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Economic, political Lebanese experts review Bombing in Samarra kills president impacts of JCPOA vows to build at Press Exhibition several Iranians a strong nation POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Expressing condolences to the families “The Islamic Republic of Iran will stand desk Lebanese President Michel Aoun said INTERVIEW Ministry on Sunday strongly of victims of the deadly attacks, the ministry beside the Iraqi government and nation until on Sunday that it had never been his By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh condemned terrorist attacks in the Iraqi cities reminded the international community of its the complete defeat… of terrorism,” ministry intention to be Lebanon’s president. of Tikrit and Samarra that killed several people, “responsibility” to battle terrorism and fight off spokesman Bahram Qassemi said. His intention was to build a strong na- 2 n Saturday - the second day of the including some Iranian pilgrims in Samarra. Takfiri groups. tion of united citizens. O22nd Press Exhibition – the Tehran Aoun made his remarks from the Times sat with three national and steps of Baabda Palace, his first ad- international experts reviewing impacts of dress to the country from the presi- the implementation of the nuclear deal - dent’s official residence. known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of FFarmersarmers startstart ggettingetting iinn SSaffronaffron “A strong nation needs a strong Action (JCPOA) - on both the Iranian and state to run it and a strong state is With more than 8,000 hectares of farming lands, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Khorasan Razavi province, is one of the biggest producers of the global economy. built according to a Constitution that ‘JCPOA beneficial to all Islamic, saffron worldwide. The fields yield some 44 tons of saffron annually and create some 70,000 job opportunities. The saffron produced is respected equally by all politicians,” Arab countries’ in Torbat-e Heydarieh is being exported to 45 countries. Aoun said to a crowd of thousands. The Tunisian academic and journalist, Lebanon “would no longer be regional reporter and analyst, and the linked to any other foreign country,” editor-in-chief of “Assabah” daily, Kamal he continued. “We will manage our Ben Younes, admitted that all the Arab and own affairs and deal with others in a Islamic countries can benefit from JCPOA as friendly manner. Our independence the Islamic Republic of Iran did. and sovereignty don’t mean to target Iran’s nuclear deal proved these countries anyone.” that they can also open gateways to reach Aoun’s supporters began their rally economic development, he said. early on Sunday morning. Men, wom- Arab and Islamic countries en and children of all ages took to the have now the chance streets en route to the Palace. A large to revirevivev their eco- banner reading “People’s Palace” had nomic relations with been erected on the palace grounds. Iran, tthoseh that had The ecstatic crowd interrupted bbeeneen stoppedst due to Aoun several times while he spoke. the wewestern-leds inter- Aoun vowed to root out state cor- nanationaltio financial Saeid Goli ruption “whatever the cost.” eembargom on the He would seek to improve the live- IIslamicsla Republic, lihoods of the people, and ensure that heh added. law enforcement and security agencies 4 are just and impartial. Tehran Times\ Tehran 13

Iran to showcase ARTICLE works of By Yuram Abdullah Weiler young Iranian Analyst and journalist composers at I doubt if Trump has thought about Iran for more than 10 minutes: Vienna book fair Columbia University professor The October INTERVIEW Trump’s hawkish remarks about However later his aides and he a renegotiation, not completely 1983 bombing of By Jalal Heirannia Iran is not worthy of attention. himself tried to soften his stance. abandoning the agreement. “I doubt if Trump has thought For example, Walid Phares, senior Following is the full text of the the U.S. Marine TEHRAN — Robert Jervis, the about Iran for more than 10 minutes,” Trump adviser, said in an interview interview: barracks revisited Adlai E. Stevenson professor of Jervis tells the Tehran Times. with the conservative website The Q: What is your prediction of international politics at Columbia Trump had said if he was elected Daily Caller in July that that the result of the U.S. presidential On October 23, 1983, resistance University, believes Republican president he would immediately despite past promises to “rip up” election in view of his lewd remarks fighters in south Lebanon carried out presidential candidate Donald renege on the nuclear deal with Iran. the deal Trump is interested in is about women? 13 self-martyrdom operations against ARTTEHRAN — Works desk the U.S. Marine barracks and the of a number of French military headquarters at young Iranian composers will be Thousands of artists appeal to president for tackling air pollution Beirut International Airport killing showcased in an exhibition during the SOCIETY TEHRAN — More than figures released by the World Bank air pollution a total of 299. Prior to the October Vienna International Book Fair – Buch desk5,700 Iranian artists issued has incurred loss of $23 billion to the Iranians 1983 bombing, the U.S. embassy Wien. an appeal to President Hassan Rouhani urging such as 21,000 deaths per annum caused by in Beirut, which was the operations The exhibition will be held at Iran’s him to take serious measures to address air the air pollution,” they added. center for the CIA Middle East stand, which will be set up at the book pollution in the country. At the end of the letter the artists have contingent, had been the target of fair, which will be organized in the The supreme council of the Iranian Artists urged the president and his cabinet to take another self-martyrdom operation in Austrian capital from November 10 Forum, comprising photographers, graphic practical and effective measures to address air which 63 were killed including 17 CIA to 13, Vahid Zardi, the coordinator of designers, painters, sculptors, calligraphers, pollution properly. operatives. The U.S. and its western the exhibition, said in a press release potters, and actors signed a letter to the The issue of air pollution has turned into a allies have repeatedly blamed these on Sunday. president asking for immediate measures daily issue for the metropolises’ dwellers in Iran bombings on the Lebanese resistance The works were selected by a group to minimize air pollution, Hamshahri online and various measures such as imposing traffic movement Hezbollah, or a shadowy of musicians, singers and owners of reported. that succeeded in overcoming air pollution restrictions and shutting down sand mines has faction known as Islamic Jihad with some record labels. The text of the letter reads “due to the and guarantee citizens’ health owing to the not proved to be much effective. ties to Hezbollah, and always have Zardi gave no further details about concentration of the facilities in metropolises, governments’ effort.” So far indices indicate that air quality was the involvement of Iran lurking in the the albums chosen for the exhibition, the big cities are being affected by the “According to the chief of department of unhealthy for sensitive groups over one third of background. which has been organized in persistent air pollution for years now; however, environment some 35 million Iranians are the past 15 days of the Iranian calendar month These events are usually portrayed there are developed megacities worldwide of Aban (October 22 to November 20). in the western media as suicide bomb- collaboration with the Iranian Culture affected by the air pollution and based on the ings within the context of a nebulous House in Vienna. Iran, Nigeria sign MOU on trade Iran’s ruled Lebanese civil war, but in reality, they “Over the past few years, there has were directly linked to the Israeli inva- been a serious attempt made by the cooperation out of World Cup qualifier sions of Lebanon in 1978 and 1982, countries in the East to enter the world ECONOMY TEHRAN — SPORTS Iran captain during which Zionist forces killed at music market, but our country’s name desk desk least 15,000 Lebanese civilians and is not seen among the nations,” he The Trade Andranik Tey- Promotion Organization (TPO) mourian is ruled out of crucial created over 600,000 refugees. lamented. 13 of Iran and the Nigerian Ex- World Cup qualifier against Syria. port Promotion Council (NEPC) Iran has been scheduled to signed a memorandum of un- face Syria on November 15 in derstanding to boost bilateral Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. trade, the portal of TPO report- Team Melli, who has moved up ed on Saturday. to 27th in recently FIFA rankings, The MOU was signed by sits top of Group A with 10 points. Olusegun Awolowo, the head of exchanging trade delegations The top two in each group , Pejman Montazeri, NEPC, and Mojtaba Khosrotaj, were among the subjects of the reach the 2018 finals with the ,, the head of TPO, on the side- MOU. two third-placed sides meeting Ezatollah Pourghaz, Mohammad lines of Awolowo’s visit to Tehran Exchanging information and over two legs for the chance to Ansari, heading a trade delegation. answering questions regarding face a CONCACAF team in a final Midfielders: Ali Karimi, Saeid Enhancing trade relations the current laws, import playoff for a ticket to Russia. Ezzatollahi, , Alireza Dear readers, between the two countries’ and export regulations, and Iran squad: Jahanbakhsh, , Pocket-sized glossary of We are looking forward to seeing private sectors through joint procedures related to foreign Goalkeepers: Moham- , , Tehran Times “at special you at the Tehran Times pavilion economic committee meetings, trade in both countries were also madreza Akhbari, Rashid Maza- , Kamal Kamiabinia discount price” during in the 22nd Press Exhibition, which increasing investment and heri, Sosha Makani Strikers: among the measures speculated , Reza the Press Exhibition runs from November 5 to 11. commercial transaction, and also to develop bilateral relations. Defenders: , Ghoochannejhad, I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 2 NATION NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 7,7, 20162016

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Top MP appeared unaware of Zarif, Togolese counterpart hold letter on Russia-annexed Crimea talks BY: M. A. Saki However, Pezeshkian did not categorically reject the letter-writing, saying, “They may have sent the letter to POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian foreign TEHRAN — First Deputy Parliament Speaker Masoud somewhere else, and so I neither reject nor confirm.” deskminister and his Togolese coun- Pezeshkian appeared unaware of a Russian lawmaker’s “Put the question to the Supreme National Security terpart at a meeting on Sunday in Tehran discussed request to the Iranian parliament to recognize Crimea’s Council,” he added. a range of issues, including joint action against ter- annexation to Russia. ‘No motion on capital punishment’ rorism and extremism, Tasnim reported. According to Russian outlets, Evgeny Fedorov, Rus- Pezeshkian also reacted to another news by Iranian Mohammad Javad Zarif and Komlan Edo Robert sian Duma Deputy, had written a letter to the Iranian news outlets which had quoted Hassan Norouzi, spokes- Dussey talked about Tehran-Lomé ties, promotion parliament, urging Iran to become the seventh country man of the Parliament’s Legal and Judicial Committee, of economic cooperation, the latest regional and to recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia. as saying a motion signed by 76 legislators would be international developments, and joint efforts in the “I haven’t seen such letter,” Pezeshkian told the Tehran brought to the Majlis in an effort to rethink capital pun- fight against terrorism. Times on Sunday as he visited the press exhibition in ishment for drug smugglers. In May, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran at- Tehran. The motion, if passed, will rule out the capital pun- taches great significance to friendly relations with The Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by ishment for first-time drug smugglers, many of whom African nations. the Russian Federation on March, 18, 2014. juveniles. The Russian lawmaker had cited growing coopera- “I don’t know,” Pezeshkian said. Iran’s nuclear tion between Iran and Russia to back his request. The news came days before Iran and the EU will sit to- At no point of time have relations between Tehran sia’s role in the nuclear deal between Iran and Western gether in Brussels on November 9 for the first time since chief leaves for and Moscow been so close. More than anything else, powers and close cooperation between the two on the the conclusion of the nuclear deal to exchange ideas on Poland this political proximity has been strengthened by Rus- Syrian battlefield. human rights, one major sticking point in bilateral ties.

POLITICS TEHRAN — Head of the Atomic ‘Tehran, Baku friends, still have differences’: ex-ambassador deskEnergy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi left Tehran for Warsaw on Sunday. BY: Ali Kushki sector. This is while some 450 companies with Iranian Salehi kicked off his two-day visit to Poland to share operate in Azerbaijan. hold consultations on the development of peace- TEHRAN — Mohsen Pakaeen, Iran’s ex-ambassador to Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Iran amount- ful nuclear cooperation based on the nuclear deal, Baku, has said Tehran and Baku are closer than any oth- ed to $137.65 million in January-September 2016, $34.91 Mehr reported. er countries in the region in terms of cultural, linguistic, million of which accounted for the export of Azerbaijani In a joint press conference with ITER director and religious commonalities. goods to Iran, according to the State Customs Commit- Bernard Bigot in Tehran on Sunday, Salehi an- However, there are still disagreements to address, tee of Azerbaijan. nounced the official start of the Islamic Republic of one of which concerns customs issues, Pakaeen said. Senior officials of the two countries have already Iran’s cooperation with the International Thermo- “We have differences rather than challenges over shown determination to strengthen economic ties. nuclear Experimental Reactor. customs issues, and it is important to solve them since During a formal visit to Baku in August, President any delay will slow down trade between the two coun- Hassan Rouhani said Iran aims at widening its ties with EU to open office tries,” Pakaeen told the Tehran Times on Sunday at the countries in the Eurasian and Caucasus regions, working in Tehran in daily’s pavilion at the press exhibition on Tehran. operation Organization with different standard sets.” towards free trade. The differences, however, are not related to the two Considering this, narrowing disagreements on cus- “Proximity and development of ties with Eurasian months countries themselves but to different standards defined toms issues provides impetus for stronger future coop- countries, the Caucasus region, especially the country by larger international frameworks, according to Pakaeen. eration, Pakaeen remarked. of Azerbaijan, is very important and we should move “Geographically speaking, Azerbaijan sees itself part According to Azerbaijani officials, Iranian companies toward free trade in the future,” Rouhani told a press POLITICS TEHRAN — An Iranian deputy of the European zone and has to meet relevant stand- conference in August with his Azeri counterpart Ilham desk have already invested $2.6 billion in Azerbaijan. About foreign minister has said Tehran ards. This is while Iran is a member of the Economic Co- $145 million of the total amount has gone to the non-oil Aliyev in Baku. is going through legal and bureaucratic stages to make possible the opening of a European Union office in Tehran. “The domestic measures for reopening the EU Bombing in Samarra kills several Iranians office are being taken and this will happen in a few Iran says will stand beside Iraq until complete defeat of terrorism months,” Majid Takht-Ravanchi said on Sunday, ac- cording to ILNA. 1 The spokesman also described the cruel at- The bomb killed at least eight people including seven The EU currently has two diplomats stationed at tacks as an attempt to retaliate consecutive defeats that Iranian pilgrims in Samarra, local officials said. The local the Dutch embassy in Tehran, the deputy foreign terrorists have recently suffered in Iraq. operation command, a joint military and police unit, said minister explained. In Tikrit, a bomber detonated his explosives-laden the vehicle used in Samarra was also an ambulance. The ambulance at the southern entrance to the city during number of Iranians wounded there was reportedly 16. Armenia to hand the morning rush hour, killing 13 people, police and hos- According to Iranian Red Crescent Society Relief and over 4 Iranian pital sources said. Rescue Organization director Pirhossein Koulivand, the Another attacker detonated a vehicle in a car bomb blast in Samarra blew up a nearby bus carrying prisoners park for pilgrims visiting one of Shiite Muslims’ holy Iranian passengers. sites, the shrines of Imam Hadi (AS) and his son No one has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday’s at- Imam Hassan al-Askari (AS), in Samarra, 125 km tacks, but Daesh frequently carries out suicide bombings POLITICS TEHRAN — Armenia has agreed north of Baghdad. targeting Iraq's Shia majority, whom it considers heretics. deskto extradite four Iranian prison- ers, Tehran’s Ambassador to Yerevan Seyyed Kazem ‘Independent parliamentary bloc Western plot to partition Sajjadi told IRNA on Saturday. Based on a coordination made with the Ar- backs government’s record’ Mideast is dangerous: Velayati menian government, the Iranian prisoners will be POLITICS TEHRAN — The di- POLITICS TEHRAN — A sen- handed over to Iranian authorities on November desk 9, Sajjadi said. rector of the presiden- deskior advisor Iran’s This is the second time this year (Iranian-calen- tial office for political affairs said on Sunday Supreme Leader has said plots by dar year which started March 20, 2016) that Irani- that members of the Independent par- the U.S. and some other Western an prisoners are transferred home by Armenia, he liamentary have hailed the performance countries to break up countries in the pointed out. government in economic areas. Middle East will lead to “dangerous” The faction also praised the perfor- consequences. Faisal Mekdad in mance of government in concluding a “What is pursued by the U.S. and nuclear agreement with great powers Western countries is to partition Syria Tehran to meet and paying special attention to women into four parts and the same issue is Larijani and religious minorities, Hamid About- also envisaged for Iraq to be divided alebi said. into three parts and also for Yemen to “The faction thanked the efforts of opportunities, Aboutalebi wrote. be divided into at least two parts,” Ali President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in POLITICS TEHRAN — Syria’s deputy for- the president and his government in According to the Iran newspaper, Akbar Velayati told a Tunisian parlia- 2011 - the first of a series of popular deskeign minister traveled to Tehran the area of economy, and lauded the Rouhani thanked the parliamentary mentary delegation in Tehran on Sat- uprisings to sweep the region. on Sunday evening, ISNA news agency reported. shinning records of government in faction for proving that “wisdom” and urday evening. Beji Caid Essebsi came to office Faisal Mekdad is scheduled to hold a meeting BARJAM and attention to women and “national interests” are the dominant He added, “Terrorists and extremists in December 2014 after winning the with Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday minorities,” Aboutalebi tweeted. discourse in Majlis. are a tool in the hands of Americans first free presidential election since morning. BARJAM is the Persian acronym for The newspaper referred to the MPs and Zionists. The aim of terrorism and the uprising that toppled autocrat- The meeting will be held at the Majlis building at the nuclear deal which is internationally as members of Hope faction led by arrogant powers is to weaken and par- ic leader. He was a long-serving 9:15, reports said. known as the JCPOA – the Joint Com- Mohammadreza Aref. tition Muslim countries.” speaker of parliament under Ben On October 28 Mekdad had talked his coun- prehensive Plan of Action. According the newspaper, Aref said Velayati also referred to the war be- Ali's rule. try’s situation with his Russian counterpart Sergey In the meeting MP Kazem Jalali some figures who had no role in the tween opposition groups in Libya, say- Elsewhere in his remarks, he em- Ryabkov, a few days after he discussed the crisis insisted on the need for cooperation victory of the Islamic Revolution accuse ing, “There is an undesirable and dan- phasized that Muslim countries have with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi between Majlis and government to reformists of compromising with the gerous situation surrounding Tunisia.” great resources and can potentially be- Ansari. better implement the sixth develop- enemies. According to Business Insider, the come an important part of the global ment plan which starts from March The meeting between the parlia- World Bank has said Libya’s economy power structure. 2017, he said. mentary faction and the administra- is near collapse as the civil war worsens He also expressed hope that the Hojjatoleslam The MPs said it is necessary that gov- tion took place a few days after Majlis and bank reserves plummet. ongoing wars in Iraq and Syria as well Jafar Shojouni ernment and Majlis cooperate to prop up endorsed the three proposed minis- Tunisia is more prosperous than its as conflicts in regional countries would the economy and also create employment ters by President Rouhani. end soon. dies at 84 neighbors. Mass protests unseated Israel spreading terrorism to weaken Muslims: Larijani POLITICS TEHRAN — Hojjatoleslam Jafar deskShojouni, a member of the Com- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the Israeli re- national support seek to cause strife and discord among batant Clergy Association’s Central Council, passed gime is helping terrorist groups spread across the Mid- Muslim nations,” the top Iranian parliamentarian said. away on Sunday, Fars news agency reported. dle East with the purpose of weakening Muslim nations. Larijani further reiterated that Iran’s policy is based Aged 84, Shojouni was also a member of the “The prolongation of the existing crises and expan- on building consensus among Muslim countries, adding Islamic Coalition Party’s Central Council. sion of terrorist groups are among the policies of the Zi- that the "immature mentality of some Muslim states" has He had been hospitalized for a while at Tehran’s onist regime to undermine the might of Muslim nations,” prevented unity in the Muslim world. Firouzgar Hospital because of heart disease. Larijani said in a meeting with a Tunisian parliamentary Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian Parliament He had been born in Fouman, Gilan Province, delegation in Tehran on Sunday. speaker said the development of cultural and trade rela- in 1932. He added that Muslim countries must remain vigilant tions between Iran and Tunisia can help the two nations He used to be a companion of Mojtaba Navvab against regional crises in order to help put an end to become more acquainted with each others' capacities. Safavi who led a campaign against Mohammad them. added that all Shia and Sunni Muslims oppose acts of He also stressed the importance of improving parlia- Reza Shah. Larijani said the US and Israeli regime are pursuing terror. mentary cooperation between Tehran and Tunis. the policy of sowing discord among Islamic faiths and “However, a small minority like Wahhabis with inter- (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 7,7, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3

