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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12590 Sunday JULY 3, 2016 Tir 13, 1395 Ramadan 27, 1437 Chief executives Monthly loading, of National Leader urges firm action unloading at Development Iranian ports up Fund resign over 15% yr/yr unconventional on inflated salaries ECONOMY TEHRAN — Some desk12.565 million tons Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah the collection of the first Shia imam’s missives that under conditions of sedition, where it of oil and non-oil products were load- salaries Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a Ramadan meeting and speeches. will become very difficult for people to dis- ed and unloaded at ports of Iran dur- on Wednesday with President Hassan Rou- Citing remarks from Imam Ali (AS) about tinguish right from wrong, we have to act POLITICAL TEHRAN — Fol- ing the third Iranian calendar month hani and his administration’s officials, eluci- how to deal with sedition, Ayatollah Khame- such that nothing will be in the interest of desklowing a mounting of Khordad (May 21-June 20), regis- dated several points from Nahj al-Balaghah, nei said: “Hadhrat Ali (AS) recommends sedition.” pressure over lavish executive salaries 2 tering 15.1 percent rise compared to the board of trustees of Iran’s National the same month in the preceding year, Development Fund on Saturday ac- IRNA reported on Saturday. cepted resignation of the managing From the mentioned total amount of director and chief executives of the Ayatollah Khamenei receives university students loaded and unloaded goods in Khordad, fund. the share of non-oil products stands at During a meeting between the 8.16 million tons, while that of oil prod- National Development Fund’s board ucts hovers around 4.405 million tons. of trustees in which the president is a As Press TV reported in late March, member, records and documentaries documenting the data released by related to payslips of the managing di- the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs rector and chief executives were stud- Administration, Iran witnessed an ied and their decision to resign was ‘unprecedented’ surplus in its foreign accepted. trade over the past Iranian calendar The board of trustees consists of year (ended March 19, 2016). the president, head of the Manage- The customs figures revealed that ment and Planning Organization, the country registered a trade surplus economy, oil and labor ministers, cen- of $0.916 billion in the 12-month period tral bank governor, head of the Cham- ending on March 19, 2016. Iran’s bal- ber of Commerce, national prosecutor ance of trade turned positive with its ex- general, and representatives from the ports tallying $42.415 billion, compared Majlis economic and budget commit- with $41.499 billion worth of imports. tees. Gas condensate, oil and petrochem- The fund also has a superviso- ical products constituted the major part ry body which its members are the of Iranian exports, while maize for cattle heads of the Supreme Auditing Court, khamenei.ir feed, wheat and rice were among the chief imports, the report added. Supreme Auditing Organization, and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei hosted hundreds of university students and representatives of student State Inspectorate Organization. China, Iraq, the United Arab Emir- associations late on Saturday. In the meeting, students found the opportunity to voice their opinions openly and discuss major national issues with ates (UAE), Afghanistan and India pur- 2 the Leader. Full text is available at the Tehran Times website. chased more Iranian goods than other countries last year, while a fair share of Iranian imports came from China, the PERSPECTIVE UAE and South Korea. By Matin Moslem Reasons why Hangzhou is called ‘heaven on earth’ by Chinese PERSPECTIVE international By M.A. Saki By Mahmood Monshipouri relations expert cruise the lake. HANGZHOU, China — In terms The New York Times has se- Professor of San Francisco lected the city as one of the “41 State University and University of natural scenery, Hangzhou, the of California, Berkeley Britain caught capital of Zhejiang Province in places in the world worth visiting”. southeast China, is a very beauti- Also, the Oriental Outlook maga- in Cameron’s ful city. Some consider it the most zine has consistently rated Hang- Brexit: When politics beautiful city in China. zhou at the top of the list of the miscalculation In the modern day, which Chi- 10 “happiest cities” in China. of fear masks failed na has emerged as a fast growing Hangzhou has blended tradi- economic system ritish Prime Minister David economy, a climate of calm and tionalism and modernism. When Cameron paid for his 2015 po- one moves from Xiaoshan Inter- B tranquility still dominates the city ncertainty has become the litical gambling debt and now national Airport to the city one of nine million people. It still re- A view of the West Lake in Hangzhou new normal and the overar- with selfishness and egotism he is tains its natural beauty and his- sees residential houses which U ching theme of the twenty-first trying to play the blame game. He is have beautifully combined tradi- torical and cultural heritage. inside and outside China. The lake Baoshi Hill to the north of the century. Since the June 23, 2016, Brit- blaming others for the hefty cost. tional and modern architecture. The West Lake, a UNESCO is surrounded by forested hills on lake. Foreign and Chinese tour- ish referendum on the European vote, If honoring the nation’s vote is not Tall buildings and skyscrapers also World Heritage Site, is glowing the northern and western sides. ists, including vacationers from markets in both Great Britain and the in Mr. Cameron’s favor, he does not feature high as one travels deep like a pearl in the city. The city at- The Baochu Pagoda [also called the distant province of Xinjiang in United States have plunged over the have the right to blame the people tracts large numbers tourists from the Leifeng Pagoda ] sits on the northwest China, visit the city and into the city. See page 9 who believed in his populist propa- uncertainty. The United States lost ganda and behavior. more than $100 billion in only one However he is not the only culprit; day. Britain’s vote to leave the Europe- rather all Conservative Party leaders Pirates fail to seize Iran’s oil tanker an Union has presented a big test for the rest of the world, as the implica- are his accomplices and all deserve a POLITICAL TEHRAN — Strait. ron, comprising Martyr Naqdi de- in the Gulf of Aden since No- tions of this vote will likely go beyond collective trial like the Nuremberg tri- deskAn Iranian The pirates sought to attack stroyer and Lavan cruiser, escorted vember 2008 to safeguard the merely financial or legal consequenc- als. squadron prevented 12 boats the oil tanker, but were forced to the oil tanker to a safe place after vessels involved in maritime es, involving political and diplomatic That’s right! The aftermath of Brit- carrying 115 armed pirates flee while facing Martyr Naqdi de- repelling the attack. trade, especially the ships and issues such as the emergence of new ain’s decision to leave the European from seizing an Iranian oil tank- stroyer. The Iranian Navy has been oil tankers owned or leased by economic relationships, a changing Union, known as Brexit, has the same er around the Bab-el-Mandeb The Iranian Navy 41th squad- conducting anti-piracy patrols Iran. political and historical importance. balance of power, and the resurgence Right or wrong, 52 percent of Brit- of new forms of nationalism and local- ons believe that the EU policies have Iranian automaker in talks with LG to make electric vehicles ized rather than international ideolo- gies. made them poorer, limited their social Iran Khodro Co., an automaker in Tehran, is automaker and install charging stations. Iran would lower demand for gasoline and help with and work opportunities and jeopard- Apart from these consequenc- in talks with LG International Corp. to develop Khodro would make the cars. The partners air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions,” said es, this referendum could provoke ized their security. 9 electric vehicles for the Iranian market. aim to manufacture 60,000 vehicles by 2023. Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, an analyst at Bloomberg New nationalist forces elsewhere in Eu- “Negotiations are underway,” said Iran Kho- “We are currently carrying out the plans to de- Energy Finance. “Despite ample oil reserves, Iran rope to intensify their own struggle dro Chief Executive Officer Hashem Yekke-Zare. velop electric vehicles and to set up charging does not have sufficient domestic refining capac- against European integration—not Iran crowned The companies may clinch the deal in autumn, infrastructure in Iran,” said an LG spokesman. ity to meet its gasoline demand, so it has had to to mention its security ramifications IWF Junior World he said in an interview in Tehran. LG Interna- The company declined to give further details rely on imports.” The country also has high levels for NATO and its post-war rationale. tional, which is based in Seoul, would sup- before the deal closes. “Iran would certainly ben- of pollution, especially in the capital city. There are two views regarding this Championships ply batteries and other components to the efit from electrification of its transport sector as it (Source: Bloomberg) issue. It can strengthen NATO since it becomes the place for real Euro- SPORTS Iran claimed the title Tehran museum to spotlight Soviet Montage pean unity, as the UK will stay in. The deskof the International alternative is that the EU will start Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior ARTTEHRAN — West in the Land of the Bolsheviks” Ten Days That Shook the World” by od began in 1924/1925 and ended pursuing a more independent for- World Championships on Saturday. deskThe Tehran directed by Lev Kuleshov, “Strike” Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Alek- in 1930. It is a film theory focused eign and security policy that could In the competition held in Tbilisi, Museum of Contemporary Art by Sergei Eisenstein and “October: sandrov. The Soviet Montage peri- on understanding and creating potentially challenge US hegemony Georgia, the Iranian team won the title (TMCA) is scheduled to review the cinema using specific film editing in Europe. with 454 points. Soviet Montage, a school of cine- CONDOLENCES techniques. The British departure could also Host Georgia finished in second ma that started in 1924, during a The theory was conceived in set a troubling precedent not only for place with 441 points, followed by Ja- special program, which begins at I express my condolences over the death of Hamid the Soviet Union during the 1920’s the breakup of the United Kingdom pan who scored 423 points. its cinematheque this evening. Najafi, the committed and revolutionary managing and was pioneered by such Soviet but also for further divisions within the EU—divisions that can be ex- Alireza Dehghan claimed a silver A total of nine silent movies director and editor-in-chief of the Keyhan International directors as Alexander Dovzhen- medal in the 105kh weight category robustly influenced by the Soviet ko, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Dziga ploited by both Russia and China. It newspaper, who did a great service to Islamic justice and Reza Beiralvand won a bronze in innovative movement have been Vertov and, most famously, Sergei is projected that the United Kingdom the 94kg. selected to go on screen in a time through half a century of work in journalism. Eisenstein. This cinematic move- may not stay united, as Scotland and Iran’s National Olympic Committee span of one month. Ali Asgari, ment was based heavily on edit- Northern Ireland may break away Among the movies are “The ing such as metric, rhythmic, tonal, from the UK so that they can stay in (NOC) sent a message of congratula- Tehran Times managing director tion to the team. Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. over-tonal and intellectual. the EU. 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 JJULYULY 33,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Navy chief: Two groups have Shamkhani not to be moved volunteered to fight in Syria POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Ira- formally announced the use of regular desknian Navy commander army in Syria though the army chief later TEHRAN – An informed source has denied reports announced on Saturday that two navy said those regular forces were volunteers that Ali Shamkhani is going to leave his position as formations have volunteered to defend working under the supervision of the Is- secretary of the Supreme National Security Council holy sites in Syria. lamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). for another post. Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari gave Also, General Ramezan Sharif, head of

MEHR The unnamed source told Mehr on Saturday no figures for the number of volunteers. the IRGC’s public relations office, had said that earlier reports had wrongly related the tardi- “We have received reports from two “Many young Iranians from different parts ness of a series of investigations into biological as- navy groups, volunteering to be dis- of the country and of different ethnicities sassinations to the replacement of Shamkhani. patched to Syria to defend the Ahl al- have volunteered to go to Syria ... to help Bayt sanctuary,” said the commander. the Syrian government and the Syrian In the Islamic tradition, Ahl al-Bayt (People people in their fight against terrorism.” Motahari urges Intelligence of the House) refers to the family of Prophet Iran has two distinct armed forces - a Ministry, FATA to pursue Mohammad and literally, to all Imams. regular army serving as a national de- A number of Shiite figures, including fense force, and the IRGC that was cre- threatening text messages Zeinab, one of the daughters of Ali (AS), ated after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to to journalists the first Shiite Imam, have been buried in protect the Islamic Republic against both Syria. internal and external adversaries. TEHRAN – Ali Motahari, the deputy Majlis speak- Final decision in this regard, according lons and up to the moment, no decree Brigade, deployed a group of its com- Ever since the Syrian conflict broke er, has asked the Intelligence Ministry and the FATA to Sayyari, is to be made by higher eche- to dispatch the Iranian Navy has be re- mandos in Syria to provide advisory sup- out in 2011, Tehran has proven to be a police to investigate a series of threatening mes- lons of the country. ceived.” port for President Bashar al-Assad’s Army key player in the conflict, sending adviso- sages recently sent to some journalists and political “Naturally any decision in this regard Earlier in April, Iranian Army’s elite in fight against terrorist groups. ry teams to the Syrian battlefield, losing ISNA activists. falls within the purview of higher eche- forces, named the 65 Nohed Airborne This was the first time Iranian officials ranking commandos in direct combats. The text messages have caused great worry among the media activists and the organizations should swiftly discover the origins and report to the public, Ali Motahari told ISNA on Saturday. Chief executives of National Development Fund resign over unconventional salaries Downing of Iran 1 called on the media to be careful in this respect. airplane in 1988 Seyed Safdar Hosseini, a former reformist minister On June 12, Rouhani wrote a letter to First Vice-Pres- was not a mistake: who was handpicked by President Rouhani to head ident Es’haq Jahangiri tasking him to pursue the issue of the fund, was paid 580 million rials ($17,000) per extremely high salaries of some executives and fire the ex-commander month. ones who had violated the law. TEHRAN – The downing of Iran Air Flight 655 in The news came just two days after Economy Minister In a meeting with President Hassan Rouhani and the summer of 1988 over the Persian Gulf was Ali Tayebnia sacked the directors of four banks “for re- his administration’s officials on June 29, Leader of the not a mistake on the part of the U.S. Marine ceiving unconventional salaries and loans”. Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Force, an ex-commander in the Iranian Navy The Management and Planning Organization is ob- said, “The issue of astronomic salaries is, in fact, an ligated to pursue the issue of cancelling the law which infringement upon values, but everyone must know

FARS has said. Speaking on the anniversary of the downing, was enacted by the former government according to The resignation news came that this issue is one of exceptions and most adminis- Nasser Sarnevest, who had commanded the search which the chief executives of the NDF were able to de- just two days after Economy tration’s directors are clean-handed people, but even for the victims, told Fars on Saturday that the United cide about the amount of salaries. this few number is still very inappropriate and must States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes The board of trustees also highlighted the impor- Minister Ali Tayebnia sacked be dealt with.” carried out a command in precision when it hit the tance of “preventing the directors from making decisions the directors of four banks Referring to Rouhani’s letter to Jahangiri, the Leader Iranian passenger aircraft. that benefit themselves”. “for receiving unconventional said, “This issue must not be a matter of time. It must be The participants at the meeting warned of any politi- seriously pursued and the public must be kept abreast cal and factional exploitation of the inflated salaries and salaries and loans.” of its result.”

