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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 37th year No.12524 Sunday APRIL 10, 2016 Farvardin 22, 1395 Rajab 2, 1437 Iranian Iran plans defense India ready to invest $20b to build minister puts 9 nuclear U.S. to three power plants key questions in Iran’s Chabahar port by 2025 New Delhi to pay outstanding oil dues soon POLITICAL TEHRAN — Irani- Tehran exporting 350,000 bpd of oil, hopes for more POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran deskan Defense Minister desk ECONOMY will build 9 nuclear Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has TEHRAN — In- southern port of Chabahar, Indian with his Iranian counterpart Bijan to facilitate the growing trade and deskdia is ready to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Namdar Zangeneh in Tehran on investment with Iran and other power plants by 2025 which marks put U.S. officials to three key questions the end of the 20-year vision plan, the in reply to Secretary of State John Ker- invest $20 billion in energy and Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said in Saturday. countries in the region, notably industrial projects in the Iranian a news conference after a meeting India is negotiating this project Afghanistan. spokesman for the Atomic Energy Or- ry’s remarks about Iran’s missile pro- ganization of Iran (AEOI) announced gram, Mehr news agency reported on on Saturday. Saturday. See page 4 “At the end of the country’s 20-year Kerry had said in a press gathering vision plan, 10 percent of the coun- in Bahrain that his country is ready to try’s electricity should be produced sit with Iran to discuss Tehran’s missile through atomic energy and 9 nuclear program. power plants are required for this pur- After the signing of the Joint pose,” Behrouz Kamalvandi, stated. Comprehensive Plan of Action He said the technology is “effective” by Tehran and major world pow- in helping the country make progress. ers, this is the second major Kamalvandi added that nuclear ener- confrontation between Iran and gy is an efficient source which does not the West. harm the environment. The AEOI spokes- Western powers claim Iran’s missile man also said a “long term view” on nu- program is growingly a cause of con- clear energy is needed, adding that long cern, while Tehran says its missile pro- time is required to achieve the necessary gram is solely defensive and the Res- progress in the nuclear industry. olution 2231 does not prohibit missile He also said Iran’s power plants are tests by Iran. among the “safest” in the world. “What are Americans doing in the Iran’s first nuclear power plant was com- region?” was the first question raised pleted with the collaboration of Russia. by the Iranian minister. Along with Bushehr facilities, Iran The second major question has constructed other nuclear sites asked by Minister Dehqan is: Are across the country including Natanz Americans pursuing their own na- Hassan Hosseini and Furdo uranium enrichment sites. tional interests or those of regional The country has also managed to nations? introduce different generations of indig- 2 Shana/ enously-manufactured centrifuge ma- chines with IR8 being the last of which.

Persepolis beats Lieutenant General Sayyad-Shirazi remembered Over $4.5 billion Malavan in Iran POLITICAL TEHRAN – A Salehi, Health Minister Mehdi Qa- as Zafar 7 Operation and Nasr-4 to shore up Professional League deskceremony was zizadeh Hashemi, former presi- Operation. In 1989, Sayyad-Shirazi SMEs: minister held in Tehran on Saturday to dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, etc. was awarded the highest military SPORTS Persepolis football mark the 17th year since Lieuten- Sayyad-Shirazi led a counter of- distinction in the Iranian armed ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian deskteam earned a late ant General Ali Sayyad-Shirazi was fensive, called Mersad Operation, forces, the Fath (Conquest) medal. deskIndustry, Mining, 2-1 victory over Malavan in Iran Pro- martyred by an operative of the against the MKO militants, who Sayyad-Shirazi was assassinat- and Trade Minister Mohammad-Reza fessional League on Saturday. Mojahedin Khalq Organization. with the help of Saddam Hussein, ed on April 10, 1999, at 6:45 local Ne’matzadeh said on Saturday that Persepolis Honduran striker Jerry The occasion was attended by launched an attack in the summer time, outside his house while on 160 trillion rials (over $4.5 billion) has Bengtson found the back of the net a number of officials including for- of 1988 to capture the western city his way to work. The MKO claimed been allocated for supporting about from the penalty spot in the 7th min- mer IRGC commander and current of Kermanshah. responsibility for the attack. It said 2,000 small and medium-sized enter- ute. Expediency Council secretary Mo- He also led other successful mil- the act was a revenge for the Mer- prises which have been unable to work Three minutes later, the referee hsen Rezaei, Army chief Ata’ollah itary operations against Iraq, such sad Operation. over the past few years. awarded Malavan a penalty kick and Ne’matzadeh said that the fund Jalal Rafkhaei opened the goal. will be given to SMEs with the aim of In the dying moments of the match, Machiavellianism may explain dominant helping them solve their problems and unmarked Kamal Kamyabinia scored a stand up, IRNA reported. dramatic 94th-minute winner to send The banking system is studying to Persepolis to the IPL second place. forms of politics in Middle East: professor finalize the plan, he said, hoping that “I congratulate my players since it would be enforced by the end of the they won one of the most difficult INTERVIEW Has the political logic isolated from the rest of the world, there is not complete unanimity current Iranian calendar month (April 19). matches of the season. I am happy By Javad Heirannia dominating the Middle East in but increasingly it is becoming an about the true definition of those Ne’matzadeh also said that the dis- because our players were fighting for recent years been Hobbesian, important part of the international philosophies. Often, some of the bursement will be in the form of loans victory against Malavan,” Persepolis TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Ja- Lockean, or Kantian? community. As the result of pro- notions that have been tradition- with low interest rate. coach Branko Ivankovic said in the hanpour, a former senior research A: This is a very complex found and accelerating chanchanges ally accepted about those philos- About 7,000 SMEs nationwide have post-match news conference. fellow at Harvard University, says, philosophical question, thatthat are takintakingg place in the MMiddlei ophies are quite controversial, and become inactive in recent years, the Elsewhere, Naft defeated Padideh “One school of thought that may which requiress an analysis East, it is ononlyly rigrightht to tthinkhink aabout it is possible to find different inter- minister added. 2-1 thanks to two goals from Ali Ghor- come close to explaining most of that is beyondd tthehe scope thesethese lalargerrger issues and ddecidee pretations of them. bani and Hamid Buhamdan. the dominant forms of politics in the of this shortt inter- whichwhich pathspaths to choose.choose. 1- For instance, Hobbesian phi- 1500 jobs created On Sunday, Esteghlal has a chance Middle East is Machiavellianism.” view. However,r, iitt iiss As we are talkingtalking abouta losophy is often taken as mean- to return to the top of the IPL in the “While Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ time to begin askask-- philosophicalphilosophical issues, it is ing that society needs a strong for recovered match against Sepahan in Tehran’s was supposed to be a manual for ing these impor-mpor- naturalnatural thatthat wewe cannotca government at the top, otherwise addicts Azadi Stadium. rulers, and about how a new prince tant questions,s, as givegive a preciseprecise answeranswe to there will be chaos. However, al- the Middle Eastst is thisthis qquestion,uestion, be- though superficially Hobbes is Zob Ahan will also host Tractor Sazi should behave, his book advocates SOCIETY TEHRAN — The in Isfahan’s Foolad Shahr Stadium. a dark and cynical philosophy, with not an island causecau believed to be a champion of ab- desk solutism for the sovereign or the deputy interior min- a clear disregard for morality and a ister for drug control said on Saturday focus on self-interest and manipula- One can see some echoes of ruler, he was also one of the first Iran seriously philosophers who advocated the that 1500 jobs have been created for tion of others,” Farhang Jahanpour Machiavellian behavior not only in some the people who have been able to kick pursuing rights tells the Tehran Times. rights of the citizens and devel- Middle Eastern politicians, but indeed in oped some of the fundamentals of off their addiction. Following is the text of the in- Alireza Jazini, who was speaking of mina crush liberal thought. 9 terview: politicians throughout the world. at anti-necrotic council in the city of victims: official Arak, said that 80 percent of the ad- dicts who succeed to overcome their The representative of the Leader of the Tehran is a beautiful yet unknown city: European Commission’s official addiction turn to drugs when they Islamic Revolution in Hajj and Pilgrim- fail to find a job, Tasnim news agency age Organization has stressed on Sat- SOCIETY TEHRAN — delegation explained that they are to make them use public transpor- reported. desk urday that Tehran is following up on an Tehran is a looking into cooperation oppor- tation it is necessary to make them He also said that 600 different kinds agreement with Riyadh on the com- beautiful yet unknown city which tunities in the field of urban trans- more appealing,” he suggested. of drugs were discovered in 2014 which pensation that Saudi Arabia should needs fairly long time to be dis- portation in order to guarantee Public transportation must were put on UN agenda for study and pay to the families of Iranian victims covered, the European Commis- sustainable development. have three characteristics includ- another seven have been found in the of last year’s Mina crush, Tasnim news sion’s director general for mobility He added that many of the ing being sustainable, economical markets recently. agency reported on Saturday. and transport Henrik Hololei said. challenges and problems the and having high standards with The use of psychedelic drugs has Saudi Arabia has not denied the pay- Although Tehran is similar to cities worldwide are facing are the least amount of fossil fuel use been increased by 50 percent in Iran, ment of the blood money, but the pro- other metropolises around the common and there are com- of transportation in European and replacing them with new and Jazini said, adding of the 1.4 million cedures for it should be agreed upon “so world in that it is confronting mon and several solutions for countries and fortunately Tehran is green energies, he said. addicts in the country 26 percent con- that, God willing, it would be paid to the with different challenges, the city them, so many of the problems also suitable to become a city for In this case if people insist on sume psychedelic drugs and crystal families of these martyrs,” Hojjatoleslam can be quite impressing for first- that Tehran is struggling with are cyclists same as the Netherlands using their own cars they must meth. Seyed Ali Qazi-Askar said. time visitors, Hololei noted, IRIB same as those of Europe’s. and Denmark,” he highlighted. be forced into using public trans- He also reminded that opium is still According to Iranian officials, over reported. A city for cyclists More strict traffic rules portation by applying more strict the most favored drug among Irani- 4,700 pilgrims, including 465 Iranians, died Hololei who has travelled to “Our main focus is to encour- “The truth is that people are in- traffic rules and developing traffic ans with psychedelic and crystal meth in a crush on September 24, 2015, in Mina. Tehran at the head of a 9-member age the use of bicycles as a means fatuated with their cars and in order zones, he added. 10 standing next. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NATION 2 AAPRILPRIL 110,0, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international

MEDIA MONITOR Iranian defense minister puts Iran’s ambassador submits credentials to Erdogan U.S. to three key questions 1 even after the successful clinching of the TEHRAN – Iran’s new Ambassador to Ankara Mo- And finally, the brigadier general Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on hammad, Ibrahim Taherianfard, on Friday submit- added: What benefits do the people of July 14, 2105. ted his credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip those regions stand to from Americans’ Recently, the U.S. has made a changege presence for example when it comes to of focus from Iran’s nuclear dossier to the

IRNA Erdogan. In the meeting, the two sides reviewed issues of battling terrorist groups such as ISIL, and country’s missile program, claiming tthathat mutual interest, IRNA reported on Saturday. Taliban? Iranian missiles are “potentially” capableable Taherianfard had already served as Iran’s am- The minister invited Kerry to “rumi- of carrying nuke warheads. bassador to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Zagreb. nate” over the queries though the answer However, Iranians have said with cer-er- is already clear. tainty that the missile program the countryry Zarif’s Majlis “If they (Americans) have an iota of is following is merely a deterrent. fairness, they would acknowledge that History says the U.S. concerns are briefing they for sure pursue their own interests.” unwarranted as Iran has not invad- postponed Considering this, Dehqan continued ed any country during the past two to say Kerry’s remarks are simply “utter centuries. nonsense.” This is while the U.S. attacked TEHRAN – A previously arranged briefing to be It seems that there is no sign of Afghanistan and Iraq after the 9/11 delivered to the Majlis regarding the implementa- détente between Tehran and Washington attacks in 2001 and 2003, respectively. tion of the JCPOA by the foreign minister has been postponed. FARS Zarif’s address to the lawmakers has been post- poned because the Majlis is engaged in reviewing Iran will remain a friend of Russia, Zarif says the national budget, Nozar Shafi’i, spokesman of By staff and agency Commenting on Iran-Russia common experience in “We have agreed on easing and facilitation of cus- the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said fighting terrorism in Syria, Zarif said that Iran and Russia toms regulations, we have also agreed on easing and fa- Committee told Fars on Saturday. that Iran will remain a “friend” and “partner” of Russia. are “stronger together” and can counter terrorism and cilitating visas so that our business people, as well as our “We will remain a friend of Russia, we will remain a extremism. tourists, can interact and travel from one country to an- 19 million ballot close partner of Russia, and because of our relations with “Iran and Russia are stronger together; we can in fact other. We also have been discussing with Russia reduc- Russia, because of our common interests and shared defeat extremism and contain extremism. We have made, ing tariffs and other barriers in trade, so we’re making papers printed for principles and the strategic relations that we look to fur- with the sacrifice of the Syrian people, with the bravery of progress. We make progress in some fishery products, in runoff ther enhance and further strengthen in the course of the Syrian Armed Forces, we have been able to defeat in some agricultural products but we will make even more years to come. And we believe our relations with the many respects the advances of Daesh,, alal-Nusra. Nusra. And the progress. We have mmade some progress and enhanced rest of the world will never undermine our relations with international community will need to learn,learn, particu-particu- cooperation bebetweentw Iran and Russia in the area of TEHRAN – 19 million ballot papers have been print- Russia because we value our relations with Russia as an larly those who talk a lot, about fightingting extrem- defense,defense, in the areaa of peaceful nuclear technolo- ed for the runoff elections that will be held in 15 extremely important strategic partnership,” he said in an ism, terrorism, need to learn that theyy need to be gy,gy, in the area oof construction of railroads, credits, thousand polling stations across Iran, according to interview with TASS published on Friday. engaged, they need to be serious, theyhey needneed to otherother ppossibilities,”ossibilitie he added. chairman of the financial and logistics committee of Iran and Russia are neighbors and for Iran relations act rather than simply take political decisionsdecisions in Elsewhere,Elsewhere, heh appreciated Russia’s role in the YJC the elections headquarters. with neighbors are extremely important, he said. dealing with that,” he said. nuclearnuclear talks.ta Javad Nasserian said the runoff will be held on On steps taken to expand bilateralral re- “The“Th role of Russia in reaching that April 29, the Young Journalists’ Club reported on Zarif says, “We have made lations, he said, “We have actually takenken nuclearnucle agreement was instrumental, Saturday. some progress and enhanced steps. There are some bottlenecks, andnd anandd we very much appreciate the role Of the country’s 207 constituencies, 56 will have cooperation between Iran and we are addressing those bottlenecks.s. SergeySe Lavrov himself and the Rus- a runoff election, the official underlined. One is banking. Due to sanctions,, ssian government played in this pro- He added that the 56 constituencies are situated Russia in the area of defense, banking relations between Iran and cess. So Iran and Russia working in 21 provinces. peaceful nuclear technology, other countries were restricted. Now together can be a force for peace, construction of railroads, we are taking steps with Russia and a force for prosperity and a force Rafsanjani: Iran with other countries to remove those for combating our common chal- should help credits, and other possibilities.” banking restrictions.” lenges,” he said. neighbor states overcome insecurities Rezaei: U.S. that has failed to comply with JCPOA has no right TEHRAN – The chairman of the Expediency Council said on Saturday that Iran should help its neighbor- to discuss Iran missile program ing states overcome insecurity and resolve regional disputes, according to ILNA. POLITICAL TEHRAN - Secre- lamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), In an Expediency Council meeting, Ayatollah desktary of the Expediency also made a quip, saying, “It seems the ILNA Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani wished for dignity and Council has said the U.S. which has so JCPOA has given great pleasure to Mr. prosperity of the Iranian nation as well as the settle- far failed to comply with the terms of Kerry that he brings the missile issue up ment of problems in the Muslim world, particularly the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in his statements.” the neighboring countries, in the new Iranian year. (JCPOA) has no business to speak about In a recent press talk, the U.S. Secre- Referring to the current dissatisfactory situation Iran’s missile capability. tary of State John Kerry had expressed in the region and waves of unrests, he said Iran Mohsen Rezaei made the remarks readiness to negotiate with Iran over its should help maintain calmness and unity in the while addressing a gathering to mark missile program. region through promotion of cooperation and in- the martyrdom anniversary of Lieutenant John Kerry has come in for a lot of flak teraction. General Ali Sayad Shirazi. from senior Iranian officials for the missile “Following the JCPOA, the U.S. Con- remarks. Expediency gress Democrats signed a document to Also, Iranian Defense Minister Brig- hinder dollar-based exchanges with Iran,” adier General Hossein Dehqan has re- Council passes Rezaei reminded. acted to Kerry’s comments, asking him regulation “This is a violation of the JCPOA as we and other U.S. officials to tell the world policies overview (Iranians) all supported the negotiations the reason for their presence in other and even stopped publicizing our military regions instead of meddling in other sile program. In the same vein, on Saturday IRGC TEHRAN – On Saturday the Expediency Coun- drills, but the U.S. has fallen short of its countries. Tehran, on the other hand, says its Deputy Commander Brigadier General cil passed the overview of policies addressing the commitments to the Bani Sadr, Hashemi, With ink still drying on the JCPOA missile program is solely for defensive Hossein Salami said, “This is outside their country’s regulatory system. Khatami, and Rouhani administrations.” deal, U.S. and its Western allies have purposes with conventional, non-nuclear (Americans) province to talk about our The council also approved a parliamentary bill Rezaei, former commander of the Is- opened a new front, targeting Iran’s mis- warheads. defensive requirements.”