Mosul will be free soon: Western forces growing 'much weaker' in Syria: Assad Abadi to residents Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Western powers are "becoming much weaker" in his conflict-ridden country as government forces, backed by fighters from allied popular Multiple deadly bombings rip through Iraqi cities defense groups, are gaining more ground in battles against foreign-backed terrorists. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has during the morning rush hour and that vowed the elimination of the ISIL (Daesh) Iraqi forces had imposed a curfew in the terror group in the near future amid ad- area after the incident. vances on the ground by the army and Another car bomb went off at a car allied fighters as part of the operation to park for Shia pilgrims visiting al-Aska- liberate the city of Mosul. ri Mosque in the vicinity of a hospi- Abadi made the remarks during a visit tal in the province’s city of Samarra, to Mar Kurkis (St. George) Monastery in located some 50 kilometers south of northeastern periphery of Mosul. Tikrit, Kurdish-language NRT News The Iraqi leader said that he brought television said. “a message to the residents inside Mosul At least 21 people were killed in the who are hostages in the hands of Daesh two explosions. - we will liberate you soon.” Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organi- “In the past, if I said anything, people would say the Syrian Mosul fell to Daesh in 2014, the year zation said there were 10 Iranian pil- president is disconnected from reality. Now it is different. The the terror group began its campaign of grims among the victims in Samarra, West is becoming much weaker,” Assad said in an interview with death and destruction in northern and which is home to the holy shrine of the British weekly The Sunday Times published on Sunday. western Iraq. Imam Ali al-Hadi (PBUH), the tenth The 51-year-old Syrian leader further questioned the role On October 17, the Iraqi army, vol- Shia Imam. that the so-called U.S.-led military coalition is playing in unteer Shia and Sunni fighters as well Separately, two booby traps went off the fight against ISIL (Daesh) extremists, saying, “They don't as Kurdish forces launched a in two neighborhoods in the Iraqi cap- have a leg to stand on explaining to people what's going long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul. ital, killing three people and injuring 13 on. Daesh was smuggling oil and using Iraqi oilfields under Abadi further stressed that the camp- others. American satellites and drones to make money, and the West ing’s progress and the advance into Mo- ‘Terrorists struggling to live on’ was not saying anything.” sul had been faster than expected. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman He then praised Russian airstrikes on the positions of However, he signaled that the ad- Bahram Qassemi offered condolences to Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria. vance may be intermittent in the face troops and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in According to reports, 11 villages were the families of the victims, calling on the “What made the difference, of course, was firepower. They of resistance by the extremists and their the Mosul operation. recaptured in the area while the Iraqi flag international community to shoulder its have firepower we don't have. At the end we were fighting an bombings and sniper fire. Based on agreements between Bagh- was hoisted over buildings. responsibility in stopping the spread of unlimited reserve of terrorists coming to Syria and we strug- “Our heroic forces will not retreat and dad and , Peshmerga forces will not Some 35 other Takfiri elements were terror threats. gled, so Russian firepower and Iranian support has compen- will not be broken. Maybe in the face of enter Mosul, Hussein added. also killed, 17 car bombs were set off and He said the “brutal act of terror” is due sated,” Assad pointed out. terrorist acts, criminal acts, there will be Iraqi army gains 15 improvised explosive devices (IED) to the failure of terror groups in pursuit The Syrian president underlined that Russia is not inter- some delay,” Abadi said. Separately, the Iraqi Defense Ministry were defused as part of the operation of their “sinister goals” in Iraq, saying the fering in Syria’s international affairs, and that Moscow is not He further noted that the scale of announced that 30 terrorists were killed Deadly bombings Islamic Republic “will stand by the Iraqi looking for political deals with the Damascus government. the destruction caused by Daesh in the and an arms depot was destroyed in air- Meanwhile, nearly two dozen people nation and government until the to- “They never try to interfere because they don't want an- country is much more than the one left strikes in the village of al-Zawiyah, south have been killed in a string of attacks that tal defeat of terrorism” across the Arab ything from us. They don't ask us to be a puppet president,” behind by the Mongolian invasion. of Mosul. rocked Iraq’s northern Salahuddin prov- country. Assad commented. Also on Saturday, the Iraqi premier Two ringleaders of the terrorist group ince as well as the capital, Baghdad, se- The new wave of terror attacks comes He also expressed determination that Syrian forces will visited Erbil, where he met with senior of- were among those slain. curity sources say. amid a surge in terror activities by Daesh, eventually retake Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the ficials of the semi-autonomous The liberation of the strategic town On Sunday, a bomber set off his ex- which has been taking severe blows from country's industrial and financial center, from Takfiri terrorists. Regional Government (KRG). of Hammam al-Alil in southern Mosul plosives at a checkpoint in the south of Iraqi forces in the areas under its control. “Aleppo is an issue where terrorists have occupied part of the He also sat down for closed-door talks was among major gains by the Iraqi forc- the city of Tikrit, Salahuddin’s provincial The Iraqi army and allied forces have city, and we need to get rid of them,” the Syrian president said. with KRG leader Masoud Barzani. es on Saturday. capital, the Arabic-language al-Sumaria launched an ultimate push to retake the Also on Sunday, Syrian army soldiers killed scores of mil- The Kurdish leader's chief of staff Fuad Footage released by Iraqi media TV network reported. northern city of Mosul, the last strong- itants as they attacked their hideouts in the Dara’a al-Balad Hussein said that the two officials dis- showed Hammam al-Alil residents cele- Some reports said the attacker had hold of the Takfiri Daesh terror group. district of Dara’a, located about 90 kilometers south of the cussed more coordination between Iraqi brating army victories against Daesh. been riding a bomb-laced ambulance (Source: agencies) capital Damascus, as well as al-Ghariya al-Gharbia village northeast of Dara’a. Syrian troopers also thwarted an as- sault by Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, previously known as al-Nusra Germany's Social Democrats press for Front, militants on a military camp outside the town of Kh- More than 2,000 refugees rescued irbet Ghazaleh, located roughly 17 kilometers northeast of new points-based immigration rules off Libya's coast Dara’a, killing and injuring a large number of terrorists. The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which started Germany's Social Democratic Party after the influx of nearly 900,000 mi- Almost 2,200 refugees and migrants year totals for any other year on record, in March 2011, has claimed the lives of more than 400,000 (SPD), junior partner in Chancellor An- grants last year, most fleeing war and have been rescued off the Libyan coast according to the International Organi- people, according to an estimate by United Nations Special gela Merkel's ruling coalition, will an- violence in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, while 10 bodies have also been recov- zation for Migration (IOM). Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. (Source: Press TV) nounce a plan on Monday for a points- and struggles to fill jobs given its ageing ered from a rubber dinghy, the Italian More than 725 others have died in based system to regulate immigration, workforce. coastguard said. 2016 than at the same point last year, a top party official said. Merkel's government has been under An AFP news agency correspondent the IOM said. Thomas Oppermann, who leads the fire for its "open door" refugee policy, with aboard the Topaz Responder, a search Aid groups helping rescue efforts Social Democrats in the Bundestag, her Christian Democrats suffering losses and rescue ship chartered by Maltese over the past weekend accused the Eu- Japan, India ‘to ink Germany's parliament, said the goal in a series of regional elections as voters NGO MOAS and the Italian Red Cross, ropean Union of being in denial over was to pass the new law governing mi- switch to the anti-immigration Alternative saw several hundred people, including the unprecedented carnage unfolding controversial nuclear deal’ gration by skilled workers from outside for Germany (AfD) party. children, being rescued. at its southern doorstep. Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear the European Union before national The SPD's public support dropped People shrouded in foil survival "In the face of this new and shame- deal this week, in what would most likely ring alarm bells in elections in September 2017. one percentage point to 22 percent - its blankets crowded onto the deck of ful record, the European Union cannot Pakistan and China. "The core of the law is a point system lowest rating in three months - in a new the vessel following the rescue ef- continue to pretend nothing is hap- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese modelled on the Canadian system," poll conducted by the Emnid group for forts in which at least one baby was pening and make itself an accomplice counterpart Shinzo Abe are set to sign a deal on Friday that Oppermann told the newspaper Bild the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. saved during the early hours of Sat- to this ever greater tragedy," said Tom- would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to India, am Sonntag. The law would not change Merkel's Christian Democrats re- urday. maso Fabbri, the Italy head of MSF. Japanese paper Yomiuri Shimbun reported. rules on refugees and migrants apply- mained in the lead with 34 percent, with The Red Cross tweeted that 707 "There is an urgent need for safe ing for asylum in Germany, he said. the AfD getting 12 percent, the pro-en- people were on board the vessel. and legal ways for desperate people to Oppermann said the plan would assess vironment Green party 11 percent, the Doctors without borders (MSF) also reach safety in Europe without risking immigration applications based on age, Left party 10 percent and the libertarian confirmed a ship on Friday rescued 867 or losing their lives," added Fabbri. education, work experience, language skills Free Democratic Party five percent. people, including 119 women and eight Pope Francis added to their voices and ability to integrate into German society, German businesses are having trou- babies, four of whom were only a few on Saturday, calling the situation of the with a target of allowing 25,000 immigrants ble finding skilled workers despite the months old. refugees "shameful" and "a bankruptcy to enter in the first year. influx of migrants, most of whom must Meanwhile, the Libyan Red Crescent of humanity". The targeted number of skilled mi- first learn German before entering the said it recovered the bodies of six peo- "What has the world come to, if grants would be re-evaluated each year, labor market. ple at a beach west of Tripoli on Sat- when a bank goes bankrupt, scandal- depending on the needs of the German German unemployment fell more urday, taking the number of drowned ous sums of money immediately ap- labor market, he told the newspaper. Mi- than expected in October, pushing migrants and refugees found along pear to save it, while when this human grants who earn enough to support a down the jobless rate in Europe's big- the North African country's coast to 40 bankruptcy [the migration crisis] hap- It would be the first such deal between the two countries. Sev- family would be allowed to bring spouses gest economy to 6.0 percent, the low- since last Sunday. pens, not even a thousandth of those eral other business deals are also set to be signed alongside the and children. But migrants accepted un- est level since German reunification in Smugglers have exploited the chaos sums are ready to save our suffering nuclear deal. Modi will arrive in Japan Thursday for a three-day visit. der the new scheme would be excluded 1990, and the number of job vacancies gripping Libya since the 2011 uprising brothers and sisters," he said. The Indian prime minister had already visited Japan in Au- from receiving welfare and other social to a record high of 691,000. that overthrew Muammar Gaddhafi to "The Mediterranean has become a gust 2014 on his first trip outside South Asia, months after benefits for the first five years after en- Experts estimate Germany's working traffic refugees across the Mediterrane- graveyard, and not just the Mediter- coming to power. Abe also paid a two-day visit to India last tering Germany, unless they had paid in age population, whose pension contribu- an Sea to Europe. ranean. There are many graveyards December. The two leaders held talks on the sidelines of a enough contributions. tions support a growing number of retir- As many as 4,220 people have died near walls, walls stained with the Southeast Asia meeting in Laos in September as well. The proposal comes as Germa- ees, will shrink by up to 6 million by 2030. trying to cross the Mediterranean so far blood of innocents." Under the deal due to be signed, Japan would commit to ny reassesses its immigration policies (Source: Reuters) this year, a higher number than the full- (Source: Al Jazeera) pulling out of the agreement if India conducts a new nuclear test, Japanese media reported. It will be likely to alert Paki- stan, nevertheless. U.S., Saudis feeding intelligence to ISIL in Mosul: Hashd al-Shaabi commander Japan is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); India is among the only four countries and entities that have Saudi Arabia is the “mother of all terrorism,” says the known as the Popular Mobilization Units, will move on refused to sign the text. So is Pakistan, India’s nuclear-armed second-in-command of the Iraq’s Popular Mobilization towards Tal Afar after Mosul is cleared of Daesh militants. arch-rival to the west, where statesmen routinely keep a Units, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes. He stressed that the units’ goal is not just to push close eye on New Delhi and seek to keep abreast. India and Mohandes made the remarks during an interview back Daesh militants, but to destroy them. Pakistan have been engaged in an arms race, including in with the al-Alam television network. ISIL leaders rob own treasury, flee Mosul the nuclear field, ever since they bitterly partitioned in 1947. He stressed that both the ISIL (Daesh) and al-Qaeda Meanwhile, as Iraqi forces push on with operations India also has a separate spat with Pakistan over the Him- terrorist groups are the product of Saudi Arabia, and that to liberate Mosul, five high-ranking Daesh commanders alayan region of Kashmir. People in the Muslim-majority re- Daesh's psychological and media campaign is partially have looted the terrorist group’s treasury and fled to- gion are opposed to Indian rule. The deal would also come funded from Riyadh. wards Syria. against a backdrop of mounting regional tensions involving Mohandes noted that the operations to free Mo- The robbers, including Daesh’s treasury official Abu powerhouse China. sul from the Takfiri terrorists will take some time as the al-Bara al-Qahtani and several other terrorists, have tak- Both New Delhi and Tokyo are involved in territorial disputes militants are receiving intelligence from several external en millions of dollars. with Beijing. Japan lays claims to territory also claimed by China in sources, mainly the U.S. called for Tehran’s assistance, the Iraqi army would never The terrorists have launched a manhunt to reclaim the East China Sea as well as in the Indian Ocean, and India has a He went on to praise Iran’s support for Iraq’s bat- have reached Mosul. the stolen money and arrest and execute the escapees. long-standing dispute of its own along its border with China. tle against terrorism, stressing that if Baghdad had not He also noted that the Hashd al-Shaabi forces, also (Source: Press TV) (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016

CETA deal will damage Economic, political experts review European economy, put ‘health and safety’ at risk impacts of JCPOA at Press Exhibition

CETA will have a negative impact on the European farming in- 1 dustry. In addition, the agreement will open the European mar- “Before the embargo, Iran and Tunisia had an ex- ket to GMO-containing products from Canada and, possibly, cellent partnership. Tunisia used to sell phosphate to from the U.S., thus creating risks for the health of European Iran about ten years ago, before the financial em- consumers, Polish lawmaker Miroslaw Maliszewski told Sputnik. bargo, while Iran exported cars to Tunisia. But when On October 30, the European Union and Canada signed the the French carmaker, Peugeot, stopped manufactur- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The ing cars in Iran, Tunisia’s imports of cars made in Iran deal is aimed at establishing a free trade zone between Canada also stopped,” he explained. and the EU. Now after JCPOA implementation those oppor- A political agreement on CETA was reached in 2013. Ac- tunities could be reintroduced. In recent weeks, Iran cording to estimates by the European Commission, a free trade has restarted selling its cars to Tunisia and Iranian car zone between the EU and Canada will remove nearly 99 per- manufacturers have set up their showrooms in the cent of customs fees. The deal also includes increased quotas Tunisian city of Sousse,” he stated. for European dairy products and Canadian meat. The EU-Can- “In my opinion, there is no obstacle to re-com- ada free trade deal has been criticized by European politicians, mence trade and tourism relationship between the two businessmen and public activists. Opponents fear it would countries. Both countries’ embassies, as far as I know, undermine standards and regulations on environmental pro- are now working on re-launching common economic tection, health, safety and workers’ rights. In an interview with ties and there is a mixed high commission formed by Sputnik Polska, Polish lawmaker and head of the Association of both sides’ ministries of economy,” he added. Polish Fruit Growers Miroslaw Maliszewski commented on the ‘U.S. sabotaging JCPOA’ companies express readiness to start operation in ‘Majlis, administration closely cooperate on possible consequences of the deal for the economy of Poland The Head of Iran’s Innovation Iran, it is vital for them to pick up an Iranian partner.” JCPOA implementation’ and the entire European Union. “We, farmers and agricultural and Development Fund, Behzad “There are 2,759 knowledge-based companies in The spokesman of the Majlis producers, believe that the agreement is disadvantageous Soltani, during his visit to the Iran and that makes a huge market for foreigners,” he (the Iranian parliament) economic since it would create unequal terms for the European farming Tehran Times pavilion, asserted underlined. affairs committee, Hassan Hossei- industry, small agricultural firms and the agricultural industry in that JCPOA implementation has As he further elaborated, since the implementa- ni-Shahroodi, said MPs are closely Canada and, possibly in the future, in the United States. There is provided a chance for improve- tion day, a number of foreign companies have shown cooperating with the administra- the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) facilitating ment of Iranian knowledge- tendency to cooperate with Iranian companies and tion on JCPOA implementation. trade between the U.S. and Canada,” Maliszewski said. based companies via making transfer modern technology to our country. “Related During his visit to the Tehran He pointed out that Canadian agricultural products will be contracts with a large number of foreign companies negotiations have been made and even some of the Times pavilion, Hosseini-Shahroodi said that the legisla- cheaper than those made in Europe. Canadian products will be who have applied to start businesses in Iran. related contracts have been written but they have tors have ratified all regulations to boost foreign invest- exported to Europe, while European farming products will not “The Iranian administration has recently enacted a been postponed to be signed in future due to the ments as well as all the related bills proposed by the be able to enter the Canadian market. “Free access for Canada proposal which obligates transfer of knowledge in all problems made by the U.S. government about the government in this regard. He underlined that parliament to the European market will be very dangerous for Europe’s the contracts that are to be made in future with the monetary transactions with the Islamic Republic,” he members fully cooperate with the administration to reach agricultural producers,” he added. Furthermore, Maliszewski foreign partners,” he said, “accordingly, when foreign lamented. its set targets. stressed that the deal will be beneficial for major European companies, but it will not be good for the farming industry and small agricultural businesses. “I think time will tell that the European farming market, including Poland, will sustain losses UK PM Theresa May seeks to boost trade ties with India before Brexit because of this agreement. In particular, there will be a negative British Prime Minister Theresa May will use “This is a partnership about our shared Among representatives of larger firms “We want to attract the brightest and impact on prices of European agricultural products,” he said. her first bilateral trade trip since taking of- security and shared prosperity. It is a part- joining her on the trip are David McMil- the best while also doing more to control Before it comes into force, the free trade deal between the EU fice to try to boost ties with India before nership of potential. And on this visit I lan, CEO of insurer Aviva, Ivan Menezes, migration,” the official said. “When we get and Canada must be ratified by the parliaments of all 28 EU leaving the European Union. intend to harness that potential, reboot- the CEO of drinks firm Diageo and the to ... looking at these bilateral deals we are members as well as by the European Parliament. Maliszewski May’s office said the visit started on ing an age-old relationship,” she said in a chairman of Asia-focused bank Standard confident that we will be able to do strong suggested that finally the deal will be ratified but there is still Sunday night would focus on breaking statement ahead of the visit. Chartered, John Peace. and ambitious deals.” the need for discussion of the possible risks of the agreement. down barriers to trade and investment While Britain cannot sign trade deals May will visit New Delhi and out- May and Modi will also launch a part- “Our party, the Polish People’s Party (PSL), stresses that the and paving the way for a free trade deal with third countries until it is outside the sourcing hub Bengaluru before leaving nership on smart cities and urban devel- majority of CETA provisions still should be discussed. Only EU as soon as possible after Brexit, which is EU, the government is keen to hold pre- on Tuesday. Her office said commercial opment which could generate business officials were involved in the negotiations. Now, the deal should not expected to happen before 2019. paratory discussions. deals to be signed during the trip were worth up to 2 billion pounds for British be discussed on the national level. I think that finally CETA will Explaining the choice of India, a gov- May, accompanied by trade ministers expected to create a total of 1,370 jobs firms over the next five years, her office be ratified, but with an effort. This discussion should be focused ernment official said: “It matters now more Liam Fox and Greg Hands and around in the UK. said. on the possible risks of the deal,” Maliszewski said. He also said than ever. India is the fastest-growing ma- 40 business representatives mainly from One potential area of difficulty is her Britain will press India to allow its law that new protests against CETA cannot be ruled out since the jor economy.” small- and medium-sized technology and plan to curb the annual level of net mi- firms to operate there, and will also offer agreement is “dangerous for farmers, the economy and con- May said the trip was about seizing the healthcare firms, will address a technology gration to under 100,000 from its rate of its government expertise in areas such as sumers.” “The deal will pave the way for GMO-containing prod- opportunities of Brexit and “expanding summit, have a working lunch with Indian more than three times that. India is keen deregulation and tax to help make India a ucts to the European market. But it also will allow agricultural our horizons and forging stronger part- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet for Britain to welcome more of its students more attractive business environment. products made with the use of industrial technologies. Now, nerships with countries around the world”. businesses. and skilled workers. (Source: Reuters) we’re concerned about the health and safety of consumers,” Maliszewski concluded. Such major initiatives like CETA should PICTURE OF THE DAY ILNA/Mehdi Nasiri be discussed with people, stressed UN independent expert Dr. Alfred de Zayas. “I am concerned about the impact CETA could Italian trade have on Europe because it would multiply by a factor of ten the number of potential claims by companies that would sue European governments. This is a really serious matter and the delegation due consequences are enormous for the population. That’s why the population must be consulted,” he said in an interview with Ra- dio Sputnik. in Tehran Dr. Gus Van Harten, an investment law professor at Canada’s York University, underscored that such deals as CETA prioritize the rights of major corporations. In particular, this is why the this week details of the negotiations were never made public. “From the ECONOMY TEHRAN — An Ital- point of view of institutional analysis, you can see how the pub- deskian trade delegation lic is not given a full opportunity to really scrutinize these deals. is due to arrive in Tehran on Novem- The disparity between these powerful protections of foreign ber 12 to discuss cooperation with investor rights, without any corresponding responsibilities for Iranian companies, Shana reported foreign investors if they don’t respect local standards, on the on Saturday, citing Milan Chamber of environment or health or really anything – it’s just an incredible Commerce. gap that these deals endorse,” he told Sputnik. The delegation comprises the rep- (Source: Sputnik) resentatives of 25 renowned compa- nies active in various areas including farming, irrigation systems, desali- nation plants, petrochemicals, phar- Australia, Indonesia maceuticals, oil and gas, electricity, furniture, industrial equipment, auto- continue push for trade deal, motive, water and wastewater, recy- after President skips visit cling and etc. from Lombardy region in the northwest of Italy. Trade ministers from Australia and Indonesia continued ne- As the top exporter to Iran among gotiations on Sunday to seal a trade deal between the two Italy’s administrative regions, Lom- neighbors, despite Indonesian President Joko Widodo post- Sangan iron ore deposits in Iran’s northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi bardy accounts for 40.2 percent of poning a trip to Australia to deal with local unrest. Italy’s total exports to the country. Widodo postponed his Nov. 6 to 8 visit on Saturday after a mass protest in Jakarta on Friday that briefly turned violent as Muslim extremists pressed for the resignation of the capital’s Greek PM looks to Monte dei Paschi German prosecutors governor, a Christian they say insulted the Koran. ‘swift’ completion foundation proposes widen market Indonesia’s president has faced criticism for failing to rein of second bailout Falciai as bank’s new manipulation probe in hardline groups that had promised for weeks to bring tens of thousands onto the streets of the capital. review chairman to Volkswagen Meanwhile, Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita chairman continued negotiations with his counterpart Australian Trade Greece should complete its second bailout The foundation of Banca Monte dei Paschi di German carmaker Volkswagen said on Sunday Minister Steven Ciobo on Sunday for a bilateral trade agree- review “swiftly”, so that talks on debt restruc- Siena has proposed businessman Alessandro Fal- that German prosecutors had widened an inves- ment expected to be reached by late next year. turing can begin at a meeting of euro zone ciai to become the troubled Italian lender’s new tigation into suspected market manipulation to Long-stalled discussions to secure a trade agreement re- finance ministers on Dec. 5, Prime Minister chairman, it said in a statement on Sunday. include supervisory board Chairman Hans Dieter sumed in March, despite the often uneasy relationship be- Alexis Tsipras told his new cabinet on Sun- Shareholders will be asked to vote on the pro- Poetsch. tween the two neighbors. day. posal at a meeting scheduled for Nov. 24. The investigation, which relates to Poetsch’s time “While it is unfortunate President Widodo had to post- Tsipras reshuffled his government late on Once confirmed, Falciai, a Monte dei Paschi as finance chief of VW, is the latest fallout from the pone his visit, Minister Lukita’s decision to visit Australia at this Friday to speed up reforms Athens has agreed board member and head of the bank’s nomina- carmaker’s admission last year that it cheated on time to discuss the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Eco- to implement under its third EU/IMF bailout. tion committee, will replace Massimo Tononi who diesel emissions tests. nomic Partnership Agreement reflects the importance of this Restructuring its mountain of debt, the high- has said he would step down after the November The prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig first an- agreement to both governments,” Ciobo said in a statement. est in the euro zone, is the government’s pri- shareholder meeting. nounced the probe in June, targeting former VW Widodo had been expected to address Australia’s parlia- mary goal. Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn and VW brand ment on Monday after attending meetings with Australia’s chief Herbert Diess for suspected market manipula- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday. tion related to the carmaker’s emissions scandal. (Source: Reuters) NEWS IN BRIEF I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016 ENERGY 5