Call for identification of International or Local Solution Tehran mulling presidential election one month providers and Contractors For the purchase of ahead, citing coincidence with Ramadan Intelligent Network (IN) Platform (Design, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance) POLITICAL TEHRAN – An official deskat the Interior Minis- try has let slip that discussions are un- derway to hold the next year’s presi- dential election one month ahead of schedule, citing coincidence with the RighTel Telecommunication Service Company intends to identify fasting month of Ramadan. competent and qualified contractors in providing IN platform and services According to Ali Pour Ali Motlaq, to meet requirements and criteria defined in RFI (Request for Information). head of the Interior Ministry election headquarters, negotiations have al- ready begun with the Guardian Coun- Complementary documents for participating in call: cil to come up with an agreement. 1. Copy of company’s registration documents including statute, “Considering that Ramadan falls on establishment Ads and the last changes Ads. next July and elections are difficult to 2. Capabilities and proficiencies in mentioned fields together with hold during the month, we conducted specifications and the project technical team job C.V. negotiations with the Guardian Coun- 3. The list of performed contracts and projects in this field including job cil for a changed date,” the official said. So if the Guardian Council and the volume and technical specifications. (Upon RighTel request, the copy of Interior Ministry reach a consensus, including dates. be the fourth two-term president Contract shall be provided by Contractor) the next presidential election will be Next year Iranians will elect their after thrashing out a deal with the 4. Documents related to foreign partner (including agreement, official held one month before the incoming seventh president since the 1979 rev- West over the country’s nuclear contract or official representatives together with executive experiences Ramada, he said. olution. program. /backgrounds in mobile phone industry. (For local Contractors) According to the Iranian Constitu- President Rouhani is beginning his He has also managed to rein in 5. Documents related to Proof of financial capability (copy of the last audited tion, the Guardian Council, made up last year in office amid attempts by ri- the unbridled inflation rate, bringing it of six clerics and six jurists, has the au- vals to thwart his plans for the second down from a high of nearly 40 percent profit and loss balance sheet or tax returns) thority to vet laws and candidates as term. to less than 10 percent, though at the 6. Presenting full list of required and available equipment and facilities for well as supervise all stages of election, Many analysts will see him to price of an economic downturn. executing call subject or similar projects in this field. Interested solution providers will be expected to send an e-mail to [email protected] and request for RFI. Upon receiving the RFI, Leader urges firm action on inflated salaries Contractors shall send their RFI response along with all required documents to the mentioned e-mail address. 1 Khamenei said: “This issue must not be a matter of time. The Leader of the Islamic Revolution noted: “Under con- It must be seriously pursued and the public must be kept In addition, applicants must send their response to RFI together with all ditions of sedition, like the issue of the [calendar] year 1388 abreast of its result.” [post-election riots], words, silence, action and even view- The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said: “According to aforementioned documents’ soft copy in the format of a Compressed Disk as points should not boost sedition.” information I’ve received, most directors of organs have re- well as hard copy of which to the secretariat of RighTel Telecommunication Ayatollah Khamenei added: “Of course some people ceived reasonable pays and inflated salaries are related to Services Company with below address at most up to July 2016 ,26: may have no inclination for adopting firm and explicit posi- a few number of directors, and even these few cases must Rightel Foreign Purchasing Department, 4th floor, No.8, West Armaghan St., tion against sedition due to their own special views, but one be deal with firmly.” Vali-e-Asr Ave., Tehran, Iran. should not be exploited in favor of sedition either.” In the concluding part of his speech, Ayatollah Khamenei The Leader of the Islamic Revolution cited another again cited Imam Ali (AS)’s wise pieces of advice in Nahj al- This is noteworthy that inserting the expressions “Related to Call for point from Nahj al-Balagha regarding exploitation of an Balagha, saying: “One must always watch out for his tongue official post for accumulating wealth and special advan- because many problems of mankind stem from the tongue.” identification of International or Local Solution providers and Contractors tages, saying: “Holding such a view vis-à-vis responsibil- “The problems emanating from the failure to watch out For the purchase of IN Platform” and “Deliver to Rightel CCO/Foreign ity, which is in fact a sort of trust, will belittle and humil- for the tongue may sometimes have only personal aspects, Purchasing Department” on the envelopes is mandatory; in case of any iate human being.” but in some cases it also gives rise to social problems. One failure to insert aforesaid expressions and non-receipt of documents’ On this issue, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution re- has to be careful on this issue,” the Leader of the Islamic envelope by RighTel Telecommunication Services Company, the ferred to the recent issue of inflated salaries received by Revolution said. responsibility will be borne by the participant. some officials, saying: “The issue of astronomic salaries is, in Prior to Ayatollah Khamenei’s speech, President Rouhani fact, an infringement upon values, but everyone must know presented a report about the most important measures that this issue is one of exceptions and most organs’ direc- and activities of his administration. tors are clean-handed people, but even this few number is At the end of this meeting, evening prayers were led by In case of any ambiguity or any questions, please contact to below e-mail address: still very inappropriate and must be dealt with.” the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. Then the guests broke [email protected] Referring to President Rouhani’s order to First Vice-Pres- their fast along with Ayatollah Khamenei. ident Es’haq Jahangiri to follow up on the issue, Ayatollah (Source: leader.ir) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Bangladesh attack: Twenty hostages killed, NEWS At least 18 injured in crush army says in Saudi city of Mecca

Twenty foreign hostages were killed at a agency that security forces had initially At least 18 pilgrims have been injured in a crush near Islam’s cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, the army tried to negotiate a way out of the crisis. holiest site, Saudi media say, just over six months after hun- said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic Italian and Indian nationals were also dreds lost their lives in a tragic stampede during the last year State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist among the hostages, said a duty officer Hajj rituals. group that ended after a 10-hour siege at the control room of Rapid Action Bat- The incident took place on Friday night near the Masjid when commandos stormed the building. talion, Bangladesh’s elite anti-crime unit. al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, which contains Islam’s “Most [of] them had been brutally Italy’s ambassador to Bangladesh, Mario holiest site, the Ka’aba, as Muslims gathered in large numbers hacked to death with sharp weapons,” Palma, told Italian state TV seven Italians to mark the Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Destiny), one of the army spokesman Brigadier General Nay- were among the hostages. high points of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the al-Ri- eem Ashfaq Chowdhury told reporters “It is a suicide attack. They want to yadh newspaper reported. on Saturday. carry out a powerful and bloody oper- The newspaper cited a health official as saying that all the Military officials said all of those killed ation and there is no room for negotia- injured were treated at the scene and that none required were foreign, and that the dead included tion,” Palma said. admission to hospital. Japanese and Italian nationals. Violence has spiked in Bangladesh in The incident came just over six months after a deadly Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier the last 18 months with a spate of attacks, crush claimed the lives of hundreds of pilgrims during last said 13 hostages had been rescued. Hasi- often using machetes, against individuals year’s Hajj. na said six gunmen had also been killed including liberals, gays, foreigners and The crush occurred after two large masses of pilgrims and one captured in the early morning members of religious minorities. converged at a crossroads in Mina during the symbolic cer- operation at the Holey Artisan cafe in ISIL, which is also known as ISIS, and al-Qa- emony of the stoning of Satan in Jamarat on September 24, ’Dead foreigners’ Dhaka. ing from Dhaka, said the cafe was located eda claimed many of those killings but the gov- 2015. The rescued included two Sri Lankans in one of the most heavily-policed parts The crisis began at about 9pm local ernment denied their involvement and instead Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were killed in the and a Japanese citizen who was wound- of the capital, home to several embassies time, police said, when a group of gun- pointed the finger at local groups. incident, but Iranian officials say about 4,700 people, includ- ed, Lt. Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud said, and popular with foreigners. men burst into the cafe, which is popular “The Bangladesh government con- ing more than 460 Iranians, lost their lives in the tragedy. adding there were casualties among the “In order to get in here you have to with foreigners, young people, and mid- tinues to deny that ISIL could have any (Source: Press TV) other hostages. Japan confirmed that pass through a lot of police checkpoints. dle class Bangladeshis. connection or presence in Bangladesh, one of its citizens had been rescued and It’s a highly cordoned-off area,” Chowd- During the siege, ISIL posted photos so if ISIL wants to make a statement that said seven were still unaccounted for. hury said. of what it said were dead foreigners in ‘we are in Bangladesh and are with in- “We have gunned down at least “So there’s going to be a serious the cafe, where police believed the gun- fluence and impact’ then this is probably six terrorists and the main building is question raised: How did they manage men were holed up armed with assault their perfect opportunity,” Talha Ahmed, cleared,” Masud told The Associated to get in there with arms and ammu- rifles and grenades. a commentator on Bangladeshi affairs, New Taliban leader Press news agency. nition, possibly even bombs and hand Gowher Rizvi, an adviser to Prime told Al Jazeera. tells U.S. to end Afghan grenades?” (Source: Al Jazeera) Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury, report- Minister Hasina, told the Reuters news ‘occupation’ Nasrallah: Israel dreads defeat of Assad: Brexit vote shows UK leaders New Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada called on the ISIL in Syria ‘disconnected from reality’ U.S. Saturday to end its “occupation” of Afghanistan in his first message since being appointed the militant group’s chief. The message was released to mark the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid and comes two days after Taliban-claimed sui- cide blasts, targeting a convoy of buses transporting Afghan police cadets in Kabul, killed over 30 people and wounded more than 70. “Admit the realities instead of useless use of force and muscle... and put an end to the occupation,” Akhundza- da said in a speech on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr, the Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secre- three years, added the report of British Syria’s president heaped scorn on Brit- pean Union cost Britain its top credit Muslim festival marking tary general of the Lebanese resistance newspaper Daily Mail published in De- ish politicians for allowing the vote on rating, pushed the pound to its lowest the end of the fasting movement Hezbollah, says the Israeli cember 2015. leaving the European Union, saying level against the dollar since the mid- month of Ramadan. regime dreads the defeat of the ISIL Nasrallah made the remarks dur- lawmakers who had criticized his han- 1980s and wiped a record $3 trillion off “Our message to the (Daesh) Takfiri terrorists in Syria. ing a televised speech on the occasion dling of the civil war had shown them- global shares. American invaders and The Tel Aviv regime has been “ex- of the International Quds Day. selves to be “disconnected from reality”. EU leaders are scrambling to pre- her allies is this: the Af- posed to an existential threat,” Nasral- The late founder of the Islamic Re- President Bashar al-Assad has stayed vent further unraveling of a bloc that ghan Muslim people lah said, adding that Israel also fears public of Iran, Imam Khomeini, named in power through Syria’s five-year war, helped guarantee peace in post-war neither fear... your force demonstrations in some Arab capitals. the last Friday of the lunar fasting in the face of calls for his departure Europe. nor your stratagem. Daesh and the al-Nusra Front terror- month of Ramadan as the International from Western powers including Britain, Asked about the potential effects on They consider martyr- ist group follow the same ideology of Quds Day. and an array of armed groups fighting Syria, Assad said a new British govern- dom in confrontation with you as a cherished goal of their Wahabism, he said. The Hezbollah chief said the Quds to depose him, from Western-backed ment might “have a different policy that life,” Akhundzada added. Syria says Israel and its Western and re- Day is marked in the countries whose opposition forces to ISIL terrorist group. will affect us positively. But I don’t have He also called on neighboring countries to join the fight gional allies are aiding Takfiri militant groups nations oppose the Saudi regime. “Those officials who used to give me now a lot of hope about this.” against the U.S., saying the presence of Americans would operating inside the Arab country. On Friday, as each year, millions of the advice about how to deal with the Britain and other Western govern- “harm our mutual interest” and “destabilize the whole region”. The Syrian army has repeatedly people around the world staged rallies crisis in Syria, and say ‘Assad must go’ ments have accused Assad and his sup- “You are expected to join your voice with that of the Afghans seized huge quantities of Israeli-made to voice their support for the Palestin- and ‘He’s disconnected’ (have been) porters of atrocities during the civil war, to end the occupation or at least do not take steps which con- weapons and advanced military equip- ians and repeat their call for an end to proven to be disconnected from real- which has killed at least 250,000 people, tribute to prolongation of presence of the Americans,” he said. ment from the foreign-backed militants. the Tel Aviv regime’s atrocities and its ity,” Assad said. displaced more than 6.6 million inside the The message is the first by Akhundzada since his prede- Late last year, British media released occupation of the Palestinian territories. “Otherwise they wouldn’t have country and forced another 4.8 million to cessor Akhtar Mansour was killed during a U.S. drone strike footage showing Israeli forces treating ’Palestinians are not alone’ asked for this referendum ... I would flee, many seeking refuge in Europe. in neighboring Pakistan in May. a wounded Takfiri terrorist in the occu- Muslims, Nasrallah highlighted, will call them sometimes second-tier pol- Concern over the numbers of mi- Mansour was formally appointed head of the Taliban in pied Golan Heights. not abandon the Palestinians despite iticians,” he said in an interview with grants entering Britain was one of the July last year following the revelation that Mullah Omar -- The Israeli regime has saved over efforts by enemies to undermine the Australia’s SBS News channel broadcast main factors cited by Leave campaign- the group’s supreme leader -- had been dead for two years 2,000 Takfiri militants at the cost of Palestinian cause. on Friday. ers during the Brexit campaign. in Pakistan. about USD 13 million over the past (Source: al Alam) The shock vote to leave the Euro- (Source: Reuters) Afghan officials have frequently accused Pakistan of harbor- ing and nurturing Taliban insurgents, who are waging an over-a- decade-long war against local and foreign troops in the country. Policy ‘still the same’ Thousands gather in London toprotest against Brexit vote The Taliban have stepped up attacks after announcing Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central London on EU,” as they set off for the Westminster political district. EU in last Thursday’s referendum, with younger voters Akhundzada as their new leader. Saturday to march in protest against last week’s vote to leave “I was genuinely stunned on the morning after the widely in favor of staying in the bloc, but 52 percent of Observers say the once low-profile religious figure, who is the European Union, a result that has plunged Britain into po- vote,” said one marcher, Nathaniel Samson, 25, from Britons overall cast ballots in favor of leaving. seen as more of a spiritual figurehead than a military com- litical chaos and which most people in the capital rejected. Hertfordshire north of London. Rally organizer, King’s College graduate Kieran Mac- mander, will emulate Mansour in shunning peace talks and Most protestors were young adults, and many were “I feel deeply uncertain about my future,” he added. “I’m Dermott, said: “We can prevent Brexit by refusing to ac- intensify attacks against the Afghan government. draped in EU flags while others waved banners pro- on the march to voice my discontentment. I am accepting cept the referendum as the final say and take our finger Analyst Ahmad Saeedi told AFP the statement was “soft- claiming slogans like “I’m with EU” or simply “Wrexit.” the result, but it’s to show that we won’t accept it quietly.” off the self-destruct button.” er” than that of his predecessors, but showed no indication They chanted “what do we want to do? Stay in the London voted 60 percent in favor of remaining in the (Source: Reuters) the group wanted to join peace talks. “I don’t see anything new in the statement of the new Taliban leader Akhundzada. The new message does not have anything on peace talks and fate of war in the country. I think Putin: Moscow would shift troops if Finland