ICANA for prisoner swap between the Islamic Republic and the Republic of Cyprus, ICANA reported. Estonian FM to Providing house for the poorp is a principle of the Islamic Revolution: Rouhani POLITICAL TEHRAN – Building housesses fforor dationdation on Saturday. and charity donors to join the government to help visit Iran deskthe “vulnerable classes” ooff ththee The order by Imam Khomeini to establish the resolve the housing-related problems of the vulner- society is one of the “fundamental principles”ciples” Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation indicates able people. of the Islamic Revolution, President Hassanassan thethe imimportance of housing for the underprivi- Rouhani also said that the government attaches Rouhani said in a meeting with managersrs legedleged classes, he noted. great importance to “housing and employment” in TEHRAN – Estonian Foreign Minister Marina Kalju- of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foun-- He called on the housing foundation villages. rand is visiting Iran on Sunday. Kaljurand, accompanied by a trade and political delegation, is set to meet with senior Iranian officials Top reformist: Resistance economy ‘a tangible reality’ of Iran during her two-day visit, ISNA reported on Saturday. POLITICAL TEHRAN - Moham- the movement. People familiar with the matter say ISNA Head of Estonian foreign ministry for political deskmad Reza Aref, the top “Economy needs to be saved … Of Aref, who took the lead in parliamentary affairs visited Iran in February and met with Irani- reform-minded politician who led the course, the government per se can’t elections in the Tehran constituency, is a an Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African race for parliamentary seats in Tehran solve all problems of the country and as potential rival for the parliament speaker Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. on February 26, has said Iran’s decision highlighted by the Supreme Leader, all post, where he will compete the incum- Kaljurand plans to discuss issues of mutual in- makers have come up with the resistance governmental and non-governmental bent Ali Larijani. terests as well as expanding economic and trade economy as a tangible reality of the so- entities should help the government to Relevant to this, Aref noted that high interactions. ciety, Tasnim news agency reported on implement 24 principles of the resistance on the next parliament’s agenda will be a Saturday. economy,” Aref explained. closer harmony with the government to De Mistura expected Speaking to senior officials of the Iran However, Aref added, economic flour- achieve goals. in Tehran Chamber of Guilds (ICG), Aref maintained ishing and implementation of the resist- where political hoopla not only thwarts “We will also try to brief Iranians on that the resistance economy is not a mot- ance economy will only be achieved in economic growth but also diverts the the Majlis activities in the field of the re- to and the ICG can be in the vanguard of a clam and free-of-challenge context, country away from development. sistance economy.”

TEHRAN – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is expected to arrive in Tehran on Sunday Trump promise to scrub Iran deal unwise, Moniz says evening or Monday morning, a representative of By staff and agency proach,” Moniz said in an interview with Bloomberg Tel- It is “extremely unlikely” that the other world pow- the Iranian Foreign Ministry press office told Sputnik Donald Trump would be ill-advised to tear apart the Iran evision. ers that negotiated with Iran alongside the U.S., China, on Saturday. nuclear deal as he has promised if he wins the American Trump, the Republican front-runner, said in a speech France, Russia, the U.K. and Germany, “would follow De Mistura said earlier that he planned to visit presidential election, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Wash- our lead if the next president just arbitrarily says, ‘Well, SPUTNIK Damascus and Tehran, as well as, possibly, Amman said. ington last month that his “No. 1 priority is to dismantle everything’s going fine, but I just don’t like this deal. Let’s and Beirut before April 13, ahead of the start of a “It’s technically possible, but I just don’t see that any the disastrous deal with Iran” that President Barack Oba- start over again.”’ Moniz said. “It just does not make any new round of intra-Syrian talks. calculation leads you to that as being a sensible ap- ma has called one of his top foreign policy achievements. sense.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Saudi Arabia, Egypt agree to build NEWS Israel warns of ‘concrete’ bridge over Red Sea attack threat in Turkey The House of Saud’s King Salman has Sisi, who minutes before the an- Israel has raised its security alert for travel to Turkey and said that an agreement has been reached nouncement had presented the king with called on its citizens to leave the country as soon as possible, with Egypt to build a bridge over the Red the ceremonial Nile Collar, suggested warning of a “high-level” and “concrete” threat. Sea connecting the two countries. the name “King Salman bin Abdel Aziz The country’s counterterrorism bureau said on Saturday The monarch made the announce- Bridge”. that it was reiterating and sharpening the high level of threat ment in televised speech on Friday - the “The unique quality of the relations in Turkey following a situational assessment. second day of his visit to Cairo - after between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the “There are immediate risks of attacks being carried out in meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah extent to which they are strong and the country, and we stress the threat applies to all tourism el-Sisi, and before representatives of the deep-rooted, will allow us to face mutual sites in Turkey,” the bureau said. two countries began signing investment challenges,” Sisi said. It called on all Israelis to avoid visiting Turkey and urged deals. “Our cooperation will certainly allow Israeli tourists there to leave “as soon as possible”, defining “I agreed with my brother, his Excel- us to resolve all of our regional crises, the threat as level 2 – “concrete and high”. lency President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to such as in Palestine, Yemen, Libya and Tel Aviv made a similar warning on March 28. build a bridge connecting the two coun- Syria.” People were killed and wounded when a man blew him- tries,” Salman said. The Saudi monarch’s visit is about self up on Istiklal Street, a famous shopping area in the heart “This historic step to connect the two both politics and economics. of Turkey’s largest city, on March 19. continents, Africa and Asia, is a quali- For King Salman, it is about show- Turkey said the bomber had links to the Islamic State in tative transformation that will increase ing that Saudi Arabia and Egypt would Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group. trade between the two continents to un- stand together against outside interfer- Another attack in Istanbul’s old city, the Sultanahmet dis- precedented levels.” ence. trict, targeting tourists killed 12 Germans and one Peruvian It was not mentioned where the For Egyptians, much more is at in January. bridge would be built, but at the closest stake: The two countries are sign- Separately, three different attacks in the capital Ankara in point - Nabq, just north of Sharm el- ing agreements including a multi- the past six months killed more than 170 people. Sheikh, in Egypt, and Ras Alsheikh Ha- billion-dollar deal whereby Sau- Turkey, a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) mem- mid, in Saudi Arabia - the two countries di Arabia will finance Egypt’s oil understanding. Mohamed Morsi in 2013, giving billions ber country, was a regional ally of Israel until the two cut ties are 16km apart. needs for the next five years and A government official said that the of dollars in aid, grants and cash de- in 2010 over the deadly storming by Israeli commandos of a The plan to build a joint bridge over previous estimates for the bridge deals with Saudi Arabia during Salman’s posits to help buoy the country’s econ- Turkish aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip, which left 10 Turkish the Red Sea at the entrance of the Gulf of suggest a cost between $3bn and visit would amount to about $1.7bn. omy. activists dead. Aqaba has been in the pipeline for sev- $4bn. The House of Saud regime is one of Egypt has faced years of political up- The two sides have been in talks to repair the damaged eral years. Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf the top foreign investors in Egypt, with heaval since the 2011 uprising that top- ties. Earlier proposals suggested the states have provided Sisi with impor- more than $8bn pledged late last year in pled longtime Dictator Hosni Mubarak, (Source: Al Jazeera) causeway would feature a railway line in tant support since he came to power sectors such as tourism, agriculture and prompted a foreign-reserves crisis and parallel with the road lanes, integrating in 2013. But this package from Sau- information technology. slowed economic growth. both countries’ proposed high-speed di Arabia to Egypt dwarfs all previous It has also promised to help the coun- The country has since grown depend- railway systems. In that plan, the cause- agreements. try meet its energy needs. ent on aid from abroad, although it says way would pass through Saudi’s Tiran Is- Besides the announcement, Saudi Riyadh has helped to finance Sisi’s it seeks to wean itself off as soon as pos- Panama Papers: land, which would serve as a connection and Egyptian representatives signed 17 government since the Egyptian leader sible. El Salvador raids Mossack between the two countries. investment deals and memorandums of - then army chief - overthrew President (Source: Al Jazeera) Fonseca office U.S. asks judge to seal files in case over CIA sex case leaks The Justice Department urged a United States judge numbers, but since the records remained sealed it was late on Friday to keep secret many of the court records not immediately clear which interviews or FBI investi- in the now-abandoned lawsuit over leaks in the investi- gative records the government wanted most urgently gation that led to the resignation of former Central Intel- to protect. ligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus. The case included FBI files and deposition testimo- The files include transcripts of sworn interviews with ny from or about such senior U.S. government officials senior Obama administration officials about the sex as Petraeus; Defense Secretary Ashton Carter; former scandal and its fallout. Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta; Government lawyers said unsealing some of the files Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Marine “would publicize details of a criminal investigation that Gen. John R. Allen, then-commander of U.S. forces concluded without charges being filed.” Other records in Afghanistan; former Pentagon chief of staff Jeremy contain or describe confidential statements provided to Bash; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aide FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents, documents Phillipe Reines; and former Pentagon and CIA press Authorities in El Salvador have raided the local offices of law sealed by another court or material that should be kept secretary George Little. firm Mossack Fonseca and seized documents and equip- secret to protect the privacy interests of people con- Jill Kelley of Tampa, Florida, along with her hus- Kelley had complained to the FBI in 2012 about har- ment, according to the office of the country’s attorney gen- nected to the case. band, Scott, had sued the government in June 2013 assing emails from an unknown person who turned eral. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had given in Washington, alleging that officials violated the U.S. out to be Broadwell. The Panama-based law firm is at the centre of an interna- the government until midnight to file its objections to Privacy Act by disclosing information about them The Kelleys’ civil lawsuit collapsed last month after tional data leak scandal - dubbed the Panama Papers - that unsealing the records. She had noted a 2001 appeals during the FBI’s investigation of Petraeus. The for- her lawyers asked the judge to let them withdraw from has embarrassed several world leaders and highlighted the court decision citing “a strong presumption in favor of mer CIA director pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor the case. The lawyers cited irreconcilable differences; shadowy world of offshore companies. public access to judicial proceedings.” charge of mishandling classified information relating just weeks after the Justice Department declined a se- Attorney General Douglas Melendez, who personally In its filing, the Justice Department referred to specific to documents he had provided to his biographer, cret $4.35 million settlement proposal. oversaw Friday’s raid, said that the government decided to records it wanted kept sealed by their electronic case file Paula Broadwell, with whom he was having an affair. (Source: AP) sweep the offices after noticing Mossack Fonseca had re- moved its office sign late on Thursday, which raised suspi- cions. An employee later said the company was planning to Paris attacks suspect ‘arrested in Belgium’ amid links move, according to the attorney general’s Twitter feed. The El Salvador office is not listed on Mossack Fonseca’s corporate website. to Brussels bombings El Salvador’s government seized about 20 computers, Mohamed Abrini, the only suspect still at cially confirm that Abrini is the ‘man some documents and interviewed seven employees, but did large from last year’s Paris attacks, was in the hat’, from Brussels Airport, not detain anyone, Melendez said. arrested in Brussels, along with other as- seen walking with his two compan- “At this moment we cannot speak about [any] crimes; all sociates alleged to have been involved ions – since identified as Ibrahim El we can do at this moment is our job,” he said. with last month’s Brussels bombings, Bel- Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui - just He said that the government would analyze all the confis- gian authorities have confirmed. before they blew themselves up in cated information and examine its financial, accounting and Abrini, who has also been identified the departure hall. He is thought to legal aspects. by local media as the ‘man in the hat’, have fled the scene after failing to ac- He said it appears the law firm’s local affiliate helped pro- was arrested in Anderlecht, on the west tivate his own device. cess information for clients worldwide. side of Brussels, where four other sus- The arrest comes a day after police is- Governments across the world have begun investigating pects linked to the Paris attacks were also sued a public appeal for help finding him. possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful after caught. They released further footage show- the leak of more than 11.5 million documents from the law Another man arrested in a series of ing him calmly walking from Brussels firm that span four decades. raids, identified as Osama K. by Belgian airport among terrified crowds of people “Most of us pay our taxes because it’s the right thing to authorities, was linked to the 13 Novem- and heading for the city. The man then do and because we don’t have any other choice,” Nick Bryer, ber Paris attacks by French authorities spent two hours walking six miles to a Oxfam’s Head of UK Policy, told Al Jazeera. on March 22, hours after the Belgium crossroads just half a mile from the Eu- “When the world’s richest decide to exploit the loopholes attacks. ropean Commission’s Berlaymont head- and deploy armies of tax lawyers and accountants to avoid Abrini and Osama K. are now suspect- quarters. Along the way, he discarded paying their share, the rest of us miss out. We miss out on ed of playing a role in the two biggest his white coat, revealing a blue shirt with things which are paid for by taxes, for example schools, roads attacks carried out by the Islamic State in of Paris two days before the attacks, with mer to Syria, where his younger brother distinctive dark elbow patch. and health services.” Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist would-be suicide bomber Salah Abde- Souleymane, 20 died in 2014. Souley- However, the police have been “It’s a much bigger issue in a poorer country where budg- group in Europe over the past year, kill- slam, a boyhood friend. While Abdeslam mane was part of ISIL’s French-speaking cautious about their findings in recent ets are stretched.” ing 130 people in Paris and 32 in Brussels. was arrested in Brussels three weeks ago, wing, headed by Abdelhamid Abaaoud, days: two weeks ago, prosecutors were Ramon Fonseca, the founding partner of Mossack Fonse- French authorities renewed their call to Abrini has remained elusive until now. the ringleader of the Paris attacks who left red faced after they arrested and ca, said the leak was the result of hacking from a computer arrest an armed and dangerous Abrini Abrini was on a European watch list for was killed by police in November. then released another suspect who overseas rather than an inside job and that he knew which within hours of the Brussels attacks. almost five months, and is described on Syria was not his only foreign trip: Ab- was thought to be the man in the hat. country the hacker attack had come from but was not al- “We are investigating if Abrini can be the arrest warrant as “dangerous and rini went multiple times to Birmingham, Fayçal Cheffou, 31, who was known to lowed to disclose it. positively identified as the third person probably armed”. meeting with several men suspected of police as a jihadist (extremist) recruiter, The papers have revealed financial arrangements of present during the attacks in Brussels Although police lost track of him after terrorist activity, and taking photographs was picked up two days after the Brus- prominent figures, including friends of Russian Presi- National Airport, the so called ‘man in the Ressons stop, his DNA was found in of an as-yet-unidentified football stadi- sels bombings, but was let go three dent Vladimir Putin and relatives of the prime ministers the hat,”’ said prosecutor Eric Van der the flat on Rue Max Roos in the Brussels um. days later after prosecutors admitted of Britain and Pakistan and the presidents of China and Sypt. district of Schaarbeek from where the Osama K. is thought to have brief- that the clues that led to his arrest Ukraine. Abrini, 31, a Belgian of Moroccan or- airport bombers caught a taxi on the ly met suicide bomber Khalid El “were not backed by the evolution of Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, Iceland’s prime minister, igin, who was seen in security footage morning of the attacks. The finding was Bakraoui on the Brussels metro shortly the current investigation.” was forced to quit office, becoming the first politician brought a fortnight ago just before the double the first clear link between the Paris and before he blew himself up at Maelbeek Despite multiple arrests, Brussels re- down by the leaks. bombing at Brussels Airport that killed 16 Brussels attackers. station, killing 16 people. Another arrest mains under the second-highest terror A federal prosecutor has called for an investigation into people, local media said. Abrini was known to police for thefts is said to be Abu Amrid, also involved in alert, meaning an attack is considered Argentina President Mauricio Macri’s links with an offshore He was seen on footage in a Renault and drug-related offences. Abrini was the Brussels attacks. likely. company that were revealed in the Panama Papers as well. Clio at a petrol station at Ressons, north believed to have traveled early last sum- Officials have also refused to offi- (Source: The Independent) (Source: Agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AAPRILPRIL 110,0, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS India ready to invest $20b Boeing to visit Iran in upcoming days in Iran’s Chabahar port ECONOMY TEHRAN — Representatives of Boeing desk Company will travel to Tehran within the 1 India at 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) and next few days to explore the avenues of cooperation with Pradhan admitted that his country aims expressed hope that the amount will boost the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran Air) as well oth- to expand its bilateral relations with Iran in after the total removal of international er Iranian airlines, the IRNA news agency reported. various fields, including energy and indus- sanctions against Iran. During the trip, Boeing officials are slated to visit the senior try, in addition to importing crude oil, the Iran had asked Indian firms to submit managers of Iran Air and other Iranian airlines, discussing the Shana news agency reported. a new development plan for the Farzad-B possible aviation logistic services that Boeing could offer to The Indian minister added that, during field which they discovered in 2008, win- Iran’s existing plane fleet, among other issues. the meeting, the two sides could finally ning the right to develop it. Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Ak- sign a memorandum of understanding to In 2014, Iran had to put the field in the houndi said in February that Boeing has been invited to Iran jointly cooperate on developing Farzad-B list of projects for tender after the Indians after United States gave a green light to the company to re- gas field, collaborating in refinery projects, dragged their feet on its development un- sume its activates in the Islamic Republic. Iran’s exports of crude oil and oil products der the U.S. pressure. Western imposed sanctions which barred Iran from buy- to India, and cooperation in petrochemical India, however, began pushing rigor- ing western aircrafts, was lifted in January after the two sides industry. ously for their development rights to be re- reached an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program. “We are holding talks with Iranian offi- instated after a July 2015 nuclear deal with According to Akhoundi, Iran is seeking to modernize as cials on setting a proper timetable for put- Tehran created concerns in New Delhi that soon as possible its ageing passenger plane fleet, which has ting in practice the determined project in European firms could clinch the contract. been badly hit by sanctions over the past few years. Farzad-B gas field, which would be a time- Farzad-B gas field is estimated to hold The minister said Iran currently has just 150 operational consuming procedure,” Pradhan noted. Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan (L) and Iranian 21.68 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas in place, planes out of a fleet of more than 250. Referring to his Saturday morning Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (R) in a news conference after their meeting in of which 12.8 tcf is recoverable. meeting with the Governor of Central Bank Tehran on Saturday According to the Iran-India contract, In- of Iran Valiollah Seif, the Indian minister an- Secretary of Iran’s Free Trade, Industrial and Iran exporting 350,000 bpd of oil dia was supposed to increase the produc- nounced that New Delhi will pay its oil ar- Special Economic Zones Council Akbar Tor- to India, hopes for more tion of Farzad-B gas field to 2.2 billion cubic Iran’s light crude oil price rears to Iran in the near future. kan in Chabahar Port on Sunday to discuss The Iranian oil minister, for his part, put feet, a target which it failed to meet due to hovering above $35 As reported, Pradhan will also meet setting up complexes in the port. Iran’s daily volume of crude oil exports to sanctions on Iran’s energy sector.

ECONOMY TEHRAN — Average price of Iran’s light deskcrude oil hit $35.49 per barrel in the week Iran says U.S. grabbed its Europe oil market share while it was under sanctions ended on April 1, down $0.86 from its preceding week, the The United States grabbed Iran's share clear the Islamic Republic was keen to Russia in my opinion has shown that "I hope that all countries - OPEC Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported on Sat- of Europe's oil market while Tehran was regain its market niche. it understands the specific conditions and non-OPEC alike - will also recog- urday. under sanctions, Iranian Foreign Minis- "Now that Iran has returned (to the in which Iran finds itself after the lift- nize this fact and will count with it," he The average price of Iran’s light crude oil stood at $30.44 ter Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an oil market), we hope that other pro- ing of the sanctions," Zarif told Russia's said. per barrel since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar interview broadcast on Friday, making ducers will draw their conclusions, and Rossiya-24 TV channel. (Source: Reuters) year (March 20). The country also sold heavy crude oil at $33.34 per barrel on average in the mentioned week, showing $0.84 of de- crease compared to its previous week. 14 petchem projects scheduled for current Iranian year Iran’s average heavy crude oil price stood at $27.87 per ECONOMY TEHRAN — 14 projects for development yet undertaken by any investors. barrel since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar deskof petrochemical sector are scheduled to Developing the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Eco- year. get off the ground in the current Iranian calendar year, which nomic Zone in Khuzestan Province, and setting up a new Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s began on March 20, said Marzieh Shahdaie, the managing petrochemical complex in the port city of Assaluyeh, south- basket price fell to $34.74 per barrel on average in the week director of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC). western Bushehr Province, are among the upcoming plans ended on the 1st of April, dropping $1.07 from its preceding With implementing the mentioned projects, Shahdaie of NPC, outlined by Shahdaie. week. said, the capacity of petrochemical output would be in- Iran has already unveiled plans to become the leading Iran, once OPEC’s second-largest producer after Saudi creased by about 6 to 7 million tons, the Shana news agency producer of petrochemicals in the Middle East by signifi- Arabia, is seeking to clear space for its gradual return to the reported on Saturday. cantly expanding the range and volume of its petrochemical market now that the sanctions are being lifted against the According to Shahdaie, completion of 55 unfinished pet- production. country. rochemical projects is also among the priorities of the NPC in On January 30, Shahdaie said the Iranian petrochemical Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on April 4 that the current Iranian year. sector should attract $8-10 billion finance per annum mainly Iran will continue increasing its oil production and exports Shahdaie said, “Negotiations are underway with several through foreign direct investment. until it reaches the market position it enjoyed before the im- foreign companies over their plans for purchasing our pet- According to Shahdaie, foreign companies mainly from position of sanctions. rochemical products as well as their cooperation in updating Europe and East Asia are seeking to make investment in the With holding 157 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil the industry.” implementation of Iranian petrochemical projects in post- reserves, Iran possesses the world’s fourth largest crude oil She noted that there are a number of projects that are not sanctions Iran. reserves. Stocks end down on-week, First-quarter economy looks Korean Air Cargo and despite late lift from oil bleaker by the day Stocks around the globe declined this ond half of the year. Some economists now see first-quar- leading us to revise up our March Uzbekistan Airways expand week as growth worries resurfaced. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ter growth as negligible, and it could wholesale inventory assumption," in Tehran Rising oil prices buoyed stocks Fri- added 35 points, or 0.2%, Friday to easily turn out to be negative. said Barclays economists in a note. day, but major U.S. indexes still post- 17576.96 after earlier rising as much Economists shaved already weak The JPMorgan economists, how- Following the removal of sanctions, cargo is once again flow- ed weekly losses in a rocky stretch. as 153 points. The S&P 500 rose 5.69, growth forecasts by a few more ever, say there may be light at the ing through Tehran; Korean Air Cargo and Uzbekistan Airways Stocks around the globe declined or 0.3%, to 2047.60, giving it a gain of tenths Friday, after wholesale inven- end of the tunnel. launched a new cargo partnership which will enable cargo this past week, as worries resurfaced 0.2% so far this year. tories fell 0.5 percent month over "While 1Q is adding up to be a moving within Korean Air Cargo's network to reach Tehran’s about the ability of central bankers The Dow industrials and the S&P month in February, much more than clear disappointment relative to ex- Imam Khomeini International Airport via Uzbekistan Air’s Na- to lift a sluggish global economy af- 500 both posted weekly losses of the anticipated 0.1 percent decline. pectations from a few weeks ago, it voi hub. ter years of easy monetary policy. It 1.2%. The Nasdaq fell 1.3% for the January was also revised down by 0.4 now looks like the inventory correc- Korean Air Cargo already partners with Uzbekistan Air to was the second week of declines in week and is still down 3.1% in 2016. percent. tion was largely completed by the feed cargo into Frankfurt, and by the end of April will be able three weeks for the major U.S. stock Big gains in the price of oil spurred The closely watched Atlanta Fed start of the second quarter, which is to make use of the airline’s twice weekly service to Tehran with indexes. the stock market’s early gains on Fri- GDPNow model now shows first- a favorable development for growth one of its 767-300Fs. The choppiness in the markets fol- day, as U.S.-traded crude oil jumped quarter growth tracking at 0.1 per- in that period. We now think that real Given the deal with Uzbekistan Airways, Korean Air stands lows a rally that started in mid-Feb- 6.6% to $39.72 a barrel, bringing its cent, compared to a 0.4 percent es- inventories increased $54bn saar in to gain a sizeable foothold into Iran's cargo market. Last ruary, when stocks posted gains of at weekly gain to 8%. timate earlier in the week. JPMorgan 1Q, a rate that is likely to be sustain- month it was announced that Iran's Ministry of Land, Infra- least 1% every week for more than a Energy companies in the S&P 500 economists now forecast the econo- able moving forward," wrote JPMor- structure and Transport had granted Korean Air Lines the month. advanced 2% on Friday, the best-per- my only expanded by 0.2 percent in gan economist Daniel Silver, in a note. rights to operate passenger flights capable of carrying belly Investors will get a glimpse in the forming sector in the index. the first quarter, from 0.7 percent. The CNBC/Moody's Analytics Rap- cargo, four times weekly between Incheon and Tehran. coming week as several notable com- One of the biggest decliners was Barclays economists shaved track- id Update, a broader look at track- This announcement follows a string of new transactions panies, including major financial firms, the consumer-discretionary sector, ing GDP growth for the first quarter ing forecasts of nine economists, following the removal of sanctions in Iran and subsequently are set to release first-quarter results. which was weighed down by retail to 0.3 percent from 0.4 percent. was higher at 0.6 percent, as some has players within the global logistics industry racing to enter As of March 31, first-quarter earn- apparel companies. After the market "Weaker-than-expected wholesale economists continued to hold out the market. (Source: aircargoworld.com) ings for S&P 500 companies are fore- closed Thursday, Gap reported that inventories in February, along with hope that the economy grew close to cast to contract 8.5% from the year- sinking sales would pressure profit downward revision to prior months' 1 percent or higher in the first quar- earlier period, which would mark a margins in its current quarter. Gap’s data, cut our estimate of total private ter. Economists in the survey shaved fourth consecutive quarterly decline, stock slid $3.83, or 14%, to $23.85 inventory investment in Q1. Part of first-quarter growth by an average 0.1 according to FactSet. Analysts expect Friday. the decline in wholesale inventories percent based on inventories. Moscow, Baku may invest quarterly earnings to rise in the sec- (Source: Wall Street Journal) in February look anomalous however, (Source: CNBC) in Iran-related projects U.S. to continue Marriott, Starwood Another ignition- BAKU (Sputnik) — Russia and Azerbaijan are working Hotels stockholders switch case against on several energy and transport ventures, as well as plan appeal of iPhone on investing in Iran-related projects, Russian Prime Minister data case in New approve deal GM dismissed Dmitry Medvedev said Friday. York On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lav- rov agreed with his Iranian and Azerbaijani counterparts The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc and General Motors Co said on Friday that plaintiffs’ to launch work on the transport corridor project along the would keep fighting to force Apple Inc to open Marriott International Inc said on Friday the stock- lawyers suing over a faulty ignition switch linked to western shore of the Caspian Sea. an iPhone in a New York drug case, continuing holders of the companies voted to approve Mar- nearly 400 injuries and deaths have chosen to dismiss "[Moscow and Baku] have also external projects. Specifi- its controversial effort to require Apple and other riott’s acquisition of Starwood to create the world’s what was scheduled to be the fourth in a series of six cally, for example, Iranian direction is now quite promising. tech companies to help law enforcement authori- largest hotel company. test trials over the defect. The presidents talked about this, we have just discussed this ties circumvent encryption. Holders of more than 97 percent of Marriott The decision came a day after GM settled what topic. I think that this direction may be one of the most im- Just two weeks ago, the government dropped shares and over 95 percent of Starwood shares was to be the third lawsuit to go to trial and followed portant for the cooperation in the Caspian," Medvedev said its effort to require Apple to crack an iPhone used voted in favor of the cash-and-stock deal, which a win for the automaker a week ago in the first of the after his talks with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. by one of the shooters in the December attacks in was valued at $12.41 billion as of Thursday. so-called bellwether trials to reach a verdict. The Russian prime minister added that the cooperation San Bernardino, California, saying it had unlocked China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co last week The switch can slip out of place, causing engines between the two countries would be conducted not only the phone without Apple’s help. abandoned its $14 billion offer for Starwood Ho- to stall and cutting power to the brake, steering and on governmental projects, but also on business ventures Some observers thought the government tels, clearing the way for Marriott to buy the owner air bag systems. GM has admitted some employees in the fields of energy and transport. would back away from the New York case too, of Sheraton and Westin hotel brands. knew about the problems for years, and has paid The Friday talks resulted in the resumption of work of the since the suspect has already pleaded guilty. about $2 billion in settlements and penalties over the Russia-Azerbaijani Business Council, according to Medve- NEWS IN BRIEF defect. dev. 