S.Korea’s oil imports from Iran SOCAR reveals volumes of gas export to Iran

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR swapped 167.3 mil- more than double through Sept. lion cubic meters of gas with Iran in January-September 2016, said Rahman Gurbanov, SOCAR vice president for oil and gas transportation and gas facilities, in his interview South Korea’s imports of oil from Iran more than dou- published by Natural Gas World Nov. 2. bled in the first nine months of this year from a year “Iran takes 15 percent of the received Azerbaijani gas as earlier after international sanctions on the Middle East swap fee and delivers the remaining volume to Nakhchivan country were lifted in January, industry data showed Autonomous Republic with which it shares a border,” added on Sunday. Gurbanov. According to the data, imports of Iranian crude SOCAR exported 1.363 billion cubic meters of gas to oil and condensates reached 78 million barrels in the Georgia in 2015. January-September period, compared with 33.63 mil- Georgia also additionally receives about 1.5 billion cubic lion barrels a year earlier. meters of gas per year produced at Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz The Iranian oil accounted for 9.7 percent of the field with participation of SOCAR and foreign companies. country’s total oil imports during the cited period, the Deliveries to Iran are carried out in order to send gas to data showed. the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR), located in the In September alone, the country imported 12.15 blockade because of the occupation of 20 percent of Azer- million barrels, worth $526 million, up 106 percent baijani lands by Armenia. and 72.3 percent, respectively, from a year earlier. About 287 million cubic meters of gas was delivered Iran had been a major exporter of crude to South from Azerbaijan to Iran in 2015 for the needs of NAR. Korea, but international sanctions on Tehran for its Azerbaijan and Iran are connected with the Gazi-Mago- nuclear program had sharply reduced bilateral trade. med-Astara-Bind-Biand gas pipeline. Last year, South Korea imported $2.20 billion worth (Source: Trend) of crude oil from Iran, down 51 percent from the pre- vious year and far lower than $9.36 billion in 2011. By volume, imports of crude and condensates came to 42.4 million barrels last year, down from 44.92 million in 2014, 56.14 million in 2012. Canada to implement So far, South Korea has been importing conden- northern B.C. oil tanker sates from Qatar and the U.S., but after the lifting of sanctions on Iran, local oil refiners sharply jacked up ban this year: CBC the imports of the gassy ultralight fossil fuel from Iran. (Source: Yonhap) Canada’s Liberal government will this year deliver on its pledge for a moratorium on oil tanker traffic along the northern coast of British Columbia, CBC News reported. Saudis could raise oil output again as sparring with old rival Iran returns Transport Minister Marc Garneau confirmed the plan in an interview with CBC Radio’s “The House,” the broadcaster said Clashes between the two OPEC heavy- Iranians clashing again, according to and Iranian OPEC delegates also de- since 2014 to record highs of around on its website. weights have become frequent in re- five OPEC sources who were present at clined official comments. 10.5 million-10.7 million barrels per Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year instructed cent years. the meeting and spoke to Reuters on A senior Persian Gulf OPEC source day and adding extra supply would Garneau to formalize the ban on oil tanker traffic, effectively Tensions subsided, however, in re- condition of anonymity. said Saudi Arabia did not say output only worsen the global glut, which has slamming the door on a pipeline project that was already facing cent months after Saudi Arabia agreed “The Saudis have threatened to raise will rise, rather that it “could” rise. “Sau- already seen prices more than halving massive development hurdles. to support a global oil supply limiting their production to 11 million barrels di didn’t threaten, Saudi Arabia doesn’t from $115 a barrel since mid-2014. The ban is one of several obstacles to the building of En- pact, thus raising the prospect that per day and even 12 million bpd, bring- produce more than the customers The Saudi stance followed objec- bridge Inc’s Northern Gateway pipeline, which would carry oil OPEC would take steps to boost oil ing oil prices down, and to withdraw need,” the source said. “All oil producers tions by Iran, which said it was unwill- sands crude from near Edmonton, Alberta, to a deepwater port prices. from the meeting,” one OPEC source could raise their production if there was ing to freeze its output, the same OPEC at Kitimat, British Columbia, for export to Asian markets. But a meeting of OPEC experts last who attended the meeting told Reuters. no agreement, this is a fact.” sources said. Iran has argued it should Separately, Garneau said the government was looking at a week, designed to work out details of OPEC headquarters declined to Oil prices fell on Friday. Brent crude be exempt from such limits as its pro- recommendation that it privatize airports, but that “it’s not a cuts for the next OPEC ministerial gath- comment on discussions during the was down 77 cents at $45.58 a barrel. duction recovers after the lifting of EU front-burner exercise” and people should not jump to any con- ering on November 30, saw Saudis and closed-door meetings last week. Saudi Saudi Arabia has increased output sanctions. (Source: Reuters) clusions, CBC said. (Source: Reuters)

Under the Pretext of Success of “GHASHTOUR” Tour & Travel Agency as Top National Exemplary Exporter: Tourism Industry Is Tied with Name of “GHASHTTOUR” Travel & Tour Agency in Country Under the wise management of Mr. and foreign manpower should be taken region, the government’ faces many challenges competition in 2016, etc. Alireza Qajar, “Ghashttour” Travel into serious consideration. ahead. It is better that tourism industry should help Q: Any concluding remarks. and Tour Agency once again managed Q: What is your recommen- the government and not vice versa! Government A: Since Iran enjoys high potential and to be introduced as top national exporter dations and advices to the state is advised to remove obstacles created ahead of capability in tourism industry, certainly, the in the field of presenting high-quality officials? tourism industry of the country. In other words, country will witness a considerable growth. After tour and travel services to incoming and A: With the effective measures taken we expect the government to remove obstacles a landmark deal inked between Iran and P5+1, outgoing tourists as compared with other in this regard in the past years, Think-Tank created ahead of tourism industry, so that most Iran will host more foreign tourists and economic similar tour and travel agencies across the Chamber is on the very of establishment objectives of tourism industry will be materialized. status of the country will be boomed. country. in tourism industrial sector of the country Unfortunately, we feel weakness of management A manager who is a man of nature and To learn more about the derails, our but these chambers should be used in or mismanagement in the field of tourism industry, travel with the slogan of “honesty, expertise and reporter has conducted an interview with practical meaning and should not be so that this industry has created some problems experience” Mr. Alireza Qajar the able managing director deviated from its main mission. ahead of private sector. ITB 2015 Exhibition held Alireza Qajar is a successful manager of of the company which comes as follows: Also, responsible officials are in Berlin was a solid evidence of the said claim. GASHTTOUR Travel & Tour Agency. He was Let’s review the interview in expected to avoid illogical measures and Fortunately, organizing this exhibition will be born in 1963 in Shoushtar, Shiraz. After spending questions and answers. adopt a positive and expert approach to transferred to the private sector this year and it is military service, he organized the first family and Q: What is the main reason the said issue, knowing that tourism hoped that government will attend the exhibition camping tours due to his vehement and deep behind success of your company as Given the multi-sectorial tourism as an observer / supervisor. interest in nature and mountaineering. exemplary exporter in recent years industry and in order to remove Q: Would you mind naming the credits GASHTTOUR Travel & Tour Agency and also current year? Since large problems in the field offering quality won by your company in the past five years? companies such as electronics and services to foreign tourists, this industry A: - Winning title of the best exemplary national www.GASHTTOUR.com cement production companies as is much more important than security exporter in 2016 by the Presidential Office in Granting Golden Statue of National well as other large industrial and as well. Islamic Republic of Iran has had tourism sector, exemplary national exporter in production companies have managed handicrafts and even food industries, etc., will significant growth in the field of offering tourism industry for second consecutive year by Exemplary Exporter in 2016 by Respected to attain such success, how come your company witness a considerable growth and development. tourism services but we are aware of this issue the First Vice President (2013 and 2014), exemplary President of Islamic Republic of Iran has managed to win such a prestigious rank in Q: Has percentage of incoming tours that much effort should be taken in order to attain provincial exporter in 2015 in the field of attracting nationwide level? been increased in current year as compared requirements of international standards. Diversified foreign tourist, winning the best title as organizer Winning Title of National A: In response to your question, I should say that to the previous year (ended March 19, 2016)? tourism, cultural, climatic and natural attractions of “FAM TOUR” in 2012 and 2013 by the Tourism Exemplary Exporter in 2013, 2014 and Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) embarks A: After lifting of sanctions and removing is the third issue. Iran is unique of its kind among Affairs Deputy Office, commissioner of the first on introducing exemplary exporter of the country international barriers, golden opportunity was other world countries in this aspect. Moreover, Iran and largest international marathon track- and-field 2016 in Tourism Industry every year on the occasion of National Day of Industry created for the country for developing and is a collection of peaceful life of religions and various due to yielding currency of industrial and production enhancing tourism industry. Given the above issue, cultures in cultural and anthropological terms. units. Accordingly, TPOI introduced the company as a wave of Iranology hit among many countries Q: In your opinion, what are the main exemplary exporter unit in the field of offering high- in world. Broadly speaking, number of foreign concerns of tourism industry currently? quality tour and travel services to tourists. Given the tourists was increased after implementation of Joint A: Tourism industry is like a chain which is above issue, the company managed to attract a great Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). linked to one another. If one part of this chain is number of tourists in a yearlong who travelled to Iran. According to the public statistics, the number weakened, whole system will face shortfall. Since Q: How do you evaluate the impact of of foreign tourists travelled to the country in the this industry is a newly-fledgling industry in our entrance of foreign tourists in economy of our past Iranian year in 1394 (ended March 19, 2016) country, all of these chains should be in tandem country? hit 5.2 million, accounting 0.5 percent share of with one another. First of all, manpower should be A: As compared to the current situation of tourists in world. In other words, 0.6 percent tourist taken into consideration. country and other industries available in exports income in world registered in Iran. Iran enjoys high For this purpose, Iran should establish amicable field, tourism industry has many advantages and potentials and capabilities in a way that the country and intimate interaction with other countries and differences. With the increase of inbound tours, the has witnessed a considerable growth in tourism prestigious academic centers in order to train employment rate is increased in the country on industry as compared to previous years. most experienced and competent manpower. The one hand and a high number of individuals will be Q: What is your suggestion for second issue is related to the infrastructures which prepared to offer quality services to the tourists as increasing entrance of foreign tourists into include as follows: hotels and transport system well, the issue of which will reduce unemployment the country? (air, marine, rail and ground fleets). Today, this rate as well. A: First of all, we should bear in mind that chain is in good condition with the participation of On the other hand, each foreign tourist will the tourism industry is on the verge of boom important foreign airlines but Iranian airlines should bring currency into the country and this means and industrialization in the country. Therefore, be renovated rapidly in order to take advantage the main concept of exports. The most interesting accepting this industry from industrial perspective of services of foreign companies. With regard to point here is this that there is no need to import is much more important than its cultural the land transportation, it should be noted that the raw materials into the country and any source is perspective. On the other hand, attraction and country has not suitable condition in this respect. not exited from the country, the issue of which is guidance of domestic and foreign investors for The land transportation of country is in dire need considered as one of salient advantages of this making investment in various sectors of the country of repair and maintenance services. industry. With the entrance of foreign tourists into is of paramount importance. Also, improvement Q: What is your expectation from the the country, income distribution will be observed of infrastructures in transport, hotel construction, government? in all walks of life in society, so that other sectors tourism services and training sectors as well as A: Considering the current situation of the such as industry, transport, hotel construction, employment of the most experienced domestic country and specific condition of the Middle East I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016