joined NATO their policy is still the same,” he said. Moscow would reposition its troops if sense of this word, they become part of “He (the new leader) is once again insisting on fighting, Finland were to join NATO, Russian Pres- the military infrastructure of NATO, which calls it mandatory and challenging the U.S. that they will not ident Vladimir Putin said. will in an instant find itself on the borders be victorious,” he said. Putin made the comment at a news con- of Russia.” He noted that most Russian Last month U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the ference after meeting with Finnish President troops are well away from the countries’ American military to tackle the resurgent Taliban more di- Sauli Niinisto at the latter’s summer residence border now but asked, in the event of rectly -- in tandem with Afghan allies, ratcheting up a 15-year in the town of Naantali. It was Putin’s first trip NATO accession, “Do you think we’d still conflict he had vowed to end. to a European Union country since the British act that way?” Under the new rules, U.S. troops can work more closely vote to leave the bloc. Putin’s visit came as the EU extended with local fighters in striking the Taliban. Interest in the prospect of joining NATO sanctions against Russia until February. They had previously been in an advisory role in Afghanistan has been rising in both Finland and neigh- The sanctions and Russia’s retaliatory since the start of 2015 and had only been authorized to hit Taliban boring Sweden in the wake of Russia’s ban on food imports from the EU have targets for defensive reasons only, or to protect Afghan soldiers. annexation of Crimea and its backing for been a blow to the Finnish economy. Thursday’s twin suicide attack on a convoy of buses trans- separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. He suggested that there are ways porting newly graduated police came little over a week after The Finnish and Swedish foreign min- around the problem for Finland, saying 14 Nepali security guards heading to work at the Canadian isters in May attended a meeting of their “Turn to London, they will show you,” a embassy in Kabul were killed in a massive blast that left their NATO counterparts, an indication of pur- clear reference to the recent referendum minibus spattered with blood. suing stronger ties. supporting Britain leaving the EU. Niinisto also said that in their meeting the idea. The proposal reflects increased Just hours prior to the release of Akhundzada’s message, Putin said that “if Finland enters Niinisto in turn said Russia could get he proposed that all warplanes flying in concern after several incidents in the a suicide bomber on foot attacked a local commander’s ve- NATO, that means that Finnish soldiers the sanctions removed by implementing the Baltic region keep their transpond- spring when Russian planes flew close to hicle in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province, kill- would have stopped being independ- terms of the Minsk agreement aimed at ers turned on as a confidence-building U.S. naval vessels in the Baltic. ing two and wounding 17 others, officials said. ent, stopped being sovereign in the full ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. measure and Putin said he agreed with (Source: AP) (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JJULYULY 3,3, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Iran confirms selling 2m Iran’s crude oil price rises to over $46 in a week barrels of oil to Poland ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran sold light crude oil at desk$46.31 per barrel in the week ended on June 24, a 79-cent rise from its previous week, IRNA reported Poland's Grupa Lotos has bought 2 mil- ket since January's lifting of sanctions, on Saturday. lion barrels of crude from Iran in a one- intensifying the battle for market share The country’s light oil price stood at $36.43 on average off purchase, an Iranian oil official was between top producers including Russia since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year quoted as saying on Saturday by the oil and Saudi Arabia. (March 20, 2016). ministry's news agency SHANA. Nearly wholly dependent on oil from Also, Iran sold heavy crude oil at $44.3 in the mentioned Mohsen Ghamsari, the director for Russia, Polish refiners are taking advan- week, with 76 cents increase from its preceding week. international affairs at National Iranian tage of the turf war and cheap oil pric- The country’s heavy oil price stood at $34.05 on average Oil Company (NIOC), said the cargo was es to try alternative grades and gain a since the start of this calendar year. loaded at Iran's Kharg Island last week. stronger negotiating position with Rus- Meanwhile, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coun- "Signing a long term contract would sian producers. tries (OPEC)’s basket price was $45.95 per barrel on average depend on the two countries' situation," Before sanctions, Iran was exporting in the week ended on June 24, with 86 cents increase from he added. about 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd). its preceding week. Reuters reported on Thursday that July exports are expected to be around a supertanker with Iranian crude was 2.1 million bpd, up about 70 percent heading toward Poland's Baltic Sea port year-on-year. of Gdansk as Iran continues to claw back In May, Poland's deputy energy min- Independent Scotland in market share after the lifting of Western ister said the country was in talks with sanctions. Iran over cooperation in the oil and gas euro 'like Greece without The cargo is the first Iranian crude sector. the sun': Sturgeon sold into this part of the Baltic Sea mar- (Source: Reuters) By Simon Johnson India’s Iran oil imports surge in June: tanker data icola Sturgeon’s push for independence following last India's Iran oil imports rose about 39 program. The June shipments were about 0.6 bpd from about 306,000 bpd in the week’s Brexit vote threatens to transform Scotland N percent in June year on year, prelimi- HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL), percent higher from Iranian volumes in same period last year, the data showed. into “Greece without the sun” because its economy nary data obtained by Reuters shows. partly owned by steel tycoon Lakshmi May, the data showed. In June last year Private refiner, Essar Oil, was the top is far more reliant on the UK than the EU, a right-wing think In the first half of 2016 India's Iran oil N. Mittal, took a cargo from Tehran af- India shipped in about 274,800 bpd oil Indian client of Iran in June, importing tank has warned. imports surged by about 58 percent to ter a three-and-a-half year break. from Iran. about 180,600 bpd, followed by Man- The Centre for Policy Studies acknowledged that the First about 342,000 bpd, the data showed, Last month HMEL took a million India's oil imports from Iran are set galore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd Minister stating a second independence referendum is “high- in comparison with 216,500 bpd in the barrels of Iranian oil, according to pre- to surge to a seven-year high in the with about 69,000 bpd, and Reliance ly likely” has some merit from a democratic standpoint, given same period last year. liminary tanker arrival data from trade year that began April 1, with the na- Industries Ltd with about 64,000 bpd. 62 percent of Scots voted to remain in the EU. HPCL-Mittal Energy, majority owned sources and ship-tracking services on tion's state-owned and private refiners Indian Oil Corp, the country's big- But it questioned the “economic logic” of independence, by state refiner Hindustan Petroleum the Thomson Reuters terminal. together buying at least 400,000 bpd. gest refiner, imported about 32,000 noting that Scotland trades more than four times as much with Corp, halted oil imports from Iran in Indian refiners took in about 381,500 In April-June, the first quarter of the bpd, the shipping and terminal data the UK as other EU nations and warning that leaving one union November 2012 under pressure from barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian oil in current fiscal year, India's Iran oil pur- showed. for the other would expose it to even more significant risks. Western sanctions over Iran's nuclear June, the data showed. chases rose 25.6 percent to 384,500 (Source: Reuters) Among the major problems it highlighted with Ms. Stur- geon’s plan to leave the UK and join the EU were adopt- ing the single currency, greater exposure to “shocks” in other Eurozone economies, the total collapse in North Sea rev- Belgium to build 600MW power plant in Iran enues and Scotland’s massive budget deficit. Although the report conceded Scotland’s position would A Belgian company will build a new 600-megawatt nuclear power plant and the remaining for thermal not be directly comparable, it concluded that Greece’s ex- combined cycle power plant near Tabriz city, north- power plants. treme economic troubles “undoubtedly serve as useful re- west of Iran, Reza Hosseini, deputy head of the Center Iran expects to improve its power output by 1,000 minder that countries with challenging public finances can for Investment Services of East Azerbaijan Province, megawatts for the current Iranian fiscal year (to end end up suffering inside the euro.” said. March 20, 2017). The strident warning about the economic ramifications of The F class power plant will be built near Soufian Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian predicts Ms. Sturgeon’s stance came as Jim Sillars, the SNP’s former power plant within 3-4 years, IRNA quoted Hosseini as foreign investments in the country's energy sector will deputy leader, also argued that the rest of the UK is a far saying on June 30. hit $30 billion in the post-sanctions era. more significant market for Scottish goods than the EU. He further said that some $700 million worth of in- Government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Mr. Sillars criticized Ms. Sturgeon for having “nailed” the vestment is needed for the power plant's construction Nobakht said on June 8 that Iran had signed a new independence movement to EU membership and warned which will be provided by the Belgian firm. contract with a group of foreign companies to attract this could lead to defeat in any second referendum. Instead, Iran's power generation capacity currently stands $4.2 billion worth of direct investments for building he argued she should wait to see the terms of the Brexit deal at around 74,000 MW, of which some 12,000 MW ac- power plants in the country. (Source: zawya.com) struck between the UK and EU. count for hydroelectric power plants, 1,000 MW for a Speaking to the Telegraph, Sir Iain McMillan, the former director of business group CBI Scotland, challenged the First Minister to come forward with “constructive proposals” for Brexit to impact Eurozone recovery: German economy minister calls for what should be agreed. ECB board member number of EU commissioners to be cut He urged Ms. Sturgeon to “work with the UK Government to get the best possible deal from Europe” and argued that The uncertainty sparked by the Brit- ardized, by supplying liquidity if neces- German Economy Minister Sigmar them," he added. "If we want our chil- refusing to do so will mean “she will have failed Scotland and ish vote to leave European Union will sary," Mr. Coeure said. Gabriel has called for the number of dren and grandchildren to still have failed its people.” "inevitably" harm economic recovery "The important thing is to clarify EU Commissioners to be cut and for a voice in the world, it needs to be The warnings came at the end of a dramatic week during in the euro area, European Central how and when Britain will leave, be- Brussels to reconsider how it allocates a joint European voice. Even strong which Ms. Sturgeon said she would propose a second inde- Bank executive board member Benoit cause prolonged uncertainty will carry its budget just over a week after Brit- Great Britain or Germany won't be pendence referendum unless another way could be found to Coeure said in a newspaper interview an economic cost," both for Britain and ons voted to leave the bloc. able to make themselves heard on keep Scotland in the EU. Friday. the EU, he said. "A Europe in which 27 Commis- their own anymore." But a series of experts warned staying in was extremely The pick-up in the Eurozone econo- The priority was to "re-establish sioners want to prove themselves Gabriel said Britain should be fairly unlikely or impossible, and Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime my "will inevitably suffer from the 'un- confidence between European coun- doesn't make sense," he said in an treated but added: "It would not be minister, said Scotland would have to leave with the rest of certainty shock' that the British referen- tries", by pushing through structural interview with the newspaper Neue acceptable for the British government the UK. dum has triggered, even if the impact reforms before pressing ahead with Osnabruecker Zeitung published on to now consult on quitting and on The Centre for Policy Studies, which was founded by Mar- is difficult to quantify at the moment", integration. Saturday. "It would be good to down- its future relations with the EU at the garet Thatcher, said that the economic backdrop to Ms. Stur- Mr Coeure told the French daily Le "If everyone plays their part, con- size in this respect." same time so it can ultimately pick the geon’s push for independence “is not encouraging for her” Monde. fidence will return and Europe will be British voters' decision in a June best of both sets of negotiations." either. The effect would be all the more able to move forward," Mr. Coeure 23 referendum to quit the European He accused Brussels of "petty" “Revenues from North Sea oil have collapsed, leav- damaging because "the recovery in the continued. Union has rocked global financial involvement in issues that could be ing Scotland with a budget deficit that is three times higher euro area is already there. It's healthy The solution to the problems "lies markets, thrown British politics into better handled by municipalities or than the UK average. Indeed, Scotland’s budget deficit today and driven by domestic demand and as much with Berlin, Paris and Rome turmoil and raised concerns about the states. is nearly equivalent to the UK’s budget deficit in the immedi- by investment", even it was being "kept as with Brussels and Frankfurt", he future prospects for the EU. On the EU's budget, he said it was ate aftermath of the financial crisis,” it said. down by high unemployment levels said. Gabriel, who is also Germany's vice necessary to check whether it should “Scotland trades over four times more with the rest of the and debt", he argued. Separately, the head of the Ger- chancellor, said a Brexit did not en- still put around 40 percent of funds UK compared to other EU countries. Why therefore would The victory of the Leave vote in Brit- man central bank or Bundesbank, Jens danger the EU and even raised the toward agriculture while much less you break ties with the UK for the purpose of restoring ties ain last week has already led to severe Weidmann, said he did not expect the possibility of Britain re-joining the EU money is pumped into research, inno- with the rest of the EU via European Union membership?” turbulence on the financial markets. ECB to ease monetary conditions in the in a few decades, especially given that vation or education. He also said the The report concluded that there is “a precedent for a "Central banks are continuing to euro area still further to cope with the young people voted overwhelmingly EU should build up a joint European small, romantic country, surrounded by hundreds of islands, monitor developments and are ready fallout from the Brexit vote. to remain in the EU. army. perched on the extremity of Europe, seeking membership of to intervene if financial stability is jeop- (Source: profit.ndtv.com) "We need to stay in touch with (Source: Reuters) the Euro: Greece.” Mr. Sillars said that Ms. Sturgeon “received nothing” from her high-profile trip to Brussels this week other than “a re- BMW to develop Brazil blocks Facebook Spotify hits out at minder of real politic” from France and Spain that “Scotland was not an issue they would give room to.” driverless car funds in WhatsApp Apple after updated He said Scottish exports to the EU had declined over the technology with Intel, row app for iPhones past 12 years and that the rest of the UK and the world “is Mobileye rejected the big factor we have to take into account when deciding our future.” BMW is teaming up with Intel and Mobileye to de- A court in Brazil has frozen 19.5 million reais Spotify confirmed on Friday that it has Urging Ms. Sturgeon to wait to see the terms of the Brexit velop new technology for the auto industry that could (£4.5m, $6.07m) of Facebook’s funds in a dispute complained to Apple Inc. after the U.S. tech- trade deal, he said: “The next referendum will be Scotland’s put self-driving cars on the road by around 2021. with secure messaging service WhatsApp over a nology company rejected an updated app for last chance. The present direction being taken by the inde- The alliance highlights a shift in the dynamics criminal case. the Swedish music streaming service on iP- pendence movement, hijacked by the SNP’s blind attraction of research and development in the car industry, The federal police say Facebook, which owns hones. for the EU, could lead us to defeat.” which until recently saw automakers largely dictat- WhatsApp, has refused to share the contents of The companies have gone head to head Dean Lockhart, Scottish Conservative Shadow Economy ing terms for suppliers to manufacture their propri- messages sent by suspected drug smugglers. in the battle for music streaming customers Secretary, said: “Although departure from the EU may cause etary technologies at specified volumes and prices. They need the data to connect those captured since Apple Music was launched in more than some difficulties, those difficulties won’t be addressed by Now carmakers are increasingly striking up part- with others based around the world, Reuters re- 100 countries last year, and Spotify said the leaving the UK too. Calling another knee-jerk independence nerships with technology firms using open technol- ported. rejection of its revised app for iPhones was referendum would make the uncertainty even greater.” ogy standards, seeking to harness their expertise in The frozen money is the equivalent amount causing it "grave harm." But an SNP spokesman said: “This is unforgivable hypoc- areas including machine learning and mapping as that the company has been fined for “disregard- The complaint was in the form of a letter risy, coming from a right-wing Tory think tank founded by they race against Silicon Valley companies such as ing the law” over a period of five months, reports sent by Spotify's lawyer to Apple this week, Margaret Thatcher and backed by Brexiteers who have taken Google, Tesla and Apple to develop driverless ve- local news agency G1. technology website Recode reported.