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Louvre president in Tehran NEWS Kuwait forecast to invest to boost cooperation $1bn in tourism sector TOURISM TEHRAN – The Presi- will leave Iran on Monday after visiting Investment into the travel and tourism sector in Kuwait is deskdent of the Louvre Mu- Isfahan’s historical and cultural sites, forecasted to grow by 4.3 per cent per annum over the next seum Jean-Luc Martinez leading a del- he said. decade through to 2025, with a total investment figure of egation arrived in Tehran on Saturday to Four members of the delegation will US$ 1 billion. Kuwait’s strategy discuss ways to boost bilateral ties. stay in Tehran to continue negotiations for long-term tourism growth He plans to visit directors of Cultural with other officials. They will visit Persepolis received a boost in 2015, with Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organi- historical site in Shiraz and the ancient city airport passenger volume zation, National Museum of Iran, Golestan of Susa before their return to France, he growing from around ten mil- Palace, and Niavaran Palace Complex. added. lion travelers in 2014 to just “After ten years, the Louvre president The Louvre and the Cultural Heritage, over 10.2 million last year as visits Iran to discuss boosting relations and Tourism and Handicraft Organization of the Gulf state ploughs ahead holding exhibitions with Iranian museums,” Iran signed a cooperation document in with plans to expand its trans- Iran’s Museums and Historical Properties Paris on January 27, 2016. portation infrastructure. Office Director Mohammad-Reza Kargar The document covers cooperation in According to a World Travel announced in a press release on Saturday. various fields including archeology and lo- & Tourism Council report enti- Martinez and two of his companions cal arts. tled ‘Kuwait Travel and Tourism Economic Impact 2015’, tour- ism accounted for 1.5 per cent of total GDP in 2015, and is set to rise by 0.3 per cent by 2025, although this is being revisited 35 countries to attend Silk given the current low oil prices scenario. This would take total GDP contribution to 1.8 per cent, or KWD1.6 billion in 2025. The report also highlighted potential gains in leisure spend, Road meeting in Urmia which is expected to grow by 6.2 per cent per annum to KWD2.4 billion in 2025, while business travel is expected to grow by 5.6 TOURISM TEHRAN – Repre- shops will be held to promote coopera- per cent per annum to KWD457.3 million in 2025. desksentatives from 35 tion between the countries, he said. WTTC predictions put tourist arrivals at 440,000 by 2024 - up countries will attend the 6th Silk Road The UNWTO Silk Road Program is a from 270,000 in 2014 – and increased capacity will be the cata- Task Force Meeting of the United Nations collaborative initiative designed to en- lyst for sector gains moving forward with leisure travel spending World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), hance sustainable tourism development set to rise by 6.2 per cent per annum through to 2025, and busi- which will be held in Iran’s northwestern along the historic Silk Road route. ness travel, which saw a dip in 2015, forecast to pick up in the city of Urmia from April 22 to 25. It aims to maximize the benefits of next ten years with annual growth of 5.6 per cent. Cultural heritage and tourism will be the tourism development for local Silk Road Kuwait also has a high domestic travel spend component, which main topics of discussion during the meet- communities, while stimulating invest- generated 88.1 per cent of direct tourism GDP in 2014, and is ex- ing, the IRNA news agency reported. ment and promoting the conservation of pected to increase by 6.4 per cent per annum through to 2025. On the sidelines of the meeting, work- the route’s natural and cultural heritage. The country’s hotel pipeline is also adding new value to the tourism mix with an under-development collection of new luxury and more affordable accommodation options. High-end brands such as Four Seasons, which will open Persian carpet: Shah Abbasi design its first 263-key Kuwait property at Burj Alshaya at the end The best thing about hand-crafted Persian rugs is that, probably came from the domes of the Mosques. of 2016, will be joined by the Mercure Kuwait (2017), Hilton unlike machine-produced rugs, they’re all unique. No When discussing fine Persian rug patterns, it helps to Olympia Kuwait in 2019 and a Grand Hyatt in 2020. two are the alike because no two handmade rugs can be familiar with the Safavid Dynasty in Iran, especially It is also entering new mid-market territory with a number of be identical. the era when Shah Abbas was king. He is the one that upcoming projects including the 160-room Novotel Sharq (2017) Each is beautiful in its own way, with its own pat- springs to mind as the inspiration for various patterns, and several Rotana properties, with a Centro Rotana set to de- terns and designs. However, most Persian rugs can all of which feature the lily in an isolated central position but in 2018 with 200 rooms. (Source: breakingtravelnews.com) be placed in broad categories based on similarities linked only by delicate tendrils. of layout. Often, you will see a rug classified as a Shah Abbasi The three broadest categories we can place all Per- design. Shah Abbas was responsible for a large portion sian designs into are: Geometric designs; curvilinear and of the Persian rug industry by setting up royal rug facto- A CLOSER LOOK floral designs; and pictorial designs. Plus, each group has ries all over Iran and making Isfahan the country’s capital. many different styles, and sometimes one carpet can in- Today, a Shah Abbasi is among the finest Persian rugs Surprising facts about the corporate more than one design. available. history of medicine Curvilinear and floral designs The Herati pattern -- a central diamond shaped figure Most elements in Persian rugs have great meaning forming the medallion while also a border to another Ancient Egyptian medical specialists included the and reflect their close affinity with nature. That’s why na- similar medallion, which is another border to another ‘herdsman of the anus’ ture in some form whether in small plants and flowers or inner medallion -- is found in rugs from around Iran, Magic, religion and rational science mingled without contra- delicate animals can be seen in almost all carpets. although almost all rug producing countries have made diction in ancient Egyptian healing. A sick person could consult a In most Persian rugs, the most common motif is the this design one time or the other. doctor (called a swnw), a magician or a lay priest – or all three if central medallion, and even though two may look simi- It is probably one of the most famous designs, deriv- they felt like it. One practitioner might be both priest and doctor, lar, no two medallions are completely identical. Some ex- ing from the town of Herat, now in Afghanistan but once curing via a combination of medicines, incantations and prayers. perts believe that the medallion design stems from the part of the Persian Empire. Egypt’s system of medicine was the first to be set down in spiritual nature of the weavers and that their inspiration (Source: persian-carpet.info) writing, but its history remained obscure until hieroglyphs start- ed being decoded in the early 19th century. Since then, papyri and depictions in tombs have shown that doctors had an exten- How long can hotel guests go without Wi-Fi? sive knowledge of disease and a rich pharmacopoeia of herbs, A majority of hotel guests can’t even wait “Our research shows that free Wi-Fi Well, one-fourth of respondents said they necessary when traveling with kids. animal products and minerals. Prescriptions were prepared ac- 10 minutes to connect their device to the is paramount to guests because without refuse to stay at a hotel that doesn’t offer free Meanwhile, only 10 percent said they cording to precise recipes that included long lists of ingredients Internet. it they are unable to check email, stay in Wi-Fi. For those who would stick around, would be “relieved” to not have Wi-Fi in and their measurements, and took many forms including pills, According to a recent survey conduct- touch with family and friends over social more than 60 percent claim they would feel their hotel. ointments, inhalations and enemas. ed by British hotelier Roomzzz, 65 per- networks, check the news and, most im- lonely, bored and cut off from the world. For those lucky guests who are able Plastic surgeons have long been able to offer new cent of hotel guests admit that they can portantly according to the research, read Even worse, nearly one in 10 guests to connect without issue, the time spent noses for old wait no longer than seven minutes to log the weather forecast for where they are (nine percent) said they would enter a in their hotel room is likely to consist of The loss of a nose – whether the result of punishment, un- onto their hotel’s Wi-Fi. staying,” said Roomzzz spokesman Mark state of panic. checking the weather forecast, ordering luckiness in sword-fighting, or disease – has historically led sur- What’s more, one-third of surveyed Walton in a statement. Traveling parents are most likely to be food and streaming entertainment on geons to try to restore the patient’s features and dignity. guests said they request the Wi-Fi pass- So what happens if guests are unable the ones panicking, with 52 percent of their device. The Indian surgeon Sushruta (c600 BC) used a plant-leaf tem- word at check-in. to access a hotel’s Wi-Fi? adults indicating that Wi-Fi is absolutely (Source: travelpulse.com) plate to dissect a flap of skin from the patient’s cheek, leaving it attached by a strip called a pedicle. Twisting it so the wound surface PICTURE OF THE DAY chtn.ir remained downwards, Sushruta would suture it into the place of the How old is missing nose and affix small reed tubes to act as nostrils. Similar procedures re-emerged in Renaissance Italy, when surgical families the Brancas and the Vianeos developed meth- bathing? ods of creating a new nose from the skin of a patient’s arm. It Humans have probably been bathing was worth these practitioners’ while, however, to keep the de- since the Stone Age, not least because tails secret to ward off competition. In 1597, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, the vast majority of European caves that professor of anatomy at Bologna, brought nasal reconstruction contain Palaeolithic art are short distanc- out into the open by publishing De Curtorum Chirurgia per In- es from natural springs. sitionem, which aimed to describe rhinoplasty scientifically and By the Bronze Age, beginning around educate other surgeons about it. 5,000 years ago, washing had become Smoking was good for you very important. The words ‘cigarettes’ and ‘health’ are now unlikely bedfel- Ancient Egyptian priests were fas- lows. Nineteenth-century medical cigarettes for asthma, how- tidiously clean, but arguably the great- ever, were part of a long history of inhalation therapy that con- est washers were the Harappan people tinues in the inhalers of today. living in the Indus Valley, in modern-day Ideas about the causes of asthma changed over the centu- south-east Asia. ries, so the inhalation of herbal smoke fell in and out of favour Their city of Mohenjo-daro (‘Mound depending on the prevailing theory. By the end of the 18th cen- of the Dead’) boasted a ‘Great Bath’, tury, however, asthma was being interpreted as a ‘nervous’ dis- covering over 80 metres in area, which ease caused by spasms of the bronchi. Into this receptive medical was likely a ritual space for religious environment came the plant datura stramonium, or thorn-apple. bathing. Already known in the US, people in Britain began smoking it be- This was perhaps not open to all ranks tween 1802 and 1810, after a similar remedy, datura ferox, was of society, but throughout Harappan cit- brought back by an East India Company physician. Joseph Toul- ies, there were also wells and bathing min, a surgeon from Hackney, substituted the more easily ob- platforms for the masses. tainable datura stramonium, gaining relief from his own asthma. At Mohenjo-Daro, one building was Word quickly spread about the new remedy. In the early 20th cen- discovered with an underground fur- tury the spasmodic model of asthma gave way to the concept of nace, possibly so baths could be heated. allergic inflammation, and this made smoking seem less appropriate. Indeed, the Harappans were ob- At the same time, new drugs such as ephedrine provided an alterna- sessed with water, and had sophisticated tive to the potentially hallucinogenic stramonium. As the dangers of hygienic infrastructure to deliver it to and tobacco smoking became more apparent, medicated cigarettes fell Republic of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev paid an official visit to Iran’s pavilion at Azerbaijan International Travel & Tourism Fair, which was held from their homes. out of favour – but, for a while, stramonium had played an impor- from April 7 to 9, in Baku. tant role in bringing relief to those struggling to breathe. (Source: History Extra) (Source: History Extra) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Once a bright spot, Afghan telecoms NEWS Premier Li confident in face unsustainable losses China's economy, eyes cooperation with Germany Men thread their way through this city’s etary Fund’s direction. The changes are traffic jams, hawking streamers of phone necessary to maintain funding from inter- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed his confidence in the cards. Others stand behind crude wooden national donor countries and government country's economy on Friday, stressing that China has the ability tables selling cheap Chinese-made mo- agencies. to maintain medium-high rate of growth. bile phones. Throngs of people navigate The government agency that oversees Li told visiting German the sidewalks and streets with cellphones the industry has fought the tariffs, to lit- Foreign Minister Frank-Walter pressed to their ears. tle relief. “I’m against the tax,” said Abdul Steinmeier that China's eco- The boom in cellphones here has made Razaq Vahidi, the minister of communi- nomic indicators for the first the Afghan telecommunications industry cations and information technology, who quarter have shown many one of the few bright spots in a moribund leads the agency. “This is not affordable positive changes and are bet- economy savaged by war, political grid- for the sector.” ter than expected. At the same lock and an exodus of money and peo- After reporting steady growth through time, the basis for the positive ple. Cellphones pumped $148 million into 2012, the country’s cellphone companies trend of China's economy is the economy last year. The industry was watched revenue crumble as soldiers and not solid yet, the premier said, also the largest private employer, supply- contractors began to leave. Sales dropped attributing the situation to the ing 140,000 jobs, a feat in a country with 10 to 25 percent as the troop departures world economic downturn and 25 percent unemployment, but even that accelerated. market fluctuation. success is now looking shaky. As they look to shore up revenue, "We face up to the difficul- The Afghan government has again in- mobile phone companies are trying to ties and challenges, will contin- creased taxes on the industry to replen- expand their data services and bring ue to play well the tremendous ish its coffers, cutting into the industry’s more Afghans online. Increasing the resilience, potential and space to maneuver of the Chinese econ- shrinking profits and the country’s telecom number of regular users will be difficult omy, and constantly push forward reform and opening up," Li have invested over $2 billion in the coun- ghan government officials are struggling companies are competing for a dwindling because the country has a high rate of said. try, much of it in infrastructure like cellular to find new sources of revenue to plug the pool of customers after the drawdown in illiteracy and little online content in local China has the confidence and ability to sustain a medium-high towers. In this country of 32 million peo- shortfall. American and coalition troops and con- languages. Most Afghans cannot afford growth rate and move to medium-high level of development, the ple, around 75 percent are now cellular Telecoms, which already provide 10 tractors. Internet access. premier stressed. service subscribers. And the cost of a call percent of the federal budget, are again “The success that was is no longer The companies reached an agree- On China-Germany ties, Li called on both sides to improve has plunged sharply. in their sights. The total tax load on tel- there,” said Karim Khoja, the chief execu- ment with the telecoms ministry that the alignment between the "Made in China 2025" and "German “The telecoms industry is one of the ecommunications has climbed over the tive of Roshan, one of the largest Afghan would allow them to share the network Industry 4.0" strategies, advance cooperation in third-party mar- rare success stories in Afghanistan,” said last decade to more than 25 percent. In telecom companies. “The economics and lay down their own cables. The coun- kets in high-speed rail and other fields, in order to promote their Walter Koenig, a former telecommuni- September, a presidential decree levied a keep making it more and more difficult.” try’s economic council has approved the economic growth. cations executive and senior commercial 10 percent tax on customers who top up The explosion in