How much Europe do Europeans need? We can’t let ISIL get away By Joni Ernst Trinidad and Tobago has been By Joschka Fischer estimated to have over 100 individuals s the United States supports our depart its small region for the Middle Aallies and continues the fight for East to support ISIL. And even Jamaica Mosul, we cannot ignore where has had its issues with radicalization. ISIL will spread next. I am not alone in The tri-border region of Argentina, my fears that key leaders escaped the Brazil and Paraguay has long been n his final address to the European Parliament in 1995, city before the major assault began known to be a fundraising and training Ithen-French President François Mitterrand, whose -- especially considering the advance hub for radicalized individuals. failing health was evident to all, found the following warning about our battle plans. More These countries are not the far-off indelible words to characterize Europe’s great scourge: “Le importantly, should we and our allies lands of the Middle East and Asia -- they nationalisme, c’est la guerre!” be successful in Mosul, and I have the are right here in our own hemisphere, Nationalism and war were the defining experiences of utmost faith that we will be, I fear ISIL will and we should take note because it is Mitterrand’s political career, and he was referring not only continue retreating to its al Qaeda roots. an issue that can directly impact us here to the dreadful past – the first half of the twentieth century, In the past, terrorist groups like al at home. with its two World Wars, dictatorships, and the Holocaust. Qaeda have used the ability to expand Both our current and previous He viewed nationalism as the greatest future threat to globally as a way to increase their deadly commanders of U.S. Southern Command European peace, democracy, and security. and horrific acts of terror. have raised the issue of radicalized Although nationalist war was tearing apart Yugoslavia ISIL started with a different approach. extremists utilizing drug trafficking at the time, few of those who listened to Mitterrand in Their self-proclaimed caliphate, a routes from Latin America to enter our Strasbourg that day could have imagined that, 21 years decreasing area of ISIL-held territory country. later, nationalism would be experiencing a Europe-wide covering Iraq and Syria, has given the Just as the administration revival. But nationalist politicians whose declared goal is to administration and Operation Inherent underestimated the rise of ISIL in the destroy Europe’s unity and peaceful integration have now Resolve a clearer area of operations. This me that ISIL in the region was an issue, continued collaboration with our allies. Middle East, I fear their inability to see won in major democratic elections and referenda. is a plot of land we appear to be using to and Secretary of Defense Carter later Yet, while the Olympics put a the bigger picture will only lead them to The United Kingdom’s decision in June to leave measure our success. discussed some steps forward for conversation about ISIL in motion, it repeat mistakes in Latin America as well. the European Union marked a momentary climax for Yet, using this new perspective is counterterrorism efforts with defense appears the discussion of next steps left A more comprehensive strategy resurgent nationalism, but one can also see it on the blinding us to the changing tactics and ministers from the Association of town with the Olympic torch. means partnering with and supporting march in Hungary, Poland, and France, where Marine Le the spread of our extremist enemy. Southeast Asian Nations. This conversation is important our allies in Latin America to counter a Pen and her far-right have been gaining The growing threat of But, unfortunately, Southeast Asia because Latin America presents a unique common enemy. Given Panama is the strength in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. extremism is not the only region where the situation for extremists. only Latin American country to join the How could it have come to this, given Europe’s first-hand As the President prepares to travel administration is falling short in their The decades of violence in countries Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (ISIL), experience with nationalism’s destructive power in the to Peru this month, I want to be sure he attempt to counter ISIL. like Colombia, Mexico and Peru, coupled it is my hope the President actively twentieth century, when it caused millions of deaths and goes there with the intent to address A Brazilian extremist group, Ansar with instability and funding through illicit encourages more to join the fight during devastated the entire continent? the growing threat of extremism in al-Khilafah Brazil, pledging allegiance to activity throughout the region, presents his trip this month. For starters, the 2008 financial crisis and ensuing global Latin America. ISIL’s increased use of ISIL shortly before the an area in which extremist groups could As we continue to strike ISIL in its recession are widely, and justifiably, seen as a massive messaging in Spanish and Portuguese, this year, should have encouraged a thrive. self-proclaimed caliphate and the assault failure on the part of the “establishment.” Anti-elite and its calls for terror in Latin America ISIL’s increased use of messaging in wages forward on Mosul, our enemy is sentiment continues to erode intra-European solidarity should be a red flag to the administration. spreading, and it is changing its tactics. and mutual trust, and the EU has become mired in a In August, before President Obama’s Spanish and Portuguese, and its calls for It is time the administration wakes up, prolonged bout of slow growth and high unemployment. final trip to Asia, I criticized his failure to terror in Latin America should be a red flag recognizes that and changes their Across the West, a general feeling of decline has focus on the spread of ISIL in Southeast to the administration. strategy accordingly. taken hold, owing to the shift in global wealth and power Asia. His administration agreed with (Source: CNN) toward Asia. Worldwide, there is growing discontent with globalization, digitization, and free trade, accompanied by a slow shift toward protectionism. Europeans, in particular, What President Obama must tell Israel before January seem to have forgotten that protectionism and nationalism are inextricably linked – one cannot be had without the By Henry Siegman the UN General Assembly, warned that Israel “cannot other. permanently occupy and settle Palestinian lands,” implying Inflows of foreigners here has been much speculation during the that with the option of Palestinian statehood denied by Finally, there is a generalized fear of the unknown, Telectoral campaign season whether there is still Israel, the United States could not conceivably fail to as many countries confront issues relating to inflows of something President Obama could do before support a Palestinian demand for citizenship and equal foreigners – whether refugees or migrants – and internal the end of his term to change the course of the Israel- rights. changes brought about by the increasing economic and Palestine conflict. Most of this speculation has focused If there is one price the overwhelming majority of political empowerment of women and minorities. These on the possibility President Obama would finally support Israel’s Jews will not pay for a Greater Israel, it is the loss developments, which have coincided with the larger- a UN Security Council resolution that spells out terms of their state’s Jewish identity. This has been repeatedly scale transformations and ruptures in Europe that began of reference for a two-state agreement, ending Israel’s confirmed by successive Israeli polls. Most Israelis are in 1989, have triggered fears that establishment political occupation of the West Bank. fully prepared to pay the price of condemnatory rhetoric parties and democratic institutions have failed to address. The critical moment of decision for such a presidential from the international community, as long as the United As always, when fear runs rampant in Europe, people intervention is now, as Israel is about to cross a line with States continues to have Israel’s back. They believe this seek salvation in nationalism, isolationism, ethnic its illegal settlement project that permanently precludes will continue to be the case because the illusion that the homogeneity, and nostalgia – the “good old days,” when a two-state solution, having transferred over six hundred occupation will be resolved when some future Palestinian supposedly all was well in the world. Never mind that the thousand Israeli Jewish settlers beyond the pre-1967 generation will produce “partners for peace” acceptable bloody, chaotic past was anything but perfect. Nationalist Green Line, Israel’s internationally recognized border. to Israel—an illusion concocted by Netanyahu for leaders and their supporters today are living in a “post- Having lost their struggle for self-determination and American consumption—can be successfully maintained. empirical” reality, where the truth and experience have no separate statehood, Palestinians may decide to launch They believe this because that’s what they have heard purchase. a new popular struggle for citizenship and equal rights from America’s leaders, who even when warning Israelis All of this reflects a profound change in how Europeans in the de facto Greater Israel that has been imposed on they are on the path to apartheid assured them that “no see themselves. After two them. daylight will ever come between us.” World Wars and during Europeans, Yet it is precisely this impending loss of the option of Likud and other even more reactionary political parties The most transformative message President Obama the Cold War, European in particular, separate Palestinian statehood that may have opened in power, there was no chance for such change coming could convey to Israelis—because I believe he truly cares an opportunity for a two-state agreement that did not from within. But instead of exercising its leverage, U.S. about Israel’s future more than any of his predecessors, integration was a no- seem to have brainer. But the shared exist until now. It is that opportunity, not a return to futile diplomacy granted Israel virtual impunity by opposing all even as he finds their current leader contemptible—is that understanding that unity forgotten that negotiations that a final Middle East peace initiative by such efforts from the outside. The notion that President their complacent assumptions about the sustainability of delivers peace, prosperity, protectionism President Obama should focus on. Obama would now allow such outside intervention, or the status quo are entirely unjustified, for no future U.S. U.S. and international Middle East peace diplomacy initiate it himself, is entirely fanciful. administration can allow America to be complicit in the and democracy has been and nationalism Permanent loss of statehood weakened over time by failed catastrophically because it never addressed the permanent disenfranchisement of the Palestinian people persistent crises, and are inextricably only real obstacle to a two-state solution: the vast and But the impending permanent loss of statehood for and in facilitating apartheid. An Israel that abandons it could now be lost linked – one unbridgeable power gap that always existed between the Palestinians is exposing and bringing into far sharper the shared values that are the foundation of the completely unless it is cannot be had Israel and the Palestinians, an imbalance that led Israel’s focus an apartheid—not its threat but its current de facto unprecedented relationship between the two countries reinforced by a forward- leaders to the strategic rejection of Palestinian statehood. reality—that is obliterating Israel’s democracy. President abandons that alliance. looking message. without the They decided that since they could have it all, they would Obama, in his speech at last September’s session of Such a warning to Israel would also be an important It is absurd to think other. have it all, the UN Partition resolution’s division of Palestine U.S. and international message to a younger generation of Palestinians that if notwithstanding. And the path chosen by Israel for the that Europe’s historic Middle East peace they engage Israel in a nonviolent popular struggle for nation-states are an answer to the globalized political, achievement of this goal is its colonial settlement project, their rights, they can count on America’s support. The economic, and technological realities of the twenty-first which the United States pretended is an unintended diplomacy failed readiness of this younger generation to undertake such century. If Europeans believe that, then they must be obstacle that could be overcome by the good will its catastrophically because it a struggle, as confirmed in several recent studies, gives willing to pay the price for less integration, in the form diplomacy and generosity to Israel would generate. never addressed the only the lie to the belief of many Israelis that Palestinians would of declining prospects and new dependencies. The most What was actually needed to change Israel’s cost/ not risk losing what pathetic benefits the occupation now important global decisions in this century will not be benefit calculations for its permanent disenfranchisement real obstacle to a two-state offers them via the Palestinian Authority, an institution that made democratically in Europe, but unilaterally in China and displacement of the Palestinians was the bridging of solution. increasingly serves as a handmaiden to the occupiers. (Source: National Interest) or elsewhere. this vast power gap through outside intervention. With the Europe’s languages and cultures have a long history. But, lest we forget, its nation-states are a more recent development, especially outside of Western Europe. It Imagining America on Nov. 9 would be a grave mistake to think that they represent The United States has seen worse than This surreal, miserable presidential destroy millions of immigrant families and him. This country’s problems will still be Europe’s “end of history.” On the contrary, if the nation- Donald Trump. It has endured political crises campaign exposed a lot of rot in our to jail his political opponent. deep and complex, and the Republicans in state model wins out over integration, Europeans will and corruption, war abroad and bloodshed democracy’s infrastructure, and anger in the A momentary breather Congress show no signs of giving Clinton pay a high price in this century. How European countries at home. But that doesn’t make it any easier populace. Those conditions are related. It If Trump is rejected on Tuesday, the nation any more respect than they gave President fare in the future is a question that can be answered only to contemplate the catastrophe that looms has exposed a sick Republican Party. Some will have a momentary breather. And some Obama, or of abandoning their terrorist collectively, not on the basis of some individually defined if we wake up Wednesday morning to in the never-Trump movement trie good news to build on. The Republicans against responsible governing. If she wins, national interest, as in the nineteenth century. President-elect Trump. It is a history of coded race-baiting who have spent the last weeks and months Clinton will have the burden of managing the Moreover, with Russia, Turkey, the Middle East, and Averting the worst starts with electing combined with myopia and cowardice that jumping on, then off, then on the Trump bus terrorists, while governing for the benefit not Africa nearby, Europe lives in a difficult and challenging Hillary Clinton. For many voters that will puts the Republican establishment in lock will have been discredited, and some may only of her supporters but also of the tens neighborhood. It does not enjoy the American luxury mean defying Republican efforts to jam step now with the alt-right, the Ku Klux be unseated. Those in the Trump inner circle of millions who will have voted for Trump of having its security guaranteed by geography. Rather, the electoral machinery through lies, legal Klan, the racists and misogynists and nut, will be freshly disgraced, and perhaps go expecting — against all evidence — that he its safety and prosperity must constantly be defended obstructions and the threat of violence. the crowds that scream, “Lock her up.” For away — like Rudy Giuliani, former New York will make everything better. It won’t be easy. through politics, which is necessarily a joint effort. We hope the voters hold out, however some it is taxes, abortion or immigration, mayor, now Trump’s conspiracy ghoul, and Autumn is here in the United States, The central question for Europe’s future is how much intimidating the process and long the lines. for many it is simply Clinton hatred Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who has too. It’s time to focus. To confront what power the EU needs in order to guarantee peace and For Americans who may feel unmoved that allows them to justify supporting a been separately brought low in an unrelated Trump represents, the better to end it. Let security for its citizens. That, too, can be addressed only or unwilling to vote for Clinton, here is a candidate who also stands for torture, courtroom drama. And the electorate will this election have the salutary effect of collectively. What is already clear is that Europeans will question from the future: In 2016 we were reckless war, unchecked greed, hatred of have demonstrated its decency. reminding Americans as a nation of who we need not just more Europe, but also a different and more closer than ever to electing an ignorant and women, immigrants, refugees, people of The rejection of Trump is the simple are, and the good we can do, when we are powerful Europe. reckless tyrant — what did you do to stop color, people with disabilities. A business part. Win or lose, the harder job will be put to the test. (Source: Project-Syndicate) him? fraud, a liar who runs on a promise to confronting the conditions that spawned (Source: nytimes) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016 ANALYSIS 7

INTERVIEW By Mohammad M. Maleki

asser Nowbari was Iran’s Former Ambassador:Tehran-Moscow ties in N ambassador to Moscow (1986-1990) when the So- viet Union was still an entity. He was in charge when Mikhail Gor- new highs due to regional events bachev received a delegation from Iran’s Revolutionary government thus turned to the east. In Putin’s an enemy to the US during the pects does Iran-Russia détente delivering Imam Khomeini’s mes- era, for example, S300 missile de- Cold War, and a formidable rival in provide? sage which had famously predict- fense system was pledged for and many strategic fields; Putin himself I believe Tehran-Moscow will be ed the fall of the Soviet Union. signed with Iran. After collapse of has alluded to its inherent imperi- less when the Middle East sees an Nowbari had been keeping a the Soviet Union, Russia for a time alist ambitions in many occasions. end to its crises; we lack necessary low-profile, avoiding media con- entertained to join the west and to The passing of time and experi- cultural and social relations which tacts and interviews, during past dissolve into western hegemony ences with the west has taught Pu- would bolster political relations; 2 years. His interview with Teh- to not least enjoy the technolog- tin to face the west with an eastern Moscow needs Tehran as long as ran Times is his first since then. ical advancement and the welfare system and using weaponry often its strategic and security reasons He credits himself with securing coming from its lifestyle, a project, in use in the east. persist, just when it had done dur- an Iranian embassy in the Sovi- which, during Yeltsin’s era, was ad- So this is why Russia an- ing war in Afghanistan in 1980s. et Socialist Republics; he believes dressed insufficiently, and it was nexed Crimean Peninsula? And Would a Cold-War rival- Russia was the first to announce only a thin layer of cooperation would it be compared to nucle- ry persist between the US and using Nowjeh Airbase so that it with the US. The political elites rec- ar negotiations Iran had with Russia? could enter a trade-off with the ommended a turn to the US, which, the west, where Russia had It would, albeit with little heat west with an upper-hand. Here is Dmitri Medvedev was also pursu- Iran’s trump card? and intensity; Russia solely seeks to the first part of our interview with ing. During all these times, relations This is an accurate example. revive its idealized past glory when Mr. Nowbari: with Iran tumbled to a nadir. Russia was to face US-aligned sys- it had been recognized an interna- What is your analysis of Why would the west reject tem in the Peninsula and manage tional player; it would not seek to Iran-Russia relations? What Russia? the situation to avoid more vio- ingrain its ideology of the left just factors had taken Russia clos- Russia had been inherently a lent confrontation. The US should as it did during Soviet era. Today, er to Tehran, and what are the Communist entity, bold enough to have Russia on its own side during Russia does not pursue a plan to prospects of this bilateral co- address its imperialist ambitions nuclear negotiations to save itself secure interests of its camp and operation? in international community. Russia from a war; if Russia approached affiliated satellite countries, since Iran-Russian ties have grown in had been for a prolonged period Iran, no nuclear agreement would there is no commitment in Moscow par with developments in the re- be possible. In Ukraine, Russia western culture and weltanschau- for a possibly new Eastern Block. gion; when little politics is at stake, sought a win-win situation with ung; that level of affiliation is lack- Russia however would seek revival Iran and Russia would be distanced the west through its preponder- ing with Moscow and ties have of its traditional importance with- accordingly. For example, when ance in nuclear negotiations. In been only in security and political out any Block commitment and Russia was engaged in Afghani- any détente with Moscow, Teh- levels; economically speaking, Iran announcing of using Nowjeh Air- stan, there had been new highs ran had had developments in the has more affinities with west than base served this objective; Russia in Iran and Russian relations. Mr. region as good omens; crises in Russia, which has roots in history. was triumphant in assertion of its Boris Yeltsin’s term however saw a Syria, Yemen, and Iraq catapulted Even after a period of turning to hegemony in the region where the perigee of the relations, since he Tehran-Moscow ties to new highs; east, with JCPOA, west occupies US and its allies were merely on- welcomed approaching to the US; in any situation when peace per- a prominent place from an Irani- lookers. when the US or any other western sisted, bilateral ties had been his- an perspective. Infatuation with Why would you oppose power approached Russia, a corre- torically low. the west has been largely inveter- using the airbase by Russians? sponding recession would govern Despite the generally up- ate among the elites. Political and I think the government should Tehran-Moscow ties. The situations held hatred of the Britain and cultural hegemony lay in the west have developed a plan whereby it were so until Mr. Vladimir Putin as- the US, at least part of the elites according to Iranian elites. Rus- would gain some points for allow- sumed power, when the country seek détente with the US, while sia and Iran had opportunities to ing Russia to use the airbase. But had not yet found itself in inter- this is not true of the relations change this trend when Turkey dis- the latter brought home the ba- national setting when it wondered with Moscow, with elites eluc- tanced itself from Moscow; how- con: they communicated to the US whether west would welcome Rus- tantly viewing possible open- ever, they had largely been a key that they would spare no option to sia. Russia under Putin recovered ings with Moscow. What fac- player in Russian markets and had find a way forward, but Iran was soon and sought to establish a new tors contribute to this? improved their exports to Russia passive viewer and achieved noth- eastern strategic body to counter- Economic and cultural relations since then. ing special. balance hegemony of the west; it with the west draw the elite to the What hope-inspiring pros- (Part one) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016

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Legit reasons the elliptical There’s no sugar-coating it: All calories are not created equal is better than a treadmill Burning more calories each day than you consume may have been the diet advice from the past, but that doesn’t work for everyone. Instead, the focus should By Alexandra Duron pact, but can also have major payoffs. You can get a killer workout be on eating whole foods and avoiding processed car- f there’s one piece of gym equipment But it’s up to you. One study suggests bohydrates — like crackers, cookies, or white bread. A that elicits a nearly universal eye roll, exercising on an elliptical machine leads recent review in JAMA Internal Medicine further casts a I light on the shaky history of nutritional science. Before it’s the elliptical machine. With com- to similar fitness improvements as hit- monly cited faults like being boring (re- ting the treadmill or a Stairmaster. They the 1980s, regulations did not require researchers and search even says so) and not challeng- key? Making sure you work as hard (read: physicians to declare conflicts of interest before pub- ing enough, it’s no wonder the elliptical keep that intensity UP) and as long as lishing a paper. By not announcing affiliation, research doesn’t get any love. But as with anything, you would on the other two machines. had the potential to be swayed by money and funding. an elliptical machine workout is what you In other words: no coasting! Hoff sug- That’s why it had to change. make of it. And you actually can choose gests challenging yourself by cranking up Are fat and cholesterol the dietary “bad guys”? to make it great! the incline (which works the booty a lit- A study funded by the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) So get ready to change your ways, el- tle more) for three to four minutes, then from the 1960s found that cholesterol and fat were the main liptical skeptics. We’ve rounded up all the decreasing the incline as you increase contributors to weight gain and responsible for an increased reasons—both silly and scientific—that speed, and alternating until you’ve com- risk for coronary heart disease. These results kick-started the the hated cardio machine legitimately pleted your routine. country’s decades-long consumption of added sugar. With rocks. You don’t need tons of energy fat removed, food lost taste and appeal, so manufacturers If there’s one piece of gym equipment Some days, beast mode just isn’t added sugar to combat this. The country’s intake of sugar that elicits a nearly universal eye roll, it’s the in your workout repertoire. When that and processed carbohydrates went up, while our intake of fat elliptical machine. With commonly cited happens, hit the elliptical. Since it’s low- went down. Dr. David Ludwig, a professor in the Department faults like being boring (research even says impact and you can adjust the intensity, of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, so) and not challenging enough, it’s no you can get your sweat on without doing says “Overall, these processed carbohydrates are worse than wonder the elliptical doesn’t get any love. yourself in. Plus, the built-in settings make the fats they replaced.” during elliptical training-higher than the ple with multiple sclerosis. An extreme The JAMA review from September found that the doc- But as with anything, an elliptical machine treadmill, according to one study (even case, to be sure, but definitely a benefit it even easier for you to coast—in case workout is what you make of it. And you that’s exactly what you need. tors involved with the study were in fact paid by the SRF. when perceived exertion is the same). in our books! Their research was tainted due to conflict of interest. The actually can choose to make it great! Another study found that runners' legs You have plenty of variety You can read So get ready to change your ways, el- Anecdotal evidence shows that turn- SRF — and thus the doctors paid by the SRF — directly felt more tired after using the elliptical Not only do the built-in programs benefited from the results of this 1960s study, and they liptical skeptics. We’ve rounded up all the than a comparable workout on the tread- make switching up workouts super simple ing pages while using a treadmill or reasons—both silly and scientific—that the Stairmaster is way tougher than doing so profited tremendously from the uptick in sugar sales, while mill. (i.e. they do the work for you with pre-set consumers made health decisions on the basis of ques- hated cardio machine legitimately rocks. You can avoid unwanted compe- options), but manually switching the set- on an elliptical machine. So when multi- You can absolutely do it tasking’s your only option (ahem, you’re tionable information. tition tings is also a cinch. Tip: If you’re sticking The scoop on carbohydrates The elliptical is good for all ages and Friendly competition? Awesome. Try- to the programs, keep tabs on how chal- cramming for finals or frantically prepping fitness levels (barring those who are in- for an interview), the elliptical is a pretty It is true that fat has more calories than carbohydrates, ing to power through your workout with lenging they are for you—you don’t want including sugar. But by that logic, a sugary beverage is jured), says New York City-based fitness the dude next to you eyeballing your it to feel like you’re breezing through the safe bet to get your sweat on and your expert Amie Hoff. “It’s a very easy motion reading done too. better for you than a handful of nuts. That’s just not what mileage and speed? Not so much. Thank- movements 15 minutes into the workout, the unbiased studies have shown. Looking only at calories and can give people a sense of security,” fully, that phenomenon seems to be lim- Hoff says. You can ease your way back into she says—which can be particularly help- your fitness routine ignores the metabolic effects of each calorie; the source of ited to the treadmill, so you can hit the You can multitask the calorie changes how you digest it and how you retrieve ful to gym newbies who may be intimi- elliptical in peace. Whether you’re dying to catch up on Hopping back on the workout wagon dated by other equipment. Bonus: You after an exercise hiatus isn’t an easy thing energy from it. You can get an upper-body work- your favorite show (oh hey, Scandal) or Carbohydrates have been categorized as simple or com- don’t need a manual to understand how out too just have to fire off e-mails on a tablet or to do. Just like it’s a great tool for new- to use it. bies to get their sweat on, the elliptical is plex in the past. Dr. Ludwig says these classifications are mis- Just pump your arms to move the phone, checking stuff off your to-do list leading. Many doctors are pulling away from those narrow You can find them almost every- handles (and thus your legs). You can also is totally possible on the elliptical. And, a solid choice for anyone looking to get where back on the straight and narrow. categories and moving toward the all-encompassing terms grab some dumbbells, ditch the handles, OK, so you can technically do all of this of high glycemic index and low glycemic index. An apple is Need a boutique studio (and a bal- and do shoulder presses as you move on any cardio equipment at the gym, but You can work your entire body in looning savings account) to access an less than 30 minutes a simple carbohydrate because it is digested quickly by the your legs. it’s especially easy when you're on this body, but fruit is better for you than other simple carbohy- elliptical machine? Nah. These bad boys You can improve your life machine. We’re all about efficiency (who isn’t?), are in just about every gym, including the and the elliptical has to be one of the drates like chips or crackers. That’s why Dr. Ludwig views the It may sound like a lofty claim, but sci- You can go easy on your knees glycemic index as a more accurate measure of a food’s value measly ones found in apartment build- ence actually suggests elliptical training The elliptical is softer on the body in most efficient pieces of equipment. Work ings and hotels. your upper and lower body and get your (good or bad). When something has a low glycemic index, it may improve quality of life and beat back general—and that’s pretty major for peo- raises your blood sugar levels slowly, increasing your insulin You CAN get your heart racing fatigue—though it’s worth noting that ple with joint, knee, and lower back issues, cardio fix all in one go. (Source: greatist.com) levels gradually. (Source:health.harvard.edu) Believe it or not, your pulse revs up this study measured both effects in peo- Hoff says. The gliding motions are low im-