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By John Lloyd in asking the nation whether or not it wanted row majority of British voters. Hunt’s plan, now being discussed in various to remain a member of the European Union – The economic decline forms within the shell-shocked, warring Labour ritain’s political leaders are now in the a question to which they sought, with growing The economic decline is evident enough. Party as well as the triumphantly pro-EU Scottish Bmelancholy position of watching their urgency, to receive a positive answer. Markets suffered their worst falls in many years. National Party, rests on the view that the people power drain away, even as they must Faced with a negative in the Brexit vote last Many global equities dropped up to 10 percent cannot be said to have properly spoken until they continue to wield it till their enemies take week — a vote springing mainly from the older and investors scurried for Treasury bonds and know what the deal with the EU will be. charge. Prime Minister David Cameron and parts of the less privileged classes — they have gold. The dollar strengthened from 1.5 against The first indications are that it will be tough. his friend Chancellor of the Exchequer George intoned the humble response that the “people the pound, to near 1.3, with sterling hitting a 31- The core of the argument is the insistence that Osborne belong to the segment of the British have spoken,” and what they have said must be year low. if Britain wants continued access to the single establishment that never lost its wealth, social respected and acted upon. Osborne called for calm earlier last week, but EU market, with no tariff barriers, it must accept privileges and access to political preference. But will it? Will this these new-old establish- that didn’t stop a continuing slide in the FTSE in- Europeans freely moving to Britain – the main Born into wealth (both); elite private schools ment figures, born to rule and to accept the dex. Britain lost its AAA credit rating. The conta- reason the majority voted to leave. – Eton (Cameron) and St. Paul’s (Osborne); Ox- consequences of rule, roll over? Or, like the gion spreads: Italy’s fragile banking sector saw its Relaxing rigid rules ford (both); the Bullingdon upper-class drink- 20th century’s Best Brit Winston Churchill, will shares plunge on the Milan exchange. ways out. That means one thing above all: De- That sounds like a circle impossible to ing club (both); short spells in the media (both); they proclaim “We will never surrender!” (Even “When Britain sneezes,” said Lorenzo Co- fying the will of the British people. square. Cameron, speaking on a rough day for Conservative Research Department (both); to our own people). dogno, a former director-general of the Italian It can be done. Only a day after the popular him in Brussels on Tuesday, said that the Euro- married upper-middle-class, distantly aristo- The will of that people will only be served if treasury, “Italy catches a cold. It is the weakest will was said to be paramount, British Health pean Union must relax rigid rules laying down cratic women of Conservative family (both); the establishment allows it. That establishment link in the European chain.” Secretary Jeremy Hunt hinted at a way for the that the populations of all member states have and rapid advancement in politics since be- is virtually all the institutions in Britain -- the It isn’t possible to know if it will get worse, United Kingdom to remain part of the Europe- an absolute right to move, work and receive coming members of Parliament in 2001 (both). heads of banks, corporations, businesses; the or better. Or at what level the British economy an Union – even as he prefaced his comments benefits everywhere. Their privilege is lightly worn so as not to leaders of (most) trade unions; the chancellors will settle. It’s unlikely to cause a global financial with the “people have spoken – and Parliament That’s where a deal may be done, and grate on any but those determined to feel pa- of universities, plus political and financial lead- panic, and it won’t have much, if any, effect on must listen.” where Britain may find allies, particularly as the tronized. Their sense of duty to the nation is ers around the world. The future acts of this many of the world’s largest political problems. “We did not vote on the terms of our de- Brexit example starts to look more attractive to clearly strong. Yet the confidence which birth, drama may contain not just constitutional up- But the consequences are likely bad enough parture,” said Hunt. “It is now imperative we are rising sections of the electorate in France, Italy, upbringing and early success brought them heaval, EU turbulence and economic decline, for Britain, and possibly even worse for the Eu- clear-headed about what deal we need as a the Netherlands, Sweden and even Germany. probably contributed to the gamble they took but a battle between a global elite and a nar- ropean Union, for the establishments to seek country and what our plan is to get there.” 9

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Post-Brexit, the real risk is Europe could fail NEWS IN BRIEF Spain enters race to host While the short-term economic consequences of Brex- it are not to be dismissed, it is the impending failure of EU bank regulator the European project that should provoke the bigger sense of concern. The EU's two biggest achievements Spain will compete with other countries in the European since the establishment of the single market -- the Union to host the headquarters of the EU's London-based euro and border-free travel -- are both under threat. bank regulator following Britain's decision to leave the These implosions would be a magnitude more painful bloc, its deputy prime minister said on Friday. than the British vote. The race to host the European Banking Authority is led The two are closely linked. European governments by Paris and Frankfurt, the largest EU financial centers, but realized in the 1980s that competitive currency deval- no decision has been reached and other countries have uations were hindering the single market, which was also put themselves forward in the scramble to give Lon- supposed to bring more industrial specialization and don's agencies a new home. economies of scale. A single currency, they hoped, Spain has set up a working group to drive Spain's bid would put an end to that game, bring low German for the EBA and for the London-based European Med- interest rates to all and enable national governments icines Agency, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria told a news to reduce deficit and debt levels, as enshrined in the conference. Maastricht criteria. Santamaria also said Spain would seek to lure interna- But there would be a cost: Respecting these rules tional banks based in London which are looking to move would create political pain as parts of the labor force their operations to remain inside the European Union. were displaced. That is where the 1985 Schengen An EBA spokeswoman said last Sunday that the Euro- Agreement came in. The pain of fiscal restraint and pean Union would have to decide on relocation and in adjustment would be eased by promoting free move- the meantime the agency would continue to operate in ment. People might lose their jobs in Fiat, but they London. could go and work in the Ruhr. The single market had (Source: Daily Mail) already enshrined this freedom, but Schengen made it truly palpable by removing border controls. Over time, cross-border trade, tourism and labor mobility increased markedly as a result. The freedom Norway oil workers agree to retire, go on holiday or study in another EU coun- euro zone economies have suffered under Germany's Better control of external borders and more robust in- try created important political constituencies in sup- large current account surplus, so large that the coun- telligence sharing would make border-free travel safer wage deal, avoid strike port of Europe. As Eurobarometer polls consistently try received a warning from the U.S. Treasury as a po- and more defensible from a security perspective. But, showed, border-free travel was hugely popular. Both tential currency manipulator. crucially, there will also have to be less generous social Norwegian offshore oil workers and employers signed a the euro and Schengen are now on life support. The high youth unemployment in southern coun- benefits for those who have not contributed to the new wage deal on Saturday, avoiding a strike that would Schengen has been unravelling for a while, under tries and the lack of income on the savings of the el- system, something Denmark's prime minister moot- have cut the output from Western Europe's top oil and gas the strain of uncontrolled immigration from outside Eu- derly in Germany are a dangerous political cocktail. ed on Thursday. That may be politically controversial, producer by about six percent, employers and unions said. rope and from the threat of terrorist attacks. Without Uncontrolled waves of migration have only enhanced but it is possibly the only way to hold on to the so- Some 755 workers at fields operated by Statoil, Exx- Schengen, the European project loses a sense of com- the sense that countries need to, as the Brexiters had cial-democratic welfare models without creating an onMobil and Engie had threatened to strike if the talks mon destiny, an aura of plausibility and a great deal of it, "take back control." Across Europe, political par- irrepressible appeal for poor migrants. had failed. A conflict would initially have capped Norway's the cachet it held, particularly for the young. It is no ties surfing of this wave of discontent are increasing Removing the euro's vulnerabilities ultimately re- daily oil and natural gas output by 229,000 barrels of oil longer possible to have "just" freedom of movement in popularity and openly calling for an end to euro quires the kind of fiscal policy-sharing that EU coun- equivalents. without borderless travel as it will now feel to Europe- membership. tries have resisted. But even without that, there are "We've beaten back all attempts at weakening our ans as if a crucial freedom has been taken away. Strengthening both Schengen and the euro -- or ways to use the single currency to boost growth. Rath- terms," Safe union leader Hilde-Marit Rysst told Reuters. The potential demise of Schengen has undermined at least preventing their demise -- is not impossible. er than subsidizing corporate bonds, stock buy-backs "On pay, we got a deal we can live with for this year," she support for the EU as a whole, and that in turn has and social security programs, the liquidity provided by added. compounded the problems faced by the euro -- re- The European Central Bank QE should be allocated for investment, which would Unions were seeking pay increases in line with other cently described by the normally cryptic Alan Green- has been all but screaming create both jobs and opportunities for growth. Europe industries while producers wanted workers to refrain from span as vulnerable. Even that was an understatement. that monetary policy alone has made noises in that direction with its Investment seeking such increases and to accept more flexible work The European Central Bank has been all but scream- Fund, but the resources dedicated to the effort (and practices, citing still weak oil prices. ing that monetary policy alone can buy time but not can buy time but not hold the the results so far) are paltry. If it can't fix its flagship In 2012 a 16-day strike among some of Norway's oil hold the unfinished euro zone together for ever. Ger- unfinished euro zone together projects, the EU will face far more upheaval than sim- workers cut the country's output of crude by about 13 per- many, the ECB's largest shareholder, has watched suc- for ever. ply a British vote to leave. cent and its natural gas production by about 4 percent. cessive rounds of QE with concern. Meanwhile, other (Source: Bloomberg) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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NEWS IN BRIEF Air pollution kills 6.5 million people 36 Iranians among top 1% cited medical researchers: Thomson Reuters every year: IEA Exposure to indoor and outdoor air pol- Millions of lives could be saved if a con- MEDICAL TEHRAN — Among top one percent most lution is linked to the premature deaths of certed global effort to invest in cleaner en- deskquoted medical researchers worldwide are about 6.5 million people every year, ac- ergy and emissions controls is undertaken, 36 Iranian scientists, according to a January report by the official cording to new International Energy Agen- the agency said. website of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) of Thomson Reuters, cy (IEA) cautionary report this week. That Unregulated or inefficient production IRNA reported on Saturday. makes it the fourth-largest threat to human and use of energy is currently the single Thomson Reuters regularly provides an updated list of the health after high blood pressure, dietary most important man-made source of air most leading researchers in the world based on the last 10 risks and smoking. pollutant emissions, the IEA said. years of their academic career. And the number of deaths attributed Eighty-five percent of hazardous particu- Based on the repot, the Iranian scientists quoted most in to poor air quality is set to only rise in the late matter, for instance, comes from energy descending order are: coming decades, said the Paris-based en- industry. Particulate matter, which can contain 19 from Tehran University of medical Sciences, 4 from Isfa- ergy security group — unless swift interna- acids, metals, soil and dust particles, have han University of Medical Sciences, 3 from Tabriz University of tional action is taken to tackle this crisis. been linked to lung cancer, strokes and heart Medical Sciences, 2 from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical “Clean air is vital for good health. Yet disease, among other ill effects. Sciences, 2 from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2 from despite growing recognition of this impera- Governments worldwide need to adopt Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 1 from Tehran’s Baqi- tive, the problem of air pollution is far from new energy and air quality policies, such as yatallah University of Medical Sciences, 1 from Iran University solved in many countries, and the global improving access to clean cooking oil and of Medical Sciences, and last but not least 1 from Zanjan Uni- health impacts risk intensifying in the dec- strictly enforcing emissions standards for versity of Medical Sciences. ades to come,” the report said. Millions of lives could be saved if a concerted road transportation, the IEA said. A collective For the first time, Shahin Akhoundzadeh and Ali Reza Es- The IEA warned that while premature long-term air quality goal and regulations to teqamati both from Tehran University of medical Sciences, deaths due to household air pollution global effort to invest in cleaner energy and monitor and enforce it are also necessary. Parvin Mir Miran from Shahid Beheshti University of Medi- should fall to 2.9 million a year from 3.5 emissions controls is undertaken, the IEA says. The agency said these efforts would re- cal Sciences and Maziar Moradi Lakeh from Iran university of million by 2040, outdoor air pollution-re- quire an increase in total energy investment Medical Sciences were included in the above list. lated deaths could rise from 3 million to 4.5 should continue to fall in industrialized IEA report says. by 7 percent, or about $4.7 trillion, through ESI is a resource that enables researchers to conduct ongo- million annually in that time. countries and recent signs of decline in The outlook may be dire, but the IEA 2040. This may cut air pollution-related Greenhouse gas emissions ing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track China should continue, emissions are set to stressed that this prediction is not a fore- deaths by more than 3 million a year. trends in science. ESI covers 10 million articles in 22 fields of Though greenhouse gas emissions rise in India, southeast Asia and Africa, the gone conclusion. (Source: huffingtonpost.com) research and is updated every two months. Plants can make some decisions better than humans