cellphone use is re- agreement, and the president is expect- Given the present complicated world economic situation, all officer at the American embassy in Kabul their mobile phones with more money, a markable in a country where most people ed to sign off on the plan to carry it out. countries should enhance communication, expand collaboration who left the post last fall. move that so far has raised more than $26 did not own a phone before the Ameri- By summer, operators should be able to and jointly tackle challenges, Steinmeier said, noting Europe also While the industry remains vital to million. can-led invasion in October 2001. The na- start work, said Mohammad Qayoumi, faces many difficulties. the Afghan economy, its growth has also The latest increase was part of a larger tion’s telecommunications infrastructure the president’s chief technology adviser. Germany is ready to push forward cooperation with China in made it vulnerable. Aid money, which ac- package of taxes and reforms introduced fell into disrepair under the Taliban from The changes hold the promise of third-party markets in high-speed rail, infrastructure construction counts for more than three-quarters of last year to stabilize and strengthen the lack of investment. With few phones, most cheaper and expanded access to the In- and other fields so as to promote stability and growth, according the federal budget, is drying up, and Af- economy under the International Mon- people had to walk into Tajikistan or Pa- ternet, as well as increased revenue for to the minister. kistan or use satellite phones to call their the country. Government officials hope a Invited by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Steinmeier is relatives in the Afghan diaspora. After reporting steady growth through bigger network will allow Afghanistan to paying a visit to China from Friday to Sunday. The two minis- After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and 2012, the country’s cellphone companies become something of a digital hub, link- ters co-chaired the second session of Chinese-German strategic the start of the war, Afghan Wireless, ing traffic from the Far East and its own dialog on diplomatic and security affairs earlier on Friday. They a joint venture with the government, watched revenue crumble as soldiers and neighbors and allowing the country to agreed to work together for a successful G20 summit so as to opened, and Roshan began a year later. contractors began to leave. Sales dropped levy more taxes. Iraq earns over $1 billion contribute to world economic growth. Inspired by Roshan’s growth, three other 10 to 25 percent as the troop departures from such taxes, and Afghan officials ex- This year's G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held in September players jumped into the market. pect they can do the same. in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. Germany will host Over the last decade, the companies accelerated. (Source: NYTimes) next year's G20 summit. (Source: ChinaDaily)

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NASA’s Kepler spacecraft A composite metal foam has been created tice testing procedures. The results were enters emergency mode 75m that literally turns a bullet into dust, includ- astounding. ing the most powerful armor-piercing bul- Revolutionizing industries miles from Earth lets, a group of researchers from North This composite metal foam will prob- Carolina State University report. This foam ably completely revolutionize several in- NASA engineers have declared a mission emergency for the is much lighter than metal plating and has dustries, especially those making materials agency's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler, which has somehow great potential for use in the creation of for body/vehicle armor, space exploration, switched into emergency mode. NASA just found out about the new types of vehicle and body armor, as and the shipping of nuclear waste. anomaly a day and a half ago, right before the agency tried to well as space exploration and the transpor- To “put that in context, the NIJ standard maneuver the spacecraft to point at the center of the Milky Way tation of nuclear waste. allows up to 44 millimeters indentation in for a new observation campaign. Now that a mission emergency Afsaneh Rabie, a professor of Mechani- the back of an armor.” The results of that has been declared, the Kepler cal and Aerospace Engineering, has spent study were published in the journal Com- team has priority access to several years developing composite metal posite Structures in July 2015. NASA's deep space telecom- foams (CMFs). There are several different applications, munications system in order Composite metal foams are formed from the researchers explain, that require a ma- to try to get the spacecraft hollow beads of one metal within a solid ma- terial to be more than just ultra-strong and back to normal operations. trix of another. The have been shown to have super-light. Emergency mode is the five to six time greater strength-to-density For example, applications from shipping lowest operational mode the ratios and more than 7 times higher energy nuclear waste to space exploration require Iranian Professor Afsaneh Rabie spacecraft has. It also requires absorption than single metal foams. a material to be both light and strong, and a lot more fuel than usual, “Composite metal foam is a new ultra- also capable of withstanding very high which is why the Kepler mis- light, high-strength material developed in “Composite metal foam is a new ultra-light, high-strength temperatures and blocking radiation. sion team is working hard to our group in order to address the increas- material developed in our group in order to address In 2015, with support from the Depart- get the spacecraft back to ing needs of the aerospace, military, naval, the increasing needs of the aerospace, military, naval, ment of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, normal. But communication automotive, medical and other industries automotive, medical and other industries. Professor Rabie showed that composite met- with Kepler isn't easy. The for advanced materials with outstanding al foams are extremely effective at shielding spacecraft is currently 75 mil- strength to density ratio and energy ab- A powerful bullet – a 7.62 x 63 millim- used in the video demonstration. It was X-rays, neutron radiation and gamma rays. lion miles away from Earth right now, according to NASA, so any sorption capability.” eter M2 armor piercing projectile – was fired according to National Institute of Jus- (Source: Market Business News) communications signal traveling at the speed of light will take up to 13 minutes to travel to and from the spacecraft. NASA said it will provide updates about its efforts when they are available. This isn't the first time that Kepler has suffered some kind of mal- The melting of Greenland and Antarctica is changing the Earth's rotation function. Kepler originally launched in 2009, with the goal of look- ing for planets outside of our Solar System. The spacecraft accom- Sophisticated new gravity research suggests that Gravitational changes plished its main goal by 2012, after finding nearly 5,000 exoplanets. changes in Earth's climate may actually be having a Ivins emphasizes that the study doesn't explicitly attrib- But in July of that year, Kepler experienced a failure in one of its four stunning geophysical effect: slightly moving the loca- ute the motion of the pole to human caused climate change gyroscopic reaction wheels, which help aim the spacecraft. tion of the planet's spin axis, or axis of daily rotation. - noting that the "word human is not in this paper." The (Source: The Verge) In other words, even as the Earth spins on its axis in a study wasn't aimed at attribution of the causes of mass loss west to east direction, completing a full rotation every – it merely observed them using NASA's twin GRACE sat- 24 hours, that axis itself is also moving. This, in turn, ellites, which measure gravitational changes at the Earth's means that the physical North and South poles are surface, and tied that to polar motion. Researchers identify actually shifting, with the North Pole now drifting to- At the same time, however, much research has suggest- wards England. ed that the warming of the Earth is behind considerable molecular marker that can And given that much of this is related to the loss of polar ice mass, not only in Greenland and Antarctica, but predict breast cancer polar ice, a changing climate would appear to be at least also smaller glaciers around the world. partly - although perhaps not wholly - responsible. "If we find a new direction. And that's what we mean by polar NASA research, for instance, finds that Greenland is los- lose mass from the Greenland ice sheet, we are essentially ing 287 billion tons of ice per year, while Antarctica is losing The study of normal cell division in a breast (left) versus the muta- motion," said Surendra Adhikari, a researcher with Caltech putting mass elsewhere. and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who conducted the 134 billion tons. tion BRCA1 or BRCA2 (right) has expanded as Harvard researchers And as we redistribute the mass, the spin axis tends to (Source: Charlotte Observer) examine levels of Ki67, a molecular marker in healthy breast tissue work with his colleague Erik Ivins. that can predict a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer (BC). Researchers have identified a molecular marker in normal breast tissue that can predict a woman's risk for developing breast cancer, Review shows persistently low flu India's driverless Metro: Unlike cars, the leading cause of death in women with cancer worldwide. The study builds on previous research finding that women vaccine protection against H3N2 robo-trains are hurtling forward already identified as having a high risk of developing cancer A meta-analysis of 56 studies showed namely those with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, or women The Delhi Metro unveiled fully automat- flu vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the who did not give birth in before their 30s - had a higher number ed trains on Wednesday, which will be H3N2 strain over multiple seasons to of mammary gland progenitor cells. tested with human drivers for a year. be only 33%, compared with 54% for B In the new study, researchers from Harvard University exam- Soon, stepping onto a Delhi Metro strains and 61% for 2009 H1N1. ined biopsies, some taken as many as four decades ago, from train in India could mean taking a ride It also found, surprisingly, that VE for 302 women in the Nurses' Health Study and the Nurses' Health controlled entirely automatically, with no 2009 H1N1 and influenza B did not dif- Study II, who had been diagnosed with benign breast disease. operator onboard. fer much for older people, despite their Researchers found that the women were five times as likely to The Delhi Metro Corporation – which typically weaker immune systems. develop cancer if they had a higher percentage of Ki67, a mo- operates one of the world’s largest sys- The study, in The Lancet Infectious lecular marker that identifies proliferating cells, in the cells that tems, spanning 132 miles – unveiled Diseases, covered more than 11 flu sea- line the mammary ducts and milk-producing lobules. its plans for an automated train on sons, from Jan 1, 2004, to Mar 31, 2015. These cells, called the mammary epithelium, undergo drastic Wednesday. The H3N2 strain has been associated changes throughout a woman's life, and the majority of breast For their first year, human operators with more severe influenza seasons in- version. Belongia told CIDRAP News of Law, who studies the technology, in an cancers originate in these tissues. Doctors already test breast will control the trains, fitted with cameras dependent of vaccine effect, according that some of the studies included in the email to The Christian Science Monitor. tumors for Ki67 levels, which can inform decisions about treat- and sensors to take the place of a driver, to senior author Edward Belongia, MD, meta-analysis included some LAIV use, But transit workers say the impact on ment, but this is the first time scientists have been able to link the Times of India reports. of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foun- but it was a very small component. jobs, and on services provided to riders, Ki67 to precancerous tissue and use it as a predictive tool. “We can expect to travel in a driver- dation (MCRF) in Wisconsin. Among About three quarters of the studies could be significant. (Source: Daily News & Analysis) less train by the end of next year," said the explanations he and his coauthors included in the review were conducted Mangu Singh, managing director of the "If they’re talking about automating offered for the lower strain-specific in Europe or North America, and over government-funded system, at a news the systems and removing the person- protection were manufacturing-related 90% were published after 2010. conference Wednesday. The “trains will nel, that works in a perfect place like in factors. In addition to estimating VE for be controlled from operation centers, Disneyland, where the worst thing that Full-fat dairy may lower risk Belongia and colleagues from the H3N2 and 2009 H1N1—the pandemic and a strict watch will be maintained can be happen is you can be late for MCRF and the University of Minnesota strain that has now become a seasonal over their running.” your ride or for your Belgian waffle," says of diabetes, new study finds screened 3,368 studies and selected 56 strain—the investigators also deter- While the move toward driverless Lawrence Hanley, international presi- that met strict criteria for assessing VE mined VE for the H1N1 strain that was cars in the U.S. has progressed slowly, dent of the Amalgamated Transit Union, According to new study people who consume full-fat dairy by flu subtype. They included only stud- the seasonal strain before the 2009-10 with companies citing regulatory tangles which represents workers in the U.S. and had lower chance of getting diabetes compared to those ies that used the test-negative design pandemic. Those are all influenza A and lawmakers pointing to safety con- Canada. who didn't drink. (TND), enrolled outpatients on the basis strains. The researchers did not differ- cerns, many parts of the world already "But if they do it on a subway where Researchers from Tulane University looked into 15 years of of predefined illness criteria, reported entiate between the two common lin- offer fully or partially autonomous public people are really commuting to and from information for 3,333 grown-ups partaking in the Nurses' Health subtype-level VE by season, used poly- eages of type B viruses, Yamagata and transportation. their work and their schools," he contin- Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. merase chain reaction testing to con- Victoria. Automated road vehicles ues, "they expose the public to anything The team found out participants with the highest levels of firm influenza, and adjusted for age. Flu vaccines contain an H3N2 and “Tracks – especially dedicated tracks – to anybody might do on that train with dairy fat in their blood had up to 46 percent less chance of get- Influenza vaccine H1N1 strain, plus either one or two B are an important simplifier that automat- absolutely nobody in charge." Transit ting diabetes compared to The researchers excluded studies strains, depending on whether they are ed road vehicles don't enjoy,” says Bryant workers often serve as first responders those who had the lowest lev- that solely included live attenuated in- trivalent or quadrivalent. Walker Smith, an assistant professor at when emergencies occur, he says. els of dairy fats in their blood. fluenza vaccine (LAIV), the nasal spray (Source: CIDRAP) the University of South Carolina School (Source: The CSM) "I think these findings to- gether with those from other studies do call for a change in the policy of recommend- How getting your heart broken hurts your physical heart ing only low-fat dairy prod- ucts," study author Dr. Dari- A growing body of research is showing that the death or that the risk was especially high for younger people, ush Mozaffarian told Time. loss of a person close to you can’t only feel like heartbreak and in people whose partner died suddenly or un- "There is no prospective — it can actually cause physical changes that can lead to expectedly. human evidence that peo- serious heart problems. A new study finds that people “This study adds evidence to the growing knowledge ple who eat low-fat dairy do whose partner dies are at a significantly higher risk for that the mind-heart link is a powerful association and better than people who eat atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, and that the ef- further examination is warranted,” says study author whole-fat dairy." fects are lasting. Simon Graff, a researcher in the Department of Public They study also found that Researchers have long studied a phenomena called Health at Aarhus University. “Broken heart syndrome is the connection between eating full-fat dairy and a lower risk of stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome, which a different disease with a whole other pathology, but diabetes still held, regardless of any weight gains or losses. is when a highly stressful event, such as the death of a some of the pathophysiological mechanisms might be Modifying the dietary guidelines maybe be too early at this spouse, causes a person to feel like they’re having heart the same. Like surges in hormones that facilitates in- point, but they should be evaluated again, nutrition experts said. attack. This can include shortness of breath and chest pain, Atrial fibrillation flammation and imbalance in the uncontrollable parts "I am conservative about setting national dietary guidelines. but without the telltale blocked arteries. The team looked at a national registry in Den- of our central nervous system.” While evidence remains insufficient to definitively recommend Experts suspect a surge of stress hormones that are mark of 88,600 people who were diagnosed with Harmony Reynolds, a cardiologist at New York Univer- only whole-fat dairy, it certainly is robust enough not to recom- trigged by an emotional event could be responsible. In atrial fibrillation. They found that people who had siry Langone Medical Center has also studied the relation- mend only low-fat dairy," said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian. the new study, published in the journal Open Heart, the lost a partner were 41% more likely to develop atrial ship between stress and the heart says the link is well rec- Factor to take into consideration is that it could also be that full-fat researchers looked at whether losing a partner could also fibrillation in the first month after losing their partner ognized in the medical community, but what can be done dairy foods make people feel more satisfied so they'll eat less overall. contribute to a higher risk for atrial fibrillation, and if so, compared to people who hadn’t. A higher risk for about it is still under investigation. (Source: News Every Day) how big that risk is. the condition continued for a year. 