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10 hot titles of IT world Full autonomy for smart By Alireza Khorasani

Here are high rated IT titles in the world that reviewed by machines might not be possible savvy tech users: 1 Microsoft Surface phone Powered by a lap- By 2020, smart machines -- technolo- cles, but it changes the rolee of the driver "TheThe vision of the fully autonomous matic applications of machine learningle in top-class Intel processor appeared in leaked gies that learn on their own, adapt their from actively controlling thehe car to pas- vehicle will not become reality,reality, for anyany automobiles that will improve sasafety and photos. behavior based on experience, and are sively monitoring it for potentialtential failure." car manufacturer, in a time driverdriver experience." Evan Blass (@evleaks) tweets some new photos of what able to come up with unanticipated re- The "Google Steering Wheelheel Dilemma" frameframe that doesn't fall CIOs who are looking to maximizem could possibly be the Microsoft Surface Phone. sults -- will be a top five investment pri- is representative of a challengeenge all smart intointo thethe realmrealm ooff scscienceience thethe benefitsbenefits of ssmartmart machinemachine technolo-t 2 Chinese phone maker unveiled three different ority for more than 30 percent of CIOs, machine projects must face,e, according to fiction," Prentice said. gygy adoption should plan to deliverdeliv smart models of the mid-ranger Redmi 4. according to new findings from research Gartner. "The failure of this vision machine-enabledmachine-enabled services tthathat help and Redmi 4A, Redmi 4 Standard, and Redmi 4 Prime are fi- firm Gartner. "Smart machines respondnd to theirtheir en- willwill bbee set against tthehe are overseen byby humanhuman workers,worker rather nally official. With these machines moving toward vironment," Prentice said. "But what is backdrop ofof advances thanthan those that are fullyfully autonomous,auto Android Nougat beta for Galaxy S7 and S7 fully autonomous operation for the first the environment that the ssmartmart machine in smaller, more Gartner said.said. 3 edge coming soon at least for users in the US time, balancing the need to exercise con- is responding to? Environmentsments tthathat are prag- They also need toto identify and UK. trol over the systems versus the drive to largely uncontrollable are not amenable and analyze, at the be- Britain will boost its cyber security defenses with a realize business benefits is crucial, the firm to smart machine projectss because it is ginningginning ofof anyany project 4 1.9 billion pound ($2.32 billion) investment. says. difficult, if not impossible, to model ac- aimingaiming to mamake use of The new National Cyber Security Strategy will provide Presenting the research findings at a curately." smart macmachineh tech- funding to develop automatic defenses to help protect Brit- Gartner symposium in Australia, research The challenge for organizationsnizations look-look- nologies, thet con- ish businesses and citizens online, and beef up the country's vice president Brian Prentice said Goog- ing into this technology is to figurefigure straints thatth smart cyber workforce to help defend against attacks. le's self-driving car project is a prime ex- out what is actually controllable,ollable, machine adop- Android users able to download Microsoft ample of why pursuing full autonomy and limit smart machines too ththoseose tiontion willwill eventu- 5 Selfie app from Google Play Store with latest might be neither possible nor desirable in activities that can be accuratelycurately allyally face.face features. smart machines. modeled and managed. (Source: Last December, the Microsoft Selfie app was launched in "Human beings are still required as the Major unresolved problemsblems Gartner) the App Store for iOS users. Similar to the Lumia Selfie app final point of redundancy in an autono- in machine learning technolo-nolo- for phones running on Windows, the app uses algorithms mous vehicle, so a fully autonomous car gies, such as how to make ssureure and various data that it detects itself to make a selfie look requires a steering wheel should a driver learning data is fully repre-pre- better. be required to take control," Prentice said. sentative and the avoidancee ooff Apple lowered the prices of some of its accessories "But putting a steering wheel in an auton- "reward hacking," need to bbee 6 for connecting to its new MacBook Pro laptops up omous car means a fully licensed, sober addressed before any auton-on- to end of the year. driver must always be in the car and pre- omous machine that learnsrns The USB Type-C to USB Type-A adapter is down to $9 pared to take control if necessary." from its environment can be from $19, the Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter is $29 Not only does this destroy many of deployed as a mass-marketket (was $49), the 1m USB Type-C to Lightning cable is $19 (from the stated benefits of autonomous vehi- solution, Prentice noted. $25). The U.K. government unveiled the new National 7 Cyber Security Strategy, with around £1.9 billion US is ready to hack Russia if it Facebook wants ttoo start sellinsellingg TTV ($2.33 billion) to be invested in improving cyber security and capabilities between 2016 and 2021. interferes with the election ads via Apple TV and Roku boxes 8 Google is using StarCraft II to research A.I. U.S. military hackers have penetrat- Facebook has wanted to get its hands Google’s DeepMind A.I. is better than even the ed Russia's electric grid, telecommu- on TV ad budgets for years. Now it’s best humans at turn-based strategy games like chess and nications networks and the Kremlin's taking another step closer, by selling go. Now, Google wants researchers to take on StarCraft II, command systems, making them vul- ads that will actually appear on TVs. which is several times more complex than even go due to its nerable to attack by secret American Next week, Facebook will start de- real-time nature. cyber weapons should the U.S. deem livering video ads on apps that run on 9 Samsung said it would launch an artificial intelli- it necessary, according to a senior in- set-top boxes like Apple TV and Roku gence digital assistant service for its upcoming Gal- telligence official and top-secret docu- through the company’s ad network. axy S8 smartphone. ments reviewed by NBC News. Facebook is partnering with two The world's top smartphone maker in October announced American officials have long said publishers, A+E and Tubi TV, and will the acquisition of Viv Labs Inc., a firm run by a co-creator of publicly that Russia, China and oth- deliver ads to people who watch videos Apple's Siri voice assistant program. er nations have probed and left hid- on those apps, on actual television sets. 10 Activision Blizzard said it is creating a profes- den malware on parts of U.S critical Facebook says this is the beginning of sional e-sports league based around its pop- infrastructure, "preparing the bat- a test, and that it hasn’t yet worked out ular first-person shooter videogame "Overwatch", as it many details, like ad formats and lengths. tlefield," in military parlance, for cy- As NBC News reported Thursday, logs into Facebook accounts at the pushes deeper into the fast-growing market for com- But it has the broad idea sketched ber attacks that could turn out the the U.S. government is marshaling re- same place, and will use that data to petitive gaming. out: It will use its Audience Network ad lights or turn off the internet across sources to combat the threat in a way deliver relevant ads. network to deliver ads to “over the top” major cities. that is without precedent for a presi- “The OTT/CTV space is expanding video apps, just like it does to other It's been widely assumed that the dential election. rapidly amongst content viewers, how- Alcatel's huge Android publishers’ apps and websites on desk- U.S. has done the same thing to its ad- The cyber weapons would only be ever the targetability for marketers and top browsers and mobile devices. tablet with 17.3-inch versaries. The documents reviewed by deployed in the unlikely event the U.S. programmers alike is lagging behind,” “We are testing how to best deliver NBC News — along with remarks by a was attacked in a significant way, offi- A+E wrote in a statement sent to Re- display goes on sale on video ads through Audience Network senior U.S. intelligence official — con- cials say. code. “The Facebook project is the type to people watching content on con- Amazon for $500 firm that, in the case of Russia. U.S. military officials often say of progressive thinking to which A+E nected TVs,” a company spokesperson U.S. officials continue to express in general terms that the U.S. pos- Networks is incredibly committed.” said. “Our goal is to bring relevant ad TCL, the Chinese company owning the Alcatel brand, has just concern that Russia will use its cy- sesses the world's most advanced But Facebook’s plans are still nas- experiences to people both on Face- released the Xess tablet in the United States. Officially un- ber capabilities to try to disrupt next cyber capabilities, but they will not cent. So nascent, in fact, that it’s not book and off.” veiled last year at IFA trade fair as Alcatel Xess, the Android week's presidential election. U.S. in- discuss details of highly classified selling ad spots to actual marketers yet. Video apps on set-top boxes often tablet was originally slated for an April release, but that did telligence officials do not expect Rus- cyber weapons. Instead it, will serve house ads (like its include advertising, but Facebook’s ex- not happen. sia to attack critical infrastructure — James Lewis, a cyber expert at new campaign for Facebook Live), or it periment brings the promise of much which many believe would be an act the Center for Strategic and In- will pay to deliver ads from some of its more targeted ads than most apps of war — but they do anticipate so- ternational Studies, says that U.S. nonprofit partners. have used in the past. called cyber mischief, including the hacks into the computer infrastruc- One likely issue Facebook will have That’s because Facebook can use the possible release of fake documents ture of adversary nations such as to resolve before its video plans can same targeting data that powers the rest and the proliferation of bogus social China, Russia, Iran and North Korea really get going: The reaction from set- of its advertising network to the set-top media accounts designed to spread — something he says he presumes top box makers, who likely have their boxes, even though those apps aren’t di- misinformation. has gone on for years — is akin to own ideas about how advertising will rectly connected to Facebook. On Friday the hacker known as the kind of military scouting that is work on their hardware. Facebook is Using IP addresses, Facebook will be "Guccifer 2.0" — which U.S. officials as old as human conflict. trying to work with those makers, in- able to tell that the Apple TV in your say is a front for Russian intelligence "This is just the cyber version of cluding Apple, but how this ends up basement is used by the same person — tweeted a threat to monitor the U.S. that," he said. being divided longterm will be inter- — or at least the same family — that elections "from inside the system." (Source: nbcnews) esting to watch. (Source: recode)

Those looking for tablet that can replace their TVs will be Microsoft now lets you Deutsche Telekom to Blizzard creates pleased to know that the Xess is now available for purchase in the United States via Amazon. However, the tablet is now sold easily use Kinect as a launch drone defense 'Overwatch' e-sports under the TCL brand, but the good news is it only costs $500. webcam system league According to TCL, the Xess is an Alexa-powered hub that features JBL audio and comes with a bonus remote camera in Microsoft announced a few updates related to its Ki- Germany's Deutsche Telekom plans to launch a lizzard today announced the details for its new the sales package. The huge-17.3-inch display supports full HD nect sensor. drone defense system this year designed to guard Overwatch League, an official organization de- (1080p) resolution, but the list of impressive features end here. For one thing, the company said that it has followed airports, stadiums, car test tracks and critical infra- signed to promote professional, competitive The tablet is powered through on its promise to expose RGB, depth, and in- structure, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported play of its hit team-based shooter. Overwatch Those looking for by a 1.5GHz octa-core frared data from the Kinect for third-party Universal on Sunday. is quickly becoming one of the most popular tablet that can MediaTek processor, cou- Windows Platform (UWP) applications to use, with the The increasing use of drones for commercial and games in the growing esports market that’s pled with 3GB of RAM and launch of a new Kinect driver for Windows 10. leisure purposes has led to a rise in the number of worth $493 million. This official league, which replace their TVs will 32GB of internal memory, But the new driver also makes it possible for end near-misses with aircraft and infringements into no- will launch in 2017, from Blizzard will help grow be pleased to know which can be further ex- users to easily set up the Kinect to function as a simple fly zones, prompting companies and public institu- its appeal. that the Xess is now panded via microSD card. webcam. There were other ways to do this, including tions to seek ways to fend them off. Blizzard is also looking to help players that As mentioned earlier, the available for purchase code in the Kinect for Windows software development Car manufacturers have asked Deutsche Telekom want to play Overwatch as their career. Each Xess comes packed with kit (SDK) beta 2, but now it’s as easy as opening Device to provide anti-drone systems to prevent their use to player in the league will have a contract that in the United States dual 3-watt JBL speakers for Manager on a Windows 10 machine and locating the snap photos of prototypes they test on race tracks, ensures compensation and benefits. These pros via Amazon. However, an amazing audio experi- driver under the “Kinect sensor devices” folder. You’ll be Welt am Sonntag reported. will play for teams based in major cities in the the tablet is now sold ence. Unfortunately, TCL's able to use the Kinect to make Skype video calls, and The paper said Deutsche Telekom, which was Americas, Europe, China, South Korea, and tablet ships with the rather you can configure the Kinect to perform Windows Hel- not immediately available for comment, had con- Asian Pacific regions, which is the way the big- under the TCL brand, old Android 5.1 Lollipop lo biometric authentication through face recognition, firmed its plans to start offering a drone defense gest traditional sports leagues like English Pre- but the good news is it operating system onboard Microsoft’s Yin Li wrote in a blog post. system. miere soccer and the National Basketball Asso- only costs $500. and we ca safely assume With the release of the Xbox Summer Update in It also reported that soccer club FC Bayern Mu- ciation work. that it will never get an up- July, Microsoft also enhanced the Kinect’s capabili- nich was looking for a system to fend off drones dur- The Overwatch League will even have its own date to a more recent version of the OS. ty for developers. “Apps that use the Kinect sensor’s ing soccer matches. combine ( just like the NFL!), where invited players There's isn't really anything exceptional about the TCL RGB, infrared, and/or depth cameras will run on German media reported in June that FC Bayern can show off their skills to team owners in the hope Xess, so the $500 price tag might be too high for what the Xbox with same code, and Xbox can also use the Ki- had talked to defense group Rheinmetall about a of securing a contract. The regular season will fea- tablet has to offer. It's up to each and everyone to decide nect RGB camera as a normal webcam for Skype-like possible purchase of electromagnetic systems to ture matches in front of live audiences, with the best whether they want to grab one or choose one of the many scenarios,” Li wrote. combat drones. teams moving on to live playoffs. alternatives available on the market. (Source: slashgear) (Source: venturebeat) (Source: Reuters) (Source: itechpost) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016 SCIENCE 11

Smoking’s effects on genes revealed Researchers training in Hawaii to simulate Mars for the first time ever in horrifying study mission