Zika virus research aims to Plants, they’re just like us. Or at least enough like us pot, like the game-show finalist who only has $2,000 and control, fight mosquitoes that they can still judge risk and make good decisions might as try for ten times that. This behavior is consistent even though they happen to have a few handicaps that with “risk sensitivity theory,” applicable to both plants and we don’t. humans, which says it’s smart to take a risk and hope for The university's Biosecurity Research Institute is taking a We’ve long known that plants are smarter than we think. the best when conditions are bad anyway. two-part approach: Researchers are studying mosquitoes to After all, they probably have memories, even though they Is it great news that plants are smarter than we understand how they become infected with Zika virus and don’t have neurons. And now researchers think they can thought? Sure. Good for them. Is it depressing that pea researchers are providing the virus to collaborative organiza- develop the best strategy to help them grow even though, plants can judge risk while some of us -- actual humans, tions for further study. yes, they don’t have brains. with actual complicated brains -- fall into gambling debt The university research is key to fighting Zika virus because In a paper published this week in Current Biology, re- all the time? It really is. it can develop better methods searchers divided the roots of pea plants into two different As one plant ecologist who worked on the study, Hagai for controlling the mosquitoes pots. Both pots had equal amounts of nutrients on aver- Shemesh of Tel-Hei College in Israel, cheerfully said, the that spread the virus, said Ste- age, but one pot always had the same amount, while the plants chose the consistent pot, sort of like the game-show experiment “raises a question, not about plants, but about phen Higgs, director of the other pot sometimes had a lot of nutrients and sometimes finalist who decides to walk away with $100,000 instead of animals and humans” and just how dumb we might be. Biosecurity Research Institute. a lot less. risk it all for a chance for just a little more. After all, he adds, “We have a very fancy brain, but maybe "We are hoping to provide The plants turned out to be surprisingly good at pick- Risk sensitivity theory most of the time we’re not using it.” some answers and insights ing the best pot. When there were lots of nutrients overall, When nutrients were low, they chose the unpredictable (Source: Gizmodo) into the relationship between Zika virus and the mosquito," Higgs said. Cerebrovascular disease linked Ask well: Is watermelon good The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has to Alzheimer's for you? identified two mosquito spe- cies that transmit Zika virus: While strokes are known to increase risk Watermelon is rich in nutrients – in- Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever for dementia, much less is known about cluding vitamins A and C, B vitamins mosquito, and Aedes albopic- diseases of large and small blood vessels and potassium — but where it really tus, or Asian tiger mosquito. Both mosquitoes are widely distrib- in the brain, separate from stroke, and how packs a punch is with lycopene, the an- uted in the U.S. and are present in Kansas. These two mosquito they relate to dementia. Diseased blood tioxidant pigment that gives the fruit its species live close to people and can breed in houses, said Higgs, vessels in the brain itself, which commonly deep red color. who also has studied chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is found in elderly people, may contribute Some studies suggest that lycopene has a similar transmission cycle to that of Zika virus. more significantly to Alzheimer's disease may have cardiovascular benefits, in- At the Biosecurity Research Institute, Higgs and univer- dementia than was previously believed, cluding a reduced risk of stroke, and eat- sity scientists are gathering details about how Zika virus in- according to new study results published ing watermelon may slightly lower blood teracts with different mosquitoes. Researchers are studying in June in The Lancet Neurology, a British pressure. Researchers have also looked how long after a mosquito feeds on a blood meal that it can medical journal. at lycopene's possible role in protect- transmit Zika virus. "Cerebral vessel pathology might ing against various cancers, though evi- The amount of time is unknown for Zika virus, but with be an under-recognized risk factor for dence is scant. other viruses it can range from five days to two weeks. Alzheimer's disease dementia," the re- You can get lycopene from tomatoes, Similarly, the research can show how much virus a person searchers wrote. sclerosis are associated with lower levels particularly cooked and stewed toma- water and is low in calories, with about 45 needs to have in their blood in order to infect a mosquito. The study by researchers from the of thinking abilities, including in memory toes, but “on a fresh basis, you can’t do calories in a one-cup serving. If mosquitoes feed on a relatively low level, they may not Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center ana- and other thinking skills, and these asso- better than watermelon,” said Penelope Many people worry about the amount become infected. lyzed medical and pathologic data on ciations were present in persons with and Perkins-Veazie, a professor at North Car- of sugar in watermelon, but “that’s a bit (Source: medicalxpress.com) 1,143 older individuals who had donat- without dementia. olina State University in Raleigh who has of a misconception, because the sugar ed their brains for research upon their "Both large and small vessel dis- studied lycopene and is an unpaid sci- content is actually lower than some deaths, including 478 (42 percent) with eases have effects on dementia and ence adviser to the National Watermelon other fruits, gram for gram,” said Jen- Alzheimer's disease dementia. Analyses thinking abilities, independently of one Promotion Board. nifer McDaniel, a registered dietitian and of the brains showed that 445 (39 per- another, and independently of the com- Red watermelon has more lycopene spokesperson for the Academy of Nutri- Bat wings inspire new cent) of study participants had moderate mon causes of dementia such as Alz- than other watermelon varieties, and tion and Dietetics. breed of drone to severe atherosclerosis -- plaques in the heimer's pathology and strokes," said “seedless watermelon tends to have While a cup of diced watermelon has larger arteries at the base of the brain Dr. Zoe Arvanitakis. A neurologist and more,” she said. about nine grams of sugar, a medium obstructing blood flow -- and 401 (35 researcher at the Rush Alzheimer's Dis- Tomato juices banana contains 14 to 15 grams of sug- The unique mechanical properties of bat wings could lead to percent) had brain arteriolosclerosis -- in ease Center, Arvanitakis led the study, Lycopene from watermelon is also ar, as does a cup of blueberries. Dietary a new breed of nature-inspired drone. A prototype built by re- which there is stiffening or hardening of which was funded by the National Insti- easily absorbed into the body. In one guidelines recommend adults eat two searchers at the University of Southampton shows that mem- the smaller artery walls. tutes of Health. small study, researchers gave volunteers cups of fruit a day. brane wings can have improved aerodynamic properties and fly Brain vessel diseases Part of Rush University Medical Center, lycopene from tomato juice and lycopene And while watermelon has a high gly- over longer distances on less power. The study found that the worse the the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center is from watermelon; the tomato juice had cemic index, a measure of a food’s abil- The "unique aspect of a brain vessel diseases, the higher the dedicated to the study of Alzheimer's, a received heat treatments to boost ab- ity to raise blood sugar levels, that also bat-wing is that it's made of chance of having dementia, which is usu- neurological condition that is the most sorption. They found the two groups had adds to the confusion. In fact, its high wa- muscles, and when it starts to ally attributed to Alzheimer's disease. The common cause of dementia. It is one of similar blood levels of lycopene. ter content gives it a low glycemic load, flap the wing what it can do is increase was 20 to 30 percent for each 29 designated centers in the United States Though watermelon doesn’t have meaning it does not raise blood sugar the wing can actually deform level of worsening severity. The study also funded by the National Institute on Aging. as much fiber as many other fruits and levels quickly in amounts typically eaten. and change shape. And the found that atherosclerosis and arteriolo- (Source: EurekAlert) vegetables, it is fat-free, contains a lot of (Source: The NYT) change in shape could make it more efficient and make it fly better," said Professor Bhar- ath Ganapathisubramani of Scientists plant kelp as way to offset effects of ocean acidification Southampton's Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Group, who oversaw the project. Scientist Joth Davis unspooled 150 feet of line holding waters of Puget Sound. They also want to find ways to mar- Scientists from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Admin- Using a paper-thin rub- thousands of tiny spores of kelp into Hood Canal in Wash- ket that harvested kelp for food, fuels or fertilizers. istration and University of Washington will monitor seawater Carbon dioxide ber membrane, the team de- ington state, while Brian Allen dove underwater and affixed chemistry in and around those farms and measure whether signed wings that mimic the the line to a buoy. "We know that kelp plants take up carbon dioxide and and how much CO2 the marine macro algae take up. physiology of the muscles in a bat's wing, changing shape in Submerged about 10 feet underwater, the bull kelp incorporate that carbon into their plant tissues. So we're "We know the reactions. But we don't know if they scale response to the forces it experiences. seedlings will eventually form thick, slimy ribbons of brown very hopeful that not only carbon but nutrients can be to be significant in nature," said Jan Newton, a UW ocean- "In cases where the flow is at higher risk of detaching from seaweed and in the process take up carbon dioxide and taken up and essentially removed from the water column," ographer who co-directs the Washington Ocean Acidifica- the surface; so your vehicle has a risk to sag down, to fall down. other nutrients. said Davis, a senior scientist with the Puget Sound Restora- tion Center and is on the team assessing the project. In that period a membrane wing can keep it afloat because the Researchers hope it could offer a local strategy to ease the tion Fund. "We know this isn't a solution on a global scale. The dynamics in the surface trigger vortices which roll down the effects of ocean acidification – when seas absorb carbon di- To test that hypothesis, a team led by Davis and Betsy oceans are huge compared to a little bay where you might wing, and these vortices produce lift. So you can use this vortex oxide released into the atmosphere by human activity, a phe- Peabody will grow sugar and bull kelp over the next two be able to make a difference. This is not a fix-it sort of so- generation to produce lift. And you need the membrane to ex- nomenon that raises acidity and threatens marine life. years in Hood Canal, a fjord west of Seattle. The five-year lution," said Newton. But "can we make a difference on a cite, generate these vortices," Bleischwitz told Reuters. Davis and a team of scientists are investigating whether project, involving many partners, is paid for by a $1.5 mil- local scale that buys us some time?" (Source: Reuters) growing kelp can reduce C02 levels in the inland marine lion grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. (Source: The CSM) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international JULY 3, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 9

Reasons why Hangzhou is called NEWS U.S. voices ‘strong ‘heaven on earth’ by Chinese concerns’ over Bahrain 1 Picturesque landscape, mo- “Silicon Valley” of China as Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone dernity, and openness to the world have U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has expressed “strong concerns” was set up with approval from the made Hangzhou unique in China. China over the Bahraini regime’s intensified crackdown on dissent. State Council at a state level in 1991. has selected Hangzhou as the venue CHINA According to a statement released by the White House, Major companies such as Motoro- of the G20 summit, which will be held Biden voiced “strong concerns regarding recent negative la, Nokia and Siemens have established on September 4-5 this year. In Septem- developments in Bahrain” during a phone conversation with R&D centers in the zone. ber 2015, Hangzhou was also awarded Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah. According to internationalcenter. the 2022 Asian Games. Biden also “emphasized the importance of reducing on- org, Xiaoshan International Airport is Being a tourist magnet has made the going tensions through dialogue and reconciliation with the serviced by 27 international airlines. city richer as well. For example, in 2013 opposition, and a commitment to reform,” the statement And since the beginning of 2016, the the local government said one in every West Lake added. On June 14, Manama suspended the country’s main province has implemented a 144-hour three people in Hangzhou owned a car opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. The visa-free transit policy which allows in- – the highest number among all other United Nations, along with other international organizations, ternational travelers from 51 countries Chinese cities. expressed concern, saying the move could escalate the situ- and regions to move around Zhejiang, Hangzhou is one of the seven an- ation in the country. Qiantang Shanghai and Jiangsu provinces without cient capitals of China. It is believed that The group’s Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman has been River holding the visa for six days. Hangzhou was the largest city in the in prison since December 2014 on charges of attempting to Hangzhou has direct and frequent world from 1180 to 1315 and from 1348 overthrow the regime and collaborating with foreign powers, flights with major cities in China and to 1358. which he has denied. A court sentenced him to four years in also some international destinations, in- Italian explorer Marco Polo, who prison in June 2015. It was highly exciting to notice that tourists cluding Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, supposedly visited Hangzhou in the late The kingdom also dissolved two other opposition groups, from Xinjiang communicating in their native and Bangkok. It is within the fast trans- 13th century, described the city as the namely the al-Tawiya and al-Risala Islamic associations. finest and most luxurious in the world. language with reporters from Turkey and port network of east China, and enjoys (Source: Press TV) In his book, Marco Polo records that the convenient high-speed rail and high- city was “greater than any in the Central Asian republics. way connection with popular tourist world”. cities in this area, like Shanghai, Suzhou Also, the famous seal carvings, and is zhou took advantage of being situated and Nanjing. Brexit: When politics of fear 14th-century Moroc- home to the coun- in the Yangtze River Delta to bolster its masks failed economic system can explorer Ibn Bat- try’s top art uni- development. It is now one of China’s Hangzhou is blessed tuta said it was “the versity, the China most prosperous major cities. with impressive biggest city I have Academy of Art. For example, Geely (officially called 1 More recently, however, Spain has said they would ever seen on the Numerous the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co) landscapes block any attempt by Northern Ireland or Scotland to join face of the earth.” philosophers, is a Chinese multinational automotive the EU independent of the UK. For its part, the European The city enjoys a politicians, and manufacturing company headquar- A combination of scenic beauty, in- Union faces many other challenges—including the refugee unique geographi- men of litera- tered in Hangzhou. Its principal prod- frastructures, economic development, crisis and the recent wave of migrations from the Middle East cal situation as well. ture, including ucts are automobiles, taxis, motorcycles, and green economy - which has been and North Africa, Greece’s uncertain economy, and Russia’s Being at the south- some of the most engines, and transmissions. It sells pas- declared as a policy priority by the Chi- influence over eastern Ukraine—that make Britain’s decision ern terminus of the celebrated poets senger cars under the Geely and Volvo nese government - constitutes the rea- to leave the EU minor in comparison. 