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Ismail Omar Guelleh has won a fourth sion said on Friday that the final results five-year term as president of Djibouti, Ismail Guelleh wins fourth must be announced no later than mid- a strategically important country in the night five days after the vote. Horn of Africa. term as Djibouti president Guelleh was credited with receiving NEWS Guelleh, who ran on the UMP party about three-quarters of the votes cast in ticket, secured 87 percent of the votes the capital Djibouti and in Balbala, a pop- Palestinians mark 68th cast in Friday’s elections, according to ulous and dilapidated suburb. anniversary of Israeli Deir provisional results announced by the The two areas comprise about 60 per- country’s interior minister. cent of the country’s population. Yassin massacre Guelleh, 68, also won the 2011 elec- About 187,000 people - about a fifth tion with 80 percent of the vote after the of the population - were eligible to vote Palestinians have marked the 68th anniversary of the massa- country’s parliament altered the constitu- in the election, which was boycotted by cre of over 100 Palestinian civilians by Zionist militia forces in tion to allow him to extend his rule. some opposition parties. the West Bank village of Deir Yassin. Speaking on Saturday, Hassan Omar, Due to the boycott and with turnout The Saturday event in the western al-Quds (Jerusalem) the interior minister, said Omar Elmi low throughout Friday, the electoral com- village came as Palestinians in occupied East al-Quds and Khaireh, the opposition coalition (USN) mission extended polling by an hour. elsewhere in the West Bank continue to struggle for their candidate, came second, with seven per- Guelleh is the country’s second presi- livelihood in the face of persisting Israeli settlement expan- cent, or 9,400 of the 133,356 votes cast. dent since independence from France in sion, widespread detentions, extrajudicial executions by Is- About 3,844 ballots were declared invalid. 1977, having succeeded his uncle, Hassan raeli forces, and a surge in housing demolitions, Ma’an news The remainder of the vote was split Gouled, in 1999. agency reported. among three other candidates: Mo- Guelleh’s strong hold on power is Deir Yassin has long remained a symbol of Israeli violence hamed Daoud Chehem, also a USN largely attributed to divisions within the against Palestinians due to the particularly gruesome nature coalition candidate, and independents opposition and to government repres- of the 1948 slaughter, which targeted men, women, children, Mohamed Ali Moussa, Hassan Idriss and Guelleh’s UMP, which has a tight grip In power since 1999, he has overseen sion of dissent. and the elderly in the tiny village. Abdurahman Djama, Omar said. on power, holds the majority of the seats Djibouti’s economic rise as it seeks to po- Djibouti, home to United States and The Deir Yassin massacre, which was carried out on April Opposition groups had complained in Djibouti’s parliament. sition itself as an international port. French military bases as well as the 9, 1948, was led by the Irgun militia group, whose head was of curbs on freedom of assembly before The election win means Guelleh will Earlier, Guelleh was reported to be easily port, has seen sporadic violence, usually future Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, with support the vote, while rights groups have de- continue to head the strategically impor- above the 50 percent threshold required to prompted by protests against Guelleh’s from fellow Zionist militiamen affiliated with Haganah and nounced political repression and crack- tant Horn of Africa country that hosts thou- avoid a second-round of voting. government. Lehi groups. downs on basic freedoms. sands of foreign troops in military bases. The Independent Electoral Commis- (Source: aencies) According to the report, the massacre was one of the first in what would become a long line of attacks in a number of Palestinian villages, part of a broader strategy called Plan Obama: Trump, Cruz Five civilians die as Saudi Dalet by Zionist groups to scare Palestinians in the hope that doing Democrats a ‘favor’ jets hit new areas in Yemen the terror would lead to an Arab exodus. Around 750,000 Palestinians took refuge abroad in the United States President Barack Obama told ma mocked Trump. At least five civilians have been killed in diers loyal to former fugitive President face of the massacres — most notorious among them that donors that Republican presidential can- “In 10 months, I will no longer be a new series of the House of Saud re- Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. in Deir Yassin. didates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were president of the United States. But in 10 gime’s airstrikes against Yemen’s south- The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Today, the descendants of those killed and those who left doing Democrats a “favor” by exposing ex- months, I will - contrary to Mr. Trump’s western province of Ta’izz. Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has exploit- number more than five million, and their right to return to treme views within their party on issues such opinion - still be a citizen of the United Saudi Arabia launched an aerial as- ed the volatile atmosphere and the Palestine remains a central political demand. as immigration and national security. States,” he said, drawing laughter and sault against the Dhubab district of the breakdown of security in Yemen since (Source: Press TV) “I actually think that Donald Trump cheers from the crowd. province, located about 350 kilometers the beginning of the Saudi war to and Ted Cruz have done us a favor,” Trump had long raised questions about (217 miles) south of the capital, Sana’a, tighten its grip on parts of southeast Obama said, referring to policy posi- whether Obama, who was born in Hawaii, on Saturday, leaving five people dead, Ye m e n . tions that would restrict Muslims and was actually born outside the United States. Yemen’s al-Masirah TV channel report- The Islamic State in Iraq and the Mexicans from entering the country. It was Obama’s fourth stop on a fund- ed. Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group has North Korea ‘tests new Obama said Trump and Cruz, the raising swing through San Francisco and The report added that there were also gained ground in and around the ballistic missile engine’ two front-runners in the Republican Los Angeles. Earlier, in San Francisco, three women as well as a child among main southern city of Aden as a result of nomination contest ahead of the Nov. 8 Obama held a private roundtable at the the victims. the Saudi war. North Korea says it has carried out successful ground tests of presidential election, have upset main- Potrero Hill home of Susan Sandler and Also on Saturday, Saudi warplanes Ansarullah movement fighters, along a new engine for its intercontinental ballistic missiles. stream “establishment” Republicans with Steve Philips for the Democratic Nation- launched two airstrikes against al-Ghil with allied army units, are fighting the The jet test of a new type of high-power engine was or- their insurgent campaigns. al Committee with about 25 people who district in the northern Yemeni province Takfiri militants and countering the Sau- dered and carried out at an unspecified date by Leader Kim But he told about 100 people at the paid up to $33,400 to attend. of Jawf. A similar assault was also carried di aggression against Yemen. Jong-un, North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency report- annual “signature” fundraising dinner for He started Friday in Los Angeles out in al-Aqaba area of the province. The House of Saud regime launched ed, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader in the with a breakfast event at the Brent- There were no immediate reports its military aggression against Yemen on The test’s success “provided a firm guarantee for mounting House of Representatives, that Trump wood home of “Spiderman” actor Tobey of possible casualties and the extent March 26, 2015, in a bid to bring Hadi — another form of nuclear attack upon the United States imperial- had laid bare what some in the Repub- Maguire, closed to the media, where an of damage inflicted in the latter air- who is a staunch ally of Riyadh — back ists and other hostile forces”, Kim was quoted as saying. lican party had been saying for years. undisclosed number of $33,400-tickets strikes. to power and undermine the Ansarullah Now North Korea “can tip the new type of inter-continen- “He said, ‘You know what? I can de- raised money for the Democratic Sena- Separately, Saudi jets hit several ar- movement. tal ballistic rockets with more powerful nuclear warheads and liver this message with more flair, with torial Campaign Committee. eas in the Sirwah district of the central More than 9,400 people have been keep any cesspool of evils in the earth, including the U.S. more panache,’” Obama said. On Thursday, he spoke at a fundrais- Yemeni province of Ma’rib, though no killed and at least 16,000 others injured mainland, within our striking range”. Speaking in an opulent two-storey ing dinner for the DCCC in a tent with information on possible fatalities and since the onset of the aggression. A video released on Saturday showed Kim supervising a atrium with marble pillars in the home seating for about 80 people outside the the scope of damage was available. The Saudi strikes have also taken a missile test and military drills but it did not specify the dates. of billionaire oil heirs Gordon and Ann Bel Air home of Alan Horn, chairman of Elsewhere, in the Ahwar district of heavy toll on the country’s facilities and The test was said to have been conducted at the missile Getty, where donors paid $33,400 per Walt Disney Studios, and Cindy Horn, an Yemen’s southern Abyan Province, infrastructure, destroying many hospi- station near North Korea’s west coast, Yonhap reported. couple to benefit the Democratic Con- environmental activist. members of al-Qaeda terrorist group tals, schools, and factories. The isolated country has nuclear bombs and ballistic missiles, gressional Campaign Committee, Oba- (Source: Reuters) launched an offensive and killed 15 sol- (Source: Press TV) but there have been doubts that the bombs are light enough or the missiles powerful enough for a viable nuclear warhead. Machiavellianism may explain dominant South Korea said that the North is years away from devel- oping such long-range ballistic missiles. Kim in March said North Korea had developed a smaller forms of politics in Middle East: professor warhead to fit on the intercontinental missiles, repeating a 1 Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) of the individuals, the natural equality of rule or by the laws that it legislates. ruler or the true religion, and he also statement from a government representative last year. was an English philosopher who lived all citizens, the artificial character of the Based on his belief that all people are denied that churches should have any North Korea held its fourth nuclear test explosion in Janu- during the English Civil War between political order, the view that all legitimate free and have some inherent and inalien- coercive power over their members. ary, and launched a long-range rocket in February, prompt- the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. It political power must be “representative” able rights, Locke said that people may The ideas of Hobbes and Locke had a ing the United Nations Security Council to impose its strictest was due to the chaos and disorder that and based on the consent of the people, voluntarily decide to transfer some of great impact both on the American Bill sanctions ever on Pyongyang. (Source: agencies) he witnessed that he leaned towards the and a liberal interpretation of law which their rights to the government in order of Rights, as well as on the French Rev- need for order and stability. In his 1651 leaves people free to do whatever the to better ensure the stable and comfort- olution. book, “Leviathan”, he developed the law does not explicitly forbid. able enjoyment of their lives, liberty, and It is quite clear that Lockean philoso- “Social Contract” theory, which laid the Clearly one cannot say that Hobbesian property. phy does not represent what one can see foundation of most of later European and political philosophy best represents the On this basis, he also stressed the today in most Middle Eastern countries. Moving closer to a American political thought. current situation in most Middle Eastern concept of a “Social Contract” between 3- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a brokered convention He stated that the lack of rules would countries. the people and their rulers. This philos- German philosopher whose ideas were lead to a “war of all against all”. Further- 2- John Locke (1632–1704) went even ophy certainly went against the con- based on rationality. He believed that 6 Back room discussions have been going on for more, it would lead to chaos and a re- further than Hobbes in defending the cept of the divine right of kings or the reason is the source of morality. There- weeks as Trump’s candidacy seemed to be gaining strength. turn to nature, where there would be “no rights of all citizens. In the “Two Treatises infallibility of the Church and the right fore, his ideas of society were based on But that view dimmed somewhat in a series of mis- knowledge on the face of the earth; no of Government”, he claimed that men are of the Pope or the clergy to rule the the power of rationality. He did not deny take-prone interviews that revealed he did know what he was account of time; no arts; no letters; no by nature free. He rejected the claims that people. According to “Social Contract”, that there might be some metaphysical talking about on defense, foreign policy, trade and a host of society; and which is worst of all, contin- God had made all people naturally sub- people freely decide to delegate some concepts, but he maintained that they are other issues. ual fear, and danger of violent death; and ject to a monarch. He argued that people of their rights to the government and by nature unknowable, and as a result it is His unfavorable polls shot up, showing that a growing the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brut- have rights, such as the right to life, liber- they can also withhold that permission futile to argue about them, because they numbers of voters found his candidacy “frightening” or just ish, and short.” ty, and property, which have a foundation when they feel that the government has belong to the realm of “transcendental” downright “scary.” This is why he believed in order and independent of the laws of any particular become dictatorial. ideas that are not within the domain of In a Gallup Poll, seven in 10 women had an unfavorable the need for obedience to an “accounta- society. Therefore, no government can In his “Letter Concerning Toleration”, human reason. opinion of him. In a dozen other polls at least 60 percent ble” sovereign. However, he stressed that deprive its citizens of those rights by any Locke stressed that no coercion should (See the rest of the interview on the of overall voters, women, minorities, and independent swing the government should respect the rights claim of possessing the inherent right to be used to force the people to obey the Tehran Times website) voters, had an unfavorable opinion of him. One of Trump’s remarks that proved the most damag- ing was when he was asked, if abortions were ruled illegal, Kerry arrives in Kabul on unannounced visit should women be punished for having them? He stumbled United States Secretary of State John Kerry landed in part in some counter-terror operations. The number is sands of lives. in an attempt to figure out his answer, then blurted out that the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday on an unan- due to go down to 5,500 next year. A four-way group, comprising Afghan, Chinese, U.S. they should be punished. Later, he attempted to retract his nounced visit to show support for the Afghan unity Kerry’s meetings with Afghan leaders will relate to and Pakistani diplomats formed to assist the process, blunder, but it was too late. government and its attempts to revive peace talks security, defense, democracy, governance, as well as had hoped that direct talks could be revived by the start Profound issues with the Taliban. economic and social development, according to Kirby. of March, even as fighting remained in full swing across It was the most stunning realization that he wasn’t fluent in His visit comes as the militant group is experiencing a Political & security challenges the country. many of the most profound issues of the campaign, and was resurgence following the withdrawal of U.S.