The full extent of the genetic damage to become “immortal” and multiply Scientists will mix biology and geology this month inside Ha- that smoking does to our genes has been uncontrollably. waii Volcanoes National Park as they help NASA get ready for revealed for the first time. Cigarettes contain more than 7,000 an eventual manned mission to Mars. Smoking just one pack a day can lead to different chemicals, of which 70 are known The researchers will hike around Mauna Ulu to practice 150 extra mutations in the lung cells a year. to be carcinogenic, the researchers said, collecting rock samples as they would on the Red Planet. And it does even more damage to other pointing to the complexity of how smoke The purpose is to devel- parts of the body, causing huge numbers interacts with the body. op protocols that would be of mutations throughout other organs. Tobacco smoke used on a real Mars mission The study is the first to quantify the “This study offers fresh insights into to identify and protect sam- degree of damage that smoking does how tobacco smoke causes cancer,” said ples that could host life. to our DNA. As such, it could help Ludmil Alexandrov of the Los Alamos One of the concerns is understand more about the kinds of National Laboratory, one of the study’s contamination of rocks that problems that the habits causes, with main co-authors. might be home to living each of those mutations potentially “Before now, we had a large body of bacteria, said John Hamil- leading to cancer. epidemiological evidence linking smoking ton, an astronomy faculty Mutations in lungs with cancer, but now we can actually member at the University As well as those 150 mutations found in observe and quantify the molecular of Hawaii at Hilo.“Really, the the lungs, scientists found that a pack-a-day changes in the DNA due to cigarette whole reason of going to habit for a year produced an average 97 smoking,” he added. Mars is to see if there’s life mutations in each cell in the larynx (voice different types of human cancer. – changes in the genetic programming “With this study, we have found that there,” he said.“There’s a lot box), 39 mutations in the pharynx (top part The disease is triggered by mutations written in DNA – that can cause cells people who smoke a pack a day develop of great geology. But are we of the throat), 23 in the mouth, 18 in the an average of 150 extra mutations in alone?”The project is known bladder and six in the liver. Smoking, which claims the lives of at least six their lungs every year, which explains as BASALT — or Biologic Analog Science Associated with Smoking, which claims the lives of million people worldwide each year, has been linked why smokers have such a higher risk of Lava Terrains. Hamilton said NASA selected Hawaii, along at least six million people worldwide developing lung cancer.” with the Snake River plain in Idaho, as research sites because each year, has been linked to at least 17 to at least 17 different types of human cancer. (Source: The Independent) they both host volcanic terrain similar to Mars. The NASA grant is administered through the University of Hawaii-Hilo. The Pacific International Space Center for Explo- This battery heals itself if you Fewer monarch butterflies in southern ration Systems also is a partner.Hamilton said no spacesuits will be used with this project, though a “mission control” is break it in half New Jersey this year being set up at Kilauea Military Camp. As many as 20 UH-Hi- lo students will assist the team. (Source: The Miami Herald) Scientists have developed a self-healing The number of monarch butterflies mi- electronic device that repairs itself when grating through the Point fell by more broken, using a special magnetic ink to than half this year, according to an an- bridge gaps as wide as 3 millimeters nual hourly census study, but it may be (0.12 inches) - a new record in the field. more because of the weather than a NASA’s mighty morphing The technology could be used in a population change. variety of ways, including batteries and New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird wings make for more sensors for wearables, because it works Observatory has been running the pro- much faster than other self-healing ject for 25 years, counting monarchs three efficient flying materials and requires no external in- times daily in five-mile routes around the put to carry out the patch-up job. Point from Sept. 14 through Oct. 31. Humans may build aircraft that fly higher and faster than The researchers, from the Universi- The hourly average of monarchs any bird, but they haven’t yet matched the elegance of ty of California, San Diego, have craft- counted by the project this year on the nature’s aviators. Where the animals can go from dive to ed their microscopic magnetic par- ticles’ magnetic fields, which cancelled census route was 15, compared with an “Late in the season we are seeing more swoop to glide with a flick of the wing, planes rely on clun- ticles into conductive materials such each other out in their natural configura- hourly average of 38 last year, accord- monarchs than usual,” he said of late Oc- ky, complicated machinery to slow down, turn, or change as graphite, gold, and silver, so it can tion. The team printed the ink alongside ing to data provided by Garland. tober into November. “The early reports their angle of flight. potentially be used in all kinds of ways, an external magnetic field to ensure that The high was about 360 an hour in from Mexico say a lot have already arrived Now, engineers with NASA and MIT believe they can including electrical circuits embedded the particles were correctly oriented and 1999 and the low was 8.9 per hour in at the winter grounds. But we are still tag- match that aviary flexibility with a new kind of shape-shifting in clothing. would attract each other if split apart. 2004 after a bad winter killed off many ging. Is this the result of climate change wing that twists and morphs, rendering today’s flaps, ailerons, “We wanted to develop a smart sys- Self-healing circuit butterflies. pushing the migration later?” and winglets obsolete. If it works, the system could make air- tem with impressive self-healing abilities To demonstrate their new ink, the “This year never got real good, but Past tagging has shown that those craft smoother, quieter, and more efficient. with easy-to-find, inexpensive materials,” researchers put a self-healing circuit it was never real bad either,” said Gar- that pass through earlier in the season The materials scientists ditched the conventional sys- said one of the team, Amay Bandodkar, on the sleeve of a t-shirt along with a land, adding that numbers were low have a better chance of surviving in tem — using millions of different bits of metal, composites, now at Northwestern University. LED light and battery, then cut through but steady all season. Mexico, Garland said. and plastics to make a wing — for just eight basic elements. Magnetic microparticles it with a pair of scissors. Within a few Wintering grounds “Time will tell,” said Garland. “One Those resemble kids’ building blocks, but are black, slightly The team started with magnetic seconds, the circuit was repaired and “We have to wait and see what year means nothing, but a trend for squishy, and made of carbon fiber. microparticles made of neodymium - the light switched on again. the numbers are in Mexico,” he said multiple years would be different.” Each of the eight subunits has a different stiffness, so plac- a cheap, conductive metal commonly The researchers say damage is re- of counts in their wintering grounds, Most monarchs traveling from the ing the blocks in a specific pattern gives each wing a ‘tunable’ used for research and known for its paired in about 50 milliseconds or 0.05 to know if this year’s count signifies a East Coast spend the winter huddled flexibility. Just two small motors are enough to twist the entire particles’ large magnetic fields, ena- seconds. The ink can also pull devic- population drop or simply a change in together in trees on land now protected wing, adjusting the way it cuts through the air. bling them to attract each other over a es back together if they’re repeatedly migration route. as the 200-square-mile Reserva de la “One of the things that we’ve been able to show is that gap of a few millimeters. damaged in the same spot. In addition to counting the insects, Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (Monarch this building block approach can actually achieve better Neodymium isn’t particularly suited to Imagine smart jeans that can keep volunteers and staff members also tag Butterfly Biosphere Reserve), about 62 strength and stiffness, at very low weights, than any other electrochemicals, though, so the scientists counting your steps after getting into them to better understand their mi- miles northwest of Mexico City. material that we build with,” says NASA’S Kenny Cheung, one added carbon black to the mix - often a scrape, or a smartwatch that keeps gration, and offer regular educational Thousands of people visit Cape May of the leaders of the project. used in devices like sensors and batteries - ticking even as its battery is bent out workshops to the public. each autumn to see the colorful orange Better yet, when the team put the wings onto a dum- to give their ink all the properties it needed of shape – that’s the kind of potential The tagging is continuing, Garland and black insects come through in large my plane body and threw it into the wind tunnel at NASA’s to both function well and repair itself. we’re talking about here. said, since there are more late migra- numbers, contributing to ecotourism here. Langley Research Center in Virginia, the mock aircraft flashed The final problem was the micropar- (Source: ScienceAlert) tors this year than most years. (Source: The Washington Times) some terrific aerodynamics. (Source: wired.com) GM wheat could be grown in Britain from Planetary Resources and next spring, researchers say Luxembourg plan to launch an Genetically modified (GM) wheat could be grown in Brit- cent higher than usual crops, but now scientists are keen to ain from next spring after scientists applied to the De- find out whether the same effect can be achieved in the field. asteroid-mining mission by 2020 partment for the Environment for permission to begin Step change What’s the 21st-century equivalent of the Gold Rush? Why, trials which could boost grain yields by up to 40 percent, If successful it would mark a ‘step change’ in wheat the Asteroid Rush, of course. On Thursday, asteroid-mining in a ‘world’s first’ experiment. production and silence the critics who claim genetic mod- company Planetary Resources, Inc. announced the finaliza- Researchers at the universities of Essex, Lancaster and ification will never increase yields following 20 years of tion of a 25 million euro agreement to mine asteroids. Rothamsted Research have proven that it is possible to failed attempts. Even though the U.S. has been using ge- However British scientists believe they have cracked What’s the 21st-century equivalent of the Gold Rush? Why, engineer wheat plants so they photosynthesise more ef- netically modified versions of corn, rapeseed and sugar the problem by genetically altering wheat so it produces the Asteroid Rush, of course. On Thursday, asteroid-mining ficiently, and so produce bigger grains. beet for some time, a recent report by the National Acad- higher levels of an enzyme which is crucial for turning company Planetary Resources, Inc. announced the finaliza- Greenhouse tests have already shown it is possible to emy of Sciences from there was little evidence to suggest sunlight and carbon dioxide into plant fuel. tion of a 25 million euro financing agreement, which will aid grow GM plants which have yields which are up to 40 per- GM yields had increased more than natural varieties. (Source: The Telegraph) in the ultimate goal of “launching the first commercial aster- oid prospecting mission by 2020.” “MA” Insurance Co. CEO Calls for Interaction and Repelling Large Risks with Reinsurances Involved in the deal are the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the banking institution Société Chief Executive of “MA” Insurance Com- ance and Investment Opportunity in Kish are of the salient points in reinsurances, gent risks are collected by insurers in or- Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement (SNCI), who have pany Eng. Majid Safdari attended in inter- 2016, a panel discussion entitled “Invest- details of which have been specified in der to create confidence, taciturnity, tran- contributed 12 million euros and grants of 13 million euros, national insurance panel of Iran Develop- ment and Development in Iran” was held 20-Year Insurance Outlook Plan.” quility and psychological security. Logic respectively. “We are excited in welcoming the Grand Duchy ment and Investment entitled “Challenges on Nov. 1-2 in the presence of 70 experts He pointed to the collection of risks and and science says that existence of these as a partner and an investor. Just as the country’s vision and and Opportunities of Insurance Industry in the field of insurance industry. different risks in industry, production, ser- risks in country, organization and insurer initiative propelled the satellite communications industry in Iran”, Public Relations Dept. of “MA” In- Turning to the issue that “reinsurance” vices and all walks of life and said: “Roadm- can create risks for the very insurer. For through its public-private partnerships, this funding and sup- surance Company announced. is one of the most specialized insurance ap of insurance industry has been compiled this purpose, reinsurances are considered port will fast-track our business — advancing and building On the sidelines of organizing 3rd In- disciplines in the country, he said: “Cre- in country’s 20-year vision plan.” as one of the most specialized insurance upon our substantial accomplishments,” said Chris Lewicki, ternational Exhibition of Banking, Insur- ating interaction and repelling large risks According to Bernoulli’s Law, contin- disciplines. president and CEO of Planetary Resources, Inc. For its part, Luxembourg seems thrilled to be partaking in such a modern enterprise, with Étienne Schneider, Dep- Bank Sarmayeh Takes Part in 3rd Kish INVEX 2016 Exhibition uty Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, noting, Bank Sarmayeh participated in 3rd International Exhi- talks with some domestic and foreign monetary & It should be noted that 3rd Kish INVEX Exhibition “The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg becoming a sharehold- bition of Banking, Insurance and Investment Oppor- financial institutions. was inaugurated on Oct. 31 at Kish Permanent Intl. er in Planetary Resources seals our partnership and lays the tunity in Kish 2016 in order to introduce its services, Experts and directors of the bank responded to the Fairgrounds and wrapped up its work on Thursday ground of the principles of our cooperation in the years to activities and achievements, Public Relations Dept. of questions raised by visitors including shareholders, in- Nov. 3 in the presence of Chief Executive of Kish Free come, while demonstrating the Government’s strong com- the bank reported. vestors and customers coupled with introducing latest Zone and senior financial managers of the country mitment to support the national space sector by attracting Senior managers and directors of the bank along services of the bank in the field of modern banking ser- with the aim of introducing capabilities of domestic innovative activities in space resource utilization and other with subsidiary companies in international and vices such as integrated internet bank, credit card and and foreign financial institutions, achievements of related areas.” marketing field attended the exhibition and held investment deposit of SAMAR Plan. capital market, money and insurance. (Source: Digital Trends) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 ENVIRONMENT NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 7,7, 20162016

Ban urges governments, Agriculture ministry bans exploitation businesses and citizens around the world to prioritize of endangered northern forests environmental care ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Irani- ploitations. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his mes- deskan Agriculture Minis- Chief of Iran’s Department of Envi- sage on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation ter Mahmoud Hojjati ronment (DOE) Masoumeh Ebtekar has of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, 6 November has issued an order, urging the Forests, earlier urged all those active in the wood 2016, urged governments, businesses and citizens around Range, and Watershed Management industry to shift from logging to wood the world to prioritize environmental care and the sustaina- Organization to stop the exploitation of import in order to move toward sustaina- ble management of natural resources for preventing conflict, endangered northern forests. ble development. building peace and promoting lasting prosperity. In a letter to Khodakaram Jalali, the di- The CEO of Iran’s forestry society Hadi The full text of his message reads: rector of the Forests, Range, and Water- Kiadaliri has also said that it is important This year, the world began implementing the 2030 Agen- shed Management Organization, Hojjati to take measures to help this program da for Sustainable Development. With 17 universal and inter- called for a halt to the exploitation of carry on and succeed such as allocating dependent Sustainable Development Goals, the 2030 Agen- northern forests for commercial and in- budget and easing importing regulations. da is a transformational blueprint for peace, prosperity and dustrial purposes at the earliest opportu- Kiadaliri believes that logging is only dignity for all on a healthy planet. To achieve this vision, we nity, ILNA reported on Friday. part of the problem and over grazing must recognize that we have a duty of care towards the en- Industrial and commercial exploita- also plays a significant role in ruining the vironment in peacetime and during war. tions of northern forests either permitted jungles. Poor governance of the environment and natural resourc- or not would be halted within the frame- “What we should do is to change the es can contribute to the outbreak of conflict. It can fuel work of a short-term program, Hojjati attitudes towards forests as so far they and finance existing conflicts and it can increase the risk of noted in his letter, adding, the cabinet were treated like economic resources relapse. Conversely, there are many examples of natural re- banned all industrial exploitations from while they are great treasures which are sources serving as catalysts for peaceful cooperation, confi- northern forests with the exception of shrinking gradually,” he suggested. dence-building and poverty reduction. broken branches, fallen or damaged nance must be spent on the forests pres- northern forests. Based on the figures revealed by the In the aftermath of violent conflict, natural resources, such as trees in January 2014. ervation plans, he added. It is worth mentioning that in June Forests, Range, and Watershed Man- land, timber, minerals, oil and gas, are often the primary assets Building any new roads in the north- This can be considered as one of the 2015 the government also brought a bill agement Organization some one million that governments need to support livelihoods and econom- ern forests is prohibited by the law and best decisions made by the current ad- before Majlis (Iranian parliament) asking hectares of forests have been cut down ic recovery. How governments manage these resources can the budget allotted to the roads mainte- ministration to protect the invaluable for a 10-year interval for any forests ex- and destroyed over past 30 to 40 years. fundamentally alter the course of post-conflict peacebuilding. That is why it is so important that we work together to com- Zaitunia vahabzadehi bat environmental crime, end the illegal exploitation of natural , a real Persian tale resources, improve transparency, share benefits more equitably and there are many rules that must be followed. One and encourage the participation of women, indigenous peoples By Farnaz Heidari would have to follow the rules of the International Code and vulnerable groups in decision-making. ach known species on the Earth has a specific of Zoological Nomenclature (http://iczn.org). The 2030 Agenda explicitly recognizes that “sustainable name which is called the “scientific name” of that Why the scientific name of a species would change? development cannot be realized without peace and securi- E species. Scientific names normally have two parts There are only a few reasons for scientists to change ty; and peace and security will be at risk without sustainable and in some cases, three. These names are considered the scientific name of a species. The most importants development.” That is why, earlier this year, all 193 Member as common points which allow scientists or even public are: sometimes, it is discovered that a species was iden- States of the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted throughout the world to talk precisely about their deter- tified with a different name earlier in time than the name a resolution committing to protect the environment in areas mined species of plants or animals. that is commonly in use. In such cases, they revert it to affected by armed conflict. At the same time, the United Na- Zaitunia vahabzadehi is a recently discovered spe- the earlier name. In other cases, it is discovered that the tions International Law Commission is currently reviewing the cies of the genus Zaitunia from Iran that was described genetics of a subspecies or species is sufficiently different international legal framework for protecting the environment by Alireza Zamani, a young M.Sc. student of Animal Bi- that a new or different subspecies is identified. In such before, during and after armed conflict. It aims to estab- osystematics from University of Tehran and Dr. Yuri M. cases, the original group would normally retain the orig- lish guidelines that can better support environmental pres- Marusik from Institute for Biological Problems of the inal name and the newly discovered group would be- ervation, particularly in protected areas and environmentally North RAS, Magadan, Russia. As in all scientific names, come the new subspecies or species. The other reason sensitive sites, such as drinking water aquifers, which are of this one is also made up of a “generic name” or “generic International rules have prohibited the usage of one for a change in the name might be a mistake of some critical environmental and cultural importance and can be epithet” which is Zaitunia, and “specific name” or “specific name for more than once; though this does sometimes sort, but this is rather uncommon. severely affected by warfare. (Source: UNIC) epithet”, which is vahabzadehi. happen. Scientific naming is a much formalized process 13

