDER NO. / INDENT ‘possible war crimes’ in Yemen suicide,” saying the offensive is aimed at killing Yemenis Subject of Tender No VALUE (Rial) Reg. No. NO and end their sovereignty. Euro Rial Amnesty International says Saudi Arabian-backed militants could be committing war crimes in Yemen The Yemeni people will not give in to any pressure, by interfering with the flow of humanitarian supplies Abdulsalam said, emphasizing that Houthi fighters had PARTS FOR NATIONAL Tender No.: FP/17-96/052 foiled the enemies’ “foolish” plots with a swift attack. 3,165,644 1 into the impoverished country. 18,795 933,000,000 18,656,564,337 HOOK MODEL HA-500

The UK-based human rights body said in a statement Separately, Mohammad al-Bukhaiti, a top figure Indent No.: 48-22-9622039 on its website that the militants stop the aid-laden in the Houthi movement’s Supreme Political Council, ships to inspect their cargoes even though it is the released a video from the Hudaydah airport that pur- Brief discription of subject: portedly showed claims of the Saudi-backed forces’ United Nations which is mandated to do so. National Iranian Drilling Company(NIDC) address pasdaran Blev., Airport Saqare, Ahvaz, Iran hereby intends to purchase its requirements from They divert the ships to the Yemeni ports which are presence there were false. qualified and interested tenderers through one-stage public tender (compressed) upon following terms and conditions: The enemies have suffered heavy blows and been controlled by a Saudi-led coalition of invaders whom A) Qualitative evaluation of tenderer: they work for, or delay them for further inspection forced to retreat eight kilometers off the airport, he The evaluation is based on article ( J ) implementing regulations of the law of tenders and also carried out base on worksheets qualitative evaluation sometimes for a month or more, the organization added. inquiry in the tender doucments. Minimum acceptable point of quality is 60. added. In the al-Duraihimi district, Bukhaiti said, 20 ar- B) Preparation of tender documents: “The times that these inspections are taking are mored vehicles belonging to the Saudi-backed forces Purchasing of documents: effectively obstructing the flow of humanitarian aid had been destroyed and 10 more seized. Yemeni drones In order to receive the tender documents, 510,000 Rials should be paid to account number 4001114004020491 in central bank of Islamic Republic and essential goods. And that is why, in our analysis, had also destroyed six armored vehicles. of Iran under the title of “centralized income funds” of National Iranian Drilling Company and providing the original deposit receipt. we have found that this could amount to collective The Hudaydah airport lies just eight kilometers from Reciving of documents: punishment,” the statement quoted Lynn Maalouf, the the city’s port, through which three-quarters of Yemen’s Tenderers must be obtain the quality evaluation documents along with tender documents maximum ten days after the date of second publication in Middle East research director at the Amnesty, as saying. imports pass, providing a lifeline for millions of people. person at the following address: Hall No.:113, 1thfloor, Foreign The coalition has been waging a war on the Arab Yemenis down spy drone, Emirati recon- Procurement Dept., National Iranian Drilling Company, Airport square, Ahwaz, IRAN world’s already most impoverished country to restore naissance plane Notice: Only the real or legal persons who apply to purchase and recieve tender ducments from foreign procurment department in due date and its former Saudi-allied officials. Yemen’s Health Min- On Thursday, Arabic-language al-Masirah television participates in tenderwill be known as tenderer from tender committee. istry says more than 600,000 people have either been network reported that Yemen’s air defense system had C) Delivery of envelopes of bids and call quality evaluating: killed or injured during the three-year-old invasion. shot down an enemy spy drone in the northwestern Tenderers shall submit simultaneuosly envelopes of bids including bank guarantees(A), financial offer(C) and stamped and signed of tender Houthis still in control of Hudaydah airport Sa’ada province. ducuments(B) along with qualificaion worksheets in form of software in CD and documentary within 35 days from last day of document recived Yemeni officials say the airport in the strategic port Also on Thursday, Yemeni sources said an Emirati deadline to the following address: Hall No.:107, 1thfloor ,Tender Committee, Building operations, National Iranian Drilling Company, Airport city of Hudaydah is still under the control of the Houthi reconnaissance plane was shot down near Saudi Arabia’s square, Ahwaz, IRAN. Ansarullah movement, rejecting reports that the facility southwestern Jizan region, killing the crew. Notice: The deadline for the refusal of bidders participation in the the tender is the last day of determined for submission of bids. had fallen to the hands of Saudi-backed forces. They added that the plane was returning to its base D) Tender Guarantee: Yemen’s army spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf after carrying out an aerial operation in Yemen’s west- Type of guarantee: Luqman on Thursday dismissed claims that the invaders ern coast. A)Bank guarantees or guarantees issued by non-bank institutions that have activites licensed by the Central had gained ground in Hudaydah as he showed photos The media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. quoted Yemeni military sources as saying that the Emi- of enemy armored vehicles blown up in the city. B) The original cash deposit receipt paid to the account number 4001114006376636 under the title of “centralized guarantee funds” of National rati jet, which had two pilots, was brought down by He also