-led combat Meantime, hopes for peace and economic stability On the political front, parliamentary elections are “winging it” as he went along. troops in 2014, announcing recently it was preparing for were high following the 2014 presidential election, which due to be held October 15, more than a year behind Fact checkers have had a field day going over his wildly “decisive” battles in its upcoming spring offensive. marked the first democratic transition of power follow- schedule, due to deep differences at the highest levels inaccurate statistics. Kerry, who met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ing the departure of Hamid Karzai who had ruled the of government between Ghani and Abdullah. He recently said that the U.S. is spending “billions and bil- and his number two, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdul- country for almost a decade. Several ministers have resigned in recent months lions” on NATO defenses that, irrationally, he wants to cut lah, “emphasizes U.S. support for the Government of But 18 months after Afghanistan’s present unity because of the tensions between the two camps. One back. The DOD budget puts the figure at $500 million. Afghanistan” and its defense forces, State Department government was formed, “there have been chal- of the most high-profile resignations was Ghani’s num- Cruz was basking in the glow of his Wisconsin victory spokesman John Kirby said. lenges both in terms of politics, but also in terms of ber two, the former interior minister Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi Tuesday night, but there was no response from the GOP’s America’s top diplomat, who has been deeply in- the resilience…of the Taliban,” according to the U.S. who left office in February. senior leadership to get behind his call for party unity and volved in Afghanistan’s affairs for several years, will also special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard His successor, Taj Mohammad Jahid, was confirmed embrace his candidacy. “express support for the Government of Afghanistan’s ef- Olson. by parliament on Saturday morning. Cruz has built a reputation in the Senate over the past forts to end the conflict in Afghanistan through a peace In early March, the Afghan Taliban announced they Both Ghani and Abdullah claimed victory in the pres- three years as a nasty, divisive bomb thrower who is seen and reconciliation process with the Taliban”. would not participate in talks with Kabul, dashing the idential election, leading to a three-month stalemate in the party’s highest councils as just bad as Trump, if not There are currently 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan Afghan government’s hopes of settling the war that has until a breakthrough deal mediated by Kerry. worse. engaged mainly in a training role, though they also take lasted for more than 14 years and claimed tens of thou- (Source: AFP) (Source: The Washington Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY AAPRILPRIL 110,0, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Tehran is a beautiful yet unknown city: European Commission’s official

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford-American

1 transport modes with a single ticket that is valid for the “We are planning to increase use of public transpor- LEARN ENGLISH Iran’s integrated ticketing system ‘intriguing’ complete journey modes being buses, trains, subways, tation to 75 percent by 2025,” he added. “Using integrated ticketing which is vital for a devel- ferries, etc. Today, cities are filled with cars and convincing people Donating Blood oped and efficient public transportation in Iran was pretty Public transportation accounts for 58% of daily trips to stop using their own cars is pretty much time-consum- intriguing for us,” the official said, adding, “besides, BRT Ja’far Tashakkori-Hashemi, deputy for transport and ing and difficult, Tashakkori-Hashemi lamented. Michelle: Did you hurt yourself? (bus rapid transit) lanes, which are unique and one of a mobility of Tehran’s Municipality has said that over 17 “Cars and motorcycles are responsible for 82 percent Gabriel: No, why? kind, are also fascinating.” million people travel across the city on a daily basis and of Tehran’s air pollution, so what must be done is to en- Michelle: You have a Band-Aid on your arm. Integrated ticketing allows a person to make a jour- 58 percent of the trips are done through public trans- courage people to use public transportation as much as Gabriel: Oh, that. I donated blood today. ney that involves transfers within or between different portation. possible.” Michelle: You did? That's great. I'd like to donate blood, but every time I get close to a needle, I feel light-headed. I'm afraid if I go through with it, and they actually draw blood, I'll faint. Municipal worker returns lots of Water costs 22 times more for Gabriel: I'm use to it. I give blood all the time. The needle money he found extravagant users: minister doesn't bother me. Michelle: That's very admirable. I know how important it is for hospitals to have a good supply of blood for use in trans- fusions. Gabriel: I don't mind doing it. It's not a big deal. Michelle: But it is a big deal. If relief organizations didn't have enough blood when they traveled to disaster areas, they couldn't help the injured people there. I'm sure that's why you do it, right? Gabriel: Well... Michelle: Well, what? Gabriel: There is a particularly pretty nurse who works in the bloodmobile... Michelle: Ah. (Source: eslpod.com) Words & phrases donate: to allow some blood or a body organ to be removed SOCIETY TEHRAN — Rasoul as I wanted but I refused to do so, however, SOCIETY TEHRAN — Wa- However, the price of water has from your body so that it can be used in a hospital to help deskNouri, a 38-year-old the woman (owner) gave me 20 million rials deskter costs 22 times been approved to be calculated someone who is ill or injured municipal worker returned lots of money, (around $580) which I divided between two more for extravagant users, said based on step tariff, he said, add- light-headed: unable to think clearly or move steadily, for jewelries, and valuable documents he had families with sick children,” he added. Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian ing, “for instance someone who example during a fever or after drinking alcohol; dizzy found to their rightful owners, Persian-lan- A little while ago he found a bag for in an interview with Arman Per- uses over 50 cubic meters of water go through with something: to do something you had prom- guage daily newspaper Iran reported. second time inside a bus while travelling sian-language daily newspaper. over a month should pay 22 times ised or planned to do, even though it causes problems or you Nouri who lives in Savojbolagh Coun- to the holy city of Qom. The bag con- In answer to the question of more than someone who uses 10 are no longer sure you want to do it ty, Alborz Province, said that two years tained a considerable amount of dollars how the ministry would deal with to 15 cubic meters of water on av- draw blood: to inject a needle in someone's hand in order to ago when he was trimming and mowing and some documents. extravagant users particularly in erage.” take blood using a needle the lawn in the park he saw a purse which “When I found the bag I started the time of water shortage Chitchi- Inquiring about groundwater faint: to suddenly become unconscious for a short time; contained about two kilograms of gold searching for the owner with my wife and an noted that currently there is no depletion caused by groundwa- pass out and jewels and more than 300 million rials it took a month to find him using some of penalty for those who use water ter sustained pumping over years admirable: having many good qualities that you respect and (nearly $8,500) and a cellphone. the documents in the bag and a picture of excessively. Chitchian said that the decline has admire “The only thing I could think about was him,” Nouri explained. “Despite the ministry’s persis- started since 1960s and continued transfusion: the process of putting blood from one person's the fact that the owner must have been very Once I found him in Tehran he gave tence we are not allowed to cut the as the population kept on growing. body into the body of someone else as a medical treatment worried so through calling the numbers in me a hug out of extreme happiness and water flow of the excessive users as Water consumption for agricul- relief organization: aid in time of danger the cellphone we found the owner,” he said. asked me to take as much money as I it is claimed that water is a civil right tural purpose during periods of disaster area: a place where a flood, storm, fire etc. has hap- “With teary eyes they asked me to accept want but I didn’t accept because what I and citizens cannot be deprived of drought has worsened the situa- pened and caused a lot of damage some money as a reward and take as much did was only for the sake of God. this right,” he explained. tion, he noted. injured: the people who have been hurt bloodmobile: an automotive vehicle staffed and equipped for collecting blood from donors Half of buses in Tehran ‘out of order’

SOCIETY TEHRAN — Tehran’s public trans- in the number of busses we need in the metropolis of QUIZ OF THE DAY deskport fleet has currently 6,300 buses, Tehran.” but around 3,000 of the buses are out of order, Teh- “We are short of 3,000 buses in Tehran and despite One word is missing in the sentence below. Find this word. ran bus operating company’s director general, Peyman the fact that some 9,000 buses are needed for public 137) When visitors come, don’t forget keep these chipped Sanandaji, said. transportation in the city there are merely 6,300 buses dishes out of sight. Sanandaji told YJC that over the past Iranian cal- of which 3,000 are out of order,” he regretted. (Quiz No. 136 answer: c) endar year which ended on March 19 some 30 to 40 400 buses were repaired last year, he said, adding, old buses were scrapped. “Yet we are facing shortage they are being used to transfer passengers in the city. PHRASAL VERB Drug shortage in Iran mitigated Rule out SOCIETY TEHRAN — Drug shortage for the FDA has been lauded by President Hassan Rouhani, desk130 different kinds of medications he added. Meaning: eliminate the country faced in the past calendar year (March Managing the consumption of the drugs specifically For example: The police ruled out political motives. 2015-March 2016) is now resolved, an official with Iran’s anti-biotics and increasing accessibility of the drugs for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Saturday. people are of the priorities of the FDA, he added. Currently, the average drug shortage in Iran is limited Iran is divided into 5 medicinal districts, he noted, to just 20 drugs, which is unprecedented in the country, and to improve on the goals set by the FDA all uni- the IRNA news agency quoted Abbas Mahdizadeh as versities of medical sciences situated in these five are- ENGLISH PROVERB saying. as are required to report on their progress every three Upon achieving such a significant accomplishment, months, he noted. Better lose the saddle than the horse LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION

Explanation: it’s better to stop and accept a small loss ﺳﻪ ﺧﻮﺍﻫﺮ ﺩﺭ ﺍﺳﺘﺨﺮ ﻛﺸﺎﻭﺭﺯﻯ ﺩﺭ ﻛﺮﻣﺎﻥ ﻏﺮﻕ ﺷﺪﻧﺪ than continue and risk losing everything Three sisters drowned in irrigation pool in Kerman ﺑﻨﺎ ﻩ ﮔﻔﺘﻪ ﻯ ﺭﺋﻴﺲ ﻣﺮﻛﺰ ﻣﺪﻳﺮﻳﺖ ﺣﻮﺍﺩﺙ ﻭ ﻓﻮﺭﻳﺖ ﻫﺎﻯ ﭘﺰﺷﻜﻰ ﺩﺍﻧﺸﮕﺎﻩ ﻋﻠﻮﻡ ﭘﺰﺷﻜﻰ ﺟﻴﺮﻓﺖ ﺳﻪ ﺧﻮﺍﻫﺮ 5، 9 ﻭ Three 5, 9, and 12 year-old sisters were drowned in an irrigation pool in Jiroft, 12 ﺳﺎﻟﻪ ﻛﻪ ﺍﻗﺪﺍﻡ ﺑﻪ ﺷﻨﺎ ﺩﺭ ﺍﺳﺘﺨﺮ ﻛﺸﺎﻭﺭﺯﻯ ﻭﺍﻗﻊ ﺩﺭ ﺟﻴﺮﻓﺖ، ﺟﻨﻮﺏ ﺍﺳﺘﺎﻥ ﻛﺮﻣﺎﻥ، ﻛﺮﺩﻩ ﺑﻮﺩﻧﺪ ﺩﺭ ﻣﺤﻞ ﺣﺎﺩﺛﻪ ﻏﺮﻕ ﺷﺪﻧﺪ. southeastern Kerman province, chief of the disaster management and emergency ﺑﻪ ﮔﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺭﻭﺯ ﭼﻬﺎﺭﺷﻨﺒﻪ ﻣﻬﺮﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻯ ﮔﻔﺖ: ﺍﻳﻦ ﺣﺎﺩﺛﻪ ﻋﺼﺮ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺳﻪ ﺷﻨﺒﻪ ﺭﻭﻯ ﺩﺍﺩﻩ ﺍﺳﺖ ﻛﻪ ﺩﺭ ﺍﺳﺮﻉ .response of the Jiroft University of Medical Sciences said Without water, The incident took place on Tuesday evening and a medical team was at the scene ﻭﻗﺖ ﺗﻴﻢ ﭘﺰﺷﻜﻰ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺤﻞ ﺣﺎﺩﺛﻪ ﺍﺭﺳﺎﻝ ﺷﺪ. as soon as possible, Ebrahim Mohammadi said, Mehr News Agency reported on ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻯ ﺍﻓﺰﻭﺩ: ﻣﺘﺎﺳﻔﺎﻧﻪ ﻫﺮ ﺳﻪ ﻧﻔﺮ ﺁﻧﻬﺎ ﺟﺎﻥ ﺧﻮﺩ ﺭﺍ ﺩﺭ ﻣﺤﻞ ﺣﺎﺩﺛﻪ ﺍﺯ ﺩﺳﺖ ﺩﺍﺩﻩ ﺑﻮﺩﻧﺪ ﻭ ﺟﺴﺪ ﺍﻳﻦ ﺍﻓﺮﺍﺩ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ .everything Wednesday ﻣﻌﺎﻳﻨﻪ ﺩﻗﻴﻖ ﻭ ﻣﺸﺨﺺ ﺷﺪﻥ ﺯﻣﺎﻥ ﻭ ﻋﻠﺖ ﻗﻄﻌﻰ ﻣﺮگ ﺑﻪ ﭘﺰﺷﻜﻰ ﻗﺎﻧﻮﻧﻰ ﺗﺤﻮﻳﻞ ﺩﺍﺩﻩ ﺷﺪﻩ ﺍﺳﺖ. Sadly all three of them died at the scene and their bodies were transferred to the ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻯ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺮﺩﻡ ﻫﺸﺪﺍﺭ ﺩﺍﺩ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ ﺟﻠﻮﮔﻴﺮﻯ ﺍﺯ ﻭﻗﻮﻉ ﭼﻨﻴﻦ ﺣﻮﺍﺩﺛﻰ ﺍﺯ ﺷﻨﺎ ﺩﺭ ﺍﺳﺘﺨﺮﻫﺎﻯ ﻛﺸﺎﻭﺭﺯﻯ ﻭ ﻛﺎﻧﺎﻟﻬﺎﻯ .withers forensics to decide the exact time and cause of death, Mohammadi added ﺁﺏ ﺩﺭ ﻓﺼﻞ ﺗﺎﺑﺴﺘﺎﻥ ﺧﻮﺩﺩﺍﺭﻯ ﻛﻨﻨﺪ. He further warned the public not to swim in irrigation pools and canals in summer to avoid such events. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Iran’s Haji Safi praises Bundesliga 2 level FOOTBALL SPORTS Iranian international Ehsan Haji Jose Mourinho has ‘good deskSafi, who joined Bundesliga 2 side FSV Frankfurt from Sepahan last summer, be- offers on the table’ lieves that German 2nd division is almost at the same level of Europe’s top leagues. Jose Mourinho says he can ‘almost guarantee’ a return to man- “I think German 1st and 2nd division is almost at agement next season, but the former Chelsea boss will not con- the same level and I have improved a lot in many firm where that will be. ways since I came here to play for FSV Frankfurt. Mourinho has been heavily linked with Manchester United, but German football in general has an extraordinary dis- is thought to be keeping one eye on developments at his former cipline which I have not seen in the other countries,” club Real Madrid, where Zinedine Zidane is under pressure. Haji Safi said. And the ex-Chelsea man insisted that he has multiple offers Haji Safi has managed to find the net from almost on the table, despite some reports that he has already reached 50 meters out in the game against Freiburg and his an agreement with United. wonderful goal has been featured in the top five ‘I can almost guarantee goal of the month. you that I’ll be back working “That goal was not by chance as I’ve scored this this summer,’ said Mourinho. kind of goals before especially in Sepahan and Team ‘I’ve got good offers on the Melli. I’m happy that it has been featured among top table. five goals of the month and I hope I win the best ‘It’s a matter of thinking, to goal prize,” Haji safi added. come to a good decision and “I want to continue playing in Europe and I hope finalising it. In the summer more Iranian players come to big teams as I believe everyone will know what my Iran has a lot of talented players who are capable of next club will be.’ playing at top level,” he added. The 53-year-old admitted The 26-year-old defender who has scored six however, that he doesn’t have goals in 76 games for Iran is one of the key players many options, because he of Carlos Queiroz squad in the road to 2018 World only wants to work in a ‘hard Cup in Russia. league’. And Mourinho also said he would need to be appreciated at his next club. Ali Daei set to extend contract with Persepolis midfielder Kamyabinia ‘I’ll take my ideas to where they are wanted. I want to be at a place where I’m wanted. Saba Qom misses Tehran derby ‘I want to work at a club with responsibility, in a hard league and where there are no easy objectives. That doesn’t leave many options.’ SPORTS Former Team Melli SPORTS Persepolis midfielder desk desk Mourinho is still thought to prefer a move back to England, to and Persepolis head Kamal Kamyabinia replace Louis van Gaal at Manchester United, but Ed Woodward’s coach Ali Daei is going to extend his con- has missed Tehran derby after receiving refusal to commit, has forced him to keep his options open. tract with Saba Qom for one more year. a yellow card in the match against Ma- Real Madrid President Florentino Perez is keen to get Mourin- Daei, who has been appointed as lavan Bandar Anzali. ho back at the Bernabeu but he would face opposition if he tried Saba coach just two weeks before the He scored Persepolis late winner in to rehire a man who split the club in two during his three-year start of the season, but he prepared a the 2-1 victory overMalavan. stay and won nothing in his final season. decent squad to fight in the league. His Persepolis football team, who is fa- Supporters polled after Rafa Benitez’s dismissal at the start of the team was a surprise in the first half of the vorite to win Iran Professional League in year were divided 50-50 on whether the club should re-hire him. season, standing in 4th place after 16 the current season, has been scheduled The former Chelsea boss fell out with Iker Casillas, Pepe, Ser- games, just five points behind the leader. to face its bitter rival Esteghlal on Friday. gio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo in his last spell at the club and Saba is currently in 8th place after a Esteghlal midfielder Rouzbeh there would be some dressing room rebellion over any decision 4-0 win over Saipa in the 25th week of Cheshmi and striker Mohsen Karimi to reinstate him. Iran Professional League. have already missed the derby due But Casillas has long since moved on and Ronaldo – who Daei has won the 2006-07 Iran Pro- This match was declared as the most The club’s official has decided to ex- to injury. could leave anyway – has said that he would not have a problem fessional League (IPL) title with Saipa and important derby in Asia and 22nd most tend Daei’s contract for one more year Tehran derby is a football match be- working with Mourinho again. The two share agent Jorge Mendes 2009-10, 2010-11 Hazfi Cup with Perse- important derby in the world in June which means he will be Saba coach until tween the two prominent Tehran clubs who also has Madrid outcast James Rodriguez at the club. polis as a coach. 2008 by World Soccer magazine. the end of 2016-17 season. Esteghlal (Blues) and Persepolis (Reds). (Source: DailyMail)