Intl. Energy Globe Foundation Certificate Awarded to Isfahan WWCO

With the completion of construction operation which have had economic, social, environmental and of sewage and wastewater installations in cities of technical impacts. Mobarakeh and Lenjan in exchange for allocation Honoring successful projects of countries in of wastewater in limited timespan to Esfahan’s national and international levels and also promoting Mobarakeh Steel Company (implementation of a public self-confidence have been cited as the main plan to collect wastewater in Iran’s central plateau aim of Green Project Award, he stressed. as privately-funded project), Isfahan Water and In current Iranian calendar y ear in 1395 (started Wastewater Company (WWCO) managed to receive March 20, 2016) and in 9th year of evaluation, International Energy Foundation Certificate as green Buyback Project of the company on the construction project. operation of wastewater installations in the Given the above issue, the company cities of Lenjan and Mobarakeh was was nominated to receive International nominated to compete in winning Energy Foundation Award and paved Intl. Energy Award, he said, adding: its way for the next stage. “Assessment procedures were done Deputy Managing Director of by assessors of Europe Green Isfahan Water and Wastewater Society in July 2016 under the Company for Engineering strict supervision of Mr. Maxim and Development Affairs Eng. Gerther as representative of Mohsen Bisheh announced Global Energy Foundation. the above statement and said: The aforementioned project has “International Energy Award is the been studied in all environmental, most prestigious and recognized technical and socioeconomic fields, environmental award in the world which the official opined. belongs to the subjects including land, Elsewhere in his remarks, he said: “This energy, climate and development.” award was granted by Wolfgang Newman Identifying the projects with accurate and more President of Global Energy Foundation to the economical use of natural resources and application representative of Isfahan Province WWCO in of substituted energy resources have been considered the presence of Eng. Daemi Deputy Ministry of as the main aim behind granting this award, he said, Energy for Planning and Economic Affairs, Austrian adding: “The first International Energy Award was Deputy Minister of Economy and Higher Education, held in 2000 at the initiative taken by Austria, so that Ambassador of Iran to Austria and Chairman of more than 1,800 projects from 177 world countries Austrian Chamber of Commerce. are sent to the relevant secretariat annually.” It should be noted that representatives of Europe It should be noted that Green Project Award is Green Management Society, industrialists and a great designed according to the “EAST” logic in line with the number of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) necessity of identifying countries’ successful projects also attended the award-granting ceremony. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 7, 2016 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Security hustles Trump from stage Syrian rebels announce after protester displays sign offensive to retake Raqqa The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has declared its Republican Donald Trump was rushed off this a hardy group, rain or shine you are intention to launch an assault on ISIL terrorist group- stage by security agents at a rally in Reno, ready,” Clinton said, her voice cracking with held Raqqa.The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces Nevada, on Saturday night after a false hoarseness. (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab armed groups, first alarm as someone in the crowd shouted She cut her speech short as she became announced on Sunday that a campaign to retake Raqqa “gun” during scuffles with a man who held soaked in rain, saying, “I don’t think I need would begin within hours, with U.S. forces providing air up a ‘Republicans against Trump’ sign. to tell you all of the wrong things about cover. Soon afterwards, it said that the operation, called The incident occurred as Trump and Donald Trump.” Euphrates Anger, had begun. Democratic rival Hillary Clinton crisscrossed At the JFK library in Hialeah, Florida, In the press conference in Ayn Issa, northern Syria, it was the United States a late push to win over people lined up outside for early voting. announced that rebel fight- undecided voters and make sure support- Nearby, supporters of both candidates ers would “continue [their ers turn out enthusiastically on Election Day. waved signs and shouted slogans, urging offensive] until all objectives Two security agents seized Trump by passing drivers to honk their horns. are met, namely, seizing the shoulders and hustled him backstage “We want someone to come in and and toppling the capital as police officers swarmed over a man in clean house,” said Cuban-American Ariel of ISIL”. “On this occasion, the front of the crowd and held him down Martinez, 42, a Trump supporter. we call on the internation- and searched him before escorting him Early voting began in September and al community and regional away with his hands behind his back. the data firm Catalist estimates more than forces to coordinate and Trump, seemingly unruffled, returned to 30 million ballots have been cast in 38 take part in the operation the stage and continued his speech after a states. There are an estimated 225.8 mil- to exterminate ISIL,” the SDF short time, saying “Nobody said it was go- lion eligible U.S. voters. Saturday was the said before announcing the ing to be easy for us” and adding “We will final day for early voting in many Florida U.S. would offer air support never be stopped.” the subject. Upon a thorough search of point compared to 6 percentage points in counties. in the offensive. After being released, the man who was the subject and the surrounding area, no September. Changes in plans “We also call on interna- apprehended told CBS News Reno affiliate weapon was found,” the Secret Service said A Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll on Satur- Trump and Clinton campaigns adjusted tional humanitarian and re- KTVN-2 that he was a Republican support- in a statement. day showed Clinton ahead by 4 percent- travel schedules for the next two days to lief agencies to perform their duties for the people in Raqqa er who attended the rally to express his op- The incident began when Trump no- age points nationally compared to 5 points states where they saw opportunity. after the city has been liberated.” position to Trump. ticed what he considered a heckler. Sec- on Friday, while an ABC News-Washington Trump told the crowd in Tampa that The fighters called on civilians to stay away from areas “I came here with this sign expecting onds later people near the stage began Post tracking poll had Clinton ahead by 48 there would be a campaign event in Min- in which ISIL fighters are known to be, and to try to run to boos ... But it was just a sign,” Austyn pointing at someone in the crowd near the to 43 percent. nesota this weekend, although one had not “liberated” areas of the country. Crites said. front, and agents took Trump away. Competing for Florida votes previously been scheduled. Minnesota has The announcement came as the Iraqi government and Ira- Crites said when he took it out, the In a statement, Trump thanked the Both candidates spent time in Florida, not voted for a Republican since 1984. His qi Kurdish Peshmerga forces, with the help of the U.S.-backed crowd began to attack him, choking and Secret Service, Reno and Nevada law en- considered one of the most hotly contest- campaign confirmed a rally scheduled for coalition, continue a bloody battle in Iraq to retake Mosul. beating him before “someone yelled forcement for “their fast and professional ed states. The 2000 presidential election Wisconsin on Sunday has been cancelled. Regional forces about a gun.” response.” was decided in Florida after a dispute over Clinton started the day by stopping Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow, reporting from Ga- After being held for a few hours’ ques- Meantime, in Philadelphia, pop singer votes and recounting of ballots went to the by the West Miami Community Center, a ziantep on Turkey’s border with Syria, said although the tioning and security and background Katy Perry performed at a Clinton ral- U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor Cuban American neighbourhood, with SDF called on international forces to assist the offensive, checks, Crites said he was released, and ly, the latest in a string of celebrity ap- of Republican George W. Bush over Dem- telenovela star Jencarlos Canela, a Miami it has made it clear it does not want Turkish military in- that the police “did their job.” pearances aimed at getting out the vote ocrat Al Gore. native of Cuban descent. volvement.“Who will participate with the SDF [in the assault Crites said he wanted to contrast Presi- among millennials. The Real Clear Politics average of Florida She then visited her campaign’s on Raqqa] remains to be seen,” he said before adding that the dent Barack Obama’s reaction to a protes- “When your kids and grandkids ask you opinion polls found Clinton with a lead of office in Little Haiti where there is a large Turkish military has been weary of the mainly Kurdish SDF, pre- tor during a rally a few days ago, in which what you did in 2016, when it was all on the about 1 percentage point - indicating the concentration of Haitian-American ferring to ally with the Free Syria Army (FSA) instead.Andreas he urged the crowd to respect the protest- line, I want you be able to say you voted race there is a virtual tie. residents. Clinton was joined by Sybrina Krieg, a researcher at the Near East Centre for Security and er, with Trump’s, saying he wanted “people for a better, stronger, America,” Clinton said. Trump spoke at a rally on Saturday morn- Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, Strategy at Kings College London, told Al Jazeera that “Turkey to understand” the difference. Opinion polls show Clinton still holds ing in Tampa, Florida, where he continued to the unarmed black teenager who was did not want the YPG [Kurdish People’s Protection Units] or the “I have nothing against Trump advantages in states that could be critical criticize Clinton for supporting the Affordable shot dead in 2012 by a Sanford, Florida SDF to take more control of land [in Syria], which is why their supporters,” Crites told the station. “We in deciding the election. But her lead has Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in the neighbourhood watchman, George military got involved there in the first place”. are all registered Republicans and support narrowed after a revelation a week ago wake of an announcement that premiums Zimmerman. Krieg added that rebel forces were 40 to 50km outside many of the same candidates for local that the Federal Bureau of Investigation are going to rise next year. While Trump prefers large-scale rallies, Raqqa, and there were many towns and villages along the way. offices. I have serious concern against was looking into a new trove of emails Shortly before Clinton took the stage Clinton has filled her campaign schedule “It is unlikely that the SDF would be able to fight this Trump,” he added. as part of its probe into her handling in Pembroke Pines, Florida, rain poured with targeted appearances meant to battle alone,” Krieg added. “But it remains to be seen who, The Secret Service confirmed that the of classified information while she was down. People in the crowd waiting for Clin- court voters in specific demographics. whether the FSA, Syrian government forces, or any interna- incident erupted when an unidentified in- secretary of state. ton at the outdoor rally remained in place, Cuban voters have historically favoured tional forces, will participate.” dividual in front of the stage shouted “gun.” A McClatchy-Marist opinion poll re- taking out umbrellas and fashioning gar- Republicans, but younger generations Militants kills 74 Syrians in 8 days “Secret Service agents and Reno Po- leased on Saturday of voters nationwide bage bags into head coverings. have shifted toward Democratic Party Dozens of civilians have lost their lives since for- lice Officers immediately apprehended showed Clinton leading by 1 percentage “I’m thrilled to be here and boy is candidates. eign-sponsored Takfiri militants launched an offensive against the government-held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo more than a week ago, a Britain-based monitoring Lebanese president vows to build a strong nation group says. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 1 freedom and dignity are derived from image of solidarity between the coun- “Our hopes are high and there’s that 74 civilians, including 25 children, have been killed our basic values.” try’s main leaders who managed to end will,” he said. since Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, previously known as al-Nusra The atmosphere on Sunday couldn’t the political deadlock that prevented the “God, Lebanon and Aoun only,” the Front, and so-called Free Syrian Army militants launched have been more different from when a election of a president. crowd roared. counter-attacks against government soldiers and their al- Syrian military assault forced Aoun to flee Security forces were seen confiscating Aoun’s supporters said they were de- lied forces to break a months-long siege on the eastern Baabda Palace 26 years ago over his ob- Free Patriotic Movement flags, under or- lighted over his election, and vowed to part of Aleppo, located some 355 kilometers north of the jection to the Taif Accord, which ended ders from Aoun that people should only stand by him until the end. capital, Damascus, on October 28. the 1975-90 Civil War. Aoun went into carry Lebanon’s national flag. “We have met in this arena before, The group went on to say that three civilians were also self-imposed exile in France in 1991 and “The road ahead of us is long ... we are during difficult times ... we lost martyrs killed in the militant-held eastern Aleppo during the men- returned to Lebanon in 2005. on the steps towards building a real state and others went missing ... but we will tioned period. (Source: agencies) continue on the path and build the fu- The rally “was not a familiar scene,” ... (which) we will not be able to achieve ture,” said Aoun, flanked by six of his most Presidential spokesman Rafic Shalala told without the people,” Foreign Minister and loyal men. Al-Jadeed. Aoun’s son-in-law Gebran Bassil told re- A “major international game tri- “This is the first time in the tenure of a porters. The October 1983 bombing umphed in the past and allowed [Lebanese] president that the [palace] gates The FPM had called on its supporters non-Lebanese troops to storm our coun- are open for people to express their support in a statement to take part in the rallies of the U.S. Marine barracks try (26 years ago) ... we lost the game but without having any fears,” Shalala said. en masse. revisited they didn’t crush us.” He pointed out that security measures An individual held a large banner Aoun, the FPM founder, succeeded “We continued a [peaceful] struggle in were not strict, but correct, as President with the portraits of Aoun, Prime Minis- former President Michel Suleiman after a 1 Due to the obvious lack of any effective Lebanese de- exile for 15 years,” Aoun continued. “No Aoun had demanded that security forces ter-designate Saad Hariri and Hezbollah vacuum of more than two years. fense to counter the Israeli juggernaut, Iran sent a contingent one managed to suppress us, because facilitate the arrival of people. Chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, a rare (Source: The Daily star) of military advisors to train resistance fighters in the Bekaa val- ley in 1982. Many of these individuals, among them Hajj Imad I doubt if Trump has thought about Iran for more than 10 minutes: Columbia University professor Mughniyah, later went on to become the cadre of Hezbollah. An example of this western propaganda, written by former 1 A: I think Clinton will win, and the tape and sub- Additional support is from those, largely white males A: I think it has accurately reflected his character, of- CIA operative Robert Baer, shows the typical, not-so-subtle sequent accusations hurt Trump among those who al- without a college education, who believe the system ten using his own words and pointing to his behavior. attempt to implicate both Iran and Hezbollah. Baer writes, ready had grave doubts about him. has treated them unfairly and that the country they Q: Among the two candidates which one is more “Though there’s no conclusive evidence for it, Mughniyah Q: Why did Trump remain a competitor despite know and love is being stolen from them. And a third, aggressive toward Iran? may have been at the center of the most notorious terrorist scandals surrounding him? And basically what overlapping, group believes that Washington is broken A: I doubt if Trump has thought about Iran for more acts of the 1980s: the April 1983 bombing of the U.S. embas- groups are going to vote for him? and isolated from the country and that anything that than 10 minutes. He merely believes that he is the only sy in Beirut and the October 1983 Marine barracks bombing A: His strength surprised most observers--myself in- drastically shakes things up will lead to an improvement. one that can make a “good deal.” I suspect that Hillary there.” Previously, Baer had stated unequivocally that Iran cluded. Some of his current support is from tradition- Q: Why does Trump blame the media for a coor- would continue the same basic policy as Obama, but “bombed the U.S. embassy in Beirut in 1983, and bombed al Republicans who will vote for anyone of that party. dinated action against himself? might not try as hard to relax some of the sanctions. the U.S. Marine barracks there the same year” without pre- senting any substantiating evidence for these statements. Zaitunia vahabzadehi, a real Persian tale Certainly, Hezbollah itself could not have been responsi- ble for the bombings since it was not organized operation- 12 The change of the scientific of spiders in the family Filistatidae, akhanii both share the same generic creativity school. ally until mid-1985, some two years later, and Iran’s foreign names is because scientists understand has a species whose name is Zaitunia epithet and this indicates that they are The other species, Zaitunia akhanii, minister, Ali Akbar Velayati explicitly denied any involvement more about their relationships with other vahabzadehi no other animal species can all thought to be more closely related was appointed to Dr. Hossein Akhani, on the part of the Islamic Republic. While it is arguable that species. For example, Arctic fox were be given the same name. So, if you are to each other than to any other non- Associate Professor at the Department Hezbollah took its form over the 1980s with input from Iran, called Alopex lagopus for many decades a Persian scientist studying relatives of Zaitunia species of Filistatidae. of Botany, University of Tehran. Akhani is even some western scholars candidly admit there is no clear and recently have been moved to the Zaitunia and you want to discuss about Both specific epithets adopted by a pioneer Iranian scientist who is hoping evidence of a connection between Iran and these bombings. genus Vulpes with the current name it with a Finnish researcher, you both use the scientific team in the honor of two to revitalize the Lake Urmia, once one of Nevertheless, Iran remains condemned in the U.S. court of Vulpes lagopus This was done because the scientific name and know exactly persons who had great effects on the the world’s largest brine shrimp habitats opinion to this day. it was discovered that the Arctic fox what the other one is talking about. Environment Field in Iran. and now considered as a water body U.S. president Ronald Reagan understood the message was more closely related to the red fox Filistatidae are well known in our country Iranian ecologist, Hossein Vahabzadeh which is trapped in the extinction vortex. and withdrew the American occupying force from Lebanon. Vulpes vulpes The change of a scientific because of many taxonomical surveys that is admired by his colleagues and students Akhani, as a biologist and conservationist Justifying his commander’s actions, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair- can happen and actually is happening a have been carried out by scientists such for many reasons: He has taught ecology has published many books and articles man Gen. John Vessey explained, “It is beneath our dignity to lot these days, especially because a lot as Paolo Brignoli, Alireza Zamani, Omid and environmental science more than 40 and also has collected a total number of retaliate against the terrorists who blew up the Marine bar- of new insights about species are being Mirshamsi and Yuri M. Marusik. years in various universities of Iran, and ca. 18000 specimens from most parts of racks.” And in regards to Hajj Imad Mughniyah, we will never revealed through the genetics. Another species Zaitunia akhanii was has many magnificent books in his field Iran and some countries in SW Asia and know whether he personally was involved in any way with Unique because of science also described last year by this team too. Vahabzadeh has also established the Europe. Many environmentalists admired the Beirut bombings in 1983. On February 12, 2008, he was But scientific naming routinely is (Marusik and Zamani). As you can see, first generation of “Nature Schools” in him because of his tireless efforts for killed by a car bomb, which many suspect was in actuality a unique. For example, if Zaitunia, a genus Zaitunia vahabzadehi and Zaitunia Iran as a primary practical learning and natural environments of Iran. Zionist covert operation. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORT NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016

Boyd remembers Braveheart, Gazza & Wembley woe AAubameyang’subameyang’s

It is the oldest rivalry in international football, and whenever and wherever Scotland and England do battle, the encounter is never trivial. The summer of 1996, though, witnessed a ffour-goalour-goal meeting laden with extra significance. That the match took place at a major tournament – the first between these neighbouring nations to do so – provided some of the added magnitude. But there was also an emotional element to the frenzied-pre-match build-up that owed more aapologypology to the silver screen than to UEFA EURO 96. It was, after all, against the backdrop of Braveheart – the box-office hit about William Wallace, hero of Scotland’s First War of Independence against the English – that the game took place. The Mel Gibson movie had dominated the Oscars ceremony just a couple of months before and, in Scotland, had whipped up passions ahead of facing ‘the auld enemy’. “The build-up was huge,” recalled Tom Boyd, a Scotland stalwart of that period. “It had been seven or eight years since we’d last played England and everyone was really looking forward to it. Even with the wider tournament going on, that was the game everyone seemed to be talking about. Given the backdrop – with Braveheart having put the whole Scotland-England thing centre stage – it seemed to capture the world’s imagination. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang plundered After the opening goal - a tap-in after Tuchel was also in the mood for re- win over Bayer Uerdingen back in 1988. “Craig Brown (Scotland’s then manager) actually took four goals in Borussia Dortmund’s 5-2 Rene Adler had parried Emre Mor’s shot building bridges. This victory came at the perfect time the whole squad to see Braveheart at a special screening thrashing of Hamburger SV on Matchday - Aubameyang made a beeline for his “Four goals - that exceeds every for BVB, whose last win in the Bundesliga beforehand to get us riled up. Sadly, the outcome at Wembley 10, moving level with 1. FC Köln’s coach, Thomas Tuchel. “I apologised to expectation, even for a top striker,” said was a 3-1 triumph over SC Freiburg was the same as it had been in the film – the Scots ended up Anthony Modeste as the top scorer in the him after my goal, and he told me that Tuchel. “It’s clear that we can’t achieve any on Matchday 5. Their next test after losing! At least we weren’t hung, drawn and quartered (the Bundesliga, and indeed all of Europe. I should score two more goals and I said of our aims without Aubameyang. That is the international break is the visit of grisly fate that befell Wallace). Then again, I think a few of our “I am really glad we won because okay!” said a beaming Aubameyang in his why it is fantastic to have such a player. He champions FC Bayern München. supporters were ready to do that to Gary McAllister after he there was a lot of pressure before the post-match interview. can make the difference in any situation.” “I heard that Bayern only drew 1-1, missed the penalty...” match because we had not won in the Although he scored 25 goals last Aubameyang left the pitch at the that›s good,” said Aubameyang. “Now McAllister’s spot kick, saved by David Seaman at 1-0 at a Bundesliga for so long,” said the striker, season - the second-best return in the Volksparkstadion with the match ball we are only six points behind. We have time when the Scots were dominating, would come to be seen whose four-goal salvo almost single- Bundesliga - Aubameyang was left out tucked proudly under his arm. “I always a chance to make the title chase exciting as the game’s turning point. Moments later, a rejuvenated handedly ended Borussia Dortmund›s of the squad Dortmund’s recent 1-0 win keep the match ball when I score three again in the next game.” England surged to the other end of the park and sealed a four-game Bundesliga run without victory. over Sporting Clube de Portugal in the goals,” he said. “My son gets the ball as The man who pipped Aubameyang 2-0 victory thanks to a player Boyd knew only too well. Paul With Hamburger SV legend Uwe UEFA Champions League for internal a gift.” to the Torjägerkanone last season? Gascoigne was, after all, someone the Celtic defender had Seeler in attendance to celebrate his 80th disciplinary reasons. The 27-year-old was As if sealing his third Bundesliga Robert Lewandowski. Bayern come come up against on several occasions in Old Firm derbies, birthday, Aubameyang wasted little time keen to extend an olive branch after the hat-trick was not enough, though, to the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK with their and this did not serve to make the seemingly endless replays in playing party-pooper, scoring a hat- win against HSV, though. Aubemeyang went on to grab his fourth top scorer on seven goals, now four any less painful. trick inside 24 first-half minutes. “I made a mistake and apologised to goal in the 48th minutes, before teeing up behind Aubameyang. The Poland “I must have seen that goal about a hundred times,” he Seeler, scorer of 404 goals in 476 the coach and the whole team before the Ousmane Dembele to make it 5-2 in the captain never managed to score four lamented. “It’s a superb bit of skill, there’s no denying that, and games for the Red Shorts and a FIFA Sporting match,” said Aubameyang. “I am closing stages. in a game in his time at Dortmund, with Gazza playing at Rangers back then we all knew what World Cup runner up with West Germany really happy that I scored four goals today “I’ve never managed to score four goals but BVB’s current talisman respects the he was capable of. The ironic thing is that he was about to be in 1966, was serenaded before kick-off, and helped the team. I do not want to risk in a game before,” Aubameyang said. threat he poses. subbed. He didn’t really have the legs to last 90 minutes at but only four minutes had passed by the my good relationship with the coach.” Not many have. The last Schwarzgelben “Lewa knows how to score goals. It›s that time and we were on top in midfield, so [Terry] Venables time the Gabon international dampened Perhaps assuaged by Aubamayang’s player to manage the feat was current nice to come up against him again.” had the change ready to go. But Gascoigne could produce any further HSV celebrations. first ever single-game four-goal haul, sporting director Michael Zorc, in a 4-2 (Source: Bundesliga) moments like that, and obviously that’s now what people remember the game for. “From a neutral’s point of view, it was a brilliant match. Unfortunately for us we ended up on the receiving end of a very unfortunate defeat, and we were all devastated. It’s not Ismael appointed full-time Man United legend Eric Cantona wants nice to look back on even now because that defeat ended Wolfsburg coach Jose Mourinho to ‘hang in there’ up costing us. We’d drawn with Holland and went on to beat Switzerland, and only went out on goal difference by a single goal to the Dutch in the end. We could have beaten England too. We were certainly in the ascendancy around the time of the penalty. If that goes in, there was only going to be one winner. But seeing it saved took the wind out of our sails and there was no way back for us after Gazza’s goal.” Twenty years of hurt Nor would there ever be, for Boyd at least, a shot at redemption in this fixture. Despite winning 72 caps, that EURO 96 meeting would – to his continued regret – prove to be his one and only appearance against England. It will, therefore, be with some envy that he watches Gordon Strachan’s team walk out at the revamped Wembley on Friday amid the cheers and jeers of a 90,000-strong crowd. The current squad would, in turn, readily swap that privilege for the three major tournaments, including the 1998 FIFA World Cup, in which the former Celtic and Chelsea defender participated. While Scotland’s involvement in such competitions was at that stage almost for granted – by France Valerien Ismael has been appointed as Bayern München, succeeded Dieter Heck- Manchester United legend Eric Canto- expensive one [Paul Pogba], the one 1998, they had qualified for six of the seven most recent World VfL Wolfsburg’s coach on a full-time ba- ing on an interim basis last month, and na has urged Jose Mourinho to “hang with the hair transplant [Wayne Roon- Cups – it has been a very different story in the years since. sis after a successful interim period at the scored his first win on Saturday, with a in there” amid criticism over his start ey]! All these ones they don’t make a By the time Russia 2018 rolls around, two decades will have Volkswagen Arena. Mario Gomez brace helping the Wolves to life at Old Trafford. whole yet. passed since the Scots last took part in one of the game’s big “We have analysed the situation to- to a 3-0 victory at SC Freiburg. Mourinho has won just eight of “But give them a little credit, football events, and recent results - a 1-1 home draw against Lithuania gether and come to the conclusion that “I thank Klaus Allofs and all responsi- 16 matches so far and has started off is not a f---ing science! Plus Mourinho’s and 3-0 defeat away to Slovakia - do not hint at an imminent Valerien Ismael is the right coach for VfL ble for the confidence in my work and the worse than either predecessors David nemesis Pep [Guardiola] and Arsene end to that drought. Wolfsburg,” said sporting director Klaus chance to be able to continue working at Moyes or Louis van Gaal, but Cantona [Wenger] are co-leading the Premier- A consequence of these recent woes is that, despite Allofs. “Thorough examination of the this level,” said Ismael, who has signed a insists that he must be patient. ship [Premier League] so I strongly Scotland having fallen at the first hurdle in France 1998, that other candidates showed that he is the contract until 2018. “I know that we still “I understand your frustration,” doubt Jose is going to give up. tournament – even Boyd’s unfortunate own goal in a narrow best solution. We take this decision with have much work to do, but I am convinced Cantona said in his role as ‘Football “Hang in there Jose! Could be opening-match defeat to Brazil – has come to be seen in a real confidence.” that the team will pull together 100 per Commissioner’ for Eurosport. worse -- you could be coaching Sun- new and more positive light. Not that the goalscorer himself Ismael, a Bundesliga champion as a cent and that we will succeed together.” “The Special One [Mourinho], the derland!” appreciates such wistful reminiscing. player with SV Werder Bremen and FC (Source: Bundesliga) Swedish One [Zlatan Ibrahimovic], the (Source: Soccernet) “I wish that Brazil game had been wiped from the memory by now,” he admitted. “But the lack of success since means that it’s the last big tournament we can all look back to and Pekerman discusses Falcao return, Chile clash talk about. Because of that, people talk about the match Colombia coach Jose Pekerman has discussed Fal- Copa Americas, which showed their high level. Now, in pretty fondly now. And, again, we played pretty well and were cao and praised forthcoming opponents Chile. The the World Cup preliminaries, they’ll always be candidate unlucky to lose. 30-year-old Monaco striker has returned to the Cafet- to qualify. “I would certainly never have thought back then that we’d eros squad for the first time in over a year for the 2018 “They’re an efficient and experienced team. They’ve still be waiting for another major tournament all these years FIFA World Cup Russia™ qualifiers at home to La Roja had, like all national teams, some ups and downs, but I later. Hopefully the run ends soon, and it looks to be getting and away to Argentina. think it will be a great match because Chile always put on easier in the EURO at least now with the added places. It’s “Falcao has always been a key player in the national a show.” still very tough to qualify for the World Cup though, and the team,” said Pekerman. “Unfortunately his injury kept him Colombia are fourth in South American qualifying, be- start we’ve made hasn’t made things any easier. But I really do out of the last World Cup. Now we’re in another stage and, hind Ecuador on goal difference, Uruguay by three points believe that Scotland, and the Scottish supporters in particular, after a timeout, he is finding his best form. and leaders Brazil by four. Chile and Argentina are a point enhance any competition they make it to, so hopefully the “You have to start from bottom to top. Hopefully he behind in fifth and sixth. team can surprise us all by getting to Russia. can find his best form and realise his highest expectations.” Colombia have won just one of their last seven meet- “I always feel we play better as underdogs, so who knows? Colombia entertain Chile in Barranquilla on Thursday, ings with Chile, with a James Rodriguez free-kick and a Fal- If we can go down to Wembley and get a result against the and Pekerman is expecting an entertaining game. cao goal securing a 3-1 comeback victory in Santiago in auld enemy, we might just have a chance.” “Chile are one of the best national teams in the world,” Brazil 2014 qualifying. (Source: FIFA) said the former Argentina coach. “They have won two (Source: FIFA) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 77,, 22016016 SPORT 15