hailed the Yemeni fighters’ achievements Iranian Drilling Company to the central bank of Islamic Republic of Iran. Yemeni air defense system. in the country’s western coast as a “miracle.” Duration of credit guarantee & quotation: Backed by Saudi-led airstrikes, Emirate forces and The Yemeni fighters, Luqman said, have been fighting This duration should be valid for 90 days and extendable maximum For one time in initial credit amount. militants loyal to the former Yemeni government launched against Daesh and al-Qaeda militants in Hudaydah’s More on this & other tenders is accessible by click on. WWW.NIDC.IR the Hudaydah assault on June 13 despite warnings al-Durayhimi district, and have surrounded all Sau- News Channel of NIDC : @nidc_pr di-backed forces and mercenaries in the al-Jah neigh- that it would compound the impoverished nation’s Foreign Procurement Dept borhood. humanitarian crisis. National Iranian Drilling Company The mercenaries have two choices, either to sur- The Houthis and allied armed forces, however, have تهران تایمز نوبت اول 02/04/97نوبت دوم render or die, he pointed out. managed to inflict heavy losses on the invaders. 97/04/03

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JUNE 23, 2018 Stressed Messi enduring a Djokovic says not among favorites at Wimbledon, World Cup of nightmares backs Federer

Novak Djokovic does not consider himself among the favorites at next month’s Wimbledon and shares the popular view that defending champion Roger Federer is likely to win a record ninth trophy at the All England Club. The Serbian, who is making a comeback from a long-term elbow injury, claimed his first victory over a top-10 opponent since last May at Queen’s Club on Thursday as he thrashed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the quarter-finals. The 12-times grand slam champion won the most recent of his three Wimbledon titles in 2015 and believes it is too soon to think about a fourth trophy at the elite tournament. “Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves too early. I’m definitely not one of the favorites for Wimbledon,” Djokovic told British media. “Roger is the clear favorite without a doubt. (Rafa) Nadal maybe hasn’t played well at Wimbledon by his standards, but he’s won it several times. He’s definitely one of the candidates to win the title.” World number two Nadal, who last won the Wimbledon title in 2010, will enter All England Club without any competitive “Feel the power of dream at matches on grass this year after the Spaniard withdrew from the Fever-Tree Championships. 2018 World Cup” Djokovic also backed two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, who returned from a year-long injury layoff at Queen’s As an excited Diego Maradona twirled his shirt from the Alvarez, 47, shouting angrily among a group of angry fans, On Thursday night, he was upstaged by Luka Modric, Cro- Club but fell to a hard-fought defeat by Australian Nick Kyrgios, stands and thousands of Argentina fans bayed before kickoff all wearing Messi shirts and some sporting masks of his face. atia’s man-of-the-match playmaker and 32-year-old captain to make an impact. against Croatia, Lionel Messi was seen rubbing his forehead “We have come all this way, spent thousands of dollars who played with joie de vivre and scored a stunning goal. “Andy (Murray) and myself if we play well (can be contenders). in stress. we can ill afford, cheered them to the rafters, and they show By contrast, Messi barely figured, marked out of the We dropped in the rankings, but Andy played really well against He managed just 20 touches in the first half, the fewest no heart, no balls, for the nation. I simply can’t believe it.” game by an ultra-disciplined Croatia, unable to get a shot Nick Kyrgios here,” Djokovic added. of any Argentina player, and trudged off uncomfortably. Messi memes quickly sprung up on the internet. on goal, and only managing to thread telling passes on two “He has home support, things can go in a good direction if he Yet worse was to follow in Thursday’s second half of “Missing: Have you seen this man? Last seen, Nizhny or three occasions. As against Iceland in Argentina’s opening plays well at Wimbledon.” horror at Nizhny Novgorod as Croatia destroyed Messi’s Novgorod Stadium, Russia,” read one mockup of a Wild draw, when he missed a penalty, Messi trudged off silent (Source: Euronews) team with three goals for Argentina’s worst group stage West poster with Messi’s bearded image. and thunder-faced. defeat in 60 years. ………Going home early? “Leo is our heart and soul, but we couldn’t find him with About to turn 31 at the weekend, the Barcelona genius Playing at his fourth World Cup, with the heartbreak of a the ball,” said manager Jorge Sampaoli, urging fans to turn left the pitch looking lonely and broken after a game that 1-0 defeat against Germany in the 2014 final still raw, Messi their ire on him and not on Messi. may have ended his chances of ever winning a World Cup. and Argentina now face the shocking prospect of going out in Though it was Modric who showed him up on Thursday, Reporters tweet NBA draft Maradona, the 1986 World Cup winner whom Argentines the first stage unless remaining Group D results go their way. the comparison that most hurts Messi is with his great La constantly compare him to, went from waving a No. 10 Messi He has already resigned from international football once Liga rival Ronaldo. The Portuguese great has already won picks, defying embargo shirt to wiping tears out of his eyes, slumped in his seat. - after missing a penalty during a shootout against Chile in a major international trophy at the 2016 Euros and has On social media, and among fans, the big debates over the 2016 Copa America final - but was persuaded back by begun his latest World Cup campaign at a canter with four request Messi - Is he as great as Maradona? Is he better than Por- pleas from fans, family, teammates and Maradona. goals in two games. tugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo? - flared up fast and savagely. But given he will turn 35 at the next World Cup, and is Unless something extraordinary happens, Messi may “I’m ashamed of this shirt. Right now, I want to burn clearly creaking under the weight of expectation, most expect soon be watching Ronaldo from outside Russia. As NBA front-office executives made high-pressure decisions in it. Where was Messi? Where were Argentina?” said Renzo Messi to quit the international stage some time after Russia. (Source: Reuters) Thursday’s draft, another compelling drama unfolded in front of fans on social media. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania defied a reported request by the league Media criticism of my lifestyle is Sergio Aguero hits out at Argentina to restrict real-time online coverage of the draft. The NBA asked its media partners including ESPN, Turner ‘unbelievable’ - Sterling coach after shock defeat to Croatia Sports and Yahoo not to tweet draft picks ahead of the televised broadcast, according to the media website Awful Announcing. The NFL has pushed a similar policy in recent years to prevent Twitter and other sites from undercutting TV coverage. Despite the request, Wojnarowski and Charania went ahead with their reporting, routinely breaking news about the next pick before TV could keep up. They kept quiet for the first few picks, but both jumped in at No. 4 after Marc Stein of the New York Times reported the first three selections ahead of the broadcast coverage. Wojnarowski cleverly tried to find loopholes as he reported each pick. Rather than directly announcing each selection, he said teams were “focused on,” “zeroing in on,” or “fixated on” specific players. “Source: Utah Jazz have no plans to pass on Grayson Allen with the 21st pick,” Wojnarowski tweeted with another spoiler alert. Others included: “Source: The Lakers are unlikely to resist Mo Wagner with the 25th pick,” and, “Source: Boston is tantalized by Robert Williams with the 27th pick.” The reaction online was overwhelmingly positive as Wojn- arowski, who has more than 2 million Twitter followers, appeared England and Manchester City playmaker understand where that comes from. Sergio Aguero has been forced to clarify “There is still a game left, and this is not to challenge authority. Raheem Sterling is baffled by the constant “Especially when I bought my mum a remark that appeared to expose a rift the time to be talking about other things. Charania was more direct in naming the next pick. Sometimes, criticism of his lifestyle by a section of a house, it was unbelievable what some between Argentina players and coach Jorge After our final game — which we hope will only a few seconds separated his scoops from Wojnarowski’s. the media which convinces the 23-year- people were writing. I think it’s really sad Sampaoli. The two-times World Cup winners not be the next one — we can discuss other (Source: Reuters) old that “they hate what they don’t even that people do that. They hate what they are on the brink of exiting the tournament thing but now is not the moment.” know.” don’t even know.” after their disastrous 3-0 defeat by Croatia Croatia took the lead shortly after half- Sterling, who started England’s opening In the lengthy article, Sterling outlines last night, with Sampaoli saying “the players time, when Ante Rebic seized on a botched World Cup win over Tunisia in Group G his struggles growing up, including cleaning did not understand the project”. clearance by goalkeeper Willy Caballero to on Monday, has received negative media hotel bathrooms with his mother at the age Asked about Sampaoli’s comments in a volley his team ahead. Luka Modric and coverage over his allegedly “lavish” spend- of six, and the sacrifices his family made post-match interview, Aguero said: “He can Ivan Rakitic added goals late in the second Hamilton gets new engine ing habits, including when he bought his to support his dream. say what he likes.” Later, the Manchester half, as Argentina fell apart. mother a house in 2016. “If you grew up the same way I grew City striker rowed back on his comments, Mascherano added: “It was difficult but Mercedes won’t say The former Liverpool forward was most up, don’t listen to what certain tabloids saying he had spoken “without knowing for us to recover from the goal and then recently criticised for a tattoo of a gun on want to tell you,” he added. exactly the context of the question”, but everything went wrong. We stopped doing which one his leg, which was a symbol to mark the “They just want to steal your joy. They Aguero’s initial words suggest all is not the things we had been going before the death of his father at a young age but was just want to pull you down. I’m telling you well in the Argentina camp. first goal.” misconstrued by the media and led to an right now, England is still a place where a Argentina’s fate in this tournament is Sampaoli enjoyed impressive spells in Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and other drivers uproar. naughty boy who comes from nothing can now no longer in their hands, with Croatia charge of Chile and Sevilla but has had using Mercedes power units started French Grand Prix practice “You know, it’s sad that I even have to live his dream.” already qualified for the knock-out stage little joy with his own country. It is hard to with new engines on Friday but the German manufacturer kept say this, but I’m going to say it anyway,” Sterling is expected to feature in Eng- and Nigeria and Iceland meeting today. imagine him keeping his job if Argentina a lid on the details. Sterling wrote in a column for The Players’ land’s second group game against Panama Argentina were hoping for a draw in that fail to reach the last 16. The latest specification engine had been due for introduction Tribune. on Sunday before Gareth Southgate’s side game, which would allow them to qualify “The loss is my responsibility,” he said. in Canada two weekends ago but that was postponed at short “There’s a perception in certain parts face off against Belgium in the final group by beating Nigeria in their final match — as “I am the only one responsible for making notice due to concerns about an unspecified “quality issue”. of the media that I love ‘bling.’ I love di- match. long as Croatia win or draw against Iceland. the decisions. That left four times world champion Hamilton, now a point amonds. I love to show off. I really don’t (Source: Mirror) Midfielder Javier Mascherano said: (Source: Independent) behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel after seven races, at a disadvan- tage to rivals who had engine upgrades for the race in Montreal. With drivers allowed only three engines a season before penal- ties are applied, Hamilton and Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas were always going to get fresh ones having completed the lifespan Victims of an old failing, Peru and their fans will be missed of the ones they started the season with. Peru’s entertaining team and their colorful army of joyous But they are always a touch too many in front of goal, than the sum of its parts. The question was whether it would be the planned upgrade fans will be sorely missed at the World Cup after the South exasperating their followers who often quote the late Real Only one member of the 23-man squad, Watford’s An- or the same specification as the previous one, which would mean Americans fell victim to their old failing in front of goal. Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano to describe their team’s dre Carillo, is based with a club in the so-called big five being locked into that for the next seven races. Despite having 52 percent of possession against Denmark performance: “We played better then ever, and lost as usual.” European leagues. “All six Mercedes-Benz powered cars have been fitted with and 56 percent against France, Peru lost both games by a Peru’s repeated failure to qualify for the World Cup created Four others are based in Europe — in Russia, Denmark, fresh Turbocharger, MGU-H and internal combustion engine single goal after failing to turn their neat approach work a vicious circle with more pressure on the team and a vocif- the Netherlands, and Portugal — with two in the United at this event,” a Mercedes team spokesman said. into real chances. erous and sensationalist media adding to the tension with States while the others play in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia “More info to follow about specification after FP2 (second Rarely can a team have played so well at a World Cup reports of players partying on the eve of important games. and Peru itself. practice).” and yet gone out after two games without scoring. Some coaches responded by ditching their traditional Gareca might have been forgiven for adopting a defensive The other Mercedes-powered cars are those of Force India’s It was a bitter outcome for thousands of Peruvian fans, style for blanket defence but that made things worse and approach, yet he insisted that Peru respect their heritage Mexican Sergio Perez and Frenchman Esteban Ocon as well as many of whom made long journeys to witness return of they reached a low point by finishing bottom of the ten-team and face their opponents as equals. Williams’ Russian Sergey Sirotkin and Canadian Lance Stroll. their team to the World Cup stage after a 36-year absence. South American qualifying group for the 2010 World Cup. Gareca said after Thursday’s game that he saw a bright Hamilton shrugged off concerns about the engine when asked Some sold their houses and cars or even gave up their jobs Peruvians lost pride in their team to the point where future. on Thursday. to make the trip. nobody wanted to buy their iconic shirt — white with a red “There is a commitment of the directors of the federation “The fresher engine this weekend will be great as it will have In the end, Peru’s downfall was caused by the same age- diagonal stripe — which has become such a common sight and also of the country, at an institutional level,” he said. more power than the one I used at the last race,” the Briton told old problem which kept them away from the World Cup on the streets of Russia. “Peru needs to realize that it has enormous potential. reporters. for so long. Gareca, appointed three years ago, managed to turn This has been an incredible experience. Looking towards the “I trust the team, and if we have to use the older-specification The Andean nation has always produced naturally tal- that around with modern training methods, with a special future, Peru are a team which, if they receive the backing they engine, I am not worried.” ented players and has a proud tradition of “treating the ball emphasis on psychology. need, can improve a great deal...This has made us stronger.” (Source: Goal) well”, as coach Ricardo Gareca puts it. He produced a team where the whole was far greater (Source: Eurosport) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 23, 2018 SPORTS 15 Mahdavikia optimistic about Ayatollah Khamenei hails Iran’s win over Portugal Iran’s magnificent performance against Spain

SPORTS TEHRAN — The head of the Office of the deskSupreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution contacted the Iranian national team in Russia and the team managers to praise their great performance. The Iranian football federation, announced the delivered message as follows: “You played magnificently last night (late Wednesday): May God grant you optimum power.”