Iran Futsal Nominee for Best National Team of the World Arsenal paid for 'weakness TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran futsal team has been Argentina nominated for the Best National Team of the Brazil in the air' vs. West Ham - World. Brazil Women Arsene Wenger A total of 10 nominees are in contention for the Hungary Best National Team of the World in the Futsalpanet Kazakhstan Arsene Wenger lamented his team's weakness in the air af- Awards 2015. Iran ter seeing Andy Carroll score a hat trick in the 3-3 draw at Iran’s Mehdi Mostafaei was nominated for Best Slovenia West Ham on Saturday that badly damaged the Gunners' Futsal Goalkeeper of the World on Thursday. Spain slim title hopes. Best National Team of the World Nominees: Russia Women Arsenal were 2-0 up in the first half, only for Carroll to level (In strict alphabetical order!) Ukraine with two quick goals just before half-time -- the first with a header and the second after controlling a cross and scoring with his boot. He then put West Ham ahead with another Iranian swimmers win 31 medals, set 8 records in DIAC 2016 powerful header from a pinpoint cross early in the second half before Laurent Koscielny equalised. Iranian swimmers featured dazzling displays at Dubai In- Aria Nasimishad finished runner-up in the boy’s "We paid for our weakness in the air inside the box. And ternational Aquatic Championships (DIAC) 2016 in the 200-meter breaststroke (the 16-17 age category), and since the beginning of the season in some important games United Arab Emirates, and managed to pick up 31 medals claimed the silver medal. that has happened to us," Wenger told BT Sport. "It's disap- and set eight records at the tournament. Additionally, Nehran Ghasemzadeh and Farjad pointing for us, especially with players of that experience, 2-0 On Thursday and the final day of the competitions at Mahmoudi settled for bronze in the 200-meter breast- up on 43 minutes and at 45 it's 2-2. I think that's where we Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, Saman Sepiddast, Erfan stroke (12-13 and 14-15 age brackets). have made it difficult for ourselves." Moghaddam and Ali Fathi collected a gold medal each in Dubai International Aquatic Championships (DIAC) The draw diminishes Arsenal's already small chances of the boy’s 800 meters freestyle (the 16-17 age category), 2016 opened in the United Arab Emirates on March 29, catching leaders Leicester, who can go 13 points clear of the 200-meter breaststroke (the 12-13 age group) as well as and finished on April 7. Gunners with a win at Sunderland on Sunday. But Wenger 100-meter backstroke (the 14-15 age bracket) respectively. The event was organized by the UAE Swimming Feder- refused to say his team's title challenge is over. Junior Iranian swimmer Alireza Amin Zomorrodi also ation with the support of Dubai Sports Council and Ham- "Over, no. But it makes it much more difficult of course," received two gold medals in the 100 meters freestyle and dan Sports Complex. he said. "We have to wait for the [other] results and focus on 100-meter backstroke (the 14-15 age group). (Source: PressTV) the next game. Because they are chasing behind us as well and we dropped two points today." Wenger opted to start an unchanged side from his team's 4-0 win over Watford, which meant David Ospina remained in Iran’s Khodabakhshi takes bronze at World Taekwondo President’s Cup goal with fit-again Petr Cech on the bench. Ospina had depu- tised for Cech while he recovered with a calf injury and kept a TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran’s Mehdi bronze medal. wondo President’s Cup began in Bonn clean sheet against Everton and Watford, and Wenger defend- Khodabakhshi took a bronze medal at Iran has participated in the tourna- on Thursday. ed his decision to stick with the Colombia international. the World Taekwondo President’s Cup ment with three taekwondokas, namely More than 1,500 athletes com- "Look, does Petr Cech play or David Ospina? We have a on Friday. Farzan Ashourzadeh in -63kg, Meh- pete at the event, which is sanc- bad record in the air since the start of the season no matter The Iranian -87kg representative lost di Khodabakhshi in -87kg and Sajjad tioned by the World Taekwondo who plays," he said. to Spaniard Daniel Ros Gomez in the Mardani in +87kg. Federation (WTF) but is organized tournament’s semi-final and earned a The first edition of the World Taek- by the ETU. "We have not conceded in the last two games. And if you look at the numbers of both keepers, no matter who you play you are right, and no matter who you play you are wrong. Be- cause every time you concede a goal people will say, why didn't you play him or him? ... I just decided to keep the winning team." Schumi's condition is still serious, but he is recovering slowly Wenger also said Carroll was lucky to stay on the pitch af- Fans are always looking for snippets or hints about Schu- "Progress is painfully slow. There is no miracle on the ter two incidents where he first hacked down Koscielny from macher's health updates. Even though the F1 champion horizon."Michael is being helped by 15 medical profes- behind and also threw an elbow at Gabriel Paulista during an is out of coma, he is still in recovery mode at his Lake sionals and is being nursed 24 x 7. The team of medical aerial duel. Geneva mansion. professionals is being led by Professor Jean Francois Payen, "There were one or two controversial situations in the According to his manager, Sabine Kehm, Schumach- the doctor who conducted Schumacher's brain operation. game where I think he could have been sent off. But over- er is recovering, albeit slowly. Even the medical professionals believe that Schumach- all, that doesn't mean we have to concede the goals after," For now, he is immobile and is unable to speak as er may not recover from his injuries ever, including Dr. Peter Wenger added. a team of 15 medical staff care for him at a specially Hamlyn, a consultant, neurological and spinal surgeon. However, West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said it was un- designed medical suite at his mansion in Switzerland. "If you look at severe head injury victims who go on fair to blame the Arsenal defenders for not being able to Due to media blackout, there is very little information to make a good recovery - and I'm not saying all do - handle Carroll. out there about Schumacher's health. However, Sabine But of course it will take a very long time for everybody it will always be a story of years. The first months are "To some point you can say that, but Andy Carroll is doing Kehm announced recently that he is making progress in involved to fight, and we are happy to take this fight. dominated by questions of survival. that kind of thing against any centre-backs," he said. "He's his rehab programme. "In another interview Sabine added that we "must al- Gradually as the weeks and months go by those done it against Liverpool, against Chelsea and against Arse- In an interview she said, "We are happy to say still he ways keep the seriousness of his injuries in mind". questions of survival turn into questions of the quality nal... We had great deliveries today, more than three times, does improvement and I say this always considering the According to an insider, Michael is still unable to walk or talk of survival." and it's perfect for him." severeness of the injury he had. and has very little awareness of his immediate surrounding. (Source: News Every day) (Source:ESPN) b

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CULTURE TEHRAN — Prominent Iranian scholar deskManuchehr Sotudeh who was mostly famous for his studies on Iran, died of pneumonia on Friday. He was 103. retrospective “The great Iranologist died at 11 p.m. on Friday at Taleqa- ni Hospital in the northern Iranian city of Chalus,” journalist Ali ARTTEHRAN — A Palme d’Or, “The Wind Will Carry Us” Dehbashi, who is also an old friend of Sotudeh, said in a press deskretrospective of works (1999), which received the Grand Special release on Saturday. A poster by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, for a Born in 1913 in Tehran, will be held at the Centro Cultural Banco and his most recent film “Like Someone retrospective Sotudeh studied Persian lan- do Brasil (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro from in Love” (2012) are among the films of works guage and literature and got April 13 until May 9, the Rio Times selected for the program. by Abbas his Ph.D. from the University of reported on Friday. Brazilian critic Luiz Carlos Oliveira Jr. Kiarostami Tehran. at the Twenty-eight films by Kiarostami are will deliver a lecture about Kiarostami’s “From Astara to Astara- Centro scheduled to be screened during the works on April 28. bad”, which focuses on the Cultural event entitled “One Film, a Hundred The retrospective also will be held at intriguing mixture of history Banco do Stories: Abbas Kiarostami”. the CCBB branch in São Paulo from April of the northern part of Iran, Brasil in Rio His 1970 short “The Bread and Alley”, 20 to May 9 and at the CCBB branch de Janeiro is among the master’s note- which is his debut film, will be shown Brasilia from May 4 to 23. shows a worthy credits. Gilaki, Semnani during the retrospective. Kiarostami, 76, is currently hospitalized scene from and Kermani dictionaries, and In addition, “Taste of Cherry” (1997), at a medical center in Tehran due to a his “Taste correcting the books on the which won the Cannes Film Festival’s severe gastrointestinal disease. of Cherry”. history of Gilan are among his other works. Sotudeh has written 52 Iranian scholar Manuchehr Sotudeh books and 268 articles on Croatian exhibit displays Fajr Intl. Film Festival in an undated photo different subjects during his photos of Iran announces jury lengthy career. Based on his personal will, his body will be buried in the ARTTEHRAN — An ex- ARTTEHRAN — The northern city of Salman Shahr beside the body of Sadeq Kia, deskhibition underway desk34th Fajr Interna- the former director of the Academy of Persian Language and at the Photo Club Gallery (Fotoklu- tional Film Festival announced the Literature. ba) in Zagreb is displaying photos jury for the official competition sec- Sotudeh was an old friend of historian scholar, manuscript of Iran by Croatian photographer tion, Cinema Salvation, on Saturday. expert and tourist Iraj Afshar, the son of scholar Mahmud Afshar, Pavao Toth. Directors Majid Majidi and Nas- one of the founders of Tehran’s Dar-ul-Fonun School. The exhibition entitled “Iran, ser Taqvai from Iran are among the A memorial service will be held in Tehran at the Mahmud Persia, the People” focuses on his- members of the jury. Afshar Foundation located at No.12, Arefnasab St., in the Zafera- torical sites, ordinary people of Iran The jury also includes Chi- nieh neighborhood on Wednesday. and their life, the Persian service of nese filmmaker and producer Tian ISNA reported on Saturday. Zhuangzhuang, Spanish director Toth took the photos during his José Luis Guerín, producers Ivo felt several journeys to Iran over the from Estonia and Zeynep Ozbatur NEWS IN BRIEF past few years. Atakan from Turkey, and Canadian His interest in the ancient land of writer Emmanuel Prevost. Niki Karimi on Istanbul Iran, its civilization, traditions and Fifteen movies by filmmakers from around the globe will compete in the This combination photo shows the jury members people have always encouraged A poster for an exhibition of photos of Iran Film Festival jury him to travel to Iran and take more official section of the festival, which of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival. by Croatian photographer Pavao Toth at the er Altuna from Spain, “El Clásico” by photos and produce additional al- Photo Club Gallery in Zagreb will be held at Tehran’s Charsu Cine- bums. ma Complex from April 20 to 25. Halkawt Mustafa from Iraq, “Dawn” Born in 1960 in Bjelovar, Toth is The exhibition, which opened on Among the films are “1944” direct- by Laila Pakalnina from Latvia and ARTTEHRAN — Iranian ac- a member of the Croatian Photo- April 5, will be running until April ed by Elmo Nuganen from Estonia, “Walking Distance” by Alejandro desktress-cum-director Niki Karimi is graphic Union. 22. “Amama – When a Tree Falls” by Asi- Guzman Alvarez from Mexico. on the jury of the 35th Istanbul Film Festival, which is currently underway in the Turkish city. PICTURE OF THE DAY Mehr/Mohammadreza Abbasi “Wednesday, May 9” by Vahid Jalilvand from Iran Work by Farah is competing in the festival, which will run until April 17, the organizers announced. Osuli to highlight Over 187 feature films and 10 short and 24 exper- imental films from over 200 directors are scheduled to be screened at the festival. Parisian exhibit on Iranian Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi was on the jury of the festival in 2014. Eastern gardens Tunisian cities to host ARTTEHRAN — A work deskfrom renowned Irani- Iranian film festival an painter Farah Osuli’s series “Hafez” will be showcased at an exhibition on the Eastern garden at the Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe) in ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian cultural Paris. deskattaché’s office in Tunisia plans The exhibit entitled “Gardens of the to hold a festival of Iranian films in the Tunisian cit- Orient from Alhambra to Taj Mahal” ies of Tunis, Sousse, Kebili, Mahdia and Carthage will be held from April 19 to Septem- from May 8 to 11. ber 25, Osuli told the Persian service A lineup of eight movies, including “Track 143” of MNA on Saturday. directed by Narges Abyar and “Once Upon a 300 artworks loaned by major in- Time Love and Hatred” by Davud Bidel, will be ternational museums, private collec- screened and reviewed during the event, Iran’s tors and artists will also be put on dis- Islamic Culture and Relations Organization an- play at the exhibition. nounced on Thursday. It will also showcase giant pho- to prints, historical documents, scale “Mr. Violet” praised at models and ingenious devices that recall Eastern gardens from ancient Canadian festival times up to the present. According to the organizers, the event will fully feature the art of gardening in its cultural, scientific, Art Bureau execs commemorate the 23th martyrdom anniversary of documentary filmmaker Morteza Avini on his grave in Behesht Zahra aesthetic, graphic, technical, social, ARTTEHRAN — “Mr. Violet”, a Cemetery in Tehran on April 9, 2016. Avini was martyred by a landmine in 1993 during his last trip to the former Iran-Iraq war zone in desk three-minute animated movie southwestern Iran while making a documentary about soldiers who were still listed as missing in action. environmental and educational di- from Iran, has won the Most Innovative Honorable mensions. Mention of the junior jury at the Reel 2 Real Inter- national Film Festival for Youth. Iranian movies win top awards Costner takes on ex-convict In an interview with the Persian service of MNA on Saturday, director Abbas Jalali-Yekta said that he at U.S. festival role in “Criminal” was informed about the win by the organizers of ART LONDON (Reuters) — Hollywood star “It’s not something on paper I think the festival via an email. TEHRAN — Three Vahid Jafari received the award for desk Kevin Costner takes on a more violent someone attaches my name to, just when The movie co-directed by Jalali-Yekta and Mo- Iranian movies won best short animated film section. role in action thriller “Criminal”, playing you read the thing ... But there was a mo- hammad-Hojjat Azampur received the honorable top awards at the 14th Garden State “Oblivion Season” by director Ab- an ex-convict who has the memories and ment in time when I knew I could play this mention at beginning of the eight-day festival on Film Festival, which was held in Atlan- bas Rafei and “Ashes” by Alan Coulson skills of a dead FBI agent transferred into guy”. Friday. tic City, New Jersey from March 31 to from the UK shared the award for best his brain. The film also stars Ryan Reynolds, The animation is about Mr. Violet, who lives in April 3. narrative feature. Asked about what drew him to the Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman as well a mug in a busy cafe. His life is boring and full of “Blue-Eyed Boy” directed by Amir- Starring Sareh Bayat and Pe- movie, the Oscar winner said at the film’s as “Batman v Superman” actress Gal lonely feelings, but the dull routine gets stirred up Masud Soheili won the award for best jman Bazeghi, the movie is about an London premiere on Thursday: “The Gadot. when life takes a turn for the romantic. narrative short film. It is about a young ex-prostitute who starts a new life by level of violence and spontaneity ... that “We are who we are because of our The movie is also competing in the TIFF Kids In- boy suffering from an unusual type of marrying her lover but leaving the was kind of authentic that I thought that memories, so what if we scrap those down ternational Film Festival, which is currently under- color blindness that causes him to see shadow of her dark past turns out not I would try to bring to it, you know, the and get new memories, then who do we way in Toronto. the world in blue. to be as easy as it had seemed be- “Lima” by Afshin Roshanbakht and forehand. look”. become,” director Ariel Vromen said.