1,776-kilometer-long in Chinese history brands and taxis under the London Taxi sons to make Hangzhou more attractive There are also legitimate questions to be asked about Grand Canal (also known such as Su Shi, Lu You, brand. and prosperous and keep its tile how globalization has generally affected working class and as the Beijing-Hangzhou and Xin Qiji came here to The company, which has of the “heaven on earth” lower-middle class voters in Great Britain when they voted Grand Canal), the city is located live and die. set ambitious targets to for the Chinese. to leave. This can be shown in the way in which cosmopoli- on the lower reaches of the Qiantang Hangzhou has also signed sister-city produce environmen- tan London, run by a Muslim mayor, overwhelming voted in River in southeast China, a superior po- partnerships with Queenstown of New tally friendly cars in favor of remaining and yet the hinterlands, by contrast, vot- sition in the Yangtze Delta. Zealand, Gifu of Japan, Boston of the the coming years, ed to leave the EU. Under such circumstances, xenophobia It is also only 180 kilometers from United States, Leeds of England, Nice has also found cus- seemed to have interacted with a stagnant middle class. This ShShanghai,anghai, whichwhich isis consideredconsidered tthehe NNewew ooff France, BuBudapestdapest ooff HunHungary,gary, CaCapepe tomers fforor its paspas-- development may also reinforce the view that Great Britain YYorkork ooff CChina.hina. 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There can be no doubt that many people in Great Britain continue to feel alienated from economic progress in Europe and feel not fully in control of their lives in the EU. This may explain their move toward more nationalist and lo- cal solutions to governance and politics. Meanwhile, economists, such as Barry Eichengreen, UC-Berkeley Professor of Economics and Political Science, have shown that Britain has experienced the largest produc- tivity shortfall relative to the other G-7 countries since the early 1990s. This has led to a dramatic decline in wages and living standards, which is at the heart of why so many in working class areas voted to leave the EU. The anger over immigrants, Eichengreen argues, has often been cited as a key factor in explaining the “Leave” vote. But the real cause of resentment lies in economic stagnation and rampant in- equality in Great Britain. The rabid scapegoating of immi- grants for the failure of the economic system in Great Britain, a widely held perception among many in Great Britain and Libyan forces battle ISIL street-to- Britain caught in an easy sell in that country’s provincial areas, is fundamentally wrongheaded. Unless the UK’s leaders come to understand street in Sirte Cameron’s miscalculation this reality, more flawed and inept policies will ensue. The promotion of sustainable development is the key to bring- Snipers Crouching on a rooftop, Libyan truck 1 I don’t know if this is a true democracy in Britain. ing along the disaffected working class rather than further driver Riyad Swaid takes aim through ISIL are being squeezed by a tight- or false statement, but the government’s When the theoretical foundation of globalizing prospects. If European politicians fail to properly breeze blocks at positions held by ISIL ening ring of separate fronts around a explanation has not been convincing. democracy has been abused, can we understand these dynamics, we may see the gradual erosion terrorist group fighters a few hundred 5-km central area where earthen berms The political atmosphere before the call any result of hypocritical populist of the European politico-economic order in coming years. metres away in the city of Sirte. crisscross roads, cutting off escape elections which reached its climax by the propaganda a cause of the lack of de- He and his fellow gunmen, aligned routes. Tanks and howitzers lob occa- murder of Helen Joanne “Jo” Cox by a mocracy? It is a tough question with with Libya’s unity government, are bat- sional shells into areas held by ISIL. far right extremist was a signal that only a tougher answer. If such hypocritical UK leaders scramble to stop tling street-to-street for the strategically Many of those fighting ISIL are from the government is responsible for the populist propaganda leads the society important coastal city on the edge the the nearby port city of Misrata. situation. toward divisions based on race, so what Brexit being Brexit after all Western war against ISIL. Wearing mixed camouflage uniforms Unfortunately from the public point shall we be defending from now on? Nearly two months into the battle, and jeans, some in flip-flops and others of view neither in Britain nor in the EU Double-standard democracy!? Ridicu- 6 If a deal on free movement can be done – probably the militant group has lost control of in flak jackets, they are trying to clear and the United States the issue of ex- lous. along the lines of giving the receiving countries some ability Sirte’s harbor and some of the residen- out snipers and landmines and boo- tremism, that has plagued the Middle Neither the ones who voted for to limit it, and to limit welfare payments – then Brexit may be tial areas near the centre of what was by-traps strapped to corpses in the East and has turned into a global mal- Britain to leave the EU were neces- avoided. Another referendum on the terms of the deal may late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s street and in houses. They have posi- ady, is neglected. Extremism has pene- sarily in favor of the move and only be possible. This time, the establishments would expect the hometown. tioned gun-mounted vehicles behind trated deep in the layers of European dissatisfied with the government, nor people to vote “Remain.” The sides exchange sniper rounds earthen roadblocks and fire aging an- society in a worrying, concerning and the ones who were against leaving Only a day after This will be the under- and mortar shells, at times only 200 me- ti-tank canons from villa rooftops. vicious trend, of course in a way that the EU were necessarily pro-Cameron the popular will lying dynamic of the next ters apart, and fight house-by-house. The Misratan Commanders are reluc- seems democratic. Dara Lind from the or satisfied with the European Union. was said to be weeks and months. Ger- “This war was forced on us. It was tant to advance rapidly because of the risk Vox online magazine writes: “If you’re Particularly from what it seems the paramount, British man Chancellor Angela a war we could not avoid, so many of high casualties. Already, more than 200 worried of Donald Trump’s brand influ- pro-EU camp figures such as Nicola Merkel, EU dealmaker lost their lives to these people,” fighters have been killed in the battle for ence on Xenophobia and populists, you Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish Na- Health Secretary and breaker-in-chief, talks Swaid said. Sirte. have to check out what’s going on in tional Party, or Gerry Adams of North- Jeremy Hunt hinted tough but will play the ISIL started expanding into Libya in A week ago, more than 40 Misrata Britain right now.” ern Ireland are not so upset from the at a way for the exit process long enough 2014 as political chaos deepened and troops were killed in a surge on one That is a true comment. current situation, as they are whisper- to allow a possible agree- conflict worsened, three years after the front. At a field hospital outside Sirte, Nevertheless, amid the situation, ing to leave Britain. So far more than United Kingdom to ment to emerge. Then, civil war that ousted Gaddafi. doctors say most of the recent victims are Mr. Cameron and other Hyde three million signatures have been remain part of the either Britain will remain Sirte, 450 km (280 miles) east of Trip- among troops were killed by gunshot Park’s open minded and optimist resi- gathered in the hope of a similar ref- European Union – formally outside of the Eu- oli, became ISIL’s largest outpost be- wounds to the head and upper body. dents happy with the election of Sadiq erendum to change the result. How- ropean Union – as Norway yond its Iraq and Syria territory. It was A Russian-made tank spray-paint- Khan, a Muslim, as mayor of London? ever, even if the result is changed will even as he prefaced – but in the single market taken last year by militants who profited ed with the name of its Misrata bri- Now, one can realize why Sadiq Khan the ones who are happy with leaving his comments and with most of the du- from Libya’s war among rival factions gade overlooks Sirte from a hill, occa- was worried rather than being hap- the bloc now and tomorrow will be with the “people ties and advantages. Or a to gain control of territory and impose sionally blasting a shell into ISIL-held py after his triumph in the elections, the potential opposition will be silent? have spoken – and second referendum, with their hardline vision on the city. territory. fearing figures such as former London Whatever the result, a bipolar atmos- the right answer, allows it Losing Sirte would be a major set- After another miss, the driver adjusts Mayor Boris Johnson and Lord Chan- phere has blanketed Britain in a way Parliament must to sail back in. back for the group and a big blow to the barrel and jumps out to pull on a long cellor Secretary of State for Justice that no political or social development listen.” Will the establishments morale as it also struggles to hold cord to fire from outside the tank -- staying Michael Gove might be present in the or evolution is capable of changing it. have the nerve to confront ground in Iraq, where it has lost the city inside is too risky with old, unstable ammu- government. The issue that makes me We really don’t know what to expect the masses? Will the masses be frightened enough to let of Falluja and other territory to forces nition. even more worried, more than the for Britain in the next 10 years with the them? Like much else that has happened since the referen- backed by U.S.-led air strikes. (Source: Reuters) elections result, is the reverse spin of tit for tat policy!? dum, we just don’t know. (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY JJULYULY 3,3, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Iran ranks 12th in dentistry worldwide: SCImago Journal Rank SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iran was and 2015 regarding its overall perfor- deskranked 12th worldwide mance in all subject areas worldwide it in the field of dentistry in 2015, accord- has made a significant improvement in ing to SCImago Journal and Country dentistry over the same period,” Asgari Rank database. highlighted. With 305 documents, Iran overtook Fortunately Iran is holding the top po- Switzerland and Canada and ranked next sition in the Middle East in all subject are- to Spain and South Korea, Tasnim news as for two consecutive years with a slight agency quoted secretary for Health Min- difference in the number of documents istry’s dental hygiene council Sa’eed As- from Turkey, he said, adding, “But in med- gari as saying. icine and dentistry Turkey has bested us.” The U.S., Brazil, England, and India “In these two subject areas, Turkey has are the four countries at the top of the published a considerable number of doc- table with more than 1,000 documents, uments compared to Iran and it’s essential Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing he added. for us to try to get to the first position in can resist it. Lao Tzu “Though Iran has secured 16th po- medicine and dentistry in the region as sition for two years in a row in 2014 well,” he noted. Sa’eed Asgari LEARN ENGLISH Autism, Alzheimer’s screening schemes to be initiated in Iran