All players have chance to play Harry Kane spot-on to claim draw for Tottenham against Syria: at Arsenal on return In the end, both teams will look back on a compelling, fluctu- ating match with the sense that perhaps it might have gone SPORTS Iran national team head coach their way with some better finishing. For Tottenham Hotspur, deskCarlos Queiroz says that all perhaps a fully firing Harry Kane might have accepted one of invited players to Team Melli have chance to play the chances he missed either side of his penalty, on his first start against Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier. for seven weeks. Yet Arsenal will have their own regrets and were Iran has been scheduled to face Syria on undoubtedly the more frustrated side after being unable to hold November 15 in Kuala Lumpur. on to their first-half lead. “We are trust in the players who are invited to the Both sides had spells of superiority and the speed and fre- national team and all players have chances to play quency at which the game swung from one end of the pitch to against Syria,” Queiroz said. the other was one of the reasons why it became an absorbing “We are going to defeat Syria to take another spectacle. Tottenham have now gone seven games without a step toward qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. The win in all competitions but they showed the kind of competitive most important thing for us is winning three points,” courage that made them authentic title contenders last season. the Portuguese coach added. Mauricio Pochettino’s side immediately look better with Kane and Vahid Amiri are injured back in the team although they also had to withstand some sus- and were absent in Persepolis match against Sanat tained pressure, particularly in that 20-minute spell in the first Naft in the Iranian Professional League. half when Arsenal took control and Kevin Wimmer’s own goal “Beiranvand will not travel to Malaysia with us gave the home side a 42nd-minute lead. but I hope Amiri can be ready for the match,” he Arsenal will be aggrieved they could not build on that po- said. “Iran will hold a training camp in January sition but it was a spirited response from their opponents after and play a friendly match as well. We will give the break and, if anything, the away team looked the more likely our young players a chance to play in the match”, winners during the closing stages. Spurs were missing Dele Alli Queiroz added. because of a knee injury he suffered in training on Saturday and Team Melli, who has moved up to 27th in they also lost Kyle Walker during the second half. Yet Arsenal recently FIFA rankings, sits top of Group A with never looked so dangerous in the second half against a side 10 points. experimenting with a three-man central defence. The top two in each group reach the 2018 finals Pochettino was certainly taking a gamble by trying in such with the two third-placed sides meeting over two a key fixture an unorthodox 3-3-2-2 formation for the first time legs for the chance to face a CONCACAF team in a and there were periods of the first half when Theo Walcott and final playoff for a ticket to Russia. Alexis Sánchez were trying to get behind their opponents, with Mesut Özil always in close proximity, that it was not easy to re- member the visitors had the best defensive figures in the league. Esteghlal legend Pourheydari laid to rest Alex Iwobi really ought to have given Arsenal the lead after the best passing exchange of the first half only to trundle his shot SPORTS Esteghlal legend Mansour Pourheydari He began his managerial career in 1980 as assistant into the arms of Hugo Lloris with so little conviction it was tempt- deskwas laid to rest at Tehran’s Behesht- coach to Abbas Razavi and Asghar Sharafi. ing to question his big-game mentality. Iwobi later chose the Zahra cemetery on Sunday. He was promoted as the club’s head coach in 1983 after wrong pass from another threatening break, promoting a rare He passed away at age of 70 on Friday. the resignation of Sharafi. show of anger from Özil, and Walcott almost scored a beauty Pourheydari died after a one-year battle with lung Pourheydari led Esteghlal to its second Asian trophy in with the rising shot he cracked high against Lloris’s left post. disease in Tehran’s Iranmehr Hospital. 1991.The coach also coached Fajr Sepasi and Sanat Naft in Tottenham did, however, have legitimate grievances about He began his football career at the age of 17 in Daraei Iranian football league. the opening goal, when Sánchez and Shkodran Mustafi had both but was transferred to Taj (now Esteghlal) in 1965 and Pourheydari became head coach of Iran national strayed offside when Özil whipped in the free-kick that led to Wim- played as a right defender for 10 years and won the Asian football team in 1998 and inspired the team to win the mer heading the ball into his own net. Those two players were Championship in 1970. Pourheydari also played for Iran in Bangkok. conceivably in Wimmer’s eye line, perhaps leaving him momentar- national football team and made three caps for Team Melli. Tehran Times staff express the deepest condolence on ily fearful of being caught out of position. All that really can be said He announced his retirement in 1977. the sad demise of Pourheydari.y for certain is that it was a poor misjudgment on the part of a player making his first appearance in the Premier League this season. Tottenham have won this fixture away from home only once Iran fails to qualify for AFC U-19 Oil & Gaz comes 4th at Asian Men’s in the last 23 years but there is another statistic that say Arsenal Women’s Championship Club League Handball have not beaten them in the league in Pochettino’s time. Mousa Dembélé’s switch to a slightly more deep-lying po- sition was a subtle yet important change for the second half. Christian Eriksen became more influential and Son Heung-min was prominently involved. Dembélé still had the licence to roam forward and it was his run from right to left, eluding Francis Co- quelin and then coming inside Nacho Monreal, that prompted Laurent Koscielny to make the challenge that led to the penalty. Kane put the ball down the middle and Spurs will also look back on that moment, five minutes from the end, when Eriksen’s free- kick curled beyond everyone and hit a post. (Source: Guardian)

SPORTS desk Emre Can: Manchester

SPORTS Iran was defeated Australia and Uzbekistan also ad- Iran’s Oil & Gaz lost to Lakhwiya of its opening match. The team defeat- United don’t respect deskagainst Vietnam 2-0 vanced to the competition. Qatar 31-21 in the bronze medal ed Al Ahli of Jordan 26-23 and lost to Bastian Schweinsteiger in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship The 2017 AFC U-19 Women’s Champi- match of the 19th Asian Men’s Club El Jaish 37-28 in group stage. qualification on Sunday. onship will be held in China in August 2017. League Handball. The Iranian team also lost to Al The Iranian team had already tied The top four teams in the 2015 edi- Al Noor of Saudi Arabia also de- Noor 35-26 in the semi-final. Liverpool midfielder Emre Can has criticised Jose Mourinho’s with India 1-1 in the event in Group D. tion of the AFC U-19 Championship — feated El Jaish of Qatar in the final The competition started on Octo- treatment of Bastian Schweinsteiger at Manchester United. Host Vietnam advanced to the 2017 champion Japan, North Korea, South Ko- match and won the title. ber 29 in Jordan and finished Novem- Schweinsteiger appears to have no future at Old Trafford fol- AFC U-19 Women’s Championship with rea and China — have already received Oil & Gaz was held to a 35-35 ber 5. lowing Mourinho’s arrival in the summer. He was excluded from two wins against India and Iran. a direct qualification to the tournament. draw against Al Jazeera of the UAE in (Source: Tasnim) United’s Europa League squad for the knockout stages and had been training away from the first team. However, Schweinsteiger is now back in the first-team picture after Mourinho confirmed last Inter Milan to announce new coach and week that the 32-year-old is back training at the Aon Train- management change in 48 hours ing Complex. “I know Schweinsteiger Inter Milan have released a statement confirming hours,” read a statement. “Various meetings have very well and I used to play they will announce a new head coach in the next been held over the last few days as the club has with him,” Can, a Germany in- few days. sought to identify the right man to take the team ternational, said. “He’s a very Inter sacked Frank de Boer on Monday evening forward. good guy and he’s a legend. and are reportedly closing on the appointment of “A change within the club’s management structure I don’t know what happened former Lazio manager Stefano Pioli. is also due to be announced. there but I think they don’t The club are also making a change in the “In the meantime we are focusing all our attention have too much respect for boardroom and revealed that an announcement is on winning an important football match against him. “It’s a pity because he’s forthcoming. Crotone this afternoon. a very good guy. He’s always “FC Internazionale wishes to confirm that our “Forza Inter!” somebody who worked hard new head coach will be announced in the next 48 (Source: ESPN) and is always a gentleman. “When I first came up to the first team [at Bayern Munich] he was the first one who came to me and said: ‘If you need some- Iran takes world title in 2016 World Classic Bodybuilding Championships thing come to me.’ “That was a big help. I was very thankful for that and it’s Iranian national classic bodybuilding squad has been Mohammad Reza Ja’fari also snatched a bronze for something I’ll never forget.” crowned champion in the 70th edition of the Interna- Iran in the up to 180-centimeter category. Meanwhile, Can has revealed that talks are progressing well tional Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) In the over 180-centimeter class, Kayvan Rezapour with Liverpool over a new long-term contract. Men’s World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships & and Hesam Khosravi stood first and second respectively The 22-year-old has 18 months remaining on his current deal 11th edition of World Amateur Classic Bodybuilding to pocket another gold medal and a silver for the Iranian which he signed when he moved to Anfield from Bayer Leverk- Championships in Spain. delegation at the competitions. usen in summer 2014. Iran finished at the top of the chart after picking The 70th edition of the IFBB Men’s World Amateur Can missed the early part of this season due to an ankle inju- up three gold, one silver, and one bronze medals at Bodybuilding Championships & 11th edition of World ry but has since forced his way back into Jurgen Klopp’s starting the tournament in the eastern Spanish city of Be- Amateur Classic Bodybuilding Championships began XI in recent weeks. nidorm. in Benidorm, Spain, on November 3 and will finish on “Yes, the club have spoken to my agent,” Can said regarding Seyyed Rouhollah Mirnourollahi claimed the first November 7, 2016. his contract negotiations. “The talks are going very good. gold medal for the Islamic Republic of Iran in the up to The sports event has brought together a total of 235 “I have one-and-a-half years left. I am still under contract 168-centimeter class. Mehdi Parvani brought home the world athletes from various continents. and it is my agent’s work [to sort it out]. I am very happy here at second gold in the up to 171-centimeter division. (Source: PressTV) Liverpool.” (Source: ESPN) b

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“Takhti” recorded in Czech “The Sea Suspended”

ARTTEHRAN — “Takhti” composed by deskIranian musical prodigy Puria Khadem to display Iranian, has recently been recorded in collaboration with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Czech, Iranian conductor of the orchestra, Ali (Alexander) Rahbari, said on Sunday. Arab modern art at Tehran museum

ARTTEHRAN — The commentator on Arab affairs, to deskTehran Museum preserve and exhibit his personal art of Contemporary Art (TMCA) will collection. showcase a collection of works by In addition, the exhibition will Iranian and Arab modern artists showcase six works by Lebanese and in an exhibition entitled “The Sea Palestinian artists. Suspended”. The artworks selected for the show Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Ali Rahbari (R) and vocalist Forty artworks by Iranian artists have been created over the 50-year Mohammad Motamedi pose in an undated photo. have been selected from the treasure period from 1940 to 1990. trove of TMCA for the exhibit, which The exhibition will provide an Young Iranian vocalist Mohammad Motamedi sings is scheduled to open on Tuesday opportunity for scholars and students in the piece, which also features other Iranian musicians, evening, the TMCA announced in a for a comparative study of Iranian and including Amir Bavarchi, Parisa Pirzadeh and Barbod Bayat, press release on Sunday. Arab modern art, the TMCA said. he told the Persian service of MNA. Forty works by Arab artists loaned “The exhibition also aims to “Last year, I heard the beautiful, clear voice of Mohammad by the Barjeel Art Foundation in the scrutinize an important period in the Motamedi in a concert with my lifelong dear friend Hossein United Arab Emirates will also be put history of Iranian and Arab art, which A poster Alizadeh,” Rahbari said. on display at the showcase. was born of changes and remarkable for “The “Just at that moment I decided to work with him in some The foundation was established by progress in the world,” the museum Sea project in the future,” he added. Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, an Emirati added. Suspended” Khadem composed “Takhti” in memory of the legendary wrestler Gholamreza Takhti. “When I was in Tehran I learned about ‘Takhti’, which was an amazing piece well-composed for orchestral Foreign media want to participate in Iran’s Press Exhibit: Anadolu Agency’s rep performance and highlights a popular national theme,” mentioned Rahbari who was formerly the conductor of the By Manijeh Rezapoor press and news agencies to become familiar with the foreign media active in the country,” he explained. Tehran Symphony Orchestra. TEHRAN — He said that he has always had a strong desire to help The representative of the Anadolu “For example, last year I became acquainted with young Iranian musicians to be acknowledged in the world. Agency, a state-run press agency in Turkey, Mustafa almost 32 agencies. We sat down and held talks,” he Melih Ahishali, says that the foreign media would like remarked. to have their pavilions at Iran’ Press Exhibit. Melih Ahishali called the press exhibit an absolute Speaking to the Tehran Times on Sunday at the 22nd necessity and said, “Journalists working for the press NEWS IN BRIEF Press Exhibition underway at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini and news agencies are gathered in one location and Mosalla, he said, “I think many foreign media working we can communicate with them easily, and elaborate Tehran’s Niavaran here in Iran would like to have their own stands at this on their works. We can sit and hold talks and can find exhibition.” out which agencies are active in Iran.” Palace to display Asked if they have officially proposed their request, On the positive outcome of the exhibit, he also said, Neyshabur folk art he replied, “There has been some discussion. There “I think it gives us a chance to become more familiar used to be some pavilions for the foreign media in with Iranian media.” previous editions of the exhibit, however here, there To the question asked if there is any such exhibit A view of the 22nd Press Exhibition at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini are none. ARTTEHRAN — in Turkey, he said that the press have pavilions at the Mosalla on November 4, 2016 (IRNA/Mojtaba Mohammadlu) A large collection of “The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has desk book fairs, but he does not think there is a separate works created by folk artists from provided a good opportunity at this exhibit for foreign exhibit for the press. press exhibit, which was part of Tehran’s International the northeastern Iranian city of Neyshabur will be media, and several sessions have been arranged at the “The press need to have their own exhibit. They Book Fair for many years. showcased in an exhibition, which will be held at foreign media department. This will allow the Iranian should be seen separately,” he said and referred to Iran’s The exhibit will run through November 11. Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Historical Palace from November 11 to 19. PICTURE OF THE DAY Honaronline/Gatha Ziatabari The exhibition entitled “The Art and the Culture of Neyshabur” will also display native attires and Iranian Artists handicrafts as well as a large number of books. Forum to review “Ardak” honored at Izmir festival Bahram Beizai’s “Ballad of Tara”

ARTTEHRAN — ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian director desk deskEsmaeil Monsef’s “Ardak” has renowned Iranian been honored with the special jury award of the filmmaker Bahram Beizai’s 1979 17th Izmir International Short Film Festival. movie “Ballad of Tara” will be The film is about a father waiting for the return screened at the Iranian Artists Forum of his son who left the country many years ago. (IAF) in Tehran this evening. First prize in the international competition The screening will be followed by section went to “Timecode” by Spanish director a review session by Iranian critics Juanjo Giménez while second prize was presented Amir Puria and Keivan Kasirian. to “Fighting for Death” by Eleonora Veninova from The film is about a young widow, Macedonia. Tara, who returns to her village due The festival was held in the Turkish city from to her grandfather’s death. She November 1 to 6. gives neighbors the grandfather’s belongings but there is an old sword that no one wants. One day she meets an ancient warrior who claims that the sword is his and he has been Ay Caramba! “The Simpsons” sent to the present time to take it back. to break record as “Ballad of Tara” is the first Iranian longest-running U.S. show film that competed in the Un Certain A tableau featuring a set of origami art is part of a multimedia exhibition by Mohammad Behabadi at Tehran’s Iranshahr Gallery on November 5, Regard section at the Cannes Film 2016. The exhibit titled “Now Untitled” runs until November 15 at the gallery located at 69 Sepand St. off Azodi St. NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Simpsons have traveled the Festival in 1980. world, saved Springfield from annihilation and even stepped into virtual reality, but the beloved animated family is entering new ground as it heads toward a record-breaking 30th Art enthusiasts impressed by “Silence” at Tehran gallery season. ARTTEHRAN — “Silence”, the latest Moradkhani, who was also visiting the exhibit, said that «The Simpsons» has been renewed for two more seasons deskcollection by painter Behnush Forutan, he has followed the exhibits of Forutan, adding, “The artist running until 2019, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc›s Fox was warmly received by art lovers on the opening day of her has chosen a new approach in this new collection and has Broadcasting said on Friday, meaning it will break the record exhibition at Tehran’s Shokuh Gallery on Friday. combined nature with the abstract.” for most episodes of any scripted television show in U.S. history. Art expert Alireza Sami-Azar who is also the director of Artist Bahman Niku also praised new works by Forutan «The Simpsons» is currently in its 28th season, with just over the Tehran Auction, Farabi Cinema Foundation Managing and said, “If an artist feels she/he can see something 600 episodes aired. By 2019, it will have outpaced western TV Director Alireza Tabesh, Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic different from others, she/he needs to convey this difference drama «Gunsmoke,» which concluded after 635 episodes in Affairs Ali Moradkhani, and artists Gholamreza Nami and to the visitors, and Ms. Forutan has beautifully portrayed this 1975. Ataollah Zinuri were among visitors on the opening day of difference.” «Take that ‹Gunsmoke!› You lost a race you didn›t even the showcase. Zinuri also believes that Forutan has displayed a selection know you were running!,» Homer Simpson said in a statement “Silence means a type of active silence in this exhibit, that of beautiful and unique paintings in her exhibit. from Fox. is, a silence that is not actually a sign of satisfaction. It actually A selection of 12 paintings has been put on display at the Since its 1989 premiere, «The Simpsons» - bumbling conveys the meaning of a scream. This exhibit proposes that exhibit running until November 15. Ten of the paintings were patriarch Homer, long-suffering wife Marge, prankster Bart, visitors choose meaningful silence rather than screaming. I sold on the opening day. A visitor is seen in an exhibition of paintings by Behnush Forutan prodigy Lisa and baby Maggie - have become globally believe sometimes silence is the best solution,” the artist said The gallery is located at 19 Amir Nuri Alley, North Salimi at Tehran’s Shokuh Gallery on November 4, 2016. recognized figures. in a press release published on Sunday. St. near Andarzgu Blvd. (Honaronline/Amirhossein Khalili)