Iran futsal still sixth in world rankings

TASNIM — The Iranian national futsal team remained unchanged in the latest world rankings The Iranian team sits sixth place with 1654 points. Brazil remains top in the world with 1935 points. Spain (1807) and Russia (1700) are second and third respectively. Portugal (1696) and Argentina (1667) sit fourth and fifth places above Iran. Mohammad Reza Abbasi Mohammad Reza Asian teams Japan and Thailand are 16th and 18th with 1358 and 1285 points, respectively in the ranking. Iran finished at third place at the FIFA Futsal World “80 Million People, Cup Colombia 2016 after a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Portugal following a 2-2 draw. One Nation, One Heartbeat” Times/ Tehran Iran also won the title of the Asian Football Confed- eration (AFC) Futsal Championship for the 12th time in MOSCOW – Iranian legend Mehdi Mahdavikia says defeat Portugal,” Mahdavikia told Tehran Times. the game by well-drilled Spain. February and claimed the title in the Asian Indoor Games Team Melli have potential to beat Portugal to book a Speaking about Iran’s defensive tactics against “Criticism is normal in football but we have to see in September. place in the 2018 World Cup next stage for the first time. Spain, Ex-Team Melli winger said, “We defended with what Carlos Queiroz has wanted him in these matches,” Despite their defeat against La Roja, Iran’s fate is still nine players against Spain in the first half but after we Mahdavikia said. in their own hands. Whatever happens in Spain’s final conceded the goal, we changed our tactic and created Mahdavikia, who was selected as the Hamburger group match against Morocco, the Iranians know that some scoring chances. It shows Iran have the potential SV Team of the Century in 2012, also praised Cristiano Dani Carvajal Hits Out at a win over Portugal will see them into the round of 16. to break through,” he added. Ronaldo and said Iranian defenders have to be aware “Team Melli have defeated Morocco in their important Mahdavikia also defended Sardar Azmoun, who is of the player’s threat on Monday. Carlos Queiroz’s Tactics match and we can advance to the next stage with a win under pressure for poor performance against Morocco “Messi is a genius but he won’t change anything indi- over Portugal. Why not? It’s a difficult task to do but and Spain. vidually. I think we can frustrate Ronaldo and Portugal TASNIM — Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal felt Iran’s we played well against Spain and have the potential to Azmoun had minimal impact, largely marked out of with a great teamwork,” Mahdavikia added. defensive tactics were over the top, and also hit out at what he perceived to be excessive play-acting. Spain edged past Iran in Iran’s Carlos Queiroz to Spain: Group B of the 2018 World Cup thanks to a goal from Diego Costa at the Kazan Arena. We didn’t fake injuries -- ask Sergio Ramos “The team sits back and Spain players complained throughout claim by invoking the shoulder injury to that is a tactical strategy the game, which they won 1-0, about Salah, who missed Egypt’s opening game that is part of the game,” the Iran’s perceived time-wasting tactics. against Uruguay, and insinuating that 26-year-old said, as quoted On one occasion, in the 39th minute, Ramos hurt him purposely. by FourFourTwo. Diego Costa objected after Iran goalkeeper “I recommend that Carvajal put his eyes “But the injuries are sim- Alireza Beiranvand began jumping in on his club teammate and friend, who threw ulated. This is not football, it pain, insisting to the referee that Costa the Egyptian player out of the World Cup,” is disloyal, but everyone there had stamped on his foot. Queiroz said. “If he criticises Iran players, with their conscience.” “I deny my players wasted time,” Que- it would be good for him to also look at his Carvajal also said he hopes iroz told Onda Cero radio after the game. teammates.” the rest of the opposition Spain “My players suffered strong challenges and Still, Queiroz said he believes Spain “are face in the tournament will be needed assistance. We lost two or three candidates to win the World Cup” after a bit more ambitious. players because of the harshness of the their performance on Wednesday. “It has been hard for us to open the door. But we kept the game. We had four counter-attacks that “They have sensational players,” Queiroz clean sheet despite the chances they have had – they are three Spain stopped with fouls and the referee said. “We thank Spain for all that we have very important points. didn’t do anything, not even a yellow card. learned. This was a unique opportunity for “We are a team that plays direct, open, and I hope we do not Two players are out [injured] for our next my players to learn about international have rivals that put many players in their area,” he concluded. game. That’s the reality.” football. Dani Carvajal told AS after the game “The aim of Iran was to improve and that while he has no problem with defend- Spain have allowed us to do that.” ing deeply and committing fouls, “Iran’s Spain will play their final Group B game Iran’s Morteza Sharifi Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has denied his criticised the conduct of Sergio Ramos for time-wasting, pretending to be injured or against Morocco, and Iran will wrap up players faked getting hurt during their de- his Champions League final tussle that in- hurt -- to me, that’s not football, it’s disloyal.” the stage against Portugal, on Monday. Linked with Italy’s Latina feat to Spain on Wednesday and seemingly jured Mohamed Salah. And Queiroz responded to Carvajal’s (Source: espn.com) TASNIM — Iranian national volleyball team outside spiker Morteza Sharifi has been linked with a move to Italian team Queiroz: We are still alive and still dreaming Top Volley Latina. Islamic Republic of Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz defence in the first half, and