Purchasing and Using an SOCIETY TEHRAN — Two screening schemes for into a concern for the society, Nahvinejad warned. E-Ticket deskautism and Alzheimer’s diseases will be “We have to establish a scientific screening scheme in initiated in Iran over the current calendar year, which ends no time,” he told ISNA news agency. in March 2017, deputy for rehabilitation affairs of Iran’s As autism is on the rise in Iran there have also been oth- I thought I would save time by purchasing my airline ticket Welfare Organization said. er ongoing programs to take the control of this disorder. online and checking in at the airport with my e- ticket. I went Alzheimer’s disease as an emerging affliction of the ag- Not long ago it was announced that in association with onto the McQ Air website and selected my flights. The screen ing population [is now a matter of concern for the coun- Indian research center COM-DEALL, Iran’s first internation- then prompted me to pay with a credit card. After I typed in try], Hossein Nahvinejad noted, adding, according to the al autism rehabilitation center will be opened in Tehran. my payment information, I got a confirmation receipt with global estimates there are some 10,000 cases of autism in The Communication DEALL (Developmental Eclectic my ticket number and my itinerary. I printed out a copy of the country which are mostly undiagnosed. Approach to Language Learning) is an early intervention my e-ticket and I was ready to go – easy! So far some 3,000 patients are diagnosed with autism in program for children with autism and other communica- But when I got to the airport, it was a different story. I went Iran and are receiving treatments, but the disease is turning tion disorders. up to a self-serve kiosk and swiped my credit card to bring up my account. The computer said that it couldn’t find my ac- count. I flagged down an employee and she didn’t have any better luck, suggesting I stand in line at the check-in counter. What do modern libraries loan? Human books I got in the long line and 45 minutes later, the employee helped me check in and gave me my boarding pass. When I asked What does a library look like in a a bit like a publishing company. The Australian experience her what the problem was, she said she didn’t know and it was modern city? The group works with host librarians Although many Human Libraries are probably just a glitch in their computer system. There are still epic tales of migration, in- who teach them how to prepare and one-off events, a library in Lismore, Aus- Well, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, spiring stories of people overcoming hard- assess people for publication, ensuring tralia, was the first in the world to offer a especially if technology is involved! ship, and chronicles of religious or racial that each “book” can share a unique ex- permanent collection. (Source: eslpod.com) persecution. perience, has the right communication Librarian Lucy Kinsley says Lismore Hu- Words & phrases But in some places, there aren’t any books skills and will be able to handle what can man Library, which she manages, offers a check in: if you check in or are checked in at a hotel or airport, -- instead, it’s humans that are on loan. sometimes be difficult questions. wide selection of human books, from in- you go to the desk and report that you have arrived “A Human Library is just like a real li- “We try to vet our books but we also try spirational stories told by the first African screen: a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as brary but instead of paperbacks and hard to make sure that our books are in good refugees to settle in the area, to practical a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and covers, we have real people on our book- shape. And I don’t mean physically, but tales from the beekeeper who hopes to data are displayed shelves,” said Ronni Abergel, cofounder of four days -- readers could ask the volun- mentally, because it’s not necessarily easy teach locals about apiaries and the impor- prompt somebody to do something: to ask someone to do the Human Library Organization. teers anything they liked about their life to be a book in a human library -- you tance of bees. something on a computer “You can borrow the bipolar or the and experiences. have to give a lot,” says Abergel. Kelsey says users have become more confirmation: a letter etc. that tells you that an arrangement, Muslim or the transgender or the home- “A library doesn’t offer an opinion, it will All of the human books are volunteers understanding of those outside of their im- date, time etc. is now definite less, and in this way you get a chance to never try and control where you want to and each Human Library organizer has to mediate social circle as a result of the gov- receipt: a piece of paper that you are given which shows that talk to this person and you may just realize go. A library will just make available infor- fund their own events. ernment-funded program. you have paid for something what you have in common.” mation to you,” says Abergel. The librarians then work out the best “There’s no society in the world that itinerary: a plan or list of the places you will visit on a journey Literary origins The response was overwhelmingly pos- way to catalogue and lend the books -- be doesn’t have stigma and prejudices and print out: to produce a printed copy of a computer document Abergel cofounded the Human Library itive, and today the Human Library Or- it for an individual conversation or a larger stereotypes and there will be people in self-serve: of, for, or pertaining to something designed to be 16 years ago in Copenhagen, on the back ganization has grown into an international group discussion. every society ready to make themselves used without the aid of an attendant of a one-off event designed to prevent movement with librarians and “books” in “It’s a place where difficult questions are published,” Abergel says. kiosk: a small stand-alone device providing information and physical violence. more than 70 cities around the world. expected and appreciated, and we always “Once we have books around the world, services on a computer screen A group of 50 human volunteers Training the tomes do our best to find people who are moti- we are going to take them online.” swipe: to pull a plastic card through a machine that can read posed as titles for people to borrow over Abergel tries to treat the Human Library vated to give answers,” Abergel says. (Source: CNN Money) the electronic information on it bring up: to make something appear on a computer screen IN FOCUS Mehr/ Hamid Heidari flag down: signal somebody to stop German writes own check-in counter: a place where you report your arrival at an airport, hotel, hospital etc. obit, bans relatives boarding pass: an official card that you have to show before from funeral you get onto a plane glitch: a small fault in a machine or piece of equipment, that BERLIN (AP) — A German man has stops it working taken his grudges to the grave, telling the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry: no relatives in a posthumous newspaper matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still notice that some of them aren’t wel- go wrong with it come at his funeral. News agency dpa reported Friday that Hubert Martini published his own obituary in the Trierischer Volksfreund, a QUIZ OF THE DAY newspaper in western Germany. The deceased describes himself as 178) He's interested ____ music. “open, honest and unforgiving” and a) at says his five siblings and their families b) in are forbidden from attending his me- c) on morial service. d) of (Quiz No. 177 answer: a) It is unclear what made Martini want to have the last word, but the 64-year- old notes that in life “I have hurt some people — and that’s good.” Dpa quoted a local undertaker, PHRASAL VERB Martina Schmidt, calling the obituary Trade in “out of order.” “He wanted to settle scores and now the relatives have to live with Meaning: give as part payment for a new article Early-season fresh grapes harvest in plantations of Hasht Bandi in the southern province of Hormozgan begins. that,” she says. For example: I traded in my car for a new model. LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION ﻗﻮﻝ ﺩﻭﻟﺖ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ ﺗﺎﻣﻴﻦ 1000 ﻭﺍﮔﻦ ﻣﺘﺮﻭ ﺗﻬﺮﺍﻥ ENGLISH PROVERB Govt. pledges to provide 1,000 wagons for A handful of patience is worth Tehran’s subway ﺑﻪ ﮔﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺍﻳﺴﻨﺎ ﻫﺎﺑﻴﻞ ﺩﺭﻭﻳﺸﻰ ﻣﺪﻳﺮﻋﺎﻣﻞ ﺷﺮﻛﺖ ﺭﺍﻩ ﺁﻫﻦ ﺷﻬﺮﻯ ﺗﻬﺮﺍﻥ ﻭ ﺣﻮﻣﻪ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺩﻭﺷﻨﺒﻪ -more than a bushel of brains The government has made a pledge to provide 1,000 wagons for Tehran’s subway, the manag ﺩﺭﺣﺎﺷﻴﻪ ﺑﻬﺮﻩ ﺑﺮﺩﺍﺭﻯ ﺍﺯ ﻳﻜﻰ ﺍﺯ ﺍﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻫﺎﻯ ﺧﻂ 3 ﻣﺘﺮﻭﻯ ﺗﻬﺮﺍﻥ ﺍﺯ ﻗﻮﻝ ﺩﻭﻟﺖ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ ﺗﺎﻣﻴﻦ ing director of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company, Habil Darvishi, said. 1000 ﻭﺍﮔﻦ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ ﻣﺘﺮﻭﻯ ﺗﻬﺮﺍﻥ ﻣﺘﺮﻭ ﺧﺒﺮ ﺩﺍﺩ. Explanation: patience is more precious than intelligence Darvishi made the remarks on the sidelines of the inauguration of a new station in the ﺩﺭﻭﻳﺸﻰ ﺗﻮﺿﻴﺢ ﺩﺍﺩ: ﺗﺎ ﺳﺎﻝ 84 ﺗﻨﻬﺎ 79 ﻛﻴﻠﻮﻣﺘﺮ ﻣﺘﺮﻭ ﺑﺎ ﺣﺪﻭﺩ 37 ﺍﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻭ320 ﻭﺍﮔﻦ ﺩﺍﺷﺘﻴﻢ .line 3 of Tehran’s subway on Monday, ISNA news agency reported ﻛﻪ ﻃﻰ 10 ﺳﺎﻝ ﺍﺧﻴﺮ ﭘﻨﺞ ﺧﻂ ﻣﺘﺮﻭ ﺑﻪ 170 ﻛﻴﻠﻮﻣﺘﺮ ﺭﺳﻴﺪﻩ ﺍﺳﺖ ﻭ ﺗﻌﺪﺍﺩ ﺍﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻫﺎ ﺑﻪ 102 ﻭ Without Darvishi explained that in 2005 Tehran’s subway stretched over 79 kilometers with 37 ﺗﻌﺪﺍﺩ ﻭﺍﮔﻦ ﻫﺎ ﺑﻪ 1159 ﺍﻓﺰﺍﻳﺶ ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻪ ﺍﺳﺖ. stations and 320 wagons while currently the five operational lines of the subway stretch over 170 kilometers with 102 stations and 1159 wagons. ﺩﺭﻭﻳﺸﻰ ﻫﻤﭽﻨﻴﻦ ﺗﺼﺮﻳﺢ ﻛﺮﺩ: 4 ﺍﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﺩﻳﮕﺮ ﺍﺯ ﺧﻂ 3ﻣﺘﺮﻭ ﺑﺎﻗﻴﻤﺎﻧﺪﻩ ﺍﺳﺖ ﻛﻪ ﺑﻪ ﺯﻭﺩﻯ ﻭ ﺗﺎ ﭘﺎﻳﺎﻥ earth no He further stated that line 3 would be fully functional once the four remaining stations come on ﺷﻬﺮﻳﻮﺭ ﻣﺎﻩ ﺗﻤﺎﻣﻰ ﺍﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎﻩ ﻫﺎ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳﻦ ﺧﻂ ﺑﻪ ﺑﻬﺮﻩ ﺑﺮﺩﺍﺭﻯ ﺧﻮﺍﻫﺪ ﺭﺳﻴﺪ. .birth! stream by the Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar, which falls on August 22 to September 21 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/sports JJULYULY 3,3, 20162016 SPORTS 11 AAlili KKarimiarimi jjoinsoins DDinamoinamo ZagrebZagreb oonn a longlong termterm contractcontract Hosts France wary of SPORTS Croatian champion Dinamo deskZagreb has announced the Iceland pitfall signing of Iranian midfielder Ali Karimi from Sepa- han on a five-year contract on Friday. Paris (AFP) — Didier Deschamps’ France will be wary of falling victim The 22-year old player successfully passed the to the same trap that ensnared England as the Euro 2016 hosts take on medical and will wear the number 7 jersey for the rank outsiders Iceland for a place in the semi-finals on Sunday. Croatian giants. France are vying for a record-equalling third European Cham- The deal between Dinamo and the Iranian pionship title and go into their quarter-final as overwhelming defensive midfielder was initialized by Sepa- favourites against a country with a population of just 330,000. han’s former coach Igor Stimac, according to But Iceland, playing at their first major finals, have blown Iranian media. away any notion they were simply in France to make up the “I am really happy to be here. I know a lot numbers. about Dinamo, Zagreb and Croatian football. Di- The North Atlantic island na- namo is the top club in Croatia, they are Cham- tion held Portugal to a 1-1 draw pions and they are part of the UEFA group stage in their opening group game, competition every season. Of course, this is an then sent Austria home with a honor for me. There is no doubt that there is a last-gasp 2-1 victory before stun- huge competition in the club, but I will do my ning England by the same score- best,” Karimi told the club’s official website. line in the last 16. “Dinamo scouted this talented player even be- Defender Bacary Sagna fore I came to the club and of course this is a great compared Iceland’s remark- thing for the club. Karimi should bring us an addi- able run to that of Leicester tional quality to our midfield, he is a tough player City’s fairytale Premier League and he is quite tall. We have a lot of quality midfield- title success, with both country ers and he will need to fight for his position,” head and city boasting almost iden- coach Zlatko Kranjcar commented Karimi’s signing. tical populations. Dinamo Zagreb is the defending champion of “They are kind of the Croatian league and will play in the second round Leicester of Euro 2016,” said the Manchester City right-back. of UEFA Champions League next season. “They deserve to be there. They showed in the qualifying Karimi started his career in 2010 as a youth tournament that they could beat the big teams like Netherlands with Sepahan. and Czech Republic. “It is a quality team and you must not underestimate them,” Former Juventus striker on Iran women’s volleyball captain he added.France needed late goals to overcome Romania and Albania in the group stage, while Antoine Griezmann rescued Persepolis radar surprised to see Iran, Serbia match Les Bleus as they rallied after falling behind in the second minute against the Republic of Ireland in the last round. Sagna warned his team-mates they will eventually be “pun- ished” if they fail to address their tendency to start matches slowly as they head into the latter stages. With Adil Rami suspended, Deschamps is set to hand 22-year-old Barcelona-bound Samuel Umtiti his international debut alongside Laurent Koscielny in defence. N’Golo Kante is also serving a one-match ban with Kingsley Coman, Moussa Sissoko and Yohan Cabaye all candidates to re- place the energetic midfielder who played such a huge role in that Leicester success. - ‘Dream big’ - Having plotted Iceland’s incredible rise alongside former Swe- den boss Lars Lagerback, co-coach Heimir Hallgrimsson is again keen to look at his side’s limited expectations as an advantage. SPORTS Italian striker Michele lanta, Catania and Palermo. He has also SPORTS Mona Khajeh Kalaei women, fivb said. “There is a big difference in the pressure on Iceland and on deskPaolucci who has played at all of Italy’s youth ranks teams. desksays that the match “I can’t find the right words to explain France,” said Hallgrimsson. started his career at Juventus has been Taremi who finished top scorer in the between Iran and Serbia will be remem- how I felt about the watching the match. “France cannot lose the game, it would be horrible for the linked with a move to Iranian club league was one of key members of Branko bered as one of her special nights. To watch the game at the stadium is a French nation. But the Icelandic people would be happy if we get Persepolis according to reports in the Ivankovic’s team who nearly missed the ti- Iranian national volleyball team different experience. To see your favorite a good performance against France. local media. tle and finished second on the goal differ- came back from a two-set deficit to team and players and the atmosphere is “You dream big. But we are realistic, we can play the best Persepolis head coach Branko Ivank- ence in the IPL 2015-16 season. defeat Serbia 3-2 (16-25, 22-25, 25-22, just different,” Khajeh Kalaei said. game of our lives and still lose against France.” ovic is looking for a replacement for strik- Persepolis has already signed Antony 25-23, 16-14) at the FIVB World League “We learned a lot from the high level Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, who scored against Austria at the Sta- er Mehdi Taremi who left the red giants to Golec, Sasan Ansari, Ehsan Alvanzadeh, third week Friday night. players. After Iran lost the first two sets de de France, expects the tournament hosts to give Iceland a join Turkish side Rizespor. Alireza Beyranvand, Mohammad Aram Friday’s matches sold out within five we thought that we would lose the match much tougher time than they had against England. The 30-year old Italian striker has pre- Tab, Vahid Amiri and Jalal Hosseini in the minutes, and that 466 of the 5,000 tickets but our players came from behind to de- “I think this will be a more difficult game. France play with viously played at Juventus, Udinese, Ata- transfer market. were allotted for a section set aside for feat Serbia,” she added. more tempo on the ball and therefore it might be harder to defend,” he said. “They have a very good change of pace and are quick. They Hamstrung Bolt hopes to prove fitness in London to secure Rio spot have some good individuals and we just have to be ready for that.” Iceland are sweating over the fitness of captain Aron Gun- Usain Bolt confirmed suffering a grade one hamstring tear “I have submitted a medical exemption to be excused allows medical exemptions. narsson, who is nursing a back problem, but Lagerback on at Jamaica’s Olympic trials on Friday but the star sprinter from the 100m final and the remainder of the National His coach Glen Mills told Reuters that efforts were made Friday said the Cardiff City midfielder -- the team’s long-throw expects to secure his place at the Rio Games by proving his Championships. since Thursday night to get Bolt ready for Friday’s semi-fi- specialist -- should recover in time to line up against the French. fitness at the London Anniversary Games later this month. “I will seek treatment immediately and hope to show nal and final. Bolt withdrew from the final of the men’s 100 meters fitness at the London Anniversary Games on July 22 to “The therapist did a good job working on him but in a after Friday night’s semi-finals as Yohan Blake went on to earn selection for the Olympic Games in Rio,” the two-time couple of hours to come and run, he felt it again,” Mills said. win the trial in 9.95 seconds. Olympic 100 meter and 200 meter gold medalist added. “Hamstring injuries are always serious. The fact that he Hazard still hopeful of “After feeling discomfort in my hamstring after the first Bolt had clocked 10.04 seconds to win semi-final one after a couldn’t run, showed it is serious, but we’ll see what hap- future Belgium glory after round last night (Thursday) and then again in the semi-fi- poor start.His withdrawal does not mean he would miss the Rio Olym- pens between now and (the Olympics),” Mills said at track- nal tonight (Friday) I was examined by the Chief Doctor of pics, where Bolt is expected to defend his 100 and 200 meter titles. side after another of his charge, Blake, won the trial. Wales defeat the National Championships and diagnosed with a Grade 1 Unlike the United States, where the first three finishers Bolt also posted a photo of receiving treatment on tear,” Bolt said on his official Facebook account. in the trials win Olympic berths, Jamaica’s selection policy his instagram page. (Source: Reuters) Eden Hazard was bitterly disappointed to see his Belgium team exit Euro 2016 at the hands of Wales, but insists his na- tion’s golden generation still have immense winning quality. AFC punishes Saudi club over fan’s Borussia Dortmund announce Henrikh “There’s a lot of pressure on him [Wilmots]. We have had him mischief against Iran team Mkhitaryan is to join Man United as a coach for several years. We have had some great moments with him, some super moments with him. A Saudi club has been penalized by the Borussia Dortmund have confirmed “Today we have had a disappointment, but I think he will have Asian soccer governing body for its sup- that midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will a think, he will decide later if he wants to continue with us and if porters’ misconduct during a match an sign for Manchester United, subject to not, then we will wish him luck for the future. Iranian team. a medical. “In two years there is a World Cup. That’s another objective, so The Asian Football Confederation on Mkhitaryan, 27, had one year left we’ll think about that, about qualification, then there’s a Euro in 2020. Friday fined and issued a warning to Al It- on his Dortmund contract, but United We have a young team so we can be positive about the future.” tihad, the AFC said on its Twitter account. sealed the transfer after an improved Hazard added: “We played better today than we did against The punishment relates to a game bid was accepted. Argentina [in the 2014 World Cup]. We didn’t play well that day. against Iran’s Foolad Mobarakeh Sepa- Dortmund announced the news on We lost 1-0, but we had some regrets as we didn’t do enough. han Esfahan Football Club, commonly Saturday, stating that they finally agreed “Today we played a great first 20 minutes, at the end of the known as Sepahan.The Saudi club was to let the Armenia international go after match we all said that we would have liked to continue because fined 20,000 US dollars “because of what intensive discussions with their player. we have a lot of quality, but they played with more desire than us its fans had done to Sepahan,” the AFC Tensions between Tehran and Riyadh in- “Manchester United have made us at Shakhtar Donetsk and one season with today. They have many players who play in the English league. said but did not give further details. tensified after the kingdom’s execution of a tremendously valuable offer. Had we Metalurg Donetsk. “There is a lot of desire, a lot of contact, today we had a Ittihad was also ordered to pay an ad- prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr in January. rejected it, the player would be able to During his two years under Klopp he very young team. Youth is great but sometimes if you have a ditional 1,500 US dollars “for the tardiness Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic relations leave for free in 2017,” Dortmund CEO scored 12 goals and set up 15. And Mkh- lack of experience it can show. of its team in entering the field,” AFC said. and halted flights to and from Iran on Jan- Hans-Joachim Watzke said in a club itaryan was one of the stand-out players “We lost against Italy, but I think we played three good match- The AFC warned the Saudi club that uary 3 following attacks on vacant Saudi statement. in German football again last season, es against Ireland, against Sweden and against Hungary. So we in case of a similar incident in the future, it diplomatic premises in the Iranian capital The German club added in the state- scoring 11 goals and producing 20 as- will keep working together with this generation because it’s a would have to play a home match without Tehran and the city of Mashhad by angry ment: “Borussia Dortmund wishes Hen- sists as he flourished under the guidance pleasure to work together and we will try to win things together.” the presence of its fans.The soccer federation people protesting Nimr’s execution. rikh Mkhitaryan all the best for the com- of head coach Thomas Tuchel. (Source: Goal) did not elaborate on the time of the miscon- This came as more than 2,400 foreign ing season in both the Premier League The Armenia international will be- duct. Ittihad and Sepahan met in April in the pilgrims, including 464 Iranians, were killed and in the UEFA Europa League.” come United manager Jose Mourinho’s 3 July 2016 Asian Champions League where the Saudi after two large masses of pilgrims converged The midfielder was brought to the third signing of the summer following the side defeated the Iranian outfit 4-0. at a crossroads in Mina, near the holy Saudi Bundesliga by former Dortmund manag- recruitment of defender Eric Bailly from The incident between the Iranian and city of Mecca, during the symbolic ceremony er Jurgen Klopp for a fee of €27.5 mil- Villarreal and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a FRA23:30 ISL Saudi clubs coincided with ongoing polit- of the stoning of Satan in Jamarat on Sep- lion in 2013, joining from the Ukrainian free transfer. ical conflicts between the two countries. tember 24, 2015. (Source: PressTV) league where he had spent three years (Source: ESPN) b

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ARTTEHRAN – Jamshid Hashempur, the deskIranian actor who is mostly famous for ARTTEHRAN — Iranian desk his roles in action movies, will be honored for his lifetime director Mehdi Qorbanpur’s achievements at the 16th Hafez Awards. documentary “Zemnako” is scheduled to go on The award ceremony will take place at Tehran’s Milad screen at the Iranian Artists Forum on July 14. Tower on July 18, the organizers announced on Saturday. “Zemnako” is about the life of a 40-day-old The celebration is organized annually by the Persian newborn who loses his mother after Iraq’s chemical cinematic monthly Donya-ye Tasvir (Picture World) held weapons attack on Kurdish city of Halabja in 1988. under the title Donya-ye Tasvir Cinematic and TV Films Celebration for several years. “My Sardasht” crowned Hashempur, 72, made his debut with “White Hell” by Actor best at English filmfest Samuel Khachikian in 1968. Jamshid After the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he Hashempur withdrew from cinema, pursuing a career at a rescue attends a center. meeting “Rabies” He resumed his acting career in 1981 by playing a ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director crew held desk part in “Redline” by Masud Kimiai. to honor Ziba Arjang’s “My Sardasht” has He turned into a superstar in the early 1980’s with him at won the award for best animation at the Second films such as “The Eagles” by Samuel Khachikian and Tehran’s Small World Film Festival in Bradford, England. “Kanimanga” by Seifollah Daad. Mellat The animation is about Kajal, a carpet weaver, Cineplex He earned his fame mostly by starring as trafficker on August who is the only survivor of her family after Iraq’s Zeinal Bandari in “Plunder” by Iraj Qaderi in 1985. chemical attack on Iranian town Sardasht in 1987. 11, 2014. Afterwards, his shiny bald head in the movie became (Fars/ “Suddenly the Wind” by Edris Samani from Iran, Hashempur’s trademark. Javad was also screened at the festival, which was held By mid 1980s, he was known as Jamshid Aria, but Hadi) from June 1 to 30. no one knows exactly why he chose Hashempur as his “Mother”, “Hiva”, “Fifth Reaction”, “Paternal Garden”, Hashempur had previously received Hafez Award for surname. However, his old fans still call him Jamshid “The Last Port” and “Poisonous Mushroom” are among his role in “The Passenger of Rey” by Davud Mirbaqeri “Extra Yarn” translated Aria. his other noteworthy credits. (2000). into Persian Roland Topor’s “Tenant” coming to Tehran theater ARTTEHRAN — Iranian director Toluei, Borna Etemadi, Saeid Oveisi and Rahim Noruzi. CULTURE TEHRAN — “Extra Yarn” by U.S. deskSetareh Aminian plans to stage an Aminian who is also the writer of the play had desk writer of children’s books Mac adaptation of French writer Roland Topor’s novel “The flashes of inspiration from Russian author Fyodor Barnett has recently been translated into Persian by Tenant” in Tehran next week. Dostoevsky’s novella “Notes from Underground” to Shadi Sadri. French Ambassador Francois Senemaud is pen the drama. The book with illustrations by Jon Klassen tells scheduled to open the play at Hafez Hall on July 11, “The Tenant” chronicles a harrowing, fascinating the story of how a young girl and her box of Tiwall, a Persian website for theater news, announced descent into madness as the pathologically alienated magical yarn transform a community. on Saturday. Trelkovsky is subsumed into Simone Choule, an “Extra Yarn” won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Aminian will stage the play in collaboration with enigmatic suicide whose presence saturates his new Award in 2012 and the E.B. White Read Aloud Réformances, a Paris-based company that was apartment. Award in 2013. founded by Iranian choreographer and director “‘The Tenant’ has many charters, but none of Donya-e Eqtesad Publications in Tehran is Afshin Ghaffarian in 2010. them is the protagonist of the story. The hero is the scheduled to release the book in the near future. Ghaffarian is also in the cast, which also includes situation that prepares the ground for the characters Morteza Esmaeil-Kashi, Sara Olya, Mona Sharifi, Samira A poster for “The Tenant” to be born,” Aminian said.

Honaronline WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES PICTURE OF THE DAY /Hassan Motahhari Poet Sir Geoffrey Print Hill dies aged 84 Mahya Salehpur is current- ly showcasing her latest collec- Cambridge (BBC) — British poet Sir tion of prints in an exhibition at Geoffrey Hill has died aged 84, his wife has Kamaleddin Behzad Gallery. confirmed. The exhibit runs until July 5 at Alice Goodman said her husband died the gallery located at 284 Shan- “suddenly, and without pain or dread” on zdah-e Azar St. off Keshavarz Blvd. Thursday evening. Sir Geoffrey was the Professor of Poetry Painting at Oxford University until last year, and best Sohrab Gallery is hosting an exhibition of known for Mercian Hymns, his 1971 collection paintings by Abdi Asbaqi. of prose poems. The exhibit titled “Transmu- Jacqueline Norton, Senior tation of Fact and Truth” will be Commissioning Editor for Literature at running until July 12 at the gallery, Oxford University Press, praised his “poetic which can be found at 5 Arabali genius”. St., off Khorramshahr Ave. “We’re very saddened by the news of Geoffrey Hill’s death, but also grateful to have worked with him,” she said. “His fierce intelligence will be much Going “ham” in line for missed.” Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy told The Hamilton Guardian: “He was, in poetry, a saint and a warrior who never gave an inch in his NEW YORK (Reuters) — Tickets for Broadway’s hottest show crusade to reach poetic truth.” “Hamilton” hit fever pitch as fans camp out for days at a time Sir Geoffrey Hill was born on 18 June 1932. in the hopes of a chance to see the sold-out show ahead of He studied English literature at Oxford creator-writer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s departure on July University and graduated with first class 9. honors. “There are 40 to 50 people camped out right now waiting Sir Geoffrey released his first collection five or six days to see a show about history. This has never of poems, For the “Unfallen” in 1959 - and An art fan visits an exhibition organized by a group of artists at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center to raise funds to build a special school for went on to publish more than 20 volumes of happened before,” said fan Emily Sneddon. children with autism on July 1, 2016. The exhibition titled “Art for Autism” will be held until July 5. Sneddon and her friends had been camping out since the poetry over his career. 8 p.m. show the day before, following previous attempt weeks ago, which were unsuccessful due to school being in session. People have come near and far to camp outside of the Top film exec congratulates “Daughter” director on Moscow festival win Richard Rodgers theater for days at a time, just for a chance to snag a cancellation ticket. But there aren’t any guarantees. Box ARTTEHRAN — Cinema is the speaker of an ancient civilization and offices hold tickets for VIPs and guests of the cast, and release deskOrganization of culture,” reads part of the message. what’s left over to people in the cancellation line on a first- come- Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi has “The success of the film is a valuable first-serve bases. Persistence and availability is a requirement for congratulated director and producer Reza achievement for Iranian cinema, a film this quest, as many have waited hours and even days and still Mirkarimi for the triumph of his latest that is a proper representative of Iranian don’t make it in. film, “The Daughter”, at the 38th Moscow cinema. I hereby congratulate all the cast On Wednesday (June 30) night, after three attempts, Debbie International Film Festival. and crew, especially (actor) Farhad Aslani. Alsebai was called into the theater to purchase two tickets after “The Daughter” scooped awards at the All the aficionados appreciate the glorious getting in line at 4 p.m. the day before. As she made her way festival for best film and best actor, won moments and scenes you create,” it con- to the box office, her fellow line campers cheered. Those who by Farhad Aslani. Mirkarimi received a cludes. didn’t make it in had to disperse but would return to their spots Golden George for best film at the closing The film is set in the southwestern later at night. ceremony last week. Iranian city of Abadan, where Mr. Azizi, “Hamilton”, a hip hop musical with a multiracial cast about U.S. “The great achievement of ‘The an engineer for the Abadan Oil Refin- Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, who was killed in an 1804 Daughter’ in the Moscow Festival has ing Company, is making arrangements duel with Vice President Aaron Burr, picked up 11 Tony awards last been good news for all Iranian film aficio- for an engagement party for one of his month and has become a pop culture phenomenon. Miranda nados. Iranian cinema is a cinema that has daughters while his other daughter, Se- has already lined up his next gig, playing a street lamplighter in been making progress with great power tareh, plans to leave Abadan to attend her Disney’s upcoming “Mary Poppins Returns” sequel. and honor. A cinema rooted in the earth, it friend’s goodbye party in Tehran.