a lucky Diego Costa goal Sharifi has stolen the show during the 2018 Volleyball Nations remains optimistic of his team’s chances despite suf- in the 54th minute broke the deadlock. League (VNL) with Team Melli. fering a 1-0 defeat to Spain in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Iran endured further heartbreak after Saeid Eza- Top Volley Latina is a professional volleyball team based in Latina, Russia Group B tie on Wednesday. tolahi’s goal was disallowed for offside. Italy. The club plays in Serie A1 of the Italian Volleyball League. Team Melli currently sit third in the Group B stand- The 65-year-old former Real Madrid coach said Iran It is going to sign the 19-year-old Iranian player on a two- ings, just one point below Portugal and Spain who are still in contention for a place in the Knockout Stage year contract. are on four points, setting up a decisive final group and will give it their all against Cristiano Ronaldo-led Erik Shoji, Nicolas Le Goff, Cristian Savani and Gabriele stage match up with the Portuguese on June 25 at Portugal, the reigning European champions. Maruotti are members of the Italian team. the Mordovia Arena. “If you think of it like tennis, we had one match The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several “We showed that we were ready to suffer and ready point today and we will have another against Portugal. levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. to compete,” Queiroz said. “Everything is still open. We are still alive and still Since early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players “I felt we deserved a better result. There’s no doubt dreaming. in the world play in Serie A1 and the overall level of competition Spain play wonderful, stylish football but I thought we “We left the pitch 1-0 down, but we won respect. is considerably high. deserved more for the way we played.” I’m sure the fans are proud of our team,” said Queiroz. The Spaniards were unable to break the Iranian (Source: the-afc.com) Sadegh Moharrami arriving in Iran’s Ezatolahi ready to take his chances against Portugal Zagreb to undergo medical exam By Michael Church a young team and with such a great coach and we were able to pay back his trust and PLDC – Persepolis winger Sadegh Moharrami traveled to KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) — Saeid Eza- determination and his hard work. Zagreb, capital of Croatia, Wednesday night to undergo med- tolahi will attempt to put aside the disap- “A lot of people enjoyed this and we did ical examination of Dinamo Zagreb football team. pointment of seeing his potential equalizer everything with all of our hearts.” The 22-year-old midfielder, who started his playing career against Spain ruled out for offside when Iran Iran adopted an ultra-defensive approach at Malavan in 2012, played a pivotal role in the previous go for a win against Portugal that would fire until Costa finally broke their stubborn resist- two years helping the Reds to them into the knockout phase of the World ance nine minutes into the second half when win Iran Professional League Cup for a first time. he deflected Raman Rezaeian’s attempted back-to-back title. Spain took all three points at Kazan Arena clearance beyond goalkeeper Alireza Bei- He bade farewell to the on Wednesday thanks to a fortuitous Diego ranvand with his knee. Persepolis fans at the end of Costa goal to leave Carlos Queiroz’s side The goal prompted the Iranians to open the last season and is going to needing to beat his countrymen in their up and Queiroz’s team caused the 2010 world continue his career in Zagreb. final group match in Saransk on Monday champions plenty of problems as they sought Moharrami’s departure will to advance to the Round of 16. an equalizer. be a huge blow for Persepolis “Our full concentration is now on Por- Ezatolahi thought he had leveled the since the Iranian team is not tugal and we have a very hard task ahead of scores when he swept the ball home after allowed to sign new player in us, but we are determined to get this win,” the Spanish defense failed to clear Rezaeian’s the summer transfer window. said the midfielder, who missed Iran’s win free kick, only for referee Andres Cunha to GNK Dinamo Zagreb or over Morocco in their opening game due rule the goal out after consultation with simply Dinamo Zagreb is a to suspension. VAR officials. professional Croatian football “We will be working hard to get this win “I thought it was a goal and for that fraction club based in Zagreb. and to qualify for the next round. of a second I was thinking about all the hard The club was founded in “The result against Spain could’ve been work that I had done and, because in the first 1945. They play their home better for us, we deserved more but this is game I was suspended, I was under a lot of matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful why we call it the beautiful game. Sometimes pressure,” the 21-year-old said. club in Croatian football, having won 19 Croatian Football the ball just doesn’t go in the goal. “God helped me to play well but unfortu- “Now we are a little bit sad but we will make our fans happy.” League titles, 14 Croatian Football Cups and four Croatian “But we performed brilliantly for such nately we couldn’t score, the goal didn’t count. continue to work hard for the next game to (Source: Reuters) Football Super Cups Prayer Times Noon:13:07 Evening: 20:45 Dawn: 4:03 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:49 (tomorrow) JUNE 23, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Artists cite concern on Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 environmental issues at “Habitat” Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 Webmaster: [email protected] By Manijeh Rezapoor Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 TEHRAN – A group of Iranian artists share No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran environmental concerns in “Habitat”, an P.o. Box: 14155-4843 exhibition underway at Tehran’s Vista Gallery. Zip Code: 1599814713 Curator Setareh Hosseini chose Samira Aslankhani, Mahnaz Pasikhani, Ebrahim Hassanzadeh Dizaji, Atefeh Khas, Maryam Zargar, Leila Refahi, Reyhaneh Savari, Maryam Toluei, Saba Arabshahi, Mohammad- Ali Adili, Mina Abdus, Esmat Alirezai, Parvaneh Qesmati Motlaq, Leila Gudarzi and Ali Nurpur to work on the “Habitat” project. “The artworks, including a collection of paintings and two sculptures, depict the WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES artists’ studies and reflect the negative and partly positive effects of environmental issues An exhibition photos by such as the global warming, air pollution, Ghazaleh Sedaqat is currently urban sprawl, waste disposal, water pollution, underway at Atbin Gallery. climate change and many more,” Hosseini The exhibit titled “Patrimony” will told the Tehran Times. run until July 3 at the gallery located “The lethal effect of dust particles on the at 42 Khakzad Alley, Vali-e Asr Ave. skin causing a type of skin cancer is portrayed near the Parkway Intersection. in one painting, while another painting highlights the negative effect of pollution Arte Gallery is playing host to an causing Alzheimer’s,” she said. exhibition of photos by Alireza Elahi. A number of artworks also reflect the The exhibit named “Koker” will repercussions that the air pollution has had continue until July 1 at the gallery for the lives of future generations. that can be found at No. 3, 2nd St. “Today environmental pollution is a off Golestan St., off Alikhani Blvd. global issue, it is not just limited to Iran, and many artists feel a responsiblity to mirror People visit the “Habitat” exhibition at Tehran’s Vista Gallery on June 17, 2018. (Honaronline/Maryam Ramezanlu) E1 Gallery is displaying works the problem in the best way that they can,” promote this topic across the city. months in a laboratory, and later the microbe She said that the exhibition concentrates a group of veteran photographers said Hosseini who is a graphic designer who She pointed to Tehran Municipality’s and its positive effects were represented in a on Iran’s environment and the artists have such as Mahmud Kalari, Jafar Panahi, teaches at Sureh University in Tehran. project “A Gallery as Large as a City” that series of paintings on show,” Hosseini said. created the artworks based on their own Jasem Ghazbanpur, Ebrahim Haqiqi, “However, I believe we can disseminate displayed copies of works from famous artists Elsewhere, she stressed that, although personal concerns. Afshin Bakhtiar, Seifollah Smadian, information more widely through media. We on billboards across the city in spring 2016 the environmental action is a new trend in Hosseini next said that she is planning Satiar Emami, and Maryam Zandi in as artists cannot do more than display works and said similar actions can raise public the world, it could be more influential when to continue with additional exhibits on the an exhibition entitled “Single Tree”. in a gallery with its limitations and particular awareness of environmental issues. studies and research works are added. same topic but on a larger scale. The exhibition, which has been visitors. Larger organizations should take “Other minor activities like publishing “A drawing of animals does not necessarily “We mainly process the feedback on the organized to commemorate the action and inform people, and art can only posters on environmental issues, to include make it an environmental artwork. If the exhibition in our country. We believe we need second anniversary of auteur Abbas help,” she added. ensuring the long-term health and well-being artist has not carried out research or has not to be influential in our own country first. We Kiarostami’s death, will run until July She continued, “We all know that art is a of all earth’s inhabitants, can also be helpful,” studied it, the artwork cannot be realistic. In must try to make more efforts in our country. 6 at the gallery located at 1 Hamid global language, and environmental action she said. this exhibit, all the individual artists who were Joining environmental concerns and studies Dead End, off Lesani Alley, Jebheh is a new concern in the world. However, it The exhibit also considers the positive selected have done their studies that were together is difficult. However, this exhibit St., off Mahdieh St. in the Elahieh must not be just relegated to a confined space factors in the environment. actually in line with all their works. Some of should help find ways to provide education neighborhood. like a gallery.” “For example, the positive effect of the them were invited later and joined us later, about these activities,” she concluded. For example, she said that the municipality microbes on the body has been studied and but they all had their own concerns and had The showcase will run until June 25 at Drawing can bring together artists who have painted by one of the artists. The artist studied conducted academic studies in advance,” the gallery located at No. 11, 12th Alley, Mir A large group of artists, concentrated on environmental action and a specific type of microbe for seven or eight she explained. Emad St. including Zahra Jafarpur, Ali Sabunchi, Omid Shayan, Mojdeh Suri, Mona Aziz, and Dana Dehqan are displaying their latest works in Iran, Korea, Taiwan sign Managers of Iranian orchestras an exhibition at Laleh Gallery. MOUs on book fair meet Tatarstan president in Kazan The exhibit runs until July 3 at the gallery located on Fatemi St., near Laleh Park.

Textile art A collection of textile artworks by Hamideh Masumi, Zohreh Saeidipur, Faezeh Chahardoli, Fatemeh Jalali and Kamand Kavand is on display in an exhibition at Atashzad Gallery. The exhibition entitled “Half X Half” runs until July 1 at the gallery that can be found at 3 North Abbaspur (Tavanir) St. near Vanak Sq.

Painting Haft Samar Gallery is playing host to an exhibition of paintings by Kaveh Namegh. ARTTEHRAN – The of Seoul as a special guest of the Tehran Iranian cultural delegation meets Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and The exhibit runs until June 27 deskIran Cultural book fair and the Koreans agreed to cultural officials of the republic in Kazan on June 21, 2018. (Rudaki Foundation) at the gallery that can be found at Fairs Institute (ICFI) has signed survey Iran’s request that Korea host Iran ARTTEHRAN – Iranian musicians in Kazan and I hope No. 8, Fifth Alley, Kuh-e Nur St., memorandums of understanding with as a special guest country at the SIBF. deskManagers of the this cultural exchange will continue in Motahari Ave. the Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) Based on the MOU signed between an Tehran Symphony Orchestra and the future. It’s a good event that the and Taipei International Book Exhibition ICFI representative and TIBE Chairman National Orchestra met Tatarstan sports and music of Iran have been Minu Vaseqi is hanging her (TIBE). James C. M. Chao at the Seoul book President Rustam Minnikhanov in introduced to the people of Kazan latest collection in an exhibition The MOUs were inked at the Seoul fair, for a period of three years, both Kazan on Thursday, Iran’s Rudaki during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. entitled “Infinite” at Aria Gallery. book fair, which is currently underway sides undertook to provide appropriate Foundation announced on Friday. We must take this into consideration and The exhibit runs until June 6 in the South Korean capital, the ICFI facilities for publishers from the two A selection of musicians from the reinforce bilateral relations,” he said. at the gallery located at 10 Zarrin announced on Thursday. countries to participate in the Taipei Tehran Symphony Orchestra and “Iran enjoys a rich culture and Alley, near Beheshti St., Vali-e Based on the MOU between ICFI book exhibition and Tehran book fair. National Orchestra performed three history, which are of great interest Asr Ave. and SIBF, Iran and Korea provide a At the meeting, Chao expressed his concerts in Saint Petersburg, Moscow for our people, and we would like to pavilion for each country for three years hope that the MOU would provide the and Kazan in Russia last week. learn more about the country of Iran,” An exhibition of paintings by at the Tehran International Book Fair ground for the expansion of cultural Minnikhanov expressed his thanks he added. Sina Naziri-Hosseinpur is underway and Seoul book fair. relations between Iran and Taiwan. to the officials for organizing the Kazan Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Sanai, at Saye Gallery. Both countries have also agreed to Dozens of Iranian publishing houses performance and said that cultural Rudaki Foundation director Ali-Akbar The exhibition name facilitate their publishers’ participation are displaying their latest offerings at relations between Iran and Russia Safipur and Tehran Symphony Orchestra “Anachronism” will run until June in the book fairs. the Seoul International Book Fair, which have been progressing. conductor Shahrdad Rohani were 27 at the gallery located at No. 21, Iran also agreed to assess the issue will run until June 24. “I appreciate the performance by the present at the meeting. 13th Alley, Sanai St. of Karim Khan Ave. Richard Clayderman arrives Belgium beach plays host to Seyhun Gallery is hosting an in Tehran Hollywood sand sculptures exhibition of paintings by Mansur Nosrtanezami. ARTTEHRAN – World- OSTEND, Belgium (Reuters) — On The exhibition will run until July deskrenowned French a Belgium beach, an artist adds the final 4 at the gallery located at No. 11, pianist Richard Clayderman arrived in touches to an imposing sand sculpture 4th St., Vozara Ave. Tehran on Thursday, Royal Honar, the of the Incredible Hulk and his bristling Iranian institute that is the coordinator of muscles ahead of the opening of the Portraits by Alireza Clayderman’s upcoming performances, world’s biggest festival of its kind. Ruhbakhsh are on display in an has announced. There are more than 150 sand exhibition at Sheis Gallery. Clayderman’s first concert was sculptures relating to Disney, Pixar, The exhibit will run until June performed at the Grand Hall of the Marvel and Star Wars films on the 27 at the gallery located at Shirzad Interior Ministry in Tehran last night. beach in Ostend for the Sand Magic Alley, near Daneshju Park. His other performances will be held from French pianist Richard Clayderman in festival which opens on Saturday and A sand carver works on a sculpture during June 27 to 29. an undated photo. runs until September — providing the the Sand Sculpture Festival “Disney Sand Paintings by Mina Sabzi is In the video released by Royal Honar you and finally this wish will come true.” artworks survive the weather. Magic” in Ostend, Belgium June 21, 2018. currently on display in an exhibition on June 12, the pianist spoke about his love Clayderman is scheduled to perform “O Recognized by the Guinness Book (Reuters/Yves Herman) at Golestan Gallery. and interest in performing live in Iran. Iran” based on a composition by Iranian of Records as the world’s biggest sand Some of the sculptures are several The exhibit runs until June 27 at “I would like to say that I am so happy musician Ruhollah Khaleqi. sculpture festival, 34 international meters high. Among the depictions are the gallery located at 34 Kamasai St. to visit your great and beautiful country for Iranian Istgah Orchestra by conductor artists have spent four weeks creating works featuring Daffy Duck, Yoda and in the Darus neighborhood. the first time,” he said and added, “It was Mehdi Noruzi will accompany Clayderman the pieces using around 6,000 tonnes Bruce, the grinning great white shark my wish for over 20 years to perform for in his performances. of sand. from “Finding Nemo”.